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It's right next to the save page button. Please use it to check that the page is how you want it before saving, so that you don't need to make many edits to the same page in a short time. Thanks. Werdnae (talk) 06:23, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, I was aware of it and I do use it, but often I want to add a few words or change the way something is worded after I submit, or I think of something else to add after submitting so it's less an issue of previewing but needing perfection. I will try to write up a draft in notepad or something before editing a page so I don't make so many edits and that way I can flesh the paragraphs out if many edits are a concern (Shivafang 14:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC))


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The FBI is asking for the public's helping in locating a man and his elderly mother following her disappearance.
Investigators say Marshall McMains Goldberg kidnapped his mother from her home in Ashland, Oregon nearly two months ago. The FBI said there has been an appropriate amount of time now to release the information on a wider basis. They also note a recent federal warrant that was issued in the case. Doris Goldberg, 85, is considered to be in danger because she suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and dementia.
Doris Goldberg was living with her other son at the time she disappeared.
Recently, a Washington state grand jury indicted Marshall Goldberg on state charges of kidnapping, custodial interference and contempt of court.
Because local authorities believe Goldberg has fled the state, the FBI obtained a federal fugitive warrant. The FBI says he has ties to the Los Angeles, North Hollywood and Daly City. They said he may have traveled with his mother to one of those locations.
The FBI said Marshall Goldberg may be driving a 1996 gold Oldsmobile four-door sedan with California license plates reading 3SZY023. He previously worked as an unskilled laborer in the film industry.
Anyone with information as to the Marshall or Doris Goldberg's whereabouts is asked to call 911.

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Drizzle for Christmas - year-end-prediction for MySQL fork
August 20, 2009[From The Register]
A production ready version of the MySQL fork Drizzle could be ready by the end of this year.
Brian Aker, Drizzle lead architect, has said the project will start to look production ready and people can begin production testing in earnest after the next milestone build.
The article continues at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/drizzle_december/


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The replacement battery set for the OPTI-UPS ES1000 1000ES UPS consists of (2) High Quality 12V 12Ah batteries.


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Spring is in full swing & we're on a mission to put on the hottest, sexiest & the most thrilling Spring Club party of all time. Spring is associated with beautiful girls, short skirts, fruity cocktails, electrifying music… For one night only, we welcomes all the party people to The MALAYSIA Reunion Party! We chose the biggest, upscale, elegant & glamorous nightclub in Gaborone. Prepare to party with all your friends in style & get ready for an amazing night at a mega-stellar venue with pumping music, grea
What is The Malaysia Reunion party? It's not just regular party, it's an experience that you will remember for the rest of your life & talk about beautiful people, yall know how we party (Boleh style) FASHION SHOW & much more!!
All The Way from Amsterdam, Holland: CHAPPELL
On the night we will have the usual suspects on the decks:
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Lets Reunion and see each other & remember our best days!!
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Vining, Minnesota: Nyberg Sculpture ParkCollection of fun, big artworks by local sculptor Ken Nyberg, whose daughter was a Space Shuttle astronaut. Make sure you sign the guest book at the adjacent Big Foot Gas Station.
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An artist/welder by the last name Nyberg has created some interesting sculptures, mostly from scrap metal, including an elephant made completely from lawnmower blades, a giant clothespin, a lunar landing scene... The local cafe makes good pies.[Dave LeVasseur, 09/12/2005]
Mysterious Mug Sculpture
Mysterious mug. Part of a roadside sculpture series that includes an amputated leg and a large pair of pliers crushing a bug. MN Hwy 210 within the city limits of Vining, within 1/8 block of the hwy.[Bob Arens, 03/14/2000]
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- Address:
- 6001 E. Front St., Vining, MN
- Directions:
- On the east end of town, on the south side of Hwy 210, next to Big Foot Gas and Grocery. To visit sculptor Ken Nyberg's workshop, drive four blocks west on Hwy 210. When you see the Big Foot sculpture on the left, turn right onto 457th Ave. Drive north 1.5 miles. You'll see the workshop on the right, with more sculptures out front.
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Season 2 Episode 7 of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown featured this restaurant. I recommend checking it out if you want to see video of it.
So this is what 4-cuil looks like in real life.
The entrées should be served as a nice arundinacea salad with some kind of MAOI dressing.
Voted NOPE.
There seems to be something peculiarly... fleshy about these robots.
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- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeCornelia Konrads Land Art installations have floated over natural landscapes across the world. Seeming to defy gravity, the works by the German-based artist use materials found within those landscapes, such as rocks and branches, to form installations which strike an ambivalent pose, caught in the midst of a skyward ascension or a downward accumulation. Suspended in time, the works provide a peaceful, contemplative interaction between nature and man-made culture while forming a bridge of mythic other-worldliness between the two.1
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeKonrads works in the field of artists such as Andy Goldsworthy and Rob Mullholland, responding to nature by presenting a way for the viewer, or more commonly, visitor, to reexamine their relationship to place through site-specific installations.2
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeGateways feature heavily within Konrads' work - Passage, installed in a forest clearing in Germany, provides a literal pathway back into nature. Returning cut-down branches to the cleared area, Konrads provides a direct, graceful and yet playful link between our own interventions into nature and the beauty of the nearby untouched wilderness.3
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeMeanwhile The Gate reclaimed two posts, denoting an abandoned entrance way in France by surrounding them with found rocks. As they ascend, the rocks transform the entrance from a regular man-made structure into something altogether more ethereal.4
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapePiles..." is a series of installations whose visual impact is drawn from "the pleas and prayers of people in Asia who raise cones of wishing stones, a shamanic custom that is older than Buddhism." Here Konrads integrates a more focused sense of hope into the reformation of found natural objects and their surroundings.5
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeSome of Konrads' pieces provide a further layer of ambivalence — Le Mur (2006) presents either the possibility of an entrance or the removal of a path, depending upon one's interpretation of the direction of the suspended rocks. Similar gravity-defying installations are featured prominently throughout Konrads' significant portfolio of work.6
- Cornelia Konrads' Installations in Nature Hover Above the LandscapeMore recent installations provide novel ways for us to reconsider our own environment - like her dramatic, if somewhat comical slingshot composed of a large wishbone-shaped tree branch and a regular park bench.7


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iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending May 10, 2009:
1. "Boom Boom Pow," Black Eyed Peas
2. "Don't Trust Me," 3OH!3
3. "No Surprise," Daughtry
4. "Poker Face," Lady GaGa
5. "Blame It," Jamie Foxx
6. "Sugar (featuring Wynter)," Flo Rida
7. "Day 'n' Nite," Kid Cudi
8. "Old Time's Sake (featuring Dr. Dre)," Eminem
9. "The Climb," Miley Cyrus
10. "Halo," Beyonce
1. "White Lies For Dark Times," Ben Harper and Relentless7
2. "Epiphany," Chrisette Michele
3. "Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)," Various Artists
4. "Only by the Night," Kings of Leon
5. "Star Trek," Michael Giacchino
6. "All I Ever Wanted," Kelly Clarkson
7. "Fantasy Ride," Ciara
8. "The Fame," Lady GaGa
9. "Hannah Montana: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)," Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana
10. "With Roots Above and Branches Below," The Devil Wears Prada


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June 23rd and 24th, 2012, the Gaines' Mill Battlefield will be the site of an extensive program of living history based on the 150th anniversary of this pivotal battle in the Seven Days battles of 1862. The battle was Lee's first victory after taking command and represents one of the largest assaults of the war.
The weekend events are an excellent example of the depth of Richmond area Civil War programming, which will include exhibits, demonstrations of life and activities in camp and on the battlefield as well as infantry, artillery and cavalry demonstrations. The weekend will also will feature Reconnaissance from Above: Balloons in the Civil War, a demonstration of the use of balloons during the summer of 1862. For more on the Gaines' Mill events and those contiuing into July, 2012, read this article.
The Civil War Trust is currently embarked on a campaign to buy nearly 300 acres of the battlefield, greatly expanding the protected part of this historic site. Photo by Randy Johnson


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As any motor carrier knows, America runs on trucks. Motor carriers play a vital role in keeping our factories and offices supplied and our store shelves stocked. But these motor carriers also are aware of the intrinsic risks associated with constantly being on the road. Both employees and independently contracted drivers know that at any time they could be involved in a catastrophic accident. Luckily, the employee driver is protected under the motor carrier's workers' compensation policy. But what about the independently contracted driver?
Prudent motor carriers should protect themselves and also independent owner-operator drivers by offering them comprehensive occupational accident insurance coverage.
Typically, an occupational accident coverage policy offers three components: accidental death and dismemberment, accident medical and accident disability. The coverage is not a general medical or health policy, but rather a specific cause-and-effect policy triggered by an accidental injury that occurs in the course of an insured driver's work. That would include injuries sustained in an accident while en route to a delivery or in slip-and-fall incidents in the course of the driver's duties.
Unlike workers' compensation, which covers employees, occupational accident policies provide coverage for independent contractors. Workers' compensation, paid by the employer, is mandated in most states; occupational accident coverage, which is purchased by the independent contractor through the company, is not.
Motor carriers that do not provide workers' compensation for their employees nor sponsor an occupational accident program for their contractors run the greatest exposure to expensive lawsuits brought by these employees or contractors in the event of a serious injury. It is more common, for trucking companies to at least provide workers' compensation for employee drivers, clerical warehouse staff and other employees of the organization. That leaves out a crucial group for motor carriers: the independent drivers they rely on to extend their capabilities. Providing both workers' compensation for employees and occupational accident for independent contractors offers the greatest protection for everyone.
Maintaining momentum
Occupational accident coverage is crucial in the trucking industry, which depends heavily on owner-operators who own their own rigs and lease their services to motor carriers. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, trucks carry three-quarters of the value of freight shipped around the U.S., and for-hire trucks transport nearly 45 percent of the total. At the same time, trucking remains one of the most dangerous occupations due to long hours, long distances, heavy traffic and bad weather.
Given this fact, there is a high incidence of injury and death in the trucking industry, making it imperative for motor carriers to offer their owner-operator drivers a comprehensive occupational accident coverage plan that will cover them in the event of injury, or provide benefits to their families in the case of death. When an uninsured driver is seriously hurt on the job and faces medical bills he cannot pay, the only recourse may be to take legal action against the motor carrier. Such lawsuits often seek to establish the owner-operator or contract driver as an employee so they become eligible for workers' compensation benefits to defray the costs of their treatment or disability.
Besides helping to protect both the motor carrier and the driver, occupational accident policies can help companies retain and recruit high-quality drivers. By sponsoring such a plan and providing a financial safety net for drivers and their families, motor carriers communicate to their drivers that they value their services.
Independent yet protected
Occupational accident programs additionally help to maintain the contractual arms-length relationship between the company and the independent driver. By purchasing occupational accident coverage, drivers reaffirm their role as independent contractors rather than employees.
The distinction between employee and independent contractor is crucial. If a company treats an owner-operator as a regular employee, such as by paying for benefits, the company can become subject to a workers' compensation audit and find itself liable for workers' compensation premiums, which are particularly high in the trucking industry. For that reason, motor carriers typically perform administrative functions for the occupational accident coverage, but do not finance it, nor can they mandate that a driver buy a specific policy. Rather, they act as plan sponsors by offering independent truckers the opportunity to buy occupational accident coverage and deducting the premiums from the driver's settlements or pay.
A fork in the road
When seeking a new occupational accident coverage program or assessing a current policy, there are several key considerations. The insurance company should be reputable, with a solid track record in the industry and professionals who really understand the trucking industry and motor carriers' specialized needs.
The actual policy limits are crucial, as inadequate limits may force injured drivers to file a workers' compensation claim. Medical bills from a serious trucking accident can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Added to that are the disability payments needed to see a driver through a long recovery. Typically, it is those claims in excess of $50,000 that can trigger a lawsuit.
With that in mind, policies should offer limits that include $50,000 accidental death and dismemberment coverage with a survivor benefit of $200,000, $1 million accident medical coverage with a 104-week benefit period, and temporary total disability coverage of $500 per week. Prompt and professional handling of a driver's claim can also be a key deterrent to legal action.
Accidents happen
Ultimately, an insurer's claims handling is where the rubber meets the road. It is important for the insurance company to have a high-quality claims facility, a strong claims payment history and a professional claims-handling staff. Ideally, there should be integration of claims and underwriting, which can minimize gaps in coverage. And ultimately, a smooth claims process ensures that drivers going through a difficult period receive high quality service.
In addition, the insurer should have a history of working to keep claims costs low. The insurer should offer a preferred provider network and actively encourage drivers to use that network in order to contain costs. The lower the claims costs, the lower the premiums for drivers will be.
The occupational accident program itself should offer a comprehensive definition of "dispatch"--that is, the duties that are considered a part of a driver's contract. Policies with a dispatch definition that is too narrow may not cover drivers when they are performing work in accordance with their contracts, but not while in actual transit to pick up a load, carry it or unload it.
Moreover, for motor carriers with both employees and independent contractors, using one insurer to provide both workers' compensation and occupational accident coverage may offer significant advantages. Placing both coverages with one insurer provides greater efficiency in claims handling and reduces the need for a workers' compensation audit.
Added value for valued drivers
Besides offering occupational accident coverage, motor carriers should be aware of value-added benefits that are available for their owner-operator drivers. In one example, a driver injured far from home was hospitalized and while at the hospital his identification, money and clothes went missing. Fortunately, the driver had taken advantage of added coverage offered by the motor carrier that provided both travel assistance and identity theft protection. In the end, the driver got home safely and the lost documentation was restored.
These value-added programs can include travel assistance benefits that would fly a spouse to visit a driver in a far-away hospital and pay to get the driver back home. Motor carriers also might offer a prescription drug discount plan for drivers and their families, or consider add-ons such as identity theft protection, an important consideration for truckers who spend so much time on the road.
Occupational accident coverage is a critical component of a motor carrier's insurance needs. It protects the drivers and their families from the medical costs of accidents, and it protects the company by deterring workers' compensation lawsuits by uncovered drivers. Motor carriers who offer inadequate coverage--or none at all--are needlessly exposing themselves and their drivers. Just as a responsible owner-operator wouldn't think of going out on the road without making sure that critical maintenance has been performed, motor carriers should take the time to tune up their occupational accident coverage and make sure that they're good to go.
Nothing included in this article should be construed as legal advice or underwriting opinion.


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Type: Bug
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Priority: Major
Resolution: Unresolved
Affects Version/s: 0.22.0
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: io
Linux x86_64 running 32-bit Hadoop, JDK 1.6.0_15
The following simplified code (manually picked out of testMoreBzip2() in https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12448272/HADOOP-6835.v4.trunk-hadoop-mapreduce.patch) triggers a "java.io.IOException: bad block header" in org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.bzip2.CBZip2InputStream.initBlock( CBZip2InputStream.java:527):
JobConf jobConf = new JobConf(defaultConf); CompressionCodec bzip2 = new BZip2Codec(); ReflectionUtils.setConf(bzip2, jobConf); localFs.delete(workDir, true); // copy multiple-member test file to HDFS String fn2 = "testCompressThenConcat.txt" + bzip2.getDefaultExtension(); Path fnLocal2 = new Path(System.getProperty("test.concat.data","/tmp"),fn2); Path fnHDFS2 = new Path(workDir, fn2); localFs.copyFromLocalFile(fnLocal2, fnHDFS2); FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(jobConf, workDir); final FileInputStream in2 = new FileInputStream(fnLocal2.toString()); CompressionInputStream cin2 = bzip2.createInputStream(in2); LineReader in = new LineReader(cin2); Text out = new Text(); int numBytes, totalBytes=0, lineNum=0; while ((numBytes = in.readLine(out)) > 0) { ++lineNum; totalBytes += numBytes; } in.close();
The specified file is also included in the H-6835 patch linked above, and some additional debug output is included in the commented-out test loop above. (Only in the linked, "v4" version of the patch, however--I'm about to remove the debug stuff for checkin.)
It's possible I've done something completely boneheaded here, but the file, at least, checks out in a subsequent set of subtests and with stock bzip2 itself. Only the code above is problematic; it reads through the first concatenated chunk (17 lines of text) just fine but chokes on the header of the second one. Altogether, the test file contains 84 lines of text and 4 concatenated bzip2 files.
(It's possible this is a mapreduce issue rather than common, but note that the identical gzip test works fine. Possibly it's related to the stream-vs-decompressor dichotomy, though; intentionally not supported?)
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HADOOP-6335 Support reading of concatenated gzip and bzip2 files
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Just hit this bug. Is there any plans to fix this bug, or do we as a community need to add something to a project like Elephant Bird to circumvent the issue? Thanks.
This is happening to us too when we compress files with pbzip2.
Any ETA for a fix?
We have been using the ant-based bzip2 library for our project and needed to be able to decompress concatenated bzip files. After poking around we came across the hadoop extensions and immediately found that it did not function correctly due to this bug. Essentially when crossing block boundaries the skipToNextMarker method leaves the stream position at the end of the block delimiter, but initBlock expects to be at the beginning of the block delimiter. After looking at the poor structure of the initBlock method, and the thread-unsafety that has been introduced into this class with the numberOfBytesTillNextMarker() method, we decided to avoid the hadoop version of this class altogether.
Wouter: do you have
HADOOP-6925 in your build? Worth trying that to see if your problem is the same as Greg's or the one we fixed in the other JIRA.
I'm having the same problem. We write files from our logging application using the BZip2Codec, but our application rotates files on an hourly basis. Next to that, when we flush log lines, we compress, which in turn causes different bzip2 block sizes.
Anyway, we're also getting the 'bad block header' exception.
Looking through some code and trying different things, we get things to work when we change the following in org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.bzip2.CBZip2InputStream:
public CBZip2InputStream(final InputStream in) throws IOException { this(in, READ_MODE.CONTINUOUS); }
public CBZip2InputStream(final InputStream in) throws IOException { this(in, READ_MODE.BYBLOCK); }
Which causes CBZip2InputStream to use the block size in initBlock(), instead of looking for the magic numbers.
I'll be digging into some code more tomorrow, but to quickly move forward on this issue, I would like to know why is CONTINUOUS the default mode and is there a place where the read mode is determined? BZip2 is block based, so why not default to that?
I'll also try the above piece of code and see if that works with BYBLOCK.


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One of the many causes of the French Revolution was the royal tax on brandy, which the victors hastened to repeal. Napoleon reinstated the tax in 1806, but he generously allowed any Frenchman with his own vineyard or orchard to distill tax-free up to ten liters of pure alcohol a year (equal to more than five gallons of 100-proof brandy). Since then, through two empires, two monarchies and five republics. French peasants have guarded their home stills like so many Kentucky moonshinersand French politicians have cherished the bouilleurs de cru (distillers of the countryside) as zealously as U.S. politicians...
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Editor: A recent letter writer's latest rantings about the war in Iraq now has taken an even uglier and simplistic turn by besmirching the soldiers that volunteered to serve their country.
Unfortunately, in this war, some will be killed or maimed, some will suffer emotional trauma, but most, as with the "Greatest Generation," will return home and become more productive to society than their contemporaries who did not have an opportunity to serve their country in uniform.
The writer can not openly criticize those who choose to serve in uniform, since all but the most fringe liberals would fail to support him. However, he can and does caveat their courageous service by making the spurious claim that returning vets will somehow be scarred and traumatized by their experiences.
He chooses to victimize and marginalize the serving and returning troops by using them as a dubious springboard to launch his nugatory attacks on the president, his policies, and anyone who dares express an opinion differing from his. He should be ashamed of himself for mocking and trivializing the soldiers who have lost limbs or worse in the service of their country. It is that service and sacrifice that give him voice in The Record.
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So I went there on Labour Day ('coz it was the only thing opened nearby) and it kinda sucked, TBH.
Originally, my SO and I were looking for cappuccinos on Labour Day, and Tim Horton's cappuccinos, well, they just dont quite do it. So we go to William's, we find cappuccino, and we also find food! So we decided to try it. We had the all day breakfast (scrambled eggs, potatoes, 2 slices of bacon, 4 slices of buttered toast, and coffee), and a belgian waffle with strawberries and of course, the cappuccino. It all came to $12.
The breakfast was okay. Not as big as the ones I could get elsewhere. Eggs were not good at all (not to my liking, at least). The one good thing was the potatoes. Nice and crispy. Yum.
I guess the waffle was okay. My SO loved it. Strawberries were skimpy though, for the extra $0.20. I guess I cant complain there.
No refills on coffee. Cappuccino was VERY .. espresso-ey. It was in a slightly bigger cup than an espresso cup with very little foamy milk on top. Very strong stuff.
I didnt like it that much. But its as close to breakfast diner food near me this weekend as it gets. Oh well.


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A musical mashup of Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis biography and myth, �The Identical� plays like a failed faith-based �Inside Llewyn Davis.� And that�s the closest thing to a compliment it will get.
A musical mashup of Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis biography and myth, �The Identical� plays like a failed faith-based �Inside Llewyn Davis.� And that�s the closest thing to a compliment it will get.
Built around a too-tall Elvis impersonator, Blake Rayne, it tells the story of fictional twins, separated at birth. One grew up to be Drexel �The Dream� Hemsley, a hard-drinking rocker who survived rockabilly, the surfing/Beatles-imitating �60s into the paisley and puffy shirts glam rock of the �70s.
His twin, Ryan, raised by a preacher (Ray Liotta) and his wife (Ashley Judd) as their son, is pushed toward the ministry. It�s his life we follow, from his discovery of his singing voice (an �American Idol� gospel breakdown in daddy�s Tennessee church in the 1940s) to his refusal to take �the call� to preach to his discovery of African American �boogie woogie rock�n roll.�
Ryan hooks up with a drummer (Seth Green, straining to be funny) and a worshipful garage boss (Joe Pantoliano) and builds a career out of imitating the guy he can�t help but notice is his musical and physical dead ringer.
The opening when the babies are split up is filmed in black and white, set in Depression Era Alabama and notable for hurling Liotta at us as maybe the scariest revival preacher this side of a Swaggart. The shotgun shack where the babies are born is decorated with a Menorah, conspicuous in the background. Hang onto that, kids. It�s called �foreshadowing.� Not that it foreshadows anything remotely important to the plot.
What follows is a parody of an Elvis musical. See young Ryan croon to his Army buddies, working in the motor pool. Watch him storm the stage at a miraculously integrated 1950s juke joint, and later at an impersonator contest. See him avoid drink and cigarettes even as he rebels (mildly) against his daddy�s Bible school wishes and pursues the freshfaced prom queen (Erin Cottrell).
Rayne resembles a much taller version of Baby Fat-era Elvis, and sounds enough like him to make you wish the made-forthe-movie drivel he sings was �I Can�t Help Falling in Love With You� or any real Elvis tune, even a bad one. For anybody familiar with the dozens of movies Elvis made, all that�s missing from the inferior songs/hokey dialogue/ bad acting formula of a �Speedway� or �Clambake� is the fistfight.
But that would have implied conflict, and conflict creates drama, both of which �The Identical� lacks. Screenwriter Howard �Grace Card� Klausner�s dialogue is too corny to call corny. Rock�n roll? �It�s just a fad.� Listen for the anachronisms, a 1950s mechanic preaching �pump up the volume,� a 1960s MC promising to �rock you like a hurricane.�
It�s wholesome, sure. They guaranteed that by focusing on Ryan�s story and not Drexel�s. Drexel was the one having all the fun, even if he was haunted by the dead twin (part of the Elvis legend) he doesn�t realize is still living.
The best you can say about it is that the established players � Judd, Liotta and Green � don�t embarrass themselves, and the vintage settings and cars look right even if details, in scene after scene, feel a little off. Check out the cheap schoolkids� notebook used as a hospital register in 1960s Tennessee.
If they wanted to parody an Elvis movie, they succeeded. It�s every bit as misguided and maddening, almost �Identical,� you could say.


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This Element is an excerpt from Homebuyers Beware: Who's Ripping You Off Now?--What You Must Know About the New Rules of Mortgage and Credit (ISBN: 9780137020164) by Carolyn Warren. Available in print and digital formats.
The new rules of credit: what you need to know--and do--to get credit today!
For many years, it seemed as if anyone could get credit--and they did. Well, we know how that turned out! In the fall of 2008, that house of cards came crashing… (more)
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What to look for, what to ask.
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- There are telltale signs of quality: The meat should be pinkish to red with a pleasant smell and "a fine marbling," and the butcher's apron should be tidy, says Evan Lobel of Lobel's of New York, a city fixture for 50 years.
- Look for a stamp on the outer layer of fat indicating that the meat is USDA- or state-inspected, says Diane Van of the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline's Food Safety Education Staff.
- The true measure of success will be in the eating, but it's good to arrive prepared with questions (and your recipe). To gauge a butcher's knowledge, ask about the ages, grades, and sources of his meats, and about cooking times and temperatures for specific cuts.
- And check the ground beef. "A sign of a good shop is one that grinds its own every day," says Theo Weening, meat coordinator for the Whole Foods Market chain.
- You can also ask your pro what he thinks of using an eye round for a pot roast, Lobel suggests: "A good butcher will tell you that it's too dry and will suggest something else," like a chuck roast.


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The Elmhurst Unit School District 205 board is considering a five-part facilities and technology option that would projected to increase the annual property taxes of an average Elmhurst homeowner by about $430 in the first year.
School Supt. Joel Morris presented the package at a board meeting this week but said it is unlikely board members will include all five pieces in a potential referendum issue on the March ballot.


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After winning more than 30 convictions of top mobsters in the past year, federal prosecutors unveiled a new tactic last week: suing the Mafia for damages. In a unique use of federal racketeering laws, U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Maloney asked a federal judge to seize Mob-tied businesses in an attempt to break up the Bonanno crime organization, one of New York's five Mafia families. Among the alleged fronts: three hotels and a taxi company, which officials say were bought with money from the family's gambling, loan-sharking and drug networks. It was the first time a Mafia family has been treated as...
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It's no secret that paper tole is a very old and sophisticated form of paper art, where 3dimensional images are created by layering the same image on top of each other, in parts, building it up so that there is depth and shadow and interest. Now my little flower craft project is the cheats version if you will, forever interested in doing things the fast way, this is the 15 minute version of paper tole.
Here's what to do to make your own boxed flower picture (as always you can click on the image to enlarge it to better see the details):
- Download a free clipart graphic such as those on Graphics Fairy
- Print the flower in it's entirety onto white paper, take the mounting board out of the picture frame, trace it's outer edge onto the poppy picture (or other) & cut it out (don't trace inside the frame or your picture will be too small).
- Print the flower section of the graphic onto red paper (or other color to suit your subject); you will need at least 2 copies. Cut it out so that you have 1 or 2 petals from each printout (retain the center of the flower on all your cutouts as this will help you rebuild the flower) and assemble it without glue to see which layer looks better on top of the other.
- Cut small circles out of red foam (or coloured to suit your subject and paper) and slowly assemble the flower; placing one piece of foam between each piece of paper, and glue it all in place.
- Allow the picture to dry overnight and then carefully place inside a box frame.
The lovely thing about tole is that they are perfectly suited to modern box frames and digital printing; a wonderful combination of new meets old.


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Here is a long answer to what seems like a simple question. Regular, undimmed incandescent light is 2800K. Most fluorescent lamps trying to imitate incandescent are 2700K (so slightly warmer). Halogen, which is also an incandescent light source, is 3000K (slightly whiter in color than standard incandescent), although when it is dimmed, halogen becomes as yellow as any other incandescent light source. Manufacturers are working on LED versions of household bulbs (normally called A-lamps) that are the color of dimmed incandescent (2200K to 2250K). My current favorite warm-colored LED A-lamp is the dimmable Pharox [1] 300 Flame. I am also partial to a dimmable 2250K CCFL (cold cathode compact fluorescent lamp) called the Microbrite [2] MB-801DL.
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The federal government does not know the value of hardrock minerals being extracted from public lands, a new report by the Government Accountability Office concluded. The report recently made public, Leasable Minerals on Federal and Indian Lands: Volume, Value, And Revenue, found that while some minerals like oil, gas, and coal are tracked because they are charged a royalty for their extraction, the value of hardrock minerals such as gold, copper, and silver that are removed from federal lands is unknown because they are extracted royalty-free.
Royalties represent one of the top sources of revenue to the federal government and should be collected, managed, and accounted for in a fair and accurate manner. Yet, hardrock minerals extraction on federal lands is still governed by the grossly outdated General Mining Law of 1872, which requires no royalty or rent payment, and allows for the patenting of land for $5/acre. Although there is an annual moratorium on the patenting process, the overall law has yet to be updated and still allows for billions of dollars in lost revenue annually.
The report concludes that there are about 70 minerals tracked through royalty transactions on federal lands, excluding the royalty-free hardrock minerals. While oil and gas and other minerals are charged royalties estimated at $11.3 billion in 2011, hardrock minerals such as gold are extracted for free.
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It is an Allium bulb. Onion family. It ranges from 2"-9" across.
Not seen this flower before, love the colour, thankyou.
Lovely colour - how big is the flower normally - it looks a bit like allium family close-up.


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Steubenville police are searching for the person who broke into A&B Pharmacy late Wednesday night.
Police found the front door of the pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard shattered upon arrival after the store alarm went off.
Police did not find any suspects inside. The burglar was able to get away with an undisclosed amount of narcotics, according to Police Chief Bill McCafferty.
The detective division is now covering the case. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Steubenville Police Department.
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Harvest, Horses, Hounds And More In Metamora
Metamora's Celebration of the Horse has now become Harvest, Horses and Hounds Festival. A day of family fun is waiting for you on Saturday (9/7) starting at 10 am and running through 5 pm. Enjoy a parade happening at noon, horse riding demos, dog demonstrations, the Ultimate Air Dogs will be putting on shows.


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This in from police, in their own words. Ed
Update 1:34 PM: We are pleased to say that missing person Ruth Taylor has been located safe and well in the Newcastle area.
Ruth Gwenillian Taylor from Hannah House, Hunnyhill in Newport was last seen at The Rex Hotel in Weymouth on January 6 after booking to stay at the hotel for the weekend.
She is described as:
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> Large build
> Black and blonde shoulder length hair
> Earrings in both ears and small tattoo on her shoulder
> She was wearing casual clothing of jogging bottoms and a top.
Ruth has friends in the Weymouth, Bristol and Yeovil area, as well as on the Isle of Wight.
She also has links in the Tyne and Wear area and visited there prior to the trip to Weymouth, specifically Cullercoats and Newcastle Upon Tyne.
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Mo Williams tallied 26 points, seven assists and six rebounds on Monday night.
MILWAUKEE, April 16 (AP) -- During breaks in Bucks games, Mo Williams appears on the video scoreboard and asks his teammates to pick between two things - such as Scarface or The Godfather, Brett Favre or Peyton Manning.
He finishes the segment by asking whether they'd take him over everyone else in their lives. It's funny stuff, but whether the well-liked converted point guard picks Milwaukee again is no joking matter.
Williams scored 26 points, Ruben Patterson added 23 and Milwaukee beat the Atlanta Hawks 102-96 on Monday night in what could be the final home game for both Bucks players.
"We'll see,'' Williams said. "Free agency don't start until July. I have no idea what's going on. I haven't talked with nobody from the office because I can't talk right now. I'm just finishing the season off.''
Williams became the point guard when the team dealt T.J. Ford in the offseason for Charlie Villanueva, who has missed 41 games with elbow and shoulder injuries. Williams didn't miss a beat, averaging 17 points and six assists, the first Bucks' player to accomplish those numbers since Gary Payton in 2002-03.
Patterson was called on to be a starter when Bobby Simmons went down with foot and ankle problems. He responded with a career year and will finish with career highs in points, assists and steals, and needs one rebound against Cleveland on Wednesday to set a career-high in that category as well.
"Guys probably just look at Ruben Patterson as a defensive player,'' Patterson said. "I've been a scorer my whole career. I hate that Bobby and those guys went down, but it was a great opportunity to show the world my talent and now they see that I'm a scorer.''
Both teams were looking to their future as well. The Hawks got 21 points from Marvin Williams and 16 points and a career-high 17 rebounds from Shelden Williams in a matchup of the third and fourth-worst records in the league.
"Our players are still trying to get better, to build on next year,'' said Marvin Williams, the second pick in the 2005 draft after the Bucks' Andrew Bogut. "I feel like the team we have now will be great next year.''
Great could be an overstatement.
Yes, Atlanta has won 12 road games - more than last season's eight, but the Hawks will enter next season as losers of 13 straight on the road, their longest streak since losing 23 consecutively on the road in 2004-05.
Both could finish tied in the league standings if the Hawks (29-52) lose to Indiana at home on Tuesday and the Bucks (28-53) beat Cleveland on the road on Wednesday.
The game itself wasn't very competitive.
The Bucks opened a double-digit lead before the half, and led 84-71 going into the fourth quarter. Milwaukee started the fourth on a 6-0 run and led by as many as 21. Atlanta never came closer than the final margin in the second half.
The Hawks, who scored three points more than their league-worst 93 points per game average when Royal Ivey hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, were without a slew of players and even coach Mike Woodson, who missed the Hawks' final road game with food poisoning.
"It was kind of strange to have your coach out of the lineup,'' said Tyronn Lue, who finished with 11 points.
Assistant coach Larry Drew led the team, and all five Hawks starters scored at least 11 points, with the Hawks getting 17 points from Josh Smith and 16 from Ivey.
"I enjoyed it, this was my first crack at it,'' Drew said. "I've enjoyed it very much.''
Atlanta was without Joe Johnson (calf), Speedy Claxton (knee), Josh Childress (foot), Zaza Pachulia (leg) and Salim Stoudamire (ankle).
"A lot of our guys have been out 20 games,'' Marvin Williams said. "It's tough to build chemistry for the season when everyone's sitting down.''
When the Bucks introduced the entire team before the home finale, Michael Redd (knee), Bogut (foot), Villanueva (shoulder) and Brian Skinner (ear infection) all came out in suits before any players who would actually appear against the Hawks came out.
The Bucks have been shorthanded all year.
It also hastened a coaching change. Larry Krystkowiak took over for Terry Stotts on March 14.
"It'll be different next year,'' Mo Williams said. "Larry's a good coach, a different coach. It'll be different next year.''
But whether Williams is a part of that isn't known. With "Never Broke Again'' tattooed on his back, Williams is likely in line for a major pay raise after completing a three-year, $5.5 million deal.
"I know what I can do,'' Williams said. "I'll just continue to get better. Somebody will like me.''
Notes: Bucks C Dan Gadzuric dislocated a finger in the second quarter but returned to the game after a short absence. ... Shelden Williams had a double-double by halftime, with 10 points and 11 rebounds. ... Most of the pregame buzz around the arena was focused on presidential candidate and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who was giving a speech just down the street from the Bradley Center.


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Montreal Impact say they're not in the frame for Juventus captain Alessandro del Piero.
Del Piero wants a move to MLS in 2012.
But Montreal Impact sports director Nick De Santis revealed: "We had discussions with Del Piero.
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When animals attack.
Some franchises age like fine wine, getting better with each title that comes out. Other franchises, like Star Fox, age more like cheese. While Star Fox Adventures didn't exactly stink, it did smell strangely of Zelda's socks. So after three years of development, we hoped the hounds at Nintendo could pick up a scent and lead us back to what made Star Fox great in the first place. Instead, they turned our favorite Fox over to Namco, who promptly gassed and stuffed it.
Star Fox: Assault picks up several years after the conclusion of its predecessor. The armies of Andross have been beaten down, but a new enemy has surfaced. After a few too many beers and a Star Trek Marathon, the game's writers came up with the fearsome aparoids, a mechanical collective that assimilates everything in its path! Resistance is futile! Well, unless you're a frog, a bird and a pair of foxes.
To prevent the aparoids from turning Corneria and all its inhabitants into mechanical monsters, you'll fight the enemy from three different perspectives. In the Arwing, you'll cut down numerous enemies from the skies including battleships and larger than life bosses. The Arwing glides along on a rail, and you shoot everything bad that flies by while spinning and loop-de-looping out of harm's way. In short, nothing has changed since the N64 version, even though that came out eight years ago.
You'll also play through a few missions on foot, blasting enemies and picking up extra weapons like a machine gun and homing launcher along the way. There are plenty of bad guys and bosses to shoot down, but any sense of catharsis is spoiled by Fox's generally clunky, unappealing control scheme.
If heroes gang up on him, Fox can jump in the Landmaster. But for all its ability to hover, roll and dodge, the dumb thing has trouble simply moving. It also turns slowly, making for some frustrating encounters with a few of the game's ramps.
So running around on foot and in the tank isn't much fun, but that's just two-thirds of the game, right? In fact, you can actually jump into the Arwing and rescue your fighter-pilot comrades from getting shot down at various points during the land-based missions. But the fact that such chores can be avoided, temporarily, still doesn't excuse their poor execution. For a game whose predecessor took place entirely on the ground, Star Fox: Assault is very disappointing.
It looks pretty good, though. The groundside combat will take you everywhere from futuristic cityscapes to the jungles of Sauria, although the textures here tend to get a little rough. In space, on the other hand, you'll swoop around and zap fighters while humongous battleships drift by like whales and remember that once upon a time, this was what Star Fox was really about.
Meanwhile, the silly voice acting and retarded dialogue remind us that there wasn't actually much to Star Fox in the first place. The music doesn't help, and most of it sounds recycled.
Even with a lame story and uninspired gameplay, the biggest problem with Star Fox: Assault is the fact that the main portion of the game lasts only five hours. Five hours! Sure, you can unlock an ancient arcade game called Xevious if you collect some badges, but no one should be paying fifty-bucks for five hours of Star Fox: Assault and ten hours of Xevious! And no, there is no branching mission structure like the one found in Star Fox 64.
Survival mode is unlocked when you beat the game, and it is identical to the regular campaign minus the ability to save during missions. What a bonus! The Multiplayer component provides a little 2 on 2 and deathmatch action, which gets boring quickly due to the ground-game's lack of polish, and the fact that the Arwing play is straight off of the N64.
Star Fox: Assault doesn't do anything to improve the series, and it's criminally short. The good stuff has changed little in eight years, and the new stuff is just not much fun. From a value perspective, you're dealing with a feature-film's worth of content for fifty bucks. Independently wealthy, rabid fanboys might want to check it out, otherwise we'd leave this fox to the dogs.


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Local governments cannot opt out of the federal Secure Communities program, which helps authorities identify illegal immigrants in local jails, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, John Morton.
Several cities and states have criticized the Secure Communities program, calling it an immigration dragnet, and have told federal authorities they would not participate. In California, a bill in Sacramento by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would allow local governments to opt out of Secure Communities.
Assembly Bill 1081 was approved by the Assembly last month and is awaiting action in the Senate.
Ammiano blasted Morton's decision. Many opponents of the Secure Communities program say that it creates fear among immigrant communities and makes neighborhoods less safe because illegal immigrants are more hesitant to report crime out of fear of being caught by the ICE.
"ICE's outrageous announcement is an affront to both public safety and the most basic principles of democratic governance and transparency," Ammiano said.
San Diego County was one of the earliest participants in the Secure Communities program, which links local jails to federal databases. Under the program, fingerprints from people booked into jails are automatically checked against FBI and Department of Homeland Security databases. Anyone suspected of being in the country illegally is turned over to immigration authorities.
Joe Kasper, a spokesman for Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, praised the decision.
"It's a move that shows ICE is taking some initiative for once," Kasper said. "If the complaint is that the program risks deporting people with less serious criminal records, who are here illegally regardless, it's not a very compelling argument not to have mandatory participation."
Opponents of the program point out that it is actually detecting more people who have not been convicted of any crime or have relatively minor crimes, such as driving without a license, than finding hardened criminals.
In San Diego County, about 7,400 people have been deported using the Secure Communities program since it began in May 2009. Of those who were deported, about 1,670, or 22 percent, had no criminal convictions and 2,840, or 38 percent, had committed lower-level crimes, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The program, which started with 14 jurisdictions in 2008, has grown to more than 1,400, including all counties in California. The Department of Homeland Security is on track to expand the program to every law enforcement jurisdiction in the nation by 2013.
Morton's decision was in response to several governors who had said they planned to withdraw from the program.


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Grants Long Wait Ends Well
As the WNBA Draft moved along Wednesday morning at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, the tables facing the stage where 22 of the top prospects sat with their families and college coaches cleared out. By the start of the third round, just three players remained awaiting their selection. When the Detroit Shock took Western Illinois center Zane Teilane with the 37th pick, only Texas Tech point guard Erin Grant was left before the Seattle Storm took her with the 39th pick.
"It was real tough sitting there and waiting for your name to get called, especially when you get to the third round and it's almost over," said Grant afterwards. "I was just real anxious to hear my name get called out. I think it worked out for the best."
"I think I landed in a great spot and have a great opportunity to play backup point guard behind Sue Bird and learn from her," said Grant.
Most mock drafts, including this site's, had Grant going in the first round, as high as seventh to Minnesota. She went into the Draft expecting to be a late first or early second-round pick. For the Storm to get Grant with the 39th pick, then, was great value. NBA TV analyst Nancy Lieberman quickly tabbed the pick the steal of the Draft.
"I could not argue with that," said Storm Coach Anne Donovan. "We are thrilled that we are able to add her, especially with our need for a backup point guard.
"I was very surprised she was there late in the third round. That was something I did not expect. With every name that came off the board, I kept saying, 'There's no way she'll still be there.'"
Grant also agreed with Lieberman's assessment.
"I think so," she said when asked if she felt she was the steal of the Draft. "I'm pretty confident in my game and I feel like I was a steal."
Why Grant slipped so far remains something of a mystery. Donovan did not expect Grant to go to the first round, but did not expect her to last until the late third round either.
"Texas Tech had, overall, a disappointing season," posited Donovan. "Erin didn't have a lot of people around her this year. So I think people looked at that team as underachieving and labeled Erin the same way. But she had a tremendous Pre-Draft Camp and was able to really show her skills. When you put her with better players, she's able to rise to better competition. I expect that she's really going to compete for that backup spot on our roster."
Ultimately, Grant's long Draft day can serve as a motivating factor for her as she attempts to make the Storm's roster and make an impact in the WNBA.
"Everybody says I'm a smaller point guard or smaller person to play in the WNBA," she said, "so I think I'm going to take it to motivation and try to build on that as I go to training camp and try to make the team."


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The Artemidorus Map
Two years ago we had the first exhibition of the rediscovered Artemidorus Papyrus in Turin. This year it is on display in Berlin (until the 30th June).
Apart from the sheer excitement of such an amazing discovery, my interest lies in the map of Spain drawn within the scroll. In purely cartographic terms, as a fragment, it doesn't really add much to our knowledge of the country.
What it does do is add to our tiny corpus of ancient maps of the west, which begins with either:
a tablet from Yorghan Tepe or the town 'plan' from Catal Hyük;
then a Kassite map of Nippur;
the Turin Papyrus Map of Egypt (ca. 1300 BC);
a symbolic, rather than representative, 6th century BC Babylonian 'map' on a clay tablet (British Museum);
(might take in a 'globe' depicted in a fresco in Pompeii, if you really want to be fully inclusive and push the boundaries of the definition;)
the Marble Plan of Rome, and ... well that's about it in terms of originals.
The Tabula Peutingeriana tends to be included in list of ancient maps; it is a 12th century medieval copy believed to be of a Roman Imperial map revised in the Byzantine period (5th century).
To wage war, maps were necessary as commanders needed to know their terrain, so we can assume that Marius had some rough maps of his main military areas - Spain, Numidia and the Two Gauls. Maps were also useful when governing provinces, so one of his tasks as governor in Spain would have been to ensure that an accurate one was available.
Spain played an important role in Marius' life - he went there first with Scipio Aemilianus and fought at Numantia, then he returned there are propraetor (the Marian mountians were named after him, and his heirs continued to mine there well into the Imperial period).
This map, from the Artemidorus Papyrus, is by far the oldest known map of Spain, and was copied within a century of Marius' life. The life of Artemidorus probably over-lapped that of Marius.
Claims were made earlier this year that it was a forgery, but carbon-14 dating analysis has proven that the papyrus is indeed 2000 years old.
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VIDEO: Blues F Chris Stewart scores hat trick against Oilers
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With seven goals in his past four games, St. Louis Blues forward Chris Stewart is red-hot.
Stewart continued his productive play on Saturday night, as he personally shelled Ilya Bryzgalov and the Edmonton Oilers in a rout on Hockey Night in Canada. Stewart scored three goals in the contest and added an assist for good measure.
Here's Stewart's second goal of the night:


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Note: This replacement article is current as at June 2016. The comments undr the article refer to the original article written in 2011.
One of the more frequent subjects asked under "Any Answers" is the procedure for striking off a company. Jennifer Adams revisits her article under this heading originally written in November 2011, detailing the procedure that needs to be followed and the tax implications thereon.
When to use
The "Striking off" regulations are to be found under Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) Part 31:-
"Dissolution and restoration to the register" which permits the striking off of a company in two specific instances:
- CA 2006 s1003 - gives the directors the right to apply for the company to be 'struck off'. There is a three-month grace period when the procedure cannot be used if, prior to application, the company changed its name, traded, disposed of property or rights or commenced insolvency proceedings. The majority of directors must agree to the closure.
- CA 2006 s1000 - gives the Company Registrar the legal right to strike off a company if he has reason to believe it is no longer in business. Proof will be in the form of failure to submit accounts and/or non response to letters sent to the company's registered office.
Procedure – director's strike off
- Convene a board meeting and/or arrange for the board to pass an (ordinary) resolution in writing to apply for the company to be 'struck off'. Minute that the company has paid or will pay all of its outstanding debts or obligations
- If necessary, shareholders need to approve a special resolution recording any reduction in share capital (see 'Bona Vacantia' and 'HMRC position' section below); all directors to sign a solvency statement (dated no more than 15 days before the resolution is passed). Send a copy of the resolution within 15 days of being passed to Companies House plus solvency statement, statement of capital showing the changes and a director's statement confirming the validity of the solvency statement; the resolution takes affect when registered
- Advise HMRC of strike off by submitting a final set of accounts, computations and CT600 with letters confirming the situation and undertakings of both shareholders and directors. If the directors are the main/only shareholders only one letter is necessary but the signatories should have both 'director' and 'shareholder' written under their names as appropriate. The company does not have to wait for a response from HMRC (although it may be advisable to do so) before paying all liabilities, distributing remaining assets to shareholders
- Deregister for VAT, if relevant
- Submitting completed form DS01 (plus £10 filing fee) to Companies House signed by all directors (or the majority if there are three or more). Paper form only.
- If, for any reason the paper DS01 is rejected e.g because the Registration Number is not complete or correct (even if the initial '0' at the beginning of the number is not shown) then the paper form is returned with instructions as to how resubission can be made online. There is an additional £8 fee for this resubmission.
- Within seven days of submission send a copy of the DS01 form to all interested parties (e.g employees, creditors, manager of company pension fund etc)
- On receipt of form DS01 the Registrar will publish a notice in 'The Gazette' inviting objections as to why the company should not be 'struck off'
- If no objections within two months of publication a further notice is published confirming that the company has been dissolved. Per Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 s 103
- The directors can halt the dissolution process by submitting form DS02 to Companies House. Detail from Companies House.
Bona Vacantia
There is a company law problem in that if a company returns share capital to shareholders without going through going through the process of a formal winding up then the distribution is illegal under CA 2006 s 829(2) as a 'distribution' does not include 'the repayment of paid-up share capital', or 'assets to shareholders on winding up'. Instead, any such assets automatically pass to the Crown under the doctrine of Bona Vacantia (property without a legal owner). Liabilities of a company do not pass on dissolution - they are normally cancelled.
However, the Treasury Solicitor has confirmed that the Treasury will not seek to confiscate any share capital paid out prior to dissolution whatever amount is distributed, whether in property or cash. The right to Bona Vacantia has not ceased - it is just that the Treasury Solicitor will not be collecting. Technically the special resolution to reduce the share capital prior to distribution is still necessary however, even where the legal formalities are not undertaken the Treasury will not seek to recover.
The reason for this stance is because CA 2006 s642 to 644 permits a private company to reduce its share capital and distribute lawfully simply by passing a special resolution supported by a solvency statement.
Govt publication re Bona Vacantia
HMRC position
In comparison with a company that has been liquidated, a company that has been 'struck off' can be restored to the Register at a later date e.g. if a claim for unpaid tax was later made against the company.
Whether HMRC will pursue any tax owing will obviously be dependent upon:
- the amount owing,
- the likelihood that they will be able to prove that the alleged debt is owing,
- whether they can establish that monies are owed to the company by other parties (especially directors, both current and former), and whether collection of those debts would result in HMRC being paid from those monies.
Shareholders tax position
Distributions of money or assets by a company to its shareholders are usually taxable as income, whereas payments to shareholders under a formal winding up are not distributions under CA 2006, s829 (2)(d) being taxed as a CGT disposal of an interest in shares (TCGA 1992 s122).
However CA 2006 s 1030A permits assets distributed on a 'striking off' to be deemed capital rather than income to a maximum amount of £25,000. Distributions less than this amount are charged to CGT (possibly covered by Entrepreneur relief); any amount in excess of this amount is charged to income tax payable on the whole amount.
Most private companies have a nominal capital of £100 or less but as an example, where the company has share capital of £10,000 and distributable reserves of £30,000 then the share capital will be subject to the CGT regime but as the £30,000 exceeds the £25,000 limit then the whole £30,000 will be subject to income tax. Therefore, companies that have higher than the limit in assets but wish to have the distributions treated as capital, must go down the formal winding up route.
If a distribution is made under CA 2006 s1030A and after two years the company has still not been dissolved or has failed to collect its debts and pay off its creditors, then CA 2006 s1030B treats the distribution as if CA 2006 s1030A had never applied, i.e. it remains as a dividend taxable under the income tax rules.
Practical point
Where a company does have in excess of £25,000 in assets it might be tempting to distribute profits by dividend before 'strike off' leaving less than £25,000 in the company and then claim CTA 2010 s1030A for the remainder as capital. However, the dividends could be considered by HMRC to fall within CTA 2010, s 1030A (2) (b) i.e. be a 'distribution made in respect of share capital in a winding up' and therefore not be a distribution at all. If this is the case, then CTA 2010 s1030 would not be available and all payments would be subject to income tax with the capital treatment for the remaining £25,000 being lost. Of course, a dividend paid in connection with the cessation of trade need not necessarily mean that the company is intending to be 'stuck off' – it may merely mean that the company has no need to retain so much as working capital.


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He lost consciousness, a little blood and some tune-up time, but the vicious cheap shot from Steve Downie on Tuesday night did not separate Dean McAmmond from his sense of humour.
"He hit me so hard," the Senators centre said yesterday as he left Scotiabank Place, holding up a pair of freshly sharpened skates that presumably belonged to one of his young children, "that he shrunk my feet."
McAmmond had just addressed the media for the first time since he was drilled by Downie, a former Canadian junior hockey hero now a prospect trying to crack the Philadelphia Flyers roster.
The controversial check -- which is sure to earn Downie a suspension when the league gets around to making a ruling -- left McAmmond with strained neck and shoulder muscles, cuts on both his upper and lower lip and what the 15-year veteran said was the third concussion of his career.
The second came less than four months ago in the Stanley Cup final, when McAmmond was the victim of a Chris Pronger elbow.
McAmmond said he feels now like he did a couple of days after that incident and that he expects to return to the Senators lineup during the "normal period" it takes to recover from such a head injury.
"Everybody's saying I have concussion problems ... I don't feel I have a concussion problem at all," said McAmmond, 34. "I have a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head, that's what I have a problem with."
McAmmond said he received a message that Downie had phoned and when he returned the call the 20-year-old "apologized that I got hurt."
McAmmond asked if he thought Downie, who has a history of over-the-edge play, was sincerely sorry.
"I'm going to choose to believe he is," said McAmmond. "I sincerely hope that he is.
"He's just a young kid, I understand what he's trying to do (trying to make the team). I just don't agree with his thought process of getting it carried out."


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ATLANTA -- A parole board refused to spare the life of a convicted murderer, and the state made plans to conduct its second execution by lethal injection in two weeks.
Jose Martinez High, who shot and killed a Crawfordville boy in 1976, is scheduled to die at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Jackson, about 50 miles south of Atlanta.
Without comment, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday declined to reduce High's sentence to life imprisonment. The board has the final power of executive clemency in Georgia.
The Georgia Supreme Court was to rule Tuesday on a last-ditch request for a stay. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from High's attorneys eight months ago.
If the courts refuse to block the execution, it would be the second in Georgia since Oct. 5, when the Georgia Supreme Court threw out the electric chair and shifted the state to lethal injection.
High, now 45, was convicted of robbing a gas station in east Georgia in July 1976 and fatally shooting 11-year-old Bonnie Bulloch. Court papers said High taunted the child -- ''Are you ready to die?'' -- as he begged for his life. He was convicted in 1978.
The scheduled execution comes 12 days after another convicted killer, Terry Michael Mincey, was put to death. The state plans to execute a third inmate, Fred Marion Gilreath Jr., on Nov. 14.
Four of High's attorneys and five members of the media are to witness the execution. State corrections officials were still determining how many government witnesses would attend.
In the last hours of his life, High is to be served a final meal -- three Burger King Whopper hamburgers, two extra-crispy chicken breasts from Kentucky Fried Chicken, french fries, two RC Colas, two pieces of white bread and a slice of bean pie.
In a death chamber that once housed the state's electric chair, High will be strapped to a gurney, and medical technicians will insert a needle into each of his arms.
Then executioners are to pump three chemicals into High's veins shortly after 7 p.m. to take his life. The sedative sodium pentothal comes first, followed by Pavulon to paralyze his lungs, and potassium chloride to stop his heart.
The process, identical to the steps taken to kill Mincey on Oct. 25, should take 20 to 30 minutes.
''Everything should be exactly the same as the last one,'' said Peggy Chapman, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections.
Death penalty opponents planned vigils Tuesday in five Georgia cities, including outside the state prison, four of them beginning a half-hour before High is to be put to death.
The execution would drop to 125 the number of inmates on Georgia's death row.
''The people of Georgia may believe that they have a new humane method of execution, but they should not be fooled into thinking that the many problems and errors that riddle the system have been resolved,'' said Brian McAdams, coordinator of Georgians for Alternatives for the Death Penalty.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Tuesday, November 6, 2001.
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Aloha from Hawaii. Given the amazing beauty here, it's no surprise that, according to a Gallup poll last year, Hawaii residents were the least stressed in the entire country. So I'm in the least-stressed state during the most stressful time of the year: the holidays. A survey by Consumer Reports found that 90 percent of Americans find at least one thing stressful about the holiday season. Who are these 10 percent who feel no holiday stress?
Stress, what it does to us and how to best manage it, has been a long-time obsession of HuffPost (and of mine). And just because I'm in the least stressed state doesn't mean I've stopped thinking about it -- in fact, this is the perfect place to put things in perspective. The time to consider what stresses you out and adopt some techniques to mitigate the effects of stress is not when you're in full freakout mode. Of course, stress isn't limited to the holidays -- it's just that this is the time when we stress out to different background music and least expect it.


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LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures down 0.2 percent by 0642 GMT. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on
* Mounting concerns over Ukraine slipping into civil war are likely to take their toll on investor risk appetite. Both sides have been burying their dead, with supporters of Russia and of a united Ukraine accusing each other of tearing the country apart.
* Expansion in China's services industry slowed slightly in April, with employment growth slipping to a seven-month low, a private survey showed, adding to an increasingly cloudy outlook for the world's second-largest economy.
* The UK blue chip index closed down 23.86 points, or 0.4 percent, at 6,798.56 points on Tuesday, pressured by weak corporate earnings, after hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, its highest level since late February.
* Stocks trading without the attraction of their latest dividend, namely Bunzl, BP, Wm Morrison, Rexam, and Unilever will knock 6.8 points off the index on Wednesday.
* J SAINSBURY : The British grocer posted a 5.3 percent rise in annual profit, its slowest growth in nearly a decade, illustrating the pressure the industry is under to cut prices and stem the rise of the discounters.
* ROLLS-ROYCE : German engineering giant Siemens said it was buying energy assets from Rolls-Royce for roughly 950 million euros ($1.32 billion).
* BAE SYSTEMS : Europe's biggest defence contractor said its outlook for the year was unchanged from February, when it forecast an earnings drop of up to 10 percent this year.
* EXPERIAN : The world's biggest credit data company reported an 8 percent increase in annual earnings, benefiting from acquisitions and improved margins.
* EASYJET : The budget airline said April traffic rose 10.2 percent to 5.79 million.
* G4S : The world's biggest security firm said strong demand across its emerging markets regions helped group revenue rise 4.8 percent in its first quarter.
* IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP : Imperial Tobacco Group posted sharp declines in reported revenue and profit, due to planned inventory reductions in a number of markets.
* INMARSAT : Inmarsat, the company whose satellites tracked the final route of missing flight MH370, said it made a strong start to the year, with adjusted core earnings for its main business rising 6.8 percent in the first quarter.
* LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP : The British insurer saw its net cash rise by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2014, driven in part by demand for its retirement products.
* MEGGITT : The British engineering firm said it was on track to meet its forecast for mid-single digit organic revenue growth this year, helped by an acceleration in the second half of the year.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex and Nifty surged to a record high on Friday as blue-chips including oil and gas companies rose on continued optimism about policy reforms by the new government.
Upstream oil and gas companies led the rally on expectation that the new business-friendly government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would usher in substantial reforms.
Local shares were also underpinned by foreign fund inflows into equity markets for the fifth straight session on Thursday. Overseas investors bought shares worth 13.69 billion rupees on Thursday, provisional exchange data showed, taking their total purchases to $8.3 billion so far this year.
"The market is in a bull run and the momentum is expected to continue. Large overseas funds, which are coming into the market, are looking for quality companies with inherent strength such as ONGC. Most of the state-run companies are performing and are getting rerated. There could be intermediate corrections, which are good for the markets," said Deven Choksey, managing director, KR Choksey Securities.
The Sensex gained as much as 1.6 percent to hit an all-time high of 25,419.14. The index closed 1.51 percent higher at 25,396.46, posting a 4.9 percent gain for the week.
The broader Nifty surged as much as 1.59 percent to a record high of 7,592.70. The index closed 1.46 percent higher at 7,583.40, marking a 4.9 percent rise for the week.
Shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corp gained as much as 12.1 percent to an all-time high of 469.85 rupees. The stock closed 11.1 percent higher at 465.65 rupees, adding to the 1.9 percent gain on Thursday, amid continued hopes about reforms in the sector.
Shares in other oil and gas companies also gained with the BSE's oil and gas index closing 4.82 percent higher.
Reliance Industries Ltd RELI.NS advanced 2.98 percent, adding to its 1.2 percent gain on Thursday. Oil India Ltd rose 3.92 percent, while Gail India Ltd gained 7.94 percent.
Bluechips such as Housing Development Finance Corp rose 2.9 percent while Hero MotoCorp Ltd gained 3.9 percent.
State Bank of India closed 1.6 percent higher, while Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd ended up 2.5 percent.
Shares in other banks also gained. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd ended 3.9 percent higher, while Punjab National Bank closed up 2.7 percent.
Shares in sugar companies gained after the union food minister said India would examine raising import tax on the sweetener to support local prices and help mills clear dues to cane growers.
Shares in Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd gained 13.3 percent, while Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd closed 7.5 percent higher.
However, technology stocks declined with Infosys Ltd falling 1.3 percent after one of its top executive resigned. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd closed 0.95 percent lower.
Reporting by Indulal PM; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu