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- PC with Windows OS and USB cable for connecting the device
- Note the IMEI code of our Terminal. Simply type the code * # 06 # *
- Download and extract to a folder inside the package with drivers and fastboot usb (DOWNLOAD)
- In the case of PC with operating system Windows 8 will need to perform some extra steps. For more info see the following link
- Turn off the device is avviamolo in fastboot mode. To do this simply press and hold the Volume up button and connect it to the PC via USB cable
- At this point Windows should start searching for drivers. Let's do it point to previously downloaded drivers folder
- Once you have installed the drivers there just have to unplug the USB cable and turn on the device
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- First of all we check our boot loader is unlocked. To do this we need to access the Service Menu by typing the code keypad * # * # 7378423 # * # *. Below we see the message unlock Bootloader allowed: Yes. This means that the bootloader is unlocked.
- From your PC go to address http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
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- On the form you put our name, the first 14 digits of the IMEI of the device and our email address. Click on Submit
- You will be sent an e-mail containing our unlock code bootoloader
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- Open the Windows command prompt and let us go inside the folder previously downloaded fastboot.
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Jesuit pope offers hope to U.S. nuns
ken12s North Salt Lake, UTMarch 23, 2013 9:19 a.m.
I would not expect to much from any new Pope. Big churches are a lot like big businesses and governments, there is a lot of politics that goes on behind the scenes. After 2000 years of the Catholic Church going from one crisis to another while trying to control everything from private life's to world banking and national governments it seems a big order for the new Pope to bring meaningful change to a church that is so out if touch with reality and so consumed by internal intrigue and scandals!

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From: "lesleyabernethy" <>
Subject: Re: [YKS] occupation - Cloth dresser
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:10:41 +0100
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> Or perhaps working with horse hair stuffing for household
> Chippendale was born in Otley.............
Hairdresser - Written as Hair-dresser with a hyphen, in 'A Second Letter to
Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire 1777', and in the eighteenth century a
hair-dresser was a trade description of a person who offered the service of
hair dressing, but not necessarily of hair cutting. In the Georgian and
Victorian period it was usual to designate the services offered e.g. ' S
Hicks of Angel St, Cardiff, Perfumer, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Cutter,
Dresser and ornamental Hair Manufacturer'
(from: An Illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing and Wigmaking by James
Stevens Cox 1989)
Horsehair (according to the above book) was, and still is, used for legal
wigs, and is now imported from Japan for the purpose.
Kind regards,
Lesley Abernethy
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AN URGENT response is being sought by the Bognor Regis MP to the lack of a flood warning system for many town residents.
Nick Gibb told parliament on Monday he was concerned at the absence of the Environment Agency's flood alert service from a host of addresses around the town.
Mr Gibb, the Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, used a statement about flooding by the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, to the House of Commons to tackle him about the situation.
He asked Mr Paterson to ensure the service was available to all residents of Bognor because the town had suffered serious flooding in June, 2012.
Mr Paterson recommended Mr Gibb raise the matter with the under-secretary of state, Dan Rogerson, at the department for the environment, farming and rural affairs.
That would allow the matter to be put 'in the mix and work with the Environment Agency on it'.
Afterwards, Mr Gibb said: "The Environment Agency's flood alert service is crucial for residents in Bognor.
"As a low lying coastal plain, surface water drainage is a significant issue and, after prolonged periods of rain, can lead to serious flooding."
"Advance warning of possible flooding enables people to take action to protect their homes, particularly those residents who have suffered flooding problems in the past.
"I was concerned, therefore, to discover many residents do not have access to the agency's flood alert service," said Mr Gibb.
"Their website invites residents to sign up for the flood warnings and request registrations.
"Bognor residents, however, are likely to receive the message that the service 'does not provide warnings for this address'.
"As suggested by the secretary of state, I have written to the minister with responsibility for the agency urging him to address this problem as a matter of urgency."
An Environment Agency spokesman said 4,800 homes out of some 5,500 in the Bognor and Littlehampton areas at risk of flooding from rivers and seas had signed up its flood warnings.
"It's probable those local residents who tried to sign up to flood warnings but were unable to because they live outside the area we designate at risk of flooding from rivers and sea." Surface water flooding was excluded from the service.


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Paul Bell
Chairman of the Board
Paul Bell is an Operating Partner at Lead Edge Capital, a firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. He was previously an operating executive at Dell for 15 years, where he was President of the global Public Sector and Large Enterprise division and, earlier, President of the European business. Prior to his time at Dell, Paul was at the Bain & Co. consulting firm. He earned his MBA from Yale. He is an avid cyclist and pilot. He has flown over 25 missions for Veterans' Airlift Command, flying wounded warriors and their families. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Austin, Texas.
Mike Erwin
Founder & Board Member
Mike founded Team RWB in 2010 while he was a Captain in the Army and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors. He served on active duty for 13 years, including three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Mike is currently the President of The Positivity Project and CEO of The Character & Leadership Center. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2002 and earned his Master's degree in Psychology & Leadership from the University of Michigan in 2011. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book entitled, Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. Mike lives in Pinehurst, NC, with his wife and four children.
James McBride
Board Member
James is responsible for Team RWB's financial management: budgeting, cash flow, investments, and accounting. A former Army aviation officer, with combat tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan, he is currently an associate sales consultant with Synthes Spine, a leading developer of implants and instruments for the treatment of fractures, tumors, deformities, and degenerative diseases of the spine. He lives with his wife in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee area.
Sam Linn
Board Member
As a member of the Board of Directors, Sam's focus on behalf of the board is the design and implementation of Team Red, White, and Blue's leadership development program. A veteran with over 13 years service in the U.S. Army, including six deployments between 2003-2014 with Ranger and Infantry units, Sam has been decorated twice for valor in combat, and continues to serve on active duty as a Major. An avid believer in Functional Fitness, Sam founded WOD for Warriors in 2011. He expanded and developed W4W until 2013, at which point he transitioned it fully to Team RWB. Sam earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012, taught Economics at the United States Military Academy, and now serves as a Brigade Operations Officer at the 4th Infantry Division Artillery at Fort Carson, Colorado where he resides with his wife and three children.
Joanna Graham
Board Member
A desire to do things with veterans as opposed to for veterans and a love of running and service led Joanna to Team RWB in 2011. Since then, she has served in a variety of roles including Athletic Director for the DC/MD/VA chapter for four years and currently as the Chair of the Internal Affairs Committee (Board Sub-Committee). She has spent more than 15 years in the education and non-profit space and has extensive experience in global operations management and marketing. Currently, she is the Director of Academics at Veritas Prep, one of the world's largest privately owned test preparation and admissions consulting providers. She holds a BS in Language and Linguistics as well as Executive Certificates in Marketing and Finance from Georgetown University. She has also completed multiple executive education programs in global leadership and negotiation at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), The Fuqua School of Business (Duke University) and Thunderbird School of Global Management. Joanna also serves on the Military Advisory Committee for Dog Tag Bakery and the Board of Directors of the Hoya Hoop Club at Georgetown. In her free time, she's an avid ultra runner and triathlete and resides in Arlington, VA with her husband.
Larry Olson
Board Member
Larry has been on the Board of Directors at Team Red, White and Blue since its inception in 2010 and serves a dual role, both as a Board Member and a member of the Executive Committee. He served as the Marketing and Communications Director from 2010 until 2015. He is a marketing and communications executive with over 25 years of global executive-level experience in publishing, content development and marketing, branding and communications at companies that include Wiley and Oxford University Press. Larry's Board experience includes: The Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Management at the University of Pittsburgh, the Advisory Board of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics (COLE) at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and Briarcliff Manor Youth Lacrosse. In 2014, he completed an Executive Certificate in Transformational Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. He lives with his wife of twenty-six years and three children in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
Douglas P. McCormick
Board Member
Doug McCormick is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at HCI Equity Partners and oversees the origination, management and development of the Firm's investments. Mr. McCormick leads the firm's investment initiatives in the commercial aerospace, defense, distribution and industrial packaging industries. Before joining HCI Equity, he worked at Thayer Capital Partners and the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co., where he was involved in the completion of numerous mergers and acquisitions and acquisition-related financing transactions. Mr. McCormick previously served as a Captain in the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division receiving numerous awards to include Runner Up in the 1995 Best Ranger Competition. Mr. McCormick received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Bryan Patchen
Board Member
Bryan is retired from the Air Force after 20 years of flying the B-52 bomber. While in the Air Force, he flew combat missions in 3 different theaters, and was involved in strategic planning throughout the US and Europe. An Eagle since 2011, Bryan was a founding member of the Shreveport-Bossier Chapter of Team RWB. He is currently an Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines pilot and lives with his wife and 4 children in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Martin Steiner
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Martin is a retired Command Sergeant Major, enlisting in the Field Artillery in 1986, and served in both the Active component and Virginia Army National Guard. He retired with two combat deployments and a decoration for valor in combat. Martin earned a master's degree in Information Technology from the University of Maryland, and is the Director of Information Operations at the Defense Logistics Agency in Richmond, VA. Martin joined Team RWB in 2011, leading the Richmond chapter and helping to building chapters and communities throughout Virginia. He continues his service to veterans by serving on the Veteran Services Foundation Board for the Virginia Department of Veterans Services and the Veterans Advisory Council of the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program. He works closely with the Team RWB Triathlon team as the Ironman Triclub Coordinator. As a triathlete himself, he has competed in all distances of triathlon from sprints to the Ironman. Martin resides in Chesterfield, Virginia with his wife and two children.
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Kate joined Team Red, White and Blue in September of 2011 with the creation of the Western PA Chapter by her father COL(r) James Nemec. Kate helped build the new Chapter from the ground up and eventually took over as Chapter Captain in September of 2013. As an Army Veteran who believes in the crucial benefits of staying physically fit and serving others and the community, Kate was immediately drawn to the mission of Team RWB. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Gannon University in Erie, PA and after serving 5 years as an Army Officer in the Military Police Corps, Kate began a new journey as a stay-at-home mom with her 4 children. She and her teacher/coach husband, Steve, reside in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Kate is very involved in her church, coaches athletics and teaches Senior Fitness at the local YMCA.


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Methodology of Forum Communications' Senate race poll questioned
FARGO - Saturday's publication of a Forum Communications Co. poll that shows U.S. Rep. Rick Berg leading Democrat Heidi Heitkamp by 10 percentage points - with 10 percent undecided - has some calling foul on the poll's methodology.
Although experts and campaign insiders on both sides of the North Dakota U.S. Senate race agree the independent poll of 500 likely voters is not going to sway undecided voters, they disagree that the polling methodology is an accurate reflection of voter opinion.
"On the whole, it's an unreliable poll from a polling firm that has shown in the past it doesn't follow professional polling standards," said Brandon Lorenz, a spokesman for the Heitkamp campaign.
The Forum Communications poll was completed by Essman Research, a Des Moines, Iowa, firm that polled residents statewide between Oct. 12 and Oct. 15. It used a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.
The same firm was hired by Forum Communications prior to the June primary elections. The poll - which also showed Berg as a clear favorite - was criticized for polling primary voters about whom they would vote for in the general election.
Of the phone numbers randomly called in the October poll, 75 percent were landline numbers and 25 percent were cellphone numbers.
Mark Jendrysik, University of North Dakota professor of political science and public administration said the polling methodology appears fair, especially with the inclusion of cellphone numbers.
Calling cellphones is important for an accurate population representation, he said.
Retired Minnesota State University Professor and poll analyst Jim Danielson agreed with importance of using cellphone numbers, but cited the poll as not having enough.
"The latest guesstimeate is that 41 percent of adults in North Dakota are cell phone users only. That's their only number, they don't have a landline," he said.
Danielson said young voters, college students, and especially new residents living in western North Dakota are more likely to exclusively have a cellphone and many may not have a 701 area code; excluding the voters from being polled.
Danielson said the response rate of the poll - or how many of those called actually remained on the line to take the poll - is also very important.
"Some polls nationally and statewide have a response rate of 5 percent," Danielson said. "Only 5 percent of numbers you call. That's a very low rate and it's a consequence of the country being over-polled."
The sample seems to under-represent women, Danielson said. The sample reported polling 51 percent of women. He said general polls usually show a female sample of nearly 53 percent.
Danielson said he is reminded that in Heitkamp's 1992 successful bid to become the state attorney general, 30 percent of female voters sided with Heitkamp, the largest gender bias Danielson said he has ever seen.
"That degree of gender favoritism is not working to an advantage for her," Danielson said.
He said that bias could return on Nov. 6.
Berg Spokesman Chris Van Guilder said the Berg campaign is pleased with the results that show what his camp views as a realistic attitude of voters.
"I'll let others debate the merits of the methodology," he said. "We're confident that Rick's message of standing up to Barrack Obama's failed policies and repealing Obamacare and balancing the budget is resonating with voters. We feel good about the support we've received."
This is the first poll to show Berg with such a commanding lead over his challenger. A July Rasmussen poll showed Berg ahead with 49 percent to 40 percent in Heitkamp's favor.
A Mason-Dixon Poll in June showed Heitkamp leading berg 47 percent to 46 percent.
"This is not a poll that we would rely on for how we would conduct our campaign," Lorenz said. "We don't believe this poll reflects the state of the race."
To back up the claim of unfair inclusion in the poll, Lorenz pointed to the 19 percent of those polled identifying themselves as Democratic. Lorenz said the number is too low, considering 2008 exit polls showed 28 percent of the voters in the general election identified themselves as Democrats. He said the discrepancy shows a lack of accurate methodology which would favor Republican Berg.
Thirty-five percent of those polled identified themselves as Republicans, 42 percent claimed to be independents and 2 percent refused to answer the question.
Jendrysik said it's hard to tell if partisan numbers have a great impact on the polling result, especially in a state of unregistered voting.
He said he believes the poll is an example of one well-done.
Neither Danielson nor Jendrysik were surprised to see Berg land on top, but they are cautious of a 10-point lead.
"My guess is Berg's lead is less than 10 percent," Danielson said.
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LONDON — Eric Bennett was fourth in the men's individual recurve standing event in archery at the 2012 Paralympic Games on Monday.
Bennett faced Timur Tuchinov of Russia in the semifinals, and then competed against Mikhall Oyun of Russia in the bronze medal match.
Bennett, 38, of the Surprise Arizona Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lost his right arm above the elbow in a car accident when he was 15 and uses his mouth to pull back the string.
Other updates on Mormons competing in the Paralympic Games in London:1 comment on this story
Wheelchair basketball: The United States men's wheelchair basketball team beat Spain Monday 63-55 in the last round of games in the preliminary round. The USA men's team is 3-2 in the preliminary round and will go on to compete in the elimination brackets, along with a shot at a medal, starting Wednesday.
Paul Schulte, of the Bradenton Florida Stake, is the team's co-captain and played about 18-and-a-half minutes and scored four points. He also had five assists.
The teams are divided into two groups of six and each team plays all in their group. The top four teams from each group go on to the elimination rounds and have a chance for the gold.
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Cowboys practice update: Spears, Newman, Costa, Bennett out
IRVING — Injured Cowboys defensive end Marcus Spears (groin) and cornerback Terence Newman (groin) were not in uniform at Monday morning's practice at Valley Ranch. Also, center Phil Costa (knee) and tight end Martellus Bennett (ankle) weren't on the practice field this morning. Costa was riding an exercise bike in the weight room.
Wide receiver Miles Austin (hamstring) and linebacker Bradie James (foot) were in uniform but they were working with a trainer. Backup QB Jon Kitna was back in uniform. Cornerback Mike Jenkins (stinger) and offensive guard Kyle Kosier (back) were back at practice.
Fullback/linebacker Isaiah Greenhouse, who the Cowboys cut but added to their practice squad, wasn't on the field this morning.
Recently signed fullback Tony Fiammetta and offensive guard Derrick Dockery were in uniform at practice. Fiammetta is wearing uniform No. 24 and Dockery has on uniform No. 75. Safety Abram Elam is wearing uniform No. 26 now. Rookie wide receiver Dwayne Harris has changed to No. 17, DE Kenyon Coleman is now No. 99 and linebacker Alex Albright is now No. 55. Recently signed practice squad WR Andre Holmes has No. 81. Linebacker Bruce Carter, who isn't practicing and will miss the Cowboys' first six games, will wear uniform No. 54.
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This sale is now PAY WHAT YOU WANT! ($2 minimum). Everybody check this out, if we reach the goal, they will create a new level of BCIP with Fantomenk's music!
Awhile back YAWMA offered for 5 days, various indie games and music bundled together as a PWYW (Pay What You Want).
Well today, they are offering a similar deal. Going on right now, you can get the indie game: Bob Came in Pieces and the music album The Massacre from FantomenK for 2 DOLLARS MINIMUM (PWYW-Pay What You Want)
Offer link: http://groupees.yawma.net/gr8
If you already have a YAWMA account, all you have to do is sign in and select your payment (Amazon/Paypal)
Also, if they reach over 15,000 in sales, the company behind Bob will produce a custom level with music from, The Massacre album, and it will be given for free to everyone who purchases the bundle
Preview of the bundle:
Also if you want to add more games to your library, there are still PWYW offers still up (no music included):
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F*ck This Game
El Beso
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please could someone point me towards a program or some instructions on how to extract subtitles from a set of VOB files / a VIDEO_TS folder ?
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If you want .sub/.idx graphic files then ffmpegX will do it
If you want a text file .srt then D-Vision/D-Subtitler copes fairly well but when you're "training" it, be very careful about committing it to any recognitions that you're not 100% sure of or you're stuck with them for the timebeing. If you do make a mistake you can clear its vocabulary in ~/Library/Application Support/D-Vision 3/D-Subtitler/db.
thanks ffooky.
i'm trying to reauthor a disc in studio pro because there are problems with the menu navigation. i've demuxed the vobs with streamclip and need to extract the subtitles in a format that i can use to add them back to the video in studio pro.
i have ffmpegX but not sure what format to choose and which options to select ... or maybe there is another way i should be doing all this ... ?
I don't think there is a way to bring VobSub (.idx/.sub) subtitles back into a DVD project. (If there a way, I would like to know.)
You should extract the subtitles in SubRip (.srt) format. Convert that to Spruce (.stl) format, which is the format that can be imported into DVD Studio Pro. Jubler can do that conversion.
thanks case
i extract the subs with d-subtitler but still need to correct all it's mistakes. when i've done that i'll see if jubler can make this file useful in studio pro.
is there another way to do all this - is there any way for me to take the original VOB files and somehow extract them with the optional subtitles burned in to the muxed or demuxed video ?
A quick tip for editing the errors with D-Subtitler...open the .srt with TextEdit and each time you come across an error, do a Find (cmd-F) for it and just keep replacing and Find Next each instance you come across.
In my experience it's punctuation marks and consonant combinations with r and k that get mis-recognised the most.
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Berlin - Troubled German carmaker Opel is under pressure from US parent General Motors to drive back to profit and will cut working hours at a third plant, the head of the works' council said Friday.
A day after Opel announced it would introduce short-time work at its German plants in Ruesselsheim and Kaiserslautern from September, the head of the works' council said Eisenach plant would also be affected.
"We have given our agreement for several short-time shifts," Harald Lieske told AFP.
The move will affect 10 morning shifts and 10 afternoon shifts and would run from next month until the end of the year, he added.
Opel employs 1 800 workers at the Eisenach plant in central Germany where its Corsa model is produced.
Around half of the 22 100 people who work at Opel's four production plants in Germany are now hit by short-time work schemes.
Under such plans, employees see their working hours reduced for a limited period, but the state, in the form of the Federal Labour Agency, partially makes up for the corresponding shortfall in pay.
The measure was used widely by German companies, including Opel, during the crisis of 2008-2009, helped avoid widespread layoffs and allowed companies to ramp their operations up again quickly when demand recovered.
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Picture: Just Jack, The Dome 42 at TUI Arena Hannover - Red Carpet Arrivals Hamburg, Germany - 25.05.07
DJ Just Jack has slammed comments by George Michael that cannabis can help the creative process, the Sun reports.
The Starz in Their Eyes singer denied George Michael's claims that the drug helps the writing process, perhaps tarnishing his hip hop image but earning him a place in the hearts of many parents.
"It has the complete opposite effect on me. It really is a way of escaping having to work," the north London-born performer told the newspaper.
"For me, smoking weed just meant I sat and watched a load of s**t TV for hours on end when I could have been doing work. It just slows me down."
And hard-working Jack says he is dedicated to his work: "I cant function properly if I smoke. Interviews are all 'ums' and 'ahs'."
In fact, so hard-working is Jack that he reportedly worked a number of day jobs so he could perfect his sampling techniques before he made it big, including a washer-upper, a flower arranger and a shop assistant in Gap.
But with his second album, Overtones, reaching the dizzy heights of number six in the UK charts it seems Jack won't be returning to the day jobs anytime soon.
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Help me
I want eric gordon and I either wanna trade tyreke or joe johnson...
are they too much? who is a better deal for me?
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I would unload Tyreke asap mainly b/c it's unclear what will happen with him. Apparently he said he is considering foot surgery that will shut him down for 3 months.
From rotoworld:
"Tyreke Evans scored 32 points on 11-of-24 shooting (including three treys) with three rebounds, three assists, three steals, and one block in Monday's loss, but dropped a bombshell during the postgame press conference when he said he and his agent are considering a procedure on his allegedly injured foot that would keep him out for 3-4 months."
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awww shit, time to make some trades.
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NBC is still singing the same song, as steady performances from "The Voice" and "The Blacklist" handed the network its fifth straight Monday win.
The network was first in ratings with a 3.8 rating/10 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and first in total viewers with an average of 12.5 million, according to preliminary numbers.
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At 8 p.m., "The Voice" earned a 4.2/11 and 13.4 million viewers — good enough to make it the highest-rated and most-watched show of the night. "The Blacklist" at 10 received a 3.0/8 and 10.6 million.
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Fox was fourth in ratings with a 1.6/4 and in total viewers with 5.4 million. "Bones" earned a 2.1/6 and 7.5 million viewers.
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Am I kidding myself?
Every possible baby girl name I like is French... but I keep telling myself that I want a Jewish or Hebrew or Old Testament name.
Should I just give up and give my little Jewish girl a French name?
I am torn between wanting to give her an ethnically appropriate name and wanting a strong, but feminine name that everyone has heard of, but isn't common.
Suggests very welcome!
thanks in advance all!
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I would love to have a Jewish and a non-Jewish perspective on this one!
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I'm Jewish and I agree with the poster above. There can be mitigating circumstances, but I tend to think it's best to give your baby a name you love. Also, French and Jewish are not mutually exclusive categories (I mean, it's not like you have to name your baby, I don't know, Christiane or something). If honoring your Jewish heritage is important to you, but no distinctly Jewish names are singing to you for the first spot, a Jewish middle name is a nice compromise.
What names are you in love with?
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We've been through the Jewish/non-Jewish name issue a lot recently for DD2. My husband's father is Jewish, so he and our kids have a Jewish last name although they aren't Jewish.
DD1 is Naomi, so she has a pretty Jewish name too. I LOVE the French version, Noemie, and wish we'd considered it. I do like the Spanish spelling, Noemi, better though.
I also love the name Orly. I know no French person would use it as a name, but it is Jewish and French.
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I have a WMV that I made into an direct stream AVI using VirtualDub. I imported it into AviUtl and set the keyframes I wanted. The cutting went near perfect. Somehow the video actually glitches out 1 second in, and the rest is fine. Is there a possible fix for this?
I was wondering if it was because I get the "previous frame is not a keyframe" warning when I go to encode, but I mark that frame too.
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Can you upload a sample video for test?
Also try the following option in x26XGui
Also try moving the import plugin priority of L-Smash to the top(File> SETTINGS> Import plugin priority)
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I'm actually just doing AVI to AVI with no recompression so that X265 setting wouldn't work.
That L-Smash plugin isn't in the settings list either. I have the AVIMod 1.6 version.
If you are using the minimum Mod, i.e. no L-Smash, reading of wmv(in AVI) is done via vfw and that does not guarantee 100% frame accuracy.
The minimum Mod cannot read .wmv file directly.(use the extra pack instead.)
Ignoring a few keyframes should not cause significant swelling of file size, it is likely due to the codec setting to "Not compressed".(actually anything other than x264vfw will cause swelling)
Note that if you are editing using the NLE editor, manual keyframe setting using the Edit menu will not be honored.
Again, please post your original, project file and the glitched file here for investigation if possible.
I had a feeling it was due to the codec setting.
As for the L-Smash Priority option, I did get download another version, and I did try that and bumping it to the top won't allow me to import anything. I have to change the Max Image Size in System Settings but no matter what I change it to, it doesn't let me import.
You did suggest asfbin so I may just go to that if need be.
Just found that LSW seems to have a big AV-sync problem with WMV format, but fine using DirectShow import plugin.
(contacting LSW developers for verification...)
I don't seem to have AV sync issues with WMV within aviutl tested on a few wmv
I see .lwi index so I'm assuming it's using l-smash , not directshow.
But how can you force , or at least confirm what decoding pathway is currently used by a specific file in aviutl ? There is an import plugins priority setting, but that doesn't necessarily prove what is currently being used
EDIT: NM. It's info=>file info, under "file control" it will list the decoding pathway
To confirm which plugin is used for the current file, open "Info>File"
Under "File control", you can check which import plugin is in effect.
Generally speaking, the first plugin in the priority list that can open a file will be used(unless the plugin malfunction).
Since LSW and DS can open up almost anything, placing them at the top of the list nearly means forcing to use that particular plugin.
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So I did a test on a few more files, mainly AVI's created from WMV's. They all have the same codec and format of course, except for one thing. The files that keep giving me the glitch were originally encoded with Windows Movie Maker. I don't know if that program has some kind of setting I don't know about, but that's the only reasoning I can come up with, since everything else comes out just fine.
I'll use ASFBin for those, I just a thought it was a strange discovery worth mentioning.
I have talked with the developers and confirmed that the L-Smash Works Reader plugin cannot handle VFR WMV correctly. There seems to have been an attempt to make a WMV/ASF reader for virtualdub but also failed due to some technical problem...(WMV is a propriety format by M$ afterall )
The only way to handle WMV at the moment is either:
1) Make DirectShow File Reader the TOP on the list, and install K-lite codec pack
2) Use another program to try converting WMV to MP4 or TRUE avi (HuffYUV/Lagarith/UtVideo) and confirm that it is constant-framerate
3) use AviSynth and DSS2 to read the file, and install codec pack
Your use of virtualdub is redundant and may introduce unexpected problem.
For any freeware currently available, avoid WMV codec at all cost....
I have also tried editing some WMV8 video and ASFBin also FAILED(completely out-of-sync)
But this is true for editing of any VFR videos in general , not just WMV . MKV, FLV, MP4 can be (and quite commonly are) VFR as well
Those 3 options (and other variations) basically convert it to CFR before editing. The 4th option is to use vfr.py with avisynth, editing it in VFR, and keeping VFR timecodes
Eitherway, VFR isn't really meant to be edited; it's supposed to be an end format
But the OP's problem is more likely a decoding glitch, probably unrelated to VFR
The problem with VFR WMV is... there is no easy way to confirm it as VFR or CFR: MediaInfo may not give reliable info on this.
Since the OP did not give any sample for examination nor detailed workflow, I can't reproduce the problem and my best guess is VFR...
I tried using the WMV sample that came with Win7 ("Wildlife.wmv") which has the following properties:
Format : VC-1
Format profile : Advanced@L3
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile
Duration : 30s 97ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 5 942 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.215
Stream size : 21.3 MiB (85%)
Language : English (US)
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 192 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 30s 92ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 705 KiB (3%)
Language : English (US)
Setting key frames (Edit> Set as keyframe) at random locations, then exporting to either AVI(UtVideo 420 BT.709) or MP4(x264) has no error at all.
(FYI: a 11 seconds extract converting into an AVI using UtVideo codec gives around 133MB)
so without the info for the source, i can guess:
1> VFR video? Script-embedded WMV?
2> a specific problem for WMV in AVI container?
3> Vdub's problem?
4> Source video already has minor corruption?
5> old WMV versions?
For 2, it is meaningless as it is outright pointless to use WMV in AVI;
For 3, I don't want to wrong Vdub without solid evident;
For 4 and 5, can't tell without the file at hand or at least without a MediaInfo report;
While 1 can likely be encountered.
Recently I am really getting fed up with this kind of comments "Your program gives error, period"/"It doesn't work, period".
I have to rant somewhere or I'm getting nut...
This kind of comment is NOT bug report and unfair to developers. Layman searching the Internet rarely seriously think about it and take the comment as valid for granted and negative comments stay in memory longer than positive ones. If the report is valid, fine; but without concrete info, the developer can't really do anything about it, and in a lot of case, it is the user's fault. So the developer take the blame without a chance to appeal.
I think EVERY AV/PC forum should put up a notice like this:
When seeking for help, please observe the following or the post will be removed:
1> Be concrete and specific with your problem
2> Report the error message, either in text form or as screenshot, if any
3> If the problem involve some files, upload a zipped sample. For Video file, a report from MediaInfo is essential if providing the actual sample is not possible.
4> Steps that can reproduce the problem, in as much details as possible, unless the error seems random
5> Report your PC spec, at minimum: CPU model, OS, Graphics chipset/card
If You are going to edit a crappy source like wmv, then it may be a good idea to import via Avisynth script if you don't want to transcode into intermediate....
v=FFvideoSource("C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv").assumefps(30000,1001) a=FFAudioSource("C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv") AudioDub(v, a) ConverttoYUY2()
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For the last 12 years my hobby has been overloading guns to see what happens.
Maybe a Contender is not stronger than the brass, because it is thin.
But any 98 Mauser I have seen, and I have over 50, is stronger than the brass.
Rem 700, Sav 110, Howa 1500, Mosin Nagant etc are all stronger than the brass.
But when the brass fails, what action do you want to be shooting?
A 98 Mauser is a little better than a pre 64 Win M70 and a lot better than a Rem 700.
But the 98 Mauser is no where near as good as a Handi rifle nor Sav 219 nor as good as the best I have tested... a Ruger #1.
What goes wrong with a case head blows off is that pieces of the 98 Mauser extractor, case head pieces, and gas come back and could hit the shooter. If the case head just swells up and the primer pocket gets big, the 98 Mauser is good for gas. It has a multi stage gas filter and shroud on the firing pin.
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Formerly a member of the rap group Public Enemy, Flavor Flav has somehow managed to start an entirely new career as a reality TV star, first with "The Surreal Life", then with "Strange Love" and then with the immensely popular - and somehow enjoyably trashy despite itself - "Flavor of Love". Ridiculous, over-the-top and unpredictable, Flavor Flav is a prime choice for a comedic roast, and that's what he gets here on this Comedy Central special.
There's been a lot of Comedy Central roasts in the past, and while they've been pretty funny, I've felt that some of the comedians in past roasts were taking it easy on the roastee, throwing softballs. Not so this time around, as this roast actually gets rather brutal at times (well, at least for a Comedy Central show), starting with Greg Giraldo's hit at Jimmy Kimmel (recovering from having his appendix removed): "Apparently you can get appendicitis from being overrated." Kimmel strikes back, ripping into the girls from the "Flavor of Love" show in the audience, only to have them flip him off and curse him out. Kimmel's fantastic response to the women, "Yes, that'll change the perceptions about you."
Jeffrey Ross has a few good jabs, including: "This is impossible! How do we embarass a crackhead who wears a viking helmet?" "You've set African-Americans back 20 years and Viking-Americans back 850 years." There's also another gem from Ross to Flav: "You sold out quicker than the IPhone." Carrot Top manages to get a few good jokes out (and a few mildly funny props - Oswald: "Do you make those props yourself, or do you have a workshop of unfunny elves?"), but Brigitte Nielsen falls flat and while I think Patton Oswald's hilarious, his act here's uneven.
One surprise is Snoop Dogg, who's actually pretty funny ("I tried to listen to one of Ice-T's songs on the way up here, but I didn't have a cassette player in my car.") Katt Williams hosts and does a fantastic job, standing out as one of the best roast hosts these programs have had. Overall, while there was a few minor down spots throughout this program, it was otherwise one of the best - if not the best - Comedy Central roasts I've seen.
This is extended and uncensored.
The DVD
VIDEO: The show is presented in its original 1.33:1 full-frame aspect ratio by Paramount. Video quality is just fine, with crisp detail and only a bit of minor shimmering. Colors appeared bright and bold, with nice saturation and no smearing.
SOUND: The DVD presentation offers a crisp stereo soundtrack, with clear dialogue.
EXTRAS: There's a pre-show and post-show interview featurette included. We also get red carpet interviews hosted by another (see also the other "Roast" DVD featurettes) annoying interviewer (seriously, do they teach these people how to be annoying or is it just natural? - zing.) We also get a tour of Flav's trailer and some "Flav-cam" clips from behind-the-scenes.
Final Thoughts: Overall, while there was a few minor down spots throughout this program, it was otherwise one of the best - if not the best - Comedy Central roasts I've seen. The DVD presentation offers fine audio/video quality and a few good extras. Recommended.


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It is difficult to imagine a more startling thesis in a book about black America than the one stated in "Gender Talk." Co-authors Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall assert the antagonisms and communication problems between men and women are more damaging to the black community than issues of race alone.
These two women -- friends and serious scholars -- have produced a book both courageous and informative. They open windows and boldly air their "race's dirty linen" in this meticulously researched and documented work.
When Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in the fall of 1991, the complexities of black gender drew the attention of the whole nation, causing wide public fascination and confusion. This was something new. It seemed the white community long had assumed a sort of collegiality among blacks.
My personal awakening to the perplexing and complicated nature of black male-female relations came from reading Alice Walker's "The Color Purple." I never could quite understand the passage where Celie, having suffered continual abuse from both her stepfather and husband, offers such seemingly illogical advice to her stepbrother, Harpo, on how to handle his strongly independent wife Sofia. Although Celie and Sofia are friends and Harpo possesses a confused sense of his masculinity, she tells him, "Beat her."
In truth, as Cole and Guy-Sheftall reveal, that culture retains a long-held value to close ranks and protect men at all costs. Any black woman who goes against a brother is vilified and scorned. "Thomas's support in the black community actually increased after Hill's charges of sexual misconduct," they write. "He became yet another example of a Black man targeted by the system presumably for sexual crimes he did not commit."
The authors present a credible rationale for the tangled web of black gender issues, going back to the institution of slavery. Enslaved men were so emasculated by white owners and so unable to protect their women that even in freedom, black women worked overtime to build up, support and defend their men. This attitude has resulted in a patriarchal society, one in which some black men have abused their women and children from a latent need to exert their authority, expressed in bruising hyper-masculinity.
I must say, Cole and Guy-Sheftall tackle some weighty subjects. They examine the black church and its dominance over women, the homophobia rampant among blacks, and the growing problem of HIV/AIDS -- now the leading cause of death for black women 25 to 44 in the United States. That fact shocked me. I wonder if it likewise shocks the women of the black community.
The authors also focus on little-known bits of black cultural history, such as the female lynchings that took place after the Civil War and lasted to the time of the Depression. Nothing they write is meant to be sensational, yet I constantly was jolted into fresh awareness of what they refer to as "intraracial gender matters." They bravely step into the world of hip-hop music and its generally vulgar lyrics, which celebrate men's dominance over and denigration of women. Cole and Guy-Sheftall are genteel, educated women -- one a college president and the other a professor and editor -- yet they choose to delve into dark spaces in order to expose and possibly correct areas of their culture badly in need of change.
Statistics indicate black women are graduating from college in record numbers and moving into highly paid professional careers. Hollywood presents images of Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg living it up in Jamaica, having it all. Despite these hard-fought gains, the authors detail how black women are losing respect in their own community, are remaining partner-less and suffering from rape and incest in order to prop up black men, and no one wants to talk about it. Silence reigns.
"Gender Talk" presents many voices along with those of the authors, and the quotations compare with cut crystal, they are so clear. Consider this comment of Byllye Avery: "The number one issue for most of our sisters is violence -- battering, sexual abuse."
How pathetic to note the only gender issue discussed ad nauseam in the media today concerns the trivial question of whether a woman golfer should be allowed to compete equally with men. Thank goodness for a strong and growing black intelligentsia in America and for the forum provided by this book to raise difficult but substantive matters. The voices speaking here deserve an audience.
This is a work of impressive scholarship, broadly researched and carefully footnoted. Yet it reads easily and the subject is truly fascinating. The authors weave their arguments from painful human histories. Considering the ongoing disrespect and actual brutality toward black women, I detected no off-putting anger and blame, just refreshing consistency and a clean, proud tone.
Although Cole and Guy-Sheftall offer no easy answers, they do end with humor and hope, recounting advice from an African American brother encouraging them to practice the Noah Principle. "There will be no more credit for predicting the rain," he tells them. "It's time to build the ark."
("Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities" by Johnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ballantine Books, 228 pages, $24.95)


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I think it's safe to say that if you're a bad guy in this crazy world of ours, there are only three rules you need to keep in mind so as not to die an early death: 1) Never, ever kidnap or endanger Liam Neeson's family members; 2) Never, ever kidnap things that belong to Tony Jaa; and 3) Gina Carano is not to be messed with.
Alas, the bad guys didn't listen to rule #3, and so former MMA and cinematic bad girl Gina Carano is now looking to kick their ass in her latest actioner "In the Blood". Check out the first image from the film below.
Anchor Bay has also announced that they've picked up the John Stockwell-directed film for distribution, and is eying a limited theatrical release in 2014, along with a Blu-ray/DVD/VOD release to be jointly distributed with Fox.
"In the Blood" will star Carano as "a wife whose husband disappears while they're on their honeymoon in the Caribbean. She takes matters into her own hands and pursues the men who took him, uncovering a deeper conspiracy."
The film also stars Stephen Lang, Luis Guzman, Cam Gigandet, Danny Trejo, Treat Williams, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Yvette Yates, and Amaury Nolasco (who I think is the poor fellow in the pic below with Carano, though I could be wrong).
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Former NHL enforcer Donald Brashear is continuing his fistic pursuits in mixed martial arts, and he put his hockey skills to use Saturday in Quebec City. His debut bout was smashing -- Brashear defeated Mathieu Bergeron in 21 seconds with a technical knockout.
Brashear has a three-fight deal with Canadian-based Ringside MMA.
The match was one-sided, as Brashear dropped Bergeron with a right hook after the opening bell, according to CBC Sports. A few blows later, the referee stopped the bout.
Brashear, 39, had 2,634 penalty minutes in NHL 1,025 games. He also had 85 goals and 120 assists over 16 seasons.
Like Brashear, Bergeron is an MMA newcomer. He took the beating after two other opponents dropped out because of injuries.
"I threw a little of what I practiced for the first guy and a little of what I practiced for the second guy and put it into the fight with the third guy," Brashear told CBC.
Touting his pro hockey past, Brashear arrived at the arena carrying a Philadelphia Flyers hockey bag.
Two bouts remain on his contract and Brashear sounds eager to engage in future combat.
"I'm having fun learning it," he said. "I haven't done much fighting yet. I love learning it and the fight was fun."


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Looking through the extended comments in the posting I did recently about the comments being put into Open XML, one theme that is being referred to often is about who is participating and th eimplications of that. I find this particular piece of the discussion intersting. I have absolutely no problem with interested parties participating in the processs of standardization. That means both people who agree with and disagree with me (or in this case - with my company). The whole point of my posting was to disagree with the insinuations being made on this front. I think as many individuals and organizations who are interested (either from a technical or business perspective) should have a say in the process. I think one situation I would disagree with is if one party had wholly or partially-owned subsidiaries brought onto committees to vote as a block - that would seem wrong to me. Working with your business partners or like-minded orgs is what collaboration is all about and that is fine. The fact that support letters get sent in - even if it is the same letter 100 times - means that those orgs cared enough to list their name in support of a given goal. (I'm pretty sure this what petitions and many other forms of participation look like in other arenas).
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RAYMOND, Wash. – The Raymond Fire Department is warning of crafting with christmas lights, the finished product isn't always fire safe.
This morning a Pacific County family woke to a home full of smoke thanks to a craft project that the family had bought at a bazaar. A vase was filled with potpourri and a small set of white Christmas lights. After time those lights overheated and smoldered the potpourri, smoking up the home.
The Raymond Fire Department said on their facebook page that in another hour or two it would have for sure caught fire.
Simple Christmas lights are used in many décor projects, please remember these types of lights are designed to be stretched out and not balled up. They can easily overheat and cause a fire!


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With all the media devices out there, how do you know when it's the right time to allow your children's introduction to cell phones and iPads?
Media technology is becoming a regular part of children's lives. More and more schools are incorporating technological devices such as iPads and computers into the classroom and learning experience. And, cell phones are used for more than just calling people.
But do these media devices help or hinder your child's education and growth?
As a parent, it's important to monitor when and how your child is accessing these devices.
Dr. David Hill and Melanie Cole, MS, discuss when it's time to give your child his first cell phone or iPad, as well as tips on making sure your child is using these devices appropriately.


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Share prices in Indian companies producing the deadly dye Sudan 1 have rocketed as Britain steps up its dietary intake of the cancer-causing colorant.
It is now reckoned that 95 per cent of all food consumed in the UK is heavily laced with the chemical and it seems consumers just can't get enough.
Already present in everything from baby food to international cuisine takeaway meals, the uptake of Sudan 1 - outlawed everywhere else in the world - has caught chemical companies in India unaware and many have now been forced into 24/7 working to keep up with the soaring demand.
In fact, Britain has taken the chemical so much to heart - as well as to its liver and colon - that some of the country's most fashionable restaurants have now added bottles of the toxin to tables to stand proudly alongside the usual condiments of salt and pepper.
Sefton Delmer, owner of the five-star Hoffman's in London's fashionable West End, said: "Yes, we know there are dangers associated with Sudan 1 but I believe our clientele are well aware that life is all about having everything in moderation.
"Most of our dishes contain just enough to tickle the palate.
"All our starters, main courses and most of our desserts have some traces of Sudan. However, we won't dictate to the discerning diner so we have provided them with the opportunity to add more to suit their particular taste."
With the British government totally relaxed over the astonishing surge in demand for Sudan 1, despite stringent controls being in place elsewhere in the civilised world, the chemical manufacturers behind its production can barely conceal their glee.
Imran Jophur, managing director of Bhopal Inc, revealed that the KSE 100 Index showed the company's standing, which was 4027.34 on 30 September 2004, reached 5436.60 by 28 February 2005, an astonishing 35% increase. Similarly, market capitalisation increased to UK£ 16.57 million in the 4th quarter of 2004 from UK£0.0001 million in the previous quarter, thereby recording a net appreciation in the prices of shares by UK£ 16.569 billion.
The average daily turnover has also recorded considerable improvement at 809.2 million shares during the period as compared to 1,200 shares in the previous year.
"It's an incredible boost for our business," said Mr Jophur. "We really appreciate the efforts by Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Ministers which have allowed us access to his country's food chain.
"It has been an example of visionary politics."
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Must win game #82.
The schizophrenic Vancouver Canucks host the Oilers in an attempt to pass their mental instability onto their fans. The test tonight can only result in a Canucks win, which will get all our hopes up for a final game against Calgary on Saturday. From there, who knows - the test may continue into April, as large segments of test subjects (known as bandwagoners) join in. The only hope of saving the fans from mental breakdown and alcoholism is to lose tonight, but that would undo a full season testing, which would have to start over in October.


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Revise Us Again calls us to revisit and return to God's original script for living. Every person follows a script for living, a life-guide that offers cues for our behavior and direction for our choices. As believers, the Word of God gives us a script for experiencing life as God intended. Yet our scripts are often distorted by our environment, our culture, and our religious traditions. As a result, all of us are in constant need of revising the scripts that we live by.
Author Frank Viola believes we need to revisit and revise what it means to live the Christian life. Drawing from his rich background in ministry, Viola shares how believers can benefit from rescripting their lives in 10 key areas. Written in a conversational tone and filled with practical insights, Revise Us Again is ideal for any listener who longs to follow God's original script for living.
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With the economy in tatters and the last decade's prosperity appearing a sham, some of the most influential tastemakers in comedy are turning to black humor and delusional characters to match the disaffected times.
"Observe and Report," which opened last week and stars Seth Rogen as a brutality-bent security guard who dreams of vengeful glory, has more in common with "Taxi Driver" than "Knocked Up." One of the darkest widely released comedies in years, "Observe and Report" makes direct references to the recession-era Martin Scorsese 1976 film that celebrates its psychotic hero.
The film, written and directed by Jody Hill, follows "Eastbound & Down," the pitch- black HBO series about a washed-up baseball player, played by Danny McBride.
Will Ferrell and collaborator Adam McKay -- a year removed from their most twisted film, "Step Brothers" -- just finished a Broadway run of "You're Welcome, America," in which Ferrell played President George W. Bush.
"Now that the whole system has collapsed and been shown for what it is, if you went and did a comedy like `The Animal' or `Wayne's World' -- a great comedy -- it wouldn't work now," said McKay. "If you're going to do comedy about (today's times), you better get a little dangerous and ugly."
The turn comes on the heels of a dominant run by lovable losers and earnest outsiders, highlighted by "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," "Old School," "Knocked Up," "Pineapple Express," "Wedding Crashers," "Superbad," "Talladega Nights" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
Often with Judd Apatow or McKay behind the camera, the films have come from an overlapping and likable group of actor-comedians including Ferrell, Rogen, Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Jonah Hill. On TV, Tina Fey's "30 Rock" and the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" have similarly featured a brand of comedy that suggested you could be both funny and nice.
But there's been a disturbance in the force.
"We like starting with a character that you're disgusted by and hate," McBride says, "but somehow you can't take your eyes off watching his story and seeing where it goes."
No one is pushing comedy into darker territory more than McBride, Hill and their other writing partner, Ben Best. The three went to film school in North Carolina together and first collaborated on the cult comedy "The Foot Fist Way," in which McBride played an arrogant tae kwon do instructor.
In "Eastbound & Down," McBride stars as Kenny Powers, a foul-mouthed relief pitcher, whose 'roid rage and declining fastball boot him out of baseball and bring him back to his hometown as a substitute teacher. Despite a big league ego, he's a small-town failure, resorting to drugs and strippers.
If anyone, Powers is the face of the new dark comedy.
"We don't play the comedy for laughs," said Hill, who also co-wrote and co-directed "Eastbound & Down." "A lot of the stuff that people maybe are going to be shocked about or think `That's dark, they went too far' -- I think that's just funny."
Hill believes "Observe and Report" is best viewed as a serious film with comedy in it. He dislikes broad comedies, and instead cites `70s anti-hero character-driven films like Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" and Sam Peckinpah movies.
"The Sopranos," Hill said, was "funnier than a comedy."
Clearly, the visions of McBride and Hill appeal to other comedians. Ferrell and McKay's production company picked up "Foot Fist Way" and the two were executive producers on "Eastbound & Down."
"You're seeing more characters who are way out of touch with their lack of success and come down almost in a death thrall," said McKay. "The shading has gotten a little darker, there's no question."
Fans of Rogen who come to "Observe and Report" expecting something in the Apatow vein are bound to be surprised.
"It's always exciting when you find something you really like that you can tell is not what you're doing," said Rogen. "Our movies have some shocking stuff in them but I would never really describe them as dark. `Pineapple Express' has tons of people getting murdered, but I really would never call it a dark movie by any stretch of the imagination. A violent one, but it's all light and in good fun."
Black comedy has never had the reputation of tremendous commercial appeal. Good ones can have staying power, their bitterness still powerful years later -- movies like Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964), Sidney Lumet's "Network" (1976) and Alexander Payne's "Election" (1999).
But persuading studios to bankroll darker material isn't always easy. After all, the more palatable Apatow formula still appears to be working: The recently released bromance, "I Love You, Man," with Rudd and Segel, has grossed $50 million in its first three weeks of release.
An early lesson in commercial success for Apatow was the 1996 dark comedy "The Cable Guy," which he co-wrote and produced. Though the Jim Carrey film made $60 million, it was considered a flop.
Instead, Apatow pursued realistic, warmhearted comedy in the tradition of "Terms of Endearment." This summer, he'll release his most dramatic film yet: "Funny People," in which Adam Sandler plays a standup with terminal cancer.
"Step Brothers," starring Ferrell and John C. Reilly as middle-aged boys still living with their parents, took the comic standby of adolescent adulthood further than it had ever been taken. It grossed just over $100 million, suggesting moviegoers might follow their comic heroes' darker flights of fancy.
McKay and Ferrell are preparing a movie -- already bought by Sony -- tentatively titled "B-Team," to star Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops. Said McKay: "Crime has been turned upside down, so we're trying to play with those kind of ideas."
McBride acknowledges that HBO might not have been quite aware of what it was getting when it signed on for "Eastbound & Down." Their pitch, McBride said, suggested his character would learn from his young students.
HBO was initially "very split" on "Eastbound & Down," McKay said. But ratings continually increased for the six-episode series and last week, HBO announced the show will return for a second season next year.
Hill gives every credit to Warner Bros. for giving him freedom on "Observe and Report." But he acknowledges that he has had to listen "a lot" to executives concerned about offending various demographics. In its first weekend of release, it took in $11.1 million, a fair but unremarkable debut.
"Hopefully what 'Eastbound & Down' and now this movie does, it will (be like how) Elvis Presley is not shocking anymore," said Hill. "Somebody else or we'll try something new that will take things up a level again."
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Do I have diabetes?
Do I have type 2 diabetes? I'm so scared right now. I'm going to let my doctor know next week.
I have had these symptoms for a while now :
- frequent hunger
- frequent urination
- sleep problems
- contant fatigue
- slow healing from injuries (eg. bruises)
- mood issues, depression
- digestion problems, protein found in urine, asked to take digestive enzymes
- sleepy right after eating (especially if food contains carbs)
- low sex drive
- sometimes passing gas/bloating after a meal
- frequent yeast infections
I recently had these symptoms after a cold/sore throat that lasted a month :
- excessive thirst, especially at night
- poor blood circulation (sleep on one side, the other side goes cold)
- cold hands/feet
- dry mouth, mouth sores when eating apple
- naturopath told me my insulin level is at 181 (60 is normal), he prescribed UltraMeal Bar for symptoms of metabolic syndrome
I am 33 years old, 5'1" 93lb (underweight), and do not have weight loss (I've always been this skinny no matter how much I eat, may have celiac disease since doctor told me about trying a gluten-free diet). The only person in my family with diabetes is an uncle who passed away due to diabetes.
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