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Daniel Agger believes an FA Cup Final defeat that will for ever haunt Liverpool can also act as the inspiration and move the club forward.
The Reds defender admitted the dressing room at Wembley was a desolate place as the full implication of Saturday's 2-1 loss hit his devastated team.
Yet he remained determinedly positive afterwards, and insisted the Merseyside club can bounce back, and use the memory of painful defeat as a springboard.
"It is difficult for us to think of anything else, because it is horrible to lose in an FA Cup Final. Nobody remembers a runner-up - it is a defeat that will haunt us," he conceded.
"We are so disappointed, but we know we can challenge the top teams next season - of course we do.
"We have moved forward a lot this season, and even though we are disappointed right now, we can keep moving forward.
"The only way we can do that is to win our final two games of the season. That is how we start to move forward. We have shown we are a good team, and we can build on that."
Agger was one of Liverpool's best starters on the day, and one of the few Reds players to face the media after the game, demonstrating a willingness to take responsibility that few of his team-mates had shown on the pitch.
As the rest skulked through the media zone, the Dane addressed his side's failure with typically blunt honesty, admitting they didn't turn up in the first half and handed Chelsea a match-winning initiative.
"We can only blame ourselves. The reason why we lost was that we didn't play well in the first hour," he explained.
"We didn't lose because Chelsea played well, but, I think, because we started the game really badly.
"I really don't know why we played as we did for the first 60 minutes. But we didn't turn up and you cannot afford to do that in an FA Cup final.
"We know these opportunities do not come along that often and that is why you have to take them when they do.
"This will haunt us. We didn't show up for the first hour and that is not good enough in an FA Cup Final."


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For years, guitarist Pete Townshend has talked about noise-induced hearing loss. Was anybody listening?
The legendary Who frontman believes his partial deafness, and tinnitus (a ringing in the ears), can be traced to his prolonged use of headphones in the recording studio. He even funded a nonprofit group — Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers — to raise consciousness about this possible negative byproduct of otherwise thrilling rock tunes.
It seems others have joined the chorus: A national survey shows that 19.5 percent of 12- to 19-year-olds have lost a little of their hearing. Though researchers cannot pinpoint the exact cause for the growing numbers, up from 15 percent in the late 1980s and early '90s, a possible culprit is blaring music through earbuds attached to ubiquitous digital music players.
An Associated Press story about the findings of the survey, conducted by a branch of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said today's kids "are listening more than twice as long to loud music as previous generations," and that many young people blast their players at decibel levels that exceed federal workplace limits — and earbuds, inserted into the ears, further boost the decibel intensity.
The grownups aren't trying to take music away from kids. "Our hope is we can encourage people to be careful," said one of the researchers.
In other words, use your earbuds — but don't turn up the volume to 11.
— The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.

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Utah State basketball: Aggies aim to stop Spartans' hot-shooting guard
onewhoknows Providence, UTDec. 31, 2010 7:51 a.m.
So who is the genius that scheduled these conference games in the Spectrum during the holiday break? Hawaii and San Jose must surely be grateful to not have to play in front of a full student section. Why not have USU start on the road for a couple of games?


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Folk: Romantic
Listen to the newest Romantic music and sounds.
Romantic music is a genre of Western classical music from 1800 to 1850, predominantly from Germany. It was part of the larger Romanticism movement in Europe, which included art and literature and valued individuality, passion, and imagination.
Listen to all tracks and mixes. You have the choice: Acoustic, Singer Songwriter, Pop, Folk Rock, Country, Americana, Folk, Alternative, Guitar, Ballad, Ambient, Experimental, Romantic, Freak Folk, Schlager, Instrumental, Indie, Rock, Folk Funk, Return To Normal are the most common styles where artists uploaded their music and sounds.
Other artists of this genre are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Antonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Camille Saint-Saëns, Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Maria von Weber, Bedřich Smetana, Franz Liszt, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ernest Chausson, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Robert Schumann.


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This set of Interview Questions & Answers focuses on "Oozie".
1. ___________ nodes are the mechanism by which a workflow triggers the execution of a computation/processing task.
a) Server
b) Client
c) Mechanism
d) Action
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Explanation: Oozie provides support for the following types of actions: Hadoop map-reduce, Hadoop file system, Pig, Java and Oozie sub-workflow.
2. Point out the correct statement :
a) Oozie is a Java Web-Application that runs in a Java servlet-container
b) Oozie workflow is a collection of actions arranged in a control dependency DAG
c) hPDL is a fairly compact language
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Control nodes define the flow of execution and include beginning and end of a workflow (start, end and fail nodes) and mechanisms to control the workflow execution path.
3. Workflow with id __________ should be in SUCCEEDED/KILLED/FAILED.
a) wfId
b) iUD
c) iFD
d) all of the mentioned
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Explanation: Workflow with id wfId should exist.
4. Nodes in the config _____________ must be completed successfully.
a) oozie.wid.rerun.skip.nodes
b) oozie.wf.rerun.skip.nodes
c) oozie.wf.run.skip.nodes
d) all of the mentioned
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Explanation: If no configuration is passed, existing coordinator/workflow configuration will be used.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Oozie provides a unique callback URL to the task, the task should invoke the given URL to notify its completion
b) All computation/processing tasks triggered by an mechanism node are remote to Oozie
c) Oozie workflows can be parameterized
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: All computation/processing tasks are executed by Hadoop Map/Reduce framework.
6. _____________ will skip the nodes given in the config with the same exit transition as before.
a) ActionMega handler
b) Action handler
c) Data handler
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Currently there is no way to remove an existing configuration but only override by passing a different value in the input configuration.
7. ________ nodes that control the start and end of the workflow and workflow job execution path.
a) Action
b) Control
c) Data
d) SubDomain
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Explanation: Workflow nodes are classified in control flow nodes and action nodes.
8. Node names and transitions must be conform to the following pattern =[a-zA-Z][\-_a-zA-Z0-0]*=, of up to __________ characters long.
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
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Explanation: Action nodes trigger the execution of a computation/processing task.
9. A workflow definition must have one ________ node.
a) start
b) resume
c) finish
d) none of the mentioned
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Explanation: The start node is the entry point for a workflow job, it indicates the first workflow node the workflow job must transition to.
10. If one or more actions started by the workflow job are executing when the ________ node is reached, the actions will be killed.
a) kill
b) start
c) end
d) finsih
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Explanation: A workflow definition may have zero or more kill nodes.
Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Hadoop.
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Italy's latest election showed - perhaps more than any other - the nation's eternal and frustrating search for compromise. In Italy's multiparty system, there are basically no alternatives acceptable to a Western European democracy other than a government dominated by the Christian Democrats, because the leading opposition is the Communist Party.
As in most Italian elections there was no clear winner in Monday's results. But perhaps for the first time there was a clear loser - the Christian Democrats , with 37 fewer deputies in Parliament and 5.4 percent fewer votes than in the 1979 political elections.
As the party leaders themselves admit, they have finally been forced to realize that their house should be put in order.
Political observer Alberto Ronchey noted in an editorial in the left-wing daily La Repubblica that for ''the fourth consecutive time, early elections have been called because of the ever-increasing obsolescence of coalition governments in which no party recognizes its own responsibility, accusing the other parties of irresponsibility . . . (this) is indeed a serious state of affairs.''
Some of the general Italian electorate appears to agree. One young voter, Fabio Petroni, remarked that while ''there has been a big drop in Christian Democrat voters, there appears to be no valid alternative.''
The unprecedented loss of votes for the leading Christian Democrat Party meant that the second largest party, the Communist Party, came in only 3 percent below the Christian Democrats' 32.9 percent of the vote.
Yet the Communists themselves lost one-half percent of their voters and three parliamentary seats. Thus the net result showed losses for the major parties transformed into gains for the minor centrist, extreme right, and extreme left parties.
Christian Democrat Party leader Ciriaco de Mita took stock of the situation with some dismay. ''Italy will certainly be more difficult to govern,'' he said. ''More than a positive indication, this vote expresses a judgment of protest. Now the task is to translate this judgment into political initiative.''
What he and other observers forecast as the resulting government, however, was the same five-party coalition of Christian Democrats, Socialists, Republicans, Social Democrats, and Liberals that governed Italy before the elections. But this time it is a somewhat weaker alliance than before.
Publio Fiori, a Rome Christian Democrat deputy, foresees more early elections in the future. He interpreted the voting as a protest against his party's inability to face innumerable problems and at the same time carry out its program of government reform.
Tougher criticism comes from opponents and disaffected party voters who look back on 35 years of inefficiency, corruption, and political patronage as the root of the Christian Democrats' present troubles.
''I used to vote for them,'' says one Roman Catholic housewife from northern Italy, ''but over the last few years they have really disgusted me with their scandals and now their suspected ties with criminal organizations, as well as their nepotism.'' After deciding against voting a blank ballot, she finally voted for the minor Republican Party.
Although the Christian Democrats and Communists lost ground, the Socialist Party's ambition to reach 14 percent of the electorate remained an illusion. Its leader, Bettino Craxi, admitted, ''Of course, we hoped for more (than 11.4 percent). Every party hoped for more than they got.''
While some headlines announced the Christian Democrat loss as a victory, when the dust died down the comments were those of surprise at the strongly expressed change of heart in the voting. But underneath it all there was a feeling of sameness.
While Italy remains the leading European country as far as voter turnout goes , the nonvoters and blank ballots increased this time to 11 percent of the electorate, up 1.6 percent since the last elections.


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NEST Results 2012
Results of NEST examination will be announced on June 20, 2011 on NEST web site. Names of candidates considered eligible for admission to NISER and UM-DAE CBS will be listed in descending order of their scores. There will be separate lists for NISER and UM-DAE CBS. The dates of counseling for NISER and UM-DAE CBS will be announced on their respective web pages and the candidates will also be informed by letters.


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This series is dedicated to finding gorgeous handmade treasures to brighten up your family home.
The Teenage Daughter's Room
(click on the photo to be taken through to that item)
A True Love Girly-Girl Wall Clock – to (hopefully) help her be on time.
By Timely Impressions on ArtFire.
A pair of Pink Fluffy Cushions – for reading and a major gossip sessions with the BFF.
By Loopy Lou on ArtFire.
And a gorgeous bag to keep all of the money (that she borrows from you) in…
By Maven Studio on ArtFire.
And a beautiful lamp, so she can lay in bed and write in her journal…
By Jersey Maids on ArtFire.


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Just bought the BenQ Gaming Monitor RL2455HM. That 1ms response time tho. Anyways, I'll post some pics when it comes in on Monday.
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(08-22-2015, 06:00 AM)Yuno Wrote: Kewl monitor but you shoulda got a 144hz or 120hz monitor, they're sex. Only thing is they're a bit pricey and only good for games that you can run 120fps+ on.
Still a good monitor you got though, jelly.
(08-22-2015, 02:18 AM)Senpai Wrote: Looks like a really nice monitor, you getting multiple?
(08-22-2015, 07:37 PM)Rii Wrote: 60hz for 190 bucks sounds a bit shitty tbh.
What floats your boat i guess.


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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—but we must maintain healthy lives year-round. Long before suicidal thoughts occur, feelings of hopelessness, irreversible failure and/or a lack of belonging set in. Those thoughts may overshadow our perception of our own strength, and evolve into a struggle that seems increasingly difficult to overcome.
That's why—not only as Sailors, but as leaders, shipmates, family and friends—we must unite to provide a sense of appreciation and belonging. Telling just 3 people why they make a difference in your life can be just as uplifting to you as it is to them. These small seeds of hope can have a powerfully positive effect—letting others know they are an important part of our lives. This is just one of the "Seven Everyday Ways" we can promote emotional health at any time of year.
Commands can take action too. Now, with new resources available and while discussion of suicide prevention at the forefront, it's a good time to update your Crisis Response Plan (CRP) and run a drill to check its effectiveness. The Commanding Officer's Tool Kit for Suicide Prevention is an excellent resource to jumpstart and tailor your command's CRP.
Individuals can practice preparedness as well. With a partner (shipmate, family member, or anyone you'), practice how you'll apply your crisis plan and ACT in a behavioral health crisis.
There are many ways we can extend the momentum of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The Navy Suicide Prevention Program's Seven Everyday Ways to Promote Suicide Prevention Awareness offers ideas and resources for individuals, commands and families to promote healthy living. Suicide Prevention begins while we are still mission ready in the green zone—it doesn't start when we're already in crisis! Use this resource as a launch pad for your own ideas on how to sustain awareness and make a difference in the lives of those around you.
To download the Information Sheet "Seven Everyday Ways to Promote Suicide Prevention Awareness," click here.
Visit www.suicide.navy.mil for more details on Navy Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and resources.


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In regard to imaging, a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor and TruePic VII image processor work to produce high-resolution imagery with notable low-light sensitivity and quality. The combination of these two technologies form Olympus' iHS technology, which serves to realize fast performance throughout the camera system, including a full-resolution continuous shooting rate of 5 fps and the FAST AF system, while also maintaining low image noise with a native sensitivity of ISO 6400. The sensor and processor also support recording full HD 1080p movies at 30 fps as well as SD 480p movies at up to 120 fps.
Benefitting the imaging capabilities of the TG-3 is a fast 4x optical zoom f/2.0-4.9 lens, which provides a 35mm-equivalent focal length range of 25-100mm. Complementing this lens' reach, as well as aiding the camera's use in low-light conditions, is sensor-shift image stabilization, which helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake.
For image monitoring and review, as well as menu navigation, a 3.0" 460k-dot LCD is incorporated into the camera's design. Accessing the menu system reveals a host of different camera features and settings, including a built-in intervalometer, automated Time-Lapse movie creation, a close-focusing Microscope Mode, and the ability to utilize built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, and an electronic compass.
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Complementing the Wi-Fi connectivity, an integrated GPS module can quickly locate your position and also enables on-board geotagging and landmark-tagging capabilities. Furthermore, an electronic compass (e.Compass) is also available, and can display a variety of information including latitude and longitude; atmospheric and water pressure; altitude and water depth; and the date and time.
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text: What to do when you are on the road and miss your canine or feline companion I know there are many animal lovers among backpackers. I recently saw a video about the story of a dog in Brazil who, every night, risks her life to carry food to her friends. That got me thinking… Hardly any human


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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU awarded $1 million endowment
OLLI program serves hundreds of older students in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at West Virginia University (OLLI at WVU) has received a $1 million endowment that will help to enrich the educational programs it offers to people age 50 and older. The endowment is from The Bernard Osher Foundation, a 34-year old philanthropic organization that supports higher education and the arts.
OLLI at WVU conducted a drive last year to recruit more than 500 members, one of the criteria for the endowment from the Osher Foundation.
"People come to OLLI because they have a love of learning," Suzanne Gross, president of the OLLI Board of Directors, said. "The students have bright minds and want to keep them engaged through retirement. Our teachers have a lifetime of expertise. Bring them all together and it makes for a very rich classroom experience."
About 40 active and retired WVU faculty members have supported OLLI by teaching classes. Instructors also include state and local experts in public programs, business professionals and artists. Classes for Spring 2011 run the gamut from Basic Computer Skills and Basic Italian to T'ai Chi, Opera and Ibsen.
Gross said OLLI at WVU gives people a chance to explore topics they didn't have time to tackle in their working lives – with no tests, no grades, no pressure. "It's learning for pleasure," she said.
"The progress the program has made since receiving initial support in December 2006 has been outstanding," said Osher Foundation President Mary Bitterman. "We salute the Institute's dedicated volunteers and staff — as well as the leadership of West Virginia University — for developing such an exceptional educational program for seasoned adults in the Morgantown area."
Gross said previous support from the Osher Foundation has helped to build the program over the last several years. The endowment, she said, will help to sustain OLLI at WVU into the future.
"We are also very grateful for the support we've received from University President (James) Clements," Gross said. "He feels very strongly that the University has a responsibility to the community and has committed support that allows us to occupy our space here in Morgantown and offer unlimited classes at no additional charge to our members."
Annual memberships are $85 for anyone 50 and older. Memberships can also be purchased for an individual season term for $45. There is no limit on the number of courses an individual can take. Dues, along with gifts, grants and investment interest cover the costs of the courses, office expenses and teaching materials.
OLLI at WVU, founded in 1993, is part of the Center on Aging at WVU Health Sciences. Its classrooms are at the Mountaineer Mall on Greenbag Road in Morgantown. For more information on OLLI, see www.olliatwvu.org or call 304-293-1793.
About the Osher Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation provides post-secondary scholarship funding to colleges and universities across the nation, with special attention to reentry students. It also benefits programs in integrative medicine in the United States and Sweden, including centers at the University of California, San Francisco; Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston; and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. In addition, the Foundation supports a national network of personal enrichment educational programs for seasoned adults, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, which now operate on the campuses of 117 institutions of higher education from Maine to Hawaii. Finally, an array of performing arts organizations, museums, and selected educational programs in Northern California and in Mr. Osher's native state of Maine receive Foundation grants. The Foundation is chaired by the Honorable Barbro Osher, Consul General of Sweden in California. (www.osherfoundation.org)


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YouTube HTML5 Video Player
This is an opt-in experiment for HTML5 support on YouTube. If you are using a supported browser, you can choose to use the HTML5 player instead of the Flash player for most videos. Your comments will help us improve and perfect the mixtures we're working on. So jump in, play around, and send your feedback directly to the brains behind the scenes.
Supported Browsers
Right now we support browsers that support both the video tag in HTML5 and the h.264 video codec. These include:
Google Chrome
Apple Safari (version 4+)
Microsoft Internet Explorer with Google Chrome Frame installed
I'm using it with latest Google Chrome, and I enjoy it, doesn't eat up resources like Flash does And the sound quality is better too.
Try it, what do you think?


text: i love it when these guys get outed!!! Anti-Gay Crusader Busted With Male Escort George Alan Rekers, who founded the anti-gay Family Research Council with James Dobson and Amandi Nicholi Jr., was caught returning from a vacation to Europe in April with a young man he'd hired on a popular escorting site, the Miami New Times reports. According to the article, the escort arrived at Miami International Airport after a 10-day trip to Europe on April 13. Moments later, Rekers followed him off the plane. Rekers later told the paper he only learned his companion (the New Times refers to him as 'Lucien') was an escort midway through the trip. "I had surgery," Rekers said, "and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him." The New Times reports Rekers didn't deny he'd met Lucien on the gay escorting website www.RentBoy.com. Lucien confirmed the two had met on the website. Adds the New Times: "Rekers is a board member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), an organization that systematically attempts to turn gay people straight. And the Huffington Post recently singled out Rekers as a member of the American College of Pediatricians -- an official-sounding outfit in Gainesville that purveys lurid, youth-directed literature accusing gays of en masse coprophilia. In an email, the college's Lisa Hawkins wrote, 'ACPeds feels privileged to have a scholar of Dr. Rekers' stature affiliated with our organization. I am sure you will find Prof. Rekers to be an immaculate clinician/scholar, and a warm human being.' http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_...istian_Leader_Rekers_Vacations_With_Rent_Boy/ http://gawker.com/5531027/the-virulent-anti+gay-activist-who-brought-a-rentboy-to-europe-updated


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Samsung Galaxy S4 Wi-Fi Disconnects During Sleep
A new message came in Mailbag about a Samsung Galaxy S4 Wi-Fi disconnects during sleep issue. The email reads, "I have read many posts about Wi-Fi disconnecting randomly, but that is not my issue. I am trying to prevent the Wi-Fi from disconnecting when it is not being used, for example, when it goes into idle mode. I am unable to stop this from happening, as soon as the phone is idle for 10 minutes or so, the WiFi disconnects until I wake up the phone. I am sure there is a really simple way round it but I am unable to find it."
Possible Causes of the Galaxy S4 Wi-Fi Disconnects During Sleep Problem and Solutions
Before blaming the problem on anything, see to it that your Wi-Fi Sleep Policy configuration is properly set. This option can be accessed using the steps below:
- From the Homescreen, press Menu
- Go to Settings
- Proceed to Wireless & Networks
- Choose Wi-Fi Settings
- Tap Menu followed by Go Advanced
- Open Wi-Fi Sleep Policy
- Tap the radio button beside Never
If you have confirmed that your Wi-Fi/Sleep configuration is correct yet the issue still takes place, restart your device and then try disabling your battery saving apps for the meantime. Observe if the problem persists after disabling your battery-saving apps.
When the suggested solution does not work, try recalling other third-party apps that you have recently installed prior to the problem and disable them momentarily (or better, uninstall them) while you observe if the trouble still occurs.
Once you have tried everything, but to no avail, it is possible that corrupted system files are causing the Galaxy S4 Wi-Fi disconnects during sleep problem. If this is the case, make sure that you have backed up all your important data and perform a Factory Reset.
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Rico & Raini Rodriguez: Power of Youth 2013 with Dove Cameron!
Rico Rodriguez and sister Raini check out some tunes on Flip Audio headphones at Variety's 2013 Power of Youth held at Universal Studios on Saturday afternoon (July 27) in Universal City, Calif.
The two siblings were joined by Dove Cameron and Teen Beach Movie stars Chrissie Fit and Jordan Fisher inside the event.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Dove Cameron
"So apparently #LivAndMaddie is airing again tomorrow! Both of me will be watching! How about you?" Dove tweeted. Be sure to watch it!
10+ pics inside of Rico, Raini and Dove…
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Designers share tips for organizing your closet
Is your closet a mess? We went to the closet organization experts to get tips and ideas on how to maximize your space and organize your closet.
Choose the right organizers
Julie Isaacs of the Uncluttered Home explains, "Many people are frustrated with their closet because it's not designed to accommodate the clothing they actually wear. If you wear lots of casual clothing, shelving may be more helpful than hanging space. If you don't like folding, you may need lots of hooks in your closet. Even if you can't afford an expensive closet installation, you can adjust your closet with affordable products from a home improvement store."
Hang it up
With closet organization, the key is to maximize your space. Tanya Sinovec, owner of Functioning Spaces, says, "Hanging as many of your clothes as you can will help to free up your shelves for other items such as purses. Jeans don't have to be folded. Double hang two on one hanger and watch the free space appear."
Separate seasonal clothes
"Separate out items into different seasons and store articles of clothing you're currently not wearing," says professional celebrity organizer, Jill Pollack. "If you have room, store out of season clothes in a plastic container under your bed or other convenient location. If you don't have the room, take all of your out of season clothes and put them at one end of the closet so you're not combing through your bulky winter jackets to get to your summer dress."
How to organize your clothes >>
Get a second hamper
After you organize your closet, you need to keep it clean. "If you have the space, keep your hamper IN your closet," says Sinovec. "This will force you to put your dirty clothes directly INTO the hamper and not on the floor where they don't belong. Also, buying a second hamper and using it just for your dirty dry cleaning will also help to keep everything organized and separate."
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Avoid wire hangers
With closet organization, little things can make a big difference. "Use sturdy plastic hangers or wood hangers with clips for all items," Jerry Egner, president of Closets by Design says. "Wire hangers tend to misshape clothes and, because most do not have grooves to keep clothing from slipping off, you'll spend extra time sorting and re-hanging items you find on the floor."
9 Ways to organize your closet >>
Toss it
Are you a hoarder? Don't be afraid to get rid of clothes. "Give yourself a one season limit on clothing," says Isaacs. "If you haven't worn a garment for an entire season, it's time to let it go. Discard anything that's pilled, stained, out of style, or unflattering." Clothes that are in good condition may be donated to your local thrift store, women's shelter, Salvation Army, or other charity.
Draw it before you buy it
Once you know which clothes you are keeping, it's time to actually organize your closet. You may need to add shelves, drawers, boxes, hanging bags, and other closet organization items. "After you've gotten down to the most wearable items in your wardrobe, make a list of the number of items you have by category (dresses, shirts, pants, shoes, etc.)" says Linda Bettencourt, owner of Studio B Design in San Francisco.
"Now that you know how much of each item needs to be accommodated, make a quick sketch to show how it's all going to lay out. You will be able to quickly see where there might be room for double hung rods and shoe racks, and how big they can be. With your drawing in hand, you can go online to an organization store, such as the Container Store, and see what pieces will work with your space and your budget. In the long run, you will save time and money by purchasing the right items the first time and be well on your way to wardrobe bliss."
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7 Questions with Amy Fitz Doyley
I was lucky enough to meet Amy Fitz Doyley at a cultural event at the Southbank Centre earlier this year. We connected and Sapelle sponsored the wardrobe for her performance at the Mostly Jazz Festival this summer. Amy also performed at our Portobello Store launch event. Talking to this very talented young lady with a versatile, laid-back jazzy sound, I knew we had to feature her here. There's a strength behind the beautiful softly-spoken calm exterior, a clarity on what she wants, and how she wants to get it, which evades many women her age; and we're behind her all the way. Our cub reporter Zidza caught up with Amy for a round of quick-fire questions.
And our timing's great because Amy's been shortlisted to support Natalie Williams at the EFG London Jazz Festival! BUT we have to vote her to win! The lucky finalist with the most likes, shares and comments gets to perform at this prestigious event. Voting closes at 16:00GMT on Thursday 29th October – so we don't have much time, let's vote!
To like, share and comment on Facebook, click here and VOTE FOR AMY! To vote from your mobile/cell phone, click here
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1. Name three quick facts about Amy Fitz Doyley
Apart from my name, I would describe myself as a thoughtful individual. I also always associate my interests with laughter, as it's one of my absolute favorite feel-good things to do! Lastly, with regards to my music and practice I can be a bit of a perfectionist!
2. What was your first musical experience?
My parents concur that it was probably at the age of about 2 or 3 years old, when I heard the theme tune to Eastenders being played on the television and immediately started dancing. Personally, it would be when I wrote a song for my GCSE music exam in secondary school and was then asked to perform it to my year group both in assembly and at the school graduation.
I've come from a musical background as both my parents were professional singers and I grew up in a house with various instruments as well as a recording studio, belonging to my father.
3. What inspires your musical creativity?
I am truly inspired by everything – from nature to current affairs to sounds, tastes and smells – there is always something to write about. I do of course also listen to many musical predecessors with far too many to name them all.
4. We love the song "Freedom is Yours". What's the story behind it?
This is a song I wrote with a good friend of mine whist away in the Netherlands. The weather was beautiful; the scenery was like nothing I had ever experienced in a city and great company surrounded me. I was in my element on this particular trip away from home and this is what inspired the song.
(Listen Amy perform "Freedom is Yours" here, and see her perform "Our Dreams" here)
5. What do you do when you're not composing or performing?
I am currently in a time of transition where everything I do is being filtered through music. Although sometimes intense, this is great for me because it means that I can avoid the 'living a double life' scenarios that many of us musicians can find ourselves in. I enjoy starting new projects that involve other art forms like dance and film too. I also relish traveling experiences, as these give me the opportunity to meet new people, speak other languages and learn about other cultures. In addition, I often carry around a little notebook within which I doodle or write ideas of poetry or new songs.
I also really like people-watching if that can be described as a 'thing'!
6. What's been the highlight of your year so far?
Earlier this year I had the great honor of supporting artists Gregory Porter and Public Enemy at the Mostly Jazz Funk And Soul Festival in Birmingham – this was a fantastic experience and actually my first major support slot. In terms of what's coming up next, over the Autumn/Winter period I am going to be focusing on writing and experimenting with new materiel and musical sounds for an online album release in 2016, as well as floating up, down and around the UK performing and connecting with different audiences.
7. If you could choose one, what would be your superpower?
It would be to have the ability to listen to other people's thoughts. I think this would give me reels of inspiration to use for writing and would mean that I'd never ever suffer with the dreaded writer's block syndrome again!


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Oct 05
Febrible Fits
Sometimes, if the body temperature rises rapidly, some children may have a fit. The eyes are uprolled, lips are blue and the arms and legs are jerking. The child may foam in the mouth and is unconscious. Lie the child on his side, and hold him. Do not push any spoon into his mouth as he will not bite his tongue. The fit will stop in about 5 minutes and he cries and wakes. Later he falls into a deep sleep. After the fit, if the temperature is high, sponge him down as above and then bring him to the nearest doctor.
Common Coughs and colds
These are usually due to viral infections, and the nose mucus is clear. The illness settles usually in 1 week. The cough and cold will get better on its own and the child may only need some medicine for a blocked nose.
Diarrhoea or loose stools and vomitting
Again, these are usually due to viruses that cause an infection of the intestinal lining. There are no specific safe medicines to stop the diarrhoea in children.
Continue feeding milk, foods and give extra fluids in the form of oral rehydrating salts (ORS) mixed with water, offering small amounts at a time. Rice water cooked with a pinch of salt is also useful to prevent dehydration. Monitor the amount of urine passed. The diarrhoea gets better in 3-7 days.
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Oct 02
Information courtesy of Dr S.L. Koe, Paediatrician & Lactation Consultant. Tel. no. : 03-798 30539)
What to do when your child has high fever, fits, cough and cold and watery stools
These are signs of common childhood illnesses that are not harmful to the child if properly taken care of.
High fever >38.5C for children more than 3 months of age
Fever is usually caused by a viral infection in a child. It is a sign that your child is fighting an illness. Check the temperature and give syrup paracetamol, or paracetamol suppositories through the anus. Sponge the child 2-3 times (even at night) when the temperature is >38.5C as follows:
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The child may shiver during sponging, but this stops when the temperature is down. After 10 minutes, dry and dress the child in loose clothes and place child under fan for half an hour. The fever will settle. Monitor the child to see if he is drinking, eating and playing well inspite of the fever. Give extra fluids and make sure he passes urine as usual.
Symptoms to be worried about are as follows:
* Unusually hot or cold body
* Fits, drowsy or unusually quiet or lethargic, hard to wake, or floppy
* Rapid, breathing difficulty, grunting, coarse, hacking cough, wheezing
* Frequent vomitting and loose stools
* Keeps refusing foods and drinks
* Cries for a long time or screams intermittently
* Earache or child pulls ear
Call your Doctor or take the child to the nearest hospital
For babies younger than 3 months of age, with high fever:
Give syrup paracetamol, sponge, and seek medical help immediately.
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John Piper offers a thoughtful response to this question. The edited transcript follows:
A friend thinks allowing men free will, and yet still achieving his purposes, shows a greater view of God's sovereignty. What are your thoughts on this?
Let me define the term first, and then I'll respond. I'm going to assume that by "free will" he means something really controversial, not something obvious. What I'm going to assume the term means is "real, ultimate self-determination," because that's the only kind of free will that is controversial. [Read more…] about Does God Get More Glory if Man Has Free Will?


text: I'm a noob having a hard time planning my IM strategy. I'll be providing professional services, so let's use the real estate market to illustrate my situation. Let's say I want to rank highly for at least three keyword phrases ("beachfront homes", "waterfront property", and "oceanfront real estate"). And I expect to have a main website with lots of articles, videos, etc to entice prospects to contact me via email or phone. I'm having a hard time matching this with what I've read many times on BHW: 1. have a lot of quality backlinks to help your SERP ranking 2. have a lot of quality content to help your SERP ranking 3. have a domain name that matches the keyword phrase to help your SERP ranking 4. Have the SERPs return a "squeeze page" I can buy domain names that match the keywords, and set up squeeze pages that on these domains, but the bulk of the backlinks and content would be added to the main website and not the squeeze pages (right?) - so how do I get the squeeze pages to rank in the SERPs?? Using this real estate example, let's say the "beachfront homes" keyworded squeeze page offers an ebook on "10 traps to avoid on beachfront property." When I write a new article or make a new video on "beach errosion issues", I'm going to add it to the main website and not this squeeze page - right? So how do I get the squeeze pages to rank highly? Do I forget about squeeze pages and domain names matching keywords and instead focus on getting pages within my main site to rank and hope prospects click the "contact us" button? Essentially I want to spend my time writing articles and making videos that create the juice that gets rankings and eventual clients via serps so what is the best way to display this content to start (one website, multiple squeeze pages, blogs,...)? I could develop whole websites around each keyword phrase, but then I would likely have duplicate content unless I divided the content between the sites, reducing the value of all of them significantly. This doesn't seem to make sense. Primarily, I guess I'm lost on how you would use multiple domains with matching keyword phrases and how to get squeeze pages to rank. thanks for any advice


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Eventually, the market share of such capped machines will be so high for one particular vendor, that the very software that you makes a living will require one these little monsters to work. And portability will not be a option thanks to a obfuscated API of the high-level tools used to develop these software, or the software is done by the same vendor of the machine.
That's the why today several people here at OSNews has dual-boot machines, even if they hates his secondary OS.
The situation will be thousands time worse in that hypothetical future, because you will need to actually have a second machine, and that sometimes is not a option for low income people.
You will also make your company even more dependent of the good will of a single monopolist supplier for all your IT needs. Your company will need to spend money just to have his custom software signed to work on theses machines. And as market share grows, the price of the signature will just too, and guess what? They could change you by machine, or even by processor cores, for something that you made (a internal software) to be used by your company.
This hypothetical monopolist will also wield the power to smash your way of living if he wants by simple revoking your developer ID for example. You need to be just slight inconvenient to them to face such fate.
Out of all the replies yours makes the most sense. I agree that would suck, but I also believe it wouldn't be the end of the world for geeks. We'll still be able to do what we do. I mention the possibility of higher development costs and lower returns in my first post.
We are talking hypotheticals though - What the government, Apple, and Microsoft *might* do - What the market *might* be like.
Since there's no doubt in you that the free market is not enough to ensure continued free use and development for computers (and I'm borderline on it TBH), all that's left to ask now is:
Do you favor preemptive action on the part of the government do deal with that situation? And just how would they deal with it? Break Microsoft and Apple up? Make vendor lock-in illegal? Institute software development license price controls?
I favor an in-market civilian reaction, which is simply to create a better product. Anything other than that is top-down government intervention, and the government just doesn't understand computer technology... I couldn't trust them to work in our interest even if we had the money to bribe them to do it.
I don't trust government for anything distantly related to market controls in IT industry.
I live in a country (Brazil) that in the early of 80's, the government created a bizarre thing called Federal Law nº 7.232/84, or simple "National Informatics Policy". This little tool was a attempt to develop a domestic IT industry by creating a market reserve, severely restricting foreign participation in the IT industry, and also to establish national standards to be used by civilians and the government itself.
This law single handed sunk the entire country in a IT dark ages that lasted 20 years.
Instead of developing the national IT market, the national manufacturers accommodated themselves with their newfound security. The market was supplied with vastly outdated overpriced machines, that was nothing more than badly done copies of older models sold anywhere. This also generated a shortage of IT equipment of all kinds in the market, because the manufacturers only bothered to grant themselves with a steady source of income through bribery in a attempt to become a government supplier.
Anyone who was not from the government or worked in a large multinational had to wait months in a queue to get his machine or resort to the second hand market, all to get a high priced machine near a decade behind the ones sold in USA for a fraction of the price.
Even after the law was expired in 1992, the entire 90s was not enough for a recovery. By the end of the law, we was left with a disjointed chain of suppliers without expertise with foreign manufacturers, national manufacturers desperately trying to push a new market reserve law (and destined to bankruptcy, who eventually happened), a under qualified work pool used with the slow changing national IT industry... it was the hell.
If i learned something from our past, is that the government should stay away from the IT market.


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Whenever there is a rule and attempt to enforce the same, some people might feel that "rules are made for our better living" and some others might feel that "we are living under tremendous pressure due to various rules". What do you think about following case?
ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರ ಜೀವನವೂ ಒಂದು ಪುಸ್ತಕದಂತೆ. ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಕಥೆ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತದೆ, ಪುಟಗಳೂ, ಅಧ್ಯಾಯಗಳೂ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಲೇ ಹೋಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಪರರು ಓದಲೆಂದು ಇಡೀ ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನು ಯಾರೂ ತೆರೆದಿಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನೂ ಕೂಡ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರತಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ತೆರೆದ ಕೆಲವು ಪುಟಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿವೆ.
They say, life is like a book. Each day pages, chapters keep getting added. But no one keeps the entire book open for everyone to read. I am not an exception either. Here are the open pages for you.
About Me
- ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ - Krishna Shastry
- ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು, ಶುದ್ಧ ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರ, ಪರಿಸರ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಇವೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ವೀಗನಿಸಂ ಎಂಬ ತತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸರಳ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ನಾನು.
ನನ್ನ ಇತರ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಗಳೆಂದರೆ ನೀತಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ನೀತಿಸಂಹಿತೆಗಳು, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ, ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರಗಳು, ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆ, ಭಾಷಾನೀತಿಗಳು ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ.
I am a simple Kannadiga following veganism, that cares about animal rights, pure vegetarianism, environment and health.
My other interest include ethics, public healthcare, public policies, innovation, science & technology, Kannada language and linguistic policies.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Is it a sin in this country to enforce a rule strictly?
Whenever there is a rule and attempt to enforce the same, some people might feel that "rules are made for our better living" and some others might feel that "we are living under tremendous pressure due to various rules". What do you think about following case?
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- Pradeep B V said...
A rule is a rule is a rule. Because of the all-pervading 'swalpa adjust makdkolli' mentality things do go haywire sometimes.
The way out of this senario could have been:
1. COMED K says we give you a temporary seat allotment letter which will be confirmed only after you come in with the proper DD and the counterfoil from an approved bank.
2. Ask one of the banks to setup a counter in the counseling center to issue DDs as required.
But we are all wise in hindsight.
- June 1, 2012 at 5:27 PM
When a rule is silly, it is silly. Trying to legitimize it by trying to pretend that you are "high minded" is a fools errand. A DD is a DD insisting that it be from a nationalized bank is idiotic. Will procuring such a DD make the medical profession better? No, you will only be disqualifying a fine candidate. There are lots of idiotic rules, enforcing them with an iron fist is regimentaion. If you are happy to live in such conditions, more power to you. For me, our energy is better spent in fighting to change these rules by challenging them than to put the officials on a pedestal and praise them for following the "letter of the law" instead of the intent of the law.
- June 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ - Krishna Shastry said...
@Anonymous: DD is a DD, no doubt. If any of the involved parties had challenged such rule when it was published, I would have supported such a fight. Anyway, I might be little high minded, but at least I write openly and try to think towards a greater good. I don't write anonymous comments disrespectfully.
- June 2, 2012 at 7:49 PM
I think it is childishness to insist on this and that kind of payment method and mostly agree with the comments of Anonymous.
- August 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM


text: Hawke's Bay is a region of the north island of New Zealand. The main cities are Napier and Hastings. I've personally spent a lot of time staying in Napier. Napier is quite famous for its art deco style and annual festival. I can highly recommend the festival, everyone dresses up in the style of the 20's and there's a huge display of really really old cars but they are still running so they're making a parade! Bay is a nice place although if you are hunting for beautiful beaches there'd probably be better places.


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Mathematical Biology and Ecology Seminar
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 11:00am
1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Skiles 005
Karin Dorman
Departments of Statistics and of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
It has long been postulated and somewhat confirmed with limited biological experiment, that RNA structure affects the propensity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase to undergo strand transfer, a prerequisite for recombination. Our goal was to use the large resource of in vivo recombinants isolated from patients and stored in the HIV database to determine whether there were signals in the HIV-1 genetic sequence, such as propensity to form RNA secondary structure, that promote recombination. Starting from 65,000 HIV-1 sequences at least 400 nucleotides long, we identified 2,360 recombinants involving exactly two distinct subtypes. Since we were interested in mechanistic causes, rather than selective causes, we reduced the number of recombinants to 544 verifiably unique events. We then fit a Gaussian Markov Random Field model with covariates in the mean to assess the impact of genetic features on recombination. We found SHAPE reactivities to be most strongly and negatively correlated with recombination rates, which agrees with the observation that pairing probabilities had an opposite, strong relationship with recombination. Less strongly associated, but still significant, we found G-rich stretches positively correlated, thermal stability negatively correlated, and GC content positively correlated with recombination. Interestingly, known in vitro hotspots did not explain much of the in vivo recombination.


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Woody Allen Falling
You feel to see a Woody Allen movie and expects certain things: appropriations of openness in black and white, jazz music, a neurotic who is losing sleep for fear of cancer or the watchful eye of God, occasionally a reference Groucho Marx. And of course, of New York City in all its splendor. Even chords and disagreements, which takes place in Chicago and Detroit, had been filmed in New York. However in the decisive point, rather than the Central Park of New York film, we now see Big Ben. Electrolux will undoubtedly add to your understanding. Apparently, London was not just an occasional matter for the experienced director.
He liked working in the city of mist so much that Scoop and the dream of Cassandra (to be premiered in October 2007) were also filmed in London. And his latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is Spanish project that was filmed in Barcelona, Spain. ormation. What's happening? Is this falling in love with Woody Allen in Europe? Even though Woody Allen has not reinvented himself, since London is not exactly the opposite of Manhattan, Anyone who has seen more than three films of Allen knows that anything outside of Manhattan is unusual for the director. Woody Allen loves New York, no doubt, we know. On the principle of Manhattan, Isaac Davis, narrates his novel draft and says that New York was his town and would always be. It is safe to say that New York is the city of Allen and always will be.
It is on the way in which their cameras are moved, the way the streets are filmed as if they were handled by the soft hands of a lover. It is in the form that presents his characters, he knows so well. Your heart belongs to Manhattan. Although he and Scarlett Johansson no reported complaints about Barcelona, surely that the two be them seemed a really good slice of New York pizza. -The best information to get a loan, whether for your home or your business found in financing companies, and mortgage calculation. But if what you want is to project your payments, visit Simulator mortgage today same.


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I was a lucky winner of a Been There Done That pack a few weeks ago. A plethora of papers and rub-ons, themed for each state and territory in Australia. As a condition of entering the competition we agreed that as a winner we would create a layout to be featured on the Aussie Scrap Source blog. I was allocated ACT (easy for me!) and here is my layout. The only things I added from my stash were the row of buttons and the little Heidi Swapp yellow clip.
This little minibook was a project for KSK. It's made from an Urban Lily kit which costs the princely sum of $1.20 (actually $1.02 right now cos it's on sale!). It was a cinch to put together. I created this for Tassy and I've used photos from our recent holiday near Coffs Harbour. She loves it! This is another one for KSK's Christmas theme. Instead of Christmassy papers I used the new MM Noteworthy range which is beautiful and classic with lots of different decorative edges.


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Take a refreshing stroll under a 'Great Sky',
the debut release of instrumental piano music from Martin Meyer.
It sings to the mystery that has been Marty's--and perhaps our own--journey in this life. It states, with obvious clarity, that when one shirks the pressures of the world, the should-haves and could-haves and must-do's, when one is stripped of all that to simply be who they are and do what they do best, then something wonderful emerges. His debut CD 'Great Sky' is a testament to living the life one is intended to live, regardless of how long it takes to get there. It is, in essence, a meditation of self-discovery, an answer to the mystery.


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India not given proof of Hafiz Saeed's involvement in 26/11: Pakistan
Islamabad/New Delhi, Nov 24 (Inditop.com) Continuing to remain in denial mode, Pakistan Tuesday said India had not provided any evidence of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed's involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
"When I look at the new dossier provided by India and if there are any gaps then I would definitely tell India. We respect their courts and they should respect our courts and wait for the verdict," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told BBC Urdu in an interview.
Malik's views, however, are at variance with those of India and the US.
On Aug 1, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said enough evidence had been provided to Pakistan to prosecute Saeed and it was now for Islamabad to proceed against him.
"There is enough evidence to proceed against Saeed," Chidambaram said at a press conference in New Delhi.
"The evidence provided in three dossiers (the number has now risen to seven) is, in our view, sufficient to investigate role of Hafiz Saeed (in the Mumbai carnage)," the minister said, adding: "The investigations in Pakistan will also throw up enough evidence."
Last week, US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer asked Pakistan to show "action" by bringing Saeed to justice.
"We need to see actions and results from Pakistan. Those seven Mumbai suspects should be brought to justice through the criminal justice system in Pakistan," Roemer told reporters in New Delhi ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's state visit to the US.
Saeed had been placed under house arrest after the UN, acting under US and Indian pressure, in December 2008 banned his Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) that the LeT had morphed into. The Lahore High Court ordered his release in June, citing lack of evidence against him.
The Pakistani government has appealed the order in the Supreme Court, which has indefinitely put off a hearing on it.
Meanwhile, a court in the garrison town of Rawalpindi will rule Wednesday on the indictments against seven LeT operatives who are charged with assisting the 26/11 attackers.
Judge Muhammad Akram Awan of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) reserved judgment Monday after hearing the arguments of the prosecution and defence lawyers.
Pakistani intelligence agencies had arrested the seven men, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhavi and communications expert Zarrar Shah for allegedly planning the Mumbai attacks, besides providing financial assistance and other facilities to the 10 gunmen who had staged the Nov 26-29, 2008 assault that claimed the lives of 166 people, including 26 foreigners.
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the carnage has admitted his Pakistani nationality and that he was trained by the LeT.


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- Sean Cayton
An estimated 65 protesters showed up to greet the presidential motorcade as it arrived at the World Arena this week during George W. Bush's two-day campaign blitz in Colorado. With three weeks to go until the Nov. 2 election, polls have placed Colorado in a dead heat. Which means we should expect plenty of national spotlight (immediately after his visit, for example, the Los Angeles Times reported that "Bush struck a deeply conservative social note ... as he rallied supporters in this bastion of evangelical Christians."). Springs resident Ed Billings, who showed up to protest the president's visit, described the exchange between anti- and pro-Bushies outside the arena as raucous at times. One 79-year-old woman carried a sign that read "George W. Bush is a war criminal." Republicans were no kinder. "They flipped us off, and called us faggots and communists," Billings said. "They also waved signs saying 'John Kerry supports terrorism'. They yelled, 'stay away from perverts and pagans' and I yelled back, 'stay away from Christians and Nazis.' " Inside the arena, Catholic Bishop Michael Sheridan, who stirred national controversy earlier this year by insisting pro-choice Catholics should be denied communion, started things off with a prayer. Bush, according to the released transcript of his speech, thanked the litany of GOP honchos who gathered 'round, from Gov. Bill Owens to Senate candidate Pete Coors to Mayor Lionel Rivera. Then Bush launched into what has become his battle hymn against Kerry -- it's called "See, he can run from his record but he can't hide." Meanwhile, up in working class Commerce City north of Denver, the Associated Press reported that vice presidential candidate John Edwards stumped alongside Senate candidate Ken Salazar. Their emphasis? Jobs, the economy, education. "The American dream is on the ballot," Edwards told the crowd at Adams City High School.
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***Community Innovation & Development Series: Andorra Leads***
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Creative expression includes the broad range of ideas and projects that make up community innovation and development. Andorra, a tiny country between Spain and France, partners with MIT's Media Lab to develop new ways of creative community development. You may find some good ideas for your own community in this report. Enjoy the images from the ever-wonderful Buddha Doodles.
Source: Small European nation becomes a "living lab" for urban innovation researchers | MIT News
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – SQI Diagnostics' fiscal first quarter revenues declined 25 percent year over year, the company reported after the close of the market on Thursday.
For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2012, revenues dropped to C$3,000 (US$2,980) from C$4,000 a year ago, the Toronto-based company said in a document filed with Canadian regulators. All revenues derived from product sales.


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Aerosmith recording 'stone cold'
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- 2 February 2011
Aerosmith's new way of writing material by turning up at the studio ''stone cold'' is paying off according to guitarist Brad Whitford
Aerosmith don't prepare anything before going into the studio to make their new record.
The 'Walk This Way' group are currently working on their 15th album at the home recording studio of producer Marti Frederiksen, and guitarist Brad Whitford said their new system has been a revelation.
He said: "We basically go in the studio, just stone cold, and try to come out at the end of the day with another song, and so far it's worked great. It has been great working at Marti's. His whole house is basically geared toward making music, so that's what we are doing all day long."
Although frontman Steven Tyler is juggling his work in Aerosmith with his commitments as a judge on the new series of TV show 'American Idol', Brad is not worried about it affecting the band, and actually thinks the show will introduce the rockers to a whole new audience.
He explained to the Boston Herald: "I think he's a great choice for 'Idol'. I always told him he should be a stand-up comedian because he's one of the funniest guys I've ever known in my life.
"It's going to expand our audience, for sure. People who would never think about seeing Aerosmith might change their minds after seeing him on TV."
"It's nice to be touching people much, much younger than we are. It's kind of cool to see how they react to it. And I can say we are all looking forward to some new Aerosmith music."
Steven - who is also joined in the band by bassist Tom Hamilton, guitarist Joe Perry and drummer Joey Kramer - has previously revealed he hopes to release the record before the end of the year and Brad thinks this could be possible.
He said: "A lot will depend on how much we get done this week and when we can get back together again to sort of finalise it. Hopefully, we will be listening to it sometime this year."


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SCNA submits Additional letter to the City regarding the proposed Fuel Center in Curtis Park Village
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Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association
Neighborhood Concerns Committee Meeting
February 25th, 2015
7:00 pm in the Garden Room at the Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street
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- Guest Speaker: Katie Valenzuela Garcia with Breathe California of Sacramento. Ms. Garcia will speak about a Cap and Trade Forum they are holding in May. She states:
" Breathe CA is working with a coalition of folks interested in developing better partnerships with local neighborhoods so we can collectively promote cleaner air and healthier communities. We will be hosting a Cap and Trade Forum on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00-8:00pm at the Guild Theatre, and want to use this opportunity both to inform folks about Cap and Trade as well as to start a conversation about neighborhood priorities. What are the biggest needs in your community? What do you want your neighborhood to look like in the future?"
2. City of Sacramento changing streets to Level of Service F: Update on SCNA letter to City on LOS F changes.
3. Update on changes to City of Sacramento Tree Ordinance.
4 . William Curtis Park Clean up Day Saturday, March 14th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
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SCNA Responds to Petrovich Development Corporation Survey
SCNA submitted the attached letter to Councilman Schenirer and the City Council in response to the Curtis Park Village survey that was distributed by PDC recently.
In Case You Missed It: Curtis Park Character Advocates neighborhood survey results
To view summary results, go to Curtisparkcharacter.blogspot.com
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Data integrity has to be an important issue for everybody. Sure, some things may be more important than others, but does anybody bother to store data that isn't of some importance? The matter is important for the reputation of the cloud providers. Even if the things they lost last time were somehow unimportant, wouldn't we take that as a warning not to trust them next time?
Cloud providers tend to balance cost effectiveness of services with the quality of the services; it's the same for a lot of business situations. There is a general trend for the client's level of protection to vary with the type of service. IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) provides a means of creating a cloud environment, but data backup may not be included. PaaS (Platform as a Service) will have more selling points, usually including data protection. But this varies greatly between providers. Some IaaS providers have good solid data protection options, though you will pay a little more for this security.
There is data on the Cloud that is part of the provider's operations that does not affect the customer to any real degree. Extreme loss here might jeopardise the provider's business, but really their ability to protect this data is only a concern to us in as much as is indicates their general level of security.
Of more concern is data loss that affects either the provider and the client, or only the client. The first category would include environment matters, Configurations, virtual networking, Provisioning management …etc. This is not the data provided by the client but the packages it is stored in; it's like losing your word processor program. The Second category is the client's information, the data they put on the cloud. This is like the words typed into the word processor, but not the program itself. Loss of this is what we are most concerned with.
Really it is the customer who is most responsible for this data. Providers vary in what they offer, so the client has to choose the best options available. There was certainly data loss before the Cloud, and we took measures against it then. We need to be equally active now, or at least use a provider who is active for us. Some measures include:
Disk Level data Protection: An old but effective practice.
Constant backup: Periodically backing up data to a lower cost medium. Somebody has to decide how often to do this, and understand that recent updates will be lost, but otherwise this is a tried and true system. Memory of several Terabytes is quite cheap these days.
Data replication: Another older idea that stays in use because it works well. Software sends all the data to two different storage mediums. But check the ability to retrieve the data from secondary resources.
Journaled/checkpoint based replication.
The cloud infrastructures and provider services are important to look at, but we must remember that the main reason for downtime remains human error. One human error is simply choosing something that isn't the best suited option.


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Helping Young Children to Delay Gratification
Lee, Pai-Lin; Lan, William; Wang, Chiao-Li; Chiu, Hsiu-Yueh
Early Childhood Education Journal, v35 n6 p557-564 Jun 2008
The ability to delay gratification (DG) in young children is vital to their later development. Such ability should be taught as early as possible. One hundred kindergartners (Mean age = 6.11), randomly assigned to three groups; (a) labeling: received the treatment of being labeled as "patient" kids; (b) story-telling: were read a story about the patient antagonist rewarded double gifts, while the impulsive character got only one same reward; (c) control: received no treatment. Under the DG task of Ball-Moving Activity, the ANOVA results showed the children in labeling group delayed longer (M = 13.23 m) than the control one (M = 11.25 m), showed marginal significant difference at p = 0.06, medium effect size magnitude at eta[superscript 2] = 0.06. No significant mean differences were found between the story-telling (M = 12.68 m) and the control group, though the story-telling group delayed more than 1 min longer than their counterparts. Sex differences on the task are also discussed.
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Young Children, Labeling (of Persons), Story Telling, Control Groups, Kindergarten, Gender Differences
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what makes you bring up pic resizing? I don't think we have that provision now. Am I missing a "new button" somewhere?
Auto pic resizing is something we would love to implement. But, it requires the addition of yet another third party piece of software that has to be integrated with board software. This sounds easy, but in no case, has it ever been easy.
I have looked at a program called imagemagic in the past. It is used on other forums. Perhaps somebody knows something I don't?
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Hey guys,
a few of you surely remember our former clanmate Wind who caused a lot trouble in the past (cheating, recruiting,...) For those who doesnt know, he never asked us to allow him to return in the first place but he asks very often in our whatsappgroup how we are and how the clan is doing and that he misses the clan and us.
Thats why the LT discussed about him yesterday and also did a skype conference/discord discussion with him because it is his wish to return to our server as a guest (so not a clanmember) He would just want to play with his old friends again and also he promised us that there wouldnt be any issues with him. We know he is a friendly guy and has never been rude to anyone, but he is very talented in mess up things because of stupid actions.
There were different opinions in that discussion about that topic but at the end everyone would agree to let him play as guest on our server. To avoid a fight between members and LT like it was last time when he returned without asking the members we are going to pull up a vote, I also would like everyone to share his mind openly nevermind what it is.
I, at least for my part, believe him and also remember what things he did for this clan (organizing Member of Month/Recruting ALOT of new players -even when he was not moderator but normal member-, the organization of the clan wars and also the way he generally behaved to everyone, he was and surely is a very polite guy)
Ofcourse it is selfexplaining that there could be an issue with him again, in that case he would get banned immediatly and permanent. If the vote passes he will be level 5 on the gameservers as a perma-warned player. If you going to share your mind below this post please stay objectivly and respectful.
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Happy birthday to Redshift! Amazon's data warehouse-as-a-service has just celebrated two years of data querying.
Redshift gained a lot of popularity following its 2013 release, which was hardly surprising. Traditional data warehouses used to require custom hardware and software that took too much maintenance and cost way too much money. Redshift broke this strict paradigm by moving the whole operation onto the fluffy cloud.
Several reviews were written about Redshift at the time, but as far as we know, no one has looked back to check on what's happening with the red giant since then. So, we went ahead and did a little checkup. Here's our up-to-date Redshift review.
Ease of Use
Since Redshift is based on PostgreSQL, database administrators have a much easier time adapting to it than they do with other Big Data technologies. Redshift also has a fancy web UI with metrics for compute utilization, storage utilization, and read/write traffic, as well as automated tasks for data warehousing, administration, and backups to Amazon S3.
SQL Interoperability
Redshift is compatible with standard JDBC and ODBC drivers. This means that it can integrate with most BI and ETL tools that support PostgreSQL. Amazon validated that it does—at least for the popular tools.
Superb Performance
Redshift's performance is well known across the galaxy. Back when it was released, the Airbnb Nerds did some performance tests and found out that Redshift had up to a 20x performance improvement over Hive. Berkley AMPLab's Big Data benchmarks from February 2014 confirm that Redshift still beats Hive by a mile, although it comes in close to Impala and Spark when running in memory.
High Scalability and Elasticity
Since Redshift is on the cloud, you can easily scale to the petabyte range without having to purchase or upgrade any hardware or software. You can even shrink or grow Redshift's clusters, depending on your current needs.
Decent Pricing
According to AWS Evangelist Jeff Barr, running a data warehouse costs $19,000-$25,000 per terabyte per year. Amazon Redshift, however, costs $1,000 per TB per year. So, a lot of companies with other data warehouse solutions could save money by switching to Redshift, and organizations who couldn't previously afford any data warehousing could up their game.
Tight Security
Redshift's data is encrypted both at rest and when in transit. Each block is encrypted with hardware-accelerated AES-256 as it is written to disk; Redshift also supports SSL when sending data.
Failure Tolerance
In the event of a drive failure, a Redshift cluster will remain available, though with some performance degradation for certain queries. If an individual node fails, Redshift will automatically detect and replace it. All the data is safe too: it's replicated within the data warehouse cluster with at least three copies, and continuously backed up to Amazon S3.
Performance Issues
The Airbnb Nerds noticed that it takes Redshift a very long time to run joins for billions of rows. Also, since Redshift only allows you to specify one distribution key, running joins against multiple columns on a large scale may also cause performance issues. Other non-Redshift solutions are recommended in these cases (wink wink).
Some Redshift maintenance tasks don't perform that well because they have limited resources—certain procedures, such as deleting old data, could take a while. And although Redshift shards data, it doesn't do it optimally. You might end up joining data across different nodes, a procedure that decreases Redshift's performance. Also, when scaling clusters, the data needs to be reshuffled among the machines. This could take several days and plenty of CPU power, slowing your system for regular operations.
Last but not least, loading data to Redshift can take a while, since the default loading mechanism is single threaded. Nonetheless, breaking the data into slices should help to load it in parallel, and you can even ship a physical storage device to Amazon, who will load the data for you.
Concurrency Limitations
How many queries can you run simultaneously on Redshift? Up to 50, if you ask Amazon, though they recommend setting up query queues with only a maximum of 15 concurrent queries. If you use tools like Tableau that generate a lot of queries, Redshift's low concurrency could slow down your data querying efforts.
Limited Data Sources
Redshift doesn't play with all the databases in the playground. You can only load data into Amazon Redshift from Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, any SSH-enabled host on Amazon EC2 or on-premises, or via AWS Data Pipeline. If you'd like to load some data, say, from your MySQL database, MongoDB, or non-Amazon clouds, you'll need to use something else.
Restricted Data Formats
Redshift is pretty tight about data formats: it only accepts flat text files in a fixed format such as CSV and JSON, though you'll need to map JSON properties to Redshift columns. However, the serial data type, arrays, and XML are all unsupported at the moment. Redshift also has issues with newline characters, multiple NULLS, and certain UTF-8 characters, so you'll need to spend time massaging your data before you can load it into Redshift.
Confined Scaling
The largest Redshift node comes with 16TB of storage, yet a maximum of 100 nodes can be created. Therefore, if your Big Data goes beyond 1.6PB, Redshift will not do.
The Elastic Ninja blog lists several more issues with Redshift. It claims that although AWS will replace a failed node on a cluster, this could take several minutes, which may not be acceptable for certain applications, especially if the end-users are exposed to it. The blog also claims that unlike other columnar databases, Redshift only uses a single encoding/sorting/distribution scheme which is not optimized for all cases and that Redshift doesn't have a mechanism for defining sort orders or distribution. Finally, Elastic Ninja claims that Redshift does require some maintenance to keep it running optimally after all, for example, updating statistics and running the "vacuum" statement to optimize new data for querying.
All in all, Redshift hasn't lost its glow since being released. Redshift is an affordable data warehouse solution with ease of use, high performance, PostgreSQL compatibility, scalability and elasticity, tight security, and fault tolerance. Nonetheless, Redshift does have certain performance issues, concurrency limitations, restricted data sources and formats, confined scaling, and several other constrictions. Still, considering the other options out there, Redshift is still an excellent solution for interactive querying of Big Data for the SQL savvy.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 30, 2007
– American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has been named the most "adoption-friendly workplace" in the energy and utilities sector for 2007 by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
The company also ranked sixth on the list of adoption-friendly employers in Ohio.
AEP reimburses employees up to $3,000 per child for eligible adoption-related expenses and provides up to 40 hours of paid leave for new adoptive parents.
"We're pleased to be recognized for our efforts to help make AEP a family-friendly workplace," said Mary Cofer, AEP's director of diversity and culture. "The adoption process can involve numerous expenses, such as agency and placement fees, legal fees, court fees, and even travel or local customs expenses related to international adoption. We're gratified to help defray these costs for our employees who adopt children."
Approximately 40 employees have benefited from AEP's Adoption Assistance program during the past two years.
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20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios announced a deal today to bring the beloved Peanuts gang back to the big screen in time for the 65th anniversary of Charlie Brown's comic strip debut.
The studio had been in talks with the estate of the late Peanuts creator Charles Schulz for two years to land the rights to make the film. The untitled animated movie will be released November 25, 2015.
The film will be directed by Steve Martino (Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Continental Drift) from a script by Craig Schulz and the writing team of Bryan Schulz & Cornelius Uliano. (Craig and Bryan are Charles Schulz's son and grandson, respectively.)
"We have been working on this project for years. We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film," said Craig Schulz in a statement. "I am thrilled we will be partnering with Blue Sky/Fox to create a Peanuts movie that is true to the strip and will continue the legacy in honor of my father."


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Miller Fortune Tells Beer Drinkers 'Your Fortune Awaits'
02.18.14 Miller Fortune Tells Beer Drinkers 'Your Fortune Awaits'
Provocative and unexpected: that's Miller Fortune, the newest brewing innovation from MillerCoors. Now available nationwide, Miller Fortune is an un-distilled, spirited golden lager with a richer, balanced taste and 6.9 percent alcohol by volume (ABV). Miller Fortune is the largest launch of a completely new brand from MillerCoors.
The jet black bottle is adorned with a Miller script "M," a nod to Miller's time honored brewing reputation. Developed to be served in a rocks glass, Miller Fortune is brewed with specially-roasted caramel malt and cascade hops for a moderately bitter flavor with a hint of sweetness. The brand attributes communicate a sophisticated edge meant to inspire consumers to turn any occasion into something unforgettable.
"With the rise of cocktail culture, we know consumers are looking for new products and flavors," said MillerCoors CMO Andy England. "With that in mind, we developed Miller Fortune to provide consumers with a unique and deliciously balanced option to elevate their drinking experience."
The Miller Fortune launch will be supported with bartender engagement programs, influencer events and a comprehensive marketing campaign, including digital, mobile and social activations with media partners such as Urban Daddy, GQ, ESPN, Rolling Stone and Complex. Television and out-of-home advertising for Miller Fortune will begin on March 3.
Miller Fortune is available in 6- and 12-pack jet-black bottles and in 16- and 24-ounce battleship gray single-serve cans.
For more information about this spirited golden lager, follow @MillerFortune on Twitter or visit MillerFortune.com and Facebook.com/MillerFortune.
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MillerCoors brews, markets and sells the MillerCoors portfolio of brands in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Built on a foundation of great beer brands and nearly 300 years of brewing heritage, MillerCoors continues the commitment of its founders to brew the highest quality beers. MillerCoors is the second-largest beer company in America, capturing nearly 30 percent of U.S. beer sales. Led by two of the best-selling beers in the industry, Coors Light and Miller Lite, MillerCoors has a broad portfolio of highly complementary brands across every major industry segment. The company offers a variety of leading craft and import brands, including Blue Moon and Leinenkugel's, through its Tenth and Blake division. MillerCoors operates eight major breweries in the U.S., as well as the Leinenkugel's craft brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., and two microbreweries, the 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee and the Blue Moon Brewing Company at Coors Field in Denver. MillerCoors insists on building its brands the right way through brewing quality, responsible marketing and environmental and community impact. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors.


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(A frequent customer comes in and fills up her tank every few days and thinks she's being smart by putting in an extra 2c, because in Australia we round down/up to the nearest 5c/10c. That means she gets 2c worth of free fuel. Normally we don't bother fighting if she goes over and up to 5c, because it's not worth the screaming, but today we have our new trainee on. She doesn't back down easily.)
Trainee: "That'll be $9.05 today."
Customer: "What?"
Trainee: "The total is $9.05. Would you like to purchase any in store items for a discount on your fuel today?"
Customer: "No, I don't want anything. How is that possible? When I left that pump, it said $9.02. I know it did!"
Trainee: "On my system it says $9.03, so it got rounded up to $9.05. Cash or card?"
Customer: "F*** you. I'm going out there to check, and when I come back you better fix this!"
Trainee: "I'm sorry, ma'am, you're more than welcome to check the price again."
(The customer at this point storms out of the store and over to her car. I'm trying not to laugh, because this woman once threw a loaf of bread at me for doing the exact same thing. When she storms back in, she throws the 5c at the trainee, who is busy serving another customer while she waited.)
Customer: "F*** all of you! I had $9.02 on that f****** pump when I came inside, and you changed it! You are stealing money off of me! I'm calling the cops!"
Trainee: "You can do that, ma'am, and I'll be happy to talk to them. Would you like an invoice?"
Customer: "You can f*** off back to your own country! Stealing my f****** money and sending it back to your 12 kids I bet! F*** you! F*** this store. I'm not coming back!"
(The other customer's mouth is open in surprise. The trainee shrugs and the lady storms out of the store screaming very inappropriate racial slurs.)
Other Customer: "What the h*** was that?"
Trainee: "Couldn't tell you even if I knew."
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