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Ex-finance Minister Hirchson Indicted for Stealing NIS 2 Million
Hirchson charged with embezzlement, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and falsifying documents.
Former finance minister Abraham Hirchson was indicted in the Tel Aviv District Court on Wednesday on charges of stealing between NIS 2 million and NIS 2.5 million from two organizations he headed between 1998 and 2005 - the National Workers Organization (NWO) and a subsidiary, Nili.
Hirchson was charged with embezzlement, fraud, aggravated fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and falsifying corporate documents.
According to the indictment, he conspired with other NWO officials, three of whom are also named in the indictment, to take the money for personal use.
The indictment states that between 2000 and 2003, Hirchson took NIS 25,000 in cash every month for "payment of expenses," and twice a year, he received a "holiday bonus" of between NIS 10,000 and NIS 30,000.
He is also suspected of receiving between $2,000 and $3,000 for every trip he took abroad - amounting to somewhere between NIS 500,000 and NIS 750,000 in total - and of receiving money to finance his primary campaigns in 1998 and 2002, to the tune of approximately NIS 600,000.
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced his intention to indict Hirchson a month ago, but was then required to wait 30 days before filing the indictment, to give Hirchson a chance to ask the Knesset to invoke his parliamentary immunity.
However, Hirchson announced that he would not be invoking his immunity. Thus Wednesday, at the end of the 30-day period, the way will be clear for the prosecution to indict him.
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- 10.00 mile(s) from Great America Ball Park, is home field of the Major League baseball team the Cincinnati Reds. It opened in 2003, replacing Cinergy Field.
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- 12.00 mile(s) from Newport Aquarium, features 60 exhibits and five specially designed underwater tunnels.
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The Israeli parliament is set to grant same-sex couples equal tax treatment, which will include giving gay men who adopt the same status as their straight counterparts.
That means gay parents who adopt would have that parent-child relationship recognized under the tax code, although there would be no recognition of the partnership between the two adults, such as domestic partnership or marriage.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the move stems from a bill introduced by Adi Kol, a member of the Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset: "The bill in question, proposed by Kol, gives male homosexual couples an equal tax break for having children as that enjoyed by heterosexual couples. Currently, a tax benefit is given to women with children in order to encourage them to join the workforce."
There is plenty of opposition to the bill, mainly from hardline conservatives who resist any recognition of same-sex couples and claim it would give gay male parents greater rights than straight ones. Gay couples could choose which parent receives the tax break, but heterosexual couples would not have access to the benefit if the mother does not earn enough to get it. Also, the Post notes, "if two men are in a partnership and only one is legally recognized as a parent, he can still get the tax break, whereas a widower or other single father cannot, since it is a benefit meant for women."
The conservative party Bayit Yehudi leads the opposition to Kol's bill, on which the Knesset will take a preliminary vote Wednesday. It will then go to a committee that will change the text to reflect one of the alternatives proposed by Bayit Yehudi.
"One would be for all parents, regardless of gender, to receive half of the tax break currently granted to women," the Post reports, while "another is for a set of parents to get a set, combined tax break and for the finance minister to pass regulations, and not a law, for extenuating circumstances."
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You can serve these with bacon for breakfast, but they're also a nice side dish with steak or other meats.
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- Makes 10 cakes
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
- 2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 2 tablespoons (or more) vegetable oil
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Blend flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper in large bowl. Add milk, egg and vinegar to bowl and whisk to combine. Mix in corn and green onions.
- Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Drop batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls into skillet. Cook cakes until brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to baking sheet. Place in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to skillet as needed. Serve cakes hot.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories131
- Carbohydrates19 g(6%)
- Fat4 g(7%)
- Protein4 g(7%)
- Saturated Fat1 g(4%)
- Sodium167 mg(7%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g(5%)
- Monounsaturated Fat2 g
- Cholesterol20 mg(7%)


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When contemplating spicy carrot cake or apple pie, one does not automatically think of Sweden. But Cook & Bake, an international app of panned cakes, scribed by Swedish chefs Jessica Frej and Maria Blohm, is a natural, especially for those on gluten-free diets.
The authors explain that chewy wheat flour is not the ideal cake base to begin with. Much better are corn meal or almond flour, potato starch or rice flour. Those, and five other alternatives, are explained, and then utilized in this collection of 20 cakes and pies. The free version, for iOS devices, allows access to just one recipe, the Swedish princess cake, fortified with custard, raspberry jam and covered in marzipan, but the others unlock for a mere $1.99.
There are old favorites like cheesecake, red velvet, and devils food, as well as a cardamom-scented Christmas cake with hints of ginger and clove, and gateau marcel, a chocolate mousse/chocolate cake combo. Each recipe comes with an email-able grocery list, and there are voice control options that allow you to vocally move the instruction forward and back when your hands are full.
There is something soothing in the design which incorporates soft colors and close-up photos, but the half dozen short videos demonstrating various icing and cake splitting techniques go a tad too far with their slow moving palette knives and soporific background music. Ingmar Bergman, it is not.


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Just thught I would put this beautiful drawing up that Megan created, using pastels and charcoal!!!
I do not have the patience nor will I ever have the talent to create something like this, but am so proud of her! It is part of her exam work for G.C.S.E. She so under estimates herself but this is a favourite of mine, so thought I would share it with you! I know you will enjoy seeing it, especially as she is only 16yrs. A future artist, Who knows? I think I should get her to sign things what say?.
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Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 4/6/05
A Deficiency of D? - WshingtonPost.com, 4/5/05 - "most adults, especially those over 50, fall short on recommended daily levels of vitamin D, an essential nutrient long known to preserve bones and now increasingly tied to protection against ailments from cancer to rheumatoid arthritis ... the most practical way to increase our vitamin D levels is from supplements ... a growing number of scientists believe that vitamin D intake should be at least 1,000 IU or higher" - See iHerb vitamin D products (15% discount code "qc")
Water Pill Works Best for High Blood Pressure - WebMD, 4/5/05 - "thiazide-type diuretics, known as water pills, which cost just pennies a pill, are a better choice for the initial treatment of high blood pressure than the newer drugs, known as ACE inhibitors and calcium-channel blockers" - Yeah but what about compliance. If people aren't taking them because of the side effects they aren't doing much good:
Breast Cancer, Hormone Type May Be Linked - ABC News, 4/5/05 - "One trial, called HABITS, was halted in 2003, after women receiving the hormones estrogen and progestogen showed an increased risk of breast cancer recurring ... But a second study, the Stockholm trial, using a different therapy concentrating on estrogen, had no increase in breast cancers" - [WebMD]
Tea Ingredient Fights Leukemia - WebMD, 4/4/05 - "Tea extracts shut down leukemia cells but help normal cells fight cancer and infection" - See iHerb green tea products (15% discount code "qc").
Zinc May Help Middle School Students' Thinking - WebMD, 4/4/05 - "The seventh-graders who took 20 milligrams of zinc fared best. Their reaction times on a visual memory test became 12% quicker, their scores on a word recognition test improved by 9%, and their results on a task requiring sustained attention rose by 6%"
Folic acid: It's not just for your baby's health - MSNBC, 4/4/05 - "The younger group of women (ages 25 to 42) who consumed 1000 micrograms of folic acid through foods and supplements had a 46 percent decrease in their risk of developing hypertension as compared to those women who consumed less than 200 micrograms ... older group of women (ages 30 to 55) 1000 micrograms of folic acid was found to decrease risk of developing hypertension to a lesser extent — 18 percent" - See iHerb folic acid products (15% discount code "qc").
Can 2 Garlic Cloves a Day Keep the Doc Away? - WebMD, 4/4/05 - "Ku's team recently found that allicin -- a compound found in garlic -- prevents a mild form of pulmonary hypertension in rats. Now they find that the garlic compound prevents a much more severe form of pulmonary hypertension in rats"
Ionizing Air Cleaners May Pose Health Hazard - WebMD, 4/4/05 - "five of the best-selling models tested emitted relatively high levels of ozone ... Ozone exposure can aggravate allergies and decrease lung function" [MSNBC]
Cranberries May Help Keep Arteries Clear - HealthDay, 4/3/05 - "In a study in pigs, cranberry juice helped relax blood vessels clogged with high blood cholesterol and narrowed by atherosclerosis"
Statins Do More Than Lower Cholesterol - HealthDay, 4/2/05 - "A new study in diabetic rats suggests that statin treatment also prevents or reverses damage to the delicate endothelial cells that line arteries"
Is chocolate good for you? - MSNBC, 4/1/05 - "One study that compared the total antioxidant activity in single servings of cocoa, green tea, black tea and red wine scored cocoa markedly higher than the rest"
Supplement Shows Promise for Body Fat Loss - WebMD, 4/1/05 - "The group that had already been taking CLA lost no more weight or body fat, but they maintained the body fat losses seen in the previous year. People who began taking the supplement during year two of the study lost an average of 3.5 pounds and also saw reductions in overall body fat" - See iHerb CLA products (15% discount code "qc")
Preventing Age-Related Cognitive Decline - Life Extension Magazine, 4/05 - "Free radicals are a significant culprit, interfering with energy metabolism, blood flow, and nerve structure and function. Mitochondrial energy boosters, vitamins, hormones, and other antioxidants are effective weapons in the war against oxidative stress, safely enhancing energy production and blood flow, suppressing inflammation, maintaining the structural integrity of nerve cell components, and facilitating neuronal activity"
Grapes May Stop Cancer Cells - WebMD, 3/31/05 - "We are getting direct evidence that these components in grapes work synergistically in fighting cancer"
Inflammation Key to Belly Fat 's Unhealthy Effects - HealthDay, 3/31/05 - "Inflammation may be the reason why that "spare tire" around the waist raises a person's risk of heart disease ... They checked each woman's abdominal fat for two proteins that promote inflammation -- interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha -- and for a third protein that encourages blood clots, called plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 ... These three proteins are all manufactured by fat tissue"
Pill 'could lead to longer lives' - BBC News, 3/31/05 - "the mice with the highest metabolic rate lived around 25% longer than those with the lowest ... When mice were given thyroxine, they had increased metabolic rates and lived longer ... However, a leading specialist in human hormone disorders said the findings would "not be true for humans""
Sesame lignan may help control blood pressure - Nutra USA, 3/31/05 - "sesamin, one of the lignans most abundant in sesame seed and oil, helps to control high blood pressure"
Live Oral Bacteria Found In Arterial Plaque - Science Daily, 3/31/05 - "Gum disease has been linked to hardening of the arteries ... This report certainly provides a smoking gun that live bacteria have become seeded from the oral cavity to become inhabitants of the vessel wall ... The exciting implications focus on the known ability of these bacteria to destroy connective tissue in the mouth, suggesting that when infecting the vessel wall they may contribute to the instability of the atherosclerotic plaque — leading to acute events such as heart attack or stroke"
Simple Blood Test May Help To Predict Cardiovascular Risk In Older Women - Science Daily, 3/31/05 - "Increasing evidence supports a role for inflammation in the development of atherosclerosis, thickening and hardening of the arteries ... Women in the fourth quartile (highest WBC) had a doubled risk for coronary heart disease death compared with women in the first quartile (lowest WBC) ... the WBC count was an independent predictor of coronary heart disease risk, comparable in magnitude to C-reactive protein (CRP)"
Aspirin Beats Coumadin for Brain Blockage - WebMD, 3/30/05 - "Aspirin is safer and no less effective than Coumadin for treating dangerously blocked brain arteries ... many patients with blocked brain arteries may be able to avoid the expense and complications of treatment with Coumadin (also known by its generic name, warfarin)"
UC Davis Researchers Discover New Link Between C-reactive Protein, And Heart Disease And Stroke - Science Daily, 3/30/05 - "The cells that line the arteries are able to produce C-reactive protein ... The good news is that reducing the concentration of C-reactive protein with targeted drugs, such as statins, has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events"
Red Wine Protects The Heart - Science Daily, 3/30/05 - "His laboratory found polyphenols, minus the alcohol, are powerful anti–oxidants. Polyphenols also are found in fruit, particularly berries, as well as green tea and chocolate. Anti–oxidants slow cell deterioration. The polyphenols also help prevent the build up of plaque on the smooth muscle cells, as well as inhibit platelet formation, which can lead to blood clotting"
Flavonoids work together to inhibit cancer cells - Nutra USA, 3/30/05 - "Components in grapes, including some newly identified ones, work together to dramatically inhibit an enzyme crucial to the proliferation of cancer cells"
Answers to Common Questions on 5-Hydroxytryptophan - Dr. Murray's Natural Facts, 3/30/05 - "5-HTP is equal to or better than standard antidepressant drugs and the side effects are much less severe. The study with the most significance was one that compared to fluvoxamine, a "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor" like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft. In the study, subjects received either 5-HTP (100 mg) or fluvoxamine (50 mg) three times daily for 6 weeks. 3 The percentage decrease in overall depression scores was slightly better in the 5-HTP group (60.7% vs. 56.1%)" - See 5-HTP products at iHerb (15% discount code "qc")
Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics:
Effect of high protein vs high carbohydrate intake on insulin sensitivity, body weight, hemoglobin A1c, and blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus - J Am Diet Assoc. 2005 Apr;105(4):573-80 - "Both the high-carbohydrate and high-protein groups lost weight (-2.2+/-0.9 kg, -2.5+/-1.6 kg, respectively, P <.05) and the difference between the groups was not significant ( P =.9). In the high-carbohydrate group, hemoglobin A1c decreased (from 8.2% to 6.9%, P <.03), fasting plasma glucose decreased (from 8.8 to 7.2 mmol/L, P <.02), and insulin sensitivity increased (from 12.8 to 17.2 mumol/kg/min, P <.03). No significant changes in these parameters occurred in the high-protein group, instead systolic and diastolic blood pressures decreased (-10.5+/-2.3 mm Hg, P =.003 and -18+/-9.0 mm Hg, P <.05, respectively)"
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04-29-2013 #1
New install and no drives will mount.... CentOS
I can still see the drives in BIOS but when CentOS loads I click on Computer and I can see the drives there... The second I click on the drive it will disappear. I have to reboot and they will show up. If I right click the drive and click mount the drive will disappear. I open terminal and I try to mount and this is what I get.
mount /dev/sda /mnt/media_1 mount: you must specify the filesystem type
04-29-2013 #2
You are executing wrong command. Specify partition number with device name. /dev/sda
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media_1
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04-29-2013 #3
OK i just tried that and it says I don't have the permissions to mount that and I ran the command as root
04-29-2013 #4
My mistake. I should have told u about root privilege.
Execute su - (minus sign) command to gain root privilege. Execute mount command after that.
su -
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04-29-2013 #5
I did
su root
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media_1
04-29-2013 #6
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The "you must specify the filesystem type" means that you need to tell mount what filesystem the partition is using. To find this out, do as root:
file -s /dev/sda1
which will give you something like this:
/dev/sda1: Linux rev 1.0 ext3 filesystem data, UUID=b41c5e2c-fba6-434b-a94b-5ca51cb5fd62 (needs journal recovery) (large files)
of which "ext3" (the bit before "filesystem") is the bit you want.
It would probably be useful to make sure that all your partitions are in the file /etc/fstab - could you post the contents of this file? If /dev/sda1 is in this list,
mount -a
should mount it (along with everything else in the list, which you probably want)
If not, adding the following line:
/dev/sda1 /data/6 ext3 defaults 1 2
where "ext3" is replaced with the filesystem that you have (which might be ext3) should allow "mount -a" to work.
If you just want to mount it now, something like:
mount -t [filesystem] /dev/sda1 /mnt/media_1
where [filesystem] would be ext3 in my case should do the job.
A bit convoluted, but I hope this helps. If not, post the contents of /etc/fstab and what the error messages are and we'll figure out another way
04-30-2013 #7
Have you tried executing su - instead of su root?
Execute this
su - fdisk -lIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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05-01-2013 #8
Thanks guys for all the input. I will give this a try tonight...


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The day after the young Czech paparazzo Dalibor Puchta was memorably arrested after trying to photograph Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from a garage near the sleek villa the couple had rented in Prague, neighbors are out indulging their evening routines.
"We have never seen so many dogwalkers around here," quipped store manager Sabina Dankova, 35, sipping coffee and dragging on a cigarette outside her house. Proud of having Hollywood's most glamorous couple as temporary neighbors while Jolie was in town to film her next action flick, Dankova sounded a solemn note: "I hope [the paparazzi] do not bug them too much, so they do not move."
Contrary to her wishes, the Czech tabloids happily reported that Jolie flipped out after Czech shutterbugs found ways to photograph the family in the privacy of their temporary home. Such images would cause problems for any American gossip sheet silly enough to run them, but in the Czech Republic they are perfectly legal.
The Prague paparazzi frenzy is driven by cutthroat competition. Seventeen years after the fall of communism, Czechs no longer fear for the fate of their democracy and many have long since tired of reading about stale politics. So, the mainstream newspapers have gone soft, and the yellow press has flourished. "We have three tabloid dailies and they are fighting for survival," says Ondrej Hoeppner, a former editor of the fourth gossip sheet that had already succumbed.
The pressure is most acute on the photographers. The rule, says Puchta, is that you can't bring back to the office any less than what your paper's competition has. But the media market is so small in this country of 10 million that it often makes sense for the competing paparazzi to team up. Especially when the subject is working very hard to remain elusive. That's what's brought the paparazzi pack out here tonight in hooded sweatshirts and discreet earpieces as they maintain radio contact with one another in search of gaps in the protective shield provided by Brangelina bodyguards.
"It's impossible to stop it," Hoeppner gripes of the impromptu cartel deals. Even for an exclusive photo, a Czech tabloid would pay a fraction of what its U.S. equivalents might. Most Czech celebrity shutterbugs are simply well-paid salarymen. "Better the money, bigger the threat your editor will scold you, 'How come you don't have that?' " Hoeppner says.
He may not have earned loads of cash, but his arrest has certainly earned Puchta some respect. "I am popular now. The bodyguards at Bailando step back in awe," he quips in reference to a celebrity reality-television contest.
The brown-eyed, baby-faced 24-year-old stumbled into the life of "a society photographer" after dropping out of medical school "and some four other universities."
But he has little time for talking. "Our editor wants more [stalking]," he explains with the hint of a scoff. "Apparently we don't have enough for the front page."
Having returned with her kids from Cannes, Jolie may actually get a break from the unruly local paparazzi, whose attention has now turned to homegrown stories. First, there's the story of an eight-year-old boy allegedly locked up naked and tied by his own mother. "Two beauties from Hollywood can't match something this heavy," Hoeppner remarks matter-of-factly.
Puchta, meanwhile, is out hunting for a 45-year-old local television star returning home alone "visibly crushed," the tabloids tell us the next morning from a hospital after giving birth to her gravely ill seventh child.
Given the circumstances, it seems almost foolish to ask if there's a line he would never cross. "I find myself constantly pushing that line. I keep telling myself it's just a game," Puchta says with a sigh, his voice fading out. A few months earlier, he had the distinction of being the first in the paparazzi pack to snap a young widow after her aging husband, a famous pop composer, had blown his brains out. That "coup" did not make him feel especially proud. "A trained monkey can do it," says the tabloid lensman. "This is not photography. It's waiting around in a car. It starts getting on my nerves..." Then, he quickly corrects himself: "Don't jot that down. You have to write I am a motivated, successful, young paparazzo who doesn't mind getting busted."


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What Identity Theft Really Costs the IRS
Identity theft is costing Uncle Sam far more than the Internal Revenue Service has reported, according to a new audit report released yesterday by the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or Tigta.
The IRS reported that it detected nearly 940,000 tax returns with identity theft totaling $6.5 billion in fraud for tax processing year 2011. Tigta, however, identified another 1.5 million tax returns, with potentially fraudulent refunds totaling more than $5.2 billion.
"As identity theft is the most frequent consumer complaint, and this is a time when every dollar counts, these results are extremely troubling," said J. Russell George, who heads Tigta.
George noted that the IRS has expanded its efforts to detect and prevent ID theft. Still, Tigta found several reasons the agency lagged in detection.


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The first deaths go unnoticed. The next are unreported. The people of Albuquerque are suddenly ususpecting prey for something swift and unseen. Something with golden eyes and razor-sharp teeth. Something eternally evil, unspeakably powerful, and totally hungry.
Only Chato Del-Klinne, a restless Apache searching for a way of life more congenial than teaching college students, and Laura Rainey, a young, ambitious newspaper reporter, suspect the nature of terror that the authorities seem to be covering up.
Only the tribal teaching that Chato has abandoned can possibly save them.
But time is short. The shadoweyes have tasted blood. They're after more.
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Spring break brings high hopes of big business for Arlington's hotels, shops and restaurants.
"Spring is always a busy time for us and with kids out for spring break it just gets that much busier," said Parks Mall marking manager Debi Martinez. "Spring is probably comparable to back to school, in terms of sales and shopping."
At Six Flags Over Texas, nearly 100 bands will put on live shows over the next eight days.
"This season I think guests will enjoy the fact that in addition to the rides we're going to have lots of music for them to enjoy and we'll have a variety of genres so whatever their music tastes are, we'll have something to wet the pallet," said Six Flags Over Texas public relations manager Sharon Parker.
Hotels near the amusement park and the city's entertainment district are prepared for the onslaught of visitors.
"One of the busiest times of the year is obviously spring break," said Norma Ventrca, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Sheraton in Arlington. "Many of the guests are driving in from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and people coming in from other states."
The Sheraton in Arlington reports it is already fully booked during spring break week.
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STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - The body of a Marine killed one week ago in Afghanistan is coming home to Virginia amid a procession of motorcyclists.
Staff Sgt. David H. Stewart died as a result of what the Pentagon calls a hostile incident in Helmand Province.
The procession of motorcyclists is made up of current and former police, fire and rescue workers and military members.
The Free Lance-Star reports that the 34-year-old's body will be transported from Dover Air Force Base on Friday to Stafford County. A funeral is Tuesday at the Marine Corps Base Quantico chapel.
The Stafford County man deployed three times to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Travel Plan for Staff Sergeant Stewart Escort - Final Route Info:
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2. Turn left onto Willow Grove Road
3. Continue onto DE-10 W
4. Turn left onto DE-10 W/S Caesar Rodney Ave
5. Continue onto MD-287 W
6. Continue onto MD-313 N
7. Turn left onto MD-19 W
8. Turn left onto US-301 S
9. Take exit 13A-13B-13C for US-301/MD-3 toward Crofton/Richmond
10. Take exit 13A on the left to merge onto US-301 S toward Richmond
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The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex snapped the two-week losing streak and surged 305 points to end the week above 21,000. Bourses had a subdued beginning of 2014, which will see general election, a development that will be keenly watched by market players.
Fresh foreign fund inflows in equities also boosted the market sentiment. FIIs invested a net of Rs 1,577.97 crore in stocks during the week, as per the SEBI's data, including the provisional figure of January 17.
Weaker-than-estimated US employment data, released last Friday, cheered global financial markets, as investors feel the Federal Reserve may not now accelerate the pace of reduction of its monthly bond purchases.
Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), declined to a five-month low of 6.16 per cent in December.
Shares of capital goods, refinery and banking sectors firmed up on good buying enquiries.
Infosys stock rose 5.05 per cent after the company raised its revenue growth guidance for the current fiscal year.
However, Bharti Airtel fell 5.98 per cent on concerns Reliance Jio's participation in the upcoming spectrum auction may hurt the top telecom firm's marketshare and profitability.
The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex resumed strong and touched a high of 21,379.29, the second-highest intra-day level after touching 21,483.74 on December 9. However, it fell afterwards to end at 21,063.62, still showing a gain of 305.13 points, or 1.47 per cent, from its last weekend's level.
The Sensex had dropped 435.09, or 2.05 per cent, in the previous two weeks.
The NSE 50-share Nifty also rose by 90.20 points, or 1.46 per cent to finish at 6,261.65. It had also dropped by 142.35 points, or 2.25 per cent, in the previous two weeks.
Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research, Veracity Broking Services said, "Indian equity markets started with a bang, trading up by more than 350 points, tracking some positive trading by the FII community who have shared their fears as some not so good economic data limited Fed further action on the tapering process. This positive momentum was also buoyed by decline in inflation numbers."
"However markets started losing its winning streak in the middle of the week tracking weak Asian markets and weak Global equities. Positive trading was also hampered due to profit booking seen in few large cap stocks. The markets are keenly awaiting the interest rate decision by RBI schedule to be declared on Monday, 28th of January 2014. We expect Sensex to trade in the range of 20620 to 21700 and Nifty to trade in the range of 6150 to 6350 levels in the coming week," he added.
Twenty-one scrips out the 30-share Sensex pack ended higher while nine finished lower. Other gainers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) 5.22 pct, Cipla 4.80 pct, HDFC 4.75 pct, Larsen 4.72 pct, RIL 3.23 pct, SSLT 2.09 pct, Hero Motocorp 1.97 pct, HUL 1.58 pct, Bajaj Auto 1.52 pct, Gail India 1.45 pct, ONGC 1.30 pct, Dr Reddy's Lab 1.14 pct and Icici bank 1.02 pct while Coal India dropped by 5.52 pct, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 2.90 pct, Sun Pharma 2.55 pct, Tata Power 2.49 pct, Tata Steel 1.76 pct and Axis Bank 1.01 pct.
Among the S&P BSE sectoral indices, CG rose by 2.90 pct, Oil&Gas 2.64 pct, Bankex 1.15 pct and IT 0.88 pct while CD 2.28 pct and Realty fell by 1.61 pct.
Second-line stocks underperformed the Sensex on selling by retail investors. As a result, S&P BSE-Midcap and Smallcap indices dropped by 1.42 pct and 1.43 pct respecetively.
The total turnover at BSE and NSE fell to Rs 10,799.08 crore and Rs 54,563.44 crore respectively during the week as from its last weekend's level of Rs 11,663.44 crore and Rs 59,964.52 crore.


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Hello all,
Some months ago I posted on this forum about a corrupt SD Card that was given to me to try and retrieve some videos from. We weren't that successful with it initially so we sent it off to a data recovery firm. They were able to retrieve some raw data out of it, including what looks like full sections of AVI files, but nothing will play in VLC. I have tried a few of the repair tools on the site, but haven't had any luck.
These videos are very important to the family and have some school and social events of their children. Of course they would want to pay for your time and effort if you think a recovery is possible.
There are only about 4 or 5 events that need recovery and it appears like the events have been snipped and broken up into 10 or 12 files each. In the screenshot you can see some sample files.
Please let me know if you would like to help or would like to see some of the files as they will be available to share once they finish uploading to Google Drive.
You may reply to this thread, message me, or send me the contact info of an acquaintance that might be able to assist.
Thank you and I am hoping for the best here!
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As a quick update. Someone pointed something out we didn't think of. Because most of these were public events, we should start by reaching out to the school and other families regarding recordings that that someone else could provide a copy of. However, there is still one other video taken at the house so that would still be of interest if possible.
Has the SD card changed (been written to) since you started the recovery?
Did you ever try PhotoRec ?
What was the camcorder? Video format? (exact information - just saying "AVI" isn't helpful).
If you upload one of the smaller recovered files somewhere, I'm sure someone will take a look at it. No honest person can commit to doing anything without knowing what the actual damage (and quality of recovery) is, and what format they'll have to deal with.
Hi sorry all, I thought I was subscribed to the thread but wasn't so I didn't get notifications on replies.
I am on a Mac right now so when I get to the office tomorrow I will give GSpot and VirtualDub a try. I think I remember doing VirtualDub but wasn't able to make sense of it. Plus that's what I'm having with MediaInfo. It tells me the video is AVC and about 3 minutes, but I'm not sure what to interpret from it.
About the SD card, the original one is not in use anymore. I first ran testdisk to make a dd image of it and work from that. I was able to recover a bunch of files but nothing really played except for the .MTS files. That was about the extent of what I could do since I'm more desktop/server support not data recovery. I considered DriveSavers but they were a bit pricey so I contacted MicroCenter who partners with DataTech labs and we sent it to them. After some work one their end they showed us what they recovered (which was similar to what I got) but no AVI files played. I had them send it back anyway on new media so that's what I am uploading now.
Thought I uploaded it before but guess not. I am sending up 7 of the largest files and a couple small ones. They will be here in a couple hours.
I returned everything back to the owner already so in the morning I will contact her and get the make and model of the camcorder. I didn't realize "AVI" was a generic term.
So thank you for the replies I apologize again I didn't see them sooner.
I haven't downloaded them, but have you noticed that google drive has managed to extract thumbnails and (broken) video footage from some of them?
The good news is that what's been recovered is not all zeros, but the bad news is that (at least according to google drive's decoding and re-encoding) the errors are throughout the files.
The frame corruption is extensive. Just to add to your woes: I can't find a soundtrack in the largest file.
I got in touch with the Owner. The original camcorder was a Toshiba Camileo X100. They have also arranged the files into different folders as best they could. For example, even though the file is corrupt you could usually get a quick glimpse of what was in there. So the owner created separate folders for the different events and moved each chunk into an appropriate folder.
I think their best solution is try and get copies of the public events from other parents that were there and then maybe try to work only on the private event that was at the house.
But lastly, from 2Bdecided and transporterfan say, are these beyond repair. Is the "extensive damage" too much for someone to be able to do anything with?
Thank you.
Tried "File0028.AVI". It has a combined Filesize of 58MB and a reported Video Stream size of 330MB! So either the reporting is off, the file is split into segments (with later segments not showing up with proper headers?), or the file got broken and the remainder is lopped off and gone.
Not good at all.
You could try this app: http://grauonline.de/cms2/?page_id=5. The app is "crippleware" where it only repairs the 1st half of any given file (though there are ways around that). If it can work its magic on some of those that DON'T even have thumbnails, I suggest you go ahead and buy it, as it would be worth it to you (or your "owner" client).


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Geologists, who have been fighting about the Grand Canyon's age, now have evidence that suggests the bottom of one of the world's most famous gorges is about 65 million years older than thought. Scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder found data that may point to the formation being carved to near its modern depth 70 million years ago. That would date the canyon to the Late Cretaceous period when Tyrannosaurus Rex still roamed the earth before their demise about 5 million years later, according to a study published in the journal Science. The western canyon would have been carved around the same time as the dinosaur's existence, according to today's study. A previous study, from 2008, suggested parts of the eastern canyon were developed about 55 million years ago, a period that's the dividing line between the Paleocene and the Eocene, when the first modern mammals emerged. The Grand Canyon, on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and 1 mile deep. The Colorado River runs through it...more
So now it's clear: The Grand Canyon was caused by overgrazing by dinosaurs and global warming.
I would blame this dastardly display of sustainability ignorance on early cavemen. I mean, why didn't they get together and adopt Agenda 1? However, I can't blame man because...he didn't exist yet.
There must have been some Primates out there who wore boots and made a livin' off of T-Rex steaks and other dinosaur delights. Talk about your Rocky Mountain Oysters!
And global warming you ask? Well, if cow farts contribute to global warming just imagine the damage done when ole Tyrannosaurus Rex let loose.
I rest my case.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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What is igfxpers.exe? Should I remove it?
igfxpers.exe is a legitimate non-system process, which runs automatically when computer starts. This file is usually installed as a part of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver and is responsible for additional configuration options for Nvidia graphics solutions. igfxpers.exe should be running on your machine if you have a notebook because it switches your screen resolutions when using a docking station or external monitor. However, it consumes much system resources, so if you don't find igfxpers.exe important, you can safely terminate it.
Malware creators use the names of legitimate files in order to tick users and hide their viruses. If your igfxpers.exe is located NOT in the C:\Windows\System32 folder, you should check your computer with anti-spyware and make sure that it's safe.


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Prince William's wife Kate gives birth to baby boy
Prince William's wife Kate gave birth on Monday to a boy, who becomes third in line to the British throne, ending weeks of feverish speculation about the royal baby.
The couple's first child was born at 4:24 p.m. (11:24 a.m. E), weighing 8 lbs and 6 oz. His name will be announced at a later date but bookmakers favor George and James.
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," said a statement from the Royal Household, which sidestepped tradition to announce the birth with a press release.
"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news," it read.
[Related: Jews and the Royal Baby]
As the birth was announced, a loud cheer went up from the well-wishers and media gathered outside St. Mary's Hospital in west London.
The couple arrived at the hospital at around dawn on Monday, dodging the pack of world media camped outside the main entrance by using an unmarked car and entering through a side door.
The Royal Household said the medical staff present for the birth were the former queen's gynecologist Marcus Setchell, obstetrician Guy Thorpe-Beeston, and consultant neonatologist Sunit Godambe.
Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by Kevin Liffey


text: An Adobe executive on Thursday denied reports that the company may cut back support for its FrameMaker document authoring package, or that it has laid off the product's development team. However, the company may further integrate the application with Adobe's other tools, such as Photoshop and Web authoring tool GoLive, said Howard Digby, Adobe's director, Hong Kong and Taiwan, in an interview with Digit' sister newswire IDG News Service. "If anything, we'll add to FrameMaker and integrate it more with some of the other products," Digby said. FrameMaker will remain a standalone product, he added. As for reports the company has laid off its FrameMaker team, Digby said employees periodically move in and out of the team, for instance to Adobe's XML (Extensible Markup Language) team. He said FrameMaker is an ideal tool for creating multi-part documents with multiple XML tags. Integration of code among Adobe's applications makes them easier to use, for example letting a Web designer more easily modify a Photoshop image in a page designed with GoLive, Digby said.


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Restart the agent to see whether it will now run without failures. For more information, see Start and Stop a Replication Agent (SQL Server Management Studio) and Replication Agent Executables Concepts.
Check the agent history and job history for other errors that occurred around the same time. For information about how to view agent status and error details in Replication Monitor, see the following topics:
For the Snapshot Agent, Log Reader Agent, and Queue Reader Agent, see View Information and Perform Tasks for the Agents Associated With a Publication (Replication Monitor).
For the Distribution Agent and Merge Agent, see View Information and Perform Tasks for the Agents Associated With a Subscription (Replication Monitor).
Verify that basic connectivity is working between the computers that are accessed by the agent, and then connect to each computer by using a utility, such as the sqlcmd utility. When you connect, use the same account under which the agent makes connections. For more information about the permissions that are required by each agent account, see Replication Agent Security Model.
If the error occurs while you are creating or applying a snapshot, check the files in the snapshot directory for errors.
If the error continues to occur, increase the logging of the agent and specify an output file for the log. Depending on the context of the error, this could provide the steps leading up to the error and additional error messages. For more information about how to configure logging for replication, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 312292.


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Shamni Quits IDF, Bows Out of Race to Be Deputy Chief of Staff
The leading candidates to replace Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh are down to Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot and Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi.
Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni, who until recently was the Israel Defense Forces' military attache in Washington, has announced he is retiring after 35 years in the...
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Roaring wind sound from house chimney flue. 16bit wav recorded on M-Audio Microtrack II. Please note that downloaded sounds are higher quality than the preview!
Stereo quality is top notch.
Doesn't have that low quality digital garble behind it.
Awesome sound, going to use it in an arctic map for Crysis.
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As Independence Day draws near there are a myriad of sales to dive in just in time to fete the holiday.
Ontario Mills, the largest outlet and value retail shopping destination in California, will let savings ring this weekend with its annual July 4th Super Sale Weekend, from Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6.
Holiday weekend shoppers will enjoy even deeper discounts on great apparel, accessories, home goods, electronics and toys for the whole family from the best brands in retail.
"Ontario Mills' Super Sale Weekends continue to be a big draw with amazing deals on the most sought-after merchandise from Ontario Mills' popular mix of outlet and value retail stores," said Kyra Blackwell, director of marketing at Ontario Mills. "Budget and style-savvy shoppers won't want to miss this great opportunity to stock up on summer essentials or get a jump on back to school shopping."
The perfect chance to re-stock your summer attire, you can shop hundreds of bargains and score a festive outfit to wear to a fireworks display, beach bash or an outdoor bazaar!
For a complete list of participating retailers, shoppers are encouraged to pick up a Retailer Showcase at any of Ontario Mills' main entrances throughout the weekend.
Popular stores offering Super Sale savings include Neiman Marcus Last Call, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, Michael Kors Outlet, New York & Company Outlet, Kenneth Cole Company Store, J.Crew Factory, Cole Haan, DKNY Company Store and more.
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LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Latin American precious metals firm Hochschild Mining posted 2012 production slightly ahead of its forecast and guided that it was maintaining the same target for the coming year.
The Lima-based company said on Wednesday that it produced 20.3 million silver equivalent ounces last year, beating guidance of 20 million silver equivalent ounces.
Production of 20 million silver equivalent ounces would also be targeted for 2013, the company said.
Hochschild, which has projects in Argentina and Chile but whose south Peruvian mines provide the bulk of its production, said that it expected the cost of extracting each tonne to rise by 15 percent in 2012, in line with its forecast.
The unit cost per tonne in Peru will rise 15-20 percent this year, it said, excluding royalties and a higher refining cost at one of its mines.
The company said in November that output from two new projects, Inmaculada and Crespo, which are seen as key because they are expected to deliver a 50 percent increase in its production, would be delayed until 2014 due to changes to the permitting process.
Shares in the FTSE 250 company, which have fallen 9 percent in the past month, traded down 0.1 percent to 438.1 pence.
Canaccord analyst Dmitry Kalachev, who has a "buy" rating on the stock, said the 2013 production target was conservative.
"The main factor, which holds back the stock price is the final mill construction permits for Inmaculada and Crespo that were previously delayed and are expected to be received in the second half of 2013," he said.


text: ballmar 1586 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) Hello. I'm having strange results of XMVector3AngleBetweenVectors function. Consider this code: float angle = XMConvertToDegrees(XMVectorGetX( XMVector3AngleBetweenVectors(GMathFV(XMFLOAT3(0.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f)), GMathFV(XMFLOAT3(0.0f, 200.0f, 0.0f))))); It's looking for angle between two 3D vectors, described by XMFLOAT3 structures. GMathFV is user-defined function which converts XMFLOAT3 to XMVECTOR as follows: inline XMVECTOR GMathFV(XMFLOAT3& val) { return XMLoadFloat3(&val); } Everything else is directxmath.h library. Here everything is fine and result angle is 0.00000 just as expected. But for other vectors with negative y-axis value, for example: float angle = XMConvertToDegrees(XMVectorGetX( XMVector3AngleBetweenVectors(GMathFV(XMFLOAT3(0.0f, -100.0f, 0.0f)), GMathFV(XMFLOAT3(0.0f, -99.0f, 0.0f))))); Result is 0.0197823402, which I can hardly call a zero angle. Please someone help me figure out the problem. Is it negative number precision, too close vector coordinates or maybe something else? UPD: It's very strange, because it gives 0.0197823402 for a(0.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f) x b(0.0f, 99.0f, 0.0f), but 0.000000 for a(0.0f, 101.0f, 0.0f) x b(0.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f) Edited February 11, 2013 by GuardianX 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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rFactor 2- Endurance Service Pack 2 Released
Enduracers have released the new Service pack 2 of their popular endurance mod for rFactor. Service pack 2 includes many changes such as graphic,sounds and physics changes along with the addition of 2 new cars to the already brilliant mod.
The Endurance Series mod, created by EnduRacers, will give you the chance to simulate the best endurance racing experience ever seen in a video game. Cars from ALMS, LMS and the Le Mans 24hrs are scheduled for this mod. Audi vs Peugeot, Aston Martin vs Corvette, Porsche vs Ferrari, live the most mythical modern endurance battles playing the Endurance Series mod.
Service Pack 2 Changelog
- Graphics – Added 2 new 3D models :
- GT1 – Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT(Spec 2005-2009 ALMS/LMS/LM)
- LMPC – Oreca FLM09 (Spec 2010-2011 ALMS/LMS)
- Graphics – Added several real driver helmets, real driver and pitcrew suits.
- Graphics – Included 2010-2011 Skins of the Porsche 997 RSR.
- Graphics – Included all finished community skins.
- Graphics – Included new driver helmet skins.
- Sounds – High quality sounds for the 2 new cars.
- Sounds – Included new Ferrari F430 External sounds.
- Physics – High fidelity physics and damages behavior for the 2 new cars.
- Physics – Overall improvements on car physics (including updates on v1 and SP1 cars), mainly tyres.
The Enduracers team wishes that all users wither experienced with the previous edition of the mod or not should read the Read Me file here as it contains key information on things changed in service pack 2 such as force feedback settings.
The Enduracers team has also provided many download mirrors for the file you can either download the service pack 2 update if you already have the main mod or you can download the full mod including service pack 1 if you are new to the endurance mod.
Endurance Series – Service Pack 2 – PATCH (v1SP1 + SP1.1 needed)
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i wanted clarification about pointers.
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it creates pointer variable, which is not pointing to a variable yet, but would point to integer variable. so, if i access &p, is it a valid address or junk?Code:int *p ;
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a valid one ? if so, does it mean that is points to a variable that could be 1 byte, 2 byte etc depending upon the the type?
3) Null pointer points to reserved space, which could be 0 . so, does NULL pointer have a type?
4)IN C, void to pointer type T is implicit. does it hold for void to NULL pointer too?
for example, can i have a function like this
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Shooting for the hoop: Elks give kids a shot at fame
They dribbled, took aim and fired away. Participants in the Alexandria Elks Hoop Shoot tested their skill from the free-throw line at the Lakes Area Recreation gym Sunday afternoon.
Boys and girls ages 8-13 competed in the annual event. They took 10 straight shots and then another 15 while Elks organizers kept track of their success.
Those with the highest percentage of baskets made earned first place trophies and the opportunity to advance into the competition's next stage, the state semi-finals in Baxter on January 29. See today's Echo Press Sports section for a photo of the winners.
The Hoop Shoot is a nationwide Elks program that's regarded as the largest and most visible of the many youth activities sponsored by Elks Lodges.
More than 3 million boys and girls, ages 8-13, are expected to participate this year.
From the millions of youngsters who participate and advance through local, district, state and regional competition, six national champions are named - one boy and one girl in each of three categories: ages 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13.
The national winners each receive a trophy and their names are inscribed on a plaque at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Parents accompany contestants throughout the competition. The parents of finalists at the state, regional and national levels attend the competitions as guests of the Elks.
According to the Elks, the goal of the program is to provide an interesting, character-building, competitive program for all girls and boys in the contest regardless of their previous athletic competition or abilities.
The Hoop Shoot gives these youngsters an opportunity for spirited competition, a time to form relationships with their peers, and the chance to travel statewide, regionally and nationally - at minimal expense to their parents or school.


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Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette (1979)
Directed by Jean YanneGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Police Detective Film | Run Time - 100 min. | Countries - France |
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Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette refers to a French children's game, where two children hold one another's chins and stare at one another. The one who laughs first, loses. In this satire, a police detective (played by Jean Yanne) is investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show (played by Jean-Pierre Cassel). However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.
game-show, kidnapping, missing-person, police-detective, television-star


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Crime Committed Last Year Resurfaces
KSAL Staff - October 5, 2015 11:27 am
Salina police are investigating a case that happened last year, but was reported yesterday.
A man from Lincoln, Nebraska had charges on his credit card here in Salina totaling $1,284 from August-October of 2014.
The case remains open for investigation.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are suing Chad Hurley for filming their wedding proposal and then posting it on his website. They say he ignored the confidentiality agreement he signed. They say he tried to turn the event into one starring himself, broadcasting the images he knew were the exclusive property rights of someone else.
National Enquirer claims Ryan Gosling rejected a $30 million offer to star in Fifty Shades of Grey. Apparently, Ryan was always first choice to play the role of Christian Grey, but his reps said he wasn't interested. Producers kept trying and that's when they threw out the $30 million offer. He STILL said no because it was a matter of integrity. If you compare that to what Charlie Hunnam was going to get, $125,000…well, it doesn't compare. I'm thinking my integrity is definitely worth $30 million.
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Lady Gaga will be hosting Saturday Night Live on November 16th. It's also been announced that she'll perform at the American Music Awards.
Justin Bieber has purchased a five bedroom Ontario home for his family for $850,000.
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Adam Levine is a huge hit at..Kmart stores! Huffington Post says he debuted his apparel and accessories collection for the store earlier this month and it's apparently flying off the shelves.
Jennifer Garner was on Ellen saying she and Ben Affleck are very fertile and says they use "57 kinds of contraceptives to avoid another pregnancy. Three of them are under 5!" She says she has NO plans to have another baby.
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NBC has ordered Tina Fey's new sitcom about a woman, who leaves a doomsday cult and starts a new life in New York.


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Known for her heartwarming observations of family life, New York Times best-selling author Nancy Thayer showcases her beloved Nantucket's snowy off-season in this emotionally gratifying and utterly entertaining story.
Holidays on this Massachusetts island are nothing short of magical, and the season's wonderful traditions are much loved by Nicole Somerset, new to Nantucket and recently married to a handsome former attorney. Their home is already full of enticing scents of pine, baking spices, and homemade pie.
But the warm, festive mood is soon tempered by Nicole's chilly stepdaughter, Kennedy, who arrives without a hint of holiday spirit. Determined to keep her stepmother at arm's length - or, better yet, out of the picture altogether - Kennedy schemes to sabotage Nicole's holiday preparations. Nicole, however, is not about to let anyone or anything tarnish her first Christmas with her new husband.
Nancy Thayer's wonderful tale reminds us that this is the season of miracles. Before the gifts are unwrapped, surprise visitors appear, and holiday joy comes to all, both naughty and nice.
©2013 Nancy Thayer (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
not sure, I would not recommend it to anyone
Elementary and boring
performance wasn't terrible the storyline was just boring
waste of a credit
"A Short Sweet Christmas Story"
A Nantucket Christmas was a beautiful light short Christmas holiday story, which captures the reader from the cover to the ending. The cover itself is what we all dream about when we think of Christmas with the snow lined streets and quaint lit shops-- Kind of reminds you of Richard Paul Evans Christmas books, he is so famous for.
Nancy Thayer is an excellent author and one of my favorites, as have read all her books, and she does not disappoint. I purchased from audible as had so many other books to read on e-book so thought this would be nice while jogging and running errands. I had to finish it in one day as could not wait for the ending.
The story begins with a dog from his perspective (haven't we all always wondered what goes on in the minds of our dogs)? Mixed together with a little boy named Maddox, a spoiled rich girl-Kennedy, her selfish mother, and her father Sebastian who is now married to Nicole. Of course, Kennedy dislikes Nichole (as she is not as glamorous and more down to earth), and she continues to compare the rich glamorous mother to her plain but nice stepmother, who cooks and helps everyone. She is set to make her life miserable when Nicole hosts the family Christmas at Kennedy's former family home on Nantucket.
Kennedy is so rude to Nichole and sits around while Nichole waits on her and the mind games begin. She is also pregnant and milks it to the maximum with her poor me and daddy buy me this-wishing her mom and dad would get back together.
The one salvation is the adorable Maddox (Kennedy's son) and his only wish is a dog. Of course his mother and rich grandmother (who is off with a younger man in Switzerland) would not dream of such a thing. However, since this is now Nichole's home, she will allow a dog. When the ex-wife (Kennedy's mother) has a breakup with her younger lover, shows up unannounced at the home of Nichole/Sebastian and now poor Nichole has two women to contend with – the heat turns up!
Things turn for Nichole when Kennedy goes into labor, and Nichole being a nurse is there to take charge and Maddox goes missing with his favorite new friend (the dog Pooch) – and the two men go in search of him – Nichole is left with the ungrateful daughter and rude ex-wife.
When this happens everything changes – for a holiday miracle! Highly recommend for a feel good holiday story of how a dysfunctional family can be saved!
PS Not a fan of Joyce Bean as her voice is too gruff; however, the story was still good.
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7 Layer Bean Dip7-layer bean dip with hot refried beans, topped with cheddar cheese, chilies, tomatoes, avocados, sour cream, and sliced black olives.
Angels on HorsebackAngels on horseback, a British appetizer made with oysters that have been wrapped in bacon and cooked.
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Baked Vegetable and Cream Cheese WontonsEasy vegetable and cream cheese baked wontons! Big crowd-pleaser and no need for deep-frying. Can be prepped and frozen ahead.
Barbecued Buffalo WingsSlow barbecued chicken wings slathered in a classic Buffalo wing sauce!
Basil HummusBasil hummus dip made with garbanzo beans, puréed with fresh basil, olive oil, toasted pine nuts, garlic, and lemon.
Beet HummusColorful beet hummus made with red beets, tahini, lemon, and garlic. Great with pita chips or veggies!
Best Ever Turkey MeatballsBest turkey meatballs ever, with ground turkey, mushrooms, onions, garlic, and herbs. Low carb and Gluten-free!
Blue Corn Chicken NachosCelebrate Red, White and Blue with these Blue Corn Tortilla Chip Nachos! With a creamy pepper jack cheese sauce, chicken, and pico de gallo
Bourbon Maple Glazed Chicken WingsPerfect party chicken wings! With a tasty glaze made with Bourbon whisky and maple syrup.
Boursin Stuffed MushroomsEasiest stuffed mushrooms ever, creminis stuffed with herbed Boursin cheese, topped with smoked paprika.
Broccoli Cheddar BitesCheesy baked broccoli snacks, great for a brunch, kid-friendly lunch, or party!
Bruschetta with Tomato and BasilBruschetta with tomato and basil. Chopped fresh tomatoes with garlic, basil, olive oil, and vinegar, served on toasted slices of French or Italian bread.
Buffalo Chicken DipCheesy Buffalo Chicken Dip! Perfect for a Game Day party or tailgate. 30 minutes.
Buffalo WingsBaked buffalo wings! Chicken wings marinated in a spicy sauce, broiled, served with a tangy delicious blue cheese sauce
Cactus and Corn SalsaCactus and Corn Salsa! A true southwestern salsa made with nopales cactus paddles, corn, green tomatoes, onions, and chiles.
Caponata, Eggplant RelishEggplant caponata, diced eggplant cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, pinenuts, olives, raisins, capers, and parsley. A great Italian relish for bread sticks.
Caramelized Onion DipBalsamic caramelized onions mixed with sour cream and mayo for a flavor-filled onion dip.
Caramelized Onion English Muffin PizzasExtra special English muffin pizza made with English muffins, grated Mozzarella cheese, diced ham, tomatoes, and caramelized onions.


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Thank you, Celeste! I would love to have one like this!
Wow! that is super awesome.. Very pretty..
You're welcome, Laurajane! You have quite a collection of "critters" who visit you. Must be heaven! :)
Now that's a great water garden! I would love to have one of these babies in my yard! My birds, squirrels, bunnies and raccoons would love it, too. Thanks so much, Nana!


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Keeping the Human Rights Council Tyrant-free
The U.S. can, has, and should continue to proactively engage other HRC members to suspend particularly egregious rights violators who find their way on the council.
Elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council are just two months away, and a heated debate has already begun over the efforts of some significant human rights violators to secure seats. However, while some critics might call for the United States to retreat from the body, it should instead maintain its current bid for a second term on the Council.
Since the United States joined the HRC in 2009, the 47-member body has made remarkable progress: from the establishment of country-specific mandates in places like Iran and Belarus, to rapid-response initiatives in Libya and Syria, to - in the last two years alone - breaking new ground in Internet freedom and LGBT rights. Nevertheless, some in Congress have continually introduced legislation that would either restrict or place conditions on American participation in the Council. Their argument tends to be that the Council is little more than a dictators' club and hopelessly biased against Israel.
While the HRC is by no means a perfect institution, the most effective way to deal with such concerns is to consider strategies for further and deeper U.S. engagement - not the opposite.
What can be done to ensure that the HRC continues not only to advance critical human rights issues around the globe but also refrains from tired and wasteful Israel-bashing? The United States should consider five pragmatic strategies.
• Diplomacy: Intense public and private diplomacy has proven a powerful tool in encouraging some of the most serious human rights violators to "reconsider" running for HRC membership. For example, The United States and its friends and allies at the UN successfully forced Iran, a chronic voice against Israel, to change course just days before an HRC election in 2010. The same thing occurred with Syria's (failed ) attempt to join the council in 2011.
In short, it seems even tyrannical regimes are worried about looking like losers. The United States and like-minded countries should meticulously track what particular carrots and sticks have worked in the past and, if necessary, be prepared to apply them again.
• Reach out to management: The power of the UN secretary-general to draw attention to major human rights violators and speak above the political fray should not be underestimated. For example, when a secretary-general declares a government has "lost its fundamental humanity," as Ban Ki-moon has done with Syria, it becomes extremely difficult for such regimes to dismiss allegations of extreme human rights abuses as mere conspiracies or outright lies. The assistance of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as relevant civil society stakeholders should be sought to reinforce and amplify the message of the secretary-general.
• Face the facts: Although complaints about the membership of the HRC are a frequent theme of opponents of U.S. engagement, they are not accurate. In 2011, a large majority of the council's membership - 39 out of 47 countries (83 percent) - participated in the self-selecting Community of Democracies, an intergovernmental group of democratic states. In addition, in 2011, only four of the council's 47 members - China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Libya - fell into the categories that would prevent their inclusion on the council, according to criteria enumerated in one piece of HRC-related legislation from the U.S. House of Representatives. And one of those countries - Libya - was suspended from membership when Security Council sanctions were imposed in 2011. Information such as this should be highlighted so that it can be broadly understood by the public, as well as by leaders in Washington.
• Pursue election reform: As far as the HRC's composition, each world region has a predetermined number of guaranteed seats. In what has been a common practice during HRC elections, regional groups tend to coordinate to submit clean electoral slates - meaning there are exactly as many countries running for membership as there are available seats. As a result, there is little wiggle room for the 193 members of the UN General Assembly, the body that elects countries to the HRC, to opt for other candidates.
Advocating more competitive elections whereby regional groups advance more candidates than available slots - which the U.S. ambassador for UN management and reform has supported - would not only help preclude rights violators from being protected by the slate system, it would also increase the council's overall democratic accountability. In fact, many credit Kenya's recent decision to join what was originally a clean African regional group slate as the key factor in forcing Sudan - whose leadership has been indicted by the International Criminal Court - to withdraw its 2012 bid for council membership.
• Have a back-up plan: In 2011, the HRC voted to recommend that the UN General Assembly suspend Libya's HRC membership. Afterward, the assembly voted - by consensus - to formally suspend Libya, and an important diplomatic precedent was created. The lesson? The United States can, has, and should continue to proactively engage other HRC members to suspend particularly egregious rights violators who find their way on the council.
In short, there's little reason for the United States to cut and run anytime a despotic regime goes for a seat on the HRC. On the contrary, such cases demand the exercise of leadership to ensure the council can sustain and build upon its recent momentum regarding the promotion and protection of universal human rights.
Ryan Kaminski is the Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow of the United Nations Association of the U.S.A.
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S.Res.71 - A resolution expressing the support for the Pledge of Allegiance.108th Congress (2003-2004)
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Declares that the Senate strongly disapproves of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Newdow v. U.S. Congress and the decision of the full court not to reconsider the case en banc.
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Authorizes and instructs the Senate Legal Counsel either to seek to intervene in the case to defend the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, or to file an amicus curiae brief in support of such constitutionality.


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Market Risk and Model Risk for a Financial Institution Writing Options
Derivatives valuation and risk management involve heavy use of quantitative models. To develop a quantitative assessment of model risk as it affects the basic option writing strategy that might be followed by a financial institution, we conduct an empirical simulation, with and without hedging, using data from 1976 to 1996. Results indicate that imperfect models and inaccurate volatility forecasts create sizable risk exposure for option writers. We consider to what extent the damage due to model risk can be limited by pricing options using a higher volatility than the best estimate from historical data. Copyright The American Finance Association 1999.
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Its setup certainly makes this not your average, ordinary rom-com, even if it did extrordinarily below-average biz at the box office: Nearing middle age and still spouseless, Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) wants a baby, so she decides to be artificially inseminated, but her longtime friend (and one-time flame) Wally (Jason Bateman) can't bear the thought of her birthing some douche-stranger's (Patrick Wilson) child, so he drunkenly replaces the intended sample with his own.
And being blackout-drunk, Wally forgets all about it until Kassie comes back into town years later with a boy that looks, walks, talks and exhibits hypochondriac tendencies just like him. Yes, in terms of believability, "The Switch" is a stretch, but somewhat of a stitch, meaning it'll put a smile on your face, but won't bust your gut.
Given the astounding indifference that greeted the film upon its brief theatrical release, I was prepared to dislike it as much as I dislike Aniston; thankfully, it's better than that, partly because her role is really secondary. This is Bateman's show through and through, and as always (or at least since his "Arrested Development" comeback), he brightens up everything he's in, no matter how stale ("The Ex"), sly ("Smokin' Aces") or serious ("State of Play") the material.
Co-directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck ("Blades of Glory") exhibit no special touch that suggests anything greater than sitcom careers, but the script by Allan Loeb ("Just Go with It") doesn't exactly aspire for one, either. "The Switch" is light, but lighthearted enough to merit 101 minutes of your life.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray features an alternate ending that would have made the film's minimal box office even less, and a blooper reel that makes me want to be Bateman's BFF. —Rod Lott


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A group of wild turkeys is wreaking havoc in a Cherry Hill, N.J. neighborhood. The large birds attacked a mother and child Thursday afternoon. NBC Philadelphia photojournalist Bruce Ryan had to step in and help scare the turkeys away.
The turkeys run "afowl" each afternoon near Brookmead Drive. No one knows where the turkeys came from or why they keep coming back.
While their nerves were rattled, the mother and child were not physically hurt.
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DEAR ABBY: My live-in boyfriend, "Travis," and I are having a disagreement. When I get home around 5 p.m., I lock the door behind me, especially when I'm home alone. Travis gets home between 4:40 and 8 p.m.
If I arrive first, he gets upset that he must unlock the door because he often takes his laptop and other things to and from work. I told him I don't feel comfortable leaving my door unlocked when I'm here by myself. I try to get to the door to let him in if I hear him outside, but I'm usually too slow.
Travis believes I am just insecure and think the worst of the world around me. He says I am choosing my irrational feelings over upsetting him. I told him if the alternative was for me to be robbed, raped or murdered, then I would hope his having to use his key every day would be worth it. I know it's unlikely that anything will happen to me, but it only takes one time.
Abby, am I paranoid or can you help me convince Travis of the importance of locking the door, especially when I am home alone?
– Safety Conscious In San Jose
DEAR SAFETY CONSCIOUS: I wish I could count the times I have turned on the evening news and heard someone say after yet another bloody tragedy: "But we live in a safe neighborhood. These kinds of things never happen here!" And how many times have we all heard the police issue a warning to the community to keep your doors and windows locked?
Of course you're not paranoid. You are acting responsibly. Unfortunately, your boyfriend is so self-centered he would rather jeopardize your safety than have his key ready when he gets out of his car. Bottom line: Either he adjusts his attitude or you should seriously consider upgrading the quality of men in your life.
DEAR ABBY: Five years ago, while still in high school, I had a quick "fling" with a boy I had known since elementary school. It wasn't serious, and we didn't have sex. We mutually agreed that it was simply fun. We haven't seen or talked to each other since.
I have no regrets about it. I was 17, had just been dumped for my baby sister and was having self-esteem issues. He made me feel beautiful and desirable.
A year later, I started dating my fiancé. We have been together ever since. I love him dearly. We have a solid relationship, and we're very happy.
The problem is I sometimes still think about my fling from high school. I wonder what would have happened if we had dated, or if he still thinks about me. Is this normal for a woman who is getting ready to be married to the only man she has had sex with, and the only person she has dated for more than a few weeks? Or does it say more about my relationship with my fiancé than I think it does?
– Confused In Ohio
DEAR CONFUSED: I'm glad you wrote. What you are feeling may be less about your high school "fling" than concern because you have limited experience in the dating world – a boy who dumped you, a high school crush and five years with the person you met next. Obviously, you are having some doubts. It is important to examine them.
If you and your fiancé have not had premarital counseling, it is in both your interests to schedule it. You're still young, and if you were ready for marriage you would be going full steam ahead – not looking in the rearview mirror.
Send letters to Dear Abby in care of Currents, The San Diego Union-Tribune, P.O. Box 120191, San Diego, CA 92112-0191.
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Lipids (fats) that are consumed in the diet and circulate in the blood play a major role in the development of artery blockage, or atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis leads to the most common causes of disability and mortality in the western world: heart attacks, stroke, and sudden death. Guidelines for the treatment of lipid problems have progressively mandated more vigorous treatment. At Lahey Clinic, we feel that the best way to accomplish this is to expose our patients to an environment such as our Lipid Clinic where experts can concentrate on their individual lipid problems.
More than 20 years ago, the Lipid Clinic was established to evaluate and treat patients with problems relating to cholesterol and triglycerides, the main fats or lipids in our diet and in our blood. Most Lipid Clinic patients have been referred by their doctors to obtain expert guidance in diet and drug management. Over the years, an overwhelming amount of information has proven that reducing cholesterol levels in the blood – through diet, with medication, or using a combination of these two – can appreciably lower both the risk of a first heart attack (primary prevention) and recurrent coronary artery problems in patients who already have coronary disease (secondary prevention).
Each week between 20 and 30 patients are seen in the Lipid Clinic, with more than 1,000 patient visits each year. Our patients receive the latest advances in treatment. The Lipid Clinic meets each Wednesday morning and includes senior staff physicians, physicians in training, nurses and nutritionists. Each patient's problem is individually evaluated, and when necessary, nutritional guidance is provided by registered dieticians. Regular follow-up and management - either in the Lipid Clinic or by the referring physician - is then established. Combined with the management and/or elimination of other cardiac risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, stress, diabetes and cardiac rehabilitation, the Lipid Clinic plays a major role in health maintenance and disease prevention. The Lipid Clinic is also a teaching and research center. From its very inception, the Lipid Clinic has enabled its staff physicians to conduct some invaluable studies. The lipid evaluation and management services offered by our physicians through the Clinic have provided major teaching opportunities for fellows and residents - the future lipid experts.
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I'm looking at one, any input/opinions on it?
the one i've looked at is 6'2"x19x2 3/4
I'm 6'1" and 145, good fit?
anyone ever ridden one?
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go smaller
at only 145 you should go with a 6"0 for sure i have a 5"11 and it is just right for me at 155 but i think 6"0 would be best performance wise. It is a fish so go smaller than regular shortboard