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Principal Financial Group, Inc. Announces Preferred Dividend
Principal Financial Group, Inc. Announces Preferred Dividend
DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYS: PFG) announced today that its board of directors declared a cash dividend of $1.39075 per share on its 5.563% Series A non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and a cash dividend of $0.407375 per share on its 6.518% Series B non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock. The preferred dividends are payable on April 1, 2013, to preferred stockholders of record as of March 14, 2013.
Forward looking and cautionary statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements as to operating earnings, net income available to common stockholders, net cash flows, realized and unrealized gains and losses, capital and liquidity positions, sales and earnings trends, and management's beliefs, expectations, goals and opinions. The company does not undertake to update these statements, which are based on a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate. Future events and their effects on the company may not be those anticipated, and actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause or contribute to such material differences are discussed in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, and in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated or supplemented from time to time in subsequent filings. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: adverse capital and credit market conditions may significantly affect the company's ability to meet liquidity needs, access to capital and cost of capital; continued difficult conditions in the global capital markets and the economy generally; continued volatility or further declines in the equity markets; changes in interest rates or credit spreads; the company's investment portfolio is subject to several risks that may diminish the value of its invested assets and the investment returns credited to customers; the company's valuation of securities may include methodologies, estimations and assumptions that are subject to differing interpretations; the determination of the amount of allowances and impairments taken on the company's investments requires estimations and assumptions that are subject to differing interpretations; gross unrealized losses may be realized or result in future impairments; competition from companies that may have greater financial resources, broader arrays of products, higher ratings and stronger financial performance; a downgrade in the company's financial strength or credit ratings; inability to attract and retain sales representatives and develop new distribution sources; international business risks; the company's actual experience could differ significantly from its pricing and reserving assumptions; the company's ability to pay stockholder dividends and meet its obligations may be constrained by the limitations on dividends or distributions Iowa insurance laws impose on Principal Life; the pattern of amortizing the company's DPAC and other actuarial balances on its universal life-type insurance contracts, participating life insurance policies and certain investment contracts may change; the company may need to fund deficiencies in its "Closed Block" assets that support participating ordinary life insurance policies that had a dividend scale in force at the time of Principal Life's 1998 conversion into a stock life insurance company; the company's reinsurers could default on their obligations or increase their rates; risks arising from the company's ability to obtain regulatory approval and consummate the acquisition of A.F.P. Cuprum S.A. and from other acquisitions of businesses; changes in laws, regulations or accounting standards; a computer system failure or security breach could disrupt the company's business, and damage its reputation; results of litigation and regulatory investigations; from time to time the company may become subject to tax audits, tax litigation or similar proceedings, and as a result it may owe additional taxes, interest and penalties in amounts that may be material; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and applicable laws and the company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws may discourage takeovers and business combinations that some stockholders might consider in their best interests.
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The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal ®)1 is a global investment management leader offering retirement services, insurance solutions and asset management. The Principal offers businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement, asset management and insurance through its diverse family of financial services companies. Founded in 1879 and a member of the FORTUNE 500®, the Principal Financial Group has $403.0 billion in assets under management2 and serves some 18.3 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.
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Rep. Anna Eshoo is laying out the case against Lehman. The company engineered a host of sham transactions to temporarily reduce the company's massive leverage levels. Top-level management knew the transactions were totally meaningless, but engaged in them to make the company look more sound. They allowed Lehman to move about $50 billion in assets off their balance sheet for short periods of time, right before the company filed its quarterly financial statements, to make investors think the company was in much less jeopardy than it actually was.
For the mirage to be effective, Lehman had to conceal the nature of its Repo 105 transactions from the public, and neither the SEC nor the Treasury Department did anything to stop it.
There's some controversy as to whether this act of intentional deception constitutes fraud. But everybody knows it should constitute fraud. This is how Wall Street makes an enormous portion of its profits. Instead of helping some small business get off the ground, or fuel productive economic growth, Wall Street goes to outrageous lengths to simply screw other companies and investors out of their money. That doesn't accomplish anything, and there is no reason to accept a financial system that functions this way.

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Majlis 05 – Ashra e Zainabiya – Molana Sadiq Hasan 1437
Majlis 05 – Ashra e Zainabiya – Molana Sadiq Hasan 1437
Maulana Sadiq Hasan is a leading aalim and historian of Shia Islam. Originally from Pakistan, he migrated to Australia years ago and settled there. However, every year he travels to Middle East, Pakistan, USA, Canada and UK to deliver lectures and majalis during muharram, Ramadhan and other months.
His most prominent work is a series of lectures on Seerat e Nabi (SAWW) which he delivered over a number of months/years.
He leads Hajj and Umra groups every year to Saudi Arabia and other groups to Iraq, Iran and other Shia Muslim holy sites.


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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has been left red-faced – after bizarrely claiming that Rebel hero Michael Collins had brought Soviet communist leader Vladimir Lenin to Ireland.
The Fine Gael boss had to backtrack furiously after making the remarks at a ceremony in Cork to mark the 90th anniversary of Collins' death.
Kenny had made history as the first Irish PM to address the annual commemoration at Beal na mBlath, the site where Collins was shot.
But his visit has been shrouded in controversy after he referred to Collins as: "the outstanding organiser who brought Lenin himself to Ireland to see how the National Loan worked."
Kenny's office has now admitted that the Irish leader got his facts wrong in his speech.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister told the Irish Independent: "The script contained an inaccurate reference.
"It mistakenly stated that Lenin came to Ireland but should have stated that it brought Lenin's attention to Ireland to see how the National Loan worked."
The spokesman also admitted however that the PM's government department is unable to supply any historical records which showed that Lenin demonstrated any interest in the Irish National Loan before his own death in 1924.
The department has yet to reveal if the mistake was made by PM Kenny himself or his speechwriter.
Noted historian Tim Pat Coogan, credited as the author of the definitive Michael Collins biography, told the paper that he would have to question how the Lenin reference got into Kenny's speech.
Coogan said: "I'm not aware that Lenin ever visited Ireland, let alone under the tutelage of Michael Collins.
"Any such meeting between Collins and Lenin would have been extremely controversial, given the Catholic Church's hostility to Soviet communism.
"Those were the days when bishops were bishops and Lenin was a communist. How would that have gone down with the churchyard collections?
"It could also have been used by the British government to discredit the IRA's campaign during the War of Independence as a drive to turn Ireland into a communist state."
The report states that, as Minister for Finance, Collins was responsible for advertising the National Loan, asking sympathisers for money and issuing personal receipts to people who contributed.
The scheme was used to fund the IRA's war against the British administration and raised around $600,000 in Ireland - an enormous sum at the time.
Experts believes Kenny may have got his stories mixed-up as the Provisional Irish Government gave a $25,000 loan to Lenin's cash-strapped Russian regime in 1920 and got the Russian crown jewels as security.
Author Coogan added: "The Russian loan was organised by Pat McCartan, who was working as an envoy in the US.
"It wasn't a Collins manoeuvre. They contacted us and they wanted loans, and Eamon de Valera wanted something for it."
The report says the Russian crown jewels were handed over in the US to republican Harry Boland who gave them to his mother for safekeeping at her Dublin home.
She kept them after he was killed in the civil war and eventually handed them over to De Valera's government in 1938. The jewels were finally handed back to the Russian government in 1950 in return for the repayment of the $25,000 loan.


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MLB.com's Matthew Leach on One on One
Leach weighs in on Yankees, Puig, and All-Star Game
Nolan Silbernagel and Kris Venezia sat down with columnist for MLB.com Matthew Leach to talk about the state of the Yankees. Leach weighed in on his thoughts about how the team has performed so far, what having Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter back will do for the Pinstripes, and who the first half MVP of the Bronx Bombers has been so far this year.
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Shows this summer
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So I was looking and noticed that I didnt see ac playing pitchfork this year.... too bad because I really wanted to see them. are they playing anywhere in the midwest this summer?
No tour dates have been announced yet, but they should have a tour after their release of the new album... so probably not this summer dude.
Well, I am seeing my heartthrob Spencer Krug in June. What shows are y'all planning on attending?
Its funny you say that claud, I was just thinking with all of this new album stuff that is going to happen soon I didnt think that they would have a tour. Makes sense though.
AAAhhhhh Spencer Krug! In which band will he be playing, Lula? I probably won't be attending any shows for a long time because I need to save money...
Me too, that's why I declined my friends request to go see the Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys.
He's touring as Moonface, Spencer is. He's got an album coming out with Siinai. I just want to smoosh his little smooshy face and say, "smoosh smoosh!!"
man hope they stop by Roskilde Festival.
Seeing Radiohead, Thrice and Animals As Leaders in June. Wishing I could catch Mogwai towards the end of June in Chicago.. Boo for lack of funds !
seeing primus and Curren$y in may
Primus! Wow, they're...OLD! Not like The Ramones old. Which is dead. Aww.
they're gonna have a new generation of fans every decade or so. partially in thanks to south park but in the beginning primus's popularity rubbed off on south park. the red hot chili poopers have been around since the 80's yo. youngens dont know that though. AC hit the 10X3. that came surprise to me.
omg we have a kid in the county whose name is Kiedis Anthony Such-and-such. When I issued him his library card I asked his Mom, "like the Chili Peppers, huh?" She said, "Yeah, but I liked the name, too" Really good radio station, y'all: dave.fm GOOGLE THAT SHIT YO
Spencer is not coming here, yet. AC is playing at the Hollywood Bowl in September though but that's in a long time. And I'm going to Coachella this weekend but it totally doesn't feel like I am.
Wait Coachella is THIS weekend? AC has touring dates set up?
There are two Coachellas this year! Last weekend and this weekend because it got so popular. And I don't know about any other dates besides that one.
Ohh...That is why I was so confused! Makes sense now that I think about it. Really do not pay too much attention to those festivals, so many festivals!
2pac did pretty good at coachella
He's alive!
HAHA at first I was reading this saying to myself, "Man this must have been an incredible show, the line-up is insane!" and then I thought, "Actually, this is pretty oddly eclectic, I can't believe the range" and then I thought, "Wait, GG Allin? GG is dead! No one knows about GG!" and then I finally thought, "Wait...all of these people are...dead..." and THEN I thought, "Oh, this is a joke." Especially when I saw that Mozart was headlining. Jesus gets pretty low billing there. HAR HAR FOOLEDED MEEDLE
Well Jesus already came back to life once, so hell if they can't do it for Coachella!
Couldn't resist. Bought Lolla tix to see At The Drive-In !!!!!
His stage presense is too offensive for me. PURPPURP AJHHHHH!!! NICE!!!!! Jesus is #1 rapper.
I saw Right Away, Great Captain! earlier this week in Pontiac. If you're not familiar it's Andy Hull, the lead singer of Manchester Orchestra. He has 3 solo albums..if you're into good acoustic I'd reccommend it. His voice is so raw
Dirty Projectors!
LIARS! their pants were on fires! the situation grew dires... but no .... no 1 against ze brush was like BLISS! close my eyes and let it TAKE ME AWAY type even! still mad that in THREE times seeing them and they never play mister yr on fire mr! yes but it's NOT OKAY! |)
Lollapalooza countdown: less than 2 weeks away !!!! Yippy
I didn't know you were going to Lollapalooza. Good for you. I had to look up who was going to be performing there, and I think I'd have a fun time with who they have there. My favs of the bunch to see live: The Black Keys The Shins Trampled by Turtles Sigur Ros (I wonder how they would be live in a festival setting?) tUnE-yArDs SBTRKT Passion Pit ...and then I'd drop in on anyone else decent enough.
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Love you Sagester. I saw chiodos last week with original members, so nostalgic i felt like i was 12 all over again. I have vids if anyone wants to see
They've announced Australian side shows! so happy
animal collective thursday. grizzly bear early next month. i missed the metheny show because i got out of the hospital the day of the concert. bummed about that.
swans and XIU XIU friday! deerhoof sunday / FUN DAY! Wooo!!! we so ess site! works cited! WEIRD SCILENCE!


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Gee, it might be worth waiting for Edler's cap hit to catch up to that figure (nevermind his salary, in October 2014 ) to start filling your boots with the whole "we paid $5m for this?!" routine.Meds wrote:How many more $5M fuck ups do we have to tolerate from #23..
Of course as you said yourself you've been on his case for years. I don't think his salary really matters to guys like you or Pauser. He can be an All Star, he can be the team's most productive defenseman, but as long as he blows his coverage, or turns over the puck to create a chance the other way every now and then, some posters will just keep bringing out the knives.
How many offensive defensemen in this league produce as much as Edler, are less prone to unsteadiness and don't make millions more than him? Maybe you'd prefer Dennis Wideman or James Wisniewski or Matt Carle?


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For farmers and ranchers looking to purchase new equipment, year-end promotions and tax deductions can offer incentives to buy.
"From now until the end of the year is always a strong time to buy," said Don Kropf, owner of Linn-Benton Tractor Co. in Tangent, Ore. "Preseason programs are geared toward maximizing value."
Most equipment sales receive a cash bonus or a low interest rate on financing, according to Carl Laux, sales manager at the Tangent, Ore., Papé dealership.
Laux added that leasing is also a good option for those who don't want to or can't afford to buy, although interest rates may be a little higher. Leasing also offers benefits like staying current on technology and reducing maintenance costs through full extended warranties.
Papé offers three-, four-, and five-year lease programs, with an option to buy when the lease term expires.
"When you are looking at a three-quarter ton combine that sells for $350,000, it can be a lot easier to write a lease check," said Cory Carroll, general manager at Papé.
Before the end of the year, Carroll said, purchasers can take advantage of a Section 179 deduction under the American Taxpayers Relief Act. Section 179 allows full deductions and bonus depreciation for the full purchase price of financed or leased equipment and off-the-shelf software. To qualify, purchasers must buy or lease equipment and put it into service before Dec. 31, 2013. To find out more about Section 179, visit www.section179.org.
Kropf suggested farmers begin meeting with dealers now, or at least well in advance of harvests, to discuss their needs for the next growing season and to review priorities and costs.
"A lot of the larger tractors have to be ordered months in advance," he said.
Right now, 60- to 100-horsepower tractors are experiencing a nine-month lead time, according to Steve Danner, general manager at Ag West in Rickreall, Ore.
"Large horsepower equipment lead times are a little shorter — 230- to 600-horsepower generally only takes about three to four months."
Many Northwest dealers are also offering incentives for used equipment, such as combines and big four-wheel-drives, in response to a glut caused by falling corn and soybean prices elsewhere, according to Laux. At the Tangent Papé store, the average age of used equipment is four to five years old, he said.
The region's sales managers appear to agree that now is the time for those looking for new equipment to begin researching and reaching out to dealers. Manufacturers also take advantage of post-harvest down time to offer special promotions as farmers begin planning for the next harvest, according to Billy Martin, sales manager at Brim New Holland in Salem, Ore.
"The fourth quarter is usually the better time to buy because manufacturers will give you a better discount to clear inventory," he said.


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In The Midnight Hour
Ballantine, Mar 2001, 23.00, 304 pp. ISBN: 0345437454 Twelve years ago, four-year-old Timmy Cable vanished while walking alongside his father Jack on the beach. He took his eyes off his son for a few seconds and that is all it took for the kid to disappear. A happy family remained shattered as they wait for news about their missing child that never came. Timmy's mother Olivia believes she has seen her lost son, playing guitar for cash on the s...


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The history of what men wear to the office could be summarised in a sentence: 150 years of wearing a suit, followed by a decade of wearing a hoodie. Yet, if you look closer, it turns out to be more complicated than that. The business suit has a long, unexpected history. Its roots lie in late 17th-century England when, in 1666, out of solidarity for victims of the plague, King Charles II banned his courtiers from flouncing around in lace and fur. So everyone wore tunics of grey and navy and beige instead, and even though the courtiers soon reverted to frills, merchants decided to stick with the drab dress, which was more comfortable and practical.
The lounge suit itself, developed on Savile Row approximately 220 years later, had nothing to do with business at all. The padded shoulders were a hangover from military epaulettes. The buttons on the cuffs were designed for surgeons (who occupied Jermyn Street in London before the tailors), allowing them to fold sleeves up to stop them being splattered with blood. And the vents at the back were borrowed from huntsmen (who required them to sit comfortably on a horse).
While its origins were in London, it took Americans at the end of the 19th century to seize on the suit and make it popular, and slowly the rest of the world fell in line, choosing the matching jacket and trousers as the global business uniform. Although outwardly it has looked the same ever since - give or take a few buttons and width of lapel - inside a lot has been going on. Pockets were added to store train tickets when people started to commute. Additional pockets came in for mobiles. Fabrics were made so that you could take the jacket off, ram it into the overhead locker on a plane, and emerge immaculate on landing. And now you can buy suits with a space for an iPad inside - a pocket much the same size as the one that huntsmen had for storing a dead hare. To see the very latest in clothes for the office, click on the carousel below.
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Thus far in the collection I am comfortable saying that "Time Gypsy" is easily my favorite Ellen Klages story. There are only two stories I haven't read and they will be hard pressed to prove me wrong. "Time Gypsy" is something else.
Dr. Carol McCullough is a Physics professor at Berkley and the Nobel Prize winning head of the Physics department asks to see her about Sara Baxter Clarke, a "crackpot from the 50's". Dr. McCullough is a scholar of Sara Baxter Clarke's theories in Physics. Dr. Chambers, the head of the department has figured out a way to make a working time machine and needs Dr. McCullough to go back in time to 1956 (from 2006), meet Sara Baxter Clarke, and get her hands on Clarke's final paper, the one she wrote before she mysteriously disappeared at age 28. If Dr. McCullough doesn't do this, well, she might as well look for a new school to teach at.
So, Carol McCullough does travel back forty years into the past, meets Sara Baxter Clarke, and nothing is at all what she expected.
I'm not telling this well. I'm not sure I can. This is what the story is about in a technical sense. It's not what the story is about at its heart nor does it describe how Ellen Klages is able to capture the imagination and emotion with "Time Gypsy".
"Time Gypsy" is a time travel story that follows the rules even if it is unexpected, it is a unconventional but perfectly normal love story, it is a story about honesty and integrity, about having the freedom to love as one wishes without persecution, it is a story featuring homosexuality without forcing any agenda or issue. Ellen Klages just tells the story as it is and the story just feels right. It feels true.
It's really, really good. Call me a sucker, but it was touching.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Portable Childhoods: "Time Gyspy"
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Posted by Joe on Saturday, September 06, 2008
Labels: ellen klages, Portable Childhoods, Time Gypsy
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- C. B. James said...
This sounds like an interesting collection.
I'm currently running a short story challenge with prizes on my blog. You might want to check it out. To enter you just have to post leave a comment with a link to one of your reveiws here.
I've enjoyed your story reviews.
- September 6, 2008 at 9:36 AM
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R.J. Denbow knows how to keep his eye on the prize.
Denbow, a 2000 graduate of Evergreen High School, decided by the time he was in second grade that he wanted to work in the medical field, and soon after he expanded his dream to become a flight nurse.
In December, he landed that flight nurse job with Cal-Star, California Shock Trauma Air Rescue, near Sacramento.
Anne Skewes, a P.E.O. chapter FR member, won an original painting by Pem Dunn of a rose in bloom. She won the painting at the chapter's annual fund-raiser on Dec. 5 at Mount Vernon Country Club.
Evergreen resident Claire Roberts and her Bichon, Lulu, have been invited to compete in the American Kennel Club Agility Invitational in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 13-14. The pair will compete against the swiftest, most agile dogs in the country for the top spot in the 12-inch class. This year, 163 breeds from 41 states and five countries will be represented at the Invitational.
Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen has once again paired with Lumberg Elementary for some Random Act of Kindness. In the spring of 2012, RMAE donated almost 1,000 books to Lumberg, an elementary school in Jefferson County with a high population of students needing free or reduced-price lunches.
If Mt. Evans Home Health and Hospice looks good up close and personal, it looks even better by comparison.
To find out how much better, visit www.medicare.gov, click on the "Home Health Compare" page, and see how the mountain area's nonprofit stacks up. The results are striking — Mount Evans outperforms the vast majority of home health organizations, public and private.
John and Sheryl Fick of Evergreen are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Becca Fick, to Andrew Rauch, son of Jeff and Gwendolyn Rauch, also of Evergreen.
Fick is a graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in exercise science and a graduate of the University of Colorado at Denver with a doctorate in physical therapy. She is currently working as a physical therapist in an outpatient and sports medicine clinic in Fort Collins.
Evergreen resident Kathy Magnani was recently awarded the Frist Humanitarian Award at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center.
Magnani has devoted almost 850 volunteer hours as a "cuddler" in the neonatal intensive-care unit. She also is the sub-coordinator, helping to fill shifts when other volunteers are unavailable. She recently started teaching knitting to ante-partum moms.
Evergreen artist Harold Linke was selected to place a piece in the Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland. This is an honor bestowed on only a handful of artists, and Harold's piece was installed on July 13 at the park. The piece he was asked to install is a life-size edition of "Girly Curl."
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Looking to update your bathroom this winter? Want to finally make the leap to green? There's no reason that energy efficiency and utmost comfort can't go hand in hand. We all know the bathroom is a space particularly prone to chill. Sometimes a window needs to be opened to air out a steamy shower, or perhaps it's just the tile under your feet that's particularly chilly. But thanks to eco-friendly advances like radiant heat, you won't need to worry about sacrificing comfort for green thinking. Consider these steps to a greener bathroom.
Draft check
The first thing you'll want to do is make sure that your bathroom isn't the victim of a multitude of drafts. As the saying goes, there's no point in heating the outdoors. Make sure that the warmth you generate for your home isn't slipping out by sealing windows for maximum energy efficiency. You can even seek out windows and doors that are qualified by the government's Energy Star program.
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One of the biggest terms in green energy right now is radiant heat. This all natural system uses simple convection currents to keep a room or entire home warm from the ground up. No more gusts of hot air, no more dusty heat, just clean and green warmth under your flooring. Best of all, radiant heat flooring fits perfectly under hardwood, tile and numerous other materials.
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Last Wednesday, a huge storm system arrived to Spain. In Bilbao, a city in the north of Spain, airplanes were forced to land under 62mph (100km/h) crosswinds. Some of the landings had to be aborted, like the third plane in this video.
For some reason, every time I'm about to fly or anyone I love is flying, I always come across mad airplane videos. You suck, Universe!


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Because sin has entered the relationship, the spheres of responsibility for a husband and wife, as well as their marriage relationship, now face conflict.
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A new attack on the reliability and perspicuity of Scripture was released.
The debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye "the Science Guy" on February 4 has evoked some strong and incredibly mixed reactions from the media, atheist bloggers, and Christians.
Few events in the history of the creation/evolution issue have garnered as much attention from the public as Ken Ham's debate last night with Bill Nye.
The animated film Walking with Dinosaurs centers around the narrator's line that "every fossil tells a story."
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Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced two historic but unfortunate decisions regarding same-sex "marriage" in our country.
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The standard speed of a golf cart today is 12 to 14 miles per hour but many options are available to increase both the speed and power should you desire.
Gas Golf Cart
Simply adjusting or removing the governor system on a gas golf cart is asking for trouble. The engine design RPM should not be exceeded. Your golf cart professional can adjust these systems to the high end of the acceptable RPM. Changing the differential gear ratio is a great way to gain additional speed, but you will lose low-end torque for hill climbing so there is a trade off. Speeds of up to 25 MPH are attainable with the right combination of gear ratio, tire size and engine adjustments.
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A large assortment of optional motors, controllers and tires can make your electric golf cart a powerful and fast vehicle. These changes must be designed as a system where wire size, controller capacity and motor amp draw are all taken into consideration. Even the forward and reverse switch may require an upgrade to handle the increased power.
The club car IQ cart has some factory adjustment upgrades available which is the most cost effective way to attain speeds approaching 20 MPH.
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The Knicks go into this free agency period with 5 free agents. Guards Anthony Carter and Roger Mason, Forwards Jared Jeffries and Shawne Williams and Center Shelden Williams. Before any moves can be made in terms of bringing a player in, the Knicks must decide which players they will bring back. It has been rumored that Shawne Williams, Roger Mason and Jared Jeffries will be offered veteran minimums and brought back for the 66 game 2011 NBA season. Are those 3 players the right guys to bring back?
Anthony Carter- I love Anthony Carter as a veteran leader. Unfortunately, we aren't the Lakers or Celtics with late roster spots to give. We need 15 guys who can bring something to the table. I do not believe Anthony Carter fits on this team anymore. He was a nice fit last season when he had to play but with the drafting of Iman Shumpert I think Carter's days as a Knick are over.
Roger Mason- I am a big proponent of Money Mase's return to the Knicks. Mason showed his value late in the season and in the playoffs as an emergency guard and veteran leader. He struggled early and found himself in Coach D'Antoni's doghouse. He showed down the stretch that he can play both guard spots if needed and he can shoot. I would feel more comfortable with Mason in there as opposed to Bill Walker or Andy Rautins.
Shawne Williams- Although he struggled down the stretch, I believe Williams should be retained for next season. Even though he struggled in the post-Melo trade era, his upside is without doubt. He is a 6'9 small forward who brings a great toughness to the team and who shot 40% from 3 last season. I think Williams proved himself on the court and off the court, staying off the police blotter, and I think he deserves another season with the Knicks.
Jared Jeffries – Say what you want about Jeffries' offensive game but there is no denying that Jared Jeffries provides a defensive versatility that this team desperately needs. So what he averaged 1.8 points/game? The reality is that it doesn't matter if Jeffries scores 0 points per game. In Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks have 2 of the most prolific scoring forwards of all time. Both players lack on the defensive end of the court. By contrast Jeffries is weak offensively but excels defensively. I think he is one of the guys that can help to provide more defensive help for this team and I think he should be retained.
Shelden Williams – I like Williams' hustle and rebounding but the Knicks center right now is a numbers game. Turiaf is making 4 million this year so he is not going anywhere and should be the starter. 7'1 Jerome Jordan should make his Knicks debut this season after playing in Serbia for his rookie season. The team also drafted Josh "Jorts" Harrellson in the second round of the draft. These other centers all have more upside than Shelden Williams. The team will not have 4 centers and based on numbers and upside, Williams is the odd man out.
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5 chess game best of three zuccotti park
t's six in the morning in Zucotti Park. Quiet hours started at eleven, but that isn't stopping the kid behind me from singing and playing Bob Dylan's greatest hits on his guitar. I politely tolerate it until he starts to play "Rainy Day Women." That cinches it.
"Knock it off, it's quiet hours."
I point to the sign nearby that lays out the self-mandated rules about music. He scowls at me as he puts his guitar back in its case.
"So you're a hustler?"
We're sitting around a poker table at the old Play Station, the last of the great underground New York City cardrooms. On this night it was busier than normal. We were in the corner playing $10-20 and everyone was quizzing Poe about chess.
"No I ain't no motherfuckin' hustler!"
Poe was a fixture in illegal New York casinos for as long as I had been hanging out in them. He made an impression. He was always the loudest in any room. He wore bright-colored suits and ascots. He told tall tales about his sexual exploits. He had been an extra in several movies and even had small parts in a few like the Michael Mann film Ali. Tonight, however, all we want to talk to him about is chess. In addition to poker, Poe was also a skilled chess player and a frequent player in Washington Square Park.
"I think it's a shame that everyone calls you guys hustlers," I say. "It isn't fair to you and it isn't fair to real hustlers."
"What do you mean, real hustlers," the guy on my left pipes up.
"I mean these guys just play for money. They're just gambling. It isn't like it's a secret that they are good. A hustler hides his skill. He makes you feel confident that you can beat him. He preys on your greed by pretending to be a mark. These guys set up their boards and basically dare you to play them. Seems fair to me."
"I'll tell you how they're hustlers," Josh says.
Josh is one of my best and oldest friends. He and I grew up together in Arkansas. We went to college together in Texas. Then we moved to New York together after graduation, he for grad school, and me for a job. I lived in what was basically his closet at Columbia, where he was studying for a PhD in physics.
My mother taught me the rules to chess, but Josh taught me how to play. Sitting in a pizza parlor one summer afternoon in high school he showed me about backwards pawns, knight forks, bishop skewers, and open files. He gave me a chess set and a dozen back issues of Chess Life magazine. A few days later I left town to work construction jobs on the road with my dad. That summer I lived cooped up in a dingy Motel 6 with my dad, eating baloney every night and playing through the games in the magazines. My dad would shake his head in disbelief. "How do you play chess against yourself? It doesn't make any sense."
Josh also taught me to play poker. In fact he was the one who first introduced me to get me into this club. And on this night he unfortunately was sitting to my right, which meant he was winning most of my money. He took a break from raking pots to tell us his story.
"I've won exactly three games against the hustlers in Washington Square. The first time I won the guy told me that I owed him $3. I told him he owed me $3 and he said I misunderstood, that it was $3 to play, not a $3 bet. I argued and he pointed at the NOGAMBLING sign. I paid him and left.
"The next time I won I made sure to ask before the game started if we were betting or if I was paying him to play. He assured me we were betting. Then as soon as I had a winning position he called 'touch move' on me. I said I thought we had been playing 'clock move.' He said nope, 'touch move.' I just resigned.
"The last time I won I asked before the game if we were gambling and if we were playing clock move. Once we had the rules straightened out we played a five-minute game and I won. I asked him for the money and he told me, 'Get the fuck outta here.' I said, 'But you lost! If I lost I'd have paid you!' He stood up and held the rook over his head like he was going to hit me with it. He said 'I'm not gonna tell you twice' and he didn't have to."
A growing number of people in America know what it feels like to be in zugzwang. For some of them their whole life has been one long zugzwang, they can't remember ever having any good options. Without catching a lucky break, a lifetime of hard work for most people results in just that—a lifetime of hard work. For others they maybe once thought they had it all—a good job with a pension, a nice house with a payment they could afford, set for life. Then in an instant it all disappeared. House is underwater,ARM is popping on the loan, pension fund bought a bunch of mortgage-backed securities. All that's left is utter, hopeless zugzwang.
Sadly this, if nothing else, is what unites us. This dreadful unease. This feeling that every option we have is a bad one. And this resentment we feel from being told that it has to be this way, that there are no other options, because these are the rules of the game. But like Poe said, "there's games and then there's life. They ain't the same thing." It doesn't have to be this way.
In chess, you don't have to resign in zugzwang. You can always sacrifice. A sacrifice in chess is when you intentionally give up some material to your opponent. There are two kinds of sacrifices: a straight sacrifice and a sham sacrifice.
A sham sacrifice is basically a kind of hustle. Your opponent gives up material to you, but it's a trap. If you get greedy and take the piece, you lose. People often make a lot of fuss over games that involve sham sacrifices (like Bobby Fischer's "Game of the Century"), but there is nothing dramatic about a sham sacrifice. Once you take the bait, all uncertainty about the game disappears.
The other type of sacrifice, a straight sacrifice, is when you accept a disadvantage in order to break the current position. The only way out of zugzwang is to create a new position where you (and your opponent) have a different set of options, even if it means you play from less strength. Strength, after all, is relative to the choices available to you. It is a risk, but when your other option is resignation it hardly seems like one.
A few days ago the philosopher Slavoj Zizek showed up at Zuccotti Park and addressed the protesters. In his thick Slovenian accent he spoke about the grave importance of the protest, beyond just being some vague symbol of populist anger. He said, "I don't want you to remember these days as 'oh, we were young and it was beautiful.' Remember that our basic message is: 'We are allowed to think about alternatives.' A taboo is broken, we do not live in the best possible world." We are allowed, according to Zizek, to not only imagine a better world. We are allowed to expect it, to demand it. Only then would it be possible. Dare to struggle, dare to win.
I could sacrifice my rook. It wouldn't be a sham, it wasn't a trick. It meant I'd be down in material. But if I played well it meant I could probably force a draw. It really all depended on what James would do. I look up at him.
"You want to just call it a draw?"
James looks around. A smile slowly grows across his face. I look around, too, and I'm taken aback. It's nearly 6:30 and the park is filled with people, maybe five thousand or more. I've never seen the park this full before. They are packed in tightly all around us, across the street on the surrounding sidewalks, everywhere you look. I'm shocked that we didn't notice the park filling up all around us. In the middle of the park a woman is addressing the crowd, reading something off of her phone. Her words reverberate as the crowd repeats after her line-by-line in waves. It's hard to understand what they are saying, but it soon becomes clear she is announcing that the cops have decided to retreat. The city was backing down from their threat to clear the park. Thousands of people roar with excitement, quiet hours be damned.
I'm not sure why it was so important to keep the park occupied. I just know that when I heard the cops were coming to shut it down, I wasn't ready for it to end yet. Evidently neither were the rest of these people, here cheering at sunrise like the Yankees just won the pennant. Me and James and the rest of these folks, we couldn't know for sure, of course, but we figure that this right here is what power feels like. This is what it must feel like to win.
James smiles ear-to-ear. He texts his wife the news. I do the same. He looks up at me, still grinning.
"Still want a draw?"
I look back at the board. I don't see any better outcome for me. If we play on and James plays perfectly I'll be lucky to get a draw. The more likely outcome is that I'll lose. I shrug, then reach over and move the rook, hanging it.


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The Chiefs have a new General Manager.
John Dorsey, the Packers director of operations, has been named Kansas City's G.M., the team announced on Saturday night.
The move comes as Dorsey's long-time employer, the Packers, are playing in a postseason game at San Francisco.
Dorsey spent more than 20 years with the Packers, with only a fairly brief interruption from January 1999 through May 2000, when he worked for the Seahawks and former Packers coach Mike Holmgren. Dorsey will now work with (for) coach Andy Reid, who runs the football operations for the Chiefs.
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- With the lush terrain of Latya bordering the south, Jungsan gradually gets more barren and mountainous the further north you go. Jungsan is known for its deserts and generally harsh landscape. You can tell what region you're in by the color of the sand and dirt.
- South is pretty obvious; there are green forests and vegetation and whatnot and the earth is a healthy brown soil thanks to Latya.
- Eastern lands are usually a yellow, sandier color with sparse dry vegetation. This side of the country doesn't get much attention. Most of the major cities are on the western side.
- Western sands are speckled with black, supposedly remnants from the Great War (Link Soon), and have several other different sediments mixed in with the desert sands. More harbors are on the Western side, as are most of the major cities.
- Northern territories are a chalky white and are completely void of vegetation. Northern lands have been abandoned since the Great War (LINK), and people have refused to even speak of the events that allegedly happened there.
- The heart of Jungsan has red sand and rocks that have eroded from the mountain range. This is where the capitol of Jungsan is.
- Jungsan's early history is a barbaric one. Originally there were several clans that would fight over the land. After centuries of battles, one dominant clan was established: the center clan now called the Royal clan. The center clan had no greater army than any other clan, in fact, their army was spread across their territory, defending all sides. This power was established when the god of Jungsan decided to take a mortal body and reside on Tutom. King Airis is now posessed by the spirit of Jungsan, and no one dares to question the power of a god. The Royal clan has been in rule over the country for several decades now, and continues to appease the surrounding clans by allowing mates in, and a small slice of power here and there.
- Latya and Jungsan have been allies since record was written. The border between the two is blurred and is often considered to be a common area between the countries, not belonging to either. Jungsan provides protection to Latya from Tidle, and Latya gives Jungsan its produce and agriculture. These countries have long since shared culture, but there is a stark difference in Jungsanyan culture than Latyan.
- Basically, the further north you go, the less hospitable the Jungsanyan people get, and you don't start off with much. These people are devout subjects of their clan, and most of all to the Royal clan. Jungsanyan people are descendants of dragons and, no matter now estranged still, share traits of the beasts.
- Jungsan is known for having the fiercest army on the planet.
Crystal Bearers:
- The Royal clan has kept a strict cap on the number of crystal bearers in Jungsan. They permit that only one family in each clan my bear crystals. It's a tricky business, but the Royal clan is persistent on keeping the crystal power under tight surveillance.
- Those that chose to be in a draconic state when they ripped out their crystals remained dragons, and could never change back to humanoid figures, and vise verse
- Other than this morphing ability, crystal bearers have no special powers. In the draconic state there are creature abilities such as a heat, or fire breath, razor sharp teeth and claws, and the ability to fly. In a human state one can fit through small doorways, and wear shoes.
- Many traditions of Jungsan revolve around the army life. One of the most practiced is branding the ranks of those you've killed in battle on the inside of your upper arm. There are several more traditions that revolve around battles, honors, and kills.
- Hithai gatog is a festival in the fall that celebrates the mating season for dragons. Hithai gatog translates literally to 'Sex Festival' in Jungsanyan (It's not a very discrete language, lol) Though a fairly serious matter back in the ancient days, this season is now a month long festival filled with spar matches, feasts, and baby-making.
- When two people join in Jungsan it's called a Mating. They exchange bangles wrought of gold. These typically are very ornate with important family characteristics, and crests. Dragons, or descents of them, mate for life and infedelity is not really a problem because any doubt would probably lead to one eating the other.
Coinage and Language:
- Jungsan and Latya share the same currency: the mita system.
A silver mita will buy you a wagon wheel
A gold mita will buy you a lousy gayte steed
- The Jungsanyan language is fairly straightforward and basic. It has some colorful words, but they are few, and usually slang to spacific reagions. Jungsanyan sounds harsh and involves some throaty grunts at times. There are 3 main accents: Southern, mid, and northern. The southern accent is a little softer sounding, and has more slang and the accents continue to get edgier the more north you get, much like the terrain.
- Desert gear is the standard for commoners. Tunics, cloth shoes, and leather are most often seen. Gold jewelry is a common ornamentation to have among the middle to upper class. Only the top clan members and Royal clan wear gold ear wing things along with other ornate decorations (Link soon). Like most wealthy people, the finest tailoring is reserved for the upper class.


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No one's ever drawn a portrait of danny before. Ever. Not one cheesy baby portrait in pencil. Not one poorly-conceived 80′s painting of me straddling a wall in a mini-skirt a'la Some Kind of Wonderful. Not even one of those ham-fisted caricatures you can get at the county fair for fifteen minutes and ten dollars.
Some Kind of Horrible.
So I commissioned the first portrait of danny from an internet friend, and it only cost me twenty bucks, delivered to my door. So consider this the big unveiling:
The first commissioned portrait of danny, ever.
The inspiration.
For the record, it measures 3.25″ x 4.5″ and I love it, although I'm having a hard time finding a frame for it. Anyway, I feel like commissioning inexpensive self-portraits might be a new hobby of mine, so if anyone's got a recommendation for a good portrait artist, send them my way. One day I'll have a whole wall of 'em. A wall of dan. Just like I've always deserved.


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By looking at Locke and Walnut Grove, students can understand the experience of early Asian immigrants and the obstacles they encountered as they struggled to make a living and find a place in American society. Those interested in learning more will find that the Internet offers a variety of materials.
Locke, California
Visit the town's website to find out more about the history of Locke and visitation information. Included on the site are details on some of the historic sites such as the Dai Loy Museum and a quick fact sheet outlining the history of Locke and its Asian community.
Walnut Grove, California
The Walnut Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Web page provides visiting information, a community profile of present-day Walnut Grove, and a history of the community. Included on the site is a walking tour of the town that details the historic sites of Walnut Grove.
National Park Service
Library of Congress
Search the Library of Congress's American Memory Web page for their collection of materials on Locke, California from the Historic American Building Survey. Included is an extensive photograph collection documenting the architecture of Locke. Further searches on the American Memory Web page for information on Japanese Americans provides details of the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Search the National Archives and Records Administration for their collection of materials on Japanese Americans. Included is detailed information relating to the internment of Japanese Americans. Further searches on the NARA for information on Chinese Americans reveals, among other things, a compilation of records titled "Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States."
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
The INS Web page provides a number of historical research tools including a "Legislative History 1790-Present," "Chinese Immigration Records," and "INS Facilities for the Detention and Internment of WWII Enemy Aliens."
Chinese American History
The class members of Asian American Studies 121,
University of California, Berkeley, have assembled a time line outlining events in Chinese American history. Included in the time line is a link to the text of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act as well as many other legislative statutes that pertain to Chinese American history.


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US TOUR OCTOBER 5th - NOVEMBER 1st 2018 !!!
20 YEARS of "TALIJA Art Company"
On 28th of January 2018, Talija Art Company has celebrated 20 years in the largest theater in Belgrade - Sava Centar.
Touch of the Roman empire
Dynamic performance of barbarian attack on roman legion with powerful sound effects. Suitable for various open air and theater stages.
In the time of great turns and turmoils in the Roman empire in the 4th century barbarians from the north fell and destroyed the Roman territories, a very important role had the fortifications – cities on the territory of today's Serbia that defended the borders of the empire: Viminacium, Sirmium, Singidunum, Margus. All to the foundations destroyed in 441 in one attack of the Hun, known for their cruelty.
This show is the reconstruction of one of the intrusion of the Hun into the Roman fortification.
Serbian folklore evening
- From 1st April – 1st November 2018.
- Every Saturday in Belgrade "Serbian Folklore Evening"
- Every Saturday at 18:30h, performance in the theater "Children's Cultural Center Belgrade", address Takovska 8, Belgrade
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The Webelos Program uses Fast Tracks Den Meeting plans to cover all 20 Webelos Pins in as little as 12 months.
|On 01 Jun 2015, new requirements will go into effect. Dens, parents, and adult partners should continue to use the current requirements until that time.
The Webelos Scout Program prepares boys who have completed third grade or are age 10 but have not yet completed fifth grade or reached age 11 1/2 to bridge into a troop. Pronounced "WEE-buh-los", the word "Webelos" means WE'll BE LOyal Scouts. After earning the Bobcat badge, a boy may earn the Webelos Badge and Arrow of Light Award. Shorter Webelos Scout Programs are available for Webelos who start in fifth grade to earn their Arrow of Light in as little as six months.
The Webelos Program is more challenging than Lion, Tiger, Wolf, and Bear programs for younger Cub Scouts. Webelos Scouts take part in Cub Scout pack meetings and activities as well as Webelos den meetings, activities, and outdoor fun. Webelos Scouts can earn Webelos & Arrow of Light Adventure Pins at any time. The Webelos uniform has eight parts (seven required, one optional).
|— Webelos Cub Scout Handbook, pg. 4
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Webelos Den Leaders who complete training, tenure, and performance requirements. This award is presented by the local council and requires the completion of several training modules and one year of registered service as a Webelos Den Leader.
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These Activity Badges were replaced with Adventure Pins in 2015.
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The Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) strongly condemns recently-signed legislation in Georgia that unfairly targets illegal immigrants, calling the law "discriminatory and weakening customary legal prohibitions of police investigations on immigrant status." The group passed a resolution speaking out against the law on May 22.
Georgia House Bill 87, signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal (R) would, among other things, allow local and state police to arrest illegal immigrants and transport them to state and federal jails; punish people who use fake identification to get a job in Georgia with up to 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines; and punish those who knowingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants or encourage them to come to Georgia. First-time offenders would face imprisonment for up to 12 months and up to $1,000 in fines.
Georgia is the third state to pass anti-immigration legislation within the past year. Utah and Arizona both passed similar types of legislation, with Arizona's law currently being challenged in Federal court. Last year, AAA issued a statement condemning the Arizona law, calling it "predatory and unconstitutional."
AAA leadership was united in its opposition to the law. "Georgia's new law unfairly targets illegal immigrants and includes draconian punishments for those who can least afford to be treated so harshly," AAA President Virginia Dominguez said in a statement issued today. The sponsor of AAA's measure, George Mason anthropologist Hugh Gusterson, noted that with the passage of the resolution "the anthropological community has shown that it will not bring its business to a state that has moved so far from American traditions and, instead, chosen to scapegoat its weakest citizens."
The AAA resolution pledges that the association as a whole will refuse to hold a scholarly conference in Georgia until House Bill 87 is either repealed or struck down as constitutionally invalid.
Click here to view the official AAA press release.


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It's OK when the ads are about Linux or hardware etc when it's related to the content of this page, but I experience that it's not the case.
I get ads for dating services like filipinocupid.com and Chinese dating service stuff.
Do I really have to block stuff??
I see it's Google AdChoices that put them there.
"The AdChoices icon appears on sites that use Google's AdSense program to show ads. While Google often shows you ads based on the content of the page you are viewing, we also show some ads based on the types of websites you visit, view, or where you interact with an ad or other Google product supported by Google's advertising services. In doing this, Google doesn't know your name or any other personal information about you. Google simply recognizes the number stored in your browser on the DoubleClick cookie, and shows ads related to the interest and inferred demographic categories associated with that cookie. It's our goal to make these ads as relevant and useful as possible for you. Google doesn't create categories, or show ads, based on sensitive topics such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health. " - google
I recently removed all my previous browser data, maybe it's affecting the ads? Google mastermind: He is browsing Linux sites aha he needs more Asian dating sites adds!
What adds do you see? Are you all blocking it or anyone experience the same shit as me? Do Linux.com really need these adds?
Edit: my categories in Google Ads Preferences was:
Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - Online Video
Computers & Electronics
Computers & Electronics - Programming
Computers & Electronics - Software - Operating Systems - Linux & Unix
Internet & Telecom - Service Providers - Cable & Satellite Providers
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Police: Kittens found in man's freezer | Crime
St. Petersburg, Florida -- A man faces animal cruelty charges after four kittens were found inside sandwich bags in his freezer.
Pinellas County deputies say a woman visiting the home of Rodney Blanchard in the 7500 block of 46th Avenue North discovered the kittens when he asked her to get him a beer out of his freezer. The woman reportedly didn't notice the kittens at first, so he told her he had them in there. When she took a closer look she saw the kittens and tried to get them out, but Blanchard pushed her away and told her to leave.
The woman left and called police. When deputies arrived, they could hear the meows of the kittens coming from the freezer. When they opened the door, they found four kittens inside individual sandwich bags on the bottom shelf.
It was too late for one Calico and white kitten but the three others were alive and meowing. Deputies gathered up all of the kittens, which are about 6 weeks old, and wrapped them in a blanket to warm them up.
Upon further examination, deputies noticed the kittens were covered in fleas. All were cold to the touch and shaking and one of the orange and white kittens were having difficulty breathing.
The kittens were taken to the Emergency Care Center at Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialist in Largo to be checked out and are currently in the care of the SPCA.
Photo Gallery: Kittens rescued from man's freezer
An adult cat was also found in the home unharmed and is also in the care of the SPCA. Two outdoor cats were found in the vicinity of the home and were unharmed.
Blanchard, 49, was arrested and is being charged with four counts of animal cruelty and one count misdemeanor battery.


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Fear of Fed Retreat Roils India
Economic Weakness in Developing Nations Is Laid Bare as Easy Money Dries Up
The U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to reduce monthly bond purchases is exposing the deep-seated fragility of India's economy, unnerving investors and underscoring the risks to emerging markets at a time of rising global interest rates.
India's stock market closed slightly lower Tuesday, after two days of steep declines. The rupee hit yet another fresh low against the dollar.


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OpenOffice: Encountering Templates through a Real-World Problem
by Sam Hiser
December 8, 2004
A Student Wants to Open to a Large Font
A Windows and GNU/Linux client of mine--that is, a consulting customer--set up OpenOffice (1.1.3) for his 2nd-Grader who is just being introduced to computers at school. He was reluctant at first because he feared any computer time would interfere with her reading and handwriting time. But he acquiesced in the face of her creative enthusiasm for having the computer at home.
The student at first wanted to use a simple text editor at home to occasionally write her sentence exercises and copy over her very basic composition assignments. She quickly discovered how exciting it is to use different fonts and spacial formatting. (Many adults in the late 1980's had the same epiphany in their work-places.) So, something more feature-full than Notepad was called for.
Due to the basic nature of her early writing/typing exploits, Dad wanted to set up OpenOffice so that the initial blank document starts ready with a large font. This would save his daughter from having to reset font size each time she begins working. While OpenOffice Writer's default document opens with a 12-point font, the student likes to work in 24- and 48-point fonts.
Now, Dad is a pretty sophisticated OpenOffice user, although he is not interested in software design, per se. He just likes to use it productively and values it in his business. Aware of the configuration and setting changes that can be made to OpenOffice via Tools->Configure or Tools->Options off the Main Menu, he reports spending a good half-hour poking around the menu system there trying to find ways to reset the default font. After long, he gave up to serve dinner and basically get on with life. With several kids and as many pets, software tweeking easily takes a back-burner for this Dad, as it rightly does for most computer users.
He called. "How do I get a bigger font to open up with my daughter's OpenOffice each time?" he asked me, dispensing with formalities and small-talk.
"Templates!" I said.
"Oh no!" he replied.
"It's not that bad," said I, reassuringly, "Just open a new document, make the setting changes you need--different fonts, narrower margins, whatever--then go File ->Templates->Save from the Main Menu to call up the Templates dialog. Now, enter the name you wish to call your new default template and click the OK button. (Confirm for yourself in the Templates dialog that 'Default' is highlighted in the Categories pane. It should be highlighted when the dialog opens, so there would be nothing to change.)"
"Phew," he exclaimed.
"Well," I interrupted, "That's just Step One of Two."
"Oh," he said, dully. "What's Step Two?"
"Step Two is simply to go back in and set this new template as the default template. To do this, choose File->Templates->Organize. There, in the Template Management dialog, double-click the Default folder over at the top of the left pane to reveal its content--which should include the new template file you just created. Then, right-click on the name of the new template you just created and click on the bottom selection in the list, 'Select As Default Template'."
"Ok. Talk to you later," he said, wasting no time hanging up and getting back to life.
Changing the Default Template -- Summary
To change OpenOffice's default template (its opening "first file"), first create a new template file with the desired characteristics, then set that file as the default template.
Step 1 -- Create the new template file.
Open up OpenOffice and make the formatting changes necessary for your new template. In the above case, Dad would simply change the font size in font drop-down box of the Function Bar.
Then, save the new file as a template by selecting File->Templates->Save, type in the name of the new template in the New Template field and click OK.
Figure 1: Click File->Templates->Save to open the Templates dialog
Step 2 -- Set the new template as the new Default.
Select File->Templates->Organize to open the Template Management dialog. Double-click the Default folder in the left pane. Now, right-click the name of the new template file you see in the Default folder and select 'Set As Default Template' at the bottom of the list.
Figure 2: Click File->Templates->Organize to open the Template Management dialog.
Other Applications
While this story illustrates a simple adjustment to the default template in the home setting, there are many opportunities for delivering a customized "first file" in OpenOffice within the work-place.
Any kind of document can serve for the first file of the workgroup including a complex form, a page of stationary, or a blank document with a footer containing the file's path and filename. Any character-, paragraph- or page-formatting or Style available in OpenOffice can be employed in the workgroup's default template, and the default template can be different for Finance, for Marketing, Sales, Human Resources or for any sub-set of those or any other workgroups. Let the change be dictated by the local document production workflow, even by individual work habits. You name it.
Sam Hiser is a GNU/Linux consultant and migration specialist based in New York City. He is co-author of Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop (O'Reilly).
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