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Saturday, August 15, 1998 Published at 08:00 GMT 09:00 UK
World: Africa
Kenya buries its dead
The bombing has united Kenyan society in grief
More of the 250 people killed in the bomb attack on the US embassy in Nairobi last week are due to be buried across Kenya.
Student organisations, women's groups and others have held services, sprinkling flowers onto a temporary memorial - a cairn of concrete blocks which came from the collapsed building.
Almost 200 people are still being treated in hospital, some of them in a serious condition.
Albright to visit
The American Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, will arrive in the country on Tuesday, after first visiting Tanzania, where the other US embassy bombing took place.
A television camera has been allowed into the embassy for the first time since the bombing, recording hints of the terror those inside experienced immediately after the blast.
On Friday, President Clinton expressed condolences to the people of Kenya and Tanzania who lost relatives. "We grieve together," he said.
In video-taped remarks, he thanked ordinary Kenyans and Tanzanians for their efforts to pull people out of the wreckage and repeated his pledge to catch those responsible.


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text: To my ear Aerosmith's Walk This Way sounds like a bass with P&J pups strung with flats. What would be a good set of strings to get his tone from that track? Any old set of flats or something more specific? Or am I just way off from the get go? Thanx in advance.


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I'm a huge fan of silicones-laden conditioners. Yes, you've read that right. I love silicones, the ingredients everyone loves to hate.
They make my life so much easier! My sleek, straight hair gets all tangled and knotted up after shampooing. Detangling it used to be a nightmare. Until I discovered silicones. Now, the comb glides so easily through it.
And they shine! Thanks to their smoothing action, they beautifully reflect shine, giving some life back to my lackluster hair. What's not to love?
Buildup. Used regularly, silicones can leave a residue in your hair. Ugh! But I don't mind much. Silicones buildup sounds a lot worse than it really is. In fact, it's super easy to remove. You just need to wash your hair as normal. Huh?
Why Silicones Buildup In Hair?
Silicones do a lot more than making your hair easy to comb through. They also protect it from damage by forming a protective barrier around it. Here's how it works.
When hair is damaged, the cuticle opens, allowing moisture to evaporate. When that happens, hair becomes dry, brittle, and prone to breakage.
The protective barrier silicones create prevents that. It also protects your locks from the drying heat from your blow dryer and other styling tools.
But they can do this only if they stick to hair, obviously. And that can, overtime, leave some buildup.
How Much Buildup Do Silicones Cause?
That depends on several factors: the type of silicone you use, how much you use it, and how often. Cyclomethicone, for example, evaporates off your hair pretty quickly. It never builds up. Instead dimethicone, one of the heaviest silicones, stays around until you wash it off.
Even so, you may never feel the buildup. I don't. I wash my hair every other day (it's oily, so I can't wait too long between washes), so before I slather on a new layer of silicones-laden conditioner, the old one has already gone off the drain.
If you, instead, wait longer between washes, or like to use a ton of haircare products – rinse-off conditioner, leave-in conditioner, mask, heat-protective spray, styling mousse, and whatever – silicones will build up much faster.
You'll notice when that happens. You hair starts feeling heavy, loses volume, and looks greasy. But it's not damaged. It just needs a good wash.
How To Remove Silicone Buildup From Hair
The secret to easily remove silicone buildup from hair? A good old wash. Forget co-washing or no poo. That won't work. What you need is a shampoo with surfactants.
What are they? A group of ingredients that helps water mix with oils and dirt, so they can easily be rinsed away. Unfortunately, surfactants don't have the best reputation either. The problem? Some surfactants, like sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), can be very irritating.
But here's the thing. Something that needs to remove dirt stuck to your body can't be too gentle. If it were, you'd have to spend ages scrubbing your body. You'd irritate your skin, and some of the dirt would still be stuck to it!
Of course, surfactants shouldn't be harsh and irritating either. You need to find a balance. That's why you should stay away from shampoos with sodium lauryl sulfate, and opt for gentler alternatives, like sodium laureth sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, or cocamidopropyl betaine.
Wash your hair regularly with a shampoo that contains these ingredients (like Osmo Extreme Volume Shampoo) and you won't have to worry about silicones buildup on your hair. For best results, choose a shampoo without silicones. A 1994 study has found that such a shampoo can remove up to 90% of the residue from a 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner!
The Bottom Line
Contrary to popular opinion, silicones have many benefits for hair. But, they can also cause buildup. Luckily, this is easy to fix. Any well-formulated shampoo will get rid of it quickly, before it has the time to accumulate too much.
Do you like silicones, or do you avoid them because you're afraid of the buildup? If so, will you use them now?


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The junior guard was named the Horizon League Player of the Week for the sixth time in 2013-14 season. It's a new conference record for a single season. Sykes is tied for the conference career record with 10 Player of the Week honors.
Green Bay (17-3, 7-0) has won 12 straight after topping conference foes Detroit, Oakland and Illinois-Chicago last week.
Sykes scored 22 points against Detroit, 27 against Oakland and 21 points against UIC.
This week the Phoenix go on the road at Valparaiso on Wednesday and then host Wright State at the Resch Center on Saturday night.
The Phoenix women's team also brought home hardware.
Kaili Lukan brought home the women's Horizon League Player of the Week award. Lukan scored 23 points and shot 60 percent from the field in a win over Wright State on Saturday.
It was the first weekly honor this season for the Phoenix (10-7, 3-2).
Green Bay travels to Oakland on Thursday, then plays at Detroit on Saturday.


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God's Favorite Place on Earth
About the Book
God's Favorite Place on Earth
When He came to earth, Jesus Christ was rejected in every quarter in which He stepped. The Creator was rejected by His own creation. "He came to His own and His own received Him not," said John. For this reason, Jesus Christ had "no where to lay His head." There was one exception, however. A little village just outside of Jerusalem named Bethany. Bethany was the only place on earth where Jesus was completely received.
GOD'S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH is a retelling of Jesus' many visits to Bethany and a relaying of the message it holds for us today. Frank Viola presents a beautifully crafted narrative from the viewpoint of Lazarus, one of the people who lived in Bethany with his two sisters. This incomparable story not only brings the Gospel narratives to life, but it addresses the struggle against doubt, discouragement, fear, guilt, rejection, and spiritual apathy that challenges countless Christians today. In profoundly moving prose, GOD'S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH will captivate your heart with its beauty, charm, and depth. In this book you will discover how to live as a "Bethany" in our world today, being set free to love and follow Jesus like never before.
God's Favorite Place on Earth
- Publication Date: May 1, 2013
- Genres: Christian, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- Paperback: 208 pages
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WHAT: Casio G'zOne Type S
HOW MUCH: $150 w/ 2-year contract (MSRP $270)
It's been nearly a year since I dropped my Motorola Razr off a chairlift in Canada. I remember it well: I was rooting through my backpack for something, Whistler's late-summer Crankworx festival was booming at the base of the mountain, where the lift line was queued up a half-hour, and after I dropped it the Razr's slim profile sliced through the air like a ninja star, piercing the thick brush below and connecting with the rocky substrate with a plastic-metallic crunch.
I knew immediately that I was once again in the market for a new phone. But what I remember most was not really caring. It was my third day ever riding Whistler, I was giddy with speed and air and chance, and if all I broke was my phone then I would giggle all the way to the bank. But I also didn't mind because I'd had my eye on a new phone for some time: The military-spec Casio G'zOne—and here was the perfect opportunity to get one.
Nearly a year later, I'm here to say this phone lives up to the marketing claims—and as my witness, the phone is sill around to prove it.
The Casio G'zOne continues in the tradition of Casio's legendary G-Shock watches-those simple but rugged and indestructible timepieces that anyone who's ever had one knows will get lost before it gets broken.
Yes, if you've ever accidentally dropped, cracked, dampened, soaked, splashed or dunked your cell phone, then this phone is well worth a look.
But more to the point, if you've ever thrown your phone out the window of a moving car, plunked it into someone's drink when they weren't looking, or if you've ever skipped it across a parking lot like a hockey puck just to watch it smack sickeningly into a curb 20 yards away then this phone is *most definitely* for you.
I've done all of these idiotic things to this phone. Often, like when I threw it onto the road out of the window of a car that was moving maybe 20 mph, I had a momentary flash of "Oh boy, now I've done it." But every time, sometimes after reassembling the solidly-secured battery that still somehow would eject itself, I'd wait and pray for the Verizon logo to light up the black screen. And even when I was sure that I'd killed the G'zOne, that I'd taken it too far, it came back for more.
In the name of journalistic obligation, I beat the crap out of this phone. Realistically, you're not going to throw your phone down the length of a parking lot. But it's nice to know that it's built to military specifications. If you read the fine print you'll find it's build to withstand a drop of 1.5 meters 26 times each on every face and corner of the phone. It can, and did, and then some.
Its battery unit is hermetically sealed, as is the phone body itself, and its charger and hands-free ports both have rubber seals to keep water out. The phone is advertised to withstand being submerged in a meter of water for 30 minutes, and while you're probably not going to test that claim, it's nice to not have to worry about answering your phone with wet hands, getting caught in a rainstorm or stuffing it into a soggy hydration pack. If you live in a state where a hand-free device is required while driving, you might not even need the super-sealed hands-free port, which requires use of an included adapter, because the G'zOne comes Bluetooth-ready.
A bonus feature of the phone is its LED flashlight. I used this countless times after, say, turning all the lights off in the house and then navigating the stairs to go to bed, or looking under the hood of a car or any other imaginable situation you find the need for a flashlight.
Another real-world situation where the phone's utility shined through came when I was dog-sitting a dumb-as-rocks golden retriever. Not to be outdone by the fetch-the-stick obsessed dog, I managed get the stick lodged high in a tree on an errant throw. Feeling slightly stupid, the dog and I stared at the stick, stuck maybe 15 feet up an un-climbable tree. I looked around for something to throw up and dislodge it with but there was nothing to be found in the manicured park. All I had with me was a leash and the G'zOne. Channeling MacGyver, I latched the phone to the leash and spun it around like a grappling hook until I knocked the stick down.
But it wasn't all sun and roses with the G'zOne. First off, if you have a carrier other than Verizon, then you need not apply. The phone goes for $150 with a 2-year service agreement.
The first comment I usually get about the phone is about its bulk. It's not huge, but compared to the latest crop of anemic designer phones, it's pretty easy to tell what pocket you're holding the phone in. On the upside, I had a hard time losing the G'zOne, and it's easy to quiet naysayers by wowing them with a show of the phone's indestructibility—which I found myself doing proudly and often.
This phone has found its way to the bottom of probably a dozen pint glasses. A few times those glasses had beer in them, and sometimes a hangover of fuzzy microphone and speaker performance ensued, but the phone always bounced back to normal after a few days.
Functionally, the phone works just like my Verizon Razr did. It has a 200-phone number memory and all the bells and whistles you could ask for: calendar and reminders and a calculator and multiple alarm clocks. The text messaging software was pretty basic, but that you can send texts underwater helps make up for it.
While the phone took and stored seemingly unlimited pictures at 480-by-64o pixels and up-to-15-second video at 176-by-144 pixels, the text-message inbox fills up at 50 messages, which sounds like a nit-pick but also sounds like an oversight that could be easily corrected.
Another downside of the exotic phone came while traveling. I'd left my charger at home and headed to a Radio Shack to pick up a replacement. I was in New York City, and thought for sure a fair-sized electronics store would have what I needed. But even though they sold and supported Verizon Wireless phones and plans, the clerks had never heard of my phone. "Casio? Like the watches?" No dice. Lesson learned.
Quibbles aside, after 10 months of utter abuse, the phone still works. It's scuffed and scarred and beat up, but still ticking. Lately it has taken to turning off abruptly when I snap the flip-phone closed, but I can still consistently coax it back to life, and all in all, such narcoleptic tendencies are a small price to pay for the life of violence I've put this phone through.
One unforeseen downside of using the phone for nearly a year is my disregard for the safety of all other electronics, and I've since found myself tossing cameras and laptops around willy-nilly. As for the fall from the chairlift, I don't know if the G'zOne would survive such a plunge, but I'd have gone back for the G'zOne to find out.
The bottom line: This phone is a solid investment, regardless of whether or not you're a lout with electronics. If the bulk of the G'zOne is your only quibble then watch out for a slimmer version rumored to be in the works.


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Former Kansas City Star Photo and Automotive Editor Tom Strongman (who has a grandson on the team) put together a great video with highlights of SM East's boys lacrosse season.
The Lancers came within one goal of a chance to make their third straight trip to the Lacrosse Association of Kansas City championship last week. Congrats on another great season, Lancers lax!


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Safe & Vault Locks
Kaba is the leading manufacturer of high-security safe locks. The product line extends from purely mechanical and combination locks to sophisticated electronic high-security locks. Locks for ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) provide selective access to a machine's individual compartments during specific time windows and log all successful and attempted access transactions.


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A Solo Album From A Drummer? Simon Kirke Is Doing It
It's rare that drummers ever express interest in creating their own music, so ex-Free and Bad Company stick man Simon Kirke's latest interest is, well … interesting. He's doing just that with the upcoming "Filling The Void" project. He says on his website, "I've been writing songs for many, many years and I just wanted to get them out, like an exorcism," Kirke says. "That was the primary reason for doing it and on the way [these songs] started to become something more than I thought they would."
Word has it his music resembles a Jackson Browne style, unlike what you would expect.
Kirke (left) shown in recent days with Joe Walsh (center) and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter:


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"Oh, the horror!" Peeps are starting to appear everywhere!
Dog of the Day
Cat of the Day
Pet of the Day
"Oh, the horror!" Peeps are starting to appear everywhere!
I've Been Frosted
LOL, I thought the same thing as I walked by a display today!!
...and I still hang my head in shame as I remember the Microwaved peep. May it rest in peace.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand and strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!
Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see
--Polar Express
Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened.
I haven't been on PT for quite some time now and I am totally shocked to hear of Gini's passing. I, too, remember the wonderful BBQs she hosted.
Gini was one special lady. Always quick with a comforting word, and somehow she knew exactly what to say to make you feel better.
Gini, you are missed. The pic of Gini and Phred was particularly hard to see.
Spring 1986 - Dec. 11, 2004
RIP Big Boy
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From a technical point of view Karlyn Pipes-Nielsen has one of the best freestyle swimming strokes in the world. Karlyn holds over 160+ FINA Masters swimming world records and travels the world teaching her incomparable approach to swimming. From head to toe I don't know of another swimmer on the planet that executes freestyle swimming with as much symmetry?and speed.
Karlyn and I may teach differently (I favor one-on-one), but we agree on the key fundamental principles of teaching. Karlyn is a great coach with extraordinary enthusiasm for swimming and life. She communicates what she practices in ways that people can understand and apply and I highly recommend everyone take one of her clinics (www.aquaticsedge.org).
One technique we both teach is what she calls, the "Y entry" and I call it the "V-Line Entry".
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Fundamentally, these are the same and are based upon placing the entering arm and shoulder in a position of strength. That is, making the entry line somewhat wider than the shoulder (each person is a bit different based upon mobility and flexibility).
This is a more physically powerful position, puts lets pressure on the shoulder, and engages the large latissimus dorsi muscles alongside the back bilaterally. Looking directly from above the swimmer, their body shape resembles either a "Y" (body and arms) or a "V" (arms at entry).
To get this position right, there are a couple of points to keep in mind.
First, better swimming is achieved with a "front quadrant" (FQ) style—both hands in front of the shoulder during the catch and early stages of the pull. The FQ is like a "catch up" stroke where both hands are in front, but the hands don't touch in this instance.
Second, the extension and entry should be clean, reaching forward and downward (downsweep) in an arching manner to make the catch.
More: How to Train the High-Elbow Catch in Swimming
Once the V line is achieved—we use a mirror on the pool floor with video, but you can use your shadow alongside the black line in the pool—the swimmer often notes improved tempo bilaterally, symmetrically moving from left to right sides. And this is VERY important to instill with all swimmers. That is, making the stroke the same on each side, with the same position, tempo, balance and effort.
How long it takes to re-learn and restructure the stroke is something to keep in mind as well. There is flexibility, mobility in joints and stability factors that couple with learning and should be assessed. Those changes take time to develop and to become habitual.
Set aside several weeks or more of low intensity/high-technique orientation training. You'll want to do multiple workouts each week—four or more—as you'll need this time to adapt, rehearse, and train the neuromuscular pathways.
Sample Workout
Make each of these swims accurate, controlled, effortless and smooth (A.C.E.S.).
- 8 x 25 + 10 second (s) rest. Streamline from push-off; hold the center line for the entire length; work from inside the center of the body
- 8 x 25 + 10s rest. V-line
- 8 x 25 + 10s rest. Front quadrant; keep both hands in front of the shoulders (like paddles for a Kayak)
- 8 x 25 + 10s rest. V-line and front quadrant
- 4x100. Technique at easiest pace possible +20s rest; hold same swim times
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General outline of the trip that DW and I took Dec. 3 to Dec 19.
Started at Chemult Oregon after 8PM. The southbound Coast Starlight was about a half hour late. We were stopped for a while about 30 miles north of Sacramento while the host railroad repaired a broken rail about dawn. Got to SAC about 7:30AM.
We put our bags on "hold" while we went to breakfast at Jim Denny's (12th between H&I).
We boarded the California Zephyr about 11:15AM enroute to Burlington Iowa.
During our journey the weather was very cold. Several times members of the train crew had to get out to hammer ice out of switches so that we could get on a siding to let westbound freight trains pass. We arrived in Burlington about 3 hours behind schedule (2:30PM).
We got picked up in BRL with our rental car (red Mazda2). The weather was cold and cloudy. As we approached Indianapolis, we saw the first flakes. Our hotel reservation was in Louisville. We did make it about 11PM. The Interstate from Indianapolis to Louisville had about 10 cars that slid off due to the icy conditions.
I purposely took a southern route to avoid the lake effect snow zones. Saturday 12/7 left Louisville and went east and then southeast through the Cumberland Gap into Tennessee to connect with I-81 north to Salem VA in the Shenandoah Valley. Weather was good.
We heard that an ice storm was coming in on Sunday. We left Salem about 5:30AM and got about 150 miles up I-81 before we hit the bad weather. We did stop several times to knock ice off the wipers before we got to DD and SIL's place in Columbia MD.
We left after sundown to go to our reserved hotel room on the east side of Baltimore.
My tip is to NEVER reserve at a Rodeway Inn. We spent one night because we sort of had to. We checked out the next morning after a rather poor breakfast.
I found a suite at the Extended Stay in Columbia for about the same money. This is where we will stay any time we go to visit DD.
Now for the real purpose of the trip: Our daughter graduated with a BS in Nursing from the University of MD on Monday evening 12/9. We left Maryland on Thursday morning on the way back west.
I had planned to take a route through PA and Ohio to northern Indiana but decided to play it safer and go through West Virginia and back to the place we stayed in Louisville.
The next day we drove as far as Blue Springs just east of Kansas City.
On Saturday we drove to Abilene KS. I found a couple of geocaches before we checked into our $44 room which was much better than the $55+ Rodeway in MD.
Sunday we got out early to go to a church in Nebraska City NE where a pastor I knew from Bend is now preaching. I found a cache in NE and then we headed for Hannibal MO.
On Monday morning (12/16) found a couple of caches in MO before we headed back to Burlington. I did manage to find a cache in the Convention and Visitor Bureau for my IA cache find. During the trip I added 8 new states with a cache find.
We had a great late lunch at the Drake in Burlington. We turned in the car about 4 PM (they close at 5). We sat in the Amtrak station until the westbound Zephyr arrived at 7PM.
We were running late until we got to SLC a few minutes early. We arrived in Winnemucca, Reno and Sacramento early.
We "held" our bags and headed for Old Town. We spent 2 hours touring the California Railroad Museum. We spent an hour poking around some of the shops in Old Town before going to the Firehouse restaurant for a fabulous meal (rather expensive).
We sat for several hours in the Sacramento station waiting for the northbound Coast Starlight. It was about 12:15AM before we were on our way out of SAC on our way back to Chemult. We were about 10 minutes behind schedule when we got off the train.
Sleeping on the train in coach can be uncomfortable, but we survived 6 nights out of 16.
I am glad that we got to take this trip without having to drive over the Rockies and all the way through Kansas or Nebraska.
I'll be glad to try to answer questions you may have.
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General outline of the trip that DW and I took Dec. 3 to Dec 19.
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Congratulations to your daughter! And congratulations to you for sleeping in coach on Amtrak. Last year I took Amtrak New York - Chicago - San Francisco - Portland - Seattle and enjoyed myself, but I had a roomette for all the night trains. I was on time into Chicago and San Francisco but the Coast Starlight arrived an hour late at SF and left three hours late after they changed the loco (at least I got to spend the two hours lying down - I felt sorry for the people further on). You were lucky with your connections - I would not have booked them so close.
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Thanks for the report Tom
The California Zephyr ride was a beautiful one when I took in the summer, but I'll bet it's particularly beautiful in the winter. I'm impressed that you survived such long rides in coach; I've loved my cross-country train rides but I don't think I would enjoy them as much without the roomette.
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The connection from the Coast Starlight to the eastbound California Zephyr is guaranteed. We had over 4 hours for our walk to breakfast. On the way back we had over 10 hours in SAC.
I now have enough Amtrak Guest Reward Points that my next Amtrak trip will be in a free roomette.
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I'm not sure that that "guarantee" means they will hold the Zephyr. There were a number of people on my delayed Coast Starlight who were connecting to the eastbound Empire Builder, and they had to get off the Starlight early and travel by bus to meet the other train instead of going on to Seattle, thus missing a good bit of the scenery on both routes.
Enjoy that roomette!
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Sounds like a nice trip, minus the bad weather. Thanks for reporting.
Can you compare the cost of taking the train vs. renting a car, paying for gas and lodging on a similar trip?
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The guaranteed connection from the northbound Coast Starlight is at Portland. They have on occasion, held the eastbound Empire Builder for up to an hour for a cross platform transfer.
In the "bad old days" when the northbound was very late, they would bus those connecting to the EB from Klamath Falls north on US 97 and east on I-84 to Pasco Washington. It has been at least 2 years since they did this.
If a southbound Coast Starlight was running 3+ hours behind, they could take connecting passengers off at Chico and bus them to Truckee.
From my home to Burlington IA is 1900 miles which takes 30 hours under good conditions. $150 in gas and at least 1 $50 motel room each way. I earned some AGR points by reserving at several Choice hotels. The Rodeway was a basket case. I had to go down to get pillowcases, towels/washcloths and hangers.
The interior carpeted stairs smelled funky. The outside concrete steps were ice covered and dangerous.
At breakfast, DW put a shot of milk in her coffee and it curdled. The manager did go get a fresh gallon of milk.
The Extended Stay had a full kitchen and a nice couch.
We had a room across from the elevator but we didn't mind the occasional ding.
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Slightly more recent than two years. It was May 2012 when I was on the Coast Starlight. We were running three hours late - they had to replace the regular loco with a freight loco and never made up the time.
Will rememeber not to stay at Rodeway!
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Leviev Attempting to Shed Apthorp Building
Last week Africa Israel owner Lev Leviev motioned a New York court to rule him the sole owner of the Apthorp.
Continuing its quest for liquidity as troubled times continue, Africa Israel has placed the Apthorp Building on the sales block.
According to Web site The Real Deal, last week Africa Israel owner Lev Leviev motioned a New York court to rule him the sole owner of the Apthorp, located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, at the expense of partner Maurice Mann. Leviev wrote in his motion that the project's board of directors agreed to hire the services of CB Richard Ellis to sell the building for $552 million.
Mann has rejected proposals that the Apthorp project be sold. His legal representatives argue that shedding the building as a distressed project will make it impossible to sell the apartments there.
Africa Israel bought the Apthorp together with Mann Realty for $426 million in March 2007. They planned to invest $163 million in renovating the place and converting it into a residential tower with 163 luxury apartments.
But the real estate bust and ensuing recession ruined their plans and instead of selling apartments for handsome profits, the partners found themselves embroiled in financial and legal woes. Last autumn, banks that had lent them $528 million demanded $12 million back, and this January they are seeking $22.7 million more.
In mid-December Mann sued one of the financiers, Apollo Management, for $500 million, claiming it was evading its liabilities. He withdrew the suit that same day after reaching an arrangement with the company.
Later, Leviev sued to gain full control over the project management, arguing that Mann had lost his mind as project manager, and also that he'd allowed workers to live in empty apartments on the site.
The Wall Street Journal reported they've only sold one of the 163 apartments so far. The price of the apartments ranges from $3.45 million to $15.5 million.
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Why The Rangers Are an EmbarrASSment To Hockey and ThemselvesMarch 8, 2010
LOL - Gotta love to hate the NY Rangers. Their like the Yankees of Hockey, except for their terrible record. What I mean to say is that, how can you spend so much money on a club that likely wont even make the playoffs?
It's embarassing to see a team that sucks so bad represent a city like NY. Here in the sister city we spend about as little as possible and still have had a good couple decades of hockey, not everything we wanted but its hard to complain being a low cap team. Which is exactly what brings up my point - Rangers and their fans should be embarrassed.
Adding injury to insult is their attempt to give up trying to make the best team they can put together and take the Buffalo Bills approach to making money. But instead of T.O. they bring back Sean Avery - Hey if you can't bet them, then you can beat them up - right.
If I had a dollar for every time Sean tackled a world-class goaltender - well lets just say I could spend much more time blogging out my mind and from a much warmer climate, but I digress. Oh wait, no I don't - It's embarrassing for a team to play like Sean Avery - and it should be blamed on the fans - this is what you wanted, this is what you get. A headline newstory followed by a lackluster season. Above we see Sean tackling Fleury, everyones seen his attacks on Brodeur and then fresh from the Olympics - USA hero Ryan Miller gets tackled in last nights game. For what? Rangers still lost - but they could of ruined the Sabres year by harming a world-class goaltender.
I watched Avery shoulder Chris Drury in the head from behind. Incase I have to mention it, Chris Drury is one of the most respected players on the ice. And for what - The Rangers went on to lose - no gain, and Avery could of ended the career of one of the most respected players ever to play...
Who will the Rangers lose to next - oh lets see Avery pull a knee on knee with Crosby or maybe he can cheap shot some rookie and end his career - but at least Ranger fans are still buying tickets - thats the only important thing right?


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Maddow's Riveting Interview on How the Pardon System Blatantly Favors White People, Those With Connections
We know that in many ways the justice system is racially skewed, raciallybiased, and that in some states in particular (like Georgia) the legacy of institutionalized racism has not been wiped away. But there's another aspect of this system in which white privilege carries a measurable advantage--presidential pardons.
This week, ProPublica released a series of damning reports that demonstrated this:
White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination has found.
Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president's ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis of previously unreleased records and related analysis of previously unreleased records and related data.
Current and former officials at the White House and Justice Department said they were surprised and dismayed by the racial disparities, which persist even when factors such as the type of crime and sentence are considered."I'm just astounded by those numbers," said Roger Adams, who served as head of the Justice Department's pardons office from 1998 to 2008.
Another finding? Connection to a congressperson (even donation to a campaign) was a major factor in pardons. This is yet another example of how entrenched racism is connected to both political cronyism and the undue influence of money in our system of governance (heading towards oligarchy) all issues being brought to the forefront by Occupy Wall Street.
Last night, Rachel Maddow sat down and had a riveting discussion with Dafna Linzer, senior reporter for Pro Publica, about her findings--breaking down exactly how this happens and how it can be changed.
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14 Fulbright Scholars Set New School Record
American University celebrates a new school record with 14 Fulbright Scholars and one alternate. Eight scholars earned research grants, four received English Teaching Assistantships, one secured a Critical Language Enhancement Award in addition to a Fulbright Grant, and one landed a new Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government, designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. It provides participants--chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential--with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research while exchanging ideas and helping to find solutions to shared international concerns.
Alyssa Frederick, CAS/BA '12, will use her award to conduct a comparative analysis of coral bleaching in New Zealand. Afterward, she plans to expand her research into a doctoral thesis in the U.S. Her long-term goal is to become a professor of marine ecology and make outreach, especially to K-12 audiences, a key component of her professional endeavors.
But Frederick's research plans weren't always so clear.
"Paula Warrick [director of the Office of Merit Awards] and Associate Professor Kiho Kim were instrumental in the successful crafting of my personal statement and project proposal," she says. "We wrote over 10 drafts of each, with each version better at bringing all my ideas together onto one page."
Isabelle Zaugg, SOC/MFA '13, also benefited from the assistance she received from the Office of Merit Awards.
"The advisors' expertise made it a much smoother application process," she says. "They supported me all along the way, and now they're celebrating with me!"
An MFA candidate in the School of Communication's Film and Electronic Media program, Zaugg's project is a response to the recent growth of the Ethiopian film industry, which has not been matched by an increase in qualified film professionals there. In the hope of encouraging more young people to explore careers in media production, she will work with arts education students from Addis Ababa University. Together, they will develop a series of filmmaking workshops for adolescents, whose productions will be broadcast nationally on Ethiopian Television.
This year's Fulbright Scholars encourage AU students to consider applying to the program as well.
"The Fulbright process provides an opportunity for you to reflect on what you really want out of your academic experience," says Trish Ward, SIS/BA '12. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for you to conduct research on a topic of your choosing for your own personal interests. You are answering to yourself at the end of the day and will meet amazing colleagues in the field who are interested in similar work."
Ward will carry out her research in Toronto, Canada as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University. Her project will assess the economic integration of highly skilled Iraqi refugees who have been resettled there.
Even if a candidate is not selected as a Fulbright Scholar, says Zaugg, the application experience may still prove beneficial.
"This is great practice in applying for competitive grants," she says. "It's an incredibly important skill for independent filmmakers, academics, scientists, and students pursuing terminal degrees to have. By working on this esteemed application with the pros in Merit Awards, you can get a crash course in crafting effective project proposals."
AU's 2012 Fulbright Scholars include Rebecca Anderson, Paco Cantu, Alyssa Frederick, Hannah Herbert, Doug Keillor, Kate Lindsey, Grant Livingston, Roushani Mansoor, Lauren McKown, Maria Ramirez, Natassia Rozario, Trish Ward, and Isabelle Zaugg. Alternate Lindsey Anderson will study in Peru if awarded.


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Josh Brolin is staying in good spirits after splitting from his wife, Diane Lane. Reps for the couple confirmed to Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, Feb. 21, that the couple has "decided to end their marriage" after eight years, and the next day Brolin stepped out with a smile on his face.
The Men in Black 3 actor, 45, was seen leaving his L.A. home on Friday looking surprisingly happy. Brolin, wearing a black leather jacket and shades, held what appeared to be a jar of mustard while stepping out. A bit later that day, it was revealed that Lane, 48, signed her divorce papers last Thursday — Valentine's Day, of all days — and cited their legal date of separation as Feb. 13.
Brolin and Lane, 48, who wed in August 2004, separated several months go. "It was a mutual decision. It is very amicable," an insider told Us of their decision to split. "It's not ugly, it's just over."
This will be the second divorce for both Brolin and Lane, who don't have any children together. Lane has a daughter, Eleanor, from her previous marriage to actor Christopher Lambert; Brolin has two children, Trevor, 24, and Eden, 18, with ex-wife Alice Adair.
Last month, while promoting Gangster Squad, Brolin spoke highly of Lane to reporters. "She's a very strong woman, extremely strong," he said. "We're not really in the spotlight. I mean, we are in times like this [junket interview], but, you know, there's one light. We just do our own thing, and we always have."
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Dozens of people have signed an online pledge against abusive or racial chants during University of Minnesota Duluth sporting events.
The pledge was created, in part, by a student following an admonishment by university officials over racist chants at a recent hockey game against the Fighting Sioux of the University of North Dakota. About 85 people had signed the pledge by noon Friday.
The Duluth News Tribune says UMD Athletic Director Bob Nielson, in an open letter, admonished students for the chants at Amsoil Arena.
In addition to the online pledge, hockey fan Eric Fastner help craft a letter of apology to the student body and administration, saying the student fans involved "want to portray a better image, both for UMD and for Duluth.
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December 5, 2012 BY Aaron Hope
It has appeared in earlier images a bit darker, almost like an 'Altitude' at twilight kind of look mixing neon with deep navy blue, but the latest shots of the 'Squadron Blue' Air Jordan XIII reveal another side. In these shots and another recent look, we've gotten to see a bit of a 'Calvin Bailey' lean that suggests these are compatible with a guy like Paul George or Gerald Green on the Indiana Pacers. So it's not only a totally novel color combination for the Air Jordan Legacy but also a versatile composition with lots of potential depending on the context, one of which involves you looking at more photos below.
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REUTERS/Mike BlakeThe top five of our QB rankings has been impenetrable this year.
But now three outsiders — Russell Wilson Nick Foles, and Tony Romo — are threatening to crack in.
Our rating is a composite of three advanced stats: defense-adjusted yards (DYAR), total QB rating (QBR), and win probability added (WPA). Each stat accounts for one-third of the rating.


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FCC Vote on Net Neutrality
I am pleased Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners Copps and Clyburn acted to adopt enforceable rules aiming to preserve internet openness and transparency. Standing alone, however, the rules fall short of what a truly free and open internet requires–they are not sufficiently clear, consistent or firm to adequately protect consumers and innovative freedom. Accordingly, it is crucial that these rules are vigorously implemented and, if necessary, revisited.
Knowing that we share a common interest in preserving the internet as an engine of American job creation, innovation and freedom, I look forward to working with the Commission and my colleagues in Congress to build on the rules adopted today.


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"Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems ... They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices, because what they suggest is that our brave and creative and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can't be trusted."
– Barack Obama
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
– Daniel Webster
Barack Obama did what he always does, in his pro-government commencement speech May 5 at Ohio State University.
First, he jumped at the chance to try to indoctrinate, particularly the young. He never misses such an opportunity. He just can never check his politics at the door, not even when asked to inspire a group of graduates.
Second, he grotesquely exaggerated his opponents' arguments, claiming they "incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems ... They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner." It's a common trick of the deceitful debater, to
cartoonishly caricature an
opponent's position to paint it as absurd or dangerous.
The thing is, this time he picked a particularly ironic time to be touting the virtues of government – just days before his administration plunged itself into multiple scandals that, themselves, reek of tyranny, no exaggeration needed.
It's instructive to revisit the nation's pioneers' view of government, which was rightly skeptical if not fearful. The quotes above illustrate the fact that this is a president such as our Union has never seen before: one who turns the early-American credo "blessings of liberty" on its head – and who, instead, heralds the blessings of government.
It is self-evident, but no less stark: It has become undeniable that Barack Obama's view of government is nearly the polar opposite of that of this nation's founders.
Notice, too, in the above quote from Mr. Obama's commencement speech, a few other little problems.
First is when he refers to the problem of today's generations having "grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems."
The real problem is that Americans for decades have heard exactly the opposite, particularly in recent years from this administration: voices that incessantly laud all the glorious things government can, should and will do for us. As with the founders' view of the nation, Mr. Obama's world
view clashes head-on with John F. Kennedy's admonition to "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Heavens, what has happened to the party of JFK?
It is an especially inopportune moment for us to have raised up such a leader who, quite the opposite of our founders, believes so blindly and unalterably in the piety and purity of government. This government is not only spending us to ruin – $16 trillion in debt, with perhaps $100 trillion in unfunded retirement program
liabilities and goodness knows how much in Obamacare costs. It's also actually advertising to put more people, especially immigrants, onto welfare programs that are already at record and unsustainable levels.
Worse than the numbers is the inherent erosion of the work ethic and self-reliance that made this country great. And perhaps even worse than that is that government dependence prevents people from realizing their God-given potential; it strips people of the need to become their best selves.
The trifecta of Obama administration scandals that have erupted, primarily just in the days since the president's "Go Government!" commencement speech, give lie to the false hope in government that he's peddling. Anyone who doesn't fear government tyranny, even after hearing the IRS targeted some groups for their political beliefs and the Department of Justice spied on the Associated Press, just isn't paying attention.
The scandalized Obama administration has inadvertently proven our founders right and him wrong.


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Plenty of laughs in Uncle & Nephew Harry Redknapp & Frank Lampard's appearance on Jonathan Ross
This weekend's Friday night with Jonathan Ross was a family affair, as Uncle 'Arry and nephew Frank 'Lamps' Lampard appeared one after the other to chat about football.
Harry stole the show with a classic Cockney tale from his time managing West Ham.
A fan was heckling him in a pre-season game at Oxford, slating him for not signing another striker.
In the second half, 'Arry was left with no more subs, so he decided to send on the lairy troll to shut him up.
And the bald, fat and tatooed Hammer scored!
'And was better than Lee Chapman, to be fair', according to 'Arry.
Then in Lamps' appearance, while discussing England's World Cup chances, there was a comedy moment as the host Ross, who famously struggles with his 'R's just like Hodgson, laughed at himself for being unabled to prounced 'Woy…Woy…Roy!' I don't know why I make the effort if he doesn't!
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Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia
child protective worker
my son has been charged with rape involving his ex- girlfriend.dept of child protective services is involved,they are age 17 and 16. when the worker talked to my son she had already talked to the victim,worker stated to my son that she doesnt believe my son did it,can the cps worker be supeoned for his trial?
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Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Re: child protective worker
Yes, of course, and make sure that your son's attorney knows about this particular worker and her potential as a favorable witness for the defense.
Answered on 5/08/08, 8:22 pm
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EPHRAIM — The Snow College Badgers ran their record to 8-1 with a dominating 48-3 win over the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters on Saturday. The tenth-ranked Badgers exploded for 24 points in the second quarter, thanks in part to a pair of Breon Allen scoring runs, to put the game out of reach before halftime.
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Snow finished with 501 yards of total offense—261 on the ground and 240 through the air. Quarterback Christian Stewart balanced out Allen's running with 13-of-20 passing and three touchdown passes—one to tight end Evan Moeai two minutes before halftime, and two to wide receiver Damond Powell in the third quarter.
SIMON FRASER 58, DIXIE STATE 47: at ST. GEORGE, Griff Robles threw for a season-high 339 yards and accounted for six touchdowns, but more than 500 yards of total offense was not enough for Dixie State as they dropped a shootout to Simon Fraser, 58-47. Dixie State fell to 3-6 overall and 3-5 in the GNAC.


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Photographer's Note
They are still little girls, they palyed themselves innocently before the sacred ceremony.
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saxo042 (37974) 2010-12-09 1:56
Hi Takero,
Very pretty girls in this special and original outfit. I come to think of the Swedish tradition to celebrate Saint Lucia, when girls wear white dresses, red sashes and candles in a crown. This celebration takes place on December 13!
Kind regards
emka (114839) 2010-12-09 15:16
Hi Takero,
Thay are indeed still little girls. Again, I admire that in Japan the people of all ages preserve tradition. It is wonderful. I wonder about what they are chatting. Maybe about boys? nice photo. WArm regards
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's motorists saw prices at the gas pump increase 36 cents over the past four weeks.
The AAA Fuel Gauge Report showed that the current average price of a gallon of regular fuel is the highest recorded for the state all year.
The current price for a gallon of regular gasoline of $3.83, a 36-cent increase from last month's AAA report and 24 cents higher than a year ago. Moab recorded the highest price statewide at $3.93 per gallon, while Ogden was the lowest at $3.75.
The national average price of $3.84 is up 14 cents from last month and 18 cents higher than last year.
However, depsite the rapid rise, the current national average is 10 cents lower than the highest national average reported for the year on April 5. Eight states — California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon and Washington — reported prices over $4.
"The national average price made record increases during the late summer as the country was experiencing refinery and pipeline issues in the Gulf States, Midwest and California and the threat of Hurricane Isaac," said Rolayne Fairclough, AAA Utah spokeswoman. "The national price has decreased for seven of the 11 days since the beginning of September and should continue to taper off, barring any unexpected incidents, as demand drops from the summer driving period and refineries change from summer to winter blends."2 comments on this story
Conflicting economic factors such as bearish economic news domestically and internationally, reports of tight supplies, a weaker global economy and actions by the Federal Reserve balanced each other and resulted in little net change in oil prices.
"The petroleum refinery and distribution system in Utah has been relatively incident free of major disruptions during the heavy demand of the summer season," Fairclough said. "Traditionally, Utah's gasoline prices decrease with the coming of fall and winter as driving demand lessens and the lower-cost winter blend gasoline is introduced."


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Outfit of the Day: Mustard Jeans and Gold Accessories
Hello all!
Here's another OOTD.
Today's outfit started with the cuffs. You've already seen me do cuffs on both wrists, once before. But wearing them with a blazer had me pull up my sleeves continuously, for them to show. This time, therefore, I wanted to wear them effortlessly.
I pulled out a basic t-shirt, and added some fun denims. I love love love.. absolutely LOVE the color of this pair. It's mustard. And it's such an eye-pleasing mustard. I got them about a month back and I've already worn them like a 100 times!
Because I wanted this easy-going look to be a little dressy, I added some sparkly loafers.
A studded clutch in black completed my look. I also fetched my round sunglasses, and took them out for a spin after showing them ages of neglect! 😛
Hoping everything fell in place just right, I headed out for some quiet, much-deserved lunch with Mommy Dear. Ah! You've got no clue how maddening the past few weeks have been! Exams, interviews, meetings, work… I've literally had no time to breathe!! But finally everything is its place! 😀 So cheers to that!! Yayy!
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T-shirt, Jeans, Shoes, Clutch: Zara
Sunglasses: Aldo
Cuffs: Forever21
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It sounds like air is in the brake hydraulic system, have the brakes "bleed", air should not be present in the system. There is a possibility the brake master cylinder is failing. Another less likely but possible reason is if the front wheel bearings are worn play in the whell bearing can "push back the brake pads" giving a soft pedal on first press of the brake pedal and gets firm on second application of the pedal. This would be more noticeable after taking several sharp turns/winding road.
Just had the same problem in my 2006 Explorer and it turned out to be front passenger wheel hub bearings. Replaced it along with rotors and brake pads and runs like new.
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Jun. 13, 2012The programme of the 2012 edition of the international Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre world meeting of food communities has been released, giving comprehensive information about the event that, from October 25-29 in Turin, Italy, will display the extraordinary diversity of food from all continents and unite small-scale farmers and artisans from around the world who follow the principles of good, clean and fair.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — It would be easy to view U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night as a domestic pitch — an agenda-setting political address geared primarily to accelerate the resurrection of his popularity among the centrist "independent" voters whose support he will need if he is to win reelection in 2012.
Certainly, there was a measure of this kind of calculus and foreign policy, at least as understood since the end of the Cold War, barely got a mention. Instead, there was the soaring rhetorical call for civility in the wake of the murderous rampage in Tucson earlier this month; Obama hailed new tax breaks for small businesses; singled out entrepreneurs in the audience whose innovation has put people back to work; demanded tax reforms; and read a relentless list of initiatives and proposals aimed at creating jobs, jobs, jobs.
Yet, insofar as American power rests on the vitality of the world's largest economy, foreign policy loomed large in almost every paragraph of his speech. At a time when American power is undeniably in relative decline and national debt is projected to reach 90 percent of GDP by 2020, the idea that domestic policy is distinct from foreign policy simply isn't realistic.
"At stake right now is not who wins the next election — after all, we just had an election," Obama said. "At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else."
Again and again, whether addressing cuts to the federal spending, U.S. trade policy or clean energy initiatives, he returned to a common theme: America is falling behind.
"Nations like China and India realized that with some changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They're investing in research and new technologies. Just recently, China became home to the world's largest private solar research facility, and the world's fastest computer."
Obama's speech, while aimed at domestic constituencies, in fact amounted to a clarion call for Americans to get serious about the global competition they have done little more than moan about until now. The president called it a "Sputnik moment."
"Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school degree. And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren't even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations," he said. He didn't need to say "India" and "China" this time.
There were moments when old-style foreign policy issues intervened. The most striking such mention involved Tunisia's recent tumult, which drove a long-serving dictator into exile. On a day when Egyptians took to the streets to protest their own ossified strongman, Obama had the guts to say: "We saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And tonight, let us be clear: the United States of America stands with the people of Tunisia, and supports the democratic aspirations of all people." Egypt's governing elite can hardly be happy about that line.
There were also claims of success against the Taliban in Afghanistan, disruption of Al Qaeda, the successful START treaty signed with Russia, and his assertion that "the Iraq War is coming to an end" — a line which brought bipartisan applause. Yet, by and large, Obama kept his focus on the grand theme: ensuring future competitiveness for the American economy.
"The rules have changed," the president said. To anyone paying attention to the world outside America's borders, this is hardly a radical statement. But it isn't one Americans have warmed to or even accepted just yet. It is always easier to resent such changes and seek scapegoats. Obama said he believes in " the nation of Edison and theWright brothers; of Google and Facebook. In America, innovation doesn't just change our lives. It's how we make a living."


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Paul Krauss was sentenced Friday morning to 24 years prison for committing the crimes of second degree sexual assault with use of force, second degree recklessly endangering safety and false imprisonment.
He was given 18 years for the sexual assault and three each for the recklessly endangering safety and false imprisonment. Those terms are consecutive.
He was also given nine months of prison for the charges of violating a domestic abuse injunction and misdemeanor bail jumping. Those two terms are concurrent which can be served along with the sexual assault charge. He was found guilty by a jury trial of those five charges in March.
The charges stem back from a June 2006 incident in which Krauss held his estranged wife captive in her Hager City home for nearly four hours that included holding her at knifepoint. He also threatened to kill her as well as himself. He escaped on foot from the house and wasn't found until five days later.
"The possibility for rehabilitation is far outweighed by the need to protect the public and the severity of the offenses," Trempealeau County Circuit Court Judge John Damon said, in handing down the sentence.
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We have a number of RAC customers on Windows, and I'm not sure they have
fewer or more problems than Unix/Linux RAC installations.
It doesn't matter, really. Windows is chosen because it's easier to find people to manage it. It becomes harder and harder to find VMS, Unix and Linux administrators these days.
And Windows might not be as good in some respects as Linux, but it doesn't matter if it's good enough.
So while I HATE monopolies and companies (private or public) abusing monopolistic positions (and that has often included Microsoft, IBM and Oracle for that matter), I do have to answer 'Windows' when an IT director asks me - unless he already has a history and the people in his organisation to use Linux.
I also have this one concern about Linux: Customers have absolutely no say in its future development. It's proudly free of commercial interests, which is, uhm, a cool thing for nerds and not so cool for customers.
Now let's have a good debate :-).
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I have to admit, that was one heck of an interresting recommendation.
Do people still think windows servers (2003) still crash a lot or something?
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so a complete MS shop with no linux experience will be able to run
RAC on linux far easier than on windows. Uh huh.
and all the people that run it on windows successfully are just
kidding themselves?
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Ashoknagar, MP, Nov 15 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh BJP President Narendra Singh Tomar has said more development was carried out during the five-year-rule of the BJP than that during the 50-year-rule of the Congress.
Mr Tomar made the statement while addressing a public meeting in Chanderi assembly constituency here yesterday.
He alleged that the Centre was supplying less power to Madhya Pradesh in order to tarnish the image of the BJP Government.
Commenting upon the development that took place during the BJP rule, he said the budget of the Public Works Department had been increased from Rs 500 crore in the Digvijay Singh rule to Rs 2,000 crore in the BJP rule.
Claiming that irrigation department was at the verge of closure during former Congress rule, he said the BJP Government had laid a network of canals across the state.
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WILMINGTON, Del/CHICAGO Oct 4 (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment Corp delivered an unusual bounty to its private equity owners when it struck a $5 billion deal last week to exit its casino operating unit's costly bankruptcy: They keep part of their investment.
Under the proposed agreement, shareholders Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital Management LP could emerge with a 16 percent collective stake in a new restructured Caesars, worth roughly $500 million.
The Sept. 27 deal was previewed in a 2012 internal Apollo memorandum which outlined how the funds would be able to have their "cake and eat it too" if Caesars went belly up.
Typically, in the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcies shareholders are wiped out if creditors are not paid in full. Caesars creditors are receiving billions less than what they are owed.
"This is definitely outside the norm," Israel Shaked, a professor at the Boston University School of Management who has worked as a restructuring advisor, said about the shareholders maintaining a stake.
To be sure, Apollo and TPG are walking away with much less than they would have under prior settlement offers, which were firmly rejected, and they are surrendering their stock in the Caesars parent, which is worth about $950 million.
Caesars and Apollo declined to comment.
Apollo and TPG gained control of the casino empire in 2008 in a $30 billion leveraged buyout for Harrah's Entertainment, which they then renamed.
Apollo, TPG and co-investors sank $6 billion into the deal, just as the golden age of mega-buyouts peaked and the U.S. economy tipped into a deep recession.
Caesars was soon groaning under around $18 billion in debt. The Las Vegas-based chain refinanced debt and extended maturities on borrowings in a bid to keep creditors at bay in the hopes that the business would recover, according to a 1,787-page report in March by an independent examiner, former Watergate prosecutor Richard Davis.
But four years after the buyout, the casinos continued to struggle. At this point, Davis said the private equity firms began exploring transfers of hotels and casinos within the Caesars corporate family to try to protect their investment in the event of a bankruptcy.
Apollo has a reputation for savvy restructurings. In the 2014 bankruptcy of Momentive Performance Materials, a chemical company Apollo owns, it used an obscure consumer loan ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court to force new terms on lenders.
"We've seen this with Apollo in the past, in the sense they are willing to really test the legal system," said David Tawil, president of Maglan Capital.
Tawil said other private equity firms would not likely follow the unusually aggressive, high-risk strategy.
"It's definitely not a playbook for the faint of heart," he said.
Davis, the examiner, said Apollo's Marc Rowan set out to create new Caesars affiliates, partly funded with around $500 million from the private equity firms, to buy projects from Caesars Entertainment Operating Co Inc, or CEOC, the debt-burdened subsidiary.
"We want to strengthen our hand in a potential restructuring with as little capital outlay as possible," Rowan wrote in an internal October 2012 memo that was intended for TPG, but was published by Davis in his report. "A transaction like this is the only way we see it to 'have our cake and eat it too'."
A Caesars spokesman said Rowan would not comment.
The affiliates acquired properties such as the Linq Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which includes the world's largest observation wheel at 550 feet, and the nearby Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
The private equity firms and the parent company have said these deals were aimed at helping Caesars flourish by providing cash to CEOC. They have denied wrongdoing and dispute the examiner's findings.
But Davis said the internal communications show the strategy explicitly contemplated how the private equity firms could emerge winners if Caesars filed for Chapter 11. Premier assets were acquired at less than fair value and placed beyond the reach of creditors, who were stuck seeking repayment from a hollowed-out CEOC, according to Davis.
Davis said the memo showed that the private equity firms feared losing their entire investment and were trying "to improve their position vis à vis CEOC's creditors in the event of a restructuring."
Davis concluded the private equity firms and the Caesars parent faced up to $5.1 billion in damages for the asset transfers. Creditors, led by deep-pocketed and aggressive hedge funds such as Appaloosa Management called it "looting," and were pursuing $13 billion in damages in several courts.
Appaloosa and its allied creditors agreed to drop those lawsuits as part of last week's deal. The settlement essentially puts the family of hotels and casinos back under one roof by merging the affiliates that Rowan created, including Caesars Acquisition Corp, with the Caesars parent.
The deal is subject to approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago. One small hedge fund still opposes the proposed deal. (Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware and Tracy Rucinski in Chicago; Editing by Amy Stevens, Noeleen Walder and Grant McCool)


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Over the past year, the success of mass market electric cars has been judged on just two products; the Nissan LEAF and Chevrolet Volt – and of these, only the LEAF is truly fully electric.
Year-to-date sales figures through the end of October, reveal that 8,048 LEAFs versus 5,003 Volts have been sold in the USA, with the LEAF on target to exceed sales of 10,000 units by year's end. These numbers suggest that electric cars have moved beyond the curiosity stage, and now have a viable, permanent marketplace in this country.
This view is apparently shared by other car makers. Next year, American EV customers will get even more choice, in the form of Ford's new electric Focus and Mitsubishi's MiEV. Both of these cars are scheduled to go on sale in the spring, while customers with deeper pockets can look forward to the much anticipated Tesla Model S – a vehicle aiming at a higher end of the market.
I was able to drive a pre-market MiEV last week, which Mitsubishi claims will slot in as the most affordable EV available on the market. Going in as a price leader will make it an interesting car to watch. So, how does it compare?
In terms of the competition, the MiEV inevitably compares more directly with the LEAF, than the Volt, since it's also 100% electric, and consequently subject to the same laws of battery capacity and range. Whether or not range-anxiety is overblown, limited range, nonetheless, leads many people to consider today's electric cars to be most suitable as a second or third family vehicle. And if you buy in to that notion, then Mitsubishi's strategy to price the car for affordability may prove to be a smart one.
After tax credits, the MiEV starts at $21,625, significantly cheaper than the LEAF at $27,700. And this difference might just be the hook. Buyers may decide that if their EV isn't going to be their only car, something closer to $20,000 – as opposed to $30,000 – may be the way to go.
That is, as long as you don't want to go too far afield, as the MiEV is undoubtedly a city car; it's small size allows owners to squeeze into parking places few others could consider. But while it's small on the outside, interior cabin space is impressive – seeming to stretch to all four corners of the car. There will be no problem transporting four adults around town with plenty of leg and head room in the front and back.
I drove the higher spec "SE" version, and found it to be pleasantly feature rich. Nice touches such as a leather wrapped steering wheel, Bluetooth, satellite radio/navigation and a rear-view backup camera made the car feel much more than a basic "econo-box." Another cool feature is that drivers can remotely pre-heat or pre-cool the cabin before they are ready to un-plug and drive away, helping cut down on battery power use.
Speaking of batteries, the MiEV hosts a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack – which compared with the LEAF's 24 kWh battery is pretty small. This is no doubt where much of the vehicle's cost is saved, as lithium-ion batteries are notoriously expensive and a key reason why EVs are comparatively more expensive than gasoline powered cars.
To manage range, the car has 3 different modes – Drive, Eco-mode or B-mode; the latter offering maximum motor and braking regeneration. To be honest, the fun factor really only kicks in when you get out of eco-mode, thereby making the car's full power available. In "Drive" mode, I was impressed with the Mitsubishi's acceleration; it inspired confidence that I'd easily be able to keep pace with other road users. This sense was augmented by a high seating position giving the impression of driving a much larger vehicle. The total lack of engine noise or vibration, as with any EV, makes the driving experience seem incredibly refined.
So far, so good. Now for the big question – what's the range? The EPA rates the vehicle at just 62 miles, and this is probably what will make prospective buyers stop and think the most, before making a commitment to the MiEV.
The LEAF's EPA-evaluated range is 100 miles [Ed. Note please see the comment section for clarification on the LEAF's range], but drivers I have spoken to report real-world driving delivers more like 80 miles. Owners of the LEAF can let me know if this is consistent with their own experience. But, I would venture to say that the MiEV will almost certainly fall short of its full 62 mile range too – especially if the driver spends much time outside of eco-mode. If you factor in a similar 20 percent range error as for the LEAF – a cost paid for running things like A/C and other auxiliary features – perhaps drivers will find it wise to limit themselves to a 50 mile round-trip to be safe. Then again, if you go for the level 3, public quick charging port – an option – drivers can allay any anxiety by getting an 80 percent recharge in just 30 minutes.
But frankly, if this range covers your average daily driving needs, then the MiEV will fit the bill very well, and you'll be able to enjoy best-in-class 112 mpg equivalent fuel economy, which Mitsubishi estimates will cost you just $3.60 to run per 100 miles. It's true, of course, that you can buy a much cheaper economical gasoline powered car, but over time, cheap running costs and minimal service needs for the MiEV, will make a big dent in the price premium you pay for buying an electric car at the outset. And you might just be driving a bit of the future.
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Information overload occurs when the information available exceeds the user's ability to process it. To manage information overload, a user is required to discriminate among useful, redundant, incorrect, and meaningless information. From a computer science perspective, this means we must provide users with a combination of techniques and tools for collecting, grouping, classifying, selecting, indexing, ranking, and filtering useful information. The articles in this special issue show four different facets of the information overload problem, by providing the readers with a big picture of the main research outcomes in this topic.
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WASHINGTON (AP/TheBlaze) — The bartender working the private fundraiser where Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made his comments about "47 percent" of Americans says he didn't make the secret recording as a political partisan.
In his first public interview, Scott Prouty tells MSNBC's Ed Schultz that he lost sleep and struggled for weeks before deciding to release the recording to the magazine Mother Jones. But Prouty says he thought it was important that people heard Romney and knew what he was really thinking.
In the video, Romney tells donors paying $50,000 apiece that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government, see themselves as victims and believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.
Romney's critics used the video to argue that he was out of touch with average Americans.
Prouty steadfastly maintains that his motives in recording the video were apolitical. However, his Twitter feeds — AnneOnymous670 prior to the Ed Show taping, and ScottProuty now — tell a different story. To begin with, the anonymous Twitter feed trades explicitly on Prouty's identity as the person who leaked the tape, to the point of featuring this image as its background:
Prouty's Tweets, meanwhile, evince a highly pro-union, anti-Republican viewpoint and, in some cases, anti-NRA viewpoint, even after the election. A quick sample follows:
Why We Need Labor Unions After All finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ti… Healthy Capitalism Is Not Just About Maximizing Near-Term Profits.
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Fox News Pushing Karl Rove, Dick Morris Off The Air huff.to/Vj280p Merry Christmas Guys!
— @AnneOnymous670 (@AnneOnymous670) December 5, 2012
@nra LaPierre Is An Evil Man.
— @AnneOnymous670 (@AnneOnymous670) December 21, 2012
Gun Lobby: Blood Money to John McCain = $543,386 opensecrets.org/industries/sum…
— @AnneOnymous670 (@AnneOnymous670) December 19, 2012
What is more, Prouty relentlessly publicized the video himself under the Youtube handle "Romney Exposed," and also as Daily Kos blogger AnneOnymous670.
Prouty also reached out to Democratic opposition researcher James Carter about it, rather than sending it to reporters. The Huffington Post reports on this process:
But Prouty didn't wait for a reporter to find him.
He found James Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, who had discovered a talent for opposition research and finding gotcha videos deep in the C-Span archives. Prouty had followed Carter's work on YouTube. "He had good sense enough to follow me back when he saw my videos after I followed him," Prouty said. "Then he had the good sense enough to contact me after that."
Prouty said he wanted Carter to help him get in touch with Mother Jones' David Corn. He had been a big admirer of Corn's work — especially his investigative pieces on Romney and the Hong Kong-based Global-Tech Appliances, a firm that sought to profit from U.S. outsourcing. He saw Corn on television all the time, he said. Maybe the veteran journalist could get his little film on the air. "They were picked," he said of Carter and Corn.
Now, Prouty regrets letting Corn take credit for the video, citing the reporter's outsize bragging about "uncovering" it, which Prouty sees as overzealous self-promotion.
"I sent it to [Corn] in regular mail, taped to a small, like, a little note card in an envelope," Prouty told the Huffington Post.


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Album Rating: 3.5Good review Robin, been looking forward to reading your take on this.
wheres my 5/5 cmon son
i hate music this year
yea cus it sucks
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Album Rating: 2.5really Robin? This sounds like Magnet Fields covering Mini Pop versions of Joy Division... which actually isn't that bad for some of these songs (like Andrew in Drag) but idk
Album Rating: 2.5I was really disappointed in this though Birdman I was really starting to get into some of their back catalogue
Album Rating: 2.5that x is a frowny face
i can totally understand your disappointment in this bud. for some reason i live as a very inverted magnetic fields fan- i basically like their albums in backwards chronological order, so this and 'realism' get a big look in for me where others are probably uninterested.
to me though i just love that this album is kind of really silly but still down to details. blah blah blah. excuses.
why did i have the bowl, bart?
Album Rating: 3.0I can see how some would walk away from this record disappointed.
but besides 2 or 3 songs I really like this.
Album Rating: 2.5WHY DID I HAVE THE BOWL?
Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound OffInfatuation (With Your Gyration) is delirously fun synth nonesense.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offi love quick so much
Album Rating: 4.0I like your review. Like all of their albums, I love this one too.
Andrew in Drag is so stupid, I don't plan on listening to this at all.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffAndrew in drag is great
Album Rating: 2.0god man i f'in love this poop
good to see robin stickin to his guns
good to see cam
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