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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian club Palmeiras made hard work of beating Venezuela's Deportivo Tachira 2-0 on Wednesday in a preliminary round of the South American Libertadores Cup.
Shaky Palmeiras defending and some questionable refereeing decisions meant the 1999 Libertadores Cup winners were flattered by the scoreline.
Marcinho and Carlos Gamarra got the goals to put the Sao Paulo club in a dominant position ahead of next week's second-leg in Venezuela.
Palmeiras applied good early pressure, but Tachira's Juan Garcia gave the home club a fright by controlling a difficult high ball and shooting powerfully, forcing a good save from Palmeiras goalkeeper Marcos.
Marcinho, who was Palmeiras's best player on the night, broke the deadlock on 20 minutes with a well-struck shot shrouded by strong suspicions of offside.
Tachira squandered two fine chances, both stemming from glaring defensive errors and the visitors had even more cause for complaint when Gionio seemed to foul goalkeeper Leonardo Morales and the ball spilled loose for Carlos Gamarra to push home a simple second goal.
The winner of the preliminary tie will join Argentina's Rosario Central, Colombia's Nacional and Paraguay's Cerro Porteno in Group 7.


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Louisa County, Virginia (PRWEB) November 07, 2012
Founded in the spring of 2012, Tims at Lake Anna is a family style dining restaurant and crabhouse located on the banks of Lake Anna near Mineral, Virginia. The company launched a new website this week that is focused on providing information about their business, Lake Anna, and fostering communications with their base of customers.
A new installment to the ring of businesses serving one of Virginias largest freshwater lakes, Tims at Lake Anna is the latest restaurant to be opened by Tim Bauckman, proprieter of Tims Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse, located on the Potomac River in Dumfries, Virginia. Many long-time patrons of our other two restaurants have been asking us for years to open a location at Lake Anna. Some of them have faithfully driven up to two hours from their homes to dine at either of our locations, now they wont have to, said Bauckman.
Their new website was developed by Advanced Web, a Virginia-based web development firm, and features a format that allows patrons to easily interact with the restaurants management staff. We want to get to know everyone who will be frequenting our Lake Anna restaurant, and let them know that we are working hard to make their dining experience a great one, said Amy Riggleman, General Manager.
The website displays their menu, upcoming events information, live music schedules, food specials, seafood and crab availability and pricing, photos, videos, and more. Our goal was for the new site to present any kind of information our customers may be looking for, and give them an easy route for communicating with our management staff, said Riggleman.
For the latest information from Tims at Lake Anna, you may visit their website at http://timslakeanna.com, or visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TimsLakeAnna.
Tims at Lake Anna is a new seafood and American family style dining restaurant located near Mineral, Virginia, on the shores of Lake Anna. Accessible by car or boat, Tims at Lake Anna offers a unique waterfront dining experience with focus on great food and excellent customer service. Marketing and web services for Tims at Lake Anna are performed by Advanced Web, a Virginia web design firm.
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Technical Article => Business => Microsoft
Microsoft unveils a new logo
When releasing Windows 8, many people thought that Microsoft would use the blue logo as company's logo. But we are "cheated", Microsoft unveils a new logo. Watch video below.
Since unveiling its first logo in 1977, Microsoft has changed its logo a few times, they are
In 1977, its "Micro-Soft"
Microsoft "blibbet" logo, filed August 26, 1982 at the USPTO and used until 1987.
Microsoft "Pac-Man" logo, designed by Scott Baker and used from 1987 to 2012 with the 1994–2002 slogan"Where do you want to go today?".
Microsoft logo as of 2006–2011, with the slogan"Your potential. Our passion.
Logo by Microsoft with the slogan"Be What's Next."2011–2012.
Introduced on August 23, 2012 to symbolize the "world of digital motion" and Microsoft's "diverse portfolio of products." 2012-present
Now lets look back to Windows's logo hisory. From 1985's pure color logo to current Windows 8 logo. It goes through 7 changes.
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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by JB, Jul 5, 2010.
Codeine syrup...lol
Coughing much?
Well it obviously wasn't talent!
JaNourmos Russell, a damn shame! He can clearly say goodbye to a second change at least for the 2010 season. Best move the Raiders did this offseason was releasing this fool
Oh yeah. I've drank that before. It'll **** you up pretty good. That's the good stuff there. Yummy too!
Oh Yeah!
Just don't wash 'em down with bars (xanax).
Keep in mind that Deaf people generally sit, stand, chat directly facing each other so we can communicate easier. Anyway, when I was living in my 300 sq foot room at Cougar Place, a buddy of mine came over with some bars on him. We popped a couple after downing some cough syrup and just relaxed for a few hours chatting away.
Clear as day, I felt myself urinating into my pants while chatting in my chair. I popped up and said... holy ****! I just pissed my pants! I immediately flung my pants and boxers off then sit right back down as if nothing happened and resumed chatting. My friend was in sheer horror screaming at me what in the hell was I doing. I was like nothing man. What's the big deal? YOU'RE NAKED YOU'RE NAKED! Oh yeah. My bad.
Only time I ever tried bars. Never again.
A Sting operation!
That's funny! Any idea what the penalty is for possessing a prescription drug without a script?
He's damn near off the chart.
(cue Ed 'Too Tall' Jones commercial)
Probably damn near off the scale also...
As though that station isn't full of pork-bellies as is.
Although I haven't found it confirmed yet, the "codeine syrup" referred to is most likely a mixture of codeine syrup along with promethazine (Phenergan), well-known on the streets as Purple Drank (which orriginated and first hit the streets here in our own city). Watch this video that explains Purple Drank.
I was referring to that but could not remember the spelling. Very popular at UH.
Wrong link Doc.
edit: this is the link to the video ESPN posted...
Sorry, fixed the link......... Watch this video that explains Purple Drank.
It was a joke type of article that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle back in March. But now the piece appears to be just plain prophetic of recent revelations.
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with a field goal and a half advantage, the niners should be the favorite. although the ravens have the ability to produce an upset just like what they did against the broncos and pats. they sure do have a lot to bring to the table. Flacco is really producing right now also with Kaepernick. Its going to be a tight game for sure..but ill go with the ravens on this one because of ray rice's legs and ray lewis' back.
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Children at an after-school club in Highfield, Keighley, have helped raise £1,255 for an island community in the Philippines.
The money will support a visit by tutor Azra Kanval to Bohol Island to help people living in rural areas.
Azra, who teaches Arabic at Rohani After School Childcare in View Road, will spend three months on the island.
Her pupils researched the work of Voluntary Services Overseas, which is organising Azra's visit. She said: "The children decided to run a sponsored silence and raised a very impressive £545." A fun day, including hook-a-duck lucky dip, face-painting and a cake sale, raised a further £710.
Azra added: "The children helped out with great pride and truly made the most of the teamwork and community spirit at Rohani." Rohani caters for children aged from four to 16.
Azra will set off on her expedition on April 28.


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With the "Letters of Love" section that Heather began, I decided it would be fun to ask people what they think is the basis of a great love letter. I asked people I know what they believe are great features of letters they have received, as well as the best features of love letters they've written. I've combined the answers with my own thoughts, below:
Be Yourself and Don't Try Too Hard
I received this response (or similar variations thereof) the most and I happen to agree. Don't try too hard to make love letters sound like Hallmark cards, just express what you really feel. It doesn't have to rhyme; it doesn't have to be long, flowery, or mushy, or even grammatically perfect. It should just reflect the love you feel in your own sentiment.
Try to Avoid too many Clichés
While the person you love may well be your best friend, and you can and should certainly say so, try to avoid most clichés regarding love. Avoid worn out phrases that may make your love letter sound more like you have copied the words from a song, a movie, or romance novel. Use your own words to describe what you feel.
Don't Be Shy
If you love someone deeply, writing a love letter can be the perfect way to express thoughts and feelings that you might find more difficult to share aloud. Let yourself go, be open, and write down your innermost feelings for the one you love. This is a great way to say all those things you have always wanted to say.
Just put it to Paper
One of the best ways to write a great love letter is to just start writing down your thoughts as they come to you. You can always go back and organize your thoughts, or proofread your writing later if you feel the need. For now, just get caught up in the moment and let your feelings flow from your heart and mind to the paper in front of you.
Letters of Love: To My Husband in the Military


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The shots incriminated feature Brad with new mom Angelina Jolie, his parents and their children Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh playing in the garden of their rented French Chateau Miraval.
When Brad learned that the paps were reselling the shots to various tabloids, his lawyer, Yael Holtkamp, served the agency with a cease and desist order, and claimed the photos were "surreptitiously" taken by photographers with "highly powerful telephoto lenses".
Holtkamp insists the publication of the photos violates the family's privacy rights. But all is well that ends well as the agency behind the photos has already agreed to stop selling them and the images have been removed from its website.
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In the fifteen years from 1993 to 2007, the San Francisco Giants front office slowly developed and carved into stone a draft strategy that focused on pitching. The organization was all in with a philosophy that assigned extreme value to pitching through a series of risk-reward formulas and assumptions which would bring the Giants success but also result in years of deferred minor league position player development.
The core idea was smart and it was based on several foundational principals: first, pitching wins ballgames. There's a reason the cliche "you can't have enough pitching" is one of the smartest things anyone can say about the game. Player injuries and endless issues with mechanics mean the assembly line has to produce arms.
Last and hardly least, nothing brings value to even a routine trade with another team than the addition of pitching. It is the frosting on any MLB transactional cake.
The Giants could concentrate on pitching because they had locked up an elite offensive chip no other baseball team could match: Barry Bonds. For years the idea was to construct a series of teams with a viable supporting cast of hitters around Bonds. Jeff Kent (1997), Ellis Burks (2000), Reggie Sanders (2002), Marquis Grissom and Jose Cruz (2003) were among the many veteran players General Manager Brian Sabean cherry picked in support of the Bonds offense.
Placing an emphasis on drafting pitchers allowed the Giants to both develop their own starters (Russ Ortiz, Shawn Estes), and trade cheap young pitching for more expensive veteran pitchers (Ryan Vogelsong for Pittsburgh's Jason Schmidt, Mark Leiter for the Expos' Kirk Rueter, etc.).
As the Bonds era came to a close, the Giants were still picking pitchers in the draft– including Tim Lincecum (2006), Madison Bumgarner and Tim Alderson (2007), and eight of the first twelve picks in the 2008 draft.
But there were virtually no position players of value being developed in the minors with lasting Major League skills. The team attempted to sell Giant fans on a series of subpar home grown hitters (Pedro Feliz, John Bowker, Travis Ishikawa, Fred Lewis among others) and peppered batting line-ups with veteran castoffs (Ray Durham, Ryan Klesko, Edgardo Alfonso, Dave Roberts to name a few).
Finally the San Francisco front office made a huge shift in philosophy and began to address the need to develop position players in their system. In particular, the last three player drafts were seminal moments for the franchise as a slew of position players with legitimate offensive tools began populating the minor league system (C Tommy Joseph, 3B Chris Dominguez, and 1B Brandon Belt in 2009; CF Gary Brown, CF Jarrett Parker, and SS Carter Jurica, 2010; 2B Joe Panik and C Andrew Susac in 2011).
Which bring us to:
2012 Question #2: The Giants' front office has proven they can identify, quickly develop, and pull the trigger on bringing quality pitching up to the big club. Can they do the same with a crop of promising young position players?
Don't hold your breath. Recent history points to Giants management being overly cautious and slow to turn over spots in the batting order to rookie hitters, no matter how much potential they've shown.
It may be that the front office can't fully shake their pitchers-first focus, or it may simply be that Giants GM Brian Sabean and his brain trust have been in their jobs longer than any other front office team and they are just a very deliberate group.
Sabean will likely move up to an executive position with the Giants' organization in the future, but until that time the longest tenured GM in baseball sets the time table for when young hitters finally arrive at AT&T Park. And those trains run slow.
The reason this question comes up in the 2012 season is that 2013 could potentially see two or three rookie position players ready for permanent lockers in San Francisco. It will be critical to bring them up before September to experience a pennant drive and get the one thing Triple A can't provide: Major League at-bats.
All eyes are on the speedy Gary Brown who appears to be the Giants' long-term solution at lead-off and in center field. But even if newly-signed outfielder/lead-off man Angel Pagan totally tanks in the first half of 2012 the Giants will look to solve that problem with a trade rather than bring Brown up.
It's much smarter to leave Brown in Triple A Fresno to get a full year of minor league at-bats at the highest level. At the end of the season the front office will have a much better idea if Gary Brown is ready to open 2013 as San Francisco's starting center fielder.
A better promotion would be slugging outfielder Francisco Peguero, who has a .779 OPS (.312 BA) in six minor league seasons and brings something to the show that Gary Brown does not: a potential power bat. If Brandon Belt takes over at first base, if Aubrey Huff continues his offensive decline, and if Nate Schierholtz continues to be just a great fourth outfielder, expect to see Peguero in the Giants outfield somewhere around the All Star break.
This is a great time for the Giants' organization and Giants fans. A sea change is just around the corner which will bring a whole new look to San Francisco's infield and outfield and give the front office some legitimate trading chips over the next several years.
Let's hope the Giants' organization is bold enough to proactively manage the upcoming talent surge and not be left standing indecisively behind it.


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ARUSHA, Tanzania - President Bush was swept up in an outpouring of affection yesterday in Tanzania's rural north, where tens of thousands lined the road to see him, one woman burst into a dance of joy just from a hug and Maasai warriors leapt and chanted in his honor.
Midway through a trek through five African nations that have benefited from US largesse, Bush spent the day in Mount Kilamanjaro's massive shadow to reinforce the strides being made with his malaria program. During stops at both a rural health complex and on a gleaming factory floor, Bush showcased real-life benefits of the US-led fight against the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million young children each year in impoverished tropical countries.
The president launched a five-year, $1.2 billion plan in 2005 to cut malaria deaths in half in the hardest-hit countries, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. It leverages private-sector support to provide indoor spraying, cutting-edge drugs and vouchers for a 75 percent discount off the purchase of insecticide-treated bed nets. Congress so far has put $425 million into the plan and Bush says it has reached 25 million people in two years.
Vouchers for 2 million nets have been handed out in Tanzania alone. And Bush announced yesterday that the United States - in partnership with the country's government, the World Bank, and the UN-sponsored Global Fund - will start within six months distributing another 5.2 million nets in Arusha for free. That's enough, he said, to cover every Tanzanian child between ages 1and 5.
"The power to save lives comes with the moral obligation to use it," he said in an open-air pavilion at the Meru District Hospital. "This is a practical way to help save lives."
The visit to this striking region near the Kenyan border took Bush from scrubby plains into lush foothills covered with banana trees and coffee farms and back to wide-open spaces dotted with cactus. Over all loomed Kilamanjaro, the tip of its dramatic snow-capped peak shrouded in clouds for all but the start of the day. Though the area is extremely poor, it also - with its proximity to the mountain's climbing trails and famed game parks - is a cradle of African tourism.
The region's effusive demonstration of thanks for the US drive to improve African lives dominated the day.
As Bush's motorcade sped back and forth across the region, people lined almost the entire route several deep just to watch him pass. On one stretch, locals had even strewn flowers in the road.
The president landed at the airport to a performance of Maasai women dancers. An even more flamboyant scene greeted him later at the Emusoi Center, a school for Maasai girls.
First, a group of young students in brilliant pink and blue sarongs chanted about US scholarships that - as they sang in unison - give them "the power to choose instead of being forced to marry." Many of the girls live at the school because their deeply rooted pastoral culture generally shuns modernity and integration. "Look at us, listen to our voices," they sang. "We are the Maasai girls with a chance for education."
Bush also sat down among older women, in traditional Maasai dress of colorful wraps, close-cropped hair, large white disks around their necks, white headbands, and large dangly earrings - people who were learning to read on wooden benches under a tent.
Capping his visit was a gravity-defying performance of Maasai morani, or warriors, many nearing 7 feet tall and two wearing feathered headdresses that signify the tribe's rite of passage of lion-hunting. Clad in red blankets, brandishing thin spears, and wearing red ochre face paint, the men chanted, sprang in the air, and slammed their feet back into the dust.
Bush briefly attempted to bounce and sway and mimic their undulations. He quickly gave up, laughing and embracing the smiling men.


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Perhaps no one has done as much for hats as Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
The Cat wore one. So did Sam I Am, King Birtram, Sylvester McMonkey McBean and Benjamin B. Bicklebaum. And poor Bartholomew Cubbins ended up with 500 of them.
Geisel, as it turns out, wore them, too. In fact, he had around 500 of them, stored safely in a large closet hidden behind a bookcase in the library of his La Jolla home.
Twenty-two years after Geisel's death at age 87 in 1991, 26 of the 158 hats that have survived are coming out of the closet. On a national tour since February, they arrive at Petri's Fine Arts in Sausalito on Friday, where they'll be displayed as part of the exhibit "Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!" through Sept. 15 along with limited editions of his drawings from his children's books and his "secret" artworks.
"It's the biggest show we've had," gallery director Susan Chaney said. "It touches everybody because it's part of their childhood. I was blown away by the effect its had on people."
Although Geisel used his feathered, spiked and furry hats as "thinking caps" to battle the occasional bout of writer's block or as props when a dinner party turned dull, they have rarely been seen.
Geisel became fascinated with hats as a child and began collecting them in his 20s as he traveled around the world. Why, no one knows. But, he seems to have enjoyed the way hats often transform people and situations.
"The hat was the exclamation point, the accent on a person's behavior. They could entertain, they could embellish someone's story, they could certainly tease and taunt, and he used them to that effect throughout his life," said Bill Dreyer, curator of the exhibit, timed for the 75th anniversary of "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins," his second book.
"When you go to the opening of these exhibitions, it is such a wonderful celebration of people's love for Dr. Seuss. People inevitably are wearing wild, wacky, crazy hats of their own," Dreyer said.
Among the hats on display in a re-created hat closet are a red Robin Hood-type cap with a feather, similar to the one Bartholomew keeps growing out of his head; a military blue hat with a large red yarn pom-pom, which made an appearance in "The Butter Battle Book;" and the most iconic hat in the collection, the red-and-white stovepipe that defines "The Cat in the Hat."
But Geisel didn't just collect the odd and whimsical; there are numerous military hats, including a Nazi field marshal hat, an Italian fascist fez and a Japanese naval officer's hat. A concentration camp cap, which Dreyer said Geisel most likely picked up when he was near the newly liberated Buchenwald during World War II when he was in the Army filming documentaries, is also part of the exhibit. The cap, "which he felt was the most important part of his collection," Dreyer said, may have inspired his 1961 story about prejudice, "The Sneetches."
Geisel's hat collection was one of two secrets the former ad man, editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner kept, Dreyer said. The other was the paintings he created for his own amusement and relaxation.
"The entire time he was creating children's books and his other commercial projects through his life, he was painting at night for himself. He shared them with close friends and family, but he rarely exhibited them during his life," Dreyer said. "Those are much more sophisticated artworks that really represent a broader palette of artworks, and it really shows a deeper look at who he was."
It's clear he was somewhat impish. One painting from his series that good-naturedly pokes fun of La Jolla's socialites, depicting them as birds, shows a bird in a coffin talking on the telephone with the caption, "I'd love to go to the party, but I'm absolutely dead."
"There's a lot of great wink-wink, nudge-nudge," Dreyer said. "It shows a side of him you didn't know. You suspected that mischievous 'Cat in the Hat' was there, and these artworks just confirm that."
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Baseball fans from Omaha and across the country are helping tornado victims in Pilger and surrounding Nebraska communities recover from the devastation of recent tornadoes through donations to the American Red Cross, and with help from the NCAA and College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
Red Cross volunteers collected $4,683 for disaster relief at the 2014 NCAA Men's College World Series June 17 game between TCU and Virginia. The evening before, tornadoes killed two people in Pilger, devastated the town and damaged surrounding communities. The NCAA and College World Series Omaha, Inc. matched the donation at $5,000 each to bring the total to $14,683.
"The support of the CWS, NCAA and the many fans from around the country is heartwarming to the more than 100 families who lost their homes in last week's devastating tornadoes in Northeast Nebraska communities, including Pilger," said Tina Labellarte, CEO of the American Red Cross Nebraska/SW Iowa Region. "Red Cross volunteers will remain in these communities for the days and weeks to come providing support and hope to the families as they begin their road to recovery."
"We want to thank the fans from Omaha and the surrounding metropolitan area for their support of our neighbors in Pilger and other affected communities," said Jack Diesing Jr., president of CWS Omaha, Inc. "The donations are providing shelter, meals, snacks, water and other services to help restore people's lives after this catastrophe."
"College World Series fans are the greatest fans in the world," said Damani Leech, NCAA managing director of alliances and championships. "Given our long history with Omaha and the surrounding area, we feel like the local communities are part of our family, and we want to support our friends and neighbors. We encourage people to support the relief effort by donating to Red Cross Disaster Relief.
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geograph is an amazing project which set out to collect photos of every square kilometer of the UK on a web site and map the locations and photos. Anyone can contribute to the project, and people view it as a game to go out and explore new areas of the islands with their GPS and contribute as many photos as they can. Statistically, the project has already made huge progress – with nearly 85% (see statistics) of the Great Britain part of the islands photographed. Not only that, but the site has grown up with the advances in mapping technologies, and there are now a myriad of ways to look at the data. In particular, Barry Hunter – who is a developer of great mapping tools available at his Nearby site – has added some really great Google Earth visualization tools for geograph. You can find the geograph GE tools at this web page, or you can just download his KML collection which lets you try all the different presentations in one place. The screenshot here shows a 3D representation of photos taken for every 10 square kilometer section. You can also load visualizations that let you view each photo, and more.
geograph was started on March 6th, 2005. So today the project turns 3 years old! In honor of the date, they've made a cool picture mosaic which you can view in this blog post.
See previous story on geograph.
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Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.


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Gray administration spent nearly $1M on outreach
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayor Vincent Gray promised to reach out to voters across Washington, and he's done it - but the effort hasn't been free.
The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/yDnzDk) that his administration has spent nearly $1 million to hold summits, town halls and other local gatherings since 2011.
Over the past year, Gray has held 25 major, city-sponsored events.
The newspaper's analysis of city records found that most of the money went to no-bid contracts with America Speaks, a nonprofit group that specializes in large-scale meetings.
Gray's director of communications, Pedro Ribeiro, said the contracts were advertised.
He also said America Speaks is one of a few nonprofit groups in the country that can manage such events.
The city also spent $14,430 for a teleprompter, and $5,000 on a speechwriter for Gray.
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Lincoln, Neb.-- Lincoln Police say an unknown shooter fired three bullets into a Lincoln home Friday night.
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LPD said the front of the house had three shots.
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Hi I am doing a research project on real time robotics and wanted to have the postgres as a database to save measurements we aggregate when running our robots. A common operation we do is insertion and movements of measurements within tables. But it seams as if insertion and movement times are correlated to the size of the database. Can this be possible? IE inserting into a large database takes longer time than into a small database. I'd be grateful for comments on the reason for this. Carl Barck-Holst Carl och Josefine Barck-Holst Östermalms g 84 11450 Stockholm 08 6679904 Carl 070-2642506 Josefine 073-9648103
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Welcome back to The Unconditional Love Challenge. For those of you just joining me here is a little background on what this challenge is all about: Inspired by Dr. Laura at Aha Parenting, I have created The Unconditional Love Challenge. This is a 10 part challenge based on Dr. Laura's series on Ten Steps to Unconditional Love. I will be posting challenges and results on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month giving you two weeks to tackle each step. You can work as quickly or as slowly as needed.
Got it? Good!
Two weeks ago I issued a challenged designed to help you make yourself a priority at least THREE TIMES in one week by doing ONE simple thing. How did that go? Were you able to do it?
I did. It was nothing short of a miracle but I did it! I actually took two walks by myself, read a trashy magazine, sent some emails to friends I have been neglecting, had a phone conversation with a friend, AND, you ready for this…took a shower, a looooong shower, BY MYSELF! Ok, so I cleaned it while I was in there but that puppy needed it. Two birds – one stone – still a happy mama.
It did take some effort on my part to make all this happen. I had to work with my mom's schedule, my husband's schedule and Tiny's needs. I also did not want to disrupt our normal rhythm too much. However, I was able to make it happen. I had to force myself NOT to get involved in my to-do list as that is my easy default mechanism. I must say, it felt good to get to do a few things I have been wanting to do. And that shower….oh my gosh! Heaven!
How did your two weeks go? Were you able to make yourself a priority? Why or why not?
On to Challenge # 4 – Forgive Your Parents For Being Human.
As always, you can read Dr. Laura's original post here.
From Dr. Laura: Do you ever wonder when those buttons your child pushes were installed? That's right — during your own childhood. If you want to liberate your heart, you have to heal your old wounds. Most of us didn't have perfect childhoods. Perhaps you got the message that you weren't good enough somehow. Too needy, too angry, too selfish, too lazy, too careless…too childish? Our parents, however well-intentioned, were products of their time, and most of us didn't get the message that we were wholly loved, human imperfections and all.
Your challenge this week is to move past the wounds of your childhood. Start by figuring out exactly what those wounds are. Why are you carrying around resentment, anger, sadness, etc? After you have acknowledged those wounds, embrace them and realize that they will only make you a stronger, better parent that YOUR parents were. Look at your child and decide if you are going to let the past bogged down the parent you are to him or her. Finally, let go, forgive, and move on so that you can be the best parent you can be.
I am simplifying this quite a bit. Some of you may have some really major work to do and I suggest you visit Dr. Laura's original post. But for the rest of us, find that ONE button that gets pushed often and work on it. Figure out where it came from. Do you enjoy it or would you rather let it go?
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Scripts are programs that are intended to perform a single action. Unlike an indicator or Expert that works continually, a Script stops functioning once it has completed its function one time. Like Custom Indicators, Scripts are created, setup and launched in much the same manner as Experts. When launching the Experts Wizard, select "Scripts" as the object to be created. Continue in the same manner as creating an Expert or Custom Indicator (see the Expert Advisor Creation and Custom Indicator Creation sections of this tutorial).
To set up Script parameters, open the Options window and select the "Expert Advisors" tab. To open the window:
- In the Main Menu > Tools > Options; or
- Pressing CTRL + O on the computer keyboard.
- Allow live trading - to enable Experts in real-time mode (rather than testing an Expert on historical data).
- Ask manual confirmation - to send trade confirmation prior to submitting the order.
- Allow DLL imports -to use DLLs to enhance Expert functionality.
- Confirm DLL function calls - to allow control over the execution of each called function.
- Allow external experts imports - to allow the Expert to access functions from other Experts or MQL4 libraries.
A Script automatically shuts down once it has completed its function one time. Traders can, however, remove a Script manually. To remove a Script from a chart, right-click on the chart and select "Remove Script," as shown in Figure 20.
|Figure 20 - To remove a Script from a price chart, right-click on the chart and select "Remove Script" from the chart context menu.
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People who are not interested in learning how to program in the MQL4 language can still take advantage of Experts, Custom Indicators and Scripts. A growing number of commercially available products can be purchased at various trading-related businesses online, and MT4 users can also hire a qualified MQL4 programmer to perform the coding.
It is important to note that when working with a programmer, all ideas must be quantifiable and objective. For example, if the trader wants to enter a long position when price goes above a moving average, he or she will have to specify the moving average length, the precise entry point (next bar on open, for example) charting interval and even the trading instrument. Most programmers will not accept jobs that entail a lot of guesswork on the part of the programmer, and so project specifications need to be absolutely clear.
In general, if a commercial Expert, Custom Indicator or Script has been purchased, it will come with specific installation instructions. Similarly, a programmer will typically include instructions for installation. It is always valuable to read the instructions before attempting the installation to avoid any complications.
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I am going to assume that this is a Bentley Brooklands, if the passenger seat works correctly from the center console switches you can lift the center console and switch the connectors from the driver's side to the passenger's side. This will let you check if it is the switch that has failed. The other possibilities are the motor and the module. The module is much more common of a failure. Does the seat move with the memory function? The switches on the side of the seat are for the lumbar bags inside the seat and depending on your personal build may be difficult to feel. Let me know if you need help with lifting the center console. Colin


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Reba McEntire Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame
Reba McEntire made her (long awaited) entrance into the Country Music Hall of Fame this morning, alongside songwriter Bobby Braddock and singer/songwriter Jean Shepard.
The 'If I Were A Boy,' 'Turn On the Radio,' and 'Consider Me Gone' star was unable to attend the announcement, but fellow country legend Kix Brooks read a personal note from the new honoree.
McEntire wrote, "I'm so appreciative of being selected as one of the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. This is an emotional honor at a very (difficult) time in my life."
The country star is currently laying low in Tulsa, Okla., with her father, who is currently in a coma. Reba adds, "This is a huge blessing for me, knowing how all-important it was to him." It was noted that McEntire was able to share the exciting news with her father a few days ago.
The official Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held later in the year, and the inductees will also be feted at the 2011 CMA Awards telecast.


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I am back...
Why did I leave?
Because this is a war game, and month after month all I got was "Politics" .
This made me sad.
Now I am here please, Please listen up Political types.
I want WAR !!!
Because AIM now exists, I returned.
In the eRepublik if you are not fighting why are you playing?
Give us wars, who care if we do not always win?
Being wiped does not hurt ask eCanada, eFrance, ePortugal
Welcome back Techie. This is for you:
Being wiped does not hurt ask eCanada, eFrance, ePortugal
>2/3 of those countries have signed treaties where they pay their occupiers for regions or their FP is controlled by the occupier.
sad to see you leave eCanada.
"In the eRepublik if you are not fighting why are you playing?"
the political aspect of the game is another way of fighting, and it can often be much more brutal than your 'war' module
1. This is a socio-polical war "simulator", you're silly if you label this as a "war game"
2. Instead of yelling at the "political types", why don't you and your friends take their jobs? Organizing votes isn't hard, and it's a sure-fire way to get your way. Unless, of course, you think their job is too hard or something.
You member what it was like back in version 1, that was fun. Conquer everything. I played ePolitics for awhile but I have more fun stealing a battle in the last minutes. When people like you give us a lasting war I will listen.
"In the eRepublik if you are not fighting why are you playing?"
Because everybody that is playing a politician / diplomat in this game are those who failed International Relations as their major in College.
Remember that time you refused to make a deal with me, and I cost you the CP Election? 😉
Welcome back Tech, it was fun fighting with you for Canada, it will be fun fighting with you for US-AIM
Just like Tech said about being wiped,
"eCanada did it, and so can you!"
eUSA is getting back one of its finest ~ shucks.
sub 403 , please, sub X sub 😉http://www.erepublik.com/es/article/busco-novio-i-want-a-boyfriend-2258064/1/20
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It is estimated that millions of teeth are lost annually across North America during sporting activities. These injuries can occur at any age. When one considers that a single tooth can cost thousands of dollars to replace over a personís lifetime, a well-engineered mouth guard is very affordable. Custom-made by Dr. Hunter, Sports-Flex mouth guards represent a revolutionary new development in face, neck and head protection.
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A night guard or bite plate (also called an occlusal splint) is made of clear plastic. It fits over the biting surface of the teeth, so that you bite against the splint rather than your teeth. This helps your jaw joints and muscles to relax. Depending on your TMD, your dentist may tell you to wear a splint 24 hours a day, only at night or for some length of time in between.


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July 25, 2008
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Former Notre Dame pitcher and football All-American Jeff Samardzija was called up from Triple-A Iowa Friday to join the Chicago Cubs for their weekend series against the Florida Marlins. He will become the fifth former Irish baseball player to suit up for a Major League club this season.
Samardzija opened the season in Double-A with the Tennessee Smokies. He went 3-5 with a 4.86 earned-run average in 16 appearances, 15 starts. Samardzija surrendered 71 hits and totaled 44 strikeouts with 42 walks in 76.0 innings pitched.
After his promotion to the Triple-A affiliate of the Cubs (Iowa), Samardzija went 4-1 with a 3.13 earned-run average in six starts. He worked at least 6.0 innings in each of his outings and did not allow more than four earned runs. Samardzija yielded 32 hits and punched out 40 with just 16 free passes in 37.1 innings.
Over his last three starts, Samardzija went 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA and struck out 25 (just five walks). In his most recent outing, he limited Nashville to only one earned run on two hits over 6.0 innings. Samardzija fanned nine for the second straight game and walked just one.
Samardzija was Chicago's fifth round selection in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. He then made seven starts between Single-A Boise and Single-A Peoria, posting a 2.70 combined ERA (9 ER/30.0 IP) and was named the Cubs' fourth-best prospect by Baseball America at season's end. In 2007 (his first full season of pro ball), Samardzija posted a 6-11 record and 4.57 ERA in stops at Single-A Daytona and Tennessee.
A standout student-athlete at Notre Dame, Samardzija went 8-2 with a 4.33 ERA (47 ER/97.2 IP) in 15 starts for the Fighting Irish in 2006. He closed out that season with three straight outings of 8.0 or more innings while striking out 61 and walking 37 on the season. He allowed just three home runs in 97.2 innings of work and was named first team all-BIG EAST.
Samardzija went 21-6 with a 3.82 ERA (102 ER/240.1 IP) in 50 career games (31 starts) for Notre Dame. Just 12 pitchers in the 114-year history of Notre Dame baseball have won more games in their careers than Samardzija (each with 22-plus wins). Overall, he surrendered just 11 home runs in his 240.1 innings of work and struck out 159 while walking 84.
The Valparaiso, Ind., native was also a star wide receiver on the Notre Dame football team. He led the football team with 78 receptions and 1,017 receiving yards in 2006, his senior season, and was named first team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America. In 2005, he set Notre Dame single-season records for yards receiving (1,249) and touchdown catches (15).
Samardzija joins current big leaguers Craig Counsell (Milwaukee Brewers), Aaron Heilman (New York Mets) and Brad Lidge (Philidelphia Phillies). Matt Macri also made his MLB debut earlier this season for the Minnesota Twins.


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One of the most innovative furniture makers of at the turn of the 20th-Century, Charles Rohlfs was praised around the world for his mixing of styles. Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs is a new book detailing his career and complementing an exhibition of the same name open now at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The publication brings together major works and lesser known objects, and also gives new insight into the influence of Rohlfs wife, Anna Katherine Greene (a mystery novelist). Written by Joseph Cunningham, with introduction by Sarah Fayen (an ace gal).
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July 5th, 2013 04:27 PM #1Junior Member
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How's Ash as a girl's name?
Is Ash too dark or weird, or is it okay? I kind of like it.
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I personally don't like it on a girl. Mostly because it was always a nickname my sister and friends would use to pick on me with when we were younger. Not in a mean way, but it was a joke to them. A lot of them watched Pokemon, which does still play and have new episodes, and the main character is Ash. And he's a boy, and I just remember being 'Ash, like from Pokemon' So I never went by it. And so for me personally, I can't say I like the name Ash on a girl. But not for the reasons you asked. Do I think it's dark? No. Do I think it's a horrible name for a little girl? No. Many Ashley's and Ashlynn's do go by Ash at times, so it's not totally out of the ordinary.If I had a baby right now, I'd name it,
Scarlett Amelia or Emerson Joseph.I also like Cashel, Gabriel, Genevieve, & Juliette. + So much more.
I'm Ashley btw, and I'm 20!
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My friend Jeremy doesn't have a degree in philosophy. There's no Dr. in front of his name, and there's no Ph.D., Ed.D. or J.D. after it. The Times doesn't call him when it needs a profound quote on an abstract subject, and he's not on speed dial for CNN, Fox News, NPR or Oprah.
But he's a philosopher. Make no mistake about it.
Never mind that his philosophical base is probably closer to "Duck Dynasty" than "All Things Considered." Jeremy understands life because he's lived it — not because he's studied it. So his sincere, unsolicited, impromptu forays into the meaning of life are more homespun than analytical and have more to do with wisdom accumulated experientially rather than academically.
For example, take an incident from a couple of weeks ago. Jeremy is a technician for a satellite television company, and he had been called to the home of a customer whose service had been mysteriously interrupted. When the customer mentioned that his home had just been reroofed, Jeremy nodded knowingly.
"There's your problem," he said with his slight Caribbean accent. "The roofers had to move the dish, and they probably didn't put it back correctly."
"But they said they put it back exactly as they found it," the customer said.
Jeremy couldn't suppress his understanding chuckle.
"I'm sure they did," he said, smiling. "I have no doubt that they did the very best they could to put it back in the same position as they found it. I used to be a roofer — that's what I used to do, too.
"But they are roofers," Jeremy continued. "They don't understand that an eighth of an inch difference in how the dish is positioned can mean a 600-mile difference out where the satellite is — which means it will miss the satellite by a lot."
Then he turned philosophical.
"Isn't that amazing?" he asked. "An eighth of an inch doesn't seem like much, but it makes a huge difference as the signal travels hundreds of miles through space. With each mile, the distance grows between the correct course and the actual course the signal is traveling. So by the time it gets to where the satellite should be, well, it isn't even close."
"And we get no picture," the customer observed.
"Exactly," Jeremy said. "It's just like our lives, you know? You start off heading in one direction, then you get a little off course, and the next thing you know, you're not even close to where you wanted to be."
He excused himself and went outside. Soon the customer could hear him climbing his ladder and then moving around on the newly reshingled roof. In just a few minutes, Jeremy was back in the living room, clicking on the remote control. Suddenly, a high-definition picture appeared on the customer's television screen. Both Jeremy and the customer smiled in delight.
"Tell your roofers they were very close," Jeremy said, chuckling again. "I just had to make a slight correction. That's all it took. And now you're back online — good as new."
He paused, then grinned.
"That's like our lives, too," he said, waxing philosophical again. "Even when we get off track, usually all it takes is a little course correction to get us back online — good as new."
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church and a former airline pilot who often puts an aeronautical spin on things, recently made a similar comparison using airplane coordinates. He concluded that "the heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light."
And back on course. Good as new.
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Author and conservative radio host Michael Savage has sold a new book to the HarperCollins imprint of William Morrow, a tome entitled Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security.
Here's more about the book: "In Trickle Up Poverty, Michael Savage says a revolution is brewing. Americans are boiling mad over the way Congress and this Marxist/Leninist-oriented President are manipulating the current economic crisis to nationalize businesses. They're steamed over the fraud science used to support global warming–which is nothing more than a gigantic Ponzi scheme. They're watching their life savings evaporate while the President saddles them with $3.6 trillion in new debt."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Brandon Hicks made the team in spring training when it became obvious San Francisco's regular second baseman, Marco Scutaro, would not be ready to start the season. He's made the most of his opportunity.
Hicks hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep.
"It felt awesome," said Hicks, who hit a game-ending homer for the Oakland Athletics two years ago. "You always remember these," he added.
Buster Posey led off with a single and pinch runner Gregor Blanco went to second on Juan Perez's sacrifice bunt. Pablo Sandoval struck out and Brandon Crawford, who drove in the Giants first run, was walked intentionally.
Hicks took a ball and then hit a towering fly into the left field bleachers, giving the sellout crowd of 41,530 something to celebrate.
Sergio Romo (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning to get the victory. Cory Allen (2-1), who allowed his first run in 12 games, took the loss.
"I was not trying to elevate a fastball," Allen said. "I was trying to throw a good fastball down and way. It was already a bad count and he was probably looking for it. He got a pitch out over the plate and put the barrel to it."
Yan Gomes hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning for the Indians, who were swept for the first time since last August.
Ryan Vogelsong found a flaw in his mechanics after a disastrous start in his last outing. The fix has him looking forward with a renewed sense of confidence.
Indians' starter Danny Salazar gave up one run on five hits in a season-best seven innings. He walked one and struck out eight.
"I was trying to bring the same guy who was up here last year," Salazar said. "I wasn't thinking about my delivery or anything else. I was thinking, just keep the ball down."
Vogelsong retired the final 12 batters he faced while Salazar set down nine of the last 10 he faced.
The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. With two outs, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Crawford hit back-to-back doubles.
The Indians did not get a runner past second until Gomes hit his third home run of the year, a solo shot into the left field bleachers on a 1-2 pitch from Santiago Casilla.
The Giants sold out a NL record 258th straight game, surpassing the Philadelphia Phillies, who sold out 257 straight between 2009-12.


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Two from Eastwind Import
For You, the Yoshio 'Chin' Suzuki Trio
Live at Murphy's Law, Jesse van Ruller Quartet
I'm partial to live music. Regardless of genre, rehearsal preparation, or the anomalies of circumstance, the innate spontaneity that defines all "in performance" musicianship trumps the polish of studio-made recordings.
Thus, the gorgeous sixty two-plus minutes of low burning music, recorded in 2004 at Murphy's Law in The Hague, Netherlands, captures both my respect and deep interest. The problem for a jazz listener who's heard nearly every great player for fifty years is the likely prospect of "having been there" too often when young cats are churning out their hippest stuff.
I'll confess that such ennui has on occasion been an impediment for this witness. Not here, not this time, and "hooray," what a joyful sense of swing and surging pulse this guitar-led set of quartets offers. I'd not heard of Jesse van Ruller previous to this disc. I'll not easily forget him now.
While there's nothing path-breaking or startling about these eight pieces, the profound understatement of the approach at every point here is at once alluring and mysterious. Take the album's second song, Benny Golson's classic "Along Came Betty," a vehicle that begs for reverential response. It seems that these cats know the vibe. They must have met Betty and they sure as hell respect Maestro Golson's sly composition. I've heard, and recorded, dozens upon dozens of versions of this song. It's one of my favorites. I cringe when the song is mishandled. Across five decades of hearing it hundreds of times, this treatment is one of the classic versions.
This album is a must for any serious jazz fan who cares about artistic taste, musical execution and performance magic. On a scale of ten, this album rates a 9.9.
Like Jesse van Ruller's well-oiled quartet(s), bassist "Chin" Suzuki's trio takes its direction from the best of the heritage that informs (and liberates) its performance energy.
This album was recorded in 2006, in New York at "The Studio." Because of that, it owns greater sonic heft and clarity than the live recording in the Netherlands . . . but, believe me, nothing mars the live date just as nothing betrays the ease and propulsion the three musicians on FOR YOU accomplish.
The "star" of his remarkable album is the ensemble coherence of the trio itself. But I must point to pianist Tadataka Unno's graceful chops, as well. This is a player who clearly crafted his instrumental approach on the playing of Tommy Flanagan and Ahmad Jamal—a good trick, a difficult self-imposed assignment, and (in the end) a pianistic voice that's utterly beguiling.
There is not a clunker in the line-up of ten jazz standards. Of particular appeal is the trio's take on "I Should Care," but each song is a minor masterpiece of straight ahead improvisational tact and lyrical glory. The Studio in New York did a beautiful job with the sound. This is an album that "wears well" because its players have something deep to say. It will wear long, also, because its sound is intimate without even a hint of intrusive over-compression or sonic stridency.
I heartily recommend this enchanting album. Among the lot of trios any dedicated jazz fan is likely to come up against, a handful stand out—Hank Jones' groups; Bill Charlap's; Kenny Barron's and Tardo Hammer's, et. al. Add to that list this self-assured trio.
If ten is the number of mythical perfection and aesthetic surprise, FOR YOU (like the live '04 date in The Hague) walks away with a 9.9 ...in sum, two genuine discoveries here for this ol' guy. I'm a tough grader, so now I've got to look for something "ordinary," an instance of the contemporary banal.
I'll look hard so I have a chance to protect my curmudgeonly reputation.
Eastwind Import www.eastwindimport.com


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Court Remands Brothers Suspected of Starting Carmel Wildfire
Police suspect two brothers from the Druze village of Isfiya of lighting a fire near their home, which allegedly spread and set the entire Carmel ablaze.
Haifa Magistrate's Court on Sunday remanded two Druze teenagers who allegedly ignited the most devastating wildfire in Israel's history.
Police arrested Saturday the brothers, residents of the Druze village of Isfiya, ages 14 and 15. The court remanded them for three days.
The brothers' father said that the two were not responsible for starting the fire, and were not present at the scene of the fire when it started.
"My sons are innocent," the father said. "The policemen came and took them away from home as if they were terrorists."
According to the father, the fire broke out several kilometers away from the family's house. He claimed that he and his children were unrelated to the fire and even helped firefighting efforts.
"They are not connected to this, they do not smoke and they did not start a campfire. They are good and innocent kids and we will not let them be maliciously framed."
Police Commissioner David Cohen said on Saturday that the fire was caused by negligence, and not arson, during a situation assessment at the Israel Police northern headquarters.
The fire in the Carmel has been raging since Thursday, with Israeli and foreign fire-fighters still struggling to contain the flames, which have claimed the lives of 42 people and devastated thousands of acres of land.
Thousands of people have also been evacuated from their homes.
The assumption of negligence is in line with the assessment of the police investigators from the Central Region, who said Friday that the fire had not been set deliberately. Initial investigations Thursday, shortly after the blaze started, also led to the conclusion that the fire was the result of carelessness and not malicious action.
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text: A fine example of the genre, the Garesché album contains verse and illustrations addressed to DuPont F. and Anna L. Garesché of Philadelphia. Intended to inspire pleasant memories and deep reflections, the quips and quotations are drawn largely from popular writers influenced by romanticism. The entries are enlivened by some well executed pencil and pen and ink sketches, including two very effective trompe l'oeuil drawings. Among the more unusual entries are two concrete poems in French, both contributed by Phillipe Bréda: "Buvons, amis"... (in the shape of a glass) and "Bouteille."


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Marcy Steadwell was a non-magical witch practitioner and an innocent targeted by Ms. Hellfire, who, along with Bane Jessup, was in league with Barbas.
On Friday the 13th in 2000, Barbas made a deal that gave him a 24-hour window to break free from purgatory if he could successfully kill 13 unmarried witches in that time. In Hellfire's planner, Marcy was the 10th name on her hit-list right above "P. Halliwell". Hellfire had rigged a bomb set off to explode at Marcy's store at 10am, just a couple of hours after firing into the Halliwell Manor and ultimately being killed by Prue.
That Friday morning, Marcy Steadwell walked down the street and stuck her key into the lock of her new-age bookstore. Just as she was about to open the door, Darryl Morris and Phoebe Halliwell called out to her, making her drop her hands from the doorknob. However, Marcy had already jarred the door and triggered the bomb. Darryl jumped forward and tackled her to the ground the second the bomb exploded, saving her. When she hit the ground, Marcy was all smiles as she had assumed she had managed to cast her first successful spell, believing that Darryl saving her was thanks to a protection spell she had cast.
Critiquing the SistersEdit
While under the protection of the Charmed Ones, Marcy began to wander around the manor critiquing the sisters and even upsetting Piper by moving around their potion ingredients and questioning if they could cast "a spell that's worth a darn". Marcy was shocked that Piper kept wolfsbane and holy thistle on the same shelf in the cupboard claiming that their harmonics were in complete opposition. She then proceeded to cast a needed (yet, annoying) protective spell for the sisters, which proved to be a dud. Marcy also knew of a spray potion that was meant to cleanse the aura of the house and make it strong, however it was not a magical potion. The last time the Charmed Ones saw Marcy was when she left the manor with Inspector Morris.
Nearly seven years later, Marcy along with a few other innocents, was murdered because her blood was needed to bring about the resurrection of the Source of All Evil.
Marcy's Protection SpellEdit
- You will need a sage stick.
- Light the top of the sage stick and let the smoke fill the room while chanting:
- Favour us, Sister Moon with your protective beams.
- Give all who dwell within this spell,
- safe days and sweet dreams
- for those who dwell underneath this roof.
Notes and triviaEdit
- Despite being a practitioner with no magical abilities or immunity to Piper's power of molecular immobilization, she was still targeted by Barbas. This theorizes that she was at least a carrier of witch genetics.
Marcy Steadwell appeared in a total of 1 episode throughout the course of the series.
- Season 2
- Ms. Hellfire
|Innocents of Season 2
|Jenny Gordon · Tina Hitchens and Masselin's Other Victims · Owen Grant · Kyle Gwydion · Eric Bragg · Ben Bragg · Marcy Steadwell · Max · Cindy · Unnamed Cupid · Matthew van Lewen · Alexandra van Lewen · Martha van Lewen · Nathan · Andrea · Brooke · Tessa · Christina Larson · Bane Jessup · Maggie Murphy · Cleavant Wilson · Sally "Bones" Dopler · Benny Ritter
|Gorgeous Man · Inspector Smith · Ryan · Treasure Hunter · Betty · Joshua, Heather and Michael · Mrs. Johnson · Sam Wilder · Martha van Lewen · Gilbert van Lewen · Concerned Citizen · Gail Altman · Helen · Amanda · Charlene Hughes · Dr. Curtis Williamson
|Innocents of Season 9
|Tyler Michaels · Max Franklin · Henry Mitchell · Elise Rothman · Henry Mitchell Jr.
|Brittany Reynolds · Brent · Owen Grant · Marcy Steadwell · Beth Whittlesey · Henry Mitchell Jr.'s Biological Mother · Kyle Brody


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Mezzo Soprano
In 2016, Jacqueline Dark starred as The Mother Abbess in the National Tour of The Sound of Music before returning to Opera Australia as Fricka in their revival of Der Ring des Nibelungen. In 2017, she makes major concert appearances in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
After completing a Bachelor of Physics degree, Jacqui attended the Opera Studio at the Victorian College of The Arts, graduating in 1996 with First Class Honours.
Her performance experience encompasses opera, music theatre, cabaret, theatre restaurant and the concert platform - and includes the roles of The Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Carmen and Mercedes (Carmen), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), the title role and Tisbe in Cenerentola (for which she won a Green Room Award), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Rosmira (Partenope), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Second and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Maurya (Riders To The Sea), Mrs Herring (Albert Herring), the title role in Iolanthe, Maddalena (Rigoletto), Emilia (Otello), Lucilla (La scala di seta), Marianna (Il Signor Bruschino), Flora (La traviata), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Pitti-Sing/Katisha (The Mikado) and Mary (Der fliegender Holländer).
In 2001, Jacqui was awarded the Vienna State Opera Award by Opera Foundation Australia which led to her undertaking many roles for the Wiener Staatsoper including Giovanna (Rigoletto), Grimgerde (Die Walküre), Mercedes (Carmen), Annina (La traviata), Ines (Il trovatore) and Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto). Since returning to Australia, she has sung Dorabella in Victorian Opera's inaugural production of Così fan tutte, Suzuki for Opera Queensland and Marcellina, Emilia, Maddelena, Donna Elvira, Katisha and Rosmira for Opera Australia.
Other appearances have included The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos for Victorian Opera and the alto solos in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis for Sydney Philharmonia. She also appears as a leading artist in many of Opera Australia's internationally released CDs and DVDs – Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Don Giovanni and The Mikado.
In 2012, Jacqueline Dark sang Herodias in Opera Australia's new production of Salome and won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Principal Female in Opera (Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni). Her 2013/2014 OA schedule included Emilia, Donna Elvira, Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin, Meg Page in Falstaff, Lady Billows in Albert Herring and Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen. She also took the alto solos in Rossini's Stabat Mater for the West Australian Symphony, in Messiah for the New Zealand Symphony and appeared as Herodias for Opera Hong Kong.
In August 2014, Jacqui received her second consecutive Helpmann Award – for her work as Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen. Her roles for Opera Australia in 2015 included Marcellina and her debut as Amneris (Aida).
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Reserve Bank of Australia board member
Ms Ridout, former head of the Australian Industry Group, told the AWU conference yesterday that while the innovation package announced on Sunday was mostly good, the plan to exclude companies with more than $20 billion in revenue from claiming the concessions could "come back and bite us".
"We've cleaned out the scheme, but we're still going to miss 20 very, very big R&D spenders," she said
"We've got to be very careful. In the future, if a big manufacturing company is thinking of making a big investment in Australia, they will look at things like this and say, 'Well we bumped up against a barrier.'
"We need that kind of investment in Australia, so take a really balanced approach to this . . . [or] it could come and bite us."
Also speaking at the AWU national conference, Capral chief executive Phil Jobe, said that currency manipulation by China has taken the place of state subsidies in making for cheap imports. He said Capral had been "really hurt" by subsidised imported Chinese aluminium products which had forced him to cut about 40 per cent of his workforce in recent years.
"But interestingly enough, in recent times those subsidies have fallen away to be not much at all," he said. "The question is why those products are still coming into Australia relentlessly . . . at so low a price, causing so much damage to the Australian economy.
"My hypothesis is that the Chinese currency manipulation is now doing the heavy lifting that the subsidies used to do."
Mr Jobe praised AWU secretary
Mr Jobe said the anti-dumping program was welcome but the big issue was now currency and currency manipulation. "In my mind the high Australian dollar is a big issue, but the bigger issue is the lower, manipulated Chinese yuan."
UTS Dean of Business Roy Green told the conference the government's innovation package was "all positive" although he questioned whether the "funding environs" were big enough. Professor Green said the government could have taken advantage of low interest rates and sound ratings to borrow for the program rather than try and take a budget neutral approach of using money from the R&D cuts.
The AWU conference also called for the creation of a national gas reserve – to head off rising prices and to improve the competitiveness of local manufacturing – while also boosting the use of coal seam gas.
Mr Howes took a swipe at minister
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Breast Cancer
Cyst in breast
When a cyst ruptures in the breast, what are the symtoms and is a discharge or no discharge normal? Im in a lot of pain right now, shoulder and arm.
Cysts rarely rupture in the breast. Your pain could just be usual breast pain that many women experience. You should seek medical attention to make sure there is nothing worse going on- like an infection.
Jennifer B Manders, MD
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University of Cincinnati


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That little deer pin! So cute!
May 3, 2013Friday Etsy Roundup – Jewelry Edition
By Andrea
I love love love vintage and antique jewelry – it's one of my favourite things to browse on Etsy! Here's some cool pieces I came across:
First up, from seller parkestatecompany:
This starburst set is absolutely stunning! It looks to be in excellent condition. I love the stone in the middle.
Next up, from seller GlimmersInTime:
In my head, there's nothing more 50s looking, fashion-wise than a cardigan with a sweater guard! The mother of pearl clips on this one are very pretty.
Something for the Gents! From seller VintageVogueWardrobe:
This tie clip totally screams out Mad Men, I think! I could see any of the characters sporting this on their tie to the office!
Next up, from seller taygalchi:
As I have a love for all things wooden, that extends to jewelry as well. This pin is super cute, and I think it would look great on a chunky sweater come fall!
From seller WeLoveCookbooks
You could truly be a hepcat in this hip cat pin! Would look great on just about anything, and it's silver – which can sometimes be harder to find in mid-century jewelry.
And finally, from seller KCsBazaar:
These are a little more Art Deco, but I absolutely love Art Deco jewelry, so I thought I would include them. So feminine, and they would definitely add a special touch to a special outfit!
I hope you enjoyed this week's Etsy roundup!
4 Responses to Friday Etsy Roundup – Jewelry Edition
Ooohhhhh, totally love that little kitty pin!!!
The kitty one is super adorable, eh? I was very tempted by it – it would match the kitties on my Pin Up Couture dress!


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Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale University has just practically ruined his future in Germany. The noted New Haven anthropologist never will be able to sell any of his works in the land of the purge and the grave. Not after Hanfstaengl, Hitler's foreign press watchman when he isn't playing the piano, trains his spy glass on the following item from the Nutmeg State:
"The Jews driven out of the country average higher in intelligence than the Germans that remain there. By their anti-Semitic policy, the Germans are driving out some of their most able people, not only able Jews, but a great many Germans, particularly from her universities. To that extent she is weakening herself."
In a few days or so, as soon as Hanfy has recovered from the shock—these American college men have been giving him so many headaches lately—the press will carry a small item, stuck away somewhere in what's known as the newspaper's steerage, as follows:
"Berlin.—All books written by Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale University have been banned throughout Germany by order of Reichsfuehrer Hitler as being a menace to the safety and morals of the nation."
However, if the average German is anything like the average American, such a ban will serve perhaps to stimulate a new interest in the suppressed author's works.
Almost every book that was ever frowned upon by an American censor and banned by an American court has invariably attained the best-seller class, whether deservedly or not. In the land of the plebiscite, however, where voters are allowed to vote only the "ja" ticket, devotion to suppressed literature has probably not yet reached such intense proportions.
After all, in America, if one is caught reading a banned volume, one is merely given a dig in the ribs. The dig is then followed by a request that you "lend the book to me will yah? I'll finish it in one sitting." And if a bookseller is caught selling it, he sometimes gets "tut-tutted" by a judge who takes the volume home and reads it from cover to cover.
But reading and selling suppressed books in Germany is probably something else again. Possession of a book by Einstein on "The World as I See It" would be classed as prima facie evidence that the possessor was plotting the downfall of Hitler. Getting caught with Huntington's "The Character of Races" or the "Pulse of Progress" would land the reader in a concentration camp or on the gallows.
All of which leads one to wonder just what Germans of today are reading. Practically every one of the topnotch German authors is verboten. This whole suppression business is probably a plot of Goebbels to force everyone into buying a copy of Hitler's "Mein Kampf." But even if they have been forced into buying copies of Hitler's chef d'oeuvre, the Germans haven't made the thing their Bible yet.
Speaking or books reminds us of a once popular pastime that seems to have dropped from ken: If you were cast away on a desert island, which ten books would you like to have with you?
How many Germans today, if they had that question put to them, would pick "Mein Kampf" above, say, any one of the books they have been verboten to read?
And speaking of desert islands, if you had your choice, which ten anti-Semites would you like to see shipwrecked together on some ocean rock pile?
Our choice would be as follows:
From Germany: Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Streicher.
From England: Sir Oswald Mosley.
From Rumania: Professor Cuza and his song.
From Greece: Eleutherios Venizelos.
From America: Congressman McFadden and Louis Zahne (our latest anti-Semitic crush)
After they got through cursing the fate (probably Jewish) that cast them away, they'd have nothing left to do but go to work on each other. How it would all end is something that simply staggers the imagination. The Day Booker turns faint at the very thought.


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