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I have been using this as a long term storage for 130 GB of OTR shows. It transfers the large files beautifully going either onto or off of my desktop computer. The sync program works great for daily/weekly backups of my commonly used files so that I don't lose things that are changed frequently.
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First off the bad news, that's almost certain to crack on you as it dries out. You might get lucky in which case you dodged a bullet, but the wood already has natural defects radiating from the centre and it is from there that many natural cracks arise.
To help lessen the risk of cracking the first thing you should do when you get it home is coat the flats with something to slow moisture loss. And the best thing you could use for this is melted wax. Doesn't matter how you get it on there, just apply it in a thick layer to both sides (one side at a time will keep the mess to a minimum). I wouldn't use a brush for this because it might be impossible to clean the wax residue from the brush, so improvise something else — a wad of paper towel held in tongs will work perfectly.
It's very difficult (sometimes impossible) to preserve the bark on wood. It depends on many factors, the species being one of the major ones, but there is a lot of variation possible even with one type of tree. As a very rough rule of thumb the thicker the bark the more likely it is that it'll want to flake off or crumble.
It is safest to remove it now because of the risk of wood-boring insects, but some people do retain the bark on this type of thing.
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Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone, or Dr. N.V Perricone is a doctor who specializes in dermatology (matters of the skin), and issues such as wrinkles, weight loss, acne, and diet. He has written many best-selling books and has his own line of lotions, facial cleaners, toners, supplements, and many other health care related items. He is a very wealthy man and it appears he works more to make people pretty, than healthy. I have heard that his products are really good, but I have never tried them myself. I know that some of the facial cleaners and lotions are very expensive. Are they worth it? I cannot say. He is making a lot of money from a lot of people though.
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In a match worth a potential £120m to the victors, Cameron Jerome took advantage of a Daniel Ayala error to put the Canaries ahead.
It was 2-0 after 15 minutes when Nathan Redmond arrowed a shot into the corner.
Jelle Vossen came closest for Boro when he struck the bar, but their six-year absence from the top flight continues.
Victory for the Canaries in front of more than 85,000 fans is the culmination of a remarkable run of results under manager Alex Neil.
The 33-year-old was unheralded in England, but presided over Hamilton's promotion to the Scottish Premiership last season. That was enough for him to be given the chance to replace Neil Adams at Carrow Road in January, with the club seventh in the table and three points off the play-offs.
Neil oversaw victory in his maiden game in charge against eventual league champions Bournemouth, the first of 17 wins in 25 games during his tenure, and will now become the youngest manager in England's top flight, beating Swansea's 36-year-old boss Garry Monk.
For his opposite number Aitor Karanka and Boro, though, it ends a season that had promised so much, built on the meanest defence in the league, conceding 37 goals in 46 games.
Karanka, the former assistant manager to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, has also seen a great deal of improvement during his 18 months in charge after taking over from Tony Mowbray in November 2013 with the side 16th in the table.
But, in a game referred to as the 'richest in football', his side fell short thanks to three first-half minutes when Norwich scored twice.
Given the weight of pressure, it was an understandably nervy opening but the game sprang into life when both sides hit the crossbar within 30 seconds of each other.
First, Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson powered a left-foot volley against the bar, only for Boro to go straight down the other end and rattle the woodwork themselves with Vossen's delightful long-range effort.
Boro had arrived at Wembley late after being stuck in traffic, and their lack of preparation time may well have had a hand in gifting Norwich the opening goal.
Ex-Canaries defender Ayala dithered on the ball down their right, allowing Norwich top scorer Jerome to nick it off him, run into the area and calmly slot past Dimi Konstantopoulos at his near post for his 21st of the season.
And only three minutes later, Norwich, unbeaten on the road under Neil, were 2-0 up against a side who had kept 22 clean sheets this campaign.
Steven Whittaker played a great ball into the channel for Redmond and the England Under-21 winger struck home a low effort past a despairing Konstantopoulos to send one end of Wembley into an unexpectedly early ecstasy.
Boro struggled to get any sort of foothold in the game, so at half-time Karanka brought off right-back Dean Whitehead for forward Emilio Nsue.
Norwich had kept Championship player of the year Patrick Bamford quiet for the first hour, but his turn and shot was the first real test for keeper John Ruddy.
Boro's main threat came from Albert Adomah down the right, but Norwich's central defensive partnership of Sebastien Bassong and captain Russell Martin dealt with every ball into the middle.
It was in fact Norwich who went closest to getting a third when Redmond fired just wide from a free-kick on the edge of the box.
Bamford then had the chance to pull the ball back to Kike but Scotland international Martin cleared his centre, and Norwich held on to return to the top flight.
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Filtering classic rock and pop hooks through a willfully lo-fi aesthetic a la Pavement or Guided by Voices, Philadelphia's Dr. Dog sounds both timeless and immediate. Formed in 1999 as a recording project for two members of the more traditional indie-rock band Raccoon, Dr. Dog became a full-time gig when Raccoon folded in the early '00s. Dr. Dog's first two records, 2001's Psychedelic Swamp and 2002's Toothbrush, were both self-released but failed to make an impact outside of the Philadelphia area. Still, the band's fortunes changed when My Morning Jacket's Jim James handpicked Dr. Dog to open for My Morning Jacket for its 2004 tour. Subsequently picked up by an indie label for 2005's Easy Beat, the group won raves for its fascinating combination of psychedelic pop hooks and Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies. Dr. Dog's new We All Belong is shaping up to be its most powerful and cohesive artistic statement yet. Buoyed by the band's large and growing following, the disc — which delves into what members call "three-part harmonies, the out-of-doors, soya rotis, baking bread and diminished chords" — should help break Dr. Dog through to a larger and even more enthusiastic audience.
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As long as the planet earth provides water and air.
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As the coronavirus has spread around the world, the virus for some reason has affected the affluent and the socially well-connected, as well as working-class people.
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If you've watched the anime or read the manga, you're probably aware of Light Yagami's Shinigami, Ryuk. He's a likeable, yet unlikeable character. If you want to learn how to act and dress like him for cosplay, or just because you want to, this cosplay guide will be of help.
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The announcement on Monday that Andy Dick would be charged with two counts of battery for allegedly groping a woman back in April did not come as a surprise.
The comedian had been arrested back in 2008 when he allegedly groped the breasts of a 17-year-old girl after pulling her bra down and exposing her breast, while photos obtained by DailyMail.com show Dick groping a woman at a 2003 event and a man back in March.
In both of those photos Dick has slipped his hand under the individual's clothing.
And in 2007, Dick groped one of the most famous women in the world on national television - Ivanka Trump.
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History: Andy Dick groped Ivanka Trump during a national television appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in July 2007
Dick: Ivanka politely tried to remove his hand and Kimmel eventually separated Dick from Ivanka, but he started touching her arm less than a minute later
Got to go: At that point Kimmel walked over to Dick and summoned security, who helped drag Dick out of the studio
Dick and Ivanka were both appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live at the time of the inicident, with the first daughter coming on as the second guest.
She was greeted by Dick, who asked Ivanka for a 'big, wet kiss' right off the bat Kimmel later told Extra.
Things then quickly went downhill with Dick rubbing his hands up and down Ivanka's thigh and knee while she tried to stop the unwanted touching as politely as possible.
Kimmel, to his credit, swooped in to stop Dick from touching Ivanka and then continued the interview.
It was less than a minute later than Dick struck again however, first trying to grab at Ivanka's ponytail and then touching her arm.
That is when Kimmel got out of his chair and went over to Dick while summoning security to join him on stage.
He and a security guard then lifted Dick off the couch and dragged him off the stage.
Not acceptable: Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show Dick groping a woman at a 2003 (above) event
More: He also groped a man under his clothing this March (above)
'It was time for Andy to go, so I escorted him out by his feet,' Kimmel later told Extra.
He also said that Dick was not at all fazed by how things unfolded that night.
'He’s Andy. He’s not upset. He’s not apologetic. He’s just nutty,' said the host.
'He always makes me a little uncomfortable. You have no idea what he’s going to do next.'
Dick then had the audacity to make light of the time he sexually harassed Ivanka back in December.
'The time I "groped" Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, on Jimmy Kimmel Live,' wrote Dick.
'Her legs were sparkling, and I was trying to see if the glitter would wipe off. I also mistakenly thought she would date me. I was jokingly carried off by security.'
He then tried to equate his behavior that night to President Trump's actions.
'Is anybody going to carry Trump off? No joke. Confusing times.'
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Idaho July 3, 1890\n43 rd . \nWyoming July 10, 1890\n44 th
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Different Countries offer different types of support. This is considered a very sensitive matter by some authorities. A good way to go about this is to draft a checklist.\n\nidentify the characteristics of this case in particular.\n\nType and origin of Disability Gender\nAge\nEthnic background\nFormer employment\netc.\n\nEvery specific may be important in identifying if and whom you should pledge your case to.\n\nFor example: \nIf you are caring for a Senior, the AARP in the US and the UN in most other countries offers special aid programmes.\n\nAlso Follow the structure of public service, from county to state to federal authorities to find all the options available for your particular case.
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Aiming at discharge calculation of cutthroat flume,based on the model test, the method of ternary regression analysis was used to select for a laxge number of ternary nonlinear mathematical models.The empirical formula of discharge coefficient was obtained for the submerge flow,and in addition,the calculation error was analyzed,which has great significance to the practical engineering.
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Husqvarna Machinery. Husqvarna Group is the worldâs largest producer of outdoor power products including robotic lawn mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and trimmers. The Group is also the European leader in consumer watering products and one of the world leaders in cutting equipment and diamond tools for the construction and stone industries.
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The Cafe Express sign is no longer in use.
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Globe Telecom's call charges to other networks, whether mobile or landline, stand at P7. 50/minute while Globe to Globe/TM regular call rate is at P6. 50/minute. Regular calls from TM to Globe/TM is at P5.
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Aran Weight A British designation that means a worsted or heavy worsted weight yarn. Chunky Yarns These yarns are thicker than worsted and knit to a gauge of 3-3.75 stitches per inch on a size U.S. 9-11 needle. Bulky Yarns These yarns are larger yet than aran or chunky.
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Piperacillin is a penicillin antibiotic that fights bacteria in the body. Tazobactam is an antibiotic similar to a penicillin that fights bacteria in the body.
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1967 Detroit riot The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion, was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long hot summer of 1967". This riot was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan. It began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar then known as a blind pig, just north of the corner of 12th Street (today Rosa Parks Boulevard) and Virginia Park Avenue, on the city's Near West Side. Police confrontations with patrons and observers on the street evolved into one of the deadliest and most destructive riots in the history of the United States, lasting five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of Detroit's 1943 race riot just 24 years earlier.
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Cardiomyopathies are highly heterogeneous cardiopathies that, in the past 20 years, have been the topic of nosographic discussions directly linked to increased knowledge (mostly in genetics) [1] ; [2] . At this time, cardiomyopathies are defined as cardiac muscle disorders that could lead to mechanical and/or electrical malfunctions of the heart [1] ; [2] . It is common practice to distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic cardiomyopathies [1] . Unlike intrinsic cardiomyopathies, extrinsic cardiomyopathies (still referred to as “specific”), as indicated by their name, are the result of “extramyocardial” disorders, whether cardiovascular in origin (ischemia, valvulopathies, cardiac rhythm disorders, arterial hypertension) or systemic (including immune-mediated, nutritional, infectious, toxic, endocrine, or neuromuscular diseases).
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Inflammation or degeneration of the Achilles tendon commonly causes calf muscle pain. The Achilles tendon is approximately six inches long, connecting the calf muscles to the heel. The Achilles is extremely strong but not very flexible, making it prone to damage, especially if the calf muscles are weak and tight.
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Chris Pleasance . She said I could: John Grant Tasered his wife several times after she lost a bet about the winner of Monday night's nail biter Bears vs. Packers game . This is the bizarre moment an Illinois man Tasered his wife three times after winning a bet on a football game. At last Monday's Bears-Packers game in a Wisconsin bar, John Grant, 42, a Bears fan, and his wife Nicole, a Packers supporter, decided to make things interesting. They agreed that whoever's team won would be allowed shock the other with a Taser, and when the Bears won 27-20 and the couple walked outside to an alleyway where Nicole leaned up against the wall ready for her forfeit. While she starts the video laughing, after the first shock she collapses to the floor, shielding herself behind a friend's legs, obviously in pain. Oblivious to her suffering, Grant reaches through the other man's legs and administers a second shock, before walking around to her side and hitting her again, this time on her thigh. Deciding she had had enough, Nicole called the police just after midnight on Tuesday who arrested John for possessing a Taser, which is illegal without a licence in Wisconsin. Nicole also told dispatchers her husband had thrown their dog out of the semi-truck they were sharing as their home and then locked her out too. Christopher MacNeill, chief of Mayville Police Department, said: 'You just couldn't make it up.' Speaking to CNN, he added: 'The Taser that he had was a skin contact taser which, if you use it enough times or in the same place, can actually leave burn marks.' Scroll down for video . This is the moment John Grant (to the right) tasers his wife Nicole (on the left) as she leans up against a wall behind a bar (left image) before moving in to give her a second shock (right image) Both of them consented to breathalyzers and were determined to be well over the limit of intoxication. The the subsequent police interview Grant told said that they'd gotten . into a fight because she'd been smoking marijuana in the bathroom . at the sports bar. His wife, Grant told the police, smoked too much of the stuff and it hinders her from keeping a job. Speaking to CNN, Chris Neu, a bartender at the Small Town Wisconsin Tavern, said: 'They had a bet between the two of them. The loser was supposed to get Tasered by the winner. 'She kind of laughed it off, they videotaped it and everything else. I had no inkling at all that the would end up in a altercation at the end of the night.' Despite the allegations, Nicole has now dropped all charges against her husband. The Bears beat the Packers 27-20 last Monday night, a fateful result which would lead to Nicole being shocked .
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Two David McMillan goals and an injury-time Robbie Benson strike earned the Irish champions a 3-0 home-leg victory at Tallaght Stadium.
That ensured a 3-1 aggregate success over their Belarusian counterparts.
It also guaranteed Stephen Kenny's Dundalk at least a place in the Europa League group stages.
Dundalk were already guaranteed £1m after progressing to the Champions League third qualifying round but that sum has now increased to around £5.9m.
The draw for the final Champions League qualifying round will take place in Monaco on Friday, and Dundalk could meet Celtic after the Scottish champions progressed against Astana of Kazakhstan.
Other potential opponents are Viktoria Plzen, Apoel Nicosia, Legia Warsaw and Red Bull Salzburg.
Dundalk's victory on Tuesday avenged last year's 2-1 aggregate defeat by the Belarusians in the Champions League second qualifying round.
The League of Ireland champions secured their remarkable win despite having to move their home leg from Oriel Park to Tallaght Stadium in Dublin because of Uefa ground capacity rules.
Those rules state that Champions League matches from the third qualifying round onwards must take place at venues with a minimum of 4,500 seats. Oriel Park has only 3,000 seats in its 4,500 capacity. Around 5,000 supporters were at Tuesday's match.
BATE, regular qualifiers for the Champions League group stages, were left to rue missed first-half chances as Yuri Kendysh headed over and Aleksei Rios shot wide when well placed in the 16th minute.
Against the run of play, Dundalk took the lead on the stroke of half-time as Daryl Horgan's cross picked out McMillan, who guided a header past Sergei Veremko.
Dundalk had an escape in the 56th minute as Rios shot wide, but three minutes later the Irish side were ahead in the tie as McMillan nodded a Dane Massey cross into the net.
After repelling some BATE pressure, Dundalk made the tie safe in the first minute of injury-time as substitute Benson broke clear and slotted past Veremko.
Match ends, Dundalk 3, BATE Borisov 0.
Second Half ends, Dundalk 3, BATE Borisov 0.
Substitution, Dundalk. Ciarán Kilduff replaces Daryl Horgan.
Goal! Dundalk 3, BATE Borisov 0. Robbie Benson (Dundalk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Igor Stasevich (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Patrick Barrett (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, BATE Borisov. Nikolai Signevich replaces Maksim Zhavnerchik.
Substitution, Dundalk. Robbie Benson replaces David McMillan.
Substitution, BATE Borisov. Mikhail Gordeychuk replaces Artur Pikk.
Goal! Dundalk 2, BATE Borisov 0. David McMillan (Dundalk) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dane Massey.
Second Half begins Dundalk 1, BATE Borisov 0.
Substitution, BATE Borisov. Aliaksandr Hleb replaces Aleksandr Karnitski.
First Half ends, Dundalk 1, BATE Borisov 0.
Goal! Dundalk 1, BATE Borisov 0. David McMillan (Dundalk) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daryl Horgan with a cross.
Substitution, Dundalk. Patrick McEleney replaces Ronan Finn because of an injury.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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the idea was that mothers spent time with the kids because the fathers were always at work
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Damn bright and runs on a single cell battery, nice thumb activated switch on the end.
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Gregg Jarrett, Sara Carter and Sebastian Gorka reacted to the release of the explosive and damning FISA memo.
Sara Carter revealed that her sources have told her that the best is yet to come, as the FISA Memo is only “10% of of what is coming”, stating that the investigation is now in reverse, as the entire Russiagate lie unravels at a rapid pace.
Gregg Jarrett noted that his sources told him Rod Rosenstein threatened the House Intelligence Committee members three weeks ago not to release the memo or else he would “subpoena their texts and messages.”
“I can tell you a congressional source tells me that Rod Rosenstein in a meeting three weeks ago threatened Chairman Nunes and members of Congress he was going to subpoena their texts and messages because he was tired of dealing with the intel committee. That’s threats and intimidation.”
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Most women do not have the capability to have an orgasm through intercourse alone. You should try to play with your clitoris or let him do it during sex. Many women fake an orgasm to make their boyfriend happy and its perfectly normal but you will reach a time when you don't want to fake it anymore and want to really have one. Try a position where your boyfriend can reach around with his hand and rub ur clitoris while having intercourse. Try doggie style.
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(CNN) -- When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world's elite golfers. U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make use of the White House putting green. Obama is the honorary chairman for the 2009 Presidents Cup which will be contested at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco this week where the top U.S. golfers take on the best players from around the world outside of Europe. As a golf enthusiast, and keen amateur player, the president will get the chance to pick the brains of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh on how to improve his game. But he is not the first to take to the greens while occupying the Oval Office with 15 of the last 18 U.S. presidents said to have played the sport while in power. Living Golf's gallery of presidential putters. » . Dwight Eisenhower is recognized as probably the most dedicated to the sport, and was often criticized by Democrats for spending too much time on the golf course. Eisenhower's solution? In 1954 he had a putting green installed at the White House a short stroll from the Oval Office to enable him to practice while at work which was regularly used by subsequent presidents and still exists to this day. The former five-star general was also a member at the Augusta National Golf Club where a overhanging tree on the 17th hole proved such an obstacle to the leader that it was dubbed the "Eisenhower Tree." There is little doubt though that John F. Kennedy was the most talented presidential golfer, although he was reluctant to associate with the game. During his run for president in 1960, Kennedy did everything possible to keep his fellow Americans from discovering that he not only loved the game but was nearly as good as a club professional and was said to have had a beautiful natural swing. Throughout Eisenhower's two terms Kennedy had portrayed him as someone who cared more about lowering his handicap than improving the lives of ordinary Americans, so information about his passion for the links only really came out later. Lyndon Johnson is at the opposite end of the spectrum on the talent stakes and is reported to have taken up to 400 swings to get round an 18-hole course while Gerald Ford, who served as honorary chairman for the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, had a reputation for accidentally hitting the ball at spectators. In terms of sheer number of matches though even Eisenhower could not match Woodrow Wilson who was said to have played almost every day, apart from on Sundays, and even had golf balls painted red so he could play in the snow. Ronald Reagan was only an occasional player but Bill Clinton was renowned for an entourage featuring Secret Service agents, a police sniper, a man carrying U.S. nuclear codes, various aides and someone with a secure telephone so he could speak to world leaders on a typical round. George W. Bush still plays regularly with his father, and fellow former president, but Bush junior's contribution to golf will forever be immortalized in a short press briefing he gave from the course after being questioned on violence in the Middle East. "I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you." Bush said before he paused and told reporters: "Now watch this drive!" Obama therefore follows a healthy tradition of golfing presidents and he can relax safe in the knowledge that even if he cannot solve the world's problems while in the White House at least he can improve his short game.
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Depends on what kind of phone you have, what provider you have, and what kind of ringtone your downloading. For example, an older phone trying to download a polyphonic ringtone would probably take longer than a newer phone downloading a monophonic.
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The worse the blisters are, the longer the burn will take to heal. In some severe cases, skin grafting is required to fix the damage. Skin grafting takes healthy skin from another area of the body and moves it to the site of the burned skin. As with first-degree burns, avoid cotton balls and questionable home remedies.
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Overview of Cui.exe What Is Cui.exe? Cui.exe is a type of EXE file associated with Third-Party Application developed by Windows Software Developer for the Windows Operating System. The latest known version of Cui.exe is 11.1.0.7015, which was produced for Windows XP.
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comfortable fit, consider making black shorts as well, as another choice of color... thank you so much for a timely delivery
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Firefighters have extinguished fires near a railway line between the northern Bohemian towns of Lovosice and Ústí nad Labem, but both domestic and international train travel in the area has halted.
Police have also closed a road running alongside the rails. Until their investigation is complete, drivers should expect heavy congestion, especially along routes from Ústí nad Labem and Děčín to Dresden, Germany.
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It was a dismal week for the stock market, despite an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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The state of New York effectively has a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing as the government figures out how to regulate the controversial drilling technology. Still, the state is benefiting from a fracking-fueled drilling boom in next-door Pennsylvania. For decades, oil has been the fuel of choice for thousands of residential buildings in New York City. But now there are fewer chimneys spewing black smoke. That's because the city has a program encouraging owners to convert to cleaner-burning natural gas. The switch is happening all over the city, including in a 100-unit building on the Upper East Side that Burt Wallack's company manages. The owners are spending nearly $300,000 to make the switch. "In this particular building, it was a no-brainer — the payback will be in about three years," Wallack says. "The day we switch over, we'll start saving approximately 50 percent of our energy costs." For now, the building is still burning oil because utility Con Edison is upgrading the city's natural gas distribution system. The system originally was intended for things like cooking. But now bigger pipes and updated equipment are needed so natural gas can be used for heating and hot water, too. "This year alone we're going to have converted more than 1,100 very large buildings in New York City," says Christine Cummings, a section manager in the utility's gas conversion group. Recently another company, Spectra Energy, put in service a large pipeline expansion that's bringing a lot more gas into Manhattan. That increased supply already is pushing down prices in the region. "If we compare this November to last November, we actually see gas prices decrease about 13 percent," says Anne Swedberg, senior energy analyst with the firm Bentek Energy. This is helping Con Edison persuade more people to make the switch from oil to natural gas. "A lot of times when you want to do the green thing, it costs you money. In this case, you're going to do the green thing and we're going to actually save you a considerable sum of money," Cummings says. But not everyone sees the switch to natural gas as "green." Environmental groups concerned about the effects of fracking at well sites campaigned against the pipeline expansion. In polls, New York City voters have opposed fracking. "It's varied anywhere from 1- or 2-point margin of opposition to as much as 14 points opposition over the last year or so," says Steven Greenberg, a pollster for Siena Research Institute. Despite consistent opposition to fracking, it appears many New Yorkers have not made a direct connection between fracking and the increasing availability of natural gas in their region. Talk to people on the street and they focus more on the benefits here than the environmental consequences over in Pennsylvania. "The oil, when it burns, it discolors my house — it's terrible. You get the smell," says Kevin Leonard of Pleasantville, N.Y. "Natural gas is much better. ... And it's much cheaper at this point in time." Leonard says he's heard about the potential water quality and pollution problems associated with fracking. But he says as with most things in life, there are trade-offs. The conclusion many New Yorkers seem to have reached is that until something better comes along, switching to natural gas seems like the best choice. DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's Thanksgiving. It's Hanukkah. And it's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm David Greene. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And I'm Linda Wertheimer. Good morning. The state of New York is working to balance the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - with the environmental concerns many have about it. While that process plays out, the state has placed a moratorium on the controversial drilling method. At the same time, New York is benefiting from a fracking-fueled boom in neighboring Pennsylvania. A new natual gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to Manhattan is reducing energy costs in the city and improving air quality. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. JEFF BRADY, BYLINE: For decades, oil has been the fuel of choice for thousands of residential buildings in New York. But now, the city is encouraging owners to convert to cleaner-burning natural gas. The switch is happening all over the city, including this 100-unit building on the Upper East Side. BURT WALLACK: What happens is the gas - oh, here we go. (SOUNDBITE OF ENGINE STARTING) BRADY: In the basement, a boiler cycles on as Burt Wallack is talking. He's president of the company that manages this building. Wallack points to a shiny new burner and says that - along with all the other costs of switching to natural gas - are not cheap, almost $300,000 for this property. But he says the owners will quickly recover that expense. WALLACK: In this particular building, it was a no-brainer. The payback will be in about three years. BRADY: Wallack says natural gas is much cheaper than oil, thanks to all the new gas being produced nearby in Pennsylvania. WALLACK: The day we switch over, we
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anemia..insomnia...diabetes...\n.infections (flu...etc)..low metabolism >>>>>>>>>\n\nTackling fatigue\n\nFirst and foremost, you need to ensure that you lead a healthy life. This means a good diet, exercise and plenty of sleep. \n\nVitamins and minerals are necessary for many of the body's processes, and a healthy diet ensures your body can function at its best. \n\nIt may sound strange, but lack of exercise can increase feelings of fatigue. If you're not used to doing exercise, long walks are a good way to start. Exercise that involves all the major muscle groups is recommended, eg swimming...\nif it continues...consult a doctor! besT of luck
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It is the aim of higher vocational education to cultivate applicable talents armed with advanced technology.To obtain sustainable,stable and sound development of higher vocational education,it is necessary to improve its social recognition,establish talent quality criteria,improve students' comprehensive quality,set up integral developmental concept.Besides,higher vocational education should explore its own characteristics by carrying out employment-oriented education,strengthening the combination of production,education and research, and improving students' employment rate.
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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won Tuesday's primaries in Wisconsin,Washington D.C. and Maryland, expanding his delegate lead. Jeff Danziger and Chris Weyant consider the implications of Rick Santorum's defeats.
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The health care law, the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare. Whatever you call it, five years after President Obama signed the law, it remains polarizing. Despite fierce political opposition and a rocky rollout, the law has sliced the number of uninsured by a third — 16 million people have signed up of the 48 million uninsured before the law went into effect. But Americans remain deeply split on Obamacare, and its future is unclear. Its fate could be decided in coming months by the Supreme Court — or the 2016 presidential election. The president took a victory lap Wednesday morning, touting sign ups and affordability — and blasting Republican opposition. "Just five years in, the Affordable Care Act has already helped improve the quality of health care across the board," Obama said at a health care event at the White House. He added, "It's making health care coverage more affordable and effective for all of us. It's working better than many of us, including me, anticipated." Obama took sharp aim at the law's opponents. "We have been promised a lot of things these past five years that didn't turn out to be the case — death panels, doom, a serious alternative from Republicans in Congress," Obama said, pausing for effect, as he delivered the line, drawing chuckles from the friendly audience. The law will be getting a few more signees soon with Sen. Ted Cruz — who led a Green Eggs and Ham-fueled 21-hour speech against the law — admitting Tuesday he would be enrolling through a federal exchange. Cruz, who announced a run for president Monday, had been getting insurance through his wife, who worked for Goldman Sachs, the investment bank. But she is joining his campaign, so Cruz had to get insurance for his family of four, including two young daughters, through his employer — the the U.S. Senate. If Cruz takes the employer contribution, the move would save the Republican Texas senator and his family thousands of dollars. Even if he doesn't take it, which is unclear at this point, he would still save through the federal exchange compared to signing up directly through a private insurer. While the law's supporters will relish the irony of one of the most prominent opponents having to sign up, Americans continue to view the law more negatively than positively. Out of 54 times the Kaiser Family Foundation has asked whether people have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the law, Americans have only viewed it more positively than negatively eight times. The last time that was the case was November 2012, the month of Obama's reelection. Since then, it hit a peak unfavorable view of 53 percent in July of last year. In the last several months, the law has migrated back to what has been its homeostasis – a split with the law being viewed slightly more negatively than positively. The latest poll this month, shows a 41 to 43 percent favorable to unfavorable view. In addition to the public opinion challenges the law has faced, there are also the legal ones. The Supreme Court will decide a major case later this year that could decide the future of the law. At question is the constitutionality of state-based subsidies. Conservatives have challenged whether the way the law is written allows people who sign up in states through federal exchanges are actually allowed to do so. Largely because of opposition in states with Republican governors, just 16 states have set up their own exchanges; seven others have hybrid exchanges that the federal government operates. The 27 states, where the federal government is the only option, account for a significant majority (59 percent) of the uninsured, according to data from the Pew Research Center. That means if the subsidies are deemed unconstitutional, premiums could skyrocket and effectively gut the law. At the same time, there is a challenge emerging for Republican opponents of the law. While more people consistently view the law negatively than positively, almost two-thirds (64 percent) of Americans also said that if the subsidies are stripped out, they want Congress to fix the problem, per a Kaiser poll. Even if the law survives what's sure to be a another close Supreme Court ruling, it will also have to get through a presidential election. Several potential Republican candidates – and the one declared candidate, Cruz – are going to be hammering the law through another long, slog of a GOP primary season. "We've made our share of mistakes since we passed this law," Obama conceded Wednesday, "but we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the policy has worked." But, as he recedes into lame-duck status during his remaining time in office, it will be up to Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic standard bearer in 2016, to sell that message, preserve Obama's signature law, and, with it, his legacy.
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SCARBOROUGH – Windham beautifully battled mighty Scarborough through the first half of the teams’ semifinals matchup on Saturday, June 10. But a Hunter Greenleaf grand slam in the bottom of the fourth propelled the Storm out front in a big way, leading to an eventual 5-0 victory.
“It stinks, to lose to them again,” Windham head coach Travis Demmons said. “We just came up a little bit short, yet again here. I think we’re right there. One pitch, it’s a different ballgame. And Lily (Volk, Scaborough starter in the circle) has just got our number.”
It was the sort of game one might expect from these two titans of Maine high school softball – which is to say, it looked nothing like their regular-season matchup, when the Eagles assuredly did not bring their A-game to the diamond and suffered a 15-0 defeat for it.
“We played clean today,” Demmons said of the difference between the two bouts. “Dani was throwing strikes, we weren’t issuing walks. Mainly, the girls were making plays. They made routine plays, and they made some excellent plays.”
Both teams threatened now and then throughout the action, but in the end, only Scarborough could get girls around.
“We had opportunities, early in the game, we just couldn’t get the clutch hit,” Demmons said.
Greenleaf’s grand slam drove in Courtney Brochu, Sam Carreiro and Lindsey Kelley. “There was nothing that stood out,” Demmons said of the Eagles’ play leading up to the hit. “Just base hits. Singles. They strung a few hits together. And that pitch, that was belt-high, middle of the plate, and with Dani’s velocity not what it was in years past, she can’t afford those.”
Windham ace Dani Tardiff had shoulder surgery in the off-season and has been recuperating since.
The Storm added a final run in the sixth to cap the afternoon.
“Tom (Griffin, Scaborough head coach) has done a great job with them,” Demmons said of the opposition. “I’ve got nothing but respect for that program. And they win the right way; they’re respectful. Kudos to them.”
Windham retires for the year at 14-4. Scarborough, 18-0 after dispatching the Eagles, faced off with No. 2 Portland in the A South Final on June 14th.
Adam Birt can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @CurrentSportsME
Scarborough pitcher Lily Volk whips a ball toward first.
Sam Carreiro arrives home for Scarborough after Hunter Greenleaf’s grand slam.
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Baseball Hall of Fame voters will come face-to-face with the doping era this year. Major figures in steroid scandals including Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa will be on the ballot for the first time. Melissa Block talks with Mike Pesca about the slate of candidates announced on Wednesday.
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1 Pneumatic tools are powered by compressed air. 2 Common types of these air-powered hand tools that are used in industry include buffers, nailing and stapling guns, grinders, drills, jack hammers, chipping hammers, riveting guns, sanders and wrenches.
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Amazon will conduct background checks that usually takes anywhere from 2-5 days to complete. Anything related to theft or violence will disqualify you, along with a long history of major driving violations.
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Yep! A large part of it is that you also start growing 100 hairs per day. Think about grass, you have thousands and thousands of hairs on your head. Imagine a plot of grass a foot on each side. There are probably 50,000 blades of grass in that square foot. Now go pull 100 of those blades of grass from the plot random and walk away. You probably wouldn't see a difference. The next day you would go to pull another 100, and the day after, and the day after that. You would never notice a difference because for each blade of grass you pull, another starts growing. Your hair is the same way.
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These are the dizzying views captured by a pair of 'outlaw Instagrammers' from atop a New York City tower that will be the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere once it is complete. One half of the duo has been charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass for scaling the tower at 432 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The daredevils made it past security and climbed to the top of the 1,380ft tower to photograph New York's breath-taking skyline at night. Pretty in pink: The 'outlaw Instagrammers' snapped photos of an incredible sunrise from atop the tower . What a view: Two teens scaled a tower that will become the western hemisphere's tallest residential building . After conquering the tower, the pair boasted about their latest exploit by posting photos on Instagram and videos on YouTube, where they have gained a legion of fans. A two-minute video takes viewers along for the nerve-wracking climb as the teenagers reach the top and cling perilously close to the edge. At one point, it appears the pair have ascended into the heavens as they are enveloped in fluffy white clouds. One of the teens, known as Night Shift on Instagram, told MailOnline Travel that the whole climb took about four hours to complete. The teen, who declined to identify himself, said: ‘I never felt unsafe. I felt like I’ve done enough climbing to be OK. 'I did the climb because I just wanted to do it and we chose this building because it was the highest building we could get into. ‘The view was unreal. The photos can't explain how crazy it was being up there. Once-in-a-lifetime experience.’ Once it is complete the residential building will be home to luxury flats worth up to £52m apiece. Busted: One of the teens was charged by police after scaling the 1,380ft tower at 432 Park Avenue . We own the night: The daredevils boast about their exploits by posting photos and videos online . Incredible scenery: An Instagram user named Night Shift said the climb was a 'once-in-a-lifetime experience'
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<EM>Performance Today</EM>'s series of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas forges ahead today with the Piano Sonata No. 25, Op. 79, in a concert performance from Canadian pianist Louis Lortie.
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Even for an accomplished veteran like Justin Verlander, the start of spring training can be special.
“I usually sleep pretty well. I woke up early today,” the Detroit ace said Tuesday. “On one hand, you want to appreciate everything as much as you can. It’s not such a whirlwind anymore — you kind of know what to expect. But in the same aspect, every day is pretty much the same thing I’ve done for 12 years, so it also starts going faster.”
Verlander’s Tigers were among 15 teams with their first scheduled workouts for pitchers and catchers Tuesday. As major leaguers took the field in Florida and Arizona, that familiar sound of balls popping into mitts served as a reminder that in baseball at least, winter is finally over.
While Verlander and the Tigers went through their routine at their newly renovated facility in Lakeland, the Boston Red Sox were about 115 miles to the south, holding their first workout of the post-Papi era. It’s Boston’s first season without David Ortiz since the Red Sox signed him in January 2003, but Big Papi’s retirement may not be too big a blow to a team that added star left-hander Chris Sale.
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Over in Arizona, the Cleveland Indians began preparing to defend their American League title. Cleveland won the AL Central by eight games last year and made it to the World Series before losing to the Chicago Cubs in seven games.
“This time of year, everyone is at glass half full,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “We have good reason to be.”
Hopes are always high at the start of spring training, but occasionally there’s some injury news on the first day. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said right-hander Chris Tillman had a platelet-rich plasma injection on his right shoulder and won’t start the season until April 7 at the earliest.
The Kansas City Royals said left-hander Brian Flynn broke a rib and had three minor vertebrae fractures in a bizarre offseason injury. Flynn is expected to miss two months after falling through a barn roof at his Oklahoma residence.
The Royals and Miami Marlins begin this season with heavy hearts following the deaths of pitchers Yordano Ventura last month and Jose Fernandez in September, and now the Arizona Diamondbacks are dealing with a serious health concern. Their bench coach, former Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, has prostate cancer and is set to have surgery. He said doctors believe they caught the cancer early.
The Diamondbacks went 69-93 and are one of a handful of National League teams that started workouts Tuesday amid tepid expectations. The Phillies, Reds and Rockies also finished well out the postseason hunt in 2016, but that doesn’t mean they can’t set goals for themselves.
Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin wants to see his team play .500 baseball deeper into the season after the Phillies lost 91 games in 2016.
For the first time since 2009, the Giants are entering an odd-numbered year without a World Series title to defend, but San Francisco made the playoffs last year as a wild card and looks like a contender again in 2017.
Manager Bruce Bochy, needless to say, was upbeat Tuesday.
“It’s a day you look forward to, getting a chance to see everybody and hear the sound of the bat, watch these guys work out again, so it’s a good day,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s a beautiful day, to work out with. Great to be here.”
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How do I learn how much of each food I should eat?
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Black holes can collide and merge. That terminology isn't really used.
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It was the county's first first-team match in the city for 26 years.
Captain Babar Azam led the tourists' effort as he blasted 119 off 109 balls, while Ruaidhri Smith claimed a hat-trick in the final over of the innings.
Home skipper Will Bragg top-scored with 61 off 67 balls and Andrew Salter hit three sixes in his 51, but Glamorgan were never in the hunt for victory.
Glamorgan's bowlers had contained the tourists for most of their innings, with Owen Morgan taking two for 49 in his 10 overs.
But Pakistan accelerated as Glamorgan's attack flagged in chilly conditions, before the late drama of Smith's hat-trick.
It was the first by a Glamorgan player in limited-overs matches since Alex Wharf against Warwickshire in 2004.
Pakistan A now face England Lions in 50-overs matches at Cheltenham on 19 July and Canterbury on 24 July, as well as two games against Sri Lanka A.
Glamorgan gave official first-team debuts to young batsmen Kiran Carlson and Tom Smith, ex-Gloucestershire wicket-keeper Cameron Herring, and seamer Jack Murphy.
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Prologue January 16, 1920 The streets of San Francisco were jammed. A frenzy of cars, trucks, wagons, and every other imaginable form of conveyance crisscrossed the town and battled its steepest hills. Porches, staircase landings, and sidewalks were piled high with boxes and crates delivered on the last possible day before transporting their contents would become illegal. The next morning, the Chronicle reported that peoplewhose beer, liquor, and wine had not arrived by midnight were left to stand in their doorways "with haggard faces and glittering eyes." Just two weeks earlier, on the last New Year's Eve before Prohibition, frantic celebrations had convulsed the city's hotels and private clubs, its neighborhood taverns and wharfside saloons. It was a spasm of desperate joy fueled, said the Chronicle, by great quantities of "bottled sunshine" liberated from "cellars, club lockers, bank vaults, safety deposit boxes and other hiding places." Now, on January 16, the sunshine was surrendering to darkness. San Franciscans could hardly have been surprised. Like the rest of the nation, they'd had a year's warning that the moment the calendar flipped to January 17, Americans would only be able to own whatever alcoholic beverages had been in their homes the day before. In fact, Americans had had several decades' warning, decades during which a popular movement like none the nation had ever seen -- a mighty alliance of moralists and progressives, suffragists and xenophobes -- had legally seized the Constitution, bending it to a new purpose. Up in the Napa Valley to the north of San Francisco, where grape growers had been ripping out their vines and planting fruit trees, an editor wrote, "What was a few years ago deemed the impossible has happened." To the south, Ken Lilly -- president of the Stanford University student body, star of its baseball team, candidate for the U.S. Olympic track team -- was driving with two classmates through the late-night streets of San Jose when his car crashed into a telephone pole. Lilly and one of his buddies were badly hurt, but they would recover. The forty-gallon barrel of wine they'd been transporting would not. Its disgorged contents turned the street red. Across the country on that last day before the taps ran dry, Gold's Liquor Store placed wicker baskets filled with its remaining inventory on a New York City sidewalk; a sign read "Every bottle, $1." Down the street, Bat Masterson, a sixty-six-year-old relic of the Wild West now playing out the string as a sportswriter in New York, observed the first night of constitutional Prohibition sitting alone in his favorite bar, glumly contemplating a cup of tea. Under the headline goodbye, old pal!, the American Chicle Company ran newspaper ads featuring an illustration of a martini glass and suggesting the consolation of a Chiclet, with its "exhilarating flavor that tingles the taste." In Detroit that same night, federal officers shut down two illegal stills (an act that would become common in the years ahead) and reported that their operators had offered bribes (which would become even more common). In northern Maine, a paper in New Brunswick reported, "Canadian liquor in quantities from one gallon to a truckload is being hidden in the northern woods and distributed by automobile, sled and iceboat, on snowshoes and on skis." At the Metropolitan Club in Washington, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the evening drinking champagne with other members of the Harvard class of 1904. There were of course those who welcomed the day. The crusaders who had struggled for decades to place Prohibition in the Constitution celebrated with rallies and prayer sessions and ritual interments of effigies representing John Barleycorn, the symbolic proxy for alcohol's evils. No one marked the day as fervently as evangelist Billy Sunday, who conducted a revival meeting in Norfolk, Virginia. Ten thousand grateful people jammed Sunday's enormous tabernacle to hear him announce the death of liquor and reveal the advent of an earthly paradise. "The reign of tears is over," Sunday proclaimed. "The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs. Men will walk upright now, women will smile, and the children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent." A similarly grandiose note was sounded by the Anti-Saloon League, the mightiest pressure group in the nation's history. No other organization had ever changed the Constitution through a sustained political campaign; now, on the day of its final triumph, the ASL declared that "at one minute past midnight . . . a new nation will be born." In a way, editorialists at the militantly anti-Prohibition New York World perceived the advent of a new nation, too. "After 12 o'clock tonight," the World said, "the Government of the United States as established by the Constitution and maintained for nearly 131 years will cease to exist
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We talk with Carmen Carrera about the importance of gay clubs as centers of the community, we meet a man who survived the Orlando shooting and speak with people who lost friends that night at Pulse.
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Bollywood is a world of inspirations. Some inspire while others get inspired. There is a lot of inspiration in all the areas - Music, Stories, Lyrics and even TITLES.
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Former rival Chris Christie grabbed the attention of social media users who mocked his expression during Mr Trump's speech in Florida hailing the Super Tuesday results.
The New Jersey governor endorsed Mr Trump last week, after his own campaign for the Republican nomination failed.
As he stood behind his party's frontrunner, his face led some commentators to suggest he was reflecting on making a serious mistake.
Many observers likened Christie to a hostage reading a ransom note, causing #FreeChrisChristie to trend on Twitter.
Others used the lyrics to the song The Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel to mock Mr Christie's expression.
Media reports seized on the memes, with Alexandra Petri writing a homage to what she called his "wordless screaming" in the Washington Post.
"His were the eyes of a man who has gazed into the abyss, and the abyss gazed back, and then he endorsed the abyss," she said.
Whether or not Mr Christie himself believed he was in trouble on the stage in Florida, his endorsement of Mr Trump has landed him in hot water back in New Jersey.
'Utter disgrace'
Six newspapers released a joint editorial on Tuesday accusing him of neglecting his constituents and demanding he step down as governor.
They said he was out of New Jersey for all or part of 261 days in 2015, with the state paying some of the bill. They did not hold back in their criticism.
"What an embarrassment. What an utter disgrace," the editorial said.
"We're fed up with Gov Chris Christie's arrogance. We're fed up with his opportunism.
"We're fed up with his hypocrisy. We're fed up with his sarcasm."
It comes days after Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman, a major contributor to Mr Christie's ill-fated campaign, called his endorsement of Donald Trump "an astonishing display of political opportunism".
Some commentators have suggested Mr Christie hopes to secure a top political appointment by supporting the billionaire.
Speaking on stage in Florida on Tuesday night, Mr Christie said Mr Trump had "shown himself to be tough and strong and bold".
"Tonight is the beginning of Donald Trump bringing the people of our nation together to help America win again," he said.
How much Mr Christie gains from the surprise endorsement remains to be seen.
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Syrian forces backed by tanks and helicopters stormed a strategic town on Tuesday after fighting with army defectors, in a major operation to subdue pro-democracy protests in the centre of the country, residents said.
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When should I give up on my dreams?
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Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages and took the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno to 60.
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A 24-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Paramedics were called to Harlow Town Park in Essex shortly after 16:00 GMT on Saturday, where the third day of an event organised by Thurston fun fairs was taking place.
The girl, from Norwich, died in hospital.
It is believed the dome-shaped inflatable carrying the girl blew over a number of trailers and caravans in the park and landed down a hill.
Ray Smith, a representative of the Showmans Guild of Great Britain, said: "It was a sudden gust. Had it been a consistent wind they would have closed down all the inflatables."
East of England Ambulance Service said the girl had suffered serious injuries when the inflatable was blown "some distance". She was treated by ambulance crews and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance before being taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "Our thoughts are with the friends and family involved on this sad day."
It's a sombre scene within the park.
Police stand guard around the inflatable which is at the centre of the investigation.
Around 20 caravans and trailers and a couple of fairground rides remain here, but they are silent.
A bouquet with an Easter bunny inside lies at the park's entrance, remembering the girl who died from the shocking events of Saturday.
Asked about how the inflatables were set up, Mr Smith said: "I know the (Thurston) family and I am very confident they had staked it out properly.
"Obviously there is a full investigation to be held into how this could have happened and to make sure it can never ever happen again."
The arrested pair, from Cambridgeshire, are understood to be from the family-run bouncy castle firm.
Floral tributes have been left at the gates of the park, where a section remains cordoned off by police.
Among them is an Easter basket, while a card on a bunch of flowers reads: "God has taken a beautiful girl for his angel. RIP Princess."
Det Insp Daniel Stoten, of the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate, said: "This is a very tragic incident. The weather will certainly make up part of this investigation - whether the weather was a factor and whether or not it was appropriate for the ride to be running.
"It will be a complex and thorough investigation - I do not anticipate this to be a quick inquiry, it will be a lengthy investigation.
"We are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding how the girl came to be injured and I urge anyone who was at the event and witnessed the incident to contact me."
Officers urged anyone who captured the incident on camera to get in touch.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was assisting police with the investigation.
Last year a bouncy castle collapsed while children were playing on it during a fair in the park.
Harlow Council officers visited the site following the incident last May and suggested a number of health and safety improvements, including better stewarding of the event.
It was reported at the time that three children were treated by paramedics when the inflatable castle collapsed on them.
After news of Saturday's tragedy broke, Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon tweeted: "My thoughts and heart go to family."
He added in a statement that he would be asking for an "urgent inquiry" and to consider whether bouncy castles "should be banned from Harlow town fairs, until we can be sure that they are completely safe, so such a horrific tragedy never happens again".
Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, said: "Harlow is a town in shock following this tragic incident yesterday. I can't imagine the heartache of the parents and family of the little girl who has died, and my thoughts are with them."
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The odds are that sometimes you forget things you need to do. This tutorial will fix that, but getting your Mac to remind you.
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I kinda get antsy after 2 days off, so I don't like it too much.
I ended up working remotely (prior to the pandemic) and it worked out pretty well.
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Cardiovascular Systems (NASDAQ:CSII) says it is voluntary recalling its 7-10014 Saline Infusion Pump, with plans to recall and replace ~900 units.
CSII says electromagnetic interference present in the hospital environment may cause the pumps to switch to standby mode during use, possibly resulting in a delay in certain coronary artery procedures; no patient injuries have been reported to date.
CSII expects to record ~$1.5M in related expenses in its FQ3 2017, but says the recall and related charge will have no adverse effect on FQ3 revenue and net loss guidance already provided by the company.
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Aerial applications of permethrin at 17.5 g ha−1 resulted in maximum concentrations of 0.07–2.50 μg litre−1 in stream water. The median maximum concentration was 0.54 μg litre−1 in oversprayed streams (n = 35, mean = 0.66) and 0.25 μg litre−1 1–1.4 km downstream of treated areas (n = 11, mean=0.33). Permethrin residues in stream water declined with time and distance, with a mean disappearance rate of 0.106 h−1 and mean half-life of 10.3 h at oversprayed sites, and a mean disappearance rate of 0.202 h−1 and half-life of 3.9 h at downstream sites. Less than 8% of sediment samples from treated streams contained detectable permethrin concentrutions ( > 5 ng g−1). Approximately 50% of fish from streams in treated areas contained measurable residues ( > 5 ng g−1) up to 28 days post-treatment. No residues were detected in fish at 69 or 73 days after the applications. In fish that contained measurable residues, the median bioconcentration factor was 98 (mean = 148).
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President Biden ordered full reimbursement to states using the National Guard in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Many troops will be used to boost the pace of vaccinations.
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Costochondritis can be aggravated by any activity that places stress on your chest area, such as strenuous exercise or even simple movements like reaching up to a high cupboard. Any activity that makes the pain in your chest area worse should be avoided until the inflammation in your ribs and cartilage has improved.
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This is awesome, my elderly mother doesn't get sores anymore which means no nurses at the house for wound care,
I have fibromyaliga and use it in my recliner and the arms helps lessen the pain .I highly recommend this product !
And so easy to clean, we bought two so mom can change out..
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One of the oldest religious traditions of India, Jainism has existed side by side with Hinduism throughout its long history. With fewer than 5 million adherents and comprising less than 1% the Indian population, Jainism has demonstrated a remarkable tenacity and endurance and continues to exert an influence far beyond its small numbers. \n\nFounder: Jainism (the name derives from a Sanskrit word meaning "follower of the Jina, or conqueror") was established in our era by Mahavira ("the Great Hero") in the sixth century B.C.E. In fact, Mahavira is considered only the most recent in a list of 24 such teachers who brought Jainism into the world during previous great cosmic eras of time. These teachers, or "Tirthankaras," taught a path to religious awakening based on renouncing the world by practice of strict religious austerity. Mahavira established a monastic community of both nuns and monks. This community is the oldest continually surviving monastic community in the world. \n\n Mahavira followed an ascetic group called Nirgranthas which had been founded some 200 years ago by a certain Parshva. The term "Nirgrantha" was latter used for the members of the order Mahavira started.Parshva is remebered as 23 rd of 24 great teachers or Tirthankaras of the jain faith. after 12 years of meditation and travells Mahavira found full enlightment nirvana; he becane worty (Arhant), a conqueror ( Jina), a "ford maker".
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2) No Synthetic Preservatives Conventional mayonnaise products like Hellmann's or Duke's mayonnaise contain EDTA, which effectively prevents oxidation. Coconaise does NOT contain EDTA. It is made with mostly saturated fats from Coconut and Palm oils which are naturally resistant to oxidation.-1) Low Oxidation Oxidation products are toxic and taste terrible. Consumers have become so accustomed to oxidized oils, that they think the rancid, offensive flavors from oxidized oils are normal. Oxidation products are formed when polyunsaturated oils come in contact with oxygen and iron.
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The dry ice is the solid form of the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) so you can name it: Carbonic anhydride, Carbonic acid gas, Carbon oxide, Carbonic oxide, Carbon(IV) oxide, and also aâ¦s you called it, Dry ice (solid phase).
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There was not a recognized Conscientious Objector status for citizens in Nazi Germany, and failure to serve was treated as desertion or sabotage. For example, Franz Jägerstätter was a Catholic conscientious objector who was beheaded for refusing to serve in the Wehrmacht. He was charged with "Wehrkraftzersetzung" or undermining military readiness. He was offered to be a paramedic, but refused. His priest and Bishop came to visit him in prison and told him he could serve. He refused. Eventually, the Nazis executed him. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Beatification is one of the steps to Sainthood. Source: _URL_0_ PS: He was the *ONLY* person in his local district to vote "no" on the Anschluss.
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Fruit and Veggie Jokes for Kids ... I've got you covered. Q: Why were the apple and the orange all alone? ... A: I don't know about you but I'm starting to peel! Q: What key do ... Celery. Q: What vegetable might you find in your basement? A: Cellar-y! Coconut. Q: What ... A: We'll make your mouth and your tummy happy, if you lettuce (let us)!. Q: Knock, Knock.
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Comedian Ralphie May died of cardiac arrest on Friday, but RadarOnline.com uncovered his secret health problems that he struggled with for years.
May, 45, was found in his home in Las Vegas and he reportedly had been battling pneumonia for the last six weeks.
That was just the end of his years-long medical issues.
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In 2011 the Last Comic Standing competitor almost passed away after he contracted “two types of pneumonia, and it cause a blood clot to go into my lungs,” he announced. “I was close to death,” he admitted.
The Clarksville, Ark. native stood at 5-foot-9 and went from 800 pounds to 390, and during a cruise ship that year he fell ill.
“He had walking pneumonia when they left port, but he’d promised to do the cruise and didn’t want to let down his fans,” a close source told The National ENQUIRER at the time. “As the cruise progressed, Ralphie got sicker, despite taking antibiotics.”
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Never losing his sense of humor, the funnyman told people that if he died, he was going to punish them – by making them carry his casket. But May’s condition worsened and he was taken to the ship’s infirmary before landing in a Tampa hospital on Halloween, clinging to life.
Tragically, a source in 2011 told The ENQUIRER that Mays could stand up to his medical issues. “Ralphie is a tough guy. He beat pneumonia before and he can beat it again!”
Landing in the ICU that year, Mays fought the illness back, only to succumb to it years later
Hollywood stars Tweeted their remorse at their friend’s death.
Wow….I was just told that Ralphie May passed. I'm truly saddened by this. He was a good dude. Heaven just got another funny angel RIP man — Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) October 6, 2017
Ralphie May. Dammit. You were a funny and sweet mofo man. Rest In Peace. — bob saget (@bobsaget) October 6, 2017
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Modest wine country comedy "Sideways" staged a surprise knockout over favorites "Million Dollar Baby" and "The Aviator" by winning the top prize for best ensemble acting at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Saturday, an important pre-Oscar test.
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Yes this kind of licensing is probably allowed, but no, you likely cannot use the software for commercial purposes.
The Apache 2.0 license only applies to that component itself. It is a permissive license that allows combination with software under other licenses, even if that license is copyleft or proprietary. All the Apache license requires is that notices and the license are included.
However, CC BY-NC-SA is a copyleft license. That means any creative work that is derivative of material licensed under CC BY-NC-SA must use the same license. It is also prohibited to use material under this license for commercial purposes. Because of this purpose limitation, it is not considered an open source or free software license. (CC licenses are bad for software anyway because they don't consider issues around making the source code available or providing patent licenses.)
So if you use this dependency tree, you will have to comply with both the Apache 2.0 license (easy, just include their license & notice files) but also the CC BY-NC-SA license (very tricky, no commercial use allowed, must use the same license if you give someone else a copy of your project incl. bundled dependencies, incompatible with other copyleft licenses).
That you did a license audit is very good, precisely because of such problems. The license of a library has little to no bearing on the licenses of the dependencies it might use. There might even be incompatible licenses from your different dependencies. It is best to stick to licenses that are approved by the OSI as Open Source or by the FSF as free software licenses, because such licenses generally ensure that you can safely use them in commercial software (leaving aside issues like that GPL software might be incompatible with a particular business plan, or that many older licenses don't explicitly provide a patent license).
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A video of a 90-year-old woman being beaten up by her granddaughter in Kannur in north Kerala has gone viral on the social media, following which police registered a case and arrested her today.Police said Deepa, 40, the elderly woman's granddaughter, was booked under various sections of IPC, including gain by unlawful means of property to which the person is not legally entitled.The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has suo motu registered a case and sought report from the district police chief in a month's time.The elderly woman, identified as Kalyani along with her daughter Devaki, who was also attacked by the woman, has been shifted to hospital, police said.In the video, the nonagenarian woman is heard wailing as she is thrashed.One of the woman's neighbours shot the video on his mobile and uploaded it on the social media. The police filed an FIR after taking cognisance of the video.A weeping Kalyani is heard in the video saying that she is beaten up every day by her granddaughter and that she has bruises all over.
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The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at The Divinity School, Duke University. He retired after serving eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church.
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Minneapolis: Annual Weather Averages. July is the hottest month in Minneapolis with an average temperature of 24 °C (75 °F) and the coldest is January at -9 °C (16 °F). Average Temperature: Minneapolis Loading weather data.
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Using dead children's identities is "ghoulish" and forces must apologise, the Home Affairs Committee said.
It said the law failed to protect the rights of those affected, including those in relationships with officers.
The Association of Chief Police Officers said it backed more controls and would welcome a review of the law.
Home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz said the effect of undercover officers' conduct on women with whom they had relationships had been "devastating".
A raft of allegations have been made since it became known in 2011 that former PC Mark Kennedy had spied on environmental protesters posing as long-haired dropout Mark "Flash" Stone and had at least one sexual relationship with an activist.
Five women and one man are suing the Metropolitan Police over alleged intimate relationships with undercover officers, says the cross-party committee. It also says an undercover officer is alleged to have fathered a child before disappearing.
'Lisa' had a six-year relationship with former PC Mark Kennedy, who posed as Mark "Flash" Stone to infiltrate a group of environmental protesters.
"I was absolutely shocked and devastated.
"You imagine that somebody may be in public meetings that environmental groups have. You imagine there might be somebody listening in there.
"You could even imagine that your phone might be tapped or that somebody might look at your emails, but to know that there was somebody in your bed for six years, that somebody was involved in your family life to such a degree, that was an absolute shock.
"Well, "shock" is an understatement. It felt like the ground had shifted beneath me and my sense of what was reality and what wasn't was completely turned on its head."
The women betrayed by undercover officers
"It is unacceptable that a child should be brought into the world as a result of such a relationship and this must never be allowed to happen again," the committee stresses.
Harriet Wistrich, the solicitor acting for eight women who had relationships with officers, said they had been devastated by discovering the real identities of men who had been part of their lives for up to six years.
"All of the women I am working with have suffered very serious, significant serious psychological damage, sometimes of a devastating nature," she said.
"It's outrageous this kind of infiltration should take place, whatever the circumstances."
James Bannon, a former undercover officer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that having relationships with women to infiltrate a group could only be justified in extreme circumstances.
"If you have exhausted every other avenue of infiltration in order to gather evidence on a particular person or particular group and your only course of action after you've exhausted everything else is to have a relationship in order to effect your cover with somebody, then I think there's a justification around it," he said.
It has also been claimed - says the report - that an officer planted a bomb on behalf of an animal rights group and that another was prosecuted under his assumed identity, had given evidence on oath, and participated in confidential lawyer-client discussions with his co-defendants.
Mr Vaz also condemned the "ghoulish and disrespectful practice of undercover officers looking to develop cover stories plundering the identities of dead infants".
One witness told the committee that after her partner (whom she did not know to be a police officer) had gone missing she found the birth record of the child whose identity he had been using and went to the parents' address in an attempt to find out more about him.
The parents were not there, says the committee. "But it is easy to see how officers infiltrating serious, organised criminal and terrorist gangs using the identities of real people could pose a significant risk to the living relatives of those people.
"The families who have been affected by this deserve an explanation and a full and unambiguous apology from the forces concerned. We would also welcome a clear statement from the home secretary that this practice will never be followed in future."
Mr Vaz added: "We are not satisfied that the current legislative framework provides adequate protection against police infiltration into ordinary peoples' lives - a far more intrusive form of surveillance than any listening device or hidden camera."
The report says there was a "compelling case" for a fundamental review of the legislation governing undercover policing, including the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (Ripa).
It also says Operation Herne, the Met's investigation into the practices of one undercover unit, has cost £1.25m "with little to show in terms of results" and calls for "decisive action" to speed it up.
Acpo's head of crime, Merseyside Chief Constable Jon Murphy, said undercover officers played a critical role gathering evidence and intelligence to protect communities from harm.
"Used correctly, the tactic is lawful, ethical, necessary and proportionate. But it is also one of the most challenging areas of operational policing and can have considerable impact on public confidence.
"For this reason Acpo has long supported increased oversight of undercover policing and would welcome a review of Ripa."
A Home Office spokesman said: "Undercover police operations are a vital element of the fight against organised crime and terrorism, but it is crucial covert powers are used proportionately.
"The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act already provides strong safeguards but we recognise the system can be improved."
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Check out [this video](_URL_0_) showing how birds keep their entire head still rather than just their eyes to be able to focus. In essence, the bird needs to spend the most time with its head still so as to be able to focus on something for the greatest amount of time. As humans, we will dart our eyes to an object rather than slowly moving them. Similarly, the bird will dart its head forward and hold it in one place until its entire body has moved up to, and then past it. These short, jerky motions allow for the most time to be spent in focus.
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Primary voters in four more states — Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont — go to the polls on Tuesday. This year's been dominated by talk of Democratic gains, but Tuesday, Republicans will pick nominees in several places where they hope to flip House seats and even governors' mansions. Two Republicans who failed to win the White House are hoping voters will elect them to lead their states for a third time — but one is trying to make a political comeback after almost a decade out of office. We'll find out who could replace House Speaker Paul Ryan in his Wisconsin district. And Vermont Democrats could make history by nominating a transgender woman for governor. Here's a rundown of the important contests to watch in each state: Wisconsin Democrats have been aiming to take out Republican Gov. Scott Walker for years now, including in a failed 2012 recall attempt. But winds are blowing more favorably for them this year, and as Walker seeks a third term, his numbers have dropped in the state ever since his failed 2016 presidential bid. Democrats hope this could be the year, even in a state that President Trump carried two years ago. But Democrats have a crowded eight-way contest to settle first. Wisconsin Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers had led in most public polls, arguing that he has successfully won statewide before. Former state Rep. Kelda Roys has had impressive fundraising. She could benefit in a year boosting Democratic women, and she's gotten the endorsement of EMILY's List and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Mahlon Mitchell, president of the state's Professional Firefighters Association, would be the state's first black governor if elected. He's gotten support from the state SEIU and AFL-CIO, as well as California Sen. Kamala Harris. Republicans are challenging Sen. Tammy Baldwin here as well, in one of 10 states that Trump carried with Democratic senators up for re-election, though it's not one of the most competitive contests. State Sen. Leah Vukmir and Marine Corps veteran Kevin Nicholson are in a close fight, with both arguing they're the best conservative choice. Vukmir has gotten more of the GOP establishment support, with endorsements from Ryan, the Wisconsin GOP and the NRA. Nicholson has the backing of the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks. Vukmir has attacked Nicholson for his past as a Democrat, while Nicholson has criticized Vukmir for her past criticism of Trump during the 2016 presidential primary. Ryan's retirement in the 1st Congressional District leaves an open seat that Democrats had already hoped to compete for, even before the House speaker decided not to run again. Ironworker Randy Bryce generated a lot of buzz last year with his announcement video that went viral. That helped him raise more than $6 million and get the endorsement of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. But his primary opponent, teacher and Janesville School Board member Cathy Myers, has criticized him for multiple past arrests, including a DUI, and his delinquency on child support payments. On the GOP side, businessman Bryan Steil is the favorite and has been endorsed by Ryan. Also still on the ballot, though, is Paul Nehlen, an alt-right activist and white nationalist who was banned by Twitter for racist tweets. Minnesota There are primary fights on both sides in the open gubernatorial contest. Former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty is trying to make a political comeback, but 2014 GOP nominee Jeff Johnson is arguing Pawlenty's time is past. Johnson got the endorsement of the state Republican Party after Pawlenty decided not to seek its blessing, but the former governor has the hefty fundraising lead. The Democratic side is a five-way race, with ideological divides on full display. Polls show former Rep. Tim Walz and Attorney General Lori Swanson in the lead. State Rep. Erin Murphy got the endorsement of the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton and key unions in the state. She's criticized both Swanson and Walz for their past "A" ratings from the NRA, but both candidates say their views have now changed on gun control. Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, the state's former lieutenant governor, who was appointed to the seat after Sen. Al Franken resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, is trying to win her primary for a full term. She's the favorite against several candidates, the most notable of which is former George W. Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter, a vocal Trump critic who decided to switch parties to run for the Senate. The DFL has accused him of being an opportunist. Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is running for state attorney general against four other candidates. But his campaign has been beset in the final stretch by allegations of domestic abuse by an ex-girlfriend. Ellison, a progressive leader and first Muslim elected to Congress who's been outspoken in support of the #MeToo movement, has denied the alle
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We've entered a new golden age — for gold. The precious metal's price has skyrocketed almost 400 percent in the past decade. Countries are buying and selling it in large quantities. Money managers are starting up gold funds. And regular folks are flocking to gold parties, to swap their old jewelry — and even gold teeth — for cash. But what accounts for the frenzy? Host Guy Raz searches for answers with Devon Maylie, a commodities reporter for the Dow Jones News Wire, and Jeffrey Post, the curator of minerals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Raz also talks to Jenny Needham of Lakeville, Minn, who recently held a gold party to help pay expenses for the little girl she's adopting from India.
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Amazon.com: Captain Horatio Hornblower: Gregory Peck, Virginia ... Editorial Reviews. Gregory Peck stars in this 1951 seafaring bio-pic CAPTAIN HORATIO ... "Captain Horatio Hornblower," like the novels, achieves that feeling that we are .... part, Hornblower also develops a love interest in Lady Barbara Wellesley (a ... although she is supposedly the sister of the future Duke of Wellington).
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maybe she is a hypochondriac and wants the attention to be focused on her and see's this as the only way to gain every ones attention as well as sympathy. She is probally has low self esteem or depressed about some thing. i had this friend who said she was pregnant and didnt know who the dad was. this was untrue. then one of my other friends copied her and said she was pregnant and even pretended to go get an abortion. which again was untrue. i didnt know why they did this but it must have ben because they wanted the attention. im not frined with them any more tho because of reasons. hope that answered ur question. good luck.
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The Aristocats, as seen last month as a trio in starting up another winter of weekly jazz concerts, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, at The Old Bull and Bush, 4700 U.S. 17, on the west frontage road, just north of Palmetto Pointe Boulevard, near Socastee and the south city limits of Myrtle Beach. From left: Lloyd Kaplan on woodwinds, Dr. Joe Moyer on percussion, and 96-year-old Nat Piccirilli on guitar and banjo.
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