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-0.107509 | 3.327049 | 138 | HR e-Newsletter Intelligence Unit Special Reports Special Events
Subscribe Sponsored Departments Follow Us Twitter Facebook
LinkedIn RSS How Leaders Evaluate Leaders Philip Betbeze, for
HealthLeaders Media, December 4, 2012 He keeps goals big in
scope but few in number. For instance, he and his group agreed
to meet one performance objective for the group around
readmissions. "All 11 agreed and all would be responsible for
some piece, which forced them to have conversations among each
other." He argues that senior leaders need to create "stretch"
metrics that subordinates don't hit every year. When they don't
hit them, they also need to know you're not planning on firing
them. He says while clinical people have some transformation of
work practices, to deal with that can be quite challenging; it's
the administrative staff that has the toughest bridge to cross
as healthcare incorporates vast changes. "The leaders under the
most pressure are traditional C-suite people because they cannot
achieve anymore w |
-1.849001 | 2.044438 | -1 | Monday, June 10, 2013 Royal Encore's Sire Royal Encore was
sired by the ever famous DCC Vegas, who now resides in France.
DCC Vegas is a dominant curly dark bay/white tobiano Missouri
Fox Trotter stallion who is SSH, ICHO, & MFTHBA registered.
Here are some links, photo's, video's, and copies of his
pedigree. Another video that I cant seem to upload - so here is
the link... Royal Encore's Dam Royal Encores dam was a
Missouri Fox Trotter mare named Royal Serenade Y. She died
within 24 hrs of giving birth to Royal Encore. Royal Encore was
then adopted by a large Belgian mare. Here is the link about her
dam, some pictures, and her dam's pedigree. Royal Encore's
Early Days Royal Encore's original owner did some wonderful
early training with her. She did many Clinton Anderson
exercises/etc. Here are some links, pictures, & video's of her
early years before we bought her. |
-0.26084 | 7.096781 | 8 | Auburn kindergartners get iPads AUBURN — City schools are
rolling out iPads to half of the kindergarten students this
week. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Washburn Elementary School
kindergarten student Nicole Agousso shows off the Apple iPad she
was given in class Wednesday afternoon. For a video of the first
day with iPads at Washburn, visit Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Nevaeh Warner, a kindergartner at Washburn Elementary School in
Auburn, uses a numbers program on the Apple iPad she received
Wednesday afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Sophia
Sansoucy checks out her portrait on an Apple iPad in her
kindergarten class at Washburn Elementary School in Auburn on
Wednesday. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Sophia Sansoucy shows
off her portrait on a new Apple iPad in her kindergarten class
at Washburn Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. At
Washburn Elementary School, Jessica Prue's class got their
tablet computers Wednesday. “The iPads, they are very special
and we're very, very, very lucky that w |
-1.109547 | 0.604023 | 6 | August 2009 Archives August 28, 2009 Michigan Driver's License
Restoration - Secretary of State Denial For anyone thinking of
filing an Appeal for a Michigan Secretary of State Driver
Assessment and Appeal Division Hearing, listen up. If you lose
after your Hearing, the chances are overwhelming that you will
also lose any appeal that you file. As a rather well-seasoned
Driver's License Restoration Attorney, I handle a large volume
of License Appeals. That does not mean, however, that I get
involved with every, or even the majority of cases that come
along. Part of having a successful record of wins involves
having a good sense of which cases can and will be successful.
That means knowing when a case is not likely to win, and not
going forward with it. denied2.pngA fair number of the calls
that come into my office are from Driver's who have already gone
to the DAAD for their Hearing and lost. Most went without an
Attorney, but a few hired one that they now think wasn't
familiar enough with this area of the |
0.951332 | 6.676021 | -1 | Kobe Bryant Was The Pied Piper Of R&B For One Half In Detroit
Roc Marciano - "Poltergeist" The 3 Best DJing Apps Out Now By
Raj / 03.07.12 Thanks to the digitalization of turntables and
mixers, there’s no longer a need to spend months practicing
beatmatching nor is there a sky high cost that used to come with
purchasing the thousands of dollars of equipment needed to start
up a DJ career. The latter especially doesn’t make sense for the
casual user who just wants to spin for his or her own
entertainment. Thankfully, applications such as Mixman Spin
Control, ProTools, and djay have streamlined the process and
made it significantly easier on the pockets. Mixman Spin
Control Mixman Spin Control has swiftly decreased the learning
curve of DJing by allowing the user to easily and conveniently
create mixes without all of the commons strains associated with
the art. For starters, with the software, there are no more
carrying crates stuffed full of records or missing key switching
points. At the press of a butto |
3.156002 | 4.792536 | 2 | Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics Critic score
distribution: 1. Positive: 1 out of 6 2. Negative: 1 out of
6 1. To be quite honest, The Bible Game isn't as lame as I
thought it was going to be. It's not great, hell, it's not even
good but at least it doesn't totally suck. 2. This game is
interesting enough to keep most kids' attention with a bit of
innocent humor adults will appreciate and a Christian rock
soundtrack even non-Christians can bear. 3. 40
Interestingly, the saddest part of The Bible Game is how it
manages to completely ignore the core messages of religion in
favor of trite Nouveau Christian catchphrases. It's all content
without meaning or context. 4. Underneath the religious
overtones is a mediocre party game that shouldn't get much play,
even at a Catholic school retreat. 5. 65 There's not
enough biblical depth to warrant a purchase from religious folk,
yet the mini-games aren't that engaging, either. It all feels
somewhat hokey as well; almost as though you' |
0.946973 | 6.606909 | -1 | Jun 292011 63 - Effects Bypass Methods This article is not so
much a creative experience as it is a basic concept and
educational tutorial about how to create bypasses for your
effect Combinators. You can use a bypass to enable the sound
travelling through the effects processor to play while the
effects are turned off, and then allow the effect to affect the
sound when they are turned on. In essence, it’s a way to build
your Combinators so that they can be more flexible, and still
allow sound to pass through; letting you decide when you want
the effects built inside them to take hold of your sound. |
0.23651 | 6.541663 | -1 | Order Tray | Contact Us | Home | SIG Lists [aprssig] Satellite
Ranging.. Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net Mon Oct 10 19:05:38
UTC 2005 >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:35:54 +0100 >From: "Dave
Baxter" <dave at emv.co.uk> >Subject: RE: [aprssig] Satellite
ranging >I read somewhere that it has been done, but with a
voice repeater on the >ground. However, as I seem to recall,
it's not just the path delay that >you see, it's also the delay
in all the audio filtering in the box >(bird) and your own
radio's too. I think the article I read, they were >trying to
confirm measurements from some other experiment, and had to
>calculate the path delay, to determine the "real" group delay
through >the repeater, or was it the other way round, I
forget... >No doubt you could do that with a satelite too, but
you'd need to know >in advance the delay through the bird's
circuits, and your radio's (at >least that is easy to do) come
to that!. If that would be significant >over the extended
distance/path delay to/from a satelite th |
-2.302016 | 3.109967 | 76 | Search in IPPS abstracts: All Volumes Previous article Next
article Previous volume Next volume Proceedings of the
International Plant Propagator's Society Vol. 44 Propagating
from the Keyboard Charles H. Parkerson pp: 512-516 We spend
a lot of time and effort trying to keep everyone informed as to
what is happening on the nursery. Try as we might, the lack of
communication among divisions was creating problems that at
times were frustrating. In an effort to improve this
communication gap we developed a series of computer programs
that have helped us in streamlining our production at Lancaster
Farms. Our computer system is an Intel based PC using a UNIX
operating system with programs written in Microsoft® Basic.
Developing a Computer Program for Propagation. The following
discussion is a description of our simple propagation program.
The first step is setting up a logical set of standard
assumptions: 1. Number of pots/trays per house or m2 (ft2).
2. Production area. 3. Ingredients and their |
-0.225608 | 9.329876 | 16 | Gisle Aas > Font-AFM > Font::AFM Annotate this POD Related
Modules Open 1 View/Report Bugs Module Version: 1.20
Source Font::AFM - Interface to Adobe Font Metrics files
use Font::AFM; $h = new Font::AFM "Helvetica"; $copyright =
$h->Notice; $w = $h->Wx->{"aring"}; $w =
$h->stringwidth("Gisle", 10); $h->dump; # for debugging This
module implements the Font::AFM class. Objects of this class are
initialised from an AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) file and allow you
to obtain information about the font and the metrics of the
various glyphs in the font. All measurements in AFM files are
given in terms of units equal to 1/1000 of the scale factor of
the font being used. To compute actual sizes in a document,
these amounts should be multiplied by (scale factor of
font)/1000. The following methods are available: $afm =
Font::AFM->new($fontname) Object constructor. Takes the name of
the font as argument. Croaks if the font can not be found.
Returns a 256-element array, where each element contai |
-4.032754 | 3.1563 | 39 | Study: Allergies might be 'turned off' | Oct. 1, 2010 at
8:22 PM BALTIMORE, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've
discovered a way to turn off the immune system's allergic
reaction to food proteins in mice, which could have human
applications. The findings by scientists at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine provide hope the human body could
be trained to tolerate allergies to foods like peanuts and milk
suffered by millions, a university release said. Researchers
found one kind of immune cell in the gastrointestinal tract,
considered the first line of defense for a body's immune system,
expresses a special receptor that appears on the cell's surface
and binds to specific sugars. By targeting this receptor using
sugar-modified protein, researchers were able to keep food
proteins that would have induced a severe, even deadly, allergic
reaction from causing any serious harm. "There is no cure for
food allergies, and the primary treatment is avoidance of the
offending protein," Yufeng |
3.966614 | 2.087912 | 5 | oh, jason alexander, why must you trouble me so? Thursday, May
20, 2010 i have a bone to pick with jason alexander. because
thanks to jenny craig i'm never going to be able to look at him
the same again. this isn't a good thing, fyi. while watching
tv last night i saw the newest jenny craig commercial featuring
george costanza himself, jason alexander. upon seeing this
commercial my jaw literally dropped, i said, "um, what the hell
george?", and paused/rewound the spot again to make sure it
wasn't seeing things. don't know what i'm talking about? how
about you guys watch it first so we are all on the same page...
{{shaking my head}} jason, what happened to you? singing?
dancing? stripping? are those spanx you're wearing? you may as
well had taken off the tank top, what else do you have to lose?
i do want to be clear on one thing, i have nothing against the
jenny craig program, just their ad agency who allowed jason
alexander to sing and dance broadway style in his underwear.
whatever happened to |
1.299651 | 1.89241 | -1 | 5 Rules on How to Apologize to Your Partner Saying Your Sorry
to the Ones You Love By Alysia Stern for BounceBack.com Not
every apology will be created or received equally. "I am sorry"
is an in-depth, three word phrase that obtains numerous
meanings. The majority of the time when one person accidentally
or mistakenly hurts another person causing emotional or physical
pain, the natural response is to say "I'm sorry!" As a child we
are trained to apologize to others when we have hurt them. This
is a universal term known in every language. The term is also
used to express condolences to another person. It is a way of
extending feelings of remorse and sorrow to another. Related:
Need to Apologize? Creative Ways to Say "I'm Sorry" "I am
sorry" is said everyday in many ways. The most important thing
to remember is that it is supposed to be used in a realistic,
remorseful way; not in a "fly by night" sort of way! When you
are truly sorry and have made a commitment to yourself and
another to never perform the a |
-3.762392 | 3.169625 | 39 | Catamenial pneumothorax From Ask Dr Wiki Jump to: navigation,
search Catamenial pneumothorax is a condition of collapsed lung
occurring in conjunction with menstrual periods (catamenial
refers to menstruation), believed to be caused primarily by
endometriosis of the pleura (the membrane surrounding the
lung).[1] Symptoms and signs Onset of lung collapse is less
than 72 hours after menstruation. Typically, it occurs in women
aged 30-40 years, but has been diagnosed in young girls as early
as 10 years of age and post menopausal women (exclusively in
women of menstrual age) most with a history of pelvic
endometriosis. Endometriosis can attach to the lung, forming
chocolate-like cysts. Generally the parietal pleura is involved,
but the lung itself, the visceral layer, the diaphragm, and more
rarely the tracheobronchial tree may also be afflicted[2] . How
this endometrial tissue reaches the thorax remains enigmatic,
although defects in the diaphragm can often be found.[3] The
cysts can release blood; th |
-1.007934 | 5.062134 | 4 | Hafriz Shah-Inside Track • Volkswagen Touareg TDI or Porsche
Cayenne Diesel? Fresh of Volkswagen's fast moving block is
the Touareg TDI, the firm's first diesel-powered offering here
in Malaysia. Globally renowned for its TDI engines, it's good to
see Volkswagen Group Malaysia finally taking the diesel plunge
after years and years of delays. Only time will tell whether the
letters TDI will be as popular with VW's local following as TSI
and DSG are, and with the Amarok pick-up truck due to be
released in the near future, it's looking good for Volkswagen.
Recenty launched Volkswagen Touareg TDI I'm not that big a
fan of diesel engines but I'll have to admit that for heavy
SUVs, they make a lot more sense than their equivalent petrol
variants. If I'm going to buy a Volkswagen Touareg, I'll walk
past the V6 FSI and Hybrid models and go straight to the TDI.
The only issue here is though, would I want a Touareg TDI in the
first place? At RM488,888 the new Volkswagen Touareg TDI is
priced peril |
1.302017 | 8.236032 | -1 | Take the 2-minute tour × I'll emphasize that I am very new to
graphics programming. I've been using XNA up until now and I've
been looking for a way to build simple 2D functionality with
textured quads. I'm sort of starting to get how the whole
process works, but the idea of positioning things from 0 to 1
doesn't seem quite right for what I'm doing. Is this the only
way to do it? I've learned that I'm supposed to be rendering
quads to an orthogonal projection, but I guess my problem is
exactly how to implement that the correct way. I totally
acknowledge that my problems are a result of not understanding
the technology, but all of the tutorials I can find tend to
gloss over a lot of the details. Is there a simple way to set up
an orthogonal projection in d3d11, and is there a simple way to
convert the coordinates so I can specify it in pixels (like the
XNA spritebatch)? I'm hoping that seeing the answer to this will
help me get a more solid grasp on a lot of the areas where I'm
confused in general with graph |
3.599727 | 3.935541 | -1 | View Full Version : is there already a thread on how goofy that
new Luke figure looks? 04-04-2007, 07:15 AM Surely this was an
April Fool's joke? That can't be the real Luke they are putting
out...the buck teeth and receding hairline have to be a joke,
right? :confused: 04-04-2007, 09:49 AM I could see the teeth,
but Damn I have seen better heads on a mug of beer. El Chuxter
04-04-2007, 10:53 AM I don't need a moisture vaporator that bad.
I prefer the Stormtrooper's bio: Old Fossil 04-04-2007, 11:10
AM He needs a crude plaque around his neck that says "Luke #1."
But seriously, folks... this doesn't look like the same head
sculpt I've seen in other images. The one I remember seeing had
an almost "animated" look to it, but it was still all right.
This one... I dunno. Everything from the neck down is great,
though!!! 04-04-2007, 11:43 AM It is one of the worst Lukes
we've ever seen, but I will buy three for the vaporators. I am
an idiot. 04-04-2007, 04:02 PM MAbs and I were discussing this
putrid fig |
-1.691072 | -0.851271 | -1 | Saturday, April 18, 2009 Executive Power Grabs Done For;
Pirates Power Line keeps claiming that Obama shouldn't accept
any credit given to him by the media for the successful
resolution of the "Pirate Crisis" last week. Those yokels, and
the right wing media in general, should get a grasp on what
exactly they mean by executive power. One moment, they're
decrying Obama claiming any credit for anything; the next, they
defend Bush's over-reaching claims of executive privilege. Come
on Power Line, the executive either controls everything or he
doesn't, pick one. Monday, January 5, 2009 roland burris -
"the magic man" The Senate is stupid to not seat Roland Burris.
His appointment was made by a legally sitting governor acting in
within the bounds of his authority. With the bunch of yahoos
we've elected in the past 12 years, let Roland Burris take a
stab in the Senate (unintentional Julius Caesar reference). We
don't even have habeas corpus anymore, and the press is throwing
a fit about some half-concocted hin |
3.906575 | 2.5575 | 5 | Minority Report The year is 2054 and there is a new crime
fighting force in Washington, D.C. No, it isn't the Homeland
Security Division, but the Department of Pre-Crime, a Thought
Police of sorts who, with the aid of some psychic friends called
"pre-cogs", can see the details of a murder before it takes
place and then arrest the would-be perp before any crime is
actually committed, thus saving any would-be victim(s). Pre-
Crime, which has made the Nation's Capitol murder-free (this
must be a sci-fi story) is about to go national. However,
Washington's other Three Letter Agencies still need to have
pissing contests and the DOJ, no doubt sensing its purpose
threatened, sends in Danny Witwer (Colin Farrel) to find
glitches and inconsistencies in the program. Staunchly defending
the perfection of the program is Division Chief John Anderton
(Tom Cruise), who would have benefited had the program been
enacted 6 years earlier when his child was abducted and
murdered. By day he is the leader of an elite crime fighti |
-1.374166 | -0.464189 | -1 | Group led by John Baird’s ‘dear friend’ gets $1 million grant
despite sub-par bid Human Resources Minister Diane Finley
overrode the recommendations of her own department to approve a
$1 million grant for an organization led by a close ally of
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. What’s more, Baird
personally spoke to Finley about the project, which was twice
deemed sub-par by bureaucrats, according to the Globe and Mail.
From the Globe: The funding request for the expansion of a
Jewish community centre known as a Chabad was submitted by Rabbi
Chaim Mendelsohn of the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch,
who serves as the Canadian face of the international Hasidic
outreach movement. The Ottawa-based rabbi recently joined Mr.
Baird on a tour of Israel. During that January visit, Mr. Baird
repeatedly joked in his speeches that while he was not Jewish,
he did have a rabbi. More than 300 organizations applied for
the grants, which were earmarked for
improving accessibility. Bureaucrats then ranked the app |
-1.436456 | 4.27259 | -1 | Vermont Yankee reducing state's carbon emissions, keeping prices
"low" In fact, there are formidable challenges to bringing
large amounts of renewable power online, especially near term.
Dr. Axelrod's study found the following. Wind power. "To
replace Vermont Yankee with an equivalent number of wind-derived
electricity would require the installation of more than 1,500
wind generators. Given that the largest wind farms install only
a few hundred generators, the addition of 1,500 generations with
the associated transmission lines needed to connect to the
Vermont network, 2012 is an unrealistic completion date."
Solar. "The equivalent number of solar collectors (to replace
Vermont Yankee) would require over 2,000 acres of dedicated
space just for the solar collectors. To maximize exposure to the
sun, an untold amount of land will have to be cleared in order
to capture as much sun energy as possible." Wood. "The amount
of wood and waste wood materials needed to produce the same
amounts of electricity as from |
0.480216 | 9.977722 | 16 | Take the 2-minute tour × I have several (bash) scripts that are
run both individually and in sequence. Let's call them one, two,
and three. They take awhile to run, so since we frequently run
them in order, I'm writing a wrapper script to simply call them
in order. I'm not running into any problems, per se, but I'm
realizing how brittle this is. For example: script two has a -e
argument for the user to specify an email address to send errors
to. script three has a -t argument for the same thing. script
one's -e argument means something else My wrapper script
basically parses the union of all the arguments of the three
subscripts, and "does the right thing." (i.e. it has its own
args - say -e for email, and it passes its value to the -e arg
to the second script but to the -t arg for the third). My
problem is that these scripts are now so tightly coupled - for
example, someone comes along, looks at scripts two and three,
and says "oh, we should use the same argument for email
address", and changes the -t t |
1.962337 | 0.024407 | -1 | The Life of Messianic Jews in Israel What is it that a person,
a Jewish believer in Yeshua, would uproot themselves to move to
the Middle East? That could be easily answered, a passion for
the Holy Land and belief that Israel is the place of the
Messiah’s return. There is another question; would these
believers be embraced by the Jewish community? 03/11/2013
06:51:55 PM There is no such thing as a "Messianic Jew" These
people are not Jewish. the "Messianic" Movement was created by
evangelical Christians. Their sole purpose in life is to convert
Jews and destroy the Jewish people 10/13/2011 05:13:45 PM
David: "you are the light of the world" When Jews@lla people
will learn TORAH's lessons (@other books): Gen 4:11- there is a
relation between acts (moral or not) @the afterwords future
events; is it too difficult to understand? The fate of the
killers of Socrates, Jesus, Pitagoras,.....Joan d"Arc is too
difficult to know? What was the fate of 10th Roman Legion that
tortured Jesus? Total Extinction in 66A. |
3.711893 | 3.983226 | -1 | hide menu User avatar #50 - neoexdeath ONLINE (12/27/2012) [-]
What pisses me off about Star Wars is basically if you're a
Force user... 1. You can be a totally evil douchebag drunk on
the dark side 2. You can be an anal retentive lawful stupid
douchebag #66 to #50 - justtocomment ONLINE (12/27/2012) [-]
It's kind of like the mages in Dragon Age... There's a huge
amount of power and potential there, so people are terrified of
the repercussions of letting it go unhindered. So the Jedi order
is there to train force-users to only uphold good in all things,
so that they don't have to risk being ostracized by the universe
at large. And most people are happy to keep it that way, because
in the event that force users demand "freedom", it's usually
because they've fallen to the dark side. Because complete power
corrupts completely, it's not often that powerful force-users
remain truly neutral. As in, you're not likely to find a dude
just chilling, using the force to levitate beers from the
kitchen and his lightsa |
-0.228034 | 7.477012 | 8 | University Deploying Thousands of Windows 8 Tablets Is Smart
Tactics, Flawed Strategy | ZDNet Summary: The CIO of Seton
Hall University wants to standardize on Windows 8 tablets and
PCs. In the age of thriftiness, BYOD and end user choice, that
seems like a losing strategy. (August 15, 2012: Seton Hall's
CIO counters my argument. Read his letter here.) Twenty miles
from Manhattan, New Jersey's Seton Hall University is offering
about 2,500 students, including all incoming freshmen and junior
students, the choice of either a Samsung Series 7 tablet or
Samsung Series 5 ultrabook running Windows 8 Release Preview
version, as well as Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phones. The
laptops and tablets will be updated to the official RTM (Release
To Manufacturing) of Windows 8 after its release on October 26.
Seton Hall is going all-in on Microsoft. It's also using Office
365 for education for e-mail and other collaboration. While I
think the school's move has some short-term merits, I also think
it unwisely bucks lon |
2.866899 | 2.270143 | 25 | Skip to main content About the Book About the Book Patty and
Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul --- the
gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole
Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who
could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get
the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably
perfect mother and the wife of Walter’s dreams. Together with
Walter --- environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family
man --- she was doing her small part to build a better world.
But now, in the new millennium, the Berglunds have become a
mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the
aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a
job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz ---
outré rocker and Walter’s college best friend and rival ---
still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to
Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become “a very
different kind of neighbor,” an impla |
3.024554 | -3.918702 | 38 | Pass defense will play key role in SEC title race - - The News
for South Mississippi Pass defense will play key role in SEC
title race AP Sports Writer During the Southeastern
Conference's run of 6 consecutive championships, 5 of those
champions ranked among the top two teams in the conference and
the top four teams nationwide in pass efficiency defense.
South Carolina's Connor Shaw and Alabama's A.J. McCarron are 2
of the nation's most efficient passers, and they could end up
meeting in the SEC championship game. Who wins the matchup - or
even the chances of such a matchup occurring - likely depends on
how well their respective teams defend the pass. |
3.727064 | -4.556008 | 12 | Celtics Rediscovering Identity Over Five-Game Winning Streak
The Celtics' bench guys had plenty to celebrate tonight. - Jared
Wickerham Nine days ago, the Celtics were on a losing skid; now
they're rolling. Avery Bradley's return has set off a chain
reaction through the starting five and the second unit alike,
leading to five straight wins, including tonight's romp over
Houston. There's something fundamentally different about these
Celtics. Watching them now, it's difficult to believe they're
the same team who, just nine days ago, sat at 14-17, outside the
East playoff picture and looking in. That group was battered,
bruised and disillusioned; this team has won five consecutive
games, against good teams, and rather convincingly at that. The
Jan. 11 Celtics are nothing like the Jan. 2 club. This team has
spirit. They have competitiveness. They have -- at long last --
an identity. Sure, "identity" is usually a useless, insipid
buzzword in sports. It's revisionism -- good teams have identity
because they're |
-0.932313 | 5.026024 | 4 | Chevron, gas pumpAP PhotoThe EPA's mileage figures don't always
line up with real world numbers. We expect it's a question
many of our readers are familiar with--either in keeping an eye
on their own car's gas mileage, or from friends asking about
their next car. It's become all the more important in recent
months, with high-profile criticism for makers like Ford, whose
recent hybrid models struggle to attain the figures returned in
EPA testing. And while some cars routinely struggle to reach
their official numbers, other cars are often much better in the
real world--as Volkswagen diesel owners are often all too eager
to point out! We decided to browse some of the more well-known
gas-sipping models using's roster of driver-inputted numbers, to
see which models fare best, and which aren't so good in the real
world. It's looking good for Honda and Volkswagen, but not so
much for Ford... honda insight tbiHonda Insight Honda CR-Z
EPA: 34/37 mpg combined (manual/CVT) Real world: 37-40 mpg The
economy of H |
-3.148494 | 2.030826 | -1 | Revaluing Food Natan Doron When it comes to food waste and
food policy, there is a need for some innovative policy
thinking. In addition, we must also confront questions about the
purpose of our food system. Is it to provide an excess of food
at the cheapest possible prices? Or is it to ensure that all
are well fed and can enjoy access to good quality food? The
articles that follow offer a range of answers to and opinions on
some of these questions and more. Some focus specifically on the
problem of food waste, others look at the food system more
broadly. The articles come from a variety of perspectives, some
from academia and others in the game of advocacy. At times, the
views of the various authors may conflict, but in true Fabian
tradition, they all provide ground for further thought and
discussion. Ultimately what they all illustrate in primary
colours is that food is indeed a deeply political issue and we
have a collective duty to reason together about what we want our
food system to deliver. |
2.670774 | 1.312176 | -1 | The Fairy's Mistake By: Gail
Carson Levine If every time you spoke, a
jewel fell out of your mouth, would you be happy? It all began
when Rosella went to the well to fetch water. There was a
thirsty old woman there, so Rosella gave her a drink. Since the
woman was the fairy Ethelinda, she gave Rosella a reward. Every
time Rosella spoke, a jewel fell out of her mouth. When her
sister, Myrtle, saw this, she ran to the well looking for the
old woman. All she saw was a knight. Since he was actually the
fairy in disguise, and Myrtle treated him poorly, Myrtle was
cursed. Every time she spoke, a reptile or insect fell out of
her mouth. She soon learned how to use this to her advantage.
If a shopkeeper didn't give her what she wanted for free, she
spoke. Meanwhile, Rosella was in the
garden singing when the Prince came. He told her he wanted to
marry her. Unfortunately, it was just for her jewels. Every
time she spoke, her maids wou |
0.585398 | 4.600733 | -1 | Athelstan Spilhaus, 86, Dies; Inventor With Eye on Future
Published: April 01, 1998 Athelstan F. Spilhaus, a geophysicist
and meteorologist who invented a device that measures
temperatures at the depths of the sea and who became the first
United States representative on the executive board of Unesco,
died on Monday at his home in Middleburg, Va. He was 86.
Dreamer, futurist, creator or fixer of untold numbers of other
devices, including some 3,000 varieties of children's toys, Dr.
Spilhaus listed his occupation in his later years as ''retired
genius,'' and throughout his life he had been involved in
complex scientific, mechanical, educational, architectural and
military projects. Some were top secret, and one caused a half-
century mystery. Because of his work with undersea wave and
temperature measurements, he was asked to take part in similar
geophysical studies and design balloons that would float up and
monitor atmospheric waves. The balloons become part of an Air
Force system used to spy on Soviet nu |
1.909645 | 0.43852 | 44 | Download Free Books on Yoga, Religion & Philosophy Online
Bookstore View Archives This Makara Sankranti message was
given on the 14th of January, 1972. A collection of messages by
Swamiji during various spiritual festivals including this
message can be found in Swamiji's book, "Spiritual Import of
Religious Festivals". Click here for another discourse on
Makara Sankranti by Swami Sivananda. In Sanskrit, Makara
Sankranti means the time when the sun crosses the tropic of
Capricorn. The day is of special significance to all those
leading the spiritual life and mention has been made of this
commencement of this new period in such scriptures as the
Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. The sun comes to the North,
energising and invigorating all life wherever it is, and on
whatever he sheds his light. In esoteric parlance, in mystic
terminology, the sun is regarded as the presiding deity over the
self of man, while the moon is the presiding deity over the mind
of man. The self or the soul is different from the m |
-0.296403 | 9.158105 | 16 | [ubuntu-art] DejaVu fonts, why are they not the default font?
Alexander van Loon svloon at xs4all.nl Thu Dec 21 11:53:55 GMT
2006 In April and May 2006 there was some discussion on this
list about the fonts used in Ubuntu. Currently the DejaVu fonts
are already being shipped with Ubuntu, but why are they not yet
the default fonts? DejaVu covers a greater range of Unicode than
the other fonts, so why not make DejaVu the default font? That
would also allow Ubuntu to stop shipping so many different
fonts, why have 10+ different fonts which look more or less the
same if there is one font which is the best choice? More
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0.692522 | -2.024483 | 96 | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 The New Orthodox Jewish Left in Israel
Nir Hasson wrote a long article in Haaretz's Weekend Supplement
on the young orthodox (and formerly orthodox) Jews involved in
the Sheikh Jarrah protest movement. I have reproduced some of it
below. There is a sort of "man-bites-dog" quality to the
article; after all, young modern orthodox Jews are assumed to be
ultra nationalistic racists, whether implicit or explicit, and
that assumption is mostly correct. So we are not talking about
large numbers, though the leadership role of these activists is
interesting. Readers of this blog are quite aware of the
phenomenon; I have counted kippot among the activists before.
But there is no global explanation for it. Why do some orthodox
Jews protest injustices against Palestinians? Why did some
gentiles risk their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust?
Explanations must be local. In the case of these particular
activists, many of them come from academic families; their
parents are thoughtful moderates; |
1.783222 | 6.772127 | -1 | Take the tour × What would the calculation look like when
computing the wind pressure of a moving vehilce versus
compressed air pressure pushing against the the moving vehicle,
how much compressed air pressure would be needed to combat the
wind of the moving vehicle.? share|improve this question add
comment 1 Answer I think you are asking what is the air
pressure caused by a vehicle moving? It's a little complicated
for a real vehicle with aerodynamics and air moving around it -
but if you imagine a simple shaped object the force is can
somebody Tex this? Which says that the force from the air is
1/2 * density of air * velocity squared * drag coeeficent * area
But since pressure is force / area we can drop the area bit and
have the pressure of air just depends on the speed (v^2) and the
shape Cd You can look up Cd for different shapes, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_equation. But it's generally
between 1 for a flat plate and 0.05 for a very streamlined
teardrop. share|improve this answer add |
0.114509 | 3.059895 | -1 | In Brief Chimpanzees who have early cultural experiences with
humans may develop the brain capacity for paying better
attention to conceptual and memory tasks, according to research
presented by Ohio State University psychologist Sally Boysen,
PhD, at APA's 2003 Annual Convention. Her research suggests
that cognitive differences may exist between chimpanzees raised
in a structured human environment with constant, nurturing
communication from caretakers--called enculturation--and
chimpanzees that grew up in the wild or in lab environments
without enrichment. Chimps whose formative years included
interactive teaching techniques such as looking at picture books
and playing naming games probably develop more enhanced neural
pathways, especially in their frontal lobes, Boysen therorized.
Such development allows them to attend significantly better to
the communicative features of human interactions and to
reference human gestures and other dialogue-like systems used by
their teachers. "We're bringing chimpanzees |
-3.878292 | 2.365132 | -1 | Skip to content My WebMD Sign In, Sign Up WebMD Interviews
President Obama For more information: Health and Parenting
Health Center Raising fit Kids 2 year old won't eat anyting
solid vetter1999 posted: I'm looking for some advice or someone
to tell me that it's all going to be fine. I have a 21 month old
that quite literally hasn't eaten a bite of solid food yet
except for toast and Gerber Graduate puffs. We've tried
repeatedly for months and months to get him to feed himself
anything that isn't pureed. Also, he does seem to have a low gag
threshold, and will gag or vomit at times if food to too thick.
He will spoon feed himself some foods he likes, but only pureed.
We've tried eggs, cheeses, veggies, Cheerio's, chicken, noodles,
bananas, apples and a host of other items, all of which he
promptly sweeps off his tray onto the floor. He's even gotten
more difficult to feed pureed foods to, often refusing by
shaking his head for 5 minutes without stop. Most of his
calories come from the whole milk he's |
0.633793 | 3.435023 | -1 | Like so many of the most useful digital technologies finding
their way into education, transmedia originated in the broad
field of entertainment. Multi-platform storytelling fed the
desire of audiences for complex and participative narratives.
Today we have transmedia pioneers, such as Jeff Gomez, Lance
Weiler, and others, creating intricate narratives that are told
through books, comics, video games, Web shorts, feature films,
virtual worlds, and many other media. Effectively implemented,
such transmedia events are pervasive and have led to a
resurgence of narrative in the conjoined worlds of
entertainment, marketing, and commercial media. From
Entertainment to Education However, as is so often the case
with technologies that take that journey from other contexts
into education, the translation is not a simplistic one. In the
case of transmedia, it is critical that we modify and redefine
the concept in certain ways so that it can contribute as
effectively as possible to students’ learning. We know that ch |
0.222676 | 10.556885 | 16 | Introspection and Reflection in PHP Introspection is a common
feature in any programming language which allows object classes
to be manipulated by the programmer. You’ll find introspection
particularly useful when you don’t know which class or method
you need to execute at design time. Introspection in PHP offers
the useful ability to examine classes, interfaces, properties,
and methods. PHP offers a large number functions that you can
use to accomplish the task. In order to help you understand
introspection, I’ll provide a brief overview of some of PHP’s
classes, methods, and functions using examples in PHP to
highlight how they are used. During this article, you’ll see a
couple examples of how to use some of the most useful PHP’s
introspection function and a section dedicated to an API that
offers functionality similar to introspection, the Reflection
API. PHP Introspection Functions In the first example, I’ll
demonstrate a handful of PHP’s introspection functions. You can
use these functions to extrac |
5.167952 | 1.405705 | 93 | A Comparison of Origins and Influences in the Music of Vaughn
Williams and Britten through Analysis of Their Festival Te Deums
by Jensen, Joni. Abstract (Summary) Ralph Vaughan Williams and
Benjamin Britten were two of the most prominent and popular
composers in England in the first half of the twentieth century;
however, their musical styles represent two different schools of
thought, pastoralism and modernism. Despite their differences,
they had much in common. They attended the same school; were
heirs of a movement to promote English music, the English
Musical Renaissance; and greatly admired their predecessor Henry
Purcell. This document investigates how these two composers
formulated diverse compositional styles even though they shared
a common musical heritage. The investigation in this document is
two-part. First, the investigation depicts the origin and
formulation of both composers’ styles through a discussion and
comparison of their musical backgrounds, teachers, influences,
and ideals. This discu |
2.748524 | 2.690147 | -1 | A E van Vogt Master science-fiction writer who brought
psychology to bear on his tales of aliens and inter-galactic
struggle The author AE van Vogt, who has died aged 87,
spearheaded a golden age of science fiction - along with such
writers as Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. In his early
writing, van Vogt displayed a wild talent, creating stories of
vivid imagery and sudden, dream-like twists of plot and
perspective that found an appreciative audience in a genre
trying to shake off its image of rockets and ray guns.
Encouraged by editor John W Campbell, van Vogt brought his
interest in psychology and language to traditional science-
fiction themes such as alien contact, interstellar war, time
travel and its paradoxes, immortality and the superhuman.
Although critics often found his plots complex, others saw him
stretching the possibilities of the field while retaining the
sense of wonder vital to imaginative fiction. AE van Vogt was
born in Canada, and educated at var ious schools in Manitoba,
graduatin |
-1.048387 | 2.154915 | -1 | (Page 2 of 2) A One-two Weather Punch February 22, 1997|By
Flynn McRoberts and T. Shawn Taylor, Tribune Staff Writers.
Tribune reporters Dionne Searcey, James Hill, Annie Sweeney,
Teresa Puente, Pamela Cytrynbaum and Jacquelyn Heard contributed
to this article. In the Dunlo-Highlands subdivision, an
unincorporated area southwest of Dundee and Buffalo Grove Roads,
water was so deep around one house that the passing traffic
created waves that washed up to the front door. The owner took
an effective countermeasure: She parked her car in the street,
blocking all traffic. In the Foxcroft subdivision on Aurora's
west side, some residents called their street Walden Pond. The
real name is Walden Circle, but the street's sewers were backing
up, edging toward their homes. In July, when the city had
record rainfall leading to perhaps $100 million in flood
damages, the water on Walden backed into several of the homes
there. Sharon Lee, 45, who has lived on Walden for 11 years,
had to leave her house from July to No |
2.214375 | 0.37026 | 44 | 1 John 2 1My dear children, I write this letter to you so that
you will not sin. But if any person sins, we have Jesus Christ
to help us. He is the righteous ˻(good)˼ One. Jesus defends us
before God the Father. 2Jesus is the way our sins are taken
away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins
taken away, too. 3If we obey what God has told us to do, then we
are sure that we truly know God. 4A person says, “I know God!”
But if that person does not obey God’s commands, then that
person is a liar. The truth is not in him. 5But when a person
obeys God’s teaching, then God’s love has truly arrived at its
goal in that person. This is how we know that we are following
God: 6If a person says that he lives in God, then he must live
like Jesus lived. 7My dear friends, I am not writing a new
command to you. It is the same command you have had since the
beginning. This command is the teaching you have already heard.
8But also I write this command to you as a new command. This
command is true; you can se |
-0.595511 | 2.750045 | -1 | Published: August 03, 1993 AS a boy growing up in London in
the early 1950's, then as a young engineer, Graham Hawkes often
regretted having been born too late to join the machine-shop
daredevils who flew into the sky on a shoestring and, almost as
an afterthought, founded the aviation industry. That melancholy
gave way as Mr. Hawkes discovered the challenge of the emerging
field of undersea engineering. His pioneering ideas soon made
him one of the world's top designers of diving suits, submarines
and undersea robots and helped him start a number of successful
companies. Here at a marina on San Francisco Bay, his 40-foot
sailboat and black Corvette nearby, he is now embarked on a
venture that for the first time joins his love of flight with
his vision of the deep. If he is successful, his new vehicle
will take him into the inky blackness of the ocean's deepest
canyon, nearly seven miles down, his latest foray in a long
effort to fathom the planet's last frontier. The machine coming
into existence here |
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Order Photo Reprints Black hole of debt threatens economy
About John Browne Picture John Browne Freelance Columnist
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Daily Photo Galleries By John
Browne Published: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, 8:54 p.m. Black
holes in space have remained somewhat of a mystery since they
were first conceived of by a German mathematician serving in the
trenches of World War I. This is because inside a black hole
many laws of physics are thrown into disarray. What is known is
that the bigger the collapsed star, the more powerful and
devastating the black hole. The U.S. economy, still the world's
largest, is like a gigantic star. Congress and the Federal
Reserve have created black-hole-like spending that threatens
severe damage to American and world economies. Last week, U.S.
treasury debt topped $16.2 trillion. America's total debt,
including unfunded obligations for programs such as Medicare,
Social Security and unfunded government g |
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Religious divides deepen in Syria The fronts in the Syrian
conflict are increasingly hardening along religious lines. But
the prospects for the Christian, Druze and Alawite minorities
are all very different. The various religious communities in
Syria lived together peacefully for decades. But the ongoing
conflict in the country is tearing ever deeper divides between
the faiths. In its latest report on the violence in Syria, the
United Nations Human Rights Council warned of the growing role
of religion in the conflict. Syria is an ethnic and religious
patchwork. Three quarters of the around 22 million Syrians are
Sunni Muslims. Alawites and Christians each represent 10 percent
of the population. On top of that, several hundred thousand
Druze, Shiites and Yazidi also live in the country. Beyond
religion, ethnic tensions have also intensified between the Arab
majority and the Kurdish population in Syr |
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-0.231488 | 3.569171 | -1 | "Constructively Confrontational" Executive coaching is often
recommended as a method for improving a small-business owner's
effectiveness and bottom line. But what does coaching really do?
How valuable is it, and how does it differ from hiring a
traditional business consultant? Because the coaching field is
relatively new, not a lot of research exists on which methods
and approaches are most effective, says Ben Dattner, an
organizational psychologist, business coach, and founder of New
York-based Dattner Consulting. Smart Answers columnist Karen E.
Klein recently spoke with Dattner about the nature of the
coaching process and why entrepreneurs are sometimes afraid to
look in the mirror. Edited excerpts of their conversation
follow. Q: Why would a small-business owner want to hire a
business coach? A: Many small-business owners find it difficult
to get an objective perspective on their business challenges.
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4.047213 | 2.71311 | 5 | Twins (1988 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search For other uses, see Twins
(disambiguation). Twins Poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ivan Reitman Produced by Ivan Reitman Written by
William Davies William Osborne Timothy Harris Herschel Weingrod
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito Kelly Preston Chloe
Webb Bonnie Bartlett Music by Georges Delerue Randy Edelman
Cinematography Andrzej Bartkowiak Edited by Donn Cambern Sheldon
Kahn Distributed by Universal Pictures Release dates •
December 9, 1988 (1988-12-09) Running time 105 minutes Country
United States Language English Budget $18 million[1] Box office
$216,614,388 Twins is a 1988 comedy film, produced and directed
by Ivan Reitman about unlikely twins (played by Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito) who were separated at birth.
The core of the film is the relationship between DeVito's
streetwise character and Schwarzenegger's intellectual persona.
The film's characters are based on Stacey Cosby an |
1.635262 | -0.211458 | -1 | Answers to: Question about doing zina<p>Salam aleykum. very long
time I have been thinking about one thing and this is important
for me. what if person knows that zina is haram and he never
done it. And he wants to do it once in his life, but after zina
he will do repentance. what is the difference between the person
who did zina and after that did repentance and who never did
zina? Please I need to the answer to this question. </p>enWed,
26 Dec 2012 06:52:22 -0500Answer by believer<p>This is a very
good question, I appreciate that you asked. Now I can give you a
clear answer which I was trying to tell people in this forum but
they never tried to understand. </p> <p>If any Muslim did zina,
that person has to face the punishment of 100 lashes if that
person was unmarried when he commits this sin or if he was
married and commits this sin he should be stoned to death. THIS
IS THE ONLY REPENTANCE FOR THIS SIN IN ISLAM, if that person
thinks that he/she can purify himself/herself by just crying and
begging in fron |
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-0.114375 | 4.735713 | -1 | View Full Version : A technique for long(er) lived galvanized
fastening 05-08-2003, 03:07 PM I realize I've been awfully
noisy, but with my project coming up I need lots of advice!!!
smile.gif I am currently going to refasten bad fasteners on my
boat with hot dipped galvanized screws of decent quality. I got
to thinking about the factors that cause them to waste away, and
I realized one of the main ones was the plank/frame interface.
What if you core drilled out the old fastener, made up a dowel
with a blood groove, epoxied it in place but left it proud by
the same thickness of the plank that you have left as meat to
hold the fastener? Now the hole in the plank may have to be a
bit wider, but you could sink a fastener into that dowel and
assuming it did not collapse, you would have some wood in that
interface instead of metal. So, for example, if your fastener
was 1/2", the dowel would be 3/4", so that gives us 1/8" of good
wood all around the new fastener. If the planking was 2", the
dowel would stand pr |
1.140118 | 1.849696 | 40 | Does anyone else cringe when they hear (or read) spanglish? Ash
- posted on 02/12/2010 ( 5 moms have responded ) Spanish is
my 1st language and I love it, I also speak English and can
switch from one to the other, but why do people speak like this
when it sounds so tacky & low-class?? It's awful and
embarrassing . Either you speak in English or in Spanish but not
both! '' Hello bato, wanna come to my casa and have unas
chelas? My flaca can make us unos tacos, just be callado, my
abuelita is taking una siesta'' UGH *shivers* If you see this,
leave this form field blank. Powered by RESPECT not THUMPS
View replies by Celeste - posted on 03/17/2010 My
grandmother did this. I think it's maybe she didn't know what
the English word for it was. She also preferred the Spanish word
for certain English words because they sounded "bad" to her. For
example, she'd never say "sheets", she'd always say "sabanas"
because to her, it sounded like a swear word. [deleted account]
I agree with you, and I have the |
0.072046 | -1.03557 | -1 | The following op-ed appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on
Saturday, December 7, 1991, under the headline "Fifty years ago,
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor: Many nations caused World
War II – so who whould apologize to whom?" It was prompted by
what I saw as a misguided effort to assess blame. Many Americans
felt this anniversary was an appropriate time for Japan to issue
a formal apology for what we saw as a dastardly sneak attack
that plunged half the world into war. This led some Japanese,
and some Americans as well, to call for America to apologize for
what they saw as an unwarranted attack on the civilian
populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with weapons of mass
destruction. Both sides had a point, but in my opinion, both
sides also missed the point. Hence this article explaining my
view. This page can be viewed in Romanian courtesy of azoft.
Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Martin E.
Hellman Many years ago when my daughters were small, the
younger one asked the older, "In a civi |
1.558463 | 2.002253 | -1 | Dear Jimmy, I can't really believe I'm writing this but, what
can I do? I've been like this for a while and we can't just
continue being friends when we both know there's so much more
between us than just friendship… I first noticed it when I
noticed the looks you give me every single time you think I'm
not looking. Then, the constant visits to the grocery store
without you even working there. Later, when you started actually
working there, you spent every free minute with me. And, who
could forget the look you had on your face when that cute blond
thirteen year old kid (whose name I cannot remember) had a crush
on me! Oh, and your invitation for slow dancing in Vegas… Did
you really think I was so naïve I wouldn't see that you had
feelings for me? Well, I'm not that naïve… But I'm not such an
angel myself either! I was incredibly jealous when I saw you
dating that read-head… Even more jealous than when I saw Wyatt
kissing that blond skank! Also, my proposition for us to pretend
to be husband and wife, yo |
4.306561 | -2.893529 | 1 | Friday, 6 January 2012 Test Match Sabina Park Test Match
Sabina Park 1. What is the theme of the poem? (a) Fall from
glory (b) An exciting cricket match (c) Reflections of a
spectator (d) Failed batsmen 2. Which line in the poem tells
that the crowd lacked the spirited response to the match? 3.
The speaker is critical of the English batting. Quote the lines
in support of the criticism. 4. Why is the poet’s rationale for
a dull game not convincing even to himself? 5. What is the
“tarnished rosette” which the writer mentions in the last Why is
it tarnished? 6. The tone of the poem is (a) sarcastic (b)
formal (c) conversational (d) harsh 7. What does the native
language of the folk lend to the poem? 8. In this poem you hear
two voices. Whose voices are they? 9. What is meant by the line
“Proudly wearing the rosette of my skin”? 10. What insights do
you get of the relationship between the English and the native
folk from the expression, “Eh white bwoy”? 1. Replies 1.
nope.... it is very easy!! |
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switches. Already optional with a major OEM and a steering
column maker, the new switch combines multiple functions-
eliminating the need for other controls on a dashboard. The
“basic” switch includes left- and right-turn signals for up to 8
lamps per side, and four-way flashing for up to 16 lamps.
Available options include “lift-to-dim” and flash-to-pass” (day
or night) features as well as manual and self-cancelling
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various windshield washer/wiper options. Each Signal-Stat
switch has a glass-filled nylon housing for strength and
durability and is sealed by a polymer boot designed to keep out
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-0.225788 | -1.598568 | 17 | Zarqawi buried at secret site inside Iraq, says security chief
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, has been
buried at a secret location in the country, thwarting calls for
his body to be repatriated to Jordan. Iraq's national security
adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, said yesterday that Zarqawi's body
had been handed over by the US military and buried in accordance
with Muslim traditions. "The Iraqi authorities recently buried
the body of Zarqawi in a marked but secret place," he told
Reuters. The fate of the militant leader's body has troubled US
authorities since he was killed in an airstrike north-east of
Baghdad last month. A report by the rightwing Washington
Institute for Near East Policy warned that his grave could
become a rallying point for Islamists if its whereabouts became
public knowledge. Such fears were echoed in a statement by al-
Qaida leader, Osama Bin Laden, released on the internet last
week. Bin Laden said Jordan's leaders feared an outburst of
support if the "lion of jih |
4.219552 | 2.599029 | 5 | Little Children (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search Little Children Little children
post.jpg Theatrical release poster Directed by Todd Field
Produced by Todd Field Albert Berger Ron Yerxa Screenplay by
Todd Field Tom Perrotta Based on Little Children by Tom
Perrotta Narrated by Will Lyman Starring Kate Winslet Patrick
Wilson Jennifer Connelly Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg
Edelman Phyllis Somerville Music by Thomas Newman Cinematography
Antonio Calvache Editing by Leo Trombetta Studio Bona Fide
Standard Film Company Distributed by New Line Cinema Release
dates • November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06) Running time 137
minutes[1] Country United States Language English Budget $14
million[2] Box office $14,821,658 Little Children is a 2006
American drama film directed by Todd Field. It is based on the
novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta, who along with Field
wrote the screenplay. It stars Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson,
Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmeric |
-2.727512 | 5.120978 | 30 | portland independent media center images audio video newswire
article commentary global corporate dominance | technology Why
should you be angry? Or maybe the question should be, why
*aren't* you angry? I know it takes a lot of energy to be angry.
It doesn't feel good, either. But I've heard that the daughters
of Hope are Anger and Courage. Anger is a catalyst that brings
about change. REAL change, not Obama's fakey "Change we can
believe in" (like the tooth fairy!) This from Scott Creighton
(hat tip to Gypsy Scholar who commented [
http://lesvisible.blogspot.com/2011/07/sunglasses-of-
serendipity.html ] on Visible Oragami): "Without the
destruction of the protections of the Glass-Steagall Act, or the
Banking Act of 1933 none of this would have happened. Part of
the Roosevelt's New Deal program, this Glass-Steagall separated
commercial and investment banking institutions. This kept Wall
Street firms from becoming 'Too Big Too Fail' and from betting
on the demise of the liar loans they created. Glass-S |
0.831248 | 0.015275 | -1 | Up to 350 Irish priests were likely accused child abusers New
report shows it was far more than just a small element Interior
of an Irish Catholic school - new figures on sexual abuse within
the Church in Ireland raise questions Photo by Reuters Guinness
PubFinder Ad One of the arguments made frequently in Ireland is
that it is only a tiny minority of priests who were abusers. Yet
the latest investigation, released yesterday, into six dioceses
seems to indicate the opposite. The report was compiled by
the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic
Church. The figures, shown below, were on the RTE television
website soon after the investigation made its findings public
seem to indicate otherwise. All in all a total of 85 priests
across six dioceses were accused of child sexual abuse. If you
extrapolate that number across the 20 other dioceses you end up
with a number close to 350 if you include the fact that Dublin
and three other archdioceses are still to be counted and will
have far mor |
4.183718 | 0.504795 | 31 | Busta Rhymes Lyrics Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad Lyrics
from The Coming "Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad" was released
on 10/31/2006. It is track #4 on the album The Coming. It was
written by MCNAIR, ROGER / MURRAY, KEITH OMAR / KING, MARLON
MAURICE / SMITH, TREVOR / NOBLE, REGGIE / NOTISE, WAYNE /
PHILLIPS, JAMES ELBERT. Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad Submit
Correct Lyrics Submit Corrections Cancel Here to kill your
whole scene and your motherfuckin' team You probably know some
bitch niggaz who wanna murder me Busta Reggie Murray Ramp and
Mercy's all we need for disaster For me the microphone master
Look, I crash ya, bash ya skull Fucky with Mally G if you're
trying to take a fall Niggaz talk about killin' and never get
to it Fuck the yappin', be true to it, do it Steady scream about
your East and your West side But you ain't in it when it comes
to the homicide Niggaz better get up off that bullshit quick
Caught up in the limelight, gettin' way too slick See 'em at the
shows 'bout to rock they shit |
0.562831 | 3.157218 | 151 | Monday, August 9, 2010 Con mucho cariño… 2. How
fun! Do you usually do research and prepare ahead lesson
plans or educational activities to do while on vacation? Or is
it just all out-of-the-blue? I think this was a great lesson.
Must keep it in mind. 3. Hi, Lisa! Sometimes it is a
little bit of both. If I know we will be on vacation or taking a
trip to somewhere in particular, I may create a little activity
or lesson plan to complement it. But a lot of times it is
just a matter of recognizing a situation as a learning
opportunity and asking the kids the right questions to emphasize
certain concepts or other important aspects. 4. We used to
catch crabs when I was little in Puerto Rico - well, I never
caught one myself, but I know my parents and older brothers did.
lol It's great to turn everyday activities into lessons -
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-4.512523 | 2.029289 | -1 | Forum > Refrigerator & Freezer Repair This electrolux
frigidaire has the freezer on top w/icemaker. It is a frost
proof model # FRT21LR7AW1, servicemen looked at this but could
not tell me what was causing the problem. I know it is not a
condensation or a drip-pan problem.. The most likely answer is
the drain below the evaporator coils behind the freezer bad wall
is blocked and everytime the unit goes into defrost, the water
runs down the air passageways to the refrigerator instead of the
drain and ends up at the bottom of the refer. Removing the
freezer rear panel will most likely reveal the problem.
probably a small piece of freezer paper blocking the drainhole
under the coils. [0] Message Index Go to full version |
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-1.70516 | 4.035201 | -1 | FWIW: Energy Security Trust involves neither carbon, nor tax.
The Energy Security Trust, as outlined by President Obama in his
State of the Union address, calls for a portion of federal
revenue generated through domestic energy production to be
directed to support the research and development of alternatives
to oil in the transportation sector. The proposal is based on a
recommendation SAFE made in its National Strategy for Energy
Security. For our part, we welcome the President’s proposal and
look forward to working with his Administration and with leaders
in Congress, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who has also
proposed establishing an energy security trust fund, to iron out
differences and implement this important initiative. While
important details –such as whether revenue should come from
expanded production (as SAFE and Murkowski support) or from
existing production (as in the White House proposal)—are likely
to be visited during negotiations, there is one thing that the
initiative absolutely d |
-1.530728 | 0.138829 | -1 | Planned Parenthood’s Response to Undercover Sting Videos Reader
Comments Back to blog Abortion is demonic. It is an absolutely
clear fact that children are being massacred. Call it "choice",
"rights" or whatever other term you want to use to make yourself
numb to the truth, the fact is, it is murder. To quote Father
Euteneuer, "No human being or group of humans on their own can
commit such immense atrocities against the human race without a
diabolical intelligence and malice giving it power. The scope of
the killing, the fervour of abortion's missionaries of death and
the seductive force of its ideology transcend the human
intellect and will." Repent and turn to God who will save you.
St. Faustina, an apostle of Divine Mercy was led by an Angel to
the chasms of hell. According to her, it is a place of great
torment; awesomely large and extensive! The kinds of torment she
saw were: the first torment that constitutes hell is the loss
of God; the second is perpetual remorse of conscience; the
third is t |
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2.89985 | 5.559746 | 2 | Post Thumbnail It's been kinda sorta available since mid-
November, but it wasn't since the past week or two that Terra
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didn't have to pay $100 for the DVDs) to make all your open-
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-1.095416 | 3.304875 | 71 | The Arctic Snowball Effect Andrew Sullivan — Aug 28 2012 @
3:03pm It's been a bad summer up north: The Arctic sea ice
extent [Sunday] fell below its previous record low and is
currently losing frozen sea at the rate of ~29,000 square miles
(~75,000 square kilometers) a day. That's equivalent to an area
the size of South Carolina every 24 hours. … Note that this
year's record low was set more than three weeks earlier than the
2007 record. And summer isn't over yet. There's more melting to
come. Michael Lemonick explains how all that ice isn't just
ice; it's part of our defense against the sun – and its loss
accelerates climate change: Arctic ice, whether on land or on
the sea, is a powerful reflector that bounces a lot of sunlight
back into space rather than letting it warm the Earth. When that
ice melts, it exposes the darker ground or water underneath,
turning the region into an energy absorber rather than a
reflector. Sea ice is especially vulnerable to melting, and over
the past 30 years or so there |
0.650265 | 9.248309 | 16 | simplifying linux_emul_convpath() Don Lewis truckman at Wed Jan
14 13:02:12 PST 2004 On 14 Jan, Robert Watson wrote: > On Wed,
14 Jan 2004, Don Lewis wrote: >> I just stumbled across a vnode
locking violation in >> linux_emul_convpath(). Rather than
locking and unlocking each vnode for >> the VOP_GETATTR() calls,
is there any reason that this code should not >> be simplified
to just compare the vnode pointers rather than fetching >> the
vnode attributes and comparing the attributes for equality. >
For some time, I've been thinking of adding samefile() and
fsamefile() > system calls to FreeBSD, which would allow
userspace applications to > determine if two names or file
handles refer to the same object without > playing games with
inode numbers, device ids, etc. The reason to do this > would
be that 32-bit inode numbers are subject to collision on large
file > systems. My initial implementation simply compared vnode
pointers, but > that raises an interesting question about how
stacked file systems shoul |
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Laura stood up after draining her mocha to its chocolate
lees. The Japanese girl clicked on the next episode of her
anime, while she gave her another polite nod connoting goodbye,
tossing her silken black ponytail hither and thither. Laura
looked around for the trashcan and spotted it next to the door
of the Starbucks. The Indian business boy gulped as Laura's
eyes met his, and then looked away. She got a distinct high
school vibe from him. She smiled and tossed her empty mocha cup
in the trash. A tall gentleman in his seventies with silver
hair, thumbtack thick glasses and a warm smile held the door
open for her, as she exited while he entered. She thanked him
and went into the parking lot of the Starbucks. She had a plan
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-1.810534 | 0.384339 | -1 | Rumor Doctor blog archive Do veterans have a right to free
health care for life? The law provides free medical care
for servicemembers on active duty and their families, Graves
said in an email. Congressional Research Service, which
provides analysis for Congress, issued a 2003 report that found
veterans were not entitled to free medical care for life, even
though they may have been promised exactly that by their
recruiters. Since 1956, veterans and their families can be
treated at military medical facilities "subject to the
availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the
medical and dental staff," the report found. "They have no
right to military health care and the military services have
total discretion in when and under what circumstances retirees
and their dependents will get care in military treatment
facilities," the report said. Several veterans have taken their
claims to court, alleging that recruiters promised them free
medical care, but one court ruled that such promises |
-0.152642 | 7.464657 | 8 | Your computer problems solved with Jay Lee Should I
periodically reboot my smartphone like my PC? A. There’s just
something about the way computers, especially those running
Windows, manage and allocate resources that make rebooting a
neccessary process. Like you, I tend to reboot my Windows
computer once a week just to keep things running smoothly. Even
more often if I am adding or removing software or updating the
operating system or device drivers. When it comes to my
smartphone, I don’t find it neccessary to shut it down like I
would a PC. Smartphones, especially the higher end devices, have
abundant system resources which include robust processing power
and plenty of memory. Not only that, the operating systems,
whether Windows, iOS or Android, and the corresponding
applications tend to be much more streamlined and efficient than
the operating systems and programs you find on your typical
desktop or laptop computer. Keep in mind that smartphones are
designed to always be on and always be ready to g |
0.319522 | 7.767575 | -1 | Yes, they can even play Crysis I. Power Efficient CPUs Drive
HP's Growing Thin-Client Army HP t610
HP t610 So what does all that mean? II. Enabled by
Windows 8 Comments Threshold Good idea, but bad for
games By Khenglish on 10/16/2012 3:11:05 PM , Rating: 2 I'm
pretty sure this idea will never catch on for games, but it has
other uses. This idea adds on the latency of communicating over
the internet for user actions. Even when playing an offline game
everything you do will be noticeably delayed. Some people can
feel and have issues with monitor latencies over 30ms, and that
delay is only display lag, not user actions lag. Throw at least
50ms on top of that for not only display lag, but input lag from
the keyboard and mouse, and you have a problem. Modern lag
compensation is already problematic (anyone play BF3?), and I
doubt it can help at all for this. Could be fun for a few days
if you have nostalgia for the old online gaming days over 56k
with a P3 and no hardw |
1.917031 | 0.710745 | -1 | previous next “ [6] "But, you say, he drove Abrupolis out of
his kingdom. Yes, in self-defence, for he had invaded our
territory. This fact Perseus himself explained to you, and
afterward you renewed the treaty with him, as Eumenes had not
yet slandered him. The affair of Abrupolis antedates the treaty
and seemed to you just, when you ratified it. You say that he
made war on the Dolopians, but they were his own subjects. It is
hard if he is to be obliged to give an account to you of what he
does with his own. He gives it nevertheless, being moved by his
high regard for you and for his own reputation. The Dolopians
put their governor to death with torture, and Perseus asks what
you would have done to any of your subjects who had been guilty
of such a crime. But the slayers of Arthetaurus lived on in
Macedonia! Yes, by the common law of mankind, the same under
which you give asylum to fugitives from other countries. But
when Perseus learned that you considered this a crime he forbade
them his kingdom entirely. |
4.182958 | -2.861356 | -1 | Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar, with a score of 564,
finished 18th in a field of 23 in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol
event, as the shooting World Cup concluded in Changwon (Korea)
on Monday. The challenging 4-second series, in which a shooter
has to fire at five targets within four seconds, continued to
trouble Vijay as he shot 90 out of 100. He had shot 89 in the
same section the previous day. He had 98 each in the 8-second
and 6-second series in the second stage. The other two Indians
in the fray, Pemba Tamang and Harpreet Singh, fared better.
Tamang shot 289 in the second stage, nine points more than what
he achieved in the first stage. With a total of 569, Tamang
missed the final by eight points. Harpreet Singh shot 566, and
improved it by six points in the second stage. The results:
Men: 25m rapid fire pistol: 1. Christian Reitz (Ger) 30 (582);
2. Li Yuehong (Chn) 29 (585); 3. Leonid Ekimov (Rus) 19 (578);
13. Pemba Tamang 569; 16. Harpreet Singh 566; 18. Vijay Kumar
564. More In: Other Spor |
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-1.737854 | 7.192972 | 32 | Forgot your password? Comment: The Internet will be just fine
(Score 1) 290 by dkh (#41406295) Attached to: The Case For
Targeted Ads The ad industry has been around for a long time.
It survived just fine with out knowing all kinds of info about
everyone that happened to access a venue they occupied. They
need to return to a methodology where they actually select the
proper place to run their ads and pay for a period of exposure.
The whole pay per impression/click concept is a large part of
what has led us to where we are today. The industry has over
reached what most people find as acceptable behavior and its
past time for a correction. Sadly the DNT efforts aren't going
to be successful unless there are some teeth somewhere. |
-1.88788 | 7.500879 | -1 | Social Media How StalkDaily Opened a Gaping Hole in Twitter
UPDATE 2: a second Twitter attack, named "mikeyy" occurred on
Sunday morning. See the article mikeyy: Another Twitter Worm on
the Loose for the most recent coverage. UPDATE: Minutes ago,
Twitter confirmed that they have successfully closed the hole
that allowed this worm to spread. You're safe to visit Twitter
profiles again :) The below still stands as the most complete
explanation of how the attack was conducted: please do give it a
read! Today one of our favorite sites, Twitter, was hit with a
particularly nasty exploit: one that could infect users simply
by visiting a friend's profile on The nature of the attack was
far more serious than previous exploits, since there was no need
to click a link to get infected. We're hopeful, however, that
Twitter will move quickly to prevent this form of cross site
scripting (XSS) attack. In the meantime, we've looked into how
the attack was executed, and how you can avoid it. What
Happened: Our Best Gue |
3.521112 | 4.658734 | 2 | No evac zone? #1Caboose_3033Posted 10/18/2012 11:11:04 PM I was
going through what was supposed to be an easy mission , lost my
colonel and cpt snipers, and only have two people left, so i
decide to abort the mission and hightail it out of there, but
there's no evac zone, why XCOM why?! #2Christopher_CCCPosted
10/18/2012 11:32:22 PM you have to return to the skyranger.
There is a little box that you have to get every soldier in
there if you want them to live When faced with two choices
simply flip a coin. It works because in that brief moment when
the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what your hoping for.
#3Caboose_3033(Topic Creator)Posted 10/18/2012 11:39:23 PM
that's the problem, the box ain't there... #4abcefurPosted
10/18/2012 11:49:54 PM What mission is it? I'm not sure if the
Base Assault, for example, has one... A fantasy writer uses
logic the same way a drunk man uses a lamp post; for support,
not illumination. #5Caboose_3033(Topic Creator)Posted 10/18/2012
11:55:42 PM random abduction missions |
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-0.445446 | 5.235 | 4 | Bellhousing Alignment - Alignment Issues Written by on July 26,
2006 Few People Are Aware That An Improperly Aligned Bellhousing
Can Cause Serious Drivetrain Problems. Thankfully, The Fix Is
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Ctrp 0607 01 Z+bellhousing Alignment+ 2/12 An improperly aligned
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than Christmas in July. Out of sight, out of mind after all. But
the bellhousing is more than just the place where the clutch
resides. It is also the connection between the engine and the
transmission. That's no big deal if you think it only connects
the engine block to the transmission housing, but the critical
connection is between the crankshaft and the transmission's
input shaft. If the bellhousing isn't properly aligned, that
also means there will be a misalignment between the crankshaft
and the input |
1.618436 | 2.56669 | 62 | RSS 2.0 Feed A & S News Character Analysis: Medical Conditions
Named for Literary Characters May 22, 2009 What do Cinderella,
Dorian Gray, and Huckleberry Finn have in common? Besides
leading in the literary world, these characters and more have
come to represent obscure medical conditions. Although most
syndromes are named after their discovering physicians, here are
a few named after memorable literary figures. Rapunzel
Syndrome: an extremely rare medical condition relating to the
ingestion of hair. People with this syndrome have also usually
been diagnosed with Trichotillomania, a psychological disorder
involving the overwhelming urge to pull out one's hair. Dorian
Gray Syndrome: marked by one's obsession with his or her
physical appearance. Such people also have problems with the
aging process and use plastic surgery and heavy cosmetics to
hide their physical imperfections. Mowgli Syndrome: seen in
children who have not developed adequately due to severe
neglect. Such children are oftentimes victim |
5.213226 | 1.001649 | 13 | Willy Castro Castro sings passionately in the sadly rhythmic
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2.855599 | 3.784076 | -1 | Posted by: Joe Donato Criticisms of big-bosomed ladies in
video games have been going on for some time. It’s an issue that
comes up time and time again, whether in response to Team
Ninja’s latest release, booth babes, or, more recently, the art
of Dragon’s Crown. Many writers have piled criticisms on games
like this, calling them adolescent, perverted, sexist,
misogynist, and more. I’m guilty of it as well, but I’ve had a
change of heart. The conversation surrounding Dragon’s Crown
has had its ugly moments on both sides. Kotaku’s initial
criticisms of its artwork were blunt and insulting when they
could have been more measured. Dragon’s Crown artist George
Kamitani fired back with a “playful” gay joke that he
immediately regretted. It has sparked some interesting
conversations, but I have to wonder if we’re accomplishing
anything. When one criticizes game characters they find
unpleasant, what are they really trying to accomplish? You could
go as far as to assume censorship. They’re saying “Stop doing |
-1.321615 | 1.687947 | 92 | A Times Editorial Toll bridge across bay isn't the way to go
The declaration by Gov. Rick Scott's transportation secretary
that drivers could pay tolls to cross a new Howard Frankland
Bridge reflects a radical shift in state philosophy and a lack
of understanding about Tampa Bay. The last thing this region
needs as it seeks to become a seamless economic and cultural
force are bridge tolls that would divide us. A new bridge that
can accommodate express lanes and rail is a necessity that will
benefit everyone, and its cost should be shared by all.
Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad told the Tampa Bay Times
editorial board that tolls will have to help pay for major new
bridges and additional highway lanes along Interstates 4, 75 and
275. Gas tax revenue that has traditionally paid for
transportation projects has been declining even as gas prices
rise, because the tax is assessed by the gallon and vehicles are
more fuel efficient. Prasad said the Howard Frankland's
northbound span, scheduled to be replaced |
-5.036422 | 1.806736 | 79 | The Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking Exploratorium Candy
Bread Eggs Pickles Meat Seasoning Do You Know How to Hard Cook
an Egg? You need an egg, a pot, some water—how complicated can
it be? But when we asked members of the Exploratorium staff how
to hard cook an egg, every person we asked gave us a slightly
different answer. Even a task as seemingly simple as hard
cooking an egg involves making many choices. Here are a few—and
the science behind them: Add salt to the water? To prick or
not to prick? Hot water or cold? Some people put their eggs
in cold water; others heat the water to boiling, then drop in
the egg. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages. When
you drop an egg in boiling water, you heat it up quickly. When
you start with cold water, you heat it slowly. And the
difference in heating makes a difference in the cooked egg
white. An egg white is about 10% protein and 90% water. It’s
the proteins that cause the egg white to solidify when you cook
it. Egg white proteins are |
-3.613849 | 5.159586 | -1 | Greek union calls general strike for Nov 6 Wednesday -
10/16/2013, 1:54pm EDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's largest
labor union has called a new general strike for Nov. 6, warning
that unemployment has reached "nightmare" levels and that
working rights are continually being eroded by austerity
measures. The GSEE union called the 24-hour protest Wednesday
in its latest attempt to halt spending cuts imposed as part of
Greece's 240 billion-euro ($325 billion) bailout agreements. The
cuts are meant to reduce debt, but have hurt the economy and
pushed the jobless rate to nearly 28 percent. Anticipating the
announcement, ferry workers had already called a 24-hour protest
for Nov. 6. The conservative-led government has insisted it
will impose no new cuts to pensions and salaries or tax
increases to address gaps both in its financing and its fiscal
program in the next few years. Finance Minister Yannis
Stournaras said Wednesday that decisions on the financing
shortfall will be taken toward the end of the year |
-0.017723 | -2.31134 | 102 | Iran delivers new blow - Taipei Times Tue, Jan 03, 2006 - Page
1 News List Iran delivers new blow NUCLEAR DISPUTE Tehran said
that it might accept Moscow's proposal to enrich uranium in
Russia, but only if the right to conduct enrichment in Iran was
recognized Iran yesterday dealt a new blow to a compromise
offer from Russia on its nuclear program, saying it would only
consider such a deal if it acknowledged the Islamic republic's
right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil. "As we said before, we
want to have enrichment inside Iran ... and any proposal which
is based on this principle will be studied," government
spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters. "We are studying
the Russian proposal based on this framework," he said. "The
government will never give up its principles." Moscow has
suggested allowing Iran to conduct uranium enrichment in Russia,
giving the country access to the nuclear fuel cycle while
guaranteeing that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
The Russian proposal seeks |
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Meanwhile In The Shanghai Composite Tyler Durden's picture
Remember that 50 bps RRR cut a week ago which was supposed to
telegraph to the market that the PBoC has commenced a monetary
easing phase? It appears quite a bit more telegraphing will be
needed: unlike in the developed world, where the central banks
are entirely in control of capital markets, in China capitalism
still has a foothold, however weak, and a result the Shanghai
Composite is indicating the direction of where the global
economy is truly headed, pro forma for that ridiculous most
recent speculation that the US will decouple form something or
another. SHCOMP - 4 straight days of declines since the RRR
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Tue, 12/06/2011 - 09:26 | 1950457 GeneMarchbanks
GeneMarchbanks's picture RBA also cut rates. The asian
contagion will be the real source of the disinflation bust not
EZ. Tue, 12/06/2011 - 10:05 | 1950576 Oh regional India |
3.461766 | 3.618881 | -1 | Thread: Soyuz Class View Single Post Lt. Commander Join Date:
Dec 2007 Posts: 120 # 51 10-24-2011, 03:40 PM Originally Posted
by G-Dawg1 Excuse me for not being more specific, I was
referring to the Khitomer Accords, in 2293 (Undiscovered
Country) that brought the "cold war" with the Empire to an end.
While it's true the treaty allying the UFP and Klingon Empire
wasn't hashed out until the 2340s, at least ("20 years" ago, in
TNG), the first round of talks began at the end of the 23rd
century (Undiscovered Country). But, in Undiscovered Country,
they specifically say that disarmament was being pushed ("the
dismantling of our space stations and starbases along the
Neutral Zone" as Spock says, and downsizing Starfleet was the
next issue brought up among the admirals). Those are the "peace
talks" I was referring to. Speaking of following up on ST lore:
this was never stated on screen. All they said was the Soyuz
class had been "out of service for 80 years," which given Season
5's year of 2368 would be around 22 |
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