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Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage
If I had to guess, I'd say that Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage, the first downloadable expansion for Fallout 3, was created to prove two points. First, that Bethesda knows how to use colors other than brown and green -- now it can use blue and white, too! Second, to show off how well the game can work when it is pushed determinately towards the first-person shooter end of the spectrum. In both cases, mission accomplished. Mostly.
There's also a statement here. Bethesda's last major title was The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the first DLC for which was -- infamously -- horse armor. Operation Anchorage is the first of three planned Fallout 3 expansions to hit before summer. As such, it's a great start, and far better than horse armor, but it also feels like a teaser.
Players of any level can tackle the expansion, so long as their character has left Vault 101. A new radio station will appear that guides the listener towards an area near the Nuka Cola plant west of downtown D.C. Following the signal, I found a band of Outcasts from the Brotherhood of Steel. They were trying to open a cache of killer weapons, but had to pass through a simulation to do so. A Pip-Boy was just the interface they needed to access the program, so into the sim pod I went.
The simulation transported me back to the Chinese occupation of Anchorage. Appearing on a treacherously windswept cliffside, I was tasked first with taking out three massive guns, then leading a strike team against other targets within Chinese-held territory.
A few things are very obviously different. The new setting comes first. If it's a bit monotonous, it is at least meant to be a snowy near-wasteland, and in that respect looks great. Small details stand out: a few snowmen the Chinese soldiers have made inside one camp; the way your strike team members shuffle around trying to stay warm, blowing into their cupped hands; the edges of the map, where the sim flickers in and out of pixilated reality.
New enemies are out in force: The Chinese Army has rapid-fire snipers and cloaked Crimson Dragoons to bar any progress. Some snipers also wear the cloaked stealth armor; those equipped can be seen slightly by the naked eye, but not targeted within V.A.T.S. before you knock down the cloaking mechanism with a V.A.T.S.-unassisted blow or two.
Your weapon loadout is limited -- initially, a silenced pistol and knife. Soon enough the arsenal expands with assault and sniper rifles, and a few more pieces of gear. You won't be able to steal weapons or gear from downed enemies, as they dissolve into bits and bytes after death.
Oddly, almost every ammo dump you come across looks exactly the same. There will be an ammo dispenser to magically fill your clips, a health dispenser to similarly restore life, a few grenades and mines, two missiles and some energy cells. These items will all be glowing red; almost nothing else in the expansion can be picked up. And currently, these items can only be collected only if your reticule is directly on them.
From a gameplay perspective, Anchorage does more to play into criticisms of Fallout 3 than to prove them wrong. The quest -- little more than a dash from one checkpoint to the next, in expectation of the weapon cache waiting at the end -- feels terribly bare, with no sidelines to explore. The uniform ammo dumps, whether motivated by the "simulation" aspect of the story, feel like placeholders.
Ten pieces of hidden intel will yield a new Perk if collected. Strangely, however, completing an objective magically transports you from one part of the sim to another, and if you've missed a piece of intel you might suspect it's because you weren't given the chance to find it.
Granted, the rewards are pretty good: a new variety of Power Armor, a Chinese stealth suit and the highlight: the Gauss Rifle, a bad-ass, high-powered, energy-based rifle that can snipe with the best of 'em. You'll face a new vehicle called the Chimera that has a cool design, though there is no opportunity to drive one. Blowing 'em up will have to do.
During half the expansion you're given the (optional) opportunity to command a strike team. You can choose the team's makeup, which is a nice trick. With five "markers" to spend, you can choose from infantry and grenadiers (one marker each), missile troops and snipers (two), Mr. Gutsy (three) and a Sentry Bot (four). Reinforcements can be called in when one trooper falls, and you have a few basic options for giving orders. I used two grenadiers and missile soldier, and they made a couple objectives easier.
From a story perspective, Anchorage feels like a missed opportunity. It's played very straight and safe, in ugly contrast to the wild and weird exploits that are such an integral part of Fallout 3. There is very little surprise here, and almost no intrigue. Those with high Speech skills may be able to add a little twist to the ending, but otherwise there's only a slight wrinkle to look forward to once you're out of the sim pod.
Those who poke around the Outcast Outpost after exiting the pod will find a terminal that suggests the sim experience could have been far stranger than it is. Doing that intensified my sense that Operation Anchorage wasn't really going all out.
This is very evidently an action enterprise, but what kept my attention in Fallout 3 were the unexpected sights and bizarre characters. The people in Operation Anchorage are unmemorable to the extreme. Take the tough but fair General Chase and the "stock black dude" Lieutenant Morgan. The latter is ripped out of a hundred movies -- he's quippy and helpful, and so, so bland.
For much of the game you'll work alongside Lieutenant Morgan, a sleepy-eyed '50s banker type. He might deliver a rousing little pep talk, but that's it. Late in the game I proceeded without him, and went 30 minutes without noticing. If Fawkes wandered off for a minute in Fallout 3, I scrambled like a dad whose kid just disappeared in the hardware store. He's a guy you wanted around, because he made the game more interesting. Morgan needs to go back to selling mortgages.
Players who haven't come close to the current level 20 cap might get more out of Anchorage than I did. Going in at level 20, it was a fairly easy walk. The new weapons were fun but did little to change how I play my current character. Less experienced players will face a more stiff challenge and might therefore get a genuine shooter from the DLC, rather than a thin simulation of one.
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Take your display capabilities to the max with CalibrationAider. You can use CalibrationAider to calibrate image grayscale combination, gradient, to simulate EBU or SMPTE TV test patterns, to apply image filters and test different saturation levels. The tutorials guide you through several setup features for LCD, CRT monitors, TV resolution patterns, printer-monitor view quality synchronisation.
Pluses: The advantage of the application is the fact that id free, otherwise you can find all the features incorporated in other programs such as ACDSee or simply monitor/graphics card software.
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In conclusion: Might prove to be useful for professional digital photographers, since we didn't detect any groundbreaking features.
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Henry Abbott of TrueHoop recently publised a five part series on traveling in the NBA. Building on that I had to post this play from the Denver Nuggets' win over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday. Keep in mind a player gets two steps from the time he gathers the ball thus ending his ability to dribble. In the comments let me know how many steps you think Chris Paul took after he gathered the ball.
Scott Hastings is typically all over the referees for any blown call and he did not say anything about this play so maybe it was not traveling. You tell me.


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A thousand years ago, dudes were dying from splinters, but now the wizard potion that cleans our light wounds costs less than a Dr. Pepper in 1994. I love this medicinal 7up.
U2 and Apple have conspired to place a U2 album into your music in the year 2014. You own a U2 album. And you can't get rid of it.
Ron Paul spins in his chair, trying to grab his decorative antique musket but Freddy gets it first.
No good film goes unspoiled. Or something like that.
The end of time means tiny alien ballerinas, merciless flying vacDOOM cleaners, and naked dinosaurs?
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January 21, 2009
The Newseum from Dawn to Dusk
WASHINGTON — More than 25,000 people visited the Newseum during the inaugural weekend that began Jan. 17 and ended on Inauguration Day.
Visitors and A-list celebrities, as well as major broadcast, cable and radio news networks, took advantage of the Newseum's prime location on America's Main Street for live broadcasts, inaugural balls and to view the historic inaugural parade.
To commemorate the momentous event, the Newseum looks back at the people and events that led up to the historic day.
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Shimano XTR Race Resin Disc Brake Pads $14.95
These Shimano XTR Race Disc Brake Resin Pads are what comes with your XTR Race disc brakes. The pad material is attached to aluminum backing plates that are as light as possible while still performing admirably. The Resin Pad compound offers better modulation, is quieter, and tends to squeal less than the Metallic Pads, although they tend to wear a bit quicker and don't have quite as much ultimate stopping power. One pair of pads equals one wheel. Buy two pairs to complete your bike.
The Shimano XTR Race Disc Brake Resin Pads will work in both the Trail and Race versions of XTR985 brakes as well as fitting the following Shimano brakes: XTR-M975/966/965, Saint-M800, XT-M776/775/765, SLX-M665, Hone-M601, LX-M585, Deore-M545/535.
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I have these brakes on my Tallboy;
The brakes came with these pads:
At first I thought I bought the wrong pads, but these work just as well as the stock ones as far as I can tell and they are cheaper. Once you pull your old ones out, be sure to apply enough pressure to the caliper mechanisms to make them flush inside the caliper, otherwise you have to reinstall the pads. Keep your hardware (the locking pin) from your old pads as you may need them to install your new pads.
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will these fit the bl m988 brakes?
Nice And Quiet!
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These pads are great and easy to change. I like the Resin pads much better then the metallic because of how much quieter they are. They do not last as long but are a little less money than the others, so it evens out. If you hate beak squeaky brakes get these.
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I need to know that these will fit my XT M785 brakes, which they appear to based on the picture, but they are not listed on the model list. Please confirm that these will fit.
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ive been using them for about 3 weeks now on my m785.
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These are very quiet compared to the metallic version. They wear quicker I find as well but for the price it doesn't matter to me. I get about 500 miles on them for a rear brake, so order a few.


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Advanced Standing
Freshmen who have taken college courses at an accredited institution prior to matriculation at Brown may be considered for some advanced standing. Further, freshmen who have received certification under various foreign educational systems may also be considered for some advanced standing. Questions concerning course credit and advanced standing should be addressed through the Office of the Dean of the College.
By the end of their fifth semester, students must declare to the Registrar's Office whether or not they wish to use their A.P. and/or foreign study credit for acceleration. To use credit for acceleration, students may request one semester of Advanced Standing (and tuition credit) for 3-6 course credits or two semesters of Advanced Standing (and tuition credit) for 7-10 course credits. Students not requesting Advanced Standing (and tuition credit) from the Registrar by this deadline may not do so subsequently, except through petitioning the Committee on Academic Standing.
Grading System
At the end of each semester final grades are given in semester courses.
Year Courses: A tentative grade is given at the end of the first semester in year courses; at the end of the second semester, examinations in such courses cover the work of the two semesters; and a final grade for both is assigned at that time.
In most courses a student may, in consultation with the advisor, elect to be graded on a basis of either Satisfactory/No Credit or A,B,C/No Credit. A student must, for every such course taken, indicate by the end of the fourth week of the semester which basis for grading is elected. If a student fails to specify a grade option for such courses, he or she will be enrolled in the course to be graded on the ABC/No Credit basis.
Any student regularly enrolled in a course, no matter whether for A,B,C/No Credit or for Satisfactory/No Credit, may request from the instructor a more detailed written evaluation of his or her work (see "Course Performance Reports" below). Such supplemental evaluations are intended primarily for the information of the student and do not replace departmental evaluations.
No Credit is given when courses are not satisfactorily completed. Neither the notation No Credit nor the description of the course in which it is given are entered on the external transcript.
1. At the initiative of the instructor, courses may be designated to be graded on a Satisfactory/No Credit basis for all students enrolled. The designation of a course by an instructor to be graded Satisfactory/No Credit only must be announced no later than the first day of classes and entails the responsibility for providing Course Performance Report forms to all students who request them. An asterisk shall accompany the listing on the transcript of the grade of `S' for any successfully completed course that has been designated by the instructor to be graded on the basis of S/NC only, with an appropriate explanation of the symbol provided.
2. In exceptional circumstances and with the instructor's consent, a course may be left incomplete (except for a regularly scheduled final examination--see paragraph 3 below). In such cases, a grade of 'INC' will be assigned provided that the student has filed a request for extension of time to complete the work of the course and the instructor has consented to such a request (the instructor can enter both the Incomplete grade and the intended date by which it is expected to be completed via Bannerweb). Unless an earlier date is specified by the instructor, grades of 'INC' must be made up as follows: for Semester I, by mid-semester of Semester II; for Semester II, by the first day of the following semester. Extensions beyond these dates for any period of time up to but no more than one year from the end of the semester in which the course left incomplete was taken may be granted by the instructor who will indicate this in writing to the Registrar.
A course not completed by the designated time will be assigned a grade of NC unless the instructor indicates that sufficient work has been completed to justify course credit by submitting, as appropriate, a grade change from INC to A, B, C, or S. A grade of NC assigned in accordance with the procedures may be changed subsequently, but no later than one calendar year after the end of the semester in which the course was taken.
Note: For Undergraduate students, while the faculty rules above that govern the deadlines for which an incomplete must be completed remain intact, it is important to note that for academic standing purposes the deadlines by which to have a positive effect on one's academic standing are: February 1st for fall courses and July 1st for spring courses. For further information please consult with the Office of the Dean of the College.
3. If a student is absent from a regularly scheduled final examination for a course, the instructor will assign a grade of ABS. If the absence from the examination is excused by the dean, the student will be permitted to take a special examination. The special examination will be administered by the Registrar in accordance with the provisions in the Faculty Rules and Regulations for such examinations, unless other arrangements are agreed to by the instructor and the student, and communicated to the Registrar. If the absence from the final examination is not excused by the dean, the student will receive no credit for the course.
(Please note: Students who are unable to take a final examination due to religious observance may consult the Registrar's Office about procedures for rescheduling a final exam. These arrangements must be completed by mid-semester.)
4. A grade of INCABS will be assigned if appropriate and will be resolved in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 above.
5. Grade Requirements for Advanced Degrees. A minimum grade of either Satisfactory or C in a 1000 or 2000 level course carries credit toward all advanced degrees. Individual departments may, subject to the approval of the Graduate Council, set higher grade requirements.
Advanced degree candidates may be required to register in courses primarily for undergraduates (numbered 1-999); these courses do not carry advanced degree credit. On occasion, however, and with approval of the student's department and the dean, a student may register for such a course with extra work for advanced degree credit. This course then has the same standing as a 1000 level course and an E (extra work) is noted on the transcript. This provision for extra work does not apply to courses of the level of 1-999 taken for graduate credit by students in the master of medical science or Medical School programs.
Grade Appeals Process
Grade Point Average Statement
In 196970, the grading system of the University was changed so as to provide that a students may choose, for each course, to be graded on the basis of one of two options: A,B,C/No Credit or Satisfactory/No Credit*. Accordingly, at that time, the University discontinued the compilation of grade point averages and class standings. The practice of naming students to a Dean's List was also eliminated.
*Beginning Semester I, 197475, an asterisk following a grade of S denotes that the choice of grade option for that course was not left up to the student but was restricted to S/NC by the instructor.
Course Performance Reports
Students who elect to take a course on a Satisfactory/No Credit basis may request that the instructor complete a Course Performance Report form . (Note: This form is online to Undergraduate students via Advising SideKick (ASK) module delivered by the Office of the Dean of the College). The instructor may decline to submit such a form if it is believed he or she has inadequate information to do so. As a general rule, therefore, the request for the Course Performance Report should be made of the instructor with advance notice. Particular consideration should be given to requests from students for whom the course is part of their concentration program. Copies of Course Performance Reports are made available to: (1) the student, (2) the dean's office, and (3) the student's concentration advisor. While not part of the official record, Course Performance Reports may be sent out from the University at the student's request as part of an official transcript request as long as the student provides such copies to the Office of the Registrar when making the initial transcript request.
Additional Semesters
Except for students enrolled in the five year combined A.B.-Sc.B. program or the Brown-RISD dual degree program, undergraduates must obtain special permission from a dean for a ninth semester. For a tenth semester the student must petition the Committee on Academic Standing.


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LEGO® City Air Fire Truck (60061)
5 years & up. A jet engine is suddenly on fire! Gather the crew, hop into the Airport Fire Truck and race to the scene. Eliminate the fire by spraying the fire hose at the jet engine. Mission accomplished! 326 pieces.
- 2 LEGO(R) firefighters
- Features the Airport Fire Truck and jet engine
- Truck includes a water cannon, fire hose and opening rear engine hatches
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Twelve-year-old girls are the smartest people I know. If you don't believe me, just ask them. They value what a fifteen or sixteen-year-old person says, but let's face it, if you are twenty, you are old and out of it. A thirty-year-old is a dinosaur and if you're forty or fifty, forget it.
Twelve-year-olds know how to dress, how to wear their makeup and how to style their hair. Many of them help mom dress, and appear in public. Woe to the days she comes to pick them up without consulting first on what she should wear. Due to their knowledge at this age, one would think raising them would be easy, but this isn't the case. In fact, this knowingness they exude is quite shallow, and thirteen is when they usually realize that what they knew or felt at twelve was not only childish, but was wrong. For mom that means thirteen may be a lot worse than twelve.
Raising daughters is tough, and raising sons may seem a lot easier due to their more easy going emotional status, but appearance is not everything, and boys struggle too. Parents need support from other parents, they need guidance from pediatricians and teachers, but mostly they need one another to help add balance and discipline to their child's home life. Kids have manipulated mom against dad and dad against mom for generations, but when you are a single parent your own guilt about not being able to do it all can be a source of manipulation your child will use with the skill of a professional con artist. The key is to be honest with who you are, what you are, and forgive and deal with that appropriately. Sometimes as an effort for parents to feel close to their kids they tell them too much of what has happened in their life with previous relationships and/or their other parent. This can be a mistake of the worse kind. Kids will and do manipulate with any guilt they sense in their parents.
As a child ages, and especially in the teen years, they continue to go through stages of development. One of those stages means separating from their parents. They do this by looking for differences between themselves and their parents. They focus on morals, relationships, and lifestyles. They point out to parents when they are being hypocritical as well as when they are parenting incorrectly. They do this by comparing their parents to their friend's parents, homes, and lifestyles. This is normal, and you being pointed out as less is somewhat normal too as long as it's done infrequently and within reason. We aren't perfect, but we do deserve our teen's respect. However, when they continually make you out as the flawed parent, person, or whatever this is not respectful, and you will do your kids a disservice if you don't step in and set appropriate boundaries. Being a target for your twelve or thirteen year old for disrespect, rudeness, or pushing boundaries is not okay. At this age your kids need really strong boundaries of what is acceptable and what is not.
If you are a parent of tweens or teens and you feel out of control with your child's attitude and disrespect, I have suggestions to help you get things back on track NOW. Do not wait or procrastinate, saying they will grow out of it. Disrespect and attitude problems are ageless.
1. Puberty changes not only a child's body, but the way they think. If your family has a history of mental illness, talk to your child's pediatrician so they can be alerted to possible changes that are not part of a normal adolescent's thinking.
2. The younger you begin teaching manners the better. Trying to teach a twelve year old please and thank you are difficult. Positive reinforcement when they are two for saying a simple thank you, please, and may I will go a long way when they are twelve. Kids learn best when parents and others around them are saying these polite things as well.
3. It is important you know your child's friends, both real and virtual. Social media has kept us more connected to our kids, but unfortunately it has also left us more in the dark in regards to who our children hang out with and converse with. Parents who don't monitor their kid's virtual lives run a greater risk of not knowing who is most influential in their kid's lives.
4. Engage with your kids. This means listen to them, talk to them, do things with them and hold them accountable. The teen years are the years where you need to negotiate with your child in a way to help them learn to be accountable, but never negotiate the structure or boundaries of your family. If you have no boundaries or rules that you enforce with consequences, your teen actually becomes more anxious and disrespectful.
5. If your teen ever is involved with the law or arrested, do not jump in to rescue them from this situation. Go to their side as a respectful loving parent, and be supportive, but do not blame the police or the law. If your child does something wrong against society, it is important they understand this is unacceptable, and no matter how much money, or what color you are, the law is the law. Parents need to respect the law, the teachers, and any other authority their child is going to encounter within their teen years. Respect is learned in the home.
As I said in the beginning of this article, parenting a twelve year old is tough. They are emotional, dramatic, egocentric and strong in their beliefs. But, they are also watching, listening, and wanting a parent to parent them. We cannot blame our kids for being disrespectful if we allow it in our home.
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Why go to Constance Tsarabanjina?
Discover the luxurious castaway experience of the newly refurbished Constance Tsarabanjina. Enjoy the laid back, barefoot elegance of this intimate eco-friendly resort set on its own secluded island off the coast of Madagascar. Discover the island's unique biodiversity with a guided nature walk or dive in and explore waters still largely unexplored.
Indulge in the luxury of the beautiful, spacious rosewood, palm-thatched villas on the island's secluded beaches. Join the friendly restaurant staff for a feast of the freshest seafood and Malagasy cuisine. Relax and let us cater for all your needs with our Luxury All-Inclusive Cristal Package, leaving you free to do as little or as much as you choose.
Tsarabanjina... an Island of your own, just for you.
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text: Meister Watches Background: Meister Watches at Tillys.com!It will always be about inspiration and influence. We're passionate about creating products that envelope the concepts of leadership. The goal is to make the wearer's of our products feel confident about their style and to perpetually strive for greatness. We want people to conceive the idea of being positive leaders that inspire and influence.As Meister's we realize our responsibility… Through our passion we will cultivate leaders; Prodigy's to Icons, our work is never done. MSTR exists to provide validation to the individuals of each generation who are deemed "influencers". From the newly realized Prodigy, to the awe-inspiring Icon - we aspire to inspire, one accessory at a time."Meister" is a translation from the German word for "Master" - who is a revered leader and artisan qualified to teach others. A Meister is known as a superior taste maker who inspires others and paves the path into the future. This timepiece series was created to push the boundaries of contemporary fashion without compromising traditional craftsmanship. Meister watches feature multi-pieced designs that blend various materials such as carbon fiber, stainless steel, and an assortment of rare leathers into a bold collection of functional timepieces. MSTR became the representation of the brand; as the abbreviation of Meister and as a tentative acronym to further our universal reach as a company. The above information is from the Meister Watches website.


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-- Alan Mozes
FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans over the age
of 50 ignore expert recommendations that they undergo a colonoscopy
to screen for colorectal cancer, a new survey reveals.
Seventy percent of the survey respondents in the age group
recommended to get screened admitted that they hadn't done so
primarily because of fear of the procedure.
The survey was conducted last fall by the Washington, D.C.-based
Colon Cancer Alliance, and involved nearly 1,700 people. The poll
was funded by Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a drug manufacturer that
specializes in gastrointestinal treatments.
"Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States," Andrew Spiegel, CEO of the Colon Cancer Alliance, said in an organization news release. "More than 142,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer this year, yet by getting tested, it could be prevented. The results from this survey reveal that Americans over the age of 50 forgo colonoscopies due in large part to fear."
Survey results indicated that among those who had actually
undergone a colonoscopy, 60 percent said they either didn't get or
don't recall getting any pre-procedure explanatory information from
their health care provider and would have preferred receiving such
The Internet was cited as the source of information regarding
colonoscopies for six in 10 of those surveyed.
Half of those who had undergone a colonoscopy said that the
actual procedure was the easiest aspect of the total experience,
while about three-quarters said that the pre-procedure bowel
preparation process was the hardest part of the screening
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends
colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50 until age 75, when
patients should consult their doctor about screening.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Minneapolis / St. Paul- the twin cities is a major metropolitan area with all your usual issues: traffic, crime and of course angry...Read More »
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Well here is a first coming up in January (Sat 1/11), at the Boulder Lake Recreation Area just outside of Duluth. Fat Tire Bikes aga...Read More »
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill making making a crossbow hunting season available to Wisconsin residents. The cros...Read More »
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Meet Martyn Ashton. At some point he and his friends grew tired of pedaling for exercise and/or recreation. So they decided trea...Read More »
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Now that the rut is over, big bucks are looking for food. They've likely run off 20% of their body weight chasing does, so their ful...Read More »
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These guys throw some bait in the water behind their boat, strap a GoPro video camera to it, and take off... watch what comes for th...Read More »
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It's another small sliver of information in the expanse of mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
A failed satellite phone call suggests the missing passenger jet may have turned south slightly earlier than previously thought during its enigmatic journey, Australian authorities said Thursday.
After Flight 370 dropped off radar on March 8, Malaysia Airlines ground staff tried to make contact with the plane using a satellite phone, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said at a news conference in the Australian capital, Canberra.
The attempt was unsuccessful, he said, but subsequent analysis of the failed call has given experts a better idea of the aircraft's position and where it was traveling.
The latest analysis of the available data has put a focus on southern parts of the search area in the Indian Ocean, Truss told reporters.
MH370 vanished with 239 people on board during a flight that was meant to go from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. The search operation, described by Australian officials as the largest in history, has so far turned up no debris from the plane.
International aviation experts have relied on information from radar and satellites to try to plot the Boeing 777's course, concluding that it went down in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean, far off Australia's west coast.
The experts are sticking to the same vast search zone announced in June, Truss said at the news conference Thursday.
But some of the information that the analysts now have suggests that areas of the zone farther to the south may be of "particular interest," he said, noting that the focus of the search continues to be refined as experts keep reviewing the available data.
Uncertainty over location of turn
Flight 370 was last detected by radar flying northwest over the sea between Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
A series of subsequent communications between satellite systems and the errant plane -- known as "handshakes" -- determined that at some point, MH370 turned south toward the southern Indian Ocean.
It was initially assumed that the southern turn took place at the northwestern tip of Sumatra. But the team of experts has since said there's no conclusive evidence about where the turn to the south took place.
To calculate the current search area, they said they took two approaches to the uncertainty surrounding the turn. They analyzed the satellite data using a range of assumed locations for the turn, and also without any assumption of where the turn took place.
The final radar detection of MH370, by the Malaysian military, occurred nearly an hour after the plane had veered off its planned course. Three minutes later, a satellite handshake indicated that the plane was still traveling northwest.
The unanswered phone call took place 14 minutes after the handshake, according to information previously released by Australian authorities. Just over an hour later, a second handshake suggested that the plane had turned and was heading south or southeast.
It's unclear from Truss' comments Thursday how much more clarity the analysts now have on the timing and location of the turn.
The crucial question of why the aircraft flew wildly off course also remains unanswered. Without the aircraft's wreckage and flight recorders, investigators are struggling to piece together what happened.
Undersea volcanoes
The search for the remains of the plane and the people on board remains primarily focused on a 60,000-square-kilometer area, roughly the size of West Virginia, in the southern Indian Ocean.
An underwater search that will involve three ships is expected to start in the area next month, using a range of sophisticated sonar equipment. The process is expected to take about 12 months, Truss said.
Officials hope as much searching as possible can be done in the next few months before weather conditions are likely to deteriorate, he said.
Ships have already been mapping the undersea terrain in the isolated swath of ocean to help the searchers. Much of the geography of the area was previously unknown before MH370's disappearance drew attention there.
The mapping process has revealed dramatic new challenges for the search teams.
The "remarkable geographic features" discovered by the surveying include at least two volcanoes and an area where the seafloor drops away from a depth of 600 meters (1,970 feet) to 6,600 meters (21,650 feet) over a short distance, Truss said.


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The selfish mental attitude of "do away with all the loopholes and exemptions except mine" is part of what got us into this financial morass in the first place. Face facts folks, if this Nation is to survive as a Constitutional Republic many unpopular but necessary decisions are going to have to be made. Government size and spending must be cut. I am talking about real cuts to spending, not cutting the increase in spending. Everything must be on the table. Moaning about about cuts to your favorite program does not balance the budget. This is going to hurt everyone if it is done properly. Those of us that are older are the most to blame. We allowed most of the social programs to be passed and the governmant nany state to be born. We should have stood up years ago and put a stop to it. Thank God for the current conservative uprising. We may yet survive.
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Cricket Victoria (CV) has long understood the power that sport possesses to bridge cultural divides.
It has the unique capacity to bring together people from all walks of life be it on the streets in India, the beaches in the Caribbean or the alleyways in Melbourne.
For years now, the game of cricket has fostered greater harmony, respect and understanding of people from all cultures.
The impact that can be achieved by sharing a field together, and the camaraderie that is developed between teammates and opponents alike, remains the calling card of our sport.
The Harmony in Cricket message is about celebrating our commitment to embracing traditional Australian values - justice, equality, fairness and mateship and represents the bonds that hold us together.
We proudly acknowledge that our clubs are a place where everybody, regardless of their cultural background, religion, gender, age or ability feels welcome and if a person has a passion for cricket; our clubs have a place for them.
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State Representative Rashida Tlaib says the technology at the Wastewater Treatment Plant on West Jefferson in Detroit is outdated. But now Detroit is about to make history. In the next few years, a new state of the art facility will be coming to the plant, possibly putting the plant's known foul odor to rest. "[The smell] is not normal. Water treatments plants in Boston, in other areas, do not have this foul odor that we have here in Detroit," Tlaib tells Fox 2's Andrea Isom. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tells Fox 2 that the new project, a bio-solids drying facility, will help cut down on the odor. The sludge - or treated sewage - will be turned into fertilizer or fuel. All of the processing will take place inside. Odor and air pollution controls will be on the building to help keep any odor from getting out and when the product leaves the facility it should be extremely dry, helping to stop the smell. Another complaint many people have voiced about the plant is the truck traffic. We're told that traffic could also be curbed by about 75 percent. Detroit's water and sewage department is expected to spend close to 700 million dollars from now until 2037 by building and running this new operation. A New England fertilizer company has been contracted to make this mission a success which could bring savings of close to 17 million dollars a year in Detroit.
An informational session will take place October 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Delray neighborhood house, located at 420 Leigh St. Following the session will be a public hearing that begins at 7 p.m.MDEQ will also host its annual meeting on operations of Detroit's wastewater treatment on October 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the same location. The project is expected to be mostly complete by the end of 2015 and start production in early 2016.
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SUPERIOR, WI (WSAU) The UWSP mens basketball team won their WIAC opener on Saturday with a 79-68 win at UW-Superior. The Pointers were down by three at halftime. They trailed until midway through the second half when Wisconsin Rapids native Joe Ritchay knocked dwon a three pointer to take the lead.
Tyler Tillema led the Pointers with a career high 34 points. Rapids native Clayton Heuer added 16.
UWSP hads to Oshkosh on Wednesday
The Pointer womens basketball team dropped their conference opener at Superior 70-65. It was the first time the Yellowjackets had beaten the Pointers since 1995.
Brooke Allen led UWSP with 21 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs. Liz Althoff and Sam Barber had 14 & 12.
The Pointer women will host Oshkosh on Wednesday.
The UWSP men's hockey team beat Eau Claire 4-3 in overtime Saturday night to snap the Blugolds 11 game home winning streak.
Jon Bockman had the game winner giving the Pointers a weekend split. Brandon Jaeger had 29 saves for Point.
The Pointers return home this weekend for a 2 game series with UW-Stout Friday & Saturday.
The Pointer womens hockey team regained sole possession of first place in the NCAC with a Saturday afternoon win at UW-River Falls 5-4.
Leah Gefroh had two goals for UWSP.Janna Beilke-Skoug recorded 38 saves.
The Pointers return to action Friday and Saturday in Duluth against St. Scholastica.


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Today I was driving back from the doctor in my mother in law's Prius, singing at the top of my lungs and enjoying the scenery of the back roads.
It was an uneventful drive. The occasional tractor….a turtle in the road…the Schwans man on his daily route.
Then, out of nowhere, came a half naked Adonis running along this said country road and I about put the Prius in a ditch.
I will say for all intents and purposes that he was of legal age. Otherwise, I'd just be a perv drooling over a kid. So…let's just say he was around 20-ish. Tall, tan, no shirt and sweaty.
As I about run off the road and the words, "Good God…Sweet Jesus…Lord, Have Mercy" came out of my mouth for no one to hear since I was all alone.
And then it hit me. I am 37. He is…20?
And I felt dirty for about 10 seconds…and I got over it cause you really can't worry about things you can't change.
Besides, I would totally adopt him if he needed to be mothered…or just be my pool boy.
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Ellen Heber-Katz, Ph.D.
Ellen Heber-Katz, Ph.D.
- Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
- Scientific Director, Histotechnology Facility
- 215-898-3710, Office
For the past decade, the Heber-Katz laboratory has focused its attention primarily in the areas of regeneration studies in mice and mechanisms of oncogenesis. Prior to that time, the focus had been studies in immunology, centering on the genetics and molecular biology of autoimmunity when the immune system attacks the body's own cells and on anti-viral vaccines. However, the chance discovery in this laboratory that a certain mouse strain (the MRL)—which is the workhorse of autoimmunity models—was also capable of profound healing through the regeneration of tissues and organs led to a radical shift in direction. Studies pioneered in this Wistar Institute laboratory have established the MRL mouse as a gold standard of mammalian regeneration studies with the finding that a single gene, p21, controls the entire process.
Over a decade of research has led to a deep understanding of the genetic, molecular biology, cell biology and physiology of regeneration in this remarkable mouse having profound implications for human application. But, a second and potentially more important outcome has been a new connection to cancer. The p21 pathway is intimately related to oncogenesis through its cousin p53. So, as the history of science so convincingly demonstrates it is through the pursuit of basic science—in our case from auto-immunity to regeneration to cancer—that progress lies.
Dr. Heber-Katz came to The Wistar Institute as an assistant professor in 1982 from the Laboratory of Immunology, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Heber-Katz was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she would later receive a master's degree in Immunology. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.
1 Strehin I, Gourevitch D, Zhang Y, Heber-Katz E, Messersmith PB. Hydrogels Formed by Oxo-ester Mediated Native Chemical Ligation. Biomater Sci. 2013 Jun 1;1(6):603-613. PMID: 23894696 [PubMed]
2 Cheng CH, Leferovich J, Zhang XM, Bedelbaeva K, Gourevitch D, Hatcher CJ, Basson CT, Heber-Katz E, Marx KA. Keratin gene expression profiles after digit amputation in C57BL/6 vs. regenerative MRL mice imply an early regenerative keratinocyte activated-like state. Physiol Genomics. 2013 Jun 3;45(11):409-21. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00142.2012. Epub 2013 Mar 19. PMID: 23512742
3 Heber-Katz E, Zhang Y, Bedelbaeva K, Song F, Chen X, Stocum DL. Cell cycle regulation and regeneration. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2013;367:253-76. doi: 10.1007/82_2012_294. Review. PMID: 23263201
4 Rai MF, Hashimoto S, Johnson EE, Janiszak KL, Fitzgerald J, Heber-Katz E, Cheverud JM, Sandell LJ. Heritability of articular cartilage regeneration and its association with ear wound healing in mice. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Jul;64(7):2300-10. doi: 10.1002/art.34396. PMID: 22275233
5 Cheverud JM, Lawson HA, Funk R, Zhou J, Blankenhorn EP, Heber-Katz E. Healing quantitative trait loci in a combined cross analysis using related mouse strain crosses. Heredity (Edinb). 2012 Apr;108(4):441-6. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2011.94. Epub 2011 Nov 30. PMID: 22126848
7 Arthur LM, Demarest RM, Clark L, gourevitch D, et al., Capobianco AJ, Lieberman P, Feigenbaum L, Heber-Katz, E., Epimorphic regeneration in mice is p53-dependent., Cell Cycle. 2010 Sep;9(18):3667-73. [Epub 2010 Sep 21.], 20855943
8 Vorotnikova E, McIntosh D, Dewilde A, et al., Heber-Katz, E, Badylak SF, Braunhut SJ., Extracellular matrix-derived products modulate endothelial and progenitor cell migration and proliferation in vitro and stimulate regenerative healing in vivo., Matrix Biology. 2010 Aug 24., 20797438
9 Bedelbaeva K, Snyder A, Gourevitch D, Clark L, Zhang XM, Leferovich J, Cheverud JM, Lieberman P, Heber-Katz, E., Lack of p21 expression links cell cycle control and appendage regeneration in mice., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U S A. 2010 Mar 30;107(13):5845-50. [Epub 2010 Mar 15] Comment in: Nature Reviews Genetics. 2010 May;11(5):314., 20231440
10 Wang G, Badylak SF, Heber-Katz, E, Braunhut SJ, Gudas LJ., The effects of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors on digit regeneration in mice., Regenerative Medicine. 2010 Mar;5(2):201-20., 20210581
11 Blankenhorn EP, Bryan G, Kossenkov AV, Clark LD, Zhang XM, Chang C, Horng W,et al., Showe LC, Heber-Katz, E., Genetic loci that regulate healing and regeneration in LG/J and SM/J mice., Mammalian Genome. 2009 Nov-Dec;20(11-12):720-33. [Epub 2009 Sep 16], 19760323
12 Heber-Katz, E, Gourevitch D., The relationship between inflammation and regeneration in the MRL mouse: potential relevance for putative human regenerative(scarless wound healing) capacities?, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2009 Aug;1172:110-4., 19735244
13 Gourevitch DL, Clark L, Bedelbaeva K, Leferovich J, Heber-Katz, E., Dynamic changes after murine digit amputation: the MRL mouse digit shows waves of tissue remodeling, growth, and apoptosis., Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2009 May-Jun;17(3):447-55., 19660054
14 Naviaux RK, Le TP, Bedelbaeva K, Leferovich J, Gourevitch D, Sachadyn P, Zhang XM, Clark L, Heber-Katz, E., Retained features of embryonic metabolism in the adult MRL mouse., Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2009 Mar;96(3):133-144. 19131261
15 Reing JE, Zhang L, Myers-Irvin J, Cordero KE, Freytes DO, Heber-Katz, E, Bedelbaeva K, et al., Degradation products of extracellular matrix affect cell migration and proliferation., Tissue Engineering Part A. 2009 Mar;15(3):605-14., 18652541
16 Sachadyn P, Zhang XM, Clark LD, Naviaux RK, Heber-Katz, E., Naturally occurring mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the MRL mouse., Mitochondrion. 2008 Dec;8(5-6):358-66., 18761428


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Steve Williams was inducted into the caddie hall of fame recently and he dished a little on his life as well as that really famous guy he caddied for.
Billy Horschel's wife went into labor pretty early, thankfully for him not two weeks early.
It wasn't bad but it certainly wasn't great as the PGA Tour squeezed as many tournaments as possible into the last 52 weeks.
Tiger Woods was near the top of his game in 2012 and this video of him yelling at his tee shot at Medinah is just tremendous.
The European team is favored by quite a bit but the United States definitely has a chance to pull the upset. And you can make money off of it!
Geoff Ogilvy said he got his game back by getting away from the range and essentially playing less.
Tiger Woods is focused on getting physically stronger and faster and not on the technical side of his game right now.
Also, Billy Horschel might not even have gone to the Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy talks about his fatigue, and Geoff Ogilvy on practice.
Tiger Woods responded to Rory McIlroy's comments that he and Phil Mickelson were nearing the end and his comment was pretty funny.
Billy Horschel's big payday, no wins for Jim Furyk and Rickie Fowler, and the greatest mustache in golf does not belong to Furyk's caddie.
The top 10 golfers making up this statistic earned more than four times as much money per event than the average American makes in a single year.
Peter Uihlein played well at the KLM Open over the weekend -- he did not, however, react to seeing this frog very well.
Here's a pretty cool look at Rory McIlroy warming up for his final round at the Tour Championship on Sunday. Spoiler: He's good at putting.
Billy Horschel doesn't care though because he just took home $11.4 million.
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They say: "Here is the first edition of the First Choice Summer Sun 2015 brochure – ideal for plotting your sunshine escape well in advance so you get the best choice, best prices and have something to look forward too. Don't forget, all holidays are all inclusive, so there's no need to worry about spending money in resort – it'll just be for a bit of souvenir shopping, as everything else is included, be it food, drinks or activities! So whether you fancy sitting back and relaxing in the lush greenery of Zante, want to mix watersports and sightseeing with sunbathing in Egypt, or just want to go classic with a nice hotel near the beach in Majorca, it's all in this brochure. And of course, holidaymakers of a younger age are kept entertained with Holiday Villages (celebrating their 10th anniversary this season), Splashworld and Kids' Clubs for 0-15 years."
They say: "Following the success of the first Highlights brochure, the concept has been continued for 2014. Offering a carefully picked selection of slimmed down escorted tours from the main Voyages Jules Verne collections, these tours are at great value prices. The aim is for shorter, more affordable guided itineraries that keep the Voyages Jules Verne service quality standards, but cost less. Prices start at just £495 for a seven night 'Highlights of Tunisia' tour that includes Carthage, Sidi Bou Said village, Dougga and the Ribat of Sousse. Tours are available on limited departure dates and dates for 2015 tours have just been added, so grab yourself a bargain."
They say: "Here is the most popular brochure from Titan covering escorted tours, train voyages and cruises across Europe. This collection covers over 70 different countries and 80 different itineraries, so there's plenty to choice from, even if you've already been on a Titan tour before. Whether you fancy being amazed by the Northern Lights in an Arctic adventure afloat, want to relax over a latte and ice cream as the water's of Lake Como lap around you, want to immerse yourself in the history of Russia, or just yearn for the sunshine of Madeira in winter, all the 'must do' holidays and a whole lot more are in this Europe-wide brochure. As well escorted tours there are stay and explore options (new for 2014) which mean less travelling giving you a blend of sightseeing and relaxing in one or two destinations. And of course, there is still Titan's VIP home departure service that is included from every address in the UK to get you to your UK departure point for free."
They say: "This Simply Travel collection for 2014 is the biggest yet, offering characterful, one-off properties squirrelled away on the path less travelled. There are all sorts of places that are just waiting for you to call home for a week or two, from whitewashed Spanish fincas in off-the-map hamlets and old stone villas in Italian vineyards, to a small rustic family-run hotel on a Croatian island – all with the aim of giving you a real flavour of the country you're in. There are now more properties in the best addresses of lesser known resorts, giving you the best of both worlds as they are well-placed, yet in towns and villages that aren't overrun with tourists. The pricing has got simpler too, with low, mid and high season rates."
They say: "This impressive brochure from Titan brings together every single holiday the company offers. That's over 200 different escorted tours (including by rail) and cruises that touch every corner of the globe, visiting over 70 countries. Expect to come across tours featuring everything from see the natural wonders of Europe and exploring the Mississippi on a steamboat, to island hopping in the Caribbean and visiting sky-high monasteries in Bhutan. It really is all in here – including a collection of UK short breaks if you don't fancy travelling for hours and hours. These holidays are complete packages, with scheduled flights, all your internal travel and transfers, excursions and many meals included too. And of course, the superlative VIP Home Departure Service that means you are picked up from and returned to your front door."
They say: "This latest Skytours brochure from Thomson features thousands of competitively priced package holidays to all your favourite Med destinations, from European classics like the Canaries and the Costas, to places like Egypt and Tunisia. If you fancy going long haul, there are holidays to Florida, Barbados, Cuba, Goa and the Dominican Republic – all with that same Skytours value for money. Starting at just £199 per person with flights included, you then only pay for the extra options you want, such as coach or private transfers in resort, excursions and even extra leg room on the flight – but only if you want them. You can now also check in online for your flight."
They say: "Just You, the single traveller specialist has had a complete revamp for 2014! This most comprehensive brochure now features destinations in the UK, Europe and worldwide and has been divided into the type of trip. There are short breaks in cities, the traditional escorted tour, more adventurous exploring tours to far corners of the globe and a selection of 'escapes' when you can relax and join optional excursions if you like. This new way of presenting the holidays offered makes it much easier to find the sort of tour you're after, so whether you fancy walking that Great Wall of China, relaxing on a boat trip in Lake Garda eating gelato or can't resist the sun-drenched beaches of Florida, it's all in here. And of course, every holidaymaker has their own room and there is no single supplement for that
They say: "Here it is at last – the first edition of Thomson's main summer sunshine holiday brochure for the 2015 season. As usual it's packed full of fabulous package holidays to your favourite beach destinations and each one at a great value price. There are regional flights from all over the UK direct to your destination and flights are on Thomson Airways. If you want to up the luxury a bit, there are loads of extras you can tag on (such as airport lounges, private transfers etc) and you can push the boat out with the accommodation as there is a range of Platinum hotels included, as well as choices for fun loving couples who want to be entertained and holidaymakers with and without kids. Have a browse and see what you can find and get your 2015 summer sun holiday in the bag now."
Tours around the world filled with history and culture
They say: "This brochure presents a comprehensive collection of the very best cultural tours and inspirational journeys, all unfolding at a suitable pace, expertly guided where appropriate, in agreeable like-minded company and considerate of the local environment and customs too. Our itineraries are regularly revisited and improved upon by our own specialists and hand-picked local agents to provide the greatest benefits from travelling in a group context, yet preserve the individual enjoyment factor in every experience."
They say: "There are four boats that set sail exclusive to Thomson: Thomson Dream, Thomson Celebration, Thomson Majesty and Thomson Spirit. All offer relaxed cruising with superb onboard facilities and a friendly atmosphere that lacks the stuffiness you traditionally associate with cruise holidays. All ships sail at night, so you cross the water while you're sleeping and wake up in a different destination every morning. Thomson also offers regional flights from 20 different airports around the UK to join your cruise. On the opening pages of the brochure you will see and easy read cruise calendar so you can see which ships will be cruising where and when to make your choice of departure easier and cruises last seven, 10, 11, 12 or 14 nights. New for 2015, Thomson Celebration will be based out of Dubrovnik and heading to all those culturally rich Eastern Mediterranean ports of call and balconies have been added to Celebration, Majesty and Spirit so now all Thomson ships can offer cabins with private views."
They say: "Making dreams come true – that's what Disney Cruises are all about! The magic always happens onboard for everyone who sails, with a kind of enchantment, service and entertainment factor only Disney can bring to the holiday. And it's not just for kids, adults will love it too! What's more all cruises are all inclusive, with all meals included and flexible dining options including a rotating system for the many onboard restaurants and the possibility of room service too. What's more, there are unlimited soft drinks, hot drinks and ice creams too. We particularly like the WAVE phone you can use to phone and text other passengers onboard, so you can always check up on what the kids are doing without having to run all over the ship to find them without the need clock up expensive mobile phone roaming charges."


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Tanca Manna Bed & Breakfast rises in Stintino, near the centre and the beaches. It offers hospitality in 3 double bedrooms well furnished with taste and simplicity. Our rooms are endowed with air conditioning and private bath: two... Plus d'informations
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The Holiday Apartment Giuliano is on the 1st floor, it has two bedrooms with singles or doubles beds. The living room is composed of a double sofa bed and a kitchen with oven, fridge, freezer, ironing-board, washing machine. The... Plus d'informations
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Holiday Apartment Aldebaran offers apartments located about 300 mt. from the famous La Pelosa beach, in front of the Asinara Island. The apartments are composed of living room with kitchenette and double sofa bed, double bedroom,... Plus d'informations
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Residence Il Poggio is located in the front of the "Isola Piana" and the "Asinara" National Park, at the end of the coastal road to "Capo Falcone". The apartments can be on the ground floor or first floor. The all are furnished in a... Plus d'informations
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Farmhouse Ezzi Mannu is located 5 minute from Stintino, in front to the Asinara Island. The Farmhouse is a complex consisting of 5 studios newly restructured, all provided with air conditioning. They are all composed of kitchen... Plus d'informations
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The Holiday Apartment "Il Mirto" is located in Stintino ,in northern Sardinia. It is famous for its white beaches and clear blue sea, overlooking the Gulf of Asinara. Our facility, recently renovated, offers a three-room apartment... Plus d'informations
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Holiday Apartment Sea Villas is at 8km from Stintino, where you find the world's most beautiful beach La Pelosa. All villas of the residence are elegantly furnished, with kitchenette, bathroom with hairdryer, TV, garden or balcony and... Plus d'informations
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Holiday Apartment Solmar is located in the township of Biancareddu 10 minutes from Stintino, ideal for holidays in absolute tranquility. The apartment has a living room with seating for 8, sofa bed and kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, 1 double... Plus d'informations
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Holiday Apartment La Chintana is an old stazzo dating back to 1700 built entirely by rich families in the area, located in north-west coast of Sardinia. Immersed in the Mediterranean vegetation and surrounded by 4000 sqm of garden with... Plus d'informations
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The Holiday Apartment Da Francesca is a pretty studio flat with bathroom, a double bed and a cozy kitchenette. Outside you will find parking and a veranda with gazebo for your outdoor dining. Holiday House Da Francesca is situated... Plus d'informations
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Holiday Apartment La Taverna is a newly-built villa located in the very heart of the town, in a small and quiet residential area, cool and comfortable, La Taverna, situated below ground level, is large and bright, and consists of a... Plus d'informations
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Bed & Breakfast Calata di Soli is an old mining town dating from Roman times is situated in the northwestern coast of Sardinia. It stands on a hill in the greenery near the sea, offering a relaxing holiday, with a unique view,... Plus d'informations
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San Luis Obispo Wrongful Death Attorney, Lost Love Lawyer and People Search Attorney for San Luis Obispo – Find Your Lost Love
San Luis Obispo Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson states and psychologists agree that with so many people now searching unsuccessfully for love since the start of 2009, there may be nothing stronger or more hopeful to people in these times than finding and rekindling a lost love. These loves, by their nature are more intense than normal loves. More thought has gone into the search for the loved one. Hopes are raised and the excitement of the reunion is palpable. But it is not only the intensity of lost loves that is so attractive, says San Luis Obispo CA Lost Loved One Attorney, Sebastian Gibson. They are also enduring in the feelings the lovers have for one another both before and after their reunion. In one study of lost-and-found lovers, nearly three quarters remained together after a decade.
If you need help in searching for or finding your lost love, visit the Sebastian Gibson Law Offices at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website.
What makes a reunited lost love so powerful and so intense? San Luis Obispo California Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson, who recently searched for and found his own lost love, states it may be because these loves have endured the test of time, even though there has been a gap in their time spent together. It may be the obsession some people have over their lost love. It may even be the effect of movies, literature and music that makes finding a lost love so powerful. But it is surely also the combination of the highly charged effects of a new romance combined with the deep feelings of a long-term romance by persons who now know the importance of true love and who treasure it when it is finally realized.
When that love is reignited after the absence has made their hearts grow fonder, it is even more intense the second time around. Their feelings have grown even more potent, passion even more intense and upon reuniting, and lovers in this type of romance will often resolve to never lose each other again. For many, says San Luis Obispo Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson, there is no price too high to pay to find a lost love.
Another reason lost loves are so successful when they are reunited, is the single bullet theory. The theory is that every person in their life is struck by a single bullet – a single love that never makes it the same for that person with anyone else. And when such a person finally realizes who they really loved all their lives, the search for their single bullet lost love begins in earnest and with great intensity.
The most interesting thing about lost loves that find each other, says San Luis Obispo California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is their amazing success rate upon reuniting. While the same cannot be said for the marriages broken apart by such reunions, the results for the couples finding each other appears worth the risk of the breakup of a marriage in many cases.
Of course, many couples are in unhappy marriages in the first place, and this is why partners in such a marriage will often begin their search for a lost love. A lost love who contacts a person in an unhappy marriage often finds that their lost love is not only receptive to meeting with them, but has also been thinking about their lost love as well. For lost loves in unhappy marriages, it's not only the search for or a contact by someone they once cared deeply about, it is also the possibility of realizing a dream for love they no longer find possible in their current marriage.
For those in happy marriages who find themselves contacted by a lost love, the situation is more difficult, says San Luis Obispo CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson. For the person whose partner has been contacted by a lost lover, this may spell doom for their marriage. And for the partner contacted by a lost love, the contact will cause that person to reexamine their life and their marriage like they never did before.
Equally devastating, states San Luis Obispo Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is the loss of a loved one, either by wrongful death or by circumstances. Such a loss can test a person's soul and bring unbelievable misery. The results of such devastation can often be seen when a relative or spouse dies and the remaining spouse or person who was closest to the deceased dies shortly after. While a doctor might not put it down as their cause of death, just as surely as the sun goes down every night, the person suffering the loss of a loved one subsequently dies of a broken heart.
And so, Attorney Sebastian Gibson specializes in helping people search for and find their lost loves legally and when asked, will contact the lost loves on behalf of the person searching. We also specialize in seeking damages for the loss of a loved one due to a wrongful death.
At the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson we utilize the most effective search techniques available and work with successful investigators and people searchers in order to find lost loves and persons responsible for the loss of a loved one in wrongful deaths.
If you have lost a loved one and have been unable to find them or if you have suffered the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death, call Attorney Sebastian Gibson today and let us help you find your lost love and seek the compensation you are due as a family member, spouse or relative if a loved one has died in a wrongful death.
If you've lost a loved one as a result of a wrongful death, learn more about wrongful death cases at our website, http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com .
Due to the variables that exist in every case, San Luis Obispo California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can offer no guarantee that we will find your lost love or obtain compensation for you for the wrongful death of a loved one. However, in the case of lost loves, San Luis Obispo CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson strives to provide the highest quality legal resources that can be utilized to find the person you are looking for.
Today, the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson have more resources than ever that can be utilized to find a lost love. In most cases, upon being provided the information you have on your lost love, we will attempt to provide you with an estimate of how long it will take to find the person you are searching for.
The methods we and the private investigators we utilize to find lost loves are completely legal. San Luis Obispo California Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson's services are confidential and private and protected by attorney confidentiality. We will only give out information about you or your search if we have a duty to do so under the law. Otherwise, your information is completely confidential.
San Luis Obispo Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson reserves the right to refuse to represent any individual or entity if in our opinion the reason for your search or for retaining our services is either not legal, ethical or, in our opinion for the right reason – love. Retainers are required in advance prior to the start of our services in searching for lost loves. Wrongful death cases that are accepted by San Luis Obispo Wrongful Death Attorney Sebastian Gibson are accepted on a contingency basis.
Sebastian Gibson is a California lawyer with over thirty years of experience in the U.S. and U.K. and nothing on this web site should be interpreted to infer that he is a private investigator. Sebastian Gibson is an experienced internet attorney and is also experienced in the search for lost loves and in wrongful death cases.
If you need our assistance to search for your lost love or if you've lost a loved one as a result of a wrongful death, visit us at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website or click on one of these links, California Wrongful Death Attorney and San Luis Obispo Wrongful Death Lawyer .
A cum laude graduate of and former musician while at UCLA, Sebastian Gibson obtained two law degrees in the U.S. and U.K. in only four years, graduating magna cum laude in the U.K. Welsh educated and internationally experienced as an attorney in London, today Sebastian Gibson handles million dollar cases in California, has recorded and written a musical in London and has written over fifteen hundred articles on the internet.
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Higher oil prices could drive rail traffic
A spike in oil prices due to Iran's threats could divert traffic from trucks, but higher fuel costs would pressure railroad margins.
Energy analysts have stated that Iranian action could lead to an increase of 50% or more in the price of oil. Rising fuel prices could help fuel-efficient railroads, such as Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), CSX Corporation (CSX), and Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) as traffic would be diverted away from trucking. However, it could also put pressure on rail companies' margins as fuel represents a major portion of their operating costs.
As manufacturers look to reduce costs and fuel prices skyrocket, we expect that they will look to more fuel-efficient methods of transporting goods than trucks. According to a study by the Federal Railroad Administration published in 2009, rail fuel efficiency ranged from 156 to 512 ton-miles per gallon, compared to truck fuel efficiency of 68 to 133 ton-miles per gallon.
As rail carriers develop intermodal facilities -- which entail shipping using more than one method of transportation -- and improve their networks, we believe that they will be able to take a sizable portion of freight off the roads. Last year saw pressures building on the trucking industry as intermodal showed continued growth for all Class 1 railroads.
The absence of pricing regulation in the rail industry helps railroads pass on some of their rising fuel costs to customers. The increase in fuel surcharge revenues, along with generally better industry pricing and modest growth in traffic volumes, helped railroads post strong results last year. For Norfolk Southern, fuel surcharge revenues increased by $179 million in the third quarter last year. But a potential spike in oil prices due to Iran's threats could pressure railroad margins as fuel contributes to higher operating costs.
We have a $91 price estimate for Norfolk Southern, implying a 20% premium to the current market price.
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