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TONY Smith revealed Wolves achieved a goal today by 'nilling' Doncaster.
And he felt his men had to work hard to achieve it against a side performing well at Championship level.
"It was a pretty committed performance. We could easily have dropped off our cause at some stage but we didn't," said Wolves' head of coaching and rugby.
"I think that was evident with the nil scoreline and the times that Doncaster got down on our scoreline.
"It's been a bit of an issue for us in the past. We put a lot of time and effort into taking care of our try line and we're trying to improve in that area by not conceding soft tries.
"We didn't concede any soft tries and that is despite Doncaster putting us under some pressure at times with things like offloading – especially just before half time.
"They had a five or 10-minute period where they had a lot of ball and had us under the pump on our own try line.
"We rose to that today as a bit of a challenge to keep them to a nil scoreline and to achieve that we're pretty pleased."
The 68 points scored was Wolves' best since the club record away Super League win against London Broncos in Gillingham last June.
Chris Bridge led the way with four of the 12 tries as well as 10 goals, while Kevin Penny marked his first appearance at The Halliwell Jones Stadium since 2009 with a spectacular hat-trick.
"Even more pleasing was the attack," said Smith.
"I thought there was some terrific tries scored, smart tries, electric tries in what was good entertaining rugby league.
"For those in attendance today I think they were highly entertained if they weren't in Doncaster colours.
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Dominique Roy chats RENT's 15th Canadian Anniversary
It's been 15 years since the original Canadian production of RENT took Toronto by storm, and some of the original cast members are returning for a one night only benefit concert to raise money for Fife House this coming Monday, October 29th. Chad Richardson, Cary Shields, Jenifer Aubrey, Gavin Hope and Dominique Roy will join cast members from Sheridan College's production of RENT to perform in a special concert honouring Jonathan Larson's work.
Throughout the week BWW will be speaking with members of the original cast about their experience with RENT and what the show meant to them. Today we're speaking with Dominique Roy, who has a long history with the production. She began as a swing in the Canadian company and eventually played the role of Mimi on Broadway. Dominique talks to us about how the show shaped her as a person, and how important the show's message of love is to her:
Congratulations on celebrating 15 years since the Canadian company of RENT! What is the number one thing that still resonates with you about your RENT experience?
The message of the show! Love is everything…
Do you still stay in touch with a lot of your former cast members?
I do! I even poke them regularly on Facebook just to catch up!
What was the biggest thing that RENT taught you?
It helped shape me as a performer and turned me into a great singer. I feel like my time in RENT really helped me find my voice.
Have you continued to go and see the show in various incarnations or do you find it hard to watch?
I saw the Broadway RENT Tour a few years ago and it was lovely to see people I knew on stage, still sharing Jonathan Larson's beautiful music and message.
When performing in a benefit like this with younger people who are just beginning their RENT journey, what piece of advice would you give them that you would also go back and give yourself?
Just to pour your heart and soul into the material and always do your best to honour it and portray this wonderful message.
Did being in RENT change your outlook on life, love and loss at all? Do you try and live Jonathan's message in your day to day life?
It absolutely did! The themes of the show still resonate with me and they always will because these are topics which are present in our daily human lives and struggles. Love really is everything – and that is a message I always want to keep near and dear to my heart.
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Who doesn't love pizza? It's a great unifying factor. You could mend broken diplomatic relationships with a good pie. Trust us.
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. - Michigan recorded a 9 percent drop in car-deer crashes in 2012. However, it still happened to nearly 49,000 drivers across the state, and in no other place more than Oakland County.
There were 1,683 car-deer crashes in Oakland County last year. Bob Lorenz, of Howell, was on a motorcycle on US Highway 27 when he slowed for a herd of deer in the median.
"But then a buck decided to make a right turn. Hit the side of my bike, ejected both my wife and I from the bike," he said.
Sheriff Michael Bouchard says the deer in southeast Michigan face little hunting pressure.
"They proliferate. There's not really a predator to them and as a result their numbers continue to grow and when they grow they begin to travel," said Bouchard.
They especially travel during the mating season in late October and early November.
"If you see one, begin your braking process. Don't swerve because it's much better for you and the safety of everyone involved to stay in your lane," the Sheriff said.
Michigan's Deer Crash Coalition says the average vehicle damage is $2,100.
"I think a lot of people think that when you have a deer crash it's just the car that gets hurt. But we found that last year there were eight deaths resulting from these types of accidents and 1,300 injuries," said Lori Conarton, of the coalition.
Lorenz was seriously injured in his 2001 crash. He's glad he was wearing a helmet.
"I suffered a lower right leg and ankle fracture. And then tore out my right rotator cuff," he said.
Car-deer crashes are most likely to happen between dawn and dusk. Experts say remember that if you see one deer on or near the road others are probably nearby.
As the Sheriff points out, it's far better to hit the deer than to swerve into a tree or another car.
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Pretty cardigan with a leafy lace edging. Start with the leaf border then pick up stitches and knit the body in one piece to the armhole, the front leafy borders are knitted along with the body. At armholes divide and knit fronts and back separately. 3/4 length sleeves with leafy border.


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This is a recipe my mother made and passed down to me. I have passed it down to my daughters. It is a traditional holiday punch for Christmas parties. Enjoy! You stud the oranges with the whole cloves -- you can make decorative designs, if you want.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 gallon cider
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 oranges
- whole cloves (for studding oranges)
- 3 cups brandy (more or less)
Directions See How It's Made
- Stud the oranges with the whole cloves and bake in a 300 degree oven for 30 minutes.
- On top of the stove, heat the cider and cinnamon sticks until almost boiling.
- Pour the hot cider into a large punch bowl. Add the studded oranges. Add the brandy to taste -- the more the merrier!
- To replenish wassail, just add more heated cider and more brandy. The longer the oranges sit in the punch, the more orange flavor there is to it.


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HELIO CASTRONEVES, NO. 3 PENNZOIL ULTRA PLATINUM TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 2ND: TELL US ABOUT THE END THERE: "With all the emotions flowing, I want to say something, but say the right thing. Finishing second doesnât take away from the performance that we had. I wanted to give this to Roger so bad and I was pushing extremely hard and it was a great fight. I tell you guys what, it was great for TV and I was having a great time, and unfortunately second is good, but it sucks."
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND NOT GET IT? "So close but so far. The boys did a great job. Shell-Pennzoil, AAA, Verizon - just everybody. We had outstanding pit stops and everything was working well, just the good news is that second sucks but its good points. So hopefully it wasnât that bad of a deal. I think I feel like Marco in 2006. He lost in the last straightaway and I lost in the last lap. Congrats to Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti Autosport. They did a great job and I am so upset that I didnât get the 16th win for Roger."
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, NO. 2 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 5TH: "Unfortunately I made a mistake on one of the pit stops when I was resetting the fuel. I pressed the wrong button. We got a penalty for that but we came back. I was proud of the way we fought. I donât think we had anything for the (Ryan) Hunter-Reay or Helio (Castroneves). But I was happy with the Verizon Chevy and it was good to be back in Indy. It was cool to watch them swap the lead back and forth of the final laps. I had a good seat for it. I just wish we were in the middle of it, but we just had too much understeer at the end."
SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS, NO. 11 HYDROXYCUT/MISTIC E-CIGS - KVSH RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 7TH: "Not a great day, but a good day. I am really happy for the Hydroxycut/Mistic E-Cigs crew. We struggled a bit with the car the whole month, but we stuck with it and got the best out of it today. We didnât start in the front so it was a challenge to get there. Overall it was a strong performance, a good result and we got double points. Now we move on to Detroit."
SAGE KARAM, NO. 22 COMFORT REVOLUTION/BRANTLEY GILBERT DREYER & REINBOLD KINGDOM RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 9TH: Hats off to my team. They did an awesome job. The Dreyer & Reinbold Kingdom boys gave me an awesome car. It was stable all day and I was able to come from the back and get a top 10 - I will take it! 150 laps straight of green-flag racing takes a toll on you. My foot even hurts from the vibrations of keeping it flat for so long. Now I know why they say this is the hardest race to win in the world. We were looking good, we were running in eighth when a yellow flag came out right when I pitted. We ended up going a lap down and had to get the wave around and go to the back of the filed. It messed up our strategy, if we were out for another lap or so I belie we could have been in the top five. They team did awesome. I had so much fun out there. I am so grateful and blessed to have just run in the Indy 500."
JR HILDEBRAND, NO. 21 PREFERRED FREEZER ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 10TH: "Any day that you are not sitting in victory lane and drinking the milk, itâs a disappointment. For us, the Preferred Freezer Service Chevy team, itâs frustrating because we had a really good car. We had an issue with a tire that got us out of the pit sequence. The car got bad with the tire issue. I had to pit or I was going to crash. But the car was fast. We passed a ton of guys today including in the end. It was nice earlier when we jumped from ninth to third and I was running with Ed. Iâm happy for Ryan (Hunter-Reay) and itâs a bummer for Ed. We had really good cars today. It was fun to drive the ECR car. In those first few stints, the car was just a pleasure to drive. Iâm happy the car is in one piece and I think we showed we had some speed today. We had the pace of the leaders and I ran with all of the those guys at one time today. As the track got hotter, the other guys were sliding around so much. So I felt without that early pit stop, we would have been right there too. We got caught out a little by the late yellow flag. I had to come back and pass a lot of cars. To run up front, you need a great equipment and level head on your shoulders. Frankly, Iâm disappointed with tenth. We had a stronger car. It was fun to race with the ECR guys. I would love to get into a full-time deal with this team. This team is very good."
"15th place is very welcomed after a very long day out there. I am very proud of my KV AFS Racing boys because they never gave up. We didnât have the best car, but we kept fighting and even with a broken wing at the end we still never gave up. We were able to pick up some great points today, which will help us towards the championship. We will come back stronger next year but from where we started in 32nd, survive and finish 15th was a huge accomplishment."
TOWNSEND BELL, NO. 6 ROBERT GRAHAM - KV RACING TECHNOLOGY CHEVROLET, FINISHED 25TH - CONTACT: "I got hit in that three-wide on the restart in the left rear and earlier in the race with (Tony) Kanaan when I was inside of him and he was squeezing me, I clipped the wall with the left rear. It just knocked it too much out of toe. It was loose all race and then in the end, I was just trying to go for it to see if we could get to the front. You don't get those chances very often, but unfortunately the left rear just took too much pounding during the day to make it work and it got away from me. I hate to end that way. That was a pretty good hit. I'll be pretty sore."
ON THE THREE-WIDE RESTART WITH CARPENTER AND HINCHCLIFFE THAT DAMAGED HIS CAR "I thought I was side-by-side with just Ed (Carpenter) in turn one. I didn't realize someone else, I think it was Hinch maybe, had forced three-wide, which is pretty optimistic. I haven't seen a replay but I would guess Ed didn't have anywhere to go. I was giving him room for one car, I didn't know there was a third one that had ducked in. Nonetheless, I thought we would just hang on there in the top five. We didn't really have anything to charge to the front, given the way the toe was knocked out."
"It just sucks. Should be out there racing with those guys."
"Itâs tough really. Our day was pretty much over before it started with the issues we had on pit lane. When you go that many laps down you simply cannot recover. I always say this place chooses the winner and unfortunately today she didnât chose us."
ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZYâS ULTRA PREMIUM VODKA ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 27TH - CONTACT: "Hinch (James Hinchcliffe) tried to make three wide in turn one with 25 laps to go. Not a smart move. It wrecked both of our races. I told him if he didnât have a concussion last week that I would have punched in the face. It wasnât a green-white-checkered situation. Of all of the guys out there, I wouldnât have thought it would be Hinch. I am pretty good friends with him and those guys at Andretti. I think he just didnât use his head right then.
SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 29TH - CONTACT: "I just lost it. All of a sudden the car just started sliding and that was it. Iâm just bummed for Chip and all the of the people that work so hard at Team Target. It just wasnât our day today."
BUDDY LAZIER, NO. 91 WYNN INSTITUTE FOR VISION RESEARCH CHEVROLET, FINISHED 32ND - MECHANICAL: "The Wynn Vision Research car was really good. We had to make some adjustments like everybody. It seemed like at the end of a run, when tires got worn out, the car came back to us. I was really strong at the end of runs. We were making just slight adjustments that were making the car very happy. On our first stop, I couldnât engage the clutch, which also made it tough coming through the gears coming in to the pit. It would stick in each gear. It was eventually the clutch line that put us out. What was really impressive though, back up to speed, the car was strong. We were really able to suck up to the pack ahead of us. So, it hurts that much more when you know the car had potential, and the Wynn Vision Research car had potential."
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SEX… wonderful, now that you're reading…This writer, while joyfully prancing in the blissful stupor of Kant's "The Critique of Pure Reason," and surreptitiously galumphing through the haunts of Pawling, came upon quite the epiphany.
Our actions reflect our passions.
Struck by this monumentous fluffy kitten of a thought, I staggered about the hallway, tripping over the enormous repercussions of this newly-found wrinkle in my world. What would happen if the people I knew… had passion?? Now, I know what you're thinking, cabrón, you arrogant piece of mierda, you are so darn condescending. (Yes, that may indeed be your initial reaction, and in some ways, yes, I am incredibly pretentious). But hark! Hear my voice as it sayeth this unceremonious solicitation for social stirring and stimulation.
I postulate, yes…oh yes, that we, this writer included, posess an incredible amount of information, knowledge and understanding (cough, cough) of the world. However, those which do not merely require a designated quantity of information and hard work, things that require passion and action, those things are not reflected in our day to day activities. Now, mira pendejo, (you might tell me with fuego) I play sports, I'm involved with SAM, Im the social chair with my sorority, I ride horses on the weekend. I drink beer, I am REALLY passionate about beer, and I'm in a relationship with Sierra Nevada IPA on Facebook dagnabit. I understand, many of us do indeed have passion and interests, and many of us act upon our interests, we are all very involved.
But I am not speaking of involvement.
My resume has been moaning and whining at me for a while now to be more involved, (I've had to threaten it a couple times with spelling errors and listing "juggling" in my skills section), and indeed, the wonderful thing about Georgetown is the massive amount of involvement we have, but involvement does not constitute passion; having passion without action is dead,(sound familiar?). They go hand in hand. They're like Barack and Michelle, Simon and Garfunkle, The Doctor and the Tardis, Harry and Ginny, President Crouch and… letting go qualified people who happen to disagree with him. They are intrinsically connected. But no.
We are too busy.
We are complacent.
We waste time.
Our passions have given way to our obligations. Mahatma Ghandi said "action expresses priorities," but can we admit to living that way?
"Now listen, clearly pretentious but oddly tantalizing and I'm sure very attractive opinion writer"(you are probably saying this very moment.)"I live out my passions… I'm learning to be able to live my passions… I'm not sure what my passions are… I'm in school to learn passion theory…I have three cases of beer in my room, I dont care…I'm using this paper as a hat…" I hear all your protests…
Here's why I'm telling you all this…
If everyone on this campus lived out their rooted passions as much as they could daily…our world, our school, our lives, would be better from it.
If those who had a passion for nature lived that out, gardens would appear, people would constantly be up in trees, rolling in grass would be common place. If people had a passion for soccer, they would be playing in the quad, getting others to play with them, cheering, running. If someone was passionate about the school, programs would spring up, people would be lining up to be a part of this place. If people had a passion for others, no one would be lonely…
I know we're busy, I know there are things to do. But I implore you, figure out what you're passionate about, and then do it. If you already do, awesome. If not, figure it out.


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Laminaria Rectangle Stole/Scarf by Elizabeth Freeman
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This is a rectangular adaptation of Laminaria from Knitty - Spring, 2008. This is still a rough draft. I put it together quickly beacuse I had a request for a rectangular version, but I haven't had a chance to test knit the charts. Once I clear a couple of other lace projects off the needles, I'll try it out, and get photos and better estimates of yardage, size, etc…
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What Can Happen If the US Government Siezes Private Bank Accounts From an Armed Popuation?
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America's March Toward Cyprus Status
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Whether it is the quality of our air and water, utility generation, or issues that relate to growth, dust and pollution, we must find a reasonable balance. We must protect our environment by encouraging free-market ideas and solutions, reserving government regulation only for the most desperate of situations.
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The district of Port de Grave was the focal point of two government funding announcements today totalling some $5.3 million for the area.
Minister for Municipal Affairs Dan Crummell and MHA Glenn Littlejohn were on hand to make the announcements in the district.
Some $1.4 million in capital works funding that will be used towards infrastructure upgrades.
The largest portion, $600,000, will be used for upgrades to Mint Cove Road and the intersection of the Conception Bay Highway and Perry's Hill in the Town of Spaniard's Bay. An additional $247,000 was allotted for sewage treatment system upgrades for the town.
Clarke's Beach will receive $422,000 for water and sewer upgrades to Wilsonville Avenue, and $136,000 will be used for St. Andrew's Lane and Meadow Road in Upper Island Cove.
The Town of Bay Roberts, the largest municipality in Conception Bay North, will see $3.9 million in cost-shared, multi-year funding.
Although details were not provided on specific projects that the money would go, funding was said to be going towards road improvements and water and sewer upgrades.


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Rio de Janeiro - After two forgettable experiences at previous World Cups, England talisman Wayne Rooney has vowed to enjoy himself at the 2014 tournament in Brazil regardless of the outcome.
Having injured himself ahead of his maiden tournament in Germany in 2006, the Manchester United striker was sent off for stamping on Portugal's Ricardo Carvalho as England went out on penalties in the quarter-finals.
In 2010 he went to South Africa on the back of the most prolific season of his career, but again failed to impress, snarling at a television camera after England's 0-0 group-stage draw with Algeria and drifting through the 4-1 humiliation by Germany in the last 16 like a ghost.
Four years on he remains without a World Cup goal to his name, but ahead of England's opening Group D match against Italy in Manaus on Saturday, the 28-year-old is determined to relish the experience.
"I've learnt to enjoy this one because I haven't enjoyed the last ones," Rooney told a group of journalists at England's seaside training base in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
"All of a sudden you're looking back and they've gone and I didn't enjoy it. This one, I'm going to enjoy it regardless of what happens. I'm going to make sure I take positive memories from this one."
Rooney cites the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, when he burst onto the international scene, as the last tournament where he felt relaxed enough to fully express himself.
In current colleagues such as 20-year-old Ross Barkley and 19-year-old Raheem Sterling, he sees glimpses of his own old fearlessness.
"That's the good thing about the younger lads in the squad: you can see that in them, in Ross and Raheem," said the stocky forward, who scored seven goals for England in qualifying.
"You can see that there's no fear with them. They'll be good players, big players for us."
Rooney's explosion as an 18-year-old at Euro 2004 sparked expectations that he would develop into one of the world's greatest players, but for all his achievements with United, he continues to face criticism.
His old club-mate Paul Scholes recently opined that Rooney may have already passed his peak and the former Everton striker seemed hurt that one of his idols had seen fit to question him in such a way.
"I'm sure he's upset a lot of people at Man United because they see me as worthy of signing a new deal at the club, so they obviously have got a different opinion to what Paul has," said Rooney, who branded the remarks "very strange".
"But you'll have to ask him. He's been a great player at Man United, but I've never had his phone number and he's never had mine.
"He's probably the best player I've ever played with, so I'm not going to knock him as a player, but I don't agree with his point."
Rooney was one of few United players to find form during a disastrous 2013-14 season and he feels that a pre-season pep talk with former manager David Moyes helped him rediscover some of his famous fire.
"He felt I had lost a bit of aggression out of my game - which I was asked to do, by the way. He said he wanted me to find that aggression back," Rooney said of Moyes, who was sacked by United in April.
"I thought about it a lot. It wasn't really me. Maybe there are times when you have to try and lift the crowd with a tackle - obviously not a stupid one, but a run back and tackle can lift the fans and even turn a game round."
While Rooney has never threatened to win the Ballon d'Or, he says that unlike his former United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, a two-time winner of the award, notions of legacy do not inspire him.
"I'm not a player who needs that," he said.
"Like Cristiano Ronaldo, he has to have that and you admire him for having that. You can see how he is. He wants his moments. It's more important for me to win trophies as a team."
Reminded that he won nothing with United last season, he replied with a smile: "No, so hopefully I can do that now."


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My brother's girlfriend would like to avoid a child custody court case and would like to have their child 3 days out of the week and he would have 4. With this agreement can she later ask for child support or can she state in the agreement that she reliquishes her right to child support?
Also the mother does not want to specify what school district the child will attend in the agreement, the child is 15 months but the father would like him to attend the school in his area?
Is it a better idea to go to court and seek primary joint custody?
Does this agreement need to go through a lawyer, mediator, or court?
You need to formalize this as soon as possible. "Understandings" lead to misunderstandings.
Hire an attorney, if you can afford one. If you can't afford one, see if Legal Aid can help you find one. If not, then you need to plow ahead and file a Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship (SAPCR). The county law library has the form you'd need to file the suit.
Where it gets messy is in the order that the court signs. You need for that order to be exactly right in terms of giving effect to what the parties want to do. This is why folks suggest you hire an attorney. 15%-20% of my practice involves cases where the parties did everything on their own, saved on legal fees, and now they are back in court, spending twice as much to fix things.
In answer to the child support question, prospectively waiving child support forever is hard to do in many courts. No one knows what the future brings and what the children's needs are going to be. Most of the courts I practicein would not sign such an order. Some would let it slip in, but counting on an inattentive judge is not a smart strategy.
Child support is ordered based on the relative resources of the parties and the needs of the children. If two people are splitting possession 50:50 and they each make about the same income, it doesn't make sense for one to pay support to the other, except to defray health insurance premiums, etc. But facts that deviate from that perfect balance will lead to different results.
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NEW YORK – The New York State Assembly has passed a resolution honoring a "comfort women" memorial erected last year, saying it "serves as a reminder of the crime against humanity committed" by the Imperial Japanese military.
The nonbinding measure, similar to one passed by the New York Senate in January, was adopted May 7, just days before the issue flared up again in Japan because of contentious remarks made by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.
The resolution says the Japanese government "officially commissioned" the system of putting "hundreds of thousands of young women from Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands and elsewhere" into sexual servitude from the 1930s through World War II.
The monument in Westbury's Eisenhower Park was established last June by the local Korean-American community, which the motion commends. Assemblyman Charles Lavine sponsored the resolution, which toned down a condemnation of Japan from an earlier draft.


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Quick Pizza Melts
Recipe by Brandess
Pizza toppings are baked inside flaky crescent layers, and then sliced into triangles perfect for dipping in pizza sauce or ranch dressing. Our favorite dip for these melts is ranch dressing with blue cheese crumbles.
Top Review by bmcnichol
I made two of these tonight for dinner. For both I used Pillsbury Thin Crust Pizza dough in the can. I also used thin sliced ham and pepporoni and I didn't measure the pizza sauce. I also used italian seasoning instead of oregano and just sprinkled it on along with the parm cheese. For the first one we used the amount of cheese called for in the ingredient list but we thought it was a bit much. I also greased the first pan and the bottom really burnt. The second one we cut back on the cheese and I didn't grease the pan and it was perfect. We really enjoyed these. You can really use whatever ingredients you want in these. We will make them again with the less cheese, not greasing the pan and with the other changes we made with adding the ham and italian seasoning.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1⁄4 cup pizza sauce
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package pepperoni, sliced
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 cup pizza sauce, if desired (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oven to 375°F Grease cookie sheet. On cookie sheet, unroll 1 can of dough into 1 large rectangle. With floured rolling pin or fingers, roll or press dough into 12x9-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
- Spread 1/4 cup pizza sauce over dough to within 1/4 inch of edges. Top with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
- On 14-inch length of parchment paper, unroll remaining can of dough. Press to make 12x9-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal. While holding paper with dough, turn dough upside down to cover cheese. Remove paper. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and oregano.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand on cooling rack 5 to 10 minutes. Move to cutting board. Using pizza cutter, cut into 16 squares. Cut each square in half diagonally. Serve with 1 cup pizza sauce.


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Sending a topless picture of herself to an unsuspecting fan, the '90210' star did not see that a view of her nipple was included.
AnnaLynne McCord did not realize that she exposed too much of her body on Twitter. The "90210" star accidentally sent a topless photo of herself to a fan via Twitter on Friday, January 6 but she did not crop it properly that a hint of her nipple was seen.
"This is for you @meganraee You rock!" McCord tweeted the picture, unknowing that too much of her chest area was laid out there for all people to see. The unsuspecting fan then warned her and the actress took down the photo before replacing it with the cropped version.
"I can't reply in a message since you don't follow me, but yes its gone!! I wasn't sure if you noticed it when you posted," the fan wrote. McCord took the mishap lightly and did not comment about it. Meanwhile, the original photo had spread around the web including the uncensored one.
Back in November, Dean McDermott accidentally tweeted a picture of his wife, Tori Spelling's naked breasts on the background.


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Eurozone governments: Are "the markets" refusing to lend to you? Turn to "the people" instead.
That is in essence what Belgium is proposing to do, with an appeal to retail investors (i.e. you) to buy the sovereign bonds it is struggling to sell to institutional investors (i.e. Goldman Sachs).
Yves Leterme, prime minister, plugged the bonds-for-the-people in the local press on Thursday, arguing they were a particularly good deal now that Belgium's institutional muddle has helped send yields to attractive levels.
For those who have not been following Belgian politics in the past 577 days, the country has been run by a caretaker administration since April 2010 while its political class tries to cobble together a new government. Read more


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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Rengan, Divya Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-11172006-113518 Title Mapping a Weak Hypercube on an Optical Slab Waveguide Degree Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.) Department Electrical & Computer Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title R. Vaidyanathan Committee Chair Ahmed A. El-Amawy Committee Member Jerry Trahan Committee Member Keywords
- Hypercube
- Slab Waveguide
- Standard Mapping
- Weak Communication
Date of Defense 2006-11-14 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe communication fabric of a parallel processing system is represented as a directed graph. In a weak topology a processor uses at most one incoming edge or one outgoing edge for communication at any given point in time. Currently, the data rate that can be supported on electronic interconnects is reaching its limits. Optical interconnects have been identified as one of the most promising approaches to the growing demands for today's systems.
The "medium bandwidth" of an optical waveguide is huge (order of petabits per second
for a 1mm2 cross-section optical slab). The challenge lies in utilizing as much of this medium bandwidth as possible. We address this problem by exploiting knowledge of the communication patterns. Key to our approach is a method to map communications to optical channels.
This thesis deals with the mapping of a d-dimensional weak hypercube on to an optical
slab waveguide. The weak topology helps reduce the cost of optical components used by
allowing component reuse across different channels. We present two mappings, the dense
and sparse mappings. The dense mapping for a d-dimensional weak hypercube packs all communication channels into a d X 2d array of optical channels and uses (d-2)2d+4 lasers and 2d detectors (or vice-versa). The sparse mapping uses a 2d-1X 2d channel array, but does not use all channels to map hypercube edges. We show that this mapping requires 2d lasers and 2d detectors. We also define a supergraph of the hypercube, called the extended hypercube, that maximally utilizes the empty channels in a sparse mapping. We establish that the extended hypercube is the largest supergraph of the hypercube that utilizes all available channels, without increasing the number of lasers and detectors used. The mappings defined for both these sparse cases are optimal. They use N lasers and N detectors, where N is the number of nodes in the topology.
We also derive lower bounds on the number of lasers and detectors needed for a "standard" mapping of a hypercube to an optical slab waveguide. We show that the costs of all the dense and sparse mappings proposed in this thesis match these lower bounds.
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Othmar H. "Oscar" Bromen, age 91, of Sauk Centre, died on Sunday, April 21, 2013 with his family at his side at the CentraCare Health Nursing Home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 26 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Todd Schneider officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and 1 hour prior to the funeral on Friday at the church. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m. followed by the United Veterans Prayer Service at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Othmar Henry Bromen was born March 21, 1922 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota to Nicholas and Rose (Dicks) Bromenshenkel. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He married Louise Zirbes on July 4, 1945. The couple moved to Oakland, CA until the end of the war. They then moved to Sauk Centre until 1954, to Moorhead until 1964, to Osseo from 1964 to 1970 and to Dubuque, IA in 1970. The couple moved back to Sauk Centre in 1986 where Oscar enjoyed retirement. He worked for the Sauk Centre Fairground Board and enjoyed bowling, fishing with his brothers and gardening. He was a member of the American Legion Post 67 and also did volunteer work at St. Paul's Catholic Church.
Survivors include children, Paul (Clara) Bromen of Waconia, Mary Kay Coalwell of Acworth, Georgia, Barbara Anton of Moorhead, Patricia (Wayne) Whittenbaugh of Dubuque, Iowa, Phillip (Bonnie) Bromen of Alexandria, Perry (Shawn) Bromen of Dubuque, Iowa, David (Margie) Bromen of Dawson, Nebraska, Cheryl (David) Lee of Reno, Nevada; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Berscheit of Sauk Centre and Marion (Bob) Pappenfus of Alexandria.
Oscar was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Louise Bromen on May 9, 2011; five brothers; and one sister.
Serving as casket bearers will be Paul Bromen, Phil Bromen, Perry Bromen, David Bromen, John Bromen and Aaron Coalwell. Cross bearer will be Rebecca Christiansen and scripture bearer will be Wayne Whittenbaugh.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.


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Editorial: New lunch rules are good for students
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District has had some challenges on its hands as it tries to adjust to new federal regulations on school lunches. The new rules put strict caps on the number of calories students can be served and regulate the grains, vegetables and proteins that can or must be on the menu.
It's all much stricter than it used to be, and while we can understand some of the frustration of having your creativity limited, we also see the benefits of the rules.
According to Rosemount Elementary School kitchen manager Shannon Morrison, the new rules have already resulted in more fruits and vegetables on students' trays. And while it's still a learning process, anything that helps encourage better eating habits is a good thing.
There are some other concerns. The new calorie caps imposed by the USDA are lower than the minimum formerly used by District 196. As a kitchen worker, it can be hard to send a student away with less food than they're used to when you know a school lunch might be the best meal they get that day. And while obesity is a concern nationally, District 196 food and nutrition services coordinator Wendy Knight said she does not see it as a significant problem locally. In other words, what the district was doing was already working.
District 196 deserves some credit for the efforts it has made in recent years to freshen up its lunch menus. Schools regularly bring in items from nearby sources. On Tuesday, a display in the RES cafeteria let students know which Minnesota cities produced various menu items.
That is a good start on the process of helping kids eat better. For all their challenges, we think these new rules are the next step on that road.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Eight South African police officers were charged with murder on Friday for the death of a taxi driver dragged by a police vehicle, a videotaped incident which became a worldwide symbol of police brutality in this country.
Earlier on Friday, friends and relatives of Mido Macia gathered around a simple wooden table in the poor township of Daveyton, to mourn the death the slender 27-year-old who died shortly after the dragging incident on Tuesday.
Late Friday, eight policemen from Daveyton were charged with murder, said Moses Dlamini of the police investigation unit.
South Africa's police chief Gen. Riah Phiyega said she shared `'the extreme shock and outrage" over the video evidence of abuse of Macia by police officers and said his rights were `'violated in the most extreme form."
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Beyond the Wall and the location of Whitetree
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Whitetree is a small free folk village beyond the Wall. Its name comes from the giant weirwood tree that is located in its midst.
The village of Whitetree is named on one of Castle Black's old maps. There are other villages south of Whitetree, at least three of them. To the north lies water, possibly a lake, and to the west some small hills.[1]
The village consists of four tumbledown one-room houses, which surround a sheepfold and a well. The houses are constructed of unmortared stone, and are roofed with sod. They have windows shuttered with pieces of hide, low doors, packed dirt floors, and a smoke hole in the roof.[1]
Above the village towers a very old, enormous weirwood tree. The trunk is nearly eight feet wide, the branches spreading so far that the entire village is shaded beneath their canopy. The carved face of the tree is a rather disturbing sight. The mouth is a jagged hollow, large enough to swallow a sheep. Inside the mouth, there are ashes, and bones of deceased wildlings. The wood inside the hollow of the tree is colored red with dried sap, and blackened by fire.[1]
Though there were still wildlings living in Whitetree in 298 AC, by 299 AC all the houses in Whitetree have been abandoned, which is discovered by the Night's Watch during the great ranging.[1]
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The Night's Watch comes to Whitetree during the great ranging, and find the village abandoned by its inhabitants, the sheepfold empty. The men are unnerved by the enormous size and disturbing appearance of the village's weirwood tree, and Jon Snow notes it is the biggest tree he has ever seen. Jon discovers burnt human bones in the hollow of the tree's mouth, and brings a skull to Lord Commander Jeor Mormont.
Several brothers of the Night's Watch are commanded to search through the houses, Jon Snow amongst them. Jon notes that except for the remaining ashes beneath the smoke hole, the houses show no sign of having been lived in for quite some time. All the furnishing is gone, and all that is left is dry straw bedding in a corner. Despite the vanished wildlings and their possessions, Whitetree shows no signs of having been attacked.
Jeor Mormont decides that the Night's Watch will not camp at Whitetree for the night, and will press on. Before they leave, he has Samwell Tarly send a raven back to Castle Black, notifying Maester Aemon of their location, and that Whitetree is the fourth village the Night's Watch has passed, all empty.[1]
|The wildlings burn their dead. We've always known that. Now I wished I'd asked them why, when there were still a few to around to ask. Would that bones could talk. This fellow could tell us much. How he died. Who burned him, and why. Where the wildlings have gone.[1]
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[Source: Iowa Department of Public Health, full page: (LINK).]
IDPH Cyclospora Outbreak Investigation Update
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to receive reports of confirmed cases of Cyclospora infection, but numbers are decreasing.
In addition, the onset dates of the illness suggest the ill people had eaten the contaminated food in mid-June. This is a very good indication the food which was the source of the outbreak has already been consumed or discarded, since fresh vegetables have a limited shelf life. At no time was an Iowa-grown fruit or vegetable suspected to be the cause of the outbreak.
IDPH encourages Iowans to make fruits and vegetables part of their daily diet. It is always a good idea to wash all fresh fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating.
"We know fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) has been implicated in previous Cyclospora outbreaks, and interviews with those who have been ill indicate vegetables were probably the source of this outbreak," said IDPH Medical Director, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk. "The illness onset dates, coupled with the shelf life of fresh produce, make it very likely the vegetable that was the source of the outbreak has already been eaten or thrown away, and will not cause anyone else to become ill."
IDPH continues to work with the CDC, other states, other Iowa state agencies and local public health agencies in the investigation of the Cyclospora outbreak to ensure there is no continuing exposure to contaminated food, and to try to understand how the food became contaminated in the first place.
As of today, 81 cases of Cyclospora infections have been reported to IDPH; almost all have been identified through testing at the State Hygienic Lab (SHL), including:
- Linn County - 31 cases
- Polk County - 5 cases
- Pottawattamie County - 5 cases
- Black Hawk County - 4 cases
- Fayette County - 3 cases
- O'Brien County - 3 cases
- Dallas County - 3 cases
- Buchanan County - 3 cases
- Webster County - 3 cases
- Boone County - 3 cases
- Mills County - 2 cases
- Des Moines County - 2 cases
- Dubuque County - 2 cases
- Benton County - 1 case
- Keokuk County - 1 case
- Monona County - 1 case
- Butler County - 1 case
- Winneshiek County - 1 case
- Johnson County - 1 case
- Montgomery County - 1 case
- Iowa County - 1 case
- Van Buren County - 1 case
- Story County - 1 case
- Cedar County - 1 case
- Woodbury County - 1 case
At least five people have been hospitalized. Many people report still being ill with diarrhea and some have had relapses. Specific treatment is available (but it is not typically used for more common diarrheal illnesses). Also, very specific laboratory testing (not commonly ordered) must be done to detect Cyclospora.
People become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite, which causes a watery diarrhea that lasts an average of 57 days if untreated. Symptoms of cyclosporiasis include:
- Watery diarrhea
- Fatigue (severe tiredness)
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Bloating
- Increased gas
- Stomach cramps
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Muscle aches
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EXCERPT CHAPTER 9- Detectives Malloy and Thomas, with the sheriffs eager assistance finally arrest Vernon James for the murder of the two teenagers. But that is not the end of the story only the beginning. Vernons counter-arguments, evidence mush-mash, depth of police involvement, and repeated violations of evidence protocol, force the assigned prosecutors to face a virtually impossible task if they are to obtain a conviction within the suspects home venue. Murder Most Foul is a four story crime/mystery anthology available at Amazon Books as a Kindle or in print. Buy link to Murder Most Foul:
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A campaign by several well-known Pentecostal televangelists against a proposed merger by two satellite TV giants has come under fire from the head of the country's only Christian satellite TV company, who has criticized their effort as "misrepresenting the facts."
Led by John Hagee, the coalition of ministers--which includes Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Rod Parsley, Creflo Dollar, Richard Roberts, Joyce Meyer and Keith Butler--asked thousands of supporters in the spring to sign a "Letter of Petition" to oppose the planned union of satellite broadcasters EchoStar and Hughes Electronic because they say it threatens Christian broadcasting nationwide. The merger would unite the rival satellite TV services of EchoStar's Dish Network and Hughes' DirecTV, which currently have 7 million and 11 million subscribers respectively, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
In an April full-page ad in The Washington Post, the coalition issued an "Open Letter" to President Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell urging them to reject the merger because if approved "religious broadcasters will not be able to reach satellite viewers" and the "monopoly would dramatically affect the availability of religious programming in every rural area in America."
But Robert Johnson, founder and president of Sky Angel, a Christian organization licensed to operate a TV satellite, called the coalition's campaign "a serious misrepresentation of the facts" that has caused damage to his company.
"In the process of opposing the merger, these ministries have created the impression that there won't be any religious programming [anywhere]," Johnson told Charisma. "To say that creates the impression to the public that Sky Angel doesn't exist."
Hagee, Copeland and other ministers involved in the merger protest would not comment to Charisma. Johnson issued his own "Open Letter to the Christian Community" in a June ad in Christian magazines.
National Religious Broadcasters Chairman Glenn Plummer said the NRB is against the merger because it would create a monopoly, but he's disappointed that the coalition neglected to inform supporters about Sky Angel.
The merger requires regulatory approval from the Department of Justice and the FCC, which has indicated that September is the earliest it might decide on the deal, the AP reported. "Sky Angel has not taken a position on the merger," Johnson said. "Sky Angel uses the Dish Network satellite, but we're totally independent and autonomous. We're not going away if the merger takes place. We'll still be here. That's what is disturbing."
However, Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Louis Sheldon, who is part of the coalition, defended the campaign. "The signers to the letter believe that Sky Angel shouldn't be the only Christian broadcasting outlet, any more than they believe that EchoStar should be the only satellite television provider," Sheldon told Charisma.
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By Linda Emley
A few weeks ago I was driving north out of Hardin on the "Ozark Shortline," which is also Highway A. I was heading to Stet on a mission to get some trophies from the Stet High School for the Ray County Museum.
It had been a few years since I last visited Stet, but I kept driving north and wondered if I had missed the road I needed to take east. I pulled over and got my Garmin out of the glove box and typed in Stet. I have to laugh at how stupid this sounds because I live less than 20 miles from Stet and I could not remember what road I needed to take.
In the good-old days before high tech came along, I loved to take off on Sunday afternoons and drive around the country roads of Ray County. If I got lost, I would just keep driving until I found a road I knew. This was in the days before cell phones so I always felt like I was on an adventure because no one knew where I was headed.
I love "road trips," even if I don't cross any county lines because there are 569.47 square miles of land to cover in Ray County. We all need to get out more and visit the different communities of our "Free State of Ray".
Once I got to Stet, I had a great time at the high school and meeting all the people that were working at the school. I spent most of the morning there and filled my car full of wonderful items to take back to the museum.
On my trip back to Richmond, I had to make a stop at the Stet Penniston Cemetery that I passed on Highway K. I love to look around old cemeteries and later found out this cemetery is also known as the Bethany Brethren Cemetery.
After my visit to Stet, I realized how much I don't know about this part of my neighborhood, so I started my search for all things Stet. I found the following, "Stet, Missouri is an unincorporated community on the Ray/Carroll County line. It is located about 14 miles northwest of Carrollton at the intersection of Missouri Route K and JJ."
So now we know that Stet is like Lawson and sits on the county line, but at opposite sides of Ray County. We also know that Stet is not incorporated, so it will never go through what Rayville just experienced.
I got out my 1877 Ray County Atlas and Stet could not be found. I looked in the 1881 Ray County History book and once again, Stet was not listed. I did find two pages about Stet in the 1973 Ray County History Book.
After reading these pages, I had more questions than answers. I did find that the meaning for Stet is "let it stand". It was named by Ed Mansur, who was a local storekeeper. Now I need to find Ed's story.
I did find that some of the families in the area have been on the same farms for generations and part of present day Stet is located on land that Laken and Henrietta Dorsey homesteaded in 1874.
I continued my search for Stet at the "Stet Penniston Cemetery" and found some interesting people from the past.
For instance, there's George W. Clemens, who was born June 9, 1845 and died on Apr. 14, 1940 at the age of 94. According to the 1881 Ray County History Book, "George W. Clemens was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in the year 1845. He is the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Clemens. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and his mother in Kentucky. They are both yet living, in the state of Illinois.
"At the age of nine years, our subject left Virginia with his parents, going to Madison county, Illinois, where he remained until 1864, and then removed to Putnam county, Illinois. He began farming on his own account in 1865, and continued it in Illinois, until the year 1870, when he removed to Ray county, Missouri, and located upon the farm where he now resides (sect 13, township 53, range 26)
"This farm comprises 434 acres of rich land, improved with a comfortable residence and good barn, and abundantly watered with good springs and wells, besides running streams. The farm is enclosed by hedge fences chiefly.
"Mr. Clemens is largely engaged in raising live stock, and has his farm principally in pasture for that purpose. He intends in the future to make a specialty of raising fine-bred sheep. Mr. Clemens was married on the 8th day of February, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Larcher, a native of Ohio. They are the parents of six children: Joseph, Mary Elizabeth (dead), Emma Jane, John, Wesley, Jeremiah and Matthias.
"Mrs. Clemens' father, Mr. Matthias Larcher, is a native of Germany. He came to this country at an early day. He and her mother, Elizabeth, are now living in the state of Indiana, both at the advanced age of about 71 years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clemens are consistent and leading members of the German Baptist Church."
After an afternoon of researching, I realized that the only way I am going to get to know Stet is go to Stet and hear the stories first hand from the people who live there.
If you'd like to get to know Stet, a good way to start would be to attend the Stet Volunteer Fireman's Annual Ice Cream Social on Saturday, July 21. It is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Stet Fire Barn at the junction of K and JJ in downtown Stet.
For a free-will donation, you can enjoy real homemade ice cream and get to see first hand what makes Stet so special.
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Don't miss out on your chance to go abroad this summer! We have extended the application deadline for all Ithaca College summer study abroad programs to March 6, so there is still plenty of time to submit your application.
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President Barack Obama has asked all of us to help in renewing America's promise. You, as future educators, are at the center of President Obama's message of hope. What better place to answer the President's call than participating in an Urban Education Program in Washington, D.C.?
Though there's been a lot of rough economic news in the job market recently, Career Services is pleased to announce that there are still opportunities available in advertising, communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, radio, and television. One road to these opportunities is an annual event known as the Central New York Communications Consortium.
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Re: [PanoToolsNG] Try to compile hugin on mac lion mountain
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After typing cmake ../hugin-2012.0.0 on my Terminal, I get :
-- WARNING: you are using the obsolete 'PKGCONFIG' macro, use FindPkgConfig
-- libpano13 version: 2.9.18 major 2 minor 9 patch 18
-- ZThread library not found. falling back to included copy
-- flann library not found. falling back to included copy
-- Found Lensfun: /opt/local/include
*** Will install application bundles in /usr/local/Applications, set INSTALL_OSX_BUNDLE_DIR to change the location
-- Using shared internal libraries
-- Python libs version: 2.7.2
-- Install Python libs into /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
-- Current source dir = /Users/[username]/hugin
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/[username]/hugin-2012.0.0W.r.t. the "errors":- If cmake finds python 2.7.2 in /Library/Python/2.7, it means that you don't have to install anything. Python 2.7 is avaliable on your system and 2.7.2 is sufficient. This is however the OS X system version. Try a "port installed | grep -i python" to see which version MacPorts has installed (if it did and I think it did).
- zthread is not needed. Hugin comes with it's own (slightly outdated but fully functional) included zthread. That's also what the cmake message mentions: "ZThread library not found. falling back to included copy"- an external flann isn't neccessary either. Same as for zthread: "flann library not found. falling back to included copy".- Don't worry about the "Will install application bundles in /usr/local/Applications, set INSTALL_OSX_BUNDLE_DIR to change the location". If you do want to change it it use something like: cmake -DINSTALL_OSX_BUNDLE_DIR="/Users/[username]" or any folder you like.I have been very long on OS X, but I'm now back on Linux. My (old) macbook is still on Snow Leopard.Currently for me on Snow Leopard the cmake build on OS X is broken, not because of hugin but due to a conflict between boost and Mac OS X. boost >= 1.47 uses a set of macros which are equal (in name) to macros OS X is using. As long as this is the situation you can never build Hugin via cmake. Currently the boost level is 1.51 (I think) in MacPorts (which you also obviously use) and you can't use a lower version.The OS X macro set has been deprecated since 10.4 but is still around, at least on my 10.6.8 and I can't find anything else on the web for newer OS X versions.Please try for your Mountain Lion version. Maybe you are lucky.Building with python functionality leads to another level of struggles on OS X, so my suggestion is to start building without the python functionality (cmake .. -DHSI=OFF), and if you are succesful and make it to the end, you can try the same with python enabled. As mentioned above: the python versions of OS X and the MacPorts version might (read: will) clash.This weekend I just learned how to specify the python setup, as I got similar issues on Linux with mixed python versions. I did not try these yet on OS X because of lack of time (and motivation).So try to use:-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR="path/to/python/include/dir" -DPYTHON_LIBRARY="/path/to/library/or/to/framework" -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE="/path/to/binary"The include dir points to a directory. The library parameter points to the library or framework and the executable parameter to the binary.Harry
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For a second straight day CNN ignored the newest phone hacking accusations made against its 9 p.m. host Piers Morgan. Major media outlets, including Bloomberg News, msnbc.com, and CBS have reported the story, but Morgan's current employer, CNN, has remained mum on the allegations.
On Wednesday, the ex-wife of Paul McCartney accused a journalist from a British newspaper group of hacking her phone back in 2001, while CNN's Piers Morgan was the editor of one of the group's papers. That prompted a statement by Morgan labeling her claims as "unsubstantiated" and again denying that he hacked phones or ordered anyone else to do so during his time as editor.
Ever since the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers began, Morgan, a former tabloid editor, has been at the center of rumors that he engaged in illegal practices as well. He has already denied having any hand in phone hacking.
Heather Mills is the newest person to accuse Morgan after Member of Parliament Louise Mensch retracted her initial accusation of Morgan after misquoting his book.
Mills, the ex-wife of Paul McCartney, alleged that back in 2001 a journalist from the Trinity Mirror group called her and read to her a phone message from her husband. Mills said she recognized the message and accused the journalist of hacking her phone, to which he admitted and dropped the story.
Morgan was an editor at one of the papers of Trinity Mirror at the time, but that is his closest tie to Mills' story. However, in a 2006 article for the Daily Mail, Morgan admitted to hearing a tape of a phone message McCartney left for Mills.
Members of Parliament publicly called for Mogran to address the accusations, but the committee chair said they had no power to force Morgan to come to Britain and address the charges.


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Officials ponder effect of Highmark-West Penn split on Monroeville
As officials of West Penn Allegheny Health System search for a new financial partner, Monroeville officials are weighing in on the affect the situation might have on Forbes Regional Hospital, which is owned by the health system, and the community at large.
The hospital in Monroeville generates employee tax revenue for the municipality and out-of-town customers for the business district, Monroeville manager Jeff Silka said. However, the affect on Monroeville is yet to be seen, said Councilman Nick Gresock.
"I would think that (the health system) has its reasons for their actions because it seems to me they are looking for someone to partner with, and I don't think they would ruin their situation with Highmark without knowing they can go somewhere else."
Councilwoman Lois Drumheller said there is some cause for concern, based on reports that a bond debt rating for WPAHS was downgraded.
"It makes it harder for them to compete," she said.
Monroeville Mayor Greg Erosenko said he was shocked when he first heard news of the severed agreement. "I thought with the infusion of cash it would've really kept Forbes competitive with UPMC East."
Kyle Lawson is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 8755, or email@example.com.


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Squire House Gardens announces its annual Valentine's concert scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, with seatings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Now in its 17th year, this event is at Squire House Gardens, 3390 St. Croix Trail S., Afton. Guests will relax in a Victorian parlor room, located upstairs from Squire House Gardens, and be treated to live jazz and classic American songs, poetic readings, romantic musings, complimentary wine from Swirl Wine Bar in Afton and light refreshments.
"Our Valentine's Day Concert is unique and special every year," said Martin Stern, Owner of Squire House Gardens. "Yet I can always promise beautiful music, great conversation, plenty of laughter and a inspired celebration of romance and love."
Tickets for the event cost $32 and are available by calling 651-436-8080 or emailing at [email protected] Seating is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
2014 concert performers:
• Patrick Harison, accordion (back by popular demand) — Patrick Harison is an American button accordionist adept in a wide variety of settings and genres. He currently performs in a diverse array of projects including Patty and The Buttons, Jack Klatt and The Cat Swingers, Eisner's Klezmorim and others. Harison is also active as an orchestral soloist playing both classical and pops programs with top orchestras across the United States. When not performing, he is an in demand composer, session musician, educator and arranger.
• Maud Hixson, vocals — After being presented as "Best New Voice" at the KBEM Winter Jazz Fest in 2003, Hixson has since worked with a variety of local groups from the Wolverines to the Jazz MN Big Band, as well as international artists such as Warren Vaché, Jon Weber and Evan Christopher. She is also the co-founder of the continental sextet French 75 with clarinetist Tony Balluff.
• Rick Carlson, piano — Rick is a devotee of Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and has played with The Wolverines since 1984. Carlson has recorded with local singers Maud Hixson, Charmin Michelle, Judi Donaghy, Sue Tucker and Ame Fogel. Carlson has backed many national artists including Kathryn Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Wynton Marsalis.
Squire House Garden Valentine's concert is Feb. 15
Squire House Gardens announces its annual Valentine's concert scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, with seatings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.


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VALDOSTA, Ga. - Channel 4 has learned about new developments in the case of a Valdosta teenager found dead in his high school gym last year.
Kendrick Johnson's family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the funeral home that handled their son's body when he was found rolled up in a wrestling mat in Lowndes County.
The lawsuit alleges Harrington Funeral Home "intentionally, willfully and secretly desecrated the remains" of the Johnsons son. It also claims that not only did the funeral home mishandle the 17-year-old's organs, it disposed of them to stymie the investigation into the cause of his death.
"They say this was designed to deceive and perpetrate a fraud to make it more difficult to determine the cause and manner of death in this case," said CNN correspondent Victor Blackwell.
Blackwell has been following Johnson's story since the beginning. He spoke with Johnson's family Wednesday about the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also mentions the clothing that Kendrick Johnson was wearing when he was found there on Jan. 11, 2013, clothes that disappeared.
"DNA, hair samples, there could be some clues on those clothes that could support what the Johnsons believe, which is that this was not an accident," said Blackwell. "Mrs. Johnson said the only thing that keeps her going from day to day is the push to get answers."
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office ruled Johnson's death an accident, but his parents believe he was murdered.
A second autopsy was conducted after a long court battle and found the teen's organs had been replaced with newspaper, which according to a state board in Georgia, is not illegal.
"The explanation the owner of the funeral home, Antonio Harrington, gave in a letter that he wrote to the family's attorney says the organs were destroyed through some natural process because of the position of the body," said CNN Correspondent, Victor Blackwell. "Essentially, because the body of Kendrick Johnson was found upside down, his organs were destroyed."
The U.S. Attorney and FBI is still investigating the case, but neither agency would provide any update on the case or comment on the lawsuit.
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Jude Law was seen with his two children, Iris, 8, and Rudy, 6, on a walk in Soho, New York City. Mom is Jude's ex-wife, Sadie Frost.
The 36-year-old actor is currently playing Dr. Watson opposite Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's latest film, Sherlock Holmes.
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Delivery services near dorms satisfy student stomachs
February 25, 2014
Ordering in is quickly becoming the most popular option for college students. Websites like GrubHub often save the day, especially when there is no food in the fridge or it is too rainy or snowy to leave your dorm.
Popular delivery services among NYU students are Seamless and delivery.com. There are also apps for iPhones, iPads and Androids that make ordering easier when on the go. Whether you live in Palladium or Lafayette Street residence halls, you can always find options that will satisfy your cravings.
CAS sophomore Alexis Sfikas uses these delivery options frequently.
"I use Seamless about once a week, when I'm too tired, lazy or busy to go out and get something," Sfikas said.
Sfikas used delivery.com for the first time earlier this week.
"There's a great mac 'n' cheese place that only delivers through delivery.com and I was within range at a friend's apartment and ordered from there," Sfikas said.
The delivery time usually ranges from 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the distance.
Restaurants generally have a delivery minimum price between $10 and $20 to make their deliveries worthwhile financially. The prices are not too different from what you would spend at a restaurant.
Restaurants closer to campus usually use Seamless or delivery.com. Students order food from Burger Creations, Just Salad, Campus Eatery, Fresh & Co. and even dessert places such as Häagen-Dazs and Insomnia Cookies.
Insomnia Cookies, one of the most popular delivery services among NYU students, delivers every weeknight from 5 p.m. to 2:45 a.m., satisfying people with a late-night sweet tooth. Restaurants such as Burger Creations and Just Salad deliver during the day based on their operating hours — Bur-ger Creations from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Just Salad from 9:30 a.m. to 9:15 p.m.
Delivery can be a little risky. Trying something new is always daunting, especially when ordering in.
"I know for a fact that I will never try to get barbecue delivered again," Sfikas said. "The place I ordered from was really gross, and it's just better to actually go out to a good restaurant for barbecue, like Mighty Quinn's on Second Avenue." She added that it is worth the 30-minute walk from her dorm.
Stern junior Diana Tain said Seamless can be popular among professionals.
"Everyone works such long hours that you have to order at some point of your life," Tain said. "I prefer Asian or healthy food for late night orders. It's difficult to find those options on Seamless."
A version of this article appeared in the Monday, Feb. 25 print edition. Caroline Aghajanian is a contributing writer. Email her at [email protected]


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On reflection, this cruise was too short (20/09/13 to 30/09/13): Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review by Esprit
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On reflection, this cruise was too short (20/09/13 to 30/09/13)
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Rome (Civitavecchia)
We wouldn't normally take a summer holiday so late in the year so whilst the weather was perfect for sightseeing we didn't have the usual wall to wall sunshine and blue skies every day. The Captain however, commented the weather we did have was the best he'd seen in the Mediterranean for some time (from his seafaring point of view).
Nevertheless the cruise was excellent, except that 10 nights was just not enough. I would however recommend the itinerary (embark Civitavecchia, then Messina, sea day, Athens, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos, sea day, and Naples before returning to Civitavecchia).
Whilst the ship was the same as Solstice there were some subtle differences. Some good; some not. The Lawn Club grill was a great replacement to the glass blowing gallery. The Sunset bar layout was far superior to the one on Solstice and was a very popular More place each early evening. However the reduced space in the Sky lounge due to the additional suites on the port side ruined the venue. No bands were allowed to play because of their noise and proximity of those suites. The place was therefore under utilized. It also doubled up as a night club in the evenings as the Quasar club had been replaced by a conference room.
There were changes too to the Grand Foyer resulting in even less space for dancing. The giant red rose statute was positioned in a most stupid place.
We had a stateroom on the 9th floor, six rooms from the Bridge on the deck above. This meant we could see the Captain and fellow officers very clearly on the Bridge wings when standing at the balcony rail but they could not see in once seated behind the partition. Any closer to the Bridge then you are quite exposed. For us this room was an ideal location for the evening activities.
Apart from the lack of proper (Ballroom) dancing opportunities the onboard entertainment was mostly excellent. Praise firstly goes Damien (cruise director) and his excellent activities team headed by Drew. Special praise goes to Valentina who seemed ubiquitous around the ship day and night, and held very popular Zumba classes on the pool deck most days.
The guest entertainers and the A Cappella boys were particularly good too but the ship's own singers and hence the production shows were a bit lack lustre, despite the efforts of the band. There was also late night adult only comedy in the Celebrity Central venue and the two comedians were brilliant. These Sin City shows were packed out on all four occasions not just for the humour but also for the sexy burlesque dancer!
Food is another subjective area, and I'm no "foodie" either. Overall I'd say the food was generally the best I've had on recent cruises. Qsine was an experience and well worth the supplement as was the Lawn Club Grill. I did however miss the Silk Harvest restaurant that was on Solstice. One point worth making was that my food was always hot. I can't stand luke warm food and would have complained had it been so.
We chose late fixed dining on a table of ten so had a perfect location just beneath the central staircase. Only once however was our table complete as we all on different nights chose to eat elsewhere. A shame, as the table lost its buzz when seats were empty.
As expected on a Mediterranean cruise there was a great mix of nationalities. Mostly North American and British with a noticeable range of other Europeans headed by the Italians and Spanish. There were also people from Australasia and Japan. So much better than being on a ship full of fellow Brits!
With the exception of Messina we had been to all the ports before so we made the most of the ship's facilities when most passengers had gone off on excursions. Having the ship practically to ourselves was just great, but even on sea days finding a sun bed wasn't a big deal.
Memorable moments were dining in Qsine, climbing all 588 steps on Santorini (again!) whilst dodging the donkeys, and taking part in the Pool Olympics with my son. Our Commonwealth team (UK & Canada) came second, but we beat USA, much to their disappointment. I also did the 3 hour behind the scenes tour of the ship. This was a fascinating experience including a Bridge visit. To my surprise on the Bridge is a leather sofa and matching lounge chairs overlooking the ship's bow! Less
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In the company of business professionals, more than 400 students from Valley high schools, including in Ahwatukee Foothills, participated in an all-day event promoting networking, business ethics, skills and communication on Wednesday.
Scattered throughout the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, students walked through a series of sessions and networking time for Junior Achievement of Arizona's You're Hired! Challenge on March 27.
In his second year of participating in the challenge, Desert Vista student and junior varsity wrestler Dominic Williams said the event has helped his confidence.
"And I can use that confidence to get ahead in life," he said. "Even when it comes to college applications or job interviews, I feel like I'm going to be very well equipped for any challenge that comes at me."
In its fifth year, You're Hired! aims to provide students with the skills, confidence and attitudes to successfully enter the world of work, according to Junior Achievement's president Joyce Richards.
A majority of the 27 Mountain Pointe students who attended this year were freshmen, said financial math and computer applications teacher Pete Manigold.
"(They) get to learn the skills that no one really teaches," he said.
Students are able to make short speeches in front of judges and their peers, as well as learn interviewing skills, and present pre-planned business models.
Williams, who expressed interest in a law career albeit having a dream of opening an ice cream shop, said the event has given him the tools to make a small business dream happen.
"I think that of the kids here today, all of them are really stars in their own right," Richards said. "Many don't realize it just yet, so participating in an experience like this helps them to look at their future in a new way."
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