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Dear Michael:
I'm writing to you in great frustration and distress. I was blessed and honored to be cast in an Off-Off-Broadway show a month after graduating from drama school. It's a wonderful one-act ensemble piece by a renowned American playwright. The process has been a nightmare. Two of the actors haven't been showing up for rehearsals. What's worse, the director doesn't seem to mind. We've only done a couple of read-throughs, and we open in nine days! All we hear is "Great job." Clearly, this guy has no freaking idea what he's talking about.
All I want is to learn and be a better actor. But I'm not learning anything (besides avoiding this theater company in the future), not growing artistically, not enjoying this, not getting paid, so why am I doing it? I haven't signed any contracts, so technically, I'm free to go. But I want to play. And I need the credit. But I also don't want to be associated with bad work, and it cannot be good if the actors haven't rehearsed or gotten any direction.
When is the time to just walk off?
Dear Walking:
I totally get your dedication, as well as your understandable frustration. But let's start by eliminating a few things you don't need to worry about.
First, a bad production probably isn't going to reflect on you. It may not exactly launch your career, but it's very unlikely to hurt it. Most people will never see this production, and even those who do probably won't blame you for its flaws.
Second—and I speak from experience on this one—don't waste any energy on other people's deplorable work habits. It's not your job to teach them or to understand what brings about their unprofessionalism. Those thoughts will just eat away at you. Life's too short, and you won't change anyone. Just do your gig, and try to resist judgment. Time will sort them out.
Finally...stay or go? A case can be made for either choice. If you're completely miserable and can't change that, you shouldn't hesitate to leave. The consequences won't be severe (these folks probably aren't going anywhere in this business), so don't worry about that. But if you leave, don't tell them why. Come up with an external reason, and don't get caught in that lie. Your critique would only fall on deaf ears and make you look like a jerk.
Conversely, you could regroup a bit, take a new approach, and realize that this experience, while disappointing, is nevertheless an experience. That's the choice that gets my vote. There are great lessons to be had at this early stage of your career. Learning to keep your head in the midst of insanity is a handy skill in our business. So if you can hang in there, you'll have a professional credit and some experience with real-world challenges to show for it, and most people will never know whether the show was good or bad.


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Pieke Bergmans for Al-Sabah Art & Design CollectionDecember 8th, 2008
Pieke Bergmans was invited by Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection to do a new version of her Design Virus series. In this series she drops hand blown glass vases on existing objects, in this case on traditional Middle Eastern furniture. These objects were presented at the ALEF exhibition during Design Miami.
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Surgeon removed healthy kidney
A hospital is investigating an incident in which a patient's only healthy kidney was removed instead of the diseased one.
The incident happened at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli on Monday.
The patient, a 69-year-old man from the town, was transferred to Morriston Hospital in Swansea where he is critically ill.
Mike Jones, the Chief Executive of the Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, said a full investigation was being carried out.
"Our thoughts and feelings are with the patient and his family - and we are also concerned for the staff involved who are extremely distressed," said Mr Jones.
"There are safeguards in place and this hospital has a very good record in clinical risk management.
'Thorough and open' investigation
"We simply don't understand the reason why this happened."
The surgical team involved in the incident has been told not to carry out any similar operations until the internal inquiry has been completed.
"The surgeon involved has been suspended from his normal duties and has been restricted to minor 'day-case' surgery," said Mr Jones.
"We hope the community can remain confident in our service. We are anxious to complete a thorough and open investigation and we will apply the lessons in full."
National Assembly Health Secretary Jane Hutt said she was "devastated" to hear about the case.
"This causes me extreme concern. I have called for an urgent report from the Trust and I have asked them to keep me fully informed of their investigations," said Ms Hutt.
"I have been assured that the Trust is taking immediate and appropriate action and I will be making a statement on the case to the Health and Social Services Committee on Thursday."
Llanelli Assembly Member Helen Mary-Jones said she was appalled by the incident.
'One-off incident'
"It is absolutely devastating. It is very difficult to understand how such a terrible mistake can happen in this day and age," said Ms Jones.
"One can only imagine how the patient and his family are feeling at the moment - but it has to be emphasised that this is very much a one-off incident in the history of a hospital that has served the people of Llanelli very, very well."
A person needs at least one functioning kidney to be able to live without constant medical treatment.
A kidney specialist has told the BBC that the 69-year-old man will require require regular dialysis to stay alive.
He will also face severe restrictions on food and drink - and in the long term his only hope of regaining a normal life could be a kidney transplant operation.
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By Matt Brunson
DIRECTED BY Max Mayer
STARS Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne
Arriving on the scene just in time to feast on (500) Days of Summer's sloppy seconds, Adam is another indie effort about a love affair that may or may not survive until the final reel. Here, it's Hugh Dancy as the dashing lad, unsure in the ways of love, and Rose Byrne as the pretty girl, more realistic about the world in which they live.
The plot device is that Dancy's Adam suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a condition (comparable to autism, some claim) that impedes a person's ability to function in social situations. Thus, Adam learns from Byrne's Beth how to be more comfortable in his own skin, while Beth learns ... well, actually not much, unless you count Adam's lengthy discourses on astronomy. Dancy and Byrne are both appealing, but the rest of writer-director Max Mayer's clumsy film plays like a standard seriocomedy that never explores its unusual angle as fully as we might expect -- or hope.
DIRECTED BY Louie Psihoyos
STARS Richard OBarry, Simon Hutchins
The newest entry in a growing subdivision of the nonfiction genre the preaching-to-the-choir documentary The Cove tracks the efforts of former dolphin trainer Richard O'Barry (who worked on the Flipper TV series in the 1960s) and the Ocean Preservation Society as they seek to halt the continued slaughter of dolphins in Japanese waters.
This gripping movie frequently veers off in several different directions (the exploitation of dolphins in U.S. theme parks like SeaWorld and the mercury levels found in dolphin meat are also addressed), and it too often lacks focus and sometimes even facts. But the scenes centering on the slaughter and the aftermath are horrifying; Michael Vick would doubtless get a hard-on watching them, but most normal people will be properly repulsed.


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Your Guide to Watercolor Painting for Beginners
Jan Fabian Wallake, guides you through a beautiful watercolor painting. Jan's easy-to-follow, step-by-step format, will give you the tools you need to create your own wonderful watercolors.
See Past the Flower and Into the Painting!
So many times we find ourselves painting flowers and wondering why the painting doesn't hold together in the end. Here's how to fix it.
Acrylic Demonstration with Collage
Painting with acrylics while incorporating elements of collage allows for an intuitive process of experimentation and discovery.
Watercolor Art: Should Details Dominate?
When you have an idea for a new work of art, it can be tempting to want to let every aspect of it shine forth, providing a buffet of textures for the eyes to behold. But sometimes it's best to choose a smaller set of details for the limelight.
Colored Pencil Demo | An Orchid by Gary Greene
Colored pencil artist Gary Greene demonstrates how to render an orchid step by step, using underpainting with solvents and burnishing.
Painting Pastel Florals as Portraits
View a gallery of Oklahoma artist Jude Tolar's striking pastel florals, which she paints as floral "portraits" in order to filter out distracting details.
Texture and More Texture | Pastel Painting Close-Up with Jimmy Wright
"Close-Up" gives you insider knowledge and an intimate view of a painting that is featured in The Artist's Magazine. "Texture and More Texture" by Jimmy Wright originally appeared in the November 2011 issue.
Mixed-Media Art: New Ideas to Spark Your Creativity
Artist Chris Cozen takes you behind the scenes of how she creates mixed-media art with interesting surfaces.
Glazing in Oils: A Flower Demo
Growing & Pruning & Glazing Garden of Joy: Eleven Steps and Several Diversions Jane Jones writes out a step-by-step demonstration of how to paint her stunning, large-scale work, Garden of Joy (scroll to the bottom to see the completed piece.) In these 11 steps, she demonstrates glazing in oils, using Photoshop, editing...
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Album Rating: 3.5Tephra isn't that original either. Haven't heard enough of General Lee.
Album Rating: 3.5classification is there because the music is similar to post-metal bands you dumbshit. so isis
shouldn't be classified in the same level as cult of luna because it's wrong?
musically broken down it's simple. the slight differences is like if I made the colour red slightly
darker. it's still fucking red.
and why would I compare Cult of Luna to Tephra and General Lee when they're not even good or
interesting in the least.
Album Rating: 4.5Except it's not that simple.
"and why would I compare Cult of Luna to Tephra and General Lee when they're not even good or interesting in the least."
That's my point. These can be described as generic bands. Rosetta has too many nuances and is too much style blending to be described as generic.
Album Rating: 3.5Good review buddy, hated this the first time I heard it, I can dig it now.
Album Rating: 3.5those "nuance" are just layered tracks. the guitars are not special because your average guitar
center/sam ash employee with guitar knowledge can do this shit with pedals. and your style blending
point can be applied to slipknot then since they combined rap, metal, turntables, death metal riffs,
and heavy percussion. I guess they're not generic.
Album Rating: 3.5Revolve is a beast of a track.
Album Rating: 3.0The album's quite good from what I've heard.
Digging: Rina Sawayama - RINA
I've tried all these post metal bands and it turns out that I'm just not much of a post metal fan. I like some Neurosis, the new Isis and At the Soundawn but that's about it. I couldn't get into this.
Digging: Adimiron - Et Liber Eris
Album Rating: 3.5Did you try Cult of Luna?
Album Rating: 3.5Willie
cult of luna
Album Rating: 3.0Neurosis is the best post-metal band. Period. Given that I'm not very fond of the genre either.
Nope. Album?
Album Rating: 3.5Salvation.
Album Rating: 3.5Salvation and Somewhere Along the Highway
I'm guessing that would be all you'd enjoy from them
Album Rating: 4.5@ relinquished No, they're not generic. That doesn't mean their music is not shit though. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
Not generic =/= good as is generic =/= bad. Some styles just don't go well mixed together.
Anyhow, this is going nowhere. Imma play some vidya instead of debating for nothing.
I'll get on it.
Babby's first post-metal.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off"in the vast nebulae and multi-colored gaseous clouds of wonder"
sciencefag here, just pointing out that this makes no sense. those colors are artificially enhanced to be visible and beautiful, most colors in gaseous clouds or nebulae are either outside the visible spectrum of light of the human eye, or too dim for us to see without enhancement. sorry to burst your bubble but space is entirely dead and black to a human"
good to know, thanks
I'm with you, Apollo. Just because Nasa doctors their photos doesn't mean a good light-speed jaunt while on acid couldn't produce something similar. Fuck science -- am I right or am I right Christians and Catholics?
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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Research into the news reporting of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Australia, has revealed that much of the information the public receives through the media is inaccurate or incomplete.
University of Newcastle researchers used Media Doctor, a web-based program that monitors, rates and critiques the accuracy and completeness of health news stories in Australia, to analyse news coverage of CAM. The findings are published on June 11th in the Public Library of Science journal, PLoS ONE.
Lead researcher Dr Billie Bonevski from the University of Newcastle said despite the substantial growth in the use of CAM, very little was known about how the media reported on it.
"The research analysed more than 200 news items about CAM from broadsheet newspapers, tabloid newspapers, online news and television current affairs shows which were tracked by Media Doctor between 1 January 2004 and 1 September 2007.
"Common concerns identified about the reporting of CAM included incomplete descriptions of the research study, lack of information about side-effects and costs, and failure to obtain comment from independent sources," Dr Bonevski said.
Dr Bonevski said journalists faced a number of barriers when producing reports on CAM, including editorial pressure to produce stories quickly, space issues, inadequate media releases from the scientific community, and a lack of good evidence on the effectiveness and safety of CAM.
"Clearer communication between scientists and journalists about this important emerging field is critical to accurate and complete news reports. Researchers can help by ensuring information released contains key facts including the type of study, what the results mean and the potential harms, costs and availability of the new medicine or procedure.
"Considering the substantial evidence of a link between health news reports and health behaviour, it is vital that the information the media provides is accurate, unbiased and complete," Dr Bonevski said.
Media Doctor is supported by the Newcastle Institute of Public Health and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI). HMRI is a partnership between the University of Newcastle, Hunter New England Health and the community. For more information, visit www.mediadoctor.org.au.
Kate Reid
Media and PR at the University of Newcastle, Australia
Email: email@example.com
Tel: +61 2 4921 5351
For interviews:
Dr Billie Bonevski
Tel: +61 02 4924 6343
Citation: Bonevski B, Wilson A, Henry DA (2008) An Analysis of News Media Coverage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2406. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002406
PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT (URL live from June 11): http://www.
PRESS-ONLY PREVIEW: http://www.
This press release refers to an upcoming article in PLoS ONE. The release has been provided by the article authors and/or their institutions. Any opinions expressed in this are the personal views of the contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of PLoS. PLoS expressly disclaims any and all warranties and liability in connection with the information found in the release and article and your use of such information.


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Feeling iPad's $829 full-fledged iPad is too cheap for you? How about Stuart Hughes' 24K Gold iPad that cost $165K to own one?! Holy cow, it's really 'Cheap' isn't it?
Stuart Hughes has come up with another series of limited SUPREME edition of gadget where it has been dressed with the mind blowing expensive materials like gold and crystals. This time, it's iPad turns to get the touch of Midas, turning the old white color into an expensive 24K gold iPad that's sure we can count with fingers who many people can buy this toy.
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Prime Time -- Alaskan adventure: Bemidji men's stay for work was short-lived
On May 15, 1947, two Bemidji guys headed north to the Territory of Alaska where they had heard work was available.
Leroy Hill and his partner, the late Vernon Johnson, weren't in Alaska even a month, but they came back with stories to last a lifetime.
Hill had joined the U.S. Army Air Corps when he graduated in 1944 from Bemidji High School and became a fighter pilot in a P51. However, pilot school didn't start until October and he needed a summer job to tide him over until he could join the service.
"Because of the war, the only place I could get a job was on a farm," Hill said.
Johnson leased a 19-cow dairy farm on the site where Cenex South is now located, and Hill went to work for him.
Although Hill never saw overseas action, he said, "I was flying the day the war quit. They told everybody to land."
He then started a nightclub with a partner at the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and state Highway 89 where Pete's Place West is now located.
"It was a moneymaker, but I didn't like it," Hill said.
He sold out to his partner and joined Johnson on the quest for work in Alaska.
Hill was single at the time, but the plan was for Johnson's wife, Luella, to join them.
They took off in Johnson's brand new 1947 Chevrolet from Bemidji to Edmonton, Alberta, and north through 4-inch-deep dust on the dirt track AlCan Highway. The road was also an obstacle course of washouts, which had to be driven around through open country.
"We were naïve," Hill said. "We didn't worry about anything - didn't have the sense to worry."
Hill and Johnson arrived after dark in Anchorage, a frontier outpost of fewer than 20,000 people at the time, and slept in the car. The next day, they lined up with other men seeking work and were hired by a man who was a gold miner in the summer and a well digger the rest of the year.
To dig a well, Hill and Johnson scraped away at the soil until they hit permafrost. At that point, they started blasting and gradually pulled the freed material up with a winch and bucket.
"I was a small guy, and Vernon was a big guy, so I was in the hole all the time," Hill said.
Their employer gave them the materials to build a cabin in his back yard. They lived there without electricity or running water.
But their sojourn was short-lived. Johnson received word that his wife was seriously ill and they had to return to Bemidji.
However, their employer didn't have enough cash to pay them off for the agreed amount in full. He did have a bunch of Army surplus overcoats and raincoats, though, and he traded the coats for part of their wages.
"All the way back, we traded coats for gas," Hill recalled. "It was Grand Forks or Crookston when we ran out of coats."


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Homeschooling Science
Do any of you home school?
I'm not an Atheist, but I would like to teach my kids real science. We are looking at home school because our public schools are horrible and the only private schools are very Christian based, which I am finding is the case with most home school curriculum as well. I can work with the other subjects, but I want a good science curriculum that isn't "God created everything" in nature :-)
Do any of you know of any curriculums? Or at least some good resources on science for kids?
Thanks :-)
I did a quick google search of atheist homeschoolers, I know you said you weren't atheist, but gooood luck finding anything not religious themed when googling homeschool! Anyhow, I found this website that might have a few good science resourses. And, depending on how old your children are, you could just do some goolging on the things they are studying and find some really interesting articles for them to read. Good luck, I hope you find what you need!
You could try: http://www.khanacademy.org/ I am using the math part of the site studying for the GED.
There are several secular curricula out there at least for the lower grade. Once you get to high school the choices are currently fewer, but many of the publishers are currently working on material for upper grades.
Here are a few secular science curricula that we have used:
Great Science Adventures- http://www.commonsensepress.com/greatscience/default.htm
Power Basics Chemistry: The textbook is a bit more rigorous than described. It is a good course but was a bit advanced by my 6th grader. http://rainbowresource.com/index.php
Connect the Thoughts Upper Level Science Basics and Biology & Human Health: http:// www.connectthethoughts.net/
I have to run to an appointment now but will return and add a post with more information.
We are atheists, and we are homeschoolers...but we are unschoolers.
I have heard that Pandia Press R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey is secular. http://www.pandiapress.com/?page_id=50
Also heard the same about Oak Meadow. http://www.oakmeadow.com/
When homeschooling our older son, we didn't choose a science curriculum even though he was interested in science. What we did was explore the science topics he was interested in on any given day. So, if one day he was really into bubbles, we found lots of stuff online about bubbles, and experiments, too. The best science is hands on science for all ages, especially up through elementary school age - really! Also, you can put together science centers in your home, like a microscope area, a catapult area, etc. to inspire ideas and go from there. We also used this basis to teach our son spelling. How do you spell "bubbles"? for example. Tapping into child led learning really does yield fantastic results, over dictating curriculum. All of the resources mentioned in the replies are great, and having them on hand will really help when the specific science topic comes up, or use them as inspirational jumping boards. Have fun!
Does Oak Meadow have a teaching guide? The "how to?"
Quoting RayneofTerror:
I home schooled using the oak meadow curriculum. Completely secular.


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This pair of lovely soft organic cotton reversible trousers have two gorgeous designs and are really practical too. One side features an autumn forest design and the reverse has pale pink Breton stripes. Each side has contrasting knee patches in the alternate design - providing comfort to little crawlers. With ties at the waist and room for cloth nappies, these trousers are ideal for quick changes, potty training and getting dressed for the day. These trousers are ethically made from soft organic cotton, which is perfect for going next to delicate skin. With two lovely looks in one practical garment - just pick your favourite side. Pair up with a long-sleeved top or baby body for a fabulous outfit.
We absolutely love Piccalilly clothing for babies and kids, in fact it was the first brand we ever stocked here at Babipur back in 2007. The quality and the clothes themselves are always fantastic. Brilliant designs and all ethically made from start to finish with GOTS certified organic cotton and produced in some brilliant fair trade factories. Piccalilly clothes look great and they wash and wear over and over and still look like new.


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The ad, which has aired in Missouri and in Charlotte, N.C., during Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, features abortion survivor Melissa Ohden.
âThrough Melissa Ohdenâs story more than 250,000 people have now learned the truth of the presidentâs extreme commitment to abortion, a commitment even to those abortions that fail. Voters now want to know if such extremism is commonplace in the executive branch,â says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List. ...
Jim Lincoln wrote:..., you know, The Record of Republican Corruption.
and maybe I missed it, excuse me if I did. Seeing this article is about the President's extreme abortion record, was there a place where Jim from Lincoln Unequivocally condemned the president's pro-abortion (even those who are born alive and throughout the full term included) stance? Are President Obama's beliefs to be excused because Romney's aren't perfect? And how does voting for a more corrupt party help the one you are against clean up their act? http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Bob_Kerrey.htm
Remember I put up the verses, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Yes, the first verse covers many Democrats, the last verse covers many Republicans, you know, The Record of Republican Corruption. Something that most Republican candidates reject doing anything about!
So, will I probably do my part in making sure no Republican gets elected to Federal office in my state. You bet! When the Republicans clean up their act, I will again consider voting for qualified Republicans, as I have in the past. By the way, also pointed out, Mitt Romney -- Personhood Never!, he should support Obamacare, even though it isn't so pro-abortion as Romneycare.
Mike wrote:Jim, like his Dem friends, has no defense.
Frank wrote:Mike, RussPlease take the time to research the site Jim is referring people to. Bill Moyer's is about the most progressive "religious" person you will ever read about. I did a quick research on him. Bill Moyers reminds me of Rick Warren who hates fundamentalists and loves progressives like Obama, et al. Now, who would have thought that.
We don't need to know a whole bunch more to know where Moyers is coming from, though there is more if one needs further convincing.
Russ wrote:Frank, the issue for me isn't anything but the abortion issue on this article. Does the link shed some miraculous light that makes all of these dead babies go away? I am not a Romney supporter. To me this THE single most important dividing line issue, especially since neither party has a true Christian candidate.
I agree with you about the abortion being the main issue. If I had my way, those undergoing, performing or assisting in abortions would all be charged with 1st degree murder and I am not exaggerating my position.
No, I just wanted you to know where Jim was coming from. Some of Jim's comments were "very close" to things that Moyer has quoted. To me, that helps me understand his statements.
Mike wrote:Jim, like his Dem friends, has no defense. The best the left can do is point at the real or imagined flaws of others, as if that were a defense of their own obvious and high-level perversion. What can they say when confronted with the repeated votes of then Senator Obama, to kill the survivors of failed abortion, and his continuing efforts to justify the hatred of life and the exaltation of death? All the talk of "pre-natal care" is so much bunk and a typical disraction from reality.
Please take the time to research the site Jim is referring people to. Bill Moyer's is about the most progressive "religious" person you will ever read about. I did a quick research on him. Bill Moyers reminds me of Rick Warren who hates fundamentalists and loves progressives like Obama, et al.
Now, who would have thought that.
Russ wrote:Jim you are doing what the dems always do- you skirt the issue by attempting to highlight things that are not even a part of this discussion. Do you or do you not see that the democrats are unequivocally the party of death now. They have officially removed God and have begun the most aggressive pro abortion campaign ever. So instead of try to turn this on Romney, why not just admit the truth about Obama and his pro murder policies.
Sigh! the signature piece to remind people about politicians, etc.
1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.---NASB
What a nice guy this Barack Obama is always thinking of others less well off than himself. Obamacare shared responsibilities in the murder of the unborn infant. Now we see his heart on born infants using the US constitution to prevent "burden" the woman he would have the child murdered.
Wow what an American???Vote Democrat?
Russ wrote:Adesegun I fail to see why you want to condemn this lady to hell. She is merely exposing the truth. Paul had some good words concerning this: "Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; (Ephesians 5:11 NASB)


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Matt Simmons is a fresh recruit as a forensic detective in the police force. Hitting the ground running, Matt is faced with his first case: the horrific double-murder of a fellow detective and his wife. Using his arsenal of advanced forensic technology, Matt must comb the crime scene, picking up clues and trying to piece together what happened. In this thrilling mystery adventure, you'll help Matt unravel the clues in intriguing murder mysteries and clean up the town in a corrupt city where justice is a rare event.
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Cybah has posted his latest batch of photos showing progress on the project to extend the Silver Line through East Boston into Chelsea by way of an old rail line. He took them around 5 a.m. today.
Silver Line
The T's started posting daily reliability stats, broken down by buses, commuter rail and subway. If you click on the large plus sign for each, you'll get more detailed breakdowns by line (and looks like the T's finally acknowledged the Silver Line is a bus, because that's where you'll find its data).
Kris Haight is chronicling the construction of the Silver Line extension from Logan Airport through East Boston into Chelsea - where it will use a dedicated busway on what was formerly the Grand Junction railroad tracks.
There's a group that really likes buses, and they've got the snazzy graphics to prove they're better than subways, at least if you give them their own lanes and raised platforms and stuff. Oddly, the Silver Line, our one example of "bus rapid transit," isn't listed on their gold standards or BRT in action pages.
A Silver Line sprinkler system went kablooie near Courthouse station. As of 5:40 p.m., the Fire Department was halting buses from entering the station, water was pooling to about a foot deep in the tunnel and a BWSC crew was on the way.
UPDATE: MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott said this afternoon the authority will seek federal disaster aid and that it could be 30 days - yes, 30 - before the T is fully operational again, but only if we don't have another blizzard.
Problems on the Red and Green lines mean crankytime for evening T commuters. Christie F. gives us a taste:
35 minutes ago my train pulled out of Lechmere. We still haven't reached Haymarket.
Southbound Red Line service has yet to reach standstill proportions, but that's of little solace to people jammed onto platforms who can't even sardine themselves into trains.
The state Department of Transportation today approved a $33-million contract with McCourt Construction Co. to start extending the Silver Line from the Airport T stop to Chelsea. Much of the route will be in a busway built along the former Grand Junction railroad:
State officials expect the initial route, from the airport to Eastern Avenue in Chelsea, to be completed in two years.
Although that would be something to see. Ben Rey captured the scene at World Trade Center around 5:10 p.m., when an inbound bus kicked the bucket and another inbound bus was forced to squeeze around it to keep the Silver Line from becoming a Red Line on rubber.
A dead train at Sullivan Square around 8:20 a.m. quickly cascaded into commuting hell for Orange Line riders heading into the city from the north. At Malden, riders were told to
abandon all hope get on commuter rail. At Community College, riders were told to just go home walk to North Station.
A train died earlier in the morning on the Red Line. Two trolleys were taken out and shot on the Green Line. A Silver Line bus suffered an existential crisis at Mass. Ave. and Washington Street and could go no further.
The man arrested in a Silver Line tunnel in South Boston early Friday morning after allegedly driving into it drunk gave police his brother's name and personal information - which they then used to bring charges in court and alert the media about the arrest.
Now, police say, James Tilton, 57, is in even more trouble than he was following the 1 a.m. crash at the bottom of the Silver Line ramp off D Street. In a statement, Lt. Det. Richard Sullivan of the Transit Police special crimes unit says:
UPDATE: Transit Police now say the man they arrested was actually William Tilton's brother, James and that James is now in a heap of trouble both for the OUI arrest and for identifying himself as his brother when arrested.
William Tilton, 58, of Wilmington faces an OUI charge today following his arrest by Transit Police in the Silver Line tunnel off D Street early this morning, after his car came to a rather sudden stop, thanks to the barriers designed to deploy to stop people like him, the MBTA rerports.
Unfortunately for him, he wasn't able to figure out how to start the vehicle, parked at Silver Line Way in South Boston around 10 p.m. Or at least, that's how police were describing it on their radio as the incident unfolded.
Brendan Kearney notes the impressive social media integration on the Silver Line this morning.
CommonWealth reports not only is volume up on the Silver Line into the city - for which Massport says it will eventually pay so riders don't have to - but it's up on the Silver Line to the airport, for which people still have to pay.
Too bad they don't make Klepto Bismol: Woman arrested for stealing Silver Line inspector's bag says she couldn't help it
MBTA Transit Police report arresting a woman they say stole a Silver Line inspector's bag, threw it into Fort Point Channel and then announced to officers that she couldn't help herself because she's a kleptomaniac.
Nyllabrii Raikou, 20, was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. yesterday on the Summer Street bridge - where they found her being pursued by the inspector. Police say the inspector arrived at the inspector's booth at the Silver Line platform at South Station to find Raikou inside:
David notices Boston transportation services tend to be built in fives and then the powers that be eliminate one of them: There used to be five Green Line branches, five Silver Line routes and five terminals at Logan.
What's going on here? Do the planners have spooky Mickey Mouse hands? Does Boston overbuild then scale back? Shrinkage?
A concerned citizen complains about the way the city placed new trash receptacles at the Silver Line stop on Atlantic Avenue:
Stanley Staco reports it happened around 9:10 p.m. at Washington and East Newton streets.
UPDATE, Friday morning: The MBTA reports the driver was spit on, not pummeled, that one man was caught and that he will be summonsed into court.
Massport and the MBTA are teaming up on a three-month pilot project to provide free Silver Line rides from Logan to South Station.
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It's coming through a hole in the air,
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It's coming from the feel
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It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.
It's coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
the river's going to weep,
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
beneath the lunar sway,
imperial, mysterious,
in amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on...
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Wednesday night's Republican debate included a moment that made a lot of people cringe.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry blanked when he was talking about eliminating three government agencies.
Perry spent Thursday on damage control, trying to shrug off the freeze as minor mistake. But it wasn't like forgetting the name of an obscure foreign leader, which has happened in other presidential debates and interviews.
This is one of the main parts of the Perry campaign, and public relations experts said it's going to be tough to recover.
"A gaffe like that feeds into an already existing narrative," said Brian McClung, a public relations consultant who owns McClung Communications & Public Relations in St. Paul.
McClung, who worked for Gov. and Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, said Perry's performance could seriously affect his campaign.
"It becomes like the Howard Dean scream," he said, "Where you can't get away from it. It's a moment in time where you see a politician and you say, 'What the heck just happened there?'"
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura had his share of media moments, and still does. His former communications director, John Wodele, had some advice.
"You just can't be too hard on yourself," he said.
Wodele, who runs the St. Paul consulting company Wodele Creative Enterprises, said what happened to Perry happens to regular people every day, just not on national television. And the candidate needs to move on quickly.
"It happens. It shouldn't happen in a debate where you are running for president of the United States. You don't want it to happen. But it happens," Wodele said.
Political candidates can't really prepare for unexpected Perry moments, but McClung said they can control how they react.
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Grr! How can some tea companies charge me $30 to ship to Canada and others $8????
So frustrating. I KNOW damn well it doesn't have to cost so much. I put one tea for $6.99 in my cart and estimated shipping – $30 was the cheapest method.
Twice now, two different companies. It's maddening. And will stop me from buying every time. It's a shame because there are some I'd love to try! But I will stick with the companies that are reasonable, so thanks for existing,
$30 is a bit redic but shipping to Canada and in Canada is pretty expensive. I shipped someone an eyeshadow duo that weighed 0.20oz in a small bubble envelope from BC to ON and it costed $12!
True, shipping to Canada can be pricey, and shipping within Canada also, but I have received boxes of tea that shipped for $9 or so, so I know the option exists!
And if it is that much of a pain in the ass to ship First Class from the states (the cost efficient method, apparently), then I hereby officially and genuinely THANK every company that offers it as an option. I like knowing that I can afford to try your teas!
There's hardly any point of me going there to shop if the shipping is going to cost 5x the price of the shipping! >:(
I can answer that for you from a smaller business perspective.
This is what we charge and often do still lose money on shipping. We certainly don't make any money off of shipping.
Canadian Shipping Charges
1-2 Teas: $8.75
3-4 Teas: $9.25
5-8 Teas: $10.50
9-12 Teas $11.75
More Than 13 Teas: $13.00
$75+ free shipping
We use First Class International Mail. To use First Class International Mail, it is a fairly large hassle involving extra forms, the inability for us at least to print shipping labels and stamps from the purchase. It takes a considerable amount more time then if we were to just use Priority Mail. Priority Mail is 3X more expensive and won't get there any faster but it is way easier for a business to use. Also, there is no real tracking on First Class International Mail.
That's totally reasonable though, Stacy! I literally had one ounce of tea in my shopping cart and the least pricey option was $28 something. It's just too much.
You guys should take a look at shipstation.com. They are integrated with a lot of carts and although I've only been using them a few months, I've been VERY impressed with them. Their monthly fee includes an Endicia account which will allow you to print one 4×6 shipping label with the customs form included. Lots of other time-saving features (merge orders, etc.).
whatshesaid-Thanks! That's why we stick to First Class International Mail. I couldn't even think of charging $30 for shipping 1 tea, though I do understand why companies will use Priority Mail.
52teas-Thanks for the tip! Anything that makes International shipping less of a hassle is certainly worth investigating.
I've been splitting orders to save on shipping, because it's completely ridiculous. It's cheaper for us to order together, have it shipped to one of us to split up the parcel, and then send the rest of the teas on.
Also, we get to share more teas that way. It's kind of awesome.
(Stacy even noticed that we were splitting up our Butiki order, so she sent two each of the four samples included with the order. <3 Stacy!)
I definitely recommend splitting orders! After about 13 ounces (box included in weight) or so, the rates become much more reasonable. The new USPS prices seem to specifically hurt smaller orders. We are happy to add extra samples for order splits. :)
When the company charges $30 to shop one ounce of tea to me I shudder to think what, say, 10 oz might cost.
Well, when companies offer free shipping once you spend a certain amount, it makes it much more tempting. However, we did just place a Harney & Sons order, and for all of the tea we ordered, we are each paying $7.50 for shipping.
Yes, absolutely! And 7.50 isn't so bad. I will try to convince my tea lovin' friend to split some orders with me in the future. :)
Our shipping costs:
Shipping to Canada is $3.99 + $0.50 per ounce or $4.99 per week of subscription (Just $8.33 per MONTH, if you subscribe to one of our monthly plans.) All other countries: $5.99 + $0.75 per ounce or $7.49 per week of subscription (Just $13.99 per MONTH, if you subscribe to one of our monthly plans.)
I do have to say, I sympatize with companies that charge more for shipping. It IS expensive. It JUST went up recently. The 2oz. pouch of tea that cost me $1.69 to ship to Canada five years ago now costs more than $6.
That is very reasonable!!
It is. What really stinks is that the recent price increase by the USPS really severely impacted smaller, lightweight packages way more than any other package class. It was like they were specifically picking on us.
I think Canada went up recently also. I don't know what their problem is, it's ridiculous.
Sorry to hear of your pain. It is true that shipping costs have increased, we are feeling it at Tealet. We are still planning what to do about international orders because it will hurt our business in the long run. In the meantime we are continuing to offer free shipping on all orders no matter how big or small, domestic or international. Check out our teas here: https://www.tealet.com/teas Or you can sign up for our subscription service Global Tea Tasters: https://www.tealet.com/subscription
I am already used to paying a ton for shipping if i order from China :(
sadly, it's one of the reasons why I am seriously thinking of not ordering with yunnan sourching. (shipping cheapest option via china air 43.15 USD!!! shipping takes up more than 50% of the order.
ugg yeah. I wanna order a gaiwan there – the US site shipping sucks too. $8 to ship within the US is pretty bad – and they said the shipping total includes their extra $2 handling fee. To Canada would be much worse!
I haven't checked them out recently. But I have the impression that a lot of their stuffs (puerh and Yunnan green especially) are indeed more than 50% cheaper than you could ever get from within US. In that sense, it justifies the shipping.
We offer $15 FedEx international to Canada – most orders arrive in a day or two.
While that isn't a terrible price compared to some other companies, it is a little high and is one of the reasons I've yet to place an order with American Tea Room. Makes me sad because the one tea I've had from you was amazing (Milk Oolong). Do you have a free shipping threshold?
i'm with IB on that one. 15$ isn't anything i'd pay for shipping since i can go to other places that will either charge me less as a canadian or give me a free shipping minimum of 50$ ish
I think that's awesome. i'd pay extra for quicker shipping. Most of my orders don't arrive for nearly 2 weeks!
Indigobloom: We do have a free shipping threshold but only in the US. It is very expensive to ship to Canada – we basically subsidize the cost of sending via FedEx as we have found they are better with customs and delivery – you get what you pay for. We wish we had a more economical solution for all our customers.
Almost always does, I've never had a FedEx to Canada that didn't from a tea company so now I won't use companies that won't ship USPS. Lol
Tea is exempt from customs charges, as are almost all whole spices. So it seems ridiculous that you'd have to pay brokerage fees on something that's exempt. :/
OMG… i norite?! I suspect that its possible that there was something over than tea in the boxes like a cup or something. I only have myself to blame, but out of habit? it's just easier not to order. Or…get it from the tea mule!
I never order anything from the States that's not through USPS either. I was dinged with brokerage fees once. Never again. The fees were more than the package was worth.
Yeah,it's frustrating. I've accepted that most US orders will cost me $10, (avg), and that I will never be able to order from Adagio unless I split it. Sorry Tardis blend… :(
I appreciate the merchants on Steepster explaining the shipping from there side. I know it's not easy for you either.
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NH Hospitals: State budget cuts 'devastating'By DENIS PAISTE
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 26. 2011 12:34AM
MANCHESTER - Hospital administrators say $250 million in state funding cuts over the next two years will be disastrous, with the hospitals in essence paying the state more than they receive for treating Medicaid patients.
'It's really a devastating cut for us,' said Dr. John Schlegelmilch, president of Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene,
The hospital is operating at a $900,000 loss so far this year, he said.
'If you add on to that a $6 million tax that we don't get back, that shows you how far we will be behind,' Schlegelmilch said.
Much of the loss from the House-Senate budget passed Wednesday stems from the state's decision not to return to hospitals money they pay in Medicaid enhancement tax (MET). Additionally, $20 million or more results from eliminating state catastrophic payments for the very sick, indirect medical education payments and adjustments to outpatient payments.
For Catholic Medical Center, it's a loss of about $12 million a year; for Elliot Hospital, it's about $17 million a year.
Hospitals said they are looking at: ŸCutting programs and services, in particular to the poor and uninsured. ŸReducing or ending support to community services, such as Elliot's $570,000 a year in contributions to Manchester Community Health Center and Child Health Services. ŸCuts in salaries, benefits and other expenses, if not outright layoffs. ŸCharging higher rates to insurers, who would likely charge higher premiums to businesses.
In his budget address in February, Gov. John Lynch proposed withholding $20 million from the state's 24 hospitals to cover the treatment of patients who don't or can't pay their bills and using the money instead for optional Medicaid services for the poor. Lynch also said the hospitals were doing well enough financially to pay the top 200 executives $60 million in salaries and to launch $500 million in capital projects over the last five years.
But the House-Senate budget cuts $250 million over two years from state reimbursements to hospitals, New Hampshire Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen said.
Lynch said Friday he'll let the budget bill become law without his signature.
Richard Elwell, Elliot Hospital's chief financial officer, said the changes will mean Elliot actually loses money providing care for Medicaid patients.
'We were paid a year ago about $11 million by the state for Medicaid, and if we take a look at the Medicaid enhancement tax, we paid $14.6 million to the state for that, so we would actually pay in $3.6 million to the state for taking care of Medicaid patients,' Elwell said. Other hospital administrators said they would also lose money treating Medicaid patients.
Since the Medicaid enhancement tax was created in 1991, hospitals have paid the state 6 percent at first and now 5.5 percent of net patient service revenue each year. That money was returned to the hospitals, however, because the federal government gave the state the same amount in a matching grant. As a result, the state pocketed the matching funds while the hospitals received rebates based on the amount of charity care each hospital provided.
The federal grant had come from Disproportionate Share Hospital allotments. Last year, those payments were reduced by about $20 million.
'Hospitals have helped the state get over $2 billion and are now being turned on and preyed on,' said Henry Lipman, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lakes Region General Hospital and Franklin Hospital. 'It's not so much about hurting hospitals as it is about hurting communities. In the end, this is going to affect patients unavoidably.'
Hospital Association President Ahnen said, 'It's likely going to force negotiations between hospitals and health insurers to increase rates to the private sector.'
Jim Roche, president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, said a recently concluded series of business roundtables once again showed health care costs among top concerns.
BIA didn't take a position on the state budget, but has been consistently critical of the plan to reduce payments to hospitals for Medicaid.
'That will exacerbate an already challenging situation for businesses of all sizes,' Roche said.
CMC spokeswoman Morgan Smith said, 'This is a new tax on hospitals that will have devastating consequences. Until now, this tax was used as a Medicaid enhancement tax that was matched by the federal government and then returned to the hospitals. This has a potential $12 million tax on CMC, which is 10 to 12 times its margin.'
'I have a margin of $1 million, but I'm going to get taxed $12 million; how am I going to manage that?' CMC President and CEO Alyson Pitman Giles said at a scholarship award event on Tuesday. 'How many businesses are able to take a tax that is 12 times greater than their earnings?
'Just remember that if you read stories that there are no new taxes, there are huge new taxes on hospitals. It's the biggest crisis I've ever faced in my entire career,' Giles said.
At Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, Chief Financial Officer Mike Rose said, 'The impact to us is $12.3 million, which is around 6 or 7 percent of our total revenue base. The impact is going to be significant.'
The cuts come as hospitals are crafting their budgets for the next fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1.
'Everyone will have to consider where to cut very soon,' Rose said. 'We can't wait till the end of the fiscal year; it's reality today. Everyone has to pay their MET tax the first of October.'
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center will have to consider cutting job benefits and programs such as behavioral health and pediatrics, Rose said.
'Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has a very high Medicaid and self-pay population relative to the average for the state,' Rose said. 'We're going to have to look at ways of reducing the volume of self-pay and Medicaid that we can absorb and still maintain our fiscal viability.'
In Keene, Cheshire Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene reimbursements for Medicaid patients are currently at 54 percent of the cost of taking care of those patients, the second lowest in the country, Dr. Schlegelmilch said. The only lower percentage is in Mississippi.
"In the last two years, we eliminated approximately 100 positions, mostly through attrition,' he said, 'and still with that, you can see where our margin is this year.
'You can't try to recoup $6 million by trying to cut expenses in health care; 65 percent of expenses are either salaries or benefits. To eliminate $6 million is just not possible and still have an organization that can take care of your community, so this is devastating for us,' Schlegelmilch said.
"We've been lobbying the governor and the Legislature on these issues for some time, but to no avail.'
Ahnen said hospitals have to provide emergency services and intensive care services, but their ability to provide other specialty care might be compromised.
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Funny! Most animals here hate Halloween because after the llittle kids go home there are fireworks and firecrackers. They always warn people to keep them inside. But every year some pets run away because they are frightened by the noises!
I have been waiting for someone to comment about the duct tape. How else will the costumes stay on? (Just a joke!)
Hmmmmmm...I'm not sure I even want to know why he's afraid of duct tape... O.O
Thanks, cactuspatch!
SOOOOOO funny!!!
Thanks, pkin. I like nothing better than a good joke. And that was nothing like a good joke! LOL
Love it thanks for a good joke this morning.
My Corgis wanted to dress up for Halloween and nothing is scarier than the fly swatter and the vacuum cleaner!
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Review for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA, Laguna Hills, CA, USA
There is an elephant holocaust going on in Africa right now - tens of thousands of elephants are being slaughtered every year for their tusks, their beautiful faces hacked-off with axes and machetes even before they are dead. Whole families are being wiped out - all so that greedy, dispicable people can have ivory chopsticks and trinkets. The DSWT runs an orphanage in Kenya for baby elephants. Dame Daphne Sheldrick and her staff do an amazing job of hand raising orphaned elephants. Not all of the babies are found in time, but the lucky ones who are rescued are given a second chance through this charity. People can foster these orphans through the US Friends of the DSWT and follow their progress through regular updates. Donations also fund anti-poaching efforts, veterinary care in the wild, and other wildlife saving programs.
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This month we add another bot family to MSRT – Win32/Pushbot. Pushbot is, in many ways, an "old school" bot. It is controlled through IRC, it can distribute itself through several different channels and its source code is more or less open (for those who mix in certain circles). Like Win32/Rbot, Pushbot isn't one piece of malware that is updated and maintained by one group of malware writers, but rather a collection of malicious programs created by different people based on a common base of source code. The core code of Pushbot is based on something called Reptile, which dates back to 2005. Reptile, in turn, appears to have been based on Win32/Sdbot, just as Win32/Rbot was.
Because they are created and released by different people, the functionality can vary from one instance to the next; however, the basic features are universal. They are all IRC bots at heart, although each may be controlled through a different IRC server. They all spread in one way or another. Spreading via instant messaging applications such as AIM and Windows Live Messenger was one of the defining features of the Pushbot family, but many recent variants have this functionality disabled, i.e. the code is present in the malware, but never executed. Like other recent MSRT additions Hamweq and Rimecud, current Pushbots copy themselves to removable drives along with an autorun.inf file to attempt to launch the malware when the drive is connected to another machine. As David mentioned in his Hamweq blog, Windows 7 effectively ignores autorun.inf entries for removable drives apart from CDs and DVDs. Follow these instructions to update earlier versions of Windows to behave the same way.
Pushbot's raison d'être is the same as most bots – to control as many machines as possible. This control is mostly exploited by instructing infected machines to download other malware, which could be anything from password stealers to rogue security software. Some Pushbot variants can also be commanded to steal password information themselves, or launch distributed denial of service attacks.
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What does it mean that Barack Obama is the first, major party black presidential nominee?
To Dickell Fonda of Evanston, Ill., it means no longer revising history, "shading in the faces" of historical and political figures in children's books for her grandchildren as she did for biracial son 22 years ago.
"Now all children of color will finally see themselves reflected in their story and history books -- and it will be a given that they, too, can aspire to whatever they dream," Fonda said. "And no one will have to tell them, because they will finally see it, live it and know it."
More than 17,000 people witnessed Obama's history-making moment in person. Twice that many came to downtown St. Paul.
But, in a nod to Obama's Internet-savvy base, his speech reverberated far and wide online, via blogs, Twitter, a popular social networking site, and through American Public Media's Public Insight Network.
First-hand accounts came from Americans across the country of all persuasions -- political, parental and practical.
Ena Carroll of Whitefish Bay, Wisc., said her older daughters, were never interested in politics in high school. Her 15 year old "talks about this election as if she is going to have a say in its outcome."
"We sit in our little den, like three shut-ins, watching the screen like our lives depend on it, and shush each other so that we can hear every comment made by the people in-the-know, the political barracudas. I will never forget this time, this night, and the wonder of discovery and infectious enthusiasm that my 15-year-old daughter is showing."
Jason Murphy of Fort Sill, Okla., said he planned to don his Obama T-Shirt and park himself in front of the computer, "pressing refresh for updates on the delegate count."
"I need this. I'm a vet of [Operation Iraqi Freedom], and more than an end to the war, the slump in the economy, I need hope that we can make our country whole again...I believe a vote for Barack Obama is a vote against generations of petty tribalism."
Brent Jacobson of Rosemount, Minn., said he won't vote for Obama, but he respects his achievement.
"If racism in America is dead, good riddance to it. God made all men in his image, it is about time we start seeing each other as a work of God's art, not as black, white, Indian, Native American, etc. All U.S. Citizens are Americans first, not African-American, Norwegian-American, etc. It is time to stop dividing on race in this country."
The last time Barbara Harrison, of Shoreview, Minn., witnessed this much enthusiasm in a presidential election was 1968, when she was 11 -- the same age her daughter, Ana, is now.
"She tells me that he represents hope for our country, a way out of the war, and she recognizes the significance of his heritage. For me his candidacy is a sign that American is multicultural, open to all, and that hope is alive, just as it was 40 years ago when I was 11."
Lalita Amos of Indianapolis said she has a family altar -- a collection of photos and other mementos of the people who are important to her. Obama's campaign literature is there, between pictures of her mother and grandmother.
"My grandmother lived under Jim Crow with its limits on the Black vote. She moved, as part of the Great Migration from the South into Indiana for more economic opportunity and freedom. She's well into her 80's now and is stricken with Alzheimer's. She doesn't know that a Black man is poised to be the Democratic nominee. Her daughter, my mother, died a few years ago and missed this momentous time. I cast my ballot for both of them."
Joe Hinz of Newport, Minn., said he would eschew Obama to watch the Twins-Orioles game.
"This is indeed an historic moment for the people of the United States of America. Let the vetting process begin and thank God for conservative talk radio. Had it been taking place for the last twelve months, this man would not have been the candidate of choice."
Cari Lucas of Pequot Lakes, Minn., said the moment means "absolutely nothing."
"A candidate's race has nothing to do with his effectiveness or good judgment. We are not looking for firsts in a President. We are looking for adequate leadership. This is a farce to say the least."
Elizabeth Wahl of Albuquerque said she watched the speech on television with her husband and daughter.
"This is extremely important to me, not only because another implicit barrier to power will be shattered, and the most visible barrier in our culture, race, but also because I think that the very nomination of Barack Obama will send a message to the world that the United States is no longer a government of white men, for white men, and by white men."
When Rebecca Lund of Maplewood, Minn., and her husband learned that Obama had surpassed the number of delegates to secure the nomination, they said: "Finally, it's over." But is it?
"Though excited and gratified to finally see Barack Obama secure the Democratic nomination, I can't help but feel frustration with the Clinton campaign for fostering a divide among our party. Barack's decision to hold his victory moment in St. Paul, in the same spot that John McCain will be standing during the Republican convention, sent a message to the GOP that he is ready and able to take them on in the fall."
Diane Peterson of White Bear Lake, Minn., called the Obama rally a public relations event, nothing more.
"Big deal. Sen. Obama's recent successes are no news to me, I'm a Green. We Greens will be endorsing our own candidate for president on Saturday in Mankato, and it looks very likely it will be Cynthia McKinney, an African American Congresswoman who served several terms representing Atlanta. McKinney isn't licking any corporate boots--now that's progress -- a candidate the average American can believe in and support with their vote against our masters of slavery-in-effect, the corporations."
Joe Schaedler of Minneapolis agreed, this was not the big moment.
"The momentous part will come in November, when he becomes, or fails to become, the president. His newly sealed up nomination here is really just a prelude to the bigger contest, whose successful completion by this extraordinary gentleman is the true mark of greatness in our nation That is the true moment for which I hold my applause and adulation."


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SUNRISE -- Bryan McCabe and Rostislav Olesz each had a goal and an assist, and Tomas Vokoun made 41 saves to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night.
David Booth and Ville Peltonen also scored, and Jay Bouwmeester had two assists to help the Panthers move into a tie with the idle New York Rangers for eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Florida, vying for its first playoff berth since 2000, has 89 points with three games remaining.
Blackhawks 1, Blue Jackets 0, OT
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Kris Versteeg beat fellow rookie star Steve Mason on a breakaway at 3:10 of overtime to give Chicago the victory.
Sharks 3, Ducks 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo scored the tying and go-ahead goals on power plays, and San Jose set a franchise record with its 52nd victory.
Capitals 6, Thrashers 4
WASHINGTON -- Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game in nearly two months, and Washington moved into sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference.
Red Wings 3, Wild 2
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa scored with 55 seconds left, and Chris Osgood made 20 saves to help Detroit snap a three-game losing streak.
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'Juice pack helium' iPhone 5 battery case launched by mophie
Mophie is an Apple accessory maker that found its fame with its range of 'juice pack' battery cases for iPhone. We've seen truckloads of these cases over the years, but the company has just launched its latest accessory for the iPhone 5. Named the juice pack helium, mophie promises that its latest creation offers "power, protection, style and purpose".
From the look of it, that description seems to be pretty darn spot on. Now, since the purpose of a battery case is to extend your battery life, it's never going to be a slim accessory. However, mophie's juice pack helium is almost certainly the most attractive of its kind that I've seen. As far as its capacity, the juice pack holds a pretty respectable 1500 mAh, more than your standard iPhone 5 capacity, and, as mophie claims, enough to nearly double your battery life.
The case comes in two colors, dark metallic and silver metallic. Both cost $79.95, but if you urgently need the case, might I suggest you go for the dark model, as it ships by Feb 14, whereas its cousin will be shipped out sometime in early March.
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MELBOURNE and Sydney are in opposing corners over synthetic racetracks.
Sydney's big wet has caused the cancellation of Randwick (after three races) and Rosehill on the last two important Saturdays, costing its industry millions in tote-driven earnings.
A handful of provincial meetings also have been washed out, but Racing NSW, backed by the state's two top trainers, refuses to consider a synthetic solution.
Some say synthetic tracks, particularly the inner track at Geelong, provide unattractive racing and cause higher injury rates.
Yet as a back-up to washed-out turf meetings in recent times, the Geelong track has been invaluable in keeping the coffers filling.
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys was scathing in his assessment of synthetic tracks last Sunday, saying they "cost millions of dollars to install, they haven't been successful and are not popular with punters".
V'landys defended the wet track capability of Sydney's existing tracks, as did his chief steward Ray Murrihy.
V'landys said Racing NSW was happy to resist synthetic even if meetings were lost to be sure NSW had the right all-weather grass surface for a number of tracks in the next five to 10 years.
Trainer Peter Snowden agreed synthetic was not the solution, saying low betting on artificial tracks such as Caloundra and Ipswich in Queensland proved punters disliked them.
Snowden and another top trainer, Chris Waller, suggested synthetic be used only for trials.
Waller said the recent washouts were due to unusual circumstances.
"When all our big tracks are up and going we're fine, but we haven't really been able to use Kensington and Randwick in the last 12 months," he said.
In a good sign for Rosehill on Saturday, the Sydney forecast is for sunny skies.
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Home-cooked meals are rare in this day and time, and they certainly are a treasured blessing when you are hungry or famished from a long
day at work or school and this special meal is there for you on the table. There's nothing like a good bowl of homemade spaghetti, some homemade bread, a beautiful salad, and a decadent dessert. Also, the smell of burgers grilling and buns being toasted for preparation of big and delicious burgers always makes my mouth water. And at the end of a meal like these, wouldn't a nice light cookie be delicious to have with a scoop of quality vanilla ice cream? Well, enough said! Here are your recipes this week, readers. Good recipes for burgers, my own "almost homemade" spaghetti (which leaves all my dinner guests wondering if the spaghetti was really homemade ha ha), and my own butter cookies, which are popular around my house all seasons.
Enjoy, readers!
Mike's Juicy Ranch Cheeseburgers
Note: My father loves big and juicy hamburgers, straight off the grill. So when ranch dressing is included in the recipe, the burgers are always better. After they are done, pile them up with whatever you like—of course you want cheese, sweet pickles (that's what we do in the south), a fresh garden tomato slice, and a thick slice of crunchy bacon. Now that's a cheeseburger!
One & one third lbs. quality chilled ground beef
One fourth cup finely chopped onion
One fourth cup chopped fresh parsley
One third cup ranch dressing
One fourth tsp. ground black pepper
4 slices (three fourths oz each) Cheddar or American cheese
4 big sandwich buns, split
12 sweet pickle slices
Heat closed medium-size contact grill for 5 minutes. In medium bowl, mix beef, onion, parsley, 3 tablespoons of the dressing and the pepper. Shape mixture into 4 patties, about three fourths inch thick. Place patties on grill. Close grill. Grill 6-8 minutes, or more or until meat thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160 degrees F and patties are no longer pink in center. Top each patty with cheese slice. Let stand on grill about 3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Spread remaining ranch dressing on cut sides of buns. Place cheese-topped patties and pickles in buns. You may add some slices of tomato or crunchy bacon to the burger as well. Your choice.
Brock's "Almost Homemade" Spaghetti
Note: This stuff tastes like homemade – like it took all day to prepare!!! Well, your guests won't even know the difference if you don't tell them that it was way too easy to prepare! Ha ha!!!
1 lb. thin spaghetti
2 Tbsp. oil
2 Tbsp. butter
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. ground pork sausage (Jimmy Dean mild)
1 small onion, chopped finely
1 large jar Prego or Hunts spaghetti sauce*
*Four Cheese or cheese-style sauce is best
1 Tbsp. dark brown sugar
One half cup parmesan cheese, grated
4 oz cream cheese, softened
Boil noodles with oil and butter. Drain and keep cover over them to keep warm. Then cook your beef and sausage with your onions, until done. Drain well. Return to heat and over medium heat, add your spaghetti sauce, brown sugar and parmesan cheese. Then add small globs of cream cheese to the sauce. This will not change the sauce's appearance, but it will make it richer and tastier. The cream cheese should be totally melted into the sauce. No lumps should be seen at all. Bring the sauce to a boil and remove from the heat. Prepare some crescent dinner rolls or some frozen breadsticks, and ladle your spaghetti sauce over a helping of pasta. And enjoy!
Brock's Easy Butter Cookies
Note: My favorite cookie in the world is shortbread. These are the easiest shortbread butter cookies in the world. Recipe came from a lady who used to live in the south but now lives out west. I'm sure she misses all the good southern ways of cookin' it up good good good!
1 cup unsalted Land O'Lakes butter, room temp
Half cup powdered sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Dash salt
Mix together the flour and salt in a bowl and set aside. Cream together the butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour and salt mixture a small amount at a time, kneading into creamed mixture with your hands until you have a stiff dough which can be rolled. Do not overwork the dough. Turn dough onto floured surface and pat or roll out to one fourth inch thickness. Cut into squares (or any shape you want) and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for approximately 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and store in airtight containers. Makes about 3 dozen.
Editor's note: Brock Wetherly Rogers is an experienced southern food writer, college and high school educator, overseas traveler, and passionate student of the culinary and pastry arts.
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Review for The Banyan, Chennai, TN, India
It was such a privilege to serve the Banyan this summer. This charity is doing amazing things. The medical treatment, as well as the indepence and pracitcal skills the women at Adaikalam are receiving and learning is fantastic. The staff are committed and hard working. This charity is forward thinking as well as constantly trying to encourage the government into using its money better for the sake of their nation. But there are still so many untouched mentally'ill persons in Chennai and across India, but it needs the funds for the work to grow.
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the staff and patients were willing to teach me so much, and learn from each other the differnt kinds of potential treatments.
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hard-working, motivated, passionate about making a difference in the world ofmental health.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
reach across India, treating the 1000s of untreated persons with mental health problems, and potentially convince the Indian government to use their money to give free health care, which in return would mean the country's economy would thrive.
Ways to make it better...
there had been an english-speaking member of staff so i could have been in communication with the whole time i was there, so my time with the banyan could have been as productive as possible.
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