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In Memory of
John Manley Croteau Sr.
September 15, 1923 - April 27, 2014
John M. (Bud) Croteau, Sr., 90, of Silver Lake, Chesham, NH and Marco Island, FL, died Sunday, April 27, 2014, at Langdon Place of Keene, after a brief period of declining health.
He was born on September 15, 1923, in Ridgefield Park, NJ, the son of Arthur and Eva (Peterson) Croteau and lived his first ten years in NJ. He watched the George Washington Bridge being built from Palisades Cliff and had many fond memories of New Jersey days.
When the family moved to West Keene, NH, John became very active in sports, especially baseball, basketball and tennis at Keene High School. He became captain of the basketball and baseball teams in Marlborough High School when his family moved there from West Keene to his father's old family homestead on Main Street, Marlborough, NH. He graduated with the Class of 1942
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and started pilot training at Centre College in Danville, KY. He did advanced training at Turner's Field, GA where he received his Wings and became a Lt. Pilot Instructor of B-25 Bombers. Among the training exercises were "short field takeoffs" and not until "30 seconds over Tokyo" became a newspaper headline did everyone learn one of the best kept secrets of World War II: that the United States Navy Carriers took the B-25s closer to the target, Tokyo. After his military service, he returned home and worked for the DuPont Co. and then the Glidden Company for many years honing his craft.
When Sydney Lorandeau retired, he took over the controls at Syd's, and started the commercial paint contracting business which he ran for the next 25 years. During that time he purchased the "Crossways Block" from the St. James Church adding two more buildings. The Sentinel addition completed his block. Now the business has been taken over by John Croteau Jr. It is called Syd's Carpet and Snooze Room, a high quality home design center.
In June 1943, Bud married his lifelong partner of 70 years, Polly (Lorandeau) Croteau. Their home at 209 Court St. became the heart of their two families and all the "in-laws and outlaws" who married into it for more than 30 years. After Court St. they moved to 400 Main Street and lived there for 25 years.
During these years John was very active in local civil service endeavors. He served for over a decade on the Keene City Council; he was chairman of the Public Safety Committee, member of the Finance Committee, a Director of the Chamber of Commerce, and a Director of the Keene Regional Industrial Foundation. He served with a special group of councilors who all held top Governance positions in Keene at that time. He said he was proud of the work they did together in those years, stating "But someday, I'll be remembered only for the one who got the "no smoking in council meetings law passed."
He was President and Secretary of Rotary for 13 years. He was fondly called "Mr. Rotary" for many years after and was honored by the club with the Paul Harris fellowship for long and faithful service. (A Paul Harris Fellow Medal is an award given by the club to a person. It is Rotary's highest honor). In 2010, he was honored, with six fellow Rotarians, for 50 years Rotary membership services. He has since held the honor of having the longest Keene Rotary membership.
Bud was also a member of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, the Silver Lake Land Trust, a past President of Silver Lake Association of Chesham and Nelson and the Loon Preservation Committee of NH.
He was a member of the Antique Car Club of Naples and Marco Island, where he won a national prize for his "Bluebird of Happiness," a 1966 blue Thunderbird convertible.
He loved his winter home in Florida, called the Marco Croteau, where he was member of the Marco Island Country Club and the Marco Island Yacht Club. He took the Coast Guard tests and courses and enjoyed boating in the '90's with first mate, Polly, aboard the JAYCEE, named for their two children and his initials; JC.
He was a supporting member of the "Soldiers' Angels" of Florida, a nonprofit organization that aids deployed American military personnel and their families. He was also a member of both the American Legion Croteau-Coutts Post # 24 in Marlborough and the Gordon Bissell Post # 4 of Keene.
All his life he stayed active in sports. In his early years he was an excellent swimmer, diver, water and winter skier, but tennis remained a lifetime sport. He was an original member of the indoor Keene Racquet Club. On the court at Silver Lake in his retirement years he played with a group he called his "Geriatric Jerry's" retired seniors of excellent tennis court skills.
He enjoyed his homes at 209 Court St. and 400 Main Street, Keene, a hunting and fishing lodge at Lake Umbagog, in Maine, an island home in Florida, and his favorite place in the world, the cottage at Silver Lake in Chesham. He framed a motto by Lincoln which read, "I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lived. I like to see a man live so that his place is proud of him."
He loved day sailing in a Lark, and when teenagers of Silver Lake became wild with motor boats on the lake, he solved the problem with sailing practice and Sunday Sailing Races during the 60s and 70s.
The Labor Day Races became a tradition for about 10 years, and the silver Revere Bowl, which he gave when he was president of the Silver Lake Association, has many young sailors' names engraved on it.
Bud is survived by his wife: Polly Croteau of Keene; two children: Sydney Croteau Frechette and her husband, Dr. David Frechette of Granite Lake, and John Manley Croteau,Jr. and his wife and business partner, JoAnn (McGill) Croteau of Keene. The delight of the Croteau's lives were the four grandchildren and six great grandchildren: John (Jay) Croteau III and his wife Tracy (Koch) with John (Jack) Croteau IV and Emily Croteau of Surry; Dr. Amy (Croteau) Watts and her husband, Dr. Michael Watts with Samantha and William Watts of Hingham, MA; Elizabeth Gorton and her husband Halsey Bell with Griffin and Cole Bell of Seattle, WA; Anne Gorton Lovett and her husband Jeffery Lovett of Beaufort, NC; a brother: Arthur Croteau of Marlborough, and a sister: Juliene McIntire of Amherst, MA as well as several nieces and nephews.
His parents and a brother, Harold (Jerry) Croteau died earlier.
Bud felt lucky all of his life with his close and supportive family and for all the wonderful years he lived as a member of the "greatest generation" in the leading country of the world; the United States of America. Until the end, whenever any planes appeared his eyes looked skyward. "Good Night Sweet Prince, may flocks of Angels 'fly' thee to thy Rest."
A Liturgy of the Word will be held on Saturday, May 17 at 11:00 am at St. Bernard Church in Keene. There are no public calling hours and burial will be private.
Although flowers would be welcome, the family has requested that memorial donations can be made to the Rotary Club of Keene, P. O. Box 126, Keene, NH 03431 or to the Silver Lake Association, P.O. Box 82, Harrisville, NH 03450.
Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Services, (
) 33 Marlboro St, Keene, has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Liturgy of the Word
Saturday, May 17, 2014 | 11:00am
St. Bernard's Church
185 Main Street, Keene, NH 03431
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The first open end of the digestive system where the food begins its excursion is the mouth. The teeth inside the mouth are charged with chewing and tearing food apart into smaller bits. The saliva, which is a mucous substance, is being secreted and lubricates everything to kick off the dissolving process. Saliva is composed of enzymes which start the process of digestion of carbohydrates and fats which are to be brought farther down the digestive tract. Hepatitis patients should understand that it serves as an "adhesive," as it holds the food together en route for the stomach. The chewed food fastened with saliva is turned into a ball-piece called a bolus – which is transported towards the esophagus. There are involuntary muscles in the esophagus that wither and induce the food into the stomach.

As the food has been chewed in with the salivary glands turning it into bolus and is then swallowed, it will move from mouth to the pharynx. The pharynx, or mostly called throat, acts a filtering ingress to the esophagus. Hepatitis patients should also note that aside from food passage to the esophagus, pharynx also carries air to the windpipe and larynx. Leading from the pharynx to the stomach, the esophagus is a hollow conduit that has muscular walls which propel the food through rhythmic waves of muscles that contract involuntarily. This process is known as peristalsis. In the event of peristaltic contraction when the bolus has been swallowed, smooth muscles behind the bolus are contracting so that it would not cram back to the mouth. There is a rhythmic wave that will rapidly force the bolus to be push toward the stomach. The process of peristalsis is a one-direction movement only, to propel and keep the food moving downwards to the stomach.

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Kararli TT. Comparison of the gastrointestinal anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of humans and commonly used laboratory animals. Biopharm Drug Dispos. 1995 Jul;16(5):351-80.

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- 160 x 600 – (Wide Skyscraper)
- 468 x 60 – (Full Banner)
- 728 x 90 – (Leaderboard)
2. Type of Graphic Used
Besides the size of the banner, there are other characteristics to consider.
- Animated Graphic
- Plays Audio
- Clickable Embedded Text
3. Location of Banner Ad
Locations can get very complicated, but most commonly they are placed in headers, footers and the sidebar.
- Top of Page
- Header
- Sidebar
- Above Post
- Within Post
- Below Post
- Footer
- Above or Below Page Fold
When pricing a Banner Ad
A banner ad is a visual advertisement, therefore it should be priced based on it's visual marketing value by analyzing the 3 factors listed above. A 125×125 box ad takes up more marketing space on your home page sidebar than a text link does. So, why should you charge the same for both? Don't. Think of a banner ad as a higher end type of advertisement. We don't get many of them, but when we do, you need to price is appropriately. A good starting point is to double the price of a text link in your sidebar and use that as your sidebar price for a 125×125 box ad.
With so many factors impacting the rate of a banner ad, it can be a little overwhelming at first. I suggest first identifying locations where you are willing to place the online advertisements and document those prices for yourself. Create easy pricing models and locations. For example, a 300×250 medium rectangle ad in the top of your sidebar for all pages. Or you can have a set price for homepage only and then secondary pages.
The most important takeaway from this article is that banner ads and text links are two completely different online advertisements often with different goals. A banner in the sidebar should be priced higher than a text link in the same sidebar.


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The microphone is a very critical part of the DAW system. This makes sense because a microphone is often the very first connection into the recording. Remember the "bottleneck" of audio quality - your sound will only be as good as your weakest link. Put another way, you will only sound as good as the best quality your worst component can produce. The quality and proper use of the microphone will have a fundamental effect on the end quality of your recording.
Basically, there are two types of microphones that can be used for DAW applications, dynamic and condenser. Dynamic microphones require no external power supply, will provide adequate frequency response and are very robust. In a dynamic microphone sound waves cause vibrations in a diaphragm inside the microphone. This diaphragm is hooked up to a coil, causing changes in its current which are then translated into an analog signal. The reason these microphones are called "dynamic" is because they require no external power to operate.
Condenser microphones microphones have a lightweight membrane and a fixed plate inside instead of the diaphragm described above. These parts act as the two sides of a capacitor. Sound waves hitting it cause vibrations in the membrane - - changing the capacitance of the circuit. These changes are translated into an analog signal by the system. Condenser microphones require "phantom power" in order to operate.
Dynamic microphones will work well for most applications and are very durable. Typically, a condenser microphones have a more extended frequency response and will capture transient sounds better than a dynamic microphone. This is due to the difference in the mass of the diaphragm (dynamic) and membrane (condenser)- - the lighter membrane allows for the capture of higher frequencies.
In addition, both types of microphones record with different pickup patterns (e.g., cardioid, hypercardioid, omnidirectional and figure-eight), which may come into play depending on your particular needs.
For a more in-depth review of microphones, I have included a link to www.audiotechnica.com which has a very informative article on basic microphone characteristics.
Again, do your research, consult your music pro, your friends and make a choice based on your budget and ears. It is important to note that most sound cards require a line-level input (i.e., a high-level signal like the output from a CD player), so a microphone preamp may be required to boost the microphone signal.


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text: [[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lyra_Heartstrings_-_Background_Pony_8928.jpg]][[caption-width-right:250:The most forgettable pony ever.]]->''My name is Lyra Heartstrings, and you will not remember me. You won't even remember this conversation. Just like with everypony else I've ever met, everything I do or say will be forgotten...''''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/19198/Background-Pony Background Pony]]'' is a fanfic based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', by {{Creator/shortskirtsandexplosions}}.Lyra isn't a normal pony. She went to Ponyville to celebrate the Summer Sun Celebration with her foal-hood friend, but instead found herself living a cursed life. Upon her arrival, Nightmare Moon did.... ''something'' to the unicorn. Everypony forgets about her within minutes of meeting her. Nopony can read her writing. Any evidence of her existence disappears or is dismissed. Any attempts to leave town cause her to collapse underneath the most painful cold imaginable...Now trapped in a world where she has as much presence as a half-remembered melody, Lyra must find a way to undo her curse. Her only clue is a series of enchanted songs that keep running through her head....Now in the process of being adapted into [[http://dream0rdie.deviantart.com/art/Background-Pony-Page-1-341706379 comic form.]]----!!''Background Pony'' contains examples of the following tropes:* ActionSurvivor: Lyra.* {{Adorkable}}: Twilight, Lyra comments on her regularly. * AdultFear: Being forgotten by all, as the world and everyone that mattered to you goes on without a care. * AlternateUniverseFic: [[spoiler:The royal wedding and the Changeling invasion happens during the last chapter, but Lyra's canonical involvement in those events as one of Cadance's bridesmaids is ignored for the sake of the DownerEnding.]]* AmnesiacHero: Inverted – Lyra cannot be remembered by anypony she encounters.** [[spoiler: Played straight in Chapter XVI after Discord's defeat - she now has to play Twilight's Requiem constantly just to remember anything]]. ** [[spoiler: And again in Chapter XX. After Princess Aria takes away her love of music, Lyra gradually loses all of her memories.]]* BarrierWarrior: [[spoiler: Lyra's shield spell comes in handy when she protects Morning Dew and Rumble from an imploding building and fires the shield into said building, splitting it in two.]]** [[spoiler: And then later for intimidating Straight Edge when she breaks into his house.]]* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Caramel and Wind Whistler now happily married]]* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:She dies without ever removing her curse, but she chooses not to let her defeat of Discord and everything else she's done be erased.]]* BoldInflation: Everything [[spoiler: The Third Alicorn]] says or writes appears in bold, purple font.* BreatherEpisode: Chapter X - which comes right after one chapter with some of the saddest and scariest moments in the story, and precedes another with a lengthy and heartbreaking InfoDump from Dr. Comethoof's [[ApocalypticLog diary]] - is pretty much Lyra hanging out with Pinkie Pie for about 70 pages, and is about as random and funny as that suggests.* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Discord attempts to do this to Lyra in Chapter XVI]]* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Moondancer]]* ChildhoodFriends: Twilight, Lyra and Moondancer* ColdEquation: [[spoiler:Lyra must choose between being forgotten forever and being responsible for the deaths of three ponies, the possible destruction of the world, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the nonexistence of a marriage.]]]]* CosmicRetcon: [[spoiler: It seems that trying to make an alicorn as powerful as Luna aware of the curse will cause her to instinctively rewrite reality so that she can forget it...]]* CrapsaccharineWorld: Ponyville for Lyra, it's the same friendly pleasant town from the show, but Lyra's curse prevents her from leaving or she will freeze to death and no one can remember her for longer than a conversation, leaving her alone and homeless with no one to help. * CryCute: [[spoiler:Twilight]]* {{Curse}}: A nameless one is the driving force of the plot, it has two parts: one being [[UnPerson Unpersoned]], second being it is impossible to travel far from the town hall, as it becomes colder the further she gets from it.** Among musicians there is a belief in The Curse of the Ninth, a force that prevents performers and composers from having more than nine epic movements or number one hits in their career.* DayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: Alabaster Comethoof in Chapter XI]]* DeflectorShield: Lyra learns a shield spell from Twilight so that she can protect herself from the [[WhatDidIDoLastNight effects]] of ''Threnody of Night''. * {{Determinator}}: Lyra* DespairEventHorizon: Lyra came close to it in the back-story, but managed to recover [[spoiler: Chapter IX has her come close again, but her experience with Bon Bon manages to pull her back from it]].* {{Diary}}: Everything that happens is told through Lyra's diary, or that of [[spoiler: Alabaster Comethoof]]. * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lyra does this to [[MadGod Discord]] ''several times''. For starters, she blasts him with a party cannon and beats him over the head with a folding chair. If that wasn't enough...after challenging him to a [[BattleOfWits philosophical duel]], Lyra proceeds to ''[[MindRape MIND RAPE]]'' him with [[FightingDownMemoryLane Twilight's Requiem]]]]:** [[spoiler: "His face contorted, like a soul giving birth, giving birth to himself and dying all at once, a glorious collapse of an omnipotent accident that didn't realize that it was still fractured until that very second. "Stop it!" He clutched his antlers and bent over, curling into himself like a convulsing serpent. "No! [[BrownNote I don't want to hear it!]]" he yelled, sending thunder and lighting branching across the penultimate graveyard of the firmaments. "Stop!...I don't want to hear it!" [[VillainousBreakdown He was screaming, shouting, pleading, transforming.]] "[[RepressedMemories I don't want to remember!]]"" [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Lyra doesn't just "punch out" Discord...]][[DrivenToSuicide SHE RIPS OUT HIS]] [[TakenForGranite WILL TO LIVE.]]]]* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler: Snips' father Straight Edge, to the point of ''telekinetically strangling'' his children]].** In the back story [[spoiler: Moondancer also suffered from an abusive father]].* DreamTeam: [[spoiler: Octavia, Vinyl, Melodia Braids and J.R. Bard the only four living musicians to have beaten the Curse of the Ninth.]]* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Subverted; in a flashback it's shown that Lyra was driven insane by her curse and planned to jump off the top of Town Hall. Thankfully she was talked out of it.]]* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Played with. Though Lyra's memory has been stripped to nothing and her love of music has been [[FakeMemories wiped completely from her mind]] in order to cover up the existence of the Unsung Realm, her final recorded words in her old age were "I almost wish I could write a song."]]* ElegantClassicalMusician: Octavia.* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Third Alicorn, Aria the Alicorn of Twilight.]]* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: The Unsung realm.]]* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: The [[EmptyShell end result]] of what happens to any poor soul that becomes Unsung]].** [[spoiler: Discord considers his own existence in Equestria to be this, as he cannot forget what he lost when he came into the world.]]* TheFatalist [[spoiler: Princess Aria believes there is no possibility, or at least nothing good can come from challenging fate]]* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler: Dr. Comethoof's journal]]* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Since the Nightbringer prevents Discord from directly affecting Lyra, he resorts to this.]]* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The meaning of the flower Morning Dew gives to Lyra was hopeless love]].** [[spoiler: During chapter XVI the author makes it apparent that this meaning was entirely unintentional.]]** Used in Chapter IV when Lyra is leaving her house in Canterlot to depart for Ponyville. Somewhat inverted in that it's foreshadowing something that has yet to happen chronologically but has already occurred in the story.---> '''Lyra:''' Daaaaaad... I'll only be there for a few days! Heehee! You won't even know I left!* ForgottenFallenFriend: Lyra is this to Twilight* GoodSamaritan: [[spoiler: Bon Bon]], to the point that she continues taking care of a freezing cold Lyra even after forgetting that she had brought her inside.* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Chapter VI, Lyra rescuing of Scootaloo from a teleporting accident.* HeroicSacrifice: Lyra is eventually offered a chance to return to the remembered world, but [[spoiler: it would cause all that she'd done as an Unsung to be erased- including saving abused foals, rescuing Scootaloo, giving Dinky her instrument and stopping Discord. So she doesn't.]]** As part of this deal, she also gives up [[spoiler: her love of music.]]* IconicOutfit: Lyra almost never seen without her "swell hoodie". * IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Lyra falls in love with another pony who reciprocates her feelings, but eventually lets her crush go and sets him up with another pony, since she knows they can't be together. * IllGirl: Melodia Braids* ImmortalityInducer: [[spoiler:Not quite its intended usage, but the power from the Nightbringer allows Comethoof to live for almost a thousand years in [[EldritchLocation the Unsung realm]].]]* InventedIndividual: [[spoiler: The Parasprites, who actually are also surprisingly GoodAllAlong]]* ItGetsEasier: It's hard to react emotionally to a scene you've seen repeatedly.* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: Princess Aria, in her realm everything must be held in perfect order, any being that learns of the unsung must be killed and buried in her realm.]]* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sooner or later (and almost always, it'll be sooner), every pony will forget they met Lyra ([[spoiler: or any of the other Unsung]]), even if they're still mid-conversation with her. Its possible that something they discussed will stick with them, though they won't know the source of the thing they're thinking about.** Its also heavily implied that [[spoiler: Lyra and Celestia have met every time she's visited Ponyville, but the curse caused them both to forget.]]* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:'''Sing my song and become nothing. Sing my song and become nothing. Sing my song'''...]]* MagicMusic: Luna's elegies have powerful magic effects from instilling paranoia or joy, causing blindness and freezing cold, and seem to be the only key to unlocking Lyra's curse.** Twilight also implies that music from the Cosmic Matriarch is what built the world in the first place.* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: Chapter IX]] * NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: [[spoiler: Rarity]]* ThePhilosopher: Lyra* PuppyLove: [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and Rumble]]* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Lyra finally snaps and starts screaming at [[spoiler: the Third Alicorn]] after her dozenth failed attempt to [[spoiler: get her to play ''Desolation's Duet'' with her.]]* RainbowSpeak: Certain words are colored in the story. Lyra seems to notice them even if they're spoken.** Lyra Heartstring's first and last names are colored green.** Doctor Alabaster Comethoof's first and last names are colored blue, as well as [[spoiler:his song, ''Penumbra's Echo'']].** Purple text doesn't appear very often before Chapter IX, and what does appear in purple doesn't seem to have any logical connection until about halfway through Chapter XI. %%The pronouns and titles referring to a certain character are colored in purple. It's almost impossible to write anything about this character without spoiling the story due to this character's nature and identity, so don't refer to this character outside of spoiler boxes.* RecurringExtra: A core theme, as the title indicates. The fic asks the question of "what if some characters weren't background characters just for the viewers, but in-universe as well?"* RedOniBlueOni: Moondancer and Twilight [[spoiler: Deconstructed, as their friendship self-destructs quickly once they're around each other without Lyra to mediate between them]].* RepressedMemories: [[spoiler: Discord can't remember anything about Aria due to his ten-thousand year imprisonment.]]* SelfDeprecation: "Jeez! Just listen to the lime-green fuzzhead!" Rainbow Dash whispered, gesturing wildly. "Have you ever heard a pony say so little with so many stupid words?!"** Any attempt to break the fourth wall runs into this trope fast* ShapeShifterShowdown: Of a kind against [[spoiler:Discord]]. They don't have to physically shape-shift, just describe what they are and challenge the other to think of something to best them. Considering they "become" such abstract things such as "the field of medicine", "honor" and "the future", its probably for the best. * ShoutOut: Chapter X is loaded with references to pretty much every other popular fanfic staring Lyra and FanFic/TheEndOfPonies. [[spoiler: Chapter XVI as well.]]** The aforementioned ShapeShifterShowdown is one to quite possibly the [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ygq1abalcFY/SuFvXcEjnyI/AAAAAAAABpM/d2qBK4SzFWE/s1600-h/Sandman+04-17.jpg most]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ygq1abalcFY/SuFvXPOmmoI/AAAAAAAABpE/BoZuNzFgVJA/s1600-h/Sandman+04-18.jpg powerful]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ygq1abalcFY/SuFvW2eoufI/AAAAAAAABo8/waUhN54oD1o/s1600-h/Sandman+04-19.jpg scene]] in Creator/NeilGaiman's [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]] while avoiding ripping it off completely.** In Chapter XVI, Lyra gets the nickname "Harpo". On the surface, it's a mockery of her name and Cutie Mark. But it's also fairly appropriate reference to [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo]] ''[[Creator/MarxBrothers Marx]]'', who was both a mime onstage (considering Lyra is an {{Unperson}}) and a harp virtuoso besides.** [[spoiler: Discord makes a crack at Lyra]] about hands in a presumed reference to {{Fanfic/Anthropology}}, also in Chapter XVI.]]* SleepyHead: Morning Dew has narcoleptic episodes* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with. Every time Spike has "met" Lyra, he says, "Dig the swell hoodie." Until [[spoiler:Chapter XVI, because it's really Discord in disguise.]] She doesn't realize it until it's too late.* SoundStone: The songs playing in Lyra's head, the Nightbringer, and [[spoiler: ''Penubra's Echo'']]. There are items called sound stones in-universe, but they don't actually play any music and are more like [[PlotCoupon Plot Coupons]] for how they're used.* TakeAThirdOption: Lyra is allowed to either [[spoiler: undo her curse but also undo everything she's learned or accomplished while under the curse, or become part of the Unsung choir, forget her suffering and be at peace. She chooses to continue living as an outcast, with some memories removed so she won't try to break her curse again.]]* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: On the first day of her cursed life, Lyra goes to the forth story ledge of town hall to jump off, convinced that her life isn't worth living anymore. A passing stallion convinces her not to jump, saying that she's too precious to leave so soon even though he didn't know who she was.** This stallion is [[spoiler: Caramel, to whom Lyra was telling her story to in Chapter II]].* TheRockStar: Vinyl Scratch* UnPerson: Lyra's curse has rendered her existence invisible to all other ponies, no one can remember her, and all attempts at communication beyond verbal are invisible.* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Chapter XI and Chapter XVI]]* WhamLine: [[spoiler: '''"Her beloved wakes! Her beloved wakes! Her beloved wakes!"''']]* WhatDidIDoLastNight: When Lyra plays ''Threnody of Night'' for the first time in her cellar, she blacks out and wakes up in the middle of the woods outside her home with her coat soaked.* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: In Chapter XV, Lyra repeatedly attempts to bring to light the abusive household Snips, his sister and his mother are living in. Attempts to involve Cheerilee, the police and Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash all fail thanks to the curse, and Lyra eventually resorts to ambushing Straight Edge in a darkened alley, telekinetically breaking his legs with a two-by-four. However, despite knowing that she would get away with it, she ultimately cannot bring herself to break his horn, and ends up taking him to the hospital once his memory is erased of the attack.]]** Also applies to [[spoiler: her climactic HeroicSacrifice, as it is made clear that no one, Lyra included, would know she was responsible had she chosen to undo the events following her curse and risk the safety of Equestria.]]* YouCantFightFate: ''Everything'' in the story bends Lyra right back to the curse. Every attempt she makes to undo it either fails or makes everything else worse.----


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Happiness Against All Odds
Ashleigh McHale Andrews had never known the way her life would go, only that she must live it to the best of her ability. Looking back over the few years that had seemed to go on infinitely, she realized that she had been more than just a young mother of sixteen or a victim of the horrific abuse heaped on her by the one man she had thought she could always trust. She had been a survivor, in search of the two things that all human beings search for-love and happiness. Looking at her two sons and remembering her daughter's all-too-short life, she realized that all of it had brought her to the one person in her life she was meant to be with...the one person who could help her achieve all of her dreams. Little did she know that her happiness would come with a price-her life...
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Freedom to operate under a 4200+ patent portfolio owned by Round Rock Research, LLC went up on the ICAP Ocean Tomo auction block today in New York City, but according to Wendy Chou of Chou Media, ICAP succeeded in selling one out of the four different "covenant" lots that were offered. According to Chou, the winning bidder of Lot # 111 will pay $35 Million for a covenant that is only valid if the purchaser is not a semiconductor manufacturer.
The bidding on the "unlimited" Round Rock lot reached $75 Million, apparently nowhere close to the seller's request of $200 Million. The third (being restricted to non-semiconductor, non-handset and non-computer manufacturers) and fourth (same exclusions, and limited in time to 5 years) Round Rock lots failed to sell, but bidding on the fourth reached $18 Million.
Walker Digital also had four covenants for auction, but, unlike Round Rock, the different lots covered different sets of patents, including Automatically Captured Images, Single Use Transaction Code, Driving Directions with Visual Cues and a Certified Audio Vault.
In total, Chou reported only 2 lots being sold between lots 29 and 105, for a total of $100,000. Hopefully more details will emerge throughout the day, including the identity of the non-semiconductor purchaser.
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The Winnipeg-based inventor of a camera used to catch drivers illegally passing school buses says motorists in his home province are among the country's worst offenders.
For the last four-and-a-half weeks Teknisult, the local company behind the camera, has had 10 cameras installed on buses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta for a pilot project watching driver behaviour around school buses with their stop signs activated.
Teknisult president Maurice Gregoire said cameras in Winnipeg have caught the vast majority of infractions.
"In Winnipeg we're seeing on average five violations per bus, per week," he said. "In the other provinces—Alberta and Saskatchewan combined—they're coming in at an average of 1.8 violations per bus, per week. So it's considerably less."
Gregoire said the hardest part of the project has been watching clips like one caught in Winnipeg last week where a student was nearly hit by a vehicle that didn't stop.
"The first thing that goes through your head is 'I don't want to be watching the video where a kid gets hit.'"
Drivers convicted of illegally passing a school bus in Manitoba face a fine of $673.65 and automatically get two demerits points tacked on to their licence.
"It's an expensive fine and I would suggest that reflects the seriousness of the offence," said Patrol Sgt. Damian Turner of Winnipeg police's Central Traffic Unit.
Turner said Winnipeg police have doled out 17 tickets for illegally passing a school bus so far this year, down slightly from the 20 given out last year.
While Teknisult's camera isn't currently part of the province's photo enforcement legislation—meaning a picture of a violator alone isn't enough to convict an offender—Turner said shots taken by the device can be valuable evidence when combined with a statement from witnesses like bus drivers or parents.


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Class 43-I and 43-J, Blackland Army Air Field, Waco, Texas
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Season 1 - 33 Discussion Thread
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Posted 10 April 2007 - 12:54 PM
You really need to watch this episode. This one started the series and was one of the better episode by far. Lee even refered to this episode in Season 3 when he stated that he had to pull the trigger on 1300 lives.
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 06:40 AM
Agreed. A very strong and fantastic continuation of the miniseries!
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Posted 10 April 2009 - 09:46 PM
Just when you think all hope is lost. They finally do it in that last jump. Making it an area where they could finally have a rest without looking over their shoulders and wondering if they would have to launch all vipers again and jump the entire fleet. You realize how pressing their situation is and how vulnerable the fleet is to attack and how important it is to be able to fend these Cylons off. Otherwise, if the Cylons are absolutely relentless, they can keep pressing their attack and destroy the rest of the humans. The fact that the human race survived was nothing short of a miracle.
This episode truly laid down the foundation for the dramatic tension that would unfold in the episodes that followed. Always reminding us that the human race is far too frail a thing to stand up against such overwhelming odds. As well as the fact that if their luck had run out that would be the end of the human race. It was a great episode.
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 04:06 PM
That is what made it great because it is memorable. There over 60 episodes in total and there are many memorable ones but when you can think back to the beginning and remember one of the very first because it was so strong, that is saying a lot about the quality of that story. It was a great story.
Posted 13 April 2009 - 05:10 PM
I second that emotion!
Ron Moore often refers to '33' as the second pilot. It was my wife's and most of my less-adventurous friends' intro to BSG (only a few brave friends of mine saw the mini, by borrowing my off-the-air tape of it). But '33' is the one that hooked EVERYBODY in my little geek circle.
I saw it while aboard a plane recently (gods bless the i-pod!) and the scenes depicting Colonial One (essentially a stranded luxury jet) and the Olympic Carrier really resonated (esp on a long, dull flight, where your fate is in others' hopefully capable hands); and the fact that the ending dealt with the Colonials having to shoot down their own set the tone for all of the hard choices that followed, as Capt. T noted above in another post.
Still one of my favorites, too (much more intense than the mini, as well)!
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I cant say that this season was one of TGs best, but it was ok. Still there where some really good episodes.... first episode of this season got me worried thought
Posted 13 June 2009 - 06:48 PM
I cant say that this season was one of TGs best, but it was ok. Still there where some really good episodes.... first episode of this season got me worried thought
Glad you liked season of BSG. It was a great way to get the season off on the right foot. I think it was the reason why it had 4.5 seasons instead of just one. Grateful that they allowed it to stay on TV.
Look forward to seeing more posts from you.
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Too true. The Olympic Carrier was rushing towards the fleet; no time to board her. That would've only added the two pilots as casualties to the Olympic Carrier tragedy.
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Impact of ICH on non-ICH countries
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Harmonization of registration requirements leads to reduced replication of drug trials and shorter registration procedures, while maintaining the quality, safety, and efficacy of pharmaceutical products. The ICH initiative was started in 17 high-income countries, but it also has an impact on non-ICH countries, which account for 85% of the world's population. Application of measures for public health protection in these areas is related partly to their affordability.
Although ICH was not initially intended as a worldwide cooperative effort, global standardization is an inevitable consequence of ICH. For this reason, a steering committee was established by the ICH Global Cooperation Group to make information available to non-ICH countries, seek their comments on and acceptance of ICH guidelines, and thereby expand the ICH idea.
Although the common ambition of ICH and non-ICH countries is the same, there are differences between the two groups, notably in the role of essential (generic) drugs, in the concept of satisfactory levels of quality, safety, and efficacy, and in what is affordable. Public health is the first concern in non-ICH countries, where the level of technical standards has to be justified by public health needs, not by the state-of-the-art technology.
The concerns of non-ICH countries include the need for harmonized standards of quality, safety, and efficacy, and appropriate regulatory requirements, rather than global application of ICH standards, which might be too high for local industry, leading to withdrawal of products with consequent negative effects on public health. In some countries, withdrawals could have a greater public health impact than acceptance of a drug that does not meet ICH standards. On the other hand, accepting a lower standard may lead to differences in regulatory approach, double standards for quality, safety and efficacy, and double standards for public health protection.
The solution may be harmonized regulatory standards that are applicable to developed and developing countries, perhaps with WHO collaboration. The alternative is to have a double regulatory standard, one for the rich, one for the less rich.
In conclusion, if the harmonized ICH regulatory requirements are to have a positive impact on non-ICH members, they should establish the same standards of quality, safety, and efficacy, improve drug availability, avoid repetition of trials, save resources and improve public health protection. They should promote the introduction of standards of quality, safety, and efficacy based on public health need rather than state-of-the-art technology. The approach should be reviewed by a coordinator for its global applicability, with a view to protection of public health.


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LBT strike: 40 lakh kg of foodstuff waiting to be unloaded at APMC
400 trucks are waiting to be unloaded at the agricultural market for 3 days due to LBT strike. Despite tonnes of food in the trucks, drivers have little left to eat and no water to drink.
While Mumbaikars are floundering to get their hands on food supplies what with traders striking work over the local body tax clash, a stockpile of essential food commodities like rice and pulses is building up at Vashi's Agricultural Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC), waiting to perish.
In the last three days, over 400 truck drivers loaded with essential commodities have pulled up at the market from various parts of the country. But they are standing by to unload it all. And the wait is costing them dearly.
Sources from APMC say that these essential commodities, estimated to weigh around 40 lakh kg all in all, will be unloaded once the market opens up. Their collective value is around Rs 12 crore.
A truck of food grains entering the market is generally known to carry 10 tonnes of commodities while larger containers can hold six to seven tonnes more.
"The big containers are known to come from places like Punjab and Haryana. It is true that one common truck brings along with it 10 tonnes on an average. The price varies depending on the market value," informs a source.
Despite all the food grains waiting to be consumed, the 400 truck drivers say they are down to scraps. Waiting at the APMC premises, the drivers have to shell out money from their pockets to buy food, drinking water and even water for bathing or going to the toilet – an extravagance they find hard to afford. Moreover, since the shops are shut they don't have many places to go to eat or buy food.
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Most drivers are known to cook their own meals. They bring along with them flour and spices and a mini stove and buy vegetables. "But the provisions we have with us are about to get over and we have to rely on local shops, most of which are shut. The few that are open have been charging exorbitantly. On Thursday when I went to bring half a kilo of bottle gourd (dudhi) they were charging Rs 25. On a regular day it costs Rs 10," said Kuldeep Singh, a truck driver who has come from Punjab.
The drivers say that they cannot even break the seals off the commodities because the money's worth of the missing quantity would be deducted from their salaries.
Munna Pande, one of the drivers, said, "We are charged Rs 5 to visit the toilet and Rs10 for taking a bath. Besides there is no drinking water available and this summer is making it difficult to sit inside the truck."
Many of them said that they were being forced to use water from toilets for drinking, since buying filtered water is expensive. A truck driver who did not wish to come on record said, "The traders have taps outside their shops and to keep us from using them, they have put a lock on it. It's so hot that our throats get parched."
The drivers and truck cleaners were worried that their food supply would get spoilt in the summer heat, or get stolen. They keep awake at night to guard the goods. Rajesh Kumar, a truck driver who brought goods from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, says they also need to protect the commodities from birds and rodents, who start pecking or gnawing into the sacks of rice or dal.
The humid heat is only adding to their unease, not letting them catch a wink of sleep. They try and go to sleep underneath the container during afternoon. "Traders should not have called for the supply if they planned to keep the market shut. We are suffering. After making a journey of about three days, we come here to the news that traders are on strike. It is troublesome standing all day long waiting for the traders to open shop," said Insaf Ali, a truck driver whose vehicle contains 20 tonnes of rice.
Rs 12 crore
Approximate value of the 40 lakh kilos of food commodities stuck at APMC
Traders speak
Traders of APMC have called for a meeting today to decide whether to continue the strike. Jayesh Vora, director of Vashi APMC grain market, said, "We have called for a meeting on May 11 and would unanimously take a call whether to continue with the strike. The market is not scheduled to open on Saturday morning."
I have been waiting in the summer heat since 4 am on Thursday morning. I brought 16 tonnes of chana dal in my truck. -- Ghanshyam Varma, Vapi in Gujarat
It took me 4 days to reach APMC market from Punjab. I have 20 tonnes of rice to unload. -- Kuldeep Singh, Punjab
I have been waiting since Wednesday for the traders to open shops so that I can unload the 10 tonnes of moong dal I got in the truck. -- Bhajan Lal, Jodhpur in Rajasthan


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The Hannah Montana actress was being informed of her Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "I Thought I Lost You," the theme song for her movie Bolt.
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Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Wednesday after he allegedly robbed a South Midland convenience store armed with a 9mm pistol.
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Bois Blonds has much better longevity than OS, it has a higher concentration of oils, and smells better too. You should also consider Oolang Infini, it's my favorite from this line.
Thread: Bois Blonds by Atelier Cologne
Im interested in some colognes, and this one seems polarizing.
Reviews go to fantastic to boring, nonexisatnt sillage to monster projection, below average to longlasting.
What you think of this cologne?
I bought a decant of Orange Sanguine and quite liked. I got good longevity and sillage (for a citrus based fragrance).
How do you compare Orange Sanguine x Bois Blonds, in sillage and longevity.
Also, it smells good?
Bois Blonds has much better longevity than OS, it has a higher concentration of oils, and smells better too. You should also consider Oolang Infini, it's my favorite from this line.
I LOVE bois blonds.
Equal longevity with every one in the line for me. Love this one as I do all of them
I have tried all of them, and have not found any to be worth purchasing.
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Smells pretty nice but not particularly interesting or original. Not full bottle worthy IMO.
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The disparity in quality between my decant and my full bottle is much too great for me to recommend Bois Blonds.
That entire line smells "nice" but is otherwise very boring and unoriginal, Bois Blonds being no exception.
Personally love it, and Grand Neroli is on buy list.
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Hmm, it continues polarizing!
I think i will buy it!
It's okay (I just applied a little from my sample). Stays very close to the skin. Somewhat pungent - bitter orange, I suppose. Nothing very original. I would prefer to get Maria Candida Gentile's Gershwin for something a little more interesting in this line, or Caron's Yuzu Man.
I own a bottle and I think it's great for summer!
It's edgy and a bit different from other cologne offerings.
For a cologne, it has good longevity and reasonable sillage.
I would happily recommend it.
Just received my bottle and i liked.
I bought a 6.7oz bottle but i thought it would be much bigger, actually i was quite surprised and thought that i received a 3.4oz bottle.
I was expecting a smooth fragrance but not, its very sharp and green. Slightly reminds me Lubin Leau Neuve (new formulation) but less sharp and with better longevity and sillage.
Not the cologne that i was expecting (not cologney that much, in a traditional cologne way, floral citrus herbal) but a very good fragrance for sure, with fantastic longevity and sillage, for a citrus based fragrance.
Orange sanguine still my favorite. I will try (or buy them blind) the rest of the line, what do you recommend me, besides Orange and Bois?
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I've owned their entire line and find I reach for them very rarely. Every now and then, when I'm in the mood for something bone dry with a little bitterness, I will go for Bois Blonds, Trefle Pur, or Grand Neroli. I find them to be good antidotes to the near omnipresent sweetness in most scents. This is the role Atelier Cologne plays in a wardrobe: a counterweight to the Lutens, Muglers, and syrupy/gourmand components of nearly everything else. In this respect, they feel very "grown up."
Having said that, it is rare that I want something as dry as they are. I usually reach for something more in the middle.