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Monday, September 19, 2005
No, I'm not talking about the Worcestershire Sauce, although according to Lea & Perrins (and common sense), Worcestershire sauce indeed originates in this small English cathedral town that lies about an hour by train from Birmingham. I was in Worcester to give a paper at a conference at the University of Worcester last weekend.
After checking into my hotel on Friday night, I went to look for a place to eat. Just behind my hotel was Friar Street, packed with all kind of lovely small eateries. I finally opted for a very cosy-looking Italian place, Puccini's. The place, run by Arvin & Therese Gautama, looked busy with regulars - always a good sign - and I was given a table on a condition that I vacate it again in an hour. As I was dining solo, I didn't mind that. The menu - divided into starters, pizza, pasta & puddings - looked tempting, and I chose Puccini's Cannelloni from the pasta column. After 15 minutes I had a large plateful of piping hot cannelloni in front of me, filled with spinach, ricotta, mushrooms and tarragon. The latter was quite an unusual herb, I thought, but it definitely made the dish very interesting. I managed to fit a cup of coffee and some tiramisu into my one-hour dining slot as well, and left with a full stomach and a pleased palate. (And just about £15 poorer).
Remember I mentioned a few posts ago that I am a faithful type of customer? Well, I am. After the one-day conference ended on Saturday evening, I teamed up with a fellow presenter Eri from Japan and headed back to the centre of Worcester for dinner. As both our hotels were near Friar Street, we inevitably ended back near Puccini's - and then inside Puccini's. This time we got a table for 1,5 hours - I guess by now you've figured out that if you want to have a leisurely meal at that small Italian place, you'd be wise and book ahead.
Eri and I both had salads for starters, followed by fusilli with vegetables and tagliatelle with spinach, mushrooms and Gorgonzola, respectively. For dessert, a very generous portion of Gelato Affogato for Eri and a lovely panna cotta with forest fruits for me. Mmmm. (My bill, incl. a glass of house white - £16).
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4 comments:
- J said...
i am a real panna cotta fiend; the one you had looks scrumptious...the restaurant sounds lovely...
- 3:30 pm, September 19, 2005
- Paz said...
Welcome back! Sounds like you were well fed, which is very good. How was the presentation?
- 3:56 am, September 20, 2005
- Pille said...
J - I know you like your jellies and panna cottas:) Making panna cotta is on the cards soon - there was a really delicious-looking recipe using buttermilk on Delicious:Days few months back that I'd like to try. I don't seem to have the time recently though:(
Paz - the presentation went well, thank you, though the conference itself was a bit chaotic. Well, at least I was fed well:)
- 3:02 pm, September 20, 2005
Have just come across this post regarding 'Puccinis'. I know it was a few years ago now but thankyou for the nice comments!
Kind regards
Arvin & Therese Gautama
- 11:12 pm, February 10, 2011
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By keeping His commandments and laws, holy Mary Magdalene, you followed Christ, Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, and in celebrating your most holy memory today, we receive forgiveness of sins by your prayers.
On the banks of Lake Genesareth (Galilee), between the cities of Capharnum and Tiberias, was the small city of Magdala. Only the small village of Mejhdel stands on the site.
A woman whose name has entered forever into the Gospel account was born and grew up in Magdala. The Gospel tells us nothing of Mary's younger years, but Tradition informs us that Mary of Magdala was young and pretty, and led a sinful life. It says in the Gospels that the Lord expelled seven devils from Mary (Luke. 8:2). From the moment of her healing, Mary led a new life, and became a true disciple of the Savior.


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The list of new varieties below is not complete, as several seed companies are still in the process of evaluating experimental lines for release in 2009. The descriptions of the varieties below are provided by seed companies. Some varieties included are in a second year of release and/or may have only been offered in introductory quantities.
In 2009, Deltapine's two new cotton varieties, DP 0924 B2RF and DP 0935 B2RF, begin a new naming system. Each product will have four numbers in the name. The first two numbers signify the year of commercialization, and the second two numbers indicate maturity based on the following scale: 10-20, early; 20-30, early-mid; 30-40, mid; 40-50, mid-full; and 50-60, full. Visit www.deltapine.com for more information.
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Dyna-Gro is a proprietary seed brand offered by Loveland Products, Inc. and sold to farm customers through both UAP distribution retail locations and through other seed retailers that desire to market this premier brand of seed. Visit www.dynagroseed.com for more information. Here's what's new for 2009:
DG 2400 RF — A new Roundup Ready Flex only variety shown to have excellent seedling vigor, a medium-tall plant height, early-medium maturity, and has broad adaptability with excellent yield potential and fiber quality characteristics throughout most of the cotton growing areas in the United States. This smooth leaf variety particularly offers advantages in fiber length and strength for its maturity group.
The following companies have not yet announced new varieties for 2009, but are offering these varieties in a second year of release.
Americot, Inc., headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, provides Southwest, Mid-South and Southeast cotton growers with Americot and NexGen brand cottons. For more information on Americot cotton products, go to www.americot.com. The following varieties are in their second year of release.
AM 1550 B2RF — Targeted for the North Mississippi River Delta area growers. This Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex cotton has been in breeder trials in 46 locations for the last two years and it finished as the No. 1 yielder in Tennessee, north Arkansas and Missouri, averaging 1,400 pounds per acre. It is earlier in maturity than AM 1532 B2RF and is a semi-smooth leaf cotton. Its average staple length is 35.6; strength, 27.5; and micronaire, 4.5.
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Bayer CropScience is evaluating several experimental varieties for 2009 release through its cotton agronomic performance (CAP) trials at 140 locations around the Cotton Belt. These varieties include LibertyLink/Bollgard II and Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex varieties, which could be released as either a FiberMax or Stoneville variety. Evaluation of CAP, official variety trials, and breeder trial data will determine if an experimental variety will be released for 2009 planting. Newly released varieties will be available in limited quantities.
Bayer CropScience says it expects to receive EPA approval for its new GlyTol glyphosate-tolerant trait in time for the 2009 growing season. Plants with the trait are resistant to glyphosate, although its uses a different gene and promoter than other company's traits. Bayer expects to release varieties with the GlyTol trait in 2009 for the Southwest. The following Stoneville varieties are in their second year of release.
ST 4498B2RF — An early to mid-maturity Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex product that provides excellent yield potential and fiber-quality characteristics. It has excellent early season vigor for rapid and consistent stands. It features medium height, compact shape and is responsive to plant growth regulator.
ST 5458B2RF — A mid-maturity Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex product that produces yield and fiber quality packages similar to ST 4554B2RF, but matures about one week later. Plant height should be monitored and controlled with plant growth regulator.
Croplan Genetics is the proprietary brand of the farmer-owned, full-line seed division of Land O'Lakes, Inc., marketing in more than 40 states. Its seed division touts 25 varieties of alfalfa seed, 201 corn hybrids, 146 varieties of soybean seed, and a large variety of canola, sunflower, forage, wheat and cotton seeds. For more information, go to www.croplangenetics.com. The following varieties are in their second year of release.
CG 3220B2RF — An early- to mid-maturity, smooth to semi-smooth leaf picker variety with excellent yield potential and premium fiber quality to better help U.S. cotton growers market their fiber in base international and high-end domestic markets. This variety will come stacked with Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex. This variety is broadly adapted across soil types in dryland and irrigated systems. Fiber quality: micronaire 4.4; staple 36.7; strength 28.8.
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Sea scorpions: The original sea monster
Four hundred and thirty million years ago, long before the evolution of barracudas or sharks, a different kind of predator stalked the primordial seas. The original sea monsters were eurypterids -- better known as sea scorpions.
|This illustration shows a sea scorpion attacking an early vertebrate
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Armed and dangerous
"Our study suggests that sea scorpions used their tails, weaponized by their serrated spiny tips, to dispatch their prey," says Scott Persons, paleontologist and lead author on the study.
Sparked by the discovery of a new fossil specimen of the eurypterid Slimonia acuminata, Persons and Acorn make the biomechanical case that these sea scorpions attacked and killed their prey with sidelong strikes of their serrated tail.
The fossil, collected from the Patrick Burn Formation near Lesmahagow, Scotland, shows a eurypterid Slimonia acuminata, with a serrated-spine-tipped tail curved strongly to one side.
Powerful weapons
Unlike lobsters and shrimps, which can flip their broad tails up and down to help them swim, eurypterid tails were vertically inflexible but horizontally highly mobile.
"This means that these sea scorpions could slash their tails from side to side, meeting little hydraulic resistance and without propelling themselves away from an intended target," explains Persons. "Perhaps clutching their prey with their sharp front limbs eurypterids could kill pretty using a horizontal slashing motion."
Among the likely prey of Slimonia acuminata and other eurypterids were ancient early vertebrates.
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The process by which a cell responds to substances in its environment. The binding of a substance to a molecule on the surface of a cell causes signals to be passed from one molecule to another inside the cell. These signals can affect many functions of the cell, including cell division and cell death. Cells that have permanent changes in signal transduction molecules may develop into cancer.


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|2012-11-16, 00:54
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|2012-11-16, 01:41
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Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
I just don't understand how they can be so out of touch with the MMO and f2p crowds. It's not that hard to look at what has proven to work and what hasn't.
Besides, the western market has made it quite clear that they loathe Pay2Win Cash Shops and that's pretty much what SWTOR is doing.
The reason LoTRO gets away with it is because you can earn points by just playing the game.
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|2012-11-16, 03:57
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Welp, looks like Bioware, Ea, and Star Wars: The Old Plutocracy are it again.
-Idiots bought hundreds of dollars worth of cash shop cash and spent it all in the FIRST FEW HOURS. Quick problem: They'll be bored again as they've already probably completed the last Ops and are halfway getting to HK-51.
-Quite a few GREEN rewards for quests are locked out unless you buy cash shop currency. What the fuck?
-XP rate reduced drastically
-Nothing drawing people back to the old worlds except already completed story and checklist quests.
-Warzones reduced to 5 per week. Splendid.
-Paying for quickbars, even for PREFERRED players.
A riddle for you: If a man is stuck in the middle of a barren desert desperately trying to reach the story content oasis, but finally has had enough, gives up the expedition to frolic in other greener pastures, and months later is once again transported into a barren desert with reduced water, rations, and toiletries...
...is he HAVING FUN?
|2012-11-16, 05:46
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It's basically either pay or live like a total cripple!
|2012-11-16, 05:54
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I think the best part is reading the stuff on the forums. People complaining with legitimate complaints, being told to pay a sub or fuck off by some subscribers. It's hilarious, I'm waiting to see if the forum gets lockdown again.
|2012-11-16, 06:16
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Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
Well, I knew the elistists would throw a fit and not welcome new players. It seems that they're just as brain dead as Bioware.
f2p was supposed to bring in more players(With the chance of them buying CC's or subbing) and fix population issues yet f2pers don't even feel welcome at all by Bioware or many vets that are paying a sub. They're taking their anger for the f2p change on innocent players instead of directing it at Bioware.
Bioware has learned nothing from those like LoL and LoTRO who have far superior f2p models than... What ever the hell Bioware is trying to pull.
I will not spend a cent on this game after f2p out of principle. Selling Quickbars, Sprint, A WEEKLY coupon for stuff like Warzones, Quicktravel, Hide Helmet, Unify Colors, and the such.
On top of that the chat restrictions are beyond horrible, if you're f2p you might as well ignore all group content because you can't communicate with anyone unless you're near them and you can't invite(Or whisper) anyone unless they're on your friends list and no one is going to accept random Friends List requests.
That chat issue effects payers as well who will have no way to know that there are many of people out there that would LOVE to group with them if it was possible.
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|2012-11-16, 06:48
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Location: 346Pro
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Being unable to buy more character slots and a higher credit cap sealed the game off for me.
For all her warts, Star Trek Online is shaping up to be well within reason. So, I'm still wearing my commbadge for a space mmo. Next better player, please!
|2012-11-16, 07:08
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Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
It does say something when a large number of subbers are outright trashing the f2p model and how it will not work as intended because of the severe restrictions.
What incentive does any f2p have to sub at all after going through hell to get to 50? They can't communicate with others, they only have 2 Action Bars(My gawd, they will be trashed severely in Warzones and higher level Instances), and the such.
When they said f2p everyone thought it would be something similar to LoTRO, what they got is corporate greed and spite.
|2012-11-16, 08:06
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: There...no, not there.Yes, there!
Age: 27
But yeah, this is the most fail f2t I have ever seen, they should have stayed the way they were...
|2012-11-16, 09:35
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Location: Germany
Age: 32
Not that I grouped very much to begin with, but I can still feel the kick in the groin the the normal MMO-players. Glad that I already uninstalled + canceled my sub. Better to use the free hdd space for something more useful.
|2012-11-16, 10:46
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
Let me rephrase, you can communicate with others. However you're stuck with a 1 minute cooldown before you can use general again(1 message per a minute). So use your time wisely and only for groups because you're gonna want to do all group content just to stay on level with the current planet you're on due to EXP rates being lower for f2p and preferred members.
Also, change that on Instances.
Turns out it isn't 3 times weekly, instead it's only 3 Loot Rolls per a week. You can still do them for exp I believe but after 3 loot rolls you're locked out on looting anymore gear. So do NOT greed on ANYTHING in Instances because they will take up one of your weekly 3 loot rolls.
Only need on stuff that you need.
FYI, even if you lose a loot roll it still counts towards you 3 weekly loot rolls.
The good news is that Bioware will gladly sell you weekly passes instead of the option of just removing that constriction.
Also, some quest rewards(such as green quality stuff) cannot be selected if you're f2p/preferred and you're capped on tokens that you can have for planets and pvp.
Furthermore all stuff that costs creds and/or tokens is 25% more costly if you're f2p or preferred which means that some of the better gear as you're leveling or pvping is completely locked out due to your cap(and them costing more than your cap) even before you hit 50.
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Location: Ontario, CA
Age: 28
Anyway, I actually did just resub for SWTOR; basically to get rid of all the restriction crap and the +800 cartel coins for being a former subber. I wouldn't have resubbed if I didn't have an old account with mats/money to fall back on. Even so, I decided to start a new character on the opposite faction (Republic) and I'm quite bored tbh. There's not many people to play with for instances/heroics =/. Well, it was only 15 bucks, but I won't be resubbing after this month ends.
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Elizabeth Hall (right) and I (left) awarded Matt Phelan (center) the 2010 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction during the ALA convention in Washington last month. Matt's publisher Candlewick hosted an elegant little party for the occasion, and I wanted to share with you Elizabeth's remarks about Matt's book, The Storm in the Barn, when she presented him with the prize:
The Storm in the Barn plunges us into those discouraging days of the Dust Bowl. It's set in 1937, when choking dust obscured the sun most of time. It was the year of 134 dust storms, and most of the farmers had abandoned their farms—and their states. Two years earlier more than a quarter of the population had already deserted the plains—following the loss of 850 million tons of topsoil. Only the toughest were left.
In this devastated land Matt Phelan introduces us to Jack Clark, an 11-year-old farm kid who's never farmed. Since my grandchildren grew up on a farm, I can tell you that eleven-year-old farm kids are skilled at farm chores: weeding, caring for livestock, helping bale hay, harvesting field crops—even driving tractors. But Jack's never learned any of those jobs. Ever since he was seven, his state of Kansas had been part of the dust bowl.
What Jack does know is dust–great clouds of it, blowing across the land, blotting out buildings, smothering seedlings, sifting through cracks, seeping into houses. His only task seems to be caring for his younger sister while watching his older sister's case of dust pneumonia slowly grow worse. Bullied by other boys, blundering and inept when he tries to help his father with mechanical tasks, Jack feels more incompetent every day. Only Ernie, the general storekeeper, who fills Jack with traditional Jack tales of derring-do, provides him with any social support.
Like Jack's parents, these Kansas farmers are nearly defeated. In their desperation, they're willing to cast spells with dead snakes. Losing their sparse gardens to the voracious appetites of jackrabbits, they feel forced to round up and destroy their small competitors. Here Matt gives us a look at human nature, as some of the club wielders tap into a blood lust that fades into a square of solid red before it changes to sorrow and shame.
When Jack's neighbors migrate west, a strange presence moves into their abandoned barn. Nightly thunder and lightning shake the building with The Storm in the Barn. Is its source really The Rain, who has withdrawn from the land in the hopes that folks will worship him? Or is Jack suffering from a case of dust dementia? Why is Jack's little sister singing the rain away? And where did she find those umbrellas? There've been no wet skies since she was born. Is she under the spell of The Rain?
The children's bleak lives are brightened by Jack's older sister Dorothy's beloved Oz books. They promise a lovely country just over the deadly desert—one as fertile as the farmland Jack's mother describes as existing there before the drought. Perhaps it's a belief that the glowing colors of that beautiful waiting land could heal his own sister that gives Jack courage. He challenges and bests the giant Rain in combat, ripping apart the satchel that holds the rain and initiating a powerful thunderstorm.
In this graphic novel, Matt Phelan uses a limited palette to capture exactly the time and the place of the Dust Bowl. Only the blue of The Rain's cape and the redness of rabbits' blood intrude on the tans and grays. His sure pencil line lets us know exactly what each of his characters is feeling. We see the smug, the frightened, the depressed, the discouraged, the shamefaced—and the loving and compassionate.
Today's children must find it hard to believe the kind of life people like Jack and his family endured. Not in this country! The Storm in the Barn is a valuable book, in part because it lets us see its discomforts, its dangers and its desperation through the eyes of those whose lives it disrupted. That achievement goes to the heart of the Scott O'Dell Award. Scott believed firmly in Santayana's proposal that those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it. And he hoped that his award would keep future generations from forgetting the lessons of our past.
I am a bit daunted but pleased to be taking over as chair of the O'Dell Award committee, as Hazel Rochman has decided to make her retirement more worthy of that name. The other committee member, Ann Carlson, and I are happy to welcome new member Laura Tillotson, Editorial Director of Books for Youth at Booklist magazine. You can see pics from the party at the Scott O'Dell Facebook page, and more information about the award can be found on the O'Dell site.


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Red Pack Wins 2013 NCAC CC Titleby Brent Harris • November 2, 2013 Share:
The Wabash College cross country team executed its plan perfectly Saturday to capture the 2013 North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Championship in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The top-seven Little Giants runners earned All-NCAC honors, while Coach Roger Busch picked up the Men's Coach of the Year Award. Mason McKinney was named the Newcomer of the Year.
The Little Giants plan was to stay close as a group. Wabash placed all five scorers in the top-10, starting with junior Dalton Boyer's second-place finish. Boyer crossed the finish line in 26:54.3 behind individual champion Bobby Over from Allegheny (26:35.0). Billy McManus was the next member of the Red Pack to finish, grabbing fourth place with a time of 27:11.1. Nick Boyce finished seventh (27:20.2) to earn the final spot on the All-NCAC First Team. Sophomore Adam Togami finished a second behind Boyce in eighth (27:21.8), with Jared Burris right behind Togami in ninth place (27:29.6).
Boyer earned All-NCAC honors for the third time in his career. He was placed on the First Team in 2012 and was a Second Team finalist in 2011. McManus claimed First Team honors for the second consecutive season. Burris earned Second Team honors last year.
McKinney earned the Newcomer of the Year Award by posting the best finish by any first-year runner in the league. He took 14th place in 27:45.5 to also be placed on the All-NCAC Second Team. Fellow freshman Cordell Lewis started off the Honorable Mention All-NCAC squad with his 15th-place finish, crossing the line for the 8,000-meter course in 27:51.7.
Fabian House added a 23rd-place finish (28:15.7). Cole Hrusckovich finished 25th (28:21.7), while Jake Ponton crossed in 37th place (28:46.6). Sean Lewis added a 42nd-place finish (28:55.1). Jacob Caddick was 70th (29:48.0).
The Red Pack's 30-point effort provided a 16-point margin over second-place Allegheny to give Wabash its second NCAC men's title since joining the league. The Little Giants captured its first league cross country title in 2011.
Wooster took third place with 95 points. Oberlin (122), DePauw (148), Kenyon (167), Ohio Wesleyan (177), Denison (184), Wittenberg (201), and Hiram (330) completed the team scoring.
Busch was voted the league's top men's coach for the second time in his career, adding to his 2011 award.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck's decision last week not to hand over hundreds of undocumented illegal immigrants arrested each year to the federal government for deportation is a wise choice that will help rather than hurt public safety.
The federal program Beck is challenging has never done what it was supposed to do, which is to assist with the deportation of violent and dangerous criminals who are in this country illegally. Known as Secure Communities, the program requires state and local police to share the fingerprints of anyone booked into a local jail with federal authorities, who then check them against criminal and immigration databases. If it turns out the person is in the country illegally, the federal government will ask local police to hold them for 48 hours.
In theory, that sounds great. The trouble is that Secure Communities doesn't just weed out dangerous criminals. It casts a wide net, failing to distinguish between those undocumented immigrants who pose a threat and those who do not. Under the program, tens of thousands of immigrants who have never been convicted of a crime, or who have been convicted only of minor crimes such as street vending or driving without a license, have been deported.


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The PAC JF-17 Thunder, or CAC FC-1 Xiaolong, is a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. The JF-17 can be used for aerial reconnaissance, ground attack and aircraft interception. Its designation "JF-17 Thunder" by Pakistan is short for "Joint Fighter-17", while the designation "FC-1 Xiaolong" by China means "Fighter China-1 Fierce Dragon".
The JF-17 can carry a variety of munitions, including air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, which are supplemented by a 23 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel autocannon. The aircraft is powered by a RD-93 afterburning turbofan; it has a top speed of 1.6 Mach. The JF-17 is due to become the backbone of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), complementing the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and the indefinitely delayed order for the Chengdu J-10. Pakistan has started induction of the aircraft and has 49 units in service (one lost in a crash), and 110 units are on order as of February 2014. The Pakistan Air Force inducted first squadron in February 2010 and second squadron in April 2011.


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Nassau, Bahamas: On Wednesday, 24th March, 2010, the tent of Fashion Week El Paseo in Palm Desert, California, became the focal point for an explosion of multi-cultural expression as four award-winning designers from Islands of the World Fashion Week presented their creations to a standing room only audience.
The opening act for the show featured a guest designer of customized leather accessories and apparel from the Palm Springs area, V & G Accessories. Replete with an exotic belly dancer, the models set the stage for a seductive and awe-inspiring event. The first "island designer" was Nadya from Indonesia with her classic elegant but casual styles in traditional Bali fabric and pattern. K-Bobby from Jamaica then graced the runway with his eclectic and colorful designs in natural fibres. He was followed by Eric Raisina of Madagascar with a stunning display of silk designs inspired by the designer's cross-cultural influences of Madagascar and Cambodia. The event closed with the eye-popping presentation of the internationally-recognized designer bags of Harl Taylor BAG from The Bahamas. The introduction of the new male line of executive and laptop bags along with the detailed and embellished bridal bag left the audience in awe.
The organizers of the event, Palm Springs Life magazine, look forward to welcoming the Islands of the World Fashion Tour back next year. Owen Bethel, founder of Islands of the World Fashion Week, indicated that the audience response and reception were encouraging, and that "we will certainly consider repeating a presentation at Fashion Week El Paseo next year. There are several other cities under consideration as we move to expand the reach of the Tour. At the end of the day, the objective is to get the maximum amount of exposure for the designers. For the balance of this year, we will also take several designers to events in Chicago in August, and Miami in October, before the final event for the year in Nassau in November."
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Copiague H.S. Honors Best at Annual Sports Awards Dinner
Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School recently held its eighth annual spring varsity sports awards dinner, sponsored by the Booster Club, honoring the best and brightest of the Spring 2008 season. This season the district honored members of the boys and girls track, softball, boys and girls lacrosse, and baseball teams.
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Mayor Don Wesely today said Lincoln's economy continues to be strong and growing based on increases in construction, sales tax revenues and employment in the City.
New figures released today by the City Building and Safety Department show the value of construction permits issued in Lincoln this fiscal year is 54 percent higher than at this point last fiscal year. The number of building permits for the fiscal year to date is up 13.4 percent.
"This is a tremendous increase in construction investment in our community," said Mayor Don Wesely. "It's obvious that those making the investments feel good about doing business in Lincoln. When you combine this building boom with our continued growth in sales tax revenue and employment, our local economic picture is very bright."
Net City sales tax collections for March were up 16.65 percent compared to the same month last year. The net sales tax revenue is up 11.75 percent for the first seven months of this fiscal year, which began September 1
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The Fishin' Duck & The Mud Puddle
The Fishin' Duck & The Mud Puddle are two stores with one owner. The gifts in the stores are focused on the south and niche markets. Both physical stores are located in Charleston, SC in the historic market district and are visited by thousands of tourists each week.
There are too many products to pick just one market. Visitors and tourists to the south will find many cool and unique gifts in the store and we want to create a place to find these gifts online.
With two physical stores and only one online store the challenge will be to use both logo/signs in a front page design.
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Memorial Day 2013 in Buffalo — What is Open and What is Closed?
Memorial Day, a day to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces, will be on Monday, May 27, 2013. Here is a full list of what's going on and what's open and closed in Buffalo on Memorial Day.
Banks (M&T Bank, Key Bank, First Niagara, Evans Bank): CLOSED
Post Offices: CLOSED
Buffalo Public Libraries: CLOSED
Walden Galleria Mall: Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
McKinley Mall: Open regular hours (10 a.m.-9 p.m.)
Boulevard Mall: Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Eastern Hills Mall: Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Darien Lake Theme Park: Open regular hours (10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.)
Martin's Fantasy Island: Open regular hours (11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.). Water park closed.
Buffalo Zoo: Open regular hours (10 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Buffalo Museum of Science: CLOSED
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society: CLOSED
Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Burchfield Penney Art Center: CLOSED (The galleries are always closed Mondays.)
A couple local establishments are also offering discounts for military members on Memorial Day.
The Buffalo Zoo's 'High Five For Military' promotion will allow a member of the U.S. military and up to four guests to come to the zoo for just $5 total! You must present a valid military ID at the gates to receive the offer.
Applebee's (2656 Delaware Ave., Buffalo) and Denny's (2215 Delaware Ave., Buffalo) will offer a 10 percent discount with military ID.
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SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers will return to Springfield on Tuesday to address the long elusive goal of passing a bill to deal with the state's $100 billion pension debt.
House members have been told that only a one-day session is anticipated. Senators could also wrap things up on Tuesday, although they've been told the session could extend an extra day.
That schedule, though, is drawing complaints from some lawmakers that the pension reform bill is being rushed through the Legislature before people will have a chance to fully grasp all of its details, particularly those people who will be affected by the changes.
"That's not enough time to digest it," said Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield. "You don't give the people it affects enough time to do some research and crunch the numbers and see how it works. I think it puts everybody who's affected by it at a serious disadvantage. Their people need a little time to digest this thing."
The four legislative leaders reached an agreement on a pension reform plan Wednesday. Rank-and-file members were given outlines of the plan that day and more detailed information was to be provided to them late last week.
However, there seemed to be some confusion about some aspects of the plan, particularly on the issue of cost-of-living adjustments, the principal driver of increasing pension costs. Changing the current system of awarding 3 percent compounded COLAs to pension benefits has long be a key element of pension reform plans.
The agreement by the leaders keeps the 3 percent compounded COLAs in place for a portion of a person's pension benefit. That portion is determined by multiplying a person's years of service times $1,000. For example, a retiree with 30 years of service would get the COLA on a pension benefit of up to $30,000. Any pension benefit above that amount for that same retiree would not qualify for a COLA.
"If you don't have the opportunity to look at all of the details and the impact of all of them, then I don't think that's necessarily fair to the people it impacts," said Rep. Wayne Rosenthal, R-Morrisonville, even after members were told they would get a detailed briefing on Friday. "That's still a pretty short order for anybody to sit down and analyze it, especially how it will impact the individuals. If you look at our constituency, it impacts them a lot more than it does other areas of the state. I think it is only fair to them."
Not everyone shares the feeling that the process is being rushed. Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, who is running for governor, is a member of the conference committee that worked on pension reform throughout the summer.
"Our staffs are all up to speed on this. They've been meeting with us all summer," Brady said. "The ability to analyze it won't be difficult. They're (public employee unions) are in tune, too. They'll have ample time. As hard as it's been to come to this conclusion, it's not really all that complex."
Brady said many elements of the proposal are similar to Senate Bill 1, a reform plan pushed by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, which passed the House last spring, but which was defeated in the Senate. Those elements have been thoroughly reviewed already, he said.
Rikeesha Phelon, spokeswoman for Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, also said Democratic senators have been kept up to date on various pension reform options that have been discussed.
Kent Redfield, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Springfield, said lawmakers have a point about the compressed process.
"If you've got more time, from the unions' part, to look at it, you can find those things that you think are good points to make in terms of putting pressure on specific members that have specific types of constituents," Redfield said. "This makes it so the opposition has to be more general. It's a legitimate criticism because this is a complicated thing with a lot of moving parts."
It's all of those moving parts that concerns Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill.
"Any bill would make major changes to the personal finances of tens of thousands of people in the district I represent," Manar said. "What I would like to do, ultimately, is summarize this complicated legislation and communicate that so I can get some feedback. That obviously takes some time. The devil's in the details with a bill of this magnitude."


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Since the 1980s, thyroid disease in cats has been on the upswing, and the cause may be found right in your living room. Common chemicals, found in many homes, appear to speed up the function of the feline thyroid glands, which help to regulate metabolism, heart rate and more.
According to a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study, a group of flame-retardants, called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), is at the root of the problem. These flame retardants were mainly used in the manufacturing of sofas, rugs and other fabrics.
Since the chemicals are so widespread and labeling was not required in the past, it is difficult to tell which fabrics were treated with these specific chemicals. If you have a flame-retardant item, however, there's a good chance it could contain PBDE. But an easier task than guesswork is to identify symptoms of hyperthyroidism in your cat, which can include:
Sarah Turner, a teacher in Orange County, Calif., always thought that hyperthyroidism was simply a result of old age in her cat Franny. That chemicals in her home could be to blame for her cat's illness was quite alarming to her. "Hearing this really makes me want to redo my entire home with all-natural everything," says Turner.
Franny exhibited two of the telltale signs. Turner explains, "My cat's appetite was insatiable, but I couldn't keep any weight on her. It just didn't make sense." Fortunately, the symptoms did make sense to her veterinarian, who quickly confirmed her suspicion with a blood test.
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Thyroid disorders are manageable with several treatment options. These include surgical removal of the thyroid glands, radioactive iodine and drugs. According to the Feline Thyroid Clinic in Springfield, Ore., each treatment comes with its own pros and cons.
Turner has been successfully treating Franny with oral medication for the last few years.
Why Cats are at Special Risk
While humans may also be susceptible to thyroid problems resulting from toxic chemical exposure, cats have significantly higher levels of PBDE in their system than their owners. According to Janice Dye, DVM, a North Carolina research biologist who led the EPA study, there are a couple of possible explanations for this.
First, your cat spends 24 hours a day in your home being exposed to dust particles containing PBDE, getting a daily dose average person is not getting. Second, the toxic particles in PBDE cling onto dust and cats are meticulous self-groomers, eating any dust they come into contact with. In contrast, says Dr. Dye, "We sit on the couch, but we don't groom ourselves thoroughly afterward."
Before you decide the findings are a good excuse to let your kitty roam outdoors, Dr. Dye points out, "Outdoor cats usually do not live long enough to contract this disease. The risk of being attacked by coyotes or hit by a car is still much greater."
Is Prevention Possible?
Dr. Dye believes that it's probably not necessary to "rip up all of your carpeting or throw out your sofa." She says, "If flame retardants are the cause, the products have been, or are in the process of being, banned." Also, more studies need to be performed before anyone can conclude for certain that there is a direct link between these chemicals and hyperthyroidism in cats.
In the future, it will hopefully become obvious that people whose indoor cats have high levels PBDE in their blood should get tested themselves because they are exposed to the same toxins. Your cat could be your lifesaver. Says Dr. Dye, "As pets share our home, they give us clues as to what we must use more wisely."
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1. In the Backgrounds Folder create a folder that you will name: MyKit. Then add inside all the papers of the kit (.jpg files).
2. In the Embellishments Folder create a folder that you will name: MyKit. Then add inside all the embies of the kit (.png files).
3. If you have shapes (.png files), do the same thing for the Shapes folder.
Each name should be unique inside these folders.
If for a reason or another one you have two embies or papers with the same name, you will have to rename the files.
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If in a same kit you have two alphas the embies will probably follow the same naming convention ie A, B, C... 1, 2, 3,4... so you couldn't put the 2 alphas in the same folder, unless you rename the embies to get unique names. However I wouldn't recommend that.
In this case you could create in \Users\YourName\Documents\Scrapbook MAX! 2.0\Gallery\Images\Embellishments 2 folders:
This method is better. Why? The folder will then be loaded faster and you'll find the embies faster... more user friendly for you.


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Well, just write what you mood tell you really. Just now I watch "R2B" which is fucking awesome, on par with Transformers or Battleship. As expected from a military-supported patriotic film. It helped to refreshen the mood that damn Pixy broke
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What do you think of a person who keep Knife as hobby.... Not for hurting or cutting things.
Just keeping them as collection like stamps.
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What kind of things-collecting hobby consider weird but not psychopathic?
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Don't be afraid to go for some more exotic fighters if need be or use more fighters of the same type. One of the good things about the AC-verse is there is a lot of fighters to choose.
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Oh yeah, the Shinden.
Though, it's seems that none of the originals are carrier-capable, which mean problem for the Kestrel-based Razgriz. I guess I'll just tone down the superplane frenzy and gave them uniformized plane.
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Well you should tone it down. They're prototypes not mass-produced planes, you shouldn't see them in combat much. This is not Gundam.
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^ Exactly
Though, I'm running out of normal, high end plane too. More or less, because logistic DO matter.
Houki's Falken and Ling's J-20 is rendered inop after the destruction of Arkbird, Osean pilot also never use Sukhoi or MiGs (though Yukes using American craft is a plot point *cough*Grunder*cough*), ISAF use pillaged Erusea planes only in emergency.
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If you need more planes though, there is the Fenrir, Varcolac, Cariburn, Fregata and Apalis.
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I have an idea for Setsura full dress now but I don't know the plausibility of it.
Origane would be mostly the same as its first concept but with a few mods. It's still made of several swords, but these swords can be folded and put together in such a way that the Origane can become other weapons, mostly samurai in nature. Bow, matchlock(style) rifle, maybe even naginata and other polearms.
The Setsura full dress is mostly just part of the external armoring of the Byakushiki (at least in current concept). The Setsura would have more western weapons which include katars over sleeve and 9mm pistols(which can still fire barrier void energy) under sleeve. In the body of the Setsura are spread out micro thrusters which normally just oscillate the surrounding medium to assist in propulsion but it's main use is to release energy void particles to defend against attacks.
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Oscillation-induced movement is plausible, but the maximum speed is limited by the integrity of the medium itself, which mean very slow compared to normal thruster. You're limited to few hundred km/h in the air and less than 60 mph underwater.
I have such propulsion in my fanon design, but it's a bit... handwavy. Theoretically, it's capable of subluminal velocity, but there'll never enough energy to do that, so normally it's only used for extended supercruise (continuous supersonic dash in low altitude)
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Which one do you talking about? Yours or mine?
The output doesn't really matter, it was the mechanism itself. Physical medium has their limit, and material breakdown will occur in transition phase and there will be loss of grip = loss of trust. In yours, the limits are sonic boom and cavitaiton, respectively.
Mine is not exactly physical in traditional sense, and the only limit is the output and shielding...
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Yeah, that's if you want detail.
Hence in most of my fanon, thruster type is important.
For example, Jia Long is limited to Mach 3.3 even at high altitude (as opposed to Mach 4 for most I.S.), due to her using rotating turbines than straight rocket or cyrogenic compressor. But she has WICKED acceleration by any I.S. standard, not even AkaTsubaki can comes close. Meanwhile, BT Strike Gunner is capable of reaching hypersonic speed (Mach 5+), but it's low speed flight is pathetically inefficient.
Otherwise, the usual. Rule of Cool. Hey, even I have visual stealth, strange ECM, and teleport.
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I actually wanted to put teleport in the Setsura, but I realized that was more Senrigan's place. I wanted also the improvement of the pilot's capabilities but that felt more like Ninneveh's wisdom. So I came up with the three different particles generated by the three different machines.
I want to focus Byakushiki's abilities on the void particle.
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I really wanted to start a project with a friend and hopefully make this somewhat of a full time thing. But 90-95%? Seriously? How does piracy get THAT high? Does this happen for movies/music too? That literally 90% of potential sales are going to people who don't pay?
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(Oct 11, 2013 10:51 AM)Ghostfreak Wrote: That literally 90% of potential sales are going to people who don't pay?
That's not what piracy means. From the linked article:
Quote:It's very obvious to me that someone who is pirating the game wouldn't buy it in the first place anyways so I want to use piracy as a way to do some marketing. At least the word is spreading around about the game through the game through that.
Pirated copies aren't usually potential sales. Instead of viewing it that way, which leads you down the path of making the lives of the 5-10% who pay for your game worse by imposing draconian DRM, you're better off just focusing on those who do pay and giving them the best experience you can. Be a nice guy (no DRM, pay what you want sales, etc.), and some people who might have otherwise pirated may feel guilty and end up paying. If you're a dick, some people who might otherwise have paid will end up pirating, particularly if it gives them a better experience (such as the pirated version having annoying DRM removed).
As long as your 5-10% is large enough to make a living (if those are indeed the numbers you get), does the 90-95% really matter to you?


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You "lose your bet" Dimitri about a foil unable to launch (Hot or from edge of window) in no wind
You see...i have launched with those 2 methods in totally zero wind ...on grass inside a park...
So come on down....try to make your kite popular in Florida...(p.s.we have zero Inf's out here..why?)
If your kite is that good...it will outnumber all the LW kites out there in Florida real soon
I have no problem starting a trend, if I like what the kite does for me after I test it, of course. If I don't, I'll gladly agree with you, and ask you to instruct me on how to break the laws of physics (maybe get rid of that pesky gravity for a couple moments).


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I also have had no comment submissions in the last several days. I usually have several a day although due to spamming I usually only approve 10% of suggested comments. If you made a real comment not related to promoting a website in the last few days, please resubmit.
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I've noticed some issues also, I think they've doing some major maintenance.
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Thanks Janice.
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Kevin M. Levin of Civil War Memory also faced the same problem. He has made link to your blog. He migrated to another server.
I feel that such problems come from time to time. I have found that if you try to post more than three pages of A4 size at one go, the problem crops up.
Secondly, in case of editing, there seems to be some type of policy check. The verification codes appear three time before it gets uploaded. It irritates sometime.
Thirdly, I have found that after posting your text on their software, if you take long time for editing it there and then, and after five to six minutes you press their Post it option, you start facing problem. I have adopted one approach when I find that I need to edit the post. I first save the draft. Then I again enter the Edit page and then make the posting. In between I disconnect my internet connection. I face lesser problem.
I think the google people must look into this problem. They can not afford to loose people like you. I feel that loss of Kevin to google is a substantial loss. '
Machu Picchu is an interesting find. I also now refer to wikipedia more and more.
Just a general question. How do you locate new topics? Are they part of you some teaching course or part of such topics which you want to learn in course of the reading and course development?
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MACON, Ga. (Nov. 12, 2013) – Capping a regular season highlighted by historic defensive performances, ETSU Men's Soccer defensive catalysts Ryan Coulter (Dublin, Ireland) and Nate Hodges (Meridian, Miss.) have been named Atlantic Sun Goalkeeper of the Year and Defender of the Year, respectively.
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It shows that when you commit yourself to the success of the team, individual success and recognition often follows," Calabrese said.
Coulter, a co-captain along with Hodges and David Geno (Kingsport, Tenn.), has been named the conference's most outstanding goalkeeper the past two seasons. Earlier this season, the Dublin, Ireland, native became the Atlantic Sun's all-time leader for shutouts with 24 career clean sheets. Coulter currently ranks first in A-Sun history with a career goals against average of 0.95.
Hodges started in all 17 games this season for the Bucs, helping anchor a defense that set program records for goals against average (0.82) and shutout percentage (0.53), while earning a conference-best nine clean sheets. He becomes the first ever ETSU player to win the Atlantic Sun Defender of the Year award.
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Geno, last season's Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, led the Buccaneers with nine points despite missing the team's first three games due to injury. The Kingsport, Tenn., native is the program's leader for career goals (26), assists (19), and points (71).
Fubara, ETSU's all-time leader for minutes played (6,435), commanded the Bucs' offense as a holding midfielder, scoring a goal and dishing out two assists. He also became the first ever ETSU student-athlete to be named a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award. Fans can vote cast their votes for the award until Nov. 25.
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Defenders Kristoffer Ibsen (Aalborg, Denmark) and Blaike Woodruff (Georgetown, Texas) joined forward Luis Calzadilla (Caracas, Venezuela) on the All-Atlantic Sun Second Team.
Ibsen, who earned a spot on the A-Sun All-Freshman First Team last season, emerged as a versatile two-way defender for ETSU in his sophomore campaign. In 15 appearances for the Buccaneers, Ibsen scored two goals, while playing a pivotal role for ETSU's league-leading defense.
Woodruff, along with Coulter and Hodges, was one of just three Buccaneers to start all 17 games this season. His 72 starts over the past four years rank him in the A-Sun's Top 20 for all-time starts.
Three ETSU players earned spots on the All-Atlantic Sun Freshman Team, the program's most since Geno, Fubara, and Woodruff did so in 2010.
Thibault Civalier (Nice, France), Jeffrey George (Safety Harbor, Fla.), and Joao Ramalho (Monte Santo, Brazil) each made tremendous contributions in their first seasons for the Bucs.
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