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We then drove across the street to the Legion Hall, a low, unpretentious building across the street from the town's bottle redemption center. A sign on the door announced that this evening was Beano night. "7 o'clock," a sign said, and to be sure people got the message another one below it read, "That's P.M."
"We can make $100 a night from Beano," Ed said. "We use it to give free meals every day. It doesn't matter if they're veterans or not. I'm awfully proud of this Legion.
"I think there were some men who were sorry the war was over. Leastways they harp on it enough. And there are a lot of veterans who think the country owes them a living. I don't think so. There were quite a few Medal of Honors that came back and were set up with jobs, had houses built for them. But I had nothing given to me. I knew there were men who did as much as I did and never got a medal. A lot of times it's who sees you. It's being in the right place at the right time. It's true. I think it is, anyway. "You find no Medal of Honor likes to be called a winner. We don't think of it as something that we've won. But it keeps us remembering the men we served with. Even today the strongest comradeship, the only real comradeship I feel, is with men who've seen combat."
"… He moved to the rear of the house and suddenly come under the fire of a machine gun emplaced in a barn. Throwing a grenade into the structure, he rushed the position, firing the weapon as he ran; within, he overwhelmed five Germans.. "
The afternoon sky is a deep blue, a sky suited to the prairies. After lunch we drive into Caribou. "To tell you the truth, I don't come up here much," he says. "It's a little embarrassing. I haven't changed that much. And I'll be walking down the street and someone will say, 'How are ya, Ed?' and they'll shake my hand and talk and I won't know them from a hole in the ground."
Somewhere in Caribou is a street named for Ed Dahlgren, but he doesn't remember where it is. Some years ago there was a lot of speculation that the new Air Force Base would be named for him, but it was named instead for Ed Loring, an Air Force pilot killed in Korea.
There are smaller honors. He is the official flag raiser for Mars Hill. Last year when his hometown of Woodland had its centennial he was named Grand Marshal, and rode in the parade through the tiny town.
There are fewer farms now, on the land north of Caribou, but besides that the land is little changed. There were dirt roads years ago when Ed was a boy, and the roads are still dirt.
His father farmed 25 acres, just enough to get by. Six months before Ed was born, in the midst of harvest, his father ruptured his appendix and died. Ed's mother sold the farm to her brother for $7,000 and took her young daughter and infant son to an apartment in Colby. They were all Swedes living in the area, and nearly all of them were related. Soon after, Ed's Uncle John lost his wife, who was Ed's mother's sister. An arrangement was made. "My Uncle John had two children too, so my mother agreed to keep house for our room and board. I was five then, and I lived there until I was 21 and I can still remember the day we moved into his house as clear as if it were yesterday."
We make a few turns and stop in front of his Uncle John's farmhouse. It is a large house beginning a steady decline into ruin. "My Uncle John was a closed man, taciturn, he couldn't show if he was proud of me or not. He died two years after I came home. Some children have their hands out, you know, but I never took from John. My mother used to say, 'If you're looking for a helping hand, look on both ends of your arms. You've got two,' She died when I was in training, of cancer of the lip. When she died she had enough to bury her, that's all."


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Some scientists have argued that the rules in fact were different during the Ice Age: that climate conditions were such that large-scale settlements, supported by inland food sources, were practically impossible.
The "Little Ice Age" of Europe, many have argued, offers us a glimpse of the pre-Holocene, Ice Age environment, and its potential impact upon the food supply (whether grown or gathered).
Between the years 1450 and 1850, the global climate cooled by approximately two degrees (compared with the average nine degree drop that characterized the Ice Age). This period has been described as characterized by…
…repeated famine and cultural dislocation, as many people fled regions that had become hostile even to subsistence agriculture.
If a mere two-degree drop could produce measurable changes in human settlement patterns, we might reasonably expect a nine-degree drop to have had an even more dramatic effect.
If the Ice Age world was one in which only areas of high soil potency had the capacity to produce large quantities of foodstuffs, this would go some way toward supporting Hancock's scenario. The "push" factor of a harsh worldwide climate might keep urban settlements from encroaching deeply into inland territories while the "pull" factor of relatively rich river deltas could draw human settlers to the shores in search of sustenance.
If we examine the Ice Age climate of India, we find some additional support for Hancock's scenario (see side bar and animation). The vast expanse of the subcontinent was, at that time, dominated by desert, grassland and scrub. This seems to suggest an environment hostile to food production, both natural and (if anywhere existent) human engineered. Perhaps, now-submerged river deltas may have served as relatively bountiful refugia from this seemingly hostile world (indeed, it must be said that, if conditions in inland India were as harsh as the "Little Ice Age" might indicate, perhaps we ought to be surprised to find anyone at all living there!).
Nevertheless, though Hancock's scenario appears defensible, it remains somewhat problematic.
Deltas are of limited carrying capacity. Civilizations that have settled on or originated at river deltas have historically tended to spread up the accompanying rivers – in keeping with their expanding population. This was the case with Ancient Egypt, where storage and transportation techniques permitted the outlying Nile delta to become the breadbasket for a community spanning a much larger mass of land (the river itself, providing a ready flow of fertile deposits to human settlers along its shore – even in the heart of what would otherwise have been a desert).
Had a scenario similar to the Egyptian model occurred before the Holocene, remnants of the larger civilization would almost certainly have survived in the archeological record, as glacial melt-water would have submerged only the outward extremities of the great rivers.
Thus, if Hancock's civilization was born at the river mouths of the Ice Age world, for some unknown reason, it failed to spread up the lengths of the connecting waterways. As this appears to imply a lack of suitable storage and transportation techniques, Hancock's civilization starts to look a lot less like a sophisticated urban society and more like a populous and (for a time) fortunate group of Paleolithic scavengers that simply stumbled upon a particularly fertile refugia.
Of course, if the particular deltas on which urban developments emerged were limited to those surrounded by large areas of low-lying plains – plains that were destined to sink below sea level – this would assure the extinction of the surrounding population centers supported by the delta bread basket.
Unfortunately, this essentially gets us back where we started: arbitrarily picking and choosing particular oceanfronts for hypothesized antediluvian cities. While the notion of the Ice Age fertile delta might explain to some extent why civilization originally located in the low lands, it appears inadequate, even in the context of climatic data, to explain why civilization failed to radiate up-river and leave its "fingerprints" in the present archeological record.
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Water Knows the Answers
The Hidden Messages in Water Crystals
The Book "Water knows the answers" is a result of an eight-year' experiment by the author. Emoto Masaru takes photographs of various changes that water crystals show as they are exposed to diverse impacts. 122 photos are shown to the world under an unique scientific observation.
The studies show that water crystals have a beautiful hexagon when hearing positive expressions such as love and appreciation but amazingly their shapes become distorted when hearing negative expressions. The author claims that this phenomenon is possible due to water's ability to remember information.
The author says in the introduction, "Why when water encounters something which fits the principal of nature, it forms a beautiful hexagon? Because nature is created under the principal of love and gratitude...Love and gratitude---this is the nature of man."


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Today, Republic Report announced that we are asking all 34 retiring members of Congress to make a simple, common sense commitment: "I will disclose any negotiations or offers for jobs on the front page of my congressional website." This afternoon we are delivering letters to all 34 congressional offices seeking this commitment.
We want you to be involved in this effort. So you can make the best case possible, we want you to know the current job disclosure obligations of U.S. Representatives and Senators.
The House and Senate each have rules placing some obligations on members — all mandated by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. But there are limits and loopholes that prevent effective disclosure to the public of all activities that would raise concerns about conflicts of interest and potential corruption — concerns about members of Congress doing legislative favors for potential future employers. Republic Report is asking members to make public all employment negotiations or offers, and to do so in a highly visible place – their own websites.
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The Senate rule is similar and also does not adequately protect the public from conflicts of interest by Senators. A Senator may "not negotiate or have any arrangement concerning prospective private employment" until after his or her successor has been elected, unless, within three days of negotiations starting, the Senator files a statement with the Secretary of the Senate for public disclosure. Unlike in the House, Senators are barred from negotiating or making arrangements for jobs "involving lobbying activities" until after the election of a successor.
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Here we have pics for you of "ShadowBeamz", a new game for the Beamz Interactive Music System described as a dynamic, fun, free-flowing musical instrument that anyone can play. The Beamz, which cost $200 and hooks up to a PC via USB is an "interactive... >>
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"If you're a fan of any of the Southeastern Conference's Collegiate teams, the Windows Phone 8 app Team Tiles - SEC is a must." - George Ponder, WPCentral.com Create a "Flip" tile for your Windows 8 phone and support your favorite SEC team! This edition of Team Tiles supports all fourteen SEC school members. Visit individual team pages to get the latest news headlines from ESPN.com along with links to each schools academic and sports websites. Flip Tile Slogans Include: Roll Tide Woo Pig Sooie War Eagle Go Gators! Go Dawgs Go Cocks! Go Big Blue! Hail State Geaux Tigers Mizzou Rah! Hotty Toddy Rocky Top Gig'em Aggies Anchor Down Latest Update fixes issues with phone's light/dark background theme. Also includes FREE trial for the National Champions the Alabama Crimson Tide (oh, and for the only team that beat them this season)... Gig'em and Enjoy.
1/20/2013This app really doesn't do anything. You select SEC team and it creates a tile that when you press it, takes you to a screen with web links to your team. Kind of pointless.


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In the Early Middle Ages, through barbarian movements and the waning of Roman (by this time Byzantine) authority, the island fell out of the sphere of influence of any higher government, though it retained its Byzantine Greek culture for centuries. Saracen raids provided an impetus for the creation of independent, quasi-royal giudicati in the eighth through tenth centuries. Only in the late eleventh century do these entities come into increased contact with western Europe and Christendom. Falling under papal influence, Sardinia becomes the focus of the rivalry of Genoa and Pisa and finally of the local population and the Crown of Aragon, which subsumed the island as the Kingdom of Sardinia (1298), which was to last, in some form or other, until then being incorporated into the Kingdom, later Republic, of Italy.
The first humans to settle in Gallura and Northern Sardinia probably came from Italian peninsula, possibly from Tuscany. The central region may have been populated by people arriving from the Iberian Peninsula through the Balearic Islands. In 1979 human remains were found that were dated to 150,000 BC. In 2004, in a cave in Logodoru a human finger bone was found that was dated up to 250,000 BC.
Prehistoric arrowheads (3rd millennium BC) and figurines (now in the Archeological Museum of Cagliari) were retrieved which demonstrate a well developed industry of stone carving. Already in the Stone Age, Monte Arci played an important role. The old volcano was one of the central places where obsidian was found and worked for cutting tools and arrowheads. Even now the volcanic glass can be found on the sides of the mountain. The Archeological Museum of Sassari displays ceramics from the Copper or Aneolithic Age (2600 BC).
It is known that the Sardinians already had contact with the Myceneans, who traded with the West Mediterranean. Contact with powerful cities of Crete, such as Kydonia, is clear from pottery recovered in archaeological excavations in Sardinia. The alleged connection with the Shardana, the sea people that invaded Egypt has not been proven but very likely. Euboeans, the first Greeks to navigate westwards, called the island Hyknousa (later Latinized in Ichnus(s)a). The Nora stone has been seen as proof that the island was called Sharden by the Phoenicians, and from there it derived the name Sardinia.
A revolt, led by two Sardo-Punic nobles, broke out after the crushing Roman defeat at Cannae (216 BC). A Roman army of 23,000 men, under Titus Manlius Torquatus, met the Carthagianian-Sardinian allied forces in the south of the island, defeating them and killing 12,000 men. The so-called Sardi Pelliti ("Fur-covered Sardinians") living in the impervious mountains of the interior resisted the Roman colonization for more than a century, Marcus Caecilius Metellus subduing them only in 127 BC.
Under Roman domination, Latin became the speech of the majority of the inahbitants, ultimately developing in to the Sardinian language. The Phoenician-Punic culture remained very strong under the Romans until the first centuries AD. Tharros, Nora, Bithia, Antas and Monte Sirai are now important archaeological monuments where architecture and city planning can be studied.
During the Roman period, the geographer Ptolemy noted that Sardinia was inhabited by the following peoples, from north to south: the Tibulati and the Corsi, the Coracenses, the Carenses and the Cunusitani, the Salcitani and the Lucuidonenses, the Æsaronenses, the Æchilenenses (also called Cornenses), the Rucensi, the Celsitani and the Corpicenses, the Scapitani and the Siculensi, the Neapolitani and the Valentini, the Solcitani and the Noritani.
In 534 the small Vandal forces surrendered immediately to the Byzantines when news of the Vandal collapse; thenceforth the island was part of the Byzantine Empire, included in the African prefecture. The local governor sat in Caralis. During the Gothic Wars much of the island fell easily to the Ostrogoths, but an army sent from Carthage and the final fall of German resistance in the mainland reassured the Byzantine control.
One of the few ethnic Sardinians known from this period was one Ospitone, a leader of the Barbaricini (people of Barbagia). He was a Christian, which was apparently still unusual on Sardinia, in the time of Gregory the Great.
Starting from 705–706, the Saracens from North Africa (recently conquered by the Arab armies) harassed the population of the coastal cities. News about the political situation of Sardinia in the following centuries is scarce. Due to Saracen attacks, in the 9th century Tharros was abandoned in favor of Oristano, after more than 1800 years of occupation; Caralis and numerous other coastal centres suffered the same fate. There was news of another massive Saracen sea attack in 1015 from Spain, led by Mujahid (Latinized in Museto), who established a colony in the north in 1018-1028. Pope Benedict VIII asked the aid of the maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa in the struggle against the Arabs.
At the dawn of the judicial era Sardinia had some 330,000 inhabitants, of which 120,000 were free. These were subjected to the authority of local curators (administrators), in turn subjected to the judge (who also administrated justice and was the commander of the army). The church was also powerful, and at this time it had completely abandoned the Eastern Rite. The late eleventh century arrival of Benedictine, Camaldolese and other monks from the Mezzogiorno, Lombardy, and Provence, especially the monasteries Montecassino, Saint-Victor de Marseille, Vallombrosa, boosted the agriculture in a land which was extremely underdeveloped. The Condaghi (catalogues, cartularies) of the monasteries, which record property transactions, are an important source for the study of the island in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Evidence from the Condaghi of San Pietro di Sili and Santa Maria di Bonarcado concerning the children of slaves has been adduced to show that differences in agricultural lifestyles between regions may affect the survival rate of females, hypothetically through increased infanticide of baby girls. The abbacy of Santa Maria di Bonarcado contained more central, upland regions where a pastoral economy dominated and women were less economically useful; among children in that region, sex ratios are highly skewed in favour of men. On the other hand, in the region of San Pietro di Sili, less pastoral, child sex ratios are not skewed abnormally.
There were five (historically known) Giudicati: Agugliastra, Logudoro, Cagliari, Arborea and Gallura. Agugliastra was early on absorbed by Cagliari and Arborea and Logudoro (and perhaps Gallura) were united for a time in the eleventh century.
The initiatives of the Gregorian reformers led to greater contact between Sardinia and the continent, especially through the desires of the judges to establish monasteries with monks from continental monasteries at Montecassino and Marseille. By the twelfth century, the Sardinian Giudicati, though obscure, are visible through the mists of time. They professed allegiance to the Holy See, which put them under the authority of the Archdiocese of Pisa, superseding the ancient primacy of the Archdiocese of Cagliari on the island. Some historians have even hypothesised that Sardinia was more or less a theocracy under the Cagliaritan diocese until their power was replaced by the Pisan.
Often warring between one another, the Giudicati made a great number of commercial concessions to the Pisans and the Genoese. The Repubbliche Marinare soon became the true masters of the Sardinian economy.
In the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, all four Giudicati passed to foreign dynasties and the local families were relegated to minor positions. Arborea passed to the Catalan House of Cervera (Cervera-Bas) in 1185, though this was contested for the next few decades. In 1188, Cagliari was conquered by the House of Massa from the Republic of Pisa. Gallura became by marriage — it had been inherited by a woman, Elena — a possession of the House of Visconti, another Pisan family, in 1207. Only Logudoro survived to the end under local Sardinian rulers. However, its end was early. It passed to Genoa in 1259 after the death of its last judge (Giudicessa), Adelasia, only a year after the Pisans deposed the last ruler of Cagliari. Gallura survived longer, but the enemies of the Visconti in Pisa soon removed the last judge, Nino, a friend of Dante Alighieri, in 1288.
About the same time, Sassari declared itself a free commune allied to Genoa. In the early fourteenth century, much of Eastern Sardinia was under Pisan authority. Arborea, however, survived until 1420. The most remarkable Sardinian figure of the Middle Ages, Eleanor of Arborea, was co-ruler of that region in the late 14th century; she laid the foundations for the laws that remained valid until 1827, the Carta de Logu.
The watchtowers all along the coast are called Catalan Towers and served to protect the island against the Arab incursions. Some of these towers were built with the stones of the Phoenician cities because they lay on strategic sites. A nice example of re-use for secular and ecclesiastical architecture can also be found in the church of Santa Giusta where the old city of Othoca had been.
The loss of the independence, the firm Catalan (later Spanish) rule, with the introduction of a sterile feudalism, as well as the discovery of the Americas, provoked an unstoppable decline of Sardinia. A short period of resurgence occurred under the local noble Leonardo Alagon, marquess of Oristano, who managed to defeat the viceroyal army in the 1470's but was later crushed at the Battle of Macomer (1478), ending any further hope of independence for the island. The unceasing attacks from North African pirates and a series of plagues (from 1582, 1652 and 1655) further worsened the situation. In 1637 a French fleet sacked Oristano.
Until the Unification of Italy in 1861, Sardinia and Piedmont were joined in the Kingdom of Sardinia. In 1802 King Victor Emmanuel I was ousted from Piedmont by the French army, and four years later moved his court to Cagliari: the brief Republic declared that year, soon thwarted by the Savoy army, was the sole concrete attempt of independence from the Sardinians. The King returned to Turin in 1814. In the early 19th century the situation of the island was the following: 99% of illiterates, absence of any developed economy or trade, cities and forests abandoned. The development of the infrastructure was slow, as the Piedmontese initially did little to improve the conditions of the population. Under King Carlo Felice, a main road, still bearing his name, was built from south (Cagliari) to north (Sassari), while the universities of the two centres were enhanced; however, the few riches remained in the hands of a restricted number of barons and clergymen, banditism attracted a large number of inhabitants, and the force of immigration of Corsi, Ligurians and Maltese could do little to solve the demographics void. The concession to Sardinia of the same rights of Piedmont in 1847, under King Charles Albert, was of little help.
In 1883 the first trains travelled between Cagliari and Sassari and under Mussolini the swamps around Oristano were laid dry and the foundation of the most successful agrarian community was laid, Arborea. Mussolini also founded Carbonia, the centre of the mining activity. In 1927 the province of Nuoro was created, and works to dry the numerous waste lands favoured the arrival of immigrants. World War II saw Sardinia as the theater of minor activities, but the main event was the successful fight against malaria, obtained also with the help of the Rockefeller Foundation. Sardinia was declared an autonomous region, with some special tax raising and cultural privileges, in 1947. First regional elections were held on may 8, 1949.
After the war coal decreased in importance and that of tourism increased. Many efforts to create jobs have failed because of the high costs of transport that could not compensate the cheap labor.
Today Sardinia's history is still visible in language and culture. Noticeable is also the difference between coastal regions and the inland. Coastal regions have always been more open to outside influences. Nowadays Sardinia is most known for the east-northern coasts and island (La Maddalena, Costa Smeralda), the west-northern coast near Sassari (Alghero, Stintino, Castelsardo) and Cagliari, because these are easily reached by ship and by plane.


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Volume 10 / Number 2 / September 1986 / Pages 275-289
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A methodology is presented that can be used to determine if a proposed fusion power plant design modification, directed at improving plant safety, is cost-effective. Both normal and accident conditions can be handled. An approach for evaluating the maximum justified spending on safety is outlined. The incremental costs involved with a dose reduction measure are identified, and models for their assessment are given. By comparing the spending on the design modification to the justified expenditure ceiling, the cost-effectiveness of the design can be assessed. The utility of this approach is illustrated through two examples. For normal plant conditions, the cost-effectiveness of replacing the steel alloy PCA by low-activation silicon carbide (SiC) in the STARFIRE design is assessed. Based on a specified set of assumptions, it was determined that if the installed cost of SiC components is less than $110/kg, then the low-activation design is cost-effective. The second example illustrates the applicability of the methodology to accident situations. Four emergency detritiation options for the International Tokamak Reactor, using zero, one, two, or three cleanup units, are evaluated. The assessment was based on the release of 25 g of tritium into the reactor building and on several specified assumptions. The analysis indicated that if the probability of the accident occurring exceeds 3.59 × 10−2, the most cost-effective option would be the use of one detritiation unit. For lower probabilities, the use of any cleanup system would not be justified.
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i am stuck between ending a good relationship for a better one
Question Posted Wednesday February 24 2010, 4:43 pm
I know that this is long but I need help. I have been with my boyfriend of two years since i was 16 years old, I am currently 18 and in College working towards my maters. He has always been good to me and is my best friend, I can tell him anything and I know he will listen and understand. We have been through a lot together, vacations, deaths, proms exc. and I have seen him every single day for 2 years. Although are relationship was good there are many negatives. When I met him he had gotten in a lot of trouble the year before and I had to deal with it, it was hard but we got through it. Nothing major , just stupid kid mistakes. Although it was not serious, what he did still came back to haunt him and I always was there to swing to the rescue. He has gotten alot of speeding tickets and would never pay them and continues to speed. Just things like that bug me and we would argue about it alot. He is currently about to turn 21 and does not have a degree and was laid off of work 2 months ago. Once again I had to swing to the rescue to give him money because he needs it. I do it because i love him and its not really his fault but its hard for me. He doesn't really think a lot of things throught before he does them and I always have to deal with the consequences, for example getting an apartment when he cant really afford one. He has come a long way from when I first met him but he still has a long way to go. About two months ago i was introduced to a guy through my now ex boyfriend. I ran into him a month ago and we started to text. He knew I had a boyfriend but continued to pursue me. I started to develop feelings for him and left my boyfriend for him to figure out his situation and for me to figure out mine. I have been spending more and more time with this new guy "John" and he is everything my ex is not. He has a degree and a great job and is good with his money. He is saving for a house. He has set incredible goals for himself and knows that he is going to be extremely successful . His smile drives me crazy and he makes me so happy and I want to be with him and he would do anything to be with me. We recently slept together and the sex was amazing, nothing like I have ever felt before. He is stable and I know that he will always be able to take care of me. The only thing is when I told my ex he was devastated. He's written me letters upon letters pouring his heart out to me claiming that he has changed and how he does not know how to get over this and calls me balling his eyes out. The letters make me cry and I feel like such a horrible person for what I have done to him. I still love him but after being together for 2 years I feel like the only thing let is to get married and I don't really want to be the one supporting him. I still talk to him and its hard because he was such a big part of my life for so long but I don't know what to do. I want to commit myself to "John" and he asks me everyday to be with him but feel as though I can't because of the guilt and sadness I feel from my ex and I feel as if I'm not ready to but I do not want to lose him over a relationship that most likely will always be the same. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated, I really could use it.
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answered Thursday February 25 2010, 8:14 am:
You go where the happiness is. You cannot make a good relationship based on guilt. Of course your ex is sad. Its just what happens when a break up occurs.
He has to get over it. He will NOT get over it if he has your shoulder to cry on. I know it sounds mean, but you are going to have to cut off all contact until he is over it. You have to move on and leave him in the past if you want your current relationship to work out.
I know you are feeling guilty & sad too. You don't marry someone because of those feelings. It would not work out in the end, and you will have lost what you feel is a good relationship with someone else. 2 years is a long time, but not that long. You will both get over it with time.
So, you are going to have to cut ALL ties with the ex. No phone calls, no texts, no emails, no letters, no visits, no listening to pleas in any way shape or form. It will be hard to do but you have to. Or, you go back to being miserable.
Hope you choose to be happy.
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"In love you are never going to find the 100% of what you're looking for in a mate, mostly about 80%. Of course you'll see that left over 20% in others and that may sway your attention because that's the missing portion you've been looking for. However if you leave your 80% for that other you'll only be getting 20% and now in need of 80%!"
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answered Wednesday February 24 2010, 6:16 pm:
People fall out of love, Time passes, we grow up and some times people go their separate ways in life.
You have moved on from your ex, It has also been two months since you two broken up (if I read that correctly.) Two months is not a very long time to be apart from your partner especially considering you two were dating for 2 years. You found someone who is successful, who treats you the way you should be treated, Someone you are happy with. Of course if your ex finds out he is going to try to get you back. Guys/Woman sometimes have a tendency to tell the other what they want to hear when the split up and it often occurs when the other person still has feelings for them. All you can do is move on, In 2 months it's hard to believe someone has changed... Think about it. If he hasn't changed in a 2 year period what makes you think he will change in 2 months? The best thing you could do right now is to cut contact, Don't read his letters, Don't answer his text messages. Focus on yourself, Your happiness and what you want in life. Don't let people hold you back and put you into "what if" mode. This is about you not about him.
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|March 25, 1954
|RKO Pantages Theatre
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NBC Century Theatre
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|Donald O'Connor (Los Angeles)
Fredric March (New York City)
|Best Picture
|From Here to Eternity
|Most awards
|From Here to Eternity (8)
|Most nominations
|From Here to Eternity (13)
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The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953.
The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in Philadelphia, presented the Best Actor award through a live broadcast cut-in, and privately received the winner's name over the telephone from co-host Donald O'Connor. (Actor Fredric March co-hosted from New York City.) Gary Cooper filmed his presentation of the Best Actress award in advance on a set in Mexico, with O'Connor announcing the winner's name.
All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films. The big winner was Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity, with thirteen nominations and eight awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Daniel Taradash), Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey), Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. All five of its major actors and actresses were nominated, with secondary players Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra taking home Oscars. The candid film was based on James Jones' controversial, best-selling novel about Army life on a Hawaiian (Oahu) military base just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and World War II, illustrating the conflict between an individualistic private (Montgomery Clift) and rigid institutional authority (exemplified by the Army). Its achievement of eight awards matched the then record held by Gone with the Wind (1939). The record would be tied again the following year by On the Waterfront (1954). Walt Disney won four awards, which remains the record for the most Oscars won in the same year.
William Holden's speech for Best Actor for his role in Stalag 17 was simply "Thank You", making it one of the shortest speeches ever; the TV broadcast had a strict cutoff time which forced Holden's quick remarks. The frustrated Holden personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he wanted to on Oscar night. He also remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Best Actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity, instead of him.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[1]
Academy Honorary Awards[edit]
- Pete Smith - "For his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of "Pete Smith Specialties"."
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation - "In recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope."
- Joseph I. Breen - "For his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code."
- Bell and Howell Company - "For their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry."
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[edit]
- Lex Barker (Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
- Shirley Booth (Presenter: Best Actor)
- Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Awards)
- Keefe Brasselle (Co-Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
- Walter Brennan (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
- Gower Champion (Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards)
- Marge Champion (Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards)
- Gary Cooper (Presenter: Best Actress)
- Cecil B. DeMille (Presenter: Best Picture)
- Kirk Douglas (Presenter: Writing Awards)
- Irene Dunne (Presenter: Best Director)
- Marilyn Erskine (Co-Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
- Arthur Freed (Presenter: Music Awards)
- Mercedes McCambridge (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
- Merle Oberon (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
- Tyrone Power (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards)
- David O. Selznick (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award)
- Elizabeth Taylor (Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards)
- Gene Tierney (Presenter: Costume Design Awards)
- Lana Turner (Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
- Jack Webb (Presenter: Best Sound)
- Michael Wilding (Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards)
- Esther Williams (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
- Ann Blyth ("Secret Love" from Calamity Jane)
- Mitzi Gaynor, Margaret Whiting, and Donald O'Connor ("The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue)
- Dean Martin ("That's Amore" from The Caddy)
- Connie Russell ("Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" from Miss Sadie Thompson)
- André Previn - orchestra conductor
Multiple nominations and awards[edit]
These films had multiple nominations:
The following films received multiple awards.
See also[edit]
- 11th Golden Globe Awards
- 1953 in film
- 5th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 6th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 7th British Academy Film Awards
- 8th Tony Awards
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2015.


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Europe's research ministers have been unable to agree on funding for the next phase of Europe's nuclear fusion programme. France's minister, Hubert Curien, blocked the decision because he wants Europe to rethink its participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which he sees as a ploy to delay European research while its competitors catch up.
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The sink handle was broken off and the shower diverter did not work
convenient location. Quick access to freeway.
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The bathroom sink outside of the bathroom!!
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The room was small. The bed was not comfortable. Although it was supposed to be a non smoking room, the room and the hallway smelled faintly of cigarette smoke. The front desk staff were bored and listless. The entire experience was depressing.
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We loved the convienient location. All we had to do was walk a block up to get to a bunch of bars and shops. It was about 10-20 min drive from many outdoor activities. We enjoyed that breakfast was included. While not a luxury hotel, it was very clean and the staff at the front desk was always very friendly and eager to help.
None of the Tvs were working during our stay due to a cable issue so that was a huge problem. Also the woman who worked the breakfast buffet was extremely rude and made us feel very uncomfortable while trying to eat. She would stand next to us and stare as we got out food. The one day we got there about half hour before breakfast was supposed to end and she started aggressively yanking out all the plugs of the appliances right out from under us as we were trying to use them. Last, I felt that the pricing was a little high for the quality of the stay. Overall We would definitely stay here again though!
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A/C was not strong enough had to change rooms. Quits and bed uncomfortable. Bring your own sheets. Tub and walls disgusting. Yellow and stains on walls. More for a quick booty call hotel not to stay multiple days. We stood the night, but will never do again.
Excellent location and price. The room was clean and well appointed, including a refrigerator and microwave. I especially appreciated the second sink and vanity outside the bathroom. There was a great indoor pool and patio area, complete with Tiki Bar.
The common areas could use a little updating and sprucing up, but this was not important to us.
Well situated. Friendly staff. Nice new bathroom with great hot water and strong water pressure. Flat screen tv
Room smelt stuffy like old smoke, heating system was old and loud. Cleaning staff did not show up until 5.00 pm although R we were out all day.
Staff and breakfast
It was a great place to spend our anniversary.
Rooms are a little dated but overall it was a great experience.
I had a horrible experience the hotel was old and gross , unlike the pics .No normal tv Not freshI opened the side door there was a huge raccoon Whatever a disaster. I checked out right away I am sorry it was a deep disappointment .
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Grinnin... your posts make sense now that I see the rotor, as you said, the field induces the rotor and the rotor induces the stator. I've seen a lot of generators, but not quite like that.
you should be able to put battery power on the field coil with jumpers to bypass the regulator and give you an unregulated output. one field lead to battery plus the other to minus. even the polarity won't matter
points style regulators typically give full field through the closed points. the resistor is in parallel with the points and when system voltage is reached, the points open which puts the resister in series with the field. this will reduce the field's strength.
another way to check the rectifier and the stator is to use a clamp on amp meter if you have one. put the clamp on to the output to the battery (from the rectifier) and set it on AC. run the engine and turn on everything electrical. bad parts will give pulsing DC that the meter reads as AC. There normally is a slight pulsing DC on top of the rectified output but any reading over about 1/2 amp AC is bad.
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Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number
of points each of their routes scores.
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Add the sum of the squares of four numbers between 10 and 20 to the
sum of the squares of three numbers less than 6 to make the square
of another, larger, number.
Can you substitute numbers for the letters in these sums?
Tim had nine cards each with a different number from 1 to 9 on it.
How could he have put them into three piles so that the total in
each pile was 15?
What do you notice about the date 03.06.09? Or 08.01.09? This
challenge invites you to investigate some interesting dates
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book.
How many pages does the book have?
There are 78 prisoners in a square cell block of twelve cells. The
clever prison warder arranged them so there were 25 along each wall
of the prison block. How did he do it?
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and
lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children
buy with their money?
You have two egg timers. One takes 4 minutes exactly to empty and
the other takes 7 minutes. What times in whole minutes can you
measure and how?
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the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same
total. What was the total and how could this be done?
The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square
hole for each disc. Use the information to find out how many discs
of each colour there are in the box.
Arrange eight of the numbers between 1 and 9 in the Polo Square
below so that each side adds to the same total.
Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one
solution in each case?
In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks. Can you reconstruct the original multiplication?
Can you find which shapes you need to put into the grid to make the
totals at the end of each row and the bottom of each column?
Look carefully at the numbers. What do you notice? Can you make
another square using the numbers 1 to 16, that displays the same
Zumf makes spectacles for the residents of the planet Zargon, who
have either 3 eyes or 4 eyes. How many lenses will Zumf need to
make all the different orders for 9 families?
Move from the START to the FINISH by moving across or down to the
next square. Can you find a route to make these totals?
You have 5 darts and your target score is 44. How many different
ways could you score 44?
Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?
What two-digit numbers can you make with these two dice? What can't you make?
Have a go at balancing this equation. Can you find different ways of doing it?
This challenge focuses on finding the sum and difference of pairs of two-digit numbers.
Find the sum and difference between a pair of two-digit numbers. Now find the sum and difference between the sum and difference! What happens?
Lolla bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins
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Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?
If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways
of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be
each time?
Using the statements, can you work out how many of each type of
rabbit there are in these pens?
Suppose there is a train with 24 carriages which are going to be
put together to make up some new trains. Can you find all the ways
that this can be done?
Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?
Can you arrange 5 different digits (from 0 - 9) in the cross in the
way described?
There are 44 people coming to a dinner party. There are 15 square
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all 15 tables, with no empty places.
How could you put eight beanbags in the hoops so that there are
four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can
you find all the ways of doing this?
This article for primary teachers suggests ways in which to help children become better at working systematically.
In how many ways could Mrs Beeswax put ten coins into her three
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In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?


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Thanksgiving Menu Ideas
Would love to hear from those who have or are planning to do your favorite style bird and sides in your wood buning oven.
Am partuclarly intersted in any recipes you are going to do in your wb oven, time, hearth temp, etc.
Gratin potatoes
I can start the ball rolling.
I would do traditional, french style gratin potatoes. Nothing but potatoes, onions, cream, butter, gruyere and parmesan. I'm not saying it's good for you, but it tastes great. I wouldn't add stock, milk or wine. Stick with the good stuff.
You might saute everything in a pan on top of your oven, then pour it into a terracotta dish with a cover. Take the cover off at the endn to brown.
With ingredients like that, and wood-fired oven, you can't go wrong.
There are a number of recipes in the forum on Turkey -- use the search button to see other postings on that.
I'm not sure my oven will be ready - but I will cook it in some form of a brick oven!! maybe staked bricks with a sheet metal roof - but we will be cooking!
I have used the method of soaking the turkey for 24 hours in a brine w/herbs for the last couple of years. They have yielded the most tasty and moist turkeys I have ever had. There are plenty of recipies on the internet, but I think Alton Brown on Foodtv.com has a good one.
With all the soaking, I think this would lend itself to wood oven baking very well.
I'll be documenting it....
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Woman: San Diego better buy sandbags because water department won't save you
Resident says public utilities response too slow
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego woman calls Team 10 after she said her home was damaged during a water main break and she blames the slow response time from the public utilities department.
Team 10 started asking questions about how long the department takes to shut off these leaks. Susan Mccubin's home was flooded after a water main break in North Park on Madison Avenue on June 3.
"My issue is that this is all preventable if they would have shown up in the first hour none of these homes would be damaged," said Mccubbin.
Team 10 was there as the water flowed down the street and residents waited and waited for someone to show up.
"I mean, I don't know what their schedule is but I'm pretty distressed," said a woman at the time of the break.
Residents said city workers showed up an hour and a half later and the water was shut off two hours after that.
"Water was not going under my house at 2 hours - at 3 hours, yes," said Mccubbin.
Mccubin's and three other homes were damaged and fans were still drying out her basement weeks later. She said she was working with the city's risk management department on paying for the repairs.
"So your tax dollars are going to be used to remove each and every brick and power wash them and reset them," Mccubin said. "That's what you paid your property tax for. Not for emergency response. You are paying to clean up my back yard now."
Team 10 had another complaint about water response times in May after a Rancho Bernardo resident said it took 15 hours to shut off the water when a pipe burst on his street.
"Conservation really needs to start from the people telling you to conserve," said Michael Wolf.
Team 10 requested water main break reports from the last three years through the California Public Records Act.
Team 10 wanted to know when the breaks were reported and what time the water was shut off but Deputy Director of the Public Utilities Department Water Operations, Stan Medina, said they just started recording shut off times 14 months ago.
The supervising public information officer for the Public Utilities Department, Arian Collins, would not do an on camera interview for this story. He told Team 10 by email:
We have around 100 water main breaks each year. The goals of the Public Utilities Department involving water main breaks include having an Emergency Services unit respond to the break within 30 minutes, have the water shutdown within 30 minutes of the unit arriving, and having a construction crew arrive at the site to begin making repairs within 30 minutes of the shutdown. The time it takes to repair a water main break depends upon a number of circumstances, including size of the pipe, location of the pipe, weather conditions, street conditions, etc.
Challenges in responding to water main breaks include time of day as well as day of the week that break occurs, location of responding unit when notified of the break, traffic conditions, etc.
In the 54 reports released by the department, 11 breaks were shut off within 60 minutes.
The shortest time was 35 minutes and the longest time 216 hours.
"My recommendation to every homeowner is buy sandbags because the city isn't going to come and save you. Not in a timely manner," said Mccubbin.
Medina has made some changes to the department's water operations since becoming deputy director. It was his idea to have the crews start recording shut off times and to dispatch two crews automatically to a water main break.
Collins said there is currently a fact finding investigation over the water main break that occurred on June 3 on Madison Avenue.
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Mobile devices will be biggest business security threat in 20140
With more and more employees getting work done on the go, mobile devices are quickly becoming a huge security risk for companies, new research shows.
A study done by the Ponemon Institute, a security research center, as well as Lumension, a provider of end-point management and security showed that 75% of IT security professionals say that mobile devices will be the biggest threat companies' security in 2014, up from just 9% of security professionals who said the same in 2010. Additionally, 68% of the respondents said that their mobile devices have been targeted by malware within the last 12 months.
Larry Ponemon, who is the chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, says that he has seen the threat landscape fundamentally change over the last five years.
"Trending data shows increasing concern, year over year, over the explosion of mobile devices on the network," Ponemon said. "It's now IT's greatest risk."
Despite the findings of the study, nearly half of the IT security professionals surveyed do not manage mobile devices that are company owned.
While mobile devices may pose the biggest risk, they aren't the only security threat that organizations are facing. The study found that advanced persistent threats (APTs) that occur when a cybercriminal gains accesses a company's network in an attempt to steal data or cause damage, are too becoming a concern for IT professionals. This year, 39% of those surveyed said APTs, also known as targeted attacks, are one of the risks they're most worried about, up 55% in 2009.
Overall, 40% of IT security professionals have reported that they have been victims of a targeted attach with the last year. Among those attacks, spear phishing emails sent to employees were identified as the No. 1 attack entry point.
The volume of malware also continues to be an escalating problem. The research has found that 41% of IT professionals have said they have experienced more than 50 malware attacks per month, which is up from three years ago. In addition, nearly 70% have also said that malware attacks are contributing significantly to rising operating costs.
C. Edward Brice, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Lumension, says that as the end-point environment evolves, IT security strategy must also evolve as well. He said rubber-stamping the security portfolio of years past shouldn't be an option, given how fluid organizations' data have become.
"Security technologies should be reviewed for this emerging threat landscape," Brice said. "User education is also critical."
The study was based on surveys of 676 IT and IT security practitioners with involvement in end-point security.
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OAKLAND, Calif. – All the usual crazies are here, decked out in their silver & black paint and various menacing costumes. As I was walking into the stadium, an usher was giving fans a list of dos and don'ts that included this message: "And, please, no weapons of mass destruction." I'm guessing that was a […] [Read More]
Deon Anderson undergoes surgery
OAKLAND, Calif. – The press box here at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum currently contains only two members of the Texas media contingent – myself and DallasCowboys.com's Mickey Spagnola. I just arrived on the Bay Area Rapid Transit System from San Francisco for a mere $3.80. Mickey got here free on the Cowboys team bus. I'm guessing […] [Read More]
Molinari's hits the spot
SAN FRANCISCO – It's a beautiful day in the Bay Area, with temperatures hovering around 70 degrees and nothing but blue skies. We spent much of the morning and early afternoon touring the Embarcadero area, which includes the historic Port of San Francisco. After that, it was up to North Beach, where Mrs. O decided […] [Read More]
Ten things to watch tonight
The starters won't be in long tonight in the Cowboys' preseason opener with Oakland, but there's plenty to focus on after they get pulled. Here are 10 things to pay special attention to as the Cowboys take the field for the first time since last season's 44-6 Philadelphia flop: [Read More]
Phillips disappointed in team's preparation for preseason opener
The biggest news to come out of Wade Phillips' briefing following today's brief walkthrough at the Alamodome was that he was disappointed in how the team approached Tuesday's practice. The Cowboys open the preseason Thursday night in Oakland. "We've addressed that," Phillips said. "It's a great opportunity for a lot of these guys and our […] [Read More]
McGee excited about first NFL action
Wade Phillips said all four of the quarterbacks will play in Thursday's preseason opener at Oakland. Fourth-round pick Stephen McGee is expected to see plenty of action after Phillips said Tuesday that backup Jon Kitna's time will be limited. "I'm just going to be ready to go whenever they say to go in," McGee said. […] [Read More]
'Preseason is a waste of time'
So says Roy Williams, who made it clear he isn't looking forward to Thursday's exhibition opener at Oakland. His distaste for the preseason came up when I asked him if he thought the connection he's forged with Tony Romo lately in practice will definitely carry over to the preseason. "It's just preseason," the former Texas […] [Read More]
Injuries not series, Phillips says
RB/KR Felix Jones (toe) is back in uniform and on the field after missing team drills this morning with stiffness in his surgically repaired left big toe. Wade Phillips said Jones complained of the same thing four or five days ago, but the team's athletic trainers and medical staff said stiffness is normal for someone […] [Read More]
Martellus Bennett is the NFL's top Tweeter
So says tweeterwall.mallplace.com's survey of NFL fans. It's interesting that the outspoken Texas A&M alum outdistanced such heavyweights as Terrell Owens and Chad Ocho Cinco. [Read More]
Bennett reportedly hurt knee
Word is that the on-field discussion that Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips had with Martellus Bennett this morning has to do with the tight end possibly tweaking a knee during practice. Couple Bennett's injury with the Felix Jones' stiff toe and suddenly the Cowboys have some offensive fears to go along with the anxiety produced […] [Read More]
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Flexibility is the ability to move your joints and muscles through their full range of motion. Stretching is an activity that helps you to be more flexible. It's also something you can easily do at home.
Exercise DVDs can teach you more about stretching various muscles.
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Aerobic fitness means increasing how well your body uses oxygen. Look for activities that make your heart beat faster and make you breathe harder.
Experts suggest that you do at least 2½ hours of moderate activity a week or at least 1¼ hours of vigorous activity a week. It's fine to do blocks of 10 minutes or more throughout your day and week.
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Muscle fitness means building stronger muscles and increasing how long you can use them. You can strengthen a muscle by doing any activity that pushes or pulls against that muscle.
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Cebu Air, Allegiant Travel aircraft purchase talks collapse
Gokongwei-led Cebu Air Inc., operator of budget airline Cebu Pacific, on Wednesday said the deal to sell its 10 Airbus A319 aircraft to US-based low-cost carrier operator Allegiant Travel Company has fallen through.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Cebu Pacific said talks between Allegiant Travel, owner of Allegiant Air which serves domestic tourism routes in the US, were terminated after the two parties failed to agree on certain terms of the transaction.
"It's unfortunate that we were not able to finalize the sale agreement," Cebu Pacific president and chief executive officer Lance Gokongwei noted in the disclosure.
"We have been unable to agree on certain conditions that would have made the transaction workable, both operationally and financially," he added.
Last week, Allegiant announced the cessation of the deal with Cebu Pacific after the former was "unable to come to terms on some of the economic provisions of the transaction."
"Our disciplined approach in asset purchases is a core competency that we will not compromise," Allegiant president Andrew Levy was quoted by The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 28 as saying in a statement.
Even without the deal, Gokongwei claimed optimism about the near-term growth prospects of Cebu Pacific.
"Without the A319 sale, our current fleet expansion plan, which includes delivery of eight Airbus A320 aircraft over the next 2 years will enable us to grow seat capacity by an average of 10-15 percent per year," Gokongwei said.
This is still "in line with our demand outlook for air travel in the Philippines, allowing Cebu Pacific the flexibility to accommodate the growing demand for air travel in the Philippines," he claimed.
Last July, Cebu Pacific publicly announced the potential sale of its airbuses to Allegiant.
Cebu Pacific is the largest carrier in the Philippines, offering low-cost services to the most number of destinations and routes within the archipelago. — SOA/VS, GMA News
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Bachelor of Information Systems / Bachelor of Arts
Course summary for international students
|Award granted
|Bachelor of Information Systems / Bachelor of Arts
|Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
|Cloud (online)
4 years full-time
|Next available intake
March (Trimester 1), July (Trimester 2)
|Indicative annual fee 2015
|CRICOS course code
|IELTS Requirement
IELTS overall score of 6 (with no band score less than 6) or equivalent
|Deakin course code
|VTAC Codes
|1400416443 - Waterfront (Geelong), International full-fee paying place
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Students enrolled in this combined course will be required to undertake units of study at both Waurn Ponds (Geelong) and the Waterfront (Geelong).
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Fees and charges
- Career opportunities
- Course rules
- Entry requirements - general
- Entry requirements - specific
- Credit for prior learning - general
- How to apply
Course overview
Information Systems/Arts is a flexible degree that allows students to combine generalist studies in Arts with studies in Information Systems. The Bachelor of Arts is a flexible degree allowing students to pursue a complementary area of study such as media and communication, international studies, politics and policy, visual communication, journalism, public relations, languages or sociology.
Fees and charges
Fee paying place - International (IFP)
A fee paying place is one for which the University does not receive any government funding. As such, students enrolled in these places are required to contribute the full cost of their course.
Fees for international students apply to persons living in Australia with Temporary Resident status, provided that there is no limitation on study and persons living abroad who are not Australian citizens and do not have Permanent Resident status in Australia.
Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL)
EFTSL is the standard annual full time load. Eight credit points is the standard full time load for one year of study.
* The 'indicative annual course fee' cited has been provided as a guide only. It has been calculated on the basis of a typical enrolment of a student undertaking the course in 2015, and reflects the cost involved in undertaking a full-time quota of units within the specified discipline.
The actual fees charged by Deakin University will depend upon the discipline from which each individual unit is chosen, and may vary from the indicative course fee cited, particularly if units are chosen from a number of disciplines. The cost of each unit offered in 2015 can be viewed from the Unit Search.
Please note that the fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and service.
Deakin assumes no responsibility for persons relying on 'indicative course fees' to calculate the total future cost of their course.
Career opportunities
A combined course such as the Bachelor of Information Systems/Bachelor of Arts offers you the chance to broaden your career opportunities after graduation. For further information on career outcomes for this combined course, see the entries for Bachelor of Information Systems and Bachelor of Arts.
Course rules
The combined course comprises 32 credit points of study. Students will undertake 16 credit points in the Faculty of Arts and Education and 16 credit points in the Faculty of Business and Law.
Course requirements for both the Bachelor of Information Systems (M340) and the Bachelor of Arts (A300) must be satisfied.
The 16 credit points studied within the Bachelor of Information Systems must include the 16 credit points of core units, excluding MIS396.
Within the 16 credit points required for the Bachelor of Arts portion of the degree a minimum of 4 credit points must be completed at level 3 and a major sequence as described under course A300 Bachelor of Arts must also be completed.
See course entry for Bachelor of Information Systems (M340) or Bachelor of Arts (A300).
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Deakin University offers admission to undergraduate courses through a number of admission categories.
In all categories of admission, selection is based primarily on academic merit as indicated by an applicant's previous academic record.
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Please note that English language requirements exist for entry to this course and you will be required to meet the English language level requirement that is applicable in the year of your commencement of studies.
It is the students' responsibility to ensure that she/he has the required IELTS score to register with any external accredited courses.
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If you have completed previous studies which you believe may reduce the number of units you have to complete at Deakin, indicate in the appropriate section on your application that you wish to be considered for credit for prior learning. You will need to provide a certified copy of your previous course details so your credit can be determined. If you are eligible, your offer letter will then contain information about your credit for prior learning.
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"Wynton Marsalis: A Youngarts Masterclass" nominated for 66Th Annual Emmy® Award
_Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass_, an HBO Family Documentary Special, has been nominated for a 66th Annual Emmy Award in the Outstanding Children's Program category. This is the third season the YoungArts MasterClass series has received an Emmy-nomination. The program features some of the work of the "National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts)":http://www.youngarts.org, the non-profit that contributes to the cultural vitality of the nation by supporting the artistic development of talented young artists. Keep reading »
HBO releases trailer for their new series "Treme", featuring a selection from "Congo Square"
Ever since HBO's critically acclaimed masterpiece 'The Wire' went off the air two years ago, fans have been waiting to see what creators David Simon and Eric Overmyer would come up with next. So when word came out that they were going to take on one of the most complicated issues in the country—the effort to rebuild New Orleans in the aftermath of 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina—fans and pundits alike were both intrigued by the idea and dismayed at the wait for the project to actually materialize. Could the team from 'The Wire' find their magic again? And, if so, could even they do the subject matter justice? Keep reading »