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Not mentioned. Possibly "alle manne", ie. "all men" i.e. a confederation of tribes. In any case, latin "alemanni" -> "allemand" (German) in modern French. Alemanni Dictionary.com name of a Suebic tribe or confederation that settled in Alsace and part of Switzerland (and source of the Fr. Allemand "German"), from P.Gmc. *Alamanniz, probably meaning "all-man" and denoting a wide alliance of tribes, but perhaps meaning "foreign men" (cf. Allobroges, name of a Celtic tribe in what is now Savoy, in L. lit. "the aliens," in reference to their having driven out the original inhabitants), in which case the al- is cognate with the first element in L. alius "the other" and Eng. else.
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Bold textde:Bild:Alamannien_Hochburgund_ca_1000.png: situation around AD 1000.
- Could someone please translate this map into English? The Jade Knight 20:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
There was no breakthrough of the line in 213. That came much later. The article needs to be checked for accuracy. Right now we are working on Alamanni.Dave 13:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
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small item: this article says "alemania" for germany is in modern castilian spanish. and the 'Alamanni' article says its in spanish, without making distinction of dialect. i dont speak castilian spanish, but im very familiar with it. i speak mexican spanish, and that's exactly how i say germany, and speakers from other latin american countries say it the same. maybe this article needs to be revised by simply omitting "castilian".188.8.131.52 04:56, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
- Castilian is used sometimes to disinguish Spanish from the other languages of Spain: Catalan, Galician, Asturian, etc. However, I see your point and the meaning will be clearest to Anglophones without the "Castilian." Srnec 05:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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How this "territory" is more "Alamannia" than any other territory settled by the Alemannic before or after? Cryfe (talk) 14:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Redondancy : merge requested[edit]
I'm Laszlo, from French Wikipedia. It seems you get two articles treating the same subject : Alamannia and Alemanni. I think you can merge its. Laszlo (talk) 14:16, 11 January 2017 (UTC)


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Nowadays, the use of machine learning methods for visual object detection has become widespread. Those methods are robust. They require an important processing power and a high memory bandwidth which becomes a handicap for real-time applications. The recent evolution of commodity PC computer graphics boards (GPU) has the potential to accelerate those algorithms.
In this paper, we present a novel use of graphics hardware for object detection in advanced computer vision applications. We implement a system for object-detection based on AdaBoost [1]. This system can be tuned to run partially or totally on the GPU. This system is evaluated with two face-detection applications. Those applications are based on the boosted cascade of classifiers: Multiple Layers Face Detection (MLFD), and Single Layer Face Detection (SLFD). We show that the SLFD implementation on GPU performs up to nine times faster than its CPU counterpart. The MLFD, in the other hand, can be accelerated using the (GPU) and performs up to three times faster than the CPU.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to implement a sliding window technique for visual object-detection on GPU, with promessing performance.
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Ted (2012)
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So It's school holidays and I decide to go and see a preview screening of Ted at 7pm. The cinema is full and I am entirely surrounded by teenagers, sucking furiously on their frozen cokes and jittering around in their seats as if they were under the influence of some extremely high uppers. The movie begins, yet the kids don't settle down at all. Now normally this would completely annoy the hell out of me, and to some extent it did (hence me still thinking about it now), but it didn't take anything away from this farcical comedy written and directed by the very talented Seth MacFarlane.
Ted, voiced by MacFarlane, is absurdly hilarious, with his crazy antics, insane innuendos and the occasional racial slur, it is hard not to laugh out loud. This is all created by the wonderful sound of Seth's voice. I really don't think it would have worked half as well if they have of got someone else. The rest of the cast bounce off him wonderfully. Mark Wahlberg as Ted's best friend for life, fits the bill perfectly and Mila Kunis is great as the girlfriend. For me though, Giovanni Ribisi, when he arrives on screen, plays creepy, camp and evil all too well. He is a joy to watch. (maybe joy is the wrong word here).
This is an intelligent and very cleverly thought out comedy. Don't get me wrong, I know the image of a little teddy using the F word and smoking dope continuously, is going to be funny no matter what, yet doesn't sound like it would have to be too clever. The script is 10 out of 10 and this coupled with the perfect pace of the film means never a dull moment. My problem with most comedies is they can't keep the laughs going for the full running time. Here the jokes are very witty, insightful and out of the ordinary and stays that way for the full 106 minutes. The fact that this movie is about a teddy bear whom magically comes to life and then seamlessly blends into day to day life, for me, has failure written all over it. Yet, MacFarlane creates a world where all this doesn't matter and the viewer takes the magic for granted and goes along for the ride. And the ride is most certainly worth the trip.
And lets not forget the animation. Ted never looks out of place. The special effects are seamless, even in high action fight scenes, they don't miss a beat.
Ted is one hilarious movie. This, for me, is right up there with the best comedies of the past few years. Crude, intelligent and totally entertaining. http://www.filmnotion.com/ted-movie-review/
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
A well crafted film
THE DEEP BLUE SEA is set in the 1950′s and flashes back to the War years of the 40′s so it is appropriate that the title also features in a popular song lyric of the time ' we are all between perdition and the deep blue sea'.
London in 1950 was still very much showing the effects of the War and amid this drab and shattered cityscape, in a small dingy flat, Hester ( Rachel Weisz) has decided to commit suicide using the gas meter, but is revived. Hester had been married to the wealthy but tightly wound Judge, Sir William Collyer, but left him to live with a dashing ex RAF pilot, Freddie Page. The story takes place over a single day about ten months after Hester leaves her husband.
This was originally a Terence Rattigan play that first went to screen in the 1950′s with Vivian Leigh in the lead role and Kenneth More as Freddie and Eric Portman as the stern judge. Rachel Weisz is nothing short of incandescent in the part. She is a polished, accomplished actress who keeps getting better as she goes on. Hester has taken what many would say, a wild and foolish step in leaving her safe and affluent husband for the feckless Freddie and a relationship that while initially passionate, intense and thrilling, is ultimately doomed, as less than a year after the move, Freddie is more centred on drinking in pubs and playing golf while Hester sits forlorn and neglected in a shabby, dingy flat. It is her birthday, Freddie has forgotten. She is alone.
The editing, direction and cinematography are extremely good. Two scenes remain with me for poignancy. In a flashback to the Blitz, Hester and Sir William take shelter in a tube station, huddled with other cold and weary Londoners. Above, the bombs rain down thunderously upon their city, while on the platform, a lone soldier sings 'Molly Malone'. The other has Hester and Freddie dancing in a pub, smoke sits heavy on the air, the light is fractured through the window slats and the Jo Stafford song that was so popular at the time ' You Belong To Me' has the patrons singing with it.
The film was both written and directed by Terence Davies. Perhaps because both Terences ( Rattigan and Davies) were / are gay men, there is a nuanced sympathy for Hester whose life from its start as a Vicar's daughter, through to her marriage to a hidebound upper class man whose mother loathed her as unfit for him, and culminating in her last chance at happiness and love being smashed because Freddie is a shallow and fickle man whose greatest time was as a RAF pilot during the Blitz and he will never move on from that.
A mature, well crafted film, with occasional echoes of BRIEF ENCOUNTER, it has many strong points, but none stronger than Rachel Weisz. 3 and a half stars.. filmnotion.com
The Avengers (2012)
A Perfectly Crafted Super Hero Movie
So they all come together to fight a battle they cannot fight on their own. They don't exactly get along or have much appreciation for each other to begin with, but this is what makes this film work. This has been a long time lead up, starting back in 2008 with Iron Man and then ever so slightly linking each of these individual films together. It has been a hugely lucrative series for Marvel, sometimes good and other times not so good, it has all been leading to this point.
For me, the picks out of these previous films are Iron Man and Thor, with The Hulk behind that and then right at the bottom, Captain America. Iron Man was fantastically fun with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jnr.), the larger than life character who has it all. He is smart, witty, funny and extremely like able and loves what most boys do, his toys. With a great visionary director in Jon Favreau at the helm both the Iron Man films were extremely enjoyable. Thor, had a great cast in Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hiddleston. Kenneth Branagh really captured the fun and excitement of the story. The second attempt at The Hulk was quite good, but Norton, as much as I love him was not quite the right choice. The CGI Hulk was never really there yet and always felt very animated and never part of the furniture. Captain American, as a movie didn't work for me. There was not enough about him to keep me interested, not enough fun had. I love Chris Evans and thought he was the right choice, but with a fairly dull script and a much too serious approach, I was quite bored by the end.
Now the question was always going to be, can they work as a group? With the much needed change of Bruce Bana to Mark Rufallo, and a few additional characters thrown in, the answer is a gigantic yes! Joss Wheddon does an amazing job of keeping a huge number of characters in tune. It is always the toughest element in story telling and here it really had a huge potential of being jumbled and disjointed. It is none of the above and on the contrary it is, in its entirety, exceptionally well balanced. The banter between the characters is priceless and gives the film a consistent flow and usually arises in what would normally be fairly dull background scenes. Everyone is extremely good, but the newcomer Mark Rufallo shines as Bruce Bana and 'the other guy'. The special effects for The Hulk are incredible and they have finally got him pretty much perfectly moulded into his surroundings. With the CGI sorted and the right actor behind the green monster, he seriously works and almost steels the show. Not quite, but he certainly steels any scenes he is in. Downey Jnr. as Stark is his usual witty, charming self and sets the banter off with great timing and finesse. Newcomers to the series in Black Widow played by the luscious Scarlett Johansson and Hawkeye played by the always solid Jeremy Renner are both commendable additions and both fit in marvelously. Tom Hiddleston as Loku, the villain of this story, plays his part impeccably well and deserves much praise and respect for this outing.
The special effects are superb and the fight scenes are tremendous. Joss Whedon has definitely shown he is an avid comic book fan himself. He shows that he is not afraid to have fun with his material, and this really is the whole point. Where Chistopher Nolan has brilliantly turned Batman into a dark knight, Whedon constantly lightens the mood, which really is the only way this type of ensemble film could work. There is never a dull moment as the pace of the film is constant and this makes for a hugely entertaining film in ever way. This really is a perfectly made comic book adaptation.
Smart, witty, funny, and hugely entertaining! This action packed joyride is brimming with different personalities, huge egos and awesome super powers. They work together perfectly in this marvel from Marvel! Go Joss!! filmnotion.com
Battleship (2012)
It is a mindless, popcorn super spectacle - but like so many these days, it works on that level.
Battleship is yet another blockbuster movie adapted from a board game. This time from Hasbro. The FX are mammoth, the action fierce, the soundtrack booming macho Rock. So if the audience is composed of young males, or gun toting rednecks they will swoon with delight. Of course there is risible dialogue, so-so performances and more plot holes than a block of Swiss cheese so it is purely an outing for action junkies and CGI effects lovers.
Taylor Kitsch, fresh from his encounters with aliens on Mars in John Carter takes the lead again. He is the younger brother of Alexander Skarsgard, a high ranking Navy Officer and after yet another brush with the law, he is forced by his brother to enlist in the Navy to straighten him out. His love interest is played by Brooklyn Decker ( the swimsuit model and wife of Andy Roddick) who to her credit does a reasonable job of her role. She is the daughter of the Naval Commander ( Liam Neeson, who seems to be having occasional trouble taking the whole thing seriously.) Rihanna has her screen debut as a cool and tough navy girl.
Well Taylor soon gets his share of responsibility, action and heroism as aliens that have landed four spacecraft in the Pacific off Hawaii begin to demolish aircraft carriers, destroyers, cities and humans at a swift rate.
The finale throws everything into the maelstrom including the massive battleship U.S.S. Missouri crewed by a mix of W.W.2 old timers and the remnants of Taylor's surviving crew. ( The Missouri Big Mo was the last battleship built by the United States and it was on its decks that Japan surrendered which formally closed World War Two. Sadly, since 99% of the audience at my session were young males between 15 25, I daresay this historical fact slipped by unnoticed. But perhaps they recall Cher sprawled over the Missouri's big guns in her ' Turn Back Time' video back in 1989. )
No doubt owing to its video game genesis, this movie has undeveloped characters and poor narrative, but, does it work ? Yes, very much so- for the target audience in question at least. Outside of that, it will no doubt be blasted and levelled by serious critics to the same degree that the aliens managed to blast and level much of Hong Kong. But I speak purely to that target audience now, and have to admit that the finale where the Missouri roars into action after 70 years as a museum is well choreographed and directed. It smacks of the Michael Bay / 'Transformers' directorial school of epic action adventure visuals. filmnotion.com
Breaking Bad (2008)
If I could give 12 stars I would. Totally gripping, exciting, insightful and at times harsh and hard to watch.
This is and will always be a great premise. Older guy who has nothing to lose starts kicking some seriously bad butt. Over the past few years there has been some really great examples of this. Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood, is for me, Clint's best work to date and will be a hard one to beat. Harry Brown with Michael Caine could be classed as the British version and is every bit as good. There is just something about watching a man maybe past his time in society come back and show everyone they are a force to be reckoned with. A man with nothing to lose is certainly a huge part of what makes up Breaking Bad.
Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher who could of been so much more. The man is a chemistry genius and has had chances throughout his life to really make something of his career, but alas life got in the way. He is happily married with a 16 year old son, who has cerebral palsy but doesn't let it bother him, and a baby on the way. The premise of the show is that Walt is diagnosed with lung cancer and it may be terminal. He needs to go through chemo and radiation which his insurance will not cover. Walt needs to A) find money for the treatments and B) find a way to be able to provide for his family when he is gone. By chance, Walt stumbles upon the methamphetamine world. Producing crystal meth is basically good old fashioned chemistry, something Walt lives and breathes.
There are a few concerns for Walt. Obviously he can't tell his wife or son what he is doing. They would flip. But he has to somehow come up with stories of where the money is coming from. Also, Walts brother in law is a DEA Agent whose primary job is the fight against the methamphetamine world in which Walt has just immersed himself in. Jessie, Walts new found partner in crime, is a young junkie, dealer who doesn't know as much as Walt would of first assumed. But the major concern for Walt is his fight against himself. The fight not to become a criminal, the battle not to become bad.
Walt is played by Bryan Cranston. If you've seen Drive with Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston is his mechanic boss with a limp, who seems to always get himself in trouble with the wrong people. Cranston is ridiculously good in this and plays the role to perfection. The ups and downs, decisions and desperations he has to go through would be a mean feat for any actor. Jesse is played by Aaron Paul, who as the episodes and seasons go on, certainly equals Cranston's ability in the acting arena. Everyone in the series is very well cast and does a wonderful job in their part of the story.
Breaking Bad is very well directed but it's the writing that is so wonderfully entertaining. The series has brilliantly thought out highs and lows and the story retains a very real feel, which considering some of the occurrences is genius. There is also quite a bit of humour thrown in which at times is totally hilarious and lightens the mood ever so slightly. Watch out for Saul Goodman.
I had been told a few times by friends that this series was very good, but it took me a long time to get around to it. I picked up for first season only 3 weeks ago and have now finished all four. I have been completely engrossed in this show and over the past 3 weeks have really wanted to watch nothing else. filmnotion.com


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Membrane proteins confound anything less than exceptionally heroic attempts aimed at solving their structures. The conventional approaches to membrane protein overexpression, purification, and crystallization typically fail due to problems with insolubility and folding. This project leverages large libraries of soluble and highly crystallizable proteins to identify binding partners for membrane proteins. Selectants from these libraries will provide affinity reagents for membrane protein co-expression, affinity purification and co-crystallization. Co-expression with the binding partner could help avoid membrane protein aggregation, and allow protein folding to take place. Affinity chromatography with the binding partner is aimed at assisting membrane protein purification, and co-crystallization aims to slow protein aggregation and precipitation during formation of crystals. The first specific aim focuses on design and construction of phage-displayed protein libraries for high affinity binding to membrane proteins. Strategic choice of proteins for library formation, such as the highly crystallizable protein lysozyme and the exceptionally soluble protein S-crystallin, for phage display will help insure the success of the project;additional libraries specifically tailored forG-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) include variants of G- proteins and GPCR ligands. To obtain high affinity binding, thermal stability, solubility, and other properties, the second specific aim features a flow path of selections and screens. In the third specific aim, the affinity reagents from phage display are applied to the production of membrane proteins and their crystallization. By binding to and essentially freezing specific conformations of the membrane protein, the affinity reagents could offer powerful tools both for structural biology, but also other structure-function studies of membrane proteins. In summary, this proposal will define new approaches to protein engineering and molecular recognition, through development of new fusion proteins and their use in the recognition of membrane proteins.
Membrane proteins represent an extraordinarily important class of proteins associated with many diseases and targeted by roughly 40% of therapeutics. Yet, despite their biomedical importance, structures of membrane proteins are relatively rare due to problems with their insolubility and crystallizability. This proposal harnesses classes of proteins known to exhibit great solubility and crystallizability as reagents designed to bind, stabilize, and expedite determination of membrane protein structures.
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A Bookaholic, Pro-life, Pro-Family, Pro-Oxford Comma, Catholic (with Asperger's) who reads and writes as her obsession. I've been reading over 400 books a year lately. These are my ramblings on some of the books I read. To read about all the books I read and comment on, visit me at LibraryThing or Goodreads.
I've been blogging since 2007 and at this point (July 2015) am trying my hand at turning the theme of this blog towards mystery, thriller, and crime, fiction and nonfiction. I have some special interest topics and categories within this broad genre which include (but are not limited to) serial killers, scandi-crime, Victorian history and historicals, history of the criminally insane and asylums, psychopathology, death, funerary practices and burial, corpses, true crime and anything dealing with the real life macabre, or that portrayed in fiction.
I also read a short story a day from various collections, sometimes anthologies othertimes collections of a single author's work. These reviews are also posted here and while they are of mixed genre the mystery, thriller, horror, gothic and macabre often appear within their pages as well.
I also blog about graphic novels and manga on a separate BLOG.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
317. Laura Secord: A Story of Courage by Janet Lunn
Canada) - (US)
Pages: 32
Ages: 8+
Finished: Nov. 18, 2012
First Published: 2001; (Paperback: Jul. 10, 2012)
Publisher: Tundra Books
Genre: picture book, Canadian author, history, war of 1812
Rating: 5/5
First sentence: "Laura Secord did not think of herself as a brave woman."
Publisher's Summary: "The war between Great Britain and the United States was a bitter one. For two years, from the summer of 1812 to the winter of 1814, fierce and bloody battles were fought.
Laura Secord never thought of herself as brave. She was gentle, shy, and soft-spoken. But she was brave. When American officers took over her home, demanding food, she heard them boasting about a plan that would give them an easy victory over the British troops. Laura's husband, James, would have gladly warned the British, but he had been badly injured. It fell to Laura to make the gruelling trip."
Acquired: Received a review copy from Tundra Books.
Reason for Reading: Janet Lunn is one of the best children's Canadian history/historical fiction writers and I always enjoy her work. I also have had an interest in Laura Secord since I was a child which has only grown since we now live in her stomping grounds and visit her house-turned-museum once a year.
A short book that nonetheless is very well-written and detailed concerning Laura's famed trek to warn the British troops of the planned American attack. Though the entire book focuses on this pivotal event in Secord's life it also manages, at the beginning more fully and throughout in snippets, to show what Laura was like as a person, what her life was like as a pioneer and who she was besides the hero we know her as today.
The publishers recommended age is 8-12. Picture books with an historical theme seem to always get this age group, however this is not a typical picture book. It is text heavy, even though each two page spread is one page text, one page illustration. My recommendation would be for ages 10+. The illustrations are gorgeous! I do not like the cover illustration though; it is the only one in the book I do not like. The artist's folk art style makes for wonderful paintings as he does landscapes and long-shots of groups of people where they are painted more as outlines without any distinct features. His style is not particularly suited to close-ups of people but otherwise it is rich and folksy being a great accompaniment to the text. A lovely book, with a good dose of information for an introduction to Laura Secord or a quick overview of her life.
Written by Nikki in Niagara at 6:36 AM
Labels: 2001, Canadian author, history, MG, picture books, war
2 comments:
It's funny how the publisher chose the one picture you did not like as the cover! Most kids only know of Laura Secord because it represents chocolate. I like exposing my kids to historical figures.ReplyDelete
I appreciate that you enjoyed the book and can relate because you've visited her homestead.ReplyDelete
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The following post was submitted by William Skaff, NEI's Director of Policy Development.
The Sierra Club and Riverkeeper report, Treading Water, claims that the 316(b) rule governing cooling water intake structures of existing facilities should impose a national standard that requires the installation of cooling towers everywhere, preventing state environmental agencies from determining the best technology available at their sites for minimizing environmental impact.
As the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory reports, "[C]ooling tower technologies consume at least twice as much water as once-through cooling technologies" [emphasis added]. 1 That is, cooling towers consume twice as much of aquatic life habitat as once through cooling systems. Given that climate change modeling indicates freshwater constraints, why would we want a nation of cooling towers? How can doubling water consumption possibly protect fish in a water-constrained future?
All cooling systems, including cooling towers, have advantages and disadvantages. Thus, the best approach is site-specific—adopting the cooling system that best preserves a given local ecology. There is a total of 3,153 species of fish in the fresh and salt waters of the United States. 2 Every water body has a different mix and population of these species, and each species differs in susceptibility to impingement and entrainment, to potential impingement and entrainment mortality, and in behavioral responses to various technologies developed to prevent these occurrences. Thus, the most effective deployment of cooling system impingement and entrainment mitigation technologies will be according to site-specific analysis.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Most facilities potentially regulated under the proposed Existing Facilities rule have intake technologies already in place." 3 In fact, EPA did not select closed-cycle cooling as the "technology basis" for impingement mitigation for existing units because "modified traveling screens with a fish return system and closed-cycle cooling are comparable in impingement mortality performance." 4 Moreover, once-through cooling systems are not outdated: the United Kingdom's Environment Agency recommends that new nuclear plants be built on coastal sites with once-through cooling precisely because of their environmental attributes in view of climate change. 5 In fact, site-specific research conducted at power plant sites across the country submitted to state authorities as a requirement of their NPDES permit indicates that once-through cooling systems have no adverse environmental impact to aquatic life at the population level.
In conclusion, the more environmentally responsible approach to the 316(b) rule at existing facilities is to provide flexibility in choice of fish protection technology according to the ecology of the specific site, considering environmental, social, and economic factors. And who would know these sites the best but the state environmental agency?
1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Jordan Macknick, et al.), A Review of Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies, NREL/TP-6A20-50900, March 2011, p. 6.
2 FishBase at www.fishbase.org (accessed June 27, 2011).
3 Technical Development Document for the Proposed Section 316(b) Phase II Existing Facilities Rule, EPA-821-R-11-001, March 28, 2011, p. 4-14.
4 76 Fed. Reg. at 22,205.
5 United Kingdom, Environment Agency, Cooling Water Options for the New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations in the UK, June 2010, pp, 181, 185.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Why the Electric Sector Needs Flexibility to Comply With 316(b), Not Just Cooling Towers
The following post was submitted by William Skaff, NEI's Director of Policy Development.
Posted by Web at 3:47 PM
Labels: 316b, cooling tower, Nuclear Energy, Riverkeeper, Sierra Club
2 comments:
- Paul said...
It looks to me like a chess move: force all thermal power plants to use cooling towers, then claim that thermal power plants with cooling towers are using (evaporating) too much water that could be used for potable water, irrigation, or habitat.
- October 2, 2013 at 5:09 PM
- Dan Williamson said...
Just another thinly-veiled gambit to drive up the cost of nuclear. And if the dirt-burners take a little collateral damage, so be it.
- October 3, 2013 at 6:41 AM


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The NFC South is next in line. The hour-long SportsCenter preview is scheduled to air Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. I'm not privy to all that will be covered in the show, but I'm sure storylines for all four teams will be addressed.
I'll also have a division-wide post earlier on Tuesday that will tie into this.


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After 20 games of the Premier League campaign we're perched in fourth place, three points in front of Manchester United in fifth and six points off the top.
Our newest England international, Eric has been a mainstay of the side in a defensive midfield role all season and has only missed one game in the league due to suspension.
However, with 18 more domestic outings still to come, not to mention this weekend's FA Cup third round clash with Leicester City and a two-legged Europa League re-match with Fiorentina next month, Eric knows there's still a long way to go and hopes we can continue to produce good performances on the pitch right through until the end of the campaign.
"We're just quietly going about our business – we're a very young squad but we're not getting carried away," he said.
"As a team and as individuals we can still improve a lot, but we're an ambitious group and in football you never know what's going to happen.
"When it comes down to it, we've got to beat every team – we have to go into every game, home or away, looking to win.
"In the dressing room at the moment we have that mentality so things are looking up. We just need to keep this mentality where we think we can go to any ground and win. As well as that, we'll look to keep working hard as we've been doing to try to get as high up the table as possible."
28 November 2016
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Eric Dier and Danny Rose were in action as England rounded off their business for the calendar year with a 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley on Tuesday night (November 15).
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With a beautiful Adults-Only Infinity Pool, sunbeds on unspoilt shores, and endless activities that introduce kids to local culture and nature, Club Med La Plantation d'Albion is an idyllic getaway in the Indian Ocean.
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Relax in this gentle haven, where the natural beauty will contribute to restoring your own well-being.
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G.O®s with a passion for their job(1)
Numerous activities for all ages: sport, creative activities and games for the different age groups
Opening hours that allow parents to make the most of their stay, and respect the children's desires and sleeping patterns
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(1)In France, G.O®s with a BAFA (State diploma for youth group leaders) or childcare qualification, depending on the age of the children; in other countries, an equivalent local diploma or relevant experience.
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Treating yourself to lunch, dinner or both really is a holiday thing, which is why we strive to create delicious and creative cuisine all served in a fantastic environment. Put your trust in our chefs and let them spoil you with wonderful, flavoursome food that will take your taste buds on a journey they'll never forget.
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This is a non-smoking restaurant.
Indulge in late breakfast or lunch in this restaurant specialising in local delicacies, in a heavenly setting just a few yards from the ocean. Please book at Reception for dinner.
Enjoy the subtle and exotic taste of typically Asian dishes, with the delicate flavours of vanilla and curry.
A large selection of drinks and sweet and savoury snacks are available and included in your offer. Opt for a nice glass of refreshing water, a selection of sodas and cocktails with and without alcohol, or if the weather is a little chilly, hot drinks are also an option. Local spirits and wines can be ordered for a taste of local life or you may opt for something more international to feel closer to home wherever that may be.
Additional cost will be charged if you opt for champagne, VSOP and XO spirits. Bottled and canned drinks are available from vending machines in certain Resorts and/or the Club Med Boutique. Some restaurants and bars offer a selection of à la carte bottled wines to accompany your meal and also certain super-premium brands.
Lounge on plush furniture at this terrace bar with unbeatable views. Enjoy a drink in the early evening while soaking up the views of the romantic lagoon and picturesque environment.
With its plush red furnishing and stylish wood, the Banian welcomes you into a refined, yet relaxed atmosphere. Located next to the swimming pool and main restaurant, enjoy your favourite drink in the company of friends or family.
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Mauritius in brief
- Surface area: 1,865 sq km
- Capital: Port-Louis
- Official language: English
- Currency: Mauritian Rupee
Useful facts for your stay at La Plantation d'Albion Club Med
Mauritian culinary specialities
- Dishes: beef curry, vindaye (a spicy relish), rougaille (a Creole speciality made of tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger and spices), chutney
- Fish: tuna, capitaine, bream, red mullet, carp, emperor
- Sea food: crab, winkles, tectecs, shrimps, octopus
- Desserts: Fruit (mango, lychee, papaya, goyave, carambola, atte, coeur de boeuf, pomegranite …), sweet or fried cakes
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- Local produce: curry and other spices, chillies, salt, sugar, vanilla tea, Chamarel coffee, rum
A few useful Creole expressions for your stay on Mauritius
- Hello: Bonzour
- Goodbye: Salam
- How are you? : Ki manière?
- Please: Si ou plé
Places of interest to discover in the area surrounding La Plantation d'Albion Club Med
Make the most of your stay at La Plantation d'Albion Club Med to discover the natural beauty and fascinating culture of Mauritius.
Historic towns nearby:
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It is your responsibility to check all the necessary formalities before departure.
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The Resort has a nurse, and a doctor specialised in problems related to Scuba diving.
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Subject: [iris-photos] variegated
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This one is showing signs of growing. I'm not
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Zem, you give me hope that I may manage my cats 2 in and 5 out. Not too
worried about very cold weather here, but trying to figure out how to
capture mother and 2 teenage female kittens to get them spayed before
spring. They showed up under my house in August and are not exactly feral
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> How many of your cats live outdoors?
> 17 or 18 (depends on who I count) live outside. I already have 10 cats
> a dog in this small cottage with me so I can't have more. I surely would
> have them all inside if I had a really big house. I even have 3 separate
> colonies of them outside and 2 separate ones in the house. I have 7 cats
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