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As a Supreme Court -- the health care law the new law is still forcing insurance companies to stand -- consumers.
More than one billion in premium rebate checks and if they'll ever get the check and maybe -- there's some politics involved here Elizabeth make.
Model has the bottom line.
Frank Connelly -- we actually have a sample of what the letter is gonna look like from health insurers.
This summer and I want you to look at this lion out of a letter it -- -- rebate is required by the Affordable Care Act.
The health reform law so what's going on here is that the new law as it's being rolled down.
Is saying to health insurers look you gotta spend eighty up to 80% of the premiums that you collect.
On health care on medical costs.
If you break that threshold that they don't do that you gotta -- rebate got to send rebate checks and those rebate -- they're gonna start rolling out this summer now the issue is well the Supreme Court is still.
You know debating the constitutionality.
Of preserve the health reform and -- in an election years this rebate checks situation being done to mold public opinion.
That's it controversy it's a good thing that health reform is going to base -- -- Ford's health insurers to spend up to 80% of your premium costs.
On health the health care but the issue is what about the timing and the -- of the checks and one point three billion dollars to sixteen million.
Consumers across the country.
Texas Oklahoma Arizona they're gonna see the biggest dollar -- for these rebate checks Liz what happens though -- the Supreme Court rules.
Against the health care law in part of that.
Yeah that's really important question because the issue is will health insurers start sending out these rebate checks in advance of the ruling.
Likely not they're probably sit on -- pot of money and does and then move after the decision comes down back to -- that's.
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Amanda Lee had three minutes to pitch her business concept, a simple idea of putting advertisements on coffee cup lids.
Lee made her presentation before a panel of judges, several professors and more than 450 students at the annual Youth Entrepreneurship contest at Fayetteville State University, which is open to high school and college students.
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In this Recipe, I will show you how to build a Linux bootable clone that you can plug in place of a crashed hard disk and run. I will also present a method for creating a DVD-R based archival offsite backup that is capable of being conveniently shipped.
The good news is, you don't need to be a Linux expert to get these backup procedures to work. The procedures described here are at the simple and specific "what to do" level. Though for those of you who want more detail, I will also explain how these procedures work.
By the way, if you need a complete disk data backup, see the simple backup procedure described in my earlier TechBuilder Recipe, Teach Linux to Do Windows.
For this Recipe, please note that specific command-line instructions are encapsulated in command-line scripts, even if they're single-line commands. Each of these scripts can be cut-and-pasted into script files as directed.This reduces the odds of an end user making a mess by incorrectly entering a command-line switch.
Most of the processes described in this article will be executed within a terminal at the command line. What you will see in monospace type within this article will usually refer to processes or programs or files you will see within a terminal.
Most of the commands described here must be executed by the root user. To log in as root:
su %96 root
Building a bootable clone
First, this method is suitable only if you are backing up to an identical hard drive; that is, the same capacity, make, and model. This is the only way to ensure that the head/cylinder hard drive internal arrangements are identical.
Assuming you have an identical drive, let's create a bootable clone with all the hard drive partitions faithfully copied.
The following script unmounts the backup drive if mounted, bit-copies the boot sector onto the designated mirror drive, then bit copies the rest of the hard drive -- "hdb" in my example -- onto the backup hard drive. Change this to fit your own setup, if necessary. The formatting and partition data is copied along with everything else. First, log in as root:
echo "cloning main drive to drive mirror"
umount /dev/hdd
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdd bs=446 count=1
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdd
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Next, open a text editor. nano will do, unless you like something better:
nano /usr/local/bin/backup_mirror.sh
Highlight everything between "start" and "end" above (that is, the first character highlighted should be '#', and last should be the final D in hdd). Copy to clipboard, and paste to the text editor. Change the main (/dev/hdb in this example) and backup (/dev/hdd in this example) to fit your actual setup, if necessary. Save. This will put it in the PATH Linux searches for command files.
The following is a backup procedure for use once this script is installed and the hardware is set up. The procedure can either be cut-and-pasted into an alert/reminder program or used as a quick-start printed script for an end user. The DO NOT CLOSE/CLOSE and "Commands can be copied. . ." text relates to its use with a reminder program:
- Shut down the computer.
- Plug in the hard drive.
- Restart the computer.
- Open a terminal window.
- Log in as root:
su - root
- Enter
sh backup_mirror.sh
- Once the # prompt reappears -- this could take hours -- type exit.
- Type exit again. Terminal should disappear. CLOSE THIS ALERT.
- When you shut down the computer again, unplug the backup drive.
Put keys and drive in safe place.
The following screen shot shows how a successful drive clone should look in either the Hardware Browser or whatever tool your distribution uses to show information on the hardware (drives, peripherals, etc.) connected to your system. In this case, hdb is the primary Linux drive, and hdd is the clone drive. Note that the partition sizes are identical, as they are supposed to be:
Important: This process copies everything: the boot sector, swap partition, and boot sector. It's time-consuming, but creating the drive partitions needs to be done only once.
To get access to the backup drive content, mount it:
- Login as root.
mount -t ext3 /dev/hdd2 /mnt/linux_backup
- Change ext3 to match the backup drive filesystem if not ext3.
- Change /dev/hdd2 to match your actual backup drive / partition assignment if different.
- Change /mnt/linux_backup to match your actual mount point (directory).
Differential Rsync Backup Script
A differential backup only changes files changed since the last backup. Only one level of increment is needed: "write in changes since last full backup" for a drive-to-drive backup. Your clients can do this daily, since it shouldn't take them more than a few minutes.
rsync_backup.sh is a simple bash script that uses rsync (Remote Sync) to synchronize the backup directory to the source.
Each line updates both a main directory and all subdirectories under it. Anywhere will do, so long as you know where it is. This is one case where permissions and file ownership don't matter, since you will execute the script as root.
This script will mount the backup drive if it isn't already mounted. Each line starting with "rsync" is identical except for the directory names. Other information about the script are in the lines starting with # in the file itself.
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echo "Mounting backup drive."
mount -t ext3 /dev/hdd2 /mnt/linux_backup
#change ext3 to match the backup drive filesystem
#if not ext3
#change /dev/hdd2 to match your actual backup drive
#/ partition assignment if different
#change /mnt/linux_backup to match your actual mount
#point (directory)
#delete or comment out mount line above if backup drive
#permanently mounted.
echo "Executing incremental backup script"
echo "Backing up /bin"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /bin/ /mnt/linux_backup/bin/
echo "Backing up /etc"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /etc/ /mnt/linux_backup/etc/
echo "Backing up /home"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /home/ /mnt/linux_backup/home/
echo "Backing up /lib"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /lib/ /mnt/linux_backup/lib/
echo "Backing up /misc"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /misc/ /mnt/linux_backup/misc/
echo "Backing up /opt"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /opt/ /mnt/linux_backup/opt/
echo "Backing up /root"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /root/ /mnt/linux_backup/root/
echo "Backing up /sbin"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /sbin/ /mnt/linux_backup/sbin/
echo "Backing up /usr"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /usr/ /mnt/linux_backup/usr/
echo "Backing up /var"
rsync -aHv --delete-after --progress /var/ /mnt/linux_backup/var/
#see rsync man file for more information (type man rsync from the
#command line
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To install this script, log in as root, and open a text editor (nano is shown in this case): nano /usr/local/bin/rsync_backup.sh
Highlight every line between "start here" and "end" from this article (that is, the first copied character should be '#', and the last should be the final E in "line".) Copy/paste into your text editor. Save.
In each line of the script, the source and destination directory change. That change aside, each rsync command line in the script is identical to the others.
If you have other directory trees you need to archive, add a line for each as above, with /[directoryname] inserted as above. But don't back up this:
/proc/ /sys/ /dev/ /mnt/
Want to know more? The following explains how the above script works:
#!/bin/sh indicates a bash script. The commands are executed a line at a time. # is a non-executable comment line.
Command-line switches modify the operation of the preceding command. They work in *nix basically the same way in which they work in DOS.
Here are the command-line switches used above to modify rsync as applied to each directory:
- -a archive combines several commands into a function that transfers the files recursively with file permissions intact.
- -H preserves symlinks and hardlinks. This ensures that file aliases continue to function.
- -v verbose: Provides extra information needed to debug and help verify operation.
- --delete-after: After the backup files are transferred, delete any file on your backup drive that does not exist on the main drive you are copying. That way, files deleted from the main drive will be deleted on backup. If you delete a file by mistake, retrieve it from backup before running backup next.
- --progress: Displays information on screen that tells what rsync is doing.
Incremental Backup
The following is a backup procedure to use once the script is installed and the hardware is set up. It can be cut-and-pasted into an alert/reminder program the same way the COMPLETE BACKUP procedure above can be.
Commands can be copied and pasted to the terminal.
- Shut down the computer.
- Plug in the hard drive.
- Restart the computer.
- Open a terminal window
- Log in as: root: su %96 root
- Enter: sh rsync_backup.sh
- Once the # prompt reappears, type Exit.
- Type Exit again. Terminal should disappear. CLOSE THIS ALERT.
- Shut down the computer again. Unplug the backup drive.
- Put keys and drive in safe place.
Other rsync and shell script options are in the application manuals made accessible via the man (get manual for) command:
man rsync
man bash
The Unix program manuals that the man command invokes are written with the presupposition that the user already knows *nix. The basic resources mentioned in my earlier TechBuilder Recipe, Teach Linux To Do Windows, will help with the parts that don't make sense.
Every month, do a complete backup procedure, as shown above. This will catch any files that have become corrupt on the backup.
Next, do the archival DVD-R backup, which follows. This is sufficiently time-consuming that you might want to consider doing archival backups only once every other month or even just four times a year.
To restore from clone (mirror) drive:
- Unplug problem hard drive.
- Plug mirror drive where the problem hard drive used to be.
- Boot. Use the dd-based clone procedure above to copy the backup (now main) content to a new backup drive.
How To Archive to DVD-R
There are many backup programs available for this task. But, unfortunately, most require complex installation or configuration. Instead, we need something that is suitable for a Linux novice, a tool that separates creating DVD-sized files from burning them to DVD-R, and that compresses individual files, not directory trees. This way, a disk-media defect will kill just one file, not the entire backup.
Archiving, compressing, and burning-in separate operations avoids the need to spend hours baby-sitting the computer, waiting for it to demand yet another DVD-R. Instead, this procedure first makes DVD-sized archives. Then you burn them to DVD-R as quickly as the computer can create the DVD images. This is still time-consuming, but the only faster alternative is to use a DVD autoloader or DVD library system that costs thousands of dollars.
dar is a Linux hard-drive backup program that creates archives the way described above. It's easy to install and highly functional.
But using dar requires that you have enough space on the hard drive you are backing up for all the DVD ISOs plus some working room to allow for the creation of the temporary files associated with the process. For example, if you're backing up 20 GB of actual disk usage, you're going to need at least 15 extra gigabytes of hard drive space to make this work. When in doubt, get a bigger drive. Hard drives are still cheaper than your time.
Note that the backup and compression process will be extremely time-consuming. This is one of those processes you want to start, then let run overnight. It's also CPU-intensive; while it runs, you can't do anything else with the machine.
As the next screenshot shows, the process labeled 3 (dar) -- indicated by the arrow -- in the terminal window displayed by the top command was only running at 72.2% CPU utilization when the shot was taken. At other times, however, it frequently went over 90%.
I'm assuming a DVD-R drive in the following. Even a minimal personal workstation configuration is too large to record onto any reasonable number of CD-Rs -- especially if you have transitioned an old Windows box onto Win4Lin and ported all personal/business files into the Linux environment. If you are using a tape drive, then there are many tutorials available on the Web, and Google can find them for you. Let's get started:
- Download dar: You can get it here. Find a binary that'll work with your distribution at the links from the download page.
- Install dar:
rpm -i dar-2.1.1-0.2.i686.rpm
It appears that dependencies aren't a problem for it. - Create a backup directory:
mkdir /usr/local/backups
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echo "Executing archival backup script"
cd /usr/local/backups
dar -z5 -s 1900M -D -R / -c 'date %5C
-I'__data -Z "*.gz" -Z "*.bz2" -Z "*.zip" -Z "*.png" -P tmp %5C
-P dev -P proc -P mnt -P sys -P selinux -P usr/local/backups
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- Next, open a text editor (nano will do):
nano /usr/local/bin/dar_backup.sh
- Highlight everything between "start" and "end" above. (That is, the first highlighted character should be '#', and the last character should be the S in "backups".) Copy the above script to the clipboard, and paste it to the text editor.
How the DVD-R Archive Works
The script is a version of a sample dar command line to be found in the third-party dar tutorial DAR differential backup mini-how-to. I've modified it to fit a workstation environment. It's a good idea to grab a copy of this page to add to your backup documentation for your DVDs.
Each line portion of the dar command above is ended with a backslash.
That's because the dar command is a single line; the backslash tells the terminal that what follows is part of the same command line.
The main command line switches are:
- -z compress - warning: The default is maximum compression, and running it this way pushed my CPU utilization to over 90%.
- -s 1900M: This splits the backup file length into 1900 MB. This means that you'll be burning two archive files per disk. While 4000 MB to fill the DVD-R with one backup file would be preferable, not all Linux software deals reliably with 2000 MB plus individual files. If you have radically different sized backup media (for example, if you are burning to CD), then change this number to fit.
- -Z: Do not compress this file (or file type). Running a second compression over an already compressed file burns CPU time and often increases the file size.
- [-c 'date -I'_data tells the program to create a backup filename based on the current date plus _data. This is where the 2004-10-13_data master backup data name comes from, as you see it below, the current date++ _data.
- -P means "exclude this directory tree." Add directories to exclude as necessary.
The following is a backup procedure for use once the program is installed and the hardware is set up. It can be copied-and-pasted into an alert/reminder program the same way the COMPLETE BACKUP procedure above can be.
Your backup files will appear in /usr/local/backups in compressed 1.9G "slices" with a filename based on date/time:
These instructions are for a stand-alone workstation.
To burn CD/DVD backup to write-once (CD-R, DVD-R) or reusable (CD-RW / DVD-RW), you need to install a CD/DVD burner program if you don't already have one. And, of course, you'll need a CD or DVD burner.
If you do have a burner program, skip to the section "How to Burn Archives to DVD-R" below, and copy the files specified below into your DVDs. I used K3b as a GUI interface to cdrecord, which is included in most Linux distributions.
Install CD/DVD burner software
For users of distributions that support either yum (Fedora Core) or apt-get (Debian) automated installation methods, this is for you.
This is how a modern application is supposed to be installed. The K3b team recommends the use of yum or apt-get and has their own repositories on-site to support these installers.
First, go to the k3b site and cut-paste the configuration information into your yum or apt-get configuration file. If you need help, the process is explained on this k3b download page.
Next, login as root, and then:
yum install k3b
apt-get install k3b
When the first and second text prompts come from the yum installation program -- "Do you want me to install (or download) ? y/n" -- type Y for yes. Otherwise, the program you want won't install.
If you're running Fedora Core 2 and you see a lot of error messages referring to the /selinux directory tree, ignore them. It's a "not implemented yet" part of that distribution; they generally indicate that the program is installed normally.
After installation, open k3b in KDE menu > Sound & Video > CD & DVD Burning. If it doesn't show up there, open a terminal and type: k3b
How to Burn Archives to DVD-R
You will generally be burning a pair of 1.9 GB archive files to each DVD-R. If you are not using k3b, the interface will differ, but you will be able to do substantially the same things described here.
The Currents Projects subwindow is shown in the following DVD burner program screenshot. It shows what you should be burning to the first DVD-R in your backup set: the first two backup files, backup software, and backup documentation:
Here are the steps for burning archives to DVD-R:
- Open New Project by selecting it from the top toolbar. Via the file window, change directories to /usr/local/backups. Drag in the first (2004-10-13_data.1.dar) and second (2004-10-13_data.2.dar) backup file. Get the dar rpm installer file from wherever you downloaded it to.
I recommend that you save a copy of this article, too. The dar documentation is in /usr/share/dar, and it's quite good; grab the TUTORIAL and the README. Drag-and-drop-in whatever docs or programs you want to make life easier when you're ready to re-install.
Save the project as BACKUP1, then burn it. Label the volume backup1, and burn it. You'll want to put the dar docs into disk 1 of every backup, replacing via drag-and-drop the actual backup files. If the program complains that you are not running as root, log in as root and rerun k3b
Once you are done, close the BACKUP1 project.
- Open New Project: Drag. Drop the third and fourth backup file, with a filenames 2004-10-13_data.3.dar and 2004-10-13_data.4.dar into the second disk. Note the 3 number; subsequent backup files will be numbered 4, 5, etc. Save the project as BACKUP2.
Burn and label it backup 2 (3, 4, etc.). Repeat Step 2 until all backup files are burned to DVD-Rs.
Next, the following is a backup procedure for use with the program once it's installed and the hardware is set up. This procedure can be copied-and-pasted into an alert/reminder program the same way the COMPLETE BACKUP procedure above can be.
Commands can be cut and pasted to the terminal.
- Open a terminal window.
- Log in as root: su - root
- Enter in terminal (processing will take several hours): sh dar_archive.sh
- Your backup archive files are in /usr/local/backups.
- Open k3b (or other CD/DVD-R burner program).
- Open BACKUP1 from your CD/DVD-R burner program.
- Substitute first two ( .1.dar , .2.dar) files ending in dar
for original dar extension backup files. Do not change other included files.
- Burn the first DVD-R.
- Open BACKUP2. Substitute first two (............003.dar ............ 004.dar) files ending in dar for original dar extension backup files - do not change other included files. Continue to burn pairs of .dar files (005,006. . .) to DVD-R until you run out.
- Erase dar files : cd /usr/local/backups and enter: rm -rf *.dar
- Remove DVD-R backup set to safe place or offsite.
- Close this alert.
Of course, the best time to make a backup is when the machine is loaded as lightly as possible. Also, if a file is changed during the course of a backup, the likely result will be a corrupted file. To avoid this problem, instruct your clients to either back up their files during lunch or run a full backup overnight, whether to backup drive or by creating the files for an archival DVD-R.
But no backup program will work if the user forgets to run it. Most Linux distributions come with an alarm/timer program called KAlarm. This will put a reminder based on text you entered at the time/date specified, or at daily / monthly / weekly / yearly intervals.
To use reminders, in the KDE Menu, go to Accessories > More Accessories > KAlarm (Personal Alarm Scheduler) . If it isn't in the menu, check Add/Remove Applications or your distribution's equivalent to see if it can be automatically installed from your distribution's ISOs. If all else fails, go to this KAlarm page, and look for a version that works with your distribution.
From the Settings > Configure KAlarm, click Run Continuously in System Tray / Autostart at Login / Warn before Quitting as in the image below. This will ensure that the reminders will be available whenever your user starts her computer.
To set up an alert, either click New from the top toolbar or right-click the alarm icon in the System tray and then click New. Next, enter the text of the message. In this case, you will see the Incremental Backup procedure as cut-and-pasted from article. Next, enter the date and time. Click on Confirm Acknowledgement.
To set recurrence, click the Recurrence top tab:
Incremental backups are set here on a weekly basis: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This screen shot shows how the alert will look to the user:
Finally, let's restore to a test directory. For a bare-metal post-crash install, do a minimal install of a Linux distribution -- preferably the one you were previously running -- so you have an environment to run dar in. Print copies of the backup documentation from the first disk, including a copy of this article. This is in case you want to do something other than a full restore with overwrite of all files from your DVD backup set.
Next, copy the compressed backups from DVD and the documentation:
Install dar as above. If that doesn't work, try copying this:
Then run
/etc/dar_staticin place of dar in the line below:
dar -x /usr/local/backups/2004-10-13_data -R /usr/local/backups/test
The above command is a single line you can copy/paste into a terminal window. Substitute the directory name wherever you want to put the restore for /test and your actual filename for 2004-10-13_data. Add -w to the end of the command line if you wants to overwrite without warning. That is, if you are restoring straight to / ... add -b to the end of the command line "do not overwrite files later than archive being restored".
Once the restore is complete, copy the files to the respective directories for your home directory:
cp -au /usr/local/backups/home /home
This lets you be more selective about copying files and directories. But if space doesn't permit, you can simply copy it to / and overwrite. But do read the tutorial docs before doing anything that hasn't been described here. It's only your client's data (or your own) that's at stake!
A. LIZARD is an Internet consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been writing for technology magazines and Web sites since 1987.
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One day before the Democratic challenger to Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky formally kicks off her campaign, the candidate who's launched a conservative primary challenge to the top Republican in the U.S. Senate has landed an important endorsement.
The Madison Project PAC, a national conservative PAC that helps elect candidates, on Monday will endorse Matt Bevin's 2014 bid for the Senate against McConnell, who's served nearly three decades and is running for a sixth term in office next year.
The businessman from Louisville, who enjoys the support of some tea party activists and other grassroots conservatives, announced his primary challenge last week.
"The only way to change the lackluster leadership in the Republican Party is to replace the career politicians who lead the party. Matt Bevin is brave enough to storm the castle of the GOP Establishment and challenge the sitting minority leader, and we are proud to stand with him and millions of conservatives who feel disenfranchised by unprincipled GOP leaders like Mitch McConnell," said former U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, chairman of the Madison Project, in a statement.
In a letter, the group touted Bevin's accomplishments in the private sector, saying he's "lived the American dream, coming from virtually nothing to grow businesses and create jobs." And they criticized McConnell, saying he "has become the embodiment of stale moss-covered leadership."
The endorsement could give Bevin access to a wider array of donors.
Two other conservative groups that Bevin has met with, the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Club for Growth, are also considering endorsing his primary challenge.
McConnell has wasted no time in pushing back against his new primary rival. On the day Bevin announced his bid, McConnell's team went up with a spot that attacks Bevin for taking "taxpayer bailouts" despite saying he's a "conservative businessman."
The Madison Group's endorsement of Bevin comes one day before Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes holds a campaign kickoff in Lexington, which officially begins the rollout of her Democratic challenge to McConnell.


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The Blob
It creeps, it slithers, it grows... and it keeps on growing! Hysteria spreads from a small town to the whole country when an alien lifeform comes to Earth and consumes everything in its path. A young Steve McQueen discovers that terror has no shape in this slimy sci-fi classic.
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No, I am not a Salman Khan fan neither have I watched any film of his in years. Yes, I did have a week long vacation and after a bit of research (if you can really call it that) online, DBH ultimately got slammed and Wanted was apparently a 'must watch'.
No, I'm not a fan of Salman Khan neither have I watched a film of his in years. Yes, I did have a week long vacation and after a bit of research online, Dil Bole Hadippa apparently got slammed and they said WANTED was in a much better position. So WANTED it was eventually.
It was hard not to like the movie. Mainly because:
1. Salman Khan has come a long way from his over-the-top, comic (if you can call it that) performances where he acts pretty goofy and squeaks in a high tone for much part of the movie. Imho, he was in this movie – much like Shah Rukh Khan was in Chak De! – a brooding guy, who effortlessly convinced us he was the ultimate bad guy. I am impressed with Salman Khan. I may also have turned into a fan of his, you never know.
Another reviewer called WANTED Salman's Ghajini. And I must agree. He is pretty much a one-man army in this movie. But then again, which hero isnt a Superman in our bollywood movies, eh?
2. Mahesh Manjrekar as the evil cop was realistic, even though he's kinda being typecased as the bad guy in recent times. I mean, the guy can direct as well as act. What a package. He fully misuses his powers as a cop and does some terrible things that make you want to get sick but I like him. Oh all right, I am a fan of his from now onwards as well.
- A little too many songs popping in out of nowhere, which I guess is sadly inevitable in a Bollywood movie.
- Salman does a James Bond in this movie and has a – wait for it – license to kill. He can apparently finish off anyone and get away with it.
- The story twists and turns with some unexpected events unfolding at the end but that doesnt stop the audience from whistling and clapping in open admiration. They loved the film so no need to rationalize things too much, I guess.


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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) oversees between 25 and 35 Environmental Assessments (EAs) every year, most of which are screenings. With the growth of the nuclear sector, even more EAs are expected, especially for large-scale projects that will result in comprehensive studies and, possibly, review panels. The CNSC's EA process is a bit different than EA processes at other federal departments and agencies, because our Commission Tribunal is responsible for making most EA decisions.
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There are two types of EAs at the CNSC: screenings and comprehensive studies – both of which can be referred to a review panel, if the situation warrants. Mediators can also be engaged in the EA process to help resolve issues, but to date, no mediator has ever been retained in a federal EA in Canada.
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NTI Shakespeare - Workshop 3
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The New Theatre Initiative (NTI) is a new partnership between in a moment theatre practitioners and the Old Joint Stock Theatre.
We will be running a series of NTI Workshops throughout the year aimed at stimulating the creation of new theatre here in Birmingham, inviting Actors, Writers, and Directors to make theatre together in the heart-of-Birmingham's independent theatre. Each run of workshops will culminate in a showcase night of full performances of the newly created works to a paying audience at the OJST, and from the best of these Workshop performances will emerge full-scale production runs.
The attractive package of support the OJST are offering all NTI productions means that at last a full creation cycle for new plays will be an on-going and real opportunity for all Actors, Writers, Directors, and Theatre Creatives. We believe this exciting opportunity is what this region has been sorely lacking.
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Excellent letter and great points. The pics you make reference to are pathetic attempts to appear mainstream by left wing moonbats whose lack of conscious' enabled them to stand on the graves of murdered children to promote political talking points. This is one of those cases in which rational people should not trust anything they say about their support of the Second Amendment. These same individuals would be supporting an entire dismantling of the Second if they though they could sell it to low information voters.
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Crush Creative recently teamed up with Arts & Exhibitions to produce graphics for the national debut of, "America, I am."
"America, I am" begins its traveling tour throughout the United States with its first stop in Philadelphia, PA. "America, I am" honors 400 years of African American contributions to American culture and also the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
To capture a unique, interactive environment, Crush imaged the graphics on a large assortment of materials for 12 different themed exhibits. Among those included 3,000-4,000 square feet of Artex and AB Vinyl. Some elements of the exhibit featured the words and images of influential African Americans illuminated in a dark corridor.
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Disney selected Graphic Systems Group based on its proven ability to deliver successful in-store and event-specific installations, including its successful partnership with Universal Pictures to create an in-store Harry Potter boutique at FAO Schwartz. The Whatnot Workshop opened October 4, 2008. The boutique includes a cash/wrap station, three workbenches where the Muppets are hand built, ample display areas where consumers can browse competed work, accessories and options, as well as a lighting solution for the boutique. The rich and authentic detail of the boutique flows from the Muppet mythology, and will make shoppers feel as if they have been transported into the Muppets own world.
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Have you heard? Free speech is a thing of the past. And religious liberty is dying fast.
It began last week when Arun Smith, a seventh-year human rights student at Carleton University in Ottawa, tore down a "free speech wall" on campus because it featured socially conservative comments. The action inspired three National Post columns and an Ezra Levant exclusive lamenting the end of freedom of expression as we know it.
Elsewhere, on the religious liberty front, the Canadian Council of Law Deans wrote a letter of protest to Canada's Federation of Law Societies about Trinity Western University. The Christian liberal arts school in British Columbia wants to open a law school that would require students to sign a Community Covenant Agreement that pledges "Healthy Sexuality." The agreement has nothing to do with gonorrhea or how to avoid it: what's to be avoided is love and sex between people of the same gender (which is, I guess, by Trinity Western's standards, worse than gonorrhea). "Sexual intimacy," says the covenant, "is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman." In other words, gays need not apply.


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I have just installed Linux Mint 12 Gnome (Lisa) 64 off the "Live" DVD. I installed it to dual boot with Windows XP Home. It installled fine and everything in Mint works great and updated properly. It did not offer to import anything from XP. When I rebooted it gave me the options to boot into XP, but I went back into Mint and moved some music and picture files from my Windows directory which went without a problem. I don't think any of this could have contributed to my problem, but I want to be sure as I'm fairly new to Linux. I then rebooted and chose XP to boot into. When I did so, it paused for a short moment, and brought me back to the GRUB menu. I am really at a loss as what to do now. Googling my problem only seemed to bring up old answers which didn't specifically apply. Any help on what to do next would be greatly appreciated.
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I have been looking for a good price comparison site for a few weeks now and most comparison sites tend to be a bit intrusive, I don't know if you get the same, but they try to sell you other products as well as dog insurance which to be honest is a bit of a nightmare.
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Famously Smashed Ferrari Enzo Up For Sale
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Remember that Ferrari Enzo that Eddie Griffin "accidentally" smashed into a wall while promoting his car-centered movie Redline? Jalopnik reveals that the car which was severely damaged in the front end and believed to be totaled, has been restored by car dealer Matt Groner of Matthew's Autos in Houston Texas. As Groner explains in a letter to Jalopnik he bought the car in Los Angeles. He usually sells the cars in their damaged states but decided to get the parts from Italy and restore the car. The good-as-new car is now up for sale for $1.3 million.


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American pastor still imprisoned in Iran
What can be done to secure his return to the US?
Dec 22, 2012
Jordan Sekulow
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Sort of a growing part American -- remains locked up inside Iranian prison his alleged crime to question.
And despite pleas from his family and attempts at making bail reverence I mean -- been.
This isn't the first time this kind of abuses happened the American Center for Law and Justice was instrumental in helping to free another pastor used -- not a Connie.
He's in -- -- and pastor who sat in jail for years.
Joining us now the executive director of the AC LJ Jordan cyclone -- here thank you so much for joining us.
-- -- Let's talk about this pastor who remains in jail he's being held there is simply by the fact that he's a Christian.
That's basically it he -- -- is 32 years old.
He's been in the worst prison the most notorious prison in Tehran to be in prison.
Since September he was picked up in July on the Iran -- -- a border and put under house arrest his whole family is under house arrest.
And he's there he's been beaten he's been tortured.
He's -- convert from Islam and that's public people know that and he's had trouble -- in the past because of his faith because he -- -- most -- But he made an agreement would be running governments.
That he would no longer run these house churches.
If you could still visit Iran he'd he'd become a US citizen a couple of years ago he had moved to the United States back in 2005.
But since 2009 he's been to Iran nine times he runs a a orphanage there it's not a Christian orphanage Owens being converted.
But this time the -- revolutionary guard got involved so he was and he's been interrogated he's being treated.
Like a national security threat.
That is the same kind of charge that was that Iran tried to Levy against pastor Yousef not a party those charges.
Our long term jail -- -- if you survive or death in -- you speak out so -- this is an American citizen.
Our State Department yesterday who might -- get a good news has at least acknowledge that now that he is there and and so that's a good first step.
It's a good first up -- why it takes a longer -- technology that he was there.
There is always a situation here -- these stories I have to think Fox News because.
This -- broke the story with the information so that we got that attention and people started talking about asking the State Department.
But if that decision you make as we represent the family here in the United States.
His wife his two kids here in America they're not in Iran and she was visiting -- rest -- his family.
We have to make that decision of when is it now in a situation where he's -- enough risk.
That we have to put his name out there publicly and ask because you know you you try to do as much as possible UK and before drawing attention you know we don't do this just to draw attention on Christian persecution Iran we know that when we put his name out there.
If his family who's under house arrest in Iran.
That things -- -- so it's all about timing I think now we have to work with our State Department work with -- members of congress it's not a partisan issue it's not an issue even if you're not a Christian you should understand -- people should have freedom of religion.
And it's one that we have to come together on.
Because it's not just to Christians being persecuted Iran which unfortunately there are thousands upon thousands who are who were hidden -- -- -- treated this way.
But this is -- one of our own an American citizen sitting in the worst prison in Tehran.
-- really a tragic situation.
And one that we're going to be following very very closely thank you so much for joining us today.
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