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Wal-Mart memo notes drop in shoppers
NEW YORK - Visits to Wal-Mart's US locations open at least a year dropped 2.6 percent from February through June, according to an internal memo, while rivals are attracting customers.
Those Wal-Mart stores had 82.8 million fewer visits through the first five months of the company's fiscal year than a year earlier, says the memo, which was obtained by Bloomberg News. Wal-Mart doesn't disclose those traffic numbers, and David Tovar, a spokesman, declined to comment on the memo.
Wal-Mart's plan to recapture customers by returning thousands of products to US store shelves has failed to reverse a decline in foot traffic at the world's largest retailer, said Jeff Stinson, an analyst at Cleveland Research Co. That's primarily because Wal-Mart's core low-income customers are shopping less and going to other retailers more often, according to two recent shopper surveys.
"The biggest issue remains weak store traffic,'' Stinson wrote in a July 14 report. The Cleveland-based analyst rates the shares "neutral.''
Wal-Mart, led by chief executive Mike Duke, is restoring an average of 8,500 products to its stores to lure back shoppers still pinched by persistent unemployment and gas prices that have risen 36 percent in the past year. Sales in US Wal-Mart stores open at least 12 months have declined for eight straight quarters.
Wal-Mart's traffic decline comes as some of its direct competitors are getting more visits.
Kroger Co., the largest US supermarket chain, boosted traffic in each of the previous three quarters. Dollar General Corp., the biggest dollar discount chain in the country, has increased traffic for 13 straight quarters, the company said June 1. At Target Corp., traffic rose for six consecutive quarters before falling in the first quarter of 2011.
Wal-Mart's decline is close to the 2.5 percent drop in shopper traffic at all retailers from February through June, according to retail industry data provider ShopperTrak in Chicago.
The two shopper surveys, from Morgan Stanley and retail consultancy WSL Strategic Retail, found that the removal of items from stores in 2009 to reduce clutter wasn't among the top reasons why shoppers are visiting Wal-Mart less frequently.
Many shoppers don't believe Wal-Mart's prices are the lowest anymore, the surveys found. These consumers are shifting more of their spending to dollar stores, Target, and supermarkets such as Kroger's, WSL said.
Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., has responded by pledging to match local rivals' prices, a move that Wendy Liebmann, chief executive of New York-based WSL, said was "defensive.''
In a May study from Deloitte Research, almost three out of four respondents said they are making fewer trips to the grocery store to save money, and two-fifths said they are purchasing fewer items overall.
"Wal-Mart shoppers believe they are still living in a recession,'' Liebmann said. "They simply have, and will continue to have, less to spend.''


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Golden Offers Local Seniors Opportunity To Learn New Rules And Regulations Governing The Medicare Drug Benefit Program
State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, 22nd District), the Chairman of the New York State Senate Aging Committee, in an effort to help senior citizens in our community navigate the upcoming Medicare Drug Benefit Program enrollment period, will host a forum on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at St. Patrick's Church Auditorium located at 9511-4th Avenue.
This important and informative event will feature presentations from various Federal, State and independent organizations including: AARP, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NYC Department for the Aging, Medicare Rights Center, NYS Statewide Senior Action Council, the New York State Office For Aging, the Social Security Administration and the EPIC Program.
Senator Golden knows that obtaining affordable and quality prescription drug coverage is a major concern for many senior citizens, and that the new Medicare Drug Benefit Program may seem confusing and overwhelming at its start. Senator Golden stated, "By providing our senior citizens and their families with important information regarding the program, and this opportunity to gain a true and complete understanding of the new system, we are helping to ensure a smooth and successful transition to the new Medicare program."
For further information, please contact Senator Golden's District office at (718) 238-6044. Reservations are required. Refreshments will be served.

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Senior outside linebacker Jared Wangler (Warren, Mich./De La Salle Collegiate) was presented his honorary game jersey Wednesday at his school during the American Family Insurance Selection Tour for the 2014 Under Armour All-America High School Football Game. The event was part of a three-month selection tour.
Wangler, a Michigan commitment, is one of 90 players selected to compete in the seventh annual Under Armour All-America Game presented by American Family Insurance, a nationally televised game featuring the country's top high school seniors. The 2014 Under Armour All-America Game is set for 4 p.m. ET Jan. 2 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., and will be televised on ESPN.
"I've grown up watching the Under Armour All-America Game on TV, and so I've always looked at it as a goal I wanted to reach," Wangler said. "Shane Morris, one of my teammates last year, played in this game said it was a blast, so I'm excited to go down and play. I know we have a couple of Michigan commits going down. I'm looking forward to getting to know them better, and getting ready to play college football."
Wangler said the opportunity to play in the game is a tremendous honor when looking at the players that have played in the past.
"It's definitely an honor. To be able to play in this game alongside some of the best players in the country, and the alumni of this game … the list goes on and on. And it's just a tremendous honor to get to play in it," he said.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Wangler is a three-star prospect and the No. 65 outside linebacker in the class. He committed to Michigan over Penn State, LSU, Cincinnati, Indiana and others.


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Wicca has changed Morgan's life. She's lost old friends, made new ones, and discovered her heritage. She also found love and betrayal.
But there's so much more to learn. She knows Wicca can be used for good or for evil. The hard part is knowing which is which.
For now, Morgan is safe from the dark wave that has been attacking witches. Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca—its thorn and its rose.
Love, betrayal, excitement, distrust…Morgan has experienced them all, and it's not over yet.
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the character's. You understand them so much better. You can bond with them and really get there personalities.
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I bought the first book and listened to all five in less then a week.
"A New Beginning for the young Witch"
Yes. I would listen to it again to pick up on things I may have missed and because the story is so interesting.
I enjoyed the drama of one relationship ending painfully between Morgan and Cal, to the beginning of a true and more powerful relationship starting between Morgan and Hunter. It's so Ironic that Hunter is the guy that she hated the most, and he might be her Soul mate.
In the beginning of this story I didn't really like Julia because her voice just seemed to teenager, but as the story developed and she started using her Irish and Gaelic accents I really think she did an excellent job.
I enjoyed this book. It huts to see Morgan was betrayed by Cal, but I actually saw that coming. What I didn't see was Hunter and Morgan hooking up possibly. It was also very sad to see David stripped of his powers for making a mistake only once. I just didn't see why the council passed such a harsh punishment for a first time offender.
This book started with the escape of Cal and his mother, Morgan being rescued from a burning building by her friends. Then ended with Hunter showing Morgan she was his heart's desire in Morganite stone. Great story, but I really think it left to many questions.
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It's just a little piece of an excellent story all around.
The conflict is interesting and dimensional.
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I absolutely love this series. I loved in when it was only in paper back and I bought it when I was in the 8th grade. And here I am listening to it on audio book 11 years later. I REALLY wish they would finish this series. The reader does an excellent job. So frustrated they've only done up to this book. MORE please audible!!!
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Was hoping after listening to all the books there would be a better ending.. Seems rushed!
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I really LOVED this series! And i am soo soo sad that the audible portion has ended!!!!
Julia Whelan did an amazing job, as always. I loved her Gaelic and the different characters voices!
when will the audible portion continue? !?!? and with JW?!
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Thread: The weather Thread
05-07-13, 20:03 #4421
well its going to be scorchio all week end apparently. What have we all got planned..? il be doing a couple of days driving round fields in ever decreasing circles haymaking and baling and trying not to get sunburnt..
05-07-13, 20:50 #4422
Nowt planned but ain't working so there will be some sort of bike riding going on.
Might have a BBQ on Sunday.
05-07-13, 22:03 #4423
Bit warm up in North Lincolnshire - we've just removed the quilt from it's cover in our hotel room, wonder what the chambermaid will make of that in the morning...
06-07-13, 17:41 #4424
Been off all week. Couldn't have asked for better weather.
07-07-13, 19:38 #4425
It looks like the hot weather will continue - I can already hear tomorrow's school kids whinging "it's too hot"...
Me, I love it
07-07-13, 19:40 #4426
I don't love it as it's fucked up what I thought I needed for Twentyfour twelve.
I need to drink so much extra water it's super daft!
07-07-13, 19:53 #4427
I wouldn't worry, it'll be back to normal by then - cold and raining!
07-07-13, 21:45 #4428
Early indications are that the generally dry and settled weather from the first half of the month could continue across some parts of the UK, most likely in the south. This implies below average rainfall and mainly above average temperatures and above average sunshine amounts. However, late in the month and into August more generally unsettled conditions look increasingly likely.
08-07-13, 08:26 #4429
For TwebtyFour 12 this part seems the most apt :-)
"However, late in the month and into August more generally unsettled conditions look increasingly likely."
08-07-13, 09:45 #4430
08-07-13, 09:55 #4431
08-07-13, 15:28 #4432
It's bound to be unsettled when it's school hols, and when I'm off up to various Scottish Islands in August
Hot today, I did manage to cycle ok in sandals
08-07-13, 16:06 #4433
Properly scorchio here in Oxford.
Went out for a little pootle on Saturday, 45km and I was wrecked, heat was an absolute killer. On the plus side, there is a little noticeable cyclist tan starting to appear - look for the positive
08-07-13, 19:44 #4434
08-07-13, 21:12 #4435
Perfect here as it's not too hot or chilly; between 21-24 for a few days and may drop to 19-20 for a day or so later in the week but warming for the weekend! And dry! Yay!
09-07-13, 09:27 #4436
Going to be boiling in that Yorkshire, shortly. It's The Great Yorkshire Show (starting) today - the contrast with last year's utter washout is stark.
09-07-13, 11:26 #4437
It's boiling in this 'ere Mancyland - wonder how long it'll take the kidlings to melt this afternoon?
Edit: The Garmin showed 29.3 degrees as I headed home this afternoon
Last edited by Jen J; 09-07-13 at 15:11.
09-07-13, 18:51 #4438
About 24C for our evening ride yesterday, which made the finish at our BBQ on the beach even more enjoyable... hot, sweaty and dusty legs paddled in cooling waves breaking on the shore. Perfect.
09-07-13, 19:37 #4439
32 all day. cooked. Anyone fancy rubbing aftersun on my white bits?
09-07-13, 20:10 #4440
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I'm a Charlottean transplant from the metro DC area, and having gleaned much information from here (thanks to posters like 'brentk'!) I thought I'd post some of my favorite food finds/discoveries since coming down south.
We live near Ballantyne so these finds are all around that area.
- Barbecue: They say it's no good in Charlotte. It's not really, but if you drive just south of the border down 521 (past the Southern Spirits liquor store by a few miles) there's a great Q place known as "521 Barbecue". Fantastic vinegar sauce, slaw & pups. I'd be interested in getting some real Q veterans take on the place.
- Greek/Italian: Ilios Noche off Providence in the Harris Teeter shopping center at the intersection of Ardrey Kell has a fantastic menu. Best spanikopita in town, plus they serve Mythos beer and have a real Greek salad (no lettuce). Pasta sauces are great, not too heavy. Service is spotty, but the ambience is nice. (www.iliosnoche.com)
- Mexican: Senor Tequila off Rae Road. It's much better than chain Mexican restaurants. The decor is fantastic and the "tacos de pescado" (fish tacos) are To. Die. For. Added bonus: Plenty of drinks with tequila. The chips are good too.
- Hamburgers: They're no "In and Out Burger" but Five Guys off Johnston Road just south of 485 is the closest I've found on the east coast. Yes, it's a chain (groan) but a very small one that started up in my old hometown of VA/MD/DC. Fresh potatoes for the french fries, sloppy delicious burgers, peanuts on the floor. Love it.
Places we've learned to avoid:
- T-Bones on the Lake at Lake Wylie: No matter how cool eating a steak along a lake in a restaurant that smells like camp may seem, the food doesn't live up to any grand dreams at all. Poor food, bad service, but it's packed every Friday and Saturday night. Do not be fooled. These people do not know something that you do not. They're just willing to settle for blech food.
- Pizza & Ice Cream Works: Also off Johnston Road/521 just "south of the border". I don't get the love for this place at all. I had high hopes when we moved here, but the atmosphere is mostly suited to little league sports teams, and the pizza isn't as good as what you'll get at Fuel or Brixx.
Still looking for:
- Great Indian food: We like Bombay Cuisine, but I haven't yet found a place where the Chicken Tikka Masala equals what I got at the Connaught Place in DC.
- Great Chinese food: Tried Pei Wei (blech) and the restaurant in the Lowe's Foods shopping center off Johnston Road (double blech). Looking for something much more authentic than PF Changs, but so far no one's delivered.
Enjoy, and thanks Charlotte Chowhounds for all of the great recommendations!


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The California-based light bulb manufacturer has nearly doubled the size of its executive team following five new hires.
Switch Lighting recently announced the appointment of five new executives, including a new CFO and new Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.
The appointments include:
- Daniel Macsherry as the new CFO
- Gary Rosenfield as the new Executive Vice President of Marketing & National Accounts
- Bill Lenihan as the new Executive Vice President of Business Development
- David Becker as the new National Sales Director of Retail & Hospitality
- Sam Stark as the new Regional Sales Director of Commercial & Industrial.
Switch's former CFO and CSO, Brett Sharenow, will transition to Chief Product Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.
The five new executives nearly double the size of the company's former executive team.
"There are very few times in life when one can be a part of a project that changes history. Replacing the Edison bulb -- a technology that has been around for over a century -- is one of those times," Switch Lighting CEO Tracy Bilbrough said in a statement. "Now that Switch is beginning to release our first bulbs, our company needs additional resources and leadership, and we have been fortunate to add some world class individuals to the team."


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The Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon takes place every year during the Fourth of July weekend. This popular event features four full days of music on four stages, cruises, after-hours concerts including big name blues bands, vocalists and gospel choirs, jam sessions, blues films, blues workshops, and arts and crafts booths. Proceeds benefits the Oregon Food Bank.
If you're looking for a deal on admission, check the Waterfront Blues Festival Facebook page where most years they offer a $5 off early bird discount plus ticket contests and giveaways.
WHAT: Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland.
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Beating the High Cost of Bed-Wetting
by Pat Hansen
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Save in Your Sleep!
Keeping Toddlers Warm at Night
Does your older-than-toddler-age child wet the bed? Are you tired of watching your money leak away in expensive pull-ups? This article outlines the simplest way I've found to cut pull-up costs.
Supplies Needed:
Several pairs of your child's underwear. Use older pairs, and use them exclusively for this purpose.
Sponges. These are ordinary household sponges from any discount store. I use a 3"x5" size.
Large to extra-large plastic pants that go over cloth diapers.Rummage sales are a good source for these. They are also available at discount stores.
1/4" wide elastic, 10" long for each pair of underwear. (only needed for girls) vinegar
1. Snip a small amount off the four corners of the sponge. Cut a thin amount off the long edges of the sponge, to form a tapered shape.
2. For girls only, cut two pieces of elastic, each 5" long. Sew the elastic to the edges of the crotch area of the underwear (from one side to the other), on the outside. These pieces of elastic will form two loops to slip a sponge into.
At bedtime, put a drop or two of water on the corners of the sponge, to soften it up. For boys, slip the sponge into the flap in the front of the underwear. For girls, slip the sponge into the elastic loops you sewed onto the underwear. Have the child put on the underwear, with the plastic pants over it. Make sure the underwear is tucked into the plastic pants.
Each day, put the wet pull-up into a bucket or large plastic bowl. Pour about 1/2 cup of vinegar onto the pull-up, to reduce the smell. In the winter, I keep this bowl in the bathtub. In the warm, humid summer, I keep the bowl in our laundry room in the basement. You could also treat them like cloth diapers. Keep a bucket of water and laundry soap deep enough to cover the pull-ups, and drop them in the bucket each day. To wash, leave the sponges in the underwear. They'll come out in the wash. Use the smallest load setting, with hot water, and about one-third the amount of soap required for a large load. To dry, either line-dry or put in the dryer with a large dry towel, to cut drying time. Replace the sponges when they start falling apart. A sponge will last 3-6 months.
Annual Savings
Cost to make pull-ups:
Underwear, from rummage sales $0.10
(or use those you have on hand)
Sponge $0.70
Plastic pants, from rummage sales $0.10
(cost new is .70 each)
Total cost for each pull-up is $ 0.90
I made four pull-ups, so the total cost was $3.60.
Other costs:
Replacement sponges (3 per year x $0.70 x 4 pull-ups) $8.40
Laundering ($5 per month) $60
Total annual cost of disposable diapers:
365 days x $0.50 each is $182.50
These pull-ups work well if your child is not a heavy wetter. If the sponge isn't enough to hold the water, get a size larger pair of underwear. Sew layers of absorbent cloth inside the underwear. You could use discolored or stained terrycloth dishtowels, worn bath towels, or the top-of-the-foot part of old sweat socks. The pull-up doesn't have to look pretty or win any sewing awards. Forget rainy days: these pull-ups can help you start saving your money for a dry day.
Pat Hansen is the mother of two children, ages 7 and 9. She is also a professional accountant and a published freelance writer.
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Robert Bernard Sherman, (born Dec. 19, 1925, Brooklyn, N.Y.—died March 5, 2012, London, Eng.), American songwriter who delighted moviegoers with dozens of catchy songs and film scores, all created with his younger brother, Richard Sherman. Their quintessential work was for Walt Disney Productions, notably in the film Mary Poppins (1964), for which they won an Academy Award (and a Grammy Award) for best score as well as an Oscar for the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Other Disney music included songs for The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), as well as the ubiquitous theme-park song "It's a Small World (After All)." The brothers created songs for such non-Disney movies as Charlotte's Web (1973) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), which was made into a stage musical (2002) with additional songs by the Shermans. In addition, they wrote the pop songs "Tall Paul" (recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959) and "You're Sixteen" (recorded by Johnny Burnette in 1960 and Ringo Starr in 1974). The Shermans, who were the sons of Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and were awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2008. In addition, they were the subject of a documentary, The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009).
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Philadelphia Union today announced that central defender Carlos Valdes has returned to the club after nearly a 19 month absence which included loan spells at Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia and San Lorenzo in Argentina as well as a trip to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Valdes has signed a multi-year deal with the Union and will be available for selection on Saturday when the club hosts the Montreal Impact at 7:00 p.m. at PPL Park.
Valdes, 29, returns to Philadelphia after helping Colombia to a historic run in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He started and played a full 90 minutes in a 4-1 win over Japan in group play, allowing the "los Cafeteros" to coast through Group C with an undefeated 3-0 record and advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in history. Columbia defeated Uruguay 2-0 in the round of 16, before falling to Brazil 2-1 in the quarterfinals.
Valdes was originally loaned by the Union on January 15, 2013 to Independiente Santa Fe to assist in his quest for a spot on the final 23-man Colombian World Cup roster. He made 32 appearances for Independiente during the 2013 season, scoring four goals. Valdes started in five of Colombia's qualifying matches on the road to Brazil 2014.
In January of 2014, he was loaned to San Lorenzo in Argentina, where he made seven appearances during the 2013-14 season prior to leaving for the World Cup.
Valdes originally joined Philadelphia Union on loan from Santa Fe on January 20, 2011. Seven months later on August 5, 2011, the Union secured the full rights to Valdes who was instrumental in leading the club to its first postseason appearance. Valdes has appeared in 65 career matches and scored three goals. He helped anchor a defense that finished the 2011 regular season tied for second in goals against average (1.06) with 10 shutouts. They also limited opponents to just 3.05 shots on goal during the regular season, which is an all-time Major League Soccer record. In 2012, Valdes represented the Union in the AT&T MLS All-Star Game.
Player: Carlos Valdes
Position: Defender
Number: 2
Height: 6-0
Weight: 176 lbs
Date of Birth: May 22, 1985
Age: 29
Birthplace: Cali, Colombia


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"What would make me more optimistic is if there was evidence that money on the sidelines is being put to work. But I'm not convinced."
"Yesterday's high now become key resistance. Because the longer term trends all remain up, there are lots of support zones below current prices. The big Nasdaq stocks have been the weak link in the rally, as demonstrated again yesterday by being the only major average to fall."
"I think the question the market is struggling with is whether we are concerned about inflation and too strong an economy, or if the Fed is raising interest rates too much and cooling things off. So we have a little pause in the market today as it tries to work this question out."
"The market may not be able to overlook Intel's warning, but the fact that it's able to absorb the negative news without a steep price decline is a positive signal."
"You have to be a little nervous about this number. This is going to do nothing but make us focus more on next week's Fed meeting as investors keep searching about inflation clues."
"Today we should get some idea of just how strong the bears are. Yesterday's lack of reaction implies traders don't think the bears have much of a game here."
"Unless we get a negative surprise on a piece of economic data that's really out of the ordinary, then it's going to be a subdued week with the Fed meeting right around the corner."


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Secret, and Shameful, Ties
As murky as this whole spy story has been, one thing is clear: The passports scandal has finished off any amendment to the law on universal jurisdiction, which is what allowed arrest warrants to be issued in the UK for alleged war crimes committed elsewhere.
LONDON - The last time it was revealed that Israeli agents were using British passports, in 1987, Margaret Thatcher put her iron foot down. There was no intelligence exchange between the countries for a decade, and no Mossad station in London until its reestablishment here only a couple of years ago.
This time, with no one really doubting that Israel was behind the Dubai assassination of Hamas arms dealer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, or that Mossad agents used fake passports from the United Kingdom and other states - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been compelled, reluctantly, to express diplomatic indignation. Even initially sympathetic media outlets became outraged in their tone over last week's passport scandal, and since it is election season, the Conservative party leader, David Cameron, seized on the episode as a handy stick with which to beat Brown and his government.
Thus the Israeli ambassador was called in to provide explanations at the Foreign Office. Obviously, Ron Prosor had none to give, and the meeting was brief, though still, it should be said, convivial. No threats were leveled, apparently. There is still a long way to go down the carefully graded list of diplomatic demarche before anything serious will happen to bilateral relations.
Similarly, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's 45-minute meeting with his counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Brussels this week was just for show. The British don't take Lieberman seriously and have never asked to speak to him on any matter of genuine importance.
Of course, if further evidence of Israel's involvement in Dubai is uncovered, Jerusalem might have to own up discreetly, perhaps provide a few operational details. Some cooperation with the investigations of the Serious Organized Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police might help placate Whitehall. A reprimand by the British government might follow, or a member of Israel's London embassy staff could agree to be made a scapegoat. But these are all diplomatic niceties, distractions from the real business afoot.
Mabhouh's absence may slow down arms shipments from Iran to Gaza, but the fallout from his assassination could make it harder for Israel to confront the much more serious Iranian threat. The worst-case scenario now is for bilateral intelligence-sharing to be suspended.
While the UK relies on Israel for much of its intelligence on Iran, not to mention other areas of interest in the Middle East, Israel also needs Britain on its side with respect to Iran, particularly because of its role in the European Union. With Russia and China blocking any serious action from the UN, Israel needs an EU initiative if sanctions are really to hurt Tehran. And Britain is both a permanent member of the UN Security Council and the EU 3+3 on the Iran issue, sharing that distinction only with France.
Yet Israel-Britain relations have not been at their warmest for the last year or two. For all Brown's repetitions of how he learned to love Zionism at his preacher-father's knee, bilateral links are not as close as under Tony Blair. Partly to blame for this were last year's Gaza incursion and the Goldstone report, which the UK declined to oppose in the United Nations; the requirement to label settlement-produced goods as such in the UK; and, of course, the attempted arrests of senior Israeli figures on war crimes charges.
As murky as this whole spy story has been, one thing is clear: The passports scandal has finished off any amendment to the law on universal jurisdiction, which is what allowed arrest warrants to be issued in the UK for alleged war crimes committed elsewhere. Theoretically, the necessary change in the law has the support of a majority in the House of Commons, including the shadow cabinet and most Labor MPs. But Brown is not going to risk a rebellion so close to the polls after such a public scandal.
"Israel has put the death of one Hamas guy over its relations with the UK," complained one pro-Israel lobbyist. "Why should the government stick its neck out for Israel when it's just done this?"
Even Israel's staunchest allies in Parliament are livid. "If it was Israel, it was outrageous," fumed MP Mike Gapes, a long-time member of Labor Friends of Israel and, perhaps more significantly, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. The illicit use of foreign passports, he said, "is one of the most appalling things another government can do. Our citizens around the world face the risk of being associated with an organization of criminal activity and murder."
For certain parts of the British establishment, open ties with Israel have always been awkward. One senior intelligence adviser tells of how he could not meet his Israeli counterparts at his office as it was frowned upon by his superiors, and was thus expected to receive intelligence from the Israelis in the backrooms of pubs and restaurants.
For now, Israeli diplomats in London can afford to be sanguine. But while the secret ties will remain strong, they will remain just that - secret, even shameful.
Israelis tire of being compared with apartheid South Africa, but they should remember that Britain once had clandestine intelligence-sharing links with Pretoria as well. That didn't make South African leaders welcome in London, even without the threat of arrest hanging over them. Jerusalem should be wary of becoming another dirty secret.
Daniella Peled is editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
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Burt Wulff has gone beyond fear, beyond love, even beyond hate. He's simply beyond giving the slightest damn whether he lives or dies, so long as he can kill the killers - thousands of them, all over American and all over the world. He is the lone wolf.
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Pierre-Paul: I'll be unstoppable next season
Pierre-Paul: 'Unstoppable Next Season'
- Pierre-Paul: 'Unstoppable Next Season'
Pierre-Paul: 'Unstoppable Next Season'
- NFL Nation Buzz: Giants
NFL Nation Buzz: Giants
- Rodgers Limited In Practice
Rodgers Limited In Practice
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has no desire to shut down his season because of a shoulder injury, but he admits he's already looking forward to putting his physical problems behind him in 2014.
"When I come back next year, I don't think there's going to be a tackle in the league who can stop me," Pierre-Paul said after practice Wednesday.
When I come back next year, I don't think there's going to be a tackle in the league who can stop me.
— Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul
Pierre-Paul did not actually practice Wednesday, although he did work on the side with trainers, which is more than he was doing last week. He played fewer than half of the club's defensive plays in Week 12 against Dallas and was inactive for Sunday's game in Washington because of the shoulder injury he suffered in the Week 10 victory against the Raiders.
He said it's been frustrating to struggle with the shoulder injury, since it was in Week 10 that he finally felt as though he was back to full strength after offseason back surgery. But the pain he felt in the Dallas game simply wouldn't allow him to function.
"It was painful," Pierre-Paul said. "What I expected to do, I didn't do. It got to a point where I could only go out there on third downs, basically. I'm out there rushing with one arm, and I'm trying. But you get to a point where you can't be Superman. You've got to come out and hope the next guy can do better than you."
Pierre-Paul said he's rehabbing "24/7," including treating the injury when he's away from the facility and at home. He hopes he can avoid surgery because "that would set me back even more," and he said he has no intention of sitting out the final four games of the season if he can help it.
"I'm doing everything I possibly can to put myself back on that field," Pierre-Paul said. "Shutting down is not in my vocabulary. Otherwise, I would have shut it down when I got the injury in the Oakland game. Even if I can get back for one game, that would be worth it to me. I'm not going to be myself until next year. I know that. I was starting to get there before this injury, but the way I feel now, I'm not going to play unless I'm going to be a factor and I know I can protect myself."
Dan Graziano
ESPN New York Giants reporter
- Joined ESPN in 2011
- New Jersey native and author of two published novels
Article source: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/10079567/jason-pierre-paul-new-york-giants-looking-forward-2014


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In a previous post, I briefly mentioned the back and forward buttons. Today I want to talk a bit more in depth about the issues we had in adding this common and seemingly simple concept to Microsoft Test and Lab Manager. Although the general behavior of back and forward does what one wants, it may not make sense in some specific scenarios.
Note: To understand this better, it is worth reading two other posts about Manage Queries since I cover some of the implications of artifacts/managers, Open Items, and relaunching views.
The back and forward paradigm is most recognizable from web browsers. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that is where the notion was first created. In the very least, that is where it became popular. From there, many applications have integrated the concept. Users demand it! If my mouse back button doesn't do anything in an application that could support it, I get down right cranky! 🙂
Well it took some arguing, but we eventually got it added to MTLM, and you'll see it in Beta 2. Most of the arguing has to do with how it would be implemented correctly. A browser is a very different beast than MTLM. Other applications I could find that supported back and forward also had significant differences in their navigation model that it was hard to find a good example to follow. We wouldn't want to reinvent the wheel if we didn't have to, mostly because then the behavior wouldn't be intuitive.
The primary difference between a browser and MTLM in terms of back/forward buttons is that when you go back in a browser, the view you just left is no longer in memory. If you go forward, the browser may load the content from the cache or get a new copy from the server, but either way it will re-render the content. Any prior settings or state you had are probably lost. For instance, if you started writing some text into a field, then went back then forward, your text will probably be gone. The same is not true in MTLM. Each view is kept in memory until you close it.
So why does that matter? Well, if you go back in the navigation history a bit, and then open a new view you will orphan the former forward items. You've lost them from a back/forward navigation point of view. With MTLM we don't want to lose views out of the back/forward navigation. They are still running taking up memory. You may want to get back to one of the items (e.g. a bug you opened up), having to go through all the steps you previously took to find it feels like a terrible waste of time. You could get back to it from Open Items, but only if it is an artifact. You could also get back to it by closing down every other views until the orphaned items began showing, but that is pretty destructive of your workspace.
So we resorted to inserting new views in the current position. Here is a sample walk through where a bold item is the current view:
|Start MTLM
|Test Plan Contents
|Click the Test navigation button
|Test Plan Contents –> Run Tests
|Realize you need to add a new configuration to a test case, so click Back
|Test Plan Contents –> Run Tests
|Drop down configurations list, and click Manage
|Test Plan Contents –> Manage Configurations –> Run Tests
|Add configuration and close Manage Configurations.
|Test Plan Contents –> Run Tests
|Modify a test case to add the new configuration.
|Test Plan Contents –> Run Tests
|Click Forward
|Test Plan Contents –> Run Tests
What might seem really weird to many people is that in step 4 the forward button is still enabled and if you go forward you'll bring the Run Tests view to the foreground. That is an experience you won't find in the browser. However, you also won't get the benefit of step 7 either, which is convenient.
David Williamson
Engineering Lead, MTLM


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I have two google accounts on my S4. Both google apps accounts btw.
I have all my contacts on account 1. I just added and started using account 2 for email and now want to start using it for contacts and calendar etc...
How do I get the contacts over to the new account for syncing and the calendar syncing properly?
Can I move them on the phone or must I do it on the computer?


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Posted by R. Berg on March 04, 2004
In Reply to: Thank you James posted by Miri Barak on March 04, 2004
: : : Hello dear friends:
: : : it's night, the nurse in the animal hospital calls the vet over an urgent case and she says:
: : : "sorry to drag you out"
: : : What does she mean: sorry for wasting his time, or waking him up, I couldn't find this combination:
: : : dragging somebody out.
: : : Thank you very much
: : It means to pull/drag you away from what you were doing. It's often used whem someone is relaxing after work and is called back in for some emergency or other.
: Thanks a lot.
Because it's night, "drag you out" is particularly appropriate because the nurse's call drags the doctor out of bed and away from his comfortable home.


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Cruz wins Sundberg Award for community work
Cruz wins Sundberg Award for community work
ARLINGTON -- Outfielder Nelson Cruz has been named the 2012 winner of the Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award. Cruz is being honored for his community work that includes helping set up nutrition, wellness and exercise programs for high school students in Arlington, Dallas and Fort Worth.
Cruz also helped raise money to purchase emergency vehicles for the city of Las Matas Santa Cruz in the Dominican Republic.Cruz will receive his award at the 2013 Texas Rangers Dr. Pepper Awards Show, which will be held in conjunction with Texas Rangers Fan Fest on Jan. 11 at the Arlington Convention Center.
Other award winners include Player of the Year Adrian Beltre, Pitcher of the Year Matt Harrison, Rookie of the Year Yu Darvish and Harold McKinney Good Guy Award recipient Joe Furukawa. Tickets for Fan Fest, which will take place Jan. 11-12, are on sale at texasrangers.com/fanfest or by calling 972-RANGERS.


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Actor Saif Ali Khan, who is now 40 years old, will be seen in romantic-comedy Cocktail. The Bollywood star, who has tasted the Box Office success with Kal Ho Na Ho (2003), Hum Tum (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005) and Love Aaj Kal (2009), says that he hopes to do a romantic comedy even at 50.
In an interview to PTI, Saif Ali Khan said, "I hope I can do romantic films at the age of 50. There is no age for romance. If the story is nice and the character suits you then why not do it. It is not like you can do only action films at a certain age. As long as you look good doing the part, there should not be any problem."
In Cocktail, Saif Ali Khan is playing a flirt opposite Diana Penty and Deepika Padukone. The actor said, "When we were shooting for the film we had this as a working title, we had thought of giving some nice Hindi title later. But later we felt it was perfect because the movie is a cocktail of different feelings and emotions. And I think everyone in India understands the meaning of cocktail. It goes well with the film."
However, Saif Ali Khan is teaming up with Deepika Padukone for the third time after Love Aaj Kal and Aarakshan success. The film Cocktail, which is directed by Homi Adajania, will hit the screens on July 13. Talking about Dips, Saif said, "It has always been fun to work with Deepika. She is a good artist and she is improving with every film."


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ST. ISIDORE, Quebec, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A Canadian man investigators suspect shot himself after killing his two daughters, their mother and her boyfriend has died, authorities said.
Martin Godin, 54, of St. Isidore, Quebec, died at a hospital Sunday night. He had lingered since the early February slayings, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.
Godin was found critically wounded in his home Feb. 2 alongside his daughters Beatrice, 11, who died three days later, and Medora, 13, who was dead at the scene. The bodies of Nancy Samson, 44, and Benoit Daigle, 39. were found outside a house more than 40 miles away in St. Croix de Lotbiniere, QMI Agency reported.
The news agency reported its sources said investigators suspect Godin had been unable to accept his breakup with Samson.


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Release Date: 2012 |
Album Rating: 4.0"Oh gee, look, it's that guy who listens to weird experimental, ambient stuff. I thought he really
didn't like most radio-friendly rock? But he's given this a 4?! That's a high number, maybe I should
check this out..."
You should. Stream: http://waxrecords.com/player/eliasfossils.shtml
You need to copy+paste that link for it to work
Also posted at: http://www.muzikdizcovery.com/
Album Rating: 4.0Not really anything new, no. Music like this can never really go above a 4 for me. Probably should be a little lower but whatever.
Hey! this sounds pretty nice so far, I'm really liking his vocals. Usually, indie vocalists have this weird kind of vocal style that I can't really get into, but this one's nice.
Album Rating: 4.0it's cool man.
Pretty good review, but a few minor issues
"as an complete album"
should be 'as a'
"The mark of bands such as Muse and Radiohead are clearly visible in both the sheer expanse of some of the tracks and then the almost morbid lyrics;"
Reads a bit awkwardly
But great review nonetheless
Album Rating: 4.0Cheers, I'm kind of falling asleep on my keyboard now so I'll fix it all up tomorrow.
I know how that is haha
Album Rating: 4.0mmmmm
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


text: KIA SA has done every test that can be done on the KIA Cerato 2.0 Auto and has found no errors that could affect the fuel consumption of the vehicle, according to Barry Simon, Regional General Manager KIA SA. He was responding to a letter by a Fin24 user that said Kia does not only as reported exaggerate its fuel efficiency in the US, but also in South Africa. He claimed that his Cerato (hatch), bought at the end of July 2012, has to date achieved between 13.5-14l/100km (town driving) compared with the 7.6l/100km advertised by KIA SA. The Fin24 user said he is currently spending almost the same amount of money on fuel than on the actual instalment: "ODO = 5 900km and money spent on fuel to date is close to R11 000". Simon said in an emailed response to Fin24 that he correctly and purposely copied the customer in on an email to the dealer principal, John Burgess and not by mistake as the customer claimed in his letter to Fin24. "Every test that can be done, was done on the vehicle. The electronics which are sealed, show no error report. "The technical department of KIA SA and the Randburg service department have tested the vehicle and have found nothing wrong. "My email to both him and John was correct and copied to him on purpose. He must go to the Ombudsman and we will abide by whatever decision is taken," said Simon. In his response to the Fin24 user, Deon Rademeyer, Consumer Affairs Officer of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation, said the matter is between the consumer and the manufacturer and he is therefore "obliged to direct the concern to the Motor Industry Ombudsman". The details are: The Motor Industry Ombudsman (is Johan van Vreden). Telephone: 012 841 2945 or 086 11 64672 Fax: 012 841 2842 Postal address: Suite 156, Private Bag X025, Lynwood Ridge, 0040 Email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com Website: http://www.miosa.co.za Meanwhile, Fin24 has received another letter from another Fin24 user who said he is experiencing the same problem with his Hyundai Elantra 1.8 GLS Auto. "The advertised fuel consumption is nowhere near the actual fuel consumption. Town driving I get around 13 litres per 100km yet advertised at 9l/100km. Freeway driving I get actual 8.8l/100km, yet advertised at 5.6l/100km. Combined I achieve 9.5l, yet again advertised at 7.2l/100km. "When I bought the vehicle last year October, I was told that it could easily get 600km per tank, but the maximum mileage I get from a tank is 420km and that is when the car is far into reserve. "My car has also been back numerous times to the dealership for tests. They found no problem. "The sales people as well as technical staff all agree that there is a definite issue, but nobody can solve the problem. "I was told the motor needs to settle in and possibly after the first service it will come right. The car now has 19 000km and still no improvement. "I've sent the article that states Hayundia and Kia overstated fuel consumption is the United States to the dealer. "After about two weeks I followed up. After another week (the dealership) issued me with a letter stating that the fuel issues are only related to the cars sold in the United States... It's been a year now and nobody can fix the problem." It would be wise for the Fin24 user to contcat the Motor Industry Ombudsman (contact details above). - Fin24Something on your mind? Give us your feedback on email@example.com: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.Fin24 reserves the right to obtain service providers' comments before publishing any articles or letters, and to edit any material used. Fin24 also reserves the right to edit or delete any and all user comments received.


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Fort Hood tragedy was preventable
I am angry. The terrible tragedy at Fort Hood could have so easily been prevented. Islamic terrorists are bent on destroying our nation. We can't seem to get it.
President Obama defends Islam at every turn, which certainly keeps some of the gutless people in high places from making good decisions. I notice, however that he suddenly authorized 30,000 more troops to fight our terrorist enemy in Afghanistan.
My heart goes out to the families of those killed and wounded. God bless you all. We will be praying for you.
JIM LEARY/Lubbock
Rude fans display their ignorance
Re: The letter "Fan behavior reflects on school, city" (A-J, Nov. 9).
The letter writer made his points well, including closing with the need to know the Golden Rule.
When I was young, our ministers, as well as the rest of us, often used I Corinthians 3:2 about showing ignorance, from the King James translation. "I have fed you with milk and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able."
King James had the translation made and put to use in his day to promote his desire to be elected head of the Christians and their money. The NIV reads: "I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready."
Aesops Fables is another good source about showing ignorance, but it was banned, and it seems much of the Bible is banned today, also. I appreciated having both to read in my youth.
ERLINE EVANS/Lubbock
Social Security like Ponzi scam
Re: The article "Lubbock businessman Judah guilty in $50M Ponzi scam" (A-J, Nov. 13).
I have been following the story about Benny Judah and would like to add an observation.
While I don't condone what Mr. Judah has done, I don't see where it is any different than what our federal government has done with Social Security. Our money doesn't go into a "trust fund" like they tell us. The payments made by those who are currently receiving benefits are long since gone. The benefits are being paid by current receipts - a Ponzi scam, pure and simple.
Why should it be OK for the federal government to run a Ponzi scam on us? More importantly, why would we trust them to run anything more than what is clearly defined in our Constitution?
WES TOLLEY/Lubbock
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Night in the Haunted Tower
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|Night in the Haunted Tower
|October 1999
|Tracey West
|Preceded By:
|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon
|Succeeded By:
|Team Rocket Blasts Off!
Night in the Haunted Tower by Tracey West (ISBN 0-439-13742-X) is the fourth book of the adaption of the Pokémon anime. The book is published by Scholastic, and is 70 pages in length.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
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This book follows the plots of Abra and the Psychic Showdown, The Tower of Terror, and Haunter versus Kadabra.
Ash has to defeat the Gym Leader Sabrina to earn a Marsh Badge. But only Ghost Pokémon are strong enough to beat her powerful Psychic Pokémon in battle. Now Ash and Pikachu have to spend a haunting night in Pokémon Tower to catch a spooky specter.
It won't be easy. Ghost Pokémon are tricky. But Ash isn't afraid of any ghosts. Nothing can stop him from becoming a Pokémon Master!
Major events
- Ash befriends Haunter and defeats Sabrina with its help.
- Ash gets the Marsh Badge.
Pokémon debuts
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Abra (Sabrina's, evolves)
- Kadabra (Sabrina's, newly evolved)
- Gastly
- Haunter
- Gengar
- On page 23 it misspells Misty's name as "Mindy".
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Uma noite na Torre Assombrada
- Canadian French: Une nuit dans la Tour hantée
|This book article is part of Project Merchandise, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all Pokémon toys, dolls, books, and collectible merchandise.


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ORLANDO – With hardly anywhere else to go but up, the National Association of Home Builders' predicts a 21% increase in single-family housing starts this year. But because the key indicator of the strength of the new home sector is starting at such a low point, the NAHB's chief economist, David Crowe, warned, such a big percentage jump will not result in much of an improvement.
"We're starting from a soft spot," Crowe reminded reporters at the group's annual convention last week, noting that the second half of 2010 was "much poorer" than the first six months. "We're coming off such a low base that the market will still be only half of what it should be."
Those sentiments were echoed by Frank Nothaft, Crowe's counterpart at Freddie Mac, who said a 20% gain in housing starts is nothing to crow about, at least not under current market conditions. "If you were building 50 houses annually a few years back but put up just ten houses last year," he pointed out, "a 20% gain means you will build only 12 houses this year."
However, a third economist, Edward Sullivan of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), said Crowe and Nothaft's less-than-stirring projections were too optimistic. Sullivan told a separate convention briefing he doesn't expect any significant increase in housing starts this year. "Twenty-twelve is the year we're going to start to see a recovery, not this year," the PCA's chief economist said.
Sullivan isn't as well known as either Crowe or Nothaft, but portland cement is a basic ingredient of concrete, a key building material. And as such, producers watch his forecasts with the same vigor as builders follow Crowe's and as lenders track Nothaft's.
Sullivan said job growth will be modest at best this year, lending standards will remain tight and foreclosures will continue to grow. These three factors, he added, form a "powerful combination" that will keep builders from once again putting their shovels in the ground to any great degree. "The only reason to build is to make money," the PCA economist said. "And builders can't do that right now."
But Crowe said 2011 will definitely be a better year for builders, if only because of the underlying demographics. "There's enormous pent-up demand," he said, noting that some two million households that should have formed over the last few years failed to do so. "The population should have given us two million more households than it did," the NAHB's chief economist explained. "And they are out there waiting to be the next ones into a new house or apartment."
Crowe also predicted that economic and job growth will both improve as the year goes on. Freddie Mac's Nothaft agreed, saying that "a less than exuberant opening to 2011 does little to dampen our expectations that the recovery will continue to gather strength as the year goes on."
The NAHB is projecting that builders will produce 575,000 single-family houses this year, up from an estimated 475,000 in 2010. And it expects single-family starts will reach 860,000 in 2012. "I'm comfortable we'll see a pick-up [in starts] if only because the bottom can't be any lower," the group's chief economist said.
Freddie Mac also is expecting a 20% gain in starts, and Nothaft said the coming spring home-buying season is shaping up to be a good one — at least as strong, he suggested, as last year when purchasers were rushing to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit.
The Freddie Mac economist said there were several reasons for his optimism. Besides the expected increase in household formations, he said, affordability is "at an extremely high level" and housing prices are at or near their low point for the cycle. Prices will finally bottom out in 2011, "maybe as soon as the spring," he said. "And by 2012, they should be showing gradual improvement."
However, the PCA is looking for just 492,000 single-family starts this year and 690,000 in 2012. While Sullivan said he accepts his counterparts' rational for improvement, he argued that their timing is off because foreclosures will lead to rising inventories, which in turn will serve to depress prices still further, thereby offsetting any gains in job growth or affordability.
"Recovery is a long process," the PCA economist warned. "It's not going to happen overnight."


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I just realized - you have enough to CCW a different M1911 every week of the year!
Loooong time ago. :embarassed:
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Seven Egyptians were found dead [2]near Benghazi on Monday, reports AFP. The victims were shot in the head, execution-style.
"The bodies of seven Egyptians were found in Jalluta, east of Benghazi," Ibrahim al-Sharaa told AFP.
Another police officer told Reuters, "they were killed by headshots in execution-style. We don't know who killed them."
Thousands of Egyptians work in Libya. Some Christian Egyptians [3] have been persectued in the past for proselytizing in a Muslim country. The deceased Egyptians are rumored to be Christian.
Benghazi is the birth place of the Libyan uprising that started in 2011 and ousted Muammar Gaddafi. [4]
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Jan 25, 2007 - 6:45 am
Hi Everyone, My ca125 is up to 69 and today I start oral etoposide. The next choice is tamoxifen, but hopefully the etoposide works. Of course the usual side affects and I guess I can say goodbye to my hair again. :-(
My Dr says it has about a 20% rate as do most of the treatment obtions available. I guess we just keep reaching into the bottom of the barrel trying to find something. I go for a CT Scan on Tuesday to see why I am so bloated and having the increased pain. We are hoping it is the lymphocele and not so much the cancer.
If you been on oral Etoposide and have any tips to share I'd appreciate it. I don't know anyone who has taken this drug. Thanks much.
Prayers N Hugs Bonnie
Jan 25, 2007 - 7:34 am
Good Luck Bonnie! I will keep you in my prayers.
Jan 25, 2007 - 10:56 am
Well Bonnie, you're our SOLID ROCK. Your spirit and strength are amazing. I know the Lord is your peace in all of this. I'm sure someone will offer personal experience with the Etoposide. I will again offer my hugs and prayers.
Jan 25, 2007 - 12:14 pm
Hello Bonnie, I was so hoping for different news! I have never heard of etoposide, but I sure hope someone has and will post to you. I'm wondering about the Avastin. They can't use that again? It worked so well. I have about three weeks before my next tests....I just hate all of this. Recently I had been dealing with shortness of breath, extra beats, etc. Yesterday I didn't have time for a cup or two of Pau d' Arco tea, and I didn't have the problem. Hmmmmmm. Do you take any supplements or herbal things? Well, let's all stay positive!!! This could be the "ONE" for you, the one that will work! Take good care, dear friend, MM
Jan 25, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Bonnie..yes, this might be the one that works for you! I associate this board with your name, and was glad to see you had posted. Hoping this new round will bring your CA 125 down. Hope you feel better soon. Prayers for a real warrior..lol anne
Jan 25, 2007 - 2:52 pm
Hi Everyone, thanks for the replies. You are all way too kind.
Anne so funny you used the word warriors, someone else just called us all warriors too and it painted quite a vision for me.
My vision is of armor, shields, swords, and being ready for battle. Ready to slay the cancer within. :-) Yes that will continue to be my vision as I take the daily Etoposide -- as it is sent into my system to slay the cancer. Quite a vision huh?
Continue the battle all my ovca warrior friends, one day the beast will be slain!
Jan 26, 2007 - 1:19 pm
Bonnie, I'll hope and pray for you for the best possible results from the Etoposide. I picture you as Brunhilde, with a sword of Etoposide, slaying the big C. A true power-picture of a warrior!
Jan 29, 2007 - 8:22 am
Hi BonnieR,
Jan 29, 2007 - 3:35 pm
Joanne this pill is chemo, it comes in IV and pill form. Is this your first recurrence? Sometimes they wait to see what your body does and how fast. When my numbers start to more than double in a month they really take off, plus I have lots of measurable disease. Measurable disease plays into what and when they treat you.
The waiting is the hardest. How long since you had any previous chemos? That makes a difference on choices also. I have had lots of different kinds of chemos.
Prayers N Hugs Bonnie
Feb 01, 2007 - 11:20 pm
Hi Bonnie,


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The good news for Borderlands fans? Gearbox Software posted up word this week that the content portion of the FPS-RPG sequel, Borderlands 2, is over and done with. The game is now heading for certification for its console versions. While the game still needs to go through the QA process, Gearbox added, " ... the game is finished and we cannot make any further changes to the game."
In a post on the Gearbox community site, the team says that work has now begun on the first DLC pack for Borderlands 2, which will be released for free for anyone who pre-orders any version of the game. "Premiere Club" members will be able to get the DLC pack between 60 and 90 days after the sequel's release.
The DLC will include a number of in-game weapons and items, along with an all new character class, the Mechromancer. Specific details about this new class have yet to be revealed, although the image in the pre-order offer suggests that this new class knows their way around hardware.
Borderlands 2 is set for release on the PC and other platforms on September 18th in the US. While the PC version won't include any SDK mod tools, Gearbox will not discourage mod makers from tinkering with the PC build.
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Yes, Wall Street, There Is a January Effect! Evidence from Laboratory Auctions
In the first experimental test of the January effect, we find an economically large and statistically significant result in two very different auction environments. After controlling for variables that could influence subjectsÕ bids such as differences in private values, cumulative earnings, and learning effects, the prices in the January markets were systematically higher than those in December. The results suggest that psychological factors may contribute to the well-documented January effect in empirical stock market data, a conclusion that clearly violates the efficient markets hypothesis.
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Marquette healthy as the prepare for NCAA Tournament
The Marquette University men have not won a first-round NCAA Tournament game since Dwayne Wade left in 2003.
But at least the Golden Eagles will be healthy on Thursday, when they play Kentucky in the South Regional in Anaheim.
Last year, guard Jerel McNeal sat out Marquette's first-round loss to Michigan State with a broken bone on his right thumb.
It happened at practice just before the final game of the regular season. McNeal said he was making a play on the ball, but he's still not sure how he got hurt.
The break was repaired the next day, but Marquette said nothing about it at the time.
Marquette Coach Tom Crean said lots of people were speculating, but nobody got it right. Meanwhile, McNeal tried in vain to convince the coaches he could play.
This year, McNeal is a specimen of health. He was one of just two Golden Eagles to start all 33 games and he was named to the Big East All-Tournament team last weekend.
Marquette is seeded sixth at 24-9 while Kentucky is seeded at No. 11 at 18-12.


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Lance Turner's latest installation of portrait paintings and moving images intend to further refine our understanding of the mechanics of painting, infinity, and the situation of the viewer through a seemingly limitless amount of patterning, mirrors and Photo-realist painting. He has recreated the PUSH gallery through murals of abstract landscapes that contain psychedelic systems of teeth and eyeballs that draw on a wide range of influences from Rococo painting to skateboard graphics to process art. The gallery is filled with moving images and paintings that incorporate the viewer as subject matter. These are placed on top of murals to immerse the viewer into a total work of art conveying information overload and rapid transition as an exaggeration of our sense of the present.
Reception Friday, September 5th from 6-9pm. The exhibition lasts through October 10th.


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Just a 3min drive from the pristine beach of Elia, one of the island's best and among the locals' favourites, this gorgeous summer home is a pitch-perfect getaway that combines comfort with high design. The hillside upon which the villa is located is a tranquil spot. Apart form the sister villa which is beside villa Hayek there are a small number of other private villas some distance apart and very little to disturb the peace and quiet. The outdoor area is generous in size featuring uninterrupted sea-views that are also visible throughout the house. The terrace is fitted with various lounge spots, some shaded and some open-sky, and a striking infinity pool that seems to dissolve into the sea.
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This is just the first of a series of posts regarding performance of Live Communications Server. Performance is a complex topic, so I thought I would step back and describe some of the basic principles behind what we do in the product group to analyze and optimize the performance of the server. I'll start with describing what's unique about performance for LCS and what makes it a tough problem to solve.
Real-Time Communications
LCS is a real-time communications and collaboration server. Real-time in this sense means that the latency behind delivering a piece of information is almost as important as the information itself. It's called instant messaging for a reason after all. If it takes the server over a minute to deliver an IM, then what was once a productivity-enhancer is now a productivity-drain. Sort of like watching a interview being conducted over a slow satellite link. The communications aspect is important as well. The fundamental job of the server is to deliver a packet from one user or device to one or more other users or devices. Most of what the server does is react to a request from a client and inform other clients about that request. This is different of course than a typical web server application which is responding to a request based on some backend business logic. And it's different than the store-and-forward problem that a mail server such as Exchange deals with.
Presence is Hard
By far one of the most difficult jobs of the server is handling presence. The reason why this is tough is obvious once you think about it. The server has to take a presence state change from one client (say I change my presence to "Out to Lunch") and then turn around and inform everyone watching that client's presence about the change. One request from the client has now turned into potentially a hundred messages which must be fanned out by the server. The amplification effect of presence is the primary performance problem we work to address. Latency is critical here as well. If the server takes 15 minutes to let you know that someone else is now offline, then that presence information becomes less meaningful.
Scaling to Thousands of Users
If the server only had to handle requests for a single client, it wouldn't be much of a problem, would it? A growing trend in IT orgs everywhere is server consolidation. You want to be able to support more users with less servers. This translates to us needing to support 10s of thousands of users in a single server cluster. Take any operation that a single client might perform, now multiply that by 100,000. Suddenly something as simple as sending an IM between two users becomes much more intense.
To summarize, the server has to take a message from a client, process it, potentially fan it out to 100s of other clients, and repeat that for 100,000 users on a pool. Oh, and it has to do that in real-time. Not an easy task.
Measuring Success
Performance on LCS is defined by several key metrics:
· How many users per server can we support?
· How many messages/second can that server support?
· What happens to CPU, memory, and network bandwidth under load?
· Can the pool recover when a server fails or becomes temporarily overloaded?
· What percent message failures are we seeing?
Since the server is all about communications, ultimately, performance is all about how fast we can turnaround incoming messages to outgoing responses and what kind of sustained message rate can we support while still leaving enough head room to handle sudden spikes in traffic. While testing performance we look carefully at each of these metrics.
Next Up
Next time I'll go into more depth about how we use the SIP protocol and the performance implications of doing so. I'll also give some more insight into our 2-tier architecture and how that allows us to scale-out.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb 3, 2013) - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada will host a roundtable and unveil the Government''s justice priorities for 2013. He will be accompanied by Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL player and victims advocate, and Vince Hawkes, Ontario Provincial Police Deputy Commissioner.
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