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The plaintiffs promised to do so, declaring they are "on the right side of history" and will inevitably win.
The court wrote in Monday's 4-3 decision Monday that a lower court was within its discretion when it earlier dismissed the request.
In that earlier decision, a Helena district court judge dismissed the six couples' case last year after state prosecutors argued that spousal benefits are limited by definition to married couples. A voter-approved amendment in 2004 defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
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"But future generations — indeed, most young people today — will not fear, much less honor, the sexual-orientation taboo," Nelson wrote. "Indeed, a not-too-distant generation of Montanans will consign today's decision, the marriage amendment, and the underlying intolerance to the dustbin of history and to the status of a meaningless, shameful, artifact."
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— Legal protection in cases of separation and divorce, including children's custody and support.
Social conservatives who oppose granting those rights, and who supported the marriage amendment, lauded the high court for rejecting the request.
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The Montana attorney general's office argued throughout the case that the plaintiffs need to cite specific laws they believe are unconstitutional.
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"We're encouraged by the decision because the justices said that we could pursue the protections we are seeking," said Mary Leslie, who was unable to apply for death benefits after a partner was killed. "Legal protection is essential, not just for our families, but for all same-sex couples. We won't stop until every loving couple is treated fairly."


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Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling
Makes2 dozen
- 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup canola oil
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- In a large bowl, beat the first seven ingredients until well blended. Combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture until blended. Stir in chips.
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Nutrition Facts1 each: 174 calories, 6g fat (2g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 164mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.
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These are delicious and they keep (or freeze) so nicely. I converted them to gluten-free because I'm allergic to wheat, and they converted beautifully! I use 3 eggs instead of 2 and I use powdered egg whites instead of liquid to maintain the moisture balance. I add 1/2 - 1 tsp. xanthan gum (quantity depends on whether the GF flour I'm using has Xanthan or not) and I double the baking powder to 4 teaspoons. I just process oat bran in my food processor for a minute or two in place of the oat flour. I haven't tried it with the cinnamon chips (I don't think I've even seen them in my stores), I just use a cup of regular chocolate chips. I've also never bothered with the topping (and muffins freeze better without sugary toppings). My family loves these!
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This is a really delicious recipe. It made 24 large muffins (as advertised) and they were as big and fat as the picture :) I did not add chocolate chips or cinnamon chips to the batter itself; but substituted cinnamon. I made several variations of topping: including brown sugar/cinnamon, chocolate chips, and chopped walnuts. All 3 were delicious. I also made one of the batters with chopped walnuts and that was lovely as well. I try to limit the amount of sugar my 10-year-old son eats, so I also made 1 sugar-free version. He declared it "better" than the ones with sugar (was topped with chopped nuts and cinnamon), so it was a winner all around :)
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Oct 19, 2009
I substituted both kinds of chips with 1 c. of chopped pecans. The muffins turned out delicious~ this is a great recipe! Perfect for fall!
Oct 17, 2009
I couldn't find cinnamon chips so I used butterscotch and I also could not find oat flour so I used regular, but they still turned out great! My 4 year old and 1 year old both ate them up!
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"['Twilight']'s based on a really silly premise: that immortals would go to high school. It's a failure of imagination, but at the same time, that silly premise has provided Stephenie Meyer with huge success," Anne said. "The idea that if you are immortal you would go to high school instead of Katmandu or Paris or Venice, it's the vampire dumbed down for kids. But it's worked. It's successful. It makes kids really happy."
It's not too surprising that Anne had less-than-sweet nothings to whisper about the series that has made vampires the hottest supernatural property around and virtually diluted a genre that had been a sophisticated cultural metaphor. Still, wow, those are some pretty harsh words towards Stephenie! Anne did add that "it's almost like a stroke of genius to put vampires in high school," but that still sounds a bit derogatory to us.
When speaking about how she always viewed the vampire, Anne said, "I always thought of the vampire as being a metaphor for the outsider in each of us, the criminal, the predator. I was writing about a mythical being that represented our own dark sides." She added, "Part of the mystery of being a human being is that mixture of the spiritual and the animalian. We have the capacity to murder, but also the capacity to love and respond and be tender to those in need."
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As a cultural phenomenon, blogs are in their gangly adolescence. Every day, thousands of people around the world launch their blogs on LiveJournal or the Iranian equivalent. But as businesses, blogs may have peaked. There are troubling signs—akin to the 1999 warnings about the Internet bubble—that suggest blogs have just hit their top.
The Magazine Cover Indicator: That's a term coined by Barry Ritholtz, a blogger and hedge-fund manager. Being plastered on the front of a national magazine is fatal for an investment trend. Remember Time's infamous anointing of Amazon.com Jeffrey Bezos as the "Man of the Year" for 1999? More recently, Time'scrack trend-sniffing squad was working overtime to prepare this week's cover package on Google just as the stock began to melt down. New York isn't quite a national magazine, but its recent blog cover story will no doubt be quickly copied by the newsweeklies. (In the article, Clive Thompson concludes that the blog industry has already tri-furcated into an "A-list of a few extremely lucky, well-trafficked blogs—then hordes of people stuck on the B-list or C-list, also-rans who can't figure out why their audiences stay so comparatively puny no matter how hard they work." In other words, a few people will make money—journalist money, not Wall Street money—and the hordes of late joiners will make nothing.)
The Smart Guys Cashing Out: Remember Bob Pittman? The early head at MTV became Steve Case's right-hand man at AOL and helped sell the company to Time Warner for a huge premium in early 2000. In other words, he's a great market-timer.
In 2003, Pittman paid $3.5 million for a controlling stake in Daily Candy, a bloggish newsletter on what Carrie Bradshaw wannabes should buy, wear, and eat—well, not eat, more like nibble. Less than two years later, Daily Candyhaving expanded to a series of regional editions, Pittman is looking to ring the register. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that "with traditional and electronic publishers keen to get their hands on Internet-advertising properties, Daily Candy could fetch more than $100 million" (my italics). Twenty-eight times your money in less than 28 months? For a business that takes in less than $20 million a year?
The Excited Dinosaurs: Big, unwieldy media conglomerates—the types whose large-circulation magazines always publish trend stories six months too late, like Time Warner—are enthralled with this hot new niche. Last October, in a deal that put blogs on the map as a business, Time Warner paid a reported $25 million for Weblogs, Inc., a group of blogs cobbled together by tech-culture-Barnum Jason Calacanis. This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Time Warner is poised to introduce Office Pirates. The bloggy site is run by Mark Golin, the brains behind Maxim's U.S. edition. A spokeswomen for Dodge, the "exclusive automotive sponsor of the site," is calling it a "daily blend of funny videos, strange news and downloads, rolled up in an office-themed wrapper." Apparently, Time Warner executives are not aware that there's a place online where you can go to see pictures of large-breasted women and read dirty jokes, without having to look at Dodge ads—it's called the Internet.
The Gullible Latecomers: In the end stages of any investment mania, the clueless and the greedy flood in. You know things are really poised for a fall when people who have no management experience and feeble business plans somehow manage to raise cash for ventures. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Pajamas Media. Last November, the collection of right-wing blogs (with a few lefties thrown in for laughs) grandly announced the closing of a $3.5 million round of venture capital financing. Roger Simon, the screenwriter-turned-blogger who is the CEO of the enterprise, promised "to change the way people report and access news and commentary." I don't know. It looks to me like a bunch of blogs with their own logo.


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MANCOS – Infrared readings showed the Weber Fire near Mancos had expanded to 8,300 acres by midnight Sunday night. Most of the growth was on north and northwest edges of fire, said Mary Huels, a fire information officer.
The fire is still about a mile southeast of Mancos and a half a mile south from U.S. Highway 160. Authorities are reporting zero percent containment.
No homes have been lost, but Huels confirmed that one small outbuilding burned in the fire. No injuries have been reported.
About 160 fire personnel were working on the blaze, along with four helicopters, three single-engine air tankers and a guide plane.
A Type 2 team from South Dakota took over fire fight work Sunday evening, bringing more resources and experience to fight the fire.
Even so, more resources have been requested, including a Type 1 Hot Shot team, Huels said.
Hot, dry weather and wind predicted for today continue to be a concern for firefighting crews, Huels said.
"We are expecting active fire behavior with additional torching," she said.
The weather forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 80s. On Tuesday and Wednesday, there is a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Today, fire officials were expecting spot fires to flare up easily amid the tinder dry vegetation.
On Sunday, conditions were far from favorable, but they failed to produce the manic growth firefighters had feared.
"I anticipated seeing more of that today," said Craig Goodell, incident commander for the Type 3 federal team managing the fire.
The Type 3 team fighting the blaze was replaced Sunday evening with the federal Type 2 team from South Dakota.
"This team that came in has a little more depth and horsepower to deal with it," Goodell said.
The possibility that the fire could jump Highway 160 continued to be one of officials' top concerns.
Goodell said the location was "fairly defendable," meaning he was confident firefighters could hold the line.
"With that said, there is no guarantee that the fire won't cross the highway," he said.
The north side of the highway is densely vegetated – and more populated.
"It would be a whole different fire at that point," Goodell said.
Should the fire jump the highway, firefighters will mount a aggressive attack to prevent further spread, he said.
The fire was consuming vegetation in small, powerful bursts, producing large puffs of smoke, rather than one towering column.
The Weber Fire was ranked the third highest priority in the Rocky Mountain Region, beneath the High Park Fire west of Fort Collins and the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs.
Although no homes have been lost, the fire came within 80 feet of one home Sunday in the Elk Stream Ranch subdivision two miles south of Highway 160, said Dan Bender, spokesman for the La Plata County Sheriff's Office.
In Mancos, people gathered on porches, in parking lots and along roads to watch the flames and smoke make a slow advance.
Mancos resident Charlie Campbell said he felt "tense anticipation" about what the fire might do.
"I keep thinking of the Missionary Ridge Fire. I keep thinking, 'Oh, God, is this thing going to be that all over again? How far is this thing going to go?'" he said.
The Colorado Department of Transportation placed signs on the highway instructing travelers not to stop along a five-mile stretch near the fire. Safety cones lined the highway to dissuade onlookers from pulling over.
About a dozen drivers who stopped on both sides of Highway 160 just east of Mancos were told by a sheriff's deputy on a loudspeaker to move along or go to jail.
The blaze moved in mostly a northeast direction Sunday, but part of it moved northwest down Menefee Mountain toward Mancos.
The cost of the fire as of Sunday morning was $350,000.
Heavy air tankers that had been fighting the blaze Saturday were diverted to higher priority fires in Colorado and Utah.
Air tankers are a national resource and must go to the wildfires with the highest priority, which is determined based on human threat levels and potential property loss.
The Weber Fire started Friday three miles south of Mancos.


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It all began in Lansing, Michigan. In part, it was inspired by the heckling one young man received from his co-workers. These co-workers (who he secretly has great admiration for) noticed that he was wearing plaid quite frequently. At which point we ask, what else would he wear? Solid colors? Polka dots? Stripes that don't intersect? Argyle? Sounds foolish.
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Early morning robbery reported at Greensboro Steak 'n Shake
Police are looking for two men suspected of robbing a Greensboro restaurant early Monday morning.
The robbery was reported around 4:50 a.m. at the Steak 'n Shake at 2647 Lawndale Dr.
Two men wearing masks, one of which was armed with a gun, entered the store and demanded money, Greensboro police said. Both suspects left the store with an undisclosed amount of money.
Both men were described as having medium builds. The man with the gun was wearing a red, long coat that had black stripes in the sleeve and white piping. The other suspect was wearing a long dark coat, police said.
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Lolly Gasaway
L. Ray Patterson is quite simply the dean of American copyright law. He has inspired generations of copyright law professors, law students and librarians with his brilliant understanding and explanation of copyright history and its relevance to today's concerns. Professor Patterson is and has remained a true leader of the opposition to copyright term extension, to increased rights for publishers and to the weakening of the public domain. His 1992 book The Nature of Copyright is the best history of copyright ever written, and the lessons he draws from that history have served us well.
Although I had been familiar with his writings for many years, I will never forget my first meeting with Ray Patterson. We were both invited to a meeting hosted by the Association of American Universities and the Association of Research Libraries and were invited to a small dinner the first night. I am afraid that we were not very good company for anyone else as we argued and debated every important copyright issue over the three-hour dinner; no one else could get a word in edgewise!
I am honored to count Ray among my friends and mentors. Since that initial meeting, we have shared drafts of articles, worked on amicus briefs together and generally fought the good fight together on behalf of the users of copyrighted works. Professor Patterson is unfailingly kind and helpful to younger scholars and generous with his time. One of the things I love best about Ray is that he appears to be a courtly, southern gentleman (which he is); but at the same time, those looks mask the fact that he is the most radical of copyright scholars. Publishers and producers quake when they know that Patterson is appearing on a program!
When my telephone rings and the voice at the other end exclaims in a lovely southern accent, "Hellllllllooooo Miss Lolly!" I know it is Ray Patterson on the line and that we will be discussing another copyright issue or that he will be recruiting me to work with him on another project. I have yet to say no to such a call from him.
I can think of no one more appropriate for whom to name this prestigious award. Congratulations, Professor Patterson. Thank you for your support of librarians and library users over the years. Your example is one that many of us attempt to emulate.
Lolly Gasaway, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
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January 26, 2014
Suspected Covington County, Ala. Cockfight Ring Raided
Authorities raided an Andalusia, Ala., property, arrested six suspected cockfighters and seized nine birds. The raid was the result of a joint investigation among several Alabama law enforcement agencies and The Humane Society of the United States.
Investigators found cockfighting paraphernalia on the property, including razor-sharp gaffs, which resemble curved ice picks, and injectable drugs.
Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board investigators, the Covington County District Attorney's office, the 22nd Judicial Drug Task Force, and Covington County Sheriff's Office were on the scene to assist with the raid.
Six cockfight attendees were arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty. Three additional arrests were made and misdemeanor charges were filed.
Chris Schindler, manager of animal fighting investigations for The HSUS, said, "All of the roosters we found had been brought to fight to the death with knives tied to their legs. We commend the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board for their quick action to shut down this cockfighting pit. This rescue further exemplifies the need to strengthen Alabama' s cockfighting law and put an end to this barbaric practice."
The HSUS assisted law enforcement in examining and documenting the birds on the scene. Experts from The HSUS and investigators with ABC were on hand to help identify and document evidence and coordinate the rescue effort.
- Cockfighting is illegal in every state, and all animal fighting that affects interstate commerce is punishable as a federal felony under the Animal Welfare Act.
- Common cockfighting practices include breeding birds for viciousness, drugging them to heighten aggression, and fitting their legs with deadly weapons.
- The HSUS offers rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person involved in illegal animal fighting. The HSUS asks anyone with information about animal fighting criminals to call 877-TIP-HSUS (877-847-4787). Tipsters' identities are protected.
- Congress is considering legislation—the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act—to further strengthen the federal animal fighting law by making it a crime to be a spectator at a dogfight or cockfight, with additional penalties for bringing a child to the fight.
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With the game on the line, Vanguard turned to its defense to hold off Loyola (Ill.) Academy in the consolation bracket of the 40th Kingdom of the Sun boys basketball tournament.
With the game on the line, Vanguard turned to its defense to hold off Loyola (Ill.) Academy in the consolation bracket of the 40th Kingdom of the Sun boys basketball tournament.
Kakio Jackson picked off a pass prior to the Ramblers' having the opportunity to get off a potential game-tying shot and helped the Knights to a 47-45 win on Sunday night at Vanguard High School.
With the win, Vanguard (9-3) stayed alive in the tournament and will take on Louisville (Ky.) Trinity in the fifth-place game on Monday afternoon at 3:30 at VHS.
"We played tremendous team defense and it was our best defensive effort from start-to-finish all season," Knights coach Phillip Small said. "Our kids really wanted to win.
"Our guys played so hard and I was impressed with the way they bounced back."
Entering the game, Loyola (8-2) had made 18 shots from beyond the arc, but was limited to a 6-of-24 mark by the Knights, including a 2-of-14 mark after the halftime.
The Ramblers missed all six of their shots from 3-point range and were unable to take advantage of a 1-of-7 effort by the Knights at the foul line over the final two minutes.
Clinging to a one-point lead, VHS prepared to defend the Ramblers with 6.9 seconds left.
Jackson, though, never gave them the opportunity with his steal off an attempted backdoor pass with one second remaining.
From there, Jackson knocked down one free throw and Loyola was unable to get off a desperation 3-pointer.
Othniel Shelton led the way for the Knights with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
"That's the way that he's capable of playing," Small said. "It's a matter of consistency with him. As stale as he was (on Saturday), he was our sparkplug (Sunday)."
Evans Moreau backed Shelton with nine points.
Jack Morrissey led the Ramblers with 12 points, but was just 3-of-13 from beyond the arc.
PLANTATION AMERICAN HERITAGE 69, DEERFIELD BEACH 63: Drake LaMont broke the all-time single-game Kingdom record for blocked shots in a game with 10, as the Class 5A top-ranked Patriots (12-2) knocked off the Bucks (5-11), ranked fourth in Class 8A, in a consolation bracket game.
LaMont's effort surpassed the previous tournament record of nine held by Chris Walker of Bonfiay Holmes County and Dyron Nix of Fort Walton Beach.
Walker, a member of the University of Florida's basketball team accomplished his total against Ponte Vedra Beach Nease in 2011, while Nix, who passed away from pnuemonia on December 20, totaled his blocks against Pleasure Ridge Park in 1984.
In breaking the record, LaMont, a Western Michigan signee, blocked eight shots in the first half and led American Heritage to a 35-18 halftime lead.
The 6-foot-10 senior also ripped down a game-high 14 rebounds.
For the tournament, LaMont has grabbed 41 rebounds and blocked 10 shots.
Jason Massey contributed 16 of his game-high 24 points in the first half for the Patriots, while Keyshawn Evans scored 15.
Vance Houston led Deerfield Beach with 15 points and LeWayne Grant scored 14.
EASTVALE (Calif.) ROOSEVELT 57, JACKSONVILLE SANDALWOOD 46: Leo Goodman scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Mustangs (11-2) past the Saints (9-4) in a consolation bracket matchup.
After the game was tied at 44 with four minutes left, Goodman scored seven points during a 13-2 run to close the game.
Jamarl Baker added 16 points for the Mustangs, who didn't allow a field goal over the final 4:18 and outscored the Saints 23-8 in the fourth quarter.
Sandalwood, which made just 3-of-15 shots in the fourth quarter, was led by Eric Dixon (19 points, seven rebounds) and Isaiah Bottoms (12 points, 11 rebounds).
LOUISVILLE (Ky.) TRINITY 64, ORLANDO EVANS 45: The Shamrocks (8-2) blew open a one-point game at halftime by outscoring the Trojans 35-17 in the second half.
Michael Stafford (12 points), Ray Spalding (11 points, nine rebounds), Trey Ivory (11 points, four assists) and Craig Owens (10 points) led the way for Trinity.
Kerry Blackshear was the lone player to score in double figures with 10 points for the Class 8A top-ranked Trojans (11-4).


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Forest Fire Update and the Cost of Suppression
Recent media coverage on the number and size of wildfires currently aflame in the Western U.S. has intensified concerns around the financial burden placed on the agencies that fight the blazes and, ultimately, the tax payers that foot the bill. This year's fire season has already seen 32,733 blazes, scorching more than 3.5 million acres of federal, state, and private land in the U.S.. Based on current and historical trends, by the end of the year an area equal to the size of New Jersey and Massachusetts combined will be ravaged by fire.
Protecting properties, watersheds, air quality, and forest resources from the harms of wildfire is a pricey affair that is only becoming more expensive. Last year was the most costly fire season to date, totaling $1.9 billion that the U.S. Federal Government doled out to state and federal agencies responsible for fighting wildfires. The graphs below look at the correlation of annual cost that the U.S. Federal Government pays for wildfire suppression to the number of fires and the total acreage burned. The similar slopes in the trend lines in the 'Cost of Suppression and Annual Acreage Burned' graph gives strength to the argument that the size of the blaze, not the total number of blazes, strongly affects the ultimate cost. There are other factors that affect cost: accessibility, proximity to property, number of aircraft used, etc.; however, the year to year rise or fall in cost of suppression and size of burned area strongly mimic each other. An overwhelming indication in the graph and among experts is that wildfires will affect greater areas each year, and this will incurr greater costs for future wildfire suppression efforts. Larger fires do not bode well for the agencies responsible for protecting forest assets and the tax payers that fund them.
Previous DataPoints Blogs have discussed the benefits of wildfire mitigation strategies that combine forest restoration efforts and bioenergy production by highlighting specific projects. Eagle Valley Clean Energy's 12 MW combined heat and power plant, currently under construction in Gypsum, CO, is an example of a bioenergy project that assists in protecting threatened communities from the danger of wildfires. By creating a demand for forest restoration residue, the bioenergy plant is reducing the cost of thinning forest by purchasing low value biomass from the foresters that are in the forest removing fuel loads. When there is not a demand for forest thinning residue, forest restoration practices typically collect the thinning material that has little to no value (generally the smaller diameter trees and slash) into piles and burn them during winter months. The burning of slash piles cost money that could be earned by selling the fuel and reduces air quality in the area where the piles are set aflame. Furthermore, a Northern Arizona University paper finds that forest thinning and restoration efforts significantly reduce fire suppression costs even if a wildfire comes through a 'restored' area of the forest. A wildfire that does hit an area that has received restoration treatments are more easily contained, allowing fire crews to attack other fires. Incorporating bioenergy production into wildfire prevention strategies is an investment that not only produces clean, renewable energy but also significantly reduces the financial burden of wildfire suppression. If the government would like to reduce suppression costs they should look at preventative strategies that incoroporate bioenergy production from the removed biomass.


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ATI's R580 graphics chip will appear in three Radeon X1900 configurations: the XT, the XTX and a CrossFire Edition.
So claims Anandtech, citing an "internal ATI presentation". According to the website, the XT and XTX are clocked at 625MHz and 650MHz, respectively, with their DDR memory buffers set to run at 1.45GHz and 1.55GHz, respectively. Both chips support up to 512MB of GDDR 3.
The 90nm R580 core has 48 pixel shaders, as has been predicted in the past. Both the XT and XTX are CrossFire-compatible, and will work with the third board the Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition master card.
As we reported in December 2005, it has been suggested that ATI will formally announce the R580 on 24 January. Like all X1000-series chips, the X1900 will support DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0 and ATI's 40-bit video processing system, Avivo.
Anandtech's testing, using "a beta driver from late December" and a sample board mailed from Taiwan, show big frame-rate gains in a range of recent games, particularly when anti-aliasing is enabled. ®


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Danish Police Admit That Data Retention Hasn't Helped At All
from the time-to-ditch-it dept
Over in Denmark, we have an answer, and that answer is an emphatic no. After half a decade of having strict data retention laws, the Danish police have announced that it has not helped them find criminals. And, as predicted, having all that data has made it unwieldy for law enforcement when they actually think they need some data.
"Session logging has caused serious practical problems," the ministry's staffers write in the report. "The implementation of session logging proved to be unusable to the police; this became clear the first time they tried to use [the data] as part of a criminal investigation."This seems like a pretty damning point concerning data retention. Hopefully, at the very least, this example is raised whenever any other country proposes data retention laws.


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Vicky Kaaz is Community Relations Director at The Guidance Center. A Golf Marathon on Oct. 1 will help raise funds for the center.
Vicky Kaaz is Community Relations Director at The Guidance Center. A Golf Marathon on Oct. 1 will help raise funds for the center.
1. The Golf Marathon will raise financial support for The Guidance Center. How exactly does a golf marathon work?
Participants are challenged to complete 76 holes (one hole for each year TGC has been serving our communities) of golf in one day.
Golfers and caddies register on our fundraising website at http://events.marathonfundraisers.org/TGC.
The site provides golfers and caddies the tools they need to be successful fundraisers. Players and caddies set their own fundraising goal for the event, and then solicit pledges from friends, family and/or coworkers for a flat amount or a per hole completed dollar amount to be donated to The Guidance Center.
All donations made to The Guidance Center are tax deductible. Kaaz & Lexeco Construction Companies, Reilly Insurance, Geiger, Mutual Savings, Exchange National Bank, Country Club Bank, Hallier Reed LLC, UMB and Great Western Manufacturing, have sponsored the event, so 100 percent of the money raised by this year's golfers and caddies will be used to support treatment, prevention, education services for victims or potential victims of sexual abuse.
2. Who can participate in the tourney, when and where is it and how can people help out who aren't actually able to play golf? What will the day's agenda be like?
Whether you're a pro or a hacker, if you enjoy golf you can participate in the event.
For those who don't golf, but do enjoy the great outdoors, there are opportunities available to assist the golfers with fundraising as caddies or to volunteer time monitoring the prize holes.
Starting at 7 a.m. on Oct. 1, players, caddies and volunteers will gather at the Deuce at the National (on Highway 45 in Parkville, Mo.) for a continental breakfast and registration.
The event coordinator will provide players with an overview of the process and provide tips on completing 76 holes in a day. Yes, it is doable!
As a matter of fact, a traditional golf marathon challenges players to complete 100 holes. Like a traditional golf tournament there are hole prizes for longest drive, closest to the pin, hole in one, etc.
Boxed lunches will be provided for participants and beverages will be provided throughout the day. An awards banquet, that includes dinner, will be held at the end of the day.
Last year, most golfers completed the challenge by 5 p.m.
Each golfer will also be offered a massage at the end of the day as an added benefit for a job well done.
Not available tp participate on Oct. 1? Log onto the fundraising website at http://events.marathonfundraisers.org/TGC and make a pledge to one of the golfers.
Pledges to golfers and caddies can also be sent to The Guidance Center. 500 Limit St., Leavenworth. KS 66948.
3. For those who aren't familiar with The Guidance Center, what is its function and how does it help our community?
Licensed by the State of Kansas, The Guidance Center is a non-profit Community Mental Health Center serving Leavenworth, Atchison and Jefferson counties. The Guidance Center provides a wide range of services, including but not limited to: individual and family therapy (including faith-based therapy) and psychiatry services, medication management, substance abuse recovery services, psychological testing and evaluations, specialized after-school and summer services designed for children suffering from serious emotional disturbances. (STAR) an in-house early childhood program and TARGET a psychosocial program available for high school age clients to assist them with learning and practicing life skills needed to transition successfully to adulthood; specialized services designed to meet the needs of adults suffering from serious mental illness including a daily psychosocial program; PATH, a program to assist individuals with mental illness who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless, prevention and education services, case management, supported employment, transportation services, Same day Intake services and 24/7 emergency services including a daily crisis center.
One of the primary roles of our organization is to facilitate the treatment of low-income, uninsured/underinsured individuals with mental illness in the least restrictive environment. The Guidance Center is the only provider of psychiatry services in the three-county area offering a sliding fee scale for individuals who have no other way to pay for their care.
We are proud of our commitment to promoting recovery for children and adults with serious mental illness and substance abuse issues, and the many partnerships that we have developed in serving children, adolescents, adults and their families.
The demand for mental health services in our three-county service area continues to grow and we continue to deliver on our mission to promote healthy communities. One specific area that has come to our attention is the need for a comprehensive and coordinated approach to preventing sexual abuse in our communities.
As a result, a coalition was formed is 2102 to begin the process addressing the issue using a public health mode for prevention
4. How will the proceeds from the golf tournament help The Guidance Center in specific ways?
Our fundraising goal is $25,000. There are no public funds available to pay for the services needed to prevent sexual abuse in our community. TGC plans to dedicate the proceeds from this year's event to support the efforts of our coalition.
Specifically, funds will be used to purchase prevention and education materials for our prevention and education project R.E,A.L.I.T.Y C.H.E.C.K, (Reminding Every Adult to Listen, Investigate and Talk to Youth Creates a Healthy, Empowered Community of Kids), and to provide treatment and support for uninsured or underinsured victims and their families.
5. How can people sign up to play, or help out on tourney day?
Individuals can register to participate in fundraising as a golfer/caddie or make a pledge on our website: at http://events.marathonfundraisers.org/TGC. Information can also be found on the TGC website at www.theguidancectr.org.
To volunteer or receive additional information please contact Vicky Kaaz or Keith Rickard at 913-682-5118.
— Rimsie McConiga


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20 Brilliant Breads To Bake Up For Dinner
Adding a bread to your dinner table is an inexpensive way to beef up a meal. Plus, just the thought of warm, homemade bread straight from the oven is enough to make even those who are carb-averse go weak at the knees. Forget storebought; baking bread is far easier than you think and here are 20 ways to do it!
• Herbed Olive Oil Fantail Rolls
• Homemade Croissants from Tartine Bread
• Potato Dough Rolls
• Pretzel Rolls
• Baked In a Jar: Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
• No-Knead Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls
• Mother's Rolls From Paula Deen
• Bread Baking for the Intimidated: Parmesan Rolls
• Houska (Czech Easter Bread)
• Brioche: A Bread For Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner
• Buttermilk Fantail Rolls from Gourmet
• My Mother's Irish Soda Bread
• Slovenian Easter Buns: Velikonocni Kruhki
• Lemon and Sea Salt Focaccia
• Mom's Rosemary Focaccia
• Buttery Lemon Angel Biscuits
• How To Make Cream Biscuits In Less Than 15 Minutes
• Two-Ingredient Biscuits
• Classic Biscuit Recipe: Butter Dips
• Bacon and Cheddar Cheese Biscuits
Related: How to Shape a Loaf of Bread: 15 Bread-Making Tutorials
(Images: Romulo Yanes for Gourmet, Faith Durand, Susie Nadler, Emily Ho, Emma Christensen, Dana Velden, Sarah Rae Trover, Flickr members arnold inuyaki and scaredy kat licensed under Creative Commons, Aimee of Simple Bites)


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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2010B-0192
PI: Cristina A. Thomas, Northern Arizona University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, PO Box 6010, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
CoI: David E. Trilling, Northern Arizona University
CoI: Joshua P. Emery, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
CoI: Joseph L. Hora, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
CoI: Marco Delbo, L'Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
Title: Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects
Abstract: The majority of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) originated in collisions between bodies in the main asteroid belt and have found their way into near Earth space via complex and little understood dynamical interactions. This transport of material from the main belt into the inner Solar System has shaped the histories of the terrestrial planets. However, despite their scientific importance, key characteristics of the NEO population remain largely unexplored; some 99% of all presently known NEOs are essentially uncharacterized. We have an accepted Warm Spitzer Exploration Science Program (PI: Trilling) that allocates 500 hours of Spitzer time to observe ~700 NEOs. We will measure (1) the size distribution of this population; (2) the fraction of NEOs likely to be dead comets; (3) the albedo distribution of NEOs. We propose to gather spectroscopic data from a variety of telescopic facilities in order to physically characterize a significant subset of this Warm Spitzer NEO sample. By combining the size and albedo information from Spitzer with the compositional information from telescope spectroscopy we hope to shed light on several questions about the evolution and origin of the near-Earth asteroid population.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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How to Update Sony Drivers by Myself?
There are a variety of popular alerts along with other messages that you could get in the driver upgrading process, several of which I've paraphrased and listed here together with tips on what you can do:
QUESTION: Hello,I have upgraded to home windows eight.Could you please inform how you can help two finger scroll in VPCCW23EN? I purchased this notebook from Pierre.
ANSWER: Have you ever checked if VPCCW23EN is suitable with Windows 8? How did you up grade the OS? Verify the options in Synaptics software package. We advocate downloading and setting up each of the drivers and software from Sony aid web site. You may also run DriverTuner to download the Sony drivers and Windows Update for Microsoft drivers.
How to Update Drivers with Device Manager?
1. Find Control Panel.
Depending on your version of Windows, Control Panel is usually available from the Start Menu or the Apps screen.
What you do next depends on what Windows operating system you're using:
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, tap or click on the Hardware and Sound link.
- In Windows 7, click System and Security.
- In Windows Vista, choose System and Maintenance.
- In Windows XP, click Performance and Maintenance.
Note: If you don't see these options, your Control Panel view may be set to Large icons, Small icons, or Classic View, depending on your version of Windows. If so, find and choose Device Manager from the big collection of icons you see and then skip to Step 3 below.
2. Open Device Manager
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, check under the Devices and Printers heading.
- In Windows 7, look under System.
- In Windows Vista, you'll find Device Manager towards the bottom of the window.
- Windows XP Only: You have a few extra steps since Device Manager isn't as easily available in your version of Windows.
From the open Control Panel window, click System, choose the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button.
3. With Device Manager now open, you can view a device's status, update the device drivers, or do whatever other hardware management you came here to do.
To download and update the driver for SONY VPCEB4CGX/BJ yourself (If you know computers well)
It's best to let Windows install device drivers automatically. But if Windows can't find a driver for your SONY VPCEB4CGX/BJ, you can look for a driver on the manufacturer's website of SONY. Driver updates are often available in the support section of such sites.
Once you find the updated driver, follow the installation instructions on the website. Most drivers are self-installing—after you download them, you usually double-click the file to begin the installation, and then the driver installs itself on your computer. But make sure your are downloading drivers from a safe website to avoid virus attack or registry corruption. Download a professional driver updater or find a geek to help you.
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1. Download Driver Updating Tool and double click it to install
2. Scan your computer for outdated drivers. Select the drivers(here you should select SONY VPCEB4CGX/BJ) you want to update and click download
3. When the download process is finished, click SETUP to install them. Voila! Your driver for SONY VPCEB4CGX/BJ has been updated. Sometimes you need to restart your computer to put the drivers into use.
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2016 Presidential Election
What is the Electoral College?
Electoral College Maps:
Historical Election Results
For State Officials
Frequently Asked Questions
U.S. Election & Voting Resources
Votes are allocated based on the 2000 Census.
Total Electoral Vote: 538; Majority Needed to Elect: 270
Source: U.S. Federal Election Commission Last Update: 10/3/03


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LocationShow Low, AZ
5683 State Route 260
Lakeside, AZ 85929
Used 2016 Keystone RV Bullet 248RKSWE
This Bullet travel trailer 248RKSWE by Keystone RV features dual entry, a rear kitchen, large slide out for more interior space, and all the amenities you need to enjoy time out on the road.
Step inside the main entry and be greeted by a rear kitchen area that is fully equipped and able to help you prepare great meals and snacks for your entire family. There is a refrigerator, three burner range, plenty of counter space, and a double kitchen sink making food prep and cleanup a snap.
Dine comfortably on the booth dinette just to the right of the entry door. There is also an overhead cabinet for storage plus an LCD TV above for viewing from the sofa across the room.
The sofa is a perfect place to sit and relax plus also provides extra sleeping space at night when opened. There is also an end table and pantry/wardrobe within the large sofa slide.
A side aisle bath across from the slide and next to the dinette provides an angled shower, toilet, linen cabinet, and vanity with sink.
All the way to the front is a comfy queen bed with wardrobes on either side of the bed, along with a laundry chute and an overhead cabinet for more storage. There is also a private bedroom entry/exit door to the outside for your convenience.
You will also enjoy the front pass-thru storage compartment for your exterior camping gear, and so much more!
You Save: $8,000
Sale Price: $24,995
Stock# 24114A
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|606 lbs
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|Fresh Water Capacity
|43 gals
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|60 gals
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|30 gals
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|30000 btu
When Cole Davis founded Keystone RV in 1996 his vision was clear: Build a quality RV loaded with features priced thousands less than other RVs on the market. To accomplish his goal, Cole would recruit and build a strong team, focus on keeping overhead low, and empower the people closest to the customer to make decisions.
Within a few short months after opening the doors, Keystone produced its very first camper. Delivering big on quality, features and value, the public fell in love with it. A star was born! As the appetite for the camper increased, new Keystone models were added to satisfy growing customer demand. Along with this tremendous growth came the need for expanded production. To meet this need more manufacturing plants were built and staffed.
From new floor plan designs to patented inventions, Keystone leads the way in product innovation. One reason is our mission to stay close to the customer. When talking with campers or visiting dealerships, our sales, product development, and service teams, are always looking for ways to improve the camping experience. And we don't stop there.
Every member of the Keystone family is encouraged to contribute to making our campers absolutely the best possible. Through something we call Kamp Keystone, our employees camp free of charge at local campgrounds in the Keystone trailers we supply. Each year hundreds of our production workers, administrative staff and service team enjoy a day (or a week) at Kamp Keystone. Their evaluation of the experience and the feedback they provide results in continued product improvements. Ask us if we use our RVs...the answer is YES!


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Census Bureau names professor to national advisory committeeUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Director of Planning, Office of Public Health Studies
The U.S. Census Bureau has named Maile Taualii from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.
Dr. Taualii, an assistant professor within the Office of Public Health Studies, is the Director of one of UH Mānoa's newest degree-granting programs, a Master in Public Health with Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health specialization. The unique Master's program will accept its first students this fall.
"This is a great honor for the University," said Jay Maddock, PhD, Professor and Director of the Office of Public Health Studies. "Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have long been undercounted or combined with Asian groups in the U.S. Census. Dr. Taualii's expertise and voice on this group will help ensure that the Census accurately reflects these individuals as well as other indigenous populations."
The National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations advises the Census Bureau on a wide range of variables that affect the cost, accuracy and implementation of the Census Bureau's programs and surveys, including the once-a-decade census. Housing, children, youth, poverty, privacy, race, ethnicity and sexual-orientation issues are among the topics the committee will help the Census Bureau address.
For more information about the Master's in Public Health/Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health, see http://www.hawaii.edu/publichealth/.


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This is a list of all the gangsters throughout the Grand Theft Auto Series of games.
This category should only be for characters that are in gangs. This does NOT include protagonists or police officers or girlfriends or any other random characters.
Pages in category "Gangsters"
" Andriy Maximov (Russian: Андрей Максимов) is an associate of Dimitri Rascalov that is mentioned...
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Success for today's biopharma enterprise requires continuous education around a lesson plan guided by a simple choice: Grow your core, or die in place. Putting it more bluntly: sink or swim. The standard business model of frequent product introductions propelled by huge investments in promotion to plump up prescription volume is no longer delivering the rich returns expected by management and shareholders. Quite simply, the industry must adjust to a new era of lower margins. That makes strong organic growth—fueled by internal drivers like superior administration and a focused strategy to be recognized as a full partner in healthcare—more important than ever in maintaining a place at the top of the league charts. It's the signal message in our 11th annual Industry Audit of the highs and lows of performance among 24 of the largest publicly traded companies prepared by Professor Bill Trombetta of the St. Joseph University Haub School of Business.
A historical attribute of the industry—revenue growth rates high enough to paper over a multitude of sins, such as tolerance for bloated sales and administrative expenses—has faded in the face of the patent cliff. Since 2007, the last year of the good times cycle for Big Pharma, growth across the industry has slowed. Although the R&D productivity lag and genericization of major brands are a factor, structural changes in the way companies must do business are arguably more important as drivers of lower growth. Chief among these changes is a radical transformation in the customer base, led by a vastly more heterogenous community of stakeholders and the dominance of payers over clinicians in determining treatment options for patients. The reality is that accelerating growth today requires a different mindset, with strategies geared to smaller, more differentiated revenue targets often requiring up-front commitments that impose high short term costs that eat into margins.Many high performing companies are pursuing that model, which is reflected in our survey group. Even in the midst of poor economic conditions, the 24 were still able to outperform the drugs sector as a whole on sales growth, posting an average 7.3 percent compared to a global expansion of 3 to 4 percent. Yet pressures on pricing are evident too, with a group-wide drop of 1.4 percent on gross margins as the "proof of value" trend spreads to oncologics and other specialty segments.
Given the trend, what this year's survey shows is the importance of efficient cost management. Reducing overhead through the productive deployment of assets, capital, and resources is crucial to ensuring that lower growth does not corrode competitive advantage—where the winner is the company able to squeeze more and sweeter lemonade, from fewer lemons.
Methodology: eight benchmarks
From a macro perspective, the best way to evaluate the results is in comparison to trends in the economy overall. Generally speaking, a company should perform at least as well as the real growth rate in GDP and in range of the performance of other healthcare sectors. US GDP expanded by 1.7 percent in 2011, while the CPI rate averaged about 2 percent. Economic growth outside the United States clocked in at slightly more than 3 percent. Other relevant macro metrics are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which grew 5.5 percent in 2011; NASDAQ, which contracted by minus 1.8 percent; and the Standard & Poor healthcare index, which shows comparisons against other health providers and ran up 10.2 percent. Together, these parameters are the minimum hurdle for companies to be perceived as successful enterprises. In that regard, 14 of the 24 outperformed the S&P benchmark, a ratio roughly the same as last year, where 11 of the 23 companies profiled did better. On average, the group posted a gain of roughly 12 percent, or nearly six times US GDP growth.


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Skip to comments.Poison cake kills Iraqi children[Thallium]
Posted on 02/10/2008 8:33:02 PM PST by BGHater
The UK government has flown antidote medicine to the Middle East after some Iraqis became seriously ill from eating cakes laced with the poison thallium.
Two of the victims, both children, died after eating cake delivered to a military club in Baghdad.
Others are being treated in hospital in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
It is the first time the deadly toxin has been used since the downfall of Saddam Hussein, whose regime used it to kill its opponents.
At least two of the poison victims, the secretary of the Iraqi air force club and his daughter, are critically ill in Amman.
They and half-a-dozen other patients suffering from thallium poisoning were flown from Baghdad to Amman as the necessary treatments and antidotes were not available in Iraq.
Britain responded to a request for help from the World Health Organization and medication was flown out.
Lethal poison
Thallium is a lethal poison much used by Saddam Hussein's regime against its opponents. It has not surfaced since his overthrow.
It is an ideal assassin's tool, being tasteless and easy to administer, and its effects take some time to appear.
It then causes a lingering and painful death. An antidote known as Prussian Blue can be effective if taken quickly.
An investigation is under way in Baghdad, but the affair remains shrouded in mystery. The manager of the air force club told the BBC he believed it was carried out by conspirators with a grudge against the club's administration.
In what appeared to be a goodwill gesture, a former official delivered two cakes laced with thallium.
They were taken home by two officials and eaten by their families, who all fell ill.
Terrible. Where did it come from?
Soon to be a former person.
So this was just your average everyday Iraqi disagreement, not jihadi terrorism.
I remember the stories of thallium poisoning during the Saddam years. Gruesome. I believe it began with the KGB, who used it on particularly obstreperous exiled dissidents they wanted to make an example of. That and ricin.
Good Grief
Sorry, typo. Please correct date of article to 09 Feb 2008.
Dam already Feb and I still don't know what year it is.
Guess the "former official" had worked in Saddam's department of dissident suppression.
Guess the "former official" had worked in Saddam's department of dissident suppression and had some party favors left over.
Satan? Marduk?
Humans refined the thallium. Beasts used it.
Saddam's leftovers (both the thallium and the "former official").
This guy looks like he hasn't had an oil change in fifty thousand miles!
That is possible. For it to be hidden this long and then used in such an organized fashion makes it a bit less probable.
You may be right, an maybe not. "Former Offical" indicates he was probably Sunni. The jihadi's have been allied most closely with Sunni Iraqi factions....until recently when a large number of Sunni warlords have switched to backing the coalition against al Qaeda in Iraq. But this does not mean every Sunni has switched sides.
He loved hussein didn't he?
Among the distinctive effects of thallium poisoning are loss of hair (which led it to its initial use as a depilatory before its toxicity was properly appreciated) and damage to peripheral nerves (victims may experience a sensation of walking on hot coals). Thallium was once an effective murder weapon before its effects became understood, and an antidote (prussian blue) discovered.
source: en.wikipedia.org
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"The Best Nest/Duck's Family Reunion"
The Best Nest - It's Duck's turn at show and tell at school, and he wants to bring the thing he loves the best: his nest! But when the nest breaks apart into letters, will Duck be able to retrieve them all in time? Duck's Family Reunion - Because they have a similar sounding name, Duck mistakes Truck for a long-lost relative! Frog is a bit ruffled at the epidemic of silliness going around, but ends up saving the day for Duck and his word 'family'.. D
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