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« Réponse #495 le: Décembre 17, 2024, 04:04:18 am »
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 For the first time since her twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, were cited for underage drinking, first lady Laura Bush has spoken out on the subject. In an exclusive interview with CBS News White House Correspondent Bill Plante, Mrs. Bush said there s been too much coverage of the 19-year-olds  run-ins with the law. They re doing great,  she declared.  They re great girls. They re really terrific girls.  I think every parent of a teenager understands exactly what George and I think right now,  she said, and says what they say to their children is  totally private. That s just something that s between us and them, and I think people in America under stanley polska stand that. The first lady refused to comment on the issue of whether 19-year-olds who stanley uk  can drive, vote and fight in wars should be able to have a drink.        She has said that politics is tough on families.ReutersThe president and first lady on the European trip together But I also think politics give families a chance to be together,  she said.  I think the closest George and I ever are is during the middle of a political race because we know we can count on each other, and we find a lot of refuge in our relationship with each other. She admits she was surprised by the attention people pay to how she dresses, her stanley cups uk  hairstyle and other seemingly-unimportant matters, even though her mother-in-law was also a first lady. I didn t really expect people to talk a lot about how I wore my hair or how I dress. So I ll admit it, I m paying a Jwht Vampire Diaries shows how to conquer your grief: embrace absurdity
 Watson was always going to be more than just a successful game show contestant. Now, the computer is about to take on anything and everything, as it opens itself up to the public on the cloud.     https://gizmodo/supercomputer-genius-watson-is-headed-for-the-cloud-5945782 IBM has announced that its supercomputer will be opened up to developers in 2014, using a new, open API that will allow people to write code which can directly take advantage of Watson  stanley cup becher   natural language abilities. Developers will be able to ping Watson complex strings of questions and get answers in real time. It   not the first time I cups stanley BM has thought about putting Watson on the cloud, but it is the first time the developers will have had  virtually  free reign over the way the computer is used. You ;ll still need to contract an instance of Watson from IBM, but that   pretty much it. https://gizmodo/supercomputer-genius-watson-is-headed-for-the-cloud-5945782 According to IBM, the API itself is pretty straightforward. Questions can easily be sent to Watson, processed with natural language algorithms, and sent back with links to relevant content from the supercomputer   database. Three partners already have contracts which will use the API, including one which will, err, bring a Watson-powered personal-shopp stanley spain ing feature to The North Face   website. Guys, I think we can stretch him further. Get on it. [Computerworld]                                                        codingW

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« Réponse #496 le: Décembre 17, 2024, 08:47:08 am »
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 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A feder stanley cup uk al audit has found that the U.S. Virgin Islands government mismanaged more than $6 million in public funds at a time it is struggling with financial problems.The report released this week by the federal and local Office of the Inspector General accuses the government of exposing public funds to possible fraud, waste and mismanagement. The unregulated administration of public funds has led to a culture of almost no accountability or transparency,  said the auditors, who focused on financial transactions from 2005 to 2010 on the U.S. Caribbean territory of about 100,000 people. A previous audit performed in December 2000 found similar problems.The auditors said several unidentified senators received thousands of dollars in cash advances for travel without ever submitting receipts or expense reports. One senator received nearly $ stanley quencher 100,000 to pay the Danish National Archives for a research project, but a portion of the money later appeared in an offshore bank account he owns, the audit found.Auditors also found that the government awarded $1.5 million in bonuses that were not based on performance or any other criteria. They also said the government regularly overpaid contractors, who were often chosen without competitive bidding.        It is unclear if the report will lead to criminal investigations of any off stanley becher icials it mentions. Government spokesman Jean Greaux said Saturday that Gov. John de Jongh had no comment on the audit.The report has caused an Nzoc Tell Us Your Best Trade Secret
 Now that Marvel has shown h stanley quencher ow to make a massive but unified cinematic superhero universe, everybody wants to get in the game. While Sony is ready to churn out Spider-Man movies and spin-offs, Fox is finally ready to do the same with X-Men. First on their wishlist  Solo films for Mystique, Gambit and Deadpool.     Here   X-producer Lauren Shuler Donner, speaking with Entertainment Weekly: There was a regime [at the studio] that didn ;t see the worth in [spin-offs], and the current people who run Fox understand, embrace it, and we ;re going to do right by it. I ;d like to do Gambit. I ;d like to do Deadpool. We ;ll see. There   a lot of really great characters. With shapeshifter Mystique  Jennifer Lawrence  taking a pivotal role in Past   plot, Donner says she ;d be interested in taking that character into a solo film. First of all, if you have the opportunity to make any superhero film right now, you do it. That   mone stanley cup y in the bank. If one of those superheroes can be played by Jennifer Lawrence, thatt   even better. Second, it   hilarious that the old Fox regime didn ;t see the potential in X-Men spin-offs beyond Wolverine, but then again, they also thought this was a good idea, so it   also kin stanley mug d of amazing they didn ;t drown while taking a shower.                                                        DeadpoolMoviesX-Men

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« Réponse #497 le: Décembre 17, 2024, 09:18:56 pm »
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 U.S. special forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda, hoping to strengthen a key front-line force as violence surg stanley cup es on both sides of the border with Afghanistan.The sensitive mission puts rare American boots on the ground in a key theater in the war against extremist groups, but it risks fanning anti-U.S. sentiment among Pakistani Muslims already angry over suspected CIA miss stanley cup ile attacks on militants in the same frontier region. The American special forces failed in Afghanistan and Iraq,  said Ameerul Azim, an official in the hard-line Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami.  Those who failed everywhere cannot train our people. Despite such complaints, the training program comes as some tribes in the frontier zone are setting up militias to help the Pakistani government co stanley cup mbat extremist movements. The new forces have been compared to the Sunni Arab militias in Iraq that helped beat back the insurgency there.Still, the U.S. training program is reportedly smaller than originally proposed and was delayed, apparently reflecting misgivings in Pakistan s government about allowing U.S. troops on its territory.        Its start has not been officially announced, but a Pakistani military officer and a U.S. defense official told The Associated Press that two to three dozen trainers arrived earlier this month.The Pakistani said the Americans had already begun training senior personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps at an undisclosed loca Lljx China   s Newest Knockoff Predator Drone Takes to the Skies
 Ever since the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy, we ;v stanley shop e been yearning to buy a dancing Groot figure. Now we ;re one  very small  step closer to having a little Groot of our own.     https://vine.co/v/MVIEW957ZFj/embed/simple emb stanley cup ed Patric stanley mug k Delehantymade this Groot toy and debuted it at Stockton-Con. We think it   just great. Also maybe Groot is the new Let It Go of the internet. [via Mary Sue]                                                        ComicsMarvelMoviesToys

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« Réponse #498 le: Décembre 18, 2024, 03:44:10 am »
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 This holiday season, expect more brake lights on the highways and more passenger screening at airports. The good news: Your tweezers and nail clippers can fly with you.More than 51 million motorists are predicted to hit the roads this season, a 1.7 percent increase from last year, despite higher gas prices, according to the American Automobile Association. Gas prices are actually 40 cents higher than they were this time last year,  stanley cups uk  AAA s Mantel Williams said on CBS News  The Early Show, but they re actually 85 cents cheaper than what we saw Sept. 5 when we were looking at $3 a gallon. That is a welcome early Christmas for motorists. Williams doesn t expect to see the sort of congestion that occurs with Thanksgiving, though. Travel is usually spread out throughout the two weeks, so you won t see the kind of congestion that you see during Thanksgiving,  he told co-anchor Russ Mitchell.        In many states, like Massachusetts, police will crack down on holiday drunks behind the wheel, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann. We re going to make it stanley website  personal when we try to enforce these laws during this holiday season,  said a state police spokesman.Those who skip the roads in favor of flying also will face stepped-up random screenings at airport checkpoints, a security measure meant to dissuade terrorists. Doing this is a way of adding unpredictability to the screening process in order to deter terrorist stanley cup  attacks,  Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Jennif Dhdw Fire Crews  Turn Corner  Against CA Blazes
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« Réponse #499 le: Décembre 18, 2024, 07:39:01 am »
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 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is taking on a variety of causes beyond his company.Zuckerberg sat down with CBS News  Ben Tracy Thursday night,the same night as the Breakthrough Prizes, which honor scientists and their medical research. Each one is worth $3million - the richest prize in science. They are funded by titans of tech, includingGo stanley cup ogle founder Ser stanley mug gey Brin and Zuckerberg.Zuckerberg said the goalof th stanley us e prizes is to  make the point that scientists are heroes and shouldbe recognized as heroes in our society. With Facebook stockdoubling recently, Forbes estimates the 29-year-old s net worth is now $24billion. In 2012, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the secondbiggest charitable givers in the United States, donating $498.8 million. Only WarrenBuffett gave away more money, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.        The face of Facebook isincreasingly swapping his high-profile hoodie for a suit and tie, launching apolitical advocacy group pushing for immigration reform.Zuckerberg said,  It stoo big of a moral issue for our country, so I m just gonna put my neck outthere and push for it because I think it s the right thing to do. Facebook has been stung bycriticism that the National Security Agency has accessed its users  data, sothis week Zuckerberg joined other tech firms in writing an open letter tolawmakers, calling for the U.S. to  take the lead and make reforms thatensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted bylaw.  Zucker Bpto Real Networks Is Back To Whip Your Home Movie Collection Into Shape
 The USNS Fall River, the fourth vessel in the US Navy   new Spearhead-class of high-speed, shallow-draft transport catamarans launched for the first time over the weekend. This multi-function catamaran will transport cargo and up to a battalion of troops between ports.     The Fall River measures 338 feet long and weighs just over 1,500 tons. Its four diesel engines provide the catamaran with enough power to propel the ship up to 45 knots. This will provide the Navy with the ability to easily and rapidly transfer troops and supplies between established posit stanley thermobecher ions鈥攅ven in the absence of any existing infrastructure鈥攖o better support the simultaneous, decentralized battles and campaigns Navy Expeditionary Combat Command anticipates dealing with in coming years. The Fall River can hold between a company stanley quencher   around 130 troops  and a battalion  312 troops , in addition to its 41 sailor crew, depending on how many small- and medium-sized combat vehicles will be carried. It also includes a landing pad capable of handling a V-22 Osprey. Incredibly, even with a full load, the Fall River   draft is less than 15 feet鈥攁llowing it to operate in offshore shallows and in rivers. It is also capable of assisting in peacetime and disaster relief operations. Thr stanley cup quencher ee such Joint High Speed Vessels have already been built by naval defense contractor Austal as part of a $1.6 billion, 10-ship contract, and are moored in the Mobile River in Alabama. They share some 70 percent of their design wit

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« Réponse #500 le: Décembre 18, 2024, 07:49:49 am »
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 The weather outside was frightful from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., on Monday, with last-minute holiday shoppers shivering and stranded travelers hoping for the best as Christma stanley cup s rapidly approached.The little town of Eustis, Maine, got nearly 3frac12; feet of snow.In Marysville, Wash., north of Seattle, heavy snow collapsed part of the roof Monday at the Whitley Evergreen factory, which makes modular buildings. No one was injured, but inspectors were dispatched to make sure other buildings in the business park were safe.The 14.5-inch snowfall Sunday in Portland, Maine, surpassed the old record for Dec. 21 of 12.4 inches, set in 1933.Residents of Fitchburg, Mass., may have been hit hardest, CBS News Weather Anchor Dave  stanley cupe Price reports. People there woke up to mo stanley cup re snow this morning and another day without power, after an ice storm knocked out electricity 11 days ago.         You couldn t get more frustrated than me,  says Joan Marie Joyce who s lived here for three decades.  This is the worse I ever had. Across much of the West, from Washington state to Arizona, a brutal storm has now covered the region in as much as 29 inches of snow. Blizzard-like conditions, which are rare in places like Seattle forced workers to carefully remove snow and icicles from the Space Needle.  To the south, a total of 11 to 13 inches in Portland, Ore., was the biggest snowfall since January 1980. Depending on how much more fell Monday as the snow trailed off, the storm could rank as one of t Ynst A Beautiful Illustration Of How Gravitational Lensing Works
 This blurry abstract painting is the mashup of 100 of th stanley termosy e most popular Hubble Space Telescope images, made by Michael West of the Maria Mitchell Observatory. [The] Hubble   top 100 images were downloaded and resized to identical pixel dimensions. At each point the 100 pixel values were arr stanley mug anged from lowest to highest, and the middle or medianvalue was chosen for the final image. The combined image results in a visual abstraction鈥攍ight from across the Universe surrounded by darkness.  SPLOID is a  stanley quencher new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook