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Mark Steyn: How Terrorism Advances the Islamist Cause
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The Islamist movement has two wings, one illegal and violent, the other legal and political. I believe the latter enjoys better prospects of success than the former. That's because law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and military forces know how to deal with the illegal and the violent, but the Western world lacks the muscles to defend itself from an insidious radical movement.
For these reasons, I consider the major terrorist assaults – 9/11, Bali, Madrid, Beslan – to be failures. They foul the nest and they rouse Westerners to action. Or, as I put it after the murder of Theo van Gogh, "Islamist terrorism in the West is counterproductive because it awakens the sleeping masses; in brief, jihad provokes crusade. A more cunning Islamist enemy would advance its totalitarian agenda through Mafia-like intimidation, not brazen murders."
Then along comes the irrepressible Mark Steyn who argues in the National Review ("A War Without Polkas") why 9/11 makes sense from the Islamist viewpoint. I am not convinced, but he does make an interesting case. He starts by assuming that Europe will be Muslim:
In other words, Steyn is saying, successful terrorist attacks boost Islamist morale and provide good intel. True, but this is not worth it. I see these atrocities as radical Islam's indulgences, not its path to victory. (May 23, 2005)
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Helper's American Legion team defeated West on the road 11-5.
Chandler Pearson recorded the win, his second of the year.
The pitcher also added to the day offensively, with two doubles and a single.
Teammates Chris Hatch and Troy Grundy also had big hitting performances.
Hatch went 3 for 3 against the Salt Lake team, while Grundy had a single, a double and a grand slam home run in the seventh.
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The results of this years UK Youth Parliament elections are as follows:
Hart/Rushmoor/East Hants
MYP Mishca Gandhi. 14. Eggar's School
DMYP Michael Chacko. 14. Yateley School
MYP Neil Sahota. 15. Kings' School Winchester
DMYP Charlotte Ralph. 15. Hamble Community Sports College
MYP William Peters. 15. Cams Hill School
DMYP Lucy Page. 15. Crofton School
Test Valley/New Forest
MYP Daanyaal Khan. 15. The Mountbatten School
DMYP Theo Youds. 15. Rookwood School, Andover
52 candidates stood for election (64 expressed an interest), 40 schools/colleges participated as polling stations, with 9460 votes cast across the county.
The new Members take up their posts from March 1st. If you would like more information about the UKYP or to talk with the Member for your area please email firstname.lastname@example.com
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The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) enables young people to use their energy and passion to change the world for the better.
Run by young people for young people, UKYP gives 11-18 year olds a voice which is heard and listened to by local and national government, providers of services for young people and other agencies who have an interest in the views and needs of young people.
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Four seats were available in Hampshire for the 2013 elections with 23 young people coming forward to contest the seats. A total of 4,760 votes were cast.
Young people voting had the opportunity to pick a representative for their area that would be able to take their views and issues to a national stage as well as meet with local MPs and County Councillors to discuss youth issues in their communities.
The candidate with the highest number of votes in their geographical area became the Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) and those that had the second highest amount of votes in their geographical area became the Deputy Member of Youth Parliament (DMYP).
- Meet Hampshire's UK Youth Parliament representatives- and see what issues they think are most important.
Now in post, they are working hard on campaigns both locally and nationally and will take part in a debate with other MYPs from around the country in the House of Commons later in the year. Their term of office will run until the 25 March 2015
The role of an MYP requires commitment both in time and effort and their duties include, attending:
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- encourage young people to get involved
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On the heels of the 15th anniversary of the show's premiere, "Charmed" might be getting the remake treatment over at CBS.
Vulture reports that the Eye is jumping on the witchy bandwagon, and a script has been ordered for an undated version of the WB hit.
Witches are all the rage on television this season, what with new series like "Witches of East End," "American Horror Story: Coven," "Sleepy Hollow" and "The Originals."
Likewise, reboots are the name of the game this season, with reimagined versions of "Murder, She Wrote," "Love, American Style" and several adaptations of the "Wizard of Oz" in the works.
Though it's clear CBS is banking on the success of the original series, it still seems a bit early for a remake, since the series only ended its run seven years ago.
In its original iteration, "Charmed" starred Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and later Rose McGowan as the Halliwell sisters, who shared a knack for witchcraft.
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A wise philosopher (okay, so maybe it's Barney) once said that sharing is caring, and we have to admit this twee platitude is kind of correct. While we always enjoy falling head over heels for a particular item, that pleasure is magnified infinitely when we get to spotlight it for you, dear readers. So bearing that in mind, we're overjoyed to present this month's installment of WWW: Hearts, featuring a few of our favorite recent finds. We are truly obsessed with all of the pieces in this story-from the coolest DIY book to the best boots ever-and hope that you delight in them too!
Meredith Wendell Curvy Belt ($250) in Leopard
One of our favorite stylists-the lovely Ms. Laurie Trott-introduced us to this amazing line of belts, bags, and jewelry. We are so thrilled she did because we're quite smitten with the entire collection. Helmed by former Marc by Marc Jacobs accessory designer Meredith German and her husband Wendell, the duo use fine Italian leathers, loads of gorgeous colors, and stunning glass accents to create the quirky-cool pieces. Right now we're obsessed with this incredible suede waist belt in a very smart leopard print, but you should definitely check out the entire range when you get a chance!
Aldo Fall Bags
Everyone knows that Aldo makes darling shoes that are beloved by celebs and civilians alike, but if you aren't as well versed in their bags, now's the time to get familiar. This fall the brand is introducing dozens of darling styles that happen to be ultra-affordable too. We're particularly fond of their across-body options, like the Goetter ($45), which has an adjustable strap, and the messenger-style Hladik ($50), but there are so many cute pieces, you need to check out the entire collection.
Elizabeth and James Fall Shoes
As you no doubt know, we're mad about all things Elizabeth and James. While we're still swooning over the jewelry (the Across the Hand Bar Ring ($95) is amazing) and crush on the amazing outerwear (the Plush Overcoat ($695) is killing it), right now we're in a frenzy over the line's insane collection of fall shoes. Topping our list are the crazy-cool Stilt Lace-Up Wedge Ankle Boots ($485), but there are so many amazing options this season. The E-Gasp Buckle Boots ($489) in Brown Distress are also definitely noteworthy. In fact, we think these mid-calf boots are so fabulous-also available in black or chocolate brown leather-we just can't stop staring.
Tarte LipSurgence Natural Matte Lip Stain ($24) in Lucky
A lip pencil is just a lip pencil-or so we though until we tried these new chubby crayons from the natural beauty gurus at Tarte. In addition to drastically boosting the moisture content of your lips by a whopping 6000% after 28 days of use (seriously), the stains are ultra-flattering and a delight to wear, thanks to a peppermint oil-infused formula. Try them today: you won't regret it!
Bullet Girl .22 Winchester Rhodium Plated Bullet Necklace ($600)
Elegantly menacing: that's the description that popped into our heads the second we laid eyes on the new jewelry line Bullet Girl. Created by the Houston-based designer Jessica Meyer, the 30-piece collection is made from powder-free blanks plated in various metals like rhodium and 24k gold. The fact that they are, technically, real ammo means you can't wear these amazing pieces on a plane or pack them in your carry-on (checked luggage only!), but we think that just makes them all the more special. In addition to the necklace, you can arm yourself with rings, earrings, or bracelets-we love the .22 Bullet 24k Gold-Plate Bracelet ($400) and the 9 MM Rhodium-Plated Caps with CZ Bangle ($800)-for a dangerously chic look!
When Net-A-Porter.com began carrying this esteemed French fashion line last season, we couldn't help but be intrigued. We're always suckers for a backstory and Carven has an amazing one-the line was launched in 1945 and was originally supposed to be for petite women only-but the real reason we're so keen on this brand is because of its current designer: Guillaume Henry. The talented man joined the Carven team last year (previously he worked at Givenchy and Paule Ka) and has transformed the line by creating perfectly crafted pieces, like the beige Satin-Twill Ruffle Dress ($950), Wool-Flannel Cropped Pants ($440), and the Belted Wool-Blend Blazer ($1180). They're investment pieces for most people (including us), for sure, but they're also gorgeous enough to wear for a lifetime.
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In Washington, DC, eco-vandals smear SUV door handles with dog crap. In Santa Cruz, California, protestors tag more than 60 gas-guzzlers with anti-oil graffiti. In Los Angeles, a Caltech grad student is sentenced to eight years in prison for trashing more than 120 SUVs around the city. It's almost enough to make you feel bad for SUV drivers. After all, some of them are green, too - just not as hardcore about it.
Now they have TerraPass, a clever eco-capitalism experiment. Launched by a group of Wharton Business School classmates, the startup sells a decal that drivers can slap on their windshields. The sticker price - $79.95 for SUVs, less for greener cars - gets invested in renewable energy projects and credits. The credits are traded through local brokers on the new Chicago Climate Exchange.
TerraPass lets consumers participate in an emissions trading system the US established in 1990. (Give credit to economist Ronald Coase, who won a Nobel Prize for the idea in 1991.) Under the system, industrial operations that spew less than their share of emissions can sell a credit to companies that fail to keep gunk out of the air. In effect, the dirtier factories can pay greener operations to do the work of cutting emissions. The approach has taken off worldwide, spawning a billion-dollar market.
And it's not just for big-time polluters. Today, farmers cash in on credits by collecting and processing cow dung, which produces globe-cooking methane. Land-owners earn credits by installing wind farms on their blustery fields, which top off the power grid with carbon-free electricity.
But until now, the Chicago Climate Exchange was off-limits to all but registered traders, and the transaction cost of buying credits piecemeal from small outfits was too high. TerraPass aggregates the money plunked down by guilty - ahem, environmentally concerned - SUV drivers, allowing them to participate in the market.
Burning a gallon of gasoline produces about 20�pounds of CO². So the average SUV - which travels 12,000 miles a year - pumps out about 20,000 pounds of greenhouse gases annually. On today's market, TerraPass can scrub that pollution from the environment for less than 80 bucks.
Only a few months old, with a staff just out of grad school and a membership of fewer than 1,000, TerraPass is no match for the world's half a billion cars - the second-biggest source of greenhouse gases. But Ned Ford, a member of the Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Committee, believes TerraPass could change the way people think about energy and the environment. "Politicians and business leaders have been telling us for the last 20 years that there's this huge painful cost associated with reducing carbon," he says.
"If you think about your own personal impact on CO², and you find out you can offset it for a reasonable amount of money, it makes you think differently about the problem. TerraPass is mind opening," he says, "and that's pretty cool."
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Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas.
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But stopping the pipeline will not achieve that goal.
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Fatigued Frenchman Gilles Simon candidly admits he has little chance of upsetting Andy Murray in the Australian Open fourth round and might not even make it through Monday's match.
Even at his best, winning would be a long shot.
Simon has lost their past nine meetings, winning just two sets in that time.
He will be in far from top shape after barely making it through his four hour, 43 minute third-round battle with fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Their five-setter finished in the early hours of Sunday and Simon didn't make it to bed until about 5am (AEDT) after hours of post-match treatment for numerous ailments.
They included elbow pain which severely restricted his serving and hitting speed.
Treatment aided his recovery only a limited amount.
"There is no miracle, so a massage, stretching, because all parts of the body were painful," he said.
His clash with Murray is not scheduled to start until at least 5pm Monday but Simon said that might not be long enough.
"I have no choice. I will just do my best to be ready for the match," the 14th seed said.
"The thing is, it's difficult to win 6-2 6-3 6-2 against Andy. I'm not sure if we play longer than that that I will be able to make it to the end."
Reminded of his previous poor record against Murray, he noted: "And I was in better shape when I was going on the court."
"I don't have to explain to you how strong he is. Of course it will be really, really difficult.
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MANILA (Updated) -- Senator Jinggoy Estrada should name the other former and incumbent senators allegedly approached by Ruby Tuason to peddle projects to be funded by their pork barrel allocations, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Wednesday.
"Sa akin, sana sinabi nya doon sa floor. Nobody was stopping him...Para tayo kasing nagba-blind item dito," Trillanes told reporters.
In Tuesday's plenary session, Estrada and Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Teofisto Guingona III had a confrontation.
The matter stemmed from Estrada assailing Guingona last Monday for prejudging the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam issue implicating the former as well as the Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile and Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. on their supposed collusion with alleged pork barrel scam architect Janet Napoles in the light of the testimony given by Tuason in the last Blue Ribbon hearing.
"The issue is whether she is lying or not. Because I have received information and I can support that she had been asking our colleagues here – former colleagues and incumbent colleagues here – for projects at, inilalako din niya. O, bakit hindi niyo itinanong iyan?" Estrada told Guingona.
Estrada said it is time to know who these senators whom Tuason regularly visits and whom she goes and peddle their PDAF.
Trillanes said Estrada himself should file a Senate resolution calling for an investigation on the matter that he raised.
On Wednesday, Estrada asked the Senate to provide him through the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms copy of the CCTV video footage that will cover not only the parking area of the senators and the 6th floor but the 5th floor as well where majority of the senators hold their offices.
Estrada said that it was about time that other senators, current and former, be on the carpet for the same accusations hurled against him and his two colleagues in the Senate.
"Accusation versus accusation will not help. Time to dig the truth deeper. The video in the Senate covering the 5th floor will have to speak for itself," Estrada said.
Estrada said that Tuason, who confessed to be an agent of Napoles, admitted to him that she was "dealing" with other senators, both former and current, in the past and not so recent past, allegedly for "allocation" of their respective pork barrel funds.
It was Estrada who revealed Tuason's alleged "under the table" deals with some of his fellow senators concerning their PDAF project allocations as he and Guingona nearly came to blows Tuesday during the afternoon plenary proceedings in a face-off.
The senator said only those from the opposition are being singled out in the PDAF scam and the 5th floor video footage will really help in ferreting out the truth.
"Just an addendum to my request, when I took the floor last week I requested the Senate President or the Senate leadership to release all the CCTV footages wherein the presence of Mrs. Ruby Tuason on the 6th floor. Can you just include the 5th floor? Can you kindly monitor the presence of Mrs. Ruby Tuason at the 5th floor maybe in the years 2010 onwards?" Estrada asked Senate President Franklin Drilon in plenary.
Drilon, for his part, directed the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms to produce whatever is available closed-circuit television (CCTV) recording for the 5th floor from 2010 onwards.
Tuason had testified before Guingona's committee that she personally delivered Estrada's kickbacks while she was working for Napoles back in 2008. Tuason is a close friend of the Estrada family.
Guingona took the floor Tuesday to rebut Estrada's pot shots a day earlier, but Estrada confronted the blue ribbon chairman for failing to put to a test the credibility of Tuason, whether she was being upfront in all of the revelations she had made during the last blue ribbon hearing.
Estrada admitted that he was surprised why Tuason mentioned only him and Enrile's former chief of staff, Jessica "Gigi" Reyes, in her affidavit when she has a lot of senator-friends to whom she goes and peddles their PDAF.
But Trillanes said Estrada was free to attend the Blue Ribbon committee hearings so he could have personally rebutted the allegations of Tuason.
"Alam nyo, hindi naman sa pinipigilan umattend doon sa mga hearings. Pwede sana syang umattend doon to rebut the statements of Ms. Ruby Tuason. Pwede rin nyang sabihin doon kung ano pang nalalaman nya. So, ganoon sana," Trillanes said.
Estrada had then said that he would have wanted to attend the hearings in relation to the PDAF scam but was advised by his lawyers not to. The senator is accused of plunder before the Office of the Ombudsman.
Meanwhile, Trillanes said that he was never approached by Tuason or Napoles.
"My office then was in Camp Crame until late 2010 so I never had the chance to meet her," the senator, who led the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, said. Trillanes served his first term as elected senator while in detention.
Senate President Franklin Drilon, on the other hand, denied that his office was approached by Tuason.
"She did not approach my office. Hindi po iyan lumapit sa aking opisina. I knew that she was social secretary during the time of Erap," Drilon said. (With Camille P. Balagtas/Sunnex)
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For some years now, property and estate owners have increasingly looked to diversify to supplement traditional farm incomes.
Many landowners have turned to tourism projects, such as outdoor activities, farm shops, small commercial units and sporting facilities.
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"Now imagine the situation if that had been a busload of American compensation lawyers, some of whom received serious injuries. No wonder public liability claims are at an all time high."
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There are some free exercise classes in the city where I live for seniors and I am not quite old enough for that but because I have fibro then they will let me in. I just keep getting stiffer and weaker all the time. I can't go for a walk without worrying that I will fall down. I broke my knee before and I don't know if it was muscle weakness or fatigue. It seems like I am so fuzzy-minded that I don't notice what is in front of me. I just stepped off of a curb that I didn't see and down I went!
I wonder if any of you have problems with shopping and doing errands. I don't have anyone to help me at all so I am actually ordering food from Nutrisystem so I have food around. I am not losing weight on it though. I wish there were some kind of grocery delivery service out here but there isn't.
I have two cats and I can't even always take care of their litter box and I have trouble keeping my place clean. I have trouble taking my trash out to the dumpster so I guess I need to start taking small trips and only putting a little in a trashbag at a time. But I am also afraid of falling down and hurting myself going to the dumpster! I think I need to strengthen my legs using my exercise bike.
I am afraid of hurting myself again because if I do there will be no one to help me because I do not have a roommate right now.
I am very discouraged but I also realize that I need to get out some of the time for my mental well-being. I also have bipolar disorder and there is a mental health social center nearby that I need to force myself to go because other-wise I will just get more depressed and lonely.View Thread
I do get impatient with some people though because I feel like they are belittling my experience with fibro. The most common "suggestion" I get is to exercise. These people think that they know what fatigue is and swear by it. Or I get from people that I sleep too much and I would feel better if I didn't. I want to tell people that it isn't that simple! I wish it was! Anyway I just grin and bear it because I know that they are only trying to be helpful.
I think some people don't realize that this illness is simply out of their frame of reference. If they have never had it then they shouldn't treat me like an idiot by comparing their minor problems with mine. When I say that I am tired I don't mean a little tired. I mean flat out exhausted to the point that I can barely do anything! If I say that I hurt they should not compare it to their strained back!
So all I can say is that while I don't necessarily mind suggestions they could at least realize that simplistic solutions won't work. There is an implication from the suggestions of exercise and sleeping less that somehow I am lazy.
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FYI there is a rumor going around that Nuvigil (and possibly Provigil) has been discontinued by the manufacturer. The truth is that they are still available. The manufacterer has changed. I don't know how this affects supplies but my pharmacy has to re-order it from the new manufacterer.
So, don't panic! LOL
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Just to let you know that some chiropracters have massage therapists in their offices. It might be covered under insurance. If the adjustments are too painful you might be able to talk your doctor into letting you just have the massage therapy.
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Yesterday I found out that I have anemia and the doc said to take an iron supplement. Maybe this is the source of my fatigue. I hope so because it may be easy to fix.
I was turned down by my insurance for provigil, but my psych doc gave me a script for nuvigil which is a newer version. I may be able to swing paying for it out of pocket until I can (hopefully) get insurance to cover it.
The only problem is that it would take 2 weeks for Walmart to get it in! I am not kidding! Between waiting 3 hours for prescriptions and now this I am looking for another pharmacy. I may go back to Costco even though it is farther away from where I live.
I am also getting a sleep study done tonight so I will see whether there is something wrong there.
Anyway I am not as discourged as I was and thank you guys for your support!
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Yes technically it is not a disease but whatever you call it it is miserable. Please do not post unless you have something worthwhile to say, rather than nit pick my choice of words.View Thread
I haven't been here much recently because my back hurts from being on my computer so much. I am seeing my chiro this afternoon. I am really upset because my insurance has turned me down twice about getting provigil for my chronic fatigue. I had gone through a lot of turmoil trying to decide whether to take a possibly addictive drug. Now that I have decided to give it a try I can't get it!!!
First I made the mistake of trying to get it from my psych doc. The insurance co said that it would only cover it if I had sleep apnea or narcolepsy. I have sleep apnea so I went to the doc who diagnosed me. After waiting 8 days for approval they denied me again because they had denied me before so the only way I might be able to get it is through an appeal to Medicare!!!
I've had it. I hate my life and I hate this disease! What is the point of trying anymore???
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Some meds can cause problems like that and also drug interactions. I got into trouble mixing cogentin with an OTC anti-histamine. You might want to ask your doc or pharmacist about any possible interactions.
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Cambridge United fans are being urged to "be the 12th man" and help the club unlock an FA Trophy cash bonanza.
The U's face Gateshead in the second round on Saturday, just a week after a disappointing crowd of 1,840 saw them beat the same opposition 3-0 in the Blue Square Bet Premier – a result which led to the sacking of Gateshead boss Ian Bogie and assistant Terry Mitchell on Monday.
But managing director Dave Doggett wants to buck a trend which has seen FA Trophy ties attract lower gates than league fixtures.
He is writing to all season ticket holders urging them to turn up on Saturday and help the team extend their run in the competition, which could ultimately be worth tens of thousands of pounds to the club.
Ticket prices are being cut to £10 for adults and £5 for concessions to try to entice fans through the turnstiles.
Doggett said: "We're just writing to every season ticket holder now to say we need them as a 12th man to get behind the team.
"The more of us there are supporting the team, the more help it will give them to get through to the next round.
"It's one of those games where hopefully people will see the importance of it. I've been trying to persuade people of that because the FA Trophy is the second one down from the FA Cup and we've got a realistic chance winning it.
"Several of the clubs that have won it have made up to £200,000, so for us it's a financial bonus. Even just by winning the match on Saturday, we'll get £6,000.
"It's just one step along the road and building results because a good cup run helps your league form."
Doggett said United were also making the league game against Nuneaton on December 22 a 'quid a kid' match to try to boost gates.
He said: "In the run-up to Christmas, money's tight for everybody and all clubs are suffering a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in crowds, even if they're winning.
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'Warpsichord' is the debut album from London-based electronic-experimental musician Alan MX, released on the Smalltown America label. The terms electronic and experimental have become almost a bad word in the music industry as of late. Anyone who isn't an art installation like Lady GaGa need not apply and "ground-breaking" one-hit-wonders eventually disappear into obscurity, however, every once in a while, a persistent artist will rip their way through the grey clouds of musical obscurity and produce something truly unique. Alan MX is one of those rare artists. Recorded in his bedroom, the album somehow stands up against others and stands out. It is not polished by any means but that adds to its charm. Alan MX's talent is outstanding as, rather than merely playing with ready-made electro-pop sound bites in the hopes of creating music, he has become somewhat of an electronic conductor as he takes orchestral sounds and warps them in order to create new sounds, hence the album title. For anyone who doesn't look beyond the obvious, the album may be vaguely confusing, and I will admit that when I first stuck it into my car stereo my face did contort into a 'what the fuck' expression, but the catchiness overtook me and within 20 minutes myself and the other half were complaining that we couldn't get Hawkeye out of our heads. There is a very evident clash between the grandness of ambition and the intimacy of the bedroom setting but, after a few listens you get the feeling that everything Alan MX does is intentional. Warpsichord has been generally well-received, but became a breakout hit on GayDar Radio, and rightly so.
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Pseudonym (Nickname) : Ace, Mong Ji, Blanked Jihyo, Song Sibling, Monday Couple (Kang Gary's Girlfriend)
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Song Ji Hyo: (born Cheon Seong-im, August 15, 1981) is a South Korean TV and film actress. She is well known for her portrayal of ballerina Min Hyo Rin in Princess Hours, Lady Ye So-ya in MBC Jumong and as the Queen in A Frozen Flower. Currently, she appears on TV frequently as a member of Running Man, a popular Korean variety show.
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Song Ji Hyo got everyone to pay attention to herself and her upcoming drama with some cuteness.
On April 24, she uploaded on her Facebook page, "Hello, everyone! It′s been a long time^^. It′s today, right? The first episode of ′Heaven′s Order′! Like you saw at the press conference, we′re all shooting in great moods. Watch it tonight at 10 p.m. on KBS2! Don′t change the channel! Hope you like Hong Da In, and please show me your support!"
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Usain Bolt Vs. Billy Bush – The Great Tortoise Race!
In 2011, Billy Bush challenged Usain Bolt to a speed walking race, which ended in a tie. Now, they go head to head in a tortoise race. Which reptile will finish first – or at all?
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Crime Stoppers seeks clues in several recent break-ins
Polk County Enterprise, August 2007
LIVINGSTON — Investigators are seeking information about criminal mischief reported at Anniversary Park Saturday or Sunday. Parks department workers reported three lighting fixtures recently placed on the bridge at the park were broken off the base and damaged, Livingston Police Department reports show. Damage is estimated at $1,200.
Wheels stolen
LPD officers were approached at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and informed that the gates at Bounds Autoplex on the U.S. 59 Bypass had been opened.
Officers found several Suburbans and Tahoes without tires and rims. The vehicles had been placed on tan-colored landscape stones after burglars removed the tires and rims, reports show.
All four tires were removed from four vehicles and officers found landscape stones near several other Tahoes that had lug nuts removed when the suspects were possibly scared away from the dealership.
Gaming systems taken
Residents in the 3700 block of Highway 190 East reported a Honda 70 motorcycle and a Wii video game system had been taken from their home on Aug. 13.
Other missing items include PlayStation and Nintendo accessories and games and a pair of Nike athletic shoes.
Anyone with information on this burglary is asked to call Det. Stan Galloway at the Polk County Sheriff's Office at (936) 327-6810.
PCSO is also investigating a break-in off FM 942 in Leggett.
A business owner reported three Stihl chainsaws and a Stihl gas trimmer missing.
Sheriff's deputies are looking for a silver Dodge pickup truck in connection with a burglary at a house under construction on FM 1988 just south of Mt. Rose at 6:15 a.m. Aug. 11.
Det. Stan Galloway said the burglars stripped all the copper wiring out of the house. Contractors had just finished installing drywall and painting before the break-in occurred.
Anyone with information about these or any other felony crimes is asked to call the Polk County Sheriff's Office at (936) 327-6810, Livingston Police Department at (936) 327-3117 or Crime Stoppers at (936) 327-STOP. All calls are kept confidential.
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Salmon River State Forest
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Recreational Activities
- Primitive Camping
- Cross Country Skiing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting, Wildlife Management Unit 6K
- Nature Photography/Observation
- Snowmobiling
- Trapping
Salmon River State Forest encompasses 2,033 acres of land in the town of Redfield in northern Oswego County. Activities such as hiking, hunting, trapping, fishing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and cross country skiing, are best suited for this state forest. Salmon River State Forest had three miles of cross country ski trails that were part of the now closed Salmon Hills Cross Country Ski Resort. These trail are reverting back to the control of mother nature but provide primitive opportunities for hiking, snow showing, and cross country skiing on what are now old logging trails. Harpers Ferry, a Public Forest Access Road, provides an additional 0.8 miles of recreational access into the forest. There is also a 3.5 mile groomed snowmobile trail which provides access form Rte 17 in Redfield to the Kay road.
The forest borders the northern part of the Salmon River Reservoir, which provides additional opportunities for nature observation. It is not unusual to see wild turkeys, bald eagles, and grouse, as well as a wide variety of song birds and raptors, within the forest. Deer, weasel, fox, coyote, muskrat and rabbit have also found suitable habitat here. This abundance of wildlife makes both hunting and trapping a particularly enjoyable activity. In fact, this area is often referred to as "Little America" because it so closely preserves the raw natural beauty that once covered the terrain before intense settlement recreated the landscape.
Many different amphibians and reptiles flourish in this area, including the mountain dusky salamander, redback salamander, wood turtle, common snapping turtle, and northern water snake
Primitive camping is a favorite pastime in this area as well, and there is also a fishing access site from this location.
Originally the land now known as Salmon River State Forest was used exclusively by the Iroquois for hunting and fishing. However, as is the case with many of the lands that have since become managed by the state, the land was later cleared for farm land and timber by Revolutionary War Veterans and early settlers. However, the upland soils of the Tug Hill Plateau are characteristically rocky, highly acidic, and steep. Combined with the long and intense winters common to the region, it is easy to understand why many of these farmers were forced to abandon their properties and seek their fortune elsewhere.
The State Reforestation Law of 1929 and the Hewitt Amendment of 1931 provided legislation which authorized the Department of Conservation to acquire land, by gift or purchase, for reforestation areas. These State Forests, consisting of no less than 500 acres of contiguous land, were to be "forever devoted to reforestation and the establishment and maintenance thereon of forests for watershed protection, the production of timber and other forest products, and kindred purposes" (Article 9, Title 5, Environmental Conservation Law).
Salmon River State Forest was purchased by New York State during the 1930s for these purposes. It was during this period that lands cleared for agricultural practices were restored to forests. Reforestation reduced the problem of soil erosion, protected water quality, and provided forest products and recreational opportunities. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) planted thousands of conifer seedlings on the newly acquired lands. Evidence of their tremendous efforts can be seen today through the fully grown red pine, white pine, white spruce, Norway spruce, and European and Japanese larch, which cover the landscape.
Field Notes
Salmon River State Forest also consists of an attractive mix of mature natural hardwood and northern hardwood-hemlock cover types. This community boasts such species as red maple, black cherry, white ash, sugar maple, American beech, yellow birch, red oak and hemlock. The conifer plantations planted by the CCC during the 1930s and 1950s further add to the diversity of trees in the forest.
Salmon River State Forest is part of the Upper Salmon River Unit Management Plan. A Unit Management Plan (UMP) guides the DEC's land management activities on several geographically related forests for a ten-year period, although a number of goals and objectives in the plan focus on a much longer time period. Each UMP addresses specific objectives and actions for public use and forest management. Management actions on this forest will be guided by the UMP once completed.
Salmon River State Forest may be accessed by taking NY I-81 to exit 36, then taking County Route 2 toward Orwell/ Redfield. County Route 2 runs diagonally through the forest, with parking areas and access roads available directly off of it, before intersecting with County Route 17, which runs north and south through the east end of the forest.
State Forest Regulations
Anyone enjoying the use of this State Forest must observe the following rules which protect them and the forest environment:
- Do not litter. Carry out what you carry in. Burying of refuse is prohibited.
- If you build a fire, do so with care and use wood from dead and downed trees only. Never leave a fire unattended. Three foot radius must be cleared around fire.
- All motorized vehicles are restricted to access roads posted as motor vehicle trails. Off road use of motorized vehicles, such as, trail bikes and four-wheel drives is not allowed, except where specifically permitted by signs, posted notice or by DEC Permit.
- Camping for more than three nights or in a group of ten or more requires a permit from a Forest Ranger. Camping is prohibited within 150 feet of water, roads or trail.
- Permanent structures, including tree stands or blinds, are not allowed.
Important Numbers
State Forest Office (M-F 8 am-4 pm): 315-298-7467
Forest Ranger (Law Enforcement/Emergencies): 315-625-7261
DEC Forest Ranger Dispatch: 518-408-5850
Emergencies: 911


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The Lynches
The advancement of the School of Education at Boston College reached a new level in 1999, when Carolyn and Peter Lynch announced a gift of more than $10 million to the University.
In honor of that gift, at the time the largest ever to the University, the School of Education was named in their honor in official ceremonies, November 2000.
In the spring of 2010 Carolyn and Peter Lynch furthered their generous commitment to the Lynch School with a $20 million gift to launch a new Leadership Academy for early- to mid- career principals from urban Catholic, district public, and charter public schools. To learn more about the Lynch Leadership Academy please click here.
Peter Lynch, '65, is treasurer of the Lynch Foundation and vice chairman of Fidelity Management & Research Company. Mr. Lynch was the portfolio manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund.
During his tenure, the Fidelity Magellan Fund was the top-ranked general equity fund in the nation. Mr. Lynch is the author of two bestselling books, One Up on Wall Street and Beating the Street, and co-author of Learn to Earn. His books have been translated into 17 languages. Mr. Lynch has served on numerous nonprofit boards and is also the recipient of many national and local civic awards.
Mr. Lynch was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991, and, in 2009, he was inducted into the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. He is a Knight of Malta and was awarded the Order of St. Gregory the Great. He has received honorary degrees from 15 colleges and universities, including one from Boston College in 1995.
For the last 24 years, he has served as chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, raising over $150 million in partial scholarships for children of all faiths and backgrounds living in Greater Boston and attending inner-city Catholic schools. Mr. Lynch served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, and earned an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Carolyn Lynch is president and CEO of the Lynch Foundation.
Mrs. Lynch works with numerous groups both in a funding capacity and an advisory role. She is an advocate of charities that have innovative perspectives and propose fresh solutions. Committed to hands-on research, she works to identify organizations that have discovered new answers to problems, especially those that have the potential to grow and be replicated.
Mrs. Lynch is a Dame of Malta and was awarded the Order of St. Gregory the Great, the highest papal honor awarded by the Roman Catholic Church to a layperson. She is a trustee emerita of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Peabody Essex Museum.
Mrs. Lynch has received four honorary degrees, including one from Boston College in 2009. She received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lynch is a tournament bridge player, and she has won three world championships, earning the title of Grand Life Master in 2012.
Carolyn and Peter have been married 46 years and have three daughters and six grandchildren. Both Carolyn and Peter believe that philanthropy is an integral part of family life and have raised their children to understand that compassion for others and engagements in good work are essential to an enjoyable life. In 1988, they founded the Lynch Foundation. Since inception, the Lynch Foundation and the Lynch family have awarded over $150 million in grants. Carolyn and Peter are ranked among the top five donors in the history of Boston College. Their daughter Annie graduated from BC's College of Arts and Sciences in 2001.


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Closest thing to a joke that Jesus ever said:
"A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home."
Closest thing to a joke that Jesus ever said:
"A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home."
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"Oh, I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ."
– Mahatama Gandhi
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About the character of God, as represented in the New and the Old Testaments
Our Bible reveals to us the character of our God with minute and remorseless exactness. The portrait is substantially that of a man—if one can imagine a man charged and overcharged with evil impulses far beyond the human limit; a personage whom no one, perhaps, would desire to associate with, now that Nero and Caligula are dead. in the old Testament His acts expose His vindictive, unjust, ungenerous, pitiless and vengeful nature constantly. He is always punishing—punishing trifling misdeeds with thousand-fold severity; punishing innocent children for the misdeeds of their parents; punishing unoffending populations for the misdeeds of their rulers; even descending to wreak bloody vengeance upon harmless calves and lambs and sheep and bullocks, as punishment for inconsequential trespasses committed by their proprietors. it is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere. It makes Nero an angel of light and leading, by contrast.
It begins with an inexcusable treachery, and that is the keynote of the entire biography. That beginning must have been invented in a pirate's nursery, it is so malign and so childish. To Adam is forbidden the fruit of a certain tree—and he is gravely informed that if he disobeys he shall die. How could that be expected to impress Adam? Adam was merely a man in stature; in knowledge and experience he was in no way the superior of a baby of two years of age; he could have no idea of what the word death meant. He had never seen a dead thing; he had never heard of a dead thing before. The word meant nothing to him. If the Adam child had been warned that if he ate of the apples he would be transformed into a meridian of longitude, that threat would have been the equivalent of the other, since neither of them could mean anything to him.
The watery intellect that invented the memorable threat could be depended on to supplement it with other banalities and low grade notions of justice and fairness, and that is what happened. It was decreed that all of Adam's descendants, to the latest day, should be punished for the baby's trespass against a law of his nursery fulminated against him before he was out of his diapers. For thousands and thousands of years, his posterity, individual by individual, has been unceasingly hunted and harried with afflictions in punishment of the juvenile misdemeanor which is grandiloquently called Adam's Sin. And during all that vast lapse of time, there has been no lack of rabbins and popes and bishops and priests and parsons and lay slaves eager to applaud this infamy, maintain the unassailable justice and righteousness of it, and praise its Author in terms of flattery so gross and extravagant that none but a God could listen to it and not hide His face in disgust and embarrassment. Hardened to flattery as our oriental potentates are, through long experience, not even they would be able to endure the rank quality of it which our God endures with complacency and satisfaction from our pulpits every Sunday.
We brazenly call our God the source of mercy, while we are aware, all the time, that there is not an authentic instance in history of His ever having exercised that virtue. We call Him the source of morals, while we know by His history and by His daily conduct, as perceived with our own senses, that He is totally destitute of anything resembling morals. We call Him Father, and not in derision, although we would detest and denounce any earthly father who should inflict upon his child a thousandth part of the pains and miseries and cruelties which our God deals out to His children every day, and has dealt out to them daily during all the centuries since the crime of creating Adam was committed.
We deal in a curious and laughable confusion of notions concerning God. We divide Him in two, bring half of Him down to an obscure and infinitesimal corner of the world to confer salvation upon a little colony of Jews—and only Jews, no one else—and leave the other half of Him throned in heaven and looking down and eagerly and anxiously watching for results. We reverently study the history of the earthly half, and deduce from it the conviction that the earthly half has reformed, is equipped with morals and virtues, and in no way resembles the abandoned, malignant half that abides upon the throne. We conceive that the earthly half is just, merciful, charitable, benevolent, forgiving, and full of sympathy for the sufferings of mankind and anxious to remove them. Apparently we deduce this character not by examining facts, but by diligently declining to search them, measure them, and weigh them. The earthly half requires us to be merciful, and sets us an example by inventing a lake of fire and brimstone in which all of us who fail to recognize and worship Him as God are to be burned through all eternity. And not only we, who are offered these terms, are to be thus burned if we neglect them, but also the earlier billions of human beings are to suffer this awful fate, although they all lived and died without ever having heard of Him or the terms at all. This exhibition of mercifulness may be called gorgeous. We have nothing approaching it among human savages, nor among the wild beasts of the jungle. We are required to forgive our brother seventy times seven times, and be satisfied and content if on our death-bed, after a pious life, our soul escape from our body before the hurrying priest can get to us and furnish it a pass with his mumblings and candles and incantations. This example of the forgiving spirit may also be pronounced gorgeous.
We are told that the two halves of our God are only seemingly disconnected by their separation; that in very fact the two halves remain one, and equally powerful, notwithstanding the separation. This being the case, the earthly half—who mourns over the sufferings of mankind and would like to remove them, and is quite competent to remove them at any moment He may choose—satisfies Himself with restoring sight to a blind person, here and there, instead of restoring it to all the blind; cures a cripple, here and there, instead of curing all the cripples; furnishes to five thousand famishing persons a meal, and lets the rest of the millions that are hungry remain hungry—and all the time He admonishes inefficient man to cure these ills which God Himself inflicted upon him, and which He could extinguish with a word if He chose to do it, and thus do a plain duty which He had neglected from the beginning and always will neglect while time shall last. He raised several dead persons to life. He manifestly regarded this as a kindness if it was a kindness it was not just to confine it to a half a dozen persons. He should have raised the rest of the dead. I would not do it myself, for I think the dead are the only human beings who are really well off—but I merely mention it, in passing, as one of those curious incongruities with which our Bible history is heavily overcharged.
Whereas the God of the old Testament is a fearful and repulsive character, He is at least consistent. He is frank and outspoken. He makes no pretense to the possession of a moral or a virtue of any kind—except with His mouth. No such thing is anywhere discoverable in His conduct. I think He comes infinitely nearer to being respectworthy than does His reformed self, as guilelessly exposed in the new Testament. Nothing in all history—nor even His massed history combined—remotely approaches in atrocity the invention of hell.
His heavenly self, His old Testament self, is sweetness and gentleness and respectability, compared with His reformed earthly self. In heaven He claims not a single merit, and hasn't one—outside of those claimed by His mouth—whereas in the earth He claims every merit in the entire catalogue of merits, yet practised them only now and then, penuriously, and finished by conferring hell upon us, which abolished all His fictitious merits in a body.
– Mark Twain
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"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own – a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty."
– Albert Einstein
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"But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best."
– David Javerbaum
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Is someday when the world does actually end, you'll be right…
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"Old Man" talking to "Young Man" regarding the so-called selfless generosity of giving 25 cents to a needy woman from "What Is Man and Other Essays":
Very well. Now let us add up the details and see how much he got for his twenty-five cents. Let us try to find out the REAL why of his making the investment. In the first place HE couldn`t bear the pain which the old suffering face gave him. So he was thinking of HIS pain–this good man. He must buy a salve for it. If he did not succor the old woman HIS conscience would torture him all the way home. Thinking of HIS pain again. He must buy relief for that. If he didn`t relieve the old woman HE would not get any sleep. He must buy some sleep–still thinking of HIMSELF, you see. Thus, to sum up, he bought himself free of a sharp pain in his heart, he bought himself free of the tortures of a waiting conscience, he bought a whole night`s sleep–all for twenty-five cents! It should make Wall Street ashamed of itself. On his way home his heart was joyful, and it sang–profit on top of profit! The impulse which moved the man to succor the old woman was–FIRST–to CONTENT HIS OWN SPIRIT; secondly to relieve HER sufferings. Is it your opinion that men`s acts proceed from one central and unchanging and inalterable impulse, or from a variety of impulses?
Yes. This is the law, keep it in your mind. FROM HIS CRADLE TO HIS GRAVE A MAN NEVER DOES A SINGLE THING WHICH HAS ANY FIRST AND FOREMOST OBJECT BUT ONE–TO SECURE PEACE OF MIND, SPIRITUAL COMFORT, FOR HIMSELF.
– Mark Twain in the guise of "Old Man"
Sadly I think it's true. Even if the story of Jesus is real, Jesus gave his life for a "cause" – that is to receive a "prize" (the comfort of knowing he had saved souls).
There really is no such thing as "selfless generosity". But once you understand that and embrace it, it doesn't really tarnish acts of kindness. There is beauty in finding acts that are both self-fulfilling and aid others. The key is to try to find the balance the aids the later more than the former.
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L'Éternel a ses desseins de toute éternité. Si la prière est d'accord avec ses volontés immuables, il est très inutile de lui demander ce qu'il a résolu de faire. Si on le prie de faire le contraire de ce qu'il a résolu, c'est le prier d'être faible, léger, inconstant; c'est croire qu'il soit tel, c'est se moquer de lui. Ou vous lui demandez une chose juste; en ce cas il la doit, et elle se fera sans qu'on l'en prie; c'est même se défier de lui que lui faire instance ou la chose est injuste, et alors on l'outrage. Vous êtes digne ou indigne de la grâce que vous implorez: si digne, il le sait mieux que vous; si indigne, on commet un crime de plus en demandant ce qu'on ne mérite pas.
En un mot, nous ne faisons des prières à Dieu que parce que nous l'avons fait à notre image. Nous le traitons comme un bacha, comme un sultan qu'on peut irriter ou apaiser.
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The Eternal has his designs from all eternity. If prayer is in accord with his immutable wishes, it is quite useless to ask of him what he has resolved to do. If one prays to him to do the contrary of what he has resolved, it is praying that he be weak, frivolous, inconstant; it is believing that he is thus, it is to mock him. Either you ask him a just thing, in which case he must do it, the thing being done without your praying to him for it, and so to entreat him is then to distrust him; or the thing is unjust, and then you insult him. You are worthy or unworthy of the grace you implore: if worthy, he knows it better than you; if unworthy, you commit another crime by requesting what is undeserved.
In a word, we only pray to God because we have made him in our image. We treat him like a pasha, like a sultan whom one may provoke or appease.
– Voltaire
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The Gospels could not possibly be either more or less in number than they are. Since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the Church is spread over all the earth, and the pillar and foundation of the Church is the gospel, and the Spirit of life, it fittingly has four pillars, everywhere breathing out incorruption and revivifying men. From this it is clear that the Word, the artificer of all things, being manifested to men gave us the gospel, fourfold in form but held together by one Spirit. As David said, when asking for his coming, 'O sitter upon the cherubim, show yourself '. For the cherubim have four faces, and their faces are images of the activity of the Son of God. For the first living creature, it says, was like a lion, signifying his active and princely and royal character; the second was like an ox, showing his sacrificial and priestly order; the third had the face of a man, indicating very clearly his coming in human guise; and the fourth was like a flying eagle, making plain the giving of the Spirit who broods over the Church. Now the Gospels, in which Christ is enthroned, are like these.
– Irenaeus (2nd Century AD)
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After serving a one-game suspension for public intoxication on Aug. 25, Auburn center Reese Dismukes has been cleared to play in this weekend's game against Mississippi State.
"We have a very comprehensive plan overall moving forward so that Reese can go in a positive direction," Chizik said. "That plan is going to be ongoing, and it's one that we feel comfortable with.
"He's done all that we've asked him to do, and he will continue again in this comprehensive plan to do what we need him to do moving forward in a positive direction." ...


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under task manager, gui.exe is under my processing list. i never come across this, i wonder if anyone know what this program do.
Above reference is similar to your problem with gui.exe.
I suggest you run AdAware and Spybot programs to get rid of this malware.Update the programs before you run them with the latest detections.Choose the full scan if you have never run those before.Keep the Antivirus working while those programs are run one at a time.Good luck.
You have a problem, here some tools that will help.
My SpyCatcher tips.
What it does, after the search, it offers choices of what to do with files found, which can be a bit daunting.
All these choices, like > Ask, can ( after researchihg or your own knowledge of what you have installed ) be changed. In the Status window, the Protection ( in the middle of the page ) section, click on the files found.
It also finds uninstall exe's, which I change to > Allow.
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BackgroundEver wonder what happens beneath the canopy of grass in your own backyard? Wonder no more! Slug Wars brings to life the epic battles fought by brave slugs in yards across the nation. Sure, slugs may move slowly, but that doesn't stop them from strapping salt shakers to their backs and running …err… trudging off to battle their evil foes.
Slug Wars is a real-time strategy game that's all about managing your units for maximum impact on the battlefield. Slug units move down one of 3 lanes to reach the enemy base, engaging enemies along the way. Defend your base from the slug onslaught, while trying to capture your enemy's base!
Enjoy countless hours of deep game play as you work to unlock all slug units (with more units on the way!), or challenge your friends to a head-to-head battle!
Do you have what it takes to lead your slug troops to victory?
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- Genre: RTS (IPHONE)
- Perspective(s): Flat side view
- Developer: Republic of Fun
- Publisher: Republic of Fun
Released North America Jan 26, 2010