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HINSDALE – They might be called the "dog days" of summer, but the children who participated in Hinsdale Humane Society's Pet Camp learned about much more than canines.
Over the course of one week, the HHS Pet Camp allowed campers going into fourth through sixth grades to gain hands-on experience with animals in educational settings such as the Brookfield Zoo, Mayslake Forest Preserve and Double J. Riding Club.
Some of the activities included handling a corn snake and domestic rabbit at the zoo, grooming and tacking horses, solving a forest creature mystery and interacting with a service dog.
The August session of Pet Camp will meet from Aug. 5 to 9.
For more information, call 630-323-5630 or visit hinsdalehumanesociety.org.


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When New York Lottery's Powerball doubled it's starting jackpots from $20 million to $40 million, winners would be the kind of rich where money was no object. The Lottery needed a campaign to help inspire the imaginations of New Yorkers and drive ticket sales.
This series of commercials was created specifically to run during times when Powerball jackpots reach $100 million or more, letting players know it's the perfect time to stock up on tickets.
In this one, our winner is so rich she goes on a shopping spree that requires a semi truck.
Associate Creative Director (Art)
Tony Bartolucci
Associate Creative Director (Copy)
Colin Lapin
DDB New York
Chief Creative Officer
Matt Eastwood
Executive Creative Director
Menno Kluin
Group Creative Director
Rich Sharp
Group Creative Director
Mike Sullivan
Michael Clancy
EditorJohn Piccolo
Head of Production
Ed Zazzera
Executive Producer
Walter Brindak
Kaitlyn Fuoco
Ralph Laucella
Production Company
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Let me explain, This took real skill - I'm actually quite peeved about it because I wasn't screwing around off roading or even hot-rodding it around. I was at one of my betting facilities today, (Softball country, over off of 72ndish and Pecos for those of you in the area) and I was backing up along-side the building and was going to turn at the end and park to look at some emails. Look at my mirrors.. nada. I'm going at about "idle" speeds, nothing fast.. then WHAM!!!
I get out expecting to've hit a concrete pole or.. something.. anything. Nothing. ?????? I look down and see the curb of a little parking island that they had wrapped around the building. It went strait through between my tires and was just short enough not to hit anything EXCEPT, the very bottom of the rear Differential.
Now, I have a vibration when i speed up and slow down. After some inspection, I believe its due to the rear bushings on the diff that hold it up on the mustache bar (???)
My question is, has anyone ever done what I just did? And is there any better way to, or an alternative to replacing those bushings? the stealership wants 100 bucks for the pair.
All the more reason to want to lift it.. since i'm too flippin low to the ground!!
edit: part number for the bushings is: 41322ac040
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text: Michael Walli Y-12 Protesters To Spend Next Years In Prison By Matt Shafer Powell • Feb 18, 2014 WUOT News, Matt Shafer Powell Michael Walli, Greg Boertje-Obed and Sister Megan Rice all knew they could eventually spend time in prison for breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. But on that dark July night in 2012, they weren't even sure if they would make it to dawn. Breaking into a high-security facility like Y-12 was considered a suicide mission.


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Impact of Relationship Marketing on Export Performance: Empirical Study in Vietnamese Garment Enterprises
Relationship marketing is a new concept for Vietnamese enterprises. Most often based on the marketing mix 4Ps model, relationship marketing focuses on the maintenance as well as the development of relations with existing clients for mutual benefits of enterprises and customers. This paper, through theoretical and empirical analyses, investigates the interactions between internationalization process, international relationship marketing activities and export performance of Vietnamese garment enterprises. Several important recommendations to improve the export performance of the studied enterprises are drawn from the research results.
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William "Billy" Wren spent his last Saturday the same way he had most weekends since he retired.
William "Billy" Wren spent his last Saturday the same way he had most weekends since he retired, grabbing breakfast with members of his motorcycle club and going for a ride.
His ride and life were cut short after he bid his friends farewell at Elaine's Cafe on Cattlemen Road last weekend. The 71-year-old Sarasota resident was killed in a hit-and-run wreck Saturday morning.
A Honda Accord struck his motorcycle from behind on Bee Ridge Road just before 10:15 a.m., the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Wren was entering the street's intersection with Lockwood Ridge Road from a stop, and the Accord reportedly dragged his motorcycle about 250 feet.
The driver fled, and Wren died of his injuries at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
The Accord is described as a silver or gray four-door made in the 1990s or 2000, said FHP spokesman Ken Watson. The vehicle likely has front-end damage.
Watson said the best description of the driver that the FHP has received was a "female in her 40s with long dark hair." He said there are likely more people with tips and information.
"I know somebody out there has the information we need. We just need that person to step forward," he said. "It's just a matter of time. We are going to find this person."
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Corporal Jacquline Stevens at (239) 938-1800 or *FHP on a cellphone.
William Wren was a man who adored motorcycles, but loved his family more.
His half-brother Ricky Wren, 59, said he learned that the hard way when he wrecked one of William's first bikes in the early '70s.
Ricky Wren, 19 at the time, totaled his brother's borrowed Kawasaki 175 Enduro. But instead of being met with unbridled anger, he only received compassion.
"He treated it like matter of fact, just glad you're ok," he said. "His heart was so big it's hard to describe."
William Wren bought his last motorcycle in March 2008, three months after he retired from his job as a safety director at Bradenton-based chain Callaghan Tire.
Originally wanting a Harley-Davidson, he changed his mind and opted for a new maroon 2007 Honda cruiser off of Hap's Cycle Sales Sarasota showroom floor. Soon, he and his wife Cherie became card-carrying members of the Hap's Gulf Coast Riders motorcycle club.
Cherie Wren said they joined the club together, as they had done most things since their marriage in 1988. They originally met in Bradenton 12 years earlier, when she was a widowed secretary of a Tropicana Products executive and he was the president of the company's credit union.
What began as teammates in the company's mixed bowling league culminated in marriage more than a decade later. A couple of weeks before the ceremony, the couple moved to Sarasota.
"I told him I wouldn't get married again unless it was to my best friend, and that's what he turned out to be," Cherie Wren said. "We blended very well from day one. We had a terrific rapport. We had a mutual respect for each other."
When William Wren bought his last motorcycle, she said it was the first time he had owned a bike since 1993. Wren rekindled his love for two-wheeled transportation quickly and went on group rides on most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
"I think it was just the joy of being kind of like in an all-around convertible. How much fun it is to feel that wind blowing in your hair," Cherie Wren said. "He'd leave home before I was awake, generally about 6:30 or 7 in the morning. It would sometimes be 1 or 2 in the afternoon before he'd get home."
Cherie Wren said she has room in her heart to forgive the driver if he or she comes forward and surrenders.


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Roy Oswalt wins his first start since coming back from the DL as the offense take advantage of Nats' mistakes as the Phils win, 11-3.
Roy Oswalt wins his first start after coming off the DL, as the bats take advantage of several Nats' mistakes, as the Phils beat the Nats, 11-3.
The Phils took the lead in the first as. with one man on, and with two men out, Ryan Howard hits a two-run home run, his twenty-sixth home run of the year, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who began the game reaching base on second baseman Danny Espinosa's fielding error, giving the Phils a 2-0 lead. The Nats cut the Phils' lead in the second as, with a runner on third, and with one man out, Laynce Nix hits an RBI double, knocking in Michael Morse, who had earlier doubled, then went to third on Jayson Werth's fly out, cutting the Phils' lead down to 2-1. Two batters later, the Nats' tied the game up at two-all as Ian Desmond hits an RBI single, scoring Nix, before moving up to second base on Raul Ibanez's late throw to the plate. The Phils regain the lead in the third as, with runners on the corners, and with nobody out, Howard hits an RBI single, scoring Shane Victorino, who had been safe at first on shortstop Desmond's throwing error, then stopped at third on Chase Utley's single, giving the Phils a 3-2 lead, while sending Utley, who had just singled, on to third base. Two batters later, with the bases loaded, after Hunter Pence had walked, the Phils added to their lead as Ibanez hits an RBI ground out, 3-1, for the inning's first out, scoring Utley, to give the Phils a 4-2 lead, while sending Howard on to third base, and Pence up to second base. Three batters later, after Carlos Ruiz had been intentionally walked to reload the bases, and then Wilson Valdez had hit into a force out at the plate, 1-2, as Nats' starter John Lannan had made a good play on his grounder, beating Howard with his throw to the plate for the second out, while the other two runners both moved up a base, leaving the bases loaded, the Phils took a 5-2 lead as Roy Oswalt walked, forcing home Pence, while sending Ruiz over to third, and Valdez up to second as the bases remained loaded. Jimmy Rollins then followed with an infield single to short, knocking in Ruiz, giving the Phils a 6-2 lead, before it became a 7-2 Phils' lead as Valdez, who had kept on running, scored as well, while Oswalt stopped at second. The Nats got a run back in the sixth as, with one man on, and with one man out, Morse hits an RBI single, scoring Ryan Zimmerman, who had earlier singled, then went to second base on Oswalt's wild pitch, making it a 7-3 Phils' lead. The Phils got the run back in their half of the sixth as, with the bases loaded once again, via a strikeout-wild pitch on Rollins, allowing him to reach first base, a single by Victorino. moving Rollins up to second base, and a force attempt fielding error by first baseman Morse, allowing Utley to reach first base, as Rollins stopped at third, and Victorino reached second base, and with one man out, Howard hits into an RBI force out, 3-6, wiping out Utley at second base for the second out, before Howard beats the throw back to first base, allowing Rollins to score, giving the Phils an 8-3 lead, while Victorno would stop at third base. The Phils then increased their lead in the eighth as, with the bases once more loaded, via a walk to Rollins, a single by Victorino, sending Rollins on to second base, a Ryan Mattheus' wild pitch that moved both runners up a base and an intentional walk to Howard, and with one man out, Pence hits an RBI single, scoring Rollins, giving the Phils a 9-3 lead, while moving both Victorino and Howard up a base, leaving the bases loaded. Ibanez then made it a 10-3 lead as he hits a sacrifice fly to left, knocking in Victorino. The Phils then took an 11-3 lead as Ruiz hits an RBI single, knocking in Howard, while sending Pence up to second base. That would be the final score as Michael Stutes would throw his second scoreless inning in relief of Oswalt.
Roy Oswalt (5-7, 3.84) gets the win as he went seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk, while striking out five. Michael Stutes pitched two scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk, while striking out one. John Lannan (8-8, 3.55) took the lost as he lasted just three innings, giving up seven runs, only one of which was earned, thanks to three Nats' errors, on four hits and five walks, while striking out only one. Collin Balester pitched three innings, giving up a run on a hit, while striking out three. Henry Rodriguez pitched an inning, plus two batters, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk, as he struck out a batter. Ryan Mattheus also pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits and a walk.
The Phils had nine hits in the ballgame, with Shane Victorino (Singles) and Ryan Howard (Single, Home Run, 4 RBIs) both leading the team with two hits each. Jimmy Rollins (RBI), Chase Utley, Hunter Pence (RBI), Carlos Ruiz (RBI) and Wilson Valdez had the other five Phils hits, all singles. Raul Ibanez knocked in two runs, via a ground out and a sac fly and Roy Oswalt, via a walk, forced in a run. The final Phil run scored as Valdez kept on running from second base on Rollins' infield single, following Ruiz across the plate.
The Phils (78-41, 1st) are not playing today as their game with the Nats was rained out. Their next game will be Tuesday night against the Diamondbacks.


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I have two things to thank the Inner Harbor's Rusty Scupper for this week.
One, they've answered the age-old question (no, but seriously) of "What can you reasonably drink — not shoot — with Rum Chata?" and two, they've created a dessert cocktail I can finally enjoy.
If you've never tasted the Italian confection Tiramisu, wine director Julian Demiri's description might be a little lost on you: "It's Tiramisu, in a glass." But if you have? It should say everything.
Tiramisu, which translates to "pick me up," is an Italian dessert made of sponge cake that has been dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with Marsala wine and cocoa.
Demiri's Tiramisu is near identical in taste. Except, for my money, better because, mmm, it's a martini. Drunken dessert? Yes, please.
In this version, the Rum Chata (a play on traditional Mexican horchata) stands in for the Marsala wine and the whipped egg and mascarpone. Rum Chata combines Caribbean rum and dairy cream to create a rich, spicy vanilla taste. An equal portion of espresso wakes up the cocktail, while the chocolaty flavor of crème de cacao mimics the layers of cocoa. A little kick of amaretto smoothes the edges of the espresso while adding a hint of almond — a smart mimic of the sponge cake.
If you're worried about the Tiramisu Martini being too decadent, don't be. And if you scoff at the idea of ordering a girly drink, reconsider. Demiri acknowledges that women always seem to be the first at the table to sample the goods here. But part of the reason this drink has continued to extend its run on the Scupper's list of drinks on special is the cross-over appeal. "Once she orders it, her husband does, then her friend's husband does and soon the whole table has Tiramisu Martinis," Demiri admits.
Have your cake and drink it, too.
How to Make The Tiramisu Martini
2 oz. Rum Chata
1 oz. crème de cacao dark
2 oz. espresso
1/2 oz. Amaretto Disaronno
Make a single espresso. Mix ice, Rum Chata, crème de cacao and Amaretto Disaronno in a martini shaker, shake; add espresso when ready. In a chilled martini glass, pour chocolate syrup around the glass and strain the mix from the shaker to the glass. Sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon powder on the top and enjoy.
Where to Get The Tiramisu Martini
Rusty Scupper
02 Key Highway, Inner Harbor


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I reluctantly returned to my misinformed midwife for my 24 week prenatal visit. I'm still extremely annoyed with her, but my attempts to find another hospital-delivering midwife that will take my current health insurance without a referral and a whole slew of inconveniences has been nearly impossible.
And, I figured that at least for the next few weeks that I have the military health insurance, I can stick it out, or better, pee in her cup, use her doppler, and go on my merry way.
But merry was being optimistic.
Apparently even she was surprised that I came back, having "crossed my name off her list" as she informed me. It's one thing to write someone off when they've been a dick to you, but another when it's a patient that you just gave terribly incorrect information to and never followed up to offer an apology.
Fine. She's a busy midwife who doesn't have time to call. But instead of saying "I know you were really annoyed and if I were you I wouldn't have come back," you might want to say something else. Anything else!
How is that supposed to instill confidence in your skill as a health professional?
So, then I informed her that a reader had emailed to tell me that one in three Asian women have an ecogenic cardio marker show up on their ultrasounds, thinking that it was an interesting factoid that she would want to take note of and possibly research for future situations.
Instead, she replied "See! I would never have known that you were Oriental!" along with some other ridiculous and totally unnecessary stories about her Oriental nurses from Guam and does that really make them Oriental and it's hard to know what characterizes ORIENTALS.
Apparently, she hasn't yet entered the year 2008 (or 1999, or even 1992, or hell 1987), because the use of the word "Oriental" to describe anything but rugs and food is like using the words "mentally retarded" or "handicapped."
They might have been "acceptable" in the 1960's but clearly a health professional who's worth her weight in cervical mucus should know that those terms are inappropriate and borderline offensive.
Part of it is generational, as my own 100% Chinese mother still uses the term. And if you're not "hip" to current APA appropriate language, which I understand that many folks may not be, I'm always happy to offer a simple correction and send you on your enlightened way.
But she should know. She should know that an ecogenic cardio marker is a weak and controversial marker for Down's Syndrome. She should know that the term "oriental" isn't kosher.
And she should never assume that because someone appears fairly white, except to small children and psychiatric patients who call me "Mulan," that they don't have a diverse ethnic background.
Hello, Midwife. Welcome to the USA!
So, know that I'm still searching for a new midwife. If I can stick it out through my 28-week visit (aka the sugar test extravaganza) then I'll be switching after that point. Perhaps to a home birth midwife (still iffy on that) or to another hospital-delivering midwife. Hell, I'll even take a super cool OB-GYN at this point.
Sure, you don't have to be up on racial terminology to be a great midwife. But my feeling is that birth isn't just a regular old hospital procedure. And the person pulling my child from me, or hopefully, catching her as she flies out, should be someone I trust and respect.
I just don't trust someone who obviously hasn't read a medical journal or a psychology journal in a good ten years and walks around in bright orange Crocs with jiblets (or whatever they're called).
We all have our limits.
Are you checking my regularly updated sidebar links? Just wondering?! (There's a little giveaway from my advertiser that you should enter!).


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Xerox kicks off new channel partner scheme
VP says, it's all about 'customer intimacy' now...
Copier giant Xerox is reaching out to its customers in a touchy-feely approach with the launch of a new global partner programme.
As we reported yesterday, the firm has changed its business strategy by dipping its toes into the so-called solutions marketplace by touting its HTML-based software, EIP (Extensible Interface Platform), which it hopes will ease SMB customer "pain points".
Explaining the rationale behind Xerox's move away from simply punting hardware, senior VP and general manager Rick Dastin told The Register:
"We've had these partners for a long time and we kind of plateaued to the point where even our revenues associated with those solutions got stagnated because we were just doing the same old solutions, you know re-branding them or dusting them off.
"There was a while when our partners were wondering 'how are we going to be able to grow with Xerox?'"
In the hope of addressing this problem, the firm has set up a new channel partnership bringing together its previous US and European programmes into one scheme to heavily push EIP on small businesses.
To encourage competition among its 54 alliance partners, Xerox has created a three-tier rating system - developer, gold and platinum.
Dastin also talked up the difficulties associated with engaging the reseller channel in order to bring EIP to market.
However, he claimed the copier firm is ahead of the game because it has the technology in place, partners on board, and an open developer programme for collaboration.
"With this approach we can be a lot more rapid than we have been in the past because it's not as dependent on what Xerox does internally...Now it's really about the market and channel and how quickly we can engage them."
But it remains to be seen if the copier vendor can successfully adopt such a different mindset in its approach to tackle the solutions marketplace. If it doesn't deliver, criticisms of an identity crisis could yet be levelled at Xerox. ®
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There was a time when the world of interior design was the stomping ground of the chosen few, those with years of training and hours upon hours of practical, hands-on experience. These days, however, anyone can successfully tackle a home design project with stellar results. This article offers great advice for getting started.
If you want to paint the walls of your house but are unsure of what colour to use, painting different colour swatches on the walls will help you decide. Make sure the swatches are large enough to be able to compare with one another. Furthermore, make sure you let the paint dry before you decide so you can gauge the correct colour of the paint.
Whenever you are choosing wall colours for a room that doesn't have a lot of natural light in it, it is wise to choose lighter, natural colours. A lighter coloured wall will distribute light around a room more evenly given the room a brighter look than if you used dark or bright colours.
If you have an open floor plan, try to pick a theme that flows throughout your home. Not everything in your home needs to match, but there should be something that ties each room together. Clashing or contrasting designs will make your home look cluttered and will detract from the beauty of each individual room.
Don't overlook the importance of texture and pattern in creating an interesting interior-design project. These two elements serve to enhance and highlight any attractive design features of the room and add a unique touch to your space. They also can help to balance the many flat surfaces, such as wood and glass, typically found in every room.
When hanging pictures, try to group like subjects and frames together. The collection should be the focal point of the room and arranged within the bounds of an imaginary larger frame; incorporating each piece inside with the intent of complementing the other and all of them working in artistic harmony.
Use wallpaper to upgrade shelving. Assemble-yourself bookcases are an economical choice, but they tend to be boring and look a bit cheap. To make them more stylish, try adding a bold wallpaper on the back of each shelf. Arrange your books and knickknacks to show off the pattern. This simple trick will give a store-bought shelf some pizzazz without breaking the budget.
If your interior design plans include changing any existing lighting or plumbing you might want to hire a professional. While there are many books and other resources that claim to teach a beginner how to do any project, there is still room for error. If you are not knowledgeable in electricity or plumbing you should consult a professional.
Ceramic Wall Tiles
When figuring out what kind of walls you'd like in your home consider using Ceramic wall tiles. Ceramic tiles in general are very flexible in their application and can be a very practical and enduring material for many surfaces. Commonly used as Kitchen wall tiles or Bathroom floor tiles the possibilities for striking design make them an unusual option for hallways and recreation rooms.
Now that you are armed with some fantastic advice and a whole lot of great tips and useful tricks, you can feel completely confident getting started on your own home design projects. Use the advice you have been given, and turn your dreams into reality within your very own home.


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Its a good collection of the old tales of Japan, and no they are not all the same like the one person said. However I have a problem with the story of Issun-Boshi being left out. Its another major classic and played a huge role in the game Okami.
Horrid. Like the previous review said, it is just a lesson you are taught at a very early age in this modern culture. I could not bare to read this book. I suffered through thinking it would become better. It did not. I can tell why mostly everyone loves it so much and that is because of how everything and everyone gets tied back into the story in the end. Overall it was an awful strung out story that is learned at a fairly young age. 400+ pages to tell you money doesn't buy happiness is excessive. Dickens failed.
Wow! It is really so fascinating to me that this book was first published in 1883! This book is pretty graphic...so be prepared...good stuff!
The Sex and the City of the Edwardian Era! Some of the dialogue is dated-sounded, of course, but that's part of the series charm -- trendy and edgy for its time, Emma the Charming, Single Career Woman is the Carrie of her time, only much too business savvy to go into debt over a pair of shoes.
Love it!


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Arsenal were booed by their own fans after letting another lead slip to surrender the Emirates Cup with a 1-1 draw against Thierry Henry's New York Red Bulls.
As in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Boca Juniors, who they had led 2-0, Arsenal were unable to close out a game they had dominated, with substitute Kyle Bartley putting through his own net six minutes from time.
That was after Robin van Persie had put the tournament hosts on course for a fourth Emirates Cup success out of five when he nodded home shortly before half-time.
The Red Bulls made just four changes from the side which surprised Paris St Germain on Saturday. One of the them was Henry, who was treated to a hero's welcome on his return to the Emirates. The Gunners' all-time top scorer took just seven minutes to make an impact, screwing a low shot wide.
After Henry's free-kick forced an acrobatic save from Wojciech Szczesny, Ramsey missed a glorious chance to put Arsenal ahead, blazing over after superb trickery from Van Persie caused chaos in the visitors' box.
The Emirates was virtually full but those inside suggested they were not getting their money's worth by starting a Mexican wave shortly before the break. They were on their feet for the right reasons three minutes before half-time, Tomas Rosicky's straight free-kick flighted perfectly for Van Persie to nod home past a stranded Rost.
Van Persie wasted another chance immediately after the restart, electing to square the ball when he should have shot. He was then denied an easy finish by a brilliant sliding interception by former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez after brilliant skill down the left by Benik Afobe.
Van Persie and Gervinho combined to force another stop from Rost before they were replaced by Marouane Chamakh and Carlos Vela for the final 25 minutes.
Arsenal's habit of tossing away leads had resurfaced on Saturday and they were almost caught on the break when Henry sent a trademark sidefoot effort too close to Szczesny.
And after a swathe of substitutions, they failed to heed the warning as the Red Bulls snatched an unlikely draw. Henry was the inspiration, threading in substitute Juan Agudelo, whose cross was turned into his own net by Bartley.
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Welcome to Caves of Qud! It's not your everyday far-future, post-apocalyptic roguelike. Here are the important links:
Caves of Qud - the game executable itself.
.NET 2.0 - the .NET 2.0 redistributable in case you need it
CoQ version history - whenever bbucklew posts a new build he posts the patch notes here
Caves of Qud Reference Guide - a reference guide written by beta tester kilmarath
Please post any bugs you find in the Bug Reports forum (just use one of the existing posts as a template). This is the best way to help us get bugs fixed; we may not log bugs posted elsewhere. One important note: when you receive an error in game, its text is automatically copied to the clipboard. So when you post the bug, just ctrl+v to paste the bug text into your post.
Please give us as much feedback as you can. We appreciate all of it. Also please note that while there's a ton of functionality in the game at the moment, there are also countless bugs and issues, several quest lines have yet to be implemented, descriptions are missing, mutations are a work in progress, etc. We're some ways off from our final vision of the game, but we're on track and hopefully you'll help us get there. Anyway, most importantly, have fun!
Caves of Qud ZIP - In ZIP form if you'd prefer not to use an installer.


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Hi just so I don't go too far into writing the code, which I think I might have did, is the $strPassword in function encryptString($strString, $strPassword) the same for all serials? or is the $strPassword unique to each serial.
I am hoping the passwords are the same so I don't have to rewrite alot of my script.
Oh ya, another thing, $strString is the serial and $strPassword is a password? The reason why I ask is because there is a comment saying // $strString is the content of the entire file with serials, which means $strString is not where the serial is placed but a file?


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please man take the shoes off!!!
I wanna eat some pizza
Why did he cum on her face and say let it soak in?
I want to fuck that pussy
yes nice
Mmmmm he's hot! I want him to do me good like that too. He should lose the shoes though. Better to be naked head to toe.
tasha come to australia and i will make you come for the whole time your down here
that girl looks kinda hot
and why was her mouth shut? wtf was she thinking?
She was thinking "I don't want that nasty tasting cum in my mouth."
i like it
how he'd take his pants of keeping his shoes on? :O
Tasha Reign i want to fuck you like forever can we do that ?
quisiera q esa embra t cn mgo pa q m la chupe ...!
who is she?
never been able to figure out how you fuck with shoes on
I still down understand why the dude had to hand job the climax with that willing and able body available?
I love this guys work but damn, this girls tittie are 100% real and 1000% captivating.
quiero sexo via chat
love that he shoves his dick into her mouth at the end, so hot!
we finish always unsatisfied with no anal at this sex from behind position!
Never seen such a perfect girl thanks for sharing your body
The girl is so amazing, but the camera and sound work is very poor, Unacceptable.
He fucks with shoes because that is someone's wife. He might need a quick get-a-way.
what's his name
i have a dig bick! ......like if you read it wrong!
I see I'm not the only one mesmerized by her perfect tits...
i want to fuck you ur so hot..
He should take off his shoes
i wanna fuck you but in 1 condition! you pay me $150 and i pay you $50?? Deal??
it looks good, can someone fuck me like there ?
got horny
I will never shower again, after fucking you Tasha. Your vagina cleans my dick. Ohhlilly pad. Hot fuck.
i need a big pizza and pancskes tooo
Lol "let that soak in a few minutes and then ill come back and do the other side" and she thanks him. Gotta love it. Gotta love her beautiful body too such silky looking skin her pussy and inner thighs looked incredibly delicious
Really does anybody no her name?
hot face, hot body, nice breasts.....id fuck the shit out this one.
she looks like jenna marbles
she is amazing! so hot ♡
alguien quiere tener sexo conmigo
u two are great together work it
This guy is my ideal fuck. Tender, but yet powerful. Great body too. But umm, wtf is up with the shoes!!
must suck to be him..... ;(
damn m in love wid her
I want that puss y
Im horny ...
so god that
Both are hot and all....she doesn't seem the least bit into it the whole video though...Boring :/
high on something, or just bored?
i wish i was him and @fail yes deal
don't good use of massage plate and her delicjous body! at first,need details of from behind penetaration! very lower mark! this is 2./5
God dameeee!!!! That's some real blonde shit right there... DUCES
call me sexy, im ready. u want 2 c me pics/ vids? hit me up soon ok
tasha reign ur hot as :D i wana fuck u one day;)
that's most generous of you :-)
must be nice to be that dude
Deal baby :*
sexysandy i can do that
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i want his dick into me wanna be fucked like her
made my pussy soaked..i need to get fucked bad
i would like to take her so damn hard in her pussy en cum al over her mouth
. . .wow. . .
its looking good so hot and wow i like it .. PLSSSS FUCK ME LIKE THAT OHH YAHHHHH ;;;;;
que culote esa colorada yo le meto laverga en la boca yambien
i want to eat your cock as long as you eat my pussy
i want u to eat my cock
Im confident i that position and can maintain that pace for another 10 minutes no problems.
Asi me gusta clavar .... alguien se anima??
sexysandy, i can fuck you like that
I could do that! I'm doing that all the time, this one was nice but not an inspiration.
dude she has inny nipples ive never seen that before kinda cool but weird at the same time
perfect woman
Is that a birthday cake on the bed??
did you see her right nipple in the last seconds? ^^
If those tits are real, then they are spectacular. This girl is not very well known - too bad, hot body and very sexy
Perfect tits on that little body.
damn that girl is hot
i wanna eat her puzzee
i cum 2
I can fuk anygirl like that.. anyone ready?
damn i wanna be fucked like her
yes i want to fuck u dear
yeah whats your msn
the guy loves to fuck wearing shoes..:D
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I have been using a CPAP since January of 2012. It is a torture device. It takes a long time to get used to it and I don't think I sleep any better. I wake up because my noses itches and you have to rearrange the mask to get to the itch. Heaven help you if you drool in your sleep. And there are times when it feels like I am being smothered. Now the weird thing is while I get a crap night sleep with it on, I am so used to wearing it I have a hard time falling asleep with out it.But the end result is that my husband can sleep in the same room with me. So he is happy.
I got a CPAP in 2008 and I could never adjust to it. 2-3 Hours into the night, my nose would stop up completely and have me jerking awake in a panic struggling to get air. I have the mask that is like nose plugs and a chin strap because I tend to breathe through my mouth.
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Victoria Beckham: I Forgot My Son on the School Run
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From her perfect tresses to her immaculate wardrobe, no detail goes unnoticed with Victoria Beckham — except, perhaps, a missing member of her family.
Recently, the fashion designer was the epitome of preparedness for a full day of juggling both her kids — Brooklyn Joseph, 13, Romeo James, 9½, Cruz David, 7, and Harper Seven, 9 months — and her career, but quickly learned that even the best-laid plans can go awry.
"I got up early with Harper, sorted Harper out, got all the kids their breakfast, got them ready for school, put Harper in the car seat and said, 'Come on kids, we have to get going or we're going to be late,'" Beckham, who does the daily school runs with husband David, tells Vanity Fair.
"So I jump in my Range Rover, put the car seat in, put my iPod on — obviously very important — and I drive to school."
And while Beckham, 38, may have temporarily marveled at her multitasking skills, it didn't take long for her to realize things were just a little too quiet for comfort.
"And then I realize: I'd left Brooklyn in the kitchen," she says. "I was driving along, talking away, and all the sudden, I looked at the front seat, and I was like, 'S—! S—! I've forgot something!'"
Fortunately, Beckham found her precious cargo — along with an audience! — safe and sound outside the family's home.
"David was standing there in the driveway with all three boys, just [shaking his head]. And I felt like such an idiot because I was in such a rush," she shares.
"Harper was in the car, I was in the car, and we were on the way to school. But we did not have the child who needed to go to school."
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, the lowest level since December 2008, the Labor Department said Friday. Hurricane Sandy appeared to have little effect on hiring and employment last month, the government said. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected an increase of just 80,000 jobs because of the disruption caused by the storm. The unemployment rate was projected to hold steady at 7.9%. It fell mainly because 350,000 people dropped out of the labor force. Employment gains for October and September, meanwhile, were revised somewhat lower. The number of new jobs created in October was revised down to 138,000 from 171,000, while September's figure was revised down to 132,000 from 148,000. The biggest increase in hiring in November occurred in retail, professional services and leisure and hospitality. The construction and manufacturing sectors reduced employment. Average hourly wages rose 4 cents to $23.63 in November while the average workweek was unchanged at 34.4 hours.
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St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is "embarrassed" following Monday's revelation that pitcher Carlos Martinez's Twitter favourites list, which is public, had links and images to hardcore pornography.
"We're embarrassed and he's embarrassed," Matheny told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at the Cardinals' spring training home in Jupiter, Fla.
The Cards manager warned his players for the third time Tuesday to be vigilant and conscientious on social media after Deadspin.com posted a video showing the long list of porn on his Twitter account.
The team was unable to contact Martinez until Monday evening, helping him remove the images.
Matheny spoke privately with Martinez about what he does on the social media site can be very concerning if viewed by a young fan.
"I'm not trying to shove my morality down anybody's throat," Matheny said.
"I've made that very clear. But I also need these guys to understand that it's not just me that they need to be concerned about. There are a bunch of young guys that absolutely admire these guys and everything that they do.
"Realize -- is this something you'd want your kids to see? Is this something that you want to be known for? Is this how you want to be remembered? I think the days of (retired NBA player) Charlie Barkley saying he's not supposed to be a role model -- that's garbage. If that's what you want to do then you should have been a computer programmer sitting in your flipflops at home somewhere."
The Cardinals have not asked Martinez to halt his use of Twitter or to take down his account.
"Anything that you do right now is one fraction of a second away from being all over the world," Matheny said.
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Rakesh Syal 6/26/2006 10:03:41 AMGreat capture and sense of motion!! #472393
Melissa G. Meiselman 6/26/2006 10:04:40 AMOutstanding vertical composition and awesome sense of motion, Tim!!!!! #2952764
Erica Murphy 7/25/2006 12:09:57 PMThe movement you captured really adds to this fantastic image. Congratulations!
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Danielle Baron 7/26/2006 4:56:30 PMwonderful motion shot! Congrats. #3086366
Gregg Johnstun 7/27/2006 2:34:16 PMAwesome motion shot. Did you almost get hit by the passing busses. Tremendous nerves, but worth it. Congrats. Good luck in the next round. #3091341
Daniel G. Flocke 7/28/2006 4:44:48 AMTim - Congratulations on your 2nd Place Winner!!!
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Danielle Baron 7/28/2006 11:39:38 AMCongratulations! Wonderful motion shot! Well deserved win. #3095613
She-She Killough 7/28/2006 5:50:04 PMHmmmm... Tim it seems you got some Good Speed happenin here! (wink) Awesome capture Tim...I love how you can see the ladies face on the bus in motion. Such a great winner!! Congrats!!
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Brenda Tharp 7/29/2006 4:21:13 PMHeh, great shot, Tim - congratulations on the well-executed concept...Sheesh- you're sense of humor is funny but you're right - he got Good Speed and timing both in this image. #3099729
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Ernest S. Pile 8/2/2006 11:21:23 AMThis is absolutely incredible! Would you mind sharing (technically) how did you accomplish this shot - and please tell me about setting it up. There couldn't have been a tripod used. You would have been killed!
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(MCT) — CHICAGO — It could be weeks before investigators know what, if any, clues were buried with Urooj Khan in Rosehill Cemetery six months ago after the million-dollar lottery winner died of cyanide poisoning.
Police find themselves in largely uncharted territory investigating such a rare method for murder, though Chicago, of course, is home to the nation's most infamous cyanide case — the 1982 Tylenol killings, which remain unsolved.
But in a handful of other cases across the country, detectives and prosecutors have embarked on probes of cyanide homicides that were each intriguing in their own way and provide perhaps a glimpse of what's going on inside Chicago's investigation into Khan's death.
There is the literal made-for-TV movie story of a University of Wisconsin biochemistry major from Park Ridge who killed at least one man she was involved with. A decade ago, a teenager in Baltimore dissolved cyanide into a friend's soda, sending him into a seizure before he died several days later. In Ohio's Cuyahoga County seven years ago, an emergency room doctor added the toxic poison to a calcium pill and nearly got away with the perfect murder of his wife.
"Whoever it is, is a cunning person," Detective Sgt. Dennis Matejcic, who investigated the Cuyahoga County murder, said of Khan's killer. "To be a poisoner is a diabolical thing. It is a really crafty thing. It's not a fit of anger. It's not a crime where you pull out a gun and shoot someone. You have to plan it. You have to think it out."
The weapon of choice in a murder is an obvious, early question for detectives. But when the weapon is cyanide, it's not always easy to detect, as was clear in the case of Wisconsin's notorious Barbara Hoffman, whose stunning story was turned into a book and movie, both titled "Winter of Frozen Dreams."
Hoffman was charged with slaying two clients she met while working as a masseuse. A jury convicted her in only one of the slayings.
The first victim, Harold Berge, was found in 1977 buried in a snow bank and appeared to have been badly beaten, recalled Jim Doyle, the county prosecutor at that time who later was elected governor of Wisconsin.
Detectives were led to Hoffman soon enough because she had taken a life insurance policy out on Berge, said Doyle, now an attorney in private practice.
It was not until the second victim — whom Hoffman also had a life insurance policy on — was found several months later that things got complicated for investigators.
Gerald Davies was found dead in his bathtub, an empty bottle of Valium nearby but no apparent signs of struggle, Doyle said.
"Now we were in trouble," Doyle said. "We don't have a witness. All we've got is this life insurance policy. We don't have anything that ties her to the body."
The search for Davies' cause of death was launched.
Cyanide is often not found during initial medical exams for a couple of reasons. The poison is not typically screened for in an initial toxicology test. And though cyanide has a distinct bitter, almondlike scent that can be detected with close contact from a corpse, only about half of the population can smell it.
"Some people cannot smell almonds," Doyle said. "If we had, we probably would have known right there."
As a result of a persistent detective — who has since died — the lab techs kept trying to find what could have killed Davies, recalled Kenneth Kempfert, an analyst at the Wisconsin state laboratory at the time.
"He kept coming back," Kempfert said of Detective Chuck Lulling. "I had already gone through everything I could think of. And I started talking to a lot of people. One of my colleagues said, 'Did you check for cyanide?' He had worked in law enforcement a long, long time. I don't know why he suggested it, but thank God he did."
Since Hoffman was an honors chemistry student, investigators had assumed that she got her hands on the cyanide in a lab. But they later found a FedEx receipt showing that Davies had ordered the poison from a chemical company, Doyle said.
Doyle said he wasn't certain exactly how the two victims ingested the cyanide.
"These were two very lonely men that met this woman in a massage parlor," Doyle said. "(She) had them very much under her spell. I think we assumed ... they ate something together. But she was meticulous in how she cleaned up those apartments."
Hoffman, who is serving a life sentence for Berge's death, has remained silent about the crime all these years.
Murders were rare in the quiet Cleveland suburb of Highland Heights. And if things had gone as planned, the death of Rosie Essa, a mother of two, in a car crash in 2005 wouldn't have drawn suspicion.
Minutes before she walked out the door of her home that day, Yazeed Essa had given his wife a calcium supplement that was laced with cyanide, said Matejcic, a detective for the suburb. His plan, detectives believed, was for her to seize up from the drug and crash at a high speed, leading authorities to think her fatal injuries were from the wreck.
"That would have been the perfect crime," Matejcic said. "It would have masked the death."
Instead, Rosie Essa swerved off the road at only about five miles an hour and later died at a hospital for reasons that were not immediately understandable.
"This woman was 38 years old. There was nothing to suspect," said Matejcic. "The coroner found no indication of what caused her to die."
Matejcic and his partner interviewed Yazeed Essa shortly after the death and he was surprisingly forthcoming, sharing with the detectives how he had encouraged his wife to take her calcium pill that morning.
In turn, they asked if they could examine the bottle in case, as in the Tylenol murders, there had been tampering, they told him.
Essa agreed and the detectives seized the bottle. They were right — some of the pills were found to be laced with cyanide, Matejcic said. Medical examiners then screened Rosie Essa's blood and found a lethal dose of cyanide.
But by then, Yazeed Essa had fled. The detectives learned that he was living a double life and had a girlfriend.
Essa remained on the lam for two years before the FBI caught up with him in Cyprus, Matejcic said. He was then held in a Cyprus jail for another two years before he was extradited to the U.S. He was convicted of the murder in 2010 and was sentenced to life in prison.
Matejcic said he and his partner never figured out how Essa obtained the cyanide despite their extensive efforts to do so.
Cyanide — commonly used by jewelers in plating and often found in college laboratories — is easy to buy online, said Matejcic, who did just that as part of the investigation.
"We posed as people in the metal business," he said. "We had it drop-shipped right to the door."
The pop can-sized jar cost less than $100.
Matejcic and his partner also took tours of university hospital labs to see how easy it would be for Essa, a doctor, to steal the poison. They investigated a former jewelry business that Essa owned with a brother.
"We looked at these people. We did search warrants on their businesses," he said. "The thing is, it was kind of like finding a needle in a haystack."
Matejcic said the murder was solved by old-fashioned detective work. They followed the money to learn that Essa would have lost a bundle in a divorce, and they learned of his girlfriends, he said. And they came to understand, with the help of FBI profilers, that he had the personality for the crime.
"He was a highly intelligent guy," Matejcic said. "He thought he was smarter than the rest."
As Matejcic did, Chicago detectives will likely chase several leads to try to determine how Khan's killer obtained cynanide.
But the tragic killing of Maryland teenager Benjamin Vassiliev, who was poisoned by a friend in love with Vassiliev's girlfriend, proves how easily it can be done.
Ryan Furlough, 19, was convicted in 2004 of slipping the poison into Vassiliev's soda while the two played video games.
Howard County Circuit Judge Timothy McCrone, who prosecuted the case, said investigators were able to solve the homicide after seizing evidence from Furlough's computer that detailed his search for and purchases of cyanide.
Ultimately, Furlough used his mother's credit card to buy the cyanide from a chemical supply company, according to an Associated Press report in 2003. The teen told the company he planned to use the substance for metal plating.
Furlough is serving life in prison for the murder.
Urooj Khan, a Far North Side who owned a dry cleaning business, had already been buried — and his death ruled by natural causes — when authorities realized he had been poisoned.
A relative came forward with suspicions he had been poisoned, leading the Cook County medical examiner's office to run a second blood screen that showed a lethal dose of cyanide. Now authorities hope his exhumation Friday will shed more light on how he ingested the poison.
But simply finding the cyanide does not necessarily make a difference.
In the Tylenol case, the nation's most infamous cyanide poisoning, investigators were able to detect the deadly poison almost immediately, but the murders remain unsolved more than 30 years later.
Seven Chicago-area residents died over a few days in the fall of 1982 after ingesting the cyanide-laced capsules.
Soon after victims starting collapsing, investigators were zeroing in on the poison that can kill in minutes.
"We figured there were only two likely elements that would kill so quickly: cyanide or nicotine," said Dr. Edmund Donoghue, Cook County's chief medical examiner at the time of a 1995 interview with the Tribune.
Nicotine was ruled out because it was used as an herbicide in the South, not in Chicago, Donoghue said at the time.
Toxicology tests would soon confirm the hunch, but one investigator working in the field those first days also figured it out — all because of its distinct almond scent.
Nicholas Pishos, an investigator for the medical examiner in the 1980s, recalled Friday that he was sitting inside a small intake room at Northwest Community Hospital with two bottles of Tylenol. They had been recovered from two different homes. He was on the phone with Donoghue.
"He said, 'Can you snap them open?' " said Pishos, who had studied cyanide's scent in college biology classes.
Pishos popped the bottles open.
"I said, 'Whoops. I smell something. It smells like almonds,' " he said. "There is only a small amount of people who can smell it, and I happen to be one of them."
The search for the Tylenol killer heated up in recent years when the FBI searched the Boston-area home of James Lewis, who was convicted in 1984 for extortion for demanding $1 million to "stop the killing" in a letter to Tylenol's manufacturer. He has long denied any involvement.
Pishos, now a funeral director in Chicago's Galewood neighborhood, said finding the cause of death was a major break and offered hope that they were on to the killer.
But that was three decades ago.
"It's frustrating for everybody, more so for the families who were victims not being able to put this person or persons behind bars," Pishos said.
(Chicago Tribune reporter Jeremy Gorner contributed to this report.)


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Gland, Switzerland, 18 November 2003 (IUCN-The World Conservation Union). The Seychelles, the Galapagos, Hawaii, the remote South Atlantic islands - all conjure up images of tropical paradise or rugged beauty. But beneath these islands' striking appeal lies a story of invasion and destruction that is undermining the future of thousands of native species.
On November 13th, at the "Conservation is Good Business" symposium in Washington, D.C., the President of Botswana, Festus Mogae embraced the concept of sustainable economic development as the only option that offers hope for struggling African countries.
African women still have a long way to go to break through the glass ceiling in the largely male-dominated worlds of business and politics, but in the field of conservation in Africa, women are making important breakthroughs.
On September 8-17, 2003, conservationists, business leaders and government officials gathered in Durban, South Africa for the once-per-decade World Parks Congress to debate the future of the world's national parks and protected areas. The 2003 Congress took place, for the first time in history, in Africa, placing a special focus on Africa's parks and protected areas.
The goal of the Grevy Zebra Project, in AWF-designated Samburu Heartland, over the past year has been to better understand the population and distribution of these magnificent animals. Found only in Africa north of the equator, Grevy's zebras are highly endangered.
A total of 450 Grevy's zebras have been documented in the communal lands around the Samburu National Reserve. They are on a relatively small part of their traditional range.


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Those Giants sure shut down the Cowboys though, didn't they?
Those Giants sure shut down the Cowboys though, didn't they?
A no huddle defense? WTF?
Only the offense can control the play clock. Not possible. LOL
LOL. Sorry. But the thread title says NO HUDDLE defense. What are you meaning?
A no huddle offense does this so the D can't substitute players, or makes it hard to. How does a defense do this?
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Didn't Jim Kelly and the Bills have a no huddle offense ? As far as I remember it he, would torch our 3/4 but lose to the 4/3 defenses. All except the 95 season when we knocked him out of the game with a sack from Kenny Davis plus, we had Lloyd, Kevin Green, Rays Seals, Kirkland to name a few bad arses.
To defend no huddle you have to play man up and get either a decent rush or be able to cover your man for 3-4 seconds. We can't do either so it normally torches us, plus LeBeau plays 8-10 yards off.


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I work in the Koffas Lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before we moved to RPI at February 2011, I have studied at the State University of New York at Buffalo] for two and a half years. My research interests include creating novel microbial platforms for producing flavonoids and fatty acids through a combination of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology approach.
- December 2012 (expected),PhD in Metabolic Engineering,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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- Xu, Peng; Ding, ZY; Qian, Z; et al. Improved production of mycelial biomass and ganoderic acid by submerged culture of Ganoderma lucidum SB97 using complex media, Enzyme and Microbial Technology Volume: 42 Issue: 4 Pages: 325-331 PDF
- Zhang, TX; Xu, P; Sun, J; et al. Identification of Biological Wort Turbidity Caused by Microbial Contamination of Gairdner Barley, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists Volume: 67 Issue: 1 Pages: 33-37
- Xu, Peng; Koffas, Mattheos A. G. Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for biofuel production, Biofuels Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Pages: 493-504
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Gadget 'bouncers' hired to patrol biz clouds
If your name's not down, you're not connecting in
Posted in Cloud, 3rd November 2011 11:46 GMT
Security appliance firms are using the big industry push towards cloud services, and the trend of allowing staff to bring their own devices into work, to sell technology that attempts to fix the resulting security mess.
ForeScout Technologies launched a scheme to sell its CounterACT Network Access Control (NAC) technology as a cloud platform to hosted and managed service providers (MSPs) on Tuesday. The firm already plays in hosted but MSPs will be a new string in its bow.
The move coincides with the release by Bradford Networks, a competitor to ForeScout, of an app that enables secure network access for trusted iPads, iPhones and other Apple devices. The app is a feature of the latest version of Bradford's Network Sentry, version 5.3, which will be generally available this month.
Network Access Control (NAC) technology can be compared to nightclub bouncers. Instead of saying that you can't get in a club with jeans, NAC tech stops laptops accessing a network unless they are fully patched and running up to date anti-virus, for example, an approach that guards against cross-contamination of computer worms. NAC tech can also restrict what areas of a network a guest device (smartphones, mobile, tablet etc) can access, much like bouncers who block access to the VIP area of a club (for VIP area read customer database, accounts etc.)
ForeScout and Bradford Networks compete in the network access control (NAC) and policy compliance market with products and services from the likes of Cisco, Juniper and McAfee.
NAC technology attempts to solve various problems including policy enforcement and access management that other bits of security tech also attempt to tackle. Perhaps because of this confusion the technology, first talked about seven or eight years ago, is still in the early adopter phase. ®


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Kelly Clarkson Album Sales Drop Following Ron Paul Endorsement
Remember the sales spike Kelly Clarkson had following her Ron Paul endorsement? It turns out the Republican candidate may not make for 'Stronger' sales. According to Billboard, Clarkson's sales declined following her political tweets. Billboard debunked the myth that Clarkson's political position aided her chart ones. According to Nielsen SoundScan data — as well as sources at Clarkson's label, RCA — the 'American Idol' alum's sales actually dropped following the statements. The week ending Jan. 1, her sales declined about 40 percent. Its chart boost wasn't due to higher sales, but simply a less steep drop compared to her competitors. The physical copies of 'Stronger' also saw a fall in Internet sales from 2,000 copies to a mere 600 — a 72 percent decrease. Ouch!
The mag notes, however, that Clarkson did see a rise in digital sales by a whopping 232 percent, but that political press likely wasn't at play. What was? A sale price and front page promotion on iTunes, which was pushing her 'iTunes Sessions' EP. Additionally, Amazon matched iTunes' $7.99 price, allowing for both markets to sell more copies. Furthermore, Billboard notes that download sales typically rise the week after Christmas, because everyone is filling up the MP3 players and using the gift cards that were stuffed in their stockings.
Another factor for the download increase is Clarkson's release of her second single, 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' to Top 40 radio. The success of Clarkson's first single, 'Mr. Know It All,' is also still resonating on radio. The track is No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week on the Hot AC chart as well as resting at No. 13 on Mainstream Top 40.
Looks like Ron Paul himself wasn't the only one who was confused. Hopefully he has a firmer grasp on his poll numbers than on Clarkson's record sales.


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AUSTRALIA'S brewers, ramping up their campaign against government-mandated warnings on alcohol products, have seized on the nation's latest and largest survey of teenagers' drinking habits to declare that it ''dispels the myth that there is an alcohol crisis in Australia''.
The 2011 Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey of nearly 25,000 students, prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, found alcohol consumption among students aged 12 to 17 had continued to fall since 2005.
Binge drinking - defined as more than four drinks in a single session in the previous seven days - had dropped from 23 per cent of students aged 16 and 17 in 2005 to 16 per cent in 2011, after levelling out at 18 per cent in 2008.
Among those aged 12 to 15, binge drinking had halved from 6 per cent in 2005 to 3 per cent in 2011. Drinking anything at all in the previous seven days had also halved among the younger group - from 22 per cent to 11 per cent.
However, the survey, which was released in December, found that 51 per cent of students in the age group for whom alcohol consumption is illegal had drunk alcohol in the previous 12 months.
The director of the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, Mike Daube, said that while there had been an increase in the number of young people drinking more responsibly, the teens who did drink were starting younger and displaying more risky behaviour.
But the Brewers Association, one of the nation's alcohol industry groups, said the survey showed the misuse of alcohol among the young was declining.
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Was the gun his? If no, KEEP THIS BEAST!
At this point, I'm just disinterested in the entire situation.
Mike Goodson has history of issues
By The DICK!
Two months ago, the New York Jets signed unheralded free-agent running back Mike Goodson to a three-year, $6.9 million contract because they fell in love with his upside: He plays fast.
Turns out he lives fast, too.
Goodson's legal issues didn't start with his May 17 arrest in New Jersey on drug and weapons charges, which could result in prison time. In his previous NFL stops, with the Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders, his personal life spilled into the courts.
He was sued for paternity and child support by three women from August 2010 to May 2011, according to court documents in North Carolina and in Texas, where he grew up. He has fathered at least six children with those women, one of whom he lived with for two years, records show.
One woman, who dropped her initial case, is planning to re-file a paternity action next week, according to her attorney.
An investigation into Goodson's background uncovered no criminal activity prior to the May 17 arrest, but there has been a string of incidents that have led to legal action against him.
Goodson didn't pay a $56,465 bill at a Houston-area jewelry store, which included the purchase of a $37,500 Breitling watch, according to court records. The store sued him, and after interest and fees, he ended up paying $84,423.44. The amount was garnished from his Raiders paychecks, according to records in Texas and California.
Earlier, while with the Panthers, Goodson was sued three times by two apartment complexes in the Charlotte area, which demanded unpaid rent -- ranging from $1,413 to $2,744, records show. In the latter two suits, records show he received eviction notices.
Goodson, who turned 26 on Thursday, was scooped up early in the free-agent signing period. He landed a $1 million signing bonus from the Jets, who envision him as a major contributor in their backfield. Though modest compared to high-profile free agents, it was the largest bonus doled out by the Jets.
A Jets spokesman declined to comment on Goodson's past, but added the team's policy is to investigate every player.
When the news of Goodson's arrest broke last week, a scout from another team, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said of the Jets, "Do these guys do background checks?"
There were character questions about Goodson when he came out of Texas A&M in 2009. He was regarded by scouts as a second-round talent, but he slipped to the fourth round.
By then, he had three kids with Ashlee Wilson of Houston, according to court records and her attorney. The first was born in April 2005, Goodson's senior year in high school. Their current ages are 8, 5 and 4. Wilson said she gave birth to the couple's fourth child in August 2011.
On Aug. 20, 2010, as Goodson was preparing for his second season in Carolina, Wilson requested a temporary restraining order against Goodson and sued for child support, according to court documents. One month later, Goodson was served with papers at Bank of America Stadium, one day after a home loss.
The case never was pursued. Wilson declined to say why she did not -- she was living with Goodson's mother at the time -- but she has reconsidered. Her attorney, Glenn Lilly, said Friday they will seek retroactive child support, a lump-sum payment and periodic child support from Goodson. Lilly said he will file the suit next week in a Harris County (Texas) Court.
Wilson and the four children now live with her parents. Lilly said Goodson still owes him $7,000 in fees from the original case, as ordered by the court.
By this time, Goodson was nearly two years into a relationship with Troyneshia Scott, who moved in with him in Charlotte, according to court documents.
Goodson fathered a child with a third woman, Jasmine Dupont of Charlotte, per court records and a person close to Goodson. That child was born March 22, 2010. Twenty months later, Dupont sued for child support.
On Dec. 1, 2012, Scott gave birth to Goodson's son. She, too, eventually sued for child support. They lived together long enough for their relationship to be considered a common-law marriage, according to court documents. They separated in February 2012, and Scott filed divorce papers on Sept. 4, 2012.
The divorce papers claim Scott "found out [Goodson] has another newborn child, which caused her to go into a depression." The name of the child isn't listed in the documents.
The Dupont and Scott cases never went to court. Scott's attorney, Sonya Chandler Anderson, said her client dropped the case without giving an explanation.
In 2012, Goodson played for the Raiders after he was traded there by the Panthers. His off-field issues never became public, but the Panthers organization was aware of everything, according to a source. The team believed he was distracted and lost focus, causing fumbling issues on the field.
"He's not a bad kid, he just made a lot of bad decisions," a person familiar with Goodson's background said.
In April 2012, he was sued for failing to make payments on a $49,000 Mercedes-Benz he purchased from a South Carolina man.
Some trace Goodson's mistakes to a troubled upbringing. His father, Mike Goodson Sr., a former Pitt basketball player, orchestrated a $12 million mortgage scam and was convicted in 2007 of conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. He was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in prison. At the sentencing, he told the judge he had 12 children to support.
Those close to Goodson believe he can thrive if surrounded by positive role models. They say he felt comfortable in Oakland because he developed a bond with general manager Reggie McKenzie, but Goodson became a free agent, and the Raiders opted not to re-sign him.
Goodson's career took another turn May 17 on Route 80 in New Jersey, where he was the passenger in an SUV that had stopped in a center lane.
According to an affidavit, a state trooper said Goodson was "incoherent, slobbering and had vomited all over himself." A small bag of marijuana was found in his pants pocket and a loaded handgun was discovered in the glove compartment, the trooper said.
Goodson pleaded not guilty to all charges, including possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of a handgun. He told the Jets he doesn't own the gun, his lawyer said. If convicted of the gun charge, he could face three years in prison.
Goodson, who missed the first week of organized team activities amid the arrest fallout, will return to practice next week, according to a league source.
"We will support Mike," said Goodson's agent, Kennard McGuire. "I will not and cannot give up on Mike. Society does that enough. We will allow this process to play itself out and we will maintain our position of holding Mike accountable. If the past is the past, we will continue to surround him with the proper people and I have no doubt that he will mature to the level of that support."
"Outside the Lines" reporter Paula Lavigne contributed to this report.
Was the gun his? If no, KEEP THIS BEAST!
At this point, I'm just disinterested in the entire situation.
Troyneshia ...
Goodson and his pop are giving Cro a run for his money!
This story is extremely sad and so common place in our society today. It's my sincere hope that this kid has finnally hit rock bottom and has come to realize what the rest of his life can be like if the Jets give him another chance or decide to throw him into the world.
The kid's a turd. He can't be trusted to not have another incident, completely foolish to think that he's "learned his lesson". Idzik needs to cut ties ASAP, it won't reflect poorly on him. But it would after another incident.
If someone strung together all the BS my ex-wives (2) claimed I did in court papers, I'd have been executed long ago. This is trash reporting at its best.
How about a link? I suspect this came from the same kind of rag that claimed our new guy is a terrorist.
Edit- Didn't realize headline was a link. Cimini, should have known... was hoping he was part of the ESPN layoff
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Meh sounds like half of the guys in the nfl to me.
Goodson has no sense of responsibility.
If he didn't get busted in the SUV he'd be out doing this sh!t on a regular basis.
This isn't the first incident, it's just the first time he got caught.
I wonder if every guy who made a bad decision while growing up was never given a second chance, where all of us would be.
I still believe in innocent until proven guilty! Just tonight I heard the gun was in the glove compartment. It was not his car. I wonder if he even knew the gun was in the car. Yet you have the guy convicted.
If you have additional data please share with us. I hate being in the dark in matters like these. Ya think maybe more info will surface seriously damaging the case against this guy? Yep! Innocent until proven guilty!
There's a saying that's popular in some circles. "It takes a village to raise a child". I have 3 boys, and i can tell you i don't want any village anywhere helping me raise my boys. The village i live in is made up of too many different people with their own ideas of what's important.
You can't teach what you don't know and you can't learn what has never been taught.
Goodson goes out drinking himself into a slobbering stupor with five children he doesn't give a rat's ass about.
You're no psychologist, that's for sure.And your degree in psychology is from where?
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Sounds like a rotten apple. Has nothing to do with his worth as a football player.
I hope someday someone digs into Dick Cimini's past and brings up irrelevant mistakes, then publishes it all over the world wide leader in gossip.
Seriously...there's actual football to be reporting on. Instead he wastes his and his unwitting OTL accomplice's time with writing this smear piece.
Wasn't the Dick the same media puke that jumped on K Ellis and his Jamaican roots calling him a drug addict and felon.
Would like to just say,many of these young men are poster children for the use of condoms. Find a woman you love and have all the children you want. Yet, it should be understood that real men are there to raise and support there children to adulthood. A real man does not pretend to be a rabbit jumping from hole to hole continuing to breed without a second thought of the responsibility that goes along with that thing that hangs between your legs.


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About Academic Advising
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Office of Academic Advising is to empower students in the development of meaningful educational plans that are consistent with their academic, personal and professional goals through direct service to the student and collaboration with faculty and other campus resources.
What is academic advising?
Academic advising is a developmental process of decision-making through which a student explores and seeks information from professionals in the campus community. This process enables students to discern personal and career goals and to make appropriate decisions about participation in academic programs and the fulfillment of degree requirements.
The advising program is directed through the Academic Advising Offices on each campus. These offices coordinate advising activities and provide direction and assistance to both faculty and students who have advising concerns. They oversee probationary actions and monitor the performance of the general student body and specific groups of students identified to be at risk academically. The advising offices also oversee and coordinate assistance for students with disabilities and other students who may require special academic accommodations.
Though a student may at times need to consult with a variety of individuals, each student is required to have one primary advisor, who is a member of the faculty. The function of this association is to support and challenge the student in career and educational decisions. During the registration for each semester, students are required to consult with their faculty advisor and to obtain their Personal ID Number (PIN) before entering online registration requests.
The First-Year Seminar or Honors professor is the official academic advisor for first-year students. Toward the end of this first year, each student is expected to select a new advisor. This advisor is most often a faculty member in the student's chosen academic major. However, if at this time the student has not yet decided on a major, the student may select any faculty member who agrees to accept the advising role. In the spring semester of the sophomore year, a student must apply to a department for acceptance into a major. From this time on, the student's advisor should be a member of that department. Students should contact the advising office on their campus whenever they wish to select a new advisor.
Program Objectives for Student Learning
CSB/SJU Policies, Procedures and Resources
1) The student will understand
- Academic policies
- Academic procedures
- Graduation requirements
2) Student will be able to identify and make use of campus resources
3) Student will graduate in a timely fashion
Liberal Learning
1) The student will understand the importance of liberal learning
- Demonstrate an ability to integrate classroom and experiential learning
- Develop skills in critical thinking and effective communication
- Develop skills for lifelong learning
Personal and Intellectual Development
1) Student will develop personally and intellectually
- Engage in a process of self exploration and discovery to discern strengths, weaknesses, values and interests
- Clarify and articulate educational, career and life goals
- Effectively select a major through research, critical thinking and realistic self appraisal
- Fashion an integrated plan consistent with academic, personal and professional goals
To achieve these objectives, the student will
- Take ownership and responsibility for decisions, actions or inactions
- Initiate and engage in advising, consultation and research to make informed academic decisions
- Make use of the academic catalog
- Maintain individual academic records
To achieve these objectives, the Office of Academic Advising will
- Value and respect students
- Provide services appropriate for unique populations (LD, LS, CE, DI, IN, MG, CM)
- Serve as an information resource for students, faculty, staff and parents
- Facilitate and support effective faculty advising
- Maintain records and confidentiality
- Demonstrate use of online resources
- Supervise student employees
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I'm running Debian/Squeeze and have just switched to using an LG BH12LS35 Blu-ray writer for backups - to replace a DVD writer and DVD-RAM discs. However it doesn't seem to work the way I thought it should.
The DVD-RAM discs I'd been using were UDF-formatted (mkudffs /dev/sr0) and would hold about 4.3G. I would simply copy files onto them then unmount and eject the disc.
With the Blu-ray BD-RE discs, df /dev/sr0 only reports about 1G of space after formatting, and the file copy seems to concur. It reports being out of space after about 1G of copying.
If I do a dvd+rw-format /dev/sr0 (with or without the -force=full option), the dvd+rw-format program reports 24.4G media but afterward I'm still left with only 1G being reported.
I also tried to use growisfs -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J <files to backup>. It appeared to work, but I can't access files past the first 1G on the disc.
Any ideas on what is happening?


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Paul Rush finds that dining in a Queensland mountain retreat with an avian symphony hits the high note.
My gourmet table amid the rainforest is surrounded by vivid green fernery and dappled with soft evening light. I sit in blissful peace listening to the distant murmurings of wompoo pigeons high in the canopy; heralding the witching time of night with their haunting onomatopoeic call.
Two unruly bundles of white feathers that Aborigines call kookaburra, sit on a nearby branch and mock me with an infectious chuckle that brings a smile to my face. Their cackling call is the signature sound of the Australian bush and I find them pleasantly sociable and engaging as dining companions.
Suddenly a flight of bright-eyed parrots swoop down from the treetops in a flash of crimson, squeaking excitedly as they crowd the newly filled feeding trays around the open-air dining room.
Songbirds Rainforest Retreat on Tamborine Mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland is one of those romantic hideaways where the crisp mountain air and the silver notes of the native songbirds are as pure and refined as a silver tray service.
The 100-seat licensed restaurant is situated on a wide covered verandah, open on one side to the surrounding vegetation. The room has an expansive al fresco feel, which is enhanced by long banquettes topped with chilli-red and chocolate brown cushions.
A waiter brings the dinner menu and wine list. I choose a crisp, fruity white wine to accompany the 'Three Tastes of the Sea' entrée; a cerviche of scallops in blood-orange oil, tempura Kangaroo Island crayfish with wasabi aioli and Thai sashimi of kingfish.
The entrée menu also features organic soft shell crab, which is farmed in Hervey Bay and is a short but novel taste sensation. Not all Queensland chefs favour it, preferring the more substantial and sweeter spanner crabs combined with a Thai starter salad using pawpaw, mango and coriander.
The origins of soft shell crab can be traced to Louisianna where the crunchy taste was a feature of Cajun cuisine. At Songbirds it's often served on an organic vegetable and Vietnamese rice-paper roll with green-chilli dip.
Songbirds owner, Bonnie Rodwell, joins me and explains how the retreat was created by lovers for lovers.
"There are six spacious villas here amidst an enchanting eucalypt forest and every day is Valentines' day. Romance blossoms like frangipani and hibiscus flowers in spring."
Bonnie is a "can-do" kind of Kiwi from Kerikeri. She built a successful business in the 1980s designing woolly jumpers under the brand name BONZ. It all began when an American lady approached her at Auckland Airport and offered to buy the hand-knitted sweater off her back.
This sale gave Bonnie the idea for a business, and she has since sold countless woollen jerseys featuring eye-catching graphics of local icons like kiwis, sheep and koalas. She continues to run the business along with Songbirds Retreat.
Two plump brush turkeys strut ostentatiously across the lawn as I'm ordering the mains course, a sirloin of wagyu beef on Jerusalem artichoke and potatoes galette, buttered baby spinach, oxtail and mushroom dumpling with bordelaise sauce. I'm impressed with both the presentation and the melt-in-the-mouth taste.
The chef de cuisine combines classic French, European and Asian techniques with the unique Queensland ingredients like fresh seasonal fruits and organic produce. Game and seafood feature prominently on the menu.
He explains that Bonnie sets a high standard for her restaurant and 80 per cent of ingredients must be grown organically. There is an increasing trend towards vegetarian meals and the staff go out of their way to cater for patrons who are glucose or lactose intolerant. Today's menu features polenta crumbed artichoke heart on lentils, peperonata, wilted spinach and sauce vierge.
When my dessert course arrives I know for sure why Songbirds is so popular that everyone is singing its praises. The chocolate soufflé pudding is served with toasted almond ice cream and caramel sauce and is truly delicious.
A meal of this quality in such lush tropical surroundings complete with an avian chorus is a rare treat. It is well worth the 30-minute drive up Mount Tamborine from the Gold Coast beaches. The Queensland tourism and hospitality authorities think so too as the restaurant has won many awards since Bonnie Rodwell added her magic touch to the property in December 2004.
Songbirds is taking restaurant dining to new heights with a complete feast for the senses in its pristine rainforest hideaway. This owner who began with woolly jumpers now finds fulfillment in running a luxury retreat and restaurant that is among Queensland's best.
On the Gold Coast the locals call her a "bonzer businesswoman" who's right on song for the top restaurant awards.
* Paul Rush travelled to the Gold Coast courtesy of Tourism Queensland.
Songbirds is 30 minutes drive from the Gold Coast beaches and one hour from Brisbane.
Accommodation is in private villas set among towering rainforest and lush tropical plants.
Wines are from Australia, New Zealand and France, supplied by the glass or bottles.
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Horford hits winner, Hawks rally past Mavs 88-87
ATLANTA (AP) -- Al Horford passed on the shot earlier in the game.
When it opened up again, he let it fly.
Horford knocked down a 20-foot jumper with 4.2 seconds left and the Hawks rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half, stunning the Dallas Mavericks 88-87 on Friday night.
''I had that shot before, and I didn't take it,'' Horford said. ''Shelvin (Mack, a Hawks guard) kept telling me, 'That's your shot. You need to shoot it.' When the opportunity came again, I knocked it down.''
Jeff Teague scored 25 points for the Hawks, while Horford finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
The Mavericks were up 70-55 when point guard Jose Calderon went out late in the third quarter with an injured right ankle. X-rays were negative but he did not return.
Without Calderon running the offense, Dallas totally bogged down. Rookie guard Shane Larkin had a miserable night, going 0 for 4 from the field and turning it over four times. The Mavericks hit just 38 percent, with Vince Carter missing badly on the final shot of the game.
''Calderon is a big part of what they do,'' said Hawks forward Paul Millsap, who hit a huge 3-pointer over Dirk Nowitzki with 1:16 remaining to give the Hawks a chance. ''Without him on the court, it kind of helped us out.''
Atlanta snapped a three-game losing streak and climbed back above .500 at 9-8.
The Mavericks made 3 of 19 shots in the final quarter, their last field goal coming on Shawn Marion's jumper with 5:05 remaining for an 85-77 lead. Dallas managed only two more points the rest of the way, a pair of free throws by DeJuan Blair with 3:27 left.
Atlanta scored the final seven points, capped by Horford's jumper after the defense sagged away from him near the top of the key.
''Jeff tried to attack and they kind of backed off,'' Horford said. ''I just took what the defense gave me.''
Calderon and Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 16 points apiece, while Marion chipped in with 15.
It was a brutal loss for Dallas, which dipped to 2-6 on the road.
''They play good in their house,'' Marion said. ''But still, we should have won this game.''
Calderon wasn't even sure when he injured his ankle, saying it happened sometime in the first half and kept getting worse. Calderon hopes to return when the Mavericks host Minnesota on Saturday night.
''I don't know if somebody hit me or I hit the floor,'' Calderon said. ''That's why it's kind of weird.
Teague carried much of the load for the Hawks, bouncing back from a four-point effort in a loss to Houston. He kept getting to the foul line, doled out six assists and didn't turn it over until he lost the ball out of bounds with about 2 1/2 minutes remaining.
Lou Williams made his first start for the Hawks since coming back from knee surgery that kept him out much of last season and the first few weeks of this season. He scored a season-high 12 points.
The Hawks jumped out to a 23-18 lead in the first quarter, but the Mavericks scored the final 10 points of the period to lead at the break. Dallas got much of its production beyond the arc, making 6 of 7 from 3-point range. Calderon went 3 for 3, Marion hit a pair of long-range jumpers and Carter chipped in with one.
Nowitzki missed all three of his shots and was held scoreless in the opening quarter. But he warmed up in the second, knocking down Dallas' first six points for a 16-0 run that extended the lead to 34-23.
The Mavericks maintained a double-digit edge through most of the second and third quarters, going to the final period up 75-64.
Their biggest lead was 66-49 midway through the third.
NOTES: Kyle Korver skipped his second straight game with bruised ribs, again delaying his quest to set an NBA record for consecutive games with a 3-point basket. He remains at 88 in a row, one shy of the mark set by Dana Barrow from Dec. 23, 1994-Jan. 10, 1996, with Philadelphia and Boston. Korver was receiving treatment during the game, but the Hawks weren't sure if he'd be on a road trip to Washington and San Antonio. ... Dallas C-F Brandan Wright (fractured left shoulder) is getting closer to practicing. ''Hopefully it doesn't flare up,'' Wright said before the game. ''We'll keep pushing it each and every day.'' ... Former Hawks G Devin Harris is recovering from left foot surgery and didn't get a chance to play against his old team.
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I have a Jtable in one my Java programs.
I want to do the following
Based on a query I want to select certain data from the Jtable, e.g.
select * from <JTable> where column1 = "XYZ" and column2 = "123";
2. Display only the selected information back in the JTable.
So, although the JTable will have multiple rows, I will be displaying only a certain selected rows at a given time.