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For me it will be me and the dog, later when I can rent a Nice place with a lovely garden.ReplyDeleteReplies
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For me it will be me and the dog.. and one more cute bitch to replace you. I will buy a nicer place with a lovelier garden.Delete
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You can try to replace a VS model with a fat but cute bitch... EnjoyDelete
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Exactly today it became Me, Him and the Dog.ReplyDelete
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How Safe is Your Neighborhood? Crime Mapping Now Available to See What Crimes are Committed Close to Home
We've all done it. Watched the police car drive slowly past our house and stop down the street. Suddenly, you feel the need to water the lawn for the second time today. JUST so you can be outside to find out WHAT'S GOING ON????? No need to water the lawn in March with the new crime map available. You'll soon learn how safe your neighborhood is.
I learned about this from the Cloquet Police Department, but crime mapping is available for virtually every neighborhood in the US, based on your local police department.
The service is free with the hopes that by sharing the information it will incerase public awareness of what's happening in their neighborhoods. This would then help law enforcement solve crimes with more eyes "on watch". It's not a new idea, but it's a good idea that communities come together to help keep each other safe.
CrimeMapping.com is a free website available to the public that utilizes a ESRI's advanced mapping engine. I checked my neighborhood out and was relieved to find a couple of domestic assaults and one car theft. I thought it was so much worse than that.
You will also find mobile apps available for your smartphone and can sign up for free email alerts.
Ken noticed that Superior/Douglas County was not included in the map above.
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Thanks for the support guys. This definitely helps put my mind at ease a bit. It is certainly not a deal breaker, I just don't want my son to feel like he got the weird name of the family.
Guess I'm just over thinking this.
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Italy's Alta Badia region in the Dolomites is running a Super Sun Promotional period with special offers starting from 14 March and continuing to the end of the season a month later on 14 April.
The deal, available through a variety of accommodation providers, includes seven nights for the price of six in a hotel or apartment in one of the region's six village; a six-day ski pass for the price of a five day one; the same deal on ski or snowboard hire and special deals from Alta Badia Ski School and San Cassiano cross-country ski school with a package that includes four private lessons for the price of three.
The resort recommends people visiting during this period stop at the summit above the Vallon chair-lift and wait until there is really nobody on the slopes. Enjoy the fantastic panorama whilst waiting. Then descend calmly, taking wide bends without having to worry about the presence of other skiers taking the same descent.
This is skiing at the end of March, when most of the "white weekers" (people who go to the mountains skiing for a week) are already thinking of getting out the swimming costumes to go to the seaside and the true enthusiasts prepare to taste the mountain in one of its best periods.
March, as all the statistics say, is also one of the snowiest months in the year and therefore, even if there were no programmed snow installations, the slopes would still be practicable.
Then there is the off-piste, those beautiful runs, on the spring snow and without any danger of snow slides. It is well-known that at this time of year the temperature continues to be quite severe during the night. The snow, which during the day becomes soft under the sun's rays, at night forms a hard crust on the surface which is able to sustain the weight of the skier. Therefore in the morning, when the first rays have already touched the right slopes, it is possible to descend off-piste on this crust, perhaps while the very first layer has already melted and has formed a soft dust coat.


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S&w 1911pd 5"
Bud's finally got my long awaited 1911 to my LGS yesterday and fortunately I had a few hours to put some lead down range. Actual gun is still in NJ lockup until my permits clear but the range will hold the gun and let me use it whenever I want...sort of a long term rental arrangement. Works for me and eliminates the hassle of transporting it.
I am posting some stock pics of the actual model below:
Gun comes complete with standard S&W blue case, bushing wrench, lock and 2 matte black Novak 8 rnd mags.
Being my first venture into 1911s I do not have a lot to compare it with but my first impressions are that the fit and finish are excellent quality. Not sure if the claimed 29oz weight is accurate but even I can tell that it is noticably lighter than the Kimber and Springer models I have held, mostly due to the scandium alloy frame used in this model. Grip and balance feel great and the checkering on the grips and MSH allow a really good purchase. Grip width is narrower than the other hi-cap pistol that I have but I imagine a curved MSH at some future point will help there.
Shooting experience was nothing short of awesome, put 100 rounds of WWB 230gr FMJ through her with 1 minor FTF on the 1st round from the 2nd mag...chalk that one up to newness...no further mechanical issues at all. The Novak sights are again different than the Trijcon night sights on my other guns but they do get a sight picture extremely fast and I was hitting good groups on the 3rd or 4th mag. Recoil was smooth and controlled as it should be on a 1911 and the front sight dropped right down on target as expected. Trigger pull was smooth and tight, no sloppy uptake. Reset was crisp and the shots broke clean. Don't have a way to measure trigger weight but it was definitely lighter than my XD and XDm, best estimate would be between 4-5 lbs.
Target below were both shot at 7 - 8 yards and are a mix of slow single, quick string and double tap shots. Was not shooting for total accuracy so there are several flyers but all things considered damn accurate for an out of the box 1911's first 100.
Got to put 100 rnd through the XDm as well...will post a report in another thread as time allows.
Very nice! Excellent report, brother.
Dead bad guys all day right there.
Why did you kill a snowman?
Cool beans, congrats. ;)
Here are the pics for the XDm .45ACP range report. Ammo was 230gr WWB FMJ same as above. Only had 1 target left so it got kind of ratty looking after 100 rounds but you get the idea. Can't say that the XDm felt or shot any better than my .40 S&W XD...other than the difference in recoil between the 2 calibers. Very light and well balanced feel to the XDm, ate every round without a hint of FTF or FTE. Trigger feels a bit cleaner than the XD, reset is shorter but not sure that means a whole lot. Most noted difference to me was the grip configuration and the differences in the stippling between the XDm and the XD. Haven't swapped out the back straps yet to see if a different width affects accuracy or grip.
100 rounds .45ACP 230gr FMJ at 7-8 yds. Double taps, single shots and 10 round strings...
Congrats bruh
Well got the call today that I have been waiting weeks for..."Mr Pyle, this is Detective Sergeant Brown...your pistol permits are ready for pickup."
Woo Hoo!!!!
Now I just have to figure out how to negotiate this 1 gun a month rule...and get 3 guns out of HAQ with permits that expire in 90 days...:(
Congrats; Can't wait to see pics of your new 1911
New arrival....
She's home, cleaned up and resting comfortably...pics are a bit overexposed and don't do it justice...
One question, I know I know here we go already...the guide rod holder thingy that is held in place by the barrel bushing, see I know that one, is open on the end because of the full length guide rod. Problem is it has a rim that is sharp as hell and makes it difficult to remove the spring. Are there replacement parts available...what are my options here? Pictures below but they are kinda blurry.
and yes I did manage to field strip it for the first time with no idiot scratch...also what benefits would a rounded MSH provide?
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LE 2k5 - Amarok MP3 sound quality
I am pretty sure this is a driver issue, but I dont really know where to begin. Using Amarok 1.2 while playing MP3 files and using firefox web browser, I seem to get some sort of interference (crackling sound) while data is transfering or clicking the mouse. Other distros dont do this and seems to be LE 2k5 specific. mdk 10.1 was fine from what I remember.
seems to play fine except while using firefox at same time
creative pci128 sound card.
amarok config eng: aRTs engine
firefox plugins: libnullplugin.so libjavaplugin_oji.so libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt
konquer seems to do ok. this is kinda wierd.
any thoughts, suggestions appreciated!
I dont think this is the solution to your problem, but I´d recommend using the gstreamer engine for amarok over aRTS.(You get an eq w/ great sound too).
Regarding the problem, maybe reinstallation of firefox and/or amarok would help?
first off, thanks for the ressponse. I installed the gstreamer stuff and still has same effect. I also completely removed firefox and reinstalled with no help. when i changed it to the gstreamer, osslink plugin was busy, so i tried the alsa and the auto, and still makes the noise.
i thought it might be a plugin issue, so i removed all, even the default libnullplugin.so but then firefox ran really sluggish and still had the interference noise.
this is too wierd. the noise almost sound like when a volume knob is dirty and when you adjust th sound you get the crackle noise. Except it does it only with fiefox running and you do anything with the window like minimize and maximize and also some noise during data transfer.
i am baffled by this.
any more ideas?
it might be that the computer that you are running on is too slow to handle both apps at once. Try running another high-demand app (like OO.o and Gimp) and then start rendering something in the Gimp, while listening to the music. If the cracling noise persists, then itis probably that.
Do you have foxy tunes installed?
edited: note: all of these were opened at the same time. I had about 20 windows open at one time.
I do know that Kubuntu 5.04, suse 9.2, and MDK 10.1 didn't have this problem on this same computer (same hardware). all ran KDE.
bump? any other suggestions? I am actually redownloading mandriva dvd just in case my cd happened to be slightly corrupt ... i doubt it, but possible i guess.
Before doing that maybe you could download the latest version of firefox (1.0.4) and see if that works. You can uninstall mozilla-firefox package and install 1.0.4.
the driver that my creative pci 128 sound card is using is the SND-ENS1371, i have tried the ENS1371 with same result. In amarok I am currently using the aRTS engine, but the gstreamer and xine have the same result. sounds excellent except for staticy when opening/closing, , minimizing/maximizing the window, data exchange, and operating the scroll bars in firefox.
this is a 1ghz Tbird processor with 512 mb ram.. i would think the resources would not be an issue. as previously posted, other distros dont do this, and have opened like 25 other programs to try and use resourcesand the most I get is a pause in the music for about 1 second when running low on mem and cpu.
any ideas/suggestions appreciated. I would love to fingure this out. got any suggestions who I can contact for this bug/issue???
thanks again!
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IRVINGTON — It took an Essex County jury 30 minutes to deliberate before they convicted an Irvington man of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl in his home in April 2010, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced today.
Jean Joseph, 39, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault by oral penetration, sexual contact and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child following a trial in Superior Court in Newark, the prosecutor's office said.
He faces up to 20 years in prison.
Joseph, who committed the crime while his mother was babysitting the victim and other children, assaulted the 6-year-old in a secluded bedroom in the house away from the others, authorities said.
Assistant Prosecutor Tara Creegan said Joseph thought the victim would be an easy mark because she had been in the United States for just six months and didn't speak English.
"He mistakenly thought she would not tell or if she told no one would believe her," Creegan said. "Fortunately, not only did her parents and authorities believe her, but 12 jurors believed her as well."
Joseph will be sentenced on Sept. 24 in Superior Court in Newark, after he receives a psychological evaluation, the prosecutor's office said.
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Jeb delivers most substantive, reformist speech at CPAC
Jeb Bush is addressing the CPAC Ronald Reagan Dinner tonight. So far, the crowd is attentive, but quiet, because this is no standard red meat CPAC speech. Nor is the former Florida governor a strong speaker. Never has been. Still, His was the most substantive and reform-minded speech I've heard so far.
"Our central mission as conservatives is to reignite social and economic mobility in this country."
Here's the text as prepared for delivery:
Sam, thanks very much for that kind introduction. I want to especially thank my
old friend Al Cardenas for his selfless dedication to the American conservative
union and the conservative cause.
It's a pleasure to be here tonight at a dinner honoring one of America's greatest
presidents – Ronald Reagan.
I'd like to begin by expressing my deepest appreciation for the kind thoughts
and prayers for my dad. He got out of the hospital a little more than a month
ago. As he so aptly said, "put away the harps!" He's back at home and doing
well. His only problem now is that his current care provider won't be pampering
him like the nurses in the hospital. Her name is Barbara Bush and she is tough!
This is proof positive that no matter what your age, and even if you were once
the leader of the free world, life has a way of keeping us humble.
Sometimes in our lives we even get to cross that thin line between humbling and
downright humiliating.
A couple of weeks ago Peter Hamby of CNN tweeted a picture of me from 1970
with what appeared to be a catcher's mitt on my head.
I still have that sport coat, by the way.
Hamby felt compelled to comment on my hairstyle and said that I was wearing a
mullet. I responded, of course, that it wasn't a mullet, just an unruly head of
Hamby's response was even better. He said, "Technically you're right. There's a
party in the front and a party in the back."
I find Hamby's comment strangely relevant to us tonight because, if you think
about it, the same could be said of the Republican Party.
We used to be the party in the front.
After the last election, we're the party in the back.
The question is: how do we get to be the party in the front again?
That's what I'd like to talk about tonight. How do we start once again to elect
Republican Presidents in the mold of the great man we honor tonight? But before
we answer that question, I'd like to share some of the things I have observed
As some of you may know, I had the privilege of serving as Florida's governor
for eight years, but since 2007 I've been involved in education reform and
pursuing business opportunities that take me around the globe.
I travel a lot, and I've seen firsthand the explosive economic growth in places like
China, Singapore, and Brazil. In some of their cities on any given day you can
see dozens of cranes building modern skyscrapers, and the streets bustle with
people alive with the energy of commerce and innovation.
When I return home, the mood is different.
Different and worse.
Americans have the sense that our economy is fragile, its rewards are unfairly
tilted toward the few, and that the greatest prosperity in this century will be
enjoyed by other people in other lands and not by our own children.
But tonight I'm here to tell you that this conclusion is 100% wrong. We
potentially find ourselves at the threshold of our nation's greatest century. We
can, as President Reagan did, restore, "The great, confident roar of American
progress and growth and optimism."
Tonight as surely as you sit here the fundamentals are aligning in a way that
could allow us to race past our global competitors
And usher in a true American Renaissance for the next hundred years. It's there
for the taking if we have the courage to grab it and push beyond the problems
that now divide us.
Consider the facts.
Take energy. With our new drilling technologies, America will soon have an
energy surplus. This means trillions of dollars in new wealth for Americans and
a foreign policy not overly influenced by oil.
How about food? America will be the Saudi Arabia of grain in a century when the
world is clamoring for more food. Just as crude oil determined the wealth and
power of nations in the latter part of the last century, food will do so in this
Technology. Wireless communication, artificial intelligence, and rapid advances
in life sciences are transforming at a breathtaking pace every facet of American
business and daily life.
Manufacturing jobs that were shipped to china a decade ago are now returning
to America, but this time the work is being performed by our robots. But, the
good news is that they're our robots built in America by American workers and
along with low energy costs, create the potential for a new wave of
manufacturing jobs in this country.
Entire classes of diseases are on the verge of being eradicated by manipulating
individual molecules on the surfaces of living cells.
Driverless vehicles will flawlessly move people and products across our
highways, never getting lost, never having accidents. Already a prototype
driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of
California streets without a single accident.
3d printing machines are being developed and downscaled for home use that
will allow you to instantly create thousands of objects at the touch of a button.
Already cars are being designed and built that are printed from a computer.
Or how about our youthful potential? As a nation, if we get immigration right,
we're going to stay young. By 2050 china will have more old people than
America has people.
America remains younger than all industrialized nations.
These are but a few of our advantages, and collectively they point toward a
century of prosperity and world leadership that is unparalleled in human
But, there is a very dark cloud on the horizon. All of these advantages are at risk
if the federal government continues on its arc of irresponsibility.
Our federal spending addiction and a lackluster system of public education are
the two greatest impediments to achieving our potential in this century.
Conservatives have the solutions to these problems, and liberals have proposals
that only make them worse. I know. As governor of Florida I balanced our
budget for eight years in a row while cutting taxes every year, and I have
dedicated much of my adult life trying to revolutionize our schools so they serve
children and parents and not an indifferent bureaucracy.
But you must know this: all of our successes at the state level can be undone if
we continue to lose presidential elections.
We'll forfeit our ability to chart a better future for our republic. This would be
tragic in every sense of the word.
And so when I think about our options going forward, I think about Sam
Palmisano who was kind enough to introduce me tonight. As you know, Sam is
the former CEO of IBM and probably the best CEO in America in the last decade.
Sam's also just a great human being. Easy to talk to, but also a visionary and a
leader. Sam told me an amazing story.
He was deeply involved in assembling the team that created Watson, a
supercomputer that can understand natural language with all the ambiguities
associated with human speech. Watson can breeze through more than 200
million pages of text to find an answer in less than three seconds.
So what do you do when you have this amazing capability at your fingertips?
Naturally, you appear on a TV game show! Watson competed on the game show
jeopardy and easily defeated the all-time human champion, Ken Jennings.
Do you know what Watson is doing today? Watson is saving lives. Watson is
now being used in research hospitals like Sloan-Kettering to diagnose and
suggest treatment options for desperately ill cancer patients. Watson is able to
look at all the available information, listen closely, and make critical medical
recommendations without the personal biases that afflict mere mortals.
The thing that most astounds me is that Watson can learn from its past mistakes,
and every decision it makes helps the next decision to be a little more accurate.
The first round of jeopardy ended with Watson tied for first place with $5,000 in
winnings. By the time the second match ended Watson had won over $77,000.
Ken Jennings had won only $24,000. A little scary, right?
Well, I wonder what Watson would say if he brought all that computing power
to bear on the political future of the Republican Party?
First, Watson would probably note that Republicans lost the popular vote in five
of the last six presidential elections.
In those six elections Watson would be quick to point out that non-Republican
candidates received a total of 26,220,840 more votes than our Republican
candidates. That's a staggering number.
How can that be?
If Watson were to read the blogs, tweets, and Facebook posts that mention the
Republican Party, it would find that all too often we're associated with being
"anti" everything. Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-
immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker…and the list goes on.
Many voters are simply unwilling to choose our candidates because those voters
feel unloved, unwanted and unwelcome in our party.
And so tonight my thought is this: if Watson can learn from its past mistakes, so
can we.
This means that we must move beyond the divisive and extraneous issues that
currently define the public debate. Never again can the Republican Party simply
write off entire segments of our society because we assume our principles have
limited appeal. They have broad appeal.
We need to be larger than that.
For exactly the same reason that millions of immigrants were drawn to our
shores from every nation, we need to draw into our party people from every
corner of society because conservative principles, and not liberal dogma, best
reflect the ideals that made this nation great. We should be united in the
principle that everyone should be given the opportunity to rise to the top, to
raise a family, and to be free. Our core principles --greater individual
responsibility, more personal freedom, smaller and more effective government
— are the only principles that can offer our children the full measure of their
potential in the greatest of American centuries.
I'm here to tell you there is no 'us' or 'them.' The face of the Republican Party
needs to be the face of every American, and we need to be the party of inclusion
and acceptance. It's our heritage and it's our future and we need to couch our
efforts in those terms.
As Republicans, we need to get re-acquainted with the notion that the
relationships that really matter are not made through twitter and social media.
Real relationships take time to grow, and they begin with a genuine interest in
the stories, dreams and challenges harbored within each of us.
When I ran for governor in 1998, a woman named Berthy Aponte, the mother of
a developmentally disabled child and at the time a complete stranger to me,
stood up in a meeting and challenged me to help children like hers. I'm sure I
said something pleasant in response, but it wasn't good enough for Berthy. She
wouldn't let me up for air. Over the months that followed I traveled south
Florida with Berthy and visited group homes and talked to parents who feared
nothing more than having their disabled child outlive them and become the
ward of an uncaring state. When I became governor, we had a renewed focus on
helping the developmentally disabled, and in elevating their lives I found that
we elevated the lives of all Floridians. All this flowed from my personal
connection with Berthy.
We used to be the party that understood personal connections matter. We need
to be that party again.
And when we speak to people and make the case for conservative principles,
you should know that the happy exception does not always prove the rule. It is
not a validation of our conservative principles if we can only point to the
increasingly rare individual who overcomes adversity and succeeds in America.
Here's reality: if you're fortunate enough to count yourself among the
privileged, the rest of the nation is drowning. In our country today, if you're
born poor, if your parents didn't go to college, if you don't know your father, if
English isn't spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are
more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since World War II.
Unfortunately, the great tragedy of the past decade is that liberals have
channeled the anger and frustration that comes from this oppressive dynamic
and used it as an opportunity to attack the very idea of success itself. In their
view, anyone who has climbed to the top 1%, top 10%, or top 20% has committed
some form of gross social breach, and they deserve our scorn.
This is enormously short-sighted because in a fair capitalist system, financial
success should be the by-product of innovation and achievement, and without
innovation and achievement we no longer move forward as a nation.
And so our central mission as conservatives is to reignite social and economic
mobility in this country. It's called the right to rise. There are many facets to our
mission, but let me briefly mention four.
First, we need to reestablish in America the idea that success is a good thing.
Rather than being viewed with distaste and suspicion, success desperately needs
to be cool again. We need to offer the citizens of our nation role models who
demonstrate that success isn't about taking. It's about creating something where
nothing before existed. It's about the way wealth ripples from a bold idea to
spread to every part our nation.
Second, we need to equip every child with the best tools to rise. Each child in
America deserves the best education on the planet. Why not? We're already
paying for it. We spend more per pupil than any other country in the world.
And yet, our kids frequently rank in the bottom quartile on math and science
scores. I could stand here all night and tell you about the details of a system that
will get us there --don't worry, I remember I've got only 25 minutes—but we
need to have the leaders and the authority to put that system in place.
Somewhere in America a child is being born who will design and build the next
and better version of Watson. His or her creation may save your life or the lives
of your children and grandchildren.
It may save the lives of millions. The tragedy is that for every child who reaches
their full abilities, who builds that Watson, there are a hundred who could have
done the same thing but are stuck in failing and indifferent schools. We are
squandering America's greatest resource, and I believe only reform-minded
conservatives have the resolve to confront and end the single greatest waste of
human potential in the history of the world.
We need a transformation of education based on standards benchmarked to the
best of the world;
A system of no-excuses accountability that refuses to accept failure and that
rewards improvement and excellence; a culture based on empowering parents
with an abundance of choices for their children's education and a deep
understanding of the transformative power of digital learning.
Third, we need to have a government that allows both small people to rise and
large businesses to fall. Government should help create a level playing field,
maximize the opportunities for the players, and then step back. This doesn't
mean government plays no role in regulating business, but it does mean that
government doesn't pick the winners and losers or create such huge cost that
only the large can comply.
And finally, we need to realize that each of us in the conservative movement has a
far greater role to play as a private citizen than as a part of government or as its
critic. There is a political realm and a social realm, and we shouldn't confuse the
two. We shouldn't rely on government bureaucracies to instill virtue in people.
Government should fill potholes. It is our individual duty to fill the holes in the
human heart. As conservatives, we need to recognize the limits of government
and the much more powerful influences of parents, churches, charities, and role
We can do so much more by setting an example and living by our principles than
by merely talking. We need to be out in our communities helping our neighbors,
mentoring our children, and demonstrating that generosity, compassion, and
human potential are immensely more powerful than a thousand government
So, I see our path forward as conservatives, and I believe the future is
extraordinarily bright. I'll end where I started: as to the rumors of the demise of
the conservative movement, as my dad said, "put away the harps!" We have
within our grasp the means by which our country will reclaim its momentum,
leave its indelible imprint on this remarkable century, and secure a better future
for all.
Let's do it!


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Tricks for credit card swipes
The other day I was at a major grocery store checking out. The lady in front of me was going to pay using her credit card. She swiped it, several times, yet the machine wouldn't read her card. The clerk took the card and placed it in a regular plastic grocery bag, snugging the bag around the card. She passed it through the machine, which read the card the first time. What did placing the card in the plastic bag do?
There are a whole bag of tricks used by retail clerks to get their machines to accept credit cards. This is one of them.
Experts in the industry say that the magnetic stripe on the back of credit cards can be contaminated by all sorts of things — dust, dirt, scratches, temperature extremes, even exposure to other magnetic stripes that can corrupt the data from yours.
And there can be problems with the machines and cards. Norman Castner, countertop product business unit manager of Hypercom, which makes the machines that accept credit cards, told www.creditcards.com that his company's machines are expected to last up to five years, or up to 300,000 transactions. The magnetic strip on the back of the card isn't likely to last half that long, which is one reason you get new cards every couple of years.
So when something happens and a machine doesn't accept your card, experts say you can try to improve the swipe by wiping the back of the card off on your sleeve or clothes. Or you can wrap your card in a dollar bill or register receipt and try again. Some people have even been known to lick the stripe, though that's not recommended.
If the problem persists, some enterprising people and clerks cover the stripe with Scotch tape or put the card in a thin plastic bag. That can work because it increases the distance between the magnetic stripe and the head of the reader, blurring or softening the signal the stripes give out, another Hypercom spokesman told creditcards.com.
"In lab testing, it has been shown that doing that does reduce some of the noise that the card interaction creates, and sometimes that can result in a good swipe," said Hypercom spokesman Pete Schuddekopf. "The serious downside to that approach is that the material that is being used can become lodged in the terminal swipe channel and even damage the reader."
43 supercentenarians are living
How many people alive today were born in the 1800s?
As of Aug. 30, there were 43 people in the world who were born in the 19th century, according to the Gerontology Research Group (www.grg.org). The group tracks supercentenarians, a term used to describe a person who is at least 110 years old.
The oldest is Besse Cooper of Monroe, Ga., who turned 115 on Aug. 26. She was born in 1896.


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We are thrilled to announce that Wheelhaus Bikegarten is converting to CycleBar®. We plan to open this January. CycleBar will raise the bar on your indoor cycling experience. We will offer luxury amenities, CycleStats® personal performance tracking, CycleBeats® mind-blowing playlists, and invigorating rides led by CycleStar® Instructors, the most inspiring people in the business.
All of our classes are safe for ages 16 and up!
Yes, we encourage you to attend class on consecutive days. Regular attendance will help to build muscle memory and efficiency and alleviate muscle soreness. Because of the diversity of strength building exercises at Local Barre, guests should expect to feel some tenderness after every class, particularly in the beginning or after a break. You might consider varying the type of class you take on consecutive days by supplementing the Open BarreSM with the our Dance and Cardio classes.
You will learn to engage your core with every exercise to feel a change after the first week, see a change after the first month, and achieve a noticeable Local Barre body before next season. We encourage you to embrace the powerful relationship between your mind and body, and energy. Focus your energy on a fulfilling and meaningful life and good health and beauty will come to you.
Local Barre® exercises target your largest muscle groups (i.e. legs and buttocks) – the larger the muscle, the more calories burned. You will build lean muscle mass which burns the most calories even while your body is at rest. As you see results, you will be motivated to make better decisions about your nutrition. If you participate in Local Barre classes regularly and maintain a healthy lifestyle outside the Barre, then you will become slimmer. We challenge you to let go of the fixation with the scale and redirect your energy on total fitness, being strong inside and out. Perhaps more extraordinary than shedding pounds, you will love your body.
No! Local Barre® routines will trim your body. The series of exercises strengthen and stretch every major muscle group in the body, targeting hard to reach muscles to burn maximum calories and attain a more sculpted shape. You will notice a redistribution of your body weight as sagging muscles become firmer and more lifted. In the beginning, this might give you the false impression of fuller muscles. As you stick with it, your muscles will become more compact and you will shed the fatty tissue between the muscles to achieve a slimmer physique.
Yes! At Local Barre®, you will become more flexible. The Local Barre® method alternates strength and stretching to exhaust your muscles before they are stretched to lend themselves more easily to stretching. Concentration and breathing techniques allow muscles to relax. Flexibility and range of motion are important in preventing injury and keeping your body youthful.
No problem! Our clients range from never having heard of pointe shoes to dancing their entire lives. For our beginners, you will notice some dance terms. We recommend watching your fellow Barregoers and of course, asking our talented Barretenders as many questions as you need!
It depends on your body and why cardio is important to you. Local Barre classes are aerobic, fast paced, moving from strengthening to stretching exercises nonstop like interval training. Besides the obvious heart benefits, it is important to train our lungs. Controlled breathing strengthens the core and improves endurance which means the ability to exercise longer with less effort. We encourage guests to compliment their Open Barre workouts with our Dance and Cardio classes for additional cardio and to practice deeper breathing techniques.
To ensure proper alignment, it is suggested that guests wear formfitting clothing for Open Barre classes. For Open Barre classes, socks or instudio shoes are required and may be purchased in the retail boutique.
Of course not! We welcome Dames and Daddy O's alike.
Yes! Local Barre® is an effective work out that is safe to continue throughout your pregnancy. At the beginning of each class please let the instructor know that you are expecting so they can show you any modifications that may be necessary. For more information regarding fitness and your pregnancy please contact us.
Yes! Our child care program is called Monkey BarreSM. Please view our schedule for days and times. The price is $5 per child. This service is open to children 6 months and older. If your child is younger than 6 months we encourage you to join us for Open Barre: BYOBabySM Optional. For more details please visit Monkey BarreSM.
First time guests are requested to arrive ten minutes before class so the instructor can introduce themselves, welcome you to Local Barre, and address any injuries, limitations, and questions. For safety reasons, beginners are strongly discouraged from joining a class once the instructor has begun. For the safety and satisfaction of all Local Barre guests, late entry will not be permitted to anyone beyond the initial five minutes of any class.
All cancellations must be made at least 12 hours prior to the class start time. An "early cancel" (outside of the 12-hour cancellation window) will not affect your account. If the cancellation is made within the 12-hour period before the class start time, it is considered a "late cancel", and the class will be removed from your account. Open Tab clients will be charged current drop in rate for that class.


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With a whopping 87% certainty, the Indiana Pacers surprised no one when they ended up with the 10th overall pick in the next NBA draft lottery.
Let's face it — no matter what Larry Bird says about how great the 10th pick is, we all know that the Pacers could have done a lot better had it not been for that silly winning streak the team embarked on towards the end of the season.
Case in point — the No. 1 pick went to the Washington Wizards, who had the 5th best odds of winning the lottery. Do I need to remind Pacers fans that for a stretch of the second half of the season, the Pacers were in line to be in that position (or even better?). Sigh…
Complete lottery results below:
|1. Washington
|8. LA Clippers
|2. Philadelphia
|9. Utah*
|3. New Jersey
|10. Indiana
|4. Minnesota
|11. New Orleans
|5. Sacramento
|12. Memphis
|6. Golden State
|13. Toronto
|7. Detroit
|14. Houston
|* — From New York via Phoenix
Now, instead of dreaming of John Wall and Evan Turner, or even DeMarcus Cousins, Wesley Johnson or Derrick Favors, the Pacers are stuck with a disappointing pick. It's not the end of the world because there are always a few surprises in the draft, and perhaps the Pacers will get lucky this year like they did in 2005 when they drafted Danny Granger at 17th. But I cannot help wondering what might have been.
The focus now shifts to who the Pacers will draft with the 10th overall pick. Most mock drafts have the portion of the draft stacked with athletic big men such as Patrick Patterson (Kentucky), Ekpe Udoh (Baylor), Donatas Montiejuanas (Lithuania), Greg Monroe (Georgetown), Ed Davis (North Carolina) and Hassan Whiteside (Marshall). However, what the Pacers really need is a solid point guard, and after John Wall, there aren't exactly a lot out there. The second best PG in the draft may be Wall's back up in Kentucky, Eric Bledsoe, but few have Bledsoe going as high as the 10th pick.
Would the Pacers be better off trading down or packaging the pick for a point guard? According to Pacers.com, Devin Harris may be available. Put Harris and Granger together and you might have a pretty decent team, even though both men took a step back last season.
The Pacers also have a couple of second round picks this year (provided Dallas surrenders their pick from the Shawne Williams trade — at least that was a smart move), but no one is expecting miracles out of a second round pick. If the Pacers can get a couple of players with those picks who are anywhere near as good as AJ Price was for them last season (though let's not carried away, he's never going to be a star), then I would consider them highly successful picks.
Hopefully, the Pacers can get a quality PG through trading the pick, or strike gold with the 10th pick, as unlikely as that is. I'd much prefer it if they somehow managed to get Harris for the pick and some expiring contract (please let it be TJ Ford!).
Imagine a starting unit with:
PG Devin Harris (who has a career revival)
SG Brandon Rush (who suddenly wakes up and becomes a solid, consistent player)
SF: Danny Granger (who has a career revival)
PF: Troy Murphy (who suddenly learns how to defend)
C: Roy Hibbert (who continues to improve and no longer fouls every chance he gets)
Then on the bench you have: AJ Price (PG), Dahntay Jones (SG/SF), Mike Dunleavy Jr (SG/SF), Tyler Hansbrough (PF), Josh McRoberts (PF/C), Jeff Foster (PF/C), Solomon Jones (PF/C), and hopefully not TJ Ford (packaged in the Harris deal — their salaries even match!).
That's a decent playoff team, isn't it?


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Two queens fighting to the death for dominance
The untold story of Mary, Queen of Scots
This dazzling novel from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the "guest" of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick.
The newly married couple welcome the doomed queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court. To their horror, they find that the task will bankrupt them, and as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Elizabeth, their loyalty to each other and to their sovereign comes into question. If Mary succeeds in seducing the earl into her own web of treachery and treason, or if the great spymaster William Cecil links them to the growing conspiracy to free Mary from her illegal imprisonment, they will all face the headsman.
Philippa Gregory uses new research and her passion for historical accuracy to place a well-known heroine in a completely new tale full of suspense, passion, and political intrigue. For years, readers have clamored for Gregory to tell Mary's story, and "The Other Queen "is the result of her determination to present a novel worthy of this extraordinary heroine.
- Publisher: Touchstone Books
- Publish Date: September 2008
- Page Count: 448
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Series: Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
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- Reviewed in: Publishers Weekly, page 41.
- Review Date: 2008-05-05
- Reviewer: Staff
In her latest foray into the lives and minds of Elizabethan shakers and movers, Gregory (The Other Boleyn Girl) takes on Mary Queen of Scots during her 16-year house arrest. By the secret order of her cousin, Elizabeth I, Mary is held at the estate of George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife, Bess of Hardwick; the latter three share first-person narrative duties. The book centers on Mary's never-ending clandestine efforts to drum up enough support to take her cousin's throne, but the real story is in the clash of two women and the earl who stands between them. Shrewsbury's refusal to recognize superior intelligence and force of will in his wife, who runs the estate, and in Mary, who tries to make him her instrument at every turn, makes for one delicious conflict after another. The voices are strong throughout, but Gregory's ventriloquism is at its best with Bess of Hardwick, a woman who managed to throw off the restrictions of birth, class and sex in order to achieve things that proved beyond her titled husband. (Sept.)
Love triangle for Queen Mary
The bibliography tucked at the tail end of Philippa Gregory's The Other Queen might come as a surprise to those who assume that only nonfiction writers are rooted to the rigors of scholarly research. For this best-selling author of novels such as The Other Boleyn Girl, The Queen's Fool and The Virgin's Lover, a passion for historical accuracy is the cornerstone of her abundant story-telling gift. Deftly weaving fact and fiction into a lyrical, literary tapestry that transcends the boundaries of the too-often predictable genre of historical fiction, Gregory has once again crafted a mesmerizing novel that will keep readers turning pages deep into the night.
Gregory's legions of loyal fans are already well aware of the author's aptitude for capturing the timeless pathos of 16th-century Englishwomen, royals and peasants alike. Perhaps never before has Mary, Queen of Scots, been portrayed in such a contemporary, complex manner: a beautiful, charming, headstrong and spoiled young woman who is both maddeningly self-absorbed and overwhelmingly courageous. The same is true for the novel's anti-heroine, Bess of Hardwick, who transcends her hardscrabble childhood via a trail of calculated betrothals and consequent widowhoods. Proud and pragmatic, Bess harbors no illusions about romantic love, and instead, sets her heart on the comforts of rank and financial security, a coup she achieves with her final marriage, to George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury.
Nonetheless, after Bess and George Talbot are asked by Queen Elizabeth to provide "sanctuary" for the beleaguered Mary, Queen of Scots, the couple's companionable marriage is jeopardized, with poor George smitten by the young queen's winsome ways, and his once implacable wife reeling with jealousy and, worse, the discovery that she is once again on the brink of poverty.
In the end, which arrives after a series of riveting chapters alternating between the voices and perspectives of Mary, Bess and George, nothing is what it seems. This spell-binding tale of Elizabethan England adds up to a novel as sweet and thorny as a wild English rose.
Karen Ann Cullotta is a freelance writer and journalism instructor in Chicago.


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Emmanuel George Cefai
On March We On March - Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai
On march we on march
Will it be otherwise when
With every step unfolds the new
In Beauty's reign?
When calm and quiet smoke
Arise around us
Calming our eyes and our brains?
Lo! Where are below cut and
Abandoned those that tied us
The earth's chains.
Now thus unbound
As great Prometheus strong around
With dainty nymphs other nymphs
A gentle kiss - enough!
A fairy born! A nymph!
No complications as in lower Earth
But Beauty surfeits herself
Continual in giving birth.
Thus Beauty more of Beauty grows
Reproduces and her reign she spreads
Everywhere, every time the target
Topic(s) of this poem: marching
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THUS BEAUTY MORE OF BEAUTY GROWS... (BEAUTY) SPREADS HER REIGN EVERYWHERE. I know when the News of the Universe is good news, and this poem announces the very highest sort of good news. In facts, poets have been alternately predicting it or despairing of it for countless generations. And without too much fanfare on earth or from heaven it seems that BEAUTY is now what Thomas Hardy oddly called the President of the Immortals at the end of TESS. Is this a declaration of the end of human suffering? Will Beauty prevail against ugliness? Will Power give way to the tender mercies of the Beautiful? (Report) Reply
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Steaua plan to 'annihilate' Chelsea
Steaua Bucharest will be hoping to "annihilate" Chelsea from the Europa League on Thursday - and may use the Stamford Bridge crowd to serve their purposes.
Steaua head to London with a 1-0 advantage and will be looking to score an early goal to ignite the recent frustration felt against interim coach Rafael Benitez permeating through much of the Chelsea faithful.
"We are well aware that the supporters, the crowd has a very big role, a very important role, especially if we were to go ahead early," Steaua boss Laurentiu Reghecampf said.
"That would not create a great atmosphere for the home team. We will try to score early and play well."
Steaua knocked out Dutch giants Ajax en route to the last-16 and defender Mihai Pintilii said past successes had instilled a budding confidence within the team.
"They are a very good side. They have some great individual players and extraordinary talent in their team," Pintilii said.
"Tomorrow night we will be trying to annihilate them and to just play the way we can play."
Reghecampf echoed his defenders thoughts, but admitted his squad was prepared for any eventuality.
"As always we will be trying to win the game," Reghecampf said. "Of course it will be very difficult but I have a team that really likes to play football.
"It is a very important match for everybody. Not only myself. It's very important for my team and also Romanian football.
"Chelsea are the strongest team we have met so far and I'm sure we will have some difficulties.
"We have practised penalties. We will see tomorrow evening.
"If I'm afraid of anything or if I'm concerned about anything then it's my own team. We had a not so pleasant game in Amsterdam, where we were not able to play the way we would like to. Now my main concern is to try to get my players ready to play the way we would like to.
"If they play the way they played in the first leg and we can play the way we played in the first leg, we can of course win it."
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.
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The dispute in the Johannesburg High Court over a painting of President Jacob Zuma has diverted into a side-row over the non-broadcast of an advocate's breakdown at the hearing.
The court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the ANC's lawyer crying may not be televised.
"Before we postpone the matter, there is another thing that has to be dealt with," said Judge Neels Claassen.
"It has been brought to the court's notice that the portion where the ANC and Zuma's advocate, Gcina Malindi, broke down has been televised.
"And, as a full court, we are of the view that it should not be further televised," he said.
This would apply locally and internationally.
Malindi broke down and was surrounded by colleagues before leaving the courtroom.
"I was just overcome by emotions," he said after the matter was postponed indefinitely.
Government spokesman Jimmy Manyi said he was "appalled" and "disappointed" that e.tv had "censored" visuals of Malindi's tears.
"Government believes that, in this particular instance, e.tv was biased and failed to broadcast a true reflection of the court proceedings," he said.
"e.tv censored the visuals that would have shown his deep pain and emotion, that expressed the culmination of the sentiment of humiliation and denigration of the dignity of President Jacob Zuma, his office and the African culture that is shared by millions of South Africans."
Malindi had been responding to a question on changes in SA when he started crying, and Judge Claassen adjourned the court.
In response, eNews said that in the past it had been criticised by the judiciary for airing sensational material unrelated to matters being argued.
"Firstly, eNews respects the rule of law. Advocate Malindi's breakdown was unexpected and caught our team off-guard. The decision was taken not to broadcast the clip until we had clarity from the judges," said group head of news Patrick Conroy.
It was mindful that the court might have taken a dim view of this being broadcast, regardless of editorial opinion.
"What the Government Communication and Information System fails to recognise is that normal editorial rules do not apply when filming in court. There are judicial sensitivities we must be mindful of and respect," said Conroy.
The ANC, Zuma and his children want the Brett Murray painting, The Spear, showing Zuma with his genitals exposed, removed from the Goodman Gallery in Joburg.
Two people were filmed painting over it on Tuesday, because they believed it had violated Zuma's constitutional right to dignity.
The gallery and City Press, which posted a picture of the painting on its website, have refused to remove it, arguing censorship and a constitutional right to freedom of expression.
Throughout the day, a large crowd of ANC supporters gathered outside the court to show their support for Zuma.
During the adjournment, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe asked the crowd to march on the Goodman Gallery on Tuesday.
"The march must be successful and it must send a clear message. African culture is not inferior. We must protect African-ness," Mantashe told the crowd.
He echoed SACP leader Blade Nzimande's call to boycott City Press.
In the morning, the judges had strongly queried how they were expected to implement a ban on a picture that had already gone viral around the world.
Judge Claassen referred to the words of British judge Lord Hugh Griffiths, in 1988, when the government there tried to prohibit the publication of the memoirs of a former MI5 officer even though the book was freely available in the rest of the world.
"'If such was the law then the law would indeed be an ass, for it would seek to deny our own citizens the right to be informed of matters which are freely available throughout the rest of the world'," said Judge Claassen, quoting Griffiths.
"If the whole world can see it (The Spear), why not in this country?"
It was about the principle, argued Malindi, about vindication.
After all, he explained, the tenets of the constitution had not been fully realised, but the fall of apartheid had acted as vindication for those people who had struggled against it.
"A lot of things promised in the constitution have not reached many people; the right to water, access to water, sanitation, food and shelter," he said.
"That does not mean the constitution or the law is an ass. They've been vindicated that their struggle was a just struggle."
There was no particular signal in his voice, no break that told the gallery behind him that he was upset; just a moment of silence.
"I don't think you've answered the question, but we'll leave it at that," said Judge Claassen.
Then Malindi's sobs rang out.
Malindi was a political activist in his youth and was one of the co-accused in the 37-month-long Delmas Trial. – Additional reporting by Sapa


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matthew dunn matthewdunnart gas mask cool comic horror retro black
Is it just me, or is Leroy getting more and more creepy lately?
I think this is more goofy than creepy, so it must be you ;-P hehe
Great design!
Thanks a lot Lisa :-)
What do you use to make your art friend?
It varies depending on each piece, but is usually a combination of inks, watercolours, and photoshop.
Nice… So you hand create all of your pieces…
Yeah, aside from a few random graphics tablet/illustrator pieces the majority of my work beings its life as a hand-drawn ink piece :-)
So where can one get a tablet… And what are there price ranges?
Most computer/electrical stores have them these days, and prices vary in a big way. You can get some good deals on ebay stores, but it's probably better if you can go somewhere to try and few out to see which one feels best for you.
Yea, that makes sense… Great art friend… Thanks for the help!
Yep. Add your own superlative. I've run out.
F#cking genius!
How's that? ;-D
That's kinda what I mean. Goofy? Since when was he goofy? He's starting to act more than just a little unhinged. Maybe he's nervous about that Q&A.Poor bugger only started out with a handful of marbles; I think the last one just rolled down the gutter and into a drain :P
There's always been a mild goofy side to his character and shenanigans (skull-skates, zombie chicken, etc) but this is the first in awhile. I just finished penciling a page for the new book that shows a major point in his past that sent those marbles rolling hard and fast towards that drain. The goofiness of Leroy disappears completely when the mask comes off, so I'll probably ramp up the goofiness between now and when that's all revealed :-)
ps. First in awhile aside from his fancy slipper design of course ;-)
F#cking Genius …. hmmm … yep – that'll do nicely .. thanks!
cool..thats y i like the leroy character…full of humour ) ian
Thanks bro :-)
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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th – Sunday 9th March 2014….
After three weeks atop the UK box office, The LEGO Movie has fallen to second place, with the sword and sandals prequel/sequel 300: Rise of an Empire seizing its glory and claiming top spot with an opening weekend of £2,761,612. While that was enough for first place, its debut is down considerably from Zack Snyder's original, which pulled in £4.75 million back in 2006.
Joining 300: Rise of an Empire in the top ten were a further two newcomers, with Wes Anderson's latest star-studded offering The Grand Budapest Hotel pulling in £1,532,239 and giving the director his best ever UK debut in third place, while CG-animation Escape from Planet Earth opened down in seventh with £395,392.
Number one this time last year: Oz the Great and Powerful
1. 300: Rise of an Empire, £2,761,612 weekend (New)
2. The Lego Movie, £1,633,265 weekend; £28,801,707 total (4 weeks)
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel, £1,532,239 weekend (New)
4. Non-Stop, £1,496,108 weekend; £5,364,237 total (2 weeks)
5. Ride Along, £823,312 weekend; £2,832,887 total (2 weeks)
6. The Book Thief, £569,776 weekend; £2,693,536 total (3 weeks)
7. Escape from Planet Earth, £395,392 weekend (New)
8. Mr. Peabody & Sherman, £385,338 weekend; £12,091,150 total (5 weeks)
9. 12 Years a Slave, £368,857 weekend; £19,177,585 total (9 weeks)
10. Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy, £318,157 weekend; £5,072,228 total (5 weeks)
Today sees the arrival of the high-octane racing actioner Need for Speed (cert. 12A) starring Aaron Paul, while Friday's new releases include the Scarlett Johansson-headlined Under the Skin (cert. 15), Terry Gilliam's latest The Zero Theorem (cert. 15), British sequel Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (cert. 12A) and a limited release for the Kickstarter funded Veronica Mars (cert. 12A).


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It is used on the skin to reduce swelling, redness, itching, and skin irritation
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What is this medicine?HYDROCORTISONE; UREA (hye droe KOR ti sone; yoo REE uh) is a combination of a corticosteroid and a moisturizer. It is used on the skin to reduce swelling, redness, itching, and skin irritation.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
-large areas of burned or damaged skin
-skin infection
-skin wasting or thinning
-an unusual or allergic reaction to hydrocortisone, urea, sulfites, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
-pregnant or trying to get pregnant
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for external use only. Do not take by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Wash your hands before and after use. Do not cover with a bandage or dressing unless your doctor or health care professional tells you to. Use your medicine at regular intervals. Do not use it more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed. Do not use this medicine for diaper rash unless directed to do so by your doctor. If applying this medicine to the diaper area, do not cover with tight-fitting diapers or plastic pants. This may increase the amount of medicine that passes through the skin and increase the risk of serious side effects.
Overdosage: If you think you've taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected. Do not use any other skin products on the same area of skin without asking your doctor or health care professional.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not start to get better or if they get worse.
Do not get this medicine in your eyes. If you do, rinse out with plenty of cool tap water.
This medicine can make certain skin conditions worse. Only use it for conditions for which your doctor or health care professional has prescribed.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
-allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
-burning feeling on the skin
-dark red spots on the skin
-lack of healing of skin condition
-painful, red, pus filled blisters in hair follicles
-thinning of the skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (Report these to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome.):
-dry skin, irritation
-unusual increased growth of hair on the face or body
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Do not freeze. Keep tightly closed. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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LXer: Simmbook Netbook for Emerging Markets
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IBM and Indian company Simmtronics are marketing their 10" netbook at a cost under $200. The Simmbook netbook with a 10.1" screen at 1024 x 600 pixels (VSVGA) works with the Atom N270 processor (1.6 GHz and 533 MHz FSB), a GByte of DDR2 RAM (maximum 2 GBytes with a slot) and a 160-GByte SATA hard drive.
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Disabled man's kidnapping sparks outrage
GRESHAM, Ore. -- The case of a developmentally disabled man whom police say was kidnapped and held against his will is drawing outrage from disability advocates.
"Disgust," said Steve Ristow, when asked about his first reaction to hearing about the story.
Ristow is executive director of Quiet Waters Outreach, a Tigard facility that specializes in helping the developmentally disabled and their families.
"It's heartbreaking to me that anyone would take advantage of this special and vulnerable population," he said.
Gresham Police have arrested three people in the case. Christopher Tonlentino, Whitney Engstrom, and Ashley Adams all face charges that include robbery and kidnapping.
Police say the trio, and possibly others, held 34-year-old Michael Daugherty against his will in a Gresham apartment for two days. The suspects are accused of draining Daugherty's bank account while he was being held captive. Police say that even though Daugherty is developmentally disabled, there's no confusion as to how he ended up in the apartment.
"He clearly did not want to be there," said Detective John Rasmussen of Gresham Police. "He was clearly taken advantage of and not allowed to leave."
Police rescued Daugherty after receiving a tip that someone was being held against their will at the apartment complex. The case is a good reminder that certain populations, including the elderly and disabled, are often targeted as crime victims.
"It's almost in a way like a predatory sense people have," said Rasmussen. "They can say this person is not quite up to speed or they're not knowledgeable about certain things, therefore maybe I can exploit them."
"They're quick to trust other people," added Ristow. "That makes them extremely vulnerable. They're quick to befriend others and they just trust that that will be reciprocated.
Police say Daugherty is helping them with their investigation. They haven't described his disability but say he can communicate and move around easily. KATU News has been unable to reach Daugherty's family for comment.
From left to right: Christopher Tonlentino, Whitney Engstrom and Ashley Adams.


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New Music I Dig: Down IV Part 1 Witchtripper
Honestly, I've never been a HUGE Down fan. But I'm diggin' this Witchtripper tune. The new EP is Down IV, Part 1 and it's been out for a couple months. I think Down fills a void moreso now than they used to. There was a day I got my Phil fix with Pantera, and grooved with Pepper in C.O.C. Since a Pantera reunion will never happen (nor should it), and Pepper's not working with Corrosion anymore, I'm liking Down more and more.
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Portugal Cove-St. Philip's ( NST) is a rural seashore community located on the eastern Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's was amalgamated in 1992, and is home to an estimated 6,000 people. Just 10 – 15 minutes from the provincial capital, and covering 56.43 km², Portugal Cove-St. Philips is a rapidly growing community, and one of the largest municipalities in the Province. It borders the City of St. John's (provincial capital) to the east, and the Town of Paradise to the west. The current mayor is Moses Tucker, who was elected in September 2013.
The town's population is fairly young with an average age of 33.2 years. Most people work outside the community, commuting to St. John's or Mount Pearl, daily. Businesses within the community itself, however, are numerous and include farms, convenience stores, restaurants & cafes, construction, gardening centres, hair salons, garages & service stations, bed & breakfasts, and a taxi service. The inhabitants are predominantly unilingual (English) and caucasian.
The Town's ferry terminal provides daily access to and from Bell Island, and dozens of people commute from this tiny island to work in and around the capital city, daily.
The Portugal Cove area has historically been predominantly Roman Catholic, and is served by Holy Rosary Church.
The town motto is Where the Sun Meets the Sea. This motto is ironic however, since due to the positioning of Bell Island in Conception Bay, the sun never actually meets the sea at any point in time.
The community is one of the oldest in Newfoundland and has a very rich history. It was founded by the Portuguese and was one of the first villages established in the new world. It was attacked and burned by the French in 1696, was the site of the first road built outside the capital St. John's, it was also here that the giant squid or Kraken of legend was discovered and documented. The community has a large body of folklore and oral traditions. Settled by fishermen from the west Country of England and Ireland it also has a small settler tradition from Jersey, Channel Islands.
It is named after Portugal.
Fishing had been a mainstay since the 17th century and this has been on the downswing since the 1990s.
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Utah's outdoor recreation community was in mourning Wednesday after learning that Department of Wildlife Resources Sgt. Keith Fullenkamp had died in a Wyoming traffic accident.
Fullenkamp, of South Weber, was driving home from a hunting trip in Colorado about 1 p.m. Tuesday when he collided head-on with a semi-trailer rig on Wyoming Highway 789, about 15 miles north of the southcentral Wyoming town of Baggs.
Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend said the 37-year-old Fullenkamp's 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck was northbound when the southbound semi, driven by 54-year-old Gerald Nakai of Craig, Colo., crossed the center line.


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Origin: NL. See Pre-, and Maxilla.
(Science: anatomy) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.
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LOS ANGELES — Musician and producer Pharrell Williams is asking a New York court to rule that he has not infringed on any trademarks for the phrase "I am."
According to a complaint filed Monday in New York, Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am has sent Williams cease-and-desist letters to stop him from using the phrase for his "i am OTHER" website and YouTube channel.
Lawyers for will.i.am said in the original letter, sent last year, that "the use of the term "I AM" is likely to cause visitors to the website to believe" that will.i.am is affiliated with the site.
Williams, a member of hip-hop duo the Neptunes, has contributed vocals to two massive summer hits, Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines."
Williams' complaint argues that Will.i.am, whose given name is William Adams, has a "relatively weak" trademark claim in this case.
He currently only has trademarks for the phrase's use on clothing, and there are already multiple registered trademarks for other uses of the phrase, the lawsuit said.
"The complaint seeks a declaration from the Federal Court in New York that i am OTHER does not infringe, dilute or unfairly compete with will.i.am or any of Mr. Adams' alleged "I AM " trademarks," said Brad Rose, Williams' attorney, in a statement.
In a response to the first cease-and-desist letter, Williams argued that the "i am OTHER" mark is "not confusingly similar" to the will.i.am trademark.
The response suggested will.i.am's mark is a play on his given name and is similar to the use of language by Dr. Seuss in "Green Eggs and Ham." "I Am Other" is a different kind of wordplay, Williams argued.


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Fraley: How Rangers catchers are easing transition for Yu Darvish
FRISCO — On Wednesday, after right-hander Yu Darvish finished preparations with a crisp showing against Double-A Frisco, the Rangers admitted what scared them to the bone during spring training.
Operation Darvish almost got away from the Rangers before it started for real.
"The guy came over here with a lot of hoopla," pitching coach Mike Maddux said. "And the first couple outings were rough."
There has been steady improvement ever since, leading up to four scoreless innings against hitters bound for the Texas League. Darvish's rapid recovery in a six-week span speaks to several factors. They are:
Maddux knows how to get to the root of the problem. He helped Darvish put his delivery back together and convinced him that in the major leagues, a sinking two-seam fastball is more trustworthy than the flirt-with-danger high and riding four-seamer.
Darvish is willing to listen and learn. Early in his career with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League, Darvish had a reputation of being headstrong. Not with the Rangers. He faithfully followed instructions from Maddux and bullpen coach Andy Hawkins.
Rangers' catchers Mike Napoli and Yorvit Torrealba must have a lot in common with Shinya Tsurouka.
Who, you ask, is Shinya Tsuruoka?
For most of the last seven years, Tsuruoka served as Darvish's personal catcher with the Fighters. Sometimes, they hissed at each other. Sometimes, they hugged each other. The net result was a catcher with a strong personality coaxed the best from Darvish by helping him mature.
Darvish will get that same handling with Napolli and Torrealba.
"It was very comfortable throwing to both of those guys," said Darvish, speaking through an interpreter. "They made me feel very good pitching to them."
Darvish was asked if Napoli and Torrealba have anything in common to Tsuruoka. The unexpected mention of Tsuruoka made Darvish grin.
"You're talking about a guy I teamed up with for seven seasons," Darvish said. 'You're asking me to compare him to two catchers I've thrown to for a little over a month. It's hard to compare.
"But both of those catchers have great qualities."
Napoli and Torrealba helped Darvish get through the spring training concerns. The approach, Napoli said, was to learn everything possible about Darvish the person in addition to Darvish the pitcher.
"We treat him like any other pitcher," Napoli said. "He's doing well with it."
The catchers treated Darvish like a teammate, not a high-priced curiosity who was in his own world. They were honest with Darvish, telling him what worked and what left much to be desired. An honest catcher is a good catcher.
"It's not just on the baseball field," Darvish said. "They've been comforting to me off the field as well. Overall, they've been very helpful."
Napoli and Torrealba each caught Darvish twice against major league teams this spring. (Minor-leaguer Jose Felix handled him against Frisco.) Torrealba had the first two starts, when Darvish was inefficient. Napoli had the last two starts, when Darvish began to find his footing.
That is a small sample, but it keeps with Napoli's pattern from last season of working well with pitchers. The Rangers had a 3.16 ERA with Napoli, lowest figure among major league catchers with a minimum of 500 innings.
Manager Ron Washington said he will not go with a personal catcher for Darvish. Washington wants Napoli and Torrealba to work with Darvish.
"He hasn't had any problems making any type of adjustments that he had to make," Washington said of Darvish. "I've got two quality catchers. I have no intention of using just one."
That would allow Napoli and Torrealba to share the Tsuruoka experience.
During a farewell ceremony for Darvish in January at the Sapporo Dome, Tsuruoka delivered a heart-felt message that included a memorable line.
"I will never catch a pitcher like you again," Tsuruoka said.
Napoli and Torrealba get their turn. They have already helped Darvish stay on track.