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I love this Dove of Peace stamp from Stampin'Up! And how good does it look in bright red and shiny gold? I stamped both the dove and the sentiment in Versamark, and then embossed it with gold embossing powder. Added a little gold washi tape and some cording trim. If you are looking for a quick Christmas card to make with few supplies.. this could be it!
I've included a carousel product list below so you can see what you need to recreate this card for yourself!
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First up, I attacked this piece of upholstery fabric, hellbent on making a bag.
The inside of the fabric has many loops and threads, so to avoid my bag contents catching on them, I cut lining out of some purple spotty fabric (same size as the main bag).
This means that I made two bags, connecting them at the top and partly down the open sides.
Then I used a lovely bamboo handle I've had for years and threaded it through a casing I sewed at the top.
Everything was from op shops and the bag cost me about $2 to make.
I used my new granny bag for shopping today and she felt like a dear old friend.
I've been after something like this for a new skirt.
Then I found this hideous standard lamp and shade at the Salvos and dragged it home on the bus with my overloaded shopping trolley.
I think the driver was too surprised to say anything.
Our weekend has started early as it's ANZAC Day tomorrow.
I don't have any family that served, but The Phoenix's grandfather was in the British Navy for a decade and survived every single naval WWII conflict, from the Russian convoys to the North African and Pacific conflicts.
It's incredible he and a few of his mates survived being dive-bombed and sunk three times by state-of-the-art aircraft ranging from Stukas to Zeros.
I hope your 99th ANZAC commemorations are special, we'll be having a quiet one.
I may swan about in 1940s knickers.
Baci, D xo

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The Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters
The Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters is available online from the Governing Council of the University of Toronto.
The Code outlines the responsibilities of all parties in the teaching and learning relationship, and the ethical principles which characterize the pursuit and transmission of knowledge in the University. All members of the University's academic community are expected to be familiar with and abide by the regulations set in this Code.
- Section B of the Code describes specific offences and who is considered a party to these offences.
- Section C describes the procedures for cases involving students.
- Appendix C provides the Provost's guidelines about recommended sanctions when a student is found to have committed an offense.


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Bring May flowers… flowers I hope to plant, at some point or another, after Nick and I move into our house at the end of the month! After searching daily for a house that fit all of our requirements, we finally found a nice one to rent and we're very excited to start this next stage of our relationship. I won't get all sappy on here, but with the direction our relationship is going, we decided this is the next logical step :) It's going to be a great house for entertaining family and friends and it's plenty spacious for all of our needs, especially storing (and expanding) Nick's homebrewing equipment. He's already planning on getting a 14 cubic foot chest freezer to make a new keezer, and then using the current seven cubic foot keezer solely for fermenting. And I've already been on Pinterest planning DIY projects and taking note of quick and simple organization tips that I never would have thought of before. What did we ever do before that website existed?
And now for the beer news update:
- The Beer Tax Reform Act of 2013 passed the Senate and House Finance Committees today and it will come to a full floor vote within the week — great news!
- It's good to see there are some legislators in Alabama with some sense! A new bill to legalize homebrewing in Alabama passed through the House today on a 58-33 vote. Mississippi homebrewers got good news last month, so let's hope the same for their neighbors. However, after reading some of the comments from AL representatives today (and judging from a previous debate on this same topic), Alabama may still be a good while away from legalizing homebrewing…
Well, off to start sorting, organizing, packing, etc. — cheers!


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By now most people have heard of Synthetic Cannabinoids, i.e. K-2, Spice, etc. The newest craze is Bath Salts – watch Dr. Oz report on this.
Reality Toxicology – Drugs, Poison, Toxic Substances, Chemicals
By now most people have heard of Synthetic Cannabinoids, i.e. K-2, Spice, etc. The newest craze is Bath Salts – watch Dr. Oz report on this.
Have you ever wondered how a true forensic lab runs? If you are in the Houston area, we would like to invite you to visit us at our Open House on June 16, 2011. See more information at the link below.
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The lab was designed with optimal work flow, employee convenience and with environmental sensitivity in mind. There are separate departments for accessioning, specimen preparation, screening, EIA, ELISA, Heavy Metals ICP-MS, GC/MC, LC/MS, extraction hoods and analyzing (test data). In addition, there is a dedicated department for Certifying Scientist for reporting results.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) 2008 "Monitoring The Future" study on illicit drug and alcohol use by teens and youth, drug use trends that concern both parents and schools reflect:
From peer pressure to looking for a way to deal with family and life challenges, drug and alcohol use by teens is a problem. More importantly, parents and schools may work hand-in-hand in monitoring and managing substance abuse.
What are some of the signs and symptoms of teen drug and/or alcohol use? The short list includes:
ExperTox supports both parents and schools through its drug and alcohol testing services designed to target those most vulnerable areas of substance abuse by youth and teens. Alternative specimen testing options allow for drug detection over varying time periods, from recent use to six months or more, including oral fluid, blood, urine, hair and nails.
These tests include:
When you consume a combination of Uppers and Downers, do they cancel each other out?
The answer is No. Since the latest fad drink, Four Loko, hit the scene, red flags have been raised with law enforcement and physicians around the country. Why are they worried about this drink?
Mixing caffeine with alcohol is nothing new. Party goers and bar patrons have been combining these two substances ever since energy drinks hit the market. But it wasn't until recently that they were both sold in one colorful can.
The "Four" in Four Loko came from the main ingredients: alcohol, caffeine, taurine and guarana. These drinks also include carbonated water, sugar and natural and artificial flavoring.
Taurine is an organic acid. Despite being present in many energy foods, it has not been proven to be energy giving.
Guarana is an effective stimulant that contains twice the caffeine found in coffee beans. A review published by the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association states that the amounts of taurine and guarana found in popular energy drinks are far below the amounts expected to deliver therapeutic benefits or unfavorable actions. But like most things in excess, too much guarana may contribute (alone or in combination with caffeine and taurine) to onset of seizures in some people.
Caffeine is a stimulant. It increases blood pressure and heart rate. Caffeine can cause headaches, jitteriness, agitation, stomach problems and abnormal breathing. It's the equivalent of an adrenaline rush.
On the other hand, alcohol is a depressant. Alcohol slows down the brain's functioning and impairs one's ability to walk, talk and think clearly. Combined, the stimulant and the depressant do not cancel each other out. "Some people have the idea that the caffeine will negate the effect of alcohol, but that's simply not true," said Glenn Whelan, assistant professor at the University of South Florida's College of Pharmacy.
According to Dr. Anthony Cardell, a cardiologist at Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, consuming one can (of Four Loko) equals about three glasses of wine or three to four bottles of beer. The caffeine content is about 135 milligrams, which is the equivalent of three cola sodas, one and a half Red Bulls or one cup of Starbucks coffee.
The main problem is that caffeine appears to override the natural sleepiness that occurs when someone drinks alcohol. Caffeine also postpones that feeling of drunkenness, so those who mix alcohol and caffeine in a drink are likely to keep drinking beyond their normal limits.
Scientists aren't exactly sure how the body processes the mixture of caffeine and alcohol because the combination (based on the quantity found in alcoholic energy drinks) is too dangerous to test on humans in scientific experiments.
Researchers from the University of Florida conducted a study in 2008 where they interviewed college-age adults leaving bars. They found that bar patrons who reported drinking alcohol mixed with energy drinks (6.5 percent of study participants) were three times more likely to be intoxicated than the drinkers who consumed alcohol only. The average breath-alcohol concentration reading for those who mixed alcohol and energy drinks, was 0.109. Consumers of energy drink cocktails also left bars later at night, drank for longer periods of time, ingested more grams of ethanol and were four times more likely to express an intention to drive within an hour than patrons who drank alcohol only.
Like the conclusion in most of the articles written on this subject, the fact is, you should always drink responsibly. If you choose to drink, know what you are consuming. Know the dangers of mixing alcohol and caffeine. On the home page of the Four Loko website, their is information on how to drink responsibly and several links to responsible drinking resources.
This was on the news on KHOU Channel 11 in Houston, TX this week. http://www.khou.com/home/Texas-could-consider-banning-Bath-Salts-114880629.html
Are there new drugs in the market posing as bath salts? Yes this is actually true. Ivory Wave is marketed as a bath salt or plant food and is labeled 'not for human consumption,' but the substance's true purpose is no secret online. Ivory Wave is the newest drug on the market – and it's legal.
Ivory Wave contains two drugs, Lidocaine and Pyrovalerone, one is used by dentists in anesthesia and the other is a hallucinogen. The drug is popular among meth users and is smoked or snorted to produce a high. Law enforces say it started becoming popular in the U.S. when pseudoephedrine (active ingredient in crystal meth) became only available by prescription. Users of this drug feel paranoia, volatile aggression and believe their hallucinogens are real.
Now lawmakers and law enforcers are scrambling to stop the latest drug fad from taking over the US like it did in the UK, prompting the Home Office to ban it.
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said he has had deputies injured trying to arrest salt users and also has seen other people seriously injured by the paranoid individuals. "This is one of the worst behavioral drugs I've ever seen," said Johnson. "They are like mad people and they have no control over it. They are seeing things, hearing things and deputies and first-responders end up in the crossfire. Something has to be done to stop this before is spreads."
One of the most noteworthy stories from the UK was 35-year-old Sarah Forsyth. She did not start taking Ivory Wave to get high, but as a diet supplement. It worked as an appetite suppressant and she dropped 10 dress sizes. She also endured the side effects like paranoia, aggression and was no longer able to sleep. Even after she lost the weight she was unable to quit using and began to hear voices and have vivid paranoid hallucinations. She soon became very ill, fell into a comma and eventually passed away.
To those of you thinking that Ivory Wave was just another bath salt, you now know the truth.
Read more about the new bill being brought to the Texas Senate this week. It is the most comprehensive bill in the country!


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22 April 2015
Hello people! I have kept you guys waited for long before presenting this story to you all but I am sure your wait would be worth it! I have made a worthwhile discovery of one of the fittest girls of this generation in the film industry. As a wellness professional, who have been watching so many women from the industry I take pride in declaring, Rakul Preet Singh, as the STRONG & SEXY. If you folks think Rakul is just my choice, then I am afraid you are mistaken because Rakul was the choice of the whole nation, she was Miss India People's Choice in 2011 and won various other titles in the same pageant. She bagged, Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Fresh Face, Miss Talented and emerged the third runner-up finalist. This beautiful sardarni is an extremely fluent Telugu speaker as well, that shows her love and dedication towards Telugu movies and how much she strives for perfection. No wonder the actress has bagged offers with quite a few big banners in Telugu. She is juggling between the movies, Pandaga Chesko, Kick 2 and a Bollywood venture Shimla Mirch. She has been signed up for two more movies with Jr.NTR and Ram Charan. Our girl has been busy shooting almost everyday but then again, Rakul would never miss her gym routine, any given day she is game for sharing her fitness secrets with you all.
Rakul's dad is a colonel in the army. "I am a fouji's daughter, for me there was no question of sitting at home playing snakes and ladders, ludos in house," says Rakul, with a sense of pride about the way she is brought up to be a strong woman. She has done her final years of schooling from Army Public School in Delhi. Here's a rundown of how all this fitness thing started in her life. Right from her 1st grade, Rakul had to come back from school and go for some or other sport. Wow! Gives a nostalgia of childhood. She fondly recalls her childhood when her mother used to bribe her with chocolates to make her play on climbers in the park. Proud of her mother who has inculcated the spirit of sport and strength in her at such a young age! Outdoor activity was a must for our girl, starting with Lawn tennis, swimming, shuttle badminton, basketball, her dad put her into every sports coaching and she played football with boys, she was this tomboyish girl and a sporty person. And wait, did I tell you that Rakul is a Blue Belt in Karate! Her die-hard interests include golf, horse- riding and Bharatanatyam! 'Strong and sexy' doesn't it make sense?
Rakul is someone who completely believes in respecting your own body. She thinks body should be given that half an hour a day to release the toxins. She says, "just like we wash our face everyday to remove the dirt off, in the same way we need to wash off the toxins from the body." She doesn't workout to lose weight. And all the young girls out there! Get it straight! Rakul is one such celebrity that works out for great health, great stamina and great metabolism. We all know Rakul has a great body too, but for her it's just a by product. She works out to keep herself fit and does it because she loves yourself. "I am Somebody who enjoys workout, it's not a burden for me, Oh my god I have to stay fit, so I have to workout. I enjoy the whole process of sweating out, if I don't workout for two to three days straight, I start feeling very lethargic, it feels incomplete," says this hot and happening lass. The flip side people, is that, a lot of her friends say she should have been born in the gym, not because she works out a lot but because she doesn't like to miss it. Closer ones end up calling her a psycho when it comes to gymming. She has got nothing to do with losing weight by working out but it's just to feel good about it. Weight loss or inch loss they just happen to her. That's awesome girl! You have a typical athlete's attitude!
Workout routine:
Training like a strong woman is something that I've always urged so many of my female clients to do in order to add more health to their bodies, Rakul has done it all while keeping her workouts 'fresh' and 'fun'... Fit, Fresh & Fun! Can't beat that! Rakul's body is a result of thousands of hours of hard work that she had put in all these years through her structured and sometimes unstructured workouts.
Workout days: Six days a week
This routine keeps her highly fit because
She starts slow with stretching each part of her body and the goes into her cardio routine which is just perfect
Since she does many different things for her cardio workout, this change is what helps her build more stamina
With her core strengthening exercises, Rakul is building a powerful core, dense upper and lower back
She is building a fat torching muscle that contributes to burning whole body fat by working on her legs
The cool down and relaxing of her muscles, with these two tasks together, Rakul puts her Resting Metabolic Rate into the right drive and burns more calories even while she rests
The one day's rest in the week that Rakul gives her body helps her for a good recovery and start afresh after that
Wow! You all, especially girls, must thank Rakul for building such a simply drawn up, yet effective
way for all of us to train. I particularly recommend the core and leg workouts which are the most powerful and valuable part of all my top clients's daily routines as well and I can guarantee you the first time you use it, you'll understand exactly why! Throw these exercises in and you're gonna see some good changes...REAL FAST!
Rakul eats home cooked food. Back home, her workouts are followed by yummy Aloo Paranthas by her mommy! She has learnt and practiced the art of staying fit without starving herself. She avoids junk food, has a lot of fruits, veggies and carbs. Carbohydrates for dinner too! Yeah! Rakul loads herself with carbs for dinner as well. How does she still maintain her body without getting flabby?! Here is how, you will find carbs in fruits, grains and lentils. Rakul chooses her staple food-grain wheat for roti, coupled with dal and sabzi. All these when taken together have a calming effect on her and therefore, great for dinner option. An interesting technical note is that, these carbs are not just the energy givers but they come with essential fatty acids, amino acids, fibre, B vitamins, micro minerals like selenium, zinc, chromium and many other nutrients. Try this diet and include rice if it's your staple food and I am sure it would lead you to a slimmer waist line and a healthier heart. The carbs that should be avoided are the processed ones like biscuits, cakes, pizza, breads and ice-creams, as these futile stuff come with their share of preservatives, trans-fats, sodium, emulsifiers and added colors. These are the culprits for your bulging waistline and low metabolism. Thanks Rakul, for trashing the 'Avoid carbs at all costs' concept. Avoiding carbs drains you out of energy and reduces your body's ability to burn fat. Rakul Preet is a powerhouse of energy, she owes it to her food and fitness. She believes that you don't need to consume any kind of supplements and you can still get pretty jaw dropping results.
So people, try these simple yet very powerful metabolism spiking routines from the gorgeous Rakul Preet Singh and of course not to mention to the girls reading this, the side effect of this health giving routine would be a hot and sexy figure like hers!
by Purnima Mandava
Other celebrity fitness articles by Purnima:
Lakshmi Manchu
Harshvardhan Rane
Rana Daggubati


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Today I made a card for a friend at church.
I used some old paper I had in my scrap box, I think its MME.... ok I am pretty positive that it is. Taken with Teal ink from Stampin up.
Ribbons & blooms from Craftyfeeling the April green kit. I loved this kit and used it everywhere I could. I even made some tags for my daughters school folder so she could find sections in text books.
The Bible text stamp i bought a while ago from the bay of E.
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That used to be the case for hockey games. Back in North America, in the land of heated hockey arenas, I would love getting dolled up for the hubs' game. I didn't wear dresses or anything crazy like that, but a nice pair of jeans, a cute top, and high heels was my go-to.
|Haha, ok maybe not this extreme at games... yeah not even close. (source)
That was back in the good ol' days when I didn't have to worry about getting frost bite...indoors. The hockey rinks in Europe are notoriously cold. And this Texan does not do well in freezing weather (picked the wrong sport to marry into, I'd say!!)
When the hubs was looking into teams at the end of last year, I had only one request: Please sign with a team with an indoor hockey rink! Because yes, some teams in this league have half open rinks. What do they do when it snows?? Why just brush off the ice during intermission. I can't even imagine the quality of ice during August and April. Sounds fun!
|For real, that's outdoors (source)
|Muffled cheering is the best! (source)
So, as if we don't get enough 'attention' for looking and dressing different from the German fans, I had a nice little wardrobe malfunction last week. The team puts all the families in the front row, not my ideal spot, but whatever. We have to sit behind this little metal bar fence thing. While trying to squeeze my way through the row to the walkway, my favorite pair of everyday jeans caught on a screw on the fence and riiiippppp. It didn't just make a small tear, but freakin' ripped a good sized hole in my jeans. Not to mention I was wearing these purple warming tights underneath. Looking good. And of course it didn't happen at the end of the game, but during the first intermission. Awesome.
|Ok, not the end of the world...but still!
And that's how hockey ruined my
Think I could get the team to pay for these?! Ha.
Hey, if anything, maybe they will think it is some kind of new American fashion. If I see Germans rocking this look at next game, I am totally taking credit.


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It is 40 years this year since Gozo SPCA was founded by a British resident Jane Sedgfield. She was concerned by the number of stray cats and dogs in Gozo and also at the difficulties of finding veterinary care for companion animals. The results of her initiative and the work of many others who have followed in her footsteps can be seen all around us today in greatly reduced numbers of stray dogs and feral cats.
The students at our school, with the help of their teachers, created a collage and presented their work during the morning assembly.


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The Stepfather 2009
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Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard, Sherry Stringfield, Paige Turco
Links: Posters, IMDb
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Electronic Arts vs Take-Two Interactive
I had originally thought of blogging about another major technology buyout, between NVidia and Ageia, but I had decided against it as it would be of very little interest to anyone who was not in the chip design business. From a business standpoint, it was a fairly straightforward buyout of a small and ailing company with a niche product that can complement NV products. Then today, I heard of EA offering $2.0 billion for Take-Two Interactive (T2). Now, that's interesting news.
In this brewing battle, EA is the 800 pound gorilla. It is unquestionably the largest third party video game publisher in the world. EA has always been synonymous with sports video games. In recent years, EA has also become infamous for it's less than optimal working conditions. Even with burgeoning profits, it has always been purely profit driven, which is what every large corporation does.
As the undisputed behemoth of gaming software, it has always expanded by acquisition. Things were not always rosy in EA's past. However, with several strategic takeovers in the 90s, it managed to build itself into a video gaming powerhouse. Some of their better known purchases are Maxis (makers of SimCity and all things Sim), Westwood (the people who introduced the whole world to real-time strategy), Bullfrog (who took strategy games to a whole new level), Origin (makers of the hugely successful Ultima series), and Bioware (exclusive makers of all AD&D based games). However, even with it's line up of successful game franchises, it has surprisingly, not crossed swords with T2. So, a buyout of T2 would only enrich EA's portfolio of games.
The story goes that EA made an offer of a 50% premium on the present T2 stock price. They expressed this offer through a private letter to the board chairman of T2. The board very quickly rejected such an offer. EA has generally had a successful history of takeovers. But they have never had to court someone of T2's calibre in the past. They tended to buy up companies as they were falling behind, rather than to make an offer for a company that is well in it's prime.
T2 is most famous for breaking new ground in video games. It's most famous franchise is the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game series of questionable content. When it came out, GTA was a welcome change to the lack-lustre video game market that seemed to have run out of new ideas, and became a cult-phenomenon. GTA was by no means the first video game featuring senseless violence. But it did it in such an open-ended way that made senseless violence a choice for which users could make. And it didn't stop there.
It also broke new ground in video game litigation. It has Jack Thompson to thank for it becoming infamously embroiled in the Hot-Coffee scandal. In GTA3, some members of the public had modified the game to include a scenario where the player could go home with his girlfriend for somewhat more than just coffee. Where games were previously only suggestive in what went on behind closed doors, developments in graphics technology allowed gamers to observe a fairly graphic representation of developments. Needless to say, it cemented the GTA series in the minds of gamers everywhere and the case probably helped the game fly off the store shelves.
The timing for this offer could not be better. EA was probably hoping to catch T2 sleeping and snap up a cheap deal. The 50% premium that EA had offered would seem very generous to most people. However, I can clearly understand how the T2 board would reject such an offer immediately. GTA4 is going to be released in a couple of months' time. If initial impressions are anything to go by, GTA4 will be a runaway success. T2 is expected to reap a huge profit off the next instalment of the franchise. So, if any of the T2 shareholders are smart, they will hold-out for a few more months to force EA to raise it's offer.
Personally, I don't really want to see this buyout succeed. As well as EA delivers value for it's shareholders, it is a boring company. They are like the Hollywood of video games. They are very good at churning out more of the same old, same old. However, the innovation has mainly come from their external acquisitions. It can be said that the only third party publisher that can possibly compete with them is T2. So, this buyout will be to eliminate competition and I'm not a fan of monopolies.
Unlike the Microsoft v Yahoo case. I believe that if this buyout fails, both companies will just continue to progress on their own. The video gaming industry is sufficiently cut-throat that it would be madness to attempt a battle of attrition. A slight misstep could result in both companies crashing out spectacularly. There really isn't anything exciting if the takeover works. The combined entity would just be big and boring.


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Movie: Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Director: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderon
As the titular character, Harvey Keitel plays a crooked cop trying to change his dirty ways. The road to redemption, however, isn't smooth, and he takes one of his many setbacks out on two unwitting young women.
After pulling over the pair of girls, who were on their way to a club, Keitel's character forces them to strip down and simulate fellatio as punishment for not having proper licenses. While they do so, he unzips his pants and starts panting and mumbling obscenities as he jerks himself off. Gross. —TA


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None of which involve eating a donut off anything.
Here's what they had to say about making it even more awesome, whether you're on the giving or receiving end. Because when it comes to giving head, everyone should be thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Disclaimer: There's probably no list of tips where every item will appeal to every person. So take what you like and leave the rest. Also, it's important to talk about any new or different sex things with your partner before trying it. Consent is everything; please enjoy these tips responsibly!
Find a position that works for both of you.
« If I'm giving head to a guy then I'll sometimes ask him to sit on the edge of the bed while I do it. It's more comfortable for me, lets me deep throat more, and he gets the aesthetic of me kneeling in front of him. It means that I can look up and he can have his hands in my hair, too. »
— emmal41
Tell your partner what you like and ask what they like — either before or during.
« Talk to them! Ask them if they like what you're doing, ask them what they want. Have an open conversation and keep that conversation going throughout the sexual experience. But most importantly, don't do anything you aren't comfortable with. You should always feel comfortable enough with anyone you're having any type of sex with to talk openly about your personal limits. »
— elizabethclaireg
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Look up.
« Eye contact! It's the most important part and can feel really intimidating but if you can stomach to look your partner in the eye, it really makes all the difference! »
— maddielarson17
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An inlay restoration is a custom made filling made of composite material, gold, or tooth-colored porcelain. It is made by a professional dental laboratory and is permanently cemented into the tooth by your dentist.
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1. This summons is taken out by the 5th defendant. He applies that the receivers may either be removed or in the alternative suitable directions be given to them. After hearing the application very fully, I have come to the conclusion that they should be continued but that in the interests of the' estate their duties should be more precisely denned than in the orders under which they were appointed. [His Lordship stated the facts and after dealing with the charges made against the receivers proceeded:]
2. By far the most important question that has been argued is, what is the amount of remuneration to which the receivers are entitled? The point really turns on the meaning of the expression 'gross sales' in the Order of Court, dated 2nd June, 1925. Paragraph 13 of the Order reads thus:
With regard to the condiments business the said receivers do retain 5 per cent. on the gross sales in their hands as and for their remuneration for the said condiment business.
3. It was by the consent and at the request of the parties that this order was made. It must be read in the light of the affidavit filed then by the receivers. In that affidavit, they ask for a commission at 5 per cent. on the 'gross sale proceeds'. It is not disputed that the two expressions 'gross sales' and 'gross sale proceeds' are identical in their meaning and effect. Messrs. Fraser & Ross in their report point out that the commission retained by the receivers in respect of the business from the 18th of August, 1924 to the 31st of March, 1930 is Rs. 43,991-12-0. They have drawn this commission on the footing that they are entitled to 5 per cent, on what is shown as the amount of the 'gross sales,' namely, 9 lakhs odd. This concern had dealings mainly with two firms;, Messrs. Sharwood & Co., England and Messrs. Fisher & Co., Australia, The goods were supplied to them on a large scale from time to time under subsisting contracts. The invoices made out against them mention certain figures as the price of the goods supplied and from those figures is deducted what is described in the report as. 'trade discount'. This latter term comprises various items such as commission, bonus and discount. It is the aggregate of the total price's that reaches the figure 9 lakhs odd, to which I have referred. The 'trade discount' amounts to about two lakhs and the actual proceeds received by the receivers is about 7 lakhs. The question is, are they entitled to commission on the 9 lakhs odd or only on the sum of about 7 lakhs? In my opinion, the receivers are clearly not entitled to commission on the sum shown as 'trade discount'. 'Proceeds' mean produce, outcome, profit. (See the Concise Oxford Dictionary.) An amount never received cannot be part of the proceeds. Whether from the point of view of the buyers or the sellers, the only figure that matters, is the amount actually paid and received. As Messrs. Fraser & Ross point out:
It is usual in business concerns to quote list or catalogue prices and allow percentages off such prices to trade customers as trade discounts. Such discounts are deducted in the invoices themselves and are. not brought into account in the financial books.
4. To seem to make a concession while in point of fact no concession is made or intended, is a devise which tradesmen usually employ. To take an instance, if you want to charge for an article Rs. 75 you. may quote its price as Rs. 100 and allow a discount of 25 per cent.; or, you may quote Rs. 125 as its price with a discount of 40 per cent. In either case, the buyer pays and the seller receives only Rs. 75. So long as the buyer parts only with Rs. 75, it little signifies to him whether the price quoted is Rs. 100 or Rs. 125. The receivers' commission must not be made to depend upon the fictitious figure that they may choose to show as the original price of the article.
5. Moreover, the receivers' commission is in truth the price of the work done by them. It must have some relation to the labour involved and the time taken. Why should they receive remuneration in respect of an amount which is added in the first instance and then straightway deducted? So long as the buyer knows that he is paying only 7 lakhs, what matters to him whether the original price is shown as 9 lakhs, as in this case, or, say, 15 lakhs?
6. It has been suggested for the receivers that the very phrase 'gross proceeds' involves that it is something distinct from net proceeds. Perfectly true; but you cannot, for sustaining this distinction, import a fiction and call a sum never received, as a part of the proceeds. Having regard to the nature of this business, the expression 'gross sale proceeds' is extremely inapt and wholly unrelated to the facts of the case. The parties have used the words loosely without passing to think what they mean. The difference between the gross and the net sale proceeds is recognised in some of our enactments. For instance, in the Original Side Rules, Order 26, Rule 4 makes the commission depend on what may be described as 'gross sale proceeds'. It says that the receiver may take his commission at 5 per cent. on sales calculated on the total value realised by him. On the other hand, Order 18, Rule 6 provides that the Master may fix as the auctioneer's remuneration a percentage on the net sale proceeds. The same expression 'net sale proceeds' occurs also in Order 34, Rule 6, also Rule 8-A, Civil Procedure Code. Let us take Order 34, Rule 6. Where after the sale of a mortgaged property, there is still a balance due to the mortgagee, this rule says that the Court may pass a personal decree for the balance. It is on the basis of net sale proceeds the rule provides that the balance is to be computed. In these several instances, the 'net proceeds' are something different from 'grossi proceeds'. The mortgagee in the rule quoted above has no concern with the* 'gross sale proceeds'. The expenses of the sale must be first deducted; and thus the net 'sale proceeds' are arrived at But in the present case, there are generally speaking, no expenses attending a sale at all. So, as I have said, the phrase 'gross sale proceeds' is inappropriate and in any event cannot include an amount never received. Whether the phrase is suitable or not, the question really is, did the parties at the time they used it, intend that the commission should be paid on a fictitious sum, an amount that was never to come? In my opinion, the answer must clearly be in the negative.
7. The report points out, that the receivers have charged commission also on packing chargesi and freight, which are treated as part of the price. I can give effect, if necessary, to the phrase 'gross sales' by holding that they are entitled to remuneration on these two items. Strictly, in my opinion, they cannot charge commission on freight; it is paid at one end and recovered at the other. But still the term used being 'gross proceeds' as the freight is a part of the sum they received, I am prepared to allow them commission on this head. In the result, they may retain commission on freight and packing charges but not on 'trade discount'.
8. I have discussed this point at some length, as the sum involved is upwards of Rs. 10,000. On my finding, the receivers are accountable for this sum, being the excess received by them. I do not propose to direct them to bring back this sum, but it will be treated as a debt clue by them to the estate to be adjusted against any future commission they may earn.
9. In the result, I have decided not to remove the receivers but to give them the following directions. [His Lordship gave the necessary directions and also passed orders regarding costs.]


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Edward DeMarco, the acting director for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the banks this summer have refused to take back $11 billion in bad loans sold to the two government-controlled companies, in written testimony submitted for a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. A third of those requests have been outstanding for at least three months.
DeMarco said the banks have a legal obligation to buy back the loans and called the delays "a significant concern." He said the government may take new steps to force those buybacks if "discussions do not yield reasonable outcomes soon."
In an interview with reporters after the hearing, DeMarco declined to give further details on what the government might do next. He said only that "we're looking for contractual obligations to be fulfilled."
The two mortgage giants nearly collapsed two years ago when the housing market went bust. The government stepped in to rescue them and it has cost taxpayers about $148 billion so far. The rescue is on track to be the most expensive piece of stabilizing the financial system.
Investors who buy loans from banks have the right to force lenders to repurchase them if they later discover fraudulent statements on loan applications.
The leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee subcommittee indicated the banks bear some responsibility.
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Wall Street has worried that the costs of bailing out Fannie and Freddie could get pushed back on big banks. Fitch Ratings said in a report last month that the four largest U.S. banks could book losses of up to $42 billion if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac force them to take back troubled mortgages they made. It also estimated that JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. could record $17 billion in losses if they repurchase a quarter of the mortgage giants' seriously delinquent loans.
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The Obama administration is working on a plan to restructure the mortgage market and make sure home loans are affordable. Officials don't plan to release details until next year. But Michael Barr, an assistant Treasury secretary, told the panel Wednesday that Fannie and Freddie "will not exist in the same form as they did in the past."
Figuring out what to do about Fannie and Freddie is a divisive issue on Capitol Hill, and it could grow even more contentious if Republicans take control of one or both houses of Congress.
Republicans have seized on the administration's management of Fannie and Freddie to illustrate Democrats' push for broadening the reach of the federal government. They say loans acquired by Fannie and Freddie since the September 2008 takeover have put taxpayers at risk.
- - "It's time for the government to get out of that business," said Rep. Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee.
But Democrats and regulators say the loans acquired by Fannie and Freddie before their takeover represent the overwhelming majority of the companies' losses. New loans acquired since then have been performing well, they note.
"There is no urgency," to reform the two companies, said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. "The pattern of abuse they had engaged in has been changed...Fannie and Freddie are behaving differently and are causing far less problems."


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Newport Beach-based chipmaker Mindspeed Technologies is seeking "strategic alternatives" and has retained Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor after reporting a $40 million net loss for the quarter ending March 29, the company said this week.
Mindspeed, which was spun off of now-bankrupt Newport Beach chipmaker Conexant a decade ago, had about 554 employees as of December. It provides chips for networking infrastructure, particularly 3G and 4G cellular networks. Slow deployment of 3G base stations led to a $30.5 million impairment charge on the company's network chip business last quarter. Total revenue was $35 million, the same as the year-ago quarter.
"We are working with Morgan Stanley to explore strategic alternatives," said CEO Raouf Y. Halim in a conference call with investors. "In the context of changing industry conditions, our financial profile, as well as approaches by third parties, we believe it is prudent to evaluate our alternatives thoroughly."
He didn't elaborate on what those alternatives might be, and company officials didn't immediately return requests for comment.
The company said it expects sales to be flat next quarter.
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A brief survey of public attitudes towards charity makes for interesting reading. The poll, conducted by the Free Postcode Lottery website, which had a decent sample size of 2,000 people, found that one in four of us think we don't give enough to charity. 25% isn't a vast amount, but it would be 15 million people in the UK if the figures were representative (no one is saying they are….) but even if that over-estimated the proportion by 100% it would still mean there were over 7 million people in the UK who might – under the right circumstances give more to charity.
It's perhaps not surprising to find that over three-quarters of respondents said they were put off from giving money to charity by the marketing practices used by fundraisers. Recent public scandals over fundraising and the very public collapse of Kids Company having received almost £50m of public money have damaged the sector's reputation. Something I am not convinced that the Etherington Review or NCVO's and ACEVO's plans to tackle negative stories will address. This is not just a question of perception – that people see the headlines and need to be reassured that these stories of poor financial management and unethical fundraising are the exception to the rule. People have also experienced first-hand some of the pressurised selling that some charities – and the private companies they contact to fundraise – employ. If we regard this solely as an issue of perception we will never restore confidence and trust in charity.
The third, and final, finding from the survey is that nearly half of respondents say they would give more to charity if they spent less on marketing. Part of me wants to focus on the question's methodological limitations – we know already of course that three-quarters of people have said they think they give enough to charity already. So it's difficult to infer too much from this question. Are the half who say they would give more made up of the 25% of respondents who say they don't give enough – and here is an excuse for them to justify why they don't? However, even if we assume that half the half (a quarter in total) are inclined to give more anyway. The other 25% are saying that, though they feel they give enough already, they would give more if charities spent less on marketing.
I wonder though how well informed respondents are? Do they know what charities spend on marketing? Which charities? The fact is that the amounts spend vary as wildly as the budgets of charities themselves do – both in actual terms and as a proportion of their budgets. Apparently total charity spending on advertising was £394m in 2013 – a mere 2% of the total of the advertising market worth almost £14bn that year. In the same year the total expenditure of the charity sector was £38bn. So the figures suggest the charity sector as a whole spent around 10% of its money on marketing. That doesn't sound tremendously excessive.
In that sense I do think it's a question of addressing perception. I suspect that if people thought charities were spending around 10% of their money on marketing the public might be more sympathetic. Whether or not they would give more to charity is quite another matter though.


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Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC) and WateReuse California sponsored the publication of a White Paper on "Accounting for Salinity Leaching in the Application of Recycled Water for Landscape Irrigation," which provides guidance to the California Department of Water Resources on determining how much recycled water should be used landscape irrigation to prevent salt build-up in soil. Download the report from the SCSC here.
Arizona Direct Potable Reuse Regulation Report Available
WateReuse Arizona, AZ Water Association, and NWRI are pleased to announce the publication of Guidance Framework for Direct Potable Reuse in Arizona, a 2018 document meant to inform the State of Arizona as it develops regulations for direct potable reuse (DPR) that are protective of public health and effectively manage the state's water resources. Download the report at http://www.nwri-usa.org/pdfs/NWRI_Guidance-Framework-for-DPR-in-Arizona_2018.pdf.
NWRI Hosts First DPR Coalition Meeting
NWRI hosted the first DPR Coalition meeting on February 1, 2018, at the headquarters of LADWP. The purpose of the DPR Coalition, which is producing a white paper, is to provide a framework for the safe and consistent implementation of a range of DPR applications in California. Click here for more information.
Workshop PowerPoint Presentations Now Online!
2017 Clarke Prize Award Ceremony Videos and Powerpoint Presentations Available Online
The 2017 NWRI Clarke Prize Award Ceremony Videos and Award Ceremony and Conference Powerpoint presentations are now available online! Dr. Charles N. Haas of Drexel University received the Clarke Prize this year, for his excellence in water research. To watch his lecture, click here. The 2017 NWRI Clarke Prize Conference focused on urban sustainability, specifically potable reuse. To download the PowerPoint Presentations, click here.
CA SWRCB Releases Report on Feasibility of Potable Reuse
The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has released their "Report to Legislature on the Feasibility of Developing Uniform Water Recycling Criteria for Direct Potable Reuse." The report is based in part on the work of the Expert Panel administered by NWRI. Visit the SWRCB web site to download the report.
City of Santa Barbara: Subsurface Desal and Potable Reuse
In 2015, NWRI formed a Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) on behalf of the City of Santa Barbara to provide expert peer review of the City's Subsurface Desalination Intake Feasibility Study and Potable Reuse Feasibility Study. The third meeting of the TAP took place on October 26, 2016. Click here for more information.
DDW Expert Panel and Advisory Group on Potable Reuse
An independent Expert Panel administered by NWRI is advising the State of California on the feasibility of developing criteria for direct potable reuse. NWRI also administered an Advisory Group that provided feedback to DDW on stakeholder issues. The final meeting of the Advisory Group was held June 15, 2016. Agendas and minutes from Advisory Group meetings are available at http://www.nwri-usa.org/ca-panel.htm.
2016 Drought Response Workshop: View Presentations
Presentation slides are now available from the 2016 Drought Response Workshop, held May 16-17 in Irvine, California. Sponsored by California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Southern California Water Committee(SCWC), and NWRI, this event focused on drought planning, response, and mitigation measures. View and download the presentation slides at http://www.nwri-usa.org/drought2016.htm.
Joan Rose Wins Stockholm Water Prize
Dr. Joan Rose, who received the NWRI Clarke Prize in 2001 for excellence in water research, was recently awarded the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize for her contributions to global public health through assessing the microbial risks associated with water supply. Rose holds the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University and regarded as the world's foremost authority foremost authority on the microorganism Cryptosporidium, an intestinal parasite.To learn more about Dr. Rose's accomplishments and World Water Week, visit http://www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmwaterprize/.
Framework for Direct Potable Reuse - Ready for Download
The document, Framework for Direct Potable Reuse, is now available to help state regulatory agencies and utilities develop guidelines for safely converting wastewater into municipal drinking water through the emerging process of DPR. It was sponsored by the WateReuse Association and co-sponsored by NWRI, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. To learn more and download the document, click here.
NSF Workshop on Engaging the Environmental Community on Direct Potable Reuse - Presentations Available
A workshop to define the environmental community's role in implementing direct potable reuse (DPR) was held January 14, 2016, in Fountain Valley, CA. The event was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, OC Coastkeeper, California Coastkeeper Alliance, and NWRI. Click here to learn more and to access the presentations delivered at the workshop.
NWRI Panel on Onsite Water Systems
NWRI recently formed the Onsite Water Systems Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) on behalf of the project sponsors (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Water Environment Research Federation, WateReuse Research Foundation, and WateReuse). The goal of the project is to establish guidelines that can be used by public officials in developing programs to manage and oversee onsite water systems. The Panel met recently with project stakeholders to identify priorities for research and review.
Seminar on Direct Potable Reuse - Presentations Available
The Seminar on Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) in California was held September 23, 2015, in Berkeley, California. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss issues related to DPR that will be addressed by the Expert Panel organized for the California State Water Resources Control Board's Division of Drinking Water. The seminar was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Robert Cooper, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley and pioneer in water recycling. Visit the Seminar web page to download the presentations.
NWRI Panel on Desalination Subsurface Intakes for West Basin
This NWRI Independent Advisory Panel met on November 15, 2015, to continue its review of the West Basin Municipal Water District's Subsurface Intake Feasibility Guidance Manual. The Manual will be a tool agencies can use to perform a desktop feasibility analysis of seawater subsurface intakes based on case-by-case observations and available data from public or private sources. Click here for more information.
2015 Drought Response Workshop - Presentations Available
Presentation slides are now available from the 2015 Drought Workshop, sponsored by the California Department of Water Resources, the Southern California Water Committee, and NWRI. The purpose of this workshop was to address drought planning, response, and mitigation measures. Click here to download the presentation slides.
Become a Sponsor of the NWRI Clarke Prize Conference and Award Ceremony
We invite you to become a sponsor of the Clarke Prize Conference and Award Ceremony. The conference will feature presentations from Clarke Prize Laureates, water and wastewater utility representatives, and other well-known professionals in the water industry. More information about Clarke Prize sponsorship can be found at www.clarkeprize.com.
NWRI Drought Resources Webpage
NWRI has developed a webpage providing information and resources regarding drought from various workshops, projects, and conferences we have facilitated. As the western United States faces persistent drought conditions, these resources provide opportunities to address drought preparation and solutions. Click here to visit the NWRI Drought Resources webpage.
NWRI Releases Two Reports on Assessing Recycled Water Criteria for State of California (2013)
NWRI has released two Independent Advisory Panel reports that evaluate different aspects of recycled water criteria for the State of California. One provides conclusions as to whether recycled water used to irrigate food crops in California is sufficiently protective of public health, while the second evaluates the suitability of a potential analytical technique (BDOC) to assess water quality during the recycled water treatment process. View all available panel reports here.
Join Now - NWRI Invites Companies to Join NWRI Corporate Associates Program
If you are a company in the water industry, please consider joining the NWRI Corporate Associates Program, which promotes collaboration and information exchange between our corporate partners, member agencies, and colleagues in the water industry. Membership fees are used to fund NWRI fellowships. Click here for more information or to sign up.
Challenging Water Projects Benefit from NWRI "Expert Panel" Review
For agencies considering the development and implementation of a challenging water project or program, an NWRI "Independent Advisory Panel" can provide the guidance and credibility needed to make appropriate project decisions and develop good public policy. Click here to learn more about the NWRI Panel process.
Hold Your Next Conference or Workshop with NWRI
NWRI is seeking partners to hold conferences or workshops on topics in water, wastewater, and water resources. Our events are streamlined, cost-effective, and well-organized, with the goal of providing training and information to address relevant issues in the water industry. Click here for more information about holding a conference or workshop with NWRI.
NWRI White Paper on Benefits of Direct Potable Reuse
This 20-page NWRI White Paper focuses on a case study in Southern California to highlight the potential benefits accrued for agriculture, environmental preservation and enhancement, and energy conservation through the application of direct potable reuse. The white paper was prepared by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Click here to download the report. More information about DPR can be found on our water reuse page.


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Peterborough Panthers want to be sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League tonight (April 26).
The city team take on Rye House in their second league fixture of the season at the East of England Showground (5pm).
And, after starting with a bang courtesy of a thumping success at Redcar on Thursday (April 23), they are keen to pocket more points.
The three league points available for a home victory will move them level with early pacesetters Sheffield at the head of affairs.
Panthers also have revenge on their minds after being bashed 51-40 by Rye House in a Premier League Cup tie at the Showground in late March. They lost number one Olly Allen to season-ending injuries during that meeting.
Team boss Carl Johnson said: "We paid the price for a bad start to the League Cup so it would be great to be right up there in the league standings.
"We had a terrific result up at Redcar on Thursday and we need to make sure we continue to build momentum.
"We have made no secret of the fact we believe we are capable of challenging for the title, but we certainly can't afford to drop points at home if that is going to happen.
"We also have the added bit of motivation today as we need to make sure we put right the result against Rye House in the League Cup."
Panthers continue their current policy of hiring top guests today. Richard Lawson, who excelled at Redcar, again fills in at number one while Australian prospect Brady Kurtz steps in with Robert Lambert again unavailable.
Kurtz top-scored for his own club, Somerset, as they beat Panthers in their final Southern Group outing in the League Cup on Friday (April 24).
Rye House also call on two guests to form a makeshift reserve pairing. They are Nico Covatti, who struggled when guesting for Panthers on Friday, and Tom Perry.
PANTHERS: Lewis Blackbird, Ollie Greenwood, Brady Kurtz (guest), Simon Lambert, Richard Lawson (guest), Ulrich Ostergaard, Michael Palm Toft.
RYE HOUSE: Robin Aspegren, Steve Boxall, Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen, Nico Covatti (guest), Edward Kennett, Anders Mellgren, Tom Perry (guest).


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Wepow will exhibit in Booth No. 2922.
An integral step in the hiring process, interviewing shouldn–t be painful but for many organizations it remains a struggle. During the HR Technology Conference & Exposition, representatives from will be on-site to demonstrate the company–s video interviewing platform. With Wepow, organizations can design pre-recorded and live interviews that transform communications into a personal, friendly and authentic experience. This allows organizations to connect with candidates and team members anytime, anywhere while delivering a consistent message.
Conference attendees interested in learning how Wepow helps streamline and improve the interview process are encouraged to visit company representatives in Booth No. 2922. In addition to product demonstrations, visitors to the Wepow booth will have the opportunity to see Andrew Gadomski, chief advisor and founder of Aspen Advisors, conduct mini interviews with HR industry press, analysts and bloggers.
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You can't make it up XXXXIX - acidification moves seawater toward neutral pH (18 feb 14)
This correctly reports the pH of the oceans at around 8.14, but it somehow skips the important point that this is alkaline.
The authors included a graph with the comment 'NOAA provides evidence for upwelling of corrosive "acidified" water onto the Continental Shelf' and explain that this "corosive 'acidified'" means corrosive of calcium carbonate. Acidification is moving the pH toward 7, or neutral.
It is true that coral and other shellfish do better in the current alkaline conditions than in more neutral ones. But that is not true of life in general. Somewhere between very acidic and very alkaline is an optimum - or a series of optima - in which life in the sea could thrive best - if it had time to adapt.
The shellfish gene might run into problems, but other selfish genes will take advantage.
But don't try correcting the article - the lunatics have long taken over the Wikipedia ward of the global warming asylum.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Worldwide merger deals have declined sharply from the frenetic pace that pushed them to record levels in 2015, a sign that could reflect broader weakness in the U.S. economy and vulnerability for U.S. stocks.
Previous merger and acquisition activity bursts peaked in 2000 and 2007 and preceded big stock sell-offs. During frothy markets, M&A activity tends to accelerate because companies see opportunity in purchasing growth rather than creating it from within. Investors reward them for their risk taking.
But as bull markets weaken, companies start to look too expensive and investors recoil from the acquiring company's decision, sending its shares lower.
So far in 2015, the dollar value of completed deals is 22 percent below the same period last year. The number of deals is down 13 percent, as expectations of higher interest rates and more government regulation is making mergers seem more expensive and risky.
A couple of high profile deals have fallen apart this year with Halliburton (HAL.N) scrapping plans to acquire Baker Hughes BHI.N and Pfizer (PFE.N) giving up its planned takeover of Allergan (AGN.N). Both deals collapsed under regulatory scrutiny.
"It does concern me that M&A has fallen; that suggests market participants are less optimistic about the future and unwilling to spend their cash or exchange their stock," said Michael Yoshikami, CEO at Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, California, which manages $1.5 billion in assets.
Another worrisome indicator: In 2016, the value of deals rose sharply relative to world gross domestic product, hitting 6.2 percent of GDP after years near or below 4 percent. In the 2007 peak, M&A deals were equivalent to 7.2 percent of global GDP.
Deals completed this year are worth $935 billion globally, a 22 percent drop from the near $1.2 trillion deals made last year to May 2, according to Thomson Reuters data.
"Whether it is correlated or causal, we have seen M&A peak as economic activity is rolling (over) as well," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities in New York.
U.S. economic growth braked sharply in the first quarter to its slowest pace in two years, while last month the International Monetary Fund cut its global economic growth forecast for the fourth time in a year.
Analysts also point to the sharp decline in stock prices at the beginning of this year as a reason for a slowdown in M&A, as it makes it harder for the parties involved to agree on a fair price.
But saturation may be playing against more deals as well - last year's 37 percent increase in deal value followed a 40 percent increase in 2014.
In a reversal of a trend for most of 2013-2015, investors are not rewarding the companies that are buying up the competition.
"Over the last few years you saw acquirer's announcements met with pretty positive returns in the stock market, it was not just the target (company) moving higher," said Dan Suzuki, senior equity strategist at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch in New York.
"The performance this year has been more mixed, and I think that means the market is getting a little bit more skeptical on deals," he said.
The total value of worldwide M&A last year was a record $4.53 trillion, but the nearly 45,200 deals fell short of the 2007 record of almost 46,700. Some companies rushed to close deals in 2015 to get ahead of tighter regulation and higher interest rates, said Wunderlich's Hogan.
Worldwide deals last peaked in 2007, as did major markets, ahead of the 2008-2009 stock selloff and the biggest economic contraction in the United States since the Great Depression. The previous deal peak was $3.4 trillion in 2000, just before the dot-com bust.
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On our OpenSim server, my kids are building underwater villas and a submerged cinema. Quite a weird thought one would say.. Yet, after seeing the results, I thought of something else: Second Life would be a great environment to recreate an underwater archeology site! Most of us never get to dive to the real thing, whether they be famous shipwrecks or lost cities in, for instance, the Mediterranean. From a promotional or educational perspective, this could be interesting!
I own some real estate in the Fortimus area; I centered a few rental houses around a water parcel; this way, every rental has open water access. Maybe I should try to create something like that, there. Too bad I'm a lousy builder :-)


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Sims To Enjoy The Charm Of Roaring Heights
The expansions for The Sims 3 may have finished, but that doesn't mean that the new content is over – Roaring Heights is another themed downloadable world for your Sims to enjoy, and it will be available from December 12th.
Before you rush off to check the product page, bear in mind that it won't go live on The Sims 3 website until 8pm tonight. More information about Roaring Heights and the Boardwalk Venue will undoubtedly turn up over the next couple of weeks.
The Sims 3 Roaring Heights
- Welcome to Roaring Heights, a sparkling city nestled by the beach. In this all new digital world, your Sims will experience an exuberant life amidst a city full of iconic Art Deco skyscrapers.
- In The Sims 3 Roaring Heights, Sims will set out to explore this bustling beachside scene by way of their fixer-upper car – your Sims can spend some time fixing up this brand new gameplay object to get it into pristine shape.
- In the midst of Roaring Heights' breathtaking architecture, your Sims will rub elbows at lavish parties, taking in the tranquil beauty of this city by the sea.
- Sims may even come to befriend the Capp Family from The Sims 2 – they are on vacation in Roaring Heights and completely smitten with the beachside bliss of the town.
- Included in this word are dozens of all-new exclusive objects and clothing for your Sims to partake in the vibrant, golden days of The Sims 3 Roaring Heights.
- The Sims 3 Roaring Heights will be available for digital download from The Sims 3 Store starting Thursday, December 12.
- The Sims 3 Roaring Heights will be available as a Standard Edition and a Gold Edition. The Sims 3 Roaring Heights Gold Edition will include the new world in addition to 1,900 SimPoints.
Boardwalk Venue
- Sims from all over come to the Boardwalk just to ride this exhilarating attraction, featuring the Sky High Roller Coaster with pieces that can be assembled to make your very own amusement park!


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On Monday, German database powerhouse SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) announced plans to purchase inventory and "service-level optimization" software maker SmartOps. SAP, which has been working with SmartOps for more than six years already, says it now wants to take the next step and pair SmartOps' offerings with its own SAP HANA platform to develop "real-time supply chain" software solutions for its clients.
As explained in a press release on the planned acquisition: "SmartOps has developed large-scale, 'stochastic' algorithms that take the uncertainty and risk out of [supply chain management] processes. These algorithms use predictive analytics to help manage global distribution networks and vast, multi-stage supply chains. Such solutions would be significantly enhanced by SAP HANA, allowing for processing of high volumes of data in real time."
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. However, in a statement, SAP noted that it hopes to close the deal sometime this quarter -- if so, it will happen within the next month.
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The Wurzels also join next year's three day summer bash
The Fall and The Wurzels have been announced as the first bands set to play next year's Camp Bestival.
The three-day event takes place over the weekend of July 30 to August 1, 2010 in Dorset.
Organiser Rob da Bank confirmed the new acts but told BBC 6 Music that they won't be headlining the event.
PJ Harvey, Florence And The Machine and Goldie Lookin Chain were among the acts who performed at the event last year.
See Campbestival.co.uk for more information.
To check the availability of Camp Bestival tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.


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It's Friday! Time for your Burnt Orange Reporters to close some browser tabs and touch on the issues of the week.
First up this week, the great Bacon-Kale map, showing, via Twitter data, which states show stronger affinity for bacon vs. kale. Texas registers a weak bacon preference.
- If white people were described like people of color in books… spoiler alert: someone has tapioca skin, and it's brilliant.
-Genevieve Cato
- Speaking of white people — study shows three quarters of white Americans don't have any non-white friends.
-Omar Araiza
- Have you ever wondered how our great state matches up to others across the country when it comes to sweets? Slate has you covered with the United Sweets of America an interactive map of the most favorite sweets from every state. Don't worry – Texas easily won the title of the pecan pie state. As the official inheritor of the pecan pie recipe for the Cato family, I say this is well-deserved.
-Genevieve Cato
- Remember that viral video of the Texas man crashing his $1 million dollar Bugatti into the lagoon? Well turns out he just pleaded guilty of doing it for the insurance money!
-Joe Deshotel
- And this week in #TacoOrBeerChallenge news, Wendy Brovold of Minneapolis took the challenge to a new level. Don't just eat the taco, be the taco.
-Genevieve Cato
- If Jester King wasn't your favorite Texas brewery before, it should be now. In September, they're releasing ??, a wild beer refermented with hill country peaches. The name and label imagery is inspired by Chinese folklore celebrating gay relationships, intimacy, and hardship. ??, meaning "the shared peach," is a nod toward homosexuality. Yay gay peach beer! Buy some for me.
-Natalie San Luis
- In Arizona, a Democratic congressional candidate responded to a pro-life survey with a box of condoms printed with "Prevent Abortion" on the wrapper. James Woods also included a letter detailing the kinds of policies that would actually help decrease the rate of abortions, like comprehensive sex education, and making methods of birth control (perhaps those awesome condoms?) more widely available to all. Talk about awesome campaign swag! Can someone send a box of those to BOR?
-Genevieve Cato
- The German Beer Federation representing more than 1,300 brewers is taking on fracking because it is concerned that the practice could hurt their industry by literally "poison[ing]the well." One brewer said, "Beer is a craft that we Germans have learned well, but it relies on nature to provide the products. Hops, barley malt, yeast and, most important of all, water. Poison the well and you poison the product. Our beer is part of our life, our national soul."
-Joe Deshotel
- How not to react when your child comes out as LGBT:
Trigger Warning: abuse
-Omar Araiza