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Noble Energy Provides Update On Galapagos And Deep Blue
Jul 10, 2012, 17:27 ET from Noble Energy
HOUSTON, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced today that all three wells at the Galapagos development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico are now producing and at rates above the original forecast. The Company also announced that appraisal of the Deep Blue prospect will not continue at this time.
Production in the Galapagos area was initiated from the BP operated Isabela field in early June, followed by the Noble Energy operated fields of Santa Cruz and Santiago. The fields were individually flow tested and production increased over the course of several weeks. The Company's net production of 13,000 barrels of oil per day and 8 million cubic feet of natural gas per day is about 30 percent greater than previously forecast. With the addition of Galapagos, Noble Energy's deepwater Gulf of Mexico production has increased to approximately 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with over 80 percent oil.
David L. Stover, Noble Energy's President and Chief Operating Officer, commented, "Galapagos is our second major project to start up in the past eight months and will provide significant production and cash flow growth. We continue to build on our strong track record of execution as this project came on-line less than three years after sanction. Galapagos is one of the first development projects to start up in the Gulf of Mexico after the moratorium, and our permit to drill Santiago was the first such permit received following the moratorium."
At Deep Blue, although hydrocarbons were found in both the initial exploration well and subsequent sidetrack, the Company and its partners have decided not to proceed with additional appraisal activities at this time. The Deep Blue well was originally spud late 2009 and sidetrack operations were underway when the moratorium was announced. Noble Energy was required to suspend operations, and the rig working at that time was released. After the moratorium was lifted, another rig was certified under new regulatory requirements to finish the sidetrack. The Company expects to record $118 million of exploration expense in the second quarter related to the Deep Blue prospect.
Noble Energy is a leading independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil and gas exploration and production. The Company has core operations onshore in the U.S., primarily in the DJ Basin and Marcellus Shale, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, offshore Eastern Mediterranean, and offshore West Africa. Noble Energy is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol NBL. Further information is available at www.nobleenergyinc.com.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "indicates," "anticipates," "suggests," "possibility," "believes," "expects," "intends," "will," "should," "may," and similar expressions may be used to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and reflect Noble Energy's current views about future events. They include planned development activities, business strategy and other plans and objectives for future operations. No assurances can be given that the forward-looking statements contained in this news release will occur as projected and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and assumptions that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include, without limitation, exploration and development risks, drilling and operating risks, the presence or recoverability of estimated reserves, the volatility in commodity prices for crude oil and natural gas, environmental risks, competition, government regulation or other actions, the ability of management to execute its plans to meet its goals and other risks inherent in Noble Energy's business that are discussed in its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and in other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are also available from Noble Energy's offices or website, http://www.nobleenergyinc.com. Forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management at the time the statements are made. Noble Energy does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
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Quote of the Day
"The allegations being made are nothing to do with racism; they are allegations about corruption."-- FA Chair Greg Dyke, to Sepp Blatter after the FIFA president said racism was the motivation for questioning Qatar's bid for 2022 World Cup. (BBC, 6/10)
Top Stories
UEFA Wants Blatter Out
Senior UEFA members "launched a sustained attack" on the leadership of FIFA President Sepp Blatter, "telling him not to stand for re-election next year," according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. In a "behind-closed-doors meeting" in São Paulo attended by Blatter, several UEFA members, including FA Chair Greg Dyke and Dutch Football Federation President Michael van Praag, "attacked the Fifa president for his record on tackling corruption in the governing body."
Final Countdown
Safety fears voiced about opening World Cup venue Arena de São Paulo.
Part Three
Nike takes a "risk" with animated World Cup ad.
Cautionary Tale
South Africa's World Cup experience a lesson for Brazil.
Sky's The Limit
Sky Sports to launch first channel dedicated to European football.
Pairing Up
Aussie commission supports women with plan to team athletes, execs.
Drawing Plans
Populous named as architect for Lord's Cricket Ground development.
Account Closed
Deutsche Bank drops out of talks to take stake in Borussia Dortmund.
Another Look
Tokyo organizers will review Games' plan after cost concerns raised.
Hoist The Sails
Olympian Ben Ainslie announces British challenge for America's Cup.

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Simulation and Training Laboratory
In 1998, the UT Southwestern Medical Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery established one of the best (and earliest) skills labs in the United States. The Simulation and Training Laboratory is housed in the medical school building and contains a wide variety of heavily utilized simulation equipment within its 1,500-square-feet. In June 2006 the Center became accredited through the American College of Surgeons as a Regional Education Institute.
The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery offers educational and training programs for students, residents, nurses, practicing physicians, and other allied health professionals. The core of its mission is to provide the most up-to-date education and training in minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Numerous modalities, including didactic lectures, computer-based tutorials, laparoscopic and virtual reality simulators, bench models, live surgery videoconferencing, and hands-on practice on operative models, are used to facilitate teaching knowledge, judgment, and technical skill components. Much of this teaching is conducted in the Simulation and Training Laboratory, as well as other center and campus facilities.
Simulators include a six-station Karl Storz Videotrainer (equipped with the five "Southwestern" stations, as well as FLS models and Common Bile Duct Exploration models), three MIST VR Systems, TEP Inguinal Hernia models, a Simbionix UroMentor and GIMentor, a B&K Ultrasound Machine and Sono Phantoms, and stereotactic breast biopsy equipment.
Numerous ongoing training courses are routinely offered and are supervised by the center's education coordinator, Kristine Gilberg-Fisher, R.N., and Seifu Tesfay, R.N., M.S., and faculty from several departments.
Skills Lab Curricula Video Tutorials
Download the training videos listed below to your desktop and view using RealPlayer. The player is free and can be obtained from the RealNetworks website.
Open Knot Tying and Suturing Curriculum
- Task 1: Palm Needle Driver
- Task 2: Knot-tying, No Tension, 2-handed
- Task 3: Knot-tying, No Tension, 1-handed
- Task 4: Knot-tying, Under Tension, 2-handed, Surgeon's Knot
- Task 5: Knot-tying, Under Tension, 2-handed, Slip Knot
- Task 6: Knot-tying, Under Tension, 1-handed, Slip Knot
- Task 7: Suturing, Interrupted, Simple
- Task 8: Suturing, Interrupted, Horizontal Mattress
- Task 9: Suturing, Interrupted, Vertical Mattress
- Task 10: Suturing, Running, Simple
- Task 11: Suturing, Running, Subcuticular
- Task 12: Suturing, Interrupted, Subcuticular
Southwestern Videotrainer Skills Tutorials
- Task 1: Bean Drop
- Task 2: Running String
- Task 3: Checkerboard
- Task 4: Block Move
- Task 5: Suture Foam (Instrumentation)
- Task 5: Suture Foam (Task and Errors)
Open Knot Tying and Suture Curriculum - Intermediate
- Task 1: Tie at Depth
- Task 2: Suturing at Depth
- Task 3: Tie on a Pass
- Task 4: Suture Ligation (Stick Tie)
- Task 5: Ties in Continuity
- Task 6: Atraumatic Tie
Skills Lab Curricula And Supporting Materials
Surgery Residents
General Open Knot-Tying and Suturing:
- Curriculum
- Score sheets
- Video Tutorials (above)
- Pre-Test Questionnaire
- Post-Test Questionnaire
- References - Scott DJ, Goova MT, Tesfay ST. A Cost-effective proficiency-based knot-tying and suturing curriculum for residency programs. J Surg Res, 141:7-15, 2007.Goova MT, Hollet LA, Tesfay ST, Gala RB, Puzziferri N, Kehdy FJ, Scott DJ. Implementation, construct validity, and benefit of a proficiency-based knot-tying and suturing curriculum. J Surg Education (in press)
Trauma/Critical care:
- Surgical Airway
- Basic Ventilator Management
- Advanced Ventilator Management
- Ultrasound for Central Line Placement
- Ultrasound in the ICU
- Ultrasound for Trauma FAST
- Swann Ganz Catheter/Hemodynamic Monitoring
- ATOM: Advanced Trauma Operative Management
- TEC: Trauma Exposure Course
- Tracheostomy & PEG Tube Insertion
- Basic Echocardiography
- Curricula
- Scoresheets
- Percutaneous Breast Biopsy
- Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cryoablation
- Lap I Basic Laparoscopic Skills: Southwestern Stations
- Curricula
- Score sheets
- Pre Questionnaire
- Post Questionnaire
- Video Tutorials
- References
- Lap II Basic & Advanced Laparoscopic Skills: FLS
- Curricula
- Score Sheets
- Post Questionnaire
- Video Tutorials
- References
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Ongoing Training
- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (LCBDE)
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Port Insertion
- Laparoscopic Energy Sources
- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Robotic Training:
Team Training:
3rd Year Medical Students and PA Students
- Open Knot-tying and Suturing (Introduction)
- Foley Catheter Insertion
- Breast Exam
- References
MS3 Skills Poster Presentation:
Naylor RA, Hollett LA, Mitchell IC, Bowling MW, Ma A, Dineen SP, Bruns BR, Scott DJ. Can medical students achieve skills proficiency through simulation training? Surgical Education Week, Association for Surgical Education, Toronto, Canada, Apr. 15-19, 2008.
4th Year Medical Students (Preparation for Surgical Internship Course)
- Open Knot-Tying and Suturing
- Score sheets
- Video Tutorials
- References
- Lap II Basic & Advanced Laparoscopic Skills: FLS
- Score Sheets
- Video Tutorials
- References
Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetric and Gynecology Residents
- Open Knot-tying and Suturing
- Lap II Basic & Advanced Laparoscopic Skills: FLS
- Basic Laparoscopic and Open Cadaver Course
- Team Training: Laparoscopic Patient Safety, Communication, and Leadership (joint curriculum with Departments of Surgery, Gynecology, Anesthesia, and Nursing)
3rd Year Medical Students and PA Students
- Lap I Basic Laparoscopic Skills (Introduction)
Department Of Urology
- UroMentor: Cystoscopy, Uretersocopy, and Percutaneous Nephrostomy
- LapMentor: Laparoscopic Skills
Department Of Anesthesia
- Team Training: Laparoscopic Patient Safety, Communication, and Leadership (joint curriculum with Departments of Surgery, Gynecology, Anesthesia, and Nursing)


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After receiving a Hawke 3508 laser/light it would not zero. Your very unhelpful staff couldn't advise me and then said , well what do you expect us to do!
The product had been opened before and returned which makes me think you need to improve the instructions as they are difficult to mount.


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Approximate Location
Incident Overview
The Pine Creek Fire started on August 29, 2012 at approximately 3:00 p.m. It started near the river and quickly burned through the town of Pine Creek, and then into the steep, inaccessible terrain of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on the Gallatin National Forest. Local firefighters, helicopters, and retardant airtankers were able to save many homes, the Pine Creek Church, and the Pine Creek Caf�; however five homes and several outbuildings were lost that first day of the fire. The fire moved to the south on private land the second day, threatening more homes. Firefighters were able to stop any movement on that flank of the fire by the first of September. Fire burned through parts of the Pine Creek Campground with mostly low intensity, and crews worked to remove hazard trees. Only a small portion of the Pine Creek Trail was impacted by fire. The North Fork of Deep Creek is currently the most active part of the fire. Fire continues to smolder in the very dry duff and downed woody fuels in the rocky terrain on the upper third of the north facing slope. That area cannot safely be accessed by firefighters on the ground. A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has assessed the fire area, and rehabilitation efforts will be taking place this fall and into next year. Fire personnel will continue to monitor this fire until the fire area receives a substantial amount of moisture.
Basic Information
|Current as of
|Incident Type
|Human (under Investigation)
|Date of Origin
|Wednesday August 29th, 2012 approx. 03:05 PM
|9 miles South of Livingston
|Incident Commander
Current Situation
|Total Personnel
|8,572 Acres
|Percent of Perimeter Contained
|Fuels Involved
10 Timber (litter and understory). Heavy dead standing and down. Gray-stage beetle kill trees.
|Planned Actions
The Pine Creek Fire is being monitored by Gallatin National Forest fire personnel.
|Projected Incident Activity
The area closure on the Gallatin National Forest around the Pine Creek Fire has been lifted.


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JESCA HOOP and special guests The Gospel Flats (Graham Patzner & Chelsea Coleman) and Miss Erma w/ Andres Vera
Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA, 94705
Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM (event ends at 11:59 PM)
This event is 21 and over
Watch & Listen
Jesca Hoop calls her stunning sophomore album "the first time I've ever really invested in myself." And she means that literally: After recording the nine-track disc in Los Angeles with veteran producer Tony Berg (Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Nickel Creek), the northern California native packed her bags and decamped for England, where last year she released Hunting My Dress independently to an avalanche of acclaim from both the U.K. press and fellow artists such as Guy Garvey of Elbow. "That was the first time I really took control of my own life," Hoop says, "and had enough faith to put not just my talent but my money toward running a campaign."
Fans of Hoop's 2007 debut, Kismet, already knew about the singer's talent. A favorite of former KCRW tastemaker Nic Harcourt (who regularly featured Hoop on the public-radio station's influential "Morning Becomes Eclectic"), Kismet announced the arrival of a unique new voice, one with a flair (as the Los Angeles Times put it) for "darkly seductive, genre-bending songs that dabble in everything from folk and pop to dub and cabaret." Three years later, Hoop calls Hunting My Dress "a more clarified distillation of what I do as an artist. I'm closer to home in my expression on this record," she continues. "I used less to express more."
Expression is key for Hoop, whose adventurous songwriting and idiosyncratic vocals have earned favorable comparisons to such cutting-edge forbears as Björk, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. "Those women inspired a generation, and I'm of that generation," Hoop acknowledges. "I'm trying to get to what's innately mine. My heroes set this example for me. My only aim is to be just like myself."
The Gospel Flats is a San Francisco Bay Area duo made up of Graham Patzner and Chelsea Coleman. We make pretty music because we love you and want you to be happy.
Erma, also known as Miss Erma, creates a sound world that is refreshing and enrapturing. Her melodies are bouncy and bright as she carries you right to the edge, pushes you over and then catches you again. An orchestral twinge is sure to surprise.
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Release Date: 2008 |
Album Rating: 2.0As for the Fear Factory blame, I have no scientific data or whatever to back up my blame. This is just the first metal band that I can think of that did the remix album thing. Since Fear Factory isn't exactly known for their creativity I'm sure someone else did it before them or it at least wasn't their own idea, but I'm blaming them anyway.
Digging: Adimiron - Et Liber Eris
Good review but techno black metal seems interesting enough to download.
Digging: Verge (Finland) - Sex & Violence
Balls, if you want techno black metal, check out Psyclon Nine.
Good review Willie.
Should I check out this band's normal material?
The Linear Scaffold is pretty sick jacktiger. The guitarist and main songwriter of Solefald is in a prog metal band with Arcturus members called Age Of Silence who are pretty cool too.
Album Rating: 2.0I agree with Balls. The Linear Scaffold is a great place to start. Unfortunately the only review for that album on this site is kind of dumb (I'd ask for it to be deleted if there was another review for it).
It's kind of cool that someone decided to post reviews for all the Muse albums all at once. That's my new favorite user.
lol metal remixes.
Good review, willie!
Album Rating: 2.0
lol metal remixes.
Fantastic review. Probably not my thing at all.
Yeah most of the time techno and black metal mixed sucks really bad. Just look at The Kovenant. They were a good symphonic black metal band turned into a fucking terrible techno band with a little bit of black metal influence.
Digging: Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
Probably not my thing at all.
Yeah most of the time techno and black metal mixed sucks really bad. Just look at The Kovenant.
It's kind of cool that someone decided to post reviews for all the Muse albums all at once. That's my new favorite user.
Wait, when did that happen, and how the fuck did I miss it?
Album Rating: 2.0I just know that I posted this review, got ready for work, drove to work, logged on at work and there were four substandard Muse reviews posted by the same person.
Are you going to check out The Linear Scaffold?
I suppose. I still have 30+ albums that I have.... acquired, so to say... to digest. I still need to give Songs for Insects a few more listens, as well as countless other albums. But, if you wanna hook me up, go for it.
Album Rating: 2.0I'll hook you up if you want it. If not, it's no big deal. What's the first part of your e-mail (gmail saves e-mail addresses but I have no idea which one goes to what person).
Family Guy (without the space and caps)
Holy shit.....Red For Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 1 is a badass fucking album.
Album Rating: 2.0Part II is better.
Will be sure to get that. I strolled upon 1 on some random guys blog.
Album Rating: 2.0When you have the time read my review for the new 16Volt album. Even if you don't check that one out, read the first comment for a link to get their first four albums for free. Try the one I reccomended there.
666 International is a badass techno black album.
I should check this.
Digging: Fleurety - The White Death
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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BREMERTON, Wash. – The body of a child was found Thursday near the mobile home park where a 6-year-old girl went missing over the weekend.
The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office did not say whether investigators believed it was the body of Jenise Paulette Wright, but said that her family has been informed. The body will be turned over to the county coroner for identification.
The body was found near Still Creek mobile home park. Jenise was last seen there by her family Saturday night when she went to bed. She was reported missing the next day, launching a huge search with more than 100 people and 15 agencies, including the FBI.
The sheriff's office said the discovery was due to a combination of information from the community, a pursuit of the hundreds of leads that have come in and the extensive search efforts.
Investigators also said no arrests have been made, but did not go into detail about whether they believed foul play was involved.
The public at large is also being asked to share the missing person flyer on social media with the hashtag #findjenise. The FBI continues to collect tips at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
The parents took FBI lie-detector tests Monday night, but the results have not been disclosed. Their home was also searched twice by different sets of authorities.
Officers have been going door to door at the mobile home park. They were also pulling surveillance video from nearby businesses and checking in with sex offenders in the county.
Court records show Jenise's father, James Wright, was charged more than a decade ago with molesting two girls, ages 8 and 15. He pleaded guilty in Whatcom County Superior Court in December 2001 to a misdemeanor assault charge related to the older girl. It was not immediately clear why the molestation charges were dropped.
According to court records, the girl's father was charged with first-degree child molestation in February 2000, accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl following a New Year's Eve celebration. The girl told a detective and case worker that he inappropriately touched her, according to court documents.
More than a year later, in June 2001, the charges were amended to include third-degree child molestation after a 15-year-old girl who was babysitting the girl during New Year's Eve 2000 said that Wright touched her breasts and put his hands down her pants, according to court documents.
A judge in Whatcom County Superior Court sentenced Wright to a year in jail but suspended the entire jail time provided he followed certain conditions, including paying fees.


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There are dragons, sea monsters and a pool that turns everything to gold in the magical world of Narnia. It's so like Hollywood! But we digress.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the third instalment in the fantasy series, and this time the adventure is at sea.
Edmund and Lucy, the youngest Pevensie children, are staying with their cynical cousin Eustace when Narnia beckons. The three children -- Eustace very much against his will -- are swept into the ocean via a painting in the spare bedroom; in a scene that will delight young viewers, water pours out of a picture of a ship at sea and fills up the bedroom, and the young heroes are soon being pulled from the water by Prince Caspian and his crew.
On board the Dawn Treader, Eustace (Will Poulter) is stunned to discover that Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) are royalty, that a mouse named Reepicheep (voiced by Simon Pegg) can speak and that a talking minotaur is a regular member of the ship's crew.
They all go off to find seven lost lords of Narnia, with a first stop at the Lone Islands. They battle slave traders and watch innocent locals get swallowed up by a menacing green mist (so much to do, so little time!). The Dawn Treader sails to other islands, encountering invisible Dufflepuds, magic spells, dragons and sea monsters, all the while the children are being tested.
Lucy struggles with vanity, discovering a spell that transforms her into a beauty like her older sister. Eustace is greedy when he finds a trove of gold and treasure. Edmund is also greedy and he argues with Prince Caspian out of vanity. Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson) shows up long enough to warn everyone to resist his own darkest impulses; we couldn't say exactly what personal demons Edmund is fighting, but that's a mighty phallic sea serpent his imagination conjures up.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is in 3D. This is often a distraction, but this film is so engaging that it's easy to forget the pesky little spectacles stuck to your face.
Although the Narnia movies attract fans of all ages, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader seems to be a movie mostly for children. It's briskly paced without being frantic and has plenty to spark the imagination. The Narnia books are full of Christian symbols, and at the end of this film Aslan tells Lucy she must know Him by His other name in the real world, hint hint. Those who object to any hint of proselytizing at the movies should know that it's subtle enough that you could miss it entirely, if you so desire.
Sequels rarely outdo the original movie, and Voyage of the Dawn Treader is no exception. Still, it's a swashbuckling adventure story that kids will love, so what's not to like?
(This film is rated PG)


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WE had 98th minute controversies, referee bashing, record breakers and seagulls ... pesky seagulls!
It's Adam Peacock's Random Thoughts for Round 23 of the A-League!
The manoeuvring for third took another twist on the weekend. Melbourne City woke up at home.
They hadn't really put the foot down in their own digs all season, until opening up Newcastle on Saturday night. Tim Cahill scored, Anthony Caceres showed class and Bruno Fornaroli made it 17 goals for the season.
This was all as their best defender Michael Jakobsen watched from the stands. When he returns, City will get even better.
This weekend shapes as a beauty – City travel to Western Sydney off the back of the Wanderers' best week of the season, while Perth and Brisbane meet the top two teams at home.
One of these teams below Sydney and Melbourne Victory need to be in better form than they have been all season to get close to a Championship. City have just had a little jump start.
The seagulls.
Melbourne, we love that you love sport. No-one in Australia loves it more than you. The rest of the country has come to terms with that. You ARE the sporting capital of the world! From Tokyo to Tashkent and all the way to Toronto, they speak of little else.
But the plague of seagulls that swarm every match at AAMI Park is as mysterious as your ability to take an entire day off for a car parade of footy players.
Please, sort it out.
I still think outside the four walls of the Wanderers dressing room, Brendon Santalab is underrated.
He scores important goals (the first Champions League goal plus in Derby number three this season), puts everything on the line every time he plays (maybe too much on occasions) and has overcome a number of injuries (that pesky shoulder wouldn't get better for a while).
Now he's holds the record for most goals as a Wanderer, which isn't that important at the moment. What trumps it is the fact whenever he plays, Wanderers look a much more dangerous side.
Wellington would surely show up refreshed, ready, and raring to go! And then they produce a first 20 minutes that the Mount Gambier over 35 division 7s would be disappointed with (with all due respect to the Mount Gambier over 35 division 7s...)
There were too many going through the motions and some not playing to a game plan, as mentioned by Glen Moss post-game. It was pitiful and made life too hard even against a side who at home had been known to melt like ice cream in the sun.
Not for the first time this season we ask – what does Wellington want to be? We understand the funds are there to make them a powerhouse. Club owners have a big three months ahead.
Some people possess quite a special talent: The ability to simultaneously type a message on social media, while holding a pitchfork.
Yeah, Stephen Lucas stuffed it up late on against Brisbane. Michael Theo deserved red, but Brisbane should have had the free kick for Dylan McGowan's drunken 4am cuddle on the keeper in the lead up.
Sure John Aloisi and Brisbane fans have every reason to be riled by it.
Some think the FFA are sitting blind, pretending it's not happening. Rest assured, that's not the case.
They know standards must lift and the referees know standards must lift. They take it hard when they get it wrong – there was the case of a linesman earlier this season who got it wrong and wanted to retire straight away. They were talked out of it both calmer heads who didn't want to see a talent wasted off the back of one howler.
The cure is complex, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't involve hammering a ref and acting like a four-year-old child for a sustained period when a decision goes against your team. Refereeing isn't easy, and if you think it is, maybe you should give it a crack. We need more refs!
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Thanks Diane. This is the way it came out after I embossed it.
This is an awesome puzzle-it is different from any others I have solved-at one point I thought CHALK, then that left me,and I don't know. You tell me. Thank you. DIANE FROM NEW JERSEY


text: On 18 August 2010 15:13, Johannes Waldmann <waldmann at imn.htwk-leipzig.de> wrote: > Duncan Coutts <duncan.coutts <at> googlemail.com> writes: > >> >> Your .cabal file probably does not list the "other-modules" ... >> Enforcing it properly is on the TODO list. > > Please don't ... there's the design principle of > "making the typical case easy, but the complicated case possible" > (or something similar to that effect). It seems that > you plan to make the typical case cumbersome. Enforce is the wrong word. The more friendly thing is to tell users when the list is incomplete. As I mentioned before, in general it is necessary to list all the modules because in general it is impossible to discover them all automatically. Further, even when it is possible, there is value in not requiring all tools that process .cabal files to embed all the dependency chasing logic. Listing other modules also means we can discover the full set of modules without having to configure and build the package (in general it requires configuring the package, and then compiling and running preprocessors). Alternatively we could decide that we will allow users to specify other modules just for the cases where discovering all the modules is hard/impossible and then require all tools that handle .cabal files to contain the logic for dependency chasing. IMHO, the ideal is when cabal can mostly work without any .cabal file for simple programs and then provides help to make and maintain accurate .cabal files. > The question in this thread is about generating hscolourized source. > Everything else is working fine already - haddock is run on all modules > (in the transitive import closure - how is it computed?), > it's just that hscolour is not run. > I hoped there is an easy fix for that (= hack, if you want). > > Actually, I don't need cabal here. Perhaps haddock should compute > the module import closure (and then run hscolour)? That would also work. That is independent of the need to list all modules in the .cabal file. > For reference, you don't need to list all source files here: > http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/javadoc.html#proces > singofsourcefiles Right, if you do not have any preprocessing or conditional compilation then import chasing is relatively easy and will cover all modules. Duncan


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Pat, chilisand has good taste.....so it's not surprising that she picked a good one, and a challenging one is just what you and Mandy need. ;-)I'm so glad you enjoyed solving it, jranders. :-)Thanks so much, chilisand! On a side note, in case you missed it, I'll post your new request in 11 or 12 hours (when I post the rest of my puzzles).
WONDERFUL!!! Thank you.
Pretty. Lots of fun.
Thanks Wendy, such a lovely challenge - but I can't decide if it's looking downwards or forwards. I feel like I'm trapped in a speeding something though!!
Chilisand picked a good one to ask for--until I got my bearings, I was assembling sections with no idea where to put them! And those nested colored frames really threw me off! I really enjoyed it--thanks, Wendy!


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Hotline Miami 2 Devs Want Australians To Pirate The Game
Hotline Miami 2 has been refused classification in Australia, but developers Dennaton have come up with a solution for Australians who want to play the game. Just pirate it instead.
After receiving an email from an Australian fan who wanted to find a way of obtaining and paying for the game, developer Jonatan Söderström replied,"if it ends up being not released in Australia, just pirate it after release. No need to send us any money, just enjoy the game!"
Hotline Miami 2 was refused classification based on a scene which seems to imply sexual violence. The scene in question had previously been criticised when it appeared in a demo of the game, with the developers saying that they where reconsidering its inclusion.
It would appear, however, that the developers have now decided that the inclusion of the scene in question is justifiable when seen in context. We'll have to wait until we can play the game to discover whether that is the case or not when Hotline Miami comes to PS4.
Via Ars Technica.
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I, Frankenstein Releases The First of Three Motion ComicsWhile it's undoubtedly a lot more fun to sit down and read an actual comic book, I dare say this short motion comic animation was more suitable for an I Frankenstein prequel story, because it offers those who aren't interested only a quick escape. I'm not so sure about this movie, as it looks like a lot of CGI fluff that's just calling itself a Frankenstein story as a shortcut into gaining an audience.
But everybody needs a little CGI fluff every now and again, and the movie certainly looks expansive. The comic goes into the background of Adam (Aaron Eckhart), but it's mostly just Frankenstein's narrative followed by supernatural stuff. It's really short enough as saying anything about it would be describing the whole thing. But it looks cool, and the simple animations are fluid. As an advertisement, it's cool, but it's not gonna get me into the theater on January 24, 2014. But I'll be anxious to hear how it is. Trailer time!
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Nick Cannon recently created a huge stir in Hollywood and on the internet with his whiteface character Connor Smallnut, created to promote his new album. Whether you find his act funny or offensive, or just odd, there's no doubt you've heard his name more than once this past week.
Now Nick is rocking cheetah print hair and sharing it on Instagram. I'm really not sure if he thinks this improves his look or makes him more edgy, when his typical style is pretty conservative. His antics recently seem to be a rebranding of sorts for Cannon, so maybe we can expect a less wholesome image than before on his album and acting roles.
Perhaps the biggest shocker is that Nick Cannon has suddenly found his way back into the spotlight which had seemingly all but forgotten about him, at least apart from the fact that he's also Mariah Carey's husband. I personally wasn't aware that Cannon even made music, only knowing him as a family friendly actor and comedian. His album, White People Party Music drops on April 1st.
This spring, Cannon is slated to host NBC's America's Got Talent for its ninth season. He's also working on a sequel to the 2002 hit, Drumline set to air on VH1. With all these projects Cannon is clearly trying to put his eggs in multiple baskets and show that he is well rounded and talented. Let's hope his antics don't slow him down or make his entire image one huge joke.
Not that he's opposed to making those. You can watch him joke around about how much the average white person loves him in the interview I've embedded below...
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I was going to take the day off from posting to celebrate with my family, but I could not resist giving you a couple of thoughts about the freedoms we are celebrating here in the US.
Thank God For The Sacrifice
First, we need to thank God for the sacrifice of the men and women over the years that have served, fought, and died for our freedoms. We have so many freedoms that we take for granted every day. The majority of the world yearns for the freedoms we have. God has certainly blessed our nation.
Taking Freedoms For Granted?
This leads to my second thought. Assume for a minute that you live where you have none of these freedoms. Assume you have never had these freedoms, but you have been told all about them. You pray and pray for these freedoms, but nothing happens.
Now imagine that one day, you are given the freedoms you sought for so long. You are given the freedom to worship whenever and wherever you want. You are given the freedom to talk about your faith with others…at school, work, the grocery store, etc. You are no longer limited in how you exercise your faith in God. You are free!
What do you think you would do? Would you exercise this new-found freedom or would you remain quiet? Would you begin openly talking about your faith in the workplace or would you continue with sealed lips? Would you publicly acknowledge God and all He has done for you or would you keep all of that to yourself?
What Is Holding You Back?
Think about it. If you live in the US, you HAVE these freedoms right now. God has placed you in a nation that allows you (for now) to worship when and where you please. You can openly share your faith and you do not have to keep quiet about God's role in your life!
So the question is this…are you exercising these freedoms or are you taking them for granted and virtually ignoring them?
Don't rush on – stop and think about the answer to that question.
Our Responsibility
My final thought – this blog is currently read in 138 countries worldwide! In fact, one out of every four readers of this blog are from outside of the US. I do not know how many of those readers are limited in their freedoms either by law or by persecution or both. I do know that many of them would love to have the freedoms we take so lightly!
That being the case, I truly believe it is our responsibility to stop being so lazy or scared (or both) and start exercising these freedoms! Step up and take your faith into the workplace. Talk with someone about your faith and what God has done in your life. Move out of your comfort zone and trust God!
You will be glad you did and you will be stronger for it.
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Dustin Jeffrey clears waivers, next destination is AHL
Stars forward Dustin Jeffrey cleared waivers Thursday, meaning the Stars are free to assign him to the AHL to get playing time.
Jeffrey has played just 12 of 32 games since joining the Stars on Nov. 17 as a waiver wire pick-up from Pittsburgh. Jeffrey has one assist and is minus-2 in those 12 games. While he stayed with the Stars as a reserve Thursday, he is expected to be assigned to the Texas Stars on Friday.
"He needs to go down and play," coach Lindy Ruff said. "That's what we've discussed. He hasn't played enough, and I think when you play a limited amount, it's better to have those players playing. He'll get some confidence in his game, and if we need somebody, we're right here to get him back."
The Stars will have just 12 forwards if Jeffrey is assigned, meaning they will have no extras in case of illness or injury. However, the Stars are in the middle of a five-game homestand, and the Texas Stars also are on an extended home stretch in Cedar Park. That means if Dallas recalls a player , he's just a three-hour car ride away.
"I like that setup. We're really accustomed to it," Ruff said of having the AHL affiliate within driving distance. "If we need somebody, we get somebody up who's right there."


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After the Spiral he was my Derby pick, such a looker. There will be other races down the road for this beauty.
Another example: 7/31/2011 Ruffian and Haskell.
From the possible list these two are headed to the Haskell. Does anyone know who's showing up?
Still thinking of how to play this one...?
I would love to see him race again. Saw the pic of him on his web page in the sand with a big ball, pretty pathetic. At least put him where he can be in a paddock with grass under hooves.
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Suppose that transporters (like in Startrek) existed. You would be scanned somehow so that every atomic detail
of yourself could be be recorded. Then that information is transmitted to the destination, and a duplicate of you
is reconstructed. If the reconstuction is succesful, the original is destroyed.
What would you experience?
If the reconstucted duplicate is completely accurate, it seems that it should be no different than travelling some
great distance while you were unconscious, and then waking up at the destination. There should be continuity
of the conscious self between your departure (and destruction) and your arrival (and reconstruction).
Now, what if there was a malfunction; the duplicate 'you' was reconstructed at the destination, but the original 'you'
wasn't destroyed, The original 'you' awakens, and should obviously still have a continuity of the conscious self.
But the reconstructed 'you' also has this, just as it did in the previous example.
Now what do you experience?
Are you in two places at once? Which one is 'you'?


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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A man is in custody in connection with a shooting that happened Saturday around 2:40 p.m. at 1410 Southwest 87th Ave.
Police say Chancy Mallory, 28, pulled up to the residence on his bicycle and fired two rounds at a vehicle that two men were sitting in. Those two got out of the vehicle and began to run and Mallory fired three more shots, hitting one of them.
Police say Mallory then fled on his bike, but they were able to find him and take him into custody.
The man who was shot is said to have non life-threatening injuries.
Mallory faces charges of attempted murder.
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Genica's MPTrip is the first commercially available portable CD player that can also play recordable CDs filled with MP3 files, and it lists for only $115. The MPTrip's ability to read and decode music stored as MP3 files means that you can squeeze roughly 11 hours of music on one CD, and make it portable. And since I like to have lots of selections with me, I'm already in the habit of carrying around a plastic CD pouch that compacts 40 CDs without jewel cases. Do the math and that translates into an astonishing 400 CDs or 440 hours of music.
MPTrip: First Portable CD Player That Handles MP3s
Maybe you haven't noticed, but portable CD players have gotten really cheap. Many of the players in Aiwa's top-rated line list for less than $100, and cheap-o players can run less than $40 if you find the right site or store. But for a few extra dollars there's a better portable CD player that will increase the number of songs you can carry tenfold.


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The next step in the Tucson Padres baseball team's young history is complete, with the unveiling of the Minor League Triple A team's home, road and military uniforms, and cap.
The home uniform is a white jersey and pants with "Padres" written across the front in the same font the San Diego Padres wore from 1978-1984. The home uniforms are making their debut on opening night at Kino Stadium on Friday, April 15 against the Salt Lake Bees.
To honor the Tucson shooting victims, the home uniforms feature a black-and-white memorial ribbon on the sleeve. The black color symbolizes the memory of the victims of Jan. 8, and the white color symbolizes hope.
The road uniform is a gray jersey and pants, with "Tucson" scripted across the front in the same font as the home uniform. The road uniforms are making their debut in Colorado Springs on Thursday, April 8.
The road uniforms also feature the black-and-white ribbon on their sleeve to honor the Jan. 8 Tucson shooting victims.
In partnership with the San Diego Padres, the Tucson Padres are wearing camouflage military jerseys for Sunday home games and other appropriate military holidays throughout the 2011 season. As a gesture of support for the Tucson military community, the San Diego Padres are giving these game-worn jerseys from 2010 to the Tucson Padres for the 2011 season.
The Tucson Padres cap shows a Tucson version of the Swinging Friar, with a replica of the San Diego Padres mascot using a "Tucson" bat. The Tucson Padres cap is navy blue, with the friar logo outlined in white.
"We are really excited about our new look," said Tucson Padres Vice President and General Manager Mike Feder. "The cap and jerseys tie in the retro look of the San Diego Padres, while maintaining a fresh feel and a Tucson connection."
The caps, jerseys and other apparel will be available in the "Friar Attire" team store in early April. Tucson Padres T-shirts are currently available in the Tucson Padres front office at 2500 E. Ajo Way in southern Tucson.
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War ceremony highlights race divide
Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds have ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war - and underscored the racial divide that had plagued the nation.
The events marked the 150th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, an engagement that plunged America into four years of civil war at a cost of more than 600,000 lives.
Several hundred people gathered on Charleston's Battery in the pre-dawn darkness, much as Charleston residents gathered 150 years ago to view the bombardment of April 12 1861.
At about 4am, a single beam of light reached skyward from the stone works of Fort Sumter. About half an hour later, about the time the first shots were fired, a second beam glowed, signifying a nation torn in two.
Nearby, a brass ensemble played a concert entitled When Jesus Wept, as hundreds listened, some in folding chairs, others standing.
Fifty years ago during the centennial of the Civil War, there was a celebratory mood. But on Tuesday the 150th anniversary events were muted.
At the White House, President Barack Obama captured the sombre mood in a proclamation that the date would be the first day of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. "On this milestone in American history, we remember the great cost of the unity and liberty we now enjoy, causes for which so many have laid down their lives," he said.
Alluding to the war's ultimate end in 1865, Mr Obama added: "When the guns fell silent and the fate of our nation was secured, blue and grey would unite under one flag and the institution of slavery would be forever abolished from our land. We are the US of America - we have been tested, we have repaired our Union, and we have emerged stronger."
Later a black Union re-enactor representing a soldier from the 54th Massachusetts, the company of black troops that fought at Battery Wagner on Charleston Harbour in 1863 in an attack memorialised in the film Glory, threw a wreath into the water and saluted.
Then seven re-enactors in Confederate grey fired a 21-gun salute in memory of all who died on South Carolina soil. Two buglers then echoed "Taps".


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I am now focusing exclusively on identity & services, true, but certain news about former interests of mine are just too good not to share.
While evangelizing the web capabilities of WCF introduced in the framework 3.5, one of the most recurring questions was about hiding the svc extension for WCF services. That makes a lot of sense, since ideally a good RESTful URI (whatever that really means) should not give away the technology that is used to handle the resource and should not change when the underlying technology does change. Thanks to IIS7 architecture, it is very easy to write a URLrewrite module that does just that: if you recall the Mix session about MySpace's use of WCF in their REST API, you'll remember that they did demonstrate this (sample code here).
Now you don't need to write that module for the ground up anymore: we just shipped the technical preview of the "official" URLrewrite module for IIS7. Give it a spin, and thanks to the IIS crew for listening to the REST community!


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The Continence Clinic team includes bladder retraining specialists, gynecologists, nurse specialists, surgeons specializing in urology and gynecology, and research scientists. They work together to determine the cause of your incontinence and develop a treatment plan based on your needs and preferences.
Gynecologic oncologists offer an integrated approach to the diagnosis and treatment of women's cancers, including cervical, uterine (endometrial), ovarian, vaginal and vulvar cancer. They manage treatment from surgery (including robotic surgery) to coordination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy with doctors from medical and radiation oncology, if indicated. They can also perform hysterectomies, if needed to treat noncancerous conditions.
Urogynecologists and their teams evaluate and diagnose women who have pelvic floor conditions including urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, vaginal fistulas and congenital uterine and vaginal anomalies (absence of the vagina or developmental defects of the uterus). Urogynecologists undergo three years of training in women's pelvic health and pelvic reconstructive surgery after completing four years of general obstetrics and gynecology training.
Gynecologists trained in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery care for women who have a range of noncancerous gynecologic conditions including heavy menstrual periods (menorrhagia), irregular menstrual periods (metrorrhagia), pelvic pain, recurrent pregnancy loss and ovarian cysts. Surgeons perform these procedures through one or more short incisions. Minimally invasive surgery may result in less postoperative pain, a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery and, in some cases, a better overall outcome.
Surgeons can perform many of these procedures on an outpatient basis:
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Dinner at Singapore Zoo
A white tiger lunges for a piece of meat thrown by a keeper on May 8 during feeding time at Singapore Zoo. There are about 315 different animal species at the zoo, and about 16 percent of them are threatened. The zoo attracts about 1.6 million visitors a year.


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Advances in Numerical Analysis
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 973407, 17 pages
Research Article
Accelerated Circulant and Skew Circulant Splitting Methods for Hermitian Positive Definite Toeplitz Systems
School of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 1159-91775, Mashhad 9177948953, Iran
Received 5 August 2011; Revised 26 October 2011; Accepted 26 October 2011
Academic Editor: Ivan Ganchev Ivanov
Copyright © 2012 N. Akhondi and F. Toutounian. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- Juan Li, Zhaolin Jiang, Nuo Shen, and Jianwei Zhou, "On Optimal Backward Perturbation Analysis for the Linear System with Skew Circulant Coefficient Matrix," Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol. 2013, pp. 1–7, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Zhaolin Jiang, Juan Li, and Jianwei Zhou, "Optimal Backward Perturbation Analysis for the Block Skew Circulant Linear Systems with Skew Circulant Blocks," Abstract and Applied Analysis, vol. 2014, pp. 1–8, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Christoph Hellings, and Wolfgang Utschick, "Block-Skew-Circulant Matrices in Complex-Valued Signal Processing," Ieee Transactions On Signal Processing, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 2093–2107, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Min-Li Zeng, and Guo-Feng Zhang, "Incomplete circulant and skew-circulant splitting iteration method for time-dependent space fractional diffusion equations," Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2016. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar


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great frames • new art • hot space • cool dogs
For the months of August and September, 2013, 44T Artspace will be featuring an amazing collection of limited edition original screen prints. All are creatively framed with Metro Frame Works' signature contemporary and stunning style. With prints commissioned for artist such as Ween, The Black Keys, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and many others, there is sure to be a piece for every music and art lover.


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The first matter to decide when forming a new team is which League you are going to enter, a list of local football Leagues can be found under the League pages here.
When you have been interviewed by the relevant football League you will then be required to affiliate to us as your parent County Football Association. It is important that you are aware of the division your team is likely to be entered into if you are an adult club as this will determine the level of your affiliation. Most new clubs would start towards the bottom of the League they are entering but this is not always the case. Youth Clubs affiliation is slightly different and all Clubs would affiliate under the Youth heading either at County Youth (U18), Youth (11-16), Girls' or Mini-Soccer.
When you have been accepted into the League, we will send you an affiliation pack, which should be completed in full and returned to the County Office by 1 June in the current season. Please remember that Public Liability Insurance must be purchased through the County and Personal Accident Insurance must also be provided, although a scheme of your choice can be used for this rather than the County Option.
A statement of accounts should be provided in your 2nd season of Affiliation and these should be sent with your affiliation paperwork in the 2nd season.
For any information on new clubs or Leagues which you can enter, please contact Alex Rush-Fear on 01202 688271 or Colin Chainey on 01202 688275.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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GoDaddy has partnered with SiteLock to provide security for business websites, the companies announced Wednesday.
SiteLock scans for vulnerabilities like malware, suspicious code and back doors and automatically addresses them, providing customers with protection without requiring them to put their own time or effort into monitoring. The service starts at about $20 a year.
"GoDaddy is focused on 'making the business of business easy' and services like SiteLock save customers time so they can focus on their passion," GoDaddy VP and GM, Security Products, Wayne Thayer said. "Security is more important than ever and we partnered with SiteLock because we found SiteLock to provide the most advanced and complete security solution available."
Security features previously offered by GoDaddy include SSL certificates, code signing certificates, and premium DNS.
The presence of malware on GoDaddy-hosted sites was pointed out in a FireHost report in February, which detailed the use of cloud service provider networks in hacks using botnets. If GoDaddy customers protect their own sites with SiteLock, they may end up doing their host a favor as well.
With GoDaddy planning for an IPO in the near future, the importance of protecting customer confidence will soon extend to potential shareholders.
In its bid to offer all website services an SMB might need as a one-stop shop, GoDaddy announced a partnership with Spree Commerce in February to offer an "online store" solution.
A pair of studies released in spring 2013 indicated that cybersecurity is one of the areas SMBs most need help with from hosted solutions. By adding SiteLock, GoDaddy may help both itself and its customers.


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Pushover, a "simple push notification service" that essentially allows web services, scripts, and a lot more to send notifications to your mobile device, got an update recently to version 1.6 (and soon after, 1.6.1), which brought on a couple more nifty features.
Namely, the update brings support for DashClock, the popular clock/information widget that has gained immense support in its first few weeks of existence. Now DashClock can show you how many Pushover notifications are waiting for you.Read More


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Baylor University To Confer Degrees On Summer GraduatesAug. 7, 2003
by April K. Martin, Student Newswriter
Baylor University will confer degrees on more than 500 graduates during summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus.
Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. will give the traditional commencement address, while the university presents diplomas to more than 350 undergraduates and 116 graduate, seminary and doctoral students. Donell Phillips Teaff, a member of Baylor's Board of Regents, will bring greetings to the graduates. Dr. Julian F. Watkins II, professor emeritus of biology, will act as bearer of the mace.
Following the ceremony, the Baylor Alumni Association will hold its traditional graduation celebration under the tent outside the Ferrell Center. Graduates can visit with professors and join the Alumni Association at a special rate.
Baylor will hold several activities Friday night for graduates and their families. Doctoral students, their spouses, department chairs and mentors are invited to a dinner hosted by the Graduate School at 7 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. Reservations are required.
From 8:30 to 9 p.m., as graduates and their families gather for the annual "Split" party, they will be serenaded by the bells of the McLane Carillon, located in the tower of Pat Neff Hall. Banana splits will be served at no cost beginning at 9 p.m. on the first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
For more information about Baylor commencement, contact Lois Ferguson, facility allocation and event manager, at 710-8534.
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How about Velcro Beard? She sticks to him like velcro, but he's using her as a beard.
or, just the obvious, "Dumb and Dumber".
They really are out of touch with how people think of them. Its pretty funny how people can be so wrong. Even JoJo thought people loved her.
I think the lesson learned here is "Dont try to force America to love you". They, as a couple, are trying to force us to like them, and Danielle is trying to force shane to love her.
It aint working....LOL
I just finished reading what happened last night. Wow. There is time yet for things to change and change again. I have faith in Dan. He is skilled at observing and giving, those who need it, enough rope to hang themselves, before stepping in. That said, he has work to do. It will be tricky to get Janie aside if that is in his plan which it must be. She needs to schmooze Ian among other things! I don't want to see her go.
No sympathy for Shane. Why did you kiss her in the first place? He has set up a fatal attraction senario.
It never ceases to amaze me how some HGs, don't get it that fans see everything on the feeds. Danielle and Boogie, of all people, to name the offenders this season! How you are portrayed in the TV show itself matters little when it comes to who you want to "impress." Danielle is going to be upset.
And I like Janelle and I don't want to see her go out this way... So I am hoping they see reason before the veto ceremony..
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Wow, just catching up with the late night happenings.
To sum how the idea of putting Janelle came up earlier:
Boogie, with Frank there too, talks to Brit about saving Frank.
--Boogie comes up with two "angles" involving getting the votes to keep Frank or replacing him, and then the "curveball" of putting up Janelle.
--Brit says I would go for the curveball, but you have to talk to Dan and Danielle. You can tell them I'm open to the idea.
--Danielle loves the idea of putting up Janelle. Shane likes it too. Dan, not so much.
Danielle is playing right into Boogie's hands. Why would Frank be put up twice? What has changed? It's just that
Boogie's hatred of Janelle from game play, and Brit and Janie's mean girl jealousy, playing personal, have come to the
fore and are dominant right now.
All Boogie needed was a rest. He said he'd lay low Friday, and he came out swinging Saturday.
I hope things change back. Yes, Janie won two coaches' comps, but now there are no such things, and Frank
has already won an HOH. Working with Boogie? Boogie is for himself and Frank. Dan knows that.
I too hope Dan can still talk some sense into Danielle.
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Dan should talk to Danielle about Shane. He could possibly open her eyes to how easy it is to believe what she desires rather than going to the observer position in her brain and looking at it from a detatched point of view. It is crucial he brings her out of her emotional and high state.
I assume Dan is aware of how powerful she feels having won 2 comps and her delusional notion of being a desirable alliance member to them. A glass of wine might help with this. Only one. She also has to get out of that room and observe Boogie in action, see the private conversations, who shuts up when she enters the room, feel the strain and get to know everyone better. If she could only walk into a conversation Boogie is having with "the enemy" and experience everyone going silent, maybe she would listen to Dan.
Another thing that worries me is I don't think Danielle is even a poor student of BB. She has mentioned that she and Shane have only kissed on camera. She is not getting it that she is on camera 24 hours a day. And I am not sure she knows what goes on in the house beyond the TV show. She is young and has not been an avid watcher for many years, that is clear.
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I've beens sitting here trying to figure out how in the world I can't seem to understand this linked list I'm trying to build.
What is happening is that my Chapter_List (linked list) isn't advancing and thus when I go to load the Binary Search Tree I'm adding to the very same BST. My issue lies in not setting up the Linked List for Chapter_List correct, I've tried using notes posted on my professor's site, but they're not working for me..
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Code:void processChapters(struct filenames files, struct Chapter_List **chapList,struct Chapter** chap) { struct Chapter_List *pHead, *pPre; pPre = *chapList; pHead = *chapList; pHead = NULL; int i = 0; // index int j = 0; int lines = 0; // stores the lines of a chapter char word[MAX]; // stores the word we're dealing with now int words; // stores number of words in a line FILE *ifp; // the file pointer... of tribulation // // Operation loop. Runs 3 times due to number of files defined to be in a master file // for(i=0;i<FILES;i++) { ifp = fopen(files.file1, "r"); fscanf(ifp,"%d",&lines); // reads in the lines in this chapter struct Chapter_List* thisChap = (struct Chapter_List*)malloc(sizeof(struct Chapter_List)); thisChap->next = NULL; // // Processing Loop: Once per line // for(j=0;j<3;j++){ // Process lines // // Setup Chapter: Process chapter title // fscanf(ifp,"%s",thisChap->title); // reads the title of this chapter into the chapter list fscanf(ifp,"%d",&words); // Scans in the total words // Processes: Rest of line for(i=0;i<words;i++) { fscanf(ifp,"%s",word); // get word thisChap->BST = insert(word, thisChap->BST,thisChap); // insert word into BST } // // Display Results // printf("%s: %d distinct words and tree height is %d\n",thisChap->title,thisChap->words,height(thisChap->BST)); // display words and their occurances, pre-order traveral preorder(thisChap->BST); printf("\n\n"); // // PREPARE FOR NEXT RUN // // Advance to next chapter in the file depending on NULL status // Insert as first if( pHead == NULL){ pHead = thisChap; } // Insert after first else { pHead->next = thisChap; thisChap->next = NULL; } } } // END of Operation Loop }


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The country community continues to share their condolences and memories of George Jones who passed away this morning (April 26). Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., Randy Travis and Ray Price released statements as they remember their friend and colleague.
"My heart is absolutely broken. George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. My heart goes out to Nancy and all his family and friends." — Dolly Parton
"The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time. Amen." — Merle Haggard
"Today is a sad day in Country music. We have lost another piece of history. George Jones was not only a good singer, but was a good friend. He will be missed by many." — Hank Williams Jr.
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National juniors shine at President's Classic
Several of T&T's national juniors, including Ruebin Walters and Akanni Hislop, who are in preparation for the upcoming CAC Games were in winners' row yesterday at the T&T National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAATT) President's Classic, staged at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Mucurapo. Hislop, of Zenith, who is set to represent T&T in both the 100 and 200 metres events at the CAC event in Mexico, next month, won the Boys Under-18 100m dash in 10.64 seconds, ahead of Xavier Mulugata and David Winchester, who clocked 10.79 and 10.88 seconds, respectively.
Meanwhile, Walters, one of only two T&T hurdlers for the CAC Games eased to gold in the Men's 110m hurdles winning easily in 14.49 seconds. The Memphis runner finished exactly a second ahead of Kuniba Steward of Falcons. Among the women, Josanne Lucas of Falcons was once again the hurdles champion in the 100m distance. Lucas (13.73) also finished well ahead the runner-up, Akila McShine of Cougars (14.08) and Anya Akili of Zenith (15.99). Yesterday's meet will be followed by NGC/Sagicor National Open Championships, which will run from Friday to Sunday, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
110m hurdles
1 Ruebin Walters, Memphis, 14.49; 2 Kuniba Stewart, Falcons, 15.49
200m hurdles
1 Jereem Richards, Abilene Wildcats, 20.58; 2 Ayodele Taffe, Abilene Wildcats, 20.82; 3 Kyle Greaux, Abilene Wildcats, 21.07
400m dash
1 Deverne Charles, TT Def Force, 47.30, 2 Tyler Francis, Abilene Wildcats, 47.84; 3 Nathan Farinha, Abilene Wildcats, 47.94
800m run
1 Jamaal James, Rebirth, 1:50.54; 2 Kendis Bullard, 1:52.47; 3 Denny Gualbance, UTT Fast Track, 1:52.79
4x100m relay open
1 Abilene Wildcats, 39.88; 2 TT Defence Force, 41.19; 3 UTT Fast Track, 21.21.
1500m run
1 George Smith, TT Def Force, 4:05.79; 3 Quincy Elliot, 4:06.38; 3 Christopher Mitchell, 4:08.77
High jump
1 Omari Benoit, Falcons, 2.00m; 2 Rodney Liverpool, Def Force, 1.95m; 3 David Thomas, Jaguars, 1.90m
Long jump
1 Seon Stafford, TT Def Force, 7.10m; 2 Andwuele Wright, Rebirth, 6.98m; 3 Dwaine Herbert, Dovers, 6.90m
100m dash
1 Reyare Thomas, Neon Trackers, 11.48; 2 Kamaria Durant, Simplex, 11.49; 3 Aaliyah Telesford, Point Fortin, 11.61
100m hurdles
1 Josanne Lucas, Falcons, 13.73; 2 Akila McShine Cougars, 14.08; 3 Anya Akili, Zenith, 15.99
4x100m relay open
1 Concorde, 46,59; 2 Point Fortin New Jets, 47.27
400m dash
1 Romona Modeste, Neon Trackers, 53.24; 2 Domonique Williams, Neon Trackers, 54.47; 3 Ayoka Cummings, 54.79
800m run
1 Alena Brooks, Mempis, 2:07.65; 2 Dawnell Collymore, Memphis, 2:14.02; 3 Elia Nero, Toco Titans, 2:19.54
Shot put
1 Chelsea James, Tobago Falcons, 13.97m; 2 Portious Warren, Toco TAFAC, 13.64m; Gwendolyn Smith, Petrotrin Palo Seco, 11.38m


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The 2013 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials will begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium. This year's Taylor Lecturer is P.M. Ajayan, Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering at Rice University. His presentation titled "Putting Nanostructures in Place" will begin at 11 a.m.
Three Penn State faculty members will precede Ajayan. They include Nitin Samarth, George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head and Professor of Physics, 8:40 a.m. on "Topological Insulator Heterostructures: Novel Routes to 2D Spintronics" Joshua Robinson, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, 9:25 a.m. on "The Wonder of Epitaxial Graphene" and Mauricio Terrones, professor of physics and materials science and engineering, 10:10 a.m. on "Building New Materials Layer by Layer: Exciting Properties & Applications."
Ajayan earned his bachelor of technology in metallurgical engineering from Banaras Hindu University in 1985 and doctorate in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in 1989. After three years of post-doctoral experience at NEC Corp. in Japan, he spent two years as a research scientist at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay in France and nearly a year and a half as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany. In 1997, he joined the materials science and engineering faculty at Rensselaer as an assistant professor and was the Henri Burlage Chair Professor in Engineering until 2007. He joined the mechanical engineering and materials science department of Rice University, as the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering in July 2007.
His research interests include synthesis and structure-property relations of nanostructures and materials science, and applications of nanomaterials. He is one of the pioneers in nanotechnology and specifically in the field of carbon nanotubes he was involved in the early work on the topic along with the NEC group. He has published one book and 450 journal papers, many in high impact journals, with more than 33,000 citations and an h-index of 90. He has several patents and inventions to his credit. He has given more than 300 invited talks including several keynote and plenary lectures in more than 20 countries. He is a world leader in the field of nanomaterials and their applications.
Ajayan has received several awards including the Distinguished Career Award for Alumni of the Department of Materials Science at Northwestern University (alma mater - graduate), Distinguished Alumni Award from Banaras Hindu University (alma mater – undergraduate) Senior Humboldt Prize, 2006 MRS medal, AAAS fellow, Scientific American 50 recognition in 2006, RPI senior research award (2003), the Burton metal from the Microscopic Society of America (1997) and the Hadfield medal for the outstanding metallurgist in India (1985). He also holds two Guinness World Records, one for creating the smallest brush and the other for creating the darkest material. He is on the advisory editorial board of several materials science and nanotechnology journals and on the boards of several nanotech companies.
The Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series in Materials Science and Engineering honors the memory of Professor Nelson W. Taylor (1869-1965) who was head of Penn State's Department of Ceramics from 1933-1943. During his tenure as department head, Taylor refined the ceramics undergraduate curriculum, strengthened the graduate program, expanded ties with industry and was able to attract important scientists to the faculty. He is recognized as the individual most responsible for establishing the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as a major center for ceramics research. The Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series was established in 1969, and has consistently attracted scientists of international prominence.
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Multi Adventure
|Day 1
|Vientiane Arrival
|Vayakorn Inn
|Day 2
|Vientiane – Phou Khao Khouay
|Day 3
|Phou Khao Khouay – Pakse
|VIP Bus (join in sleeping bus)
|Day 4
|Pakse – Tree Top explorer
|Tree House
|Day 5
|Tree Top explorer
|Tree House
|Day 6
|Tree Top explorer – Vientiane
|VIP Bus (join in sleeping bus)
Upon your arrival in Vientiane (by land or air), you shall be met by a staff member and taken via a private minivan to your hotel.
The remainder of the day is left free for you to relax and acclimatize or explore the small but fast growing capital of Laos by yourselves as you please.
The National Protected Area of Phou Khao Khouay is the nearest National Park to Vientiane, just over an hour away. Besides some great scenery and beautiful waterfalls, the NPA offers trails through dry evergreen and mixed deciduous forests, numerous waterfalls and rivers. Wildlife is abundant but elusive. Tropical butterflies and orchids line the way through forests that are home to rare large mammals such as sun bears, tigers and elephants. The friendly Ban Hatkhai village is a good place to learn more about the genuine lifestyle of the lowland Lao.
Today marks the first day of your incredible adventure through Laos, Make sure you take full advantage of your hotel's breakfast as you will need plenty of energy for this day ahead! We will be transferred at 8 from Vientiane to Ban Hatkhai, where we start cycling to Tad Xai Waterfall. The ride offers some great views over Nam Mang and Mekong Rivers. We stop cycling for a picnic lunch at Tad Xai before it gets too hot, after which we have time for swimming in this majestic waterfall to freshen up and enjoy its gentle breeze. We continue onward trekking under an evergreen canopy, accompanied by bird songs and other mysterious sounds of the forest.
Two hours relaxing trek through the forest takes us to Nam Mang, where we jump on Kayaks for an early evening paddle downstream back to Ban Hatkai.
We will stay overnight in this remote place in the midst of the forest, where a family of the village will warmly welcome us in their home, after cooking a traditional Lao dinner for us.
After an early breakfast, we cycle to the Tad Leuk Waterfall. The Tad Leuk is a local tourist attraction amidst mixed deciduous forest. A permanent exhibit at the Visitor Center gives some good information on the specific flora and fauna of the NPA. The Tad Leuk Nature Trail points out some interesting botanic details. We will have lunch at Tad Leuk.
In the afternoon, the trek follows a path along the Nam Leuk to the Tad Sang waterfall, another idyllic place for bathing and relaxation. Along the way, a large number of orchids can be seen, especially in wet season.
We shall hike back from this waterfall to Tad Leuk and return to Vientiane by songthaew. Back in Vientiane, you have time to go for dinner before the transfer to the Southern Bus station, from where the bus to Pakse leaves at 8 pm.
You arrival in Pakse around 6 am in the morning, marking the beginning of a once in a life time experience on top of the trees which you can be sure to remember forever! You will start the day with a good breakfast before we head to the meeting point in Pakse to start the Tree Top Explorer tour.
We arrive in Ban Nong luang after a 1 hour drive. You may want to stroll through the village and chat with the local people. The lack of English skills is massively outweighed by their friendliness. Here, you also be met by the village guides who will accompany you for the next three days in the jungle. They first of all give you important safety instructions. We then hike through coffee plantations and small vegetable gardens until wild semi-evergreen forest gradually takes over. The trail winds down for a while, at some stretches quite steeply, passing ravines with beautiful waterfalls and crossing flower-studded plateaus. Along the way, the guides explain the plants traditionally used in the village kitchen or as herbal medicine.
The first challenge is a breath-taking canopy walkway in the heights of the trees and across a steep river valley. The trek continues by passing the huge Tad Seua (Tiger waterfall) and leading soon after to the giant "Kamet" fall (name of a monkey), where the water plunges more than 100 m down into the valley. It is a relatively narrow, densely forested basin, with waterfalls seemingly everywhere. Here the zip-lines start and the real thrill is taking its course. Brace yourself for an adventure of a lifetime! Depending on the time, you may immediately prove your boldness by taking on the introductory, smaller cables. Or take a rest first on one of the platforms high up in the trees.
You are invited for a comfortable lunch in the wilderness and/or may go down to explore the secrets of the area or take a cooling swim – if the temptation to master the unbelievable zip-lines right away is not stronger. The cables crisscross the valley in front of the majestic waterfall, letting you feel the stunning height and the cold spray of the water. Enjoy the sensation of being weightless and one with nature. Let your adrenaline rush come to a maximum. It's joy, sheer joy!
After a day of great activity, we finally settle for the night in the picturesque tree house camp. For dinner, local food and absolutely delicious barbecues are on the unwritten menu. Chatting and recollecting the gorgeous experiences, or just relaxing under the stars and dreaming about the wonders of life, we finally retire into our own tree house almost 10 m above ground. These traditional houses, made of wood, bamboo and grass, can only be reached by a (short) zip-line. Bathrooms near the restaurant offer a refreshing shower even with hot water if you want, environment-friendly generated by tiny hydro-electric devices. With no doubt, you'll instantly fall into a cozy sleep shrouded by the fiddling sound of the forest crickets.
Recharged and fresh for the adventures of the breaking day, we wake up amidst the warbling, piping, chirping, and twittering of innumerable birds in the dense canopy around us. A simple but energizing European-style breakfast prepares us for an easy 30-minute trek through great forest before reaching the first cable. Today, be ready for extended flights through the jungle! The longest cable (450 m!) is the highlight of the day. Its speed, its felling of infinity, the proximity to the usually invisible upper stratum of the forest all contributes to make it an amazing and unforgettable experience.
We then walk up to Taket waterfall, the most beautiful fall in the area, particularly during the rainy season. A picnic lunch is served here. Before returning to the camp in the later afternoon, we pass the red rock stream (Houay Hin Daeng), this time on a 350 m zip-line. Here we will have some time for a rest and for swimming. As a great extra, the daring of us may spend the time to climb up the cliff (on iron bolts or a via ferrata; similar to Day 3) and get down again by abseiling/canyoning. An option, but an absolutely stunning affair!
Once back in the camp, we'll enjoy a deserved dinner as on the first day before falling asleep in our tree house.
It's another day of excitement and more challenges ahead, but also a day of saying goodbye. After breakfast, we slowly trek uphill, passing a section of forest where gigantic trees dominate, obviously not yet spotted by illegal loggers as their odd object of desire. The zip-line project surely contributes to the rescue of these giants from being felled, keeping them alive for the generations to come.
Then it gets a bit tough and jaw-dropping when the trail suddenly "ends" at a steep rock wall. The way is now narrowing into a via ferrata, where iron U-bolts are fixed and glued into the rock. Yes, glued, but rock-solid! We have to overcome this obstacle (and maybe our initial fears) via these bolts in order to get to the other side. There is no other way around. But don't worry, you're not alone. It's all safe as well, secured by modern gear like harness and separate safety line. And it is not really long, just thrilling. Latch your karabiner step by step onto the bolts and soon it's done.
Upon reaching the top of the mountain, one of the highest peaks in the area, an open, almost vegetation-free plateau affords once more – and for the last time – stunning views of three waterfalls and vistas over the Mekong deep into neighboring Thailand. We'll have our well- deserved lunch here before hiking for 1½ hours, this time without much effort, back to Ban Nongluang, where a car is waiting for bringing us to Pakse. We arrive back in Pakse around 5 pm. Now you have time for dinner before transfer to the bus station for the night bus to Vientiane.
In the morning you arrive in Vientiane around 6.30 am at the Northern bus station (make your own arrange for next destination).


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Consumers' fury as profits of power firm SSE soar
ENERGY giant SSE is set to boost annual profits and shareholder payouts only months after pushing up bills, sparking claims that it is "waving a red rag at a bull".
SSE, which trades as Southern Electric, Swalec and Scottish Hydro, expects to increase pre-tax profits by 8.8 per cent to about £1.53billion in the year to March 31. Dividends are set to rise about 3 per cent.
The group hiked bills by an average 8.2 per cent from November, blaming green levies, rising network costs and wholesale energy prices.
It plans to cut bills by 3.5 per cent for all of the group's nine million household customers from March 24 after passing on savings from a ministerial decision to delay energy efficiency schemes. But it still means an overall above-inflation rise.
Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said trading was difficult and likely to remain so in the year ahead but added: "It's encouraging SSE is on course to achieve real growth in the dividend and increases in adjusted profit before tax."
A spokesman said SSE was investing more than rivals in power projects and needed to make a "reasonable" profit to do that. SSE shares rose 3p to 1320p.
Consumer groups highlighted that SSE's planned bill reduction would come later than rivals while price comparison websites urged people to switch to cheaper suppliers.
Richard Hall, Consumer Futures' director of strategic infrastructure, urged SSE to bring forward its price cut. He said: "The sector is riding out tough economic times better than its customers are so there's a pressing need to help them."
Claire Osborne at uSwitch.com said firms needed to be profitable but added: "Announcing this while consumers are struggling through this winter with higher fuel costs will be like waving a red rag at a bull."
SSE also warned that its investment in the five years from 2015 was likely to be lower than the £1.5billion-£1.7billion a year it invested since 2010. It said it was reviewing its offshore wind farm projects after the Government decided not to subsidise two planned farms in which it has stakes.


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Prime Time | Sue Bruns: Working with Dad was special
Father and son climbed out of the pick-up, talking and laughing, as they unloaded materials. They joked comfortably with one another as they set up the saw and tile cutter in the garage and hauled the bamboo flooring from the truck, their moves naturally choreographed, having worked together for several years.
Together the two had built several houses from start to finish. The father taught the son to read a blueprint, to calculate stair treads, and to use power tools.
Today's task is special, not only because they haven't had an opportunity to work together for more than a year, but also because Gary is helping our son to remodel his first house. It is different for Eric, too, because for this project, he will be especially fastidious. Any errors made would haunt him daily.
Father and son fall into a comfortable rhythm – sometimes working side by side; other times, in different parts of the house.
Meanwhile, I rake up leaves and dead grass in Eric's yard and think about times I worked with my father. I'd followed Dad around as he mowed until I was old enough to use the mower myself. Dad was meticulous about his lawn, never mowing the same direction twice in a row. One week he mowed east-west; the next week, north-south; the third week, diagonally; and the fourth week, diagonally in the opposite direction. Then the pattern was repeated.
When I had mastered the lawnmower and could mow the back yard, around the big spruce trees, under the clothesline, along the garden edge, and up and down the hill, I was ready for the front yard – the display yard. This yard had no weeds, dandelions, or crabgrass, but mowing with irregular lines could ruin the perfect effect, so I had practiced in the back yard.
When Dad came home from work one summer afternoon, his surprise at a freshly mowed, perfectly lined (well, almost perfect) front lawn was all the reward I needed, although getting to accompany him when he did his "real job" was an even bigger reward.
Dad managed the local Cargill plant in St. Peter. Depending on the season, he was busy selling and delivering corn to farmers, hiring de-tasselers, putting up road signs by especially nice looking fields, treating and bagging corn, shipping corn, or managing accounts.
A perfect day was one that included an outing with Dad. He'd put the posts, post hole digger, hardware, and the big yellow and black Cargill signs in the back of the pick-up. I'd ride shotgun, help carry the sign parts to the fields, and hand them to him as needed. He'd dig the post hole, put the post in place, mount the sign on the post, and I'd hand him the nuts, bolts and washers to secure it. My job was menial, but Dad always made me feel as if he couldn't do it without me.
My husband Gary's job involves power tools, utility knives, saws, and working on roofs, scaffolding, or ladders – not things a young kid could help with. Our son Eric was a teenager when he started working with his dad. For several summers – throughout his high school and college years – he and his dad built houses together. Eric was quick to learn and Gary was happy to teach his son.
Eric became a reliable and skilled worker. He learned every aspect of building a house from foundation to finishing. He took initiative if left alone on the job, could trouble shoot and problem solve. He was careful in his craft and his father was proud of what he had learned.
Recently Eric purchased his first home and it was only natural that his father became his go-to person for advice and assistance.
Over Labor Day weekend, Gary and I stayed in his new house. My help was minimal and cosmetic. I cleaned windows and fixtures and worked in the yard. "The boys" measured, prepped, shopped for materials, hauled them, set up saws and tools, and went to work.
Before long the steady popping of the pneumatic hammer pounded inside as Eric put down wood flooring in his new living room. Meanwhile Gary laid tile in the landing and down the stairs. At times, some troubleshooting was required, and they'd stand together, staring at a dilemma, and contemplating the best way to adjust.
Before long they were in the truck again, off to the lumber yard for more materials.
In the yard, I raked up dried grass and old leaves. My efforts wouldn't result in a perfect lawn like my father's, but the warmth inside of me was not just from the September sun. Having witnessed the unspoken joy of father and son working together, I basked in the happy reminiscence of working with my own father so many years ago.