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Don't cook and game. Burns cause AFK's.
This is a real-life sort of post. Though it is related to gaming. Kinda. Anyway… storytime!
Yes, I burned myself cooking again last night, while in a UBRS run after the Ace of Beasts. (which didn't drop). Although I love to cook, and am rather good at it, I have an unfortunate history of doing unspeakable things to myself while in the kitchen – including (but not limited to) putting a butcher knife into my palm, nearly slicing off the tip of my finger, and an extensive list of burns (mostly on my hands). Several of these injuries have happened during or just before raids.
But this one, this one wasn't my fault – at least, not really. See, I have an oven issue. Namely, my oven is a piece of crap and doesn't work properly – it won't maintain an even/consistent heat for more than about 20 minutes, so anything that requires precise baking doesn't happen. Like bread. Also, the oven door will not stay open, so I have to either put something on it, or have someone else hold it open while I put things in/out of the oven.
Yesterday, I was cooking a spicy pork roast. This takes several hours in a dutch oven, covered with foil (since my dutch oven has a plastic handle on the lid. engineeringFAIL).
So when, after about 3 hours, I needed to turn the roast again, and went to put it back in the oven… the oven door slammed up into the side of my dutch oven.
Which caused it to become unstable.
Which then caused me to tip it, and dump several cups of boiling, spicy, vinegar-y pork roast juice all down my leg and foot.
Shorts, FTL.
This morning I have blisters above my left knee, and down the side of my foot and on my three little toes. Needless to say, I won't be wearing shoes for awhile. I also had to take a rather extended AFK from my UBRS run to set up icepacks.
Fortunately, at least, said pork roast was deliciously tasty, and I made homemade flour tortillas to go with it, which were also tasty (and so surprisingly easy that I may not buy flour tortillas anymore).
I spent my ice-pack encrusted evening working on leveling my baby druid (almost 42).
About which I have a question, wonderful internets. Does anyone know of a good reference for a baby bear? I got the opportunity to tank SM last week, and since then have discovered that… as much as I don't like pally or warrior tanking… being a bear is fun. LOTS of fun.
I kept thinking to myself – I'm tanking this entire instance while going NOM NOM NOM. (Arcanist Doan tastes like brimstone. Scarlet Wizards taste more like cheap cherry slushie. *nods*) Learning to tank with my FACE was quite fun, but I'd love to see a guide or even just the basics of bear tanking, and my GoogleFu has been unable to turn up anything worthwhile. Suggestions are appreciated!
We'll return to shamanistic goodness tomorrow. Thanks for indulging me today!
*Image courtesy of Kronicred. I only wish my oven/stove was this nice. *sighs*
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Time: 12:45pm - 4:00pm
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The keyboard faculty of Meredith College invites you and all interested students grades 8-12 to join us for our 23rd annual Keyboard Day!
All visitors will hear a recital featuring Meredith faculty and students. Following this recital, students will have the opportunity to perform in or observe a master class. In addition, students will have the option to have private lesson with a member of our keyboard faculty.
Teachers, parents, and younger students who might wish to observe any of our events are also invited.
There is no charge for this half-day event.
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12:45 pm - Arrival
1 pm - Recital by Meredith Faculty and Students (Carswell Concert Hall)
1:45 pm - Master Class with Tom Lohr
Private lessons with Kent Lyman, Margaret Evans, Donna Jolly, or Angela Stephenson (Wainwright Building Studios)
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A Knoxville lawmaker is hoping to take away the stigma attached to medical marijuana by sharing her story.
A bill in the state legislature would allow patients suffering from certain qualified medical conditions to treat it with marijuana.
For co-sponsor, Rep. Gloria Johnson, and others, the bill is personal.
The Koozer-Kuhn Medical Cannabis Act is named after two families affected. The Koozers are a family who moved from Tennessee to Colorado so they could use medical marijuana to help their daughter's seizures. Jeanne Kuhn is the late wife of Paul Kuhn, a medical marijuana advocate. She used it during chemotherapy for breast cancer and died in 1996.
Johnson said her father could have benefited from medical marijuana. At the end of her father's battle with Multiple Sclerosis, he experienced excruciating pain.
"It's just tragic to watch somebody you love in that kind of pain," said Rep. Johnson (D) - Knoxville, "They call it the suicide pain because so many people who have it there's nothing you can do about it and they end up doing something permanent."
Doctors used prescription opiates to give her father some relief.
"You would have to knock him out for it to help at all even when he was knocked out you could see him rise up from the pain," she said.
Medical marijuana was never an option for him, but Rep. Johnson is hoping it will be to others suffering.
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Johnson is co-sponsoring a bill in the house. It has a companion bill in the senate. But the proposal has met some resistance.
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So I am friends with this guy.(we met four months ago) However I am unable to be myself around him and its really difficult. He just recently graduated from college and wants to hang out with me one last time but I am terrified. The reason is because I was sexually abused and this has sadly affected my life and How I interact with men. I often freeze up when I am around him and had flash backs in the past while when with him. So my question is should I tell him about my past?or not? He seems like he is an understanding guy and is really nice. Will he hate me?
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You say that he seems like a decent guy...
I would say, sure... when the right moment comes up (and l think you will have to be the judge of that) it would be a wise- and good- thing to say something to him about it... if you like him as a friend and / or especially as something more.
I can tell you one thing- he will NOT hate you in any way, shape or form. It is possible that he will not be entirely sure how to take such an admission, but if he is the sort of guy you describe, he will be very understanding.
Every guy who has answered here has said pretty much the same thing... that yes, saying something is probably the way to go. That is because we all know that we would be very understanding and accepting- and that your friend almost certainly will be as well.
BatDoc had it right when he said that a good guy (no matter how good) may possibly have a somewhat difficult time over the VERY long haul... indefinitely... if they are inclined towards romantic notions with you (should you continue having real intimacy difficulties)... but they will certainly be understanding, nonetheless. In the end, it will all come down to you- and how far you've come in your quest to "move forward".
As someone else said, it is NOT your fault, never WAS your fault... EVER. You suffered a terrible situation. Realize though that there really are a LOT of good, loving, decent and caring men out there. l truly hope one day that you will find one- and find happiness (and freedom) from an unfortunate beginning.11|00|0
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- 4 pounds pickling cucumbers, sliced
- 8 cups thinly sliced onions (about 8 medium)
- 1/4 cup salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- 1. Rinse ten 2-cup plastic containers and lids with boiling water. Dry thoroughly. Divide cucumbers, onions, salt and water between two large bowls. Let stand at room temperature 2 hours. Do not drain.
- 2. Add 2 cups sugar and 1 cup vinegar to each bowl; stir until sugar is dissolved. Transfer to prepared containers, leaving 1-in. headspace for expansion; freeze up to 6 months.
- 3. Thaw pickles in refrigerator 8 hours before using. Serve within 2 weeks after thawing. Yield: 10 pints.
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1/4 cup: 47 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 355mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.
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"I have made them for a couple of years and they are delicious. The only thing is I added 1/2 tsp Cream of Tarter to maintain the color"
"Are these like bread and butter pickles? Just crunchier?"
"How long do these pickles have to stay in freezer before they are ready to eat?"
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Sun and relaxation are all very much on the agenda at this great complex. Situated in a quiet area, not too far from the Sahara-like sand dunes, the Maspalomas Oasis Club has all the essential ingredients for a marvellous holiday in pleasant surroundings. With a good choice of facilities all under one roof, whether you're looking to participate in the action-packed animation, unwind by enjoying a drink or two in the pool bar or if you simply wish to soak up the warm sunshine, it's all covered here! Adults and children alike will love splashing around in the superb swimming pools and there are friendly staff on-hand to cater for your every need. Enjoying a peaceful location, the Maspalomas Oasis Club is ideally placed for relaxation, however if you're seeking out holiday essentials, the local shops, bars and restaurants are a short distance away. That's not all, you're a short stroll away from a shopping centre, and also conveniently located for reaching a waterpark and a funfair. Or perhaps you fancy a round of golf? If so the complex is close to an 18-hole course.
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I'm confused. I bought a ACER F900 a week ago from Sharaf DG @ time Square in Dubai. The battery dies in 24 Hrs with just 10min of talk time and accessing the screen 15 times for contacts or for word documents (45min) max. And my active sinc can not be stopped. Every time I stop it, automatically starts again, and it shows up on the task manager with 524 kb memory usage after 10 min. I took it to the DG help centre, nothing happened. And I thought I can make 3G video calls, but when I asked the virgin shop at Mall of Emirates they told me that it does not have the function. So I have this phone which I can't get anyone to get the active Sinc program to stop + No 3G video call settings and a low battery life. And I keep reading that I should have 3G video and a good battery life. If anyone can help???Design 5/10Features 5/10Performance 3/10
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Acer f900 cool
Great screen 3.8 inches.Movies never look this good with free pockettv player Installed.Easy keyboard is responsive and clear calls.Camera is ok but with lots of feature and effect.Surfing the web is a breeze with big screen and touch scrolling.For $88 dollars with contract i guess this is my greatest catch.Only if the RAM can be increased would be better.Cheers..AimeeDesign 7/10Features 8/10Performance 6/10
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Monday, 27 May, 2002, 06:33 GMT 07:33 UK
'Euro-creep' starts slowly
The euro has overtaken the dollar as the most widely used foreign currency in Britain, according to a new report from the Bank of England.
But the Bank insisted that use of the European currency remained patchy, playing down fears of "euro-creep", or introduction of the euro by stealth.
Last year, 60% of British firms had predicted that the proportion of sales and purchases invoiced in euros would increase.
In fact, only 45% of firms reported that this had happened, the Bank said.
At the same time, use of euros in retail transactions remains restricted to a handful of stores in tourist areas, and even there accounts for an infinitesimal proportion of turnover.
Banking on the euro
Use of the euro is now widespread among company bank accounts, where it has overtaken the dollar as the most popular foreign currency.
At the end of March, the Bank found there were over 145,000 euro accounts, of which around 90,000 were held by firms.
And the European currency is widespread in border regions - especially Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK that abuts directly onto the eurozone.
But the Bank insisted that the use of euros in Northern Ireland was no higher than the previous use of Irish punts, indicating that the introduction of the single currency had not encouraged consumers to change their habits significantly.
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Less cheering for the eurosceptics, however, was the Bank's verdict on the changeover to cash euros at the beginning of this year.
The launch, the Bank said, was a huge success and one that Britain would learn from should it decide to join.
Opponents of the currency had been hoping for logistical chaos at the turn of the year, to increase public opposition to the loss of the pound.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/047,481, filed on Oct. 23, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,904.489, which application is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention is related to remote access to universal serial bus devices, and more particularly to methods and systems for accessing universal serial bus devices remotely across a network.
In recent years, the computer peripheral industry, the computer chip industry, and the computer software industry have joined together to create standards which have allowed standard hardware devices and interfaces to be developed. The standard devices and interfaces permit improved integration and communication between the computing devices and the computing peripheral devices. The emerging standard has become widely known as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard.
The USB standard permits peripherals to be readily connected to computing devices with virtually no manual configuration being required by an end user during initial setup. In effect, USB enabled devices allow seamless plug and play with one another. Generally, the USB architecture includes 5 primary components: USB ports on the USB enabled peripheral device and on the USB enabled computing device which is interfaced to the peripheral device, a USB cable connecting the peripheral device to the computing device via the USB ports, a USB device driver residing on the computing device which translates a request to access the peripheral device into a USB formatted request, a USB stack which is low-level data (e.g., stored in memory) and sets of executable instructions that manages the USB formatted request, and a USB host controller which interfaces with the USB stack and sends the USB formatted request across the USB cable to the peripheral device.
The USB host controller is embedded as electromechanical devices that reside on the computing device, within the addressable address space of the processing element or processing elements of the computing device. Moreover, the USB device driver and the USB stack are sets of executable instructions operable to execute on the processing element(s). The USB controller manages all communication occurring over the USB cable, allowing the peripheral to communicate directly with the computing device. Yet, the USB device driver communicates indirectly with the USB controller by interfacing all USB language formatted data requests through the USB stack.
As one skilled in the art appreciates, the USB standard has significantly improved peripheral interactions with a host computing device. However, the USB standard has substantial limitations on any end user's desired configuration of the host computing devices and the corresponding peripheral devices. For example, peripherals must normally be directly connected to the host computing devices, and the physical distance from the host computing devices to the peripheral devices is limited. As a result, end users have little success or options when there is a need to network USB peripheral devices to their computing devices, especially when any desired network occurs over a physical distance in excess of 5 meters, which is generally the maximum USB cable length available.
To alleviate this problem a number of techniques have been attempted. For example, USB bridges or USB cable extension boxes have been developed providing a hardware USB controller embedded in cables (e.g., USB bridges) or boxes (e.g., USB cable extension boxes) in order to increase the physical distance from which a host computing device can communicate with a peripheral device. Yet, this solution involves customized hardware and electro mechanical devices, and the solution still imposes physical distance limitations on the communications between the host computing device and the peripheral device.
In recent years, a technology, referred to as "thin clients," has attempted to permit an end user to work on a severely constrained processing element to interact with one or more main processing elements, configured on a remote server. This gives the end user the illusion that he/she is working on a locally powerful processing element, while most communications are actually being processed remotely on the server. In some thin client architectures, the local end user's computing device and display include a USB port having the ability to connect an end user's local peripheral device to the local computing device by using a standard USB cable. However, the end user is still severely constrained as to the physical placement of the peripheral with respect to the local device. Further, the end user is still required to purchase and obtain customized hardware permitting the thin client architecture.
Therefore, what is needed is methods and systems for providing more flexible configurations and interactions associated with a peripheral device and an end user's local computing device.
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of remotely interacting with a universal serial bus device is provided, wherein a request originating on a requesting device is intercepted. The request seeks access to the universal serial bus device and is packaged into an intermediate request, with the intermediate request being transmitted to a servicing device having a universal serial bus controller. The intermediate request is then unpackaged back into the request and passed to the controller for processing by the universal serial bus device.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a method of processing a remote request in order to access a local universal serial bus device is provided, wherein a request is received from a remote requesting device in a first format. The request is associated with a desired access of a local universal serial bus device. The first format is rendered to a universal serial bus language format and provided to a universal serial bus controller for servicing by the local universal serial bus device.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, a method to communicate with a remote USB device over a network is provided, wherein communication data is issued from an issuing device. The communication data directed to the remote USB device using a device driver set of executable instructions to translate the communication data into peripheral data which is operable to be processed by the remote USB device. The peripheral data is then intercepted and transmitted over the network to a remote peripheral controlling device. The controller is operable to deliver the peripheral data to the remote peripheral device.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a remote universal serial bus system is provided. The system includes a system network, a universal serial bus controller connected to the system network, a universal serial bus device connected to the universal serial bus controller, a processor connected to the system network. The processor includes a set of executable instructions corresponding to the universal serial bus device, and a universal serial bus stack set of executable instructions operable to intercept universal serial bus request and to transmit the universal serial bus request to the remote universal serial bus controller over the system network. Further, the remote universal serial bus controller receives the universal serial bus request from the system network and passes the universal serial bus request to the universal serial bus device for processing.
In still another aspect of the present invention, a system capable of communicating with a remote universal serial bus (USB) device is provided. The system includes a communications medium, a local processing element, and a remote processing element. The remote processing element communicates with the local processing element over the communications medium. Furthermore, the remote processing element includes a USB port which can be connected to a USB device. Moreover, the local processing element includes a local controller which intercepts a communication intended for a USB device and transmits the communication over the communications medium to the remote processing element. The remote processing element receives the communication and provides it to the USB port.
In the following detailed description of various embodiments of the present invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations are the ways used by those skilled in the data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, conceived to be a self-consistent sequence of steps leading to a desired result. The steps are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like. It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities. Unless specifically stated otherwise as apparent from the following discussions, terms such as "processing" or "computing" or "calculating" or "determining" or "displaying" or the like, refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (e.g., electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
Furthermore, as used herein a computing device includes one or more processing elements coupled with computer readable memory which can be volatile or non-volatile memory or any combination thereof. Additionally, the term "controller" as used herein includes both electro mechanical devices customized to perform specific algorithms or sets of executable instructions operable to execute on one or more processing elements to perform specific algorithms.
In step 104, the normal processing on the local computing device is interrupted. In one embodiment, the request is initially handled by a device driver set of executable instructions which translates the request into a data format recognizable by the remote device. Next, the translated data is placed on a stack, which associated with a hardware controller for the remote device, where processing is interrupted by directly accessing the stack memory within the local computing device or by modifying a stack set of executable instructions to interrupt processing when the translated data is detected on the stack memory.
Once normal processing is interrupted, the translated data is packaged into a network protocol or intermediate data format and transmitted to a remote handler in step 106. The remote handler is not directly connected to the local computing device and in some embodiments includes a processor element in communication with a memory. Moreover, the remote handler is in direct communication with the remote device. In step 108, the remote handler unpackages the request from its network protocol format or intermediate format, and the request is directly passed or otherwise provided to the remote device. In some embodiments, the request is passed to a hardware controller for the remote device with resides on the remote handler and is sent across a data bus directly connected to the remote handler and the remote device.
Finally, in step 110 the request is processed by the remote device. As one skilled in the art will readily appreciate, in some embodiments the remote device is a USB enabled peripheral device and the remote handler is a processing element having a USB controller for the peripheral device. Further, the local computing device communicates with the remote handler via any network connection, including an Internet connection using TCP/IP communication. In this way, an end user using a local computing device which has a standard Internet connection to a remote handler (e.g., any remote computing device) is capable of directly interfacing to a USB peripheral device (e.g., remote device) when the USB peripheral device is directly connected via a USB cable to the remote handler. This indirect communication occurs without the addition of electro mechanical devices, and permits USB seamless integration across great physical distances. As a result, an end user readily achieves any desired configuration of his/her local computing device to a remote peripheral device.
As one skilled in the art will readily recognize, the requesting device itself need not have a USB port or any USB device driver associated with the requesting device. In these embodiments, the tenets of the present invention enable an otherwise non-USB enabled device to communicate with a USB-enabled servicing device.
In step 210, the preliminary request is translated into a request. In some embodiments the translation occurs by using a standard USB device driving set of executable instructions residing and executing on the requesting device as depicted in step 212. The request is in a USB language format recognizable by USB stacks. However, before any electro mechanical devices residing on the requesting device attempt to process the request from the USB stack memory, in one embodiment the request is intercepted at step 220. In some such embodiments, the interception occurs with a customized set of executable instructions operable to detect and modify the stack memory within the requesting device. In other such embodiments, the USB stack implementation itself is modified. In either case, whether directly or indirectly, the USB stack residing on the requesting device is extended in step 222.
Once the request has been intercepted, the request is prepared for transmission to a remote USB controller by packaging the request into an intermediate request in step 230. In some embodiments, this packaging is implicit with the use of standard networking protocols, such as TCP/IP (e.g., step 232) and others. In these situations, standard networking software will package the request into the intermediate request. In other embodiments, the request may be more elaborated packaged into an intermediate request by using a variety of data formats such as extensible markup language (XML) format, and others.
The packaged intermediate request is transmitted to a desired servicing device which has a USB controller in step 240. Here, transmission occurs using a single network channel or a variety of channels (e.g., step 242). Furthermore, channels include Internet channels, wireless channels, cable channels, satellite channels, radio frequency channels, plain old telephone lines (POTS), infrared channels, and the like. In step 250, the USB controller or a separate processing set of executable instructions unpackages the intermediate request to form the original request in step 250. Next, the USB controller passes the request to the servicing device in step 252, where the request is processed.
In some embodiments, the servicing device issues status data relating to the processing of the request. The status data includes, error information, current processing state information, completion information, and the like. The status data is received from the servicing device in step 254 and transmitted back to the requesting device in step 256. In this way, the requesting device follows the progress of the request made to a remote USB device and seamless interacts with a remote USB device as if the remote USB device where locally attached to the requesting device.
A request in a first data format is received from a remote computing device in step 302. The first data format, in some embodiments, include a request in standard networking data format, such as TCP/IP. Alternatively in other embodiments, the first data format is XML, or other standard data format. Regardless of the first data format, the request in the first data format is rendered to a USB format in step 304. In this way, an initial request in a non USB compliant format is placed in the proper USB format in step 304. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, a variety of off-the-shelf rendering software utilities can be used to achieve a USB compliant format. For example, in some embodiments if the first data format is a raw request which was originally transmitted then the local interface device will pass the first format directly to a USB device driver set of executable instructions to achieve the USB compliant format. Moreover in other embodiments, extensible style sheets language (XSL) applications are customized to convert a first format in XML to a USB compliant format.
In step 310, the request in USB compliant format is made available to the USB controller for servicing by the local USB device in step 320. In some embodiments, the request is provided to the local USB device by transmitting the request over a USB cable in step 314. Moreover, in some embodiments the request is inserted into the local interface device's stack memory in step 312, where a standard USB controller manages the stack memory and the communication with the local USB device.
Further, in some embodiments a status associated with processing the request on the local USB device is received by the local interface device in step 330. The status is then transmitted to the remote device which originally initiated the request in step 340.
However, the issuing device includes a device driver set of executable instructions operable to translate the communication data into peripheral data. Accordingly, the communication data is passed to the device driver set of executable instructions in step 404 for execution. The peripheral data is operable to be processed by the remote USB peripheral. In step 406 upon conclusion of the executed device driver set of executable instructions, the peripheral data is received by the issuing device. The peripheral data is then intercepted and transmitted to a remote peripheral controlling device in step 410 over the network. As previously presented, transmission occurs over any network configuration using any network protocol, now known or hereafter developed. The remote peripheral controlling device then delivers the peripheral data to the remote USB device in step 420 where the data is processed in step 430.
Transmission from the requesting device 512 to the remote USB controller 530 occurs over system network 520 having one or more communication channels COM1. COM1, in some embodiments, includes one or more wireless channels, Internet channels, radio frequency channels, infrared channels, satellite channels, cable channels, and the like. Additionally, communication over system network 520 occurs with any standard protocol language such as, and by way of example only, TCP/IP. Further remote USB controller 530 passes the USB data 514 to the remote USB device 540 for processing using communications channel COM2 535. COM2 535 in some embodiments include a direct USB cable connection between the remote USB controller 530 and the remote USB device 540.
Moreover in some embodiments, a USB remote set of executable instructions 532 resides on the remote USB controller 530 and is operable to receive a status 534 from the remote USB device and transmit the status 534 to the requesting device processor 512. Additionally, in other embodiments the remote USB device includes a printer, a facsimile, a camera, an audio device, a mass storage device, a scanner, and the like. As is apparent to those skilled in the art the a USB device can send data to the requesting device processor 512, as is the case with a scanner device. In this way, status 534 includes not only reporting information associated with a requested operation, but also any data associated with the requested operation.
The communications medium 620 includes one or more non-USB communication channels COM1, such as Internet channels, wireless channels, cable channels, POT Channels, satellite channels, radio frequency channels, infrared channels, and the like. Further, any network communication is used over COM1, such as TCP/IP. Moreover in some embodiments, the remote processing element 630 includes a remote controller 632 that receives a status 634 from the remote peripheral device 650 USB port 640 (e.g., COM2) and reports a result associated with the remote USB peripheral device's 650 processing of the transferred communication 636 to the local controller 612, which resides on the local processing element 610.
The methods and systems discussed above permit remote long distance processing of peripheral data, which originates from a local computing device. In contrast to the past, one can now access and interact with USB peripheral devices over a network without requiring additional hardware. In addition, the approach permits a myriad of end-user configurations of local computing devices and remote peripheral devices with minimal software modifications being required. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, this will permit small low cost remote controllers to be customized and affixed to existing USB peripheral devices, permitting these devices to become stand alone appliances capable of being remotely accessed across any network connection from a local computing device, according to the tenets of the present invention.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement which is calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the present invention. Therefore, it is intended that this invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof.
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U.S. Olympic team announcements kick off Jan. 16
U.S. Olympic team announcements kick off Jan. 16{mosimage}PARK CITY, Utah – As part of its ongoing 10 Weeks to Torino program, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association confirmed Wednesday it would begin announcing athletes Jan. 16 for the various U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams. The Olympic Winter Games run Feb. 10-26 in Torino, Italy.
"There's no doubt we'll be sending our strongest Olympic and Paralympic teams to Torino. We're all excited about these Games and naming each of the teams is always an energizing time," said USSA Vice President of Athletics Alan Ashley, who oversees 14 sport teams.
U.S. Olympic team announcement dates and locations:
Jan. 16 – Nordic combined/ski jumping; Park City, Utah
Jan. 17 – Cross-country; Park City, Utah
Jan. 21 – Snowboard; Mountain Creek, N.J.
Jan. 25 – Alpine; Las Vegas, Nev.
Jan. 25 – Freestyle; Deer Valley Resort, Park City, Utah
The nordic combined team and ski jumping team will be announced Jan. 16, based on international results. The next day, Jan. 17, the cross-country team will be unveiled; the U.S. Cross Country Championships – which concluded Tuesday on the 2002 Olympic trails at Soldier Hollow – marked the end of the selection period for cross country.
The U.S. Olympic snowboard team includes not only halfpipe and parallel giant slalom riders but athletes for the new-this-winter snowboardcross competition. Athletes will be named Jan. 21 following the third and final Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix events at Mountain Creek, N.J. NBC will televise coverage Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. ET and OLN will have Grand Prix coverage Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. ET.
The Olympic alpine ski team will be announced Jan. 25 at the Snowsport Industries America trade show in Las Vegas and the Olympic freestyle team will be named that same day at Utah's Deer Valley resort, the 2002 Olympic freestyle venue and host for the 2003 World Championships.
"U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes have shown on the World Cup and during the halfpipe events with the Grand Prix they're ready to make that 'Best in the World' claim come true next month … move it out of the dream category and into reality," Ashley said. "Best in the World' means one thing – the most snowsport medals in Torino. We took 10 Olympic medals in 2002, 15 medals from the World Championships of 2003 and 15 again last season. We've got the best athletes and the best coaches, and now we just have to make it happen. These will be incredibly exciting Olympic competitions."
The Paralympics are scheduled for March 10-20 and the Paralympics team for alpine and cross-country will be named feb. 7, Ashley said.
– Courtesy USSA News Bureau


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Twelve UK water company workers are visiting Tanzania to help raise awareness about the millions who lack access to clean drinking water.
The group - from a number of regional firms - are there with the charity WaterAid, which has worked in the country for more than 20 years.
During the two-week trip they are spending time in some areas with no access to clean water or sanitation, as well as others that have benefited from new facilities in recent years.
They hope to generate more support for the charity's water projects on their return to the UK.
A child in the world dies every 15 seconds from water-related illness.
BBC News talked to volunteer Liz Almond, 32, from the capital Dodoma, about their experiences so far.
Half the people in the Dodoma region, west of Dar es Salaam, have no access to clean water and sanitation.
"The most moving thing for me has been the welcome we have received every time we have stepped off a bus somewhere," says Liz, who lives in Reading, Berkshire, and works for Thames Water.
"The atmosphere has been incredible, with children dancing and singing about how wonderful water is.
"I feel honoured because we have the easy and often fun job of raising money back in the UK, but it's the villagers and WaterAid people based here who are doing all the hard work."
The emphasis in their water projects is on sustainability and community involvement, adds the charity's fundraising and communications director Andrew Cook.
'Vicious cycle'
"The mobilisation and organisation of local people is half the battle. Drilling into the ground and installing the pumps is just the technology part.
"The people using the system have to have ownership of it - the problem with some aid in the past has been that it has often not been sustainable."
WaterAid works with communities to make sure they are involved in decisions about the project, and that they know how to fix any problems they later encounter.
Hygiene education is also provided, and villagers using the water invest in it by paying a "tiny" amount of cash for each bucket, he says.
Villages the British group visited already using the new local tap stands - as opposed to walking miles to collect dirty water - had progressed in a whole range of ways, including quality of housing, schools and hygiene, said Andrew.
"Water can be the foundation of development for a community, especially in rural areas such as this. Once they have a clean water supply they are motivated to do other things.
"Even the fact that they are for the first time having to collect money from people for a fund to maintain the supply - which of course has been the source of some arguments - makes a difference."
Villagers may go on to create co-operatives, or get up the confidence to approach the government for funding for school improvements, for example, he says.
"The crucial thing is they are starting to participate in order to get themselves out of this vicious cycle of poverty."
In the first part of the trip volunteers spent a day with families in the village of Bankolo, which has no clean water supply, said Liz.
"We walked about a mile in the heat and then had to queue for water from a hole. When they get it they know it will make them sick, but there's nothing else.
"I filled a 10 litre bucket, put it on my head and could only walk about 100 metres. The women said that was the bucket the young girls usually carried, while the adults could take 20 litres. I felt very weak!
"Later that day we helped the mother prepare a meal, which took about three hours because the equipment was less than basic, just three stones with a small fire underneath.
"We then spent some time playing and singing with the children. Some of them don't go to school because they have to help with collecting the water.
"It's an important thing for me, as an education programme co-ordinator for the water company at home, that better water systems here will allow the children to go to school."
The most inspiring thing for the group so far had been the "community spirit" they had found in each place, and the will to change their quality of life, said Liz.
"When you start to create a basic infrastructure, people are empowered to improve their lives."
Next week the party will visit outer-urban villages in the central Tanzania Singida region and slums in the Temeke area of Dar es Salaam.
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first friday events
WHAT: Get Down Downtown – Free Family event, First Friday Celebration
WHEN: 5-9 p.m. Aug. 3
WHERE: Augusta Common, 800 block, Reynolds and Broad streets
DETAILS: Tara Scheyer and the Mud Puppy Band, Folly & The JAMP Masters; children's activities, local food trucks; in support of First Friday, Westobou Festival ticket launch
WHAT: Music on the River featuring Stewart & Winfield, Funk You & Bloodkin
WHEN: 8 p.m.-midnight
WHERE: Jessye Norman Amphitheater
WHAT: 'Til Beth Do Us Part, a comedy presented by Edgefield County Theatre
WHEN: 8 p.m. Aug. 10-11, 17-18; 3 p.m. Aug. 12, 19
WHERE: William Miller Bouknight Theatre, 405 Main St., Edgefield
DETAILS: 'Til Beth Do Us Part, written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, playwrights from Asheville, N.C., centers on Gibby and Suzannah Hayden, a couple who find their marriage threatened after Suzannah hires an overzealous personal assistant named Beth.
TICKETS: Reservations, (803) 637-3833
art exhibit
WHAT: Social ARTifacts: A World Vision through Art, presenting socially relevant visual and performing art
WHEN: Opens Aug. 4; reception 6-9 p.m.; through Sept. 29; museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, 1116 Phillips St.
ADMISSION: $5 adults, $3 seniors, $2 children; (706) 724-3576, www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com
museum deal
WHAT: Dollar Dog Days of Summer! – $1 admission throughout August
HOURS: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Augusta Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St.
DETAILS: www.augustamuseum.org
hot tickets
WHAT: Augusta Players season tickets
WHEN: On sale now
• Hairspray, Sept. 21-23
• A Christmas Carol,
Dec. 8-9
• La Cage aux Folles (The Birdcage), Feb. 22-24
• The King & I, May 10-12
TICKETS: (706) 826-4707; augustaplayers.org
WHAT: The Weakest Link …To Murder!, Aiken Downtown Development Association's Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
WHEN: Aug. 10-11; doors 6:30 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., show 8 p.m.
WHERE: Newberry Hall
TICKETS: $50, includes dinner and show; cash bar; benefits ADDA; make reservations at ADDA office in The Alley or call (803) 649-2221
first thursday
WHAT: First Thursday at Midtown Market
WHEN: 5-8 p.m. Aug. 2
WHERE: 2113 Kings Way
DETAILS: Benefits Augusta Photo Festival; (706)
hot bbq tickets
WHAT: Fifth Annual Day of Hard Labor BBQ Cook-Off to benefit United Way
WHEN: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 3; tickets now on sale
WHERE: Newberry Street Festival Center, Aiken
TICKETS: $10, ages 6-13 $5; advance tickets $8, ages 6-13 $4, available at Aiken Public Safety Headquarters, the Finance Department at Aiken City Hall, H.O. Weeks Activities Center, Holley Tractor and Equipment
MORE: City Manager's Office, (803) 642-7654
art exhibit
WHAT: Opening reception: Clay Artists of the Southeast's show Double Take
WHEN: 4-9 p.m. Aug. 3
WHERE: Gallery on the Row, 1016 Broad St.
DETAILS: Show open during August; (706) 724-4989, galleryontherow.com
storks & corks
WHAT: Storks & Corks, an Evening with an Endangered Species
WHEN: 6-9 p.m. Aug. 4
WHERE: Silver Bluff Audubon Center, 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson
DETAILS: $40, benefits the center; view endangered Wood Storks, enjoy wines, hors d'oeuvres, friends; (803) 471-0291


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Karen Yung from Canada writes: If Lucy Maud were treated for multiple sclerosis, she may have lived.
Nobody in the twenty-first century should need to suffer, with Universal
Health Care. How many functional MRI machines are in Canada today?
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Tracy Bracy from toronto, Canada writes: Thats not a mental illness that is medical incompetence.
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Rain Couver from Canada writes: A sad end to a sad life.
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Margaret Gunning from british columbia, Canada writes: Having read Rubio's brilliant book, I can't agree with those who claim LMM's life was entirely wretched. Nor was her marriage: though it was more companionate than passionate, Ewan did contribute to family stability when he was well (which he was, for long periods), and gave her the children she longed for. I really think the truth about LMM is more complex, which is why I thought Rubio's book was so well done. It examined all angles of her struggles, as well as her strengths and her real enjoyment of many aspects of her life (even being a minister's wife!). I think she was a creature of wild extremes: in other words, an artist, a bird in a gilded cage, so to speak (even if it was a cage largely of her own making). Both she and Ewan obviously had a physiological imbalance which was impossible to treat then. "Bromides" and other primitive drugs only made matters worse. Considering her cyclic periods of truly crippling depression, LMM was a phenomenal writer, speaker, organizer, friend, mother, and wife. Her hypersensitivity caused extreme suffering when her disturbed son Chester went off the rails (and isn't it mysterious that his problems were so intractible, when her other son Stuart was sunny and well-adjusted? This seems to be yet more evidence that genetics is a cruel lottery.) Rubio's book, which I highly recommend for anyone interetsed in LMM and her work, paints a complex portrait of a woman who suffered from mental illness, but did not "become" that illness until the very end of her life, when she seemed to be swamped by inertia and despair. Are things any better today? Well, if they were, we wouldn't have headings like "Breakdown" for articles on mental health, mostly dwelling on worst-case scenarios, horror stories and "stigma" rather than on the many cases in which a person functions well for a great majority of the time, and manages to cope the rest of the time with support. Get with it, media! There's another story here that is waiting to be told.
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Irene Doyle from Campbellton, Canada writes: I agree after reading the 5 volumes of LMM's Diaries that she sort of brought her misfortunes on herself as what seems to be an "extreme everything" character of hers. Of course it is difficult for us to put ourself in her place, in those days maybe a seperation and having Chester in an affair was something to be soooooooo ashamed of as she was. Maybe there was no way to diagnose Ewan's "melancholia" was there no Dr that could help? Because she was paying for her son's studies maybe? did she have to be sooooo worried about the outcome? Did it have to make her so ashamed when others spoke of the success of their sons? Ewan's "maladie" was a weird one indeed and today a wife with such a "burden" on her hands would probably leave instead of remaining in such marriage. She never did say she loved Ewan did she? The loss of Frede seemed like way exagerated although she was a good friend so was the loss of "Lucky" after all he was a cat and all the other cats she had never replaced him. Yes LMM was a very different person, she seemed to be extra intelligent, with the gift to write among others. I have collected all her books and could read them over and over but reading her diaries, I have to deduct for myself what she was like, not take what others have deducted from reading them.
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Devandervar Hoodie
by Ami Kealoha
on 26 January 2007
In our first installment featuring a pick from the the hard-to-come-by items available at new NYC store Project No. 8, we bring you the pullover sweatshirts from Copenhagen label Devandervar. The patchwork hoodies are available in men's sizes for $120 from Project No. 8 (+01 212 925 5599).
Wurst Clothing
by Karen Day
Switching his tune from record label entrepreneur to fashion designer, My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank's new clothing line Wurst perfectly channels the downtown-meets-uptown feel. Inspired by Vivienne Westwood's brazen Anglomania line, the quality...
Interview with Eddy Chai and Paul Birardi, Co-founders of Odin and New Concept Boutique, Den.
by Tim Yu
We caught up with Eddy Chai and Paul Birardi, founders of Odin, for the opening of Den—their fourth boutique in New York (following their two Odin stores and Oliver Spencer). Like Odin, Den carries hip clothing from younger designers...
Spec+ Spring/Summer 07
by Josh Rubin
Updating classic styles with contemporary details, Spec+ is one of the latest welcome additions to menswear in NYC. With subtle gold accents and Japanese linings, their Spring/Summer 07 collection has just enough edge to breathe new life into familiar...
Oliver Spencer
by SummerSeventySix
Like Paul Smith, London-based Oliver Spencer has a definite knack of combining the tailored with the relaxed, culminating in a look that is uniquely his. For me, his stand-out designs are his outerwear (see above for examples from the past couple...
Off Bowery for Altamont Clothing Line
by Nathan Suberi
Alternative clothing promoters Altamont present their first collaboration with Off Bowery Production's infamous A-Ron (aka Aaron Bondaroff, NYC's downtown impresario and personality). A-Ron epitomizes Altamont's "Cut From A Different...
Self Edge New York
by Josh Rubin
San Francisco denim mecca Self Edge will be peddling their pure quality goods at a new location in the heart of NYC's Lower East Side beginning 24 July 2009. Known by denim heads around the world, Self Edge offers authentic Japanese selvedge jeans...
Refinery29 x BBlessing Pop-Up Shop
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Launched today, the Refinery29 x BBlessing Pop-Up Shop is a collaboration between BBlessing, the newish men's boutique in the Lower East Side, and Refinery29, NYC's doyenne of shopping, offering 13 items exclusively in the online store until...
DEAR:55 and Travessia Boutiques
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Two new boutiques recently broke ground on the Lower East Side. Williamsburg antiques dealers Moon Rhee and designer Hey Ja Do were bored with the typical local vintage store fare. Now, their newly opened DEAR:55 on Clinton Street with its gleaming...
Salvor Kiosk
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Salvor Kiosk is the new destination in New York to find Salvor's unique screenprinted tees and pillows. An online store launches today on the heels of the Soho store at 95 Spring Street that opened its doors yesterday. Located within Salvor designer...
Refinery29 Shops
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Project No. 8
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Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak's new Chinatown venture, Project No. 8, yields a new breed of concept boutique. The eighth of the pair's collaborative endeavors, the store's initial offering includes a wide range of international and...
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Look of the Day: Sepia Tone
versicle has some cool Photoshop skills. Her sepia tone photo not only looks artistic, it also goes with her beautiful brown ensemble. I like how she paired her tiny polka dot dress with a skinny belt and matching boots. She's giving off a certain mysterious aura, no? Oui, oui!
Here's what she has on:
Dress: Thrift Store
Jacket: Thrift Store
Belt: Vintage
Tights: Unknown
Boots: Naturalizer
Bag: Oink!
Congrats to versicle!
Everyone else, submit your looks and I might feature you on FabSugar!


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The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) plan to clamp down on the unbridled expansion in gold loans has succeeded. That much can be seen from the September quarter earnings of Muthoot Finance Ltd and Manappuram Finance Ltd. While the management of these companies exude optimism about growth in the rest of the fiscal, risks remain as yet another RBI committee studies this industry.
In February, RBI declared that companies that lend against gold jewellery should cap their advances at 60% of the value of the metal. Since then, the amount of gold pledged has tumbled. Muthoot's gold stock has slipped 7.3% since the end of March to 137 tonnes while Manappuram's has fallen 11.5% to 58 tonnes.
Thus, although the price of gold has risen in this period, gold assets under management (AUM) for these two firms have also been hit. In the six months ended September, Muthoot's gold AUM has declined 4% and Manappuram's by 7.4%.
A corollary to this falling demand has been a decline in yields. Thus, despite a fall in the cost of funds, net interest income was under pressure.
For Manappuram, net interest margins declined by 2.5 percentage points during the quarter. That led to a 13.6% drop in its net interest income for the September quarter from a year ago, and consequently, net profit fell by one-fifth.
Muthoot was relatively unscathed since its products were priced lower compared with Manappuram in the first place. Still, its interest income grew only 19% compared with a 24% increase in interest expenses in the September quarter. Thus, a 35% cutback in administrative and other expenses was one of the key reasons why it was able to post a one-fourth increase in net profit.
Asset quality is also under pressure. Net non-performing assets as a proportion of the loan book has increased by 50-70 basis points over the last six months. To be sure, losses will be capped because they hold gold as collateral, but it does point to stress on the business. One basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
The outlook remains muted and growth is now being price-led to a large extent, says Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. True, some recommendations of the KUB Rao committee on lending against gold may allow these companies to borrow easily from mutual funds, insurance and even raise money via certificate of deposits. However, note that the same panel wants to allow commercial banks to lend against gold other than jewellery such as bars or bullion which will increase competition. These stocks' underperformance to the broader market sums up the story.


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This reproduction steel body kit from Omix-ADA restores 52-57 Willys M38-A1s. Includes the body tub, fenders, hood, windshield frame, and tailgate.
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DIY Holiday: 10 Fun, Fabulous Christmas Ornaments
This holiday season we're really letting our crafty flag fly. Homemade gifts and decorations are not only unique, heartfelt, and (often) better for the environment, they're also really fun to make: crank up the Christmas music, pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa, and get crafting! We kicked things off last weekend with some awesome DIY gift bags; now let's check out some funky ornaments to decorate your tree, shall we? Click on the gallery to get inspired!


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Little Juniata River
The Little Juniata River, sometimes called the "Little J," is a river in central Pennsylvania. It is a 32.1-mile-long (51.7 km)[1] tributary of the Juniata River in the Susquehanna River watershed. It is formed at Altoona by the confluence of several short streams. It flows northeast in the Logan Valley at the foot of Brush Mountain.
At Tyrone, the river receives the southern Bald Eagle Creek, then turns abruptly southeast, passing through a water gap between the Brush and Bald Eagle Mountain ridges and enters the Sinking Valley where it receives Sinking Run. Approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, near Petersburg, it joins the Frankstown Branch Juniata River, forming the Juniata River.[2]
In colonial America, the river was used to float freight downriver on boats called "arcs". Shipments were placed on board in Birmingham, just east of Tyrone to await water high enough to clear the rocky stream bed. Thus the Little Juniata was (and still is) listed as a commercially "Navigable" river.
The Little Juniata River is a good spot for fly fishing; It holds a Class A population of wild brown trout and requires no stocking. Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter fishes often at Spruce Creek, a "j" tributary that enters the "j" at the village of Spruce Creek.
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed August 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Juniata River
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Coordinates: 40°33′41″N 78°04′02″W / 40.56146°N 78.06723°W
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Would You Wear: Feather Hair Extensions?
Way back in January, Julie wrote about the awesomeness of feather hair extensions. I've always thought they were cute, but wasn't totally sold on them until I saw them in action at my friend Becca's wedding. Becca's sister was wearing a simple black bridesmaid's dress and a few strands of striped feathers in her blond hair. The feathers added such a cool bohemian vibe to her outfit, and I've been scouring Etsy shops for a similar look ever since. So I was wondering: how do you guys feel about this trend? Would you wear feather extensions? [$22, Etsy]


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The news came 39 years ago. You still can find evidence of it on the Web. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense (Public Affairs) put out a press release dated June 17, 1969.
The first name on it was the one that mattered. U.S. Army Sgt. Norman W. Teeter of Russellville, Ark. It's under the heading: Killed as a result of hostile action. He is one of 56 casualties announced that day.
My father managed a Southern Farmers' Co-op many years ago before we moved to the farm. He had several male students from Arkansas Tech who worked part time for him in the warehouse loading feed and supplies for customers. From what I seem to remember, many young people were able to avoid the draft because of student deferments.
I will always remember the day Norman Teeter, one of those young students, told me he had enlisted to go to Vietnam. I was 5 years old at the time.
All I knew was that when I grew up, I was going to marry Norman. I felt like a 5-year-old brat, but Norman was always nice to me. I had no concept of Vietnam.
It was a rainy, dreary day. I was back in the warehouse with maybe three of these college kids. There were no customers so the guys were either sitting or standing around. Norman was sitting on a bag of feed. I knew the atmosphere was tense. Usually when there were no customers, the guys would be wrestling and horsing around. It was very quiet on this day.
I crawled up in Norman's lap and asked him what was wrong. He gave me a big hug and said, "Nothing." I asked him again, and he told me he was going away. I asked him when he would be back. He said he didn't know.
Me: "Okay. So how long will you be gone?"
Norman: "Honey, I don't know."
Me: "Can I go with you?"
Norman: "No. I need to know you're here safe with your family. After all, you are part of why I'm going."
I don't remember anything else about that day except for the other guys saying stuff like, "Why did you sign up? You don't need to go. Are you nuts?"
I just remember looking at his face that was staring out into the rain. I never could see what he was looking at. I also looked at the other guys who were not making eye contact with him for some reason.
I remember being told that Norman was killed two days after I turned 6 years old in June 1969. They told me he died a hero. I kept asking what that meant. The most anyone ever told me was that he died trying to save some of his friends.
I got to go to The Wall for the first time when I was in my late 20s. I etched his name on a piece of paper. His name was very close to the top so I laid on the ground and reached down to do the etching.
I told him how much I loved him and how proud I was of him — and how thankful I was to him. I did another etching to take back to his mother, who was a retired teacher from our local school system. I don't even remember now if I was ever even able to give it to her.
I may not have understood the world's concept of what a hero was. I just knew that Norman already was a hero to the 5-year-old that I was. Even at his young age, he had an amazing capacity for love, compassion and gentleness.
Susan Arnett is president of the United Way of Pasco County.


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From Best Travel Coupon Guide
Situated in Orlando, the Holy Land Experience is a bit different than the other amusement parks in the city. The religious-themed park helps bring the ancient Biblical cities and stories to life through reproductions and dramatic reenactments. There are Holy Land Experience deals that can lower the price of admission and purchases of products or refreshments within the park. Discounts include special prices for groups, school field trips, and children.
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|Operated by
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|4655 Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32811[1]
|Phone number
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|Group discounts, dollars off, yearly passes
|Typical savings
|$15 to $30 off admission
|Laura Acevedo
Holy Land Experience Coupons and Free Offers
- Every October, the Holy Land Experience theme park offers a free admission day. The day varies each year. In 2012, the Holy Land Experience free admission day was held on October 10.[2]
- Children under three receive free admission to the park and can also receive a free annual membership.[3]
- Holy Land Experience offers free parking to guests.[4]
Holy Land Experience Discounts and Deals
- Guests aged six and older receive a 50% discount on regular admission on their birthday with presentation of drivers license, birth certificate, or passport.[5]
- Discounted rates are available for groups of at least 10 members. Leaders and a bus driver can get in for free if the visit is confirmed at least four weeks before attendance. All group deals must be purchased in advance by calling 321-206-6011. A bag lunch can be added for $10 per person.[6]
- Groups of 10 or more qualify for special discounted rates at The Holy Land Experience during the summer. Coordinators must 800-447-7235 option 4 to book this rate.[7]
- School field trip groups are eligible for reduced admission rates at the park. Adult and student group members save $15 off the regular price, while young children save $3. For every 10 students in the group, one chaperone receives free admission.[8]
The Holy Land Experience Religious Theme Park in Orlando, FL
About the Holy Land Experience
The Holy Land Experience offers an interactive experience to help visitors experience the biblical world of Israel during the first century. The park offers a replica of the Dead Sea Qumran caves, a Judean village, Calvary's garden tomb, and a model of Jerusalem. Originally created by Marvin Rosenthal, the park is currently owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The attraction also features food items from biblical times, shopping from the first century and a book shop.[9]
Also See: Creation Museum Deals, Downtown Disney Deals, Discovery Cove Deals, Disney Animal Kingdom Deals, Disney MGM Studios Deals, Cirque du Soleil Deals, Orlando Deals
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/about/contact_us.html
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TBNHolyLandExperience
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/tickets/annual_pass.html
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/tickets/tickets.html
- ↑ http://holylandexperience.org/tickets/tickets.html
- ↑ https://shop.omniticket.com/hle/index.cfm?
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/groups/groups_summer_rates_2.html
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/uploads/images/files/SCHOOL_FIELD_TRIP_FORM2012.pdf
- ↑ http://www.holylandexperience.com/exhibits/exhibits.html


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Adrian Holman
End the curse of the Chicago Cubs
Once again, the Chicago Cubs will have to wait until next year. The last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series title was in 1906. The last time the Chicago Cubs have been to the World Series was in 1945. Many baseball fans believe that they are cursed. However, the root cause of the curse has been buried for over 100 years. Many point to the beginning of the curse originating in 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was kicked out of Game 4 of the 1945 World Series against the Detroit Tigers due to the odor of his pet goat Murphy bothering other fans at the game. Once he was expelled from Wrigley Field, Sianis exclaimed that the Cubs would never win another World Series. Nevertheless, the real reason behind the curse of the Chicago Cubs points to former player Adrian "Cap" Anson. During the late 1800's, Anson refused to play against any Black players. His insistence led to baseball being segregated in 1897. During that time period, the Cubs organization has never apologized for his racist behavior. Although Anson retired in 1897, he still had ties with the Chicago Cubs until he sold all of his stock with the team in 1905. After he was no longer affiliated with the team in any sort of fashion, the Cubs won the World Series in 1906. Although this hint should have given the Cubs organization the hint that they needed to apologize for Anson's racist behavior, no such apology has ever been given. The only way the curse can and will be broken is for the Chicago Cubs organization to issue a formal apology for the antics of Cap Anson. Sign the petition in order to pressure the Cubs organization to issue this apology before the beginning of next season.


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Danish singer/songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted, otherwise known as MØ, has premiered a video for her latest single 'Walk This Way,' the next to fall from her recent debut album, No Mythologies To Follow.
Presented by i-D and directed by Emile Rafael, the video stars MØ surrounded by her school-girl gang as they wander around the grounds looking too-cool-for-school, and breaking out into choreographed dance routines.
Grab a copy of No Mythologies To Follow now from iTunes.
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Are you running a fever?
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Obviously you have done your homework.
It is possible that you are seroconverting BUT it is totally possible that you have a viral infection that is causing the rash or ezcema.
I suggest you go to your doctor tomorrow for diagnosis.
He can test your blood and also give you something for the rash while you are waiting for the results.
I know this is scary but rashes can happen for so many reasons you really need to get the test done to know for sure.
I wouldn't do you any justice if I didn't mention to be safe next time.
Best Wishes to you,
It can be an allergic reaction and you can try putting some hydrocortisone cream 1% on it 2x a day to see if that helps.
You can get hiv from just one encounter.
It is also possible to not get hiv the first sexual encounter with a person but contract it on say the 3rd encounter.
The problem is is that unless some is in full blown AIDS you wouldn't suspect that they could have it.
If you are having unprotected sex you do need to be tested.
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Series No. 4
One of the Series No. 4 cards was in a package of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. A full set of 30 cards would be sent upon the receipt of ten cents in coin or stamps. No. 9 Pintail Duck is in the Sliker Collection.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
Publisher: Arm and Hammer Brand Soda and Saleratus (New York, N.Y.)
7.6 x 4.8 cm
Collecting Cards
Language: English
Key term: Baking Soda
Copyright: This item is under copyright.
Citation: Series No. 4. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=557


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 25/10/2013 (1396 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was a dark and stormy night as the intrepid zombie hunters, Tad and Todd, inched their way up the muddy path leading to the dilapidated mansion in the heart of the gloomy forest.
Their hearts pounding in their chests, their breath coming in sobbing gasps, the zombie hunters courageously announced their presence by kicking in the rotting front door.
Armed with flashlights and pointed sticks, Tad and Todd crept up the creaking staircase and, with sweat dripping from their fevered brows, found themselves facing the ornate door to what once was the lonely home's library.
Throwing caution to the wind, the zombie hunters, with no thought for personal safety, flung open the creaking door and there, lurking in the shadows, was a sight more terrifying than human eyes had ever beheld.
"OHMYGAWD!" Tad yelled to his brother. "What is it? What is it?"
Todd let out a guttural cry: "DEAR GOD, TAD, IT'S YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST!!!"
With that, one of the more disgusting zombies, flesh peeling from his gory face, glared at the brothers and said: "Hi, guys, would you like a snack? Lady fingers? Brains, perhaps?"
"No thanks," Tad whispered. "We just want to hear the weather forecast."
"OK," the zombie croaked. "We're talking below-normal temperatures all week. Today will be mostly cloudy with a high of 3C. Sunday will be cloudy with a high of 4C."
"Yikes," Todd grunted.
"The normal high at this time of year is 6C."
"It gets worse," the zombie moaned. "Monday and Tuesday will be below freezing.
The Halloween high will be 5C, but my pal Dale Marciski at Environment Canada says it will be below freezing when the trick-or-treaters head out.
Plus it could be windy and there's a chance of flurries or rain."
Tad looked at Todd. Todd looked at Tad.
"That's very scary," they agreed. "What should we do before Halloween?"
The zombie brightened.
"You should go to the Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library's book sale today and Sunday at the Grant Park High School gym, 450 Nathaniel Street," he groaned. "We're talking 60 tables of good used books."
Todd rolled his eyeballs.
"Not very scary," he sniffed in disdain.
"Fine," the zombie replied.
"Swing by the Safeway store at 1625 Kenaston Boulevard today between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to donate to their Jail n Bail event for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Doug Speirs will be locked up around noon with two Bomber cheerleaders, and you have to donate to get him out."
Tad scowled.
"You mean the pudgy guy reading this story in his bathtub? That's just creepy." "Right," the zombie continued.
"Then check out Boomania nightly in Selkirk Park, 490 Eveline Street in Selkirk. There's thrill rides and a Scare Zone and a Haunted Hay Ride."
Tadd and Todd smiled.
"Tickets at the gate are only $17 and you get a $2 discount if you bring a tin for the bin," they screamed.
"We are definitely going to have a horrifying Halloween!"
The zombie shambled toward them. "I think that's a no-brainer!" he said, licking his lips.