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Another shot of the Shuswap River, this time closer in.
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Dashab (2564) 2009-11-30 11:01
Hello Steve,
I love this crisp-looking landscape shot. The composition is good, the light well managed and the colours perfect. I like your work with the reflections and there even seems to be some thin ice captured in the foreground.
Well done! Dasha
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Hi Steve,
Lovely reflection with these so calm water, beautiful fall colors, great landscape well captured.
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Hello Steve. Very nice capture, full of mystery, beautiful colours. Regards Piotr.
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Nearly 4,500 U.S. servicemen and women have given their lives for their country in Afghanistan and Iraq. California alone has lost 476 soldiers.
Many Americans have grown numb to reports of ambushes, grenade attacks and suicide bombings in those distant lands. Maybe, say cynics and skeptics, we've become insensitive to the ongoing struggle, battles and casualties there. Worse yet, they may claim, we no longer appreciate the ultimate sacrifice by the thousands who have given their lives in service to America.
Friday, those skeptics should have been in Sonora.
Putting politics aside, this community came together for an unprecedented show of grief, respect, appreciation and gratitude for Bobby Rapp, a 22-year-old American soldier who lost his life in a March 3 suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
Shortly after 9 a.m., with church bells tolling, thousands lined a yellow ribbon-bedecked Washington Street as the funeral procession passed. Except for the church bells, there was not a sound as the hearse carrying the flag-draped coffin drove through downtown Sonora. Flags were waved and tears shed.
En route to the church the cortege drove by Sonora Elementary School where Bobby was a student. The students saluted their hero.
An estimate of over 1,000 bid Bobby farewell at a Sierra Bible Church funeral service where the overflow stood outside, where speakers had been set up, to hear the tributes to Bobby.
Sharp, stirring reports of a 21-gun salute filled the air at Dambacher Mountain Memorial Cemetery as the young patriot was put to rest.
Footage from the day-long tribute aired on Sacramento TV stations and viewers from suburbs and cities throughout Northern California learned what we already know: Community bonds in this small town are always firm, but never are they so strong as when tragedy hits.
The Rapp family has, for decades, contributed to Tuolumne County. Jennifer Rapp, Bobby's mom, was a leader in Sonora Elementary and Sonora High school parent groups. Dad, Ted Rapp, was a ski coach who worked closely with Bobby, brother Patrick and many more young athletes. Jennifer for years ran a day-care business in her home, and in the process became friends with scores of parents and children.
This community knew the Rapps, took Bobby's death very personally, and have answered in very personal ways as well:
? A Sonora Area Foundation fund set up in his name last week drew $2,500 in contributions during its first 24 hours. Donations, by Bobby's wishes, will go to Sonora Elementary athletics, the Sonora High cross country and golf teams and the local chapter of Operation MOM.
? Dodge Ridge Wintersports Area will name a ski run after Bobby.
? Sonora Elementary School will name its annual cross-country meet the Rapp's Run Invitational, and its teachers, many of whom had Bobby in their classes, have planted a tree in his memory.
? Medal of Honor recipient Jon Cavaiani, elected the 2008 Mother Lode Roundup's honorary town marshal, will share the honor with Rapp and intends to lead a riderless black stallion up Washington Street in his memory during the May 10 Roundup parade.
The meaning of community, those same skeptics and cynics may say, has disappeared amid a mad and selfish rush for gratification.
But Bobby Rapp, his family and our community have proven them wrong.
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The year was 1981. It was a hot summer and I was deeply involved with a gang called the Disciples. A typical Wednesday involved being high on crack and toting a machine gun. I led my crew in a constant struggle to defend our street corner from rival gangs. Yeah, I was dealing drugs and jacking up suckas if they looked at me the wrong way. I was ruthless and did what I had to do to protect my crew in our urban jungle.
We wuz chillin one July afternoon on the corner. We had just shot up a rival gang's house the night before and we all knew retaliation was on the way, but we were ready. I had my look outs on the avenue keeping an eye on what was ahead of me. Lil Jimmy was in charge of dealin drugs and playin the role of dj for our crew. That day a cassette tape fell apart in our boom box and we had to listen to the radio. I was nervous like never before and just pacing back and forth in the streets, waiting for the Latin Kings to make their move. Then all of a sudden I hear this song.
I stopped immediately and my jaw just about dropped. I was like, you hold up, hold up-everybody shut up, I gotta hear this song. It was Hall and Oates song, You Make My Dreams Come True.
It was like nuthin we had ever heard before. I said yo Jimmy! Crank that up! My crew didn't know how to react but they took my lead. I started tapping my foot, snapping my fingers and before long, me and the whole crew were dancing in a big circle like a bunch of school girls.
I'll never forget those lyrics, "What I want you got, and it might be hard to handle, but like the flame that burns the candle, the candle feeds the flame." It was like they were talking directly to me.
So the Latin Kings roll up and they are upset about us shooting up there house last night. They didn't expect us to be prancing around to Hall and Oates and that definitely took them by surprise. The leader jumps out and starts yelling at me, but I didn't care, I was too involved in the music. Next thing I know, he and his crew join us and now the two rival gangs are dancing together and solving our differences with dance off competitions to Hall and Oates latest record. It was an unconventional method for street gangs, but it worked! It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever been apart of and that includes the births of all 7 of my children.
As for the Latin Kings, we agreed to stop shooting at one another and start going to Hall and Oates concerts as one big supportive group. From that day I put down my drugs, guns and bandana and picked up their latest record. That was the best decision of my life.


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For years Tri-City Medical Center has resisted joining one of the large health systems in the region. Now, with its cash reserves shrinking and nationwide health reform cutting into some revenue streams, that position is starting to change.
Larry Schallock, chairman of Tri-City's board of directors, says the time has come for the North County public health care district to seriously consider finding a partner.
"We're realistic that a free-standing single entity in a very competitive market is difficult to just say, 'Well I'm going to go it alone,'" Schallock said this month in an interview.
The new stance comes after the hospital fired its former chief executive, Larry Anderson, in August. Though he did broker a limited partnership with Fallbrook Hospital, Anderson resisted joining a larger system. In fact, during his tenure, he sued Tri-City's closest neighbors, Scripps Health and Palomar Health, alleging unfair competition.
Schallock said the executive's departure brought immediate interest from other health systems in the area.
"After Larry left, I was contacted by just about everybody in the area to have dialogue with them," Schallock said, declining to name specific companies.
But, while many potential suitors appear ready to negotiate a deal, Tri-City will not make any immediate decision, Schallock said. The board is determined to conduct a national CEO search and hire its next leader before pursuing any partnership or alignment, he added.
"That person needs to be part of the dialogue, and then we together go forward and do whatever we decided to do," Schallock said.
Tri-City also wishes to improve its current financial position after a difficult 2013.
The hospital's last audit shows that, while hospital operations covered expenses, Tri-City's overall financial position deteriorated in fiscal 2013. The hospital's cash reserves dropped to $13 million, from $20 million in fiscal 2012.
The hospital has struggled since 2009 to get out from under a refinancing deal that had Tri-City paying exorbitant interest rates in 2008. In order to refinance about $50 million in outstanding debt, Tri-City's board was forced to put up most of its savings — $51 million — as collateral. That cash still sits in an escrow account, the hospital's audit confirms.
In order to refinance the existing interest-only loan, Tri-City will need to return to the tax-exempt bond market, but hospital officials have said doing so will require several years of profitable operation. While Tri-City made money in 2012, 2013 was a loss, even after noncash expenses like depreciation and amortization are removed.
Those ongoing finance problems continue as operating a hospital becomes more challenging. Federal health reform is putting pressure on traditional sources of revenue that have long supported Tri-City. Those revenues include extra cash for hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of low-income residents and also a 2 percent cut to Medicare reimbursement.
Casey Fatch, Tri-City's interim chief executive, said he believes the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2014, has the potential to be more stable. He said financial stability should come before affiliation talks begin.
"I think we have some heavy lifting to do before even considering any type of affiliation or consolidation. We would obviously be in a better position after we get our financial house in order," Fatch said. "We want to have (fiscal) 2014 under our belts with a strong financial performance, and at that point, I think we would have a lot more options."
Schallock said the search for a new CEO should take between three and four months. Serious talk about Tri-City's future is not likely to come before the second half of 2014.
"I'll say there will be discussion. I don't know whether there will be a decision or not. But certainly discussion is on the table in some way, shape or form, and that's undefined at the moment," Schallock said.
He said the board has delivered the same message to every organization that has expressed interest in any sort of partnership, affiliation or alignment deal.
"They've all been given the same statement: 'Just hang with us, and we will have dialogue,'" Schallock said.
But waiting does not sit well with some.
Nathan Kaufman, a San Diego-based national health care consultant, said Tri-City is operating at a disadvantage compared with larger systems, such as Scripps Health, Sharp HealthCare and UC San Diego Health System.
"Unlike those larger players, they don't have the ability to employ physicians. They don't have the negotiating leverage with the payers," Kaufman said.
He said Tri-City's CEO search was the wrong approach.
"The issue is, at this point in time, they shouldn't be hiring a CEO, they should be hiring advisers to help them explore affiliation relationships with local health systems," Kaufman said.
Fatch, Tri-City's interim CEO, disagreed. He said it is critical for Tri-City to have a strong leader in place before any kind of affiliation talk begins.
"I can't think of any other company that would do any kind of significant transaction without a permanent leader in place. It's just irresponsible," Fatch said.
Unlike most hospitals in San Diego County, Tri-City is a public health care district with a publicly elected board of directors.
In the area, Sharp Grossmont Hospital is the closest example of a public district hospital affiliated with a larger partner. Grossmont brought Sharp in to run its operations in 1991. The facility has continued to grow under Sharp's leadership, and like Tri-City, has one of the busiest emergency departments in the region.
Similar arrangements have been discussed at Tri-City. Scripps Health made an offer for Tri-City in 1996 but dropped out citing fears of a "bidding war" with other players. In the intervening years, Tri-City executives have regularly expressed concerns that health care services would be moved out of the hospital if a deal was done with a larger operator.
Schallock said that concern persists. He noted that when Scripps bought one of the major medical groups that referred patients to Tri-City, he was faced with elderly residents who were told they would have to travel south as far as La Jolla for some appointments.
"When you talk to the senior community, they don't want to drive down the road," Schallock said.


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It's Spring Break, but we are not taking a break from Tasty Tuesday! I had a Living Social voucher that was burning a hole in my pocket.
Actually nothing was burning holes in my pocket, it was really just an email I had to print. Burning holes, printing emails; same thing. They all lead to one place:
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We started with what was basically a bread course. My kids loved the naan, and did not love the papadams. Do you know why I love my kids? I make them eat things that cause this kind of reaction ALL THE TIME – and they still keep trying. That particular face was a result of a samosa.
Maybelle liked the Samosas, once they were dunked in the brown sauce she insisted 'tastes like applesauce'.
The waiter suggested they try the chicken nuggets. It almost made me cry. Instead, we ordered the Tandoori chicken. It came to us on a sizzling platter. The kids dug in – it was love at first bite.
But the spices sneak up on you. A.P. was reaching for water after just a few minutes.
And then cooled things down with some Mango ice cream. Maybelle didn't like it so he got the whole thing.
They both insisted we come back some time for the buffet.
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Melissa Velia returned to Project Ethos debuting her Fall 2012 Collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week this past Tuesday. Her line kicked off with hip-hop dance choreography by Joanna Baca. After the performance, models graced the catwalk wearing sheer, light fabrics with intrinsic designs. The runway was hit with a pop of color as We saw bright reds, royal blues, shimmering golds and multi-colored fabrics.
We saw pieces that reminded us of the vintage era. Each design hugged feminine curves and accentuated the female silhouette.
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LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's Bradley Wiggins completed a spectacular summer Wednesday, adding the Olympic time trial gold medal to his victory at the Tour de France.
It was the fourth Olympic gold medal for Wiggins and his seventh medal overall, making him the most decorated British athlete in the history of the Games.
American Kristin Armstrong won the women's time trial, returning from retirement to capture the event for the second straight Olympics. After the race she said she was now "officially retired."
Wiggins became the first British rider to win the Tour de France with a dominating performance, highlighting a career that began with him riding track races.
He is now the top road racer in the world, which he confirmed with a victory of almost a minute over the 44-kilometer course that began and ended on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace.
Wiggins covered the distance in 50:39.54 with current world champion Tony Martin of Germany finishing second in 51:21.54. Another British rider, Christopher Froome, wound up third in 51:47.87.
Defending champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, who suffered a heavy fall during the road race held earlier in the Olympics, finished seventh.
Wiggins won the individual pursuit race on the track at both the Beijing and Athens Olympics and was part of Britain's winning group in the team pursuit race four years ago.
He also won a silver and two bronze medals in track events in 2004 and 2000.
Enormous crowds came out to watch Britain's cycling hero, but before he rode the fans saw Armstrong record a solid victory.
At age 38, she said she came out of retirement in hopes of being able to hold her young son at the top of the medal podium.
Jacob, who will celebrate his second birthday next month, was in his mother's arms as she stood on the top step for the second Olympics in a row.
The women rode 29 kilometers and Armstrong was timed in 37:34.82. Germany's Judith Arndt was second in 37:50.29. Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia took the bronze in 37:57.35.


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Miss. gov may lose Medicaid power
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant lacks the legal authority to single-handedly run Medicaid in his state should lawmakers fail to renew it amid partisan squabbling over Medicaid expansion, the state's attorney general has determined.
The nonbinding opinion by Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood ratchets up the pressure on the Republican governor and state lawmakers to reach a deal to reauthorize the Medicaid program, which is due to expire on June 30 without legislative action.
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"[I]t is this opinion of this office that after July 1, 2013, in the absence of legislative action … the Division of Medicaid and the position of its executive director will no longer exist," Hood wrote in his opinion.
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Lawmakers are deadlocked in a dispute over Obamacare — specifically whether they should entertain the law's massive Medicaid expansion. Democrats say they won't consider reauthorizing the state's Medicaid program without first voting on whether the state will accept expansion, but Republican leaders say they'll vote to only reauthorize the existing program — without expansion. Aides to House Speaker Philip Gunn, a Republican, did not respond to a request for comment.
Around 700,000 Mississippians are on Medicaid and an estimated 300,000 more would be eligible under expansion. It's unclear what would happen to care for the existing enrollees if lawmakers fail to reauthorize the program by the end of the month. Legislators adjourned in April after they failed to reach a Medicaid deal, so all eyes are on Bryant, who would have to call a special session of the Legislature to force a vote on reauthorization.
A spokesman for Bryant suggested the governor might still try to keep the Medicaid program running by himself, despite Hood's opinion. And the Bryant administration is mum on whether it will attempt a special session at all.
"I will not speculate on a special session, but if the governor did call one for the purpose of reauthorizing the current population of Medicaid and Democrats killed it, as they have done before, then the governor … has no other option but to run it by executive order," spokesman Mick Bullock said.


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Australia winger Digby Ioane has turned down the chance to move to Japan in order to sign a new three-year deal at the Reds.
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Australia winger Digby Ioane has turned down the chance to move to Japan in order to sign a new three-year deal at the Reds.
Ioane had been reportedly offered a $1million-a-year by the Kubota Spears.
However the 26-year-old, who helped Australia finished third at the World Cup and played a key role as the Reds won the Super Rugby title, has opted to remain in Queensland.
Ioane follows James Horwill, Ben Daley, Quade Cooper and James Slipper in committing to Australia and the Reds.
Coach Ewen McKenzie told the official Reds site: "We've been quietly confident Digby would remain in Queensland.
"He's one of our most popular figures and he has the ability to change games with his enigmatic style of play.
"Digby is a guy who gets a lot of touches every game. He always has the ball in his hands and he has a ridiculous number of game involvements. He gives us a real point of difference."
Ioane is currently in his second spell at the Reds, having made began his career at the franchise before moving to the Western Force in 2006.
The powerhouse winger returned to Queensland in 2008 and has gone on to make 45 appearances for the side, scoring 16 tries.


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Sights like this one are amazing to watch from a distance, but terrible to witness first hand. I've read there were around -27 degress C in those days...
It's amazing how the weather can do things like this. Also amazing how the people cope with it - looks pretty darn cold to me!
And yet it was real. Brrrrrr I've read it happened in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 2005, during a terrible blizzard and very low temperatures. http://www.boston.com/news/weather/blizzard05/
I have never seen anyplace so frozen. It almost looks like a model made of white chocolate!!!
I vote for the Caribbean! Although I will surely miss the snow at some point...
That town may be a bit too nippy for me. I'm thinking Arizona or Florida would be nice... no, wait. Make it Mexico or the Caribbean. Anyplace but there!
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Coming from Tardets, drive up to Larrau. At the entrance of the village, drive left towards the camping area. Drive for 8 km on this track ( Amubi track, a few fences ), until a little bridge over the Amubi stream; park there, the trail heads right after the bridge.
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After a short hike in the forest, cross the Pista bridge, and 100m after, go right and hike up in the forest. ( Nota: also possible to get there from Logibar parking, by crossing the Holzarte footbridge, than going westwards along the canyon of Olhado, and eventually joining the trail before Pista bridge; 90min from Logibar ).
The trail heads up in steep curves, to the S.E. and S., and gets to the small valley of Pista ( big glade ). After a walk up on a grassy slope, you get to the cayolar of Pista ( cayolar = shepherd hut, good shelter in case of storm ). The wonderful Pista waterfall, 90m high, comes down from a hole in the limestone rock. Follow the trail, to the S.S.O., to the upper part of the small valley of Ardane, before reaching the pass of Utururdineta ( Utururdinetako Lepoa, 5,460ft ~ 1664m ).
From that point, climb any of the three peaks located eastern from the pass( or all of them if you are fit enough ): Otsogorri, on the right ( S. ), Xardeka on the left ( E. N. E. ), or Kartxela, the highest, straight ahead ( E. S. E. ).
Around 4h to the summit of Kartxela, from the trailhead.
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No gear required, except a good map and a compass.
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**The cruelest lies are often told in silence- Robert Louis Stevenson
I hope that you can find some peace soon through your grief.
I am glad that your WH is at least behaving through this upheaval. 'Ol Schmuck better be waiting on you hand and foot!!
Take Care.
Never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten.
You've had too much to deal with the last couple of months. Im so sorry.
You don't have to do anything. Not today. Not tomorrow. Just *be.*
..that feeling you get in your stomach, when you heart's broken. It's like all the butterflies just died.
Sometimes life is just one big bullet pointed at you. I'm going through LOTS right now myself. Sometimes I'm on the floor crying out to God. Other times, I wonder how I made it another day.
I'm so sorry for your loss and all of the other devastating things you are going through.
Take good care of yourself. Emotionally and physically. If you need to hibernate for a couple of days, then do it, but try to go out for a walk or call a friend to help you pull out of your funk. It takes time, but there are good days and there are bad days. One day your good days will outnumber your bad days.
Are you in IC? It takes time to start feeling stronger.
Sending you hugs.
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You are very new at this and the ride has just started. The highs will come and the lows will also hit at the most puzzling times.
I once compared the time after dday to walking in a valley. Some run through as fast as they can just to get out and never look back. Others crawl through, absorbing every pain, looking down in the dirt as they drag along. I think I am walking slowly, looking at everything on the way, and once in a while, I have to walk backwards to look at something again before i move on again. The key is to make forward progress at your own pace, doing whatever you need to get through this and be as healthy as possible on the other side.
We are here to cheer you and cry with you wherever you are.
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Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
I am very sorry to hear about your mom. I lost my dad within a couple of months of finding out about my husband's infidelity. It just seems to be too much to bear at times.
I will be thinking of you and wishing for you peace and strength.
Take care of yourself!
I will not be vanquished. Rose Kennedy
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
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It's a game where size matters. What can fit inside of what? Play by logically sizing things up or add a little story creativity for some great fun. A piece of lint, stuck on a will, tucked in a book, and stored in a drawer. Four and you win a set, but watch out!!! The fourth starts a pickle and you may find your winning card trumped by something as large as the universe. Ok…ok that might be a little bit overkill but if you want to win you may have to play something that outrageous.
The gist of the game is simply that simple. Yet, the game is left to much interpretation and friendly hilarious debate. Great fun for the whole family and I mean great.
If you are just going to play with one other person I recommend playing a purely logical game or you may find yourself in a heated debate. That can easily be solved though by having a third party to be the final judge. Remember not to take the game too serious and if there is a disagreement have a vote for the final outcome.
Because of the potential complex creative stories and debates that can at times be a little heated, I don't really recommend this for families with young children. If you have a family with older teenagers or a group of adults this is a wonderful award winning game to add to your library.
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Young's 'Jamie Oliver' by Mother
SectorAgencies, Food and Drink and Grocery food
Young's has launched a comical TV ad featuring Jamie Oliver trying to cook in the Arctic, to promote his new frozen-fish range.
The ad, created by Mother, broke on Facebook before launching on TV during Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.
In the ad, the celebrity chef and his kitchen are transported to the ice caps of Alaska, where the fish from his range are caught. He is seen battling Arctic gusts, ?freezing temperatures and a polar bear while attempting to make fishcakes. He then falls into a hole in the Arctic water, before coming out of it frozen in a block of ice.
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Yanks close to deal with catching prospect
Yanks agree to terms with Dominican catcher
The Yankees reportedly have agreed to terms with 16-year-old Gary Sanchez, a top catching prospect from the Dominican Republic, although he can't be signed officially until after the international signing period begins July 2. According to a report in the New York Post, the Yankees and Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal. The Yankees did not comment in the Post report, and an anonymous Yankees source was cited as saying nothing is guaranteed until a contract is signed. Sanchez is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound right-handed hitter said by a talent evaluator quoted by the Post to be a "big kid with a big arm" and a "real good hitter, but he doesn't hit like Jesus Montero."
In 2006, the Yankees signed Montero, a Venezuelan teen, to a $1.6 million bonus. He has performed well since, advancing to Double-A Trenton, where he is batting .283 with three RBIs in 13 games since being promoted from Tampa, where he hit eight homers and had 37 RBIs. The Post reported the Yankees are also interested in Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano and two Cuban defectors, left-hander Noel Arguelles and shortstop Jose Iglesias, both in the Dominican since defecting last summer.
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My parents bought me a Pentax Optio M30 for my birthday two years ago, my old Olympus had given up the ghost and I asked if they could put some to for a new camera instead they bought me a whole one. I wouldn't have bought a Pentax I would probably have chosen another Olympus but I have few complaints.
The camera looks quite dinky, it's silver in colour, brushed silver on the front with highlighted sections on the top and one side of polished silver. On the front is a large circle taking up about half of the panel, this is the lens which protrudes when the camera is switched on, around the lens is written Pentax Lens / 3x zoom, 6.3mm-18.9mm (I won't pretend to know exactly what that means), there is also a slim flash bulb situated at the top, slightly to the left, Pentax 7.1 megapixels is written down one side. On the top is the model name and number, the on/off switch and the snappy button for taking the photographs or capturing the image as a real photographer might say, you can probably tell by now that I am not a technical person. On the rear is a large screen, which takes up most of the space on the rear of the camera, there are also the rest of the operational buttons and some little bumps at the side which I use as a sign not to move my finger when capturing an image or a video, otherwise you'll hit some of the buttons.
I've never read the instructions, I don't normally, if I can't operate it without the instructions then I send it back normally. If it's not potentially dangerous work it out for yourself I think, you're much more likely to remember it that way. There are lots of different functions including video with sound, sound only and various picture functions including: auto, night, sport, kids, etc if you move the cursor box over the icon it tells you what the mode is and a little of how it works. You can change the settings on the flash too. There is a micro setting for taking close pictures of small things, I use this a lot for work. The video will record for as long as you have space on your SD card, which is where you store your images, sounds and videos.
When you take a picture a small box appears and magically focuses on the main item in the picture, see there's my technical side coming out again. The pictures always look good quality to me, taking aside the photographer that is, and develop well. The video is good quality, not quite blueray but good enough for family memories. The sound is good picking up from quite a distance, I have never been disappointed with the video function, except when I've forgotten and framed it the wrong way round.
The camera is powered by a rechargeable battery which is fitted easily in the camera under a slide open slot along with the SD card, both of which only fit completely in one way round so it's impossible to get it wrong. The battery charges in a separate unit plugged into the mains. It doesn't take long to charge, no more than an hour and it lasts for days when I'm on a photography mission at work, this means hundreds of images captured over the space of a week.
The Pentax Optio M30 is a compact digital camera. It is lovely and small, simple to operate and takes good pictures, what more could you ask for from a compact digital camera. I've owned it for nearly two years now and it's been used and abused to the fullest extent and it's still going strong, especially bearing in mind that it's been knocking around in my handbag when it's not being used. A good investment for the amateur photographer. I don't know the price because it was a present but thanks Mum and Dad, well worth the money. Currently available for £50.00 on Amazon.
The Pentax Optio M30 digital camera is a really good camera. It is sleek in size and shape and very user friendly. It retails at around £120 and I would say that I think it is worth every penny.
It has 7.1 Megapixels and a pentax lense with 3xZoom function (6.3mm-18.9mm). It doesn't require batteries because it contains a lithiam battery (like the ones in a mobile phone) and also comes with a charger. It doesn't need charging as often as your mobile phone does but I guess this depends on your usage. It can easily last a week on holiday (once fully charged) without running out of battery.
It has everything I could think to use it for, you can even use it to make funny frame arounds the subjects of your photos and has all the other functions like sepia and black and white and such. It has a delete photo function as a button on the back with a picture of a dustbin! It has an on/off switch on top and the snap picture button too. It has a zoom button on the back that is indicated by pictures of one tree on one side and many trees on the other. It also has all the normal functions like automatic flash (shown with a lightening bolt type symbol) or the option to turn it off. It has a focus menu that allows you to choose what part of the shot you would like to focus on, either something in the foreground or something in the backdrop. The user manual that comes with it is very easy to use if you ever need a little extra information on how to set up the perfect shot. It has one PC/AV port at the bottom and a whole with grips if you wanted to set it onto a tripod. It has a mode and a menu button on the back which help you to exit screens or select screens accordingly and an ok button that is central and clearly marked. The LCD screen takes up more than half of the back of the camera so is really easy to see what you are taking a picture of or what setting you are using. I am honestly a bit rubbish with most digital cameras but this is easy as anything to use.
The photo quality comes out really good and I would recommend it for capturing good action shots as well as still ones and these really do come out well. I have used this for weddings, parties, gigs and for taking photos of friends and family and its the best camera I have ever had. I am not at all dissapointed or worried that I spent more than £100 on it.
Technical and Product information is as follows (copied from my user manual)
Autofocus: Yes
Battery Model: Camera Specific Powerpacks
Built-in Flash: Yes
Chip Type: CCD
Digital Zoom (Ratio): 4
Effective Pixel (in Megapixel): 7.1
Highest Focal Length in mm: 114
Image Stabiliser
LCD Monitor Resolution in Pixel: 115000
LCD Monitor Size in Inch: 2.5
Longest Shutter Speed: 4s
Lowest Focal Length in mm: 38
Maximum Aperture Tele: 5.9
Maximum Aperture Wide: 3.1
Maximum Pixel (in Megapixel): 7.38
Memory Type: Internal + External
Movie / Voice Recording: Movie + Voice
Optical Zoom (Ratio): 3
Photo Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2304
Photo Resolution Width in Pixel: 3072
Range Finder Type: LCD Monitor
SLR / Compact: Compact
Secure Digital Card
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Sensor Size: 1/2,5'' (5,2 x 3,9 mm)
Serial Shot Mode
Shortest Shutter Speed: 1/2000s
Size of Internal Memory in MB: 22
Video Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 480
Video Resolution Width in Pixel: 640
Weight in Grams: 120
Zoom Type: Optical + Digital
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I like Neil Burger. I really dug his underrated "The Illusionist" with Edward Norton, and I thought "Limitless" with Bradley Cooper was fun (if not substantial) times. Apparently the producers of the videogame movie "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" feel the same way, because they've brought in Burger to write and direct "Uncharted" for them.
Burger replaces David O. Russell ("The Fighter"), who for the longest time was attached to the project before leaving due to that ever so popular "creative differences". O. Russell was supposed to write and direct with his "The Fighter" star Mark Wahlberg as Drake, an Indiana Jones-type (sans hat) who traipses around jungles looking for gold and whatnot.
No word if Wahlberg will remain on the project now that his good buddy O. Russell is gone, but it seems unlikely. Mind you, not that Wahlberg was ever that popular of a choice for the role with fans of the games in the first place.
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This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture sector in Hungary, providing trends in office furniture production and consumption, office furniture imports and exports. Office furniture distribution channels are also examined. For each country the main economic indicators are provided. A two years forecast is included. Office furniture imports and exports are broken down by country and geographical area. The office furniture supply structure is analyzed, with data on companies and employment. Short profiles are provided for the main office furniture companies, with data on office furniture sales and market shares of the leading local producers and of the main foreign manufacturers operating in Hungary. The analysis of office furniture distribution channels covers: specialized and non-specialized dealers, large scale distribution, direct sales, mail order. Data on the major office furniture distributors are provided.
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► Brewers 9, Pirates 6: At Milwaukee, Ryan Braun homered, tripled and drove in four runs, leading a shaky Zack Greinke and Milwaukee over Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep.
► Mets 7, Astros 4: At Houston, Justin Turner homered and drove in a career-high five runs, and Jason Pridie hit a go-ahead single and stole home for the Mets.
► Reds 9, Cardinals 7: At Cincinnati, Brandon Phillips hit a bases-loaded double in the seventh inning that ended Chris Carpenter's outing and his five-year streak of beating the Reds.
► Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 1: At Los Angeles, Ian Kennedy pitched six innings and Xavier Nady and Ryan Roberts hit consecutive homers to help the Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers.
► Padres 8, Rockies 2: At Denver, Mat Latos snapped a personal 10-game losing streak and Ryan Ludwick homered in the Padres' win over the slumping Rockies.
► Nationals 8, Marlins 4: At Washington, Jason Marquis pitched into the seventh inning to win his fifth game, drove in two runs and led the Nationals over the Marlins.
► Blue Jays 11, Twins 3: At Minneapolis, Jose Bautista hit three homers for the first time in his career, adding to his major league-leading total.
► Rangers 5, Angels 4: At Arlington, Texas, Chris Davis homered and later drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single and the Rangers beat the Angels, winning only their second series in the past month.
► White Sox 4, Athletics 3: At Oakland, Calif., Alexei Ramirez had three hits, including a home run off previously unbeaten Trevor Cahill, and the White Sox topped the Athletics.
► Orioles 9, Rays 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., J.J Hardy hit a grand slam, Nick Markakis added a solo shot and the Orioles beat the Rays.
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San Diego Downed 4-0 By Los Angeles - Burch Smith Takes Loss
Clayton Kershaw reached double figures in strikeouts, fanning 10 Padres en route to a 4-0 win over San Diego on Saturday at PETCO Park.
Los Angeles was favored by -186 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Clayton Kershaw earned the victory for the Dodgers, throwing 7 innings of work, striking out 10, walking 2, and allowing 3 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Yasiel Puig in the win.
San Diego got a 6-inning outing from Burch Smith in the loss. He gave up 2 earned runs, 5 walks and 3 hits in his time on the mound, while Chris Denorfia had 1 hit in the loss for the Padres.
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Google has announced it is now indexing Facebook pages in its real time search results. Before anyone freaks thinking this means that their personal profile is now being revealed to the world, let me point out that the only pages actually being indexed in real time are Facebook fan pages. Everything else is still under wraps as far as real time indexing is concerned. Facebook fan pages join Twitter's tweets and MySpace's status updates in the results.
The announcement still leaves Google in Bing's dust however. Since Microsoft is a Facebook investor and Bing the site's official search provider, the search engine has access to all public status updates, not just fan pages. It's not clear if Google will ever be given access to any of Facebooks other newsfeeds.
How do you feel about social networking site newsfeeds being indexed on search engines? Leave a comment and let us know!
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5 Super Tips To Translate Your Regulatory Compliance Course [Infographic]
Compliance training plays an important role in training employees on an organization's rules and policies. In today's business world, organizations have employees all over the world. This increases the need to translate compliance training courses into the native languages of employees.
Translating compliance courses avoids violations by employees that could lead to legal liabilities for the organization. Even small errors can cost you big and may lead to some serious issues. To avoid such issues and ease the translation process, you need to follow a few tips.
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Siebel Finance Guide > Business Services for Siebel Financial Services > Requirements Manager >
Using Requirements Manager
Use the Closing Requirement view, enabled in the Applications and Life & Annuities screens, to view the output of the Requirement Manager business service, for requirement templates defined on the FINS Application, and FINS Life Policy business objects respectively. However, through configuration, the Requirements Manager can be invoked from any screen.
When invoked, the business service automatically prefills the target list or form with records as defined in the Administration - Requirement Template screen.
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The Sorbet Course (with a side order of heroin)
I seemed to have a pleasant little career going. I had (finally) finished my fifth romance novel (that would actually be published, that is) and was feeling a little shaky -- sure, I'll admit that, it had been an emotionally gruesome rewrite process -- and I had no reason to believe the career wouldn't keep going and picking up steam.
And friends in Dallas were taking a screenwriting class and loving it, and they kept telling me I should take it, too. But I didn't want to, because I knew it was a waste of time, that no way was I going to write a script and sell it, and .... There was that "feeling a little shaky" thing. The fact that it finally occurred to me that every time I sat down in front of my Mac to try and start a new project I felt queasy. I was mentally flinching with every word I thought to write before I even typed it in. My hands were literally shaking. My confidence was shot and I suddenly thought, wow, this is writer's block. THIS is what it's about.
And suddenly a screenwriting class seemed just the thing.
A cleansing of the palate.
A project that I could write just for me, without worrying about an editor sitting on one shoulder making me murder my darlings and rewrite until she was satisfied, and the expectations of the romance genre sitting on the other shoulder constricting me in what felt like a creative straitjacket. (More on that in another post, I'm sure.)
Yes, irony abounds.
I took a screenwriting class so that I could write what I wanted to, so that I could control my story the way I wanted to, so that nobody would tell me what to write or how to write it.
I took the damn course so that I could be the boss of me.
(Okay, I'm pausing while everybody in Hollywood cackles in maniacal glee.)
I walked in the first night and because the only other students were friends who knew me all too well, it was "interesting." When we were asked to tell what we were going to write, I mentioned I was going to write a screen adaptation of the first novel I'd published, a story that had never let go of me even after it was forgotten by everybody else.
"Oh, no," said the instructor. "You don't want to do that. You don't want to write a western. A western will never sell."
I laughed out loud. "Excuse me? Do I have stupid written on my forehead? Do I look like someone who thinks their first screenplay is going to sell?" Driving home my point: "If I can't write what I want to on this script, on a script that I know will never sell, a script where I'm learning how to write scripts, when the hell will I ever be able to write what I want?"
Now, don't you agree that this is a freaking good point?
Evidently he didn't. He went on, "Yes, but this isn't a good idea for a first script, for a 'learning' script if that's what you want to call it, because it's hard to take a 600-page novel and boil it down to a story that fits in a 120-page screenplay. You're much better off coming up with a story that is designed for the length and format you're writing."
At this point the other students -- good friends who felt free to voice their opinions for my own good, ahem -- echoed his sentiments.
I stood firm.
He pulled out his big guns.
"Okay, let's be honest. You will never be able to pull this off well, because the real issue is that this is a 600-page novel that YOU WROTE. You'll never be able to be brutal enough to make the kinds of changes that will have to be made." He kept going, and my friends joined in, until they eventually ran out of steam, satisfied that they were right and they were saving me a lot of heartache.
And they WERE right. Everything he'd said was true, and I knew that as he said it, and you know what? I didn't give a damn. I walked into that class not just needing a break from being told what to write, but with a passion for a story that had yet to be quenched, damn it. I wanted to dive back into that world and those characters, and I intended to do just that.
And when he finished telling me what I "couldn't" do, I just shrugged and grinned and said, "Watch me."
I finished his class, stumbled across an online screenwriting workshop (the magical world of GEnie) and got battered again and again by critiques that said, "You write too much like a novelist," or worse, "You write too much like a romance novelist," until I was screaming into the ether with frustration, but eventually I managed to finish the damn script.
I finished it because of a deadline. I'm nothing without deadlines. And this deadline was for a screenwriting competition* sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscar people) and I finished the first draft of my script three weeks prior to the deadline and waited for somebody to give me feedback. Only nobody had time because they were all fighting for the same deadline. And I finally just dove back in and did the best I could do and shoved the script into the mail.
And out of almost 4,000 entries, my script was in the top 100, a Semifinalist, and my phone started ringing.
And everybody who read it kind of went, "Eh, it's a western, what else ya got?" and at that point the answer was nothing. They wanted to read my next script, doors were open, etc. Except for one producer who asked, "Can I show this to a director who is looking for a project and I think she might like this?" so I said yes. I mean, I even recognized the director's name and that's saying something.
And then, "The director loves it, wants to show it to (Oscar-winning actress) who is a friend of hers, is that okay?" And I said yes. And the actress loves it and shows it to actors (whose names make me drool) and I'm hearing things like, "She's going to be having lunch with this British actor in NYC and she's giving him a copy of the script," and I'm wondering if somebody is playing some evil trick on this writer-with-no-connections in Dallas, because honestly, who would believe this? Certainly I had friends in the real world who looked at me with a tad of skepticism when I talked about it, and I couldn't blame them.
And then suddenly the script got people "attached." And I have an agent.
Okay, I'll cut to the chase. In case you haven't figured this out (which means you're not in Hollywood) the film never got off the ground, I never saw any money, etc.
This was my first script, my first attempt, and people. These phone calls? Saying famous people loved it? Wanted to be in it? Wanted to direct it?
Straight in the veins.
The "almosts" in Hollywood are much more exciting than the "almosts" in New York.
I haven't written a novel since. If somebody had told me at that time, "In the year 2005 you still will not have sold a script," would I have run back to novels squealing like a little girl?
I don't think so.
And THAT is the power of the Hollywood dream.
On an early trip to LA I called a novelist friend back in Dallas and warned her, "I may lose you, I'm driving on Mulholland Drive and I'll lose the signal any minute but I've got to tell you --"
"Wait, I'm trying to tell you --"
"I know. You're on Mulholland Drive. I'm in the grocery store in Dallas. Bitch."
I love my life.
In October my agent handed me a printout of the stars' homes on Roxbury, above Sunset. He's a silver-tongued devil of the highest caliber, because it's not obvious that he's being a silver-tongued devil until much later, but he knew how to get to me. I'd just told him that in all my trips to LA I'd never done the tourist thing, had never seen the things most people see. And he handed me the printout and spun me a tale of why I needed to go see Lucy's house, and Jimmy Stewart's house, and on and on.
"Because this is why we're in the business, isn't it?"
And it is.
So yes, when people keep trying to convince me to dive back into novels, to return to the NYC fold, I just shake my head.
I'm a failure in that 12-Step program because while admitting I'm addicted is easy?
Kicking it is a joke. I don't even want to.
I realize this sorbet course has been going on entirely too long, but the next course is to move forward to the entree, not back to the appetizer.
Somebody pass the crack, please.
* I won in 2001. With a rewrite of that same western. And no, it still hasn't sold.


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Lexus made some revisions to the GS model lineup for 2008, including changes to the exterior and interior. The GS 350 and GS 450h hybrid's prices remain unchanged at $44,150 and $54,900, respectively. The GS 430 has been replaced by the GS 460, which sports a new V-8 engine with 342 hp — 52 more than the outgoing GS 430. The price increase is a modest $245 to $52,620.
While we find the GS an underrated model when it comes to performance, it's also one of the few cars in Lexus's stable to score poorly in reliability ratings. Consumer Reports recently removed it from its list of recommended models and the AWD version scored especially poorly.
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EVENT: Beyond the Grave WHEN: November 17, 2017 TIME: 7:30PM LOCATION: Victory Fellowship 5708 Airline Drive Metairie, LA 70003 (Next to the Saints Training facility) Join Victory Fellowship on NOVEMBER 17th for Beyond the Grave! Performance begins at 7:30PM (Doors open at 7) Beyond the Grave is based on the Columbine school shooting that took place in 1999. The production takes you through the lives of multiple students from their home to their school. In a moment of time, everything changes for the students as tragedy strikes their school. Since the first showing in 1999, Beyond the Grave has traveled all over the United States to share the message of Christ. This production is rated PG13. Admission is FREE! Taking reservations for groups of 20 or more! Walk-ins welcome!! We look forward to seeing you there! For more information or to reserve seating for this event, please contact our admin office at 504-733-5005 or visit us at victoryfellowship.net/events.
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Join us for our annual Holiday Plantation Markets, an experience that will surely be a highlight of your holiday season. Reminiscent of the lavish Christmas Market Festivals offered in Europe, the American Queen Holiday Plantation Markets bring the spirit of the holidays to both locals and tourists. Unlike the large and crowded European markets, our Holiday Plantation Markets feature a cozier, more intimate and up-scale experience. This year the markets will be held at Nottoway Plantation, Louisiana; Rosalie Mansion in Natchez, Mississippi; and The Myrtle's Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Stop at the Holiday Plantation Markets to sip on some warm hot cocoa, listen to live Christmas jingles, and admire the stunning décor, as you shop some of the best local vendors of the south. You will find a collection of hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind items perfect to gift to the family, or to keep for yourself! Nottoway Plantation: December 9th, 12th, & 23rd from 2-8pm. Rosalie Mansion: December 7th, 14th, & 21st from 8:30am-12:30pm The Myrtle's Plantation: December 8th, 12th, & 22nd from 8:30am-12:30pm For more information or to apply to be a vendor please visit https://www.aqscshoreexcursions.com/holiday-plantation-markets
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American Welding Society Meeting: Tuesday 10/14/17Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 6:30 PM Location: 10300 Almonaster Ave, New Orleans, LA 70127 Speaker: Vincent Rabalais, Tri Le, Trey St. John, Ricky Tamor Topic: Benefits of a Welding Career Sponsor: Boh Bros ConstructionTwo (2) AWS PDH credits will be awarded for participating in this meeting.This is a FREE dinner meeting and is open to anyone with an interest in the Welding Industry.RSVP Not Required, 50/50 raffle, Door Prizes. (News media is welcome.)Contact: Chairman Aldo Duron at (504) 621-5822 or email@example.com or visit http://sections.aws.org/new_orleans/.
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Aliens vs. Predator - XBL Achievements
Alien vs Predator Trophies & Achievements** Marine Story Accolades -- For completing the Marine campaign, you unlock 8 accolades in addition to the extra campaign-related ones below: Stay Frosty -- Complete the Marine campaign on Hard difficulty (Marine only) I Love the Corps -- Complete the Marine campaign on Nightmware Difficulty (Marine only) Harsh Language -- Collect all 67 Audio Diaries; these may be viewed in Extras. (Marine Only) Elite Sniper -- Neutralize ten enemies with head shots using the M42C marksman rifle. For synthetics, the last shot must be a head shot for this to count. Otherwise, the spitting xenomorphs are your best targets; when they stop to spit their acid shots, they can be sniped easily. (Marine only) Gunslinger -- Neutralize thirty enemies with the VP78 Auto-Magnum. Easily done on any difficulty. You can replay/reload the area before the Alien Queen in the Refinery and fight the Facehuggers in the eggs; one shot from the magnum downs a face hugger. (Marine only) I Like to Keep This Handy -- Neutralize two enemies with one shotgun blast; this may be the single or the double blast. Load up on shotgun shells, locate a narrow tunnel or corridor with aliens, and hope for the best when you empty the magazine. (Marine only) Let's Rock -- Neutralize five enemies with one trigger pull of the smartgun. You have 150 rounds to destroy five enemies. The easiest way is to stage select the final Marine stage (Pyramid) and use the smartgun near the sentry gun to hose the bridge. Remember not to release the trigger for this to count. (Marine only) ________________________________________________________________________________ ** Predator Story Accolades -- For completing the Yautja (Predator) campaign, you unlock 8 accolades in addition to the extra campaign-related ones below: It Ain't No Man -- Complete the Predator campaign on Hard difficulty (Predator only) One Ugly Mother -- Complete the Predator campaign on Nightmare difficulty (Predator only) Fortune and Glory -- Collect all 45 Yautja trophy belts (Predator only) Spin Doctor -- Neutralize two enemies with one Smart Disc deployment. The smart disc can be flying forward or backwards to score the two kills, but as long as both kills are done in one flight, it will count. The initial three aliens who appear at the entrance of the Predator temple (in Ruins, right after escaping the Refinery with the Smart Disc) are your best opportunities. (Predator only) Stick Around -- Neutralize 20 enemies with the thrown combi-stick; the combat synthetics at the Research Labs are the principal recipients of this effort. (Predator only) __________________________________________________________________________________ ** Alien Story Accolades -- For completing the Xenomorph (Alien) campaign, you unlock 5 accolades in addition to the extra campaign-related ones below: I Admire Its Purity -- Complete the Alien campaign on Hard difficulty (Alien only) Magnificient Isn't It? -- Complete the Alien campaign on Nightmare difficulty (Alien only) Quite a Specimen -- Destroy all 50 effluvia cannisters (Alien only) Grim Reaper -- Harvest all available civilians in the xenomorph campaign. These are targets who appear in green auras and who will sometimes kill themselves if they notice your approach. To successfully harvest all civilians, you need to use a stealth approach. Note that you can do this on the easiest difficulty setting to ease up on the number of times you die. (Alien only) __________________________________________________________________________________ Other Accolades Game Over Man! -- Complete all three single-player campaigns (any difficulty) Not Bad for a Human -- Earn all other achievements or trophies in this game. This is a new condition for the Xbox 360 and is equivalent of the Playstation 3 Platinum trophy (which already exists). __________________________________________________________________________________ Multiplayer Accolades Scatter Shot -- As a team, neutralize twenty enemies within sixty seconds in a Survivor match (the game does not specify ranked, private, or public). You can do this easily in the map C-Block. Welcome to the War -- Complete one ranked standard Deathmatch game. Killer Instinct -- Rank first in a ranked standard Deathmatch game. Serial Killer -- Rank first in ten deathmatch games. Very Tough Hombre -- Neutralize ten opponents in a row without dying in a ranked match. Persecution Complex -- Achieve Persecution status more than once in any ranked match. This temporary status is earned when an opponent scores two consecutive kills against you and the opponent in on the same life. To do this one, the opponent needs to die after "persecuting you" once, or you can allow a second opposing player to persecute you. The Six Pack -- Play with six friends in a ranked match. Ain't Got Time to Bleed -- Restore or regenerate at least 30 blocks of health in survivor mode. You may also attempt this in single-player survivor. The Uninfected -- Finished a ranked match as the last member of the infestable-prey team. You may must remain un-infected by the alien team. Welcome to the Party -- Earn 6000 experience points on ranked matches. 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Neurotic mothers, anxious fathers, competitive parenting: when did we become a child-obsessed nation? Polly Vernon meets the GP who believes having children is making us stressed and unhappy – and thinks we all need to relax
Can you remember a time before the cult of motherhood? A time when parenting wasn't viewed as a cross between competitive sport, a money-spinning cash-in opportunity and the root cause of 95 per cent of contemporary neuroses?
A time before Yummy Mummies and Milfs, Tiger Moms and SAHMs (stay-at-home mums), mummy bloggers, mumpreneurs, £1,000 buggies and the school-gate fashion scene; before women posted videos of their developing home pregnancy tests on YouTube, threw baby showers of such epic proportions they're renamed Power Showers, and declared the sex of their unborn child to interested parties by cutting into a custom-baked cake, the sponge interior of which had been food-dyed either blue or pink, by way of a formal announcement? A time, really, before Baby Madness engulfed…


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In spite of Thrall's orders that the humans of Theramore Isle in Dustwallow Marsh are to be left alone, a clandestine war rages on in the region. Nazeer Bloodpike, the local spymaster, has recently recruited volunteers to discreetly eliminate some of Theramore infilitrators that have taken up positions to the east of Brackenwall Village in order to effectively spy on the settlement. Although a number of these infilitrators have been assassinated, it is unknown how many are still performing their duty from the cover of shadows.
The presence of Theramore infiltrators in the vicinity of Brackenwall village indicates that the understanding between Jaina Proudmoore and Thrall has probably run its course and given way to the realities of war and politics. Orcs and humans distrust each other greatly, and the recent renegade Horde bands, Theramore deserters, and the burning of the Shady Rest Inn has only fanned the flames.
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Kill 9 Theramore Infiltrators, then return to Nazeer Bloodpike in Brackenwall Village.
- Theramore Infiltrator slain (9)
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The Horde and Alliance hold an uneasy truce. Outlying skirmishes and covert actions are taken by one side against the other, and it is our duty to ensure the Horde is on top!
Now is the chance to do just that.
Alliance infiltrators have taken positions east of Brackenwall Village. They spy on the village and report our movements to Theramore, which we cannot allow.
Hunt down the infiltrators and slay them. Send a clear message to their superiors that we will not tolerate their spies' presence!
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Good work. Their infiltrators are skilled, but they're not good enough to escape the watchful eye of the Horde!
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Theramore Infiltrators are located on the islands at the coordinates 39,23. They are stealthed and non-hostile.


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Break-ins, thefts lead to charges
An Athens man was arrested Tuesday on 29 criminal charges stemming from a string of auto break-ins and credit card thefts.
According to Clarke County Jail records, Tarvarious Velenta Williams, 18, of 101 Hanover Place, has been charged with 23 counts of entering auto and six counts of financial transaction card theft.
Further information on the arrest was unavailable Wednesday.
T-shirts, cash taken from Broad Street business
A cash register, T-shirts and baseball caps were stolen Tuesday from a Broad Street business, according to Athens-Clarke police reports.
Someone entered Athens Shirt Co. at 768 W. Broad St. Tuesday night and took the items, valued at an estimated $1,200.
Forgery foiled when suspect asked for ID
A man tried to cash a forged check at a North Avenue business Tuesday but fled when asked for identification, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.
Employees told police the man had tried to pass several forged checks over three days. On Tuesday, the man tried to cash a $120.40 check which had been written on a closed account, police said.
When asked by the cashier, the man did not know the check's date or how to spell the last name on the check. He told the cashier he wanted to get identification from his vehicle, and fled. The car in which he left has been traced to a Leann Drive address, police said.
Teen arrested for pointing gun
Athens-Clarke police arrested a 15-year-old Athens teen Tuesday after witnesses saw him point a pistol at another teen at a Fourth Street address. The teen's name cannot be released, due to his age.
The victim told police the other teen had been arguing with him all day over some allegedly stolen automobile equipment.
The 15-year-old pulled out a .25-caliber pistol at 537 Fourth St. and scared the victim, police said. He was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm under the age of 18.
The gun was recovered from the teen's mother's car.
Homeless man robbed at gunpoint
A homeless man told Athens-Clarke police he was robbed by a man with a gun on Fourth Street while asking for change Tuesday.
The homeless man had asked for change for $10. When the suspect said he had change, the victim handed him a $10 bill. The suspect took the money and pointed a gun at the victim before running away.
The victim provided officers with a description of the suspect.
Firefighters respond to house blaze
About 15 Athens-Clarke firefighters responded to a house fire at 526 Reese St. early Wednesday. There were no injuries.
Athens-Clarke fire officials said the second story of a home occupied by David Carter burned shortly after midnight. A hallway and bedroom were gutted in the blaze, which took about two hours to extinguish. Damage was estimated at $15,000.
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Tanzania's government announced the construction of a highway to link Lake Victoria in north-west Tanzania with the east of the country, effectively bisecting the Serengeti. Construction is due to begin in 2012
The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, along with the contiguous Mara Reserve in its northern neighbour Kenya, is home to some of the most magnificent wildlife on earth, including 70 species of large mammal and more than 500 species of bird. It is also home to the largest remaining great mammal migration in the world, with over a million wildebeest, zebra and other plains game following annual rainfall cycles from their grazing grounds in the south, to fertile grazing in the north in July.
The Serengeti/Mara system represents one of the last strongholds of Africa's unique biodiversity. If the irrevocable damage of this system is to be avoided, Tanzania's plans to bisect it with a road must be vigorously opposed at all levels.
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
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New Behind-The-Scenes Video Highlights Composer Jim Dooley's 'Epic Score'.
October 29, 2010 - Disney Interactive Studios is proud to announce that Disney Epic Mickey, the highly anticipated title exclusively for WiiTM, has been nominated for Best Original Video Game Score by the Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA). In conjunction with this nomination, a new behind-the-scenes trailer titled "Epic Score" has been released which takes an in-depth look at the magical work of Jim Dooley, the luminary composer behind the score of Disney Epic Mickey and its powerful impact on the game's atmosphere.
"It's been a rewarding experience creating music that captures the iconic feel of classic Disney film scores for a video game that authentically celebrates the early days of the Disney canon," said Jim Dooley, the score composer for Disney Epic Mickey. "It's exciting that Hollywood Music in Media has continued to embrace the art of the game score. My work with video games and films has demonstrated the similarities of epic score in their sound and narrative. I'm honored to be selected as part of their group of highly skilled nominees."
Disney Interactive Studios' Junction Point development studio auditioned dozens of composers in order to find the perfect "Disney sound" for the game. The new trailer released today takes a behind-the-scenes look from the perspective of Junction Point at how Dooley was not only able to describe that sound, but adeptly capture it in Disney Epic Mickey. To view the video, please visit www.DisneyEpicMickey.com.
Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for Wii that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney's long forgotten characters and attractions, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey's path to becoming an epic hero.
Through the use of this unique paint and paint thinner, the key components of animation and Mickey's tools for impacting his world, players will have the ability to shape how the story unfolds as they discover the concept of "Playstyle Matters" - an innovative style of gameplay created by Disney Interactive Studios' Junction Point development studio, led by industry luminary Warren Spector, where players creatively tackle different challenges in the world to explore all the possibilities and storylines - but with consequences for their chosen actions.
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Thread: I got some Le Labo samples
First of all, I like how they offer samples for sale from their website.
Bergamot 22: The best of the lot and appropriately named. It actually seems like a bergamot-centered fragrance. It's an woodsy/earthy citrus, which is interesting. I like this one. Not sure if it's FBW, but it's good.
Neroli 36: Where's the neroli? Well, there's some there, but it's not the star. This is mainly a very gentle musky white floral. Very feminine. Ok but, I wouldn't own it. Inappropriately named.
Vetiver 46: Should've been named Frankincense 46. I guess there's vetiver in there, but this is mainly and incense scent. It's ok if that's your thing.
Santal 33: I get no creaminess out of this. It just smells like dry wood. It's not bad, but I don't think I'd want to own it.
Rose 31: I tried this one a few months back, and it's terrible. Should've been named Spice 31. It's just a cumin bomb with a rose backdrop. Don't like it at all.
Other than Rose 31, none of these are bad. In fact Bergamot 22 is very good, but I don't think Le Labo strikes a chord with me. If you are looking for a incense scent, definitely try Vetiver 46 though, it's a soft, well done incense that is not overbearing like some of the others out there. In fact, if I ever seriously consider an incense, of the ones that I've tried, this would be a contender.
Remember that while it is perfectly acceptable to criticize the content of a post - criticizing the poster is not.
Mean spirited, nasty, snide, sarcastic, hateful, and rude individuals on Basenotes don't warrant or deserve my or other Basenoters' acknowledgement or respect.
Le Labo is known for misnaming. Apparently, a perfume is named after the ingredient in the highest percentage, which does not mean the one it's smelled the most.
In any case, you've missed my favorites, which I love and think are both bottle worthy and unique:
Patchouli: a pitch dark, woody-chemical explosion
Oud: (another misname) superdirty musk followed by elegant woods
Iris: correctly named, a nice, dry iris
Ylang: also correctly named, a woody ylang
The Iris and Ylang seem interesting, though. I just thought they might lean too feminine (I've discovered leaning a tad feminine doesn't bother me one bit), so they didn't make it on my list. Maybe I should give them a shot.
You need to try poivre 23 before you give up on their brand completely it's probably their greatest work and one of their top selling city exclusives along with vanille 44... That's a good one too. Those are the only two le labo's that I own and I wouldn't want to be without them.
Mmmm Le Labo is so good.
Like everything in life, some things you'll like and some you wont. You know, you have tea people and coffee people.
Im in Aldehyde 44 today - aptly named.
The naming scheme is irrelevant to me because I'll try it anyways.
If I like it, I like it regardless of what its called.
OP out of curiousity, what kind of longevity and performance do you get out of Bergamote 22?
I can't remember what the performance was like, but i smelled it the other day on one of our friends and it made me crazy. I wanted to go buy a bottle immediately.
Rose 31 seems to be pretty much love or hate. Personally I love it. I would wish the cumin note wasn't there and it was centered more on the rose, but I do still get a lot of rose, and it's unlike any rose I've ever smelled.
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Fahrenheit (1988)
Le Vetiver Itasca (2010)
Arpege pour Homme (2005)
It took me a while to come around to Le Labo, but now I'm an admirer of the outfit. I own Rose 31 and Oud 27, and have sampled pretty much everything else. They do have a few duds for me (Neroli, Ambrette, maybe Labdanum), but the majority of the line is impressively bold and of high quality. They're just not going to be for everyone, but being a bit feisty is part of the company's brand.
As cacio pointed out, the names are built from the ingredient in highest concentration, followed by the number of other ingredients. It's sort of their "Dogme 95" method of naming a perfume without creating a fantasy label. It's funny that it sometimes creates the "fantasy" of a primary note which isn't actually prominent, but there you go. Better to just smell each and not let the name create a big expectation.
By the way, Ylang 49 really is great; gorgeous even. More folks should check it out.
I love Le Labo, one of my favourite houses for sure! Some great fragrances in the line IMO
Have to check them out myself.
OP: I couldn't agree with you more.
My wardrobe is up to date as of 10/09/17, and anything on my "Swap List" is for sale. You set the price and we'll negotiate from there. Inquire within!
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Arizona and Colorado/Wyoming Leagues Plan Merger
In a fresh sign of trade group consolidation, the Arizona and Colorado/Wyoming Credit Union Leagues announced Monday they have signed a letter of intent for a merger.
In a joint statement, the leadership of the two leagues said the merger presented a solution toward developing economic efficiencies and would provide "what credit unions expect from their league."
"While no official timeline has been developed, a membership vote is required and could be scheduled for early spring of next year," the statement said. Scott Earl, president/CEO of the Arizona League and a former CUNA executive, would become CEO of the new entity.
Mike Williams, chairman of the Colorado League and president/CEO of Colorado CU said following departure of the organization's president/CEO, John Dill, earlier this year the board decided to explore a merger "as the best solution for Colorado credit unions."
The joint statement said Denver would be the physical headquarters for the combined organization. Operation of a joint league follows another Western marriage, that of the Credit union Association of Oregon and the Washington Credit Union League due for completion by yearend.
Marsha Tynsky, chair of the Credit Union Association of Wyoming and president/CEO of Trona Valley Community FCU, said the proposed merger "will provide credit unions across the three states a chance to collaborate and share opportunities that ultimately help our members."


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Core Benefits Of Outsourcing Services Companies
Of late, outsourcing has seen a lot of press. Some people appreciate it as the saviour of their business while others look at it as an evil job-killing approach of the management.
March 6, 2014 (Newswire.com) - However, the outsourcing trend continues to grow both in value and the number of outsourcing transactions in various kinds of services which are outsourced. The work pressures which lead businesses to outsource their services show no signs of slackening and saving on costs remains the most important reason. Also access to innovation, quality of service and increasing market speed are other factors that influence organizations to outsource.
The range of outsourcing services is increasing with the value of transactions. Most of the non-core services like IT, accounting and finance, property management and HR which were initially done on an in-house basis are now outsourced to offshore locations like India. Of these, Business Process Outsourcing and Business Process Management are the fastest growing sectors in outsourcing. Since the attraction towards outsourcing has soared, several companies choose to outsource their projects resulting in the outweighing of downsides by potential benefits.
The basic idea behind outsourcing is to benefit the administrative staff to focus on some of the regular work that needs to be done to help businesses to grow and stay current in the marketplace. Normally outsourced projects are contracted for specific tasks and might be for a short period of time. The job is done by skilled professionals who are trained and screened by the Service Company in the specialized field.
To ensure better quality control and assurance, these experts work in the facilities of the company rather than from a home office setting and complete the requested tasks as expected with perfection. Contracting with a third party also reduces the overhead costs and provides the flexibility need to stabilize various demands.
An Outsourcing Services Company employs large number of expertise staff who have been trained to provide the required services for their clients. The Company has its own management and runs background checks on these staff to ensure better quality control and assurance.
The most common functions and areas that are usually outsourced are:
• Information Technology functions
• Accounting & Finance
• Network & Telecommunications
• Data Entry
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Marketing and Security
Choosing an outsourcing services company is equal to choosing a business partner for your organization. Hence care should be taken to make your choice as the contractor should have the same type of work ethic and dedication as you are to lead your business to success.
1. Take step immediately and find a suitable outsourcing services company and do not wait till you need help.
2. Make it clear to the company what projects you want to be outsourced.
Now outsourcing is no longer about saving money and cutting costs. It is about how to do things more efficiently and rapidly and maximizing workforce flexibility to get to the market faster than your competitors.
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While the name can often confused when verbally addressed, the Canon 80D is a camera targeted highly at the semi-professional market of photographers. It's a step above their Rebel DSLRs but below the 7D Mk II flagship camera in the APS-C realm. However, it has features that lots of the lower end crowd may really like.
To be very honest, there are lots of things about the 80D that make it my favorite that Canon has put out in a while. But on the other hand, there are things about it that make me wonder what the heck they were thinking.