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(Vatican Radio) The Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations will lead
a delegation in Geneva Tuesday at a second meeting of the UN Committee on the Convention
against Torture (CAT) to which the Holy See acceded in 2002. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi
led the Holy See's delegation in a meeting of the Committee Monday to present a report
on the implementation of CAT in Vatican City State – a periodic commitment for each
of the Convention's 155 signatory states.
In remarks to the Committee Monday, Archbishop Tomasi reiterated the Holy See's conviction that the Convention against Torture is "a valid and suitable instrument for fighting against acts that constitute a serious offence against the dignity of the human person" and that "the teaching of the Catholic Church clearly articulates its opposition to acts of violence and torture."
The Holy See's report outlined "significant steps and improvements" made to Vatican City State legislation in compliance with the Convention and which further reinforce the Holy See's commitment to respecting CAT.
The report mentions in particular, the promulgation of Pope Francis' July 11, 2013 Apostolic Letter "On the Jurisdiction of Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State in Criminal Matters" which incorporates portions of CAT "practically verbatim" and makes specific reference to the "Crime of Torture" (art. 3, Law N. VIII). Other amendments described in that Letter regard the specific nature of crimes committed within or outside the territory of the State, jurisdiction, extradition and terms of sentencing.
Moreover, Archbishop Tomasi noted the importance of the Holy See's media services in human rights advocacy, disseminating in the major languages to a "truly international audience that makes it arguably one of the most effective moral voices in the world for human rights, including the position against torture and other cruel and inhuman punishments."
Archbishop Tomasi represented the Holy See at an assembly of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child earlier this year. While that January encounter was expected to focus on the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, the final UN report went well beyond a critique of the Catholic Church's record on abuse. According to Vatican press spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, the UN Committee overstepped its mandate by asking the Church to change its doctrine on contraception, abortion, education in families, and the vision of human sexuality, "in light of (the Committee's) own ideological vision of sexuality itself."
In speaking of the upcoming UN Committee on the Convention against Torture last Friday, Fr. Lombardi said he hoped that "a serene and objective dialogue may take place, pertinent to the text of the Conventions and their objectives. Otherwise, the Conventions may be distorted and the Committees risk losing authority and being reduced to tools of ideological pressure rather than a necessary stimulus towards the desired progress in promoting respect for human rights." He also suggested that to include the sexual abuse of minors in a discussion about torture would, to unbiased observers, appear "deceptive and forced."
At the UN meeting in Geneva Monday, Archbishop Tomasi suggested assumptions have led to some confusion over the international and juridical status of the "Holy See" and "Vatican City State."
The Holy See, he noted, "as a member of the international Community, is related but separate and distinct from the territory of Vatican City State, over which it exercises sovereignty."
Vatican City State was established in 1929, he explained, "to more effectively guarantee the spiritual and moral mission of the Holy See." The Holy See, he continued, "globally encourages basic principles and authentic human rights recognized in the CAT, while implementing it within the territory of Vatican City State…"
He reiterated that the Holy See's "authority does not extend to institutions and the persons of the Catholic Church at large" and it cannot be assumed that the Holy See is "directly responsible for the behavior of every priest and of every employee of any Church institution in the world." Catholics are subject to the laws of the states in which they are citizens or residents.
Archbishop Tomasi talked briefly to Vatican Radio following Monday's meeting in Geneva:
"The delegation of the Holy See presented its point of view and emphasized first of all that the Convention has been signed and ratified by the Holy See on behalf - and only on behalf - of the Vatican City State. In this way, the implementation of the Convention under the responsibility of the Holy See, applies to the territory of Vatican City State.
Obviously, some people don't agree with this statement because they feel that the authority of the Holy See extends to the institutions and the persons of the Catholic Church at large. But from a juridical point of view, this is not accurate and there is an important distinction to be kept in mind between a juridical responsibility and a moral, spiritual, pastoral responsibility.
Then, the members of the Committee raised a series of questions that deal with specific cases that happened in different countries of the world for which they would like to have explanations and accurate information. Mostly, (these are) cases of sexual abuse of minors on the part of personnel working for the Church and the assumption it seems at work in this situation (is) that the Holy See is directly responsible for the behavior of every priest and of every employee of any Church institution in the world which of course is not the case.
And then, I must underline the fact that the Chairman of the Committee has tried to be very fair, pointing out the good actions and measures - legal and pastoral I would say - undertaken by the Church in the last few years. And at the same time, he also posed some questions that need to be answered.
At the moment we are reflecting and preparing the conclusions to be presented tomorrow, giving as much information as we can so that the objective of this exercise, the protection of people from abusive and humiliating behavior, may be realized. So from this point of view, the Holy See is happy to collaborate with the Committee but at the same time, it will probably not accept that the Committee goes beyond its boundaries into areas that belong to other committees like the Committee of the Convention of the Rights of the Child and at the same time, maintain a civilized climate of dialogue with every member of this Committee."


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[I ♥ The PC Engine] F-1 DreamPosted on May 16th, 2011 2 comments
F-1 Dream
Maker: NEC Avenue
Release Date: 8/25/89
Price: 5400 yen
Media: HuCard (2 Mbit)
Genre: Racing
PC Engine FAN Score: 19.76 / 30.00
Kōgien: "A game that simulates growth process from street racer to F-1 Driver. The story, which has you saving money as a street racer and going from F-3000 to F-1 races, is interestingly unique."
As mentioned in previous entries, Japan was in the grip of a massive Formula One obsession at almost precisely the same time the PC Engine was viable in the marketplace. It kicked off in 1987, when the Japanese Grand Prix returned to the Suzuka Circuit, and symbolically ended with the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994, just as the PC-FX was released and the last major PCE releases were hitting the market. The flow of F-1 games was pretty constant on the PCE, and it was the same story in arcades, most of them behind-the-car sims housed in enormous sit-down cabinets like Namco's Final Lap (1988).
Capcom's F-1 Dream (1988) was a bit different. It was a straight overhead game controlled with a standard eight-direction joystick, and with its chubby little cars tooting around a bouncy, curvy track, it didn't look much like an F-1 game at all. And it was…sort of popular. Not terribly. Just a little, and then chiefly thanks to how it realistically started players out in F-3000 before promoting them to the big leagues. The cutesy graphics, though, made it a prime candidate for a PCE port — from an audiovisual standard, the arcade and home versions are pretty well identical.
The PCE version goes a bit further than that, however. In addition to the F-3000 bit, the home F-1 Dream starts you out on the street racing route, even having you hire your own mechanics and bet on the results of your own races. You start with nothing but $10,000 and what looks like a souped-up VW bug from overhead, and the odds are frankly against you — the mechanics (each specializing in tires, steering, engines or suspension) are incredibly expensive to hire and suck even more money out of you when upgrading your car, which leaves you eternally poor and scrounging around for cash to bet with. This wouldn't be a great concern if you could drive your way to victory more often, but your street-race challengers are all incredibly talented. They almost always have better acceleration, and if you make a couple mistakes, they drive right off the screen, turning F-1 Dream into what looks like a rally race across the mountains.
As if all that weren't enough, the controls in this game take some serious getting used to. Steering is handled with the control pad, but F-1 Dream is the sort of overhead racer where you press up to turn the car upward, right to go toward the right side of the screen, and so forth, instead of the standard behind-the-wheel controls. This means you're crashing into junk all the time at the start, which is dangerous, because if the G/B meter on the bottom of the screen expires, your car explodes and you're out of the race. (G/B is short for Gas/Body, which is all rolled into one parameter for the purposes of this game. Odd, I know.)
I suppose the purpose of the street-racing segment is to help introduce all these novel concepts to the player before the "real" racing starts. But things are so difficult from the get-go, I imagine the majority of players ran out of money before making it anywhere near an actual race car. Exhausting your bank account automatically puts you into the F-3000 races, which doesn't seem like a bad thing, but if you didn't have the cash to hire any mechanics during the street bit, there's no way in hell you're going to win the first F-3000 race, and it's Game Over right after that. You need to win on those mountain passes, and win constantly — in fact, I'd say winning all 15 possible street races is far more difficult than making it big in F-3000.
The tacked-on street mode, in other words, was probably a serious mistake on NEC Avenue's part. Not only is it too frustrating to serve as an effective introduction to the game, it also has adverse effects on the F-3000/F-1 segments, the part of the game that's actually from Capcom's original. The visuals and controls are faithful enough to the arcade, yes, but they really ain't kidding about the title here — F-1's gonna be nothing but a dream to anyone who plays this.
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I'm listening to the tunes from F-1 Dream (PCE) right now and they are pleasantly surprising. Mostctracks possess just enough character to transcend the category of "generic video game music", with some genuinely catchy (dare I say "inspired") moments that make my heart flutter.
On a gray, dreary (it's been raining all day) trainride from Manhattan, I am happy.
a similar shared fuel/health bar appears in the arcade game masked rider club race battle.
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Super Eagles' manager, Stephen Keshi has assured Nigerians that his wards will not disappoint against the Elephants of Cote d' Ivoire.
Both West African sides will clash in the quarterfinals in Rustenburg at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa on Sunday.
Keshi said report of fans back home being scared of the Ivorians is unnecessary and unfounded.
"If you must win a trophy you must beat the biggest and best teams so why should we be afraid of any team.
"The bigger they come the bigger they will fall. Who told you that if it was to be the Hawks of Togo it will be a walk-over?
"There is no small team anywhere and the Ivorians know. It's a classic match and we'll show why we are the Super Eagles on Sunday," said the former Nigerian defender.
Keshi said the spirit in camp has been very good so far and all the 23 players in the squad are all healthy and ready to give their best.
"Nigerians should just be praying for the team and have belief in them instead of expressing fear because on Sunday it will be 11 players from Ivory Coast against the same number from Nigeria," he said
Eagles' captain and defender, Joseph Yobo said the game will be an exciting one for him as he is eagerly looking forward to the epic duel.
"They are a great team and so we are and we know ourselves well so no one is afraid of each other. It's just a case of top football giants clashing at the wrong time. I think we shall be up for it," he said.


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Interop NY: Strategies to Reduce PC Energy Consumption
Doug Washburn of Forrester Research brought together two opposing viewpoints concerning the best way to reduce energy consumption in a large enterprise and the result was an interesting session with constant back and forth arguments that remained polite and on topic.
Sumir Karayi, CEO of 1E, runs a company that makes software that will turn off your PCs when they're not in use. He says it's easy to implement and delivers rapid ROI, always within 12 months and sometimes even within 6 months.
Jeff McNaught, chief marketing and strategy officer for Wyse, says he co-invented the thin client. His company helps organizations remove PCs from the office, replacing them with terminals accessing a cloud computing suite. The system takes longer to implement but can deliver larger savings.
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Jennifer Lawrence is worried about her uneven breasts.
Jennifer Lawrence seems like the most perfect actress in Hollywood right now—she's gorgeous; winning awards left and right for her role in Silver Linings Playbook ; and is starring in Catching Fire , which is part of a very popular movie franchise.
Jen recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live , and she revealed that her walking pneumonia sickness is what helped her find out about her small physical flaw.
According to E! Online , she said of her imperfect chest, "I just went to the doctor today, I got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven."
Now it's not unusual at all for a woman's breasts to be different sizes—a lot of women have boobs that aren't perfectly symmetrical. And Jennifer Lawrence's sweater puppies can't be all that mismatched since she looks so great in all her designer gowns. Of course it probably helps when she. gets people to focus more on her crotch by suffering from a wardrobe malfunction.
Jen admits that she made her doctor uncomfortable by asking about her breast size since she was there for a completely unrelated matter, and since the doctor refused to reassure her that her chest is normal, now the Catching Fire cutie seems convinced that her boobs aren't perfect.
Hopefully she doesn't feel the need to get plastic surgery to try to make them even now that she knows that they're different sizes.
Jen has been so refreshing by refusing to lose weight for movie roles and admitting that she enjoys reality shows, so hopefully she's not starting to think that she needs to change to fit Hollywood standards.


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Keisha "Kay" Dabney's dream is about to become true – even sooner than she had hoped.
She will launch her "Low Country Time Bank" with an Open House from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. March 24 at the Creative Coast Alliance, 15 W. York St.
Dabney, and all of her remarkable energy, have been working on the project in earnest since she participated in Step Up Savannah's Neighborhood Leadership Academy last fall.
Shortly after she graduated in December, she outlined her planned transformation of exchanging talent for community needs.
She plans to mix talented community members with those who need services, then exchange those services for other needs – a community time bank..
Dabney, a 2005 graduate of Savannah State University, had planned to begin by late 2012.
But it came together sooner.
For tickets to the open house, visit her web site at email@example.com
For information about the program, visit lowcountrytimebank.com


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In 2017 major museums in Europe and America are celebrating the centennial of Auguste Rodin's (1840–1917) death with traveling exhibitions, permanent collection installations, and educational activities. Unified under #Rodin100, and joining a worldwide series of major Rodin projects, these exhibitions and accompanying public programs bring together new information about the artist and his enormous impact on the history of modern sculpture.
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Cleveland, 44106
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Stories started to spread on Monday that Chinese home appliance chain Suning was set to buy a stake in Spanish megaclub Barcelona. If true, it would have blown news of Alibaba buying a 50% stake in Guangzhou Evergrande out of the water.
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Thurs. June 26 • 6:30-9:30 pm • Cavallo Point Cooking School • $125 (includes book)
The guru of barbeque is back in town. Steven Raichlen will be on hand to do a cooking demo and share some of his newest culinary techniques. Man Made Meals: The Essential Cookbook for Guys ($24.95) has over 300 step-by-step recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, so this is one cookbook you won't want to miss—whether you're a man or a woman! Participants in this interactive class will dine on some of the recipes from the cookbook. Seating is limited.
Steven Raichlen really knows the pleasure men get from cooking, the joy they take in having the skills, the need to show off a little bit. His Barbecue Bible books have over 4.7 million copies in print--and now he leads his readers from the grill into the kitchen.


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Like so many people I thought how can one pint of blood make a difference. Well I found out first hand when my son was born 3.5 months prematurely. He was wisked away as soon as I delivered because there was something wrong with his heart which he needed surgery. I found out that I was an universal donor and I gave a donation on the spot. I am blessed to say that ever since that day I have been a donor. Truly ONE pint does make a difference.


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By the time the fourth African family settled themselves into the pews on Sunday morning, I was sort of crying. Happy crying, but crying nonetheless.
I tend to tear up a lot in the back row. Just ignore me and pretend I'm not weeping over the amazing things God does when I least expect it. Nothing to see here; move along.
My tears were completely and totally due to a tiny portion of Africa streaming into church. A new family with the three boys arrived early, smiling tentatively (because at that point the foyer was full of blindingly white people such as yours truly), shaking hands, and pronouncing their very non-English names carefully for us.
Then, as the service started, their fellow continent-men joined as they got around to it. The three boys headed to children's church, the smaller twins in matching white shirts did too, and I'm not sure where the baby ended up after the last family walked in.
It was really the baby who got me crying. He was just so pudgy and fat and happy and I was so profoundly thankful to be in a congregation where Kenyans feel welcome.
It all started a few years ago with Harry. He wandered into our church one Sunday because our building was close enough for him to walk from his apartment. A doctoral student at the local university, he was studying in Kalamazoo while his wife and children were home in Kenya.
I'm not exactly sure how we got from "Hello, welcome!" to a congregation with beautiful African dresses. I'm not sure when we moved from warm smiles to needing the translate option on Facebook to decipher Swahili when our friends switch over to their native language.
But we did. Somehow a warm welcome turned into friendship, and then the congregation brought Harry's family here, then one international student after another ended up in our pews.
We don't even have a formal ministry to international students. We don't teach them English, or help them prepare for the Michigan driving test, or intercede on their behalf with their professors.
But we do give their kids a few too many cookies during the fellowship hour. We invite them to parties in the backyard and heaven knows we make sure they're warm enough through our terrible Michigan winters.
It occurs to me that formal programs aren't really what most of us are looking for, are we? Do you wake up in the morning and hope your husband will give you a formal lecture on how to load the dishwasher? Do you have a six-hour retreat scheduled for your friends tomorrow?
Probably not. That would be super weird. What we're longing for is relationships, real and deep ones, to share food and time and parenting duties as we trudge through life next to each other.
And it appears that the Kenyans want exactly that, too.
It's the smallest things that sometimes lead to the biggest, longest lasting relationships. It doesn't have to be rocket science. We don't need formal programs or fancy meals or the next ten years mapped out.
I need to be honest– I'm still pretty bad about this. Part of the reason I leaked tears on Sunday was because I'm not great about the invitations and all the hanging out. It's often our pastor and his wife and a few specific families in our church who turn those invitations into the kind of relationships that keep our congregation full of Kenyans.
But I can see the results in living technicolor from that back pew. I can see the relationships that have grown, three years after an invitation was offered. I learn from hindsight and others' actions, it turns out.
And maybe, after this long and meandering blog post, you can too.


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Re: Guild Wars 2 Discussion Thread - Heart of Thorns? Specul
Spencer Oldmind wrote:For those of you who haven't seen the concept art for what I perceive as the Maguuma Jungle:
I'm super super super excited for this!!! Especially Magus Falls and all of the jumping puzzles that will (probably) come with the area!!
Well the heart of the Maguuma jungle I was under the impression that it'd be pretty much ONLY Jump Puzzles.. XD


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The Trading Game: A Simple, Easy to Run In-Class Experiment
I was not planning on blogging about this, but an email last week from my colleague Nicholas Magnan telling me he wanted to run the Trading Game — a simple in-class experiment I run with the students in my principles of microeconomics class every year to show them that trade leaves no one worse off — in his own classes and asking me whether I had written anything about this made me realize I should probably share this with other teachers of economics.
The Trading Game is pretty simple. Before the start of every semester I have to teach principles of microeconomics, I look at the number of students enrolled in my class, and I head out to the nearest dollar store to buy an equal amounts of trinkets.
As luck would have it, WikiMedia Commons has a picture of the very place in Durham where I buy all of my Trading Game trinkets:
The trinkets I buy are all in the $1-to-$3 range, and they consist largely of toys. This year's trinket harvest yielded a Toys (as in the movie) puzzle, glow sticks, Donald Duck stickers, fake tattoos, miniature plastic animals, toy dinosaurs, etc. For a group of 50 student, I usually spend no more than $100 of the allocation I receive for my course.
Then, when I want to run the Trading Game in the wake of teaching students about how trade can make everyone better off in context of chapter 1 of Mankiw's Principles of Microeconomics, I go around allocating trinkets to students at random.
I then ask students to assign a value to the trinket they have just received ranging from 0 to 10, with higher values meaning cooler trinkets.
We then go around the room recording those values. Because students often bring their laptops to lecture, it is easy to find a volunteer to record those values, but you can have a teaching assistant do it. Once all values are recorded, total welfare (i.e., the sum total of the values students assign to their trinkets) is announced.
I then tell students that they have five minutes to trade voluntarily between themselves, insisting on the fact that trades must be voluntary (i.e., no stealing) and cannot involve dynamic aspects, or credit (i.e., no "I'll give you my cool dinosaur if you give me your awful trinket and you buy drinks on Friday night.")
Once students are done trading, we once again go around the room recording the values they assign to their trinkets. Once all values are recorded, total welfare is announced once again.
And that's usually where the magic happens. When I ran the Trading Game last week, my class' "aggregate welfare" went from 128 to about 180, if I recall correctly, and you could just see that it had become obvious to students that (in this context of well enforced property rights) trade not only left no one worse off, but it increased aggregate welfare.
If I'd wanted to do things more convincingly, I would've asked the student who recorded values in a spreadsheet to test whether the two values were statistically different from one another.
I cannot take credit for the Trading Game, as I first learned about it in 1999, when I played it at a colloquium for student leaders organized by a Canadian free-market think-tank (yes, those actually exist).


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327 North MacLeod Ave, Arlington, WA 98223-1323 | 360-435-2509 | MAP
Weller Funeral Home began operations in a small frame building located behind the A.H. Moll Hardware Store, which was located at the corner of 5th and Olympic, where Arlington Travel and Edward A. Jones Investments are now located. In 1904, Charles H. Bakeman of Snohomish became a partner of Arthur H. Moll in the hardware store. In 1905, they launched the funeral business and named their establishment "Bakeman & Moll, Hardware, Furniture, Carpets and Undertaking." Mr. Moll noted in a letter dated January 1, 1906, that he "Had my first job in undertaking today."
By 1909, Arthur Moll became the sole proprietor of the business. He acquired the building at 327 N. MacLeod Ave from Dr. Adams who had built it as a hospital. The same building houses the funeral business today.
In 1936, Arthur's son, Carl E. Moll, Sr., joined the business as a licensed Funeral Director. Arthur and Carl operated the business jointly until 1947, when Carl became the sole proprietor upon Arthur's retirement.
In 1961, Carl Moll sold the funeral home to Lloyd Solie and Robert Weller of Everett. After four years, Bob Weller purchased Lloyd Solie's interest and renamed the establishment, Weller Funeral Home, as it still known today.
In 1972, the Weller Family enlarged the funeral home by adding the chapel and office space. Mr. Weller also managed Arlington Cemetery until it was donated by the Board of Directors Association to the City of Arlington in 1988. In 1989, Bob Weller sold the funeral home to Uniservice, Corp, which then sold it to an affiliate of Service Corporation International in 1995.
For more than one hundred years, Weller Funeral Home has served the communities of Arlington and Darrington, with compassion and a deep sense of commitment to each family we serve.
Although Weller Funeral Home has undergone many changes throughout the years, the hallmark of the business has remained the same, service.


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I try to store as many things as I can in mason jars – rice, pasta, nuts, chocolate chips, nut butters, etc. I love the look of them, and I love that they keep things so fresh. We have a table in our kitchen that I use for extra counter space, and I keep most of my dry ingredients in mason jars all along the edge of it. Most of the jars don't match, which I love, and I have a variety of regular and wide-mouthed. To make them go together a bit better, I decided to make some simple labels for the lids.
Of course, they had to be teal. I absolutely love teal (I'm sure you haven't realized from the colors of this site). And I love to make things Harry Potter related in whatever way I can, so I added the snitch that I use on the banner for this site to "underline" the text! Snitches are probably my absolute favorite thing from HP. I used to draw little snitches all over my notes in middle school and high school.
I went the easy route and made these up using Microsoft Word, using their shape tools and patterns. I'm so excited about them! Now I want more jars just so I can label more things; I have about 24 total, maybe?
And if you want.. you can print out your own!
Print onto heavy card stock, cut out, and either glue or tape underneath the ring onto the lid of your mason jars! You can either insert the text you would like in your favorite font, or write it in yourself!
Regular Mason Jar Labels (12 per sheet)
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This page is really for links/resource guide for the hardcore cyclists pedaling across the Pamirs, however for more sedate/short term cycling nearer to Dushanbe it is worth checking the tour agency page as local Dushanbe based operators also often have bikes that can be rented out.
Tour Agencies
Redspokes – running tours through Tajikistan (UK based)
*The Cycle People – Fully supported Pamir Highway cycling
Interactive sites
Check out the Crazy Guy on a Bike website, this is a huge interactive resource with a forum for cyclists going all over the world. This is a very large but simply set out website.
Random / Guides:
Book: The Trailblazer Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook covers Central Asia, including Tajikistan and the Pamir Highway:
IMBA – International Mountain Bicycling Association
Adventure Cycle Touring Handbook – Worldwide Cycle route and planning guide
For Cyclists
For starters, there are some very good websites / blogs by cyclists:
* The Totally Knackered Tour quote: 'Tajikistan was the most strenuous cycling we had ever done, harder than the Karakoram Highway and Bolivia'
*Itchy Wheels – quote: 'And then there are the Tajik "roads" and they are the most awful, most disgusting, absolutely the WORST dirt 'tracks' I have EVER encountered'
*Corax – (starting to get a bit dated now)


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This morning we had to track down a package from LL Bean (a company which we really love) and unfortunately had to spend two hours in the customs office while they held our package hostage. FedEx has had the package for a month now and was actually going to ship the box back today. We arrived just in time to save it. They were supposedly trying to contact us via email and couldn't find a phone number for us but we called them last week about the package and they told us to bring in the paperwork yet neglected to note anything in their computer. So it was marked to be returned to the sender and literally was on its way out when we arrived. Thankfully we did get to bring it home, though, after spending 140 euros on taxes. Talk about painful.
Needless to say this process took a lot longer than we'd hoped so most of our day was wasted. We did manage to remove the horse water troughs inside the horse stalls but still have a bit of piping to remove. We thought we'd managed to get it loose but apparently it's got some weird fitting that isn't letting the pipe go. Tomorrow we'll have another go at it. We'll also have to attack the steel gate mounted inside the horse stalls but we need a new flex disc first since none of the ones we have are for metal. Stefan already is planning to go to Hagebau to exchange some of the construction bricks we bought the other day for wider ones (to close up the windows in the horse stalls) so he'll look for one then.
Tomorrow is also going to be a big day for deliveries here. We're getting a new trash container before noon, the drywall and studs are also arriving in the morning and sometime during the day we'll be getting glass door and insulation for the guest house. Very, very exciting to say the least. We'll certainly have plenty of things to keep us busy when everything arrives. And if that isn't enough, I'm also finally taking down the vines in the courtyard and planting the grapevines.
I promised a photos of the painted wall around the windows so enjoy! 🙂 We haven't finished the trim around the windows, or the lower part – but it's starting to look good.


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The Berlin Wall – Can You See It As Wrong?
It's pretty unlikely that you've spent a lot of time thinking or talking about either Communism or Eastern Europe. We don't even use the term "Red China" much anymore. Most twenty-somethings probably don't even know that much about Communism apart from their college years. They also don't know how worldview colors so many other things […]
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text: While it is the wrong time of the year to go to Baja's East Cape, it is the right time of year to go some place warm. What was good: The weather The people The fish, there are some Using baits the size of the current resident Coho No crowds The price What was not so good: The wind come around 11:00 The economy (total lack of any tourists at all, except the wind surfers) Even the expats aren't spending money. A fellow on the plane told me that Cabo was empty as well.


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Afghanistan: Obama Administration "Has Accelerated Direct Talks with Taliban" (DeYoung)
Karen DeYoung writes for The Washington Post:
The administration has accelerated direct talks with the Taliban, initiated several months ago, that U.S. officials say they hope will enable President Obama to report progress toward a settlement of the Afghanistan war when he announces troop withdrawals in July.
A senior Afghan official said a U.S. representative attended at least three meetings in Qatar and Germany, one as recently as "eight or nine days ago," with a Taliban official considered close to Mohammad Omar, the group's leader.
State Department spokesman Michael A. Hammer on Monday declined to comment on the Afghan official's assertion, saying the United States had a "broad range of contacts across Afghanistan and the region, at many levels. . . . We're not going to get into the details of those contacts."
The talks have proceeded on several tracks, including through nongovernmental intermediaries and Arab and European governments. The Taliban has made clear its preference for direct negotiations with the Americans and has proposed establishing a formal political office, with Qatar under consideration as a venue, according to U.S. officials.
An attempt to open talks with the insurgent group failed late last year when an alleged Taliban leader, secretly flown by NATO to Kabul, turned out to be a fraud. "Nobody wants to do that again," a senior Obama administration official said.
Other earlier meetings between Afghan government representatives and Taliban delegates faltered when the self-professed insurgents could not establish their bona fides as genuine representatives of the group's leadership.
But the Obama administration is "getting more sure" that the contacts currently underway are with those who have a direct line to Omar and influence in the Pakistan-based Quetta Shura, or ruling council, he heads, according to one of several senior U.S. officials who discussed the closely held initiative only on the condition of anonymity.
The officials cautioned that the discussions were preliminary. But they said "exploratory" conversations, first reported in February by The New Yorker magazine, have advanced significantly in terms of the substance and the willingness of both sides to engage.


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MESA, Ariz. — The University of Denver women's golf team won its 10th consecutive league title by winning its first Western Athletic Conference championship by 12 strokes on Wednesday at Longbow Golf Club.
Junior Tonje Daffinrud won the individual title with a 7-under-par 209, six strokes ahead of San Jose State's Regan De Guzman.
Denver combined for an 18-over 882 at the three-day event. The Pioneers saw their nine-stroke lead entering the day cut down to as few as four, but made those strokes up on the back nine to secure the comfortable margin entering the last three holes.
Daffinrud's victory is Denver's eighth individual conference title in its 15-year history, a list that includes seven different golfers.
Denver will await the NCAA Regional announcement Monday to find out where it will play next.
Regionals will be held May 9-11.


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Cute canines, pampered pooches and hounds which looked like their owner all turned out for Chesterfield RSPCA's annual fun dog show.
The event, which included agility and displays was held at the Panthers Rugby Club on Saturday and raised £3,500 for the centre's rebuild appeal.
Branch president Martin Thacker added: "It was heart warming to see how the people of Chesterfield came out to support the Fun Dog Show. There were a number of categories at the show designed to cause a smile but some with a serious note.
"Particularly poignant was Best Rescue Dog in which judges heard inspirational stories of how lives of dogs had been turned around by their present owners."
The charity has launched an ambitious project to refurbish the centre on Spital Lane and unless it can raise £1.5million to revamp the whole site it may be forced to close.
A planning application has now been submitted to Chesterfield Borough Council to rebuild the rabbit accommodation on the site.
The plans will see old hutches, which date back to the 1960s, replaced with new high quality housing as well as a new storage shed.
Peter Cashford, chairman of the board of trustees at Chesterfield and North Derbyshire RSPCA, said "It is really exciting news that our plans have now been submitted for the new rabbit and guinea pig accommodation – and this, along with the support of the people of Chesterfield and North Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Times readers, hopefully brings us closer to being able to achieve the first project in our rebuild scheme."


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Im looking for some ideas for camps that are good from 40+ solo (as the subject suggests)
The wiki guide shows some nice camps but it may be my Tarutaru HP thats holding me back but it seems like my WHM PUP is not casting enough to keep me alive in the recommended areas. If their is another guide or alternative camps id be interested to hear about them. Or any suggestions for the old fashioned way of getting EXP (I think id rather EXP this way until 60 at least instead of Key leech in Abyssea)


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Egyptian actress Summaya Al Khashab has decided to follow an extremely strict diet to return to her normal figure. The actress had gained a lot of weight and was harshly criticized for the way she looks in her recent appearances in the television dramas "Kayd Al Nisa" (Women's Vengence) and "Wadi Al Mulook" (Valley of Kings).
During her appearance on the television dramas, people were shocked at the excessive weight gain of Summaya and were disappointed at the way she looked since they are used to her being slim and enjoying a fit figure.
Summaya had defended her weight gain by stating she was ill and was taking medications that led to her gaining weight.
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Your Questions About Slave Songs
David asks…
The Song Dixie! Is it racist?
Mind you the song alludes to in various verses to the slave scenario, and it was a popular song among the Confederate troops, but it was written in Ohio and was popular in the north as well, being Abraham Lincolns favorite song, playing it after he won the war
Michael answers:
Maybe today, but not back then.
Being a Yankee I always changed it to mean Dixie was a prostitute. It gives a whole new meaning if the song, doesn't it?
Jenny asks…
Slaves' music – what did they listen to?
What kind of music did African slaves in America listen to during the mid/late 1800s? If possible, can you give me specific songs?
Michael answers:
Well in those days the only way to listen to music was to have someone play it or sing it for you live. Slaves often sang what were called "field hollers" to each other as they worked, these became known as work songs and they developed into spirituals, gospel and blues. With the more religious person I guess singing the spirituals and the folks more into other things singing the blues. I pasted a link to some examples of field hollers.
Betty asks…
Need some empowering metal songs?
I need some metal songs (any genre of metal) that give an empowering feeling when they're blasted. Hopefully you know what I mean, but just in case, I'll give a few examples.
The Serpentine Offering – Dimmu Borgir
Under the Northern Star – Amon Amarth
Oh My ~~ God – Strapping Young Lad
Without Walls – Tracedawn
Slaves of the World – Old Man's Child
World Hate Center – Mercenary
Vacuity – Gojira
Total Invasion – Behemoth
Cry my Name – Bloodbath
Sun Doesn't Rise – Mushroomhead
I guess you could almost call it music that pumps you up? Except it's a little different. List a few if you know what I'm talking about. Links are appreciated.
I completely forgot about Decapitated. I probably should have added Spheres of Madess to my list. As well as basically any song by Kalmah.
Michael answers:
Here's my list, usually when I listen to these songs, I feel like a viking warrior ready for battle!
Behemoth – Demigod
Behemoth – conquer all
Ensiferum – Wanderer
Ensiferum – Iron
Ensiferum – death bringer from the sky
Children of Bodom – you're better off dead
Amon Amarth – Asator
Amon Amarth – Cry of the black birds
Amon Amarth – Pursuit of vikings
Amon Amarth – Where is your god
Emperor – I am the black wizards
Dimmu Borgir – Puritania
Dimmu Borgir – Progenies of the great apocalypse
these are the songs that I think you will like but there is a whole genre of metal dedicated to what you are looking for, its called POWER METAL, here are a few good power metal bands that definitely are empowering
Blind Guardian – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISG9—t9U
Bathory – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbtb6Rrrvks
those are the only two power metal bands i listen to, other notable/famous ones are…
hope this helps…
Donald asks…
songs that portray women negatively?
i know its very easy to find songs that portray women negatively, but can i have some help in picking some. i need to compare or contrast them in a school paper, so nothing to inappropriate like lollipop..haha thanks for your help
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Woman is the Ni***r of the World
song by
John Lennon
(YES, even Black people approved this song. The explanation is available on Youtube.)
Woman is the ****** of the world
Yes she is…think about it
Woman is the ****** of the world
Think about it…do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While putting her down we pretend that she is above us
Woman is the ****** of the world…yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Ah yeah…better screem about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother then
We tell her home is the only place she would be
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the ****** of the world…yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Yeah (think about it)
We insult her everyday on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the ****** of the world…yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Yes she is…if you belive me, you better scream about it.
Robert asks…
In the song "Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't Care", what does "crack corn" refer to?
I think this is a child's song.
Michael answers:
One possibility is "gimcrack corn," cheap corn whiskey; another related theory is that it refers to "cracking" open a jug of corn whisky; another is that "crack-corn" is related to the (still-current) slang "cracker" for a rural Southern white.[8] Another interpretation is that "crack corn" came from the old English term "crack," meaning gossip, and that "cracking corn" was a traditional Shenandoah expression for "sitting around chitchatting."[9] Yet another, and possibly the most popular, is that the chorus refers to an overseer who, without the master, has only his bullwhip to keep the slaves in line. Most etymologists support the first interpretation, as the term "cracker" appears to predate "corncracking", and "whipcracker" has no historical backing.[10] This suggests that the chorus means the slaves are making whiskey and celebrating.
Pete Seeger himself was said to explain the true lyric was "Gimmie cracked corn–I don't care",[11] a reference to a form of punishment for something very bad, in which a slave's rations were reduced to cracked corn and nothing else. In this case, the author seems to have decided that even this punishment is worth it, since the master is now dead and gone.
Jim crack-corn, or "Get cracked-corn", a subsistence food (corn) ration. The slave in the song is so happy his master is dead he does not care if he has to eat cracked corn either because he has no-one to now feed him or he fears he will be punished for letting the blue-tail fly get by him which causes his masters demise.
Another interpretation holds that "jimmy" was slang for a crow and the phrase refers to crows being allowed feed in the cornfields. Normally it would be a boy's responsibility to keep crows out of the corn. The phrase "jim crow" may come from the same usage – a jimmy could be a crow.
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UNMC and the Nebraska Medical Center are expanding their midtown and Village Pointe campuses.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska doctors treating an American aid worker battling Ebola have identified the experimental drug they used.
The Douglas County Health Department has reported the first confirmed case of enterovirus D68 in a Douglas County resident. The patient was a child less than a year old who was hospitalized with coughing and difficulty breathing and later released.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska licensing board has proposed adding language to its rules to prevent mental health professionals from discriminating against clients based on gender identity.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major Nebraska health insurer remains unable to come to terms with one of the state's biggest medical networks, so thousands of people are either facing significantly higher costs or changing doctors.
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital broke ground earlier this month on a new 110-bed hospital campus in west Omaha.
An American doctor being treated at Nebraska Medical Center after contracting Ebola is expected to make a full recovery.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's rate of uninsured people stayed relatively flat last year while those in neighboring states and the nation declined slightly.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska doctors treating an American aid worker battling Ebola say he continued to improve over the weekend, but he is getting bored in his isolation room.
Douglas County Health Department officials say a hotline set up to answer questions about Ebola has worked well.


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text: The weather's turned beautiful in recent days and still water is on display everywhere in the Midwest. Forecasts suggest the Fox River, which began falling Tuesday in Wisconsin, is to crest later this week and only slowly retreat this weekend and early next week. Water levels on parts of the flooding Rock River are at their second highest levels on record. Even Lake Michigan is responding to the copious rains of recent weeks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports water levels are 3 inches higher than a year ago. That doesn't sound like much. But, each inch the Lake Michigan rises represents an increase of 390-billion gallons of water. Precipitation across the 45,000 square mile drainage basin of Lake Michigan has averaged 181% normal since June began and the lakeM-9s volume has risen 1.17-trillions gallons over the past year.


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Almost all of the hyponatremia I see is inpatient, but this week a woman was referred to my clinic with a sodium of 128. She has a sharp family doctor who ordered all the right tests. Here are the key pieces:
- Plasma sodium 128
- Plasma osmolality 277
- Urine osmolality 180
- Urine SpGrav 1.005
- Urine sodium 14
She has a history of hypothyroidism but her TSH was over suppressed, no hint of hypothyroidism. She was not taking any diuretics. She was on an SSRI that could cause SIADH but the low urine osmolality and low specific gravity argue against excessive ADH activity.
The case hinges on the low urine osmolality. This is a rare case of ADH-independent hyponatremia. All of the major causes of hyponatremia (volume depletion, diuretics*, heart failure, SIADH, etc) are driven by ADH which prevents the kidney from clearing free water. The low urine osmolality indicates the kidney is not under the influence of ADH and doing what it needs to in order to correct the sodium, i.e. excreting excess water in the form of dilute urine.
I believe there are only a few causes of ADH-independent hyponatremia, and only two occur with any regularity:
- Psychogenic polydipsia
- Tea and toast syndrome
- Reset osmostat (rare)
When the kidney is making dilute urine and the patient has hyponatremia the problem is not in the quality of the urine, which is appropriate, but in the quantity of urine, which is inadequate.
She described her diet as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast, some fruit and juice with some nuts for lunch and nothing for dinner. Her fluid intake was high (4-5 cups of coffee, a large water bottle of water, some juice, some soda, and a couple of additional glasses of water) but no where near enough for psychogenic polydipsia.
I suspect she has tea and toast syndrome. I am checking a 24-hour urine osmolality to gauge her daily osmolar load and then plan to have her increase the amount of protein and minerals in her diet while trying to taper her fluid intake.
More on tea and toast syndrome here
* if the diuretics are still active the urine osmolality could be low but once the drug wears off the urine osmolality will climb


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Hello!! The weather was very mild here in Indianapolis on this fine Thursday at GenCon. We had a lot of fun figuring out the new exhibit hall and big gaming hall. We swung by the Anime Hallway in the Westin and True Dungeon's HQ at the Marriott. Here are some of the things we saw today…Are any of them things you are looking for to complete your bingo card? (click here if you need a card)
The end, for today anyway. Check back for Friday's installation.


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The Umbrella for Smartphone Addicts
Published on: 24th Jan 2013
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
A company in the USA has modified the conventional umbrella to make it easier to use a mobile phone while also seeking protection from the rain.
The modified $20 brolly has avoided the obvious trick of having a clamp for the mobile phone, and instead has a finger grip that allows one hand to both hold the umbrella and type on a touchscreen.
However, while the finger grip style handle is garnering all the attention, the top of the umbrella - the most important bit - looks to be a fairly flimsy folding model. In other words, only of use in the lightest of light showers and not much use in a heavy downpour.
On the web: Brollytime via DamnGeeky


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At one point or another every guy wants to know how to attract young women. Young women have an energy and viewpoint that makes you feel invigorated and more alive. Plus, they're just plain fun. They're will to try new experiences and go new places just for the fun of it.
If you're a guy of in his late twenties to mid-thirties, knowing how to attract young women is a lot easier than you realize. The first thing to know is that they're already attracted to you because you ARE older. Not too old, just old enough that they see that you're no longer a boy that they have to coddle or share expenses with. You've got some maturity under your belt and that's extremely sexy.
Young women love to feel a variety of emotions. Many of them are tasting independence for the first time in their lives, and they love it. If you're going to attract young women you need to be aware that they are enjoying the adventure of dating an older man, but they want that man to be able to have fun and share in her emotions.
The easiest way to do that is to have conversations about things that she can relate to. It doesn't matter if it sounds silly to you. If it's fun for her, then talk about it. Attract young women by talking about their pets, their interests, and the types of things they find humorous (this can be anything from cartoons to hip comedians). Talk about these types of subjects for a couple of minutes at a time, and then switch to another topic. Switching around topics is a fairly easy way to make the conversation have flow and energy.
Energy is another good way to attract young women. Adapt your lifestyle to a more energetic, physical lifestyle. Young women like physical activity; they like to play. If you play a game of soccer, or go to yoga, or even toss a Frisbee around the park, this stimulates the feel-good endorphins in both of you. Then, play becomes just another word for foreplay.
I'm not saying that you need to change who you are to attract young women. On the contrary, you'd be cheating both yourself and her if you don't let her get to know who you really are. I'm stating that you need to be flexible and adapt to a younger lifestyle.
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Accused in court after 20 years
A man accused of two double shotgun murders dating back two decades has appeared in court for the first time.
John William Cooper (64), of Letterston, near Fishguard, West Wales, was arrested by detectives from Dyfed Powys Police on Wednesday.
He was charged last night with the murders of millionaire farmer Richard Thomas and his sister Helen at their burnt-out mansion near Milford Haven in 1985.
He was also charged with the murders of middle-aged tourists Peter and Gwenda Dixon, of Witney, Oxfordshire, on the Pembrokeshire coastal path in 1989. In both cases the victims were blasted at close quarters with a shotgun.
The charges against Cooper were outlined in court yesterday for the first time in public.
He appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody to appear at Swansea Crown Court on May 27.
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Opening near for Deluxe Town Diner in Newton
Newton foodies who have been awaiting the opening of the new Deluxe Town Diner in Newton Centre may be in for a happy holiday season.
"We hope to be open by the end of next week," owner Daryl Levy said today, speaking from the restaurant's popular Watertown location. "We'll be sending out a lot more information on Tuesday or Wednesday so people know exactly what to expect."
Levy's path from Watertown to Newton has had a few bumps along the way, with some early concerns over the number of parking spaces the restaurant would need. After receiving a parking waiver from the Board of Aldermen, the way was clear to sign a lease in May and begin renovating a former Starbucks into a 90-seat restaurant.
"We still have to do everything that a restaurant normally needs to get done near the end," Levy said. "We're very busy but excited."
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I dug up my retail gold edition CDs that I bought because
1. I didn't know any better and
2. I couldn't find a copy of classic at the time
Now that I've had classic for a while, I tried to play it on XP and for some reason the game would crash if I hit anything. Once I installed gold edition and it worked, I went into the trip mode and the AI work the way they're supposed to work. At this time I was using the glide wrapper, but the framerate wasn't capped or anything.
So for whatever reason, the AI work properly using the retail version of gold edition but not the patched version.
I'76 AI Bug.
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What does sp1 transcription factor mean?
Definitions for sp1 transcription factor
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Sp1 transcription factor
Transcription factor Sp1, also known as specificity protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SP1 gene.
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Sp1 Transcription Factor
Promoter-specific RNA polymerase II transcription factor that binds to the GC box, one of the upstream promoter elements, in mammalian cells. The binding of Sp1 is necessary for the initiation of transcription in the promoters of a variety of cellular and viral GENES.
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- n. A childish term for a cow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a cow{1}; -- a child's word. See 1st cow{1}, n.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A cow.
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- n. female of domestic cattle:
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What Edwards had described as moo-cow hooves wandering into a scene of punk prankery, I saw as local livestock blundering into a mysterious crop circle creation incident.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (sorry, but I couldn't get past the "moo-cow" part or Stephen Daedalus being pushed into the mud over and over again)
Semi-Personal Rejection from WotF/Follow up to the 15 Books Meme
What follows is a painfully bad set of scenes about a young, British-accented farm boy and his beloved "moo-cow," who is sent off to war.
Yesterday Nick/Frederator unspooled four of the new shorts: "The Finster Finster Show" by Jeff DeGrandis involves some hyper-active toddlers and their mellow, oblivious mother, "Call me Bessie" by Dana Galin and Diane Kredensor features a moo-cow and an elephant, "Krunch & the Kid" has a grade-school boy who's pals with a large beastie that seems to be an ogre/alligator hybrid.
I used to scratch my head over Bill Murray's appeal, but the sallow, pock-marked complexion, the sad moo-cow eyes and the poker-faced blankness that make him the perfect pessimistic victim in comedies that are out of sync with the rest of the world are growing on me.
I really, really want a moo-cow creamer. previous next
Belford's brain chewed its cud as placidly as a moo-cow behind the broad, open facade of what is commonly known as an -honest face.
They may look moo-cow, but they'll be paying your wages.
I do not know how much my correspondent understood of this letter, but, as the moo-cow was shortly afterwards relegated to fresh pastures, and as we are getting decidedly better measure for our milk money, I gather that he had enough intelligence for my purposes.
At the end of the line nearest the Arch, under a flary light, stood an old bearded man having the look on his face of a kindly but somewhat irritated moo-cow.


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Best Swaddle Blanket for your 2013 baby
Moms who are expecting a little one in 2013 should try Aden + Anais muslin swaddle blankets and bring a pair with you to the hospital! These swaddle blankets are the best you can find because of their safety benefits, the comfort & quality of material, and the versatility. I got a 4-pack as baby shower gift and I love using them.
When my son was born, I realized swaddling a newborn can make them safer when they are sleeping in their cribs alone. A swaddle baby will help babies sleep on their backs and reduce the likely hood of SIDS. A swaddle baby will reduce the effect of moro reflexes which startles a sleeping baby and keeps them from having long sleep times. A swaddle baby will be more comforted because the swaddle is a blanket that will keep a baby warm like the time he was in your womb. But over zealousness in swaddling with thick and multiple blankets can be detrimental for babies as they can overheat. Signs of overheating can be found in wet blankets from sweat and babies' temperature rising above the normal 97 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit range. Aden + Anais' swaddle blankets are finely weaved muslin cotton, making them very breathable. The breatheability of muslin cloth will keep infants warm enough without the fear of incubating them. This makes muslin swaddle blankets great for hot and dry climates and reduces the risk of overheating. If babies are not warm enough, multiple muslin swaddle blankets can be used to further insulate the baby. Being able to use multiple swaddle blankets makes it more versatile for environments with big temperature swings between night and day.
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text: there is an old faucet outside that is missing a handle. I bought two sizes of handles at OSH--one (12 thread or something) was too small and the other (16 thread) was too big. I think I am looking for one with 14 threads but haven't been able to find one anywhere. Does anyone have a really good source for this sort of thing?


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I wish I could tell you that writing this "dear John" letter is the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life, but that would not be true. Actually, it delights me. It gives me a chance to shower you with all the pent up emotion your words and actions have created within me.
John… why did you do it?
Didn't a common sense thought or two ever give you pause… even a little pause?
It seems as though you get all full of yourself, puff out that chest and think you are the most wondrous thing that ever grabbed a couple of slices of bread for that baloney you let slide from those moving lips.
Do you know you lie? Everyone else does. "Does" as in knowing you do.
I remember when it was me being the fool. Me standing up to people saying you were this hero-in-waiting. Oh my. Did I really believe and say all those positive things about you? I truly wish someone could tell me I really didn't, but there is no one that can.
I was fooled.
Yes, I was fooled or you truly changed between then and now. It doesn't matter though. Today is what matters. How you are today… what you are doing today… that's where we are and what counts the most in this moment.
You lied.
I trusted you and you lied.
Not only did you lie and do the opposite of what you promised – you smiled so gleefully about it. You were so proud of yourself. Guess it had to be you proud of you, because no one else was. Everyone else was let down… ticked off… or delighted you played for their team, rather than ours.
Tonight you did the deed that can't be undone. You proved you only care about you and the prize you think you have won. But, John, your prize is not a pretty one. It's a lead-weight sinking you. Yes, as you have destroyed the lives of so many people – your life, too, is destroyed.
I'm sorry, John. Sorry you didn't feel, listen and respond as the hero you thought yourself to be. Had you – people might smile warmly for years to come when they thought of you or heard your name.
Might have, but not now.
You may not believe me tonight, but you will. Eventually, it will all become clear to you and you will regret these moments that you can no longer undo. It will be your legacy.
Yes, you will be remembered. Sadly so.
Now, you shall be remembered for the misery you made happen when it was up to you to make the choice.
It shall be your cloak of shame to embrace throughout eternity.
You did your dirty deed.
Now you shall live with it as you have made others live with your non-mercy!
I haven't much more to say about my disappointment in you, except that I am. I am very disappointed in you and it is with cause. Luckily, I shall not be at your side or even in some corner whispering support of you. Instead, I'm out of here.
May the nightmares of truth fill your nights and walk with you each day!
Goodbye, John.
Copyright © 2017 Carrie K. Hutchens


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A new vice-chancellor is at the helm of the University of Western Sydney and he will not rest on his laurels in the institution's 25th year.
Professor Barney Glover replaced Professor Janice Reid, who retired on January 2 after 16 years as vice-chancellor of the university.
Professor Glover hopes to lift the international profile of the university while continuing to serve its 40,000 students, most from greater western Sydney.
"No university stays static," he said.
"Under Professor Reid's leadership it has developed very strong areas of research capability, which is exceptionally important in the context of a modern university and the contribution it can make to economic and regional development.
"The next phase for the university in my view is to be part of this globalisation of higher education.
"We want to increase international students studying across the university's campuses, to increase the research linkages to partner institutions internationally, to encourage more western Sydney students to have an international experience during their study."
Professor Glover, an internationally-recognised mathematician, last held the position of vice-chancellor at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory.
He has a diploma of education, a master's degree in science and a PhD in mathematics.
"Having an academic background is important but there are a whole lot of other skills that I think are increasingly critical for a vice-chancellor of a modern university," he said.
"Vice-chancellors are expected to be very corporate in their outlook, but of course to be very aware and supportive of the academic ethos of the university, so it's a complex role."


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Read more details about the planned restaurant — and view the developer's site plan and the HPRB staff report — at this prior post.
A blog about the eastern and central portions of Shaw and parts of Mount Vernon Square — covering roughly the area between 9th Street and New Jersey Avenue (from west to east) and between New York Avenue and Florida Avenue (from south to north).
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Houses, hotels, now restaurants???? Where do they buy shipping containers at?ReplyDelete
Good post! I like this post and definitely appreciate your hard work.
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I felt like they had to be published quite early. They have obtained a high value in my wardrobe as well as in my everyday life cause they are comfortable AND breathtakingly gorgeous. Thanks to Horst, my worshiped discoverer.
P.S.: They are called "Findig", isn't that the sweetest name ever?
P.P.S.: My cell phone camera is a disaster.
My beloved second-hand shoes
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Is rainbow-colored hair so last year? Not according to Hollywood's stylish stars, who are still rocking the trend in 2012.
First, suddenly single Katy Perry was spotted back in her fave electric-blue hue, and just yesterday Breaking Dawn star Dakota Fanning unveiled her brand-new, hot-pink highlights!
The 17-year-old actress was seen heading to a ballet class in Studio City, Calif., with her newly dyed pink and blonde 'do tied up in a ponytail.
Looks like the NYU freshman is finding new ways to express herself now that she's in college!
We think Dakota's pink hair looks pretty cute—how about you?


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Why Iowa?
Whether you aspire to become a dentist in the community, a researcher, or a specialist, the College of Dentistry at Iowa and its nationally renowned faculty can help you. We are committed to providing a quality education to help you meet the health needs of a growing and changing population. We attract and select the most qualified students, those who show promise as future dental professionals. The academic program at Iowa is rigorous and the training intense. But it's not a solitary venture - a cooperative spirit exists among students and faculty members. And the rewards are many - preparation to meet the dental needs of a diverse population through clinical practice and research.
Many of our students choose the College of Dentistry at Iowa because of the highly quality education, research, and faculty. Take a closer look; come for a visit. You'll find that the College of Dentistry at The University of Iowa will help you meet your goals. When you visit our campus, you may echo the words of past and current students: "The University sells itself. Once you see it, you'll know it's for you."
Cathy Solow, B.A., M.A.,
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