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We have an OpenSource Extension Similar like Greasemonkey only used in Firefox. Users can submit (Java)scripts for other Users to run. This gets abused by sending malicious code.
We want to rough autocheck in future with a script the submitted Code.
We don't allow or want to further investigate:
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Plus, a dog who doesn't get the whole "slide" thing, a kitten launches a sneak attack, a dog verus some stairs and a dog who sounds like a car.
Watch those videos below.
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Antonius and Dwan clash again
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PSU won it's 89th match in a row tonite against Wisconsin. This beats John Wooden's UCLA 88 game wining streak to move into 4th place all time streaks in D1, NCAA.
I would love for ISU women to get a shot at PSU, just to see what we could do...
Watching them play is crazy. I've seen some really good volleyball teams during my lifetime (my family's had season tickets to the Nebraska games for as long as I can remember) and PSU is something else. They're pretty much a machine.
All machines break down sometime...
"Don't worry Boss...they can't do nothin' 'til they're through sparklin'..."
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All machines break down sometime...
See #2 Texas.
Originally Posted by coachdags
I would love for ISU women to get a shot at PSU, just to see what we could do...
We will- in the national championship game.
True and Valiant
I also remember a game with Kansas when Cy (wore a huge suit then) went out to center field, squatted, and "pooped" a couple of chickens that had been dyed blue then chased them around.
Originally Posted by DJK15
God I hope so, even if it's not the right thing to do, KF needs to do it.
Victory before honor.
Wonder why the National Champions from last year scheduled a non-conference schedule that is so very weak. Though the Big 10 does seem to be stronger this year with IL, Mich, and MN. I give credit to CJL for scheduling non-conference tourney teams.
Though, I think the Big 12 and Pac 10 are tougher leagues top to bottom.
The tourney should be interesting this year. Is the Big 10 as good as it is ranked? Has the Pac 10 fallen that much? And is the Big 12 as strong as I think it is?
Texas is really tough, but I think ISU exposed that although Hooker is probably the best offensive player in volleyball, she isn't a great defensive player. She sure missed a lot of passes and had a lot of errors in the back row.
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Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky, chair of the Committee on Infractions, on Wednesday listed reforms and restructuring in the enforcement system and expansion of the committee as possible reasons.
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He also noted the NCAA enforcement director changed in the aftermath of two investigators and two key leaders leaving in less than a year after an internal investigation uncovered problems with the NCAA's investigation of the University of Miami.
At Big 12 media days Monday, Bowlsby said "cheating pays" and that anyone who conspired to bend the rules could do so successfully and probably not get caught in most occasions.
"They're in a battle with a BB gun in their hand. They're fighting howitzers," Bowlsby said of NCAA enforcement officials, while also saying he didn't believe cheating was rampant.
Hammon will retire after 16 seasons in league
Becky Hammon knew the timing was right. After a thrilling victory by the San Antonio Stars on Tuesday night, the veteran guard, in her 16th WNBA season, told her teammates that she was going to retire at the end of the season.
The team announced her decision Wednesday.
"It was emotional for me. I was so glad I got to do it after a win not a loss," Hammon said in a phone interview. "With college and professionally and overseas, I've given 20 years of my life to a high level of basketball. I worked a tireless amount of hours. The overwhelming support I got back from the little press release that the Stars put out has been incredible."
Hammon is the Stars' all-time leader in assists, points per game and three-pointers made. The 37-year-old Hammon is a six-time All-Star who ranks seventh in WNBA history in total points (5,756), second in three-point field goals made (817),
Charles leads Liberty
Tina Charles had 31 points and 15 rebounds and scored the go-ahead basket as the New York Liberty earned a 66-64 victory in Los Angeles, spoiling Penny Toler's coaching debut.
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Defending champion Tommy Robredo beat fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open.
Robredo, seeded second, converted only two out of 11 break points on his way to victory.
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The Houston Dynamo signed DaMarcus Beasley — one of the greatest names in U.S. national team history — after trading Warren Creavalle to Toronto FC.
Beasley, 32, who made U.S. soccer history last month in Brazil as the first American to play in four FIFA World Cups, had indicated he wanted to return to the MLS.
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For Chargers, is difference in the details?
"We haven't been that far off in the past. But you bring new coaches in, you bring that new focus, focusing on the little things, being a good person, picking up your crap. All those little things matter. I love it because I believe in it whole heartedly. You do the little things right and it makes the big things comes easier. If you're a good person off the field and you treat people with respect, then you're going to come out here and do the same things to your teammates. I guess having all that stuff is important."
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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Checkpointing a restarted app fails
From: Matthias Hovestadt (maho_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-24 03:31:13
Hi Josh!
> I believe this is now fixed in the trunk. I was able to reproduce
> with the current trunk and committed a fix a few minutes ago in
> r19601. So the fix should be in tonight's tarball (or you can grab it
> from SVN). I've made a request to have the patch applied to v1.3, but
> that may take a day or so to complete.
I updated to 19607 and this really worked out. I'm now
able to checkpoint restarted applications without any
problems. Yippee!
> Thanks for the bug report :)
Thanks for fixing it :-)


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I thought I'd make my first post an introduction to the faithful Babble readership. I'm an eight-year Brooklyn resident who has spent nearly three of those years raising my son Devin with my husband Dennis. I've gone through several big changes lately. I recently lost my nine-year job as a writer and editor at an online travel and entertainment site. I'm about to put my son in several day a week daycare to afford the time to advance my freelancing career. I just turned 35. Oh, yeah, and I'm pregnant again (10 weeks today). Although the changes have shaken me, they've also piqued my interest in the future, which is really what having children is all about.
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Born Erik Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, the man who would one day become known around the world as Harry Houdini began entertaining audiences in New York City as a trapeze artist at the tender age of 9. Houdini began his magic career in 1891, but met with little success until his manager arranged for him to tour Europe. Now billed as "The Handcuff King," Houdini toured England, Scotland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia, often challenging local police to restrain him and lock him in jail cells.
In 1900, while showcasing his abilities as an escapologist at Scotland Yard, Houdini met Willian Melville, the head of the British Secret Service Bureau. The two became friends and possibly much more than that. Cryptic references to an informant named "HH" in Melville's diary have led many to speculate that Houdini was actually a spy. The theory supposes that Houdini used his fame to travel freely throughout the world and to gain access to foreign jails and government facilities that civilians would otherwise not be allowed to penetrate. Houdini would then report back to Melville about the things he had seen, from security information to troop movements.
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Waterville, Pennsylvania (map) | (570) 753-8000
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Mar 2011 - $40.00
We chose this place as it would be close to the jobsite. We were told it was in good condition despite spring thaw and would have no trouble getting in an out. It was extremely muddy and required 4-wheel drive to negotiate. Also, you couldn't get to the RV without wading through mud. The job requires the boss be able to get in touch anytime. This was not possible even though the park personnel said AT&T would not work but that Verizon worked well. (We got a Verizon phone for this reason). Phone and computer access are required for the job as reports have to be submitted. The gentleman next door also could not use his phone or computer. There is virtually no lighting. The cable TV did not work. They knew that because the person before us also had problems with it. They did offer another site, but with the mud and no assurance that anything would be better, it seemed to be a lot of effort and muddy mess for little or no benefit. We were forced to move after 6 days so as not to jeopardize the job. We tried to work out a reasonable settlement with the owner for either the daily rate or 1/2 month to no avail. This disastrous park costs us $500.00 plus electricity for only 6 days. We felt that since the park did not live up to their end of the contract, there should be some refund. The owner was extremely rude and belligerent about the whole thing. We have stayed at many parks from rustic to elaborate and never had such poor conditions and service. - bw09
Jul 2008 - $40.00
I went to this campground because of good memories of camping there as a child. I wish I had gone to Little Pine State Park across the road. How much sense is it to charge $0.25 for a three minute shower? Especially since the showers lasted for only two minutes (this coming from more than one person). There are no temperature controls and sometimes the water is very hot, sometimes cold and rarely just right. There are also no changing areas with each shower stall so undressing and dressing takes place out in the common area with no privacy. The coin machines are also on the opposite wall from the showers so after putting a quarter in you have to cross the room to get into your shower. If the shower stops while you are halfway through with your shower you have to cross the room again and insert another quarter. After confronting the owners about paid showers, all they could say was "It has been that way for years". No explanations of conserving water or anything else. I require a breathing machine at night so we requested a tent site with electric and water service. Our so called tent site while big was all stone! The grass tent sites didn't have electric service. Some of these tent sites could only barely fit a two person tent and didn't have any fire rings or picnic tables. It seems they are concentrating on their cabins and yurts rather than their tent or RV sites. We stayed there for five nights no other tent or RV site was occupied except for the one next to ours which happened to be my parents! Only one or two of the cabins were filled during this time. For those of you with allergies to certain pool chemicals beware. They use Bromic acid in their pool. There aren't any signs stating this and my daughter got a rash from the pool chemicals. I would not recommend this campground to anyone and certainly will not go there again. - stnkds
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This is the second campground where I have camped (new RV owner). I picked one of the best spots that was close to the dam and backed right up to the creek. Showers and bathrooms were nice and clean. I WILL come back here again. This was a very nice experience - leversole
Aug 2012 - $30.00
A very nice park to stay at. This was my first time back here in about 15 years. Pet sites are right next to the dam spillway, a big plus for us because it made checking up on the kids when they were fishing very easy. Nice large and level sites. Bathrooms were clean and showers were nice for a state park. No cell service down in the park, but if you go to the happy acres restaurant as you exit the campground you can get service with Verizon. - Sportsterjeep
Jun 2011 - $30.00
This state park is one of our favorites. Some sites back up to the Little Pine Creek where you can put in your kayak and float down to Waterville (if water levels are sufficient). Hiking trails are ALL very strenuous, so you have to be in excellent shape to take advantage of those. If you enjoy bicycling, it's a short 4 mile drive to the Pine Creek Rail Trail parking lot. There is a nice store and restaurant in Waterville. There is wi-fi within walking distance at the store/restaurant parking lot just before the entrance to the campground. - pamvanw


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NORTH Carolina junior Katie Hathaway has won the ACC women's Swimmer of the Week honor, while North Carolina's Yuri Suguiyama and Duke's Ryan Spoon share the men's honor. All three individuals turned in strong performances at the Nike Cup, held at Koury Natatorium on the UNC campus last week.
Hathaway, a junior from Matthews, N.C., won three individual titles as she led the Tar Heels to a first-place finish. She took the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:02.27 and won the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:14.20. Hathaway also won the 400-yard individual medley in a time of 4:15.25. All three performances were seasonal bests for her. Hathaway was also a member of five relay teams, all of which won first place. The 200-yard freestyle relay team won in 1:33.92, the 400-yard freestyle relay won in 3:27.32 and the 800-yard freestyle relay won in 7:24.90. In addition, the 200-yard medley relay team won in 1:43.09, while the 400-yard medley team won in 3:45.00.
Suguiyama won first place in two Nike Cup events. He swam a career-best 15:25.44 in the 1650 yd freestyle. In addition, Suguiyama also won the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:26.46. Suguiyama also won ACC Swimmer of the Week on November 6.
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Do You Know Your 'Serums' From Your 'Essences'?
Japan is a veritable mecca for makeup. Women here, famed for their perfectly alabaster complexions, spend copious amounts of time and money on their skin-care regimen, which often involves an elaborate facial massage to prevent wrinkling and sagging.
The number of products used for skin care in Japan, including popular "whitening" products, is bewildering to the casual observer. What's the difference between an "essence" and a "milky lotion" and a "serum"? Yours truly is not very sure, but most Japanese women can tell you the answer within a millisecond.
Why then, have the Japanese makeup titans largely failed to crack the U.S. market, the world's biggest, given their meticulous product formulations and product range?
Shu Uemura, the cult brand known for its eyelash curler, is adopting an online-only presence in the States. Kanebo, Japan's second-biggest cosmetics company, has quietly retreated, leaving just one counter at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan where its products are available.
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Early adopters of Windows Vista operating system experienced some compatibility issues when using certain XP programs with Vista. These compatibility issues led some people to consider downgrading the operating system from Vista to XP. Also, many users were familiar with Windows XP and did not want to adopt to the new look and feel of Vista. Most of the technical issues are resolved by installing the Vista Service Pack 1. HP strongly recommends against the process of downgrading a computer that came with Vista to XP.
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EUGENE, Ore. — The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, tucked into a quiet corner of a college campus in Eugene, is hardly the epicenter of the art world. Yet major collectors, fresh from buying an Andy Warhol or a Jean-Michel Basquiat or another masterpiece in New York, routinely choose this small, elegant redbrick building at the University of Oregon to first exhibit their latest trophy.
The museum's intimacy and scholarship are likely to play some role in their choice. But a primary lure for the collectors is often something more prosaic: a tax break.
Collectors who buy art in one state but live in another can owe thousands, tens of thousands, even millions of dollars in state "use taxes": taxes often incurred when someone ships an out-of-state purchase home. But if they lend the recently purchased work first to museums such as the Schnitzer, located in a handful of tax-friendly states, the transaction is often tax-free.
Beyond the benefit to museums, this tax maneuver has produced a startling pipeline of art moving across the United States as collectors cleverly — and legally — exploit the tax codes.
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Dozens of important works have come to the Schnitzer in recent years, largely because of the tax break, museum officials believe — so many that the museum has a program, "Masterworks on Loan"; the featured works are housed in a second-floor gallery.
Similar loans — which rarely extend beyond a few months — also flow into other museums in Oregon, and occasionally New Hampshire and Delaware, all states that have neither a sales nor a use tax.
The Portland Art Museum, for example, has a long history of receiving art loans from collectors, including, most recently, Francis Bacon's triptych "Three Studies of Lucian Freud," one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at auction.
Portland officials say collectors lend art for a variety of reasons, not just for the tax break. But only a few weeks after the painting sold for $142 million this past fall at Christie's in New York, it landed, to the surprise of many, in the Portland museum, where it drew large crowds for 15 weeks.
By shipping the painting first to Oregon, instead of to her home in Las Vegas, the new owner, Elaine Wynn, may be eligible to avoid as much as $11 million in Nevada use taxes, though it was not clear whether she intends to take advantage of the break.
The practice generates debate between those who appreciate how it fosters public access to art and those who suggest such access comes at too high a price to taxpayers. For example, do taxpayers in, say, California understand that they have given up millions of dollars in tax revenue over the years to, in effect, underwrite the display of paintings in other states?
"Some states are going to become aware of this and realize what potential revenue they are missing under the current laws," said Steven Thomas, a lawyer in Los Angeles who advises art collectors on tax matters.
Supporters defend the practice as an important way to ensure public access to significant art before it disappears into private collections. Robert Storr, the dean of the Yale School of Art, described it as a "great resource" for museums. At the Schnitzer, a teaching museum, curators and members of the faculty use the loans in their programs.
"The two museums, the Portland Art Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, are the beneficiaries of getting amazing works of art that they would not get," said Jordan Schnitzer, a businessman and collector who donated millions of dollars to the Eugene museum that bears his name and served on the board of the Portland museum.
Critics of the practice also question whether museums curry favor with possible donors by accepting loans, and they complain that works are sometimes exhibited without the context or curatorial judgment that museums traditionally provide. A recent visit to the Portland museum found some lent works exhibited haphazardly: a cubist work from the 1950s, for example, placed amid American art from the 1980s.
States employ use taxes to compensate for residents who avoid sales taxes by shopping in another state. The tax rate is generally the same as the sales tax, and people are supposed to calculate what they owe on items bought out of state, then pay that amount as part of their tax filings.
Art collectors who seek to avoid the tax typically offer a recently purchased work to a museum in one of five states — New Hampshire, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Delaware — that do not have a use tax so that the loan does not incur a tax.
As long as the painting stays at the museum for an extended period, typically more than three months, before being shipped home, the practice in several states where collectors live, such as California, is to regard the exhibition as a first "use" of the item and waive any tax. The result is a tax-free transaction.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Ore., the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington and the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., are among other institutions where collectors have lent art because of tax considerations.
The tax strategy is 100 percent legal, experts say, as long as all stages of the museum transfer are handled correctly.
Schnitzer officials said that many California collectors had taken advantage of the tax provision. "We are on their way home," said Jill Hartz, the executive director of the museum.
California explicitly outlines a "first use" exemption in its tax code. It says that property, whether a couch or a Caravaggio, that is first "used" out of state for more than 90 days does not incur the tax.
Jerry Kohl, a California businessman, took the tax break when he lent a Warhol to the Schnitzer two years ago. But he said he would have made the loan even without any tax consideration. Still, he said, he thinks the tax code should be tightened.
"The provision should require owners to lend a work out at least every five years instead of just once," he said.


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Chris Polk said he would have been more than happy spending one more year as a running back at Washington.
"It was a hard decision," he said of giving up his last year to declare for the NFL draft. "But it just seemed like the right time."
Polk said it all felt worth it when he stepped onto an NFL field this fall with the Philadelphia Eagles.
"It was really surreal," he said. "That's the stuff you dream about. The closest I had gotten to an NFL field was making my own player on Madden (the video game)."
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That feeling, he said, washed away any possible second thoughts about his decision after he had not been selected in the draft. Rumors circulated that teams had concerns about how well his left shoulder, on which he'd had two surgeries, would hold up. Polk said he didn't mind such talk.
"But I'm actually glad things happened this way," he said. "It made me want it more."
Polk said he had offers from the Redskins, Titans and Texans, among others, but chose the Eagles because he thought it was the best fit.
He made the 53-man roster and was active for most of the season — generally playing on special teams — until suffering a toe injury in November that caused him to miss five games.
He still keeps in touch with former UW roommate Keith Price and other Huskies, often while playing video games at night.
"It's definitely been a very eventful year," he said. "Just like my college years, with ups and downs. But overall, I wouldn't change anything."
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A school bus driver from Lincoln County, Wisconsin has been accused of sending pictures of his genitalia and sending unwanted text messages to an 11-year-old child who rode on his bus. Bobb O. Bergman (51) of Schley, WI was charged yesterday in Lincoln County Circuit Court with 4 felony offenses regarding sexting the child.
According to the Wausau Daily Herald, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department was alerted by the child's parents that the 11-year-old had received 10 photos from Bergman's cellphone between March 31 and April 9.
The child told investigators that Bergman never touched him, but the texts, pictures and conversations with him made the child feel uncomfortable, according to the complaint
The child said Bergman previously asked him to collect the cellphone numbers of other students on the school bus, because the bus company required the information, according to police. ~ Wausau Daily Herald
Bobb O. Bergman has been charged with:
- causing a child to view a sex act,
- causing mental harm to a child,
- exposing a child to harmful material, and
- stalking.
If convicted of all 4 felonies, he faces up to 32 years in prison.
Bergman has no previous criminal record. He has denied sending the child pictures of his penis; and he is currently out of jail after posting bond.
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UK PM leads tribute to 'extraordinary' Thatcher
British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed Margaret Thatcher as an "extraordinary" woman who had revived the country's fortunes, at a special parliamentary tribute to the divisive former leader Wednesday.
The Iron Lady's harshest critics stayed away in a sign of her bitterly disputed legacy. But still both houses were mostly packed, full of lawmakers recalled from their holidays after Thatcher died on Monday aged 87.
"Let this be her epitaph: that she made this country great again," said Cameron, a fellow Conservative.
He said Thatcher was renowned internationally for helping defeat communism during the 1980s and ending the Cold War.
"There are millions of people who know that they owe their freedom, in part, to Margaret Thatcher," Cameron said.
Supporters say Thatcher's free-market reforms made Britain stronger and hail her leadership during the 1982 Falklands War with Argentina.
Critics, though, complain her economic policies and battles with the trade unions destroyed the livelihood of millions of Britons.
Opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband sought to bridge that divide by acknowledging her impact on Britain.
"Whatever your view of her, Margaret Thatcher was a unique and towering figure," he told the House of Commons.
Thatcher's son Mark said their family had been "overwhelmed" by messages of support from around the globe, following her death at London's Ritz Hotel after a stroke.
He said his mother would also have been "greatly honoured" by Queen Elizabeth II's decision to attend her funeral next Wednesday, a rare honour from the monarch only previously accorded to wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, who died in 1965.
The service will be held at St Paul's Cathedral in London, where British armed forces personnel from units associated with the Falklands conflict will bear her coffin. A total of 700 military personnel will be involved.
Cameron said her casket would be draped with the British flag as it is transported on a gun carriage to the cathedral, declaring: "This will be a fitting salute to a great prime minister."
In emotional debates in both chambers of parliament, Thatcher's former colleagues exchanged anecdotes about her strength of conviction but also her personal kindness.
Senior Tories Norman Tebbit and John Wakeham spoke movingly of her sympathy following to the IRA bombing at the Conservative party conference in 1984, from which Thatcher narrowly escaped but which killed Wakeham's wife and paralysed Tebbit's spouse.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown described her as "infuriating" but "without a doubt the commanding politician and the greatest prime minister of our age".
However, the debates were boycotted by several of her biggest critics.
Labour MP and Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson riled Tory ranks by launching an attack on Thatcher's "heinous" record.
"By far the most dramatic and heinous demonstration of Thatcherism was not only in London but across the whole country in metropolitan areas, where every single shop doorway, every single night, became the bedroom, the living room, the bathroom for the homeless," she said.
"The first prime minister of female gender, ok. But a woman? Not on my terms."
In an interview published Thursday, Germany's ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl blamed Thatcher's hostility towards a closer Europe for ongoing tensions between Britain and the European Union.
"Unlike with other leaders in Europe and the world, and despite the best efforts of both sides, Margaret and I simply never managed to build a trusting and warm relationship.
"[She] wanted Europe, but a different Europe from that wanted by most of her European colleagues and me. From our point of view, this antagonism characterises British policy on Europe to this day," he added.
Despite their professional differences, Kohl paid tribute to "an admirable woman" and a "great prime minister."
"I also never once found her to be dishonest," he added. "For all that and for her love of freedom I always appreciated her. I will always honour the memory of Margaret Thatcher."
He explained that ill health would prevent him from attending next Wednesday's London funeral.
Thatcher famously secured a landmark budget rebate from the European Union in 1984, which rankles French and German counterparts to this day, especially with current British premier David Cameron leading so far successful efforts to cut back European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso's one-trillion-euro 2014-20 plan.
Security for Thatcher's funeral is likely to be extremely tight with fears of disruption by Irish republican dissidents and far-left groups. Police are also reportedly bracing for a possible "lone wolf" attack.
Concerns about potential violence rose after trouble erupted at several street parties celebrating her death on Monday night in London, Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow.
Many world figures are expected at the funeral, among them Britain's former Labour prime minister Tony Blair and his wife.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, however, would not be among the guests because of frail health, his spokesman said.
Thatcher's ashes will be laid next to those of her husband Denis, who died in 2003, at the Royal Chelsea Hospital.
Elsewhere, the Falkland Islands on Wednesday announced plans to hold a public day of mourning to coincide with the Thatcher's funeral.
The islands' government said a memorial service will be held at the Christ Church Cathedral in the capital Stanley next Wednesday, shortly after the funeral to celebrate the leader who waged war with Argentina in 1982 to retake the archipelago.


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Welcome to the most trusted source of Jerry's Nugget playing card information
Welcome to the best source of information about the classic Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards. Our goal is to bring you everything you need to know about these amazing cards and more. Please look around, have fun, and enjoy.
The Banana Cleaning Method
Fredric Villimen, of France, says he has a super successful method to clean vintage decks of playing cards (Jerry's Nugget, Golden Nugget, Sahara Tahoe, etc). It's aptly titled The Banana Method.
Jerry's Nugget Day
In celebration of the milestone 50th anniversary in 2014, North Las Vegas Mayor John J. Lee presented Jerry's Nugget Casino with the esteemed Jerry's Nugget Day proclamation for January 15th.
Four Leaf Clover JNugg
A normal pack of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards (or any deck produced by United States Playing Card Co. in 1970) comes with just a single US Playing Card Co. stamp. Thomas Ganter received one with two stamps!
Fake or Real? Can you tell?
While we here at JerrysNuggetPlayingCards.com are never impressed with fake JNuggs, images of a brand new kind of JN knock-off have emerged from Singapore by way of Shenzhen, China. These Chinese JN replicas are so convincing, even experts are having a hard time discerning them from real ones....
No more Jerry's?
Even the Las Vegas Card Expert has run out of genuine Jerry's Nugget decks! Allan Ackerman, the Las Vegas Card Expert, announced he has depleted his personal stock of authentic Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards.....
JNugg Prices On The Rise
Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards tend not to be used or played with, and thus attributes the growth in interest of these cards to a secondary collecting population, which is also inherently driving up prices.....
Ebay is Saturated with Fake Decks
Be honest ... did you spend all your holiday money purchasing a fake deck of Jerry's Nugget playing cards on Ebay? Don't feel bad, you're not alone because the majority of Jerry's Nugget decks found on Ebay are fakes....
Asher cancels 2011 JNugg Sale
On November 9th, 2011 Lee Asher announced that because of unforeseen technical issues beyond his control, he will not be selling Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards in 2011. Though he's not giving up yet...
Deceptive JNugg advertising
For the past couple of years, we here at Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards.com have watched the specific verbiage used on Ebay to sell fake decks to unsuspecting consumers. In our opinion, this deviousness happens way too often so we've decided to take a stance. Read a list of words we've compiled from selected Ebay pages selling JNugg knock-offs.
Spot a fake deck of Jerry's Nuggets
Wondering if you own a fake deck of JNuggs? Spot a knock-off after reading this informative article first published in the Spring 2011 Clear The Decks newsletter. Now you'll know if you own the real deal, or a big fat fancy fake!
Asher tweets info about 2011 JN launch
CardStar, Lee Asher, just announced the official date for his only Jerry's Nugget Playing Card launch of 2011. We have the date, time and how many he's selling. So if you want it, you're going to have to click in to find out.
JNugg Care & Handling Guide
Keep your Jerry's Nugget Playing Card collection in pristine condition. Why take risks? Why use inferior techniques to store your valuable investments? Download this JNugg Card and Handling guide for free and immediately start benefiting from this information.
A Jerry's Baron living in Japan?
Further cementing the fact these decks are a world-wide commodity, video of a rather large stash of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards have surfaced. Along with this video, a new Jerry's Baron emerges... and this one lives in Japan!
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ATTENTION: An unlimited supply of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards have been found over at the Magic Cafe. Take a moment to learn how to add some JNuggs to spice-up your posts and private messages.
Video Review of a Nugget Deck
Here's your chance to take a video tour of both a red and blue deck of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards. Watch as KenyoJapan as he shows you what an authentic deck should look like.
Asher tweets date for 2nd 2010 JN launch
On Friday, 23rd, 2010 CardStar Lee Asher announced the official date for his 2nd of two Jerry's Nugget Playing Card launches. We have the date. So if you want it, you're going to have to click in to find out.
Few ebay dealers are honest about fakes
We here at JerrysNuggetPlayingCards.com love that the demand is so high for these cards that some Ebay dealers are being honest about selling fakes! Take for instance, seller jjjmagic1971 from Hendersonville, Tennessee. He's selling a fake deck of Jerry's Nuggets on Ebay with a starting bid of $25.00, and he's also the first one to tell you they are not real.
J Nuggs velocity increases 5 fold
CardStar Lee Asher has done it again, it looks like his March 15th, 2010 J Nugg launch was a smash success. Only this time he sold authentic Jerry's Nugget Decks in an impressive amount of time.
Jerry's Nugget Card Real Estate?
Imagine if Guinness World Record Holder Bryan Berg used genuine 1970 Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards to construct his monstrous playing card structures. What would something like his most impressive tower cost to build?
March 15th, 2010 Lee Asher sells real JNs
March 15th, 2010 at 4pm Easter Standard Time, Cardstar Lee Asher will release more Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards from the private reserve in 2010. We have the full scoop.
Receiving some J Nuggs from Lee Asher
On May 8th, 2009, CardStar Lee Asher did the unthinkable. He sold authentic Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards from a private reserve in order for the masses to have a chance to own a deck of these beauties. Mendel from Holland, one of the lucky purchasers, decided to film his whole experience from start to finish. Share in his his excitement by watching his video.
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But what if your goal is an investment? Then price only matters in relationship to potential resale value. Buy for a price and sell for a higher price than your original purchase. Easy. Unless you do not realize that your investment was worthless from the start.
Find the hidden Jerry's Nugget secret
Originally printed in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the US Playing Card Company, these playing cards were made for the Jerry's Nugget casino gaming tables. No one really knows when they were printed. Until now.
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What do Louis Vuitton, the Apple iphone, and the Classic Jerry's Nugget playing cards have in common? They're all iconic brands that represent the best in the world. Which also means they've all been knocked off by sophisticated counterfeiters.
Fake Jerry's Nuggets are for real.
Buyer beware? Be very careful? How do you know what you're going to get for your money if you don't purchase your classic Jerry's Nugget playing cards from a reliable source? Just ask TrigMexico and Mike Helmer who purchased their bad paper from a seller on ebay without checking with an expert. The seller apparently hoped that no one would break the seals of their ' highly collectible decks'.
Well, the seals have been broken and it's time to face the facts. It's time to get real.


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Susanna Phillips' Set for the Met, Carnegie Solo Debut and STREETCAR in Chicago in 2012–13 Season
A quickly-rising star who is already one of the opera world's most sought-after vocalists, soprano Susanna Phillips has filled the upcoming season with an exciting schedule of engagements. Phillips returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera for her fifth consecutive season, makes her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut, and taps into her Southern heritage as Stella in André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire with Renée Fleming in performances at Carnegie Hall and Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Alabama native will return to her hometown of Huntsville during one of her numerous recital dates throughout the US. Phillips will also make concert appearances with the Baltimore Symphony and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, among others, and she'll wrap up the year at the Santa Fe Opera.
Phillips launched her 2012–13 season in mid-September with a return to her home state for performances with the Alabama Symphony in Birmingham, during which she delighted both critics and audiences.
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera
In late November, Phillips makes her Met role debut as Donna Anna in Michael Grandage's returning production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Phillips received the Met's 2010 Beverly Sills Award, and the Met has become her home away from home. This will be her fifth consecutive season performing at the hallowed institution, where she has previously received acclaim for roles including Pamina in Julie Taymor's production of The Magic Flute, and Musetta in La bohème, which the New York Observer called "captivating." The 2012 production of Don Giovanni will be conducted by Edward Gardner, and the intriguingly young cast also features Ildar Abdrazakov as Don Giovanni, Erwin Schrott as Leporello, Charles Castronovo as Don Ottavio, Emma Bell as Donna Elvira, and Ekaterina Siurina as ZerlinA. Phillips has previously played Donna Anna at the Fort Worth Opera Festival and Boston Lyric Opera.
Carnegie Hall Solo Recital Debut
In an exciting finish to her winter tour with pianist Myra Huang, Phillips presents one of her compelling recital programs in Weill Recital Hall on February 8, 2013. While the soprano has previously performed at this notable venue, this is Phillips's Carnegie Hall solo recital debut. The evening's repertoire reflects Phillips's continued fascination with music from all eras and her dedication to new music, and will include works by Schubert, Chausson, Berg, Granados, Messiaen, and Myers. Prior to this performance, Philips and Huang will make stops in her hometown of Huntsville, AL, Sarasota, FL, and Philadelphia, PA.
A Streetcar Named Desire
In March, Phillips brings her deeply Southern background to this season's highly-anticipated return of André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, the composer's 1998 acclaimed interpretation of the celebrated 1947 Tennessee Williams play. In this semi-staged concert production directed by Brad Dalton, Phillips will portray Stella Kowalski, the understanding sister and lustful wife, opposite Renée Fleming's dynamically portrayed Blanche Dubois, and baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes's Stanley Kowalski. The production premieres at Carnegie Hall on March 14, 2013, as part of Fleming's Perspectives residency at the venue, and features the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Patrick Summers. Streetcar then travels to Lyric Opera of Chicago for performances on March 26, 29, April 3, and 6, where it will by led by Evan Rogister.
Concert and Recital Appearances, and a Santa Fe Opera Season Finale
Phillips's eventful season also includes numerous concert and recital appearances throughout the US. In February and March 2013, Phillips performs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Requiem, the great composer's unfinished masterpiece. Led by Ignat Solzhenitsyn, additional soloists are Marietta Simpson, Norman Reinhardt, and Robert Gleadow. In May, Phillips will join the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson, to tackle a demanding program that includes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Act III of Berg's Wozzeck. Phillips will also make concert appearances with Musica Sacra at Alice Tully Hall (October 22); the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (April 12); the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall, with which she'll perform Paul Moravec's The Blizzard Voices and songs by Copland and Ives (April 22)


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It's not easy to find a dish in Korean cuisine that doesn't utilize a lot of red pepper spices (gochugaru) and paste (gochujang). And it's probably even harder to find one that doesn't include any type of meat. However, this old-school dish called gungjung tteokbokki, a dish literally meaning "royal court rice cakes," meets both of those criteria albeit with a little bit of tweaking. This dish supposedly originated when Korea had kingdoms and dynasties (specifically the Joseon Dynasty) a long, long time ago. And surprisingly, there were no red pepper spices back then to work with, thus making the dish more savory than spicy. This dish (at least the tteok, rice cakes) is ubiquitous in Korea, where you will find it on every street corner where food carts and stalls (run by hard-working ajummas) sell the spicy version along with other "fast food" Korean snacks. I've had this countless times for a quick eat so I know firsthand how much Koreans love this. Personally, this dish is very nostalgic and comforting, reminding me of the days past when things were simple and easy-going. With today's successful attempt (the family said they loved it, yah!), I will surely include more variations of tteokbokki in the near future.
Here are the ingredients for my version: garaettteok, bell pepper varieties,green onions, and white beech mushrooms.
Combine the sauce ingredients beforehand, which consists of soy sauce, Mirin, sugar, minced garlic, and sesame oil.
Clean the vegetables and chop into strips like this; mushrooms do not need to be chopped.
Give the vegetables a nice saute for a few minutes in olive oil.
In a separate pot, soften the tteok by boiling for a few minutes until soft and flexible. If they are frozen, it should take slightly longer.
Add them all together and let the flavors merry. Cook for a few minutes until thoroughly mixed.
Viola! It should look something like this just before eating. ^^
Servings: 4 people
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
- 1 lb garae tteok (Korean rice cake, cylindrical pieces)
- 1 bunch white beech mushrooms (enoki or shiitake okay)
- 3, 4 bell pepper varieties, cut into strips
- 3, 4 green onion, cut into strips
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp Mirin
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- olive oil
- sesame seeds (garnish)
- 1 tbsp gochugaru (red pepper flakes; optional for extra heat)
1. Cook tteok (rice cake) according to package directions. If ready for use, boiling in water for a few minutes will do the trick. If frozen, set out and let thaw for at least 20 minutes or soak in water for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, clean the vegetables accordingly, then cut the vegetables into 2-inch strips. Mushrooms can be pulled individually by hand; set aside. Prepare the sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl; set aside.
3. In a non-stick pan, bring 1 tbsp olive oil to medium-high heat, then sauté the bell peppers and mushrooms, 3 minutes. Add in tteok and green onions, cook another 3~5 minutes or until the sauce slightly thickens.
4. Sample the sauce and adjust accordingly. Serve hot with rice and other side dishes.
*As with most Korean dishes, you can adjust the flavors by adding or omitting the main sauce components: soy sauce (salty), gochugaru (spicy), sugar (sweet), Mirin (sour), and sesame oil (nutty). Don't hesitate to play around with these flavors until you find a combination that fits your palate. ^^


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we're evaluating zimbra netwokr edition, and one of the features we plan to use extensively is the shared calendar. however, instead of just having a few dozen shared calendars in one long list in the left hand pane, we were going to try to group them.
When I started playing with this, the first idea I had was that I created a dummy user called HRGroup. I shared that calendar with the test users user1 user2 and user3 who are part of the distribution group email@example.com. I then did a createmountpoint for each of the users mounting the HRGroup calendar as /HR Dept. It was shared with rwid permissions so each person could add/remove stuff from their department calendar.
I then shared each of the userX's calendar with the firstname.lastname@example.com group with r permission so they coudl see their coworker's claendars. I then created a mountpoint for each person's calendar as /HR Dept/userX in their coworker's calendar.
This gave me a expandable/collapsable grouping which for user3 looked like this
> HR Dept
However, I found that trying to select user1 or user2's calendar gave me a permission error. I dind't get this error if i mounted the same share at the root of the namespace so I figured that mounting one shared calendar under another shared calendar just wasn't good practice and was probably causing zimbra to freak.
oh well, back to the drawing board.
If i couldn't mount one shared calendar inside anotehr, I'd try mounting many shared calendars under one personal calendar. So for each of the userX I did a createfolder /HR Dept. Then again, I mounted each of the other users under that. This gave me the same expandable and collapsable grouping, and now I could select the individual users and I could see their calendars. Of course now /HR Dept is not a "group calendar" because it is local to each person, but I might rename it to just Coworkers and have a separate HR Dept shared calendar at the root. I did notice though that it did not save the checkbox for displaying the calendars of the children of the group (the userX's) between sessions, only the top level HR Dept. This will probably become a bug report
Has anyone else tried this? Can an employee or someone say what the best practice is for doing something like this?


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The Boss
Hailed as the future of rock 'n' roll by journalist (and future manager) Jon Landau, Springsteen emerged from the bars of New Jersey to conquer the world. The Wagnerian rock of "Born To Run" was followed by a career that has veered between stadium bombast and hushed, acoustic driven Americana. Still an important artist, Springsteen continues to entertain huge crowds around the world with mammoth sets that often last for three hours or more (not including encores - plural intended!).
Bruce Springsteen


text: I am trying to change the first chainring on my road bike, but I can't seem to find the right allen key to remove the chainring bolts. I tried standard and metric but it is "in between" the sizes, I mean what the hell?!? I have a shimano fc-a050 crankset.


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Re: SUPPORT FOR DECLARATIVE TRANSITION CONSTRAINTS
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:14:19 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <0836e828-6c22-4728-9d9a-aa24068821a6_at_t3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
On Sep 19, 6:25Āpm, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
> On 18/09/2010 6:42 PM, Brian wrote:
> ...
> > Transition constraint #4:
> > Ā ĀLBRDATE can't be different.
> > Ā ĀBusiness rule implemented:
> > Ā Ā- The date that a labor activity was performed does not change.
> > ...
> What can this possibly mean? Āeg. different from what? Āchange from what?
This constraint is a firewall to protect supervisors from making stupid mistakes. The only way LBRDATE can be wrong is if the supervisor--not the employee--inserted an activity with the wrong date. Employees key information into barcode data collection terminals, and LBRDATE is set to the date the employee's shift started by the application that polls the terminals. Since the employee actually performed a labor activity on that date, it doesn't make sense for the supervisor to claim that it was performed on a different date. It does make sense for them to be able to fix their own screwups, however. If they insert a labor activity with the wrong date, they have to delete it and insert another one. Received on Sun Sep 19 2010 - 20:14:19 CDT


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The blingest battery (coming soon): http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fuel-cell-0516.html
And it will recharge on the road with this:
*accessories not included.
The blingest battery (coming soon): http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fuel-cell-0516.html
And it will recharge on the road with this:
*accessories not included.
For all the sporadic publicity, fuel cells still aren't appearing main stream. Given the current economic downturn, I'm not sure they'll be able to gain a foothold anytime soon. I'd love to see improvements in energy technology, especially batteries and solar panels but I'm not holding my breath. I'd like to see solar panels that are efficient year-round in northern climates, plus I'd like to seem them go down in price. As for batteries, well, they're still the Achilles heel in green endeavors, despite some progress recently.
True, but their 50 percent improvement on the conductivity of Nafion membranes in the DMFCs (direct methanol fuel cells) brings us 50 percent closer to a commercially viable fuel cell. Once these things reach the market, you'll probably only have to rent them from gas stations (where you'd swap out a drained battery for a recharged one) making them both affordable and convenient.
I agree with you that it sounds great on paper, but we've been hearing about fuel cells being just around the corner for about 4-5 years now. They're still not readily available and I'm afraid with the world-wide economic downturn that they may turn out to be vaporware and will never become a commercially viable product.
I think they're probably the most promising thing we've got at the present. Though, if they prove to be impractical or uncompetitive for some reason, then it will be because something more practical and promising took their place.
That word 'never' is one of the most loaded and reviled words for young professionals pursuing R&D. It is only rarely applicable to scientific endeavors (or so they teach us).
Maybe, but I'm not convinced fuel cells are part of our energy technology future. It's possible, but it's also possible they'll be eclipsed by supercapacitors and it's possible the technology isn't really going to be more economical than cheap high-quality LiFePO4 batteries (which are already impressive). Supercapacitors and algae-biodiesel are a couple of other energy storage solutions that make impressive claims, and prompt me to say: I'll believe it's economically viable when I see it economically viable.That word 'never' is one of the most loaded and reviled words for young professionals pursuing R&D. It is only rarely applicable to scientific endeavors (or so they teach us).
Making something technically possible is a much lower standard to reach than making it commercially viable, and I think there are tons of nice ideas that will never be commercially viable on a large scale.
Some awesome folks who are working to give Haitians the ability to manage their safety and their lives:
Haiti Partners
Problem with ultra or super caps is that stored energy is proportional to the charge voltage squared. High voltages and bikes are never going to be a good mix IMO.
My crystal ball has never worked right, so I can't see or predict which of the many claims of "just around the corner" will come true or be relegated to the BS pile. At age 61, "just around the corner" may finally arrive at a time when a good BM and not falling asleep and drowning in my chicken soup may be the high point of my day.
Right now, I am thinking that other than walking, a well built, relatively light velomobile, with or without assist may be the best answer, at least for me. Certainly not the answer for the majority, as most folks are looking for transportation without any physical effort, but, as long as my old body holds up, I can't find anything that will allow me to travel the modest distances that make up most of my journeys using less renewable energy. Something like a Quest, Go-One, Mango, Cab bike or even a Glyde! When I can't pedal any longer, put the thing in temporary storage, and when I croak, bury me in it!
the Scorpion King
Live to ride
Ride to eat
Eat to live


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In a connected healthcare environment, the role of an interface engine has changed.
A modern healthcare environment demands that an interface engine do more than just connect one point to another, but logically facilitate workflow and enhance overall operational efficiency with faster deployment, shorter cycle times, and the use of analyst-level health professionals.
The role of the interface engine must meet the requirements of a new generation of productive, connected, and efficient healthcare environments. Explored are the five major areas where the role of an interface engine is applicable within a modern healthcare environment.


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Glee Spoiler: Will Quinn and Artie Date in Glee Season 3?
While we can't know for sure what the future holds for Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) once Glee's returns with all-new episodes in April – Yale? Cheerios? Maybe not! – at least we do know that she'll live!
However, those recent on-set pics of Quinn and Artie (Kevin McHale) in matching wheelchairs have a few folks throwin' around new 'ship rumors… Sooo, will Quinn and Artie be finding love in Q's times o' struggle?
E! Online put the rumors to rest with scoop that any signs of "Quartie" in the near future are premature, and the two "will only find a friendship with each other. But it'll be a special one."
We're pretty sure we can live with that. (Quinn's ALIVE, guys, be thankful!!)
Will the "special" bond arise as Artie teaches Quinn the ropes with her new ride? Or will it go deeper than that, as Quinn comes to terms with her – possible – new disability?
So many questions and way too much time to ponder the answers, right? Guess they call 'em "cliffhangers" for a reason…
Source: E! Online
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Jeep Repair Problems? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Did you ground the wire?
You need to ground the wire on the body side, not the wire that goes into the door.
Ok, so this has nothing to do with the alarm system then.
Maybe you just have a dead battery. Try a jump start and see if that helps.
Well if it won't turn over and there is no power it appears the battery is dead. So, I suggest you try a jump start and have that wire grounded that I told you about.
Let me know how it goes.


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One of these days, you're going to have to talk about your book. It's true! No matter if you're submitting it to an editor or agent, trapped in an elevator with another writer, or just chatting with someone's book-junkie grandma over cocktails--unless you never talk to anyone about it ever, it will come up. So, it's in your best interest to figure out how to talk about your book. Briefly, because you can always talk about it more later, once they've expressed interest.
This is means coming up with the dreaded elevator pitch""the fastball version of your book so short and compelling you can sell someone on it between floors. Now, the elevator pitch has a lot of mystique built up around it. Most authors hate it""I mean, seriously? If you could capture the whole essence of your book in a mere paragraph of prose, why would you have written a whole book? Your story is complicated! It has layers! It is inexpressible in a measly paragraph. (Hence: book.) But you are a writer. You can do this. All you have to do is write one paragraph that gives readers a quick but strong impression of your book.
The best part is? Just the process of figuring out that elevator pitch will make it way easier to talk about in the future, with or without your script. So, to those ends, here are a few tips for creating an elevator pitch of your own.
X Meets Y
It's like Highlandermeets Black Swan. . . in space!
One popular method for creating an elevator pitch uses the framework "my book is X meets Y," where X and Y are popular books or movies""sometimes with an additional qualifying factor, like "in space." Now, some people loathe this method, since when done poorly, it tells you exactly nothing about the book (though it can be downright hysterical). But it has to be said: when done well, it is an awesome shortcut to describing your book.
A good X meets Y uses two complex essences (the feel of a book or movie) to evoke a third with a fair amount of accuracy. This essentially means it's a glorified metaphor. Of course, like all comparisons, the trick is hitting it right on the head without veering into the ridiculous. You have to have a firm understanding of how the majority of people would perceive both the X and the Y of your comparison""as well as your book""in order to come up with an apt and universally understandable comparison.
Start by brainstorming a list of movies and books that remind you of aspects of your book. You may even want to practice on other people's books, just to get the hang of it. Then, try randomly matching the media products on your list, and thinking about what kind of book they would be. Once you find two that together, seem to click perfectly to evoke your book, you know you've got it. If not""I'd avoid this style of elevator pitch altogether and go for the sound bite summary instead, as described below.
Pro Tip: Don't just take it out on the market as soon as you snap two movies together: reader test it. Ask someone what a "Highlander meets Black Swan" book would be like. That way, if they think it means step-dancing ballerinas""of whom there can be only one""you have a chance to laugh, cry, and go back and find something that hits a little closer to your intentions before it becomes important.
The Sound Bite Summary
The Masked Moo, the only cow with the udders to fight crime in Cow City, is mystified when he runs across a string of cows who fall asleep in a pasture only to wake up stumbling around on chicken feet instead of hooves. Until one day, it happens to him! Teaming up with the Red Rooster, his counterpart from the Chicken coast (who also happens to be wearing his hooves), they work together to take down Sinister Cluck and the Dehoofinator, and get everyone back on their feet.
The sound bite summary is just what it sounds like: a very short summary that would make a good sound bite. It is composed of one sentence of premise, one or two sentences of complicating factors, and, if you're talking to an editor or agent, one sentence about the resolution (you may want to skip that part if talking to a reader!). And it is under 100 words. Terrible, I know! Again, with the condensing of a 100,000-word book in to measly 100 words. But it can be done: after all, the editor will do it for you when they write the summary that goes on the back of your book.
When writing your sound bite summary, you'll want to avoid both excessive detail and overly generic phrasing. "Evil is rising, and only the hero, whose beloved/kingdom/pet octopus is threatened, can save the world, which, btw, hangs in the balance," for instance, describes an awful lot of books. But you also want to skip any details""no matter how eventually important to the plot""that do not help to evoke the overall essence of your book. For example, for the awesome TV show Grimm, the detective being a descendent of the Brothers Grimm""an ancient line of monster hunters and the only ones who can see monsters beneath their human veneers""is a distinguishing factor, and important for the feel. On the other hand, mentioning that he isn't like other Grimms in that he's friends with some of the monsters, and that they aren't really monsters but wessen, and that wessen have their own hierarchy, in which Grimms are entangled, while certainly relevant, is not as useful for this stage.
Pro Tip: Of course, when discussing your book in person, I'd generally just start with the premise, and see if they bite. If they express interest""huzzah! You can move on. If they don't, you've done your story justice in a polite yet memorable fashion, and you can move on to other, more mutually agreeable conversation topics.
Use the Right Tags
It's a YA paranormal western novel with steampunk elements.
We already have a lot of shorthand for discussing books""so use them! Tell us if your book is young adult or middle grade; dark fantasy or hard sci-fi; short story or novel. These are time-tested and well understood symbols, and can be used to communicate a lot of information quickly. Of course, many people are writing pieces that bend genres""and in this, there are two easy options. First, think about the variation you've seen within genre""because genre actually has a lot of give to it. For example, a fantasy with a few western thematic elements is often just called a "fantasy" these days. So if you can, stuff it in one slot. But if the western elements are really distinctive""above typical fantastical fare""then just say s it's a fantasy with western elements.
Pro Tip: Keep it simple. If your use of tags confuses the reader, you're doing it wrong.
Get a Friend to Do It
What is my book even about? I just don't know anymore!
Seriously? Sometimes? The easiest way to get a good pitch is to hand it to a trusted friend and see what they say it's about. I mean think about it: you've been in the trenches of your book for so long, you hardly know what it's about any more! You're too close. Like how picking out gifts for someone close to us is somehow always infinitely harder than picking out a gift for someone about whom we know two things: they like bears and tea (shiny new bear tea cup, here we come!). So give it to a friend who doesn't know your book""and then ask them to read it and tell you what it's about. You may just be surprised at the eloquence of the answer.
Pro Tip: Of course, don't take everything other people say about your book to heart""no one knows your book better than you do. The hope is that they can help give you some insight""not direct your vision.
10 Dos and Don'ts for Describing Your Book to a Pro
- Do Be Personable, Polite, and Professional: Be someone they want to talk to. It makes it much more likely that they will talk to you. (See: Six Deadly Don'ts (and Dos) for Dealing with Editors.)
- Don't Write a Book to Describe Your Book: An elevator pitch is never a sixteen page, no margins, 8-point type summary of your book. Trust me.
- Do Let Your Work Speak for Itself: When in doubt, say less, and let your work speak for itself--it's so much more convincing then telling them what to think.
- Don't Tell Them Your Story Sucks: Even if it does. Either you're not going to let them read it, in which case it doesn't matter, or they will judge it for themselves""no need to prejudge it for them.
- Do Read the Directions: Anything said here? Trumped by the directions. If you are submitting, and the editor hates "X meets Y" elevator pitches, do not poke the editor by giving her one, even if you worked really hard on it.
- Don't Tell Them Why It's Important: It's great to be passionate about your topic, but the importance of your subject matters not a whit if the execution isn't there.
- Do Tell Them Your Credentials: Been published before? Won any awards, or been on any lists""bestseller or otherwise? Great! Totally relevant. Please do tell.
- Don't Tell Them Your (Illustrated) Life Story: Crushing someone beneath the saucy and scintillating details of your career, family, age, pets, and hobbies (complete with glamor shots) is not really the best way to keep them focused on your story.
- Do Reference Similar Work: It's helpful to know what kind of thing you were aiming for. It gives a good frame of reference for both reading and editing.
- Don't Tell Them It's the Next Harry Potter: You're not the next Harry Potter; you're the first you. Let them be the judge of what that means to them. After all""their definitions don't define you; just their relationship to you.
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Reading Notes 2014-02-24
You will find below different links to the blog or Web site which kept Matricis' bloggers interest during the week ending on February, 23th.
Auto-Healing Windows Azure Web Sites (Mark Brown) – Amazing new feature, that will simplify our lives. A post to read.
Stupid Azure Trick #5 – Got a Penny? Run a Simple Web Site 100% on Blob Storage – Cost Analysis Provided (Bill Wilder) – I can easily imagine plenty of scenarios where this static (and mostly free) webside could be really useful.
This Day on WindowsAzure Will be Back Shortly – This post is announcing a really promising series about the re-editing of a cloud application.
Best Practices: Windows Azure Websites (WAWS) (Mark_Brown) – Interesting post that explains how we should use the tools and services available to follow the best practices.
Using the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) – Nice update on a post that is still very true today.
Microsoft has Released a Set of Symbols/Icons to Visually Represent Windows Azure Solutions – Time to refresh our presentations, and schemas….
WindowsAzure Lessons Learned – Continuous Services Require Continuous Attention – The best way to improve is to learn for our "problems" or perhaps those of others.
Content Negotiation and Web API for the ASP.NET MVC Developer – Web API is a big step forward in a web architecture.
Unit Testing 101: Creating Flexible Test Code – Interesting way to structure unit tests.
EF 6.1: Creating indexes with IndexAttribute (Arthur Vickers) – Nice tutorial that introduces the index management in EF 6.1.
How to Write Unit Tests to Check Your HTTP Headers (and Other HTTP Request Stuff) in C# – This post is a good tutorial that will help to write HTTP unit tests.
Converting AutoMapper to a Portable Class Library (Jimmy Bogard) – Good post that explains the conversion of the automapper (a great tool, btw) to a Portable Class library(PCL).
A cleaner way to use setTimeout and anonymous callbacks (Dave Ward) – Nice tricks, It's a lot clearer.
How I Work Around The require("../../../../../../../") Problem In NodeJS (lostechies.com) – This post shows one possible solution to the unpleasant …… problem.
Keeping Your PHP Code Well Documented (Jareck Barecki) – Some tips you can use on all your projects, not only in PHP.
Slimming down your App Store submissions (Ted Bradley) – If your app takes too much space.
Gartner Report: Big Data will Revolutionize the Cybersecurity in Next Two Year (Saroj Kar) – Interesting point of view about the impact of bigdata in a near future.
How to count the number of rows in a table in SQL Server – Interesting demonstration of the cost generated by a simple row count operation.
Not unit testing your databases? You should be – Interesting post that explains how we could (should) test our databases. It also quickly introduces tSQLt framework.
How do we know if mobile apps are secure? (Scott Hanselman) – Outch! I was hoping the stats would be better. We definitely need to pick our apps more carefully.
Copyright 101: The 10 Things to Know About Using Imagery (Sean Hammond) – Some things to keep in mind if you use images on your site / blog.
These posts are from François Boucher, Sebastien Leclerc and are also posted on http://www.frankysnotes.com/2014/02/reading-notes-129.html.


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I know (from listening to United's famous Channel 9) that ATC in Russia with Russian aircraft is in Russian.
But anyone know if the other republics besides Russia also still use Russian language ATC or did they switch to their native language or maybe even 100% English? If a Russian plane flew to say, Kazakstan, what language would it use there?
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Jul 18, 2013
Weekend Planner: Food-lovin' fun!
It's a big weekend for food lovers. Check out all the ways you can grub & have fun with the family this weekend.
Philly & the 'burbs
Pick sweet corn & blackberries, and find classes, recipes, samples, hayrides & face painting at the FREE Sweet Corn & Blackberry Festival at Linvilla Orchards in Media.
Saturday in Philly is all about hot dogs at the Dog Days of Summer Hot Dog Cook Off, featuring Philly restaurants competing for top hot dog honors.
Pick-your-own blueberries & enjoy a $3-$5 blueberry pancake breakfast at the Longview Center for Agriculture in Collegeville.
South Jersey
Find live entertainment, vendors, face painting, balloons & crabs galore at the FREE New Jersey State Crab Festival in Wildwood.
The New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival in Toms River features games, rides, entertainment and of course, lots of ice cream tasting.
Find traditional carnival treats, plus new & old-fashioned rides & games, live music & entertainment at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington, which kicks off this weekend.
Celebrate National Ice Cream Day at Milburn Orchards Sundae Sunday in Elkton! Enjoy special discounts & free toppings.
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