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-ne If you like sports than you are in the right place this is where I will post sports information along with some websites.(Baseball, Basketball, and Football) Football Final scores: Minnesota 14 Winner:Philadelphia 27 Indianapolis 3 Winner:New England 20 NY Jets 17 Winner:Pittsburgh 20 St. Louis 17 Winner:Atlanta 47 Here is the website I used to get my information: www.NFL.com Basketball Comparison: 2003-2004 TEAM RECORD COMPARISON Eastern Conference Atlantic W L PCT GB Conf Div Home Road L 10 Streak New Jersey (2) 47 35 0.566 0 34-21 18-7 28-13 19-23 5-5 Lost 3 Miami (4) 42 40 0.512 5 30-24 15-10 29-12 13-28 7-3 Won 2 New York (7) 39 43 0.476 8 31-23 17-7 23-18 16-25 6-4 Lost 1 Boston (8) 36 46 0.439 11 24-30 14-10 19-22 17-24 4-6 Won 1 Philadelphia 33 49 0.402 14 23-31 10-14 21-20 12-29 3-7 Lost 4 Washington 25 57 0.305 22 16-38 3-21 17-24 8-33 2-8 Lost 3 Orlando 21 61 0.256 26 17-37 8-16 11-30 10-31 2-8 Won 2 Central W L PCT GB Conf Div Home Road L 10 Streak Indiana (1) 61 21 0.744 0 41-13 20-8 34-7 27-14 8-2 Won 5 Detroit (3) 54 28 0.659 7 37-17 17-11 31-10 23-18 8-2 Lost 1 New Orleans (5) 41 41 0.500 20 30-24 14-14 25-16 16-25 4-6 Won 1 Milwaukee (6) 41 41 0.500 20 33-21 15-13 27-14 14-27 5-5 Lost 3 Cleveland 35 47 0.427 26 29-25 14-14 23-18 12-29 3-7 Won 3 Toronto 33 49 0.402 28 22-32 11-17 18-23 15-26 3-7 Won 2 Atlanta 28 54 0.349 33 20-35 10-18 19-23 10-31 5-5 Lost 1 Chicago 23 59 0.280 38 19-35 11-17 14-27 9-32 3-7 Lost 2 Western Conference Midwest W L PCT GB Conf Div Home Road L 10 Streak Minnesota (1) 58 24 0.707 0 34-18 14-10 31-10 27-14 9-1 Won 9 San Antonio (3) 57 25 0.695 1 35-17 15-9 33-8 24-17 10-0 Won 11 Dallas (5) 52 30 0.634 6 33-19 14-10 36-5 16-25 8-2 Won 2 Memphis (6) 50 32 0.610 8 28-24 12-12 31-10 19-22 4-6 Lost 4 Houston (7) 45 37 0.549 13 21-31 8-16 27-14 18-23 3-7 Lost 1 Denver (8) 43 39 0.524 15 29-23 11-13 29-12 14-27 6-4 Lost 1 Utah 42 40 0.512 16 25-27 10-14 28-13 14-27 5-5 Lost 2 Pacific W L PCT GB Conf Div Home Road L 10 Streak Los Angeles (2) 56 26 0.683 0 31-21 15-9 34-7 22-19 7-3 Won 2 Sacramento (4) 55 27 0.671 1 31-21 16-8 34-7 21-20 4-6 Lost 2 Portland 41 41 0.500 15 22-30 13-11 25-16 16-25 4-6 Lost 4 Golden State 37 45 0.451 19 23-29 12-12 27-14 10-31 5-5 Won 1 Seattle 37 45 0.451 19 22-30 11-13 21-20 16-25 3-7 Won 1 Phoenix 29 53 0.354 27 16-36 9-15 18-23 11-30 5-5 Won 1 Los Angeles 28 54 0.341 28 14-38 8-16 18-23 10-31 1-9 Lost 1 (Sorry for such a long page but i had to do it that way.) If you are wondering where I got this information just check out this website: www.NBA.com Baseball 2004 Standings: 2004 Final Standings American League AL Wild Card Standings EAST W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK New York 101 61 .623 - - 57-24 44-37 49-27 20-12 22-14 10-8 6-4 W1 Boston 98 64 .605 3.0 E 55-26 43-38 48-28 19-13 22-14 9-9 7-3 L1 Baltimore 78 84 .481 23.0 E 38-43 40-41 37-39 21-15 15-17 5-13 6-4 W1 Tampa Bay 70 91 .435 30.5 E 41-39 29-52 26-49 19-17 10-22 15-3 6-4 W1 Toronto 67 94 .416 33.5 E 40-41 27-53 29-46 13-19 17-19 8-10 4-6 L1 CENTRAL W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK Minnesota 92 70 .568 - - 49-32 43-38 19-17 46-30 16-16 11-7 4-6 L1 Chicago 83 79 .512 9.0 E 46-35 37-44 16-16 40-36 19-17 8-10 6-4 W1 Cleveland 80 82 .494 12.0 E 44-37 36-45 17-15 36-40 17-19 10-8 6-4 W1 Detroit 72 90 .444 20.0 E 38-43 34-47 12-20 36-40 15-21 9-9 4-6 L1 Kansas City 58 104 .358 34.0 E 33-47 25-57 12-24 32-44 8-24 6-12 2-8 L1 WEST W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK Anaheim 92 70 .568 - - 45-36 47-34 25-18 28-15 32-26 7-11 7-3 L1 Oakland 91 71 .562 1.0 E 52-29 39-42 23-20 27-16 31-27 10-8 4-6 W1 Texas 89 73 .549 3.0 E 51-30 38-43 25-18 23-20 31-27 10-8 4-6 W2 Seattle 63 99 .389 29.0 E 38-44 25-55 13-30 19-24 22-36 9-9 5-5 L2 National League NL Wild Card Standings EAST W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK Atlanta 96 66 .593 - - 49-32 47-34 51-25 18-18 19-13 8-10 7-3 L1 Philadelphia 86 76 .531 10.0 E 42-39 44-37 39-37 18-18 20-12 9-9 7-3 W1 Florida 83 79 .512 13.0 E 42-38 41-41 43-33 15-21 18-14 7-11 4-6 L1 New York 71 91 .438 25.0 E 38-43 33-48 29-47 15-21 17-15 10-8 5-5 W1 Montreal 67 95 .414 29.0 E 35-45 32-50 28-48 17-19 15-17 7-11 3-7 L1 CENTRAL W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK St. Louis 105 57 .648 - - 53-28 52-29 19-11 54-36 21-9 11-1 5-5 W1 Houston 92 70 .568 13.0 E 48-33 44-37 16-14 55-35 14-16 7-5 9-1 W7 Chicago 89 73 .549 16.0 E 45-37 44-36 16-14 50-40 15-15 8-4 3-7 W1 Cincinnati 76 86 .469 29.0 E 40-41 36-45 18-12 38-52 15-15 5-7 6-4 L2 Pittsburgh 72 89 .447 32.5 E 39-41 33-48 17-13 37-52 16-14 2-10 4-6 W2 Milwaukee 67 94 .416 37.5 E 36-45 31-49 11-19 35-54 13-17 8-4 4-6 L1 WEST W L PCT GB E# HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK Los Angeles 93 69 .574 - - 49-32 44-37 14-18 22-14 47-29 10-8 6-4 L1 San Francisco 91 71 .562 2.0 E 47-35 44-36 19-13 20-16 41-35 11-7 5-5 W1 San Diego 87 75 .537 6.0 E 42-39 45-36 18-14 19-17 42-34 8-10 5-5 L2 Colorado 68 94 .420 25.0 E 38-43 30-51 11-21 10-26 39-37 8-10 1-9 L4 Arizona 51 111 .315 42.0 E 29-52 22-59 9-23 15-21 21-55 6-12 4-6 W2 (Sorry for making it long but I had to) If you are wondering where I got this information then just check this website just full of baseball.
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Array-ne I read this post over on Skylard’s blog and knew that when I checked out the year I graduated from high school the results were going to be horrific. What a dismal year - George Michael, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Rick Astley and Whitney Houston to name just a few. Take a look at the Top 100 songs of the year you graduated high school. Bold the songs you liked, or like now, and put a stroke through the ones you hate. Go here if you want to track down your year was like.You may notice the abundance of hate in my list. There are songs there that I still like, but only one that I still deeply love - #76 in case you’re wondering. Is This Love, Whitesnake18. I’ll Always Love You, Taylor Dayne21. Shake Your Love, Debbie Gibson23. Naught Girls (Need Love Too), Samantha Fox29. A Groovy Kind Of Love, Phil Collins30. Love Bites, Def Leppard31. I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love, Chicago49. If It Isn’t Love, New Edition68. When It’s Love, Van Halen83. I Hate Myself For Loving You, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts86. Prove Your Love, Taylor Dayne
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-ne I want to crawl into a hole and ignore the entire world for a little bit.After carrying a 67 pound dog from car to vet’s office, then being pooped all over by said scaredy-cat dog, after The Babe dumped 12 ounces of strawberry milk all over himself, his carseat, me, and the windshield (he took the top off and threw it at me while en-route to the vet — the kid has range from the backseat passenger side, I’ll tell you that), after crying for 45 seconds on the phone to my mom and then realizing I have to Buck Up, Buckaroo for my darling Hubby, after not being able to get The Babe’s attorney ad litem on the phone, after being lectured by the vet tech on the distemper vaccine the dogs are overdue for, after an hourlong wait at the post office to pick up a stupid copy of a form we picked up our stupid selves three weeks ago, after putting together, wrapping, and shipping 15 special orders, I’ve decided that, yes, moms can make themselves a vodka and frangelico with a twist of lemon at four o’ clock on a Monday.Then I’ll see about getting the strawberry milk off and out of my iPod.
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My name is Bridges. I was born and raised in Montreal, and grew up in a bilingual family, settled in a bilingual town situated in a unilingual province which is part of a bilingual country. This, my friend, makes me somewhat of a schizoid person. Hopefully you won’t hold it against me if I start not making sense; I never know which side of my divided identity will manifest itself first. I have spent my life immersed in language, reading, writing, translating back and forth to and fro French to English, and vice-versa. I am a professional translator and a writer; although I translate mostly financial documents for international companies and do not overly stimulate creativity in people who read me in my mother tongue, my stories about Sophie in “Le Passeur” are quite popular in French-speaking Quebec. I am thirty-four years old and a single mother of two wonderfully bright children: my daughter Rose who is 10 years old and my son Justin who is 5. I have been separated from their father for 4 years now, leaving me plenty of time to settle in single mode, single-motherhood mode and independent single woman-of-the-world mode. Not bad for a woman who spends all of her time bi-thinking all the time, wouldn’t you say? But let me start over and introduce myself properly by telling you the story behind my name. Quite an unusual name, I’m afraid. Oh, and bear with me, please. I’m reminiscing from what both my parents told me over the years intertwined with my own fantasies about my origins, and you know how that can become confusing as time passes on.When I was born in may of 1972, my mother, a tough cookie French-Canadian woman if there ever was one, after pushing me out of her uterus for 3 hours following twenty hours of painful, very painful labour (I will always, always remember my mother favourite saying about giving birth : Bridges! Accoucher c’est comme se faire sortir une dinde par les narines! Souviens-toi de ça avant de penser à te transformer en mère![1]) which took place in St-Michel hospital’s nursery, took one look at me and said “UN BEAU GARÇON!!!!!!” and smiled contented as she semi-passed out on the table. “Madeleine! Look closer!” dad responded. Mum opened one eye and said to a proud father “Aaaahhh…C’t’une….une….grrrrlll…” and passed out for good that time. She would wake up fifteen hours later asking her husband how her son was. Needless to say my father had to set her straight once again, holding me naked in her face until she faced the truth: her son was in fact a daughter, she finally got into her head she had given birth to a girl, and not a boy. Mum later told me that the drugs they gave her at the time were pretty strong (Well, OBVIOUSLY mother), plus, she was exhausted from all that pain and emotional stress. During the time she was pregnant with me, she was convinced she was carrying a boy, and spoke to the life inside her (the life was ME! I should have kicked her in the ribs o set her straight) as if she knew what she was doing and whom she was carrying. So from her point of view, she had a good excuse of gender-confusing my unconscious. I’m guessing it must have been quite a shock to her, but my dad was ecstatic; while mum wanted to produce a son, my dad had secretly hoped for a daughter. At least one of them was happy! Thirty-four years later, I would tell my therapist that my inner confusion was due to my mother imposing a symbolic phallus on me from the moment she first laid her eyes on me. After a good night’s sleep and slowly coming to terms with the reality of my sex, my mother decided to name me Brigitte. Brigitte Lafleur, Montreal-born daughter of a Quebecois homemaker and a British insurance salesman, that sounds pretty respectable, right? Well my mum thought so, but my father had to mess it up in his own little way. He didn’t agree on my mother’s suggestion; he thought it was too French-Canadian for his daughter. All of a sudden, he was having patriotic Union-Jack flashbacks! My mother, being the stubborn Quebecois woman that she still is, was ready for a fight, now that she had gained her senses back. Their dispute was about whether to name me in accordance to my haul-ass French-Canadian heritage from my mother’s side, God bless her sweet matriarchal house-wife soul, or to revive my British origins from my snobby father by giving me a proper English name. WHAT?? Yes, I hear you, I know. A British father? How can your surname be French, then? Well, join me as I tumble down my family tree so you can better understand the messed-up cultural identity crisis I was going to go through again, thirty-plus years later.My grandfather, on my father’s side, was French. I mean, French, from France, as in beret-baguette-Eiffel tower French. Now apparently, granddad had stopped speaking French after he had immigrated to England at the tender age of 19. But I’m getting ahead of myself. You see, while he travelled from France to England in 1947, apparently to help one of his cousins rebuild a farm that had been half destroyed during the war, (I think he was desperately looking for an excuse to leave France; as my dad told me about his father, he had lost his brothers during the war and his parents were now just ghosts of themselves, and he just couldn’t bear to see his mother cry anymore, making England and the farm salvaging seem very appealing) Granddad fell in love with a sweet and innocent-looking thirty something pub waitress who, as the story goes, still according to my dad’s own memories of his parents, was still a virgin at her age. (Why on earth would granddad tell such information to his son I don’t have the slightest idea. Why he passed it on to me is even weirder-but do go on) Now, the war had pretty much wiped out a whole generation of Englishmen at that time, and being the shy English girl that she was in her little village, she almost never spoke to the clients, who were mostly grumpy old married men anyway. Until she met my grandfather, that is - don’t forget we’re going on recollections of an old man down two generations here - she had spent most of her life pouring pints of lager and serving bangers, mash and fish& chips in silence until her eyes met those of a young and sweet-looking French man who had come through the door of her little village pub, where she had been tending the same expanding beer guts for so many years. Violins were playing, the earth stood still and everyone disappeared but them, and all that romantic nonsense. You know the drill. Love was in the lager-scented air, or so it seemed.Now as my father told me, it was love at first inability to communicate verbally sight, because granddad had just got there and spoke dodgy English at the time, and of course, grand mum knew nothing about the French, except that she never thought they could be so cute. Apparently, in between granddad putting up fences and milking cows for his cousin and grand mum serving pints to old geysers, they had time to get acquainted and prance around in the fields surrounding Surrey village, I think it was called, and managed to lovingly conceive a bastard child somewhere in the tall grass one summer day. That child would later become my beloved bastard father, but don’t tell him I said that. Still with me? Now my grandfather, being the romantic idealist that he was at nineteen, still according to my dad who had made a hero figure of his father, married his mum out of true love, or so the story goes, and tried to take her back with him to France to his family, hoping to give them something to smile about. Much to his unexpected dismay, when they finally got there, his parents were traumatisés[2] when they saw this obviously pregnant and much, much older British woman walk through the door of their deserted French cottage. “Mon bébé! Mon bébé a fait un bébé! Une anglaise! Sainte-Marie mère de Dieu! Une abomination!” My father had told me many times about this part of his family romance, turning it to a comedic farce every time. You should see his face when he imitates his grandmother, as though the pain of being shunned from your own family by your own mother was inspiration for vaudeville; but the laughs he got from the family helped dedramatize his father’s personal drama and turn it into a family inside joke that had been passed on for two generations now. But the grand-mère and grand-père I never got to meet were right up to a point: I have seen the pictures, and he did look just like a bébé. A baby with manly balls nonetheless, because at that point in the story, (now this is the part where my father really enjoys playing his grandma’s role; very dramatic, eyebrows frowned, high-pitch voice, French accent and everything, probably loving every minute of talking down to his own dad through his poor acting) he stood up to his infuriated parents, who had begun to transfer their anger on poor and confused grandma (my grandmum this time, but you were not confused, right?) She started to cry, with reason, not only because she couldn’t make out what they were saying, even though she could quite easily guess what all the drama was about. Young granddad had never seen his bride cry ever, (You should hear the protective tone my father uses to personify his own dad) and had just spent the most wonderful three months of his life, learning a new language, shagging in the fields and making a woman he loved smile; he was happy and ready to fight for it, no matter the cost. Now it was at that point that grandma started to cry and cry like she had never done before; the pregnancy hormones were probably not helping. I guess she was expecting a bit of resistance to start with, and how hard is it to decode the language of screaming French anyway? Hate and rage is pretty much universal, wouldn’t you say? Apparently, my granddad’s mum started to throw plates and saucers at poor pregnant and confused grandma, breaking whatever she could get her hands on in the cottage kitchen, when his dad joined the party by starting to point a finger at him, blaming him for destroying the family. Quelle horreur! The drama! The French screams! The English sobs! There was no way granddad could deal with the woman he loved, carrying a child that was conceived in love crying or that finger of shame pointed at him for that matter. All this misery was not his fault, he was fighting for life, love and everything that was good, and he was only nineteen! Ah, my grand father… what a romantic character. Gotta love him.Twenty minutes after they had arrived in France, dad & pregnant soon-to-be-wife were heading back to England with their unpacked things and left France for good in a hurry, dodging the saucers and plates along the way, escaping from the motherly screams and the fatherly blame, leaving the hurt my granddad had lived with for too long already at the tender age of 19. They settled in that oh-so-quiet British village, where they had met, young fools in love (I’m guessing they had wed, since my British grandma was now named Lafleur) and baby to come, and never, ever went back to or even thought of going back to France, nor my granddad ever spoke a word of French again. My dad told me his father vowed in English to his wife never to make her cry again, or so the story my almost bastard father told me goes. Isn’t that a great family story?Now, my own father, the one I was just telling you about - the bastard, that’s right - was born as a legitimate Lafleur in 1948 England, and never heard a word of French in his village life, not even from his own father in times of upsets. Granddad had kept his promise. Dad only learned to speak French when he met my Quebecois mother thirty-some years ago in Montreal, whilst traveling to discover the new world. At 22, in 1967, he wanted to see the world, and since he was lazy, those are his words, not mine, he had said to me, poking fun at himself, that Montreal seemed a good idea at the time since it was going to host the “Man and his world, Expo 67” world exposition for 6 months that year. He was hoping of finding a job over there, or at least get a little idea of what the world had to offer without having to go around it, as he told me. He met my mother at the hot-dog stand in front of the Great-Britain pavilion; she was looking for frites and he was looking for chips, then violins suddenly started playing, the earth stood still and everyone disappeared but them, and all that romantic nonsense all over again. Love was in the international greasy spoon scented air this time, and the rest is family history. There is more to my parent’s love story, but be patient. I shall tell you that one a little later. I like it, it’s romantic, and I want to save it for dessert. You’ll like this one.But Brigitte? What’s with Bridges?Oh, I’m sorry, almost forgot. Well, after my parents had agreed on Brigitte, then my father convinced my mother they should spell it B-R-I-D-G-E-T, like St. Bridget, patron of charity and justice, or something like that. My dad thought it would be nice to have and English name with a French surname, the whole romantic idea of having a child embody the symbol of two countries and two languages coming together in harmony in one little tiny body and so forth…Anyway dad convinced mum, and she wanted to please her man, so, there I was, baby Bridget, daughter of the Canadian ideal, francophone meets Anglophone in one person. As my father was explaining the reason for the spelling of his daughter’s name to the hospital employee filing out the official birth form, he must have been going on and on about Canadian history and the British and French empires, building bridges between countries and cultures and so on and so forth. He must have bored the clerk silly with his unbridled enthusiasm and impacted this person’s unconscious, because when they finally got home a few days later, my official birth certificate read Bridges S. Lafleur, fille de Marie Madeleine Dugas et de Leonard Andrew Lafleur
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As a guy, I have to admit I get a bit hooked by the girl on girl factor that seem to pop up once every episode, and the pantsu shots… The show got a bit boring there.In episode 4-5, we are introduced to this fast-talking ghost girl who wanted to marry Mizuho’s mother and later Mizuho, and after that.. just pointless, in any case use Tokyo-Toshokan and NOT baka-updates.Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru Review Ratings———————————————————Popularity: -Male: [80%]-Female: [20%]-Japan: [85%]-RoW: [15%]Availability: -Spoiler Info: [3/4]-Thorough Reviews: [1/5]-Manga: [N/A]-Raw Japanese: [80% Trace on TokyoTosho]-Anime Fansubs: [6/9 (67%) GNU-Fansubs]———————————————————Total Ratings: Appearance & Aesthetics-Anime Theme/Colors: [9/10]-Anime Aesthetic Direction: [8.6/10]-Anime Script: [8.1/10]-Watchability: [9.5/10]-Attractiveness: [9.1/10]-SS Ratings: [88.6% btw the girl in the pic is the Main Guy..
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-ne Sorry, from time to time I will throw this type of thing out here to discuss.Letterman will get around 0 million a year until 2010.The average salary for a California Teacher at the High School level is 2,564.32This is what Hollwood pays people to help our society better itself: NAME: PAY IN 2005 6 Steven Spielberg 32 MILLION 9 Intelligent Talented7 Howard Stern 02 MILLION 90 Rude Creepy15 George Lucas 35 MILLION 51 Talented Intelligent3 Oprah Winfrey 25 MILLION 25 Intelligent Confident4 U2 10 MILLION NA NA NA28 Jerry Seinfeld 100 23 Funny Talented2 Rolling Stones 90 NA NA NA5 Tiger Woods 90 41 Talented Physically Fit10 Dan Brown 88 82 Intelligent Talented42 Jerry Bruckheimer 84 40 Intelligent Talented19 J.K.
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Array-ne Mimi 19 weeks So, we thought we would share a little insight about our private squabbles. Des suggestions pour le nom d’un petit garcon?As to girls’ names, we think we may be close to selecting one.And the baby’s last name?
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I played a few fun games of asshole and caught up with John Guill who I haven’t seen in years.After doing some chores on Saturday, Kate and I attempted to drive to the beach, but, ended up getting lost in PG County instead. However, my excitement has been tempered by my lack of financial aid awards for school and my overall apprehension about law school. I am excited for school, however, I’m just concerned about hit having a negative impact on my otherwise great quality of life.Between the trip to Europe, working at camp and the beach house being finished, I’m set up to have the best summer of my life.
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-ne cafeta siempr es bueno verles,pau tiene la mejor definicion para ellos,me dice son chopos pero uno se la deja pasar como si si pero no.es cierto son como de barrio pero buenos musicos y cada vez mejor.el cd cuatro camino para mi es el unico q tengo y la joya de ellos,ese fue el tuor q fuimos a ver precisamente.para esta ocacion fuimos pau y yo y mi hermana elsa y su esposo andy,cayo jueves y nunca me espere q fueramos todos,pero asi fue,compramos los tickets esa misma semana y si q la pasamos bien.le abrio una bandita de aqui,no recuerdo su nombre son 2 jevos vestidos de negro,uno canta y toka guitarra y el otro toka teclados,no se no me llaman mucho.me sentia un poco raro ya estaba en atlanta pero rodiado de puros mexicanos,estaba lleno al roxy,fue mi primera vez alli.cafe salio como a las 10,el publico comento a saltar y fue como una turbulencia.no me habia dado nunca cafe tacuba con mexicanos y creanme q es medio peligroso el asunto.ya q era como un mosh por todos los lados,pau y elsa entraron donde el sonidista ya q la cosa no pintaba bien para mujeres.yo estaba exactamente en el mismo medio,con el sonidista enmi espalda,una novedad para este tour fue q por primera vez cafe tacuba usaba baterista en vivo.me gusta mas asi.tokaron sus clasicos y como 6 del nuevo.suenan mas maduros,mas banda,mas experiencia llevan claro.al final me quede dentro del local mientras salia la multitud y pusieron una mesa y se quedo un grupo de prensa y fans para hacer entrevistas y firmar autografos.yo lleve el mi copia de cuatro caminos y les recorde q era de toke profundo me lo firmaron y hablamos un ratico,para mi fue bien duro ya q yo no pido autografos a bandas latinas,yo con ellos habia tokado en santo domingo e incluso los sake en mi carro de bonche la primera vez q fueron y nunca les pedi nada pero no se,estando aqui en atlanta uno es uno mas y empezar de 0 es todo los sentidos.me senti bien haciendolo.fue como un acto de tragar esa circunstancia.fuimos para la casa directo ya q era tarde y habia q trabajar.se paso muy bien.
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-ne 19 Charlotte St.It was a newspaper farewell/schmoozarama that got us downtown to The Charlotte Room, which turned out to be a jolly fine place to hang out on a Wednesday, boys and all. The menu was sizeable and we tucked into yummy quesadillas and dips, and I think Laura had pie.Some of us left early, others schmoozed into the wee hours and one probably can’t remember anything at all (good thing it’s not her turn to blog).
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Array The thesis of our studies is that severe CFS is but one of many manifestations of a persistent, systemic viral infection that causes brain damage.2 Involvement of the brain in CFS is implied by the historical use of terms such as neurasthenia, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and limbic encephalopathy.3 Some investigators have argued that the disturbed brain function is a secondary phenomenon resulting, for example, from the overproduction of neuromodulatory cytokines.4 Immune dysregulation is also proposed to explain reactivation of normally tolerated ubiquitous microorganisms, such as Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus-6, Candida albicans, Mycoplasma fermentans, Chlamydia pneumoniae, etc.5 Recent attention has also been given to possible brain damage from exposure to environmental neurotoxins, including gut derived bacterial products.6 Minimizing the potential infectious etiology of CFS has occurred in spite of past and recent epidemic outbreaks of CFS-like illnesses.7,8 Reasons for this bias include the inability of most investigators to isolate pathogenic viruses from CFS patients, and the lack of any correlation of disease with conventional anti-viral serology.9 Published studies using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to test for evidence of retroviruses,10 enteroviruses,11 conventional herpesviruses 12 and mycoplasma 13 infections, were also flawed by erroneous assumptions concerning the specificity of the PCR assays when performed under low stringency conditions. Extensive sequencing studies on this virus have confirmed the lack of critical antigens utilized by anti-cytomegalovirus cytotoxic T lymphocytes.20 The virus has managed to capture, amplify and mutate various non-viral genes, including cellular genes and genes of bacterial origin.21-23 The term viteria has been introduced to describe viruses infectious for humans and animals that have acquired bacterial genetic sequences.23 The presence of bacterial sequences can help explain the unusual serological and PCR based assay results seen in some CFS patients. Pathobiology 1996;64:59-63 Martin WJ: Severe stealth virus encephalopathy following chronic fatigue syndrome-like illness: Clinical and histopathological features. Acute encephalopathy induced in cats with a stealth virus isolated from a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome. Detection of RNA sequences in cultures of a stealth virus isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a health care worker with chronic fatigue syndrome.
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A research project submitted to the faculty ofSan Francisco State UniversityIn partial fulfillment of therequirements for thedegree Master of Business AdministrationByJohn Edward AchesonLos Angeles, CaliforniaJune 2004HYDRIVE: A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AUTOMAKER.John AchesonSan Francisco State UniversityJune 2004The purpose of this project is to analyze the hydrogen powered transportation value chain and determine feasibility of starting-up a sustainable automaker. The outcome of this project will be a forecast of the industry’s growth.If the forecast results in sustained growth of over 25% per year until 2010 and can support a venture that will net one million dollars on proforma income statements by year three, the results of the project will be presented in feasibility analysis report form with business plan for doing business in the market niche. Finally, automakers have already leased FCVs to governmental agencies and hydrogen vehicles are being driven daily.In 2004, cars became sexy again (Driving change, 2004) and hybrids were the fastest growing market niche in the automobile industry. There were no manufacturers solely producing hybrids, although several niche players made alternative fuel vehicles (AFV), electric vehicles (EV) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCV). JD Power (2003) reported that there were only three hybrid choices in 2004 and forecasted 12 in two years growing to 28 in 2008. market segment and determine how large of an opportunity will be available for a first-mover hybrid automaker in 2005.One question that this project will investigate is, what will hydrogen consumer want?NOTEVerbs from AOM journalPASTIndicated, noted, it has been well noted in literature, showed, it is worth reiterating, our findings suggest, we have suggested that, our results suggested, FUTUREMight instead exploreCONDUCTING THE FEASBILITY ANALYSISIndustry AnalysisHistoryAt turn of the last century, the automobile was born in Europe and adopted by America. On the production side of the industry, the Chinese market segment is in a strong growth phase.Yan (2004) wrote that the Chinese automaking industry had 120 manufacturers that produced 4.2 vehicles in 2003. The US population and market was projected to continue growing where Okuda (2003) saw an 18-20 million unit market by 2010. In 2004, over 17 million new cars and light trucks were sold at the retail level.CA “Californians, who buy about 20 percent of the nation’s automobiles, account for 28 percent of hybrid purchases nationwide (Hakim, 2004).” JD Power projected that the upper limit of the hybrid market segment at 3% while other more optimistic analysts foresee 10% (Hakim 2003). Gordon Wangers of Automotive Marketing Consultants is one of the optimists that forecasted the California hybrid market at 10% of all new-car sales by 2006 (Motor Trend, 2004). For more information, please contact the California Fuel Cell Partnership at: 916-371-2870 or by email: info@cafcp.org (Hayden, R and Sadjak, S, 2004).US Hydrogen ConversionFor hydrogen vehicle use to become feasible the issue of refueling vehicles cannot be ignored. Whether we look at the conservative or optimistic projections, oil will run out by the end of the millennium.IMPLICATIONSIn the auto industry, the implication is that every one of the 50 to a projected 100 million cars and light trucks on the planet will be replaced by a new technology (Simanaitis, 2004)Fortunately the race has begun and the market segment that includes green vehicles is experiencing 100% growth spurred by oil price record highs reached in 2004.Sociopolitical: grants.1 Billion in Tax Incentives for Renewable Energy and Hybrid and Fuel-Cell VehiclesThe President has called for tax incentives totaling .1 billion through 2009 to spur the use of clean, renewable energy, and energy-efficient technologies, such as hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles, residential solar heating systems, renewable energy produced from landfill gas, wind, or biomass, and efficient combined heat and power systems.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040714-2.html The White House: President George BushFact Sheet: Key Bush Environmental AccomplishmentsROONEYLocal political level:Rooney reported that automotive dealership are the most sought after businesses within city limits for tax revenues. The economist wrote analysts forcasted Telematics in two of three vehicles within a few years up from one in 20 in 2000 including satellite navigation systems rising from 1M to 30M (Clean machine, 2004).R&D expenditures: researchProfit margins: researchPrimary research from distributors, suppliers, competitors, retailers: interviewsMarket (What does the terrain look like?)Size: 16-17 million vehicles/year2003 = 43K hybrids and 2004 = 80K???In a speech for Washington DC’s Chamber of Commerce, Toyota’s CEO, Okuda (2003) spoke of the automotive industry’s future. Populations and markets are projected to continue growing including the US which Okuda (2003) projected as a 18-20 million unit market by 2010. JD Power projected that the upper limit of the hybrid market segment at 3% while other more optimistic analysts forsee 10% (Hakim 2003). Gordon Wangers of Automotive Marketing Consultants is one of the optimists that forecasted the California hybrid market at 10% of all new-car sales by 2006 (Motor Trend, 2004).the California market for hybrids could range from DemographicsCustomer profile: greenSecondary Data ReviewAt National Geographic Magazine’s online article, “the end of cheap oil (Appenzeller, 2004) an online pool revealed the following poll, “Which would you rather own, an SUV or a hybrid?” There were only two possible answers: SUV or hybrid and of the 18,368 responses 27% or 5,075 chose SUV and 72% of 13,293 responses were Hyrbrid (Poll tally, 2004).This implies that there is a large possible consumer segment within the National Geographic reader demographic.CompetitorsDaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota and VolkswagenPrimary research on the customer: interviewsIdea (Products and Services)Features and benefits of products and services: greenSustainabilityThe most important sustainable benefit that hydrogen powered vehicles provide is zero emissions: in theory only water comes out of the tailpipe. Legal Council: Chris Sozzi and Matt Sundly Architects: Allen Green and Public Vision Research Chairman and President: Eric Quanstrom Chief Strategic Officer (CSO): John Acheson Chief Operating Officer (COO): Eric Quanstrom Chief Financial Officer (CFO): Jeff Higashi, CPA, UCSB alumni, Phy Psy alumni General Manager (GM): Jeremy Jacobs Coach (Hitting and Pitching): Jeff Jacobs VP of Baseball Sales and Marketing: John Wenger VP of Entertainment Sales and Marketing: Dameth Rooney Director of Public and International Relations: James McMichael Director of Baseball Operations: Troy Hautzenrader 6.2 Management TeamThe front office will be elected before January 1, 2005. Acheson founded Altered Shot in 1991, conducted B2B e-commerce selling sports entertainment in 1992, acquired TNT Sports and founded Acheson Trading Co.in 1997, opened The Card Pro in 1999, 4th n Goal in 2000, started BEST Playroom in 2003, and went online with the Shot Boyz team in 2004. He is also an expert in corporate law.Values: greenPassion: save the planetExperience: problemExpertise: okGaps: manyFinanceStart-up capital: Foundation ISP Media Automaker Dealer REAssets PP&E 10,000.00 10,000.00 1,000,000.00 2,100,000.00 3,000,000.00Expenses Wages 24,000.00 12,000.00 108,000.00 300,000.00 360,000.00 36,000.00 Sub-contractors 12,000.00 60,000.00 12,000.00 Rent 1,200.00 24,000.00 12,000.00 120,000.00 120,000.00 Fees 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 2,000.00 Total Start-up costs 26,200.00 59,000.00 192,000.00 1,430,000.00 2,585,000.00 3,050,000.00 Group Start-up costs 7,342,200.00 Working capitalFixed cost requirements:Break even analysisValue Chain AnalysisFreeman (2004) wrote that strong demand for the Prius HEV has created a backlog in the value chain for the world’s best selling hybrid. We’ll service our products door to door through a network of dealers.Macro-factorsPresident Bush (2004) recently initiated over billion in grants and tax incentives, lasting through 2009, spurring clean technologies including hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles. Following an oil war clean energy vehicles are very strong political drivers of macro business initiatives.Market nicheBased on the data aggregated from the feasibility analysis, the overall US market for hybrids alone is projected at 600,000 to 2,000,000 units over the next five years. At 0,000 per unit, the CA market segment could spend over -10 trillion on new hybrids by 2010.GrowthThe opportunity is massive, growing and has room for new entrants.OpportunityThe preliminary research shows that there is a growing un-served niche in hybrid vehicle technology. Sustainable automaking hybrids including zero emissions hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have begun to fill the socially responsible vacuum for advanced transportation solutions. The hydrogen economy will be massive and the opportunity for Hydrive to help grow a budding industry is big.Title PageTable of ContentsIntroductionI Executive SummaryII Title PageII Feasbility DecisionIII The Business ConceptIV Industry AnalysisA) Market AnalysisV TeamVI Product/Service PlanVII Financial PlanNames: The Acheson Foundation (Foundation), Hybrid ISP (ISP), Hybrid Media Group (Media), Hybrid Motor Co (Automaker), Hybrid Auto Group (Dealer), Advanced Real Estate (RE)Founding Team Member Names: John Acheson, James Acheson, Daemeth Rooney, Troy Hautzenrader, Chris Sozzi, Olivier LepordExecutive SummaryGET ATTENTION WITH FIRST SENTENCEBusiness ConceptHyDrive will manufacture innovative and efficient vehicles for socially responsible consumers. We plan to become the most sustainable advanced transportation manufacturer and will produce fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles. HyDrive will deliver products directly to the customer and provide door to door service through a networked value chain.MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF FEASIBILITY STUDYBusinessCustomerValue propositionDeliveryPotential for growth and spinoffsIndustry AnalysisIndustry and Target Market analysisAt 0K per unit times Okuda’s (2003) industry projections for 2010, the worldwide industry is valued at ,200,000,000,000.00 while the US target market segments at 60-400 trillion. Using the US 2004 units sales figures of 17 million units shows a projected 18% increase in unit sales over the next six years. Although a mature domestic market, the size is massive, and the 3% annual growth rate is acceptable at current inflation rates.Focusing on the hybrid market segment findings was much more exciting. Using the Prius as a barometer, and unit projection at 80m in the US for 2004 and 43K the year before, a growth rate is still 96% only three years after the introductory rate of 276%.The numbers are elusive because supply cannot keep up with demand and tens of thousands of consumers have already put deposit up to buy 20-30,000 hybrid vehicles. NicheBased on Hakim’s (2004) reported data and Okuda (2003) projections, the overall US market for hybrids is projected at 600,000 to 2,000,000 units within the next five years. That translates into another -10 billion in parts and services for new vehicles alone.There’s no doubt about explosive growth but the size is still a niche market of a projected 100,000 units or trillion at 0K per unit. A larger market exists in the cumulative hybrid vehicles on the road that require service. http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=3127206TeamQualificationsHow critical tasks will be handledGap analysisProduct/ServiceDescriptionsCurrent statusTasks and timelineIP owned and to be acquiredPlan for prototypeNOTEThe project proposes a current market segment serving 100,000 hybrid vehicles with aftermarket parts and services after they have left dealer lots.Financial PlanSummary of key pointsAssumptionsResource needs assessmentPro-forma financial statementsBreak even analysisTimeline to Launch (use operations analysis)TaskOrderReferencesBibliography50 assorted articles including a couple journal studies and many data/webbased articlesAllen, K. Retrieved Augsust 6, 2004, from http://0-web.lexis-nexis.com.opac.sfsu.edu/unvierse/printdocClean machine (2004, September 4). Retrieved September 27, 2004, from http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=3127206 Electrifying times (2004, Spring-Summer). first hybrid SUV delivered (2004, September 16). Retrieved September 30, 2004, from http://www.ases.org/hydrogen_forum03/Forum_report_c_9_24_03.pdf Future/concept: allessandro volta (2004). Retrieved September 17, 2004, from http://0-web.lexisnexis.com.opac.sfsu.edu/universe/document?_m=c450fb7234187d3952d93a7dbd7d1e80&_docnum=8&wchp=dGLbVlzzSkVA&_md5=1850351add749fd3ce4e2a34461c9fb0 Hayden, R and Sadjak, S, (2004). IEEE Potentials, August/September, 2004: pgs 4-7.The White House: President George Bush (2004). Any questions or concerns should be directed to the principal investigator, John Acheson, at john@hyDrive.net ===============================================================Do you own a hybrid?YesNoNOWhat hybrid feature would you pay the most for?Less air pollutionHigher gas mileageA popular styleHigh technologyYES: What is the most important feature of your hybrid?Less air pollutionHigher gas mileageA popular styleHigh technologyWould you buy a hybrid if?It polluted more than a normal carIt got worse gas mileage but better performance than a normal carIf broke down more than a normal carIt looked like a normal car and didn’t say “hybrid”It used diesel instead of gasoline?It used hydrogen instead of gasoline?If you had to plug it in?If it kept running an a stop light?YESWhat could the dealer have done to make hybrid shopping better for you?NO How could dealers have done to make hybrid shopping better for you?How many hybrids do you think there will be?Where do you service your vehicle?1.
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30(CRI)– Diving sensation Guo Jingjing last night denied having aspecial relationship with Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, grandson of Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung. Guo says she had been upset the whole day after being told of a Hong Kong newspaper report about herintimate talk with the young Fok at the Shanghai Club 97 Bar at about 2am on Monday, following the Formula One race.
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Array It is not just nutritious balanced diet, which the Western modern health routines projects as key to health.A diet in spite of being a storehouse of all the components like carbohydrates, proteins, fats, mineral salts and vitamins and being cooked in hygienic environment can yet cause ill health. Their effects are discussed mostly from personal experiences and from ancient books.FROM 30 YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCEBRINJAL: Unnecessarily increases sexual desires. 2) The soil on which the brinjal is grown, may decide its micro-elements and decide its medical qualities.
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Thus, we have: the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in an attempt to extract information to safeguard Americanspeople detained indefinitely at Guantanamo without any recourse or any rights except for those guaranteed by the Geneva Conventionwiretapping of people’s cellphones, landlines, and emailsa TSA that arbitrarily changes its rules on prohibited itemsa list of suspected terrorists without procedures for removing people listed wrongly (of course, the government doesn’t make mistakes)a war in Iraq because Iraq was harboring weapons of mass destruction and sheltering terrorists;
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1 would be split into two separate questions, not one.But, here’s the thing: It’s not so bad that we’d toss the baby (transit) out with the bathwater (roads). ST2 includes hugely important rail infrastructure, and RTID includes a few bad projects (405) and a few really desparately needed ones (South Park Bridge).
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i just took a bunch of the medicine from the pharmacy you sent with me, and yeah I’m feeling better. That’s cool you see Hillary a lot, shes way nice, tell her and her dad and whoever ya see from that family hello from me! he Was awesome, he was waiting for his marriage papers to get baptized, he has read the book of Mormon like 8 times, was always happy and was just an awesome guy! its sad though, its hard cause i don’t know what to say or do with the family, because we were over there a lot and are really close to this family…
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it is simple yet stylish, the ideas are basic but refined, i hope to launch thanks, as a brand mid next year, with a small range of clothing moving into a small collection of accesories, with use of leather, and other luxury materials.Thanks as a name stands for exactly that, it touches on the fact that manners and class have been long forgotten by popular culture, and people especially the young teenage generation has almost never even been taught the fact that is important to have manners and respect, for i have learned that you will never be shown any of these things toward yourself unless you go out of your way to show these things to others and make it a part of your everyday life,Thanks again is a way of life, it beleives in simplicity, and being subtle, shown by the brand being represented by detail not eye catching large scale graphics.
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Update 10.20.2007: Additional links and press coverage WhiteHat: 90% Websites Have VulnerabilitiesStudy - 90 percent of all sites at hacking riskIt’s that time of the quarter where we get to release our WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report (PDF) - the aggregate vulnerability data we’ve collected when assessing the custom web applications of hundreds of the largest and most popular websites on a continuous basis (weekly is typical). This is in contrast to the others where the functionality is behind a login screen, so once an attacker gets an account, considerably less people have tested these areas of functionality before them.In the report I’ll attempt to compare platform technologies, vulnerability half-life by class and severity, and the average number of vulnerabilities per website by vertical

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Array Here is today’s Second Amendment News Roundup:Traction Control has the definitive word on the meaning of ‘militia’ in the Constitution, as specified by the U.S. Code:http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=478Traction Control also has some neat pics of Kimber Pro Carry in .45 ACP:http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=479Snowflakesinhell blogs on the definition of a machine gun in light of the ATF’s shenanigans of late:http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=901The Jet Pilot reports that Fred Thompson is set to make an announcement this week concerning his national headquarters for his upcoming yet unannounced bid for the White House:http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/06/wsmv-tv-thompson-announcement-set-for.htmlThe McCarville Report blogs that gun-grabber Hillary Clinton came to Oklahoma City and raised over 00,000 for her campaign:http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/06/turpen-hillary-raised-305000.htmlThe Bitch Girls provide a crucial update on the man in Jacksonville, Florida who was fired for using a gun to fight off thugs who robbed his neighbor:http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=6997Armed and Safe posts an update on the continuing story of gun-shop protests in Illinois, involving a priest and ‘the Reverend’ Jessie Jackson:http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/never-dull-moment-with-deacons-for.htmlA Keyboard and a .45 reports a disturbing trend in Texas that is cause for great alarm.
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-ne We visited with a terrific Chinese family last night. I asked Wendy if she would teach me how to make some traditional chinese food so I think the next time we get together we are going to try! Wendy tried to teach Alyssa a few Chinese words but Alyssa was quite shy and wouldn’t really talk to her.
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“You never know when fate will reach out and touch you. Do you think that the leaders of the FAA know that their system is “blinking red” You just know you’re standing too close to the edge of disaster and you know we all need to take a step back. Congress knew in 1956, just as they know today. Too many people that know what they’re talking about are just a little too nervous.Most of the controllers reading this have already figured out the disaster, even if the didn’t know the specific date.
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I responded with the following email to the former student:Xxxx,Unfortunately, I cannot read your message because I declined to join The Facebook AKA the FBI database. Good luck in your endeavors.I am still able to receive messages via email, although after Facebook gains control of the Internet, you will have to FAX me via an untapped phone line.Mr. Xxxxxxto which my former student replied:I may (and already have) accidently sent you things I meant to send to my evil teenage friends.
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For more Information you can contact Karel at 082 471 3895 or send an email to wcws@mweb.co.zaWe also spoke to Thembi Mgini – Social Worker from the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence or SANCA. For more information contact their offices at (021) 945 4080/1 or visit www.sancawc.co.zaThe last interview was with Dee Majola, Nombulelo Mabutho, Thembisa Nkumpela and Nozizwe from Manyanani @ Empilisweni clinic. For more information contact their offices at (021) 633 5146 or send a Fax to (021) 633 2384.
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Array Sears Holdings (SHLD) said this morning it expected quarterly profit of 60 million to 00 million, or .06 to .32 a share, including special items.Those special items would be an after-tax gain of about 2 million from bankruptcy-related settlements and total return swap investing activities, Sears expects to earn 98 cents to .24 per share. Excluding special gains, it earned 72 million, or .74 per share.Sears said it expected to end the second quarter with about .8 billion in cash and cash equivalents, excluding Sears Canada, down from .1 billion at the end of the first quarter.In addition, Sears announced a new billion share repurchase authorization in addition to the 21 million worth of shares still available for repurchase under an existing program. Sears said it had bought back about 13.8 million shares for .9 billion since the repurchase plan was approved in the third quarter of fiscal 2005.
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It is HOT! Yesterday in Virginia Beach the temperature reached 98 degrees F, but it wasn’t even a record and we do have air conditioning but sometimes it can’t keep up. I solved the problem by getting neck deep in the Chesapeake Bay and staying there most of the afternoon, until it was time for my nap. The humidity was high and that spawns the cloud burst that leaves the pavement steaming like it is on fire when the rain stops.Today I have to work in the store where the AC zone control is no good and the sun through the plate glass windows add to the problem. Must be Al Gore’s fault. It is HOT in July in the USA.When I was in the Caribbean last winter, my Northern European friends (Russia, Scandinavia, even Scotland and Ireland) didn’t have a problem with the idea of warmer weather at home. If there were only some way they could do something about the endless winter nights, they would never have to go south in the winter. Good Luck Tovarich!Which brings me to the silly, stupid series of concerts to stop Global Warming this weekend. What a stupid exercise in hypocrisy. I’ll admit that the weather seems milder now than say, forty years ago. We haven’t had a significant snowfall here in over five years but it was 1980 that the National Guard Engineers had to come from Richmond to dig us out of a 41 snowfall. For my European fans, thats more than a meter. If I recall the last time Ches Bay froze all the way to Cape Charles was 1975. None the less I dont see daily high temperature records being set.We only have good records going back about 100 years. I climate terms that is a mere instant. We have no idea what a normal cycle is and we do have historical records of significant climate changes in the past.I am not in favor of rampant pollution, but this quasi religious fervor is wrong.link

The Mobile Press-Register reports this morning that a former candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives have been arrested for alleged voter fraud: Darren Lee Flott, a one-time candidate for Alabama House District 98, and Angie Corine Green, an activities director for a nursing home, were both arrested and charged with voter fraud Thursday, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr.
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One hundred paintings in American museums unmatched in European collections (Milan: Skira, 2006, ISBN 13:978-88-7624-662-3) features 98 paintings and two pastels, each by a different European artist who worked from the 15th Century through 1912; Rosenberg selected paintings that represent a major achievement or a phase of the artist’s work that could not be known from European examples of his work (all the artists being male, unless one wants to speculate that an anonymous painting was done by a woman). The book is handsomely-produced, and if the full-color plates vary as to quality, it is likely because different museums provided variable quality transparencies.Some selections will be no surprise, as they are the artist’s magnum opus (Ensor’s Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 at the Getty or Gauguin’s Where do we Come from?… Whether intended or not, they serve to remind us that major work can be found in far-flung cities such as Oberlin, Ohio (Terbrugghen’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and a Companion from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, featured on the dust-jacket), Tulsa, Oklahoma, Manchester, New Hampshire and Ponce, Puerto Rico. With another fragment, one wing of an altarpiece by Crivelli, Rosenberg makes what he acknowledges to be a heretical suggestion: that this particular wing (St. George and the Dragon at the Gardner Museum, Boston) is more impressive detached from its intended context.Still other selections may surprise because they are by very-little known or minor artists: Lodewijk Susi, Gaspare Traversi, Walter Goodman. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Henry P.
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Current 93 - Swastikas (Navi)Genero:Gothic Ambient Culto1 Benediction2 Blessing3 North4 Black sun bloody moon5 Oh coal blacksmith6 Panzer rune7 Black flowers please8 The final church9 The summer of love10 (Hey Ho) The goddy (Oh)11 Beausoleil12 Scarlet woman13 The stair song14 Angel15 Since yesterday16 Valediction17 Malediction http://www.divshare.com/download/1476225-cb7

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Current 93 - all the pretty little horses (NaviGenero:Gothic Ambient Culto 1. All the Pretty Little Horses3.
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After my puzzle craving started, it took weeks for me to find the right one. Then I came across this 1000-piece nursery rhyme extravaganza.Completing it consisted mainly of escapist breaks while studying linguistics and the likes in Finnish.
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over waiting for potential housemates…now waiting for my actual housemates to get home with more beer and buffy.
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I even wrote it on hilariously tacky, yet cute paper for her.She left me some love on my facebook page that went a little like this:Carina B. If you get a chance - perhaps write a long lost friend a letter?
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He’s been working a lot of long hours, and when he does get home at night, he pretty much eats supper, falls asleep on the recliner, gets up to shower, and then goes to bed. I have no friends or family here, and right now hubby is driving my vehicle because his is in the shop. And because I can’t go to Walmart during the day, I haven’t been able to do much grocery shopping… But I don’t want to leave the house when hubby is home because I want to spend as much time with him as possible. So shopping has to be postponed until he has a day off.I feel like I’ve gotten myself into a deep, dark funk… I’m upset that I have once more turned to food for comfort, have been eating crap, and have been feeling like crap.That’s the bad news.
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Array Opposite the hotel was a Governmental Palace, and it was only a 5 minute taxi race or 10 minute walk to the old town and also fountain square which had loads of bars and places to eat.The local currency is the Manat and it was £1 = 8,500 manats, or = 4,900. It was 8000 manat in the hotel bar, and it was very nice, called Xirdalan (Castel Brewery). The first bar we visited was a local bar and it cost 18,000 manat for 3 beers, 2 vodkas, a coke and a lemonade! The same round in O’Malleys in Nizami street cost 67,000 manat, so after that we wandered round the many bars round the square. We spoke to the bloke at the bar who appeared to be a bit of a negotiator, he managed to catch the chef who was half way out the door and agree on 5 steaks for 25,000 manats each. Liz and I left about 2.30am to retire to bed, our mates rolled in at about 5am and left the Hotel bar at 6am (it turned out to be a 24 hour bar in the hotel!)Tuesday morning and we went on the sightseeing tour arranged through Red Arrow. There were about a dozen active mud volcanoes and one lad managed to slip in the mud and we all rushed to his aid rather than all standing laughing at him ofcourse!!.Our next visit was supposed to be to a fire temple (or something similar) but as soon as we left the petrol station the coach gradually got slower and slower before grinding to a halt. Next we wandered round the walls off the old city, took some photos of an old mosque, had a look at the enormous statue of Nizami at the back of Fountain Square, before heading into the shelter of a bar. All the tales off hassle getting into the ground provedunfounded and it was just as easy getting away back to the coaches afterwards. We hit the hotel bar when we got back (about 12.30 due to the stupid kick off time)We finally got to bed about 2am and it was a struggle to be up for 8am as the coaches left for the airport at 9am.
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in the first one they were trying too hard to sound like their record collection which consisted mainly of the entire recorded output of joy division and the great english lost band the ‘chameleons’.on this one they come into their own stretching and expanding on the old formula and managing to sound fresh at the same time.
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Shivalik Bimetal Controls was incorporated in 1984 to manufacture Thermostatic Bimetal Strips and other Clad Materials. The company produces 51 types of Bimetals and Trimetals and has recently developed narrow width burr free slitting, high precision EB welding, pre-soldered (Solder reflow) Strip in continuous coil and development of Electron beam welded shunt material for energy meters. Last year, the company completed substantial expansion of Unit-II in and is now expanding Unit-I for which major equipments have been identified and orders placed thereof.For FY04, it reported Sales of Rs.48 cr. With a huge export potential, it is estimated that the company will clock Net sales of Rs.60 cr.
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A Gallup poll shows that as far as American are concerned, Kerry won the third ebate resoundlingly: Sen. John Kerry won the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night, 52% to 39%, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of registered voters who watched the event.
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Islamic Lore (the Koran) dictates that in a Jihad, if you kill an Infidel (all of us), and you, yourself, die in the process, you will go to heaven where you will be greeted by 72 Virgins. 2.) If so, do these women remain virgins throughout your (infinite) tenure in heaven, or do they them become deflowerable??
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Array He got Tegan, our 16 year old granddaughter, to make herself a bowl. I think Keith could have turned the bowl out in less than an hour but it took Tegan three hours. Each curve a little different cutting tool was used and as the chips flew the bowl started to magically appear. Once the bowl was shaped then she started the sanding process to get a nice smooth finish. The bowl was made out of a burl if I remember correctly and when the oil was applied all the twist, turns and birds eye jumped right out at you. Keith has done several bowls and a potpourri bowl for us. What was fascinating about our bowls was the cherry wood came from a tree in our field after it died. He had some wonderful stories to tell of the mountain and especially the school marm who lived in the house above from where we live now. We had an old orchard in the back of the house, and every fall we would pick the apples and store them in the basement of the house. Where I wanted to go with this was to say that I would pick one these apples, they were King Apples, and I would polish it up and take it to the teacher most days the apples were available. Sorry kind of got off the original entry, but to suffice to say we enjoyed our time at the Bennett’s and would have stayed longer, but weren’t invited to……………not true, they begged and pleaded for us to stay……which was a little closer to the truth but we were wanting to get home to get two kids ready for school and rearrange sleeping areas for the two girls.
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-ne Fiction author Robert Jordan has died of a rare blood disease:Author Robert Jordan, who was best known for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels, has died of a rare blood disease aged 58.Jordan - whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Junior - died at the Medical University of South Carolina.His personal assistant, Maria Simons, said the disease caused the walls of his heart to thicken.Jordans first fantasy book, The Eye of the World, was published in 1990 and went on to sell millions of copies.He also wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name Reagan ONeal in the early 1980s.After turning his hand to the Wheel of Time series, he went on to publish 11 books and had been working on the 12th at the time of his death.Jordans books tell of Rand alThor, also known as The Dragon Reborn, who is destined to battle evil in a mythical land.The author is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.
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The story began here. LINCOLN, Neb. - A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response. One of two court filings from God came Wednesday under otherworldly circumstances, according to John Friend, clerk of the Douglas County District Court in Omaha. This one miraculously appeared on the counter. It just all of a sudden was here
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Sea turtles absorb a lot of salt from the sea water in which they live. Helium is a colourless, odourless, tasteless inert gas at room temperature and makes up about 0.0005% of the air we breathe.6. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest thingswill rise to the top.7. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest thingswill rise to the top.8. An ostrich can run 43 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).10. Dolphins can swim 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour).13. There are 6 to 14 frogs species in the world that have no tongues. A frog named Santjie, who was in a frog derby in South Africa jumped 33 feet 5.5 inches.22. The longest life span of a frog was 40 years23. The eyes of a frog flatten down when it swallows its prey24. The’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.28. The’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.34. Pig’s Tongue contains 15,000 taste buds.
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