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EGF shuts out Panthers in opener
East Grand Forks solidified its claim as being the team to beat in Section 8A this season by blanking the Park Rapids-Menahga-Nevis-Walker-Hackensack-Akeley boys hockey team 5-0 in the season opener last Tuesday night.
EGF, which is rated No. 3 in the state Class A poll behind Hermantown and Breck, held a 51-5 advantage in shots on goal en route to the win.
Goals by Grant Loven and Cale Mack gave the Green Wave a 2-0 lead after the first period as EGF held a 13-1 advantage in shots.
Tanner Tweten scored the lone goal in the second period as EGF held a 21-3 advantage in shots.
EGF closed the third period with a 17-1 advantage in shots as goals by Zane Hemsing and Braden Shea concluded the scoring.
Park Rapids goalie Cody Brumbaugh made 46 saves while EGF goalie Garrett Lieberg faced only five shots.
Park Rapids 0 0 0…0
East Grand Forks 2 1 2…5
FIRST PERIOD: 1, EGF, Loven (Beito), 13:33. 2, EGF, Mack (Ranten), 14:45. Penalties: Park Rapids 1, EGF 2.
SECOND PERIOD: 3, EGF, Tweten (Shea, Corbid), 8:06. Penalties: Park Rapids 0, EGF 1.
THIRD PERIOD: 4, EGF, Hemsing (Mack), 2:26. 5, EGF, Shea (Beauchamp, Hemsing), 9:00. Penalties: Park Rapids 2, EGF 1.
GOALIE SAVES: Park Rapids (Brumbaugh) 11-20-15-46. EGF (Lieberg) 1-3-1-5.


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Beauty and the Backpacks -- Allegheny Valley Salvation Army Celebrates "Back to School Bash" -- UnitedHealthcare Comes on Board
Jul 24, 2013, 09:03 ET from Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division
CARNEGIE, Pa., July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thanks to the legacy of the late Paul Field, approximately 500 kids will be returning to school in style. On Saturday, August 10th, from 10:00 AM through 1:00 PM, Paul's family, friends and some very generous volunteers are hosting "The Fifth Annual Back to School Bash" for children from Natrona Heights, Natrona, Brackenridge, Tarentum, Creighton, Russelton, Deer Lakes, Indianola, Rural Ridge and Blaw Knox. "Paul Field had a heart for children and believed they all deserved an equal chance in success," said Captain Rickie Armour, The Salvation Army's Allegheny Valley Commanding Officer. Armour continued, "Paul passed away in October of 2008 and his family felt that the 'Back to School Bash' was the perfect way to honor his memory. We're delighted that UnitedHealthcare is now joining forces with us to further enhance this important community event."
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"UnitedHealthcare is committed to helping people live healthier lives and we are honored to partner with the Salvation Army's Western Pennsylvania Division and the family of Paul Field to help ensure that those children most in need not only have a healthy and fun start to the upcoming school year but also receive the basic tools necessary to succeed in the classroom," said Heather Cianfrocco, NE Region President .
Also supported by the Tarentum Auxiliary Eagles #699, The Salvation Army's "Back to School Bash" is a three-hour fair providing free backpacks, courtesy of United Healthcare and filled with school supplies from the Allegheny Valley Salvation Army; free haircuts, provided by Bella Capelli Academy of Paul Mitchell Hair Salon; dental screenings from the "Smiles" provided by Mobile Dentist; delicious complimentary food provided by the Allegheny Valley Salvation Army and distributed by The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services canteen and volunteers; safety registry for children provided by the Brackenridge Borough Police; a fire truck tour sponsored by the Pioneer Hose company; and karate demonstrations from CS Kim Karate of Natrona Heights; and vision screenings provided by March Vision. Also provided are popcorn, cotton candy, sno-cones, games, educational activities, crafts, fun, and so much more. Highlands School District and UnitedHealthcare will be onsite to provide valuable educational information.
Children must be pre-registered. Applications will be taken Thursday July 25th, Tuesday July 30th and Thursday August 1st, daily from 4:00 PM through 6:00PM. For more information, call the Allegheny Valley Salvation Army at 724-224-6310, extensions 2 or 4.
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Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army began in London, England in 1865. Today, it provides critical services in 126 countries worldwide. The 28-county Western Pennsylvania Division serves thousands of needy families through a wide variety of support services. To learn more about The Salvation Army in Western Pennsylvania, log onto www.salvationarmy-wpa.org. The Salvation Army … Doing the most good . . . for the most people . . . in the most need.
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- January 21, 2013, 2:00 PM
The personal accident rate for employees at Jet Aviation's St. Louis, Mo. FBO dropped significantly last year versus the numbers posted in 2011. "It's half the number we experienced in 2011," a company spokeswoman told AIN. "We've also gone 104 days in a row without an injury of any kind, an all-time record."


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I'm not one for countdowns. I never have been. The reason why is that times and dates aren't at the top of my priority list. My doubt of the existence of time is innate.
After dabbling in the profession of education, being a teacher has brought an extreme shift in this belief. I now own a watch that I wear. This timepiece tells me the date too! I am constantly nudged to belief of time.
At the beginning of the term our bell system was working accordingly. Ingeniously, I set my second hand to exactly when the bells were scheduled to ring. This enabled me to know know exactly when the bells would sound. Needless to say, the kids were AMAZED, or mildly amused. Now, novelty has shifted to annoyance. This annoyance has bred from my ability to commence ordering them to line up when they are supposed to. The annoyance is much more evident when the bell is declaring the termination of recess.
Apart from this school anecdote, life in Doha has defined its normalcy. My adjustment to a different culture takes time, I suppose for most people it does and even varies. It was definitely difficult adjusting to life here. Although I have grown to thoroughly enjoy my life here. The enjoyment is mostly found outside of the walls of the school. Save the kids and some staff, I find it hard to get motivated for the school day.
Physical Education is not the meaning of life, but I have had to learn how to make it educational while maintaining the fun aspect for the kids. This is much more challenging than I had previously believed. The allotted time they have outside the classroom is very precious to them. They are a tough crowd to keep entertained inside my class periods. It has been much harder with the older groups, the 5th and 6th graders.
This life in Doha (I am now almost in my 9th month here) has become very enjoyable mainly due to a church and new spiritual adventures. Doha Fellowship, the church, has provided me the opportunity to dust off a few areas of my life that were collecting dust in the attic for quite sometime. Being involved in a local church has been so important no matter how dysfunctional or problematic it may seem at times. I suppose it is a reflection of me anyhow. Fortunately, this church has been a great haven for so many here in Doha. I thank God daily for the space it creates for the ex-pat community here; for some of them at least.
I have been playing in the worship band (including drums!). Going to Tuesday night prayer meetings, my favorite days of the week now, and helping with the youth. This week I will be sharing "my story" with the youth and speaking to them. I look forward to see how God kindles my soul to share with the unique group of youngsters.
I am not counting down. I am counting up. The simple act of counting numbers. Time. Days. I get to head down under to see my sister, to Argentina to visit mi Buenos Aires querido, and then back to the states to see Family and friends. God is faithful. Time does not exist.


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Tip leads police to transformers taken from condemned hospital
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:31:01 GMT —
The Hannibal Board of Public Works located more than $25,000 in stolen equipment Tuesday.
Transformers were taken from the recently condemned Saint Elizabeth Hospital at 109 Virginia Street.
An anonymous tip to police led BPW workers to their location.
They were in working order, but weren't currently being used in the condemned facility.
BPW line superintendent Jared Stewart said the transformers contain a lot of copper which is a popular stolen scrap metal.
A city building inspector recently condemned the vacant hospital. Hannibal firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from the building last week.


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Scales are weight measurement tools. They are used throughout industrial, commercial and consumer products contexts. They can be used to measure the weight of industrial ingredients and products, commercial commodities, medical products, agricultural products and even people.
Whether the goal is to determine weight based on a quantity or the quantity from a weight, industrial scales are widely used in industry. From hospital and laboratory medical scales to roadside truck scales, weighing devices are present in the everyday function of not only industrial operations but commercial and consumer settings as well. The myriad use of scales warrants a wide assortment of designs. Platform scales, balance scales and hanging scales all employ different weighing techniques and technology to best determine the weight of an object. Within these groupings, scales display a wide range of capabilities as exemplified by floor scales and bench scales. Both are types of platform scales but with very different intents, purposes and capabilities. Hanging scales likewise vary, including enormous crane scales as well as pocket-sized luggage scales. Additional options include the use of digital scales, portable scales, electronic scales, counting scales as well as spring-loaded weighing scales. Scales include many specific devices, features and options, all of which must be carefully considered in order to select the proper mechanism for a given application.
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- The part of the scale that operates the measuring cell and circuits
in an electronic system.
- The mechanism in a scale used to determine the weight of an object.
- The counting, weighing and preparation of industrial components.
- The method of weighing an object on metal plates by determining the amount of force applied to the plates.
- The process of testing a scale to ensure accurate weight readings.
- The amount of error between what an object's weight on a scale appears to be and what the true mass of the object is.
- A device that monitors the weight of objects, as in a production line.
- Expresses the weight of an object in various formats, including dial, analog, digital and balance beam form.
- The change in a load cell's output.
- The process of weighing an object many times but getting a different reading for it each time.
- A tool that uses the signal from a junction box to display the weight of an object in a readable format.
- A term for the number displayed that will vary randomly and sporadically rather than progressively.
- A tool that uses the electronic signal from a load cell to determine the weight of an object.
- Semi-conductors that provide the display on digital scales and produce light through their reaction to electrical current. When electrical current is supplied in a particular manner, the diodes illuminate in numerical shapes.
- The display provided on digital scales. LCDs block light through the reaction of liquid crystals to electric current; thus, the area in which the light is blocked is darkened, and when electrical current is strategically applied, the darkened areas form numbers, which represent the weight reading.
- The applied weight of an object to a load cell.
- A mechanism that reflects the weight of an object in the form of an electronic signal.
- The use of load cells to measure an object.
- A transducer used in determining the weight of an object.
- The part of the scale that actually senses the weight and converts in into an electrical signal.
- The electronic signal produced when weight is applied to a load cell.
- The use of sensors to determine the weight of an object.
- A structure on which the weight of a heavy object is distributed in order to achieve an accurate weight reading of the object.
- A mechanism that rotates an object.
- The ability of a scale to produce the same reading for an object weighed multiple times.
- The smallest amount of weight that a scale can detect.
- Holes into which a scale is anchored.
- The change in a structure's size after weight is applied to the structure.
- A tool used to measure the change in size of a structure after weight has been applied to the structure.
- A tool that converts energy into a different form.
- A machine that consists of metal plates implanted into the ground. This is used to measure the weight of heavy objects, such as vehicles.
- The use of sensors to determine a vehicle's weight while the vehicle is in motion. As the vehicle moves over the scale, the sensors establish the amount of force applied to each axle and calculate the total force applied.
- An instrument that converts an item, such as a container, into a scale by measuring the capacity of the container.
- The amount of gravity exerted upon an object.


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Wow ! I loved beating up that asshole...
Although long to load (Wellon my pc), your game was absolutely HILAROUS. I laughed so hard when I saw that lil' nerd getting beated up. I loved it and there's much place to attack that lil' nerd. Also great music. That sure is great for people who got their movie(s)/game(s) blammed by other people. I hope you'll do more games and movies like this one. Keep 'em coming !!!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
way way better than the old one relly funny make a new one wher the giy fights back
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woot all my 5 r belong to this!!
a few suggestions for zones:
1. something with the neck, either ring it or grab him by it and shake him like a rag doll
2. his arm: give him an indian burn on one arm and then for the other snap it in half!
3. yank his ear really hard
another suggestion would be to expand the size of the kid by the angle of the cam and be able to use his whole body!!!!
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now I can get revenge on those stupid voter
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i havent submitted nething yet but i imagine i'll be playing this a lot more wen i do


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Police officer illustrates danger of hot cars
LOUISIANA (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A Louisiana police officer puts himself in the hot seat, volunteering to sit, locked inside a car for 10-minutes.
The video is going viral. Thousands watched Officer David Melancon on Youtube demonstrate how quickly the heat can turn deadly.
"I'm just reaching 5 minutes, whoo, it's hot. I can only imagine what a little kid goes through sitting in the car without any air," said Officer Melancon. "I'm 9 minutes in, I got sweat everywheres, it's hard to breathe, it's very hot, temperatures are over 100."
At the end the officer pleads to parents, guardians and babysitters to make sure they don't leave kids and animals in hot cars.


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Will O.B. parking situation stop Target?
South Beach bar's agreement with Antique Center muddles situation
Julie Stalmer 5:30 p.m., Sept. 22
I'd heard the name, Bangkok West, from my father, usually in passing, as in, "I had lunch at" or "I'm having dinner at Bangkok West." A creature of habit, when Dad finds something he likes, he sticks with it. But, as I've mentioned before, Dad's "go-to" list includes some major chains that don't necessarily appeal to the foodie in me -- I admit to devouring my share of Moons over my Hammies at Denny's, but it's a guilty pleasure, right up there with 2 a.m. drunken Jack in the Box taco quests.
But Dad was right about Long Island Mike's, and this Thai place was his alternate joint for lunch around work; when Dad met up with me after I had my car serviced in the area (Clairemont Mesa Boulevard can be a one-stop shop for errands and meals), I decided to finally give this place a try.
There are few things my father appreciates more than a good bargain. Lunch specials at Bangkok West Thai Cafe average around $10 and include, as Dad says, "everything from soup to nuts." The soup was a Tom Kah, a flavorful version with giant chunks of steamed zucchini and mushrooms. For my lunch special, I ordered Panang Curry (carrot, bell peppers, onion, fresh basil, and chicken). I asked for a 6 out of 10 in terms of spiciness, and it was perfectly in line -- a good kick, without distracting from the savory-sweet curry.
Also on the plate were a salad, spring rolls, curried fried wontons, and steamed rice. Dad was right -- I did not leave hungry. Though I was eager to try a dessert, I just didn't have any room left in my belly. Next time, perhaps I'll start with the sticky rice and mango and then move my way through some dishes with the intention of taking home a bunch of leftovers.
Laura D. says: I LOVE Bangkok West. They can really do spicy if you ask for it...really spicy!
Kim F. says: This is one of my favorite places. If you are heading there for lunch, go early. They get packed around noon.


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Qualcomm chief operating officer, Len J. Lauer, is leaving the mobile semiconductor firm Dec. 31 to take a post as chief executive officer of another firm, according to a Qualcomm Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Qualcomm did not identify Lauer's new firm.
Qualcomm said that the business and functional responsibilities overseen by Lauer would be reassigned to Steven R. Altman, the firm's president, with the exception of Qualcomm's MEMS Technologies. Steven M. Mollenkopf, executive VP and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, will take over responsibility for the MEMS operation, Qualcomm said.
Lauer, 52, was named COO of Qualcomm after Sanjay Jha left the post to become co-CEO in charge of Motorola's mobile devices unit. Jha has led Motorola's effort to develop handsets based on Google's Android platform.
Lauer is an industry veteran who was serving as chief operating officer at Sprint Nextel immediately before coming to Qualcomm. Earlier in his career he worked at IBM and Bell Atlantic. Qualcomm said Lauer's new position would be announced next year. Lauer was not immediately available for comment.
The mobile phone business has been in a period of dramatic growth in recent months and has also experienced a period of top management turmoil as executives frequently change positions.


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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Star Tribune getting sold to the city of Minneapolis for defaulting on payments, rent, or generally not making any money? I mean, newspapers are clearly going out of business because successful blogs like PJD are taking over the world, correct? And didn't the lead Vikings writers (Judd Zulgad and Chip Scoggins) for the newspaper recently find jobs on the radio? Doesn't all of this add up to the Star Tribune meaning a whole lot of fucking nothing?
The answer, if your too busy finding your pee-hole with your pinky, is yes, the Star Tribune is a waste of valuable internet space, and the trees they kill for their print editions can NEVER be born again. THINK ABOUT IT. This also means that if they start featuring sweaty armpit kids like Shawn Zobel to talk Vikings that you know they're just trying to fill space. Unfortunately, they lost all credibility by doing just so. Fortunately, we now get to make fun of our favorite Jew-fro'ed jock sniffer.
Here are some key Q&As between … whatever lazy asshole decided to interview him … and Shawn Zobel, FUCKING EXPERT DRAFT ANALYST!
What the fuck. This asshole is high as John David Booty. Let's all remember this retarded statement when Tyron Smith goes undrafted and the Vikings maneuver to select Cam Newton. But wait! Listen to the rest of this brilliant analysis!
If you don't know Shawn Zobel, you just got a little taste of that choad licker. The most important thing you need to know is that, after spending YEARS pimping himself to a 3 inch chub about how his mock draft has bested Mel Kiper and Todd McShay (big fucking deal with McShay … a retarded autistic cancer patient could predict a draft better), he got caught red handed cheating on his mock drafts. Infamous Rube Chatters over on the KFAN message boards found blog posts time stamped with his FINAL MOCK DRAFT! …. about a half hour after the draft had already begun. It was amazing how he got those first handful of picks right … And now he thinks he's a draft expert. Instead, he's a cock muffin who goes to Saint Thomas on his parents dollar and likes to quote famous athletes like Bryant McKinnie in saying "the doubters only make me stronger, yo." No, the doubters go on to Urban Dictionary and create entries based on every fucking mistake you've made in your life. Oh shit, you've been Zobeled!
How about just stop fucking cheating and we'll call it even. Fucking love Shawn Zobel. He always makes me feel better about myself. Anyway, if you want to read more of his queef-core writing, it's out there. You'll probably have to pay for it though, because he's not nearly as cool as PJD is. If you need a good laugh, go check out the comments over on the Trib article, as well. There are some gems like this:
"Judd when are you going to do some actual work and find out what the talk behind the scenes with people in the know? Like people who actually have Vikings connections and NFL connections and not guys who work out of their parents basements?"
Boom, fire-roasted.


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After competing shorthanded in the Lake Conference Relays April 11, the Hopkins High boys track and field team is ready to roll with a full squad in the Shakopee Relays at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Shakopee West Junior High.
The Royals were missing many of their top scorers for the Lake Relays at Eden Prairie's Aerie Stadium, and thus, the Royals finished eighth out of nine participating teams. It wasn't a fair test because the eight other schools were not on spring break last week.
"We knew that we'd be short," said Hopkins head coach Nick Lovas. "There were seven events we couldn't enter because the numbers weren't there."
Highlighting Hopkins' effort was a first place from senior Nate Johnson in the pole vault. "Nate cleared 12-6 and had three good attempts at 13 feet," said Lovas. "He is going to do really well in the pole vault. Last year he also ran the 110- and 300-meter hurdles for us."
Johnson finished ahead of two of the Lake Conference's best vaulters, Austin Davis from Minnetonka and Henry Adams from Edina. Another Hopkins junior, Ben Katona placed seventh with a best of 11 feet.
Hopkins sophomore Kawntel Jackson tied for fifth place in the high jump, while senior captain Riley Allen placed fifth in the discus and ninth in the shot put to lead Hopkins' weight crew.
Cimeon Daniel, a Hopkins junior, took ninth place in the triple jump, while eighth-grader George Jackson placed ninth in the long jump.
Hopkins had an encouraging performance in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay with Charlie McAllister, Marvin Ratansingh, Deaundre Gordon and Simon Avenson taking third place.
In the 4×400 relay, Hopkins took sixth place with Jadon Washington, Ben Hoober, Henry Hughes and Ratansingh.
"With our full lineup in the Shakopee Relays, we hope to create momentum that will carry us through the end of the month," said Lovas.
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Hot coal starts fire at idled Elk Creek mine
A fire that consumed much of the Elk Creek coal mine conveyor system started when a chunk of hot coal that had been stored in a silo rolled down a conveyor belt, setting it ablaze on Tuesday morning, company officials said.
No injuries were reported and no immediate damage estimate was available.
"We're looking to remove the damaged portion off the structure and then assess our options," said Brad Goldstein, director of corporate affairs for Oxbow Carbon LLC, which owns the mine.
Coal is known to combust spontaneously and coal that has been mined recently tends to be susceptible to spontaneous combustion.
The mine still had some coal in inventory, Goldstein said.
The fire was outside the mine, which was idled early this year when spontaneous combustion inside the mine forced its closure.
Nearly 300 people lost their jobs when the mine was idled, leaving a skeleton crew of 20 or fewer people.
Oxbow Carbon is continuing work on opening another mine nearby on Oak Mesa and is planning to drill two exploratory wells next year to better understand the amount of coal that could be available and the geology of the area.


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By David Knopf/Richmond News
A series of events that included elements of enterprise, financial husbandry, disappointment and generosity is soon to put a learning greenhouse in Richmond High School's future.
In May, Joe Robinson and Adam Brock, the agriculture teachers at the high school, received the school board's permission to apply for a $25,000 Monsanto grant through the America's Farmers Grow Rural Education program.
The plan, Robinson and Brock explained, would be to apply the grant toward a construction project that would also be funded by an anticipated $13,000 in matching funds from the state department of education, an estimated $17,000 in community donations and a contribution from the school district.
In all, the project was budgeted at around $55,000 and would provide a hands-on learning facility for students, similar to one that Orrick High School built in 2012.
But Richmond's AG teachers were disappointed to learn that their application wasn't chosen in Monsanto's competitive selection process.
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I've seen a little buzz on Office 365, but hadn't really looked into it yet. Then, someone on Facebook pushed this article at me, and I know now that I really need to check into it. I'm thinking that a lot of companies, small and large, could find value in this. Check out a few excerpts:
First Look: Microsoft's Office 365 Will Shake up IT – CRN, APR 18, Edward F. Moltzen
Microsoft's Office 365 is such a radical shift in both technology and its delivery that there will scarcely be any segment of the IT industry that won't be impacted in a big way…
Office 365, frankly, is to Google Apps as XBOX 360 Live is to Pong. It's in a different league entirely and represents a leap into the next generation of computing…
Office 365 represents Microsoft's boldest move to date into the cloud. It very well could be Microsoft's most successful product for IT since Windows XP. But it is a near certainty that it will change the rules for deploying enterprise software and, in the process, force its competitors to adapt as well.
Office 365: What It Does:
• For $6 per month per user, Office 365 bundles Exchange, Outlook, SharePoint and Lync (formerly known as OCS) into a turnkey solution for up to 25 people in an enterprise;
• It integrates this technology with mobile platforms including iPhone and Windows Phone 7;
• It integrates both with Office 2010 and some earlier platforms, as well as Office Live, it's free, web-based extension of its productivity suite;
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North Downs
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A range of hills in the north of Middle-earth, at the south end of which lay Fornost Erain, ancient city of the Dúnedain.
Portrayal in Adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The North Downs is a region of Eriador with Fornost Erain located in the north west corner of the region. Major towns are Trestlebridge, a small town of men, Esteldín, an Arnorian ruin inhabited by Dúnedain-Rangers, and Othrikar, an outpost of the Longbeards.


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Less than a month after Mark Hurd's abrupt departure as CEO, HP is making headlines with a takeover battle and a buyback plan. How the company can continue business as usual without a leader.
The news jarred in the dog days of summer: A seemingly leaderless Hewlett-Packard (hpq) counterbids for a company nobody's ever heard of that competitor Dell (dell) already has agreed to buy. HP's offer for 3Par (par) set in motion a multi-billion-dollar bid-'em-up contest. Then the company with an endless appetite for headlines announces a $10-billion stock buyback, bigger than the previous $8-billion repurchase program. This happens, of course, without its previous deal-savvy chairman and CEO, Mark Hurd, who resigned in disgrace less than a month earlier.
It all begs the question: Who's in charge there? Can the world's biggest technology company by revenue operate on autopilot with a low-profile chief financial officer (Cathie Lesjak) as interim CEO and a mostly new board of directors making decisions?
The answers are more complicated than they might seem at first blush.<!-- more -->
For starters, consider the less important action: the buyback. Stock repurchases are a weird sort of mind game companies play with their investors. Companies announce that their boards have authorized them to repurchase shares in order to signal to the market. The authorization doesn't mean the company will follow through, but it does mean they can. Investors theoretically should be comforted by this. A buyback press release is a sign the company thinks its shares are undervalued and an indication of a potentially big buyer in the market.
The news wasn't particularly new. As of July 31, HP had about $4.9 billion remaining on its existing $8 billion repurchase plan. It's not saying how much of that remained on Aug. 30, the day it announced the new $10 billion program. Why? Because it only communicates that figure once a quarter, even though it makes buyback announcements whenever it likes. So, presumably in response to HP's stock having been hammered by Hurd's departure -- it's gone from $46 to $39 -- HP chose to announce on Monday the open-ended buyback as well as to say it would repurchase about $3 billion in stock in the quarter that ends Oct. 31.
This stuff isn't rocket science. It requires board approval, but it's neither radical nor something that commits HP to actions it wasn't already taking a month ago.
New management, new pricing strategy
The 3Par fight is more interesting. Dell announced its deal for 3Par on Aug. 16, and HP first said publicly it would play skunk at that garden party on Aug. 23. It looked like HP was acting decisively and moving in a new direction without its former CEO.
That really wasn't the case for a few reasons. Offering cloud computing services, which is what 3Par does, has been part of HP's strategy for about a year, since it hired EMC (emc) executive David Donatelli as head of its storage, servers and networking business. He is the executive who has been out front on the deal, talking to analysts, quoted in releases, and so on. That's par for the course for HP. Todd Bradley, not Mark Hurd, was the public face of the Palm acquisition. Newly arrived Microsoftian (msft) Bill Veghte has been portrayed as driving a couple recent software acquisitions. (It's notable, by the way, that Donatelli and Veghte's boss, Ann Livermore, hasn't been a presence in any of this. That would seem to confirm the conventional wisdom that Livermore is not a contender for the CEO job and isn't even likely to remain at HP much longer after a new chief executive joins.)
What's more, HP has its own dealmaking team under strategy chief Shane Robison, who's been chatting up cloud computing since last year, including in this buzz-word-laced presentation posted on HP's web site. Regulatory filings disclose that Robison approached 3Par about an acquisition on July 8. Hurd met the company's leadership the next week. In other words, before Dell announced its deal, 3Par had been on HP's radar screen.
The more interesting bit here is why HP got interested again in August, after Hurd's departure. According to HP's filings with the SEC, HP walked away from 3Par after making a preliminary bid. Pressed by 3Par's bankers, HP declined to increase the amount it was willing to pay on Aug. 1, five days before Hurd's resignation.
Three weeks later, HP was back in the game with a higher offer. So what happened? In an Aug. 23 conference call, an analyst asked Donatelli if Hurd hadn't liked the deal to begin with. Donatelli dodged the question, saying instead that HP had been looking at 3Par for some time. The analyst then asked if HP's board had discussed the deal prior to its recent counteroffer -- in other words, before HP initially walked away and before Hurd resigned. Donatelli ignored this question. (HP's filings don't say if the board approved its initial "indication of interest," but given its conditional nature it's a good bet this issue had not yet gone to the board.)
The line of questioning is relevant because Hurd was a known stickler on price. HP looked at buying Sun Microsystems before Oracle (orcl) did but passed because the deal looked too expensive. The filings suggest Hurd saw the strategic fit for 3Par but wasn't willing to pay up. So it's reasonable to ask if HP has lost its pricing discipline with Hurd out the door.
Reasonable to ask, perhaps, but not to expect a substantive answer. Investors are sour on HP at the moment, and they never like to be on the winning side of an expensive bidding war. 3Par won't make or break HP, which will have to wait for a new CEO to begin its dialogue again with Wall Street. The next shoe to drop on 3Par will come this week. Dell had three days beginning Monday to respond to HP's latest offer.


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LG Optimus L5 E610 Specifications and Features
LG Optimus L5 comes with a large 4.0" Capacitive touchscreen which features 320 x 480 pixels resolution, Accelerometer and Proximity sensor.Android OS v 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is installed in this phone. For the performance, it relies on 800 MHz Cortex-A5 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, and 512 MB RAM. It has 4 GB built-in memory, but you if you need more storage capacity you can expand it by using external memory card (up to 32 GB).
The connectivity features include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP; and microUSB v2.0. A 5 MP camera is embedded in this phone along with some features such as: autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, and video recording capability. Unfortunately, you won't find any secondary front-facing camera in this phone.
The Optimus L5 also offers many other features such as: GPS with A-GPS support; Stereo FM radio; Compass; Email; Push Email; Instant Messaging; Internet browser; SNS integration; NFC; MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263 player; MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player; Document viewer; Organizer; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk; Voice memo/dial; Predictive text input; and more.
Dimensions: 118.3 x 66.5 x 9.5 mm (4.66 x 2.62 x 0.37 in)
Weight: 125 g (4.41 oz)
Hard Reset LG Optimus L5 E610
You can hard reset your LG Optimus L5 E610 to restore the factory original settings. Since hard reset erase all data, installed applications and customized settings. It is recommended to backup all date before performing hard reset procedures. To reset your LG Optimus L5 E610:
- Switched off the phone, press and hold the Volume down key + Power key with your left hand.
- When the LED on the bottom of the phone lights up, touch and hold the Menu key with your right hand. You need to do this immediately, before the screen displays the LG logo. Make sure your left hand is still holding the Volume down and Power keys. Then release the power key when the phone begins to vibrate.
- When the LG logo is displayed on the screen, continue to hold the keys for around two seconds, and then release all them at the same time, before the LG logo disappears.
Do not operate your phone for at least a minute, while the hard reset is carried out. You will then be able to switch your phone back on.
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Last updated: Apr 03, 2008
Self-help guru Stephen R. Covey teamed up with the American Association of Diabetes Educators to adapt his international bestseller and business-world bible, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , to help people with diabetes (and their loved ones) see diabetes not as a setback but as a chance to take charge of their lives. Covey brings personal experience to the project: His wife was diagnosed with the disease.
The first few of Covey's seven habits, refashioned for people with diabetes and their caregivers look like this:
1. Be proactive: Many things in life are beyond your control -- and that may include a diabetes diagnosis. But how you and your parent respond to the disease is within your control. For your parent, that might mean thinking: "I choose to eat healthfully," instead of: "I have to eat healthfully."
2. Begin with the end in mind: Choose one behavior to target and set a small goal that can help your parent meet his ultimate purpose of successfully self-managing his diabetes. It might be getting your parent to commit to something simple like: "I will take a 15-minute walk every day."
3. Put first things first: Help your parent choose the behavior he finds hardest or the most frightening, and make it a priority. Maybe it's taking medication or monitoring blood sugar, make a choice to tackle the toughest thing first.
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Marilyn Emily Craanen, 82, Bay Settlement, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at a local hospital with her family by her side. Born April 20, 1928, she is the daughter of the late Joseph and Mamie (VanEgeren) Moureau. Marilyn married Milton Craanen May 28, 1949, at Holy Cross Church in Bay Settlement, and he preceded her in death September 29, 2010. She was a longtime member of Holy Cross Church, Bay Settlement. Marilyn enjoyed dancing and bowling in her younger years, and singing, yodeling, and baking her whole life.
Marilyn is survived by her children, Gary (Sue) Craanen of Racine, Dave (Gwen) Craanen of Townsend, Mary (Donald, Jr.) Coppens of Denmark, Nancy (Mark) Bader, Janice Craanen all of Green Bay, Joan Jones (special friend, Gary Liethen) of Suamico, and Denis (Lynn) Craanen of New Franken; 11 grandchildren, Adam, Melissa "Missy" Craanen, Cindy (Joe) Black, Jesse (Christine) Van Ven Roy, Sara (Brian) Kehrli, Jody Van Ven Roy, Tracy Bader (fiancé, Dan Johnson) Terry Bader (special friend, Chris Knuth), Amy (Scott) Vogels, Zachary Jones, and Hannah Jones; 8 great grandchildren, Marie, Zoie, Jack, Olivia, Andrew, Payton, Sophie, and Kayla; brothers and sisters, Richard (Joan) Moureau of Green Bay, Bernice (Robert) Jacobs of Luxemburg, Rita (Pete) Jauquet of Brussels, Joyce Berg of Green Bay, Doris (Clarence) Ducat of Denmark, Jean (Donald) Smits of Green Bay, Loretta (Dale) VanDerkin of Plymouth, Rosemary (Connie) Van Ess of Green Bay, and Judy (Darrell) Lardinois of De Pere; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Rita Moureau, Rita Strebel, Genevieve Craanen, Herbert (Lucille) Craanen, Clayton (Ardella) Craanen, and Dorothy Malczewski; many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jacob and Mary (Van Lanen) Craanen; daughter, Diane Craanen; brother, Walter Moureau; and 2 sisters, "Sister Mary John" Grace Moureau and Shirley Bielinski; and brothers-in-law, Carl Berg, Stanley Bosetski, Orlin Pirlot, and Ralph Strebel.
Visitation at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3009 Bay Settlement Road, Sunday (3/20) from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Parish wake service 6:00 P.M. Sunday. Visitation will continue at the church on Monday (3/14) from 10:00 A.M. until the time of the Funeral Mass at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. Thomas Hagendorf, O.Praem. Entombment at Shrine of the Good Shepherd Mausoleum. Malcore (East) Funeral Home assisted the family.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff and her friends at Anna's House.
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The news you see on the Revora Frontpage and the Network hubs, is all powered by a powerful system called MasterNews3 (Abreviated to MN3), writen by MasterMind.
This system is also availible for use by all hostees at Revora, and indeed, is used by many already. As such, this tutorial is for anyone who wants, or already has MN3, and should help you come to terms with what it is, how to get it, and how to use it.
Soo... What is it?
As you may have noticed, there are things on many sites here that are the same in, and often linked to, the forums. These bits are called "News," and are indeed the code in the forums rewritten onto the site. MN3 is the system that rewrites it.
MN3 can be set up to export the posts from any forum, and include the contents on any site - and in the case of most hosted sites, the network hub too. This means your site contents is always as up to date as your forum, and you can get more coverage on the networks hub site.
When it rewrites the forum post, it writes it into a template, giving you control of how and where it will display information such as the post title, contents, postdate, etc. The template is covered in more detail below.
Great! So how can I get it?
All you need to get MN3 is ask - any admin or network leader can set it up, but with anything, its best to post your request here.
To get set it up, all you need to do is provide the admin with the forum you want exported, a template for how it will be exported to your site, and the maximum number of posts you are going to want on your site.
As mentioned, any forum can be set up to use MN3, but its advised that you have a News Forum for your projects news. If you don't have one, an admin can set one up, but don't forget to give them a name and description for it.
The template you will have to write yourself, and is explained below. As for the number of posts, it depends on how long you want your site to be - the more posts the longer it will be to scroll down, and the slower it will load. The default is 5, but MN3 can work with any number.
So whats the template?
When MN3 reads your news post in the forum, it extracts it into little bits of information, such as the postdate, title, posting memember, etc. To get any or all of this information onto your site, it needs a template to tell it how to display it - what to display and where to put it.
The template is just the html that the news is written into, so you do not need to include any structual markup, such as the ,, or  tags, etc. Before going into what you can include into the template, a simple example:

{title}

{post}

Posted on {postdate}, by [profilelink]{member}[/profilelink].As you can see, the html used can be very basic as it will be writen into your existing page, rather than linked to or viewed like a frame. If you use a html generator to write your template, you will need to edit the source to include some extra tags for the content, and when you do, be sure to remove the  tag, anything before, and the  and anything after, and any other content you have.
To get your post in your template, you need to use some special tags. These are explained below:
Replacement tags:
{avatar} - Replaced with the avatar image of the user from the forums. {member} - Replaced by the name of the member posting. {memtitle} - Replaced by the title of the member posting. {title} - Replaced by the topic title. {description} - Replaced by the topic description. {post} - Replaced by the post data. {postdate} Replaced by the date of the post. {comments} - Replaced by the number of replies to the topic. {forumname} - Replaced by the name of the forum the topic is in. {topiclink} - Replaced by a text link to the topic. {postdate} - Replaced by the date the topic was posted.
Supported "BBCode"
[profilelink][/profilelink] - Creates a link to the member profile with the enclosed text. [topiclink][/topiclink] - Creates a link to the topic with the enclosed text. [replylink][/replylink] - Creates a link to the reply page for the topic with the enclosed text.So, going back to our example, you can see that the title of the news post will be written inside the
 tag. The actual post will be in a
 tag. A second
 will contain the text "Posted on" followed by the postdate, the text ", by " and finally a link to the profile of the poster, with their name inside the link text.
If you're unfamiliar with coding, this may seem scary, but fear not! Just write your html and use some common sense - if you want the post somewhere, just write put "{post}" there. MN3 will do the rest.
Making your template look good.
Having your template, and making it look good, can two different things. In this section I'm going to mention CSS - for those unfamiliar with CSS, its a simple language for styling html. Its often used in a seperate file, or in a


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Blue Jays Beat Twins 4-3
The Twins lost their 2nd to last game of the season 4-3 in Toronto to the Blue Jays Tuesday night. Toronto went out to a 4-0 lead in the 5th inning. Denard Span hit a 2-run homerun in the 6th inning and Alexi Casilla added a RBI single for the Twins in the 7th inning. Ben Revere had 3 hits for Minnesota. Anthony Swarzak started the game for the Twins and allowed 4 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss and drop to 3-6.


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This is the continuing series of special interviews appearing first here in the Canadian IT Managers (CIM) forum from top-ranking business and technology leaders.
Yesterday we began our discussion with Nestor J. Portillo, and provided Nestor's rich history in the industry.
Today I put these questions to Nestor:
SI: Describe how the MVP program has evolved since its inception and which external influences triggered the program changes?
NJP: Community is a very complex and vibrant entity under a constant evolution and this is one the facts that is triggering part of the program changes. Today the MVP program is evolving almost at the same pace as the community does especially in terms of new spaces inclusion.
People in our program are constantly monitoring new spaces in order to understand their dynamics and identify behaviors and trends. Our approach is to become a participant in these community spaces.
In terms of evolution, this program has taken an interesting path since the few Compuserve lists at the early stage to the public newsgroups era. The MVP program has evolved into a worldwide program. In the past three to four years the program started to embrace the whole community neighborhood not only in terms of participation spaces (offline versus the traditional online approach) but also in its geographic approach and technology myriad. The MVP program actually has direct presence in more than 95 countries around the world and covers almost all Microsoft technologies spectrum including: MSN, Xbox, Visual Developer, Mobile, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Office Systems, etc.
SI: Can you describe your vision, mission, and specific goals with the MVP program this year?
NJP: Program vision: Foster a vibrant community ecosystem where Microsoft and customers learn about each other through valued ongoing relationships.
Program mission: At the MVP Program we foster satisfaction and loyalty throughout the customer lifecycle through world class recognition and relationship experiences that enrich our products, inspires business innovation and positively impacts Microsoft customers.
Main goals this year:
- Continue to deliver a quality of experience for our MVPs during the year of their award.
- Empower recognized, credible and accessible "experts" who share a common passion for technology and demonstrates willingness to share their experience with others in technical communities.
- Provide open and honest dialog globally by listening, sharing and responding.
SI: What do you hope to accomplish in the next few years?
NJP: There are several goals but to summarize the most important:
Ø Continue to deliver a world class program that really enhances the experience of this amazing group of individuals and expands to the whole continent.
ØContinue to listen to our MVPs in order to gather valuable community feedback coming from this independent voice of the world's users
ØChannel the feedback collected from our MVPs and communities to drive innovation into our products and technologies that allow people to achieve their potential.
ØContinue to recognize people who deserve the recognition, especially in countries/regions where there is a vibrant community, but where the program does not yet have a presence.
ØEmpower our MVPs with knowledge and tools to contribute to the technical community level ecosystem.
Tomorrow Nestor will describe his biggest challenges and their solutions. Nestor will also delve into what key factors contribute to an IT professional receiving this unique honour and discuss the evolution of the selection process.
I also encourage you to share your thoughts here on these interviews or send me an e-mail at email@example.com.
Thank you,
Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P.


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Simms Speaks Out
Bucs quarterback Chris Simms' mind was wandering as he fought through the unfamiliar discomfort, and there came a time when this thought came to him: "Maybe I'm bleeding internally."
He was oh, so right.
Simms spoke out for the first time Thursday in a press conference and admitted he was feeling badly throughout the game in which he suffered a ruptured spleen, a potentially life-threatening injury.
Simms did not criticize the Bucs' medical staff for its handling of his injury, but instead thanked it for making the diagnosis and getting him to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the organ on Sept. 24.
As expected, Simms also said he would like to play later this season if his recovery is quick enough, but he also admits he will have a long road back to get into football shape after losing an estimated 10 pounds.
"I need a few days just to feel how my body's recovering," he said.
Among the other details provided: Simms said he lost three pints of blood and had six bags of blood transfusions during the process. He also will have to be vaccinated yearly to compensate for the lack of a spleen, which helps the immune system.


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Woman Ordered to Decrypt Laptop in Bank Fraud May Have "Forgotten" Password
Tiffany Kaiser
February 7, 2012 12:36 PM
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Ramona Fricosu's attorney says she may have forgotten the password
Last month, a Colorado woman
was ordered to decrypt her laptop
in order to help prosecutors obtain evidence in the bank fraud case against her. Now, Ramona Fricosu's attorney is saying that the defendant may have forgotten her password, further prolonging the case and getting prosecutors nowhere with the hard drive.
"It's very possible to forget passwords," said Philip Dubois, Fricosu's attorney. "It's not clear to me she was the one who set up the encryption on this drive. I don't know if she will be able to decrypt it. The government will probably say you need to put her in jail until she breaks down and does what she is ordered to do. That will create a question of fact for the judge to resolve. If she's unable to decrypt the disc, the court cannot hold her in contempt."
Davies said Fricosu has not said in any court documents that she has forgotten the password. They are waiting to see what position she takes in court.
Fricosu was accused of bank fraud in 2010, and had her laptop seized by authorities for investigative purposes. When attempting to search her hard drive, authorities found that it was
encrypted using full disk encryption
, which prevents unauthorized access to data storage. The option can be found in operating systems like Mac OS and Windows, and if authorities tried to crack it themselves, they could damage the computer.
Colorado U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn then ordered Fricosu to decrypt her hard drive and return it to the court so prosecutors could use the files against her in the bank fraud case. Fricosu tried using the Fifth Amendment to protect herself, arguing that it protects her from compelled self-incrimination.
However, Blackburn concluded that "the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of unencrypted contents of the
Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop computer
." Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Davies backed Blackburn's decision, saying that encryption cannot be a sure way for criminals to bypass the system.
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If you are covered by Duke University Student Health Plan, you can save money on dental care by using the Dental Savings Program. Not an insurance plan, the Dental Savings Program provides dental care at substantially reduced rates from contracted dental providers. And because it is a discount program-not insurance-there are no lifetime maximums, exclusions or claim forms. To receive savings on dental care, follow these directions.
- Choose a contracted dental provider from the list on this web site.
- Information about each provider's education, specialty, location and fee schedule is provided to help you make a decision.
- Check this web site each time you need dental care to see the most current list of providers and fee schedules.
- Phone the provider for an appointment.
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Three months ago I had Juvederm to fill out my under eye hollows. The swelling lasted 2 full wks. I followed the doc's orders to the letter. Finally by the 3-4 wk the swelling went down & I was very happy w/the results. I looked like me just younger & fresher looking (for 1 1/2 months)I felt GREAT! Now on my 4th month, the Juvederm seems to have "dissipated" & the under eye hollows are back? Dr. said she doesn't know why it happened. Is this common for the Juvederm to vanish this quickly? Help!
Normal That Juvederm Effects Gone After Only 2 Months-under Eye Hollows?
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Normal That Juvederm Effects Gone After Only 2 Months-under Eye Hollows?
Juvederm or Restylane, used in the tear trough area, will have results with varying lengths of duration based on the placement and the amount of filler used. Ask the MD that did the injections for advice on how to increase the duration of results.
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Juvederm didn't last
First, I would note that I really don't prefer Juvederm in the tear trough area. In order to avoid the Tyndall affect sometimes you have to inject it deeper, which means the surface area may not get a result that's as good for as long. Next time I would recommend Restylane, as you can inject it more shallow, without the discoloration problems of Juvederm. That being said, the amount of time that fillers or Botox or Dysport lasts is an average. That means some people will be on the shorter side of it lasting (like you!) and some may get the benefit of having it last a year or more.
Normal That Juvederm Effects Gone After Only 2 Months-under Eye Hollows?
Yes it can happen. your metabolism is causing the "melting". Or you doc used something else are the only answers that make sense.
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Juvederm for 4 months
I agree with the others and think that it is unusual for juvederm to disappear that fast, especially in that area. Do you have a photo from before you started? Are you sure that you are really back to your baseline? You might give it another try and get good "before" photos, might try another injector or might try a different filler. Restylane and Radiesse do well here.
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Juvederm in the tear troughs
Juvederm is an excellent product in the tear troughs. I have never seen it last less than 1 year in that location when the correct amount is used.
Fillers in the tear trough last at least two years.
Of course, I don't know what happened to you, but this is a very tricky area. i suspect that the problem is technique related. Also you had an unusual amount of swelling. I would recommend another opinion.
Also, I do not agree with the other doctors about how long Juvederm or Radiesse lasts in this location. It lasts a really long time, consistently.
Juviderm lasts 6-12 months.
Juviderm lasts 6-12 months. That is an average. The "joy" of plastic surgery is that everyone is different and therefore Juviderm can last 4 months in one patient and 1 year in others.
Juvederm is a long lasting dermal filler
Juvederm lasts nine months to a year in my experience. I have not seen it dissappear in two months.
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Is Giffords really vulnerable anymore?
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is listed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as one of the party's 15 most vulnerable members in 2012.
There's no question Giffords sits in a swing district -- she escaped with a 4,156 vote margin in 2010 --but her placement on the list raises the question: How do Republicans mount an aggressive campaign against a woman who will likely be seen sympathetically as a national hero for surviving an assassination attempt? And does anyone credible even try?
In 2008, when Giffords shared the ballot with President Obama, she won by 12 points.
Does Giffords really remain one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the country -- or does placing her name on the 'Gang of 15' simply help the party fundraise at a very early point in the cycle?
UPDATE @ 2:47PM: Jenn Crider, a spokesperson for the DCCC, took issue with the insinuation that the committee would attempt to raise money off the Giffords tragedy.
"The DCCC doesn't use the Frontline Program to raise for committee. The exact opposite is true. The program helps direct resources to our Frontline Members. While Congresswoman Giffords is recovering, we have a responsibility to make sure she will have the resources she needs when she resumes her political activity," said Crider.


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Late Registry
This is going to be the most extravagant hip hop wedding ceremony ever. Like I've said before, I would not be the least surprise if he came voguing down the aisle in a Vera Wang gown.
Some people have started to speculate that the bride to be is really his beard [1]. Who knows if that shit is true. Just don't be too shocked if you hear about his sideline hoe John Legend interrupting the ceremony.
[1] Any opposite sex escort taken to an event in an effort to give a homosexual person the apperance of being out on a date with a person of the opposite sex.


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More than one out of five people older than 65 has some sort of disability. As the U.S. population continues to age, more Medicare patients will be disabled. Unfortunately, severely disabled Medicare patients are less apt to receive needed preventive services than their nondisabled counterparts, according to a study supported in part by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (contract 290-93-0036).
The study found that the most severely disabled Medicare-insured women (limited in their ability to carry out five or six activities of daily living) who were 70 years of age or younger reported fewer Pap smears (23 percent vs. 41 percent) and those age 50 and older reported fewer mammograms (13 percent vs. 44 percent) compared with similar nondisabled women. These rates decreased even further to 9.3 percent for Pap smears and 5.3 percent for mammograms for severely disabled women living in long-term care facilities.
Efforts should be made to identify patients who are severely disabled—especially those in long-term care facilities—because they seem to be particularly vulnerable, suggest the Seattle, WA, researchers who conducted the study. They analyzed data from the 1995 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey to calculate self-reported Pap smears, mammograms, and influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among groups with different levels of disability (number of limitations in daily living activities).
In a controlled analysis, severely disabled women were about 56 percent less likely to report receiving Pap smears and mammograms, compared with nondisabled women, regardless of age, health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollment status, or long-term care arrangements. However, functional limitations were not a deterrent to receiving the vaccinations studied. It may be more difficult to perform a mammogram or Pap smear on a woman who has functional limitations, especially if she has impaired mobility. Also, disabled individuals are apt to have multiple medical problems, and physicians may concentrate on these issues and neglect health maintenance items. On the other hand, providers may believe that preventive services are less important or cost effective for seriously disabled individuals, whose quality of life may already be low.
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Washington, D.C. (November 30, 2009) - D.C. United today announced plans for the club's annual Holiday Equipment Sale. Set for Saturday, December 5 from 12 to 4 p.m., the event will be held at the VW Lounge in RFK Stadium and will feature authentic D.C. United team-issued gear. All proceeds from the sale will benefit United's charitable arm, United for D.C., which advances opportunities for economically, physically and mentally disadvantaged youth of the greater Washington D.C. area.
The sale will include items such as game-worn player jerseys and shorts, practice jerseys, long sleeve tops, sweatshirts, team jackets, training pants, team polos, and match balls. This sale is open to the general public so please plan on arriving early and entering through Gate A of RFK Stadium. Only cash and credit cards will be accepted.
Founded in 2002, United for D.C. serves youth and families with a focus on literacy and healthy lifestyles. Through the Kicks for Kids program, more than 10,000 underprivileged children had the opportunity to watch United play this season alone. United Reads is currently active in six elementary schools in Washington D.C. and has distributed over 12,000 new books throughout 2008. United Soccer Club is an after-school soccer program, which teaches fundamental skills and hosts games and scrimmages in seven sites throughout Washington, D.C.
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Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom, 2011/03/16 - At the beginning of March Gatenby Services Limited, an IT and Computer support company based in Wells, Somerset introduced a new support ticketing system as part of their programme of improvements to their support desk.
The previous system was E:-based with a dedicated address for support for all service contract customers, however there was no central database to track support issues. This meant if an employee was away on a call-out all other employees could not track the progression of their particular support calls if needed. This also made it difficult to maintain an audit trail and analyse the history of support calls.
After a lengthy consultation process the decision was made to go with ZenDesk. Founded in 2007 by three men Danish men, ZenDesk is a web-based help desk software program with an elegant support ticket system and a self-service customer platform. Gatenby Services joins some of the worlds biggest brands in choosing ZenDesk including Adobe, Sony Music, Groupon and Lonely Planet.
The new system will enable all support requests to be logged and viewing by all relevant support technicians, as well as providing a central space for all query resolution. Support Engineer Brian Ely says of the new system It means we can track requests accurately and respond to them much quicker than the previous system, which is what support is all about, resolving queries in a precise and quick way.
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BOOK PASSAGE — 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 927-0960; www.bookpassage.com. 1 p.m. May 18: Julene Bair discusses "The Ogallala Road." 2 p.m. May 18: California Writers Club meeting with Sylvie Simmons. $5 to $10. 4 p.m. May 18: Michelina Vinter discusses "Colette." 7 p.m. May 18: Joyce Maynard discusses "After Her." 7 p.m. May 19: Mona Simpson discusses "Casebook" and Yiyun Li discusses "Kinder Than Solitude." Noon May 20: Ruth Reichl discusses "Delicious!" at a literary luncheon. $55, including a signed book. 7 p.m. May 20: Elizabeth Partridge discusses "Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning." 7 p.m. May 21: Jason Padgett discusses "Struck by Genius." 7 p.m. May 22: Peter Heller discusses "The Painter." 7 p.m. May 23: Joshua Ferris discusses "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour." 4 p.m. May 24: Philippe Petit discusses "Creativity: The Perfect Crime."
CAFE ARRIVEDERCI — 11 G St., San Rafael; 492-8870. 5:30 p.m. May 19: salon with poet Guadalupe Copendah and artist Bret Arenson followed by open mike with Angar Mora. $10.
DIESEL, A BOOKSTORE — 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur; 785-8177; www.dieselbookstore.com. 3 p.m. May 18: "Tell Me Again" group reading with David Watts.
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE CENTER — 3270 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael; 457-4554; 460-1912; www.writeonworkshops.org. 2:30 to 5 p.m. Fridays: Write On! creative writing workshop with Robert-Harry Rovin.
MINE ART GALLERY — 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax; 775-4472; www.gallerymine.com. 3 p.m. May 25: Poetry and prose reading with Ann Robinson and Roy Mash.
PERI'S SILVER DOLLAR BAR — 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax; 459-9910; www.perisbar.com; www.facebook.com/tuesdaynightwriters. 6 p.m. May 20: Tuesday Night Writers' Pints & Prose reading with Kate Russo and Nina Schuyler.
SAN RAFAEL ELKS LODGE — Maple Lawn Estate, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael; 454-8538; www.marinhistory.org. 7 p.m. May 20: Jeff Burkhart discusses "Twenty Years Behind Bars" and Linda Hepworth discusses "If These Tables Could Talk." $10.
TRIDENT RESTAURANT — 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito; 331-3232. 6:30 p.m. May 22: Tanya Chalupa discusses "A Rookie Cop vs. the West Coast Mafia."
DRIVER'S MARKET — 200 Caledonia St., Sausalito; 729-9582. 7 p.m. May 22: Dr. Elson M. Haas and Dr. Michael E. Rosenbaum speak about "Healthy Detoxification."
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A lawyer is seeking the release of eight protesters who were detained by immigration authorities at a southern Arizona border crossing after they tried to re-enter the United States from Mexico.
The eight young people were born in Mexico but came illegally to the United States when they were children.
They tried to re-enter the United States at the Nogales port of entry in southern Arizona on Monday to protest the United States' immigration policies.
Tucson attorney Margo Cowan says Tuesday that immigration officers in the United States turned down her clients' request for "humanitarian parole" that would temporarily allow them to come into the country, so she is seeking asylum.
Cowan says she would seek her clients' release from a detention center while their asylum applications are being litigated.
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Peach growers' mighty efforts finally bear fruit
A long stretch of chilly weather early in the growing season scared Grand Valley peach orchard owners this spring, but the fruit weathered the cold, and while it is being harvested later than normal, it will arrive in abundance.
Many orchard owners say they expect a full crop of the summer staple, and early varieties are available now at some fruit stands in the area.
Renee Herman, co-owner of Herman Produce, said the peaches she has available right now are smaller than normal but are fully developed.
Because nighttime temperatures were frigid throughout the spring, the early varieties of peaches didn't grow quite as big. In this type of situation, "The fruit didn't know what it's supposed to do," Herman said.
As the season progresses, the peaches will get bigger, and the crops will grow more plentiful, Herman said.
Carol Zadrozny of Z's Orchard said her workers began picking the Flaming Fury peaches a few at a time earlier this week, and Z's will have enough for the market within the coming week.
She said her orchard has enough of the fruit to fill orders by the pound, but customers hoping to buy peaches by the box will have to wait a little longer.
The schedule for picking the peaches looks a little fuzzy, with orchards reporting delays of anywhere from 10 to 15 days compared to normal years.
Charlie Talbott of Talbott Farms said this year's peach crop is reminiscent of 2008, when the orchard had commercial quality peaches until early October. He said he expects this year's peaches to be available until Oct. 1.
Despite the later picking season, Herman said her customers are expressing surprise that she has peaches stocked in July.
"People have it in their heads that peach season doesn't start until August," she said.
Customers may have been thrown off due to early reports of possible freeze damage. The peaches avoided heavy devastation, however, and the results this summer have been a relief for orchard owners.
"We are so blessed to have a crop. With a few degrees drop, we could have lost everything," Zadrozny said.
Peaches will be more plentiful than in previous years and much better than last year, according to Talbott.
"We're looking at a 90 percent crop potential," Talbott said. "Last year, we had slightly less than two-thirds of the crop."


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A couple of weeks back, when Congressman Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, stopped by the local Starbucks for a little shoulder-rubbing, the otherwise joking around event took a tenser tone when jumpy Jeff built up a head of steam over Republican tax policy. Jeff started out calmly enough, but then pretty much let Buck have it.
"Do you really $@#&^# !@# believe it's fair for a guy as rich as Mitt Romney to pay 14 percent on his income, when more regular folks pay 30 percent and higher on earnings that are much more dear to them than Romney's 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 14th million to him? (To this day, we remain ashamed for Jeff's sake, and we in no way condone his behavior.)
Well, things got a little awkward for a moment. But Buck kept his cool and slid right into well-oiled talking points on the difference between capital gains and ordinary income, and how you can't tax capital and expect folks to keep it around to grow the economy.
An arguable position, perhaps — but Jeff countered that guys like Romney make their money managing capital in much the same way that mid-level managers make money managing people and skilled tradesmen make money manipulating materials. Manipulating assets for capital gains and "carried interest" is the job Romney does. Is that so different than the way the rest of us work? Why should he and others like him gain up to a 50-percent tax reduction compared to others who just happen to work in different ways?
And to be fair, incremental earnings for the wealthy, after cashing their third or fourth million, must mean less comfort and joy than capturing the next incremental dollar for those on tighter ropes.
When additional after-tax earnings might mean new braces for Johnny for most but perhaps a new mansion for the truly wealthy – it feels almost third worldish that real-world tax rates drop for those worth far more and need incrementally far less.
Jeff continued that common sense suggests the deck is stacked against the regular guy trying to play "catch up and get ahead" when the regular guy pays 30 percent on his little stack of cash while the rich often pay 14 percent or less on their giant stacks.
Easy math shows a growing disparity of retained wealth between classes with every taxable iteration. Still, the concept of regressive, wealth-based taxation remains abstract for most.
A humorous real life story might bring matters closer to home.
Carrie and I were invited to a gathering with the boss of a friend's son. The man is very talented, works very hard and very smart, is very wealthy and owns a beautiful home overlooking the ocean. He has earned everything he's got. But now that he's got a whole lot, he's also edged into that tax sweet spot where he pays less on his overall earnings than he used to when he was more modestly wealthy.
He makes much income now from managing money and investments — and tax rates for this kind of work can be far less than for other types of work.
The man had just made a new purchase with which he is very pleased. He'd first used one in a five-star luxury hotel in NYC, and from first flush, he knew he just had to have a fully digital, automated, calibrated, space age toilet. His new, hyper-modern, hyper-sanitary toilet is bluetooth- enabled, streams his choice of music and has a remote that can be coded for multiple users.
This elegantly technical solution to our common age-old problem warms his seat, warms his feet and warms the water and air that automatically washes, dries and pampers most private parts when the user is done with his or her otherwise universal human act.
Commented an installer on a YouTube blog, "I renovate houses for a living, and I'm working on some rich dude's place. He has this toilet. I gave it a try and let me tell you, it is worth every penny. My butt was in heaven."
Our new friend had just paid about $7,000 to have his own wonder-toilet installed, and, like the installer quoted above, raves about his new defecatory acquisition.
It's an interesting observation that our friend paid for his wipe-less, feet-heating, butt- caressing, iPod-enabled toilet with earnings taxed at approximately 20 percent, while most of us buy our every man toilet paper with incremental earnings taxed at 30 percent and higher.
In essence, our Bush-era tax code provides this upper one percenter a 33 percent tax break to never have to wipe his own butt or risk dirtying his hands again. In America, as the world over, it's good to be king, sitting comfortably atop a royal throne — paid for by the masses.
Gary Horton is a Santa Clarita resident. Full Speed to Port appears Wednesdays in The Signal.


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You don't have to continue suffering from dental problems that are painful, embarrassing, and even life threatening. Even if you're older, you can take proactive steps to improve the health of your teeth and avoid future problems.
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INVERNESS — Citrus County music fans consider it the party of the year. Which is why Doug Lobel believes the tiny Citrus County Speedway will likely be packed once again for tonight's "Rock N' the Speedway" concert, featuring legendary jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears and former Three Dog Night front man Chuck Negron.
"It's going to be a fun show," said Lobel, spokesman for the Rotary Club of Inverness, which is promoting the concert along with the Inverness Olde Towne Association and Citrus Cardiology Consultants. "The way we see it, the more the merrier."
The concert brings together two iconic pop music acts from the 1960s and 1970s.
Formed in 1967, Blood, Sweat & Tears spent its early days as a pub band on New York's Lower East Side. Founders Al Kooper (keyboards), Steve Katz (guitar), Jim Fielder (bass) and Bobby Colomby (drums), all well-known players in the city's underground rock scene, decided the band might attract more attention with the addition of a modest horn section.
With Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Jerry Weiss and Dick Halligan, the group landed a recording contract with Columbia Records. The band's debut album, Child Is Father to the Man, earned high praise from critics for its saucy blend of rock, blues and jazz.
Kooper, Brecker and Weiss left to pursue other musical projects in 1969. However, the hiring of Canadian singer David Clayton-Thomas proved to be fortuitous for Blood, Sweat & Tears. Over the next several years, Clayton-Thomas' raw, bluesy voice fronted the band's biggest commercial hits, including You've Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel, And When I Die and Lucretia McEvil.
The next two decades saw Blood, Sweat & Tears become a prime proving ground for some of today's most prestigious pop and jazz musicians. Players have included jazz sax legend Joe Henderson, trumpeter Lew Soloff, trombonist Tom "Bones" Malone and saxophonist Lou Marini Jr. The band's ability to endure such personnel changes — the alumni includes more than 130 musicians — has only added to its legacy.
To help commemorate the ensemble's 40th anniversary, Katz returned to Blood, Sweat & Tears temporarily in 2008. He has since joined the group full time.
The same kind of enduring popularity is the reason fans still flock to see Chuck Negron a quarter of a century after his final performance with Three Dog Night.
Since then, the tenor behind hits like One, Joy to the World, Old Fashioned Love Song, Pieces of April and One Man Band has been working mainly as a solo artist. But when the occasion calls for it, Negron is happy to trot out the Three Dog Night favorites for fans.
For the past several years, Negron has been doing package shows with Blood, Sweat & Tears, and they are among his favorite performances.
"It's a fun show. It's their show, and I come out and do my songs with their band, which is great to have all these horn arrangements," Negron told the Citrus County Chronicle last week. "We do one song after another, and it surprises people that we had so many hits — we had 21. It's really memorable; it's fun to take people back to the music they listened to."
The concert, which will also include a performance by up and coming singer Cristi Vale and Sequel of Tampa, is a fundraiser for several Citrus County charities. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Citrus County School Readiness Program and the Friends of Chassahowitzka to help protect Three Sisters Spring.
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Former vice-president of Bahraini Teachers' Association is arrested again for protesting abuse
Human rights observers say they're worried about the safety of Jalilal al-Salman, a former official with the Bahrain Teacher's Association. She was arrested before dawn Wednesday morning. Her arrest came after claiming she was abused during her incarceration in March.
Last month, al-Salman was convicted on charges that included the attempted overthrow of the Bahrain government. Although she is a civilian, her trial was in a military court. She was sentenced to three years in prison. Her appeal is due to be heard in civilian court on December 1.
We get analysis from Beth Ann Toupin, the Bahrain and Iraq country specialist for Amnesty International—USA.


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- LUK's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 6.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 1103.9%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Diversified Financial Services industry. The net income increased by 4571.9% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $10.51 million to $490.88 million.
- LUK's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.29 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.83 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems.
- LUK's stock share price has done very poorly compared to where it was a year ago: Despite any rallies, the net result is that it is down by 38.92%, which is also worse that the performance of the S&P 500 Index. Investors have so far failed to pay much attention to the earnings improvements the company has managed to achieve over the last quarter. Despite the heavy decline in its share price, this stock is still more expensive (when compared to its current earnings) than most other companies in its industry.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. In comparison to the other companies in the Diversified Financial Services industry and the overall market, LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
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