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New York Times Reporter Uses The Stupidest Tortilla Metaphor EVER
Damien Cave is a New York Times reporter whose recent story on less Mexicans coming into the United States was, like most things reported by the Times, about seven years too late and towing the elite line instead of talking to the street. But that's an issue for Navel Gazing; here, our beef with him is in describing Mexico City in an art story as a "cityscape with the color and curves of a tortilla."
Um, what? ¿Qué que?
This line makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. Mexico City explodes with colors; a tortilla is a uniform shade, whether the healthy brown of wheat, blue corn's violet tone, the healthy yellow of fresh corn, or the pasty white of flour, all broken up only by occasional flakes of char. Mexico City is in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and sinking; a tortilla is as flat as, well, a tortilla. Mexico City is a blob at its most defined, a nebula in reality; a tortilla, even at its most jagged, remains a circle. "Curves of a tortilla"? A tortilla has but one, and it's its circumference.
¡Qué pendejo! Of course, I'm sure the Times editor who saw it delighted in Cave's ridiculous turn of nothing, and probably hasn't eaten a tortilla since the days he was a college student and it was Multicultural Night. But, hey: tortillas? Mexico? Yeah! Easy metaphor, even if it's so fucked up it doesn't even aspire to be a mixed one!
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Can some one pls suggest me some modern and unique Hindu baby girl names?
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Discussion in 'Dogs - General Dog Chat' started by Tail_Chaser, Aug 11, 2005.
Wow! That's pretty impressive!!!!
Well I know one thing for sure, Maggie didnt go to a public school
It's a human in disguise!
Yes, I saw that on Pet Star! It's pretty cool
LOL @ Buckshot. But that is amazing.
Wow, that's pretty dang good.
I also like the cockapoo who could spell.
Im not to impressed I just think its cute lol
Wow, how did that dog do that? That's crazy. I love Pet Star.
Oh wow! That was so great.
Have you ever seen Skidboot *I think that is the right name* on Pet Star. He lives in Texas and can do just about anything. He has been on many similar shows and is always winning competitions.


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holiday let
Attractive 1930's cottage-style terraced house in quiet city-centre street near Cathedral.
Sleeps 5 (max) people in 3 bedrooms; one with double bed, one large single (optional twin bed), one small single.
Recently refitted shower room and toilet.
Large lounge/dining room, gas effect fire, comfortable chairs and 'German-style' dining corner. TV/DVD/iPod player.
Well equipped kitchen with twin-oven cooker, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge.
Downstairs toilet.
Large garden with rotary washing line and off-street parking at rear. Patio and table for outdoor meals.
Full central heating, good carpets throughout (please bring slippers!), double glazing.
Major renovation completed July 1998.
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Corner shop 3 minutes walk – stocks most everyday items and offers good bargains!
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Station 15 mins walk down hill (direct line to Kings Cross less than 1 hr 15 mins on timetable).
Several good restaurants in easy walking distance, prices to suit all tastes.
Take-away pizza outlet 3 mins walk.
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Short-term holiday letting.
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After one heck of a trip to Orlando, FL for SQL Connections, I'm back in Redmond. Here is a quick re-cap of my sessions and links to session content...
SMS312 -- Be More Productive with SQL Server 2005 Tools
SMS313 -- Deep Dive into Database Mail
SMS315 -- Solving Common Scenarios with Management Studio Reports
MSUnplugged -- 10 minute demo of transparently improving your application's performance. (Tools: Database Engine Tuning Advisor, Profiler, Management Studio)
It never ceases to amaze me how many people are adopting SQL Server 2005. There were 200 people in my generic tools session, 90 people in the Database Mail session, 60 people in the Management Studio Reports session. Many of the attendees were fairly new to SQL Server 2005.
As promised, I'm posting links to references I've made in my sessions.
Microsoft Connect:
If you want to file a suggestion on how to improve Microsoft SQL Server, register on Microsoft Connect.
SQL Server Forums on MSDN:
If you have a question on SQL Server-related technology, ask it on the MSDN forums.
SQL Server Tools General Forum:
If you have a question on any of the SQL Server Management Tools, ask it at my team's forum.
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Be More Productive: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032290600&Culture=en-US
Database Mail in SQL Server 2005: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032275443&Culture=en-US
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New Scotland Archives The Altamont Enterprise, September 1, 2011
On newly paved Pleasant Street, water drains into homes
By Jo E. Prout
VOORHEESVILLE Residents of newly paved Pleasant Street complained to the village board last week about a design flaw that redirected road drainage away from storm drains and onto their properties. Flooding this week, after tropical storm Irene dumped inches of water on the Capital Region, put their basements under water and affected their foundations, residents said.
"It was really bad," said Helen Jensen. Her garage, which flooded with run-off after a deluge two weeks ago, was hit hard during last Sunday's tropical storm. "I have a stone foundation," she said. The pressure from the water caused her garage to flood, again, she said.
Michael Gies, another Pleasant Street resident, told the village board last week about the flooding. He said that Callanan Industries did "a fine job paving it," but that "there still seems to be a water problem. There's still water coming across the street." Gies said that the water did not reach the storm drains.
"It is 10 times worse that it's ever been," Jensen said at the meeting. She said that the old sidewalks along the street channel water to her door.
"It's like a falls. It is just gushing," said resident Gale Kohler.
Kohler and Jensen agreed with Gies about the quality of the paving, itself.
"The road is beautiful," Kohler said.
"It is," Jensen said. "No water goes into the culverts."
Mayor Robert Conway said that he would follow the residents back to their homes after the board meeting to inspect the road.
"We'll take a look at it," he said. "We'll certainly address it."
Other business
In other business, the village board:
Learned from Village Attorney Anne-Jo McTague that the court recently awarded an abandoned property to the village.
"We prevailed," McTague said. "We can take possession."
The property, formerly owned by the Munks family, had been abandoned since the last family member died in 2006, leaving no next of kin, according to village Clerk-Treasurer Linda Pasquali. The property lies at the entrance to the village on Route 156, at 16 Altamont Road, next to the firehouse.
Conway told The Enterprise that the empty home, with an abandoned car parked in its overgrown yard, is "a public nuisance."
"A lot of people were calling us," Pasquali said. "It looks dangerous." She said that the village will take control of the property within 30 days of receiving the paperwork from the court.
Conway said that the property would be kept and used if the firehouse needs to be expanded in the future;
Learned that the village now has several Automated External Defibrillators. Trustee David Cardona suggested that a doctor needed to be associated with each AED, but Trustee John Stevens said that the devices are widely available now and come with an instructional CD.
"It is foolproof," Stevens, a driver for the Voorheesville Area Ambulance Squad, said. "It won't register for someone who is alive. They have to be passed."
The board said that it will arrange training for village employees on the use of the AEDs;
Heard from Conway that the Conservation Advisory Council remains short one member. Pasquali said that the council reviews planning and zoning applications and makes recommendations on the possible effects of those proposals; and
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The index charts the growth and impact of any organizations that deliver social, economic or environmental change including charities, housing associations, co-ops, social firms, community enterprises or ethical businesses.
"Every month the Index will focus on a new sector or marketplace including: health, education, employment and training and finance. The five organisations with the highest annual turnover growth will be published on a dedicated website, alongside expert advice about measuring social impact and information about the winner. Any organisation that delivers social, economic or environmental change can sign up for the index and nominations are also welcome.â€
"In March 2010 the top 100 highest growth organisations will be announced with awards totaling £50,000 given for three separate categories, including; the highest growth, the most effective measurement of social return and best new contribution in terms of either social impact or growth.â€
Very, very cool. Social entrepreneurs: please keep in mind this is a UK based organization and you may need to adhere to specific qualifications to be nominated or listed on the index depending on your location although the site makes no mention of that.
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Did Roger Ebert Have a Deathbed Vision?Posted by Greg at 03:47, 06 Jan 2014
Famous movie pundit Roger Ebert was often claimed by others as an atheist, although his own opinion was that he disliked his convictions being reduced to one word or label. Ebert's real 'religion', I think, was summed up by his admission that he had "spent hours and hours in churches all over the world...not to pray, but to gently nudge my thoughts toward wonder and awe" - a position many readers here would probably feel aligned with.
It did not surprise me then when I read, in a recent Esquire article ("Oral Histories of 2013"), a first-hand account of Ebert's passing from his wife Chaz that suggests he had a profound experience in his final days:
On April 4, he was strong enough again for me to take him back home. My daughter and I went to pick him up. When we got there, the nurses were helping him get dressed. He was sitting on his bed, and he looked really happy to be going home. He was smiling. He was sitting almost like Buddha, and then he just put his head down. We thought he was meditating, maybe reflecting on his experiences, grateful to be going home. I don't remember who noticed first, who checked his pulse… In the beginning, of course, I was totally freaked out. There was some kind of code thing, and they brought machines in. I was stunned. But as we realized he was transitioning out of this world and into the next, everything, all of us, just went calm. They turned off the machines, and that room was so peaceful. I put on his music that he liked, Dave Brubeck. We just sat there on the bed together, and I whispered in his ear. I didn't want to leave him. I sat there with him for hours, just holding his hand.
Roger looked beautiful. He looked really beautiful. I don't know how to describe it, but he looked peaceful, and he looked young.
The one thing people might be surprised about — Roger said that he didn't know if he could believe in God. He had his doubts. But toward the end, something really interesting happened. That week before Roger passed away, I would see him and he would talk about having visited this other place. I thought he was hallucinating. I thought they were giving him too much medication. But the day before he passed away, he wrote me a note: "This is all an elaborate hoax." I asked him, "What's a hoax?" And he was talking about this world, this place. He said it was all an illusion. I thought he was just confused. But he was not confused. He wasn't visiting heaven, not the way we think of heaven. He described it as a vastness that you can't even imagine. It was a place where the past, present, and future were happening all at once.
As I noted in my recent book Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife, the fascinating phenomena associated with end-of-life experiences (ELEs), such as deathbed visions, aren't restricted to occurring in the minutes or seconds before passing...they can occur, days, weeks and sometimes even months before. I'd love to hear more from Chaz Ebert about what Roger experienced and described, because it certainly does sound like he had visions of a some kind of 'other' place that his consciousness was transiting to.
Link: Oral Histories of 2013: Roger Ebert's Wife, Chaz, on His Final Moments
Related: Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife (Kindle/Paperback)
(h/t Nathan Deitcher/Michael Hughes)
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That is so beautiful!
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Took the words right out of my keyboard ;)
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
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There must be much freaking out among the materialists, I mean, Ebert was famous, not like A.J. Ayer or Anthony Flew.
I imagine it was a relief for him to find out there were no bad movies in heaven. Or any movies, I'd expect. Who needs movies at a timelessness like that?
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""he wrote me a note: "This is all an elaborate hoax." I asked him, "What's a hoax?""
Everything that follows that line is probably an interpretation of what Roger wrote/said. It would be more believable if we knew what words he used to describe this other reality, not just get to read what another person thought he meant.
Is that information available anywhere?
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Yes it's true, reality is an illusion and there is no time. Want to know more? Take a strong psychedelic like LSD. Or better still DMT. Prepare to be amazed.
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Or just learn to meditate!
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Or try to attain lucidity in your dreams.
The 1st time I managed to do it with a transcendent moment in my life, and henceforth I started questioning many things about consensual Reality.
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
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Stanford vs. Oregon: Twitter Reaction, Post-Game Recap and AnalysisNovember 18, 2012
The No. 13 Stanford Cardinal paid a visit to Eugene to try to steal the Pac-12 North title from the No. 2 Oregon Ducks. The game ended up being a defensive battle, ending in a 17-14 OT win and upset for the Cardinal.
The thrilling conclusion started when Stanford caught a controversial touchdown pass to tie the game in the closing minutes. Kevin Hogan, Stanford's redshirt freshman quarterback, made one of many great passes and tight end Zach Ertz collected it to tie the game.
Oregon returned the ensuing kick to their own 22-yard line with 1:35 to play. The offense couldn't get into field-goal range and punted with the ball at mid-field.
The Ducks started overtime with the ball but weren't able to advance on Stanford's defense.
Alejandro Maldonado attempted a field goal but hit an upright for the second time in the game for Oregon. The first kick ricocheted over the cross bar, but the overtime attempt failed.
Jordan Williamson then squeezed his subsequent attempt just inside the same upright, giving Stanford the 17-14 win.
Both offenses and special teams made critical mistakes in this game. There were a combined four turnovers but very little made of them.
In the end it came down to execution. Stanford was able to finish their drive at the end of regulation, while Oregon failed to capitalize.
The play-calling and execution on Oregon's final possessions were suspect at best. There was no rhythm on an offense that hadn't been held under 42 points all season.
Twitter Reaction
It is hard to recap an Oregon game without first mentioning the uniforms.
I believe the Ducks requested permission from the Pac-12 for a costume change prior to the encore. Here's a look at their latest fashion statement.
A good look at Oregon's uniforms for tonight's game against Stanford (via @chrispietsch) twitter.com/BleacherReport…— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 18, 2012
The Cardinal made a huge play just inside 2:00 to play. Originally called incomplete, the replay official ruled the receiver had possession and touched his right shoulder in.
I thought the ball was still moving when his left shoulder touched out, but what do you believe? CBS Sports shared the video of the play.
RT @bryandfischer: Here's the touchdown play > RT @pac12: HIGHLIGHT Zach Ertz leaping grab ties Oregon late in the 4th snpy.tv/TKx3Bh— Eye on College FBall (@EyeOnCFB) November 18, 2012
I'm not sure if I trust a basketball expert with this call, but Dick Vitale liked the call.
Gr8 call in Stanford - Oregon - the right call = TD 4 The Cardinal— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) November 18, 2012
There were some great highlights in this game. The Pac-12 conference shares several of them.
Poor field position following a textbook punt? Marcus Mariota to the rescue. HIGHLIGHT snpy.tv/T3p0Ba— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) November 18, 2012
The lack of a ground game for Oregon was a major factor in the game. One of the best college football analysts shared his thoughts.
Give Stanford's front seven credit but Oregon OL isn't keeping blocks. Barner isn't showing much strength to run through arm-tackles either.— Rob Rang (@RobRang) November 18, 2012
The result was Oregon's offense coming up short with their offensive output.
Give it up to #Stanford - held #Oregon RB Kenjon Barner, a legit Heisman candidate, to just 67 yards on 21 carries. Game now in OT.— Dion Caputi (@nfldraftupdate) November 18, 2012
The importance of the game was clear.
BOOOOOOOM. #13 Stanford defeats #2 Oregon 17-14 in #Overtime. Stanford's 2nd win vs AP#1 in school history. #STANvsUO— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 18, 2012
The Cardinal in particular found ways to make sure their mistakes would not be their downfall.
Following Stanford's three turnovers, Oregon got off just 11 plays for 26 yards. Two three and outs. Huge for Stanford.— Ben Kercheval (@CFTBenKercheval) November 18, 2012
The Ducks have their sights set on the Beavers. They need a win to keep their Pac-12 championship hopes alive. Some fans are underestimating their competition.
All the duck fans saying how Oregon st lost to Washington ? Stanford lost to them too— Shane brown(@Shanebrown20) November 18, 2012
Many are wondering how Hogan ended up at Stanford. Cardinal fans are wondering what might have been if he'd started against Notre Dame.
For those unfamiliar, Stanford QB Kevin Hogan is a #NotreDame super legacy. Sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandpa and dad all went to ND.— Jake Brown (@Jake_Brown) November 18, 2012
Oregon is still alive to advance to the Pac-12 Championship Game. If the UCLA Bruins beat Stanford next weekend, and Oregon beats Oregon State in the Civil War, the Ducks would host the Bruins.
If Oregon loses to the Beavers the winner of Stanford-UCLA will host the loser in the Pac-12 title game.
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The parents of a West Norfolk boy have been arrested because the 11-year-old weighs in at a massive 15st.
The story made national newspaper headlines last week as a 49-year-old man and the 44-year-old woman, who have not been named, were detained on suspicion of child cruelty and neglect.
But police have defended their handling of the case.
A Norfolk Police spokesman said: "When dealing with sensitive issues such as obesity and neglect of children, officers from the force's Child Abuse Investigation Unit work closely with partners, significantly with both health care and social services, to ensure any response to address them are proportionate and necessary.
"Any action taken by any agency will be subject to a joint strategy between all partner agencies and will always be taken with the welfare of the child and their protection from harm as paramount.
"While it is inappropriate to comment on this case specifically, it is important to stress that intervention at this level is very rare and will only occur where other attempts to protect the child have been unsuccessful."
Health and social services officials have also defended their handling of the case after it was highlighted in the Sun newspaper on Friday.
The report said the boy weighs 15st and has a body mass index which is almost twice a healthy level.
The paper also claimed that police were alerted to the boy's case by staff at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
But director of nursing, Catherine Morgan, insisted the hospital had acted in the boy's interests.
She said: "There are very clear guidelines in place to safeguard the interests of children and vulnerable adults which the hospital adheres to.
"This includes sharing information with our partner agencies as and when appropriate in the best interests of the individual, who will then take their own decision on any follow-up action they feel may be necessary."
Meanwhile, Norfolk County Council's children's services department, who it was claimed were preparing to take the boy into care if the situation did not improve, said it could not comment on the individual case.
However, officials say rates of child obesity in West Norfolk are above both the county and national averages.
The authority's figures show almost 21 per cent of year six school children in the borough are classed as obese, compared to 18.6 per cent in Norfolk and 18.9 per cent in England. And almost nine per cent of reception year pupils are also obese, in line with the national average.
A spokesman said: "Our priority will always be the health, well-being and safety of Norfolk's children and we will always do all we can to support families to meet their children's needs."


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Pampa Melchorita, Peru, 2015/01/19 - GE Oil & Gas announced it has been awarded a long-term contractual service agreement (CSA) through General Electric International Peru to support the PERU LNG S.R.L liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita, Peru. NYSE: GE
Contractual Service Agreement to Cover PERU LNGs Liquefied Natural Gas Plant for 13 Years;
GE to Cover Major Maintenance Requirements for Plants Liquefaction Train, On-Site Power Plant.
CSA to Include a Resident Team of GE Experts and Predictivity Solutions for Equipment Remote Monitoring
GE Oil & Gas today announced it has been awarded a long-term contractual service agreement (CSA) through General Electric International Peru to support the PERU LNG S.R.L liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita, Peru, approximately 100 miles south of Lima. The facility is South Americas LNG production plant.
The new CSA agreement will cover the plants services requirements for 13 years.
Open since June 2010, the plant has an estimated annual production capacity of 4.4 million tons of LNG. The complex also consists of two storage tanks each with a capacity of 130,000 cubic meters of LNG, a marine terminal and a supply pipeline. The LNG plant is owned by PERU LNG S.R.L., a company sponsored by Hunt Oil Company, SK Innovation, Shell and Marubeni.
Under the new CSA, GE Oil & Gas will cover all major maintenance requirements (including parts, repairs and field services) for the plants liquefaction train, which is comprised of GE 7EA units and compressors along with associated auxiliaries. The CSA also will cover the sites power generation equipment that consists of three GE LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine-generators and auxiliaries. In addition to major maintenance, GE Oil & Gas also will provide a resident support team to assist with all aspects of maintenance on GE equipment as well as a Predictivity package for remote equipment monitoring.
After the PERU LNG production facility began operating in 2010, another vendor had served as the original CSA provider before PERU LNG decided to switch to GE Oil & Gas.
We are pleased to sign this new CSA with GE because the original equipment manufacturer will provide the parts and repair services as well as the technical expertise of GEs resident team of field engineers to help ensure the optimal reliability and potential increased availability of our LNG production facility, said Igor Salazar, general manager of PERU LNG S.R.L.
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CBS News report: Web Link
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EPA Police Chief testifies before the US Senate
Original post made by citizen, East Palo Alto, on Apr 19, 2012
CBS News report: Web Link
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Apr 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Yeah - too controversial for this publication, methinks. Plus, most people in Palo Alto refuse to believe that their own PD does racial profiling.
Years ago, I was stopped pretty much for being white in EPA, after visiting a friend. I had mixed feelings about it, but mostly chalked it up to standing out in that particular area. But as a white female, I have the privilege of not worrying too much how I'll be treated by the police. Ironically, one of the *rudest* officers I've ever dealt with was a PAPD officer who, throughout our interaction, made fun of my ethnic background until his sergeant pulled him away.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 20, 2012 at 5:49 am
Palo Alto is a different town than East Palo Alto
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Apr 20, 2012 at 9:37 am
Yes, EPA is a different city from PA, but that doesn't mean that PA resident should not care about what is happening to their neighbors.
a resident of East Palo Alto
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Bea - I'm not sure what your point is - can you please explain? If they weren't the same town, they wouldn't be separate police departments.


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CMU continues 10-game tear with win
Colorado Mesa is playing its best softball of the season right now.
The Mavericks swept New Mexico Highlands 9-1 and 12-8 in another doubleheader on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, N.M. Mesa (12-8, 11-3 RMAC) is on a 10-game winning streak and in first place in the RMAC with a key series next weekend at second-place Adams State (12-11, 10-3 RMAC).
"We're hitting extremely well right now," CMU coach Candace Abrams said. "We're playing solid defense behind phenomenal pitching too.
"Everyone is playing well. There is no lull in our lineup."
Makayla Kovac, in particular, is hitting the ball well. The sophomore was 7 for 9 with two home runs and six RBI in the doubleheader sweep. She was 9 for 15 (.600) with seven RBI in the series.
"I think the ball is very big for her right now," Abrams said of Kovac. "Plus, she's got great hitters around her."
Kovac doubled home a run and scored to get the Mavericks started in the first game Sunday. Those two runs were enough for Jessica Severinsen (7-4), who limited the Cowboys to one run on three hits and struck out four in the five-inning, run-rule game.
"They had a couple lucky hits off Jess, but we still kept them off balance," Abrams said.
Severinsen helped herself out as well with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a two-run home run in the second. Brooke Ortale had an RBI double in the second inning as well.
Kovac went off in the second game, going 4 for 5 with two home runs and five RBI, but did most of the damage when Mesa needed her most.
She hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning to tie the game 6-6 then had a three-run shot in the seventh. Nicole Robinson added a two-run triple for insurance.
Karissa Nickeson had a two-run home run in the fourth and Severinsen hit solo home run in the sixth.
Ashley Pulido (3-3) picked up the win in relief of Jo Bolyard.
Pulido allowed five runs on eight hits and struck out six in four innings.


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Mutations in the Distribution Structure at the International Level
The last three decades of the 20th century were characterized by deep mutations of the West-European commerce. On the background of the convergence for the evolution tendencies of the economic field in the EU, there were common orientations in the structure of the distribution network. However we can't talk about the dissolution of each country's specificity, because the retailing commerce, unlike the production, still remains a local industry. In future, the rate of evolution for the distribution will be accelerated and the mutations registered in the past will be amplified. This is because the distribution and progress of the evolution are tightly connected with: the market economy development; the production increase, generating a wide range of goods on the market; the multiplication of the international exchanges; the ever-greater distances between the producers and consumers in the context of the market internationalization; the explosion and exigencies of a mass-consumption; the economic efficiency through specialization.
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Has Downton Abbey Helped Spark New Demand for Butlers?
Downton Abbey devotees have long romanticized the charmed lives led by the aristocratic Crawley family, but according to NPR, they have now begun to covet another aspect of Downton life—a butler.
Since Downton debuted on PBS four years ago, the demand for butlers worldwide has risen dramatically, NPR reports.
Only a few hundred British butlers existed 35 years ago, one source told NPR. Today, there are around 10,000 in Britain alone. There are thousands more living abroad.
According to NPR, emerging economies like Russia and China are driving the demand for butlers, as billionaires from Dubai to Shanghai seek a new class of servants.
NPR suggests that the craze for butlers may have emerged partly because PBS has managed to rebrand the butler.
American shows and films such as Batman and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air once imagined butlers as comedic sidekicks or friends.
Carson, on the other hand, the stalwart butler who serves Downton Abbey, is a far cry from a buffoon or even a purveyor of British snobbery. A beloved figure on the British show, he has developed a bevy of rabid fans drawn partly to his sturdy conservatism.
Carson is first and foremost a traditionalist. As wars rage and financial downfall looms for the aristocratic Crawley family, he maintains a dignified persona, bent on preserving familial heritage.
It is an intriguing concept for newly-minted billionaires. Those foreign oil tycoons and oligarchs may want butlers to serve as status symbols to suggest an illustrious familial heritage.


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Florida education news: Drop out prevention, school fund raisers, block tuition and more
MANDATORY UNIFORMS: A proposal to require Pinellas students to wear school uniforms brings out supporters and detractors. (Times photo, Cherie Diez)
EARLY WARNINGS: Pasco's Ridgewood High School creates an alert system using student data to help identify and assist teens before they get too far off track.
IF IT'S NOT BROKE ... Students and parents in Palm Harbor University High's International Baccalaureate program question superintendent Julie Janssen's proposal to relocate the program to a different school.
PAY UP: Marion schools bill the Florida Department of Education $85,000 for extra work done over the summer because of late FCAT results, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.
COLLEGE CREDIT: A growing number of Collier high school students take dual-enrollment courses, the Naples Daily News reports.
SO FAR, SO GOOD: Miami-Dade superintendent Alberto Carvalho has improved his school district's operations and image, but keeping it up will be tough work, the Miami Herald reports.
BUYING TIME: Manatee schools look to fund raisers to help pay for extras in the classroom, the Bradenton Herald reports.
FREE FOOD: Lee students do not take advantage of free breakfast provided by the schools, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
ON THE TRAIL: St. Johns superintendent Joe Joyner plans a series of public speeches about the need to ease Florida's class size limits, the St. Augustine Record reports.
ONE PRICE FITS ALL: University of Florida leaders say a block tuition schedule would help students graduate more quickly, the Gainesville Sun reports.


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I need a new Safariland model 070 SSIII holster, right hand draw, to fit a S&W Model 10 K-frame with 4" barrel. Finish should be plain. Please e-mail if you know where I can get one, these seem to be rarer than hen's teeth!


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In an AP article focusing on Larry Brown's thoughts on being VP instead of coaching, there is an interesting note about Chris Webber's future with the team.
Brown could certainly offer insight on the 76ers' next two
opponents: they host Detroit on Tuesday and play at New York on
The 76ers may not have Chris Webber for either of those games.
Webber returned to practice Monday after missing nine of the last 12
games with foot and ankle injuries. But Webber, who has been unhappy
with his role and the losing, said after practice he would not play
against the Pistons, and didn't know if he'd ever play for the 76ers
When asked if the team was trying to buy out his contract, Webber
said, "I've been talking to them for a long time," indicating he might
soon be finished in Philly.
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I had the opportunity of recovering a cushion for an heirloom rocking chair for a new friend. It was her husband's rocking chair as a boy, and they were now passing it on to their son (who's a cuter than cute 18 months). The only problem was that the cover was pretty well used and outdated! While they restored the rocker, I took my time and made a new cushion for the rocker plus a little extra something I just couldn't resist – a teeney boy pillow.
I chose a great (and super durable) cotton denim chambray that I scored from fabric.com. It's not listed anymore, but they do have some other intersting chambrays here. I juse went off the dimensions of the old cushion and armrests and this is how it came out! It'll be great for this little boy's room espeically since it's completely washable. And you would have laughed if you saw me shoving this cushion through my machine – it was maxed out!
And get this! I made my own pillow form. It was actually pretty fun because I had Natalie help me stuff it. This little cutie measures 10 x 10. The pillow cover is linen and some Katie Jump Rope. Perfect for a boy I'd say.


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Nuts' former editor at large Pete Cashmore joins Loaded magazine as short-term acting deputy next week.
Cashmore welcomes pitches on consumer technology, music and film, new products, food and drink, and sport, and says of his role, "I will be calling upon some of the best writers at my disposal, including former Nuts staffers Nick Soldinger and Rich Pelley, and freelancers like Stuart Messham and Nick Watkins. We're looking for stories that will interest the modern man and I'm very happy to report that we will not be needing salacious content!"
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Japan's Beauty & Youth pop up now and then in the form of smart collaborations with the likes of Sperry, Lacoste and Alden. This time we take a look at one of their own labels, 'Traditional Uniform'. A capsule collection for men and women, the line takes classics, unsurprisingly of the American variety, and, well, does very little with them. A plus in our book, avoiding any modern times remixing this adds up to a selection of well-made standards including Champion style college sweats, button down oxfords, wide and slim leg chinos and preppy blazers. Not a collection to change the course of history but the kind of simple, easy to wear set-ups we'd happily throw on.
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Some recent nursing grads are finding it more difficult to find jobs than was promised during school
Throughout the last 2 1/2 years of nursing school at Mesa State College, students became accustomed to the mantra: Not only would they immediately find work, they'd be able to pick out their dream jobs.
Since graduating in December with a bachelor's degree in nursing, that's hardly been the case for Marni Flores and a number of her colleagues now seeking work locally.
"As a new grad, it's pretty tough right now," said Flores, who graduated from the college alongside 29 others with similar degrees. "It seems like a lot of nurses who were traveling have decided to come home and land. They're taking those positions. There's no longer a shortage of nurses in Grand Junction, and it's really putting pressure on new graduates."
Nursing positions for new graduates, positions which have long been considered recession-proof, have all but dried up locally in the past two months. St. Mary's Hospital's Web site shows the hospital is hiring only nurses with at least two years of experience. Just three months ago, 15 to 20 nursing openings at the hospital potentially could have been snapped up by new graduates.
Flores said recruiters from hospitals in Delta, Montrose and Rangely courted students still in nursing school, but now those entities are cutting back on hiring new grads.
The new, 15-bed Family Health West hospital in Fruita is slated to open in July, and St. Mary's Hospital's expansion should be open by early 2010. While those are healthy indicators of potential jobs, it's a long time to wait as student loans become due.
Flores said the lack of job prospects has placed recent grads in a bind: Either try to wait out the hiring lull, lower expectations of their first nursing job or relocate.
One fellow grad has been working at a bank since graduating in December. Flores had been offered a job as a manager at a retail store. Others in her class who have found nursing work scored those jobs elsewhere.
Flores said she's lucky to nab a nursing position at Community Hospital, but, after training, the work is on-call, barely part-time and without benefits and vacation time. She is happy the training, in which she'll shadow a seasoned nurse, involves six months of full-time pay.
If not for having a family, Flores said she and her husband already would have moved on.
"We've lived on one income while I was in school, and now they say we'll just have to wait," she said. "You can only go on so long. If we didn't have kids, we'd be long gone."
Cindy Thomas, associate professor at Mesa State College with a doctorate in nursing, said she can see the concerns from both sides: New graduates need work, and companies are trying to rein in costs.
On one hand, it's difficult for hospitals and clinics eyeing the bottom line to justify hiring new graduates who require about six months of training. Hiring experienced nurses requires only a portion of that training.
However, nurses who are jumping back into the field — for reasons such as earning more money for retirement, riding out the recession, or offsetting the loss of work by a spouse — can just as easily jump back out.
"She's not going to stay," Thomas said describing that demographic of nurses. "As soon as the economy gets better, those nurses are going to leave again. It's a short-sighted strategy."
As a testament to the downturn in hiring, Thomas said she no longer solicits input from students about where they'll be working after graduation. Just last year, it was common practice as graduation neared to encourage students to air their success stories.
In contrast, Thomas said she recently counseled a nursing student who came to her in a panic, fretting about not being able to find work and staring down a $50,000 student loan.
When Thomas began teaching at Mess State a decade ago, the nursing program accepted 20 students a semester. Now that number has doubled. Applications still are rolling in at a healthy rate. Usually, she said, twice as many apply as are accepted.
"I do believe this is temporary," Thomas said of the shift away from hiring grads. "I don't think the public has any idea that is going on right now. It's a breaking story. We thought we were insulated here, but we're not any longer."
Chief Nursing Officer Beth Bricker at Community Hospital said she absolutely has noticed a trend of experienced nurses returning to the workforce and nurses already in the field keeping their positions longer.
Bricker said it's important for organizations to hire new nursing grads because they can bring new ideas and vigor, and those nurses tend to stick around for years while they build a foundation.
She said she recently hired three to four nursing graduates who will start work after passing their board certifications.
"All those baby boomers are going to retire at some time," Bricker said. "This is just a little blip on the radar screen. I sure hope this doesn't slow people from going to nursing school."
Just before graduation in May, recruiter Mark Prettyman will talk with some of the nursing students. Prettyman, who has a contract with California to fill 700 nursing jobs, will tell them jobs are available mostly in the metro areas. According to his company, UMS Health, a million nurses will be needed in the nation by 2010, and 75 percent of vacancies in the health-care field are nursing positions.
Even during national nursing shortages, nurses who have specialized training are sought the most, Prettyman said.
"If your speciality is bone-marrow transplant, I could get you a job like that," he said.
Registered nursing positions in larger U.S. cities pay from $50,000 to $200,000. He suggested graduating nurses seek work elsewhere and return to the area.
"It's probably the only career that's recession-proof," he said. "If it's truly what you want to do for a living, why not work somewhere else and come back in five years?"
Jeana Vargas, who graduates in May with a bachelor of science degree in nursing, wishes it were that easy.
A native of the area, she likes it here and wants to stick around to be near family.
Vargas, 22, had been putting in internship work in exchange for school credit at St. Mary's Hospital in the labor and delivery ward. It's a place she'd love to work after graduation. In years past, an internship at a hospital or a clinic was a kind of get-your-foot-in-the-door exposure that nearly guaranteed students a job after graduation. But that was before the recession.
"People are really surprised when I tell them I don't have a job," Vargas said. "They thought I would by now."
Vargas said she'll work on passing her board exam, a next step toward certification that is recommended within three months of graduation.
But if July rolls around without any local job prospects, Vargas said she'll consider moving elsewhere.
Chief Nursing Officer Lori Henderson of Family Health West said the hospital is hiring nurses in anticipation of it opening. Available jobs are in the operating room in pre-surgery and post-surgery roles.
"We do prefer experience, but we don't rule out new grads automatically," she said.
Henderson said while jobs in acute care or high-activity, short-term settings are sometimes preferred, jobs in longer-care positions are in high demand in the Grand Valley.
"If I was a nurse, I wouldn't discount those other opportunities," she advised.
Thomas echoes that advice. While she understands graduates' need to find immediate work, she recommends students try securing work in nursing fields, even if it means adjusting expectations. That could mean not being picky or possibly relocating, even out of state.
"I personally haven't seen anything this dramatic," Thomas said of the abrupt changes in nursing openings. "My heart bleeds for them. I know how hard they've worked."


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Characterising Japanese Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe: A Firm Level Investigation of Stylised Facts and Investment Characteristics
This article analyses the activities of Japanese investors in Central and Eastern Europe since the beginning of the region's transition. The use of firm level data on Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region allows us to focus on the industry, location and timing of affiliate establishment at a level of detail previously unexamined. This enables us to compare Japanese investment with overall regional inward investment as well as investigate country specialisation patterns within the region. We also characterise the type of investing parent, and determine how investments in CEE fit into the European-wide investment patterns for these firms. Finally, we investigate the entry mode choices of investing firms, finding a shift from minority-owned joint ventures and limited participation in the region in favour of wholly-owned subsidiaries and larger involvement in the region.
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- Ray Barrell & Dawn Holland, 2000. "Foreign Direct Investment and Enterprise Restructuring in Central Europe," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 8(2), pages 477-504, July.
- Belderbos, Rene & Capannelli, Giovanni & Fukao, Kyoji, 2001. "Backward Vertical Linkages of Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 189-208, January.
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:58:15PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:40:28AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Then why bother with the bit in the format code? If you've already done > >> some other negotiation to establish what datatype formats you will > >> accept, this doesn't seem to be adding any value. > > > The "other negotiation" is done via Postgres release notes... > > That is really not going to work if the requirement is to not break old > apps. They haven't read the release notes. Yes, but they also keep requesting the old formats so everything is fine? Note that formats are under full control of client, server has no way to send newer formats to client that has not requested it. > > I specifically want to avoid any sort of per-connection > > negotation, except the "max format version supported", > > because it will mess up multiplexed usage of single connection. > > Then they need to either disabled advanced formats completely, > > or still do it per-query somehow (via GUCs?) which is mess. > > Hmm, that adds yet another level of not-obvious-how-to-meet requirement. > I tend to concur with Robert that we are not close to a solution. Well, my simple scheme seems to work fine with such requirement. [My scheme - client-supplied 16bit type code is only thing that decides format.] > > No, the list of "well-known" types is documented and fixed. > > The bit is specifically for frameworks, so that they can say > > "I support all well-known types in Postgres version X.Y". > > So in other words, if we have a client that contains a framework that > knows about version N, and we connect it up to a server that speaks > version N+1, it suddenly loses the ability to use any version-N > optimizations? That does not meet my idea of not breaking old apps. That is up to Postgres maintainers to decide, whether they want to phase out some type from the list. But my main point was it's OK to add types into list. I missed that aspect on my previous mail. -- marko
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We want everyone to enjoy the sunshine this summer without getting burnt so we're urging you to slap on the suncream!
At Asda we know that protecting the whole family with suncream can be pricey so we keep our price of all our suncare products as low as possible all year round.
Hermione Lawson from the British Skin Foundation says: "By the end of this summer, around 1250 people in the UK will die from skin cancer. We support Asda's 'Don't Get Burnt' campaign to highlight the serious health risks posed from sun damage. What people often don't realise is that skin cancer is largely a preventable disease, and along with clothing and shade, high protection sunscreen can help protect the skin from the harmful effects of the sun."
Stay Safe in the Sun
TV's Dr Dawn Harper is also backing our campaign. She has the following tips for making sure you and your family stay safe in the sun this summer:
- Slap on a capful – an average adult should be applying two tablespoons of lotion over the body and two teaspoons over the face, roughly the same amount that can be held in an eggcup.
- Use an SPF 30 or more and reapply every TWO hours and immediately after swimming.
- Stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm when the sun is at its strongest – as a rough guide, if your shadow is shorter than you then the sun is strong enough for you to cause damage.
- Remember sunscreen has a shelf life for a reason – discard any lotions after twelve months as these will not be offering a safe level of protection.
- Don't be fooled by a natural sun tan – it will only afford the same protection as an SPF 2-4. Darker skinned people need sunscreen too.
Protect for less
We try to keep the price of our own Sun Protect range as low as possible all year round – most of our Protect lotions are on offer at two for £6 and kids' lotions start at just £1.50.
Our suncare products offer optimum UVA protection, in line with the Boots five star rating system, up to SPF 50+ – and are a fraction of the price of some high street own brand alternatives so you can use them without burning your pocket!


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When pondering the most defining moments of one's marriage most couples tend to reflect on those big events like their wedding or the birth of their first child…even though both of those sacred events usually end up with someone crying, potential buckets of blood and/or at least one drunk family member. I still can't shake that feeling of my friend's drunk Uncle open mouth kissing me at her wedding for a $20 donation to an animal hospital. Truly. Beautiful. Moments.
Which makes me think it's time Halloween gets its due as THE most romantic holiday of the year. Yes, that's right….Ghouls, Goblins and true love.
There is just something about a couple in matching costumes that screams LOVE IS IN THE AIR.
So here is my top five reasons why you and your partner should ransack your closet and put together a costume to hit the streets this Halloween night:
- There is a reason why sports teams wear the same outfit. It inspires unity, togetherness and a "I got your back" attitude. Trust me , there will be something about your Captain and Tennille outfits that's just going to make you think that Love is Gonna Keep you together.
- Having problems? Sure, sleep on it. That helps. But you know what helps more? Dressing up as Bert and Ernie. It's ridiculous. You just can't fight with someone who's sporting those classic Bert eyebrows. Those eyebrows should be required dress code in divorce court.
- Your kids will love it. This is the 5th year of my family going in a family costume. Again, that team like sports psychology…which will one day crush me when they get old enough to not want to be a tiger to my Siegfried and Roy or refuse to wear an identical costume as their Momma. I'm crying just thinking about it. No really, it's pathetic. I'm a Halloween Narcissist.
- It's fun to make out in a costume. And for most of us, this only really happens once a year (if you're lucky). If it happens more, I don't want to know anything about it. But bravo to you and your committed role playing with costume and props! I guess.
- You know those moments when you catch your husband or wife's gaze across a room? That magical moment when you lock eyes and hearts? Well imagine doing that in a ninja costume. Enough said.
So get out there and fall in love all over again. Just avoid large goofy eyeglasses, dressing as condiments and clown costumes. No one wants to see a couple of clowns make out. Sorry clowns.
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This year the League of Women Voters is recognizing Leagues' outstanding program work around work related to their voters service efforts. We had so many great projects that were submitted for awards. This years finalists emphasized their work around elections and advocacy, mobilizing their grassroots, and visibility while finding opportunities for organizational growth. We would like to commend all who sumbitted their projects and congratulate the 16 finalists. Each finalists' project has been posted for the public to vote for their favorite project; four winners will be chosen (one from each category listed below) and announced during the Banquet at the 2012 LWVUS National Convention.
Effective Member Engagement— Leagues showcase election-related programs and activities that are innovative, unique and have been successful in gaining visibility as well as recruiting new members as well as engaging current members.
Finalists: LWV of Westport (CT), LWV of Palm Beach County (FL), LWV of Minnesota (MN), LWV of Saint Paul (MN)
Strengthening Democracy— Leagues show how they activate their grassroots network to promote change around priority issues such as clean air, climate, protecting voting rights, and youth voting.
Finalists: LWV of Minnesota (MN), LWV of Mobile (AL), LWV of South Carolina (SC), LWV of Texas (TX)
High Impact Online Engagement— Voters are relying more on social networks to give them up-to-date information about important issues. Leagues show how they effectively use blogs, Twitter and Facebook to reach voters, potential members and the public on national and local issues.
Finalists: LWV of Florida (FL), LWV of Asheville-Buncombe County (NC), LWV of Calumet Area (IN), LWV of Michigan (MI)
Community Connection— Leagues highlight issues that affect their local community and engage others (especially younger generations and underrepresented communities) to become civically involved.
Finalists: LWV of Greater Green Bay (WI), LWV of Oakland Area (MI), LWV of the Pasadena Area (CA), LWV of New York State (NY)


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Kiss My Face Ultra Moisturizer Reviews
Wonderfulsilky, sweet and hydrating it's really a sweet product that smells wonderful and goes on smooth. A little goes a long way with this product and it smells just like peaches and cream. I love this product because it doesn't clog my pores or make my face feel too greasy like other moisturizers. I use this every night and my boyfriend loves the way it smells. — 7 years, 8 months agoBon_Bon | 522 reviews
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Very pickyI am one who is very, very, very picky about lotions that go on my body. I dislike the vey thin and greasy types. I dislike the very popular one that is extremely greasy. I loved Johnson and Johnson body products for adults but they disappeared as soon as they came on the market. They were fabulous. They went on smooth and absorbed quickly. They discontinued them because they were getting o...read moreut of that type of product. Anyway, i found this in a discount store which i visit often to get bargains. I picked up lavender shea. The scent is fantastic. I put it on at bedtime because i can close my eyes and just sniff away. It is a wonderful scent. It is very fluid and absorbs quickly into the body so it does not give that oily feeling. Winter is so bad i find myself going through creams for all parts of my body like crazy. Highly recommend for your arms and legs especially. I would use at night because of the nice lavender scent which is aromatherapy. — 3 years, 7 months agocapecorona | 127 reviews
Disappointing fragranceI remember LOVING the peaches and creme fragrance years ago, but sadly, they seem to have changed the formula. I just bought a bottle and, although it works fine lotion-wise, it smells terrible. The peach scent is strong, cloying, and somehow body-odor-like. Even my husband commented that it stank. — 5 years, 9 months agoJessica8 | 225 reviews
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kind of different....I was really excited to try this lotion, but now I feel kind of let down. The smell is lovely, it's yummy and sweet without being overpowering. But, when it comes out of the pump the consistency feels pretty watery, so you think you need to get a little bit more. But THEN when you start to rub it in, it turns crazy bright white, and takes FOREVER to get it all rubbed in! It's moisturizing but not ...read moreamazingly so, and it's pretty much the weirdest body lotion I've ever used. The extra time commitment to apply it isn't a huge deal, so I will probably use it until the bottle is gone because it also wasn't the cheapest ever. So far I can't decide if I really like it or not. — 7 years, 4 months agoNotQuiteGlam | 190 reviews
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All formulas are excellent!I'm a sucker for natural products but have been hurt before by products that sound great but just don't deliver. This delivers! It absorbs quickly and is very moisturizing without being irritating (I have very dry, sensitive skin- so this is saying a lot!). When I use this regularly I find that my skin retains moisture better. I have tried several different scents and formulas and they all work very well. The Vitamin E one is my current favorite. — 6 years, 1 month agohlm258 | 23 reviews
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deliciousi have the lavender scent and i used it all winter and it's just so awesome. and cheap! — 6 years, 3 months agobreereinke | 79 reviews
good smell!This moisturizer has Alpha Hydroxy Acids which help your skin exfoliate. The result is smoother skin with consistent use, but while this stuff is pretty moisturizing I think it's not enough for my combo skin in the winter. However, it absorbs quickly and has a luscious scent so I keep using it on my face. — 6 years, 8 months agochristmas_divito | 3 reviews
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Great for dry skinMy niece has very dry skin so I bought this for her. She uses it twice daily and just loves it. — 7 years, 4 months agoBlesseddaily | 25 reviews
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Letter to the Editor: In search for more muskie waters, eyes are on Otter Tail
A few years back, the Legislature passed legislation to add eight additional lakes to the list of managed muskellunge waters in Minnesota, to be completed by 2020. The long-range plan, adopted in 2008, is 87 pages long and can be viewed on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website, at www.dnr.state.mn.us.
A couple of lakes have already been added, including the Sauk River Chain. Currently Tetonka Lake, east of Mankato, is being considered and there appears to be some opposition. If that lake ends up getting muskies, it will leave a need for five more to complete the statewide plan.
Future sights are on Otter Tail County, a county with numerous lakes that meet the criteria to be a managed muskellunge lake. There were 46 Otter Tail County lakes on the list; they needed to be more than 500 acres, more than 30 feet deep, have clear water, have good public access and have adequate coregonid (whitefish and tullibee) and/or catostomid (sucker and redhorse) populations for the muskie to feed on. Perch, drum, bullheads and other fish are considered secondary forage fish.
There recently were a couple meetings held at the DNR headquarters in Fergus Falls, where the list was narrowed down to nine lakes. DNR Area Fisheries officials, members of Muskies Inc., representatives from the Minnesota Dark House and Anglers Association and the National Fish Decoy Association were in attendance.
Because of opposition from the angler and decoy associations, Big Pine, Little Pine, Rush and Otter Tail lakes, all on the Otter Tail River system, were removed from the list. Marion and West Leaf Lake were also requested to be dropped from the list.
The process will continue with choosing one of the nine lakes still remaining. On the list are, in the northwest area, Lizzie, Crystal and Franklin lakes; in the north central area, Leek/Trowbridge, Loon and Big McDonald/Schwartz lakes; and in the south central area, East Battle, South Turtle and Clitherall lakes.
All these lakes are currently managed with walleye. All these lakes, according to recent net surveys, have declining numbers of the forage fish preferred by the muskie.
The DNR will be scheduling meetings with each lake association and gathering public input, starting this spring. The lake that puts up the least resistance (unless they desire to have their lake become a managed muskie lake) will be the lake name sent down to St. Paul. It will get the stamp of approval and young muskellunge will be introduced into that lake at the rate of one 12-inch fish per lake acre for five straight years, with maintenance stocking every other year after that.
Part of the long-range plan is that the public be involved in the decision. Be a part of it.
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The Queen and Her Thrones
This year's event had 70,000 attendees. To service their basest bodily functions, Black Rock City was home to 1,400 porta-potties for the "general population" as well as 200 porta-potties for what Robbi called "Entitlement Camp," or festival-goers who rent their own private unit…
Complaining about the festival's fetid porta-potties has almost become a team-building exercise for pre-billionaires. "They're not necessarily rich," RobbiDobbs told me. "Nearly most of them are rich and entitled. That's why I used the derogatory term of 'entitled.' I think everybody should shit in the same place. What's your fucking problem? Shit in my units!!!!" She laughed.
A story about feces that you might actually want to start; a story about Burning Man that you might actually finish.


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EA and Epic Games have today announced they have expanded their current license agreement, giving EA the right to incorporate the Unreal Engine 3 in more than five upcoming titles currently under development.
The original license agreement, signed in 2006, saw EA utilise Unreal Engine 3 on multi-format titles including Medal of Honor: Airborne and Army of Two.
"With the largest and most talented studio operation in the world, it's critical for us to give our studio teams the best tools they need to make great games," said Frank Gibeau, President, at EA. "This agreement reflects our commitment to Epic's technology which, in combination with our own cutting-edge systems, allows us to create ground breaking hits."
Details of the additional games in development under the new license agreement will be revealed at a later date.


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RA & Research Training courtesy of the Tarlton Library on Friday, October 14 (RSVP)
From the Tarlton Law Library: Are you working as a research assistant (RA) for a law school professor this year? Are you interested in working as an RA in the future? Do you want to brush up on your research skills, even if you are not an RA? To help you hit the ground running, the Tarlton Law Library is offering special research training for law students who are or may be RAs. All students are welcome to attend. The class is scheduled for Friday, October 14 at 1:00 p.m. in Tarlton's Computer Learning Center on the library's third floor.
The Library will explain research techniques for resources most requested by faculty, including how to find e-journals and link directly to their text though our TALLONS catalog and how to find electronic journals and databases that are offered through the UT General Libraries. They will also go over administrative details like how to check out materials for faculty from various UT libraries and how to request an item from interlibrary loan. And they will be available to answer any questions you may have about library research, whether for yourself or your faculty member.
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Mountain View, CA, United States, 2015/04/21 - VN aims for all-round company development instead of mere expansion - Frost.com.
Based on its recent analysis of the contact center outsourcing services market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes VN Global (VN) with the 2014 Argentinean Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Excellence Leadership. VN's year-on-year revenue growth rate of 61 percent in local currency (34 percent in US dollars) improved its market share position from the 10th place in 2012 to 7th place in 2013, even as the industry was experiencing negative growth. This success is a testament to VN's entrepreneurial spirit, growth vision, highly skilled employees, close relations with clients, operational flexibility, and company values.
VN has decided to specialize in the provision of outsourced processes and services to the corporate sector, with focus on credit and collection, telemarketing, customer Service and the banking and telecom industry verticals. Although several companies are competing in those segments, VN differentiates itself with its soft skills. The company is also striving to provide an end-to-end service portfolio that encompasses client acquisition, telemarketing, customer care, collection, and back office functions.
VN's value proposition for the local market involves a mix of both hard and soft skills, including customization, competitive pricing, and fast decision making. VN is keenly aware of the need to establish long-standing partnerships with clients and to this end, it ensures daily interactions with customers and offers fully dedicated teams for each account.
"VN's management is not content with mere company expansion; it seeks to focus on company development, which covers aspects such as company maturity, vertical segment diversity, and product segment diversification," noted Frost & Sullivan Industry Manager, Juan Manuel González.
Originally a collection agency, the company began diversification in 2006. Its leadership team enlarged the company's portfolio and added early' collection services, setting the stage for later developments. In 2008, VN gradually incorporated contact center services into its core business, which allowed the company to emerge as a new provider of outsourced customer care and sales services in Argentina. While VN's development strategies have been organic so far, it is considering inorganic growth opportunities in foreign markets such as Colombia.
VN won its breakthrough deal in diversification in 2010, when the Hipotecario Bank from Argentina outsourced not only its collection services to VN but also its customer service- related requests. Later, Telmex, one of the biggest carriers in Latin America, outsourced its technical support and customer services needs in Argentina in addition to early collection services. Most recently, in 2013, VN won an important customer service contract with Telefonica in Argentina on the strength of its competitive pricing, alignment with customer operations performance center (COPC)-oriented processes, a skillful team, operational metrics, and a focus on soft skills.
"Meanwhile, VN is continually looking for ways to enhance several internal processes," noted Juan Manuel Gonzalez. "Its qualitative changes comprise improvement of its operations by hiring the services of a specialized consultant for contact center procedures, enlargement and strengthening its management team, and upgrading all of its information technology (IT) infrastructure and systems."
In recognition of these efforts toward overall development, VN Global has been chosen as the worthy recipient of the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Growth Excellence Leadership Award in the Argentinean contact center outsourcing services market.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has demonstrated excellence in growth and customer value. It recognizes the superiority of the product/service as well as the overall customer, purchase, ownership and service experience offered, which has resulted in the recipient company seeing above-market growth and increased share of wallet. The award lauds the growth, diversification and sustainability strategies of the company.
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Source in L.A. says the Laker/Pacer trade is getting close.
According to reports Andrew Bynum will not be part of the trade.
Basic trade will be Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown , Sasha Vujacic and #19 for Jermaine O'Neal and Jamaal Tinsley.
Personally if this happens I think Bird and Walsh are getting screwed a 2nd straight trade. If this trade occurs its time to fire both Walsh and Bird.
We don't get the young foundation center and give away our franchise player and our starting point guard for an expiring contract- an unhappy Odom and a mediocre pick. Hopefully the source is wrong.
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Inheritance of Graves' Disease
I have in my family what they call Graves' hyperthyroidism. It seems to have skipped a generation. My great grandfather had it and his sister had it. Then none of their children had it, except for my dad and his sister. I also have a cousin with this condition. Does this disease commonly skip a generation?
The inheritance of Graves' disease can be very difficult to predict. It doesn't automatically skip generations, but it doesn't automatically appear in every generation either. A person probably has to inherit more than one abnormal gene in order to be susceptible to Graves' disease. This makes it difficult to predict who will get it and who will not in a family. In addition, heredity only contributes about 79% to your risk of getting Graves' disease - nongenetic environmental and hormonal factors (like smoking and your sex) also contribute. When the heredity of a disease is this complex, it's appearance in a given person or generation can be very unpredictable.
Thomas A Murphy, MD, FACP, FACE
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Emerging markets
Vodafone is to increase its stake in South African operator Vodacom to 50 per cent, according to reports, in a deal that will see it invest a further £1.35bn (around R16bn) in the company.
The UK-based operator said yesterday that it would buy up the shares of holding company VenFin for R47.25 each, around 30 per cent above market value. VenFin currently holds a 15 per cent stake in Vodacom. Vodafone then plans to sell off the company's other assets.
The remainder of the Vodacom shares are held by Telkom, the South African fixed line operator.
Vodafone appears to be concentrating its energies on emerging, rather than saturated, markets. Some 57 per cent of the South African population currently owns a mobile phone, making it a much more attractive growth prospect than, for example, Sweden, where Vodafone this week sold its operation to Norway's Telnor.
And last week, Vodafone spent £820m on a 10 per cent stake in Bharti, India's largest mobile phone operator. ®


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XML was another approach I tried (sequentially with LDAP). It seems to come back to my inability to properly parse the nested data.
Anticipating I ignore the tabs and focus on the related parenthesis, I could handle it. But how do I count the relative number of nested open/close parenthetical pairs while within such a pair?
Perhaps there is a math-related module that can help me!
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How will Google Search Options affect SEO marketing?Google's new "Search Options" tool which appears in the left-hand navigation on the Google results page (after you click on "show options" in the original results page). I've been using it today and it really blows me away -- even typing in my own name offered so many options, to sort by recent mentions of my name; videos only; forums; or with a totally different visual view using the "Wonder Wheel."
Now I want to go further and find out how the Search Options feature will affect marketers -- does it require new thinking around keywords? New content to drive to various options such as recency and genre? I want to hear what you think...let me know how this amazing new tool for users affects the work of SEO marketers everywhere.


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A Waterville woman remained in serious condition at a Lewiston hospital on Monday, a day after the small plane in which she was a passenger lost power and crashed into the ocean off Matinicus Island.
Karen C. Ford, 53, of Waterville, was inside a five-person Cessna 206 that went down about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Two other passengers were taken to the hospital and the pilot was treated and released.
Known as "KC" to friends and co-workers, Ford has been employed at Colby College in Waterville since 1997, according to college spokeswoman Sally Baker. Ford is currently the associate director of admissions and financial aid at Colby.
"Clearly, she's a very important member of our community and we are hoping for the very best possible outcome," Baker said. "She's wonderful; she's terrific. She and her husband have a lot of connections here."
Ford's husband, Waterville artist Matthew Russ, graduated from Colby College in 1996 with a degree in studio art, according to his website. Russ couldn't be reached for comment Monday.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash, along with the Coast Guard, the Maine Marine Patrol, Maine State Police, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board.
In a statement, Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said the aircraft apparently took off from the island's dirt airstrip, climbed about 200 feet, then developed engine trouble and lost power. The plane crashed a few hundred yards offshore.
"The pilot was not able to regain power to climb but made an attempt to level the aircraft in preparation to ditch in the water," Carroll said in the statement. "Approximately 15 seconds after the engine malfunctioned, the aircraft struck the water."
Aided by the injured pilot, Robert Hoffman, 69, of Rangeley, the three passengers were able to get out of the sinking plane and cling to it until people on Matinicus assisted them. In addition to Ford, the passengers were identified as Eva Murray, 47, of Matinicus, and Abagail Read, 56, of Appleton.
The Cessna is owned and operated by Penobscot Island Air Service of Owls Head. Penobscot Island Air chief pilot Roger Wolverton arrived in his plane late Sunday afternoon about 25 minutes after Air Force officials called saying they had received an emergency signal from the downed Cessna.
Wolverton was the first to find the wreckage. He flew low and found the plane's pilot, Hoffman, and three passengers clinging to floating debris. Matinicus fishermen were summoned and retrieved the four from the water.
"Fortunately I found them immediately," Wolverton said. "It was Sunday, so unfortunately there weren't any fishermen around."
At 5:52 p.m. Sunday evening, the Knox County Regional Communications Center was notified that four patients with serious injuries were being taken to the Knox County Regional Airport and to have ambulances standing by, Carroll said. The injured passengers and Hoffman then were flown to the mainland and taken to hospitals. The three passengers remained hospitalized Monday, but Hoffman has been released, Wolverton said.
Late Monday afternoon, Ford still was hospitalized in serious condition at Central Maine Medical Center. Maine Medical Center listed Murray in fair condition and Read in satisfactory condition.
Wolverton said the plane was en route to Owls Head near Rockland and that Hoffman, the pilot, is a retired American Airlines pilot who has worked for Penobscot Island Air Service for four years.
Such a crash, Wolverton said, is "very unusual," and everyone was fortunate to have survived the crash.
"The reliability of those engines is very high," he said. "The pilot did a great job getting on the water so everyone could egress."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY's performance at the Cadillac Presents Rock & Republic Fall 05 Fashion Show on March 19 at Sony Studios in Culver City, California. Check out pictures from Film Magic, Daily Celeb, Globe Photos, and Wire Image.As previously reported, CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar), VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan) — have resumed work on their debut album, tentatively due later in the year via Sanctuary Records. The CD is being produced by Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES) and is rumored to be an album of covers, featuring guest singers, guitarists and even the odd guest drummer or two (including Cantrell, ex-THE CULT axeman Billy Duffy, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith and singer Macy Gray). An extension of the live show, the record will feature 12 songs, the basic tracks for which were recorded last year.
JERRY CANTRELL, JOSH TODD Jam With CAMP FREDDY In California: Photos Available
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I had brazilian butt agumentation 2months ago. A week after seeing my results I was happy I lpved my waist and hips because my waist was so tiny. I never really had much swelling in my waist until just the other day.
I started having a burning sensation. The doctor said that I was really swollen but I'm wondering why all of a sudden I'm swollen after 2 months? My waist is almost the same size as before the surgery, and its really frustrating and upsetting. I'm afraid that it won't go back to being as small as right after surgery.
What's normal in terms of swelling after this procedure?