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Patreon < No. 1735 2007-10-27 > Comic #1735 1 Monty:
You're living dangerously, invading the Vatican, Haken. 2 Haken:
Die Catholic Church will cower before die might of Nazi science!
3 Monty: I wouldn't bet on it. Just the other day they announced
a brand new algorithm to determine the greatest common divisor
of two numbers. 4 Haken: Bah! In this algorithm, how many
divisions does the Pope have? First (1) | Previous (1734) |
Next (1736) || Latest Rerun (1088) | Latest New (3380) First 5 |
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Annotations off: turn on Annotations on: turn off The greatest
common divisor (GCD) of two integers is the largest integer that
divides into both of them with no remainder. For example, the
CGD of 28 and 36 is 4, because 4 divides evenly into 28 (7
times), and 36 (9 times), but no
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for your iPhone for your iPad IndyCar Links 2014 Schedule
2014 IndyCar Rules 2014 Indy Lights Rules 2014 Pro Mazda Rules
2014 USF2000 Rules 2014 Drug Policy 2014 Teams 2014 Scanner
Freq Race Car Comparison Lap Time Comparison History CART/IRL
Split 2014 Standings After Fontana Final Driver Standings Rank
Driver Points 1 Will Power 671 2 Helio Castroneves 609 3 Scott
Dixon 604 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 586 5 Simon Pagenaud 565 6 Ryan
Hunter-Reay 563 7 Tony Kanaan 544 8 Carlos Munoz 483 9 Marco
Andretti 463 10 Sebastien Bourdais 461 11 Ryan Briscoe 461 12
James Hinchcliffe 456 13 Josef Newgarden 406 14 Charlie Kimball
402 15 Justin Wilson 395 16 Mikhail Aleshin 372 17 Jack
Hawksworth 366 18 Takuma Sato 350 19 Graham Rahal 345 20 Carlos
Huertas 314 21 Sebastian Saavedra 291 22 Ed Carpenter 262 23
Mike Conway 252 24 Oriol Servia 88 25 Kurt Busch 80 26 J.R.
Hildebrand 66 27 Sage Karam 57 28 Luca Filippi 46 29 James
Davison 34 30 Jacques Villeneuve 29 31 Alex Tagliani 28 32
Townsend Bell 22 33 Pippa Mann 2
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Amazon's Android store: Disruptive or just meeting a market
need? Summary:Amazon took its first steps to developing an
Android app store and the move is being portrayed as a zero sum
effort that will make things potentially more confusing for
developers. The reality: Amazon just makes the Android app pie
bigger. TechCrunch sums up Amazon's Android app store as an
exercise in fragmentation, curation and recommendations. CNet
News' Stephen Shankland notes that Android is "getting a notch
more complicated for developers." In a nutshell, Amazon is now
opening its store for developers. You submit applications and
Amazon approves them much like Apple does on its App Store. For
Android apps, Amazon is a needed entry to the market. Google's
Android marketplace is a bit Wild West. Some of us like Wild
West. Most of us like a bit of curation. Toss in the fact most
of us trust Amazon and it's a good candidate to do the Android
app filtering thing. You can have a curated Android marketplace
as well as one that will g
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Bloomberg Businessweek's New E-Cig Cover Also Comes in GIF Form
Everybody knows that Bloomberg Businessweek's design team is
damn good at what they do. What's truly impressive is how often
they out-do themselves. Take this week's cover about
e-cigarettes, for instance. It's a hypnotic animated GIF! Of
course, the magazine on the newsstands just has a regular cover:
a portrait of a Marlboro man obscured by vapor, smoking an
e-cig. But online, where the Bloomberg Businessweek covers
arguably attract more attention, the cover is literally
smoking—and blinking. Why yes, I would like to read the full
cover story about e-cigs on the eve of FDA regulations… [Richard
Turley]
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General Question Zone36's avatar Can I stream Netflix anywhere
in the world? Asked by Zone36 (408 points ) July 20th, 2010
I’m planning on traveling for work and I was wondering if you
could stream Netflix from anywhere you have a connection. What
would I need? Are there any other similar services? Observing
members: 0 Composing members: 0 8 Answers EmpressPixie's
avatar No, you cannot stream Netflix from anywhere in the
world. It is currently only available in the US, but they have
announced plans to open streaming only (no DVD service) in
Canada this fall. meatheadbox's avatar Yes, you can, but you
have to buy an additonal device & set it all up properly at
home. Here are links to two of the most popular device that
allow you to do this. Pandora's avatar Why would you want too.
My husbands cousin has it and the list of movies they offer for
streaming suck. Zone36's avatar I wanted to stream tv shows.
Could anyone explain exactly how slingbox works? Is it like a
DVR that you can access remote
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As I write this, the 2010 World Cup is underway. Host nation
South Africa and Mexico are deadlocked at nil, with the crowd in
a constant state of delirious buzz. (They just dialed it up to
11 as South Africa scored the first goal of the tournament for a
1-0 at the 55 minute mark) This is truly the biggest sporting
event in the world for the most popular sport in the world.
I don’t follow professional soccer, be it the American
incarnation, the English Premier League, or any other European
or South American team. I won’t offer a prediction since I would
be essentially be spinning a globe and sticking a pin in
somewhere. The teams I keep hearing are Brazil (of course),
Argentina, Spain, Germany, and England. Since this is the first
World Cup on the African continent, it is hard to tell how
hemispheric traditions will hold. Can a Northern Hemisphere team
from Europe win down South? Can a South American team win across
the ocean (Like Brazil did in Asia in 2002)? One of the five
aforementioned teams will pro
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A Nobel Letdown in Economics It's customary, when the Nobel
Prize in Economics is announced each year, for the members of
the economics profession to gather around and proclaim how
deserving the winners are and how important their research is to
the field. I have to say, however, that this year's Nobel Prize
in Economics, given to two game theorists, brings up mixed
feelings for me. Since I'm a journalist with a PhD in
economics, I will go half the distance. I agree that Robert
Aumann and Thomas Schelling, this year's Nobel laureates,
deserve their awards. Schelling, in particular, wrote two of the
best economic books ever, The Strategy of Conflict and
Micromotives and Macrobehavior. CONSISTENT WITH MANY OUTCOMES.
In my opinion, however, game theory represents an evolutionary
dead-end in the development of economics. Game theory tries to
use the principle of rationality to explain conflict and
cooperation in a wide range of economic and social situations.
For example, game theory has been used to analyze
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Evidence of Evolution. Photographs by Susan Middleton Text by
Mary Ellen Hannibal. Abrams Books, New York, 2009. 128 pp., 145
color illustrations, 9¾x9¾". Publisher's Description Published
to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the
Origin of Species, Evidence of Evolution uses exquisite images
by distinguished photographer Susan Middleton to reveal
beautiful and surprising patterns of evolutionary development in
animals and plants. These photographs, of rare and remarkable
specimens from the collections of the California Academy of
Sciences in San Francisco, are accompanied by a clear,
accessible overview of the key evolutionary concepts that
explain life on Earth, by science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal.
Virtually a natural history museum in a book, Evidence of
Evolution expresses the power of Darwin's vision in images and
words that bridge art and science. Ordering Information
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20 Recipe Substitutions That Save Money and Prevent Food Waste
by Carrie Kirby on 15 April 2013 11 comments We can't argue
that you cooks in the first category have more consistent and
often more delicious results. However, we can argue that a
flexible cook saves money in many ways — and that often you
can't tell the difference in the finished product. (See also:
Frugalize Any Recipe) First of all, some ingredients are just
more expensive than others. Pine nuts and salmon roe rarely make
our shopping list, no matter what the recipe says. Second, even
if you are replacing one ingredient with another of similar
cost, if you can avoid a trip to the store for a special
ingredient, you're saving time and avoiding the temptation to
buy other stuff you don't need. Substitutions can also help us
avoid that thing where you buy a container of an ingredient
because a recipe needs one tablespoon, and then end up throwing
it out five years later during spring cleaning. That's not to
say you can substitute willy-nilly
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natural health device that helps your body to strengthen and
balance itself. The human body functions by electro-magnetic
signals which travel from the brain to each part of the body and
back to the brain. When cells have enough energy they are able
to function properly. When they are bogged down with toxins,
however, all functions of the system are impaired, leading to
fatigue and eventually illness and disease. Blood cells that
are filled with toxins also tend to clump together and become
congested and slow moving. Live blood analysis using the
bioelectric detox method show that after a session, the blood
cells flow more freely. That means that our organs are nourished
more efficiently and we are better able to fight illness and
disease. The Bioelectric Sti
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HOME > Chowhound > Outer Boroughs > What Are You Cooking Today?
Share Your Food Adventure Peter Luger's in Brooklyn - $$ &
dress Pate' Sep 26, 2005 07:09 PM I've made reservations at
Luger's in Brooklyn for dinner with my husband on a trip to NYC
in October. I don't think we'll get our Luger's credit card
before we leave so I'm wondering what would be a ballpark dollar
figure for 2 with drinks and what is the dress code (if any).
Many thanks for your thoughts in advance. 1. Motosport Dec
12, 2011 03:00 PM I have read on CH that they now take
debit cards. Call to confirm. 1. f FLEUR Oct 6, 2005
04:21 AM We had dinner at PETER LUGER last night.
They gave me a menu to take home. The prices are : *
Tomato appetizer for 2 $10.95 * Caesar Salad $ 8.95
* Mixed Green Salad $6.95 * Sizzling bacon $2.50 per slice
* Steak for 2 $ 75.90 * Steak for 4 $151.70 * German
Fried Potatoes for 2 $ 9.95 * Creamed Spinach for 2 $6.95
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The Judge Gets Real, But Why? Tom Hayden The federal judge’s
order means that LA’s top gang reduction officials will be
subpoenaed to state what they know of Alex Sanchez. In an
unexpected turn, federal Judge Manuel Real today ordered
prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Alex Sanchez case to
request that top LA city and police officials advise the court
about the gang peacemaker’s public activity over the past decade
in a special hearing on January 13. Real repeatedly questioned
the prosecution’s evidence for the first time in the
proceeding’s six-month history. Lawyers and advocates scrambled
to make sense of the judge’s order, which must be met in six
days. Professor Beatriz Cortez, coordinator of the nation’s
first Central American Studies program at Cal State Northridge,
was among the skeptics. “How will this hearing be conducted,
will it be secret, will the community be left out?” she asked.
Others claimed the judge was going through the motions in
response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ re
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7.45pm GMT update Top al-Qaida leader 'killed' in Afghanistan
Ekhlaas.org, a website that often posts communiqués from
Afghanistan and Iraq, reported that Abu Laith al-Libi - his name
suggests he is a Libyan national - had fallen as a "martyr",
without giving further details. Libi is said to have been
behind last February's bombing at the US base at Bagram during a
visit by the US vice-president, Dick Cheney, which killed 23
people. "It appears at this point that Libi has met his
demise," said one western official. "It was a major success in
taking one of the top terrorists in the world off the street."
He added that the death occurred "within the last few days".
Libi joined the Afghan mujahedin in the 1980s to fight Soviet
occupation and tried to overthrow the Libyan leader Colonel
Muammar Gadafy in the early 1990s. When the plot failed he fled
to Saudi Arabia. He was arrested in the aftermath of the 1996
Khobar Towers bombings, which killed 19 US military personnel
and spent time in prison in the Sa
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 The Real Reason "I'd Just Google It"
Is Not An Acceptable Answer To An Interview Question It's rude.
It means you're calling attention to the fact that the
interviewer just asked you a stupid question. If they're that
dumb, don't tell them you'd just Google it. Just apologize
politely, say you have to go to the bathroom, and then run like
hell out of the building and never look back.
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Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Temperance
(Scotland) Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were
enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained
"wet" or went "dry" (that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be
permitted or prohibited). The decision was made on a simple
majority of votes cast. The Act was a result of the strong
temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War.
Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight
temperance propaganda, and publicans became unwilling to spend
money on improvements to their premises in case the district
went "dry". The Act was superseded by the Licensing (Scotland)
Act 1959 which incorporated the same provisions as the 1913 Act
and consolidated Scottish licensing law. These provisions and
the local polls were abolished by the Licensing (Scotland) Act
1976. There was resistance from the House
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Mike Schulenberg Game Credits Marvel Ultimate Alliance
(Special Edition) (2007) (Design) Marvel Ultimate Alliance
(2006) (Design) X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
(Level Designers) X-Men: Legends (2004) (Level Designers)
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002) (Additional Design)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002) (Level
Designers) Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack
(2001) (Level Design) Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (2000)
(Single Player) Soldier of Fortune (Platinum Edition) (2001)
(Level Design Special Thanks) Soldier of Fortune (2000)
(Special Thanks) Soldier of Fortune (Gold Edition) (2000)
(Special Thanks) Singularity (2010) (Singularity Team) X-Men
Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) (2009) (Wolverine Team)
Developer Biography Mike "Ozric" Schulenberg came to Raven
Software from the wilds of Houston, Texas, where he left behind
an illustrious career in pizza delivery. His passion for
electronic gaming reaches back to the a
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The Annexes of the NEC are often overlooked, yet can make a huge
difference in the cost and delivery of projects that involve
expansion, renovation, or upgrades. Reviewing your bill of
materials against Annex A can prevent the cost of ripping out
installed equipment and materials, then replacing with other
equipment and materials your insurer will accept. For example,
suppose your company has decided to bring database work in-house
for security reasons. So, you're going to have a UPS and some
high-end work stations. The electrical equipment isn't an issue,
because the distributor you deal with carries only listed
components. But what about those office furnishings? You can
look that up in Annex A and then specify they must conform to
UL1286. That UPS, by the way, should conform to UL 1778. The
surge protectors you're going to install should conform to IEEE
C62. If you were doing a project that involved combustibles,
you'd look in Annex A for the relevant ISA standards. Annex E
is another NEC resource that
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Defensive Driving Tips and Ideas Using defensive driving tips
and skills will help any motorist whether driving a truck or
passenger car prevent incidents or accidents while operative a
vehicle. Makes a safer journey whether short or long whether on
a commute to work, or while taking your child to school, or your
ride around the block to the grocery store. Defensive driving
starts when your car starts. Defensive driving begins with the
way that you think. Defensive driving by definition is simply
driving in a way that takes in to account the potential
inadequate driving abilities of others. (uuuh that's not text
book that's my definition :-) Some driver's license offices
offer defensive driving courses that teach you text book
techniques (and definitions) plus you will get points taken off
your license and a reduction in insurance premiums in some
states. There are many third party schools that teach Defensive
driving also. Some community colleges also offer Defensive
Driving Course. You can search t
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Friday, September 29, 2006 Take Your Lumps What to do with a
patient referred for a finding that you can't interpret on a
test you'd never have ordered? It's a tough one, and not as rare
as you might think, especially in the area of breast lumps. As a
topic for posting, the subject comes up in a roundabout way. A
couple of other medical bloggers picked up on my mammorable
patient" post, and a comment on Orac's site raised the issue of
the morbidity of medical screening. It's a fruitful object of
scrutiny: false positives, for example, (a finding that requires
further evaluation, possibly invasively, that turns out to be
nothing) add up on the other side of the ledger. If a person
suffers harm -- or even death -- from investigation arising from
some sort of routine screening (for whatever...), when the issue
raised turns out to be harmless, well, that's not a good thing.
There's lots to say about it. I won't, exactly, now. It's just
that it reminded me of something that used to drive me crazy. I
could rant
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Take the 2-minute tour × I am new to elasticsearch and am
trying to understand how to setup elastic search in our
environment - my requirements are fairly basic: 1.
Environment is multi-tenant 2. Simple setup is three
datacenters, each datacenter needs to be a redundant copy - so
we can fail two datacenters and there will still be one
standing. 3. We will scale up each datacenter as needed, users
can access elastic search from each of the three data centers.
4. search will be used for files, emails, IMs, calls etc. My
questions are: 1. does this topology / setup lend itself to
elasticsearch natively? If so, how? 2. How do I know how many
shards I need? Do I just overallocate for fun? 3. I assume I
should have one index per tenant? And I should have just one
cluster? Why would I want more? 4. I have spent hours trying
to find info on this, if you might accuse me of prematurely
posting - please let me know where there is a good topological
overview share|improve this question add comment
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What Is R&B Music All about? Rhythm and Blues music, or R&B
music, was originally race music and included any form of music
intended for black audiences which was a combination of jazz,
gospel, and blues. Originally, the term R&B was coined in the
United States in the late 1940’s as a less offensive marketing
term. Originally it focused on boogie rhythms but today it has a
different sound that focuses on pop beats and culture rather
than the blues, gospel and jazz sounds of previous generations.
1 Additional Answer R n B evolved out of jump blues in the late
'40s, it kept the tempo of jump blues, but its instrumentation
was sparer with emphasis on the song. It was blues played with
an insistent backbeat. R&B was dominated by vocalists like Ray
Charles, Ruth Brown, the Drifters and the Coasters among others.
Q&A Related to "What Is R&B Music All about" 1. Buy a music
software program that will help you manage your tracks. There
are many on the market right now, starting at around $100. Some
suggestions for s
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Complete NCAA Bracket Play Bracket Challenge Gatti, Hill
Selections Highlight Differences Between Boxing and Baseball
Halls Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories Gatti,
Hill Selections Highlight Differences Between Boxing and
Baseball Halls Al Bello/Getty Images A guy with a career resume
like Arturo Gatti would not get selected for the Hall of Fame if
he played baseball. If Gatti were a baseball player, he'd be a
guy like Bernie Williams, a good player who was front and center
for some very big moments in the sport, but whose overall career
numbers just don't quite add up to greatness. Nice player, but
he's only going to Cooperstown as another tourist paying a
visit. In a sport like baseball, intangibles only mean so
much when evaluating an individual's standing among the all-time
greats. In the end the numbers always weigh more. But boxing
isn't baseball. In this sport the final numbers need to be put
into context with the drama and intensity that was created while
collecting them. We c
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 Can You Handle the Truth?
Gerry said... This post brought tears to my eyes. Keep up the
battle, Sheria, to be as rational and tough as you have to be to
survive in this imperfect world. unmitigated me said... I
wonder if it's yet any better where I live, and I am up north.
Metro Detroit is still amazingly segregated. I can recall
traveling in Virginia and West Virginia and being startled to
see black and white patrons at the same upscale restaurant! I
thank you for this post. As a white woman, I have wondered these
very things about our president (I am with you on the wars, but
otherwise usually very supportive of his work and policies) but
coming from me, these ideas not only lack power, but smack of a
presumption that I have any idea of what the experience is. So,
thanks. Also, thank you for the music! I really miss Luther
Vandross. Nance said... Reed's article was the first thing I
read this morning and I thought it was timely and worthy--was
hoping you'd seen it
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Please Wait. Loading Menu... ENGL 318 Chaucer Prerequisites:
Junior standing and completion of the Aesthetic
Appreciation/Literature requirement or ENGL 210, ENGL 222, or
ENGL 223; or permission of the instructor. (First semester/4
credits) A study of the selected works of the medieval poet who
helped start the tradition of writing poetry and prose in
English. The class will focus primarily on The Canterbury Tales;
it will also introduce students to Middle English, so that the
poetry may be appreciated in Chaucer’s own language. Special
attention will be given to the history and culture of England
during Chaucer’s lifetime. (WS)
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Romeo Must Die Less a movie, more a global marketing exercise,
Romeo Must Die attempts to please all races, all nations and all
levels of society by giving them all exactly what they want, all
the time. In doing so, you'll not be surprised to hear that it
comes across as mostly patchy and infrequently exciting. Try to
imagine a Hong Kong action movie remade by the people
responsible for all Britney Spears videos and Coca-Cola TV ads,
and you're on the right track. As an American film inspired by
Asian cinema but aimed at Western audiences, it feels compelled
to stick within what they think we know about Orientals. So the
Chinese police brutally oppress Hong Kong and all the characters
are bound by honour and tradition to each other - - regardless
of the fact that Jet Li is an ex-policeman while the rest of his
family are a Triad gang. And, of course, they'reall great at
kung fu fighting. And since it's also an American film hoping
to do well at the Asian box-office, it feels compelled to show a
version of
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NUFORC Home Page National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 11/8/2002 02:00 (Entered as : 11/08/02 02:00)
Reported: 11/8/2002 12:48:14 AM 00:48 Posted: 3/11/2003
Location: Homer Glenn, IL Shape: Other Duration:about 10 seconds
Speedy object preceeding by a low murmur flies overhead at night
with flashing lights, I got home, parked my car, turned the
radio and car off and got out. It was then I heard a strange
noise, it sounded like a generator or the engine of a diesel
truck running but a deeper sound and the interverals were not as
fast as you would here the revs of an idle engine. It was loud
but I could tell it was from a distance. I couldn't pinpoint
where it was, so I went in the middle of the cul-de-sac looking
down the street thinking that someone had a generator hooked up
to thier house or something like that, then I saw some flashing
lights in the sky red, white, and I think blue. I really
couldn't tell exactly how high the object was, maybe a mile or
two high. I would have thought it
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Sep 302008 Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Tim Hasselbeck at White
House State Dinner Tim Hasselbeck is a former quarterback who
played one game for the Arizona Cardinals last year. His only
other NFL action was in 2003. The 30 year old works as a
television sports analyst for the SportsNet New York network,
ESPN and as a radio personality for Sirius NFL Radio. He is the
son of former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck and the younger
brother of Matt Hassebeck, starting quarterback for the Seattle
Seahawks. He is married to The View co-host Elisabeth
Hasselbeck. Elisabeth is rumored to be considering a move to
FOX News. She is a staunch Republican and a vocal George W. Bush
supporter who got an invite to the White House for the state
dinner for Queen Elizabeth. The blonde beauty has been butting
heads with outspoken Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar over her
political views. Things have turned decidedly ugly lately with
the two double teaming Hasselbeck. Word has it that Barbara
Walters has pulled everyone togeth
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Memory Alpha Hyper-evolved Human 36,776pages on this wiki
Transwarp humans offspring Janeway and Paris' offspring. These
three hyper-evolved Humans were amphibian-like creatures that
were the offspring of Tom Paris and Kathryn Janeway after they
experienced hyper-evolution. (VOY: "Threshold") The transwarp
Human offspring were partly small puppets and partly CG-
creations. (Red Alert: Visual Effects Season 2, VOY Season 2 DVD
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You are here: Home Women Books & Reports Women who own property
are less likely to face marital violence: study While there is
no simple answer as to why men abuse their wives, the findings
of a recent study suggest that women who own property are less
likely to encounter spousal violence The estimated incidence of
spousal violence in India ranges between 20% and 50% -- a figure
that probably underestimates the extent of the problem, as many
women do not report domestic violence due to the social stigma
attached to the phenomenon. Few issues, however, have concerned
women's groups more, uniting them across class, political
affiliations and regions. There have been numerous studies
seeking to identify the factors that increase a woman's risk of
suffering spousal abuse. Studies analysing the effects of a
woman's economic situation on spousal violence and focusing
mainly on the woman's employment status throw up mixed results.
While some find a lower risk among employed women, others show a
greater risk. Som
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While Americans (and the Dutch) are still trying to figure out
exactly how to implement this "e-voting" thing without hackers
exploiting them, people cracking them open (literally), and
machines counting votes in triplicate, it looks like the Brits
are disregarding all the red flags already waving and are giving
it a go in select locations. New pilot schemes are slated to
"help people vote more conveniently at the Local Government
Elections in 13 local English authorities come May 2007," and
while some areas simply get the option to vote in advance,
Bedford, Breckland, Dover, South Bucks, Stratford-on-Avon
District Council, and Warwick District Council will be graced
with "electronic scanning technology to count ballot papers,"
while Rushmoor, Sheffield, Shrewsbury & Atcham, South Bucks, and
Swindon will actually be able to "use the internet or telephone"
to cast their vote if they so choose. The move is apparently
tailored to fit the "more modern lifestyles" that most folks
(mostly younger) are living, and o
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HOME > Chowhound > San Francisco Bay Area > Claypool's BBQ
(brief report) • d • 6 I visited Claypool's BBQ
(Steiner@Lombard, SF) for the 1st time yesterday. I took home a
pulled pork sandwich ($5.25), which is served on a good roll
with cole slaw topping. I would defintely give it a thumbs up.
The pork had good taste and texture. The sauce served in a small
container on the side was tangy with a hint of vinegar. In
addition to pork, they are now serving BBQ chicken, brisket and
salmon, either in a sandwich or on a platter. I will return to
try the brisket for sure. 1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB
limit) 1. Did you notice they don't have a smoker on site?
From what I've heard, they even admit they don't even do their
own BBQ. The owner says its cooked to their specifications
somewhere else. 2 Replies 1. re: Pssst Yes, I
did notice that. The most obvious thing missing from Claypool's
is that, since there is no smoker there, it does not really
smell like a BBQ joint. Of course
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Los Angeles Tacos » Los Angeles: Skip the Tacos and Grab
Dinner at La Serenata de Garibaldi Asada taco plate.
[Photographs: Noam Bleiweiss] It's hard to make a name for
yourself by slinging Mexican food in Boyle Heights. In a
neighborhood that already boasts Guisados, Mariscos Jalisco and
El Tepayec (with their five-pound Manuel's Special burrito),
standing tall amongst the competition is no small feat. Even
neighborhood favorites like Antojitos Carmen have shuttered over
the years, a testament to what it takes to thrive in such a
food-rich part of town. La Serenata de Garibaldi hasn't had
those sorts of issues. As a slightly upscale alternative to the
late night cafes, trucks, and tables that run along Cesar Chavez
Avenue, this airy eatery has been pushing plates of fresh
seafood, simple tacos, and stiff margaritas for more than 25
years. And people are still leaving with smiles on their faces.
The heavy wooden doors of La Serenata ("the serenade") open out
onto First Street in the heart of Boyle Hei
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POTTER: Time to clean firearms before hunting begins In 28
days, tri-state dove season begin. That means early teal and
resident goose seasons will also commence. Are you ready? Don't
wait for opening day to find that you need gun repair. It's
almost a sure bet that if you have a malfunctioning firearm and
take it to a reputable gunsmith tomorrow it will be weeks into
the seasons before it gets repaired. Why? Because each year more
people acquire firearms and each year there are fewer competent
gunsmiths to repair them. Most guns don't suddenly snap,
though. They malfunction due to a buildup of mud, crud and over
oiling. Because many hunters don't regularly clean their guns,
the trouble starts there. Some have found an alternative to
having a gun repaired by purchasing a new or used replacement.
But a hasty purchase may compound the problem. It's hard to
switch from one make and model to another because you've
programmed your body's autonomic reflexes to depend on the feel
of a particular firearm. It tak
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You are here The Perfect Pair: Strength and cardio for a
complete workout Most people are aware of the benefits of
cardio workouts for both performance and their overall health.
Often people overlook the benefits of a balanced program that
also includes strength training. If your goal is to get a
leaner body or to change your shape, strength workouts are
extremely effective. Of course your diet plays a significant
role along with cardio sessions, but strength training will do
more than make you stronger. • Muscles burns calories, so the
more you have, the more calories you'll burn • Strength, or
weight bearing, workouts also help strengthen bones • Increase
muscular endurance • Help you avoid injuries • Increase
confidence and self-esteem • Improve coordination and balance
Special note to women: Many of you miss out on the bone-building
benefits of strength workouts due to the fear that you will
“bulk up.” Relax. Most women’s hormone composition will keep
them from dramatically increasing mus
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John Beatty red tent Felicity Aston reaches the South Pole!
Rebecca Varley Felicity Aston reaches the South Pole On 20th
December Polar explorer Felicity Aston finally reached the South
Pole after 30 days skiing across the frozen wilderness of
Antarctica - completely on her own. Felicity arrived at the
South Pole station at 4.00pm local time, arriving in such bad
weather that she couldn’t even see the building which is home to
around 250 people over the Antarctic summer months. Reaching
the pole is, for most polar expeditions, the ultimate goal. But
for Felicity, who is attempting to become the first woman in
history to ski solo right the way across Antarctica, the South
Pole is not even the half-way point of her journey! Listen to
Felicity’s South Pole phonecast Traversing across the coldest,
driest and windiest continent on Earth - an environment so
hostile and remote that it has no permanent residents - is a
huge feat of physical and mental endurance. Felicity is
attempting her global first during
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Take the tour × I understand the point of group by x But how
does group by x, y work and what does it mean? share|improve
this question is that in sql syntax? – hallie Mar 10 '10 at
23:20 You won't find it described as this question poses it. The
GROUP BY clause can take one or more fields. GROUP BY customer;
GROUP BY lastname, firstname; GROUP BY year, store, sku etc. –
Bill Mar 10 '10 at 23:32 add comment 1 Answer up vote 183 down
vote accepted "Group By X" means "put all those with the same
value for X in the one group. "Group By X, Y" means "put all
those with the same values for both X and Y in the one group."
To illustrate using an example, let's say we have the following
table, to do with who is attending what subject at a university:
Table: Subject_Selection Subject Semester Attendee ITB001
1 John ITB001 1 Bob ITB001 1
Mickey ITB001 2 Jenny ITB001 2 James
MKB114 1 John MKB114 1 Erica When you
use a gro
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Patient-Centeredness and Nonverbal Communication in Outpatient
Medical Visits The purpose of this research was to examine how
nonverbal behaviors predict patient satisfaction and other
impression variables in real doctor-patient interactions. Eight
videotapes from real doctor-patient interactions were coded for
the frequency of three nonverbal behaviors- smiling, nodding,
and self-touch. The nonverbal behaviors were measured every 30
sec to examine temporal trends, further analyses will explore
these trends. Raters watched excerpts from the interactions and
rated the doctor and patient separately on friendliness,
interest, and dominance. The real patients self-reported after
each interaction their satisfaction with the doctor. Results
showed that a doctor who smiled more was rated as friendlier and
more interested. æSmiling patients were rated as more dominant
and more interested. Patients who nodded more were rated as
friendlier and more interested. Finally, more smiling and
nodding by the doctor predicted
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Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn Types of Esoteric Orders and
the Three Order System of the Golden Dawn by David Griffin
G.H. Fra Lux Ex Septentrionis Imperator, H.O.G.D., Archon
Basileus, A.O. In modern esotericism, there exist three types
of esoteric orders. These fall into two general categories;
symbolical and operative. Among the operative orders, there are
those which are analogical (lunar) or direct (solar). At the
simplest level we find the "symbolical" orders like Freemasonry
and the outer order of the original Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. In these orders, spiritual wisdom is presented in
symbolical form; either exclusively during the initiation
rituals in the case of Freemasonry, or together with
supplemental study materials as in the case of the original
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the outer. At the more
advanced level come the so-called, "operative" orders. Operative
orders employ special magical or alchemical "operations" for
spiritual development. In a further distinction,
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Sunday, January 20, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg Hates Teachers Even
When It Hurts The Children. The latest attack on New York City
teachers by Mayor Bloomberg has yet again cost the City a
minimum of $250 million dollars and possibly more. The expected
budget shortfall will be felt by the schools who will probably
not be able to hire teachers to fill vacancies and result in
even larger class sizes, already the highest in the State.
According to the union, already 1,000 of the 3,500 teachers
hired this year have left the NYC schools and more can
reasonably be expected to leave.Was the mayor's action an
isolated act or is it something far more? The answer is quite
simple to me. The Mayor wants to break the teacher's union and
teacher "due process rights" and he will cost the City millions,
maybe even billions of dollars to achieve his goal. Lets see
what the Mayor has done to attack NYC teachers and cost the City
a billion dollars or more in the process. The Absent Teacher
Reserve: One of the many unfortunate b
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Tell A Friend Willowy Willene Hat from Sundays by Nubiano Did
one of our products remind you of someone special? Or, would you
like to "drop a hint" to friend or loved one about an item that
you're hoping they might purchase for you? Either way, our "Tell
A Friend" feature allows you to send an email with a direct web-
link to the item that caught your eye. * Indicates a required
field To: From: * Name * Name * Email * Email Haven't you been
looking for something like this? Custom Message: (max. 500
characters)
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Brown-Forman Sparks White Lightning Only sparkling wines
produced with grapes from the Champagne region of France can
call themselves "champagne," while only dressings that use egg
as an emulsifier can only identify themselves "real mayonnaise."
Such regulations are called "standards of identity" that
determine what a food product must contain to be marketed under
a certain name. That generally affords consumers protection by
knowing the food or beverage they're buying really is what the
label says it is. Increasingly, however, companies are using the
standards to win a competitive edge over their rivals. Last
month the state of Tennessee passed a bill codifying what can be
called "Tennessee whiskey," a move that has but one real
beneficiary, Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-B ) .
While the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau has
never officially defined Tennessee whiskey, when the U.S.
entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement, along with
recognizing Canadian whisky (yeah,
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You are here: Home>Collections>Dsp Sexually explicit MMSes rock
Ambala Shiv Sharma, TNN Dec 7, 2007, 01.48am IST AMBALA: In a
reminder of the infamous pornographic multimedia messaging
service (MMS) involving DPS students of New Delhi, sexually
explicit MMSes of three young city girls, flashing across
cellphone screens in the city for past few days, have created
quite a flutter. While there are rumours the MMSes can be a
result of manipulation and superimposition, SP Ambala district
KV Ramana has asked DSP (headquarters) to investigate the
matter. The three MMSes named Janu, School Girl and Baldev
Nagar are of seven to 14.3 minutes duration. While two are
allegedly of senior secondary schoolgirls, the other reportedly
involves a college student. According to reports, Janu seems to
have been shot by the girl's boyfriend, School girl seemingly by
hostelmates and the third, which is also the longest MMS, shows
the girl in the act with a boy in a car.
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Result of 38 Browsing all posts about 38 Simone Cousteau
Simone Melchior Cousteau was the wife and business partner of
undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The first woman scuba
diver and aquanaut, Simone was at Jacques' side during his major
underwater accomplishments. She led him to the men and money who
would build his scuba invention, she helped buy their beloved
Calypso, saved the ship during a storm, and made sure each
exploration achieved its objective. Although never visible in
the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau series, Simone played a
key role in the operation at sea. Acting as mother, healer,
nurse and psychiatrist to the all-male crew for 40 years, her
nickname was "La Bergere," the Shepherdess. Simone was born on
19 January 1919 in Toulon, France. Her father Henri Melchior and
both grandfathers Jules Melchior (paternal) and Jean Baehme
(maternal) were admirals in the French Navy. Simone's mother was
Marguerite Melchior, affectionately called Guitte. She had two
brothers: Maurice, and
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Rookie T.J. Graham made a noble gesture after the game Sunday
while the Bills were still trying to make sense of their defeat
to the Patriots. Graham didn't simply accept his share of
responsibility for the loss. The wide receiver demanded blame
for Ryan Fitzpatrick's interception in the end zone. Graham's
blunder came on his route when he cut behind Devin McCourty
rather than in front of him. He took himself out of position and
contributed to his quarterback looking bad when Fitz doesn't
need help in that regard. Graham, while admirable, will someday
understand that the loss wasn't his fault. Poor decisions
killed the Bills. Fitzpatrick should have thrown the ball into
the stands after realizing Graham veered down the wrong path. It
would have allowed the Bills to live for another play. And
that's not to solely blame Fitzpatrick for the pick because
common sense would have called for an entirely different plan
with better options in the first place. Instead, Gailey dialed
up a short pass play to his ine
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Course Offerings Bucknell’s philosophy curriculum offers
courses in a wide variety of subjects, figures, historical
periods, traditions, movements and methodological perspectives.
Some courses focus on general fields such as ethics, aesthetics,
metaphysics, epistemology and logic. Others raise philosophical
questions about topics such as mind, language, art, music,
science, religion, politics, gender, law and the status of
animals. Historically oriented courses range from the earliest
Greek philosophers up through revolutionary 20th century
thinkers such as Heidegger and Wittgenstein. Still others span
whole philosophical traditions (Chinese, Indian, Islamic,
Jewish) or survey specific movements (German idealism,
existentialism, phenomenology, analytic philosophy, feminist
philosophy). For majors, we offer exclusive advanced seminars
(capped at 15), taught by a different philosophy professor each
semester. Bucknell’s philosophy faculty members also frequently
mentor students in senior theses, honors theses a
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Great White Sharks & submarines Great White Sharks & submarines
Spent time off Mexico recently as part of my training in our
Virgin Oceanic mini-submarine, diving with Great White Sharks.
There are not a lot of them but the ones you see are huge, 20
feet or more, larger than the submarine. I had my first Virgin
Oceanic dives training. The sub handled beautifully, straight
down smoothly, straight up 100 feet, bursting through the
surface of the water. Suddenly the biggest set of teeth were
only feet away from me. Well f**k I shouted! Before realising
the teeth were a reflection of my own in the glass dome around
us. Great Whites indeed! Schools of beautiful fish surrounded
us, then suddenly the real thing in all its majesty serenely
swimming alongside us. The Great White Shark was close enough to
lean out and touch if we were not safely ensconced in the sub.
Graham Hawkes, the genius behind the submarine, was shouting
like an excited schoolboy and so was I. The Great White stayed
for three minutes, ban
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Take the 2-minute tour × I am trying to include chapters in a
document without page breaks and found the newclude package can
do this using \include*, however, when I try to implement it,
instead of inputing the file, I just get text. I have something
like this... \input{Layout.tex} %Here I have some layout stuff
for page numbering and such \input{Macros.tex} %Here I have the
\usepackage{newclude} command The output is fine through the
title page, but the Introduction has the chapter at the top with
Introduction and the text is 1-Introduction. I'm not sure what
I'm doing incorrectly with this file. The above compiles fine
using the normal \include command without the newclude package.
share|improve this question why not simply use \input rather
than a non standard include mechanism if you do not want to
force page breaks, on the other hand in most classes \chapter
forces a page break anyway so the forced break from include is
not a problem. – David Carlisle Apr 25 '13 at 20:11 Related:
When should
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Why does distance ameliorate a war crime? by Hiroaki Sato NEW
YORK — One aspect of the modern sense of war, be it delusional,
duplicitous or both, was palpable in two articles paired at the
top of the front page of The New York Times toward the end of
September. The headline of one said “Drug Use Cited In Killings
of 3 Civilians”; the headline of the other, “CIA INTENSIFIES
DRONE CAMPAIGN WITHIN PAKISTAN.” One had to do with old-
fashioned murder by infantrymen on the ground, the other with
ultramodern murder by electronically operated vehicles in the
sky. Those involved in the former sometimes face charges of war
crime. Those involved in the latter face no such bother — though
they may be at times “criticized” for their incompetence. The
main points of the first story are these: Five soldiers in a
U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan are investigated by a military
court in Washington State for killing three unarmed Afghan
civilians on three separate occasions earlier this year, for “no
apparent reason.” They are
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Saturday, March 18, 2006 Royalty payments on six songs from
James Blunt's Back To Bedlam have been suspended following a
credible claim from a producer who believes he helped build
Blunt's career. Lukas Burton says Blunt dropped him when other
people started taking interest. Blunt's people are dismissive:
Blunt's publicist said: "Traditionally, when a record is this
massive, everyone wants to claim credit for its success." She
added: "This is no different." But she refused to give any
further details. Oddly, though, not everyone is claiming to
have had a hand in Blunt's sucess. And if they did, not everyone
would actually have records of what they'd done. Lukas writes
entertainingly about (what he claims is) his life with Blunt on
MySpace. The You're Beautiful dirge is not one of the suspended
tracks, so the zillions sold next week for mothering sunday will
still send cash straight to Blunty even as the unwanted CDs head
for landfill. RAPOBIT: Professor X The death of Professor X,
former member of th
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Huffpost Politics The Blog Richard (RJ) Eskow Headshot Shiny
Happy Corporate People Posted: Updated: Mitt Romney got a lot
of press for telling a heckler at the Iowa State Fair that
"corporations are people." He did not go on to sing that Patti
Smith song, "People Have the Power." But corporate "people"
certainly do. Their power was on display this week, both in
Washington and among the Republicans campaigning for the
nomination. Ordinary People Here's Romney's quote in context:
There's an interesting parsing of language going on here.
Corporate money does eventually go into some people's pockets,
of course, but Romney said "everything corporations earn
ultimately goes to the people." "The people" is a phrase that
refers to everyone -- the citizenry, the polis, the masses...
Romney's implying that corporate earnings go to all of us. The
truth is that executive compensation has never been greater when
it's compared to worker pay or average family incomes. That's
one reason why we've been experiencing
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While CEO of McDonald's from 1974 to 1987, Mr. Turner
expanded McDonald's to Japan, England and France. Total outlets
had tripled to 11,000 by the time he became senior chairman in
1990. He had an important role in the creation of the Chicken
McNugget, which he conceived during an elevator conversation
with a company test chef. The crunchy chicken pieces were rolled
out as a menu item in 1983. Today, chicken vies with beef as
McDonald's most popular meat, the company says. Mr. Turner was
named Advertising Age's "Adman of the Decade" for the 1980s. A
native of Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Turner attended Drake University
in his hometown and served in the Army. After reading a
newspaper ad in 1956 touting the new McDonald's Systems Inc., he
approached Mr. Kroc about opening a franchise, but that didn't
materialize. Mr. Turner trained as a grill man, though, took
time out to work as a Fuller Brush salesman and in 1957 took a
job in McDonald's central office in Chicago. "He never got the
franchise but he got to
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ETF Basics History of ETFs ETFs vs. Individual Stocks ETFs vs.
ETNs ETFs vs. Mutual Funds ETFs vs. Closed-End Funds Trading
ETFs and Order Types ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter Learn how
to profit with ETFs ETF Education > ETFs vs. Closed-End Funds
Back ETFs vs. Closed-End Funds It's important for investors to
understand the key differences between closed-end funds (CEFs)
and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Each has its advantages and
disadvantages. This knowledge can translate into making informed
investment decisions. Let's focus on the key points. The
expense ratios of ETFs are generally lower versus CEFs. Since
ETFs are indexed portfolios, the cost of managing them is less
compared to actively managed portfolios. Also, ETFs often have
lower internal trading costs versus actively managed funds, due
to their low portfolio turnover. The ETF cost savings can be
significant, especially for long-term investors. Investing in
both ETFs and CEFs will usually result in brokerage commissions.
Information on specifi
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"Microclimates" are created within forests. A valley bottom
collects water and cold air, mountain habitats will be drier on
one slope than the other because of the rainshadow effect, and
south-facing slopes in northern temperate zones are warmer on
average than those facing north. These microclimates affect only
relatively small areas within one type of forest. A valley
creates a microclimate, collecting water and cool air. Photo
courtesy Al Walters. The forest affects the overall climate,
plus the microclimates. The tree canopy softens the fall of
precipitation hitting the forest floor, protecting smaller
plants from being crushed under the weight of a heavy snowfall.
Water vapor evaporates from trees' leaves, contributing to
moisture levels in the area. Shade from the tree cover helps
keep snow from melting too quickly and causing spring floods.
Forests keep soil temperatures cooler and create shelter from
wind. Without this impact the forest has on the climate, many
species could not persist. climate --
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<[email protected]> From: Christopher Zogby
<[email protected]> Organization: Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research,
Inc. Subject: Re: Counting the Months? Comments: To:
[email protected] In-Reply-To: <4ejkcq$> >I had a
difficulty to calculate the number of months from two different
>dates. The first day indicates the entrance date of a patient
and the >second day is the recovery date. I want to figure out
how long the >patients stay in hospitals. Thanks for any
response. Try the intck function. Personally I would push for
reporting number of days. The example
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Expanding and Refining the Notion of Self-defense by Stanley
Pranin “Martial artists discover that their discipline and
effort has paid off handsomely and, in the bargain, provided
benefits which spill over into other areas of their lives.”
stanley-pranin-encyAikido Journal #103 (1995) Self-defense can
be defined as the protection of one’s life and/or property
against an attack. In cases where people take active steps to
safeguard themselves and their possessions, fear is often the
strongest motivating factor. Take the example of a young man who
decides to join a martial arts school or self-defense course.
Most likely he is driven by apprehension due to some perceived
vulnerability such as small physical size or weakness. Perhaps
he has recently been the victim of an attack at the hands of a
bully that has left him injured and humiliated in the eyes of
his friends. As a teenager, I personally witnessed one such
violent incident. Even though I was not the victim, the fear I
felt at seeing the perpetration o
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Aphid, or Plant Louse, a small insect that destroys crops and
ornamental plants. Most aphids are green, red, or brown; some
are gray, yellow, black, or pink. Nearly all aphids are less
than 0.2 inch (6 mm) long. Their bodies are soft, and their legs
are slender and weak. Some adults have two pairs of weak wings.
The aphidThe aphid , or plant louse, is a tiny, soft-bodied
insect that feeds on plant juices. Many aphids are named for
the plants they destroy; for example, cotton aphid and apple
aphid. Aphids damage plants by sucking the juices from buds,
leaves, and shoots or from the roots. They exude a sugary liquid
called honeydew, which sticks to the plant and causes the growth
of various harmful fungi and molds. Some kinds of aphids cause
the formation of galls (small swellings) on plants. Aphids can
also spread plant diseases. Ants play an important role in the
destruction caused by aphids. Certain species of ants protect
aphids from enemies, shelter them from bad weather, tend their
eggs, and carry them
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The Outlaw Prince is the story of a young prince who is
ruthlessly abducted from his family and brainwashed to forget
his identity. He is trained to become the greatest swordsman the
world has ever known, and finds – not surprisingly – good use
for his skills. Set during the tumultuous Second Baron's War,
it is based on The Outlaw of Torn, a 1927 historical novel by
Tarzan and John Carter of Mars creator Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Adapted by writer Rob Hughes, who initiated the project, and
illustrated by Thomas Yeates with Michael Wm. Kaluta, The Outlaw
Prince is available in two formats. Published by Dark Horse
Comics, the standard edition is an 80-page graphic novel, which
retails for $12.99. There is also a limited, deluxe edition,
which runs 112 pages ad includes pieces by Burroughs scholars.
Scoop talked with Hughes and Yeats about the project. Scoop:
What do you think is the lasting appeal of Edgar Rice Burroughs
work in general? Rob Hughes (RH): I think, as fantasy writers
go, Edgar Rice Burroughs has
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Amerks' decision day nears Via: D and C 'Sabres general
manager Darcy Regier has told Donner he doesn't want his
development team overflowing with veteran minor-league free
agents. He prefers a small nucleus of veterans surrounded by
talented draft picks and hungry youngsters hoping to prove they
belong at the American Hockey League level.'
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Kodiak5 Wrote: Mar 04, 2013 12:29 PM Distance education has
great strengths, but also limitations. I'm a lifelong
CONSERVATIVE, so don't come back with a knee-jerk "you lazy
bums" wave-off because I make my living as a professor. From my
20 years in the business, the most important thing we need to do
is separate the teaching and the evaluation (credentialing)
elements. The students put up with the teacher’s BS because the
teacher controls their grades: If students had to prove their
knowledge and skills to an independent evaluator the professors’
power over them would deflate like a popped balloon.
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File APIs for Java Developers The moose likes Beginning Java and
the fly likes Number Format Pattern Syntax Big Moose Saloon
Register / Login JavaRanch » Java Forums » Java » Beginning
Java Bookmark "Number Format Pattern Syntax " Watch "Number
Format Pattern Syntax " New topic Number Format Pattern Syntax
Emma Peel Joined: Feb 18, 2003 Posts: 10 Can anyone explain how
to read: '\\u0000'..'\\uFFFD' - specialCharacters It is part of
Number Format Pattern Syntax: pattern := subpattern{;subpattern}
subpattern := {prefix}integer{.fraction}{suffix} prefix :=
'\\u0000'..'\\uFFFD' - specialCharacters suffix :=
'\\u0000'..'\\uFFFD' - specialCharacters integer := '#'* '0'*
'0' fraction := '0'* '#'* found at Thanks! Emma Peel Greg
Charles Joined: Oct 01, 2001 Posts: 2962 Greetings Mrs. Peel,
That link you provide has examples of building patterns for
number formatters. (java.text.NumberFormat) The extra unicode
characters allow you to parse and format strings with more than
just numbers, for example a currency c
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Federal grant could mean more license plate readers - KCBD
NewsChannel 11 Lubbock Federal grant could mean more license
plate readers Posted: Updated: A federal grant could allow the
Lubbock Police Department to add more license plate-reading
cameras to Parking Enforcement vehicles. "It's nice that it
gives us another tool, so when somebody's car comes up missing
we can recover it. The computer keeps track of times whenever
cars are illegally parked," said Lubbock Police Sgt. Jason
Lewis. "Stolen vehicles, and if an Amber Alert maybe goes out -
something like that - we can put in if there's a suspect vehicle
tag that we have, then we can put that in and as it would drive
through parking lots, it would alert us to where that vehicle
was when it went past." It will only happen if the city
approves a federal grant worth more than $160,000 at Thursday
night's city council meeting. If passed, the grant will be split
between the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office and the Lubbock
Police Department. The cameras
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ASP.NET AJAX makes its way to Linux via Java A newly released
update to Mainsoft's Java EE software product promises to let
programmers use Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX Web application
framework on Java-supported platforms outside of Microsoft
Windows, including Linux and Mac OS X. Mainsoft's original
claim to fame is its technology that allows programmers to run
.NET code on the Java platform. The company reportedly invested
$14 million in research to unchain Microsoft's approach to AJAX
from .NET and Windows, letting it become a true full-fledged,
cross platform that can be used with any Java Virtual Machine.
"Version 2.2 incorporates numerous performance enhancements
developed over the past five years to ensure ported applications
perform and scale as well on the Java VM as the original
application performs on .NET," Mainsoft Vice President of
technology Eyal Eliahu Alaluf said in a statement this morning.
"Today, any developer who can build a well-structured .NET
application, and is knowledgeable about how
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From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search “George Bush doesn't care about
AgentSeethroo.” ~ Kanye West on AgentSeethroo AgentSeethroo's
Katamari of Doom. Agent Seethroo is an elite Super-Ninja and
evil Administra-TOR. He is world-renowned for his ability to
become completely transparent, or "See-throo" as some might call
it. He first rose to phame by becoming an administra-TOR for the
Homestar Runner Wiki Forum, a place where people with clever
usernames such as "The Experimental Film","The Japanese
Geek","Señor" and "Acekirby" come to worship Homestar Runner. As
he began to administrate teh forum alongside JoeyDay and that
interrupting guy, he became famous for his power to Banninate
people and to come up with witty one-liners. Today Mr. Seethroo
resides in Forumopolis with his dog Toastpaint, constantly
searching the 7-odd (and 54 even) moons of Jupiter for a new
hat. He's been Internetting longer than you. Just ask your mom.
Or his mom. Whoever really, they all know.
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Human–animal communication From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia (Redirected from Human-animal communication) Jump
to: navigation, search Human–animal communication is the
communication observed between humans and other animals, from
non-verbal cues and vocalizations through to, potentially, the
use of a sophisticated language. Human–animal communication is
easily observed in everyday life. The interactions between pets
and their owners, for example, reflect a form of spoken, while
not necessarily verbal dialogue. A dog being scolded does not
need to understand every word of its admonishment, but is able
to grasp the message by interpreting cues such as the owner's
stance, tone of voice, and body language. This communication is
two-way, as owners can learn to discern the subtle differences
between barks and meows, one hardly has to be a professional
animal trainer to tell the difference between the bark of an
angry dog defending its home and the happy bark of the same
animal while playing. Communication
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Take the 2-minute tour × Do the colossi need to be beat in the
order they are introduced to you in the game, or can they be
beaten in any order? share|improve this question I think they
appear in a particular order.. – Fluttershy Mar 9 '12 at 2:00
Is the plural of "colossus" really colossus? – dlras2 Mar 9 '12
at 2:01 @DanRasmussen No, fixed. – Wipqozn Mar 9 '12 at 2:05 1
Answer 1 up vote 7 down vote accepted They must be killed in
order, you cannot sequence break. share|improve this answer
Your Answer
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Ask T. Rowe Price How can my savings rate help me maintain my
lifestyle in retirement? STUART RITTER, CFP®, a senior
financial planner with T. Rowe Price Stuart Ritter, CFP®, a
senior financial planner with T. Rowe Price , explains that
saving less than you should for your retirement can mean a
dramatic decrease in your lifestyle after you stop working. he
first step is to understand how much income you'll need once you
retire. Because you will no longer be paying payroll tax or
saving for retirement, you should be able to maintain your
lifestyle and cover your expenses with approximately 75% of your
preretirement income. Fifty percent should be generated from
your retirement investments, with the remaining 25% coming from
Social Security benefits and other sources, such as a pension or
part-time wages. SAVE 15% Most people need to save at least 15%
of their annual income, including any employer contributions, to
achieve the desired amount in retirement. (Your savings
percentage may need to be higher if
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Common Core’s battle with the political meme One
thought on “Common Core’s battle with the political meme 1.
Common core is yet one more attempt to stop and turn around our
education system . NCLB before it , and the numerous
attempts by the Federal Government before . Good curriculum
, good teachers and high expectations are key ingredients .
How to reach goal by not being limited or from other views that
disagree with the methodology has become almost impossible in my
opinion from a Federal level .It seems the bigger political
interest groups have more of a say in how it is done , not
parents . Teacher accountability has come under scrutiny
because of the method we handle poor teachers and schools that
continue to fail generation after generation . In a day when we
see civil servants pleading the 5th when asked by their
supervisors for the facts about their job, accountability seems
to be a major component of real educational reform . As seen
recently in schools loosing m
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Barack Obama, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, special
relationshipIN A speech the other day Nick Clegg announced that
the “special relationship” between America and Britain was over.
He criticised British leaders for their "slavish" devotion to
Washington. "If you speak to hard-nosed folks in Washington they
think it's a good relationship, but it's not the special
relationship," Mr Clegg said. The alliance with America is the
sacred cow of British foreign policy, many of whose practioners
dream, in unguarded moments, that Britain can play Greece to
America's Rome. Disparaging the relationship publicly is just
not done. The American response to this threat to a supposedly
cherished alliance can be summed up as “who's Nick Clegg?”
Britain will hold a general election on May 6th, and despite
many comforting British assumptions about shared interests and a
shared political culture, most Americans couldn't care less.
They don't know that Mr Clegg is leader of the surging Liberal
Democrats, what differentiates David
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Conversely Logo Navigation YOU ARE HERE: Conversely ~ Parallax ~
September 25, 2000 Featured Artist Featured Artist Parallax -
Advice September 25, 2000 Very nice girl squares
off with Mr. Sex Shop Dear Conversely, Ask us a Question! I'll
try to be brief. I've been dating this really handsome,
professional guy for one-and-a-half months. Chemistry was
intense. We were intimate on the fourth date. It was great! Then
he got into sexual requests (we're both very passionate) and I
agreed with the first one. The second one involved restraining
and a blindfold. I didn't think I was ready for this. So I told
him I needed more time. He apologized and said: 'Sounds like we
need a break badly.' We exchanged a few e-mails to clear
everything. I said that with time, I'd be open to
experimentation... BUT that I need to build trust in him. He
accepted and has been 'friendly' over e-mails and we have great
exchanges this way. Now he is extremely charming, saying he's
'dying to see me' too, but when I offe
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The Joy of Sets: Alias Alum Battles a New Beast! Michael Vartan
courtesy Dimension Films He's one of the nicest guys in
Hollywood and it's been biting him on the butt. But now, Alias
alum Michael Vartan is getting his grit on in the ferociously
entertaining Rogue as a travel writer terrorized by a monster
crocodile while stranded with an Australian tour group. And
trust me, this one is sharper than your average when-animals-
attack flick. - Damian Holbrook Based on the DVD's cover, with
the giant crocodile jaws, you think we're looking at another
Anaconda. But this has a very Hitchcockian feel to it. Michael
Vartan: Yeah, that's Greg Mclean, the director, who's such an
interesting guy, such a talented, fun guy to work with. You
know, something as simple as the fact that my character and
Radha Mitchell [playing river tour guide Kate Ryan] never make
out seconds before impending doom- which happens in every
Hollywood horror film- we're about to be eaten by a 15-foot
crocodile and you still have time to make out
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motion-picture camera motion-picture camera, also called Movie
CameraA 16-mm Bolex motion-picture camera.Jankeany of various
complex photographic cameras that are designed to record a
succession of images on a reel of film that is repositioned
after each exposure. Commonly, exposures are made at the rate of
24 or 30 frames per second on film that is either 8, 16, 35, or
70 mm in width. A motion-picture camera essentially consists of
a body, a film-transport system, lenses, shutter, and a viewing-
focusing system. The motor-driven transport system is the chief
element that differentiates motion-picture cameras from still
cameras. Within the camera, the unexposed film is housed in a
totally dark chamber called the forward magazine. One or both
edges of the film are lined with regularly spaced perforations,
or sprocket holes. Sprocket-driven gears grip these
perforations, feeding the film into an enclosed exposure
chamber. A mechanical claw pulls the film into position behind
the shutter, locking the film momen
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Armed robbers steal car and cash during home invasion - -
Richmond, VA News Armed robbers steal car and cash during home
invasion Posted: Updated: The hunt is on for two armed men who
forced themselves into a couple's apartment, making off with
cash and their car. It happened in South Richmond at the
Manchester Lakes apartments overnight. "It was in the back of
my head. I saw both of their guns," Tonyel Dixon says describing
the scary moment she was robbed at gunpoint. She couldn't
believe what was happening as she and her boyfriend came home
from a birthday celebration around 2:00 Wednesday morning.
First, the thieves stole her purse. "He took it off my shoulder
as I was coming in." Then, they forced the couple inside.
"They had my boyfriend pinned down here," she points out.
That's when they told her to remain in the bathroom. "Then he
shut me in here." Before they knew it, the thieves made off
with her boyfriend's wallet, a lot of cash, and the keys to
their 2002 burgundy Cadillac Deville and th
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Weather Forecast Susan Brown: Benghazi — Are we a nation run
by fools It seems like only yesterday when President Obama
stood in front of an electrified audience at the 2012 Democratic
National Convention just days before the deadly Sept. 11, 2012
attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, reminding
supporters, "al Qaeda is on the path to defeat and Osama bin
Laden is dead." Nine months-in and Americans still have no
clue why initial talking points from top officials’ claiming the
attacks were most likely executed by al Qaeda-linked terrorists
were reduced to "a YouTube video." Did they fear acknowledging
such a claim so close to the 2012 presidential election? Or did
they actually believe the video story? Hopefully, some of these
questions were answered by way of three courageous State
Department whistle-blowers scheduled to testify before the House
Oversight Committee on May 8. Hicks claimed a Special Forces
team, which could have saved lives and protected evidence, was
ordered to "stand
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 EUR/USD will break 1.30 soon!
bubbleRefuge said... Mike you've got to exploit this baby. You
called it. Where is peter schiff? Mike Norman said... Yeah,
where is Schiff? googleheim said... If we hit parity, is it
time for a new reserve currency afterall ? How does this fair
China ? China will now take it's part II of scooping up
companies and use their Tbills to go shopping in Europe ? So
much for an asian tiger meltdown part II. we know that the ECB
has the power to create Euros and spend them in Portugal and
Greece. They however are not doing so. That means they are
doing a different trick. Hyperdeflation while smoke screen plays
about hyperinflation. They will point inward with a deflated
Euro so that they can prevent capital flight by pointing their
finger outside claiming how expensive the U$D is. It is a
matter of relative perspective. WHich chinese companies are
ready to pounce and buy up European companies ? The only thing
that can protect EU is their socialism.
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The » Julie Morse Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex,
Other Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 On Death
and Ice Cream Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:00:41 +0000 Rumpus contributor
Julie Morse remembers her father over at The Toast: During the
last handful of years of his life my father became one of those
unruly cool dads, perhaps exceptionally unruly. My sister and I
had no curfews and he would congratulate us when we regaled him
with stories of crazy nights out. Rumpus contributor Julie
Morse remembers her father over at The Toast: During the last
handful of years of his life my father became one of those
unruly cool dads, perhaps exceptionally unruly. My sister and I
had no curfews and he would congratulate us when we regaled him
with stories of crazy nights out. After he and my mother
divorced, he bought a house that he spent hours decorating. Each
wall was covered in framed photographs, pictures of Red Sox
players, portraits of musicians, and paintings. On weekends, his
band would rehearse in o
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Ranking the SNL Cast Members from
the 2008-09 Season Part 2 Posted by Double M (and Wheezy and
Ross) This is the 2nd post in my 2 post series ranking the SNL
cast members from this season. You can see the first post here.
7. Darell Hammond I'm not sure that you can really consider
Darell Hammond a cast member and so it might not be fair to put
him on this list. Technically, he's appeared in more SNL
episodes than anyone else, but he doesn't really do much outside
of political impressions anymore (If you visit Wikipedia, you
can see his impressive list of impressions). So Hammond leads
off the bottom of the list mainly due to the fact that he
doesn't take anything away, but he doesn't really add much. In
any case, here's what is probably my favorite Hammond impression
and something you will definitely enjoy. 8. Casey Wilson Casey
Wilson was new in the middle of last year when she replaced Maya
Rudolph (and thank God, because Rudolph was atrocious). Casey
seems to be a one good
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Will Britton get another start? (Bundy update) Manager Buck
Showalter didn't offer Britton a vote of confidence. He was
noncommittal when asked whether the left-hander would get
another start. Showalter also raised questions about Tommy
Hunter's immediate role after the right-hander threw 14 pitches
in the eighth inning in what amounted to a bullpen day before
Friday's scheduled start against the Rays at Tropicana Field
"We'll let the smoke clear after the off day, make sure Tommy
(Hunter's) fine," Showalter said. "He had what amounted to a
little work day today. He needed to throw about 15 pitches. I
think he threw 13 or 14. We held him out from his normal work
day today in case we had a problem. We knew we were a little
short down there. "I wasn't going to pitch four of our guys
today. We used them to win the first two games and I'm fine with
that. We'll see." In his last start, Britton allowed six runs
and six hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Athletics. He blanked
the Indians on four hits over six
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Skip to main content See also: Nutrition Guide for Everyday
Health Eating right is a constant struggle for many people.
There are many things that can get in the way of eating right,
such as temptations, conflicting advice on what is right,
getting caught up in diet fads, and simply not knowing what you
should and should not be eating in any given day. Luckily, the
following nutritional guide can help. It goes over the benefits
of nutrition, the food pyramid, foods to eat and avoid, what
vitamins and nutrients you get from eating right, and helpful
tips for moving forward to a healthier you. The Importance of
Nutrition Nutrition is based on getting a certain amount of
nutrients into your body. These nutrients are important for
battling against chronic diseases, maintaining proper physical,
emotional and mental health, getting proper energy and avoiding
obesity which can lead to a number of other complications. There
are six categories of nutrients you need to include in your
daily diet, including water, v
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013′s 2012 Demo #2 By Alec Meer on
September 24th, 2012 at 12:00 pm. don't ask me to explain
There’s already been one demo, but with PES 2012 now on sale (it
wound up in third place in the UK charts this week) a second one
has cropped up. I’m not totally sure how it differes from the
first one, but it includes these teams: Real Madrid, FC
Barcelona, Valencia, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Bayern
Munich, Scunthorpe United, Juventus,Santos, Corinthians, Boca
Juniors and Chivas. There’s also some manner of training
feature. All yours for a single, crystalline gigabyte. That’s
actually quite small for a demo these days, isn’t it? You can
download it direct from Konami here, or failing that
Gamershell‘s servers tend to be stoutly reliable. , , , , .
1. Prime says: Dear god but that’s creepy. I avoid certain
shop windows for the same reason, Alec! 2. Premium User Badge
Stellar Duck says: I demand that you explain. 3.
Vorphalack says: ….is too much f
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This is a tale of compacting garbage collectors, buggy Just In
Time compilers, and phone firmware that just should never have
been released. For the past few weeks I've been working on
getting our astronomy application working smoothly on the Nokia
6600. Alas, the last firmware glitch I've run across is the nail
in the coffin. First, a little back ground. As you would expect,
this application is mathematically intensive, as it provides a
visual display of what stars, planets and constellation are
visible in the customers' sky for any particular time and
location on Earth. When I first got past the general firmware
bugs (see below), I noticed a peculiar crash. Randomly, the text
labels on the screen showing objects in the sky would disappear,
or the horizon line would disappear and then the labels, and
then the horizon line may come back. After awhile the
application would simply freeze up. I suspected many things at
first. It seemed like my arrays were changing values, so I
suspected the garbage collector a
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2:03 pm CET Dec 23, 2011 Emerging Europe Hungary Hurts Press
Freedom, Say Journalists’ Groups • IIt is plain and simple
- Klubradio's fiscal offer was poor. End of the story. •
@optipessimistic: so what? is it really enough to silence a
radio station that has half a million regular listeners? let's
not pretend to be naive and believe that this was not a
political decision. we are heading back to dark ages of
dictatorship with the speed of light! if we hate the money
mindedness of the West that much, why is it enough to silence a
great radio station simply based on financial reasons? Wake up
people! • @optipessimistic: No, it's not the end of the
story. First of all, the Media Council is not supposed to be an
auction house that sells broadcasting rights to whoever makes
the biggest offer. The Media Council is required by law to
consider the needs and interests of the public. In a country of
ten million, Klubrádió has over half a million dedicated
listeners, for whom it has been a vital lifelin
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English 119 Set Clip Length: in here now?
all right. directly ahead, john stossel investigating whether or
not the obama administration has watered down welfare work
requirements. and then is it legal on a texas woman arrested,
taken to jail for letting her children play outside. you think
we're kidding? we're not. those reports are coming up ely. >>
bill: stossel matters segment, when president obama took office,
32 million americans were on food stamps. now the number is 47
million. there are charges that the obama administration wants
to get as many people as possible on the dole. >> when i think o
reengage people in politics is we're doing serious policy work
around what i will label working poor, they were struggling. and
to the extent that we are doing research figuring out what kinds
of government action will successfully make their lives better,
we are putting together a potential majority of coalition that
will vote. >> bill: we asked john stossel to investigate whether
or not wel
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Grandparent visitation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search Grandparent visitation is a legal
right which grandparents in some jurisdictions may have to have
court ordered visitation (or contact) of their grandchildren. In
the United States all 50 states have a "grandparent visitation"
statute that allows grandparents to ask a court to grant them
the legal right to maintain ongoing contact with their
grandchildren. State laws vary greatly and some states do not
guarantee that the grandparents will be able to obtain a court
order granting them visitation. The rationale behind these laws
is that sometimes, especially with the death of a parent or in a
family that has undergone divorce, the children may not have the
opportunity to have contact with the non-custodial parent and
his relatives, thus fostering continued familial bonds. Those
opposing this view say that court-ordered grandparent visitation
infringes upon the fundamental right of a fit parent to raise
their child in the
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India can win from anywhere by Srinivas Kanchibhotla -
Dreamcricket Views Live Coverage Live Scorecards Upcoming
Matches World Cricket News USA Cricket News American
Cricket History Dreamcricket RSS India can win from anywhere by
Srinivas Kanchibhotla Apr 06, 2011 By Srinivas Kanchibhotla
Every story needs an arc, as much as it needs a beginning and an
end. In simple terms, arc is nothing but the evolution of the
character - from bad to good, timid to courageous and any such.
Good stories are ones that have strong character arcs, starting
off at one place, and wrought by the circumstances, end up at a
totally different place. Gandhiji needed a visit to the indigo
fields in Champaran to crystallize upon the idea of independence
struggle. Swami Vivekananda need a personal tête–à–tête with
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to realize his potential and set upon
the course of awakening the country and a generation. When
history finally settles down on the Indian story of World Cup
2011, how far does it go
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 Man On Wire - Philippe Petit Did
anyone catch this fabulous docu-film on BBC2 the other weekend
(Sunday 2nd Aug)? I Sky Plus'ed it and only got round to
watching it last night (hence this rather belated post), but I
have to say it was a completely enthralling and truly gripping
ride. I first became aware of the genius\madman (delete as
appropriate!) that is Philippe Petit back in the year 2000. On
holiday in Canada, a friend and I took a day trip out to
Niagara. The falls were simply awe inspiring... It's somewhere
i'd wanted to visit ever since I was a child, and they did not
disappoint. However, once you've 'done' the falls there is
little left of much interest. The town that has built up around
the falls is a pretty tacky affair to be honest... think
Southend seafront with a wonder of the world bolted on the side!
Still, we were there for the day, so thought "in for a penny.."
blah blah, and hit the touristy trail. This included a visit to
the Imax cinema which was showing a fi
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You are here: HomeWorld NewsSouth AmericaMcDonald's Liable for
Fat Employees Monday, 01 November 2010 11:30 McDonald's Liable
for Fat Employees Written by The madness of the courts and
the greed of trial lawyers are proverbial. The woman who won a
huge award from McDonald’s when she spilled hot coffee on her
lap has become, perhaps, the archetypical example of litigation
run wild. Now McDonald’s again finds itself making headlines in
a lawsuit over conduct that seems safe and ordinary to most of
us. A court in Brazil has ordered McDonald’s to pay a man who
worked for the company for a dozen years an award of $17,500.
What offense did the fast-food chain commit? It offered free
lunches to employees. It also hired people incognito to visit
restaurants and report on food quality, which forced the
plaintiff to sample the food to make sure that the quality was
good. As a result of this, the former franchise manager sued
McDonald’s for his gain of 65 pounds over a 12-year period. This
case is another stark re
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Welcome to Danny Woodhead's world Updated: January 16, 2011,
1:12 PM ET By Elizabeth Merrill | NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The
place where Danny Woodhead comes from is not for wusses. The
temperature hovers around 15 degrees below zero at dawn
Wednesday, causing a frozen fog to settle over the Platte River
and prompting a news piece on how to keep the cows warm.
Breakfasts at the local diner are served with a blob of gray
gravy, a giant sausage and a stern cardiologist's warning. They
still buy the newspaper in North Platte. They still have flip
phones, too, which are tucked away in heavy work overalls so as
not to distract from the morning conversation. Most mornings,
the talk starts with the weather -- wind chills are for suckers
-- and ends with football. This is Cornhuskers territory, which
means Saturdays are for the Big Red and Sundays are for washing
the car, doing chores and waiting another six days for a game.
But not this season. Woodhead is playing in the NFL. And in this
western Nebraska town of abo
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• Canadian Grand Prix Trulli hoping for rub of the green in
Canada ESPNF1 Staff Jarno Trulli is hoping for better luck in
Canada © Getty Images Jarno Trulli is hoping that the Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve is kinder to him than it has been on previous
occasions as he looks forward to this year's Canadian Grand Prix
weekend. "Canada's a funny one for me - even though I love
Canada - the track, the people and the city - the race itself
has never loved me! It's a great challenge, and I've always
performed pretty well there, but I've never had much luck there,
so maybe that will change this year," said Trulli. "As it's a
temporary circuit it's a major challenge the whole way round.
There's the constant threat of the walls and it's critical not
to make any mistakes. You have to have confidence in the car and
a good setup gives you the chance to push, but you've got to be
perfect the whole time, otherwise it will bite you. It's also
very quick, and hard on brakes, so the cooling and the stability
under braking are
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Parallel fem simulation of crack propagation { challenges,
status, and perspectives (2000) by B Carter, C S Chen, L P
Chew, Nikos Chrisochoides, G R Gao, G Heber, A R Ingraea, R
Krause, C Myers, D Nave, K Pingali, P Stodghill, S Vavasis, P A
Wawrzynek Venue:In Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Chapter 7 Early next morning before the sun had tipped the
pines with gold I went down Barber Shop Canyon with Copple to
look for our horses. During the night our stock had been chased
by a lion. We had all been awakened by their snorting and
stampeding. We found our horses scattered, the burros gone, and
Copple's mules still squared on guard, ready to fight. Copple
assured me that this formation of his mules on guard was an
infallible sign of lions prowling around. One of these mules he
had owned for ten years and it was indeed the most intelligent
beast I ever saw in the woods. We found three beaver dams
across the brook, one about fifty feet long, and another fully
two hundred. Fresh turkey tracks showed in places, and on the
top of the longer dam, fresh made in the mud, were lion tracks
as large as the crown of my hat. How sight of them made me
tingle all over! Here was absolute proof of the prowling of one
of the great cats. Beaver tracks were everywhere. They were
rather singular looking tracks, the
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Osamu Tezuka Movies and Career Information Osamu Tezuka profile
image Nov 03, 1928 Director and Writer Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫,
Tezuka Osamu, November 3, 1928 – February 9, 1989) was a
Japanese manga artist, animator, producer and medical doctor,
although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture,
he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White
Lion and Black Jack. He is often credited as the "Godfather of
Anime", and is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt
Disney, who served as a major inspiration during his formative
years. His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and
innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as
"the father of manga", "the god of comics" and "kamisama of
manga". His grave is located in Tokyo's Souzen-ji Temple
Cemetery. Osamu was born, as the eldest son of three children of
Tezuka family, on November 3, 1928, in Toyonaka City, Osaka. His
nickname was gashagasha-atama (gashagasha is slang for messy,
atama means head). His mother often co
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The Truth About Those Sarah Palin Pregnancy Coverup Rumors!S
UPDATE: Bristol Palin is pregnant, and John McCain supposedly
knew. Image via Flatusyahu When rumors surfaced Friday that
John McCain's pretty new totally un-vetted running mate Sarah
Palin's eldest daughter Bristol was the real mother of her Down
Syndrome-afflicted infant son Trig, and that she had merely
pretendednot very effectively at first! — to be pregnant with
the child to cover up Bristol's terrible scarlet shame, our
first thought was 1. Yeah right ha ha now get me another Black N
Tan followed closely by 2. But what a rich premise for a quirky
premium cable comedy on the unending travails of/unachievable
demands placed on the corruption-fighting Christian mom governor
from Alaska!* But someone else with better Photoshop skills
thought up that same joke. Which made us realize, is the basis
of this scurrilous rumor nothing but an obvious pun? As it turns
out, "um probably yes"! Because we just heard from Josh Moffet,
a 19-year-old Seward,
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| Home Weather Forecast Larger text Larger text Smaller text
Smaller text | Order Photo Reprints Air Force enlistee saw
history unfold Vertullo | Daily News John L. Haigh Sr. answers
audience questions Wednesday at Norwin Public Library after a
slideshow presentation on his time as the chief steward of Air
Force One under presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush. Jennifer R. About Joe Napsha Picture Joe
Napsha 724-836-5252 Staff Reporter Daily Photo Galleries By
Joe Napsha Published: Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, 12:01 a.m. As a
teenager growing up in a Fayette County coal mining town during
the 1950s, John L. Haigh Sr. did not want to follow his father
down into the coal mines for 50 years or join his brother on a
job in a steel mill or travel to Cleveland to work in an
automotive factory. Haigh took a different path out of tiny
Lambert when he saw a neighbor wearing the sharp blue uniform of
the Air Force, a journey that led him to work as steward aboard
Air Force One for three president
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iOS app Android app More Hudda Ibrahim Ethiopia: Tragedy We
Can Prevent Posted: 06/20/2012 11:21 am According to the
World Health Organization, Ethiopia has a maternal mortality
rate of 673/100,000. This is so because only 6% of women have
access to skilled attendance at birth. The literacy rate of the
country is 23% for women who are above 15 years of age. To
compare this figure to a more affluent country, according to the
US Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for
Disease Control and Health, the US has a maternal mortality rate
of 8/100,000. In Ethiopia, lack of education contributes to the
structural burden of women's poor health, lack of family
planning, inadequate nutritional knowledge, and early marriage
for girls. Women's social condition is horrific, and there are
no government social programs which provide schools, clinics,
road services or even clean water. All of these problems are
caused by a single factor and it is negligence. The government
should have built clinics
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1. B&WMinstrel “If you want to earn your Madge badge you’re
going to need a Tenderfoot and a bottle of lube.” 2. What in
god’s green fuck? 3. adamcagey Are we sure these aren’t
wax statues of Lauren Foster and Herndon Graddick? 4.
contusion The only Scout that scares me more is a Willis.
5. mike I never thought I would look back on being molested
by my scoutmaster as having dodged a bullet, but here it is.
6. lawn Here’s a tip: don’t buy any cookies from this one.
7. anonymous I know Madonna likes her guys young but damn….
8. Shemp “Vitameatavegamin…it’s so TASTY too!” 9. tlmck
See. There are gay dudes in the scouts already. 10. I bet her
pinewood derby car is just a dildo with wheels glued on. 11.
bitch is getting long in the tooth.. 12. wheres her whip?
13. Inner Retard - Madonna, you do understand you embody
90% of what the Boyscouts do NOT believe in? - They hate
Hydrangeas too? 14. Madonna finally accepts what most us
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SVP PPP03: the first under-$100 pico projector! SVP is now
shipping the PPP03 pico-projector in the US, for only $99.99!
That's the cheapest pico-projector you can get, and the first
one to go below $100. So what do you get for this low price? The
projector engine is not so impressive (320x240, 10 lumens) but
it does have an internal media player (1GB and an SD card slot)
which can play back movies and photos. It also has A/V and USB
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If you find the resolution too low (and, frankly, 320x240 is not
so hot) - why not pay $5 more ($104.99) and get the AAXA P1 Jr.?
The P1 Jr. is a bit heavier (126 grams) but it offers 576x432
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