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Folding Dining Table
The folding sides of this rustic dining table make it ideal for a small eating area. With the sides down, it measures 23 inches and seats two people; with the sides extended it measures 47 x 47 and seats four very comfortably. It can also be tucked along a wall at the ready for extra table space when needed. The four sturdy legs define the space and give it stability. This table would not be complete without the chairs! Any of our fine rustic chairs will match this table perfectly. Expertly hand-crafted in Mexico.
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This charming rustic furniture piece has been produced with care using new, kiln-dried ponderosa pine. It is finished with a rich, honey-colored furniture wax to bring the wood grain to life. All iron and hardware is hand-forged with a distressed, rust-colored finish. Every piece is 100% solid wood (no laminates, particle board, or veneers), carries a one-year warranty, and unlike other on-line stores we try to keep all items in constant stock for delivery to your home or office in just 2-3 weeks.
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I read the first two Jango Fett Open Seasons Comic but went on vacation and missed the third one. All the comic shops are sold out of it. Maybe I will buy it online form dark horse but can anyone tell me what happens in the 3rd issue? I know jango fights the jedi. Is there any place online that i can read the comic?
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Marvel Professional 15" Wine Cellar w/ Black Cabinet and Locking Glass Door - Black/Stainless Steel
Store your wine collection at the perfect temperature when you use the Marvel Professional 15 Inch Wine Cellar with Black Cabinet and Locking Glass Door (MPRO3WCM-BS-LR, MPRO3WCM-BS-LL). This slim wine cellar allows you to keep your wines cool inside your kitchen, game room, garage, or anywhere else you might want it. As a built-in unit, you can keep it flush with cabinetry and build it under the counter for easy access. With six (6) glide out wine racks featuring stainless steel fronts, this wine cellar can hold up to 24 bottles, so you can entertain your guests or keep wine chilled for that special romantic evening.
Accurate temperature controls allow you to keep the wine cellar at optimal wine chilling temperatures, whether you are storing red or white wines, and the temperature controls range from 40 to 65 degrees F. The stainless steel design gives this wine cellar a modern, professional look, while the full-length bar handle ensures that your wine cellar will be the envy of all your friends. The dual-paned glass door features a UV-resistant tint that helps to protect your wines from harsh light that can ruin the integrity of your bottles. Perfect for any wine connoisseur or collector, this cellar will protect your wines and keep them ready to serve at any time.
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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – Rock 'n' roll has taken Corinth-based rock band Saving Abel all over the world, but this weekend, it brings the guys back home.
Saving Abel – made up of lead singer Jared Weeks, guitarists Scott Bartlett and Jason Null, bass player Eric Taylor and drummer Michael McManus – hit the charts with its debut record and hit singles "Addicted" and "18 Days" in 2008. Since then, the guys have released two more records and are still road warriors, constantly playing and finding new fans.
But, as Taylor said in an interview with the Daily Journal, "Home is still Corinth."
This past summer the band even brought a bit of Hollywood to Corinth, as the group filmed the video for its single "Bringing Down the Giant" at Alcorn Central schools.
"It was really special to do it in our hometown," Taylor said.
And this Saturday's gig in Tupelo will be something like a homecoming show.
"We haven't played in our neck of the woods in a pretty good while," Taylor said. "It's definitely gonna be fun. We definitely want our friends and fans to know we haven't forgotten about them. When you tour so much, it's hard to get to places locally, so we're glad to actually come back and put on a good show for all of our local fans."
Fans can expect old favorites as well as tunes off of Saving Abel's latest record, also called "Bringing Down the Giant."
Shortly after the Tupelo gig, Saving Abel will play for military bases in Japan before the year is up. Then, 2013 should be a year full of more touring.
But before they head back out on the road, Saving Abel wants to see as many familiar faces as possible in Tupelo.
"We want to see a lot of friends, and a lot new people," Taylor said. "We wanna enjoy a good night of rock 'n' roll. We wanna give back to the community that helped us so much back in the day."
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Who: Saving Abel, Crashing Broadway, Manafest, Evolve Thru Scars
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Goodtime Charlie's, Tupelo
Cost: $18/advance, $22/doors
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Jewels of the Polish Baroque / Jaskulska, Tutti e Solo
1 CD / Dorian Recordings / 1996-04-09Works: Stanislaw Sylwester Szarzynski: Jesu spes mea, concerto for voice, 2 violins & continuo; Sonata for 2 violins & organ; Veni Sancte Spiritus, concerto for voice, 2 violins & continuo; Canzona Prima a ...
Performers: Derewecki, Mariusz; Gryn, Roman; Jaskulska, Benigna; Mlynczak-Spychala, Malgorzata; Murawski, Marcin; Ziolko, Leszek
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04-06-2013, 07:18 PM #1Junior Member Platy
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Looking ahead to when my new 29G is cycled... super hard water but I want neon tetras
Hi, I've been reading for awhile, trying to learn what to do with my first tank. We had fish when I was a little kid, but otherwise this is my first time actually doing the work myself. I finally took the *ahem* plunge and set up a brand-new tank last weekend.
So I've spent the last week arguing with my ammonia levels, trying to get my fishless cycle started, and I've finally got it sitting at 4ppm. In order not to lose my mind, I am starting to look ahead to stocking the tank (I know this could still be a month away). I have a 29G tank with the HOB filter that came in the kit (a Penguin Bio-Wheel 200) plus an airstone, a bunch of plastic plants, and a cork-bark "log" which I'm struggling to keep from floating, but that's another story. I live near the mountains and our municipal water is from a glacier- and spring-fed river. Needless to say the GH and KH are off the charts, and it's very alkaline (pH seems to be just under 8.5).
I really want neon tetras.
Yes, it's silly (I want them because we had them when I was a little kid) and no, this isn't going to work very well with my water. So my first question is, how can I bring the hardness down without spending a fortune on RO water? I've heard peat is very effective. Is there a peat product you could recommend?
Second question is friends for the tetras, assuming I can make the water hospitable. My kid really wants an African dwarf frog, but I'm sort of afraid it'll eat the tetras. We also think Tequila Sunrise guppies are very pretty. And my dad recommended I get an algae-eater, to help de-gunk the tank a bit.
As a beginner, my focus would be on relatively hardy, yet cool-looking fish. I would really appreciate your suggestions. I do want to stick with one tank for now until I know what the heck I'm doing, at least a little bit. Thanks!!
De-gunking a tank is your job, not a fish'.
Your water would work for guppies, neons are adaptable but this is stretching it considerably. In my experience peat doesn't do that much if you have a lot of buffering capacity.
How about rain water?
You don't have to spend a fortune on RO water. An RO unit can be had for around $80 and the waste water can be used for all sorts of other things.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Alright first off GOOD JOB on the fishless cycle! I assume also you have a heater keeping the tank temp up a bit? If not add one, it will go faster.
Second you dont have to worry about ph or hardness when it comes to neons, I would however recommend Cardinal tetra because they are hardier and are a bit bigger so they show up nicely.
Any guppy will be fine as well. They are peaceful community species that will perform nicely in anything over 5gallons.
On the pleco (sucker fish)... you dont need anything in a new tank to take care of alage. They dont sustain their diet on algae. In fact they are one of the few fish in the world that have a large part of their diet in consuming wood. They will eat algae but you shouldnt buy them for function as your new tank will never produce enough algae to sustain it over time.
You have a good ammount of space in that tank, and being you want color and splash I would look into the fish they provide and see how you would like to stock the tank overall.
I would personally stock a tank like yours like this:
15 Cardinal Tetra
5 All male guppys
1 Bolivian Ram
1 Honey gourami
10 Schwartz Corriadora (or whatever cory of your like)
@Talldutchie - All fish are easily addaptable and considering anything but breeding, ph and hardness should have little effect on the fishes overall viability. A simple dip or drip aclimation is sufficient if shipped and if at the store, they are on similar water supply and already adapt to the local conditions for the most part. The potential for ph swings and miscalculations by overcomplicating the ability to do water changes is a huge issue. Also with the use of rain water, in municipal areas, its got the ability to collect a lot of nasty things that can poison the fish tank. It is much easier and stable to use tap water treated with a chlorine and chloromine removing agent like Prime.
I know that's a commonly held believe. I find it to be untrue. There's a difference between surviving and thriving. Some fish are better at dealing with it than others, with some fish their kidneys fail relatively quickly in hard water.
I also think that I might as well stop mentioning this if I'm the only one who thinks it's relevant.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
04-06-2013, 07:46 PM #6Junior Member Platy
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Wow, thanks for the quick replies so far! Couple more questions:
@sandz, I've read that cardinal tetras are actually less hardy than neons? Either is fine with me for appearance (that electric blue stripe is pretty nifty).
I'd also read that neon's upper end of tolerance for pH was 8 and I'm sitting at 8.5. Similarly with hardness we seem to be above what I understood neons could tolerate. With 8 fishtanks you obviously know what you're talking about, but it's just that everything I've read so far has said the opposite, so your opinion seems too good to be true. ;)
I'm been reading a lot of positive stuff about corydoras catfish so I'll look into that some more. Thanks for your other fish suggestions too! Having a variety of species is very appealing!
Here is the reason I say neons are less hardy than cardinals:
Both fish were origionally taken from the wild. Since, the Neon has been mass produced in places like here in FLorida where I live. To my knowlege, Cardinals are still mostly wild caught. Neons for me succum to disease much much faster than cardinals in my experience. I have had cardinals in at least one tank i have owned for most of my life. Right now is the only time I am without them. I have seen no issues in my water which approaches a 9ph. I have also had neons, personally I can keep them alive for a year or so but they die off really fast. Look around this site and look over and over where people get 12 to account for losing some when they want 8-10.
I hear you and good on you for doing research. Its my personal experience that I give advice from.
Also @Talldutchie, I understand how its possible for what you are saying to be true. My personal experience has never shown me an issue like that and I have never been lower than a 7.6 on the ph scale in my life which most of that is 8.6+. I believe much more in the stability of water quality and addaptation of the fish to the water chemistry through steady aclimation. That being said, I dont disect most of my dead fish, nor do I have many of them to disect.
0My personal experience has never shown me an issue like that
IME, I've found neons a lot tougher than many people give them credit for. I had a school in my first tank for about a year and they were fantastic and very resilient against disease, even when I was making beginner mistake after mistake. I sold them to a friend and he still has them, so they'd be a year and a half old now. When I got them they were so small that some of them didn't even have their red half-bar yet.
When I tried Cardinals I lost a couple of them for what seemed like no reason, whereas I don't remember ever losing a neon, even though they were tiny babies (which were really far too small to be sold) and I was a useless fishkeeper when I bought them, haha. For all I know though, neons in NZ could be a lot less inbred and hardier than the neons you guys have though, and our Cardinals aren't wild-caught so that may be wherein the difference lies. Plus I was keeping them in a pH of about 6.6.


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I just found this link on the Gnome website, which I find very funny: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/guides/wrapper-friendly-api-guidelines/wrapper_friendly_api.html
Basically, if you want your code in Gnome to be easy to wrap, you should write C++. Maybe that is why we never had this issue in KDE.
Some more reflections about writing a wrapper for Qt/KDE or Gnome/Gtk:
- Every language has some libraries to access C code. So wrapping C code for another language is easy. Wrapping C++ is more complicated. That's why there were so many Gnome wrappers and so few KDE wrappers
- While producing a wrapper is quite easy for C, maintaining it is very burdensome, because every maintainer must add manually all the wrapping code. As gnome and gtk evolves, this turns out to be quite painful. This why many wrapper only do gtk and/or wrap old versions of Gtk or Gnome.
- While producing a wrapper for C++ is initially harder, once you have done it, you can automate most of the task. That's why KDE wrappers are quite up to date, as comparisons to Gnome's. The paper also points out why it is difficult to automate the wrapping of Gtk/Gnome widgets: because the intent of the programmer is not expressed in the language. Is this member public or protected ? Macros break everything but Macro are part of the gnome type system.
- Since KDE is written in a higher language than Gnome, there is less need to program in another easier to use language.


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I would have asked her why they were selling the skirts instead of giving them to people who needed them.
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I would have asked her why they were selling the skirts instead of giving them to people who needed them.
that one of the "employees" wanted it. I have stopped donating to anything except one non-profit place here that supports a church. If someone is really in need they are given the item, not charged for it. I donated some furniture to a mission store in a nearby town, & was told later by an employee I knew that it never made it out of the back room - the manager had it set aside for herself. I did complain about that to the b.o.d. but it did no good. I've been told that most thrift stores are like that - first pic (& the best items go to those who work there), usually at no cost.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure that was happening at the Goodwill store near where we live. We would take boxes of clothes and household items and even some furniture to donate. I have never seen any of it put out on the sales floor. I refuse to donate anything to Goodwill any more. I donate to Community Services. They let people come in and pick out what they need and don't charge them anything. There is also a local church that has a clothing closet.
That is such a crock! In our throw away society, there are way more discarded clothes than people to wear them. Our local thrift store takes 95% of the clothing donations and tosses them into a baler machine that binds them into a gigantic bale, like cotton used to be sold in. Then they ship it to foreign countries, and not for free, either. They are paid for it. Very little of the donations ever is hung up for sale in the shop. If there are homeless people who need the clothes they should be giving them first pick.
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We have a "store" in my little town that is called the "FREE STORE". Everything in the store is free. The churches in town have donated money to run this "store" - for the rent, utilities, etc. It is run by volunteers. They get their items from community donations. So, if we have anything we do not want, we take it to the free store. They then give things to people in need. They are only open three days a week. ANYBODY can go in there and take anything that they truly need. I am sure that some people that take things, do not really NEED the things. But, I feel good that the things that I donate, stay in the community. I used to take a gal that I met to get things once in awhile. They could not afford the insurance on their car so they parked it. So, I would take her and she would come out with loads of things for her kids, etc. Mostly garage sale leftover types of things. Not new, but still usable.
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People are strange..... I tell 'em if I don't wear it...I quilt it! Works for me....and I don't care a jot if they think I'm crazy
Wow! I didn't realize there were so types of 'police'. If I buy something from a thrift store it means money in their cash register and that's all they should worry about. I don't know where these opiniated cashiers come from.
when shopping for items to repurpose and things are in a variety of sizes.... if ppl comment on the variety of sizes... I just smile and state" My family are a variety of sizes" which IS true... altho it may or may not have anything to do with the items I'm purchaseing
I see no reason to explain my reasons for purchases
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I don't shop GW much anymore in our area. The GW's are regionally operated. Our prices here are much higher than in the Upstate of SC, like Columbia and Greenville/Spartanburg areas. They have dollar days up there but I have never seen a dollar day in the Charleston areas. In the past few years in our area, GW purchased land and built huge new buildings for their stores. On or about that time, a rich lady in this area died and left GW huge amounts of money to be used for land and buildings! Just think, everything is given to them, they don't have trucks that send and deliver items, they pay very low wages on the guise they are educating/training people and there is generally only 3-4 people working in the whole store. They don't market and occasionally have a commercial on TV about their education/training programs.
I wrote the GW corporate a letter about their huge increase in prices about 2-3 years ago and asked them to explain what their big overheads are. It certainly isn't buildings, land or rent. It must be utilities? GW is definitely a fat-catting, huge corporate enterprise to say the least and the fat-cats are at the top. I never got a response.
Most of the time the clerks are excellent and friendly, some stoic, some in another world pretty much like any other big corporate place including top brand stores.
No one has ever been rude to me at a GW and I do go there occasionally especially when I visit my sister in Spartanburg.
I prefer the Kidney Foundation Community Thrift store in Summerville. I donate lots of things. I had a sofa that was in good condition (not dirty, smelly, or stained) and took it them. I shopped around in the store for a while and went over to the furniture section and there was the sofa! I sold almost immediately. None of their employees are allowed to purchase there. I guess they could have someone come in a purchase it for them but I think the policy is very strict. A couple of times I talked with some of them and they had worked for GW and said the people at GW put things aside when it comes in and hold things for friends and relatives. GW has reached the corporate greed state, imho...
The "Goodwill" stores are a privet enterprise. They are owned by a very wealthy man. You & I donate our things & they are sold for his profit. They pay there help minimal wages. Rowena101


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I believe the economy could have used that boost now .
Have you been losing in your investments ? JD
One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
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Gerry, if the impelentation (sp) of the the oil shale pipeline makes sense dollarwise vs. politically, it will happen....never seen a dollar give an inch to an idea... JD
Then you have had your head in the sand (or somewhere) the last four years...
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a columnist for the UK's Independent, regularly features on HonestReporting and its UK affiliate due to her propensity to describe Israel as a "racist" and "apartheid" state. Alibhai-Brown is also fond of taking pains to mention her many Jewish friends, as if this gives her some extra credibility when it comes to attacking the Jewish state.
Alibhai-Brown would therefore have known that her latest polemic would not provoke an immediate response due to its publication on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, when Israel shuts down and most Jews would not be browsing the pages or the internet site of The Independent.
Alibhai-Brown writes:
As a supporter of the now crushed and broken reformers in Iran, I back the ultimatum to the fanatic and bellicose Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But what about that camel in the room? The one we all see but can't point out? What about the only power in the Middle East, also fanatic and aggressive, which has a vast stockpile of weapons enough to obliterate the region? Listen people, we need to talk about Israel. And soon. Like now.
Irrespective of the issues surrounding whether or not Israel possesses nuclear weapons, it is simply absurd to equate democratic Israel with the terror supporting, Holocaust denying theocratic Iranian regime. Israel has never tested, used, or threatened the use of nuclear weapons, has called for the creation of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East and has stated many times that it will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.
Despite this, Alibhai-Brown continues to describe Israel as profoundly evil, drawing upon the UN Goldstone Report, which she describes as "sober" and "unbiased," ignoring its many deficiencies that are continuously coming to light.
Referring to Israel's military operation in Gaza, Alibhai-Brown refers to:
Children turned to ash, blistered mothers weeping, and on and on. There still is no respite for the hungry and dying in Gaza. If Israel can mete out such treatment and not be called to account, just think what the state feels entitled to do to Iran.
While Iran represents a genuine threat not only to Israel but to the entire world, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has used the latest developments in the Iranian nuclear crisis to demonize Israel, making false comparisons with the despicable Iranian regime and presenting Israel as uniquely cruel.
Please send your considered comments to The Independent – email@example.com
While Yasmin Alibhai-Brown may take the UN Goldstone Report at face value, more and more deficiencies are being exposed. For example, the Goldstone Commission relied upon the testimony of Gaza police spokesman Islam Shahwan who claimed that Hamas policemen were merely involved in civil duties and not terror activities. As the Elder of Ziyon blog explains, this is the same Islam Shahwan who accused Israel of distributing chewing gum that increases one's sex drive:
A Hamas police spokesman in the Gaza Strip Islam Shahwan claimed Monday that Israeli intelligence operatives are attempting to "destroy" the young generation by distributing such materials in the coastal enclave.
Shahwan said that the police got their hands on gum that increases sexual desire that, according to him, reaches merchants in the Strip by way of the border crossings. According to him, a Palestinian drug dealer admitted that he sold products that increase sex drive. The dealer said that he received the materials from Israeli sources by way of the Karni crossing.
Did Goldstone really believe that Islam Shahwan could be a credible witness?
In another stinging rebuke to Goldstone, the following statement was delivered to the UN Human Rights Council:
My name is Dr. Mirela Siderer. I am a gynecologist living in Ashkelon, Israel.
Judge Richard Goldstone, in July you invited me to testify. I told you my story. I am known by my patients – including many women from Gaza. For me, every human being is equal.
On May 14, 2008, my life was changed forever. I was working in my clinic. Suddenly, the building was hit by a missile, fired from Gaza. I was terribly wounded. Blood was everywhere. My patient was also wounded, and more than 100 others. Next month will be my eighth operation.
Judge Goldstone, I told you all of this, in detail. I testified in good faith. You sent me this letter, saying, "Your testimony is an essential part of the Mission's fact-finding activities."
But now I see your report. I have to tell you: I am shocked.
Judge Goldstone, in a 500-page report, why did you completely ignore my story? My name appears only in passing, in brackets, in a technical context. I feel humiliated.
In another development, even Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem has criticized the Goldstone Report. According to The Jerusalem Post:
The UN Human Rights Council and the Goldstone Report are either biased or mistaken in some of their fundamental accusations against Israel, according to B'Tselem human rights group director Jessica Montell.
ustify>She said the council was wrong in its gravest accusations against Israel. These include the claim that Israel intentionally targeted the civilian population rather than Hamas, and the "weak, hesitant way that the report mentions Hamas's strategy of using civilians [in combat]."
The mainstream media is only too quick to publish criticism of Israel from NGOs and so-called human rights organizations. But what happens if an NGO says something that doesn't fit the anti-Israeli frame that the media has created? Would the BBC, for example, which is providing continuing coverage of Goldstone replete with statements from Human Rights Watch, repeat B'Tselem's latest statements? Of course not!
Read HonestReporting's Special Report – The Goldstone Report: Rewarding Palestinian Terror – for more information. We will update the Further Resources section at the bottom of that communique as more resources become available.


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Studio Villa near Beautiful Beaches
尺寸60 平方米
Floor No.0
- 厨房
- 毛巾
- 空调
- 互联网/无线网路
- 阳台/露台
- 有停车场
- 电视机
Accommodation summary
|Estrada da Ponta da Piedade, 8600-512 Lagos, 葡萄牙
This completely independent studio villa boasts a lovely garden holding a table, chairs and sun loungers. Warm colours and tiled floors feature within an open plan living room/kitchen a sofa, a breakfast bar and plenty of cooking appliances. A comfortable double bed is also placed here. The bathroom has a shower.
Head to the coastline to find scenic trails ideal for walking, jogging or cycling. From here, guests can also embark on unforgettable kayak trips to the grottos of Ponta da Piedade. Central Lagos is a 10-minute walk away.
Guests can enjoy a wide variety of sporting and water activities including golf, tennis and scuba diving. Delicious fish based meals and Portuguese wines can be sampled in one the nearby restaurants.
住宿规定Enjoy it !!!!!!!!!!
Be prepared for all sport activities, especially water activities, power walking, cycling, or enjoy the privacy and the quite of your garden area.
Golf, tennis and all sports available in the area.
Be prepared as well for the best fish in the World and an amazing selection of Portuguese wines in one of the restaurants of the Town or in the Beach.
This will be unforgettable holidays.
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Your Gasthouse was very nice, we enjoyed our stay pretty much. We where very pleased, because u piked us up from the Trainstation and dropped us at the end of our hollidays at the Busstation. We´ll definataly think about visiting you again.
It was a pleasure to stay in this beautiful guesthouse! João and his wife were very friendly! We felt really welcome. The interieur Design was modern and new. There are many nice beaches in the near. And you can reach the Historic Town in 10 Minutes by feed. We will surely come back!
We had a lovely stay here for two weeks. The studio is a lot bigger than it looks like on the website and Joao is very kind and helpfull. Check the road to the studio on Google Earth before you go, if we did not do that we would not have found it ourselves. We used the bikes every day and could park the car (for free) in front of the house. We loved the sunbeds on the terrace and the location (5 min walk to the beach, 10 minute walk - 3 minute by bike to the city) is fantastic. Joao is the neighbour but we almost did not see him. Great studio for a very good price in great location with beautiful beaches and a lovely city.
We had a wonderful time in Lagos, it felt like being home in Joao's beautiful Casa da Mo!! Everything worked perfectly fine, this is one of the best places we've ever been. Joao and his wife made this place to an awesome oasis, you won't miss anything! Located close to the beach and the city, good restaurants nearby with fresh fish, nice people and absolutely no stress around. We will come back!!
We had a wonderful time here. The house is lovely, spacious and has everything you need; a beautiful garden where you can relax, good WiFi, as well as all the supply you might need if you want to prepare a dinner at home. There's a beautiful beach nearby, and the town center of Lagos is also within walking distance. Joao was very friendly and made us feel welcome by picking us up from the trainstation and leaving us wine, fruit and flowers. We hope to come back one day!
We had a very pleasant stay at João's beautiful apartment. He welcomed us with flowers and fresh fruits. He is very nice and gives tipps for everything we needed to know! I can highly recommend to stay at his apartment and to enjoy the nice surrounding and the beautiful garden!
Die Unterkunft von João ist wunderschön eingerichtet und hat einen sehr schönen Garten. Sie liegt perfekt in Lagos sodass man in wenigen Minuten zu Fuß die schönsten Strände von Lagos erreichen kann und mit dem Auto sogar in 30 Minuten die 11 schönsten Strände Portugals erreicht.
Die Bilder entsprechen voll und ganz der wahrheit. João ist sehr freundlich und spricht sehr gutes Englisch. Wir empfehlen die Unterkunft ausdrücklich weiter!
Excellent accueil. Merci à João qui parle un français parfait et sait se montrer disponible en toute discrétion. Appartement très propre et très agréable avec une belle terrasse qui invite au farniente. Bien situé près des plages de Dona ana, Do Camillo et Pinhão accessible en 5 à 10 mn à pied et proche du centre ville en 15 mn à pied donc pas de problème de stationnement. Nous reviendrons avec plaisir et n'hésiterons pas à conseiller cette adresse à nos amis.
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Kesler to focus on American democracy
Posted October 14, 2008; 10:58 p.m.
Charles Kesler, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, will speak on "The Declaration of Independence and American Democracy" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in 219 Burr Hall.
The event is the James Madison Program's annual Herbert W. Vaughan Lecture on America's Founding Principles.
From 1989 to 2008, Kesler was director of Claremont McKenna College's Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World. He is editor of "Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding" (Free Press, 1987) and co-editor, with William F. Buckley Jr., of "Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative Thought" (HarperCollins, 1988). His edition of "The Federalist Papers" (Signet Classics, 2003) is the best-selling edition in the country.
Kesler contributes regularly to the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. His articles on contemporary politics also have appeared in The Washington Times, Policy Review, National Review and The Weekly Standard, among other journals.


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Binghamton University to host conversational Chinese course
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University's Center for Innovative and Continuing Education will sponsor a six-week language course, beginning Thursday, Oct. 10. The course will consist of 12 hours of instruction to be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on six consecutive Thursday evenings in October and November at Binghamton University's Downtown Center, 67 Washington St., Binghamton.
The conversational Chinese course is designed for those who are planning to travel or conduct business in China, or for anyone who has an interest in learning the Chinese language. In addition to learning useful everyday phrases and how to pronounce Chinese names, the course will also cover the use of proper manners and Chinese culture. An introduction to the standard spelling system for writing Chinese phonetically in the Latin alphabet will also be provided.
The registration fee is $195. This is a non-credit program designed to help students enhance their foreign language skills and cultural knowledge. Successful graduates will be awarded a Binghamton University Certificate of Completion.
Online registration is available at www.binghamton.edu/learnchinese, or by mail or phone. For more information, contact the Center for Innovative and Continuing Education at (607) 777-2792.


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Violent schools may need more security to assure that students who want to learn have the chance to learn.
Different schools may not be able to meet the standards, due to failure in the past. The idea would to improve them as much as possible given their starting point. After they reach a certain age the schools will not be able to help them any more, as the kids will move out of the school system. So, if you have schools where kids are reading two grade levels behind, at least bring them up to grade level. There may not be enough time to get them reading two grade levels ahead. Right now the worse schools just keep getting worse.
We produced some very educated people when the local areas had more self-determination than they do today. I went to public school in NYS. You could get a high school "Regents Diploma" (meaning you had to take certain required courses for which there were state-wide, standardized exams) or you could get a "regular" high school diploma which did not require passing all the Regents-required courses. For kids who wanted to go to 4-yr colleges, a Regents Diploma allowed students from our small school (39 in my graduating HS class) to compete with the best of the best from places like Westchester County (a very wealthy area) and Bronx High School of Science (a highly-respected NYC high school).
We owe best effort to all students, but different schools may have different needs in order to do that.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Getting back on track...
Cuts have to happen. It will be hard on some folks. Not so much for some who are well off. I see duplication of goverment all around me. Local, State and Federal.
Services are best carried out at the local level for some programs, but not for all.. I don't think we need all the layers of Government programs. Yes Government creates jobs, but it is never efficient as if privatized.
Which programs can we gut ? Stay on track, if we can without getting personal.
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Suggested Code of Ethics
VOL. 24, No. 3 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MARCH, 1930
The library as an institution exists for the benefit of a given constituency. This may be the nation, a state, a county, a municipality, a school or college, a special field of research, industry or commerce, or some more limited group.
Libraries differ so widely in size, type of constituents, support and character of work that a code of ethics would have to be excessively detailed to apply to all situations, but certain fundamental principles may be laid down that are generally applicable.
The library's obligations relate to such collection, organization and administration of printed material or other records as will give the best possible service to its constituents. The human factors in this service are:
The trustees or other governing body or agency;
The librarian;
The staff ;
The people whom the library serves.
A. Governing Bodies
These may be the Board of Trustees or city officials (on whom the responsibility rests) of public or semi‑public libraries; the library board or committee of college or university trustees or faculty; Board of Education or a committee thereof for school libraries or for public libraries organized under school law; officer or committee or department of a business corporation.
1. Functions.
The functions of a governing body are usually prescribed by law but generally include:
The representation of the constituency for which the library exists;
The determination of the policies of the library in its service and relation to its constituency;
The exercise or delegation of the appointing and removing power;
Responsibility for bringing the needs of the library before the authorities who control the appropriation of funds and for using all proper influence to get such increases as are necessary for the growth and development of the work;
The administration of the funds for the support of the library;
Responsibility for the economic, social and physical well‑being of the staff, including a retirement system which is needed for the good of the service as well as of the individual.
Trustees of tax‑supported public libraries remembering that they are representatives of the whole community, should be careful not to ask special privileges for themselves or their families. The Board of Trustees should recognize that the librarian, as its executive, should attend the meetings of the board in order to be fully informed as to its desires and purposes and to aid in the formulation of its policies.
2. Appointments.
The appointing power in any institution should be definitely vested in some one board, committee or person. The appointee should not consider an appointment final unless made by the agency or person in whom that authority is lodged.
Appointments should be made for fitness only; no merely personal consideration should enter into the selection of the personnel of any library; conversely, no librarian should accept an appointment, however attractive, unless he believes that he has the ability, the training and the experience needed for ultimate success in that position, and no one should continue to hold a position unless he finds himself qualified to meet all its requirements.
3. Tenure.
Having accepted a position in a library the appointee incurs certain definite obligations:
To remain long enough to repay the library for the expenditure of time and money incident to the period of adjustment; this length of time differs in different positions, but is seldom less than a year;
To remain long enough to accomplish definite results in work undertaken;
Unless a larger opportunity offers, it is best to remain in a position as long as one is able to do creative or effective work or to get satisfaction from the work; otherwise it is probable that one's usefulness in that position is at an end.
4. Resignations.
Resignations should be made in writing to the authority from which the appointment came with due notification to the immediate supervisor. Adequate time should be given before the resignation takes effect for the work to be put into shape; for the appointment and, when practicable, the initiation of a successor.
5. Dismissals.
Dismissals should be made whenever the good of the service demands. The employee's length of service, need of the position and personal worthiness may be considered, but these elements should never outweigh a clear case of incompetence or incompatibility. It should be remembered that an employee who is unsatisfactory in one position may often prove effective in another department or position. Such adjustment may be attempted where practicable before dismissal. Dismissal should be made by the highest executive officer.
6. Recommendations.
Trustees and librarians are sometimes dependent for information about candidates on recommendation from trustees, librarians, library schools, and other employment agencies. Recommendations should present a fair statement of the strong and weak points of the candidate.
B. Librarian
(Or chief administrative officer)
The librarian is the executive officer for the governing body of the library.
The position of librarian involves a threefold relation:
1. To the trustees or governing body;
2. To the constituents of the library;
3. To the staff.
1. In relation to the Board of Trustees the Librarian:
Should make a loyal effort to carry out its policies;
Should make regular and systematic reports upon the work accomplished;
Should initiate plans for improvement of the service of the library;
Should act as liaison officer between the trustees and staff, interpreting each to the other and establishing, where possible, friendly relations between them.
2. Librarian and constituency.
The librarian represents the library—book power and book service—and should so represent it as to win recognition for the institution rather than credit for the individual.
The librarian has a further obligation to the community or constituency which the library serves and should, as representative of the library (with due respect for other duties), take part in the life and activities of the community or constituency.
As representative of the library, the librarian and the staff should feel an obligation to maintain in personal conduct the dignity of the position and take care not to offend against the standards of decorum that prevail in that community or constituency.
The librarian, representing the governing body, should see that the library serves impartially all individuals, groups; and elements that make up its constituency. In the case of the public library as a non‑partisan institution the books purchased should represent all phases of opinion and interest rather than the personal tastes of the librarian or board members. In an official capacity, the librarian and members of the staff should not express personal opinions on controversial questions, as political, religious, or economic. issues; especially those of a local nature
3. Librarian and staff.
The relations of the librarian to the staff within the library should be impersonal, and absolutely impartial. The librarian owes to the members of the staff:
Stimulus to growth, to the exercise of the creative impulse, to the development of initiative and of a professional spirit;
Constructive criticism;
Freedom to achieve results and credit for such achievement;
Respect for the authority delegates to the staff ;
Friendliness of attitude;
Justice in decision;
Opportunity for professional and economic advancement within that institution or some other;
Encouragement of reasonable suggestions and criticisms for the improvement of the service.
C. The Staff
1. Loyalty.
Loyalty to the institution is the primary duty of all members of the staff.
Loyalty involves, in part, submergence of the individual to the institution. Such manifestations of egoism as criticism of the library or librarian outside, or the claiming of individual credit for work done as a staff member when credit should belong to the institution, are examples of disloyalty. Constructive criticism offered to the proper authority should not be considered disloyalty and should be encouraged.
Good health is a pre‑requisite of good service and involves the right use of free time so that a proper balance is maintained between work, recreation and rest.
The atmosphere of the library is disturbed unless the workers preserve harmony and a spirit of cooperation among themselves; hence the staff relations, while impersonal within the building, should be friendly. Envy, jealousy, or gossip should have no place in a library staff. The staff should refrain from discussion of personal affairs in the library or from attention to personal business in library time.
2. Relations to the public.
The members of the staff are the interpreters of the library to the public, and its service may be materially helped or harmed by their individual contacts.
The staff owes impartial, courteous service to all persons using the library. Among the patrons entitled to use the library no distinctions of race, color, creed or condition should influence the attitude of the staff, and no favoritism should be tolerated. On the other hand, a cold officialism is to be avoided and a cordial attitude which welcomes approach should be manifested by those in direct contact with the public.
3. Department heads.
Heads of departments should consider their departments in relation to the institution as a whole and never magnify unduly the importance of their own part.
Understanding and cooperation between departments is essential to the efficiency of the library's service to the community.
The heads of departments bear much the same relation to those under them that the librarian does to the library staff as a whole, and have on a smaller scale the same duties and responsibilities.
4. Assistants.
Assistants are an integral part of the institution as a whole, and their suggestions for the improvement of the service should be encouraged. These suggestions should be made to the immediate superior. If differences of opinion concerning the work arise between assistants in a department, the matter in question should be taken to the head of the department for adjustment. If an assistant is critical of the policy of the department or feels that he has been unfairly dealt with, he should first discuss the matter with the head. If unable to obtain satisfaction, he may then appeal to the next higher authority. Constructive criticism or correction by responsible heads is . necessary to the efficiency of any service and should be accepted by assistants without personal resentment.
The advancement of assistants should come as the result of the recommendation of heads of departments or of the librarian. Assistants should never use outside relationships to obtain a position or promotion.
The relation of staff members to the non‑professional group of workers, as janitors and pages, should be strictly impersonal. Personal favors should never be asked. Their work should be directed by those assigned to the duty, and never interfered with by other staff members.
D. Library Profession
All libraries and all librarians have a duty not only to their constituents but to the profession as a whole; or to some division of it, because cooperation between libraries and librarians makes for better service to the constituents of every library. This duty involves membership and activities in one or more professional organizations, subscription to and the reading of professional literature, interchange of ideas and, as far as possible, of material.
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While these principles may not cover every case that may arise, we believe that if applied intelligently they would make for harmony in staff relations and for the general good of the service.


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David Remnick examines how effective the resistance to Putin's next presidency can be.
On the night of November 20th, two weeks before elections for the State Duma, Vladimir Putin set aside the cares of the Kremlin and went to the Olympic SportComplex for an ultimate-fighting match—a "no rules" heavyweight bout between a Cyclopean Russian named Feodor (the Last Emperor) Yemelianenko and a self-described anarchist from Olympia, Washington, named Jeff (the Snowman) Monson. The bout was broadcast nationally on Rossiya-2, one of the main state television channels. Putin, wearing a blue suit and no tie, was at ringside. He has always been eager to project the macho posture of a muzhik, a real man. He has had himself photographed riding horses bare-chested, tracking tigers, shooting a whale with a crossbow, piloting a firefighting jet, swimming a Siberian river, steering a Formula One race car, befriending Jean-Claude Van Damme, and riding with a motorcycle gang. Once, on national television, he tried to bend a frying pan with his bare hands. He did not quite succeed, but the effort was appreciated. And now ultimate fighting: the beery crowd of twenty thousand—some prosperous, some less so—were his own, Putin's people.
Yemelianenko and Monson were of a rough equivalence: heads shaved, two enormous sacks of rocks, though the Russian was distinguished by his unstained skin; Monson had tattoos from ankle to neck, including two in crowd-friendly Cyrillic—svoboda and solidarnost'. The gesture got him nowhere. Almost from the start, the Russian dominated the fight. Yemelianenko, with a deft and powerful kick, snapped a bone in Monson's leg, causing the American to limp pitifully. But, even as Yemelianenko took command, steadily reducing Monson to a swollen, bloody pulp—a source of pleasure to the crowd—it was hard to tell if Putin was enjoying himself. The camera flashed to him now and then. He barely betrayed a smile. His face, now smoothed with Botox and filler (it is said), is more enigmatic than ever. What was more, he had larger concerns. He knew that, no matter how hard his operatives tried to get out the vote in the provinces and massage the results, the Kremlin party, United Russia, was going to lose ground.


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Avery @ StartupWeekend Kansas City, Nov 12-13
I'm planning to hang out next weekend at StartupWeekend Kansas City. I won't be starting any startups this time around, but if you're a faithful reader of my diary that hasn't unsubscribed out of boredom and you live in Kansas, let me know and maybe we can say hello while I'm in town.
Kansas City, by the way, is the site of the first major installation of Google Fiber, a project that I've been occasionally contributing to in my copious spare time.
My wife hastens to point out that it is not, however, the setting of The Wizard of Oz. Who knew Kansas City was in Missouri?
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I love the show but have no interest in purchasing Archer collectibles (I think - as I'm certainly going to look and laugh).
Archer in his suit would be boring.
Now if they made a highly detailed Archer with his suit all torn up and charred - like from tossing a grenade too close because he was drinking (when does this NOT happen on the show anyway?) then it might turn out pretty original.
It's Carol, the rich secretary that works with Pam who I think is a hot cartoon character.
I think I said Mallory before and that's Archer's mom! No! No! No! I do not want Archer's mother!


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This course is designed for non-native English speakers who speak English fluently but wish to improve their communication skills and comprehension and gain confidence with the view to training as Public Service interpreters. The course will cover pronunciation, idiomatic English, British culture, the terminology of public service institutions, telephone and letter writing techniques and recognition of regional accents.
Who is this course for?
This course is for bilingual students who work or are considering working and training as public service interpreters. Their level of English should be such that they are able to write English without grammatical errors and engage in a ten minute conversation in English.
Learning and Teaching
Students will receive feedback on their pronunciation through audio recordings and will be guided in self and peer assessment. They will discuss cultural differences that might be relevant to their understanding of British public services and practices. They will also be introduced to a variety of regional accents and idiomatic English as these pose significant challenges to interpreters.
Coursework and Assessment
Assessment will be through participation in class, a project, oral and written tests and a final test.
To award credits we need to have evidence of the knowledge and skills you have gained or improved. Some of this has to be in a form that can be shown to external examiners so that we can be absolutely sure that standards are met across all courses and subjects.
Library and Computing Facilities
As a student on this course you are entitled to join and use the University library and computing facilities. You can find out more about these facilities on our website www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn under Student Information, or by ringing the Centre on
(029) 2087 0000.
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Our aim is access for all. We aim to provide a confidential advice and support service for any student with a long term medical condition, disability or specific learning difficulty. We are able to offer one-to-one advice about disability, pre-enrolment visits, liaison with tutors and co-ordinating lecturers, material in alternative formats, arrangements for accessible courses, assessment arrangements, loan equipment and Dyslexia screening. Please contact the Centre on (029) 2087 0000 for an information leaflet.


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NFL Playoffs: Early look at Wild-Card Weekend
In six of the past seven seasons, at least one of the eventual Super Bowl participants played on the opening weekend of the postseason. At first glance there appear to be some dangerous teams set to take the field early in this year's playoffs, too.
We'll have plenty of coverage to get you ready for Wild-Card Weekend between now and next Saturday, but here's an early glance at the first four playoff matchups:
No. 6 Cincinnati Bengals (10-6) at No. 3 Houston Texans (12-4)
Will a year make any difference for the Bengals? This also was the 3-vs.-6 matchup in last season's AFC playoffs, with Houston erasing an early 7-0 lead and taking control after a J.J. Watt pick-6 in the second quarter. That Texans team did not have an injured Matt Schaub -- T.J. Yates threw for 159 yards and a touchdown in the win.
But just like in 2011, the Texans will head into this game reeling. They took a three-game losing skid to the postseason last year and have dropped three of four this time around. Can Houston bounce back again to take down Cincinnati?
No. 5 Indianapolis Colts (11-5) at No. 4 Baltimore Ravens (10-6)
If this comes down to the quarterbacks, as so many playoff matchups do, Joe Flacco would have the edge based on the location of the game alone -- Flacco has been much better at home; Andrew Luck threw 13 interceptions and finished 4-4 on the road.
That said, the Ravens posted a measly 1-4 record (and fired its offensive coordinator) in December. Indianapolis, meanwhile, closed with a 5-1 run.
The key intangible here may be Baltimore's injury situation. Terrell Suggs is playing hurt, Ray Lewis has not suited up since Week 6 and Anquan Boldin sat out Week 17 with a shoulder injury. All three of those players are critical to the Ravens' game plan, so Indianapolis will try to take advantage if they're playing at less than full speed.
No. 6 Minnesota Vikings (10-6) at No. 3 Green Bay Packers (11-5)
The trilogy concludes.
Green Bay rallied past Minnesota in Week 13, 23-14, despite a long touchdown run from Adrian Peterson. Then, Peterson and the Vikings scored revenge Sunday with a playoff-clinching, 37-34 victory. If those first two meetings are any indication, the rubber match of this series could be the game to see during the playoffs' opening weekend.
The Packers have to find some way to at least slow down Peterson -- much easier said than done, but Peterson posted 409 combined rushing yards in those two earlier matchups. A third game around the 200-yard mark would allow Minnesota to take a lot of heat off Christian Ponder, which is the ideal scenario since Ponder cannot go toe-to-toe with Aaron Rodgers through the air.
No. 5 Seattle Seahawks (11-5) at No. 4 Washington Redskins (10-6)
The Seahawks and Redskins share a lot of obvious similarities. Those start in the backfield, where Seattle boasts rookie QB Russell Wilson and bruising running back Marshawn Lynch, while Washington has probable Offensive Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin III and 1,500-yard rusher Alfred Morris.
The two teams utilize similar styles on offense, too, where they use misdirection to free up their playmakers. Washington's challenge will be measuring up defensively -- the Seahawks allowed fewer points during the regular season than any other team. The Seahawks, though, have not been the same team outside of Seattle (a December win in Chicago aside). A raucous Washington crowd, celebrating its franchise's first home playoff game since 1999, could make a massive impact.


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Updated on 25 February 2013
Shimojani gets exclusive commercialization license from Japan's Niigata University
Singapore: Shimojani obtained exclusive license from Japan's Niigata University for worldwide development and commercialization of an invention that reduces the risk of hemorrhage in acute ischemic stroke patients, including those who receive tissue plasminogen activator (tPA).
Risk of hemorrhage is the limiting factor associated with pharmacological or mechanical clot disruption and is believed to contribute to the severity of clinical symptoms even in untreated patients. Based on an improved animal model for stroke, a key pathway has been implicated, with validation of the importance of the pathway established in the animal model using previously described agents, both protein and small molecule. Terms of the license agreement have not been disclosed yet.
Building on the preclinical findings from the laboratory of Dr Takayoshi Shimohata, associate professor in Niigata University's Brain Research Institute and a collaborator and academic advisor to the company, Shimojani has engaged with leading stroke experts in the US, who are seeking to confirm the pathway's importance by analyzing its state of activation in human clinical specimens from stroke patients.
Shimojani co-founder and vice president Mr Larry Kauvar commented, "The fundamental advance by Dr Shimohata was to identify a signal transduction pathway that plays a key role in determining the severity of a stroke. This was made possible due to Dr Shimohata's innovative use of a rodent model for stroke that more accurately mimics the human situation."
Professor Masatoyo Nishizawa, chairman, neurology, Brain Research Institute at Niigata University, and also a collaborator of Dr Shimohata, commented, "I hope that cooperation with Shimojani will make significant progress in advancing our basic research findings into clinical applications that will benefit the many victims of acute ischemic stroke."
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According to a new study from Patrick McMullen, Senior Analyst for Fizziology, the different music streaming services available are attracting different segments of the population. McMullen wrote about his analysis as a guest column for DigitalMediaWire.
McMullen found that iHeartRadio, Pandora and Songza, the three streaming services that work the most like traditional radio, are also used by people who enjoy the most popular radio formats: CHR, Hip-Hop and Country. In fact, iHeartRadio users mention CHR artists and songs in 28 percent of all social media posts about specific bands, artists, songs or genres.
On the other hand, people who listen to Last.fm, Rdio and Spotify mention very little CHR music. Under two percent of all music-talk from users of these services mention CHR music. McMullen found that Rdio and Spotify users tend to listen to full albums from artists or bands. While Last.fm can work similarly to Pandora or iHeartRadio in function, users of the service were more likely to be discussing Rock (29 percent) and Indie (20 percent) music online.
Additionally, YouTube/VEVO and Turntable.fm cater to different segments of the population. Turntable.fm fans tend to be more "niche groups of electronic music enthusiasts who play varying formats of club and dance music. Its users also value finding obscure dance and electronic music that their peers havent heard." Meanwhile, users of YouTube and VEVO are more likely to be under-18 fans of teen pop acts such as Justin Bieber.
McMullen also broke down streaming audiences by geographic regions, and while Pandora was #1 and Spotify at #2 in each segment, the other rankings varied more greatly. You can read McMullen's entire column, along with the geographical breakdowns in chart form, here.
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text: Police say a Portland cab driver has been shot with a pellet during a robbery. Lt. Robert Ridge says the driver picked up a fare at the Portland Transportation Center at about 11 p.m. Wednesday and drove the man to Cumberland Avenue where the man said he was meeting his brother. When the alleged brother approached the cab, he pulled out a pellet gun, demanded money and shot the driver in the face and neck. The men fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Ridge tells The Portland Press Herald, that the driver, who was hit by two or three pellets, did not appear to be seriously injured and did not need to be hospitalized. The suspects are still at large.


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The Black Ven landslide is one of the largest coastal landslides in Europe. The slip from 1958/9 pushed mud approximately 200m into the sea and the remnants of one slip can still be seen as an arc of boulders in the lower left of the image. As a result these beaches are famous for fossils as are the ledges at low tide ...


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I am still stuck on why the Fins would invest the salary and picks in Albert, when we could have kept Jake Long. I am not so sure that Albert is the answer.
I would use 2 picks in the 2nd-4th round on OT's and hope they get it right with one of them.
Jake was NOT playing up to that kind of money...did you see the protection in the RAM's contract? Albert outplayed jake last year..ascending vs descending player...simple.


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By Sarah Robinson/NEMS Daily Journal
Matt Leff of Nashville-based Rhizome Productions is the brains behind the upcoming Craft Beer Festival in Tupelo, which will include samples of 60 to 80 beers from at least 25 breweries, food and musical entertainment. He spoke to Daily Journal business reporter Sarah Robinson on what to expect at the inaugural event from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, at Veterans Park.
Q. WHAT DO YOU DO to help keep the number of "over-served" guests to a minimum?
A. WELL, WE TAKE several angles to monitor our guests' consumption. First, our tasting cups are 6 ounces in total size, and we only fill them to a 2-ounce pour line. We train our volunteers and staff on pouring beers so they do not over-serve guests.
Additionally, our core staff and security team monitor the crowd throughout the day. Further, we provide free drinking water for all guests so they stay hydrated.
We also offer great food, local music and educational seminars that break up people's sampling time.
Q. IS THERE ANY TYPE of public transportation being offered?
A. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY with A1 Cabs to have as many taxis on site from 4 p.m. to get people home safely. We also are selling a shuttle that will get people back and forth from Oxford. Furthermore, we offer designated driver tickets so drinkers can bring their safe driver with them.
Q. WHO ARE SOME of your favorite vendors and what are some of your favorite beers we should look for?
A. THE AMAZING FOOD from the Neon Pig and Papa Vs.
Favorite beers: Sue from Yazoo Brewing Company, Old Rasputin from North Coast Brewing Company, and the cask offering from Red Brick Brewing Company should be awesome. Also very excited to have two new Mississippi breweries participating – Lucky Town Brewing and Crooked Letter Brewing.


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Per Marc's blog:
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.Freel RF
Hatteberg 1B
Griffey CF
Encarnacion 3B
Dunn LF
Aurilia SS
Phillips 2B
Valentin C
Michalak P
Per Marc's blog:
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.Freel RF
Hatteberg 1B
Griffey CF
Encarnacion 3B
Dunn LF
Aurilia SS
Phillips 2B
Valentin C
Michalak P
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Narron has figured it out.
Lather peharps?Originally Posted by HotCorner
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Same lineup 3 days in a row?
Is that allowed? :
Nope, Javy is catchingOriginally Posted by Matt700wlw
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
Valentin is new. He struck out yesterday. But I think he needs to play more against right handed pitching. It gives you four lefties in the lineup and it adds one to the bottom of the order.
Yesterday the Reds got 4 guys on base the whole game. Let's hope they get a few more tonight.
Early lineup posting?
I heard your record..it's alright.
As long as it's Ross/Javy catching, it doesn't matter to me.Originally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
Finally, the appearance of a set line-up.....and the one WE want.
I'll be there tonight. I'll be the one cheering for the Reds.
Will trade this space for a #1 starter.
Snell, well, Snell is really good.
Michalak is, well, 35.
Woops.Originally Posted by RedsManRick
Thankfully he isn't very good. We should take care of him tonight. His whip is about 1.5 and opposing teams bat around .350! And LH'ers mash him.Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
Except when he's really bad?Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
Snell would seem to be in the category of pitchers the Reds usually hit very well -- young guys with good fastballs who have trouble finding the strike zone from time to time.
"I fought because I understood and could not bear to understand, that it was my destiny -- unlike that of my father, whose fate it was to hear the roar of the crowd -- to sit in the stands with most men and acclaim others. It was my fate, my destiny, my end, to be a fan."
[insert sunshine and pep George Grande voiceover here]Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
"And this timeout to gush over the competiton brought to you by Falls City Beer. Remember everybody, if you want to find every other team in the league better than yours, drink Falls City Beer! "
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a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
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Idaho Criminal Rule 11. Pleas.
(a) Alternatives.
(1) In General. A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. If a defendant refuses to plead or if a defendant corporation fails to appear, the court shall direct the entry of a plea of not guilty.
(2) Conditional Pleas. With the approval of the court and the consent of the prosecuting attorney, a defendant may enter a conditional plea of guilty reserving in writing the right, on appeal from the judgment, to review any specified adverse ruling. If the defendant prevails on appeal, the defendant shall be allowed to withdraw defendant's plea.
(b) Inadmissibility of pleas, offers of pleas, and related statements. The admissibility of pleas, offers of pleas, and related statements shall be governed by Rule 410 of the Idaho Rules of Evidence.
(c) Acceptance of plea of guilty. Before a plea of guilty is accepted, the record of the entire proceedings, including reasonable inferences drawn therefrom, must show:
(1) The voluntariness of the plea.
(2) The defendant was informed of the consequences of the plea, including minimum and maximum punishments, and other direct consequences which may apply.
(3) The defendant was advised that by pleading guilty the defendant would waive the right against compulsory self-incrimination, the right to trial by jury, and the right to confront witnesses against the defendant.
(4) The defendant was informed of the nature of the charge against the defendant.
(5) Whether any promises have been made to the defendant, or whether the plea is a result of any plea bargaining agreement, and if so, the nature of the agreement and that the defendant was informed that the court is not bound by any promises or recommendation from either party as to punishment.
(d) Other advisories upon acceptance of plea. The district judge shall, prior to entry of a guilty plea or the making of factual admissions during a plea colloquy, instruct on the following:
(1) The court shall inform all defendants that if the defendant is not a citizen of the United States, the entry of a plea or making of factual admissions could have consequences of deportation or removal, inability to obtain legal status in the United States, or denial of an application for United States citizenship.
(2) If the defendant is pleading guilty to any offense requiring registration on the sex offender registry, the court shall inform the defendant of such registration requirements.
(3) If the defendant is waiving his right to appeal or other post-conviction proceedings as part of his guilty plea, and such condition of the plea has been called to the attention of the court, the court shall confirm with the defendant his awareness of the waiver of appeal or other proceedings.
(e) Plea Advisory Form. As an aid in taking a plea of guilty, the court may require the defendant to fill out and submit the plea advisory form found in Appendix A of these rules. In addition to the form, the court must make a record showing:
(1) The defendant understands the nature of the charge(s), including any mental element such as intent, knowledge, state of mind;
(2) The defendant understands the maximum and minimum punishments, and any other direct consequences which may apply;
(3) The defendant understood the contents of the guilty plea advisory form, and the defendantís plea is voluntary.
(f) Plea agreement procedure.
(1) In general. The prosecuting attorney and the attorney for the defendant or the defendant when acting pro se may engage in discussions with a view toward reaching an agreement, which may include a waiver of the defendantís right to appeal the judgment and sentence of the court, that upon the entering of a plea of guilty to a charged offense or to a lesser or related offense, the prosecuting attorney will do any of the following:
(A) move for dismissal of other charges; or
(B) make a recommendation, or agree not to oppose the defendant's request, for a particular sentence, with the understanding that such recommendation or request shall not be binding upon the court; or
(C) agree that a specific sentence is the appropriate disposition of the case; or
(D) agree to any other disposition of the case.
The court may participate in any such discussions.
(2) Notice of Such Agreement. If a plea agreement has been reached by the parties, the court shall, on the record, require the disclosure of the agreement in open court or, on a showing of good cause, in camera, at the time the plea is offered. If the agreement is of the type specified in subdivision (f)(1)(A), (C) or (D), the court may accept or reject the agreement, or may defer its decision as to the acceptance or rejection until there has been an opportunity to consider the presentence report. If the agreement is of the type specified in subdivision (f)(1)(B), the court shall advise the defendant that if the court does not accept the recommendation or request the defendant nevertheless has no right to withdraw his plea.
(3) Acceptance of a Plea Agreement. If the court accepts the plea agreement, the court shall inform the defendant that it will implement the disposition provided for in the plea agreement.
(4) Rejection of a Plea Agreement. If the court rejects the plea agreement, the court shall, on the record, inform the parties of this fact, advise the defendant personally in open court, or, on a showing of good cause, in camera, that the court is not bound by the plea agreement, afford the defendant the opportunity to then withdraw the defendant's plea, and advise the defendant that if the defendant persists in the guilty plea the disposition of the case may be less favorable to the defendant than that contemplated by the plea agreement.
(Adopted December 27, 1979, effective July 1, 1980; amended March 30, 1984, effective July 1, 1984; amended March 20, 1985, effective July 1, 1985; amended June 15, 1987, effective November 1, 1987; amended March 30, 1988, effective July 1, 1988; amended March 21, 1991, effective July 1, 1991; amended March 28, 2007, effective July 1, 2007; amended April 4, 2008, effective July 1, 2008)


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My WDD hero is my mother, Ljiljana. She may not be doing much globally for diabetes awareness, but I think every mother with a child with diabetes is not only a hero, but a superhero. I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of six and I am now a 33-year-old woman with a beautiful 16-month-old son and living a normal and healthy life.
My mother was the only one able to give me injections several times a day. She has taught me discipline and that diabetes is not a disease but a way of living. I have no idea how she must have felt or what she was going through, but I know that although I have had diabetes for 27 years, I do not have a single complication (I point this out because doctors seem to be surprised by this) and can accomplish everything I want in my life.
So, thank you mum and thank you to all the brave mums around the world.


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Four Smartphone Features That Make It A 'Gateway' Device For Virtual Reality
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http://news.yahoo.com/higgs-boson-pa...152236961.htmlBOSTON A subatomic particle discovered last year that may be the long-sought Higgs boson might doom our universe to an unfortunate end, researchers say.
The mass of the particle, which was uncovered at the world's largest particle accelerator the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva is a key ingredient in a calculation that portends the future of space and time.
"This calculation tells you that many tens of billions of years from now there'll be a catastrophe," Joseph Lykken, a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., said Monday (Feb. 18) here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"It may be the universe we live in is inherently unstable, and at some point billions of years from now it's all going to get wiped out," added Lykken, a collaborator on one of the LHC's experiments.
And finding the Higgs, if it's truly been found, not only confirms the theory about how particles get mass, but it allows scientists to make new calculations that weren't possible before the particle's properties were known.
For example, the mass of the new particle is about 126 billion electron volts, or about 126 times the mass of the proton. If that particle really is the Higgs, its mass turns out to be just about what's needed to make the universe fundamentally unstable, in a way that would cause it to end catastrophically in the far future.
That's because the Higgs field is thought to be everywhere, so it affects the vacuum of empty space-time in the universe.
"The mass of the Higgs is related to how stable the vacuum is," explained Christopher Hill, a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. "It's right along the critical line. That could either be a cosmic coincidence, or it could be that there's some physics that's causing that. That's something new, which we didn't know before."
Strikingly, if the Higgs mass were just a few percent different, the universe wouldn't be doomed, the scientists said.


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Family: Leporidae, Hares and Rabbits view all from this family
Description Small rabbit with short legs and tail. Ears are slightly pointed and sparsely haired inside (not well haired like Pygmy Rabbit). Dark gray on back and sides; pale gray on belly and underside of tail. Whiskers are mostly black, some may have white tips.
Dimensions 303-369mm, 10-30mm, 511-917g
Endangered Status The Riparian Brush Rabbit, a subspecies of the Brush Rabbit, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. This rabbit once occupied wooded riverside habitat along the San Joaquin River and Stanislaus Rivers and numbered over 100,000. Water diversion practices altered the rabbit's habitat throughout its range, and today it is known to exist only in Caswell Memorial State Park, on the Stanislaus River, and probably numbers only two or three hundred. This small population is further threatened by floods and fire.
Habitat Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Grasslands & prairies
Range Plains, California, Northwest
Discussion Will forage in groups. Thumps ground with hind foot when frightened; may climb low branches to escape. Grasses form most of the diet, although they also browse on shrubs. Can be seen sunning in mid-morning, but is secretive and wary most of the time. Californian subspecies (S. b. riparius) is Endangered. Lives in dense brush, from sea level up to about 2000m.


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Is it available in India ?
You got to keep watching, I ordered one in the weekend (saturday i guess) but they sold out quickly again.Don't know about the UK, but shipping to Belgium was €15 (that's about £12).
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