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This is about two thirds of a 1900 shot panorama of Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake that I shot last summer. Unfortunately, even with the new Stitch 1.0 and my 32-bit Windows XP machine maxed out on RAM, I still managed to crash the program with an "Out of RAM" error when trying to stitch the full panorama. Since I ...
This GigaPan was shot early in the morning from the Windy Ridge viewpoint in the eastern portion of Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. At 1900 input images it took two hours to shoot and almost a full day to stitch on my brand new workstation. But the result is all I had hoped for and more. Now that I've fin...
One of the most spetacular views in a national park full of them, here one can see over two miles of vertical relief, from Badwater, near the bottom of the image, 282 feet below sea level, to Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, 11043 feet above sea level. The white area at the center of the GigaPan is the salt pan ...
Horseshoe Park as viewed from Rainbow Curve in Rocky Mountain National Park. Beautiful examples of meandering river features are present along the course of the Fall River. The alluvial fan that resulted from the Lawn Lake flood is also visible left of the center of the image.
Shot from southeast of Durham, this aerial panorama spans from Mount Shasta clockwise to the Sutter Buttes. It features the orchards around Chico, forestlands in the Sierra/Cascade Foothills, and rice farming lands in the Butte Basin.
Rocky Mountain national park - the results of a debris flow
The Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA, is the world's most energy-efficient conservatory. This Gigapan image was shot and stitched by Pascal Lee at the 3rd Gigapan Workshop, 23-24 Oct 2009.
Shot from the outer portion of the Copper Canyon alluvial fan, one can see the Copper Canyon Turtleback in the distant mountains.
360 degree panorama from the top of Pen Y Fan at Brecon Beacons in Wales, UK. This is probably nothing compared to some of those giant panoramas created using the special equipment, but all I used is a tripod for this one, and photoshop to stitch it together. Thanks for looking.
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Family: Urolophidae, Round Stingrays view all from this family
Description The round stingray or Haller's round ray, Urobatis halleri, is a species of round ray, family Urolophidae, found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is a small, common ray that feeds mostly on benthic invertebrates. On the beaches of southern California, it is responsible for numerous injuries to bathers, who are stung when they accidentally step on the fish. The wound caused by its venomous spine can be painful, but is non-fatal.
The round stingray has a nearly round pectoral fin disc usually colored brown or grayish brown above, with pale yellow spots or reticulations. Some individuals are plain or black. The underside is white to yellowish. The tail is short and stout, with a long, thick, serrated stinging spine. The teeth are small and diamond-shaped, and sexually dimorphic in that the central teeth of males are erect, sharply pointed, and curved inward. They attain a maximum pectoral fin disc width of 25 cm in males and 31 cm in females.
The tail spine is periodically shed and replaced; for most of the year round stingrays have only one spine, but at the beginning of July small secondary spines begin to appear. The number of rays with secondary spines increases to a peak around September and October, then declines as the primary spines fall off and are replaced. The replacement process is complete by December.
Dimensions Up to 22" (56 cm) long.
Warning Concentrations of these stingrays occasionally make some beaches in California unsafe for swimmers, as their venomous tail spines can cause painful wounds.
Habitat Ocean or bay shallows, Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes.
Range California.

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Here is a call I made last month but had to wait until after the man's birthday before posting it. The picture quality is not good but you can see what it looks like. It is made from walnut with a walnut peg 2 piece striker.
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Beef up your meal with these hearty sandwiches - ready in 30 minutes! Perfect if you love Italian cuisine.
Enjoy these tasty sandwiches with fresh tomato slices marinated in your favorite Italian dressing and some potato chips on the side.
Make Easy Cheesy Beef Sandwiches. Omit broth and Worcestershire sauce from beef mixture. Place bottom halves of rolls on ungreased cookie sheet. Layer beef mixture and slices of provolone cheese on bottom halves. Broil 5 to 6 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with remaining roll halves.
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As of this time it's just rumors about a Rebel Trooper (from the POTJ line) set for later this year.
I for one would love to see this set and I am sure that other collectors would buy it. I would love an army of troopers.
Just one suggestion: have different heads for the figures. That would make the set more appealing.
Also, consider a four pack of Death Star Troopers. This figure from the POTF2 line was very hard to find and I am sure many people would love to get not one but four of him.


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Toyota said last Thursday it would pay $29 million as part of a settlement related to its safety recalls.
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AniDB wrote:The Queen's Blade: Rebellion game books serve as a sequel to the original Queen's Blade game books, which are Japanese spinoffs from Flying Buffalo's Lost Worlds game series. In combat picture book games, players simulate turn-based fighting with books that each represent a character.
The story is set four years after the first storyline and revolves around Annelotte, the rebelling knight princess who stands up to the tyranny of the new queen. The Rebellion storyline already inspired two prologue original video anime DVDs that are being bundled with the Queen's Blade Premium Visual Books.
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A competition to decide the next Queen. The strongest warrior will rule the country and expand it. The contestants need to be older than 12. They need not be human, intelligent or even of that country. The rules for the tournament: murder is allowed. Any weapon can be chosen.
Discussion thread.
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Aural Fixation
Mixed Drink Tape
Songs in the key of booze
Celebrating the consumption of alcohol in a state with as much DWI tragedy as ours should be done with a tad of temperance. I crowdsourced some of these tunes, and I also tried to present tracks that both glorify getting sotted and those that dwell on the darker side of alcoholism. Stream this playlist in its entirety at: bit.ly/
"Underneath the Bottle" • Lou Reed • The Blue Mask
This is Lou Reed at his charming, libertine best. He's so bad that he's gone past bad and back to sacrosanct.
"Summer Wine" • Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazlewood • "Summer Wine"/"Sugar Town" 7-inch
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring—euphemism or not—sounds like a top-shelf recipe.
"La Bière"• Jacques Brel • Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel's vox could make rubbing alcohol sound like Cristal.
"There's a Tear in My Beer" • The The • Hanky Panky
Minimalist, ennui-laden rendition of Hank Williams' oft-covered classic.
"Relief is Just a Swallow Away" • George Jones • Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years
The Possum inimitably delivers a paean to alcoholic anodyne.
"Dim Lights, Thick Smoke" • Marty Stuart • Once Upon a Time
Marty Stuart revisits one of his fave teenage tunes to sublime effect.
"Jockey Full of Bourbon" • Tom Waits • Rain Dogs
"Flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass/ I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife."
"Baptize Me in Wine" • Screamin' Jay Hawkins • Screamin' the Blues
"If wine's gonna kill me, I don't mind dyin'. ..."
"Drink!" • They Might Be Giants • Mink Car
"Let's drink, drink/ This town is so great/ Drink, drink, 'cause it's never too late. ..."
"Who Drank My Beer" • The Church Keys • Work With It!!!
Obscure Goner Records act covers Dave Bartholomew's indictment of beer moochers.
"Whiskey" • Brown Hornet • Greatest Hits
"Drinking whiskey in my closet ..."
"Drunk & Crazy" • Fang • Landshark/Where the Wild Things Are
Cali hardcore punk band shrieks about alcohol's dampening effects on inhibitions.
"Stinking Drunk" • Big Black • Atomizer
"Like swimming, like sex, like a kick in the bag/ Like a fistfight/ Think it's time I got stinking drunk. ..."
"I Ain't Drunk" • Lonnie "The Cat" • Rhythm Rockin' Blues
"But you're so high. ..."
"Quiet Whiskey" • Wynonie Harris • Good Rockin' Blues
"Whiskey, whiskey, on the shelf/ You were so quiet there by yourself/ Things were fine 'til they took you down/ Opened you up and passed you around. ..."
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"Hi, I've recently got my EB-50, and straight out of the box, I had to adjust my ears to the flat sound signature. the sound is clinical and dry but very true. Coming from the luscious RE-262 (difficult to drive, mid-centric but with extremely great soundstage), the EB-50 were extremely fast and I loved the soundstage that as a out-of-the-head feeling that almost seems not coming from the..." --Kressel
Digicom Bud-2 Stereo Earbuds (blue)
Listening to your iPod on the go is even more convenient with this stereo headset. This headset features great sound quality and bass response as well as enhanced sound. The sleek caps ensure the headphones fit comfortably and securely in your ear. It supports all other players with a headphone port. iBud makes you relax and enjoy your music easier than ever.


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toywiz has put up pics of two new movie moment multipacks:
Ferrari fan Luigi + Guido
"Monsters Truck Inc." Mike and Sully
toywiz has put up pics of two new movie moment multipacks:
Ferrari fan Luigi + Guido
"Monsters Truck Inc." Mike and Sully
Does anyone know what the points are being used for? Is there a mail-away?
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
evenflow, those points can be used to bid on prize packages on the official cars movie site. however, they have no auctions running right now but they'll restart in october.
be warned that it's really difficult to win as i pooled my points with two other people and we had a good amount and yet didn't win a thing.
Finally grabbed Lizzie and Sarge the other day- I was starting to lose hope. When is the next round coming? (Classic Hudson Hornet, Lightning w/ Ramone paintjob/whitewall tires, etc.)
speck, the speculation is that the new wave will hit around the time of the dvd release (early november). of course, it could be sooner than that.
I haven't seen the movie but I already have sarge, lizzie, mcqueen in blue, dj, wingo, nitroade, king.
well, like i said, speck, it was just speculation. it's next to impossible to find out that sort of info from mattel and i guess we're really spoiled by hasbro as we always know what's coming out and when insofar as SW toys are concerned.
i picked up another Lizzie and Sarge today from Target. hopefully the new wave of cars will arrive soon.


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- Mounts via wire on the back.
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No they are not out. I got these early from a friend who buys them overseas, probably direct from the factory.
The Geonosian is awesome! There are some flaws. The wrists do not pivot, but the elbows bend (barely - and not enough). The knees are jointed and more flexible, but not that it does any good - he stands best in one pose. The head turns of course, and there is some attempt at articulation in the ankles. But the wings are the nicest thing - but other than that, this'll remind you of either the 3 3/4" Geonosian, or Watto's 12". The Geonosian does have one article of removeable 'clothing' - err more like plastic: his ornamented pelvic guard. But he's nicely detailed and it does impress me and makes me hope we'll see what they can do with a 12" Poggle the Lesser if they one day decide to make one!
You'll require a doll stand to keep the Geonosian on his feet though!
Anakin takes getting used to. I first saw this one and cringed. I never gave my buddy the money for him. He told me to just "borrow" the figure and see what I decide sometime later. Then I can give him some cash, or return the 12".
His shirt sleave does not come unattached with velcro like Ponda Baba's jacket. That means, if he gets his arm sliced off, miraculously, nothing happens to his clothing
The feature makes his arm fall off much more easily, while just trying to pose him, and then you have to stuff it back up the sleave - but this is not too troublesome for the person who changes a loose display occasionally. However, for a kid - uh, well they're not going to be too happy.
The droid hand seems undersized, but it might just be that it's skeletal, and if we didn't have flesh on our fingers, or on one hand, that hand would be smaller than our other hand too. But Anakin cannot hold anything in his droid hand.
Then again, any figure can hold anything you want with those clear rubberbands Hasbro now ships with just about everything.
THE GEONOSIAN REQUIRES A CLEAR RUBBERBAND OR HE CANNOT HOLD HIS SPEAR! (I forgot to add that it's not easy to make him double-handle the spear, and poses with two hands are limited due to lack of wrist articulation in the Geonosian).
With Anakin, articulation is standard for a 12", and I posed him just like the Unleashed Anakin (my favorite Unleashed).
I've finally gotten used to the face, but his head is added on, cutting off just under the chin, on the neck, instead of having a full neck plug into the body like most 12". This gives Anakin a double-chin look (well not really, but I'm not sure how to describe him). And he also makes me wonder if I have a prototype, and the finished version will have this flaw corrected???
Meanwhile, after getting used to his face, he does look more like Hayden (attacking Sandpeople maybe) than the previous Anakin. I may just keep this figure. But he's far from my favorite.
The clothes are the same as the last one. Two lightsabers are included. One is his correct AOTC saber, but not the blue one he borrowed to use against Dooku (which was not Obi-Wan's real saber either). The green one is correct - his borrowed saber from the Arena.
One final thing: the sleeve on the artificial hand is curiously molded plastic. Plugging it in gives you two sleeves of the same inner shirt???? The droid hand does not turn at the wrist in any way.
Overall, the Geonosian is better than Anakin, and I still like the original AOTC Anakin 12" better, but this is a nice wave. My friend did not bring Padme (of which his extra is going to his young niece to play with on Christmas).
I was looking forward to at least seeing her
So my judgement on that figure might have to wait until we all are getting her in retail stores. Upon that occasion, I'll be down for one more Geonosian!


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"NOTE: THIS MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO AS THE KICKER PHENOM. THE PART NUMBER SHOWN FOR THE KICKER PHENOM PHONES I HAVE IS EB92S As I contemplated giving these a go, I became aware that there was one thing that I wasn't too thrilled about. No mic or controls. I am a person constantly on the go, so most of my listening doesn't get done off of my Fiio amp, but just straight..." --MadMusicJunkie
PlayaZ N1
If the Playaz N1 were designed with reasonable amount of bass and they could be the steal of the century. In reality I can recommend them for EQ-friendly folks only - stay away if your source does not have a good, user customizable EQ.
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DeSilva is a former Providence Journal reporter who turned to crime novels as, you might say, a "parachute out of the newspaper business." And the Ace Atkins scene is one of many moments when readers (especially local ones) might have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction.
Liam Mulligan works at a once-revered Fountain Street newspaper called the Providence Dispatch. He pals around with a short-haired, outspoken attorney general nicknamed "Attila the Nun," who bears a striking resemblance to former Rhode Island Attorney General Arlene Violet. And he punches bags at boxer Vinny Pazienza's gym until his knuckles bleed.
DeSilva played coy during a recent stop at the Providence Public Library to promote the book. Attila the Nun shares only a nickname with Violet, he averred, and the Providence Dispatch, which Mulligan describes as "circling the drain," is in much more dire circumstances than the ProJo. But Mulligan, DeSilva admitted, is definitely him. A younger, taller, wittier, version of him.
DeSilva had just finished leading a public radio correspondent on a tour of Mulligan's Providence. They stopped in Mount Hope, where Mulligan grew up; hit Hope High, where he went to school; and visited Caserta Pizza, where he dines. "Most crime novels are set in big, anonymous cities, like Los Angeles or New York or Chicago," DeSilva said, "but Providence is different." It's cosmopolitan, yet claustrophobic. It's hopelessly corrupt, yet pious enough to print "HOPE" on its state flag.
As fans filed into the room, DeSilva sat near a table with bright orange stacks of Cliff Walk and explained how Rhode Island's infamous indoor-prostitution loophole inspired his latest book. After a local strip-club baron is shot through the neck (his body is splattered on the rocks at the landmark of the book's title), Mulligan sets off on a statewide odyssey — from the Chad Brown projects in Providence, to a porn studio in West Warwick, to a pig farm in Pascoag — to nail down the story.
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The garden and walkway in front of my brother's house. This was my second attempt--you can see the first at: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=8246
Unfortunately, I again had a problem with getting auto-exposure to stick. I set the camera for autofocus, but locked the exposure (and double-checked it to make sure I didn't end up with the same result as before). As you can tell, though, the camera unfortunately didn't keep the exposure locked (an annoying "feature" of the SD850 and similar Canons).
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Hi folks.
I am a german AF collector and would like to know if there has ever been a Battle Pack #7 (escape pod) including a "4-LOM" figure ???
A few days ago I got an old catalogue (1998) from IDEAL (the former german distributor of Galoob/Hasbro-stuff). There is a picture of BP#7 and instead of this Lord Vader figure there is a "4-LOM" on this image. It's displayed quite small - but it is definitely "4-LOM".
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08-29-2012, 04:44 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Java fern needs Help and relocation...
Well, besides my bba problem my java fern is getting so big for the corner of my tank. I would like to know and if any one can help please, How would I take the plant out and clean it up?
Also, can I cut it in half and put the other half on the other side of the tank?
Once I take it out should I do a water change because I do need to do one or all this stuff going to upset my Tiger Barbs?
Please help!
Thanks a Bunch!!!
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You can divide it. Use good clean and sharp scissors, cut it in half, and plant in the other side of your tank.
It is ok to do your water change. Even plants need freshening up a bit. Go for it. 10% water change has the least impact to your fish.
Cut the rhizome/root thingy in half and replant it while leaving the rhizome/root thingy out of the substrate. Java fern really grows best when attached to wood or rocks. Burying it will cause rot, but it doesn't seem like you have any, so you probably already know that.


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Located in the vibrant heart of Shoreditch, 800m from Old Street Station.
Please CALL OR MESSAGE ME before booking to check availability. If your stay includes a Friday or Saturday night then the minimum stay will be 3 nights unless otherwise agreed.
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Set on the ground and 1st floors of a 6-storey building, the apartment has it's own private entrance. It is a very modern, stylish apartment, refurbished to a high standard in neutral tones with bold splashes of colour, solid oak flooring, stunning lighting features and a fabulous home cinema system.
The apartment can accommodate up to 13 people and the sleeping arrangements are:
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The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room with shower, basin and WC.
Bedroom 1 has an en-suite shower room with shower, basin and WC. There are a further 3 bedrooms.
The main bathroom has a bath (with overhead shower), basin and toilet. A shower TV adds a touch of luxury.
The lounge is smart and spacious with a large sofa bed and a home cinema system with built-in projector, surround sound, Sony PS3 and an online library of 5,000 films - great for keeping the kids entertained or for a quiet night in after a hard day hitting the tourist trail. WiFi and wired broadband are also provided.
The kitchen is open plan to the Lounge and is fully equipped with hob, oven, microwave, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer and dishwasher.
There is also a lovely decked patio garden with a built-in barbecue, seating and table - perfect for Al fresco dining.
I will provide clean bedding and towels.
The apartment and location offer comfort and convenience with a touch of luxury. It's an ideal base for exploring London's tourist attractions or for doing business in this remarkable city.
כללי הביתEnjoy this unique apartment!
You will enjoy it all the more if you follow a few basic rules and respect our neighbours.
The minimum stay is 3 nights if your stay includes a Friday or Saturday night, unless otherwise agreed.
You will need to pay a security deposit of £400 in cash at check in and this will be refunded within 48 hours of checking out, by PayPal or bank transfer.
You will need to provide details and proof of ID for all guests staying in the apartment.
Parties are not permitted in the apartment and any visitors to the apartment must be agreed in advance.
No smoking or pets.
There must be no loud music, Film, TV or other noise that can be heard outside the flat after 21:00.
Please keep all areas reasonably clean and tidy and remove shoes while in the apartment.
Normal check-in is 14:30 - 18:30, though I try to be flexible. Check-in during unsocial hours (after 19:30) will incur a small charge of £25.
Normal check-out is 9:00 - 11:00, though I try to be flexible. I can arrange a later check-out time if there is no-one else booked in that day.
E-mail me before booking if you want to check in or out outside normal hours and I will try to accommodate your needs.
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Todo fue perfecto. El apartamento tiene todo lo necesario para pasar unos días en familia y visitar Londres cómodamente. Perfectamente comunicada para moverse tanto con el metro como con el autobús, o incluso andando.
Raquib y su hermano muy atentos en todo momento.
good location, we have been 12 people in the house and there was enough space for everyone, very friendly host
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Everything was great, uncomplicated and friednly booking, check-in and check-out, nice area, easy to get into the city via tube or bus. Breakfast at Pellicci's is a must!
Thank you Raquib!
Great location - just outside congestion charge zone, close to restaurants on Brick Lane and attractions. Parking facilities readily available just outside apartment.
Lots of beds in the bedrooms which easily accommodated our group of 11 people including kids and adults. Bathrooms which were on the smaller side but fine.
Large living, kitchen area which boasted a fantastic entertainment system which included playstation and amazon prime TV.
Host was very helpful and accommodating to our needs and requests. They had an extensive list of suggestions of activities and attractions. They also kindly provided milk and drinks on arrival. Apartment had tea and coffee facilities and cleaning products.
We stayed in the appartement of Raquib in december 2015. Raquib 's apartment Titus homes, was acceptable. The neighborhood was very moderate. During the night we had been lying in bed much bothered by noise from the apartment complex. To our surprise and anger were false accused by the neighbors and the owner for the noise. We were threatened with police and to be set out of the apartment . After it was clear to the owner that we had suffered from the noise and not caused it , he refused to apologize. So we had a very unpleasant stat in Bethnal Green , Titus home apartmetn
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Very nice appartment in a vibrant neighborhood. Not far from the city centre and suitable for groups up to 10 people.
Raquib was very helpfully and make everything possible. We really enjoyed our stay.
Raquib vas a very cosy,polite and kind host.
He gave us good information and many tips and told us how to get around in the city,and it was very helpful.
The apartment was great and located in a quite street.
Maximum 10 minutes to walk to the tube(old street)
The apartment has everything you need,big movie screen in the livingroom with acces to a LARGE numbers of films,also PS3. There is also a TV in one of the bedrooms,in another bedroom there is a movie screen and DVD-player(if you want to bring some films to watch in bed,there are a few DVD's in the apartment as well)
Raquib has also a TV in one of the bathrooms;)
I will absolutly recomend this apartment for your stay in London.
Anne Lill,Rune,Ine,Harald,Jonas,Rikke and Markus from Norway.
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Most pundits argue the eurozone has only two options: break up or create a fiscal union to match its monetary one. In fact, there's a third, and better, path: adopt tighter market discipline, bailing out illiquid countries while letting truly insolvent ones go bust. The result would be a collection of fitter economies and a Europe strong enough to play a big role on the world stage.
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Good Samaritan helps thwart beer rip
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - David Travieso is one for the underdog. So when an armed robber tried to do a beer rip at a Texaco gas station off Northwest Blvd. Thursday night he wasn't going to stand idly by and let it happen.
Travieso stopped at the Texaco to pick up a drink Thursday night; so did Jon Wallace Hohnsbehn, who allegedly went straight to a cooler, grabbed a couple of beers and walked out.
"He didn't say hi or nothing," Travieso said.Beer rip thwarted in Coeur d'Alene
The cashier and Travieso followed him outside but Hohnsbehn wasn't going to give the beer back. Travieso decided he wasn't going to let him get away.
"When he initially pulled the knife I tried cutting him off, he didn't stop he kept coming towards me. that's when I started backing up," he said.
Being a military veteran, and a man who's about the doing the right thing, Travieso followed Hohnsbehn.
"We walked around the back side and then ended up coming all the way around," he said.
And he kept following, for about a mile, to a spot near the Hamptons Inn. All the while, the Coeur d'Alene Police were kept up to date so they knew exactly where to go.
"If it had not been for that citizen telling us where we could find this individual we would not have found this suspect," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo said.
It was Chief Longo, in fact, who happened to be on Northwest Blvd. when the robbery call went out over the radio, and responded to the scene.
"I gave the commands to the individual to halt, comply with us," Longo said.
Hohnsbehn decided not to comply however; he kept drinking and started swearing at the chief. Officers eventually took him into custody.
"Basically said he was thirsty so he was stealing some beer," Chief Longo said.
While Coeur d'Alene police slapped the cuffs on Hohnsbehn, it was Travieso who did the footwork to track him down.
"We are very grateful for the actions he took to help us arrest this violent offender," Longo said.


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Description Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as red cushion sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae.
Oreaster reticulatus occurs in many regions of the Western Central Atlantic, including Bahamas, Cape Frio, Cape Hatteras, the Caribbean Sea, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Guyanas and Yucat·n.
Habitat Coral reefs.
Range Florida.


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Beachscape with bathers, Queenscliff IV
Signed verso lower right in black ink "Fred Williams". Not dated. Not titled.
image, overall 59.2 (h) x 79.2 (w) cm
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1983
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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These Queenscliff gouaches are among Williams's most minimal and memorable paintings. They are masterpieces of understatement and distillation. While he was interested in the changing effects of light through the day, he didn't aim for a literal reading of the strips but varied their sequence within each gouache. He painted these works with such sensitivity and naturalness that they almost appear to have been breathed onto the surface of the paper.


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The American Film Institute's upcoming AFI Fest 2011 will showcase some of the most highly anticipated films of the fall, as well as a few that many audience members may not have heard of yet. Among those will be the new Swedish romance WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT, which Los Angeles area fans of Imagine Me and You or The L Word will definitely want to check out while they have the chance.
This gorgeously shot film follows the recently engaged Mia, as she and her fiancé visit her father for his own engagement party. Initially jealous of her new, future sister-in-law Frida, the two discover a growing attraction for one another over a weekend in the countryside. As their emotional connection grows, so do the complications, and the women are soon forced to come to terms with its effects on their existing relationships, their self-identities, and their life-choices. AFI Fest will screen the film from first-time writer/director Alexandra-Therese Keining as part of their Breakthrough section on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m.; both screenings will be at the Mann Chinese Theater.
The festival will also screen the highly anticipated J. Edgar as one of their gala presentations, and Law of Desire in honor of the festival's guest artistic director (and the film's director) Pedro Almodovar. Visit http://www.afi.com/afifest/ for more details and ticketing information, and check out the trailer for With Every Heartbeat below.


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Extra Photos for: Natalie Portman Wedding Ring (Photos) Jeweler Jamie Wolf Says She Secretly Married Benjamin Millepied
By Leslie Warren
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Check out the wedding ring of Natalie Portman in the above pic and in the photo gallery below, the US beauty is reportedly now Mrs. Benjamin Millepied. The actress is now off the market after a secret wedding and her jeweler is reportedly spilling all the details on the ring. A report claims Natalie Portman has got married, and it cites her ring-designer as confirming the wedding...


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The 1998 Hope College softball team has been honored for academic performance by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
The Flying Dutch had the second best cumulative grade point average among all NCAA Division III colleges for the 1997-98 academic year. The nation's leader was Hamline, Minn. with a cumulative 3.441. The Flying Dutch ended at 3.420.
No other college from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) were among the 10 Division III team to be honored nationally.
The Flying Dutch, coached by Karla Wolters, posted a 21-13 record and finished third in the MIAA standings.
The 1997-98 school year was a banner year for Hope student-athletes on both the field of competition and in the classroom. Hope won the MIAA All-Sports award a league record 21st time. Teams and individual athletes competed in a record 11 NCAA championship events. Eight teams (men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming, softball, men's tennis and men's and women's track) were honored nationally for academic performance


text: Fox News is my preferred news station when I want to get caught up on what is going on in the world. So I flip to Fox at the top of the hour (8am est) and there is Brian Kilmeade sitting with a football field behind him and talking about having Frank Caliendo / Drew Brees / and Mark Sanchez on as guests in his upcoming segment ! I mean, a million + protesters taking to the streets in Cairo. Continuing violence, bloodshed and death. Press being assaulted / detained / threatened / equipment confiscated. An entire country on the cusp of nation wide revolt and you lead with some meaningless crap that has little to nothing to do with the Superbowl which, by the way, is 2 days away . Come on... really? Hey, I'm a fairly conservative Republican. Make no bones about it. I love football and the Superbowl but WTF!? I'm well aware of the knocks that FNN takes about being "fair and balanced" but I actually believe they do a pretty good job. As I stated, it's my preferred news source, but certainly not my only one. I actually had to switched to CNN to get the latest update on Egypt. I'm sorry, but that is just an all around bad job by Fox. Wait... Did I just say I turned to CNN to get the news...? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.


text: Conventional wisdom says that umbilical hernias are inheritable, and a dog with a hernia should not be bred. Conventional wisdom, however, does not differentiate between "true hernias" where there is a defect in the body wall, and "delayed closures", where a small bit of omentum slips out of the area before the umbilicus closes. In 26 years of dealing with breeders and reproduction, I do not have any evidence that "delayed closures" are inheritable.


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How to Buy a Bass Guitar: A Guide for the First-Time Buyer
Gunther swung open my office door with a violent jolt and glared at me jealously. He wasn't amused to see me sitting on the couch with a gorgeous blonde creature cradled in my arms.
"Ah, detective Watts," he snarled, clenching a cigarette between his wolf-like teeth. "You found what I was looking for."
I looked Gunther square in the eye as I slowly slid my hand along the supple curves of the blonde's body. "Yeah, and you wouldn't believe how cheap this one is," I teased. "Here. Check it out yourself."
Gunther's greasy, greedy hands lustfully prowled the blonde's body. "This feels good," he growled like a warthog. "So gorgeous. Do you mind if I slap her?"
"Go ahead."
Gunther howled, wildly flailing his right hand like Rocky Marciano catching his wife in flagrante delicto. The veins in his left hand turned purple as he tightened his grip around the blonde's neck. "That's the kind of action I like!" he shouted. "Please. I've been looking for so long. Let me buy this one from you."
I snatched the blonde beauty back into my arms and snapped at Gunther, "Cool it! I may be a private bass dick, but an old Chinese man once told me something I've never forgotten: 'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.' Well, Gunther, today's your lucky day. I'm going to show you how the catch the big fish."
"But it's so confusing," Gunther whined. "I don't even know where to begin."
"Good basses are a dime-a-dozen in this two-bit town," I replied. "Just follow my advice, and you'll get a bass of your own that's as sweet and sassy as this beautiful blonde. But this one's mine."
Finding a great bass doesn't have to be a mystery. There are so many well-made, affordable basses on the market today that it's never been easier to find a good instrument. But don't just buy the first bass you get your hands on. There are still problems to be aware of and features to consider to insure that you get the best value and an instrument you'll be happy playing for years to come.
Here are some guidelines to help you make the right decision.
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Before you set foot in a store, you should have a clear idea of what you want. Doing research in advance will narrow down your options. Check out product reviews, ads, catalogs and manufacturer websites to become familiar with the features and specs of various models. Find out what your favorite bassists are playing. However, keep in mind that many players use modified custom shop axes that you won't find on the racks at your local retailer.
Once you've pinpointed a few basses that appeal to you, learn all you can about them. What woods are they made of? What kind of pickups and electronics do they have? How long is the scale? The more familiar you are with specs, the easier it is to identify what features you like. It also will help you communicate your needs to a salesperson. For example, if you find the string spacing on a Precision Bass too wide for your hands, you'll know to ask for a bass with a narrower fingerboard, like a Jazz Bass.
Never let your decisions be influenced exclusively by what your favorite players use, peer pressure or recommendations from a salesperson. You should love the instrument you're going to buy, so don't ignore your animal lust for a particular axe. "You have to have an emotional connection," says bass maker Rob Allen of Rob Allen Guitars. "Choose a bass that you like to look at and always want to play. It's a very personal decision, almost like choosing a mate."
Once you have a good idea what you want, it's time to visit a few stores and try out some basses. Once you're in the store, focus on the basses within your price range, but don't be afraid to try instruments beyond your budget. Trying a more expensive bass can give you a great perspective on how a well-crafted bass is supposed to look and feel.
Check out details like the fretwork, how the neck feels, what the finish looks like and how carefully the hardware is installed, and compare these features to the basses you can afford. If an instrument you've selected seems similar to a much more expensive axe, chances are it's a great value.
Neck and Neck
Examine the neck first. Run your fretting hand along the neck and note how well it fits in your hand. Does the fingerboard feel too wide or narrow? Is it easy to play or do you struggle to fret notes? Don't worry if you don't know how to play or are just a beginner. If the instrument doesn't feel comfortable in your hands it's probably not right for you.
"Check how the instrument feels," recommends MTD's Michael Tobias. "If an instrument doesn't play well from the start, chances are it never will. Have the salesperson make sure that the instrument is set up properly. If it isn't, ask if the store can set it up for you."
Try playing the bass both sitting down and standing up. Strap on the bass and release your hands. If the neck slides down and points to the ground, the neck is too heavy. While a bass with a heavy neck may be perfectly playable, it will cause muscle fatigue more quickly because your fretting hand is supporting the neck. Some body shapes don't fit comfortably on your lap. If you plan on using the bass for practice or recording situations when you'll be sitting down, you should consider another instrument.
Next, play notes on every fret on every string as well as the open strings to check for buzzing and dead spots. If you can't play well, bring along a friend who plays or your bass instructor. If any open strings buzz but the buzzing disappears when you hold down that string at the first fret, the nut is probably cut too deep and will need to be replaced. Buzzing frets are sometimes caused by a bad setup, which you can easily fix, but they may also be caused by bad fretwork or a warped or twisted neck, which are very expensive to fix.
How can you determine if the neck is warped? A bass string at full tension forms a perfectly straight line, so you can use a string as a gauge. Press down the heaviest string so it touches the first and last frets simultaneously and note how the neck aligns with the string. A properly set up neck will have a slight curve, and the string will not touch the frets in between the first and last frets. If there is too much space between the string and frets—say, wider than the string itself—the neck has too much relief and the truss rod needs to be tightened.
If all the frets touch the string the neck may be perfectly straight, which is okay, or it could be bowed, which will cause the lower frets to buzz. In this case you'll need to loosen the truss rod (allow only an experienced repairperson to adjust the truss rod). If the neck is bowed in an "s" shape (meaning some frets in the upper or lower section of the neck touch the frets, while the opposite side doesn't touch the frets), the neck is badly warped or twisted, and you should look for another bass.


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Aspergillosis precipitin is a laboratory test to detect
Aspergillus immunodiffusion test; Test for precipitating antibodies
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
The sample is sent to a laboratory where it is examined for precipitin bands that form when Aspergillus antibodies are present.
There is no special preparation.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of an Aspergillosis infection.
A normal test result means you do not have Aspergillus antibodies.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A positive result means antibodies to the fungus have been detected. This means you have been exposed to the fungus at some point, but it does not necessarily mean you have an active infection.
False-negative results are possible. For example, invasive aspergillosis often does not produce a positive result, even though Aspergillus is present.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
Stevens DA. Aspergillosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 360.
Patterson TF. Aspergillus species. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 258.
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Unique Burger Ideas
ind a new favorite way to cook burgers minus the beef. Burgers have come a long way since the original ground-beef patty graced the inside of a white-bread bun. Creative burger variations and non-beef burgers, in particular, are growing more and more popular in our grilling-happy, sandwich-loving culture.
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Whether you don't eat beef, only eat poultry, or follow a fish-only diet, you can find a burger that fits your taste. Almost any ground protein can be transformed into the juicy, flavorful burger of your choice. Guidelines to keep in mind while deciding on how to prepare your burger include:
- Make sure to add flavor to pep up your preferred protein. Ground beef needs just a dash of salt and pepper to reach its full potential, but delicate ingredients like poultry and fish benefit from more intricate seasoning.
- Be careful with cook times. Lean proteins will cook up in a jiff, and fatty fish like tuna and salmon often taste better when they're not fully cooked through. Note: Always buy sushi-grade fish when serving it rare.
- Grease your grill well. Red meat usually contains enough natural fat to prevent sticking on the grill, but leaner proteins will require a well-greased grill. A nonstick, perforated grill pan is also a good tool to ensure your burgers make it from grill to plate without any messy mishaps.
Buffalo Burgers
Ground buffalo patties are very close cousin of the beef burger, and can be prepared almost the same way. Buffalo meat is higher in protein, lower in fat, calories, and cholesterol, and a touch sweeter than beef. Due to its leaner composition, make sure not to overcook buffalo burgers. For a rich twist, try topping buffalo burgers with a thin slice of foie gras just before serving.
Venison Burgers
Tender, free-range venison creates an elegant variation on the classic burger. This game meat can be ground and seasoned simply with salt and white pepper before being grilled to perfection.
Lamb Burgers
Lamb-lovers will agree, nothing beats a bacon-wrapped patty of ground lamb that's been flavored with snipped fresh rosemary and black pepper. To keep the smoky, salty bacon in place while the burger cooks, try securing the patty with a metal skewer horizontally through the center.
Chicken and Turkey Burgers
Chicken is truly a lean way to go when picking your preferred burger protein. Complementary flavors for this white meat include sautéed onion and mixed organic mushrooms, fresh oregano and thyme, and even chopping bacon. Want to enrich your chicken burgers even further? Try adding a few handfuls of duck confit to the ground-chicken mixture before forming into patties. Ground turkey is another way to go if you're craving poultry — dark meat is recommended to obtain a juicier result.
Duck Burgers
Duck in particular lends itself to Asian flavors. Rich, gamey duck breast tastes terrific when ground and seasoned with fresh ginger, scallions, and soy sauce. If you're a duck purist, try enriching your ground duck mixture with chopped duck confit — the slow-cooked meat will only increase the tenderness and duck-forward flavor of your burgers.
Tuna or Salmon Burgers
Try adding savory Mediterranean flair to tuna or salmon burgers to complement the fish's natural sea-borne character. Briny capers and olives can be chopped and added to the finely diced fish along with minced shallots and chopped fresh basil. Adding a little mashed potato or a handful of moistened breadcrumbs to the diced fish mixture will help the patties stay together while cooking. For a flavor boost, drizzle the finished fish burgers with heady, fragrant truffle oil.


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By Ben Levisohn
In cult classic Office Space, Lawrence, the main character's next door neighbor says, "Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do s$!#." That's sage advice even investors should heed every once in a while–even if they have millions to play with.
Take Wynn Resorts (WYNN). It's the latest casino operator with Macau exposure to release earnings, hot on the heels of Las Vegas Sands' (LVS) announcement last week. And despite the news, the stock has done almost nothing. It's up just 0.04% today at 1:49 p.m.
There's good reason for investors to feel perplexed by Wynn's announcement, however. First, consider the earnings statement itself, which was light on earnings, and in-line on revenue. MarketWatch has the details:
Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s second-quarter profit fell 6% as the casino operator reported a $26.6 million charge on the early retirement of debt, masking an increase in revenue…
Wynn reported a profit of $129.8 million, or $1.28 a share, down from $138.1 million, or $1.37 a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items such as the debt-retirement charge, earnings increased to $1.51 a share from $1.38 a share.
Revenue rose 6.3% to $1.33 billion, driven by a 16% increase from Las Vegas operations and a 2.6% increase from Wynn's Macau operations.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $1.57 a share on $1.34 billion in revenue.
The biggest disappointment might be Wynn's light Macau numbers, which Cantor Fitzgerald's Robert LaFleur summed up: "Net revenues rose 2.6%…Property EBITDA margins -210 bps to 31.2%. Property EBITDA was $290.1M, missing our $309.6M."
But Wynn also dropped a big piece of news on the market: It's scheduled an opening date for its Cotai project. Janney's Brian McGill and Tyler Batory explain the potential impact:
Most importantly in our view, management announced it had signed a guaranteed max price and opening date in Macau for its Cotai development. The final project will cost $4 bln at most and is scheduled to open on January 16th in 2016. We think this property will add significant value and estimate it is worth $50 to shares today. We also believe the increased certainty surrounding the timeline and spending is a notable positive…
While the Macau results were below expectations, we think the potential for softness was known by investors heading into the print. Going forward, we think the focus should move from market share shifts to the positive Macau market fundamentals and the Cotai project.
Other casino stocks have also gone nowhere, despite better than expected gambling revenue in Macau. RBC's John Kempf has the details:


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Alternate name: Reindeer
Family: Cervidae, Deer view all from this family
Description A stocky deer of the far north. Both sexes have antlers; male antlers are larger and semi-palmated, especially the single, flat brow tine that extends down almost, but not quite, past the nose; female antlers are much smaller and less palmate. Female tends to have more white hairs than bulls. Old antlers are whitish, new ones are black from their velvet covering. Coloration and antler size vary across subspecies. The Woodland Caribou from boreal forests and alpine tundra is the largest caribou, and is brown in the summer and grayish in the winter. It has creamy white hair on the neck, mane, underbelly, rump, and on a patch above each hoof. Barren Ground Caribou uses taiga forests and tundra and is medium in size; the coat is chocolate brown in summer, lighter brown in winter. Pearly Caribou from high Arctic islands is smaller with shorter legs, face, and ears, and a lighter coloration.
Dimensions 1.6-2.1m, 11-22cm, 81-153kg; / 1.4-1.9m, 10-20cm, 63-94kg
Endangered Status The Woodland Caribou, a subspecies of the Caribou, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Idaho and Washington. The Woodland Caribou once ranged across much of the northern U.S., from Washington to Maine. Today, only one small herd remains south of Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains of northeastern Washington and northern Idaho. Hunting and development encroaching upon their habitat contributed to the decline of these animals. Today accidental shootings and disturbance by snowmobilers continue to threaten the herd.
Breeding Large migratory herds calve on the tundra in the spring, then wander the tundra and forest searching for food.
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Forests & woodlands
Range Rocky Mountains, Northwest, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, Alaska
Discussion Caribou eat grasses and shrubbery leaves in the summer, lichens in the winter, a food not used by other members of the deer family. Females can more easily detect predators on the open tundra, but in the winter forested regions offer the best forage in the form of lichens, which they reach by digging in the snow. Forest and mountain Caribou migrate less. The Woodland Caribou subspecies (R. t. caribou) is Endangered. Domesticated and European Caribou are known as Reindeer. Depending on the subspecies and time of year, the Caribou uses a variety of boreal forest and treeless tundra and mountain habitats, which are among the harshest and least productive of those used by any member of the deer family.


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Hero Legends 2014 Results
- Written by Dave Walsh
The year 2014 has had a bit of an odd start, as the first scheduled GLORY event for February is no longer scheduled and we won't get our first GLORY fix until March in Croatia. K-1 holds an event on January 11th in Gran Canaria, Spain, although the card has come down in prominence a bit with the loss of the Maximo Suarez vs. Shane Campbell fight. Hero Legends went down on the 3rd of January in Jinan, China, including some big names.
- Xu Yan (R3 - UD) Mike Zambidis
- Artur Kyshenko (R1 - TKO) Shi Yanzi
- Simon Marcus (R1 - TKO) Li Bei
- Wong Chung Kong (R3 - UD) Sheng Pei Kangan
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By Tiernan Ray
Credit Suisse semiconductor analysts John Pitzer, Kulbinder Garcha, Christian Buss, and Stephen Ju today offered clients an overview note on what they think is "the next big thing," the rise of sophisticated wearable technology, such as smart watches, and other accessories.
The authors contend that while "wearables," as they call them, are "not new," nevertheless, they are "at an inflection point in market adoption" because there is a growing installed base of smartphones, cost and performance improvements are coming in components, there is more mature software to run them, and there are new business models for them.
The wearables market is a lot bigger than investors realize, they contend, at perhaps $3 billion to $5 billion today, rising to perhaps $30 billion to $50 billion over the next three to five years.
There may be upward of 15% of smartphone owners who end up buying a wearable, the authors opine, for perhaps 6% share of the total global electronics market.
Bottom line, the authors think wearables are "a mega trend" and that "your clients need to care" because the gizmos may have "a significant and pervasive impact on the economy," change how we all interact with technology, and may "advance Big Data paradigm from unstructured to what has been to uncollected data."
The firm recommends as its top picks in wearables Apple (AAPL), Broadcom (BRCM), eBay (EBAY), Google (GOOG), Microchip (MCHP), NXP Semiconductor (NXPI), and, among retail stocks, Nike (NKE), Under Armour (AU), and Alliance Data Systems (ADS).
In several slides, the authors tie the smartphone to wearables as the "hub" through which various technologies interconnect, such as the "802.11ac" standard for high bandwidth, short-range WiFi connections, and "near-field communications," or NFC, for mobile payments.
They offer one graphic with a gaggle of supposed wearables, some of which you may remember (click for larger image):
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Creamy Camembert is perfectly paired with a sweet-savory red bell pepper relish.
The bell pepper mixture can be made up to 24 hours in advance; cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, reheat in the microwave on High for 1 to 2 minutes.
Serve on a gold or silver holiday platter, and tuck a few sprigs of fresh rosemary around the cheese.
Camembert is a wonderful rich, creamy cheese from France that typically comes in a round and has a soft edible rind. When ripe, this fragrant cheese oozes slightly.
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CE Courses
Herbal/Nutritional Supplements and the Dental Practice
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
PresentersSanjay Chand, MBBS, MD
W. Choong Foong, BSc (Hons), PhD
Course Overview
An estimated 50,000 dietary supplements are available to the consumer in the United States and nearly 70 % of people who use these supplements do not discuss their use with their healthcare providers. Given the prevalence of supplement use among patients, the potential drug interactions and side effects of dietary supplements warrant consideration in dental practice. While some herbal and dietary supplements may be safe and effective, their pharmacological activity may interfere with medication used for oral health care. Patients and healthcare providers alike are sometimes oblivious to the effects of these supplements and their drug interactions and side effects.
At present, there is a lack of credible information on herbal/dietary supplements and their potential impact to oral health and dental patient management. This course aims to bridge the gap, providing oral health care providers an overview on this emerging area.
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Inquire about a patients dietary supplement use and assess any risk that the supplement may pose for the patient
- Evaluate potential side effects of the herbal preparation and their impact on oral health
- Assess potential Herbal/Supplement–Dental Drug Interactions
- Assess whether the herbal product is free of contamination from compounds such as heavy metals or other pharmacologically active substances.
University of Detroit Mercy Dental Corktown Campus, Detroit, MI
Click here for directions
Dentist - $125; Allied - $75 (includes food and refreshments)
If you choose to pay for a continuing education course by check, please note that the check must be received by UDM within ten (10) days of registration. If the check is not received within ten (10) days of registration, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the course and will remove you from the course roster and you will forfeit your held seat. If you register less than ten (10) days prior to the start of a course, payment will be accepted up to the course start time. If additional time is required, please contact 313-494-6626 prior to registering to make a payment arrangement.
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Registration table opens half an hour before the course begins.
CDE Credits
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Registration Policy
For your convenience you may register up until 3:00pm on the day prior to the start of the course with no additional charge. An additional non-refundable fee of $20 dollars per person, per course will be assessed to any registrations received after 3:00pm the day prior to a course or to any same day or walk in registrations.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
A full refund less $25 will be granted if notification of cancellation is received by the Institute for Advanced Continuing Dental Education office two weeks (14 or more days) prior to the start of the course. If a cancellation is received less than two weeks (13 or less days) prior to the start of this hands-on course, no refund will be granted. Refunds cannot be given for same day cancellations or no-shows.
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This wand was used by Narcissa Malfoy in the Battle of Hogwarts after giving her son her original wand. The length, core or wood of this wand is unknown. It is also unknown if this wand is a temporary wand or a replacement wand.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Narcissa only has this wand in Part 2 of the final film, whereas in the book it isn't specified if she obtains a new wand.
- This wand is the subject of a continuity error in Part 2 of the final film. Originally, Narcissa retrieves Draco's wand from Harry Potter when she checks him for signs of life in the Forbidden Forest. After Draco rejoins his family during the temporary ceasefire, his mother returns the wand to him. An alternate scene was to show Draco throwing Harry the wand when Harry leaps from Hagrid's arms, but this was not shown in the final cut of the film. Harry was shown to still have his wand after being carried back to Hogwarts by Hagrid. As such, the wand remains a continuity error, as both Harry, Narcissa and Draco are seen holding it in the same scene.


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7.4: Professional Agent-based Simulation Development Environments
To finish this chapter, a couple of agent-based simulation development environments shall be described. This list is neither complete nor is it exclusive. As agent-based modeling is a topic of ongoing research, many universities continue to improve existing kits or develop new ones. In particular these research results are available at no cost as open source software. There are also some very good commercial solutions available, and it is often worth it to ask for academic licenses. While this introduction does not require any of these additionally provided functions, advanced professional development of modeling simulations requires more thorough research into the different types of commercially available solutions. The list provided herein is supposed to be a starting point. It is based on the 2006 comparison report by Railsback et al.8 Students looking for a supportive development environment should always do some literature research, as new reviews are published on a more or less regular basis in workshop proceedings as well as in journals, many of them freely available on the web as well. Using an evaluation scheme like proposed in the referenced paper is highly recommended.
The criteria used by Railsback et al. evaluate how easy it is to implement and run an agent-based simulation system, in particular for researchers and students with minimal programming experience. Some of the guiding questions the researchers asked were:
- How easy is it to set up and execute the model?
- How easy is it to plot results and identify and display key parameters?
- Can the model be stopped at critical points, reconfigured, and started again?
- Can the model easily import initialization data from other sources, such as spreadsheet or database programs?
- Can the model easily export the results to such programs?
- Does the development kit help the researcher to deal with complexity?
- Are all concepts identified in the chapter earlier supported?
- What about the execution speed (in particular for the computers you have at hand)?
- How well is debugging supported?
- Which computer platforms and programming languages are supported?
It is a worthwhile exercise to come up with your own evaluation catalogue and apply it to select the best agent-based modeling simulation programs for your advanced project. The Table below shows some of the most popular agent-based modeling simulation programs.
|Name / Website / Costs
|AnyLogic is a commercial development environment that offers very reasonable academic support. The main reason it is mentioned here is that AnyLogic actually combines system dynamics, discrete event simulation, and agent-based simulation into one environment. All three paradigms are supported and can be compared or merged into one model. Object are predefined and can be used drag-and-drop style to get used to the kit, but later all objects can be modified and new objects can be defined.
|Brahms is a set of software tools to develop and simulate multi-agent models of human and machine behavior. Brahms was originally developed to analyze or design human organizations and work processes. Brahms is a full-fledged multi-agent, rule-based, activity programming language. It has similarities to belief-desire-and-intention (BDI) architectures and other agent-oriented languages, but is based on a theory of work practice and situated cognition.
|Janus is a professional multiagent simulation platform. It is in particular useful for simulating the interaction of agents (social or biological) and their emergent collective behavior. Janus is able to run agent architectures, organizational models, and holarchies and holon-based models under one umbrella. It provides support developing, running, displaying and monitoring multi-agent based applications. Janus-based applications can be distributed across a network.
|MASON is a fast discrete-event multi-agent simulation library core in Java, designed to be the foundation for large custom-purpose Java simulations, and also to provide more than enough functionality for many lightweight simulation needs. MASON contains both a model library and an optional suite of visualization tools in 2D and 3D.
|NetLogo is a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. It is used by tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide. It also powers HubNet participatory simulations. It is authored by Uri Wilensky and developed at the CCL. You can download it free of charge. It supports its own very easy to learn simulation language and a fully integrated evaluation environment.
|Repast is actually a suite, i.e., is a family of advanced, free, and open source agent-based modeling and simulation platforms that have collectively been under continuous development for over 10 years. Of particular interest to readers of this book will be Repast Simphonie, which is a richly interactive and easy to learn Java-based modeling system that is designed for use on workstations and small computing clusters.
|StarLogo is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the workings of decentralized systems, i.e. systems that are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. With StarLogo, it is possible to model and gaining insights into many real-life phenomena, such as bird flocks, traffic jams, ant colonies, and market economies. It was particularly designed for educators.
|Swarm is a very professional development environment that supports many platforms and languages. The website is actually a Wiki that allows users to go to many different places to download a variety of papers, programs, add-ons, etc. It is a suite comprising support of a general language and toolbox for agents, intended for widespread use across scientific domains.
Within in this chapter we discussed agent-based modeling as a modeling paradigm support to build systems from the bottom up. The approach allows the user to define the acting components as interrelated agents that perceive, make sense, plan, and execute actions. They communicate with each other and act socially. They have memory and can learn and adapt to new tasks and a changing environment. They can be used to model mutual support as well as competition. But agents are not magic. When implemented, they are computer programs as all other simulation systems. They are just another metaphor to be used to address a problem from certain viewpoints. They deserve a place in the spectrum of M&S paradigms, but as with all other paradigms, they represent just one of several viewpoints. As the German science philosopher Karl Popper stated in Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (1972), "Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve."
8Steven F. Railsback, Steven L. Lytinen, Stephen K. Jackson: "Agent-based Simulation Platforms: Review and Development Recommendations." Simulation 82(9): 609-623 (2006)
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Jackett relishing added expectation
Head Coach Kenny Jackett today insisted Wolves should not shrink away from any added expectation and instead use home advantage as a "weapon" to win more games.
An encouraging start to the campaign, including maximum Molineux points from the opening two fixtures, sees Wolves occupying second place in Sky Bet League One ahead of the visit of Swindon tomorrow (3pm).
Swindon arrive at Molineux in good form and keen to capitalise on any drop in Wolves' standards, something Jackett has been mentioning at length to the players.
"We set our standards and we have to put on a good performance for our crowd," he says.
"We know then that if we do put on a good performance, the crowd will get behind us and drive us on and forward.
"We have to be good enough and determined enough to use that, and certainly can't look at it negatively.
"To have the crowd we have is a massive positive and it's up to us to work out a way to bring them into the game on a consistent basis.
"We can only do that with good performances but it's not something we should ever be frightened of.
"It's a tool and a weapon we can use to win more games."
When asked about Wolves' status as one of the pre-season favourites Jackett adds: "It's not something we take any notice of but right from the start, Wolves are a big club in League One, and there's a lot of attention on Wolves in League One.
"We've been selected for TV games against smaller clubs because people are looking for us to trip up.
"That type of thing is there whether we like it or not and it's something we have to embrace.
"We have to try to work out a way of using that because it's a fantastic attention on us and if we can turn that into a positive then we can get where we want to be which is getting promoted by the end of the season."
Jackett is relishing the challenge of trying to bring long-term success to Molineux, but knows he cannot afford to think too far ahead.
Instead he believes that any lasting achievement can only be "short-term focus".
"I don't look too far ahead but the potential of the club is fantastic, there's no doubt about that," he said.
"You can see the facilities, the ground, the attendances and the potential attendances are there, but then after that, you have to look at trying to play well against Swindon.
"Once you've done that, then do the same against Walsall.
"We can come off the back of the international break and take these three games in terms of a training programme.
"We'll be in on Sunday because we're working towards Tuesday etc, etc, and then look at 10 games as a whole which is a start to the season.
"You can take it each way but the main thing is to look at Swindon and trying to win that game.
"As for any long-term vision or philosophy, you have to be very careful of your predictions and your thoughts.
"The long-term potential is there to be successful, there's no doubt, but it's only realised by short-term focus."
Jackett is waiting on the fitness of skipper Sam Ricketts, who was due to return to training today having missed Wales' fixture with Serbia on Tuesday with a knee injury.
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Yoshihiro Sato vs Kenta Added to Krush.26
- Written by Dave Walsh
Krush announced earlier today that 2-time K-1 MAX Japan Tournament champion, 2010 World MAX Tournament finalist and current ISKA Middleweight champion Yoshihiro Sato would be returning to Krush to take on former Krush 70kg champion and current NJKF Super Welterweight champion Kenta at Krush.26 on January 26th. Sato (49-19-0, 20 KO) takes his first fight in Krush since Krush.16 in February where he defeated Fadi Merza to claim the ISKA Middleweight title. He has not faced Japanese opposition since a decision win over Yuji Nashiro in 2010 and has lost two in a row to Shemsi Beqiri and Sanny Dahlbeck in GLORY. While it was inarguable that Sato was the top Japanese fighter at 70kg in 2010, the division has seen the re-emergence of Yasuhiro Kido as well as the appearance of new talent like Kenta, Yuji Nashiro and Takafumi Morita, among others. While Sato is still, without a doubt, a top 2 or 3 fighter at the weight in Japan, his lack of domestic opposition in recent years makes it hard to determine if he is still a divisional kingpin, or if he has been surpassed. Kenta (25-10-3, 8 KO) will look for a fresh start in 2013 after a rough 2012 that saw him lose to TOMOYUKI, Yasuhiro Kido and Soichiro Miyakoshi, losing his Krush and WBC Japan titles in the latter two fights. He also managed wins over Shu Kiire and Takenaka Shirakami, defending his NJKF title in the latter, but his standing in the division has taken a big hit. The winner of this fight is likely the #1 contender for the 70kg title, which Yasuhiro Kido defends against Takuro Moriya at a date yet to be determined, but the resulting winner of what is essentially a 4-man tournament will be able to claim that he is the #1 70kg fighter in Japan. For Sato, a win means reinforcing what many still believe and it sets up a likely rematch with Yasuhiro Kido in a showdown between, at least in my opinion, the top two Middleweights in Japan. For Kenta, a win means regaining divisional relevance and a likely rubber match with Kido which could vault him into divisional supremacy, a place he seemed destined for in 2011.
This fight joins the opening rounds of the Krush 58kg tournament and the 2013 55kg WILDRUSH League.


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We're going to say this once, and then again and again: keep your eye on Mia Wasikowska. The blonde actress, currently known best for her work on HBO's In Treatment, is set to hit big with the upcoming releases of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and the most recent Jane Eyre remake.
Not surprisingly, the Australian starlet is good at other things besides acting — like modeling. Just check her out in the March issue of Marie Claire. Mia's got a ten-page spread in the mag, and we're swooning over her ethereal pics, which mix light and flowing dresses with rough and tough accessories like combat boots.
See them all in the gallery below.
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Topcis: "Duluth School Operating Levy" & "Voyageur Skies/Winter Outlook"
Description: Two Duluth school board members weigh in on a operating levy question on the November 8 th ballot that would increase funding for Duluth schools, resulting in a property tax increase for homeowners.
And what are the long-term predictions for this winter's weather? Authors of a new book on weather in Voyageurs National park talk about the book, and share their weather knowledge.
Guests: Art Johnston, Duluth School Board; Gary Glass, Duluth School Board; Mark Seeley, University of Minnesota Extension Climatologist; Don Breneman, Nature Photographer


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Centennial CD released
Posted May 26, 2000; 05:17 p.m.
compact disc has been released in celebration of the Centennial of the Princeton University Graduate School, with selections recorded during a concert performance at the Graduate College in February.
The CD features university organist Joan Lippincott and graduate student musicians on piano, computer, ocarina, trumpet and more. For additional information, visit http://www.princeton.edu/~gradcol/cd.htm .
Contact: Justin Harmon (609) 258-3601


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12" Biker Scout wave at Sunset Hills TRU.
12" Biker Scout wave at Sunset Hills TRU.
The Hazelwood Dollar General has the Yoda/Super battle droid, C3PO/Battle droid, Slicing Anaking and Force flip Obi-wan for $2 each. They also have the 3 packs of lego battle droids.
The Sunset Hill TRU has the Spider Droid on the Clone Wars card.
Animated Clone Wars wave 2 at the Kirkwood Target. They had at least 2 of all 4 at 1:00.
Kirkwood Wal-Mart has the Ultra Wave 2. At least 3 of each left at 11:00.
Chesterfield Valley Wal-Mart: ROTJ wave minus Lando in skiff
Manchester Wal-Mart: Tie Pilot and Capt. Antilles. Did not see the others
South County TRU: 12" Obi-wan wave.
Toys R' Us - Bridgeton:
Unleashed Clonetrooper, Chewbacca, Luke X-Wing
I grabbed the only one of each.
The Fenton Target has all 4 screen scenes on clearance for $10 each.
Chesterfield TRU has lots of the Yavin wave.
Chesterfield Target has the Obiwan and Maul glasses and the Ultra Obiwan and Jango Fett.
Chesterfiled Wal-Mart has some of the Yavin wave.
Bridgeton Target:
Found one Tanus Spijek


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Thanks to a timely prod from Pat and Jane Ann, I finally wrote down and uploaded a ::cough:: long-promised PDF pattern for these whimsical little Shawl Ministry Pins.
The pin depicts a miniature prayer shawl in progress. The pattern includes a pictorial tutorial for the miniature knitting needles as well as the miniature shawl. For gentle readers wondering about the scale of things, here's a pin with a NJ quarter.
The pins were designed for shawl ministry groups, although perhaps other groups and individuals will also enjoy making, giving, and wearing them. In keeping with the spirit of shawl ministry, the pattern is free for personal, non-commercial use. I think the pins are best shared freely and widely – I hope they bring happiness wherever they are bestowed and maybe, just maybe, do a little bit to sparking lovingkindness (or hesed, agape, metta, mohabbat, etc as gentle readers may prefer).


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A question for DarkHorse experts. Which comics will tell the "Clone Wars" entire story? Is it out yet?
A question for DarkHorse experts. Which comics will tell the "Clone Wars" entire story? Is it out yet?
"We shall double our efforts."
Hasbro, you forgot a-boot us Canadians.
It's an upcoming series of story arcs in the ongoing series Star Wars: Republic. I think the stories start in #50, and the book is on #48, but I could be wrong. Just keep watching for it on the shelves--I doubt you'll miss it.
BTW, the latest issue of Star Wars Tales (one cover is a painting of Grinnin' Ladykiller Kit Fisto and his beau-of-the-moment, Aayla Secura; the other I think is a close-up of an Ewok) has a story about Kit Fisto grinning up a storm and wooing the lovely ladies. Oh, okay, apparently Fisto's out of character and actually fights in a Clone War battle in this issue because someone just didn't know that he's a lover, not a fighter.
That's my jacket!
"But I thought the Jedi were forbidden to love."
Thanks El, I'll keep an eye out for Republic series.
"We shall double our efforts."
Hasbro, you forgot a-boot us Canadians.
I suggest you read the Star Wars Tales series. They usually have atleast one clone wars related story. Also, the Republic series now is focusing on the Clone Wars, it is the story of Aayla Secura searching for Quinlan Vos currently. Also keep an eye out for the new series called Jedi, which will be premiering this year.
"Sometimes we are lucky enough to know our lives have been changed, to discard the old and embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course."
~ Jacques Cousteau
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It's on the shelves now: Star Wars Ongoing (Republic) #49:
stars Aayla Secura and Quinlan Vos, with appearances by Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious!
It's a very cool story, and Quinlan's got a girl!
For fans of Chadra-Fans and even the mysterious Faleen, there's something there for you to.
It outlines the plans to attack Kamino coming in the next special giant issue, simply titled "The Attack of Kamino."
Next month!
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Sparky - Both the Potomac Mills and Manassas WalMarts are open 24 hours. Not sure about any of the others.
Sparky - Both the Potomac Mills and Manassas WalMarts are open 24 hours. Not sure about any of the others.
This is the best answer I have got on the Silver R2:
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
Concerning the Silver R2's check out the link below from Rebelscum.com:
According to this they should be out in a week or so.
Here is the information I have gotten out of the computer at work today. I ran across it by accident. It was hidden in with the "Big Book" information. Here is what I have, direct from TRU Corp:
Guests receive the silver anniversary R2D2 figure with a $19.99 purchase of HASBRO star wars product.
1. signage will be delivered with the "Big Book" signage kit.
2. place next to star wars action figures pegs.
3. Guest will go to Customer Service with their receipt and recieve 1 R2D2 silver anniversary figure. Product does not need to be scanned out SKN 632433 $.01 retail.
4. Figures MUST be stored behind the service desk.
6. once stores are out of figure, remove feature card.
This is what I can also tell you, there seems to be around 7000 pcs per region. This means that each store will get between 50 and 100 pcs. I am not sure if there will be more sent to TRU or if this will be it. Also the way I read it is that you can get only one per purchase. If you want more, you'll have to buy a Hasbro SW toy over $19.99, get your free R2, leave the store and then come back in and do it all over again to get another one. It is going to be fun for sure. Also, no stores in the USA have the figure. They are all sitting in the regional warehouse's. I hope this helps and makes it to the message boards.
"The Negotiator, General Kenobi."
i found wave 3 of the unleashed figures at marly station mall today
Awesome, Underdog. I knew there was a reason I've been putting off buying the Landspeeder.
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
I have been thinking that myself. I will now buy some of the stuff I really don't want to buy but will because of the free figure. Good luck to all in there quest.
"The Negotiator, General Kenobi."
Do we have a "when" on the silver R2?
"In my experience there's no such thing as luck."
When the big book breaks. It is the 2nd of November or that Thursday.
"The Negotiator, General Kenobi."
Tysons Corner TRU- plenty of Mauls, Ki-Adis and Teemtos.
If Yoda is capable of kicking someone's @$$, imagine what a muppet could do!