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'This weekend will be the best weekend of my life' - One Direction's Niall Horan is looking forward to playing Croke Park
It looks like we're not the only ones excited for One Direction's Croker invasion this weekend.
Niall Horan last night tweeted that this weekend will 'hands down' be the best of his life.
The 20-year-old Mullingar native said: "Lyin in bed ! Thinkin! this weekend is gona be hands down the best weekend of my life! #crokepark"
There's just four days until One Direction begin their string of sold-out nights at Croke Park.
They begin the European leg of their 'Where We Are' tour in Dublin this Friday night.
The concerts have led to a massive Garda security and traffic operation being put in place.
With 80pc of the audience aged between 5 and 18 years of age, additional precautions are being put in place to protect those attending.
Promoters MCD have already warned that strict restrictions will be in place and children under the age of 14 who have purchased pitch tickets will be turned away from the gig. They also warned fans under the age of 16 that they can only attend the concert if they are accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.
Specialist stewards, who have experience in dealing with young children, will be brought in to help Gardai.
Temple Street Children's hospital will recruit extra staff as an extra precaution. They are due to hold a meeting about implementing an emergency contingency plan to cope in the event of a large volume of A&E traffic.
In terms of traffic, parents will not be able to drop their children off in cars anywhere near Croke Park. There will be two pick up points at Mountjoy Square East and on the Clonliffe Road near the Mater Dei.
Parents of children with special needs or physical disabilities will be able to get their children at Clonliffe College car park.
Concert-goers are being urged to walk to the stadium or to use public transport. Dublin Bus have a number of routes that run to Croke Park, Iarnrod Eireann are bringing in extra trains to Drumcondra station, Bus Eireann will have extra buses on and Luas will keep a frequent schedule.
Private coaches ferrying patrons to the event will be directed to one car park area at the O2 Arena at East Wall with entry from the East Link bridge or through the Port Tunnel.
One Direction play three sold-out nights in Croke Park on May 23rd, 24th and 25th.
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Severn-Trent Services announced at WEFTEC.05 in Washington, D.C., that the company was recently honored by the U.S. Department of Commerce with its Export Achievement Award and by the U.S. Senate with a Certificate of Recognition. Both awards recognized the company for its work in successfully marketing its products and services in other countries.
The Export Achievement Award was given to the company for successfully entering at least one new market internationally with one of its products. The Department of Commerce cited the company's success in marketing its ClorTec on-site sodium hypochlorite generating system in the United Arab Emirates and the Tetra SAF submerged aerated biological filtration system in China.
The ClorTec on-site sodium hypochlorite generating system is the most widely used hypochlorite generating system in the U.S. The use of liquid sodium hypochlorite is increasing due to safety concerns associated with the use, storage and transportation of chlorine gas, the most common form of water and wastewater disinfection.
Severn Trent Services offers the Tetra SAF as a simplified alternative to other fixed-film biological processes such as BAF, MBBR and RBCs. SAF can be used for either secondary or tertiary treatment in retrofit or new-construction wastewater applications.
The U.S. Senate Certificate of Recognition, awarded by Senator Dianne Feinstein for California, was given to the company for successfully marketing its products and services in Mexico. Senator Feinstein cited the company's provision of membrane filtration solutions to the agricultural, beverage and tourist industries. Severn Trent Services provides its UAT line of reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration systems and technologies to meet tap, brackish and seawater requirements for a variety of municipal and industrial applications.

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People think magic's a way of transforming reality — but in the end, you find that all that you've really changed is yourself. Which probably explains why every magician I've ever met's a self-absorbed arsehole. Still, first rule of magic: perception is reality. You gotta look the part.
– John Constantine (as written by Andy Diggle)
In the audience of a magic show, I usually find myself in a particular group: those that know the vague outlines of how the illusion was pulled off, but get lost in the minutiae of actualizing it themselves. I know there were multiple coins, or a confederate in the audience, or a mirror used, but I can't quite map out when the switch was made or how that card got there. When it comes to understanding how to craft a unique and entertaining story populated with characters that resemble humans, Joe Tyler Gold, the writer, star, producer, and co-director (alongside Tammy Caplan) of Desperate Acts of Magic, is in this group as well. He understands the broad strokes of being a person and has an impression of what a story looks like; he just can't fit all the pieces together to pull it off.
Joe Tyler Gold stars as Jason, a bland IT worker with a penchant for stage magic. After getting fired from his day job, Jason pursues his dream of becoming a working magician. Aided by his successful magician friend Steve (Jonathan Levit), Jason's lethargic rise to the middle brings him into the orbit of Stacy Dietz (Valerie Dillman), a once promising magician who has burned bridges, has become a grifter, and finds herself bumping against magic's glass ceiling. Stacy and Jason are both contestants at an annual magic contest held at the Magish Inn, where they hope to break through (into what isn't really explained) and where, eventually, sparks fizzle between them.
Have you ever seen a bored magician robotically go through his patter just to collect a paycheck? He hits all the marks, tells his banal jokes with no energy, and produces the right cards before getting off the stage and back into a lifetime of regret and self-doubt. That's Desperate Acts of Magic: a thoroughly bland film that fails to engage the audience on most every level. The stakes are so low that they are virtually non-existent. Which would be fine if there were interesting characters to sit with while they go about their middling tasks. Unfortunately, the actors don't do much to breathe life into underwritten characters who need some emotional growth before they can even become two-dimensional.
Particularly heinous are the attempts at wading into gender politics. Much is made about the fact that women are never seen as magicians, instead relegated to the assistant role. While that has the potential to add weight to an otherwise charmless plot, it is quickly undercut by the inclusion of Ellen (Sascha Alexander), a vapid, needy woman who jumps into bed with whomever shows her the slightest bit of attention, before becoming a clingy caricature that alternately shrieks and pouts. Ellen is one of only two female characters, not counting Caplan's turn as a woman who hires Jason to perform magic and spends the entire time harping at him, which in turn undermines any attempts to take the gender commentary seriously.
If you're interested in closeup magic or stage magic, there is lots on display. None of it is really discussed or used to further anything approaching a theme, but it's there. And despite the terrible writing filled with awkward sexual come-ons and false tough-girl bravado, Dillman does make Stacy somewhat interesting by suggesting depth as she reels from her failures — just like a real person! But then it all gets buried under the half-assed manic pixie dreamgirl quirks that the script demands.
Magic is a potent metaphor for so many things — art, love, life — but this fount of wonder and poetic inspiration is rendered mundane and insufferably dull in Desperate Acts of Magic. Instead of taking a nuanced look at an intriguing subculture or telling an engaging story with a magical backdrop, Gold and Caplan haven't created a film; they've merely created an illusion of what a film is. Desperate Acts of Magic is all smoke and mirrors.


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Audio Research SP14 preamplifier Specifications
Description: Hybrid (tube/FET) stereo preamplifier with one phono input, six line-level inputs, and two tape loops. Specifications: Frequency response: 30Hz40kHz ±0.3dB (RIAA phono), 5Hz50kHz ±0.5dB (line). Distortion: less than 0.01% at 2V output. Input impedance: 47k ohms standard, with user-adjustable resistance and capacitance (600pF as supplied) (phono); 50k ohms (line). Output impedance: 250 ohms (main), 1000 ohms (tape-out). Recommended load: 60k100k ohms in parallel with 100pF (20k ohms minimum and 1000pF maximum). Phono stage gain: 66dB (to main out), 46dB (to tape-out). Phono sensitivity: 0.25mV at 1kHz for 0.5V output. Line stage gain: 20dB (to main out), 0dB (to tape out). Line sensitivity: 50mV RMS at 1kHz for 0.5V output. Output level: 2V RMS 5Hz50kHz, all outputs into 60k ohms (maximum from main output, 50V RMS at 0.5% THD at 1kHz into a 100k ohm load with 5V RMS high level input). Phono overload: 200mV RMS at 1kHz (1000mV RMS, 10kHz). Maximum input level (line): 20V. Noise: 98dB below 5V RMS output, greater than 100dB below 1V RMS input (line), 78dB below 1mV input (phono).
Dimensions: 19" W by 10¼" D by 5¼" H. Weight: 12 lbs.
Serial number of unit auditioned: 40040018.
Price: $2995 (1990); no longer available (2010). Approximate number of dealers: 60.
Manufacturer: Audio Research Corporation, Minneapolis, MN 55430 (1990); 3900 Annapolis Lane N., Plymouth, MN 55447-5447. Tel: (763) 577-9700. Fax: (763) 577-0323. (2010). Web: www.audioresearch.com.


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Bakersfield Condors, ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, announced today that the team has signed right wing Tyler Brenner and center Chase Schaber. In addition, the team has acquired defenseman Joe Marciano from the Orlando Solar Bears in exchange for future considerations.
Brenner enters his third professional season, after notching 21pts (8g-13a) in 32 games with the Condors during the 2012-13 while under assignment from the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs. He finished the season with the Toledo Walleye where he registered six points (2g-4a) in 21 games. Brenner has played 29 AHL games, all with the Toronto Marlies, scoring three goals and adding six assists for nine points. He enjoyed a tremendous collegiate career at Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) finishing with 102 points (55g-47a) in 108 career games. His 55 goals are tied for most in school history and his time at R.I.T. included a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four.
Schaber attended training camp with Oklahoma City before signing with the Condors. He turned pro at the end of last season, playing 11 regular-season games and 17 playoff games with the Idaho Steelheads. Schaber was fifth on the Steelheads in playoff scoring with 10 points (2g-8a) in 17 games. He led the University of Lethbridge in scoring in 2012-13 with 18 points (8g-10a) in 19 games after spending the previous five seasons in the Western Hockey League with Calgary and Kamloops, serving as the Blazers captain in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Marciano made his pro debut at the end of the 2012-13 season, playing three games with the Orlando Solar Bears. He played four seasons at Colorado College, tallying 26 points (7g-19a) in 152 games. In 2011-12, he received the Tigers' Most Improved Player Award. Marciano played his junior hockey for the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League, where he led the team with a +18 rating in 2008-09. Prior to Omaha, he played for the U-18 and U-17 United States National Development Program teams.


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Seats go in on schedule
Posted by Goods Shed Project on Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Fitters are on schedule to complete the installation of the tiered seats in the Shed by this Friday (24 March).
Designed and built by Audience Systems of Westbury, Wiltshire, the system can seat over 180 people. When not in use, it retracts, on powered rollers, to the south wall of the building.
It is due to be used for the first time on 3 April when Tetbury Community Choir perform their spring concert in the Shed in aid of the arts centre funding appeal.
Each seat will bear a plaque carrying a name nominated by its sponsor - over 150 local people and organisations helped fund the system by donating £250 per seat. Further funding came from several charitable trusts.


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"Crime's Puzzle Contest": The Riddler is revealed to have survived his last encounter with Batman and Robin. They believed that he drowned, but he actually swam through a storm-drain pipe and escaped. There
- You used a trick to solve my puzzle! It isn't fair!
- -- The Riddler
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- Gotham City
- Drive-in Theater
- Gotham Harbor
- Gotham Museum
- Rainbow Club
- Wayne Manor
Synopsis for "Crime's Puzzle Contest"The Riddler is revealed to have survived his last encounter with Batman and Robin. They believed that he drowned, but he actually swam through a storm-drain pipe and escaped. There is an award ceremony held by a national puzzle club. The Riddler traps them in one of his puzzles, declares himself the deserving winner, and steals all of their cash prizes. This gives him an idea, and he decides to use a puzzle contest for his next crimes.
The Riddler uses lit-up windows in a skyscraper to announce his contest. Batman and Robin find him in the switchboard room. He has turned the floor into jigsaw pieces, and he escapes while they fall through. The citizens of Gotham go wild trying to win the Riddler's cash prizes. The answer to the first riddle is "cart-heater," and they follow this to the drive-in which is a "car theater." There is a huge crowd trying to win the prize, which allows the Riddler to escape Batman and Robin. The prize was $1,000 but the Riddler was able to steal $5,000.
The Riddler's next clue is a blimp towing a rebus puzzle. Batman attacks the blimp with the Batplane, but the Riddler destroys his own vessel and escapes by parachute. Robin is able to stop the blimp from crashing into the city. The rebus spells out "rainbow club," so they follow the Riddler to a nightclub robbery. Batman uses a batarang to stop the robbery. However, the Riddler is once again able to escape through the crowd caused by his contest.
The Riddler knocks out a newscaster on live television to reveal his next crime. He does a charade routine, leading Batman and Robin to the Gotham Museum. The Riddler steals Egyptian jewels while a crowd outside clamors to get in so they can win his prize. Realizing he cannot escape, the Riddler hides inside a Sphinx statue until it is safe to leave. Batman arrives to investigate and immediately looks at the Sphinx. The Riddler tries to crush Batman and Robin by pushing the statue over, then he runs into the hall of mirrors. Batman figures out that a reflection is always reversed, so he tackles the only Riddler without a backwards question mark. The Riddler is tied up with a Gordian knot so he can be taken to prison.
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- Crime's Puzzle Contest is reprinted in Batman Archives Vol 7.
- The Boy Commandos appeared last in World's Finest Comics #37. They appear next in Boy Commandos #31.
- "Crime's Puzzle Contest" is considered to be an early Earth-One Batman story, because The Riddler is an Earth-One character without an Earth-Two counterpart.
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- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Detective Comics Vol 1 142 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series
- Images from Detective Comics Vol 1 142
Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- All-Star Batman
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman Confidential
- Batman: Gotham Knights
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat
- Batman: Streets of Gotham
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
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In a weekly column released in his Congressional District, Speaker John Boehner says the president's "fiscal cliff" tax hikes pose a real threat to middle class families and small businesses – and the Democrats who are willing to drive us over the cliff in their quest to enact those tax hikes are practicing "'Thelma and Louise' economics."
The House passed a bipartisan bill to avoid the "fiscal cliff" by stopping all of the president's tax hikes, and voted to begin fixing the tax code to help grow our economy and bring jobs home from overseas. Republicans are working to "fight the debt through economic growth," says Boehner – "and we won't have economic growth if we raise taxes on small businesses." Here's an excerpt from his column:
"Driving off the fiscal cliff would have disastrous effects for our country. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it would send the struggling U.S. economy into recession. And credit agencies such as Moody's indicate another downgrade of the nation's credit status is likely if an agreement isn't reached to steer clear.
"The stance being taken by these Democratic senators is rooted in the flawed belief that our country can spend, tax, and borrow its way out of debt.
"The problem, as the Ernst & Young report illustrates, is that raising taxes on small businesses will destroy jobs and inhibit growth. The only way we can fix the deficit and address the debt is to get the economy moving again, and keep it moving. That requires reform of both the tax code and the way the federal government spends taxpayers' money. Instead of raising tax rates on small businesses, we need an overhaul of the tax code that supports growth by closing loopholes and lowering taxes instead of raising them."
To paraphrase the Wall Street Journal, Thelma & Louise may be a great movie – but it's terrible economic policy. Read Boehner's full column here.


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"We know a lot of organizations have posted privacy policies that they don't live by, ... We have to make it costly not to walk the walk. If you don't have an enforcement arm, you won't change bad players."
Related quotes
"The security and privacy of customers' networks and data is of utmost importance to Microsoft. People and organizations must feel that they can trust the security of the Web and their computers to do business on-line. Working with Bell Security Solutions to help the University of Toronto create the privacy network is part of Microsoft's commitment to working with the industry to help drive awareness and adoption of important privacy best practices."
"Three strong advertising associations, a leading email association and two consumer advocacy/online privacy organizations coming together is a rare and powerful coalition. The fact that we have come together so strongly is testament to the gravity of our concerns about this Act."
"Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth"
"Union in privacy (with one's wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow."
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."


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Grant: Elvis Andrus is Rangers' most consistent player but not their MVP
Rangers beat writer Evan Grant answered questions in a chat Tuesday. Here are some highlights.
Comment From Stevenson ... What is the mood of Oswalt in the clubhouse? Seems he's been pouting with his bullpen role. I also don't like his "I've started 330 games and don't need to prove myself" comment.
Evan Grant: He's pouting. But he really doesn't have much choice. If he walks away from the team, he's giving up like $1.5 million at this point and setting a perception that he's become a moody quitter. That he's pitched pretty well out of the bullpen and that he allowed only a run in the game when he was pulled with two outs in the 5th on Saturday is a sign he's still a pro and can contribute to this club.
Comment From Jordan Who is the Rangers MVP this year? I have to go with Andrus although I imagine Hamilton will finish a lot higher in the AL MVP voting.
Evan Grant: Elvis has been the most consistent player and probably has taken as big a step up as anybody (Murphy would be in that mix, too). ... But Josh Hamilton's statistics make him the overwhelming Rangers' MVP, if not the AL's.
Comment From george ... Evan, are the Rangers the only elite MLB team in history, over a 4 or 5 year period, to NOT have an every day 1st baseman?
Evan Grant: I can't say that for a fact, but I think it is testament to how deep the lineup is that they have been able to win without having a guy who plays 1B day in and day out. It's a power position and relatively easy to fill with a subpar fielder (even though the defense is more important than some clubs give it credit for), but the Rangers have figured out a way to win despite getting inconsistent performances from the position since Mark Teixeira left.


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I'd really appreciate any input on how to establish this effect without the large file size. Manual modifications, different programs, different formats, anything that works!
"Optimizing" them within the program means reducing the # of colors
This is what optimizing is. The problem you ae probably experiencing is that you have no control over the degree of optimization. You might possibly look around in any options settings that might give you control, or look closely at any in-between dialogues that specify color depth/colors in palette.
IMO animation is a bad idea from the outset, for all the reasons you will find on Google and this site. But if you think this is the way to go, your best option is to use Flash. You will have adequate control over your animation image quality and additionally it will stream, loading content as it's required. Granted, this is a big leap from animated .gifs and presents it's own set of difficulties, but if I had to do animated banners I'd do it with Flash.
I seem to recall that you can save a background for the animation, if appropriate, and then reduce the frame images by removing the background. Might save a bit there.
I haven't tried this for a few years so I'm afraid I can't remember how it is done or if it will save much, but a good editor should have a destruction, I mean instruction manual.
I used JASC Animation Shop I think.
Good luck...
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Trekkers 11th-graders participate in leadership training
Thomaston — On March 13-14, 11 Oceanside High School juniors and six adult mentors from the Trekkers' Leadership Program participated in a two-day training at the Kieve-Wavus Leadership School in Nobleboro, with a focus on conflict resolution.
Trekkers, a nonprofit, outdoor-based mentoring program connects young people to caring adults through opportunities like the Leadership Program. This was the third and final leadership weekend for the students in the 11th-grade program.
Trekkers' Leadership Program now offers three training weekends to 11th-grade students, followed by three training weekends when they progress to the 12th grade. Each subsequent session in the two-year progression builds upon the topics and skills from the previous training. The weekend retreats focus on a particular theme that is addressed through group discussion, reflection, games, journaling and team-building activities. The goals of this third leadership weekend were to teach students how to identify problems/conflicts before they become unmanageable; train students in how to diffuse situations and take needed actions towards resolution; encourage students to view conflicts as opportunities for deepening relationships; and train them how to be mediators on Trekkers trips, at school, in their community and with their friends. In their senior year of high school, these 11 students will be offered three additional training weekends as part of the program.
Students participating in this program will put their new skills to use when they volunteer as student leaders during Trekkers expeditions later this year. The expeditions range from three to 14 days in length, and provide many ways for student leaders to act as role models, mediators and peer mentors for younger Trekkers.
For more about Trekkers or the expanded Leadership Program, contact the Trekkers office at 594-5095.


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Decision makers
- Jill SteinGreen Party Presidential Nominee
- Gary JohnsonLibertarian Party Presidential Nominee
- Virgil GoodeConstitution Party Presidential Nominee
- Mitt RomneyRepublican Presidential Candidate
- Ron PaulRepublican Presidential Candidate
Stop funding the Drug War in the USA, South America, Africa and Europe with U.S. Taxpayer's money
When President Obama ran for president in 2007-08, he promised change but all we have gotten is more of the same failed policies and betrayal from elected officials. The biggest failure has been the drug war and the biggest betrayal has been President Obama's refusal to end a drug policy that he knows does not work.
President Obama admits he used marijuana and cocaine in his youth yet he continues to support a drug policy that has sent millions of people convicted of non-violent so-called drug crimes to increasingly privatized prisons for profit who offered states cash to take over their prisons as long as those prisons were kept 90% full. This is slavery as the 13th Amendment of the Constitution left slavery intact as punishment for crime that includes victimless drug crimes. What is ironic is that the constitutional amendment used to free African slaves is the same amendment that permits the enslavement of their descendents who make up the bulk of these types of prisoners but also includes Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans and Cacuasians.
The United States, the so-called land of liberty, the land of the free now enslaves more people on prison plantations than any country in the world and isn't it ironic that President Obama's inauguration theme was taken from President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "A New Birth of Freedom." The vast majority of these 21st century slaves are non-violent drug offenders who need employment or resources to help them overcome their addictions. Most people who have any experience with the prison plantation system know that drugs are available in prisons. Furthermore, those who are put to work are paid less than two dollars a day in many states and while they are working, they are not paid enough to help care for their families. Instead, a heavy burden is placed on those families.
President Obama in terms of the drug war is worse than any president who has come before him. Candidate Obama once said that he thought going after people and businesses in states that have legalized medicinal marijuana would be a waste of federal resources. However, President Obama has done the exact opposite and wasted scarce federal tax dollars on a failed decades old drug policy that is only getting more expensive.
For an example, it is projected by 2019 the taxpayers of North Carolina will pay roughly $23,529.00 per year to enslave a non-violent drug offender on a prison plantation which are increasingly becoming overcrowded. Yet, in Gaston County, NC alone, almost 100 teacher assistants will lose their jobs this year putting a burden on teachers and diminishing the education of our children. Last year Mecklenburg County almost scrapped its sports programs for middle schools and had proposed charging fees to struggling parents/tax payers who wanted their children to participate in something my generation took for granted. Mecklenburg county in 2010 struggled to keep libraries open which assist low income children who may not have access to needed resources at home like computers not to mention the lost jobs of library employees..
If we jump across the nation to California, which is facing a budget crisis and prison overcrowding that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unconstitutional, we see the same problem. Again, the majority of these prisoners are non-violent drug offenders. In Los Angeles, parents, children and other members of the community are protesting cuts to the city's after-school programs.
If cuts to essential services are not enough to cause the middle class to be in an uproar, I am not done yet. The United States has already spent billions of dollars and proposes spending more to stop the flow of drugs from Mexico but the drugs keep flowing along with the blood in the streets of Mexico. The drugs are so plentiful that they are cheaper than they were 30 years ago and more potent. The Drug War does not and has not ever worked and does not make for good fiscal policy. There was some hope that change in drug policy was forthcoming in Mexico with a new president but signs hint that he too will bow to pressure from the United States and follow Washington's orders to continue a failed policy that has been rejected by the people of that country.
However, U.S. tax dollars flowing south of the border to fight a failed drug war does not stop in Mexico and not only are we exporting U.S. tax dollars but we are also exporting police brutality by sending DEA agents to assist Honduran cops which were involved in the killing of innocents including one incident that claimed the lives of two pregnant women. Sound familiar?
As if we have not wasted enough resources on this failed policy and destroyed countless lives in the process, Americans are still struggling to find employment while U.S. politicians are discussing cuts to Medicaid services for the poor in several states as well as threats to cut funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Obama administration announces it is expanding the drug war to Africa on the behalf of Europeans. It is not enough that the U.S. taxpayer has to subsidize the military defenses of Europe and Northern Africa (Israel and Egypt), now we are going to subsidize their drug war as well when most European countries have been moving towards drug decriminalization and treating it as a health issue and not a criminal one. Thanks to our subsidies, they are free to spend their tax dollars on real Universal Healthcare for their citizens.
The New York Times reports,
In May, William R. Brownfield, the assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, a leading architect of the strategy now on display in Honduras, traveled to Ghana and Liberia to put the finishing touches on a West Africa Cooperative Security Initiative, which will try to replicate across 15 nations the steps taken in battling trafficking groups operating in Central America and Mexico.
It is far past time the American people stood up and said no more to this insanity. Just as easily as President Obama has expanded the drug war, he can easily end this out of control budget busting madness. Instead of sending cryptic messages that he might do something different in a second term through unnamed aides and associates commenting to a men's magazine that incorrectly states there is little he can do about the Drug War, President Obama needs to be straight with the American people now. Moreover, voters should not automatically pledge their votes to him without some action on the issue right now.
Just as President Obama suspended the deportations of undocumented immigrants brought here as children because it was "the right thing to do", he should do his best Abraham Lincoln impression and emancipate the current slaves on the prison plantation serving time for non-violent drug offenses just as presidential candidate Ron Paul has promised to do if elected president on several occasions. That would be some actual change to believe in and may warrant a second term. If not, let the presidential chips fall where they may. If any politician no matter their party affiliation, supports continuing this failed policy, they should lose their right to represent the American people in any capacity. This issue is that important.
President Obama says he is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history. That begins with taking comments and questions from you, the public.
Call the President: Comments: 202-456-1111
- Green Party Presidential Nominee
Jill Stein
- Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee
Gary Johnson
- Constitution Party Presidential Nominee
Virgil Goode
- Republican Presidential Candidate
Mitt Romney
- Republican Presidential Candidate
Ron Paul
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- President of the United States
I just signed the following petition addressed to: President Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate.
We The People demand an immediate halt to using our federal tax dollars to fund the existing drug war operations in the United States, South America, Africa and Europe. We have had decades to determine that the U.S. international drug war has failed and has cost the U.S. taxpayers trillions of dollars since its inception.
Not only has it cost the U.S. taxpayer money we do not have to waste, but it is also coming at the expense of the education of our children and essential services of Americans during one of the worst economic times in our country's history. It has brought about the deaths of innocent people at the hands of violent drug cartels and law enforcement officers. As documented in the recent book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander, it has ruined the lives of those incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses and relegated them to a life of second class citizenship and rendering many of them unemployable.
When the American people are told that we must cut social services and other essential, services for those affected the most by a weak economy, it is absolutely immoral to keep funding a failed policy and it is insane to ask us to now fund the expansion of this failed drug war into Africa for the stated benefit of keeping drugs out of Europe.
Just as alcohol and tobacco use are legal, regulated, taxed and treated as health issues, we demand the same common sense be applied in drug policy. We also demand an immediate end to the continued incarceration of non-violent drug offenders who offenses do not involve the selling or giving of drugs to children. Stop wasting our tax dollars now! We demand an end to this irresponsible stewardship of our government and the enforcement of a tyrannical drug policy that is doing more harm than the actual drugs themselves.
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Some youths pelted eggs on the vehicle of Odisha's Law Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo in Cuttack on Thursday evening.
The minister was in Cuttack to open the headquarters of BJD legal cell at Markat Nagar and while he was entering the city through Naraj Road, some youths pelted eggs to his car near Biren Mitra Park.
Confirming the report, a senior police officer said the eggs missed the minister's car but one of them hit the accompanying police escort vehicle. Police said the miscreants fled from the spot which was dark.
The minister, however, went ahead with his scheduled programme, the police officer said.
Earlier, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma and Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak faced similar protests.


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A 33-year-old Pacifica woman was critically injured Saturday night when she walked out into the street in front of a vehicle on San Pedro Road north of the Pedro Point Shopping Center, said Captain Joe Spanheimer of the Pacifica police department.
The driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Robert Walton of Montara, was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to the San Mateo County Jail.
The Pacifica woman, who police wish not to identify, is in an intensive care unit at San Francisco General Hospital suffering from critical injuries. She suffered major injuries to her abdomen and head, but is now in stable condition, Spanheimer said.
The preliminary investigation shows the vehicle, a Ford Focus, was traveling southbound on San Pedro Road when the pedestrian entered the road. Walton was unable to avoid the collision and struck the pedestrian, the police report states. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who was a witness is encouraged to call the Pacifica police department at 738-7314 and refer to case #14-2168.
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Survey: Do You Bank Online?
This past weekend, we caught up on our back reading of Unpluggd, our tech-centric sister site. Having recently set ourselves up to bank online, Ryan's post on scanning in your checks rather than actually having to go to the bank, caught our eye. Wow, what if we never had to go to the bank again? What about you? Do you bank online? Survey after the jump...
We love having less mail gathering on our landing strip but we're still wrestling with the psychic element (in the same way that swiping a credit card is a lot less painful than seeing the cold hard cash disappear from your wallet, we worry that paying a bill by punching in a few numbers almost makes it feel like a game). What about you? If you do bank online, do you check your balance or make transfers from your cell phone or do you prefer to take care of those transactions from your password protected home computer's wifi?
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The master of science in nutrition program emphasizes a skill set tailored to expanding nutrition-related needs. Students learn to assess, evaluate, and intervene in the most current and relevant nutrition issues. The curriculum prepares graduates to work for agencies, businesses, and organizations that seek to improve nutrition at the local, national, and global level. This program also prepares students to engage in further study for research careers in nutrition.
These multifaceted issues require coursework in nutrition science, nutrition education, nutritional assessment, nutrition program development, and nutrition research methods. Students will have opportunities to learn about global nutrition, food safety and security, weight management, and the fundamentals of cooking. Graduates able to develop appropriate interventions tailored to individuals, communities, and different cultural, gender, and age groups are expected to be in high demand in this rapidly-growing field.
The curriculum, including short descriptions of the required courses, is available in Mason's University Catalog. A recommended course sequence (.pdf) is available.
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Boeing's engineers in Wichita, Kan., rejected the company's contract offer Monday with a 71 percent vote, just days after their colleagues in the Pacific Northwest accepted a separate deal. A strike remains unlikely.
About 800 engineers in Boeing's Wichita defense unit are represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA). Only about 340 of those are paid-up members of the union.
Following a recommendation by the union leadership, upset mostly by the salary offer, the vote was 209 to 86 to reject.
A strike would require a further vote, but that's not being contemplated. SPEEA's Midwest director, Bob Brewer, said he expects to resume talks with the company soon.
"We're not that far apart," Brewer said. "Our goal is to get this completed prior to the winter holiday break."Safeco
Director Campbell resigns from board
Phyllis Campbell resigned last week from the board of Safeco. Campbell, who is president and CEO of The Seattle Foundation, promised the charity's executive committee about a year ago that she would pare her board commitments from four to three publicly traded companies.
She has been on the Safeco board since 1994 and still sits on the boards of Alaska Air Group, Nordstrom and Puget Sound Energy.
Campbell's Safeco directorship expired earlier this year, but she agreed to stay while the insurer sought a replacement for current CEO Mike McGavick, who is leaving Safeco to run for the U.S. Senate.
The company is expected to name a replacement for McGavick any day now.
Firm names CEO from Plum Creek
Spokane-based lumber-and-paper maker Potlatch said Plum Creek Timber Vice President Michael Covey will take over as Potlatch's chief executive starting on Feb. 6.
Covey, 48, will succeed L. Pendleton Siegel, 63, the company's chairman and chief executive since 1999, Potlatch said. Siegel will remain chairman until the end of 2006.
Potlatch's board approved a plan in September to convert the company into a real-estate investment trust on Jan. 1. Covey in 1999 helped convert Seattle-based Plum Creek into a publicly traded REIT.
ID Biomedical
Court decision due on Glaxo purchase
ID Biomedical expects a decision by 9 a.m. today from the British Columbia Supreme Court on its proposed acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline.
The Canadian vaccine maker, which employs about 100 people in Bothell, said Monday the transaction, worth about $1.4 billion, has passed muster under the Investment Canada Act.
The company expects the deal to close this month.Microsoft
Dates announced for Xbox 360 in Asia
Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game console will come out in several Asian countries early next year, months after it is released in Japan, the software maker said Monday.
Microsoft said the second version of its Xbox console will be available Feb. 24 in South Korea and March 2 in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
The Xbox 360 is due out Saturday in Japan — a key test for the company, since the first Xbox failed to gain a foothold there against Sony's PlayStation 2.
Xbox 360 was released Nov. 22 in North America and Dec. 2 in Europe.
Separately, a Chicago man who bought an Xbox 360 has sued Microsoft, saying the console has a design flaw that causes it to overheat and freeze up.
The proposed class-action suit, brought by Robert Byers, was filed Friday in federal court in Illinois.
Microsoft spokeswoman Molly O'Donnell said Monday the company does not comment on pending litigation.
$1 billion investment planned for India
Chip maker Intel will invest more than $1 billion in the next five years to expand its operations in India and in local technology companies, Chairman Craig Barrett said Monday.
The investment by the world's largest computer-chip maker will include a $250 million venture-capital fund Intel has created for investing in Indian companies that can benefit from rapid growth in that nation's information-technology market, Barrett said in a statement.
Intel has a design center in Bangalore, India's technology hub, where it employs some 3,000 engineers and professionals to develop products at a fraction of U.S. costs. It will invest $800 million to expand its research and development center there, Barrett said.
He also said Intel is in talks with the Indian government about building a chip-making facility in the country, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
Auto loans to be sold to Canadian bank
General Motors' GMAC financial-services unit said Monday it has agreed to sell up to $20 billion in U.S. auto loans to Scotia Capital, the corporate and investment banking arm of The Bank of Nova Scotia.
Terms were not disclosed.
The agreement will allow GMAC to redeploy its assets into its more lucrative mortgage and insurance businesses, spokeswoman Joanne Krell said. It also will help GMAC access funding.
GMAC was hurt in May when Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings downgraded both GM and GMAC's debt to "junk" status, increasing borrowing costs.
The Scotia deal will help GMAC as it tries to get its rating upgraded.
Under the agreement, the Bank of Nova Scotia will buy up to $20 billion in auto loans over a five-year period ending in October 2010. The bank will make an initial purchase of $3 billion this month.
GMAC will continue to service the contracts. The Bank of Nova Scotia will hold the loans and sell them to investors.Calpine
NYSE pulling plug on power company
The New York Stock Exchange said Monday it plans to delist Calpine in a move reflecting Wall Street's dismay as the debt-plagued power merchant considers bankruptcy.
The decision represents the investment community's latest snub of a company whose shares have been eroding as its debts and losses mount.
Calpine lost its spot in the Standard & Poor's 500 late last week after its market value shriveled to less than $310 million — the lowest in the blue-chip stock index.
S&P's rebuff followed Calpine's ouster of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer.
Compiled from Seattle Times business staff, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News


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The Gregory BrothersYouTube partners certainly have the potential to earn six-figures (ie: Cory Williams) but in order to get up to that level, they need to build up a following and rack up the views.
So, in an effort to keep track of the viral stars making noise in the YouTube community, we've come up with a (somewhat) complex formula to rank the top independent YouTube stars.
To put it simply – we looked at the monthly views, average views per video, and percentage of "Likes" each partner received in December.


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Happy New Year Is Up To Us
About 68% of Americans think 2011 was a bad one for them, on the upside most people polled thought it will get better for them in 2012. I believe good things happen to good people, and I don't mean they will win the lottery because they volunteer at the soup kitchen. Good people have an inner happiness that can't be measured, and most good people don't even know they have it. Too me good and happy go hand in hand. A good person will hold a door open for a perfect stranger, and not even notice if the person doesn't say thank you, they just smile on move on. Now, a nice person may hold a door open for a perfect stranger, but get a little upset if they don't get a thank you, that's the difference between good and nice. Let's take baby steps this year. Evil people just try and be bad this year, and bad people try and be miserable, miserable people try and be mean, mean people try and be bitter, bitter people try and be cranky, cranky people try and be tolerable, tolerable people try and be nice, and nice people try and be good. I think if we all try and do one good thing a day and don't ask for a pat on the back, eventually we all surround ourselves with the right people. Remember, misery loves company, good attracts it. How will you make 2012 a better one for you and others around you?


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Akkineni Nagarjuna has expressed his happiness over Akhil's first ever commercial video. After watching the Titan commercial, Nagarjuna said "Akhils first ever ad/proud of you my son". Akhil appeared in Titan Watch commercial along with Kalki Koechlin and he has impressed everyone with his stunning presence.
Stars like Manchu Lakshmi and Nithiin have congratulated Akhil over Twitter and expectations have touched sky high about Akhil's debut movie now. Video: Akhil Akkineni Titan Timeless Full AD We have already reported that VV Vinayak and Trivikram Sirnivas' names are under consideration for Akhil's debut movie.
Sources close to Annapurna Studios revealed that Nagarjuna is listening to script for Akhil's debut movie and a formal announcement will be made about the film once everything is finalized. Nagarjuna's last film 'Manam' was a super hit at the box-office and this 'Manmadhudu' appeared in the film along with Late ANR and Naga Chaitanya.


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text: The lecture, based on the life trajectory of Tsola Dragoitcheva, a Bulgarian political functionary during the state socialism, presents (her) biography as a useful historical tool which would help scholars to find the balance between treating women from the past patriarchal contexts as agents of change or as constrained by the specific historical structures. It is a contribution to the ongoing historical debate regarding women's situation in the East European state socialist countries during the Cold War period.Krassimira Daskalova is Professor of Modern European Cultural History at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, in Bulgaria. Her most recent monograph is Women, Gender, and Modernization in Bulgaria, 1878–1944 (in Bulgarian), published by Sofia University Press in 2012. From 2005-2010, Daskalova served as the president of the International Federation for Research in Women's History. Since 2007, she has been the editor and book review editor of Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History, published by Berghahn Books in New York. Daskalova has been awarded fellowships and scholarships from a number of prestigious organizations, including the DADD (the German Academic Exchange Service), the Fulbright Program, the Japanese Association of University Women, the Körber Foundation and the Institute for Human Sciences, the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study, and others. Her book A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries (Central European University Press, 2006), co-edited with Francisca De Haan and Anna Loutfi, was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2006. Currently, Krassimira Daskalova is a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.


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If Kashmir can be raised at UN, why not the murder of an innocent man, asks Azam Khan
New Delhi: Justifying his decision to take the Dadri lynching case to the United Nations, Uttar Pradesh Minority Welfare and Urban Development Minister Azam Khan said on Monday that if India can raise the issue of Kashmir in the UN, why not about the murder of an innocent man.
'We can't stay isolated from the world. They discuss the Kashmir issue at the UN but try to hide the news of the murder of an innocent man. I am not answerable to anyone,' Khan told the media here.
Hitting out at the Centre, Khan added that state government was helpless when the government was trying to ignite issue on the name of the 'pink revolution'.
'What can we do when the Prime Minister is openly permitting the RSS to set fire to the nation? Was Babri the doing of the state government? It fell even after the decision was stayed by the Supreme Court and the High Court. Dadri is not about the death of a man but the rise of a new ideology,' Khan said.
Training guns on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Khan said that they, including Prime Minister Modi should just go ahead and declare their intention of creating a 'Hindu nation' and then tell what role the Muslims will play.
'What about Justice Katju, several industrialists and journalists who have openly declared that they consume beef, why are they not being punished too? Will only poor Muslims be targeted now?' Khan said.
Khan has been facing flak from various parties for his decision to take the Dadri lynching case to the UN. Mostly from religious leader like Yogi Adiytanath and Sakshi Maharaj.


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If someone pays for membership, there's a high possibility he's not writing reviews, hence defeat the purpose of having this forum. You should think outside the bun.
Look for an article titled "Civility and Interpersonal Competence"
"The loss of civility in our nation arises because children - and adults – are not taught these basic social skills… We cannot, and should not accept this... "
Seems like this forum would be better off if we recognized first that we are like-minded in the important respects - and left the hostile posts for the political boards.
If one is going to do the dishing, one must also be willing to take some too.
The problem is a few white knights with vested interests keep thinking they should be able to do the dishing and are unwilling to take some back.
Remember this a public forum, opinions matter and it goes both ways. If one is unwilling to respect the opinions of others or allow the opinions of others to be posted without attacking them back, then such issues are best dealt with in a more private manner back channel where all willing participants can sing kumbaya!
This is the problem TER has with free memberships and free VIP for phony reviews. I just wish the board was providers and paying members only so that these bottom feeders would disappear. Instead we are stuck with sociopathic trolls jeering others for no other purpose than self-amusement.
If you can afford $200+ per hour, you can afford $25/month.
If you can afford $200+ per hour, you can afford $25/month.
I have never written a phony review either.
I HAVE had reviews denied by TER though. Both good and in one case, VERY bad. The latter the type of thing I know people would have liked to have heard about. Not the type of thing that encourages paying membership--or trust in the system!
Also, isn't 3/4 of all the drama on the board caused by paying members using an alias? A feature not available to non-paying members? I understand there are some legit used for an alias but have to wonder if it's worth it when a feature seems to be abused so often.
I bet if you charge for using the boards and go that way Ter will be gone for good within a year. I don't always like paying to read reviews and its not because I am cheap its because I have learned that YMMV and its really about chemistry. The real problem here is many seem to think they are superior to others and that their opinion is the only one that counts and that there favorite girl has to be everyone's favorite. If 5 people go out to eat together do they all order the same thing??? Unless the restaurant only sells one item I doubt it.
If someone pays for membership, there's a high possibility he's not writing reviews, hence defeat the purpose of having this forum. You should think outside the bun.
Without the "free" VIP incentive to write them, a lot of these lazy fucks wouldn't write them at all - it's really kind of a pain in the ass to get one approved without simply reciting a redundant list of acronyms or if you dare to say anything negative - and without reviews this site is as useless as a pair of tits at a GOP convention.
Shit, I pay for membership just so I can avoid writing them, and won't bother unless asked to. And in the minds of many, I am every bit the troll, jeering others for my amusement. Making the puppets dance isn't exactly "fun", but it provides a sort of mild contentment for a very short period of time, like while waiting in line to recieve my holy booze...I mean "sacrament"...at Sunday mass.
So you see the problem isn't cheapskates - it's assholes. And you can't escape them - ANYWHERE.
It is possible to state a differing opinion in a kind and polite manner. Too often, the aliases get mean and nasty unnecessarily.
by failing to ignore the trolls and haters. And it's not necessary to respect other's opionions, but we could all be more tolerant.
How do you become more tolerant if you don't respect the opinions of others? You don't have to agree with their opinion but you must respect it to become more tolerant. I'm not talking about the attacks just differing opinions.
I have found that I learn and grow by hearing as many sides to a situation as possible and then forming or reforming my own opinion. I know by being open minded many of my believes have evolved and grown over the years.
The real problem with civility today is that people have been taught to be offended by differing opinions, not respectful of them. Again, you never have to agree but you do have to listen if you want civility.
Listening is good; respecting something that is nonsense is disingenuous.
As an absurd example (at least to me and to avoid my real views of the world for now), some people might actually believe that finding a four-leafed clover will bring them good luck. I can't respect that belief, but can certainly tolerate it. No harm to me or them.
For the "deeper" issues, just Google Tolerance vs. Respect and the debate and issues are well covered.
And just for fun, really, about open-mindedness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFO6ZhUW38w Tim Minchin - If You Open Your Mind Too Much... (the first 30 seconds … the rest of the "song" isn't particularly germane for this thread)
I believe you can respect a person without respecting their specific beliefs/opinions. It doesn't pay for me to over-think these things.
And an add-on thought: "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
― Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Finding a four-leaf clover IS good luck! Anyone who disagrees should be hung from a Ronald Reagan statue by their scrotum. I can tolerate your respect, but I can not respect your tolerance. Plus, my chicken laid your egg. And...wtf is this conversation about again...pussy? Mmmmmmm me like pussy.
We now return you to the vaginal part of your programming.
And not just you. Speaks volumes, IMHO. Too bad the ignore feature is basically a toggle switch.
So it is not related to this post and I don't use the ignore feature like a toggle switch.
Sometimes during long periods of inactivity, I get logged out before I realize it and I see posts of those I choose to ignore before I have to sign in again. Your post caught my attention at the top and I thought I would read it and I chose to respond to it.
to my original reply to your post. White knights with vested interests like to dish but are unwilling to take the dishing.
It is all nice to speak holier than thou when it is convenient for oneself but one has to practice what they preach for it to have any meaning or significance at all.
Hey at least the babe in the picture is cute, now I would do her.
open the link before you give an answer. Just another meager troll hiding behind an alias, too cowardly to show his true handle.
Sorry to have thought it was this post. I apologize. Obviously I stuck a nerve with you......Ouch.
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I meant no offense and had no intention to sound so harsh. It is not the person I am but I became angry when you called me a dummy, that hurt and I overreacted.
Have a nice weekend.
Apology accepted. Have a great weekend HC.
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Seeing as so much of the rest of the world takes such a dim view of what we do. But unfortunately there are always some number of people who won't behave in a civil fashion; they overreact to perceived slights, attempt to manipulate matters to their own advantage, or in some fashion just cause trouble. Fortunately, they are a distinct minority.


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SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Irene Wust won a battle of Olympic speed skating champions Sunday and an unheralded Russian claimed the host nation's first medal of the Sochi Games.
Wust, from the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova were the gold medal winners in the 3,000-meter event at the last two Olympics and they were expected to duel in the first of the women's speed skating competitions in Sochi.
Sablikova was the first to skate and she recorded what, at that moment, was the best time of the day at 4:01.95. She became the first Czech skater to win an Olympic speed skating medal when she picked up gold for both 3,000 and 5,000 meters in Vancouver.
Wust skated in the next pair and the 2006 champion regained her title with a time of 4:00.95. That gave the Netherlands two golds in as many speed skating races at these Olympics. Sven Kramer won the men's 5,000-meter race to open the Olympic speed skating program Saturday.
For the home crowd, however, the biggest cheers were reserved for Olga Graf. The Russian has finished no better than fourth in any World Cup circuit race this season, but on the biggest stage she won the bronze medal in 4:03.47.
This race was the ninth medal event staged in and around Sochi during the opening weekend of the Olympics and it was the first time a Russian had stood on the medal podium.
In addition to winning Russia's first medal, Graf prevented Claudia Pechstein from adding to her large collection.
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Hello All.
I just bought my first Jeep (4x4 Patriot with CVT2, 2013)
It's a nice driving vehicle that I hope to get many good years out of.
I just had a spare key made. (too expensive but a subject for another day).
I was planning on looking for a larger than average hide a key type box to stash the spare in a hidden underbody location.
My concern is that this key, with the anti- theft chip inside would be stored for a long period of time in close proximity to a strong magnet.
Is there a possibility that the strong magnetic field could "wipe" the memory on the chip and cause it to not work if I needed it? (ie: Jeep shuts off two seconds after starting).
Thanks in advanse for responses...
I have a spare key in the center console. If I loose my regular key I have a plain Jane 'not a sentry key' in my wallet that I can open the door with and get the spare. No I don't live in a high crime area where someone would break a window to get in and these are pretty far down the list of popularity to steal.
Hello Gramps,
I am more concerned with locking myself out of the vehicle when I'm on one of my many out of town highway trips. In Arizona where I live, there are still some areas with no cell phone coverage. The key would have to be on the outside of the vehicle.
I have read that magnetic fields can erase things like credit card swipe strips and the old cassette tapes because they use a magnetic arranging of molecules to encode information on them.
I don't know the nature of how the "chip" works on the new "Sentry Key" that comes with todays Jeeps, but I wouldn't want to find out the hard way if I lock myself out and the key doesn't work:(
Or maybe you lost the OG key
AAA will make you a credit card access key for free. Perfect answer to your need since it's an emergency only key rather then a key you would be using a lot.
Or, if you really want an out of sight out of mind location for a key you could actually use after regaining entry, just put the key you had made in an envelope (thus avoiding your magnetic concern) and tape to the back of the glove box. You can access the back in the same manner as if you're were changing out the cabin filter. Just press in on the back upper corners and work it out.
Thanks all for the repleys...
Yeah I did feel a bit stupid after spending the $$$ on a Sentry key. I had not read the Manual enough and thought that the horn would go off and everything if I used a non-chip key to open the door. :doh:
I was confusing how the Sentry key system works on the Patriot with my wife's car.
Well after a bunch of searching around I found a small waterproof bag to put the key up under the car with strong cord.
That should do the trick.
Opening the door with a non-chip key, once it's been locked with one does, sound the horn. Once inside and I grab the chipped key and turn the Jeep on with it the horn stops. The regular flat key fits in my wallet. ACE Hardware and just about any place can cut one of those for $5 or so.
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Wagner shocks No. 15 Pittsburgh
Seahawks earn first win against ranked opponent in 25 years
PITTSBURGH -- Latif Rivers scored all 18 of his points in the second half -- including six critical free throws in the final minute -- to lead Wagner to a stunning 59-54 victory against No. 15 Pittsburgh on Friday.
Kenneth Ortiz had 12 points and Tyler Murray added 10 for the Seahawks (8-3), who won their first game against a ranked opponent since knocking off then-No. 15 Alabama on Nov. 24, 1978.
Pittsburgh (11-2) saw its nine-game winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion. Ashton Gibbs scored 14 points for the Panthers, who turned it over 18 times while losing to a Northeastern Conference opponent for the first time ever.
The Panthers came in 70-0 all-time against NEC foes, but struggled against Wagner's pressure and never led during the game's final 33 minutes.
|No. 4 Louisville 70, Western Kentucky 60
|No. 6 Baylor 83, West Virginia 81
|No. 13 Wisconsin 79, Mississippi Valley State 45
|Wagner 59, No. 15 Pittsburgh 54
|No. 21 UNLV 85, California 68
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Wagner coach Danny Hurley has revitalized the Seahawks since taking over just more than a year ago. Along with his brother and assistant coach Bobby -- who starred at Duke 20 years ago -- Hurley has given the Staten Island, N.Y. school a much-needed dose of toughness.
The Seahawks displayed it in bunches against the bigger, deeper Panthers.
Pitt raced to a 9-2 lead, but once Wagner got control of the pace, it would not let go.
Ortiz and Murray outplayed backcourt counterparts Gibbs and Cameron Wright, with Ortiz getting out in transition to capitalize on sloppy ballhandling by the Panthers.
Gibbs has struggled with his shot since backcourt mate Travon Woodall went out with groin and abdominal injuries in a win against Duquesne on Nov. 30. Though coach Jamie Dixon has praised Gibbs for his willingness to do most of the ballhandling and get his teammates involved, Gibbs has also had issues getting open and creating for himself.
He entered the game shooting just 36 percent from the field since Woodall's injury, and missed all seven of his shots in the first half. Ortiz had no such issues, going a perfect 5 of 5 to help Wagner take a 29-25 halftime lead, the first time the Panthers have trailed at the half since losing to Long Beach State in the third game of the season.
And Wagner -- just like the 49ers -- proved it wasn't a fluke.
Rivers shook off a rough first half to score seven quick points as the Seahawks went ahead 44-32. Pitt clamped down defensively but couldn't take advantage at the other end of the court.
Gibbs put together a brief hot streak to get the Panthers back in it, but every time Pitt appeared ready to take control, Wagner would respond with a big shot.
Pitt drew as close as three points twice in the final 36 seconds but couldn't get over the top. Rivers hit six consecutive free throws down the stretch and the Seahawks poured onto the court in celebration after the program's biggest victory in 33 years.
The Panthers have been nearly unbeatable at the Petersen Events Center during the past decade against nonconference opponents. Pitt started the season with just one loss at home to a non-Big East opponent in the gym's first nine seasons.
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\r\nI decided to run through my mouthpiece drawer and pull out my small collection and compare the mouthpieces, with the same ligatures and reeds. So here\'s the clip:
\r\nThe mouthpieces are as follows:
\r\nNote: I use a FL ultimate Brass Ligatures on all of these mouthpieces and the same Rico Jazz Select Filed 4S so that there was as few variables as possible.
\r\n1. Otto Link TE 7
\r\nI bought this for 40 bucks brand new, and had it refaced by a good friend of mine Gabriel Vatavu. It suited the \'67 10m Conn I was playing at the time, when I moved over to the selmer that I played on this clip, a lot of my friends noted that I couldn\'t seem to put enough air into the horn. So I bought another piece. a few months ago I got it refaced again by another friend Noel Stephensen hoping to get some more goodness out of it.
\r\n2. Otto Link TE EB 6* opened to 9 by Gabriel Vatavu
\r\nThis was the mouthpiece I replaced my 7 with. I always feel out of breath from playing this piece and I never feel like I can over power it - especially when I stopped practicing 4-6 hours a day. I also felt like I had trouble making the sound focus. These days I use this mouthpiece as an exercise piece - sort of like training with weights haha.
\r\n3. Otto Link STM 8* refaced by Gabriel Vatavu
\r\nThis was the first mouthpiece I bought for tenor - it was a big shock considering I went from a selmer C* on alto to an Otto Link STM 8* or tenor. I had it refaced to see if I could get more from it as I felt it was reed picky.
\r\n4. Otto link STM Florida 7 No USA refaced by gabriel Vatavu
\r\nThis is the latest addition to my collection. I bought it because I felt I got enough of everything from it, however now that I\'m semi unemployed and I\'m practicing a lot more I\'m beginning to feel it is a bit small and I may need to have it opened up to an 8.
\r\n5. Dukkoff D9 Closed down and refaced by Noel.
\r\nI bought this one just to see what it was like to play a high baffle piece. Not knowing how fragile Silverite is it got fairly damaged just bouncing around in my case. So I had it refaced by Noel who also did some baffle work to it. This one is a bit reed picky to me. My closest friend likes my sound best on this one... but well I don\'t haha- this being said the more I listen to this clip the more I realise how little the mouthpiece has to do with a sound.
\r\nForgive the bad playing here and there especially in the altissimo register - that is where I\'m doing a lot of practice at the moment and it really is a work in progress.
\r\nThanks for listening! Any comments would be appreciated.\r\n


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Chicago, IL – December 18, 2012 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Badger Meter (BMI - Free Report) as the Bull of the Day and Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF - Free Report) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA - Free Report) ), Virgin Media Inc. and BT Group plc. (BT - Free Report) .
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Badger Meter (BMI - Free Report) reported earnings of $0.62 in the third quarter of 2012 and revenues of $87 million, up 35% and 25%, respectively. Both outpaced the respective Zacks Consensus Estimates. The acquisitions of Racine Federation, Cox Flow Measurement and Remag are expected to boost the company's flow measurement business globally.
The acquisitions broadened the company's product range and customer base for Badger Meter. The company will continue to benefit from the customers preference for the cost effective AMR technology as well as growing interest in AMA. Furthermore, buoyed by its strong balance sheet and healthy cash flows, Badger Meter can invest in growth opportunities, develop new products and return cash to shareholders.
Based on these positives, we have upgraded our recommendation from Neutral to Outperform on Badger Meter with a target price of $55.00. This target price, 27.1x our 2012 EPS estimate, reflects our view.
We are downgrading our rating on Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF - Free Report) to Underperform following its lackluster third-quarter 2012 results. Earnings fell well short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate while profit slid roughly 86% on account of lower iron ore pricing and higher costs. Revenues declined at a double-digit clip and missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
The company cut its U.S. iron ore and North American coal sales volume forecasts for 2012 factoring in the volatile pricing environment. Cliffs remains hamstrung by lower iron ore pricing, partly due to the slowdown in Chinese demand and oversupply in the industry.
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In an attempt to enhance shareholder return, Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA - Free Report) , one of the largest triple play cable operators in the international market, has declared the authorization of a share repurchase program worth $1 billion. The company intends to spend the proceeds in different periods of 2013.
At the end of the third quarter of 2012, Liberty Global had $4,294.5 million of cash and marketable securities on its balance sheet. However, the company had $26,461.5 million of outstanding debt, which translates into higher interest payments, thereby reducing the bottom line and earnings per share. The share repurchase activity will not only fuel the company's earnings per share but will also boost its share price.
Under the new $1-billion share buyback plan, the Englewood, Colorado-based company plans to buy back its different class of shares, which includes Series A, Series C or a combination of both type during 2013.
The stock repurchase program may be done through open market transaction or through privately-negotiated deals, which may include derivative transactions. Nevertheless, the share buyback timing will depend on market condition.
During 2012, Liberty Global repurchased shares worth $925 million, bringing the total amount of share brought to $9 billion since the commencement of the program in 2005. This reflects the company's consistent effort to boost the return to its shareholders.
Though the company has declared weak third-quarter 2012 financial results, its losses narrowed considerably compared to prior-year quarter. Moreover, deployment of high-speed DOCSIS 3.0 network has facilitated the company to compete with Virgin Media Inc. and BT Group plc. (BT - Free Report) , and has also led to an increase in revenue. We believe these factors along with a strong liquidity position have stimulated the buyback decision.
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Nancy Wlodarski, 55, an events manager for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society who presided over its fundraising walks, died Jan. 3 at her home in Chesapeake Beach, Md. She had breast cancer.
Her husband, Ed Boyle, confirmed the death.
Ms. Wlodarski spent much of her early life and career in Ohio, where she became an economic development specialist for the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted. She was an aide to the mayor, Boyle, whom she married in 1996.
She settled in the Washington area in 2001 and worked until her death for the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She led its annual fund-raising walks, which earned more than $1 million in donations each year, her husband said.
She remapped the walks to make them accessible to the handicapped and started two new walks, in Rockville and Bowie, her husband said.
Nancy Justine Wlodarski was a native of Euclid, Ohio, and a 1979 communications graduate of the University of Dayton in Ohio.
She was a resident of Chesapeake Beach in Calvert County and a member of St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church in Prince Frederick. In her last months, she volunteered to assist the church with its food bank.
Her first marriage, to Pete Jelenik, ended in divorce. Survivors include her husband, Ed Boyle of Chesapeake Beach; a stepdaughter, Kristen Boyle of Maumee, Ohio; her mother, Victoria Oberstar of Euclid; a sister; a brother; and a grandson.
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