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I'm vaguely intrigued by it - is anyone going to play it, and if so which server and which side? I assume we'd be able to make some kind of Rock Paper Secrets type guild, or guildlike thing.
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I'm vaguely intrigued by it - is anyone going to play it, and if so which server and which side? I assume we'd be able to make some kind of Rock Paper Secrets type guild, or guildlike thing.
I'm playing on the RP server with a Templar, it would be cool to set up a guild if we get enough members to join.
Arcadia is the RP server.
It actually doesn't matter what server everybody is on. You can group and chat with anyone cross-server. http://thesecretworld.com/news/blog_...e_secret_world
I'm playing on my Templar, Warrender, on the Huldra server.
Stop right there templar scum! I am also playing on arcadia but as illumanati, (Lyesmith if anyone wants a friend!) Nazgul is right you can play together from any server which is lovely, however cables (guilds) are faction only, not a huge deal as only pvp is faction specific
Well I already do pen and paper roleplay via mumble with Lowkey and know he's a lovely chap, so all things being equal I'd probably follow him. No offence to Ravelle and Nazgul; I'm sure there's a better-than-even chance you're lovely people too.
What are the differences between the factions?
Err its more thermatic than anything else so you should go with what gels best for you, i went illuminati mainly because they're a bit bastardy and your boss gives you fun facts when she replies to your mission reports
edit: while we couldnt have an official cabal due to factions theres no reason we couldnt have an rps clubhouse on here if we wanted to organise groups for dungeons etc
On Cerberus server as Templar. My char's nickname is Mattock.
Should I wait for them to fix bugs or can I jump in now?
I've already decided I want to play this game so its really just a question of if the game is working as intended.
Depends on how patient you are with bugs affecting your gameplay. This is Funcom, after all, bugs are a fact of life for now.
There are bugs but i havent had any myself, i understand its been a pretty smooth opening as these things go (although i dont have much experiance) i think you could start now and would be fine but of course the longer you wait the smoother it should be
Someone make a #RPS channel we can all jump on. I'd do it but I'm still stuck at work for a few hours yet.
I'm Pres "PWeasel" Weasel on the RP server. We now have a 'Rock, Paper, Secrets' cabal in the Illuminati faction. Friend me in game, maybe we can do an instance together.
Anyone reading this thread and thinking about playing, I'd recommend giving it a go - no idea if there's any kind of end game, but I am enjoying the hell out of what I've played so far. The combat and the story stuff is nicely satisfying.
If anyone fancies trying it out, PM me for a 24 hour invite.
For those already on, I'm on Arcadia as Tomobedlam
Having played the beta, I am a bit intrigued to see the whole thing. To those that already play the game, what are your thoughts on the subscription fees/game bundles? The relatively high price (~50EUR here) coupled with the monthly costs makes it quite an investment it seems.
It's possibly best that I wait 'til the weekend to try it, to get the most out of it. 24 hours seems a bit stingy on their part? Is that long enough to get hooked, considering most people have at least a few hours of the day where they have to sleep or, y'know, earn money and have a life?
I'll give it a try too, if anyone else has an invite to give it. For a Funcom MMO it looks very appealing.
I would be happy to give you my one, not sure when they expire but i can check tonight, not sure if id call it stingy with the game only coming out a week ago they are unlikely to do week trials but i agree youd want to maximise your time to see if its for you.With the subscriptions, i am happy to pay if i think im a getting value so in this instance if they are releasing new and good content with some regularity, what i wont do is sit doing dungeon runs for my end game as my interest is mainly in the story, so i guess we'll see!


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Packards Steakhouse at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club
Serving only the finest dry-aged, certified Angus Beef, Packard's Steakhouse is located in our Copperhead Clubhouse. Packard's offers sumptuous steak and seafood dinners, signature martinis and a wine list you won't want to miss. Breakfast and lunch are also served at Packard's in a comfortable clubhouse setting overlooking the course. Adjacent to the dining room at Packard's, you can enjoy a drink after your round. In addition to a full bar and expanded beer selection, you'll also select from traditional American cuisine and unique specials prepared daily by our culinary staff.
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Two Armlets (bazubands)
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Gold on lac core, with precious and semi-precious stones and enamel decoration; Cords: silk and gold, with seed pearls, each length 22.7 cm
Genre: Asian Art, Decorative Arts
Location: Little Salon
Accession Number: M18w73.1-2
The gems set on the two identical bazubands, or armlets, are a variation of the traditional Indian talisman, the navaratna. This Sanskrit term means "nine gems," which represent the nine planets of Hindu astrology. However, these bazubands are set with eleven gems: coral, pearl, turquoise, a yellow stone, sapphire, diamond, ruby, emerald, a pink gem, moonstone, and garnet.1 Turquoise is not one of the traditional stones but has been added to the array, perhaps because it became fashionable in the Victorian period. The faceting of some of the gems also points to a nineteenth-century date. Some are cabochons, while others are cut according to Indian taste with few, unsymmetrical facets. However, the large, pale yellow diamonds are cut symmetrically in Western style.
The armlets were bought from [A. N.] Jacob for $750. He claimed that they had once belonged to the "queen of Delhi" and were seized by British soldiers during the Mutiny of 1857.2 This is undoubtedly a reference to Zinat Mahal, the favorite wife of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II (r. 1838–58), who accompanied him in exile to Rangoon. Although the provenance cannot be confirmed, the size of the gems nevertheless suggests the objects belonged to a person of high rank.
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1 Identified by the gemologist Daniel R. Spirer using refractive indices and microscopic analysis.
2 Jacob wrote to Jack Gardner about their purchases (n.d.):
The Armlets are belong to the Queen of Delhi and they are set with the 12 charms of gems viz. coral, pearl, zircon, turquoise, cats' eye, spenel, emerald, ruby, diamond, sapphire, yellow ruby, and byrel. These gems corispond with the 12 signs of the zodiac . . . These armlets were taken from the King's palace Dehli during the time of the Mutiny by the British soldiers and were auctioned by Colonel Innes the prize agent and were bought by another officer who kept them 22 years during his life after his death his widdow sold them to me with some other books and chatles.
Source: Pedro Moura Carvalho, "Jewelry and Objects from India," in Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Noriko Murai (Boston: ISGM and Gutenberg Periscope, 2009): 458-459.


text: Paris Hilton was subjected to a full cavity search when she entered prison, it has been claimed. All prisoners entering Californias Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood are subjected to a full strip and invasive search upon arrival and the hotel heiress was no exception, according to gossip website TMZ.com.It had been previously claimed Paris would not undergo the search for contraband items. But an inside source said: Paris was told to spread em just like everyone else. It is not known if anything was found on her person.The 26-year-old blonde has spent her third night in solitary confinement at the correctional facility. Sources say she isnt wearing make-up and has removed her trademark blue contact lenses to reveal her natural brown eyes. The socialite has been crying and complaining she is cold. One source said: She looks unwashed, she has no make-up and her hair is tangled. She cried audibly through the first two nights.


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Health and Safety Podcast Transcript: August 11, 2009
Hello, and welcome to the Fairfax County Health and Safety Podcast for August 11, 2009. I'm Jim Person, Fairfax County emergency information officer. Coming up, learn about upcoming emergency preparedness meetings for houses of worship and their members; and tips for staying cool during the summer heat. Links to topics mentioned in this podcast can be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Fairfax County encourages residents to stay safe by seeking relief from summer heat. Heat takes the greatest toll on the very young and the very old, especially children younger than 5 and adults older than 65. Intense summer temperatures also greatly affect people who are already sick or take certain medications, including diuretics, antihistamines, beta-blockers and tranquilizers.
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Cleopatra of Egypt:
"This hefty, intelligent book attempts to pin down the elusive identity and mysterious story of the fascinating woman who ruled Egypt from 51-30 B.C. . . . It is the book's color plates and illustrations, however, that give it life, an energy as forceful, as vivacious, and as fascinating as Cleopatra herself has been for twenty-one centuries."--Karen McCarthy, ForeWord
"This magnificent publication . . . features 11 scholarly but very readable essays and sumptuous photographs of the exhibits. It provides almost everything the reader is likely to want to know about this celebrated figure. . . . This beautiful book and its accessible text will appeal to specialists and nonspecialists alike."--Choice
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Conference and Research Related Travel
The GSA is happy to offer a limited number of reimbursement grants to qualifying graduate students. These are relatively few in number and applying well in advance of the conference is highly recommended. We cannot guarantee funding to all who apply.
Funding Guidelines
- We reimburse 75% of the total eligible expenses of the applicant who attends or presents at an academic conference.
- We also reimburse eligible expenses for research directly related to completion of a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis.
- Maximum reimbursement is $600.00 for conference presentations or research related travel and $150.00 for conference attendance.
- No one may receive more than $600.00 per fiscal year. The fiscal year is from May 1 to April 30 the following year.
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Not-So-Happy-Birthday Gift: Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review by Michellemengele
Overall Member Rating
Not-So-Happy-Birthday Gift
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
My issue began before we even boarded the ship: embarkation. The number of luggage porters were lacking, so I left my bags near others to be serviced. As I was walking away, a porter shouted out to me and asked if I was going to tip him for those bags I just left. Why would I tip someone when they did not acknowledge me beforehand or assist me with the heavy bags I had? Nonetheless, I ended up tipping the guy so he wouldn't be tempted to throw my bags in the ocean. More Once in line, we literally stood in the same spot for two hours. I have never been through such an unorganized embarkation process. Royal Caribbean did not come out to the waiting passengers and explain what the hold up was for. Finally, after two hours of waiting in the sweltering heat, they announced that customs shut down the ship and asked us to be patient. By this time, the majority of the people waiting in line were highly irritable and fed up. It took nearly two and a half hours to get on the ship, which is highly unusual for any cruise line.
Relieved to finally be on the ship, which is incredible, we decided to drop off some items in our stateroom. We only felt the need to get an interior stateroom, assuming we would only be in there to shower and sleep. Our bed was made of two twin beds pushed together. This would have been fine if here wasn't a large crack between the two beds that we would fall into while sleeping. When I asked the cruise line if they could switch out our beds or upgrade us to a different room (I was willing to pay the difference) they told me "you get what you pay for." I was appalled. I didn't get a new bed or a different room. A previous critic of this sailing said that they had problems with the remote controls and tv, we had the same issues.
On the first day of the sailing, I wanted to reserve a birthday cake for my boyfriend during dinner (a few days into the sailing), in order to ensure that the cruise line can get the paperwork in time for his cake. (Who doesn't love birthday cake?) the employee guiding people in the guest relations line told me I could order the cake directly through the dining room or through guest relations. Due to the long line at guest relations, I decided to irder the cake through the dining room. They were arrogant and scribbled my order down on a scratch piece of paper then threw it to the side. Long story short, my boyfriend's birthday came and the cake I "ordered" never came. When I went to guest relations, they told me to never order items through the dining room because they are "very unaccomodating to the passengers." I don't understand why guest relations would send me to the dining room for this then.
The service in the dining room was a whole problem in itself. As a server myself, I tend to let a lot of things slide. However, the communication between the employees and passengers was horrible. I was asked four times by four different people what kind of wine I ordered, our waters were never refilled, and our food was cold. Again, I attempted to communicate with guest relations and they said they would "take care of it." Reluctantly, we went back to the dining room for the next few dinners and the service did not improve.
Final complaint: disembarkation. I understand that when customs shuts down, there's nothing the cruise line can do about it. However( they can communicate more effectively with the guests with what they DO know and possibly provide snacks to the passengers. People who were supposed to be off the ship BY 7:30 were not off until after noon. I felt terrible for the people who missed their flights. After waiting for hours, we were told that we could go up to our staterooms to wait. Yet, another person told us we were not allowed to go back to the stateroom because they were already preparing for the later sailing that day. People were laying in the stairways and halls, with water cups laying everywhere. It seemed savage, actually. The crew had a distinct attitude of "get the hell off our ship so we can get the next people on." It was a nightmare. They could have handled this better.
All in all, the customer service was not up to the place it used to be. I'm not sure if I would sail RC again.
However, there were great aspects:
Johnny Rockets was amazing. The staff was energetic and worth the $5.95 service charge. I wish I had one near me.
The entertainment was great! Be sure to go to the ice show.
Other than the bed, the stateroom attendant was awesome and our room was always clean!
The cupcake shop was darling and worth the money.
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The room was adequate. It was tiny, but we did not need a ton of room for two people. Our bed was two twin beds pushed together. When I booked the room, I was asked if I want a King bed or two beds. I ordered the King, but I got a double bed with a large crack down the middle. When asked to get a different accommodation, they told me "you get what you pay for." The shower was very small. I'm a tiny woman, only 130-150 pounds and I had trouble fitting in there comfortably. The room attendant was great though, so I was pleased with that.
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Honey-Roasted Eggplant with Chiles
Baby eggplants are generally less bitter and more tender than their grown-up counterparts.
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Source: Martha Stewart Living, January 2010
- 4 or 5 baby eggplants, halved, or 2 regular eggplants, cut into 2-inch cubes
- 5 fresh green Thai chiles, halved lengthwise
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss eggplants with chiles, honey, and oil to coat.
Roast eggplants (skin sides up) and chiles on a rimmed baking sheet until eggplant is golden, about 20 minutes (if using cubes of eggplant, stir once every 5 to 7 minutes). Flip, and roast until eggplant softens, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
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teardropcurio18 SEP, 2015This calls for honey and you have listed it as VEGAN!! Honey is not vegan. I am disappointed.Reply


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Francesca Lia Block, critically acclaimed author of Weetzie Bat, brings this eerie and redemptive ghost story to life with her signature, poetic prose. It's perfect for fans of supernatural stories with a touch of romance like the Beautiful Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
After Julie's grandmother passes away, she is forced to move across town to the not-so-fancy end of Beverly Hills and start over at a new school. The only silver lining to the perpetual dark cloud that seems to be following her? Clark—a die-hard fan of Buffy and all things Joss Whedon, who is just as awkward and damaged as she is. Her kindred spirit.
When the two try to contact Julie's grandmother with a Ouija board, they make contact with a different spirit altogether. The real kind. And this ghost will do whatever it takes to come back to the world of the living.
Francesca Lia Block's latest young adult novel is a haunting work about family, loss, love, and redemption.
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For Ages: 14+ years old
For Grades: 9+
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Language: English
Number Of Pages: 240
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Iron Patriot Is In 'Iron Man 3′
I probably should've added NERD ALERT in the headline.
Presumably to show off that Disney will use all the characters in the Marvel stable however the hell they want, here's James Badge Dale in character as Iron Patriot on the set of Iron Man 3 in North Carolina today which is surprising because a.) if you've been following the movie it was just assumed he'd been playing Coldblood since his character is Eric Savin and b.) during Marvel's "Dark Reign" Iron Patriot was the alter-ego of Norman Osborn a.k.a. Spider-Man's Green Goblin who Sony still owns the rights to.
Iron Man is totally going to fight this America Iron Man in the new Iron Man which is apparently a big deal to that dude who's always in the LEGO aisle in Target but you can safely say isn't a pedophile because you once saw a six-year-old beat the shit out of him for the last Captain America set. (That kid was easily eight.)
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Looking at the hard numbers reveals why. Same-store sales at Chipotle grew a reported 11.3% in its latest quarter while Taco Bell saw its numbers taking a dive. Sales at Taco Bell's restaurants went flat in the first quarter of last year, declined 5% in the second and then decreased 2% in the third quarter.
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At its most perfect best. A very fine rose, thriving when the weather is dryish, so those gorgeous petals can fully open. Pest and disease free, fabulous perfume. Rose "Abraham Darby" from David Austin roses.
Completely beautiful. Wish I could smell it!
What a beautiful rose. My one peony looks like your roses do. x
Hi. Thanks for the comment on my blog, where I was moaning about stats!! It's nice to know that there are people out there reading. My job title is 'cover supervisor' sounds posh but basically I cover for any teacher who isn't there……………. can't wait for PE, Science, Latin, French,………….Oh my!! Scary.
'Abraham Darby' is a dashing fellow (which makes me realise that I tend to think of roses as female … odd!) and sounds like a perfect rose. The flowers are elegant and a beautiful colour.
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SCOTUS Dashes North Dakota's Dreams Of Basically Outlawing Abortion
Back in 2013, the state of North Dakota passed a so-called "Fetal Heartbeat Bill." Said bill would have criminalized abortion after six weeks, or when a heartbeat is detected, well before many people even know they're pregnant. The law, being entirely ridiculous and cruel, never went into effect due to being quickly struck down by a federal district court, and blocked permanently by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (all Bush-appointed judges, by the by).
But that doesn't mean they gave up hope! –Hope that they could force the 1,250 or so people in North Dakota who choose abortion each year to either have babies they don't want and possibly cannot afford to take care of! Maybe there would even be some teenagers forced into shotgun marriages with men they don't love–which would of course contribute to a very stable family environment! Perhaps some people would even die from self-induced abortions, giving the holiest in the state the opportunity to see God's judgment in action! Maybe some would lose their jobs, thereby opening up opportunities for cis men who won't need any of that pesky "maternity time off!" Maybe it would lead to literally no one having sex ever, except for procreative purposes! Maybe, just maybe, this could force women back into their rightful place, barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen.
And so, this year, as they continued to hold onto that hope, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem marched right on up to the Supreme Court, hoping the justices would choose to hear their case! "It was a long shot," he noted–given that SCOTUS gets requests to hear at least 7,500 cases a year, and usually hears only about 100.
However, today, the Republicans of North Dakota was denied their dream. The justices declined to hear their case. Much like they did last week when Arkansas tried to get them to hear their case for their 12-week abortion ban. SCOTUS decided to uphold the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to respect the court's precedent on abortion, which allows for legal abortion up until the fetus is viable, usually at 23-24 weeks.
Personally, I'm cheering.
Alas, it's a tempered cheer. On March 2nd, SCOTUS will hear Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, the case regarding Texas' horrific HB2 bill that would cause a majority of the state's remaining abortion clinics to close. That case will decide if states can just impose ridiculous restrictions on abortion clinics specifically for the purpose of shutting them down–and if SCOTUS finds in favor of Texas, none of this will even matter, and there will soon be many states where the right to choose will only be available to those financially able to travel long distances.


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Johnny Depp's normally a pretty good looking chap, but he's a bit scary in this shot from his latest flick, based on Alice in Wonderland. Johnny's playing the Mad Hatter
The movie is set several years after the book, and features lots of characters from it. Here, the White Rabbit comes searching for Alice to get her help.
Not much is known about the story, but it'll certainly look fantastic, as it's directed by Tim Burton. He was behind Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Tim Burton's also going out with this lady, Helena Bonham Carter. She doesn't normally look like this though! She plays the Red Queen, who is the baddy in the film.
And this is the White Queen, who we reckon is a goody. She's played by Anne Hathaway.
The film will feature lots of British talent, like Matt Lucas, Harry Potter actor Alan Rickman and Lord of the Rings star Christopher Lee. It's out next year.
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Joaquin Phoenix Falls for His Computer in Spike Jonze's 'Her' Trailer
by Alex Billington
August 7, 2013
Source: Apple
"I wish I could touch you…" Warner Bros has debuted the trailer for Spike Jonze's Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a man in the near future who falls in love with his computer, Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. This is one of the first of many movies exploring the idea of love or a relationship with a digital entity (there's also Transcendence, The Zero Theorem, Ex Machina coming up) and it has a much lighter, much sweeter touch, without wacky comedy. This looks way better than I was expecting. I love Spike and his films but this seems to be a change of pace and I'm totally into it. Rooney Mara & Amy Adams also star.
Watch the first official trailer for Spike Jonze's Her, in high def from Apple:
Set in LA, slightly in the future, "her" follows Theodore Twombly, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right, individual to each user. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha," a bright, female voice, who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other. Written & directed by Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where the Wild Things Are). WB will release Her starting December 18th.
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1st let me say sorry for the long post but I have been at this for about 4-5 days now and thanks in advance for any help yall can provide
- I am currently unable to restore any firmware (custom or original) to the iPhone; I get the following: The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (6).
- iTunes does not recognize the iPhone in DFU mode to do the restore; I have to try it in regular recovery mode
I currently have:
- 2G iPhone with 2.0 FW installed
- WinXP comp
- Custom FW from WinPwn 2.5 and 2.0
I started with: 2G iPhone w/1.1.4 FW Jailbroken, Unlocked, and Activated originally through iLiberty and working fine
- Decided to try to upgrade to 2.0.1 with the new WinPwn 2.5
- Was able to create the custom firmware just fine but no luck doing the shift+restore in iTunes - got Error 1604
- Played around with it awhile before calling it quits and going to sleep (used iLiberty to kick it back to Regular mode - working fine)
- Woke up to find that my iPhone is now at the non-activated recovery screen aka locked phone
Here where i spent a good 2 days trying different stuff:
- Made sure I was in DFU mode (Computer registers phone as in DFU mode when attached, As does iLiberty and ZiPhone)
- The problem is that in DFU mode iTunes doesn't recognize the phone and give an error.... which in turn doesn't let me update
The only way I am able to get to the restore portion of itunes is to leave it in recovery mode (pic of USB on phone) but after every single restore I get an error when it nears the end of "Preparing iPhone for restore"
- I tried the following to no luck:
- Restarted computer several times
- Unplugged/replugged Iphone
- Tried again in DFU mode - no luck still not recognizing it
- Completely uninstall/reinstall iTunes about 4 - 5X in addition to removing all sys files for it, Quicktime, and Mobile Device Mgr
- Tried iTunes Version 7.5 in order to restore to 1.1.4 again... no luck
- Used 2 other different computers in addition to my own
- **Created 3 or 4 different custom firmwares with higher partition size, started with 2.0 origin. FW, then 2.0.1 and tried to restore them all
- Tried Using WinPwn 2.0 (Uninstalled other ver. first) to create another custom .ipsw and try to Pwn iTunes
- Followed guides frm BigBoss, MMiPhone
Then in, my desperation, I just did a restore of regular Apple firmware 2.0 and it was able to do it.... but then tried to unlock the new 2.0 firmware but same problems as above except for the new errors of 6, 1600, -7 and -3 when in DFU, 1601 among others.
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With the Atlanta Braves watching the 2011 postseason from home, Fredi Gonzalez can do all the thinking in the world about what he may or may not have done differently during the season to prevent their September collapse. Gonzalez seems torn about his heavy use of rookies Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel.
Though Braves fans are undoubtedly still reeling from the Braves' 13-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies last Wednesday, when Kimbrel blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning, Gonzalez believes they may not have been in the situation in the first place had he not used Venters and Kimbrel so much during the early stages of the season.
"If we don't use those guys I don't know if [we get] 89 wins, if we get to the situation we were in [Wednesday night]," Gonzalez said.
This came, however, with the Braves winning 81 games entering September.
Although the rookie combo did not see nearly the workload in September that they had previously, Venters still led the majors with 85 relief appearances, followed by Kimbrel with 79.
Kimbrel made the third most appearances in major league history by a closer who saved at least 40 games. Billy Koch made 84 appearances while recording 44 saves for the 2002 A's, and Rod Beck notched 51 saves while making 81 appearances for the 1998 Cubs. Kimbrel also set the major league rookie record for saves with 46.
And it is not like other relievers also did not see a hefty work load. Eric O'Flaherty put together one of the most impressive years by a reliever in history by posting a 0.98 ERA in 78 appearances. Scott Linebrink also made 64 appearances, and left-handed specialist George Sherrill made 51 appearances, though he only threw 36 innings.
Still, Venters does not attribute the duo's poor September performance to fatigue. In Venters' first 72 appearances, he held opponents to a .157 batting average with an ERA of 1.31. In his 13 September outings, however, his ERA soared to 5.11.
"[Fatigue] doesn't have anything to do with anything at all," Venters said. "The only reason the workload was where it was is because we played so many close games. We were in a lot of ballgames. Once you get to September that stuff doesn't matter. You get your second wind."
Kimbrel had also thrown 37 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings before blowing a save on Sept. 9 in a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He would proceed to allow seven hits and six walks as well as six runs over his final 7 1/3 innings.Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Craig Kimbrel, Fredi Gonzalez, Jonny Venters, MLB


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Those precious angles from Los Angeles are all hottsee wottsee in St. Louis and the LA Times says that they can't play outside for too long or they'll get too gosh darn hot.
Juice boxes and orange slices for everyone in the clubhouse @ 5. Be there! Oh, and the Cardinals have lost 8 straight to these guys. (Yes, it's a very slow news day. Yes, it's probably actually smart to not be outside today. But that's not going to stop 40K+ for sitting in this heat for 4 hours tonight. Not much you can say about this team anymore besides 5 games over .500 seems to be the cap on 2012.)


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American Conservative rabbis, meeting at the 83rd annual convention here of their Rabbinical Assembly, rejected yesterday by narrow margins the application of a Reform ordained woman rabbi for membership by the first roll-call vote in the history of the RA. A vote of approval would have made Rabbi Beverly Magidson the first woman Conservative rabbi.
The name of Rabbi Magidson, a hospital chaplain ordained by the New York school of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1979, was submitted to the convention along with the names of six male rabbis.
There are two procedures for admission to the RA and to formal status as a Conservative rabbi. One is by ordination by the rabbinical school of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The other is by a process in the RA for rabbis ordained under other Jewish auspices. During the past 40 years, some 500 rabbis have been admitted by that process.
Magidson and the six male rabbis all had been examined and approved by the RA membership committee, the RA executive council and circulation of their applications among all 1,150 RA members. The final step is a 75 percent vote of approval at an RA convention.
Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, RA executive vice president, had told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, prior to the vote yesterday, that because applicants had passed the tests of approval by the RA membership committee and its executive council, the 75 percent acceptance vote at conventions was routine but that since Magidson was a woman, her application had "an extra dimension."
Kelman's suggestion that Magidson's application presented a problem was borne out by results of the voting at the convention yesterday. The six male rabbis were admitted by the required 75 percent of the votes of rabbis "present and voting."
For Magidson's application, two votes were taken. She failed the required 75 percent by close margins. On the first ballot, 278 rabbis voted, 206 for and 72 opposed, three short of the required 75 percent. That vote was by the procedure of each of the 278 rabbis present standing and indicating his position orally.
The unprecedented roll-call tally took place on the second vote when an additional seven rabbis came in for the vote, which was 210 for and 75 opposed, four short of the required 75 percent.
Magidson said, in a telephoned statement from her home in St. Louis, that she would apply again for admission but did not indicate whether it would be at the 1984 convention. Rabbi Kelman said he had no information as to whether she would apply next year.
The issue of admitting women to the Conservative rabbinate has been one bitterly fought in recent years, with three successive RA conventions going on record in favor of the Jewish Theological Seminary ending its policy of refusing to accept women as rabbinical candidates.
Rabbi Arnold Goodman of Atlanta, Ga., RA president, commenting on the voting on Rabbi Magidson, said: "It is a tribute to the members that they are willing to take a public position on this most sensitive issue."
Goodman, who voted for Magidson's acceptance, also said that "obviously the admission of women rabbis will come." He added that "it is obvious that an overwhelming majority of the members support admission of women into the Rabbinical Assembly, and I feel this vote reflects the feeling of our total membership."
He expressed the hope that the issue would continue to be debated within the Conservative movement and called upon the Jewish Theological Seminary, "as the training institution of the movement, to reassess its current policy in the light of today's voting and to ordain women as rabbis in the Conservative movement."
Kelman summarized the opposing views expressed during the three hours of heated debate that preceded the voting. He said that those Conservative rabbis favoring Rabbi Magidson's admission supported "an equalization of the role of men and women in Judaism so that women can participate fully in the religious life of the Jewish people."
He said those opposing such a step believe that it would be "a revolution in traditional practice which ought not to be done lightly." He also noted that some Conservative rabbis feel that the RA should not admit women as members as long as the Jewish Theological Seminary refuses to ordain them.


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30 May, 2008
Against a backdrop of compromises and widespread inability to provide robust, repeatable biometric deployments, fingerprint recognition is about to go mainstream thanks to the vision of UK Biometrics International.
We all carry individual distinguishing features which we carry around with us daily without the need for keys, cards or tokens. Our iris patterns, faces, fingerprints, vascular structure and even our gait provide an identifying signature that can't be stolen and can't get mislaid in the post. This is the principle of biometrics technology, the answer to identity and access control problems that everyone's been waiting for. The technology exists but so far, there has been no real widespread deployment other than niche applications or government programmes for visa applications, border control and criminal investigation.
Other attempts at providing recognition systems for office access control or access to computer resources have been half-hearted at best with numerous problems relating to such factors as false acceptance rates, unreliability and large scale enrolment problems. Enrolment is the process of initially identifying yourself to the biometric recognition equipment and if a figure of 5% was used as the proportion of the population who can't be enrolled, which is typical for many biometric technologies, this presents a significant problem for public deployments at, for example, a football stadium turnstile.
However, according to Matthew James, the British entrepreneur who set up and runs UK Biometrics International, this is all about to change. Through a shrewd international partnership programme that he's set up with American company Lumidigm, Dutch Alphatronics and Korean Keico, UK Biometrics International plans to take robust and reliable fingerprint biometrics to the mainstream security markets.
I asked Matthew why he had specifically chosen fingerprint technology, an approach that had come under significant criticism in the past for simply not being robust enough for commercial deployment with problems associated with environment, cleanliness, repeatability and the alleged ease with which it could be compromised. Matthew was very clear in his view that he'd made the right choice, explaining that ten times the amount of development effort had gone into fingerprints than any other biometric technology in addition to which it enjoys far greater public acceptance than the alternatives. "In terms of acceptance", he explained, "nobody feels comfortable about exposing their retinas to a scanner, it doesn't matter how many times you explain that its safe. Our eyes are too precious and people don't want to expose them to technical apparatus". He went on to explain the ergonomic benefits of simply presenting a finger to a scanner instead of having to worry about lighting levels or the angle of body presentation. "People aren't interested in that." he told me, "Our fingers and hands are the most flexible and adaptable part of our body and presenting a finger to a scanner is no more complex than touching a button".
Recognising that the technology has had its problems, Matthew was never satisfied with fully launching the technology commercially until the time was right. His company has spent the last few years getting the technology right and making sure that it didn't need back up systems like the incorporation of smart card readers or pin pads which merely indicated that the fingerprint scanning reliability wasn't there yet.
With UK Biometrics International's partnerships, Matthew now believes he's reached his goal. He has access to Lumidigm's multi-spectral fingerprint sensors and Alphatronic's modular industrial access control hardware and this provides him with the way forward. "This is the penicillin of security", he told me enthusiastically, "people will look back on 2008 and describe it as the turning point of biometrics".
It's hard not to share his enthusiasm. This charismatic business leader was entrepreneur of the year in 2007 and has a determined approach to achieving his business objectives. Biometrics is an area that can so easily become bogged down in a mire of technological barriers and academic idealism resulting in delays and compromise but Matthew's approach stems from the harsh world of business reality and is more pragmatic than academic. He has always wanted a technology that is robust, able to withstand harsh environments and usable by everyone and this is what he's achieved.
Keen to see the penicillin in action, I took a look at what's on offer and started with the multi-spectral fingerprint scanner demonstrated by the affable Californian Bill Spence, the Vice President of Transaction Systems at Lumidigm. The Lumidigm reader sets itself apart from the competition by looking deeper than surface scanning providing an ability to capture a clear image regardless of such obstructions as water, grease or make up. By detecting the sub-layers of the fingerprint, the scanner is easily able to detect spoofs such as latex copies of prints. The scanner nonetheless reads the print, stores the image and immediately flags it as a fraudulent identification attempt. Wet and contaminated fingers were easily identified regardless of orientation or pressure considerations having any affect. Bill was keen to point out that the technology isn't simply a laboratory mock-up but is being actively used in challenging field applications such as a theme park in Orlando which processed 38 million fingerprint based transactions in its first 12 months of operation, all based on single touch enrolment. Such applications are a challenging test for any system with deployment plans for daily public usage and takes the technology out of the boundaries of local applications with a closed set of users.
Joost Boel, the General Manager of Alphatronics went on to demonstrate the modular access control system which is a very neat system of polygonal pick 'n' mix modules that tessellate neatly together on door surrounds, gate pillars or ticket issuing machines. The modules consist of fingerprint readers, card readers, bar code readers, intercoms, selection buttons, keypads and ticket issuers. The robust design enables them to be used in virtually any environment both indoors and outdoors, including traffic access points, dock yards and industrial premises.
Biometric technology has always had the potential for widespread use throughout the security industry but its implementation has always been accompanied by a battle for usability and sturdiness. By adopting good business development practices and combining the expertise of business partners, UK Biometrics International are now on the edge of achieving the kind of goals that the biometrics industry have been aiming towards for a long time. Matthew James has the energy and enthusiasm to deliver it and his business partners have the kind of enviable portfolio of technology that makes mainstream adoption an achievable reality.
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With Labor lagging the Coalition badly in the polls and her leadership again under pressure, the Prime Minister played the gender card, telling a Women for Gillard launch that
"We don't want to live in an Australia where abortion again becomes the political plaything of men who think they know better,'' she said.
"On [election] day, September 14, we are going to make a big decision as a nation. It's a decision about whether, once again, we will banish women's voices from our political life.''
The speech's gender pitch, her strongest since her misogyny attack on Mr Abbott in October, was widely construed as a warning against a return to
Social commentator Jane Caro said it smacked of desperation and could blow up in the Prime Minister's face. It raised eyebrows within Labor, with some MPs believing the Prime Minister had "jumped the shark".
Coalition women described the comments as desperate and offensive. Even one Labor MP,
He stressed he supported a woman's right to choose but "I am not convinced of the wisdom of kicking this into a political debate''.
In her speech, Ms Gillard listed the array of social and female-friendly policies Labor had introduced. She denigrated the concept of the country being run by "a man in a blue tie who goes on holidays to be replaced by a man in a blue tie''.
"Women, once again, [are] banished from the centre of Australian political life,'' she said.
Ms Gillard likened her immediate challenge to the women's equality battles fought by the suffragettes and the 1970s feminist movement.
Abortion claims 'offensive'
"To the commentators and the pollsters, there's always a moment in every fight where you've got to choose whether you are daunted by it or energised by it,'' she said.
Deputy opposition leader
"A desperate Prime Minister leading a bitterly divided party is resorting to the base politics of fear and division. We are a better nation than this and Australia deserves leadership,'' she said.
"The Prime Minister should be governing for all Australians, not trying to divide the community as a distraction from her political woes.''
Labor MP Andrew Leigh backed Ms Gillard, saying "if Tony Abbott had remained health minister, it's doubtful Australian women would have access to [abortion pill] RU-486 today''.
In contrast to the message in her speech Ms Gillard, at an earlier press conference, endorsed Victorian senator
This ignored the urging of high-profile ALP women, such as
Ms Gillard needs the support of Senator Feeney and his fellow Victorian power-brokers,
Shorten under pressure
In her first public comments since the leadership issue flared at the weekend, Ms Gillard, out pushing her Gonski school funding reforms, said "I am the best person to lead the Labor Party''.
"A breath spent on that speculation or rumour-mongering is a breath that isn't spent on putting the case for improving our schools for our kids,'' she said.
With Mr Shorten under pressure to abandon his support for Ms Gillard and tap her on the shoulder, the Prime Minister indicated this would be a waste of time even if he did so.
She said under no circumstances would she not lead Labor to the next election.
Ms Caro added Ms Gillard's abortion comments "smack of desperation, like it's her last card''.
"I am deeply worried about it," she said.
She said the broader playing of the gender card "feels like a political tactic rather than a statement of real belief''.
"I'm more prepared to believe her on education and Gonski than I am on this. And I'm worried it will create this very idea that we don't want, which is that women in politics only represent women. We want women in politics because we want the brightest and the best of all available people.''
University of Technology, Sydney, professorial fellow Eva Cox said voters shouldn't be swayed by politics that uses gender to rally votes.
"This strikes me as part of continuing to push the misogyny thing,'' she said. "If women want to vote for Julia, they should do it based on the policies that both parties are putting up, not on the possibility that there might be something on abortions, given the federal government control in that area is minimal."
Unclear about attracting female voters
Ms Cox said pointers about the Labor government's policy position on women were more apparent in decisions to shift the sole parent payment to the much lower Newstart allowance payment.
Gender commentator Leslie Cannold said it was unclear whether Ms Gillard's comments would attract female voters.
But she said the Prime Minister's decision, along with then health minister Nicola Roxon, to "put decisions about medicines essential for women's health on an evidential footing", was a step forward.
"As health minister, Tony Abbott, with the active political support of a number of the men who are likely to wield positions of power in the next government, persistently agitated to restrict women's access to abortion, to stigmatise the procedure and to shame the women and healthcare workers involved in it," she said.
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Jury told of 'horror' of Russell attacks
The jury in the trial of Michael Stone has been reminded of the "horror and the emotion" of the attack on Lin, Megan and Josie Russell.
In a summary of the prosecution's evidence at Nottingham Crown Court, Nigel Sweeney QC gave his closing speech.
Mr Sweeney said: "There is no dispute and there could be no dispute that Lin and Megan Russell were murdered and there was an attempt to murder Josie.
"The central issue for you is whether this man, Michael Stone, carried out that murder and attempted murder."
The case against Mr Stone relies on the evidence of former prisoner Damian Daley.
Earlier in the trial the jury heard how Michael Stone boasted to Daley about the murders while he was on remand at Canterbury prison in 1997.
Mr Sweeney said Mr Stone had called Daley his friend and began talking to him through a pipe which ran along the bottom of the cell.
No DNA evidence
Mr Sweeney said: "Damian Daley tried to shut him up, but it was then he starting talking about breaking heads and the inside being mush.
"He also told Damian Daley `I'd have been okay if that slag had not picked me out'.
"The defendant told him 'they didn't have what I wanted' and then said 'the dog made more noise than they did'."
Later when Damian Daley was reading a newspaper report about the murders he put "two and two together", said Mr Sweeney.
Mr Sweeney said there was no positive identification or DNA evidence to link Mr Stone to the crime scene.
William Clegg QC, defending, will give his closing speech on Thursday.
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Malian guitarist Sidi Touré is making a big U.S. crossover push! After a U.S. tour last year, Touré recently signed a deal with stateside label Thrill Jockey who will be releasing his forthcoming full-length, Koïma, on April 17th.
As a prelude to the album, a gorgeous new video has emerged for the track "Ni See Ay Go Done." The video footage was shot in 8mm by Frédéric Wasiak and edited by Covalesky, who recently spoke about the making and intentions of the video:
"Frédéric took these images during his first trip in the north of Mali. Thanks to these beautiful images, I wanted the viewer to live a trip in the north of Mali and through this trip feel all the things that are hidden in Sidi's music: the desert, the majestic scenery, large spaces, the Malian cities and the people who live there (mostly Songhaï and Tuareg). It's also a way to see a small part of Sidi's life: leaving Gao to go to Bamako, going from the desert to the capital and coming back to Gao, probably rather in a dream than in real life."
Sidi Toure - Ni See Say Ga Done from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.
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If you loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and lamented that Stieg Larsson died soon after finishing the final book in his Millennium trilogy, chances are you'll rejoice at the news that an unseen short story by Larsson is to be published in a new collection of crime stories by some of Sweden's greatest crime writers.
Perhaps that delight will be tempered by the fact that the radical journalist-turned-mega-selling-crimewriter wrote the story when he was only 17. But, hopefully, like Mozart, Larsson was some sort of boy genius.
A Darker Shade of Sweden will be published by New York-based Mysterious Press next February and will include work by the husband-and-wife team credited with inspiring the modern Scandinavian crime-writing wave, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, the creator of Kurt Wallender, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson (no relation of Stieg), and Sara Stridsberg.
The collection also contains a story written by Eva Gabrielsson, Stieg Larsson's partner who remains in dispute with his family over his royalties and the contents of his laptop computer that is said to contain part of a fourth book about his characters. As Larsson left no will when he died on November 9, 2004, his estate was inherited by his father and brother. His original plan was to write 10 books about the characters.
Larsson's first book was published in Sweden in 2005 as Men who Hate Women and in 2008 was published in English as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It introduced readers to Lisbeth Solander, a brilliant and brittle computer hacker who had been sexually abused by her legal guardian, and campaigning journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
The Girl who Played with Fire appeared in English in 2009 and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest later the same year.
The trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies and all three books have been filmed in Sweden, starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist. Hollywood later remade The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig.


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Motorists in Nevada will be the first in the United States to share the road with cars that drive themselves. Internet search company Google has taken a lead in driverless car technology with a Toyota Prius that has clocked up more than 200,000 kilometres, including trips across San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and along the Pacific Coast Highway, without causing any accidents. The car was developed by Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun, who is also a Google vice-president. Some car makers have applied for driverless car licences and California is said to be considering similar laws. Google's self-driving Prius is easy for motorists to spot because it has a video camera mounted on the roof and red number plates to signify that it's driving itself. It also uses radar sensors and a laser range finder to build an awareness of other traffic.
Efforts to provide affordable renewable energy in developing countries have taken an important step after scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found a way to lower the cost of artificial photosynthesis. Daniel Norcera and his team were able to replace expensive platinum catalysts with a much cheaper compound of nickel, molybdenum and zinc, according to a report in the The Guardian. Similar in size to a playing card, an artificial leaf is described as a silicon solar cell with different catalytic material bonded onto its two sides. When covered with water and placed in sunlight, it mimics photosynthesis by splitting hydrogen and water.
Artificial photosynthesis is seen as a viable way of plugging gaps in the renewable energy sector because it could be used in dry regions where hydro power is not an option, needs less space than solar panels and does not need a battery to store energy.
While other scientists are also working on the problem, it looks like Professor Norcera could be the first to commercialise his technology. Wired reports that he has signed a deal with India's Tata Group for the production of a fridge-sized power generator.
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About the Book
Impressions of Glasgow and Edinburgh through a different eye...not the usual sightseeing photography.
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- Category Arts & Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
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- Publish Date Aug 27, 2012
- Language English
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Colours of the Swiss Alps
door Martin O'Neill
Over het boek
Discover the natural beauty, wildlife and culture of the Swiss Alps with this handy photoguide. Eye-catching images coupled with fascinating facts about one of Europe's most iconic landscapes.
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Klein vierkant, 18×18 cm
120 Pagina's
- Datum publiceren apr 10, 2011
- Labels natural beauty, Saas Fee, alps, swiss, switzerland, europe, mountains, lakes, wildlife, culture, photoguide, iconic, landscape, photo, photography, pictures, colours, Grindelwald, Zermatt
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Martin O'Neill
New Forest, England
Martin started his career as a journalist and has worked in senior management, marketing and communications roles for conservation bodies, charities and councils. He has written widely on local heritage and many of his photographs have been published in magazines and books. A number have won competitions. Martin grew up in the Derbyshire Peak District and now lives in the New Forest.


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TWO Blaenau Gwent Community Support Officers were recognised for their work at Achievement and Recognition in the Community awards, by Nantyglo and Blaina Town Council.
The annual awards, now in their 14th year, are designed to commemorate and recognise individuals and organisations that have enhanced the lives of local people and the community.
More than 60 residents and borough and town mayors were at the ceremony in April and CSOs Joanne Robins and Craig Whistance, officers for Blaina, won the 'Community Award' for professional services to their community.
CSO Craig Whistance said: 'It's a shock to find out we had been nominated, let alone won, we just do our job. We work with the community and local residents and enjoy being involved in the events in our community."
Councillor Michael James, mayor of Nantyglo and Blaina nominated the CSOs for the award.
He said: 'Craig and Joanne are always a part of activities within the community, and put the community first with a smile in rain or snow."


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>Suggestions and Feature Requests>Fancier workout colors
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I think it might be nifty if there were more options for workout colors - e.g., if we could add vertical or horizontal or diagonal stripes as a modifier.
I like the idea of having my speed workouts all in a similar color family, and this would give kind of an orthogonal way to distinguish them.
Also, grays don't seem to be available in the workout color choices.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Upon later reflection, I could probably get by with three colors: Easy, Long, and Hard.


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Posted on 08/05/2003 5:20:19 AM PDT by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of word for the day. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the word of the day; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....
blithe \blyth\, adjective
blither, blithest; adjective
blithely; adverb
blitheness; noun
1. Carefree and lighthearted.
2. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual.
The blithe sounds of festal music. --Prescott.
A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
Etymology: [Middle English, from Old English bl the.]
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Blithely they blunder
Our taxes they plunder
The dems go under
Becoming but chund er.
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Someone's always complaining about weight on the big sport-touring bikes. The FJR & Connie are both almost 700lbs wet. The new K16GT is just over 700, as is the ST1300. Now, I can understand wanting a lighter, more maneuverable bike–I want one myself–but I'm not sure the big tourers can be any smaller.
I mean, physics are physics. Once you assume the requirement for HP and torque of a certain level, you've assumed an engine of a certain size and weight. Once you've decided you need 1000-1200lbs of Gross Weight, you've assumed a frame of a certain size, stiffness, and, hence weight. Once you've decided to stretch the wheelbase a couple of inches for highway stability, you've increased the size of the frame/subframe/swingarm, which is more weight.
Take a look at the new Ninja 1000, which is about as stripped down to basics as a sporting streetbike gets–no ABS, no bags, no electric windscreen, smaller engine, no shaft drive–and the wet weight is 500lbs. The old ZZR1200, with no bags or shaft, was 600lbs.
Ultimately, the features on the Sport-Tourers make the weight inevitable. Start off with a repli-racer like the R1, which has a wet weight of 454 lbs. Add a shaft, add 100 lbs. Add ABS, add 10lbs. Add Bags, add 20 lbs. The list goes on. Adding just those three items alone has increased the R1's wet weight to 584lbs–and we still haven't beefed up the frame or suspension to support a 2-up, touring capable load weight, or increased the wheelbase to make the handling more stable. Or, for that matter, given it a pillion seat that your chick is gonna want to ride for 20 minutes.
A given volume of aluminum and steel is gonna weigh a given amount. If you want a lighter bike, then you have to give up either a large engine, a shaft drive, max GVW, physical size, or any of a hundred other features that the big sport-tourers have as a standard.
Either that, or build the thing out of carbon fiber and titanium, and pay $40k+ for it.
Yeah, they're heavy bikes. But it's difficult to see how they could be lighter, and/or smaller, and still offer the specs that they do.


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New Rochelle, NY, May 18, 2010—Intensive disease management counseling and education provided over the telephone by a nurse trained in cardiac care and cross-cultural care, combined with home blood pressure (BP) monitoring, led to better BP control than home monitoring alone among African Americans with hypertension, according to a study published in a recent issue of Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free online.
African Americans have an increased prevalence of high BP and are at greater risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease associated with poorly controlled hypertension. Troyen Brennan, MD, MPH, from Aetna, in Hartford, CT, and colleagues from Health & Technology Vector, Inc. (Hartford), and the Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, conducted a prospective, randomized controlled study of 485 African Americans with hypertension who were enrolled in a national health plan.
BP control strategies provided to the control group consisted only of home BP monitoring, whereas the intervention group received telephone follow-up and lifestyle and diet counseling provided by a nurse who had received cultural competency training, in addition to educational materials and home BP monitoring.
The results are reported in the article "Disease Management to Promote Blood Pressure Control Among African Americans." They demonstrate significantly lower mean systolic BP measurements (123.6 vs. 126.7 mm Hg) in the intervention group. The intervention group was also 50% more likely to have well-controlled BP and 46% more likely to check their BP reading at least once a week, suggesting that a well-designed disease management strategy can improve compliance and self-management of hypertension.
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The eager note on my door said "Call me,"
call when you get in!" so I quickly threw
a few tangerines into my overnight bag,
straightened my eyelids and shoulders, and
headed straight for the door. It was autumn
by the time I got around the corner, oh all
unwilling to be either pertinent or bemused, but
the leaves were brighter than grass on the sidewalk!
Funny, I thought, that the lights are on this late
and the hall door open; still up at this hour, a
champion jai-alai player like himself? Oh fie!
for shame! What a host, so zealous! And he was
there in the hall, flat on a sheet of blood that
ran down the stairs. I did appreciate it. There are few
hosts who so thoroughly prepare to greet a guest
only casually invited, and that several months ago.
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LAKE ELSINORE -- A group of parents and teachers working to establish a charter school in Lake Elsinore has resubmitted their recently rejected petition to district leaders, saying they revamped their original request to address officials' concerns.
"I know we have come under a lot of heat from some naysayers, but we are doing this for our kids," said Edie Esquivel, co-lead petitioner for the proposed Ronald Reagan Charter School. "We want this to be the gem of the valley for the school district."
Jose Carvajal, spokesman for the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, said officials have yet to review in great detail the revised petition, but will do so next week.
Despite district leaders siding against the charter school's formation based on budgeting concerns and other issues -- as well as trustees unanimously voting down the proposal Nov. 9 -- Carvajal said officials will review the new request in good faith.
"We take our responsibility seriously," he said.
Parents and teachers calling for the charter school are asking that Ronald Reagan Elementary, a magnet school that opened in 2005, be converted into a charter school.
The campus was founded with a constructivist teaching model, which encourages students to be inquisitive and emphasizes group work and a hands-on approach to learning. Also, students of varying ages have classes together as part of the program.
The request was formulated during the summer after parents and teachers became upset that principal Craig Richter, a staunch proponent of constructivism, was transferred to another school after Reagan posted mediocre standardized test results.
The school's most recent test scores showed improvement.
Under the charter school petition, Ronald Reagan Elementary would eventually become a campus that serves kindergarten through eighth-grade students, employs a constructivist educational approach and uses multiage classrooms. It also calls for extended-school programs, academic interventions and a variety of after-school clubs.
The charter's founding members -- more than two dozen parents, academics and others -- have said they believe strongly in the constructivist method and that parents should have access to alternative forms of public education, a position state laws also support.
More than 350 families have also expressed an interest in sending their children to the charter school.
But district officials rejected the petition for several reasons. Among the concerns, officials said that the plan for the charter was financially unsound and didn't adequately explain how to turn the elementary into a kindergarten through eighth-grade school.
At the Nov. 9 meeting, board President Tom Thomas described an estimated $1.6 million deficit after the school's first year as a deal-breaker, saying the charter school was "doomed to be a financial disaster."
Thomas could not be reached to comment on the newly submitted petition.
Esquivel said many of the founding members spent long hours and late nights drafting a revise to address the district's concerns. She said they went about their work quickly in order to meet various deadlines that would still allow them to open in August.
The revised petition was filed Nov. 13, and Esquivel said she hopes it "clears up any miscommunications" between charter proponents and district leaders.
Among the revisions, she said they outlined many more details on the schooling plan for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, and also provided a revised budget plan.
"We clarified exactly what we would be spending and did a five-year breakdown for them," she said.
The revision also clarifies that part of the school, if converted, would be left alone so the district can house programs for special needs-students who live in the attendance area yet choose not to attend the charter school.
While the initial complaints over Richter's transfer may have been the impetus for the charter petition -- also something trustees pointed out when they rejected the request -- Esquivel said the driving force behind the proposal has evolved.
She said the current emphasis at Reagan is solely improving state test scores, but charter-school backers believe there is so much more to a well-rounded education than the results of standardized tests.
She said the main reason now for the charter is to stop "the dismantling" of constructivism at the school.
District leaders have denied that the teaching method has been scrapped, and instead have said that more emphasis has been placed on accountability and reaching out to students who are struggling academically.
Charter school proponents have said that if the district rejected their proposal, they would seek approval from the county or the state. But Esquivel said that based on advice from county officials they will continue to work with the district to exhaust all avenues and address as many local-level concerns as possible.
"We both want the same for the students and parents we serve, and having a charter school allows added choice to parents to better meet the needs of their children," states a letter from the charter's petitioners to trustees with regard to the revised request. "Doing this in a spirit of cooperation, rather than in antagonism, will send the strongest message to parents that we deeply care for their children."
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What happened? 17 planes, 8 rental cars, 12 cities, 11 states, 13 different hotels and there are only 31 days this month! May is one big huge blur. Kind of like having way too much wine except there wasn't much wine involved this month, just a whole lot of travel. Seeing everything from the Rocky Mountains to the "low country" of South Carolina, Toronto, Canada, Nashville (where it all began) and a whole lot more. As Johnny Cash would sing…. "I've been every where man, I've been everywhere" A screaming kid in seat 15b, a very large person next to me in 17C, delayed flights, airplane wine that doubles as toilet bowl cleaner…
During what seemed like a quasi-crash landing, the pilot thought the earth was a few hundered feet further below than it really was and we hit the runway with a horrible bang. – Oops – My Bad! Having made thousands of flights I never had a landing like that and apparently neither had the flight attendant. She had this very worried and panicked look on her face thinking perhaps the nose wheel was damaged. When we hit the runway (slammed into the runway) all the passengers gasped and from the smell a few also loaded their underwear. Since the flight attendant's job is to keep us all calm during times like this, she picked up the 1950's CB radio looking microphone and with her shaking, cracking reassuring voice says, …. "I guess you noticed we landed" Oh.. that's what that was, I mentioned on my way out the door. Doesn't the captain know objects in the mirror (including the earth) are closer than they appear? – next time read the little sticker on the mirror.
During my travels this month, I also had to drive to Toronto which was an adventure. Entering Canada was easy and they must have known I was coming because there was a welcome sign for me. A Bigger Better Angus has Arrived! How cool!
Returning to the United States was a different story. "What do you mean you were slaying corks in Toronto?" Asked the customs official at the border. That's what I do for a living I said with a sheepish grin. (knowing I probably gave a bad answer) He just looked down at me from his omnipotent perch in his power booth scowling at me in my little rental car while I was attempting to head home. Who were you seeing there? he barked, trying to intimidate me. A fellow cork slayer that flew in from Switzerland. This time he just starred in total disbelief. He looked at my passport, looked at me, looked at my passport, looked inside the car again and finally shrugged his shoulders, grunted and motioned me on. And so goes another day of life on the road with Angus, cork slayer extraordinaire.
After the blur of May, I am safely back at Vintage Tuesday's corporate headquarters' (home) and it's time to do a little catching up so off we go to see the Wine Wizard. As we approach the wizard, she said in her wizard voice "Step forward Angus and Trixie, you dare to ask for a good bottle of wine do you?" First bring me the cork screw of the wicked witch of the North. Excuse me kind wizard, there isn't a wicked witch of the North. Only the border agent between Canada and the U.S. and the TSA took my cork screw.
I told her I have been traveling every where this month and this is really a Big Ass Place. Without skipping a beat she said "then you need a Big Ass Shiraz". As soon as Trixie heard this, she grabbed a glass and shoved me out of the way. "I love Shiraz" she said with a big grin holding her glass out for the wizard.
The Big Ass Shiraz was a 2005 from Southern Australia and was just under $10. It had a big ass flavor as well with hints of berries, I think it was blackberry and it had some spicy taste as well. Adding this to our evening barbeque (no more travel food) and it topped off a great evening.
Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, where the hell am I?
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