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It would be tough to match the drama that Gordon Campbell brought to the first 90 days of his first and last terms as premier.
Premier Christy Clark was part of that first term and part of the 90 days of action that followed Campbell's romp in 2001. Campbell campaigned on a 90-day legislative agenda, starting with shutting down photo radar and enacting a big personal income tax cut and once elected he followed it almost to the letter.
Clark wasn't part of his last campaign, during which the HST was not mentioned. Within three months of the election, voters found out Campbell intended to bring in the unpopular tax. That decision infuriated many British Columbians, led to a historic referendum in which it was overturned, it opened the door for Clark to come back into politics and set the stage for the dramatic comeback that she appears to have achieved.
Compared with Campbell's detailed agenda for change that he rode into office, Clark's platform is thin on specific measures. Much of what she promised is already government policy.
But Clark told The Vancouver Sun editorial board last week that she won't be wasting any time putting into place the new measures she has promised.
She says she will bring back the legislature shortly after her new cabinet is sworn in.
"We'll come back before the summer."
The legislative agenda will include passing the balanced budget introduced in February. Whether that budget is reintroduced exactly as it was remains to be seen. After the 1996 election, then premier Glen Clark told reporters he might need some "wriggle room" in the budget that he had introduced on the eve of the vote. And Campbell was forced to announce that the projected deficit had ballooned significantly between when he introduced his pre-election budget in 2009 and when it was finally passed.
Clark also promised to pass a more stringent balanced budget law, with larger penalties for government ministers if targets are missed. She is also promising to enact the promised freeze on carbon taxes and personal income taxes, presumably along with the budget.
Her 90-day agenda includes pushing ahead negotiations with companies planning LNG export facilities in B.C. to bring closer the day when benefits start to flow. Clark's long-term promise of a prosperity fund that will wipe away all of the province's debts depends on that dream becoming reality.
She is also promising to quickly shore up the natural resources ministry to ensure that forestry and mining initiatives aren't held up by bureaucratic backlogs.
Clark is taking a risk by bringing back the legislature so soon after the election. Unlike the experience she remembers in the summer session in Campbell's first term, she will be facing a large opposition. She has a lot of talent and experience from which to draw, but even the veterans will be in new portfolios and the rookies will be still finding their way to the washroom.
For the first time this year, the Clerk of the Legislature is posting a version of the Member's Handbook online as part of a transparency initiative. The new website — http://members.leg.bc.ca — was to have been operational today. It gives a glimpse into the world new MLAs are going to have to quickly acclimatize themselves to over the next few weeks, with everything from the details about their salaries — currently a base of $101,859.00 — to rules about office rentals and expense accounts.
As a returning premier, Clark will be able to hit the ground running. There is still a lot to be done. The first order of business is to sit down with her closest advisers and decide not only which MLAs will be in cabinet, but how many ministries there will be. Deputy ministers have to be appointed and scores of political staff hired, from communications specialists to constituency assistants.
While the planning can go ahead, nothing can be finalized until the return of the writ on June 5.
Clark also promises a core review of the government, an echo of the exercise Campbell went through after taking office in 2001. That led to a major reduction in the core government. This time cuts will likely be much harder to find.


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Any day now Steady Eddie, aka councillor McAtominey the disgraced Labour councillor and convicted felon will learn whether or not he's to be booted out of the Labour party.
Councillor McAtominey, who was suspended from the Labour party last year after being arrested on suspicion of drink driving and was later convicted of failing to provide a sample has had his case referred to the National Executive of the Labour party after Labour North shirked their responsibilities and failed to terminate his membership.
Steady Eddie made things worse for himself when he was arrested for a second time and charged with drink driving. This time he pleaded guilty and was banned from driving.
Councillor McAtominey is no stranger to controversy – he was suspended from the Labour party for 4 years after he was caught cheating on printing tenders with the help of his now wife councillor Nancy Maxwell, who was a union employee and his accomplice.
Mr Monkey has been told by an insider that councillor McAtominey has decided that if he's thrown out of the Labour party he will not stand down as a councillor but instead he will cross the floor and become an Independent, so will his wife councillor Maxwell.
Apparently they've already discussed this with their friend and Labour party thug enforcer, councillor John McCabe and councillor McAtominey is telling those close to him that councillor McCabe is likely to follow him and rejoin the ranks of the Independents after first being elected as an Independent and then crossing the floor to Labour.
Steady Eddie is predicting that he's the man to unite the opposition groups and that he will lead the challenge on Labour. He's determined to go down in history as the man that killed off the Malcolms.
Good luck Mr United – this chimp is looking forward to seeing you in action once again, but this time with the support of some ferocious allies instead of the fuckwits you currently share the benches with.

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The Questions of a Man of God
Many scholars believe that the material in verses 1-15 has a good claim to historical reliability (see Davies and Allison 1991:244; Witherington 1990:42-43, 165; E. Sanders 1993:94). After Matthew rehearses for his own missionary church Jesus' instructions to his first disciples, he moves almost directly to Jesus' own ministry in the cities where disciples had prepared the way (v. 1).
John must contact Jesus through messengers because John is in Herod's prison, soon to face execution for his bold proclamation (14:3-12). Disciples of the kingdom who prepare Jesus' way in power (11:1) need to remember the first one to prepare the way for Jesus (11:10); those who receive Jesus' power (10:7-8) must also bear his cross (10:17-39).
God Does Not Always Act As We Expect (11:1-3)
John has already recognized Jesus' identity (3:14); now, in prison, he is undoubtedly discouraged and doubting, like many other men and women of God facing trials that seem greater than their power to endure. Pursued by Jezebel and finding that even the fire at Mount Carmel had not been sufficient to dislodge idolatry from the land, Elijah asked for God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4; compare Mt 17:12-13). Pursued by Saul and frustrated by continual obstacles to God's promises, David nearly committed an act that would have stained the rest of his career, had God not intervened through wise Abigail (1 Sam 25:21-35). Most of his life the only prophet of his generation speaking the truth, torn by the hatred and impending destruction of people he loved, Jeremiah cursed the day of his birth (Jer 20:14-18; compare 15:10). Dismayed by long delays in fulfillment of God's promises to Israel, the inspired psalmist protested his people's humiliation (Ps 89:38-51). All men and women of God are of like passions as we-that reminds us to always trust in God's power rather than our own (Jas 5:16-18).
Jesus' ministry had so far fulfilled none of John's eschatological promises; John had preached that the Coming One would baptize in the Spirit and fire, casting the wicked into a furnace of fire (Mt 3:10-12). It is no wonder that John doubted, and that John's questions arose when he heard of Jesus' deeds (11:2-3), not in spite of them. Thus when John asks if he and his disciples should look for someone else, this Greek expression is in an emphatic position and the specific term emphasizes "another of a different kind" (Gundry 1982:205). In contrast to the expectations of some of his contemporaries, John's expectations about the Messiah's future role were right; Jesus would baptize in fire, judging the world with justice and freeing the captives. But John did not understand that Jesus had another mission before the coming judgment. Jesus urged him to believe nonetheless.
Many Answers to Our Questions Are Already in the Bible (11:4-5)
Jesus might not yet have been baptizing in fire or even in the Spirit, but his signs showed that he was clearly the Spirit-endowed One who would baptize in the Spirit later (3:11, 16). As Jesus performed miracles, he alluded to a passage in the Old Testament, Isaiah 35:5-6, which mentioned some of the same signs he was performing. In so doing he reminded John's disciples that the works he was performing might be less dramatic than a fire baptism, but Isaiah had already offered them as signs of the messianic era (Goppelt 1964:77; Jeremias 1972:116; Borg 1987:165). Besides "seeing" Jesus perform the miracles of Isaiah 35, John's messengers could hear the good news Jesus preached to the poor (Mt 11:4-5), fulfilling Isaiah 61:1 (compare Lk 4:18). Jesus knew his mission, and John's doubts did not make him insecure; but he knew that John would recognize the words of Scripture.
Jesus Encourages a Broken Man of God (11:6)
This narrative teaches us how hard faith may seem when we are tested for our work for the kingdom (vv. 2-3), but it also demonstrates how Jesus lovingly strengthens his own to complete their task in faith (v. 6). While Jesus is in Isaiah (Is 35), he reminds John that God himself will be a stumbling stone to Israel and Judah (Is 8:14-15), but not to those who trust him (Is 8:13).
One could argue that this narrative criticizes John's unbelief. Does not Jesus' response to John's question in verses 4-6 constitute a rebuke? And does not Jesus diminish John's status vis-a-vis that of the disciples in the second half of verse 11?
But an argument that views John negatively misses the whole thrust of the passage. Jesus could confront John's question no more graciously than he does in verses 4-6, quite in contrast with how he addresses his opponents and even wayward disciples (16:23; 23:13-33). Unlike those who had seen much and believed little (11:21-24), John has seen little (vv. 4-5); Jesus pronounces a blessing on him if he will persevere (v. 6). He calls John his promised forerunner (v. 10), Elijah (v. 14); he further chides a generation for not receiving that prophet (vv. 18-19; compare 10:41) and makes John the greatest figure of history so far (11:11)-even if John does not get to hear all the compliments (v. 7). When Jesus announces that disciples of the kingdom are greater than John, he is exalting the disciples, not minimizing John; he uses John for the comparison precisely because he is so significant in God's plan (v. 11).
Matthew recorded John's struggle with doubt, not to condemn John, but to encourage subsequent disciples whose faith would be tested by hardships. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me could be translated "How happy will be the one who does not stumble on my account." In view of its serious use in the Gospel tradition (for example, 5:29-30; Mk 9:42-47; compare especially Mt 21:42-44), the language of "stumbling" here suggests that one's response to Jesus determines one's place at the final judgment (Witherington 1990:43-44).
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What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Bring in the New Year with a good luck ring cake
It's that time to welcome the New Year with lucky foods. Say hello to "ring cakes," a popular treat due to their round shape showing the end of the year and the beginning of another. Also, sweet cakes and ginger are linked to reaping rewards, and round, sweet cakes symbolize coins — both providing promise of good fortune, which can come in a variety of forms. This week I was greeted with my published 2013 Forecast article in Oracle 20-20 Magazine. As I glanced at my past "windfall hits" and future predictions, it made me think about last year's past love and loss. During the holidays I was busy working three international phone networks and putting my magical intuition powers to work. The common theme for my callers (all ages) was relationships of all kinds. My most memorable and selfless caller was from a rural Canadian province. An older woman asked me about a lost kitten. She found one feline out in the woods. She wanted me to look into my crystal ball and tell her if there was another kitty left in the wilderness. I closed my eyes. Via remote viewing I could see a tiny, black feline under a lot of tree branches and on the ground. I strongly recommended that the caller go back to the same region and look the next day despite the cold weather. A few weeks later, I received a call from the cat lady. "I don't know if you remember me," she began, "but I'm the one who asked about the kitty. I found it just like you said I would. He is with me right now, purring. I want to thank you." I was moved and happy tears trickled down my cheek. So, this year, it's my resolution to continue helping others live and love. Also, I'm on a mission to bring a new life into my own home. And with these goals in mind, it seems spot-on that I present us with a good luck food like a gingerbread ring cake for the New Year. Gingerbread Ring Cake 1 gingerbread cake mix 1 1/4 cups water1 organic brown egg2 tablespoons whole wheat flour (it's for high altitude)European style butter and flour (for preparing pan)Raw cane sugarGarnishFresh blueberriesReal whipped creamIn a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, egg, beaten, liquid, and flour. Stir a few minutes till smooth. Lightly grease a tube or bundt pan with butter and dust with flour. Pour in batter and bake at 350 degrees for about 35 or 40 minutes. (Put knife in and if it comes out clean, it's done.) Cool. Use a knife to loosen the cake from the pan and turn over on a plate. Sprinkle sugar on top. Place berries in the middle. Serves 10. On Wednesday afternoon, the second day of the New Year, I made a nice fire. While it warmed my cabin, I cut a fresh-out-of-the-oven slice of the good luck gingerbread and paired it with blueberries and a dollop of whipped cream. The cake was comforting (not too sweet), and the crunch of raw sugar added a nice crunch. Sometimes, we can toy with destiny and making good luck foods may even help the process of healing and help to make our dreams come true.Motto: If you can't foretell the future, try creating good luck foods. While savoring the taste of life you just may help nudge things to go your way sooner than later.(In memory of Seth 2007-2012) — Cal Orey, M.A. is an author and journalist. Her books include "The Healing Powers" series (Vinegar, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Honey, and Coffee) published by Kensington. (The Healing Powers of Honey and Coffee are offered by the Good Cook Book Club.) "Animal Attraction: A Collection of Tales & Tails" will be released this year. Her website is http://www.calorey.com
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On July 30, 2012, twenty‐four‐year‐old Kelcey Harrison is running over 3,500 miles across the USA to spread awareness and raise money to help beat the cancer that took her friend Jillian Costello's life just weeks after their college graduations. The money she raises in this trek from New York City to San Francisco will go to the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, and its unstoppable young people's movement – Jill's Legacy for Lung Cancer research.
"At first Kelcey came to me and said, 'I'm going to run across the country in honorof Jill, my dear childhood friend, and to really raise awareness that ANYONE CANGET LUNG CANCER," said Darby Anderson, Director of Jill's Legacy to PenTV(linkto) in a recent interview. "And I thought, you're crazy. Okay. Then she cameback to me about a month ago and said, 'I'm doing it. I've got a Web site,www.thegreatlungrun.com (linkto) and I'm going to raise awareness for LungCancer by doing something crazy with my lungs!"
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England and South Africa will hope lady luck does not desert them when they clash in the Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London on Wednesday. Both sides, aiming to end a frustrating wait for a major one-day title, are fortunate to make the last four in the eight-nation tournament, saved either by the weather or their rivals' bad luck.
South Africa sneaked a tie -- and gain a valuable point -- at Cardiff last week when rain forced the game to end with the West Indies on the exact Duckworth-Lewis par score of 190-6 in 26.1 overs. If Keiron Pollard had not been dismissed off what turned out to be the last ball of the match, the West Indies would have won the game and qualified for the semi-finals after being ahead of the D/L target at that stage.
England were lucky the weather favoured them in Cardiff on Sunday as the hosts squeezed out a 10-run win over New Zealand in a game reduced to 24-overs-a-side due to rain. A washed-out match or a defeat would almost certainly have knocked England out of the race and lifted the Black Caps into the semi-finals along with either Sri Lanka or Australia.
Eventually, England topped group A by virtue of a superior net run-rate over Sri Lanka, who drew level on four points following a 20-run win over defending champions Australia at the Oval on Monday. Last year, England and South Africa drew a one-day series 2-2 after the Proteas came back from a 2-1 deficit to win the final game at Nottingham by seven wickets.
South African captain AB de Villiers said he expected another close contest between two "world-class" sides. "England will be the favourites because they are playing at home and know the conditions well," de Villers said on Tuesday. "But I think it is pretty much 50-50. It's up to the team which rocks up with the right attitude that can take that momentum early on and run with it. We'll be looking to do exactly that and adapt to conditions as quickly as possible. England are a world class team and so are we. It's going to be a great game."
The South African captain said the only way his team can get rid of the label of 'chokers' was to win the tournament. "I believe all teams choke in certain situations," he said. "It's just that somehow we managed to get that tag behind our names. Unless we win this tournament, people will continue to say we are chokers. But it is not something that bothers us." De Villers said premier fast bowler Dale Steyn, who missed two of the three games due to a side strain, was "close to 100 percent" fit, but insisted his team can win even without him.
England skipper Alastair Cook said his team was excited about playing in a major semi-final. "It's such an exciting place for a player to be," he said. "We have come here to try and win the tournament. We have got an amazing opportunity to try and do that and both sides will be excited about that. "It's another day tomorrow. It's another game. What's gone on in the past has no relevance." Group B winners India and Sri Lanka meet in the second semi-final in Cardiff on Thursday in a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai which the Indians won.


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by Molly-Ann Leikin, Songwriting Consultant
I've written poems and I've written lyrics. I've learned if you can do one, you can usually do the other. As a poet, I've enjoyed the pure creative process, and the occasional publication of my work.
But I've never made a dime writing a poem. Ever.
On the other hand, I live very comfortably on my lyric royalties. And it beats working.
In my practice as a songwriting consultant in California, I hear almost every other new client tell me he or she can't write lyrics. To help them, I've developed a seven-step system, and it works.
If you're a poet who's tired of being broke, and would like to occasionally use your gifts to write more commercially, this article can help you make that transition. It can also help lyricists who are stuck, composers who claim they write music only, plus the entire world of left-brain computer types who ache to create something romantic—like a song.
When writing one, be aware that melodies are open to interpretation - so when you write a tune, what you feel or intend is still safe in your heart.You don't have to reveal yourself or stand completely naked in front of the world. But once you put words to a tune, your feelings are totally out in the open and everyone knows what's in your heart. Therefore, it can be very inhibiting to write lyrics, which is often why writers get stuck.
But here is the process I use with my clients to make lyric writing simple. I suggest you use all seven steps. Cutting corners is usually why a lyric doesn't work.
Most poets and beginning songwriters make the mistake of writing acres of lines of iambic pentameter and then set out to look for someone who can turn that dreary rhythm into an exciting melody. Almost nobody can, no matter what the words are saying. So don't write your lyrics first. ]Get the tune, then write the words. So let's assume, for this exercise, that you have a melody but no idea of what to say in your lyric. Don't worry if you don't have a tune. I'll give you one.
STEP 1. Sing or play the tune of a nursery rhyme. Any of them will do: Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Ring Around the Rosie - it doesn't matter which you choose. Use this melody for practice. As you listen to it, scribble down some non-rhyming prose. Ignore the exact notes, but listen to the feelings. Let your words be a stream-of-conscious exercise to warm up your imagination. Don't use rhymes or logic. Try to be visual, silly, playful and have fun with it.
Here's an example of some lines I scribbled down after listening to "Itsy Bitsy Spider":
A former tooth farmer from Fluffy, South Apricot, dug through Exxon's banana shoe hairbrush section for kangaroo lingerie, after the De La Hoya/Pope Potato wrist rake from Western Tire Cough Drops slid unnoticed into burping toenails.
STEP 2. Now please write a silly, visual non-rhyming lyric to your tune. Match each note with one syllable. Fill your non-rhyming lyric with ridiculous pictures. Again, don't be logical, don't make it make sense. Every line can be about something different. The first might concern shoe repair, the second, airport parking. In this draft, try to keep all the rhymes OUT. Here's an example of a nonsense lyric I wrote, to the tune of "Jack and Jill".
Lizards frying Jaguars
All hum Hawaiin shoe trees
Disneyland will hiccup in
The mayor's purple phone soup.
STEP 3. Now write an uncensored list of silly titles that will fit with the stresses of the first line of your nursery rhyme. No matter how many notes in that line, keep your title to seven syllables or less. Shoot for twenty or thirty possible titles. Don't write anything you've heard before. Let your imagination roll. Don't say, "Oh, that's dumb." Write it all down. You might find one of these nonsense titles could actually turn into a real one later. "I Love You" is fine, but Jewel's "Swallow The Moon" gets you in the gut. A good title will write the whole song for you. A mediocre one will leave you stranded in line two.
Here are some nonsense titles I wrote to the tune of
"Jack and Jill":
Santa knit a Hershey Bar
Orange dancing astronauts
Drinking bricks can make you skate
STEP 4. Write a few real titles with the same number of syllables as your silly ones. Here are some I wrote to
"Jack and Jill":
Sundays with the London Times
Do you ever think of me
Moonlight over Lake O'Hare
STEP 5. Choose one of your real titles. Write the story it tells in prose. Just a couple of sentences will do fine. Writing the story as a letter might be easier for you. If any lines come out rhyming, change them so they don't. That way, you'll be able to express yourself with complete freedom, and without the constraints of rhyme or meter.
When you finish this step, you'll know the beginning, middle and end of your story before you start to write the lyric. Most songs have two verses, a chorus and a bridge, so allow space for them in your story. By writing it first, you'll be able to see if you have enough information to fill a whole song, so you won't get stuck half-way through with nowhere to go. You can always cut out words and lines later.
STEP 6. Using the information from your story, write a non-rhyming lyric to the nursery rhyme melody you've chosen. Should rhymes mysteriously appear, delete them.
STEP 7. Now write the "real" lyric, with the story and the rhymes.
I suggest you do all seven steps. Not four, not two. Seven. My clients who don't are still claiming they can't write lyrics. But many of my songwriters who do are climbing the charts.
The more lyrics you write, the easier it gets. So please do this exercise five times, each with a different nursery rhyme. Once you learn how to map out a lyric, and write it to a melody, you're 90% there.
© 2010 Molly-Ann Leikin
Molly-Ann Leikin (rhymes with bacon) is a songwriting consultant with dozens of gold and platinum records plus an Emmy nomination. The author of "How To Write A Hit Song, Fifth Edition" and "How To Be A Hit Songwriter", and the producer of "Molly-Ann Leikin's Master Class in Songwriting", Molly consults with talented writers and artists all over the world, with a view to helping them market their material. She also matches lyricists with composers. And she's very good at it. Three of her clients have Grammy nominations, another won an Emmy, and so far, 5067 others, with Molly's help, have placed their work in movies, on TV, CD's and in commercials.
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I have an Oracle server running on Windows Server.
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The insert statement just tries to insert a BLOB into a table. I searched the error specification on Google and found that perhaps there are network connection issues. The suggested action is to log in again to Oracle Server. I followed this tip, however I still receive the same error.
The error I receive is the following:
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Global LOW-E Glass Market 2019 by Manufacturers [Saint-gobain, NSG, PPG, AGC]
Research Industry research study provides comprehensive knowledge and useful insights into the Global LOW-E Glass Market. The report also aims to provide useful and comprehensive insights into current market trends and future growth scenarios. The LOW-E Glass study also highlights the market players as well as the new market environment entrants.
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I have done extensive work on the use and disuse of solar cookers. Much of what I have learned has been added to the Non-cooking uses article. The work was carried out as a Ph.D. study at the Technical University of Denmark. I did my empirical work in 1997 and 1999 in Madras City but mainly in Gujarat State in India, where I visited, met, interviewed and discussed solar cooking, with about 40 urban and rural families who had a solar box cooker at their homes. Many of them did not use their solar cookers, however a small portion of them used it with enthusiasm and benefited lots of economic and other advantages. The author has discussed the problems of solar cooking technology elsewhere among others in an article: An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - Bashir Ahmad
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- November 2014: Bashir Ahmad Nawa, Ph.D. and Master in Technology Planning. I worked from 2001-2007 at the Danish Patent Office as patent examiner, and from 2007 on is teaching physics. Currently lecturer in physics at Soroe Academi High School since 2010. Different aspects of solar energy including solar heating and solar electricity are brought into the classroom teachings.
- 1996-2000: Bashir Ahmad, a Research Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark, provides an analysis of solar cooker usage compared to conventional cooking methods. Data was collected for the study in India and Burkina Faso in the 80's and 90's. An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - Bashir Ahmad
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This is an excerpt from Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology, by Denise L. Smith, PhD, and Bo Fernhall, PhD.
It is not unusual for athletes to exhibit an "abnormal" ECG due to the effect of exercise training on the anatomy and autonomic control of the heart. Most of the changes are present in athletes who participate in endurance events; they are more common in males than in females, and in individuals of African decent (Corrado et al., 2009, 2010). Up to 80% of highly trained athletes show some evidence of ECG changes. Most of these changes can be considered physiologic adaptations to exercise training and do not necessarily indicate any pathology or concern. However, it is important to understand which ECG abnormalities may be physiologic and which are likely to be pathologic. A joint statement by the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and the European Society of Cardiology provides the following guidelines (Corrado et al., 2010).
The most common training-induced ECG changes in athletes are sinus bradycardia, first-degree AV block, second-degree AV block (Mobitz type 1 only), incomplete RBBB (QRS duration <0.12 s), early repolarization, and isolated QRS voltage criteria for LVH. It is generally agreed that a high degree of endurance training increases parasympathetic tone and decreases sympathetic control of the heart. These changes are likely responsible for the high prevalence of sinus bradycardia, first-degree AV block, and Mobitz type 1 in athletes. However, more serious conditions, such as Mobitz 2 or third-degree AV block, as well as sick sinus syndrome, are indicative of pathologic changes that need medical attention.
Training-induced increases in wall thickness and chamber size are the likely causes of isolated QRS voltage criteria for LVH and for incomplete RBBB. The increased LV size causes higher QRS amplitude, and the increased RV size causes the conduction delay responsible for the incomplete RBBB. However, other criteria for LVH, such as a strain pattern or enlarged atrial size, are rarely present in athletes; and those changes are considered pathologic. Furthermore, a full RBBB or LBBB is not training induced and should also be considered pathological.
Early repolarization is present in 50% to 80% of highly trained athletes. It is characterized by a J point elevation of at least 0.1 mV (1 mm) from baseline, which is often associated with a slurring or notching of the terminal QRS complex. It is most often found in the left precordial leads. It is generally believed that autonomic influences induced by training cause early repolarization, since a slowing of the heart rate exaggerates the ST-segment elevation. However, ST-segment depression or ST-segment changes indicative of a strain pattern are not common and should be considered pathological.
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My answer was right,Tdol
Thank you for this wonderful and new idiom
English Teacher
You can get the definition of the idiom here.
My answer was right,Tdol
Thank you for this wonderful and new idiom
Hooray! I hit it too!
Anyone seen the original Police Academy... Mahoney is wearing this on a T-Shirt near the begining.
A similar idiom (I mean, with the same meaning) is 'in the club' (an abbreviated form of "in the pudding club" - which is rarely if ever used).
Of course, depending on her circumstances, someone with a bun in the oven could be in a bit of trouble, and she's been busy doing SOMETHING!
Being a father of 6, I think I know this one.
Hurrah, I got it right as well!
have a bun in the oven (informal, humorous) to be pregnant
have a bun in the oven
informal : to be pregnant
▪ Rumor has it, she has a bun in the oven.


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Actor Don Johnson's love of cocaine almost cost him his life when a drug deal went awry and led to a shoot-out between gangs.
The former "Miami Vice" star thought it would be a good idea to ride along on one drug deal at the height of his cocaine abuse but quickly realized he'd made a big mistake when shots rang out.
He tells Rolling Stone, "I was just there for the free drugs, I swear. … I usually never got involved. I never was a dealer. I never was a smuggler. Well, I mean I would smuggle for myself, personally, but that was it."
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Status: Canceled
Premiered: - February 17, 2014
Show Category: - Action | Drama | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi
WebSite: - http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-34563
When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn't matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery's house, where she protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort - and friendship. In their brief time together, Emery and Roman forged a deep bond, but the authorities wasted no time tracking Roman down and capturing him in a violent confrontation.
Emery has grown up believing that Roman was killed that day. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. The eyes of the nation and the whole world are fixed on this historical social experiment, an endeavor fraught with suspicion and fear.
In the mayhem of the first day, Emery is amazed to learn that Roman was not killed by the authorities and is, in fact, one of the Atrian students. Their childhood bond is quickly rekindled - in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians, Emery and Roman have found each other again. However, their relationship is threatened by the small-mindedness of their respective communities and the political agendas of people in power.
While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous. As an epic Romeo and Juliet romance unfolds, a violent encounter between Roman's father and Emery's father occurs in the Sector. Can Roman and Emery's love - and peace between the species - survive?
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Enabling Students of All Abilities to Realize Their Potential
Sharing my blog post on accessibility published today on the Microsoft On The Issues blog here...
Thirty-five years ago this week, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law, and the U.S. government committed to "ensuring that children with disabilities have opportunities to develop their talents, share their gifts and contribute to their communities." For more than 20 years, Microsoft has focused on making computers easier to use for individuals disabilities. During that time, we've seen many students with disabilities integrated into general classrooms and technology has become an essential part of learning for students of all abilities.
Today, educators are trying new ways of integrating technology into the classroom and looking for ways to help students of all learning styles and abilities. Microsoft's education mission is to help students and educators throughout the world realize their full potential. We recognize that nearly every classroom has a student who has difficulty seeing the board, concentrating on their homework, or expressing their ideas. Those are some of the reasons that Microsoft builds accessibility features into our products, ensuring that all students have access to the best learning available and that can be enhanced through technology.
I have long believed in the power of technology to make a profound impact in education and I've been fortunate enough to see some amazing examples around the world where teachers are truly making magic happen for their students. The examples that often most standout and illustrate the transformative potential of technology are those that use accessibility technology integration to empower and enrich the world of students that otherwise might have had an extremely difficult time communicating, collaborating or socializing with their peers. Early in my career at Microsoft I supported work in hospitals and schools and saw the potential of this work first hand and it has long fueled my passion and recognition of this importance of this work.
All students benefit from being able to personalize the PC to suit their own learning styles and special needs. And, all students want to fit in and use the same technology their peers use. Today's PCs have accessibility features built in that enable students to use technology to enhance their learning but still fit in with their peers. At Microsoft we published Accessibility: A Guide for Educators, which explains how students with disabilities can adjust the PC to enhance or enable learning. For those new to accessibility and working with a student with a disability, it can seem overwhelming. The guide explains types of disabilities and shows how to use the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows or how to find the right specialty assistive technology for a student with special needs.
Consider a student who has a great story idea but struggles to type – that student can tell their short story and have it captured in text using Speech Recognition. Or, a student who struggles to see their PC can magnify the screen with Magnifier or zoom in on a Web page when working on a research project.
I'm inspired when I see educators throughout the world using technology in innovative ways to enhance learning for students with disabilities. For example, a school in Thailand for students who are deaf is using a technology called Mouse Mischief, which lets the teacher share files with a group of students who each have their own personalized computing account. The students can interact with the presentation the teacher is showing, share files with one another, and collaborate in a whole new way. We are also seeing students with learning impairments and dyslexia who have found that OneNote helps them stay organized, take audio and text notes and check their spelling and grammar.
At Microsoft we understand our role and responsibility in helping ensure students of all abilities have equal access to learning. Too few people know how to use the accessibility features on their Windows PCs. In the spirit of the anniversary of the IDEA, I encourage you to help a student or educator you know by sharing information about accessibility. After all, every classroom has students of different abilities who can benefit from personalizing their PC to making it easier to see, hear, and learn.


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Cilantrofic fish tacos
I usually don't make recipes that I see on the TV. After watching Alton Brown making fish taco (recipe here) in Good Eats, I jumped right in to construct similar fish tacos made from pan grilled fish doused in cilantro. I love cilantro and usually don't like authentic fried fish in fish tacos. Alton used a classic flavors by adding garlic and lime to cilantro marinade, while adding a optional shot of tequila to intensify the flavors.
The fish
Tilapia, a neutral fish with a bland flavors is perfect for cilantrofic fish taco. Also, it was the only fish left in my freezer.For one pound of tilapia fillets, I added marinade made from following ingredients.
1 bunch cilantro leaf (yes I add stems too!)
couple of cloves of garlic
zest and juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon ground dried cayenne pepper
1 shot of tequila
salt to taste
Blend all the ingredients to paste. Marinade tilapia in it for few minutes to hours. Feel free to change the amount ingredients slightly based on what you want from that meal.
Heat a pan (cast iron pan here). Add some oil and cook fish for just a couple of minutes on each side. The fish surface will change to golden brown color with slight charring. You will know fish is done when you see translucent fish just changes to an opaque color and gets flaky texture. One of the important things to remember is fish cooks very fast and overcooked fish is chewy and not at all appetizing.
The grilled fish was flavorful enough to eat by itself. I may use it sometime as entrée. All I need to make sure is that I don't invite the cilantro haters for dinner. The hate or love of cilantro is linked to our genes. In 1930s, scientists in DuPont lab discovered that some of the scientists found infused dust of chemical, phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) bitter tasting while others didn't notice the bitterness. Now phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is used as a gold standard in testing genetic variation in taste (more here). Scientists have identified a potential chemical for the pleasant cilantro aroma, 2-dodecenal but yet have to show the chemical behind the soapy smell. (more here)
Flour tortillas
I opted to make my own tortillas. In this version of soft flour corn tortillas, instead of adding lard, I added oil because my guests didn't eat pork. I flavored tortilla dough by adding pinch of salt, ground coriander seeds and ground dried cayenne pepper. Even though coriander seeds come from cilantro plant, it has entirely different flavor. Well, I donno if I can still technically claim that my dish is more cilantorfic by adding coriander.
Contrary to what I expected, I found making tortillas was the most difficult task in this entrée. I added flour and water in 2 to 1 ratio with 2 tablespoon fat per cup of flour. I also realized that it's difficult to roll out perfectly circular tortillas, rolled tortillas stick to surface even being dusted with flour, and it's cooked on a high heat within 30 second, each side. Sorry Alton, your recommendation of 4 minutes per side resulted in crispy tortilla/pita chips for my hummus. It's amazing how seemingly simple things like making a perfect tortilla can be most challenging – well – a good topic for a separate future post.
The crema
I made fresh Mexican fresh cream, known as crema, or white sauce for fish taco by making yogurt out of cream in a yogurt maker (see my saffron yogurt post). I seasoned it by adding a pinch (or few) of cumin/coriander, cayenne pepper and salt. If you don't have a yogurt maker, add a teaspoon of yogurt in a cup of cream, mix and store in warm place for 1 hour. If you really don't feel like making cream yogurt, get a cup of Greek yogurt and add the seasonings. Also, chipotle chili in adobo sauce like the ones I used for making chipotle chile verde would go well with the sauce. Sadly, I didn't have it when I was making fish tacos.
The guacamole
I love guacamole in my tacos. I used avocadoes, lime, onion, and tomatoes. Instead of the regular salt, I used Himalayan pink salt (also known as black salt) because of its tangy pungent flavor. Honestly, I am not sure if the pink salt added any flavors, but it didn't ruin the guacamole an we all guest loved its taste.
Guacamole is easy to make and best when made fresh. If you are expecting guests, you could do time consuming steps, such as chopping onions, tomatoes cilantro and garlic etc, ahead of time. Wait and add (and mash) avocados, lime juice and salt just before eating.
The crunchy cabbage
I find crunch from vegetables like cabbage an integral part of fish taco experience. A silky texture of soft tortilla, flaky fish texture, and creaminess of sauce/guacamole is balanced with a perfect crunch. I immersed shredded cabbage in lukewarm water, and added a pinch of salt, few pinches of lime zest and freckles of black pepper. After immersing in water for a few minutes, throw out the water. I found adding these simple steps and ingredients made it more flavorful and brought out its bright color.
The Fish Taco assembly
Get flour tortillas (1), add white sauce (2), scoop of guacamole (3), grilled fish (4), shredded cabbage (5), more white sauce (6), fold and eat (7).
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Howard Stern received a rock-star welcome to prime-time Monday night as he joined the judges' panel of "America's Got Talent."
The notorious radio man was high-fived and hugged as he walked through the packed audience to take his seat alongside Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel for the premiere of the talent contest's seventh season.
"I don't know who's responsible for this, but they should be fired immediately," Stern said at the top of the show, referring to NBC's decision to fill Piers Morgan's vacant seat with him.
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Stern quickly took the reins, effortlessly ushering the two-hour program along through quick exchanges with the contestants and his fellow judges, with whom he appeared to have a strong, playful rapport.
He also made an effort to offer some kind words to the contestants he rejected.
"That was awful," he told one singer whose act invited more laughter from the audience than applause. "But you know that, don't you? You're a nice enough guy," he said.
And he played nicely with the children.
When a 7-year-old, who sang with her father, asked—with a big dose of spunk—what happened to Stern's father, he shot back instantly.
"You don't want to know," he told her, matching her attitude, before approving the act.
Earlier in the program, when a woman covered with cockatiels took the stage, he quizzed her on her act and her life trying to quickly size her up as he does with his guests on "The Howard Stern Show."
"You're a vegetarian, aren't you?" he asked after establishing that her patterned shirt was intended to mask the stains that come with her bird act. "You'd rather die than eat your own birds," he continued.
He gave the bird lady the disapproving "X," as he did to good number of the night's performers, but not with any ruthlessness or profanity some critics feared he might inject into prime-time.
Osbourne and Mandel contributed their own antics to the show—Osbourne cringing and turning away as a man steadied the arrow he was about to fire into a balloon held between his assistant's teeth; and Mandel singing along, dancing in his seat and occasionally offering mocking impressions of contestants. But it was Stern who dominated the show.
Some acts that will make it to the next round in Las Vegas include a man who builds and plays his own garage-sized instruments, two father-daughter musical acts, a couple dance teams and a young girl who twirled and tumbled through the air in an aerial act.
The rejected crew includes a man who pierced his own face on stage, several singers and a magician-stripper, whom Stern criticized for having "man boobs."
The NBC competition, which offers a $1 million prize to the most talented act, continues next week at 8 p.m. ET.


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Martin Sheen to deliver La Roche College commencement address
Actor will also receive honorary doctorate of humane letters
Actor Martin Sheen has been tapped to deliver the commencement address at La Roche College this weekend.
Sheen, 72, will also receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. The private, Catholic liberal arts college invited the actor to speak at Sunday's commencement ceremony as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.
"The causes that Martin Sheen has been dedicated to mirror the long-established mission of La Roche: educating future leaders who work for mercy, compassion, generosity and justice," said Sister Candace Introcaso, college president.
Sheen, who has more than 100 acting credits to his name, starred in 1979's "Apocalypse Now" and played President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing" from 1999-2006. Younger audiences will recognize him as Peter Parker's uncle Ben in last year's "The Amazing Spider-Man." He also appears alongside son Charlie Sheen on FX's "Anger Management."
An activist on peace and social justice issues, Sheen even donated his salary from his work in 1982's "Gandhi" to various charities.


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break (something) to (someone)
To reveal information, often that which is bad or upsetting. Who is going to break the news of the accident to Millie? Your mother is going to be furious if she learns of our engagement from someone else—you have to break it to her first!
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break something to someone
to disclose some news or information to someone. (Often said of unpleasant news.) I hate to be the one to break this to you, but there is trouble at home. We broke the bad news to Ken gently.
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Towards the close of 2016, the FCA released a Consultation Paper (CP16/24) looking at the possibility of investment and pension firms without mortgage permissions being able to advise on the equity release market provided they had an adviser who passed either a standalone qualification or a top-up to existing pension and investment qualifications.
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Nintendo is releasing two new colors in Japan. One is "Mint x White", while the other color is... white plus light mint blue speech bubbles with a yellow thought bubble?
The Mint x White 3DS XL goes on sale April 18 and is priced like other 3DS XL units in Japan (¥18,900, $196).
The other 3DS XL uses the Mint x White color scheme in a different way and is part of a Tomodachi Collection New Life bundle that comes with a download collection of the new Tomodachi Collection life simulator game. It's priced at ¥22,800 ($237) and goes on sale also on April 18.
To see the upcoming Tomodachi Collection in action, check out this video.
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Bombshell Red – it's impactful.
A floaty, long, slip dress – in colors ranging from a Bombshell Red to Boudoir Blush.
I would paint my bedroom walls Red.
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What time is it? If you left your watch at home, and the stars are out, just look up. You can learn at least a general idea of the hour, knowing the time of year. Your clock is the northern sky and the "hands" of the clock face are imaginary lines you can trace from the clock center, which lies right next to the North Star.
What time is it? If you left your watch at home and the stars are out, just look up. You can learn at least a general idea of the hour, knowing the time of year. Your clock is the northern sky, and the "hands" of the clock face are imaginary lines you can trace from the clock center, which lies right next to the North Star.
On opposite sides of the North Star are the familiar seven stars of the Big Dipper, and the M-shaped constellation Cassiopeia. At 7 p.m. in late December, Cassiopeia is straight on top, almost overhead. The Big Dipper's handle will be scraping the northern horizon.
This assumes that you live in mid-northern latitudes. If you live far to the north, the Big Dipper's low point is much higher and doesn't come near the flat horizon. The "sky clock," however, is useful anywhere on Earth.
As Earth spins, the stars appear to move from east to west, circling a point next to the North Star. Since Earth rotates in 24 hours, the whole sky seems to spin once around in 24 hours. The sky clock then is a 24-hour clock.
Frequently the two front stars of the Big Dipper's bowl are used to mark the clock's pointer, since an imaginary line from these two stars happens to point to the North Star. You could also use an imaginary line through the center star of the "M" of Cassiopeia, connecting with the North Star.
Our sky clock has but one hand, and hopefully unlike the watch on your wrist, this clock runs counter-clockwise. Also because it is a 24-hour clock, it takes six hours for the stars to move one-quarter of the way around. A 12-hour clock takes six hours to go halfway.
Starting out by knowing the time on your wristwatch, note where the sky clock "pointer" is, whether you use Cassiopeia's middle star or the Big Dipper's front stars. Through the night, you can then get a close estimate of the time elapsed. A circle is divided into 360 degrees. Each hour that passes on the sky clock, the "pointer" moves 1/24th of the way, or 15 degrees.
As you look at the sky clock from week to week, you will see that the position of your reference stars changes as seen at the same hour each night. This is due to Earth's revolution around the sun. We are constantly facing a slightly different perspective of the night sky as Earth moves around in its orbit. Since Earth takes 12 months to go around, and there are 12 hours on your wristwatch, the reading of the giant sky clock will change one hour per month to a person watching at the same time each night.
Here's how to tell the time more exactly. Although you can get an estimate of the time this way, note that to be accurate a few adjustments are needed. The sky clock runs fast, by approximately 24 hours every year. This is because while there are 360 degrees measured in a circle, Earth takes roughly 365 days to go around the sun. This makes Earth move ahead by about one degree in its orbit every day, which results in the sky clock pointer moving fast counterclockwise by about one degree every day. That amounts to a half-hour a week.
The sky clock agrees exactly with real time once a year, on March 8 at midnight. At that time, the Big Dipper's pointer stars are straight overhead. Six hours later, or 6 a.m., the Big Dipper will be a quarter of the way around. (If you use Cassiopeia, the "M" will now look like a "W" close to the northern horizon at midnight March 8.)
Using the March 8 date to calibrate your sky clock, you can find the time by subtracting two hours for each month from March 8. Subtract 30 minutes for each week, and another four minutes for each remaining day. Don't forget to ADD an hour when daylight savings time is in effect. With cardboard and a protractor, one can build a crude sextant to closely measure the angle of the star positions around the North Star, and better tell what time it is.
To further complicate matters, Earth does not rotate exactly in 24 hours, leading to a year of about 365-1/4 days. This is why every four years we have Leap Year. Because Earth is gradually slowing down due to friction with the tides, officials at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service add a "leap second" every now and then. One is being added this year, on Dec. 31, at 6:59:59 p.m. EST (or just before midnight at the longitude of Greenwich, England, where we measure the start of every day).
Use your extra second wisely.
New moon is on Dec. 27, and first-quarter moon isn't till next year (Jan. 4).
Keep looking up!
Peter W. Becker is managing editor at The Wayne Independent in Honesdale, Pa. He has been an amateur astronomer since the age of 12, in 1969. He may be reached at email@example.com.


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Private Santorini Food Tour
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Enjoy a day towards the foodie side of Santorini while sightseeing at leisure across the island.
Start your day at the postcard-perfect town of Oia enjoying a fresh scoop of home-made ice cream while posing for pictures against the back drop of the Aegean sea.
Continue to a local vineyard learning what makes Santorini's wine so distinctive worldwide and sampling the most significant and typical styles of wine the island produces.
Besides a wine making region, Santorini is also the home of the local "Donkey Brewery" producing three types of fresh & unfiltered local beers.
After sampling some of the local beer as well, continue to the islands south side and discover sites such as the Venetian light house and local tastes of farming products at a family-owned farm and deli shop.
A visit in Greece is not yet fulfilled unless you sample some of the famous Greek sandwich "Gyros on pita bread", with chicken or pork meat, tzatziki sauce and fresh tomatoes!.
Relax at the table of this small sized local street restaurant as your tour guide passes you over the plate with your fresh gyro sandwich in hand.
After your quest of flavors in the countryside, head to the black beaches of Santorini for a drive-through towards the Aegean waters and enjoy a light lunch of excellent assorted Greek small plates of food (tapas).
As food is out of the question for the rest of the trip, finish your day at an old cafe with a Greek cup of coffee accompanied with desserts that Greece is proud of making.
- Try the famous "gelato" ice-cream of Oia, at "Lolita's Gelato".
- Wine-Tasting and Tour at a traditional winery of Santorini, try 4 different types of the most typical styles of wine produced.
- Visit the local micro-brewery "Donkey Brewery", try 3 styles of fresh and unfiltered local beer.
- Visit a traditional deli-shop at the countryside and try fresh grown local produce of Santorini.
- Make a "gyro" stop, the most famous "street food" throughout Greece – choose between chicken & pork flavors.
- Enjoy a local lunch of traditional Santorini tastes at one of the very best local restaurants, away from the "beaten paths".
- Round off your day with a cup of traditional hot or iced Greek coffee alongside fresh Greek desserts, at a quaint café where locals spend their free time.
- Savor the foodie side of Santorini while sightseeing at leisure, hearing interesting facts and local stories of Santorini from your private guide.
What's Included:
• Pickup & return from your Hotel & Airbnb's (meeting point will be set) & top of cruise port's cable car
• 6-Hour Private food tour of Santorini with an English-speaking guide.
• Lunch and drinks as specified above.
• All admissions, taxes and fees.
Not Included:
• Cable car tickets for cruise ship travelers.
Departs daily, day & afternoon & upon arrival of Cruise ships.
Additional Information:
The tour rate is calculated for a private tour for 2 persons.
Each additional guest (more than 2) costs 100.00 Euros per person extra.
The tour is private and ideal for guests willing to explore both the island and its food/wine.
The tour is ideal for cruise ship travelers, the start time and itinerary will be adjusted to fit the schedule of your cruise ship.
100% guarantee on time arrival back to the cruise ship is given on this tour.


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Are consumers being short-changed by the yen's appreciation?
An ongoing matter of concern in the Japanese financial pages is the continued appreciation of the yen against almost every other currency. According to the overriding narrative attendant to this concern, Japanese exporters "enjoyed" a lower yen (en-yasu) until the middle of 2007, meaning that because the yen was valued low in relation to the currencies in the countries where these companies' goods were sold, they made more money. That changed, and especially after the financial crisis of 2008, the yen shot up and continued to rise over the next three years, even after Japan's economy was pummeled by the earthquake and tsunami last March. The yen is now up about 25 percent over what it was four years ago.
This is generally considered a bad thing since Japan's economy depends on exports, but a lot of economists are saying the situation isn't as dire as the media has portrayed it. Major exporters like Toyota and Sony have the ear of the mass media, so their troubles tend to represent all of Japanese industry in the financial press, but exports account for less than 20 percent of Japan's economy. These companies threaten to move operations overseas if the yen isn't brought down, but they've already moved a huge portion of their manufacturing overseas. In addition, they buy parts and materials from countries where their yen goes much further.
The economists who point this out also explain that the high yen can be considered a good thing for consumers, who should expect to "enjoy" substantially lower prices for imported products and Japanese products that use foreign ingredients. That should go without saying, and we've been waiting to see these savings at our local retailers. We're still waiting. When we ask why the high yen isn't reflected in prices we get answers like this: Though the yen is appreciating, commodity prices are increasing; many countries are experiencing inflation; since all imports have to be shipped, prices depend on the price of oil. In the end, these answers sound like excuses, because except for some isolated retail areas (Amazon; one particular brand of imported camembert, pictured), almost nothing sold in Japan from overseas has become noticeably cheaper in the last three years.
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Void is a general purpose operating system, based on the monolithic Linux® kernel. Its package system allows you to quickly install, update and remove software; software is provided in binary packages or can be built directly from sources with the help of the XBPS source packages collection.
Not a fork!
Void Linux is an independent distribution, developed entirely by volunteers.
Unlike trillions of other existing distros, Void is not a modification of an existing distribution. Void's package manager and build system have been written from scratch.
Rolling release
Install once, update daily. Your system will always be up-to-date.
Thanks to our continuous build system, new software is built into binary packages as soon as the changes are pushed to the void-packages repository.
We use runit as the init system and service supervisor.
runit is a simple and effective approach to initialize the system with reliable service supervision. See the usage page for a brief introduction.
We were the first distribution to switch to LibreSSL by default, replacing OpenSSL.
Due to the Heartbleed fiasco we believe that the OpenBSD project has qualified and pro-active developers to provide a more secure alternative.
xbps is the native system package manager, written from scratch with a 2-clause BSD license.
xbps allows you to quickly install/update/remove software in your system and features detection of incompatible shared libraries and dependencies while updating or removing packages (among others). See the usage page for a brief introduction.
xbps-src is the xbps package builder, written from scratch with a 2-clause BSD license.
This builds the software in containers through the use of Linux namespaces, providing isolation of processes and bind mounts (among others). No root required!
Additionally xbps-src can build natively or cross compile for the target machine, and supports multiple C libraries (glibc and musl currently).


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Vancouver Canucks have found all kinds of ways to lose hockey games the last month, but they finally won one Tuesday and it was by shootout, no less.
Roberto Luongo, usually so-so in National Hockey League shootouts, was perfect against the Columbus Blue Jackets as the Canucks prevailed 2-1.
"The shootout hasn't always been kind to us but we found a way to get it done tonight," said Luongo, who was also stellar throughout regulation and overtime. "Those guys were on a pretty hot streak and playing extremely well and their goalie (Sergei Bobrovsky) has been out of this world. We were able to grind one out."
The victory put an end to Vancouver's four-game losing slide and also snapped the Jackets' five-game win streak. Mason Raymond, using his patented spin-o-rama move, netted the lone shootout goal. An otherwise superb Bobrovsky bit on the Raymond move, leaving the Canuck winger with a yawning cage. He didn't miss.
"I had a good idea I was going to do that move, for sure," Raymond said. "The win was huge, for Lou and for everybody. It got us back on a winning streak heading back home."
The Blue Jackets felt Raymond had come to a full stop and wanted the benefit of a replay to determine whether it was a legal goal. Referees Wes McCauley and Gord Dwyer were having none of it.
"I'm surprised they didn't at least check," said Blue Jacket centre Ryan Johansen. "Why not check?"
"I was trying to get their attention but nobody was moving," added Columbus coach Todd Richards. "To me it looks like the puck is moving backwards."
The league did actually review it in the war room and ruled it legitimate.
Luongo, meanwhile, stopped Johansen, Matt Calvert and, finally, Mark Letestu in the shootout. He also stopped 26 in regulation and overtime and admitted he was happy to see Letestu taking the third Blue Jacket shot. Since Raymond had scored in Round 2, Luongo only needed the Round 3 save to sew up the victory.
"I was especially happy that Letestu made that move because I had it scouted," explained Bobby Lou, who poke-checked the puck off the shooter's stick. "I was able to get right on top of him when he went to the forehand there. He scored on me with the same move high glove and, in his last shootout against Edmonton, he did the same thing. So I was waiting for it this time.
"Luckily, he didn't go backhand or I would have looked pretty silly."
Bobrovsky, meanwhile, demonstrated his 'player of the week' form as he turned away 38 Canuck shots in the 65 minutes before the shootout. He had ample help from his teammates, who blocked 27 shots. The Canucks also missed the net another seven times for a grand total of 72 pucks directed toward the Columbus net.
That's a lot of work for just one goal, a Jason Garrison slapper at 16:11 of the middle period that pulled Vancouver into the 1-1 tie. Letestu, on his own rebound, had given the Jackets a 1-0 lead early in that period.
The Garrison strike came two seconds after the expiration of a Canuck power play so it went into the books as a 5-on-5 goal, extending Vancouver's power-play drought to a full nine games. It is 0-for-26 since Alex Burrows scored in Dallas on Feb. 21.
No one in the Canuck dressing room really cared about that streak, however. Or being able to score just once on 72 attempted shots.
"We were doing a lot of the right things and that's all you can ask," said Canuck head coach Alain Vigneault. "The players prepared, came out and executed. For the first two periods, I really liked our game. I wasn't obviously crazy about part of the third and I thought we were on our heels a little bit. That being said, we still were capable of bringing it to overtime and winning it in a shootout.
"There were a lot of parts of our game that I liked and our goaltending was excellent," he added. "In a shootout, it's about getting a save or two from your goaltender and Mason made a real nice move. It was a real nice win for us."
The Canucks stayed over in Columbus and will fly home Wednesday morning. They meet the Nashville Predators at Rogers Arena on Thursday to open a four-game homestand.
ICE CHIPS: The Canucks made one change to their blue-line as Cam Barker took Keith Ballard's spot in the lineup ... Blue Jackets' centre Brandon Dubinsky returned after missing 11 games with a knee injury.


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A teenager who fathered a baby with his high school teacher has filed suit against a Southern California school district and also puts blame on the teacher's parents, who are helping her raise the child.
"Children in Redlands should not be a sex toy for their teacher," said John Manly, one of the former student's attorneys who filed the lawsuit against the Redlands Unified School District.
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When he was 16 years old and a student at Citrus Valley High School, the plaintiff fathered a child with his then-teacher Laura Whitehurst, according to the 40-page lawsuit.
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The plaintiff is now 18 and in college. His attorney said the former teacher told the plaintiff she was unable to get pregnant.
Whitehurst pleaded guilty to having sex with three of her students and was sentenced to a year in county jail. She was released last month after serving about six months.
Whitehurst and her parents, who are also educators, are now taking care of the child. The civil lawsuit accuses the parents of knowing the child's father was a minor but failing to report it.
"It's inconceivable that they had no idea who that was," attorney Vince Finaldi said.
The lawsuit also targets the Redlands Unified School District, accusing school administrators of creating an environment in which teacher-student sex allegations were ignored, specifically by a fellow teacher who they claim knew Whitehurst was having sex with a student but did nothing.
Superintendent of the Redlands Unified School District Lori Rhodes released a statement saying the allegations in the lawsuit are false:
"The allegations in the John BB Doe lawsuit as they relate to the Redlands Unified School District and its current employees are simply untrue. Furthermore, it is shocking that the plaintiff's attorneys have gone beyond suing the district itself and included a teacher who had no role in the events whatsoever."
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The attorneys in this case recently settled another lawsuit against the school district in regard to coach Megan Kelly, who was investigated for allegedly having sex with a student. Charges were never filed but the school district agreed to pay the alleged victim $500,000.
The attorneys are not saying how much money they are seeking with the latest lawsuit.
They want Whitehurst to undergo a psychological review. If it is deemed that it is in the best interest of the child for the now-18-year-old father to have full custody, then "that's what we would request," an attorney said.


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