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Your EPL Survival Sunday Guide
For the first time ever, all ten games from the final day of the English Premier League season will be broadcasted live in their entirety. ESPN will have one game while Fox has released the network and online assignments for the other nine. All games have a start time of 10 ET on Sunday May 13th. The wider soccer fandom stateside has gravitated towards the EPL for several reasons - television coverage, quality of play, Americans playing in the league, and the recognizability of players and teams. If you needed any more proof of soccer "making it" in this country, televising all 10 English Premier League games in a single week has to be it.
Televising live games across a variety of networks has been a fashionable trend with the success of the NCAA Tournament on CBS and Turner and the Stanley Cup Playoffs across NBC platforms. However, Fox is taking it to the next level with Survival Sunday. This year's final day is the perfect storm for Fox and ESPN. Not only is the EPL title up for grabs between Manchester City and Manchester United, but possibly two Champions League places are still undecided (depending on Chelsea's result in this year's CL final) as is the final relegation spot.
Below you'll find all the match details and the ranking of all 10 games from 10-1 so you'll know which games are worth keeping an eye on. Here's your Survival Sunday Guide...
10) Wigan (15th, 40 pts) vs Wolves (20th, 25 pts), Fox Soccer 2Go
Wolves have secured relegation since late April and have been at the bottom of the table for the last 9 games. Wigan only cemented their safety Monday with a 1-0 win over Blackburn, continuing their improbable streak of escaping relegation thanks to manager and occasional ESPN analyst Roberto Martinez. The only reason you should have for watching this game is convincing yourself MLS is somehow better than the EPL.
9) Norwich City (13th, 44 pts) vs Aston Villa (16th, 38 pts), Fox Soccer 2Go
Norwich have been one of the surprises of the EPL season after winning back-to-back promotions and being pegged as a relegation favorite before the year began. Aston Villa has been one of the disappointments of the season after finishing in the Top 6 three of the last four years. With the mobile placement, this game isn't likely to draw too many eyeballs.
8) Chelsea (6th, 61 pts) vs Blackburn (19th, 31 pts), Speed
Blackburn will exit the Premier League for the first time since 1999, clinching relegation on Monday (with a loose chicken and not a black cat seemingly dooming their fate). Chelsea will have their eyes on next week's Champions League Final with nothing left to play for in the league. Then again, Chelsea could play their 7th stringers and still probably defeat Blackburn.


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Barbara J. Mattson, a firearms training unit detective of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used in the Sandy Hook school shooting, during a legislative hearing in Hartford, Conn., reviewing gun laws.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — More than 1,000 Connecticut residents descended upon the state Capitol yesterday to voice their often-emotional views on gun control in the wake of the shooting massacre last month at a Newtown elementary school.
Some speakers called for a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-caliber magazines that allowed killer Adam Lanza of Newtown to shoot 20 children and six educators in a span of about six minutes.
Multiple speakers countered that any gun-control laws would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens who have not broken the law. They said that criminals, such as Lanza, have always disregarded the law and would continue to do so. They said that the Virginia Tech shooter did not use an assault weapon, and that the Columbine High School killers committed their crimes during the federal assault-weapons ban.
Overall, an estimated 1,400 people packed into the Capitol complex, spilling into overflow rooms where they watched the testimony.
Some witnesses blamed Lanza and his mother, who owned the guns that he stole before heading to Sandy Hook Elementary School on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012.
"The parents have to know their child and their behavior," said Gregory J. Droniak, 58, a member of the National Rifle Association from Derby. "I'm opposed to gun-free zones. Sandy Hook was a gun-free zone."
Tim Rockefeller of North Branford, a former Marine, said, "I don't believe any law would stop a madman from killing his own mother."
Rockefeller said he was concerned that many of those testifying had been using the wrong terms, in his view. "The term 'assault weapon' is a political term, not a gun term," Rockefeller told lawmakers.
Like other speakers, Rockefeller received polite applause at the end of his testimony.
The two co-founders of the March for Change mentioned that their group will be holding a rally outside the state Capitol on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.
Nancy Lefkowitz of Fairfield, one of the co-founders of the March for Change, said there has been a "gross misinterpretation of the Second Amendment" that has allowed citizens to purchase " killing machines" that can allow shooters to mow down citizens in massacres in schools, movie theaters and shopping malls.
The Newtown shootings, she said, "turned thousands of residents of this state into single-issue voters." She told legislators that her group will be watching how they vote on the gun issues.
Meg Staunton of Fairfield, a fellow co-founder of the March for Change, told lawmakers that public-opinion polls show that the general public wants gun control.
"Why are people saying this legislation will be difficult or almost impossible to pass?" Staunton asked legislators. "People will live or die based on how you decide to vote."
Christopher Yen of Norwalk, a Harvard graduate who is now employed by a hedge fund in Connecticut, said the answers on gun control should come from common sense. He is opposed to any extension of the assault-weapons ban that had been enacted and has since expired.
"These ideas have been tried before at the federal level from 1994 to 2004," Yen said. "They failed to save a single life."

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First Night Saratoga festivities are underway until Midnight on Monday, in downtown Saratoga Springs.
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Wales Manors new branding phrase THE BEST LITTLE WINEHOUSE IN TEXAS is gaining national attention. Recently John "Josey" Wales, and two of his friends (Platinum/Gold Record Songwriter Adam Mitchell and Texas Legend Singer/Songwriter Jon Christopher Davis) got together to write, compose, produce and record this song. It Tells The Story- ENJOY
Wales Manor Vineyard, established by John Wales in 1999, was the first commercial vineyard in Collin County and the northeastern area of the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. Located adjacent to the city of McKinney, the 3 acre clay and limestone vineyard is used exclusively for Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve and Rose Wines.
Located on a hill which is one of the highest elevation points in Collin County Texas, Wales Manor Winery & Vineyard has continued its role of supporting the Texas Wine Industry by helping establish additional vineyards in Collin County.
The Texas Wine Industry has a rich history of which many are not aware. The history can be traced back to 1662 when the first vineyard and winery was established by Franciscan priests at the 'Mission of Ysleta' near El Paso. Texas presently ranks 5th as the largest wine producer, by volume, in the United States.
Wales Manor Winery & Vineyard again added to the Texas tradition when it opened the first commercial winery in Collin County, TX in 2003. From its humble beginnings as the first commercial winery / vineyard on Collin County, Wales Manor is now one of numerous local wineries.
During 2003, the owners of Wales Manor and Triple 'R' Ranch Wineries combined efforts and formed Lone Star Wine Cellars. Specializing in tastings and sales. Lone Stars Wine Cellars was the first collaborative effort in Texas involving 2 seperately owned wineries.
We are excited about the past, present, and future of the Texas Wine Industry and the role Wales Manor will continue to play in its history and growth. Our commitment to you is producing affordable wines that meet the quality standards deserving the stamp of TEXAS. We take pride in the production of our wines here at Wales Manor, striving to provide our customers & guests with an abundant wine selection that reflects and encompasses all that is great about the wonderful State of Texas.
Wales Manor offers a wide variety of wines to satisfy almost every palate. We, along with almost wine experts, strongly believe that a good wine starts in the vineyard with freshly harvested grapes (no concentrate). We do not hide the flaws in wines by the addition of flavoring, artificial additives, or sweeteners. Although Wales Manor owns an estate vineyard, it takes a lot of grapes to meet our production demands. From North, South, Central, East and West Texas, we are constantly seeking to sign grape contracts to fulfill our needs for Texas Grapes. Only the best vineyards in Texas are given contracts to sell fruit to Wales Manor. Again, a good wine starts in the vineyard! » Learn more about Wales Manor's wine selection.
Be prepared to be amazed! We have just completed construction our new large Concert & Wedding Stage--electric service and lighting to go! While we still have the small stage, we simply have outgrown it for many of our concerts and weddings. Designed by input of customers of Wales Manor, we feel very confident that there is nothing privately owned like it in the State of Texas. The basic lighting system, should be in place by our April 2nd Music Under The Stars Concert with Texas Music Legend Jon Christopher Davis www.jonchristopherdavis.com www.facebook.com/jonchristopherdavismusic
The lighting system was professionally designed by lighting guru Marc Meisenheimer; from Big Bear, California. When not working as a Lighting Designer and Directer for world-class festivals and jazz concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, Playboy Mansion, or lighting for television/film projects-such as Charmed, Titanic, and Pulp Fiction-to name a few, Marc can be found expanding his photography portfolio while hiking and climbing. The integration of the natural outdoors setting to compliment the stage for concerts and weddings was right down Marc's area of expertise. Wales Manor will be working with Marc to expand upon the basic system to include LED, laser, and pyro over the next year. Hopefully, the Stage will also be used for future film projects in the DFW Metroplex.
What do you do with a 150 year old bronze bell from a Catholic Church in South America? You build a 45 foot tall natural rock bell tower to use for weddings/concerts/events. The construction of the tower progressing. Located between the patio area/small concert/wedding stage/new large concert/wedding stage and winery it is always in full view of the audience. Named THE TOWER OF ELEMENTS, it will have hand craved designs of the four elements of the world into the four corners of each entry. Not only will it be celebratory, but serve as a reminder that we owe our existence to our environment, which we must protect and cherish.
Wales Manors new branding phrase THE BEST LITTLE WINEHOUSE IN TEXAS is gaining national attention.
Recently John "Josey" Wales, and two of his friends (Platinum/Gold Record Songwriter Adam Mitchell and Texas Legend Singer/Songwriter Jon Christopher Davis) got together to write, compose, produce and record this song.
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The A-2 Flight Jacket was made famous by U.S. Army airmen who wore them as a testament to their bravery, independence and skill. Service tested in 1930, the A-2 was adopted as the regulation Army Air Corps flying jacket on May 9, 1931. Its style continues to be a perfect example of form following function.
The A-2 jacket is available and true to the original design in russet or seal brown horsehide or medium brown goatskin.
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One piece back, 2 piece sleeves. Talon nickel finish zipper with leather puller tabs, single entry pocket with luxurious curved shape flaps. Epaulets boxed stitched, 1 3/4" tapering down to 1 1/2". Hanger loop boxed stitch through and through. Stand up collar, snapped down collar tips. 8-10 stitches per inch, reinforced pockets corners and wind flap, provide solid construction that backed by life time warrantee.
Its lining of 100% cotton and 100% wool knit cuffs & waistband is also true to the original. Finish touch of A/N inspection stamp and Air Corp stamp on the lining.
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I ordered an A2 Horsehide in Seal Brown on Sunday 11/18 and received it on Wednesday 11/21. The jacket is terrific, tremendous leather quality and detail is perfect. Sadly the 46R is a bit too snug for my liking. I have already sent it back to Shaul Dover for Tuesday delivery with a note to please exchange for a 48R. I'll report back when I receive the new size but I am impressed so far by what I saw. (Posted on 11/25/12)
Very sturdy horsehide jacket Review by ijp
My russet brown horsehide is great. Very sturdy hide. I bought it primarily because I wanted a super tough leather jacket. After a week of constant wear it 's already starting to show the characteristic wavy pattern of creasing that horsehide (and shell cordovan shoes) display. Very pleased. The only thing that surprised me a bit was the flat almost sprayed/painted looking brown matte type finish on the jacket. Overall I was very pleased and bought a second one in seal brown! I don't think you will get better value for a horsehide jacket. (Posted on 11/19/12)
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I received my goatskin A2 one day before scheduled delivery date by UPS. Shipping from U.S. to Italy only took seven days. The jacket fits correctly and the goatskin brown is just the way I expected. I know that I will appreciate more my A2 as I break in the leather. In other words, I am fully satisfied.
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I am very pleased with my jacket. I bought a Russet horsehide A-2 from U.S. Authentic two winters ago. I was luke warm to the generic non-original manufacturer look so I bought an Aero of Scotland A-2, which was very highly rated on several consumer review sites. Comparing them side by side, the U.S. is a much better jacket. The aero feels flimsy and it's too dark brown, in fact it looks black indoors under atrifical light. The Aero compared to an original issue Aero 42-15142-P (which I own one of) has many inaccuracies, so many in fact I feel their advertisment of "stitch-for-stitch" reproduction is false advertising. The original maker U.S. comes closest to copying is Perry Sportswear 42-16175-P. If a few small changes were made to the stitching in a few areas and a Perry Sportswear label added, I think U.S. could rival Eastman and Good wear leather in the original maker reproduction A-2 market. I will be sending my Aero back and keeping my U.S. Authentic. (Posted on 9/8/12)
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5 Meetup Groups match "Ivy League" near San Carlos, CA
The Ivy Plus Society ("TIPS") produces social networking events for young alumni of a select group of schools, with the aim of creating a community of talented, dynamic individuals. The chance to meet incredible people was one of the best aspects of the schools we were privileged to attend. TIPS events extend those opportunities beyond the iron gates of our alma maters. The Ivy Plus Society recognizes the need to set the roof on fire and raise a glass with friends, new and old. So we aim to brin …
YaleWomen of Northern California is a regional group that provides resources for Northern California alumnae of Yale University who are interested in building social and professional networking contacts. Our mission is to create a vibrant, engaged community of alums, drawn together by the common thread of our Yale experiences, that is committed to advancing women's voices and perspectives and to enriching and inspiring one another, Yale, and the world.
Meetup details are available only to members.
Penn in Tech was created with the purpose of fostering a greater sense of community among University of Pennsylvania alumni that live in the Bay Area and work in technology.
Wondering what "life coaching" is all about? Are you standing at a threshold and asking, "What's next?" for you in your life? Wanting to connect with some clear-minded, sincere, and supportive people? Come into the circle! After years of Ivy-League education and living my life based on Other People's Expectations, I have finally learned some tools that work for bringing me in touch with my own source of inner peace, joy, and freedom, to live life on my own terms. I'm excited to share these with …
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With the ups and downs in the economy, it's unfortunately not rare to see companies come and go and the dairy plant in North Lawrence was one of them. Healthy Food Holdings had closed and all the machinery inside was about to be auctioned, when Upstate Niagara Cooperation stepped in. And now, about a year later, employees and community members are celebrating the new opportunities at North Country Dairy. Cara Thomas has more.
NORTH LAWRENCE, N.Y. -- Matt Davis has worked at the North Lawrence Dairy Plant for seven years. And over time, has worked for numerous owners. When the day came in January 2011 when Healthy Food Holdings announced that the dairy plant was closing, Davis said it was one of the saddest days of his life. But it wasn't long before his luck turned around. "In May, late April, early May, it was announced that Upstate Niagara was going to purchase the facility, which was one of the happiest days of my life," he said.
Davis was asked to come on board as the plant manager.
North Country Dairy has been operating as a yogurt plant since October. On Thursday, Upstate Niagara Cooperative and North Country Dairy celebrated their grand opening.
CEO of Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Lawrence Webster, said, "The event represents to us a celebration of opportunities. Opportunities to support the local economy, opportunity to set the stage for a very promising future hopefully in this area."
After investing about $11 million in refurbishing the 90 year old plant, Upstate Niagara Cooperative received a bit of help from many local government officials, the New York Power Authority, as well as other state and county agencies. And their contributions come from the belief that this dairy plant could be an economic development boost for the area.
Gil Quiniones is the President of the New York Power Authority. He said, "The Governor recognizes that the strategic use of these resources could be the crucial pivot for businesses getting back on track, as demonstrated by what we've witnessed here."
"It's huge for the community. People downtown, even the surrounding communities, Massena, Potsdam, where we draw a lot of our employee base from, everybody's real talkative about it and very supportive," said Davis.
The new yogurt plant is expected to employ around 80 North Country residents. Workers say they have huge plans for the future.
Operating for less than a year, North Country Dairy is already shipping their products across the country, selling more than 15 flavors. Their clients range from airlines and cruise ships to local super markets.


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The current UI on the Appearance -> Header admin screen is misleading with respect to the "Display Text" form field. This field does not have a distinct theme_mod, but rather correlates to HEADER_TEXTCOLOR. From `wp-admin\custom-header.php`:

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The issue is with this line:
<?php $hidetext = get_theme_mod( 'header_textcolor', HEADER_TEXTCOLOR ); ?>
Conditionally displaying text based on the theme_mod for header_textcolor being defined or not is unintuitive. There is no practical reason that the theme_mod to display/not display header text should be tied to the theme_mod specifying the header text color. Yet, currently, in order to support the "Display Text" field, header text output must be wrapped in a if ( 'blank' != get_header_textcolor() ) conditional.
I think the simplest solution would be to create a distinct theme_mod for display_text, with a corresponding display_header_text() conditional.
(See also ticket #17605)
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comment:1 chipbennett — 2 years ago
I'll be happy to try to write a patch for this, but it has some deep fingers in wp-admin\custom-header.php. If the idea has some consensus, I'll try to tackle it.
comment:2 scribu — 2 years ago
I agree that using a 'blank' color to disable the header text is hackish.
But maybe we can just create the display_header_text() conditional that hides the hack.
comment:3 chipbennett — 2 years ago
That would at least be a good first step, if nothing else!
Should I just create the conditional, so that it available to Themes, or should it be propagated throughout the Admin where applicable?
comment:6 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Okay, I'll generate a patch for the core files, then one for Twenty Eleven. Is it okay if I do iterative patches, and get feedback for each step? This will be the most I've modified any core files, so I want to be sure I do it correctly.
comment:8 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Okay, here's my first iteration: adding the conditional function.
comment:9 follow-up: ↓ 10 scribu — 2 years ago
The function description is too verbose. I would replace it with just "Conditional check to determine if the user has enabled the Display Text option..
The function implementation is also too verbose. It should be a single line:
return 'blank' != get_header_textcolor();
comment:10 in reply to: ↑ 9 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Replying to scribu:
The function description is too verbose. I would replace it with just
Conditional check to determine if the user has enabled the Display Text option.The function implementation is also too verbose. It should be a single line:
return 'blank' != get_header_textcolor();
Made less-verbose, as per your suggestion.
comment:11 scribu — 2 years ago
- Summary changed from Appearnce -> Header UI: "Display Text" Needs Distinct theme_mod to Appearance -> Header UI: "Display Text" Needs Distinct theme_mod
comment:12 chipbennett — 2 years ago
And here's the patch for \wp-admin\custom-header.php, using the new display_header_text() conditional function.
comment:13 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Just a note that, while doing some testing of the new code, I'm still noticing an issue that results from the conflation of header_textcolor and display_header_text. If "Display Text" is set to false, and then changed to true, the header_textcolor displays as #blank, which not only is semantically incorrect (the value is expected to be a valid, six-digit HEX color value), but also poor UX (the previous header_textcolor apparently isn't retained when "Display Text" is set to false).
So, even after putting an intuitive display_header_text() around the header_textcolor hack, we've still not solved all of the non-intuitive UX issues.
comment:14 follow-up: ↓ 15 scribu — 2 years ago
I can't reproduce that on current trunk.
comment:15 in reply to: ↑ 14 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Replying to scribu:
I can't reproduce that on current trunk.
While trying to reproduce the observation, I discovered something else: If "display header text" is set to false, and then the "Restore Original Header Text" button is clicked, the original header text settings are restored, but the UI does not change (javascript issue?). That is: the Text Color text field remains hidden, until the page is refershed.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Ensure that "display header text" is set to false
2) Select "restore original header text"
Is this related enough to keep in this ticket, or should I submit a different ticket?
comment:16 scribu — 2 years ago
When I click the "Restore Original header text" button, a page refresh ensues and everything works as expected.
There doesn't seem to be any JS involved. Tested on Twentyeleven.
comment:17 chipbennett — 2 years ago
In the most recent nightly, it appears that the "Display Header Text" radio buttons have been removed entirely. Now, the "Text Color" text field label reads, If you want to hide header text, add #blank as text color.
So, I guess that works, too. (Though, I don't think the instruction to use #blank either semantic or intuitive.)
comment:18 chipbennett — 2 years ago
comment:19 chipbennett — 2 years ago
Okay, after a bit of testing with Twenty Eleven, I think I understand why you can't recreate the issues I'm describing: Twenty Eleven defines NO_HEADER_TEXT as true`'.
The wonky issues thus only appear for Themes that define NO_HEADER_TEXT as false - that is, that display the Header Text color field by default. Since Twenty Eleven doesn't display this field by default, the issue doesn't appear. But for Themes that do display this field, it appears not to be displayed when clicking "Restore Original Header Text".
comment:20 scribu — 2 years ago
Could you give an example of such a theme that I can install from the comfort of my wp-admin? (I'm lazy :P)
comment:21 chipbennett — 2 years ago
I would say to install Oenology, but all of my header-text fixes are in the soon-to-be-released Version 2.5; so it's not quite yet available in the repo. Maybe I can finish it up this weekend and get it submitted, so you can one-click install it. :)
Otherwise, you can get the development version from GitHub.
comment:22 chipbennett — 2 years ago
- Keywords has-patch needs-testing added
comment:23 chipbennett — 22 months ago
Scribu, is there anything still holding up this one?
comment:24 scribu — 22 months ago
- Severity changed from normal to minor
- Type changed from defect (bug) to enhancement
You should make a single patch that combines themes.php.display_header_text.rev2.diff and custom-header.php.display_header_text.diff
Also, {1-2 words}.{ticket number}.diff is a suficiently descriptive patch name.
comment:25 scribu — 21 months ago
Related: #20249
comment:26 nacin — 21 months ago
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comment:27 nacin — 21 months ago
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comment:28 nacin — 21 months ago
- Keywords close added; needs-testing removed
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 3.4
get_header_textcolor() is always going to need to return 'blank' for compatibility reasons. I tweaked it so there is now a new function, display_header_text(), and I leveraged that function in core.
However, the 'blank' checks are still in Twenty Eleven. I don't see a reason to go from:
if ( 'blank' == $text_color ) :
To something like:
if ( ( function_exists( 'display_header_text' ) && display_header_text() ) || 'blank' == $text_color ) :
comment:29 nacin — 21 months ago
In [20243]:
comment:30 nacin — 20 months ago
Closing as fixed on the new API. Not sure what we can do about the theme mod, but that can be for another ticket in a future release.
comment:31 nacin — 20 months ago
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:32 kovshenin — 20 months ago
Related #20600
comment:33 nacin — 19 months ago
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Thaïs got together all her jewels, magnificent furniture, rich clothes, and the rest of her ill-gotten wealth, and making a great pile in the street, burnt it all publicly, inviting all who had made her those presents, and been the accomplices of her sins, to join her in her sacrifice and penance. To have kept any of those presents would have been not to cut off all dangerous occasions which might again revive her passions, and call back former temptations. By this action she endeavoured also to repair the scandal she had given, and to show how perfectly she renounced sin, and all the incentives of her passions. This being done, she hastened to Paphnutius, and was by him conducted to a monastery of women. There the holy man shut her up in a cell, putting on the door a seal of lead, as if that place had been made her grave, never more to be opened. He ordered the sisters as long as she lived to bring her every day only a little bread and water, and he enjoined her never to cease soliciting heaven for mercy and pardon. She said to the holy man: Father, teach me how I am to pray. Paphnutius answered: You are not worthy to call upon God by pronouncing his holy name, because your lips have been filled with iniquity; nor to lift up your hands to heaven, because they are defiled with impurities: but turn yourself to the east
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Health and Human Services Department facing a -- -- from the Catholic Church over the mandate for employee contraception coverage.
Former Utah governor Mike Leavitt secretary health and human services under the Bush Administration with me -- -- sir good morning to you.
-- good morning bill you know that the New York archbishop Timothy cardinal Dolan was talking about this with Fox News earlier in the week and went to -- have a quick listen to this and we'll get you to -- you.
It just eliminate that that haven't played -- of the federal government to define religion.
We'll be we'll we'll we'll step back.
Because it will be able to rejoice in the religious freedom for which this country stands will be able to keep up our ministries which we considered to be rather essential to our faith.
Then we'll live happily ever after so it shows it's -- narrow and assist the choking nature of these exemptions that HHS has put out.
Lord knows which people I mean this is in the fight that we asked for -- and it's not a fight that were relishing we'd -- Love -- put it behind us and get back to normal and be left alone.
I think the phrase that people are picking up on the choking nature it's the -- here.
What do you make of the cardinal's comments.
Well I agree with them entirely this is an action by government that essentially.
Denies the capacity of the church and its members.
To play out its conscience and its own way and imposing the widow of government.
It to eliminate the freedom of religion that religion is always played -- very important role in American society.
And actions like this are aimed at diminishing the role of what was the -- do you believe why did they go there.
Well I I think it was very simply to impose their set of values on.
On that the citizenry.
And in doing so.
Essentially stepping on the rights of people to -- practice -- religion and to have their consciences.
Play out in a way that is consistent with their -- when he used to run this department -- was that was a big job 20052006.
Under the Bush Administration.
Buy into that second term.
It is this the kind of thing you know based on these losses in the challenges in the court.
Can this be -- can it be amended what is your best guess about what this -- or what happens to it rather.
Well the administration chose to take away this right of religion.
With a stroke of the pen.
It could be reversed in the same way and it should be.
The Catholic church and many others deeply alarmed about this have chosen to go to court.
To demonstrate that this is not the role of government and it goes beyond the constitutional role of government.
But it's right at the heart really -- a question that we now facing as a society and that is.
Does religion continue to have a prominent role in American society I believe it should be actions like this make it clear that others do not.
But we're having a conference today really to talk about that to talk about what the roles should be and how we can preserve religious liberty and we're saying the faith community now uniting.
To fight back against actions.
This weather was a Republican or Democrat it's all the same freedom of religion is a very basic.
Part of American life and needs remains.
Just one more question here that does the court act on this because based on what you're saying here.
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The Catholic church and many many others who.
Join them both in spirit and letter.
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Since most of Pandas skills are based on his base damage I wonder if items like riftshards/brutalz/nullfire or other items are included in that basedamage. Like, can I crit using flurrys for example?
Most things do. Crit will work. Shieldbreaker / Frostburn will work. Stuns or mini-stun from Savage won't procc from flurry however, iirc.
Thanks alot man Flurry crits seems nasty, ima try riftshards a couple of times now
Can't comment on the above, but don't believe the hype about Cleaver, it does NOT work on Flurry
From I last remember shieldbreaker doesn't proc on flurry, unless they changed it. I will test in practice i'll give feedback.


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***Welcome to the Fermi Owners Club*** This club is for people who own any of nvidia's fermi GT4xx cards. This includes GTX460(both memory versions), GTX465, GTX470, and GTX480 To be a part of the club all you must do is post a screen shot of GPU-z, Afterburner or whatever you use to overclock your card, a little notepad windows with your TPU username in it, and an actual picture of your card. Simple as that. Once i see that you have proof that you own the card i will put you in as a member of the club under that card GTX480 GTX470 Owners: nvidiaintelftw --- Asus GTX470 (FIH) The Don --- Gainward GTX470 blu3flannel --- Evga GTX470 GTX465 GTX460 Owners: erek --- Evga GTX460 768mb Dj-electriC --- Sparkle & Gainward GTX460 768mb SLI
they arent in the same exact club though its just a 480 and 470 and then the 460 one is seperate. i wanted to make one that would bring them all together
haha u forgot the GTX430, 440 & GTX450 all should be build on the GF104 core bcs it's an awesome core xD http://www.guru3d.com/news/geforce-gtx-450-440-and-430-specs-surface/
for me to believe that post. it needs to be a screenshot/screeny so i can see your desktop background and everything with a little notepad window opened up saying erek @ TPU
so now are you assuming im a noob. because i was a member of OCN for 4 years. i just moved to here because of was sick of everything going on there EDIT: your in erek I just got to come up with a little link thing to this club thread for you to put in your signature to tell everyone your apart of it
Do a post search on him. Most of them are belittling, contrary, and at the best, very abrupt. Red flags went up when he started jumping on Cd in another post. Things are very different at OCN:shadedshu
i just ran the highest i could 1.087v havent tried a higher oc yet though, and dont really see a need for it neither but i DO feel a difference in Mafia II, when running at stock speeds it kinda laggs a bit in full HD, but with that oc it runs very smooth without lagg
If I set my card with the highest voltage allowed on MSI Afterburner 1.138 my psu shuts down, must be the OCP. I just posted my last two runs on the Vantage thread.
I has a 460, will post screenie later, for now though I just thought I'd point out to you "nvidiaintelftw" that it's not allowed to be posting twice or more (in a row) in a thread, your best bet is to EDIT the original thread Just thought I'd let you know before you get a little telling off for that.
oh i know. i just lazy sometimes you can post twice in a thread but not one after another to bump it unless its been 24 hours


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Quote:Frustrated with the displacement wars. I'm don't understand why when I was a kid, 1000CCs was a huge bike and now it is an entry level machine. I toured the US on a Kawasaki KLR 650 this year and it had plenty of power for me and roughly 50 lbs of gear (300lbs total). I am looking at going to a street bike that I can tour 2 up on without goint to 1600CCs. I like the Thunderbird, but just don't see why it is needed. I have been facinated with the America and see lots of people that have bags and screens on them. My question being, is there enough power for 2 up touring? Keep in mind, I dont want to do 100 MPH through twisties, but 80 MPH to keep up on a super slab every now and then would be needed. Do I really need to go to the big displacement for comfort?
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Urban Suite - Inviting 2BR Sleeps 6 with Great Roof Deck in Brooklyn
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Located in a charming Brooklyn Townhouse. You're just a hop, skip and a jump away from the heart of New York City and all of its attractions. Only 7 minutes by car and 20 minutes by train.
Sleep in extreme comfort in 2 bedrooms with beds that feature Nutratemp 3" memory foam mattress toppers, fresh linens and towels. Enjoy a luxurious jacuzzi bath after a long day of shopping and site seeing. Relax on our comfy sofas while watching over 250 channels on our flat screen plasma TV, including all NBA basketball games for you sports fans.
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I consider 1990 as the earth-shattering year on planet Earth (no pun-intended). The world was about to change � permanently some may argue. One of the world's two super powers, USSR and an established alternative form of governance, the communism, was about to lose traction. The cold war was about to end. Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost were too rapid transformations that instead of stopping accelerated the break-up of USSR. Berlin wall had already fallen and suddenly many new countries were coming out of former USSR and USSR Block. India had a Prime Minister, Mr. V.P. Singh, who came to power on the promise of clean government in 1989 and stayed in only for a year till November 1990. The world was changing fundamentally.
This was the year when I joined my first job at Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses (ISSA) after doing my masters in computer science. This was a dream come true for me as I dreamt to be a defense researcher since my class X when I watched fly-past of Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft on its golden jubilee anniversary in 1982, from the roof top of my home at Delhi. Given my more than deep interest in defense and security analysis rather than computer science, Dr. N. K. Jaiswal, then Director ISSA, straightaway assigned me to a rather interesting study on if a war happens when it will transition to a nuclear war in cases of symmetrical or asymmetrical nuclear capabilities with both nations. This was based on a model being developed using prisoner's dilemma from Game Theory. It was a matter of great pride for me that I contributed to the report based on this work and was mentioned as a co-author. Based on this model which used a monte-carlo simulation approach to study strategies, we designed and developed the first three terminal computerized crisis game/seminar game/free form game/politico-military game. It is interesting to note that today 20 years later I am exploring the same methodology to create business innovation solutions.
In August 1990, may be due to break down of cold war equilibrium, Saddam's Iraq annexed Kuwait. Throughout the rest of the year 1990, there were regular reports of US attacking Iraq to free Kuwait. The attack came on 16th January 1991. However, at the turn of New Year I got a call from my lab Director that we will have to go to (Scientific Adviser) SA's office, to discuss something related to Gulf war. ISSA was made part of a study group to understand if oil-wells are burnt by Saddam as a counter to allied attacks, what will be the environmental effects. In a week's time we studied all reports and implications published in popular press � it was mentioned that Indian environment may get affected and scenarios equivalent to a Nuclear Winter may happen. In about 4 days of work we made a high level model to estimate the impact of oil-well fires. The report was tabled in parliament and also our results were published in India Today and many newspapers. It was a great high for me personally.
Why I mentioned the above three studies � if one looks at the work ISSA was doing before that � it was operational and tactical problems � these studies were our initial forays into the messy, unstructured and chaotic world of decision and systems analyses at strategic level. This become my life-long love, the world of messy, long term and long range problems at the strategic level. The book that I wrote in 2004 titled �Strategic Decision Making � applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process, is a testimony to the remarkable exposure that I had at ISSA. The book also was a direct influence of the work I did while contributing to Dr. Jaiswal's book titled �Military Operations Research: Quantitative Decision Making. It was a great learning experience to see how that book emerged.
My best period in ISSA started when I came back from my M. Tech in January 1997. In that year, Dr. Jaiswal retired and Mr. S C Jethi became the Director. Dr. Kalam had taken over as SA and I had new energy for applying my new found problem solving methodologies. My love for strategic level decision problems expanded in the new eco-system. I developed a new methodology to model and quantify weapon systems effectiveness. Till that that time operational lethality was considered as the dimension of weapon effectiveness, we expanded that to include survivability, operability and interconnection capability of the weapon system. This became a paper called Weapon Power Score (WPS) that I presented at Ballistics Conference in South Africa in 1998. I expanded the WPS as well as explored other such methodologies for example Situational Force Scoring (SFS) by Rand Corporation and created a new model based on the existing Adaptive Dynamic Model of Epstein into a comprehensive methodology for incorporating effects of advanced technologies in modeling combat including combat support systems. An offshoot of this study was a methodology for analyzing centrality in networks using eigenvalue method. I developed it on my own. Later I found that centrality using eigenvector is an established method in social network analysis. This result has been used in some of my recent work on system complexity in software. In 1998 it resulted in my second international paper which was presented in RMCS UK's conference.
By now, ISSA was established as a lab doing unique strategic analysis work. We became members of high level committees to study Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA's). We were called to study impact of peaceful nuclear tests. This was work that we did before May 1998. I distinctly remember that we submitted a report on economic and other impact of peaceful nuclear explosions on 10th May 1998. On 11th May we heard India has conducted its nuclear test. That was a great feeling to know that ISSA contributed to the country's need and I played a small part. In all my work at ISSA, I have felt a remarkable emotion of pride in contributing to a larger goal � for my country. I can safely say in my work in private companies since the year 2000 till now, this sort of feeling has never been felt. By now, ISSA was well established as a Strategic Analysis Laboratory, we were forming a great team of scientists who were interested in exploring, experimenting and evolving solutions rather than using existing cookie-cutter solutions of the past.
Our reputation by now had expanded so much that SA asked us to study Nuclear Doctrine and WMD needs of India. Using an established model called Ingrilitor-Britto model to study the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine of cold war, we developed our own model to estimate how many missiles we need to take care of our adversaries' nuclear missiles. I worked with our resident Game Theory expert to develop on this model. The methodology was so interesting that we published a paper in one of the conferences on OR. At the same time, I got interested in the shift to network centricity. The concept on network centric combat force (NCCF) � I can claim � we produced a model � that must be the first on NCW. Our resident Information Theory expert discussed the principle of maximum entropy one day. We discussed together and the result was a report and a model using principle of maximum entropy for estimating threat intensity on specific nodes in a NCCF.
In 1999 during Kargil war we studied and looked at the casualties and combat operations to predict what may happen. That report was also released and was well appreciated. Last report, before I left ISSA, was on Strategic Command and Control Network and the mechanisms of escalation. I think that was initial work which had solid contours to become a new model � I am sure it would have been continued to create a final report.
In nutshell, my 10 years in ISSA/DRDO were a life changing and immensely rich experience of intellectual pursuits through scientific methods and I can proclaim that a decade of work at ISSA/DRDO has helped me to continuously create in the private industry. I have done much better in my career and my life, because I worked at ISSA for 10 years. I am sure in last decade or so many things would have changed, but I am convinced there will still be minds exploring new horizons in ways that are unique to ISSA. Over umpteen cups of tea, over discussions on next pay commissions, over personal priorities and children growing up, over each other's leg-pulling, over informality of discussions, over understanding of variety in what makes ISSA/DRDO, I have no doubt, science happens! That I think, is a great experience � ISSA was and still is my most precious experience.
continued after advt Navneet Bhushan (Navneet) is a founder director of CRAFITTI CONSULTING (www.crafitti.com) � an Innovation and Intellectual Property Consulting firm focused on co-crafting Innovation in global enterprises. He is the winner of Indira India Innovation award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Leadership for 2012. He is the principal author of Strategic Decision Making- Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process published by Springer-Verlag, UK, as part of the Decision Engineering Series. Read Navneet Bhushan Profile. Read Navneet Bhushan Columns.


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Without fanfare, astronomers have redefined one of the most important distances in the Solar System. The astronomical unit (au) — the rough distance from the Earth to the Sun — has been transformed from a confusing calculation into a single number. The new standard, adopted in August by unanimous vote at the International Astronomical Union's meeting in Beijing, China, is now 149,597,870,700 meters — no more, no less.
The effect on our planet's inhabitants will be limited. The Earth will continue to twirl around the Sun, and in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn will soon arrive. But for astronomers, the change means more precise measurements and fewer headaches from explaining the au to their students.
The distance between the Earth and the Sun is one of the most long-standing values in astronomy. The first precise measurement was made in 1672 by the famed astronomer Giovanni Cassini, who observed Mars from Paris, France, while his colleague Jean Richer observed the planet from French Guiana in South America. Taking the parallax, or angular difference, between the two observations, the astronomers calculated the distance from Earth to Mars and used that to find the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Their answer was 140 million kilometers — not far off from today's value.
Until the last half of the twentieth century, such parallax measurements were the only reliable way to derive distances in the Solar System, and so the au continued to be expressed as a combination of fundamental constants that could transform angular measurements into distance. Most recently, the au was defined as (take a deep breath): "the radius of an unperturbed circular Newtonian orbit about the Sun of a particle having infinitesimal mass, moving with a mean motion of 0.01720209895 radians per day (known as the Gaussian constant)".
The definition cheered fans of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, whose constant sits at the heart of the whole affair, but it caused trouble for astronomers. For one thing, it left introductory astronomy students completely baffled, says Sergei Klioner, an astronomer at the Technical University of Dresden in Germany. But, more importantly, the old definition clashed with Einstein's general theory of relativity.
As its name implies, general relativity makes space-time relative, depending on where an observer is located. The au, as formerly defined, changed as well. It shifted by a thousand meters or more between Earth's reference frame and that of Jupiter's, according to Klioner. That shift did not affect spacecraft, which measure distance directly, but it has been a pain for planetary scientists working on Solar System models.
The Sun posed another problem. The Gaussian constant is based on Solar mass, so the au was inextricably tied to the mass of the Sun. But the Sun is losing mass as it radiates energy, and this was causing the au to change slowly as well.
The revised definition wipes away the problems of the old au. A fixed distance has nothing to do with the Sun's mass, and the meter is defined as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1 / 299,792,458 of a second. Because the speed of light is constant in all reference frames, the au will no longer change depending on an observer's location in the Solar System.
Redefining the au has been possible for decades — modern astronomers can use spacecraft, radars and lasers to make direct measurements of distance. But "some of them thought it was a little bit dangerous to change something," says Nicole Capitaine, an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in France. Some feared the change might disrupt their computer programs, others held a sentimental attachment to the old standard. But after years of lobbying by Capitaine, Klioner and others, the revised unit has finally been adopted.


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X Prize Will Seek Solutions to Poverty
Competitions to spur scientific and technology developments have grown in popularity in recent years, but social causes have yet to get so much attention until now.
The Robin Hood Foundation and the X Prize Foundation this week announced a new competition designed to find the best solutions available to fighting poverty.
Robin Hood has raised $19-million to get the competition off the ground and plans soon to announce the specific goal of the first contest, which might focus on curbing homelessness or improving education or other issues that contribute to poverty.
[Editor's note: The following paragraph has been revised for accuracy.] The goal is to reward new ideas and programs that Robin Hood will test in New York. After a new program has been running for a certain amount of time, a review committee of officials from both foundations will evaluate it and award the prize if…


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Those are some sharp looking poodles - congrats!
Wow, at 2 years old they are big!
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This innovative collection of Bible stories, written in cockney rhyming slang, is a fresh and fun approach to learning about the Bible. From Adam and Eve to the Resurrection, the book presents well-known stories in an original and accessible way for everybody to enjoy. more »
2009, Paperback: £6.99/ $13.95Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, bible stories, dramatherapy, practical theology, psychodrama, special education, speech and language therapy, theology
This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students attending special needs schools. Paula Crimmens places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy and offers practical advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. more »
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