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Yeah definitely. I'd give you my Facebook but me and technology dont seem to be agreeing at the moment, I have no clue what my username is haha.
I'm thinkin I'll stay in Melbourne for a while before moving up to Sydney and then further up. Working as I go but that might change, depends what happens when I get there

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text: Special People Special Issues (SPSI) is a half hour program that deals with interviews, news and views about the special needs community. Mr. Seilers' monthly program has won many awards from various agencies. His most recent is a commendation from William C. Thompson comptroller from the City of New York. The reason for SPSI and it's creation is that Mr. Seiler saw a need that wasn't being met on tv for the disabled community. In 2008 SPSI will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary! SPSI is also produced by Roderick Giles, a distinquished film producer and trainer at Bronxnet. Special People Special Issues airs Monday through Saturday 4pm, Sundays 12 noon & 9pm, on Cablevision's channel 67 & Verizon Fios channel 33. Special people Special Issues: a new season on BronxNet will feature the following episodes: Sprout -- a recreational organization for the disabled that has a conversation with Lawrence Seiler on their make a movie program. Scott Randall, Program Director of Sprout and Jonathan Nova appear in the episode. A profile on Commissioner Matthew Sapolin - Mayors Office for People with Disabilities. In this episode people of the Bronx can find out services that the mayors office offers people with special needs plus Mr. Seiler goes a little further with the commissioner into his personal life and finds out that he plays baseball for the blind and visually impaired. Sports and people with disabilities part 1. In this episode Todd Phillpott from the Achilles Track Club will discuss his involvement with paralymic sports and cycling. Mr. Phillpott dispite him being hit head on by a NYC bus and a tax,i he still manages to come out on top and strive for the best sports health and diets are discussed as well. Sports and people with disabilities part 2. In this epidsode the New York City sports commission joins Mr. Seiler for the 4th time on the program with Kenneth Potsiba the Sports Comishinor of NYC and discusses with Mr. Seiler the importance of recreation and people with disabilities and the 2nd edition of the sports guide exercise your ability is discussed plus an interview with Giselle Susca Associate Executive Director of Kings Bridge Heights community center to talk about their special needs recreational program. Epilepsy medical miracle - epilepsy is discussed with epilepsy Institute and a profile on Michael Feeley epilepsy survivor. Airs schedule: Monday - Friday: 4:00 pm | Monday: 8:00 pm | Tuesday: 4:00 am | Wednesday: 8:30 am | Sunday: 8:00 am, 12 noon, 9:00 pm


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With impressive performances in his first two outings, Miller made it clear he was where he belonged. For his third bout, the UFC pitted Miller against fellow up-and-comer Gray Maynard, and rather than impose his will as Miller typically had done up to this point, he found himself on the business side of a unanimous decision defeat – his first loss in three years.
"I made some mistakes leading into the fight," Miller said. "It was a big step up, and Gray is a very talented fighter. He really had my number that night and it just made me realize I have to train a bit smarter. There were some things we changed in the last couple weeks leading up to the fight that, looking back, were mistakes. I learned you don't make those types of drastic changes with only three or four weeks leading up to the fight. Since then, I've learned how to train smarter – and it's a mistake that I haven't made since and vow to never make again."
Where defeat has the power to derail some athletes, the loss ignited a fire inside of Miller. Over the next few years, Miller steamrolled his way through seven consecutive opponents. It didn't matter whether the fight was on short notice or if the matchups didn't make sense rankings wise. The only thing Miller wanted to do was fight, and he did so with near flawless results.
"I definitely felt things beginning to click over the course of that run," Miller said. "I was fighting tough guys and coming out on top. It was doing what I wanted to do. I wanted to fight the best and stay active, and that's exactly what I was doing. During that stage, I was fighting a lot. I was easily the most active fighter on the roster during that time frame. It was a lot of fun."
Constanino also shared his thoughts on the streak Miller had put together.
"The thing that happened was he lost the fight beforehand," Constantino said. "He went 2-0, lost to Gray Maynard, and after he lost to Gray he went on that crazy streak. One thing Jimmy does not like to do is lose. We switched a few things up in training, put more attention into different areas and the product of it was an amazing run."
Despite Miller's ability to knock off the opposition in impressive fashion, there was little attention coming his way. As Frankie Edgar and Maynard began to climb toward the top of the division, it seemed as if Miller's work was largely being overlooked by the powers that be in the UFC. Regardless, Miller continued to stay focused on the road ahead and refused to alter his approach – believing his work inside the Octagon would eventually shine through.
"I think I flew under the radar because I'm a bit quiet and I just come in and fight," Miller said. "It's just who I am and I don't like the idea of changing who I am to please people. I don't like giving that impression to other people. In life you should just be yourself and be happy with it. If someone might not like you for who you are, then they don't mean anything and you shouldn't worry about it. It's the kind of attitude I've always had. If someone isn't interested in me because of the person I am, then it doesn't matter.
"Really as a fighter, the only thing that matters is what happens inside the Octagon. I've had the respect of other fighters for a while now, and that is what matters to me. That is what means something to me, and these guys are the experts and the ones stepping in there and fighting, making the same sacrifices I make – and they were holding me in high regard. That made me know I was still doing it right, even though I wasn't in the headlines every week. I still knew I was doing it right and doing it the way I should be doing it. Now it's kind of funny because people want to know who Jim Miller is. It's really funny the way things have kind of panned out."
As his manager and trainer, Constantino watched as one of his prized pupils answered every challenge thrown his way. Where other fighters in the division appeared to gather acclaim with every victory, Miller continued to remain a step or two away from becoming a major draw and failed to grab the recognition from MMA fans and media alike.
"The funny thing is that we are always used to being the underdog," Constantino said. "It doesn't matter who Jim fights – the media and the fans never seem to give him his proper due. Even if you look back to that Charles Oliviera fight, here was Jim in the middle of this amazing run, and the talk was on Oliviera. The kid was a purple belt, Jim was a black belt, and Jim was an underdog going into that fight. There were a lot of factors that went into that, and the Oliviera fight really started to open peoples' eyes when he came in and submitted Oliviera quickly. Then he put a few more wins together after and then we ran into the Ben (Henderson) fight. Since then, we've refocused our training, submitted Melvin (Guillard) in the first round, and we are really looking for the same results in this fight against (Nate) Diaz."
With seven consecutive victories under his belt and talk of a long-awaited title shot hovering, Miller squared off with former WEC lightweight champion Henderson in Milwaukee. From the onset of the bout, Miller appeared to be at a disadvantage as Henderson's size and durability overwhelmed him in every round. When the final bell sounded, Henderson had the unanimous decision victory and Miller's streak had come to an end.
"The Ben fight was a weird one," Miller said. "It was the first time, immediately after the fight, where I came into the back and was actually satisfied with it because I was completely spent. I had no energy left. I ended up throwing up in the back because I was so exhausted and then I had to go to the hospital to get a CT scan because I threw up. I knew why I vomited and was content with the effort I put in.
"A day and a half later, I found out I was sick and everything started coming out. I was hard on myself because I should've known. I should've known something was wrong. I should've been smarter because I'm a professional, and this is my job. I should have caught it and was upset with myself that I didn't pay enough attention to my body to recognize what was going on. I made the changes I needed to make. I train a lot smarter than I did then and I feel great because of it. I feel refreshed, eager to get in to train and I'm doing a better job of learning and evolving as a fighter."
Where some fighters allow a loss to get under their skin and push them into reevaluating everything about their training and preparation, Miller found it best to jump right back into action. Rather than take a lesser name to rebuild his confidence, he sought out the one fighter no one wanted to face in Guillard. The two fighters collided in Nashville as the main event of the first UFC on FX event, and staring down the barrel of one of the division's most powerful strikers had Miller amped up to find out what he was made of.
"I was excited to fight Melvin," Miller said. "I was excited to fight a top guy, and he was right up there with me when I was on my run. We were both knocking on the door of a title shot and the title picture just got jammed up. He was one of those guys who were in limbo waiting, and what happened to Melvin happened to me. He had a bad night against a tough opponent and you can only fight so many times before you lose one. It happens to everybody. I knew going in Melvin was still a top guy, and I also knew no one else wanted to fight him.
"That excited me and made it a fight that I wanted. More importantly, it was a win that I wanted. I got into fighting to compete against the best and like I said before, I wanted to fight BJ Penn after my third fight. I wanted to see how I would fare against the top guys in the world. Melvin is one of the top guys in the world, and I was excited to get the chance."
The first-round submission victory over Guillard launched Miller back toward the top of the heap in the competitive lightweight division. Where the weight class was previously jammed up with the Edgar vs. Maynard title fiasco, the ladder was now clear for Miller to make his climb. As he reclaimed his position as a contender in waiting, another fighter on the rise in former TUF winner Diaz was also making waves – and the UFC fittingly paired them up as the main event for Saturday's UFC on Fox card in Miller's home state of New Jersey.
"I feel great about the matchup," Miller said. "He's a tough guy, and it's another situation where I'm excited to get in there and fight him. He is a dangerous opponent, tough for anybody in this weight class, and I'm fired up just to step into the Octagon against him. With being at the top of the division, I'm not going anywhere. I know what I'm capable of and I know when I'm at my best I can not only beat these top guys, but put them away. This is where I belong, and I'm looking to fight these top guys and get the toughest fights I can."
"I see wrestling being one advantage. I'm comfortable anywhere, and that seems to have been the downfall for some of these guys – that they are tentative to go to the ground with him. They are not fighting as complete fighters. I fight with reckless abandon, too, and while the ground is a dangerous place to be with Diaz, as long as I'm being the aggressor then I'll get after him and beat him up.
"I'm comfortable with my striking and have come a long way over the past year. I really haven't had that much of an opportunity to show it with these past couple of fights, but I'm comfortable on my feet. On the mat, I'll roll around with anybody in the world. I plan on using my wrestling. It's definitely a weapon I have, and it is something he has fallen victim to in the past. But I'm going to use a lot more tools, as well. I have a whole toolbox full of them and plan on breaking them all out for this fight."
For a fighter who has managed to keep his personal life and professional life separate, the days of Miller getting by in the shadows may be coming to an end. A victory over Diaz likely would result in a long-awaited title shot, which will put a long-pursued goal within reach. But even then, what truly matters to Miller isn't a title belt, it is being remembered as a man who gave his very best each and every time out.
"What's really important is the attitude I approach it with," Miller said. "Being a champion is for me. That is what I want to do. That's what I know I'm capable of doing, and I won't be satisfied until I accomplish that. As far as being remembered – I just want to be remembered as somebody who went out there each and every time and fought hard. A guy who wasn't afraid of anyone, stepped up for every fight they put in front of him and put 100 percent effort into it."
As his friend, manager and trainer, Constanino has shared Miller's hard-fought journey to the top of the sport. While accolades are nice, Constantino is positive he knows what ultimately matters the most to Miller.
"I don't think becoming a champion in this sport means as much to Jim as becoming the best in the world at something," Constantino said. "I know the driving force around Jim, and to have a belt around his waist is secondary to being the absolute best fighter in the world at his weight class. That is definitely what he wants."


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Limpopo - Violet Montjane* is unemployed and went to school only up to Grade 6.
The Mankweng Sexual Offences Court advised the 21-year-old Limpopo woman on Tuesday to consider sterilisation so that she could stop having more babies.
She appeared in court on a charge of child neglect.
In 2012, she let her one-year-old baby crawl onto a tarred road during a fight with her boyfriend.
This led to the woman's grandmother laying criminal charges against her.
On Tuesday, Montjane told the court that she had two babies, but the eldest had died.
The child she abandoned on the road now stays with her grandmother.
But the court withdrew charges against Montjane on Tuesday because her grandmother had decided to drop them.
Before he withdrew the charges, magistrate Patrick Cloete had a word of advice for her: "I advise you to consult your doctor and sterilise."
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(CNSNews.com) – The annual March for Life rally is scheduled to take place in the nation's capital on Monday, Jan. 24, bringing thousands of pro-life activists to
Held every year since 1974, the year following the high court's decision, the march regularly draws upwards of 150,000 activists to
This year's march will feature Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) as the keynote speaker at its Rose Dinner event that marks the end of a weekend of protests and ceremonies focused on ending abortion.
The march also follows two news reports that put abortion back in the headlines after it was largely ignored following the 2009 health care debate.
One report noted that 41 percent of pregnancies in
The second major abortion story concerns a
Organizers of the March for Life plan an entire weekend of activity for pro-life activists who are coming to
The march will begin on the National Mall and end in front of the Supreme Court building located directly behind the U.S. Capitol.
According to the liberal Guttmacher Institute, 1.2 million abortions take place in the United states each year. Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a little over 52 million children have been killed by abortion in America.


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Vincent Hogan: An age-old tale of the hunter and the hunted
There is no science in hurt, no arithmetic in dander and, sometimes, no great military tactic in the overthrow of kings. What Kilkenny did yesterday was as plain as inviting someone outside to defend the family honour. They came to Croke Park primed for war. Sure, they flooded their defensive channels and, unlike last year, told their men not to countenance leaving a sentry post vacant.
But in an age of innovation, this was Old Testament hurling.
The team that wins the battle is rarely undone by strategy. So ignore the stats men flapping about with an eternity of graphs and tables today. By my reckoning, Kilkenny won just five of their own puck-outs cleanly in the entire game. Maybe all you really need to know is that they won the final two.
That's what champions do. As Tipp flailed desperately, their last two scores were followed, quick as drumbeats, by Kilkenny points direct
from David Herity's restarts. Even in an area of meltdown, the warrior finds a way.
And that will, forever more, be the signature on Brian Cody's story. This was the eighth time he found himself with that beaming, burst-capillary smile, waving away the compliments of a winning captain from the steps of the Hogan Stand. He has been 13 years tuning Kilkenny for summer and, yet, never did they look more obstinate than they did yesterday.
So they went man-to-man with Tipp's fliers, Jackie Tyrrell on Lar Corbett, Noel Hickey on Eoin Kelly, Tommy Walsh on the bullocking Patrick 'Bonner' Maher. There was no sweeper deployed, no conspicuous 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' deference to an attack that had stockpiled scores so effortlessly in Munster.
This was a simple investment of trust. Kilkenny believed they had the better men. And, on the day, they had.
All the worrying murmurs that, maybe in hindsight, Dublin decanted from Tipp's forward line now came bellowing out as fact. The champions were wiped out in the air. The trick of one forward vacating space for another to arrive in was rendered obsolete by Kilkenny's refusal to follow the hare. Cody's boys just held their positions and hurled.
The gospel of their past.
For Kilkenny, the compression of space referenced every tenet of battle. This they achieved, not so much with the alignment of bodies as with the heat of collective aggression. Maybe half of the day's puck-outs went to ground and a ball going to ground was all but a gun in a Kilkenny hand. They devoured everything at the breaks, the early rain all but anointing Tipperary.
Croke Park was under a grey eiderdown by 2.45, the lights on, the low seats full of oilskins.
And Kilkenny, being opportunist types, seemed to plunge straight for the jugular. With less than a minute on the clock, Henry Shefflin dipped a shoulder to gun past rookie wing-back John O'Keeffe. It took Shane McGrath's assistance to contain him but, instantly, Colin Fennelly was fouled and Henry nailed the free.
Seconds later, Eoin Larkin exploded towards the Canal End goal only for Michael Cahill to thieve brilliantly. A pattern was emerging. Kilkenny were pressing Tipp into little eruptions of panic.
O'Keeffe needlessly batted a ball he might have caught, allowing Richie Hogan to score. Then Paul Curran rescued a ball off the whitewash of the goal-line after Hogan's delivery broke behind Brendan Cummins. Soon after, Richie Power scored after McGrath ran into heavy traffic, then Cahill and Conor O'Mahony were both blocked down in quick succession as a prelude to Walsh setting up Henry for a score.
Fifteen minutes in, Kilkenny were five clear. Psychologically, maybe double that.
Tipp were suffering meltdown in the forwards, ball after ball trampolining back out as if the wretched screen, penning people into Hill 16, had been secretly relocated 40 yards south. And yet, just as Tipp began to find a foothold, Walsh inadvertently called a halt. He might have trouble explaining how, from a lawless ruck, his hurley caught Brian Gavin on the bridge of the nose. Yet, the incident led to a five-minute stoppage that suited only Kilkenny. At the first hint of Tipp momentum, the referee found himself practically needing a new face.
Yet, two incidents maybe caught the half in microcosm.
On 29 minutes, John O'Brien rose to claim a mighty catch from O'Mahony's long free only to turn and find the Hill goal a swarming beehive. Then the starved Corbett materialised at the mouth of the Hogan Stand tunnel, palpably desperate for space. Lar swung, Colin Fennelly blocked him down with his head. The medics went looking for a fresh needle.
In between, of course, Henry had engineered a beautiful goal, jabbing a short line 'cut' to Larkin, taking the return and flicking inside to Richie Hogan whose sublime pop pass to the human freight train that is Michael Fennelly smashed Tipp's defence to kindling. As the sun came out, the miracle was that Tipp still had some breath in their lungs.
Declan Ryan shuffled his deck at half-time, but an extraordinary 40th-minute Shefflin score spoke of the difference between the hunters and the hunted. Gavin tossed a hop-ball between the King and Benny Dunne and, well, Henry didn't even bother with a swing. He just leaned in on Benny like a father scolding a lippy child, flicked the sliotar to his bidding and launched a museum-piece point.
Not a bad way for a man to announce his arrival at the shoulder of Ring and Doyle.
Twice Henry would berate the beleaguered ref for not playing advantage, such was Kilkenny's hunger to keep the tempo high.
Old legs were leaving smoke trails in the grass. And those legs decanted, perhaps, the goal of the summer. Colin Fennelly's handpass put Eddie Brennan clear in a gaping midfield prairie and, rather than stop for an inhaler, directions or even a walking aid, old, forgotten Eddie took off as if he'd seen snakes at his feet. His run only ended when Tipp awoke to the sirens and came flapping like hens from a burning shed.
Cue Eddie's offload to Richie Hogan and the younger man didn't even deign to touch the sliotar with his hand, nailing a perfect, high finish beyond Brendan Cummins. Kilkenny up by eight.
And maybe for the only time all day, a little conceit got the better of their rage. On 55 minutes, Michael Fennelly out-muscled Benny to a Cummins delivery and, closing in on the Hill end goal, he seemed to decide it was high time for sequins and tassles. He blazed for goal, Cummins saved. Cody's hands went to his head.
Seconds later, Corbett's offload put Pa Bourke in for a Tipp goal and you sensed, if Fennelly came to the Hogan Stand sideline, he might sensibly do it in camouflage fatigues. Steam came off his manager like smoke from a refinery.
Then Tipp did the strangest thing. Four times in quick succession, O'Brien made epic fetches and, if a great deal didn't accrue from the possession, at least he was now offering 'Bonner' Maher a second pair of hands to do the dirty digging. Then just moments after he'd been fouled by Larkin for a 64th-minute Kelly free, Declan Ryan replaced him. Inexplicable.
Tipp were desperate now and the obligation to chase a goal drew them into irrational bursts towards the heaviest of traffic. Benny was smothered up like a wren targeted by magpies and then, after the sight of Henry misplacing a pass drew audible gasps, 'Bonner' Maher was pulled to the ground by men long since parted from all scruple.
Kelly scored the free, but Richie Power rose to Herity's puck-out for a clean catch and offloaded to TJ Reid to give Kilkenny back the cushion of four. On 71 minutes, Gearoid Ryan drew it back to a goal only for Larkin to take Herity's next missile and sign the decisive warranty.
It was over.
Cody thrust his hands towards the heavens and murmured something private, then swung down the line towards his bench with that goofy, cartoon-like stride. This was his moment. The team given up in May as a busted old nag, destined for the glue factory, was back splashing the world with bows and curtsies.
It took him time but, eventually, he located Shefflin. The two fell into a deep embrace, a thousand secrets rolling off them. Neither looked close to tiredness.
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somewhere around the center of England
Britain. That's about as specific as I'm going to get, sorry.
Do we not get a top, middle or bottom? Im from the middle :)
Kentucky :)
I am from Sacramento... but I am Currently stationed in Afghanistan
Michigan dear born
Im from the UK :)
California :)
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Queensland, Australia.
guess . haha yeah chicago 60655, the southdside, the po folks side
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Simon was appointed Head of International Financial Services in June 2009. He is responsible for managing the Group's Asian banking and life operations as well as Bankwest. Simon was the MD of Sovereign New Zealand and COO of Medibank Private Australia. He also held senior roles at the World Bank and Inner & Eastern Health Care Network.
David commenced as Chief Financial Officer of the Group in September 2006. He is responsible for the overall financial functions of the Group. David has over 34 years' experience in banking and finance. He was the CFO for Australand and COO for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a Director of the Australian Gas Light Company.
Barbara joined the Group in July 2006. Her role of Group Executive, Human Resources and Group Services is responsible for human resources and marketing and communications functions. Prior to joining the Group, Barbara held a number of senior roles at ASB Bank, including CEO of Sovereign Assurance.
Michael joined the Group in April 2006 as Group Executive Enterprise Services and Chief Information Officer. His experience includes systems development and organisational change in Australia, Europe and US. Michael was VP Information Systems at Citibank.
Alden joined the Group in June 2008 as Group Chief Risk Officer. He was with First Manhattan Consulting Group's risk management for eighteen years. Alden has advised more than 100 banks globally on risk, strategy, mergers and performance measurement.
David joined the Commonwealth Bank as General Counsel in June 2008. He advises the CEO and the Board on legal matters, and leads the Group's legal team. David had been General Counsel of AMP since 2003 and a partner with Allens Arthur Robinson for 12 years.
Ian was appointed Group Executive Institutional Banking & Markets in March 2009, with responsibility for providing total capital solutions to the Group's corporate, institutional and government clients. He joined the Group in 2004. Ian previously held senior leadership positions at Zurich Capital Markets Asia, Bankers Trust and Global Metals and Mining Industry Group.
Grahame was appointed Group Executive Wealth Management in March 2006, with responsibility for Colonial First State, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and CommInsure. He has over 30 years experience in the finance industry, having joined the Rural Bank of NSW as a graduate in 1980.
Annabel joined as Group Head of Strategy in March 2009. Previously she was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. In her capacity as Head of Global Firm Strategy and Execution for Morgan Stanley, Annabel was responsible for global strategy, and the execution of all Firm transactions. She has worked in New York, Asia and Australia.
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Ian was appointed Group Executive, Business and Private Banking in January 2009. He joined the Group in 2007 as Group Head of Strategy. Before that, Ian worked for McKinsey & Co from 1998-2007 where he was a global partner and head of the New Zealand office. Prior to that he was a lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions.
Ross was appointed Group Executive Retail Banking Services in May 2007, with responsibility for the Group's retail banking operations. He has worked in the insurance and investment industries for more than 25 years and most recently in senior management roles within ASB Bank and AXA Ltd.
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Implementing pure virtual functions
C++ makes calling a pure virtual function nearly impossible. A class with at least one pure virtual function is called an abstract class. C++ doesn't let you create an abstract class object except as the base class subobject of some derived class object. For example, these declarations won't compile:
shape s; // compile error shape x[10]; // compile error
You can declare a pointer to a
shape, as in:
shape *ps; // OK
However, the compiler will reject a new-expression that tries to construct an abstract base class object, as in:
ps = new shape; // compiler error
Again, any class with at least one pure virtual function is an abstract class. If you can't create any such objects, then you don't have to worry that you might call a pure virtual function. Unfortunately, C++ compilers have trouble detecting all possible calls to pure virtual functions, such as when the constructor of an abstract class indirectly calls a pure virtual function of the same class. Thus, most compilers provide another line of defense. More on this shortly.
The definition for our
circle class derived from
shape looks like:
class circle: public shape { public: circle(double r, color o, color f); // constructor virtual double area() const; virtual double perimeter() const; ~~~ private: double radius; };
If you don't declare the
area and
perimeter functions in
circle, then
circle will inherit them as pure virtual functions, and
circle will be an abstract class. You won't be able to create any
circle objects. However, the class definition above does declare
area and
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Chenango River Theatre's 2013 Season Announced
All four main stage shows in Chenango River Theatre's 2013 season, (Season Sponsor-Empire Toyota of Oneonta), will be regional premieres - the first time each of these noteworthy shows has been produced in the area. Season tickets start as low as $60 for the area's only non-profit theatre company to feature professional actors in every show.
Opening the season from May 24 - June 16 is Tom Dudzick's Miracle on South Division Street (co-produced by NBT Bank and The Daniels Family). A long 2012 off-Broadway run established this new hit comedy about a Catholic family living in a fading working class neighborhood of Buffalo, still tending the family heirloom - a 20' shrine to the Blessed Mother that commemorates the day in 1942 that the Blessed Virgin Mary materialized in their grandfather's barbershop.
Running June 28 - July 21 is Fully Committed by Becky Mode (co-produced by Pete & Karen Raymond and by Bonnie's Restaurant & Ruth Young, Assoc. Broker, Century 21 Sbarra & Wells). The NY Times called it "an immensely entertaining, scaldingly funny play about the bad behavior that good food can inspire". It's a comic tale about the harried reservation clerk at New York's hottest four-star restaurant and the hordes of people who make his job impossible. 40 characters appear in this comic masterpiece - one actor brings all 40 to life singlehandedly in a comic tour de' force. No one who has ever dined out or who has ever held a restaurant job should miss this show.
From Aug. 8 - Sept. 1, CRT will be one of the first theatres in the country to present the new version of Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash (co-produced by The Raymond Corporation). Just updated this spring at Milwaukee Rep Theatre - a company well known for creating highly successful "jukebox musicals" - the show features the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash in a unique musical revue about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family. More than 30 classic hits - including "I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Ring of Fire" paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin', crowd-pleasin' salute to a uniquely American legend.
Closing the season with a limited 3 week run from Sept. 27 - Oct. 13 is Bruce Graham's new play The Outgoing Tide. CRT will be one of the first theatres in the country to present this new drama which hums with crackling humor and powerful emotion. The 2012 off-Broadway run starring Michael Learned (The Waltons) drew the attention of theatres nationwide scrambling to get the rights for this piece. Set over the course of one late fall weekend on Chesapeake Bay, it's a love story and a story of a family's attempt to find common ground before the tide goes out that was called 'Deeply moving and cathartically funny - the play beautifully blends humor and pathos in a tightly constructed tale that will no doubt hit close to home for many!" New York Post.
Season tickets start as low as $60 for all 4 shows and are on sale now at www.chenangorivertheatre.org. Season brochures will be mailed out in early April - to request a season brochure, call 656-8499 and leave your name, address and phone number or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Chenango River Theatre's intimate, air-conditioned 99 seat theatre is just 15 minutes north of Binghamton at 991 State Highway 12, Greene, NY. CRT is the greater Binghamton area's only professional non-profit theatre company under annual contract with Actors' Equity Association, the national association for professional actors and stage managers in the United States - the same actors you see on television, in film and at major theatres across the country.


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Hermann Maier injured in Birds of Prey; Libby Ludlow in hospital
Hermann Maier injured in Birds of Prey; Libby Ludlow in hospital{mosimage}Defending World Cup overall champion Hermann Maier of Austria reinjured his right knee during Friday's downhill race. Maier finished the race in tenth, and was on his feet in the finish area, but skipped the awards ceremony. Austrian alpine team director Hans Pum said Maier was being examined by team doctors to determine the extent of the injury.
Meanwhile Libby Ludlow of the United States crashed in Lake Louise and left the race course in a helicopter. There is no official word yet on her condition.
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CARSON, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2013) – The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team drew 1-1 draw with its German counterparts for the second time in four days as midfielder Ella Stevens scored the lone goal for the Americans in the 7th minute.
It was the second full international match at the U-17 level for these players after the squad tied Germany 1-1 last Tuesday and these were the first matches under new full-time head coach B.J. Snow.
"The speed of play is something we will have to get used to," said Snow. "With their clubs or high schools, they are used to being able to take three of four touches on the ball, but today every time they would pick their head up there were two players right on them. We have the ability to play out of pressure, they are just not used to it, so right now there is a disconnect between their head and their legs about how we are going to play."
The match finished up a week-long camp that was the first for this group of players at the U-17 level as team starts its preparation for qualification for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Costa Rica.
The USA was playing a team that was a bit older as the American roster consisted of players born in 1997 with a few 1998s and the Germans brought a team consisting of players born in 1996 and 1997.
The USA fell behind in last Tuesday's match, but tallied early in this one when left back Tegan McGrady sprinted down the wing and crossed into the middle where Stevens struck a full-volley from nine yards out that deflected off the hands of German goalkeeper Julia Gornovitz and into the net.
Just three minutes earlier, Stevens had pushed a similar chance from a similar spot just wide right of the goal.
In the 25th minute, U.S. goalkeeper Samantha Leshnak has to dive to her right post to push away a well-struck free kick from just outside the left corner of the box by Elisabeth Mayr. Seconds later, Leshnak had to make another diving save, but spilled the shot in front of her goal and was fortunate that her defenders cleared the ball well away from the net.
In the 32nd minute Anika Rodriguez had a quality chance as she got behind the German defense into the left side of the penalty area, but lifted her shot wide right of the goal.
The Germans made seven changes at halftime and ramped up the pressure a bit on the young Americans. In the 58th minute, defender Ellie Jean had to clear a ball off the goal line after Germany got a great chance off a corner kick that bounced around the penalty area.
One minute later, Pauline Bremer fired high on an open chance from just inside the penalty area and then the pressure finally paid off with an equalizer in the 60th minute. Bremer raced down the left wing and rolled a hard service on the ground through the goal mouth to Nina Ehgotz, who smashed her shot home from close range at the far post.
The U.S. U-17 WNT will come together next for a training camp in early March in San Diego.
"For the most part, defensively we were sound," said Snow. "We had to make a few adjustments at halftime, but the Germans had a really hard time breaking us down. So for us to get some of those concepts in just a few days, I'm really proud of their effort defensively. There's some work to do offensively, but the pieces are there to be able to pick and choose the options that are there for them."
-- U.S. U-17 WNT Match Report --
Match: U.S. U-17 WNT vs. Germany U-17 WNT
Date: Feb. 1, 2013
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: The Home Depot Center; Carson, Calif.
Kickoff: 2 p.m. PT
Weather: 68 degrees, sunny, breezy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA – Ella Stevens (Tegan McGrady) 7th minute
GER -- Nina Ehegotz (Pauline Bremer) 60
USA: 1-Samantha Leshnak; 7-Ellie Jean, 20-Alana Cook (capt.), 9-Michaela Abam (6-Amanda Visco, 65), 8-Tegan McGrady (17-Marley Canales, 65); 15-Ella Stevens (12-Katie Pingel, 46), 23-Taylor Racioppi, 13-Peyton Perea (10-Jayce Pederson, 58), 19-Kacie Tillman (4-Courtney Corrin, 46, 22-Mary-Alice Vignola, 85); 14-Anika Rodriguez (5-Mia Gyau, 65), 2-Bridgette Andrzejesk (16-Jennifer Westendorf, 46)
Subs Not Used: 3-Kate Morris, 11-Courtney Petersen, 18-Kate Hess , 21-Grace Hancock, 22-Danielle Marcano, 24-Jaelyn Cunningham, 25-Ainsly Wolfinbarger
Head Coach: B.J. Snow
GER: 1-Julia Gornovitz, 4-Michaela Brandenburg (2-Ricarda Walking, 46), 20-Michaela Specht (capt.) (15-Lisa Eiberger, 86), 7-Nina Ehegotz (17-Lara Junge, 68), 5-Melissa Friedrich (5-Johanna Tietge, 46), 14-Felicitas Rauch (3-Lisa Karl, 46), 18-Saskia Meir (6-Saskia Matheis, 46), 3-Anna-Sophie Fliege (8-Rieke Dickmann, 46), 11-Madeline Gier (9-Pauline Bremer, 46), 15-Elisabeth Mayr (10-Jasmin Sehan, 46), 15-Kathrin Becker (19-Alina Orgeta Jurado, 68)
Subs Not Used: 12-Manon Klett, 16-Michelle Ulbrich
Head Coach: Anouschka Bernhard
Stats Summary: USA / GER
Shots: 9 / 8
Shots on Goal: 3 / 6
Saves: 5 / 2
Corner Kicks: 2 / 6
Fouls: 5 / 4
Offside: 3 / 1
Misconduct Summary:
GER – Saskia Matheis (caution) 71st
Referee: Richard Sarfaraz (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Shawn Danbelli (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Richard Hernadez (USA)
Fourth Official: Trevor Rappleye (USA)


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BASKETBALL: BSU must overcome losses, adjust to new coach, to compete this season
BEMIDJI – After one of the best seasons in program history, the Bemidji State basketball team will find out what life is like without Matt Bowen and James Ellisor this weekend.
The Beavers open the season with games against Colorado-Colorado Springs and Metro State in the NSIC/RMAC Challenge at Winona State today and Saturday. Tipoff is at 5 p.m. both nights.
Many will be curious to see how BSU fares without former head coach (Bowen) and last season's Division II National Player of the Year (Ellisor). BSU also lost its all-time assists leader in Bryce Tesdahl.
New head coach Mike Boschee said he's also curious to see how the players are congealing under a new, fast-paced system he's implemented.
"I think everybody's anxious to start playing," Boschee said. "But I'm especially anxious. I'd like to see where we're at. I think it's hard to see where we're at right now since we haven't played anybody. We're looking forward to it."
The Beavers have been preparing for the change – new coach, new system, some new players – since the summer, but now they're eager to move on and prove that last year's season wasn't any sort of fluke.
"We've got to come together and try to replace them as a team," junior forward Maxie Rosenbloom said. "Everybody's going to have to do a little bit more and pitch in a little bit more. I mean, those two (Ellisor and Tesdahl) are irreplaceable, but we'll make do."
What the Beavers lose in Ellisor and Tesdahl will doubtlessly be tough to replace. Ellisor averaged 21.9 points per game and Tesdahl was the NSIC's assists leader with 183.
But the returning cast is pretty good, too.
Senior guard Dermaine Crockrell was named BSU's "Player to Watch" by NSIC coaches in the preseason. He averaged 12.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season and both he and Boschee expect him to have a larger role this year.
"Not having James is a big loss," Crockrell said. "He gave us 20 points a night. That's a big change for us, so a lot of guys are going to have to step up. But we have a lot of experience, a lot of veterans. I think that's going to help us out a lot, having those guys back. It's going to be to our advantage. Everybody knows their roles."
BSU also returns 6-foot-7 forward Mason Walters and 6-3 guard/forward Lance Rongstad, who both played lots of minutes in the past; while players like Rosenbloom, James Edwards and Jake Schalow maybe didn't see lots of playing time before but will be counted on as experienced upperclassmen.
"Different people are going to have to do a lot more scoring," Boschee said. "You had a guy that had a third of the points last year, which is obviously a lot. So you have to replace a lot of those points.
"Everybody's going to have to step up. I don't think we'll have anybody averaging 24 points a game, but it would be really nice if we had a bunch of guys in double figures and make it more of a team package."
Last season Crockrell was the only Beaver in double figures aside from Ellisor, but Rongstad was just under (9.9 ppg) and Walters scored 8.3 ppg.
New system catching on
The Beavers have also been learning the ins-and-outs of Boschee's offensive and defensive philosophies.
They'll run a more fast-paced, high-octane system this season. It took some getting used to, but most of the Beavers say it's better suited to their team.
"You know, we have a lot of athletes who can get up and down the court already, so I think it kind of fits well with the personality of the team we already had," Walters said. "Obviously it took a little getting used to at first, just with a new system, a new terminology, but we're getting used to new leadership. Over time I think it's getting easier."
Boschee said he also plans to play more aggressive on defense and put more pressure on the ball.
The learning curve hasn't been steep, but like any new system, it takes time.
"At first it was a little rough like regime changes usually are," Rosenbloom said. "But we adjusted to it and were able to sort of embrace the challenge. I think that really helped with the development of everybody. We're excited to come in every day and learn something new."
BSU has four nonconference games to test it out – this weekend in the NSIC/RMAC Challenge and next week at Michigan Tech and Finlandia in Michigan – before the defense of its NSIC title begins Dec. 1.


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Mexico's Pixelatl Festival is bringing together big names in stop motion, cg, and traditional animation at its annual must-attend conference.
Diversity is the name of the game at this year's Pixelatl Festival, the annual gathering for Mexico's rising animation industry.
Whether you're into "Bojack Horseman," "Raggedy Ann and Andy," or "Bee Movie," Animation Block Party 2017 will have a little bit of something for all tastes.
The first edition of Annecy Asia will take place in Seoul in 2019.
Los Angeles is getting a major new animation festival.
Watch the trailer for "Mutafukaz," the feature film collab between France's Ankama and Japan's Studio4°C.
The northern Italian city of Bergamo is getting its own animation festival.
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Silicon Photonics
Silicon photonics is most certain a hot topic area these days as a number of companies work out how to overcome the challenges of putting optical components onto silicon using standard production techniques. The reward is data transfer rates of 25 gigabits per second and up which will provide a significant increase for communications, Ethernet LANs, high performance computing and many other applications.
The problem has almost been created by Moore's law which has resulted in long interconnect path lengths, increased wire delays and power densities approaching those of a nuclear reactor. Clock frequencies had stopped rising and voltages are flattening out. Increases in compute capabilities have come from deploying multiple processors but these need to communicate and that is creating a bottleneck. Also, the communications hierarchy now spans from inter-chip to the cloud and it would be convenient to have a single technology that could address all of those needs. As an added advantage, silicon is an excellent optical material because:
- there is a very large refractive index difference between Si and SiO2. This means that waveguides can be constructed and that tight bends can be created making them suitable for integration on-chip with other circuitry.
- Transparent near IR
- Can be built on a conventional CMOS process
IBM has said that it has created test chips using standard silicon fabrication processes at 90nm. Kotura, a small startup serving this area, is claiming a 100 gigabit transceiver and hopes to increase that to deliver a terabit per second between servers. I published an article by Kotura over in the EDA Designline this week that also provides a lot more information about some of the components necessary to create these systems, such as lasers, wavelength division multiplexors, modulators and detectors.
It is clear that this is seen as an area for potential regional excellence with governments in Europe, Canada and Asia setting money aside to help research in this area and to help foster cooperation between companies that have pieces of the technology necessary for complete solutions. Several companies in the US are working in this area including IBM, Intel, Luxtera, Kotura as well as DARPA funded programs.
There are many hurdles that have to be overcome in order for this to become mainstream technology, and at this time everything is very much custom design. There are no PDKs or design rule decks, nor are there tools that will help with the design and verification of these systems – perhaps another area in which the EDA companies can carve out a niche.
If this is an area that is of interest to you, then there is a course available online, put together by the European Helios project. While it covers a lot of ground it almost requires some knowledge of the subject matter already as speaker notes do not accompany the slides. This makes it somewhat difficult to get the point made on some of the slides. It is available here.
Brian Bailey – keeping you covered
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A bunch of extreme sports nutters, filming an advertisement up an Austrian mountain, accidentally catch on film a mad Serbian warlord who faked his own death. Adventure ensues, as he tries to kill them and they try not to be bumped off.
Why didn't someone think of it before? You stick a bunch of extreme sports nutters and a commercials crew up an Austrian mountain, then have them accidentally catch on film a mad Serbian warlord who faked his own death.
Credibility is red-carded early on, as the life-or-death scenario forces 'our heroes' into performing increasingly wild stunts. Unfortunately, 'our heroes' are spoilt assholes who are almost impossible to like, leaving us only Rufus Sewell and his comedy cynicism to root for. The story is so ludicrous that there's no real sense of danger, even though the snow-bound sets are marginally more realistic than in Vertical Limit.
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Comics aren't the only thing being shown at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC).
Warner Bros. has now released a new trailer for Scribblenauts Unmasked – A DC Comics Adventure in light of the convention.
The trailer features DC Comics' Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and DC Comics co-publisher and artist Jim Lee. In the trailer, Johns and Lee dive into the character creation mode where they make their own super-powered being – good or evil. The customization allows you to use a DC's characters, costumes and powers.
Warner Bros. is allowing attendees of SDCC to play Scribblenauts Unmasked at their booth (#4545) as well as DC Comics' booth (#1915). Jeremiah Slaczka, creator of Unmasked, will also do a presentation of the game and sign posters alongside Eric Wallace and Jeremy Adams of DC Comics at 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on July 20 at DC's booth.
Scribblenauts Unmaksed – A DC Comics Adventure will release for the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and PC on Sept 24.
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The outlook starts to brighten up a touch as we check out the 27WLT56's specifications. The resolution is an HD Friendly 1,280 x 720, the claimed contrast ratio is respectable for a screen of this relatively diminutive size at 900:1, and the brightness is above average at 550cd/m2.
It's also pleasing on what is, after all, a pretty competitively priced LCD TV, to find a built-in digital TV tuner. Especially when that digital tuner offers full compatibility with the 7-day Freeview electronic programme guide, including being able to set as many as eight timer events simply by selecting desired programmes from the listings.
Another surprising plus on the 27WLT56 is its picture in picture system – a handy trick usually only reserved for larger screen sizes. But if you're expecting this part of the review to become the usual in-depth assessment of reams of other handy 27WLT56 features, you are sadly mistaken. For beyond what we've already covered, the 27WLT56's features are actually few and far between. In fact, this 27in set doesn't even manage to include Toshiba's Active Vision LCD picture processing (even though the 32in version does), immediately raising concerns about how well its pictures will fare without it. And it turns out we were right to be concerned, for the 27WLT56's Active Vision-less pictures are really quite disappointing.
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Particularly striking compared with Toshiba's Active Vision sets is the relative lack of sharpness in the 27WLT56's images. This is especially apparent with standard definition sources, but it's still there to some extent, we're afraid to say, with high definition stuff. Edges tend to look rather soft and fuzzy, and fine detail levels are unfortunately 'smoothed over' – all of which, of course, robs HD of its main raison d'etre, and us of much of our potential interest in owning this TV.


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A winner over hurdles this year, Hi Dancer went close over 2m here recently and could figure once again. However, SRIMENANTI is less exposed and having posted her best effort so far when second in testing ground at Hamilton last month, Brian Rothwell's filly looks set to open her account. Cadgers Brig can be given a chance on his third over today's trip at Redcar in August and Maslak has claims on the best of his form. Shirls Son Sam has shown a bit more of late and could also be thereabouts along with Drawback.
Maslak (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, hard ridden to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 13, 6l behind Miss Ferney (8-9) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sep.
Stormy Morning 8-1 (9-8) Mid-division, lost place over 4f out, kept on again final 2f, went modest 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 8l behind Marcus Antonius (10-0) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Sep.
Dubara Reef (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Led 3f, remained prominent, under pressure halfway, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 13, 13l behind Miss Ferney (8-9) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sep.
Short Supply (USA) 12-1 (9-6) Led, headed 10f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 12th of 16, 21l behind Puy D'Arnac (9-9) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Sep.
Kingaroo (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Led, headed 6f out, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 7l behind Maybe I Wont (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f app hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Hi Dancer 11-1 (9-3) Always prominent, led over 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, headed post, 2nd of 12, hd behind Strikemaster (9-3) at Catterick 2m hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Drawback (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Close 5th in chasing group, stayed on final 2f, went 3rd over 1f out, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Maydream (8-6) at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Aug.
Srimenanti 22-1 (8-7) Led 2f, tracked leader, led over 2f out, hung right inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Damascus Symphony (8-9) at Hamilton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Sep.
Friday Night Lad (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) In touch, lost place halfway, soon beaten, last of 11, 19l behind No Quarter (9-2) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sep.
Cadgers Brig 9-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 10f out, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon no chance with winner, weakened to 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Castlemorris King (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Hurricane Thomas (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 15, 2l behind Dean Iarracht (10-3) at Beverley 1m 2f am hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Sep.
Hammer 33-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 14, 24l behind Master Of Song (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) fbs.
Vittachi 50-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 16l behind The Oil Magnate (9-13) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Sep.
Follow The Sun (IRE) 40-1 (8-0) In rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 16, 12l behind Soprano (8-11) at Thirsk 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gs in Aug.
Shirls Son Sam 8-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway halfway, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, 4l behind Ad Value (8-7) at Catterick 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sep.


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This is my first attempt at an article. I was originally going to write about Matt Hardy and the balls he had for what he did, but I'm pretty sure I'd have been beaten to it. So instead, I will talk of an injustice that has been bothering me for quite sometime. I'm no English major, but you should be able understand the point I'm trying to get across.
I'd like to know what WWE's problem with Chris Irvine (or Jericho) is. If there is no grudge against this man then it is clear Y2J is being ignored. The man has got great charisma and has great in ring skills.
Back in 2001 Y2J was a face. He feuded with the likes of Chris Benoit, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Through it all he was screwed many times over. But to make up for all the screw jobs he always had a way of verbally defeating his opponent i.e. "Look how big our little girl has grown" showing before and after pictures of Stephanie McMahon, making reference to the weight she put on over time. Whenever Jericho was there, he made people laugh.
Around the end of 2001, Jericho started feuding with the Rock, leading to Jericho's reign as WWE undisputed champion. On December 9th (I think) Y2J beat two of the biggest babyfaces I've ever known on the same night to become the very first Undisputed Champion. Jericho was more cocky now, pleased with himself for finally making all those who doubted his chances at the belt finally shut up. Jericho was the same funny guy he was before, only he was a heel. He would do stuff like sit down next to JR and Jerry Lawler while The Rock was in the middle of a match and taunt him from the announce table. Jericho was great. Some people even liked him better bad. So what is it that's bugging me"
When Jericho was a heel, WWE wasted no time in making him look like evil court jester. Occasionally a face comes down to the ring and says or does something to embarrass the heel. That happened to Jericho a lot. At first I thought "ok he is a heel and that's his job: to be hated and be made to look bad. If I don't like it, all I can do is wait for him to turn good again." WWE took their time doing it but they turned him into a face again. I knew immediately the Jericho I knew and loved in 2001 would return with that quick-witted silver tongue of his. And it did... for a while. They tried to have Trish Stratus fill in the void for Stephanie McMahon as the labelled ho.
But what about the rest of his face turn" After Jericho put Christian on the shelf in a caged match, things started going downhill for him. Even though he was a face again he was still made to look weak. There was one incident where Batista knocked Y2J out cold with a clothesline leaving Edge alone in a tag team match. One week later there was a rematch and Jericho made up for costing them the match the week before, by pinning Batista. Why" Why have Y2J get knocked out senseless WITH ONE CLOTHESLINE in the first place" A couple of weeks later there was the Battle Royal to determine who would face Benoit at SummerSlam for the title. In the match Edge and Y2J worked as a team. Then what happens" Y2J turns his back on Edge and slaps him out of the ring. I understand that Edge was beginning to turn bad, but why have JERICHO doing something very heel-like after starting his face turn" Edge confronts Jericho next week on the Highlight Reel and says, "I haven't seen you dumped of like that since Trish Stratus". And what do the writers give Jericho to say" "You're entrance music poses the question 'you think you know me"' Well I know you as the assclown that's going to lose the IC title to Chris Jericho" What happened to the honorable rhetoric snappy babyface Chris Jericho"
Could it have been that the writers were ignoring him" Maybe. He didn't get one title shot as face (and the elimination chamber match doesn't count. He never really had a chance) I didn't expect him to become the champ again but I did expect there would be AT LEAST ONE MATCH. He did win the IC belt, but he didn't even get to retain it in ONE DECENT MATCH (and I am considering his match with HBK mind you) Thus Jericho was going through a rut which eventually led to a heel turn. Jericho eventually got his quick wit back (fortunately).
Now Cena is on RAW calling Jericho cheap. WWE didn't seem to have any problems making him look BAD. Can Jericho really be described as "cheap"" Or does that fit a better description of the way he's been used"
My first article. Like it" Hate it" Let me know.
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13405 Jumper by Dale Design
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13405 Jumper
The dress comes in two lengths: short and long.
Sizes range from 1 to 6 years old.
Yarn suggested: Dalegarn Svale.
Option 1: natural (020), chinese red (4019), and sage (9451);
Option 2: natural (020), fuchsia (4417), and lime (9425).


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Violet Baby Afghan by Fleisher
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Violet Baby Afghan
This pattern is available for free.
Originally published in Fleisher's Knitting and Crocheting Manual, 1918.
Includes pattern for baby set: matching jacket, bonnet, bootees, mittens, hot water bottle cover, and nursing bottle cover.
Yarn Info
- 5 balls blue
- 4 balls white
Needle Info
1 pr of No. 5 amber needles
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- Reliability & Durability: 7
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In terms of sound quality, it's not bad. For the price it's quite a good piece of kit. Using ASIO drivers and if your PC is a decent spec you can get latency's as low as 2.9ms. The recording sound quality on the instrument input is very good. The XLR input is exceptionally good. I've used it for both mic'ing my amp and recording vocals. Their is a light on the front which shows you if you are hitting the optimum level of signal and one to tell you if you are clipping with your input signal. I use it with Sonar 7 and normally use either Guitar Rig 3 are Amplitube 2 as my guitar plug ins.
Overall Impression — 7
My overall impression of the M-Audio Fast Track is that it's a good piece of kit for someone who wants to record on a budget and get professional results. It's very well made and is a professional sounding device. The only downside to it is that lacks a vast amount if inputs as it only has 1 XLR input and 1 instrument input. Other than that it's all good.
Reliability & Durability — 7
Its made of plastic but seems as if it can take a bit of a beating. I wouldn't have said you could use it for gigging (as in using it as your input into guitar rig to send to a PA). So far the only problem I have had with it is upgrading to XP SP3 as the current drivers don't support it. However M-Audio have told me that they will be updating the drivers soon.
Ease of Use — 6
When I first got this I was extremely excited to have something that was made specifically for recording guitar. For the price you get the unit which has a master volume control, a mix level control so you can hear what is being played back as well as the thing you are recording and a gain control for the XLR input, a nice manual for basic operation, USB lead to attach it to the computer, GT Express software (stompbox effects program) and Ableton Live 6 recording software. It's very easy to setup. I installed all the bundled software off the disk as well as installing the drivers off the CD. All that was left to do was plug the unit in via USB. You don't need a power adapter for it as it runs off the BUS power of your USB port. This makes it idea for someone Who wants a mobile recording station. I plugged my guitar into the guitar input and made sure it was set to instrument rather than line in. I tried the bundled software but found it to be a complete waste of time. GT player express, while being free is not a great program and it doesn't sound very good at all. I prefer the sound of guitar rig 3 to this. As for the recording software, as it's a Live version it means it's not the full version therefore it's very limited. Because of this I use it with Sonar 7.


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Police officers will give out crime prevention advice to householders in Woodside Park.
The Totteridge Safer Neighbour Police Team will be on hand to answer questions about the area tomorrow (Saturday, July 19) between 5.30pm and 6pm.
Anyone is welcome to attend the event in Holden Road, at the junction of Tillingham Way.


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Verizon Wireless has set itself an ambitious goal: to transform the in-store experience across its entire fleet of 1,700 company-owned stores.
In November, the company unveiled its "destination store" format, in Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn. More than about selling phones and other devices, the 9,000-sq.-ft. store is designed to help customers experience a more robust mobile life.
Increasingly, commercial heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and other building management systems in retail stores are connected to the Internet. And as recent events have shown, such systems (often called "smart systems") also raise big security implications.


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BBQ Recipe for a Crowd: Loaded Tater Tots
When I'm creating a menu for a large crowd, I always like to throw in a definite crowd pleaser — a dish that everyone will love, no matter what. And these BBQ Chicken Loaded Tater Tots are just that!
When I'm creating a menu for a large crowd, I always like to throw in a definite crowd pleaser — a dish that everyone will love, no matter what. And these BBQ Chicken Loaded Tater Tots are just that!
The dish consists of crispy tater tots, topped with melted cheddar cheese, shredded BBQ chicken, bacon, and chopped tomato, and it's all finished off with a large drizzle of BBQ sauce. Make this dish at your next party, and I promise you, everyone will be asking for more!
1 large chicken breast
8 pieces of bacon, pan fried and chopped into small pieces
1 32-ounce bag of tater tots
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 tomato, chopped
BBQ sauce, for chicken and topping
Start by smothering the uncooked chicken breast in BBQ sauce and grilling it until juicy and cooked throughout. (If you want to take the easier approach, you can use store-bought rotisserie chicken, shred it, a and rub it with BBQ sauce afterwards.)
While the chicken is cooking, place the bacon in a frying pan and cook until it's nice and crispy. Once it's done cooking, place the bacon on a plate lined with paper towels. Let it cool slightly, then chop the bacon into small bite-size pieces. Set aside until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and place the tater tots in a 9x9 baking dish. Bake the tater tots until they are golden brown and crispy, about 30 minutes. (Time will vary depending on your oven and the brand of tater tots.) Meanwhile, shred your cooked chicken breast.
Once the tater tots are done cooking, remove from the oven and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Place the baking dish back in the oven and allow the cheese to melt. Once the cheese has melted, place the shredded BBQ chicken and chopped bacon on top of the tater tots and cheese and put the dish back in the oven to quickly heat up the meats.
Once heated, remove the dish from the oven and sprinkle with the chopped tomato. Then, drizzle the extra BBQ sauce on top of the whole dish. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Note: These can be made 24 hours ahead of time and heated right before serving. Just place completely assembled dish in a 365-degree oven for 20 minutes. Leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator 2 days afterwards.
About 5-7 people (makes one 9x9 baking dish of loaded tots)


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Definition of adumbrate
transitive verb
1 : to foreshadow vaguely : intimate the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution
2 : to suggest, disclose, or outline partially adumbrate a plan
3 : overshadow, obscure bubbling optimism, not at all adumbrated by difficulties
adumbrationplay \ˌa-(ˌ)dəm-ˈbrā-shən\ noun
adumbrativeplay \a-ˈdəm-brə-tiv\ adjective
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the strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850s adumbrated the civil war that would follow
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You aren't likely to find "adumbrate" in children's stories or on the sports pages. That's not because this shady word is somehow off-color, but rather because it tends to show up most often in academic or political writing. In fact, some usage commentators find it too hard for "ordinary" use (although they are hard-pressed to define "ordinary"). Art and literary critics have long found it useful, and it's a definite candidate for those oft-published "lists of words you should know" (especially for vocabulary tests). You might remember "adumbrate" better if you know that it developed from the Latin verb adumbrare, which in turn comes from "umbra," the Latin word for "shadow." To "adumbrate," then, is to offer a shadowy view of something.
Origin and Etymology of adumbrate
Latin adumbratus, past participle of adumbrare, from ad- + umbra shadow — more at umbrage
First Known Use: 1537See Words from the same year
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It is an outrage that the original inhabitants of this area are living in such deplorable conditions ... Full story »
Somehow a tribal casino became the proverbial straw ... Full story »
If the referendum passes – and the state signs off on the plan – Warm Springs would be among the first tribes in the country to enter the commercial cannabis market. Full story »
Christopher Taylor Arthur, 20, was one of two men who used hydrogen peroxide to clean up the gore of a murder on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Full story »


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Alligators breed once a year. Courtship begins in early spring and reaches a peak during May. Males bellow in choruses or chain reactions to advertise their prowess and attract potential mates, but females make the final choice.
During courtship, male alligators can be very aggressive toward other males or toward humans. Mated pairs are frequently seen swimming or sunning together by mid-May; the male is the larger of the two. By the end of June, the pair separates and the female assumes her exclusive duties of nest building and guarding.
The female alligator stays close to guard the eggs from raiding raccoons, skunks and opossums. After the eggs hatch in late summer, the pod of baby alligators will stay together through their first winter and often through their second winter as well. The mother alligator stays close to her pod of babies, protecting them from male alligators, herons and humans.
Baby alligators must feed themselves. They eat minnows crayfish, snails, insects and tadpoles. They grow 9 to 10 inches each year for the first five years. As they mature, their diet expands to include fish, turtles, snakes, frogs, waterfowl, wading birds, raccoons, carrion and just about anything they can catch. By six years of age, they are mature and ready to breed.
WARNING: A female alligator will protect her family. Never approach a pile of rotting grass. Never approach a pod of baby alligators.


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Ladylike Katy Perry for Vanity Fair: "
In Paris, 26-year-old entertainer Katy Perry striked pretty poses for famed photographer Annie Leibovitz which can now be seen in Vanity Fair's June 2011 issue. While looking elegant and full of grace, she openly answers questions about her career, her marriage to actor Russell Brand and their very different religious viewpoints. For the complete interview, hop on over to Vanity Fair's website.
Here's a sample:
"I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music." But despite her immense fame, Perry never forgets what it took to get to where she is. "I don't take anything for granted," she says. "There are 500 other girls right behind me. And I know that, because I was one of them. I remember what it's like to be someone who's always trying to get there—sending out tons of e-mails … trying to connect with some person who could connect me with some other person. And I wouldn't be working at this pace now if I didn't truly know that fame is fleeting."
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Author | Kalyan Kar | Thursday, May 19,2005 7:06 AM
The timing could not have been better, what with Mumbai turning into a media battleground with the impending entry of DNA and Hindustan Times. AdEx India, a division of TAM Media Research, has just come out with the first ever Newspaper Revenue Track (NRT), based on a comprehensive study of the various revenue models of newspapers. NRT-1 is the first of the quarterly study for the period July-September 2004.
NRT is being positioned as a major reference point for newspapers, publishing houses, marketing consultants, media analysts, financial experts and even foreign direct investors. NRT allows the user to analyze information sets about newspapers that have never been accessible and covers 400+ newspaper editions.
For NRT, Press AdEx will also track and analyze 'unmonitored' revenue sources like newspaper revenues by markets, zones, publications and editions including display advertising, tenders/notices, appointments and classifieds. It also picks up a host of other vital information sets about key newspapers across all their editions like advertising to editorial ratio, cover prices and changes within those, and estimates of newsprint consumption by state/language/zone and so on.
Said Atul Phadnis, VP, TAM Media Research, "For the past 35 years, AdEx India has successfully monitored and estimated ad revenue trends for newspapers. While we will continue doing this, we felt a growing need to monitor the local forms of print advertising like classifieds, appointments, tenders and notices, an area not ventured into by anyone before. NRT not only bridges our gap in understanding this area but also brings into focus different revenue trends that emerge across markets more due to the sheer genius of business practices. In fact, AdEx India has even gone a step forward to calculate the subscription revenues for newspapers, thus completing the full picture."
Uday Rao, Director, AdEx Operations (Baroda), said, "It is a huge achievement of the AdEx India team. The newspaper industry has already touched a staggering gross revenue of Rs 88.6 billion. There was a growing need to capture the revenue trends and estimates for the 'unmonitored part' of revenue streams. To provide a feel of the magnitude, you would find 2,500 tables within the report. For the industry, it's just another way of helping them take effective media decisions."
AdEx India monitors advertising on Terrestrial TV stations, Cable & Satellite TV channels, Newspapers and Magazines and the latest addition, Radio, through Radio AdEx. TAM Media Research is a 50:50 JV between Nielsen Media Research and IMRB International.
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The teachers in my district are getting ready to teach measurement. Here are a few ideas for teaching area.
I had my class draw shapes on pieces of manilla paper. Then they found the area of their shape using color tiles.
We mixed up a batch of brownies. Then we poured the mix into the baking dish and talked about how the mix covered the entire area of the dish. After we baked the brownies, we cut them into squares and found the area of the pan based on the number of brownies it held.
Brooke, from Primary Perspective, just made a post about using Cheez-its to find area. Students can use regular cheddar and white cheddar Cheez-its to make an area pattern. Try out the new Big Cheez-its! They are lots of fun! Brooke also suggests using Fruit by the Foot and Pixie Stix for measuring. Check out Brooke's post at The Big Cheese and Delicious Dominoes.
The girls at Lesson Plan SOS have a great lesson on area. Its called Tile Time: Area and Perimeter in a Fun Interactive Way. Students are challenged to use color tiles to create a new tile pattern for their classroom. It's a simple, interactive, and fun area lesson! It includes instructions, voting cards, and picture examples...all for just $1.99!!
Another idea is to compare the area of the beds of the three bears. Make large bed shapes out of bulletin board paper. Then have students compare the area of the beds and discuss why the area was more or less, etc.
For a few other ideas, take a look at kindergartenlessons.com.
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A woman had to spend Saturday night on Mount Timpanogos after she became stranded while hiking.
A Utah County Sheriff's dispatcher said the woman became stuck on the mountain Saturday. Search and rescue crews deployed to her position, but efforts to bring her down were called off due to darkness. The dispatcher said at about 11 p.m. that crews were in contact with the woman and the rescue effort would resume Sunday morning.
The search comes at the end of a busy day for rescue crews along the Wasatch Front. In Salt Lake County, Unified Police crews helped three people off two different mountains Saturday. And in Davis County, sheriff's personnel rescued a 52-year-old man near Fernwood Park.


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NEW retail and restaurant space could be created after plans to transform the former headquarters of Kidderminster carpet firm Brintons were submitted.
The application, submitted to Wyre Forest District Council by Exchange Street Properties, focuses on plan to make the former Brintons Carpet offices a prime leisure destination, which will include restoring the Grade II listed building.
The 42,000 sq ft development will create about 20,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant space, with a primary frontage to Riverside Walk, including a separate building with a frontage to Exchange Street and what will be a new public square outside Kidderminster Town Hall, leaving room on the upper floors for further development.
The site is owned by developer Max Goucher, who recently bought the former Brintons headquarters. He said: "I grew up in Kidderminster and the Brintons name is synonymous with the area. When I heard the site was for sale I immediately felt an affiliation for the location and to bring this historical, un-used building to life again."
Mr Goucher was a joint venture partner of the Weavers Wharf scheme in the town centre.
Conservative councillor John Campion, cabinet member for planning and economic regeneration, said: "The district council has exciting plans to transform the public realm in Kidderminster during the course of the next year that will see improved spaces from Exchange Street through to the Bull Ring and High Street and we welcome proposals that will bring that vision to life."
Independent councillor Helen Dyke, Wyre Forest member champion for town centres, added: "I am very pleased to see any proposals come forward that will add to the vitality of the town centre, including those that improve our leisure offer that will attract further visitors to the town."
It is hoped the application will be determined later this summer. If planning permission is granted, work could start on site later this year or early next year.


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Drawings can document school environments and support educational change, report researchers in a recent issue of the Harvard Educational Review. For a decade, Walt Haney, Michael Russell and Damian Bebell, Boston College, have used students' drawings to document educational phenomena. These researchers relate examples of how drawings have been used by schools to inform and change education and learning. They present evidence of their reliability and validity.
Drawings are a good way to know what children think and feel, write Haney and fellow researchers. Having students draw is an alternative method of documenting how children experience school. If educators give carefully constructed prompts, surprising aspects of school and classroom activity and student learning can be revealed in students' drawings.
Examples of prompts include: Think about the teachers and the kinds of things you do in your classrooms. Draw a picture of one of your teachers working in his or her classroom. Draw a picture of yourself taking the MCAS (standardized test). Think about work and activities you do in math class. Draw a picture of yourself learning math. Draw a picture of what a camera sees when you are reading.
Drawings can support change
Haney et al. believe that drawings can provide a valuable catalyst to document, change and improve what goes on in schools. Their work with drawings grew out of collaborative efforts with schools to evaluate their own reform efforts.
In the 1990s, two school systems (Corpus Christi, Texas, and San Diego, California) conducted student reflection surveys in all their middle schools. These surveys included a student drawing exercise. Haney et al. found they could reliably analyze the feature s appearing in students' drawings and use these analyses to document changes in schools over time. Drawings reflected the changes educators were carrying out in their schools.
The students' drawings also proved to be a powerful vehicle for teachers to learn from students' perspectives. They helped teachers reflect on and think about changing their classroom practice. Drawings were used, for example, to identify the feelings of learning-disabled students as schools worked toward full inclusion.
These researchers have collected a range of reliability and validity evidence that shows drawings can be used in a variety of ways to document real and important aspects of classroom environments and student activity. Their research indicates that the systematic coding of drawings can validly and reliably document change in the organization of classrooms.
Haney et al. are particularly impressed by the power of drawings to engage teachers and provoke reflection and change. They report that other studies have revealed that drawings can be used effectively with beginning teachers and for promoting reflective practice. They believe that drawings provide a rich opportunity to document students' perspectives and to transcend assumptions regarding what goes on in our classrooms.
These researchers caution that drawings should be used in combination with other methods of study. They also recommend asking students questions about their drawings, when possible, to better interpret what they have drawn. A short description of their drawing is helpful in interpretation.
"Drawing on Education: Using Drawings to Document Schooling and Support Change", Harvard Educational Review, Volume 74, Number 3, Fall 2004, pp. 241-272.
Published in ERN March 2005 Volume 18 Number 3