text: Hey everyone. I'm going to receive a supervised piss test. I have never been notified of my results after following Mega Clean's instructions. I have learned from people who post like Burnt Toast and FakeBoobsRule that the only reason Mega Clean has worked is because it requires you to drink 64 ounces of water (dilution) and I've taken Vitamin B before the test. I understand this now but already bought the drink before I saw these posts. I decided yesterday to begin ingesting creatine (hopefully it converts) so that I can do the dilution method (i've read the steps from i'mN2pot and practiced it once at home drinking cranberry juice. On the in home tester I passed. I also used Tums along with aspirine and vitamin B.) I have a few questions though: 1. Having already wasted my money on the bottle of Mega Clean and it's pre cleansing packets (the cost is a past issue now and no longer relevant to my case), I'm going to consider using it or Gatorade to drink for the dilution process. Costs aside, would one work better than the other? Not enough nutrient amounts are listed on Gatorade but there's alot on Mega Clean so I'm really not sure if one actually has any slight advantage to the other. I also saw that Mega Clean has fruit pectin in it. Also, I know I'm supposed to add salt to either. 2. Following the dilution method, what would happen were I to drink, say, 12 fluid ounces more than is called for? Could this cause me to test worse than had I not drank the additional 12 ounces? (the additional 12 ounces would come from the Mega Clean were I to use it.) 3. Would drinking fiber the night before or day of help any? 4. Have any of you heard of a probation officer never telling you the results of your tests after you've given multiple urine samples? Could he be gathering evidence against me? (positive drug tests) I'm too scared to ask him in case he's assuming I know I passed. Thank you for reading. Please excuse me for sounding like a noob. I could use the help though.


text: Overview By Mayo Clinic Staff Print Large arteriesLarge arteriesTakayasu's arteritis is a form of vasculitis — inflammation of the blood vessels — that damages the large arteries, especially the aorta. Chambers and valves of the heartChambers and valves of the heartA normal heart has two upper and two lower chambers. The upper chambers, the right and left atria, receive incoming blood. The lower chambers, the more muscular right and left ventricles, pump blood out of your heart. The heart valves, which keep blood flowing in the right direction, are gates at the chamber openings. Takayasu's arteritis (tah-kah-YAH-sooz ahr-tuh-RIE-tis) is a rare type of vasculitis, a group of disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation. In Takayasu's arteritis, the inflammation damages the aorta — the large artery that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body — and its main branches. The disease can lead to blockages or narrowed arteries (stenosis) or abnormally dilated arteries (aneurysms). Takayasu's arteritis can also lead to arm or chest pain and high blood pressure and eventually to heart failure or stroke. If you don't have symptoms, you may not need treatment. Or you may need medications to control the inflammation in the arteries and prevent complications. But even with treatment, relapses are common. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Symptoms & causes Aug. 18, 2017 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter References Takayasu's arteritis. Vasculitis Foundation. http://staging.vasculitisfoundation.org/education/forms/takayasus-arteritis/ Accessed Jan. 12, 2016. AskMayoExpert. Takayasu arteritis. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2015. Minagar A, et al. Neurologic presentations of systemic vasculitides. Neurology Clinics. 2010;28:171. Glebova NO, et al. Takayasu's disease. In: Rutherford's Vascular Surgery. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2014. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Jan. 12, 2016. Firestein GS, et al. Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatic, and Takayasu's arteritis. In: Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2013. http://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Jan. 12, 2016. Takayasu's arteritis. American College of Rheumatology. http://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Takayasus-Arteritis. Accessed Jan. 12, 2016. Chang-Miller A (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Ariz. Feb. 17, 2016. Hunder GG. Treatment of Takayasu arteritis. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Jan. 15, 2016. RelatedC-reactive protein testX-rayUltrasoundMuscle painClaudicationJoint painHeadacheShortness of breathDizzinessHigh blood pressure (hypertension)FatigueUnexplained weight loss Takayasu's arteritisOverviewSymptoms & causesDiagnosis & treatmentDiagnosisTreatmentDepartments & specialtiesClinical trialsPreparing for your appointmentSelf-managementMore aboutIn-DepthMultimediaResources Advertisement Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. Advertising & Sponsorship Policy Opportunities Ad Choices Mayo Clinic Store Check out these best-sellers and special offers on books and newsletters from Mayo Clinic. The Last Diet You'll Ever NeedNEW! Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative MedicineStop Osteoporosis in its TracksMayo Clinic Health LetterThe Mayo Clinic Diet Book Diagnosis & treatmentRequest an AppointmentDiagnosisTreatmentDepartments & specialtiesClinical trialsPreparing for your appointment CON-20156915 Patient Care & Health Information Diseases & Conditions Takayasu's arteritis

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SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd has attracted strong interest for a $2.5 billion loan to expand its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, in one of the largest resource financings in Asia this year, banking sources said.
The financing is key for Rio Tinto to go ahead with the construction of an estimated $5.1 billion underground mine at Oyu Tolgoi, following the start of commercial sales mid-year from an open-cut mine.
The project loan and the start of commercial sales both hinge on Rio Tinto resolving a dispute with the Mongolian government over management of the mine, spiralling costs, and taxes. Both sides have said talks were progressing.
Lenders were scaled back due to strong demand, with 14 lenders submitting credit-approved commitments ranging from $50 million to $250 million. Those who submitted commitments of $300 million were scaled back by $50-$100 million.
Initial mandated lead arrangers BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered Bank were allocated $250 million each.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC, ING Bank, Natixis, Societe Generale and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp were allocated $200 million each.
Three other banks have been allocated $150 million, and Germany's export credit agency KfW IPEX and Dutch development bank FMO are also lending.
The project financing has been split in two tranches, with 60 percent in a B-loan tranche with International Finance Corp and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and 40 percent through a Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)-guaranteed tranche.
The margin for the B-loan tranche is 340 basis points over Libor, and 265 bp over Libor for the MIGA tranche. Lenders will also earn a flat 250 bp upfront fee.
Lenders are waiting for Rio and financial adviser Rothschild to finalise the split.
The project is also heavily backed by $1.95 billion in direct loans from Australian, European, U.S. and Canadian export credit agencies.
Due to the high level of equity investment, Rio will have the option to raise more debt at a later stage and re-gear the project.


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The Euromediterranean Free Trade Area: A New Form Of Regional Cooperation?
In this paper the practicability of a free trade area has been examined. The classical Viner's trade creation and trade diversion effects have been considered, and although they refer to a static analysis it can be shown that they still may lead to important conclusions in terms of welfare and trade. The dynamic effects have, however, also been considered being these that make the major contribution to the growth of a developing country. This analysis has been then applied to a concrete case, that of the participation of Morocco and Tunisia to the Euromediterranean free trade area (EMFTA). The aim is to assess whether the EMFTA is the right tool available to foster the economic growth of the non European Mediterranean countries. From the analysis it appears that alternative measures are needed in order to accomplish the goal of the co-development as stated in the Barcelona declaration. Strategic integration is the model identified in order to develop such measures.
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ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte & MSI: Four Flagship X58 Motherboards Reviewedby Rajinder Gill on July 15, 2010 10:00 PM EST
Where to start? Yes, there is an abundance of SATA ports and such on the UD9, but, there's nothing on the component front that sticks out as special at the asking price. Much of what we see here is utilized by Gigabyte on their lower end models which are substantially cheaper (same NICs, audio and JMicron style SATA controllers , SATA 6G, USB 3 and associated features like on/off charge). We can't help but feel that there is some serious price gouging going on here. The only thing setting the UD9 apart from the UD7 model is the addition of the NF200 bridge chips, and a revamped VRM – it's impossible to see how this adds $300 worth of value. Until Gigabyte or Newegg drop the asking price (whoever the guilty party is), we're not in any kind of position to offer a recommendation.
Here's what you get bundled with the UD9:
1 x Driver disk
1 x User manual
1 x Quick installation guide
1 x IDE cable
4 x SATA cables
1 x two port eSATA bracket
1 x I/O shield
1 x "Silent-Pipe" heatsink (optional)
1 x 2-Way SLI connector
1 x 3-Way SLI connector
1 x 4-Way SLI connector
2 x 2-Way CrossFireX connectors
No major extras in the bundle or special goodies like a pre-paid trip to Vegas. With all those extra SATA ports one would expect Gigabyte to have provided more than four SATA cables. Unlike ASUS, EVGA and MSI, Gigabyte don't have any kind of external overclocking hardware in the bundle, it's all very basic Gigabyte stuff with the UD9, which leaves us even more bemused by the price.
For a software rundown check here as there aren't any major changes for the UD9. There's a slight revamp to Dynamic Energy Saver in that the software has been updated to manipulate Gigabyte's dual VRM topology on the UD9. Basically, what the DES software allows you to do is utilize half the phases during light~moderate loads to save some power.
The primary functions of DES work fine, the custom aspects like underclocking don't. Any time we tried to apply our custom power saving preferences the OS prompted us to reboot and then froze before completing the process. Upon reboot we were told that DES had been disabled, and when we re-enabled the software none of our preferences seemed to take effect. Stick with the primary functions of the software if you must use it until Gigabyte fixes the problem. The saving grace is that we can't see many users opting for a board like this with energy efficiency at the top of their buying shortlist. We'd expect most users will want to use Gigabyte's Easy Tune software for overclocking though. Updates to the software have added extra functionality such as quick load profiles for benchmarkers and such. Overall, the software is quite heavily laden with options which can make it a little slow to navigate and to load. We didn't find this to be too much of a hindrance during benchmarking though - everything one needs to adjust is readily available.
The only thing Gigabyte do need to fix with Easy Tune and in their BIOS is the misreporting of DRAM Vref values. The BIOS and Easy Tune show these at 0.75V regardless of where we set VDIMM. All DRAM side voltage references track 50% of VDIMM by default (the norm for differential signal stages). We've pointed this out to Gigabyte before but things are still the same. It doesn't affect operation of the board in any way, which is probably why we have been ignored, regardless; these values should be reported correctly in our opinion.
Board Layout
Like the EVGA E762, the UD9 is an oversized ATX board (34.5cm x 26.2cm), rendering most PC cases as unsuitable for a home. We refer you to Gigabyte's supported chassis list here for a list of candidates.
Like other Gigabyte boards, the UD9 is strewn with a plethora of peripheral ports right down to legacy stuff like FDD (no PCI though). PCIe layout is identical to EVGA, and geared for multi GPU setups.
While the base setup works fine with a bit of airflow, the addition of a built-in water block and the plug in heat sink look like they were an afterthought. There is heat transfer to the water block, but placed in this location, water-cooling the assembly is more hassle than it's worth - the same thing applies to Gigabyte's optional heatsink (we noted a two Celsius change in temperatures using this solution). it makes more sense pointing a fan at the base assembly to keep temperatures in check. Our final verdict about the add-on parts is that for a $700 outlay we'd prefer a custom full-coverage water-block from the likes of EK bundled in the package.
We don't have any layout gripes per se, everything is accessible. Something we did expect to find on a board like this is the inclusion of voltage measurement pads for multi-meters. Software reporting is seldom accurate, so many users like to use a multi-meter and measure voltage as close to the load as possible (provided vendors tap traces at the right point). Gigabyte are the only vendor on test today that don't provide provision for this and that is a shame for anyone who is going to push the UD9 hard. Monitoring voltages under full load conditions during heavy overclocking experiments can save a lot of time, and at least paint a more accurate picture of what the processor is seeing at the power pads.
As we mentioned earlier Gigabyte's VRM has undergone a revamp – still using Intersil's six phase controller (MUXed out to 24 phase), with the major change over previous iterations being a switch out to integrated driver/FET stages. Overall current handling capabilities are purported to be a crazy 1.5KW, more than any single processor can draw. We've seen peaks in excess of 320 watts from a Gulftown running the CPU tests of Vantage at 5.1GHz, while users have reported up to 500W from Gulftown processors running Vantage around 6GHz. So, there's far more than anyone will physically and theoretically be able to use on tap. Gigabyte has gone this far to aid long-term reliability. Whatever the reason may be, it's not a big enough lynch-pin to justify an elevated price tag in our opinion.
BIOS & User experience
Our test journey began with the F2 public release BIOS, which was updated in a matter of days to the F4 series of releases. A common problem on all of these releases (and one we keep finding on Gigabyte boards), is an issue using AHCI mode with optical DVD drives. Gigabyte's BIOS base code does not include a sufficient hold time during POST for our optical drives to initialize and boot from inserted disks. Usually the workaround is to hit the Pause button before BIOS goes into drive detection routines, although we found this did not work for us on the UD9, forcing us to install Windows 7 in IDE mode and then using a workaround to enable AHCI drivers in the OS registry. Someone back at Gigabyte needs to take note of this reoccurring issue and force through a permanent fix.
Getting past that, one thing we've seen vendors do in the past is apply small overclocks to boards at board defaults in order to improve their position in "stock" benchmark compares during reviews. The UD9 applies a 2MHz BCLK overclock as standard to ALL processors. While this is within the bounds of stability without needing over-voltage, it is something anyone testing these boards needs to be made aware of – like ASRock, Gigabyte aren't going out on a limb to tell review sites they are doing this, you either see it or you don't. Fortunately, we're always on the lookout for stuff like this and make sure we line up all boards as fairly as possible in our base compare tests. Right now, the only two vendors we've seen employ such methods to keep their nose ahead of the pack are ASRock and Gigabyte. ASRock ar probably the bigger guilty party here (forcing other vendors to follow suit) and will apply as much as 5 BCLK on AUTO defaults (138BCLK effective). Vendors like ASUS are a little less obvious, and apply a small positive offset of .7 MHz which gives a tiny overclock (133.7Mhz) – EVGA are a little more honest and apply the same .7 offset but keep you one BCLK below what you've set (133BCLK is 132.7MHz) We'd like to see the positive offset practice stop – stock defaults should be absolute specification defaults and as close to 133 BCLK as possible. Little things like this may not sound like a lot, but they are enough to skew benchmark results. (Sigh, end of rant).
Back to the UD9 proper, we quite like Gigabyte's BIOS layout, it's well laid out and comprehensive enough for all types of users. Gigabyte is the only vendor really pushing ASUS on general BIOS quality. There are a couple of areas where we feel ASUS have the edge; slightly better implementation of automated parameters for overclocking and more obviously fan control options. Only the CPU header can be fully controlled on the UD9. The System fan header can control both three and four pin fans but this is tied to automatically ramp up and down with system temperature – direct user changes are not possible. The other three headers remain full-on at all times. Again, this is not what we expected to find on a high-end motherboard.
On a positive note, recovery from failed overclock does work pretty well and is on-par with the ASUS R3E – the only improvement we had to suggest to Gigabyte for this was to add an F1 halt alert, as we found pre F4B BIOSes to sometimes POST in safe-mode after a failed overclock without alerting the us that BIOS settings had been changed to safe.
Plug-in peripheral compatibility is good, we did not encounter any problems (other than what we mentioned above), with our test equipment. Overclocking stability is also good for the most part, the only exception to that will be of interest to the extreme benchmarking crowd; we found this board to be a little less stable than the ASUS and EVGA offerings when pushed hard during sub-zero benchmarking runs. Heavy CPU load test like Vantage were not a problem; it's Super Pi 32M where we ended up 2~3 BCLK adrift and hence achieved a lower overall score. Clock for clock efficiency using Gigabyte's benchmarking BIOS is pretty good, and on the face of it appears to have an edge of the EVGA E762, unfortunately, the frequency disparity we experienced between the UD9, E762 and R3E while using the same processor and parts nullifies the gain in 2D, although the 3D side edges the other boards in scores.
Recovery from S3 resume works very well on the all BIOS releases, allowing us to recover our system from sleep all the way up to 221 BCLK (higher than any other board in this test).
Q-Flash is Gigabyte's rendition of a built in BIOS flashing routine, and we're happy to report this works well. If we recall correctly, Gigabyte were the first vendor to market with dual-BIOS, providing a failsafe in the event of BIOS corruption. This feature is also utilized on the UD9, and as on previous motherboards does not allow users to load two separate BIOSes for compare. As we see so often in this industry, nothing is sacred for long; if it means improving sales, someone will copy a good idea and occasionally improve it, and that's what's happened here with ASUS. We'd like to see Gigabyte offer something similar to what ASUS are providing on the R3E (flashing two separate BIOSes and easy changing between both). There is a slight reprieve for Gigabyte in that neither EVGA or MSI have dual BIOS options on their X58 boards, mind you, that's balanced against you know what – the dollar.
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fausto412 - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - linki don't think i've even see a $700 dollar motherboard. For that kind of money it better come with a hot super model to spend a few nights with the poor sap who spends that much. Reply
mrjminer - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - linkActually, it ensures that you will not get a hot super model to spend a few nights with you. Reply
Taft12 - Friday, July 16, 2010 - linkI could really use one of these. I can't remember the last time I had a night I didn't have to spend with a hot super model. Won't they please just let me game?! Reply
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Souka - Friday, July 16, 2010 - linkMaybe Gigabyte's marketing dept. gets it advice from Apple?
Charge more...people will think it's better... ;) Reply
SunSamurai - Friday, July 16, 2010 - linkGigabyte doesnt have anything to offer that accounts for the extra cost, like OSX. Reply
hansmuff - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - linkThe AOpen AK89-Max had this way before Gigabyte.
What is commendable though is that Gigabyte puts this even on their lower-end boards. Great move. Reply
silverblue - Friday, July 16, 2010 - linkSorry, but the Gigabyte BX2000 has that beat by a good few years. Reply
Fuchikoma - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - linkThe branding of these motherboards are getting totally ridiculous and quite comical. What really annoys me about high-end mobos is that the manufacturer spends a lot of time making them aesthetically pleasing, which in turn you spend copious amounts of money, and yet their support software are absolutely horrendous - consisting of a bunch of bad GUI hacks. Reply
Powerlurker - Friday, July 16, 2010 - linkAs far as I can tell, most of these ultra-high-end consumer motherboards are targeted more at competitive benchmarkers than people who actually want to use their computers to do stuff. Reply


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Ok...so I have been stalking the site...I will be getting Lipo w/fat transfer to Buttocks..aka Brazilian Butt lift. I am 37 yrs old, 192 lbs, and 5'6. I am hoping to go to Dr Campos Leon in TJ Mexico. Probably stay a ClubMed for initial 5 days then move to a local hotel as my Mother will be with me. So I have been busy the last couple of days...I used the BBL recovery supply list in the... READ MORE
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The village of Marrowdell is an isolated pioneer community, but it is also the place where two worlds overlap, and at the turn of light - sunset - the world of magic known as the Verge can briefly be seen.
Jenn Nalynn belongs to both Verge and Marrowdell, but even she doesn't know how special she is--or that her invisible friend Wisp is actually a dragon sent to guard her... and keep her from leaving the valley. But Jenn longs to see the world, and thinking that a husband will help her reach this goal, she decides to create one using spells. Of course, everything goes awry, and suddenly her "invisible friend" has been transformed into a man. But he is not the only newcomer to Marrowdell, and far from the most dangerous of those who are suddenly finding their way to the valley.
©2013 Julie E. Czerneda (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
"Julie's first foray into fantasy is a home run!"
Let me start by saying I'm not a writer, and I know that will come through very clearly in my attempt at this review.
I was lucky enough at Christmas time to win an advanced reading copy of this wonderful book. I devoured it page after page. This is not your typical "coming of age" story. There are lots of twists and turns and toads thrown in to keep you turning page after page.
Then as soon as I heard the book was here on Audible, I knew I had to have it. I love to reread books and listening to them is even better. I do a lot of driving and putting on a good story carries me so well from point A to point B and this audio book was no exception.
I'm not going to tell you what the story is about, who the characters are (you can get all that by reading the description and then reading the book), that's not what I want to do here. What I want to tell you is that this is a book that is full of characters you will come to care about and if you're like me, you'll become invested in what's going to happen to them next.
So no, this is not your typical story about a girl coming of age, a horse and a handsome man. Does it have those things? Yes, maybe, sort of. But it has toads and magic and eggs and dragons and a lot more things you really must read about yourself.
The narration by Abby Craden is spot on, I can't say I tried to picture the voices when I read my copy, but if I had, they'd have sounded like they do here. I highly recommend this story, it's a great read/listen.
If you've not read any of Julie's books before, what are you waiting for?
"An enteresting read..."
I never read the "print version"
I like the turnborn coming to town and the verbal play between Scourge and Captain Ash to be great
I thought she read it wonderfully. I bought it on a "blind purchase" I knew nothing about it.I thought it turned-out to be well worth the time.
"Awful narration"
Czerneda yes, Craden, no.
I would like to try her sci-fi
Anyone else. I don't know. The narration is so deadpan that you can't even follow the story. After listening for an hour I had to turn it off and just delete. A waste of money. She goes up and down and stops in the middle of sentences. It's like she is reading words in a breathy voice rather than telling a coherent story.
I am going to try the print book because the premise sounds good and the print reviews are a whole lot better than the audible reviews.
"So bad that I couldn't even finish it"
Czerneda used to be one of my favorite authors, I have always enjoyed her sf novels. A Turn of Light is just terrible. It is like the worst romance novel ever. For example, the main person Jenn Nalynn is supposed to be 19 and acts like the most selfish totally spoiled brat about ten years old, totally unlikable. I suffered about 10 hours of listening about her going on and on about marriage and escaping from the village before I almost screamed and hit someone. Then I did the most sensible thing and turned it off.
I don't want to waste too many words on this review but save your money on this one.
"Voice of Doom in the narrator!"
first let me say that reading this vs listening to the audible may provide a radically different experience ...
but, getting through this was a *chore* ... the narrator's tone, inflection ... gah! I had to put it on double speed just to complete the audible
that said, this is another book where I found I liked the plot and ideas incorporated ... but there was so much superfluous wordage ... like a mouth full of peanut butter and trying to cram more in
peanut butter is good ... but can overwhelm and end up choking ... which I feel happened
the *constant* "Ancestors this" and "ancestors that" ... was amusing at first ... but good GRIEF no one would actually use it in every other thing they open their mouth to say
also, and again perhaps the narrator ruined it, but I heard "Jen Nolin" waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much ... and I "get" this was part of the "feel" of the community ... but it got old, fast
call her jen, call her ... well, *her*
I'll stop there.
If your looking for a silly romance story then you found your book. This fantasy in word only. I don't mind romance story but WTF this is a horrible one. Everything is over described. the main is so silly that you wonder if she 8 years old or 2.
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- NHL CenterIce, without which I would be a lost soul
- the Hockey blogosphere, which entertains, enlightens, and enthuses me.
- the quality and quantity of Avs bloggers, and the commenters in those blogs which have allowed me to discuss the Avs while living in San Jose.
- Adrian Dater's temper
- ESPN doesn't broadcast Hockey
- The Avs have been so good for so long that one down season evokes despair, instead of complacency
- Peter Budaj has played well, thereby saving my credibility, oh and keeping the Avs from really sucking balls.
- Two Stanley Cups
- Ugly Hockey Sweaters, which let me know that the Avs Unipron could have been much much worse.
- hockeyfights.com
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- Forsberg's career
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I am 24 and a mother of a 2 and 4 year old. I have had 2 C-sections and carried both of my children in my lower stomach. This has caused me to have a large amount of excess skin in my lower stomach area that I have not been able to get rid of. I am plus-sized and haved totally excepted that, but this makes me very uncomfortable and my pants dnt fit right anymore.There is no feeling in most of the area and I have run out of options. Is there anything that can be done,If so, how costly will it be?
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Following the usual cycle of monthly patch releases, Microsoft just issued its first for this year yesterday. Microsoft has released one advisory to address the vulnerability found in the way the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine can render a specially crafted EOT font file in several Microsoft applications such as Internet Explorer (IE), PowerPoint, and Word.
An EOT font is a type of OpenType font with the .eot extension. Microsoft created EOT fonts to have them embedded in Web pages to discourage copying (and eventually, using) copyrighted fonts online, which is almost always a possibility.
According to the official Microsoft bulletin, once the EOT Engine renders a malformed .EOT file, attackers could use the vulnerability to take complete control of the system. This means that they would be able to perform tasks on an affected machine such as installing new programs, deleting important files, or creating new accounts, all without the user's knowledge. Microsoft has given MS10-001 an Exploitability Index rating of "2," which means it can be replicated but the outcome of its use would always vary, thus, inconsistent. Note, however, that this rating only applies to systems running Windows 2000. Later versions are unlikely to be exploited.
In the same vein, Adobe also released a security update detailing new patches for Reader and Acrobat. The patches address vulnerabilities we found and wrote about last month and last week.
Below is a list of other updates regarding vulnerabilities and patches:
- A proof-of-concept (POC) exploit for Mac OS X has just been released. For details, refer here. Note that in this Registry article, Apple has been informed about the said exploit last June 2009 but decided to sit on the matter.
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Curtis Martin and LaMont Jordan:
Ran for 115 yards each in Jets 41-14 win over Dolphins.
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Make sure you head to the real voting booths today and then join in the fun with the Page 2/SportsNation election.
Some of the issues on our ballot with some Quickie thoughts:
College football playoff:
BCS or 8-team playoff? Hey, BCS works if people would just trust the computers.
World Series home field:
Determined by All-Star Game? An absolutely stupid idea.
20-year-old age limit?
Only if NBA, NFL fund their own minor leagues.
8 p.m. ET start time:
For all major playoff games? Read my lips: ain't gonna happen.
MLB instant replay:
Yes, for plays on the bases and HR calls.
For more issues and to place your vote, see the link in Q it Up.
BCS Standings
Big winner: Cal, which jumps four spots to No. 4, and could be in line for an Orange Bowl rematch with USC.
Big loser: No. 3 Auburn, which likely needs a loss by USC or Oklahoma to reach the national title game.
Bigger loser: Utah, which is sixth, but barely holding off Texas for the final automatic BCS berth.
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Three games tonight:
Houston at Detroit (TNT): Title goes through Detroit, but we're all curious to see how T-Mac and Yao will play together.
Sacto at Dallas: New-look Mavs turned over much of roster; but will their D be any better?
Denver at Lakers (TNT): It's Kobe's show now. Prediction: 33 points per game this year.
Kidd Out; Shaq?
Jason Kidd, who just started running Monday, starts season on DL after offseason knee surgery.
Wally Backman: Hired as Diamondbacks manager
Devin Harris: Named Mavs' starting PG over Jason Terry
Jim Bowden: From Cold Pizza to big-league GM!
Dolphins: Even the D is getting torched now
Rafael Furcal: Released after 21-day jail sentence
Jim Bowden: Job not expected to be permanent
Nets have no timetable on his return, and coach Lawrence Frank described the situation as a long process.
Shaq may also miss Wednesday's Nets-Heat opener, with a touchy hammy. Wasn't his weight loss supposed to make him healthier? Pencil him now for his usual 15 games missed.
Spree: Trade Me
Gotta love a 34-year-old demanding a contract extension or a trade "Insulting"? The only insulting thing is a guy set to make $14.6 million this year who doesn't have his mind on winning a championship for the Timberwolves.
Bettman Speaks
And in a shocking development, the NHL commissioner says the season may be over!
"The season is likely slipping away," he told TSN. "I say this -- and I hate when I say it, we lose less money when we are not playing."
Meanwhile, player reps are scheduled to meet Tuesday in Toronto.
A collective nation holds its breath -- and it's not the United States.
They Weren't Drunk
Kevin Millar loves to talk, but wishes now he would have shut his trap.
The Red Sox first baseman admitted on Fox's "Best Damn Sports Show" that Red Sox players took a shot of Jack Daniel's before Game 6 of the ALCS and did it before each game of the World Series.
"It's not a story about 25 shot glasses," Millar told Peter Gammons. "it's one small Gatorade cup that we shared as a symbol."
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We wouldn't like to have it called Ingres too... Spoken language is different from written, so docs should be precise. PostgreSQL is a mark, and should be used as careful as it deserves. Regards, Andreas Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: >I just seem to recall a discussion where we decided to 'standardise' on >PostgreSQL...I'm not fussed tho. > >Chris > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> >To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> >Cc: "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> >Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:53 PM >Subject: Re: [HACKERS] followup on previous > > > > >>Thomas liked Postgres rather than PostgreSQL in the docs, and I think >>that's where it came from. I use Postgres in speaking, and PostgreSQL >>in writing, so I guess either is OK. >> >> >>
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More than twenty scholars doing East Asian environmental history participated in the First World Congress of Environmental History convened by the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) in Copenhagen and Malmo during August 4-8, 2009. Because East Asia is not well represented among the current members of ICEHO, many of us who joined in a discussion during the conference agreed to form an association and named it the Association for East Asian Environmental History (AEAEH).
The AEAEH is an organization of individual members engaged in doing research on East Asian environmental issues with historical perspectives. Scholars from fields related to environmental studies, such as history, archaeology, literature, ethics, anthropology, geography, demography, economics, sociology, law, biology, ecology, agronomy, nutrition, medical science, public health, meteorology, geology, and engineering (energy, hydrology, municipal engineering), are all welcome to become members. Interdisciplinary approaches will be emphasized and within the sphere of East Asia a wide temporal span will be covered. Comparative studies, of course, will also be encouraged.
Prof. Lihua Wang 王利華 was elected the new President of the Association for East Asian Environmental History (AEAEH) by the General Meeting of the Association on 24 October 2015 for a two-year term (2016-2017).
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Various News: Seth Rollins on Why the Shield Went After Flair, Konnan Calls Aces and 8s a Sons of Anarchy Rip-Off
– Seth Rollins posted the following to his Twitter regarding the Shield targeting Ric Flair on Raw:
We will not be burdened by the sins of those who came before us. Instead we will right the wrongs left behind by a generation of cowards. EVERYONE is accountable
– Ricard Rodriguez tweeted about his and Alberto Del Rio's babyface turn, posting:
This whole 'smiling' thing is much trickier than I thought! Still Rudo at heart! I somewhat like you all sort of
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Trainer and driver Mark Purdon's outstanding seven-year-old gelding did all the grunt work and held off Ohoka Punter to win the $500,000 Group 1, with West Australian swooper My Hard Copy placing third.
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This has been an interesting week for me. I am immersing myself in Watir (Web Applications Testing in Ruby), an open-source library for automating web browsers that works with Ruby, an open-source, object-oriented programming language I'm starting to really like it!
This is a great boon to those of us who have to write automation quickly that need to also be maintainable and not cost an arm and a leg to buy tools for. While some tools do exist, they tend to be expensive or brittle – or both.
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Wearing Clothes Inside-Out to the Office
Norms refers to the expected standards of behavior that the society expects its individuals to uphold. Social norms determine appropriate conduct and behavior from inappropriate behaviors. Norms outline actions that are appropriate from those that are not appropriate (Hechter, 2005). When an individual violates a social norm, negative reaction it expected. It is through the negative action that an individual is supposed to pick the cue that the action he is undertaking is not normal. For this assignment, I choose to engage in a norm violation exercise so as to determine the reaction of those around me. The norm violation exercise that I undertook entailed going to the office with my official wear worn inside-out.
Prior to violating the norm I informed my boss of my intention and the reason for violating the selected norm. I woke up that morning with a degree of skepticism of the success of my project. Ordinarily, it is the norm that corporate employees go to work decently dressed in a suit or any formal attire. It is also the norm that appropriate dressing is wearing any casual or formal clothing with the inside part of the clothing next to the body. I was certain to cause a stir if I went to the office with my clothes inside-out. I was unsure of the lasting impression that my colleague might make after the project. However, I woke up early, prepared, wore my suit inside out, got into my car and drove to the office. Stepping out of my automobile, I was aware I had worn my clothes different. The shoulder pads were visible, and the seam of the coat and trouser was exposed to all.
My first encounter with an employee of the company was the entrance when I met the security guard. The guard's facial expression said a thousand words. He gave me two glances appearing to wonder if I was aware of my dressing accident. However, he chose not to question me and allowed me to pass. As I moved towards my desk, it was clear that my dressing was abnormal. My colleague began to murmur among themselves, and those that had not seen me arrive began to pass by my office more than usual. As I walked by going about my errands, I could hear some colleague giggle and swear that I was going crazy.
One of my friends finally gathered the courage to approach me and point out the abnormal fact of my dressing. However, I shrugged her opinion and went about my work. Another friend approached me and asked whether I was alright since I had not noticed my abnormal dressing the whole day. Another colleague approached me and offered to take me to eh bathroom and help me change my clothes. When I objected and said I was comfortable, she did not hesitate to point the acceptable dress code of the office and the fact that my dressing violated that code.
Other colleagues showed genuine concern for me and assumed I was suffering from a psychological problem. They tried to enquire whether I was alright and what could be stressing me. They even offered to contact a relative to take me home in case I was feeling unwell. However, I assured them I was alright. My surety, however, appeared to make the situation worse as other began to assume that I had actually gone mad and that I was simply in denial. During lunch break, most of my colleague avoided walking or talking to me as they were unsure of my mental status. I sat at a lunch table, quietly ate my lunch and reported back to my workstation. In the evening, I packed my briefcase and left the office having completed my assignment.
The violation of norm experiment revealed that norms are the rules that determine what is normal or abnormal in the society. Dressing inside-out is considered an abnormal act based on the fact that social norms stipulate the proper way to dress. This explains the various perceptions by my colleague that I could be ill, stress or with a mental problem. The exercise made me realize that I actually mind what people say about me. I thus adhere to societal norms because I prefer to fit rather than stand out as the misfit (Hechter, 2005). The exercise also made me realize that the society is always quick to jump to conclusions based on the norms of the society. Majority of my colleague had negative comments and perceptions of my dressing rather than showing genuine concern. Overall, the assignment was eye opening on how societal norms structure the thinking of individuals within the society. Societal norms dictate that and a particular action is acceptable, and another is not acceptable. Individuals thus rely, on these norms to determine proper conduct from misconduct. Such determinations are made without considering other factors that may contribute to a particular norm violation.
Hechter, M. (2005). Social norms. Russell Sage foundation


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SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers will hold a rare override session as soon as next Monday to consider reversing Gov. Gary Herbert's vetoes.
Herbert rejected four bills from the 2011 Legislature, including legislation that would have ended the state's Monday through Thursday work week.
But House and Senate leaders say the most likely bill to be overridden deals with earmarking some 30 percent of new tax revenues to pay for transportation projects.
Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, said Monday that bill, SB229, is seen by lawmakers as a way to ensure the state has the necessary infrastructure to encourage economic development.
"Without that transportation factor, it's been proven that businesses will not continue to grow or come in," Waddoups said, citing the Mountain View corridor and other projects as legislative priorities.
House Speaker Becky Lockhart, R-Provo, said the gas-tax revenue has not been enough to provide "a reliable revenue stream for maintenance as well as the economic development that comes with a commitment to transportation."
The governor said when he vetoed the bill late last month that the earmark would mean less money for other state needs, including economic development, and slow the state's ability to respond to financial difficulties.
Herbert also vetoed HB328, which would have put the state back on a five-day work week; SB294, which would have changed health insurance plans and costs; and SB305, which would have used a web-based tool to align schools with the needs of the business community.
A poll of lawmakers showed the required two-thirds of both the House and the Senate wanted an override session, but Waddoups said that doesn't mean they'll overturn any of the governor's actions.
Lawmakers will be able to consider all four of the bills vetoed by the governor during the override session. They're being asked to choose between two dates, April 25 and May 2, for what will be the first veto override session since April 2004.
Herbert's office had no comment on the override session Monday because the governor had not yet been officially notified.
University of Utah political science professor Matthew Burbank said an override session is something any governor would rather avoid.
"This could potentially become more politically messy than anybody would really like," Burbank said, noting lawmakers already have been grumbling about Herbert's handling of other issues last session.
Especially since the governor already called them back into special session to repeal one of the most controversial bills passed last session, HB477, which would have overhauled the state's open records law.
Herbert, who is up for reelection next year, also created a rift with some of his most conservative fellow Republicans by signing a guest worker bill for immigrants in the state illegally.
If those tensions don't surface during the override session — and if the Legislature's actions are limited to bills voters see as technical — Burbank said Herbert won't be hurt politically.
"I don't think it will be taken as a sign of real weakness on the part of the governor," he said. "I doubt people will see a broader political message."
Waddoups said the override session should be a boost to the governor.
"It should strengthen him because what this shows is he has a different point of view sometimes," the Senate leader said. "He's willing to stand up and say, 'No, I disagree.'"
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(NEW YORK) — The Sacramento Kings were expecting big things from power forward Carl Landry this season, but unfortunately for the team Landry will miss 3 to4 months with a hip injury.
During the offseason, the team signed Landry to a four-year, $26 million contract.
Landry now needs to undergo surgery on a hip flexor. He suffered the injury at a training camp practice. He isn't expected back until close to the All-Star break.
Aside from his on-the-court production, the Kings were relying on Landry for his veteran presence. The Kings roster is full of young players, and the team was hoping Landry could help stabilize the locker room.
Last season was the first time the 30-year-old Landry played all 82 games in a single season while with the Golden State Warriors. Still, this will be Landry's second time with the Kings. He last played for the team during the 2010-2011 season, and served as a valuable bench player during that time while also making spot starts.
In six NBA seasons, Landry is averaging 11.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
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Viewsonic Middle East., a leading global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, has begun a series of strategic programs and activities to re-energize the firms performance and presence in the Middle East and African markets. Based out of the regional headquarters in Jebel Ali, Dubai, Viewsonic sees 2010 as a turnaround year for the leading computing and consumer electronics player, with several key investments and initiatives being planned for the region.
Amongst the major moves at Viewsonic, has been the deployment of a new operational team in Dubai, UAE. Now, headed by Mr. Junaid Gul, Country Manager Middle East, Viewsonic has initiated the recruitment and induction of key sales and supply chain professionals to manage growing operations in the region. Viewsonic also has enlarged its presence within regional technology markets, with the addition of new partners across UAE, Egypt and KSA. While developing the channel, Viewsonic also has begun exercises to examine and reengage with existing partners, Trigon and Al Yousuf Electronics. With the ongoing expansion, the firm now aims to increase activity levels across the region, especially in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Speaking on the recent tactical changes, Mr. Junaid Gul, newly appointed Country Manager mentioned: We are at the start of a new era in terms of Viewsonics operations in the Middle East and Africa. With a series of strategic changes, new team members, and a diverse, fresh product mix, we are looking to aggressively penetrate regional markets across the region, especially UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We have recently signed up with Better Business in Egypt. We have already seen a successful H1 2010, and we look forward to further consolidating and developing on our performance through the year. He also said that Viewsonic has been in Projector business for over 15 years and we now plan to aggressively sell our best of the breed projectors in the Middle East market. We are in the process of getting the right partners onboard for our projectors business.
Another key initiative aimed at channel development, at Viewsonic, has been the commencement of a unique reseller incentive program aimed at engaging with resellers across the region. Viewsonic will now strongly reward top performing resellers, who will form part of an elite group named the Finch Club, through attractive cash rebates. Similar programs have also been extended to Viewsonic distributors functioning in the region.
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I have a new foster bunny, and we know what that means, time for a new photo and video! This time we have a mom and three kits. The babies are around a month old, mom is maybe a year old. She came to The Rabbit Haven from a local shelter after giving birth to her babies. The shelter is not set up for caring for newborn rabbits, so they asked us for rescue, and of course, we took them in. The babies eat constantly, I am going through lots of alfalfa hay and pellets with these guys in the house. Gianna is a little skinny, and also eats constantly. We are tryiing to put a little weight on her to prepare her for separation from the kits and her spay surgery. The babies don't have names yet, because we are not sure of their genders yet. Here is a photo and a link to their video. Enjoy! The music is "Fireflies" by Owl City, one of my daughter's favorite songs.
Gianna's Family Video
I love the name Gianna.


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My philosophy, which is a little complex, endorses finding some of the momentum monsters of the market and making peace with them as a hedge against the performance and asset collection of these momentum-oriented managers. I have always thought, as someone who has been paid based on performance, that I had to hedge myself both against the downside of the stock market as well as the upside. That upside hedging often meant having some exposure to stocks that are momentum-driven, even if they are overvalued and riskier than I would like.
So what I have always attempted to do is to divine which stocks fit the patterns these money managers like, and then to exploit the process. It's the process by which these managers derive assets from their own generated performance, and then get more money in and put that money to work in these same stocks over and over again. As I explain in Get Rich Carefully, these managers are not sensitive to short-term valuations. They are sensitive to the big score, the out-years, when they hope these companies and their CEOs will successfully execute on their game plans.
I have always thought you need to hedge against that process, lest you fall behind these managers. These people have a virtuous circle going for them: They own high-growth stocks that go higher, which then bring in more money, and then they can send these same stocks even higher with their own buying. When you couple their buying with the possibility of a short squeeze that comes from hedge fund managers who bet against these companies -- and if they don't stumble -- well, let's just say you have some pretty powerful performers.
This is why, last week, I set out to identify which stocks really fit the Momentum Monsters pattern -- the stocks these momentum investors are using now as vehicles of performance. (See here, here and here.)
Now, notice I am never saying, not once, that this is my style of investing. I am simply saying that, just as you have to hedge against the downside with short positions or some cash, you have to hedge against the upside. You do this by picking a couple of these names, getting comfortable with them when they go down and then picking them up, in stages, into weakness that is not generated by issues in the companies themselves. So if the federal government shuts down, or if partisan politics causes debt-ceiling gridlock, or if Argentina or Turkey or Brazil or other emerging-market woes infect all stocks, you are ready to buy the momentum names that you can handle.
I am not endorsing the out-and-out chasing of the Momentum Monsters: Amazon (AMZN), Chipotle (CMG), Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG), Michael Kors (KORS), Netflix (NFLX), Priceline (PCLN), Regeneron (REGN), SolarCity (SCTY), Stratasys (SSYS), Tesla (TSLA), Twitter (TWTR), Under Armour (UA), Workday (WDAY) and Yelp (YELP). I am saying that you must find a couple of these that you like. Then, as they go down from a market-wide selloff, and not from some particular company-specific execution failure, you have to be ready to leg into them because of the way the business of money management works. You have to hedge, if you will, against these managers themselves.


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KWAME HOLMAN: Former President Bush and some of his administration's most controversial policies still are on the minds of Democrats in Congress.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has called for an independent truth commission to investigate policies from alleged torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the administration's use of warrantless wiretapping. He convened a hearing today.
SEN. PATRICK LEAHY, D-Vt.: Vice President Dick Cheney and others from the Bush administration continue to assert that their tactics, including torture, were appropriate and effective. I don't think we should let only one side define history on such important questions.
I think that we're less safe as a result of mistakes of the last administration's national security policies. I also believe that, in order to restore our moral leadership, we must acknowledge what was done in our name. We can't turn the page unless we first read the page.
Different party views on commission
KWAME HOLMAN: Democrat Russ Feingold stressed the commission would be bipartisan.
SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD, D-Wisc.: There should not be a focus on retribution or payback, and such an effort should not be used for partisan purposes.
KWAME HOLMAN: But Republican John Cornyn said he doubted a truly independent investigation was possible.
SEN. JOHN CORNYN, R-Texas: The idea of creating an independent -- and I'm not sure how independent it would actually be -- unaccountable truth commission is a bad idea, with all due respect. And the suggestion that this subject can be delved into somehow in a nonpartisan fashion to me asks us to suspend our power of disbelief.
KWAME HOLMAN: And the judiciary panel's top Republican, Arlen Specter, noted the Justice Department already is investigating the Bush administration's legal reasoning for several controversial policies.
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER, R-Pa.: So, it seems to me that we really ought to -- we ought to follow a regular order here. You have a Department of Justice which is fully capable of doing an investigation. They're not going to pull any punches on the prior administration.
Bush memos released
KWAME HOLMAN: In fact, on Monday, the Justice Department released nine Bush administration legal memos, written in the weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks. Each one used a broad interpretation of presidential power to justify the administration's actions in combating terrorism.
In one, written two weeks after the attacks, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo justified military searches and seizures of terror suspects in the United States without warrants. He wrote that the government found "warrantless searches are reasonable when there are 'exigent circumstances,' such as a potential threat to safety."
Another memo suggested the government could put new restrictions on the press. Yoo wrote, "First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully."
This week, the new attorney general, Eric Holder, said the government could protect the country from terrorists without asserting such broad and secretive authorities.
ERIC HOLDER, U.S. attorney general: There is no reason why we cannot wage an effective fight against those who have sworn to harm us or our allies while we respect our most honored constitutional traditions. We can never and we will never put the welfare of the American people at risk, but we can also never choose actions that we know will weaken the legal and moral fiber of our nation.
Rove and Miers to testify
KWAME HOLMAN: That same day, government attorneys also acknowledged the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations of terror suspects, some of which involved waterboarding or simulated drowning. The agency said the tapes were destroyed to protect the identity of the agents involved.
Though the CIA says no tapes have been destroyed since 2003, a federal investigation is ongoing.
For his part, President Obama says he has not ruled out an investigation into past policies, but said the country must look ahead.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: My view is also that nobody is above the law and, if there are clear instances of wrongdoing, that people should be prosecuted just like any ordinary citizen, but that, generally speaking, I'm more interested in looking forward than I am in looking backwards.
KWAME HOLMAN: Mr. Obama and the attorney general have said they will release other still-secret Bush memos as soon as possible.
And late today, the House Judiciary Committee announced it will receive written testimony from former White House officials Karl Rove and Harriet Miers about their roles in the firings of several federal prosecutors.


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BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya's top leader declared the country officially "liberated" Sunday from the four-decade rule of Moammar Gadhafi, pledging to replace his dictatorship with a more democratic but also a more strictly Islamic system.
In a speech to a cheering, flag-waving crowd, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the National Transitional Council, promised to ban interest on housing loans and scrap other laws that didn't conform to Islamic jurisprudence.
Although he lacks the power to make such changes himself, his comments, on such a symbolically significant day, suggested that Islam could play a greater role in public life in the new Libya. They also heightened an already intense debate over the role of Islam in the countries transformed by the Arab Spring.
Tens of thousands of Libyans poured into Keish square in Benghazi, the eastern city that was the cradle of the revolution, to celebrate the defeat of Gadhafi in a U.S.-backed eight-month struggle. For a population that had not known freedom of speech or real elections for decades, it marked a dream. Few were bothered by the spectacle hundreds of miles away in the northwestern city of Misrata, where Gadhafi's body was on public display in a frozen-food locker for the third straight day.
"Lift your head, you are a proud Libyan," chanted the crowd in Benghazi, as balloons in the colors of the new flag — red, black and green — floated overhead. Some people waved the flags of France and the United States, both of which were part of an alliance that helped the anti-Gadhafi forces in their struggle.
The government faces daunting challenges, including persuading scores of militias across the country to lay down their weapons and integrate into a new military and justice system.
A first test for the authorities will be putting together a new interim Cabinet to take the country to elections in eight months. Under a time line set by the governing council, the new prime minister and Cabinet are to be in place within 30 days. But some observers say it could take longer as regions that felt neglected by Gadhafi — such as Benghazi — press for more power.
Libyans will vote in June for a 200-member body that will rewrite the constitution, putting the country on track for full elections for a new chief executive and parliament.
Abdul-Jalil, a slight and balding former justice minister, paid homage Sunday to those who lost their lives in the civil war. "This revolution started as peaceful, to demand the minimum. But Gadhafi started killing people with heavy weapons," he said.
In what surprised some in attendance, he gave prominence to the role of Islamic law. "We are an Islamic state," he said, pledging to get rid of regulations that didn't conform to Islamic law.
Among them would be charging interest, he said. "The interest (on loans) will be ruled out. You will not pay it anymore," he said, to thunderous applause from the crowd. The Islamic banking system prohibits charging interest, which is regarded as usury.
But Islamic law encompasses a wide range of approaches to governance, and Libyan officials played down the changes Abdul-Jalil was proposing, saying that he wanted to outlaw interest on housing and personal loans, but not on business loans.
Libya is a conservative Muslim society, in which alcohol is banned and many women wear head scarves. Gadhafi's government tolerated little dissent and often repressed Islamists.
Western officials and human rights groups continued to express concern Sunday about Gadhafi's death in custody. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would support investigations by the United Nations and the National Transitional Council into the death.
There has been no indication that Libya's governing authorities ordered Gadhafi's execution, but cell phone videos depicting revolutionaries kicking and smacking him have raised questions about whether they were the source of the gunshot to his head. An autopsy concluded Sunday in Misrata confirmed that the shot killed Gadhafi, Libya's chief pathologist, Othman al-Zintani, told the Associated Press.


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On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 12:17 +0100, Matthew Wakeling wrote: > Yes, Postgres has been missing the boat on this one for a while. +1 on > requesting this feature. That's an optimizer feature. > Speaking of avoiding large sorts, I'd like to push again for partial > sorts. This is the situation where an index provides data sorted by > column "a", and the query requests data sorted by "a, b". Currently, > Postgres sorts the entire data set, whereas it need only group each > set of identical "a" and sort each by "b". This is an executor feature. Partially sorted data takes much less effort to sort (OK, not zero, I grant) so this seems like a high complexity, lower value feature. I agree it should be on the TODO, just IMHO at a lower priority than some other features. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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1074 N. Broken Wagon Trail, Dewey, AZ 86327
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- Est: $1,482/month
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- Beds: 3
- Baths: 3 Full
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The pinnacle of golf course homes! This custom built home features a large 1. 47 acre lot situated high a top a hill with views overlooking the pond, the 3rd and 4th fairways, as well as part of the #10 fairway. It also features stunning mountain views, and offers the ultimate in privacy with it's extra large private driveway and room to park several cars . The home features 3master suites all complete with their own bathrooms, a formal dining room, a large eat-in kitchen, covered patio, a private screened room ideal for your morning coffee overlooking one of the best views the area has to offer. As is there isn't enough tranquility, there is also a fountain in the back yard to add to the enjoyment of the backyard and exterior enjoyment of the property. This is a must see!!! Click here to learn more about this listing.
- Year Built: 1993
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- Beds: 3
- Baths: 3 Full
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- In Law Suite
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- Storage Room
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- Utility Room
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- Carpeted, Tile, Vinyl
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- Golf Course View, Lake View, Mountain View, River View, Water View
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- Approximately 64033 Square Feet
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- Tile Roof
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- $3,342
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- Last Transaction Date
- 05/27/2008
- Last Transaction Purchase Price
- $380,000
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- Stucco
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