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Longtime John Demjanjuk defender and former congressman James Traficant, recently released from prison after seven years for corruption charges, has a new weekly column on a Website called American Free Press. In his inaugural effort, he announces he's ready to travel to Germany to testify on behalf of the accused Nazi war criminal and also says he'll be attacking AIPAC — in an piece that ends with "STRAP ON YOUR SEAT BELTS." Here's an excerpt:
America needs to be informed—needs to hear and read the whole story, the truth, the facts and the dynamics of political action that secure and protect our freedom. Having said that, I encourage you to subscribe to AFP and read my weekly column. I plan to address the influence and power of AIPAC and its control over our very lives. The reason to abolish the Federal Reserve system; the reason to abolish our Communist progressive income tax; the absolute need to repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution; and my proposals to save and create jobs; to stop the hemorrhaging of our federal debt, to reverse our massive trade deficit and stop illegal immigration.
I will also address the issue of John Demjanjuk, who is not being just prosecuted – Demjanjuk and his family are being persecuted, and no one in Washington will help. I plan to help him and will testify in Germany about the crimes in the Justice Department if subpoenaed.


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I have some very large XML files, up to 10mB each, that I need to read into Matlab structures. I have tried the native xmlread and several other XML readers / parsers posted on Matlab Central's File Exchange. They all work OK but have yet to find a function that can do it without taking minutes per file. Anyone run across a fast(er) XML reader function?
I have some large XML files which are 15MB or more... in this case I get an error:
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So I am also in need of a better XML reader/parser. Particularly one that is more memory efficient. Is there something in the java libraries that I can use?
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> So I am also in need of a better XML reader/parser. Particularly one
> that is more memory efficient. Is there something in the java libraries
> that I can use?
If you are after speed and memory efficiency, rather than flexibility,
perhaps you should strip the XML tags from the file using sed / awk / perl,
to end up with a simple text file.
What does you XML file look like?
Dr Tristram J. Scott
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On Oct 18, 1:16 pm, "Scott " <co...@ge.com> wrote:
> I have some large XML files which are 15MB or more... in this case I get an error:
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
> So I am also in need of a better XML reader/parser. Particularly one that is more memory efficient. Is there something in the java libraries that I can use?
You don't say what platform you are on (I've only tried the following
under Linux). The MATLAB program looks for a java.opts in your startup
directory. You can put the -Xms and -Xmx options like below which set
the minimum java heap size and the maximum (values are in bytes).
Every time more java heap space is required, I believe it tries to
double the current size. You can check some of these values from
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Entrepreneur Russell Simmons and his two daughters, Ming Lee, 9, and Aoki Lee, 6 1/2, were photographed at the Nickelodeon 2009 Kids' Choice Awards at the Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The adorable Simmons girls are about to become big sisters. Their expectant mom, ex-model and Baby Phat entrepreneur, Kimora Lee Simmons, just made her unofficial pregnancy announcement with a fashion statement!
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Civilization: The West & the Rest Western civilization's rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or "killer applications"—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What's more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt's Memphis to today's Chongqing, he offers bold and compelling new insights into the rise? and fall of not just money but Western power as well.
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Design duo Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler recently unleashed a controversial short film/advertisement called "Act da Fool":
In the four minute video we hear the profanity-laced narration of a young black Southern girl who appears alternatively drinking a 40 or hanging with her friends who she says, "can act like wild animals." All the while, she talks about smoking cigarettes, doing 'messed up $hit," and "Acting da Fool"
The video is chock full of ebonics–and negative stereotypes about African-Americans (the girls wear large, unkempt afros, play basketball, and give the camera the finger):
The film's motives and point seemed unclear at first, so I looked to this interview by Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, where they discussed how they came up with their concept:
In sum they said they were trying to, "find the beauty in something society has refused" and tell the story of girls who have been, "beaten down and disenfranchised, but still find something to believe in." Apparently the short film was inspired by the movie Kids and was conceived by Kids writer, Harmony Korine:
Kids, which had a multicultural cast including Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson, focused on the struggle of poor teenagers and skaters in New York City. Writer Korine went to NYU's Tisch School of Arts, and perhaps used the people he met and his experiences in New York as a skater in Washington Square Park to inform his writing.
What empirical research did he conduct for his latest 'masterpiece'?
He told the New York Times that while in Nashville, he, "used to hang out with this gang of black girls that were really hardcore delinquents, and I always loved them." He continued, "Sometimes we would walk home from school and I would just watch them like set stuff on fire. Some of them would sleep in tree-houses and things. I used to always just think they were so terrific. In some way I just kinda tapped into that story."
Ok, but aside from the young girls used as models in the film–one cast member worked at the local zoo, another at a school for the blind, one is a double dutch champion–was anyone involved with the creation of the film African-American?
I went through the credits to see if anyone listed–from stylist, to editor, to production assistant–could have lent a bit of input to this African-American portrayal. Behold, the pictures I could find of the team behind the scenes: Mel Ottenberg, Scott Pierce, Adam Robinson, Lauren Edelstein, Lauren Taylor. I also searched for photos of the people given special thanks: Jen Brill, Bryan Boone, Ruth Inouye, Marisa Pucci, Mary Pierson, Aaron Rose, Shea Steele, Rachel Korine, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Jeff Rudes, Shirley Cook, Alejandro Cardenas, Stephanie Dane, and Justinian Kfoury:
Not one black face.
With seemingly no African-American input, the film didn't and couldn't offer a fair or accurate portrayal of the African-American experience.
I'm all for creating art and making people think, but when it comes to sensitive issues like race, you would hope that the people responsible would go over and above to properly do their homework.
Perhaps Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough's had good intentions, but the final product, instead of "finding the beauty in something society has refused," gave society more reasons to continue to refuse the disenfranchised.
They did admit to the New York Times that they live in a closed, insular world. Lazaro said, "What's great is that we don't have anyone telling us what to do. This job is like a cultural- territorial- thing, you put your finger up to the wind and see what you're thinking and go with it. That's just a result of our living and our experiences. Our collections are very autobiographical, I guess, our references are our own life." Harmony added, "I just do what I want to do. I don't really ask too many questions. I drink lots and lots of malt liquor and snort white-out and just follow the rainbow."
It's obvious they don't know what they're talking about and don't really care to know.
Unapologetic ignorance. I see no beauty in that.
What do you think?
*My Twitter buddy Erica Kennedy (@Feminista09) said that, " They want a reaction, they got it. The FEEL of it is great. They can't offend black customers. They don't have any."
I'm not so sure they don't have black customers:
*First viewed at BlackandBrownNews.com.
*Read Erica Kennedy's thoughts here.
*Read Proenza Schouler and Harmony Korine's interview with the New York Times here.


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The Steelers have one of the best defenses in football, but their offense has been lacking, and that doesn't sit well with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Pittsburgh ranks 17th in the NFL in points per game with 23.2 and 31st in rushing, two categories which need to vastly improve if the 2-3 Steelers are planning on contending for a Super Bowl.
"[Todd] Haley's offense is not a big-play offense," Roethlisberger told Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It's kind of a dink-and dunk offense. Sometimes, we'll call something long, and it's just not there. For us, the big thing is that when we get into the red zone, we don't get complicated. We need to finish our drives."
The Roethlisberger-led offense has a 50 percent red zone percentage, and it may be the play-calling that's been the problem.
"There's a guy calling the plays," Roethlisberger said. "That's on him."
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I read in the help that to run macros we need to type $run macro_name. This seems straightforward, only I don't know what the exact name of the macro is that I have downloaded. Specifically I want to use CamTime and FilletRad. I have installed the macros per instructions in the installer, but "$run CamTime" and "$run FilletRad" (without the quotes) give an error. I did find a sample macro, "testmain.vxm" and "$run testmain.vxm" seems to work.
Please help, I'm lost!
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I am the author of those programs. First, the bad news - most of the programs available from the downloads library are not compatible with VX v12. They are being updated and will be available during the next few weeks. Good news is that CamTime has been updated - download from this post.
The programs add icons to User Toolbars, so you don't need to type anything, just select the toolbar for display from the User drop-down menu (to the right of the top VX toolbar, near Help). You can leave the User toolbar "floating" or you can dock it.
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I double-clicked on the file in my d: emp directory, hit accept and install, made sure VX is not running and clicked OK. A cmd window popped up briefly. I went into VX, opened a part. I didn't see a user toolbar so I created one. Closed VX and tried the installer again. Still nothing. What am I doing wrong?
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I am in the same situation...! Did you solve this in the end?
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The winzip file must be extracted into your VX User Folder, the install will not work from any other folder. So, place the zip in your User Folder and then right-mouse click "extract to here". The file extracted has a VX icon and is called "VxDALAutoInstaller.exe". Double-left click on this to start the install process. Note that VX itself must not be running at the time.
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The winzip file must be extracted into your VX User Folder, the install will not work from any other folder.
This was the key. Managed to get a macro running succesfully now. Thanks Chris!
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Gilson Clapp Land Deal ~ According to the Mackenzie Manuscripts ~ Joseph Haight was born in Flushing, removed to Greenwich probably with his brother James and his widowed mother. On March 6 1732 he bought land there from Gilson Clapp and May 29 1733 he sold land, probably the same, to Charity Haight, his mother or sister. If the latter was still unmarried. He married in March or April 1734 Sophia or Zerviah (daughter of Joseph) Sutton and settled on a 235 acre leasehold in the north eastern corner of Mount Pleasant, just north of the land of Johathan Baker. According to descendants he had a second wife Anna who was the mother of some of his children. He married lastly Sarah Daughter of John Coles and widdow of Alexander Youngs.
There is also a George Gilson Klapp of Philadelphia who leased a Louisiana Plantation in 1865-1866 with James Waters.
There is also indications of a Gilson Clapp in the NY area long after the death of Captain Gilson Clapp of SC
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High satisfaction rates in women after DIEP flap breast reconstruction
Background: Breast reconstruction (BR) is aimed at improving quality of life (QoL) after mastectomy. Patient satisfaction is an important indicator to evaluate the success of BR. This study explored patient satisfaction and its determinants in women undergoing deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap BR as well as the impact of the procedure on body image, sexuality and QoL. Methods: Patient satisfaction and QoL were studied in 72 women who underwent DIEP flap BR using a study-specific questionnaire as well as the Short Form-36 (SF-36). Results: Patient satisfaction was very high. Approximately 90% of the patients reported that they had been sufficiently informed about the procedure and its consequences, that their preoperative expectations had been met, that the reconstructed breast felt like their own and that they would choose the same procedure again and would recommend this procedure to a friend. Patient satisfaction was positively and significantly related to the reconstructed breast(s) feeling like their own. Women with secondary reconstructions were more positive about changes in sexuality and femininity than women with primary BRs. There were no clinically relevant differences in QoL between our study population and a random sample of Dutch females. Conclusions: Women with DIEP flap BRs reported high satisfaction rates. However, to compare these satisfaction rates with other forms of BR, prospective studies in comparable groups are necessary.
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|Breast reconstruction, DIEP flap, Quality of Life, patient satisfaction, questionnaire
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|Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Damen, T.H.C, Timman, R, Kunst, A.E, Gopie, J.P, Bresser, P.J.C, Seynaeve, C.M, … Tibben, A. (2010). High satisfaction rates in women after DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 63(1), 93–100. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.019


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Accommodation around Birkbeck
Map of the area around Birkbeck
The summer school takes place at Birkbeck, University of London, in Bloomsbury. There are hundreds of hotels in central London, and many dozens within a short walk of Birkbeck (nearest tube stops: Russell Square; Euston; Goodge Street; Warren Street.) Please note that a 'single' room in London generally means a single bed, except in the larger chain hotels (e.g. Holiday Inn, Novotel etc). Please contact the hotel for up-to-date quotes; best prices are usually obtained from the hotel's own websites, but you could also check Expedia and Travelocity. All bookings and queries are to be made directly with the hotels.
However a hotel is an expensive option for 2 weeks as we are in central London. So this is a list, first of university accommodation, then recommendations from past students and finally of local hotels.
University Accommodation
University College London (UCL) Residences offer both self-catering only accommodation (Astor College; Goldsmid House; James Lighthill House; Schafer House) and bed and breakfast accommodation, with the option of an evening meal (Ifor Evans Hall). Please note: Ifor Evans House is located in Camden, 10 minute bus ride or 30 minute walk from Birkbeck. Astor College is 5/10 minute walk; James Lighthill House is 10/15 minute walk; Goldsmid House is close to Victoria tube station, a few tube stops away and Schafer house is 10 minute walk from Birkbeck.
University of London Garden Halls offer B&B and they are located about a 5 min walk away.
University of London College Hall offers B&B for and is located about 5 min walk away.
University of London Connaught Hall offers B&B and is located nearby.
University of London International Hall offers B&B and is located nearby.
University of London Lilian Penson Hall offers B&B and is near Paddington, a few tube stops away from Birkbeck
University of London Nutford House offers B&B and is in Marylebone, a few tube stops away or 20 minute walk from Birkbeck
University of Westminster offer a range of student accommodation during the summer
Budget Accommodation
Flat-Club for Universities Contact: Samir - UK University Partnership Manager Direct line: 07783053707 | Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
YHA London St Pancras Phone: 0845 371 9344 Fax: (+44) 20 7388 6766 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Generator Hostel London Phone: +44 (0)20 7388 7666 Fax: +44 (0)20 7388 7644
Travelodge London Euston Hotel 72 Euston Square, London, NW1 1DJ Phone: 0871 984 6332 Fax: 020 73837881
MIC Hotel & Conference Centre This hotel also has student accommodation Telephone 020 73800 001 International (+44) 20 73800 001
Recommendations from Previous Years Students (these cannot be guaranteed – they are simply a guide)
Studios 92 - "It was a basic flat share with 4 other people with wifi and a shared kitchen, bathroom."
London Serviced Aparthotels – "I stayed in the little hotel ( London Serviced Aparthotel) in Tottenham Street near Charlotte Street - 5 or 6 blocks to Birkbeck - £65 a day. It had a little room with a bed and a table/chair, but it had Internet connexion. The bathroom was common to 4 rooms. It had a common kitchen where you can to prepare your food. There is a washing machine too. The address by Internet is: email@example.com, and the telephone number is: +447826907766.
Premier Inn in Euston - "I had stayed two different accommodations in two weeks, because I failed to book a more economical accommodation. In the first week, I stayed Premier Inn in Euston. This hotel was nice with a clean and comfortable room. The hotel was close to Birkbeck: it took 10 minutes on foot. However, the price was not so cheap. It depended on the date: the cheapest price was £88 while the highest was £170. The average price was £135 per night (not including breakfast). In the second week, fortunately, I was able to get a student dorm of UCL, Frances Gardner House. The price was £43.5 (en-suite) per night. The room was wide and clean. I was able to use a common kitchen and laundry. There was a small park just behind it and atmosphere surrounding the dorm was quiet and safe, but it was not so near to Birkbeck. It took 20 minutes on foot (there was no tube station close the dorm, and it was located between King's Cross and Russell Square). Although student dorms seem to be reasonable and suitable for long stayers in price and environmental conditions, it is necessary for applicants to book it as soon as possible."
Couchsurfing - couch surfing is free
Crash Padder - costs a bit but is much cheaper than a hotel room. It is designed for business people, professionals etc rather than students.
College Hall – "just behind Birkbeck (Malet St). The cost was reasonable and I was very satisfied since the rooms were big, clean, beautiful with their own bathrooms (there is also the possibility to share the bathroom) and, including breakfast which was very good."
"I would recommend the University of London Housing Service especially their page on houses of residence. I stayed at Regina College in South Kensington which took an hour to walk to Birkbeck, but would have been much faster on the tube. It cost approx £20 per night (double room) including a basic breakfast and dinner.
Another good option may be Air B'n'B where you can sublet apartments from Londoners who are out of town. It might be a good option especially if two or three people attending summer school would sublet somewhere together. I also searched for sublet options on Gumtree (unsuccessfully) but it might be more fruitful for others."
Hotels local to Birkbeck
The Academy
21 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6HG.
Reservations: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 4115
MIC Hotel
81-103 Euston Street
London NW1 2EZ
Tel: +44 (0)207 380 0001
Hotel Ibis London Euston St Pancras
3 Cardington Street, London, NW1 2LW
Phone: +44 (0)207/3887777
Fax : +44 (0)207/3880001
Garth Hotel
69 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6HJ
Reservations: email@example.com;
Goodenough Club
Bloomsbury, London
Reservations email@example.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7837 8831;
Harlingford Hotel
61-63 Cartwright Gardens WC1H 9EL
Reservations: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7387 1551; fax: 020 7387 4616;
Holiday Inn Bloomsbury
Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT
Hotel Front Desk: +44-08-719429222
Jesmond Hotel
63 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6HJ
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7636 3199
Premier Inn – London Euston
1 Dukes Road
Phone: 0870 238 3301
Ridgemount Private Hotel
Bloomsbury, London
Reservations firstname.lastname@example.com;
Phone +44 (0)20 7636 1141 or +44 (0)20 7580 7060;
Staunton Hotel
15 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6HE
Phone: +44 (0) 207 580 2740
The Langland Hotel
29 – 31 Gower St. London WC1E 6HG
Phone: +44 (0)20 7636 5801 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Tavistock Hotel
Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EU.
Phone: +44 (0)20 7636 8383 Email: email@example.com


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If you feel like Frankie Edgar's and Gray Maynard's feud over the UFC lightweight title has been moving at a snail's pace these past few months, imagine how Edgar must feel.
The 29-year-old New Jersey native has had the 155-pound belt for a year and a half, after all, and has only defended it against two men – Maynard and the guy he originally beat for championship at UFC 112, B.J. Penn. After fighting Penn twice during 2010, Edgar likely assumed he'd have smoother sailing moving forward, that his time with the title would follow a more conventional path. A path where, you know, he only had to fight everybody once.
What followed was Edgar's epic, come-from-behind split draw with the undefeated Maynard at UFC 125 in January and attempts to set up a rematch that were slowed by injuries to both men. Meanwhile, the rest of the lightweight division has been just as chaotic, with a flurry of erstwhile No. 1 contenders losing superfluous place-holder bouts while the weight class waits for the two guys at the top to settle their business.
Considering that next month's rubber match at UFC 136 will be the third time Edgar has faced Maynard during his 16 fight MMA career – the Xtreme Couture fighter served the champ his only loss to date at a UFC Fight Night event in April, 2008 — you couldn't blame him if he was eager just to get it over with and move on to new challenges.
"It's been a long time," Edgar admits with a laugh. "Pretty much the two training camps [for UFCs 125 and 136] went back-to-back and then obviously we had the fight from before, so I've been thinking about this dude for quite a long time. It'll be nice after these next few weeks to be able to put him in the rear view."
Yet Edgar is well smart and savvy enough to understand that his saga with Maynard is an important milestone in his career. Trilogies like this one have the potential to define both guys' legacies in the sport, raising at least the winner to new heights and, in certain instances, giving the loser a push as well. Edgar points out that legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jake LaMotta six times and that their protracted history together was one of the building blocks of Robinson's reputation as arguably the greatest pugilist of all time.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Barring any further unforeseen setbacks, Edgar and Maynard are expected to meet for a third (and hopefully final time) on Oct. 8 in Houston. If all goes according to plan, the winner of Clay Guida's scheduled fight against Ben Henderson on Nov. 12 might just establish a bonafide challenger for the winner, too, and suddenly the lightweight division might be back in first gear again.
At this point, Edgar and Maynard have a kind of familiarity with each other that few fighters ever establish. Both guys have reportedly stayed close to home for the duration of their training camps, but both are no doubt looking for any edge he can get. For his part, Edgar has augmented his strength and conditioning program with the Navy SEAL-inspired TRX Force workout regimen he and middleweight Brian Stann both currently endorse. Still, neither he nor Maynard are likely to be able to pull anything out of the hat the other hasn't seen before.
"There's really no secrets about it at this point," Edgar says. "It's just going to come down to who makes the best adjustments and who is going to apply them and basically who is going to show up that night, that's who is going to be the winner … It's kind of a guessing game to see what adjustments he's going to make, what adjustments I'm going to make. For me, I'm going to in there and try to do what I always do. I'm going to look to push the pace, I'm going to throw punches and look for takedowns."
During his second fight with Penn last year, Edgar was arguably able to extend his margin of victory over the first, crafting a complete performance that has had him ensconced as the world's top-ranked lightweight ever since. He's hoping for a similar progression against Maynard, and if he can avoid a tough first round like the one that sidetracked him during their second meeting at UFC125, he thinks he might just have the stuff to get it done.
In this case, familiarity has bread respect between the two fighters, but for Edgar, it's also helped bolster his belief in himself.
"In the first fight, he beat me. In the next fight, I obviously made up some ground on him and had a draw," Edgar says. "I feel like maybe if I didn't get hit with as many big punches in the first round it could have been different. I know I can take his best shots and I know I can bounce back, so it definitely helps my confidence."


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For those that might not have seen it yet, Temporary Australians is a new Australian motorcycle series presented by Brendan Jones and Greg Hirst, who are both long time motorcyclists. Beginning in early March, Temporary Australians is already proving to be popular with its lighthearted approach to motorcycling topics. It gives riders the opportunity to tell their story and focuses on the positive aspects of the lifestyle we all love to live. The show airs on community television channel TVS on Monday nights and is also broadcast on line on the TVS website.
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I'm biased - I wrote UNIVERSAL::ref. I think you should be writing $thing->is_array instead of ref($thing)->is_array or Scalar::Util::reftype($thing)->is_array. That is, the thing itself should be responsible for telling you about itself and not some external bit of code.
I trend toward the Smalltalk end of the idea spectrum and I'd prefer that $thing be able to respond for itself. Outsourcing introspection prevents $thing from being able to intelligently decide to answer the question *differently* sometimes.
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Having crosses and religious items in your house doesn't make you a good person.
People also contradicts themselves all the time. Maybe they are overcompensating?
Trying to seem like a good person when they have done much wrong
They don't want to rot in hell. Though, if there is one, they will
A lot of times molesters are religious. Just look at the problems in the Catholic church these days.
I think it's a way to compensate or deceive themselves or others into not realizing it's happening. I was molested by my father who to this day is a minister and runs a bible "school". The question I know I have is - is it possible for them to blind themselves with their religiousity into thinking they didn't really do it?
Cuz they KNOW they're goin to Hell
depends people sometime make mistakes if thats not the reason then they are just living a double life to throw people off as to who they are and what they do
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I get the following error when trying to load more than 1 product from source file to staging table using the data migration tool.
"Error occured while doing bulkcopy from temp table to entity table 0 Product records inserted in staging"
It works fine with 1 product but not more. Also it works fine when bringing in customers, vendors, customer addresses etc (bulk records)
The Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.DMF.SSISHelper.dll and Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.DMF.SSISHelper.tlb files are in place in the client and server directories
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Client\Bin and C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Server\<AosInstance>\bin
I have also increased the Maximim Buffer Size from 24 to 48 under database tuning in AX Server Config utility.
Could anybody please share thoughts on this?
I have had the exact same error and eventually found that it was because there were duplicate (Primary key) records in the source file.
Once that was resolved, I just imported just under 6000 products which took just under 1hr.
Yup, that was exactly my issue too. I hope Microsoft improves the tool to provide more informative error messages in their next release.
Error log helps a lot to understand the errors, please see section "How to see error log" in my blog post to check how Error Log helps identifying errors during data import.
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Hi Charu,
You need to find the duplicate (Primary key) records in the source file and delete it and try re-import.
Check the staging table whether these fields are present there or not: ExecutionID, TransferStatus,IsSelected and DefinitionGroup. If not add them into staging table, you can drag drop these fields from any standard DMF table.
Basically these fields are used for the processing group we are using, to show the transfer status, to mark the rows to be imported and to check/select the execution id.
Next add these fields in Field Group if it is not there as "ExclusionList". because we are not going to import them.
Set the following properties of the table as
Table type-Regular
Support Inheritance-No
Valid time state field to None
Next in Indexes-the one you made for unique field, add these two fields in same as well- definitionGroup and ExecutionID.
Save your staging table, Delete the processing group, delete the created target entity and recreate all, and try then. It would be useful if someone facing this problem again. Best Luck.


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Cool Hand LukeWarner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 2/5
A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a "failure to communicate" in this searing drama.
I have to give props to Warner for their consistent push of classic titles in HD. There have been quite a few that I had not seen since I was really young and it's been fun experiencing them again in pristine form. Newman's classic is actually a new one for me. I thought I'd seen this one already but I haven't, which is always a treat. This film reminds me a bit of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in its story arc and supporting cast. Newman plays a small time troublemaker that winds up in a chain gang and livens the place up with his antics. After he hears of his mother's death things go drastically downhill as the warden decides to punish him for no real reason and Newman sets out to escape. The movie is a great piece of character work and the supporting cast is great. While not quite Newman's best work, it is one of the better ones I've seen from his catalog.
Warner continues to impress with their classic title releases. This one looks great on Blu-ray and conveys rich detail and an impressively clean print. Fine film grain is preserved beautifully and the image has a very film-like look. Color rendition is excellent with very natural hues and good contrast. Fine object detail is good but not quite to the level of some of the other classics we've seen. I didn't notice any compression issues though and the print is nearly devoid of any nicks and scratches. Another solid classic catalog for Warner.
The audio is presented in its original Mono form using standard Dolby Digital. My system decoded it as stereo though and it sounded quite good. The soundstage never sounded pigeonholed at all and dynamics were better than I was expecting. Tonal balance and timbre in the dialogue was very natural and imaging was convincing. The score is good but did sound a bit dated at times with some of the upper end coming off a tad harsh.
Extras include a feature commentary with Newman Biographer Eric Lax along with a new documentary on the film and its impact. The trailer is also included.
This is a classic by anyone's standards and one of Newman's great performances. Warner continues to shine with their classic releases and this is no exception. Highly recommended.


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|Ancient Athame
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A blade with a blue handle
Kills souls, causing them to cease to exist
The Ancient Athame is a magical athame infused with a spell powerful enough to kill souls, causing them to cease to exist. Most magical beings believe it to be a legend. In order to activate its power, it requires the blood of the wielder, a witch, an innocent and someone trapped between life and death.
When the right-hand man of the Source of All Evil tried to obtain the athame, the Source quickly had him executed, as according to Cole, even demons feared its power.[1] According to Murray, all those who ever wielded the athame were also destroyed by it.
Valen and Fritz obtained the athame with the help of a magical tome from Murray and a shillelagh. They entered the manor and tried to kill Cole Turner, though Piper interrupted the fight. After Fritz was vanquished by Piper, Valen retreated with the athame. Cole appeared to recognize the blade and stated that if he was right, they were all in big trouble.[2]
While Leo and Cole were learning about the athame from Montgomery Knox and telling the sisters, Valen activated the weapon by obtaining all the blood he required, even that of the Angel of Death.
After luring the sisters, Coop and Cole to a cemetery, Valen attempted to kill his hostage Aidel. When Coop interrupted him, Valen froze Coop and threw the athame at him, though Cole pushed Coop out of the way and was hit instead. Black smoke began to rise from the wound and Cole's veins turned black as he collapsed.[3]
As Cole lay dying, Paige orbed the athame at Valen, who immobilized it. The sisters then chanted a spell to destroy his shillelagh. Without his magical conduit, the power of the athame overwhelmed Valen and destroyed him. The sisters later handed the athame over to Prue.[4]
When confronted by an unknown figure, Prue wielded the athame as she demanded answers.[5] She also tried to kill Phoebe with it.[6]
While trying to revive the Old Ones, she slashes Dominus's throat, releasing the demon from Montgomery Knox's body, then stabs Paige with the athame. Piper is eventually forced to destroy Prue with the athame for the greater good. The blade collaborated with the magic of the All, thus shattering it to pieces while sparing Prue's soul. Additionally, Paige survives the stab by the weapon, Heremus's influence is destroyed and Patience is revived. The athame (now shattered and harmless) is currently in possession of the Charmed Ones.[7][8]
Notes and TriviaEdit
- Although the athame is described as being able to kill souls, Pat Shand confirmed on his twitter that in this case, the word soul is a synonym for spirit or essence. This means that the athame is also capable of wiping soulless beings from existence.
- Also according to Pat regarding Prue's survived soul, the blade was unable to destroy magic, and Prue's inhabiting body contained the magic of the All, which was powerful enough to prevent her soul from destruction and destroy the weapon in the process.


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The gift will support the academy's critical after school program, as well an upgrade to the Chemistry and Physics programs in the Great Hearts network. Reggie Johnson stressed the importance of these quality programs for the students of this new school. "For the students of this community, having a quality after-school program isn't just a nice extra, it is of vital importance to our ability to do additional one-on-one tutoring outside the normal classroom setting. We are very grateful to the Qwest Foundation for its commitment to education and generosity in our community."
The gift is also of special meaning to Qwest's Alliance of Black Telecommunications Professionals group, who saw the new and important work being done at Teleos Prep and decided to support it with a recommended grant.
"Qwest is proud to continue its long standing commitment to giving back to the communities in which our customers and employees work and live," said Jim Campbell, Qwest President for
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Ted's Excellent Adventure
The near-total meltdown at City Hall last week was solely the work of City Manager Ted Benavides. It seems to have been a very clumsy piece of work, indeed, setting the stage for a horrific city council meeting the next day. But it was his work alone.
Don't look for a conspiracy. Our system of government is too dumb for conspiracies. The people in the medium-security dayroom at Terrell State Hospital could pull off better conspiracies.
In fact, Terrell State Hospital was very much on my mind as I surveyed the scene at the city council chamber on the afternoon of August 27, barely 24 hours after Benavides had fired Terrell Bolton, the city's first black police chief. The mayor and the council were out of their seats, huddled like ducks at the back of the room. People were racing all over the council chamber screaming.
Former council member Sandra Crenshaw was standing halfway up in the seating area with her chin pointed straight up in the air and arms outstretched, yodeling like a madwoman.
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And I thought, "Jim, let's be careful not to speak unfairly of Terrell State Hospital." This was more like the 15th-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch's famous work, "Hell."
In Bosch's painting, flames in the background consume dark castles. In the foreground naked souls are tortured by snouted creatures in a landscape of gigantic body parts. From the center of this horrific tableau, one man stares with an oddly serene gaze. I figure he must be the city manager.
Take this scene: It's 1 p.m. the same day. All morning a black radio station has been urging people to converge on City Hall at this hour. The place is packed. The crowd is angry.
Finally it's time for the first guy to go to the microphone and let loose. The room is tense. Everybody's on pins and needles. What's he going to say? Remember: The police chief and city Councilman James Fantroy have been on television and in the newspaper all week promising a race riot over Bolton's firing.
The speaker is Kevin D. Felder, a black real estate agent and one-time candidate for council. Everybody is straining to hear this opening salvo.
It's something about hills. A little garbled. Hills and views? No, it's about the Hillview Terrace Homeowners Association. They're fighting the construction of 280 affordable apartment units in their area. Felder is demanding that black council member Leo V. Chaney "acknowledge that the majority of the residents of Hillview Terrace and the Las Casas Homeowners Association are not in favor of the above-mentioned apartment project..."
Hey, wait a minute, I'm sorry, but I'm from Detroit. You cannot have a race riot in which a middle-class black neighborhood is protesting the intrusion of too many affordable housing units. Not that I don't sympathize. But it's just not proper race-riot material.
After Felder, a bunch of people do get up and speak very angrily about Bolton's firing. The biggest hurrah of the day comes when one speaker levels a finger at Mayor Laura Miller and calls her "a slimy journalist!"
The crowd goes crazy. I'm sitting there thinking, "Please! Let's leave the slimy journalists out of this."
Then a black minister gets up and grabs the lectern. When the mayor tells him someone else has the podium, he shouts back, "I've got the podium!" He looks like he's going to defy her and the City Hall security cops.
And I think, "OK. This really is it." If he chains himself to the lectern or hugs it hard or something, Miller will have to order the gendarmes to carry him off. The sight of cops manhandling a respected preacher will go out live all over the city. And this, in fact, is the kind of thing that can jump it off.
But the next thing I know, the preacher is racing up the aisle toward the door, calling all of the other black clergy out of the chamber, shouting as his war cry, "Press conference! Press conference!"
Preeeeess conference? You've got to be kidding me. Why not do a nice little reception with canapes?
Speaking of which: On this same day a rally has been scheduled for 7 p.m. at Bolton's church, Antioch Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church on Hampton Road in Southern Dallas. Since Bolton himself is the one who has most consistently suggested over time that his dismissal could produce riots, then maybe the church he belongs to will be the point of ignition.
A huge cavalcade of dish trucks and media vans descends on the church at the appointed hour. Antioch Fellowship is a vast new complex of stylish buildings surrounded by newly developed neighborhoods, a stone's throw from the suburban Meccas of Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill and Lancaster. The sprawling parking lot is jammed with gleaming new automobiles.
A large security staff steers me to the media parking lot. I find my way to an open door beneath a sign marked "Media Entrance." Inside, a huge crowd of fashionably dressed church members and guests is waiting patiently in long lines at tables laden with floral arrangements and finger food constantly resupplied by a uniformed waitstaff from a catering company.
Killing time before the main event, I chat with the Reverend Eddie Tolin, pastor of outreach and visitation and one of seven clergy at the church. I tell him I hate to engage in stereotypes and generalizations, but I nevertheless have the impression that the congregation here is fairly affluent. He allows that I am correct, for the most part. I ask how many of the kids in the church are in public schools.
"Oh, I think it's probably about 50 percent," he says. Most of the public school students are in suburban districts, he said.
Yeah. This is a lovely place. These are charming, upwardly mobile middle-class Americans. There will not be a race riot here. I don't care what anybody says. You cannot have a riot in a place that has a media entrance.
All right, we have to cut back to earlier in the day, when the council chamber was at its wildest point. There were sincere and serious representatives of the black leadership there, some of whom spoke at the open mike. But for the most part, the real hell-raising was done by all the same old faces, the people who have been giving the council hell since back before black people could win seats independently on the council.
People I know and love. But not the kind of people you're ever going to see waiting in line for hors d'oeuvres at Antioch Fellowship. The people raising the real hell at City Hall are the ones for whom the open mike has become a way of life.
I look up at one point to see the mayor and the council gathered at the back of the room, debating what to do next. I catch a glimpse of Miller looking out at the scene, and I recognize the look. She's not scared. She's pissed.
If, instead of Miller, the mayor last week had been one of those old white guys who were in office in Dallas 25 years ago, a golfer, he'd be sitting up there now all purple in the face about to have an aneurism, with eyes like saucers, thinking, "Oh, my Lord, the colored people are out of control! They're going to cook us all up and eat us!"
That's what the open-mike scene has always counted on: racist whites, driven more by their primitive fears than by any other emotion or thought. Those are the ones you get the good bounce out of.
I think Miller was thinking, "Ah, the usual suspects." I mean, she's known all these people for decades. We all have. They're dear souls, in their way, who have made valuable contributions, but they are just not the action anymore. The action is in those realms of Southern Dallas and the suburbs where a purposeful black middle class is busy becoming one of the most successful segments of our society.
I think it's ironic that Bolton came here to church but was willing to use the threat of a riot to hang on to his job. He knew if there were ever a disturbance, it certainly would not involve his own church people.
In the days after that horrible council session, a clearer picture emerged: The idea that the mayor had conspired with the city manager to cost Bolton his job withered and died on the vine. First of all, the mayor has indicated publicly for years that she wanted Bolton gone. That's not a conspiracy. It's a campaign.
In the second place, if Miller had been in on the firing, she certainly would have had enough IQ not to make it happen by shock and awe the day before a council meeting.
Benavides did this. And maybe he did it woodenly and clumsily. But that assumes there is an easy way to fire a police chief. Clearly, whatever went wrong between the two men happened deep in the personal chemistry between them. Benavides has made a strong case that Bolton was insubordinate over a long period of time.
We all know how that one goes. It builds up. There is some macho testing back and forth. Maybe Bolton says something like, "You wouldn't dare."
Here is what's wrong: Under our stupid city-manager form of government, nobody knows who or what he really is. The concept is that the city manager runs the city staff like a private-sector CEO. But Benavides didn't get to hire this police chief the way a CEO would. Bolton was forced on Benavides by the political system, by County Commissioner John Wiley Price, as a political settlement in a civil rights dispute.
So Bolton thought he was a politician. He thought he could tell the mayor to kiss off. He thought he could tell the city manager to kiss off. He thought he was covered. I saw Price at the city council mike last week, mumbling something about, "From a lonely perch we watched Chief Bolton be micromanaged...blah-blah-blah."
Bolton had a job. He wasn't an elected official. He didn't even have a contract. That's not much cover, Commissioner.
The thing that's most wrong with the city-manager system is that it flies in the face of political logic in a democratic society. No matter what anybody says the rules are, the real rule is that the mayor, who runs citywide and is placed in office by the voters, is much, much, much more important and powerful and politically legitimate than anybody who gets hired to do a staff job. Including the chief of police. Including the city manager.
The real proof of how dumb this system is can be found in the fact that nobody really gets how it works. Let me give you an example. There has been a lot of talk in the past week about how the mayor "disrespected" the police chief. I bet very few people in this city really understand how extremely disrespectful Bolton and his command staff have been of the office of mayor.
Some of the pressure beneath recent events grew out of a series of stories in The Dallas Morning News in which the News revealed that the police department had hired an officer whom the department had reason to believe might have been involved in an unsolved murder. Mayor Miller, who is specifically authorized by the charter to make inquiries of city employees, tried to call Deputy Chief Cynthia Villarreal, who had made the decision to hire the cop, in order to ask for the background. Miller wound up jumping in her car and ramming over to police headquarters one day to demand that Villarreal see her.
A week before Bolton was fired, I called Miller and asked her why the mayor of Dallas had to go stand around in the lobby of the cop shop like some schlub citizen trying to get an audience with an assistant chief. (I also called Villarreal. She didn't return my call.)
This is what Miller told me: "At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I came in my office, and I said, 'I'm going to talk to Villarreal. I want to know what's going on.' So I started calling her. She wouldn't call me back, and no one over there would call me back. I kept calling and calling, and she wouldn't call me back...
"I'm told she's in a meeting with [Assistant] Chief [Shirley A.] Gray, who was acting chief for that day. She'd been in there for two hours. I said, 'When she comes out, have her call me.' She doesn't call me. Then I'm calling back, 'Well, where is she now?' 'Well, she's left for the day on personal business.' I said, 'Left for the day? It's 5:30.' I said, 'Find her. Call her on her cell phone, page her, tell her I need to talk to her.' 'Well, we'll see what we can do.'
"So all of a sudden about 6 o'clock in the evening, Ted Benavides walks into my office. 'Are you looking for Chief Villarreal?' 'Yeah. What's it to you? Is this a problem?' 'Well, we'll see what we can do.'
"So, of course, I hear nothing. I get up the next morning, I start all over again, from my car. I was busy, I was in my car. I'm calling and calling, they keep transferring me all over the new police station.
"Finally I just got her lieutenant, her chief of staff, and I said, 'You know what, I'm real tired of trying to find her. Would you just give me her city cell phone?' And he said, 'No.'"
Did you know our system was that stupid? Did you know that a bunch of mid- to lower-level city employees could tell the mayor to kiss off? No wonder Bolton thought he could defy the city manager.
In the end, all of the political mess winds up swirling around Benavides like there's a broken sewer under his desk. Ultimately he has to clean it up. And then nobody believes he's the one who cleaned it up, because he's not the mayor.
The answer here is to make the mayor the mayor. Hey, keep the manager if you love him. But have the mayor hire and fire him. When there's a political mess, we fire the mayor. And in the interim, let's hope people know who they are and what they are and what they're supposed to do, and we get a little peace and quiet.
So the big news is we didn't have a riot. We need to forget about riots. This is Dallas. We don't have riots here. We just all wind up looking like idiots instead. This is better, right?
Last scene: end of the day, shadows falling outside City Hall, almost everyone gone. I am on the first floor of City Hall, going to my car, and Sandra Crenshaw pops out from behind a pillar like Banquo's ghost. She throws out her arms--her face aglow with a beaming smile--and trills: "Oh, this was so much fun!"
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A bus named after a hero of the 1953 floods is back on the roads of West Norfolk following repairs.
In January 2013, to mark the 60th anniversary of the disaster, Norfolk Green agreed to a request from David Bell of Ingoldisthorpe that a bus should be named in honour of Reis Leming, who was awarded the George Medal for his single-handed rescue of 27 people trapped by the tidal surge.
Recently, the bus had to be withdrawn from service following a road traffic accident but, following repairs, the double-decker was relaunched last week in the presence of an invited guest with a very good reason to be grateful to Reis and other members of his squadron, the USAF 67th Air Rescue Squadron.
Neil Quincey and his family were brought to safety in Reis Leming's rubber life raft after four other members of the 67th had risked their lives by driving to Neil's house in an amphibious vehicle at the height of the storm.
He said: "I am very pleased to see the bus back on the road again, because it is important to have this reminder of those who lost their lives that night, as well as the heroism of members of the 67th who put their own lives at risk while saving my family and many others.
"My hope now is to see similar recognition given to Sgt Freeman A Kilpatrick, the US airman who lived with his wife and daughter next door to us in January 1953.
"Freeman was also awarded the George Medal for saving eighteen of his neighbours from the floods, and he deserves to have a bus and a footpath in the esplanade gardens named in his honour."
Senior Master Sergeant Montgomery DeCarlo, of the 67th, said: "It is always a privilege to take part in honouring the fallen; the survivors; and the heroes of Hunstanton's floods of January 31st 1953.
"Knowing that the Reis Leming bus is fully functional and once again gracing the streets of this remarkable town gives members of the 67th Special Operations Squadron great pleasure. Thank you for including us in this worthwhile event."
Norfolk Green managing director Andrew Dyer said: "The storm surge and floods of January 31st 1953 had a devastating impact on the people in our local communities and Norfolk Green is very pleased to help in commemorating the many people who showed incredible bravery that night as well as remembering those who sadly lost the lives."
Replicas of the name badge on the front of the bus were presented to the squadron. Another one is on show at Hunstanton Heritage Centre, as part of a display commemorating of the floods and Hunstanton's continuing relationship with the 67th Special Operations Squadron.


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The long run I did this past Monday may have been my last warm weather run for this year. Although the ridiculous heat wave we experienced over the summer ended in late August, temperatures here remained warm (personally I would even say hot) throughout the first month and a half of what I grew up to know as fall. It was cool enough to avoid using the air conditioning, but I'd still been running without a shirt into the first half of October, even at six in the morning.
It was about 80 degrees when I set out for Monday's long run at 4:30 pm. I'd put it off until after work thinking that running in the morning would be too much of a time crunch and eating a meal or two before the run would make it easier to get through 95 minutes. I started by running my typical route over the bridge and around the other side of the canal to the bus station, then continued straight to the lake instead of completing the circle back home. I got to the park at around 15 minutes and then went straight into a set of intervals on the circular road in front of the lake. I hadn't done any kind of a real workout in months so I wasn't expecting much out of this, but it went pretty well. The two cups of coffee I'd drunk before heading out probably made a difference. I made up a workout of running two laps fast followed by one lap slow; I estimate the road is a little less than half a mile around, so it probably the rough equivalent of 1200 or 1400 meter repeats. I didn't time my laps, running by feel instead. I really just wanted to get my heart rate up and my legs moving faster to break the monotonous easy slog pace. The first one felt surprisingly good, so I kicked it a bit and got myself moving fairly well. Well, at least it felt like I was moving pretty good.
I also made a bit of a scene, as usual here. An elderly couple who were walking on the road shouted some encouragement as I shot by, and I gave them a little wave. There was also a wedding group there taking photos and I felt kind of bad when everybody stared at me instead of paying attention to the bride and photographer. I did four fast segments total, which took me close to 55 minutes, and by the last one the sun was setting red over the lake in picturesque fashion. Afterwards I headed back home because my stomach was getting angry at me. By the time I'd made it back and finished my pit stop I was over 1:03, but I still felt fairly fresh. The next 30 minutes was kind of like an extended cool down. The sun had gone down by then and it was starting to get dark, and I could feel the weather changing as well. It was cooling off pretty quickly. The rest of the run went ok, although I really started to run out of gas the last 15 minutes. I knuckled through it and finished up with 1:36 total. That's the longest I've run since February at least, possibly since last August. I'm hoping to bump that up an hour forty next week and just keep increasing a few minutes each week until December. I'll have some updates in terms of winter racing plans soon hopefully.
I took Tuesday off to rest after the long run, then went back out today for my typical 30 minute easy run. It was 50 something according to my computer at 8 am, which is much more along the lines of what I consider fall. I just hope it stays this way. I've had enough heat for one lifetime after this past summer.
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Welcome to the website for our performing band in the Greater Houston, Texas area.
The Rachels have become a full-time, hard-working group sometimes performing 5-6 days a week to accommodate requests of local club owners. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Steven was invited to tour Japan courtesy of Lone Wolf Entertainment. The Rachels have been able to play large events throughout Houston such as the 1999 Houston Marathon, the Texaco/Houston Grand Prix in 2001, the Freedom Festival 2004, the Spring Crawfish Festival (5 years straight), and The Astros Opening Day Party in 2000 and 2004. Every year, major clients such as Clear Channel Communications, Budweiser, and Rice University regularly request The Rachels to play at their events.
The Rachels made it to the movie soundtrack for "Nobel Things" (2008 – producer Ruben Neubauer) and Steven was the only performer on the soundtrack that wrote his own song, "I Can't Complain" . Other artists on the soundtrack were Clay Walker, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Bird, Dobie Grey, Tracy Lawrence, Pam Tillis, and Bo Bice.
Our latest music videos are posted in the Videos section. Check out our upcoming schedule on the Calendar and plan to join us at the events.


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Cold again today, rain/wintry mix possible tomorrow
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A re-inforcing shot of Arctic air will move in behind a cold front that will pass by today. High pressure will sink South with cold airmass hanging on through the night. Highs around 50 ° will be hit around noon then temps will be falling rapidly as cold, windy conditions move in for the afternoon. Overnight the winds will diminish and temps will fall to the low/mid 20s by daybreak.
Across the Inland areas this cold air will lock in at the surface while the Grand Strand will see a slow warming into the 40s. This is due to an area of low pressure that will work into our area by late afternoon and evening tomorrow. This low will bring the chance for mainly rain showers for the Grand Strand. Inland areas will see an interesting set up. The cold air locked at the surface and the onset of moisture from the approaching low pressure system will bring an increased chance for sleet or freezing rain. While major issues are not expected with ice accumulations on trees and powerlines, bridges and overpasses may become slippery. This will mainly be during the afternoon and evening with the showers ending around midnight.
You can always track our rain on First Alert Live Doppler 15000 or if you have an iPhone or Android make sure you download or app!
Arctic high pressure will push in for the weekend keeping the area cold despite seeing sunny skies. Tired of the cold? We'll see a nice warm up heading through the first half of next week.
Today:Sunny, windy, chilly. Getting colder during the afternoon. Highs-Upper 40s,Low 50s around noon then falling to the low/mid 40s..
Tonight: Clear and cold with clouds moving in near daybreak. Lows: Low/mid 20s.
Friday: Mostly cloudy and colder. Grand strand scattered cold showers. Pee Dee & Border belt may see sleet/freezing rain possible turning to rain showers later. Slippery spots on bridges/overpasses possible. Highs-Grand Strand: Low 40s, Inland Low/Mid 30s.
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Revenge fans tune in as much for the drama-filled, addictive storyline as they do for the high-fashion looks the ladies of Hamptons churn out week after week. So when we caught up with star Emily VanCamp at the ABC Upfronts VIP bash hosted by Entertainment Weekly in New York last night—where she wore a Christian Dior floral dress—we just had to find out her favorite look from the show's first season. Scroll down to see what she picked...
Azzedine Alaïa that I wore that was very beautiful," VanCamp told IInStyle.com of this look, which she wore during episode 11, when Tyler loomed behind her at Daniel's intimate birthday celebration. And her character Emily Thorne has taught her a lot about fashion. "I would say that we have very different styles, because I like to be much more comfortable and those tight dresses tend not to be too comfortable," VanCamp said. "But I've definitely learned to appreciate really beautiful, tailored dresses a lot more. I've started to get into fashion, and it kind of excites me now, whereas before and never really did—at all. It's kind of nice." We can't wait to see what else she wears—on and off the red carpet! A new episode of Revenge airs tonight at 10/9c on ABC.
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"They're going 3 wide into the corner!"
Cannot believe how tense I can get about a 1 lap race. :)
"I agree that Maggots is not a really good name for a corner. Does anyone knows why it was named that way? "
Silverstone�s fast corners and sweeping curves make for very high average lap times, but how did some of those changes in direction get their names? �Maggots� conjures up some rather unpleasant mental pictures, but in fact the first sweeping chicane (right, at the top, with Becketts following, and then Hangar Straight) gains its title from Maggots Moor, which lies near the village of Whittlebury, just to the north-east.


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There are four inherent truths to this video:
1. It desperately needs to be at least four times longer.
2. Everything becomes 40% cooler when it's set to the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage."
4. Male lions always get a bad rap. "Oh, the lionesses do all the hunting and killing; the males have little purpose besides roaring and insemination." Oh yeah? Well, it seems to me that the pride would have a big fuckin' hyena problem if Mufasa didn't pull the occasional deus ex machina. RAWR! Run away from this, shithead. Oh wait, you can't — I've snapped your hind leg with my jaws of death. FACE.


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Umbro 5v5 Venom 3G Football Trainers - Black/Yellow
With 3G pitches becoming a more popular playing surface, we thought we'd take a look at the latest product to hit the football trainers market. Catering for all the needs of a 3G or astroturf player, the new Umbro 5v5 Venom football trainers feature a host of specialist technologies.
Anyone who has played competitively on either a 3G or astroturf pitch will know that regular trainers or moulded football boots just won't suffice. Which is why Umbro have created the specialist 5v5 Venom football trainers, designed to deliver the complete performance needs.
Player grip and traction are a crucial performance requirement, impacting on reaction times and the ability to turn and move quickly. The outsole of the Umbro 5v5 Venom football trainers feature more and longer studs to enhance grip, combined with a compression moulded EVA midsole to keep the foot low to the ground increasing stability.
To prolong the durability of these 3G football trainers, Umbro have fixed a TPU toe bumper to protect from abrasion. This is further enhanced through a high abrasion resistant layered print around the toe area, which also maintains a slim profile.
An annoying by-product of playing on a 3G pitch, are the rubber chippings that seem to take refuge in your trainers and become ingrained in your socks. But this problem has been combated by Umbro, as the Umbro 5v5 Venom's feature a soft neoprene gaiter added to the collar, which provides a snug yet comfortable fit and keeps the rubber chippings out of the shoe.
An asymmetrical lacing system enhances ball feel, enlarges the kicking area and provides a comfortable fit. The fit of the Venom 5v5 3G trainers is further improved by the lateral support frame around the midfoot, and an internal heel counter gives optimum support.
The Umbro Venom football trainers are heavily embossed in the medial midfoot area to aid ball control and passing accuracy, crucial in a high-paced game played on an artificial surface. Performance is further complimented by the soft high quality leather vamp, which delivers excellent ball touch and feel.
The Umbro 5v5 Venom's are one of the first genuinely specialist 3G football trainers, catering to a host of player requirements, we expect these could be the first in a new trend of football trainers. Available to order now, the Umbro 5v5 Venom football trainers should cost around £55 GBP / $80 USD, good value for a trainer that has been designed to be comfortable, perform and be durable.


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Hi Dr. Stevens and thanks for answering. Yes, a black discoloration on the right side of my lower eyelid, next to my nose that looks like a bruise. I take two blood pressure meds.....Micardia HCT and Dilatizim.
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The lower eyelid has a very fine network of blood vessels. It is particularly vulnerable to bruising and discoloration mostly due to the fact that the skin here is also very thin, about 1/3 the thickness of other skin in the body. What you experienced typically happens when someone is taking some blood thinners, such as asprin, motrin, plavix, etc. If you are not taking any of these medicines, it may mean your blood pressure is up. Sometimes, it is just a result of minor rubbing while sleeping. Typically, this resolves on its own in a week or so, and is not worrisome or indicative of underlying disease or tumors or anything like that. I wish you well, Dr. Stevens
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Events for July 4, 2017
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Callback Mondays
Come to your callback, every Monday night 10pm! Sign-up list is open to all types & the fun goes until 2am. No Cover, 2 drink min. Produced by Injoy Fountain Hosted by Jake McKenna Music by Mason Griffin
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R.U.M. House Band – Every Tuesday 7pm
Every Tuesday during Happy Hour, come on out to The West End and hear our very own live house band playing classic rock & cosmic jams! Featuring Cedric Rogers, Robert Urban and Tone Maul 7pm-10pm, no cover, 2 drink min! TIP THE PLAYERS!
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West Side All Stars
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The West Side All Stars are an NYC blues-based combo which combines the Blues and Rock pedigrees of piano player Michael Parrish (Guitar Gabriel, BB Odum, Poppa Chubby, Pinetop Perkins), who Rolling Stone Music Editor David Fricke proclaimed "writes about the road as if he knows the potholes personally", the walking blues encyclopedia/Guitarist Mike Davidson,


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What we learned from Reggie Watts' Reddit AMA
The inimitable Reggie Watts did a Reddit AMA today and generously shelled out for fans curious about everything from his favorite books and records to how they can hone their own chops. He also has has advice for those of you thinking of trying to see him at Bonnaroo: just wait and catch him someplace "cool and comfortable."
Check out some highlights below and read the rest of the thread here.
- Reggie is working on an album of straight-up music (i.e. not the improvised stuff he's famous for).
RW: Yes, the plan is to do some straight-up music stuff this year and release it this year. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to check out my new stuff.
- Reggie's hair is made out of hologram.
Redditor: Can you mail me some of your hair?
RW: I would, but it's holographic, so there's nothing to send.
- He has no idea where his spontaneous lyrics come from:
Redditor: Where did you get the inspiration for some of the weirder lines in your songs? Fuck shit stack in particular, your lyrics are just whack sometimes.
RW: Yeah, I have no idea really. They just happen in the moment, whatever the dumbest shit is, that's what happens. For the inspiration for my latest video "If you're Fucking, You're Fucking" – the inspiration was just how dumb it is. The idea of how dumb it is to have a song that addresses a question that no one would ever ask…
- Reggie's favorite books:
RW: The Dancing Wu-Li Masters; The Alchemist; The Tao of Physics; and Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution.
- Reggie's favorite records:
RW: My favorite record would have to be the Go-Between's "16 Lovers Lane" or "The Glove" or Depeche Mode's "Black Celebration" and anything by Boards of Canada plus the Memory House EP.
- Reggie's advice on getting better at improv:
RW: Just don't be afraid to do really dumb shit.
- Reggie is planning a future collaboration with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem:
Redditor: Any plans to continue collaborating with James Murphy of LCD? It was a treat to see you in "Shut Up and Play the Hits."
RW: Yea, James and I have talked about doing something together but he's such a busy guy it will happen when it happens naturally.
- A long time ago, a skinnier, goateed and smaller-afro'd Reggie Watts was on "Bill Nye the Science Guy" singing a song about caves. It looked like this:


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Harry the Havanese is training as a therapy dog, selected for his breed's gentle characteristics and soft coat. Therapy dogs can make a world of difference in nursing homes, care centers, and other places with people in need of support. Photo by Felix Perez. May 23, 2013 Edition
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The Marion Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts kicked off Town Meeting season by presenting the flag and leading the pledge of allegiance at this years Marion Annual Town Meeting. Boy Scout Jack Gordon is seen saluting the flag during the pledge of allegiance. Photo by Felix Perez
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The Old Rochester Little League held their parade and opening day on Saturday April 27. The festivities included the National Anthem sung by Jennel Garcia and opening pitches thrown by Police Chief's Lincoln Miller (Marion), Mary Lyons (Mattapoisett), and Paul McGee (Rochester), as well as Fire Chiefs Thomas Joyce (Marion), Andrew Murray (Mattapoisett) and Scott Weigel (Rochester). Photos by Felix Perez.
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The Old Rochester Little League held their parade and opening day on Saturday April 27. The festivities included the National Anthem sung by Jennel Garcia and opening pitches thrown by Police Chief's Lincoln Miller (Marion), Mary Lyons (Mattapoisett), and Paul McGee (Rochester), as well as Fire Chiefs Thomas Joyce (Marion), Andrew Murray (Mattapoisett) and Scott Weigel (Rochester). Photos by Felix Perez.
New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus
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The New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus visited the Mattapoisett Museum and Carriage House on April 21 to share songs that reflect the rich maritime heritage of the region. The chorus of more than 40 members boasts a repertoire including chanteys, ballads, and ditties of sailors, whalers, and coastwise fisherfolk. Photo by Felix Perez. April 25, 2013 edition
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The Old Hammondtown School Concert Band performed at the prestigious Symphony Hall in Boston at the Gold Medal Showcase on April 13 after earning a Gold Medal Award at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association festival. Photo courtesy of Jim Mahaney jimmahaneyphotography.smugmug.com, April 18, 2013 edition
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Marion Fireworks Beach Gala on Saturday April 6th was a huge success bringing the town one step closer to 4th of July Fireworks. Photos by Beth Redman and Paul Lopes. April 11, 2013 edition
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The Wanderer travels to a Buddhist temple on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand, with four Marion friends. From left to right they are: Maura Stewart, Susannah Davis, Linda Schuessler , and Veronique Bale. April 4, 2013 edition
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A great time was had by all at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Mattapoisett YMCA center on Saturday March 23. Children enjoyed egg dying, dancing, the Ester Bunny and of course the Egg Hunt! Photos by Felix Perez
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ORR Drama Club's production of Oklahoma includes: (top window) Madeline Pellegrino as Laurey and Maxwell Houck as Curly, (from left to right, Sophia-Lynn Ellis as Aunt Eller, Sophia Santos as Ado Annie and Sean Resendes as Ali Hakim, and Daniel Donahue as Jud Fry. Photo by Felix Perez. March 21, 2013 edition.
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Business groups felt reassured by the contents of the bill. But some voiced lingering concerns over specific parts of the legislation, including the need for clearer definitions.
Christopher Hammerbeck, executive director of the British Chamber of Commerce, who had voiced fears over the government's original proposals, was satisfied with most of what was in the bill.
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The American Chamber of Commerce said it was not worried about the legislation although it was upset about the way it was being rushed through.
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Better Hong Kong Foundation chief executive George Yuen Kam-ho said: 'I am satisfied with what has been said. I see there have been some amendments that help to improve the free flow of information.' He was referring to fears from business groups about whether the legislation would restrict the transmission of financial information. It is stated in the bill that 'the free flow of economic and commercial information will not be affected'.