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- Choose Arrowhead, Clip Point, Micro, or Tanto
- Includes knife, Kydex sheath, and 28" black ballchain
These are just the most adorable little baby knives! So we're not surprised Böker named the line "Lil' Friends," which sounds like the title of an 80s cartoon. But we should mention they are super sharp, and, made from 440 stainless steel, they cut through almost anything. Convenient enough to stash anywhere you might need a knife, they come with a ballchain so you can hang them around your neck. Each also has a hole in the end of the handle so you can easily attach them your gear or belt for easy access.
Choose the Arrowhead, Clip Point, Micro, or Tanto, or get the set of four. Keep your favorite and give the other three as gifts. But before that happens, we think you'll probably find yourself a place each of them would be convenient in your life.
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- The cutest knives ever
- Choose Arrowhead, Clip Point, Micro, or Tanto
- Like puppies or kittens, we recommend you get the whole set so they won't be lonely
- Fixed blades
- Materials: 440 stainless steel, handle is G-10 (except Arrowhead)
- Arrowhead
- Overall length: 3 3/8"
- Blade length: 1 3/8"
- Weight: 0.6 oz.
- Clip Point
- Overall length: 4 1/2"
- Blade length: 2"
- Weight: 1.5 oz.
- Micro
- Overall length: 3 3/8"
- Blade length: 1 3/8"
- Weight: 1.3 oz.
- Tanto
- Overall length: 4 5/8"
- Blade length: 2"
- Weight: 1.6 oz.
- Includes knife, Kydex sheath, and 28" black ballchain
PRODUCT DISCLAIMER: These products are not intended for any unlawful purpose as defined by applicable local, county, state, and federal laws. By agreeing herein, purchaser acknowledges that he/she is 18 years of age or older. Purchaser also acknowledges that he/she is permitted to purchase this product pursuant to his local, county, state, and federal laws.


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Hmmm... ???

In placenta coctus Episcopi
Cooked in Episcopus' cake

Ignorance is bliss. ::)

Actually I find it quite interesting. I think one of the worst fates would be some sort of "drowning", but you don't have anything like that. The closest thing would probably be the lung stabbing.

Do not ask me what was going through my head when I decided on those options.

 ??? You must have a funny idea about Californians. And we're not all driving cars with the bling bling.

I mean, EVERYONE knows of "Nuthin' But A G Thang" by snoop doggy dogg feat Dr Dre, and he lives in california - where, back 'in tha day' it would have been 'bumpin in them trucks with the twenty inch rims and no suspension' probably passing outside his house!!

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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Nov 2007 16:46 UTC, submitted by Luis
AnandTech takes a look at AMD's new Phenom. "If you were looking for a changing of the guard today it's just not going to happen. Phenom is, clock for clock, slower than Core 2 and the chips aren't yet yielding well enough to boost clock speeds above what Intel is capable of. While AMD just introduced its first 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz quad-core CPUs today, Intel previewed its first 3.2GHz quad-core chips. We were expecting Intel to retain the high end performance crown, but also expected AMD to chip away at the lower end of the quad-core market - today's launch confirms that Intel is still the king of the quad-core market."


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Wells, well: Sure, it's stupid, but...
There are several things we know (or think we know) going in to Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds:
* The special effects will be better than in Byron Haskin's 1953 movie, also based on H.G. Wells' novel.
* It still won't be realistic enough to send you out, as did Orson Welles' 1939 radio version, thinking Earth has really been invaded by aliens.
* Even though it's Spielberg's response to the 9/11 attack and the aliens won't be as cuddly as E.T. or as musical as those of Close Encounters..., the movie won't be as hard-edged as it might have been had another director made it.
* Tom Cruise won't be as easy to take seriously as he was before L'affaire Holmes.
Here's what we know coming out of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds:
* The special effects are awesome enough that they should overpower any backlash against the world's biggest movie star. We love to see stuff destroyed, and there's lots of that here.
* You'll never forget you're watching a movie, but nobody makes better popcorn movies than Spielberg.
* It's got characteristic Spielbergisms, especially related to family values, but in terms of sustained intensity, it's the director's darkest film since Schindler's List.
* This is definitely a Tom Cruise vehicle, which means his character flaws are as hard to believe as his impossible heroics; but if George W. Bush can withstand negative publicity, Cruise, who's a much better actor, should be able to too.
Morgan Freeman opens and closes with narration more or less from Wells' novel. If you know the story, you'll be reassured by the opening image, which suggests the ending hasn't been tampered with. Fans of the earlier movie should welcome a glimpse of its stars, Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, in one of the final shots.
With occasional news reports in the background telling of "electromagnetic storms" around the world, we're introduced to the Ferrier family. Ray (Cruise), who's not the world's greatest dad, is taking the kids for the weekend from his ex, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto). Teenage Robbie (Justin Chatwin) is openly hostile toward his father, while daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) is blunt but not cold.
The "storms" hit Ray's New Jersey town as aliens retrieve killing machines that have been buried below the earth's surface, maybe for thousands of years. This involves tearing up whatever's over them, which also destroys buildings in the vicinity. (There goes the neighborhood!) Meanwhile, their death ray disintegrates people but leaves their clothes.
The aliens cut off all power in the area, not just electricity but cars and cell phones as well. Ray manages to outrun the death ray and get his kids into the only functioning non-military vehicle in the Northeastern U.S. He heads for Boston, where Mary Ann was going. Rachel calls him on his intent to dump her and her brother on their mother, but Ray makes a serious effort to protect his children, even when at one point he has to make almost a "Sophie's choice" between them.
The trip is too easy at first but gets tougher when they near the Hudson River, where thousands of refugees are trying to get to the ferry. What happens to that boat shouldn't happen to the Titanic.
The Ferriers are sheltered for a time by Harland Ogilvy (Tim Robbins), a survivalist who's had his cellar prepared for just such an emergency. He has a macho philosophy that if he's going to go, he's going to take at least one of them with him, so he locks horns with Ray, whose children's survival comes first. Hey, maybe he is the world's greatest dad.
An alien probe comes snaking through Ogilvy's cellar looking for signs of life in one of the film's most suspenseful sequences.
It's easy to find fault with War of the Worlds. It's too intense for too long, Ray's survival skills are preposterous, and things work out too neatly for him in the end. Well, you can carp all you want, but it's the rare individual who won't get caught up in the story as Spielberg relates it, even as every rational bone in their body tells them how stupid it is.


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DENVER (AP) Juan Nicasio bounced back nicely from his first loss of the season.
Carlos Gonzalez homered before leaving with a finger injury, Nicasio pitched seven scoreless innings and drove in three runs, and the Colorado Rockies beat the New York Mets 7-4 on Thursday night.
''All my breaking balls worked today and I had good command of my fastball, too,'' said Nicasio, who was dinged for a couple of home runs by the Los Angeles Dodgers while struggling with his location last time out during a 4 1-3 inning outing.
''That's why I was good today,'' Nicasio said. ''I threw a lot of sliders for strikes, my fastball was down in the zone. When I'm pitching good, I have command of my fastball, and keeping the ball down. I lost my command (last time out).''
New York manager Terry Collins said Nicasio kept Mets batters' guessing.
''He moved the ball in and out,'' Collins said. ''He threw strikes.''
Corey Dickerson added three hits, including an RBI triple and Nolan Arenado singled leading off the third to extend the majors' longest active streak to 21 games. He's tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak in Rockies team history.
Gonzalez connected for his sixth home run of the season in the first inning, driving a 3-2 offering from Bartolo Colon (2-4) off the right-center field facing just below the second deck. He was lifted in the fourth inning, replaced by pinch hitter Brandon Barnes, because of a bruised left index finger. His playing status was listed as day to day.
''I don't think he's going to miss a lot of time,'' Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. ''It was encouraging that the swelling was going down already.''
Colon allowed seven runs on 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. He walked one and struck out three.
''Bartolo left pitches over the plate. And we ran into a hot team,'' said Travis d'Arnaud, who homered in the ninth off reliever Chad Bettis.
But Nicasio (3-1) was effective at the plate and on the mound.
After allowing a one-out single in the second to Chris Young, Nicasio retired 12 batters in a row before issuing his lone walk in the sixth inning. The only extra base hit he allowed was a double leading off the game to Juan Lagares. He was activated prior to the game after spending the previous two weeks on the disabled list because of a strained right hamstring.
''It's a good step for him,'' Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. ''We've seen Juan real good in the past, saw him good early and hopefully he gets on a roll.''
Nicasio also was a central figure in the Rockies' offense.
''We preach a lot to our pitchers if they can execute the game offensively there's probably a few W's in there for them,'' Weiss said.
Dickerson and Charlie Culberson hit successive two-out singles in the second and, running on the pitch, they both scored when Nicasio followed with a single that rolled to the right field corner.
He added a sacrifice fly in the Rockies' three-run fourth. Arenado also had a sacrifice fly and Charlie Blackmon an RBI single in the inning.
Dickerson's two-out triple in the fifth scored Justin Morneau, who was aboard with a single.
The Mets avoided their third shutout of the season when Lagares, doubling for the second time in the game, hit a drive off Bettis in the eighth to the right centerfield gap to score pinch hitter Bobby Abreu from first.
Bettis surrendered a two-out, three-run homer to d'Arnaud in the ninth before retiring Ruben Tejada on a fly ball to right.
NOTES: Four of the seven home runs Colon has given up this season have come in the first inning. ... Colon's four-pitch walk to Wilin Rosario leading off the fourth represented his first walk in 14 innings. ... Arenado's 21-game hitting streak is the longest in the majors this season. ... Nicasio's last multi-RBI game was June 14 against Philadelphia. ... The Mets' Daniel Murphy went 0 for 4, snapping a 10-game hitting streak. ... Rockies catcher Rosario was back in the lineup after missing the previous four games with a left hand injury.


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But in the example given, Players C & D may have done just that, but then lost due to the combined mistakes of Players A & E. They may have seen Player A's mistake coming, but simply not been in a position where there were any winning moves they could make.Dako wrote:drunkmonkey wrote:Not really. Look at this scenario, which happens in lots of games with "inexperienced" players.
-Everyone has 4-5 spoils
-Player A cashes for 20, uses it to take Africa (or a similar bonus, which is inconsequential at this point in the game). By focusing solely on his new bonus, he ignores the fact that he's decimated Player E to fewer troops than the next cash is worth. All he cares about is securing his borders with stacks of 8, to ensure he gets that +3 next turn (unaware that the game won't last that long).
Now, what exactly could Player C or D (or E for that matter) done differently to stop B from sweeping the board right here? I guarantee, if you look hard enough, you'll find at least 4-5 instances of this happening in the first round of the Cup.
Predicting what noobs are likely to do is part of the skill. Dont' palce your troops in a continent that noob is trying to hold just to be eliminated and prove that he is a noob. Use it, know that he will take other plaeyrs out of this continent and gun for them knowing he will help you to get some of their terrs. Start from Asia, NA, Europe and keep your stacks there.


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I'm looking for advice on getting my 2 year old to be able to fall asleep without nursing to sleep. I am not interested in night weaning. We co-sleep and she nurses a couple of times a night while I mostly stay asleep. I don't want to discourage this nursing in the middle of the night yet. I would prefer she drop those sessions out when she is ready on her own, but I would like to help her to learn to fall asleep without having to nurse.
She will not sleep unless I'm there nursing her. I was out at night last week and hoped that she would fall asleep without it, but she was still very much awake and very tired when I got home at 11:30pm. She usually falls asleep between 9:30-10:30. All of the advice I've been able to find is for night weaning. I think it would work well to tell her that we only nurse on the sofa or some tactic like that if I wanted to night wean, but this obviously can't work if I want to let her nurse at night. Sorry this is long. Any advice will be appreciated. TIA


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July 17. 2014 10:38PM
Obama's priority: Raising money
The Middle East is imploding, our southern border is effectively erased, the economy continues to sputter, Social Security is inching closer to insolvency, and our national debt is on track to exceed the entire U.S. economy in 25 years. What has President Obama been doing? Holding fundraisers.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that President Obama has held 393 fundraisers, including 34 so far this year. President George W. Bush held 318 fundraisers in his entire two terms.
Republicans made hay about Obama not coming to the border during his recent trip to Texas. Why was he in Texas? To raise money.
Obama has managed to find a great deal of time to raise money for Democrats and make television appearances. What he has done with the rest of his time is a mystery. But maybe it is better this way. Had Obama stayed in the Oval Office diligently attempting to manage the government, things might be even worse.


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Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore Appoints Takaya Ishizuka As Head Chef of Nadaman
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore has appointed Takaya Ishizuka as head chef of Nadaman. In his new role, Chef Ishizuka is responsible for the success of the restaurant's culinary operations and food safety management system.
He will lead the creative efforts in choosing the best seasonal ingredients for Nadaman's signaturekaiseki experience, described as the art of transforming the blessings of nature into food, which has delighted diners for more than 180 years.
Prior to this appointment, Chef Ishizuka was the assistant head chef at Nadaman Zipangu Tokyo. Before returning to Japan, he helmed the kitchens of Nadaman at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong for seven years. Driven by the desire to impart his Japanese culinary skills to young aspiring chefs in Hong Kong, he later joined the recognised VTC Hospitality Industry Training Development Centre as a culinary instructor for two years.
Brought up in a family of chefs, Chef Ishizuka discovered his passion for cooking at the tender age of nine. He started his career with the Nadaman group of restaurants in April 1991 as a trainee. Armed with 23 years of culinary experience honed by Nadaman's stringent culinary standards at its flagship restaurant at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, as well as other parts of Japan and Hong Kong, Chef Ishizuka is well versed in all areas of Japanese culinary techniques.
Ishizuka will use his expertise to continue Nadaman's time-honoured tradition of presenting premium seasonal and authentic Japanese creations, as well as kaiseki. In Singapore, he hopes to introduce regional specialities from the countryside, which are more interesting, fresh in flavour and simple, yet delicious.
Diners can experience Chef Ishizuka's creations at Nadaman during the following hours:
Lunch: noon to 2:30 p.m. (daily)
Dinner: 6 to 10:30 p.m. (daily)
For reservations and enquiries, please call Nadaman on (65) 6213 4571 or email@example.com. For instant online reservations, please visithttp://www.shangri‑la.com/singapore/shangrila/dining.
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Yes, Seth Meyers and "SNL" character Stefon (Bill Hader) are supposed to be on their summer vacation together, but Meyers still has time for Chicago.
"You know, I'm thinking by June 18 we might need a couple of days apart," Meyers joked when we talked on the phone a few weeks ago.
In the season finale of "Saturday Night Live," Meyers signed off "Weekend Update," grabbed his backpack and told Stefon, the "Update" city correspondent who has a knack for presenting the creepiest tourist spots, "I think this is the start of a beautiful nightmare."
Meyers isn't feeling that way about his old Chicago haunts. The Northwestern and Improv Olympic alum is back in town this week, performing a sold-out show at the Vic Theatre Saturday as part of the TBS Just For Laughs comedy festival.
We chatted about hanging out in Chicago, his skewering of Donald Trump at the White House correspondents dinner, and his "'Update' heart." Amy Poehler.
Find the Just For Laughs 2011 schedule at Metromix.
Where will you and Stefon go?
I feel like I would go a lot of places you and I have never heard of. [Laughs.]
Tell me about your live show.
I have stand-act I've been doing at colleges for awhile. I talk a lot about politics. But I think the biggest difference between the "SNL" me and the stand-up me is just getting to talk about myself more. That would be indulgence on the show, but less so as a stand-up act.
Right. Are you hoping that Donald Trump is in the audience?
I don't know if I need him to be in the audience now because I think people can picture his face if I were to tell a joke about him.
Do you have any of that worked into your act?
I haven't decided. I haven't sort of done, because after the correspondents dinner we had three straight shows, so I'm not sure yet if I'm ready to talk about Donald Trump and how he treated me.
[Laughs.] How he treated you. Right.
Exactly. You're allowed to treat people a certain way if they say they're going to run for president.
But he didn't seem too amused by it.
He seemed the opposite of amused. I didn't know—I couldn't see him in the audience. I had no sense of the reaction until afterward. It was a really unfortunate angle, too, that dead profile. [Laughs.]
Were you nervous about working that room?
The only thing I was nervous about, which was enough to make me more nervous than I'd ever been, was the idea of following the President because he was great. I knew he'd be great, so that was the terrifying part.
When you're mocking them on "Update" those folks aren't in the audience, so...
Oh no, I'm well aware of that! [Laughs.] I'm well aware.
Obviously though, it didn't stop you from throwing some sharp barbs.
I think there's a line of how sharp the barb can be. I watched a lot of old correspondents dinners before I did it and I had to leave some sense of where the line was. With that said, I probably pulled 10 jokes on the fly while I was doing it.
You're a smart guy like that, huh?
Yeah. I feel like every joke I told I learned a couple of things about the audience and it was like OK, you guys aren't going for this. [Laughs.]
You used to live in Chicago and worked here. What are you planning to do while you're here and you're not on stage?
The nice thing about the festival is I feel like so many of my comedy friends are going to be there. Like Mike O'Brien, who writes for us, is a Chicago guy, a Second City guy, he's going to be out there doing a show which I might do a guest spot on. But I'm actually [excited] just to be in Chicago more than anything else, especially Chicago in June. I've come out a couple of times. I've done a couple of shows at Northwestern, a couple of shows at Loyola, but it's been a while since I've been out in this nice time of year.
Do you have any old stomping grounds you'll visit?
Well, I was a waiter for years at the Twisted Lizard on Armitage and Sheffield, and I might have to stop in and give an inspirational speech to the staff.
An inspirational speech?
What would that consist of?
Just, you know, don't let these tables get you down. [Laughs.] At the end of the day the only people you have to be able to look in the eye is the rest of the staff.
Or these a-holes coming in?
Yeah. There were a lot of a-holes back then. Or I could just shift and be one of the a-holes that goes in there. I haven't decided yet.
Right. But if you did that then it would make news and that probably wouldn't be good.
Yeah, not the right kind of news. I agree.
Do you have any targets in store that you're going to talk about, like Chicago targets?
I will probably talk about my Northwestern days a fair amount, and certainly Rahm Emanuel is one of our favorite targets here. I wrote the Rahm Emanuel things with Andy [Samberg], which I always really enjoyed writing. Rahm is really a fun voice to write in.
Would you try to do him like Andy does, or would you just talk about him?
I think I'd just talk about him. I can do like three B-minus impressions. I did jokes about Arnold Schwarzenegger this week where I had to do Arnold's voice and I was like, "I think I might do like the worst guy in America doing his voice." It's like, kids are born and that's the second thing they learn, is how to do a passable Schwarzenegger.
Who can you do? Who are your B-minus impressions?
I can really do like a B-minus Hugh Grant. Is he in the news?
Well, he did turn down the "Two and a Half Men" gig.
That's true. That's a bummer for me; it could have worked.
Who else?
I probably can do a B-minus Matthew McConaughey. My brother does like an A-plus Matthew McConaughey and an A-plus Owen Wilson, so I just do his impressions of them and they're like B-minuses.
So four, really, because you do your brother.
I only do my brother doing famous people, so I don't know if it technically counts.
Do you have any co-anchors you'd like to see on "Weekend Update?"
My co-anchor heart belongs to Amy Poehler and it's very hard to imagine anyone else.
Do you kind of wish she was still there? Do you miss doing it with her?
I loved doing it with her. I do, I miss her a lot. I mean she was my closest friend here. So yeah, not a day goes by that I don't miss having her around. I also like doing it alone; I think that's fun, too.
Was it weird doing it alone at first?
Yeah. It was also weird because she had like a baby in the middle of the night the day before, so we weren't really prepared for it.
Are we ever going to see Wolf Blitzer? He said he wants to come on "Weekend Update" sometime.
Well, I didn't realize that. [Laughs.] Even after [Jason] Sudeikis' Wolf Blitzer impression; I like it.
Do you find that most people you satirize kind of enjoy this?
I think they love it. I find that most people love it, yeah. There's not many people that I feel like are angry about the impressions we do.
Right. So do you want to give me a taste of your Mayor Emanuel jokes, or maybe Blagojevich?
No. [Laughs.] Well, we did a bunch of jokes about Blagojevich, I remember, when he first got arrested. I think Poehler's was, we were talking about how low his bangs were, it was like he looked like a Fisher-Price guy with the hair on backward. And the first time I saw him I thought he was walking away.
It's funny, Blagojevich was like probably the most local Chicago story. It went national, but that's probably as local as we've gotten in Chicago in recent years.
You guys have had a lot of Chicago-related stuff on "SNL."
It's nice when every other governor gets arrested. [Laughs.]
Have you gotten any better at collecting eggs from chickens?
I was so terrified of what you were about to say. [Laughs.] I haven't; that was the last time I did it and I would say I'm exactly at that level.
The first and last time on a Martha Stewart special.
Also, like lifting up $3,000 hens. [Laughs.]
Is that how much they are?
I don't know. I'm just assuming. Whatever the most you can pay for a hen is how much those hens were.
Martha probably has the best hens.
I do think she had the best hens around.
What did you think I was going to say? You said you were…
I don't know. It's just, like, there's nothing more loaded than, "Have you gotten any better at…" It's such a passive-aggressive way of asking a question. [Laughs.]
So who's the funniest person you know?
I would say the guy that makes me laugh around the office the most is Fred Armisen. In a room full of comedians, he's like the comedian's comedian. So I'll say Fred.
Alright. Anything else you want to tell me to pimp the show?
I don't know, I feel like I've done a really good job.
You have, but anything else you want to add? Are you happy with the interview so far?
I feel like we did a great job. I feel like neither you nor I have anything to hang our heads about.
Great. I have one more question about Stefon. What do you think you guys have in common?
What do Stefon and I have in common? God, that's a really good question. What do we have in common? I know this is not an answer to your question, but what I really enjoy is—Bill's favorite thing about me with Stefon is how patient I am. Because in real life I'm like the most impatient person, and one of the things that I think he finds so funny about playing Stefon is how all of a sudden with the most ridiculous person you could ever meet I really always slow it down and give him another chance to do it correctly. He keeps letting me down.
Do you enjoy doing the live shows? And being able to talk about yourself?
I do. But it's not it's not going to be like an hour of therapy. It's just a completely different experience. I will say I like—what I've realized is that the ESPYs and the correspondents dinner when I do live shows is it's nice to do comedy standing. On the show I pretty much do all my jokes sitting down. At this point it's nice to get on my feet.


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Ex-Congressman Swett remembers Foley as "gentle, respectful'
October 18. 2013 12:41PM
CONCORD -- Former U.S House Speaker Thomas Foley, a Washington state Democrat who led the House from 1989 to 1996 died on Friday.
Foley, 84, served a total of 15 terms in the House and was the first sitting Speaker of the House to be defeated for re-election since 1862.
Foley became Speaker when former Speaker Jim Wright of Texas was forced to step down due to ethics violations.
Foley represented Washington's 5th Congressional District, which included his home town of Spokane, for 30 years. He first went to Washington, D.C., as an aid to former Washington U.S. Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson.
Foley was voted out of office in 1994 during the Republican sweep of Congress spearheaded by soon-to-be Speaker Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America.
One of the tenants of the campaign was term limits for members of Congress. Foley vehemently opposed term limits and sued his native state when it adopted them.
After Foley was defeated for re-election, former President Bill Clinton named Foley to be Ambassador to Japan, serving from 1997 to 2001.
Before retiring in 2008, Foley worked at Akin, Gump, Strauss, a Washington, D.C., law and lobbying firm.
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Dick Swett, who represented New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District in the House from 1991 to 1995, remembered his former Speaker fondly.
"No matter where you stood on the issues of policy, he was a man of gentle and respectful demeanor. He treated everybody equally. He was always looking for ways to get people to work together," Swett said.
Swett said the House has never had the same atmosphere of mutual respect since Foley's tenure.
"If you take over an institution by denigrating it, you end up with a weaker institution," Swett said. "And with the low opinion the public has of Congress, we see that being proven.
"It wasn't Tom Foley's fault," Swett said. "He was upholding the institution's veracity and value. Ever since he left, what has followed only reinforced that he was the kind of leader that institution really needed."
Vice President Joe Biden called Foley "a good man."
"Tom was a good friend and a dedicated public servant," Biden said. "It was an honor to work with him during the budget summits of the 1980s that did so much to secure our nation's future, and when he served overseas as our nation's Ambassador to Japan."
Democratic National Committee Chair and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said, "Throughout his three decades of service in Congress, Tom Foley always did what he thought was best for his constituents in Spokane and the American people. His ability to compromise and work across the aisle for the common good is an example for all of our country's public servants."
Besides Swett, New Hampshire U.S. Representatives who served when Foley was Speaker included Bob Smith, R-Tuftonboro; Charles "Chuck" Douglas, R-Concord; and Bill Zeliff, R-Jackson.
Services are likely to be held for Foley at St. Aloysius Church at Gonzaga University in Spokane, and in Washington, D.C.


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A plan to link college and university performance to the amount of money institutions receive from the state cleared its first hurdle Wednesday when it passed without issue through the state Senate Education Committee.
Senate Bill 117 sponsored by Sen. Conrad Appel, R-Metairie, would create a task force to study the best way to revamp the state's funding formula — the mechanism that determines how public colleges and universities are funded.
Appel's plan comes as the Louisiana Board of Regents, the state's top higher education panel, is angling to get the Legislature to relinquish its historically tight grip on tuition-setting authority.
Higher education officials have argued they need more flexibility to set tuition as state funding has declined nearly $650 million over the past five years.
Louisiana is next to the bottom nationwide in funding two-year schools and last in funding four-year schools. At the same time, Louisiana keeps tuition at some of the lowest rates in the nation.
Both Gov. Bobby Jindal and Appel, the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, have said they would support giving tuition-setting control to the management boards overseeing colleges and universities if schools would first agree to higher performance standards and some oversight from the Legislature.
Appel acknowledged that the state doesn't fund higher education at a high level — spending about $12,700 per student versus the $14,000 Southern average.
But he said the state also has a "performance problem" that legislators can address in the short term.
"Clearly, there is a linkage between funding and performance, but I don't believe it's a total or complete linkage," Appel said. "We're bringing a bill that we've been working on for 12 months. It is our best effort in changing the expectations of what we in Louisiana want to see ... we can address the performance side today."
Appel said his outcomes-based funding model would be an extension of the 2010 La GRAD Act, which ties 15 percent of schools' funding to performance.
The law also allows schools to raise tuition 10 percent each year provided they meet certain performance targets.
Appel's loosely outlined proposal calls for institutions to be grouped into tiers and then judged against their peers.
For instance, LSU would be grouped as a research-based flagship university similar to the University of Alabama or the University of Georgia. Under the plan, LSU's funding would be contingent on meeting or exceeding the graduation and retention rates of those comparable schools.
Appel said he also would like to see schools address the "quality" of degrees, meaning putting greater emphasis on graduating students in high-demand fields such as the so-called STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math.
"Certain degrees create greater expectations of lifelong earnings for students," Appel said. "We want an emphasis on degrees with greater wealth-building opportunities for our students."
SB117 would create a 15-member task force made up of leaders in higher education, business, economic development and two gubernatorial appointees.
They would start meeting in September and produce a final report on Jan. 15.
Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge and chairman of the House Education Committee, is pushing a similar bill in the state House of Representatives.
"This is a tremendous start to ensure that every youngster in the state gets a quality education," Carter said.
Any changes recommended by the task force would fall upon the Regents to enact.
A companion piece of legislation, Senate Bill 118, also sponsored by Appel, says that funds would flow to schools based on an updated outcomes-based funding formula crafted by the Regents.
State Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said he's looking forward to having a conversation with legislators about tweaks to the state's funding formula.
He said the current formula already covers a lot of what Appel's bill seeks to do, including placing considerations on research, economic development and the STEM fields.
"We're not opposed to another conversation about how the formula works," Purcell said. "This should be a continuation of our work to maximize the success of students."
The bill now moves to the Senate floor for debate.


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Using hedges, such as credit default swaps, US banks have reduced their net exposure to troubled eurozone countries. But they are also engaged in more work behind the scenes to ensure that if a country leaves the eurozone they will not have to receive payments in a devalued drachma or peseta.
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MARSHFIELD, VT--(Marketwire - Mar 20, 2013) - The EMRadiation Policy Institute (EMRPI) releases Videos revealing the FCC's failure to protect Americans from wireless radiofrequency (RF) radiation.
US workers and families are at risk of overexposure to RF at hazardous levels. Hundreds of wireless industry-operated antenna sites from Maine to California have been tested by EMRPI and found to be in gross violation -- up to and in excess of 600% -- of the FCC's public exposure limits. These sites include rooftops as well as locations where the general public, including children, can gain access, and where workers are on the job. See: Wireless Industry Safety Failure I
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|January 7, 2013, 04:50 PM
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Bank of America is at it again folks.
Hopefully all our members remember the fiasco that went on between BoA and McMillan. Well here they are at it again with American Spirit Arms. Hopefully all members on here who bank with them will reconsider and move their money elsewhere.
|January 7, 2013, 05:46 PM
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Freezes gun manufactures account...
I think they did a similar thing to McMillan not that long ago.
I believe they are able to (their business) but still it does not make it right...
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|January 7, 2013, 05:48 PM
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Bank America had enough other problems I dropped them decades ago.
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|January 7, 2013, 06:03 PM
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I believe they can not "freeze" a person's account without a court order or proof of illegal activity. Many years ago my uncle was in an accident (hit from behind and knocked down a 30-40 foot enbankment). There were a lot of medical bills and the law suit had not come to trial yet. After several months the hospital had the bank "freeze" his personal and business accounts then sued him for non-payment. The judge informed the hospital's attorney that they were in violation of law because they could not "freeze" his accounts and that they had made it impossible for him to pay them even if he wanted to. The judge also told them they could not proceed with their case until his case against the other driver was settled. The hospital's attorney became so obnoxious the judge then declared the hospital bill null and void. The judge said my uncle no longer owed the money and the judge ordered the bank to release his accounts.
|January 7, 2013, 06:56 PM
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It seems to me there were other issues with McMillan at the time. At least, people posted about other issues in the thread back then, IIRC.
|January 7, 2013, 11:14 PM
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Do you all find it interesting the number of gun manufacturers and gun-related businesses doing primary business with noted anti-gun institutions and doing so for long periods of time and then appearing to be surprised when something goes wrong?
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Merged threads split between posts #1 and #2.
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|January 8, 2013, 04:22 AM
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At issue is the primary reason BofA put a hold on the account.
If there are "other" issues with the banking client then they may be within their authority to do so (e.g. non-payment for services).
Of course, it it's because BofA has a "belief" that this company should not be selling on the internet, reputable as they may be, because of the business they are in -- or because of the recent CT tragedy -- then they overstep their authority into restraint of trade.
This kind of thing and the McMillan debacle give me incentive to tell my friends & family to avoid banking there. Doing it once (that we know of) is bad enough. Twice makes it their policy, IMO. So I'm going a step further. I will now recommend any business that they avoid BofA like the plague. If they can close down one business they disapprove of, why not yours? Especially if you are suddenly flooded with orders over the internet.
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|January 8, 2013, 07:51 AM
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I have a deposit box with BA and one day while waiting for some help spoke with the manager. He told me that they do not make loans to companies that make fire arms and related products.
MY OPINION, they are an arrogant company with marginal services.
|January 8, 2013, 08:55 AM
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Calling B of A names hardly addresses the issue. There are banks that do not deal with certain sectors of the market. This is not terribly unusual and can be for various reasons.
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|January 8, 2013, 09:17 AM
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I read the story and I'm not convinced. I have worked with many banks and that's just not how they typically operate (and I'm not fan of BOA, but for other reasons) First, they are far more concerned about bank regulators and bad press than they are about internet gun sales. Remember what happened when they wanted to charge an ATM fee? They quickly tucked tail and reversed when it folks yelped about it.
Second, there was no mention in the article about "freezing accounts" - apparently the deposits were held longer than the account holder had expected. Maybe this caused him to become overdrawn, in which case the account may have been frozen at that time.
Third, I have seen my share of fly-by-night gun parts dealers/makers to make me go "hmmmm, wonder if there's another side to this story". Reference: Valkyrie Arms Olympia WA; J.A. Ciener; Dana Reed; Ares Defense (Shrike) - and the list goes on. I'm not saying this is one of the bad ones - I don't know. But, some of these companies have long histories of taking people's deposits and not giving them anything for it, generating lots of complaints, investigations etc.
|January 8, 2013, 05:09 PM
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American Spirit Arms is located in Arizona.
The state can revoke the bank's business
license. If that takes too long, they can also
prohibit the banks from handling any of the
state's money.
|January 8, 2013, 05:20 PM
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I think that BofA is their credit card processor. Often credit card processors will hold back funds to "protect themselves" from charge backs. Sounds like BofA might be entering into the realm of social engineering. They clearly market to illegal aliens in California. I stopped doing business with them years ago.
I heard an interview with the business owner on Fox this afternoon and he said the money has been released. I think I am going to drive over to their store and buy something for cash as a sign of support.
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Let's remember that posts must be gun related here. If you want to discuss the situation brought up by the OP, fine. If you just want to gripe about Bank of America in general, this is the wrong place.
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|January 8, 2013, 07:13 PM
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This would not surprise me because BofA and some banks in general are so heavily influenced by the government already (arguably socialized, don't want to get into it). They probably share the same sentiments up top for the average citizen with guns that bank with them.
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|January 9, 2013, 01:26 AM
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did BofA get any bailout money? curious if there might be a "i'll scratch your back if you scratch mine when the need arises" type deal made...
|January 9, 2013, 02:12 AM
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I have a commercial account with a smaller regional bank, not B of A, and whenever I deposit a larger than normal check they hold back funds for 7 business days.
I've got an extremely good relationship with them, and I've asked about it. It is a formal policy, and I'm not the only one. My local rep has some leeway, releasing some funds while waiting for something to clear, but she cannot sidestep the policy. So if I'm looking for materials to start a project I just have to build that time into the delivery schedule.
(Yeah, yeah, I know there are places that finance receivables. I'm sticking with the bank I've had an account at for decades and he know my first name and recognize my cell phone number on the caller ID.)
Regardless, the point is that if they made a large deposit and it was a paper check, then there's still enough fraud going on out there that no bank is going to let it ride. Naturally, where the decision is made depends on your cash flow. A hundred million a year in receipts gets you a lot more lease than a hundred thousand.
Of course, B of A has a know reputation for being stupid, so this might just be more fuel for that fire. That wouldn't be shocking.
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Skip to comments.Democrats say they didnt concede on immigration bill
Posted on 06/24/2013 12:55:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Democrats who wrote the immigration bill insisted they didnt give up any core principles in agreeing to more fencing and adding 20,000 Border Patrol agents to the southwest border, telling Univision that illegal immigrants will still get legal status well before the new security kicks in.
In an interview on the Spanish-language networks Al Punto political talk show Sunday, the four Democrats among the Gang of Eight that crafted the bill said the people currently in the U.S. illegally will have a definite pathway to eventual citizenship because the triggers in the bill can all be readily met.
There are triggers but theyre the same triggers weve had in the bill before, the same exact type which are specific and attainable. These are triggers that we all feel comfortable with will be achieved and have to be achieved, said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat.
The four Democrats have faced criticism from immigrant-rights groups who said the lawmakers conceded too much to Republicans in a search for votes.
One Maryland group derided the new security provisions as a backroom deal while Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said Democrats were wasting their election mandate and caving to xenophobes in the GOP.
It is time for senators and the president to take a stand and to start defending immigrants and our cherished national values, rather than pre-emptively conceding to nativists, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
FUMR and the gang of traitors you rode in on!!
My sentiments exactly!
>> "rather than pre-emptively conceding to nativists, Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network
I didn't always despise these #ing cuckers.
"rather than pre-emptively conceding to nativists, Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network"
Oh, no worries, Pablo.... That security component is nothing more than a security blanket for those senaturds wanting political cover. It'll NEVER happen. The border will be as porous as ever.
I'll bet 50 years ago the typical Mexican never could conceived in his wildest dreams how utterly easy it was to take the USA down without firing a shot in wartime.
Democrats usually lie but on this rare occasion I believe they are telling the truth.
The Democrats and their special interest groups wrote over a thousand page bill. When you got a thousand pages on your side, amendments change very little.
Especially when no one reads it
Think the original open border policy was meant to allow Mexican States to be absorbed by the US. But a funny thing happened on the road to Rome. The Mexican national government collapsed and drug cartels took over. So the open border policy has became a negative national security issue.
...Exactly who is recognised as part of our "Our" national principals.
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I guess Pablo is upset that there should have been more tax payer funds provided for free lawyers to make sure that the tens of millions of MEXICANS will never have to worry about being deported ever again,why not just provide buses for any Mexican or Islamist in Mexico who wants to come to America,it's inhumane to allow them to trample all the fauna in the desert heat,I'm just so concerned about the children.
Then again the provision inserted in the bill by the socialist Bernie Sanders with millions in funding for 16 to 24 year olds who can't find jobs,can set up Motels along the way way for the comfort of the newly minted saviours of our Democratic republic
I want to get a tshirt that says PROUD XENOPHOBE
Well, the solution is simple. The dems in the gang of eight should listen to their constituents and not vote for the bill.
"Democrats who wrote the immigration bill insisted they didnt give up any core principles in agreeing to more fencing and adding 20,000 Border Patrol agents to the southwest border, telling Univision that illegal immigrants will still get legal status well before the new security kicks in. "
Because they know it will all fall by the wayside and never be enforced. It's mustard on the crap sandwich.
Democrats + Principles = LOL
ALL the Senators practically handed out bottles of vaselline to the illegal aliens stomping around the senate offices for the last month.
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1. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHmark_h_@intel Feb 4, 2011 11:32 AM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
Hi ihatebsofd,
I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing the infamous blue screen of death. Using the driver name you are giving, I assume you are using a 64-bit edition of Windows 7. Let me know if that is not correct.
Which Intel(R) Ethernet adapter do you have installed in your system? The driver you mentioned covers a few different Intel(R) Ethernet adapters and built-in network connections. I could not find any known issues with that driver that would cause a BSOD. Because I am not aware of a driver issue, the rest of my comments will focus on other things to look at.
Do you have the latest BIOS on your motherboard? I see that ASUS has posted several BIOS updates for that board. I don't see anything specific to this issue in the notes that accompany each BIOS upgrade, but based on other Ethernet issues with other systems, a BIOS upgrade might help.
If I am looking at the right set of specifications on the ASUS site, your board has a built-in Marvell network connection. Does disabling that connection in BIOS make any difference?
Another thing you might is moving the Ethernet adapter to a different empty PCIe slot. Depending on how the system handles each slot, using a different slot might make a difference.
Have you changed the PCIe frequency or voltage? I am assuming you are using the default settings, but I thought I would ask rather than assume anything.
What video adapter or adapters are you using? Which slots are the adapters installed in? Are you using the latest video drivers?
I hope one of these questions will lead you to a solution. If you do not find a solution, and you have a retail (boxed) Intel(R) Ethernet adapter, you should open a service ticket with Intel Customer Support to track a resolution.
Mark H
2. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Feb 4, 2011 6:17 PM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
I am using 64bit Windows 7 yes, and I dont have a PCIe NIC, the network adapter is built in to the motherboard, and I really don't want to update my bios unless its the absolute only thing to do, seeing as if anything goes wrong i can just throw the motherboard in the trash .
I have gotten the issue confirmed by the gentle people over at Sevenforums.com, and every bluescreen message blames the Intel Ethernet Adapter driver, and I also read that others are having the same issue with the same motherboard that I have, I could simply go out and by a new network card but I really don't feel like spending more money on a motherboard that i already payed over $500 for.
My intel etherned adapter is :
Intel(R) 82583V Gigabit Network Connection
Location: PCI Slot 33 (PCI bus 11, device 0, function 0)
Driver Provide: Intel
Driver Date: 29.09.2010
Driver Version 184.108.40.206
I also found a reply that you gave Mark, in a different thread, where you said this :
Follow these steps.
Make a copy of the original software package before you do the other steps so you can go back to the original file if you make a mistake.
Open your software package with WinZip* or a similar program.
In the PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS62 directory you will find the e1k62x64.inf file.
Open the file.
Find the [E10EA.HW] and [E10EB.HW] sections
Add this line to each of the above sections
AddReg = MSI.reg
Save the file and install the drivers and software.
The edited sections should look like this example when you are done.
Include = machine.inf
Needs = PciIoSpaceNotRequired
AddReg = MSI.reg
Include = machine.inf
Needs = PciIoSpaceNotRequired
AddReg = MSI.reg
Let us know how this works out for you.
This however was for a e1k62x64 problem with a wireless adapter, my bluescreens gives me the error e1q62x64 and I'm wondering if maybe some of the stuff you wrote in that other thread could apply to my problem.
I do believe that my Network adapter also works with wireless network, but I can't test it because I don't have a wireless network set up.
EDIT: I'm extremely sorry, I missinformed you, my motherboard is ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme, Socket-AM3
Link: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=lt1ShF6xEn3rlLe7
3. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHmark_h_@intel Feb 7, 2011 9:06 AM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
Unfortunately, the workaround to the e1k driver I wrote about does not apply to your situation. I am not aware of any issues with the driver version you are using. Therefore, making sure your BIOS is up to date is a logical next step.
The description I see for the BIOS updates for your motherboard say "Improve system stability." As to whether or not a BIOS upgrade might help with your specific issue, I do not know. If you contact ASUSTeK, they might have more details available.
Please post here if a BIOS update or something else resolves your issue.
Mark H
4. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Feb 7, 2011 9:10 AM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
I am pretty comfortable with my system stability at the moment of writing, only one bluescreen in 48 hours and it still blames the intel driver, i applied a microsoft tcpip.sys hotfix, which made the system ALOT more stable, but not perfect, and I really don't want to be messing with bios updates until i absolutely have no other option what so ever
5. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHmark_h_@intel Feb 7, 2011 12:35 PM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
I would like to get the dmp file that Windows writes to your hard drive when you get a BSOD. There should be enough information in there to tell if this is a driver issue. I will send you a message with my email address so I can get the information from you. If the BSOD is caused by the driver, then we will want to fix it.
Mark H
6. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHBillyGman Apr 9, 2011 3:18 PM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
Mark, I know that this is an older thread, but this blue screen death thing is something that I'm finding to be very common among PC online board members who have this same ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard, and I am now one of those people who do, and I too am having major problems with the blue screen, and just like everyone else reporting this problem, the blue screen info I'm getting is listing that same TCPIP.SYS file as well as the other file name mentioned here, and YES, I alreay have updated the motherboard BIOS to the latest version, and I still get the blue screen crashes every single day, and it's awlays when I play videos from YOUTUBE as well as from many other websites. So apparently, neither ASUS nor INTEL has solved this problem. Am I wrong about that? if so, then please correct me, and please help me to find access to the solution and to the fix, because I have yet to find it despite the fact that I've contacted Microsoft as well as ASUS about this problem several times, and nobody has been able to give me a solution.
I've sent the error log files including the crash dump records to Microsoft, but to no avail. If there isn't any solution yet after this has been an ongoing problem for about 6 months now, that would indicate severe negligence. But again, please enlighten me if there's some updated info on this topic, as well as a direct fix for it, because as a consumer of PC hardware and software, I find this to be absurd. As you can tell, I'm not a happy camper right about now, but can you blame me after spending a good buck on a motherboard, and it just won't work right despite sales pitches made by manufactures that it's supposed to be the latest and greatest since sliced bread. Oh yeah, I'm frustrated to say the least. If you can help, I'd really appreciate it.
7. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHmark_h_@intel Apr 13, 2011 3:57 PM (in response to BillyGman)
Hi BillyGman,
I am sorry to hear about your issues with the BSOD. I cannot blame you for being unhappy with the crashes. We are working on an update to the e1q driver used by your network connection. I will post a message when the fix is available.
Mark H
8. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHseo Apr 29, 2011 4:58 PM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
Dear Ihatebsofd,
If the BSOD is with Intel(R) 82583V Gigabit Network Connection, you may want to try this to see if the BSOD goes away.
1. Please find the 82583V device in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_150C&SUBSYS_00008086\.
2. Open \Device Parameters\Interrupt Management\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties\.
3. If [MessageNumberLimit] is '1' (default value on 82583V device), please change it to '3'.
4. Restart the system or the device driver from Device Manager.
Please let me know if the BSOD still happens after this change.
Thank you,
9. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Apr 30, 2011 12:22 AM (in response to seo)
Under PCI i cant find VEN_8086&DEV_150C&SUBSYS_00008086
I have
Thats the only ven starting with 8086
EDIT: I'll try it anyway since i found what you told me to change, even though it's in the wrong folder I can always change it back, I'll be heard from if i bluescreen, otherwise tell me if i shouldn't be doing this since the location is different than what you wrote!
10. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Apr 30, 2011 12:58 AM (in response to seo)
I just bluescreened again (tested it hard ) was running spotify, downloading at 1,5mbps, playing an online game & being on 4 different websites in firefox.
Bluescreened after about 45-50 minutes.
11. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHBillyGman Apr 30, 2011 1:45 AM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
Well as for me, I'm not going to wait any longer for Intel and ASUS to get up off their butts and come up with a fix for this rediculous issue. I tossed the motherboard and installed the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO motherboard, and it works great. No blue screen garbage like I continued to have with the ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme. What a joke that they call it "Extreme". Yeah it's extreme alright. Extreme price tag, and extreme problems. Well now it's Extreme garbage as far as I'm concerned. I hassled for several weeks trying to get that thing to work, but to no avail. despite calling the tech departments of Microsoft, and ASUS, and finally coming to this board for help. But that didn't get me anywhere. I have better things to do than to screw around day after day, week after week with a faulty motherboard. I spent countless hours on the telephone with four different tech people about this problem. What a waste of time and money! Thanks to ASUS and Intel.
12. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Apr 30, 2011 1:47 AM (in response to BillyGman)
I feel your pain.. even as I tried to reply to this thread just now i bluescreened again <.< unfortunately all the money I had saved up, I used on this computer and I simply cant afford to toss the motherboard away, 2600 NOK / 350 euro on this mobo is something i can't afford to replace no matter how much i want to get a new one and live bluescreen free.. =(
13. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHBillyGman Apr 30, 2011 2:27 AM (in response to Ihatebsofd)
I don't enjoy having to say this, but until these two companies work at this and come up with a fix, I don't believe that yor motherboard will ever work right during video play. So you had better get used to those blue screen crashes, because I don't think that they're in any hurry to take care of this matter at all. They're making big money on the sales of these boards, and they just don't care. Too busy sitting back counting their money I guess. It's downright negligence and fraudulant sales practices too!
14. Re: Intel Ethernet Adapter BLUESCREEN OF DEATHIhatebsofd Apr 30, 2011 3:25 AM (in response to BillyGman)
Well I know for a fact that they are working on a fix, its just too bad its taking so long


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A Small Step for Familiesby L. Brent Bozell IIIFebruary
22, 2001
The March issue of Brill's Content, the magazine which covers and criticizes the media industry, includes a long article by Jim Edwards about the ongoing effort from some quarters of corporate America to provide more options for family television viewing. The effort gathered steam about three years ago when executives at ten or so companies responsible for spending staggering amounts of money on TV advertising decided to organize in order to counteract the virtual disappearance of wholesome programming from prime time.
Those companies, which formed what is now called the Family Friendly Programming Forum, have been joined by more than thirty other major corporate sponsors. The Forum roster exudes power and influence: Ford; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; McDonald's; Procter & Gamble.
That these advertisers are manning the ramparts for more family-friendly shows is a two-edged sword, since they also reserve the option to sponsor the opposite. Some Forum members have supported not just raunchy, but the raunchiest, programming in prime time. KFC has been a regular sponsor of Fox's sleazy, sordid "Temptation Island," and, at this writing, seventeen Forum members, including AT&T, Nabisco, and Unilever, have advertised on Fox's "Boston Public," a disgusting 8 p.m. (yes, the family hour) series that in its most recent episode featured a female high-school teacher speculating that a male student was "hung like an elephant," and another female teacher choosing another male student, this one fifteen years of age, as the one she'd most like to "take home [as] a toy."
Brill's is essentially a liberal magazine, so the publication of Edwards's piece is more evidence that concern over prime time trash is found on both sides of the political fence. It also points to the fact that this story is now too big to ignore.
In general, Edwards deals effectively with the basics, as when he poses this common-sense question: Should the "Friends" episode "in which Monica and Rachel fight over who gets to use the last condom in the package...have aired at 8 p.m., when even eight-year-olds are usually awake and watching?" He challenges NBC executive Curt King to answer the question. I suspect Mr. King wishes he'd taken a pass. "The show...has a self-selected audience that is comfortable with [its] content," begins the nonsensical reply. "We don't get negative reaction from the audience."
In other words, fans of "Friends" enjoy watching the show. Imagine that.
A several-paragraphs-long discussion of last summer's WB offering "Young Americans," however, is problematic. Edwards presents the series as an example of what can happen when one of the companies pushing for more family TV - in this case, Coca-Cola - is heavily involved in a show's production. He devotes precious column inches to how Coke came to invest in the series and what it received in return - notably, extensive product placement.
The problem with the example is that "Young Americans" simply was not family-friendly. Take the test: Would you have been comfortable having your young children watch a show in which a teenage boy reminisced about "reading porno mags"; a literature teacher lectured to his students that passion "comes from right here" as he grabbed his crotch; a teen boy and girl, a couple, found out they had the same father, then broke up yet continued to pine for each other -- Entertainment Weekly commented that this plotline treated teen incest as "mere puppy love" -- and a teacher caught a non-incestuous teen couple in the shower?
Far better for family viewing than "Young Americans" but still a long way from ideal is another WB program, "Gilmore Girls." In the summer of '99, eleven Forum members created a $1 million script-development fund for the network, and, a bit more than a year later, "Gilmore Girls" was the first actual show to emerge.
"Gilmore Girls" airs Thursdays at 8 o'clock and deals with the travails of a single mother in her early thirties trying to raise her teenage daughter well. There's much praiseworthy in the show, and yet its writers insist on inserting words like "crap," "ass," and "sucks" and have more than once handled sex tastelessly, as in the premiere when the mother joked that she "offered to do the principal" in order to gain her daughter admission to a private school.
For now, we can be somewhat encouraged, and grateful, that as regards all-ages viewing, "Gilmore Girls" is easily preferable to "Friends" or "Boston Public." But the Forum shouldn't settle for this standard. And its members responsible for the filth on television shouldn't be let off the hook.
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The candidates for the PASS Board of Directors are a great group of people, and I consider each one of them friends. Each one of them, if elected, will do a great job bringing their talent and experience to the task of leading this organization that has helped all of us become better at everything surrounding SQL Server. There are two candidates, specifically, that I believe are best suited to the demands (and there are incredible demands) and responsibilities of the board of directors.
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little flower wrote:thanks furry'
try this one
Ego amicus tuus qui te amo tecum sum.
translate please
little flower
little flower wrote:hi all
Why is latin spelt with an 'e' in this sentence.
Nescis latine scribere (you do not know how to write latin.) ll 18.87
(PS. please pray for a successful visit of the pope to the uk.)
little flower.
little flower wrote:hi again
what does this sentence mean?
Certe mulieres rarius a liberis suis discedunt. ll 20.74
does iulius mean that women dont desert their children i.e give them to a nurse or does it refer to the roman custom of picking up the child to acknowledge responsibility for it which was usually left to the man.
Little flower
little flower wrote:1 Catena ex ferro facta est (ll 22 13) Why ex rather than e ?.I thought ex was reserved for vowels.
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CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS), the largest U.S. pharmacy based on total prescription revenue, reported its Q4 2013 and full year earnings on February 11. Supported by strong performance in both the retail pharmacy and pharmacy services segments, the company reported 4.6% annual growth in its Q4 2013 revenue ($32.8 billion). Drug price inflation in the specialty business combined with new specialty clients and products contributed to 5.2% growth in the PBM segment and strong pharmacy same-store sales led to 5.6% growth in CVS' retail business. Growth in the quarter was partially offset by an increase in the generic dispensing rate which grew 1.1% annually to 81.1% and a marginal decline in its front store business.
Though CVS witnessed a slight annual decline in its gross margin and operating margin in Q4 2013, it delivered strong bottom line growth for the full year. In 2013, CVS's net income increased by 18.5% compared to 2012. The company generated $1.3 billion of free cash flow during Q4 2013 and approximately $4.4 billion for 2013.
It opened 58 net new stores in Q4 2013, which takes the total to 7,659 stores. CVS is the second largest drugstore chain in the U.S. after Walgreen and remains committed to its goal to create a national primary care platform that provides integrated high quality care that is convenient, accessible and affordable. CVS' management remains confident that the company can gain market share across its offerings.
- Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC Sales Drive CVS's Q2 Earnings
- What To Expect From CVS Q2 2018
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- How Much In Synergies Does CVS Need To Justify Its Acquisition Price For Aetna?
- Key Takeaways From CVS Fourth Quarter Earnings
Our price estimate of $65 for CVS Caremark is almost in line with the current market price. We are in the process of updating our valuation for the 2013 earnings.
View our detailed analysis for CVS Caremark
Strength In CVS' Core Business To Offset Lower Tobacco Sales
Earlier this month, CVS declared its decision to exit the tobacco industry by the end of October 2014. The company feels that the decision is consistent with its growing role in the changing healthcare marketplace. It sees this as an opportunity to connect with consumers as an expert in health and beauty and to build loyalty with them.
On a 12-month basis, CVS estimates that it will loose approximately $2 billion in annual revenue from tobacco sales and an additional $0.5 billion from the rest of the shoppers' basket. Given the expected timing for implementing this change, this will cost $0.06 to $0.09 per share in 2014. However, CVS is confident of maintaining its earnings and segment operating profit guidance as well as the five-year financial targets provided at its Analyst Day conference. It believes that the growing strength in its core business, especially the retail pharmacy business, as well as its profit enhancing initiatives will help offset the $.06 to $.09 EPS shortfall.
Impact of the Affordable Care Act; CVS Is Well-Positioned to Serve New Customers
Though the enrollment on the public healthcare exchanges has been slow and bumpy at the outset, CVS claims that all signs point to improvements in the enrollment process and increasing awareness among eligible consumers. The latest data shows 3 million exchange enrollees. In January'14, HHS reported that December Medicaid terminations were up 73% over a three-month baseline period in states expanding Medicaid. ((CVS Caremark's CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results – Earnings Call Transcript, Seeking Alpha, February 11, 2014))
The aging U.S. population and the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, which is set to expand insurance to approximately 30 million Americans, are key trends driving growth in the pharmaceutical industry. Total prescription revenues of U.S. drugstores are expected to reach $350 billion by the end of 2015, growing at 5.3% annually. [1] With its Pharmacy Services Segment (PBM) and in-store clinics to help with basic healthcare needs, we think CVS is well-equipped to leverage growth in health care consumption.
On account of Walgreen's payment dispute with Express Scripts, many Walgreen customers switched over to its competitors last year. CVS aimed to retain a minimum of 60% of the Walgreen scripts in 2013. In its earnings call, CVS reported that its retention rate was ahead of its exception and does not expect any change in the same going forward.
Agreement with Cardinal Health To Help Source Generic Drugs
CVS recently signed a 10-year agreement with Cardinal Health to form the largest generic sourcing and entity in the U.S., the largest generic drugs market. With the combined volume and capabilities of the two companies, the venture can help spur innovative purchasing strategies with generic manufacturers that create value while enhancing supply chain inefficiencies.
The increasing generic substitution in the last few years put pressure on CVS' top line growth, as they are priced lower compared to branded drugs. The total generic dispensing rate, which implies the percentage of generic drugs in a consumer's prescription, grew to 78.5% in 2012 from 74.1% and 71.5% in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Generic drugs continued to replace branded drugs in 2013, albeit at a slower pace.
The agreement with Cardinal Health can enable CVS to negotiate better prices for generic drugs.
Q1 2014 Outlook
– Revenue to increase 4.25% to 5.50%. Retail revenue to grow by 3% to 4.5%.
– Retail and PBM operating profits to grow by 14.5% – 16.5% and 21.25% – 28.25%, respectively.
– GAAP diluted EPS of $0.97 to $1 per share.
2014 Outlook
– Revenue growth of 4.25% to 5.5%.
– Retail revenue to growth between 0.75% to 2%. PBM revenue to increase 7.25% to 8.5%.
– Retail operating profit growth of 7% to 8.75%. PBM operating profit to be up 6.75% to 10.75%.
– Adjusted EPS to be between $4.36 and $4.50.
– GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations to be in the range of $4.09 to $4.23.
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- New Study Predicts $350 Billion U.S. Pharmacy Industry by 2015, Identifies Risks to Profitability, Pembroke Consulting, July 30, 2013 [↩]


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Hawthorne's new city attorney refused this week to explain the purpose of a $28,000 expenditure for an outside law firm to handle the removal of city officials and the hiring of their replacements over the past few years.
Two City Council members had asked for the information, saying it could reveal a pattern of abuse by the council majority, led by Mayor Danny Juarez, in which city officials who don't side with them are removed and replaced with people who will.
City Attorney Kunle Aderonmu fired back that he does not have to respond to each individual request for information, and that he won't release details about work between the council majority and an outside law firm because it could harm the city.
"When you put things on the agenda that will damage the city, it's the responsibility of the city attorney and city manager to look out for the best interest of the city," Aderonmu said at Tuesday's council meeting.
"It's not our responsibility to be the legal research arm for your political witch hunt. Look how much time we're wasting fighting these tiny political battles."
Aderonmu was brought in as a surprise replacement for the former city attorney in August, after Juarez and the council majority had secretly orchestrated his hiring.
Minority council members Alex Vargas and Olivia Valentine were incensed that they had been left out of the process and concerned that the former attorney was removed without cause.
"I've always felt that such a suspicious appointment could possibly lead to a quid pro quo situation wherein Mr. Aderonmu feels compelled to do the bidding of Mr. Juarez and his two allies in gratitude for his auspicious luck in becoming city attorney without any prior experience," Vargas said.
The City Council has the authority to hire and fire the city attorney and city manager but, in most cities, these processes involve a publicly advertised search and some public review of the candidates. Since 2010, the Hawthorne council majority has repeatedly gone about the process secretly through outside attorneys, and only made the other council members and public aware of the change on the day or week of the vote.
Hawthorne's City Council has been bitterly divided since Juarez became mayor and assembled a majority voting bloc. The remaining two council members believe the majority has led the city through a series of corrupt activities.
Vargas and Valentine have consistently asked for more transparency from the other three members, who used an outside law firm to draw up contracts to remove former City Attorney Russ Miyahira in August and replace him with Aderonmu – a litigation attorney who had never before served as a city attorney.
The same process was used in 2010 to remove former City Manager Jag Pathirana and replace him with a choice of the council majority, without any public review and to the surprise of the council minority.
In defense of himself, Juarez said he is the victim of a political attack. Juarez currently faces felony charges of perjury. He's accused of taking $2,000 from the owners of Gold's Gym without reporting it as a campaign contribution.
"We know that there's a witch hunt up here and (Vargas and Valentine) are being mentored by the former mayor, Larry Guidi," Juarez said. "I will not deny that I worked with (outside lawyer) Tiffany Israel on Russell Miyahira (being removed). I took a leap of faith and got two to agree with me."
Israel, who works with the firm Aleshire & Wynder, said she does not understand why Aderonmu has withheld information from some council members.
"It's my understanding that they were given redacted bills, which I don't understand because they're the client," Israel said. "They should see unredacted documents."
Asked whether such information should be kept secret from council members, several legal experts agreed with Israel that it should be made available to the entire council.
A local legal expert, who asked that his name be withheld, said it would seem suspicious for a city attorney to deny information to council members about how city funds are spent.
"The issue becomes that people have a right to know what the expenditure was for in order to understand whether or not it was a proper expenditure of public funds," he said.
Frank Zerunyan, a legal expert and USC professor who also serves as the mayor of Rolling Hills Estates, said he would want information to be withheld from the public only if it could harm an ongoing legal case or if it involved some personnel matters and, even in those cases, the entire council should be informed about them in closed session.
"There's nothing in my role as a council member and mayor that I wouldn't want my constituency to see in public, except for those few examples," Zerunyan said.
"If you were to ask me, as a council member in my city, whether or not there are any expenditures that my city attorney would keep from my colleagues on the City Council, I'd find that to be extremely unusual to the level of not comprehending why."
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Message Received Detroit. I love to keep track of what's going on there, but the commercial is right, I don't know Detroit. I haven't been there since my 7th grade field trip to Greenfield Village, well, unless you count flying in and immediately jumping in a rental car and going to Ann Arbor thirteen years ago, which I don't. This commercial gives me so many goosebumps it actually almost makes me want to buy a Chrysler, and ahhh, tell 'em Lee Iaccoca sent me. At the very least, it made me put 8 Mile in my Netflix queue, put on some Eminem (hope the city comes back like he has), and oh, it also makes me want to pull out my Chapelle DVDs and watch the one where he raps "Jokes and jokes and jokes and spaghetti…8 MILE!"
P.S. Does anyone know if the murals they show during the beginning are by the same artist who did the murals in Cincinnati's amazing Art Deco Union Terminal (some of which are now in the Cincinnati airport)?