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BAKERSFIELD, Calif.---Addi Walters four players in double figures as CSU Bakersfield defeated Fresno Pacific 84-61 Saturday afternoon in women's basketball action.
Walters was 5-of-11 from the field, 4-of-10 from three-point range for a team high 14 points. Brittany Sims went 7-of-14 from floor to score 14 points. The 6-3 center grabbed a game high seven rebounds. Aja Williams and Jazmyne Bartee each added 11 for the Roadrunners.
"I am happy with our effort and our team played well today," said CSUB head coach Greg McCall.
CSUB tied its own school record for most points in a quarter as the 'Runners led 27-11 after one (CSUB scored 27 in the first quarter against Stanislaus State Dec. 6). The Roadrunners held the Sunbirds to three first quarter field goals in the opening stanza while shooting 52.9% (10-of-19) from the field. CSUB held PFU to 25.9% shooting (7-of-27) in the first half to take a 44-23 lead into halftime.
The Roadrunner bench proved to be a major factor in the third. The CSUB substitutes outscored their Fresno Pacific counterparts 11-3 as the 'Runners took a 61-38 advantage. Both teams shot over 50-percent in the fourth quarter as each squad scored 23 points which created the final 84-61 score.
The Sunbirds' Ashley Cross led all scorers with 20 points. She made eight of 13 field goal attempts. Bree Alvarez and Alex Green both scored 11 for FPU. Saturday was an exhibition for Fresno Pacific. The Sunbirds are 2-7 on the season.
CSU Bakersfield limited Fresno Pacific to 32.1% shooting (18-of-56) for the game and outrebounded the Sunbirds 51-31 (19-9 on the offensive glass. The 'Runners shot 46.5% (33-of-71) from the field for the game. CSUB forced 13 turnovers that were turned into 17 points. FPU created 15 Roadrunner turnovers on 12 steals.
"I thought Fresno Pacific would come out and play hard and that's exactly what they did," McCall said. "We had to match their intensity and we did that. We did what we were supposed to do. We pounded the boards and got it inside. I thought Brittany, Jazymne, and at times Tylinn Carter did a good job inside. That created opening for our shooters like Addi today."
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Pressure was building last night for a global economic summit that would go beyond the annual meeting of Group of Seven leaders and would involve key developing countries, including the mainland, India and Brazil.
As world leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) yesterday, senior officials said the recent float of the Brazilian real and fears that the yuan might be devalued had made it even more important that a high-level forum be convened aimed at trying to stem economic crises and to limit the effects of market turmoil.
Goldman Sachs International chairman Peter Sutherland, formerly director-general of the World Trade Organisation, said he would personally be pushing for much wider meeting of global leaders than at present provided by the G7.
'I am going to argue for the fact that the annual G7 summit is an inadequate response to global change,' said Mr Sutherland, who is one of three co-chairman of the WEF annual meeting this year.
'There should be a global summit . . . the argument is that the G7 cannot be expected to set the direction of the world economy alone.' The G7, which groups the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, has traditionally been regarded as the premier grouping, with sufficient economic muscle to set the agenda for global economic issues.
However, some countries are now arguing that, as the trend towards globalisation takes hold, with increasingly more countries inter-dependent for economic and trade links, world economic issues need to be discussed in a wider forum.
The mainland, Brazil and India are three of the largest developing countries in the world and are seen as potential economic powers.
Mr Sutherland claimed he had seen growing support for his proposals, and he hoped to garner more at the forum's five-day meeting, which began yesterday.
The mainland has not yet been formally approached on the issue, but some officials suggested that Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa might be approached to sound out Beijing.
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Football-starved fans can finally rejoice.
Despite having barely begun summer vacation, kickoff is right around the corner with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Victory Bowl set for this weekend.
The sixth annual game featuring graduated seniors from a 12-county Central Texas region, including seven players from Copperas Cove, Lampasas and Gatesville, will be played at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Waco ISD Stadium.
The Bulldawgs continue a strong tradition of being well represented at the game, sending at least three players for a fourth time.
J.D. Post, Hunter McVeigh and Andrew Sommervold will each suit up for the Red team after helping Copperas Cove reach the playoffs for a 10th consecutive season in 2013.
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I am going to make a 2 layer square cake for my sister's birthday. I'm just wondering when layering cakes do you always put dowels in the cake for support? I'm new to this and was trying to decide if it was necessary.
Are you talking about putting one two or more layer cake on top of another one or more layer cake--that is, basically two (or more) cakes, one stacked on top of the other?
The terms "layer" and "tier" seem to become confused at times. For the sake of clarity, when I say tier, I mean a multiple layer cake, usually two layers (for me). When I say layer, I mean a single thickness of cake, like what would come out of a single pan after baking.
So...if I am stacking one layer on top of another, with some sort of filling in between, I would not use dowels (unless I was planning to transport, and the cake has a particularly slippery filling).
Now, if I am taking one of these two-layer constructions and placing it on top of another two-layer construction, I would put dowels in the lower cake tier and put the upper tier on a cake board. The dowels help to keep the top cake level and prevent cake collapses. It also makes it easier to serve, because you probably don't want to give each person an 8 inch tall piece of cake!
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Your Christmas tree is in the stand freshly wateredand it's ready for decorations. But just how should you string those lights?
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Instead of stringing those lights from side to side, Bilotto recommends starting at the top of the tree (with the end of the light that doesn't have a plug going at the top) and working your way down the front in a vertical line, leaving three to four inches between each strand. Leave the plug at the bottom to allow each strand to seamlessly plug into a power cord.
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A heavy restructuring of the balance sheet at Heinz's Australian operations and a recalibration of tax losses caused the Australian business known as Heinz Wattie's to tumble to a loss of $12.3 million in its latest financial year.
Mr Buffett, the 83-year-old investment legend who is the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway in the US and worth an estimated $US65 billion ($70 billion), was behind a buyout of the Heinz parent company in the US in mid-2013.
Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity fund 3G Capital bought H. J. Heinz Company and delisted it from the New York Stock Exchange in a transaction that settled on June 7, 2013.
But it has prompted major changes to the balance sheet of the Australian operations of Heinz Wattie's, which is a big supplier to supermarket giants
Financial statements lodged with the corporate regulator show that Heinz Wattie's made a loss of $12.3 million for the eight months to December 29, 2013 even though revenues were $534 million for the same period.
The Australian directors, including new Australasian chief executive Albert Hajzler, blamed the loss on the changes triggered by the Berkshire Hathaway purchase of the parent company.
"The loss recorded for the 29 December 2013 financial period included significant restructuring-related expenditure incurred as a result of the acquisition of H. J. Heinz Company, the ultimate parent entity,'' the directors said.
They explained that the acquisition of the parent impacted on the Australian company's ability to recover tax losses recorded on its books under "continuity of ownership loss recoupment rules''.
The impact of this on recoupment had resulted in a "derecognition of previously booked losses'' of $9 million. It also booked inventory write-downs of $5.3 million. Heinz Wattie's has also changed its balance date to the end of each calendar year to shift into line with Berkshire Hathaway, away from the previous structure where Heinz Wattie's financial year closed at the end of April each year.
The company made a net profit of $23.5 million in the 12 months ended April 28, 2013 on revenues of $830.7 million.
Heinz Wattie's declined to answer questions about the results and outlook for 2014, with a spokeswoman saying there would be "no comment''.
One of the company's main competitors in the Australian market is SPC Ardmona, owned by soft drinks maker
SPC launched a major promotional push last year, built on using 100 per cent Australian-grown baked beans.
One of the major suppliers of navy beans to SPC is Queensland-based Bean Growers Australia.
Bean Growers Australia managing director Lloyd Nielsen said the firm had a base of between 150 and 200 growers and there had been a strong rise in demand since SPC began its 100 per cent Australian grown drive.
"Certainly over the last 12 months demand has been growing because of the 100 per cent Australian-grown campaign,'' Mr Nielsen said.
Bean Growers Australia has a processing plant at Kingaroy in Queensland.
Mr Nielsen said there were several different harvesting times in different regions of Australia, largely related to the heat.
He estimated that 40 per cent of the beans that go into baked beans are grown in Australia, with the rest imported.
But the "Australian-grown" push in response to consumer demand had fuelled a rise in locally grown product.
"The demand for Australian beans has definitely grown.'' he said.
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New partners and children - what helps
When a couple first separates children will often hold on to the hope that their mum and dad will somehow get back together again as a way of coping with the changes. Older children may be more aware of some of the problems that led to the separation but still struggle to accept that mum and dad are no longer a couple.
Adjusting to mum or dad finding a new partner or even just dating throws up all sorts of complications and needs careful handling whatever age children are. Most parents will recognise this as they are tuned into how their children are feeling and good at picking up signals from them.
But what about if you are the new partner - you may be head over heels in love and want to do the right thing but simply not know how best to play things when it comes to your partners children.
Forming some kind of relationship with them and keeping their needs in mind is one of the biggest tensions for couples with children from a previous relationship.
Each situation is unique and how best handled depends on a number of different issues - age of children, relationship they have with the other parent, stage at which you and your new partner got together, and whether you have children too. But as posts on theparentconnection.org forum show if you're the new partner you will inevitably get caught up in how parenting after parting works on a day to day basis. It will often feel like you are being tested and caught up in family difficulties that you would rather avoid.
Meeting and then being involved with your partners' children can be daunting. You will want to support your partner in his/her relationship with the children and hopefully get along with them too but it can be a minefield.
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- Don't rush things. Allow the relationship to develop slowly, don't expect the children to love you or even like you initially.
- However much the children test your patience aim for a relationship where you respect each other and treat each other fairly.
- Be the adult and prepared to accept a back seat when the children are around.
- Accept that it is not a competition - the bond between parents and children is different.
- Make it clear that you understand your partner's first responsibility is to his or her children. It will help take pressure off both of you - your partner will need to hear that you accept this.
- Try and be relaxed about things - He or she can give you their undivided attention when the children are not with you.
- Remember you are not a substitute parent; be supportive but don't expect to take on a parenting role.
- Don't criticise, complain or even joke about the other parent in front of the children. Children of all ages struggle with loyalty issues - so be sensitive.
Remember that your partner is parent first and your partner second. Part of being a good mum or dad is having a good co-parenting relationship with the other parent.
- Accept that there will need to be communication between your partner and their ex - partner about the children. Good communication is essential if things are going to work.
- Try to understand the loyalty conflicts your partner might experience even if they don't say it. There will be times when they feel pulled in several directions.
It will help your relationship if you can empathise (even if you don't like it!) when your partner feels like 'piggy in the middle' between you and his/her old family. But if there are arguments and disagreements between your partner and their ex -partner, remember that you only hear one side of it.
Try and talk to others who aren't involved - this might be friends who are in similar situation or anonymously on theparentconnection forum. You'll find there are common issues that with time and sensitivity can be worked through.
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Last year it was Stacey Pullen, this time around its former Underground Resistance man Rolando. But the vibe is much the same; with the two heavyweight producers delivering quality techno in the shape of a pure dancefloor bomb.
The now Edinburgh based Rolando chose Saved, a label on which he first appeared back in 2009, to release his first collaborative project since leaving the famed US collective almost seven years ago. Teaming up with Fanciulli, just weeks after the Saved boss won critical acclaimed for his remix of Subb-an on the imprint, the pair do more than match up to their lofty reputations and unleash a tight and highly energised slice of contemporary techno.
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Then it tells me to transfer the whole mixture to an electric mixer with "WHISK" attachment, and whisk for 3 minutes.
I asked on another forum, if I could just whisk it by hand myself and save a lot of mess and trouble, losing product as well because I am told to not even scrape the sides of the pot during transfer as this will introduce large crystals and make a grainy fudge.
If I can just bring it back down to temperature and then whisk is in the pot for three minutes while it thickens that would be simple and great.
My real question is the whisk to use...
Can I use a Danish dough whisk, instead of a Balloon whisk?
That would also be much easier, and I would not have to struggle with getting the fudge from inside the tines as well.
Any thoughts on whisking candy to thicken it with a Danish dough whisk???
i just use a silicone spatula -- the danish whisk looks good if it will get around in all the corners and is deep enough so that it doesn't climb up onto the wooden handle -- probably using an electric beater of some kind would make a nice product also -- you might want to consider backing off earlier so you don't have a lot of product clinging on whatever you use -- and besides the excess on the whisk is a big juicy free sample --
you can prevent the graininess from developing by keeping the sides of the pan brushed down with a little water, or by oiling the sides of the pan before you start the fudge, or by putting a lid on it during the cooking which causes the bits on the sides to melt back in --also using some corn syrup or a bit of honey or agave in there will help reduce/eliminate graininess --
or just try a spoon -- best to you
Thanks for tips!
And good idea about the handle getting in the mix of things - didn't think about that.
The main point was that several recipes had me heating the fudge and then transferring it to whisk for a mere 3 minutes until glossy. So... why transfer to mixer if I can do it by hand?
It would also be helpful to know why, when I cool it down to a proper temp, to then whisk for 3 minutes?
I am just starting out, but I am learning a lot about candy chemistry these past few days.
Thanks again
sure thing
My fudge book reckons it is much easier to stir by hand, once you have the knack, as it is less trouble and less dishes than transferring the mix. Takes longer but you don't need to even stir vigorously. She just uses a wooden spoon.
You need to cool it down to the proper temp after shocking and seeding, before stirring, so that when it is agitated it grains properly. If you do this when the temp is too high it will crystallise instead. (Still tastes good in my mind but a different texture to what you will be aiming for). I once had a batch that was a combination of the two.
I use the old hersheys chocolate fudge which includes the heating and cooling stage and have always used a wooden spoon. The beating with a spoon takes between 5 and 10 minutes. When I was learning the hardest part was learning when to pour it in the pan.


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Phase I/Randomized Phase II Trial of Either Dasatinib or Placebo Combined With Standard Chemo-Radiotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
- To establish a maximum-tolerated dose of dasatinib combined with radiation and
temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. (Phase I) (Phase
I study closed to patient accrual on April 29, 2011 and has been completed)
- To determine the efficacy of dasatinib in combination with radiotherapy and concomitant
adjuvant temozolomide, and compare it with the standard of care approach, consisting of
radiotherapy and temozolomide, followed by adjuvant temozolomide in these patients.
(Phase II) (Phase II study opened to patient accrualon August 5, 2011)
- To determine the relationship between tumor biomarkers and clinical outcome of patients
treated with the dasatinib/radiotherapy/temozolomide combination. (Phase II)
- To evaluate potential mechanisms of therapy resistance in recurrent tumor samples
obtained at the time of surgery for recurrent disease.
- To assess the impact of the addition of dasatinib to radiotherapy and temozolomide on
the quality of life (QOL) of these patients, as assessed by FACT-Br, EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL,
and EORTC QLQ-BN20. (Phase II)
- To compare the results of the two most commonly used QOL tools, FACT-Br and EORTC QLQ
C15-PAL plus BN20 and validate the use of EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL plus BN20 in these
patients.(Phase II)
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, phase I dose-escalation study of dasatinib (Phase I study
closed to patient accrual on April 29, 2011 and has been completed) followed by a randomized
phase II study (Phase II study opened to patient accrual on August 5, 2011).
- Phase I:
- Course 1: Patients receive oral dasatinib once daily and oral temozolomide once
daily on days 1-42. Patients undergo external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT), including
intensity-modulated radiotherapy, 5 days a week for 6 weeks.
- Courses 2-7: Beginning 28-42 days after course 1, patients receive oral dasatinib
once daily on days 1-28 and oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment
repeats every 28 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or
unacceptable toxicity.
- Phase II: Patients are stratified according to age (> 70 years vs ≤ 70 years). Patients
are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I:
- Course 1: Patients receive oral dasatinib once daily and oral temozolomide
once daily on days 1-42. Patients undergo EBRT 5 days a week for 6 weeks.
- Courses 2-7: Beginning 28-42 days after course 1, patients receive oral
dasatinib once daily on days 1-28 and oral temozolomide once daily on days
1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Arm II:
- Course 1: Patients receive oral placebo once daily on days 1-42 and
temozolomide as in arm I. Patients also undergo EBRT as in arm I.
- Courses 2-7: Beginning 28-42 days after course 1, patients receive oral
placebo once daily on days 1-28 and temozolomide as in arm I. Treatment
repeats every 28 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or
unacceptable toxicity.
Tissue samples are collected for correlative studies.
Quality of life is assessed periodically using the FACT-Br, EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL v.1, and EORTC
BN-20 questionnaires.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 6 months for 5 years.
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Earlier this week, Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell said he "hates the 49ers with passion." Smith was asked about that, as well as his confidence and the middle finger on his throwing hand, which was sprained Oct. 7 against the Buffalo Bills.
Do you hate the Cardinals with a passion?
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Smith: "How'd they say it is?"Not good.
Smith: "Oh, OK. All right."They said your confidence was shaken in that game against Seattle. What's your reaction?
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Smith: "It's getting better every week. It's just something you deal with. It's not something I think about a whole lot out there. Try not to."Was it able to improve with the time off?
Smith: "For sure. A little extra time off with the Thursday game, not having to do a ton with it. Having it rest over the weekend was nice."Did you throw much after Thursday?
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With a target price of 29.29, can EMC Corporation, EMC reach this target? Looking at the value indicators of EMC Corporation, EMC. EMC Corporation has a P/E of 27.7 and a forward P/E of 14.84. Perhaps the more useful indicator than P/E, is PEG which has a value of 1.85. EMC Corporation also has a P/S and a P/B of 2.26 and 2.57 respectively. For P/cash, EMC Corporation has a value of 5.66, while it is 19.46 for P/free cash flow.
At the current price of 28.59, EMC Corporation has a dividend yield of 1.62%. We see a return on equity of 9.60%.
Looking more long-term EMC Corporation, is projected to get an EPS growth for the next five years of 15.00%. In the short-term an EPS growth of 4.07% in the next year is forecasted. This is after a EPS growth of -23.10% for this year and for the last five years a 2.80% growth has been seen.


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"Spill" sends water – and migrating ocean-bound juvenile salmon and steelhead - over Columbia-Snake River dams rather than through spinning turbines or in trucks or barges. As long as the dams remain, spill is one of our most effective salmon protections. It helps the dammed Columbia and Snake act more like natural rivers – the conditions under which salmon evolved, and what scientists overwhelmingly agree we must mimic if we are to restore wild salmon.
A recent report by Northwest scientists concluded that higher levels of spill will increase both the survival of salmon as juveniles migrate to the ocean and the numbers of adults that return to the river. They predict that sufficient spill levels may recover some of our at-risk stocks.
The Obama Administration is expected to release its new Columbia Basin salmon plan at year's end - replacing the previous 2010/2008 version that was ruled invalid and inadequate in federal court in 2011. This promising new report – based on sixteen years of ongoing research – provides the Administration with a new opportunity to embrace science and include an expanded spill program in its upcoming plan. This could help salmon and fishing communities, and provide greater certainty to regional ratepayers, and businesses. It might also break the long cycle of illegal federal plans, and lay the groundwork for a regional stakeholder collaboration that can tackle the linked issues of salmon, energy, and transportation in the Columbia Basin.
Daily Astorian Editorial: Same old story - Obama buys into the sad inertia of low expectations on salmon
Monday, September 16, 2013
Although this year's relatively abundant returns of fall Chinook might seem to mark a kind of success in the long-running struggle to ensure salmon survival, true progress remains elusive. In particular, a newly revised plan for restoring wild salmon is disappointing.
Going by the peculiar name of biological opinion (bi-op for short), this planning document from the federal NOAA Fisheries service is the essential blueprint for how the federal government will meet its obligations to salmon under the Endangered Species Act. Heroically no-nonsense federal judge James Redden, who recently retired, repeatedly held federal feet to the fire as bureaucrats offered bi-ops that made only superficial progress toward setting salmon on a path to sustainable populations.
Perhaps rolling the dice that a new judge won't want to continue in Redden's proud tradition of profound skepticism, NOAA Fisheries' latest effort remains rooted in the games of the past. In the same way it has enthusiastically embraced other Bush administration priorities like snooping on American communications, the Obama administration also continues offering "stay-the-course" salmon plans. These defer to the Columbia River's industrial users while making little real effort to permanently repair the disconnections caused by dams and reservoirs.


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Like I notice some people would pay for something and leave forgetting to take what they paid for. I've done this too and it is embarrassing. Have you ever? And what did you pay for but forgot to take? This is common among average people and do you think you know why it happens?
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one time I went to a drive thru to get some food, paid for it and got my change back and immediately took off without getting the food and I made it half way home until I realized what I did and when I went back I couldn't go in to get it so I had to go through the drive thru again and explained to them what a dumbass I am lol...I was embarrassed but it was mostly funny to me00|00|0


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Consistently lost, yes. Except for a series of brilliant victories by a certain dwarfish Corsican genius. And even he managed to end up losing the wars after winning most of the battles. But Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt really stick in their craw.
This was more a part of the wider battle for the Angevin dynasty -- this dynasty came close to ruling much of Europe in the 1300s -- one even became king of Hungary and Poland.


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(Reuters) - Tears, chants and volleys of gunfire fired into the air punctuated the funeral for nine imams Libya said NATO killed in an air strike, but the alliance said the building it struck was a command-and-control center.
NATO is bombing Libya as part of a U.N. mandate to protect civilians. Some NATO members say they will continue until Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who taunted the alliance as a coward whose bombs could not kill him, was forced out.
The nine imams were among 11 people killed in a strike on a guest house in the eastern city of Brega on Friday, the government said. The other two were buried elsewhere.
"May God defeat their (NATO) forces on land, sea and air," shouted a crowd of about 500 at the funeral held at a cemetery near Tripoli's port.
Mourners hoisted the plain wooden coffins above their heads to carry them into the cemetery and they were open to show what looked like bodies wrapped in green shrouds and garlanded with flowers, a Reuters witness said.
"It (NATO's campaign) is one insult after another to the living and the dead," said Abdulrahman as he watched the funerals.
In a statement, NATO defended its action: "We are aware of allegations of civilian casualties in connection to this strike and although we cannot independently confirm the validity of the claim, we regret any loss of life by innocent civilians when they occur."
Libyan state television broadcast audio remarks by Gaddafi on Friday apparently aimed at quashing speculation about his health sparked by Italy's foreign minister who said he had likely been wounded in a NATO strike and left Tripoli.
"I tell the cowardly crusader (NATO) that I live in a place they cannot reach and where you cannot kill me," said the man on the audio tape, whose voice sounded like Gaddafi's.
"Even if you kill the body you will not be able to kill the soul that lives in the hearts of millions," he said.
NATO struck his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on Thursday but government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said he was unharmed, in good spirits and in Tripoli.
NATO said it conducted 148 air sorties on Friday, 44 of them strike sorties that aim to identify and hit targets but do not always deploy munitions.
Rebels have mounted a three-month-old uprising against Gaddafi's rule and control Benghazi and the oil-producing east of Libya. Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting.
Rebel leaders met senior officials at the White House on Friday in a boost to their bid for international legitimacy.
At a press conference in Benghazi on Saturday, rebels denied they were disappointed by a lack of recognition for their cause and rejected partition as a solution for the country.
"Meetings (abroad) have been at the highest level and have been incredibly supportive of the National Transitional Council, so we are actually joyous rather than disappointed," said Aref Nayed, support coordinator for the council.
"There is no stalemate. We are making progress on all fronts .... We don't see progress as only military progress because this revolution was a peaceful humanitarian revolution that was simply calling for simple human rights," he said.
In a fresh sign of diplomatic activity, Greece will send officials to Benghazi to work as a contact group with rebels, Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said on Saturday after talks in Athens with the U.N. envoy for Libya Abdelilah al-Khatib.
A small team will travel to Libya next week with a humanitarian aid ship, a foreign ministry official said.
Tripoli says the rebels are criminals and supporters of al Qaeda and calls NATO strikes acts of colonial aggression by Western powers bent on getting hold of the country's oil.
Rebels have failed to achieve their main military target of toppling Gaddafi and taking Tripoli and the war has reached a virtual stalemate with recent fighting centered on the port city of Misrata in the west and in the Western Mountains region.
Rebels seized Misrata airport this week in a significant breakthrough. They took more territory on the edge of Misrata, said a witness called Ghassan reached by telephone on Saturday.
"The revolutionaries (rebels) are in full control of al Dafiniya, the western entrance to Misrata," said Ghassan.
"On the eastern edge, the rebels are in control of Tammina, an area situated some 25 km east of Misrata and they are trying to advance further east," he said, quoting rebels.
Rebels also seized some parts of Zawiyah, a town 54 km (34 miles) west of Tripoli, the opposition newspaper Brnieq reported on its website on Saturday.
Rebels in the city center pushed government forces to the outskirts and now control several main streets, it said, quoting a rebel spokesman in Zawiyah. The government recaptured Zawiyah on March 14 and has been in control since.


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On 04/14/2011 04:21 AM, Alexander Todorov wrote: > I will rework the patch with your comments and post it again but was > wondering about something more advanced. > > Is it possible to specify the order(and timeouts) in which individual > guests are started? As it seems currently this is not possible. I'm not sure of any way to do this short of naming your guests so that their names are sorted in the order you want them started. Hmm, thinking back to an earlier proposal, this might be a good fit for the idea of VM groups: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-March/msg01546.html That is, if you can teach libvirt to manage the notion of groups of related VMs, then you can also express ordering contraints within each group. > I've come across a situation where one of the guests needs to start > first (provides a database) and then another guests needs to start > second (an app server). The reason is that this is a proprietary app > which is badly written and fails to connect/re-connect to the database > if it is not online in the first place. Without more code on the libvirt front, I think you're stuck renaming the guests to enforce naming order (assuming that libvirt even goes by sorted name order, as opposed to readdir() order where you have no control). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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In Oregon, 19 Days Until Votes are Counted, Obama 7 points Atop Romney; 4 Ballot Measures Examined
In an election for President of the United States in Oregon today, 10/18/12, with voting about to begin, Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney 49% to 42%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KATU-TV in Portland. All interviews were conducted following the 10/16/12 Presidential town-hall debate in New York. Obama carried Oregon by 16 points in 2008, but leads by 7 points today. Compared to a SurveyUSA poll 5 weeks ago, Obama has lost 2 points: then, he led by 9.
Among men, Obama has gained ground: he had trailed by 3 points now leads by 2. Among women, Obama has lost ground: he had led by 21 points, now leads by 11. Obama's advantage among Independents has been shaved by 3 points: he had led by 7, now leads by 4. Obama has lost ground among lower income voters, gained ground among middle-income voters. Romney has made inroads among upper-income voters. In the region of Oregon outside of greater Portland, the contest has flipped: Obama had led by 3, now trails by 10. Compared to 5 weeks ago, Romney voters are voting more "for" Romney than they are voting "against" Barack Obama, a sign that Romney is seen today as a more attractive candidate, not just an "anybody but Obama."
Measure 80, which would allow adults to grow and possess marijuana, continues to trail narrowly. Today, "No" leads "Yes" 43% to 36%. Compared to a SurveyUSA poll 5 weeks ago, opposition is up 2 points, support is down 1 point. The measure had trailed by 4, now trails by 7. The margin of support among Democrats has dropped 10 points.
Measure 82, which would allow privately owned casinos, today trails 53% to 28%. Opposition to the measure has grown from 16 points 5 weeks ago to 25 points today.
Measure 83, which would allow a privately owned casino in Wood Village, today trails 54% to 26%. Opposition to the measure has grown from 11 points 5 weeks ago to 28 points today.
SurveyUSA asked about Measure 85 in 2 different ways for this release. First, consistent with last month, SurveyUSA told voters very little about the measure, an attempt to gauge "certain" support. This approach is designed to identify the most-committed backers and opponents of a proposition, and is an approach used by SurveyUSA across the country to measure public awareness of ballot initiatives. Using this approach, 25% of voters tell SurveyUSA they are "certain" to vote No on Measure 85. 15% of voters tell SurveyUSA they are "certain" to vote Yes on Measure 85. 60% of voters are "not certain" how they will vote.
Separately, SurveyUSA read to voters a complete description of Measure 85. Using this approach, "Yes" on 85 leads "No," 53% to 26%, with 21% undecided. This approach to initiative measurement includes "soft" support as well as "hard" support and incorporates into the findings those who may be hearing the exact ballot language for the first time. Given the full description: Democrats and Independents support the measure, Republicans split. Conservatives oppose the measure, moderates and liberals support.
Cell-phone and home-phone respondents included in this research. SurveyUSA interviewed 700 state of Oregon adults 10/16/12 through 10/18/12. Of the adults, 644 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 579 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/06/12 election. This survey was conducted using blended sample, mixed mode. Respondents reachable on a home telephone (77% of likely voters) were interviewed on their home telephone in the recorded voice of a professional announcer. Respondents not reachable on a home telephone (23% of likely voters) were shown a questionnaire on their smartphone, tablet or other electronic device.


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Norwegian contractor Dolphin Drilling has achieved international accreditation of a maintenance management system onboard its latest deepwater drillship, following a rigorous assessment from one of the largest classification bodies in ship and offshore certification.
Dolphin Drilling, an independent contractor of mobile drilling units, worked with Aberdeen and Stavanger-based SAP software specialist for upstream oil and gas, Absoft, to implement a computerised maintenance management system onboard its new, state-of-the-art Bolette Dolphin drillship.
DNV-GL carried out a thorough evaluation of the SAP planned maintenance system, implemented onboard the Bolette Dolphin, and awarded the certification after the solution met the stringent requirements of Rules for Classification of Ships.
Dolphin Drilling
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Hi there! I'm super late with this, but better late than never right?
Congratulations to Stacy-Magic Love Crow! She's the winner of my Halloween giveaway. Email me your address and I'll get your prize out to you this week.
I really enjoyed the Halloween memories you all shared. Thanks for participating!
I'll be back here in a day or two.
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
15 November 2016
31 October 2016
Samhain blessings...
Hello! Happy Halloween and many Samhain blessings to you all! I hope this finds you enjoying the spirit of the day and having a bit of fun too.
I spent a good portion of yesterday getting ready for today. I took a quick drive to the farmers market for a variety of things, including cut flowers and a carving pumpkin. Then I spent the rest of the day setting my dining table and sideboard area for Halloween and The Ancestor Offerings. I made some banana bread using one of my grandmothers recipes and made a few plates with some of their favorite food for offerings to the Ancestors. One of my Grandmothers used to keep Zero candy bars in the freezer so when I saw a Zero bar in line at the grocers I just new I had to get it for her. I haven't seen these in ages! Some of the offerings include, pimento cheese sandwich (a favorite of my Great-Grandmother Ida), pasta with homemade sauce (for my Granddaddy, Lester, whose knickname in college was Spig, because he ate so much spaghetti having never seen it until he moved to NC), pepsi (my other granddaddy, George, retired from Pepsi Bottling Co. after a lengthy term of employment), and iced sweet tea (because everyone drank it).
I cleaned up my year-round ancestor altar on Saturday and spent this morning making up fresh bouquets for them and one for Maman Brigitte's altar. I used elements of the flowers I picked up yesterday and a few things from my own little garden.
I'm feeling very right today, I don't even know the correct word. I just feel as if I'm doing the things I should be and that everything is good. I pulled out one of my journals last night to find that I hadn't read tarot for myself since last Samhain. I read over the year reading I did and boy, was it spot on. I'll do another for myself for the coming year, tonight. (As I've been typing, the word I had been looking for came to me - balanced.)
I've walked the line between the worlds my entire life. For the most part I've kept it to myself, and/or hidden what I am and the gifts the Ancestors have given me. Recently, I've realized that this is the time to step up fully into those gifts and use them. What is the saying, use it or lose it? Well, I lost this gift several years ago and it was the most miserable year I've ever spent. Not like anything bad happened, I just didn't feel like myself. I didn't feel...whole. But this autumn, things are feeling balanced. Like I'm no longer trying to keep from tripping off the rope into one world or the other. So, I'm going to use it, as much and as often as I can.
I'd planned to do a giveaway at the beginning of the month so I could send out some Halloween goodies, but time and other things conspired against me and it didn't happen. However, there is no rule that says Halloween can't be enjoyed throughout the year! So, I'm having a little giveaway today. I have some Halloween items to send to someone out there in bloglandia. Included will be what you see in the picture above as well as a few other little things (like maybe some candy!). I'm also offering the winner a tarot reading. You can ask a question or just see what the cards and spirit have to tell you if you'd like.
To be entered in the giveaway, leave a comment telling me your most favorite Halloween memory* and I'll enter your name into the mix. I'll put everyone's name in the witches hat and draw one out (old school style!) on Saturday, Nov. 5th. Entries will be cut off at 11:59pm Friday (Nov. 4th).
*To be sure I don't add someone who doesn't want to be added please be sure to start your comment with "My most favorite Halloween memory is". For an extra entry, you can mention this giveaway on your blog. Nothing big, just a line or two will do. Leave me a separate comment that you did so, please, and I'll enter your name a second time.
Well, I just realized what time it is and I must run! I still have treat bags to fill and lunch to eat and a pumpkin to carve!!
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
29 October 2016
a little art...
Three posts in three days?!? Amazing, huh? :-)
As promised, here are a few pictures of pages I made for my Red Thread book. None of the pages I've made are completely done (I don't think). Some are still blank pages, with backgrounds started. Some, like these, have elements added to them.
The top picture has an old library card sleeve holding the item in the second picture. It is a TAP image that I got while on the retreat that I put on a Dylusions spray inked index card.
The map is a cutout from a giant old map of the US that I have had since I was a kid. I decided to mark my driving route from the first trip using red thread. The old tag at the top is also inked with Dylusions and with stamped letters. I really like the You Are Found tag because I feel like I found an important part of myself when I made that first trip.
The last picture is another TAP image, one that we all received at the first retreat. I had brought with me a worn and stained cloth that belonged to one of my grandmothers (not sure which). I cut out a piece from a corner large enough for the image and then hand stitched a hem on the two sides I'd cut. (Something I'd never done before.) The washi tape at the bottom of the page is from a package I received a couple years ago from the wonderful Nina Bagley (our instructor at this retreat).
I have several other pages that are mostly done, but these are the ones I thought I'd show you today. I haven't started working on the covers yet. I have some ideas there, but am not entirely certain.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my little "art show." Any projects you have been working on?
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
Posted by Laura at 9:37 PM 3 comments:
Labels: art, Red Thread Retreat
28 October 2016
about that story...
I started thinking about it prior to my trip to Maryland and decided I would make a mixed media piece to share. I put it out of my mind during my trip and when I returned home, I dived in. I started with a blank canvas (always intimidating) and began adding layers of paint and paper. I spent my first day back working on this piece. When I stopped for the day, I wasn't really happy with where it was heading, so decided to let it sit overnight and come back to it with fresh eyes the next morning.
I worked at it for two and a half days before I accepted that things just weren't coming together. Well, you know what that means. Panic!
Yes, I started freaking out and almost backed out. But...I kept thinking about all the times I've ever committed to something and then backed out at the last minute and I just couldn't do it.
Now we are up to Thursday evening (the day before it is due) and I got nothing.
I spent several hours working on my written submission. I started letting the words come out (and not trying to make them fit, which is where I run into trouble). After a while, I felt like I had something I could work with. I went back over it, tweaking this and that. Changing a few words and looking for things that would make it seem more cohesive (I think that is the word). When I finally stopped, I was not happy. I just didn't think it had the elements it needed. But...I was exhausted and it was due in just a few hours.
So I scheduled the time for it to publish, then went to bed. I was kind of proud of myself for sticking to my commitment, but still worried that it wouldn't "measure up". (Why do we do that to ourselves?)
When I woke the next morning, I checked to make sure it had posted (and it hadn't, of course). I hit the publish button and sent it out into the wide world of the internets. After that the day was busy and I didn't back to my computer for a while.
Saturday morning I was going through my blog feed to catch up on the blogs I'd missed while away for over a week. I landed on Joanna Devoe's Weekly Witch Review and while clicking through her links received such a shock. She had included my Witches in Fiction post as a link. She said such wonderful things, I was so amazed.
Have you ever had one of those surreal moments that just takes your breath and stops time? I swear, this was one of those moments for me. I kept looking at it and then clicking the link thinking there was some sort of a mistake. But...well...
I have to thank you, my readers and visitors here, for all the encouraging and thoughtful comments that I received on that post. I tried to reply to everyone and hope I didn't miss anyone. But if I did, please accept my gratitude. I can't tell you how all those comments lifted my heart.
It's kind of funny actually. I don't believe in coincidence. One of the things that I indulge in when I go on these trips, is a wonderful massage by the owner of the facility. As we are finishing up each of these sessions, she always says, "you should write." I always reply that I'm just not good at that.
See the thing is, I love to tell stories. I have spent my life creating stories in my head. I used to write them down, but a few times friends (or school bullies) found them and made fun of my writing and ideas, and I stopped. I still create them, I just don't record them anywhere, except for a few that just demanded being recorded.
So when I saw the reaction to the story I made up for Witches in Fiction. I was really overwhelmed. And really happy. And really encouraged to maybe, start writing all those stories in my head down somewhere. And that feeling, is all because of YOU! So, thank you, again for giving me hope.
Okay, I'm feeling like this is scattered and really too long, so I'm going to wrap it up. I have some ideas for upcoming blog posts, so hopefully, I'll be here more often.
Has anything amazing happened to you lately? Something that just makes you feel really good? I'd love to hear about it.
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
Posted by Laura at 9:29 PM 5 comments:
Labels: creativity, excitement, writing
27 October 2016
An invisible Red Thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
~ Chinese Proverb
These are just some of the photos I took on while I was at the Red Thread Retreat earlier this month. I had the most marvelous time. I think it might have even been better than the first time I went.
The drive is a bit difficult for me, 6 1/2 hours sitting in a car, being very focused on what I'm doing and what everyone around me is doing. This is very difficult with a severe headache the entire time. It is even more difficult when my squirrel brain is added to the equation. If I could stop to take a photo every time I saw something I wanted to capture, it would take WEEKS!! :-)
Anywho, the food was fabulous (as usual). The weather couldn't have been more perfect and I was able to spend lots of time visiting with the trees. That little fox photo was from pretty far away, as I was headed toward the field he was crossing for a walk. I forgot to take my walking shoes and marching through the woods in flip-flops is really not a good idea. So, I settled for walking around the edges of the field and woods. I startled a foursome of does and wasn't able to get a photo of them. But it was so nice to just watch them. (The next day I walked past my bedroom window and saw two just a few feet from the house nipping at the grass.)
Normally, at these retreats, I come away energized, but while there quite frustrated because I'm not happy with what I create. The first year, I made a couple of small things that I liked. The second time I went, I came back with a few found poems I'd created and one piece of art I really loved. This year, I had a breakthrough.
I listened to our instructor, the amazingly talented and wonderfully sweet Nina Bagley, talk about how she creates. I watched the demonstrations and I worked. I'd had a hard time deciding what my theme was going to be when I was ordering my supplies, but on the drive up, I realized I wanted my book to be my Red Thread book. I wanted to document my activities at these retreats.
I picked up lots of good tips from my friend and tablemate. My particular favorite was how she will lay down elements that she is trying to decide on and photograph them with her phone so she can get a different perspective. I've been doing that a lot.
I also learned how to think outside of the box when creating pages for my book. I found elements to add and worked on backgrounds. On our last night, we all sat together and shared one page of our book and talked about what our best take-away from the retreat was. I had a bit of a problem with this. Not my usual problem, in that I didn't like what I'd made so didn't know what to show. No, my problem was that I LOVED everything I'd made. I had no idea how to choose which page to share. When it was my turn, my friend/tablemate, announced my dilemma and asked if I could share more than one thing. :-)
I was very sad to leave the next day and I lingered as long as I could. I was, however, very excited to get home and unpack.** More importantly, I was excited to have spent time with a group of beautiful (inside and out), intelligent, caring, supportive, creative women. I always come home from these retreats rejuvenated and feeling a lot better about myself. I laughed, a lot. I smiled, a lot. I talked, a lot. I was HAPPY, A LOT!! :-)
If you ever have a chance to attend one of these retreats I highly recommend it.
I promise to show some of the pages I created in another post.
I hope you've all had a good month. I can't believe how quickly October has flown by. I'm very sad to see it go.
**When I arrived home I remembered that I'd signed up for Witches in Fiction and so started to work on a mixed media piece for that. I'll have a post about that next time.
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
Posted by Laura at 8:16 PM 5 comments:
Labels: art, Red Thread Retreat
21 October 2016
Healing from the Otherside - Witches in Fiction 2016
Healing from the Otherside
"It's all falling apart," she whispered in my ear.
I looked around, trying to find her, but all I could see was decay. The trees were dying, dried up skeletons of their former selves. There were fruits and vegetables rotting on the vines. Grass was turning brown, while the ponds and rivers shriveled up as I watched, leaving their residents gasping and searching for refuge. The heat of the sun seemed to grow more intense with every moment and the wind, which had been blowing gently across my skin, became still as death.
"It shouldn't be this way," she said. Her voice was quiet and a bit shaky. I stood quite still for a moment, before I realized it had come from behind me. I turned, very slowly, to see who had been speaking.
She stood a few feet away, looking pale and worn. Her hair flowed to her knees, the color of a raven's wing with sparks of auburn floating throughout. Her eyes were a clear, crystal blue and her skin was smooth and as light as cream. She was tall and stood strong as if rooted to the earth.
"What happened here?" I asked. I took a small step towards her and glanced around again.
"They're killing us." She whispered it so quietly, so sadly. She had changed when I looked back at her. Her hair white and limp, her skin had taken on a grey tinge and wrinkled. She seemed to float just above the ground and tears flowing from her tired eyes.
"Who?" I asked, although I wasn't sure why. I already knew who had done this. I already knew why.
I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. As I slowly breathed out, I opened my eyes and saw a living world. The world I'd just seen, the woman I'd seen, was gone.
I walked around a bit, marveling at the soft green grass beneath my feet, the breeze blowing across my skin. I listened to the bees moving through the flowers and the birds singing in the trees. Wandering to a tree, I sat underneath and leaned back. I could feel the rough bark against my back and closed my eyes to listen.
After a few minutes, I felt a shift in the air. A thrumming began in the tree I leaned against, like the beat of a heart. When I opened my eyes, the world had shifted back to decay.
"Grandmother, what can we do?" I asked her. I reached for her hand, but it just went through to the ground.
She gently placed her hand over mine, just a hint of space between, and said, "Your world is dying. Things look normal from the outside, but inside it is rotting away. When your world dies, ours does, too. All the hate, the ugly words and uglier thoughts. Each one creates more of the same, until everyone and everything is rotting inside. "
Her gaze roamed over the land in front of us, "I know you feel it, the pain and fear. But, my darling girl, you can change this. You just have to remember the words. Remember and you heal not only yourself, your world, but mine too."
I looked into her eyes, so like my own, and saw a hint of hope. "Remember," she said as she slowly faded away.
This is my entry for Magaly's Witches in Fiction 2016.
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
Posted by Laura at 9:40 AM 17 comments:
Labels: Witches in Fiction, writing
27 September 2016
Witches in Fiction 2016
The lovely and talented Magaly has sent out her invitations for this years Witches in Fiction. I've decided to join in this year rather than sitting on the sidelines. I have no idea yet what I'll do, but something will show up here.
Please follow the links above to Magalys' site to find out more about it and maybe sign up yourself?
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
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New Eco Flora Estate ListingProperty ID 169757Located just 3km south of Kalbarri town site this 502sqm block is within the Eco Flora Estate where premium new homes have already been built. The area is framed by 186000 hectares of the Kalbarri National Park and the nearby glorious ocean front gorges.
Main photo is taken from the back of the block, fantastic views
Take this great opportunity to secure a fabulous block and be a part of this unique development.
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After Slack managed to redefine the way corporate communications work, Microsoft who still happens to dominate the office space wouldn't take it lying low. For quite some time, we had been hearing something similar in the form of 'Skype Teams'. While it yet to launch officially, we now have a new name for the service- 'Microsoft Teams'.
Until a few days ago, a beta login page for the same was appearing on teams.skype.com. Now, the URL is being redirected to a new page, teams.microsoft.com, suggesting a rechristening of the service. In addition to this, concepts, screenshots and other internal documents have also popped up on the internet.
Microsoft Teams has been touted to bring all the features that makes Slack awesome and integrate them to all other existing Office offerings from Microsoft including Office365 and OneDrive.
Bots are also part of the plan along with threaded messaging. In addition, it will also allow for voice and video calling from all devices.
Microsoft has stated multiple times that over 300 million people use Skype and it will be interesting to see whether the user base adopts the teamworking tool.
Slack, a web-based IRC-like messaging app had become the go-to app for newsrooms and other businesses around the world and has been taking out a considerable chunk out of Microsoft's presence in workplaces.
While there is still no official launch date for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft has sent out invites for an Office Event on November 2 in New York City. Microsoft has been testing the app internally all this while and had even bumped up priority for it. So hopefully, we will be seeing Microsoft Teams by next week.
For now, Microsoft is slated to hold a hardware launch event tonight where among other things, a Surface AIO is rumored to be announced. The Surface AIO will be Microsoft's answer to Apple's Macs and will be an opportunity for the company to define how to make Windows desktops great again!