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Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, second edition, teaches students a logical step-by-step diagnostic approach to common patient presentations. This approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination, investigation, management). In tackling these questions, students understand how to critically analyse information and learn to integrate their existing knowledge to a real-life scenario from start to finish. Each chapter focuses on a common presenting symptom (e.g. chest pain). By starting with a symptom, mirroring real life settings, students learn to draw on their knowledge of different physiological systems - for example, cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology - at the same time. All the major presenting symptoms in general medicine and surgery are covered, together with a broad range of pathologies. This book is an essential resource for all medicine students, and provides a modern, well-rounded introduction to life on the wards. Ideal for those starting out in clinical medicine and an ideal refresher for those revising for OSCEs and finals.
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Aviation Investigation Report A09P0156
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
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Engine Power Loss-Forced Landing
Amateur-Built Glastar C-GMDP
Chetwynd, British Columbia, 6 nm SSW
12 June 2009
The amateur-built Glastar (registration C-GMDP, serial number 5112) was on a pleasure flight from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to Kelowna, British Columbia, with two pilots on board. At approximately 1401 Pacific daylight time, shortly after passing Chetwynd, British Columbia, a severe power plant vibration and loss of power was experienced. The engine power was reduced to 1000 rpm and a forced landing into a field was attempted. On short final, the aircraft struck a power line and veered off course to the right, where it struck trees and rising terrain. The pilot in the left seat received non-life threatening injuries. The pilot in the right seat was fatally injured. There was no emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal and no fire. The switch on the ELT was found in the OFF position.
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The aircraft refuelled at Dawson Creek, British Columbia (B.C.) and departed Dawson Creek near its maximum gross weight and within the centre of gravity limits. Enroute, it descended from 5500 feet above sea level (asl) to 3500 feet asl due to turbulence. When the vibration occurred, the pilot flying in the left-hand seat gave control to the more experienced pilot in the right-hand seat. There were no reported issues with aircraft controllability.
After severing the power line and changing direction, the aircraft hit the tops of a row of trees and narrowly missed a house and garage. It then struck trees on rising terrain. Both wings were folded back and various surfaces were torn off.
The accident site was beside Highway 97, 6 miles south-southwest of Chetwynd, B.C. at North 55 37' 13.825", West 121 34' 27.710" at approximately 1800 feet asl. The Chetwynd weather at 14001 was wind south at 9 km/h, gusting to 30 km/h, 30 statute miles (sm) visibility, high broken cloud, and temperature of 26ºC.
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the number two cylinder head had separated from the base (See Photo 1) and the crankshaft was severed at the propeller flange. The engine had 212 hours total time since new (TTSN) when the failure occurred.
Photo 1. Number two cylinder head
The engine crankshaft sheared at the propeller hub and the propeller was found embedded in a tree at the accident site (See Photo 2). The propeller was nicked and scuffed in a manner consistent with striking the severed power line.
Photo 2. Propeller from C-GMDP
The pilot in the left-hand seat held a Canadian private pilot licence valid for single-engine land and sea planes. The pilot in the right-hand seat held a Canadian ultra-light aeroplane licence and recreational pilot permit issued on the basis of a Swiss private pilot licence for land and sea aeroplanes with the following restrictions: limited to one passenger, day VFR only, valid only in Canadian airspace, and eyeglasses must be available. He also had experience as a helicopter pilot. Both pilots were certified and qualified for the flight in accordance with existing regulations.
The Glastar has a high-wing, two seats side-by-side, tricycle landing gear, and a 190-horsepower Aero Sport Power O-360-A2A engine (serial number 0808-SPE). The aircraft was well-equipped and maintained (see Photo 3).
Photo 3. Amateur-Built Glastar, C-GMDP
The Aero Sport Power O-360-A2A engine is assembled by Aero Sport Power based in Kamloops, B.C. These engines are built using parts purchased from various suppliers who hold Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) granted by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Aero Sport Power O-360-A2A can be described as a non-certificated clone of the Avco Lycoming O-360-A2A engine, which holds type certificate number E-286 issued by the FAA.
PMA parts may be sold with certification for use on type-certificated engines. The Aero Sport Power O-360-A2A engine is sold to amateur builders as an experimental engine, and no certification is required for this category by Transport Canada (TC).
Aero Sport Power used cylinders manufactured by Engine Components Inc. (ECi). At the time of the build up, Aero Sport Power installed pistons that increased the engine compression ratio from 8.5:1 to 9.2:1.
The failed cylinder assembly was sent to the TSB Laboratory for examination. A fracture surface analysis of the number two cylinder and sheared crankshaft was completed. The crankshaft propeller flange showed signs of minor hydrogen embrittlement. The sheared crankshaft was determined to be from overload fracturing due to impact. The minor hydrogen embrittlement was not causal to the accident.
In the fall of 2008, the FAA issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-19-05 regarding ECi cylinder assemblies installed on the Lycoming engines. The AD addressed a manufacturing defect that caused the cylinder head to separate from the base. It did not, however, address engines with increased compression ratios. Engines that are not type-certificated, such as the Aero Sport Power engines, were not mentioned in the AD. The cylinder head failure fracture surfaces were typical of fatigue failures addressed by this AD.
Prior to the issuance of AD 2008-19-05, ECi issued Mandatory Service Bulletin (MSB) 08-1. This MSB called for the inspection and replacement of the faulty cylinders by 350 hours total time in service.
On 29 April 2009, Aero Sport Power advised the owners of the occurrence aircraft by e-mail that three of their cylinders were affected by the ECi MSB. The surviving owner/pilot was aware of neither AD 2008-19-05 nor the MSB regarding the faulty cylinders. He also was not involved with the building of the aircraft. The deceased owner/pilot had built the aircraft. Aircraft records do not indicate compliance with the AD or MSB. However, records show that differential pressure checks, required by the AD, were carried out. None of the differential pressure checks resulted in values that would have required further inspection and action in accordance with the AD. These checks were carried out 22 hours prior to the failure, during the last annual inspection and service.
TC issues notification of ADs to owners and operators of private and commercially registered aircraft with type-certificated airframes, engines, and propellers. However, Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) Standard 593 - Airworthiness Directives, 593.01 - Application contains the following information notes:
- The Minister will not issue Airworthiness Directives (ADs) against amateur-built, owner-maintained or ultra-light aircraft.
- ADs are issued against certified aeronautical products independently of the aircraft type concerned. Where an AD is issued to identify an unsafe product, this condition is likely to exist regardless of the aircraft type in which the product is installed. Therefore, even though such ADs would not be mandatory on amateur-built, owner-maintained and ultra-light aircraft, owners should take these ADs into account.
The TC Continuing Airworthiness Web Information System (CAWIS) is a Web site where a user can enter a Canadian registration mark and receive a list of all the ADs applicable to that aircraft, its engine, and propeller if it has a type certificate.2 The owners of the accident aircraft registered the engine as an Avco Lycoming O-360-A2A, which is type certificated. This was done as a means of obtaining AD information that might affect their engine. However, they were required to initiate the query in order to find out whether or not a new AD had been issued. When the registration C-GMDP was entered into the database, numerous ADs related to the engine were listed, including 2008-19-05. Since the accident, Transport Canada has changed the accident aircraft's information in the CAWIS database to reflect the Aero Sport Power engine. No ADs are listed for that engine.
According to the TC Aircraft Registration Database, there are approximately 33 000 aircraft registered in Canada. One-third of these (10 428) are non-type-certificated. It is believed that some of these aircraft are projects that have never flown or accident aircraft that have never been deregistered. Aircraft registrations in this sector of aviation continue to grow each year.
There is no regulation that restricts the operation of these aircraft over built-up areas, except for the initial operating restrictions required during the first 25 hours of flight.
The failure of the cylinder head occurred at 212 TTSN, well in advance of the 350-hour limit set out in the AD. Compression checks completed 22 hours prior to the accident failed to detect a problem. This is not uncommon because compression tests will not necessarily detect an impending failure. It is possible that the premature failure of the cylinder head was due to the increased compression ratio of the engine.
The surviving owner/pilot was unaware that there was a critical AD that affected their engine. The deceased partner was notified by e-mail of the MSB, which was referenced in the AD, and he performed the required differential checks. There was plenty of time remaining before reaching the 350-hour limit on the cylinder head.
TC does not issue ADs for non-type-certificated aircraft, propellers, engines, and equipment; nor do they notify the owners of these aircraft of ADs that could adversely affect them.
The number of amateur-built, owner-maintained, and ultra-light aircraft is growing. The onus is on the owners of these aircraft to ensure airworthiness. Without additional system safeguards, there is a greater risk that these aircraft will not be properly built and maintained.
These aircraft often operate in the vicinity of populated areas, thereby increasing the risk to the public and to property.
The following TSB Laboratory report was completed:
LP 085/2009 - Examination of Cylinder and Crankshaft
This report is available from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada upon request.
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors
- The failure of the number two cylinder caused the engine to lose power.
- During the attempted forced landing, the aircraft struck power lines, control was lost, and the aircraft collided with trees and terrain.
Finding as to Risk
- Non-type-certificated aircraft owners are not advised of, nor are the owners required to comply with, Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that are potentially critical to aviation safety. This greatly increases the risk that important airworthiness issues may go unaddressed by the amateur-built community.
Other Findings
- The population of amateur-built, owner-maintained, and ultra-light aircraft is growing. This increases the risk to the public and to property if they are not properly designed, produced, and maintained.
- Evidence of minor hydrogen embrittlement was found in the crankshaft. While not causal to the accident, it increases the risk of material failure over time.
Safety Action Taken
Aero Sport Power
Aero Sport Power has notified all engine owners potentially affected by Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-19-05 and those who have increased the compression ratio.
Recreational Aircraft Association of Canada
The Recreational Aircraft Association of Canada issued a notification to its members regarding AD 2008-19-05 and the possible effect of the increased compression ratio. This notification also reminded members how to search for ADs by aircraft registration using the Transport Canada Continuing Airworthiness Web Information System (CAWIS) Web site.
Danbury Aerospace
Danbury Aerospace, the parent company of Engine Components Inc. (ECi), has elected to limit the compression ratio of cylinders sold in engine kits.
This report concludes the Transportation Safety Board's investigation into this occurrence. Consequently, the Board authorized the release of this report on 23 December 2009.
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Amerisur Updates South American Operations, to Focus on Colombia in '09
Amerisur has posted its unaudited results for the six months ended September 30, 2008, including an operations update for its South American assets.
- Appointed Operator of the Platanillo contract in Colombia, bringing economic benefits that will help to facilitate the evaluation of the block
- Increased working interest in Platanillo contract to 65% following the acquisition of the participation held by Repsol Exploracion Colombia
- Recommenced long-term testing operations of Alea-1R and Platanillo-2 wells following the installation of upgraded facilities. Both have been tested individually and simultaneously under both natural flow and with artificial lift conditions
- 3 prospects and 1 lead identified in the Fenix block
- Since the period end, appointed as unrestricted Operator for the purposes of the Mini-Ronda 2008
- Net cash of £10.1 million
Giles Clarke, Chairman of Amerisur Resources said, "We have continued to make significant progress during the period. Our main focus is now on our core area of Colombia where production testing is in progress and we continue to believe there is significant value to be realized from our operations.
"Additionally, the Board was delighted by the appointment of Amerisur as Operator of the Platanillo contract and our qualification as unrestricted Operator for the purposes of the Mini-Ronda 2008 is a further indication of the ongoing development of your company.
"During the period we have continued to focus the business on three priorities - generating cash flows, delivering production and increasing our exposure to low risk, high impact prospects. It is an exciting period ahead and our outlook for the Company remains positive."
Platanillo Block
During the reporting period the Company was appointed Operator of the Platanillo contract in Colombia, as ratified by the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH), the contract governing body. The partners decided that this would bring economic benefits that will help to facilitate the evaluation of the block. We are pleased to report that the change has enabled us access a reduced cost base, even in this period of high service costs for the industry.
The long-term testing operations of Alea-1R well, which had been suspended in February 2008, recommenced on 27th July following the installation of upgraded facilities. Platanillo-2 recommenced on August 5. Those facilities were approved by Ministry of Mines and Energy (MNE) to perform a Long Term Test until at least the end of the current evaluation period,
The Company is pleased to report that progress has been seen at Alea-1 and Platanillo-2, which have both been tested individually and simultaneously under both natural flow and with artificial lift conditions. For initial results of those tests we refer you to the Regulatory News Service release of October 22, 2008. The wells are currently closed in to perform an extended Pressure Build Up (PBU) test, so the current, temporary suspension of export facilities in the Putumayo basin has not impacted operations.
The current evaluation period terminates on January 9, 2009. The Company is preparing the evaluation report which must be submitted to ANH by April 8, 2009. That report will consider the entire data set acquired to date and will be used as a basis for recommendations relating to the future development of the contract, i.e. the commerciality status of the field. Having been operator at Platanillo for five months, the Board continues to believe that there is significant potential within this block and are applying all efforts to turn these discoveries into commercial production.
Additionally, the Company announced on September 30, that it had closed the acquisition of the 35% participation in the Platanillo block held by Repsol Exploracion Colombia in the contract. As a result, Amerisur now holds a 60% working interest through its subsidiary, Amerisur Exploracion Colombia under the Platanillo Exploration and Production Contract with the ANH. Ecopetrol S.A holds a 40% interest.
Lastly, we were pleased to announce that since the period end the ANH qualified Amerisur Exploracion Colombia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as an unrestricted Operator for the purposes of the Mini-Ronda 2008. The Mini-Ronda was a competitive bidding round for blocks located in 5 sedimentary basins in Colombia. The qualification demonstrates our growing maturity as an operating company in Colombia. After detailed analysis of the technical data in all the basins offered, and a review of the contractual terms within the framework of current industry conditions, the Company did not make application for any block within the Mini-Ronda. The Mini-Ronda was closed on December 4, with the result that 42 from 102 blocks were bid upon.
Fenix Block
The Company continued its technical analysis of the structures within the Fenix area and has been very encouraged by the results. These analyses indicated the existence of a further prospect in the block, the refinement of already identified prospect and the upgrading of one lead to prospect. Hence three exploration prospects and one exploration lead are now considered to represent the potential of this block.
The prospects comprise an up-dip target from proven oil in the La Tigra area, together with 2 similar sub-thrust prospects further to the north.
The lead, which requires further 2D seismic to define its structural closure is a structure of a type analogous to the Bonanza field which lies 6km to the north of it.
The total estimated potential resources of these structures is in the range 47 to 280 MMBO.
In October, the Company initiated a farm-out process for Fenix. To date 9 oil and gas companies have expressed interest in the project and have been given access to detailed information. Current market conditions tend to complicate any exercise of this kind; however we expect that final negotiations will be held during Q1 2009, with drilling of the first well during Q2 2009, subject to rig availability.
In both contracts in Paraguay, San Pedro and Curupayty, technical review work has continued during the period, supported by field cartographical and Right of Way surveys. The Company has decided to farm out or otherwise reduce our participation in these blocks, in order to concentrate on our core area of Colombia. Initial discussions are underway with an interested party.
In Colombia, the current evaluation period for the Platanillo block which terminates in January 2009 will provide further clarification as to the commerciality of the field. On the Fenix block we expect final negotiations with farm-out partners to be held during Q1 2009 with drilling of the first well during Q2 2009.
Additionally, we expect to further progress technical review work in Paraguay and farm out or otherwise reduce our participation in both our contracts.
Our focus is now on our core area of Colombia where we are looking to develop an income stream and access further attractive opportunities to use our significant cash resources to enhance our portfolio. In the current climate of depressed oil prices but also falling operational costs, we expect that we can make significant progress with our strategy of focussing on low risk, near term projects. We look forward to updating shareholders on further exciting developments as our strategy develops over the second half of this financial year.
- Amerisur Spuds Jaguarete-1 Well in Paraguay (Apr 22)
- Amerisur To Add Exploration License in Colombia (Oct 22)
- Seismic Operations Commence at Amerisur's Paraguay Block (Jan 30)


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Many of you have likely heard that sitting in the sauna for as long as you can reasonably stand it, but for even 5-10 minutes, confers noticeable health benefits. How does a sauna work to provide you with those benefits? Keep reading to find out.
Heart rate
When you sit in the sauna, the high temperature, which can reach over 180 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 degrees Celsius, causes your heart rate to speed up. Your heart rate, aka your pulse, can increase rapidly by more than 30% in 5 -10 minutes. This rate increase can almost double the flow of blood pumping through your heart! This is why you will always see warnings regarding heart disease outside of all public saunas in the U.S.
Perspiration's Purpose
This increased circulation of blood flow goes to your skin, away from your internal organs. As your body begins to sweat to cool your body down and more blood flows to your skin, the existing toxins in your skin exit your body through your sweat. That's the purpose of perspiration: to cool your body and get rid of waste products.
Your Skin
Your blood always remains slightly alkaline, so your body continuously pushes toxins out of your bloodstream into your organs, muscular tissue, nerves and bones. In addition to being the barrier to the external world, your skin is your body's largest organ. Therefore, your skin often absorbs a high percentage of external and internal toxins. Pushing toxins out of your body through significant sweating in the sauna clears the path for even more toxins to exit your body each time you sit in the sauna.
Preferences and Warnings
I love to have the sauna at its hottest (180 – 185 degrees Fahrenheit). I can now sit on the top bench of the sauna for 45 – 60 minutes at this heat with only a limited break to refill my 24 oz. water bottle. However, this is what I can do. You may only be able to stand the sauna's lowest bench at 160 degrees. If you feel faint, leave immediately. Make sure you hydrate before, during and after a sauna session as you could potentially sweat out so much water, you can significantly dehydrate yourself if you do not replace that water!
Here is a very brief video of me during one sauna session.
What has your sauna experience been?
- Harvard Health Publications: Sauna Health Benefits http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/sauna_health_benefits
- Dr. Whitaker: Health Benefits of a Sauna http://www.drwhitaker.com/health-benefits-of-a-sauna


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Monday, February 10, 2014
Valentines Day Festiveness
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Girl, go easy on yourself! You are working full-time, pregnant and still running a million miles an hour with your activities! The fact that you got ANYTHINg up is AMAZING!ReplyDelete
Happy Monday!
Samara :)
Sometimes less is best :) The flowers are a great addition, and I don't think I've seen that coffee table before! I think it's time for another updated tour of your living room!ReplyDelete
We don't have much in the way of Valentine's decor this year either, don't feel bad! Pretty flowers and garland are perfect!!ReplyDelete
Love the flowers!! You've done much more than I have-- there's NOTHING up around here that would give you any idea that it's Valentine's Week and my last name IS Hart.ReplyDelete
I'm with you on the lack of decorations but everything you do have up is adorable! The tulips are gorgeous! - MReplyDelete
I have ZERO decorations up! So behind...I will live through yours, okay?! :)ReplyDelete
You've inspired me. I need tulips today!ReplyDelete
The fact that you decorated at all is amazing to me!ReplyDelete
I skipped the decorating this year since we are living in a hotel, but you are making me wish that I didn't! Your home looks so cute! I want to check out that book. Have you read it yet? Happy Monday!ReplyDelete
Ashley, Married to the Game
You make me want tulips! Don't be hard on yourself, being pregnant and working is the hardest thing ever.ReplyDelete
You are ahead of me! I haven't even bothered to get any decorations out! Next year though... next year!!ReplyDelete
the flowers are beautiful! i dont really decorate for holidays but i like your garland too! xo jillian - cornflake dreamsReplyDelete
Your chalkboard looks great! Handwritten or not...mine isn't hand written and still doesn't look half as good haha. Love all the Valentine's Day touches :)ReplyDelete
At least you got something up! My decor is still sitting in our crawl space for this year- total fail! I love your tray!ReplyDelete
That's more than I got done, so you go girl!ReplyDelete
That looks way better than whats currently on my chalkboard haha!! I love tulips - they always make me feel like spring is right around the corner!ReplyDelete
Um, so I have a pair of adorable love bird salt and pepper shakers out for Valentine's Day, and sadly, that is IT. You're doing better than me, for sure!ReplyDelete
those tulips are so festive. bring on the spring.ReplyDelete
Tulips are my favorite flower! SO pretty.ReplyDelete
LOVE the chalkboard print out. :)
Sometimes simplicity is the best way to go! I love all your decorations, even if they are few :) And, until you said something, I didn't realize that you hadn't hand-lettered your chalkboard :)ReplyDelete
Well, your decorating this year is ahead of me! I have nothing too valentine's to speak up put up. And to my surprise, Collin is very excited about Valentine's day this year! He keeps asking when it is. I feel a bit sad for him, though, because he thinks Daddy gets to stay home from work. :( But, we'll celebrate and make him (and Emma & Robert) feel extra loved and special. :)ReplyDelete
haha love that you taped that!! Still very cute! :)ReplyDelete
Love your honesty!! But you're being too hard, I think it all looks so fun!! Being pregnant is hard and things like that take a backseat, especially when your this far along. Enjoy yourself mama!!ReplyDelete
LOVE Cajun Queen! Yum! Your home is more decorated than ours. Pink tulips are so pretty!ReplyDelete
I am loving those pink tulips!ReplyDelete
less is more this year for us too! I didn't even bother to ask Stephen to drag down my Valentines box from upstairs. I bought a few things from Hobby Lobby and I'm quite content!ReplyDelete
I love the tulips! They are so pretty! And hey, at least you decorated, that's more than I did :)ReplyDelete
Such cute decorations!ReplyDelete
Love the chalkboard!ReplyDelete


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Facebook is one of the leading social media platforms and because of that it comes with many different opportunities to connect with customers. There are an abundance of features that you can use to enhance your presence on the social media.
One of the best methods of doing this is by utilising the advertising tools found on the Facebook business management console. Creating ads of Facebook is not that complicated, but how do you ensure that you're getting that much needed attention on Facebook?
Here are some tips that you can choose to enhance your Facebook ads;
Set your advertising goals
Before you can begin to advertise on Facebook, you need to first establish your goals. What are you looking to achieve by advertising on Facebook?
Ask yourself the following questions;
– Am I looking to get targeted website traffic?
– Am I looking for direct purchases?
– Am I looking for newsletter sign ups for lead nurturing?
– Do I want to build an authority around my brand?
– Do I want more downloads on my app?
Take advantage of the Facebook audience insights
When you have insight about your customers, then you can be able to create a more meaningful and targeted messages. With this feature, you will be able to know exactly what the audience likes before you can create your ad copy. The feature will give you information based on the demographics of the audience, the location, their Facebook usage and their purchase habits.
Use the Facebook tracking pixel
This is one of Facebook's most powerful advertising features. This option is a must if you are looking to track the success of your campaigns.
When you advertising pixel is installed, you will be able to track direct visits from your Facebook ads to your website and use the remarketing features found on Facebook – meaning you can show ads to those who have previously visited your website.
Create unique advertisements for different audiences
The beauty of using Facebook's business management console is that you can create various different advertisements for different audiences. Define your audience properly before spending money on Facebook advertising, check the results and refine….then check again.
This data will allow you to create different ad copy based on the behaviour of your website visitors and previous clicks on your adverts.
Using killer image
A brilliant way to increase your click through rate is by creating ads with striking images. If you give your advertisement visual content, you are sure to generate more clicks on your ads, thus, more traffic! The images that you use should show your offering clearly and precisely – studies also show that imagery with pictures of faces get a higher click through rate.
Use the advanced targeting
Take advantage of the different targeting options that Facebook has. There are some incredibly powerful advanced targeting tools on the Facebook advertising platform. You are able to target your clients based very specific information…
Utilise targeting that suits your audience, here are some specific targeting options you have;
-Marital status
You might think 'but I never put that information of Facebook?' Well, Facebook's data haul is not simply limited to what you put on Facebook, they use many data feeds purchased from third parties to allow advertisers more options.
Set a realistic budget
If you don't have a budget, you may end up spending more than you bargained for. Your first month of advertising is all about TESTING – begin with what you can afford to lose, as you will probably yield minimal return until you know what works for you.
Continue testing every month, set aside a portion of your budget for continued testing – test new audiences, new ad copy, new imagery and last but not least… DON'T GIVE UP.


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Composition & Action of individual ingredients:
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This video makes a great prediction or writing exercise. Just stop and pause and then students guess what happens next. Loads of possibilities to teach with this. Teachers can download the video on EFL Classroom 2.0 for use offline. Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
In: Adults|Advanced|Elementary|Intermediate|Middle School|University31 May 2013
A simple video that makes a powerful lesson for talking about the future, resolutions, making lists.This video is a nice compliment.Ask students to brainstorm a list of 10 things they want to prioritize. Then play the video and see how many are similar. Most points/matches wins! Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
In: All Ages & Levels|Business|Elementary|Kindergarten|Middle School|Recipe30 Apr 2010
A great way to start a class concentrating on the simple past. I usually engage everyone in a friendly chat, just to get them ready for the start of the lesson, then, when I know they are concentrated on me, I walk out of the classroom. Seconds later (after the chatter has died down a […]
Stories are great in the classroom. A good narrative, really provides ideal context to learn language, even better if they have pictures. The best and easiest way to "teach" a story is to tell it through prediction. Get the students in a comfortable area if possible and read them the book, showing the pictures. […]
What's a teaching recipe? It's an idea teachers can use to make a lesson. Short or detailed. Add your own and help out your fellow teachers!


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The Ontario Police Department is carrying out two DUI enforcement operations Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday.
The first will be a DUI checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Ontario, according to a Police Department news release. The checkpoint will be staged from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday.
During that operation, officers will be looking for alcohol or drug impaired drivers in addition to checking their licenses.
The following evening, the Police Department will be carrying out a DUI saturation patrol from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday.
During the saturation patrol, officers will be patrolling "areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions or arrests," the news release said.
The saturation patrol was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


text: Don't hate anymore. According to Variety,Samuel L. Jackson has "signed on the dotted line" for a long-term pact with Marvel Entertainment to play the role of Nick Fury in 'Iron Man 2',and "potentially many other films". http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000573.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 This article was posted on Variety's site this afternoon. It also states that Jackson's deal with Marvel contains an option to play the character in up to nine future Marvel superhero films. Some of the future titles mentioned were: Captain America Thor The Avengers The Shield The option includes potential sequels of these films too.


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Conceived and designed the experiments: GM MB TS. Performed the experiments: GM MB. Analyzed the data: AN RS GF GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS. Wrote the paper: AN RS GF TS. Other: Data cleaning: AN.
There have been resurgent efforts in Africa to estimate the public health impact of malaria control interventions such as insecticide treated nets (ITNs) following substantial investments in scaling-up coverage in the last five years. Little is known, however, on the effectiveness of ITN in areas of Africa that support low transmission. This hinders the accurate estimation of impact of ITN use on disease burden and its cost-effectiveness in low transmission settings.
Using a stratified two-stage cluster sample design, four cross-sectional studies were undertaken between March-June 2007 across three livelihood groups in an area of low intensity malaria transmission in South Central Somalia. Information on bed net use; age; and sex of all participants were recorded. A finger prick blood sample was taken from participants to examine for parasitaemia. Mantel-Haenzel methods were used to measure the effect of net use on parasitaemia adjusting for livelihood; age; and sex. A total of 10,587 individuals of all ages were seen of which 10,359 provided full information. Overall net use and parasite prevalence were 12.4% and 15.7% respectively. Age-specific protective effectiveness (PE) of bed net ranged from 39% among <5 years to 72% among 5–14 years old. Overall PE of bed nets was 54% (95% confidence interval 44%–63%) after adjusting for livelihood; sex; and age.
Bed nets confer high protection against parasite infection in South Central Somalia. In such areas where baseline transmission is low, however, the absolute reductions in parasitaemia due to wide-scale net use will be relatively small raising questions on the cost-effectiveness of covering millions of people living in such settings in Africa with nets. Further understanding of the progress of disease upon infection against the cost of averting its consequent burden in low transmission areas of Africa is therefore required.
The evidence on the public health impact supporting the wide-scale use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) in Africa is drawn from areas of stable malaria transmission where Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in the community is often over 40% [1], [2]. There is a paucity of parasitological or health impact data on the benefits of net/ITN in areas of Africa that support low stable or unstable transmission.
Across the horn of Africa the dominant vector is Anopheles arabiensis [3], a less efficient vector compared to its sibling species across the central belt of Africa, An. gambiae ss. The semi-arid conditions of large parts of northern Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia support malaria transmission conditions that result in low P. falciparum parasite prevalence among resident communities [4]. Surprisingly little is known about the malaria infection and disease epidemiology in the semi-arid settings of the East and Horn of Africa, with the exception of studies in Eastern Sudan [5]–[8]. Areas of low, stable or unstable malaria transmission provide different challenges for prevention and control strategies to those prescribed for more stable transmission areas. Where parasite exposure is infrequent the clinical consequences of P. falciparum infection are more likely to directly relate to the risk of infection compared to areas of high intensity transmission where the cumulative effects of repeated infection on the development of clinical immunity are more pronounced [9]. The impact and recommendations for the deployment of ITN in these areas of Africa remains unclear.
With the fall of the government in 1989, Somalia has been without a central authority and has suffered the ravages of civil war. In this fragile setting several international relief agencies and non-governmental organizations currently support the national ministries of health of the three self-declared states of South-Central, Puntland and Somaliland in the delivery of preventative and curative services [10]. In 2004, the Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria (GFATM), awarded Somalia USD 12.8 million to support the new national malaria control strategy [11], [12] With these funds the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) coordinated various partners and the ministries of health to provide over 700,000 free and/or highly subsidised ITNs by mid 2007 [13], [14]. Here we report the parasitological impact of net use in 2007 from a series of community-based surveys undertaken in an area of low intensity malaria transmission in South Central Somalia.
The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mosquito bednets delivered under routine operational conditions in South-Central Somalia, an area of generally low malaria transmission.
The Food and Agriculture Organization-Food Security Analysis Unit (FAO-FSAU) has undertaken regular surveys since 1995 in all regions of Somalia to monitor the nutritional status of children less than 5 years of age and internally displaced groups [15]. In 2007, four cross-sectional nutritional survey rounds were undertaken by FAO-FSAU in the regions of Bay (March, April-May) and Gedo (June), Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle (June) of South Central Somalia (Figure 1). UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) requested that in addition to routine nutrition data collection FAO-FSAU undertook investigations of malaria prevalence and bed net use among individuals of all age groups.
The four survey regions (Figure 1) are densely populated with an estimated 1.6 million people located between the two major rivers (the Shabelle and Juba) that transect the southern part of Somalia. The only published malaria surveys reported from this area derive from work by Warsame and colleagues in the late 1980's where P. falciparum infection prevalence among children aged 1–9 years was 18% in Lower Shabelle [16]. Anopheles arabiensis is the only reported malaria vector in the area [17]. A UNICEF multiple indicators cluster survey (MICs) showed that bed net coverage among children aged less than 5 years in August 2006 in the four study regions was 8.3% with 84.7% of all nets being ITN of which 88.1% were long-lasting insecticidal nets [18]. Southern Somalia has a savannah climate with the long rains beginning in March-April. The flat irrigated land between the two perennial rivers, however, provides fertile land for crops (maize and sorghum). Floods in this area are a relatively common occurrence.
A stratified two-stage cluster sampling design was used whereby for each survey sampling was stratified by livelihood zone: pastoral; agro-pastoral; and riverine. A livelihood zone refers to a specific food economy group in which communities share similar types and levels of assets; similar options for production and income generation; and often with similar socio-cultural and environment profile and are therefore vulnerable to similar risks [19]. Communities were defined as pastoral if they engaged primarily in livestock production and were nomadic (moved with their livestock from place to place in search of water and pasture); agro-pastoral if they practiced mixed crop and livestock production; and riverine if they lived along the river and were primarily involved in crop production and river-based economy. Lower and Middle Shabelle regions were combined and samples derived for agro-pastoralist and riverine zones; Bay had pastoralist and agro-pastoralist zones; and Gedo had all three zones resulting in a total of seven livelihood zones. In each livelihood zone, 30 rural clusters were first randomly sampled and within each cluster, 30 households were further randomly sampled. The 210 sampled clusters were derived from a sampling frame of settlements and populations for each livelihood developed by the United Nations Development (UNDP) project and UNICEF/WHO for polio vaccination campaigns collàted by the FAO Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) and supplemented with additional information from field visits [20]. Survey tools, which were based on the standard MICs bednet and parasitological questions [18], were pre-tested for internal consistency and validity through dummy interviews and pilot field surveys. During field work each household head was approached by an interviewer, trained in survey procedures and extraction of blood samples, who explained the purpose of the surveys and obtained a household verbal consent.
Following the completion of the nutritional assessment in each cluster, community members were further investigated as part of the malaria assessment survey. Sampling continued from one randomly selected household to the next across the cluster until approximately fifty people had been examined. Respondents were asked about the use of a mosquito net during the night prior to the survey day and provided a finger prick blood sample that was examined for the presence of P. falciparum infection using a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) (Paracheck Pf ™, Orchid Biomedical Systems, Goa, India). Unfortunately no information was collected on whether the net had been treated with an insecticide nor where the nets were obtained from, we revisit this is the discussion and interpretation of the results. Additional information was recorded on the age and sex of survey participants. All Individuals found to have a positive RDT result were treated with nationally recommended age-weight specific sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine artesunate combination therapy.
Ethical approval was provided through permission by the Ministry of Health Somalia, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Republic, Ref: MOH/WC/XA/146./07, dated 02/02/07. Informed verbal consent was sought from all participating households and individuals.
Data entry and storage was undertaken using EPI Info (Epi Info™ Version 6, CDC, USA), through customized data entry screens with in-built range and consistency checks. Each household member was assigned a unique identifier. Descriptive summaries of infection prevalence by bed net use and community-level covariates were generated using STATA version 9.2 (Statacorp 2003, College Station, USA) and MS Excel 2007 (Microsoft, Redmond, USA). To account for the clustered nature of the data, the svy command in STATA was used with the cluster as the primary sampling unit (psu) stratified by livelihood zones. All results were weighted (weight=1/probability of selection) to account for unequal probabilities of selection of clusters across livelihood zones. To test for differences in proportions in net use or infection prevalence a Pearson χ2 test accounting for survey design (clustering and stratification) was used and the test statistic converted to an F-statistic using the second-order Rao and Scott (1984) correction yielding wider confidence intervals and conservative P-values compared to the uncorrected χ2 test.
For each livelihood data the mhodds command in STATA 9.2 was used to examine the association between parasite infection and sleeping under a bed net the night before survey, adjusting for the separate confounding effects of livelihoods, age and sex using the Mantel-Haenszel method. Odds ratios; their 95% confidence intervals (CI); and associated P-values for the Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test are reported.
Of the sampled 210 clusters, 201 were surveyed and 9 pastoralist clusters could not be located during survey. A total 10,587 individuals were seen during the four surveys in 201 clusters (Figure 1). A total of 132 (1.2%) RDT results were invalid and recorded as un-interpretable. A further 96 (0.9%) respondents had no information recorded on net use the previous night. These 228 (2.1%) individuals from 4 clusters have been excluded from the subsequent analysis. The distribution of the remaining 10,359 respondents from 197 clusters who provided a valid RDT and net use result by livelihood, age and sex are shown in Table 1.
The overall reported use of nets during the night prior to the survey was 12.4% (95% CI: 8.4–16.5) (Table 1). Net use was significantly higher among communities classified as riverine (20.9%, 13.1–28.7) compared to pastoralists (8.6%; F1, 96=9.0, P=0.004) or agro-pastoralists although the difference was not significant for the latter (12.6%; F1, 134=2.7, P=0.104). Children under the age of five years had similar net use compared to children 5–14 years of age (F1, 193=1.9, P=0.174) and adults (F1, 194=0.6, P=0.438) (Table 1). However evidence of a difference in net use by children 5–14 years of age was very weak compared to adults (Table 1: F1, 194=3.5, P=0.061). There was no significant difference in reported net use by sex (Table 1: F1, 194=0.1, P=0.705).
Overall P. falciparum infection prevalence was 15.7% (95% CI: 12.8–18.6) (Table 1). The highest prevalence was recorded among the pastoralist communities (24.1%) and the lowest prevalence among riverine communities (7.2%; F1, 96=18.3, P<0.001). Infection prevalence was significantly lower among adults (9.8%) compared to children under five years of age (19.6%; F1, 194=56.0, P<0.001) and children 5–14 years (20.5%; F1, 194=55.7, P<0.001). There was no significant difference in infection prevalence among children aged below five years compared to those 5–14 years (F1, 193=0.4, P=0.518). Infection prevalence was higher among males (17.0%) compared to females (14.5%; F1, 194=9.3, P=0.003).
Table 1 also summarizes the prevalence of infection by use of bed nets. Overall infection prevalence was significantly lower among net users: 6.9% (95% CI: 2.7–11.1) compared to non-net users 17.0% (95% CI: 13.9–20.0); (F1, 194=9.9, P<0.002). Across all livelihoods, age and sex categories prevalence was significantly lower among net users although among the riverine communities the evidence for this was very weak (F1, 36=3.7, P=0.062).
To examine in more detail the effects of net use on P. falciparum infection prevalence Mantel-Haenszel odds ratios were calculated that adjust for the effects of age and sex within each livelihood grouping (Table 2). Within each livelihood group the use of nets significantly reduced the chances of being infected with P. falciparum with an adjusted protective effectiveness of between 60% (95% CI: 42–72, P<0.001) among pastoralist communities to 48% (95% CI: 22–65, P=0.001) among riverine communities (Table 2). When all data were combined and adjusted for livelihood and sex, bed nets reduced significantly the probability of infection in each age group, with a protective effectiveness among children 5–14 years of age of 71% (95% CI: 57–80, P<0.001); followed by adults (48%, 95% CI: 24–64, P<0.001); and children under five years of age (39%, 95% CI: 17–55, P=0.002). Overall, after adjusting for livelihood, sex and age the use of bed nets had a protective effectiveness against parasite infection of (54%, 95% CI: 44–63, P<0.001).
There are remarkably few studies on the impact of ITN on infection prevalence among African communities living under conditions of low transmission [21] and none we can identify undertaken in the semi-arid areas of Africa where transmission is maintained by An. arabiensis. After a limited period of national net distribution in Somalia we have shown that among the varied communities of South Central Somalia net use remains low with only 12.4% of residents reporting using a net (Table 1). Among children aged below 5 years 12.4% (Table 1) were reported using a net compared to only 8.7% reported during a cluster sample survey in the same regions 8–10 months earlier [18]. Among non-net users P. falciparum infection prevalence was overall 17.0% ranging from 7.9% among the riverine communities to 25.3% among the pastoralists. We cannot explain the paradoxical observation that communities closer to rivers had lower infection prevalence and would require a more comprehensive vector biting and larval entomological survey to explore this further. Similar findings, however, have been reported in The Gambia where communities living near mosquito breeding sites had proportionately lower parasite rates [22], [23]. Nevertheless the ranges of reported prevalence support the view that transmission intensity in this area of Somalia is between hypo- and mesoendemic. The overall age, sex and livelihood adjusted protective effect of nets among these communities was 54% ranging from 60% among pastoralist communities to 48% among communities located along the rivers (Table 2). The largest effects were seen among pastoralist and agro-pastoralist children aged 5–14 years. We suspect that most of these nets were treated with insecticide and the majority of those treated were LLIN (see methods), however, the specifics of net treatment were not recorded.
The protective effect of nets on infection prevalence among the sampled populations in South Central Somalia was consistent across age-groups (Table 2). Given the relatively higher prevalence of infection through older childhood and into adulthood it is important to recognize the need to provide ITN to all members of a community and not focus only on young children in areas of low transmission. This resonates with recent calls for high coverage among all community members across the range of transmission settings [24] where it is also recognized that individuals older that five years contribute to transmission.
Several studies in stable, hyper- holoendemic areas of Africa have examined the impact of nets and ITN on parasite prevalence. The meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) suggests that the median protective effect of ITN on infection prevalence in children aged less than 15 years is only 13% [1]. Including an examination of non-RCT studies it is clear that the ranges of reported protection vary widely largely a result of different studies examining different age groups and using different designs. This makes comparisons difficult and presents several interpretation problems. First, investigations that have been part of randomized controlled trials, where efforts are made to maximize coverage of net or ITN use among communities neighboring "control" communities may have under-estimated the effects upon infection prevalence [25]–[30] due to a shadowed, wide-area protection provided by the intervention areas across control areas [25]–[32]. Second, the combined active clinical detection surveillance and treatment among the same children examined for the prevalence of infection will bias the results away from significance as more control children will receive effective treatment during the surveillance period if nets protect against clinical events [27], [28], [30], [33]–[35]. These combined effects might explain why several investigations using single cross-sectional studies of infection prevalence against the reported use of nets and ITN under routine operational delivery conditions have tended to provide higher estimates of protection (51–63%) than those described during an RCT design [21], [36]. Finally, studies that have examined reductions in parasite prevalence due to nets or ITN among older children in high transmission areas will have been unable to identify the true impact on the incidence of infection through a simple cross-sectional estimate of prevalence [27], [28], [33], [35]. The duration of sub-patent or un-treated infections in an individual host may be many months making the distinction between old and new infections difficult due to saturation of multiple infections in high transmission areas. Conversely, in very young, immunologically semi-naive infants at Kilifi, on the Kenyan coast, comparisons of those sleeping under ITN with community randomized control infants showed that infection rates were reduced by 50% among those using ITN [37]. Similarly an operational effectiveness study of ITN protection against infection prevalence in children aged less than 24 months in Tanzania showed a 62% protection against infection prevalence [38].
Our findings among a wider age group living in an area with a low rate of parasite exposure might therefore be expected to correspond to levels of protection described among young infants living in much higher transmission settings in Kenya [37] and Tanzania [38]. Our findings are also consistent with observations made during non-RCT investigations of net/ITN use in The Gambia [35] and the unstable, highland areas of Kenya [21]. The review by Lengeler (2004) might have under-estimated the impact on the prevalence of infection consequent upon ITN use. We would argue that the incidence of new infections might be reduced by over 50% in all transmission settings but measurement, through prevalence surveys, is critically dependent upon the selected age range in different areas of differing intensities of malaria transmission.
Halving the risks of P. falciparum infection among all age groups through the use of nets in an area of low transmission intensity has not been previously described among the semi-arid areas of Africa. These findings appear at first glance to support the wide-scale use of ITN in these areas. However, coverage remains poor and many more people would need to be reached to achieve a significant population-attributable impact. This then leaves an issue hard to resolve with the current data. Where infection prevalence is very low, such as the communities in the South Central region of Somalia, when does it become cost-ineffective to deliver ITN to the entire population? Covering 1.6 million people with an ITN to reduce infection risks from 17% to 7% might be seen as an expensive way to tackle the problem of malaria in this region. The answers to this dilemma would require a better understanding of the health risks consequent upon infection to compute a cost-per-disability-adjusted-life-year averted and a comparison with other approaches to malaria infection reduction in semi-arid, semi-nomadic and conflict areas of Somalia.
A particular challenge in Somalia, due to the large pastoral community, is maintaining a consistent survey sampling frame and in some cases there are difficulties in locating nomadic pastoralist clusters as seen in this study. To minimize the effect of this, a large sample size was therefore selected. In addition, our estimates of protective effectiveness on infection prevalence might have increased if it were possible to separate out ITN from untreated nets and estimate the impact of ITN alone. We present these estimates of impact under routine delivery conditions where we had no opportunity for strict randomization criteria nor, because of the opportunistic nature of the surveys, have we been able to adjust for the many other potential confounders of infection and net use for example socio-economic status or treatment seeking behaviours. However, the results were internally consistent between groups sharing similar livelihoods and economic activities adding confidence to the observed protective effects.
The authors are grateful to the FAO-FSAU survey team for their invaluable supervision and support during the field surveys and subsequent data entry and cleaning and Bruno Moonen of MERLIN specifically for helping with training for the parasite survey. We thank Dr Awdal, the Minister for Health, Transitional National Government of Somalia for providing permission and support for the survey. We thank Priscilla Gikandi and Victor Alegana for additional data cleaning and geo-referencing. We are also grateful to Dave Smith and Emelda Okiro for their comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Funding: FFSAU funded training of assessment teams, data collection, paid enumerators and data entry clerks. FSAU nutrition surveillance project is funded primarily by OFDA-USAID and receives support from UNICEF, SIDA and EC for conducting nutrition assessments in Somalia. RDTs and anti-malarial treatment were provided by UNICEF through GFATM funding (SOM-202-G01-M-00). AMN is supported by the Wellcome Trust as a Research Training Fellow (#081829). RWS is supported by the Wellcome Trust as Principal Research Fellow (#079081). Both AMN and RWS acknowledge the support of the Kenyan Medical Research Institute. The funders did not have a role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of manuscript.
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How does Shakespeare portray love in Twelfth Night?
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Love is a very common theme in Shakespeare's comedies. The structure of a classical Comedy is such that, after a series of complications for at least one romantic couple, the play ends "happily" in at least one marriage. Though not everyone actually says his/her vows before the play's end, Twelfth Night concludes in three marriages -- Viola and Orsino, Olivia and Sebastian, and Sir Toby and Maria.
Love is depicted in a number of ways. First, there is the melancholy, unrequited "sickness" that is Orsino's love. He opens the play mooning over Olivia and the fact that she will not return his love. He seems to be the sort of lover that actually takes a sort of delight in his own misery. Viola mirrors Orsino when she dresses as Cesario and takes on the role of a young man serving in Orsino's household. She falls hopelessly in love with Orsino and describes herself this way:
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But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud
Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought
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Olivia, unable to return Orsino's affections, falls in love with Cesario (Viola), and her love is a sort of unrequited sickness as well. However, when Olivia mistakes Sebastian for Cesario, the two are wed, really even before Sebastian knows what has happened to him. Sebastian's love is "love at first sight" in the extreme.
Then there is Malvolio, who fancies himself in love with Olivia, but seems, rather, to be very much in love with becoming the lord and master of her household. Sir Andrew also falls into the "unrequitedly in love with Olivia" category. Shakespeare uses him to spoof the actions of a young courtly man -- pursuing her through making good friends with her male relative (Sir Toby) and challenging his rival (Cesario) to a duel.
And, though Sir Toby and Maria (Olivia's serving woman) never have any scene in which they confess their love for each other, it is reported at the end of the play that Toby was so grateful to Maria for the part she played in duping Malvolio that "'[i]n recompense. . .he hath married her." Is there love between them? Shakespeare doesn't answer this question.
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Chromebooks are coming to a store near (and far away) from you
Chromebooks have been available through online portals for some time now. If you ever wanted to get your hands on one, you could easily navigate over to Amazon, Best Buy, and even Google itself. But soon you'll be able to see these Chrome OS laptops popping up in retailers across the globe, in fact, in over 6,600 stores around the world.
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In a more global perspective, Google has also focused over the pond with select locations being added in the UK, Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Australia. As with everything Google does, more locations are expected to be announced in the near future.
Well, that certainly puts Chromebooks in reach of more consumers by expanding their retailer base by almost three. As someone who likes to get a hands-on experience of a device before committing to buying, this will certainly be handy in the near future. I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to that.
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If I could rent a Google OS Laptop and take it for a test drive? I'd know if it was worth owning (or not) ....
Soon. Soon. As with everything Google, the roll-out seems to be happening in waves. I'd bet anything that Germany will be on the list of countries to get retailers next.
as always everywhere EXCEPT Germany, well who cares I rather want an Asus Transformer with Android which can be either a Laptop or a tablet


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Can't imagine how many E.R. vists had to be falsified before she found the sweet spot. I respect the exploration, but the only road this fetish ultimately leads to is Dennis Rodman and strategically placed cream cheese.
He watches commands his S/O to chew, lick and gobble her way to next month's utility bill payment. Good call on filming too. Maybe for your next exploit you can use said video to negotiate your way to a free super-size?
Becky shats herself upon realizing her next FB Live appearance won't be a pretty one. I haven't seen such an intense look of confusion and despair since that time I got caught beta testing display toilets at Home Depot.
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Some love stories just aren't written with happy endings.
It's all about crossing the line with class. Conquer that skill and nothing shall come between your tits and Internet glory. Save for a restraining order or 4.
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Nothing spells T-R-U-L-U-V like 12 ounces of dollar-store beer missing it's target. Don't know bout you, but my Valentine's day just got booked solid.
Sadly this is about as staged as that last YouTube prank video your turd Facebook friend linked you to. She's Teacher of Magic aka the only girl built out of mashed potatoes that I'd let shim my jim. More HERE and HERE.
Nothing goes viral quite like middle-aged salmon canyons... so here's 2 minutes worth of the best in the biz. Too old for the bullshit, too young for the metamucil. This is something I like to call: middle ground (and pound).
A hygiene level commonly found in an Arby's handicap toilet has applied itself to this girl's rectal passage. Not shocking... but Clorox may have found it's new spokeswoman. Another desperate cry for anal bleaching HERE
Nice taste in women, unacceptable camera work. I got 2 words for this gentleman: TRIPOD MOTHERFUCKER. Try keeping them at the front of your mind next time you cross borders for the Limp Bizkit reunion concert.
Alex Blake. One of them adult actresses that kept her teacup vagina under the radar for too long. Dare I say actually hot enough to be worthy of my Panda Express gift cards. (hint: I share cream cheese rangoon with nobody)
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I like this girl. She's soft spoken and emotionally reserved. To win her over I'd really have to pull out all the stops - Netflix Desperado, bathe in Suavitel fabric softner, and come to terms with being called silly shit like "papi".
Take notes ladies. If your class isn't flocking to extra credit assignments like political correctness to H&M, then you're doing it wrong. Honor rollers, detention scholars - nobody is safe from the charm of this dump truck.
Avoiding all things Comic Con related? Big mistake, Chad. Disregard the 'i lost my virginity to a life-sized cardboard cutoff of David Hasselhoff' look. This chick is DTF, TMI and AIDS all wrapped into one neat little package.
Door Knocking, Imprinting the Walnut, The Seattle Chimney Sweep, -- Call it what you want, the Spinchter Cowboy has run outta fucks to give. HAHA
Coors Light connoisseur zones out her surroundings long enough to focus on better things. I.E. getting a faceful of Kentucky's finest into her minge. I'm waiting for the sequel. Where Lester makes a b-line for that b-hole.
To my ever growing .08% female viewership: put on your monocle and break out notepad.exe. This right here is what a REAL woman looks like. Ultra-stacked, sub-120 lbs and master of the lazy handy. #marrymetoday
After bulldozing 50% of Detroit's prostis, our man finally broke unfamiliar ground: A woman in it for the BBC, not crackrock... and a dedicated one at that. That butthole took more abuse than a fully charged EBT card at KFC.
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Margery & her genetics have some fucking explaining to do. Personally, I think she should find a way to increase size by at least 30%. Right around Triple-K cups is when those disability benefits should start kicking in. #$$$
Sociopaths are called psychopaths but there are differences. Psychopathy can be thought of as a more severe form of sociopathy w/ more symptoms. All psychopaths are sociopaths but sociopaths are not always psychopaths.
Be in awe of blowholes that have more gape in them than the San Andreas Fault. Will these knuckle ovens make it to age 30 without diapers? Depends.
Skeptics are gonna have a field day with this one but try to be optimistic. It makes it much, much easier to manhandle the ham candle. Trust me, brah.


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German import Our Ivanhowe has been allocated the topweight for the Group 1 $750,000 McGrath Estate Agents Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on October 3.
The Dual European Group 1 winner has been handicapped with 58kg and is due to kick off his Spring Carnival campaign on Saturday in Group 3 $150,000 Bendigo Bank East Malvern MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield.
The well performed stayer is the winner of two Group 1 races during 2014 in Germany before he was transferred to the Lee and Anthony Freedman stables with victories in the Group 1 €250,000 Longines – Grosser Preis Von Baden (2413m) at Baden Baden on September 7 and in the Group 1 €155,000 Pastorius – Grosser Preis Von Bayern (2414m) at Munich on November 1.
Our Ivanhowe has had one run for the Freedman stable for a seventh to The Bowler in the Group 3 $150,000 Hughes Chauffeured Limousines R A Lee Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville on May 16.
Co-trainer Lee Freedman said that the 2000m of the Foundation Cup, formerly known as the Naturalism Stakes, was the perfect starting point for six year old stayer.
"It fits nicely in terms of time and the speed of a 2000m race under quality handicap conditions will really suit him," Freedman said.
Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller has a long list of seventeen nominations in The Metropolitan with his Australian Oaks winner Royal Descent at the top of the order of entry with 56.5kg.
Melbourne Cup and Sydney Cup placegetter Who Shot Thebarman is the next Waller horse with 55.5kg ahead of Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up and Moriarty with 54.5kg, and Foreteller, Grand Marshall, Junoob, Opinion, Weary, all on 54kg.
2014 Victoria Derby winner Preferment has been weighted on 53kg along with stablemate Silverball with Beyond Thankful and Hawkspur on 52kg.
The powerful Godolphin stable under the care of trainer John O'Shea, also have a strong presence with Group 1 The BMW winner Hartnell weighted with 57.5kg, 2kg more than stablemate Contributer on 55.5kg.
Hauraki and Havana Cooler are on the 52kg minimum as is the early $9 favourite Magic Hurricane.
The David Vandyke trained Astronomus is another on the minimum with a strong chance after returning to the winner's list last Saturday week in a 2000m BenchMark 83 Handicap at Randwick.
2014 Sydney Cup winner The Offer is the highest weighted horse from the Gai Waterhouse team on 55kg and is one of six from the top Randwick stable.
Waterhouse's other entries are Bonfire with 53kg and Cafe Society, King Kinshasa, Bohemian Lily and Zee Zeely all on the 52kg minimum.
The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig trained Dibayani, weighted on 54kg, has had two runs in Australia for two thirds in the Group 2 $200,000 Back To Caulfield P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 15 and in the Group 2 $250,000 Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 5.
The final field for The Metropolitan will be released on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.
Early market order for The Metropolitan with Ladbrokes.com.au: $9 Magic Hurricane, $10 Silverball, $11 Beaten Up, Hartnell, Hauraki, $13 Complacent, Orbec, Our Ivanhowe, The Offer, $15 Gust Of Wind, Junoob, Preferment, Who Shot Thebarman, $17 Astronomos, Beyond Thankful, Iggimacool, The United States.