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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND CANADA (EXCLUDING RESIDENTS OF QUEBEC) WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. VOID IN QUEBEC AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Employees (and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of Teleflora LLC ("Sponsor"), The Regan Group, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes.
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1) Order Early: Visit Teleflora.com during the Entry Period and have your Mother's Day bouquet delivered by May 11, 2012 to be automatically entered for a daily chance to win. You must select the "Mother's Day" occasion at checkout to be automatically entered for a daily chance to win. All order early entries must be received by May 9, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. PT to be eligible. OR
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PRIZES: DAILY PRIZE (17): Each daily winner will receive $1,000 and free flowers for a year (12 Deal of the Day bouquets valued at $100 each) Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): US $2,200 each prize. Total ARV of all prizes: US $37,400. All prizes are awarded by Sponsor. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied by Sponsor. Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer a prize, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. All prize details, including models and manufacturers, are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Limit one (1) prize per winner during entire Entry Period. Additional restrictions may apply.
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The Knights are 9-10 over the last two seasons. An incredible accomplishment considering how they struggled the previous 20 years. This 2014 team could be ready to make another big leap and challenge for the conference championship.
"We want it all. We're all in. We're ready to go," says quarterback Christian Lopez.
Lopez proved last year that he can make plays with his arm and his legs. He might be the fastest player in the conference. He was the NIC-10's 100 meter champion in track. He has playmakers to work with. Leading receivers Juwane Parchman and Elvis Miller are back, and having a year as a starter under his belt can only help Lopez.
"The experience really helps. I know what to look for. I know what the pace is like," he says.
Juniors Vonteze Fricks and Elisha Ford take over at running back.
The Knights have six starters back on both sides of the ball. Anchoring the defense will be the Knight's leading tackler from last season junior Alfonso Lambert, and muscular Bryce Johnson will be a major factor all over the field.
"He's going to start obviously at tackle like he has been, and we're going to also use him on specials, and he'll get some time at noseguard," says Appino. "He's a specimen. He's a kid you don't see often."
The Knights were 4-5 last year. Three of those losses were by a single point. Those heartbreakers hurt at the time, but the Knights could be a better team now because of them.
"This year we're going to finish out games, because last year I know it broke all the seniors hearts we losing three, four games by one point, but this year we're going to finish it out," says Lambert.
"Part of it was it's kind of a test of the confidence we're building here at Auburn in ourselves," says Appino. "How strong are we? How good can we be? We've got a really good group of seniors who really work hard. They want to have something special this year."


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(Sports Network) - Though the New York Giants had to replace a number of key players from last year's Super Bowl champion squad, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be the one with the most conspicuous absence when the two teams open up their 2012 preseasons with a showdown at EverBank Field.
Mike Mularkey's initial offseason as the Jaguars' head coach has been a tumultuous one so far, with two expected major offensive contributors missing the early stages of training camp because of contract disputes. The team remains at odds with star running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who's seeking a sizeable raise over his current 2012 salary of $4.45 million after leading the NFL in rushing a year ago, and a resolution doesn't appear to be coming any time in the near future.
With Jones-Drew not present, Mularkey and his staff will use Friday's contest to prep promising understudy Rashard Jennings for a possible every-down role to begin the regular season, with players such as special-teams ace Montell Owens, Jalen Parmele and DuJuan Harris likely receiving extended looks in case they'll be needed as backups when the games do count.
Jacksonville was able to finally reach an agreement with rookie wide receiver Justin Blackmon on a four-year contract on Monday, putting an end to the No. 5 overall pick of this past draft's 12-day holdout. The two-time Biletnikoff Award winner is still getting up to speed in the offense, however, and won't make his debut until the Jags' Aug. 17 matchup at New Orleans.
Left guard Will Rackley and defensive end Austen Lane are also out for Jacksonville due to ankle sprains, with Lane's injury providing an opportunity for 2012 second-round selection Andre Branch to work with the starters.
While Jaguars fans will have to wait for their first in-game glimpse of Blackmon, they'll sure to be monitoring how quarterback Blaine Gabbert performs as he begins his second pro season. The 2011 first-round choice had a dud of a debut as the triggerman of an offense that finished at the bottom of the NFL in both total yards and passing yards, and though he's still entrenched as the starter at the moment, the team did sign ex-Dolphin Chad Henne during the offseason as insurance if Gabbert's struggles continue.
The Giants will be in action for the first time since their thrilling 21-17 victory over New England in Super Bowl XLVI, but do so without several contributors to last season's playoff run. Wide receiver Mario Manningham, running back Brandon Jacobs, tight end Jake Ballard and cornerback Aaron Ross were among those that were either released or departed via free agency.
Ross signed a three-year contract with the Jaguars in March and is competing with franchise stalwart Rashean Mathis for the starting nod at left cornerback during camp.
New York also won't have the services of top wideout Hakeem Nicks, who's on the mend from surgery to repair a fractured foot suffered during the spring. Cornerback Terrell Thomas, who missed all of last year with an ACL tear, is likely out for the entire exhibition slate after hurting the same knee in a recent practice.
Linebacker Michael Boley (hamstring), defensive tackle Chris Canty (knee surgery recovery) and tight end Travis Beckum (torn ACL) will also be part of the Giants' inactive list against the Jaguars.
New York may have found ready-made replacements for Jacobs and Manningham by landing David Wilson and Rueben Randle in the first two rounds of April's draft. Wilson is currently operating as the main understudy to returning starter Ahmad Bradshaw at running back, while Randle is part of a camp battle with veteran Domenik Hixon and second-year man Jerrel Jernigan to be the No. 3 receiver.
These teams have split six previous preseason meetings, all of which were held between 1996 and 2001 when Giants head coach Tom Coughlin then held the same position with the Jaguars. New York evened the series by virtue of a 27-5 home triumph in 2001, but is just 1-2 in the games played in Jacksonville.
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Wow - Johnny Depp could pay Vanessa Paradis a massive £100million now they've split after 14 years together.
The couple never married, and The Sun reports that Johnny is likely to offer her a large amount of his £225million fortune to help keep things amicable between them.
She's likely to keep their home in France, while he will probably keep their Hollywood Hills mansion.
Lawyer Robert Nachshin told the paper:
"If the couple had been married, Mr Depp's wife would be able to simply claim 50%, child support payments and alimony.
"However, because they are not married this does not apply. The partner [Paradis] would have to file a civil suit and go to court.
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Civilian casualties therefore include victims of atrocity such as the Nanking Massacre committed on a civilian population where hundreds of thousands of men were slaughtered, while girls and women ages ranging from 10 to 70 were systematically raped or killed by Japanese soldiers in 1937. Another example is the My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai) that was committed by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War on hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians. Such military action, which has the sole purpose of inflicting civilian casualties is illegal under modern rules of war, and may be considered a war crime or crime against humanity.
Other kinds of civilian casualties may involve the targeting of civilian populations for military purposes, such as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed over 100,000 civilians. The legality of such action was at the time governed by international law found in the Hague Regulations on Land Warfare of 1907, which state "the attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended is prohibited". Also relevant, were the Hague Draft Rules of Air Warfare of 1922–1923, which state "air bombardment is legitimate only when is directed against a military objective". The Rome Statute defines "intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population" to be illegal, but only came into effect on July 1, 2002 and has not been ratified by every country.
However, moral philosophers often contest this approach to war. Such theorists advocate absolutism, which holds there are various ethical rules that are, as the name implies, absolute. One such rule is that non-combatants cannot be killed because they are, by definition, not partaking in combat; to attack non-combatants anyway, regardless of the expected outcome, is to deny them agency. Thus, by the absolutist view, only combatants can be attacked. The philosopher Thomas Nagel advocates this abolutist rule in his essay War and Massacre.
Finally, the approach of pacifism is the belief that war of any kind is morally unjust. Pacifists sometimes extend humanitarian concern not just to enemy civilians but also to combatants, especially conscripts.


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On the court, movement explodes. They're boxing out, blocking each other from the ball, staying "in each other's shorts." The KTVI camera starts to whir.
Fahey ignores the media and walks straight to Lahargoue. In low tones, she confides strategy. Lahargoue nods as she listens, glancing out at the team.
Fahey can't stay there all day, though. She heads back onto the court, gathering her mind, cooling it to icepick focus. Earlier this afternoon, she found herself flashing over the past four years. During Lahargoue's freshman season, she splintered her backside on the bench, much as Fahey had at Wisconsin. But sophomore year, Lahargoue played every game as a reserve. Then, in the NCAA finals, their two All-Americans fouled out. Lahargoue came in off the bench and scored 10 points for the Bears.
Junior year, Lahargoue started for weeks while a senior recovered from a sprained wrist. As soon as the other player's wrist healed, Lahargoue slid back to her old position without a word.
In four years of championship basketball, Robin Lahargoue has never once stormed into Fahey's office to complain. She has never bitched or pouted. She has never questioned a decision -- not even when Fahey made her a starter, then changed her mind eight games into the season because the chemistry wasn't right. Lahargoue threw her heart into the game, upping her points-per-game average from 2.1 to the current team high, 12.9. But she never sought attention, or created drama.
Lahargoue defined team spirit.
Which is why this hurts so much.
Lahargoue remains by the ball rack, her weight on one knee, while her teammates run the wave: continuous three-on-three fast breaks up and down the court until their breath sears their chests.
She remembers her first trip to campus, how she was too chicken to stay overnight with one of the older players but still knew, somehow, that this was where she wanted to play.
It was the best decision of her life.
When she moved into her freshman dorm room, the three senior captains showed up, all towering over her 5-foot-10, to welcome her. She gulped, thanked them, kept their note on her door all year long. Soon the team had nicknamed her Robbie and indoctrinated her into their secrets: Expect to win. Let the confidence seep into your bones. Anchor it in serious hard work. Respect your opponent. If you screw up, leave it on the court.
She'd played all through high school in sunny San Anselmo, Calif., but she'd never felt this kind of bond. The men's team laughed at the Lady Bears because they were so loud, yelling, "I got ball!" and "I'm backside" (to guard someone), and using a million other bits of shorthand to communicate, constantly, where everybody was and what they were doing for each other.
In a late-January slump when the team looked as if it was spinning apart, Coach threaded 60 feet of red ribbon through their shoes and made them execute a series of maneuvers that way, reminding them how much they depended on each other. When she snipped their feet apart, each player kept a scrap of ribbon threaded through her shoe.
The guys would have laughed.
The guys played a different sport, one in which a single player could charge down the court and slam-dunk a quick-and-dirty basket. The women moved fast, but they played a horizontal game, filled with intricate maneuvers and defenses, reaching deep into the bench for support.
UCLA's legendary men's coach John Wooden called the women's game purer and fundamentally better. He made that comment specific to the Bears, complimenting them last year when they closed in on his team's record winning streak of 88 games, 1971-74.
Fahey received the compliment graciously -- but in her mind, "purer" just meant more horizontal. Women can't dunk. The choreography's different. The real differences, though, lay in the internal dynamics nobody ever noticed: the way the women related to each other, the way the team held together, the way they could compete with every ounce of strength they had and win without making the loser their enemy.
They had their own kind of game.
So the publicity washed over them, and they kept playing. Then, on Jan. 16, 2001, the vaunted 81-game streak snapped like an old twig. The Bears had crossed the country to win; they crossed the street to Fontbonne College and lost.
It was disappointing, but it was real, and Lahargoue felt as if she could breathe again. They hadn't cared about the streak; it was the media that made such a fuss about it.
They just wanted to win the NCAA tournament.
Theirs was an odd state of mind, a Zen pool ringed by fiery ambition. Fahey pushed them hard, but she never harangued or rehashed a failure. When a game was over, it was over. Adversity wasn't the other team, it was every single obstacle, internal and external, they had to overcome. And winning --
Winning they loved. They knew how it felt, and they worked hard for it, carrying its savor in their muscles. Every fall, without conscious trying, they taught the new recruits how to be on a winning team. How to carry themselves. How to ignore the usual traps, the glum dwelling on loss, the macho shoring-up of victory lust.
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Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the surest way for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win elections in Lagos State is for the party leaders in the State to bury their individual ego and remain united.
The former President said this, yesterday, when the PDP executives in Lagos state paid him a courtesy visit at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
Obasanjo asserted that in order to make PDP the ruling party in Lagos state, the leaders needs to sink their ego and sacrifice their individual interest for the general interest of the party.
He described PDP as a party in wilderness in Lagos state, and noted that leaders of the party needed to work together to build the party and restore it on the right path.
He expressed optimism that if the leaders and the members could be united, they would capture power from the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos state
Obasanjo who blessed the leaders asked that God would soften their hearts to be so accommodating and grant them direction to reposition the party.
The former BOT Chairman appreciated the PDP leaders who commiserated with him on the recent fire incident in his house which he described as 'minor".
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analysisBy Henry Kyambalesa
Zambia is not over-populated. On the contrary its small population is an economic disadvantage. A sensible population policy should let the country's population grow to about 20 million people, after which the government can institute appropriate population control measures
Recent statements by some Zambian politicians that the country's rate of population growth of around 3% is too high are misplaced. With its current population of around 14 million people, and a population density of around 18 persons per square kilometer, Zambia is relatively one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
What we seriously need is for the government to prudently harness and marshal the country's resources in order to meet the basic needs and expectations of the people.
A large population is an important element in our country's quest for heightened socio-economic development. Many economists have recognized this fact, arguing that a large overall population can, among other things, increase the potential size of a country's domestic market to a level that is economically favorable to an expansion in both local and foreign investment.
A good example is Todaro. In his contention, a large overall population increases the potential size of a country's domestic market. And, as Kasun has maintained, population growth encourages producers to specialize and use more efficient, large-scale modes of production.
In fact, low population density, as Timberlake has maintained, can make the nationwide provision of healthcare and educational facilities in a country difficult, as well as inhibit agricultural development by complicating the distribution of essential tools, fertilizers, and pesticides.
Retel-Laurentin, quoted by Timberlake, could not have asked a more apt question in this regard: 'How can the soil be cultivated with ... [very few] inhabitants per square kilometer ... [h]ow can roads be maintained, how can the economy and trading be properly developed?'
As Sibanda has maintained, business entities in sparsely populated countries like Zambia can, therefore, benefit from large-scale production only if governments pursue economic integration, as well as seek to trade openly with other countries.
In the case of African countries in general, Rodney has summed up this problem in the following words:
'It has now become common knowledge that one of the principal reasons why genuine industrialization cannot easily be realized in Africa today is that the market for manufactured goods in any single African country is too small, and there is no integration of the markets across large areas of ... [the continent].'
Such countries cannot, therefore, benefit from economies of scale that are usually associated with large-scale production. There are basically two important factors attributable to this state of affairs. Firstly, domestic markets in these countries are generally inadequate. And, secondly, potential foreign markets for products of such economies are, by and large, inaccessible.
A suitable population policy in the case of a country like Zambia should, therefore, be one that would let the country's population to grow at the current average annual rate of natural increase of around 3% up to about 20 million people, after which the government can institute appropriate population control measures so that the increase can taper off until zero growth can be attained at 30 million people - which would give the country approximately 40 persons per square kilometer.
Obviously, a population density of just over 40 persons per square kilometer is negligible, particularly for a country that is richly endowed with an enormous variety of natural resources.
What, by any measure, are 40 persons per square kilometer compared to, for example, the Netherlands' 495 persons per square kilometer, Belgium's 365 persons per square kilometer, Germany's 235 persons per square kilometer, Japan's 352 persons per square kilometer, and the United Kingdom's 260 persons per square kilometer?
After all, it is ostensibly more rational for a poor, sparsely populated country like Zambia that is endowed with abundant natural resources to direct its efforts, time, and commitment at creating an economy whose growth in commercial and industrial outputs outstrips existing and potential demand than on restricting population growth.
The Malthusian view that population growth needs to be stemmed in order to prevent the misery, hunger, and pestilence which can follow if population exceeds the carrying capacity of a given physical environment does not, therefore, apply to sparsely populated, resource-rich countries like Zambia.
As such, global population control efforts need to be targeted at countries whose economies have already benefitted from inventions and innovations induced by pressures on socio-economic institutions resulting from steady increases in population, and/or those whose population sizes and/or densities are relatively excessive.
Therefore, voluntary actions by national governments in this endeavor - such as that taken by the U.S. government upon the recommendations of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future (CPGAF) constituted in 1969 - are critical. The following excerpt sums up the conclusions of the Commission:
'[N]o substantial benefits will result from further growth of the Nation's population ... [w]e have looked for, and have not found, any convincing economic argument for continued population growth.'
In conclusion, an adequate local market and accessibility to foreign markets can enable a country's business entities to attain both economies of scale and economies of scope, and ultimately bolster the country's quest for heightened socio-economic development.
- Henry Kyambalesa is a Zambian academic currently residing in the city of Denver, Colorado, US
1. Business Week, 'What is the Key to Progress?' May 16, 1964, p. 132.
2. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future (CPGAF), Population and the American Future (New York: New American Library, Inc., 1972).
3. Davis, K. and Blomstrom, R.L., Business and Society: Environment and Responsibili¬ty, Third Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975), pp. 115-16.
4. Kasun, J., The War against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988), p. 56.
5. Kyambalesa, Henry, The Quest for Technological Development: Constraints, Caveats and Initiatives (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001).
6. ______, Socio-Economic Challenges: The African Context (Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2004).
6. Malthus, T.R., An Essay on Population (London: H. M. Dent and Company, 1914 [first published in 1798]).
7. Rodney, W., How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1982), p. 109.
8. Sibanda, A.E., "The Need for a Developmentalist State," Southern Africa Political and Economic Monthly, July 1993, pp. 46 and 48.
9. Timberlake, L., Africa in Crisis: The Causes, the Cures of Environmental Bankruptcy (Philadelphia, USA: New Society Publishers, 1986), p. 199.
10. Todaro, M., Economic Development, Fifth Edition (New York: Longman, 1994), pp. 100-103.


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Well, it's about time. The invisible problem of pesticide drift is on the policy radar in ways it's never been before — with changes in the wings that could protect kids and communities in very real ways. But these changes won't happen unless we keep the pressure on.
From California to the Midwest to our nation's capital, drift is now a focus of public concern and policy conversation. And as the science linking pesticide exposure to children's health harms continues to stack up, pressure to protect kids from pesticide drift is growing stronger as well.
Last week, I harvested the first cherries from our backyard tree. They were yummy, gorgeous and fresh — so satisfying! Having planted the little tree just last spring and tended it since, it was also satisfying to know the sweet fruit is completely free of any chemicals that could harm me or my family.
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Illinois has participated in the Chicagoland Fall Classic since the program began in 2000. The Orange and Blue will participate in the three-day event along with 26 other schools. The Illini will complete the weekend with another doubleheader on Saturday, Sept. 15, facing DePaul at noon and the University of Northern Iowa at 2 p.m.
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Over the last three years they have been part of a Senior Advisory Council which was created to advise the Senior Resources Department and make sure levy funds are being managed the way they were intended. And over that time, the money raised through the levy has done a tremendous amount of good for all seniors from Put-In-Bay to Marblehead to Elmore including the new senior and the seasoned senior, the active senior and the frail senior. It would take way too long to list all the programs, services and events that they offer, but barely a week goes by that there's not something in the paper about what they are doing.
Ottawa County is blessed to have a higher number of seniors than most other counties in Ohio. And the great thing is that this is not a group of people who want or expect others to take care of them. They are active and involved and work hard to make sure Senior Resources in Ottawa County is the best it can be. Let's show our support for their efforts by voting for the Senior Levy, Issue 9, on the ballot this Nov. 6.
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Catalonia pioneered an Animal Defence Law 1988.This avant-guard law, 3/1988, passed on the 4th of April 1988, among other things, prohibited the building of new bull-rings in Catalonia.The law has been modified and up-dated various times, always in favour of the rights of animals.An important modification was to prohibit children under 14 from going to bull-fights, as the witnessing of a violent act was seen to have a negative emotional influence on young people.
Another important addition to the law (22/2003 Animal Protection Law, 4th of July, 2003), declared that it considered that animals are psychologically as well as physically sensitive and it prohibited a number of spectacles and events where animals were caused suffering and were killed.So it would seem logical that, in the light of these modifications and additions, the law should include and protect bulls instead of excluding them.Objectively, bullfighting implies mistreatment and causes pain and suffering to the animals so the law should protect them.
Taking into account all these modifications, one sees that they form part of a process in the relationship between animals and humans. This process began from the totally anthropocentric point of view where animals were considered mere objects and continued to a substantiated point of view where, among other things, scientific evidence of the genetic similarity between species and of our parallel process of evolution, indicate that our laws must reflect this shift.Bulls (bos primigenius taurus) have a very similar nervous system to our own which means that we share many aspects of our neurological and emotional make-up.
Catalan society has, in general, accepted the evidence that bulls are capable of suffering and it has taken on board the shift in opinion which rejects mankind as having absolute rights over animals allowing them to treat animals with violence and aggression.This same shift in consciousness has meant that other countries, with long democratic histories, passed laws prohibiting events where animals were mistreated many years ago.. The combination of the growing concern among Catalan citizens to protect animals and the diminishing number of bull-fighting supporters plus the negative reaction that bull-fighting produces in visitors to our country and that fact that public money is spent to support these cruel events, clearly indicate the logical step which must now be taken: bull-fighting in all its legal forms must be abolished in Catalonia.
Therefore, in the light of the spirit of articles 148, and 149 of the Constitution and of articles 46, 116, 144 and 189 of the "Estatut d'Autonomia de Catalunya", the concerns of our Catalan society encourage us to formulate the following:
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Letter "f" would be added to Part 1 of Article 6 of the updated text of the Animal Protection Law with the following text:
"f.Bull-fighting and events where bulls are killed, or wounded with the "sorts de la pica, banderilles i l'estoc" as well as any kind of event where bulls form part of a spectacle inbull-rings or anywhere else, except in the case of the events referred to in letter b) in Part 2 of Article 6.
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Letter "a" would be removed from the Part 2 of Article 6.
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First.The Catalan Government will calculate an economic compensation to be given to those entities affected by the passing of this law; this compensation will be given within 6 months and will follow the usual legal procedure in such cases with petitions by those affected.
Second.The economic effects of this law will be accounted for in the budget of the following financial period.
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Any ordinances or by-laws or rights which contradict this law or are incompatible with the contents of this law will be overridden or surrendered.
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This law will become operative on the day following its publication in the "Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya".


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The Valley City State University volleyball team showed glimpses of what its deep front line was capable of in Saturday's season opening losses to Waldorf (Iowa) College and Jamestown College.
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The problem, especially in a three game loss to Jamestown, was a back line that struggled to get balls to its setter to run the offense as planned.
Valley City Police are stepping up patrol after a rash of suspicious activity and now a Monday-night arson were reported in Valley City's Chautauqua and City Parks.
"We had some people call in and say that there were some people down there that looked kind of suspicious," said Tyler Jacobson, Valley City Parks and Recreation director.
"We called the police and asked if they step up their patrol. We've also had a couple of fires going on out at Chautauqua; a couple individuals burned up one of garbage cans completely and burned one of our dumpsters too."
A 1.5 mile stretch of smooth, new blacktop now rises, falls, twists and turns as it winds from the opening gate of Clausen Springs around the southern half of the lake to the Clausen Springs Dam. The road was finished last week and is the final piece of the restoration of the park after it was devastated during spring flooding in 2009.
Like many, Valley City resident Bonnie Olson has plenty of trips she'd like to take, but can't always fit in due to high gas prices.
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Olson had her name drawn as the winner of the grand prize of the Times-Record's $1,000 Free Gas Giveaway and won $250 gift cards to the Valley Service, Stop and Go, Dakota Plains and Brothers III gas stations in Valley City.
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When Modern Home Tours returns to Ontario on Saturday, June 7, Torontonians will have the chance to catch a glimpse inside some of their city's most amazing modern residences. The self-guided Toronto Modern Home Tour will feature up to eight astounding homes all designed by local architects; the tour acts as a live, city-wide gallery of local residential architecture, and gives the designers a unique opportunity to show their impressive work to the public.
Six homes have been accepted and confirmed for the tour; the final line-up will consist of up to eight architecturally progressive and contemporary homes that exemplify modern living in and around the Toronto area. Confirmed homes (to date) include:
In addition to the homes featured on the tour, attendees can visit the tour's designated 'rest stop': the STACKLAB showroom, a Toronto-based multidisciplinary design and fabrication studio, led by Jeff Forrest. Complimentary refreshments will be served and tourgoers can browse some astounding examples of modern furniture.
Art City in St. James Town has joined the tour as the local non-profit partner. They will help staff the event and use the tour as a fundraising vehicle.
Participating homes will open their doors for viewing from 11AM – 5PM, Saturday, June 7th. All homes are located in the greater Toronto area, and all participating architecture firms are local businesses. Tickets are $30 USD in advance; $40 USD on the day of the tour, available at designated locations. Everyone is invited; kids under 12 are free.
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SOURCE: An introduction to The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, edited by John Russell Brown, 1623. Reprint by Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1964, pp. xvii-lix.
In the following excerpt, Brown discusses The Duchess of Malfi's structure, language, dramatic characterization, and moral perspective.
"I hold it, in these kind of Poems with that of Horace: Sapientia prima, stultitia caruisse; to bee free from those vices, which proceed from ignorance; of which I take it, this Play will ingeniously acquit it selfe."
Webster's introduction to The Devil's Law Case will serve for his earlier tragedy. The Duchess is skilfully and meticulously contrived; like a Pygmalion's image, it has been almost killed by being cherished too much.
Artfully the characters have been made to reflect upon each other. Julia with the...
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It's more of a gold fountain than a gold mine. Levitating drops of hot water have been used to fabricate intricate gold structures. Such drops could one day act as tiny factories for electrical and medical components.
Gold nanoparticles have unique properties that are useful in medicine and electronics. But creating them usually requires toxic chemicals. "If I create my nanoparticle in some hazardous compound and later want to use it in a medical application, I have to worry about how toxic the particle itself is," says Mady Elbahri at the University of Kiel in Germany.
The water drop method gets round this because it does not involve toxic chemicals. It relies on a phenomenon often seen in frying pans. The Leidenfrost effect makes droplets of water skitter across a hot surface on a cushion of steam. Back in 2007, Elbahri found that dissolved metal ions in a droplet solidified out as filaments of pure metal.
Dancing droplet
Now, he and his team have used similar droplets to make a variety of pure metal structures, including a gold foam that can be used in solar energy devices. The sponginess is probably due to the dancing behaviour of the droplet as the metal solidifies, suggests Elbahri.
His team has a theory about what's going on. Although neutral overall, water is made of positive and negative ions. When the water skitters on a hot surface, the team think the positive ions gather in the steam below and the negative ones group together inside the droplet. As metal ions are positive, they are attracted to the droplet's interior, where they solidify. "The water itself facilitates the chemical reaction," Elbahri says.
The beauty of the technique is in its simplicity, says nanofoam innovator Bryce Tappan of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
Journal Reference: Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3400
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Jackson testified about scientific research Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill in Washington.
She warns that cuts in research and development funding could undermine the nation's competitiveness and innovation.
"As Congress debates funding of research...we know there are significant challenges but the nations that invest in education...make a commitment to innovation ecosystems, will be the global leaders of tomorrow," she said.
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Cliff Bleszinski's new studio, Boss Key Productions, will be rolling out its first free-to-play title through Nexon.
Out of 26,982 in-game marriages consummated on the game MapleStory (at $25 each), more than 20,000 end in divorce, according to game site Nexon. The world is now officially in crisis.
I would love to buy my virtual self a nice refreshing Slurpee. The free-to-play online-game company and the corner store chain also are offering physical prizes like 7-Eleven hats.
At more and more companies, employees are being encouraged to play video games together as team-building exercises.
Online gaming is a brave new world of economic development. What can be learned from gaming may be applicable to open source as well.
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Strictly Come Dancing stars Brendan Cole and Aliona Vilani have reportedly fallen out following a legal battle over a photo.
Strictly Come Dancing stars Brendan Cole and Aliona Vilani have reportedly fallen out following a legal battle over a photo.
Former Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan has criticised Craig Revel Horwood for saying that he would like two men to dance with each other on the show.
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Artem Chigvintsev has denied claims by his one-time dance partner Fern Britton that he mistreated her on the show.
Kristina Rihanoff is not leaving Strictly Come Dancing, according to reports.
Strictly Come Dancing stalwart Craig Revel Horwood has predicted the hit ballroom show will feature a same-sex couple in the next few years
Strictly Come Dancing co-host Claudia Winkleman has described the moment her daughter 'screamed out for me' as her Halloween fancy dress witch costume went up in flames.
With Dermot O'Leary being replaced by
Claudia Winkleman has been honoured with an award for her presenting role on Strictly Come Dancing.
Michelle Keegan won't be following her fiance Mark Wright onto the floor to sign up for Strictly Come Dancing after wa
Stand-in Strictly presenter Zoe Ball has ruled herself out of taking the job on full time.
Noel Gallagher has revealed he has rejected offers to participate on Strictly Come Dancing.
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Olympic gymnast Louis Smith was crowned King of the Christmas Ballroom in this year's all star Strictly Come Dancing festive special.
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I have what I consider to be a rather significant birthday approaching.I'll be turning 35 the week of Thanksgiving. For months, I've been telling my wife I wanted to have a party of some kind, to celebrate this milestone with my family and friends. In my mind, this party was going to be a huge bash, in which I would invite everyone I could think of. I am blessed to have a lot of people in my life who I care about very deeply, and I wanted to share this occasion with them. My birthday always falls so closely to a major holiday, so planning a party is not normally feasible because few people are able to attend. However, I still wanted my party, and I was told I'd get to have one. As the time for my birthday drew nearer, I became more and more excited, because I knew I'd get to see friends I hadn't seen in a while, including many who had never met each other. I couldn't wait. Then, I got the news I had halfway expected, but had been dreading nonetheless. I was told the party would probably not happen, because the money to put together such an event was just not there. I was severely bummed. I continued to be in what I described as a "funk" this past weekend, because I wasn't going to get my way. In all honesty, I know I was acting quite immaturely about the whole thing. As far as those funks are concerned, when I get into one, I don't hide it well, and I can be very difficult to live with. This was certainly the case as it relates to the party, but I didn't want to tell my wife why I was in a bad mood. I was being a jerk and, deep down, I knew it. When my wife asked me what was wrong after several minutes of pouting silence I finally told her why I was upset. It sounded so stupid, even as the words escaped my lips. Then, she asked me something I wasn't expecting. She said, "Do you like surprises?" As it turns out, my wife had been planning a birthday celebration all along and hadn't told me. The party would probably not be quite as big as I might have originally envisioned, but I would get to have one after all. She was going to let it be a surprise, but she knew I'd likely remain in my self-imposed funk until then, which would make the days long for both of us. My actions forced my wife into a situation where she felt she had no choice but to tell me about the party. On the one hand, I was so excited. On the other, though, I felt even worse, because I had been so immature. I'm turning 35, but I had acted like a spoiled child. Still, my wife told me she understood why I had been upset, because she knew how much I had wanted a big celebration. In the days since my wife and I had our discussion, I've been doing a lot of thinking. I've come to realize, all over again, that the reason I was in a funk about the party is because I chose to be. I wanted the rest of the world to feel sorry for me, and if that wasn't going to happen, I was going to make everyone suffer. As a result, I nearly ruined a very sweet thing my wife is doing for me. I don't want to be that person. Now, I'm excited about what my wife has planned for me, even if it isn't on as grand a scale as I might have wanted, at first. For one thing, I will get to spend time with people I love in celebration of the big 3-5. But, on this birthday, I will be celebrating something more than just another candle on my cake. I will be celebrating in gratitude for someone who is willing to throw a party, even if the person it is for, does not deserve it. Jason A. Smith covers crime and courts for the Henry Daily Herald.
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Thin Mint Cheesecake Cupcakes
When I first hit the "publish" button on my post last year for Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes, I never would have guessed it would become my most popular post of all time. I probably should have guessed, though, because those cheesecake cupcakes were heaven wrapped in a cupcake liner and beyond creative. Thanks Martha. Since you guys loved that recipe so much, I figured it was about time to re-create it. A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for homemade Thin Mint cookies. Then I proceeded to order a few boxes of Girl Scout cookies to support my local scouts, despite having just made my own cookies. So this recipe was my solution to my surplus of thin mints (which is NEVER a bad thing). The inspiration comes from of course Martha Stewart's recipe for Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes, and this variation of that recipe over at Healthy Food for Living.
P.S. – Check out my post over at The Kitchen Generation where I talk about my decision to leave college for culinary school.
Recipe Rundown
Taste: Mint & chocolate, one of the best combination of flavors in the dessert world.
Texture: The cheesecake is light and fluffy, with a slight mousse-like consistency thanks to the yogurt.
Ease: The crust couldn't be easier, not to mention these take about half the time of a full-size cheesecake to prepare, bake, and chill.
Appearance: Anything miniature is bound to be cute.
Pros: Fun way to use Thin Mints, tasty, and easier than full-size cheesecake.
Cons: None!
Would I make this again? Yes, but maybe with different cookie crusts and flavor profiles.
Thin Mint Cheesecake Cupcakes
Yield: 18 cupcakes
- 18 thin mint cookies, Girl Scout variety or homemade
- 16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted and slightly cooled
- 1/4 cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
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The Eagles began the game's scoring at the 19:11 mark as Montgomery received a cross from Julie Fosseprez and launched a shot from the right side to give American the 1-0 lead. Holy Cross had an opportunity to score in the 24th minute as junior midfielder Jillian Caffrey (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) fired a shot on a penalty corner that was saved by American goaltender Ashley Dalisera.
Montgomery scored her second goal of the contest five minutes into the second half. Her initial shot rang the crossbar, but she gathered the rebound and put it in the back of the net for her team-leading ninth goal of the year.
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American held a 22-2 advantage in shots including a 12-1 clip in the second half. The Eagles also had a 6-1 edge in penalty corners. Caffrey registered the only two shots for the Crusaders, while Montgomery led the Eagles with five attempts at the net.
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Processor: Intel Core i7 4700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2048 MB
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2.68kg
Price: 1350 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)
Reviews for the Medion Erazer X7611-MD98543
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As a pure gaming rig, the Medion Erazer X7611 is a bit mediocre thanks to its middling Nvidia graphics. However, view it as a broader multimedia desktop replacement system and it's much more compelling. It's a quality item with a nice screen and excellent all-round performance. It's just not an uber gaming rig.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M:
High-End Graphics cards as part of the Geforce 700M series based on the Kepler architecture.
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Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
4700HQ: Haswell-based quad-core processor clocked at 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.4 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4600 GPU and a dual channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
17.3": Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
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2.68 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
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