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This game is based on a trilogy of novels by Russian author Alexander Zorich, which present an alternate future where the Russians end up dominating outer space. As they struggle to control their extraterrestrial colonies and work with four different alien races, you take command of a ship and help quell uprisings and explore the universe. Complete planetary systems are modeled, and you can take your ships all the way from high orbit down into the atmosphere for your peeping pleasure. Hopefully you've developed some extrasensory abilities along the way as well, because it looks like you'll need them to keep track of everything happening on-screen at once. The Tomorrow War will be out for PC gamers later this year, and with any luck there will be an English translation coming soon after.

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A person who works full time and earns the federal minimum wage — $7.25 an hour — makes about $15,000 a year to support a family.
"If you look at it from the perspective of the worker, and that worker's family and security, the minimum wage is increasingly difficult to sustain families at the lower end of the wage spectrum," said Tom Mulloy, a policy adviser on the economy, housing, labor and welfare for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The issue is complicated, with various economic factors to consider, but the nation's Catholic bishops have continually supported increases in the minimum wage to help poor working families support themselves.
In a joint Jan. 8 letter to the U.S. Senate, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, called upon the senators to advance policies that promote decent work and just wages.
"A full-year, full-time worker making the minimum wage does not make enough money to raise a child free from poverty," they said.
President Barack Obama is now pushing for increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10, which works out to a full-time worker earning about $21,000 a year. In his Jan. 28 State of the Union address, Obama called upon Congress to increase the federal minimum wage, saying that the wage's value is about 20 percent less compared to when Ronald Reagan was president. Obama also said he would sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage for federal contractors.
While saying that raising the minimum wage is not a "silver bullet" to cure all the country's economic woes, Mulloy told Our Sunday Visitor that increasing the wage "is certainly one of the appropriate steps that [lawmakers] can take."
"In our discussion about economic issues, we can't lose sight that the minimum wage doesn't allow workers to live in dignity, have security or raise a family," he said.
The Catholic intellectual tradition and the Church's social teaching do not specifically say that a government has to set a minimum wage, or even how that wage is to be calculated. But in several papal encyclicals dating back to Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum("Of New Things") in 1891, the papal magisterium has taught that a worker is due a just wage that enables him or her to support a family in comfort and to save enough money to buy property and secure the family's long-term financial stability.
Defrauding the worker, according to Catholic teaching, is one of the four sins that cry to heaven for vengeance. The Catechism of the Catholic Church links a just wage to the common good and says that an employer who refuses to pay or withholds a just wage commits a grave injustice. An agreement between the employer and worker by itself cannot morally justify a substandard wage.
"The wage rate is an essential part of the common good," said Charles Clark, a professor of economics and a senior fellow at the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John's University in New York. Clark told OSV that the minimum wage "clearly needs to go up" because wages have been stagnant since the early 1980s and have not even kept pace with worker productivity.
"If we kept up with productivity, the minimum wage would be up around $20 an hour right now," Clark said, adding that the bottom 70 to 80 percent of the nation's workforce, taking into account inflation and the rise in cost of living, essentially make less money than what it did 30 years ago.
But the apparent stagnation in wages also coincides with more generous benefits for workers such as employer-provided unemployment insurance, workers compensation and health care coverage, said Father Robert Johansen, a priest of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Mich., who writes frequently on topics of current affairs in light of Catholic teaching. Father Johansen told OSV that the decision to set a minimum wage is a prudential judgment.
"There is no Church teaching on what the minimum wage should be. Indeed, there is no Church teaching that dictates there must be a state-defined minimum wage," he said, adding that Church teaching places the primary burden and moral responsibility on paying a just wage to the individual employer.
Just as the employer is obligated to pay a just wage, the worker also has the moral responsibility to be diligent, productive and responsible. Pope Paul VI, in his 1971 apostolic letter Octogesima Adveniens, warned against labor unions growing so powerful as to demand high wages and other conditions that would be too burdensome for employers and the overall economy to support.
"It seems to me in these debates that we have to balance the need of employees to earn a just wage with the ability of employers to pay whatever that wage may be and still be able to make a profit and remain an ongoing business," said Father Johansen, who noted that Hostess Brands went bankrupt in 2012. The company blamed its bankruptcy on its employees' union refusing to accept wage and benefit concessions.
Further complicating the picture is the fact that not every worker is the same in terms of their productivity, skill level and knowledge. For example, a 19-year-old person working a fast-food job or a 22-year-old graduate fresh out of college may not have the same claim for a higher wage as an older person who has a family and is more advanced in his or her career. Also, Father Johansen notes, basic economics calls for an increase in worker productivity to offset higher labor costs or else the employer has to find the money elsewhere — "robbing Peter to pay Paul" — or raise prices, which companies are loathe to do in the modern competitive global market.
"I think the whole conversation in the political sphere about the minimum wage is very simplistic," Father Johansen said. "The conversation almost always boils down to, 'Raising the minimum wage is good and not raising the minimum wage is bad.' The problem in the real world is much more complicated."
However, observers point out that wages have not kept pace with productivity and inflation due to a variety of factors that include globalization and increased competition from market economies in Asia. The pressures to keep product prices low provide incentives for companies to offshore manufacturing jobs to countries with lower wage scales and production costs.
The result, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., is a widening growth in income inequality in the United States that leaves the economy less vibrant. The institute suggests that raising the minimum wage and incorporating a system of automatic increases to keep pace with inflation will help address income inequality and reverse the erosion of low-wage workers' earnings.
Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016 would result in the nation's gross domestic product increasing by about $22 billion, resulting in the creation of roughly 85,000 net new jobs, according to the institute.
"By increasing the minimum wage, the minimum wage workers will spend more money, and that creates more economic activity. More workers will then need to be hired, and the evidence is pretty clear on that," Clark said.
Despite the macroeconomic debate, Mulloy, the economics and labor adviser for the USCCB, said the focus should remain on the plight of low-income workers struggling to support their families and live in dignity. "As popes and bishops have said, 'The worker does not exist for the economy,'" Mulloy said. "The economy exists for the worker."
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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, born 1819 in Enfield, is perhaps most known and recognised for the construction of London's sewer network, in the 19th century, in response to the Great Stink of 1858 and the persistent outbreaks of cholera across the city.
The Thames, at the time, was actually a major health hazard to the population of London; an open sewer. The idea was to create a series of underground tunnels which would intercept and divert outflows along with the raw sewage that, at that point, flowed freely through the streets of London towards the Thames.
A number of pumping stations and sewage treatment works, across the capital, would also be built to channel, receive and then treat this waste. The whole network was first opened in 1865, although the project was not actually finished until almost a decade later.
Bazalgette's vision allowed, to an extent, for the major unforeseen population increase, taking into consideration the amount of waste produced by households, giving each Londoner an allowance, determining the size of pipe needed, then doubling it.
He has famously been quoted as saying 'we're only going to do this once and there's always the unforeseen'.
Known for his determination and attention to detail Bazalgette made sure he personally checked every connection to the sewage system, which is perhaps why he suffered bad health and illness soon after.
His famous engineering work can be seen throughout London today, as he didn't spend his whole career underground:
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With Tebow in the Can…Chauncey's the Man
Two Nuggets games in three days. This game I was helping (he did all the work), my buddy "B" set up the equipment for the Stats Team.
I usually do this a couple of times a season because it's fun and I get crazy cool pictures.We show up a couple of hours before the game starts, roll out all of the computer equipment onto the floor and set up.
Once that's good to go we eat dinner with the media folk then I wander the Pepsi Center doing what I do.
Picture by Joy
Here are a few pre-game pictures I took when I was on the floor.
Rocky doing his thing.
Start of the game.
Chauncey Billups was back home in Denver this evening. Chauncey received a standing ovation from the fans when the Clippers were introduced.
Then Chauncey proceeded to personally kick the Nuggets collective ass.
I still think the Nuggets played well against the Clippers. Chauncey was on a mission to end the Clippers 4 game losing streak on the road, and he had family at the Pepsi Center so he was putt'n on a show for them.
A 32 point show.
Quote from Chauncey: "It's just always good to play in front of your family and it's always good to compete against friends."
Nene had 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Here's Chris Paul and Andre Miller after they bumped heads.
Both were fine. Despite the collision Miller had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Guess who was here tonight attending his first Nuggets game?
That's right, Tim signed a football and Rocky the Nuggets mascot ran around with it eventually kicking it to a lucky fan in the crowd.
Before the end of the half I was hanging around by the tunnel that the Nuggets use to enter onto the floor. I looked over to my left and who was standing there? Tim Tebow and a couple of other people. I immediately think about getting his autograph then I realize I have no pen and nothing for Tim to sign. So I positioned myself by a corner, took a few pictures and waited for Tim to walk by.
As they started to head my way Tim looked right at me and initiated a handshake. I shook his hand then mentioned that I was a first year Broncos season ticket holder and I thanked him for a great season. He thanked me and they continued on.
I can tell you I didn't see that coming when I woke up this morning. I normally don't get starstruck but I was.
He's a cool dude.
Griffin is a monster. He had 17 points and 13 rebounds.
With seconds left Chauncey crowded Nene' and drew a bogus offensive foul. That gave Chris Paul two foul shots and he nailed them both putting the Clippers up by 4 solidifying this Nuggets loss.
Final Score: Clippers 109 Nuggets 105
Coach Karl during his post-game interview.
Here's 7ft Kosta Koufos signing a ticket I picked up in Club Level.
I then found myself standing next to Nene'. He then turned and looked at me, smiled, shook my hand and then autographed my Media pass.
Nene' is always great about meeting fans backstage and signing for them.
Best dressed of the game.
I'm "D" The Ranter and there was no way I was missing my opportunity to "D"-Bow.
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I just can't believe that it's been almost a year since I arrived in the States. It's been very quick, seemingly quicker than waiting in a drive-through line for a restaurant."America" was a beautiful dream when I was a child beginning to study English in the 5th grade.
My dream was fulfilled, and I arrived here in April of last year. My feet stepped on American soil first in
I really can't tell how I spent my first year or how it was. Maybe it was all about observing and judging things. The image in my mind is not yet clear. Everything was new to me until recently and I needed some time to rest when I first got here. It's about time now to start thinking more like an American.
My first observation, since my early days here, was about people. I had no problem assessing Americans since I was already familiar with them in
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I find it weird sometimes that this big country is composed of people from different cultures but the Americans don't bother to learn about all those cultures. You still find people who think that
It's not that bad sometimes, because one of the best things here in America—which most young people ignore—is that you can be whoever you want to be. I sense, if I'm not mistaken, that Americans don't like studying but that there will always be regret for what they've missed. It's no wonder that my younger brother, who lives with me now and just turned 17, wants to become a doctor one day—most of the employees who worked at a hospital I visited last month were not originally Americans.
It's been a year and I still don't have a favorite American food simply because I still don't know anything about the American kitchen or whether there are famous American dishes. I still have Iraqi food every day, especially with my mom around. I can see that Mexican food, so plentiful in
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For decades Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules.
The 10-time GRAMMY winner has blurred the distinction between pop music and fine art, goofing around barefoot in the world's finest concert halls, exploring uncharted vocal territory, inspiring a whole new generation of a cappella singers and the beatbox movement. His latest album, spirityouall, is a bluesy, feel-good recording, an unexpected move from the music-industry rebel who singlehandedly redefined the role of the human voice with his a cappella hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy," his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea and the Vienna Philharmonic, his improvising choir Voicestra, and his legendary solo vocal performances.
The spirityouall project embraces Bobby McFerrin's folk, rock, and blues influences without abandoning his fearless improvisational approach or his never-ending exploration of the human voice. He moves seamlessly between lyrics and wordless lines, trading phrases with his band, inviting the audience to sing along. Bobby loves to sing this music, and it shows: spirityouall raises the roof with joyful grooves.
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If you don't know who River is - stop now if you don't want to know yet...
I need some help with piecing it together. Please forgive me because I'm really hopeless at remembering names, places and series.
So here in Australia we've just had the end when we find out that River Song is Amy's daughter - but she's time lord because they were in the Tardis when she conceived.
Is anyone further ahead than that?
OK another question - do you remember a couple of years back, they went to that place with a war going on - and the doctor had a clone made of him that was a female? Well I presume that was a time lord? Anyhow what the hell happened to her? Is she going to come back? Where has she gone? Have the writers forgotten her?
Also back to River Song - she dies a few seasons back - with the last doctor in the shadow place and the doctor puts her into the computer with her mates. So if the doctor dies - like he's going to in the future, in the sea killed by the girl in the spacesuit, and River takes over, then she dies - what then?
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You've got the first part. The baby was named Melody Pond, which the forest people translated to River Song. She was conceived in the TARDIS and has some Time Lord characteristics.
Also, with her dying in the Library, you need to remember that her time line goes in reverse, so the Doctors first meeting with her (in the Library) is in her future but the Doctor's (and our) past. The first time she meets him is the last time he sees her and vice versa.
So, my very first reply in AtheistNexus. Let's see how this goes...
The Doctor's daughter is one of many lose ends from the reign of RTD. Like for example the Aristocracy in Planet of the Dead "We're ready for anyting!" - what was all that business.
Well, we know that River is Amy's and Rory's daughter. But she is in prison for killing a good man. Who is that? And furthermore, when the Doctor finally figured out the identity of Rive, he promptly ran of to go somewhere. Where did he go? Why couldn't he transport the people home, he has a freakin' time machine.
Oh well. Muffat is messing with us
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The Bay Area is on some kind of roll when it comes to professional sports.
This past fall, it was the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's both making the playoffs in Major League Baseball, with the Giants eventually winning the World Series.
Then it was the San Francisco 49ers making their first Super Bowl in 18 years and coming within an eyelash of winning it for the sixth time.
Now comes the Golden State Warriors shooting their way into the NBA playoff picture for only the second time in the past 19 years. Not only did the team make the playoffs, it did so with more than a week left in the season.
Second-year coach Mark Jackson should be commended for the job he has done. Possessing what he terms an "old-school basketball" philosophy, Jackson helped fashion the heretofore offensive-minded Warriors into a contender by stressing that there is more to the game than just scoring.
The results of that philosophy speak for themselves: The team has become a much more feared defensive team without sacrificing its ability to score. In fact, the team's balance makes it a squad that many higher-ranked teams do not want to play in the first round of the playoffs.
While this playoff berth is a team victory, the deserving beneficiaries of it are the incredibly loyal Warriors fans. Despite many dismal seasons, the fans have shown up — and they have been loud.
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Buddhism is a method for achieving our unchangeable, innate happiness. When we practice Buddhism, we practice wisdom and method combined, inseparably.
On the Tantrayana path—the foundation of Tulku Lobsang's teachings—the body is the vehicle for the development and transformation of the self.
Bön is the indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet. It teaches us about deepening our connection with the five elements, which are the fundamental energetic qualities of all phenomena.
The principle of Tibetan Medicine is that whatever is beneficial is medicine and whatever causes suffering is disease. Ultimately, all disease is ignorance, and the ultimate medicine is wisdom.
Astrology is a fundamental part of Tibetan culture. It functions on the principle of interdependence, particularly of the five elements and time. Astrology and medicine support each other as wisdom and method, respectively.
Tulku Lobsang is a man that bridges worlds. Deeply rooted in Buddhist Tantrayana, Bön and Tibetan Medicine, he travels the world sharing ancient wisdom and methods to improve our modern lives.
Nangten Menlang is dedicated to preserving the Tibetan culture and its healing wisdom by offering lectures, retreats and educations worldwide.
Together we pray that Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche may live a long, full and vibrant life so that we may continue to benefit from his deep wisdom. We pray that he may be successful on his path of reducing the suffering of all sentient beings.
Words are concepts, but the right words can take us beyond concept. May reflection upon these words expand your understanding of yourself, your relationships, and the world we live in together.
Many questions were submitted to Tulku Lobsang, and he answered. Perhaps you will find the answer to your question too!
It is not enough to simply hear a teaching. For a teaching to have true, lasting benefit it needs to be given in the right way and taken in the right way. We need the right teacher, the right teaching, and the right way to receive.
Lu Jong is an ancient practice rooted in Tibetan Medicine that releases blockages on the physical, mental and energetic levels. Doing this movement practice makes us healthier, and also more calm and balanced.
With Tsa Lung we work with the breath. This is the way to touch deep within the body and open more subtle channels. Change the breath; change the mind.
This Inner Fire practice is a method for deep transformation. It opens us on the subtlest level, melts our karmic blockages and completely changes us. Our body is the diamond key. Through it, we are able to achieve diamond wisdom.
This practice utilizes the vehicle of the body to enable us to go beyond the conceptual mind. In this way we achieve higher realizations about the nature of ourselves and reality and develop deep compassion.
Rigpa is how we come to know the true nature of the mind, which is emptiness. Because of emptiness, everything arises. When we know the mind, we know all.
Guru Yoga is the spine of Tantrayana. Without this feeling, there is no strength, no power. By cultivating devotion, we reduce our obstacles and receive blessings in our practice.
Problems are our best teachers. They give us the opportunity to transform ourselves. Lo Jong shows us to use problems to train our mind to be calm and peaceful in any situation.
Kum Nye is Tibetan massage. It helps spread our essence throughout the body and makes everything flow. This restoration is especially important for Tantrayana practitioners, since we work so intensively with the body and channels.
Tulku Lobsang founded this Wisdom Sword Practice—a moving meditation with a sword. This powerful technique harnesses our inner power, bringing us swiftly into the present moment, slaying our fears and expectations.
If we can cut through the illusion of temporary existence, if we can recognize that nothing exists the way we believe it to and that it is just a projection of our thought, then we can exist infinitely.
Every time we fall asleep we naturally reach the clear light state of mind, the most pure, subtle consciousness. This happens automatically, but to catch it and achieve realizations, we need to practice.
Even when we are asleep we can continue our Buddhist practices. With Dream Yoga we try to realize the dream as a dream, and then we can understand illusion.
With exercises and meditations we can prepare ourselves now to navigate the different phases of death. In this way, we will recognize when we enter Bardo, the intermediate state, and thereby have a profound affect on our next life.
This is a yogic running technique. Using visualizations and special breath techniques, one can learn to harness great power and boundless energy.
Learn to enter the present moment through mindfulness, and find the key to change your whole life.
We don't realize how powerful our minds are! When we use its power, we can totally change our lives and make them like heaven. Tulku Lobsang introduces us to our own power.
Tulku Lobsang has appeared on several national TV shows. Watch videos of Tulku Lobsang's interviews as well as demonstrations of some of the practices.
Here you can watch live teachings of Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche.
View a selection of pictures of Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche.
Here you can listen to radio shows on which Tulku Lobsang has been a featured guest.
Articles about Tulku Lobsang's teachings and philosophy have appeared in many magazines. Here you can read a selection of these articles.
Window shopping?
Take a peek inside our closet and see everything we have to offer.
Looking for books that expand your mind and open your heart? You can find them here!
Find the right music or meditation CD to accompany your practice, or to simply brighten your day.
Enjoy teachings with Tulku Lobsang in the comfort of your own home. These instructional DVDs will guide you through his special movement meditation practices.
We offer several accessories to support your meditation practice, including meditation belts and malas.
Items such as blessed objects, book covers and prayer flags are in this section.
There is a wide selection of inspirational photos and postcards of Tulku Lobsang.
All the tools you need to do this powerful practice at home, including wisdom swords, DVDs, and mantras.
This drawstring bag is beautifully embroidered and features the Nangten Menlang logo. Use it to preserve and protect your mala when not in use. Available in red, blue, and orange.
Size: approximately 13 x 15 cmAvailable Colors: orange, red and blue


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MERCER TWP — An apparent drug deal in northern Butler County went south, so to speak, for one man who needed hospital treatment for a stab wound in the buttocks.
The alleged knife-wielder, Joshua T. Bennett, 26, of Mercer Township, ended up in the Butler County Prison on felony and misdemeanor assault charges following last week's stabbing.
State police said they were called Thursday to an apartment in the 600 block of Grove City Road in Mercer Township for a disturbance.
When troopers got there, according to court documents, they learned that "an altercation took place over a drug exchange."
Authorities said they later found the 19-year-old victim at a home on East Main Street Extension in Pine Township, Mercer County. The Grove City teenager told police that Bennett had stabbed him in the backside.
Investigators suspect a kitchen knife was used in the assault, documents said.


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Two weeks back I was invited to attend the official opening night for the first SHEIKE Flagship Boutique in Queensland. Already well established in New South Wales, now it was Brisbane's turn to fall in love with SHEIKE's razor sharp tailoring, strong silhouettes and bold prints.
Fall I did. HARD. I'm still nursing a bump to my head… call it a fashion fatality, but whatever it was, I'm glad it happened. The clothes screamed "me" and the way that the clothing and accessories fell into both 'work' and 'play' – I just knew that I didn't want to shop anywhere else for a long time. It was as if ASOS and Netaporter had a baby – and it's name was SHEIKE.
With 17 retail stores already well established in NSW, SHEIKE Managing Director George Lazaridis decided that Brisbane's new Wintergarden precinct was the ideal "next big move" for SHEIKE. Thank You George!! Brisbane fashionistas far and wide thank you. Not only is every single piece in-store sophisticated and bang-on-trend… they're affordable too.
I didn't even get to look at EVERY.SINGLE.PIECE on the shelves, there was just THAT much stuff. Luckily, there was a fashion parade on the night showcasing SHEIKE's current collection. I want everything!
We were also spoilt with excellent service (thank you Karah! I know you will probably read this), great food (a massive cheese platter that would have easily occupied me for an hour or so, except I was too busy trying on the entire store) and a surprise performance by Paulini, who was amazing and also so down to earth.
Myself (left), Annica from Haute and Stylish (centre) and Yolanda from Shopping Intervention (right)
But wait! There's more good news… SHEIKE will bolster its presence in Queensland with another new store set to open in August at Westfield Carindale and further sites soon to be announced (I have a sneaking suspicion it will be Westfield Chermside… You heard it here first hautees!!)
I of course picked up a few pieces on the night and I will do a post on my purchases for you all soon. I am already planning my next visit.
Check out the new store at Shop G04 Wintergarden Shopping Centre, Queen Street Mall Brisbane, QLD.
You can also shop online at http://www.sheike.com.au
[Images: courtesy of RedPR, Brisbane News and my own, please do not reproduce without permission]


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I have a question in relation to stress for second declension nouns ending in "ius" and "ium" in the genitive and vocative.
Some sources, for example Allen and Greenough say to stress the same syllable in the genitive and vocative as in the nominative. So Vergilius with the stress on the 'gi' would become Vergili in the genitive and vocative, and keep the stress on the 'gi', even though this violates the usual stress rule?
However Vox Latina says:
What is the commonly accepted or orthodox way to stress the ius/ium words in the genitive or vocative?Similar considerations apply to the trisyllabic genitive and vocative forms of words like Valerius, which, according to Gellius, were both accented in his time (second century A.D.) as Valeri. But this observation is not supported by other writers, and there is no metrical evidence for the penultimate accentuation in Plautus or Terence.
Wheelock uses the later version of latin in which the genitive would be Vergilii, but that still leaves the issue of what to do with the vocative Vergili.


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February 28, 2018, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM @ Veterans Memorial Complex
February 28, 2018, 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM @ Veterans Memorial Complex
February 28, 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM @ Veterans Memorial Complex
Harbor City Dojo is offering traditional Japanese Ju-Jitsu. This system is designed for self-defense against multiple attackers. You will learn, balance, proper ways to block, kick and punch, throws and locks, groundwork and grappling, rolling and break falls. This class is appropriate for all ages, all body types and all levels of fitness. All you need is comfortable clothing and an adventurous attitude.


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The music education degree, instrumental track, at Missouri State can be completed in four years or a total of eight semesters. However, a four-year degree plan does not take into account dual credit or transfer credit that you may bring upon admission to the University.
Sample schedule
This is a model four-year degree plan for the instrumental option. Your path to graduation may vary slightly based on factors such as college credit you earned while in high school, your choice of a minor or second major, and placement in English.
Check out the course rotation before scheduling your classes.


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Global marketing research giant GfK has announced the consolidation of its US operations into a single entity: GfK Healthcare.
The combined company represents the merger of three previously separate operations, GfK V2, GfK Market Measures, GfK Strategic and Marketing, and will employ 275 employees across two offices in New Jersey, and one in Pennsylvania.
According to GfK Healthcare CEO Richard Vanderveer, previously group CEO of GfK US Healthcare Companies and chief executive officer of GfK V2, "a few redundancies were encountered [in the consolidation] and were dealt with appropriately."
Vanderveer credits the decision to manufacturers' declining revenues and profits, and the need for a "flexible framework of resources," and project requirements that demand close cooperation among the companies.
"The integration, we hope, will attract clients who are looking for marketing research with both breadth and global depth," said Vanderveer.
Barry Zimmerman, formerly president of GfK Market Measures, will serve as the president and COO. Dan Fitzgerald, former group EVP of GfK US Healthcare Companies, will serve as chief financial officer. Brian Hull, formerly president of GfK Strategic Marketing, will serve as chief consulting officer. Jim Callandrillo, former chief operating officer of GfK Market Measures, will serve as chief research and operations officer, with Maureen McLaughlin, former chief marketing officer of GfK Market Measures, to be chief marketing officer of the new company.
The new entity represents the largest provider of fully integrated custom health care marketing research in the US, according to a statement.
From the February 01, 2009 Issue of MM&M - Medical Marketing and Media