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You will find loads in C++ and Java. JGap is good. Entirely depends on what is your requirement in GA implementation what level and type of mutation, crossover, selection, representation strategies need to be available, etc. just google for genetic algorithms alone you will find alot in your search. You might also need to be careful of the licenses some of them are only available for research purposes only and will not scale well in production environment. Your best bet is to implement your own - some of these libraries work like CMS specfic to specific contexts and requirements they are unable to cater to everyones needs.
GA is a global optimization strategy so they can be slow to work with - I wouldn't advise you to implement such algorithms in python unless you are using externally compiled libraries - a better language would be Java or C++.
I use Pygene which is really good.
GeneticSharp is a good option for C#.
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They already have fallen apart!
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They give up.
I'm resigned to admit they're the better team.
The way Seattle's offence plays, it basically reduces any chance for mistakes.
It's very...
There's no fix sadly.
The better team is winning.
It's been fun.
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It's been a wonderful season.
There is none. They're resigned to lose and playing like chumps.
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It's a size mismatch.
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This feels similar to games they've lost in the past, mainly because their defence gives up plays when they shouldn't.
Can Katy Perry's awful performance potentially jinx the Seahawks.
God I hope so, because this isn't going all too well.
Anyone want to bet on the odds of the Patriots losing similarly to the last two superbowls due to BB's idiotic bend but break defence?
Dominance means nothing when you're giving up touchdowns.
We are in deep shit if they continue picking on Arrington who singlehandedly gave up...
That will never happen with this defence.
It just is incapable of holding off an opponent for a long time.
Are you referring to the same drives where the Seahawks scored two touchdowns.
That's all you need to lose.
Typical BB defence.
Always giving up the play at the most inopportune moment.
I still don't understand why they play off-man like that in those...
Same, went to parties with Giants fans the last two times, and I'm not going through similar shit again now that I'm in Seahawks territory.
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Released: Aug 01st, 2005
Running Time: 94
Company: Filmco
Cast: Dino Bravo, Jazmine (I), Marco (I), Eden (I), Ted Hunter, Alyssa West, Juliet (I), Jason (I), John Janiero, Guy Di Silva
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Genre: Specialty
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WideOrbit's Programmatic TV Insights Survey, based on responses from more than 200 media buyers nationwide, is now available as a free download. The survey reveals surprising findings on the future growth of programmatic TV and how it will impact overall ad budgets.
73% of media buyers expect to spend up to half of their TV advertising budgets on programmatic TV in 2017. The increase will be fueled by shifting spending to programmatic TV from other media, including digital video.
Find out how a leading mobile game publisher purchased local broadcast TV ads with WO Programmatic TV that grew their installed base while reducing their cost per install.
Today we're debuting our infographic with highlights from our recent white paper, The Power and Potential of Programmatic TV. Taken from surveys and exclusive interviews with top ad buyers, this graphic makes it easy to skim some of our most important finding on the future of programmatic TV.
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South half of the famous Alpine Loop
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One of the most spectacular and terrifying trails in Colorado
Easy SUV road and popular mountain bike route
Northern Colorado's premier hard-core trail
Loop route winds through complex network of roads
Very steep with large boulders. Great camping along route.
Popular trail near Loveland and Fort Collins
See Animas Forks Ghost Town and incredible scenery
This trail provides access to bottom of Gemini Bridges
Convenient, beautiful 4x4 route between Silverton and Telluride
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A popular hiking, mountain biking, horse backing, and dirt bike trail from Chinook Campground-Loon Lake-Ruby Meadows TH.
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Creek crossings and network of roads for OHVs, lots of camping
Easy, but adventurous, drive to high scenic pass
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15 series that prove network TV can rule the summer
Poll: What's your favorite summer TV show?
With CBS's "Under the Dome" pulling in big ratings in its premiere last week, it's clear that TV audiences still have room in their hearts for network fare during the summer season, when cable shows typically rule the roost. Which got us to thinking: what other highly-rated and/or critically-acclaimed network series from years past premiered during the warmer months? Check out our list of 15 below, then let us know which is your favorite summer series in the poll further down.


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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Louis Nix wants to walk with his mother. Zack Martin wants to play with his brother.
In deciding to return to Notre Dame for one more season, both of the standout linemen chose family over finances, the nose guard seeking a senior day moment he never got at the prep level, while the left tackle relishes the chance to line up on the same unit with his kin.
"My brothers and sisters, they didn't really care," Nix said. "My dad, he knew the decision was up to me. Just my mom, she called me every day, like, 'I can't wait to walk on the field with you for Senior Day.' In high school, she didn't get to do it with me. She barely made it to any of my games. She didn't do the Senior Day with me in high school and she cried about it. So that was a big one for me."
An aunt in the crowd noticed the lonely Nix make the walk to midfield and alerted his mother, Stephanie Wingfield, who had another shift to tend to at the hospital cafeteria.
"I couldn't afford to let her take off, she couldn't afford to take off herself," Nix said. "She cried when that happened, she was kind of mad at me. I walked on the field by myself and people were like, 'Where's his parents?' She didn't like stuff like that. This will give her an opportunity to come up and do that for once."
Even if that means one more year of 10 people living inside their three-bedroom Jacksonville, Fla., home.
Nix has 13 siblings in all, and no one in his family had seen a college game of his before last year's Champs Sports Bowl contest in Orlando. A month before that, his father suffered a mild heart attack that had him hospitalized for two weeks.
"That'll make her happy," Nix said, referring to his mother's reaction to his decision. "We've been surviving so far. So we'll be OK, I guess."
Martin, meanwhile, is anxious to play alongside little brother Nick, a versatile redshirt freshman offensive lineman who figures to see plenty of time next year on the interior, if not start.
The redshirt junior said he had no idea what his plan would be following the regular-season finale at USC before opting to return, even before his paperwork from the NFL advisory committee returned.
"It means everything to me," Martin said of coming back. "I sat down, talked to my parents and thought about it. And to have the opportunity to come back wit Nick and finish out my career with Chris Watt and have the opportunity to play with [offensive line coach Harry] Hiestand again were really the big three things that went into that decision."


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Have you ever been so mad that you just wanted to pick the world up and drop it on someone's head? Lil Wayne and Eminem were. "Drop The World" is the most emo song on this list, but what stops it from being a beta male anthem is the Hercules steez at its core. Volume and middle fingers up.
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Lil Wayne f/ Eminem "Drop The World" (2009)
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OI Share: Jim Z reveals his family's insider tricks from their visit to Universal Orlando & Hard Rock Hotel
Hi OI readers,
My family returned a few weeks ago from our vacation to Universal Orlando. We enjoyed using the touring plans from this site (Editor's note: learn more about OI's touring plans). We also figured out some insider tricks to add to the touring plans, especially if you are staying at Hard Rock Hotel.
First, here are a few tips for the theme parks:
- There is a surprise at the bar at Hogs Head. It's fun to examine all the details behind the bar, but then the Hog on the wall moves – yikes.
- While eating or having a cup of coffee at Three Broomsticks, notice the occasional shadowy movements above you.
- Visiting Camp Jurassic when everyone is still at WWoHP in the early morning (before 9) surreal with all the undisturbed fog. We were the only ones there! Spooky.
- When lines to WWoHP got too long, sometimes extending over the bridge to Jurassic Park, but we needed a WWoHP fix, we simply went into the castle shop first and entered the tour only line via the locker rooms. I always preferred going through the Tour only line as opposed to the Single rider entrance. It gave me time to decompress and cool off. Of course, both entrances end up at the same place.
- The single rider line always gives one the best seat on Forbidden Journey (far left when approaching the ride vehicle, right side when seated). When you are in this seat, the dragon breathes on your face most directly!
- While waiting around the immediate ride exit area at WWoHP, I was watching the people departing the ride. Observing their excitement of the experience is great. It helped remind me of my first time on this truly awesome ride.
We were fortunate enough to have 6 days at the parks with express and early admittance–a single day visit does not give one the time to absorb the details.
Now let's talk about Hard Rock Hotel.
Our typical travel route in the early morning to USF from Hard Rock Hotel elevators was to go through the employee parking lot to save time. The pool gate didn't open until 8:00 am so we couldn't take the direct path that starts from the back of fenced-in area. Everyone at Hard Rock (except the front door man) told us we must take the path starting at the water taxi boat dock, which is almost twice the distance to the park. Here's the route we used: Exit front of hotel (or the Plams exit), turn left and walk past the entrance to the Palms. Go down the stairs, turn left and walk through the parking lots. There are a couple of hidden paths that connect the parking lots. It's understandable why Hard Rock doesn't want you to take this route.
Take a look at the map I created:
The [sws_highlight hlcolor="33ff66″]green path[/sws_highlight] is our secret path – GPS indicated about .24 miles. You get to see glimpses of hotel operations behind the scenes (ok, stretching this a bit, looking for a silver lining). The [sws_highlight hlcolor="ffff00″]yellow path[/sws_highlight] is a bit longer but worth it due to the landscaping. But if the gates (red) are locked as they were at 6:30am, they tell you to take the [sws_highlight hlcolor="ff9933″]orange path[/sws_highlight], twice the distance as green path. Keep in mind, there is another 1/4 mile to get to IOA once you reach USF.
That's it for now. Thanks again to OI for the touring plans.
– Jim Z
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When I think Valentine's Day, I think chocolate, so this February we're talking chocolate cheesecake, and not just any chocolate cheesecake, but raw chocolate cheesecake (or at least raw-ish), inspired by a dessert I've loved at Nashville's Avo, made with cashew cream and topped with a chocolate drizzle. It's rich, it's decadent, it's kind of a sacrificial splurge for the food budget, but, when it comes to treating someone else, I figure, those are all the perfect things for it to be. Rocco has this stuffed fox that's been with him since before he could know it was there---sitting near him in the carseat or the crib, coming along with us on long trips or to friends' houses, nowadays flopping around in his active hands while he plays in the mornings after waking up. I won it on an Instagram giveaway last spring, back when the idea of an actual child emerging from my increasingly large belly seemed unreal (in some ways, still does) and picturing someone I could hold in my hands … [Read more...]
Easy Chocolate Cake with Date-Sweetened Chocolate Frosting
I'm going to be honest with you: I stopped feeling inspired in the kitchen sometime last trimester. I'm still into eating, eating is great, but I just don't want to be the one making the food. It takes so much mental energy to think of what to make. A few weeks ago, on a Thursday night when we had friends coming into town for the weekend, I realized with panic, sometime around 6 or 7 p.m., that we hadn't planned ahead for dinner and now we had to think of something fast, and then our friends arrived, and I was starving, so we pulled out the Vitamix and blended up oranges right there with them in the kitchen, when they'd just come from dinner out. So tacky but so necessary. I've been theorizing about what's going on, about how a person who normally loves spending free time in the kitchen become a person who wants all the food all the places as long as she doesn't have to make them, and all I can say is who knows. Maybe Baby's taking my brain power. Maybe all my creative energy is going … [Read more...]
Date Truffles
When Tim came home from his Thursday meetings today, I handed him one of these date truffles, and he told me to get my coat, and the two of us headed to Bella Nashville for a pizza date, which is where we'd agreed to work on our book-mapping. We're so close to turning our manuscript in, with just a few final steps left, and sometimes the difference between one of those steps feeling laborious and one of those steps feeling celebratory is as basic as a Neapolitan-style pizza topped with turnip greens, eaten just as the farmer's market's winding down. If there's nothing else I remember at the end of this book-writing process, I hope it's that. While we were out, we got talking about the site's new design (hey guys, we have a new site design!) and the kind comments we were receiving on Facebook about it and especially about my friend Kendall's comment about how far the site's come since the early days. I love thinking about the early days, especially when I can contrast them with the … [Read more...]
A Berry Date Smoothie with a Kick (+ Giveaway)
UPDATE: The winner is Lindsey Hepler! Thanks everyone for entering, and congratulations to Lindsey! THIS THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST HAS BEEN a night on Nashville's walking bridge, traffic whooshing by on the distant interstate, a ferry boat passing beneath, my head against Tim's shoulder while I tell him, "You know, if I lived a thousand years on the planet all by myself, I'd never figure out how to build a boat like that," and us moving to the other side of the bridge to keep watching it, following it, mesmerized by the turning showboat gears like little children looking at a train; a twilight picnic next to soccer practice, SUVs dropping off and picking up preteens, moms calling out I love yous to their running kids just as the golden hour fades; spiders' webs so big, constructed around our back door overnight, that I shriek when I see them, even though the streets are sleeping in the early-morning sunrise; long-distance phone conversations with wise voices; surprise hydrangeas; … [Read more...]
Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Dates
No burying the lead in this post, folks: I'm nuts about this Brussels sprouts salad. I want to tell you I almost cried when I tasted it, but then I'd have to tell you how my brother almost rolls his eyes whenever he hears me say that. "Yeah, that tortilla soup you posted is good," he told me a few months ago after he'd read about it here and then tested it at home, "but it's not like I cried about it." My brother thinks he's very funny. I saw that brother---and my mom and my dad, and my in-laws, and Tim's cousins, and his aunt, and his sister and her family, and his sweet grandma Emily, and my dear friend Jacqui---last weekend, in the midst of an epic few days in which Tim and his brother, Nathan, and I drove five hours to Ohio and five hours to Chicago before Nathan flew back and Tim and I drove eight hours home. We left Friday and came back Tuesday and, writing this now, I almost can't remember what day it is, let alone where I'm sitting as I type. But before we left, … [Read more...]
Tim's Mostly Raw Chocolate Ice Cream
When we started registering for wedding gifts last summer, there was one thing Tim really wanted to add: an ice cream maker. And where I (the impatient, get-it-done type) probably would have just clicked the first version I saw at Target or Williams and Sonoma and rejoiced to have checked something off my list, this man I married is different. He does research. So it was in those final few months before our wedding that we had at least three different conversations about ice cream maker options: the kind where you have to freeze the bowl ahead of time, the kind with the freezing mechanism already inside; small ones, large ones; ice cream makers from Cuisinart, ice cream makers from Italy. Because this was around the time when I was off for a weekend to Oregon, I even remember talking to Kim and Tyler Malek from Salt and Straw about the ice cream maker(s) they use and recommend and why, jotting notes in my notebook to share with Tim. My Tim loves ice cream. I mean, … [Read more...]
Raw Brownies + Chocolate Avocado Frosting
This past week, Tim and I did sort of a cleanse, wherein we ate mostly raw: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds, raw dairy, dried fruit. We added homemade chicken soup, nettle and Tulsi teas and, at a maximum of once a day, roasted vegetables, but otherwise it was, for the first time in our lives, an experience in raw eating. It was interesting. First of all, it wasn't hard, at least not in the way typical cleanses are. I wasn't starving, I didn't get major detox reactions, there was no need to summon all my willpower not to eat a cookie. A couple times, one of us would say to the other, doesn't a taco sound good?, but, for the most part, we felt like there was so much we still could eat: a bowl of juicy grapefruit; fresh pomegranate arils sprinkled with flax seeds and coconut; caprese salad (tomatoes, raw mozzarella, fresh basil), morning smoothies, giant green salads (and you know how I like those), frozen fruit mixed with nuts in raw milk, homemade pecan nut … [Read more...]
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As far as vegetables go, asparagus is really something: tall, peaked in pretty tips, stalks cast in deep shades of green, with knobby dark-purple bumps along the sides shaped in tiny triangles. It has no fat or cholesterol, few calories, little sodium, as well as lots of potassium, folic acid, vitamins A & C and fiber. Plus, this time of year it's just finishing up its two-month-long season, meaning it's still pretty easy to find at your supermarket. Of course, just because it's available doesn't mean it's fresh---a lesson I learned all too well on Saturday when I pulled out the bunch I'd grabbed the night before and, gasping, extended my arm as far away as possible from my face, hoping to minimize the oh-my-gosh-what-is-it-that-smells-like-death odor assaulting me. A return trip to the store---complete with thorough examining of every remaining bunch of asparagus, conversations with the produce man and the manager, obtainment of two brand-new bunches hidden away in the back … [Read more...]


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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Freshman DeJuan Blair scored 20 points,
grabbed 10 rebounds, blocked five shots and had two steals to lead
11th-ranked Pittsburgh's 85-68 defeat of visiting Oklahoma State.
Pitt is 10-and-0 for the fifth season in a row after snapping a three-game losing streak to the Cowboys.
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I use WP 2.8.5 on Firefox with Connections Theme and am hosted at Bluehost.
Awhile back, I imported my old blog over. The problem is ONLY with all the imported posts - any new posts since then are fine.
Each imported post says 'no comments' even though that when you click on each post and scroll down you can see there ARE comments. So I guess it's some disconnect w/ the 'comments' 'no comments' and 'number of comments' codes.
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VA provides nursing home services to Veterans through three national programs:
Each program has admission and eligibility criteria specific to the program. Nursing home care is available for enrolled Veterans who need nursing home care for a service-connected disability, or Veterans or who have a 70% or greater service-connected disability and Veterans with a rating of total disability based on individual unemployability. VA provided nursing home care for all other Veterans is based on available resources.
A Community Living Center (CLC) is designed to resemble home as much as possible. There are activities for veterans of all ages, veterans are allowed to decorate their rooms, and keep pets. There are more than 130 CLCs, most are located near VA hospitals.
Veterans may stay for a short time or, in rare instances, for the rest of their life. It is a place where Veterans can receive nursing home level of care, which includes help with activities of daily living (e.g., bathing and getting dressed) and skilled nursing and medical care.
Some of the services provided at CLCs include:
A copay may be charged for CLC care based on VA service-connected disability status and financial information.
State Veterans homes are owned and operated by the states. The states petition VA for grant dollars for a portion of the construction costs followed by a request for recognition as a state home. Once recognized, VA pays a portion of the per diem if the state meets VA standards. States establish eligibility criteria and determine services offered for short and long-term care. Specialized services offered are dependent upon the capability of the home to render them.
Please visit our State Veterans Benefits page for locations and details.
VA health care facilities establish contracts with community nursing homes. The purpose of this program is to meet the nursing home needs of Veterans who require long-term nursing home care in their own community, close to their families and meet the enrollment and eligibility requirements.
The VA will only pay for Community Nursing Home care if you meet eligibility criteria involving your service connected status, level of disability, and income.
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Just another day in the life of those who live in an ever-expanding land full of supernatural and fantasy folk. Kellwood Forest is bigger on the inside.
this is the story of the game kirby super star....with some twists of my own, ep.1-125 have already been made and are a few months old
The World of NUL, taking Video Game Endings To a New Level. The Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Mario Bros. and many MANY more video games shall come together in this Epic Adventure. Now: On Hiatus. Hope to be back SOON! -May 2011-
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Sonic's on college... WITH SHADOW AS HIS ROOMMATE?! (this story is not in Another Sonic Comic's Storyline)
Sonic is bored and contacts me asking me to put him in a sprite comic. This is that comic. In order to keep the blue furry entertained, I create random adventures for him to go through. Some are short while others are longer. Having fun now Sonic? I am...
Take one happy-go-lucky hedgehog, an disgruntled emerald guardian, an ex-weapon of mass destruction and put them in the same house as a fox that makes giant robots in his spare time. You'll see clone armies, vampire girlfriends and stanist weddings. Fun.
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Citrus Heights Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician Doctors for Asperger Syndrome
Type of Physician: Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician
What is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics; practitioners have a special interest in the developmental, learning, and behavioral problems of children, and in the support of parents and children during normal development and illness.
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Mary A. Ellis-Jammal
Mary Ann Ellis-Jammal MD
151 N Sunrise Ave Ste 1403
Roseville, CA 95661
(916) 771-4414
- 35 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Lauren B. Plumer
UC Davis Medical Group
2825 50th St
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-0300
- 45 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Mary B. Steinfeld
UC Davis Medical Group
2825 50th St
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-0300
- 34 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Robin L. Hansen
UC Davis Medical Group
2825 50th St
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-0300
- 38 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Stephen T. Nowicki
Davis Developmental Pediatrics Group
760 5th St
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 758-3374
- 15 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Emergency Contact for Citrus Heights
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Nearby Citrus Heights Hospitals results
- 1Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Ave
Citrus Heights, California 95608
(916) 537-500
- 2Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr
1600 Eureka Rd
Citrus Heights, California 95661
(916) 784-400
- 3Sutter Roseville Medical Center
1 Medical Plaza Dr
Citrus Heights, California 95661
(916) 781-100
- 4California State Prison
100 Prison Rd
Citrus Heights, California 95671
(916) 985-861
- 5Heritage Oaks Hospital
4250 Auburn Blvd
Citrus Heights, California 95841
(916) 489-333
- 6Kindred Hospital-Sacramento
330 Montrose Dr
Citrus Heights, California 95630
(916) 351-915
- 7Mercy Hospital Of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr
Citrus Heights, California 95630
(916) 983-740
- 8Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr Hosp
2025 Morse Ave
Citrus Heights, California 95825
(916) 973-500
- 9Sacramento VA Medical Center
10535 Hospital Way
Citrus Heights, California 95655
(916) 843-700
- 10Sutter Memorial Hospital
5151 F St
Citrus Heights, California 95819
(916) 454-333
- 11Sutter Center For Psychiatry
7700 Folsom Blvd
Citrus Heights, California 95826
(916) 386-300
- 12Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St
Citrus Heights, California 95819
(916) 453-454
- 13Sutter General Medical Center
2801 L St
Citrus Heights, California 95816
(916) 454-222
- 14Sacramento County Mental Health
2150 Stockton Blvd
Citrus Heights, California 95817
(916) 875-100
- 15Shriners Hospital For Children
2425 Stockton Blvd
Citrus Heights, California 95817
(916) 453-200
- 16University Of CA Davis Med Ctr
2315 Stockton Blvd
Citrus Heights, California 95817
(916) 734-201
- 17Kaiser Permanente
6600 Bruceville Rd
Citrus Heights, California 95823
(916) 688-200
- 18Sierra Vista Hospital
8001 Bruceville Rd
Citrus Heights, California 95823
(916) 288-030
- 19Methodist Hospital Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr
Citrus Heights, California 95823
(916) 423-300
- 20Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital
11815 Education St
Citrus Heights, California 95602
(530) 885-720
- 21El Dorado Cty Psych Hlth Fac
935B Spring St
Citrus Heights, California 95667
(530) 621-621
- 22Marshall Medical Center
1100 Marshall Way
Citrus Heights, California 95667
(530) 622-144
- 23Woodland Memorial Hospital
1325 Cottonwood St
Citrus Heights, California 95695
(530) 662-396
- 24Sutter Davis Hospital
2000 Sutter Pl
Citrus Heights, California 95616
(530) 756-644
- 25Rideout Memorial Hospital
726 4th St
Citrus Heights, California 95901
(530) 749-430
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Explore the History of Scotland [Teach Yourself] is a comprehensive guide to the exciting story of this nation, from pre-history right through to the present day. With the question of Scottish independence once again on the agenda, this book will allow you to trace the events, both peaceful and bloody, that have brought the country to this point. Tracing events from the pre-history of the land and the coming of the Scots to the rise of the Scottish National Party, it provides an informative and accessible introduction to Scotland's history. Whether it is the Jacobite Rebellion, the advances of the Scottish Enlightenment or its role in WWI and WWII, this is the perfect place to start. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of study skills. FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
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love these, each have their own feel to them
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Awesome! And the last one is powerfully epic!!
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your art it's freakin awesome pal. Instant +fav
Is it just me, or do these look like they'd make great chess pieces?
these are amazing...are they for a game?
hope that's not an ignorant question but they look like they'd fit perfectly some sort PC strategy thing
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Thanks. Yeah they are for a game thats still being made I think, but I was allowed to post these.
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The lines and colours and... well, everything just looks so great!
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you should make a comic (if you haven't already) your art is amazing
I love the third one showing some muscles and the last one, it looks like a powerful and unstoppable powerful beast!
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Way awesome, they look great! Reminded me of that series called "Gargoyles"...
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Now those would be some BADASS church decorations!
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It is for a game, still being made but I got permission to post these.
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Yesterday I read a blog post written by a friend of mine that detailed a number of problems he's had with Apple products lately. The list was lengthy and included issues with the iPhone 4S, OS X 10.7, Apple TV, and iCloud. I'm not going to address them here, save to say that he's seeing some things that I've never seen (apps crashing on iPhone and OS X 10.7, iPhone freezing, Apple TV not wanting to work with AirPlay). Nevertheless, I will admit I've had enough of my own issues with OS X 10.7, iTunes on the Mac, and iTunes Match to agree that not everything is perfect in Apple land in December 2011.
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Sony's biggest investor calls for division between Sony Entertainment and Sony Electronics
Daniel Loeb, CEO of Third Point, LLC, Sony's largest investor which controls over $1.1 billion in shares, around 6.5%, wants the firm to split its Sony Entertainment business from Sony Electronics.
According to report on The New York Times, the hedge fund boss hand-delivered a letter to Sony CEO Kaz Hirai calling for a "partial spin-off" so the divisions would stop "obscuring the other's true worth."
"Like many conglomerates we have invested in previously, Sony has two strong businesses facing different challenges side by side, each obscuring the other's true worth," Loeb stated.
Loeb believes current Sony investors should own Sony Entertainment more directly, with m subscription rights "rather than holding a traditional spin-off or public offering," according to GI International.
Such a scheme would provide Sony with more capital and provide shareholders with more economic interests which are protected.
"Beyond Third Point's willingness to help facilitate a public offering for Sony Entertainment, we offer our assistance to implement our proposal and would gladly accept a seat on Sony's Board of Directors," Loeb said in his letter.
A Sony representative stated that while it welcomes investments and dialogue with shareholders, Sony Entertainment isn't on the market.
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