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Scientists Keith Jackson and Steve Comeau drill holes in an ice floe to fix sea ice thickness measuring equipment. Greenpeace is in the Arctic, with a team of scientists researching the effects of climate change on fast depleting sea ice.
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Temperature change 1765-2100: Graph excerpted from the IPCC's Third Assessment Report showing past and predicted changes to global temperature.
While the end of the 20th century may not necessarily be the warmest time in Earth's history, what is unique is that the warmth is global and cannot be explained by the natural mechanisms that explain previous warm periods. There is a broad scientific consensus that humanity is in large part responsible for this change, and that choices we make today will decide the climate of the future.
For more than a century, people have relied on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas for their energy needs. Burning these fossil fuels releases the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Other, even more potent greenhouse gases are also playing a role, as well as massive deforestation.
The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action.
Joint statement by 11 national science academies to world leaders (full text)
While there are still uncertainties, particularly related to the timing, extent and regional variations of climate change, there is mainstream scientific agreement on the key facts:
Certain gasses in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, create a "greenhouse effect", trapping heat and keeping the Earth warm enough to sustain life as we know it.
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, etc.) releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Although not the most potent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is the most significant in terms of human effects because of the large quantities emitted.
Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are now the highest in 150,000 years.
The 1990's was most likely the warmest decade in history, and 1998 the warmest year.
A certain amount of additional warming - about 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial levels - is probably inevitable because of emissions so far. Limiting warming to under 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is considered vital to preventing the worst effects of climate change.
If our greenhouse gas emissions are not brought under control, the speed of climate change over the next hundred years will be faster than anything known since before the dawn of civilization.
There is a very real possibility that climate feedback mechanisms will result in a sudden and irreversible climate shift. No one knows how much global warming it would take to trigger such a "doomsday scenario."
Extreme weather events will be more frequent in a warming world.
Anyone reading the news about recent extreme weather events may understandably be confused by the varied statements regarding the attribution of these events...
The climate denial industry and climate science - a brief history of attacks on climate science, climate scientists and the IPCC.
Since December there has been a glut of stories challenging the science of climate change as represented by the IPCC. Should we be concerned? Only about climate change.
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Low Iodine Diet
Katrina Claghorn, RD
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
I am about to receive radioiodine treatments and I need to follow a low iodine diet. Can you give me any direction?
Katrina Claghorn, RD, Oncology Dietitian for The University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
The point of a low iodine diet is to deplete the body of it's natural stores of iodine which makes the radioactive iodine treatment more effective. The premise is that when the radioactive iodine is administered the thyroid will "suck" up the iodine because it has been so depleted.
It is very important to note that every institution and physician has their own guidelines. Some require an extremely restricted iodine intake. Some doctors like their patients on this diet for as long as two weeks while others have them on it only a couple of days preceding your diagnostic scanning procedures and treatment. The purposeof thisdiet is to enhance your scanning and treatment. If you receive radioiodine therapy, the diet should be maintained until two days after your treatment.
Iodine is used in the care and feeding of animals, as a stabilizer and/or safety element in food processing, and as a component of red food dyes. Many salt preparations are also supplemented with iodine. Therefore, it may be found in varying amounts in all foods and beverages. The richest sources appear to be iodized salt, dairy products, fish, processed meats, pudding mixes, candies, frozen dinners, "fast" food, and foods containing artificial colorings.
This diet is deficient in calcium because all dairy products must be avoided due to their high iodine content. Calcium supplementation with 1000-1200 mg of calcium carbonate is, therefore, recommended.
Below is the diet recommended at The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Again, please check with your physician and/or registered dietitan to make sure the diet is right for you.
|Foods Allowed
|Foods to Avoid
|None allowed
|Ice cream
Yogurt/cottage cheese
Evaporated milk
Sour cream
|Protein (meat)
|Small portions
FRESH chicken,
turkey, beef, pork,
|Luncheon meats
|None allowed
Canned tuna
|Fresh potatoes (no skin)
Homemade rice (not enriched or a packaged mix)
Pasta (with no salt or eggs)
1-2 slices of bread/day (if total sodium content is less than 20mg per serving)
|Egg noodles
Packaged rice mixes
|Fresh fruit
Fresh fruit juices
(bottles or cartons of natural fruit juice allowed)
|Canned or dried fruit
Tang, Hi-C
Canned fruit juices
|All fresh except spinach
|Canned or frozen
Vegetables with sauces
No cans or jars of tomato/pasta sauce
|Unsalted peanut butter
Unsalted nuts
Natural honey
Vegetable and olive oils
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Fresh herbs
|Carnation instant breakfast
Meat tenderizers
Figurine diet bars
Bouillon cubes
Carnation slender bars
Canned soups
Salted peanut butter
Commercial salad dressing
Cocoa mix
Garlic salt
Onion salt
Mustard Olives
|Snack Foods
|Popcorn popped with vegetable or olive oil and non-iodized salt
Rice cakes (no salt added)
Salted chips
Corn chips
|Sample Meal Plan
(No eggs or egg
substitute allowed)
|Any fresh fruit or fresh fruit juices (no canned)
1-2 slices toast (as long as total sodium content per serving is less than 20mg) with natural honey, natural jam (no food coloring) or olive oil
Black coffee or clear tea (may use nondairy creamer)
Cereal without milk (shredded wheat, puffed rice, raisin bran)
|Homemade vegetable or chicken soup
3-4 oz. fresh poultry, roast beef, lamb, veal, pork
Fresh vegetables (no canned, frozen allowed if no added salt)
Salad, with homemade oil and vinegar dressing (no store-bought dressing)
Fresh potato (without skin) or homemade rice(not enriched or a packaged mix)
Coffee, tea or 100% fruit juice (natural, not canned)
|3-4 oz. fresh poultry, roast beef, lamb, veal, pork
Pasta (with no salt or eggs added) with homemade tomato sauce (sauce made from fresh tomatoes, not canned)
Fresh vegetables (no canned, frozen allowed if no added salt)
Salad, with homemade oil and vinegar dressing (no store-bought dressing)
Fresh potato (without skin) or homemade rice (not enriched or a packaged mix)
Coffee, tea or 100% fruit juice (natural, not canned)
|Avoid soda (except Sprite, 7-Up)
Fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables (including salads with homemade dressing, carrot or celery sticks)
Popcorn (homemade with non-iodized salt andolive or vegetable oil)
Rice cakes (no salt added) with unsalted peanut butter
Natural sorbets (no food coloring or added salt)

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The Speech Obama Should Deliver!
The following is the campaign speech of President Franklin Roosevelt, running in his third campaign for the White House.
"For nearly four years now, you have had an administration which instead of twirling its thumbs, has rolled up its sleeves. And I can assure you that we will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, wreckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs, and we know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mobs!
Never before in all our history have these causes been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred!
I should like to have it said of my first administration, that in it, the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match! I should like to have it said! Wait a minute! I should like to have it said of my second administration, that in it, these forces met their master!"
It's amazing how the same forces that plague us now: "business and financial monopoly, speculation, wreckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering" were the very same foes FDR fought against. Perhaps, President Obama needs to take a lesson from history and deliver the same speech to Congress and the American people. More than anything else, FDR always came across as a leader, unafraid and sure of himself and his course, believing that he was working in the best interest of the American working class. THAT'S why he was so loved and asked to run again and again! This is what the working class needs from President Obama…fierceness…direction…a strong will…and belief in the working class!


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Top Definition
A candle from the arse; a turd.
After a large steak dinner Andrew spent the morning delivering a huge arse candle.
by Mister_Douve May 02, 2003
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Term of abuse coined by Chris Morris, creator of The Day Today and Brass Eye
You complete wankstains, you utter bunch of arsecandles
by Alien Entity September 22, 2002
A close friend who has a reputation for being both highly annoying and a little bit gay, and maybe also a little bit of a raconteur.
That mofo is wack, he's a real arse-candle sometimes
by Samtasticle June 11, 2006
A frustrated exclamation.
"Hey Joe, your computer's just crashed."
by antony December 17, 2004
someone who looks like they've got a candle up their arse, or would certainly enjoy the experience
dave you fucking arsecandle!
by JB October 25, 2003
one of the latest revisions of string theory involving spider spunk sweat shops
Its weaved from the finest arse candle
by justin wilson April 01, 2004
Similar to Hopi Ear-candles in function. These inexpenive and 'scented' candles use heat to draw faeces along their hollow shaft.
"I feel constipated, have you seen the Arsecandles?"
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NEWBERRY, S.C. –Despite junior Lesley Woods' five 3-pointers for 15 points on the afternoon, Anderson University women's basketball was unable keep up with South Atlantic Conference preseason favorite, Newberry, falling 72-68 Saturday afternoon at Eleazer Arena.
With the setback, the Trojans stumble to 11-9 overall and an even 7-7 in league play. Since joining the league in the 2010-11 season, AU is 1-3 at Eleazer Arena with its last win on Feb. 9, 2011.
Woods carded her fourth straight game with four or more made 3-pointers as she is averaging 15.3 points per game in the span. During the stretch, Woods is shooting 41.3 percent (19-for-46) from behind the arc and 40 percent (20-for-50) from the field. This afternoon, the Raleigh, N.C. native finished 5-for-13 from 3-point range as the rest of the Trojans were 4-for-15.
Following the junior's total was classmate Sierra Simpson as she scored in double figures for the first time since Jan. 22 with 14 points. Along with the points, Simpson was a rebound shy of her fourth double-double of the season, finishing with nine rebounds and five assists. Sophomore Katie Davis snaps an eight-game streak of failing to score in double digits, adding 10 points in 21 minutes.
"This was another tough game on the road. We came ready to play, but I give Newberry credit, they were just a little better than we were today," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "We had a tough night shooting the ball and I thought we settled a little too much for outside shots when we had opportunities to get the ball inside to our post players."
Preseason All-SAC first team honoree Haylee Lepaio paced the Wolves with 22 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 70 percent from the field. Teammate Tasia Holdolf scored 21 points and was a rebound short of matching Lepaio's double-double. Ellie Gleeson added 15 points, as the trio combined for 80.5 percent of the Wolves' scoring.
"We had a tough time defending Lepaio on the block," Garrity said. "She did a great job getting position deep in the paint. She has great hands and when she gets it that low, she is hard to stop."
The first half was full of runs by both teams, as Newberry took command early, jumping out to a 10-3 run to begin the contest. Facing the run, the Trojans stormed back with a 7-0 spurt beginning with Woods' first 3-pointer of the game.
After the Wolves took a five-point lead, AU cut the deficit to one when junior Jasmine Franklin dropped in a lay-up, bringing the score to 15-14 with just over nine minutes to play in the first half.
Bringing the Newberry lead back to one with 6:54 left, the Wolves would eventually take their largest lead of the game with 3:44 remaining in the opening half when Gleeson capped off a 9-0 run with a lay-up. Gleeson would close the opening half with four points.
Up against a nine-point deficit with 2:23 left, the Trojans cut into the lead due to back-to-back treys from Woods to head into halftime down three points. For the first period, AU shot 37.5 percent from the floor, compared to the home side's 50 percent (12-for-26) mark.
In the first seven minutes of the second half, AU was able to bring the score within one on three occasions, but was unable to take a lead. The Trojans finally evened the score at 47-47 when Franklin made one-of-two free throws at the 13:02 mark. After the free throws, the Wolves began a 6-0 run en route to their largest lead of the second half.
Anderson would only come as close as four points three times until the final minute when sophomore Madison Floyd buried her only 3-pointer of the game with eight seconds remaining, sending the score to 71-68. Simpson fouled Lepaio on the ensuing possession and the Newberry forward was able to make one-of-two from the line to seal the four-point victory.
"I was proud of our comeback effort late in the second half," Garrity said. "We never gave up. We gave them a scare, but just ran out of time."
Despite the setback, AU posted its lowest turnover mark (10) of the season since posting eight miscues against Wingate on Dec. 4. With Lepaio, Holdorf and Gleeson combining for 27 rebounds, the Trojans dropped the rebounding battle, 40-38. Anderson is now 2-8 when scoring 70 or fewer points this season.
The Trojans continue their three-game road stretch on Wednesday when they head to Tusculum. Tip-off from Greeneville, Tenn. is slated for 6 p.m.


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Keep your dog well-groomed and looking smart with Safari's line of versatile dog brushes. Each features a comfort to keep you comfortable and in control during bathing and grooming time.
Massage Brush (for short and longhaired dogs) can be used wet or dry. When the coat is dry, the rubber pins gently massage the skin to stimulate oils for a shiny, healthy coat. Used wet, the rubber pins massage the shampoo into the dog's coat, increasing its effectiveness and relaxing the dog's muscles. The Safari massage brush is also a great tool for dogs or puppies that need desensitization to the grooming process.
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Consider the following assertion from Scott Aaronson's blog:
Supposing you do prove the Riemann Hypothesis, it's possible to convince someone of that fact, without revealing anything other than the fact that you proved it. It's also possible to write the proof down in such a way that someone else could verify it, with very high confidence, having only seen 10 or 20 bits of the proof.
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Hi Guys ,
If my form has lot of events or action , instead of writting them in single page , Can I delegate those event or action to a so called 'Controller' ? Please share example if you guys have.
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News and Events
New nursing coordinator at the Lake of the Ozarks campus
(OSAGE BEACH, Mo.) -- Georgia Jernigan has joined Columbia College as the nursing program coordinator for the Lake of the Ozarks campus. In addition to teaching responsibilities, she is responsible for the day-to-day supervision and coordination of nursing activities at Columbia College-Lake of the Ozarks. She manages activities for the school of nursing and maintains all necessary documents to be in compliance with the Missouri Board of Nurse Examiners and other regulatory groups.
"I love nursing and nursing education," said Jernigan. "It has been my lifetime goal to impact the future of nursing by being a positive role model for new nurses. There is no better way to touch the future of nursing than to give of your knowledge and time to tomorrow's nurses."
Jernigan previously served as the coordinator for the Kerrville, Texas, distant nursing program at San Antonio College. Prior to that, she was an instructor for the Austin Community College Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) program and assistant to their Associate Degree Nursing (AND) program. She has an additional 20 years of experience at four Texas hospitals, serving in roles such as hospital supervisor, ICU nurse and emergency room staff.
Jernigan is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, an international nursing honor society. She also is an active volunteer for her church.
She received a master's degree in nursing education from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2004. She also holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington, and two associate degrees--in nursing and in general education--from El Centro College and Navarro College.
The Lake of the Ozarks campus was established in 1990. The college opened a brand new 17,400-square-foot building in the spring of 2005.
Columbia College, a private institution founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., educates 25,000 students each year and has more than 61,000 alumni worldwide.


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Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park occupies over 63 acres in the centre of Handsworth and is a welcome oasis for the many people who visit the area. The park has been at the heart of the community for the past 100 years and following it's restoration during 2004 and 2006 continues to be popular with families, dog-walkers and school children (for more information on the re development of the park please refer to the attached document at the foot of this page).
The park has played host to a variety of both Council and Community organised events - from Vaisakhi with its huge processions to the Marcus Garvey Festival with music and entertainment. The Classroom in the Park attracts families and children to enjoy the history, fauna and flora of the park.
Recreation - With the Leisure Centre and Play Centre, the play and sporting facilities, the lake and the boathouse Handsworth is a park that offers something for all.
Play Areas - Handsworth Park has two play areas, both of which are located near the Leisure Centre off the Holly Road entrance. The main area is in two parts for younger and older children. The second area includes a multi use games area (MUGA).
Boating - Boat hire is available from the Boathouse during the summer months (usually between May and September).
Cricket - Handsworth Cricket Club operates from within the park. For more information and details of how to participate please visit their website at http://handsworthcc.play-cricket.com/
Refreshments - The Boat House cafe with its picturesque view right by the lake is open every day between 10am & 7pm (opening times may be reduced in the winter).
2013 will also see the introduction of a cafe at the Sons of Rest Building near the Holly Road entrance.
Events - The Ranger Service offers a wide range of activities and events such as nature walks, practical conservation activities and general activities with play centres and community groups. The service also runs one-off events for community groups and organisations, for example, mosques, temples, churches and playgroups.
Education - The Ranger Service offers activities for schools. At most of our events a speaker of Urdu, Punjabi and Mirpuri will be available.
Toilets - Public toilets including disabled facilities are available at the Leisure Centre.
The cafe's have toilets available for patrons only.
Walk 2K Route- Enjoy the park and keep fit too!
Finding Us
Full Address:
Handsworth Park
Holly Road
Main entrances to the Park are via Hamstead Road and Grove Lane. The Leisure Centre and it's car park are off Holly Road.
Bus Routes:
From the City Centre/ Hamstead: No.16
Outer Circle: No. 11
For a more detailed map of the area please visit Google maps
Handsworth Park Refurbishment (Size: 2.67 Mb Type: PDF )
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I understand "the marriage of X TO Y" is more common, but could it be said to be grammatically incorrect to say "the marriage of X WITH Y"? If so, why?
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They both are prepositions, so strictly grammatically of equal worth. However there is the maxim or quantity to consider: You may get married with all your friends, but you get married to your fiancee. There is also the maxim of relevancy: You could get married with a priest, but you get married to your fiancee.
Common usage of each usually comes down to regionalisms however, though I find that "to" sounds more correct. (I am a British-English speaker/listener).
Grammatically either is acceptable since both conform to the "rules". A preference for one or the other derives from the cultural connotations associated with the word marriage, not from any argument over its lexical category.
marriage with can be interpreted to imply an equality of the partners, while marriage to suggests a power imbalance. That is why J.R suggested and as a further option that carries an even greater connotation of equality.


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The 6 Greatest Battlefield Mindf*cks
#3. Hernan Cortes Sinks the Boats... His Own
In 1519, Hernan Cortes led an exploratory expedition from Cuba into Mexico, which was largely unexplored at the time. But what Cortes did know was that the mainland supported a gold-rich empire responsible for the disappearance of many of their previous expeditions. This was because of the Aztecs who, as they would soon find out, were cannibalistic warriors who wore the skins of their defeated enemies as trophies. And there were a shitload of Aztecs--about half a million.
But Cortes intended to conquer them... with 500 men.
Hernan Cortes. Not pictured: his balls. But just barely.
The fact that this plan was probably suicide did not escape his men once they were in Mexico. Rumors swirled that Cortes had gone insane, and the men were already content with the gold they had gathered from local tribes. They were very much ready to go back home, and when Cortes refused, some of the men even tried to steal one of the boats and head to Cuba.
Cortes, in a mindfuck played on his own men that in retrospect probably did little to quell the rumors of insanity, sank his own boats, trapping himself and his men in an Aztec-infested wilderness.
"Yes, I sank your boats. You're welcome."
Once it became obvious that their only means of escape was sitting on the ocean floor, Cortes called all his men together for a meeting. Addressing his now-mutinous soldiers, Cortes admitted that he had sunk the boats on purpose, but he asked the angry mob to do what mobs do best: be rational.
They were all stranded now, and regardless of whose fault it was (his), the only way to survive was to conquer the Aztecs and become the lords of Mexico. Besides, with such a small force, the share of plunder for each soldier would be huge.
One boat remained in working condition, and he offered it up freely to any cowards who did not want to join him. Having been totally called out, his men ran down the remaining boat and sunk it themselves.
Cortes and his men plunged into Mexico and pretty much mindfucked the Aztecs into oblivion with a series of brazen acts too numerous for us to recount here. In the course of this, Cortes first somehow managed to convince thousands of Native Americans to join him against the Aztecs.
"Join me, and you too can sink your own boats with reckless abandon."
He was also peacefully invited to meet the Aztec emperor, and soon took the man hostage right there in his own palace. He also may or may not have convinced the Aztecs that he was the serpent god Quetzalcoatl, which we like to imagine involved Cortes and his men building a huge paper mache snake costume.
#2. Haile Selassie Wins a War the Rasta Way
Haile Selassie was an inspirational Ethiopian leader of the early and mid-20th century, a brilliant strategist and--depending on who you're asking--God. Also known as Ras Tafari, Selassie was such a powerful and motivational figure that he became a legend in his own lifetime, unwittingly inspiring Rastafarianism, a religion based on marijuana as a spiritual tool and the belief that mild-mannered Selassie was Jesus reincarnated as the black messiah.
Not everybody was a fan, however, and one warlord, Balcha Safo, stood in Selassie's way. Balcha amassed an army in a show of strength and marched it to the capital, waiting outside the city for Selassie's next move.
Knowing that Balcha was testing his resolve, and that he'd be on the lookout for any manner of deception, Selassie devised his mindfuck. Acting deferentially, he invited Balcha to a banquet in his honor. Now Balcha knew something was up, the whole fake banquet thing was a common method of deception in tribal Ethiopia, where many an inebriated and well-fed warlord was murdered or imprisoned as soon as he let his guard down.
So Balcha accepted the invitation, but brought 600 of his best-trained and most loyal men with him, warning them to avoid drinking and to stay on high alert. Playing the perfect host, Selassie was deferential and polite to Balcha, playing songs in his honor and in general making it appear he was trying his best to appease Balcha. Meanwhile, Balcha played the role of a complete asshole to perfection. While this was somewhat understandable given the circumstances, Selassie's act of prolonged passive aggression worked to perfection. By the end of the banquet, Balcha's own men were sneaking around behind his back just to apologize for his behavior.
The evening ended and Balcha left the city amid gun salutes and cheers. No trap had been sprung, and he felt certain that Selassie was an easily conquerable pushover quivering in fear. He returned to where his army of 10,000 men were waiting.
They were gone.
Balcha had been the victim of the legendary double-mindfuck. While Balcha kept his guard up in the presence of Selassie, Selassie's army had approached Balcha's 10,000 men with baskets of gold and cash. They bought the soldiers' weapons and the army disbanded to go buy themselves some whores.
Balcha was greeted instead by an opposing army blocking his way home and another covering his retreat. Shamed and with no other options, Balcha agreed to enter a monastery. Check-mother-fucking-mate.
It was that classic battlefield mindfuck: the kind that's so sublimely perfect, that nobody even has to fire a shot. Who could possibly top that?
#1. Mahatma Gandhi, That's Who
Everybody knows the name Gandhi, even though at the sound of the name most of you are picturing Ben Kingsley.
The British had held India as a colony since 1857. Gandhi came onto the scene in 1921, and was chosen to lead a civil disobedience campaign by the Indian National Congress. The British prepared themselves for mobs, rowdy demonstrations and, possibly, revolt. Losing nearby Afghanistan in 1919 was still fresh in British minds, and they weren't keen on losing a colony as rich as India. They were ready for a fight.
But, a pacifist by nature, Gandhi was also someone who was very familiar with the British. He knew that above all else, they considered themselves to be highly civilized people, and that they believed they were improving the world by Anglicizing it. So instead of instigating a fight that the British could ultimately blame them for, Gandhi promoted a completely non-violent resistance method, beginning with a protest against the British salt tax.
Britain, taxing basic commodities to their own detriment since 1773.
In May of 1930, Gandhi's raid of the Dharasana Salt Works took the British completely by surprise. Mostly because none of the invaders were armed. Hundreds of defenseless men willingly walked up to be clubbed and beaten down by the soldiers protecting the entrance, an occurrence later described by the clueless Viceroy of India in a letter to King George, as "severe battles" from which "a good many people suffered minor injuries in consequence."
Gandhi's plan worked to perfection. When international attention was given to the Indian independence movement, the British were painted as the bad guys. The British people, themselves liberals at heart, now felt paralyzed with ambivalence. With the underlying threat of violence from which their rule took its legitimacy brutally exposed, their ideas of what "civilizing" lesser cultures entailed was now called into question.
When World War II broke out and the British were trying to rally everyone to stand up for the cause of Democracy and freedom, Gandhi was there to helpfully remind everyone that the British were saying this while keeping a boot on India's neck.
In 1947, India was granted it independence.
Gandhi's strategy of non-violent confrontation worked so well that it went on to influence Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. It proved once and for all that as far as battlefield mindfuckery goes, it doesn't get any better than showing up to every battle without a gun and still winning the war.
For straight ass-whoopings, check out Underdogs of War: 6 Tiny Nations That Kicked Ass. And then check out the songs that were inspired by further ass-whoopings, in 6 National Anthems That Will Make You Tremble With Fear.
And check out our Internet mindfuck at our Top Picks section.


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While the terms and conditions have yet not been disclosed, the transaction will be subject to review and approval by the Attorney General of the State of North Carolina and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
Robby Jones, chairman of the PMH Board of Trustees, said, "This acquisition is an exciting development for our employees, physicians, patients and community. As part of the Duke LifePoint system, we will have the ability to recruit new doctors to our facility, enhance the quality care we provide, and strengthen and grow our hospital.
"Duke LifePoint brings a wonderful wealth of clinical and operational resources to Person Memorial. They share our vision for better positioning our hospital to meet the evolving healthcare needs of the surrounding region".
As per the definitive agreement signed by the both, Duke LifePoint would be acquiring PMH and all of its assets. A commitment has also been made by Duke LifePoint that it will invest $15 million in capital improvements at the hospital in the coming decade.
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WINTERSVILLE - Super sophomore Bre Berryman definitely is the real deal. On Saturday afternoon against Union Local, her Indian Creek friends weren't bad either.
The reigning Eastern District Division II player of the year scored a game-high 26 as the Redskins cruised to a 59-34 Buckeye 8 victory. The win moves Erin DeSantis' club to 2-1 after the first week of the season.
Berryman also hauled down 14 rebounds, swatted away eight Union Local shots and dished out a team high four assists. She had 14 points at the half, hitting all seven of her shots.
Junior Kiarra Kamarec contributed 11 points and eight boards while Brooke Mains, the junior point guard, also had eight rebounds and assisted on three Creek hoops.
The other two members of DeSantis' "iron five," junior Kristen Shimko and freshman Bethany Davis split 16 points. Davis was a perfect four for four from the floor.
On the defensive end, the Redskins really picked things up after the intermission, holding the Jets to just eight points (none in the fourth quarter).
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Indian Creek 59, Union Local 34
Indian Creek 15 16 16 12 - 59
Union Local 13 13 8 0 - 34
UNION LOCAL (2-1): Nagy 0 0-0 0; Rucker 0 0-0 0; Montag 2 0-0 5; Medley 4 0-0 11; Butler 0 0-0 0; Collins 0 0-0 0; Stiles 1 0-0 2; Delaney 1 0-0 3; Twarog 0 0-0 0; Russell 0 0-0 0; Patton 0 2-2 2; Doty 4 1-4 11. TOTALS: 12 3-6 34. 3-pointers: Montag, Medley 3; Delaney, Doty 2; Rebounds: 20 (Patton 6); Turnovers: 9.
' Berryman 13 0-0 26; Davis 4 0-1 8; Kamarec 4 3-4 11; Mains 2 0-0 4; Shimko 4 0-0 8; Callahan 1 0-0 2; Durbin 0 0-0 0; Fante 0 0-0 0; Ruckman 0 0-0 0; Taylor 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 28 3-5 59. 3-pointers: None; Rebounds: 39 (Berryman 14); Turnovers: 9.
"The most satisfying part today was they were all major contributors," DeSantis said. "That was a total effort by the whole team. We don't have to rely on our bigs. That's something that was lacking last year. As far as confidence goes, it's amazing what one year can do. We're still young but our confidence is growing."
Saturday's contest actually was a nip and tuck affair through the first two periods. A Kamarec hoop off a Berryman feed gave the Redskins a 15-13 lead after one.
Dallas Montag buried a triple midway through the second to put the Jets ahead 26-25. Creek closed with a 6-0 run (Shimko had a hoop and Davis two) to grab a 31-26 halftime advantage.
Creek shot the ball extremely well during the opening 16 minutes, canning 15 of 23 tries. Union Local, on the other hand, had nine first half field goals, five coming from behind the arc.
Two Kamarec buckets (the second following a nifty move off an offensive rebound) and a Berryman putback increased the Creek lead to 37-26 earlier in the third. Cori Medley scored for the Jets before the Redskins reeled off eight straight to put the game away. DeSantis' gang was leading 47-34 going into the final stanza.
Drew Greenwood's Jets did record two more triples in the third but were blanked in the fourth.
"I thought we played well defensively through the whole game," DeSantis noted. "We came out in the third and told the girls to commit all the way. We told them if they got beat, the inside help should be there. Our goal was to make them either put the ball on the floor and shoot the three over us. We definitely were more aggressive."
As Greenwood noted, the Jets "were knocking down shots in the first half."
"Things look a lot better when you are making shots," he continued. "In the second half, we settled for easy shots and those easy shots weren't falling. Plus, we weren't willing to work hard for better shots."
Medley and Kayla Doty paced the Jets, now 1-2, in scoring with 11 apiece.
The Redskins had an impressive shooting performance, knocking down 28 of 46 attempts.
"We use that gun almost every day at practice," DeSantis noted. "The kids are staying after practice to work on shooting. Our shooting definitely is better than it has been in the past. We also now have guards that can take it the hole or pull up and nail the jumper."
Creek is back in action Monday when Edison visits.
Greenwood said the loss can be linked to a "mixture of a lot of things."
"Our team character right now, I'm struggling to find it," he added. "I'm not too sure we know what we stand for or what we want. I'll certainly take the blame for that. Today, I didn't see the fight in them; I didn't see the extra energy or the extra effort to get the job done.
"We knew coming in that we would have our hands full with their height. But there were some other things that were bigger issues than their height."


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Hytrol president Gregg Goodner (left) and Thomas Dalstein, president and CEO of Beumer Group, at the Hytrol booth Monday.
Editor at Large February 07, 2012
Hytrol Conveyor Co. (Booth 2818) announced a strategic alliance Monday with Beumer Group to provide sortation solutions in North & South America. This alliance brings together two best-in-breed technologies in conveying and high-speed unit sortation.
The alliance is appealing, according to Gregg Goodner, Hytrol's president, because Beumer offers unit-level sortation systems with its Beumer and Crisplant brands, while Hytrol offers conveying and other types of sortation, but had lacked unit-level sortation. Through the strategic alliance, Beumer also gains access to Hytrol's integration partner network.
"When you have the opportunity to create an alliance between companies like Hytrol and Beumer, you can offer customers the widest range of sortation technology, supported at the highest level, resulting in unmatched value," Goodner told Modern yesterday.
Thomas Dalstein, president and CEO of Beumer Group, agreed that the beauty of the alliance is that there is no product overlap. "I only see only opportunity with this alliance," he said. "Both for the companies involved and for customers."
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Charlotte, N.C. - The Charlotte 49ers and their media rights holder IMG College have announced that the television partnership with WCCB Charlotte will extend into basketball season.
WCCB televised each of the 49ers home football games and one road game at Coastal Carolina during this fall's inaugural season and have now added five men's basketball games and one women's basketball game for the 2013-14 season.
"We are thrilled to be able to continue our relationship with WCCB," said 49ers Director of Athletics Judy Rose. "They joined with us and helped us deliver our new football program throughout the Charlotte area and now they will help us take our basketball programs right into those very same living rooms."
WCCB will produce and televise the 49ers men's basketball games on Dec. 4 vs. Davidson, Jan. 4 vs. NC A&T, Feb. 1 vs. FIU and Mar. 2 vs. Old Dominion. Each of those four games are home games for the 49ers played on-campus at Halton Arena. In addition, WCCB will carry the 49ers road game, Dec. 8 at Appalachian State. WCCB Charlotte will also produce and broadcast the 49ers women's basketball home game vs. Southern Miss on Feb. 8.
"WCCB is both honored and thrilled to continue its partnership with IMG College and the Charlotte 49ers" said Jim White, VP/GM at the station.
Under head coach Alan Major, the 49ers are off to a 5-1 start this season. They are receiving votes in both the AP and ESPN/Coaches polls. They won the Championship of the prestigious Puerto Rico Tip-Off by knocking off #13/#14 Michigan in the title game. The women's basketball team, which has been to 11 straight post-season tournaments, is 3-3 on the young year, with a perfect 3-0 mark at home.
Ryan Rose, who provided play-by-play for the 49ers football games, will handle the bulk of those duties during basketball season. Former Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom will supply the color commentary while WCCB Sports Reporter Sean Bell will be the crew's sideline reporter.
The five men's basketball broadcasts will complement a TV schedule that already included 12 game broadcasts. Each of the recent three games that Charlotte won on its way to the Championship of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off were televised on either ESPNU or ESPN2. In addition to those three broadcasts, nine additional games will be broadcast through Conference USA's television partners, giving Charlotte fans, ultimately, the opportunity to catch 17 49ers games on television.
The February 8 women's basketball broadcast gives Charlotte's women's program three televised contests during a five-game swing in February. The Feb. 13 game at Louisiana Tech and the Feb. 22 contest at Middle Tennessee will be broadcast as part of Conference USA's package with the Fox Sports networks.


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GEARY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- Geary County authorities say they've identified the driver who struck a motorcyclist on I-70 and fled the scene, leaving the victim with fatal injuries.
The hit-and-run has been under investigation for several months.
Officials say the suspect is a truck driver who was on his normal route at the time of the crash.
Earlier this month, officials revealed that the Geary County Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Steven Opat obtained a warrant for Rodney Leroy Stockstill Sr., 51, of St. Joseph Missouri.
He is alleged to have been driving the semi involved in the accident and to have left the scene of the crash that resulted in the death of an Ohio man who was driving a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle.
On August 24, 2012 at 3 AM, Geary County deputies responded to I-70 mile post 310 west bound off-ramp to the rest area approximately 13 miles east of Junction City for a possible injury accident. There were heavy downpours at the time as storms moved through the area.
Dispatch stated that there was a man lying on the ground not moving next to a motorcycle. Passersby found the victim and called 911.
Officers arrived and found Bradey Weaver, 28, of Toledo, Ohio, suffering from serious head injuries. Weaver had been on a road trip to Las Vegas at the time of the deadly accident.
Weaver was rushed to the emergency room at Geary Community Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Officials later revealed that Weaver was killed in a hit-and-run and asked for the public's assistance gathering information on the case.
Weaver's motorcycle was struck from behind by Stockstill's 18-wheeler, according to Geary County authorities.
Officials say Stockstill is a truck driver who works for a company out of Doniphan County, Kansas and was traveling through Geary County on a route he took several times a week.
Paint transfer on the motorcycle was sent to the KBI for analysis but Geary County authorities remain tight-lipped on what evidence or information led them to charge Stockstill in the crash that claimed Weaver's life.
Rodney Stockstill Sr. is currently being held in Doniphan County, Kansas on unrelated charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.


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A Barren County federal income tax preparer has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparing of false income tax returns.
Greg P. Denham of Glasgow entered the plea Monday, before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley in federal court in Bowling Green. The 47-year-old Denham admitted to 35 counts, charging that between February 2006 and May 2009, he prepared income tax returns for other people that misrepresented or under-reported taxes owed by other people. The indictment alleged the returns in question claimed business expenses Denham knew the taxpayers did not actually incur, or were not actual business expenses.
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For writing a story set in Napoleonic Wars era, how should one use the currencies accurately? I read in novels they use currencies like shilling, pound, guinea, sovereign, four (or six-, etc) pence, etc. What is the conversion rate between these currencies, and when would one use such currency? Also, what would be the equivalent value today?
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Seems like the questioner was asking for a bit more than just an idea of conversion rates, so here is some background on how the pre-decimal currency worked.
4 farthings = one penny
2 halfpennies = one penny
tuppence = colloquial two pence
thruppence = colloquial three pence
240 pence = one pound
6 pence = sixpence (aka a Tanner), or half a shilling.
12 pence = one shilling
two shillings = one florin
5 shillings = one crown
two shillings and sixpence = one half-crown
One guinea was latterly (and still is in horse racing) one pound and one shilling, although earlier in it's history its value varied according to the value of gold. For about the last 200 years it has only been a unit of account rather than an actual coin.
Likewise the Sovereign was a gold coin nominally valued at a pound, but its true value was whatever the value of the gold in the coin was worth that day. Bullion coins such as the Sovereigns were an investment to be stored for their own inherent value, rather than as a coin to be used when going out to buy goods.
Other common units of currency were:
The mark (merk in Scotland) - a very common unit of account, and not actually ever a coin (in England). A mark was 13 shillings and 4 pence.
The way to write prices in pre-decimal currency was generally as follows:
£10 5/- Ten pounds five shillings
£10 5/6 - Ten pounds five shillings and sixpence
£10 5s 6d was equally valid.
The National Archives have a converter.
But to be honest a couple of shillings was about enough to buy a decent meal, five shillings a night at an inn, a pound was quite a lot of money to be carrying around for a commoner and a penny could always buy you a bun (bread roll). That's all anyone really needs to know for narrative purposes. Getting into guineas, sovereigns and all that business will be too much detail for people just interested in the fiction.
Money's meaning changes over time; it is not a static category. For simplicities sake, lets assume that you learn how to use Lsd (£/s/d) figures, and work out a few of the more curious word name (tuppence).
Even then, you won't know how much money was worth in that era unless you read a lot of social history.
There are time values for money converters (for example, measuring worth), but their utility is limited unless you have a concrete understanding of the social meaning and value of, for example, not being able to eat in 1790 in Manchester. For which I recommend social history.
It would help greatly if you specified the social class you were writing about. Money's meaning for workers in the period was vastly different to money's meaning for the industrial, mercantile or landed (ie: aristocratic) bourgeoisie.
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You are given 3 points in R^2; A, B, C forming a triangle with area > 0. You pick an arbitrary point inside ABC and an arbitrary direction. After some distance d you will intersect some side of a triangle. The task is to compute the expected d for a given triangle. Also, it would be nice to know the whole distribution. What kind of distribution (e.g. uniform, normal) would it be?
Next, what if I have a complex polygon? Can I combine my knowledge from individual triangles somehow to compute mean and distr. for the convex polygon?
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I bought a MacBook Pro yesterday, and it's "wobbly". My front-right leg is about 1 mm or so shorter than my back-left leg.
Is there a quick fix for this (I was thinking of just making it bigger by myself) or should I send it back to Apple?
Most times I have seen this, the table is the thing not level. Does closing the lid and rotating it ninety degrees with the apple logo staying over the same spot actually move the short peg or is the table the issue?
I suggest taking it back. I suspect that the bottom plate with the legs on it wasn't attached properly (it can flex a bit), but if it's a brand new device it's easier just to get it replaced than to try to fix it yourself.


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I instanced a UITabBarController as the root controller for my app delegate. For FB IOs SDK it says to do the following inside of:
-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application handleOpenURL:(NSURL *)url
"In this method, call your application's Facebook object's handleOpenURL method, making sure to pass in the url parameter."
Is the standard way to use FB ios sdk with a tab bar controller to subclass UITabBarController and create the FB object there? Or is there another way where i don't have to subclass uitab bar controller and create the fb object else where?


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For experience without dying, what counts as dying? If I'm downed, but rally myself, does that reset the counter? What if I die completely, but someone else revives me before I return to a waypoint? And does crafting experience count towards this? What about quest rewards? Achievement experience? I'm trying to figure out what exactly I need to do to finish up this part of the achievement, and what the best way to go about it would be.
The easiest way to do this is via crafting. Getting 200K crafting experience is really quite easy and cheap (especially for something like Chef) and you obviously don't have to zone. I can verify that's how I got it.
You gain experience faster at higher levels. I wouldn't worry about working on the achievement until near the end of the month, when you're closer to level 80.
At level 62 ish, it's a little over 100k exp just to get one level, so If you can go into a level 50-60 zone and just get 1 complete level without dying or leaving it's actually pretty easy.
I did a 40-50 fresh zone I had not been to and decided to go for completing the zone, avoiding the more dangerous parts first where I might die if I missed a jump while trying to get a vistas and got my 100k exp at 32%, which took me 1 hours 15 minutes.
You also get experience for completing achievements so I had a nice boost from just starting the daily achievements that day too helped a lot, that was at level 52.
As someone stated, you have the entire month and at level 80 it's about 250k exp for 1 level so it's a lot easier then it seems at first.
Crafting experience is based off of your current level by the way, so a higher level character before levelling up a craft would be preferable.


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Presenter's Affiliation: German AML Cooperative Group
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The German AML Cooperative Group (GAMLCG) has previously reported a survival advantage to 3 years of montly maintenance chemotherapy after standard dose thioguanine/araC/daunorubicin (TAD) vs. no further treatment. This was initially reported in 1985 (JCO 3:1583, 1985). Ten-year update of the previously reported GAMLCG trial of TAD+maintenance vs. TAD alone shows a continued benefit in the maintenance arm, 18% relapse-free survival (RFS) vs 6% in the TAD-alone arm. Based on these results, the GAMLCG performed new randomized trial of 3 years of maintenance chemotherapy vs. no further treatment following a new chemotherapy regimen.
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I wonder if there's a well designed and tested, working - and, of course, unofficial (?) - adaptation of Skyrim's Dragon Shouts (Thu'um) to DnD 3.x (or possibly Pathfinder)?
If not, how would you adapt them?
I wonder if there's a well designed and tested, working - and, of course, unofficial (?) - adaptation of Skyrim's Dragon Shouts (Thu'um) to DnD 3.x (or possibly Pathfinder)?
If not, how would you adapt them?
For a really straight translation of the Skyrim mechanics, you could model those monoliths that have the words of power on them as Magical Locations (Dungeon Master's Guide II) or Legendary Locations (Complete Scoundrel). They therefore grant you the ability to use these shouts (probably Supernatural abilities), and they cost you some of your Wealth-by-Level as if they were items.
Then you could take the D&D Dragon's mechanics for their breath weapons, giving them cool downs.
For example, Fus could be as follows:
Then you can let them find these places, and either pay for them, or just let them have them free (or give them a separate "wealth" just for these).
And then Ro and Dah can have prerequisites of knowing Fus and then of knowing Fus and Ro, and improve upon Fus's effect while extending the cooldown. I think 1d4, +1 per additional word, is probably fair for most effects, though some with long durations should have long cooldowns.
See the Metabreath feats from Draconomicon for more ideas on extending/empowering breath weapons. I've explicitly made Fus a breath weapon, so it can take advantage of these.
OK, I've found a whole bunch of homebrew, none of which I've read, so I can't tell you how good any of this is. Most of them are either base classes with new systems, extensions or modifications to the Truenaming system of Tome of Magic, or a new martial discipline à la Tome of Battle.
None of these are exactly what you want, but it's the best I can find. You can probably pretty easily make these "add-on" by giving the bonus feats for free or giving free access to the maneuvers, or something like that.
Base Classes
Truenaming Modifications
Martial Discipline
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Not an exact duplicate, but the Dracolexi from Races of the Dragon gets to use Draconic Words of Power as spell-like abilities or augments to their spells, which is more or less what the shouts in Skyrim were.
I don't think there is, have had no success looking for Skyrim SRD or Tamriel SRD on google. I'm also thinking in playing a campaign based on Tamriel world.
I think you could based the Thu'ums area and damage on dragons breath powers. Maybe let 3 feats available to the characters, representing three words of power.
I would use by pre-requisite:
Each of the words could augment the effects, depending oh the shout, like increased damage, range, duration, and etc.


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80 % of our students gain entrance to University each year. Our international students have gone on to study in Otago University and other top Universities throughout the world. They have chosen Medicine, International Business, Pharmacy, Architecture and Economics.
We accept students from Year 9 level through to Year 13 –Ages 13-18 yrs old. The school year starts in late January and ends in early December. It is divided in to 4 terms, with 2 week holiday breaks in April, July and September.
Each international student is supported by an ESOL programme. On arrival an assessment of the English level of the student is made and a programme planned to meet each students specific level and requirement. We help students study for the IELTS examination, Cambridge and SAT.
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Your contacts at Otago Boys' High School are:
Mrs Brenda Hogue, Director of International Students. email@example.com
Phone: +64-3-477-5527; Fax: +64-3-477-5468


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I'm aware that it's crucial to include the IV when calculating the HMAC of a ciphertext (assuming an IV is used). Can anyone explain, in simple terms, why this is?
Furthermore, assume that there is other metadata associated with the cipher, which needs to be known to correctly decrypt the ciphertext (for example, the type of algorithm used, the mode, options such as configurable block size, etc). Is there any sense in including this information when calculating the HMAC? Or on the contrary, is the any reason not to?