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The Most Popular Platform With Developers (Vision
But most stunning is its dramatic closing of the monetization gap with iOS. The average Android developer revenue is now $4,700 a month versus $5,200 for iOS (though this revenue includes contract development, e-commerce, and advertising, not just in-app purchases and paid downloads). Interestingly, developers on iOS prefer pay-per-download and in-app purchase as monetization methods, while Android developers prefer in-app advertising and pay-per-download. Globally, 27% of developers use Android as their primary platform versus 25% for iOS. That may be indicative of Android's strength internationally, where iOS is just not as much of a factor. Read >
To A Mobile-Centric World (Bill
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley has a big post on the changes and trends to watch as the world goes mobile. Read >
Smartphone Upgrades Slow (Wall Street Journal)
The rate at which Americans trade in their phones for more advanced models has slowed significantly, actually turning negative last year. As we've discussed before, penetration growth is slowing as untapped demographics tend to be older and less wealthy. Anecdotally, some consumers feel innovation in smartphone technology is also slowing, and consequently there is less urgency to upgrade. This trend lies behind several recent developments in mobile. Carriers, like AT&T, and T-Mobile, are introducing new plans to let subscribers upgrade faster — if they are willing to forgo subsidies. Manufacturers, meanwhile, are looking to new devices lines to maintain astronomic levels of growth from the past few years. Read >
WhatsApp Is Now Free On iOS — Sort
Of (Forbes)
It is now free in the App Store, previously having cost $0.99. However, it will cost users $1 a year after the first year to keep using it. Read >
Pushes Deeper Into Video (Wall Street
On its second quarter earnings call, Marissa Mayer touted Yahoo's plan to invest further in video this year. Given her dual push into mobile, it is worth noting that video has been the major bright spot in mobile monetization thus far. In unrelated news, Yahoo also acquired a mobile ads startup yesterday. Read >
Why Russian
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iPhones are no longer available on any Russian carriers. The reason? Some analysts think that the carriers just don't want to deal with notoriously-stringent Apple. Read >
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The once-mighty Japanese company is exiting its smartphone business after a deal with Lenovo failed to materialize. Read >
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New YorkNightlife
The Official "Candyland Party" Revival Last Night At Bijoux
Go HERE for more photos of this event by JT WHITE and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS!!
As Stanley "broke" late last night, the infamous "CANDYLAND" party by Kyky, Unik, and Dimitri that was popular back in the day at Serafina, was brought back. It's revival came in the form of a dinner party at Merkato preceding the party downstairs at Bijoux and it was hosted by Francois and Aramis. I texted JT WHITE, our official nightlife photographer to head over to check out the first one. He kindly obliged....

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We rate the latest reports from the property market, from doom-laden to optimistic
House prices rose by an average of 2.7 per cent in the 12 months to March according to the Office for National Statistics. Prices were up by 3 per cent in England and by 1.2 per cent in Wales, but moved lower in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where there were annual declines of 1.7 per cent and 2 per cent respectively. This data is based on mortgage completions but excludes cash sales (the ONS is promising to change this). It notes that the market in Northern Ireland has been falling since February 2008. It also observes that the annual nationwide price increase would be just 0.6 per cent if London were excluded (where the rise over the period was 7.6 per cent).
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A fun relaxed wine and charcuterie tasting with a Master of Wine to guide. Sample thirteen different wines matched to hams, pates, terrine, cheeses, olives and breads.
A great gift for the food and wine lover. No knowledge required!
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Fortuna Hotels is the original brand in the portfolio of the CPI Hotels group and it includes short-term accommodation of the middle, three-star category with a focus on tourist and low-cost corporate clientele.
The guests of Fortuna Hotels can rely on a consistent standard of services and furnishing. In the long run, CPI Hotels intends to expand the Fortuna Hotels chain through a franchise.
Hotel Fortuna City
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100 00 - Prague 10, Czech Republic
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Am Tropf Russlands? Ein Konzept zur empirischen Messung von Energieversorgungssicherheit
Along with the oil price, concerns about the security of energy supply have soared once again in recent years. Yet, more than 30 years after the OPEC oil embargo in 1973, energy security still remains a diffuse concept. This article conceives a statistical indicator that aims at characterizing the long-term energy supply risk of nations that are heavily dependent on energy imports. Our indicator condenses the bulk of empirical information on the imports of fossil fuels originating from a multitude of export countries as well as data on the indigenous contribution to the domestic energy supply, thereby providing us with a single parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany (1980-2004), we find that the energy supply risk has increased substantially since the 1970s. This outcome is mainly due to the drastic raise of oil and gas imports from Russia. Copyright 2009 die Autoren Journal compilation 2009, Verein für Socialpolitik und Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Next time you take out your smart phone for a game of Angry Birds or to check Facebook, there's a chance you're not the only one who's watching. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the British and American governments could be tracking data from some mobile apps. Tonight, President Obama delivers his State of the Union address. He's said it's unlikely he's going to get a whole lot of support from Congress on anything. So, if President Obama goes it alone, what could he do? One other thing you may hear from the president tonight is about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The a global trade agreement that covers 12 countries and 40 percent of the world's economy is a high priority for Obama and an important part of his Asia-Pacific policy. But if you thought the fight over NAFTA was bruising, this could be a lot tougher.


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Route DescriptionFrom the parking spot, start heading northeast along Fish Creek. After a minute or so, you'll pass by a dilapidated sign. Initially, I found a faint path, but that soon disappeared. The terrain seemed pretty flat down here, but you are gaining elevation. Fish Creek is similar to a swamp in areas, and I was soon soaking wet. You'll have to cross Fish Creek and other smaller streams several times. The vegetation is thick in places, and the route finding isn't all that easy. I had to cross a lot of downfall. Keep climbing up Fish Creek, and you will eventually end up on the west side of it. At about 10,600', you'll reach the bottom of a steep grass slope. Now you'll finally start gaining some serious elevation.
Climb up the grassy slope, and continue climbing up through the forest. At about 11,000', you'll break out of the trees at the base of a rock scree slope. Climb up the scree slope. Continue climbing up the scree and grass slopes on the west side of Fish Creek. The slope steepens in one area, but the climbing isn't very difficult. Your goal is to reach the broad saddle between Dolores and Middle Peaks. As you get higher, the grade moderates, and the climbing gets easier. As you approach the broad saddle, you will see that there are actually two separate, smaller saddles separated by Point 12,770'. For Dolores Peak, head to the right of Point 12,770'. If you want to climb Middle Peak Peak, you would need to head to the left of the point. Climb up to the 12,560' saddle between Dolores Peak and Point 12,770'.
Once at the saddle, turn right and start heading up the scree slope towards Dolores Peak. The slope is steep, but not very difficult. Make the final push to the summit, where you can enjoy the scenic views of southwest Colorado.
Hiking Distance: About 6 miles round trip.
Elevation Gain: 3,300'.


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1. Staff at Red Seven vary in their communication skills/ levels. In the first place I found I experienced a very good level of communication and assistance. However once the booking was made this deteriorated, and i felt the attitude was very much 'we have the sale...now you can forget about customer service' I sent numerous e mails and made numerous phone calls and very few times received answers. My allocated contact was near useless in getting back to me....all people want is a phone call.
2. Ability for payment packages etc is excellent and took the worry about money etc out of my hands - this is the single best thing about Red Seven along with the website which is quite easy to use. However it does not always answer the questions you have and so to palm e mails and phone calls back onto this is unacceptable.
3. Despite telling redSeven on numerous occasions i had people coming from all over the world and therefore would only need 3 or 4 people picked up from the airport (largest group we had), when the transfer arrived it was for 17!!...i suspect a lack of communication again here...but that would be your loss i suppose anyway.
4. Hotel was very standard, but to be honest that is ok, as what can you expect for a Stag do, it is unlikely to be the height of luxury! However it was in an excellent location. The stag was very enjoyable to everyone concerned and most people had a great time.
5. There was talk of tee shirts and how we would be sent these. One chap even paid for one. we have seen hide nor hair of them...but please dont bother sending them as it is way to late now!
On balance i would not use Red Seven again unless the communication was significantly improved. I have had 3 lads who are best men in the next few months (there were 27 of us in total in Munich). All have asked if they should use Red Seven, all i have said no because when you are organising a stag do, there is a lot of pressure on you, and if you cannot get answers it is probably the single most frustrating thing in the world!
Anyway, good luck to your company and lets hope you listen to these comments!...although i suspect this e mail will be binned!
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We're sorry you found the communication erratic. We can assure you that after the point of sale, our service team are working hard to make sure that every aspect of your booking is complete. We are an online company therefore, where possible, most requirements for the booking can be made by email and on the personalised system.
With regards to the transfer, this is the standard transfer we use therefore, we can only hope this made your journey all the more comfortable with the extra space!
In order for us to investigate the situation with the t-shirts, we would appreciate it if you could email us at firstname.lastname@example.com so we can find your booking and investigate this with our supplier.
We're really pleased you found the payment system useful and that your group had a great weekend,
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Historic moment in space technology
Haven't been this excited since I was a little kid in the late Apollo era. SpaceX is recapturing the excitement of space like no one else has managed in decades!
Congratulations SpaceX 🙂
First on Mars: the contenders compared
Insurance companies and betting agents have a lot in common. Their advice is based on maths. As a business they only survive if they get the odds right. They don't pretty things up just because it's politically correct, or aligns to someone's personal view.
So when a betting house lays odds on who will be first on Mars I think it carries some weight.
Popular Mechanics have asked the question to docsports.com and we have the results.
Space-X: 5:1 (they have the will and the money)
Mars Direct: 9:1 (they may have the best plan, but who's paying?)
Mars One: 15:1 (on the off-chance it's not a scam and they deliver what they say)
Inspiration Mars: The Dennis Tito flyby (I don't think a mere flyby should qualify…)
Russia: 60:1 (Don't underestimate Putin)
NASA: 80:1 (Docsports cites budget problems; I say the problem is Bolden)
China: 100:1 (late to the party, but catching up fast)
ESA: 300:1 (As usual Europeans are too busy navel-gazing)
SpaceX landing game
It's not slick, but it's fun. See if you can land the first stage of a Falcon 9. I haven't managed it yet:
What Bolden really said about SpaceX and the mission to Mars
Charles Bolden has recently had a Mars makeover. He likes to claim that everything that NASA now does is part of the "ultimate mission", which is to Mars. The problem is that his priorities within NASA don't support that claim. He's cut $400 million from the SLS-Orion program and increased funding to earth sciences by almost the same amount. He denies that a year's delay in the Orion program is even a delay at all. He even denies originally saying that the EM1 flight would be in 2017. He is fighting to keep $2 billion in earth sciences and away from planetary science.
Bolden rarely gives a straight answer, he rejects expert advice, ignores the NASA advisory council, and is utterly dismissive of SpaceX in regards to Mars – even going so far as to ask others in government "not to buy into" commercial efforts and interest in Mars. read more…
KOREASAT-5A WEBCASTSpacex is targeting launch of koreasat-5a from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's kennedy space center, florida on monday, october 30 at 3:34 p.m. edt, or 19:34 utc. a backup launch window opens ..
ECHOSTAR 105 / SES-11 LAUNCH WEBCASTSpacex is targeting launch of echostar 105/ses-11 from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's kennedy space center, florida. the two-hour launch window opens on wednesday, october 11 at 6:53 p.m. edt ..
IRIDIUM-3 MISSIONSpacex is targeting launch of iridium-3 from space launch complex 4e (slc-4e) at vandenberg air force base in california. the instantaneous launch window is at 5:37 a.m. pdt, or 12:37 utc on monday, o ..
MAKING LIFE MULTIPLANETARYThis week at the international astronautical congress (iac) in adelaide, australia, spacex ceo and lead designer elon musk will provide an update to his 2016 presentation regarding the long-term techn ..
ORBITAL TEST VEHICLE 5 (OTV-5) MISSIONSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will launch the u.s. air force's x-37b orbital test vehicle (otv) on its fifth mission. spacex is targeting launch of otv-5 from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's ke ..
MAJOR SUCCESS: RUSSIA TO START BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ANGARA ROCK ..Subscribe to vesti news https://www.youtube.com/channel/uca8mad6gqscto_nq1i49iew?sub_confirmation=1 the first launches of super-heavy rockets from the vostochny spaceport will take place in 2021. rosc ..
FORMOSAT-5 MISSIONSpacex is targeting launch of formosat-5 from space launch complex 4 east (slc-4e) at vandenberg air force base in california. the 42-minute launch window opens on thursday, august 24 at 11:51 a.m. pd ..
ATLAS V TDRS-M LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTSAn atlas v rocket lifts off from cape canaveral's space launch complex-41 with nasa's tracking and data relay satellite-m (tdrs-m). the addition of tdrs-m to the space network (sn) provides the ab ..
CRS-12 LAUNCH WEBCASTOn august 14, 2017, spacex successfully launched its twelfth commercial resupply services mission (crs-12) from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's kennedy space center, florida. liftoff occurred ..
010 ABANDONED SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLESNl and eng subs ! sorry for not uploading for a while, 30% of my footage shot here was corrupt. it took a lot of time to retrieve a bit of the material. our craziest and most dangerous adventure ever ..
SPACEX FALCON 9 BULGARIASAT-1 LAUNCH & LANDING, 23 JUNE 2017Spacex's falcon 9 rocket launched bulgariasat-1, a commercial communications satellite, from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's kennedy space center in florida, on 23 june 2017, at 19:10 utc (1 ..
ROCKET LAUNCH 360: ATLAS V STARLINER3,2,1...liftoff! take a trip to the international space station aboard boeing's starliner capsule after launch on the united launch alliance atlas v. walk across the launch pad, experience the view f ..
U.S. COMMERCIAL CARGO SHIP DEPARTS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONThe u.s. commercial spacex dragon cargo craft was released from the international space station's canadarm2 robotic arm in the early hours of march 19, after spending more than three weeks at the or ..
SPACEX DRAGON CARGO SPACECRAFT ATTACHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STA ..Following the arrival of the unpiloted spacex dragon cargo craft to the international space station on feb. 23, the station crew used the canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the dragon. ground controller ..
FULL CONTACT! SPACEX DRAGON SHIP DOCKS WITH INTL SPACE STATIONA spacex cargo ship loaded with supplies docks with the international space station (iss). the docking took place one day later than scheduled due to a navigation glitch. courtesy: rt's ruptly video a ..
CRS-10 HOSTED WEBCASTSpacex is targeting a late morning launch of its tenth commercial resupply services mission (crs-10) from launch complex 39a (lc-39a) at nasa's kennedy space center in florida. the instantaneous lau ..
MAKING HUMANS A MULTIPLANETARY SPECIESSpacex founder, ceo, and lead designer elon musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on mars. ..
ROUNDTRIP FLIGHTS TO SPACEWhat if you could fly round trip to space, any day during the workweek? jeff greason and his company xcor are working on a spacecraft prototype to do exactly that. hunkered down in the mojave desert, ..
BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCH & LANDING OCTOBER 5, 2016Another perfect test flight for blue origin's "new shepard" rocket: the main rocket booster made its 5th consecutive (and final) landing, after a successful "in-flight escape test" - with the crew cap ..
CRS-9 HOSTED WEBCASTSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will launch the dragon spacecraft to low earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the international space station (iss) for nasa. spacex is targeting a july 18 (edt) launch ..
FIRST-STAGE LANDING | ONBOARD CAMERASped up video of the falcon 9 first-stage landing during the thaicom 8 mission on may 27, 2016. more info: http://www.spacex.com/news/2016/05/27/thaicom-8-mission-photos
THAICOM 8 HOSTED WEBCASTSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver thaicom 8, a commercial communications satellite for thaicom, to a supersynchronous transfer orbit. thaicom is one of asia's leading asian satellite operators ..
JCSAT-14 HOSTED WEBCASTThis is the full hosted webcast explaining the jcsat-14 mission, shots of the rocket and some countdown net audio. spacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver jcsat-14, a commercial communications satell ..
ULA INNOVATION: ADVANCED CRYOGENIC EVOLVED STAGE, PART 1Aces will be refuelable, reusable and can remain in space to support cislunar1000. check out part 2: https://youtu.be/bbzkfno1knc
CRS-8 DRAGON HOSTED WEBCASTSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will launch the dragon spacecraft to low earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the international space station (iss) for nasa. spacex is targeting an afternoon launch of ..
FLIGHT THREE: PUSHING THE ENVELOPENew shepard flew again on april 2, 2016 reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. it was the third flight with the same hardware. we pushed the envelope on this flight, restarting the engi ..
SES-9 FULL WEBCASTSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver ses-9, a commercial communications satellite for ses, to a geostationary transfer orbit (gto). ses is a world-leading satellite operator that provides satellite ..
SES-9 FULL WEBCASTSpacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver ses-9, a commercial communications satellite for ses, to a geostationary transfer orbit (gto). ses is a world-leading satellite operator that provides satellite ..
JASON-3 HOSTED WEBCASTWith this mission, spacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver the jason-3 satellite to low-earth orbit for the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), national aeronautics and space ..
ORBCOMM-2 FULL LAUNCH WEBCASTWith this mission, spacex's falcon 9 rocket will deliver 11 satellites to low-earth orbit for orbcomm, a leading global provider of machine-to-machine communication and internet of things solutions. ..
EXPEDITION 46 LAUNCHES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - LIVETim kopra, of nasa, and tim peake of the european space agency (esa), along with russian cosmonaut yuri malenchenko, blast off on expedition 46 soyuz from baikonur, kazakhstan at 6.03am (est) on decem ..
HISTORIC ROCKET LANDINGBlue origin's new shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, reaching its planned test altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 kilometers) before executing a historic landing back at the launch site ..
WATER FLOWING ON PRESENT-DAY MARSDuring a news conference at nasa headquarters, agency scientists and officials discussed new findings from the mars reconnaissance orbiter (mro) that provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid wat ..
WATER FLOWING ON PRESENT-DAY MARSDuring a news conference at nasa headquarters, agency scientists and officials discussed new findings from the mars reconnaissance orbiter (mro) that provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid wat ..
CREW DRAGON | IN ORBITStep inside crew dragon, spacex's next-generation spacecraft designed to carry humans to the international space station and other destinations: www.spacex.com/crew-dragon
CREW DRAGON | INTERIORStep inside crew dragon, spacex's next-generation spacecraft designed to carry humans to the international space station and other destinations: www.spacex.com/crew-dragon
NASA | SUPERCOMPUTER SHOWS HOW AN EXOPLANET MAKES WAVESA new nasa supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around the nearby star beta pictoris reveals that the planet's motion drives spiral waves throughout the disk, a phenomenon that great ..
NASA | HOW SUNLIGHT PUSHES ASTEROIDSRotating asteroids have a tough time sticking to their orbits. their surfaces heat up during the day and cool down at night, giving off radiation that can act as a sort of mini-thruster. this force, c ..
APRIL 14, 2015: CRS-6 FIRST STAGE TRACKING CAMApril 14, 2015: footage from a tracking camera that followed the first-stage of the falcon 9 during a landing attempt. the footage starts at about 10 km in altitude. falcon 9 first stage approached th ..
EXPLAINING THE SPACE X CRS7 LAUNCH FAILURETalking about yesterday's conference call explaining the failure, and adding my own high quality graphics using microsoft paint. text transcript of the http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/07/20/crs-7-in ..
EXPEDITION 44 CREW MEETS OFFICIALS AND REPORTERS AS LAUNCH APPROACHESExpedition 44 soyuz commander oleg kononenko of the russian federal space agency (roscosmos), nasa flight engineer kjell lindgren and flight engineer kimiya yui of the japan aerospace exploration agen ..
SPACEX CRS-7 LIFTOFFThe spacex crs-7 falcon 9 rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at cape canaveral air force station carrying a dragon spacecraft on the seventh commercial resupply services mission to the inte ..
FALLING BACK TO EARTH | HD FOOTAGE FROM SPACEA gopro inside a fairing from a recent falcon 9 flight captured some spectacular views as it fell back to earth. footage is played in real time. music: blue danube by johann strauss ii
SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS SELECTED FOR EUROPA MISSION ON THIS WEEK @NASA – ..Nasa announced may 26, it has selected nine science instruments for a mission to jupiter's moon europa to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life. the instruments, targeted ..
SPACEX PAD ABORT TEST - SIDE BY SIDE WITH SPLASHDOWNI combined all three videos of the pad abort test and synced all events. source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wchd9amkxa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fxvjf46t8 https://www.youtube.com/watch ..
The Gods Themselves: nudists and boring aliens
[easyazon_image add_to_cart="default" align="left" asin="0553288105″ cloaking="default" height="160″ localization="default" locale="US" nofollow="default" new_window="default" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U4VWpVC9L._SL160_.jpg" tag="frontimultim-20″ width="96″]In the "Olden Days" (which is where my youth now seems to reside) there was Clarke and Asimov. The closest modern parallel seems to be Star Wars vs Star Trek: the sweeping space opera versus the (slightly) more realistic space science. I was always more of a Clarke fan. Which is my disclaimer for talking about Asimov's "The Gods Themselves".
I was browsing through a Reddit topic on "The best standalone science fiction book of the past 25 years" and this was rated as perhaps Asimov's best. Well then what better way to give him another run? ("Wait!" you shout this was written in 1972 – more than 40 years ago. Yes, but like most Reddit threads people don't really stay on topic). read more…
The moons of Jupiter
The old phrase of "I remember when…" can readily be applied to the solar system. For example, "I remember when Pluto was a planet". This T-shirt make bring back memories of "I remember when Jupiter had 13 moons" (which was as late as 1979 btw). Now the count is 67 as celebrated in this T-shirt.
The full list of moons as appearing on the shirt is: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Themisto, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, S/2000 J 11, Iocaste, Praxidike, Harpalyke, Taygete, Chaldene, Erinome, Kalyke, Isonoe, Megaclite, Euporie, Euanthe, Orthosie, Hermippe, Thyone, Aitne, Kale, Eurydome, Pasithee, Arche, Sponde, Autonoe, Carpo, S/2003 J 12, S/2003 J 3, S/2003 J 18, Thelxinoe, Helike, S/2003 J 16, Mneme, Herse, S/2003 J 19, S/2003 J 15, S/2003 J 10, Aoede, Kallichore, Kore, Cyllene, Eukelade, S/2003 J 4, Hegemone, S/2003 J 9, S/2003 J 5, S/2003 J 2, S/2003 J 23, S/2010 J 2, S/2010 J 1, S/2011 J 1, S/2011 J 2
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Gattaca review: A classic sci-fi masterpiece
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Permutation City: musings on reality and immortality
[easyazon-image align="left" asin="0752816497″ locale="us" height="160″ src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TniVmSkyL._SL160_.jpg" width="96″] What thoughts and experiences define you? Are there things you'd like to forget, yet if you did perhaps you'd also be deleting part of the core of your own character. How much could you choose to forget or rewire and still be the same person? This is just one of the issues explored in fascinating detail by master storyteller Greg Egan in his 1994 novel Permutation City. read more…
Pitch Black: Great start, then a lesson in cliche
Humans on Mars in 1965 and the moons of Saturn by 1970: What might have been
[easyazon-image align="left" asin="B000FUTQFU" locale="us" height="160″ src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TNQVM1YKL._SL160_.jpg" width="107″]Explode something behind your spaceship and in league with Newton's laws, your ship moves, it's fundamental and there are hundreds of variations on the theme. One of the most fascinating was the Project Orion ship which used atomic bombs as fuel. It was a brilliant concept with a couple of crucial weaknesses (as I'll explain). The magnificent Orion ship of the 1960s would have cruised the solar system with a crew of hundreds of scientists living and working in large and luxurious rooms. On the first tour there would be a two-year stop at Mars before reaching Saturn in 1970. It was all so close. read more…
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
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Buzz Aldrin and the case for Mars
[easyazon-image align="left" asin="1426210175″ locale="us" height="160″ src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511rtxQJRVL._SL160_.jpg" width="107″]Who remembers who came second? Just about everyone in the case of the second person to walk on the Moon, (Edwin Eugene) "Buzz" Aldrin. He memorably described the Moon as "magnificent desolation" during his first Moonwalk.There's been many ups and downs since then, battles with alcohol and depression; voiceovers and cameos in various TV shows and movies. And I have to mention his admirable reaction when ambushed by Apollo conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel: the then 72-year-old landed a punch on Sibrel's jaw. Now 83, Buzz is pushing the case for Mars in a new book.
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The Time Travellers: Thoughtful 60s sci-fi (with cheese)
Wonderful 1964 movie which really gave me the creeps as a child. Sure it has some cheesy moments, the special effects are generally poor and there are some loooong sequences of running, laying about, fighting, more running, and factory tours that could really do with an edit. But to quibble would be churlish. This is far more a sci-fi movie than many modern efforts that claim the genre. And how about the spooky soundtrack at the start – perfect! read more…
Binary, the ultimate answer? True/false
It's uncommon good fortune to find yourself alive on a "mostly harmless" world in an enlightened age where so many big questions are answered. The meaning of life, the universe and everything is, of course, said to be 42. Deep Thought took a mere 7.5 million years to come up with the answer, gently forewarning us we wouldn't like the answer and to truly appreciate it we need to ask the right question. Which is where this T-shirt comes in.
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Many stars use social media to their advantage, but Arabella Jones is using it to make her break in Nashville! Houston born Arabella has more than 23,000 YouTube subscribers, more than 40,000 Facebook fans, and over 106,000 Twitter followers known as 'Bellaholics' so can this take "Let's Roll" to Nashville? Let us know what you think!
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Barbara (or "Bar," as her husband calls her) Bush is not the wife of one former president and the mother of another because she is a slouch. She's a savvy woman, strong-willed and well educated. I know how well educated she is because her alma mater, Smith College, happens to include among its alumnae two other first ladies—Nancy Reagan and Mrs. Lowe Down.
(Herein lies proof that where you were educated has less bearing on your ultimate station in life than the choices you make. Maybe Mrs. Lowe Down should have married a conservative).
Anyway, getting back to Mother Bush, one gets the feeling that when she makes a pronouncement, the men in the family have learned it's a good idea to pay attention. Mrs. Bush is not the type to let wanton words slip from her lips during interviews; she's too calculating for that. So when she drops a seemingly offhand comment like, "We've had enough Bushes," it's really a shot across the bow to her younger, smarter son to stay out of politics, satisfy himself with making lots of money, and wield influence from behind the scenes.
The maternal remonstrance had probably been delivered already in private, but the TV announcement was just Bar's way of putting her final imprimatur on it.
You can hardly blame her. Quotes like, "Read my lips: no new taxes," and, "Mission, accomplished," from two different male members of the family have probably left her lying awake at night wondering what unforgettable phrase a third might coin.
There is a gaggle of Republican would-be candidates in 2016 who are breathing easier today thanks to Mrs. Bush's comment. The GOP will be the lesser for not having Jeb in the race as a moderating, rational influence. But if you look at it from Bar's point of view, she's already given up enough to the party for one lifetime.


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Rock on Tommy!
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Should Cannon and Ball be legalised?
No way. Singapore has the right idea about this. Possession of a single 1987 Xmas Special VHS tape? Whoosh, off with your head.
I once accidentally watched their film 'Boys in blue' while a teenager and quickly became addicted to their non-edgy wholesome family act, I soon found it wasn't long before light entertainment just wasn't enough and I progressed to Variety and 'end of the pier' comedy acts to satisfy my sick cravings, stop this filth now.
You sicken me stewartc. You could have stopped at any time. You chose to follow that path.
I knew I had to quit when I found VHS recordings of their act harder to find and started desperate late night eBay sessions trying to buy original copies of their scripts. Luckily with the support of friends and family I was bought back from the edge and now live a productive life, however I am always careful, knowing it only takes an accidental Christmas viewing of Miranda or My Family to slip back into this fetid, pit of comedy hell.
Back in the 80's we bumped into them in a multistory car park whilst on holiday in Torquay.
My dad couldn't resist tweaking his invisible braces and shouting 'rock on Tommy'
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Distribution policy:
This app provided exclusively on xda-developers, please post link to this thread instead of copying files to other resources, so users will be able to track changes and report bugs in one place.
However, I allow distribution in the rooting/sideloading packages such as MinimalTouch, Nooters, etc..., but only if credit/thanks and link to this thread are given and I'm notified.
Preview version attached.
It's still missing features, but fully functional as my (and few other testers) daily driver.
Known bug (not implemented/fixed yet): Not working in force landscape.
Also, this app is straight from my nook signed with debug keys, once beta will be launched you will have to uninstall and reinstall.
I travel at least every other week, so I have little time to dedicate to the project.
I'm considering to move source to github, so that other developers can contribute in order to speedup development.
Plz PST me if you are android dev and interested.
I found myself not liking android type home on my NST, but I do not have good design/look and feel ideas (Of course besides Partial Refresh and gamma friendly functions).
Please drop ideas and if we can come up with something interesting I can implement it.
Features to consider:
* http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/ga...1/dsc00387.jpg
Recent added files widget
* High contrast icons and text, e.g. http://www.asus.com/websites/global/...kXP3/theme.jpg
* Partial refresh
* Ability to open as dialog (as soft keys) with soft keys?
* app Drawer widget?, similar to https://market.android.com/details?i...get.SiMiFolder


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Repair work underway on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, traffic snarls likely
A process of removing loose boulders and other repair work is being carried out on Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has planned to keep a mini-block for every 15 minutes due to the same, as a result of which traffic will be affected.
To avert landslides and boulder accidents, at the E-way, which claimed a few lives last monsoon, repair work is being carried out at Adoshi tunnel and Amrutanjan Bridge on June 15 and 16.
MSRDC's executive engineer Sanjay Gargude said, "Last year, during monsoon, landslide and boulder incidents were reported. Hence, repair work is being done. The process of removing loose boulders and debris will go on between 12 noon and 4 pm for two days."


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Comcast Corp. said Thursday that it will continue carrying the NFL Network even after their contract was to expire at midnight, as negotiations continue.
Without an agreement, the nation's largest cable television operator had said it would be required to pull the plug on the football network starting today.
"Comcast and the NFL are engaged in productive discussions toward a new agreement for NFL Network carriage on Comcast," Comcast said in a statement.
Comcast and the NFL are in a court battle over Comcast's decision to put the league-owned channel in a premium sports tier rather than in a lesser-priced service package that has more viewers.
Seahawks: Seattle and linebacker Leroy Hill have reached agreement on six-year contract worth a guaranteed $15.5 million. The deal could potentially be worth $38 million. Hill became a free agent last weekend after the team dropped its franchise tag on him and Hill refused to sign an $8.3 million tender offer. The deal was held up for days over contract language provisions related to any possible league discipline Hill may face from an offseason arrest in January for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Patriots: New England obtained tight end Alex Smith from Tampa Bay. The Patriots gave up an undisclosed pick in next year's draft for the four-year NFL veteran from Stanford. Smith had 21 catches for 250 yards and three touchdowns last season.
Broncos: Denver's crowded backfield became a bit clearer with the release of Selvin Young. The Broncos used the 12th overall pick in last weekend's draft to take Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno. The Broncos also have holdovers Peyton Hillis and Ryan Torian and free agents J.J. Arrington, Correll Buckhalter and LaMont Jordan. Young was beset by back and groin injuries last season.
Dolphins: Miami signed former Stanford running back Anthony Kimble, an undrafted free agent.
Bengals: Cincinnati signed franchised kicker Shayne Graham to a one-year contract. The Bengals said Graham exercised his option to sign for one year at a salary equal to the average of the top five place-kickers in the NFL in 2008.
Chiefs: Kansas City signed unrestricted free- agent center Eric Ghiaciuc, who made 42 starts for Cincinnati from 2005-08.
Jets: Brett Favre's agent Bus Cook reaffirmed to ESPN.com that the quarterback has no plans to end his retirement now that New York has released him. "He's retired, he doesn't have any desire to come back," Cook said.
Phillips update: Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips will go to trial on charges that he attacked his girlfriend in 2005. A San Diego judge ruled Phillips, 33, must stand trial on eight felony charges for two alleged assaults. Phillips already is serving a 10-year sentence for hitting three teenagers with his car in Los Angeles. Phillips was once one of the nation's top college players at Nebraska. St. Louis released him in 1997 and he went on to play for a number of teams, including the 49ers.
Obituary: Bob Oates, a sportswriter who covered 39 straight Super Bowls (1967-2005) and was the last surviving member of the original Pro Football Hall of Fame selection panel, died in Baldwin Hills. He was 93.


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Thank you for the example but it is not working as the client intends. I have included a compressed file of images of what is presented versus what the client is expecting.
1. (Client Expectation) The client expects to see only two columns since there are only two distinct code descriptions (CodeDesc).
1a. (Code Currently Displays) This displays what the code currently displays with four columns and three of them are repeating.
2. (Client Expectation) The client expects to see a stacked chart for the agency/component. This is just an approximation but there should be 3 delineations for agriculture and only the 1 for technical services.
2a. (Code Currently Displays) This is currently displayed data with no summation and no stacking. It appears that it is just taking the 6.7 million from the last group instead of aggregating the values. It also posts agriculture twice instead of posting technical services as the second stacked bar with a value of 5 million.
3. (Client Expectation) This is similar to 2 in that a stacked chart should be visible with the data supplied with 3 delineations for agriculture and 1 for technical services.
3a. (Code Currently Displays) As was in 2a the agriculture is only one bar taking in the data from the last data group and the technical services group is not displaying even the 5 million.
4. (Client Expectation) Showing an approximate stacked chart for groups for both agriculture and technical services.
4a. (Code Currently Displays) Two data sets appear to be retrieved but the second bar should be Technical Services but instead is displaying Agriculture. In this example the first and third datasets are displayed.
I hope this is clearer. The client expectation images are rough approximations that were quickly manipulated in MSPaint but should visually relay the end result.
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by brettsticker86, Mar 5, 2012.
Post and/or share any old or rare andy roddick pictures!
If you've got a pic of him hitting a backhand winner, that's rare!!
Look for pictures of when he had hair. They will sell on the great bay soon at a premium price.
I thought OP had exclusive pics of Andy toupee-shopping before i clicked. oh bummer
I have his baby photo album but I dunno why I'd share it with a buncha strangers creepy
XD Brings a whole new meaning to ROFL!
He hit a really good one tonight in his exho against Fed (and there was even a good backhand to set up the backhand winner).
SNL pic
"n this November 2003 episode of Saturday Night Live, Roddick does his best Andre Agassi impression in a skit with Maya Rudolph (as Scott Joplin), Seth Meyers (as young Andre Agassi) and Will Forte (as future Andre Agassi)."
found it on cnnsi.com
That's a freaky good bald head on Andy....the future beckons
future Agassi there looks a bit like Federer
Nope, he's holding his breath, the few times I've seen him actually hit a winner, he is exhaling massively, this definitely hit the ball-kid.
Are you sure the young Agassi isn't actually Navratilova.
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After-school programs that were forced to close or reduce services at three Richmond elementaries in early March are serving hundreds of students once again thanks to donations from businesses and a nonprofit organization.
The Greenbrae-based Irene S. Scully Family Foundation, Chevron Richmond Refinery and Kaiser Permanente collectively have ponied up $126,000 to keep after-school programs open at Nystrom and Lincoln elementaries through the end of the school year and prevent reduction of the program at Coronado Elementary.
The programs closed or reduced offerings March 6 after West Contra Costa school district officials discovered that after-school grant funding ran dry a year earlier than thought. The five-year federal grant was awarded in May 2004, and the district believed the funding kicked in with the 2004-05 school year. But the state, which administers the federal funds, considered the grant retroactive to 2003-04.
The Scully Family Foundation gave $73,000 to the school district, while Chevron contributed $37,500. Kaiser Permanente pitched in $15,500.
"It is fantastic news," said Liz Torio, the district's director of academic intervention and after-school programs. "Thanks to the collaboration between these community partners, we were able to restore the programs and begin again on the 16th of March."
Almost 100 students participate in the after-school program at Lincoln, while 130 children are involved at Nystrom. Coronado serves 155 students. Offerings include tutoring, enrichment activities, sports and snacks. Parents and students applaud the programs because they offer constructive activities and homework help and keep kids off the streets. News of the closures upset many parents, and they scrambled to find alternative programs for their children.
After-school programs at Bayview and Riverside elementaries in San Pablo also were scheduled to close, but the San Pablo City Council stepped in to fund the programs at the last minute in March. Torio said Richmond City Councilman Jeff Ritterman heard about the plight of Richmond schools and was instrumental in the partnership.
"He encouraged Kaiser and Chevron to step up to the plate, which they did," Torio said. "So we owe great thanks to Ritterman. He was the catalyst."
Torio said the money will keep the programs going through the end of the school year. The district expects to be able to cover after-school costs at all the schools next year through site and grant funding.
Mike Coyle, general manager of the Chevron refinery, said the donation was a no-brainer.
"Chevron is proud to support the after-school programs in West Contra Costa County," Coyle said. "This successful partnership demonstrates the power of community collaboration and ensures that Richmond and San Pablo youth receive the benefit of a safe and enriching after-school environment."
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Summons: Erickson
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Case Code: 30301
resurgence financial, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company
matt o. erickson
2411 County Road G
Emerald, WI 54013
the state of wisconsin, to the said defendant(s):
You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit against you. The Complaint, which is attached hereto, stated the nature and basis of the legal action.
Within forty (40) days of 2/12/2009, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of Wisconsin Statutes, to the Complaint. The Court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: 1101 Carmichael Rd., Hudson, WI 54016-7710 and the Legal Department of Resurgence Financial, LLC, whose address is 6980 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 204, Milwaukee, WI 53217 You may have an attorney help or represent you.
If you do not provide a proper answer to the Complaint or provide a written demand for said Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.
Dated: February 3, 2009
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Robert L. Kaplan;
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OAKLAND — Businesses and residents will be given new incentives to go green as Oakland and surrounding cities will soon be hit by a flood of stimulus dollars for clean energy programs, officials said Wednesday.
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums joined other city officials, and business and community leaders in saying Oakland is a partner in five federal stimulus grants expected to be awarded by the California Energy Commission. They are, in total, worth more than $40 million and will provide more than 4,000 jobs.
"This is a major statement," Dellums said. "It's a good day for Oakland; it's a good day for the region; it's a good day for the state; and, at the end of the day, it's a good day for the country."
California Energy Commission staff members sent out notice last week of the proposed awards, which total $110 million across the state. The awards are expected to be finalized by the commission soon, possibly next month.
It was not clear how much of the $40 million will flow directly to Oakland or Alameda County, nor how many of the jobs will be produced in the city or county. Officials indicated it will be a hefty amount, however, which is good news for Oakland, which faced a 16.3 percent unemployment rate in December, and for Alameda County, with a 10.9 percent unemployment rate, according to state figures.
One of the grants is set to make commercial buildings in downtown Oakland more energy efficient.
"We are super-excited about bringing an unprecedented amount of resources to literally saturate the downtown Oakland corridor, and to bring the technical services and to bring the higher financial incentives to really place Oakland at the top as one of the greener cities in the world," said Derrick Rebello, president of the Berkeley-based Quantum Energy Services & Technology, or QUEST.
QUEST was the lead applicant for the $4.9 million stimulus grant for downtown commercial buildings. Rebello said he expects the effort to reduce greenhouse gases by 2,600 tons and to save Oakland businesses with $1.2 million in energy costs.
Other grants in which Oakland is involved would go toward launching a Bay Area residential energy retrofit program; creating a pilot multifamily affordable housing energy retrofit program in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco; providing local municipal governments with technical assistance and other support to improve energy efficiency in public buildings; and augmenting the CaliforniaFIRST Program, which allows property owners to finance energy improvements on their homes or businesses through their property tax bills.
Susan Kattchee, Oakland's environmental services manager, said when she got word last week of the anticipated grants, it was a jolt of good news in a world where progress often comes slowly.
"For those of us who work on advancing the sustainable cities agenda, we typically work in increments," Kattchee said. "We'll take a win wherever we can get a win and it's usually a little teeny win. This announcement was incredible for us."


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HAMPSHIRE Pride took to the streets to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) culture.
The second annual Hampshire Pride march took place through the streets of Winchester, starting at the university and ending at the Discovery Centre.
Hundreds of people took part, waiving Pride rainbow flags, singing and chanting.
Moira Smyth, one of the co chairs of Hampshire Pride, said: "We were very excited about it but a bit nervous because we wanted it to be true and to ring true with the county as a celebration where everyone feels welcome."
Sarah-Louise Collins, the second co chair, said: "Events like this are important because people in the community can feel under represented, even now you can see a gay couple walking down the high street and they can get harassed so it is important to show solidarity and acceptance."


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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:22:59 -0300 "Margarita Manterola" <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi Chris! > > On 1/23/07, Chris Amthor <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "crotch". > > If you look up the definition of "crotch" > (http://dict.die.net/crotch/), you come up with the fact that is not a > nice word, and it can be considered offensive by a group of people. > > Even though it's not so terrible, it's definitely not a good name for > a program to be distributed by Debian. This discussion has been done already, when me and another person were searching a sponsor for our Brainfuck-related packages. Remember we already have a package called bitchx in the archive. Let this person search for a sponsor, the FTP masters are the one who decide anyway. -- KiyuKo <eof AT kiyuko DOT org> Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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*part 2 of vino's bridal weekend will be up later this weekend*
While they don't happen frequently, I do have nightmares every so often. Vivid ones that leave me crying or petrified to go back to sleep. There isn't usually a trigger for them, they just come and go as they please.
I had one last night and it was one of the scariest things I've ever encountered in a dream or in real life. In the dream, I was taking a cab back to our house because I felt bad calling Jim and having him pick me up. After sort of going in the right direction, suddenly the driver took a hard right turn and we were in a dark garage on a dark alley. And he leaned over to me and asked "So, you want to have a little fun?"
I froze and my voice caught, but I was finally able to shout "Get the F*** off me!" and then I woke up.
I couldn't go back to sleep because I kept seeing the man's face in my head. So I tossed and turned for the next 3 hours or so until the alarm finally went off. I know it was just a dream, but I'm still really shaken up over this today. I've never been attacked in a dream or in real life and while I know it's not real, it's still really scary.
I just hope the rest of the weekend starts to look up a bit.
Friday, August 29, 2008
*part 2 of vino's bridal weekend will be up later this weekend*
12 comments:
- dapotato said...
ack! that's a horrible nightmare. yes, let's hope that the weekend is better.
- August 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Kay said...
omg! don't let it ruin your weekend. from the words of mariah carey, "just shake, shake it off"
- August 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Winnie said...
That's an awful dream. I'm sure the weekend will be way better!
- August 29, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- Emily said...
That sounds scary. Dreams are so real sometimes even when you know they're not at all based on reality, it kind of makes me wonder what other tricks our minds play on us!
- August 29, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Leslie said...
Very scary. I completely understand how the effects of dreams can carry on throughout the day. I hope you have a very sweet dream tonight to counter that awful nightmare.
- August 29, 2008 at 7:29 PM
- That Girl said...
I have crazy "nightmares" so often I've learned to kind of control them. You have no idea how often I've had to save the world or my family from men with guns, knives, hiding in dark corners, with bombs......I'm not always successful in my dreams which always leads to lots of calls to loved ones the next morning to check on their health.
- August 29, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- alyssa said...
I love Kay's comment :) I also suffer from random scary nightmares. I hope you can shake it off and enjoy the rest of the beautiful weekend!
- August 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- Claire said...
Eek! Poor thing. I can imagine it'd be super hard to get back to anything close to relaxed/sleepy after that...
- September 2, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- wan-nabe said...
that's terrible :( but i'm glad it was only a dream!
- September 3, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- Diabolina 3.1 said...
ugh. horrid. probably about not being in control. that usually what threats in dreams represent. my friend and i analyze our dreams on almost a daily basis. we real nutters. with pysch degrees. bad combo :)
- September 3, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- Jen said...
that sounds terrifying!! :(
- September 6, 2008 at 10:47 AM
- R said...
*shudder* That was terrible. I'm glad it was only a dream and hope you shook it.
- September 8, 2008 at 1:55 PM


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SOMEWHERE over the rainbow is the bonkers idea for Harry Potter's Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint to remake The Wizard of Oz
It might seem like a million miles from Hogwarts to the Emerald City.
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Authorities are searching for a man who robbed the Wachovia Bank on Torrey Pines Road near Herschel Avenue on Monday.
The man entered the branch about 1 p.m., pointed a small black revolver at two tellers and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, the FBI said.
He was last seen leaving the bank parking lot in a newer-model black Honda Pilot with a temporary paper license plate in the rear. A witness also saw red smoke inside the SUV, which authorities believe was the explosion of a dye pack hidden in the money.
The robber is described as white, in his late 50s to early 60s, about 6 feet tall, weighing between 180 and 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a beige "fisherman's cap" with neck flaps and a big front brim, a dark pullover long-sleeved shirt, khaki pants and dark loafer or moccasin shoes. He had two bandages on his right cheek.
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MONTERREY, Mexico – The math is simple when it comes to the LA Galaxy's bid to overcome a 2-1 deficit and reach the CONCACAF Champions League final, and it lays out a simple-sounding task (Wednesday, 10 pm ET; Fox Soccer, LIVE chat on MLSsoccer.com).
"The reality for us is that we have to score two goals any way you slice it, if we're going to advance," Galaxy attacker Landon Donovan explained. "We could still score two goals and not advance, but if we don't score two goals we have no chance of advancing."
The actual execution, on the other hand, will be another matter entirely – no MLS team has scored two goals and won in Mexico, and only FC Dallas (at Pumas UNAM) and the Seattle Sounders (at Monterrey) accomplished the feat of victory in Mexico at all, both by 1-0 scorelines in 2011.
Nonetheless, the Galaxy are taking heart from last week's encounter with Monterrey at the Home Depot Center, which ended 2-1 to the Mexican side, but gave the Galaxy plenty of confidence from the notion that they outplayed their visitors for 70 minutes.
READ: CCL: Arena doesn't mince words after home collapse to Monterrey
"On a night when we're a little bit better, we could win that game going away, and we didn't," Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena told reporters in Monterrey. "That's the part that tells you how good Monterrey is and you need to respect that, and that's what tells Monterrey how good we are."
The numbers from the first leg between the Galaxy and Monterrey reflect a fairly even game. The Galaxy had seven shots to Monterrey's eight, four shots on goal to Monterrey's five. However, the Galaxy had a number of clear looks at the Monterrey goal, something which they believe bodes well for them if they can get their finishing down.
Explained Arena, "Against good teams if you're positioned to score two, three, four goals, you're doing something right, and I thought we were in position to score that many goals."
And will LA look to put Monterrey on the back foot from the start to improve their chances of finding the net?
READ: CCL: Galaxy backline loses the plot in most important part of the game
"I just think we want to be aggressive. I think the way we played the home game was great," Donovan explained. "The game could look different here. I would expect that they will have some pressure and some impetus to be a little bit more aggressive than they were in LA, so it could be a relatively open game from that standpoint."
Donovan, who is returning to match fitness after an extended break offseason break that saw him miss the first month of the MLS season, may just be the man to prosper in such an open game, especially if he can re-create the devastatingly effective partnership with Robbie Keane that carried the Galaxy through much of the back end of the 2012 season, which he says will be no problem.
"That's always easy for him and I, even the first day I was back training," Donovan said of himself and Keane. "We understand the game the same way so that part's easy, so hopefully it produces tomorrow."


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Given the seriousness of Toronto's transportation mess, you might expect some serious proposals from the candidates for mayor. Vain hope.
Consider Rob Ford's plan. Released this week in a YouTube video by the front-running Etobicoke councillor, it would scrap the Transit City network of light-rapid transit lines scheduled to roll out over the coming years. In its place, he would build new subways, extending the Sheppard subway from Downsview station in the west to Scarborough Town Centre in the east and replacing the aging Scarborough rapid-transit line with a full-fledged subway.
That will appeal to those who think subways, not LRT, are the way to go, but subways are far more expensive. How would this self-proclaimed paragon of fiscal prudence pay for his scheme? Simple, says Mr. Ford. He would get most of the $4-billion cost by taking $3.7-billion already dedicated to Transit City.
The trouble is that, having spent years negotiating, approving and funding Transit City, Queen's Park is hardly likely just to hand Mr. Ford a cheque. Even if it did, $790-million of the $3.7-billion Mr. Ford has his hungry eyes on is already being used to expand the Viva transit system in York region, not build Transit City.
Mr. Ford says he would raise a further $1-billion for subways and road upgrades by selling developers the right to build around subway stations, but the figure seems wildly optimistic. It often takes years for development around subway lines to arrive. Many stations on the Bloor-Danforth line are still surrounded by old low-rise buildings decades after the line was built.
The really eye-popping part of his scheme is the plan to replace downtown streetcar lines with buses. This, he says, would save drivers from the trauma of getting stuck behind trundling streetcars. But hang on a bit. Streetcars carry more passengers than buses - many more, once the big new cars ordered by the TTC arrive - so to carry the same number of passengers you would need a lot more buses. Imagine all those buses trying to pull in and out of traffic on a crowded artery such as Queen Street, spewing exhaust all the way.
The TTC has spent tens of millions of dollars rebuilding and upgrading downtown streetcar tracks in recent years. If Mr. Ford got his way, that time and money would go to waste. So would the $1.22-billion the TTC has spent to order 204 new cars for 11 city streetcar lines. (Disregard Mr. Ford's claim that he would simply sell the cars, specially designed for Toronto, to some other city. It isn't that easy.)
Though Mr. Ford's plan is typically the worst thought-out of the bunch, many of the other candidates' plans are faulty, too. George Smitherman's ambitious plan for new LRT and subway lines looks great until you ask him how he is going to pay for it. Simply put, he would borrow the money - about $5-billion in all. How can someone who promises to make "fiscal credibility job one" at city hall propose saddling an already-indebted city with such a burden?
Rocco Rossi's $4.5-billion plan to build two kilometres of new subway lines a year for the next decade is affordable only if he goes through with his plan to sell Toronto Hydro, and even then it's not clear the proceeds would cover such a massive expenditure. Similarly, Sarah Thomson's plan to pay for 58 kilometres of new subway lines partly by levying tolls on city highways underestimates both the take from tolls and the cost of the lines.
With the exception of Joe Pantalone, who simply proposes to press on with Transit City, all of the candidates seem to have sketched their fantasy transit schemes on the back of a napkin. Anyone can draw lines - this subway here, this LRT there. The question - the only question - is how to pay for it all. As transit advocate Steve Munro points out, none of the candidates has even tackled how to find the extra $70-million it will take to keep the current TTC system operating in 2011.


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Norris roughed up, ends string for Astros
Norris roughed up, ends string for Astros
So when Astros starting pitcher Bud Norris motioned ever-so-gently in the second inning Sunday afternoon and shifted second baseman Geoff Blum a few feet to his left, he couldn't have known at the time that he had helped determine his team's fate.
Within a matter of moments, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey rolled up a bases-loaded single up the middle and past the outstretched arm of Blum to score two runs and ignite a four-running inning that helped New York beat the Astros, 5-1, in the series finale at Citi Field.
"His command was getting away, but he was trying to go away on Dickey and the ball had came over the plate a little bit and he had moved Blum over into the hole a little bit to protect against that," Astros manager Brad Mills said. "He was able to get the ball up the middle, and that was big."
The loss ended an otherwise successful 10-game road trip for the Astros, who lost two of three in both Florida and New York around a four-game sweep of the Phillies last week to finish with their first winning road trip of the season at 6-4.
Dickey (9-5) not only drove in a pair of runs, but he frustrated the Astros for seven-plus innings with his hard knuckleball. The right-hander allowed six hits, one run and two walks in his second start against Houston in his past three outings.
The Astros were hoping the familiarity of Dickey, who held them to nine hits and two runs Aug. 18 in Houston, would help their cause in Sunday's series finale, but that wasn't the case.
"The one thing about knuckleball pitchers, you really never know," Mills said. "You can beat him up one day and come back and they stick it to you and vice versa. You just never know. The thing is with him this year, he's been real consistent. If you look at his numbers and the way he's been throwing the ball, you can see that."
Norris (6-8), who entered the game with a career-high four-game winning streak, allowed eight hits, five runs and three walks in 5 2/3 innings to suffer his first loss since July 17. It was the second time in the last 20 games the Astros did not have a starter throw at least six innings.
Norris walked David Wright to begin the second and then gave up a double to Ike Davis. With first base open, he worked around catcher Josh Thole to load the bases for Luis Hernandez, who struck out swinging. Dickey bounced the second pitch he saw up the middle to score Wright and Davis and put the Mets ahead, 2-0.
Thole scored on a groundout by Angel Pagan, and Luis Castillo singled home Dickey to extend the lead to 4-0.
"I got myself into a little jam," Norris said. "We were pitching around Thole to get to the bases loaded. I got the strikeout and then I got the pitcher up and I tried to get a ground-ball double play, but unfortunately I moved Blum out of position. That was my own fault. I'm kind of hitting myself over the thumb for it. You have to give him credit. He put the ball on the bat."
The Astros got a run back in the third, when catcher Jason Castro (2-for-4) led off with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Norris and scored as Michael Bourn beat out an infield hit. Dickey wriggled out of a bases-loaded situation in the fourth by getting Norris to ground out, which started a stretch during which he retired 10 of 11 batters.
"It was kind of tough when you're trying to battle like that," Castro said. "He did a good job of really not missing over the plate with a lot of his knuckle balls. He was making sure he really wasn't leaving anything over for us to hit. When a guy's doing that, it's tough. The unpredictability of a knuckleball, it's tough to sit on it and develop a pattern for it because it's tough every time."
Thole put the Mets ahead in the sixth, 5-1, by lining a 2-1 pitch from Norris off the facade of the upper deck in right field for his second homer of the season.
"I was just looking for a pitch to drive, just try to get on base," Thole said. "He missed with his offspeed pitch the pitch before that, threw a slider up in the zone a little bit. I thought it was a good time to take a shot to hit a ball in the gap somewhere."
Bourn extended his hitting streak to eight games with his run-scoring single, but he left the game in the eighth inning with a strained left hamstring. Rookie shortstop Tommy Manzella went 2-for-4, giving him multihit games on consecutive days. Blum also had two hits in his first start Aug. 19.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A pair of linebackers are at Valley Ranch this week to audition for a spot on the Cowboys' roster and bolster the inside linebacker position, which has been hit by the injury bug of late.
To recap: Inside linebacker Sean Lee was lost for the season with a toe injury in the victory over the Panthers. Then, starting in Lee's place against the Giants, Dan Connor suffered a stinger. The injury forced Connor to sit out of the loss to the Falcons on Sunday night, and starting in his place was Ernie Sims, the veteran who, less than two weeks before, was out of the league completely.
Gary Guyton and Brady Poppinga (pictured) are the two candidates seen on the field at Valley Ranch on Monday. Guyton spent four seasons, between 2008 and 2011, with New England, and went to camp this year with the Miami Dolphins. Poppinga is an eight-year veteran of the league, having played in Green Bay and St. Louis.
Reports have both Connor and reserve linebacker Orie Lemon as questionable for this week's matchup with Philadelphia, meaning that Dallas will likely rely on Ernie Sims once again, as well as Alex Albright and, perhaps, Guyton or Poppinga.
"We absolutely have to work around (the injuries)," head coach Jason Garrett said, per ESPN Dallas. "Albright is a good candidate because he's a smart guy and he can play both inside and outside. But we will be thin there if both those guys are hurt."
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Rosetta Stone are one of the GF Learning Items in Final Fantasy 8. Listed below are the effects of the Rosetta Stone. Where you can find the Rosetta Stone and how to obtain the Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone - Allows the Guardian Force to learn the Ability x4 ability - The Rosetta Stone can be won from the card player in the D-District Prison. It is also a reward from trying to enter Cheryl's Shop many times at Esthar. It can also be refined from a Shaman Stone
More guides can be seen at the Final Fantasy 8 Forums.The complete list of all GF learning items can be found at FF8 Guardian Force Learning Items Guide. If you have more info about Rosetta Stone please post them below.


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