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Travelling solo for the first time!!
15 Nov 2013 Kirstye asked
Hey guys,
so I'm going to be travelling solo, Europe highlights 27th April 2014!
really hoping to make a few friends as ill be very scared at first I'm sure!! haha
just wondering if anyone has any tip or hints, ideas of a good amount of spending money! things to pack?
would love some feedback, and love to hear from anyone going on the same tour!!
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10 Dec 2013 Hayley said
Hi Kirstye!
im Hayley im thinking of doing this tour and also travelling solo :) would be nice to chat I would also like to make a friend before I get there!
where are you from? xx
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28 Dec 2013 Stephanie said
I'm going on this tour too but leaving the 13th June
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28 Dec 2013 GoodNightmares said
I travelled solo for my first trip and the night before the trip started we had a meetup and the tour guide decided that we should all go out to dinner at the pub next door and come morning everyone was pretty friendly with each other and all awkwardness and nerves were gone. But we also had a Facebook page before we even left so people talked a lot on that.
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28 Dec 2013 GoodNightmares said
Also when I travelled, both UK and Europe, I packed clothes I wouldn't mind throwing out as I went along. That way my suitcase had more room if I bought things. I think I came home with two pairs of shoes, one pair of jeans, a jacket and a jumper. Everything else had been thrown along the way.
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Urié, little girl is nice and graceful, amber-coloured skin, lightly fl at nose, black big eyes and curly long hair. She ever carries the angelical digital camera (digidream) with her. Nice, sensible and a little bit ingenuous, she is the dreamer of the group and for this her friends pull Uriés leg, even if her perceptions could be ingenious and resolutive. During the sleep she has got some prophecies of which she shoots photos with her digidream so that, once awake, she herself explains them in an inconclusive but right way. Her winged little-animal is Lampo, the fi refl y that lights up the street!
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Cajeta Caramel Sauce
Cajeta, a Mexican caramel made from goat's milk, is mildly tangy and great on ice cream. Prep and Cook Time: 35 minutes. Notes: Look for canned evaporated goat's milk at most grocery stores; fresh goat's milk is sold at natural-foods stores and often at large supermarkets. Refrigerate sauce in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. The sauce will form crystals as it chills, but you can dissolve them with 5 minutes of gentle boiling.
Yield: Makes 3 cups; 24 servings (serving size: 2 tbsp.)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 164
- Calories from fat: 18%
- Protein: 0.3g
- Fat: 3.2g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Carbohydrate: 34g
- Fiber: 0.0g
- Sodium: 58mg
- Cholesterol: 9.2mg
- 4 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup canned evaporated goat's milk or whole fresh goat's milk (see Notes)
- 1. In a saucepan, combine sugar with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil over high heat, swirling occasionally to dissolve sugar.
- 2. Once sugar has dissolved, boil mixture, swirling occasionally (do not stir), until it has a medium amber color and honeylike consistency (if mixture appears to be browning too fast, lower heat to medium). Remove pan from heat and stir in butter and salt. Slowly pour in goat's milk (mixture will bubble furiously) and stir until smooth. Let cool slightly, then spoon over ice cream.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Sodium
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KENNEWICK, WA - People are filling up their fridges and preparing food for Thursday's Thanksgiving feast. But many people in our community can't afford a big meal with their paychecks and they're turning to food banks in record-breaking numbers for help.
The Tri-Cities Food Bank in Kennewick helped more people Wednesday than they ever have before. In fact, this year the food bank served 193 families, far surpassing last year's record on the day before Thanksgiving of 118 customers.
Food bank managers say the food handed out Wednesday will feed almost 900 people and that doesn't even include the hundreds of people who came in earlier this week.
"Just seeing a lot more people than ever before because of the economy. People don't have work or the food stamp program has been cut back, for various reasons," Barbara Wells, volunteer.
Wells has volunteered at the food bank for five years and says she's never seen anything like it.
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The demand for help at local food banks keeps increasing and site managers say this month it's been constantly busy.
Just as fast as they stock the food, it goes out the door making the holiday a little happier for hundreds of families.
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Do you find yourself leaving all your gift wrapping for the last minute? We're usually travelling over the holidays and it's not unheard of for me to be frantically wrapping presents in the car on the way to visit family and friends. This year I'm going to get a head start to cut down on the chaos, and also because I love looking at nicely wrapped gifts under the tree. Who's with me? Here are a few gift wrapping ideas that start with plain kraft paper. With a few adornments you can make gifts festive and fun.
vintage baubles
Use a couple vintage brooches or clip-on earrings as a sparkling present topper and bonus gift. All you need to do is pin them onto a ribbon, or two overlapping ribbons as I have done. Alternately you could make a bow out of a vintage necklace or wrap it around the present in place of ribbon.
fingerprint snowmen and snowballs
Here's a fun idea if you have kids who want to help out in the present wrapping department. Make snowmen out of white paint using your fingerprints (thumb for the bottom, pointer for the middle and pinkie for the head). Use markers or pens to draw on hats, buttons, eyes, carrot noses and stick arms. Tie some pompom trim around the gift to finish it off (you can find pompom trim at most craft or fabric stores).
Here's a quick and easy technique that looks much more involved than it is. Cut six strips of ribbon or bias tape so they will go around your present vertically. Fix ribbons in place with tape at the bottom of your present. Cut another six ribbons so they will reach horizontally around the package and weave them through the verticl ribbons and tape them in place.
For a fun and crafty looking present tie yarn around your wrapped package multiple times and affix a couple of over-sized pompoms on top. If you don't know how to make pompoms don't fret, it's really easy and you can find a good tutorial here.
Do you have some gift wrapping in store for this weekend? I hope a few of these ideas will come in handy.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Article by Prof. Brandeis on the right to privacy and marijuana possession published in Alaska Law Review
"The Continuing Vitality of Ravin v. State: Alaskans Still Have a Constitutional Right to Possess Marijuana in the Privacy of Their Homes," an article by Prof. Jason Brandeis, J.D., Justice faculty, has been published in the December 2012 issue of the Alaska Law Review.
The article addresses the unique history and case law surrounding the Alaska Constitution's right to privacy and how it applies to private, personal marijuana use.
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On the Show Today for October 21st
- Obamacare woes continue: website disaster calls for "high tech rescue," ACA is a disaster because of costs and undue burden on younger people, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has no time to talk to Congress, but time to go on Jon Stewart and to a gala in Boston
- True costs of the Shutdown, which has caused huge division in GOP and jeopardizes the 2014 elections
- David Brock writing ebook to defend Hillary over Benghazi
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Congressman Griffin announced today he will not seek a third term
Tim Griffin was elected the 24th representative of Arkansas's Second Congressional District on November 2, 2010. The youngest son of a minister and teacher, Tim is a fifth generation Arkansan, veteran, attorney and former small business owner who lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children. For the 113th Congress, he serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the oldest committee in Congress. Since its founding in 1789, only eight Arkansans have served on the committee. Tim is the first Arkansas Republican ever to serve on the Ways and Means Committee. He also serves as an Assistant Whip for the majority. Tim serves on the Human Resources and the Social Security subcommittees.
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Dry erase paint chip calendar. #diy #crafts #rainbow #decorating #pantone
Dry erase paint chip calendar. #diy #crafts #rainbow #decorating #pantone
menospudor said: hey! I was just wondering... you have this (awesome) post with this really cute white cat (cant post the link). Do you know what kind of cat is it? Thanks :3
Not sure. She's from a shelter! >^_^
name-number-nightmare said: The lighted fox you gave to your niece could catch on fire. It's something to think about. Xoxo (I saw your post scrolling on the DIY tag.)
With LED lights there's no risk since they don't heat up.
lpe602-deactivated20130929 said: I just read your "How to Put Your Own Design on a Vinyl Record Label" post and I really love your design!! I'm doing something similar with our guest book at our wedding. We are going to have people sign the record. I was hoping it would be okay with you if I copied your design. Could you send me any other pictures you have of your label? What is the font of "Stewart"? What color did you use? I know it's been awhile since you posted it but any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Not every branch of science can foretell the future — paleontology can't — but many can and with stunning accuracy. If you want to know when the next eclipse of the Sun will be, you might try magicians or mystics, but you'll do much better with scientists. They will tell you where on Earth to stand, when you have to be there, and whether it will be a partial eclipse, a total eclipse, or an annular eclipse. They can routinely predict a solar eclipse, to the minute, a millennium in advance. You can go to the witch doctor to lift the spell that causes your pernicious anaemia, or you can take vitamin Bl2. If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate. If you're interested in the sex of your unborn child, you can consult plumb-bob danglers all you want (left-right, a boy; forward-back, a girl – or maybe it's the other way around), but they'll be right, on average, only one time in two. If you want real accuracy (here, 99 per cent accuracy), try amniocentesis and sonograms. Try science.Carl Sagan
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? There isn't a religion on the planet that doesn't long for a comparable ability — precise, and repeatedly demonstrated before committed skeptics — to foretell future events. No other human institution comes close.
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SRPT Small Trial With Big Promise!
By Terry Chrisomalis - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: NVS, SRPT
Awhile ago Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) posted some amazing results on it's lead drug Eteplirsen! This drug compounds showed to restore protein in certain parts of the body that allowed patients suffering from a rare disease, known as muscular dystrophy, to be able to get stronger in movement function. The stock had done a reverse split prior to this announcement and then the big run up started for the more »
Hedge Funds are Interested in Arena Pharmaceuticals
By Michael Meyer - January 16, 2013 | Tickers: ARNA, OREX, VVUS
One of the ways that retail investors can even out the flow of information is by following what hedge funds are investing in. A popular way to do this is to follow the 13F reports that hedge funds file each quarter. And while just blindly following what the big funds are buying is probably not the best idea, making this strategy one of your criteria for investing might be a more »
6 Biotechnology Stocks With Upcoming Catalysts
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Biotechnology can be one of the most volatile industries to be invested in. A lot of the time, investors can own shares in various companies and not even know there is an event coming up. This article will serve to inform investors of 6 biotechnology stocks that have upcoming catalysts in 2013. These catalysts are likely to have a significant impact upon each company.
1) Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN)
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Celldex May Soar in 2013
By Michael Meyer - January 10, 2013 | Tickers: CLDX, SGEN
With so many companies claiming to have found the miracle cure for all diseases, it can be a tough challenge to find the contenders instead of the pretenders. But there is one company that appears to be getting closer to find the illusive treatment for breast cancer. That company is Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CLDX).
Celldex Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of novel therapeutics more »
Arena's Short Interest Continues To Be Held At Bay While Fundamentals Play Out
By Joseph Dedvukaj - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: ARNA
Arena (NASDAQ: ARNA) short interest has grown to a peak of 61,748,793 shares on Nov 15 2012. Followed by the most recent decline to 56,263,870. Some smart shorts exited their positions. A short squeeze can be deliberately induced by a hedge fund or institution at any moment. We savvy investors closely monitor the daily available to short box to determine whether or not shorts are having more »
The Looming EU Approval Makes Arena Pharmaceuticals Significantly Undervalued
By Joseph Dedvukaj - December 13, 2012 | Tickers: ARNA, VVUS
Arena's weight management drug Belviq has been approved by the FDA for marketing in the United States. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article detailing Arena's path to profitability. I remain optimistic about Arena's prospects for global success in the obesity market. One big reason is, as of the writing of this article, we have learned Arena (NASDAQ: ARNA) is getting closer to approval for its more »
Revlimid Ramp-Up, New Drug Launches Make Celgene a Buy
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Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on treating cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases. The Summit, New Jersey-based company was founded in 1986 and has grown to employ more than 4,500 people worldwide.
Let's evaluate Celgene's business as it stands today before considering upcoming catalysts for the company in the next six to twelve months. With a market capitalization of approximately $33 billion, Celgene derives more »
What Investors Should Know And Do To Make Sure The Short Interest In Arena's Stock Is Playing By The Rules.
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As of November 15, 2012, Arena short interest is 61,748,793 shares. This is the highest it has ever been. How much of the short interest is illegal naked shorting? We believe its substantial. It is no secret Arena investors know illegal naked short selling and stock manipulation are being used to manipulate Arena's stock to some extent more »
Baxter Presents Strong Company For Investment
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Baxter International is a company in the pharmaceutical sector that deserves a good look for investment. The company offers stability, new product lines, diverse markets, company growth and working partnerships that create an investment climate that works. Baxter International was founded in 1931 as a medical company that produced IV solutions. Today it's diverse product line includes: medical devices, healthcare solutions, new medicines and clinical trials. It is headquartered more »
3 Key Issues Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Must Address
By Brian Nichols - October 10, 2012 | Tickers: QCOR, SPPI
On Tuesday October 9 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ: SPPI) CEO Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Shrotriya was presenting at the 11th Annual BIO Investor Forum to provide an overview of the company's business strategy and commercial and development-stage programs. As an investor in this company, I must admit, that once I saw the press release that Raj would be giving yet another presentation I was trembling, because I knew that the last more »
Who Needs Fracking When You Have DNA?
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Without a doubt, one of the biggest things to hit the US energy market is hydraulic fracturing. This technology has allowed domestic oil and natural gas production to soar. Investors in gas producers like Cabot Oil and Gas (NYSE: COG) have profited nicely from the development of so-called shale gas. COG has risen from $15 to $43 in two years. The company claims to have 14 of the top 20 more »
Biotech Industry On The Upswing
By Sharmistha Banerjee - October 3, 2012 | Tickers: REGN, SNY, VRTX
There's a huge surge at a record-setting pace in biotech employment at hundreds of companies, a recent survey shows. It's estimated the industrial biotechnology sector will create 100,000 jobs in the United States during the next five years. The survey shows that hiring demand over the next 12 months among these companies is expected to be strongest for molecular/cell biologists, chemists, chemical engineers, fermentation specialists and more »
A Foolish Questcor Call
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Over the last four years I have been one of the biggest supporters of Questcor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: QCOR), owning the stock off and on throughout various points in time, and I would have never anticipated its 63% loss during the last two weeks. On September 19 the stock fell 48% after health insurer Aetna (AET) said that it would limit coverage on the company's drug Acthar. And if that more »
Stem Cell Therapy—Breakthrough in Health Paradigm
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Far-reaching accomplishments in the biotechnology sector meet its most ambitious expectations, stem cell therapy. The birth of this new industry has boosted the enthusiasm and energy of investors and has brought unprecedented capability and optimistic predictions. New developments in regenerative medicine are bringing about exciting, novel approaches to create therapies for hard to treat diseases. The biotechnology industry has been soaring in 2012 as companies both large and small have more »
Spectacular Growth Prospects
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The biotechnology industry is fuelling mobility and economic growth and it is expected to show a strong upward momentum in the future. Many investors once considered biotech stocks untouchable, but all that is about to change.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI) a small, fast growing company which has achieved almost quadruple its revenue is gradually getting its due recognition in the biotechnology industry. The strengths and opportunities outnumber the weaknesses and more »
A Fool's Look at Galena Biopharma's Rally
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Chances are, you're aware of the astonishing gains that some of biotech's darlings have produced in the first nine months of 2012. Perhaps it's Arena Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ: ARNA) 350% gain; maybe its Pharmacyclics' (NASDAQ: PCYC) 330% return, or even Regeneron's (NASDAQ: REGN) 170% return in 2012 that has caught your attention. But most likely, it hasn't been Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ: GALE), a $125 million company more »
How Global Growth of Cancer Can Make You Money
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That sounded to be rather rude, eh?
But to be honest, cancer is one of the most feared diseases of all (A February 2011 study conducted by Harris Interactive for MetLife Foundation found that 41% of Americans shudder when they hear the word "cancer"). According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), medical costs due to cancer in 2007 are reported at around $226.8 billion, and we have over more »
Bull Case for Mannkind
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Mannkind (NASDAQ: MNKD) is a multi-bagger from its current levels in the next 1-3 years.
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With the warmest winter in a century now in the record books, it is time for investors to focus their attention on summer and let the optimism shine. Or not, as we are constantly reminded about what transpired the previous two summers- European distress and a near 20% correction in equity markets. And guess what, European data is weakening anew. Do you sell in anticipation of a third consecutive summer flight to safety? Do you remember the strong presidential election cycle track record for stocks and hold through any intermittent corrections, albeit with elevated stress levels? My recommendation is that investors forget all this headline garbage and add an often overlooked component to their portfolio- FUN. I use the term fun, but other synonyms are whim, prayer, homerun, and gut instinct.
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Davenport Police Asking for Complaints (& Compliments)
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Some people like to vent their frustrations after getting a speeding ticket, or having something stolen from them. But the Davenport Police Department has the opposite problem. In January, it began participating in a survey that would help the department improve. But not enough people have filled out surveys after reporting a non-violent crime or traffic stop.
Major Don Schaeffer says the average return rate is seven percent. Since the end of January, the response rate from Davenport has been lower than that. And he's not sure why. "Each interaction is probably negative. Maybe they want to forget about a crash that damaged their car, or they want to forget someone took something from them. But we want to know how to better that relationship."
A letter from the Davenport police gives options for completing the survey on the web or a smartphone. All the information is confidential, and only researchers at the the University of Illinois Chicago see the completed surveys.
Aside from general, demographic questions, the questions are about interactions with Davenport police officers and employees, in person or by phone. The researchers need 500 completed surveys, and Schaeffer says the department will continue mailing letters until they get enough responses. Davenport is one of 99 police departments across the country participating in The Police Community Interaction Survey.
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Our records show that you had contact with the Davenport Police Department, in the context of a reported crime incident, traffic stop, or traffic crash. Records show that the contact occurred on or around <DATE>.
The Davenport Police Department is fully committed to professional service, we have started a new method for you to give feedback about our performance during this encounter. We have asked university researchers to run an independent survey. This will help us improve our services. The survey is short, confidential, and voluntary. It will ask how you were treated and your level of satisfaction with our services.
You may take the survey in English or Spanish. Please take a few moments to complete this survey by telephone or web: By calling 1-866-233-8689 (in both English and Español) OR by going to the web address below: For English & en Español: http://bit.ly/pcisurvey OR by scanning the QR code with your smart phone or tablet device: You will be asked to enter a PIN number in order to fill out the survey. Your PIN number is <PIN>. The purpose of the PIN number is to make sure that only one survey is completed for each contact. Numbers are not connected in any way to your contact or any police records.For more information about this letter and survey, please call the number or go to the website. Para obtener más información acerca de esta carta y la encuesta, por favor llame al número anterior o visite el sitio de internet.
I want to point out that this survey of Davenport Police Department services is managed by researchers outside of the Davenport Police Department and that your answers are confidential. The Davenport PoliceDepartment will not know if you did the survey or how you answered the survey questions. We will only seesummary results (where all surveys are combined) and those results will be very useful to us. Thank you for giving us feedback so we can continue to improve our services.
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Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: At Ghost Town Namie
Japan's Nuclear Refugees
After the disasters of March 11, tens of thousands were ordered to leave their homes in the vicinity of the damaged nuclear plant, their footprints now frozen in the mud. An exclusive look at the land they reluctantly left behind.
Perhaps the most heartbreaking thing about the town of Namie is that at first glance nothing seems amiss. The blue-green meadows look lush. The gently flowing Takase and Ukedo Rivers glitter in the sun. The barbershop, train station, and fried-pork restaurant seem ready for business, a universe apart from the havoc and wholesale destruction visited on towns farther up the coast. In the states of Miyagi and Iwate, clocks washed ashore frozen at roughly 3:15 p.m., when the tsunami swallowed towns whole; in the humble fishing town of Namie the clocks go right on ticking.
Namie is one of five towns, two cities, and two villages that lie partially or wholly within a 12.4-mile radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant—designated by the government as a no-go zone. Like all the towns in the nuclear exclusion zone, it essentially no longer exists. Of its 21,000 residents, 7,500 have scattered across Japan. Another 13,500 live in temporary housing in the Fukushima region. They're among more than 70,000 "nuclear refugees" displaced by the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
The de facto demise of Namie began in the chaotic hours after the quake struck on March 11.
Namie is shaped like a bow tie, radiating northwest from Fukushima Daiichi. Guided by news of the unfolding nuclear accident on TV and by local officials, townsfolk drove to the highlands, the center of the bow. Heading for the hills is a lifesaving instinct for Japanese conditioned by centuries of tsunamis, but in this case it turned out to be a terrible strategy. Residents fled smack into the plume of air carrying radioactive debris. They crammed into shelters with little food until the 15th, after another explosion sent them fleeing farther west to the city of Nihonmatsu. Read more…
Jennifer Doherty permalinkJanuary 10, 2012
Excellent article, disaster induced displacement is complicated problem
So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs.
According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees.
Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant.
Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character.


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The previous work or military experience that older college graduates bring to the table can greatly boost their chances of landing a better job sooner after finishing school. Many skills are transferrable if you know how to put the right spin on them, so don't be afraid to think outside the box and point out your strengths during interviews.
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Cupcakes in Jars & Building a Better Wedding Registry
Friday Flashback
Hello, Spring! This means open season for all things asparagus, wedding mania, and...spring colds. From this time last year, we have some cold-curing advice from our mothers, ideas for building a fantastic wedding registry, a hearty bowl of shrimp and grits, and yes, cupcakes in jars. Take a peek.
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Is that a takoyaki maker? I had another Idea for our next occasion. This is fun, I get to make another invention for my pastries!! Thanks for the Idea! It is really useful! I'll post some pics after I'm done with it!
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In responding to the proposed funding cut by the NSW Government, Lila Mularczyk, President of the NSW Secondary Principals' Council (SPC) said that the provision of education to its young people is among the highest obligations any government has. As such, she said: "it should also be among its highest priorities for budgetary allocation and one of the 'hills to die on' when considering whether to give attention to matters of notional budget deficits or credit rating agencies." Given that Australia is one of the lowest-taxing nations in the OECD in comparison to its GDP, we have to deplore any move to cut or redirect money from education.


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Title: A Bitter End
Rating: T (only because of a word)
Character(s): Willa A., D. Philby
Pairing(s): Wilby
Summary: "He looked at me, with those deep-set, tired green eyes—eyes that pleaded with me to listen, to hear him out. To forgive him. And again, it was all I could do not to melt under his gaze. Or slap him across his face."
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"No, wait! Come back!" he called behind me, frustration tainting his accented words.
I didn't turn around, didn't slow down. All I did was walk away, one foot in front of the other, too eager to put a great distance between a certain red head and me.
I wasn't far enough that I heard him curse under his breath. I heard the rustle of clothes as he lifted his arms to rub his freckled face with his hands and run his fingers through wild curls, like I know he does when he's irked.
"Please," he begged, "I can explain."
Fists clenched, my footsteps faltered, almost causing me to trip over. A shot of anger pierced straight through me. I could feel the red rage starting to rush through my bloodstream. I felt my eyebrow twitch and it was all I could do to stop myself from turning around. I failed. I guess I didn't have enough self-restraint than I thought I would've.
I whirled around, "Then explain." I snapped through clenched teeth. I wanted to yell at him, to scream how stupid he sounded and how idiotic it was for him to think that an explanation could justify everything he's done. No matter how much of a genius he was, his foolishness could drive me over the edge of the world and back.
He looked at me, with those deep-set, tired green eyes—eyes that pleaded with me to listen, to hear him out. To forgive him. And again, it was all I could do not to melt under his gaze.
Or slap him across his face.
"I didn't mean to do what I did," He started out lamely, "It just happened."
"Oh my God," I nearly yelled, one step away from calling him out on his bullshit. Did he really think that that was the way to start an explanation?
"It's not my fault!" He protested, ultimately knowing it was the dumbest thing to say.
"Oh, it's not?" I barked out harshly, crossing my arms tightly over my chest. "If I recall, for most of it, you were responsible."
"No, you look, Philby." I interrupt, too furious with him to even hear him out anymore. My mind raced a thousand words per second, I couldn't think over my own shouting. "Your selfishness and coldness almost caused us a life."
Philby's mouth opened, ready with another explanation. But the words on his lips were short lived. In his eyes, I could see the slamming realisation of almost being responsible for someone's death; the idea that he would've been a murderer placed a heavy burden on that sea of green. His lips pressed into a tight line.
"Yeah," I said softly, "I bet that never crossed your mind."
"No." He said finally. "It didn't."
"You knew what you were getting yourself into with them, Philby." I continue, "You were a Keeper… or at least, that's what we thought. You almost killed your friend. You betrayed us."
I looked at him, my anger slowly fading away. Only, this time, what replaced it was so much worse. Because this time I was a target for an arrow of pain and sorrow, and the one pulling the bow was none other than the boy standing in front of me. And as much as I wished he had a horrible aim, the arrow struck through straight and clear.
And it was all that I felt.
I stepped closer, disregarding all the space I had hoped to put between us. And yet, when we were face to face, he couldn't feel farther away. Our worlds have never been more distant than at this moment.
"This game of deception…" I whisper. Then shrug, "Philby, you're a master of it."
"I never meant…" He trailed off, knowing that he's already tried this excuse. He knows I've heard this argument too many times before. He sighed in defeat, "I just want you to know…this was a game I never wanted to play."
I shook my head. I didn't have the courage to meet his eyes, too afraid that whatever I saw there, would break me some more until I could no longer be put together again. "You played it anyway." I laughed, but it was empty, "You played us all."
He was silent. And I couldn't take it. I had too much to say. I wanted a fight. I just wanted someone to take away the hurt inside of me now. Even if it meant asking the one person who let the pain bloom in the first place, to do it.
"You haven't even apologised for what you did." I mutter, mentally kicking myself for sounding like a child.
"I have," he whispered, "But you never heard me. If I apologised again, I know you wouldn't think I was sincere.
"How can I?" I said, hating the quaver of my voice.
"Exactly, how could you?" He murmured before slipping back into silence.
I still couldn't handle the quiet.
"How can you be so calm about this?" I said. The accusation in my voice was too obvious for anyone to miss it.
I imagined him cringing, I imagined that I'd hurt him and then imagined that I hurt him some more. So at least, he'll know half of what I felt.
"How can you feel nothing? After all you've done." I almost yell, desperate to get anything out of him and at the same time, I was too anxious to turn on my heel and walk away again. But somewhere in the back of my mind, something told me to settle this for good. So I'd never have to see him again, no matter how loud my heart screamed.
I was about to yell at him again when he cut me off, "How can you say I don't feel anything?" He whispers, his voice lashed out sharply, "Try to imagine what I feel, knowing that I'm not worthy of anyone's trust, knowing that I can never see my friends' faces again because they hate the very existence of me, that they wish to see me dead. Imagine what I feel when I think of how the one person I loved, was the one I hurt the most."
I didn't know what to say. I didn't know if it was in me to say anything. The fact that he was aware of what he's done and sorry for it…could have been my sole comfort. But no, he'd only made the sting of pain inside of me throb even harder.
I shook my head, a final question in my mind I wasn't sure I wanted an honest answer for. "Philby…was anything real to you?" I whispered.
I just needed to know, even if he played us all and if everything he did was all a well-presented lie…if whatever the hell was between meant anything. Because my sleepless and tear-filled nights couldn't have been for something that was never really there. I needed it to have been for something. If it wasn't…
'No!' My mind screamed.
It was almost all of a sudden, that the idea of learning the truth was too much bear. And like my legs had a mind of it's own, my feet turned me around and walked away. But a cold, firm hand shot out and gripped my arm, halting my hurried steps.
I looked at his hand, wrapped just below my elbow, and the memory of his fingers entwined with mine, lips brushing against my own, and the warmth of arms around me, jolted through my body and washed away all the happiness I could ever and will ever have felt. Leaving me with only the darkness of sorrow.
Somehow, my eyes found his and I wanted to break for it. Those very emerald eyes, that had mesmerised me and fooled everyone, now gazed at me with a shattering agony that showed that whatever I felt, he felt it ten times worse. But here I am, still unable to find it within me to feel a bit of sympathy for him. At least, that's what I convinced myself.
"Yes." He whispered, his voice breaking and his cheeks shimmered as tears ran down and stained his face. And then he said my name as his goodbye, "Willa…"
Whatever wall protected me from bursting was ruined. I became undone. A chaos of emotions raged within me, then all at once, like a flame on candle, they were snuffed out. I felt nothing yet I felt like I was drowning in a sea of my own misery. A sob escaped from my throat and I felt his hands loosen its grip on my arm.
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New Cleaning Tools From Bissell
There's no hiding the fact that we're suckers for new cleaning tools, especially when they're all dressed up in bright white and orange. But these tools didn't just get a new wardrobe, each has new trick up its sleeve (what? Mops have sleeves!) that might have you headed to the store as well. See why we're so giddy — after the jump!
Some may argue that a broom is just a broom and a mop is just a mop, but we love seeing products that take the needs of real life trials and adjust their design as needed. These Bissell products have us headed to the store to test them out. Clean up in aisle 9? We're on it!
• Pet Hair Broom: Now as many pet owners will tell you, sweeping doesn't always get all the stray fur left behind from your pets. Regular brooms don't always catch fine dust either, but this broom is geared to tackle everything from fine to fur, it's built in rubber bristles are intended to catch it all. The testimonials on the site are pretty intense and ridiculously supportive, we're curious if anyone has tried them out in your own home? Retail: $24.99
• Scoop & Dustpan Set: Although a dustpan doesn't seem like the highlight of anyone's day, it is to us. We happen to be ridiculously clumsy and are often cleaning up after silly spills and messes. This set tackles wet and dry floor infractions and is meant to hold things in with two pockets in the back. Spill your milk? Brush it up, tip it back and go back for the remainder if you didn't get it all — all without spilling things back out! Retail $10.99
• Microfiber Lightweight Mop: Our biggest problem with microfiber mops is that our floors are generally more dirty than one small pad. Even if we can toss them in the wash, it's weird to mop half your floor and do the rest later. This mop has the ability to fold and be wrung out in a bucket to let you keep on mopping until your entire floor is clean. As an added bonus it swivels in any direction you want to get under furniture and bends half way to reach under tables if you're not into bending. Retail: $24.99
Note: These products can be found at most Bed Bath & Beyonds and Kohls in the neighborhood near you. Use the location finder on each product page to find specific locations near you!
Apartment Therapy Media makes every effort to test and review products fairly and transparently. The views expressed in this review are the personal views of the reviewer and this particular product review was not sponsored or paid for in any way by the manufacturer or an agent working on their behalf.
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I bet that broom works great. I wonder if its harder to clean out?
Nice collection of cleaning tools. Slick design and cool color almost makes me want to go sweep the floor. Almost!
the best "mop" i've ever had was getting a steam mop. those are the best things ever. cleans with just steam and leaves hardly any water behind. our floors look so much cleaner than with a regular mop and cleaner. i was totally amazed and threw out all my mops.
Where can we get these things? Are they just hanging out in the cleaning aisle at Target and the grocery store, or do we have to go somewhere "special"?
The Bissell Pet Hair collection has actually made me ridiculously happy. We got the vacuum cleaner attachments (there's a set that will fit almost any vacuum!) and the hand vacuum. The hand vac has an odd handle, but both work AMAZINGLY well on pet hair. A short 5 minute vacuum three times a week and the pet hair is obliviated. Both the attachments and the hand vac were under 50$.
The vacuum works so well that I don't need the broom, but if it says Bissell and Pet Hair and if you need a broom, go for it!
i love the mop idea! now, if they could just make one handle, and we could put diff attachments on it, i'd be even happier!
I love the shoes in the picture. Where are those from?
AT really needs to edit their blogs better. Please see http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling for some guidance
I just might have to try the Pet Hair Broom.
cmuberti - those shoes are Converse One Star satin shoes from target.
I'm am getting that broom. (buh-bye cat hair:) and perhaps the mop too.
The broom was featured on Young House Love earlier this week and I immediately e-mailed my husband and asked him to buy us one. He researched it and found they are sold at Kohls and Bed Bath & Beyond.
I have not used the broom yet, but I was intermediately impressed with some of the thoughtful design.
In addition to the pet hair claims the broom features an adjustable handle (could make it excellent for shorter people and kids!).
It also has a skid grip on the top of the handle so it can be easily leaned against the wall. The top also has a hook, in case you want to hang it.
The base has bumpers so you don't damage baseboards and walls.
The rubber bristles in the middle are adjustable, so you can make them longer or shorter than the other bristles.
I can't testify yet to the sweeping abilities, but so far I am impressed with the functionality. Cleaning day is Sunday so we'll see!
Who cleans up milk with a dustbin and brush?
We clean up dog vomit with a snow brush and a dust pan. Far less wasteful and faster than a half roll of paper towels, since we aren't going to use cloth without laundry in the building.
I still like my Vileda string mop, it's got a wringer attached, and the microfibre head can be taken off and thrown in the laundry. Unlike the flat microfibre mops, this guy can be used to clean the whole house simply because you can wring it out whenever you want.
The dustpan, scoop and broom, however, look fantastic. Particularly the dustpan, with that deep holding area near the handle.
we had a rubber broom that we lost in a move 6 years ago, and I have mourned it's passing since. I am going to buy this new broom tonight. The rubber broom is ridiculously good at getting pet hair, even off a persian rug. and easy to clean, just a rinse in the sink. yay!


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Officials received the call about the blaze at 2:30pm reporting the 10 acre fire that is west of Skinny Dicks Halfway Inn.
When the fire was reported the flame lengths had already reached 50 feet and as of news time the blaze has already grown to 80 acres in the large white spruce timber.
Representatives with The State Division of Forestry say they are putting in a lot of effort to see that fire is contained and ground forces have made their way in as well as retardant air tankers and scoopers.
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by Mera McGrew
Jan. 12 was a good day for Philadelphia's basketball fans. Their 76ers ended a five-game losing streak with a win over the Houston Rockets at the Wells Fargo Center.
The 76ers' Jrue Holiday sank two free throws late in the game to hit the 30-point mark, leaving him just three points shy of matching his career high. Holiday also finished the game with nine assists, four steals and with a perfect percentage from the line (he also had six turnovers, but why needlessly tarnish the cup of victory?).
The sports media promptly trumpeted Holiday's stats following the game, but there was a slew of other metrics generated by him and his teammates for the first time that night that were never reported.
A new use for tracking cameras and software
The week before, the team had installed a player-tracking system that was originally developed to track and analyze missile trajectories. This game marked their first use of the technology, and they became the 15th NBA team to deploy it.
Six small high-definition cameras, about half the size of a basketball, are now positioned in the rafters above the arena's court. These cameras are the backbone of a system called SportVU, which tracks players' every move using optical recognition and generates data for analysis in real time.
"We are able to capture data you couldn't capture without this technology even if you wanted to," SportVU's Brian Kopp tells Txchnologist. "Twenty-five times every second our system is recording the time, the exact position of each player on an X/Y axis and the ball on an X/Y/Z axis. The software uses complex algorithms to turn that raw data into something that can be digested."
Hardcore processing and analytics
The system uses color and lighting to identify objects and jersey numbers to recognize individual players — team lineups and player numbers are stored in a database that the system uses to distinguish athletes as they play.
Complex algorithms take the millions of raw data points collected to create player and team profiles. As the game progresses, the tracking software compiles and logs how far players run, their average speed and the areas of the court where they perform best in terms of rebounds, steels, shooting, assists and more. At the end of a game, a report then breaks down player and team performance.
Kopp says the system analyzes speed zones and factors in distances to every stat to reveal deep insights into performance.
Game reports generated by the technology don't just look at the number of rebounds that a player had — the complex algorithms built into the system can assess rebound opportunities based on a player's distance from the basket, how a player rebounds in traffic based on nearby teammates and opponents and even how quickly a player recovers and gets back after making a rebound.
Individual profiles can be analyzed to understand athletes' conditioning and performance in a detailed way that was impossible five years ago.
Kopp says his company is looking to recreate the vocabulary that media analysts, coaches and fans use to understand basketball. He believes teams will soon generate more data, sports analysts will report in greater detail and coaches will field their teams differently. "This is Moneyball, only more so," he says.
If using advanced sensors and statistical analysis to revamp sports sounds familiar, that's because it is. SportVU is only one example of many products entering the player-tracking market across professional sports. Similar technology is being used to analyze athletes as they throw, kick, shoot and run in sports from rowing to football to running.
Now and in the future
The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves were early adopters of the SportVU system, deploying it at the start of the 2011-2012 season.
Matt Bollero works in operations for the Timberwolves and confirms they are using the system. "At this point, we use it primarily for our own players to analyze individual and team performance," he says.
When probed for specifics about how it is used, however, he answered only vaguely. "Many of the areas the cameras can focus on do not show up in the box scores," He says.
Bollero does say that the data generated by the system is proving to be a useful coaching tool, adding that he personally sees it doing much more in the future. "In five years, front offices and coaching staffs will be more aware of its usefulness and capabilities. It will likely be mainstream intel for teams,"
The way that this technology will influence players, teams, coaches, recruiters, broadcasters and consumers going forward is still not entirely known, but with half of all NBA teams now using the technology, it will undoubtedly shape the future of basketball analytics.
Top Image: A view from the SportVU tracking camera operating above a pro basketball game. Software has superimposed players' numbers that it recognized from their jerseys and a red circle around the ball that it's tracking. Courtesy SportVU.
Mera McGrew is the editor of the Mission Blue website. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets.
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Max Lee of Canfield spelled the words correctly in rounds two and three, but The Vindicator says he missed the cutoff to advance by only one point in the written test.
Kinsman resident Rebekah Stanhope also aced both rounds, but was cut due to the written test.
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There are a number of services that have come onto the market recently that enable developers to connect an application to a remote database through a REST API. This can be beneficial to using standard ODBC connectors in order to overcome limitations with connectivity and enables a consistent way to access databases in any programming language. We have partnered with Espresso Logic, which has a robust set of technologies to connect your application to a SQL database using a RESTful service with JSON encoding. Currently supported databases include MySql, Sql/Server and Oracle, on-premise or in the cloud.
RESTful services can be accessed in any Codenvy language.
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In this quick start, we'll provide a brief overview of Creating your API. For more information, including how to define Logic and Security, see the Getting Started Guide.
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McWilliams Wines Group
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A passion to pursue paths untrodden has seen us explore the possibilities of modern winemaking. Pairing style with innovation, we are one of Western Australia's original winemakers, but we are also one of Western Australia's future winemakers.
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While others persist with the current, we are willing to do things differently. We create timeless styles that you gravitate towards year after year through trust and familiarity. And in the spirit of unpredictability and intrigue, we create fresh, new styles that have an undeniable allure. Whether you're out dining with friends, enjoying a glass at home or need something special to celebrate with - we make wines that complement your lifestyle. And because we know they taste great, you can be assured that our wines will reflect your great taste.
Our wines are made for you, not winemakers. We love to engage you with our ability to surprise and we want our wines to inspire your own story, your own moments. Because at Evans & Tate, we believe the possibilities are endless.
The winery has a growing international presence and can be found in 14 countries across the world. At home, Evans & Tate is the number one Margaret River producer by value (Nielsen MAT 2012) and is rated as a red five star winery in James Halliday's 2014 Wine Companion.Link to further Information
We are a proud family of winemakers - with a history which dates back over one hundred and thirty years. Our family ties go deep and we always stand together with an unconditional dedication and commitment that's seen us through thick and thin, good times and bad.
We're proud to note that no other Australian winemaker has achieved quite the accolades we have. Year after year we produce wines of such quality, depth and flavour that we've become a fundamental part of Australia's winemaking achievement and are today known as Australia's Most Awarded Winery.
Success like ours, however, does not come overnight. Rather it takes lifetimes of dedication, perseverance, inspiration, innovation and a passion to deliver the best.
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In 2013, McWilliam's celebrates 100 years since the iconic Hanwood Estate was established in the Riverina region by JJ McWilliam. To learn more download the Hanwood Centenary Booklet.
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