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ANAHEIM, Calif., July 4 (UPI) -- A California couple said they have surpassed the halfway mark in their quest to visit Disneyland every day in 2012.
Jeff Reitz, 39, and Tonya Mickesh, 45, said they marked their 183rd day visiting the Anaheim theme park Sunday and plan to visit every day for the rest of the year to take advantage of their Premium annual passes, The Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Wednesday.
"Cast members are getting to know us and they ask, 'What day is it today -- number what?'" Reitz said.
The couple said they were both unemployed when they began their yearlong task, but Reitz has since started and finished a temporary job and Mickesh has found a fulltime position as an assistant operations manager for a lighting-decoration company.
"It means we're coming over here in the evenings a lot," Mickesh said.
Reitz said he is thinking about seeking employment at the Disneyland Resort.
"That would be awesome," he said.


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The Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter won't accept dogs or offer them for adoption for the next two weeks after a second outbreak of the deadly canine disease, parvovirus.
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The Elbert County Animal Shelter also is quarantined, after a similar outbreak there.
Parvovirus is a contagious virus that infects puppies, attacking their digestive systems and causing them to deteriorate quickly. Untreated, the virus kills 80 percent of the dogs that contract it, according to some veterinarians' estimates.
Anglea Wheeler adopted a 12-week-old chocolate lab from the Madison-Oglethorpe shelter Wednesday - a pup the Madison County family named Fudge - but the new pet is hospitalized with parvo, an illness that a vet diagnosed shortly after they took the dog home.
"There's no telling what that cost will be," Wheeler said.
She was annoyed that the shelter didn't notify the family of the parvo outbreak immediately, before the family's Akita mix risked exposure to the disease.
Workers at the Madison-Oglethorpe Shelter, a large, privately-run facility, are working to notify people who recently adopted dogs from the shelter, Director Sara Mathews said.
One section of the kennel was quarantined last week, but workers believed the disease was contained to the 20 dogs in that part of the shelter, Mathews said. They quarantined the rest of the facility Monday.
Though parvo can be fatal, it's also difficult to contain. And, since the virus is carried in dog's feces, heavy rains can spread it faster, Mathews said.
"All we have to do is have one litter of puppies come in with it," she said.
Under state laws, shelter operators can either quarantine the animals until the risk of disease has passed, or euthanize all the animals and reopen immediately.
The Madison-Oglethorpe shelter opted to quarantine the 60 to 70 dogs housed there and reopen in two weeks.
"It's something that every single shelter faces," Mathews said.
Visitors to the shelter may surrender or adopt cats, despite the dog quarantine.
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EDMONTON - The e-mail came from Edmonton Mayor Steven Mandel the day after the world junior tournament began.
The mayor wanted to know if anything could be done to move one of the medal-round games from Calgary to Edmonton.
"Hopefully the mayor was just fooling around and that he just forgot he was in a couple of meetings with me where we established Edmonton was going to take the guaranteed five Canadian games," laughed Lyle Best, the Edmonton Order of Canada recipient who had the exceptional experience of being co-chairman of the event.
So, uh, no. This is it.
The Edmonton end of the most ballistic of all Canadian world junior tournaments is over as the remainder of the tournament opens the New Year in Calgary with the medal round and a likely Canada-Russia semifinal Tuesday.
But Best says the intention is to bid for the event again in 2017 and run the tournament in reverse with the Canada round-robin games in Calgary and the medal round in Edmonton's new $450-million, state-of-the-art downtown arena, complete with a party in the surrounding entertainment district.
"It was always the plan. Next time let's let Calgary have the Canadian games in the round robin and we'll watch the other group and wait with anticipation for the medal round to get here," said Best.
"That's when the downtown arena district will show itself."
Prior to the USA-Canada New Year's Eve game, Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson held a press conference to praise the Edmonton organizing committee.
Selling out 16,647 seats in three days a year ago was mind-blowing, but he said filling them was another.
"Edmonton had more than 80% of the seats filled," he said. "That was absolutely amazing."
Best said there was a vision back when he made the bid.
"It was exactly what I dreamed it would be like. Sometimes dreams come true.
"I know there was a point where they looked at me and thought I was smoking some crack or something. But I envisioned a best-ever and I've been to the last four and this was better than the last four."
In the meantime, Best heads to Calgary with the international shinny show to enjoy the rest of the tournament with some stories to tell co-chairman Jim Peplinski and friends.
The two cities are wowing the hockey world but Best said there were some bizarre bits of business behind the scenes. And this one was at times almost slapstick before it ended up ballistic.
There was the French public address system international incident in waiting, for example.
Best will be telling that story for years.
It unraveled at the Sweden-Canada pre-tournament game when it sounded like the required second-language French announcements were being made by either late former prime minister John Diefenbaker or Joe Clark.
The two Edmonton Oilers' P.A. announcers Al Stafford and Mark Lewis took on the same duties for the world junior with Stafford doing the English call and Lewis the French.
"I asked Mark about it when we were planning and he said he was fluently bilingual. And he does own Cafe de Ville. But then when the game came he opened his mouth and removed all doubt. It put the eye, yi, yi in my i-phone. I've never had so many messages as during that game."
There were unusual organizing problems including the one involving the elevator used by coaches, officials and media.
"Somehow the security people were allowing people to go up the elevators but not down. I'd never heard of one-way elevators before," said Best.
Any of the hassles and challenges were minimal compared to the payoffs he said.
And what payoffs!
The 50-50 draws produced staggering payouts and raised remarkable amounts for the Hockey Canada Foundation.
"This is the best ever thing I ever volunteered for," said long-time QuikCard Minor Hockey Week organizer Joan Kirillo, who was recruited by Best as chairman of special events.
"It's been fun. I've been handing people big, big money all week."
One of the big winners, taking a cheque home for $84,642.50, was Los Angeles Kings head scout Michael Futa.
"One of my favorite winners was Daniel Carter of Sherwood Park who got a ticket to go to the game at the last minute when a friend invited him. He won $66,890 and gave half to his friend.
"Adam McKale won $87,480 and is expecting a new baby. Jennifer Brown won $46,020 and got engaged this week.
The USA-Canada New Year's Eve game paid a whopping $146,140 won by Michael Labrie of Edmonton and the number couldn't be announced until well after the game on the Hockey Canada website.
"You need dozens of printers to print out the tickets, one for each number, to hold the draw. We had three Alberta gaming officials supervising and at one point we were 95 minutes behind the selling in the printing," he exclaimed.
"It would have been so cool to bring the winner down to the ice and present the cheque," said Best.
"My goal was $1 million in gross sales and we hit that Friday," she said of the Edmonton total, which ended up at $1.43 million gross.
If that doesn't compute, understand that it was over a million more than the $314,047 Calgary totalled for the 50/50 over the same number of games.
The money raised is earmarked by Hockey Canada to fund under-privileged kids with the equipment and opportunity to play minor hockey.
Another legacy of the hosting, which carried over to Calgary in an even bigger way — because of the number of games there with only two involving Canada in the medal rounds — was the program to convince fans who bought ticket packages but weren't planning to go to all games, to turn the unused ones back to be given to youth groups and the under-privileged.
"When I pitched the bid with the idea of the returning of unused tickets, I don't think they believed it," said Best.
"But I'd been to the five previous world juniors. And I'd seen the incredible number of empty seats, even in some very small secondary venues, for the games despite those tickets having been sold. In Ottawa they were about one third full for some games.
"One of our goals was to make this a huge experience for all the players from all the nations. We wanted the players to experience full buildings. And we haven't had much less than 13,000 for any game in either city. I was really proud of the crowds we had in Edmonton to watch those kids from Denmark."
Best contacted Jay Ball of Edmonton to head the project in both cities and the two co-chairmen were both paid off with a memory moment here.
"Jay called me and asked if Jim Peplinski and I would like to join him in a suite which had been donated for one game where he had eight kids from the youth emergency shelter. We brought them some of our gifting bags. Bob Black of Rexall Sports signed off on the food services bill for the kids.
"One of the kids came wearing a Calgary Flames jersey. He was about 15 and his eyes just about popped out when Peplinski walked in.
"Peplinski took his Stanley Cup ring off his finger and said 'Hold this for me for a few minutes, kid.' And gave him a 'Pep' talk."
In the end, Best said there was more satisfaction this past month from co-chairing this event than the roles he played in the Heritage Classic, Canadian Finals Rodeo, World Triathlon, forming the Copper Jackets with Bill Hunter, heading the Oilers Charity Foundation, sponsoring Minor Hockey Week or anything else involved in winning the Order of Canada.
"Of all the stuff I've done in Edmonton, this has been the most times I've had people come up to me and say 'Thanks for doing this.' "
And he believes the legacy might be massive.
"It's just been spectacular," he said of working with Peplinski in the first Edmonton-Calgary hosting of a major event.
"I think it's a real lesson in Alberta working together. It can be pretty awesome when you put Edmonton and Calgary together."
Would he consider doing it again, when the roles are reversed with a new downtown Edmonton arena in 2017?
"Yeah, absolutely. It's one of the most fun things I've ever done. And it combined my two passions in life, hockey and charity."


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As we all know by now, NCAA bylaws state that in order to hold a championship game in football, a conference must have 12 members.
So for the Big Ten to hold its title game in Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago or Sheboygan, a 12th member must be added.
But rules change all the time, and many of us have wondered whether a league could simply hold a championship game without expanding to 12 teams or more.
New Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is thinking the same way.
Scott tells CBSsports.com's Dennis Dodd that he has had discussions with Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and Big East commish John Marinatto about holding championship games without expanding to 12 or more. The prospect obviously would interest the Big Ten (11 members) and the Big East (eight members).
"That's a possibility," Scott said. "Initially, it doesn't make much sense but I've had a couple of conversations."
Dodd goes on to write: "NCAA bylaw 184.108.40.206 (c) states that a conference must have at least 12 members to stage a championship game. NCAA legislation would be needed to change that bylaw. Supposedly, such a change would be non-controversial."
Hmmm, very interesting.
Delany has stated multiple times that a football championship game won't be the driving force behind expansion, but it's obviously a big factor to many folks involved in the process. As I've repeatedly reminded blog readers, the Big Ten is healthy at 11 teams, but it could be even stronger if the right addition or additions are made.
If the Big Ten can't land a slam-dunk expansion candidate (Notre Dame), and the requirements changed for a football championship game, this might make a lot of sense for the league. Of course, the lack of a round-robin schedule in the Big Ten makes things tricky. The top two teams in the league could take very different paths to a championship game.
Still, it's interesting to see that we aren't the only ones thinking about alternative ways to have a title game.


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The New Yorker calls the band 'A quintet of youthful punk-popsters hell-bent on bringing theatrics back to rock-and-roll.' Paper Magazine calls the album 'Entrancing... it's as if the Scissor Sisters and Hedwig got together to cover old Meat Loaf songs. In other words, it's absolutely fabulous.' New York City rockers The Fabulous Entourage whip up a fearless combination of punk and pop, acoustic and synth, dirty grooves and power ballads. This keyboard/bass/drum trio, joined by two Supremes-style female vocalists, has quickly become a cult sensation known for lush arrangements, throbbing beats, and glam-rock extravagance. In addition to concocting ass-kicking pop music, The Fabulous Entourage are known for their raucously theatrical live shows, incorporating extravagant costumes and elaborate staging, inviting comparisons to Devo (New York Times), Hedwig (Village Voice), and The B-52s (LA Splash). Their debut full-length album 'Play Nice Now' is mixed by legendary producer Tim O'Heir (Sebadoh, Superdrag, StellaStarr) and features guest performances from members of the bands Theo and the Skyscrapers, The Hazzards, and Jesus H. Christ. Plus, it's got a cover of the Tom Jones hit 'Sex Bomb!' The New York Press writes 'This bass/keyboard/drum trio busts dirty grooves that bounce effortlessly between art-house punk and sugar-coated pop as the lovely ladies doo-wop with grace.' LA Weekly calls them 'Freaky boy-girl art-punk sensations.' Newsday calls them 'A glam rock sensation.'
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You have to give the people cranking out these "Fantastic Four" movies credit. They know some of their audience extremely well. The early dilemma in "Rise of the Silver Surfer " (installment two, opening everywhere today) is this: Save the world or marry Jessica Alba . Your conscience says, "Save the world." But the Maxim reader in you knows better.
And so Reed Richards, the bio physicist with the elastic body, played by Ioan Gruffudd , proceeds to head down the aisle with his sometimes invisible girlfriend, Sue Storm, played by Alba. Meanwhile, the planet is engulfed in a major "global disturbance," in which the movie's special-effects department has fun creating massive conical orifices in such places as the dry bed of the Thames.
To be fair, Reed winds up building a device that tracks down the source of the disturbance. But that this movie would even try to drum up a dilemma for Reed, however comic, speaks to the dopiness of this flimsy series: it's "Yes, Dear" in tights.
The disturbance happens to be the Silver Surfer from outer space. He's part special effect, part dude in a suit -- to be precise, it's Doug Jones , who also embodied the demanding faun in "Pan's Labyrinth ." The Surfer rides a matching board, looks like a really fit SAG Award, speaks in Laurence Fishburne's voice, and has basically come in peace. He's only following orders to season Earth to be eaten by an omnipotent dust cloud, whom fans of the Marvel Universe -- and Fantastic Four issue #48, I believe -- will know as the entity Galactus. The Surfer and his own dilemma are a fine addition to this series. He exposes everything around him as shallow.
Could there be a more inconsequential superhero blockbuster than the Fantastic Four? These are flavorless, unbearably light movies, lighter than "X-Men ," "Superman ," "Batman ," and "Spider-Man ," lighter than paper, thinner than air. Lightness might be the filmmakers' mark of distinction, an antidote for the crises of identity and existence in those other movies. But the stakes are so intentionally low that there is nothing to care about. "Rise of the Silver Surfer" revels in the celebrity of its four heroes -- Reed and Sue's nuptials are "the wedding of the century"! But no one involved has the satirical chops to say anything witty or new.
The Marvel comic book this movie is based on was never as sitcom-ish as the two films it's inspired. "The Fantastic Four," with its quartet of earthlings turned superhuman, wed scientific data and family dynamics into a world of life-size concerns often played out on a galactic scale. The comic was rarely as ludicrous as it seemed or as it sometimes should have been. This made it square, but it made it solid, too. A fan could rely on its commitment to intelligent story arcs and absorbingly drawn action.
I suppose the only way to go with an expensive movie adaptation was to dumb it down, gratuitously set it in key international markets (the big showdown here is in China), and wink. But tongue scarcely touches cheek in these two movies, which Tim Story has directed with patchy fits of competence. For "Rise of the Silver Surfer," Julian McMahon, playing the thorn in the gang's side, Dr. Doom, goes for camp. He looks ready to burst into a number from "The Phantom of the Opera." But his one louche mood doesn't cut it.
As Ben "The Thing" Grimm, Michael Chiklis appears to have the hang of his bulky orange costume, but, if it's possible, his growling dialogue is more embarrassingly Kramdenesque than in the first movie. "I'll show you a rock slide" is yea-close to "To the moon!" His Norton is Chris Evans's Human Torch, and, like many fresh one-note character tics, his surprising conceited sarcasm from the first movie has stiffened into shtick. But he does raise some burning -- sorry -- questions about how Ben and his girlfriend (Kerry Washington, luminous but thankless again) manage to make love.
This leaves the rise of the Silver Surfer itself as the movie's only remotely interesting development. He causes the gang to switch powers occasionally, which is enjoyable. But it's his infinite sadness that sticks with you. This shiny, synthetic creature is more human than anyone else here. If he's smart, he'll ditch these chumps and ride that board into his own movie.
Wesley Morris can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more on movies, go to boston.com/ae/ movies/blog.


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DETROIT LAKES - The following items were taken from reports at the Becker County Sheriff's Department and Detroit Lakes Police Department.
Friday, Jan. 25
At 3:59 a.m. gang graffiti in red and white paint was reported near a dumpster at the Northside bar.
At 2:14 p.m. Iowa Trenchless (a boring and tunneling company based in Panora, Iowa) reported the theft of seven 24-inch, 20-foot-long blue American brand augers, valued at about $24,000.
The augers were taken from semi trailers from a job site below the Highway 59 bridge in Detroit Lakes. The theft occurred between July 31 and Sept. 18.
At 3:49 p.m. an Ogema woman reported that a known man hit her with his car on the 36000 block of County Road 34.
At 5:08 p.m. a Callaway man reported a burglary that had occurred within the last half hour. Taken were a 42-inch flat screen TV, a Sanyo VCR/TV, a Dish Network receiver and a Yamaha home theater surround-sound system.
At 9:40 p.m. a woman on the 500 block of Oak Street reported a smell like burning plastic. No fire was found, but residents were cautioned about a possible electrical problem.
At 10:30 p.m. Wal-Mart requested an extra patrol after the third time employees chased away a man in a light blue pickup truck from the dumpster area.
Saturday, Jan. 26
At 12:28 a.m. officers responded to the Northside bar to help a woman who had been jumped by three other women.
A 36-year-old woman was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to jail. The other two attackers, age 43 and 54, were very intoxicated, as was the victim, who suffered a large bruise under one eye, but was unaware of it and wanted no action taken by police.
At 12:27 a.m. an officer was requested at the Northside bar, where a 35-year-old man was arrested on multiple warrants.
At 1:37 a.m. officers were called to the Northside bar to check out a car idling with a person in the driver's seat. A 29-year-old man was arrested for second-degree DWI.
At 9:57 a.m. a Detroit Lakes man reported a fish house broken into on the north side of Lake Melissa.
At 11:15 a.m. a woman on the 1200 block of Eighth Street reported that someone had tried to break in through her front door. Several Budweiser light beer cans were left in the yard.
At 5:56 p.m. a resident on South Shore Drive reported a newspaper mailbox had been set on fire. Several minutes later another resident in the area reported another newspaper box fire.
Sunday, Jan. 27
At 6:28 a.m. a woman on the 1300 block of Lake Avenue reported that the neighbor's dog charged at her husband when he tried to leave the house. An officer told the neighbors to control their dog.
At 1:01 p.m. the M&W convenience store in Ogema reported a theft.
Monday, Jan. 28
At 3:32 p.m. red and blue painted graffiti was reported in the vicinity of the Detroit Lakes Library.


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Carol Vorderman will burn rubber on The Grand Tour premiere
Carol Vorderman will be in two places at once, in the jungle on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and as the famous face on the premiere episode The Grand Tour on Friday (18Nov16).
Carol Vorderman will be the first celebrity guest on Jeremy Clarkson's new Amazon Prime series, The Grand Tour.
According to The Sun newspaper, Carol shot scenes in a stunt car at the end of September (16), with the scenes set to be aired in the premiere episode when it debuts on Friday (18Nov16).
In addition, the fact the former Countdown star is currently undertaking Bushtucker Trials on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! will undoubtedly give the episode a publicity boost.
"It's a great coup as the episode will be airing just as she is getting stuck in to all the bugs in the jungle," a source told the newspaper. "Carol knows the boys from way back. She had a ball."
The number queen is no stranger to taking part in motoring shows, having competed on Jeremy's former BBC show Top Gear several times.
After his unceremonious exit from the BBC, Jeremy was joined by his Top Gear co-stars for the new Amazon Prime series.
News of Carol's involvement in the show comes after it was reported the motoring series had one-upped Top Gear by landing some A-list celebrities for their star-studded features, including Matt Damon and Charlize Theron.
However, Jeremy isn't worried about what kind of reception The Grand Tour will get from viewers.
"The stakes are lower. I'm now 56, it doesn't really matter anymore, because I'll be dead soon," he told Newsweek magazine.
"People could say, 'This is a terrible programme and Amazon's wasted its money,' and I'll go, 'Yeah, I'll be dead before they even notice.'"
Top Gear was taken over by hosts Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc, with the former quitting after failing to impress viewers on the show.
Former Friends star Matt is expected to be returning to present another series of the BBC programme.
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WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- With famine declared for parts of the Horn of Africa, the U.S. State Department is calling donors to supply emergency aid.
The U.N. World Food Program said it welcomed an announcement from al-Qaida's affiliate al-Shabaab, which controls much of southern Somalia, that it would allow humanitarian access to drought-stricken citizens in the area.
The agency said it was preparing for what it said was one of its largest operations to address the crisis brought on by drought in the Horn of Africa.
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said it could be at least four months before there will be any sort of harvest in Somalia.
"What we are seeing here is almost a perfect storm -- conflict in Somalia, rising fuel and food prices and drought and the loss of the rain," he said in a statement.
Scientists said the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in more than 60 years is likely the result of strong seasonal weather phenomenon in the region that could linger for the rest of the year.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a statement Wednesday said Washington was "deeply concerned" by the humanitarian emergency.
Clinton said Washington was providing $28 million in aid for people in Somalia and the rest of the region.
"But the United States cannot solve the crisis in the Horn alone," she said. "All donors in the international community must commit to taking additional steps to tackle both immediate assistance needs and strengthen capacity in the region to respond to future crises."


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Liverpool fans eyeing Premier League title push… can Jurgen Klopp handle the pressure?
Jurgen Klopp arrived at Anfield to sign a three-year deal – and the venue of legends like Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish has not been the same since.
The German introduced himself as "The Normal One" when he took the job. But the extravagant, flamboyant and likeable loop has never been just that.
Madcap moments have seen him taken to Kop hearts. Klopp is one of theirs. An adopted Scouser, even though he admits he has found it difficult at times understanding the accent.
In his second season as Liverpool boss, his revamped, refreshed squad will do the talking for him on the pitch, starting with the opening epic at Arsenal a week today.
History can easily overwhelm those who sit in the famous Anfield manager's chair, with the Reds collecting 18 titles, five European Cup wins, seven FA Cups and eight League Cups in a glorious past.
But Klopp is not daunted and is building for a successful future. The love affair between boss and fans is mutual.


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= Hit by the night donkey.
Said about someone who acts in a strange manner or asking about something in the wrong place at the wrong time.
English Teacher
The old man's donkey fell while going up the hill.
Said when a person cannot find the answer when badly needed.
= Hit by the night donkey.
Said about someone who acts in a strange manner or asking about something in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Flogging a dead horse
If you think I am flogging a dead horse and do not wish to join in with me, I understand.
like a moth to a candle flame= used for emphasizing how much is somebody attracted by a person or a thing.
There is a dead cat on the line.
Before the 1970's, telephones out in the country were often on party lines.
If you were on a party line, you heard everybody's phone ring on your phone. You only answered it when it was your particular ring.
Likewise, you could pick up the phone and listen in on what ever was being said by anyone speaking on the phone. It was sometimes easy to know if someone was listening in because if someone picked up the phone after the person you called, there would be a click.
When you heard that click, you might be heard saying, "There is a dead cat on the line." This meant that someone was listening in on your conversation, so be careful what you say.
Goose Downer
A rain so hard that it could knock a goose out of the sky as it was flying by.
To bet on the wrong horse : misread the future
Dog days of summer...
Hot summer weather
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MEANING: work hard and be treated unkindly.


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BA Insight Bridges the Gap Between Enterprise Search and Action for Microsoft SharePoint(R) 2010 and FAST Search Server for SharePoint(R)
Feb 08, 2011, 07:45 ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BA Insight, a leading integrated search software company specializing in Microsoft-based information access technology, today announced the release of Longitude V4.1 for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and FAST Search Server for SharePoint. With the latest release of BA Insight's flagship Longitude product, organizations can now take full advantage of the power of Microsoft's enterprise search technologies by providing users with integrated tools to find and act upon information more efficiently.
BA Insight's Longitude products have been designed to optimize the enterprise search experience and empower users to act upon search results more effectively. Fully integrated into the user interfaces of Microsoft's enterprise search platforms, Longitude v4.1 delivers innovations that can reshape how users search across the enterprise for information, people, and expertise. The new features available in Longitude v4.1 include:
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Instant Preview for SharePoint Lists & Libraries -- Instantly preview any item within a List or Library, with the ability to leverage the same document assembly & delivery capabilities available to other search results within the Longitude preview interface.
"IDC has been surveying information workers worldwide since 2001 to find out how much time they spend on a variety of information tasks. Our studies show that assembling information and creating documents consistently ranks second only to email," said Sue Feldman, Vice President Search and Discovery Technologies, IDC. "Searching and analyzing information ranked third on the list, making these tasks relatively straightforward candidates for better automation. BA Insight 's new Document Assembly technology is designed to wring the inefficiency out of these tasks."
The enhancements that Longitude brings to the Microsoft enterprise search stack are not limited only to content stored within Microsoft-based repositories. Using one or more of Longitude's over thirty connectors, organizations can extend the search capabilities of SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, or FAST Search Server for SharePoint to the industry's most popular Content Management Systems and databases, including EMC Documentum, Oracle Stellent, SAP, OpenText, IBM FileNet, Autonomy Worksite, West KM, and dozens more.
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Tell All - Cobb Salad
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I'm leaving town on Wednesday morning and probably wont have time to make this beforehand. It sounds good though, so I will have to play recipe catch up next week.ReplyDelete
I have made this before and its wonderful, although I did not try the dressing part, and may not again...we used a no calorie - no fat blue cheese insteadReplyDelete
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I made this over the weekend and it was quite tasty, the dressing was good.ReplyDelete
I'll be using Gorgonzola instead of Roquefort 'cause that's what I have in the fridge.ReplyDelete
I am not a fan of egg, tomatoes, or blue cheese so I'm not sure how closely my recipe will resemble the original, but I am going to try to come up with something :)ReplyDelete
I left out all 3 of those things, so mine was not quite a cobb salad, but a good salad nonetheless.
I loved it and made it twice already. Good stuff.ReplyDelete
We had it tonight when I had friends and their kids over for dinner. I put everything in a separate bowl with a serving spoon so that everyone could top their own salad with what they wanted. It was a big hit. The adults liked it with everything and the dressing was a great compliment to the blue cheese and everything. Definitely a great dish.ReplyDelete
I'm making this for dinner tonight! I've missed participating with you guys but it's the middle of the Arizona summer and 115 degrees makes it hard to keep the house cool, even without the extra oven heat. I'll have to try those onion rings in October:)ReplyDelete
I'm afraid it's too oppressively hot here to step into the kitchen this week, even to make a salad. Freak heat wave, and nobody has AC since this never happens! This salad sounds yum though, hoping to make it another time soon.ReplyDelete
I was going to skip this one due to everyone in the house liking and disliking certain components. But decided to customize every salad. I should have done it Mary Ann's way..everyone help themselves.ReplyDelete
Good salad, dressing, meh. Having the rest for lunch today.ReplyDelete
P.S. I used bacon. You heard me.
i liked it, but wasn't thrilled about the dressing. normally i like just about anything with Worcestershire in it, but this just didn't do it for me. not bad, though.ReplyDelete


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That, however, doesn't mean the GM has turned his back on last year's second-place hitter, Johnny Damon. It's simply stated because Damon is an unsigned free agent.
However, Cashman talking openly about his latest acquisition hitting in Damon's spot indicates the Yankees are hatching a plan to live without Damon.
"Against right-handed pitchers, he would bat second as of right now," Cashman said of Granderson, who batted .183 (33-for-180) against lefties last season. "Against left-handed pitchers, down in the lineup."
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Boras, who is searching for a three- or four-year deal for the 36-year-old Damon, believes the Yankees aren't turning their back on Damon by Granderson.
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Growing up in the same town, Poetic and L-Selas started Rychessmen the group. Being from the west coast their beats were west coast, however they were heavily influenced by east coast rappers like Nas, Wu Tang and Common Sense aka Common. Later down the line, they hooked up with Nice who was from the east coast. Nice brought lyrical style to The Rychessmen. Poetic and L-Selas felt that Nice completed their group with his up beat lyrical content. This gave The Rychessmen their own style that allows them to be more universal, and represent from coast to coast. ARTIST-POETIC-24 Poetic (born Basilio Mitchell), as the chief producer of the group, is the brains behind Rychessmen's unique musical style, which he has dubbed 'no-coast' - a universal sound that does not easily fall into any of today's rap music classifications. As a child, Poetic was always around music - his mother played flute, and his father was an acclaimed singer and musician who had gained notoriety in Latin America during the sixties. This musical upbringing gave Poetic a strong appreciation of 'real' music, which he is dedicated to keeping at the core of the Rychessmen sound. The first lyrics the rapper penned, while sitting at the back of his high school class, were of rebellion against the system that was keeping him in school against his will. "At 15, I felt like I was ready to leave school, because I knew what I wanted to be. But the way this society is set up they want you to go through the motions even if they know it will be of no benefit to you." That year, Poetic received a drum machine and a 4-track recorder for Christmas, and started working towards his dream, gaining the respect and admiration of many of his doubters along the way. ARTIST (L-Selas) 25 L-Selass aka Prince P (born Anthony Cunningham Jr.) was never supposed to be a rapper. Hailing from a long line of prominent football stars, the general expectation was that he would follow in their footsteps. However although he excelled at the sport, L-Selass never had his heart in the game, and by age 14 he had other ideas about what he wanted to do with his life. Freestyling over instrumentals with his childhood friend Poetic, L-Selass had found a way to express himself that was much more rewarding to him than scoring touchdowns, and he soon realized that he had a lot to say. As an artist, L-Selass appreciates that you can't judge the state of hip-hop by what's played on the radio. "Everyone knows that the major broadcast networks are bought out by big record labels, so of course the stuff that's constantly on rotation is only the tip of the iceberg". That being said, the rapper doesn't let this prevent him from keeping up to date with what's new on the scene, whether it's from the US or overseas - and with his versatile flows and fresh lyrics, this dedication to his craft is clearly evident. From a young age, L-Selass has wanted to make a name for himself in the world of hip-hop. Now, as the wordplay wizard of Rychessmen, he is finally getting the respect that he deserves. ARTIST-NICE-26 Nice (born Marcus Davis), the most recent member of Rychessmen, couldn't be more appropriately named. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, he has a down-to-earth quality that is rare among many of his rap industry peers today. Coming from the birthplace of Rakim meant that Nice was exposed to hip-hop at a young age, and at the tender age of 7 he recalls sitting in front of the radio spitting freestyles to Afrika Bambaataa. It didn't take long before he decided that rapping was more than a hobby for him. In 2004, Nice moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an MC. To make ends meet, the rapper worked as a film extra, and before long had landed a role in a short film by the up and coming director Rogelio Mitchell, brother of fellow group member Poetic. The rest is history. Now, Nice' lyrics are an unmistakable and integral part of the Rychessmen sound, and he couldn't be more proud of the work they have produced to date. "We are making stuff that you don't hear from anyone else; we follow our own format, and that's what gives us an original sound." Although laidback in person, his lyrics have an edge to them and an energy which can have meaningful flows finding their way onto a club track. For a seasoned lyricist such as Nice, inspiration comes from everyday experiences, and with so many days to look forward to in his career, there is no limit to where this rapper can take us.
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Welcome to the Carroll County Gusher
Will Carroll County residents find a lot to gush about in the days ahead?
No doubt. And, I hope CCGusher.com becomes the place for a continuous flow of good news and helpful information.
Life in Carroll County is changing with the influx of oil rigs, people, businesses, money and more traffic than our two-lane roads were designed to carry. Many of us have worked for years to rejuvenate the downtown areas in our communities, attract businesses and enhance local facilities. We have mourned the closing of each mom and pop store and wondered if the remaining local businesses can survive in the shadows of the discount stores and trendy restaurants in the nearby cities.
When information started slipping out about the Utica oil play, I thought, "No big news." Little oil pumps have dotted the fields of Carroll County for many years. But, before long, the events, facts and figures started to create a different picture and I realized the news is big and the stakes are high.
Let's rewind the tape and look at what's happened over recent months. It seems like just yesterday that oil company agents started to knock on doors with offers to lease property mineral rights. The leases included royalty payments for any oil produced. Over time, the signing bonuses escalated from $50 to $5,800 per acre. The royalty terms increased from 12 percent of net revenue to 20 percent of gross revenue. As my Italian grandmother would say, "Mama Mia!"
The ink was barely dry on the early leases, when letters from out-of-state speculators arrived with offers to purchase the oil royalties on already leased land. Many of the letters came before wells were drilled and before anyone knew if oil would be found.
Currently, representatives of large and small companies are cruising our streets looking for land and buildings for businesses that serve the oil companies, hotels, restaurants and other concerns. Local residents, involved in the discussions, say price seldom seems to be a matter, but speed is a mandate.
How big and how important is Carroll County oil? One news story reported that the oil in this part of Ohio is estimated to be twice the amount found in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. When I repeated the estimate to someone close to the action, he shook his head and said, "No, they tell me it's much bigger than that . . . and of the highest quality."
Those of us who have been praying for an improved economy feel like we've hit the lottery of answered prayers . . . and then some. It's the and-then-some that contains the challenges. The prospect of abundant new, good paying jobs and large royalty checks is reason to give thanks. The hope that a nice portion of the oil money will be spent in local shops; provide more local jobs and go to support Carroll County churches, nonprofit organizations, schools, the arts and recreational projects sounds good, too. The challenge will be to cope with the kind and speed of changes that accompany oil exploration.
Carroll County is not the first area of the country to have an oil boom in recent years. Communities in North Dakota and Pennsylvania have already experienced a lot of what is coming to Carroll County. Folks in those areas have had some practice in living and working in the midst of change. I'm curious if, and then how, they have learned to ride the rapids of change without being pulled under by the fast current of the river. I have already made contacts in some North Dakota communities and plan to make contacts in Pennsylvania, too. I want to talk with businessmen and women, educators, clergy, nonprofit board members and others to learn about the opportunities, challenges and solutions they found to the new realities. How have the everyday lives of kids, adults and seniors been affected?
What will be the environmental consequences of drilling here at home? Many studies are underway, but solid evidence is still not available. Some residents fear drilling will contaminate our water supply and that disposing of fracking water (the water used in the drilling process) in deep underground wells, will cause earthquakes.
Proponents of drilling are cheering the economic and environmental benefits of an abundant and affordable supply of clean burning natural gas. They predict the payback will come in the form of more manufacturing jobs for American workers, the production of fertilizer for farmers, lower heating costs for homes and a cleaner environment.
Auto manufacturers are introducing cars and trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG sells for about half the cost of gasoline. Two companies are opening nationwide CNG fueling stations, and consumers can use existing natural gas pipelines to install home refueling stations in their own garages.
Carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 50 percent when coal-fired power plants switch to natural gas. Gas also has lower emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and virtually no emission of mercury. The result is a reduction of acid rain, smog and soot particles in the air.
If the oil deep in the ground below us is as abundant as some report, will it help reduce our country's dependence on foreign oil and the price we now pay for gasoline? Can we have it all without losing all that is good about small town living?
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Soo how stupid of an idea would it be to try and install / play old nes .wad's that are supposedly pal and not ntsc? is this a brick waiting to happen? i do have priiloader and a nand back up ...
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Serene Williams is greatest of all time
Telegraph Sport: where the debate starts
Sports fans love to debate and chew the fat over who is the greatest of all time but surely when comes to women's tennis that has come to an end.
Serena Williams will probably never be remembered as the most loved woman to grace the best courts in the world – maybe not even the top ten – but as a player she is out on her own.
The world number one retained her WTA Championships title in Istanbul with a 2-6 6-3 6-0 victory over Li Na at a packed Sinan Erdem Dome on Sunday, even when not at her best.
For much of the week it had seemed inevitable Williams would walk away the winner, but in the end she had to summon up her last dregs of energy to complete a 78th win from 82 matches this season.
Williams has won more matches and more titles than in any other year of her career – her best 12 months since she landed the 'Serena Slam' in 2002, winning the four big events in succession.
At 31 she looks almost unstoppable and a more considered schedule in 2014 should she see her leapfrog Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova who are on 18 Grand Slam singles titles, four behind Steffi Graf.
Williams has proved herself for over a decade and at times this year the 31-year-old looked better than ever.
Along with sister Venus she took the sport to another level and her serve is widely regarded as the best ever.
The likes of Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova and Sabine Lisicki continue to strive to knock Williams off her perch but on recent evidence they will have to wait for some time yet before the GOAT leaves the stage.
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CORVALLIS - "Ideas Matter," the annual lecture series sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University, will begin its fall schedule on Oct. 12 with a panel discussion.
The series will focus this year on "Minds, Animals and Machines," a look at one of the basic questions of philosophy - what does it mean to be a human being.
OSU philosophers Bill Uzgalis and Jon Dorbolo will lead the Oct. 12 panel discussion, "Introduction to Minds, Machines and Animals: Descartes and Discourse V." It will begin at 4 p.m. in the MU East Forum.
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- Oct. 16: What's Wrong with Anthromorphism? by Elliott Sober, 4 p.m., MU East Forum.
- Oct. 26: Animal Determinism: Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish, by Lisa Sarasohn, 4 p.m., MU East Forum.
- Nov. 2: Mr. Locke's Parrot: On Animals, Men, and Persons, by Bill Uzgalis, 4 p.m., MU East Forum.
- Nov. 7: Darwin: The Portrayal of Darwin in Cartoons in his Lifetime, an OSU Horning Endowment Lecture by Janet Browne, 4 p.m., Memorial Union 208.


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Alex Hall doesn't know Cameron Wake.
But he sure knows his story.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end and 16-sack man was filled in by New York Giants pass-rusher Justin Tuck, who spent a brief period with Wake back in 2005, before the current Miami Dolphins star was cut and fled for the CFL.
"We're from the same area," Hall said of Wake on Saturday, as the Riders finished up their final preparations for Sunday's Grey Cup at Mosaic Stadium. "He made all-metro in the area I'm from, the Washington, D.C., area. Matter of fact, when I was with the Giants, Tuck and I were talking about something and he said, 'It's a crazy business. They cut Cam Wake.' This was even before I came up here and he was telling me how good (Wake) was and he's one of the best players in the league now."
Wake's ascension from CFL star to elite NFL pass-rusher no doubt motivates many players in Canada with dreams of making a name for themselves down south.


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wikiHow to Start a Repossession Business
A repossession business is called in by lenders or leasing companies to repossess cars when owners default on their payments, or in the case of renters, when rental cars aren't returned on time. If you've got a talent for organizing and aren't intimidated by potentially tense situations, learning how to start a repossession business could provide you with a way to open a lucrative company. Read the following steps to find out which legal and organizational measures you need to take in order to make your repossession business a success.
1Determine which legal requirements you need to meet in order to start a repossession business. The repossession business follows strict rules, and you must have a good understanding of the laws that govern this type of business in order to avoid mistakes.
- Spend time working as a repossession agent for an established repossession business to learn the trade. In many states and countries, it is a legal requirement to have proven experience in the industry before you may apply for a license to start a repossession business. Even if these licensing requirements don't apply, it's useful to know as much as possible about repossessing before entering the business.
- In some locations you have to follow an accredited training course and pass a state exam before you may apply for a license. Contact your local department of transportation to find out which rules apply to you.
2Construct a business plan that includes the costs of starting a repossession business, insurance, employees, and marketing.
3Raise the necessary capital by applying for a business loan or getting funding from private investors. You'll need a sum that can cover the cost of operations for the first 6 months.
4Register your repossession business with your city to receive a business license.
5Choose a location for your repossession business. You'll need an office space, as well as a secure parking lot or garage to store repossessed vehicles.
- Make sure the parking lot or garage has a good security system, preferably with a live guard as well as an armed response team.
6Purchase liability and property insurance for your repossession business.
- Liability insurance protects your business in the event that you're sued.
- Property insurance protects your equipment, as well as any stored vehicles, in the event your location is damaged or destroyed due to vandalism, crime, fires, or natural disasters.
7Buy at least 1 tow truck. If your start up capital allows, it's best to have at least 3 flat bed trucks with wheel-lifts to avoid damages to the vehicles you repossess.
8Interview and hire employees who are experienced, capable, and have clean records.
9Advertise your repossession business with mailing and email campaigns that target lending and leasing companies, as well as ads in local publications.
Community Q&A
What is the average pay per vehicle I repossess?wikiHow ContributorIt depends on the agreement you have. Some companies pay a weekly fee to a repossession agent, while others pay per repossession. The average pay per vehicle ranges from around $200-400.
How much money can I make off of one repossession?wikiHow ContributorIt depends on the client. With CarMax, probably $400 for the repo, but if customer redeems, you can make another $200-300 in redemption and storage fees. For big equipment, much, much more. I repossessed a driving crane once: it took two hours, and I made over $7,000.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The first indictment in the motorcycle road rage clash in New York in which a man was pulled from his vehicle and beaten was returned, prosecutors said.
Officials did not release what charges were in the indictment Thursday against Robert Sims, accused of stomping Alexian Lien, the driver of the sports utility vehicle, CNN reported Friday.
Sims is one of seven people who face charges in the melee. Authorities have asked for the public's help in identifying people in photos and haven't ruled out more arrests or charges.
A video of the Sept. 29 incident in Manhattan has gone viral.
Assistant District Attorney Samantha Turino said bikers heading north on Manhattan's West Side Highway "were driving recklessly ... obstructing vehicle traffic, running red lights, swerving between lanes" when one of them, identified later as Christopher Cruz, slowed quickly in front of Lien, whose vehicle bumped Cruz's rear tire.
When the SUV stopped, bikers surrounded his vehicle, hit it and spiked its tires, police said.
Lien began driving away, hitting three more bikers, including Edwin Mieses, who was critically injured. The bikers gave chase, eventually surrounding the SUV, striking it with their helmets and dragging Lien from the vehicle. He was kicked and hit, suffering injuries to his face and body, Turino said.
Lien's wife and 2-year-old daughter were in the vehicle but were not harmed.


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The subject of this article is not named in-game.
The current title is from a guide or the game's internal data.
Brugs[1] are small, purple insects which appear in Metroid: Other M. Although Brugs do not have many offensive capabilities on their own, when a large group of Brugs joins together under an Emperor Brug, they can form a Brug Mass to attack.
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A group of Brugs and one Emperor Brug were bred on the BOTTLE SHIP, possibly for scientific purposes. While Samus and the 07th Platoon were exploring the area, they encountered the swarm, which created a Brug Mass.
Through the use of Samus's Missiles and the Platoon's Freeze Guns, the Mass became incapacitated and the Emperor destroyed. The remaining Brugs scurried away and are not seen again through the remainder of the game.
The name 'brug' seems to come from 'bug', which is a generic name for insects like the Brugs.
- Zebesian Parasites seem similar to Brugs and may or may not represent the first depiction of the species.
- Before entering the Bottle Ship Control Room, where the boss is fought, Brugs can be seen crawling around in certain rooms. Such rooms include one with a Kick Climb shaft and the room directly outside the control room.
- After the fight, when Samus exits back through the preceding corridor, some Brugs will scurry off into the vents, the last time they are ever seen.


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Friday, March 05, 2010
New artist: Dice The Nicest - I'm Dope + EPK
This dude did an effective job of
DOWNLOAD Dice The Nicest - "I'm Dope" [usershare links: stream | MP3]
So after hearing that track, is this rapper from L.A./West Covina dope like he claims?? Can Dice The Nicest help save the day for the once-dominant Left coast? Weigh in in the comments section below....
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I'd like to develop a plugin to interface with Mercurial.
I looked at the SVN plugin for guidance, but didn't really find what I was looking for.
I'd like to make a pull down menu for my plugin. How can I do this?
Also, how do I make a package installer?
Thanks for the help!
Is there way to make a nested menu? Such as:Tools-> Packages-> MyPlugin-> Add Remove OtherStuff
And I agree that shortcuts will be good (I'll put some in), but version control isn't done so often as to demand its own shortcuts (IMO).
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
Hopefully I'll be able to get the plugin in order and contribute it!
Alright thanks. This looks like it will be a pretty doable task.


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Nipsey Hussle - Count Up That Loot
After unleashing his (in)famous $100 mixtape, Crenshaw, in October, Nipsey Hussle stayed busy on the guest tip for the remainder of 2013, lending his flow to joints by Hit-Boy (Alert), Ray Rizzy (Get Wit It), OverDoz (These N**gas) and more. Needless to say, he was paid handsomely for his trouble, and on his first solo feature of the new year he sits back to Count Up That Loot. As the L.A. mainstay delivers his caked-up bars, DJ Drew Byrd serves up a hazy string groove that apparently skipped a step on its way from his studio to your headphones; in the opening verse, Nipsey boasts, "This beat ain't even mixed, but it's f**kin' perfect!" This joint isn't attached to a larger project but, judging by the fact that it was dubbed Crenshaw Tour Leak #1, fans can safely assume that more fresh cuts are on the way.


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State Senator Joni Ernst got people talking on Tuesday morning when she unveiled her U.S. Senate campaign's first TV ad in advance of the
Republican June 3rd primary.
The ad features Ernst in a barn full of piglets waiting to be castrated. The candidate begins the ad by saying, "I'm Joni Ernst. I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. So when I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork. " The ad ends with Ernst saying, "My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same: to cut wasteful spending, repeal Obamacare, and balance the budget. I'm Joni Ernst and I approve this message because Washington's full of big spenders. Let's make 'em squeal."
The thirty-second ad, while touching on a somewhat taboo topic for a television ad, showcased Ernst in a positive light and allowed her to communicate her message of fiscal responsibility, repealing Obamacare, and fighting for a balanced budget. The problem is that the subject matter that is being discussed by voters in Iowa and political analysts in Washington is castration.
Chuck Todd, the Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News, quickly noted that the word "castrating" was the sixth word out of Ernst's mouth in the ad.
IA GOP sen candidate Jodi Ernst makes "castrating" the 6th word she utters in her debut TV ad. https://t.co/KP8fITvWPM
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) March 25, 2014
While the ad has received praise by some Iowans and media types, the national headlines would make any campaign squeal, and like a castrated pig, not for joy.
The headline from ABC News read, "Iowa Senate Candidate Threatens DC With 'Castration.'" Gawker.com called it, "Here's the Worst Campaign Ad Today, Thanks to This Hog-Castrating Mom." Time Magazine went with, "Iowa Senate Candidate Says Castration Gives her Conservative Cred." Politico with kinder to Ernst, but they still chose to use the word "castrate." The Politico headline read, "Iowa's Joni Ernst: I'll castrate D.C.'s spending." And the Washington Post headline read, "Republican Ernst draws on experience 'castrating hogs' in Iowa Senate cable ad."
Needless to say, the national media seems to have enjoyed being able to use the word "castrate," but not all the media types are down on Ernst's new TV ad. The Ernst campaign gave Breitbart News an exclusive on the ad, and thus, instead of focusing on the word "castrate," they beat up Mark Jacobs, Ernst's main competitor for the Republican nomination.
Jan Mickelson, the influential morning host on WHO Radio said, "That's a homerun," and then shared it on his Facebook page. Former presidential candidate Herman Cain is also a fan of the ad. Robert Laurie who writes on Cain's website said, "All the best GOP campaign commercials contain the words 'castrating hogs.'" Herman Cain might not be the best judge of campaign ads, but Cain's smoking ad went viral just like Ernst's castration ad.
To be honest, I think it's a good ad. Is it funny? Sure, but the ad gave Ernst some personality, something that at times she can lack. And frankly, when you are running against a guy who's been running ads since before Christmas and is simply drowning his opponents in TV and radio ads, the same old cookie-cutter ad just isn't going to cut it. The fact that the ad got people's attention is the sign of a good ad, but we also see that there is a fine line between being clever and being silly.
The risk of the Ernst ad is that it may cause people not to take her seriously. While Iowa is one of the top agricultural states in America, 64 percent of residents live in urban communities. The question that deserves to be asked is, how does this ad play with urban women? From the ones I talked to on Tuesday, it didn't set very well.
"It reminds me a little of the 'I'm not a witch,' ad," one woman told TheIowaRepublican.com. "I think you could tell that story in a speech, but I would never use the word castrate in a television or radio ad. Plus, she seems just a little too happy about castrating pigs," the 35 year-old added. Another said that the ad created an image in her head about a mad woman roaming around Washington D.C. castrating legislators.
Those are two tough critiques of the ad, but one thing is abundantly clear – after pushing the fact that she is a mother, solider, and conservative for almost a year now, Ernst is now going to forever be linked to castration much in the same way Christine O'Donnell will forever be linked to her 2010 U.S. Senate ad that began with the words, "I'm not a witch." O'Donnell's "Witch" was also the first ad she run in the general election in 2010 in Delaware. The ad went viral. Some people loved it, others laughed, but the result was that people stopped taking her seriously.
Even late night TV is mocking the Ernst ad. Jimmy Fallon used the ad on the Tonight Show to get some laughs. Fallon also mocked O'Donnell in 2010 for her "Witch" ad saying, "Christine O'Donnell released a commercial in which she says, 'I'm not a witch.' That's pretty good, though not as effective as her opponent's slogan, 'I'm not Christine O'Donnell.'"
It's too early to know whether or not Ernst's castration ad will have a positive or negative impact on her campaign. The attention the ad is getting could help Ernst raise money from conservative and Tea Party voters who seem to really like the ad, but at the same time, it's probably not going to help her with out-of-state donors and big-time financiers of U.S. Senate campaigns.
For as much attention as the ad has received, the Ernst campaign isn't putting much money behind the spot. Ernst is spending just $7,012 to air the ad on Fox News from March 27th through April 9th. By comparison, the Jacobs campaign is spending $209,875.00 over a similar time frame. His ad includes statewide cable as well as network TV in the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Sioux City media markets.
Lori Raad's media firm, Something Else Strategies, produced the ad. Raad was Mitt Romney's deputy campaign manager in 2012. Romney endorsed Ernst earlier this month, and a number of former Romney consultants are working with Ernst. Derek Flowers, Ernst's campaign manager, told TheIowaRepublican.com on Tuesday that while the ad was produced by Ernst's media team, the concept for the ad came from Ernst herself.
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Forgot to mention I changed blades! Used an Astra for the first time. Seemed pretty sharp (definitely more compared to the Derbys). Sliced through my growth with no problem.
But I did try using an Alum block for the first time after the shave... WOOooo it stung in certain places but subdued relatively quickly. It felt like a good sting but not sure if that's normal yet.


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In some ways, it's hard not to admire Congressman Paul Broun's firm stand against earmarks, those items inserted into the federal budget with little oversight, for sometimes dubious purposes, as a means of allowing members of Congress to bring a little federal (read taxpayer) money into their home districts.
Broun recognizes, correctly, that there is a need to rein in federal spending of taxpayer dollars, and his recent stand against seeking special funding for the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Natural Resource Conservation Center, a federal agricultural research station in Watkinsville, is a clear example of the depth of his commitment to gaining some control over the federal budget.
In refusing to seek earmarks to keep the facility open, Broun is - in an election year, no less - placing some local jobs in jeopardy, as the center is slated for closure in President Bush's budget proposal. In fact, if the facility does close down, Broun's son-in law's job - he is a biological science technician at the center - likely would be in jeopardy.
Admirable as it is, Broun's hard-line stance against earmarks is a bit misguided.
Basically, the problem with earmarks is not that they're a common practice, but that they're a common practice shrouded in secrecy.
There are any number of earmarks that make good sense. An example can be found in a $1.2 million earmark shepherded through a recent budget process by another Georgia congressman, Jack Kingston. That money is going to help University of Georgia researcher Steve Stice grow neurons that soldiers could carry with them to detect the presence of chemical agents on the battlefield. In a time in which this country and much of the rest of the world are girding themselves against the possibility of terrorist attacks - attacks that could involve the use of chemical agents - it's hard to argue the money going to UGA's Stice isn't a worthwhile expenditure of public funds.
All of this is not to say that Barry Fleming, the Augusta-area state representative challenging Broun in the upcoming Republican primary election in the race for the 10th Congressional District seat, has any better ideas than Broun with regard to earmarks.
Fleming has rushed to the defense of the Watkinsville research center, but is trying to have things both ways. In a Friday story in this newspaper, Fleming spokesman J.D. Easley said the 10th District's congressman, whoever that is or may be, "needs to be out there lobbying for the Campbell center," but also needs to recognize that "yes, you need to cut the budget, yes, we need to save money, but this is not the one (center) that needs to be shut down."
Just as Broun's stance is a shortsighted approach to getting a handle on earmarks, one that could keep good projects from getting needed funds, Fleming's cut-the-budget-except-for-this-district approach simply would guarantee the current system, in which no one in Congress dares to challenge another earmark for fear of losing his or her own, would continue.
The answer - or part of the answer, anyway - for getting some control over earmarks would be to bring some transparency to the process. And, in fact, there already is some recognition in Congress that shedding additional light on earmarks might be the best way to ensure that worthy projects get funded, while others drop by the wayside.
Earlier this month, a congressional working group to which Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was assigned came up with a set of recommendations calling, among other things, for earmarks to be posted on senators' official Web sites, and posted by Senate committees as well, at least 48 hours before the proposal comes to the floor of the Senate. Senators would have to provide full justification for a requested earmark, and note whether they or their family or staff would benefit.
It's a standard that Isakson already has adopted; his earmark requests are available on his Web site by clicking the link at isakson.senate.gov/spending.html. It's also a standard that Broun should work to employ, and that Fleming also would be well-advised to adopt.
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GAZA, July 20 (UPI) -- Hamas said Tuesday it detonated an explosive charge under an Israeli armored personnel carrier in Gaza as Qassam rockets were fired at Israel.
The Palestinian militant group's military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said in a statement the APC burst into flames when the explosive charge was detonated in Beit Yahoun north of Gaza.
There was no comment from the Israeli side on the reported incident.
Israeli military sources said al-Qassam rockets were fired at positions in the Negev desert but caused no casualties.


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In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu, we spoke with Dan Slater, author of Love in the Time of Algorithms: What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating.
Slater explained how he went from losing his job to writing a book about dating in the age of social networks. He also shared some practical intelligence for making the best nonfiction book proposal. Here is an excerpt:
I had been a legal reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and I never in a million years imagined myself writing an article, much less a book, about online dating. I stumbled on to it. I thought the subject was interesting, both the business side and the sociological side–'How is this business affecting people?' … Then you look at the market: 'Has this book been done?' That is something that you can see quite easily. You go on Amazon and do a bunch of searches. You say, 'Okay, what does this space look like?'
Press play below to listen to the whole interview. He also offered this advice:
One of the things I found was that there had not been really a book done, which was kind of amazing, because the industry has been around for at least 15 years. So it was for sure a salable thing. I found an agent who agreed with me on that. And then, as I worked on the proposal, the question was 'what does this book need to look like?' … We knew this really needed to be a book more about what this means for your relationships. The trick of developing the proposal was to weave the business side in with the sociological side … I probably had about four to five months of reporting for the proposal.


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A settlement grew up at Monomoy in the early 19th century, centered around the fishing industry. The community, which became known as Whitewash Village, reached its apex around 1850. As traffic in the area increased a lighthouse became a necessity.
Cape Cod's fifth lighthouse was built for $3,000 in 1823 at Monomoy Point, also called Sandy Point, eight miles from Chatham near the southern end of the peninsula. Like many early lighthouses in the area, it was a Cape Cod style light with a wooden tower and iron lantern room on the roof of a brick keeper's house. The lantern held eight lamps with 13-inch reflectors.
Engineer I.W.P. Lewis visited in 1842 and called Monomoy "one of the most important locations on the coast of the United States. Thousands of vessels pass here annually, amid the numerous and very dangerous shoals that obstruct the navigation." Keeper Solomon Doane complained that the roof leaked where it joined the tower, and that the "lantern has been so much racked by storms that it shakes so as to break the glass continually... The lantern leaks very badly in all wet weather, and is entirely out of repair." Lewis recommended that the whole establishment be rebuilt.
The present cast-iron brick-lined tower was built in 1849, placing among the earliest cast-iron lighthouses in America (Boston's Long Island Head and Vermont's Juniper Island were among the earlier ones). An 1850 inspection reported:
Asa L. Jones, a native of the Cape Cod town of Harwich, was keeper from 1875 to 1886. Jones, who was born in 1840, had been wounded in the Civil War. After retiring as keeper, Asa L. Jones ran an undertaking business in Harwich.
Asa L. Jones, his wife Clara, and their son Maro at Monomoy Point Lighthouse. Courtesy of Emily Hills Aasted.
Asa Jones's young son, Maro Beath Jones, kept a diary that provides a glimpse of life at the light station in the 1884–86 period. Here are some excerpts, beginning when Maro was eight or nine years old.
March 25, 1884: Good weather. Papa killed a black duck.
Maro Beath Jones also wrote an unfinished story about life at Monomoy Light Station. Emily Aasted, great granddaughter of Asa L. Jones, has graciously shared the story and you can read it by clicking here.
James P. Smith, a native of Copenhagen, became keeper in 1899. His wife died early in his stay at Monomoy, but Keeper Smith had three daughters who assisted him in his duties. The oldest daughter, Annie, acted as housekeeper and tended the light when her father was away. In 1904 a reporter asked the Smith sisters if life at the lighthouse was lonely. Annie replied, "Oh, no! We don't have time to be lonesome. There is always something to do, with the housekeeping and the light."
In February 1902, Keeper Smith and his daughters recovered the body of a Nova Scotia fisherman from the wrecked vessel Elsie M. Smith. The man's clothes had filled with sand, and Emma Smith said that he must have weighed 300 pounds. It took Keeper Smith and daughters Annie and Emma to pull the body from the surf.
With the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1914 and an increase in the power of Chatham Light, Monomoy Light was considered expendable. The light was discontinued in 1923. The last keeper, Douglas H. Shepherd, later wrote about his last days as keeper (thanks to Sheryl Berniche):
February 1st 1923 I received order to extinguish this light at sunrise
February 16th. The winter of this year was notorious for
ice conditions, and on the outside beach an ice wall had formed between
three and six foot high, extending the entire 12 miles to Chatham, and
impossible to get down on the beach with a horse and wagon.
land across the tide water flats was a maze of ice cakes that had
drifted in on every tide . . .
The blizzard of February 6-7, 1978, cut Monomoy into two islands, North and South Monomoy. Today both islands are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. South Monomoy is a birdwatcher's mecca, with over 300 species spotted in recent years. Gray seals, rare in New England, have been breeding on South Monomoy.
The Cape Cod Musuem of Natural History has offered hikes to the lighthouse and overnight stays in the past, but the programs have been discontinued. Presently, the best way to visit is via the Monomoy Island Ferry. A rather strenuous walk is necessary to reach the lighthouse.
November 2009, it was announced that $1.5 million in 2009 American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds would be used to restore the
lighthouse and keeper's house. The restoration began in 2010. Here is a
video about the restoration:
Last updated 12/28/11