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As I sat down to write a review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, I honestly had difficulty considering where to begin. Should the review open with a comment about the love scenes that are getting so much hype? Should it focus on how much each of the characters change in this film, which also is getting attention in the press? Or should I begin with the various performances? To tell the truth, the best compliment I can pay for this film, and the first thing I said when I finished watching the film, was that it is the best book to screen adaptation from this series thus far. All the rest falls into place for that reason and because the film was in the hands of a brilliant director.
As far as story content goes, this film has all the important moments that the book has. All the necessary plot points are met, and then it goes even further to fill in any missing blanks. There is a mixture between Bella's story and Jacob's story from the book as the movie switches points of view to make sure all key moments from the book are given due justice. There are even some flashbacks to Edward's time spent away from Carlisle and Esme that are very well done. Personally, I wish there had been some more fighting banter between Rosalie and Jacob, but I only thought about it after the film was over as I considered what had been cut from the book. That was the only thing that didn't make it into the plot that I wish had been included.
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Bill Condon has praised the acting chops of the cast in several interviews. Well, I have to give the praise to Bill Condon for eliciting performances from this cast that are unlike anything we've seen previously. Every single cast member steps it up and takes their character to the next level. I'm not sure where Kristen Stewart found it in herself to show the pain and fear that she did in the birth scene, but it is chilling. Robert Pattinson brings an angry Edward into the game for the first time while still showing how much he loves Bella. Yet for me, the one performance that shines above the rest comes from Taylor Lautner. He has a few moments in this film where his reactions and facial expressions are beyond perfection. Without spoiling too much, I will say that the two moments that stand out the most both have to do with Renesmee. Other great moments come from Billy Burke and Anna Kendrick during the wedding scenes. Booboo Stewart and Julia Jones both have their own stand out moments and lines as do each member of the Cullen family. And be sure to stay through the credits for one of my personal favorite sarcastic line deliveries in the film, possibly the entire saga!
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My only complaints are similar to complaints in the past. That's right, we're talking about hair styles and clothes again. In the past all my complaints have been about Jackson Rathbone's hair. Not this time. Jackson looks really great! It's Peter Facinelli that drew the short end of the hair style stick! We heard rumblings of it from Comic Con when the first images rolled out, so this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I'm also tired of seeing the Cullens in grey. I know that's so very, very nit picky, but I don't understand it. They have all the money in the world. Can't they wear a color other than grey? I don't know if it's a way to make them all look paler, but it is a little sad and dreary after awhile. Poor Esme even wears a greyish color to the wedding. But these are minor complaints that I will gladly take to get the amazing performances that were shown in the film.
Over all, I really enjoyed the film. I found myself laughing out loud at several moments and nearly cried at others. I know there were some things that I missed in my first viewing, so I'm excited to see it again and take it all in. It is very true to the book, which as an original fan of the book I appreciate so much! I felt comfortable watching the scenes I have read so many times come to life. In past films, I have held my breath and hopped that certain moments worked well on screen. Often times, I have come out of those moments feeling alright about what I saw and said, "Well, that wasn't too bad." There was only one moment in Breaking Dawn that truly had me worried and holding my breath about how it would play out. I won't tell you which moment that was, but I will say that it ended up being one of my favorite moments in the whole film. Thank you, Bill Condon, for staying true to the story and for finding realism in something so heavily embedded in fantasy. And thank you to the cast for going to those dark places and bringing this whole series to life. With Part 1 being this good, I find it difficult to believe we have to wait a whole year for Part 2!
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PITTSBURGH - A man who pleaded guilty to trying to extort $15,000 from former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward will spend two years on probation.
Joshua Van Auker, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday in front of an Allegheny County judge to a lesser version of the original charge of attempted theft by threatening to expose a secret, court records showed.
Ward's assistant, Raymond Burgess, contacted authorities last fall after Van Auker sent him a text message claiming to have damaging information. Detectives with the county district attorney's office investigated and determined that Van Auker decided to make the demands after learning his girlfriend "had been involved in a prior physical relationship with Ward," according to a criminal complaint.
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Burgess went to investigators, the complaint said, and afterward spoke again with Van Auker, who repeated the extortion demand by saying, "It's called buying silence, brother." Detectives watching that encounter in October arrested Van Auker.
Burgess has said an envelope Van Auker gave him purporting to contain the damaging information contained only papers, not pictures, but Burgess has declined to otherwise describe its contents. Ward's manager, Andrew Ree, has said the extortion attempt was "the act of a desperate individual trying to get money from a celebrity." Ree didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
Van Auker didn't answer a cellphone number Friday used to contact him last year. The man who answered the phone said he had loaned Van Auker the phone last year but doesn't currently know how to reach him.
The attorney who represented Van Auker after his arrest last year, David Shrager, said he had no part in the plea bargain. He said he thought prosecutors "gave the kid a good deal."
Prosecutors did not object to the probationary sentence, said Mike Manko, a spokesman for the district attorney's office. Van Auker was "very cooperative" during the case, Manko said, adding that Ward and his attorney agreed with how the case was handled.
When Van Auker was arrested, Shrager described his client as "naive and inexperienced" and apologized that Ward's name was dragged through the mud.
"Hines Ward's an essential part of Pittsburgh history. ... He's a great guy," Shrager said at the time.
Ward, 36, retired last year after 14 seasons with the Steelers. He had 1,000 catches for 12,021 yards, both franchise records, and was MVP of the Super Bowl XL, which the Steelers won in 2006.
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Posted: Wed 13 Apr 2016, 02:30
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Subject description: Apache Open Office, v. 4.1.2, for recent 32-bit DPups and Slackos
Hello everyone.
I've put together an sfs of apache Open Office 4.1.2, which is the latest version as
of this writing. Available from :
As you can see from the filename in the link, this one has the US English interface.
~~ Edits ~~
(Our French-speaking colleagues may be interested in the sfs of the French version.
They can access it from
Notes --
# 1: Please note that this sfs is for recent 32-bit Puppies (even running on a 64-bit
on 64-bit Puppies.
# 2:
on older Puppies. Works fine on the following: "The Pooch" (so...
should work on most Dpup Wheezies) and Slim-6 (so... should work on recent
Slackos). Experience reports for other "breeds" of Pups are welcome.
End of notes --
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A peculiarity of this sfs is that it does NOT have the *.desktop file NOR the
symlinks in /usr/bin. So when you'll load this aOO sfs with sfs_load, you will NOT
be shown the familiar launch panel usually presented by sfs_load when it has
finished loading.
The reason I prepared the sfs this way is that the links offered by ex-factory
ApacheOpenOffice are NOT well suited for PuppyLinux:
-- the default symlinks offer "openoffice" filenames, whereas,
-- more often than not, the *.desktop files call < soffice -something >. Plus
-- PuppyLinux does not have the same menu differentiation as other distros, not
__ exactly the same menu categories.
As a consequence, I redid most of the "desktop-integration" into a separate pet.
Please get it from here:
The order in which you install the two files above (the pet for the menu and /usr/bin,
and the sfs) does not matter. However, you have to install BOTH before you can
access the Open Office apps. This reminder may sound silly, but "human RAM
is a device that forgets". You remember that, don't you?
Normally, you should see only one menu entry per OpenOffice application. E.g.
"OpenOffice Writer" under Document, "OpenOffice Calc" under Business, and so on.
This sfs of Apache Open Office will be located under /opt. On first launch, it will
create a user directory at /root/.config/openoffice4. I stongly suggest that you
move this directory to /mnt/home and bring a symlink of it back in place, because
this user directory can get pretty big pretty quickly, especially if you equip your aOO
with major plug-ins and templates.
Any problems, let me know. There shouldn't be any since I have tested it for more
than 10 days, But just in case, so you know that I'm here as a resource.
Enjoy! BFN.
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Posted: Wed 13 Apr 2016, 13:47
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Hello all.
I just did a major edit of the style and contents of the message above.
It may be worth a re-read.
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Posted: Wed 13 Apr 2016, 23:33
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Hello all.
If you need it, you'd download the
64-bit version
As mentioned in my post at the top of this page,
you'll also have to install the pet
archive for the desktop integration for this aOO 64-bit to work.
This pet for
desktop integration should be "bit-neutral", since there are no executables in it.
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Posted: Thu 14 Apr 2016, 14:45
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mirrored, musher0, thanks:
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Posted: Thu 14 Apr 2016, 18:19
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My pleasure!
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Posted: Thu 14 Apr 2016, 18:41
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Subject description: BUG WARNING
Hello all.
For the time being, avoid launching OpenOffice with the Quick Start or with the General
Launcher that show up in the "Utility" menu. They somehow freeze the launch.
Launching the individual apps directly (e.g. Writer, from the "Documents" sub-menu)
seems ok.
I'm on it. I'll let you know what I find and possibly a corrective.
For now, the only corrective seems to be to delete the directory at /root/.config/.openoffice4
and to restart one of the aOO application (NOT one of the general launchers).
Thanks for your understanding. BFN.
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Posted: Sun 21 Aug 2016, 02:53
Post subject: i provide a database of Puppies
Subject description: format csv : just import them in your spreadsheet OpenOffice
i provide a database of Puppies in the
topic Gnumeric click here
format csv
that can be used every where. For people who are interested by managing their kennel.
Why not join the tar;gz here ? To make you take a glance at Gnumeric, the perfect clone of EXCEL (better than Excel because bugs corrected)
format csv :
just import them
in your spreadsheet OpenOffice
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 20:53
Post subject: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 (32 Bit)
Just a link to musher0's builds and instructions:
P.S. Note his explanation of why Apache OpenOffice may be superior to LibreOffice if you have to work with Microsoft Office files.
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Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2017, 19:20
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Hello all.
I have put together two sfs's for apacheOpenOffice-4.1.4, out last Oct. 11.
Please follow mikesLr's link above to get the goods!
To save space, I have removed version 4.1.3 from my repo at augras.eu.
The md5, sha1 and sha256 hashes for those sfs's are attached here, however.
I apologize for the apparent complication, but as you may know, security experts
recommend that the hashes not be alongside the archives.
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Posted: Fri 05 Jan 2018, 21:11
Post subject: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 32 & 64 bit, Maybe in your Language
Hi All,
This is not a post for anyone who can't follow simple directions or doesn't want to spend about 15 minutes to build a fast and reliable office suite. Also, as far as I can tell docx and the other Microsoft file-formats foisted on us at the same time are not fully supported: files can not be saved in that format but can be opened with "some misalignment", but seems to do a better job than LibreOffice,
. And I don't think (untested) Apache OpenOffice 4 series will function under Puppies published before 2014, But, if these drawbacks haven't deterred you, read on.
Note to the reticent: Excluding download times and the time your computer takes to process your commands, reading these instructions takes longer than your actually doing them.
Why OpenOffice. By now most of my word-processing files are in odt format, and LibreOffice has become a lumbering resource hog.
Abiword is OK for a short note, not for serious compositions. WPS is OK, but I don't like its GUI. Softmaker-Office/Free-Office are also OK, but the OpenDocument formats are not its default. Apache OpenOffice appears to be as fast as any of those, provides a full office suite –not just a wordprocessor, spreadsheet and presentation creator-- and, offers an SDK program by which –if you are so inclined-- you can customize your GUI. It's available in 40 of the major languages, for either 32 or 64 bit operating systems. If you are multi-lingual, there are also 40 language packs you can add, individually, to your default language and switch into.
Now the hardest part, having a little patience. The two OpenOffice webpages I'll provide links to are incredibly slow to open. Once opened, however, they were as responsive as other webpages with which I am familiar. But it did take about 3 minutes for each of them to open in my web-browser via a reasonably fast wifi. The actual file for the 64-bit Suite (Eng-USA) I downloaded came via MediaFire, a quick download considering it was 186 Mb. Oddly, the finished SFS was only132 Mbs, 80 Mbs smaller than my LibreOffice 5 SFS. I downloaded, but did not use the 20 Mb German Language Pack.
Step 0: [Edit Feb 20, 2019: See Footnote below] If you have not already done so, install PaDS,
. If yours is a 64-bit system install unrpm-all.pet from here,
rather than unrpm.pet from the previous link. On 32-bit systems, you'll need one or the other; unrpm-all works on both.
Steps 1 and 2: Download and Unpack. OpenOffice's Suite download page is
, I chose to download the 'deb' format. It actually arrived as tar.gz package that will have to be unpacked: for example, Right-Click and select UExtract. Within the "extracted" folder was another folder named "deb".
Step 3: Move the Suite's deb folder to any partition. PaDS uses /tmp as a work directory and creates the SFS in /root, both of which are in RAM on a Frugal install. [Recommended if the downloaded file and/or extracted folder are in /root --such as in /root/Downloads-- delete or move them out of /root].
Step 4: Rename the Suite's "deb" folder: Right-Click, Select Rename. The name you give this folder will be the name of your SFS. I gave mine the name openoffice64-4.1.5. Hereafter, this folder is referred to as the "Suite folder".
Step 5: Delete the desktop-integration folder. It's within your Suite Folder. On most puppies it doesn't function properly.
Step 6: Download the attached AOO4_Menu.pet*. Move it into your Suite Folder.
Steps 7 (optional). Download one or more language packs from here,
: Makes sure its the language pack. In the row above each language pack is a package for a full suite. I don't know whether and how these differ from the full suites on the other page.
Extract the downloaded tar.gz(s); file-browse into its/their 'deb' folder(s) and move/copy all of the debs within into the Suite Folder.
Step 8. Right-Click the Suite folder –requires that you be able to see it as a folder-- and from the popup menu select 'combine to SFS'. Wait. Be patient, again.
Don't panic.
Eventually PaDS will open a window to /root displaying your new SFS. On my Quad-Core with 8 Gbs of RAM it took about 3 minutes for PaDS to complete building the SFS. It would be nice if PaDS provided some kind of "I'm working" notice. But it doesn't.
[How long PaDS takes will depend on the number and size of the files it has to work on, and your computer's speed and available RAM]. If, after a while you do panic, you can open a file-browser window at /root and you should see an SFS there.
But don't touch it.
You can't be sure its finished until PaDS opens its own window.
That's it. Your new SFS should be fit for use in any operating system of its, or higher, architecture. The 64-bit OpenOffice SFS I built under Tahrpup64 ran on it, Slackware64 and Xenialpup64. The 32-bit OpenOffice I built under dpup-stretch ran under it and Xenialpup64 with 32-bit compatibility SFS loaded.
Cleaning up. Other than the SFS, itself, you can delete all other files. You may, however, want to copy the AOO4_Menu.pet somewhere for later use if and when OpenOffice publishes a new version.
Credit must be given to musher0. His posts reminded us of the value of Apache OpenOffice, and his menu pet was the inspiration and served as an example for the building of the attached menu pet.
Footnote: ITSMERSH has published a new version of PaDS, currently 1.1.4. See this thread to download it and for instructions on how to use it. Disregard any conflicting instructions above.
In particular, note that neither unrpm-all nor its alternative are dependencies, while the installation of xdotool via PPM of your Puppy is required to use the GUI. Right-Click>Combine-to-SFS will work without it, has limitations.
Installs icons. Also installs files to /usr/share/application to provide menu listings.
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Hi All,
One of the "whistles" I've grown accustomed to when running LibreOffice was its ability to add a location to the GuI that opens when you want to save a new document or open an previously created one. OpenOffice doesn't have that. It was created expecting it to be used on a multi-user system in which each user's documents would be stored in that user's Home Folder. Puppies, however, are designed as single-user systems running as Root. So the user's Home Folder is /root. And I keep all of my documents on /mnt/home.
There's a simple workaround. Open two file-manager windows, one to /root and the second to where ever you want your document stored. In my case, the latter is /mnt/home/my-stuff.
You can either (a) drag the my-documents folder to the second location, select Move, then drag it back to /root and select Link(relative); or (create and) drag a folder from the second location to /root and select Link (relative).
Although OpenOffice's GUI will display such folder as being "in root", it will, in fact, immediately see and follow such symbolic links to the location of your choice, in my case /mnt/home/my-stuff.
Saves having to always browse to where the file is located or I want it to be.
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A recent libreoffice does not work in racy 5.5. OpenOffice does work.
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I quite like Open Office although I haven't used it extensively.
As can be seen from this thread, other packages by other Puppy enthusiasts are available, but some while back I did package the 32bit build of version 4.1.4 as .sfs with the British English language pack. This also has some menu entry tweaks for JWM and some MIME associations. Because it is now not the latest version it will notify you of that, but you can ignore and disable this. In case it is of use to anyone I have uploaded it here:-
As always, treat as EXPERIMENTAL and take precautions accordingly.
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Post subject: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5.sfs
Subject description: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 .sfs update
Well I am just a spert not an expert so here goes. 32bit
I took stuff (being the technical term) from a Slackware OpenOffice 4.1.5
and removed some of the Slackware stuff and added some Puppy stuff.
Put it together as 32bit US English Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 .sfs for Artfulpup.
Seems to work on my Tahrpup too.
It works for me.
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Thanks for this one! One advantage LibreOffice does have over Apache in my experience though is that it has more options for formatting text; you can change the case of a word to all small letters, all capital letters, toggle the case of all the letters in the word or have an initial capital letter and the rest small. In Open Office (including Apache) all you can basically do once you've selected a word is change its letters to upper or lower case.
[EDIT; the latest version of Apache OpenOffice, 4.1.5, does have Libreoffice-style case change options.]
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If you thought dropping Snooki was weird, you haven't seen the rest of America. Some cities drop really weird things on New Years Eve. How weird? How about bologna, sausage, a drag queen, a bag of chips and a possum?
If you're from any of these cities, well, congratulations for surviving the weirdness around you:
• Giant Pickle - Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
• Pinecone - Flagstaff, Arizona
• Drag Queen - Key West, Florida
• Peep candy - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Giant Sausage - Elmore, Ohio
• Captain Wylie the Walleye fish - Port Clinton, Ohio
• Giant Cheese - Plymouth, Wisconsin
• 150 pound stick of bologna - Lebanon, Pennsylvania
• Giant Peach - Atlanta, Georgia
• Giant Acorn - Raleigh, North Carolina
• Bag of Chips - Lewistown, Pennsylvania
• Wrench - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
• Possum - Brasstown, North Carolina
• Possum - Tallapoosa, Georgia
How is it possible that two different cities drop possums? Possums are disgusting creatures! Anyway, here's a few of these wonky celebrations in pictures:
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On the eve of a bad-news budget in Alberta, the Conference Board of Canada is calling for a provincial sales tax in the holdout province.
British Columbians have suffered their own share of angst over sales taxes. An HST was introduced in 2010, then rescinded by a 2011 referendum. And on April 1 the province returns to a seven-per-cent PST and five-per-cent GST.
B.C. residents are used to paying a PST, first introduced in 1948. But Albertans aren't, and the very idea of adopting one surely is off-putting.
It would spell capitulation in a province that has long and proudly touted its PST-free status.
And as long as Alberta is PST free, there is something to strive for — a hope that with a bit of good fortune, other provinces might pull off a similar feat.
But, it appears, the PST is a necessary evil for everyone.
The Ottawa-based Conference Board recently released a paper arguing that "Alberta needs to rethink its fiscal model; a sales tax would bring more stability to government revenues."
The research group suggests a five-per-cent PST, to address a provincial deficit between $3.5 billion and $4 billion.
Alberta's budget is to be tabled on Thursday.
While there is no certainty that Premier Alison Redford will take the advice, a growing number of economists believe an Alberta PST makes sense.
Problematically, Alberta relies on a perennially boom-and-bust oil and gas sector for 30 per cent of provincial revenues.
Redford has acknowledged a need for greater economic diversification.
Alberta's oil trades now at a $25 to $35 discount, a situation bound to persist until more pipelines are built. Alas, the fate of such pipelines "remains cloudy."
B.C.'s economy is much more varied, with no single sector dominating. For example, natural gas royalties account for 0.6 per cent of provincial revenues.
Many argue an even bigger problem for Alberta is excessive spending. But then, it consistently has had to integrate a tide of new residents.
The Conference Board says, as an alternative to a PST, Alberta could boost its 10-per-cent corporate tax rate. But the government probably would be loathe to relinquish a competitive advantage in this area.
B.C., with a balanced budget projected for the coming year, just announced a corporate tax hike, to 11 per cent, as of 2014.
The Conference Board paper asserts, if anyone in the Canada can afford a PST, it's Albertans.
According to a 2011 report by TD Bank economists, Albertans save 16.4 per cent of their incomes, compared to the minus-4.2 savings rate of British Columbians — the worst in Canada.
The average savings rate across Canada is 3.9 per cent.
The Conference Board says an Alberta PST would be "a matter of today's generation paying their fair share for the government goods and services they currently consume."
It slams a succession of Alberta governments for neglecting payments to a provincial Heritage Fund, created in 1976 to squirrel away 30 per cent of oil and gas revenues.
Had the fund consistently saved such amounts, the $16.1 billion fund today would contain $100 billion.
The Conference Board points to B.C.'s newly announced Prosperity Fund, similarly designed to share benefits of non-renewable resources with future generations.
It will be interesting to see if governments in Victoria will be any more disciplined about ferreting away cash for the B.C. fund.
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Deerfield police, fire urge voters to approve new building
Officials say current building creates safety hazards
Deerfield officials are hoping voters next week will approve funds for a new safety complex that will house police, fire, EMS and animal control in one building.
Police Chief Michael Greeley said the police and fire departments can no longer work efficiently, and the current working conditions pose safety risks.
Housed in an old school, the Deerfield Police Department works under unusual constraints. Prisoners have to be taken past regular town offices to use the restroom.
"People are in here trying pay their bills and do their business, and we are bringing prisoners through here to try and get to the restroom," Greeley said.
The chief worries that if a prisoner wants to cause a problem, people in the public could be at risk. The plan for the new building would include a restroom in the booking room, something that isn't possible in the small room police now have to process prisoners.
"When we bring a prisoner in to book them, we have them sit in this chair, which is connected to the wall by a chain," Greeley said. "If they are really a problem, we handcuff them to a ring."
With room partitions that don't go all the way to the ceiling, it's impossible to have a private conversation. Federal rules require police to keep juveniles away from arrested adults, but Greeley said in the current building, there's only one way to get privacy.
"I technically have to take them out into the parking lot and walk up and down the parking lot to talk to a person so people can't hear that conversation," he said.
Police and fire officials have been pushing for a new safety complex for years. It would be built off Route 107.
The proposal lost by 27 votes in 2004. This year, police said they hope voters see the need for the $2.4 million project.
A meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Town Hall to discuss the plans with residents.


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Online shopping can be a sweet experience for many people, but it's not for everybody. For example, when shopping online for apparel and accessories you can eliminate the hassle of driving to the mall, fighting for a parking spot, walking through crowded stores, and waiting on long lines.
Of course when buying apparel and accessories over the Internet you can't touch, feel, or try it on, and this can be problematic for some people. However, most Internet retailers allow customers to make returns, so you won't be stuck if the item doesn't fit. A few years ago I purchased a sweater online that didn't fit, so I gave it to a friend as a Christmas gift. As it turned out, the sweater fit him perfectly and he thought it was a cool gift! Thus, if your purchasing apparel and accessories over the Internet and it doesn't work out, you have the option of converting it into a gift.
In the past if you wanted a new credit card you had to mail an application and wait up to sixty days to get your card, or rejection letter in some cases. Today online shopping for credit cards is easy as clicking a mouse.
I always like applying for credit cards online because the application process is quick and simple, plus you'll know within seconds if the application is approved or declined. If you are approved expect to receive your new card within two-weeks. Of course when applying for a credit card online you must submit sensitive information over the Internet, such as your Social Security Card number. This can be extremely unnerving for many people, but don't despair, credit card company's use sophisticated security measure to keep your information safe form hackers.
If your in the market for computers and electronics you can save time and money by shopping online. For instance, when I was ready to buy my first computer I went to a popular computer and electronic store in my local area. I was expecting good service and expert advice, but instead got poor service and an overly aggressive sales clerk trying to sell me an expensive computer. Plus he tried to sell me protection on the computer which I didn't want.
After searching all day for a computer I had a headache, so I took an aspirin and drove to a nearby cyber cafe, and looked for a computer online. It took only a hour to find an affordable computer, and within three weeks it was delivered by UPS. If your going to buy computers and electronics online you need to be patient because delivery is sometimes slow, like in my case I had to wait almost three weeks. However, if your like most people and want your product ASAP you can always get express delivery.
When the Christmas or holiday season approaches, online shopping can be a great place to find unique gift items. For example gift baskets with a variety of meats, cheeses and crackers always makes for a delicious holiday present. However, if your shopping for that special someone who enjoys gourmet coffee, an espresso frothing machine might be the winning ticket.
If browsing the Internet for sports and fitness items, then the Internet is an excellent place to look. For instance, specialty items such as fan fare sports apparel, horse equipment, or specialty golf clubs, can be difficult items to find at your local mall. However, over the Internet it's easy as clicking a mouse!
Shopping over the Internet is a unique experience many people enjoy, and with the Internet still growing rapidly it looks like online shopping is here to stay.


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The weather in Singapore is hot and sunny. It is also a very multi-racial and multi-cultural place to live. At home we speak English but I am learning to speak Tamil, my favorite school subject.
I love to play hide and seek with friends; it's when one person closes his/her eyes, counts to twenty and then tries to find their friend who is hiding. I also like to play board games, play the piano and play with my younger brother.
My favorite type of music is Tamil songs, my favorite sport is cycling and my favorite book is Cinderella.


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Bokeo, LaosKirsty Turner
Most people travel to Bokeo to visit the Bokeo Nature Reserve, which is managed by The Gibbon Experience. Visitors to the reserve have the unique opportunity to stay in tree-top accommodation and observe the beautiful black crested gibbons in one of their last remaining habitats in the world. Visitors can also trek through the forest along the picturesque Nam Nga River.
Bokeo is home to 34 of Laos' ethnic groups, with the largest being the Akha. These ethnic groups each follow their own individual traditional cultural practices. There are more than 450 villages in Bokeo to explore and trekking through the countryside can be a very rewarding experience.
Take a walk to the Chomkao Manilat temple and climb the steep flight of steps to the very top witness stunning panoramic views over Houy Xay city, the Mekong River and surrounding mountains and countryside.
Also known as 'the Land of Sapphires', panning for gold and mining precious stones is still a profitable job in Bokeo and you can witness this and perhaps pick up a bargain or two in the picturesque village of Ban Nam Khok.
A boat trip is a very relaxing and pretty way to explore Bokeo and it easy to arrange trips upstream from Houixay, stopping off at traditional villages such as Ban Namkeung Kout, Ban Namkeung Mai and Ban Done Deng on the way through the province.
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When I was in medical school we learnt about the significance of iodine deficiency, especially for women who are planning a pregnancy or who are pregnant. The concern is that iodine deficiency can predispose the new born baby to severe nervous system problems. Since everyone I know grew up eating table salt, which is iodized, inadequate iodine intake has never been a major an issue until more recently.
In the last few years, sea salt, which is not iodized, has become more widely used and has replaced table salt for cooking in many restaurants and households. These days, even in ready-made or fast foods, iodine-fortified table salt is seldom used in cooking. This is because sea salt has been marketed as more natural and healthier than table salt; however, in reality sea salt and table salt actually have the same amount of sodium chloride; and both are processed salts (except for unrefined organic sea salt of course!). So, why do we love sea salt if it's chemically almost the same as table salt (apart from not being fortified with iodine)? Sea salt has a coarser texture and a more pleasant taste than table salt. For cooks and chefs, kosher salt (also not iodized) is also a favorite because it's lighter and less grainy than regular table salt.
Whilst iodine deficiency is still relatively uncommon in the United States, research has shown that average levels of intake have been steadily decreasing over the past few years.
Because sea salt generally lacks high amounts of iodine, I always recommend my clients have their iodine levels checked, especially if they are planning a pregnancy. Furthermore, because most of us are consuming sea salt, I recommend considering supplemental iodine, which can be found in some multivitamins.
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After the grizzly: endangered species and the politics of place in California.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Thoroughly researched, this book traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to view the fates..... More


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Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (B)
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Date Written: January 3, 2012
Dr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete autonomy over their research. Center leaders are required to develop a business plan, adhere to agreed-upon performance metrics, and undergo regular progress reviews conducted by a peer-led oversight committee. In the "A" case, the Center for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a new but crucial center in the program, had failed to meet almost all of its objectives in the first year, and a heated dispute between two faculty members in the center had complicated matters significantly. The "B" case outlines the decisions Rollins took in terms of leadership and other strategic matters, and shows how the Center is performing a year after its initial disappointing progress.
Learning Objective: To examine the challenges of transitioning knowledge workers from highly individualistic work toward collaboration. More generally, to highlight the need for addressing employees' personal motivations within any organizational change effort. These issues are particularly germane to professional service firms, where personnel are highly motivated by a sense of personal achievement and professional autonomy, and where leaders' ability to dictate change is constrained by institutional elements like strong cultures and traditional career paths. Neither providing resources and incentives, nor relying strictly on performance management, is adequate for promoting collaboration in this environment; leaders need to take a systemic approach to change by focusing on both the content and process of change. The case also has elements of negotiation and conflict mediation.
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Amber Fuji (Ai in japanese) is the deceased daughter of Professor Fuji. She appeared in "The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin" which was featured on Mewtwo Returns but originally was supposed to act as the beginning sequence to Mewtwo Strikes Back but was removed because of it's dark themes.
Mewtwo who befriended her was taught by her about life and how she was a clone like him along with three other Pokémon. Sadly Amber's clone along with the three other Pokémon had a sudden malfunction and vanished leaving the small Mewtwo alone and angry. In an attempt to stop his outrage, Professor Fuji ordered his team to erase all of Mewtwo's memories of Amber and the three clone Pokémon.
Later in the Movie Mewtwo strikes back, it was seen that Mewtwo had a Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur which had similar patterns of the Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur which had vanished along with Amber. This is to be belived as an act of resemblence and memories of what happened when Amber had been alive, showing that he does have some recollection to their relationship


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For decades we've been eating up genetically engineered foods, we just didn't know we were doing it!
GMO's line grocery store shelves, but you wouldn't know it by the label. And even though there's no solid scientific research proving GMO's are harmful, 90 percent of Americans want them to be labeled.
But the labeling battle is not just about GMO's. Consumer Kim Asmus says she's even concerned about what her children are drinking.
"I already am a little questionable when it comes to dairy," Asmus said.
The dairy industry wants to change how artificial sweetener is labeled on products like milk and yogurt. The FDA is reviewing a proposal that would allow flavored milk with artificial sweetener to simply be labeled "milk" as opposed to "reduced calorie chocolate milk," which is the way you see on store shelves now.
Dairy manufacturers would still like to list artificial sweeteners on the backside of the container, in small print. But Registered Dietitian Karen Ansel says that type of labeling is not as forthcoming as it could be.
"That's a pretty big change," Ansel said. "You're not going to get that shout out on the cover that tells you that the milk has been changed."
Ansel believes the verdict is still out on artificial sweeteners and their effects on health. If you want flavored milk, Ansel suggests sweetening it the old fashioned way with chocolate syrup. She says you can control sugar intake more that way.
But for Asmus, she's going to buy local and know exactly what she's eating.
"Once you start, again, chemically altering things, using artificial sweeteners and stuff, I probably would stay away from it," Asmus said.
If the FDA approves the dairy industry's proposal, labels wouldn't change immediately. Experts say that could take years. For now, it may be a reminder to take a closer look labels and know what's inside and what's not.


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First one is " Write a program that reads an integer and prints whether it is negative, zero or positive"
Second is "Write a program that displays the dimensions of a letter-size(8.5x11 inches) sheet of paper in millimeters. There are 25.4 millimeters per inch. Use constants and comments in your program.


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Old Town Pasadena Drinking at PUNCH
While 1886 Bar is one of my favorite bars in the LA area, there wasn't many other options for cocktails in Pasadena. That is, until recently. Now, you can get pretty good drinks at Trattoria Neapolis, though they've gone through some staff changes lately. One of the latest entrants is PUNCH Bar (it's been a while now since they've opened), headed by Robin Chopra and Darwin Manahan, who are also manning the bar at Corazon Y Miel.


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In the world of Croissant Man an ever widening divide between the snooty upper crust and the rest of the population has led to…tension. It is here we find our hero distraught and disenfranchised with the opulent bourgeois life he leads. But what can he do? Perhaps therapy will help, or maybe it's just best to wallow in his vices. Without direction our hero is lost and confused, even the solace he used to find in his favorite cheesy TV drama is lost in a fog of dismay. He has no "fillings". Life is meaningless! But Lo, what is this? This vision, this inspiration…who is she? She brings hope and meaning, she inspires our hero to take a stand for the innocent, to fight for the rights of the oppressed… Continue reading
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As of May 31, the U.S. ETF industry has more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management comprising 1,251 funds, growing by $75 billion since the end of 2011, for asset growth of 7.1%, State Street Global Advisors announced this week.
Amid signs the low interest rate environment will continue, U.S. exchange-traded funds saw more than $60 billion of inflows in the first five months of 2012, with dividend/fundamental ETFs the most popular category, as in 2011. Investors so far in 2012 have added $8.9 billion of inflows to dividend/fundamentals.
In addition, a total of 17 different providers launched 100 new funds, wrote State Street Global Advisors strategist David Mazza of SPDR ETF Strategy & Consulting, in his report, 2012 ETF & Investment Outlook: Sinking or Swimming?
"With one new entrant into the market, ETFs are now offered by 37 fund providers," Mazza wrote. "Similar to years past, the top three (Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard) control over 83% of the market. Two SPDR ETFs, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), remain the world's largest funds."
Market participants continue to seek alternative sources of yield as major central banks around the world have signaled that they will maintain low interest rates into the foreseeable future, Mazza said. "They also increased their exposure to credit/corporate, government credit and high-yield bond ETFs," he wrote.
In sharp contrast to 2011, the credit/corporate and high-yield segments within fixed income were the second and fourth most popular ETF categories. Last year, emerging markets were the most favored segment of the ETF market in the first quarter.
"This highlights the acute reversal in market sentiment exhibited over the first three months of this year," Mazza said. "However, emerging markets experienced $4 billion of outflows in the more risk-averse months of April and May, muting the overall gains for 2012."
Read ETP Assets Hit $1.2 Trillion by ETFGuide.com's Ron DeLegge at AdvisorOne.


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Filmmaker Sajid Khan says recreating legendary Kishore Kumar's song Naino mein sapna for his Himmatwala remake project was like being part of history. The new version is sung by the late singer's son, Amit Kumar.
Music directors Sajid-Wajid have recreated the music of the chartbuster, keeping in sync with today's music. Melodious Shreya Ghoshal has lent her voice for the female part of the number.
"Re-recording Naino mein sapna for me was like being a part of history. Never before has a son sung the same song in the same style which was rendered by his father 30 years ago," Sajid said in a statement.
"When Amit Kumar started singing Kishoreda's lines, it was almost like Kishoreda had come alive to sing the song for us. There was only one Kishore Kumar and there will be only one Amit Kumar," said the director.
The new version is shot on Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah, while director K Raghavendra Rao had shot the original on Jeetendra and Sridevi for his 1983 hit.


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Scrolling shooting action is the key ingredient of the Gunbird series. In the classic arcade genre it is on the top rungs of the ladder. Blazing action and blistering pace make this more of a gunfire inferno than a stroll down memory lane.
The special edition features two instalments of this retro title. The first expedition sees the five adventurers ready to do everything in their power to obtain the Atlers Mirror, an item with the power to grant any wish to its bearer. The second carnage ridden mission sees the same determined stalwarts in a quest for the Holy Elixir.
Various storylines unfold based upon your character combinations, resulting in a whopping 60 alternate endings. In addition the game is fully customizable in terms of duration, level, difficulty and number of rounds. Plus a two player option doubles the dosage of destruction you be dishing out.
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Welcome one and all to the latest Episode of the Spotlight. Take a tour of the best and brightest on offer in the Level Showcases over the past fortnight in the hands of your trusty (!) tour guides, the Spotlight Crew
...byPublished on 11-10-2013 07:45 PM
Welcome to another Episode of the Community Spotlight. The Vita and Karting showcases have been a little quiet but there are still some honourable mentions that are more than worth a look and we have some truly awesome LBP2 levels for you to get stuck into. So if youre still in the mood for a little Halloween fun or fancy trying your hand at some of the very best platforming and topdown shooter action LBP has to offer get queuing these levels.
Just a note to say that, in the interests of fairness, any LBPC Eye Candy levels that have been posted in the Showcase wont be considered by the Spotlight Crew until after the results of the Contest have been announced (too many contest judges also wearing judges hats...and very fetching they look too, especially bio :P)
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...byPublished on 10-27-2013 06:15 PM
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes well, the latest Episode of the Spotlight is here at any rate :P This fortnights Episode is suitably packed with chills, thrills and midnight revelries. The nights are drawing in now, so light the fire, grab a cocoa and get playing some of these awesome levels.
Sadly, there is no Karting Spotlight and we cant even blame the squirrels this time. Its simply that no levels were posted in the Karting Showcase in the past 2 weeks.
Without further ado on with the Spotlight! ...byPublished on 10-13-2013 08:58 PM
Welcome everyone to the latest Episode of the Spotlight, full of levels for you to sink your sacky socks into! Thank you to all of the creators who keep on producing levels of such great quality, despite the powerful allure of "other games"! We are in your debt!
For anyone who has not already heard the news on Twitter we are proud to announce that three more recent members of the Spotlight Crew have been awarded Crowns. So congratulations to fireblitz95, WESFUN and L-I-M-I on their shiny new headgear and a big thank you to StevenI for his continuing support! We owe all three of them so much for all their hard work over the last year and Deadmn too, who would have been given a Crown as well, if he had not gone and won himself one in the meantime :P
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Merging With the Shadows
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There are some creators who, while brilliant, investigate every possibility within the realm of creation. There is no focus, no strong point, merely experimentation. There are others, however, who find their niche and continually improve upon it, exploring within that single realm of possibility and stretching its boundaries ever outwards, until they are satisfied.
Of course, creators being the strange creatures that we are, we are never satisfied.
Notorious is one of these creators. On playing his levels, it wont take much for you to discover what his passion is. The style of these levels screams out the name of their creator. Thats not to say that his library is limited in any way. Quite the opposite in fact, as Notorious pushes the boundaries of what can be done with the tools in LittleBigPlanet. ...byPublished on 09-29-2013 08:25 PM
Welcome everyone to the latest episode of the Spotlight. It may not be the biggest Spotlight ever...due no doubt to other distractions lately (Im looking at you, GTA V) but it still has some cracking levels for you to get your teeth into. So take a break from the streets of Los Santos and check out the latest and greatest offerings from the Level Showcases here. Many thanks to all the creators who keep producing levels of this quality.
...byPublished on 09-14-2013 09:33 PM
Welcome everyone to Episode 120 of the Spotlight filled with the latest and greatest offerings from the Level Showcase. We have challenging platforming in both the PS3 and Vita spotlights, plus extreme bouncing and two ball related games which will have your left and right brains in tangled knots before youre finished. So queue these up, get playing and chase away those end of summer blues. Be sure to check out the nods too, as there are some real gems in those lists.
We are very happy to announce that hyperdude95 has joined the Spotlight Crew to help out mainly on the PS3 side but hes so keen that hes already got stuck into Vita and Karting too putting the rest of us veterans to shame
Without further ado, on with the Spotlight: ...byPublished on 09-01-2013 09:02 PM
Welcome one and all to the latest Episode of the Spotlight. There are some genuinely brilliant levels here for you to play and treasure and blame for your smashing your controller against the wall! Thanks to all the creators who keep on producing this amount of awesomeness! Please do check out the levels in the honorable mentions section too. There are some really excellent levels in there that deserve your plays too.
We must say also farewell to stryder12 who joins WESFUN in going off to college this Autumn. We thank him for all his efforts in the past and wish him luck with his future! ...byPublished on 08-18-2013 07:32 PM
Welcome one and all to the latest Episode of the Spotlight featuring yet more witty, wonderful and
woolly, wobbly, erm...warm-hearted...? (bother alliteration!) levels for your playing pleasure.
We have a few notices too. Some good news and some bad. The good news is that WESFUN will be taking a break from spotlighti...ooops thats the bad news! :P Yes, WES is off to school in September and needs to focus on his studies. So best of luck to him with that and a big thank you for everything hes done and for all the laughs. The good news is that fireblitz95 will be moving over to help out on the PS3 and Vita spotlights in his place.
There is no Karting Spotlight this Episode. Not due to any untoward squirrel activity for once but sadly due to the very low number of tracks posted in the Showcase. Fingers crossed that things pick up there in future and that we will have another Karting Spotlight for you next time.
Finally, we're experimenting with ways of making it easier for those reading the Spotlight on the Front Page to access the Vita spotlight. See the link below and let us know if it works/helps! If it does work we may move the link to a more prominent position.
Without further ado, on with the Spotlight: ...byPublished on 08-04-2013 10:54 PM
Welcome everyone to the latest and greatest Episode of the Community Spotlight. It features the very best levels from the Level Showcases over the past fortnight, all freshly picked and frozen within hours to retain their freshness well kinda. Also, we can't let this moment pass without saying congratulations lordwarblade who has a spotlighted level in both the PS3 and VITA Spotlights at the same time. We reckon that's a first!
As a side note, any LBPC11 Contest entries posted in the Showcase have not been included but will be considered for a spotlight when the results of the Contest have been announced.
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The inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team (Damon) to help unite their country.
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
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