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Soccer and national culture: estimating the impact of violence on 22 lads after a ball
Sports have been recently conceptualized as an effective tool for development. Questioning that argument, recent evidence suggests that the practice of soccer reveals national cultures of violence prevailing in players' countries of origin. We model violent behaviour in the soccer pitch as a function of game specific controls as well as socioeconomic, political, cultural and conflict variables characterizing players' home countries. We construct a database for the Latin American 2008 Libertadores Cup Competition and find that across multiple specifications and estimating techniques, only game specific variables determine sanctions to violent actions. There are three compatible explanations for this result: highly skilled soccer players may not be representative average citizens; violent conflicts may not necessarily cause a violent culture affecting all corners of society; and even when violent cultures are transmitted to individual players, those values do not condition significantly their behaviour during games. After all, sports may not be a pernicious activity that intrinsically transmits violent values to youths.
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Places to Visit in Thiruvalla
Thiruvalla boasts of a rich antiquity and cultural. Also known as the city of Vishnu, Thiruvalla magnetizes great number of tourists and pilgrims all over the year. Shri Vallabha Maha Kshetram also known as Thiruvalla Temple is the main attraction of the blessed land. Thiruvallas heritage is unique encompassing various religions. Kaviyoor Mahadeva temple, Sabarimala Temple, Dharma Shasta Temple, Chakkulathu Kavu Temple, St George Simhasana church, Parumala Church, Paliakkara Church and St. Johns Cathedral Church which tourists dont miss. An enriching experience awaits your arrival at Thiruvalla. You may opt for car hire services for a thorough tour of the city. Savaari cab rental services offers affordable packages to the tourists.

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Get an overview of this hotelModern hotel near Barcelona's Las Ramblas
Popular property highlights
In city centre
This modern hotel is housed in a handsome, five-story building dating from 1990, and is located in the centre of Barcelona, within 500 metres of Las Ramblas.
Outdoor pool
The courtyard garden features an outdoor pool and a sunny terrace, while the public areas are defined by contemporary decor and house a collection of African art. A fitness facility is also available.
Wireless Internet
Balmes' 100 guestrooms feature contemporary furnishings, parquet floors and modern art prints; all include satellite television and wireless Internet access.
Guest Highlights
- Prime spot for public transit
- Good location
- Walkability
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Balmes' contemporary interiors are decorated with African masks and statues, and the courtyard features a sunny terrace. Complimentary newspapers are available in the lobby and the air-conditioned public areas are equipped with wireless Internet access. Motorists will find parking available on site (surcharge). Room service is available during limited hours, and an outdoor pool, as well as a fitness facility, are also available on-site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 98
- Number of floors - 5
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Laundry facilities
- Sauna
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Tours/ticket assistance
- One meeting room
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Free WiFi
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- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
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- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
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- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Flat-panel TV
- Free newspaper
- Soundproofed rooms
- Air conditioning
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Restaurant Balmes - Serves Mediterranean dishes prepared using fresh produce in a contemporary setting decorated with African art.
Bar Bal - Relaxed, modern bar serving a wide range of international drinks.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 50-70 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Up to 7 kg
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.21 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 17+IVA per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 66 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Self parking fee: EUR 26.40 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 50-70 per night
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Young Adults: Fewer Homes, Fewer Cars, Less Debt
February 27, 2013
The Great Recession caused everyone to tighten their belts, none more so than young adults who now have fewer homes, fewer cars and less debt. The debt profile transition of younger adults reflects a broader societal shift toward delayed marriage and household formation, says the Pew Research Center.
- From 2007 to 2010, adults younger than age 35 lowered their median household debt by 29 percent compared with just an 8 percent decline in households headed by adults age 35 and older.
- Young adults are also less likely to carry credit card debt, down 11 percent from 2007 to just 39 percent in 2010.
- Although they have less credit card and median household debt, young adults are now more likely to carry student loan debt after the recession, rising 4 percent in 2007 to 40 percent in 2010.
The data, from the Federal Reserve Board and other government data, suggests the young adult demographic is no longer running up record debt-to-income ratios as they did during the bubble economy of the 2000s.
- The share of young adults who owned their primary residence fell from 40 percent in 2007 to 34 percent in 2011, which was accompanied by 3 percent fewer households securing debt with residential property and the median outstanding amount of residential property debt owed falling from about $150,000 in 2007 to $128,000 in 2010.
- By 2011, 66 percent of young households headed by an adult younger than age 25 had owned or leased at least one vehicle, down 7 percent from 2007.
- The median outstanding amount owed by younger households declined from $2,500 in 2001 to $2,100 in 2007 to $1,700 in 2010.
- Younger households have also reversed a long standing trend of increasing debt-to-income ratios, dropping their ratio to 1.46, down 0.17 from 2007 but still higher than adults age 35 and older.
The results of the report indicate that younger households are more likely to be headed by a college-educated adult but less likely to acquire homes, instead opting to rent.
Source: Richard Fry, "Young Adults After the Recession: Fewer Homes, Fewer Cars and Less Debt," Pew Research Center, February 21, 2013.
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For several reasons, Brown University's contribution to the rebuilding of Rhode Island's economy could be even greater during the next five to ten years than it is today.
1) Continued development of the University's academic programs
Over the course of the next five to ten years, the continuing development of Brown's teaching enterprise will enhance the University's contribution to the development of Rhode Island's human capital.
- Undergraduate enrollment in engineering is growing, with Biomedical Engineering now one Brown's most popular undergraduate concentrations. And with the planned addition of new faculty members, graduate student enrollment in the School of Engineering is expected to grow by as much as 50 percent over the next decade.
- Completion of the new Medical Education Building on Richmond Street has enabled the Alpert Medical School to grow its enrollment. By 2014, enrollment will have increased by 20 percent over its 2010 level.
- The establishment of a new School of Public Health – which the Brown Corporation is expected to approve in 2013 – will provide a foundation for continued development of the University's already-strong public health program – the only one of its kind in Rhode Island.
- Building on the success of the joint Brown-IE executive MBA program, the University will be adding other new graduate programs for executives and professionals. The first of these – an executive master's degree in health care leadership – will be launched in 2013; and others are likely to follow – for example, a master's degree focusing on data-driven decision-making. With the continued growth of knowledge-based industries in Providence (discussed below) Brown could be well-positioned to meet the demand for professional development programs in these industries.
These and other new programs will expand opportunities for Rhode Island residents – and will also draw talented students to Providence from around the U.S. and the world.
2) Research strengths that can drive economic growth
The growth of Brown's research enterprise during the past five years in part reflects the University's strengths in several research areas that could during the next decade could prove to be important sources of new knowledge, new products and services, new businesses and new jobs. They include brain science, biomedical engineering, nanoscience and technology, environmental science, and public health.
The establishment of a new Center for Energy Research – a partnership among Brown, URI and Cambridge-based Draper Laboratory – will also strengthen Rhode Island's role in the development of solutions to some of the nation's most pressing energy problems. Building on the Swearer Center's Engaged Scholar's Initiative, Brown is also well-positioned to use its research strengths to collaborate with local officials and community groups to address a wide range of other issues of concern to Rhode Island.
Like those of other major universities, Brown's research enterprise is seriously threatened by the prospect of sharp cutbacks in federal funding of university research. But regardless of the overall level federal research funding, the University is likely to remain (at least in relative terms) a leader in these critically important fields.
3) Increased international collaboration
In an era when the success of cities depends in part on the strength of their ties to the global economy, Brown's international reach is a source of real competitive advantage for Providence and Rhode Island. Since 2006, the University has undertaken a number of initiatives aimed at deepening Brown's ties with institutions and communities around the world.
- The Brown-IE executive MBA program, which graduated its first class in 2012, provides a strong connection to one of the world's leading business schools, and each year brings a cohort of rising business executives to Providence.
- Each summer since 2009, the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes – a partnership with Santander Universities, the educational arm of Banco Santander, has brought 150 promising young faculty members from the developing world to Providence for a program of research, lectures and discussion on critical global problems.
- Brown has created new partnerships with several other universities as well, including Exeter University in Britain, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, the federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and Nanjing University in China. These partnerships provide opportunities for both student and faculty exchange, and for collaborative research as well.
These and other partnerships make Brown a stronger university – but they also raise the city's and the state's visibility on the global stage, and will over time create an ever-growing web of relationships connecting Providence and Rhode Island to the global community.
4) Promoting entrepreneurship and innovation
The University's increased emphasis on (and students increased interest in) entrepreneurship and innovation is already starting to pay off, as is evident from the growing list of start-up companies in Providence with roots at Brown. As the number of graduates who studied entrepreneurship through programs like BEO and PRIME increases, and with the support provided by the Founders League, the number of young Rhode Island companies with Brown DNA is likely to grow –as is their contribution to the growth of the city's and the state's economy.
5) Participating in the development of the knowledge economy in Providence
As noted in Part Four, Brown is already a major participant in the development of the knowledge economy in Providence. Looking to the future, Brown is now working with state and city officials, other institutions and other interested parties (such as the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce) to determine what role the university might play in development of the state-owned land in the area that has been freed up by the relocation of I-195. This property could provide a site for future development of new research and educational facilities – and space for the growth of knowledge-based businesses as well.
Beyond the development of University facilities, Brown will also continue to support the efforts of Brown students, faculty, staff and graduates in the development of new businesses in Providence, particularly in the city's Jewelry District – and will thus support the continued development of a community of innovators and entrepreneurs in the city.


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Sally Marsh Recognized by Senator Young
Sally Marsh holds a proclamation from Senator Young recognizing her for 41 years as coordinator of the weekly Hootenanny at Allegany State Park. The Hootenanny takes place every Thursday during the summer and started as an opportunity for park visitors to enjoy music around a campfire. The event has grown in popularity and has moved to the Quaker area Amphitheater to accommodate the hundreds of participants. Sally Marsh brings her enthusiastic love of music to the event. Her interaction with the crowd of young children, teens, parents and retirees results in hours of singing, acting, dancing and clapping. Sally is truly an ambassador of Allegany State Park (photo provided by Jo Patterson)


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On the Shelf
Prog Rock Will Not Save Your Soul, and Other NewsBy Dan Piepenbring
- Why prog? Of all the varieties of music that can or could exist, what made progressive rock come slithering out of the human mind and into the historical record? These questions haunt everyone but certain British and American men, who regard prog as their birthright: in the glittering virtuosity and nonsense mythology of bands like King Crimson and Yes, they hear the drumbeat of some distant utopia. Critics have tried and tried again to figure out why certain white men enjoy prog while the rest of us back away slowly from it. Reviewing David Weigel's new book on prog, The Show That Never Ends, Kelefa Sanneh samples a few compelling explanations: "In 1997, a musician and scholar named Edward Macan published Rocking the Classics … Noting that this artsy music seemed to attract 'a greater proportion of blue-collar listeners' in the U.S. than it had in Britain, he proposed that the genre's Britishness 'provided a kind of surrogate ethnic identity to its young white audience': white music for white people, at a time of growing white anxiety. [The philosophy professor] Bill Martin, the quasi-Marxist, found Macan's argument 'troubling.' In his view, the kids in the bleachers were revolutionaries, drawn to the music because its sensibility, based on 'radical spiritual traditions,' offered an alternative to 'Western politics, economics, religion, and culture.' "
- Here's some cocktail-party humiliation that's sure to land with a splash. Ask a fellow partygoer, Which Cyril Connolly book have you been reading? If they answer at all, they very probably will not say The Unquiet Grave—and when they fail to say it, you can laugh at them mercilessly and then cite this Brian Dillon piece, which argues for The Unquiet Grave as an interesting flop: "If his friends are to be believed, Cyril Connolly was a monster of sloth and self-regard. And yet, what an endearing figure he cuts—if that's the verb, with Connolly—through their letters and memoirs: maundering over failed affairs of heart or wallet, brimming with excuses for his books unwritten, ever ready to start afresh with the bubbles when the night wore on. Connolly's narrow reputation now rests largely on the mixture of memoir and high literary journalism in Enemies of Promise (1938), and not on his single novel The Rock Pool (1936), or the several collections of reviews he later packaged in lieu of proper books. Fewer still today are references to The Unquiet Grave: the odd, fragmentary 'word cycle' he published under the pen name Palinurus in the autumn of 1944. But this is the book—an essay, an anthology, a complaint—in which the contradictions in Connolly's talent and personality fail to resolve with the strangest, most seductive results. Here he anatomizes his worst traits: laziness, nostalgia, gluttony, hypochondria, some essential frivolity of mind that means his writing will always be summed up as 'brilliant—that is, not worth doing.' "


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ea82 timing belt issue?
Posted 27 June 2007 - 12:08 PM
Posted 27 June 2007 - 12:13 PM
and the "mechanic"?? is out to gouge you
Posted 27 June 2007 - 01:09 PM
Posted 27 June 2007 - 02:52 PM
if push comes to shove and the engine is indeed shot, a replacement can't be that hard to find and/or expensive
Posted 27 June 2007 - 03:24 PM
noninterference engine, so there's no damage. he lined the marks up wrong. they're probably 180 degrees off, it's easy to do if you don't know subaru's. or he could be off a tooth. either way, timing belts on an EA82 are super easy. get it.
Posted 27 June 2007 - 03:30 PM
yep, the timing belts are installed wrong.
noninterference engine, so there's no damage. he lined the marks up wrong. they're probably 180 degrees off, it's easy to do if you don't know subaru's. or he could be off a tooth. either way, timing belts on an EA82 are super easy. get it.
they are super easy if you know what you are doing otherwise they are easy to screw up (thankfully, no damage can be done that way)
all the info you'll need on installing them the right way can be found on this forum, do a search and all will be revealed :-p
Posted 27 June 2007 - 03:35 PM
you know what there is to know now
I will simply get out of that box
and add
a semi rust free 88 SPFI dual range 4wd wagon
has to be one of the
all time best combos going.
Good luck and
many miles of smiles in your new Roo
BTW, I am also a member of OFF**
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 09:51 PM
Posted 29 June 2007 - 01:46 PM
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm picking it up tomorrow.
Awesome! I miss my '87 GL (DR/FI). *still annoyed at the guy who bought it running it out of coolant repeatedly and frying the head gaskets*
Remember to talk him down based on the "valves being bad" - you'll need to pull the heads, replace stuff, etc.
And try to avoid the ear to ear grin until you've given him the money and have the title. Then, if you want to be an arse, fix it on the spot and drive it home. :-)
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Arysta LifeScience China and South Asia (CSA) has received registration for Dinamic 70WG herbicide for corn in China. This is the first registration of Arysta LifeScience's proprietary active ingredient amicarbazone in China and also is the first registration of this formulation for corn in an Asian country.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, total planted corn area in China has been steadily growing at 4 percent over the last 10 years; and domestic production volume reached more than 200 million tonnes in 2012, largely driven by increasing domestic food consumption needs. To meet demand, corn growers are continually seeking tools that will improve the productivity of their crops.
In field trials, Dinamic demonstrated effective control of broadleaf weeds and helped improve corn yields up to 15 percent. The systemic active ingredient in Dinamic is fast acting, offering flexible weed control during the early post-emergence application window.
"Dinamic 70WG is a strong herbicide brand globally," said Bi JingQing, head of marketing, Arysta
LifeScience China and South Asia. "We are excited to bring this product to Chinese corn growers to help them improve productivity. Together, with our channel partners, we are committed to bringing more innovative and environmentally safe solutions to Chinese growers."
Arysta LifeScience plans to launch Dinamic 70WG to the Chinese corn herbicide market for the spring 2015 season.


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ONE OF the world's leading wood turners treated members of Avon and Bristol Woodturners to an all day demonstration.
New Zealander, Rolly Munro is well known for his part turned, part carved large sculptured items often inspired by ocean creatures, Rolly demonstrated how to deep hollow vessels of all shapes and sizes at the event held on Thursday, August 7 at The Mill in Portishead High Street.
Wood turning, creating wooden objects on a lathe, is proving a hit for Avon and Bristol Woodturners who are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year.
John Ruffle, chairman of Avon and Bristol Woodturners, said: "Rolly Munro is recognised throughout the world as one of the leaders is his field and it was great for club members to see him in action.
"2014 is our 25th anniversary and this was just one of the exciting demonstrations and events planned. Our monthly meetings in Bristol change from Thursday evenings to Mondays from October and full details are available on the club's website.
"Visitors are always made very welcome. Whether they are new to wood turning or very experienced we invite them to come to the next meeting and see for themselves what the club is all about?"
Meetings are held at St. Teresa's Church Hall, Gloucester Road North, Filton, Bristol in the third week of the month with the meeting commencing at 7.30pm.
For more information about Avon and Bristol Woodturners visit: www.avon-and-bristol-woodturners.org.uk


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Success is easy to see in the smiles of one local couple.
Success is easy to see in the smiles of one local couple.
With two new patents and an expansion of their business in the coming weeks, Jay and Pam Claeys, owners of Husky Portable Containment, have a lot to be happy about.
After filing for one patent in 2005 and another in 2011, Husky Portable Containment was finally approved last month for two patents for Jay's designs, one for "Easy Lift Handles" (U.S. Patent No. 8,746,478) and another for their "Quick Dump" fast draining water tank (U.S. Patent No. 8,733,579)
"Our company's core product is our folding frame water tanks for firefighting," said Jay. "When I started Husky, I knew we needed to innovate and improve on the almost 50-year-old design of the folding frame tank."
HPC manufactures various environmental safety products for both primary and secondary containment of chemicals and environmental hazards, including equipment used by firefighters and businesses who use portable berms, etc.
In addition to the patents, the Claeys are excited about moving to the Bartlesville Industrial Park from their current location in Dewey.
"Our company has outgrown our current location and we will be moving to the Bartlesville Industrial Park in the next few weeks," said Jay. "The new location doubles what we have now, and still has the space to double again later."
The expansion is good news for the area, as well, because HPC plans to hire 5-10 additional employees by the end of July.
And HPC has extra incentive to hire more employees, in the form of job-credit.
In May the Bartlesville City Council approved a $150,000 incentive for the company to move to the Bartlesville Industrial Park.
According to Bartlesville Development Corporation President David Wood, the incentive is structured as a forgivable loan, for a 10-year term at 2 percent.
"Based on 15 new employees, the $150,000 balance would be forgiven (paid off through credits) in 10 years, with no cash payments from HPC required," the proposal states. "As employee headcount will ramp-up, BDC will calculate the actual number of employees each year to determine the job-credit applied against the annual payments required to retire the loan over 10 years."
Husky Portable Containment is accepting applications for employment and resumes. For more information, call 918-534-0002 or email email@example.com.


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Windsor's Matwijiw tutors gold-medal goalies
Both goalies who backstopped their teams to semifinal wins Tuesday in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge – Thatcher Demko of the United States and Nikita Serebryakov of Russia – are pupils of Windsor's Stan Matwijiw and his Bandits Goalie School in Novi. Mich., and Matwijiw believes we will be hearing more about each netminder in future seasons.
"I have worked with Thatcher for the past three seasons and I can't say enough about his work ethic, willingness to learn and how great of a kid he is," Matwijiw said. "Thatcher is one of the hardest-working goalies I have ever taught, and his passion for the game is second to none. He has a drive and competitiveness that makes him the elite 16-year-old goalie that he is and I believe he has a very bright future in the game."
Serebryakov attended Matwijiw's camp last year for the first time. "I had the distinct pleasure of spending three weeks with Nik this past summer, and his abilities are endless," Matwijiw said. "He is a very charismatic young man and I enjoyed the time I had to work with him. Nik is one of the best athletic goalies I have ever seen. His ability to make stops that seem impossible is his biggest asset, and I look forward to spending more time with him this coming summer."
Serebryakov turned aside 51 shots in a 3-2 round-robin win over the Americans, and looks forward to similar success in Wednesday's gold-medal game at 7 p.m. at the WFCU Centre. "It will be the same plan as the first game," Serebryakov said through interpreter Pavel Shtefan. "We'll just do our best and give all of our strength that we have. It's going to be the last game and hopefully, it will be a good result."
USA forward and Windsor Spitfires 2011 draft pick Evan Allen can't wait for the puck to drop. "It's what we've been looking forward to all year," Allen said. "It's what we wanted to get to, the gold-medal game in the world championship. It's going to be crazy. I can't wait for it. It'll be nice to play Russia again. We want to play them. They're rivals. It'll be a great game."
Michael Downing of Canton, Mich., a defenceman with Team USA, wasn't on the roster for this tournament until just before the final preparations began. Downing was playing for Dubuque of the USHL when he got the call from USA Hockey. "I found out a week before, so I practiced with the team for a week before we came here," said Downing, who was still playing high-school hockey as recently as last season, but has already committed to playing NCAA hockey at Michigan. "It's real exciting, just playing in international play. (Wednesday's) going to be a blast. Hopefully, there's a big crowd. We're going to be ready to go. We'll come out hard. We want this gold, and hopefully, we get it."


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The post below was published on March 9, 2016 by Brian Rooney. After reading it again today I found the information beneficial and valuable. So I decided to write this post today. I believe in this site, and the results I'm getting with TOAN is fantastic. Excellent CTR, building my lists, and conversions (means sales and income), this is what we all want as internet and network marketers. The fact is, it's a no brainer to make a decision to join after reading the…Continue
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Hello Terri, Congratulations on being Featured Member on IBOtoolbox.
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Thank you for referring me to this site. It seems like a wonderful place to get to know others and share content.
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
The last time I consistently lost a significant amount of weight I was in my 20's and doing Jenny Craig (I'm 46 now). I was only 25 or so pounds overweight at the time, but I was losing a consistent 2 pounds a week until I reached my goal weight. I have been thinking about what were the keys to my success then? First, I was horrified at the amount of money I had invested (and was spending each week), and that kept me focused!
! (There was an initial cost, plus $$ weekly food costs.) Second, I had a weekly meal plan, and I couldn't deviate much from it. The way the food worked, if I had a box of 4 breakfast bars, there may only be one bar on my weekly menu, but future week's menus might call for the other bars (i.e. - you think something is yummy and decide to finish off the box, you will be short on future menus.) The only decision I had to make on a daily basis was which daily menu I was going to pick. After that, I simply crossed off the food as I ate it. I was very thoughtful about my eating, because once the food was gone, eating was over for the day! I look back and realize that this type of prepared food program really took away the emotional eating component for me. There were required fresh fruits and vegis, and I bought and prepared them every week on Sunday. The final keys to my success at that time were: I drank the required water religiously. If it was near the end of the day, and still had water to drink, I drank it. I also followed the exercise requirements. At that time, I believe it was 20 minutes 3X a week - LOL - seemed like a lot then, and I did it on an exercise bike. Bottom line: it worked. I learned all about low fat cooking, etc..., and I kept the weight off until I gained twice as much after my pregnancy. That type of program is impracticle for me now for many reasons. I can, however, take what worked for me then, and make it work for me now:
1. A DETAILED MENU PLAN - PRPARED AHEAD OF TIME. Counting calories as I go doesn't work. It allows me the mind game of deviation: I can have a donut at the office and simply "count the calories." Sure - until I get home later with not enough calories remaining for a satisfying dinner. (At which time I will quit on my program with great plans to start fresh the next day.) It is also hard to make good decisions when you are starving. It is much better to have a plan, and be prepared to execute that plan (food for the day prepped and ready to go.)
2. A WEEKLY FOOD PREPPING DAY. Buy the groceries, prep the food, and have everything ready to go for the week. Jenny Craig used to call for "1 Cup of mixed vegis" to be added to a green salad. Every week, I chopped cauliflower and broccoli and kept it in the fridge in a ziplock bag. All I had to do daily was scoop out 1C of vegis for the salad.
3. MEET THE MINIMUM DAILY WATER REQUIREMENT. Instead of worrying about cutting out diet pop, etc..., I need to focus on adding in the water. When you have to make a minimum, there isn't a of room for other beverages.
4. PLANNED EXERCISE. Don't fit it in as you have time; plan it.
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There is my plan for success as a SAPPHIRE SOLIDER with BLC21. I will be a huge challenge for me to execute the whole idea of a detailed weekly menu plan, but it is the only thing I have not tried. I'm a pretty good exerciser - I would much rather exercise than diet - but the exercise is just enough to keep me about the same (no loss/no gain). I have to master the eating portion this time around. I also don't want to force myself to give up foods I love, or white- knuckle it through a difficult diet plan. I want to cook and serve real food that is healthy to my family. I want to strive for clean eating as much as possible, and get rid of the processed diet food/treats/etc...
To make this work, I am going to sit down and brainstorm breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks with their calories. I am going to plug them in to the "meals" section of the food tracker as I go, and I plan to keep my list in an excel format for easy meal planning. It will be difficult in the beginning, but as the weeks go by, I will be developing a great database for meal planning. I'm going to keep it as simple as possible, and build on it as I try new recipies, etc...
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Meal planning is my huge downfall too! I think you're right on about the water intake. I never felt the need to cut soda out of my diet because as I added the water, I just stopped doing the soda! Wise words, m'lady!!
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Great blog, Holly. Planning is so important. I just started on Sunday prepping my meals and snacks for the week. It makes things so much easier during the week when the time is at a premium. You sound really motivated to make this work. Good luck, I'm sure you will do great!
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Wouldn't it be nice if all of our working out lost all of the weight for us and we could eat whatever we want? I wish, LOL!!! I love your plan. I always have way better weight loss weeks when I have a menu plan, take the time to prep everything over the weekend and stick to that plan! You can do this!
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Work that plan like you stole it!.. or something akin to that.
You've got a great framework here, now make it happen!
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This is a great blog - how motivating are you!!!
This is mindfulness at it's best as you see what's worked in the past and adapt it to where you are now. I'm looking forward to seeing you reach your goals!
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plan and well thought out!! You can only succeed with a plan like this and community support.
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Following your background, we could all go on basic training. I think it would work for me. Good luck in 2013/
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Holly - I love it AND your page background! I know you can do this and this plan is amazing. Food prep is huge when you work. Glad you put that in there. Keep your combat boots handy. We have a job to do!
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Success instead of failure is the best option.
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sounds good -- I may try it myself
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March 16, 2006
Barry Taylor: A Man With a Mandate
|A long-time mentor of Pastor Chuck Smith Jr., pastor of Capo Beach Calvary Chapel, is a British musician by the name of Barry Taylor. Taylor is a leading voice in the Emerging Church movement and the pastor of Sanctuary Church in Santa Monica. He filled in for Pastor Smith Jr. on Sunday, March 9, 2006. Below is a portion of his message:
While most Christians were disgusted with the immoral messages of the films highlighted by the Academy Awards this year, Barry Taylor celebrated the films as moral and of substance. That's because Barry Taylor's religion is unapologetically inspired by today's culture and as such this is what you get.
This comes at no surprise. In the year 2000, it was pointed out to Chuck Jr. that Barry Taylor's website of his Sanctuary Church linked to the Metropolitan Community Church in Hollywood – the "gay church." Capo Beach Calvary had linked to Sanctuary that linked to the most degrading and defiled places on the Internet. The MCC linked to stories that claimed that Jesus and the Apostle John were homosexual lovers, as were David and Jonathan. They linked to websites promoting sodomy and the worst perversions known to mankind. Yet, Barry Taylor's kingdom includes those who celebrate perverse sex.
Perhaps when these Emerging Church leaders fulfill their mandate to make homosexuality an acceptable lifestyle, then they can freely come out of the closet themselves. That may sound cynical, but one must wonder about their passion for attacking the church of Jesus Christ for its stand on homosexuality. Those who believe Romans 1 that sodomy is an abomination to the Lord, are being labeled as legalists, Pharisees, and holier-than-thou. It makes one wonder about their motives and their defensiveness in supporting the gay community.
The word Barry Taylor uses is "Inclusivity." This is a similar term that certified heretic, Carlton Pearson, uses to describe his teaching that there is no judgment of hell and that all are going to heaven -- pagans and Christians alike. Pearson told a reporter, "The Gospel of Inclusion is the exciting and liberating news that in the finished work of the cross, Jesus redeemed the entire world to God from the cosmic and organic sin imposed upon it by Adam, the original man. In effect, the world is already saved, they just don't know it; and, unfortunately, most Christians don't believe it." [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/127/story_12772_1.html]
This is the same rhetoric we are hearing from the Emerging Church theologians. They just are not as straightforward as Pearson. They are using the "frog in the kettle" technique to get Christians to slowly go along with their heresy step by step. They do not want to end up on the outside looking in as has happened to their contemporary, Carlton Pearson. The following excerpt shows the subtlety of this deception.
Barry Taylor – CBC March 9, 2006
Here's the interesting thing: I thought that this year, the Academy Awards were really quite interesting, for a number of reasons, not the least of which, the five pictures that were nominated for best picture, which were Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Good-Night and Good Luck, Munich, and Capote. All dealt, the central core, with a very important and contemporary social, ethical, or moral issue. And that's never happened in the entire history of the Academy Awards – that every single movie is a movie that has meaning and understanding and complexity at its context, at its center. I find it sad on some fronts that the entire gross of those five movies was less than The Wedding Crashers' summer totals in the US alone. Well, some may say, well that's because the American public wants to go to the movies to escape. I actually don't think that's true…and instead, movies that have substance and complexity get sort of slightly overlooked. But not overlooked by the Academy this year, which I think is really quite profound. And one of the things that I do is I teach on theology and on popular culture and I direct this annual – I'm the co-director of an annual -- conference that's held in Hollywood at the Director's Guild that's called "The Real Spirituality" where we discuss the intersections of theology and film and every year we get together with like film makers and theologians and discuss issues. And this year we were handed our conference topic on a plate because the five pictures that get nominated all have substance to talk about –issues that are important and that matter and I think a lot of that has to do with a post-9-11 world in which we live that people are really beginning to be willing to explore things. I also think that popular culture and films in particular are becoming a central location for the discussion of ethics and morality in our culture. And I really think that it's important that we that love and are attempting to follow God take note of that and realize that the world is not going to hell in a hand-basket, not thinking about morality and ethics and all of those things. It's actually exploring them in quite deep and profound ways, and all of those films, the five pictures that I mentioned, every single one of them is absolutely worth seeing and any one of them could be a month-long series of biblical discussion over the central issues that they raise. They all have points of – you know – hot buttons – you know – Brokeback Mountain is the gay cowboy movie, but if you saw the Academy Awards, you know that every cowboy movie was a gay cowboy movie… The problem is of course, is that people jump to what they assume – and this is what the church did a lot – they jump to what they assume the movie is doing, which is just advancing the gay agenda. Well, if you see the movie you realize that it's actually more than a film about homosexuality; it's actually about love and loss, and isolation and the tension that many people live with of being unable to find fulfillment in their soul in their life because of predicaments and circumstances and situations that conspire and work against them. Or Capote, that deals with Truman Capote and his whole transition from fiction-writer to non-fiction-writer to his investigation of the murders in Kansas in the late 50s, early 60s and that whole thing. And it's a really interesting journey through kind of the narcissism of contemporary culture and our fascination with celebrity and manipulating people to achieve our own agendas. And it's not just Paris Hilton that's doing that. We're living in a culture where that's the way we sort of enact and interact with the world… (Shows clip of the film that won best picture, Crash, compares it to Lent and uses it as an example of confronting bigotry.)
{Talks of reading the gospel of Mark as if it were a song.) But mostly when I'm reading it, what I'm looking for is the rhythm of the story, the feel of the story. It's like when you listen to music, you lock in, you click in to the rhythm, and you go, 'oh, I can dance to that,' and off you go, do a little jig. Um, and I think sometimes it's the same when you read the Bible. I mean, it's really funny to me – and I'll just throw this out there – but we're all the time going 'well, the Bible says, well, the Bible says, well, the Bible says.' But Paul, in the Bible, says that the spirit gives life, not the letter of the law. And we keep thinking that because we say 'the Bible says' we're on the right side of the argument. And I actually think we're on the wrong side. I think it's the side of the spirit that we need to be on – the spirit of the story – not every dot and every 't' crossed, because we can't because there's so much distance between us and the actual events… In Mark's gospel, I'm looking beyond the facts, because for me, Mark's gospel may be true; it may be factual; it may all have happened; but Mark's gospel is about more than the facts of what happened. Facts are not the end of the story, it is part of it…
Again and again and again and again, through all of these symbolic lessons, there are two things that come up through Jesus' actions – two things again and again that are central to his vision of the reign of God. They are compassion and inclusivity. Where the old order kept people out, Jesus brings people in. Where the old order said, 'your sin keeps you out,' Jesus said your sin brings you in. Where the old order said 'you're too dirty,' Jesus says 'let me take your dirt and hang out with me.' How can you hang out with tax collectors and sinners and hookers and call yourself a prophet? Easy, when you understand the kingdom. And so his actions again and again and again, compassion and inclusivity…(Tells story in Mark of Jesus walking on the water past the disciples boat being tossed about.) The kingdom is a frame of reference. That's what it is, a frame of reference. It's a way of putting life in a different focus and it can take your breath away cause it's so big. So what's your limit? Gays? Is that where your line's drawn? Right-wing fundamentalist? Or maybe you are a right-wing fundamentalist, so you don't like liberals. Is that who you keep out? Those who misinterpret scripture, is that who we keep out? What is it? We all have em. I'll start here. What are my bigotrys? What are my lines of stuff? That is the question. And then the question is, can I lift up my eyes over that and see beyond the boat to the horizon on the shore where Jesus is walking, cause if I can, then the winds of resistance die down and peace comes to my boat and peace comes to the world and it becomes a better place. Now that may sound a little idealistic, but I'm 50 now so I'm going to be idealistic the whole darn year and every time I show up here I'm going to tell you how big I think the kingdom should be. I'm going to tell you how inclusive I think it should be; how expansive I think it should be; how much we don't get it and how much we should and how blind we are.
[Disclaimer: True Christians do not say that homosexuals and hookers can not get saved, only that once they repent and are born-again, the sin that so easily entangled them will no longer control their lives. The Lord will transform them as they walk in obedience to Him, putting that sin to death. They will not trump up their sin and ask the church to accept it as just a normal yet different lifestyle. Yet that is what the Emerging leaders want.]
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"If there ever a time for the Sixers to win one BS, low-scoring close game..." tweeted
friend of the blog Where is Ben Rivera with about five minutes left in
this game. Indeed, recent history—including the last time the Bulls
played at the Wells Fargo Center—suggested that, injuries to Chicago
stars Derrick Rose and (now) Joakim Noah be damned, the Sixers were not
gonna find a way to take this game. Down 14 early in the fourth, they
would battle back, cut it to three or four, miss a couple crucial
jumpers or blow a couple key stops, and lose in unnecessarily
heartbreaking fashion. It's been the same story for as long as we can
remember as Sixers fans.
Yet, either due to genuine team
evolution or some working principle of how you Can't Lose 'Em All, the
Sixers did indeed find a way to take and hold the lead in this one. Jrue
Holiday (17 points, six rebounds, six assists) and Evan Turner (16 points, nine rebounds) were given the reins down the stretch and they
responded, scoring or assisting on 13 of the team's final 15 points in
the last five minutes, including going seven of eight form the line in
the final 90 seconds to seal the deal. Spencer Hawes also rebounded from
a tough start to the second half to finish with a team-high 21 points
and nine boards, and Philly was able to scratch out the W in an ugly
79-74 slugfest that not a lot of people outside of the City of Brotherly
Love are gonna have fond memories of watching.
three-plus quarters, the outlook on this one was not good. The Sixers'
guards were playing solidly, if unspectacularly, but the frontcourt was a
total no-show. Through three quarters, the big-man rotation of Thaddeus
Young, Spencer Hawes, Elton Brand and Lavoy Allen were shooting a
combined 4-24, with the Old Schol Chevy Brand in particularly picking a
bad time to suffer engine failure, ending the game with 0 points (0-5
FG) and just two boards. Worse, they got killed by the Bulls on
the boards, resulting in a stretch of consecutive offensive rebounds in
the third and fourth that actually inspired boos from the WFC. Spencer
Hawes, while technically doing the best of the bench with his nine
points and six rebounds, had missed a series of good-look jumpers and
absurdly easy layups early in the half, leading me to wonder if Coach
Collins was gonna put him in the sleeper hold after yanking him to the
bench, and just have one of the assistants wake him up when the game
But the Sixers somehow managed to stay tough, and both
the shots and the offensive boards started to dry up for the Bulls after
Rip Hamilton's pull-up three put them up 14 with ten to go. Hawes
started converting on his chippies and jumpers, Jrue and Lou Williams
made plays, and all of a sudden, the team was back in the game. The team
defense just got tighter and tighter as the exhausted and undermanned
Bulls went totally cold, and suddenly, the team was up 72-71 with 90
seconds left and a chance to actually win this damn thing, for once.
happened next can be explained by a number of factors. For one
thing—and I feel this has to be acknowledged—they got a lot of help from
the refs, who had called a tight game the whole way, and whistled a
number of borderline calls on Chicago that I personally didn't toally
agree with. But this was systematic of the fact that the Sixers were
attacking the basket—especially Jrue and Evan, the duo of whom Coach
Collins finally entrusted with ball-handling and play-making
responsibilities down the stretch. The two forced the issue time and
time again, most notably when Evan Turner went down among the trees on
the clinching possession, rebounding his own miss twice and eventually
getting the foul call, in a play that Collins would later deem the "play
of the year" for the Sixers, calling Turner a "big-game player" in
It's hard to overstate just how encouraging this final
stretch was for the Sixers. At a certain point it occurred to me that I
didn't really even care if the Sixers won or lost—well, I cared, of
course, but I realized it wasn't the most important thing—because I was
just so glad that Collins finally handed the keys to the team over to
his two young bonafides, and so glad that they were rewarding his faith.
Lou wasn't even out there for the final stretch once Evan checked back
in, and after bricking an open three with 2:54 left that would've put
the team up two and brought the house down—as emblematic of 'Dre's
late-game futility as a shot could be—he was not asked to contribute on
offense again. This is Evan and Jrue's team now—finally—and that's far more important a development for this team than anything that could happen in this series.
hey, speaking of this series—it does bear mentioning that we're up 2-1
on the hurting Bulls now, with a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series
lead at the WFC again this Sunday. But as positive as things may seem at
the moment, and as much as we want to start eyeing the Celtics/Hawks
series to see who would make a more favorable second-hand matchup for
this team, let me remind you that this is not the first time we've been
in this situation as an underdog—we took similar leads against both
Orlando and Detroit, then proceeded to lose the next three games to
each. Now, this seems different, with the Bulls' best (and possibly
their second-best) player injured, and the Sixers clicking in some
importantw ays, but just because it seems different doesn't mean that it is different. Let's talk about that again after Game Four, shall we?
a final note, about that second-best Bulls player and the injury he
suffered tonight: You're probably going to hear a lot of crap over the
upcoming days about the way the Sixers fans reacted when Joakim Noah
brutally twisted his ankle on Andre Iguodala's foot in the open court,
and we cheered as he writhed on the floor in pain, booing when he
finally got back up. And we'll deserve most of it—it was a classless act
on the part of the WFC crowd, and names like "Michael Irvin" and "Santa
Claus" will be not wrongly invoked. But let's also keep in mind that
Noah is a historical NBA irritant, someone who takes pride in getting
under the skin of opponents and their fans, and while such methods are
All In the Game as far as the NBA is concerned...well, sometimes people
are going to take joy in your misery. No disrespect, and frankly, any
Sixer fan who doesn't have a great deal of admiration for how he hobbled
back onto that court after his injury and managed to hit a couple free
throws and a jumper before limping back off is simply out they damn
1:00 tip from Wells Fargo this Sunday for Game Four. Still
a ton of questions to be answered, still a whole lot undecided in this
series, but even if we lose the next three games, tonight was progress
in this team's evolution that can and should not be ignored. It might
not mean we're any closer to contending, but it means we're a lot closer
to understanding who we are as a team, and where to go from here, and
at this stage in the 76ers' development, that's nearly as important. Go
Jrue and Evan, go Coach Collins, go you marvelous bastard 76ers.


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On Monday night, Amanda Seyfried provided Conan O'Brien with a very important lesson: what makes an adult film different from a normal movie.
The actress, who was there to promote the new musical "Les Miserables," nevertheless had to field questions about the upcoming biopic "Lovelace," in which she plays "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace.
"I'm just curious, how do you portray a porn star without the film being incredibly explicit?" O'Brien asked.
With a gentle note of sarcasm in her voice, Seyfried replied, "Well, you don't actually have sex on film."
"This is not the way I could have gone, but I'm not directing," O'Brien quipped.
Seyfried helpfully explained how popsicles were a big help while filming because they made her lips "wet and inflamed." Perhaps sensing she'd taken things a little too far, she added, "I can't believe I went that far just now."


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Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support vs RedHat
My company is thinking of picking up Oracle Support for RHEL. I would like to get some feedback from people that currently use the Unbreakable Linux Support. I have called the call center twice for questions about their service and honestly have not had a great response - reps didn't know what I was talking about and said I'd get a callback - never did. Not a very good way to get my business. Is this
the norm for Oracle Support? How do you rate Oracle's Linux Support?
My first thought is Oracle just started thier own Distro. Even though it's based on the Red Hat sources, I would think that it's just too new to depend on.
Red Hat has been around for years and has the experience and technical know how. If it were me at this time I'd definitely go with Red Hat over Oracle.
But who knows what the future holds.
I do not think Oracle can support Red Hat Linux the way Red hat does. Since Red hat guys are the ones who customize and brand kernel, so they are more likely to fix Operating System bugs quicker then Oracle.
But when it comes to "efficiently" fixing the bugs thats different story. Secondly Red hat bugs/linux/OS issues which directly affect database environment/issues can be yet another story.
Moreover , as I see red hat - its slow adoption of kernel updates and new hardware in market - I wont really run a red hat though - I might go in for other distros.
I havn't used Unbreakible Linux but a quick google for reviews found this
Not a pritty sight
seems like not too many have decided to make the switch to Oracle for support.
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Flatonia Blue Santa Golf Tournament
The Flatonia Blue Santa Golf Tournament was held last weekend. Shown here are the winners, clockwise from top, left: Longest Drive - Zane Ponder, Blue Santa Representative - Bubba Pritchard and Closest to the Pin
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Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)
Gradients are commonly used to smoothly shade the interiors of shapes. A blend pattern is defined by two arrays (Factors and Positions) that each contain the same number of elements. Each element of the Positions array represents a proportion of the distance along the gradient line. Each element of the Factors array represents the proportion of the starting and ending colors in the gradient blend at the position along the gradient line represented by the corresponding element in the Positions array.
For example, if corresponding elements of the Positions and Factors arrays are 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, for a linear gradient from blue to red along a 100-pixel line, the color 20 pixels along that line (20 percent of the distance) consists of 30 percent blue and 70 percent red.
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter EditionThe Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.


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Philipsburg, PA, United States, 2005/07/26 - SurferQuest, supplier of public internet kiosk systems, will be displaying missing child photos on their digital media network in cooperation with the (NCMEC) National Center For Missing & Exploited Children - MissingKids.com
SurferQuest, a supplier of public interest kiosk systems, has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) to introduce photos of missing children into the SurferQuest Kiosks.
With close to a thousand Internet Kiosks nationwide, SuferQuest places its kiosks in high-traffic public areas, such as hotels, resorts, rest areas and Internet cafes.
More than 100,000 people pass by our kiosks every day. We believe that running these photos can greatly increase the likelihood that a child will be recognized and reunited with their family, said Ron Koning, Vice-President of SurferQuest.
The missing child photos will rotate on the monitors when the kiosks are not occupied, and capture the attention of the passing audience. When the computer is in use, the system will show missing children on the desktop using NCMECs Java Banner Link. The SurferQuest Pay-per-Use system will allow free access to report a sighting as well as to learn more details about a particular missing child.
These photos have remarkable power. In fact, one in six missing children featured in our photo distribution program is recovered as a direct result of someone recognizing their photo and contacting authorities, said Ernie Allen, President and CEO of NCMEC. We are happy to partner with SurferQuest in the fight to bring more missing children home and reunite more families.
The Digital Media Network is able to target the Kiosks individually, regionally, and nationally, and was originally programmed to show advertising.
Showing the photos of missing children is a perfect example of how we can use an existing vehicle for a new purpose that will benefit American communities, and families and children in particular, said Koning.
About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 335,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 116,000 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 94,500 children. For more information about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST of visit its website.
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Thursday, March 29 Ramona Design Review Board, 7:30 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. Site plan review for feed store at Route 67 and Letton Street; waiver request for Dollar Tree, 1863 Main St.; village design update, sign violations.
Saturday, March 31 Citizens for a Rural Ramona, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Ramona Town Hall, 729 Main St. Discuss opposition to proposed Ramona Street extension. More: www.cfarr.info.
Monday, April 2 Ramona Village Design Group, 6:30 p.m., Ramona Chamber of Commerce, 960 Main St. Review of Ramona Village Core Plan prepared by Consultant Howard Blackson of PlaceMakers.Thursday, April 5California Public Utilities Commission public participation hearings on San Diego Gas & Electric's wildfire recovery cost plan. Hearings at 2 p.m. and at 6 p.m., Al Bahr Shriners Memorial Auditorium, 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd., San Diego. More information: www.cpuc.ca.gov or call Diane Conklin, Mussey Grade Road Alliance, 760-787-0794.Ramona Community Planning Group, 7 p.m., Ramona Library Community Room, 1275 Main St. More: 760-445-8545.


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Adam Scott and Justin Rose dominate the field and the bookies cards given their significant standing in the game and their current form and while there are a number of other high quality Australians who could potentially test them it would be a surprise to not see at least one of them in contention over the closing stages on Sunday.
Both spoke today to crowded press conferences and Rose was asked if his disappointing week last week at Sun City was a concern or just a hiccup.
"I think it was just a hiccup," said the world number four. "Sometimes when you are around family, subconsciously you want to play really, really well for them. I think there was an element of frustration. I think it was the first week when the season caught up with me. That is natural. I think you are allowed to play poorly once in a while and let it be water off a duck's back.
"You saw that with Rory. He missed the cut in Hong Kong, which is one of his favourite events, and then he came back an won in Dubai. The condition changes last week were very hard, with the distance control at altitude. We were playing off very spongy kikiyu fairways.
"I found it very hard to get the ball close to the flag stick. The fairways were incredibly tight last week, too. It was a good week to play your best but if you weren't playing your best it was a tough week.
"My goal this week is to end with another win but more important is to end the year with a disciplined process. I don't want to take my eye off the ball at the end of the year. I want to come here sharp and I want to trust everything that has worked so well for me all year long.
"From that perspective, stay focused, prepare as hard as I can and as well as I can. You can never guarantee a result in golf but you can go out and be disciplined about your work ethic. That is my goal this week.
Rose was asked about any potential rivalry with Scott this week especially given they are playing together over the opening two rounds.
"It is a great draw for me. I regard Adam as one of my best friends out on Tour. I don't say it is a rivalry. We are both incredibly competitive but we are also good friends. The great thing is that you play the golf course. You are not really eye-to-eye or head-to-head, especially on days one and two. It will be a fun pairing and hopefully we will get nice crowds, which is a really good way of lifting your game. "
Scott followed Rose into the Media Centre and as was expected the first question was about which putter he would run with during the tournament.
"I don't know. I'll probably putt with the long putter, said Scott. "The other one I was messing around with was my first go and it is not quite what I want it to do. It is not quite set up right for me. I'll have another go at another time if I feel I need to. I ordered that putter a while back. I was experimenting for my own use.
"I'm just playing around with a few things, a few different ideas. I certainly like a lot of the philosophies of putting with a broomstick. It is simple. I can move it slightly off my chest and use the same putter but I think there are better ways than that. We are all searching for the best possible way and I think there are still better ways for me to go about it."
Scott finished well back in this event in 2010 but in 2011 he tied for 4th against a field considerably stronger than the one he faces this week. It might not be the Kingston Heath of Australian Golf but the golf course is improving each year since its rebuild.
"Certainly it matures as the grass and everything settles down the way a golf course does after it has been rebuilt, said Scott. "It is in perfect shape for this year. Like I said, the defence to this golf course is the wind. It needs wind, otherwise we are going to shoot really good scores. It is very difficult in the wind because the greens have so many undulations. It is hard to get it next to the hole. It either finishes next to the hole or a long way away with a very difficult putt."
I don't believe Scott is a complete fan of the layout but given the class of player he is then he can overcome that and do well.
But Scott and Rose, while the clear favourites, are not the only contenders. John Senden, defending champion Greg Chalmers and Marc Leishman can all be considered as can American Kyle Stanley who won the Phoenix Open earlier this year and who importantly finished 11th in this event last year.
The blustery conditions that buffeted the Lakes today are expected to abate slightly for tomorrow but by Sunday they will switch direction and blow event stronger. It might be a case of hanging on to more than your hat on a golf course that could prove very, very demanding as the week progresses.


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Be sure to tune into Spike TV tonight at 12 AM EST as the UFC's newest weekly series "Inside the UFC" will premiere.
The show will be a weekly half-hour magazine-style series that will feature interviews, up-to-the minute UFC news and much more.
The first episode will include an exclusive interview with UFC President Dana White as well as one on one interviews with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and his next opponent Matt Serra. Also the first episode will include an in-depth look at the UFC Octagon Girls.
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'#BeyonceThinkPieces' Explodes on Twitter
After breaking the internet with her new self-titled album, Beyonce is blowing up Twitter with imaginary think pieces.
The hashtag '#BeyonceThinkPieces' became a trending topic when users on the social networking site created fake stories centered on the singer today. Fans came up with wild ideas about the 32-year-old singer's album and personal life for the hashtag.
"Blue- What about the rest of the rainbow? And how it represents race in America #BeyonceThinkPieces," tweeted one person while another joked, "Does the "Drunk in Love" video foreshadow Blue Ivy's future as a child of alcoholic parents? #beyoncethinkpieces."
We've rounded up some of the most outrageous ideas below. See them all here.
Blue- What about the rest of the rainbow? And how it represents race in America #BeyonceThinkPieces
— Apolonia (@AppleLA) December 18, 2013
Does the "Drunk in Love" video foreshadow Blue Ivy's future as a child of alcoholic parents? #beyoncethinkpieces
— Desus (@desusnice) December 18, 2013
Illiteracy or Snobbery?: How Beyonce snubbed ALL the other letters in the alphabet on "XO" #Beyoncethinkpieces
— Andrea Monique (@AndreaMonique) December 18, 2013
Anna Mae over Sallie Mae: the Miseducation of Bey Carter-Knowles #beyoncethinkpieces
— Black Canseco (@BlackCanseco) December 18, 2013
Beyonce's Rocket as it relates to the disproportionate number of women who work at NASA who don't know who D'angelo is #beyoncethinkpieces
— Karlie Hustle (@THEkarliehustle) December 18, 2013
Next, Monica Lewinsky Gives Statement on Her Name Becoming a Verb #beyoncethinkpieces
— KaiMo (@TweetedOnMyself) December 18, 2013
Blind Gay Community Doesn't See It For Beyonce's New Visual Album. #beyoncethinkpieces
— Damien Lemon (@dlemoncomedy) December 18, 2013
Pump the Brakes: Why Beyoncé's "Partition" is an Affront to Livery Drivers. #beyoncethinkpieces
— Adriana Nova (@adriananova_) December 18, 2013
"I cooked this meal for you naked" Is Gwyneth Paltrow's Weird Lifestyle Advice Influencing Beyoncé's Songwriting? #beyoncethinkpieces
— DominiqueJL (@DominiqueJL15) December 18, 2013
Beyonce claims to drink watermelon liquor, is she supporting black stereotypes?! #beyoncethinkpieces
— Tandera (@TanderaTooTrill) December 18, 2013


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NVidia Release Driver Update
NVidia has released three update for their Unix drivers, one for each version (one current and two legacy version). The updated version are 169.09, 71.86.04, and 96.42.05. For legacy version, there not much updates, except for compatibility updates with the latest Xorg driver and kernel version. For current version, there's some several updates, including the problem causing the fan on some GPUs to always run at full speed, bug that caused the X driver to crash if the X.Org GLX extension module was loaded intead of NVIDIA's, and bug in the Linux/i2c algorithm driver implementation that prevented core transfer types from succeeding. There's also an improvements in X driver's awareness of the current notebook docking status.
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