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SCIENCEMARK TRT740.....................1992.86...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @3.5Ghz Aphexdreamer.....................1955.23...AMD Athlon X2 6400+ @ 3.56Ghz Bluefox1115................1934.77...AMD Athlon X2 5600+ @3.4Ghz bytor.........................1913.39...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @ 3.4Ghz JUDAS.....................1809.10...AMD Athlon X2 5600+ @3.2Ghz PBmaster.....................1804.23...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @3.3Ghz TRT740.....................1671.40...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3.1Ghz Sneekypeet...............1661.09...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3.1Ghz JC316.....................1607.11...AMD Athlon X2 3600 @ 3Ghz Wile E.......................1606.10...AMD Athlon X2 4000+ @ 3Ghz Rick22......................1599.38...AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.95Ghz AthlonX2...................1524.93...AMD Athlon X2 3800+ @ 3Ghz p o s pc.................1506.27...AMD Sempron 3200+ @ 3.1Ghz SneekyPeet.............. 1498.27...AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.75Ghz Fox34...................1439.33...AMD Athlon 3500+ @ 3.0Ghz Steevo...................1350.18...AMD AthlonX2 3800+ @ 2.7Ghz CDAWALL.................1115.34...AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 2.44Ghz PT.................1106.19...AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 2ghz CPUMARK TRT740.....................6862.7...AMD Athlon X2 6000 @3.5Ghz BelowAmbient.............6788.6...AMD Athlon X2 6000 @3.4Ghz Bluefox1115.............6788.6...AMD Athlon X2 5600 @3.4Ghz philbrown23.............6788.6...AMD Athlon X2 5000 @3.4Ghz PBmaster.....................6722.7...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @3.3Ghz TRT740......................6666.7...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3.1Ghz Aphexdreamer.....................6663.7...AMD Athlon X2 6400+ @ 3.56Ghz Sneekypeet..................6607.7...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3.1ghz m3lisk........................6607.7...AMD Athlon X2 5600+ @ 3.1ghz AthlonX2.....................6583.7 ...AMD Athlon X2 3800+ @ 3Ghz Rick22........................6583.7...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3Ghz TattyOne....................6583.7...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3Ghz p o s pc.........................6554.6...AMD Sempron 3200+ @ 3.1Ghz Wile E.........................6530.6...AMD Athlon X2 4000+ @ 3Ghz Garb3.........................6460.8...AMD Athlon X2 5200+ @ 2.9Ghz AthlonX2.....................6417.1...AMD Opteron 144 @ 2.9Ghz TattyOne....................6399.1...AMD Athlon 4000+ @ 3.2Ghz Sneekypeet.................5348.9...AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7Ghz CDAWALL.....................5105.9...AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 2.15Ghz AQUAMARK CPU Bluefox1115.....................15,470...AMD Athlon X2 5600+ @3.4Ghz TattyOne....................14,236...AMD Athlon 4000+ @ 3.2Ghz PBmaster.....................14,175...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @3.3Ghz m3lisk........................13,619...AMD Athlon X2 5600+ @ 3.1Ghz sneekypeet................13,334...AMD Opteron 170 @ 3.1Ghz JC316........................13,192...AMD Athlon X2 3600+ @ 3Ghz POSPC.......................12,274...AMD Athlon X2 4600+ @ 2.78Ghz AthlonX2...................11,986...AMD Athlon X2 3800+ @ 2.6Ghz 3DMARK05 CPU Bluefox1115.............11,248...AMD Athlon X2 5600 @ 3.4Ghz AthlonX2....................9,394...AMD Phenom 9600+ @ 2.3Ghz belowambient..............8,521...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @ 3.4Ghz PBmaster....................8,395...AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @ 3.3Ghz sneekypeet.................8,275...AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.9Ghz m3lisk.........................7,816...AMD Athlonx2 5600+@ 3.12Ghz watts289.....................7,054...AMD Athlon X2 3800+ @ 3Ghz AthlonX2....................7,014...AMD AthlonX2 3800+ @ 3Ghz pt.............................5,725...AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 @ 2Ghz CLUB OVERCLOCKING RECORDS Highest FSB......................................AthlonX2 @ 438Mhz Highest X Clock.................................AphexDreamer @ 3556Mhz Highest % FSB OC..............................AthlonX2 @ 115% Highest % X OC................................AthlonX2 @ 67% Highest Mem Clock DDR ......................AthlonX2 @ 690Mhz Highest Mem Clock DDR2......................Wile E @ 1200Mhz
Well, tiger, I can see X2's point. I mean, since I don't have a conroe, I would prefer to see the amd benches so I can compare and work for mine.
yea cool sign me up! ive got the athlon x2 2.0ghz 3800+ (same cpu as you) overclocked to 2.45ghz right now. dram is down to 333 and ht clock down to 600mhz just for overclocking purposes. im going to push this badboy to 2.7 just scared of how much power im gonna have to put into it. right now its at 1.5v. how did you get yours to 2.7 with less than that?
add me i supose u could add me, i gt a 4200X2 oc'd at 2600MHZ looking to go for more on air but dont no if i shud as i aint gt watercooling and worried about voltage and temps
hrm so what was your processes of overclocking? lower ht multi and dram speed then set the ext clock to 230 or something and up voltage then repeat? whats your ht link speed running at? i hear above 1000 is unstable. mines at 750 right now since i turned down the ht multi (ldt)to 600 mhz. but at 1.5v im not sure how much higher i want to go. i hear 1.6v is the last safe step. btw, did you up your dram speed last?
ohh did a 3d mark 06 test as well, ah well i gt 1890 just out of curiosity if any1 wanted to no lol. ohh an athlon here is what i mean by that ram frequency
damn i guess i need better memory if im going to get past 2.45ghz after that is just crashes, even if i drop the multiplier.
Sciencemark2 i think that the sciencemark 2 are for 1 core of the processor only, i mean people with 3800+ get around a thousand clocked at 2.45 and, and i get around that with the x2 4200, so its a bit of a pointless test in a way for people who own x2's, i think that the 3dmark06 scores support x2's and its a test we should use for the best results. just a thought greek
3dMark is highly Video card dependant, therefore there would have to be another set of catagories for the different classes of video cards. Unless all members are happy with lower rankings based on the card they have.
LOL, but not realy that low. Thats the point I'm trying to make; I believe Athlon X2 is trying to maintain a 'AMD' overclockers club and needs feedback from members on how exactly to rate,grade and score the different systems.
Yeah, I thinks thats they route to take in order to submit results that will then be transfered to the web site @ yahoo. I think you might be able to link your name at the yahoo site to your TPU profile or maybe your 'My Space' account? Ask athlon X2.
alright then how does this rank..... amd 3200+ 754pin 3dmark06 = 30,114 and sciencemark2 =25,113 lol....all that with a hamster running in a wheel for a psu.... i'll do my tests when i get my real psu back in it and run those tests....i havent ran those tests in a while....


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A local cosmetic company puts trans icon Amanda Lepore front and center.
Quaint, tree-lined Glen Ellyn boasts few claims to fame: The western suburb is the birthplace of performance artist Laurie Anderson, and it was featured prominently in Winona Ryder's debut film, Lucas. As of September 1, it's also home to a cosmetic company with a trans person as a spokesmodel.
The beauty company and retail store Camp Cosmetics (a cheeky acronym for Cosmetic and Makeup Professionals, CampCosmetics.com) is the brainchild of out makeup artist Michael Perich. At 32, Perich is a 13-year industry veteran who entered the profession out of high school and made a name for himself as a young artist working for MAC before Estée Lauder bought the company in 1996. Burned out from making sales for everybody else, Perich decided to create Camp in 2003. Its slogan: "Women are born beautiful. We make them pretty."
"I was sick and tired of seeing all the high-end fashion and cutting-edge things coming out of New York, Canada and London and nothing out of my home city," Perich says. On May 1, 2004, Camp opened in Glen Ellyn as a cruelty-free cosmetic company with an emphasis on pigment-based products that, according to Perich, penetrate the third layer of the skin (essentially the root) where it can't break down. "What I did with Camp is create everything that everybody has always been looking for as far as product," Perich says. "No tricks, no gimmicks."
Even more noteworthy: Perich recently signed New York–based transsexual fashion icon, recording artist and nightlife legend Amanda Lepore to become his spokesmodel—an industry first. "She's the extreme epitome of glamour," Perich says. "Here you have somebody who has transformed themselves into something that is a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Jessica Rabbit. It's about being true to yourself and not caring what everybody else thinks."
To woo Lepore, Perich sent her a bunch of products for her birthday. Lepore was pleased: "Camp is a company on the rise," she writes via e-mail, "with a founder that has wonderful energy and an amazing quality line of products." It took a year to ink out a deal, which includes representing the face of Collection Lepore and touring the world in support of the new line. But will women be smitten with a Manhattan transsexual bon vivant turned cover girl? For Perich, that's the whole point. "Chicago doesn't have anything cutting-edge or risqué," he says, "a company that has an attitude of not going the comfortable route and thinking extremely outside the box." If Camp Cosmetics can work in conservative Glen Ellyn, it can work anywhere, Perich says. "It's not about gender. It's about looking the best you can possibly look and not having any kind of barrier or stigma to that. Beauty is beauty no matter how you define it."
To help promote the new line, Perich has teamed up with nightlife guru Scott Cramer, best known for bashes at Debonair Social Club and Funky Buddha Lounge. Cramer's newest weekly venture, Stardust, happens Thursday 16 at Berlin and promises, in Cramer's words, to be "sweaty and trashy with a side of rock & roll. We want to show Boystown a good time and get laid." Stardust kicks off with a private, $100-a-ticket reception that includes a complimentary three-piece color collection (five-eye-color palette, a cheek color and lipstick), an open bar and a private meet-and-greet with Lepore. Opening to the public at 11pm, the event will include Cramer's usual A-list guest DJs, startenders and friends. At midnight, Lepore will perform live.
"What I'm working on is bigger than me," Perich says. "My home city is an untapped market."
Amanda Lepore and Stardust paint the town Thursday 16.

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We live in Port Saint Lucie, we love downtown Ft. Pierce for all the events. Your right the riverfront is awesome. Always something going on. I think alot of the problem is. Where are the vistors coming from? Is it Jensen, Port Saint Luce, Hutchinson Island, if so it is quite a drive to get down there. My husband and I go to Friday Fest on a fairly regular basis, when we have out of town guest we always end up down there. But to be honest to just go there during the week when your working its just not feasible. When you look at downtown Jensen it is just a short drive from the surrounding homes. Downtown Stuart is just a short drive from US 1 with many homes around within a few miles. I agree I never even looked at the shops in downtown Ft. Pierce, one because most events are on the waterfront and with my bad feet I couldnt even think of walking over to the Sunrise, just as if im at an event at the Sunrise I wouldnt take the walk to the riverfront. So I can see the local businesses deliema.
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Straight Hair: How to Refresh It
Use these hairstyling tips to add oomph to limp, straight strands.
Taylor Chang-Babaian, Hair and Makeup Stylist:
Hi, my name is Taylor. I am going to show you how to revamp long, limp long, straight hair after a long day at the office. Let's get started! So, I'm spraying hairspray into the root of her head. The biggest challenge, I think, that straight hair faces throughout the day is that it gets limp, flat and very oily at the root. Especially, if you have "virgin hair" meaning there is no color in it. We want to add that body back up so we are going to use an alcohol-based hairspray to absorb some of that oil. I'm just going to give it a nice brush so we get some lift at the roots. Okay, flip for me. Now we have a lot of height. Now that we have a lot of our volume, I am just going to go through and smooth our any of the bumps we might have in the hair.
I am just going to take my teasing brush, you can also use a comb, and just use that to help straighten out the ends. I am using a ceramic iron. This is a great way to smooth it out especially if you have a tendency to put your hands in your hair throughout the day. I like ceramic irons. They are not as harsh on the hair as a regular iron. This one is about an inch in width. Just take it all the way to the ends and we are just going to do that all the way around the head.
So, what I'm going to do with this front area is kind of round it out using my flat iron almost doing a half curl but just twisting and that is going to give it a more polished look as opposed to just stick straight hair. Again, I am taking my flat iron and just twisting it. And you only have to do this in the front area; you do not have to do it all the way around.
Now, we are going to be adding a little bit of shine spray to the ends. Whenever you are dealing with shine with straight hair you want to make sure you start at the bottom because the roots already look so shiny and sometimes even greasy, so you just want to smooth out the hair and make it look polished. We are just going to start with a little bit to the ends to also add some shine there. We are going to work our way up. Just very lightly at the top -- not too much. Just running a brush through it to get that spray shine on even and push up the hair for some more height. It's going to add a little bit more volume to the roots. You can also tease the roots if you'd like -- whatever you like. And there we have it, revamped straight hair.
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Wow! Really helpful, thanks!!!!
by featherawesome Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 07:43PM Report as inappropriate
These are great tips for us straight haired girls.
by beautybody Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 01:27PM Report as inappropriate
More helpful tips! Thanks!
by powerwoman033 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 12:23PM Report as inappropriate
wow very nice. beautiful transformation.
by tinkerbella26 Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10:15PM Report as inappropriate
Great ,Very good tips, I'm learning a lot, thanks.
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I have straight hair that I don't color and I swear that Shielo's Volume Line gives me more swing to my hair when I use it. I also use Shielo's Volume Hairspray (its Flexible Hold) on my daughter sometimes and I notice that her flyaways are much neater after using the Shielo brand. The scent is AMAZING! I have also gotten compliments on the scent from people when my hair was dry. I recommend this shampoo to anyone who is looking to stretch out their haircut visits. Your hair stays healthy and smells great.
by melissa_locks Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 01:57PM Report as inappropriate
I'll have to try this tomorrow!
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Pretty, great tips! Would like this for my straight hair!
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Once they find these "rogue solicitations," they warn users. According to Digital Trends, the alert will stay active for 90 days and will be removed after this period, as long as the business quits gaming the system. "We want to make sure consumers are making informed decisions," said Eric Singley, Yelp's VP of Consumer & Mobile Products. "Yelp's automated review filter is working around the clock to flag these types of biased reviews, and we believe that you deserve the right to know when this type of activity is taking place behind the scenes." Although this new idea has only been in place for a couple days, it's already working. For example, a Texan business owner who had purchased 200 positive online reviews was caught in Yelp's filter due to its overly "impressive results." Mr. Singley notes that, while Yelp does have to be aware of these scams, for the most part their travel community is full of honest business owners. 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Its got a full fledged campaign. Its REALLY good too. There is also an instant action offline where you can play with bots as well.
cool.. I played the other stand alones.. they were a lot of fun except that one where all the characters were bogus. that one sucked..lol.. cool.. I'll have to keep my eye on this one .
This game sucks, wish I didn't get it. It's just plain and simple. You just like fight, you pick out of a whopping four classes and fight, boringgggggggg. Back to Crysis and Mass Effect!
Just tried this game at my friend's house. It's really lame, the lamest game I have ever played. Dynasty Warrior x10 this game. Gameplay: 6/10 Graphic: 7/10
Well besides your opinion Kid# umm is it really good? I am really planning on buying it tomorrow. What can you do in the game? I have seen some videos of multiplayer but what do you do on campaign, can you customize your character in multi?
There is no character customization. I like it. If I didn't just find the awesomeness that is Mass Effect I would be playing it more
I didn't spend a long time with it, but the gameplay is like Dynasty Warrior if you played that game before. Complete the mission with the help of your team mate (which you can't control), capture, and defend flags/points. You have 4 classes to choose, and you can change your class during battle at points which you captured. The graphic is bad... This game looks like a game from 3 years ago. I feel the moving, and the character's action is abit choppy, not smooth motion, which made it not really realistic. It's cheesy. This game worth $19, can be less, but no more than that. I strongly suggest you to get another game.
Ahh ok. Well since I am like the biggest LOTR fan in the world I pretty much have like everything LOTR, from games to replicas, do you think this game is a humiliation to the LOTR franchise?
You just reminded me of this. Is this you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2qF2X7ZOA Looks like a basic hack n' slash game. They have their place, and are not "humiliations." Sometimes you just wanna go kill stuff.
Lol, ok, I have never seen that, but yes, I am both of those guys, except, I do have a girl and I don't throw up when I'm pissed about it.
Consoles have there fair share of good games, always good to have a 360 or PS3 on hand in case a good exclusive comes out or if the game feels better on a controller. Not sure if theres a PC demo of the game tho.


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If You've Been Drifted On
Pesticide exposure can lead to serious medical consequences, so it's important to take all incidents seriously and immediately seek medical attention. In addition to affecting people, when pesticides drift from their intended targets they can damage ecosystems, pets and wildlife, and cause economic harm by contaminating crops and poisoning livestock. It is important that all drift incidents are promptly reported, even if no damage is apparent.
If pesticides drift onto you or your neighbors, you should:
- Evacuate the area, warn your neighbors and seek medical attention.
- If you were hit with spray drift (droplets or dust particles) that contacted your skin, shower as soon after exposure as you can.
- If you experience any symptoms of pesticide exposure, immediately see a doctor or call the Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222 .
- Call for help. Once you are in a safe location, notify the appropriate authorities of the incident (see below). If you feel your life is in danger, call 911.
Always Report Pesticide Drift
Regardless of whether people were directly exposed to pesticide drift or any ecological damage or economic harm is immediately visible, it's important to promptly report every drift incident to the agency responsible for pesticide enforcement. The appropriate agency varies by state, but it is typically the office of the County Agricultural Commissioner.
In California, calling 1-877-378-5463 should connect you with the appropriate office. If you seek medical attention, be sure to tell the doctor that pesticides are involved or suspected. In addition to helping the doctor diagnose and treat you, this will ensure that the incident is counted in official tallies, since many states require doctors and veterinarians to report cases of suspected pesticide poisoning incidents to the state.
It's important to notify authorities as soon as possible, and to ask for a formal investigation and pesticide sampling on affected properties. This is because pesticide residue can degrade quickly, and samples should be taken as soon as possible if they are yield conclusive results. Write down all of the details of the exposure before you forget anything, including the time and date of the incident, what happened that led to the exposure, and the location of the application site and neighboring buildings.
Resources ::
- Pesticide Drift, from California's Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Deriva de los Pesticidas (En Español) from California's Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Community Action Guide, from Californians for Pesticide Reform


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Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni lauded the prospect of peace in a statement.
"Four years of political stagnation are coming to an end," she said.
Understanding 1967
To understand the excitement over the rumored concessions -- if they are indeed a possibility -- one needs to go back to the dawn of the Six-Day War.
In June 1967, Egypt, Syria and Jordan massed their troops on Israel's borders in preparation for an all-out attack.
Israel launched a pre-emptive strike on June 5, targeting Arab airfields and destroying the Egyptian air force on the ground.
Egypt had set up a sea blockade against Israel the day before, according to the U.S. State Department Office of the Historian.
Military skirmishes and bellicose gestures between Israel and many of its Arab neighbors had reached a crescendo. Syria threatened to push Israel into the sea. Egypt allied with the Syrians.
Israel captured lands from its enemies and occupied them.
The United Nations demanded in Security Council Resolution 242 that Israeli troops withdraw and give the lands back. The resolution required all states involved to recognize each other's existence.
At first, Arab countries refused to recognize Israel as a state, and Israel retained the captured territory.
Over time, things changed. Egypt and Israel made peace in a deal brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David in 1978, and Israel handed the largest captured chunk, the Sinai Peninsula, back to Egypt.
Jordan and Israel mended relations.
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Searching for a new ride? During the coming weeks, if you find yourself looking for new routes or places to ride make sure to stop by one of our Retail Parters. Within a select few, including River City Bicycles here in Portland, you may notice a small wooden structure that looks not unlike a cigar box perched on their countertop. Within that box are three local routes (maps and cue sheet provided on water resistant paper) to help you find a few rides in the area. Take a moment to thank Matt Karre while you are there, he helped us put together these routes. The Festive 500 Ride to Redemption is here again the end of next week and whether at home or on the road for Holiday travels start your ride planning out right.
You can find cue sheet boxed placed in Bike Effect (Santa Monica), Signature Cycles (New York City) and the Rapha Cycle Club (San Francisco) currently.
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Board of Commissioners Human Resources Admininstration
Commissioners' Calendar
County Commissioners Public Hearing to take Official Action
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MFS #15. Acknowledgement of AT&T Cellular Animal Shelter Wireless Antenna Site Term Commencement Date
MFS #16. Consideration of Parks & Recreation funding
MFS #17. Consideration of Resolutions of Appreciation for W.A.C.O. sponsors
MFS #18. Appointment of Nicole Krieger for the Supreme Court oral argument in the Wilson Advisory case
MFS #19 Cost Share Agreement – Little Horsethief Canyon Fire
MFS #20 Request to extend deadline for Hearing – Big Mountain LLC
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Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the
Teton County Board of Commissioners
Teton County Administration Building
200 S. Willow - Commissioners Chambers
Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES – meetings dated 9/24/2012, 9/25/2012, and 10/1/2012
1. Consideration of issuance of Restaurant Liquor License to Tram Club, LLC dba Teton Fresh STAFF REPORT
2. Consideration of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Contract
3. Consideration of Amendment # 2 to Teton County Contract with Golder Associates STAFF REPORT
4. Consideration of a Scale Purchase for the Trash Transfer Station STAFF REPORT
5. Consideration of an Award of Bid/Approval of purchase Walker Mower
6. Consideration of Winter Sand Contracts for Road & Levee STAFF REPORT
7. Consideration of Purchase of Network Switch for Fire/EMS Administration Building STAFF REPORT
8. Consideration of Purchase of Network Switch for Emergency Ops Center STAFF REPORT
9. Consideration of purchase of Replacement Equipment for County Data Protection Systems STAFF REPORT
10. Consideration of Wide Area Network Contract with Silverstar Communications STAFF REPORT
11. Consideration of a Construction Contract to cover the HVAC equipment at the Heritage Arena STAFF REPORT
12. MFS2012-0021: Co-location determination for a new wireless cellular tower at the Moose-Wilson Road fire station
13. Consideration of Findings of Fact Conclusions of Law and Order on previously approved matters:
a. MFS2012-0019 Grand Targhee Master Plan Extension
b. EXT2012-0006 Extension of VAR2011-0005 Thorburn
c. S/D Partial Vacation of Owl Creek plat
d. VAR2012-0007 Volpi-Cupal Variance
14 EXT2012-0007 - STAFF REPORT- Jennifer Kocher-Anderson - Approval of a time extension due to extraordinary circumstances, pursuant to Division 5200, Extraordinary Circumstances Time Extension, of the Teton County Land Development Regulations, for a Variance approved March 18, 2008 for a lesser street yard and river setback (VAR2007-0020). The request is for an additional four years.
1. Applicant: RENDEZVOUS LANDS CONSERVANCY
Agent: Pierson Land Works, LLC
Presenter: Susan Johnson
Permit No.: S/D2012-0001 STAFF REPORT MEMO
Request: Final Plat approval, pursuant to Division 6100, Final Plat, of the Teton County Land Development Regulations, to vacate the River Springs Subdivision and reconfigure Lot 1 to include a portion of Lot 4 lying easterly of the levee. Lots 2 and 3 and the remainder of Lot 4 will revert to a metes and bounds tract.
Location: River Springs Subdivision is located northeast of the intersection of Highways 22 and 390 (S23, T41N, R117W). The property is zoned Neighborhood Conservation-Single Family and is within the Natural Resources Overlay.
Agenda Items are subject to change, please visit www.tetonwyo.org for the latest updates.
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By Stacey Gillis Correspondent
With only 13 days left until Christmas, many people are still in a tizzy, trying to find that perfect gift, while others are discovering they still have a long list to shop for.
Luckily, Hope Mills offers a wide variety of shops, boutiques and retail stores that will have you marking off your Christmas list in less time than it takes to drive to the mall.
For the fashionista who is wishing for some of the hottest style trends under the tree this year, make a visit to High Cotton Consignment boutique in Traemoor Village. It offers the latest in women's apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories from sought-after designers such as Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors.
"We are a high-end consignment shop. We offer designer items, and we also offer current items," said Emily Honeycutt, the store's general manager.
Honeycutt said that designer jewelry, handbags and accessories are on many Christmas wish lists this year, making them popular items to buy for gifts this season.
"Bubble necklaces are really popular now for the holidays. So are Michael Kors watches," Honeycutt said.
"We also carry designer handbags like Coach, Dooney & Bourke and Kate Spade. Those are all really popular now," she said.
Typically, the store sells designer handbags from $52 to $350, which is a fraction of the cost if bought new.
"A lot of the things we carry, you can't get at the mall," Honeycutt said. "The designer items that we have are something that you won't be able to find at the mall."
The Wine Cafe in Millstone Towne Center is the perfect place to shop for wine and beer connoisseurs and hostess gifts, or if you just want to spread some holiday cheer.
"We have gifts from $9.99, such as a bottle of wine. We also have other gadgets for a lower price point," owner Angie Malave said. "We can service customers with any budget."
Malave said many customers are buying bottles of wine to take to holiday parties as hostess gifts or just to leave wrapped up under the Christmas tree.
"These days with the festivities, the sparkling wines are popular," she saide. "There is something about bubbles and the holidays."
For the beer enthusiast, Malave said the Samuel Adams' Barrel Room Collection of beers is a popular choice this year.
"The Samuel Adams' New World, which is an ale, and the Thirteenth Hour, which is a stout - everybody will love them. They are so good," Malave said.
The store also offers a variety of wine-inspired items and gadgets, along with a large assortment of beers, from around the world. If you need a gift with a more personal touch, the staff can assemble custom holiday gift baskets.
If you still need to trim the tree, decorate for the holidays or need a special gift, visit Carleen's of Hope Mills. This gift boutique, located on Rockfish Road offers exquisite home decor, a wide variety of adorable and sassy children's clothes, and a large assortment of gifts that anyone would love to receive.
The shop is decorated as a Christmas wonderland, with ornately decorated trees throughout the store and colorful wreaths and swags hanging from every wall and doorway. Most of the wreaths and garlands are handmade by the owner, Hope Mills Mayor Jackie Warner, and her sister, Tommie Dallas, and they are for sale.
This year, Warner said, novelty and nostalgic items are among shoppers' favorites to give as gifts.
"The box gifts and ornaments have really been popular," said Warner, who says they start at about $10 each. "The novelty stuff has also been selling well - just unique, little gifts."
The shop sells items such as hand-painted signs, fusion glass pieces and a colorful assortment of entertaining items for the home.
"That's the selling point - something unique, something different," said Warner.
The boutique is the area's largest dealer of Mud Pie brand children's clothing and accessories.
"I started last year with just a few gift items. Now, I'm probably one of the bigger Mud Pie dealers around," said Warner.
Additionally, the shop sells the collectable Willow Tree keepsakes, various home decor items and a hodgepodge of college sports teams paraphernalia.
Located in the heart of Hope Mills is Rose's Exquisites on Trade Street. At this corner gift shop, you'll find monogrammed gifts, fashion jewelry and fragrant candles.
"My prices are very, very economical," owner Kristy Jackson said. "I have a lot of little gifts that make great stocking stuffers."
Jackson sells necklace sets, bracelets and earrings in prices that range from $10 to $25.
New for the holiday season are Nakamas, a colorful animal plush toy that comes with friendship bracelets, which children can share and trade with each other.
"They are supposed to be the new up-and-coming thing," said Jackson, who sells them for $6.99.
Shoppers will also find an assortment of purses and wallets, wines glasses and stationary. The store sells soy-blend candles from the Tyler Candle Co.
"Things with polka dots and zebra prints are popular," said Jackson.
As you are crossing off your Christmas list, don't forget about picking up something for the mail carrier, your neighbor, hairdresser or even a secret Santa gift. For those smaller gifts, you can't go wrong with a gift certificate from Crystal's Sweet Treats on Camden Road or a gift card from Edible Arrangements in Millstone Towne Center.
Whatever may be on your shopping list, you can find just what you are looking for in one of the many exceptional shops in Hope Mills.
Happy shopping!
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Category Archives: Retail
Wed, Nov 20, 2013 | 09:41 GMT
Humble Store stocks first OUYA game, more console titles to follow, says team
Towerfall: Ascension has become the Humble Store's first console and OUYA product. Humble Bundle co-founder and COO John Graham has said this is just the beginning for console titles on the marketplace.
Tue, Nov 19, 2013 | 05:18 GMT
Xbox One stock to be held in reserve at Microsoft Stores on launch day
If Xbox One console pre-orders are sold out at nearby specialist games stores, you may be able to pick one up at your local Microsoft Store.
Tue, Nov 19, 2013 | 11:00 GMT
Tomb Raider PS4, Xbox One age rated, listed on Amazon Italy
Something called Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has popped up, and is apparently coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Mon, Nov 18, 2013 | 13:46 GMT
Blockbuster UK to shutter 72 stores, 452 jobs will be lost
Blockbuster UK has confirmed it will close 72 stores across Britain, at the cost of 452 jobs.
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 | 10:54 GMT
Amazon UK: new PS4 & Xbox One orders will not arrive for Christmas
Amazon UK has updated its PS4 product page to warn customers that any orders made after November 13 will not make it to the buyer in time for Christmas. Xbox One orders on the other hand, "may" not be delivered in time.
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 | 05:58 GMT
NPD October: GTA 5, Pokémon drive US retail to third consecutive growth month
The NPD's October report of US new game sales showed overall growth for the third month in a row, thanks to strong performances from Grand Theft Auto 5 and Pokémon X & Y.
Wed, Nov 13, 2013 | 13:52 GMT
Battlefield 4 knocks Pokemon X & Y off its perch on Media Create charts
Battlefield 4 has topped the Media Create charts in Japan, with 121,699 units moved on PS3 for its debut. Pokemon X and Y, which has been the top seller since it released on October 12, fell into second place. The DICE shooter only bested the Nintendo title by 6,069 units, making it rather close.
Tue, Nov 12, 2013 | 21:33 GMT
Black Friday deals from Best Buy, Kmart and others are rather nice
Black Friday deals have started popping up for various US retailers and at Best Buy, if you are in the market for a new PS3, has great deal for a 500GB system with Batman: Arkham Origins and The Last of Us for $199.
Tue, Nov 12, 2013 | 13:06 GMT
Amazon opens PlayStation Network store, $5 PSN credit back on some purchases
Sony is allowing digital retailers freedom to launch their own PSN store-fronts, starting with Amazon. The retailer has now opened its PSN shop in the States as an alternative outlet for digital PlayStation content.
Mon, Nov 11, 2013 | 14:30 GMT
Xbox One & PS4: GAME UK pre-order bundles leaked ahead of launch – report
Xbox One and PS4 pre-order customers at UK retailer GAME will be able to choose from a selection of console bundles ahead of their November 22 and November 29 launch respectively. The list of bundles and pricing has reportedly been leaked.
Thu, Nov 07, 2013 | 21:18 GMT
GameStop hosting PS4 pre-launch events in North America on November 10
GameStop will be hosting pre-launch events in North America for PlayStation 4 on November 10. The events will take place at all stores, and each will be offering customers triple bonus credit on hardware traded towards a pre-ordered PS4. That's around 90% extra credit to use in-store. Activities, refreshments and giveaways will be hosted at select locations and come November 14, "all eligible GameStop stores" will remain open leading up to the midnight launch of PS4. Check with your local store for more information. Thanks, CVG.
Wed, Nov 06, 2013 | 14:18 GMT
Pokemon X & Y still tops on Media Create, Wii U moves over 38,000 units
Pokemon X and Y was still in the number one slot on the Media Create charts in Japan for the week ending November 3, and while the title helped 3DS LL maintain its spot at number one, Wii U soared to second place with 38,802 units sold thanks to the release of Wii Party U.
Wed, Nov 06, 2013 | 18:56 GMT
Call of Duty: Ghosts ships over $1 billion at retail stores worldwide as of day one
Call of Duty: Ghosts has sold-in $1 billion at retail stores worldwide since its release yesterday, Activision has announced.
Wed, Oct 30, 2013 | 11:19 GMT
PS4 & Xbox One: GAME UK offering launch queue jump to pre-purchase customers
UK retailer GAME is offering launch-day queue jumps to anyone who pays for their Xbox One or PS4 before their respective launches.
Mon, Oct 28, 2013 | 16:26 GMT
Tesco responsible for one third of GTA 5′s sales in the UK
Major UK supermarket chain Tesco is responsible for about one third of all the Grand Theft Auto 5 sales made in across Britain.
Fri, Oct 25, 2013 | 15:46 BST
Xbox One and PS4 shipments in Q4 2013 expected to hit 2.5 to 3 million each – analyst
Xbox One and PS4 shipments in Q4 2013 are expected to hit between 2.5 to 3 million each, according to analysis by Robert W. Baird & Co.'s Colin Sebastian.
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 | 15:01 BST
Ouya rolls out to Target stores across the US, demo kiosks to follow
Ouya isn't giving up the fight. After some well-documented troubles of late, the console is coming to Target stores across the United States this month, with demo kiosks to follow early next year. Previously not every store at a single retailer carried the console. Now it'll be present in all 1800 Target stores.
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 | 12:05 BST
NECA's new RoboCop figurine is inspired by the 1989 NES game
Toy manufacturer NECA has unveiled its newest video game-inspired figurine: Robocop. The figure is based on Data East's 1989 adaptation of Paul Verhoeven's gloriously violent film. Check it out after the break.
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 | 10:46 BST
UK postal strike threatens to scupper Call of Duty: Ghosts launch, retail fights back
The Royal Mail has a strike scheduled for November 4, which is the day before Call of Duty: Ghosts launches on current-gen machines and PC. But rather than let this delay customers getting their hands on it, online retailers are already working on alternative delivery options, even if it costs them.
Wed, Oct 23, 2013 | 14:55 BST
Pokemon X & Y tops Media Create charts, FIFA 14 and Beyond: Two Souls land in top 10
Pokemon X & Y moved another 473,151 units in Japan, and was once again the reigning champion of the Media Create charts in Japan. Lifetime sales for the titles in the region, combined, have now hit 2,339,721 units. Monster Hunter 4 and Grand Theft Auto 5 swapped places, and FIFA 14 and Beyond: Two Souls both debuted, and landed at six and seven on the chart, respectively, for PS3. On the hardware side, PSP and Wii were the only offerings to see an increase over the prior week, but 3DS LL was still the top seller as usual with 94,988 units moved compared to Pokemon debut week when it moved 141,245 units.


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Goodbye Lenin: Universal Studios To Bring "Magic Of the Movies" To Moscow
Construction is set to begin in 2014 on "Galactic Park", a multi-billion dollar venture planned by Universal Studios that puts one final cinematic nail in the Iron Curtain's coffin. The park, which is scheduled to open in 2018 in the Russian capital, is Universal's fifth.
MOSCOW - Universal Studios is bringing its world-famous amusement park to Russia. "Galactic Park," to be built in Moscow, will include the standard Universal Studios attractions, a water park and a retail-entertainment zone called Universal City Walk.
The whole development is being promoted by businessman Sait-Salam Gutseriev, who plans to invest $2.8 billion on the project. Outside experts consider the estimate low, and say the construction alone could cost as much as $11 billion.
Gutseriev began negotiations with Universal Studios, for whom this would be the first amusement park in Europe, in 2010. At the same time, he also pursued a partnership with Disney, but failed to reach a deal for the creation of a Russian Disneyland. Construction on Galactic Park is expected to begin in 2014. It is slated to open in 2018.
Universal Studios currently has four amusement parks worldwide - in Orlando, Hollywood, Singapore and Osaka. The planned park in Moscow will copy the concept of Universal Studios' other parks, but will be more affordable for visitors. Entrance tickets are expected to cost $34. Universal's amusement park in Orlando charges $85.
Read the full story in Russian by Yekaterina Gerashenko, Khalil Aminov and Evgeniy Khvostik.
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Why Oliver Sacks is One of the Great Modern Adventurers
The neurologist's latest investigations of the mind explore the mystery of hallucinations – including his own
- By Ron Rosenbaum
- Smithsonian magazine, December 2012, Subscribe
It's easy to get the wrong impression about Dr. Oliver Sacks. It certainly is if all you do is look at the author photos on the succession of brainy best-selling neurology books he's written since Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat made him famous. Cumulatively, they give the impression of a warm, fuzzy, virtually cherubic fellow at home in comfy-couched consultation rooms. A kind of fusion of Freud and Yoda. And indeed that's how he looked when I spoke with him recently, in his comfy-couched consultation room.
But Oliver Sacks is one of the great modern adventurers, a daring explorer of a different sort of unmapped territory than braved by Columbus or Lewis and Clark. He has gone to the limits of the physical globe, almost losing his life as darkness fell on a frozen Arctic mountainside. He's sailed fragile craft to the remotest Pacific isles and trekked through the jungles of Oaxaca. He even lived through San Francisco in the 1960s.
But to me, the most fearless and adventuresome aspect of his long life (he's nearing 80) has been his courageous expeditions into the darkest interiors of the human skull—his willingness to risk losing his mind to find out more about what goes on inside ours.
I have a feeling this word has not yet been applied to him, but Oliver Sacks is a genuine badass, and a reading of his new book, Hallucinations, cements that impression. He wades in and contends with the weightiest questions about the brain, its functions and its extremely scary anomalies. He is, in his search for what can be learned about the "normal" by taking it to the extreme, turning the volume up to 11, as much Dr. Hunter Thompson as Dr. Sigmund Freud: a gonzo neurologist.
You get a sense of this Dr. Sacks when you look around the anteroom to his office and see a photo of the young doctor lifting a 600-pound barbell at a weight-lifting competition. Six hundred pounds! It's more consonant with the Other Side of Dr. Sacks, the motorcyclist who self-administered serious doses of psychedelic drugs to investigate the mind.
And though his public demeanor reflects a very proper British neurologist, he's not afraid to venture into some wild uncharted territory.
At some point early in our conversation in his genteel Greenwich Village office I asked Sacks about the weight-lifting picture. "I wasn't a 98-pound weakling," he says of his youth in London, where both his parents were doctors. "But I was a soft fatty...and I joined a club, a Jewish sports club in London called the Maccabi, and I was very affected. I remember going in and seeing a barbell loaded up with some improbable amount, and I didn't see anyone around who looked capable of touching it. And then a little grizzled old man came in who I thought was the janitor, stationed himself in front of it and did a flawless snatch, squat-snatch, which requires exquisite balance. This was my friend Benny who'd been in the Olympic Games twice. I was really inspired by him."
It takes a strong man of another kind for the other kind of heavy lifting he does. Mental lifting, moral uplifting. Bearing on his shoulders, metaphorically, the heavyweight dilemmas of a neurologist confronted by extraordinary dysfunctional, disorderly, paradoxical brain syndromes, including his own. In part, he says, that's why he wrote this new book, this "anthology," as he calls it, of strange internal and external hallucinations: as a way of comforting those who might only think of them as lonely, scary afflictions. "In general people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations," he told me, "because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases they're not. And so I think my book is partly to describe the rich phenomenology and it's partly to defuse the subject a bit."
He describes the book as a kind of natural scientist's typology of hallucinations, including "Charles Bonnet syndrome," where people with deteriorating vision experience complex visual hallucinations (in one case, this involved "observing" multitudes of people in Eastern dress); blind people who don't know—deny—they're blind; hallucinations of voices, of the presence of God; tactile hallucinations (every one of the five senses is vulnerable); his own migraine hallucinations; and, of course, hallucinations engendered by hallucinogens.
What makes this book so Sacksian is that it is pervaded with a sense of paradox—hallucinations as afflictions and as perverse gifts of a sort, magic shows of the mind. This should not be surprising since as a young neurologist, Sacks became famous for a life-changing paradoxical experience that would have staggered an ordinary man.
In case you don't recall the astonishing events that made Sacks the subject of the Oscar-winning film Awakenings, they began when he found himself treating chronic psychiatric patients in a dusty and neglected hospital in the Bronx (Robin Williams played him in the film; Robert De Niro played one of his patients). Dozens of his patients had been living in suspended animation for decades as the result of the strange and devastating aftereffects of the encephalitis lethargica ("sleeping sickness") epidemic that raged through the '20s, which had frozen them in time, semiconscious, mostly paralyzed and virtually unable to respond to the outside world.
It was grimly horrifying. But Sacks had an idea, based on his reading of an obscure neurophysiology paper. He injected his patients with doses of L-dopa (which converts into dopamine, a primary neurotransmitter), and a veritable miracle ensued: They began to come alive, to awaken into life utterly unaware in most cases that decades had passed, now suddenly hungry for the life they'd lost. He'd resurrected the dead! Many moments of joy and wonder followed.
And then disturbing things began to happen. The dopamine's effectiveness seemed to wear off in some cases. New troubling, unpredictable symptoms afflicted those who didn't go back to "sleep." And the patients experienced the doubly tragic loss of what they had all too briefly regained. What a doctor's dilemma! What a tremendous burden Sacks bore in making decisions about whether he was helping or perhaps further damaging these poor souls whose brains he virtually held in his hands. How could he have known some of the miraculous awakenings would turn into nightmares?
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Hi Again: The article,"Spark of Genius", by, Thomas Wynn presents his insights on why we have obtained intelligent thought, but did not fully explore the physical changes to the human brain which allow us to benefit by the articles explored reasons. It is understood that the human brain was situated in an extremely warm environment which precluded further physical growth. The evolutionaly introduction of what has commonly been called a physical Heat Sink, allowed for such growth as it calmed down the brain and allowed it to begin to develop exponentially in size and in skill.Perhaps this introducion should be explored more and be allowed to be open for further discussion. Thanks Again: Harry Rehberg
Posted by Harry Rehberg on November 28,2012 | 07:51 PM
Hi: Looked through the article by Ron Rosenbaum entitled,"The Gonzo Neurologist", which discussed Dr. Oliver Sacks impressions on Hallucinations, and had not found any mention of the Hypnogocic effect which allows us to witness uncontrolled verbal and visual hallucinations either while meditating or while drifting off to sleep. The only possible reference to this phenomenon was that there are those who appear to be locked into this state as depicted in the film,"Awakenings."What are his views on this phenomenon, and how are they directly related to his studies? Thanks Again: Harry Rehberg.
Posted by Harry Rehberg on November 28,2012 | 07:39 PM
This article contained two lines that are now at the top of my Favorites list. In addition, there is a timely subject that I would like for Mr. Rosenbaum to bring up with Dr. Sacks for his thoughts and assessment. In all earnestness I would really love for Dr. Sacks, if he hasn't already, to view episodes of "The Long Island Medium." Teresa reminds me of what my mother-in-law would have been like 40 years ago, typical Long Island Lady, upbeat, social, funny with her hair and nails done - and most of all - honest and earnest. Dr. Sacks states in the article that he is a materialist and has never come across anything in his experience that would challenge that philosophy. How does Dr. Sacks explain her ability to channel those who have past and provide details, the smallest of private moments and the feelings and personalities of people she has clearly never met nor researched?? I believe this reality show has challenged even the most ardent realists and practical thinkers, like myself. Thus, I would love to know what Dr. Sacks' take on her abilities and on the possibilities of a spiritual world beyond the concrete. Okay - The Best Lines I Have Read in a Long While 1. "The panopoly of things that can go frightingly wrong...you are just one dodgy neuron away from appearing in Sack's next book." Who of us, especially those of us who have studied human behavior have not felt this at one time or another?? What wit! 2. Mr. Rosenbaum's question to Dr. Sacks: "Consensus reality is this amazing achievement, isn't it?" Whoa. One of those facts of life that are so obvious and prevalent, but I never thought about it in such a way before. I'm not really looking to be published in the Comments section of the Smithsonian Magazine, but rather to spark the idea of presenting Dr. Sacks with these questions. Like many others, I have become quite interested in exploring the validity and reality of a spiritual world.
Posted by Elisa Goldklang on November 27,2012 | 11:53 PM
Thanks for this very sensitive reading of one of the more subtle and humane minds in the world today. Sacks pioneered a very different, much more accessible discussion of some of medicine's great philosophical mysteries. Many other doctors have since followed in his steps. And while some of them are quite good, none of them are on the same plane as Sacks. Putting Rosenbaum to work for the magazine was a great editorial decision. I'm sure I'm not the only subscriber who values the magazine more because of Rosenbaum's articles.
Posted by Richard Bell on November 20,2012 | 11:04 PM


text: Home Culture Blacks Trek South: Isabel Wilkerson's Take The author of an epic study of the Great Migration says it paved the way for the new exodus south. By: Joel Dreyfuss Posted: Aug. 30 2011 12:40 AM 0 Isabel Wilkerson (Getty Images) The news from the 2010 census that African Americans are moving south in significant numbers prompted The Root to call Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, a work that has been called "magisterial." She spent a decade on the book, which documents the massive movement of African Americans between 1910 and 1970 from oppression in the South to opportunity in the North. An award-winning writer, Wilkerson won a Pulitzer Prize for her journalistic thoroughness and exquisite writing while working at the New York Times. She spoke to us during a pause on her never-ending book tour. The Root: Is the reverse migration a new phenomenon? I've found articles going back to the 1970s describing black professionals moving from North to South. Isabel Wilkerson: It's not new. This kind of demographic shift may occur very slowly and deceptively, and that's why a lot of times [the shifts] go unremarked. It's hard to tell what a trend is until the end of it. The Great Migration that I wrote about -- that migration from the South to the North -- leveled off and began to shift in favor of more people moving to the South than outside of the South. The South began to benefit in the 1980s. It's not a new phenomenon, but [instead] it's one we're seeing as a continuation. TR: How do you connect the earlier Great Migration with this new trend? IW: When the 20th century began, 90 percent of all African Americans were living in the South. By the end of that migration, nearly half were living outside of the South. That global distribution has not changed dramatically, even with the reverse migration. These things take decades, generations, to play themselves out. Right now it may be 55-45 or something along those lines, meaning the South has always had the majority of African Americans. This reverse migration is a movement of smaller percentage [than the Great Migration]. I'm not diminishing the role of it. It just doesn't have the same magnitude ... It was the magnitude of that original migration that forced the North and the South to confront what was going on in the South and ultimately forced change. The South was losing so much of its cheap black labor, and the North was being confronted with the arrival of so many people from the South that [both regions were] forced to deal with demographic sea change. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. If [blacks] wanted to leave, they had a place to go. It was the first time in American history that African Americans, the lowest-caste people, had a choice. Page 1 of 3 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre


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Logan's is clearly at fault here on several accounts:
1. Placing a weapon in the hands of a pregnant woman whose hormonal imbalance triggered a repressed memory of segregated lunch counters. She clearly believed she was being denied a seat at the Woolworth's lunch counter;
2. The waiter had not been trained to recognize the symptoms of Stress-Induced Inequality Flashback Syndrome (STIFS), and his actions were a catalyst for her behavior;
3. Logan is a British name, and evokes memories of an era when England colonized much of Africa. No doubt there were people named Logan who owned slaves at some point in history This subconscious memory triggered centuries-old rage in Starnika that was bound to erupt at some point. Logan's is clearly guilty of cultural insensitivity;
4. Patrons of this establishment are served peanuts as a snack and the shells are thrown on the floor. Peanuts remind many people of the great work of George Washington Carver, and the act of throwing the shells on the floor is blatantly disrespectful to his memory.
Don't blame Starika....Logan's brought this on themselves...
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endpoint.tv - WF4 Workflow Service Data Validation Design Last episode I shared with you some thoughts about my 4 Tenets of Service Oriented Data Validation and I showed an example of using them with WCF. In this episode I'll walk through an updated version of the WCF Service Fault and Validation Example to Orthopaedic Injuries in Times of War and Disaster
It is in times of war and natural disaster where the many ground breaking advancements in Orthopaedic Surgery have first emerged and are put to a true test due to the severity of injuries and limitations of applying available technologies with finite resources in remote areas. Treatment of injuries to servicemen and women from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and the recent experience of disaster relief in Haiti have provided major challenges to the Orthopaedic specialty. Dr. Cliff Jones, Clin