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I noticed this the other day, and have no idea what it is or how it got there:
It's a flat rubber wire that looks like it's been cut. It goes up into the chassis and has no give when I try to pull on it. I can't see what it is connected to.
While we were changing my tires, my boss theorized it must be a grounding wire and that he hasn't seen one in ages. I've never heard of such a thing, but my instinct says it is not supposed to be there.
Any ideas? Could this possibly be there on purpose or should I try to get rid of it?


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The FCC has painted itself and net neutrality into a corner
Subject: General Tech | January 14, 2014 - 01:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: net neutrality, legal, FCC
The US FCC has been told they do not have the authority to enforce its Network Neutrality rules as they have defined the Internet as something unique and therefor not covered under the existing common carriage regulations. These regulations have evolved for over 100 years from when they first referred to actual physical carriages transporting goods and have since expanded to less physical services such as cable TV. That has allowed government agencies to regulate providers and transporters of goods and services by accounting for almost any business practice that has been used since this regulations inception. Unfortunately as the FCC has chosen to define broadband internet as a distinct service the ruling today does make legal sense, there are no legal statutes on the books specifically about Net Neutrality and now the debate should shift to whether it is wiser to attempt to create a brand new set of regulations or if the FCC should attempt to change its stance and attempt to have common carrier regulations apply to broadband suppliers and their negotiations with both edge providers and end users. It is worth following the link from Slashdot to the ruling, it is 80 pages long but contains a lot of the history of the legal decisions that have lead to this point as well as containing some amusing analogies. After all, it is not like at least one mobile provider is already set to take advantage of the current unenforceable nature of net neutrality regulations.
"According to a report from Gizmodo, a U.S. Appeals Court has invalidated the FCC's Net Neutrality rules. From the decision: 'Given that the Commission has chosen to classify broadband providers in a manner that exempts them from treatment as common carriers, the Communications Act expressly prohibits the Commission from nonetheless regulating them as such."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- AMD's Kaveri APU ships today touting 50 percent higher GPU performance @ The Inquirer
- New integrated quantum circuit is most complex ever @ Nanotechweb
- TechwareLabs Interview with be quiet at CES 2014
- Lenovo: It could be YEARS before a US smartphone launch @ The Register
- Acer to start new operation strategy in April to focus on BYOC @ DigiTimes
- alve goes ahead with Oculus Rift SteamVR @ The Inquirer
It's itself not its self.
Yes; yes it is
No legal FCC oversite status according to the U.S. Appeals Court, but this litigation will end up before the Supreme Court, and that one company, will find the lack of a discrete legal framework, freedom short lived! We are talking about the FCC, and the FCC will move to have this lower court's ruling temporarily stayed, while the appeals process begins! And expect the Justice Department to chime in with respect to this desision, as there are executive branch, Federal Department/commision(FCC), and anticompetitive enforcment issues around the FCC's Federal jurisdiction of the matter, the executive branch, and the Justice Departments's own antitrust policing duties! Congress will undoubtedly get involved, pending the final outcome in the US courts, and this case has the Supreme Court written all over it!
I have a sneaking feeling the FCC wanted to lose this case. The whole thing was a dramatic performance with actors on both sides writing the dialog together and conducted by the insider FCC chairman.
a possible scenario, yes
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echnology connects us in some ways, and disconnects us in others. Always. When technology plugs you into something somewhere, it unplugs you from something else, somewhere else.
Consider the case of the microwave oven...
It is our job to be de"tech"tives, so that we can understand how we are connected and disconnected by technology, so that we might only let this happen in ways we think are smart and healthy.
This website provides some activities that put you in charge of being detechtives and digital citizens. You will develop perspectives, policies and customs about how you, your friends and others with whom you share your neighborhood, community and planet, should behave regarding a number of issues related to living a digital lifestyle. These include how to treat each other online, protect yourself and each other from misleading information on the web, use other people's material that you find on the Internet, and how you manage your digital footprint.


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Exim is a mail transfer agent for Unix systems connected to the Internet.
It is a monolithic MTA designed to be a command line compatible drop-in
replacement for Sendmail.
Exim is an excellent mailer for an ISP, as its control and flexibility
are very good and its requeing and retry algorithms are very powerful.
Exim's configuration syntax is simple and well documented.
WWW: http://www.exim.org/
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was:
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
There are no ports dependent upon this port
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 22
I agree with the Exim community that the exim-4.xx has reached production
Move exim to exim-old for folks who need exim-3.xx, because the
configuration file for exim-4.xx is not backward compatible. Move
exim-devel to exim, removing NO_LATEST_LINK:
repo-copy exim -> exim-old
copy over exim-devel -> exim
retire exim-devel
Slave ports are intended for use with the exim port, as before, so they
now build and install for exim-4.xx.
Update to exim-4.10.
This version brings exim-4.x to the point where serious production users
may wish to consider it.
Unfortunately, I don't have time for the exim -> exim-old and exim-devel
>- exim transition, and won't have time to get to it for the next 10
Please be patient.
Fix the condition in the userforward director that is intended to
protect against users with /nonexistent as their home directory
having all their mail deferred.
Submitted by: fanf
Update to exim-4.05:
* Several eximon fixes.
* Several TLS fixes.
* Several exim crash fixes.
* Spool file handling fixes.
* Memory management fixes.
* Delivery process looping fix.
* Fix for Darwin's case insensitive filesystem.
* Many other fixes that might not affect some people, but would seriously
annoy others.
This port for exim is now approaching production-worthiness. I expect
it to replace mail/exim some time in the next couple of months, with
mail/exim being moved to mail/exim-old (if not deleted).
Also, sync POST-INSTALL-NOTES with rev 1.7 of mail/exim's version.
Exim4 uses a different strategy for pidfile creation and naming, in
which %s isn't a required component of the pidfile pathname. Also,
I was using /var/lock instead of /var/run, so kill two birds with
one stone, using /var/run/exim.pid.
PR: ports/37947
Submitted by: AMAKAWA Shuhei <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Update to exim-4.04: mostly fixes of fixes from exim-4.03.
The WITH_PWCHECK support requires the pwcheck daemon to be running,
and doesn't require linking against the library. Therefore, convert
the LIB_DEPENDS on libsasl.8 to a RUN_DEPENDS on pwcheck.
Update to exim-4.03, including Cyrus SASL pwcheck daemon authentication
support (disabled by default).
Submitted by: email@example.com (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Fix the build in the WITH_PGSQL=yes case.
When the databases/postgresql7 port was updated from postgresql-7.1.x to
postgresql-7.2, libpq-fe.h moved from PREFIX/include/pgsql to
PREFIX/include for reasons I can't figure out.
This applies a band-aid until I can get clarification from the postgresql
port maintainer <email@example.com>, but I think the port might be
"broken" in its placement of some header files.
Reported by: kris
Don't add user mailnull to the list of never_users, which exim-4 uses
for more checks than exim-3 did.
Bump PORTREVISION accordingly.
Reported by: Suresh Ramasubramanian <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Chase a rerolled documentation distfile. The changes were all markup
Update to exim-4.01:
Update to exim-4.00, the long awaited next release of Exim.
Enable the LMTP transport by default and provide a knob for disabling it.
There are just too many people who need this for "black box" POP3/IMAP
services to justify the bytes saved in the default package.
Expand on the existing documentation regarding TLS and certificates, adding
information important to operators of SMTP services used by a number of
Windows (and probably Unix) MUA packages.
Exim 4 does not require numeric values for the compile-time constants
EXIM_USER and EXIM_GROUP. Don't force numeric values down the throats of
operators who, for some reason, have different numeric IDs for user mailnull
and group mail.
Update to exim-3.952, the second alpha release of exim-4.
Add a patch from the author that fixes a string termination bug. The bug was
the cause of the 'unknown named list "+local_domains"' problem for which the
port was marked BROKEN.
The Exim Overview is not included in the texinfo distribution any more, so
don't try to install it or uninstall it.
Inadequate testing failed to uncover an issue with the default configuration
that causes a run-time failure at delivery time.
Do not recommend the use of the mail/exim-doc-* ports for acquiring
alternative documentation formats, since those ports install documentation for
Update for exim-3.951 (AKA exim-4.0 alpha release) after repo copy.
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From her days when she was warning that we wouldn't be ready for her "jelly" to her questionable diva confession of her alter-ego of Sasha Fierce to her beautiful (and seemingly stable) relationship with her husband [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jay-Z[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beyoncé[/lastfm] has blossomed in front of our eyes from turned-out teen to gorgeous married woman.
Never has this been more evident than in her new video called "Best Thing I Never Had" from what is easily her best album, albeit most experimental album ever, 4.
Doing the fine balancing act of looking both breathtaking and natural, Beyoncé's video for "Best Thing I Never Had" starts with her wearing sheer, skimpy lingerie–that doesn't look remotely trashy.
She gesticulates sassily and we are told a story about a woman on her wedding day who walked away from her straying-eyed prom date years before. Then we get to see her wedding, tears falls, people laugh, and it's just about as emotional (and sometimes cheesy) as any real life wedding.
Haters will point out the kitschy sentimentality of the video, but any girl with a romantic bone in her body will get a little misty-eyed.
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|Gary Schafer <email@example.com>, email@example.com
|Re: [TowerTalk] Water tower omni
|Nick Pair <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
Gary, My assumption was that the coax shield had been grounded prior to conduit which removes the voltage build up due to choke effect of conduit. Bonding at each end of conduit would eliminate current choke effect of conduit. Standard practice is to bond shield at point of flexible to heliax connection and again at bottom of tower where coax does a 90 degree turn. This usually puts the conduit on the supply side of the bend, horizontally to the shack.This makes a higher impedance on the branch than the bond drain to the grid and controls the current flow. Nick WB7PEK Gary Schafer <email@example.com> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: email@example.com [mailto:towertalk- > email@example.com] On Behalf Of Nick Pair > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:35 PM > To: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; > firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: [TowerTalk] Water tower omni > > I vote for the 4 pole folded dipole with the dipoles spaced 90 deg.around > a mast horizontally and phasing harness distance vertically. The > commercial type where the dipoles are welded to arm on half opposite feed > point. They have survived many a strike in commercial installations. You > would want to use discharge devices above them on support mast and have > everything well bonded together and to lightning down wire to whatever > ground is present at tower base. There should be a grid if this is a > community water system and access to this is important. The individual > patterns on these are great enough that you get pretty good omni out of a > set of four. Use factory spacing from support for best omni. > Also if you can run the feed line horizontally from the support pole > base through a grounded run of metal conduit just big enough to > accommodate the coax will choke the large current surge down to a less > than melt down level. About 20 feet will do it. > That's my $.02 worth anyway, > > Nick WB7PEK Running coax through metal conduit without grounding it at each end of the conduit is asking for a large arc between the coax and conduit, not recommended. 73 Gary K4FMX --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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The first three series of the British comedy drama set in the fictional Welsh town of Pontyberry written by and starring Ruth Jones.
Series one finds 40-something single mother Stella (Jones) spending her time looking after her children and earning money by ironing for the locals.
Her eldest son, Luke (Craig Gallivan), is soon to be released from prison and she is worried about how he will readjust to life in the community; her daughter, Emma (Catrin Stewart), is dating Sunil (Rory Girvan); while her youngest child, Ben (Justin Davies), is the bright spark of the family but his inquisitiveness can lead him to trouble.
To make matters worse, her ex-husband is dating a beautiful 28-year-old but Stella may have found a love interest of her own in the form of kind-hearted painter and decorator Sean (Kenny Doughty).
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It Was Like Nothing Else in My Life Up to Now
Josh Roiland | The Digital Press | May 9th 2017 | 19 minutes (5,354 words)
This essay first appeared in Haunted by Waters: The Future of Memory and the Red River Flood of 1997 published by The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. Our thanks to Josh Roiland and editor David Haeselin for allowing us to reprint this essay at Longreads.
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On a still summer night in the last year of last century an overweight woman in a wheelchair appeared, as if an apparition, under a street lamp in a parking lot on the west end of campus. I had not seen her when I pulled my car in. It was an hour till midnight, and I was covered in sand.
I'd spent the night playing volleyball and had returned home to married student housing where I was summering with a friend's wife, while he interned in Minneapolis. She was a nurse who worked nights, and I was an English major lazing between my junior and senior year. We rarely saw each other; the only complication in our cohabitation resulted from my inability to lift the toilet seat when I got up to pee in the middle of the night. In the mornings we'd cross paths and she'd tell me, again, that it was no fun to come home and sit in piss.
That night in the dark parking lot, the woman rolled her heavy body from behind a street-lamp. "Excuse me," she said, coming closer.
"Hi!" she said cheerfully. "Can you, uh—would you be able to give me a ride home?"
She worked at a telemarketing place near the corner of University Ave. and 42nd St. Work had let out, but the buses had stopped running, and she needed a way home. She crossed the busy intersection and wheeled into the expansive parking lot waiting for someone to help her. I was tired and dirty. I just wanted to slink into the stuffy efficiency, shower, and distract myself to sleep with PlayStation. But here she sat.
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A MEMORIAL to be unveiled this weekend has been hailed as a fitting tribute to the four people killed in a plane crash in 1941.
The stainless steel commemorative plaque will be revealed on Sunday at a ceremony at Wolfson College in North Oxford – the site of the fatal accident on May 4, 1941 – after campaigners finally were able to learn the correct spelling of the civilian victim's name.
The Whitley 5 twin engined bomber, based at RAF Abingdon, crashed in Linton Road during a training flight, killing the three crewmen onboard and civilian Frances Hitchcox on the ground. Engine failure was thought the likely cause.
The names of the three RAF personnel – Pilot Officers William Halley, 19, Charles Small, 23, and Sergeant John "Jack" Mocham, 20 – were known but it was unknown whether it was Mrs Hitchcox or Hitchcock.
An appeal was made in the Oxford Mail's Memory Lane section to find anyone who could confirm the name and, as news of the campaign spread by word of mouth, a relative came forward, said Oxford historian Ann Spokes Symonds.
Mrs Spokes Symonds, who led the push for the plaque, said it would be a fitting tribute to those who lost their lives.
She said: "It is very important that we remember those who served in the war as well as those who were killed in action. They gave their lives for their country. Flying was still a dangerous occupation at that time.
"It is said that the airmen did not have enough training and many were killed before undertaking active service."
The Oxford Mail reported at the time of the crash: "Just before it reached the ground, the plane was seen to be in difficulties by people in many parts of the neighbourhood.
"The sound of the crash was heard all over North Oxford."
The plaque will be fixed on the side of the college's new auditorium, which was opened last year as part of the college's new £4.5m academic wing.
Mrs Spokes Symonds, 88 and a former Lord Mayor of Oxford, said: "It will be very visible in what will eventually be a new quad in the college."
She hopes relatives of the victims will be attending the ceremony on Sunday.
Wolfson College bursor Edward Jarron, a former bomber pilot, said: "It is a nice thing to do. We have always been aware that this accident occurred and I believe it hit a house that is on the site of the new building."
He added: "We felt that now the new building is complete, the first anniversary after it would be the suitable time to unveil a plaque."
The plaque will be dedicated by college president Dame Hermione Lee at the 3pm ceremony before Mr Jarron makes a short speech about bomber pilots and the crash.
- Anyone interested in attending should call the college on 01865 274100.


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Three Parts:Confronting Mean FriendsSetting Boundaries with FriendshipsReassessing the FriendshipCommunity Q&A
So you think your friends are being mean to you? You may or may not know for sure. Sometimes, people smile and act nice to cover up mean intentions. On the other hand, your friends may just have a snarky or dry sense of humor while harboring no bad intentions at all. No matter whether it's real or imagined, you deserve to feel respected and valued in your friendships. Learn how to deal with mean friends and protect your own well-being in the process.
Part 1
Confronting Mean Friends
1Prepare your thoughts about what you want to say. This can be easier if you have evidence of the mean behavior that you can clearly point out. Make note of specific patterns or recent changes in how your friend acts. Try not to make general statements about him or her being "mean", instead name the behavior that upsets you. It may be helpful to write down your thoughts and edit the list so you know exactly what you need to say.[1]
- Remember that it is the behavior that is negative; your friend is not necessarily a bad person. There may be reasons behind the behavior, but it doesn't change the hurt feelings you feel.
2Schedule a time to talk with your friends face-to-face. While it may be tempting to lash out via a text or make a quick phone call, it is better to have the full attention of the friend in person.
- Whether you wind up ending the friendship or coming to an agreement about how it can be fixed, meet face to face unless you are in fear of a physical reaction. If you have even a hint of fear about getting physically hurt, protect yourself and seek help.[2].
3Share your feelings. Use "I" statements to minimize defensiveness. You are asking this friend to own the behavior so you need to own how it makes you feel.[3]
- An "I" statement could be: "I feel scared when I am screamed at, I need you to talk in a normal volume and indoor voice so I can focus on what you are saying."
4Offer a suggestion for how your friends can correct mean behavior. Remind this friend that you like him or her and want to reconnect in a positive way. You can help resolve the mean behavior by offering an example of how you would like to be treated.[4]
- For example, you might say: "It hurts my feelings when I am laughed at because of the way I talk. Instead of laughing if I make a mistake you can help me fix it. I would appreciate knowing what I can fix about the way I talk."
- Be aware that you can make suggestions, but the friend is the only one who can change the behavior. If he or she is not willing to change, there may not be a friendship worth saving.
5Call out rude or mean behavior in the future. Once you establish a boundary you cannot simply ignore when it is violated. Remember to always call out a specific behavior and not just someone being "rude". The only way the friend can change assuming he or she wants to is if there is a clear definition of what you find rude when the behavior is happening.
Part 2
Setting Boundaries with Friendships
1Identify behaviors/remarks that make you uncomfortable. You are the only one who gets to make this boundary. You do not have to defend your feelings. You have every right to draw the line as far as behaviors you do not like. Drawing boundaries means this is not a negotiation. You expect for your boundaries to be acknowledged and considered.[5]
- Be sure to make these boundaries known and establish what crosses the line with you. This is the only way you can hold the friend accountable if the boundaries are crossed. Think about what makes you feel disrespected and hurt and compile these behaviors to share with your friends.
2Be clear with your friends if you don't like joking a certain way. Everyone has a different sense of humor. Your friends may have been being light-hearted, but something that was said or done rubbed you the wrong way. If this behavior makes you feel bad about yourself, you need to speak up.[6]
- For example, if you do not like this friend laughing at you when you fall down, say "Hey, my falling isn't funny. Please don't laugh."
- If you feel uncomfortable with him or her making jokes that go against your own morals like those that are based on race, make it clear you will walk away from that type of joke and do exactly that.
3Attend to your feelings when friends are being mean. Regardless of why the friend is being mean, you have every right to feel hurt by the behavior. Minimizing or ignoring your own feelings can put a great deal of stress on your health. You need to attend to your own well-being first.[7]
- Do not let the friend make light of your feelings and do not try to hide them in order to keep the peace. That is not fair to you or the friend.
4Seek support from a parent, older sibling, or school counselor. You may need help from another person so do not be afraid to ask for help. Getting support is even more important if you feel afraid for your safety at any time. Do not be afraid to take a gut feeling of fear seriously and seek help immediately.[8] .
Part 3
Reassessing the Friendship
1Recognize that you have a right to feel safe and secure in your friendships. You also have the right to maintain clear boundaries about what types of negative behaviors are not acceptable to you.[9]
- Part of setting a boundary is following through with consequences if they are violated. Be clear about what breaking your trust looks like and what will happen afterwards.
- You are not being mean if you stand your ground and end a friendship because of this broken trust.
2Decide if you want to keep being friends with mean people. There are no hard and fast rules as far as how long any friendship lasts. Sometimes, friendships just end for one reason or another. If you seem to have outgrown your friends because they are often engaging in bullying or immature behavior, you may choose to distance yourself.[10]
- The biggest part of self-care is taking ownership of your happiness. There is no friend that is more important than your own happiness and security.
- Learn to tap into your own measure of stress and see what patterns cause you the most stress. If there is a friend at the center of much of the stress, move on.[11]
3Talk to someone about it that you trust. This may be another friend, a coworker or even your parents. Explain to this person what's been going on and ask for his or her sincere advice.
- You might say "Hey, Mom. Were you ever friends with someone who sort of picked on you?...What did you do?"
4End friendships that do not positively influence your life. Recognize friendships that have changed into challenging and draining battles. Use strong personal boundaries to step away from those negative relationships and spend time with people who are supportive and value what you bring to the table.[12]
Community Q&A
What should I do if my friend is getting mad at me and lying to people about me?wikiHow ContributorTell your friend how he/she is making you feel and ask them why they are mad. If you are still in school, tell someone you can trust, such as a parent or teacher, and they will be able to get into contact with this friend's parents.
What should I do if some of my friends insult me, and not in a joking way?wikiHow ContributorYou should ask them to stop, and if they refuse, then you should end the friendship. If they are not very good friends (or friends at all) if they insult you. Try to find a better group of friends who accept you for who you are. And remember, it is better to have no friends than to have bad friends.
My friend is being mean to me and my sister is trying to befriend her. What do I do?wikiHow ContributorTalk to your sister; explain your emotions and that what she's doing makes you uncomfortable. She should respect your feelings if she is a good sister. Alternatively, talk to the other girl and ask her what her problem is with you. Tell her that if she wants to be friends with your sister, she needs to respect you, and let her know that you will not accept her mean behavior. If it gets really bad, talk to a trusted adult about the situation.
What if you don't want to lose your friend!?wikiHow ContributorTry to talk it out. Let him tell his side of the story - and tell yours, too.
I love my best friend, she is funny and fun but is currently is letting me down and being mean What can I do? I don't want to lose her as a friend.wikiHow ContributorIf she is really your best friend, and a good person, then tell her to stop. If she actually likes you, and is a true friend, she will stop doing this. Consider whether she might be going through a tough time lately and offer to be there for her. Sometimes meanness occurs when someone lashes out at those they care about because they're going through some tough stuff inside or on the home front.
If my friends are being mean in school, will it help to tell the teacher?wikiHow ContributorYou should confront them about it. Don't let them bully other people; tell them you object to their behavior. If they bully someone, that person will lose self-esteem and may not contribute to the world as much as they could.
What should I do if my friends won't stop being mean to me?wikiHow ContributorTalk to them about their manner. Ask them why are they doing this. If they still continue this then move on and find people who care. You do not need friends who don't appreciate you. They don't deserve you. You need better friends.
What can I say to a girl to make her stop messing with me?wikiHow ContributorYou could tell her you don't like it and it isn't right. Make sure she knows she has hurt you, and tell her how you feel, and how it has affected you. It may not always stop; if it doesn't, tell someone you trust and who isn't also being messed around with by this girl. Try and avoid her as much as possible. This may be difficult if you are in the same class or group, and if she speaks to you without being horrible, be nice and normal in return.
Is my friend a true friend if her boyfriend is bullying me and she is sticking up for him, and not me?wikiHow ContributorYes. She is still your friend but she wants to stick up for her boyfriend because she feels that they are closer. Try talking or organising a day out together to talk about it. Let her know it is not acceptable that her boyfriend is bullying you and that by sticking up for his behavior, she is actually making things worse for you. She may not have gained a proper appreciation of your perspective yet.
What if you don't want to have new friends but just be alone for a time? And can you tell the teacher?wikiHow ContributorThere is no need to get new friends if you don't want to have any; in some cases, it might be helpful to take a break while you decide who might end up being a trusted friend. Rushing into getting a new friend might be harmful sometimes. As for telling the teacher, you can but you will probably find the teacher is only able to help if there is bullying or harm occurring, while the friends may see you as a telltale tattler, which might cause them to bother you even more. Possibly best to just move on, especially since you don't currently want new friends.
- Be careful of accusing your friend of saying things behind your back because your friend might not be and that could be an embarrassing moment.
- You may want to think about how you are treating your friend, maybe you could be the mean one. If that is the case, apologize and try to correct your behavior in the future.
- Try using one of these phrases if they say something rude/mean:
- I cannot believe you just said that
- Well that's rude.
- Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
- You may lose some friends by setting personal boundaries. But, if they didn't respect you, they may not have been the best friends for you anyway.
Sources and Citations
- ↑ http://theberniereeves.com/cope-friends-mean/
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-spot-and-end-a-toxic-friendship/
- ↑ http://www.compassioncoach.com/how_and_when_to_use_i_statements
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/women/features/toxic-friends-less-friend-more-foe?page=3
- ↑ http://www.joy2meu.com/Personal_Boundaries.htm
- ↑ http://psychcentral.com/lib/10-way-to-build-and-preserve-better-boundaries/
- ↑ http://psychcentral.com/lib/10-way-to-build-and-preserve-better-boundaries/
- ↑ http://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/when-friends-are-mean/
- ↑ http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-13176/6-steps-to-set-good-boundaries.html
- ↑ http://www.chicagonow.com/between-us-parents/2012/10/ways-tweens-can-respond-when-some-of-their-friends-are-being-mean-to-another-friend/
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/women/features/toxic-friends-less-friend-more-foe
- ↑ http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-set-healthy-boundaries-3-crucial-first-steps/
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Im looking fir an older version of Sony Flashtool, older than 0.9.13.0 to work on a Mac or a Windows. For some reason the current one wont work for me. Anyone know of any links to an older version?
What's your OS? If Linux, I may help you to run 0.9.13.0.
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|Reviews for Gold and Silver
| Joyeee chapter 1 . 3/3/2007
I particularly like the bit of interaction between Hellanike and Cleitos at the end. Hellanike's the strongest character here; it's like an inside joke with the reader, how she deals with the headstrong, willful guys (Alexander as much as Cleitos) who think they know best (though of course Alexander doesn't realize she's subtly poking fun at him at the beginning!).
Also really liked how Cleitos is no soft-heart (thinking Leonidas doesn't beat Alexander hard enough) but can be so sympathetic to a kid who stands up for himself and gets a pile of grief for it.
The story Hellanike tells – how Romantic, in the literary sense, that the very nature of the Golden Prince was that which made it impossible, forever, for him to ever encounter what remained of Silver Boy! Reminds me a bit of Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince," in its lovely descriptions (especially what the gods fashioned each of them from) and the kind of ending it has.
| Manidefronsac chapter 1 . 3/3/2007
What a beautiful story, well written. Il like stories about Alexander and Hephaestion's childhood, too! Hope there will be a sequel for the two friend to mend their problem. (Well after all perhaps the silver and the golden boys come together during eclipses) hint! hint
| suemichave chapter 1 . 3/3/2007
How very perceptive of Hellanike to chose this story, I am sure Alexander understands the connection. A most enjoyable story, thank you
| Sushoo chapter 1 . 3/3/2007
What a sweet story, I like 'your' young and sensitive Alexander!
I really think there should come a sequel to show how Alexander and Hephaestion stop their fight (hint hint):)
Anyway, keep up the good work!
| SONGNATASHA chapter 1 . 3/2/2007
I love this fic so much! And the story Hellanike told is really nice and touching, especially the ending, very sad. I guess Alexander would indeed learn something from it, wouldn't he? Poor Hephaistion, Alexander must hurt him deeply.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) Reaction in Nevada was swift and critical to President Bush's decision Friday to build a national nuclear waste dump in the state.
"I am outraged, as are the citizens of Nevada," said Gov. Kenny Guinn, who announced he will veto Bush's decision and send the matter to Congress.
"As a state, we are solidly united to continue our fight against Yucca Mountain," Guinn said, adding that the state has built a $5.4 million fund to fight the dump site.
The state has promised more lawsuits against the plan that would store 77,000 tons of the nation's nuclear waste in a series of underground tunnels. Yucca Mountain is at the western edge of the federal government's Nevada Test Site, 90 miles from Las Vegas.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Bush of breaking a written campaign promise to rely on sound science, not politics, to make his decision on the Yucca Mountain project.
"All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada," said Reid, who has pledged to use his position as the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate to marshal votes against the plan.
"The president's decision threatens American lives," Reid declared. "I say this because to carry out President Bush's plan would require shipment of nuclear waste ... through 43 states."
The president's decision came less than 24 hours after Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham formally declared the Yucca Mountain site suitable for the repository. It was the only site under study.
The earliest Yucca Mountain could begin accepting spent nuclear fuel is 2010.
U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., said the president was "misled" by the Energy Department.
"Unfortunately, the DOE continues to ignore the serious concerns and criticisms leveled by independent scientists and experts," Gibbons said. "The president relied upon the scientific information presented by the DOE, which for years has rushed headlong toward approving Yucca Mountain."
"I think it's a premature decision," said Allison Mcfarlane, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has studied the Yucca Mountain project for several years.
She referred to a General Accounting Office review that cited 293 unresolved technical issues and recommended Bush postpone a decision, and to a report by an independent Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board that criticized the Energy Department's scientific work at Yucca Mountain.
"I think there are enough scientific and technical issues that are unresolved that it could affect the safety of the repository," Mcfarlane said by telephone from Boston.
Nevada lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been trying to persuade Bush to reject the recommendation for scientific and political reasons.
"Now the real battle will begin," said Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., who last month warned that Bush could cost Republicans two hotly contested congressional seats in Nevada and threaten the GOP's narrow majority in the House if he approved the Yucca Mountain project.
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This module is a simple utility to convert katakana, hiragana, and
romaji at ease. This module makes use of utf8 semantics. Strings in
this module must be utf8-flagged. If they are not, you can use Encode
to do so.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Lingua-JA-Kana/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Kana/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install ja-p5-Lingua-JA-Kana
cd /usr/ports/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Kana/ && make install clean
pkg install ja-p5-Lingua-JA-Kana
PKGNAME: ja-p5-Lingua-JA-Kana
SHA256 (Lingua-JA-Kana-0.07.tar.gz) = 1b5c92b4c354bc97dd006d8cfd3d18418ab79c807f2e62064423c78aeb277223
SIZE (Lingua-JA-Kana-0.07.tar.gz) = 7097
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 17
Remove Author from pkg-descr and white space fixes
Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
Before, we had:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
site_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3
Modules without any .so will be installed at the same place regardless of the
Cleanup plist
Restore language specific package prefix. This has been erroneously removed
during the staging conversion. Sorry about the noise.
Support staging.
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- convert USE_GMAKE to Uses
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The vast majority of pkg-descr files had the following format when they
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This module is a simple utility to convert katakana, hiragana, and
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this module must be utf8-flagged. If they are not, you can use Encode
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Lingua-JA-Kana/
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Withered flower,
shrivels with grace.
Last of its essence,
escapes from taste.
Hidden from touch,
are the tears a rose cries.
Then fades away,
she will shrivel and die.
Wo pretty rose,
death stalks real.
And there's no one to hear you,
or the pain you feel.
Life's based on death,
on land and in seas.
And only man,
is heard on his knees.
Only man has God,
to hear his cries.
To judge his soul,
to live or to die.
Poor child of life,
young flower in bloom.
Your soul or flesh,
is already doomed.
Empty of loves nourishment,
each peddle falls.
Nature's teardrops,
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Pair with love as a driving force
How garage director Fiona and her husband Mark keep their relationship ticking over
'I TOOK the view the day we got married that it was the two of us against the world," says Mark Roche, who met his wife Fiona Murphy in 1990, when they were both 19.
"After all these years together, I still find her very attractive. And aside from her looks, her career is very attractive to me, as the housewife type of thing just doesn't interest me at all."
Fiona, 43, and the eldest of five girls, is a director of Clonskeagh Motors, a leading Honda dealership and high-quality used car showroom that was started by her father Dermot over 40 years ago.
Dermot still heads up the company, and is completely devoted to it and very hard-working, says Fiona. While her sister Emma doesn't work in the business, Sharon looks after the service department and Hannah, the youngest, is working on reception.
Their adored sister Yvonne, who had special needs, a fantastic personality and a wicked sense of humour, sadly passed away two years ago, aged 35.
Fiona grew up steeped in the business. When her mum Aileen and dad Dermot bought the business in the early 1970s, it was a garage with two petrol pumps.
The family initially lived in the little house that was built on the site.
Fiona always helped out in the garage, working there in the holidays from UCD, where she completed a degree in economics and philosophy.
It was in first year at college that she fell for her classmate Mark at a mutual friend's party, and despite finding him to be a "dark horse," they started dating a month later.
"I went to school at Belvedere, so I was a typical sports jock, who could talk about anything to do with sports, but wasn't able to speak to girls," say Mark, by way of explaining the "dark horse" description.
"Once we got together, we were inseparable."
Nine years later, Fiona and Mark were married in September 1999, holding their reception at Rathsallagh House. They then honeymooned in Italy.
Mark is from Castleknock, and has a brother David and sister Carmel.
His dad, Professor Frank Roche, is currently deputy principal of the UCD College of Business and Law, and his mum Dympna was previously a special needs teacher.
Mark's passion is for finance, and after completing the degree at UCD, he did an MBA in finance and is currently working as a stockbroker. However, he is also keenly interested in the car business, and is always in the background, helping out.
"We're both petrolheads," chuckles Fiona.
"Mark has a heart of gold and has been an unbelievable support to me in the business. He is great for giving an objective opinion.
"He has been a total rock through the difficult times, particularly when my sister died," says Fiona , adding that he is a great support to her parents – "he's like the son they never had."
Fiona says that she never had any hesitation joining the family business full time in 1994, and now presides over sales and the overall running of the business.
These are difficult times for the motor industry, so Fiona is always trying to give better value and service to customers and looking for new ways to stay relevant.
"We have an amazing, loyal staff, and it's very important to keep it all afloat," she says.
"While people went for the luxury brands a bit more during the good times, they are coming back now to great models like Honda that offer reliability, efficiency and value for money. We also service and supply other brands as well, and pride ourselves on our after-sales service.
"Obviously work became more challenging once the financial tsunami hit, but like many other families, we try to keep our perspective and just get through it."
Clonskeagh Motors has built up a loyal following over the past 40 years. It is pretty innovative too, because as well as the motor business, it has also hosted fashion shows, art exhibitions and bridge nights.
While the industry used to be hugely male-dominated, Fiona says that there are a lot more women in the business these days, and she finds it an advantage, as female customers often prefer to deal with another woman.
"Unfortunately my dad never had a son, and he worked so hard at the business that I always felt that somebody should take it over," Fiona says."I was happy to as I always had a great interest in it."
Fiona and Mark say that the highlight of their marriage has been having their two children, Lucy, 6, and Max, 4, but the journey to having them was also the most challenging thing they've overcome. "It wasn't an easy road," says Mark. "I think we both assumed that it would happen easily, but after a few years, we went to the UK for specialist help as we found it lacking here. Thankfully, it was very successful, and here we are, two children later.
"Having children changes you, as you're always thinking about them in everything you do rather than yourself, and you don't self-analyse any more," says Mark, adding, "our marriage has been super and very rewarding. I think that when you marry your best friend it's quite easy."
Like any working couple with children, Fiona and Mark lead a very busy life and employ a Brazilian au pair to help out with the children.
They feel that it is important to take time to themselves and their relationship, and go out once or twice a week for dinner, a walk or to the cinema together.
"Mark is a fantastic father and husband," says Fiona. "I've never woken up and said, 'Oh him again!' He's just part of me now."
Clonskeagh Motors, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14. Tel: 01 269 4477, or see www.clonskeaghmotors.com
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Richard Whitney Bryant '41
Dick Bryant died April 19, 2008, in Stephenville, TX, after a short illness. He was eighty-eight. Dick was born in Lexington, MA, and raised in Lockport, NY. He majored in history at Amherst and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and very active in the Christian Association, of which he was president his senior year. He was a member of the Glee Club, and of the Speakers' Club his last three years in college, and participated three years in debating.
After Amherst, Dick studied at the McCormick Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1945. He then made the decision to go into mission work in China with the United Presbyterian Church. Dick and his first wife, Adeline Fox Bryant, went to China in 1946, residing in Beijing while doing language study. Following the death of Adeline in childbirth, Dick fell in love with Evelyn Coovert, a Lutheran missionary nurse working in Tsingtao. They were married on December 31, 1948. Driven out of China by the communists, Dick and Evelyn were sent to Thailand. First he was at the McGilvary Theological Seminary in Chiang Mai where Dick taught theology. (Evelyn was a nurse, and their two vocations influenced many changes of assignment over the years.) After ten years in Chiang Mai, the Bryants moved to southern Thailand helping with country churches and evangelizing. They returned to Chiang Mai in 1977 when Dick was made the director of the McKean Rehabilitation Institute, a facility for the treatment and vocational training of leprosy patients. Dick and Evelyn retired for the first time in 1986, but after retirement, they returned to Thailand as volunteers on at least five occasions, the most recent being in 2006.
Dick was a devoted family man who dearly loved and was proud of his four children and their various spouses and of his eight grandchildren. His daughter, Sharon, is a pastor in Stephenville.
Dick was a devoted supporter of his Class and of the College, though he was not often able to return to Amherst. I am sure we of the Class who attended our 50th Reunion in 1991 remember well Dick's strong and provocative sermon as part of the Remembrance Service our final day of Reunion.
Evelyn Bryant included me in a mailing, dated April 22, descriptive of Dick's final days:
"Dear Friends, This is just a short note to tell you of the celebration Of LIFE ETERNAL for my husband Dick. He was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas and within a week was gone from our midst. Our four children and two of our grandchildren were here for the last three days. We often gathered round his bed and sang hymns or read Scripture. Even though Dick wandered in and out of consciousness, he joined us in singing when he could and moving his lips when he couldn't draw on strength for voice. Tears have been many but also much laughter when memories crowd in. We are planning a Celebration of Life for Dick on Sunday, June 15, 2008, at 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Stephenville. Thank you for your friendship, prayers, and love. Our precious Lord has blessed us with joy and peace. Love, Evelyn."
—Henry B. Prickitt '41


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Jason Mraz Concert Poster
Poster Redesign
The project is to redesign a 10"x16" gig poster for an fantasy concert where our favorite artist performs our favorite all-time album. Since I was only allowed to use typeface for this project, I decided to use vivid colors to represent the artist's positive attitude and pleasing music. Moreover, I hope people can perceive that the artist is a passionate and inspirational musician through my design.
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It was good fortune that most of the precious documents of Timbuktu were spirited away before Islamic extremists took over northern Mali. Not long after they gained control of that ancient seat of learning in the Sahara Desert, they set about destroying the documents left behind as well as Sufi shrines.
Their actions seemed so similar to the way the Afghan Taliban behaved, culminating in the destruction of the giant Buddhas of Bamian — one of the most important cultural sites in the entire world. Both acts were crimes against history itself. The Islamic extremist practice of cutting off of hands, the public executions in sports stadiums, the forcible removal of women from the work place, was replicated in Mali until the French intervention.
Winston Churchill, as long ago as 1921, warned of this fanaticism that now roils the East and threatens the West. "In the vast deserts of Arabia," he told parliament, there was a desert chief, Ibn Saud, many of whose followers belonged to the Wahhabi sect." This is a form of Mohammedism that bears, roughly speaking, the same relation to orthodox Islam as the most militant form of Calvinism would have borne to Rome in the fiercest times of religious wars.
The Wahhabi profess a life of exceeding austerity, and what they practice themselves they rigorously enforce on others. They hold it as an article of duty, as well as faith, to kill all who do not share their opinions and to make slaves of their wives and children. Women have been put to death in Wahhabi villages for simply appearing in the streets …"
"Austere, intolerant, well-armed and bloodthirsty," Churchill said. "In their own regions the Wahhabis are a distinct factor which must be taken into account, and they have been, and still are, very dangerous to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and to the whole institution of the pilgrimage in which our Indian fellow-subjects are so deeply concerned."
He went on to say that Ibn Saud has "shown himself capable of leading, and within considerable limits, of controlling these formidable sectaries." But the time when the Saudi royal family could control the extremism of the Wahhabis has long passed.
Churchill could not have foreseen that Ibn Saud, within the next decade, would take over Mecca and Medina, and that the whole region would become a country bearing his name, Saudi Arabia, or that oil would be discovered in the eastern provinces, and that the desert prince would reign over riches beyond the dreams of avarice.
The Saudi monarchy struck a bargain with the Wahhabis. We will rule, they said, and you can be in charge of religion. An unspoken part of the deal was that the Wahhabis could make mischief abroad as long as they didn't threaten the Saudi state.
The great transfer of oil money from the West into the oil producing countries in the 1970s meant that Wahhabis could spread its doctrine into Pakistan, the former "Indian subjects" that Churchill had worried about, and into Afghanistan.
With the advent of al Qaeda, the Wahhabis implanted its doctrine into every corner of the Muslim world. The destruction of Sufism, a softer, more tolerant form of Islam, seems to be a Taliban goal in Pakistan.
In the Wahhabi mind, life should return to what it had been in the 7th century when the Prophet Mohammed was still alive; all that followed was apostasy.
In this they are similar to the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge talked of going back to the year zero, a twisted version of the French Revolution, the way the Islamic extremists represent a distorted version of the teaching of Mohammed.
The Khmer Rouge, too, raged against Western and modern influence, and even emptied cities to create a pre-modern agrarian society that not even the Taliban attempted. The Khmer Rouge represented a political fanaticism, while we now are faced with a religious fanaticism; both were essentially rural and anti-urban movements indulging in mass killing.
The Khmer Rouge was a brush fire in the dying forests of Communism, a failed doctrine that is now, in Leon Trotsky's words, "in the dust bin of history." Muslim fanaticism, however, is like a fire in a coal seam, and will take a very long time indeed before it burns itself out.
This is not the first time precious documents have been destroyed in Timbuktu, however. The French, when they captured the city in 1893, burned manuscripts they considered antithetical to French ideals. Intolerance comes in many colors.


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Sparky V, the oldest sea lion at the Como Zoo in St. Paul and the second oldest sea lion in North America, died on Monday at the age of 31. The average life expectancy of a sea lion is 15-25 years.
The California sea lion was the star of the "Sparky Show" at the Como Zoo from 1981 up until his retirement in 2001. He was the fifth animal to play the role of Sparky. He was succeeded by the current "Sparky," which is a sea lion named Sealia (CC).
The Como Zoo began the Sparky show in 1956, and it has been one of the zoo's most popular attractions since then.


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Should you consider a home remedy for puppy parvo? - Well, the answer is NO.
But don't panic, you may not have to use conventional parvo treatment options. Parvo treatments can include natural options. Just don't try using anything from your kitchen cupboard. This disease is serious!
Every different species has its own parvo virus and it cannot be spread outside of the species, so there is a human parvo virus, a canine parvo virus, a feline parvo virus, and so on. Canine parvo virus (CPV) is the one we hear most about.
The parvo virus works in one of two ways - either through the heart or via the intestines. The intestinal infection is picked up by an animal through oral contact with contaminated feces. In other words, a dog has to come into contaminated feces from another dog. The intestinal dog parvo symptoms happen when the virus attacks rapidly dividing cells in the intestinal crypts, lymph nodes and bone marrow. This allows normally occurring bacteria from the intestine to enter the blood stream make the animal contagious. The virus is shed in the stool for up to three weeks making this disease very contagious to non-vaccinated pets.
The cardio form of this infection is usually seen in puppies that are infected before birth or shortly thereafter. It is noteworthy that the cardiac form of CPV is not as common since the mother passes immunity on to her pups from birth. The parvo virus will then attack the heart in the infected puppy and death will occur shortly afterwards.
Dog parvo symptoms usually present themselves within 3 to 10 days of contact. They include the following: lethargy, vomiting, fever and diarrhea. The diarrhea can cause severe dehydration and secondary infections. The dog will not usually die from the virus but from a secondary infection.
Survival rate depends on how quickly parvo virus is diagnosed and parvo treatment is begun. If it is not caught early enough, the best parvo treatment is an IV through which fluids are pushed to re-hydrate the dog more quickly. In addition to the fluids, antibiotic and anti-nausea shots may be given intramuscularly. With the proper care the prognosis is good, but without it your dog is sentenced to an early death.
There has been some evidence that the human antiviral, Tamiflu, can be effective in treating parvovirus, but there are not studies to substantiate this. So do NOT try it.
A veterinarian will recommend that you get your pet vaccinated against parvo approximately eight weeks after the puppy is weaned. With the prevalence of this virus and its ability to kill, some precaution should be taken to protect your dog. Get your puppy vaccinated - we speak from experience!
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Gary Barber and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' In Lingerie came out of her two-length victory in Sunday's Grade 1 Spinster in good order, according to Michael Dilger, assistant to trainer Todd Pletcher, and the Breeders' Cup is up next for the three-year-old filly. But which race has not been determined.
Her connections will decide between running in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, which will both be contested on November 2.
The victory in the Spinster earned In Lingerie a berth in the Ladies' Classic on dirt. In Lingerie has won all three of her starts on Polytrack.
"There is a plane leaving Louisville Tuesday for California," Dilger said. "We already have Love and Pride (Ladies' Classic) and Turbo Compressor (Breeders' Cup Turf) at Santa Anita with (assistant) Michael McCarthy.
Left in In Lingerie's wake Sunday was defending race champion Aruna, who finished sixth, beaten 6 3/4 lengths.
"She came back fine and didn't have any excuses," said Heather Craig, assistant to trainer Graham Motion. "She will stay here for a while."
Ben Colebrook, assistant to trainer Christophe Clement, said that Spinster runner-up Mystical Star came out of the race fine and that future plans were undetermined for the filly, who is owned by Cheyenne Stables. Prior to the Spinster, Mystical Star had won her two starts at Keeneland.
Third-place finisher Upperline also exited the race well, according to Hilary Pridham, assistant to trainer Mike Stidham. Upperline gave the Stidham barn a second Grade 1 placing over the weekend, coming on the heels of Willcox Inn's runner-up finish to Wise Dan in Saturday's Shadwell Turf Mile.
Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Balance the Books, last-to-first winner of Sunday's Grade 3 Bourbon, was doing well Monday morning, according to Sean Ryan, assistant to trainer Chad Brown. The victory earned Balance the Books a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf to be run November 3.


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Jiu-jitsu and submission grappling offer techniques to attack almost every major joint in the body. Attacks on the elbow, shoulder, neck, knees, feet, and ankles are all fairly common and have many high-percentage techniques associated with them. These should be your bread and butter submissions because they have a long, proven track record of effectiveness.
I think a bit of variety is a good thing, however, so let's talk about a not-so-common attack: wristlocks. In my opinion the wrist is the most under-attacked joint in grappling. Just about every time you are attacking the arm you have access to the wrist as well. If your opponent is really good at defending the armlock, for example, you may be able to switch to a quick wristlock and get a submission that way.
There are lots of ways to compress, extend and twist the wrist. Just watch an aikido class or read a book and traditional Japanese Ju-jutsu. Typically these wristlocks start with both combatants in a standing or kneeling position, but that doesn't mean that they don't also work on the ground. In fact I think that a lot of them are easier to do on a pinned opponent than on a more mobile standing opponent.
I am not alone in my respect for the wristlock in grappling. Fernando 'Terere' and Fredson Paixao are just 2 of many BJJ players who have used the wristlock at the highest levels of competition. One the home front, one of my main training partners is a master of sneak wristlock attack. When we spar I constantly have to watch where I put my hands or he is going to trap a hand and lock the wrist.
Now for an important safety announcement: APPLY WRISTLOCKS SLOWLY!! Here is why:
- the wrist is a small joint and thus susceptible to injury in the first place;
- because they are relatively easy to counter the temptation is to slam them on quickly;
- if you slam them on quickly you WILL injure your training partners.
The good news is that usually failing at a wristlock submission doesn't put you in a bad position, so you have nothing to lose by applying them in a slow, controlled manner.


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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Offyeah, i know, only a review by day, but i wanted to review this SINCE a loooong time, and had to make use of today procastination.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffThanks. Fixed a lot of stuff, as always.
Why this band is soooooo underrated just escapes me.
album is great
I remember not digging this too much when I last heard it, which was a while ago.
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Album Rating: 3.0same
it's a gd album, but the debut is so much better
Album Rating: 4.5I was more than lucky to find this album as second hand CD back in the day.
Good review, pos.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffAny critics, oh great Voivod from outer space?
Album Rating: 4.5As I said, the review is well written, I didn't noticed anything in particular that needs immediate remedy.
Haven't heard this album in quite a while...
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffYou guys sure are kind! (or blind, i fixed like 5 mistakes / typos right now, haha).
Pos dude, good review.
Definitely need to check this band soon.
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Album Rating: 3.5have checked many a time me old mucker, tis a find record, but alas, not a 4~
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Lake Country
Five years ago, Wade Benson fell asleep at the wheel of his car. No drugs or alcohol were involved, but the consequences of his actions include the death of a young woman named Becky Morse. Benson is given a light sentence for his crime, which does not sit well with Morse family friend Darryl Potter, a former Marine scraping by in life with no direction.
He decides to kidnap Benson's 20-year-old daughter, Juliet. This leads into a situation that Darryl did not think through completely. It's up to his friend and former soldier Mike Barlowe to find Darryl and Juliet before things take a turn for the worse. Welcome to Sean Doolittle's LAKE COUNTRY.
The author introduces several other characters who all have a stake in finding Juliet, from a TV reporter who thinks it will make a great story, to a bounty hunter who has reasons that will be made clear later on. To be honest, I wasn't as invested as they are. I just wanted to just put the book down, mainly because it plods along like a canoe down a river.
It becomes apparent that Darryl has no clue what he is doing, and once Mike becomes involved, it seems he is drinking from the same cup of stupidity. It all leads to a climax that went by so quickly, I had to reread those pages to make sure what happened; I was thinking, "Did I miss something?"
Some might take LAKE COUNTRY's story and characters; I was left with the feeling I had read something else. —Bruce Grossman


text: The US Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Napster infringes on record company copyrights through the operation of its music file-trading service. The ruling, however, also directed that the Napster service be allowed to continue operations until the original injunction is modified to comply with the appeals court's decision. The court upheld the findings of a lower court almost universally, holding that Napster's service is not protected by fair use, is guilty of two kinds of copyright infringement, has failed to police its system in an attempt to stop the spread of copyrighted works and that its service does cause substantial harm to record companies. "Napster, by its conduct, knowingly encourages and assists the infringement of (record company) copyrights," the court wrote in its decision, which one analyst said was no surprise. Napster is guilty, the court said, of two types of copyright infringement: contributory and vicarious. Contributory infringement is the act of aiding knowingly in the infringement of copyright. Vicarious infringement is the result of having the power to stop the infringement and failing to do so, as well as benefitting financially from the infringement. The court found that Napster is aware that infringing material is being traded on its service, that it could, if it chose, block those users supplying the material and that it has failed to do either, thus making the company a contributory infringer. A failure to adequately monitor the system for such abuses, combined with a financial stake in the trading in copyrighted works makes the company responsible for vicarious infringement, the court said. "Napster got nailed, plain and simple," said P J McNealy, an analyst with Gartner Group "I'm not surprised that they got what they got." Despite setting aside the vast majority of Napster's argument, the court stayed the injunction, thereby keeping the service running - for now - because it deemed the injunction "overbroad". The original injunction must be modified, the court said, so that Napster be only guilty of contributory infringement if it is given notice of specific copyrighted files, does or should know that they are on the system and then fails to act the stop their spread. With these provisions, the company will also be guilty of vicarious infringement only if it fails to act. "The mere existence of the Napster system, absent actual notice and Napster's demonstrated failure to remove the offending material, is insufficient to impose ... liability," the court wrote. As such, the appeals court remanded the matter to the lower court to modify the injunction to comply with the new terms laid out. Until such modifications are made, the court said, Napster will remain active. But probably not for long, McNealy said. He expects the service will "likely" be shut down within a few days. Napster could decide to voluntarily shut down, he said. One Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) official, however, was not so quick to sign Napster's death certificate. Russ Frackman, the RIAA's lead trial attorney, said at a press conference that he did not believe that Napster would be shut down, but only that it would be forced to stop the transmission of copyrighted material. But another RIAA lawyer, Chuck Cooper, of the Washington law firm Cooper Carvin & Rosenthal PLLC, sounded a different note. "I think it's fair to say that the decision pretty much writes Napster's epitaph. Its days as an instrument for electronic shoplifting are over." As might be expected, Napster Chief Executive Officer Hank Barry issued a statement expressing disappointment in the ruling because "under this decision Napster could be shut down - even before a trial on the merits." The appeals court "ruled on the basis of what it recognized was an incomplete record before it," the statement said. "While we respect the court's decision, we believe ... that Napster users are not copyright infringers and we will pursue every legal avenue to keep Napster operating." Napster founder Shawn Fanning also weighed in, saying in the statement that he is focused on developing a better service that will pay artists for their music. That system, he said, could be in place this year. "The new technologies we are developing are amazing; I hope that, by further court review or by agreement with the record companies, we can find a way to share them with the community." Napster attorney David Boies said in a press conference that the company would appeal and seek an en banc review of the case, meaning that it would be heard by all the judges of the Ninth Circuit. The case ruled on on Monday was heard by three judges. Hilary Rosen, the president and CEO of the RIAA, called the court's decision "a victory for all creators" and urged Napster to "work productively" toward complying with copyright and building a modified business. She also said she hopes the company does not appeal. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit brought by the RIAA on behalf of the five major record labels - BMG Entertainment, Warner Bros Music Group, EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group - in December 1999. The RIAA had asked the court to find the company guilty of copyright infringement and to shut down the service because it was causing its member companies irreparable harm. The trading of MP3 files, it said, amounted to stealing as it allowed users who had not purchased songs to download, play and store them. The RIAA charged that Napster executives knew that infringement was taking place and were contributing to it by providing the service. The Napster service allows users to search for MP3 music files on the computers of other users online and download the tracks they want directly from those users, bypassing any central servers, a technique called peer-to-peer computing. The lack of central servers in the system was at the heart of Napster's defense. Because no copyrighted material resided on company servers, which only house directories of files, not the files themselves, Napster argued that it was not liable for any infringement being committed. It could not be held liable, the company further argued, because in trading files its users were simply exercising their right to fair use. Fair use is a consumer right that allows private, non-commercial trading of copyrighted materials among friends and family. Napster argued that MP3-swapping was simply an extension of fair use for the Internet age and thus should be protected. The company further argued that the RIAA's own figures showed that music sales increased in 2000 and that Napster, therefore, was not causing harm, but rather was spurring sales. Judge Marilyn H. Patel disagreed and issued an injunction against the company in late July, ordering that the service be shut down immediately, pending resolution of the trial. That injunction was stayed the next day, however, by a U.S. Appeals Court. Monday's decision is the result of oral arguments made before the Ninth Circuit in October. In late October, Napster signed a surprise agreement with Bertelsmann AG, the parent company of BMG, one of the record companies suing Napster, in which Napster pledged to create a secure, copyright-friendly subscription service in exchange for a reported investment of US$50 million and Bertelsmann dropping its suit. Since then, music companies TVT Records and edel music AG have also signed agreements with Napster. None of the four remaining major labels, widely seen as being integral to the success of such a service, have yet made any moves toward signing such deals. Napster's subscription service, which will also give Bertelsmann a hefty ownership stake in the company, will become available in June or July, a Bertelsmann executive said recently. Bertelsmann applauded the ruling in a statement, which said that "today's decision is another step in the process of accommodating the legitimate rights of copyrights holders and the important insteres of Napster users." The company wants to abide by the rights of artists, copyrights holders and the music industry "while also enabling Napster to provide music lovers with a first-class file-sharing system. That is why Bertelsmann did the deal with Napster in the first place and why we will redouble our efforts to reach a mutually satisfactory solution," the statement said. Bertelsmann will continue to work on creating a membership-based Napster service, the statement said. Napster CEO Hank Barry said that discussions with the other major labels are still ongoing. Napster, with an estimated 50 million plus users, was founded by Fanning, who dropped out of Boston's Northeastern University in 1999.


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NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Barnes & Noble says its Nook e-readers will soon come with near-field communication chips to allow Nook owners to make in-store purchases at B&N locations.
In an interview with Fortune magazine, Barnes & Noble Chief Executive Officer William Lynch confirmed the technology -- widely used to permit smartphones owners to use their phones to make on-site payments -- will soon be included in the company's e-readers.
In addition to making purchases, he said, the NFC capability would allow Nook owners to touch their devices to physical books for information and reviews.
"We can work with the publishers so they would ship a copy of each hardcover with an NFC chip embedded with all the editorial reviews they can get on BN.com," Lynch said in the interview.
"And if you had your Nook, you can walk up to any of our pictures, any our aisles, any of our bestseller lists, and just touch the book, and get information on that physical book on your Nook and have some frictionless purchase experience."
While Lynch would not say when the chips would debut in the devices, it would likely be a feature in the next generation of the Nook, CNET.com reported.


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New USOC supplier Oakley eschews TV ads, focuses on athletes
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"One thing that we can't compete on is paying athletes — we cannot compete with Nike and Adidas," said Mike Crowell, Oakley's vice president, global product marketing. "We are about great product, great service and great relationships. We invest in those relationships by providing them experiences like this.
"They come here. They check in. They get escorted wherever they want to go. They get some food. They can watch TV. There are some Internet stations. They can sit back and watch TV with other athletes outside of the fishbowl."
Oakley is the official eyewear supplier of Team USA, in a deal originally signed in 2010 and extended last month through 2020. Crowell said Oakley's status as an official sponsor with the USOC, Team Great Britain and LOCOG has helped the company's marketing efforts this year by allowing it to avoid the Olympic blackout period around the Games.
"In the past, during the Olympic blackout period, you can't use the athlete to associate with your brand," Crowell said. "Now, we're using athletes to tell our brand message through the USOC and through our U.S. athletes. It's really powerful."
Crowell said Oakley's association with athletes is especially important since it eschews TV advertising during the Games.
"The Olympics is an unbelievably crowded marketplace," Crowell said. "It's a great platform. But everybody recognizes it's a great platform. The Procter & Gambles of the world use this as their platform. For us to do a $150 million media package to try and compete just doesn't make any sense. We're being more surgical, using the digital medium and using content to push out and try to make some waves."
At Oakley's London Design Museum "safe house," the most popular part is the Custom Bar, where athletes can create their own glasses, from picking frames and lenses to earsocks and logos.
"We brought 67,000 pieces into this house," Crowell said. "I went through the permutations. I think it can make up to 30 million different glasses."
So far, around 50 to 100 athletes have used the Custom Bar, a number that's certain to grow as the Games start.
"We've done this the last two Olympics," Crowell said. "But this is the biggest — not only because we have the most athletes, we've never had a space this big."


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WSJ Leads Retreat to McConnell Plan on Debt Limit
Mitch McConnell's surrender plan for the debt limit may not be popular among the conservative grassroots, but it found a willing endorser where it matters: on the opinion page of the media's voice of corporate America. McConnell is reacting to his corporate base, which would simply not abide by default, with his plan to allow a debt limit increase in exchange for a fairly meaningless series of forced votes.
The reality is that Mr. Obama is trying to present Republicans with a Hobson's choice: Either repudiate their campaign pledge by raising taxes, or take the blame for any economic turmoil and government shutdown as the U.S. nears a debt default. In the former case Mr. Obama takes the tax issue off the table and demoralizes the tea party for 2012, and in the latter he makes Republicans share the blame for 9.2% unemployment.
This is the political context in which to understand Mr. McConnell's proposal yesterday to force Mr. Obama to take ownership of any debt-limit increase. If the President still insists on a tax increase, then Republicans will walk away from the talks […]
The hotter precincts of the blogosphere were calling this a sellout yesterday, though they might want to think before they shout. The debt ceiling is going to be increased one way or another, and the only question has been what if anything Republicans could get in return. If Mr. Obama insists on a tax increase, and Republicans won't vote for one, then what's the alternative to Mr. McConnell's maneuver?
You have to love the hauteur here. The debt ceiling is going to be increased one way or another. Don't mess with the forces of nature, plebians. This was always true; it's why we've been watching a game of kabuki theater for the past several months. It was going to be a matter of which side blinked first, and in this case, the Republicans actually blinked. The fact that John Boehner told Fox News that McConnell "has done good work" on the surrender plan should tell you that it will be engineered regardless of the howls from the conservative wing of the party. The WSJ op-ed writes, "As former Senator Phil Gramm once told us, never take a hostage you're not prepared to shoot." Republicans weren't prepared to shoot it because Wall Street would have received the brunt of the blow.
One of the things McConnell was also concerned about, aside from the Big Money Boyz, was that OMB would write the legislation and make it look like Republicans got rooked:
Senate Republican sources said McConnell's proposal was motivated by a skepticism that the GOP can get an acceptable deal from negotiations with the Obama White House. White House budget director Jack Lew's admission to McConnell Monday that the deal produced by the Biden working group would cut only $2 billion in discretionary spending next year was a key figure in convincing Republicans that they were in the process of getting rolled.
The fear among Republicans is that just like the deal produced in April to avoid a government shut down, spending cuts that had been discussed were quickly being whittled down so much that they would face a full-scale revolt from the conservative grassroots if Republicans agreed to any such proposal.
The president holds a distinct advantage in a negotiations process in which changes to any deal under discussion happen quickly and the actual nuts and bolts of how a plan would work and how the numbers would be structured is calculated by the White House budget office. Members of Congress have an in-house number-crunching shop — The Congressional Budget Office — but the process works far more differently with CBO. It needs more time to process requests for scoring a bill, and can handle only a certain number of requests from lawmakers.
This does not mean that defeat won't be snatched from the jaws of victory. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday that the President remains committed to "seizing this unique opportunity to come to agreement on significant, balanced deficit reduction." He still wants a big bipartisan deal. And he held talks at the White House yesterday, and will hold them again today, for this purpose. The talks yesterday were described as constructive, though I don't think McConnell would go through the motions of building a safety valve without knowing that negotiations were a dead end. One charming moment form the talks came when John Boehner was asked if he had something to share with the class:
Cantor, who is advocating a smaller deal, at one point demanded that Obama offer the details of his vision for a "grand bargain."
"Where's your paper?" he asked angrily.
Obama snapped back: "Frankly, your speaker has it. Am I dealing with him, or am I dealing with you?"
Given the internecine House Republican power plays and their total aversion to any tax increase, I don't think there's any chance of a deal. Which leaves us with the McConnell surrender plan.
You can easily argue that this was played shrewdly by the White House. But you would be ignoring the fact that they really want a bipartisan deal and have wanted one since entering office. The elements of the deal that Obama put on the table – chained CPI, raising the Medicare eligibility age, the blended rate for Medicaid – will stay there for many, many years, often with lines like "Even Barack Obama supported…" attached to them. I would say chances are good that the 2012 budget, a much more natural place to have this fight, could lead to the enactment of at least one of these policies.
But there's no doubt that Republicans will be in disarray if they come up with only a few resolutions of disapproval for their leverage on the debt limit. The screams from the Rush Limbaughs of the world will be piercing. The word "betrayal" will be heard throughout the land. The party will have a very hard time regrouping.