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This mascara IS waterproof; this is definitely a true statement. I have never had this mascara run for me. That is a plus. However, it is an absolute pain to get off, which makes it almost not worth getting this waterproof formula. I feel like I use half a bottle of makeup remover every time I try to take it off. It does last all day, and I have never got those "feathers" on my top eyelids that can happen with your cheaper mascaras. It is not worth the $12 it costs, though. I'm not dissatisfied with the mascara, but a drugstore waterproof mascara will do just as well.
I have really dk under eye circles, which require a lot of concealer set with powder. I'm always trying different mascaras in hopes of finding one that doesn't give me racoon eyes (smearing on all that under eye concealer). This is yet another tossed in the bottom of my make up drawer. It did however make my lashes really look long and dark. But it also took two days and a lot of scrubbing to get off (not good for the delicate eye area). Back to CG professional!
Hate this!! Smears & is not waterproof at all :( wont be returning it, will use it up with other mascaras but upset about it :(
Worst. Mascara. Ever.
Ever ever ever.
Crispy, thin, spidery, brittle lashes.
A nightmare to remove, even with olive oil.
Horribly bulky package.
Just no, Sephora. No.
Worst part? I bought this specifically for my father's wedding because I knew I'd be crying and I ended up having to make an emergency pit-stop at Ulta to get some far superior (and far less expensive) NYX waterproof mascara, which only added to the stress of the day.
Thank goodness Sephora has a bangin' return policy because it is going BACK and I'm putting it toward another NARS lipstick because I need the cosmetic retail therapy.
So again, no no no no no. Big fat sacks of no. Ugh.
I hate this mascara. I only wear WP to hold the curl and this is the first WP mascara I've tried that doesn't do that. It doesn't give length or volume and gives me spiderlashes. I have long and pretty full lashes and this makes them look like crap. It disappears from the tips of my lashes during the day and settles under my eyebrows instead. I only bought this because I read somewhere that it was easier to remove than other WP mascaras, but even if it isn't waterproof and smudges like nothing else it's still hard to remove, don't really think it has any redeeming features.
It gave me good length and volume and didn't clump or flake. It did smudge a bit throughout the day which disappointed me. I got it as a present so I don't know how much it cost, but since it's Sephora I'd say it's too expensive for me.
Horrible dry clumpy irritated my eyes horribly. Nightmare to remove made my lashes fall out really hard to remove.
This is a TERRIBLE mascara. Here's a little rant lol:
First, it's not even waterproof and it's the only reason why I bought it. It leaves terrible dark raccoon like smudges all over your eyes when it touches water.
Second, it does absolutely nothing for my lashes. It doesn't curl, lengthen, volumize, nothing. It just coats them in some weird black formula which doesn't even work.
Third, the price is not even right for this kind of product. This should be at the most, $2. At the most.
I'm really disappointed and I also layered it with some other waterproof mascaras, but this just ruins everything and I will absolutely never in my life repurchase this product.
this product is crap!
it's not waterproof..i went swimming and it clumped my lashes together and then fell off in clumps! and it really does nothing for your lashes.. it's super dry.. definitely not worth any amount of money!
* I usually like Sephora brand products ! Their eyeshadow palettes are great and pigmented and same with their eyeliners.. This was such a disappointment to me, especially since I loved their "atomic volume" and "lash plumper" mascaras...*
*EDIT* okay, i've found a way to make this mascara work, curl your lashes, apply one layer of mascara, curl your lashes again, apply 2 layers of mascara on after. works well, not excellent, but nicely enough to wear throughout the day and it holds my curl.
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|09-25-07, 11:59 AM||#1|
Join Date: Sep 2007
No nv/nvidia on Samsung notebooks?
about 18 months ago I purchased a Samsung M50-1860 "Callum", a DRS notebook with a GO6600 chipset. I used it for many months, working on Linux and sometimes playing on Windows. I had Compiz running on Debian/sid. I was happy.
One day, I must've played too long or too hard. I was running WIndows, using the official Samsung drivers (which are ancient compared to recent NVidia drivers for Windows, 74.xx, but NVidia drivers won't install on the M50). I think the system overheated, it crashed in the middle of playing.
From that day on, I couldn't get the notebook running in 1440x900 on my Debian system. Vesa 1024x768 worked fine, but whenever I tried to start an X server in the notebook's native resolution, the display would just show a black background with different patterns of lines instead of a desktop, while the X server and all the applications were running.
Yet, the Windows desktop was fine.
I tried to make absolutely certain that it wasn't a driver problem by up- and downgrading to every version I could find, by fiddling with configuration options, by testing with live CDs of different distributions, even by installing a fresh system. Different patterns of lines virtually everywhere. Samsung support told me they wouldn't support Linux and I had to show the problem using Windows, for example with 3DMark06.
The Windows desktop was fine, not all Windows games were, 3DMark06 crashed when run in the native resolution, even on a fresh Windows XP installation with nothing installed but Samsung's drivers.
To summarize the events of the past couple of months: the notebook was off to be repaired three times, Samsung claims the motherboard has been changed, which didn't help, I had several conversations with Samsung on the phone, they even threatened that my warranty could be void anyway because I used "unauthorized" graphics drivers on Linux (not that there are any "authorized" drivers for Linux, the notebook is Windows-only according to Samsung), and now Samsung claims that the Ubuntu 7.04 CD I sent them to demonstrate the problem with Linux, would produce the same garbage on screen on any Samsung notebook with a GO6600 chipset.
(They didn't explain why 3DMark will crash reproducibly or why WoW has display errors.)
So, any Samsung users out there who can verify whether Ubuntu 7.04 will boot from the live CD into a working desktop? Or any helpful speculations that could explain what I'm seeing here and what Samsung is saying?
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Print version ISSN 0103-4979
ALMEIDA, Alfredo Wagner Berno de. Territories and specific territorialities in the Amazon: between "protection" and "protectionism". Cad. CRH [online]. 2012, vol.25, n.64, pp. 63-72. ISSN 0103-4979. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-49792012000100005.
We are currently witnessing the imple-mentation of "a spatial and territorial reorga-nization", though not as a natural result of gradual increase in exchanges, but as the effect of the State's deliberately protectionist action to pursue market restructuring and the disciplined commercialization of lands and forest and underground resources. This article shows how the peoples and the traditional communities are constrained by the protective measures of multilateral agencies and the protectionist policies forged by the State.
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It calls itself ‘The happy mag for kids’, but really that’s just Anorak being modest. It should call itself ‘The happy, cool, clever mag for kids and grown ups and anyone else who likes to see a good story well told’. With its lovely illustrations and charming tales, Anorak is one of our most distinctive and popular titles.
What is Anorak?
Anorak is the happy mag for kids. Kids of all ages.
What makes it different to the rest?
It’s a pop culture magazine, which is uniquely aimed at both boys and girls. In fact, everything about Anorak is quite unique – from the actual look and feel of the magazine, to the content itself and the way that it is published.
Who makes Anorak?
We have a host of contributors from around the world and I personally take pride in the fact that Anorak is a creative outlet for a wealth of talented graphic designers, writers and illustrators.
We also have an army of ‘little editors’ who review books and films for us and carry out drawing missions. Oh, and me! I am the editor and publisher, that means I stuff envelopes, chase invoices, sell advertising and have fun writing about knees that talk or interviewing clowns.
Who reads it?
Primarily it is families who read the magazine. But there are plenty of people without kids or who have young nieces or nephews who read the magazine too. And of course there are those people who simply enjoy Anorak for its design or crazy stories.
Why do you work in magazines?
Because books and magazines are my best friends! I have always consumed loads of them. I always knew that one day I would have my own magazine – it just took me a while to figure out what about!
I used to work at The Face in the days when it was independent and owned by Nick Logan. I loved the spirit of that place, which was incredibly inspiring. It’s reassuring to know that that spirit is still alive, that there is a whole new generation of magazine lovers out there who not only create their own magazines, but make them intelligent, different and rich. The corporate world would like us to believe that magazine-making is very costly and an incredibly elitist affair. Independent magazines show that it is not. We are proud to be part of that.
Aside from the print magazine, what else are you involved in?
We make books, posters, and we’ve even experimented with Anorak TV!
What would you change about Anorak if you could?
I would not change anything about the magazine itself. We could have gone down a much more cost-effective route with our format and our paper, but I don’t think I could live with myself if it felt cheap or was small. If we had more resources, money and time I would love to publish it more regularly.
Can you pick a favourite issue of Anorak?
Every issue is great fun to create so it is quite hard to pick one. Having said that, I love our WORDS issue: Supermundane hand drew it all, it looks stunning.
Where do you see Anorak in five years?
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The full weekend of rain – at times torrential rain – is being followed by steady rain at the beginning of the week and expected as well to linger into the week.
Monday was a gray, rainy day.
The roads appeared gray. The sky appeared gray. The entire world we awakened to appeared covered by a drab, undifferentiated patina of wetness and dense gray.
The lack of snow this past winter seems to be overcompensated for by the recent rain.
What we all want is the feeling that summer is upon us.
June, July and August are all we have.
Each one of these drab and dreary rain days is one less we can look forward to. | <urn:uuid:3be9087e-c37d-4150-b14d-d8b0a0106e2f> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://beaconhilltimes.com/2012/06/06/the-rain/ | 2015-01-28T16:12:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121983086.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175303-00100-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985268 | 147 | [
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University Beowulf Support?
Eric T. Miller
emiller at techskills.com
Sat Oct 13 10:27:41 PDT 2001
Take a look at the OSU Supercomputer center:
From: beowulf-admin at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-admin at beowulf.org]On
Behalf Of William T. Rankin
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 9:56 AM
To: Beowulf Mailing List
Subject: University Beowulf Support?
I am looking for some information sources and was wondering if
anyone could help.
With Beowulf clusters springing up throughout academia in
departments and research areas where computer administration and
distributed programming have never been a great, err..., "focus"
;-), has anyone seen an example of where the University has
stepped forward to provide cluster training and support as a
central resource the way it does with other academic computing
Web sites and other pointers to existing programs would be
Thanks in advance,
Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org
To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit
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The Invention of Colour
The Invention of Colour is a little experimental storytelling game. The entire thing (art, code, music) was created in under 48hrs for Ludum Dare 22 (Ludum Dare).
You’ll follow “Alrion” through his quest to find “shimmers” as he doesn’t know what colours are. I aimed to create something that is engrossing and takes the player on a journey. Just enjoy not having to do much and expect a few minutes of atmospheric storytelling. It’s intentional low level involvement.
Hope you enjoy this little trippy & eerie plunge into the heart of a bizarre world.
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Yes there is probably help for your grandmother. As long as she was not the owner of the vehicle she was traveling in she is entitled to no-fault benefits (http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-500-3107). Also, if she, or any resident relative had uninsured motorist benefits on their motor vehicle on the date of her accident, she may be entitled to benefits under that coverage. She should talk to an attorney as soon as possible. There are notice issues to carriers on these types of claims.
Your father should have his own case manager, which he has a right to select, and which should be paid for by his no-fault carrier. A good case manager will be an advocate for him, and arrange for the appropriate transition from the facility to the next level of care and when appropriate prepare the home environment with the reasonably necessary accommodations for his continued recovery. I would be happy to answer any questions or give you the names of reputable case managers if you need help.
You should consult an attorney immediately. You are very close to your statute of limitations. The offer sounds very low considering the injuries you describe. Finally, any release should be reviewed to ensure that her 1party benefits remain intact.
Feel fee to contact me for a no obligation consult. My cell phone number is on my outgoing voicemail message.
Generally your wage loss, replacement services and allowable expenses (MCL 500.3107)(http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(5ju0wgmtgdbsnm45d33xdo55))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-500-3107) are provided by your own auto carrier (through your and/or your resident relatives insurer). Your medical bills may be payable by either or both of your insurers (your medical carrier or no-fault insurer) but that will depend on whether either or both of them are coodinated policies.
With regard to...
I certainly would not take their word for it. It should be investigated by a lawyer familiar with Michigan No-Fault.
Further, your own policy may have protection for uninsured motorists.
Finally, your insurance provides you with your first-party no-fault benefits, not the striking vehicle, whether they are insured or not.
I strongly encourage you to seek legal counsel ASAP as there may be other claims available such as dramshop. My office will meet with you for a free no commitment...
The above answer is absolutely correct. If you previous attorney was able to help, and is already familiar with you file, that is a great place to start.
If for some reason that attorney is not available, you should contact another attorney asap. I am available to discus this with you if you like.
Your homeowner insurance ought to provide coverage for the loss. You should pursue your claim with them first. If they pay your claim, they will have subrogation rights against the drunk, and his insurance if he has any insurance. Why should you incur cost and attorney fees if you had insurance to cover this. If they do not, see an attorney as soon as possible.
The Michigan No-Fault Act MCL 500.3107(1)(a) (link http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(5xfpvteldrawgz45xxyxg4uh))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-500-3107) addresses the auto-insurers obligations generally under the statute. You need to get a copy of your auto insurance declaration sheet to see if your medical expenses (referred to as "allowable expenses" in the statute) are coodinated with your medical insurance. The medical insurance policy should also be reviewed for mutual...
Yes you do, by statute and common law. You should contact an attorney as soon as possible. There may be deadlines/statute of limitations issues. Further, an investigation needs to be done including identifying the operator of the vending machine, and the supplier/manufacturer of the sandwich.
You have many rights available to you under the Michigan No-Fault Act. Do not be too concerned about the police report having your injury information, but you should follow up with your/a doctor regarding the injuries as soon as possible. Your declaration sheet for your auto insurance will indicate what other additional coverages/rights you may have, and you should meet with an attorney with that document as soon as possible. There are often important NOTICE requirements for some of the... | <urn:uuid:8e198721-b655-48dc-975e-61a53c62b798> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/48226-mi-brian-mckenna-751531/answers.html | 2015-01-28T17:52:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121983086.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175303-00100-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963764 | 950 | [
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Guest Author - Patricia Pedraza-Nafziger
In 2011 the world’s population reached seven billion people, and the population appears to be continuing to increase for a variety of reasons. Overpopulation has been a topic of discussion among environmentalists for many years. Environmentalists have argued that the Earth has become so inhabited by humans that they have depleted its natural resources. As a result, the world suffers from a reduction in fresh water, forests, biodiversity and food, an increase in landfills, poor air quality, fossil fuel consumption, and polluted oceans. These trends can be seen as facts if you consider all countries to be one environment; however, if you consider countries separately, you will find contributing factors to environmental concerns that are unique to each country.
Many women are delaying marriage in order to advance their careers and education and thus have children later in life, reducing population growth in certain countries. However, not all cultures allow women to have such opportunities. In addition, not all countries are considered to be overpopulated. According to the United States Census Bureau, countries such as China and India are leading the pack, while the United States ranks at number three for most populous countries, while some countries are experiencing a decrease in population. Is this decrease due to a lack of reproduction or increased immigration to other countries?
Urban areas tend to have a lower reproductive rate because a lack of space and a higher cost of living ultimately make it more difficult to raise large families. Rural areas have comparatively larger spaces and are much more affordable, which makes it easier to provide for a larger family. However, many people are attracted to urban settings because they offer better opportunities for employment, education, and health care, as well as a more diverse culture. Cities therefore tend to become more crowded than rural areas which can be driven by immigration, not necessarily increased birthrate. As a matter of fact, improvements in living standards and health care systems have contributed to increased life span, which will ultimately increase the population further.
There is no doubt that overpopulation is a major contributor to environmental concerns, but consumers are also to blame. The world’s richest people produce half of the world’s emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary gas behind climate change. In contrast, the three billion people who live in poverty emit just 7 percent of carbon dioxide emissions. Although Americans represent only 5 percent of the world population, they consume 25 percent of the world’s energy, according the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
When it comes to overpopulation, there are a variety of factors to consider. In future articles, we will highlight specific areas around the world and review independent factors associated with environmental issues and overpopulation, such as birthrates, contraception, belief systems, society’s expectations of women, environmental concerns, health care, and poverty. | <urn:uuid:ecaf7cf3-047b-4c7d-bccb-3855662c96c8> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art53102.asp | 2015-01-28T16:22:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121983086.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175303-00100-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963112 | 574 | [
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Welcome to the Puente Program at Gavilan College
the Bridge to Success!
Puente provides three areas of service to students: teaching, counseling, and mentoring.
Gavilan College Puente Program is part of the statewide Puente Project and co-sponsored by the University of California, Office of the President.
- Succeed academically
- Are recognized as leaders and scholars
- Graduate from four-year colleges and universities
- Belong to a statewide network of leaders and professionals
Puente serves students in 56 community college sites and 59 programs and 36 high school sites.
- Puente achieves notable success in fostering student persistence in college. More than eight in ten, or 86%, of Puente participants maintain enrollment continuity in college for one academic year.
- Puente community college students are as apt to attain undergraduate degrees as students of ethnic groups with well established patterns of academic achievement at both the UC and CSU systems. On average, 75% of Puente transfers to the state's public four-year institutions graduate within four years.
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DM4000 Hair Removal System is the only medical grade laser epilation device, by this; the hair follicle which is responsible for the hair growth is being destroyed.
There are several methods on how to remove unwanted hair in the body. You could try shaving or waxing, however it will give you only temporary result. If you want a permanent result, you could try laser or electrolysis. But the problem of these procedures for hair removal is that it can be very expensive.
The DM4000 Hair Removal System has professional results, where the treatment procedure is highly guaranteed. It is also affordable, yet you are rest assured that the product is in high quality construction. Unlike any other laser epilation device, this is powerful and effective. To have a brief knowledge about the epilator device, let us define first what it really means.
What is an Epilator?
An epilator is a device which removes the hair by grabbing several hairs at once. It pulls out the hair starting from the roots. The result of this is somewhat similar to waxing and tweezing, but the process of this is more efficient and fast.
The primary disadvantage of using epilator is that it is a little bit painful as you pull the hairs out from the root. However, the intensity of pain will lessen as you experience already more sessions.
For the better result, you can use wax first before using the epilator device to get rid of re growth.
DM4000 Hair Removal System twice the power of DM2000. This device has a very powerful long pulse diode laser epilator and very easy to operate. There are lots of people are now using laser epilator at home but none of them can compare the better results given with this system. The laser diode is rated for a remarkable 5000 hours of continuous uses that as 3-5 years ago. For this reason, you have the idea already that it will last long. The laser output is functioned by a convenient thumb switch on the comfortable stainless steel module. The emission zone treatment area is very accurate pinpoint beam, which is very ideal for hair epilation.
To help you determine if the product is good for you, consult your physician. From there, he will get your health history and make it reviewed, so that he will know if the device is suited for you. The type of hair removing device depends on your skin. Take to consider also the do’s and don’ts before using it and also read the instructions given on how to use the device for your safety.
It is better to have a little knowledge about the product before purchasing it. To help you, you can do research so that you will know if it is right for you. Try to see not just the positive feedbacks but also the negative feedbacks of the users. By this mean you will know if the DM4000 hair Removal System is really consistent. | <urn:uuid:7def1c14-1d5e-40a3-b928-3b93fe5a8004> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.laserhairremoval-info.com/laser-epilation-machine.htm | 2015-01-28T16:07:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121983086.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175303-00100-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961123 | 596 | [
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After leaving the museum grounds, we went for a look around the historic town, which has some beautiful old wooden buildings and a few cute stores and eateries.
To wrap up the day, we went for a spot of antiquing at the treasure trove which is The Village Antiques Mall. I could have bought so much, I think Marco was glad there would be restrictions on our luggage on the way home. There were vintage pyrex, crockery, fabrics, kitchen paraphernalia, books, clothes, magazines, knick-knacks galore! At a fraction of the price that you would pay for the same things in London.
This was only one of the antique stores I visited, in addition to a few thrift stores, and now that I know what I am missing I am even more jealous when our North American blogger friends post about their thrifting trips!
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Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace on February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums since the 1980s with his backing band, the Cruisers. He wrote the #2 Billboard hit, "The Rapper", with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a #1 hit with "Play That Funky Music." He became known as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the #29 hit "Ah! Leah! and the #37 hit "Love Is Like a Rock".
In addition to performing on the first three Jaggerz albums and the fourth and final Wild Cherry album, Iris with his solo band has released eleven studio albums, one EP, two live albums, and two compilation albums. He continues to release new material and tours throughout the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio areas. | <urn:uuid:6b2b966a-fd9e-4836-890c-464f7169c2c4> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.songlyrics.com/iris-donnie-lyrics/ | 2015-02-01T00:38:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115857200.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161057-00234-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990044 | 200 | [
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Why do so many women have thyroid problems? Surprisingly, it looks like thyroid problems are closely tied to an overgrowth of intestinal bacteria. This opens up a new set of treatment options that makes one ask which problem happened first, the bad thyroid or bad bacteria?
By age 65, roughly 10% of women develop low thyroid function or hypothyroidism. Without treatment they experience fatigue, constipation, depression, and weight gain.
But for some these symptoms never go away even with thyroid hormone supplementation. That is because something else is wrong, something the hormones don’t fix. It is the intestinal bacteria.
Until recently doctors would say that the cause of hypothyroidism was an autoimmune disorder called Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, but they didn’t know the exact cause of that (genes? hormones? bad luck?).
But now we think the answer lies in a different problem that is associated with hypothyroidism, called Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (“SIBO”).
SIBO occurs when bacteria that should only live in the colon migrate upward into the small intestine. This bacterial overgrowth may be set in motion by antibiotics, diet, or infection.
Most adults and children with SIBO do not realize it, although many experience intestinal distress (constipation/diarrhea), food intolerance, eczema, hair loss, or they feel better on pre- or probiotics.
Yearly lab work and routine physicals don’t detect SIBO, but a knowledgeable physician will recognize it in your current symptoms and your detailed medical history.
SIBO is now understood to be a common trigger of many autoimmune disorders including the most common cause of hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
And through other bodily mechanisms, such as the Autonomic Nervous System, SIBO itself may cause the symptoms of fatigue, constipation, depression, and weight gain.
But in a reverse twist to this new explanation, it appears that that low thyroid function from other conditions (pregnancy, medications, and viral infections) can also cause SIBO.
Low thyroid function from any cause slows the forward propulsion of the intestinal tract (think of your intestinal tract as a conveyor belt that slows down).
And slowed intestinal propulsion of a wide variety of causes (hypothyroidism, general anesthesia, medications, scleroderma, diabetic neuropathy, physical or emotional concussions) are the common triggers of SIBO.
What is the big deal which one came first? If you have Hashimoto’s, it was likely triggered by SIBO. And if you have low thyroid function from any other cause, there is a good chance you now have SIBO.
The big deal is that you need to treat SIBO because it can trigger diabetes, depression, anxiety, headaches, fatigue, ADD, obesity as well as other autoimmune disorders (Crohn’s, rheumatoid arthritis, pernicious anemia, vitiligo, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis).
So it isn’t about what condition came first, it is all about avoiding what condition will come next.
For further information you may call my office at 623-208-4226 or go to my website www.DrBuckeye.com. I am an internal medicine doctor with 30 years of experience with complex disease located in the greater Phoenix, Arizona area.
If you are currently experiencing thyroid problems or the warning signs of SIBO, the time for further disease prevention or disease reversal are right now.
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It was unfair that rural communities received less funding than their urban counterparts, said MPs debating the issue of local government finance on Monday (11 February).
The local government financial settlement for 2013-14 faces a vote by MPs on Wednesday (13 February).
Neil Parish (Con, Tiverton and Honiton) said the settlement would reduce central government support to councils while doing nothing to address long-standing inequality in funding between rural and urban councils.
Mr Parish said: "We are not here to rob urban authorities of their money, but we are saying clearly to the government that there are inequalities and they must be put right."
Overall, rural residents pay council tax which is £75 higher per head of population, yet receive substantially less support for services, according to figures from the Rural Services Network.
The Fair Share campaign is pressing to stop the inadvertent worsening of the situation this year and also campaigning for a reduction in the rural penalty from 50% to 40% by 2020."
Helen Goodman (Lab, Bishop Auckland) said: "I want to make it absolutely clear that this is not just an issue for Government Members; Labour Members are also concerned about it."
Her view was echoed by Tony Cunningham (Lab, Workington).
He said: "This is not a party political issue. Cumbria county council is controlled by Labour and Conservative councillors, and they think that the situation is unfair."
The government has already announced a one-off £8.5m grant. But many rural MPs argue that it is too little, especially because it is for one year only.
Roger Williams (Lib Dem, Brecon and Radnorshire) said self-employed people in rural areas were often reluctant to apply for benefits such as free school meals, which were sometimes a measure of deprivation.
"Rural areas therefore lose out in that way as well," he said.
Geoffrey Cox (Con, Torridge and West Devon) said local authorities such as Torridge district council and West Devon borough council were small, highly rural councils both facing an existential threat from the government's proposals.
"Although West Devon council's needs assessment was raised by 60%, the effect of damping is to reduce the overall funding settlement by 2.5%.
"Over the next three years it must take out £1.4 million from a budget of £7.5 million. It has already saved £1.5 million over the past three years, and the five years before that it saved £2.5 million by sharing back-office services with South Hams district council."
Mr Cox asked: "Where is the council to find the money?"
West Devon council had scrutinised with anxious care the "50 ways to save" document published by the government. It had already implemented 47 of the 50 measures.
"Only three are left and they might have a marginal and peripheral effect. That is why West Devon council—which I use as a case study only— is facing over the next three years the need to take £1.4 million from a budget of £7.5 million.
"It has no serious revenue asset base; its council tax is already at a high level and it has been obliged to disobey the strictures of the Secretary of State by failing to freeze council tax."
Graham Stuart (Con, Beverley and Holderness), who chairs the Rural Fair Share campaign, said the rural penalty saw 50% more per head of population going to urban councils than to rural councils.
"The additional cost of delivery in rural areas and of need in rural areas means that there is a demand across the country for a fairer settlement," said Mr Stuart.
Mr Stuart asked local government minister Brandon Lewis whether he would be willing to discuss next year's settlement, and to ensure that "we get the settlements right" from then onwards.
Speaking in response, Mr Lewis said: "I can confirm that. I have had a few meetings with my honourable friend, and he has - rightly - made a powerful case for people in rural areas."
He added: "I can tell him that I shall be happy to continue to talk to members from all parts of the country about next year's settlement."
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I will be checking back in on this site from time to time just to stare at this picture and remember the reasons I gladly pull my hair out.
Oh, yeah. They're worth it.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Mine is going to be magical..
(Am I the only one who can't believe how big she's gotten? And I SEE her every day!)
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In which Scrabble dictionary does LYE exist?
Definitions of LYE in dictionaries:
a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
The liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes.
a solution used in making soap
There are 3 letters in LYE:
E L Y
Scrabble words that can be created with an extra letter added to LYE
All anagrams that could be made from letters of word LYE plus a
Scrabble words that can be created with letters from word LYE
3 letter words
2 letter words
Images for LYE
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But other customers are more firmly tied to their advisers. "If you have a close personal relationship with your adviser, there are startup costs in dealing with a new person at the same firm," says Richard Rampell, chief executive of Rampell & Rampell accounting firm in Palm Beach, Fla. By that, he doesn't mean money.
"Say your adviser knows all about your family and different trusts to protect your children. To re-educate someone new might not be simple," Rampell says.
If your adviser is going solo, make sure he or she has backup in case of illness or another personal emergency.
Fees at the new firmFinancial advisers either charge a commission on trades they make for you, a flat fee based on the amount of your assets, or an hourly or service charge. So it's possible your adviser will go from commission-based to fee-based or vice versa.
Experts generally prefer fee-based advisers because they don't have a financial incentive to make unnecessary trades for you. Normally, you shouldn't have to pay more than 1 percent of your assets in fees, and often less than that if your portfolio is worth more than $1 million. But 1 percent can be a significant amount of money. If your portfolio is worth $500,000, the fee amounts to $5,000 per year -- and more, as your portfolio grows.
An adviser's deal with his or her new firm can affect what you pay. "Sometimes new firms will pay a broker a bonus that could influence trading in customer accounts," says John Gannon, senior vice president of investor education at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in Washington, D.C. That's because advisers may be expected to generate revenue to justify the bonus.
Expect a fee of about $100 to have your assets transferred to a new firm. Experts agree that your adviser should cover that fee, as it's not you who decided to change firms.
Cost of transferring assetsSome investment products are proprietary to the firm issuing them and can't be moved. So you must either leave them there or liquidate them. "We had a client with structured notes at a bank that would have been costly to exit," Sachs says. "We didn't like the notes." But to save the expense, "we just had the client hang on to (them)."
You should go security by security to get confirmation from your adviser that each one can be transferred, Gannon says. "Even a simple mutual fund may be nontransferable."
And make sure all the information related to your cost and date of purchase is transferred. "We had a client whose old firm claimed they no longer had the cost basis data," Rampell says. "We had to go through a portfolio of hundreds of securities, and it cost him thousands of dollars."
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Pauchek, Frank David “Dee”
Frank David “Dee” Pauchek, 67 of Pueblo born Aug. 31, 1946, to Frank and Christine Pauchek.
Passed away Oct. 16, 2013. Frank was preceded in death by his father, Frank; grandparents, Margaret and Frank Lustick, John and Johanna Pauchek; and numerous aunts and uncles. Survived by his mother, Christine; his sisters, Margie (Ken) Kuhn and Cathy (Steve) Amerine; nephews, Ryan (Shelly) Kuhn, Greg (Theresa) Kuhn, Charlie (Jolene) Kuhn and Jared Amerine; niece, Tara (Kris) Johnson; great-nieces and nephews, Allie, Avery, Luke, Jake, Jaycee, Peyton, Bailey, Mariah, Haile, Whitney, Dominik, Madisyn, Emmah, Levi, Lidea; numerous aunts and cousins. Viewing will be at 9 a.m. followed by Mass of the Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at St. Mary Church. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at roselawnpueblo.com. | <urn:uuid:27e7ea9d-fb0e-4759-8bc3-e7a2a6d07cfd> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.chieftain.com/news/obituaries/1948998-120/frank-kuhn-pauchek-2013 | 2015-01-30T23:20:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115858727.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161058-00084-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902675 | 275 | [
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FA Cup Final
Association Football's oldest ever cup competition has long been associated with drama ever since its inception in the 1871-72 season.
Then 15 teams took part, while today over 700 sides from every level of the English League system are eligible to compete - leading to the David v Goliath romance of the lowliest clubs facing their millionaire-packed rivals in the Premier League.
With no seeding system in place, there are chances for major clubs to be eliminated in the early rounds of this knockout competition. Teams are drawn from a bag, with the first side picked entitled to play at home. In fact, part of the appeal of the Cup is watching a club more used to gracing the manicured pitches of the top flight struggling to adapt to the half-waterlogged, hole-ridden and hilly pitches some of their lower league counterparts must put up with.
Since 1923, the final has been traditionally held at Wembley. That first Wembley final was won by Bolton Wanderers, while last year Portsmouth carried home the Cup.
However, despite the chances of lower-league opposition winning the final, it tends to be the big guns who prevail.
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This is an excerpt from “Countdown to Maximum Exposure,” a free PDF guide written by IndieGuide.com and CD Baby for musicians who are preparing to release a new album within the next year.
Releasing a new album takes more than just duplicating discs and throwing a party. You’ve got to get the word out if you want your music to sell. But with so many methods of promotion and so many outlets for music discovery, it can be difficult to know where to focus your efforts. Stay calm! This promotion timeline will guide you through, step by step, breaking it all down into bite-sized chunks so you can get out there and start generating press and buzz.
Defining the Three Types of Media
Traditional Media – Newspapers, magazines, zines, radio, and television. Getting coverage from these outlets takes time and connections, usually 3-4 months ahead of your album’s release date.
New Media – Born out of the web, these media outlets include blogs, MP3 blogs, podcasts, video podcasts, and websites. These outlets crave immediacy. Getting on these outlets is usually about connecting with them right before and right after the album is out.
Social Media – Social media are promotional outlets built on word-of-mouth as documented over the web and mobile platforms including sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Social media is all about what’s happening now. Getting the word out about your album is a constant process that should happen all of the time.
The 12 Month Plan
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The Colorado Buffaloes' first road win of 2014-15 took something extra Ė triple overtime.
Two close losses in Washington are now the difference between CU having a winning record and a losing one.
Colorado will host No. 11 Arizona State Friday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Coors Events Center.
The CU women's tennis team continues its non-conference portion of the schedule with three matches in three days beginning Friday.
CU senior guard Askia Booker is proof that you can go home again Ė at least for one final road trip.
The University of Colorado ski team participated in an RMISA Giant Slalom Qualifier race here at Eldora Mountain Resort Tuesday, one day after claiming victory in the Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational.
Find out how to obtain your free ticket voucher through State Farm for Friday's women's basketball game against Arizona State at 7 p.m.
Senior Brooke Wales Granstrom and sophomore Roger Carry both hit the podium as the University of Colorado ski team won its own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational, ending the four day meet with men's and women's giant slalom action here at Eldora Mountain Resort.
Beau Gamble, the charismatic former hoops walk-on, received a unique opportunity as an intern with the Pac-12.
After an up and down day led by career or near-career best finishes from the entire men's alpine team, the University of Colorado ski team slightly extended its lead here Sunday with men's and women's slalom races as part of the Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational.
CU squandered an eight-point lead in the final 4:57 and lost the second game of its Northwest trip.
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What’s an IFE&C journa-blogger to do when asked by an industry insider to re-run the numbers on the Connexion by Boeing math formula posted last week? Tell the industry insider “hell yeah”. I love to have as much food for thought as possible. Don’t you?
So here is the new equation care of said industry insider, and some reasoning behind why voice calls may turn Ku-band into a profitable venture. Whatcha think?
The number of passengers who used Connexion in the first two years is completely irrelevant, says our source. “The number was low for many reasons: slow introduction (they had 200 planes only at the END of the period), airlines started marketing actively only after a few planes were installed, lousy marketing, poor branding etc.”
The right calculation should be how many people SHOULD have used it: So take 200 planes X 600 seats a day (this equates to 200-seat planes operating 3 flights a day or 400 seat widebody operating 1 ½ flights a day) X 320 operational days a year X 0.8 load factor = 31 million passengers a year.
Also, the 2-year period makes no sense – NO ONE expects to cover capital costs in 2 years – 5 years is much more reasonable.
NOW if you multiply 5 years X 3 million users X $10 per session = you get $150 million which is much, much better compared to the capex of $100 million (which was a good figure for Connexion)
However, as you did mention, there are some “small” operating costs which amount to about 65% of the revenue – leaving only $50 million to cover $100 million investment.
So bottom line – calculation was flawed but result is same (even though not so extreme).
The answer of course is: 1) cheaper systems than those of Connexion – the new generation should not be more than $350K per plane and 2) Utilizing the system for phones too.
To be profitable on a KU system – Wi-Fi is not enough. There must be revenue from phone calls. (Sidenote from moi – note that Panasonic sees voice playing a big role in its eXConnect offering).
The additional investment for making phone calls from planes is relatively low – not more than $100K per plane, infrastructure is identical, and revenues will probably be at least twice or three times as large as Wi-Fi revenues
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Newspaper Page Text
00V. HEYWARQ INAGWMTED.
Oath of Office Administered by
Chief Justice Pope.
Columbia, Jan. 21.?Capt D.
. Clinch Hey ward took the oath of office
as Governor of South Carolina in the
haU of the House of Representatives
at I o'clock today in the presence of a
greai; concourse of people. Every
available space on the floor and in the
galleries Was filled. The oath of office
was administered by Chief Justice Y.
J. Pope after which Gov. Beyward
delivered his inaugural. The address
was quite lengthy but was heard with
the closest attention throughout. It
was largely devoted to a comprehensi ve
review of conditions in the State, was
conservative and liberal and not cal
culated to provoke opposition or hos
He expressed bis heartfelt gratitude
to the people of South Carolina for
the high honor that had been confer
red upon him and for the confidence
that had been thereby expresseed in
He congratulated the State upon the
'present satisfactory status of the race
problem, and expressed the hope that
full and impartial justice would always
be accorded the negro.
The first recommendation made con
templates the preservation of our rap
idly disappearing forests.
The question of the establishment
of an immigration bureau is revived,
-the governor inclining to favor the
project It is urged that the legisla
ture provide for a proper representa
tion of the state's resources at the St.
Louis World fair.
The consideration of new measures
calculated to disturb present gratify
ing conditions is discouraged.
A word is spoken for both higher
and common school education. "A
commonwealth can have no greater
source of pride, no greater glory, and
no surer guarantee of the stability of
its institutions than is afforded by an
educated and enlightened citizen
Attention is directed to the fact that
the colored pupilsjn our schools out
number the whiteC and white parents
are warned of the impending danger of
the constitutional disfranchisement of
their children. "The education of
the children bf South Carolina, their
being taught in a systematic manner,
with school terms long enough to be
beneficial, within neat and comfort
able school houses, deriving instruc
tion from competent and God-fearing
teachers," is urged, together with the
proper support of our "royal galaxy"
of colleges, Clemson, S. C. College,
the Citadel and Winthrop.
A child labor law is advocated, but
nothing too "sudden15 or radical"
should be done, as the manufacturers
and operators should be given time to
adjust themselves to the new condi
tions. Children below a certain age
limit should: be ultimately prohibited
from working in the milk.
Touching the dispensary law the
governor said in part:
"As governor of South Carolina, it
is my solemn duty to see that all of
the laws of our state are always and
everywhere enforced. For many rea
sons it is best to emphasize this
where the dispensary law is concern
ed, The law is now upon our statute
books, and has the endorsement of a
majority of our people, and it is the
duty of all law-abiding citizens |to
give that same obedience to this law
which they 'give to all others. In the
discharge of the duties which may
h ?ie devolve upon me, I shall recog
nize the obligations which are mine,
and, shall expect and depend upon
the public spirit of all law-abiding
people to sustain me, and I feel sure
that they will do so."
The Confederate soldier is eulogised,
and what is more to the point, the
state is urged to "see to it always,
that tenderly and with truest affection
the gray knights * * are given some
return, at leatst, for the service they
gave the state."
"Wise legislation that will enable
our different counties to provide a
practical solution of the good roads
problem," is advocated.
The inoperation of the constitutional
amendment looking to the drainage
and reclaiming of swamp lands, is de
precated, and, the legislature is asked
to take steps to carry it into effect.
The legislature is also called on to see
.that the importation of adulterated
foods is checked.
Biennial sessions are advocated,
and the deficiency in the State
finances, and consequent necessity of
borrowing money, is deplored. It is
suggested that, if retrenchment be
impracticable, some means be found
to increase the state's revenue.
. It concludes as follows: ,
"As brethren with undivided inter
ests, with no discordant note, let us
labor together for whatsoever things
are true, for whatsoever things are
honest, for whatsoever things* are just,
for whatsoever things are of good re
port, for whatsoever things are for the
welfare of South Carolina; if there,
be within our hearts patriotism and
love of country, let us labor for these
things, with this fraternal spirit in
spiring our labors and blessed with
the communion it alone can give; with
Truth, Justice and the Constitution
guiding, uplifting and helping, as fel
low countrymen, bound to each other
by the sacred ties of hearth and
home, we will together journey on
ward and upward to the practical
achievement of the loftiest ideals of a
The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich mea, poor men and miserg,
All join in paying tribute co
De Witt's Little Early Riser?.
H. Williams, Sau Antonio, Tex., writes :
Little Early Riser Pills are the best I ever
used iD my family, I unhesitatingly rec
ommend them to everybody. They cure
constipation, biliousness, sick headache,
torpid liver, jaundice, malaria and all oth
er liver troubles. J S Hughson <fc Co.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 21.?The
will of the late Geo. W. Williams was
filed for probate here today. No pub
lic benefactions are mentioned in it.
An inventory of the property of the
dead banker is not given, but it is
thought that his estate is worth
$2,000,000. After giving his widow
$?00,000 for her life time he directs
that the rest of his property shall be
divided equally between his two sons
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Gov. McSweeney's Veto, of Bill
Abolishing Office of Phosphate
Columbia, Jan. 21.?The election of
an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court for the uuexpired term of Mr.
Pope is now the most important mat
ter before the Legislature, judging
from the interest the members are
displaying. There are a number of
candidates and each ' of them has
friends at work.
The first matter to come up in the
House this morning was a concurrent
resolution fixing the election for As
sociate Justice for Thursday.
Gov. McSweeney's veto on the bill
to abolish the office of phosphate in
spector was then taken up. Mr. A.
C. Lyles, of Union, explained the
scope of the bill and how the House
tried to save one thousand dollars lor
the State out of the salary of the phos
phate inspector. The House, decided
to sustain the veto by a vote of 77 to
The special Legislative committee,
consisting of Messrs. O. P. Goodwin,
C. E. Robertson and Center, sub
mitted its report on the penal and
charitable institutions which it in
spected during the recess- The special
committee reported that it found
everything in excellent condition at all
of the State institutions of the kind
and that they were being economically
Several bills were given the second
At 1 o'clock the inaugural ceremo
nies were held and the House then ad
The Senate met at 12 o'clock. The
report of the committee on memorial
exercises in honor of Gen. Hampton
appointing January 23rd as the time
was made and resolutions adopted con
firming the recommendations of the
The Governor sent a message to the
Senate in reference to the salary of
Judge Buchanan, from which it ap
pears that Judge Buchanan had enter
ed upon his duties sixteen days before
the legislative appropriation bill went
into effect reducing salaries of Judges
from $3,500 to $3,000. The matter
went before the Courts and it was de
cided finally that the Judge was en
titled to $3,500 for his first term. As
no appropriation was made in accord
ance with that decision, the matter
is referred to the Legislature in order
that justice may be done Judge Bu
chanan. The matter was referred to
the judiciary committee. The memo
rial of-the Association of State College
Trustees, asking that $1,000 be appro
priated for scholarships in the South
Carolina College, wais read and refer
red to the committee on education.
The resolution for voting for Associ
ate Justice again came up and on mo
tion of Senator Manning the Senate
appointed Tuesday, January 27, at 1
o'clock, as the time. This was final
and no motion made to fix any other
At 1 o'clock the Senate attended the
inauguration of Governor Heyward
in the House.
On returning from the inaugural
ceremonies in the House Lieut. Gov.
Sloan delivered an address, after which
the Senate adjourned.
A Short Session in Both House
Columbia, Jan. 22.? The house of
representatives was in session about
10 minutes yesterday. There were four
bills on the calendar. These were pass
ed in a perfunctory sort of a manner
and as there was nothing else to do
the house adjourned until today at
Another short session of the senate
yesterday lasting only forty minutes
is about the most that can be said of
it, nor will any steady, tangible work
be accomplished until after the memo
rial exercises today in commemoration
of General Wade Hampton, and the
elections next Tuesday are all over.
The friends of the various candidates
are hard at work, and in consequence
a majority of the more important
measures are still tied up in the com
Mr. Marshall's child labor bill has
run the gauntlet of the committee on
commerce and manufactures |pd has
been reported favorably, without
amendments, also the compulsory edu
cation bill, a report on which was
made day before yesterday.
Mr. Stanland's kitoy pistol" bill
came back to the senate with a major
ity report against it, the minority
making a report in its favor.
A special message was received from
Gov. Heyward announcing the resig
nation of Assistant Attorney General
W. H. Townsend as code commissioner.
A concurrent resloution was offered by
Mr. Manning and immediately adopt
ed requesting the house to meet the
senate in joint assembly Tuesday, Jan
uary 27, after the election of an asso
ciate justice, to elect a code commis
sioner to fill the vacancy.
A Married Woman Makes Short
Work of Santo Marzis.
Kittanning. Pa., Jan. 21.?Mrs. Car
mato Litauma, a married woman, who
lives with her husband and children at
Yatesboro, shot and killed last even
ing Santo Marzis, who entered her
home and assaulted her.
Mrs. Litauma is a beautiful woman,
20 years old. Before she came to this
country she met Marzis, who fell in
love with her but she would have
nothing w do with him and came to
this country with her husband. The
couple located at Yatesboro. Marzis
followed and kept up his suit.
The woman still refused his ad
vances until the affair culminated in
a tragedy, Marzis went to ttie woman's
home and assaulted her. She defended
herserf with a revolver, shot Marzis
in the breast and kilied him instant
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yea Have Always Bought
THE FORMALINE TREATMENT.
I It is Said to Have Succeeded in
The announcement of a specific for
septicaemia, or blood poisoning, which
has excited the obstetricians and led
one well-known physician to declare
it "the most important contribution
of this generation to medical
science," belongs in the classification
created by the journalists of the last
generation of "important if true."
One clinical experiment might very
well be regarded as an accident.
Nature occasionally does very extraor
dinary things and is usually reluctant i
to repeat miracles. A second clinical
experiment made under careful super
vision and critically watched, giving
results identical with those secured
in the first instance is calculated to
challenge attention and excite the
deepest professional interest.
Two cases are now of record which
seem to be about equally important.
The first is described as a typical but
severe case of puerperal sepsis. When
the patient appeared to be in
extremis, with a temperature of 108
and pulse of 160, hovering between
coma and delirium and to all appear
ance beyond human help, about a
pint of formaline, of the strength of
1-5,000, was injected into her circula
tion. Before the injection a test of
the blood showed it swarming with
streptococci. The effect was instantly
beneficial. Two days later a second
blood culture showed that streptococci
were still present, but in lessened
quantity. A second injection of about
a pint and a half of formaline, com
pleted the cure. The temperature
dropped in a few hours to normal and
the pulse to 86. A third culture
showed no streptococci in the blood.
The patient is reported to be now
The second case, while not yet in
the stage of definite recovery, seems
to have been almost as "remarkable.
In this instance the patient was suffer
ing from a well-defined case of blood
poisoning, with a temperature of 105
and a pulse of 148. Two injections of
formaline twenty-four hours apart re
sulted in such marked improvement
that the expectation of recovery is
now definitely entertainad. Every
symptom before treatment warranted
a grave prognosis. Present indica- i
tions are said to be wholly favorable.
What was done in these cases was to
inject into the circulation an anti
septic solution capable of destroying
the bacillus of septicaemia if brought
into contact with it. It seems to
have done its work but the reason
this apparently obvious method of
extermination of malignant bacilli is
not generally practiced is that anti
septics strong enough to destroy such
micro-organism in the patient have
usually been credited with, the capa
city to destroy the patient as well, i
Reasoning from the analogies of ex peri- I
ence it miarht be assumed that formal I
line in sufficient strength to destroy
streptococci in the blood would hard
en the tissues, impair the elasticity
and plasticity of the linings of the
blood vessels and render them incapa
ble of performing their functions i
Analogical reasoning might also lead
us to expect that it would act upon
the fibrin, inducing coagulation and
forming clots which might be as fatal
as the septicaemai in another way.
Just here lies the doubt. The forma
tion of fibrinogen is due to a ferment,
which would naturally be arrested by
the presence of an energetic antisep
tic agent, and the result might be in
creased fluidity of the blood.
With the facts before us it is evident
tbata priori reasoning in therapeutics
is not infallible. Medicine always
was and probably always will be em
pirical, and the experiment from
which so much is hoped has the inter
est which attaches to the fact that it
is one which no physician would prob
ably have ventured until all hope of
saving life by any other method has
been abandoned. A specific for sep
ticaemia will be a boon to humanity
of inestimable value, and Dr. Bar
rcws's reported discovery should be
tested to a conclusion without delay.
If the formaline treatment is the
greatest contribution of this genera
tion to medical science, its discoverer
will have rendered a service to hu
manity of which any man may be
proud. But premature honors might
not be durable.?New York Times.
Serious Conditions Growing Out
of Senatorial Deadlock.
Denver, Col., Jan. 21.?There were
rumors of war and plenty of warlike
preparations at the state House to
night. Early in the evening the story
gained currency that a body of armed
men had hidden somewhere in the
state house, with the purpose of seiz
ing the chamber of the house of repre
sentatives some time during the night,
and holding it in the interest of one
of the senatorial candidates. The
house chamber heretofore has been
guarded by three or four men and
early this morning ladders are said to
have been found in one of the side
corridors, reaching to a window com
municating with the house gallery.
It is also said that half a dozen
unknown men were in the vicinity of
the ladders, who ran when discovered.
This incident gave color to the rumors
of an intended armed attack upon the
chamber tonight. To guard against
such a contingency, Sergeant-at-Arms
Plummer placed 30 armed men, under
charge of Sherman Bell, assistant ser
gent-at-arms, who was a member of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in the
chamber with instructions to protect
it at all hazards. Shotguns and large
calibre revolvers are very much in evi
dence, and it is not thought likely
that a capture will be attempted,
even if it were planned.
The Democratic members of the sen
ate are still in session, although most
of them went to sleep upon cots early
in the evening. They are protected
by a score of policemen and deputy
..#4 dvice to the Aged.
Age brings infirmities, such as slug
gish bowels, weak kidneys and blad
der and TORPID LIVER.
have a specific effect on these organs,
stimulating the bowels, causing them
to perform their natural functions as
in youth and
to the kidneys, bladder and LIVER.
They are adapted to old and young.
The High Grade Fertilizers,
The W. C. Macmurphy Co., of Charleston, S. C,
Successors to the Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co.
No cheap materials used.
No low grade goods made.
We would call your special attention to the WILCOX,
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[squeak-dev] The Inbox: Tools-fbs.301.mcz
frank.shearar at angband.za.org
Wed Mar 9 22:47:38 UTC 2011
On 2011/03/09 21:32, Chris Muller wrote:
>> In which case at some point before I can say "feature done" I must submit my
>> versions to the Inbox.
>> I wanted to check before doing something like dumping seven revisions in the
>> Inbox (which is my current count).
> Yes, that is currently the only good way I can see to do it. Nor do I
> really see any problem with that.
> The important thing for me is that we have all of the version ancestry
> in the trunk repository.
In which case you'll see a number of new versions arrive soon. Also,
it's handy to have a backup.
>> Maybe I should copy the revisions to
>> Inbox as I go along, so that more experienced eyes can look over my
> I doubt that would happen; I think people are too busy to look over
> someone elses shoulder. I would just wait until you have it done
> "done". Then I think there will be appropriate "motivation" for a
> core-dev to look in the Inbox for an "easy" way to improve Squeak.
:) I'm hoping Eliot will watch with interest: he gets indices replaced
by symbols, and I hope to get RB :)
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Teenagers across the country were sitting exams on Monday as schools and colleges made valiant attempts to stay open despite the snowy conditions.
The "vast majority" of GCSE and A-level papers scheduled to take place were going ahead as planned, according to the exams regulator Ofqual.
While thousands of schools were forced to shut as the snow continued to fall, others were taking action to ensure that pupils could sit exams they have been preparing for over the last few months.
In some cases, schools were only opening for exam candidates.
Union leaders said schools "almost invariably find a way" to ensure that pupils can sit papers, even if it means finding an alternative venue.
A number of exams are due to take place today, including papers for A-level psychology, A-level biology, A-level geography, GCSE geography and GCSE information and communication technology (ICT).
An Ofqual spokesman said: "The vast majority of exams are going ahead as scheduled.
"The message to send to schools and colleges is to keep in touch with your exam board, and let them know what the situation is."
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said that individual headteachers will be making the decision about whether to stay open.
"I think schools are trying very hard to do everything they can to stay open, particularly when they've got things like exams going on.
"The safety of children on the school premises is paramount and headteachers have to do a risk assessment to ensure there will be proper supervision.
"Where there's a worry about that, that's what informs a decision to close the school. You cannot have children unsupervised in school."
Mr Lightman said that when headteachers feel they have to close, they always take issues like exams into consideration.
There is "almost always" a member of staff who can open up the school so that classes can be laid on for students taking exams, he said.
"When there are actual external exams taking place almost invariably schools will find a way to ensure that students can take those exams."
Mr Lightman said he has heard of cases in the past where schools have found another place for students to sit papers.
Students who are unable to take their exams today will have to wait until the summer for the next chance to sit them, according to advice given to schools by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ).
In a document published on its website, JCQ, which represents the biggest exam boards in the UK, says rescheduling exams is "not an option".
"It is important to note that rescheduling examinations is not an option due to the consequences this would have across the system," it says.
"For example, it would reduce significantly the amount of time schools and colleges have to teach, and students to learn, in preparation for the summer examination series.
"The integrity of the question papers could also be compromised. The task of ensuring that all schools and colleges do not offer the examinations on the original scheduled date would be difficult to undertake and guarantee."
Plans are in place for students who cannot sit exams today due to bad weather to take them in the summer, or if it was their final chance to sit the paper they can apply for special consideration, JCQ's advice said.
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"These well-rehearsed processes ensure students are not disadvantaged.
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5 Reasons Sidney Lumet is One of the Greatest Directors of All Time
One of the strongest directors of all time, Sidney Lumet (who passed away in April of last year) is often…
One of the strongest directors of all time, Sidney Lumet (who passed away in April of last year) is often forgotten in sentences that include the great names of Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Stanley Kubrick. However, his passion for the art of cinema was practically unequaled by his peers and his enthusiasm was said to ignite every member of his crew. In his time, he had numerous hits, some regarded as masterpieces in the likes of Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, Serpico, A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Murder on the Orient Express, Network, Prince of the City, and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. But he was also not infallible as a director, as I’ll get to later on.
But often times, I find myself in complete awe of the power of his movies, and I decided to share five of those reasons with you. In many ways, Lumet is the director that turned my passion for acting into a passion for writing and directing. And in his book, Making Movies, which I’ll reference numerous times, he’s crafted one of the perfect filmmaking books that still stands up today. If you’re an aspiring filmmaker looking into any element of movie-making, then reading this book is an absolute must.
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The king decided this week it was better for him to be in Jordan and we understand that, National Security Council spokesman Sean McCormack said. But Abdullah has been touring the United States since last week, holding meetings in California with business leaders and information technology experts and lecturing on Mideast issues. The king was expected to return home Tuesday, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Government spokeswoman Asma Khader told The Associated Press that Jordan wanted a White House meeting but felt more time was needed to prepare for it because there had been urgent developments since last week, when President Bush made remarks on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and that necessitated more consultations with the American administration, to have it clarify its positions on Mideast issues. 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In 1938, the Swift River Valley in Massachusetts is slated to be flooded in order to create a reservoir. Its residents are evicted, their homes torn down, even their dead exhumed. Into this doomed world comes 17-year-old Sarianna Renway, a girl who identifies more with the dead poet Emily Dickinson than with her own contemporaries. Disenchanted with college life, alone and adrift, she hopes to find herself among the lost. Sarianna has taken a job as tutor to the eleven-year-old son of Reverend Jeremy Treat and his young wife Una. Reverend Treat, more passionate than compassionate, is determined to offer what solace he can to the dispossessed of the valley. The symbolism of the coming flood provides fodder for his fiery sermons. Una, his child-like wife, welcomes the tutor as more than a friend, more than a sister, in fact, as another self. The romantic-minded Sarianna is quite willing to assume Una’s identity. In this way she will become lover to Una’s husband, and wife to Una’s long-lost – perhaps dead? – lover. This much is foretold in the prologue, but the hows and whys are much more complex.
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It's so cute, I love the trim, especially the pocket. It makes me think I should make a few aprons.
I've found that aprons are a great way to use up those unwanted extras in my fabric stash. They also make super gifts for any occasion.
Nice a appron, where did you get the pattern?
I didn't have a pattern. I designed it myself. I wish I knew how to put my patterns into a form that others could use.
Do have a pattern for this one? Now that you have figured it out ... how to put it on the web. I like the aprons that do not go around the neck, better than the others.
Thank you ever so for sharing. :-)
Pamillia, I'll look to see what I can do with this one. The ties go the shoulder, cross in the back and go through loops at the waist then tie. Would you like something like that?
Oh yes, that would be wonderful. Please let me know when you have put up the pattern. Thank you ever so much.
It may be awhile, Pamillia. First, I need to finish up several other projects that are in progress.
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So, what is text kerning all about anyway? Well, before we answer that question, let’s talk about why typography even matters.
A thorough understanding of typography—the art and process of setting and arranging letter forms—is one of the primary things that sets the professional graphic designer apart from the less skilled practitioners of the graphic arts. To many, the fine details of quality typography may seem like minutia—unimportant details that nobody will ever notice. This could not be further from the truth. A careful consideration of typography, whether on a book cover, a storefront sign, a poster, or in the body text of a book, can make or break your image. Poor typography can lead to being seen as cheap, unprofessional, of low-quality and disorganized. On the other hand, good typography can give you the appearance of being professional, elegant, organized, and of high quality. It may be finicky and a bit time consuming, but it’s a bit like sculpting. Anyone could rough out a basic statue of a man, but it took the careful hand and patient mind of Michelangelo to make David.
Since pictures speak louder than words, let’s look at an example. On top, we have an example of poor typography. On the bottom, an example of good typography.
I won’t even bother trying to explain why one is better than the other. Surely, even to the most undiscriminating eye, the difference is self-evident.
So how do we ensure our work is more like the latter than the former? Typography is pretty big topic that has been the subject of many ponderous books, but there are some basic rules that, if followed, can immediately elevate you above the majority of people claiming to practice graphic design. Besides choosing a better typeface than Brush Script (and in All Caps no less!), we can start by answering our original question, “What is kerning?“.
Kerning is the adjustment of the space between two characters or glyphs in a font. This is not the same as tracking, which is the adjustment of the overall spacing of a word.
The word kern is a cognate of corner. In the days when type was set using wood blocks or metal dies, to improve the spacing of letters, corners were notched out of pairs of letter forms to allow them to be moved closer together. The term kern was adopted for this process and has lived on into the digital age.
Without kerning, the odd shapes of various characters cause uneven spacing. This is particularly the case with letters that have a high degree of vertical asymmetry, such as the uppercase A, T, V, P, W, or Y and the lowercase v, w, or y. The fundamental goal of kerning is to give the text a uniform texture and spacing. This aids readability and looks much nicer. Many programs, such as Adobe Photoshop offer auto-kerning features such as optical kerning and metric kerning. While these are a big improvement over no kerning at all and can save you a lot of time when setting large amounts of text, they are not nearly good enough to replace the human eye when it comes to large type such as that of headlines, titles, or logotypes.
How kerning is adjusted depends on the program, but in Adobe’s software, you can place the cursor between the letters and hold down Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and press the left or right arrow key to adjust the spacing. When kerning a word, you are trying to make the spacing between the letters look even. This is a bit tricky, because what is even may not look even. You really have to feel it out.
Let’s take a look at an example:
Notice that the space between the letters appears uneven. Some pairs are worse than others. Look at the AV pair in RAVING. You could drive a bus through there! Let’s kern that shall we?
Notice how the kerned version is easier to read and looks cleaner and more professional. Achieving these results is merely a matter of a little practice.
As a book designer and poster designer, kerning is one of the most important tools in my typography tool kit. It is however only one of many such tools. Let’s have a look at some of the others.
I’ve already mentioned tracking, the overall spacing of a word. You can adjust tracking in or out to improve readability. Large type usually needs the tracking tightened because the spacing appears to expand as type gets larger. Small type, such as that of a caption, needs to have looser tracking, as the letters tend to feel cramped at small sizes. Likewise, text meant to be read on a screen, unless very large, can also benefit from looser tracking, partly because of the fact that most typefaces were not designed for the screen and because of the fact that the smallest possible space is 1 pixel, making some of the letters blend into each other. In HTML/CSS, this is adjusted with the letter-spacing attribute.
Leading, Line Length, and Justification
Leading (pronounced “ledding”) refers to the spacing between lines of type, or more accurately, the amount of space between the baselines of lines of type. Like most terms in typography, the origins of the word can be traced back to the movable type era. Typesetters would literally add strips of lead between lines to increase the line spacing. Leading affects text density and readability.
The default leading in most layout programs is 120%. In other words for 10 pt type, the default leading would be 12 pt. This is often written as 10/12 or “ten on twelve”. Longer lines of type may need more leading, as the eye has more trouble hitting the right line when it scans back across the page. Smaller type can also benefit in this way. Headlines with more than one line may actually need negative leading so they don’t appear too spaced out. In HTML/CSS, line spacing is controlled by the line-height attribute.
Line Length is pretty self-explanatory. It refers to the width of a block of text. Line length can be adjusted to improve readability or to fit copy. Line length can also be tweaked to avoid rivers, orphans and widows, which I’ll explain in a bit. For readability, it is generally accepted that a good line length is anywhere from 45 to 75 characters, including spaces. The ideal is often considered to be two and a half alphabets, or 65 characters. There is some debate around this, especially when it comes to text on screen. Some research has shown that line lengths of over 80 characters may actually aid readability on screen. The text you are reading now is closer to 100 characters wide. Despite this disagreement, a good rule of thumb is to avoid anything shorter than 35 characters or longer than 115.
Justification is the alignment of text within a block of text. Full-justified text is aligned to both the left and right margins of the text column. Because full-justified text adjusts the spacing between words and letters, it must be used carefully, as it can lead to problems with readability, especially when used in a narrow measure (a column with a short line length). You should not necessarily avoid using it, just be extra vigilant for typographical anomalies when you do. To ensure smooth texture and optimal readability, you can set text as flush left, ragged right, also known as left-justified. It’s a trade-off though, because full justification is more space efficient and creates nice straight margins and gutters (the space between columns of text).
Rivers, Ladders, Widows, and Orphans
These aren’t tools, but I should explain what they are and how to avoid them.
Rivers are basically lines of white space that wind through a block of text, caused by the inadvertent alignment of word spaces. They are distracting and interfere with the texture of the text.
Ladders are groups of 3 or more hyphens on consecutive lines. This should be avoided for the same reasons as rivers.
Widows happen when the last line of a paragraph appears at the top of the following column or page, cutting the line off from the rest of the paragraph. Orphans refer to two different things: an opening line of a paragraph that appears at the bottom of a column or page, and a single word or very short line that appears on it’s own line at the end of a paragraph. Orphans create too much white space between paragraphs, making it look like the spacing is off.
All of these anomalies can be corrected by adjusting line length, tracking, or hyphenation and by utilizing soft returns (Shift+Enter) and non-breaking spaces.
I could go on and on about the subject of typography (just ask my wife), but I think this is a good place to end. There are a great many more considerations, and no doubt you’ll hear from me on this subject again, but armed with these basics, you will be far better off than most.
If you want to go further down the rabbit hole, I recommend The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst. It is pretty much the bible of typography.basics, book design, cover design, definition, design, fonts, graphic design, how to, kerning, leading, letter spacing, spacing, tracking, tutorial, typography | <urn:uuid:7a099ac8-49f5-4664-8632-c0a5cc80b0c1> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.hensher.ca/what-the-heck-is-kerning | 2015-01-27T05:41:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115861027.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161101-00003-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952504 | 2,006 | [
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The Department of Justice’s secret seizure of Associated Press phone records was a topic of two well-covered press conferences Tuesday, and it will certainly be discussed again at Attorney General Eric Holder’s scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
DOJ’s legal justification for the move requires further scrutiny. While the government hasn’t said what it’s investigating, it has addressed some of the technical aspects of its remarkable incursion into a news organizations’ records.
• Justice Department policy “provides that we should issue subpoenas for phone records associated with media organizations only in certain circumstances,” Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole wrote in a letter to AP CEO Gary Pruitt Tuesday.
“We are required to negotiate with the media organization in advance of issuing the subpoenas unless doing so would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation.” Justice, he wrote, “undertook a comprehensive investigation, including, among other investigative steps, conducting over 550 interviews and reviewing tens of thousands of documents, before seeking the toll records at issue.”
• First Amendment lawyer George Freeman tells Erik Wemple about a time the Justice Department followed its policy requiring negotiation with a media organization. It notified The New York Times it intended to seek phone records from reporters Philip Shenon and Judith Miller.
By apprising the New York Times of the intent to subpoena phone records, the government — specifically, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald — gave the newspaper the tools it needed to defend itself. In a September 2004 filing, the New York Times sought “declaratory judgment” in a New York court that the records were protected by the First Amendment. It prevailed.
“Perhaps the Justice Department learned something from that experience,” Wemple writes.
• National Law Journal reporters Zoe Tillman and Mike Scarcella speak with several lawyers regarding these points. Justice’s claim that it bypassed negotiations to preserve the integrity of the investigation “really doesn’t make sense when you’re investigating leaks that took place in the past,” Charles Tobin, a lawyer who has represented AP, though not in this case, told them.
Storied defense attorney Abbe Lowell tells them the government’s move reflected increasing confidence in its ability to collect information with impunity: “As law enforcement takes one step without being restrained, it gets emboldened to then expand to the next step and that’s what this reflects.” (Here’s a guide to what information authorities can collect without a warrant.)
• Meanwhile, at least one fan of the government’s action emerged yesterday: Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, who attempted to launch a hashtag in support of presidential spokesperson Jay Carney.
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) May 14, 2013
Also, Media Matters’ Message Matters project offers talking points for those defending the government: “If the press compromised active counter-terror operations for a story that only tipped off the terrorists, that sounds like it should be investigated” goes one suggestion.
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The speakers should work without any additional software or drivers. The speakers themselves do not need drivers to function; however, the sound card that you plug the speakers into does need drivers in order for the speaker system to work. Please contact your sound card manufacturer for drivers for your sound card.
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01-13-2010 05:43 AM
I have no idea what CD is a driver for the sound card. I have several CD's and don't know which one to shove in pc. How do you find out what kind of sound card you have on you pc? I am not computer literate at all.
01-13-2010 10:00 AM
Bravo10 and Angelblueye;
Try looking in the Device Manager and see if your sound card or chip set is identified.
Also your users manual may give you the name of the sound device or chip set.
I will see if I can find a link to a hardware detection program you can use to find out what is in your computer.
01-22-2010 12:05 PM
My sound card is an ASUS , whatever that means. There must be somewhere to operate the X230 speakers and get a driver for them.. the system is 3D_Xear_3D that is what is in my control panel and for some reason unable to open file... need that driver .... can anyone help to find the driver for that system.
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Corrie Ten Boom and Martin Luther
Dr. Ray PritchardDr. Ray Pritchard is the president of Keep Believing Ministries, in Internet-based ministry serving Christians in 225 countries. He is the author of 29 books, including Stealth Attack, Fire and Rain, Credo, The ABCs of Christmas, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, An Anchor for the Soul and Why Did This Happen to Me? Ray and Marlene, his wife of 39 years, have three sons-Josh, Mark and Nick, two daughters-in-law--Leah and Vanessa, and four grandchildren grandsons: Knox, Eli, Penny and Violet. His hobbies include biking, surfing the Internet, and anything related to the Civil War.
- 2007 Jun 25
Here are two follow-up quotes to my sermon Hold Lightly What You Value Greatly.
“I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.” Corrie ten Boom (Thanks to Duane Follman)
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Has it been raining where you live? Here is Missouri we are getting dumped on! It literally has not stopped raining since Saturday morning! The hubs and I had so many plans to work outside in our yard, but all of those plans were curbed. The hubs continued to work on the garage and I pulled out some sewing projects that I had wanted to do for a while. I needed to make curtains for my Master Bedroom. There are two windows that face the front and exposed side of our house so they needed to be privacy curtains. As I said in my last post I have a thing for stripes. I love horizontal stripes right now and I am trying to find a way to put it in every room of my house. I have determined it the theme of my house.
So far in what I have shown you here are the places that have stripes:
- My Guest Bedroom: The yellow striped pillows, the pin striped sheets and the chevron curtains (I like chevron just as much as stripes)
- My Hallway – the striped bins
- My bathroom – the framed striped fabric (leftover from the striped bins)
Striped fabric is hard to come by. I love my favorite fabric store in Springfield Missouri but they did not have the color or size of stripes that I was looking for. I wanted navy and white stripes. I looked online. Sellers on Etsy were selling panels of curtains for $200.00 a pair. Nope…too much for me. Fabric online was about $18.00 a yard and not exactly what I wanted. I decided that I wanted to make curtains for my closet because the bi-fold door option hindered access to the storage around my bed (to be posted soon
So That meant I needed about 13 yards of fabric…at $18.00 a pop that”s a total of $234! That is too much for curtains. I didn”t even spend that much on my bed. So, I decided to make striped curtains out of cheap Wal-mart bed sheets. Here is how they turned out:
I used three twin sized bed sheets for one window. The other window (not shown) is behind my bed so the panel had to be half the size. I used only two twin bed sheets to make and line that window. Finally, I used to full-sized bed sheets for the closet. I lined the window curtains but did not line the closet ones. (there”s no sunshine or neighbors to block out there) The total cost to curtain three windows and a 60ft closet opening: $41.00!!!
Here is how to do it: (I am going to give you the “how to” for the tall window size but you can change your dimensions for your needs)
- One white twin flat sheet from Wal-Mart. ($5.00)
- Two blue (or the color you like) twin flat sheets from Wal-Mart ($5.00)
- Invisible string. ( I use this because you are sewing through two different colors)
- A good ruler
- A good pair of scissors
- Sewing machine of course
- Seam Ripper
Here is the type of sheets that I bought. Target has some cheap sheets too. Their brand is RE-style.
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- Take the sheets out and iron.
- Figure out how long you want your curtains to be and how big you want your stripes to be.
Determine how you want the stripes to begin and end. I wanted the top and bottom of the curtain to be navy. That means I needed an odd number of total stripes with more of the navy fabric. I did a little math and I decided that I wanted 11 – 7 .75 inch stripes. (6- Navy/ 5- White)
Lay the sheet out flat. On both white and colored sheets cut the seamed edges off the sides of the sheet. (sides only)
On both sheets take a seam ripper and gently rip out the already sewn seam at what is known as the top of the bed sheet. This is the 4inch fold. This will give you some more fabric for your curtain. Keep the bottom seamed edge. Iron out the folds from the seam you ripped out.
Fold the width of the flat sheet in half three times. Be careful to make sure the edges at the top all line up. Pin them if you need to keep them together. You should now have your sheet folded to about 12 inches wide. (It should still be 100 inches long. Don”t fold it in half where it makes the sheet shorter…you are cutting stripes along the width of the sheet not the length)
The first strip that you cut will be the curtains top. Use the already seamed edge from the sheet…one less thing to sew. Measure down 8inches (1/4 inch for seam to sew) from the top and mark with chalk. Do this three times and line up the marks with your ruler and chalk. Cut your first stripe on the line. (This will make a 64 inch wide 8inch tall stripe) Ignore my line above. I was making the closet curtains when I took the pic. Your mark should be 8 inches down.)
Cut four more stripes from the blue. Since these are in the middle cut 8.25 inch stripes (this allows fourth inch on the top and bottom seam) When you unfold these stripes you will have 64 inch stripes that are 8.25 inches tall)
Cut your bottom strip the same way except it should be 9 inches tall because you will need extra inches to seam the bottom of the panel.
Take your white sheet and cut the one seamed edge off the sheet. (It now should have three side seams cut off and the top folded seam undone by your seam ripper. Your length should be 64 inches wide and 100 inches long)
Fold the white sheet the same way that you folded the colored sheet. (In half three times width wise) Make sure the edges of the sheet are lined up.
Measure with your ruler 8.25 inches from the top. Mark three times with chalk and draw a line with your ruler. Cut the stripe.
Repeat this four more times. You now should have 5 white stripes that are 64 inches wide and 8.25 inches tall.
Stack your stripes in order from top to bottom. The first stripe will be your 8 inch colored stripe with the sewn seam. Alternate white and colored stripes. End with the 9 inch colored stripe at the bottom.
Start sewing your stripes together with a 1/4 inch seams.
Once you have sewn all your pieces together, iron open all the seams.
Iron your third flat sheet. This sheet will line the curtain. Cut the edges off the sides of the sheet. Open up the 4inch seam on the top part of the sheet.
To avoid ripping out another seam, at the top of the curtain panel I folded the top of the liner in 1/2 inch and heat bonded the folded edge to the top the curtain panel just under the seamed edge.
Fold the sides of the curtain (panel and liner together) in 1/4 inch and then fold again 1/2 inch and pin. (ironing as you do this helps) Sew the seams down both sides of the curtain.
Lay the curtain flat. The curtain should now be 62.5 inches wide. Measure and mark the halfway point in the curtain panel. (31.25 inches) all the way down. Line up your marks with a ruler and draw a line.
Cut down the middle of the curtain panel. Now you have two curtain panels with stripes that line up!
Fold both unseamed edge of the curtain in 1/4 inch and then in 1/2 inch and sew.
Fold the bottom of both panels 1/4 inch and then another 1.4 inch. Pin an sew.
- A twin bed sheet is 96 inches long and 66 inches wide. My window was thirty inches wide so I knew that I would just cut the sheet in half for two panels. I wanted my curtains to be 85 inches long.
Now you have two curtain panels. I hung mine with clips. You could buy a pillow case for $2.00 in the same color and sew tabs on the top or back of the curtain panel to slide it on a rod.
Here is how I hung my closet curtain. (I used the same steps above with a white full sheet and a navy full sheet. There was no lining so my closet curtains cost $16.00. I bought a $3.00 curtain rod from Lowes like this one
I did not use the hardware it came with but screwed the curved part into the side of the closet opening behind the piece of trip. There was no hole. I just made one.
I slid on the cheap clips from Wal-Mart and screwed the other side into the opposite side. I clipped on the curtains and there you go!!! $20.00 closet doors.
Hope this gives you an idea. This project has many steps but literally took me about three hours while watch Pride and Prejudice. It requires knowing how to sew a straight stitch. Have fun!
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What to see: The Liberty Theatre (315 N.E. Fourth Ave.; 360-859-9555) is the heart of downtown and signaled its rebirth when it was refurbished and reopened after a fire in the mid-1990s. Second-run movies are shown for $3.75 a ticket, but the theater also regularly screens classic films that deserve to be seen on the big screen.
One of the most fashionable women's clothing shops in the metro area is Lily Atelier (237 N.E. Fourth Ave; 360-834-9215), which sells premium denim and designer dresses along with handbags and shoes. The store's design consultants are known for helping frustrated shoppers craft new looks.
Working in a different medium, the staff at Navidi's Olive Oils & Vinegars (322 N.E. Cedar St.; 360-210-5921), has suggestions that will make your salad greens sing. Sample oils and vinegars infused with flavors like Meyer lemon, garlic, basil and spicy harissa.
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If it's the cocktail hour, head to Birch Street Uptown Lounge (311 N.E. Birch St.; 360-210-7219), which only uses top-shelf liquor to create its house cocktails and the emphasis is on pre-Prohibition mixology. It's the right touch given that Birch Street's building went up in 1928.
For a full meal, there's Oliver's (401 N.E. Fourth Ave.; 360-210-4037) on the ground floor of the Camas Hotel. It opened in 2010 and was named one of the nation's best suburban restaurants by Food & Wine magazine. For the full experience, choose from one of four tasting menus, which range from four to six courses and run $55-$80. Yes, it's a splurge, but it's a finale that showcases Camas' good taste.
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The Brits have got the whole gangster thing down. We recently plunged in for viewings (or re-viewings) of The Long Good Friday, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sexy Beast, The Krays, Get Carter (Caine not Stallone), Mona Lisa, and The Escapist. Not all British crime capers are equal, but the better ones are always a joy not just to watch but listen to.
Anyway, one of our favorites, Layer Cake (2004), is on Crackle for a limited time. Starring Daniel Craig (pre-Bond) as the main character, and a litany of talent swirling around, it’s as good as the mad-cap action found in Guy Ritchie’s bundles of fun. Speaking of which, we haven’t seen RocknRolla for a while. Mental note.
Comics A-Go-Go! certified lazy summary: The protagonist is a drug dealer, albeit a well-mannered and smart one. He has an exit plan to cash out and enjoy the riches of his spoils by avoiding any serious hands-on activity. He has no ambition to play for the top dog role. The big money bossman that brokers his deals reels him in for a couple of big favors. Problem is, neither favor is really a favor (i.e., you don’t really have a choice, Shlomo), and there’s a lot of baggage that comes with both. As the story progresses, the hero (such as he is) gets further embroiled in messes that start to bump up against each other. But, he’s a smart lad and there’s a chance he can pull it off … IF, he can just stay ahead of the last guy.
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Rice experts available to discuss Texas Legislature end-of-session developments
HOUSTON – (May 21, 2013) – With the Texas Legislature 2013 session about to end May 27, a range of Rice University experts are available to comment on the issues at play.
- Mark Jones, chair of political science at Rice University and a fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
- Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and a fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute.
- John Diamond, the Baker Institute’s Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and an adjunct professor of economics.
Proposed $4 billion budget boost for K-12 schools:
- Linda McSpadden McNeil, director of Rice’s Center for Education and a professor of education.
Issues surrounding the Medicaid expansion in Texas debate:
- Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics and a professor of economics.
- Elena Marks, Baker Institute scholar in health policy.
Rice University and the Baker Institute have radio and television studios available for media who want to schedule an interview with these experts. For more information, contact Jeff Falk, associate director of national media relations at Rice, at [email protected] or 713-348-6775.
Follow Rice News and Media Relations via Twitter @RiceUNews.
Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,708 undergraduates and 2,374 graduate students, Rice’s undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice has been ranked No. 1 for best quality of life multiple times by the Princeton Review and No. 2 for “best value” among private universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. To read “What they’re saying about Rice,” go to http://tinyurl.com/AboutRiceU. | <urn:uuid:120e002f-1e87-475a-91da-170e9dc75651> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://news.rice.edu/2013/05/21/rice-experts-available-to-discuss-texas-legislature-end-of-session-developments/ | 2015-01-28T12:19:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122102237.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175502-00064-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883594 | 488 | [
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I think I found a bug with the trainer. When I use it I build one power plant and all is well, but when I deploy a second one the game crashes. Any ideas? I have tested it and it only happens when a second one is built and buildings are requiring more power. I have made sure that anti virus services and their processes are killed. I am using AVG and I am pretty sure that their processes are killed, but maybe I have overlooked one. Ok tested again, uninstalled AV, and did not use any options, just ran the trainer and created 2 power plants when I went to place the power plant the game crashed.
Yeah, I was running from a laptop and it has an intel video card. That's where I think the problem is. I ran it just fine on my desktop when I got back from a trip. Time to buy a new laptop! Thanks for the reply, next time I'll try it on different hardware to see how things go before I post.
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Tonight is a new episode of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo." On Feb. 20, E! Online shared a sneak peek of this episode and they will explain that a lot of the family has strange body parts. Everyone already knew that baby Kaitlyn has an extra thumb, but that is not all.
They will make the hard decision about if they should have this extra thumb removed. June wants to keep it, but Anna is her mom and she doesn't know what to do. She will get a little emotional talking about it and trying to decide.
Don't forget that June Thompson has what they call forklift foot where her foot was ran over years ago. She always wears socks to cover up her foot. Sugar Bear's heart is actually on the right and not the left side of his body. Uncle Poodle only has nine toes, but sweet Alana is just fine and has nothing crazy about her.
Don't miss a new episode of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" tonight on TLC.
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I’m so excited to share with you Kyle and Angela’s maternity photoshoot! I was lucky enough to photograph their amazing wedding at Mallard Island Yacht Club, and I was so happy when they asked me to photograph the next amazing step in their journey of having a baby. Baby’s are one of the greatest gifts from God and I just love photographing their shoot! Even though we photographed in February, we lucked out with the most AMAZING day ever! It was GORGEOUS, literally in the 60s! We photographed on the beach at Sea Girt beach which was gorgeous and also went to Spring Lake park to take a few photos. The lighting in Spring Lake was amazing and it was such a perfect place to photograph! You could hardly tell that it was winter.
I absolutely love Angela’s style and especially her Stella and Dot jewelry which she sells on her website. I really love her fabulous jewelry and highly recommend them to my brides! I was also in love with the lighting. I normally don’t photograph in mid day sun but since it was winter, the light wasn’t as harsh and was easier to work with. These are photographs I normally wouldn’t even be able to take in the summer until golden hour (which is normally 1 hour before sunset). Kyle and Angela were so amazing to work with as always and it was just an awesome photoshoot! Thank you so much for letting me capture this amazing blessing in your life! | <urn:uuid:2717cad4-b029-4118-b498-9d3d31429040> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.kayenglishphotography.com/nj-maternity-photoshoot-feb2013/ | 2015-01-28T12:04:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122102237.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175502-00064-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98584 | 310 | [
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As for what I'm looking for on this site, I'm looking for good friends and dating possabilities. I just want to see what can happen. I'm open to pretty much anything. I just got out of a year-long relationship, and am looking for that void to be filled in the long run.
Anything else you'd like to know, feel free to message me.
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Homework – Compass
In order to support students with their homework, the academy has set up a virtual learning environment called Compass, which is accessible from home. The site contains details of the homework set and resources to enable students to check when homework is set and due, as well as to access relevant resources to support home learning. Students have all received a login via their email accounts.
As a parent you can login to Compass using the following:
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Why the surprise, even outrage, that Hitler should enjoy classical music (G2, August 8)? Music is the most abstract of all arts. Thus a Christian, a dyed-in-the-wool atheist like me, or a fascist like Hitler can all enjoy Bach or Monteverdi. On the other hand, we would undoubtedly disagree severely about the merits of Picasso's Guernica, Dawkins' The God Delusion or Brecht's Arturo Ui.
What a pity that some of my fellow Christians are getting their knickers in a twist about John Humphrys's reference to God (People, August 7). So he was "never a boy"? Excuse me, but the doctrine of the incarnation of the second person of the trinity teaches us that in Jesus Christ he was just that - and a baby, a teenager and a young man.
The Rev Nicholas Papadopulos
Anyone care to offer odds on the pairing of Richard Hammond (Brainiac, Top Gear; jokey, blokey and short) and Kate Humble (Animal Park, Spring-watch; amiable, authoritative and telegenic) as presenters of a revived Tomorrow's World (Letters, August 8)?
Down at my local pub, I greet my friends with a smile, a nod and the inquiry, "Ladies?" (Letters, August 8). The gents amongst them have not yet taken offence...
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As some of you saw on our Facebook page, I am working on my very first embroidery project. I want to start off by saying that I really, really enjoy this craft. While tricky at times, it’s a great way to express your creative side. It’s also a really fun way to add your personal touch to a project.
My cousin Sarah is having a boy – the first boy to be born in our family in decades – at the end of May. I’m giving her a really cute quilt…
Before handing it over, I thought a really nice touch would be to add a gift tag to the back. While my mom has a great sewing machine that allows her to program in words and shapes that she can embroider, I decided to give it a shot by hand first.
Let’s just say, it’s a little rough…
I think that because this is such a special gift for me, I am going to go ahead and re-do the tag with my mom’s machine. But, I am not giving up hope! I think a better idea would have been for me to start with an embroidery pattern, and work my way up to a tag like this. Too bad that’s not my style. Ha!
I was looking through one of my co-workers books yesterday and saw some really cute embroidery patterns that I am just dying to try. I will keep you posted on my progress — hopefully next time the end result will be a little more polished! Do any of you have tips or tricks, or maybe a good reference book that you can suggest? | <urn:uuid:ea71e7d3-5798-4df5-8a6d-9ae886cffd98> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://blog.connectingthreads.com/my-first-embroidery-project/ | 2015-01-30T20:01:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115861872.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161101-00244-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974073 | 343 | [
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A Texas Freedom Network Education Fund report released in February revealed that more than nine in 10 Texas school districts teach students nothing about responsible pregnancy and disease prevention when it comes to sex except for abstinence-only-until-marriage. One of the most common strategies in abstinence-only curricula, the study’s authors found, was wildly exaggerating the failure rate of condoms as a way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The goal of those programs, of course, is to persuade students that the only way to protect themselves is is through abstinence.
Countless medical studies have shown this approach to be fear-mongering fiction, not responsible education. Now we have another example — the fight against AIDS in Haiti:
In the early 1980s, when the strange and terrifying disease showed up in the U.S. among migrants who had escaped Haiti’s dictatorship, experts thought it could wipe out a third of the country’s population.
Instead, Haiti’s HIV infection rate stayed in the single digits, then plummeted.
In a wide range of interviews with doctors, patients, public health experts and others, The Associated Press found that Haiti’s success in the face of chronic political and social turmoil came because organizations cooperated and tailored programs to the country’s specific challenges.
Much of the credit went to two pioneering nonprofit groups, Boston-based Partners in Health and Port-au-Prince’s GHESKIO, widely considered to be the world’s oldest AIDS clinic.
“The Haitian AIDS community feels like they’re out in front of everyone else on this, and pretty much they are,” said Judith Timyan, senior HIV/AIDS adviser for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Haiti. “They really do some of the best work in the world.”
Researchers say the number of suffers was initially lessened by closing private blood banks, and statistically by high mortality rates — an untreated AIDS sufferer in Haiti lives eight fewer years than an untreated American.
Well-coordinated use of AIDS drugs, education and behavioral changes such as increased condom use have kept the disease from surging back, at least for now.
Meanwhile, education campaigns spread the word on prevention measures. More than 51 million free condoms have been shipped to the country of since 2004 and are advertised everywhere on street murals and corner store signs. (emphasis added)
“More Haitians know about modes of transmission than high school students in the U.S.,” Pape said. (Dr. Jean W. Pape is co-founder GHESKIO.)
The article notes that Haiti still faces substantial hurdles in fighting AIDS, but ignorance isn’t one of them. On the other hand, in Texas — which has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation — keeping teens ignorant is the preferred strategy in most public schools. And religious-right pressure groups did a lot to keep that strategy in place during the last legislation session. | <urn:uuid:742f044f-103d-43b9-9e61-c6d8d34be015> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://tfninsider.org/2009/07/05/defeating-ignorance-aids-and-teen-pregnancy/ | 2015-01-30T20:02:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115861872.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161101-00244-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951108 | 617 | [
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Valentine's Day for singles
BY Linda Prescott Freelancer
Single? Don't hide away. Try these tips from a professional matchmaker.
A matchmaker for over 17 years, Linda Prescott has pretty much seen and heard it all. Her top love tip is not to be afraid to put yourself out there. "There is no time like the present to get out there and start dating," Prescott says. "Valentine's Day always brings a horde of singles events and ways to put yourself out there and meet people, so don't be afraid to try something new." Prescott says she sees hundreds of singles who don't know where to start; they may have been out of the dating game for a while, have moved to a new area or just been unlucky in love. She says the key to success is being proactive, not sitting at home alone wondering why that special someone isn't knocking on your door.
Prescott says that just after Valentine's Day she is always overwhelmed with new clients as everyone who was left without a date vows not to let the same thing happen next year. "If you want to meet someone new, then it follows that you have to try new things. Put yourself out there and you might be surprised by the results," Prescott says. She says Valentine's Day can be a difficult time for singles as happy couples seem to be everywhere celebrating the love that they share. "If you are single, Valentine's Day is the biggest reminder of the year that you are alone and, let's face it, though there is someone for everyone, sometimes it is hard to find that person."
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Pc technology is actually the research associated with hypotheses associated with calculation as well as that they affect pc program. A good on-campus associated with on the internet pc technology level will help you obtain competent for any profession within the processing or even technologies business. Nevertheless, lots of people are going for on the internet levels nowadays primarily since they’re handy as well as companies will be ready to take all of them.
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Nice little surprise waiting for me when got home from the long week... It has been a number of years since I sent out TTM requests but very happy with my 1st return of 2013.
Charlie Huddy signed 3 cards for me, one for me to keep and if my two boys ever take an interest in card collection one for each of them.
Sent 2013-02-21 ~ Received 2013-03-28
1989 Topps 573 Jim Abbott
1995 Bowman 4 Bobby Abreu
2006 Bowman Gold FG1 Nick Adenhart
2008 Topps UH129 Nick Adenhart1988 Donruss Rated Rookie 34 Roberto Alomar
1988 Topps Traded 4T Robert Alomar
1989 Donruss Rated Rookie 28 Sandy Alomar Jr.
1990 Donruss Rated Rookie 30 Sandy Alomar Jr. (x2)
1990 Fleer Prospects 650 McElroy/ Moises Alou
1992 Pinnacle Prospect 572 Moises Alou
2005 Bowman Chrome First Year BDP98 Bryan Anderson
Virgil "Fire" Trucks is well known by many of us here on SCF. He was a great baseball player, great autograph signer, but most importantly he was a great guy and cared about each and every one of his fans. So I think the least we can do, is try to petition MLB to give Mr.Trucks his long overdue induction in the MLB hall of fame.
Hey guys, i've been going thru my small amount of cards again, going to go through some trades and hopefully add to my small collection of Andrew Luck, Reggie Wayne,,, and i'm not sure yet if i'm going with VIck Ballard or Dwayne Allen for my other. I like Vick Ballard a lot, but feel he may not be around in a Colts uni for long.. who knows?
Anyways, my collections are small and low end, but I have a good time :) anytime you have low end rc's of luck/reggie/ other colts, send a pm
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A White House photographer caught First Lady Michelle Obama chatting with Samantha Cameron, the wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron, at the Camerons' private residence at Downing Street on Tuesday. But, according to The Daily Mail, the photographer captured much more than that. It turns out that the Camerons, despite their considerable wealth and power, are just like us! By zooming in on the picture above (which you can see in all its glorious detail on The Daily Mail's site), the paper was able to spot a number of items that we might very well find in our own homes:
- A cheap black Ikea Leksvig bookcase
- William Shakespeare's complete works
- A Panasonic microwave "with the bottle steriliser and a £2.45 blue plastic Tommee Tippee baby cup resting on top marking this out as a family home"
- Phillips flatscreen TV
- An DVD collection that includes box sets of 24, Desperate Housewives, and Star Wars, plus Armageddon, The Departed, Goodfellas, Kill Bill, and SpongeBob SquarePants (for the kids, we suppose)
Of course, The Daily Mail also noticed things that most of us don't possess. The Camerons, for instance, seem to have a soft spot for gadgets (they have two iPads), fancy kitchen gadgets (their $700 Rancilio espresso machine is "regarded as the gold standard for coffee lovers" and their $6,000 Britannia Sigma range oven is "said to be one of the finest on offer"). And how many of us have our "gleaming professional standard All-Clad" saucepans "perfectly aligned, their handles pointing at identical angles" or our "sparkling glasses" arranged "neatly in descending height order?"
The Daily Mail isn't the only news outlet fixating on the picture. Rik Henderson at the blog Pocket-Lint wonders how a prime minister who's trying to improve the U.K.'s technology infrastructure has a first-generation iPad and only one Blu-ray (Band of Brothers, if you're interested), while Oliver Jones at Asylum concludes that the apartment is "full of the predictable dreck of success, a Nespresso machine, iPads, a Sky + HD box." The Mirror, meanwhile, is crowdsourcing the photographic scavenger hunt, asking readers, "Can you spot any other DVD titles or books in the picture?"
We're a bit concerned, however, about where the Camerons will find space in their immaculate apartment for all the gifts they just received from the President and the First Lady. According to the White House pool report, the Obamas gave the Prime Minister a pair of White House Magnolia wood and sterling silver cufflinks engraved with the President's signature and a first edition of President Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. Mrs. Cameron received a sterling silver cuff bracelet with a White House Magnolia wood cabochon center and the Cameron children got a signed copy of Obama's children's book Of Thee I Sing, toy scooters, and a wooden jigsaw puzzle and stuffed animal of the First Family's dog, Bo. Will the Prime Minister prefer Kennedy to Shakespeare? Will the kids stop watching SpongeBob for long enough to assemble the puzzle? If only the White House photographer would return in a week or so. | <urn:uuid:3fbe1e93-9a97-40e6-a71f-5b97a0558cf3> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.thewire.com/global/2011/05/british-political-leaders-are-just-us/38142/ | 2015-01-30T20:02:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115861872.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161101-00244-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935305 | 684 | [
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Happy new year to all our visitors. To start off the new year we thought we would give you a summary of 2014. Soon we’ll start blogging about some of the things we’ll be doing in 2015.
Vic.gov.au home page
The vic.gov.au website received 2,985,667 visits during 2014, with continued growth in mobile traffic which now makes up 31.76% (Mobile 20.12% and Tablet 11.64%). Changes in the location of the public holidays and daylight saving (now on business.vic.gov.au) reduced the overall visits to the site.
Early in the year we switched over from paid Google search to the free Google CSE search because we exceeded our search queries sooner than we expected making this an unsustainable option.
However, not all our users reply on search. 25% of our visitors still prefer to browse our topic taxonomy – http://www.vic.gov.au/browse.html
New aggregations were introduced to the site during 2014. They included:
New features to the site included the addition of site-wide “This page was useful/Not useful” – this has been very popular with our users.
We listen to what you tell us and some improvements have been made to the site:
Top 10 search terms:
- job vacancies
- school zones
- public holidays
- sex offender registers
- land titles
- work experience
- minimum wage
- road closures
- 10. careers
Top 10 pages:
- Home page
- School holiday activities
- Grants Victoria
- Job vacancies
- Stamp duty & land tax
- Traffic & road alerts
- Building regulations & codes
- Daylight saving
- First home owners grant
- Bushfire & fire warnings
The most popular news item was VTAC Guide 2015.
Victorian Government Directory
The Victorian Government Directory received 520,975 visits in 2014. Usage peaked in December 2014 due to the change of Government and the announcement of the new Cabinet.
Top 10 pages
- Home page
- Department and Other Bodies
- Parliament of Victoria
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure
- Governor of Victoria
- A-Z of Government websites
- Courts and Tribunals
- Department of Justice
The Events Calendar received 254,671 visits in 2014. The most popular event was ”The Boulevard Lights”.
During June 2014 we conducted stage two of our website behavioural testing of customers using desktop computers to access the vic.gov.au portal. This was part of our program of continuous benchmarking of user satisfaction with the site.
Study findings showed performance had improved from six months earlier.
90% said they would recommend this service to their family and friends – an increase from 85%.
84% were satisfied with their experience on the site.
88% found the site responded quickly to their search query and it was clear where to conduct a search on the site.
87% found the site responded accurately to their queries and successfully helped them to find the information that they needed.
85% found the navigation logical and their search results were relevant, easy to access and easy to understand.
About the study
The study participants comprised 151 Victorian adults over the age of 18 and excluded past participants of previous studies. There was an even gender split and the study was conducted between 29 May and 2 June 2014.
We used a behavioural study method which used scenario based remote user testing. Tests were conducted in the participant’s natural environment and automatically recorded their behaviour and captured their attitudes as they progressed through the test scenarios.
The objectives of the exercise were to
- continuously follow and measure the impact any changes to the portal may have on the experience users have and the overall performance of the site.
- understand the performance across effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with every iteration of the portal or different information seeking scenarios on the portal and where possible compare it with past experiences.
- gain insights into user behaviour and obtain ideas on how to continuously improve the experience and discoverability of information and services to ensure growing usage of the site.
The vic.gov.au website recently released a new section called Publications due to the recent closure of the Victorian Government Bookshop. This section provides an extensive list of online publications from across the Victorian Government – from Government Reports to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) Study Designs. All publications can be downloaded or viewed from various Victorian Government departments and agency websites.
Each item listing contains a title and description for each publication. This is assigned against a publication type which also lists a sub-total of the number of publications included within each type.
Currently we have:
- Brochure (24)
- Guidelines (4)
- Handbook (15)
- Report (84)
- Study Design (104)
- Template (1)
- Toolkit (13)
- Victorian Maps (4)
By selecting one of these category types, you can narrow your display results to a specific subset.
The default listing for publications is alphabetical. You can filter by Publication Type, Subject Category or Department/Agency. The page also displays the three most recently added items.
You can also search within the Publications section to find specific items.
An RSS feed is also available for regular updates to this section.
Listing additional online government publications within this section will continue as new ones are released. If you discover any relevant publications missing from here, please let us know; we welcome your feedback.
The Vic.gov.au website has just released a new section called Services Victoria. This section provides an extensive list of online government services from across the Victorian State Government – from renewing your driver’s licence to booking a camping site.
The criteria for inclusion in this section is that it must be a “doing thing” that is action oriented (and no that does not include downloading a pdf!).
Each online service listing contains an abstract describing each service. This is assigned against an action category which also lists a sub-total of the number of services included within it.
Currently we have:
- Apply or Pay (100)
- Book (13)
- Change or Check (14)
- Register (32)
- Renew (9)
- Report (24)
By selecting one of these categories, you can narrow your display results to a specific subset.
The default listing for Victorian Government departments and agency services is alphabetical. You can filter by Action category, Subject category or Department/Agency. The home page for this new section also displays the three most recently added items.
You can also search within the Services Victoria section to find specific Victorian Government services.
Listing additional government services within this section will continue as new services are brought online. If you discover relevant services are missing from here, please let us know; we welcome your feedback.
A few years ago we developed the go.vic.gov.au URL shortener as a server for Victorian Government departments and agencies and hosted it on the eGov site. We have moved it to our state government portal vic.gov.au. You can find it now at http://www.vic.gov.au/social-media/widgets/url-shortener.html
The Victorian Government now provides a list of widgets developed by various government agencies for quick and easy access to popular content.
The vic.gov.au website has published a new hotlines page. This page lists a range of hotlines from various Victorian Government departments and agencies. To access the page, click on the ‘Hotlines’ link in the large footer. The hotlines are listed alphabetically by title. Each column can be sorted by clicking on the arrow on the column heading (Title, Department or Phone). On your smartphone, you can call the hotline directly.
You may have noticed some subtle changes on the vic.gov.au website:
- Victorian Government text in header – we have made it obvious for the user that they have reached the Victorian Government website;
- Default text in search box – the text now disappears when a user starts entering a search term;
- Removal of Browse button – we had a ‘Browse’ button underneath our large search box. Analysis highlighted that not many users clicked on this button. Search is always the winner and it’s possible that users may not know what ‘Browse’ actually means. Ongoing analysis will reveal whether we have made the right decision;
- Widgets – a new feature. We are now highlighting the ‘Victorian Government Careers’ widget as well as linking to a new widget section where other widgets are listed.
- Fat footer – added a new fat footer to ease navigation to popular content as well as previous browse topics.
We have added a new section on the vic.gov.au website – Consultations. All consultations from Victorian Government departments and agencies are listed alphabetically. You can also filter by Category, Status or Department/Agency. The page also displays the 3 recently added items. You can also search using the Consultations search box to narrow down your search.
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Grey's Anatomy Season 8, Episode 15: "Have You Seen Me Lately?" is just around the corner. For those of you who can't wait until the episode airs to get a hint of what's in store during this big crossover with Private Practice, we've gathered all the sneak peeks together right here, so you can watch them on endless loop, dissecting every moment.
Spoiler-phobes, this post is for you: We won't reveal anything not shown in official promos.
To start, the crossover element: Derek’s (Patrick Dempsey) sis Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) comes to Seattle Grace-Mercy West to get help performing a risky surgery. In this sneak peek Derek isn't immediately on board, not because of medical concerns, but because he's worried about what a failure could mean for Amelia's struggle to recover from drug addiction.
It looks like another big plot line will involve Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), Callie (Sara Ramirez), and a patient who ended up on the wrong side of a meat grinder. Ouch. Here, we see that Callie is putting Mer in charge of the surgery to test her. This could get interesting...
It turns out Callie is testing Mer's potential as the inheritor of her Very Special Oral Board's study method. Here, she seems to think Meredith isn't worthy, but we have a feeling our girl will prove her wrong by the end of the episode.
In another clip, Mer and Callie banter a lot about how to deal with the surgery. Callie is snarky, but she looks impressed a few times, so we have hope. | <urn:uuid:68e42a6d-9052-43db-ac32-4b14f48e6d86> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.wetpaint.com/greys-anatomy/articles/greys-anatomy-season-8-episode-15-sneak-peek-roundup-have-you-seen-me-lately | 2015-01-30T20:51:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115861872.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161101-00244-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961174 | 346 | [
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The following is an excerpt from an article featuring comments from Linda McMahon, where she evaluates U.S. President Barack Obama in somewhat harsh fashion.
The comments came after Obama slammed McMahon and her run for Senate in a story we reported earlier today.
Earlier in the day, McMahon offered tempered criticism of Obama, who won this reliably Democratic state in 2008 with 61 percent of the vote. Now, 51 percent of voters disapprove of his job performance, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll.
“I think President Obama, in my view, has fallen far short of what the expectation was when he became president. We are further in debt, our deficit has grown, unemployment has grown,” McMahon said during an Associated Press interview at her West Hartford campaign headquarters. “From a leadership perspective, I think he has fallen short.”
With faint praise for her opponent, she also played on the theme of Blumenthal as the ultimate self-promoter.
“He seems to be a pretty nice guy. … I don’t know him personally. I know of him. I have certainly seen his picture in newspapers and quotes and all of the press releases that have gone out over the years,” she said. “He’s very well-known, recognized around the state.”
McMahon was pushing ahead with a campaign designed to appeal to Democrats as well as Republicans. On Thursday evening, she visited small businesses and talked with voters on the streets of Willimantic. Between sprinkles of rain, she posed for pictures with volunteers and watched as aides offered votes hats, T-shirts and bumper stickers emblazoned with her logo.
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Tue May 20 08:13:10 EDT 2008
andrew holway wrote:
> Definitions please.
Fully written question(s) please?
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THE former partner of a man shot dead by police has given evidence at his inquest this morning.
Nicholas Martin Whiteley, 21, was shot dead at his Westbury home after an altercation with Constable Ian Blake in November 2010.
His former partner Sheena Button was at the home that day and heard the shot that killed Mr Whiteley.
``We heard a heap of banging,'' she told the inquest. ``It was like two bulls in a kitchen ... then we heard the gunshot.''
Miss Button saw Constable Blake leave the house and crawl up the driveway after the shot.
``He had blood everywhere, on his face, he had the gun in his hand,'' she said before breaking down in the witness stand.
Miss Button said Constable Blake gave the handgun to her grandfather, who helped the policeman climb over the front fence of the house.
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Dad Lets 11-year-old Son Drive, Gets Arrested
With a story like this, the devil is in the details. If Mr. Aguilar was in fact driving while intoxicated, that's a very serious crime, but if he was only showing his son how to drive, is that just as bad? Didn't our dads let us take the wheel every now and then, just for fun? We asked some dads if they would let their little guys drive at that age, and if their own fathers did the same when they were young.
Edward from Staten Island was very clear: "I would never let my 11 year old drive....period. My father didn't let me drive until I was 18 and getting ready to take the test." Clark University professor and playwright Gino DiIorio agreed: "I would never let my kid drive a car underage. My father barely let me drive the car when I was of age." And a Los Angeles father named David had this to say: "My dad wouldn't let me look at his car at that age. My children won't drive until they are 50." Only one dad we spoke with, Jonathan, said that he might be willing to let his kid drive before the legal age of 16, but only "somewhere on a back road with an old beatup car."
Brett Singer is the editor-in-chief of DaddyTips.com. You can follow his tweets at Twitter.com/brettsinger.
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The stories in this collection, inasmuch as they constitute a somewhat new departure in this class of literature, require a few words of introduction. The primary function of all fiction is to furnish entertainment to the reader, and this fact has not been lost sight of. But the interest of so-called "detective" fiction is, I believe, greatly enhanced by a careful adherence to the probable, and a strict avoidance of physical impossibilities; and, in accordance with this belief, I have been scrupulous in confining myself to authentic facts and practicable methods. The stories have, for the most part, a medico-legal motive, and the methods of solution described in them are similar to those employed in actual practice by medical jurists. The stories illustrate, in fact, the application to the detection of crime of the ordinary methods of scientific research. I may add that the experiments described have in all cases been performed by me, and that the micro-photographs are, of course, from the actual specimens. | <urn:uuid:f0cf4083-a473-45ab-ae53-85c482577500> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://manybooks.net/reviews/index.php?title_ID=freemanr13881388213882-0 | 2015-02-01T05:43:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122127848.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175527-00052-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956551 | 206 | [
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Formation skydiving can be further divided into several sub-categories, so named for the number of members in a team:
- 4-way sequential
- 4-way vertical sequential (VRW)
- 8-way sequential
- 16-way sequential
- 10-way speed
- Large formations (Big-ways)
A competition in 4-way formation skydiving (FS-4) takes place like this:
There are two kinds of formations, called randoms and blocks. The randoms are singular formations with full separation of all grips both before and after building the formation. The blocks are double formations with a special designated movement pattern in between, called an inter. The start formation may, or may not be similar to the ending formation. The inters are differently performed. Here are some examples:
Inter 1: The grips are released between some of the flyers, so they become two pieces of two team members. they both do a 270 degree turn, and reconnect to a different formation
Inter 2: Three people stay connected, and do a 360 turn, while the last person, flies alone.
Inter 15: All grips are released and everyone does a 360 turn back to the original formation.
Blocks are designated by numbers, while randoms got letters. Blocks are worth one point for each correct formation, that makes 2 points, and randoms count as 1 point. There are 22 blocks and 16 randoms.
A competition consists of up to 10 rounds, and each round consists of 5 or 6 points, which the teams are to repeat as many times as they can within the working time of 35 seconds. The score judging are based on the videographers material.
A competition draw may look like this:
1. C-E-B-13 2. 14-20-8 3. 15-16-H 4. J-O-1-D 5. 6-18-19 6. 5-F-21 7. 10-K-G-M 8. 22-3-P 9. 12-9-4 10. 11-17-Q
The winning team will be the team that has collected most points, by completing the most correct formations within time after the final round is ended. In case of weather or technical problems, or other causes, a competition will be valid as long as all teams has completed at least one round.
The current [http://records.fai.org/parachuting/current.asp?id0=1&id1=202&id2=1&id3=15 FAI world record] for largest free-fall formation is a 400-way, set on February 8, 2006 in Udon Thani, Thailand by [http://www.theworldteam.com/ World Team]. It was held for 4.25 seconds. They used five C-130 Herculesairplanes and exited from an altitude of 25,000 feet.
A recent sub-category of formation skydiving is vertical formation skydiving (VRW). Skydivers build formations using higher-speed body positions normally associated with freeflying, such as head down and sitflying.
A letter is a grapheme in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Each letter in the written language is usually associated with one phoneme (sound) in the spoken form of the language.
Definition and usage
The term letter is loaned from Old French lettre into Middle English around AD 1200. It derives ultimately from Latin littera, itself of unknown origin. The Middle English plural lettres could refer to an epistle or written document, reflecting the use of the Latin plural litteræ. Use of the singularletterto refer to a written document emerges in the 14th century.
As symbols that denote segmental speech, letters are associated with phonetics. In a purely phonemic alphabet, a single phoneme is denoted by a single letter, but in history and practice letters often denote more than one phoneme. A pair of letters designating a single phoneme is called a digraph. Examples of digraphs in English include "ch", "sh" and "th". A phoneme can also be represented by three letters, called a trigraph. An example is the combination "sch" in German.
A letter may also be associated with more than one phoneme, with the phoneme depending on the surrounding letters or etymology of the word. As an example of positional effects, the Spanish letter c is pronounced [k] before a, o, or u (e.g. cantar, corto, cuidado), but is pronounced [s] before e or i (e.g. centimo, ciudad).
Letters also have specific names associated with them. These names may differ with language, dialect and history. Z, for example, is usually called zed in all English-speaking countries except the U.S., where it is named zee.
Letters, as elements of alphabets, have prescribed orders. This may generally be known as "alphabetical order" though collation is the science devoted to the complex task of ordering and sorting of letters and words in different languages. In Spanish, for instance, ñ is a separate letter being sorted after n. In English, n and ñ are sorted alike.
Letters may be used as words. The words a (lower or uppercase) and I (always uppercase) are the most common English letter-words. Sometimes O is used for Oh in poetic situations. In extremely informal cases of writing, individual letters may replace words, e.g. U may be used instead of "You" in English, when the letter is pronounced as a homophone of the word.
People and objects are sometimes named after letters, for one of these reasons:
- The letter is an abbreviation, e.g. "G-man" as slang for a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, arose as short for "Government Man".
- Alphabetical order used as a counting system, e.g. Plan A, Plan B, etc; alpha ray, beta ray, gamma ray, delta ray, epsilon ray
- The shape of the letter, e.g. D-ring, F-clamp, G-clamp, H-block, H engine, O-ring, R-clip, U engine, V engine, Z-drive, a river delta
- Other reasons, e.g. X-ray after "x the unknown" in algebra, because the discoverer did not know what they were.
A Classical definition
Guilhem Molinier, a member of the Consistori del Gay Saber, which was the first literary academy in the world and held the Floral Games to award the best troubadour with the violeta d'aur top prize, gave a definition of the letter in his Leys d'amor(1328–1337), a book aimed at regulating the then flourishingOccitan poetry:
The invention of letters was preceded by the West Semitic script, which appeared in Canaan around 1000 BC. Antecedents are suspected in the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, dated to around 1800 BC. Virtually all alphabets have their ultimate origins from this system. The Greek alphabet, invented around From Yahoo Answers
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After rumors started swirling that Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as being gay just last week, was looking to publishers for a potential book deal, Collins took to Twitter to quiet the rumblings. Collins tweeted, “Contrary to Sportscenter reports, I have no current plans to write any books. Sorry to disappoint my literary loving fans.”
In addition to Collins’ tweet, AP reports that Arn Tellem, Collins’ agent, released a statement on Monday night saying: “As you can imagine, we’ve been inundated with all kinds of requests and various opportunities, but as of now have not had any discussions on behalf of Jason regarding a potential book deal because Jason has yet to decide if he wants to write a book. Right now my focus is preparing for Jason’s upcoming free agency and securing the best opportunity for him to continue his career.”
Collins’ focus also seems to be on his basketball career, as he ended his tweet with “#GoingToTheGym.” However, neither Collins nor his agent denied the possibility of a future book deal for the professional athlete, who has been asked to headline the Democratic National Committee’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender gala on May 29. Perhaps once Collins straightens out his “upcoming free agency,” he will have time to write a book? As Tellem put it, “Jason has yet to decide.” And as Collins’ tweeted, he has no “current plans.”
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STEUBENVILLE - The fans are gone and the organizers are already preparing for next year's Dean Martin festival, but a local businessman has a dream of a Dean Martin museum, and he said he will pursue that dream.
"You can go to Cadiz and find a museum dedicated to Clark Gable and to George A. Custer. Other communities have museums honoring and remembering their hometown heroes or people who were born and raised in a particular town. There's no reason why we can't have a Dean Martin museum here in Steubenville," said Jerry Barilla, owner of Frank and Jerry's Appliance store and president of the Historic Fort Steuben Board of Trustees.
"The annual Dean Martin Festival brings in thousands of visitors every year and we see people stopping at the Historic Fort Steuben throughout the year who ask about a Dean Martin museum," said Barilla.
And in addition to his dream, Barilla also has an idea for the location of the museum.
"Once the city finishes its new city building and demolishes the existing city annex building, that would open up that corner of Market and Third streets. I could easily see a small Dean Martin museum and maybe a small restaurant be located in the former Denmark building on Market Street," said Barilla.
"You have that large blank wall facing Court Alley that would be perfect for a Dean Martin mural," added Barilla.
"We could start small and add memorabilia and other Dean Martin items every year. It would make a perfect spot for a museum honoring our native son," noted Barilla.
Martin's daughter, Deana, said she would like to see a museum in her father's hometown.
"This town has such a presence of community with so many friendly people. And I continue to meet new fans as well as old friends. I really enjoy coming back here every year and I think a museum would be a great idea," she noted.
"A museum would be a good place for fans of my father to bring their keepsakes and memorabilia. And we all could share memories of my father," Deana added.
"This is a good idea, and I am going to continue pushing for a Dean Martin museum. He was born here and we see people come here from across the country and other countries. We need to have a museum so we can bring Dean Martin fans to Steubenville all year round," stated Barilla.
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Malpass Brothers bring faith to their music
By Dennis Hill
Published in News on October 6, 2010 1:46 PM
Taylor, left, and Chris Malpass harmonize on a hymn during a recent show. The brothers, who expect to return to touring with Merle Haggard later this year, will perform at a benefit concert Saturday at Wayne Community College.
It's a long way from touring concert halls with Merle Haggard to performing before a small church congregation with your amplifiers sitting in folding chairs, but the Malpass Brothers think nothing of the difference in venues. It's all the...
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WWV is the call sign of the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) HF ("shortwave") radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado. WWV continuously transmits official U.S. Government frequency and time signals on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz. These carrier frequencies and time signals are controlled by local atomic clocks traceable to NIST's primary standard in Boulder, Colorado by GPS common view observations and other time transfer methods. NIST also operates the very similar radio station WWVH in Kauai, Hawaii. WWV and WWVH make recorded announcements; since they share frequencies, WWV uses a male voice to distinguish itself from WWVH, which uses a female voice. They also make other recorded announcements of general interest, e.g., the GPS satellite constellation status and severe oceanic weather warnings. WWV shares its Fort Collins site with radio station WWVB that transmits carrier and time code (no voice) on 60 kHz in the low frequency (LF) band.
WWV is the oldest continuously-operating radio station in the United States, first going on the air from Washington, D.C. in May 1920, approximately six months before the launch of KDKA. The station first broadcast Friday evening concerts on 600 kHz, and its signal could be heard 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Washington. On December 15, 1920, WWV began broadcasting on 750 kHz, distributing Morse code news reports from the Department of Agriculture. This signal could be heard up to 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Washington. These news broadcasts ended on April 15, 1921.
At the end of 1922, WWV's purpose shifted to broadcasting standard frequency signals. These signals were desperately needed by other broadcasters, because equipment limitations at the time meant that the broadcasters could not stay on their assigned frequencies. Testing began on January 29, 1923, and frequencies from 200 to 545 kHz were broadcast. Frequency broadcasts officially began on March 6, 1923. The frequencies were accurate to "better than three-tenths of one percent." At first, the transmitter had to be manually switched from one frequency to the next, using a wavemeter. The first quartz oscillators were invented in the mid-1920s, and they greatly improved the accuracy of WWV's frequency broadcasts.
In 1926, WWV was nearly shut down. Its signal could only cover the eastern half of the United States, and other stations located in Minneapolis and at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were slowly making WWV redundant. The station's impending shutdown was announced in 1926, but it was saved by a flood of protests from citizens who relied on the service. Later, in 1931, WWV underwent an upgrade. Its transmitter, now directly controlled by a quartz oscillator, was moved to College Park, Maryland. Broadcasts began on 5 MHz. A year later, the station was moved again, to Department of Agriculture land in Beltsville, Maryland, where it would stay until 1966. Broadcasts were added on 10 and 15 MHz, power was increased, and time signals, an A440 tone, and ionosphere reports were all added to the broadcast in June 1937.
WWV was nearly destroyed by a fire on November 6, 1940. The frequency and transmitting equipment was recovered, and the station was back on the air (with reduced power) on November 11. Congress funded a new station in July 1941, and it was built 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the former location. WWV resumed normal broadcasts on 2.5, 5, 10, and 15 MHz on August 1, 1943.
WWV had been broadcasting second pulses since 1937, but these pulses were not tied to actual time. In June 1944, the United States Naval Observatory allowed WWV to use the USNO's clock as a source for its time signals. Over a year later, in October 1945, WWV broadcast Morse code time announcements every five minutes. Voice announcements started on January 1, 1950, and were broadcast every five minutes. Frequencies of 600 Hz and 440 Hz were broadcast during alternating minutes. By this time, WWV was broadcasting on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 MHz. The 30 and 35 MHz broadcasts were ended in 1953.
A binary-coded decimal time code began testing in 1960, and became permanent in 1961. This "NASA time code" was modulated onto a 1000 Hz audio tone at 100 Hz, sounding somewhat like a monotonous repeated "baaga-bong". The code was also described as sounding like a "buzz-saw". On July 1, 1971, the time code's broadcast was changed to the present 100 Hz subcarrier, which is inaudible when using a normal radio (but can be heard using headphones or recorded using a chart recorder).
WWV moved to its present location at Fort Collins on December 1, 1966, enabling better reception of its signal throughout the continental United States. WWVB signed on in that location three years earlier. In April 1967, WWV stopped using the local time of the transmitter site (Eastern Time until 1966, and Mountain Time afterwards) and switched to Coordinated Universal Time.
The 20 and 25 MHz broadcasts were discontinued in 1977, but the 20 MHz broadcast was reinstated the next year. The voice used on WWV was that of Don Elliott Heald until August 13, 1991, when equipment changes required rerecording the announcer's voice. The one used at that time was that of John Doyle, but was soon switched to the voice of KSFO morning host Lee Rodgers.
The radio signals of WWV, WWVB and WWVH, along with the atomic clocks that their time signals derive from, are maintained by NIST's Time and Frequency Division, which is based in nearby Boulder, Colorado. The Time and Frequency Division is part of the NIST's Physics Laboratory, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. NIST's predecessor, the National Bureau of Standards, previously maintained WWV as a part of the Department of Agriculture; NIST is currently part of the Department of Commerce.
WWV's 20 MHz signal was used for a unique purpose in 1958: to track the disintegration of Russian satellite Sputnik I after the craft's onboard electronics failed. Dr. John D. Kraus, a professor at Ohio State University, knew that a meteor entering the upper atmosphere leaves in its wake a small amount of ionized air. This air reflects a stray radio signal back to Earth, strengthening the signal at the surface for a few seconds. This effect is known as meteor scatter. Dr. Kraus figured that what was left of Sputnik would exhibit the same effect, but on a larger scale. His prediction was correct; WWV's signal was noticeably strengthened for durations lasting over a minute. In addition, the strengthening came from a direction and at a time of day that agreed with predictions of the paths of Sputnik's last orbits. Using this information, Dr. Kraus was able to draw up a complete timeline of Sputnik's disintegration. In particular, he observed that satellites do not fail as one unit; instead, the spacecraft broke up into its component parts as it moved closer to Earth.
WWV is one of a small number of radio stations west of the Mississippi River with a call sign beginning with W. The W call sign stems from the station's early locations in D.C. and Maryland—the call sign was maintained when the federal government moved the station to Colorado—and the fact that WWV, being a government station, does not fall within the FCC's jurisdiction with respect to call signs. However FCC regulations do dictate that time stations are to be issued call signs beginning with "WWV".
WWV's time signal, as broadcast from 14:59:52 to 15:02:01 UTC on 4 September 2009.
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On top of the standard carrier frequencies, WWV carries additional information using standard double-sideband amplitude modulation. WWV's transmissions follow a regular pattern repeating each minute. They are coordinated with its sister station WWVH to limit interference between them. Because they are so similar, both are described here.
|0–1||Minute beep (0.8 s)|
|1–45||Standard tone or voice announcement|
|45–52.5||Silence (except tick)||Voice time announcement|
|52.5–60||Voice time announcement||Silence (except tick)|
WWV transmits the exact time of day in two separate ways:
WWV transmits audio "ticks" once per second, to allow for accurate manual clock synchronization. These ticks are always transmitted, even during voice announcements and silent periods. Each tick begins on the second, lasts 5 ms and consists of 5 cycles of a 1000 Hz sine wave. To make the tick stand out more, all other signals are suppressed for 40 ms, from 10 ms before the second until 30 ms after (25 ms after the tick). As an exception, no tick (and no silent interval) is transmitted at 29 or 59 seconds past the minute. In the event of a leap second, no tick is transmitted during second 60 of the minute, either.
On the minute, the tick is extended to a 0.8 second long beep, followed by 0.2 s of silence. On the hour, this minute pulse is transmitted at 1500 Hz rather than 1000. The beginning of the tone corresponds to the start of the minute.
Between seconds one and sixteen inclusive past the minute, the current difference between UTC and UT1 is transmitted by doubling some of the once-per-second ticks, transmitting a second tick 100 ms after the first. (The second tick preempts other transmissions, but does not get a silent zone.) The absolute value of this difference, in tenths of a second, is determined by the number of doubled ticks. The sign is determined by the position: If the doubled ticks begin at second one, UT1 is ahead of UTC; if they begin at second nine, UT1 is behind UTC.
WWVH transmits similar 5 ms ticks, but they are sent as 6 cycles of 1200 Hz. The minute beep is also 1200 Hz, except on the hour when it is 1500 Hz.
The ticks and minute tones are transmitted at 100% modulation (0 dBFS).
Voice announcements of time of day are made at the end of every minute, giving the time of the following minute beep. The format for the voice announcement is, "At the tone, X hours, Y minute(s), Coordinated Universal Time." The announcement is in a male voice and begins 7.5 seconds before the minute tone.
WWVH makes an identical time announcement, starting 15 seconds before the minute tone, in a female voice.
When voice announcements were first instituted, they were phrased as follows: "National Bureau of Standards, WWV; when the tone returns, [time] Eastern Standard Time." After the 1967 switch to UTC, the announcement changed to "National Bureau of Standards, WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado; next tone begins at X hours, Y minute(s), Greenwich Mean Time." However, this format would be short-lived. The announcement was changed again to the current format in 1971.
Voice time announcements are sent at 75% modulation, i.e. the carrier varies between 25% and 175% of nominal power.
WWV and WWVH transmit 44 seconds of audio tone in most minutes. It begins after the 1-second minute mark and continues until the beginning of the WWVH time announcement 45 seconds after the minute.
Even minutes (except for minute 2) transmit 500 Hz, while 600 Hz is heard during odd minutes. The tone is interrupted for 40 ms each second by the second ticks. WWVH is similar, but exchanges the two tones: 600 Hz during even minutes and 500 Hz during odd.
WWV also transmits a 440 Hz tone, a pitch commonly used in music (A440, the note A above middle C) during minute :02 of each hour, except for the first hour of the UTC day. Since the 440 Hz tone is only transmitted once per hour, many chart recorders may use this tone to mark off each hour of the day, and likewise, the omission of the 440 Hz tone once per day can be used to mark off each twenty-four hour period. WWVH transmits the same tone during minute :01 of each hour.
No tone is transmitted during voice announcements from either WWV or WWVH; the latter causes WWV to transmit no tone during minutes :43–:51 (inclusive) and minutes :29 and :59 of each hour. Likewise, WWVH transmits no tone during minutes :00, :30, :08–:10 and :14–:19.
Audio tones and other voice announcements are sent at 50% modulation.
WWV transmits the following 44-second voice announcements (in lieu of the standard frequency tones) on an hourly schedule:
Additional time slots are normally transmitted as a standard frequency tone, but can be preempted by voice messages if necessary:
WWVH transmits the same information on a different schedule. Also, its storm warnings cover the area around the Hawaiian islands rather than North America.
|00||Station identification||Silence||20||500 Hz||600 Hz||40||500 Hz||600 Hz|
|01||600 Hz||440 Hz||21||600 Hz||500 Hz||41||600 Hz||500 Hz|
|02||440 Hz||600 Hz||22||500 Hz||600 Hz||42||500 Hz||600 Hz|
|03||600 Hz||(NIST reserved)||23||600 Hz||500 Hz||43||Silence||GPS status|
|04||(NIST reserved)||600 Hz||24||500 Hz||600 Hz||44||Silence||GPS status|
|05||600 Hz||500 Hz||25||600 Hz||500 Hz||45||Silence||Geophysical alerts|
|06||500 Hz||600 Hz||26||500 Hz||600 Hz||46||Silence||600 Hz|
|07||600 Hz||500 Hz||27||600 Hz||500 Hz||47||Silence||(NIST reserved)|
|08||North Atlantic storm warnings||Silence||28||500 Hz||600 Hz||48||Silence||West Pacific storm warnings|
|09||North Atlantic storm warnings||Silence||29||Silence||Station identification||49||Silence||East Pacific storm warnings|
|10||Northeast Pacific storm warnings||Silence||30||Station identification||Silence||50||Silence||South Pacific storm warnings|
|11||(Additional storm warnings)||Silence||31||600 Hz||500 Hz||51||Silence||North Pacific storm warnings|
|12||500 Hz||600 Hz||32||500 Hz||600 Hz||52||Silence||(Additional storm warnings)|
|13||600 Hz||500 Hz||33||600 Hz||500 Hz||53||600 Hz||500 Hz|
|14||GPS status||Silence||34||500 Hz||600 Hz||54||500 Hz||600 Hz|
|15||GPS status||Silence||35||600 Hz||500 Hz||55||600 Hz||500 Hz|
|16||(NIST reserved)||Silence||36||500 Hz||600 Hz||56||500 Hz||600 Hz|
|17||600 Hz||Silence||37||600 Hz||500 Hz||57||600 Hz||500 Hz|
|18||Geo-alerts discontinuation notice||Silence||38||500 Hz||600 Hz||58||500 Hz||600 Hz|
|19||Geophysical alerts||Silence||39||600 Hz||500 Hz||59||Silence||Station identification|
Time of day is also continuously transmitted using a digital time code, interpretable by radio-controlled clocks. The time code uses a 100 Hz subcarrier of the main signal. That is, it is an additional low-level 100 Hz tone added to the other AM audio signals.
This code is similar to, and has the same framework as, the IRIG H time code and the time code that WWVB transmits, except the individual fields of the code are rearranged and are transmitted with the least significant bit sent first. Like the IRIG timecode, the time transmitted is the time of the start of the minute. Also like the IRIG timecode, numeric data (minute, hour, day of year, and last two digits of year) are sent in binary-coded decimal (BCD) format rather than as simple binary integers: Each decimal digit is sent as two, three, or four bits (depending on its possible range of values).
The 100 Hz subcarrier is transmitted at −15 dBFS (18% modulation) beginning at 30 ms from the start of the second (the first 30 ms are reserved for the seconds tick), and then reduced by 15 dB (to −30 dBFS, 3% modulation) at one of three times within the second. The duration of the high amplitude 100 Hz subcarrier encodes a data bit of 0, a data bit of 1, or a "marker", as follows:
A single bit or marker is sent in this way in every second of each minute except the first (second :00). The first second of each minute is reserved for the minute marker, previously described.
In the diagram above, the red and yellow bars indicate the presence of the 100 Hz subcarrier, with yellow representing the higher strength subcarrier (−15 dB referenced to 100% modulation) and red the lower strength subcarrier (−30 dB referenced to 100% modulation). The widest yellow bars represent the markers, the narrowest represent data bits with value 0, and those of intermediate width represent data bits with value 1.
It takes one minute to transmit a complete time code. Most of the bits encode UTC time, day of year, year of century, and UT1 correction up to ±0.7 s.
Like the WWVB time code, only the tens and units digits of the year are transmitted; unlike the WWVB time code, there is no direct indication for leap year. Thus, receivers assuming that year 00 is a leap year (correct for year 2000) will be incorrect in the year 2100. On the other hand, receivers that assume year 00 is not a leap year will be correct for 2001 through 2399.
The table below shows the interpretation of each bit, with the "Ex" column being the values from the example above.
|:00||No 100 Hz (minute mark)||:20||1||Hours|
|1||:40||100||Day of year (cont.)||0|
|:01||0||Unused, always 0.||0||:21||2||0||:41||200||0|
|:02||DST1||DST in effect at 00:00Z today||0||:22||4||0||:42||0||Unused, always 0.||0|
|:03||LSW||Leap second at end of month||0||:23||8||0||:43||0||0|
|:04||1||Units digit of year|
|:07||8||1||:27||0||Unused, always 0.||0||:47||0||0|
|:08||0||Unused, always 0.||0||:28||0||0||:48||0||0|
|0||:30||1||Day of year|
(366 if a leap year)
Example: 86 (March 27)
|0||:50||+||DUT1 sign (1=positive)||1|
|:11||2||0||:31||2||1||:51||10||Tens digit of year|
|:15||10||1||:35||10||0||:55||DST2||DST in effect at 24:00Z today||0|
|:16||20||1||:36||20||0||:56||0.1||DUT1 magnitude (0 to 0.7 s).|
DUT1 = UT1−UTC.
Example: 0.3 s
|:18||0||Unused, always 0.||0||:38||80||1||:58||0.4||0|
The example shown encodes day 86 (March 27) of 2009, at 21:30:00 UTC. DUT1 is +0.3, so UT1 is 21:30:00.3. Daylight Saving Time was not in effect at the previous 00:00 UTC (DST1=0), and will not be in effect at the next 00:00 UTC (DST2=0). There is no leap second scheduled (LSW=0).
If the DST1 and DST2 bits differ, DST is changing during the current UTC day, at the next 02:00 local time. Before the next 02:00 local time after that, the bits will be the same. Each change in the DST bits happens at 00:00 UTC and so will first be received in the mainland United States between 16:00 (PST) and 20:00 (EDT), depending on local time zone and on whether DST is about to begin or end. A receiver in the Eastern time zone (UTC-5) must therefore correctly receive the "DST is changing" indication within a seven hour period before DST begins, and six hours before DST ends, if it is to change the local time display at the correct time. Receivers in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones have one, two, and three more hours of advance notice, respectively.
During a leap second, a binary zero is transmitted in the time code; in this case, the minute will not be preceded by a marker.
The once-per-second "ticks" and minute and hour tones are modulated onto the carrier signal at 100 percent, or 0 dBc. The time code and audio tones are modulated at 50 percent, or approximately −3 dBc, and the maximum modulation level for the voice recordings is 75 percent, or approximately −1.25 dBc.
|WWV antenna coordinates (WGS84)|
WWV broadcasts its signal on five transmitters, one per frequency. The transmitters for 2.5 MHz and 20 MHz put out an ERP of 2.5 kW, while those for the other three frequencies use 10 kW of ERP.
Each transmitter is connected to a dedicated antenna, which has a height corresponding to approximately one-half of its signal's wavelength, and the signal radiation patterns from each antenna are omnidirectional. The top half of each antenna tower contains a quarter-wavelength radiating element, and the bottom half uses nine guy wires, connected to the midpoint of the tower and sloped at one-to-one from the ground—with a length of —as additional radiating elements.
WWV identifies itself twice each hour, at 0 and 30 minutes past the hour. The text of the identification is as follows:
|“||National Institute of Standards and Technology time: this is Radio Station WWV, Fort Collins Colorado, broadcasting on internationally allocated standard carrier frequencies of two-point-five, five, ten, fifteen, and twenty megahertz, providing time of day, standard time interval, and other related information. Inquiries regarding these transmissions may be directed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Radio Station WWV, 2000 East County Road 58, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524.||”|
WWV accepts reception reports sent to the address mentioned in the station ID, and responds with QSL cards.
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John Allen Easley Professor of Religion
Office: Wingate 207
Stephen B. Boyd, M.Div., Th.D. Harvard Divinity School, is the J. Allen Easley Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University and Director, Religion and Public Engagement. He teaches courses on the history of Christianity and Christian thought, gender studies, and religion and public life. He has been awarded The Don Schoonmaker Faculty Prize for Community Service (2005) and the The Reid Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching (1989). He has authored Pilgram Marpeck: His Life and Social Theology (Duke University Press, 1992); The Men We Long to Be (Harper San Francisco 1995 & Pilgrim Press, 1997); and (editor) Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculine Identity (Westminster/John Knox, 1996). His most recent book, Making Justice Our Business: The Wrongful Conviction of Darryl Hunt and the Work of Faith (Wipf & Stock, 2011) deals with race, religion and the criminal justice system. He has also served as co-chair of the Men’s Studies in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion, President of the American Men’s Studies Association, and was a founder of Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment (C.H.A.N.G.E.) in Winston-Salem.
Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, (Church History/Historical Theology) , 1984
M.Div., Harvard University Divinity School, 1979
B.A., University of Tennessee (History), 1976
Making Justice Our Business: The Wrongful Conviction of Darryl Hunt and the Work of Faith (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock:, 2011)
“On Being Here with Others: Space, Identity and Justice” Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality 4 (2010) 6-18.
“Trajectories in Men’s Studies in Religion: Theories, Methodologies, and Issues,” in Björn Krondorfer, editor, Men and Masculinities in Christianity and Judaism: A Critical Reader (SCM-Canterbury Press, 2009).
“Christmas Eve,” “Fourth Sunday of Advent,” & “Third Sunday of Advent,” Theological Themes, Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Volume X, Year C (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009)
REL 103 Introduction to the Christian Traditions
REL 368 The Protestant and Catholic Reformations
REL 369 Radical Christian Movements
REL 372 The History of Christian Thought
REL 366 Gender and Religion
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I tried the build on trunk
i did not hit the issue of make-pom but i hit the issue of jdbc with jdk7.
I will apply the patch and try again
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:48 PM, amareshwari sriramdasu <
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As every leading candidate has proudly noted, Saturday's parliamentary elections in Pakistan will mark the first civilian transfer of power in that country's 66-year history. To ensure it's not the last, the winner should turn to an unlikely ally: India.
Whichever party takes power in Islamabad will almost certainly have to cobble together a coalition to rule. The new government will inherit a looming foreign-exchange crisis, hours-long blackouts that have provoked street riots, and overlapping insurgencies and sectarian wars that have claimed thousands of lives. Though army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has resisted the temptation to restore military rule, he will retire soon. His successors may not be so restrained.
None of Pakistan's ills has a quick fix. But one key decision would immediately help jump-start the economy, lower regional tensions and reduce the army's influence in politics: lifting long-standing barriers to trade with India.
The benefits of a border more open to commerce are indisputable. Trade between India and Pakistan -- currently less than $3 billion annually -- may grow tenfold or more if existing restrictions were to be lifted, according to an April report produced by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Millions in revenue are currently lost via smuggling and informal trade. Some estimates put the potential for Indian investment in Pakistan at $50 billion.
Equally important, a more open border would be a less fraught one. The army's obsession with the "Indian threat" drives Pakistan's most dangerous policies. It fuels the world's fastest-growing nuclear stockpile and diverts the lion's share of the country's limited resources to defense. It has led the military to lend unofficial support to anti-India jihadist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, which carried out the deadly 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai. Pakistan has also backed Taliban factions in Afghanistan as a means of countering Indian influence there.
A remarkable consensus in favor of freer trade with Pakistan's archrival has now developed across the political spectrum. In November 2011, the government pledged to grant its larger neighbor "most-favored nation" status -- a decision that could not have been made without the support of the military. (India afforded Pakistan the same status in 1996.) All of Pakistan's mainstream parties have endorsed an economic rapprochement. The front-runner -- Punjabi magnate and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif -- has made increased trade and economic progress central to his appeal to voters.
Pakistan has yet to follow through on its 2011 pledge. Now is the time to do so. The next government should immediately trim back the list of 1,200 Indian products that still cannot be imported. Some of these restrictions are meant to defend Pakistani farmers, say, from cheaper Indian crops. But mostly they protect well-connected lobbies: More than 500 of the banned goods affect the automobile, iron and steel industries.
India needs to do what it can to help the next Pakistani government. Though India's list of banned imports is much smaller, other informal barriers still impede Pakistani exports. It takes six months for Pakistani companies to get approval to ship cement to India, for instance. The government in New Delhi should strive to eliminate such roadblocks and to improve transport and logistics links across the border. Better trade facilities alone could pump up Pakistan's exports to India by 200 percent.
Both sides need to act quickly, before another terrorist attack or domestic political controversy derails the current momentum. India's next government could well be led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, whose base remains deeply skeptical of Pakistan's trustworthiness. (Elections must be held before the end of next May.) The impending U.S. pullout could turn Afghanistan into another shadow battleground for the South Asian rivals, much like the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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Iniesta with Spain at the UEFA Euro 2012
|Full name||Andrés Iniesta Luján|
|Date of birth||11 May 1984|
|Place of birth||Fuentealbilla, Spain|
|Height||1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)|
|* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
Andrés Iniesta Luján (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes iˈnjesta luˈxan]; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spain national team as a central midfielder.
Iniesta came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, after an early emigration from his birthplace, and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut in 2002, aged 18. He began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season and has remained in the side ever since. He was an integral part of the Barcelona side in 2009, the only time a club has achieved six titles in one season. He is considered one of the greatest players of his generation.
Iniesta played for Spain at the Under-16, Under-19 and Under-21 levels before making his international debut in 2006. He was selected in the team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He helped Spain win Euro 2008, playing every game and being selected in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. Iniesta was also chosen for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was a key member of the victorious Spanish side; he scored the winning goal in the final against the Netherlands and was named the Man of the Match, and was also selected to the tournament's All-Star Team. At Euro 2012, Iniesta steered Spain to their second consecutive continental crown, being chosen as the Best Player of the Tournament and winning 3 Man of the Match awards (including in the final against Italy).
Iniesta won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award in 2012, and was also chosen as the Best Player of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. He was runner-up to Lionel Messi for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or and achieved third place in 2012. He was named by IFFHS as the World's Best Playmaker in 2012 and 2013, and won the La Liga Spanish Player of the Year award in 2009. Iniesta has been chosen in the UEFA Team of the Year four times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), and has been voted into the FIFA World XI on six occasions: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In recognition of his outstanding performances with club and country, as well as his individual and team achievements, Iniesta received the Marca Legend Award in 2011. In 2014 he received the Golden Foot Award.
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Style of play
- 4 Sponsorship
- 5 Personal life
- 6 Career statistics
- 7 Honours
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Iniesta comes from Fuentealbilla, a small village in the province of Albacete, Castile–La Mancha. At the age of 12, while playing for Albacete Balompié in a junior seven-a-side tournament in Albacete, he attracted the attention of scouts from many clubs around Spain. His parents knew the FC Barcelona youth team coach, Enrique Orizaola, and he persuaded them to consider sending Iniesta to the Barcelona youth academy. Iniesta traveled there with his parents and visited La Masia, the farmhouse where the club houses its young players; the trip convinced them to enroll Iniesta in the Barcelona youth ranks.
Iniesta says he "cried rivers" the day he left for La Masia and struggled being separated from his parents; he was very shy and kept to himself while there. He captained the Barcelona Under-15 team to victory in the Nike Premier Cup of 1999, scoring the winning goal in the last minute of the final, and being named player of the tournament. Just after Iniesta arrived at the club, then Barcelona midfielder Pep Guardiola famously told fellow midfielder Xavi, "You're going to retire me. This lad [Iniesta] is going to retire us all."
In the 2004–05 season Iniesta featured in 37 out of 38 league games—more than any other player—although 25 of these were substitute appearances. He scored twice as Barcelona won La Liga. An injury to fellow midfielder Xavi at the start of the 2005–06 season allowed Iniesta more regular starts in the centre of midfield, and he continued to improve and develop. He played in 11 Champions League games, including a half-time appearance in the 2006 final to replace Edmílson. His contribution to the team was praised by manager Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona won a league and Champions League double.
The 2006–07 season saw Iniesta's profile continue to rise and he earned plaudits for his willingness to play in any position for his team. On 22 August 2006, after defeating German side Bayern Munich 4–0, Iniesta lifted the Joan Gamper Trophy as the captain of the team. He played for the first time as a left wing-forward for Barcelona in two Champions League matches against Levski Sofia, finding the net twice. In the first knockout stage of the same competition, he played at central midfield against Liverpool. Despite being moved around the pitch by manager Rijkaard, the 2006–07 season remains Iniesta's highest scoring thus far.
With the departure of Ludovic Giuly over the summer break, Iniesta was able to switch his number 24 shirt for his preferred number 8. On 19 July 2007, the Spanish newspaper Marca linked Iniesta with a move to rivals Real Madrid, who were willing to pay his €60 million release clause. Iniesta responded the same day to deny the rumours, saying: "I've been told about that and I'm very surprised. I can't do anything about it but I'd like to insist once again that I want to stay here. When I say I want to retire in Barça, I say it with all my heart. And my wishes are above everything else." On 25 January 2008, Iniesta extended his contract to 2014, with his buy-out clause being raised to €150 million.
According to the Spanish football magazine Don Balón, a member of European Sports Magazines, Iniesta has been one of the most consistent performers in the last two seasons of the Primera Division, placing fifth in 2006–07 and fourth in 2007–08 on their annual rating system Ranking Don Balón. He also placed 9th in the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year voting, gaining 37 total points. Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o, and Xavi also featured in the top ten.
In September 2008, after the departure of former vice-captain Ronaldinho to Milan, the Barcelona squad decided on its new team captains. Iniesta was named fourth-choice behind, in order of preference, Carles Puyol, Xavi and Víctor Valdés; all four were products of the Barcelona youth system. In mid-November 2008, Iniesta suffered a leg injury and was expected to return to action in six weeks. Iniesta, however, did not want to come back until he was 100 percent and finally returned to action on 3 January 2009 as a 65th minute substitute against RCD Mallorca. After only 10 minutes he scored a crucial goal and completed a Barcelona comeback in front of the Camp Nou. His performances in the 2008–09 season have been highly lauded, receiving standing ovations both in Barcelona at the Camp Nou, as well as from rival supporters in away matches.
On 5 February, Iniesta made his 250th appearance for Barcelona in the Copa del Rey match against Mallorca. Iniesta once again got injured in Barcelona's home match against Málaga CF, but returned to action for the first leg Champions League quarter-final clash against Bayern Munich, which Barcelona won 4–0. Former teammate Samuel Eto'o described Iniesta as being "the best player in the world; whenever Iniesta is on the pitch, he creates a spectacle."
Iniesta scored a vital equaliser from outside the penalty area in the final minute of stoppage time during the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, securing the tie on away goals as the match finished 1–1. In his diary of the season, Un Any Al Paradis, he wrote "I connected with that shot with the outside, not the inside or the tip of my boot, but right from my heart, with all my might."
This goal sent Barcelona through to the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final in Rome against defending champions Manchester United. Prior to the final, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said: "I'm not obsessed with Messi, Iniesta is the danger. He's fantastic. He makes the team work. The way he finds passes, his movement and ability to create space is incredible. He's so important for Barcelona." Despite a thigh injury, Iniesta played and was influential in the game, providing the assist for the first goal scored by Samuel Eto'o as his team went on to win 2–0; in his analysis, David Pleat wrote, "In the end the midfield artistry of Iniesta and Xavi, helped by Messi, was the critical factor". After the game, Wayne Rooney described Iniesta as the best player in the world.
On 18 October, Iniesta was included in a list of 30 candidates for the prestigious Ballon d'Or, given to the top player of the year in Europe, along with teammates Xavi and Lionel Messi and former teammates Thierry Henry, Yaya Touré, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o. Andrés was one of five nominations for the World Player of the Year award alongside teammates Lionel Messi, and Xavi Hernandez. Proud of the nomination, he commented that "the fans of the team who have always been there to support our team-mates also deserve to be recognised". The ceremony was held in Zürich and teammate Lionel Messi took home the award. Iniesta placed fifth with 134 votes. He scored his first goal for the season against Racing Santander in a 4–0 win. Iniesta's 2009–10 season was largely disrupted by recurrent injuries. He missed pre-season fitness training due to the thigh tear suffered in the 2009 Champions League final, and this meant that despite featuring in almost as many matches as the previous season, he did so mostly as a substitute, starting only 20 games throughout. Nevertheless, Barcelona once again won the La Liga title, securing a record 99 points. His season came to an end after he aggravated a previous calf injury during training.
On 27 November 2009, he made a one-year extension to his Barcelona contract which now runs until 2015; his buy-out clause was raised again from €150 million to €200 million.
After being given extended rest by Spain coach Vicente del Bosque following the World Cup, Iniesta returned to Barcelona for a pre-season medical on 9 August 2010. Speaking to FC Barcelona's website, he said of the message dedicated to Daniel Jarque revealed during his goal celebration in the World Cup final: "I did it because I felt it deeply. It showed that what is more important than rivalry, your team or your colours is to be human and a good person. I am delighted because it was the most important moment in my career." Asked about the recurrent injuries that plagued his 2009–10 season, he said: "It was hard, but I will start with more desire than ever."
Iniesta scored his first goal of the season for Barcelona during the opening La Liga fixture against Racing Santander, lobbing the ball into the net from a distance of 30 yards. He received standing ovations from home fans at El Sardinero and the Vicente Calderón Stadium in appreciation of his World Cup-winning exploits whilst with the Spanish national team. He also had a standing ovation in the home pitch of RCD Espanyol in El Derbi, with the crowd acknowledging his friendship with Daniel Jarque. Barcelona won the match 5–1.
Iniesta started the 2011–12 season by scoring the opening goal in the second leg of the Supercopa de España against rivals Real Madrid. Barcelona went on to win the match 3–2 and the cup 5–4 on aggregate.
On 19 October, Iniesta scored one of the best goals in the UEFA Champions League group stage after a good interchange of passes with Lionel Messi. On 17 March 2012, playing against Sevilla FC at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Iniesta equaled Emilio Butragueno's record of 50 matches unbeaten in the Spanish La Liga. On 24 March 2012, Barcelona defeated RCD Mallorca 2–0, marking Iniesta's 51st match unbeaten in the league.
After a long goal drought of goals in the Champions League, he scored a vital goal against AC Milan in the quarterfinal. From there he went on to score in the semifinal against Chelsea FC to make it 2–0, but Chelsea FC came back and the game ended 2–2. Iniesta was named the "Best Player" of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.
On 25 November 2012 Iniesta was named man of the match after scoring one goal and creating three others in a 4–0 win over Levante UD in the league. Four days later, he was named on a three-man shortlist for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or, along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Iniesta was named in the FIFA World XI, along with teammates Dani Alves, Xavi and Messi.
Iniesta burst on to the international scene in 2001, helping Spain win the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, and was in the squad that claimed the UEFA European Under-19 Championship the following year. Since then, he became a regular choice for youth coach Juan Santisteban. In 2003, he formed part of the Spanish side that reached the FIFA World Youth Championship final in the United Arab Emirates, and was named in the FIFA all-star team. During his spell with the Spain U21 side, Iniesta was named captain on several occasions.
He was called up to represent Spain at the 2006 FIFA World Cup on 15 May 2006, much to the surprise of many. Iniesta won his first cap for La Furia Roja he was brought on at half-time in a friendly against Russia on 27 May 2006.
He scored his first goal for Spain in a friendly against England on 7 February 2007. His long range effort, hitting the underside of the crossbar on the way in, gave Spain the lead on 63 minutes. Iniesta played a pivotal part in Spain's qualification for UEFA Euro 2008 by scoring goals against Sweden and by assisting the strikers.
Iniesta was selected in Spain's squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Though a stomach ailment somewhat hampered his performances in the group stages, he still played an integral part in the midfield. He played in the first two of Spain's group stage matches and proved an important part of the team, providing a particularly notable pass for David Villa's second goal against Russia. He was not rested, unlike most of Spain's regulars, for the final group game against Greece (which Spain won 2–1 thanks to a fantastic volley from Rubén de la Red and a late winner from Daniel Güiza), and returned for the quarter-final as Spain beat Italy on penalties. Iniesta was substituted before the penalty shootout itself. In the semi-final against Russia he played the entire 90 minutes and produced a quality cross which Xavi converted to open the scoring. The Technical Study Group named him the Man of the Match. He played the duration of the final in Spain's 1–0 win over Germany. Iniesta was named in the Team of the Tournament alongside fellow Spain midfielders Xavi, Marcos Senna, and six other teammates. Iniesta did not participate in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa due to a thigh muscle injury. Spain was eliminated from the tournament at the semi-final stage.
He was selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and scored the second goal in a 2–1 group stage win against Chile. He was also named man of the match. For his excellent performances in helping Spain reach the final of the tournament, Iniesta was shortlisted for the Golden Ball award. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, he scored the winning goal in the 116th minute of a 1–0 win against Netherlands. He earned a yellow card for removing his jersey during his celebration to reveal an inscription on his undershirt reading "Dani Jarque: siempre con nosotros", which translates to "Dani Jarque: always with us," in tribute of former Spain youth teammate and RCD Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque, who died of a heart attack in August 2009. He won the man of the match award for his performance, which sent Spain to their first ever World Cup win.
Europa Press reported that Iniesta was the most popular Spanish sportsman on the Internet throughout 2010. The study performed by company Vipnet360 examined the web presence on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Iniesta was followed by Iker Casillas, David Villa, Rafael Nadal, and Fernando Alonso rounding the top five. Iniesta was named in the six man shortlist for the 2011 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, and was selected in the FIFA World XI.
At UEFA Euro 2012, Iniesta was awarded the man of the match award for his performances in three different matches. He was also selected as man of the match in the final against Italy, which Spain won 4–0. By winning the award, Iniesta became the only Spanish player to win the award at least once in each of Spain's three consecutive successful tournaments. Iniesta was also chosen as the UEFA Euro 2012 Player of the Tournament.
At the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Iniesta was named in the Team of the Tournament and awarded the Silver Ball for the second best player in the competition, as Spain finished runner-up to host nation Brazil.
Style of play
Like fellow La Masia graduate Cesc Fàbregas, Iniesta originally started as a defensive midfielder but his balance, ball control and agility allied with his skill on the ball saw him make progress as an attacking midfielder. Beyond his raw talent that was spotted at a young age by FC Barcelona's scouts, it was his great versatility, work ethic and inventiveness that allowed him to stake a claim on a first-team place at the age of 18. Vicente del Bosque described him as "the complete footballer. He can attack and defend, he creates and scores," and Frank Rijkaard said "I played him as a false winger, central midfielder, deep midfielder and just behind the striker and he was always excellent." He was used initially as a wide-forward in the absence of Juan Román Riquelme and Ronaldinho by Louis van Gaal and Rijkaard respectively, but made his name as a world-class player in central midfield alongside or in lieu of Xavi, at both club and international level. As FIFA.com says, "It is in this position that his direct style and quick feet can be used to full effect, with the ball seeming glued to his toes as he races into threatening positions. Iniesta is a player known for his passing, dribbling, vision and movement."
Much like other Barcelona youth products such as Guardiola, Xavi, and Iván de la Peña, Iniesta relies on exceptional creative passing, intuition and inventiveness to control the midfield and dictate the ebb and flow of play. Iniesta has been praised for his understanding and interplay with Xavi; former Barcelona teammate Giovanni van Bronckhorst saying "They have a special relationship, they always have, they just seem to know where the other one is". During his maturation as a player, he has gained a reputation for playing a part in important goals for club and country, specifically playing a leading role in the 2006, 2009 and 2011 UEFA Champions League finals, as well as the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and Euro 2008 semi-finals.
His willingness to play anywhere on the pitch has earned him the sobriquet El Ilusionista (The Illusionist), El Cerebro (The Brain), El Anti-Galáctico (a pun on Real Madrid players' nickname Los Galácticos), El Caballero Pálido (The Pale Knight) and most recently Don Andrés from the Spanish press. Zinedine Zidane also praised Iniesta by saying to the Spanish radio station Cadena Cope, "Iniesta really impresses me. He's got so much influence in Spain's game. He reminds me of myself, but he is paler than me." Chelsea striker and Spain team-mate Fernando Torres said that "we've been playing together since we were 15 and I have never, ever seen him play badly." He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time.
Iniesta has a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike, and has appeared in Nike commercials with Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Wayne Rooney. Iniesta features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, and was the sixth highest rated player in FIFA 15.
Since 2008, Iniesta has dated Anna Ortiz, and in September 2010 he confirmed that she was pregnant with his child. On 3 April 2011 she gave birth to their daughter Valeria. The couple married on 8 July 2012. On 27 October 2013, he confirmed that Anna is pregnant with a baby boy. On 7 March 2014, Iniesta and his wife lost their son due to miscarriage.
In 2011, Iniesta invested €420,000 in his boyhood club, Albacete, thus becoming its major shareholder. Two years later, with the club facing administrative relegation to the fourth tier of Spanish football, he loaned them a further €240,000 to cover unpaid wages. Iniesta is a Catholic. He made a promise to walk the Way of Saint James if Spain won the 2010 World Cup.
|Club||Season||League||Copa del Rey||Europe||Other||Total|
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Cup
- Appearances in Supercopa de España
- One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, 8 appearances and 2 goals in UEFA Champions League
- Two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, 8 appearances and 3 goals in UEFA Champions League
- Two appearances and one goal in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- As of match played 12 October 2014.
|1.||7 February 2007||Old Trafford, Manchester, England||England||0–1||0–1||Friendly|
|2.||28 March 2007||ONO, Palma de Mallorca, Spain||Iceland||1–0||1–0||Euro 2008 qualifying|
|3.||2 June 2007||Skonto, Riga, Latvia||Latvia||0–2||0–2||Euro 2008 qualifying|
|4.||8 September 2007||Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland||Iceland||1–1||1–1||Euro 2008 qualifying|
|5.||17 November 2007||Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain||Sweden||2–0||3–0||Euro 2008 qualifying|
|6.||15 October 2008||King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium||Belgium||1–1||1–2||2010 World Cup qualification|
|7.||25 June 2010||Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa||Chile||0–2||1–2||2010 World Cup|
|8.||11 July 2010||Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa||Netherlands||0–1||0–1||2010 World Cup Final|
|9.||12 October 2010||Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||Scotland||0–2||2–3||UEFA 2012 qualifying|
|10.||2 September 2011||AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland||Chile||1–2||3–2||Friendly|
|11.||29 February 2012||La Rosaleda, Malaga, Spain||Venezuela||1–0||5–0||Friendly|
|12.||30 May 2014||Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain||Bolivia||2–0||2–0||Friendly|
|This section does not cite any references or sources. (January 2015)|
- La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013; Runner-up 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
- UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- UEFA European Football Championship: 2008, 2012
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: 2002
- UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship: 2001
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2012
- Euro 2012 Player of the Tournament: 2012
- UEFA Champions League Best Player: 2011–12
- FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2nd place 2010, 4th Place 2011, 3rd Place 2012
- Onze de Bronze: 2009
- La Liga Spanish Player of the Year: 2009
- Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano: 2nd best player in La Liga 2008–09, 3rd in 2011–12
- IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2012, 2013
- La Liga's Best Attacking Midfielder: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
- Marca Legend Award: 2011
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Ball: 2013
- FIFA Puskás Award: 2nd place 2009
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Man Of The Match vs. Chile, Paraguay and Final vs Netherlands
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008, 2012
- UEFA Euro 2008 Man Of The Match Semi-final vs. Russia
- UEFA Euro 2012 Man Of The Match vs. Italy, Croatia, Final vs Italy
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Cleo and Ruby Ward of Muleshoe will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 6 with a reception at the Muleshoe Civic Center. The celebration will be hosted by their children. They are the parents of Cecil Ward of Niles, Ohio; Dan and Toni Ward of Odessa; and Marvin and Tammi Ward of Amarillo. Ward and the former Ruby McMahon were married Jan. 19, 1957, in Muleshoe at the Northside Church of Christ. They have five grandchildren.
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News Limited claims to put consumers at the forefront of its journalism, but its dismal coverage of the proposed media laws shows where its true interests lie, writes Tim Dunlop.
If you want to understand the contempt in which audiences are held by many in the media, look no further than their collective response to the Gillard Government's proposed changes to media laws.
Rather than any sort of measured, rational discussion of the matter, let alone an objective presentation of the legislation itself that explained in accessible detail what the government was actually proposing, some of the industry's most powerful players have chosen instead to approach the matter with the shrillest of partisan voices and a cartoonish approach that simply presumes their audiences are idiots.
The Daily Telegraph led the way with a front-page in which a picture of the relevant Minister, Stephen Conroy, was juxtaposed with those of Joseph Stalin, Chairman Mao, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong-un, Robert Mugabe and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The headline: "Conroy Joins Them."
(The Tele cleverly chose to not include Hitler in the list of dictators with whom to compare Conroy, a concession no doubt designed to illustrate their own reasonableness.)
Their heavy-handed approach continued inside the newspaper, with an article by journalist Gemma Jones entitled, 'Julia Gillard's henchman Stephen Conroy attacks freedom of the press', which was accompanied by a picture of Conroy photoshopped onto a picture of Stalin.
Yes, nothing quite says serious journalism like a bit of photoshopping.
The Telegraph also published a piece by News Ltd CEO Kim Williams which approached the issue with all the seriousness and subtlety you would expect from the guy ultimately in charge of the newspaper:
THIS government will go down in history as the first Australian government outside of wartime to attack freedom of speech by seeking to introduce a regime which effectively institutes government sanctioned journalism.
That this is simply wrong, a nonsense overreaction padded with the weasel-word escape hatch of "effectively", is almost beside the point.
The point is, this is not the way to discuss a serious story. It not only fails to properly inform the public about what the government is actually proposing, let alone allow in any voices that might take a less negative approach, but it is an approach driven entirely by self-interest and an attempt to intimidate a government.
In what universe do they think that this sort of approach in any way enhances their public image as a serious outlet for news? In what universe does News Ltd think this is an acceptable way to treat its readers?
In fairness, I doubt that what the readers thought about all this ever entered their heads. Clearly, once the legislation was released, they were geared up for an all-out campaign of attack.
In fact, the campaign has been running since the reviews on which the legislation was based - the Convergence Review and the Finkelstein Inquiry - were first set up. As Matthew Ricketson, who assisted the Finkelstein Inquiry, has said:
The most recent and persuasive case study showing why there is an urgent need to reform regulation of the news media has been provided by the news media itself. And it's been provided in the way they have reported on the Independent Media Inquiry.
What they have done is to under-report a lot of what was presented to the Independent Media Inquiry late last year, and to either misreport the inquiry's findings or to ignore large parts of the report altogether.
Anyone who relied on the mainstream news media for their knowledge of the media inquiry's report could be forgiven for thinking that we had recommended the federal government take a leaf out of Alan Jones' book and stuff freedom of the press into a sack and dump it out at sea.
To suggest what the government is proposing is on an equal footing with what the murderous regimes of Mugabe and Mao and the others have done is not only childish hyperbole, it undermines the very claim the paper is trying to make about the importance of the work that they do. It actually provides ammunition for those who want more say in the quality of the journalism they produce.
Yes, we need a free press unencumbered by government constraints, but we also need one that takes its readers seriously and provides them with information on important matters that they can trust.
News Ltds CEO Kim Williams recently gave a speech in which he discussed the future of the media, and he said:
To achieve success in this very complex delivery and invention world, to sustain and deliver a new future for journalism, we have to ensure the consumer is the central focus of all our efforts as never before.
Fine words, but utterly contradicted by his company's coverage of media regulation. Their approach has made News Ltd their "central focus", not consumers.
And if you want a really interesting comparison, consider how the Telegraph recently approached the issue of "trolling", the name they give to various forms of online abuse. No concerns here about the heavy-handed power of government; when it comes to controlling speech they don't happen to approve of, the Tele is more than happy to enlist state power:
Today we launch a campaign to stand up to the faceless bullies and to urge Twitter to unmask them and turn them in to authorities so they can be prosecuted. [my emphasis]
Freedom of speech for the multinational corporation to slant information in whatever way they see fit; prosecution for the pathetic individuals who say mean things on Twitter.
There is a serious discussion to be had about media regulation. Pity that instead of having it, the Telegraph is attempting to bully (troll?) its audience with hyperbole and cheap photoshopping tricks that presents only one incredibly biased view of the matter.
Ultimately, it becomes a matter of trust.
Don't be surprised if consumers say, if they are willing to slant the discussion on this serious matter, why should we believe they're not doing it with other serious matters? And don't be surprised when consumers then ask themselves, why should I pay for this crap?
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I just got home from Florida, driving some 2300 miles up and down the East coast of America. And I can tell you, without equivocation, that the worst traffic on the entire Eastern seaboard is around Washington, DC. The roads contain all the ingredients for a horrific driving experience: Too much traffic. Lots of trucks. Miles of road construction. And plenty of aggressive, impatient drivers who speed, tailgate and basically flout the traffic laws.
A distant second for worst traffic is the Orlando area -- while, surprisingly, the rest of Florida isn't that bad. The biggest surprise, at least to me, is that the driving in New Jersey is not the awful experience I expected it to be.
I'll admit my own bias. I like to travel about 5 mph above the speed limit. I think that is a reasonably safe speed, and figure it's basically still within the speed limit.
However, if you go 5 mph above the speed limit, you are one of the slowest drivers on the road. The flow of traffic on I75 and I4, up I95 to the Garden State Parkway and the Taconic Parkway, ranges somewhere between 10 and 15 mph above the speed limit. And a significant minority of drivers punch it up to 20 mph over the speed limit.That's right, when the limit is 55, they go 75. When the limit is 65, they go 85. At least until they get pulled over by a cop, which I noted takes place occasionally but not too frequently.
So a lot of people passed me on my trip -- too many passing on the right, not the left. There were a number of instances when I was cruising along in the second lane of a four-lane highway. Two lanes open on the left. One on the right. A driver would pull up behind me, tailgate for a minute or two, then break to the right -- even though the left lanes were wide open. I figure these people are just ignorant. They don't know that they're supposed to pass on the left.
Some people pulled up behind me, then went to the right even though there was a truck or slow driver just ahead of me in the right-hand lane. The driver would pull even on the right, inch ahead of me, then realize there wasn't enough room to pass without getting stuck behind the slow driver in the right-hand lane. So they slowed down, fell back, and angled into the left lane to pass the way they're supposed to. I figure these people are stupid. They couldn't figure out that the right-hand lane would block them when they tried to pass.
There were a few people who watched and waited for a free lane. If they saw the right-hand lane was clear, they'd take over the lane and speed past a line of cars in the middle lane, until they closed in on a slow car -- then they'd veer into the middle lane and continue into the left lane, where they'd join the line of faster cars until the right lane got clear again, and then they'd jump back to the right lane to get ahead of another half-dozen cars. I figure these people are sociopaths. They don't care about other drivers, don't appreciate that they're putting anyone in danger. They think solely of their own convenience and need to get ahead.
Of course, it's easy to criticize and make fun of drivers who don't drive like we do. I think I'm a good driver ... but most people think they're "better than average" drivers.
But when you're out on the road for days at a time, you realize that it's dangerous on America's highways. But where's the outrage when over 30,000 people are killed on the road every year (even though it used to be even worse before airbags came on the scene)? People understandably spilled gallons of tears for the 27 people killed in Newtown, Ct. But that very same day, more than three times as many people were killed on America's highways. People protested wars in Iraq (4,486 American soldiers killed in 11 years) and Afghanistan (2,083 killed in 12 years). But those losses are infinitesimal compared to the casualties on our roads at home.
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HB 498, Innocence Commission Passes Criminal Justice Committee
Timothy Cole Innocence Commission to review wrongful convictions, recommend policy changes
House Bill 498, legislation creating the Timothy Cole Innocence Commission, has passed the Senate Criminal Justice Committee and will soon be debated by the full Senate.
The legislation, by Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) and Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio), creates the Timothy Cole Innocence Commission which would investigate the proven wrongful convictions of innocent Texans, evaluate what went wrong and caused those wrongful convictions, and make recommendations to prevent such tragedies from reoccurring in the future.
Just as the National Transportation Safety Board investigates airline crashes and other major transportation accidents, the Timothy Cole Innocence Commission would investigate convictions of innocent people in Texas to see what went wrong and recommend the safeguards that should be put in place to avoid similar future "major accidents" in the criminal justice system.
"The long fight to create an innocence commission in Texas is one step closer to completion," said Ellis. "The advent of DNA has helped right wrongs -- often far too late -- but we as a state need to do much more to find out the causes of these miscarriages of justice and implement changes to prevent them from happening again. This legislation ensures we can help avert miscarriages of justice before they happen."
The problem of wrongful convictions has received a flurry of major media coverage in Texas in recent months. The November 2008 edition of Texas Monthly profiled the men who have been exonerated in Texas thanks to DNA evidence. In October, the Dallas Morning News ran a three-part series on the causes of the 19 DNA exonerations out of Dallas County. The Houston Chronicle has continued its excellent coverage of the ongoing challenges at the Houston Police Department crime lab.
"Enough is enough," said Ellis. "Day after day, week after week, we learn of more innocent Texans who have had their lives torn from them in tragic error. It is time for Texas to create an Innocence Commission to launch in-depth investigations each time an innocent person is wrongfully convicted, review what went wrong in these cases, why, and spell out the changes necessary to ensure these injustices are not repeated."
According to the Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic and criminal justice legal resource center in New York, 238 people nationwide have been cleared through DNA testing after they were convicted. In Texas 39 men have been exonerated by DNA testing.
"When the State of Texas locks up someone for a crime they didn't commit, it does not just affect one life," said Ellis. "Loved ones and dependents of the wrongfully convicted also suffer. This case is the latest wake up call that Texas needs to take serious action to reform our criminal justice system."
Under HB 498, nine members would be appointed to the Innocence Commission, as follows:
- Two appointed members by the Governor-- One prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement officer.
- The Chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, who may be a member of the legislature.
- The Chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee shall appoint one member, who may be a member of the legislature.
- The presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals shall appoint one member, who must be a member of the judiciary.
- The presiding officer of the Texas Forensic Science Commission shall appoint one member, who must work in the forensic science field.
- The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association shall appoint one member, who must be a criminal defense lawyer.
- The president of the Texas Center for Actual Innocence at The University of Texas School of Law, the director of the innocence project at the University of Houston Law Center, or the director of the innocence project at the Texas Tech University School of Law, on a rotating basis, shall appoint one member, who must be an attorney with experience in filing successful appellate claims based on actual innocence.
- The Executive Director of the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense.
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CHENNAI: As part of streamlining supply of LPG distribution system, state-owned Oil Marketing Companies today urged people not to panic and sought their cooperation in supply of subsidised cylinders.
"Consumers are requested to ensure they possess the Domestic Gas Consumer Card booklet with a serial number and consumer number by distributor. If a consumer does not have the booklet they should obtain it from the distributor.
"They are requested to produce the booklet to the delivery boy on receiving the refill cylinder," State Level Co-ordinator for the oil industry in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry V K Jayachandran said.
After entering details of the LPG filled by the delivery boy, consumers must check the entry and sign the booklet, he said in a statement.
Consumers should present a cash memo acknowledgement of the refill cylinder, he said, adding, cash memo would indicate the number of subsidised cylinder being delivered against entitlement as well as the serial number of DGCC booklet.
"Consumers must check the serial number of the booklet matches with the printed on the cash memo", he said.
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Wouldn't it be easier to ban the IP address of whoever is making those accounts and spamming?
Maybe R3D and Sakura are competing for Mod position because they have some other agenda to ban each other lol.
Hi Morten, long time no see, the Jcafe place seems dead... lol
SEO for Stoptazmo
Yes I would like to ban her first...
But still I wonder where are all the mods?
and I've haven't even seen BF for some time now.
I see Steal and 98 here from time to time. Things are pretty quiet though.
I thought JCafe was doing well. Last time I was there there seemed to be loads of people.
I meant the cosa nostra area.... wait there are new post now hm...
fyi the manga links view has change.. alot livelier now, alot of green colored series (compare to b4 where there's no manga at all)... what's the significant of that, i wonder?
Well, I dont know about that...where did you hear that from...or rather who? its not like this site was generating lots of money, (i.e donations needed) however I DO know that the admin last logged on ...last August, and the only mod I see if BlackFlash
Originally Posted by morten
but the manga links still work so maybe there's something to it, I know no ones gonna keep donating when the forums are flooded with spam.
....damnm, Ive been here for Almost five years -.- Time sure flies.
well usually if theres a lot of updated series (especially like those ones) meaning that the site are still alive but the forum aren't (it's like when the heart is still beating hard but the liver are deteriorating)... hopefully this is not the case where the activity of a patient is increasing just right b4 the death come (it happen)
Originally Posted by Luphrecio
^ Funny thing, I come here only cuz I like the community (haven't download a file from a couple of years now).
On topic, it seems to be a interesting development hehe
As for the Spambot the only thing that crossed my mind was this:
Originally Posted by KaraOKe-IT
the hell with it.
Originally Posted by ivanov_2020
give me 220 v
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Pharma Giant Pfizer Inc. (PFE) to Shed 180 Jobs
6/5/2012 6:43:23 AM
Pfizer is to let 180 workers go at its two Cork plants in Little Island and Ringaskiddy, with staff to be briefed on the job losses later this week. The Irish Examiner understands that between 120 and 130 jobs will go at the Ringaskiddy plant and the remainder at Little Island, where the cholesterol reduction drug Lipitor is produced. Lipitor came off patent in America in Nov 2011 and in Europe last month, resulting in fears among the Little Island workforce that the plant would be closed and production transferred to the Ringaskiddy facility. Lipitor is the biggest selling medicine in the world, earning Pfizer $14bn (€11.2bn) a year. | <urn:uuid:1097dbc6-02dd-469d-8845-c26ccb89beaa> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.biospace.com/news_print.aspx?NewsEntityId=262682 | 2015-01-26T21:10:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122191023.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175631-00040-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942349 | 165 | [
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I snuck with tail-between-legs into Subway. Most awkward experience ever because after I blurted out "This is my first time......here!" and proceeded to stumble my way through what I thought he'd like (I listened in on our conversations so I had some sort of idea)
Then I just... kind of walked over to his work area, knocked on the door and said "I came here in person to apologize. Here is my apology sandwich" and he seemed really amused with that fact. We talked things over and everything is A-OK now :)
He is still lovely man btw.. said he was giving me some space and wasn't pissed off with me or anything. But yeah... one word responses usually mean something isn't kosher.
But now he's all smiley which makes me equally as happy
My legs were not having it, so I had to use a whip in the end. She was very challenging but at the end we got some beautiful work out of her once we were on the same page!
And I experienced my first steps of true sitting trot. My goodness my abs were BURNING and they are completely on fire today (the day after)
I'm so proud of where I'm at. I am no longer scared of cantering, though I do need to re-learn my leads and not lose my loose fluid self when I cue for canter (I was bunching up again but not from fear...from habit)
In two weeks is my birthday weekend. I had some plans thought out but looks like they aren't going to happen. So I may just go do them solo, lol.
If only we lived on the same continent. I have zero plans for my/our birthday weekend. I NEED SOME.
Yes, birthday weekend buddy! Next year it's on though as I'll be in the states!
My plans were high tea with fancy older friends/colleagues, then white water rafting/glow worm cave exploring/belaying down said cave with a friend.. but they aren't interested in taking days from work off to come with.
So I have some coupons for river trail ride I haven't used, or I can take a horse bootcamp weekend at my usual riding spot.
*sigh* so many great opportunities and no one to share them with!
Oh my word, never have I been this edgy!!!!! What is going on!!!!!
So hi everyone, I've been busy and away and living life.
I managed to wrangle a coworker's spouse into coming riding with me. She's a beginner so it'll be walk and maybe some trot.. but hey that's a start!
Also got back from my trip. Aside from my parents and brother being completely uncool at some points, I had a blast! My friend from CO, that I haven't seen in 5 years, has moved over here for a bit!!
Needless to say we were peas in a pod. I was nervous how we'd get on but no worries here! I didn't know her all that well in the first place, but wow we get along so well! So we had a blast. Went to the famous Waitomo Glow Worm Caves and a bunch of other cool stuff.. did some cave climbing (rock climbing, abseiling, ziplining) for 4 hours!! It was amazing fun!
Lovely Man got a stern talking to for being Mr. Wishy Washy. Finally we're on the same page. I told him due to time I'm just looking for a friend, but that I do like him. He feels similarly I guess. He has invited me to his house (with his room mates... eek lol) to play video games and chill so I assume he feels similarly?? I have no idea.
Men. Boys. They need to say what they feel.
As for Sky, still doing fine and dandy hock-wise. But he did spook and my friend hurt herself (minorly but still!) so I'm kind of grumpy with his antics.. he knows better and I think sometimes he does what I do.. feed off of others around him and ends up over reacting instead of staying grounded.
As for me? Well I'm less depressed (yeah apparently THAT happened... didn't even notice until I went on holiday!) and extremely sore from caving. But I'm happy.. but feeling sick about getting things in order for my future. Mainly when I should depart New Zealand, which depends on many many factors. I would go on but I rather not become anymore nauseous about it!
Going to focus on saving all my energy for riding this weekend!!
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The End of Time has been ended and all is right with the world – and thanks to the BBC’s Official Doctor Who website, the first glimpse of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) can be extended with a brand new trailer for 2010!
And you can see it here!
Starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Doctor Who returns in Spring 2010 – with a host of new adventures, new monsters, old monsters and a new TARDIS interior!
Also at the BBC’s Official Doctor Who site is a great new desktop wallpaper featuring the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors!
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Question (about IBM Selectrics)
IBM Wheelwriter 1000 Beeping
Hi! I have an IBC Wheelwriter 1000 by Lexmark, Machine Type 6781-024. I can't find any manuals or guides. My problem is that when I turn on the typewriter, it beeps at me, and 2 of the 3 green Line Space indicator lights blink, and the machine won't turn on. I've turned it off and on, unplugged & replugged, and replaced the batteries. I would really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
dbozick | United States, OhioHello,
I think I have a W/W diagnostic code somewhere around, so I will look for it.
In the meantime, the first thing I would do is remove the ribbon and Print Wheel and see if it powers on without them.
This will help to diagnose it. I have seen ribbons and Print Wheels not installed properly that will prevent it from cycling properly duting the Power On sequence.
Another thing to check is whether or not the transport rail is gummed up or if something is inside the machine preventing movement. The transport rail is the piece that the Carrier moves on toward the back of the machine. You can just take a paper towel and wipe it clean of old oil and dirt.
If not of these things work, I would lean toward if having a bad transport motor or ribbon lift motor which I have both of in stock.
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Ten killed in attacks across Iraq
Ten people were killed and 50 wounded in a wave of attacks across Iraq Saturday, security sources said.
The deadliest attack occurred around mid-day when a suicide bomber blew an explosive-laden car near the intelligence headquarters in Baghdad's al-Masbah district, leaving up to four people dead and 35 wounded, Xinhua reported citing an interior ministry source.
The attack came a day after a deadly attack, said to be carried out by Shia militiamen on a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers in Iraq's Diyala province, left dozens dead.
In another attack in Baghdad, an army officer was killed and four soldiers wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Doura district.
Late Friday, Sunni extremist organisation Islamic State (IS) militants, an Al Qaeda offshoot, carried out an attack to seize the northern Iraqi town of Duluiyah, 90 km from Baghdad. But they were repelled by police and Sunni tribal fighters, a provincial police source said.
The attack, however, left four Islamic militants killed and 11 wounded, the source said.
In Diyala province, two IS leaders were killed when a police force raided their hideout in the mountainous area outside Himreen, 120 km from Baghdad.
The security situation in Iraq began to drastically deteriorate since June 10 when bloody clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and hundreds of militants of IS Sunni extremists organisation.
The IS took control of the country's Mosul city and later seized swathes of territories after the Iraqi security forces abandoned their posts in Nineveh and other predominantly Sunni provinces.
(Posted on 23-08-2014)
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada
The Water of Life - Lakes and Rivers in Cape Breton Highlands National Park
All life depends on water.© Cape Breton Highlands National Park / J. Steeves
Fresh water is perhaps the single most important resource in the park because water quality affects all plants and animals, including humans. The lakes and rivers of Cape Breton Highlands National Park provide homes for many species of aquatic plants, fish, amphibians and insects.
Small streams drain the bog ponds on the plateau. As they run towards the sea, other streams may join up with them, forming sizable rivers.© Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Parks Canada Small acidic lakes dot the plateau, formed in depressions left by glaciers.© Cape Breton Highlands National Park / J. Steeves
A river or brook and all the little streams, lakes and ponds that drain into it collectively make up a watershed. Sixteen major watersheds drain Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Most of the watersheds in the park begin their journey to the Gulf of St. Lawrence or the Atlantic Ocean as streams draining the extensive bog system on the plateau. Typically, the park's rivers flow along gentle slopes on top of the plateau, then through steep gorges or canyons at the plateau's edge, finally broadening to gentle valleys or short estuary flats at the river's mouth. Many of the rivers follow fault lines which are millions of years old.
Waterfalls flow in torrents in spring or after heavy rains but may be reduced to trickles at other times of the year.© Cape Breton Highlands National Park / J. Pleau
Lots of small, acidic lakes formed in depressions left by the glaciers 10,000 years ago dot the highlands, especially on the eastern section of the plateau. Along the coast, a few salty barrier beach ponds occur. These ponds are more able to support life than the highland lakes.
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Cap'n Jetes defense watch, Part 3
April, 7, 2007
So I'm watching the Yankees last night, because they're the Yankees. In the second inning, with Baltimore's Kevin Millar on first base, Corey Patterson bunted. Broadcasters Michael Kay and Ken Singleton, take it away ...
Kay: A push-bunt toward third, A-Rod fields, there was nobody covering second, so A-Rod will take the out at first. Sacrifice successful, 5-3, and heads-up by Jeter: third base was not covered when A-Rod fielded the ball, and Jeter darted over to cover the bag. | <urn:uuid:1e75c587-c6a8-40f4-95bb-8b66cc1dd6ff> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=2829099&name=Neyer_Rob | 2015-01-25T11:05:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00220-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946172 | 137 | [
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This Dec. 20, 2012 photo shows rapper Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Cartagena, leaving court in Newark N.J. (AP Photo/Samantha Henry, file) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rapper “Fat Joe” has been sentenced to four months in prison after admitting he failed to file federal income taxes.
SENTENCED—Lauren Hill walks from federal court in Newark, N.J. last month. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file) by David Porter NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.
NEW SENTENCE–This photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows Kuntrell Jackson who was sentenced to life in prison when he was 14 after the shooting death of a store clerk during an attempted robbery in 1999. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Corrections) by Jeanne Nuss Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison without parole when he was 14 years old deserves a new sentencing hearing, Arkansas’ highest court ruled Thursday.
SENTENCING DELAYED–This April 15, 2011 photo shows singer Lauryn Hill performing during the 12th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner, file) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill’s tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution by now.
FREE MAN-In this Sept. 9, 2009 photo, Wesley Snipes poses during the photo call for the film “Brooklyn’s Finest” at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) LEWIS RUN, Pa. (AP) — Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
HEADED TO PRISON—-Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court after being convicted March 11, in Detroit, of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) by Ed White Associated Press Writer DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges and then sent to jail to await his prison sentence in yet another dramatic setback for a man who once was among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. | <urn:uuid:ed8c5c86-1504-418d-8f5b-f274835b4ad1> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/tag/sentencing/page/2/ | 2015-01-25T10:25:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00220-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93529 | 588 | [
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Position: Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
Incumbent: Muhammad Al-Jasser
Term: Since February 2009
-- Jasser replaced Hamad al-Sayari as governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) in February 2009 after almost 15 years as vice governor.
-- He began his career at the Saudi finance ministry in 1981 and later became executive director for Saudi Arabia at the International Monetary Fund, a post he held until 1995. He helped negotiate Saudi Arabia's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2005.
-- Jasser also chairs state-controlled Saudi Telecom, the kingdom's biggest telecom firm by market value, and sits on the boards of several other Saudi and regional institutions including the Islamic Development Bank and Arab Monetary Fund. SAMA ranks as the fourth biggest central bank in terms of reserves, after China, Japan and Russia.
-- After joining SAMA in 1995, Jasser helped devise the central bank's response to a decade-long oil price rally, an onslaught of currency speculation in 2007 and, most recently, an oil price slump and credit crisis. One of his main actions during the recent financial crisis was to more than double the central bank's gold reserves.
-- Jasser stood steadfastly by the dollar as a peg for the Saudi riyal -- a policy the kingdom has maintained since 1986 -- saying at the height of speculation in 2008 that the peg served Saudi interests. The kingdom is a major holder of dollar assets and a top U.S. ally in the region.
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In no way will I actually try to do a quiz like that. The only thing I "know" is that ESPN invented the QBR.
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I got 21/60 with the following names (I know my amazon links are visible in the spoiler text, but that doesn't really give anything away):
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Sean Smith, Bill James, Voros McCracken, Tom Tango, Pete Palmer, Nate Silver, Patriot, Mitchel Lichtman. And in retrospect I recognize the names of Dewan, Davenport, Cartwright, Sheehan, Bradbury, Woolner, and Studeman. Palmer was one of the authors of The Hidden Game of Baseball (The W at Amazon), one of the first sabermetric books. Though Bill James had already written about 8 baseball abstracts by that time. Tango and Lichtman wrote The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, which is a great modern day version that I can recommend. I knew Nate Silver, now of fivethirtyeight.com fame, previously worked for Baseball Prospectus. Voros McCracken famously was the first to figure out that pitchers had much less control of their BABIP than originally thought. Patriot made great strides changing the Pythagorean projection (to estimate how many wins a team should have, based on their runs scored and runs allowed) into the more accurate Pythagenpat projection. And since I'm very into preseason player projections, I know of Sean Smith and Brian Cartwright's systems. | <urn:uuid:a51a9291-a20d-4f6d-b28c-626d97db9e37> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://the-w.com/craziest-sprocle-quiz-ever | 2015-01-25T10:22:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00220-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963408 | 372 | [
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Sorry for not uploading music these days, like I already said, I'm occupied by a project. I should be able to free myself though for august, which means that I'll be able to participate in the NGADM this year too! This time, I hope to make it past the auditions, and I think I have better chances than any year before. I won't be sad if I don't make it, though. Everyone who makes it really deserves it. So yeah, good luck to everyone! ^^
Note that if I don't make it, I'll still try to release something in august. Don't think that I will forget that!
Oh, yeah! My entry this year is this one. I think it's my highest quality one yet and has the most details. I think I actually have a chance with it!
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Top British ministers were due this week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pursue deeper trade ties, the latest Western government to court the prime minister since his election in May.
Foreign secretary William Hague and finance minister George Osborne were set to arrive in Mumbai on Monday on a two-day visit for talks with their counterparts, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
The pair will also meet with reform-minded Modi, who has raised hopes for foreign investors with his pledges to open up the stumbling economy and spur investment.
"The focus is on bilateral trade and economic ties," spokesman Syed Akbaruddin told reporters.
"India and the UK have a trade relationship which is approximately $15.8 billion. The trade is in favour of India," Akbaruddin said.
European governments and the United States boycotted Modi for a decade over deadly religious riots which occurred in 2002 while he was running his home state of Gujarat.
But they are now redoubling their efforts to make up for lost time, with France's foreign minister and Russia's deputy prime minister visiting in recent weeks.
Modi also met US Senator John McCain last week and expressed desire to increase trade between the two countries.
Modi will this month make his first trip outside the region since his landslide election win -- to attend a summit of the BRICS developing giants in Brazil on July 15.
The BRICS meeting of leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is being held two days after the World Cup final.
During their visit, Hague and Osborne will hold talks with business leaders in Mumbai on Monday before heading to New Delhi.
The pair will meet Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Osborne will hold talks with Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley in the capital on Tuesday.
They will be accompanied by a delegation that includes ministerial colleagues Gregory Barker, Oliver Letwin and Jo Johnson, the Indian foreign minister said in a statement.
The talks are expected to include bolstering defence sales to India, a major importer of military weapons and other hardware.
Britain, the former colonial power in India, was still holding out hope that a deal with France worth at least $12 billion to supply 126 fighter jets to India could fall through.
India chose French company Dassault Aviation over other international rivals including the part-British Eurofighter jet, but the deal has been under final negotiation since January 2012 and has made slow progress.
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The Samsung WB1100F is a new digital compact camera with 35x optical zoom, Wi-Fi and NFC. Equipped with a 16-megapixel CCD and a 25-875mm equivalent lens, theThe Samsung WB1100F is a new digital compact camera with 35x optical zoom, Wi-Fi and NFC. has a Speed Control Key that allows users to move through the various levels of zoom with speed and ease. The Speed Control Key can be used to activate both the zoom and the Panorama mode. The Samsung WB1100F is currently on display at the CES trade show held from 7th-10th January in Las Vegas.
Samsung Press Release
Samsung SMART Camera WB1100F
LAS VEGAS, US – January 07, 2014 – Samsung is proud to introduce an impressive new addition to its WB family of handheld zoom cameras, the WB1100F. The WB1100F brings users up close and personal with the subject of their compositions with its impressive 35x Optical zoom capabilities coupled with the device’s 25mm wide angle lens. The new camera allows owners to capture both depth and breadth in stunning clarity and detail.
Building on the device’s impressive zoom capabilities, Samsung has developed and fitted the WB1100F with a Speed Control Key that allows users to move through the various levels of zoom with speed and ease. This ensures that fleeting moments are captured in deep zoom detail and not missed while focusing in on the action. The Speed Control Key can be used to activate both the zoom capability and Panorama mode which creates beautiful panoramic images in crisp and clear detail.
Tag & Go : Simply Tap to Share Memories
Advanced NFC and Wi-Fi connectivity brings additional functionality to the WB1100F. The brand new ‘Tag & Go’ feature allows the camera to connect to smartphones by simply tapping the two devices together. No manual set up is required, allowing users access to a host of features, making it easier to share photographic creations with friends and family, instantly.
This technology allows the WB1100F camera and smartphones to work in tandem, enabling features such as Photo Beam, which instantly transfers images being viewed on the camera to the paired smartphone. AutoShare transfers images to smartphones automatically, as they are being taken, to avoid the worry of having to back up images. With MobileLink, users can select the exact images they wish to transfer to their smartphone to make organizing shots simple. Remote ViewFinder allows smartphones to take control of the WB1100F so that photographers have alternative ways on best framing their shot.
The Samsung WB1100F is designed for adventurous photographers who want to zoom into striking moments and share their creations with friends and family instantly. Its comfortable grip allows for use in every situation, and the device’s state-of-the-art design will appeal to the most design-conscious camera enthusiasts.
The WB1100F will be available in Black and Red.
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Trader Joe's sells these wasteful little packets of liquidy applesauce that you drink. My children love them, and they're really convenient snacks for the park or my son's lunchbox. It's just that the two kids can rip right through a 4-pack before I get the rest of the groceries unpacked, and they're not the most economical way to eat applesauce. I thought maybe if we made some applesauce together, in the slow cooker, they'd be willing to eat that when we're at home. No deal. The applesauce, however, is great warm, and you can add sugar or spices to make it just the way you like it. It's a good way to use up your bruised apples.
This is another classic dump-everything-in-and-leave-it slow-cooker recipe:
I peeled 8 apples (the bruised and dented ones from a 5-pound bag), then quartered them. I cut out the cores and put the quarters in my slow cooker with a cinnamon stick, a tablespoon lemon juice and 2 tablespoons water. Tossed it all together, covered it, then let it cook for 3 hours on high. At the end I stirred in about 1/3 cup brown sugar, but you can do that to taste. I also let the kids go at it with the potato masher, then put the slow cooker on high and left the lid off to cook off some of the liquid. It was wonderful warm, straight out of the slow cooker. It might be nice as a dessert sauce, on spice cake or ice cream.
More apple recipes:
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Did you ever eat Colcannon, made from lovely pickled cream?
With the greens and scallions mingled like a picture in a dream?
Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the melting flake
Of the creamy, flavoured butter that your mother used to make?
Yes you did, so you did, so did he and so did I.
And the more I think about it sure the nearer I’m to cry.
Oh, wasn’t it the happy days when troubles we had not,
And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot?
'Colcannon' – traditional Irish folk song
There is no better way to remind yourself how much Ireland has to offer than when you have visitors from abroad. We Irish love to travel and are always curious to learn about people, their food & culture, their history & celebrations. This is true also when friends from far away places come to see us. It is a joy to recommend scenic villages for exploration, street markets to stroll and historical sites to visit.
You do not need to be an expert in food, history or culture to share the joy of Irish contemporary cuisine. As far as agriculture is concerned, farmers can exploit our temperate climate where grass grows year-round and grazing cows, sheep and goats produce world class dairy products. Soft rains reward us with fertile land where wheat, barley, oats, and rye are easily cultivated. Hearty sausages and blood puddings, farmhouse cheeses, crusty bread and sweet butter, fresh milk and ales jostle for position on the delicatessens' shelves. Hunted or farmed game and fowl abound, the rivers are full of salmon, trout, and eels and our costal waters filled with seafood and shellfish.
Even though I have swopped the wooden fenced landscape of Tipperary for the stonewalled ruggedness of Galway, my choice of local produce is not limited, just different. Recent visitors to my house were treated to wonderful Atlantic mussels to take the edge off their appetite while I finished prepping our confit of Irish lamb.
One of the most versatile of Irish meats is lamb - traditionally used in stews (as well as it's older muttony counterpart), it's also arguably the perfect roasting meat. We can also adapt the roasting process to the confit method, more common with duck… but one of the great results when you confit your lamb in olive oil is that it mellows the strident gaminess of the meat that some people dislike. As with duck, the slow oil poaching makes the meat tender and silky. Team with the zingy gremolta and serve with pureed parsnip and a seasonal green.
A rich, dense dessert of chocolate mousse spiked with coffee with a sweet Irish whiskey cream to finish rounds off a great snapshot of Irish food.
As one of the well-fed guests remarked before heading out into the night "The west of Ireland is a lovely place to visit but an even better place to eat!"
Pride in Irish food needs to be celebrated and many enthusiastic home cooks are starting to give greater value to their culinary heritage.
Bain sult as do bhéile!
Confit of Irish Lamb
8 Lamb Chops
4 Sprigs of Fresh Rosemary
4 Cloves of Garlic (smashed)
Fresh Ground Pepper
Arrange lamb chops in an appropriately sized roasting tin with the shallots, rosemary, and garlic. Pour in enough olive oil to cover all of the chops. Cover tightly with tin foil and bake in the simmering oven of your range (120 degrees Farenheit in a conventional oven) for 2-3 hours (depending on desired doneness*). When done, remove from oil and drain on kitchen paper. Cover chops with another double layer of kitchen paper to mop up any excess oil. Season the chops with salt and some fresh ground black pepper. Heat a non-stick pan until hot and sear the lamb chops on both sides to color.
Lemon Hazelnut Gremolata
2 Cloves of Garlic (peeled and chopped)
Handful of basil
2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
Grated peel from half a Lemon
3-4 Sprigs Flat Leaf Parsley
A large handful of Hazelnuts**
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Maldon Sea Salt
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
Add first all ingredients except oil salt and pepper to a small food processor or blender.
Drizzle in olive oil slowly as you process the ingredients.
Be careful not to over process, leaving small chunks for a better texture, then add salt and pepper to taste.
*Check your meat for level of doneness by inserting a sharp knife into the chop to check the color of the meat.
**To bring out the true taste of your hazelnuts, dry roast them for a few minutes in a dry pan and rub off their skins in a clean tea towel.
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"Samsung built sensible phones and tablet PCs did not make and produce their very own exclusive engineering and elegance, selecting as an alternative copying Apple"s technological know-how, like customer interface, and impressive model." Apple will personal the patent lawsuit with Samsung mobile phones in comparison together with comparison shots which the Samsung G alaxy number of cell phones and copying Apple iphone and tablet PCs iPad. "Samsung"s latest merchandise and also packaging are extremely comparable along with the iphone and iPad." Apple spokeswoman Christine Hugh Gert ( K ristinH uguet) emphasize this just isn't a coincidence.
The two products now include things like 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 RAM, and aid a max of 8GB (formerly, the $1199 MacBook Pro only came with 2GB). Equally as right before, you'll find two USB two.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, a Mini DisplayPort graphics link, a Gigabit ethernet port, 802.11n and Bluetooth two.one + EDR wi-fi technologies, an SD card slot, a full-sized backlit keyboard, an 8x slot-loading dual-layer DVD SuperDrive, built-in stereo speakers (which audio pretty fantastic), one port for audio in and out (together with help for digital output), and a built-in iSight camera. The brand new designs contain 250GB or 320GB 5400-rpm harddrive (up from 160GB or 250GB travel, respectively, at the very same speeds).
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Best Energy Website Of 2013 To Be Named By Web Marketing Association In 17th Annual WebAward Competition
HARTFORD, Conn., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best Energy Websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including energy websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for energy websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130318/NY78200LOGO )"The energy industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "The most effective energy websites are true e-commerce sites designed to build long-term relationships with users and key constituents such as government regulators and shareholders."
Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. All entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry.
Recent winners of the Best Energy Web site include:
- 2012 – Mineral for AV - EV Solutions Website
- 2011 – Weber Shandwick Visual Communications for Luminant Power Track
- 2010 – Savage for Tenaris Corporate Website
- 2009 – NJI Media Group for Energy Townhall
- 2008 - B·U·T for DuPont in Energy
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The research mentioned here was designed to support my dissertation project for the Master of Science Degree in Information Systems Management at the University of Liverpool.
For my project, I designed a scientific experiment to test the hypothesis that "ORM is at least 25% more effective than ER and UML" and my experiment did not falsify the hypothesis.
To the best of my knowledge, this was the first ever scientific investigation into the effectiveness of UML and ER.
Since all good experiments should be repeatable, I have provided details of the experimental procedure which you can read about by clicking on the links in the following text.
The Experiment aimed to test the hypothesis that Object-Role Modeling is at least 25% more effective than approaches based on either ER or UML. The experiment was managed via this website but the people who did the experiment had an average of 4.7 years experience in modeling techniques.
The experiment uses a standard input text of just 331 words which describes some functions of an imaginary airline. The experimental procedure requires each participant to convert the 331 words into a UML "data only" class diagram using one of the three methods described in the briefing packages.
The experiment requires that the person who does the experiment knows UML well enough to be able to design a "data only" class model in UML The experiment uses three different procedures. The first procedure uses the standard UML "Use Case" approach, the second procedure uses Entity-Relationship method and the third procedure uses the Object-Role Modeling method. Each of the three packages is explained below:
UML briefing package: Click for the UML briefing package
This package is for people who have UML skills. This procedure asks that you use the "standard UML approach" defined at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/5383.html.(Nov 2014 note: Since 2008, IBM has changed its website and broken the link. I have recently asked IBM to provide an updated link.)
The standard UML approach requires that you begin by
creating UML use case(s) and then use the UML use cases to create a UML "data only" class model.
ER briefing package: This package is for people with both ER and UML skills. This procedure asks that you use any ER technique to create an ER model and then convert the ER model to a UML "data only" class model. Click for the ER briefing package
ORM briefing package: This package is for people with skills in Object-Role Modeling and UML. This procedure asks that you choose one of three popular ORM tools (VisioModeler, VEA or NORMA) to create an object-role model and then convert the object-role model to a UML "data only" class model. The briefing document contains a summary of the ORM to UML conversion procedure that is explained on page 389 of Terry's "Big Brown Book" (Information Modeling and Relational Databases: Second Edition, Halpin & Morgan 2008). However, any ORM-to-UML conversion method may be used. Click for the ORM briefing package
During the experiment, each of the foregoing procedures had a link to an online questionnaire that allowed participants to post their results directly into an online database.This link is no longer active.
All results were anonymised. No personal details were revealed in my dissertation document nor will they be revealed to any third party.
14 November 2008: Dissertation Results
In November 2008, two independent assessors graded my work as "A". The University of Liverpool Board of Examiners gave my MSc an overall grade of "distinction."
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated a charge after walking up to a police convoy Thursday, killing 12 people at a western Afghanistan market, authorities said.
Afghan authorities said five of the dead were police officers while 26 others were injured in the explosion, CNN reported. The report said the Taliban claimed responsibility but there were conflicting reports over the identity of the bomber. The local police chief said the bomber was woman, while the Taliban said a man carried out the attack.
The bombing happened in the Del Aram district of Farah province in western Afghanistan, police said.
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Evan Goer is a senior technical writer for Chordiant Software. He realized that web standards were important the day that Netscape 6 became available internally while working at Sun Microsystems, and he’s been recovering from the shock ever since. Evan’s main regret these days is that he has no sense of typography or graphic design whatsoever. Sooner or later he’s going to take some classes, damnit.
The vast majority of today’s “XHTML” websites are invalid. No, don’t take my word for it — you can verify this for yourself by running the following experiment:
- Collect a random group of websites that declare an XHTML doctype.
- Run the home page of each site through the W3C validator.
- If the home page validates, validate at least three random secondary pages.
- Observe monstrously high failure rate. Lie down with cold compress on forehead. [Optional]
A naive observer might find these results surprising. After all, by definition all XML must be well-formed: this is what allows you to parse it with efficient off-the-shelf XML parsers, transform it with a standard transformation language, describe and manipulate its tree-like structure with a standard API, and much more. Malformed XML completely obviates these benefits. So why would anyone bother churning out pages upon pages of the stuff?
Why, indeed. Consider the humble browser parser (the browser component that is responsible for reading your markup). Modern browsers contain at least two parsers: one for XML and one or more for HTML. The lax HTML parser does its best to display pages no matter how mangled they are, while the strict XML parser chokes on the smallest error. Unlike its cousin, the XML parser is hard to trigger — you have to do something “special”, such as serving up an unusual MIME-type. Since invalid sites rarely bother to trigger the XML parser, their pages are parsed as HTML rather than XML. Thus we are protected from the vast wasteland of invalid XHTML out there, and the proprietors of these invalid sites are none the wiser.
But what’s so wrong with this picture, really? Let’s take a look at a real world example of what happens when XHTML is treated as XML rather than tag soup.
Canary in the Coal Mine
Jacques Distler had a problem: he wanted to share equations on string theory and quantum field theory with his fellow physicists on the web. Although Jacques had never needed to pay much attention to markup languages before, he did know how to write equations in a language called TeX. TeX wasn’t particularly web-friendly, but Jacques happened to have a tool that would convert TeX to a newfangled XML standard called MathML. MathML looked ideal for displaying equations on the web. How hard could it be to post a few equations?
Jacques discovered that the Mozilla browser could display MathML… if the MathML equations were embedded in a well-formed XML document. Fortunately, the W3C had thoughtfully provided an XML formulation of HTML called “XHTML 1.1” that allowed the embedding of inline MathML equations directly in web pages. Mozilla could display the equations if the page was valid “XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0” and if the page triggered Mozilla’s internal XML parser. So Jacques dutifully constructed a valid template, configured his server to serve up his pages to Mozilla with the recommended MIME-type for XHTML, and voilà — the equations displayed beautifully!
However, Jacques soon discovered that he was living on a knife’s edge. Because he was using Mozilla’s unforgiving XML parser, one little mistake — a mismatched tag, an unescaped entity — would choke his visitor’s browser. And to his consternation, Jacques found that even if he wrote perfectly well-formed XHTML, other people were conspiring to mess up his web pages. By allowing comments, opening up trackbacks, and displaying snippets from alien RSS feeds, Jacques had opened up his site for any random visitor to crash that page with garbage markup. In order to produce 100% valid XHTML, Jacques realized that he had to “bulletproof” his site. Strip control characters. Validate comments. Batten the hatches. If he was going to take advantage of the power of XHTML, he would have to protect his site from his own mistakes and everyone else’s.
The X in XHTML
At first glance, the conversion from HTML to XHTML seems straightforward enough. Just change a couple of lines at the top of the page, set everything to lowercase, quote your attributes, close your tags, fix a few nits here and there… and presto! Forward compatibility achieved. Right?
Well, not really. It’s easy to do a one-off conversion to XHTML. The hard part is constructing a site so that it stays valid XML no matter what you or or anyone else throws at it. Jacques had to go through this process, and if you’re going to actually use XHTML for anything, you will too.
As for whether XHTML is indeed critical for forward compatibility, that’s still an open question. Let’s take this at face value. Consider the following statement:
The future of the Internet is XHTML.
If that statement is true, then an unpleasant truth follows: if an XHTML site isn’t bulletproof, then the site isn’t forward compatible. Again, the reason XHTML is “more advanced” and hence “more forward compatible” than HTML is that all-important “X”. XML’s inherent strictness is the key that enables new functionality in XHTML. Thus, if you violate this strictness and serve up tag-soup XHTML, you’ve accomplished nothing — you haven’t enabled your site to use any XHTML-specific features, either now or in the future. (Conversely, if the statement is false, then serving up tag-soup XHTML isn’t a disaster. It’s merely embarrassing.)
Note that when we speak of “forward compatibility”, we must be careful not to conflate “clean semantic markup”, “CSS layouts”, and “good accessibility” with XHTML itself. You can meet (or fail) all these goals whether you use XHTML or plain old HTML 4.01. The key technical question is: will the web of the future require functionality that is not present in HTML?
And then there’s XHTML. Here we’re stuck back in the Dark Ages. There are very few uniquely-XHTML applications available today, aside from a few edge cases like Jacques Distler. And let’s face it, most of us aren’t physicists. It’s a rare website that really needs MathML.
This lack of interesting XHTML applications makes it frustratingly difficult hard to understand what XHTML is all about — what it can do, what it requires of us. In fact, the whole thing is reminiscent of the state of CSS in 1998. You could read the CSS2 spec, but it was hard to imagine something like Fahrner Image Replacement when the tools of the day didn’t support basic CSS layouts in the first place. And even after the first tools became available (starting with IE5/Mac), it still took years for the community to come around to the idea that standards matter. Maintaining a 100% valid XHTML website requires a similar philosophical shift — no more cowboy hand-coding without validating every change, no more trusting alien content. Real XHTML is a whole new ballgame.
The lack of XHTML applications has a more insidious effect in that it raises the cost/benefit ratio for converting to XHTML. We can convert, but most of us won’t be doing anything with it — the benefit is low. As for the cost, that can be surprisingly high. For example, what’s the best way to deal with comments? Even if you manage to programmatically strip out all control characters and unescaped entities, you’re still faced with a tough decision:
- Disable comments entirely?
- Disallow markup in comments?
- Allow markup, but force all users to submit valid XHTML comments?
The first two options solve the problem easily, but they restrict your site’s functionality. As for the third option, it simultaneously restricts and enhances your site’s functionality. Your comment usability suffers, because you can’t just dash off a comment and submit it in one easy step. However, your users can now respond in other flavors of XML (if you let them), such as MathML or SVG. If you have a highly specialized audience, this functionality could be critical.
In short, switching your site to XHTML is not a no-brainer, and the trade-offs and decisions only multiply when you get down into the details. Each designer must weigh these costs and benefits individually. There is no “right” answer.
So what about you, Mr. Author-of-this-article? A fair question. For me, the benefits are just too low. I don’t have a strong technical reason to switch to XHTML, and so I’m sticking with the technology that meets my needs today: HTML 4.01 Strict. Don’t get me wrong: I respect those brave souls out there, the trailblazers. I’m just not one of them. If I wait patiently, the “must-have” XHTML applications will arrive eventually (along with the toolsets to deploy them). This game’s only just started.
- W3C Favelets Page. In particular, the “Validate This Page” favelet (or “bookmarklet”) will speed up your validation and testing dramatically. Mozilla users might want to check out one of the many helpful toolbars out there, such as the PNH Developer Toolbar.
- Sending XHTML as
text/htmlConsidered Harmful. Essential reading for anyone making the leap from HTML-soup to standards compliant XHTML.
- The Road to XHTML 2.0: MIME Types. Mark Pilgrim’s XML.com article on XHTML 2.0 migration also discusses XHTML 1.1 MIME-type issues and includes generic PHP code, Python code, and mod_rewrite rules for achieving MIME-type negotiation.
- Jacques Distler: Musings. If you’re using Moveable Type, Jacques’ site has all sorts of tidbits. In particular, see his posts on MIME-type negotiation, comment validation, and the StripControlChars plugin.
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If you bought a MacBook in the eighteen month period between May 2006 and December 2007, you may be covered by Apple's new MacBook repair extension program - that is, if your machine is experiencing hard drive issues.
This week Apple has pleased many MacBook owners with the announcement of this "repair extension" for owners of the 13" notebook models.
Apple said the following of its repair extension program:
"If your MacBook was purchased in the date range listed above and shows a flashing question mark on the screen, please take it to Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider and they will examine the hard drive to confirm if it is eligible for a replacement, free of charge, under this program," the company said.
How do you know if you need to take advantage of this program? Chances are, if you're in need of it, you'd already know. If your MacBook displays a flashing question mark on any of the models listed above, your hard drive - according to Apple - "needs to be examined."
Although Apple's program obviously won't extend your standard warranty coverage, Apple will reimburse you if you've had to cough up for out of warranty repairs related to the issues that led to this program in the first place.
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