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US Visa Application process gets new website; goodbye to the VFS Global payment system
Anyone who has ever applied for a United States visa from Nigeria knows how cumbersome the application process is from making a payment to booking an appointment online. Well, you can say goodbye to that era as the US State Department launched a new website for visa applications from Nigeria recently.
The website is located at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng for Nigeria and the Embassy now works in collaboration with Guaranty Trust Bank. Applicants now have have two options; they can either make payments online or at any GTBank branch in Nigeria.
For every payment made before 3pm, applicants can schedule an appointment 3hrs later while payment made after 3pm will only be available the next working day.
This a big push in the right direction and we are very happy about this change. In addition, the extra 5,800 fee has been dropped. Check out the new visa website: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng
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BKS, a 37-year-old Indian tailor, allegedly groped a Filipina while she was trying on a skirt of the work uniform in his shop, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.
In June, SRO, the 25-year-old victim, went to the tailor, who stitched work uniforms for her employer, to check the fitting of a skirt.
"I entered a fitting room and took off my trousers to try a skirt he gave me. Suddenly, he lifted the curtain that was used instead of a door. My lower part was naked except for my underwear. He asked me to finish quickly as he wanted to close. I shouted at him and told him that the skirt he gave me was not fitting so he gave me another one to try.
"Then he took the measurement of my waist while I was wearing the other skirt. Suddenly, he pulled the skirt and inserted his hand below my underwear and groped my private parts. I shouted at him and put on my trouser. I left the shop while he was apologising for what he did. The next day, I reported the incident to the police," she testified.
SHF, 30, Indian, a woman tailor who worked in the same shop, testified that the victim had come to the shop to alter her skirt. The accused took chest and waist measurements of the victim and then asked her to try one of the skirts.
"She entered the fitting area and then I got busy with a client who came to collect some dress. The counter was about five metres away from the fitting room. I got busy with the client for about 3 minutes. Then I saw the accused stepping out of the fitting room and after a while the victim walked out. I met her the next day in the restaurant of the hotel where she works and she told me how the accused molested her. I told her that she should report to the police. She answered that she will notify the HR department," she testified.
The court adjourned the case for verdict until October 21.
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Who is ready for some football?
On Monday February 3rd, Vander Bar will be hosting it's "Mourning After," promotion to heal the hangovers of the losing team's fans. Vander Bar will heal those with shattered spirits by offering discounts to anyone proud enough to wear the losing team's gear, the day after the big game.
"Mourning After," percentage discounts will be offered in the amount of points the underdogs lost by. Patron Tequila and Michelle Champagne will be sponsoring the event from 5-8pm with themed cocktails and giveaways all day long! Enjoy specialty cocktails like the "Mourning Mimosa," and the "Aching Old Fashion."
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MUSC Education & Student Life Annual Report for 2010-2011
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The MUSC student-run interprofessional CARES Clinic won the South Carolina Volunteer Group Award for the 2011 South Carolina Governor's Volunteer awards. The clinic provides health care for underserved and disadvantaged individuals in the Charleston community. The nomination, submitted by clinic faculty director, Dr. Wanda Gonsalves, reported students volunteered over 5,000 hours and saw over 1,500 patients in the last year. CARES is an outstanding example of student interprofessional and collaborative service learning. ESL's Creating Collaborative Care is one of several sponsors providing financial support for the clinic.


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Right, so to give these books received posts a little more firepower, I'm going to start podcasting my initial thoughts about the books–basically providing context and reading a paragraph from each. I'm talking about them in the same order in which the images appear below. Yep, soon this will all be the rage. Probably already is all the rage somewhere I haven't seen it yet. And, yep, this is the first rough stab at this; everything will get better as I continue to do these: the audio quality, the quality of discourse, the quality of the readings, and making the podcast itself more self-contained. I might even just go to video, but that takes a lot longer to put together. So, for now, we'll try this experimental retro idea of you puttin' the images and the audio together in your mind by yer lonesome…
1 – Best SF/F magazine evah: Taltivaeltaja
2 – Bone Dance – Emma Bull
3 – Dragons of the Hourglass Mage Weiss and Hickman
4 – Wings of Creation Brenda Cooper
5 – By Heresies Distressed – David Weber
6 – John the Baptizer – Brooks Hansen
7 – Dwarves – Markus Heitz
8 – Against a Dark Background – Iain M. Banks
9 – Wicked City/Black Guard – Hideyuki Kikuchi
10 – The Harlequin and the Train – Paul Tremblay
11 – Not Less Than Gods – Kage Baker
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Tchula, Miss., October 6, 2003 – One year after a deadly home fire killed six children in Holmes County, Miss., national organizations and local leaders are working together to prevent a similar tragedy. The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and the Mississippi High-Risk Fire Safety Task Force have joined together to provide and install nearly 9,000 smoke alarms in homes throughout the entire county. This project will put a smoke alarm in every home in Holmes County, one of the most impoverished areas in the nation.
NFPA President and CEO James M. Shannon and community leaders announced the program today at the Tchula, Miss., Fire Department as part of Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11).
Mississippi, and especially Holmes County, has been hardest hit by fire deaths in homes without working smoke alarms. Of more than 50 fire deaths recently investigated in Mississippi by the state Office of the Fire Marshal, not one occurred in a home with a working smoke alarm.
"All of us at NFPA have dedicated our professional lives to helping to prevent tragedies such as the Tchula fire," said Shannon, of the nonprofit NFPA. "There is no question, that working smoke alarms can save lives. And, by providing every home in the county with a working smoke alarm, this program will help to keep families safer."
"We are pleased to be working with NFPA and the Mississippi High-Risk Fire Safety Task Force to provide Holmes County with these smoke alarms," said Ken Burris, FEMA regional director. "We hope that this unique effort will also help to teach residents about the importance of fire safety in the home."
NFPA and USFA provide smoke alarms for every home in Holmes County, Miss.
Following the Tchula fire last year, Holmes County leaders established the Mississippi High-Risk Fire Safety Task Force to provide children and older adults with fire safety educational programs; ensure that every household in Holmes County has a working smoke alarm; increase fire safety awareness; address problems of fire and fire hazards in housing; and review and improve fire safety codes and legislation in the area.
Representatives from the NFPA, USFA, Mississippi High-Risk Fire Safety Task Force, and community volunteers began installing the smoke alarms today. It is expected that it will take six to nine months to install all 9,000 smoke alarms.
About NFPA
NFPA has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, building, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education. NFPA has been the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week since 1922.
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As an entity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, USFA, now part of the Department of Homeland Security, works to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination and support. USFA serves the Nation independently, in coordination with other Federal agencies, and in partnership with fire protection and emergency service communities. With a commitment to excellence, USFA provides public education, training, technology and data initiatives.
About the Mississippi High-Risk Fire Safety Task Force
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Back to the delightfully random now after being spoilt by so much on-topic news recently. I don't know about you, but I needed a few days away to recover.
Although I could have sworn that we've done this already (maybe in a dream?), today's musical test of memory concerns songs with colours in the titles and lyrics. Heck, even bands that have taken a colour and made a name for themselves out of it. Think of it as a distraction for those who are already distracted by last-minute transfer dealings on deadline day. (Alexander Hleb to Birmingham City?)
In memory of Birmingham son, Carl Wayne, who died on this day in 2004, this was The Move's only No.1 single among many a memorable hit – in December 1968.
Perhaps best remembered for his frenzied destruction of stage props during performances, which once included hacking through a Cadillac at London's Roundhouse whilst strippers did their thing (and resulted in The Move being temporarily banned from every theatre in the UK), Carl Wayne also succeed Allan Clarke as lead vocalist for the Hollies in 2000, found time to act both on stage in the West End (in Blood Brothers – for six years) and on television (including the much-loved British soap opera, Crossroads), and so very admirably ran major marathons to raise funds for research into leukaemia. I think the latter fact alone makes him worthy of your remembrance and respect today.
Here are six songs which have a colour in their title. Can you add to them? There have to be at least a dozen songs for each and every colour in the rainbow – the rainbow as sung by The Dells, preferably. What a performance that is.
– Beatles, 'Old Brown Shoe'
– Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 'Red Eyes and Tears'
– Leonard Cohen, 'Famous Blue Raincoat'
– Little Barrie, 'Green Eyed Fool'
– Joni Mitchell, 'Big Yellow Taxi'
– Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Purple Stain'
All that's left for me to do is remind you that the chatroom will be open tomorrow from 3pm (UK). My apologies again for cancelling yesterday's chat at short notice; I hope to see you tomorrow instead. Newcomers are very welcome and everything you need to know about the chatroom can be found here, so do drop in.
By the way, I do realise that, scientifically, black isn't a 'colour' as such; colour being the result of the distortion of light and black objects absorb light but cannot reflect it, or something like that. But it still counts as a colour for the purpose of this exercise, as does white, if only because 'Paint it Black' and 'White Rabbit' are two of the finest songs ever recorded. I mean, who really cares about physics?


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The Saratoga Rose Inn & Restaurant in Hadley will be serving a-la-carte brunch and dinner on Sunday — Mother's Day — from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with brunch fare available until 2 p.m. Menus here.
Also, a dinner celebrating the food and wine of Italy will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 30. The meal costs $70 per person, plus tax and tip.
Reservations are required; call 696-2861. Saratoga Rose is located at 4136 Rockwell St. in Hadley, 18 miles north of Saratoga Springs.


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Inquiry into the use of 'fly-in, fly-out' (FIFO) workforce practices in regional Australia
To view or print the media releases, you will need Adobe Acrobat® PDF Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.®
There is currently a total of 25 media release in the following list.
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Regional Australia Committee issues key FIFO report (PDF 124KB)
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Fringe benefits tax encouraging the us of FIFO? (PDF 90KB)
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Affordable housing for mining communities (PDF 90KB)
Thursday 14 June 2012
Rio Tinto to appear before Regional Australia Committee in Melbourne (PDF 130KB)
Wednesday 13 June 2012
DIDO in regional Victoria - Regional Australia Committee holds public hearing in Maryborough (PDF 128KB)
Thursday 24 May 2012
FIFO not just for miners - Regional Australia Committee to hear from doctors, sex workers and contractors (PDF 374KB)
Monday 21 May 2012
FIFO in the Northern Territory: Health Perspectives (PDF 125KB)
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Narrabri to host public hearing for FIFO Inquiry (PDF 372KB)
Wednesday 18 April 2012
FIFO Inquiry travels to Kalgoorlie (PDF 125KB)
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Regional Australia Committee holds second day of hearings in Perth (PDF 130KB)
Monday 16 April 2012
FIFO workers encouraged to put their view to inquiry (PDF 131KB)
Thursday 29 March 2012
Broome to host FIFO inquiry (PDF 124KB)
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Port Hedland has its say to FIFO Inquiry (PDF 126KB)
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Karratha to host first WA public hearing for FIFO inquiry (PDF 125KB)
Thursday 23 February 2012
Regional Australia Committee concludes Queensland public hearings in Brisbane (PDF 128KB)
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Mackay to host a public hearing for Regional Australia Committee FIFO Inquiry (PDF 126KB)
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Moranbah has its say to FIFO Inquiry (PDF 125KB)
Monday 20 February 2012
Cairns to host public hearing for FIFO Inquiry (PDF 91KB)
Wednesday 15 February 2012
FIFO not just for miners - National Rural Health Alliance to appear before Regional Australia Committee (PDF 125KB)
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Infrastructure Department to front Regional Australia Committee (PDF 87KB)
Monday 5 December 2011
BHP Billiton to give evidence for FIFO Inquiry in Adelaide (PDF 126KB)
Monday 21 November 2011
FIFO Inquiry to hear about voting concerns from Electoral Commissioner (PDF 364KB)
Friday 4 November 2011
Regional Australia Committee announces locations for FIFO inquiry (PDF 125KB)
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First public hearing for FIFO Inquiry (PDF 124KB)
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FIFO inquiry launched (PDF 127KB)
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Welcome to the Master of Science in Marine and Environmental Biology program at Nicholls.
This program allows students to take an expedition through Louisiana's swamps, marshes and coastal areas. With state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and easy access to multiple field sites, our students are well prepared for real world marine and environmental careers when they finish their graduate school expedition at Nicholls.
The marine and environmental biology program is thesis-based, and thesis research projects have ranged from the molecular to the ecosystem level and everywhere in between.
The Department of Biological Sciences includes 10 graduate faculty on staff and numerous adjunct faculty, including researchers at LUMCON.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about our program. We accept applications for the program at any time and appreciate your interest.
Dr. Aaron Pierce,
Coordinator of Biology Graduate Program
Where will your expedition take you?
Each Nicholls biology graduate student takes a different journey. Learn what previous students have researched and what unique opportunities await you at Nicholls.
Fast Facts
- Began in Fall 2002
- 50 graduates
- 20 students currently enrolled
- Unique opportunities to study in swamps, bayous and LUMCON facilities


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Through awareness and education, suicide is losing its stigma
- Published: Thursday, 07 September 2017 10:36
- Written by Marcia Horn Montgomery, Contributing Writer
Fourteen years ago, Bonnie and Mickey Swade's son Brett committed suicide at age 31. Back then there were no suicide support groups and because of the stigma attached people were reluctant to even bring it to the attention of professional mental health facilitators.
To honor the memory of their son, the Swades started a suicide support group in 2003 and then in 2004 founded Suicide Awareness Survivor Support Missouri-Kansas (SASS-MoKan).
In addition to SASS-MoKan, now there are several support groups in the greater Kansas City area, Mickey Swade said. Every September SASS-MoKan sponsors the Remembrance Walk, which not only raises money for suicide awareness, education, prevention and survivor support, but helps fight the stigma surrounding suicide.
"Putting it out there in the public is probably the best way," said Mickey.
The Remembrance Walk also serves the purpose of letting people know they all have something in common. People typically feel they're the only ones going through this kind of grief and suffering, but when they're in the middle of 300 to 400 people who have also lost loved ones, they realize they are not alone.
Mickey said on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, SASS-MoKan has a holiday memorial service at no charge. The topic is primarily getting through the holiday season while coping with grief.
Bonnie Swade said in April there's a healing day for survivors for them to learn ways to cope with their grief. It might be yoga or certain healing foods, and they listen to the soothing music of a Native American flute.
The Swades are also members of the Johnson County Mental Health Suicide Prevention Coalition and the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition, coordinated by Jewish Family Services.
"They go into schools and present programs, so we are very proud to be a part of these organizations," Bonnie said.
When SASS-MoKan first began the Swades tried to go into schools to talk about suicide, but it was difficult to get them to comply. Just like sex education many years ago, they felt you would be putting ideas into kids' heads, Mickey said.
"The ideas were already there, and the same thing today (regarding suicide) — just because you talk about it you're not putting ideas into kids' heads; they're already thinking about it," he said. "And if they're thinking about it in the wrong ways, you need to be talking to them to see if you can have an intervention or get it straightened out."
According to the Center for Disease Control, suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-old Americans. The Swades believe cyber-bullying and computer games have a lot to do with it. Bonnie said it's easier to "get" to somebody than it ever used to be. Mickey said in many computer games when a character dies he has another life and that's not a good message to send.
One of the answers to preventing suicide is to teach young people they have to talk about it.
"If you're thinking about it, you need to tell somebody and I think that's something fairly new; it wasn't done before," Mickey said.
If a young person feels he or she can't talk to their parents, they need to talk to a trusted adult, Bonnie said. That someone could be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, school counselor — any adult they can trust with their feelings who isn't going to look at them and make them feel ashamed.
"And if your best friend tells you something in strict confidence in regard to suicide, you've got to tell somebody; you can't keep it a secret," she said.
Kansas just passed The Jason Flatt Act which requires everyone who is employed in a school to have two hours of training each year on suicide prevention. As of 2016, The Jason Flatt Act had passed in 19 states.
"A kid may relate better to the person who works in the cafeteria than he does to his teacher, or may relate to the bus driver," Mickey said. "So those people need to be prepared to deal with someone thinking about suicide."
Some warning signs parents should look for in their child are suddenly listening to a different type of music, giving away some of their possessions and mood changes; i.e., becoming depressed or depression changing to a sudden sense of happiness.
"Anytime you have a person or a child that changes what they're normally like, I would say it's something that needs to be explored," Bonnie said.
And, the Swades said, they have to be willing to ask the question: Are you thinking of taking your life.
The Zero Suicide movement adheres to the belief that individuals who are under the care of behavioral health systems are preventable. But Bonnie said she doesn't know how accurate that is because you never know where potential suicides stand.
"It's hard to say there are not going to be any more suicides because there have been suicides since the Roman Empire," she said. "We can certainly cut down on the number of suicides, but I don't know that it's fair to say we can get to every person who's thinking about it."
A lot of people contemplating suicide are con artists, Mickey added.
"They know what to say to the doctors," he said. "They know what they need to say to get what they want when they want it. It's kind of the nature of the beast."
Bonnie is ambivalent about the Netflix teen drama "13 Reasons Why," which deals with circumstances surrounding a teen's suicide.
"I think it starts a conversation with parents if they watch it with their children," she said. "Some parents just let their children watch it and I don't think that's a very good idea because there's no time for questions and talking about certain things. So in my opinion I don't think it glamorizes it, but I'm kind of torn. I would say that it did get the dialogue started."
If someone is dealing with a mental health issue, they need to go to a mental health hospital where there are emergency rooms equipped to handle these situations. And if you have to call the police on a mental health crisis, Mickey said to ask them to send a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) officer.
For those dealing with someone who may be suicidal, they can call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or the Johnson County Mental Health Center Crisis line at 913-268-0156.
The Swades are members of Congregation Beth Torah.
Remembrance Walk
The 14th Annual Remembrance Walk will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at Loose Park, 51st and Wornall Road, Kansas City, Missouri. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
The pre-registration fee is $25; $30 the day of the walk. Register online by going to
sass-mokan.com/Sass-walk and clicking on the registration link.
Suicide Awareness Survivors Support sponsors the walk, which is for anyone who has
tragically experienced the loss of a loved one by suicide, homicide, fire or accident.
Proceeds go toward suicide awareness, education, prevention and survivor support.
For more information, contact Bonnie Swade at 913-681-3050 or by emailing her at


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Advice for coping with anti-BFing mom
I had a difficult HG pregnancy, and breast feeding my now 3 month old daughter has been an absolute joy, but mom continues to be anything from passive aggressive ("Oh, you're STILL breast feeding?") to antagonistic ("Don't you think it's time to start solids?" <--- heck no!!!!).
She isn't going to change what we're doing, but dealing with her attitude and comments every conversation is exhausting!! Any advice for shutting this down? I've tried being informative but she ices over or takes everything the wrong way. Maybe I just need encouragement.
Many years ago I was told, sanitize your nipples with rubbing alcohol before you feed. Feeding past 3 months is for your benefit, not the babys. Never lay down when you feed. Nursing a boy is too sexual, formula feed.
I just kept reminding myself, the species survived many a millenia without this BS and I could too.
Good luck on getting your mom to back off!
Would you like to talk with her about it/inform her, or get her to be quiet altogether?
my mom was the same with DS and I know she will be the same with this one. I breastfed DS since day one and as much as I told her no, she sent me formula coupons and when visiting bought me formula from the store. I gave it all away. She wasnt encouraging at all. She also gave me a look of disgust when telling her my choice to cloth diaper. She is very "convenient/disposable" oriented which I find ironic since she calls herself "green". I'm happy your mom won't change your decision and sorry she continues being so negative! Hopefully she'll shut her mouth. Especially as one year approaches which is the "magic age to stop breastfeeding cold turkey" according to many people
Tell her you'll start feeding formula when she uses a catheter to urinate. (why mess with the natural flow of things unless there's a reason)
Tell her you're sick of hearing it.
Give her a pamphlet from LaLeche showing that in the US it's advised we nurse for 1 year, and globally they recommend 2 years.
Quoting doulala:
Would you like to talk with her about it/inform her, or get her to be quiet altogether?
I've tried the informative angle, giving her the info, responding to negativity with information... So now I just want her to leave me alone! The negativity is exhausting! (even typing that I know I'd prefer if i could explain til she understood, but... Ugh!!)


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Remediation of one of the Most Hazardous Soil in World for a Site of Large Battery Plant Utilizing the Company's Licensed MBS Technology
NEW YORK - Adama Technologies Corporation ( ' The Company')- (OTC BB:ADAC) a clean tech company specifically dedicated to Brownfield remediation, with a license for a patented and proven technology, today announced, that in conjunction with the Israeli Environmental Office, the Company successfully completed a pilot in Israel which successfully remediated heavy metal soil containment in a site consider to be one of the most hazardous soil in the world.
The pilot was conducted in collaboration with Windex Israel Ltd which is one of the foremost advanced environmental companies for consulting, certified for drilling and sampling soils in Israel.
The pilot included several heavy metal contaminated soil sampling with different concentration by a certified soil sampling team from Windex. Windex handled the shipping of the samples to Bactochem the biggest laboratory for analytical chemistry in Israel under the supervision of Windex- Bactochem team.
Dr Eldad Elron from Bactochem and Mr. Noel Spindler from Solucorp conducted the experiments in the lab, which included several progressive extractions.
'The results are very encouraging and the cooperation will continue till the final approval is received by the Israeli EPA' stated Aviram Malik, CEO. 'We are most confident that these results will generate huge awareness of Adama Technology and eventually revenue' Malik concluded.
About Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Solucorp Industries Ltd., http://www.solucorpltd.com is a developer and provider of cost effective, permanent technologies, including the Molecular Bonding System (MBS) for the remediation and prevention of hazardous heavy metal (including lead, mercury, arsenic, chromium, copper, zinc, nickel, selenium and cadmium) contamination. MBS has been used for the remediation of hazardous heavy metals worldwide, most recently in Ravenna, Italy where over 240,000 tons of hazardous heavy metals were treated to such low levels that the material was allowed by governmental officials to be left on site.


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Located near the airport, this family-friendly hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Forte Bazzera, Ca' Rezzonico, and Academy Gallery. Peggy Guggenheim Museum and St. Mary of the Friars are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This family-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a train station pick-up service. Onsite self parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Best Western Plus Quid Hotel Venice Airport is a smoke-free property.
- Express check-in
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Bar/lounge
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 3
- Restaurant
- Year Built 2010
- Coffee shop or café
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free wired Internet
- Computer station
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 128
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 9
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free dial-up Internet access
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (limited hours)
- First-run movies
- Cribs/infant beds available
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Mover - This restaurant serves light fare only. A children's menu is available. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 2 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 10 per pet, per day, plus a one-time cleaning fee of EUR 30 and a deposit of EUR 10 per night
- Dogs only
- 1 per room (up to 10 lb)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city and will be collected at the property. This tax does not apply to residents of Venice City and children under 10 years of age. Further exemptions may apply to patients and their companions, and people staying in the city for specific purposes/duties, subject to the submission of proper documents to the property. A 30 percent reduction applies from 1-31 January.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.10 per person, per night
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 4.00 for adults and EUR 4.00 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 6 per person (roundtrip)
- Pet deposit: EUR 10 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 10 per pet, per day plus EUR 30 one-time cleaning fee
Hotel Name
- Best Western Hotel Quid
- Best Western Plus Quid Hotel
- Best Western Plus Quid Hotel Venice Airport Mestre
- Best Western Plus Quid Venice Airport Mestre
- Best Western Quid Hotel Venice Airport
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- Hotel Best Western Quid Venice Airport
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We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Date: 9/5/06
Summary: They looked for bird and mammal bones also cleaning dirt balls to make sure none were missed. They also found a bone of an extinct Japanese sea lion in the midden of one of the war trenches. Between two depressions (possibly former homes), they found some charcoal, bird bones, and ceramic. Mrs. Nikula got to see porpoises (an animal I did a report on! ) jump over the boat and dive in the water effortlessly. She also unearthed a pure white tear-drop shaped projectile point a couple days later.
New knowledge: Depressions in the area could possibly be former homes. A "fog lee" is what it's called when the fog disapears a bit in a certain area.....I think. I'm just making an inference, really.
Questions: Are there any reptiles or amphibians in the area you're at?
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Something Is Technically Wrong With Twitter.com
"No Excuses" For European Startups And More Videos And Photos From Plugg 2010
OMGTwitterisdownagain. Or extremely flaky, at least. This time, the problems seem to occur only when trying to access the Twitter website, as the API seems to be fully functional and thus not causing any trouble for third-party clients.
Search also seems to work fine, as you can tell from all the people tweeting that Twitter is down for them – go figure.
We'll keep it short and sweet: use a third-party client for your tweeting needs or find something else to do (like blog about the fact that Twitterisdownagain).


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Pear-Shaped Pink Sapphire and Round Diamond Pendant (18")
Description & Specifications
This adorable pendant is crafted in quality 14 karat white gold and features one sparkling pear-shaped pink sapphire, at approximately .46 carat TW. Accenting this vibrant gem are 17 round diamonds, at approximately .10 carat TW. This cute design hangs from a matching 18-inch box chain and the total gem weight is approximately .56 carat.
Item Number: 41063336
Item Number: 41063336
- *Total Carat Weight5/8 ct. t.g.w.
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text: CC'ed to kre and Charles. I think we've all been genuinely talking past each other, and that text below should clear that up. Also, anyone took insult from my asking whether people were for real or playing dumb, or for words like "obtuse": I hope this clears that up too, and I apologise for any unintended offense. In message <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Christos Zoulas writes: >On Dec 8, 3:06pm, email@example.com (Jonathan Stone) wrote: >-- Subject: cloning loopback and security [was Re: CVS commit: src/sys ] > >| Reposting some offlist discussion, trying to think constructively >| about the lo-cloning/lo0ifp issues: >| >| What about adding a sysctl that prohibits cloning more than 1 loopback >| device, or (if there's already more than 1) cloning further devices? >| If the sysctl value is nonmodifiable at securelevel > 0, I think >| that'll meet most of my concerns. > >I undestand the desire to have cloning controlled, but why only for >the loopback? What is the security issue with the additional loopback, >as opposed for let's say gif, or ppp, or tun? How is loopback special? Loopback is special because it is special. It's not really an option: if you have INET, you need loopback for normal operation. To paraphrase something I said off-list: the domain I'm concerned about is the same kind of hardened, tied-down system where Thor and I had a strong gut reaction against devfs, due to security concerns. Those same concerns apply here, mutatis mutandis. Those concerns include both actual functionality; concerns about the volume of code you hvae to understand to get assurance; and the maturity of that code. When I build such systems, I've probably already stripped out gif, tun, and probably ppp. So, just personally, I don't care so much about them. But I can' strip out loopback. So. Consider clonable loopback in scenarios like the one I outlined in private email: Configure two loopback interfaces, A and B. Configure one address on A and another on B. Cons up a packet with A's source address and B's destination address. If we were starting again de-novo, which interface is semantically the ``right'' one to send that packet out? Or for it to appear on? If you're using filtering, which interfaces should the filters name? What about ICMP (currently tightly bound to lo0)? When I build hardeend systems, I really, really *dont want* to think about all those hairy corner-cases issues. I'd much sooner wire down a single loopback interface and be done with it, and not have to think what games can be played by a bad-guy who gets root. >And if you can ifconfig lo0 to your heart's content and set it to >promiscuous mode, how will creating additional ones compromise security >further? I can make a couple of tuns look effectively like loopback... Again, I want to not *have* to think about a root compromise where someone plays weird games with a clonable loopback. Speaking for myself, I've already stripped out gre and tun and ppp (and strip and /dev/fd), so none of those set off an alarm-bell for me. Clonable loobpack, OTOH, sets off a loud, un-ignorable alarm-bell vis-a-vis hardened systems. At least for me. >I would like to see a proposal on handling upper bounds on network >device cloning as well as the justification for it. I.e. is there >a separate sysctl per interface type? Does 0 mean as many as you want? Re justification: if the above doesn't cut it, then I'll have to call it quits. Re more concrete proposals on bounds: I'd make 0 mean ``no more at all'' and -1 mean all-you-can-eat. That way we can map the same values onto runtime sysctl knobs, should we wish to. I agree a better, more fleshed-out proposal would be good. That can be turned into documentation, and documentation is always good. >| Also, based on other recent conversation re devfs and hardened >| systems, I think there's a good case for forbidding all device >| attachment and creation at securelevel > 0. So we'll have _some_ tests >| for denying cloning. Whether or not to implement optional upper >| bounds for cloning devices (which can drop into the same codepoints as >| the securelevel checks) is an open question. This is the right place >| to ask it. > >There are many things that use cloning and need to be thought about >individually. For example systrace, dmoverio, bpf, ptm, /dev/fd, etc. >Again we should think about it and come up with a proposal. That's good to hear. Right now, I'm still peturbed about loopback as a special case. I guess I can live with it for awhile, if we agree that there will be suitable knobs soon.


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The Tribe would like to invite all fisherman to come out and experience Pyramid Lake on the opening day of trout fishing season, Monday, October 1st. Pyramid Lake is widely regarded as one of finest places to catch a Lahontan Cutthroat Trout. It's not too uncommon to reel in a 15 pounder. The Tribe would like to remind all visitors that day use, camping and other permits are required for all non-tribal members to access the lake. For the fourth year in a row, Tribal permit fees have not increased from last year, and can be purchased online at www.pyramidlake.us. Proceeds from permits help support programs that protect public safety and the unique eco-system of Pyramid Lake year round.
About Pyramid Lake and its People
Pyramid Lake is located about 35 miles Northeast of Reno, Nevada and is the property of and managed by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Pyramid Lake is known as being North America's most beautiful desert lake. The lake occupies 112,000 surface acres inside the reservation boundary and has a shoreline of approximately 125 miles. The lake has no outlet and is a residual body remaining from the prehistoric Great Lake Lahontan water body. The lake is fed primarily by the Truckee River and is famous as a fishery for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout and Cui-ui, which are on the endangered species list. The Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation is comprised of 476,728 acres. The Tribal memberships are direct descendants of the Northern Paiute people who have occupied the vast areas of the Great Basin for thousands of years. Pyramid Lake was designated as one of the first National Scenic Byways in the country and was the first scenic byway entirely on an Indian reservation. For more information about Pyramid Lake or its people please visit the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center in Nixon or log on to www.pyramidlake.us.


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New Delhi: Still regretful of the time he spent away from his late mother while she battled cancer, star Indian boxer Suranjoy Singh on Wednesday dedicated his Arjuna award to her and said it is just one of the several goals that he wants to achieve to honour her memory.
The lone boxer to make the cut in the honours' list of this year's National Sports Awards, the fly weight pugilist returned to the country on Wednesday after notching up a bronze medal at the fifth World Military Games in Brazil.
The 25-year-old Manipuri was the only Indian boxer to finish on the podium at the Games held in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro.
"I dedicate this (Arjuna) award to my late mother ( Tampaklei Singh)), I have to do a lot more for her. She wanted to see me as a successful boxer and compete in the Olympics and I want to fulfill all her dreams," Suranjoy said after landing in the capital.
"I could not spend time with her when she was unwell. I was competing at the Commonwealth Games when she first fell ill. She started improving after that but her condition worsened after I went for the Asian Games in November last year.
"My family kept this information from me while I was at the Asian Games (in China last year). It was only after I came back that I got to know what had happened. She died in December last year. I regret not being there while she was not well, I wanted to spend more time with her," he added.
The diminutive boxer, who won seven straight international gold medals before the streak ended with a bronze in the Asian Games, said the Arjuna award is not much of a surprise for him even though he hardly thinks about honours.
"It has not really surprised me but I am not really concerned about awards. I just focus on performances, the awards follow," he said.
Set to be promoted in the Indian Navy for his medal, Suranjoy said the Arjuna award brings with it heightened expectations and he would strive hard to live up to them.
"Such an honour obviously leads to more expectations and I will keep working hard to get more medals for the country," he said.
Suranjoy will head straight back to training in Patiala at the national camp for the World Championships in September - the first qualifying tournament for next year's London Olympics.
He has decided not to defend his Asian Championships gold medal that he won in 2009.
"I decided to skip the Asian Championships this time because that would have drained me out. I will rather get my body in perfect shape at the national camp and be fully prepared for the World Championships," he said.
"I have already got a taste of the competition that awaits me by checking out likely opponents at the Military Games. It was a good tournament to compete in as the competition was very good," he said.
New Delhi: Still regretful of the time he spent away from his late mother while she battled cancer, star Indian boxer Suranjoy Singh on Wednesday dedicated his Arjuna award to her and said it is just one of the several goals that he wants to achieve to honour her memory.


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Upon the death of Mary I (Bloody Mary), Elizabeth I takes the throne, and Brendan Prescott is called to aid the young queen amid a realm plunged into chaos and a court rife with conspiracy.
London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and 25-year-old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad, Elizabeth's intimate spy, Brendan Prescott, is reunited with the young queen, as well as his beloved Kate, scheming William Cecil, and archrival Robert Dudley. A poison attempt on Elizabeth soon overshadows her coronation, but before Brendan can investigate, Elizabeth summons him in private to dispatch him on a far more confidential mission: to find her favored lady in waiting, Lady Parry, who has disappeared during a visit to her family manor in Yorkshire.
Upon his arrival at the desolate seaside manor where Lady Parry was last seen, he encounters a strange, impoverished family beset by grief, as well as mounting evidence that they hide a secret from him. The mystery surrounding Lady Parry deepens as Brendan begins to realize there is far more going on at the manor than meets the eye, but the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery in Vaughan Hall, the more he learns that, in his zeal to uncover the truth, he could be precipitating Elizabeth's destruction.
From the intrigue-laden passages of Whitehall to a foreboding Catholic manor and the deadly underworld of London, Brendan must race against time to unravel a vendetta that will strike at the very core of his world - a vendetta that could expose a buried past and betray everything he has fought for, including his loyalty to his queen.
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"Good sequel"
I enjoyed this book with interesting twists and turns. Recommended listening. Sorry when it ended.
"Well done!"
The book, set at the beginning of Elizabeth Tudor's reign is like a stone in a jeweled setting. It is a story in a bigger picture that is both entertaining and informative and is well told with enough pace to make it hard to put down. Much fiction has been set in this period, but this gives a real impression of how many problems at home and abroad there were for the young Queen.
I love historical fiction/mystery and was excited when I saw this series . I have enjoyed other books set in and around the Tudor court but this was too much romance and too little plot. The narration was excellent but for me it was the waste of a credit .
I liked this much better than the first book in the series....but maybe that's because the story is richer, with a much more in depth conspiracy. Having been a teacher of British history for years, I was particularly interested in how the characters (both real and imaginary) were interwoven.
This is his best!
"a new take on Elizabeth"
great book that left me ready and wanting more. I enjoyed this book from beginning to end.
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Cary Arts Center July 03, 2017
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The Cary Town Band (Cary, NC) is reminiscent of the turn of the 20th century bands led by Sousa, Goldman, and others who popularized band concerts all over America. Presenting concerts recreating that bygone era, the band plays marches from many nations, circus music, waltzes, rags, polkas, famous overtures, and other "pops" classical music of the 1860's to 1920's with an occasional nod to more modern fare.
Picture this band (as above) or in classic period uniforms at events sponsored by your organization. Providing indoor and outdoor concerts for patriotic events, ceremonies, and civic events, the band is available for performances.
The Cary Town Band rehearses on Thursday evenings. If you would like to be a part of a "town band" experience, or to add such an experience to your event, or just for more information, please contact director Stuart Holoman.Latest News:
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Origin: Ethiopia
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Altitude: 2200m
Cupping Notes: This Yirgacheffe coffee has a mix of sweet and spicy flavors (caramel, ginger) with a lemon, tangerine and blueberry finish. We roast our Ethiopian to a light / medium roast. Anything more and you loose a lot of the varietal nuances of the coffee. This one is a must try - it's fantastic!
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A new report scrutinizing the state pension fund's reliance on Wall Street investment managers drew a stern rebuke from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Monday, who said the analysis was filled with "half truths" that "fail the test of credibility."
The Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway caucus of four Democrats in the state Senate, issued a report Monday that found that payments to outside investment managers increased by 163 percent from 2007 to 2011, from $162 million to $425 million.
During the same period of time, the annual rate of return on the pension fund averaged 2.6 percent, according to the report. The $140 billion pension fund, which is overseen by DiNapoli's office, pays outside firms to manage portions of its investments.
"The report … reveals a great disparity to the fees we've paid and the performance we're being provided," said Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx, a member of the conference. "Wall Street is making money off us when they should be making money for us."
But in a statement issued after the report was unveiled, DiNapoli said the Independent Democrats didn't compare apples to apples. Under reforms instituted since he took office in 2007, the annual pension fund reports disclose more fees as "management expenses," making the spike seem higher than it actually is, according to DiNapoli.
"The IDC released a fundamentally flawed and misleading analysis that demonstrates a level of irresponsibility rarely seen in this capital," DiNapoli said. "I find it shocking that these senators did not fully research this subject."
DiNapoli's rebuttal prompted a response from the caucus' spokesman, who said the comptroller's statement was "heavy on personal attacks and light on clarity."
"Only in Albany can looking at something with a critical eye be considered irresponsible," said Rich Azzopardi, the spokesman. "Our report posed questions as to why management investment fees increased during a time when pension fund investments sputtered and was based upon numbers regularly released by the Comptroller's Office."
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Arkansas City Mayor Mell Kuhn's recent performance in blackface crowned him the winner at a fundraiser for the Court Appointed Special Advocate program.
It also earned him criticism from members of the Wichita Branch NAACP, which covers Arkansas City.
Wednesday evening, Kuhn drove about an hour from Arkansas City to Wichita and met with NAACP leaders to discuss the performance.
"I understand their point of view as far as how they found it offensive," said Kuhn, who is in his 50s and has served as mayor for nearly two years. "I didn't find it offensive at all. It wasn't meant to be offensive.
"It was a mistake on my part, but I just didn't see it that way at the time."
Kevin Myles, president of the Wichita Branch NAACP, said he was satisfied with the discussion with Kuhn.
"We got as much as we hoped for from the meeting," Myles said. "It was clear that the mayor did not initially understand that his actions would be offensive."
Myles also plans to call a meeting with CASA.
Kuhn said male participants in CASA's "Men in Tights" fundraiser had to dress like women and perform funny skits.
Kuhn said he based his character on African-American comedian Eddie Murphy's movies such as "Norbit" and "The Nutty Professor."
Both Kuhn's stage name and his backup singers' name were based on a vulgar reference to female anatomy.
A picture posted on the NAACP's blog about the event shows Kuhn's face covered in brown makeup. He's wearing a dark, curly wig and sparkling red dress.
Kuhn said he and three background singers, performed the songs "It's Raining Men," "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and "Last Dance" by Donna Summer. He said he danced the Hustle with an audience member.
"I thought it was hilarious," Kuhn said. "I was doing it to win, to raise the most money."
Myles said Thursday: "What was clear is that he didn't have any historical context whatsoever" about blackface.
Historians note that white actors used blackface to negatively depict African-Americans, particularly during the 19th century.
"Our challenge was to impress upon him the depth of the insult, and the outrage that many people felt when they saw the mayor of their town seemingly mocking and ridiculing black folks," Myles said. "I don't believe that was his intent, but certainly, that was the outcome."
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i wish we had more time.i'm sorry i didn't believe. but i'd given up believing in so much. until i met you. from the first day i saw you, you were everything i ever wanted to believe in. you can do this diana. i know you can. but i have to go. i can save today but you can save the world. + pinned under the weight (atla/va/red queen/les insoumis)
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it's okay if you're burning with anger or sadness or both. it is necesary for you to collapse so you can learn how phoenixes are reborn when they burn and rise again from the ashes of their existence (noor unnahar)☾ daire et malo sur we are broken.


text: Hello, recently I stumbled on to a site, I think Canadian, where the writer indicated that he has used three deep hive bodies, instead of two, on his many hives and because of that has not had any swarming in many years. Unfortunately I cannot find the site again. Does anyone have any opinion on this ???? It makes sense because it would eliminate the possibility of crowding. Also does anyone recognize the web site, if so let me know. Thanks Peter8/31/11 I found the web site with the info on 3 deep hive bodies and additional ventilation. It is beeworks.com. The author has redesigned the hives to a square configuration instead of rectangular and has added special ventilation to the top of the hive. Very interesting reading. If you access the site look at the D E Hive details section. Finally I will be able to sleep tonight. I don't intend to build square boxes but the three hive bodies and additional ventilation might be worth a try next spring. I hope everyone is recovering from the Hurricane, a real mess. Peter


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That's how many days we have until Kevin Love has the option to exercise his early termination clause for the summer of 2015.
That's how much money the Los Angeles Lakers have committed to their 2015-16 payroll right now. Kobe Bryant is off the books by the summer of 2015. So are Dwight Howard, Ron Artest, and Pau Gasol. Even if Dwight Howard re-signs with the Lakers, they'll still have close to $30 million to throw at free agents. It's assumed Kobe Bryant will be retired by then, therefore he will have no cap hold with the Lakers' payroll. And even if he does, the Lakers will have plenty of flexibility to make a sign-and-trade happen. We've seen them do it before. We'll see them do it again.
If Kevin Love wants to return to Los Angeles to play basketball, he can do it quite easily.
So how does that make you feel? It probably makes the majority of us Timberwolves fans feel like this:
Seems to me there are three factors that will come into play with keeping Love a Timberwolf after the 2014-15 season:
1. Ownership/management
2. Coaching
3. Roster
I feel like many of us see the five-game losing streak and become paranoid that it's business as usual for a team that hasn't enjoyed any postseason invites since the KG-Sprewell-Cassell era. What I find troubling about this line of thinking is that past failures have nothing to do with the present. Yes, this team has sucked for years. This team has been an embarrassment around the league and we've seen our fair share of jokes about the franchise and its players. But that has nothing to do with the current construct of the roster right now.
Rick Adelman has been the coach of this team for not even a year. Yes, he was hired about a year and a half ago, but he didn't get to coach anybody until about a year ago. In that one year, only three players have remained constant: Kevin Love, Nikola Pekovic, and Luke Ridnour. Everybody else is new. You can look back into your painful memories about the Minnesota Timberwolves — lord knows I have. But they really have nothing to do with a talented team currently trying to figure out how to harness that talent inside a system that will help them do that sooner rather than later.
In the midst of a five-game losing streak, us fans are trying to find immediate fixes that correct the future. Get rid of Derrick Williams. Why is Luke Ridnour out there? Why is Malcolm Lee? None of these are solutions. They're only signifiers of an imperfect team. And there's nothing wrong with an imperfect team. The chemistry on this team is unlike anything I've seen with the organization. Everybody is approachable and everybody is smiling. This is a happy locker room.
It's possible Love can enjoy his teammates more than he currently does, but it seems hard to do. Would getting Derrick Williams out of here in exchange for a sniper from the outside fix problems? Maybe. Would taking Ridnour out of the game so we can find out if Alexey Shved has the formula to combine potential and wins make this team better? Possibly.
Is any of this going to keep Kevin Love a Timberwolf through the summer of 2019? We don't know.
To me, the roster doesn't really matter. There's plenty of talent here and it's all amicable. What's going to decide whether or not Love stays in Minneapolis for the long haul after 2015 is really two-fold. Will Glen Taylor have the ownership aspect of this franchise locked up long-term and in doing so have the correct management in place? And will Rick Adelman be the coach or have the coaching situation settled for stability purposes?
The second question is a bit tricky. Rick is 66 years old and has essentially two seasons on his contract after this one. Is he going to have the drive and energy to coach this team into his 70s? And if not, is he going to make sure the Wolves are transitioning to a coaching staff of his choosing? Maybe David Adelman taking over the sidelines? Or Bill Bayno? Regardless of what the scenario ends up being, it's going to have to be someone that Love feels comfortable with as a coach.
The first question of the two-fold scenario is more about stability and respect. It's not a secret Love was extremely disappointed and felt disrespected by what went down with his contract extension. He practically begged for the five-year max extension and was rebuffed. If they saved it to try to keep Ricky Rubio happy and in town down the road, then you have the gamble of needing Ricky to become one of the top point guards in the league by the time Love is free agency-eligible. Otherwise, you've shown your best player that a lesser player was more important. If it is true that the Wolves aren't going to use the five-year on Ricky because they want all of their superstars to get the same treatment, then that's a troubling business decision that seems to be more about believing in sunshine and gummy bears than the cold and calculated business realm of the NBA.
David Kahn and Glen Taylor were the two biggest obstacles against Love getting the prestige of being a five-year max guy. Taylor can make any potential ill-feelings toward him go away by cutting a check or getting a new owner in place who will be happy to cut whatever check the rules allow Kevin Love to demand. Kahn is a trickier component. There are rumors and murmurs that Love isn't a fan of Kahn, and by reading things reported about the contract negotiations, you can certainly understand why.
Whether that's fair or not to Kahn doesn't really matter either. This is a player's league and the players get to demand whatever one of the 30 teams in the NBA will give them. As long as one is willing to give in to their demands/Amazon wish list, that's what the market says they're worth. Kahn's negotiating tactics were simply just that: negotiating tactics. It's the risk you run as a front office person when negotiating with egos. When I say "negotiating with egos," that isn't a knock on Love. Any of us would have an ego or a sense of self worth that we'd feel needs to be met in our salary.
From talking to various people who have a decent-to-good idea with what's going on in the organization, I'd imagine that if Kahn is still around in 2015 then Love will be hard to convince to stay. That's not creating a witch-hunt in regards to Kahn and it's nothing but pure speculation. That's just what my take on the situation seems to be. But it will go deeper than that. Ownership needs to be right, the coach needs to be right and the team needs to be talented.
We've seen that talent isn't enough to keep a star player. LeBron left. Chris Bosh left. Carmelo Anthony would've left. Dwight Howard would've left. Aside from Bosh whose Toronto teams are up and down, all of those guys left really good franchises with really good teams that had given their stars a taste of success. Melo's team had been to the Western Conference Finals. Howard and James had both been in the Finals with their organizations. All of them left because talent isn't enough in this league. The business matters too.
A long time ago, I was hanging out with my sister and we were discussing relationships. We were talking about our recent and past relationships and what had gone right and wrong in them. I informed her that in one of the relationships I had been in, I was pretty sure the girl had cheated on me at some point and that it made me paranoid with relationships. It made things harder to trust, even when dealing with people that had no history or evidence to show they were untrustworthy. Those things just seem to stay with you and mess with your mind.
She said something that resonated with me and really stuck in my head. "You can't stop someone from cheating on you. If they're going to do it then they're going to do it, no matter what you do to try to prevent it. Checking up on them, worrying about what they're doing, and trying to be overly involved isn't going to stop it. If they do it, you deal with it and either end the relationship or work through it and move on. But you can't stop it from happening."
I can't help but think about these words from her when I think about the mortality of Kevin Love as a T'Wolf. There's nothing we can do to prevent him from leaving if he decides he wants to leave. We can't check his phone constantly to see if Kobe or Dwight are texting him. We can't get a new haircut or a new wardrobe by dealing Derrick Williams for a new shooter in the starting lineup or off the bench to magically make him think we're too good to ever leave.
We can really only enjoy the story that's unfolding in front of us with this team. This is a fun team that is in a small funk right now. We get our young phenom back in a couple of weeks. In a month or two, he'll be relatively healthy, playing significant minutes, and back to making things über fun at all times. Four months from now, it's possible the team is healthy, clicking on most of the cylinders, and heading toward the first playoff berth in nine years.
This team has talent that is ready to contribute now and also talent that is learning to contribute later. This team has one of the best coaches in this league, who has done a phenomenal job juggling injuries and inconsistency. And it has an owner who has rarely shied away from making a financial commitment to this team. Sweating the small stuff isn't going to make anybody stay. It's just going to drive yourself crazy.
Go Wolves.


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MSc by Research (Wireless Communications)Aston University
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Wireless communications is a ubiquitous technology which will be critical to establishing the Internet of Things. On this course you will combine taught material central to your research as well as advanced knowledge obtained from your research project. The Aston Adaptive Communications Research Group has expertise in LTE, machine to machine communication, multimedia transmission and ad-hoc networking. The course will enhance your employability throughout the wireless communications industry.
This programme trains aspiring academic and industrial research scientists. The programme consists of a training aspect of taught components (equivalent to 3 modules approximately during the first 3 months) and a significant interdisciplinary research project.
In additional to the research skills module (ISI4001), students will study approximately 20 credits of material relevant to their research topic and experience. This material will be determined through a training needs analysis undertaken in collaboration with their project supervisor.
Exemption from these modules may be arranged through APL or APEL, provided this is done prior to enrolment.
In Electronic Engineering we can supervise projects in the following areas. In addition, applicants may also suggest their own project.
Possible projects (Wireless Communications):
· Quantitative analysis of failure in Wireless Sensor networks
Wireless sensor networks will form a backbone for the "Internet of Things" vision for the future. As the applications develop there will be a need to consider the network characteristics as part of the overall functional safety design of systems. The aim of this project is to study how node failures in a wireless sensor network affect an overall system failure rate for different network topologies and protocols.
· Linear Topology Wireless Sensor Networks
There are numerous applications for wireless sensor networks which require linear network topologies. These include the monitoring of oil pipelines, power lines and railway and roadside monitoring. The aim of this project will be to examine how well current network protocols operate in these scenarios and to develop and optimise a protocol optimised specifically for them.
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Students will have the opportunity to carry out a research project in collaboration with industry and through this learn about the application context of technology and the interaction between research and business.
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May 15,2007
Fire destroys NE Bend house; heat damages nearby homes
by Cheryl McDermott
Fire inspectors have yet to determine what sparked the fire that completely destroyed a 2,600 square foot house under construction in northeast Bend last night, a blaze that threatened to burn nearby homes but only caused moderate heat damage, officials reported.
Bend firefighters responded to the alarm at a two-story structure at 20721 Kilbourne Loop about 10:15 p.m. on May 14, said Fire Inspector Dan Derlacki. The home, under construction by the Hollman Company of Wilsonville, Oregon, was fully involved in fire when crews arrived.
17 firefighters from four engine companies and two command vehicles quickly watered down neighboring homes which were in danger from the intense heat, Derlacki said. Crews got control of the fire quickly and were able to keep the fire contained to the partially completed home, although neighboring houses sustained moderate heat damage.


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In recent weeks, the TSA has evolved from being the answer to jokes about government ineptness to the leading face on America's Most Wanted due to activities that are at best, border line criminal. The change in notoriety is a result of the TSA's deployment of the back scatter X-ray machines combined with new standard operating procedures. The new SOPs have TSA agents doing "aggressive" pat downs to anyone who does not pass through "normal" screening. With increasing cries from the public about "sexual harassment," several airports are now weighing whether to exercise their "opt out option" which would terminate the TSA and have security provided by a private firm at the opting airport. While I'm all for shrinking government and privatization of government services, allowing individual privatization of airport security will not solve the customer service issue and in fact, will make it worse.
First, my bona fides: For several years prior to and subsequent to 9/11, I was one of Northwest Airlines most beloved customers. Don't be confused, while I paid lots of money for lots of flights on NWA, for which they loved me, I never once saw any indication of their appreciation. NWA employees never showed any favoritism to those of us who contributed most to their livelihood. They sneered and snarled at coach and first class customers equally. But, I digress. While my travel had dropped off for a few years, I again became a most beloved customer this year with Southwest Airlines….and they do love me!
As further bona fides, I've had my issues with the TSA. For those who don't regularly follow the blog you can check out some of my fun here, here, here, and here.
I give you this list of bonafides so you know I have/do travel alot and that I'm not a lover of the mental vacuity that is the TSA.
So why am I defending the TSA?
Prior to 9/11, traveling by air, while not glamorous, was easy. I remember many a trip where I would get to the airport 25 minutes before departure and made the flight with the plane door grazing my backside as it closed. Of course, that all changed with 9/11.
Security procedures implemented post 9/11, were challenging. Lack of equipment, buildings that weren't designed for large holding areas and confusing rules were all part of the challenges for the first weeks and months following 9/11. Additionally, you might remember that while the TSA was officially formed shortly after 9/11, it was private security companies that actually performed the airport screening while the TSA staffed up. It's this last issue that concerns me with the cries for abandoning the TSA.
I believe an honest assessment of the year that private companies were providing airport security, would be hard pressed to find that "customer service" was any better than it was/is with the TSA using the same set of enforcement methods. In fact, my personal experience was that along with a bunch of people with Barney Fife kinds of attitudes, I was additionally subjected to security procedures that varied by airport. Each security company was interpreting the TSA rules and applying them in a fashion they determined appropriate. These variances not only caused high levels of frustration with the flying public but also had the impact of slowing the screening process as there wasn't a routine that you could always depend on or prepare for. Cattle move in an orderly fashion when they know what to expect. Spook them or cause uncertainty, and it's very hard to get them to move through the shoots.
My point is not that I support the TSA's aggressive, personally violating tactics. While I'm always a supporter of outsourcing all government activities that can be done by private enterprise, I don't believe replacing the TSA with private security firms will improve the customer friendliness. Iit will however, lead to an inconsistent enforcement of policies that the TSA itself can't agree on.
The problem with airport security is not "who" is doing the security but "what" the security measures are. Having a private company employee grab my crotch (not to be confused with viewing my crotch for which I'm on record as being for,) makes me feel no less assaulted than having a government employee grab my crotch. In my mind, blowing TSA employees out of airport security may feel good (pun intended) but it would have no effect on the user experience without changing the mindset of the idiots who refuse to use proven methods including profiling rather than getting their jollies from groping elderly, Scandinavian descended, women.
Improving the security process has little to do with who is doing the process and everything to do with who the process is being done to. Until Congress grows a pair (easily verified by walking them each through a backscatter x-ray) and decides to not kowtow to the ACLU, we can expect an ever increasing loss of privacy that will be veiled under "increased security."
Maybe it's my age but I don't have fantasies about having sex acts done to me in public. On the other hand, Congress has been screwing us for so long, I don't think they consider public sex abherent behavior.


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Democratic candidate for Mayor, Melina Kennedy, announced on Monday that she wants to try to tackle the problem of illegal guns in Indianapolis. Her campaign put out a news release on her plan.
Kennedy Unveils First Part of Public Safety Plan - Combating Illegal Guns
INDIANAPOLIS – (March 14, 2011) Today, Melina Kennedy, Democratic candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, also a small business owner and former deputy mayor for economic development, unveiled her first plan to improve public safety in Indianapolis – combating illegal guns.
"The use of illegal guns is undermining our community, and is destroying too many families," said Kennedy. "As Mayor, I will take the action necessary to make our streets and neighborhoods safer, and that includes taking head-on the issue of getting illegal guns off our streets. This is my commitment and the residents of Indianapolis can expect that I will follow through on that promise if I am elected Mayor."
Kennedy noted that she is specifically going after those who possess guns illegally, and respects the rights of those who lawfully carry a weapon. "I respect the second amendment and am focusing my target on those criminals who have no business having a gun. As far as I'm concerned, any step we can take to keep a gun out of the hands of a criminal is a step closer to seeing the city of safety and opportunity that I envision."
Kennedy also expressed concern that Indianapolis has not joined the bi-partisan national Mayor's Against Illegal Guns alliance, an alliance that four Indiana mayors have already joined. The national bi-partisan coalition is comprised of more than 500 mayors across the nation and advocates for measures that Kennedy supports such as closing a current loophole in the law that provides criminals with easy access to firearms.
"Illegal guns threaten the very future of our city, which is why on day one of my administration I will sign an executive order to join Indianapolis in the national Mayor's Against Illegal Guns coalition. Fighting crime takes leadership, and I will not shirk from that duty," Kennedy continued. "I was disappointed to learn that Indianapolis had not joined in what over 500 other mayors across the nation have had the courage to do to combat this serious issue."
Specifically, Kennedy laid out the following five points that she will focus on to combat illegal guns and to improve public safety in Indianapolis:
Kennedy 5 Point Plan to Combat Illegal Guns:
1. Support efforts to ensure that the individuals prohibited from purchasing firearms are entered into the background check system so that gun dealers have current and accurate information prior to sales;
2. Advocate to close a current loophole in the law that permits sales at gun shows without background checks, thereby providing criminals - even with a known criminal background - with easy access to firearms;
3. Work with public safety partners (local, state and federal government and community) to educate youth and parents on gun violence and promote gun violence prevention;
4. Encourage local gun buyback programs led by the mayors office in conjunction with all public safety partners, as well as community and faith organizations;
5. Advocate for punishment to the maximum extent of the law of criminals who possess, use, and traffic in illegal guns.
I don't know. Seems pretty reasonable to me. Why isn't Mayor Ballard signing on to this, too?
Mayor Ballard's friends on the right seem to be focusing in on Kennedy's mention of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition. The website of that organization actually lists five Indiana Mayors that have signed on to the group. They include Mayor Fred Armstrong of Columbus, Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Mayor Thomas Henry of Fort Wayne, Mayor Richard Hickman of Angola, and Mayor Stephen Leucke of South Bend.
I guess I'm dense, but I just don't see the problem or the issue.
I do see the problem of illegal weapons being used in crimes in Indianapolis. Seems to me that Kennedy has put forth the beginnings of a plan to not only get illegal guns off the streets of the city but to advocate for the issue as well by joining Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition.


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Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder. In the developing world, most children who suffer from Thalassemia do not live to see the age of 18 years let alone leading a normal life in the developing world, inspite of the fact that thalassemia is a disorder which is manageable (and now, even curable). Most individuals suffering from thalassemia do not receive proper and timely management leading to complication which eventually pave the way for untimely death.
Thalassemia requires extensive management. There are well laid out protocols on the triggers for transfusion, choice of blood components, parameters to be monitored, iron chelation, routine investigations, complication prevention and management which are widely available today. For the patients who can afford, treatment and care today is available adequately. Since the person is a patient on chronic transfusions healthcare professionals have to be very careful in maintaining and managing the history of treatment offered to the child in order to make proper decisions on the course of treatment. The treatment is expensive and takes a lot of time of the doctors, nurses, technicians and family.Estimates of the cost of care hover around $2000 per child per year in the developing world.
Sankalp India Foundation is a Bangalore-based non-government organisation. It is a youth organisation working for blood donation, thalassemia and disaster relief. They wanted to build a comprehensive solution for Thalassemia Management. Since we are the technological partners for Sankalp, they approached us for building the software.
Awards and Recognitions
- The tool Thalcare has been adjudged "WINNER of Manthan Award Asia Pacific - 2013" under e-Health category.
- The android based patient thalassemia App was adjudged the Second Runner Up in the Novartis Thalassemia App Challenge
- Sankalp India Foundation was declared one of the winners under Thalassemia category.
Thalassemia management software on a comprehensive level was not available in the market. We were not sure on the iteration of changes required for building a truly comprehensive solution. We chose Drupal because it allowed faster prototyping through Content Type, Entities and Views. Additional features and scaling could be easily managed via contributed modules.
ThalCare is a powerful thalassemia management tool which makes the job of managing patients with thalassemia extremely simple and effective for institutions delivering this healthcare. This tool is typically deployed at a day care center where the patients are coming for transfusion. It is single point of storage of all information related to these patients and generates automatic alerts, reports and indicators on the progress and treatment of each patient and the centre as a whole.
ThalCare is one of its kind for providing a comprehensive management for Thalassemia patient. There are currently no tool available on this scale.
There were few key technical requirement to be met:
- Provide visually indicative interface. One look at the patient page or any of the tests related data should be enough to intuitively guide the user.
- Support for content editors for easy data management. With huge data entry for each patient, this was a must.
- Ease of access. Minimal time for learning.
- Site Response. The system should respond to user request in a reasonable time
- Responsive Design. Have two set of design for mobile interface and desktop interface
- Third Party Integration. Allow third party access through well defined APIs
- Generation of multitudes of reports with automatic mailing to stakeholders. Printable templates with patient related data for usage.
- Implementation of guidelines for Thalassemia Management. Implement most of the algorithms possible and provide relevant suggestions.
Transfusion Management
- Scheduling for transfusion
- Captures the blood components which are given to the child
- Estimates the volume of blood that should be transfused based upon the pre transfusion hemoglobin and weight
- Keeps track of the freshness of the blood that is supplied to tha patients
- Allows tracking of the variation of hemoglobin with time graphically
- Captures and indicates any reactions that are triggered by transfusions
- Allowing early detection and warning for abnormal antibodies
Chelation Management
- Sets of automatic indicators for need for ferritin tests
- Tracks variation in ferritin levels and need to start chelations
- Tracks chelation therapy with dosage and compliance
- Flags off abnormal ferritin and missed chelation
Routine Investigations
- Sets of indicators for need of various lab investigations after stipulated period of time
- Tracks all related investigations including Hematology, Electrophorosis, Biochemistry, Serology, LFT/RFT, Thyroid Profile, Genetic Evaluation, Radiology and Ultrasonography, HLA typing, ECG etc.
- Flags abnormal results including serological complications
- Maintains tabular and graphical history of variation for each of the tests enabling monitoring care effectively.
Thalassemia Prevention
- Enables tracking the carrier status of family members
- Enables cascade screening program
- Enables identification of vulnerable couples for counselling and potentially antenatal screening
Special Features
- Enables growth monitoring through WHO growth charts
- Visually indicates fitness for BMT(Bone Marrow Transplant) using standard criteria for donor as well as sibling
- Enables tracking of family support including travel reimbursement, financial support etc.
- Enables recording and analysis of social profiles for the patients
- Enables tracking on and reporting of incidences, procedures, complications etc.
- Multiple centres can work together in isolation on the same platform
- Patient complication management
- Automatic report mail.
Day Care Centre Management
- Basic Inventory Management and Finance Management
- Evaluation of effectiveness of the transfusion support, chelation support, reactions and lab investigations
- Enables early detection of problems, research and better visualisation of the potential threats.
The deployment of this tool at one of the centres of thalasssemia care run at a private autonomous institution has ensured that within a year the number of patients attending the clinic has trebled even as the doctors, nurses and technicians feel less burdened to proceed with their work.
ZScore Sandbox Module: https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/amitsedai/2022635
DrupalGap: Patches and issues contribution
Community Issue contributions to few modules.
Sankalp India Foundation: An NGO working for the cause of Blood Donation, Thalassemia and Disaster Management. They provided us with the vision for the project and initial design.
Jagriti Innovations: System design and development


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PhotoPlus Expo 2014: On the Upbeat – A Conversation with Ben Folds
Many PhotoPlus Expo goers will know Ben Folds from his day job as a multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter, touring solo artist and leader of the eponymous Ben Folds Five. What you may not know is that Folds is an avid photographer, enamored of his darkroom and a devotee of both film and digital techniques.
PDN's Technology Editor Greg Scoblete interviewed Folds about his photography ahead of his PhotoPlus Expo keynote on Saturday, November 1. What follows is an edited transcript.
You've said that you became an "obsessive freak" about photography when your kids were born. That's probably true of a lot …read more
Via: PDN Pulse
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Gunners shoot down Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud gave Tottenham a worrying glimpse of life without Gareth Bale as his first half strike clinched a 1-0 win in the north London derby yesterday.
Giroud netted his fourth goal of the season midway through the opening period at the Emirates Stadium to maintain Arsenal's revival since their dismal opening day defeat at home to Aston Villa.
That loss had triggered a barrage of abuse from fans frustrated by the club's eight-year trophy drought and boss Arsene Wenger's failure to make any marquee signings since the end of lastseason.
But four successive victories, including two over Fenerbahce in the Champions League qualifying round, have at least temporarily silenced Wenger's critics.
Even the more vociferous of the anti-Wenger faction could have few complaints as Arsenal took the north London bragging rights with a dominant display that left their bitter rivals nursing concerns that Bale's imminent departure may be a fatal blow to their hopes of a top-four finish.
With Bale's world record move to Real Madrid set to be concluded before today evening's transfer deadline, Spurs have embarked on a frenzied spending spree.
Villas-Boas has splashed out over £100 million on seven players and four of those new arrivals, Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Etienne Capoue and Nacer Chadli, were in the starting line-up at the Emirates.
But, with little time to gel, Tottenham lacked cohesion and unity in their first serious test of the post-Bale era.


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Forums → Forum Games → Guess The Above User's Age
The topic says it all guess the above person's age.
What is it... 13? 16... I am not very good at this game, I guess.
I would say that you are around 16. You don't seem too old, but you are mature.
Mentorso: Probably some same-time posts. And I will wonder Why I have been guessed to be younger, and a lot younger than I am (still feeling really bad after Kid's comment). And one guess above my age. I must be really childish...
im geussing hes 13 but ive never met him
I am dematuring...
From lack of capital letters, and punctiation: 12-14.
Maybe 15.... Its a guess so i cant be accurate.
Hmmmmm... I can't tell by his other posts. I'll guess...26!!!
And actually I AM 13 so you got it right.
No Tanzos, if you looked at his other posts, you would realize that he had already said he was 26. I actually read what people post on my topics. I'm gonna guess that you are 13-14.
you never guessed my friggin age butthole ShintetsuWA!!!!!!!!!!
and i say the possum is 14 for no good reason!
P.S. next person who posts please guess my age!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 or 14, cause you called someone a 'butthole', which is really weird for some reason >.>
The last two people were actually both wrong. I only write like this because I am in Gate and I think it looks more presentable and that it makes one seem smarter than people who don't.
cuz i can't curse on here and i was kinda interested in what the next person would guess but he didnt guess! and i am 13 in fact and seeing how your saying 13-14 because i said something immature i say your 16-17
Oh, and I guess that RaptorExx is 15.
oh that was for raptorexx but i say thepossum is 10-11 because that's 5th gr. and i was in G.A.T.E in 5th!
Actually, there is Gate in Junior High and High School so I'm sorry but your wrong. Kid_Saiyan is obviously 13.
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