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On the Ropes Trailer (1999)
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Oh, Vienna... The cultural capital of the world, renowned for its architecture and music, liberal thinking and more than 150,000 student places in private and public universities.
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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Suffolk, United Kingdom (PressExposure) September 01, 2009 -- For Immediate Release
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HOUSTON -- Rice Food Markets here said last week it plans to sell or close more than half its stores and change its corporate name.
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The Age Of Steam - Poem by David Lewis Paget
The news spread over the countryside
As a clatter from iron rails,
The ominous sound of clacketty-clack
From their intersecting trails,
The plodding Goods of the 0-4-0
To the proud Express from Cheam,
It muttered as it was going past,
'They're going to get rid of Steam! '
The sudden shock brought an answering hoot
From the stack of the proud Express,
That whispered by on its 4-6-2
But shuddered to draw its breath.
'And what will they pull their Pullmans with? '
As it passed through an April shower,
A 4-6-0 on another track:
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The steam from the Earl of Erin laid
A trail through the valley floor,
Its coals glowed red from the firebox grid
As the fireman shovelled more,
A Day Excursion that quietly sat
To wait for the train to pass,
Had whispered, 'Sorry to see you go,
You're King of the Master Class.'
The smoke that billowed from out the stack
Had turned from white to black,
The footplate shuddered, the furnace roared
As it raced along the track,
'They say they're moving to diesel power
And they're getting rid of steam, '
The Earl of Erin had hurtled by
As a Tank Engine had screamed!
The driver, checking the frantic pace
Was trying to slow it down,
But nothing worked, not even the brakes,
'We're headed for Hampton Town!
We shouldn't be doing sixty-five
We're twenty over the top,
He slammed the door of the firebox shut
And the fireman's shovel dropped.
The tender's couplings opened up
And the Pullmans fell away,
The Earl of Erin had surged ahead
With a new found power that day,
It passed a struggling 0-4-0
As it headed toward the sea,
Gave one long blast on its whistle then
To say, 'I'm finally free! '
The fireman jumped at the water tower,
The glass was going down,
The driver jumped when it hurtled through
The Halt at Hampton Town,
The Earl of Erin went racing on
When the sea came into view,
But locked the brakes at the water's edge
Just as the boiler blew.
The Earl of Erin's a rusted wreck
That still sits there on the line,
And children crawl on its footplate there
And dream of another time,
A time of dragons, a time of trains
A time they can only dream,
The age of romance, gone at last,
It died with the age of steam!
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Audio Teachings of Calvary Chapel Lakeside
Our audio teachings are available for download as Podcasts in the iTunes Music Store. This is a free, convenient way to download our audio files and transfer them to your iPod. However, only the most recent 301 files are listed by iTunes. Older files must be obtained from this website.
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Unanswered: Access/ODBC/SQL Server Fun and Games
Right Chaps...
We have a single copy of an access database to be held on a server, which will be accessed via a shortcut to a shared path holding the database on 2 or 3 client machines.
Problem is...
The database has three tables in it which come from an SQL Server database. In the previous incarnation of the system, the database was only used on one machine, and so one local User DSN pointing to the appropriate SQL database did the trick....
However, now, I think I need a DSN on each machine that will access the central database file... This works when opening the database from the machine where it actually lives, but Access dies a spectacular death if I try to open it from a remote machine.
Yes I know it sound like a bad solution, and it is, but I'm not designing I'm just following up help-calls from the users...
Any clues as to where I'm going wrong, or whether this is even possible would be much appreciated.
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It's a little trickier if you're not "designing". There are methods to programmatically link tables from within access using vba. You may be able to pull off a file dsn as well...oh yeah... documentation... I have heard of that.
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WHen you open your connection, call out this new name. YOu would want to share the directory where the database resides also. GOod luck
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20-year-old dies at hospital after being shot in Columbia Heights home
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (KMSP) - Police and sheriff's officials are looking for several persons of interest in the murder of a 20-year-old Minneapolis man in Columbia Heights late Saturday night.
Police were dispatched to a home in the 1200 block of Circle Terrace just before midnight on a report of shots fired. Several people had left the home before police arrived, including the victim. He was brought to Unity Hospital by acquaintances, but transported to North Memorial Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
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Rethink Afghanistan Trailer (2009)
02 October 2009
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed) carefully examines the war in Afghanistan, raising challenging questions about the destabilization of Pakistan, U.S. troop escalation, ballooning military costs, civilian casualties and much more. Through fascinating interviews with Afghans, veterans, reporters, ex-CIA agents and foreign-policy experts, Greenwald's incisive documentary urges an immediate de-escalation of the conflict.
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As fruits ripen, they become sweeter as starches are converted to sugars. The process is stimulated by the phytohormone ethylene. Some fruits will continue to ripen after they are harvested, such as bananas and pears. These fruits are called climacteric. However, some fruits stop ripening when they are removed from the plant, and these are called non-climacteric. They are not induced to further ripen by ethylene and will begin to deteriorate, so they should be placed into cold storage as soon as possible.
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Citrus (Citrus spp.) are fruits that grow on small to medium-size trees with dense foliage in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. The trees are evergreen, and the creamy white flowers are sweetly fragrant. Citrus includes some well-known fruits such as oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, lemons and limes and also some lesser known fruits such as kumquats and tangelos. The fruits are acidic and a great source of vitamin C. Although many people do not refrigerate oranges, they'll last longer when refrigerated.
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- The Masters of Horticulture: Green Strawberries (Or Fun With Ethylene)
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- Flordata: Punica Granatum
- Forest Service Department of Agriculture: Litchi Chinensis
- The Old Farmer's Almanac: Cucumbers
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- Backyard Gardener: Cucurbito Pepo
- Floridata: Solanum melongena
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I've spent the last couple days recuperating from the sleep deprivation during OSCON. While I had an absolute blast in Portland, it has been really nice sleeping in my own bed (as late as I want) the last couple nights. In any case, before I go back to work tomorrow I figured I'd better do the write-up for the final day (Friday) at OSCON.
I actually woke up late and missed the first keynote of the day which was unfortunate since I heard it was actually really interesting. However, when you've been up until 4 - 5 AM every night for three nights in a row and set your alarm for 8 PM instead of 8 AM, you're going to wake up late. Fortunately, I made it to the convention only halfway through the second keynote. Unfortunately, the Ximian (now Novell) guys were right last night. The presentation was really boring. Apparently Novell had a different presenter lined up but something fell through and they had to go to a back-up. Or something like that. Like I said, I showed up in the middle and almost fell back asleep.
After the keynotes were over I went to a very poorly attended but interesting presentation from Edward Moy from Apple. He started by describing his history, how he worked into Berkley then Parc then Apple, which was interesting if not a bit narcissistic. The second half of the presentation was far more interesting when he actually started talking about software management, a topic near to my heart.
Edward said two things that I found extremely amusing. First, "exhaustive analysis of software management is difficult and often fails." With more explanation it became clear that Edward was noting that there are lots of rules around software management and cataloging them has never proven successful. Not sure I completely agree with that, but it certainly sounds a lot like my First Axiom of Setup. The second point Edward made was that "new issues always pop up." I seriously started chuckling when he said that. Here was an engineer from Apple talking to a room with about six or so geeks in it about the Second Axiom of Setup. I was tickled to get such validation of my personal theories.
From there Edward walked into how they were building on XAR, Arusha, YAP, and ZODB and how he would go in to add the appropriate features as necessary. This process absolutely fascinated me. He was improving Open Source projects because that was helping him get his job done. Oh, how I hope one day Microsoft reaches a point where we can partake in projects at this intimate a level.
After Edward's talk I went to a presentation titled "Open Source: Economic Nonsense". Kent Beck made a bunch of interesting and sometimes contrary statements trying to stir up the idea that somehow there is a way to make money while working directly on Open Source projects. I can't say I remember most of his points (they weren't really hanging together for me), but I was amused when he tried to argue that working on Open Source works the opposite from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. In other words, Open Source developers were already "self-actualized" and were working down the pyramid to get improve their esteem (respect of others), find love (others really respect and maybe a gf), and eventually work themselves into a shelter, food, clothing. It is an interesting theory.
There was a short break while I listened to r0ml and Stephen discuss the "Economic Nonsense" presentation. R0ml seemed to think Kent had borrowed a couple pages from Stephen's playbook and they went along discussing that. Soon enough the main ballroom was set up again and we went in for the last keynote of the day.
Stephen had told me that last year Milton's presentation behind the scenes of Lord Of The Rings (LOTR) was amazing. Well, some of the numbers Milton was throwing around--like the number of rendering machines going from 500 for the first movie to 1400 for the second to 3300 for the third--were interesting it was a very impassioned presentation. However, right in the middle of his talk Milton started a rather scathing discussion about RedHat's latest service agreements. Apparently, the price point for RedHat is not as attractive with their latest changes, especially when you have as many machines as Milton does to render LOTR and future projects. Milton also noted that switching off of RedHat wasn't necessarily an option because independent software vendors (ISVs) want to minimize the number of Linux platforms they certify on. RedHat is obviously one of the few vendors that ISVs consider. So, Milton is finding that it is very easy to end up locked-in to a certain Linux vendor if you want your systems supported.
It was fascinating to see someone from a company who only uses computers because it makes their day to day business functions easier or, in this case, even possible so clearly describe the problems that platform companies (like RedHat) encounter when the platform becomes successful. It'll be interesting to see how RedHat manages their future now that they are starting to have similar problems faced by companies like Microsoft and Apple for years.
So, that's it. There is my "trip report" of OSCON 2004. Maybe I'll go back and add some of my smaller insights over time but I feel like I've captured the general feel of OSCON for me in the last few blog entries. I hope you enjoyed the trip as much as I did. Now it is time to get back to talking about the Windows Installer XML toolset since 2.0.1927.1 was released late week with tons of cool new stuff in it.
If you have questions or comments about OSCON, please feel free to leave them here. If there are enough interesting questions I'll definitely reach back into the last week and try to pull out some memories. Until then, keep coding, you know I am (now that I'm home again).


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The Vote That Mattered
I don't know about you, but I was up very late last Tuesday night….
But I wasn't that concerned about the presidential election — in full disclosure, I absolutely hated both candidates, as you may have read in Outsider Club on election day.
There was another vote that captured my attention entirely: the vote that would define the single best investment of the next decade.
I'm talking about the Prop 64 ballot in California to legalize recreational marijuana…
It passed, and it is a massively important day for any marijuana investor.
Not only did California — the largest economy in the U.S. and one that's bigger than France, India, and Italy — pass the law, but Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada legalized marijuana as well. These states alone could easily double the multibillion-dollar market for pot products.
With California leading the way, we're going to see a domino effect, bringing legalization to the rest of the country. For marijuana investors like me, it is the prize jewel of the whole election.
Here's why you need to start investing now…
Before last week, only four states had legalized recreational marijuana: Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. That was already a massive success…
According to ArcView Research, "Legal cannabis sales in the United States jumped 17 percent, to $5.4 billion, in 2015 and are expected to grow by 25 percent this year, to $6.7 billion." But there are already some pretty stellar predictions for what the industry will look like now that the new states have signed on...
The market for recreational marijuana could explode to $21 billion by 2020, according to New Frontier Data. That's a massive increase from the $5.7 billion last year and the projected $7.9 billion this year. Based on the success of the elections, I think that is a foregone conclusion...
"Despite broad political division in the country, cannabis seems to be the one factor that has drawn universal support," John Kagia, executive vice president for industry analytics at New Frontier Data, told CNN.
The political takeaway here is obvious: businesses like this bring in a tremendous amount of tax dollars and new jobs.
In Colorado alone, legal marijuana sales reached $996 million last year, bringing in $163 million in tax dollars. That makes it the second largest revenue source — three times larger than alcohol, and 14% larger than casinos. According to the Marijuana Policy Group, marijuana tax revenues will overtake cigarettes by 2020.
Washington State brought in $77 million its first year — which is impressive — but that figure is projected to jump to around $270 million this year.
Oregon began selling marijuana towards the end of last year. By January it was pulling in around $3.5 million in taxes — which was three times more than analysts had predicted.
The industry also created more than 18,000 new full-time jobs in Colorado alone. That isn't just entrepreneurs starting pot shops, but those who provide lighting equipment, rent warehouse space, and hold retail positions. Other jobs include providing security, legal representation, and accounting services.
So what could a state like California pull in? Estimates are targeting around $1 billion!
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That is to say that Donald Trump won't do anything to stop this. He's preached for American jobs to return. He's talked about American ingenuity Making America Great Again. He's also talked about lowering the tax burden on Americans. This industry checks all of those boxes...
Trump has fully supported medical marijuana and has said of recreational marijuana: "I really believe we should leave it up to the states."
He's also said that the U.S. has been losing the "War on Drugs" ever since it started, and that legalization was the only way to "win."
I disagree with him on a great many things, but I will agree on this one.
My Crow's Nest readers have already been winning:
- 613% on a major Canadian cannabis grower
- 225% on a cannabis capital group
- 100% on a U.S. cannabis firm (in a few hours)
- 93% on a medical marijuana firm
- 73% on a Canadian cannabis producer
And we're just getting started... I have four new stocks in the hopper, ready to be deployed.
But you really need to start today. This is the wave I'm been preaching about for two years now. So, as a fellow investor, I beg you to get involved before you pass over the best investment opportunity of your lifetime.
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New Delhi, Aug 31: Delhi Dynamos FC on Wednesday announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tebar for the upcoming third edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament.
The 30-year-old previously played for the Spanish club U.E. Llagostera.
Marcos is an academy product of Spanish giants Real Madrid. He only made one appearance for Real's senior side in the 2009-10 season before being loaned out.
"I'm very excited about this new stage in my career. I am looking forward to play for the Delhi Dynamos FC. I am sure ISL will be an enriching experience for me and I hope to take the maximum from it. My aim is to win the title this season with my new club," Marcos said in a release.
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Oxfam and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize their commitment to collaborate on key development projects and initiatives to overcome poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Oxfam and the IDB agreed to work jointly on some of the region's most pressing challenges, in areas such as water and sanitation, solid waste management, disaster risk reduction and adaptation, gender equity and diversity, and climate change and renewable energy, among others.
Initially, the partners will focus their collaboration in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Advice for Gates from an Ex-Defense Chief
William Cohen, a former defense secretary, takes a look at the general and specific management challenges Robert Gates will face as he succeeds Donald Rumsfeld at the head of the Pentagon.
SCOTT SIMON, host:
Robert Gates is known as a problem solver. And when he takes over as secretary of defense, he'll confront a multitude of problems, starting with the deteriorating situation in Iraq. His immediate challenge is taking control of the Pentagon itself. One Air Force general has said that Mr. Gates's first month would make or break his tenure as secretary.
Someone who knows better than most what he's up against is William Cohen, who served as defense secretary from 1997 to 2001. He joins us from New York. Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for being with us.
Mr. WILLIAM COHEN (Former Secretary of Defense): Scott, it's a pleasure to be with you this morning.
SIMON: One point five million people are in active duty in the military. There are 20,000 people in that building itself, the Pentagon. Defense Department is spread all over the world, from Arlington to Afghanistan. How do you get control of it?
Mr. COHEN: Well, you have to have good people, to begin with. One of the most important positions that Secretary Gates will have will be his deputy secretary of defense. He has to take as large and strategic a view as possible and leave the mechanics of operating the building and such and, as you pointed out, stretching globally in terms of its operations to other good people.
SIMON: What does he have to worry about?
Mr. COHEN: First thing he has to do is to come to grips with the proposals pertaining to Iraq, Afghanistan, and to a less immediate extent North Korea. But he'll have to come to grips with other issues as well, but establishing a good relationship with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the other senior officers; that will be key to his success.
Establishing a good working relationship means not getting so close that everyone assumes you've been co-opted by them, and not being so distant that they feel that they are being disrespected and disengaged. So it's a balance that one has to maintain. And I think it's quite easily achievable.
SIMON: There seems to have been an increasingly open breach between the civilian leadership in the Pentagon in recent years and uniformed military. Is that perception valid, in your judgment? And secondly, what does a secretary of defense have to do to repair it, or does the secretary of defense say, look, we have civilian leadership in this country; you get along with me?
Mr. COHEN: I think there has - there's been an opened split, and no doubt it's cause by the situation we're in right now in Iraq. I think it's easily correctable as such. I think it's quite unprecedented to have a number of generals recently retired to be so openly critical, and I think that that has come about as a result of feeling that they were not adequately consulted or feeling somehow their views were not taken to account. It could be from a variety of reasons. But it really has been quite unusual, and I think that that can be repaired and needs to be repaired. So that you want to make sure that, again, you're in charge as secretary of defense and your views will prevail. But you want to take into account, as best you can, the considered judgment of those who have dedicated their lives to preparing for battle.
SIMON: Is there one or two things that Secretary Gates, that you would openly advise him to do to just establish credibility in that first month?
Mr. COHEN: My advice to him is to be as open as he possibly can, to meet with the press frequently, to be a forceful advocate for the military, the men and women who are serving us; to keep the lines of communication open to Capitol Hill; build those relationships, keep them in good repair, so that when times are tough, you have people who are willing to stand with you rather than to simply criticize decisions you've made.
So part of that is bringing them into the process as much as possible, bringing key members down, over to the Pentagon. Collectively, they have an opportunity to influence public opinion, and public opinion again becomes very important, especially when you're going to war or in a war. All of those will, I think, pay great dividends.
SIMON: William Cohen, former secretary of defense, head of the Cohen Group, and recent author of a fictional thriller that's set in the Pentagon called "Dragon Fire."
Mr. COHEN: A pleasure to be with you.
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First, after recording a year-over-year gain of 3.5% in the second half of 2013, Toronto's employment growth slowed to 1.6% year-over-year in the first half of 2014.
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Following growth of 24.6% year-over-year in the second half of 2013, a concomitant slowing of both residential and non-residential building caused the pace of hiring in the industry to slow to 1.9% year-over-year in the first half of 2014.
The cold weather also appears to have weighed on the pace of hiring in service-producing industries where growth slowed from 3.1% year-over-year in the second half of 2013 to 2.4% year-over-year during the comparable period in 2014.
Despite the relatively subdued pattern of job creation in the first six months of 2014, there are signs that Toronto's economic pulse is starting to beat a little more quickly as it heads into the second half of the year.
This observation is based in part on a moderately faster rate of growth in consumer spending, indicated by stronger year-over-year growth of retail sales in April and May and a significant acceleration in sales of both new and existing homes. The latter has caused the inventory-to-sales ratio for existing homes to increase from 52.8 to 58.5 over the past twelve months and the Canadian Real Estate Association's House Price Index to increase by 6% since the beginning of the year.
In addition, solid gains in office-based employment late in 2013 and well into 2014 point to a further shrinkage in the CMA's total office inventory which reached a three-and-a-half-year high of 8.1% in the first quarter.
Looking ahead, a number of forward looking indicators suggest that Toronto's economic health will continue to improve as it heads into 2015.
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Second, the steady strengthening in business confidence through the second quarter reflected by the Conference Board of Canada's Index of Business Confidence and the concomitant rise in investor confidence indicated by the 25% increase in the S&P/TSX over the past 18 months, point to a further strengthening of finance, insurance and real estate and professional services in the CMA.
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The Navy has discontinued its search for two crew members of an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crash today.
Navy officials said that given the time elapsed since the incident, aircrew survivability was extremely unlikely. The location of the crash site is known, and an extensive area has been searched multiple times by various ships and aircraft.
The Knighthawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, crashed in the central Red Sea Sept. 22, after conducting a landing on the deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) at approximately 12:40 p.m. Bahrain time.
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Sven tempers mood at table-topping City
Sven-Goran Eriksson insists Premier League table-toppers Manchester City have 'a long way to go' before they can regard themselves as a top team.
Eriksson has enjoyed a dream start to life with the Blues, steering them to three straight wins without conceding a goal.
Sunday's 1-0 triumph over Manchester United must have been particularly sweet for Eriksson, who spent so long feuding with Sir Alex Ferguson during his time as England manager.
Yet, despite enjoying such a magnificent start to his career in English club management, Eriksson's feet remain firmly on the ground.
'We have a long way to go before we are a top team,' he said.
'We are here and we are fighting but there are a lot of things for me to work on.
'There are a lot of players here who have never played in the Premier League. They are not used to the pace and you can see it sometimes.'
If Eriksson regards his current project as a work in progress, the early signs are particularly pleasing.
Of his new arrivals, Elano and Vedran Corluka have been particularly impressive, while another, Geovanni, was responsible for Sunday's first-half matchwinner.
However, Eriksson would be the first to admit the real jewel in his crown has been inherited from former boss Stuart Pearce.
It is hardly possible for Micah Richards' reputation to be any higher but, at 19, the England defender produced arguably the best performance of his career so far to keep United's multi-talented strikeforce at bay.
'It is important to remember this young man is 19,' said Eriksson.
'I don't remember having a defender that strong and that quick at any age. That is a combination that is very rare indeed.
'He wins everything in the air and can fight with any centre-forward and then, if he makes a mistake, he has the speed to repair it.
'His pace is incredible. At 19, you just don't see that.'
After coming through the first major test of Eriksson's reign, City head to Arsenal on Saturday looking to consolidate their place at the summit.
But, if they do manage to get in front at the Emirates, Eriksson hopes his charges can reach the winning line in a little more style than they managed on Sunday.
'I have told the players that yes, I love to win, but could they please do it in a more calm manner in future, otherwise it will be very difficult for me,' he smiled.


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AIKEN — Tyler Smith kept going up at the net for Aiken, ready and hoping to finally put away White Knoll, when she saw an opening near the corner.
Smith connected, and not even a dive from a Timberwolves player could extend the close match any longer as the Hornets volleyball team won, 3-1 (25-13, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23), on Thursday night in a tightly contested match to win the Class AAAA Lower State title and advance to Saturday's state championship match against Hillcrest.
"Game point, it's time," Smith remembers thinking as she got a block prior to finding a open spot.
The defending state champions beat the Timberwolves for the third time this season to set up a fourth meeting with Hillcrest. Aiken won one of the first three matches.
On Thursday, Smith had 10 kills as four Hornets had at least 10, led by Anna Tovo's 15.
At the beginning, it seemed like Aiken (40-2) would cruise, as the Hornets went on a 24-8 run to end the first set. Tovo had three consecutive kills at one stretch during the run and Smith got two in a row she also helped the block dominate early. From there, the match was close throughout, thanks to a White Knoll (16-7) rally in the third set.
After the Timberwolves scored the second set's final four points – with Siraya Windsor using great placement and tips to leave Aiken scrambling at times – the Hornets asserted themselves early in the third with an 18-8 edge.
But with Windsor and White Knoll hitting well consistently and the Hornets missing wide or long, the Timberwolves cut it down to 22-21 before a Tovo kill and Hornets blocks finally secured the set.
With her team faltering but surviving, Aiken coach Malynda Young noticed the Hornets were trying to do too much, sometimes going with too much power.
The problems were still there in the fourth set, which neither team took control of – at least not until after Windsor got in one final tip for a kill to make it 22-20 White Knoll.
But Aiken put up five of the last six points, taking advantage of an Emily Teelon ace, a block and three kills.
Smith received her chance to close the match, getting a block on one White Knoll swing before using an overpass for the opportunity to hit the ball near the back left corner.
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Wes Anderson Soundtracks My Life
Yeah, I made soundtrack a verb. I'd say that I'd love Wes Anderson to soundtrack my life, but I already imagine my life to be as quirky and beautifully filtered and artistically composed as his films, so I can just superimpose those soundtracks into my ears and I am all set! Fortunately, someone has already taken the time to create a playlist of all the music used in his films. It is divine. Wes reminds us that our lives are a balance of Classic Rock angst, boys choir melancholy, classical music whimsy. I recommend playing it on shuffle, putting on a crisply ironed vintage outfit, flat ironing your hair and setting off on an adventure. But never smile. It will be amazing!
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Marlin Has Mixed Feelings About Kansas Speedway KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 27, 2006)--Sterling Marlin says his relationship with Kansas Speedway is bittersweet. It's not only a track he likes, but one where he has run well, including a ...
Marlin Has Mixed Feelings About Kansas Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 27, 2006)--Sterling Marlin says his relationship with Kansas Speedway is bittersweet. It's not only a track he likes, but one where he has run well, including a fifth-place finish in Kansas' inaugural Cup race in 2001.
But for Marlin, Kansas is also a track that conjures up a bad memory. It was at the 1.5-mile oval where his championship hopes ended during a stellar 2002 season.
Entering the Kansas race in September 2002, Marlin was in contention to capture the prestigious Cup title, only 81 points out of first place in the driver standings. But a racing-related neck injury during that Sunday's race sidelined him for the final seven events, ending his quest for his first season championship.
"No question that was pretty disappointing for me -- we were right there in the hunt for the championship," recalled Marlin, who was the points leader in 2002 for 25 straight weeks. "That was one of the most frustrating times of my career."
Since then, Marlin's best finish at Kansas was a 13th-place result last year.
"I'll always wonder, 'what if', but that's all behind me now," said Marlin. "I had some good runs at Kansas before that day and I've had some good runs since. My goal this weekend is to have another good one in my Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevrolet."
Kansas Speedway may be the first of five 1.5-mile tracks on the Chase schedule, but it's hardly a reflection of any other, according Marlin.
"Kansas is a track of its own," he explained. "It has its own quirks and personality and you have to have a car that's tuned for each turn. It's a one-of-a-kind place and you have to be ready for it."
With Charlotte, Atlanta, Texas and Homestead remaining on the NEXTEL Cup schedule, Marlin is aware the performance by his Ginn Clubs & Resorts team in this weekend's Banquet 400 can help its performance in those other 1.5-mile events, but it won't necessarily predict the outcomes.
"If you run well at one of these cookie-cutter ovals it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to run well at the rest," noted Marlin. "Certainly some information transfers from place to place, but for the most part Kansas is a different track altogether."
"What we will focus on this weekend is finding a way to get to the front and staying there," continued Marlin. "We've had some pretty good starting spots lately--we just have to work on staying there when the green flag drops."
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Manhattan mystery of heiress cut off from world by her fortune
Huguette Clark owned a 42-room apartment overlooking New York's Central Park, a castle in Connecticut set in 52 acres and a house in California, built on a 23-acre bluff overlooking the Pacific. Yet she spent the past 20 years of her life in various hospitals, and died last week aged 104 in one of them, having been registered under an alias.
Her life was defined by the stupendous inheritance she received in 1925 from her father, William A Clark, who was of Irish, Scottish and Huguenot descent. He built railways, mined copper in Montana, and became a US senator, leaving his daughter an estimated half a billion dollars.
The fortune, however, led to increasing isolation. Over the years she developed a distrust of outsiders, including her own family, because it was said she thought that they were after her money. She reportedly had only a small group of friends -- her closest being her former secretary, Suzanne Pierre, who died last February.
Born in Paris, Clark conducted all her conversations in French so others were unlikely to understand what was said.
The last known photograph of her was taken in 1930; and, following her mother's death in 1963, she seldom left her Fifth Avenue home.
The District Attorney's office in Manhattan is reported to have been looking into claims made by Clark's family that she was kept isolated from almost everyone. Clark's distant relatives claimed that they never saw her.
She apparently avoided most visitors and left her lawyer to make decisions on her behalf -- from bidding on vintage dolls at auction to settling disputes among her nurses. The isolation that marked most of her life was in contrast to her earlier life. In 1928, when she was 22, she married an impoverished law student, William MacDonald Gower, but they divorced in 1930. By then Clark had become proficient in music and art and, in 1929, had exhibited seven of her paintings at a Washington gallery.
The next 80 years are, however, almost completely blank. In February 2010, caretakers at Clark's homes were reported as saying that they had not seen her in decades.
It was subsequently discovered that she was being cared for in a New York City hospital and that some of her personal possessions had been quietly sold.
These included a rare 1709 Stradivarius called La Pucelle (or The Virgin) and an 1882 painting by Renoir, In the Roses.
In August 2010, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office launched its investigation into her affairs, led by the prosecutor in the case involving Brooke Astor, the heiress whose son was convicted of colluding with her lawyer to steal millions of dollars from her.
Last September, a judge rejected a request from Clark's relatives to appoint an independent guardian to manage her affairs.
Huguette Marcelle Clark died in a New York hospital where she was registered under the alias Harriet Chase.
Her third-floor room was under guard and she was cared for by full-time private nurses. The room had a card with the fake number "1B" and the name "Chase" taped over the real room number.
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Spider-Woman #13 Review (Spoilers)
This issue right here might be the most effective issue of Hopeless' run so far, largely because of misdirection and an extremely effective, status quo changing ending. So please read the issue before you read this review, because going in not knowing is the best way to read this issue.
Spider-Woman #13: Severance Package
Writer: Dennis Hopeless
Artist: Veronica Fish
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
C.Artist: Javier Rodriguez
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Editors: Allison Stock & Devin Lewis & Nick Lowe
Editor-In-Chief: Axel Alonso
We Have To Be Her People Now, Roger. Her Support Group: The issue opens with Jessica Drew in hot pursuit of the super-villain, Blizzard. She makes chump change out of him, but not without getting a little frosty first. She returns home to change out her outfit and after a hot shower, Jessica notices half of her babysitting crew is gone. She does not think much of it, unlike Ben who makes a big deal about Jessica not mentioning it to Roger. Across town, Roger goes to the Bar with No Name (I think) and meets with an anonymous figure.
Jessica checks in on Moon's Hollow, the community made up of villains' ex-wives from the first volume. The economy of the town is booming, as it has become a tourist hot spot. Jessica runs into Kallie and Olivia Gocking; Olivia is clearly not fond of Jessica even though her daughter and ex-husband adore her. Since all seems good in the world, Jessica lets her babysitting crew off and spends the night in with Gerry.
Roger and Ben are doing some sleuthing work, as Roger enjoys being the superhero limelight after taking down Sandman. Ben decides to confront Roger about his feelings towards Jessica. Roger admits he does love her, but is more than okay with just being her superhero protege. She makes him into a better person and he values that more, which seems to reassure Ben who knows Jessica is in a bad place after Civil War 2.
Roger forces Ben into hiding suddenly and is confronted by a bunch of D-list super-villains on goblin-tech. They proceed to beat Roger horribly for his decision to change sides. Their boss, Hobgoblin, arrives and is quite mad that Roger did not follow through on a deal they made. He leaves Roger with pumpkin bomb strapped to his chest as a severance package. Ben watches as the bomb goes off and obliterates Roger. The issue ends with Ben at Jessica's front door, to bring her the bad news.
You Sometimes Say Extremely Weird Things With Little Prompting: This is the best opening issue of a Marvel story line I can think of in recent memory. It is densely packed, building off what has come before and then ensuring it can never go back to the way it was. Let us just run through it, break it down scene by scene.
The issue opens in a quintessential Spider-Family way, with the cold open villain. Blizzard is used more as a plot device for Jessica Drew to explore her life and the relationships in them, but he is a visually exciting villain. One thing I have been asking of Veronica Fish is a little more innovation when it comes to her paneling and page layout. She is definitely taking steps towards this and her fight scenes are all the better for it. She also nails the humorous moments throughout the issue, such as the way Jessica takes down Blizzard.
It is the next scene that really shows off Fish's skills though. From Jessica's dramatic entrance to the final moment in the shower, Fish uses a lot of strong line work to create a sense of motion for characters and items. Ben is particularly animated, which makes up for the trouble Fish occasionally has with male faces. Colorist Rachelle Rosenberg has never struggled to bring a realistic color palette to the series, but her work this issue is on another level compared to earlier; she transports the reader to Jessica's home. And it is in this scene that the issue starts to mislead the reader, starting them down a path we believe will inevitably led to Jessica and Roger discussing his feelings towards her.
The next scene is a single page with Roger, but there is some interesting elements in play. One of which is the fact Bobbi Morse is chumming around in the Bar with No Name, in costume as Mockingbird. This issue sets up an interesting dynamic with Hobgoblin; he seems willing to make deals with either side of the super-powered community. Perhaps Mockingbird will have a larger role to play in this arc? She seems to be a mainstay in the Spider-Family right now, so I am all for it; and Jessica is down a man.
We transition to Moon's Hollow next; what a great Gilmore Girls reference. This scene is what makes the issue so strong. This is where Hopeless looks back on all the series has managed to accomplish at this point; I would argue the Moon's Hollow arc is where the series really began after Spider-Verse. Moon's Hollow is a physical representation of all the good Jessica, Roger, and Ben have done so far and while it is great to see it thriving right now, I do feel like it will come under attack before the arc is over. This is also the scene that will break your heart in hindsight; these last two issues with Roger's daughter, Kallie, is just heart-wrenching considering how this issue ends.
My favorite scene this issue is when Ben confronts Roger about his feelings towards Jessica. Ben is very worried about Jessica's state of mind and what would happen if someone in the group was to somehow distance her from them; which Roger's death still might do if Hopeless wants to take the series in a darker direction. And Roger's response is golden. Roger recognizes Jessica is the catalyst for change in his life and values that more than any feelings he has towards Jessica. I have been Roger in the past and he never felt more alive to me than that moment.
Which is why his death hurts. A lot. Especially coming off Roger's finest moment yet last issue where Kallie embraces her father and tells him what a hero he has become. Roger Gocking has been the exposed beating heart of this series, the rock Jessica Drew relies on more than anything else and the series can never go back from this. We literally see him blown up into nothing and Roger is not some super-powered superman in hiding, so there really should not be any coming back from this; stay away from New U, Spider-Woman.
But damn if I do not want to see Jessica Drew avenge him against Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin, in this one move, becomes the greatest antagonist yet in the series. He boosts of two deals he made with Roger, one of which Roger broke and the other he broke himself. The mystery of what these deals are hang over the events of the issue and will hopefully prove to be enlightening later on. One thing I have asked of Rachelle Rosenberg is more bombastic colors, much like what Javier Rodriguez brought to the title. She delivers on that this issue, in the Hobgoblin scene especially, but her colors are more like Rico Renzi's over in Spider-Gwen, than Rodriguez's.
Verdict: There is a lot of great series out there, where one would struggle to find something new to praise each issue. Spider-Woman is not one of those series. Each issue speaks to the tremendous quality of the series as a whole, but they also manage to shine in their own unique ways too. This issue is filled to the brim with strong characters, strong visuals, strong humor, and heartbreak. It is both a celebration of what came before and a shake-up to the status quo. The artistic team takes strides in improving their craft and Hopeless sets up quite the struggle for Jessica to overcome.
- Roger Gocking and his relationships
- Artistic team improvements
- Potential for the rest of the arc
- Celebration of Spider-Woman's achievements
- Clever misdirection
- Emotional turmoil


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text: On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Lukas Geyer wrote: > after unsuccessful attempts to contact the maintainer of gnuchess, Martin > Mitchell (he did not answer at all to my emails), I would like to propose > a change to the packaging of gnuchess. Andreas Tille did at least do an > NMU to update to version 5.03 which fixes several outstanding bugs. One > remaining bug is that gnuchess does not use its opening book. This has in > the meantime been separated from the upstream source, due to its enormous > size. I propose that Debian follows this step and splits gnuchess into > gnuchess and gnuchess-book. The book in the current version is completely > architecture-independent, so this separation makes sense as it only has to > be built on one architecture for all. Furthermore, the book is not bound > to change with every new upstream version of gnuchess, so that people will > not have to download it every time the code changes. I have put up sample > source packages under > > http://www.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/lsix/geyer/gnuchess/debian While having no time to check your work I really like the idea to split the book from gnuchess. I would have done it myself if it would not be to much change for a NMU. > My interest in gnuchess comes from the fact that I am co-maintaining the > upstream gnuchess release. It seems to me that the maintainer has no real > interest in the package and before the NMU of Andreas Tille it was > completely broken for several architectures. I would be willing to provide > Debian packages but I am not a member of the Debian project (yet). I'm sure you will find a sponsor for your packages (if not just ask me but I do not want to stay in the first position of the queue because of time constraints). Perhaps you consider to apply as maintainer because I like a stronnection between Debian maintainer and upstream. Anyway, great job, Lukas! Kind regards Andreas. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to email@example.com with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact email@example.com


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