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Cascais is a small beach town in Portugal next to Estoril coast in the greater Lisbon area.
Get in
Cascais is easily reachable from Lisbon by car or by train (40min), from the Cais do Sodré station. A return ticket costs 2.30€ and can be bought from the automatic ticket machines. Remember to keep the ticket as it will be checked and punched by the conductor in both directions. A shuttle bus service operated by Scotturb runs between Cascais and Lisbon airport.
A car ride between Lisbon International Airport and Cascais can range between 30 minutes and 1h15 (on rush hours).
Cascais once a fishermen's harbour is a nice and sophisticated town, also a great gateway to explore the beautiful gold sand beach of Guincho.
Get around
The town is small enough to explore entirely by foot. To get a feeling for the life it's best to stroll around on foot. Uphill, beyond the town centre there are numerous narrow cobbled streets to explore with interesting architecture, plants and animals to see.
By Bicycle
Riding a bicycle in Cascais is one of the "must do" things. From the beach you can venture further up the hill towards the westernmost point of continental Europe mainland and even Sintra using the nice roads while crossing the heart of this incredible nature reserve so close to the capital city of Lisbon
Basic, though perfectly functioning bicycles are available to rent for free (providing you have ID and your accommodation address) through the municipal council's BiCas scheme. Bicycles are available from several locations around the town. The tourist office will have further information. This bikes are heavily used by locals, students and budget minded visitors, not always available when needed and when available not always in the best mechanical conditions thus the common breakdowns.
Companies operating from Lisbon include Bike Iberia (Phone: +351 96 242 3455, [4]) located in Lisbon Downtown right off the train station of Cais Sodre.
By Bus
A looped bus line, BusCas, serves the town and the nearby surrounding area. For travelling further afield there is an extensive bus service, mainly operating from the bus station beneath the shopping centre opposite the train station. Taxis are always available and easy enough to find in the centre of town.
Cascais is the dormitory of the Lisbon international working community and the "younger set" who enjoy the diverse and sophisticated nightlife.There is a famous beach and casino in Estoril.
One of the most outstanding palaces is the Palácio de Conde de Castro Guimarães that is open to the public and exhibits its own grand private collection that includes over 25,000 books and such rarities as an illustrated book by Duarte Galvão(1455-1517).
Also, most of the pre-historic finds from the Grutas de Alapraia are stored here.
These were a series of underground caves only discovered in the late 19th Century.
The Grutus do Poço Velho are located in the centre of the town and date back to the Neolithic period.
On a much more modest scale is the Museu do Mar that depicts the story of Cascais and its fishing history.
Just outside the town is the famous Boca do Inferno in which the sea on rougher days hammers into the rock and creates a booming noise and a spectacular spray thus creating its name which in English means "mouth of hell".
Today, Cascais now boasts a smart new Marina with lovely yachts adding a further attraction to the town.
The Parque Palmela is an attractive park created by the Duques de Palmela and now maintained by the Town Hall and in which open-air concerts are often held.
Within easy reach of Cascais is the famous beach at Guincho with its high waves that attract windsurfers from all around the world as having some of the best rollers in Europe.
The next town to the east of Cascais is the resort town of Estoril with its popular Casino. You can walk to Estoril from Cascais along the beachfront esplanade, passing many beachside bars and restaurants.
To the north and within easy reach is the romantic and fascinating town of Sintra and which was made famous too foreigners after a glowing account of its splendours recorded by Lord Byron.
Beginning on Avenida Rei Humberto II de Italia, just outside town past the marina, is a cycle lane and footpath extending the whole 5 km to Guincho beaches. This route runs beside the sea and is ideal for morning and evening strolls. The almost perennial North Atlantic sea breeze lends a refreshing air, especially during the hot summer months. Along the way you will find Boca Do Inferno, the famed "Mouth of Hell", where there is also a snack cafe, seafood restaurant and vendors of touristy gifts.
The marina area is very active:
Numerous golf courses are located in the area:
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Cascais is in the development phase and several holiday apartment buildings & hotels are currently under construction. The corso (beach road) is busy at night so ensure you room is not directing to it.
Hotel Albatroz Cascais is located around 30km from Lisbon, this boutique hotel is a reference as a luxury hotel in Lisbon/Cascais Coast. A set of 5 charismatic historical buildings turned into a luxury hotel with a unique location above the sea, also enjoying a wide view over the sea. At the hotel: swimming pool, restaurant, bar, terrace, free private parking, room service, and all services from a 5 star hotel.
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Bu Norveçteki tarihi (Heddal stave church) kiliselerden bir tanesi, oldukça eski... Ekim Ayının bir pazar günü ordaydık tabi ki kapalıydı içerisini gezme şansımız olmadı ancak gördüklerimizde bize yetti.
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This is Heddal Stave Church in the Norway and It is quit old. I can't visit in side but Even had seen enough for me.Norway is experimenting with calmness and composure spectacular nature of
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larhrissiHicham (577) 2012-11-12 3:40
Hi Ebru,
The outcome is quite interesting. You managed to balance the framing, colors and tones. however, do think that some sharpening is little bit required.
Nicely done.
saxo042 (38078) 2012-11-12 8:18
Hi Ebru,
This is a very beauful stave church and a very pleasant picture. I found an interesting link here, to add some more information and a fine legend connected to this church!
Kind regards
rychem (69713) 2012-11-12 10:29
I like such beautiful Scandinavian churches of wood, beautiful autumnal scenery, nice view of the church and the old cemetery, warm light, well done
vasilpro (41761) 2012-12-07 12:15
Hello Ebru,
Wonderful composition with interesting architectural details from a beautiful church, lovely light and autumnal colours, excellent POV, TFS!
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paoloardiani (96) 2013-01-22 22:38
scatto molto interessante La luce radente e i colori autunnali regalano tranquillità...
A presto, Paolo
Fis2 (146544) 2013-09-30 3:19
Witaj Ebru!
Beautiful church and interesting cemetery.
Good frame and colors.
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Zamuel_a wrote:I always prefered to use a game pad for platform games and want to have a separate button for jump and fire. I hate to use joystick up for jump. I never got any precision in the game by using this.
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BlankVector wrote:(speaking about Pin 5 of ST Joystick port 1)Foxie wrote:That pin is essential for reading the mouse and joystick.
How is this possible, since normal joysticks don't use the Pin 5, and the mouse is plugged in the other port?
Foxie wrote:I don't know why Atari chose to connect to pin 5. It could be used as some kind of clock signal for something that isn't a joystick. It could also be used for auto-fire. You could reliably input one nibble of data each time the keyboard processor reads the port. Could it be Atari were planning to release a multi-button joystick with some active circuitry? With a binary counter and 8-1 multiplexer you could read at least 6 fire buttons.
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BOSTON– Legislation raising gas, tobacco and business taxes in Massachusetts by $500 million and eventually dedicating up to $800 million a year in new revenues for transportation cleared the Senate 30 to 5 during a rare Saturday session.
With the absence of the contingent of media and lobbyists that would normally be attracted to a debate on a tax bill, Senate President Therese Murray led the charge to pass the tax bill, presiding as the Senate roared through more than 100 amendments to the legislation before approving it with all but two Democratic votes. Senators said differences over amendments had been talked through during a long private caucus.
Gov. Deval Patrick, who chastised the House for a similar tax bill that he vowed to veto, had more congratulatory words for the Senate following the final vote a few minutes before 8 p.m.
"Experts agree that we need approximately $1 billion more a year — in addition to further operating efficiencies — to give our citizens a safe, functional, modern transportation system to keep pace with a growing economy," Patrick said in a statement. "Today's Senate bill is a significant step in that direction and I commend them for their work."
Supporters of the bill said it would prevent a second major MBTA fare hike in as many years, deliver funds to address regional transportation needs and expedite construction projects, and over three years end the longstanding practice of paying about 1,900 state transportation employees with borrowed funds.
Critics of the bill said the Patrick administration was failing to meet cost saving benchmarks under a 2009 transportation reform law and argued the legislation would further burden taxpayers by pulling more of their money into a transportation system that they said is rife with problems and inefficiencies. Without reforms, they said, the new revenues will not be enough to keep up with MBTA spending patterns.
The push to pass the bill, which cleared the House just before midnight Monday on a 97-55 vote, underscored the pressure that Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo are under since the House has already proposed a budget spending revenues from the still unapproved tax hikes and the Senate plans to do the same in May. Differences in the House and Senate tax bill remain to be ironed out by the branches.
The House bill fell just short of the vote required to override a potential veto. The resounding vote in the Senate well cleared the two-thirds threshold required.
After Patrick threatened to veto the original bill offered by DeLeo and Murray, saying it didn't provide enough new revenues to meet transportation system needs, the Senate pulled money from other areas of state government into the bill to bolster planned new revenues closer to the $1 billion sought by Patrick, who spoke favorably about the Senate plan late this week.
On the tax front, the House and Senate bills raise new revenue from a $1 per pack increase in the cigarette tax and increases on cigar and smokeless tobacco products, new sales taxes on computer design services and software modifications, the removal of a tax exemption for utilities, and a three-cent increase in the gas tax, which would also be indexed to inflation under the legislation (S 1766).
A contingent of liberal senators attempted to include a trigger that would raise the gas tax an additional three cents if projected revenue falls short in 2015, but that vote garnered the support of only 10 members.
"The rest of the body was very careful in how much they wanted to raise, and how much they wanted to tax," Murray told reporters after the final vote. Asked how it would match up with the House version, Murray said, "It's the same framework as the House, for taxes, and we just did other revenues that we moved over from other accounts, so I'm hoping that the House will look on this favorably. Hey, the House did the heavy lifting first, and they are our partners, and hopefully the governor will be our partner in this also."
During a speech in opposition to the gas tax trigger, applause erupted from the gallery, and Murray directed court officers to clear the crowd, during which time "Don't tread on me" flags were displayed and criticism rained down on the senators as some chanted "No new taxes."
On her way out, a woman wagged her finger at the chamber below and said, "Think about your children and your grandchildren when you take these votes, you idiots."
"You might not have seen what was going on, but we were getting Nazi salutes from the people in the corner and some really vulgar language before they disrupted," Murray told reporters afterwards.
Another amendment, sponsored by Sen. Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) enabling state officials to start discussing with the federal government the idea of establishing tolls on the state's borders, won approval by a 19 to 15 margin, with some senators who represent border areas saying tolls would hurt their constituents.
Spilka had said that removing increases in current tolls from the formula the Legislature is using to move the transportation department toward more fiscal self-sufficiency was an essential condition to win her vote on the bill. That amendment passed on a voice vote after the Senate voted down on a voice vote a Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain) further amendment that would have also exempted fares for MBTA riders.
"So we can have perpetual gas tax increases, but we can't look at tolls," said Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth).
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sen. Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) said the bill also makes $160 million in new tax revenues available to spend in the fiscal 2014 budget he plans to roll out next month. The House budget plan unveiled on Wednesday steers some of those new revenues to education and local aid.
Hedlund said reforms included in a 2009 law were intended to produce $6.5 billion in savings over 20 years, but so far had delivered only $500 million. Of that, Hedlund said, $320 million was attributable to ending interest rate swap practices that were not a focus of the 2009 law.
"Obviously we have discarded the concept of reform before revenue," said Hedlund.
Rafael Mares, staff attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation, said that the final Senate version devoted more money to transportation than what Senate Ways and Means had proposed by indexing a 2.5-cent-per-gallon underground storage tank gas tax to inflation, and devoting those revenues to transportation.
On Friday night, before some changes were made to the bill in session, Mares calculated that the average amount of money over five years designated for transportation in the Senate bill was $602 million, compared to $504 million in the House plan and $858 million in the governor's plan.
Kristina Egan, executive director of Transportation for Massachusetts, said the roughly $800 million in transportation revenues the Senate projected to raise by 2018 is "optimistic," and hoped the bill would be modified to include more gas-tax hikes before reaching the governor.
Six of the more liberal members of the Senate, who all supported the final bill, praised the process and signaled that if substantially changed it would lose their support.
"Through both the work of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and the amendment process, the transportation finance bill passed by the Senate today reaches a level of revenue that allows for meaningful investments in a fiscally-sound, 21st century transportation system. It is for this reason that we vote yes on this bill today," the six senators wrote in a joint-statement. "We look forward to the bill continuing to the joint House-Senate conference committee. Should the bill be reported out of the conference committee having lost the revenue gains we made, it will also lose our support."
"There's definitely more money in this bill," Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone told the News Service. "I appreciate the work the House did. A week before the House bill, we were at zero. We went from zero to a half a billion. While I appreciate that work it wasn't enough… This is a huge step forward in that direction."
Curtatone said he was hopeful that the revenue would be enough to enable matching federal funds for the Green Line Extension to his city, and said it would provide a needed investment for transportation through the whole state.
Among amendments adopted by the Senate were proposals to enable transportation agencies to collect more property taxes from private parties using public land, to require better reporting by the MBTA on its capital projects, and requiring the MBTA to gather information from 23 companies that opted against bidding on the commuter rail operations contract after submitting statements of interest.
Among the amendments rejected by the Senate were calls for a larger gas tax hike, for universities to play a greater role in funding transportation through student pass programs, and to eliminate the indexing of the gas tax to inflation. While Hedlund argued against locking the state into incremental gas tax hikes, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Thomas McGee said the gas tax would be 9 cents higher per gallon if an indexing measure had been adopted in 1991, with each penny of tax worth $32 million.
Sen. Michael Rush (D-West Roxbury), in a floor speech highly critical of the MBTA and calling for a long menu of reforms, came up short in his bid to prevent the gas tax hike from taking effect until a task force recommended reforms and the Legislature adopted them. His amendment failed 7-24.
During debate, Murray said a proposal calling on the MBTA to contract with taxi companies to deliver RIDE services at lower costs would be dealt with by the Senate in separate legislation. An amendment pushing that reform was offered by Sen. Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville) but was withdrawn.
A Republican alternative, which Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said would include potential new revenues from an overhaul of how taxi medallions are administered, fell along party lines with Hedlund, Tarr and the only other Republican in the chamber, Sen. Richard Ross (R-Wrentham) supporting it.
The six senators who said they would not support a final bill with less revenue were Chang-Diaz, Jehlen, Katherine Clark (D-Melrose), Ken Donnelly (D-Arlington), Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) and Dan Wolf (D-Barnstable).


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Chicken meal, brown rice, wheat gluten, pearled barley, powdered cellulose, rice, natural flavors, chicken fat, dried beet pulp, anchovy oil, sodium silico aluminate, dried brewers yeast, potassium chloride, dried egg powder, soya oil, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, salt, choline chloride, DL-methionine, taurine, vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], glucosamine hydrochloride, L-carnitine, minerals [zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, copper proteinate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], chondroitin sulfate, green tea polyphenols, marigold extract, rosemary extract, preserved with natural tocopherols and citric acid.
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Crude Protein (min) 28.3%
Crude Fat (min) 9.3%
Crude Fiber (max) 9.5%
Moisture (max) 10.5%
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ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet canine WEIGHT & OSTEO WO 28 LARGE BREED ADULT is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.
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Insufficient meat content, some low quality grain, controversial filler
This product is a veterinary diet, but is not indicated for the treatment of disease. Our comments relate solely to our opinion of the ingredients used in this product and are made on equal footing with any other product not marketed under a 'veterinary diet' label.
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product, in meal form. It is the sole meat ingredient in the food.
The main grains in the food are rice, barley and wheat. With so many grain ingredients, this food appears very heavy in grain and light in meat content. Riceand barley are decent quality grains, but the use of wheat is a negative. Wheat is believed by many to be the number one cause of food allegies in dogs. In gluten form, this ingredient is a low quality filler. It is the dried residue from wheat after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that bit of the grain leftover after most of the nutritious bits have been removed. Cellulose is purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant materials: otherwise known as sawdust.
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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J.K. Rowling Makes Large Donation to UK Labour Party
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Scores of readers let us know that J.K. Rowling has donated £1million to the Labour Party in the UK. The BBC reports this very generous donation from the Harry Potter author was made because "she was motivated by Labour's record on child poverty." Jo, who has spoken openly about the pressures she had faced in the past while as a single mother, and supports the One Parent Family charity, issued a statement about this donation. JKR said "I believe that poor and vulnerable families will fare much better under the Labour Party than they would under a Cameron-led Conservative Party.
"Gordon Brown has consistently prioritised and introduced measures that will save as many children as possible from a life lacking in opportunity or choice. The Labour government has reversed the long-term trend in child poverty, and is one of the leading EU countries in combating child poverty.
"David Cameron's promise of tax perks for the married, on the other hand, is reminiscent of the Conservative government I experienced as a lone parent.
"It sends the message that the Conservatives still believe a childless, dual-income, but married couple is more deserving of a financial pat on the head than those struggling, as I once was, to keep their families afloat in difficult times."
The head of the Labour party, Gordon Brown, is quoted as saying in response "I am delighted that JK Rowling, who is one of the world's greatest ever authors, has made such a generous donation.
"I thank her for supporting the Labour Party and our values of social justice and opportunity for all."
Reuters is also reporting that this comes as"Brown is facing the political fight of his life as Labour gathers for its annual conference this weekend in Manchester with several lawmakers openly calling for a new leader. The Conservatives lead by some 20 points in opinion polls as the economy teeters on the brink of its first recession in 16 years." You can read more about the UK Labour party here, and the UK Conservative party via this link.
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The Modern Scholar: Detective Fiction
Publisher's Summary
From mysterious origins through the Victorian sleuths and the "Golden Age" of the genre (the 1920s through the 1940s) and to the present day, detective fiction, mysteries, and spy thrillers have consistently topped best-seller lists around the world.
Professor M. Lee Alexander provides listeners with a lively discussion of groundbreaking authors from Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, and modern writers such as Nevada Barr and Jonathan Kellerman.
What members say
- Art Grrrl
- 08-01-11
It's A Schlolarly Lecture On Detective Fiction
Professor Alexander's course is very thorough, and she seems to be passionate about the subject. But she is an academic giving a lecture. She pauses quite frequently, Her rhythm is not that of a professional actress reading a book but that of a lecturer speaking from an outline. I assume that her students (who are furiously scrbbling notes) appreciate the frequent pauses. This audio "book" is therefore not as polished as an Agatha Christie audiobook, but it is extremely worthwhile. Her rhythm was initially a little jarring, but the information is very good. I've listened to it several times now, there's so much in it. I recommend it.
7 people found this helpful
- Esmeralda
- 15-10-10
Badly directed overview of dective fiction
The Modern Scholar series normally provides a wonderful listen because of the academic analysis in easy to understand English. Generally, the professor herself does the reading. Though professors are clearly not professional narrators, the content usually more than compensates for this deficiency. Not this time, however. It takes M. Lee Alexander until chapter 11 before her narration comes up to speed, without far too long pauses on the wrong moments, slips of the tongue that were not edited out, starting every other sentence with 'And', combined with 'so' in the other half of the sentences. In short: the direction and editing is not up to standard and really distract from the content. Although you don't need to buy this audio book if you are looking for an in depth scholarly analysis of detective fiction. 90% of the audio book is taken up by spelling out the content of detective novels and short stories. Categories such as cosy, hard-boiled and international will not make you see detective fiction in exiting new ways. Buy it if you are looking for a very good overview of English language detectives to put on your reading list. Do not buy it if you are interested in exiting new academic insights with respect to detective fiction. And certainly don't buy it if you are easily distracted by bad narration.
11 people found this helpful
- Carole T.
- 05-09-12
Depends on What You Want
There's a lot of information in this set of lectures. It offers an exhaustive list of writers and their works throughout the history of the mystery genre. However, there's not much of critical analysis or insight about authors or books. If you want and expect, as I did, a defense of the mystery as more than a second-rate step-child in the field of Literature, you won't find it.
If, however, you appreciate a long listing of suggestions for reading mystery and detective fiction, this is a valuable tool. But you'll have to put up with a lot of very long . . . . . pauses! As other reviewers have noted, M. Lee Alexander presents this as though her audience were very slowly writing down every word and every sentence. It can be annoying (and you'll occasionally check your device to see if it's still working!).
Unarguably, Alexander knows her stuff, and it's wonderful to be reminded of some of the great old names in mystery fiction, like Mary Roberts Rhinehart, Patricia Wentworth, Josephine Tey (and lots of male authors, too). This course will send me back to some old favorites and has introduced me to some new and old series to try.
10 people found this helpful
- Canarylampshade
- 14-01-14
Very disappointed
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Fact checking. The professor made a number of errors regarding authors whose work I know well -- leading me to lose interest in her lectures on those authors whose work I don't know a lot about.
What was most disappointing about M. Lee Alexander's story?
Not a strong academic lecture at all.
What aspect of M. Lee Alexander's performance would you have changed?
Again, it was not appropriately researched, the number of errors led the whole book to be a disappointment for me.
Any additional comments?
Bummer. I've 2 other Modern Scholar titles -- one on WWI, the other on the Paris peace talks. I trust Margaret MacMillan, but now am leery about the other titles. I won't be buying more.
3 people found this helpful
- N. Polson
- 30-06-15
Listen in double time!
Great review and history of this literary genre, but the professor was very obviously reading the entire lecture and kept taking long pauses between sentences, pages? It was kind of like listening to someone who had never studied the subject, but was just filling in. But I now have many book recommendations, so all's well.
- Kindle Customer
- 05-02-15
A Decent Course But Not Outstanding
What did you like best about The Modern Scholar: Detective Fiction? What did you like least?
The great number of new authors and sub-genres I need to check out. This was the best part of the course.
The part I liked least was Professor Alexander's presentation. She was rather monotone in delivery and repetitive at some points.
Would you recommend The Modern Scholar: Detective Fiction to your friends? Why or why not?
I probably wouldn't recommend it unless someone was really into detective fiction.
Would you listen to another book narrated by M. Lee Alexander?
It would depend on the topic.
Did The Modern Scholar: Detective Fiction inspire you to do anything?
I'm inspired to spend more time on Amazon searching out some of the authors and sub-genres Prof. Alexander mentioned.


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Now let's take a look at the first one.
'jean nock' has made a superb Blanket for Breast Cancer Care Awareness. She has made the Blanket in Pink and White and it's decorated beautifully with SIBOL Butterflies and of course the 'Pink Breast Cancer Ribbon'. This Blanket is so pretty and with your permission 'jean nock' I will put it with the other 'Think Pink' Blankets hopefully raising some money for Breast Cancer Care. I think the best time will be around September/October.
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To combat the upcoming Toyota FT-86 and the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Mazda's preparing a replacement for the slow-selling RX-8. Reports from Japan indicate the automaker's looking to revive the RX-7. Fast and the Furai? Sadly, not so much.
The new model will reportedly use Mazda's next-gen Renesis 16X rotary engine first shown in the Taiki concept from the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. The twin-rotor 1600cc Wankel, larger than the current RX-8's engine, is rumored to be capable of producing nearly 350 HP and 215 lb-ft of torque.
Although initially we'd heard Mazda would use styling cues straight from the absolutely gorgeous Furai Concept, but reports now indicate more of a conventional design will be implemented. Partly it's to evoke the RX-7 and partly it's to cut costs and allow it to be priced aggressively against the competition.
The RX-8 replacement was originally slated to appear in 2012, however Edmunds Inside Line is now claiming we'll see it as early as 2011. We can't wait.
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Memories of 2009 season rekindled
HOUSTON -- The last time the Yankees had to keep the lights off at Yankee Stadium in the fall, they responded by adding more than $400 million in payroll and watched a revamped roster of stars bring home the 2009 World Series championship.
They went back to that playbook after posting an 85-win, third-place finish last year, and as the Yankees prepare to send out a lineup that is highlighted by Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran, there is a similar urgency to getting back on top.
"I think it has a lot of the same feel," manager Joe Girardi said. "I think there's a lot of high expectation with the names that we've added. We addressed a lot of situations because of all the things that we went [through] last year, and it's a lot of the same feelings."
"I know what we went through, and how tough of a year it was last year in terms of not being able to make the playoffs," left-hander CC Sabathia said. "It was disappointing. You work extra hard to put yourself in a position to win games and put yourself back where you want to be, and that starts off with trying to win the division."
Ellsbury, McCann and Beltran account for $283 million in new payroll commitments, and the Yankees also gave a seven-year, $155 million contract to right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. Brian Roberts and Kelly Johnson will also make their Yankees debuts on Tuesday.
"I don't know if it has anything to do with last year, but as a group right here, right now, we expect to do good things and get into the playoffs," McCann said.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that he was encouraged by the club's spring.
"I feel as good as you can in terms of 'mission accomplished,' getting through Spring Training with what you wanted to get through," Cashman said. "You saw what you wanted to see from most people."


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Quit Trying to Control Your Customers
Oct 11, 2012 5:00 AM PT
As a technology journalist, I interact with public relations professionals regularly, to the point where some firms have asked me to speak internally about what journalists are looking for from the companies they cover.
Usually, these are straightforward discussions -- journalists want access and they want honesty. Like everyone else, they're more inclined to tell a good story after hearing a good story.
Every now and then, though, a PR pro will reveal an ulterior motive, asking questions like, "How can we get journalists to write this the way we want them to write it?" or "Is there any way we can get writers to include us in any story they write about our biggest competitor?"
The answer is no. Journalists are autonomous beings who can see through such efforts -- that's part of their job -- and they tend to harbor resentment toward those who think they can manipulate them and get them to serve a business' needs.
Now, look at that previous paragraph, and replace "journalists" with "customers." It holds equally true.
Bountiful Opportunities
We have more opportunities to interact with customers today through the proliferation of channels technology is creating. These channels can help businesses build relationships, and those relationships can generate increased loyalty, higher levels of satisfaction, and the conditions that lead to good word of mouth, consistent renewals and greater upselling opportunities
How do you get customers to that point? By engaging them -- and doing so in a way that allows them to turn into those loyal advocates on their own. You can't force or command them to do so, nor are there methods to achieve this transformation without the customers' willing participation.
That is not to say that you should be passive and hang back, letting the customer steer every aspect of the conversation. That's not viewed as a method of relationship building -- it's seen as apathy. Instead, you need to do what smart PR people do when they try to reach journalists: Involve them in your story, and allow them to then make that story their own.
You do you do this? Start by ratcheting back the selling and instead become authentic. People would rather have a conversation than sit through a sales pitch, so participate in conversations -- especially the ones you don't initiate. Use social media to show your expertise and your willingness to help. This is all about building trust.
Get Creative
The next step is engagement. This is where you can get clever -- it's about conversations you start, and they don't have to take the shape of a Facebook thread. They don't even have to involve social media -- although that's a very effective way to reach a lot of people quickly.
They can come in many flavors; check out what the band the Avett Brothers is doing with their "Live and Die" cover contest. This is an ingenious effort -- it makes customers the stars while at the same time tying them closely to the brand/band. Do you think any of them feel manipulated or forced into making a version of the band's song? Certainly not -- instead, they feel like peers or partners, and they contribute quite literally to positive word of mouth. And I bet they all bought the band's new album in one format or another, and they're much more likely to see them when the Avett Brothers play in their town.
Another good example is that of the T-shirt company Threadless, often used by Paul Greenberg and others to illustrate how to build genuine intimacy and partnerships with customers. Threadless has its customers send in designs, and then customers vote on those designs to pick what the company sells. That makes these customers instantly invested in what the company's doing -- and makes them much more likely to buy their products. No one feels manipulated or used -- they feel like part of the Threadless team.
How does CRM technology play into this? It's where all the data you collect from these peer relationships is stored, and the hub from which different parts of the business access it to improve the efficiency of your business -- and to further enhance customer relationships.
No matter how effective you are at bringing a community of customers together, that can all be unraveled by bad service or the impression that you don't know who your customers are. There's no way you can store and access all the insights that are to be gleaned from these relationships right in the heads of your employees; that's what CRM is there to do for you.
If you want people to do things you want them to do, stop trying to drive them like cattle and instead engage them with experiences that make them enjoy the process of becoming customers, advocates and participants in your business.


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Introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.
Ion channels and the movement of ions across the cell membrane.
Action potential initiation and propagation.
Synaptic transmission and neurotransmitters
This lecture covers NeuronUnit, a library that builds upon SciUnit and integrates with several existing neuroinformatics resources to support validating single-neuron models using data gathered by neurophysiologists.
An introduction to the NeuroElectro project, which aims to organize information on cellular neurophysiology. Speaker: Shreejoy Tripathy
Simultaneously recorded neurons in non-human primates coordinate their spiking activity in a sequential manner that mirrors the dominant wave propagation directions of the local field potentials.
This talk covers statistical analysis of spike train data, the modeling approach GLM, and the problem of assessing neural synchrony.
This talk covers statistical methods for characterizing neural population responses and extracting structure from high-dimensional neural data.
This presentation covers research to understand the activity of single neurons and populations of neurons in the visual system.
Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) is a data standard for neurophysiology that provides neuroscientists with a common standard to share, archive, use, and build common analysis tools for neurophysiology data.
Neuroscience Information Exchange (NIX) Format data model allows storing fully annotated scientific datasets, i.e. the data together with rich metadata and their relations in a consistent, comprehensive format. Its aim is to achieve standardization by providing a common data structure and APIs for a multitude of data types and use cases, focused on but not limited to neuroscience. In contrast to most other approaches, the NIX approach is to achieve this flexibility with a minimum set of data model elements.
How does the brain learn? This lecture discusses the roles of development and adult plasticity in shaping functional connectivity.
This lecture will highlight our current understanding and recent developments in the field of neurodegenerative disease research, as well as the future of diagnostics and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
The mechanisms behind changes in synaptic function created by learning.
This video will teach you the basics of navigating the OSF, a free research management tool, and creating your first projects.
This webinar walks you through the basics of creating an OSF project, structuring it to fit your research needs, adding collaborators, and tying your favorite online tools into your project structure.
This webinar will introduce how to use the Open Science Framework (OSF; https://osf.io) in a Classroom. The OSF is a free, open source web application built to help researchers manage their workflows. The OSF is part collaboration tool, part version control software, and part data archive. The OSF connects to popular tools researchers already use, like Dropbox, Box, Github and Mendeley, to streamline workflows and increase efficiency.
Organizing related projects with Links, Forks, and Templates.
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More second marriages (65% to 70%) than first marriages (60%) end up in divorce, an important consideration for financial advisors when helping married couples plan. Often two families blended together may have very different expectations for their money when one partner dies. But do you consider the impact if one of the couple becomes disabled and requires long-term nursing care?
Most people don't want to consider or talk about the need for care in later life—maybe if you don't talk about it, it won't happen. Some people may think that the federal government pays for long term care through the Medicare program, but Medicare is health insurance and will not pay for long-term care. Even if Medicare did pay for long-term care, 40% of all long term care in America is delivered to people between the ages of 18 and 64.
Say your client is considering a remarriage and wants to protect the $3 million estate she brings into the marriage. If you think a prenuptial agreement will be sufficient to protect the asset, you are not considering the possibility of a stroke, Alzheimer's, or even chronic arthritis causing a need for long-term care. Many people think that a prenup means your spouse cannot access those funds that are "protected." While that is technically correct, Medicaid, the federal welfare program that will pay for long-term care once a person is impoverished, does not honor a prenup. So if that new spouse suffers a stroke at the wedding reception, the prenup will do nothing to prevent your client from the $96,000 a year nursing home bill.
Medicaid, funded by a combination of state and federal dollars, is only available when someone both needs care and is impoverished. Rules vary from state to state, but in general you may retain only $2,000, which means that checking, savings, IRAs, 401(k)s, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, homes, autos, etc., must be spent down to this level. A married spouse living at home can retain certain items like the home (with a lien building up against it), one vehicle, one half of the savings (to a maximum of $115,920), and some income. Unfortunately, Medicaid does not honor a prenuptial agreement, meaning nearly all assets are at risk, and you are gambling on the health of the new spouse.
The moment you sign the wedding license you are responsible for the long-term care costs of your spouse, regardless if it is a first or a third marriage. Nursing homes commonly run $8,000 a month, which I know having seen actual bills. Assisted living facilities cost half or less of that a month, and home care can cost much less or much more depending on how much is needed (and where you live).
Many of my clients come to me to obtain long term care insurance prior to signing the marriage license. Some of these people are still healthy enough to qualify to purchase it. Passing underwriting is becoming more difficult as the long-term care insurance companies are tightening health requirements. We are living longer, medical science is keeping us alive after medical emergencies that used to kill us, and interest rates are very low. Many companies have stopped offering LTC products because of the 5% compound inflation factor on the daily or monthly benefit, while they can earn only 3% or less on their assets.
Long-term care insurance needs to be investigated and purchased while a client is in their 40s and 50s. So what do we do with our uninsurable wealthy clients considering a marriage? You may want to create an alliance with a specialist in long-term care financing who may have other strategies to deal with the costs of long-term care.
While none of us can be specialists in all areas of financial planning, we do need to be aware of all the problems that can arise, and not assume a prenup will cure all the possible ills.
Raabe's guest blog was written partly in response to an earlier AdvisorOne article by John Sullivan on the role of pre-nups and post-nups in planning.


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Unconfirmed reports suggest that Google's Chrome Web Store will be formally launched this October. For now, developers can at least be certain that the company has confirmed the Web Store is open for testing. Google used its official blog to show web application developers what their applications will look like on the store and get a feel for how monetization tools will work.
The search giant has also confirmed that it will take a five percent slice of the developer's go-to-market price to host the application and process payment transactions from customers. There will also be a 30-cent fee per transaction and a one-time $5 registration fee unless a programmer already happens to be a registered Chrome Extensions developer.
According to Google's Chromium blog, "When the Chrome Web Store launches, it will replace the current gallery, featuring a completely new design for users to discover great apps, extensions, and themes all in one place. Until then, only you can see the apps you upload — they will not be visible to other visitors of the gallery during this developer preview. In the meantime, you can continue to use the gallery for publishing Chrome extensions and making them available to Chrome users."
Web application developers have the option to decide whether to offer their software as a paid download with a minimum price of $1.99, or as a free of charge trial version.
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If you're a student with a passion for sustainability and a desire to see your great idea for environmental change put into action, you just might have the opportunity through the Brita FilterForGood Eco-Challenge.
Brita wants to hear your idea for a green initiative to bring about environmental awareness and change on your campus. The company is giving away $1000 to 50 recipients this year for their contest which will end on November 19. Students and faculty members from kindergarten to college are eligible to apply. Simply state, in 150 words or less, how you would make your campus more sustainable, and if your idea is chosen, you'll receive a $1,000 grant to help fund it into action.
Brita's FilterForGood campaign began as an initiative to reduce the harmful waste created by plastic bottled water by encouraging people to drink filtered water out of a reusable bottle instead. Since then, Brita has been involved in many efforts to raise awareness and promote change within a host of other environmental issues. In previous years, the Eco-Challenge contest has proven itself a great way to motivate students on campus to be proactive in bringing about environmental change.
To apply for the contest, visit the Brita FilterForGood Eco-Challenge website and complete the form on the right side of the page.


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Other Proposed Natural Treatments
There are many possible causes of female infertility. Tubal disease and endometriosis (a condition in which uterine tissue begins to grow where it shouldn't) account for 50% of female infertility; failure of ovulation is the cause of about 30%; and cervical factors cause another 10%.
An immense industry has sprung up around correcting female infertility, using techniques that range from hormone therapy to in vitro (test tube) babies. Although these methods have their occasional stunning successes, there is considerable controversy about the high cost and low rate of effectiveness of fertility treatments in general. The good news is that apparently infertile women often become pregnant eventually with no medical intervention at all.
Proposed Natural Treatments
Women with a condition known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may suffer from infertility. A double-blind, placebo controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in 150 women with PCOS who had previously failed to respond to the fertility drug clomiphene . 12 Participants were given clomiphene plus placebo or clomiphene plus 1.2 g daily of NAC. The results indicated that combined treatment with NAC plus clomiphene was markedly more effective than clomiphene taken with placebo. Almost 50% of the women in the combined treatment group ovulated as compared to about 1% in the clomiphene alone group. Pregnancy rate in the combined treatment group was 21%, as compared to 0% in the clomiphene alone group.
Black cohosh ( Cimicifuga racemosa ), an herb with estrogen-like effects, drew the attention of researchers who were interested in whether it might be helpful for women with unexplained infertility who were also being treated with clomiphene, a commonly used medication to induce ovulation, but had yet to conceive. Roughly 120 women were randomly divided into two groups. Both groups continued to receive clomiphene, but the women in one of the groups also received 120 mg of black cohosh. Pregnancy rates were significantly higher in the black cohosh plus clomiphene group compared to the clomiphene only group. 25
In a small double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, use of bee propolis at a dose of 500 mg twice daily resulted in a pregnancy rate of 60%, as compared to 20% in the placebo group. 14 This difference was statistically significant .
Because of its effects on the hormone prolactin, the herb chasteberry has been tried as a fertility treatment. 1 However, the only properly designed study of this potential use was too small to return conclusive results. 2 A larger study evaluated a combination containing chasteberry, green tea , arginine , and multiple vitamins and minerals. 22 In this double-blind study, 93 women experiencing infertility were given either the combination treatment or placebo for three months. After three months, 26% of the women given the real treatment were pregnant as opposed to 10% of those in the placebo group, a difference that was statistically significant.
Weak evidence hints that vitamin D and calcium may also be helpful in this condition. 9
Another small study found some evidence that supplements containing isoflavones may increase the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization. 13
Another study reported that vitamin C supplements slightly improved pregnancy rates in women with a condition called "luteal phase defect," but because researchers failed to give the control group a placebo and instead merely left them untreated, the results are not very meaningful. 15 (For information on why the use of a placebo is essential, see Why Does this Database rely on Double-Blind Studies? ) Yet another study that had severe defects in design found reported that multivitamin supplements may slightly increase fertility. 3
Stress may lead to infertility, and treatments for reducing stress might help increase fertility. 4-8
The herb maca (Lepidium) is widely advocated as a fertility-enhancing herb. However, the only basis for this claim are a few animal studies. 17,18
Caffeine avoidance has also been recommended for improving fertility, but there is no evidence as yet that it really helps. 10
Acupuncture has a long history of traditional use for infertility, but the supporting evidence for its use is weak. 11 A few open trials appeared to show that acupuncture can enhance the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF). 19-20 Two better designed studies, however, failed to find acupuncture more effective than placebo. 21,23 A 2008 analysis of 7 randomized trials, involving a total of 1,366 patients, found that, on balance, acupuncture may significantly improve the odds of pregnancy in patients undergoing IVF. However, since not all 7 studies used sham (fake) acupuncture as a control, the reliability of this conclusion is thrown in doubt. 24 Moreover, a second analysis in the same year of 13 randomized controls trials investigating the effectiveness of acupuncture in 2,500 women undergoing a specialized IVF procedure, in which sperm is injected directly into the egg, found no evidence of any benefit. 26 But the story does not end here. In a subsequent review of 13 trials, a different group of researchers concluded that acupuncture may improve the success rate of IVF, but only if it is used on the day of embryo transfer (when the fertilized egg is placed into the womb). 27 According to this study, acupuncture is not effective when used up to three days after embryo transfer or when eggs are being retrieved from the ovaries. Electrical stimulation of acupuncture points was the focus of a randomized trial involving 68 women. There were significant improvements in the rate of successful implantations, and pregnancy and live birth rates compared to sham electrical stimulation. The successes may be related to a protein that is released during electrostimulation. This protein may improve blood flow in the uterine lining.30
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine also has a long history of use for infertility, but there is little meaningful evidence to indicate that it is effective. In a 2011 review of 14 randomized trials involving 1,316 women, the addition of Chinese herbal medicine to the prescription medication clomiphene (used to induce ovulation) was associated with increased pregnancy rates. 28 The researchers pointed out, though, that the studies were of poor quality with low sample sizes. As with the earlier review, a 2012 analysis of 30 studies, including 8 randomized trials, also found evidence to support the use of Chinese herbal medicine for improving pregnancy rates. 29 This review included trials that compared Chinese herbal medicine alone, with acupuncture , or with standard drug therapy to drug therapy alone. While the researchers concluded that Chinese herbal medicine may improve pregnancy rates, as with the previous review, the quality of the studies was questionable.
Note : One case report has linked use of a Chinese herbal product with reversible ovarian failure. 16
Other treatments sometimes recommended for female infertility include ashwagandha , false unicorn , and beta-carotene , but there is as yet no evidence that they work.
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The BBQ Cook-off committee is currently seeking businesses to sponsor chefs.
This year the committee is asking each business supply their chef with the ingredients and supplies needed, including the grill, to serve approximately 300 people.
Any business willing to sponsor a chef but unable to enlist one or a business just wanting to sponsor, or a chef wanting to take part, the committee will try to find a match.
Contact Gery Hagerty 641-751-7301, or the Chamber office 484-6661 email email@example.com.
Serving sample plates will be provided and prizes will be awarded to the top three winners.
Please submit the name of the chef and business sponsor to Gery Hagerty or to the Chamber office by June 24.
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