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Approaching the Honduras border on January 19, Stephen Hogg and Tim Munro had no inkling of the corruption, pain and fear they were about to experience. They spoke to Bruce Munro about their ordeal after fleeing the violence-ridden Central American country earlier this month.
The malevolent mood of Honduras' largest city - chaotic, lawless Tegucigalpa - screamed for Tim Munro's attention within hours of his arrival.
The Dunedin-raised 27-year-old had left his best mate and travelling companion Stephen Hogg (27), also of Dunedin, at the city's main hospital while he fetched Mr Hogg's X-rays from their hotel.
''On my way back, a heavily tattooed guy driving his truck down the street just hit the brakes and started screaming in pretty good English `What the f... are you doing here?','' Mr Munro says.
''No-one was batting an eyelid. It was incredibly hostile.
''I just kept walking.''
This was supposed to be the halfway mark of the film graduates' year-long, trans-continental odyssey from Anchorage, Alaska, to Argentina's southern most point, Tierra del Fuego.
Astride Bajaj Chetaks - the hardy Indian equivalent of Vespa motorscooters - the pair had already ridden, filmed and photographed 20,000km of their North and Central American adventures by the time they reached the border town of El Amatillo on the morning of January 19.
They had experienced their share of frustration and excitement travelling south through Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. They had also ''heard bad things'' about the country they were about to enter. What they did not know was that Honduras boasted the world's highest murder rate, 92 per 100,000 people. Nor had they heard that four days before a British tourist had been shot dead in Honduras' second city, San Pedro Sula, while trying to escape thieves.
The country's distinctive attitude was apparent as soon as they tried to enter it.
''We had heaps of trouble getting across the border,'' Mr Munro says.
''It was a case of how much money were we willing to pay.''
''And it did take us all day,'' Mr Hogg adds.
What should have been $US12 each in border fees ended up costing $US100 each as they paid everyone from police officers to administrators.
''A man who spoke English said `Oh the policeman wants five dollars','' Mr Hogg says.
''I said `He can have five dollars when he comes up with a good reason'.
''Later another guy came over and said `He wants five dollars from you both or he will search your bikes and it might take two hours'.''
Once in Honduras, they rode south to spend a few days in the provincial capital Choluteca, hoping the worst was behind them. But they had only just arrived when Mr Hogg fell while pushing his scooter.
''I just tripped and felt my back go ping,'' he says.
It would be the last time he rode his bike.
The pain of walking was close to unbearable. After a couple of days without improvement, Mr Hogg visited a local doctor who suggested he get an MRI scan in Tegucigalpa. He also offered ''all manner of pills and injections which he had in his drawer''.
The scooters were reluctantly left at the hotel in Choluteca and the pair boarded a bus for the capital, 150km to the north.
The city was an ''eye-opener'' on the effects military rule, corruption, a huge wealth gap, roaring drug trade, crime and natural disasters can have on a country.
''It struck me as a place with far more chaos than we had ever come across,'' Mr Hogg says.
''The day we arrived in the capital, the Government apparently stopped being able to pay its CCTV bill, so they canned all the closed circuit TV cameras around town. We also heard the military was no longer being paid.''
Within an hour of arriving in the capital they were warned by three people to take extreme care.
''I was lying on the footpath outside the hospital while Tim went to find a hotel,'' Mr Hogg says.
''A local man who spoke some English welcomed me to his country and then just shook his head at me and said `What are you doing? You need to be careful. It is a dangerous place.' This was just outside the hospital.''
It was on Mr Munro's next excursion, while Mr Hogg was waiting to see a neurosurgeon, that he was screamed at in the street.
THEY did encounter a lot of friendliness as well, they say. But at the same time ''you could feel others were sizing us up''.
''You got the feeling that it was just a matter of time before we at least got our money taken.''
The neurosurgeon diagnosed Mr Hogg with a slipped disc in his lower back. He said it was an emergency situation and recommended surgery.
''He was quite keen to operate on me in Honduras. I was less keen,'' Mr Hogg, who then began planning his return to New Zealand, says.
But first their beloved bikes needed to be sorted. So they got a bus back to Choluteca.
Mr Hogg's sister, who lives in Invercargill, had been searching the internet for people in Honduras who spoke English and might be able to help her invalid brother and his friend.
She contacted an American missionary living in a small town in the hills near the Honduras-Nicaragua border, an hour from Choluteca, who offered to pick up and look after the scooters.
Mr Munro travelled with the bikes to see where they would be stored while Mr Hogg stayed in Choluteca to minimise the chance of nerve damage.
They then travelled back to the capital with whatever gear they could carry; Mr Hogg intent on finding the quickest route back to New Zealand, and Mr Munro hoping to get to Mexico to find a cheaper flight home. It was the closing days of January.
The missionary put them in touch with a Honduran customs broker who, they were told, would not expect to be bribed.
He was extremely helpful. But his belief that arrangements could be made quickly proved incorrect.
A key stumbling block was the permits for their scooters. Stamped in their passports were three-day vehicle-import permits, obviously long expired, rather than the 90-day permits they should have been granted when they entered the country.
It was starting to look as if Honduras was becoming their prison.
Mr Munro contacted his parents, who began doing their own research on Honduras. They were not reassured by what they discovered.
''It was a bit distressing for them, knowing their son was stuck in a country like this and couldn't get out,'' Mr Munro says.
His father phoned the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFat). Staff at the New Zealand embassy in Mexico then contacted their Australian and Canadian counterparts in Honduras, who offered translation assistance if it was required.
FOR two days their customs broker negotiated with government officials. At one point they were told they could get exit visas for $US250 each, but that person then withdrew his offer. The best solution seemed to lie in paying $US350 each to ''officially import'' the bikes, then surrendering the scooters to the officials. They were told once that was done their passports would be stamped with a cancellation of the temporary permit, and they would be able to leave Honduras.
An attempt to extract a further $US350 each was thwarted by the broker, who managed to telephone a higher-ranking official who agreed the extra money was not required.
On Friday, February 1, the day before Mr Hogg's plane was departing, hasty arrangements were made to transport the scooters overnight by truck to the capital.
The physical pain, on top of the stress and frustration, was making Mr Hogg feel ''pretty miserable''.
By now Mr Munro had decided trying to get to Mexico by bus was not a good option.
''Air travel seemed much easier and safer,'' he says.
His flight was not until February 5.
The days between Mr Hogg's departure and his flight out were stressful, Mr Munro says.
''I haven't been anywhere else in Central America before where I legitimately believed it was pretty unsafe to leave the hotel even during the day,'' he says.
''That was confirmed the next day ... The night before I flew out to New Zealand five people were shot dead just around the corner from my hotel.''
When they did each leave, three days apart, their experiences were as similar as they were strange.
Escorted to the airport, Mr Hogg in a wheelchair, their passports were taken from them before they reached the customs counter. A conversation was had with the official on duty - Mr Hogg picked up the Spanish words for ''motorcycle'' and ''vehicle registration'' - and the men were then waved through to board their planes. There was no stamp to cancel the temporary vehicle import permit enabling them to leave. There was no customs declaration to show they were leaving the country.
''Basically, to get out of the country, I'm pretty sure a little bit of USD [United States dollars] exchanged hands,'' Mr Munro says.
''It didn't seem we left Honduras in a legitimate manner whatsoever,'' Mr Hogg says.
Both men have been in Dunedin this week catching up with family.
Mr Hogg is having his back injury evaluated by a surgeon here. If he is healthy enough, he would love to find a way to complete the other half of the journey to the bottom of South America.
''Overall it was an amazing trip. We're both quite disappointed it finished where it did.''
For Mr Munro, who departs for work in Australia this weekend, it will be more difficult.
''It might be a bit expensive for me, but I'm not closing all options ...''
And the scooters?''I imagine they'd probably be gone.''
Tim Munro is no relation of the writer.
Travel advisory
The travel advisory for Honduras is being reviewed, a New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFat) and Trade spokeswoman said this week.
''But this is unlikely to result in any change to the risk level,'' the spokeswoman said. The Ministry already advises there is some risk to security due to violent crime in Honduras and recommends caution.
''New Zealanders who find themselves in difficulty in Honduras can contact the New Zealand embassy in Mexico for advice and consular assistance.''
There are currently 11 New Zealanders registered with MFat as being in Honduras. In the past 12 months, 17 New Zealanders registered with MFat as having travelled to Honduras but have since departed.


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GRANGE School Rowing Club's Scott Ozsanlav-Harris represented Great Britain during the weekend's annual Coupe de la Jeunesse regatta in France.
He was part of a junior men's quad, coached by Grange's Matt Jump, that placed second in a B final on Saturday after finishing fifth in the morning's first heat.
The same crew were fourth in Sunday's B final at the international event, for under 18s, after classifying in the same position during a qualifier earlier the same day.
Meanwhile former Grange students won a gold medal at the European Universities Games in Rotterdam.
Tom Ford, part of Great Britain's squad for last month's World Under 23s Championships, helped Newcastle University Boat Club's men's four to victory in Holland.
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In a few days Mr. Bachchan celebrates his grand seventieth birthday on October 11th. It is hard to imagine he is grand and old at seventy. Grand surely, but old? Nah! Seventy years of sheer unadulterated passion for life and over four decades of it for the profession is how the seventy years have slipped by for him. And in all this time, neither have the fans reduced, neither has the charm reduced nor the enigma that encompasses him as thinned, instead just the opposite seems to be happening. Judging by the responses, the reception, the reactions he still commands, one would think that time has stood still for him. Everyday is a jubilee day, a celebration in the life of this living legend.
And how he manages his magnetic appeal is still a mystery. I have often wondered why are people so drawn to him? And it is not just a few hundred or thousands, but a few million who swarm towards him in a fairy tale fashion, 3.6 million on Twitter, 2.7 million on Facebook and countless millions more who have never heard of either of the mediums but know this man alone. The young, the old, the nameless and the faceless reach out to this one man, from Egypt to Russia, from Arabia to Siam. My Mother recalls from one of her trips to Egypt – " In the narrow lanes of Cairo's dusty suks, the vendors selling their wares would shout out ' Amitabh Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan' to get the attention of the Indian tourists and then speak to them in broken English and in that delightful Arabian accent about how well they know the man. And this story was not repeated only in Cairo, but in Aswan, Giza and Luxor. The cabbies, the vendors, the hotel staff knew him all too well. They had all wined and dined with Mr. Bachchan when he visited Egypt in 1991 or so it seems.
He commands respect, attention and love like no other. Mr. Bachchan had recently put up a picture of the crowds that thronged to see him in Gujarat and I honestly thought he was attending a political rally in Ahmedabad. I was wrong; he was attending a function in the city to inaugurate a showroom for a popular South Indian jewelry store.
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The Bachchan enigma is a mystery, more mysterious than the on goings in the Bermuda triangle. Every contestant who participates in KBC wears that impish child like smile when they meet him and blabber gibberish in the prevailing excitement. I don't blame them and I have been a victim of that haunting Bachchan enigma that wraps around you like a typhoon and knots your tongue up incoherently. I have met Mr. Bachchan on three different occasions. The first time was at the IIFA in Macau in 2009 where I literally ran into him and just about managed to recover from my paralysis and wish him a squeaky pleasantry. All the while as I continued to gape like a guppy fish. The second encounter was at the Asian Film Awards where he was felicitated with a lifetime achievement award in Hong Kong in 2010. This time I was a lot calmer, not shaking like a leaf, but there were funny sensations that rendered most part of my cerebellum useless. Shockingly enough, despite the serious lack of brain activity from my end, he graciously mentioned about it on his blog the next day. The last time I met him was in 2011, in Mumbai, in Prateeksha. This meeting was a lot better and I actually managed to have some semblance of a conversation (if it can termed as one!) going on with him. But boy, his enigmatic presence is a force to reckon with!
His dedication to his profession, his family and to his fans is exemplary. His dedication and timeliness to his blog and to the social media platforms he participates on is extraordinary. Most celebrities do not wish to engage, especially when there is a difference of opinion, and herein lies the difference between Mr.Bachchan and the rest. He has had a fair share of issues with the media and his enigma is something that can never either be understood or decoded by even the most proficient of them. His daughter Shweta had once rightly said " He is humorous, most often with the press. They don't know what to make of him. He will never give you the answer you are looking for. No one knows what is going on in his mind, but he notices, understands and evaluates everyone all the time". His towering personality and his screen presence never fail to amaze me. The forties club are running out of steam and burning themselves out, and herein lies a man, at the ripe age of seventy who continues to scorch the screens, big and small. Time has indeed stood still for none but him. Happy birthday Mr. Bachchan. You are not seventy, but seven times a perfect ten.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
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Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero's uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London).
In a similar vein to the National Theatre's smash-hit classic comedies, She Stoops to Conquer and London Assurance, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences doubled up with laughter. When amiable magistrate Posket (John Lithgow) marries Agatha (Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll, After the Dance), little does he realise she's dropped five years from her age – and her son's. When her deception looks set to be revealed, it sparks a series of hilarious indignities and outrageous mishaps.
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In Squaring Off, Zócalo invites authors into the public square to answer five probing questions about the essence of their books. For this round, we pose questions to Juliet Eilperin, author of Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks.
Sharks, more so than any other living creature, make humans feel like prey; hence our morbid fascination with the terrifying but graceful predator of the seas. Eilperin, a national environmental reporter for the Washington Post, argues that this primal and cultural fear of sharks is misplaced; it is us humans who are truly the sharks' predator, and the long-term health of our planet and its oceans requires man and shark to bury the hatchet once and for all.
1) I first want to establish my credentials here to take you on: I watched Jaws in El Paso, Texas, when I was nine. And, as a result, I still make sure that whenever I am swimming on a beach, there is someone – you know, shark bait – a bit farther out than I am. Yet in your book, you argue that a shark-less ocean would be a bad thing. Um, did you not see the movie? Do I need to play the soundtrack?
Yeah, we've all heard John Williams' scary music, and I can't deny that it sometimes runs through my head when I enter the ocean. That said, sharks perform a few key functions in the sea that we can't ignore. As the ocean's top predator, they keep mid-level predators in check, so if we wipe them out, it will disrupt the natural balance of the food chain. And from a more selfish perspective, we're still exploring what sort of innovations sharks might inspire. This could range from a surface coating fashioned along the lines of sharks' denticles, which could speed the movement of ships, to a more efficient battery modeled on sharks' electro-reception.
2) I must commend you for swimming among sharks as you reported your book, even as your guides admonished you to exercise peripheral vision. Yikes, I probably would have taken a more ivory tower approach on this one. But back to this food chain issue: I am still a bit tempted to root for the poor "mid-level predators" we're keeping in check. Are we talking cuddly seals here?
Ahem. Yes, along with other less glamorous creatures as well, like cownose rays. But it's worth noting that sometimes sharks keep the ecosystem healthy through sheer intimidation: the tiger sharks in Shark Bay, Australia, scare large herbivores such as sea turtles and dugongs so these species shift their distribution according to the season, keeping the bay's seagrass habitat from being overgrazed. So that's a nonlethal way in which sharks can perform a valuable public service.
3) I had no idea until reading your book that sharks predate dinosaurs. And yet they may not survive us, is that right? How dire a situation do these majestic predators face, and is it all on account of Asian demand for shark fin soup?
It's true, sharks have been around for nearly 400 million years, and now they're in danger of disappearing altogether. While it's difficult to get precise figures, the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates as many as one-third of all shark species face the threat of extinction. The demand for shark's fin soup is a major reason why shark populations are declining: scientists say between 26 and 73 million sharks a year are killed just for their fins. But commercial fishing vessels also catch millions of sharks accidentally when they're trolling for tuna and swordfish, since their hooks and nets make no distinction between these fish. And on top of all that, the recreational catch of sharks is a factor: in the U.S. it totals about 200,000 sharks a year.
4) In the course of researching your book while covering politics for the Washington Post, you managed to get presidential candidate John McCain to go against his top advisers and take a pro-shark-except-when-they-eat-people position. As we all know, that may have cost him the election. Is the current administration doing all it can to preserve the world's dwindling shark population?
It was a bold move by McCain, and we all know how many coastal states he lost in 2008. Late last year, President Obama signed a shark conservation law that requires fishing vessels to land sharks on U.S. soil with their fins attached, which aims to cut down on the shark fin trade since it's a lot cheaper to just slice off a shark's fin and toss the body overboard. But given the fact that Obama spent his formative years in both Hawaii and Indonesia, I would have expected him to use the bully pulpit a little more forcefully on sharks' behalf.
5) You write that one of the incidents that triggered your chats with McCain and his team about sharks was the April 2008 fatal shark attack off San Diego's Tide Beach, the first such attack in Southern California since 1959. It's summertime now, Californians are hitting the beaches, so inquiring minds want to know: how many Great Whites are lurking out there? Setting aside Peter Benchley and John Williams, is it rational to fear a shark attack?
There's actually a pretty straightforward answer to your question: scientists recently completed a study that concluded there are 217 great white sharks swimming off the central California coast at certain times of year. (These same sharks head for the Hawaiian islands during the winter, so they're not hanging out near California's beaches year-round.) Of course, this is an estimate based on a combination of direct sightings and mathematical modeling, but it gives you a decent idea of what's out there.
So is it rational to fear a shark strike? It's understandable, but not entirely rational. Americans – Californians included – should be much more scared about being killed by the flu, fireworks or the accidental discharge of a firearm. You can take some basic steps to minimize your chances of running into a shark, including staying out of the water at dawn and dusk. In the end, think of entering the ocean like venturing into the forest: it's wilderness, and we need to respect that. If we tamed it completely, it wouldn't be nearly as interesting to explore.
The last thing I will say is that Benchley, the author of Jaws, emerged as one of the nation's most prominent shark conservationists in his later years, having been alarmed at how people misinterpreted his book as a shark-killing manifesto. His widow, Wendy Benchley, continues that work to this day. So if the Benchleys can make their peace with sharks, so can we.
Buy the book: Skylight Books, Powell's, Amazon
Juliet Eilperin will discuss her book at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on July 27 and at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego on July 28.
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Here's a good reason to do some low-cost redecorating: The choices you make can result in enhanced mood, less stress, and better sleep. To turn your space into a healing haven, follow these easy 10 decorating tips for a stress-free home.
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1. Create a feel-good focal point. The first thing you see when you enter your home should be something you love, whether that's a piece of art, a vase of flowers, or a special souvenir, says Stephanie Roberts, author of Fast Feng Shui: 9 Simple Principles for Transforming Your Life by Energizing Your Home. "A beautiful first impression helps you relax from the get-go."
2. Organize daily debris. If you see old newspapers on the floor and bags of Goodwill donations waiting to be dropped off, you're going to think obligation, not relaxation. "Piles of stuff at your entryway send the message that there's more mess and chaos inside, and who wants to walk into that?" Roberts says.
"Have a designated place for every item that enters and exits your house," recommends Paige Rien, an interior designer in New Jersey appearing on HGTV's Hidden Potential. She suggests placing a couple of chic containers near the front door, one for outgoing items and one for incoming things.
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3. Create space. "Our anxiety builds in small spaces if there's too much stuff," says Rien. To reduce the clutter and make the room feel larger, ask yourself if you really need all those end tables or picture frames, and cut anything deemed nonessential. Consider painting a table or bookshelf the same color (or a similar one) as the wall it's up against, so it "disappears" into it. Painting walls white or a light color will also make a smaller room feel more spacious. (Find tips on eco-friendly paint with Go Green At Home.)
4. Light up locations, not whole rooms. "Bright overhead light can make it difficult to wind down at the end of the day. Think about how a casino's lights keep you revved up," says Katherine Grace Morris, PhD, a psychologist in Maryland who specializes in making over people's home and work environments. Use spot lighting for areas where you need brightness, such as next to the sofa where you read, and put overhead lights on dimmers. Also, switch to full-spectrum bulbs, which mimic natural light better than standard ones do. "They cost a bit more, but they're worth it because they create a more soothing natural atmosphere," says Morris.
5. Create pedestrian-friendly paths. "If you can barely get into a chair without banging your leg on the coffee table, or if the path from the sofa to the door is cramped, rearrange your furniture," says Roberts. "Not being able to safely and easily move about produces anxiety—not to mention an easy way to trip or stub a toe."
6. Simplify your color scheme. Use restraint with patterns and loud colors. If you mix patterns, keep their color schemes similar, and if you like lots of colors, keep patterns to a minimum. "If you have too many bright colors or high-contrast patterns in a room, your eyes are going to be drawn all over the place, making it difficult to relax," says Morris. Simple designs and colors, on the other hand, are soothing. "The less-is-more rule applies to shelves and tabletops too," adds Rien. "Don't fill them just because they're there. Instead, display just a few pieces that are meaningful."
7. Bring the outdoors in. Being surrounded by natural elements encourages friendlier interactions with others, found a University of Rochester study. For a more peaceful home, bring in a couple of houseplants or hang a mirror across from your largest window to maximize outdoor vantage points. If your view includes more buildings than trees, hang landscape photographs on the walls, says Roberts.
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8. Use soothing hues. "Generally, we find cool shades of blue and green and neutral earth tones to be relaxing because they remind us of nature," says color expert Leatrice Eiseman, author of Color: Messages and Meanings. If you're not ready to commit to new paint, incorporate a few accessories, such as throw pillows, a quilt, or lamp shades, in calming colors.
9. Switch off electronics. To rest easier, remove all televisions and computers from your bedroom. The light emitted by these devices signals the brain to stay awake, interfering with a good night's sleep and leaving you with elevated levels of stress hormones in the morning. If you must keep these gadgets where you sleep, Rien recommends placing the TV in a cabinet and putting a screen between your bed and the computer. (Not the best sleeper? See how technology can be hurting your slumber.)
10. Bring your fantasy to life. Think about what paradise looks like to you. If it's a tropical island, add sand and sea shades and tropical touches, such as wicker side tables or a sea grass rug. Prefer a mountain cabin or country home? Then add colors, textures, and accessories to your bedroom decor that call those settings to mind. "Design is highly individual, so mine your past experiences and flip through design magazines to identify what elements make a room feel relaxing to you," says Rien.
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text: Hi Steve, flashback logs are not propagated from primary to standby. the standby database itself must be in standby mode and generates its own set of flashback logs. Standby Database can be in flashback mode and managed recovery mode. The scenario with the guaranteed restore point just works. It also has to be created on standby site. HTH Mathias ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of steve montgomerie Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 5:12 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: flashback a physical standby database A much belated follow up and thanks for all that posted suggestions. Maybe a better description might help On Friday an opps on a table - bad update On Monday the error is caught and we can't flashback the table So can I open the standby and then flash it back to Friday? Although that would be cool the answer I found is no. The standby can't be in sustained recovery and in flashback mode at the same time. Flashnack logs are not propgated through DG so the standby has nothing to flashback with. I understand the bit about opening the standby, creating restore point, test and flashback but that would not work in my case as I wanted to flashback to a previous point in time where flashback was not enabled. Anyhow, if anything I can serve as a warning beacon to others. What I did in the heat of the momeent was to use rman to duplicate database to previous PIT and use the skip tablespace option which seemed like a good idea at the time. What I now know is that RMAN does this duplicate database restoring / recovering all database files and then opens up to drop the tablespaces that I provided in the skip tablespace clause. - dooh doooh dooooooh! Why would it even bother to restore/recover files that I told it to skip? Stooooopid RMAN. What I should have done was copy system, undo, desired TS to another server and then did PIT recovery on a smaller subset of the data. In that way my restore would have involved 100G instead of the 600G and not taken 5 hours. Anyway, thanks for the all posts. The bit about using Flashback on standby for testing will come in super handy for me in the future. All the best Steve On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:38 PM, steve montgomerie <stmontgo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Can I flashback a physical standby? Scenario is this.. opps update on table last friday. Can't flashback the table ...snaphsot too old I was thinking that I might be able to open the standby , flashback, get the data , flash forward, resume recovery Or do I do TSPITR with RMAN on auxillary instance. We are ... 10.2.0.4. RAC as primary with no rac on single instance physical standby OEL 4.5


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Governor Bobby Jindal's school voucher proposal for Louisiana has been dragged into the familiar politics of parental choice. The state House took up the measure today, with Democrats calling for a smaller pool of eligible students and strict accountability of schools receiving voucher revenue. It doesn't matter that Jindal would require participating schools to assess their voucher students with Louisiana's standardized test and disclose the results. Democrats want the state to penalize private schools for poor performance.
Let's set aside the size of the eligibility pool—Jindal would offer vouchers to low-income students in schools graded C, D, or F, and opponents want to drop the "C" schools—and focus on accountability. The governor is going further than most school choice advocates in preferring to assess voucher students with the same tests given at public schools, but he wouldn't have private schools face any legislatively determined sanctions if their students score poorly. There may be a political craving among some Louisiana lawmakers to hold dominion over private schools that receive public funding, but the best evidence we have supports the path Jindal has chosen.
The Milwaukee voucher program gives us guidance. The researchers at the University of Arkansas' School Choice Demonstration Project reminded us in today's Philadelphia Inquirer that Wisconsin's school accountability requirements seemed at least partly responsible for the reading gains among voucher recipients. The final year of the project's study showed the achievement of voucher students outpaced that of public school students, progress that may be attributable to the transparency required of participating private schools. Milwaukee's voucher schools have to administer the state standardized test and report the results publicly.
"Interestingly, the voucher students' superior gains became clear only after the private schools that accepted vouchers were required to publish their average test scores, just as the public schools do," the researchers wrote in the Inquirer. "Whether this improved the private schools' teaching or test preparation is open to question. Still, the combination of school choice and public accountability led to a clear boost in reading achievement, though no significant difference in math."
Granted, the Milwaukee voucher program has gatekeepers empowered by the Legislature to keep weak schools from entering the program and poor performers from staying. But these watchdogs look at more than just test scores, and the School Choice Demonstration Project may have shown that the threat of public scrutiny alone can boost achievement levels. It would be wise to allow Jindal the flexibility to test that potential further.
This is not to say that consequences should never be imposed on publicly funded private schools. Three years ago, my Fordham colleagues proposed a sliding-scale measure of accountability for voucher programs, whereby regulations might be heightened for private schools that receive more public revenue. If a school has, say, 90 percent of its revenues coming from a voucher program, then it's reasonable to hold that school accountable for failing to meet established academic benchmarks, even if that means withdrawing funding from the school.
But if a 40,000-student tax credit scholarship program in Florida gives us any indication, there may be relatively few schools in Louisiana that rely so strongly on voucher revenue. On average, Florida tax credit scholarship recipients make up one of every five students at 1,100 participating private schools.
It's unlikely this kind of nuance would sway Louisiana's most ardent voucher opponents, and it's unlikely that many who call for penalties on poor-performing private schools would vote yes on the voucher plan without finding another reason to vote against it. But given the sweep of Jindal's proposal, the debate can only benefit from these distinctions.
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Daybreak Daily's afternoon look at the pop-culture world finds professional basketball, a phenom, a target, a daughter, other things, and the mystery music video.
LINSANITY: The New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin did it again last night, adding to what suddenly is becoming one of the NBA more amazing stories in years, per the AP, "Nothing about the kid from Harvard should be a surprise anymore. When he launched a 3-pointer in a tie game with a half-second left in Toronto on Tuesday night, the result seemed obvious." http://apne.ws/wy6NbV
MEANWHILE: What began as a New York story. . .per the New York Times, "Lin's stunning success with the Knicks over the last week and a half has captured the imagination of the Chinese, from Communist Party bosses to the often-persecuted Christian minority. He has been particularly popular here in northern Zhejiang province, from which his maternal grandmother fled to Taiwan in the last days of China's civil war in the late 1940s." http://nyti.ms/xhpPVh
HATERS?: That's what Chris Brown thinks, who won best R&B album award at the Grammys on the third anniversary of his assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna – much to the chagrin of a lot of people who have preferred he not be included in the festivities, per the Huffington Post, "Those comments didn't sit well with Brown, who responded by tweeting, "HATE ALL U WANT BECUZ I GOT A GRAMMY. Now! That's the ultimate (EFF) OFF." Brown later deleted the tweet, but not before Mashable editor Christina Warren took a screen shot of the offending tweet."
EXAMPLES: Of the outrage's genesis, per the New York Times, "It started on Sunday night when several musicians and music critics assailed the show's organizers for allowing Mr. Brown to perform. Miranda Lambert, the country star, posted on Twitter during the show, saying "He beat on a girl…not cool that we act like that didn't happen." http://nyti.ms/y1VfeQ
HOUSTON'S DAUGHTER: Bobby Kristina's dad, Bobby Brown, reports she's coping OK with the situation and its fallout, per People, "It's a difficult time for the family of Whitney Houston as they come to terms with the singer's sudden death. But her daughter, who was treated at a hospital for an emotional breakdown after her mother's body was found, is improving, according to her father." http://bit.ly/xrePWM
GLEE COINCIDENCE?: Affirmative, per the Los Angeles Times, "Yes, the fact that Tuesday night's Valentine's Day episode of "Glee" featured Mercedes (Amber Riley) belting out a beautiful version of Whitney Houston's signature song, "I Will Always Love You," to a tearful Sam was a total coincidence." http://lat.ms/wCMxyL
OF A DIFFERENT STRIPE: And this endorsement should push the eventual GOP nominee over the top, per Rolling Stone, "Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says he hopes Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is our next president. Mustaine told Music Radar he wants a Republican president and disagrees with music industry colleagues who say President Obama is doing a good job." http://bit.ly/xt2wYS
A MESSAGE: Not sure what kind, per People, "She's conquered one of the highest peaks of beauty today – appearing in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue – and now former plus-size model Crystal Renn says she's experienced every aspect along the modeling spectrum." http://bit.ly/AgXdbR
CHRIS ROCK: Just the facts, per Deadline Hollywood, "Former Oscar host and Grammy-winning comedian, Chris Rock will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today." http://bit.ly/xdi78Z
CAPTAIN KIRK: Rather, William Shatner, and here's a good read about his career as he prepares to hit Broadway, per the Los Angeles Times, "If there is one inviolable law of the Shatnerverse, it is simply that: Say yes. Shatner's career is defined by a bottomless capacity to try it all. Nothing is too weird or outlandish; selling out is nothing to be ashamed of." http://lat.ms/zSLV7A
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text: I'm pleased to announce Veusz 1.10, a Python-based scientific plotting package. Please see below for the release notes. Jeremy Veusz 1.10 ---------- Velvet Ember Under Sky Zenith ----------------------------- http://home.gna.org/veusz/ Veusz is Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Jeremy Sanders <firstname.lastname@example.com> Licenced under the GPL (version 2 or greater). Veusz is a Qt4 based scientific plotting package. It is written in Python, using PyQt4 for display and user-interfaces, and numpy for handling the numeric data. Veusz is designed to produce publication-ready Postscript/PDF/SVG output. The user interface aims to be simple, consistent and powerful. Veusz provides a GUI, command line, embedding and scripting interface (based on Python) to its plotting facilities. It also allows for manipulation and editing of datasets. Data can be captured from external sources such as internet sockets or other programs. Changes in 1.10: * Box plot widget added, which can be given statistics to plot or calculated from datasets * Polar plot widget added * Datasets are now easier to construct and edit in the Data->Edit dialog box * CSV reader will assume a text dataset if it cannot convert first item to a number * Add color sequence plugin for making a range of widget colors * Import plugin for QDP files added * Date and times can be also written in local formats * Reload data dialog box can reload at intervals and is now non-modal * 2D datasets can be created based on expressions of other 2D datasets Minor changes: * Option to change size of ends of error bars * Margin size option added for key widget * Add --listen option to veusz command to replace veusz_listen. * Add --quiet option to run commands without displaying a window * Add --export option to export documents to graphics files and exit * PNG export compression increased * Add option to ignore number of lines after headers in CSV files Bug fixes: * Multiple datasets can now be properly created from dataset plugin dialog * X and Y ranges of 2D datasets are now correct when converted from X,Y,Z 1D datasets * Bounding boxes of resizing rectangles, ellipses and images are fixed * min and max coordinate range now works for plotting functions of y * Remove duplicate linked files when using import plugins * Several crash reports fixed * More robust code in data->edit dialog box * veusz_listen now works in Windows (not in binary package yet) Features of package: * X-Y plots (with errorbars) * Line and function plots * Contour plots * Images (with colour mappings and colorbars) * Stepped plots (for histograms) * Bar graphs * Vector field plots * Box plots * Polar plots * Plotting dates * Fitting functions to data * Stacked plots and arrays of plots * Plot keys * Plot labels * Shapes and arrows on plots * LaTeX-like formatting for text * EPS/PDF/PNG/SVG/EMF export * Scripting interface * Dataset creation/manipulation * Embed Veusz within other programs * Text, CSV, FITS and user-plugin importing * Data can be captured from external sources * User defined functions, constants and can import external Python functions * Plugin interface to allow user to write or load code to - import data using new formats - make new datasets, optionally linked to existing datasets - arbitrarily manipulate the document Requirements for source install: Python (2.4 or greater required) http://www.python.org/ Qt >= 4.3 (free edition) http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/ PyQt >= 4.3 (SIP is required to be installed first) http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/ http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/ numpy >= 1.0 http://numpy.scipy.org/ Optional: Microsoft Core Fonts (recommended for nice output) http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ PyFITS >= 1.1 (optional for FITS import) http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits pyemf >= 2.0.0 (optional for EMF export) http://pyemf.sourceforge.net/ For EMF and better SVG export, PyQt >= 4.6 or better is required, to fix a bug in the C++ wrapping For documentation on using Veusz, see the "Documents" directory. The manual is in PDF, HTML and text format (generated from docbook). The examples are also useful documentation. Please also see and contribute to the Veusz wiki: http://barmag.net/veusz-wiki/ Issues with the current version: * Plots can sometimes be slow using antialiasing. Go to the preferences dialog or right click on the plot to disable antialiasing. * Some recent versions of PyQt/SIP will causes crashes when exporting SVG files. Update to 4.7.4 (if released) or a recent snapshot to solve this problem. If you enjoy using Veusz, I would love to hear from you. Please join the mailing lists at https://gna.org/mail/?group=veusz to discuss new features or if you'd like to contribute code. The latest code can always be found in the SVN repository. Jeremy Sanders


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Ric O'Barry's life changed the day Flipper died in his arms.
"Suicide" is what O'Barry calls it, a bottlenose dolphin's desperate escape from a depressive existence.
O'Barry felt responsible. He kept Cathy — one of five cetaceans that played Flipper — in captivity as the lead trainer for the 1960s television show and later the Miami Seaquarium. O'Barry lived in a bungalow near their swim tanks, learning their personalities, becoming their friend.
O'Barry sensed something wrong when Cathy swam into his embrace on April 21, 1970.
Cathy looked in his eyes, closed her blowhole and slowly sank, never breathing again. Unlike humans, dolphins don't reflexively struggle for air when drowning.
"She committed suicide and it broke my heart," O'Barry said in a telephone interview. "I use that word suicide with some trepidation, but I don't know another word in the English language that describes self-induced asphyxiation."
The next day was the inaugural Earth Day. O'Barry said he celebrated by being jailed in the Bahamas for trying to release a dolphin from an amusement park, in memory of Cathy.
"I felt directly responsible for her death and decided I would do something about it."
An eco-activist was born. Thirty-nine years later, O'Barry, 69, still roams the world to protect lower-level whales such as dolphins and porpoises.
Yet his focus is always on a small lagoon in Taiji, Japan. It's there that an annual capture and slaughter of dolphins is hidden from the world, a bloody practice that's revealed in a startling new documentary.
Beyond cruelty, a health issue
The Cove, opening Friday at Tampa Theatre, chronicles one "killing season" in Taiji, when fishermen exploit the dolphins' keen hearing by clanging metal pipes in the water. The din frightens the mammals, herding them into the lagoon, where they are trapped behind a large net. Buyers for dolphin shows worldwide choose a few, paying up to $150,000 each.
The remaining dolphins are killed with harpoons, hauled onto boats and taken to fisheries, where they're carved and sold. One of the largest buyers is Japan's public school system. Dolphin meat is a staple of the nation's compulsory lunch program for children.
What few in Japan will admit, and what The Cove exposes, is that the meat contains toxic levels of mercury, according to studies. Japan's large population and limited space makes meat from whatever source into profitable food products. Protesting is difficult from an outsider's perspective.
"Historically, people have gone there and attacked the food culture issues," O'Barry said. "(Taiji fishermen) can say: 'Look, you eat cows, chickens and pigs; we eat dolphins and whales. Leave us alone.'
"They can win that argument, and maybe the cruelty issue. But they can't argue away mercury poisoning. It's the Achilles' heel. We're playing that card."
O'Barry concedes he knows little about mercury poisoning. But it may offer a strategy to shut down Taiji's dolphin trade, sustained by angry fishermen, Yakuza mobs allegedly backing them, and corrupt officials allowing it to happen.
All of whom make O'Barry a marked man while visiting Taiji each September when the killing season begins. He seems paranoid upon introduction in The Cove, wearing a surgical mask, hunched while driving to appear smaller. It becomes obvious that people are tracing his movements, conducting impromptu interrogations, suggesting he shouldn't be there.
O'Barry's arrival at the lagoon ignites taunts from fishermen hoping he'll do something to get arrested. That way, he could never return to Japan.
Or something else could happen. One activist previously died under mysterious circumstances. The Cove insinuates that O'Barry could be next. He shrugs off any danger.
"You don't realize what you're doing at the time," he said. "One thing leads to the next and before you know it you're dangling off a cliff with one arm and shooting video with the other while fishermen are trying to pull you off the side of the mountain.
"That's what I was doing before I met Louie. Those were the dangerous days because I was alone."
Team of commando filmmakers forms
Louie Psihoyos was a nature photographer who was thinking of making a movie when he attended a marine science conference in 2006. O'Barry was supposed to present video of the Taiji dolphin roundup, but the sponsor, SeaWorld, bumped him at the last minute. That got Psihoyos' attention. He called O'Barry and arranged the meeting in Taiji that opens The Cove.
"I found out later that when he hung up the phone he took a three-day crash course on how to make a movie," O'Barry said. "That's an incredible story, but it's the truth."
Psihoyos brought financial backing from Jim Clark, founder of Netscape and WebMD online services. Clark surrounded the director with solid talent, including film editor Geoffrey Richman (Murderball, Sicko) and actor Fisher Stevens as producer. They agreed that O'Barry's cliffhanging style needed reinforcement.
Psihoyos decided to sneak cameras and microphones into the lagoon, above and below water, with a clandestine, dead-of-night mission. He recruited an "Ocean's Eleven team": free divers without air tanks, fearless commando friends and equipment disguised as nature that was designed by Industrial Light & Magic, a special-effects company owned by filmmaker George Lucas.
The result is a real-life caper flick with horror elements, making its ecological message more entertaining than many summer blockbusters.
"There's something different about this film," O'Barry said. "I believe it's the fact that the film itself is the activism. It's getting people to jump out of their seats and say, 'What can I do?' It's spawning a whole new generation of activists."
One such viewer is actor Ben Stiller, who plans to join O'Barry in Taiji on Sept. 1, the start of dolphin herding season.
"We're trying to get the Japanese media to come to this remote village," O'Barry said. "You have to be a celebrity to make that happen, so Ben is coming with me. I might get arrested. There's a very good chance."
For Cathy and thousands of dolphins like her, O'Barry would go to jail again.
"This kind of extreme violence toward living creatures is absolute and one should oppose it absolutely," O'Barry said.
"That's all we're doing. We're not zealots or anything. We're just doing what should come natural to anybody and everybody who sees it happen."
Steve Persall can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 893-8365. Find more comments from O'Barry on Persall's blog, Reeling in the Years, at blogs.tampabay.com/movies.


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IHSSF Award Ceremony To Honor Outstanding Dedication And Service To Healthcare SecurityLeading edge technology, exceptional educational programs and networking opportunities are among the attraction to attend the IAHSS 44th Annual General Membership Meeting and Seminar, to be held in the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Slated for May 6 through May 9, 2012, healthcare security professionals from around the globe will come together to learn best practices to improve security programs within hospitals and health centers. From workshops to internationally known speakers,


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PSC candidate stops in Belfield: Reisenauer focuses on farmer's story
BELFIELD — Democratic Public Service Commission candidate Todd Reisenauer brought his campaign to western North Dakota on Thursday, hosting a one-on-one meeting with local farmer Kevin Kessel at the Trapper's Kettle Restaurant in Belfield.
Despite initially being slated as an informal "meet and greet" at the restaurant, Reisenauer said he wanted to allow Kessel's story to be the focus of this particular campaign stop.
Reisenauer, flanked by family members, said Kessel's experience "exemplifies what's going on with a lot of farmers" as oil companies and agriculture workers come into contact more and more often.
Kessel and a number of other farmers were embroiled in a legal dispute for almost two years over money they said they were owed by Anderson Seed Inc., which went insolvent in 2012 and was unable to pay for roughly $4.8 million in sunflower seeds. He claims the Public Service Commission, which ruled in favor of settling for $685,000 with Anderson Seed in November 2013, was slow to respond to the issue because the more lucrative oil and gas business is "what's making national news."
Kessel told Reisenauer he only received his cut of the settlement — roughly $89,000, well short of what he was initially owed by the seed company — in July.
Reisenauer called Kessel a "poster child" for how the PSC should not handle agriculture issues when they arise. The first-time campaigner said he will continue to point to Kessel's experience in the lead-up to a planned PSC debate with current Chairman Brian Kalk in September and elections in November.
"What concerns me is that your story, that you're not alone out there," Reisenauer said.
He said the PSC grew up in a time of "gentlemen's agreements" and is outdated.
"It needs to be updated, it needs to be reformed, it needs to have new ideas," he said. "And most importantly, it needs to be a resource that people know about that they can turn to when they feel like they've been taken advantage of."
Following the meeting with Kessel, Reisenauer made a planned stop in Dickinson, appearing at the Downtown Dickinson Association's Alive@5 concert.
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"Sis" Anna Dufrene, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on May 15 at the age of 79.
Preceded in death by her child, Kyle; sisters, Gladys, Eunice and Mildred; and brother, Emmit. She is survived by her husband, Gilbert and her five children: Theron (Lisa), Brandon (Valerie), Darla (Rusty) Rebowe, Cindy Dufrene Rasmussen and Becky (Stephen) Weber. She is also survived by grandchildren Amanda, Jessica, Brittany, Lacey, Brandon, Brad Dufrene; Rustin, Baleigh, Taylor Rebowe; Dustin Faucheux; Hannah, Renny, Jace and Emily Weber; and great-grandchildren Vali and Jett Rupert; Karley, Kelsey and Kenzie Riley.
"Foxy Grandma" will be missed by all who have known her. A funeral service was held immediately following the visitation and burial took place at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Destrehan. Condolences may be expressed at www.hcalexanderfuneralhome.com.
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ok, im going into the Coast Guard in a few months and Im going for a station somewhere in either the North East or North West(Somewhere with bigger game than Florida). I currently have a Remington 710 30-06(imho a bit overkill for the little dear here in florida, but ive never had a hog wlk away from it) and im looking into a new rifle purchase before i get shipped. im thinking either a 7mm or a 25-06, would either of these be suffucient for where i wanna go or should i just stick with 30-06? not positive on what ill be hunting in either place, but im looking for something that wouldnt be too much overkill in general(and accuracy realy isnt an issue, i can get 1.5in groups at 300 yards)
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Brad Marchand is playing some of the best hockey of his career right now, but his coach isn't surprised.
The Boston Bruins winger's early season struggles seem to be a thing of the past as Marchand has scored six goals in a four-game span. While that hot streak certainly is turning heads, Bruins coach Claude Julien said after Monday's 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings that he knew Marchand "was always capable of doing this stuff."
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To gain access to the recreational facilities you must attend a free induction that takes place on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. If you wish to have an induction outside of this time then you can arrange this with concierge on the ground floor, but a fee applies.
You'll feel like you're on top of the world in this two-bedroom, two-bathroom security building that showcases a prime position in Melbourne's tallest building, set in the vibrant Southbank entertainment precinct with the city's best cafes, restaurants and bars on your doorstep.
The open-plan living/dining room with balcony offers plenty of living space, and the well-equipped kitchen is a home chef's dream with premium European appliances including dishwasher, gas cooking, dedicated pantry and breakfast bar.
The generous master bedroom also showcases spectacular city views and offers a double built-in robe and ultra-modern ensuite. The second bedroom is conveniently located opposite the main bathroom -- with separate bath and shower -- and features a built-in robe.
A separate internal laundry and ducted air conditioning throughout adds convenience, and the world-class residential complex offers 24-hour security and a concierge service, along with a chic indoor lap pool, sauna, gym and private 30-seat cinema.
Located just moments away from Southbank Promenade restaurants, cafes and shops, the Arts Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Federation Square and St Kilda Road, Eureka Tower brings world-class living to the heart of Melbourne. This residential complex has excellent security, including video phone and restricted floor access, 24-hour security and on-site concierge. The building features a fully equipped gymnasium, a sauna and a private 30-seat cinema.
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Buying Self-Storage
The self-storage real estate market has drastically changed over the past decade. Owners and investors looking to acquire a self-storage facility need to understand the buying process including due diligence, capitalization (cap) rates, self-storage appraisals and methods for determining property value. Self-storage purchasers should keep up-to-date on new real estate acquisitions, project expansions and financial information. They may also find it helpful to work with a real estate broker who specializes in the field of buying and selling self-storage properties.
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6 Ejvind Johansson Dining Chairs
Incredible set of 6 Ejvind Johannson model J67 dining chairs from Denmark circa early 1960's. Feature bentwood open grained backs and seats with with splayed dowel legs. Beautiful patina to the original wood finish.
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This defies description, and even more defies justification. But I can tell you it involved sound-on-sound using built-in speakers and mics of multiple portable cassette decks, which is why it sounds horrible. Intentionally bad quality from cassette over 30 years old, for a Freesound Dare.
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It is tragic but neither the Federal Treasurer nor the Minister for Finance understands the difference between the bond rate and the much higher cost of investment capital. Even worse is that the top brass in Treasury now advocates increased industry subsidies and financial partnerships with mining houses, i.e. partial nationalisation (May 19). There is a place for Ken Henry and his advisers; it is called Venezuela.
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Ukrainian-born tennis player who was UK No. 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012. She reached the world top 50 in September 2010. However, due to her absence from competition due to knee surgery, she dropped down the world rankings and at the time of her retirement on 18 November 2013, she was ranked as the world No. 221 and British No. 6. Her career high ranking of World No. 49 was achieved in September 2010.
She had continuing health problems during her career, having been diagnosed with the liver condition, primary sclerosing cholangitis, at the age of 19. This was eventually to lead to her death from liver cancer at the age of 30.
- child->parent relationship with Baltacha, Sergei (born 17 February 1958)
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With major medical premiums jumping 10% to 15% or more at renewal, more brokers are turning to vision care as a way to ease the pain their clients are feeling. The reason: vision is a low-cost way to add a benefit that employees and their dependents actually use and value highly.
"Many times I'm going into a situation that's either competitive, or a customer is looking for added value, or has gotten a huge rate increase," says Patsy Akridge, owner of Akridge Insurance & Financial Services in Martinsville Va. A vision care plan works well at clients who have just been hit with a rate increase because, especially when vision is sold as a voluntary benefit, the cost of the care as a voluntary benefit is low compared to other medical benefits, and the return on investment is so great, she points out.
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Avon Supershock Mascara Reviews
Good for Long LashesI have tried several Avon Mascara's and I like this one the best. Personally, I like the big brush. It really plumps and lengthens lashes. I think it's comparable to 'high end' mascara's and a bargain at that. — 8 years, 5 months agoHollyStar | 8 reviews
Works wellFor the price this stuff works pretty good. — 8 years, 5 months agomich73 | 1 reviews
FINALLY!!!!This mascara is by far the best I have tried!! I would shell out any amount to finally find one and I have..by the way my 12 yr old uses it too and loves it!!! Wont get another kind!! — 8 years, 8 months agolnesbit | 7 reviews
Shockingly BadYes, this mascara has a huge wand. Does Avon really think that we are going to equate that with huge lashes? I don't. I find the brush unnecessarily large and unwieldly. Regardless, the mascara does an average job of lengthening and thickening my lashes. The real kicker is that, by the end of the day, my lashes are stuck together, giving me the dreaded spider look. Ick. — 8 years, 10 months agodmackay | 105 reviews
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wow!I love this mascara, the best! My lashes are HUGE, seperated, and long. — 8 years, 11 months agoSjacobs89 | 4 reviews
YuckThis is one of the worst mascaras I have ever used. The brush is horrible and it won't last an 8 hour day. It actually flakes off! Definitely not worth the money. — 8 years, 11 months agoellhayes | 8 reviews
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Love it!I love this mascara! it is the only one I believe makes my eyelashes look longer and fuller. I do not know how avon did it, but this product does not clump at all! It is also not sticky or heavy on the lashes. By far the best I have tried and I have tried a lot! — 8 years, 11 months agokafenjmd21 | 32 reviews
wonderfulI have used this for a few months now, I have thin eyelashes and wear contact lenses so I have to be careful what i put on my lashes. This stuff is great and didn't irritate my eyes all. I am able to make my lashes look thick and dark with no clumps! — 8 years, 11 months agoHalmara | 8 reviews
Thought I couldn't use thisI am very sensitive to mascara. A good 75% of them make my eyes red and itchy and have to come off right away. The natural stuff? Not very much drama. I decided to give this a try. Surprisingly enough it did not bother my eyes and it does work great to give you a nice and fluffy lash look. I normally don't try Avon, but this gives me a reason to give them another try. — 9 years agogwynny | 16 reviews
GoodThis is good, not great. It doen't go on well and dries quickly. I wouldn't say it gave 12x the volume to my lashes I would say in my case and I already have long lashes it gave them twice the volume. The applicator brush is big so it makes it hard to get the inner and outer lashes well. But it is good. — 9 years, 1 month agocherub03 | 37 reviews
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Sonakshi Sinha's Latest Dubsmash Video Is Too Cute To Be Missed!
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Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is well known for updating her social media contents and posting selfies of her now and then. Sometimes, she even posts her dubsmash videos . Recently, the Bollywood diva has posted a cute dubsmash video portraying a character of small baby with childish emotions. Watch Sonakshi Sinha's adorable video of her lip-syncing to a baby's voice. Check this.


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Downside Up is a indie/acoustic rock band based out of Alpharetta, Georgia. They are currently active---touring the southeast and recording new material. The band is headed by singer/songwriter Ronnie Stanley, who refers to their music as the "product of the blueprints for a musical mansion." In 2009, Stanley, along with bassist Tony Hossri, teamed up with Jameson Price on drums to produce the smooth, acoustic sound that embodies Downside Up's early style. In 2012, lead guitarist Lyle Kilgore became the newest addition to the band, adding a raunchier, more hard-rocking sound than the trio had ever been able to produce before. While the band has recently earned most of their notoriety exploring the music scene in the college town of Athens, Georgia, Downside Up was chosen to play BamaJam 2012, opening for such big names as Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Yelawolf, and more. Rendy Lovelady, Producer of BamaJam, says, "This band has one of the freshest sounds I have heard in a long time. They would fit in a club or college venue with ease." Downside Up's music has such a broad variety of sounds that gives fans guaranteed satisfaction after every performance. The compilation of soothing guitar melodies, powerful bass rhythms, and addictive sing-song choruses make listening a therapeutic delight. This melting pot of musicians is unique because of their non-metrically structured patterns, high energy performances, and loyalty to their fans and friends. Downside UP's refreshing new age sound is reminiscent of Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, John Mayer, The Spill Canvas, and Jeff Buckley. Their mission is to provide quality music that is pleasing to the ears of others. Evidence of such hard work was illustrated in their most recent achievement when the group was awarded the title as a Top 40 Artist in the Modern Rock category on Ourstage.com in both of the months of September and November of 2012. The track, "Anchors," from the newest album, "Breathe Baby, Breathe," shot to the number 21 slot in September and once more to the 32nd slot in November. With that being said, I hope to persuade you in looking further into our Press Kit, which can be found at the links below. I look forward to hearing from you and potentially working together in the future.


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Located in Five Points, we are a progressive southern fare restaurant and bar, offering house-made dishes using fresh locally sourced ingredients.
Our globally-inspired dishes are hearth baked in a wood-fired oven leaving you feeling nourished and intrigued!
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Zeezok publishes a number of different book series that complement and expand the options for todays homeschooling families. Experience Zeezoks innovative approach towards incorporating music into your curriculum with the Great Musician Series. Learn how to use movies as a means to entertain and educate your children while teaching them critical thinking and discernment skills. Visit us at the following homeschool conventions.
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Founded in 2003, our vision at Zeezok publishing (zeezok.com) is quite simple: to publish top quality materials that will complement your educational needs. Zeezok continues to expand its various lines of books and supplementary materials to help you, the homeschooling family, give the best possible education to your children. Zeezok equips homeschool families with the books and tools to Enrich
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Nick Franchises Strong in Recession; Hints at Blu-ray and "Avatar" Complete Set
Home Media Magazine has taken a look at how Nickelodeon's strong franchises, such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, have helped it weather the current economic downturn, with DVDs like SpongeBob vs. the Big One and Dora and the Three Little Pigs performing strongly in the market. The article notes new franchises and old favorites coming to DVD soon, including The Backyardigans, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, and Olivia. The article also states that Nancy Rachman, VP of home entertainment for Nickelodeon's kids and family group, "hinted at the possibility of an Avatar complete collection boxed set, possibly this year" to tie in with the live-action adaptation scheduled to hit movie screens in 2010, and that "Nickelodeon is working with Paramount to decide if any Nickelodeon titles will make sense for Blu-ray Disc."
Read Toon Zone News' review of SpongeBob vs. the Big One DVD.


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A century-old question--whether Parkinson's disease can be passed down from generation to generation--appears to be solved. In a report in the 15 November issue of Science, researchers present compelling evidence that the disease, for some families at least, is in the genes.
Geneticist Mihael Polymeropoulos of the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Center for Human Genome Research and his colleagues analyzed blood samples from 28 members of a large Parkinson's-prone family whose ancestors originated in a small town in southern Italy. They found a region in chromosome 4 that is strongly linked to the disease. Polymeropoulos and his colleagues are now trying to identify the specific gene or genes in the 16 million base-pair region they've implicated.
The discovery traces its roots to 1983, when co-authors Roger Duvoisin and Lawrence Golbe of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey, published the results of a study on twins showing no evidence of a genetic cause for Parkinson's, which is marked by slow movements, rigid muscles, and involuntary tremors. Those findings propelled researchers on a hunt for environmental clues ranging from herbicides to head trauma. But two patients with extensive family histories of the disease inspired the researchers to rethink the earlier study. Tracing the patients' genealogies, they found that both were linked to a single person living in southern Italy more than 2 centuries ago. It took 8 or 9 years to collect the samples from family members living everywhere from New York City to Argentina. But the researchers' persistence has now paid off handsomely.
The mapping is "a very major discovery" which will spark intensive new research into other families with multiple cases of Parkinson's, says Demetrius Maraganore, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He says it's likely that further research on other families will implicate other genes, as well as environmental triggers.
Duvoisin agrees. "Now we know what steps we have to take," he says. "We're not just casting about looking for an unknown environmental factor. There's a light at the end of the tunnel."


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Talking Points: Second-round knockout
Posted March 10, 2013
1. Seth Curry scored 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting and essentially had North Carolina playing catch-up the entire first half all by himself.
"[Curry] just toyed with us," said Roy Williams. "He stepped back, he goes through, he could see open shots. He was in complete control on the offensive end and we were a step slow staying in front of him."
2. Not that teams can't recover from inauspicious starts, it's just that Duke's thoroughly aggressive play never allowed the Tar Heels to do anything other than react. Slideshow: Duke trounces North Carolina, 69-53
Curry's brilliant start obscured the Blue Devils collectively shooting 69 percent in the opening half. Quinn Cook and Tyler Thornton knocked down crowd hushing three-pointers. Mason Plumlee chipped in eight points and helped Duke pull down 61 percnet of North Carolina's missed shots.
The advanced statistics of the first half are even more eye-opening, with Duke effectively shooting 78.8% from the field and running an offensive efficiency of 128.0.
3. When Curry cooled off, Plumlee heated up. The senior had a 10-point burst after halftime and wrapped up the night with 23 points on 10-for-15 shooting and 13 rebounds.
Through a combination of adjusting for the perimeter shooters and Ryan Kelly taking away the opportunity to double-team, Plumlee thrived at the expense of James Michael McAdoo.
4. North Carolina was 1-of-14 from beyond the arc and didn't make that three-pointer until P.J. Hairston knocked one down with 5:04 left in the game. While the Tar Heels took their share of rushed shots in responding to Duke's opening barrage, credit has to go to the Blue Devils for pressuring the perimeter the entire night.
The Tar Heels actually had 13 more shot attempts than Duke, but wound up only hitting 34 percent for game.
Duke's commitment to making everything difficult for the Tar Heels allowed them to survive a field goal drought of their own that lasted for nearly seven minutes in the second half.
5. After the game, Williams did not want the loss to define what North Carolina had accomplished since the initial meeting with Duke in Durham. The Heels won't play again until 9:30 p.m. on the Friday of the ACC Tournament, which certainly provides them time to forget what happened on Saturday and give guys like McAdoo some time to rest.
Obviously North Carolina would have rather won the game but getting waxed can be a liberating experience. Burn the film, look at the improvement over the last three weeks and have confidence everything will click again in Greensboro. Who knows, maybe the Heels will get the rubber match against Duke on Saturday?
As for the NCAA Tournament, the ceiling for this team is probably the Sweet Sixteen. It's cliché, but everything rides on the match-ups. North Carolina can deal with bigger squads, provided their interiors are offensively challenged like Georgia Tech and Maryland.


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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=1/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. Plasma Spheres v1.1 is a retro arcade game where players navigate a bouncing sphere through a bizarre world. In the campaign, players carefully navigate dangerous obstacles in each level to rescue the helpless pulselings. In battle mode, a myriad of weapons, items, and objectives make for a wide array of multiplayer fun. A full physics engine makes every match unpredictable.
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In the ongoing effort to morph the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) into a "NowGen," equipage by users keeps cropping up as one of the main stumbling blocks to implementing many NextGen benefits in the next three to five years. The Air Transport Association (ATA), which represents the nation's airlines, has repeatedly likened the need to boost the national priority for NextGen to something mirroring the Eisenhower Administration's national priority for the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. Joe Kolshak, senior v-p of operations for United Airlines and testifying for ATA during a Senate aviation subcommittee hearing yesterday, asserted that with leadership and investment, key elements of NextGen can be delivered in the next three to five years. "We are certainly more than willing to pay our share, but we've got to see the benefits," he told the panel. Hank Krakowski, chief operating officer of the FAA's Air Traffic Organization, elaborated, "This issue of proper equipage is critical." And Gerald Dillingham, director of physical infrastructure issues for the Government Accountability Office, suggested that the FAA "may have to make incentives for equipage."
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Two 'birds' to peck for perch in section 2A boys soccer final
WILLMAR -- The Willmar Cardinals have a score to settle within their species.
A year ago this week, the underdog Fairmont Cardinals winged up to Kandiyohi County, beat the favored home-town Cardinals in their own nest 3-2 and then soared home.
This time the Willmar birds are the lower seed (No. 5) and will migrate south to Martin County to play the No. 1 Fairmont birds in the Section 2A boys soccer semifinal round.
Fairmont is 16-1 and is rates first in the 15-team pod according to the Minnesota-Scores.net's cold-blooded QRF rankings. Overall, among the 119 Class A programs Fairmont stands eighth while Willmar is tied for 29th.
Cardinal coach Jeff Winter has been able to scout the southern Cardinals.
"They're strong overall," stated Winter in an email. "Their key players are the center- midfielder and center-forward. They will do a lot of drop passes; they've drawn a lot of penalty kicks."
Willmar is in the 2A final 4 for the fourth time in five falls; the 2008 team won the section championship.
Not much separates Willmar and Fairmont. Both teams won an overtime game with Worthington, the No. 4 seed which Willmar sent packing in the quarterfinals. Another common opponent New Ulm, fell 4-1 to Fairmont and 5-3 to Willmar.
Beginning mid-season, Winter noticed that the squad started showing "some fire, some desire ... and more confidence in their teammate."
Sophomore goalie Charlie Trochlil had a huge game against Worthington (a 2-1 shootout) filling in for injured Joaquin Espinoza. If Espinoza successfully passes a concussion test, either one could start at Fairmont.
Midfielder Cesar Jimenez, one of seven seniors, is Willmar's top scorer with 20 goals and 10 assists.
"Every one of our midfielders and forwards has contributed and each one of them is a scoring threat," points out Winter.
Willmar's 13 victories duplicates the 13 wins in '09-10 and is second only to 14 in '08-09 when the Cardinals lost 2-0 to Blake in the state quarterfinals at St. Cloud.
In the opposite bracket today, No. 3 Mankato West (13-4-1) takes on cross-town rival Mankato East (12-5-1) at Kennedy Elementary.... yes, that is same name as the Willmar pitch.
The section final will be played at the high seed on Thursday.