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Invoice for Mars Mission: $1 Trillion?
Sending humans into space has become mundane. In addition to various government space programs, there are now private corporations either sending people to space or planning commercial space flights. The holy grail of all this development is to send a human mission to Mars.
In 1969 the first humans stepped onto the surface of the moon in a program that cost between $20-23 billion. Adjusted for inflation and current market prices, NASA estimated that the six moon landings of the Apollo program would cost $170 billion today. That seems likes peanuts compared to the estimated cost associated with sending one mission to Mars by 2040. … Read the rest


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"I think there really isn't a higher recommendation a parent can give than to send both children to this childcare/school for as long as possible! Our children have been loved and cared for impeccably while they have played and grown and learned here throughout their early years. They leave us with a smile in the morning, tell us about their friends, teachers and activities and come home happy. I love the new app/email daily report that even includes pictures & videos - makes a difference in connecting with my children about their day, and super-slick smartphone app. I actually use the app when my friends want to see recent pictures of my son, because he's so adorably happy every day at school. The monthly curriculums are well-thought out, age appropriate, with play, tactile experiences, creative, and bring in movement, art, music, and books, and also are tailored to the interests of the children in the class.
The best childcare and preschool experience we have had in many years of childcare. The teachers also take good care of working parents - we know our children will get healthy meals and all the important physical needs taken care of (sunscreen, cozy nap space and time, weather-appropriate clothes - basic, but crucial to everyone's well being!). The other families and their children are part of a friendly school community. You can tell how well the school is loved that every little sibling is now at Happy Ladybug after their older sibs move on, and the older siblings love to visit with their old teachers and still remember each other and the siblings at pickup/dropoff time. We have been with HLB for two locations, and it still has the lovely warm family feel we loved about it in the first place, but now with a little more room. The teachers are a dream - warm, brilliant and loving."
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Elvan and her staff are smart, caring, dedicated educators who are committed to providing children with the highest quality learning environment. In the world of early childhood education, Happy Ladybug stands out as an example of best practices in building children's academic vocabulary and integrating science and mathematics into daily life. The curriculum, which is theme-based and changes monthly, is rich and engaging, with connections to literature, movement, art, song and word play, and more.
We couldn't be more pleased with the decision we made for our son's preschool experience. Happy Ladybug Preschool is a truly magical place...you'll see when you walk through the door."
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"Happy Ladybug Childcare is a wonderful place for children. Ms. Elvan, owner and lead teacher, provides a warm, inviting, child-center environment in her home for children including our son, Brandon. Brandon loves coming to school and often says "I want to go to Ms. Elvan's". Each day is highly organized, providing the necessary structure small children need and the wonderful enrichment and stimulation that they crave. Arts, crafts, dancing, singing, outside play, counting and reading are among the activities each day. Ms. Elvan is skilled at providing children with the innovative, play-based curriculum Read, Play, Learn. Two storybooks are chosen for the month and creative activities are centered around the theme. Additionally, the children are encouraged to and work very well together. Ms. Elvan and her colleagues at Happy Ladybug have an unconditional love and positive regard for children. We are thrilled to have such a high quality childcare for our son here in Stapleton."
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DTCM participates at the GIBTM 2013
Dubai, the region's largest trading, commercial and tourism hub, is showcasing its business travel attractions at the Gulf International Business Travel Mart (GIBTM) from March 25 to 27, 2013.
HH Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon, Chairman, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority praised the strong presence of Dubai during his visit to Dubai stand. He was received by HE Helal Almarri, Director General of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing; Dr. Ahmad Abdulla Belhoul, CEO, Strategy and Tourism Sector Development; and a number of DTCM Directors.
During his tour of the stand, Sheik Sultan Bin Tahnoon experienced the new projects and plans for Dubai this year, including The Dubai Calendar; a brief on the exhibitions and events which will be held in the Dubai World Trade Centre this year such as Dubai Sports World; and the new hotel classification criteria system which is due for issue later in the year.
HE Helal Almarri, Director General, DTCM said: "Our participation in GIBTM comes in the form of our interest in the MICE sector which has been an important area of Dubai's growth for many years"
The MICE industry is one of the fastest growing segments within the global tourism industry generating millions in revenues for cities and countries.
The three day exhibition is the leading event for the meetings, incentives and business travel industry in the GCC region and an important platform for the promotion of Dubai's business tourism offer.
DTCM is participating for the seventh successive year, with representatives from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) – including from its Overseas Promotions and Inward Missions department; the Dubai Convention & Events Bureau; and its Media Relations office – taking part alongside 62 partners from the tourism sector in Dubai..
Reed Travel Exhibitions is the organizer of GIBTM which is the leading event for the meetings, incentives and business travel industry in the GCC Region.


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CleanBrands and Orkin Announce Partnership to Provide Enhanced Protection Against Bed Bugs
Mar 07, 2011, 08:30 ET
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanBrands, a trusted leader in mattress, box spring and pillow protection, has teamed up with national pest control leader Orkin to take bed bug protection for homeowners to the next level. CleanBrands uses CleanRest covers featuring MicronOne fabric to protect millions of homeowners and consumers from allergens, dust mites, mold spores and bed bugs while they sleep. Beginning in spring 2011 at select retailers, every consumer purchase of CleanRest covers will come with special savings off of any Orkin service, including bed bug services, pest control, termite control, mosquito service and wildlife management.
"We believe in integrated pest management and using a variety of tools and treatments to provide customers with the absolute best protection against bed bugs and other pests," said Orkin technical director Greg Baumann. "CleanRest covers are one of these effective tools, and we're happy to partner with CleanBrands to further help consumers."
From major urban areas to small towns, and from college dorms to individual houses, bed bugs do not discriminate when it comes to finding a place to live. These nocturnal, blood-sucking pests tend to settle in places where humans sleep, including mattresses, box springs and pillows, because it affords them direct access to their next meal. What's worse, in just six months, an untreated bed bug infestation can lead to thousands of bed bugs.
Experts agree that one of the best ways to prevent possible infestation is to block bed bugs from their food source by encasing mattresses, box springs and pillows with bed bug impermeable covers like CleanRest covers. Encasing works by entombing existing bed bugs while preventing external bed bugs from entering or infesting the protected bedding. When bed bugs can't infest the bedding, it greatly reduces their hiding places.
According to CleanBrands CEO Gary Goldberg, "This is the best insurance a consumer can buy against bed bugs. Encasing mattresses, box springs and pillows locks out bed bugs, protects sleep and gives consumers peace of mind."
About CleanBrands LLC
Founded in 2006, CleanBrands LLC is a Rhode Island-based company that designs and manufactures the world's most innovative and advanced products devoted to improving the health and comfort of the home environment. Leveraging a breakthrough, patented fabric technology called MicronOne®, the company's CleanRest®, Healthy ZZZ® and BeneSleep® brands of bedding and window products provide the world's most effective and comfortable barrier against the millions of toxins, allergens and bed bugs that can naturally accumulate in fabrics. Designed by a third-generation textiles innovator, backed by science, and recommended by physicians, MicronOne products work. Look for the green MicronOne shield to ensure that your home becomes the healthy refuge you and your family deserve. Visit www.CleanRest.com for more details.
About Orkin, LLC
Founded in 1901, Atlanta-based Orkin is an industry leader in essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects in the United States, Canada, Europe, Central America, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Asia and the Mediterranean. With more than 400 locations, Orkin's almost 8,000 employees serve approximately 1.7 million customers. The company serves homeowners and numerous industries, including food and beverage processing, foodservice, hospitality, healthcare, retail, warehousing, property/facilities management, schools and institutions. Orkin is proud to be recognized by the National Pest Management Association as a QualityPro and GreenPro-certified company, addressing not only our customer's pest control needs, but also their concern for protecting the environment. Learn more about Orkin at www.orkin.com. Orkin is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL).
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New York Yankees: Ranking the 15 Best Trades in Bombers HistoryJuly 10, 2012
New York Yankees: Ranking the 15 Best Trades in Bombers History
With the month of July, the theme is surrounded around the July 31 trade deadline.
For me personally, I love the trade deadline because the action and movement involved is a lot of fun to follow and cover.
It also gives many of us as writers a lot to write about and cover for this website.
Last week, we covered the 10 worst trades made by the Yankees in their history. I brought up a lot of bad memories and bad dealings, but they had to be covered.
Now, it's time for a happier story with better results attached to it.
This one will now cover the best trades in Yankees history. Normally, I'd do 10, but 10 was too little to cover. After all, we are covering at least 90 years worth of history with these trades.
This time, we're going to do the top 15 trades in the Yankees history.
Sit back and enjoy.
15. Don Larsen
November 17, 1954: The Orioles trade Don Larsen for players to be named later.
Don Larsen was only with the Yankees for five years and posted a 45-24 record from 1955-1959.
Larsen is remembered for one perfect October day.
On October 8, 1956 during Game 5 of the World Series, Larsen threw the first ever perfect game in Yankees history against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Larsen was named World Series MVP in 1956 as the Yankees went on to win 4-3.
Larsen was also part of the 1958 Yankees team that won the World Series as well.
14. Bobby Abreu
July 30, 2006: Philadelphia Phillies trade Bobby Abreu and Corey Lidle to the Yankees in exchange for CJ. Henry, Matt Smith, Jesus Sanchez and Carlos Monasterios
The Yankees needed a right fielder to take over for Gary Sheffield, who was on the shelf with a wrist injury. They also needed to add a starting pitcher because Carl Pavano, Jaret Wright and Kevin Brown were all on the DL as well.
The Phillies were in rebuilding mode and needed to dump salary.
So on the eve of the deadline, the Phillies unloaded Bobby Abreu and Corey Lidle to the Yankees for four low-level prospects.
Abreu ended up being a really nice player for 2.5 years on the Yankees. In 2006, he hit .330 with seven home runs and 42 RBI, ending the season with a .297 average, 15 home runs and 107 RBI.
The prospects the Yankees gave up never did anything for the Phillies, so they got solid production out of Abreu for almost nothing.
13. Nick Swisher
November 13, 2008: The Chicago White Sox trade Nick Swisher and Kaneoka Texeira to the Yankees in exchange for Wilson Betemit, Jeffrey Marquez and Jhonny Nunez
After the end of a disastrous 2008 season, the Yankees decided to make big changes.
One of the first moves they made was trading away Wilson Betemit to the White Sox and landed Nick Swisher.
Swisher was originally going to be the first basemen until they brought in Mark Teixeira, then Swisher was moved to the outfield to be the backup for Xavier Nady.
Once Nady went down with a season-ending injury, Swisher became the everyday right fielder and has had the job ever since.
In the 3.5 years with the team, Swisher has averaged at least 20 home runs and 80 RBI and has been one of the most popular players with the fans of recent time.
12. David Justice
June 29, 2000: the Cleveland Indians trade David Justice to the Yankees in exchange for Jake Westbrook, Ricky Ledee and Zach Day.
In the middle of the 2000 season, the Yankees really wanted a power bat to put in the middle of their lineup.
The Yankees wanted to get Sammy Sosa from the Cubs, but the Yankees thought Chicago was asking for too much in a deal, so they made the deal with the Indians for David Justice.
The 34-year old slugger was near the end of his career, but he still had a lot of power left in his bat.
In 78 games with the Yankees in 2000, Justice hit 20 home runs and 60 RBI while batting .305, while helping the Yankees win the 2000 World Series over the Mets.
In 2001, Justice only played in 111 games and hit .241 with 18 home runs and 51 RBI, but helped the Yankees get back to the 2001 World Series.
11. Curtis Granderson
December 8, 2009: The Yankees acquire Curtis Granderson. The Detroit Tigers acquire Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson, Phil Coke and Daniel Schlereth. The Arizona Diamondbacks acquire Ian Kennedy and Edwin Jackson.
Just a month after the Yankees won the 2009 World Series, they found a way to make their team even better by trading for a top-level center fielder.
Granderson's first season in New York wasn't his best due to missing some of the season with a leg injury, but ever since, Granderson has been an MVP candidate.
In 2011, Granderson hit 41 home runs and 119 RBI and finished fourth in the A.L. MVP voting.
In 2012, Granderson is having another fine season, hitting 23 home runs and 48 RBI and will be starting for the American League All Star team.
88 home runs in less than three years is outstanding production.
10. Scott Brosius
November 18, 1997: The Oakland A's trade Scott Brosius to the Yankees in exchange for Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers had fallen out of favor with the Yankees and manager Joe Torre.
Wade Boggs was at the end of his career and the Yankees needed a third basemen, so they made the deal wIith Oakland to land Scott Brosius.
Brosius never hit more than 20 home runs and his career high in RBI was 98, but in the playoffs, Brosius came up in the clutch when the Yankees needed a big hit.
In Game 3 of the 1998 World Series, Brosius hit the game-winning home run off Trevor Hoffman that put the Yankees ahead 3-0 in the series,
Brosius won the 1998 World Series MVP Award after hitting .471 with two home runs and six RBI.
In Game 5 of the 2001 World Series, Brosius hit a game-tying, two-run home run off Arizona closer Byung-Hyung Kim with two outs in the ninth inning.
Brosius was nothing more than an average player, but he is forever beloved by Yankee fans for his big home runs in the clutch.
9. Tino Martinez
December 7, 1995: the Seattle Mariners trade Tino Martinez and Jim Mecir to the Yankees in exchange for Russ Davis and Sterling Hitchcock
Don Mattingly retired after the 1995 season and the Yankees needed a replacement at first base, so the Yankees made the deal with the team that beat them in the ALDS and got Tino Martinez.
What a steal Tino turned out to be over the course of his career with the Yankees. In his first season in New York, Martinez hit 25 home runs and 117 RBI and helped the Yankees to the 1996 World Series,
In 1997, Martinez hit 44 home runs and 141 RBI and finished second in the A.L. MVP voting.
Tino was also known for the dramatics with big hits.
In Game 1 of the 1998 World Series, Martinez cranked out the go-ahead grand slam off Mark Langston that put the Yankees ahead for good.
In Game 4 of the 2001 World Series, Martinez hit the game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth-inning off Byung-Hyung Kim, a game the Yankees won in the 11th inning.
After departing as a free agent after the 2001 season, the Yankees brought Tino back for the 2005 season to be the starting first basemen with Jason Giambi transitioned to the DH role.
In May, Martinez had a stretch where he hit five home runs in five games.
Martinez is still one of the most popular Yankees to ever play in the Bronx.
8. Alex Rodriguez
February 16, 2004: the Texas Rangers trade Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees in exchange for Alfonso Soriano
Just a few days before, Alex Rodriguez had been named captain of the Rangers after they nearly dealt him in the offseason to the Boston Red Sox for Manny Ramirez.
Two days after Valentine's Day, the Rangers dealt him to the Yankees, who had just lost Aaron Boone to a broken leg a month earlier.
A-Rod had to switch from shortstop to third base and change his number from 3 to 13, but he still had the impact in the Yankees lineup.
He won the 2005 and 2007 A.L. MVP Awards and helped the Yankees win the 2009 World Series by hitting .365 with six home runs and 18 RBI.
The Yankees had to spend a fortune in December of 2007 to keep A-Rod as a free agent with a 10-year, $275 million deal.
But he's also hit his 500th career home run as a part of the Yankees on August 4, 2007 and his 600th career home run for the Yankees on August 4, 2010, which are big milestones.
7. Roger Clemens
February 18, 1999: the Toronto Blue Jays trade Roger Clemens to the Yankees in exchange for David Wells, Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd
How does a team that won 125 games and the 1998 World Series get even better?
Trade for the best strikeout pitcher in the game, which is what the Yankees did when they gave up their ace David Wells to get Roger Clemens.
Clemens struggled in his first season; posting a 14-10 record with a 4.60 ERA, but Clemens got into a groove and went 2-1 in the postseason to help the Yankees win the 1999 World Series over the Braves; the very first of Clemens' career.
Clemens again helped the Yankees win the 2000 World Series and in 2001, won the Cy Young Award by posting a 20-3 record with a 3.51 ERA as a 38-year old.
After leaving in 2004 to join the Houston Astros, Clemens returned to the Yankees mid-season in 2007, but at age 44, wasn't the same pitcher everyone remembered in the Bronx.
6. Sparky Lyle
March 22, 1972: the Boston Red Sox traded Sparky Lyle to the Yankees in exchange for Danny Carter
The Red Sox gave up too soon on a guy named Albert Lyle—who would transition into Sparky Lyle—who became a very good relief pitcher for the Yankees.
In 1972, Lyle finished seventh in the Cy Young voting and third in the MVP voting with a 9-5 record, a 1.92 ERA, with 75 strikeouts in 107.2 innings.
In 1977, Lyle went 13-5 with a 2.17 ERA and 26 saves; numbers that earned Lyle the 1977 A.L. Cy Young Award. Lyle was a key member of the Yankees that helped them win the 1977 World Series.
Lyle also became the first reliever in baseball history to ever win the Cy Young Award.
In 1978, the Yankees got Goose Gossage in free agency, which bumped Lyle out of the closer role, but still posted a 9-3 record with a 3.47 ERA.
5. Paul O'Neill
November 3, 1992: the Cincinnati Reds trade Paul O'Neill to the Yankees in exchange for Roberto Kelly
Credit former Yankees GM Gene Michael for pulling off this trade, which helped changed the future and landscape of the Yankees franchise.
In O'Neill's second season with the Yankees, he won the batting title with a .359 average, while hitting 21 home runs and 83 RBI and finished fifth in the A.L. MVP voting.
Nicknamed by George Steinbrenner as "The Warrior," O'Neill was a major part of the Yankees winning four championships in five seasons.
His passion was second to none and a couple of bat racks and water coolers felt O'Neill's wrath when he struck out or didn't get a hit.
Paul O'Neill was everything the fans wanted in a Yankee player; he hustled, he came up with big hits, he played hurt and he really was the ultimate definition of a warrior.
Since he retired in 2001, nobody has worn the number 21. LaTroy Hawkins tried to in 2008, but changed his jersey number after about a week.
4. David Cone
July 28, 1995: The Toronto Blue Jays trade David Cone to the Yankees in exchange for Jason Jarvis, Mike Gordon and Marty Janzen
Back when teams actually dealt players from within the division, the Yankees should have been arrested for robbery on this deal.
The Yankees got perhaps one of the most clutch pitchers in David Cone for players who never made it in the majors.
All Cone did was help the Yankees to four World Series titles in five seasons.
Oh, and let's not forget July 18, 1999 at Yankee Stadium against the Montreal Expos, pitching the third perfect game in Yankees history.
Before helping the Yankees win four championships, Cone also helped the Blue Jays win the World Series in 1992.
His career playoff record was 8-3 with a 2-0 record in the Fall Classic.
Cone still gets some of the biggest ovations at Yankee Stadium during Old Timers Day for how big he pitched for the Yankees from 1995-2000.
3. Rickey Henderson
December 5, 1984: The Oakland A's trade Rickey Henderson and Bert Bradley to the Yankees in exchange for Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk and Jose Rijo.
The Yankees gave up five players to land the best lead-off hitter in the game with Rickey Henderson.
In his first season with the Bombers in the 1985 season, he hit 24 home runs, 72 RBI and stole 80 bases and finished third in the A.L. MVP voting.
In 1986, 1988 and 1989, Henderson lead the league in stolen bases with the Yankees.
Henderson was a part of the mid-1980's Yankees that used to score a lot of runs but never had great pitching to get them over the top and would never finish better than second place.
The Yankees would trade Henderson back five years later to the same place that traded him, Oakland, where he played 14 of his 25 years in the majors.
In 2009, Henderson was enshrined as a Hall of Famer in Coopertown, ending his career with 3,055 hits, 2,295 runs and 1,406 stolen bases while playing for nine different teams.
His five-year tenure with the Yankees was the second longest with one team in his career.
2. Roger Maris
December 11, 1959: the Kansas City A's trade Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe DeMaestri to the Yankees in exchange for Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Marv Throneberry and Norm Siebern.
The Yankees already had a potent lineup with Mickey Mantle, Moose Skowron, Yogi Berra and Elston Howard, but they traded for an up and coming star in Maris to make their team even more potent.
Maris and Mantle formed one of the best one-two punches in the sport, known as the "M & M Boys," who spent their time together chasing the single-season home run record.
Maris won the 1960 A.L. MVP Award in his first year with the Yankees, hitting .283 with 39 home runs and 112 RBI.
In the 1961 season, Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season record for home runs in a season with 61 home runs, a record he held until 1998.
Maris again won the A.L. MVP Award in 1961 with his 61 home runs, 141 RBI.
With the Yankees, Maris won the World Series with the team in 1961 and 1962. He also won the World Series again in 1967, but with the St. Louis Cardinals..
1. Babe Ruth
January 3, 1920: The Boston Red Sox trade Babe Ruth to the Yankees in exchange for $125,000
Who else could be the best trade in Yankees history other than the greatest Yankee to ever play the game?
Babe Ruth was already an established name with the Red Sox as both a pitcher and hitter, helping them win the World Series in 1915, 1916 and 1918.
Then-Boston owner Harry Frazee decided to come out with a play that tanked and needed to finance it, and he had Ruth demanding a raise in pay, so in order to make back the money on the botched event, Frazee sent Ruth to the Yankees in exchange for money.
In his first season with the Yankees, Ruth hit 54 home runs and 137 RBI, while batting .376.
In 1923, Ruth hit 41 home runs and 131 RBI while batting .393 and won the A.L. MVP Award.
In 1927, the team known as "Murderers' Row," Ruth set the record for most home runs in a season with 60.
While as a member of the Yankees, Ruth won the World Series in 1923, 1927, 1928 and 1932.
In the Fall Classic, Ruth hit .326 with 15 home runs and 33 RBI.
Ruth hasn't played baseball since 1935 and died in 1948, but yet here we are, 77 years later and we still talk about "The Great Bambino."
Babe Ruth not only saved baseball after The Black Sox Scandal of 1919, but he helped changed the entire fortune of the Yankees franchise.
And he will go down as the best trade ever made in Yankees history.


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Anna Faris
Birth Name: Anna Kay Faris
Nick Name: anna faris
Born: 29 November 1976
Height: 5′ 5″
Category: Actress, singer
Anna Faris Short Biography:
Anna Faris is an Film artist in the United States. Anna Faris is the daughter of Jack and Karen Faris. she was born in Edmonds, Washington.
Anna Faris really was encouraged to pursue acting by both of her parents. Anna Faris parents control been very supportive of her career as an actor. With her parents support, Faris really landed her firstly expert job as an artiste what time she was merely nine years old. she became a part of the Seattle Repertory Theater, solitary of the the majority respected theaters of its type in the United States.


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text: There are not too many folks out there who can tell you more about the local river systems than Matt Meersman. The 29-year-old Associate Environmental Planner for the Southwestern Michigan Commission deals with watershed issues as a profession. Meersman -- a South Bend resident and graduate of Penn High School -- is involved in the planning phase of a watershed project for the Paw Paw River, funded by a two-year grant, which involves researching the river and educating municipal officials, land owners and farmers in Benton Harbor of the issues concerning the waterway and then, hopefully, implementing the findings of the research. But his passion for the river extends beyond the walls of his office and beyond the parameters of a watershed site visit. Meersman, always an avid canoeing enthusiast and a one-time owner, along with his wife Danielle, of a canoe livery on the Dowagiac River, spends just as much time -- if not more -- out near the water when he's not on the clock. "I'm just addicted to paddling," said Meersman. "One of the neat things about where South Bend sits is that we are right on sort of a dividing line between two huge watersheds -- the Great Lakes watershed, of which the St. Joseph River is a primary tributary in our region, and then on the other side of South Bend, over by Rum Village Park, are the headwaters of the Kankakee River, which flow into the Mississippi River." Therefore, Meersman said, there are rivers such as the Yellow River and the Tippecanoe River, among myriad other streams and creeks, which provide a good variety for local paddling enthusiasts. But truth be told, Meersman is more than an enthusiast these days. For the past few years, he has been getting more involved in the sport of marathon canoeing and, during the season, he spends just about every weekend at a marathon canoe race. He is sponsored by The Livery Microbrewry, a pub near his office in Benton Harbor, and he relishes the competition and thrill of the sport. "Marathon canoeing as a sport is very obscure, not a lot of people know much about it or anything," said Meersman. "But it is pretty big in this region. I guess Michigan is probably the most competitive state in the country, with New York state not far behind and then also, in Canada -- Quebec in particular." According to Meersman, Michigan is in fact sort of a central command for the sport. One of the biggest annual marathon canoe races, the AuSable River Canoe Marathon, starts out in Grayling, Mich., and paddlers make their way 120 miles toward Lake Huron and a little town called Oskoda. "It's pretty intense out there, we get about 20,000 or 30,000 people who come out to watch that race," said Meersman, who added that it is a night race, with paddlers shoving off at around 9:00 p.m. "In the true northern lower peninsula, that race is like the Indy 500 for them up there. They all come out to watch and cheer you on. It's a lot of fun." A lot of fun, perhaps, but not for the timid or inexperienced. Imagine, Meersman said, going 60-70 strokes per minute for 120 miles. Last year Meersman and his teammate -- most of the big marathon events are two-man events -- completed the race in 16 hours and 3 minutes. A lot of paddling, by any account. "It's an endurance sport," Meersman confirmed. "It's tough and it takes a lot of training." Although comparable to other marathon sports, one thing that cannot be taken for granted when it comes to marathon canoeing is the fact that competitors are on the water and have little control over the surface on which they hover. "The conditions are a lot more dynamic and constantly changing," said Meersman. "Water depth is changing, which effects how the boat moves, and there are just a lot more facets of it in which strategy plays out." Just as with cycling, paddlers can catch a draft by riding in an opponents wake and one's knowledge of the river and its varying conditions plays into the strategy as well. In terms of gear, Meersman said, the racing canoes have come a long way. Made of carbon fiber, the 18 1/2-foot boats weigh only 20 pounds and are made for speed. Turning is a bit tricky, but it's all part of the sport. Meersman also takes pride in the fact that he has had a chance to evolve naturally from a paddling enthusiast to a competitive paddler and feels that this sets him apart from others in the sport. "A lot of the guys who paddle for marathon canoeing came into it from another sport background," he said. "They were cyclists or runners who found out about it and got involved." Which is all well and good as far as Meersman is concerned: There are many rooms in the mansion, a wise man once wrote. Anyway, Meersman's knowledge runs deep when it comes to watershed concerns and recreation -- deep enough to make up for all of those souls who are just in it to win it or get a good workout. Meersman said he is also excited about being involved in the upcoming Subaru Paddle Fest 2006 -- to be held on June 25 at St. Patrick County Park. The event, organized by Pat and Nancy Sawyer, features a duathlon (half running, half paddling), a two-mile fun race and a youth pond event. "Paddle Fest is a unique event compared to any marathon race you can go to because it gets more people involved," said Meersman, who will act as master of ceremonies this year at Paddle Fest. "They are out there in rental canoes, trying out the two-mile fun race, and the course over there is a pretty good one for watching the pros compete. (Event founder) Pat Sawyer is actually the one who got me into the marathon boats and the training for it. My paddling sort of took off from there."


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If possible, please post your WeiDU.log so I can see which other mods were installed.
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Edited by jastey, 11 July 2018 - 10:05 AM.
Posted 07 May 2018 - 12:36 PM
Ok, very first bug and at the very first quest - Unexpected Help. Game freezes when you accept the quest. Dialog with Linda goes well all the way to the end but with the last words "I will not go there untill he is ready to talk", instead of getting journal pop-up, you get frozen game ("Baldur's Gate II: EE is not responding").
Bug can be cured by EEkeeping in Global Variable C#Q08_KNOWSABOUTARM and Journal entry (though, entry does not appear in the game, and only become visible after talk with Trun, after the quest goes to the "done" section).
Btw, journal entry has String Ref 273030, while in my other EET installation it is 273029.
(Not sure if any of the above makes sense but here what I was able to dug up)
Edited by Mirandel, 07 May 2018 - 01:34 PM.
Posted 07 May 2018 - 05:33 PM
I've got the same bug as Mirandel. When Linda finishes her initial dialogue, the game freezes. I'm running this on a mac, most recent version of the mod.
Posted 07 May 2018 - 08:11 PM
Thank you for playing gqe and I'm sorry it froze your game.
I'm always fascinated if bugs appear at places where I supposedly didn't change anything for the last 10 updates. But I guess it's somehow connected to the rearrangement of setup / game translation lines for v16, that is the only thing that's changed. If so, then this doesn't bode well for the rest of the mod. (Unless, of course, noone played the quest for the last year or so, that would be also a possibility).
Am I right in assuming you are not playing with the v2.5 beta of EE?
Thank you the report, I am on it.
Posted 07 May 2018 - 08:33 PM
Yeah, I got it. I need to manually reload the tra-file containing the journal entries after doing the utf-8 transformation (because the automatic one doesn't work as intended in the way I use it). Ah, this is stupid and I could have known that. Sorry, will upload v17 soon.
You need to reinstall, unfortunately.
Thank you for reporting and I am glad I used the symbol ("fiancé") in this dialogue or it wouldn't have come up that early in the game.
Posted 07 May 2018 - 08:59 PM
Fixed v17 is up.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 01:22 AM
The game version is indee pre-v2.5. Should we assume all the mods are adjusted to v2.5 since now on? Not a problem, just would be nice to be sure.
Thank you for the fix. As usual, simple re-install of the mod only would do nothing and EET has to be re-installed too along with all the mods? (I know, I know, it's not the firs time I am asking, yet, somehow still hoping for the answer - go ahead, it will be fine )
(Btw, bug might be not reported simply because people normally do not touch something working (previous installations) and did not play v.16 yet I did it only because of BWS testing.)
Edited by Mirandel, 08 May 2018 - 01:25 AM.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 01:36 AM
Posted 08 May 2018 - 04:08 AM
Works perfect with the update, thank you.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 09:47 AM
Same here - everything works just fine!
Posted 08 May 2018 - 10:49 AM
Great to hear! Thank you again for reporting!
Posted 13 May 2018 - 03:17 AM
Edited by Angel, 13 May 2018 - 03:20 AM.
Posted 16 May 2018 - 12:09 AM
I'll have to check but I recall doing that on purpose as it wasn't a real unsolved/solved quest entry.
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I am feeling led to start a blog series on God's attributes. From the Westminster shorter catechism, the first question that children always remember is "What is the chief end of man?" The answer to that is to KNOW GOD AND ENJOY HIM FOREVER. So, how can we begin to know God and as a result of that question enjoy him forever? The answer: By learning and studying his very nature (his attributes). God's attributes will bring us to a place of awe-inspiring worship that will help us remember that He alone is worthy of our worship and praise. It has led me to a more heartfelt worship of Him and I pray that it does the same for you.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Introduction to the Attributes of God
Posted by Joshua at 4:44 PM
Labels: attributes of God
5 comments:
- Regan Family Farm said...
Looking forward to this series,Josh!
Blessings, Mrs. Regan
- July 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- Katie said...
So looking forward to this series! I will never get tired of hearing and reading about God!!
- July 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM
- Jenna said...
It sounds wonderful and encouraging! I am looking forward to it as well~
Your sister in Christ,
- July 21, 2009 at 3:15 AM
- Paulina said...
When I pray, I try to begin by praising God and naming all His attributes. I think a blog series like this would be really nice.
- July 21, 2009 at 5:50 AM
- Rachel M. said...
Looking forward to the series! :)
Your sis,
- July 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM
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Mix Disc Monday Home / Music Home / Bullz-Eye Home
1989 marked the tail end of the hair metal days, the emergence of some great new acts, and the comebacks of some others. What else happened? Ted Bundy was executed, Time and Warner merged, the Exxon Valdez oil spill happened, the Sky Dome in Toronto opened, and there was a major earthquake in San Francisco during the World Series. Below is a playlist of songs from 1989 that should bring back memories of all kinds for all kinds of people.
"A Girl Like You," the Smithereens (11)
The Smithereens had a lot of songs that were hits on the modern rock charts but they never really had a top ten single. Still, they were a solid band that wrote hooky songs--songs that were especially good for drinking lots of beer to.
"Who Loves You," Alannah Myles (Alannah
A Canadian hottie that I keep picturing with tight black leather pants on. Must have been a video, a dream, or both. Anyway, Myles could sing her ass off, and even though "Black Velvet" was the big hit, this song was less sexy but more powerful.
"Eat for Two," 10,000 Maniacs (Blind
Man's Zoo)
Before she decided she was better than the other 9,999 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant and her band made some really awesome records. This song was a modest single and still one of their best.
"Love Shack," B-52's (Cosmic Thing)
It's not that the B-52's didn't already have a nice following and some big hits, but this album was their coming out party. In fact, this track may be one of the most played party songs in history.
"Heaven," Warrant (Dirty Rotten Filthy
Stinking Rich)
You can joke all you want about hair metal being cheesy, but most of these bands sure knew their way around a melody. In fact, with hits like this, you could say Warrant was just Journey with longer hair and tighter pants.
"Roni," Bobby Brown (Don't
Be Cruel)
Most people know Bobby Brown because he's a wife-beating drunk who is married to Whitney Houston. But back in the day the dude had some big hits, with and without New Edition.
"Talent Show," the Replacements (Don't
Tell a Soul)
The Replacements had some great albums, but for my money it doesn't get any better than Don't Tell a Soul. When I'm asked for my favorite albums of all time, I always forget to mention this one, so I'm making up for that right here and now.
"Free Fallin'," Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
(Full Moon Fever)
Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers never really went away, but this was a comeback album of sorts. A top ten hit, this is an anthem of a song that rivals Petty's Damn the Torpedoes days.
"Wicked Game," Chris Isaak (Heart
Shaped World)
As I write this 18 years after its release, I remember one thing and I'm betting all of you do too: the black and white video of Isaak and that super-hot chick on the beach.
"Tonight I'm Falling," TNT (Intuition)
This Norwegian group was a hair band that never really got the recognition it deserved. I'd put this song up against any pop hair metal song in history.
"So Alive," Love and Rockets (Love
and Rockets)
One of a multitude of songs hat reminds me of a great radio station on Long Island I listened to growing up, WLIR, 92.7. They were always on the cutting edge, and were probably one of the first stations anywhere to play Love and Rockets.
"Toy Soldiers," Martika (Martika)
There's always room for one-hit wonders on these lists, especially when they help us identify with a particular moment in history. I mean, does anyone, and I mean ANYONE, know what Martika is doing right this minute?
"Don't Rush Me," Taylor Dayne (Tell
It to My Heart)
True story: I lived in the same Long Island town as Taylor Dayne, and bumped into her on a train going to New York City. I know none of you care, but she used to be pretty freaking hot.
"If I Can Just Get Through the Night,"
Phoebe Snow (Something Real)
Ms. Snow had a big hit with "Poetry Man" in the seventies, so this was something of a comeback and this song really showcased her enormous vocal range.
"Mixed Emotions," Rolling Stones (Steel
There are about 100 Stones songs you think of before this one, but Steel Wheels was a comeback album for them because they wound up touring in support of it, and it was their first tour in seven years. Regardless, this song has always rocked in my book.


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Just last month, we found this Parker Sonnet Slim in pink gold laying isolated at a corner of the display shelf while look for a ball point while looking for a ball point pen with red ink.
The pen barrel is matte finished giving is a perfect tone, not too loud for a gold pen.
The trim is finished with nickel palladium plating.
The Parker Sonnet pink gold also comes in fountain pen.


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Bernd Brademann, chef,
A Baker, Canberra, ACT
Australia is a country of travellers, people who have been constantly looking abroad for inspiration. But things are changing. We've begun to reflect and look inward. Chefs are spending more time referencing what's around them, rediscovering native Australian products and executing dishes with skill, sensitivity and finesse. Australia's rising stars may still look to Spain, France, America and Italy for inspiration but there's no need to slavishly copy what they do anymore. They have found their voice, and it's funky, smoky, pickled and grilled. Here are some leading lights of Australia's new kitchen brigade.


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Frances Koncan
"Indigenous arts are an integral part of rebuilding the foundation of Canadian society and cultural, and in reconciling our traumatic history as a nation in order to make positive, profound changes in the future..."
My artistic practice is deeply rooted in the exploration trauma as expressed through the creative act of rediscovery. My preferred medium is writing for theatre as a playwright, where I can then further apply these discoveries in to three-dimensional forms, using sound, light, taste, touch, and the movement of the human body through time and space, to engage, inspire, and challenge audiences. I am a contemporary artist practicing in experimental, genre-defying mediums that are often rooted in popular western culture rather than Aboriginal tradition, and have often struggled to find my place as an Indigenous writer. In spite of this, my internal creative process is deeply rooted in the tradition value systems of my ancestors, where I strive to challenge my own colonial prejudices to craft new and original words, phrases, and stories that respect all peoples and the natural world and push toward a new understanding as a nation, while also being entertaining and accessible to all. Loss - of language, of family, of history, of culture, of knowledge, of an entire civilization – and exploring it through the means of artistic creation, I endeavour to leave a lasting cultural legacy of new ideas, new knowledge, and new understanding for the generations to come. Indigenous arts are an integral part of rebuilding the foundation of Canadian society and culture, and in reconciling our traumatic history as a nation in order to make positive, profound changes in the future, and I am thrilled to be working as an artist at this exciting time in our collective history.
Frances Koncan is a playwright from Couchiching First Nation, residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


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Scott C. Keim, 22, of Bangor R.2, was charged Wednesday night by Bethlehem police with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a utility pole at Packer Avenue and Webster Street.
Keim told police that he struck the pole while trying to avoid another car that was on his side of the road.
A witness told police he saw Keim traveling east on Packer at high speed and saw him drive into the pole.
Police said Keim cut his chin but refused medical treatment. They said he will receive a summons from District Justice John Gombosi of Bethlehem.


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Archispirostreptus gigas
|Giant African millipede
|Scientific classification
A. gigas
|Binomial name
|Archispirostreptus gigas
(Peters, 1855)
Archispirostreptus gigas, the giant African millipede, is the largest extant species of millipede, growing up to 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in) in length, 67 millimetres (2.6 in) in circumference. It has approximately 256 legs, although the number of legs changes with each molting so it can vary according to each individual.[2]
It is a widespread species in lowland parts of East Africa, from Mozambique to Kenya, but rarely reaches altitudes above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).[3] It lives mostly in forests, but can also be found in areas of coastal habitat that contain at least a few trees.[3] It is known in Zulu as amashongololo.[4] It is also native to Southern Arabia, especially Dhofar.
In general, giant millipedes have a life expectancy of about 5–7 years.[5] Giant millipedes have two main modes of defence if they feel threatened: curling into a tight spiral exposing only the hard exoskeleton, and secretion of an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if introduced into the eyes or mouth.[5]
Small mites are often observed crawling on their exoskeleton and among their legs. The millipedes have a symbiotic relationship with these mites, in which the mites help clean the millipede's exoskeleton in exchange for food and the protection of their host.[6]
A docile species, A. gigas is commonly seen in the pet trade; however, imports of A. gigas, as well as a number of other millipedes, into the USA are banned due to agricultural damage caused by the mites they carry.
- ^ Spelda J. (2016). SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database (version Apr 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 29th January 2016 (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b67b4036768e01b126a3097ef8174d9d. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858
- ^ Mark Carwardine (2008). "Centipedes and millipedes". Animal Records. Sterling Publishing Company. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1-4027-5623-8.
- ^ a b R. L. Hoffman (2000). "Millipedes". In Neil D. Burgess; G. Philip Clarke. Coastal forests of Eastern Africa. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0436-4.
- ^ Shelley Wood Gauld (2006). "Glossary". Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South African. Lulu Enterprises. pp. 223–236. ISBN 978-1-4116-8217-7.
- ^ a b "Giant African Millipede". Oakland Zoo. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Giant African Millipede" (PDF). Rosamond Gifford Zoo. 3 January 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Archispirostreptus gigas at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Archispirostreptus gigas at Wikispecies
- Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas), Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
- Giant millipedes as pets, About.com


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Aces High Magazine Issue 1
A new high quality magazine dedicated exclusively to the world of model airplanes, their weathering and painting techniques. With a special and thematic structure in each number, the best modellers show us step by step how to make planes and much more... This first issue is dedicated to the German Night Fighters, with extra pages and many surprises. This magazine will be collectable, and the backbone in our new aircraft product line (AIR Series).


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S...hole countries latest racially charged comment by Trump
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump's reported description of African nations, El Salvador and Haiti as "shithole" countries has focused attention on previous remarks, which have ignited accusations of racism.
The following is a list of some of his most racially charged policy stances and comments:
'Birther' controversy
Trump earned national political prominence by promoting the falsehood that Barack Obama, America's first African-American president, was not born in the United States.
As a leader of the so-called "birther" movement, Trump repeatedly cast doubt on whether Obama was a natural-born US citizen — and therefore qualified to be president.
Trump grudgingly acknowledged late in his 2016 presidential campaign that Obama was born in the United States.
"President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period," he said, before refusing to answer questions from reporters.
Mexican 'rapists'
Announcing his candidacy for president at Trump Tower in June 2015, Trump made derogatory statements about immigrants from Mexico.
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," he said. "They're sending people that have lots of problems... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists, and some, I assume, are good people."
Travel ban: anti-Muslim?
Trump has repeatedly raised questions about the loyalty of Muslim immigrants to the United States claiming, falsely, that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated publicly after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
Responding to a December 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino, California, he proposed a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on".
One of his first moves upon taking office was a bid to restrict immigration from a number of Muslim-majority nations, a move which has been tangled up in the courts but which, for the moment, is partially in effect.
Mexican judge
Trump argued in June 2016 that the Mexican heritage of a US federal judge should disqualify him from presiding over a fraud lawsuit involving Trump University.
"He's a Mexican," Trump said of district court judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born and raised in the United States. "We're building a wall between here and Mexico.
"I have a Mexican judge. He's of Mexican heritage. He should have recused himself, not only for that, for other things," Trump said.
'Very fine people'
Trump came under fire in August 2017 for failing to forcefully condemn a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which resulted in clashes and the death of a counter-protester.
"I think there is blame on both sides," Trump said.
"You also had people that were very fine people on both sides... Not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch."
Confederate monuments
Trump has opposed efforts to remove monuments to leaders and generals of the pro-slavery Civil War South from public parks.
"Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments," Trump tweeted.
"They're trying to take away our culture. They're trying to take away our history," he told a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, in August 2017.
NFL protests
Trump has called for owners of American football teams to fire players who kneel during the pre-game playing of the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice.
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired!" Trump told a rally in Alabama in September 2017.
The players taking part in the protests have been mostly African-Americans.
' S...hole' countries
Trump reportedly described African nations, Haiti and El Salvador as "s...hole" countries during a White House meeting on immigration and asked why the US could not have more immigrants from a country such as Norway, which is overwhelming wealthy and white.
Trump denied using the term, but Democratic Senator Dick Durbin — who attended the meeting — said the president used it "repeatedly".
According to The New York Times, Trump said in June of last year that Haitian immigrants "all have AIDS" and that Nigerians would not "go back to their huts" once they reach the United States. The White House denied those comments.
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Date: May 19, 2017
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The Effects of Lactate on Whole Muscle Function and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Function
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Numerous studies have attributed the decrease in force production of skeletal muscle during exercise to a increase in lactate concentration ([lactate]). This notion is based on the high negative correlation between plasma lactate and force during fatigue and recovery. These experiments attempted to determine if lactate directly effects force production in skeletal muscle. Mouse extensor digitorum longus muscles (EDL) were isolated and incubated in a buffered Ringers solution at a pH 7.2 and exposed at three minute intervals to a final concentration of 10, 20, 30, 50mM lactate. At 21° C, tetanic force production (Po, 250ms, 110Hz) decreased to 99.3 ± 1.0, 97.1 ± 1.2, 94.9 ± 1.1* and 93.1 ± 1.3*% of initial and the rate of force development (+dP/dt) was reduced to 99.4 ± 0.7, 96.8 ± 0.5, 93.5 ± 0.6*, and 89.3 ± 1.2*% of initial (*p<0.05 vs untreated muscles). At 37° C the effects of lactate were augmented. Po was reduced to 89.7 ± 1.1, 81.0 ± 2.4, 73 ± 3.9*, and 61.6 ± 5.4*% and +dP/dt was reduced to 79.4 ± 1.8*, 65.9 ± 2.8*, 55.4 ± 4.0*, and 44.3 ± 5.0*% of initial (*p<0.05 vs control muscles). The next phase was to determine if the changes in Po and +dP/dt were due to alterations in the sacroplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ exchange. The SR of EDL homogenates were actively loaded with Ca2+ and release was initiated by 25 mM AgNO3. The rate of Ca2+ release was significantly reduced by 31% (2.48 ± 1.21 vs 1.72 ± 0.24 mmol·mg-1·min-1) in the presence of 25 mM lactate. These results indicate that exposure to increased [lactate], independent of the H+, decreases force production of whole muscle, effects that are greater at 37° C than 21° C. Also increased lactate reduces the rate of SR Ca2+ release. These results suggest that lactate depresses whole muscle force production by altering Ca2+ release of the SR. They also support the idea that increased lactate concentrations disrupt normal muscle function leading to the development of fatigue.
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Madam President
Hi folks! I am back with my third novel Madam President in April. I'm so excited to share this story with readers. Madam President tells the story of Charlotte, the country's 45th president, Dale, the White House press secretary, and Melanie, the Secretary of Defense. We join them for just one day in their extraordinary lives; but it is the most harrowing day of their careers. The novel opens with an Oval Office address to the nation from President Kramer. She is speaking to the American people at an hour of grave calamity–the nation has been attacked in a series of horrific terrorist attacks on "soft targets" in five American cities. Madam President follows the three women through a single day on the White House complex as they juggle their own despair and fear with their solemn responsibilities to the nation.
I am exited to share Madam President with you and will be revealing more details as the publication date nears.
Thanks to my readers!


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Bamboo Flooring
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- In: About flooring
- 09 Nov 2011
- Published 09 Nov 2011
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Bamboo Flooring Benefits : Because it is a natural, renewable resource, bamboo flooring is considered the logical flooring choice of the future.
Bamboo is technically a grass, not a wood product, and it can be harvested every 5 years. As a result,
no forests are destroyed to make bamboo floors, and
homeowners can count on a reliable supply of products - and at stable prices - for the forseeable future.
Choosing bamboo flooring products is an environmentally and ecologically responsible choice, and they will endure
for as long as and longer than products made of hardwood.
Studies have shown that flooring made from bamboo measures up against and even exceeds the most popular,
stable and durable hardwood varieties, at a price that's about the same as that for premium wood floors.
Bamboo flooring is extremely strong, long-lasting and just plain gorgeous to look at. It's also one of the
most environmentally friendly building materials on the market today.
Bamboo flooring makers use one of the hardiest species of Chinese bamboo,
cut it into strips before drying and laminating it under pressure. The result is a flooring product that's
stronger than maple or red oak.
Bamboo flooring is installed just like hardwood tongue-and-groove flooring, either glued together or nailed down.
Bamboo flooring typically comes in 3-foot or 6-foot lengths and with or without the distinctive bamboo
'nodes' visible in the grain.
Pre-finished bamboo flooring is usually coated with urethane, but you can also buy unfinished
bamboo strips that can be sanded and finished.
Bamboo flooring comes in two colour variations - a natural blonde or a darker amber version
that is the result of the wood being smoked (or carbonized) during the drying process.
Most bamboo flooring on the market today is imported from China. Bamboo flooring is
comparable in price to premium hardwood flooring.
Carbonized Bamboo Flooring Information
When shopping through the various kinds of bamboo flooring, it is important to know the benefits and downfalls of each type of bamboo floor before making a purchase. So for that reason we are going to take a look at the pros and cons of carbonized bamboo flooring. Keep in mind in this instance that we are looking at its pros and cons compared to other types of bamboo floors. If you are interested in the pros and cons of bamboo flooring in general, check out that page of the site.
First though what is carbonized bamboo flooring? Carbonized bamboo flooring is created by using a heat intensive process (either boiling or steaming) on the pieces of bamboo before they are used to form the plank. This process brings out other colors in the bamboo besides the lighter straw-like color that most natural bamboo is seen in. This makes carbonized bamboo floors the obvious choice for a home-owner seeking a green alternative but not satisfied by the limited range of color associated with other forms of bamboo flooring. But before making that purchase, it is important to know a little more about carbonized bamboo flooring.
Which brings us to the pros and cons – let's start with the good news first:
Pros of Carbonized Bamboo Flooring
Color is the obvious one that I already pointed out. The process of carbonization brings out deeper and richer colors in the bamboo. Whereas anyone considering bamboo flooring might have been stuck with a light color scheme that may or may not suit the rest of the colors in their house, carbonized bamboo allows the floors to be manufactured in a large range of darker browns.
It's Green! Of course being bamboo, one of the biggest pros is that it is a green alternative. Obviously carbonized bamboo flooring is not any greener than the other types of bamboo flooring, but I still thought that this should be included here. When bought from a manufacturer that is known to be following good standards, you can rest assured that your purchase of carbonized bamboo flooring is benefiting the environment by coming from a renewable resource and doesn't contain harmful chemicals.
Cons of Carbonized Bamboo Flooring (I really only came up with one)
Hardness can be more of a problem with carbonized bamboo flooring than strand woven or natural bamboo flooring. The term "carbonized" sometimes carries with it a connotation that the product will be harder. Unfortunately, in this case, that is not what happens. The process of boiling or steaming carbonized bamboo flooring actually weakens the naturally hard structure of the bamboo. If you have ever seen the process of caramelizing sugar, then you will have an idea of what is happening to the bamboo. The carbonization process alters the sugars in the bamboo which weakens the resulting carbonized bamboo flooring.
But that is not the end of the story, so do not let that stop you if you are considering carbonized bamboo flooring. The finish that is added to the outside of the carbonized bamboo flooring makes a big difference in the final durability of the product. I highly recommend finding some samples from reputable manufacturers and doing some of your own tests to compare to other hardwood samples you collect.
Why Bamboo Flooring? An Intro to Bamboo Floors
Why should you choose bamboo flooring? Well, whether you are building a new home or doing a remodeling project,
choosing the perfect flooring material is one of the biggest decisions you must make. There are many different
factors you must take into account. How much will it cost? How hard will it be to maintain? How long will it last?
How hard is it to clean? Is it easily scratched, dented, chipped, cracked, ripped, or torn?
Sometimes specific rooms of the house have their own variables to take into consideration.
If you are doing a bathroom for instance, how resistant is this material to moisture?
In the main living areas, you probably want something extra durable that will
hold up to the extra use in these areas.
Another thing to take into consideration may be the sustainability or eco-friendliness of a
particular product you are looking at. Was an entire forest clear-cut to provide the flooring in your home?
If so, how long will it take for that forest to regrow? What chemicals and toxins may have been
used in or created by the production of your flooring? What are the labor laws
like in the region this flooring was produced (I realize that isn't technically a requirement for
eco-friendliness, but still something to keep in mind along those lines)?
One of the favorite products when people are taking these factors into account is bamboo flooring.
There has been a lot of buzz around bamboo flooring lately and this has caused many different
manufacturers to jump on the apparent economic opportunity. Not all bamboo flooring is created
equally though, and some of these companies have lowered standards in an attempt to produce a
lot of inexpensive bamboo flooring as they tap into this new and growing market. Unfortunately
the cheaper bamboo flooring is not always high quality and has begun to tarnish the image of
bamboo flooring in the eyes of many consumers. It is important to keep in mind that you
very well may be getting what you pay for if you go for the cheapest bamboo flooring.
But if you do your research to make sure the company you are purchasing through has high
quality standards and know what to expect out of the product you are purchasing, then
I am confident you will be pleased with your new bamboo flooring. And the best part about
this is that I am here to help you in the research process. In the pages of this website,
I will let you in on both the pros and cons of bamboo flooring.
Perk Up Your Home with Bamboo Laminate Flooring
Home design trends regularly change over time. This decade saw a growing preference for eco-friendly
and green homes being built as most people have grown more conscious of protecting the environment
by using less energy in homes and more renewable resources. However cost of going green often poses a challenge to the average family. Renewable materials such as bamboo flooring are more expensive than other flooring options like bamboo laminate flooring.
Bamboo Flooring Properties
Bamboo flooring may be made of real bamboo plywood or bamboo laminate flooring.
Bamboo plywood is made of bamboo slats mostly from a variety of bamboo called moso.
Mature bamboo grows up to 40 feet in height and is normally harvest in 4 to 5 years.
Bamboo slats out of these matured bamboo are glued together to form the standard plywood dimension.
Bamboo laminate flooring on the other hand is made of melamine resin and fiberboard coated
with photographic appliqué to make it look more like the real bamboo floor.
Advantages of Bamboo Laminate Flooring
Bamboo laminate flooring is more affordable and more durable than some bamboo floorings.
Because of its photographic covering, the laminates are actually more resistant to abrasions,
fading and the everyday wear and tear that real wood or bamboo may not be able to withstand.
Bamboo flooring which is made of bamboo slats glued together is more susceptible to warping or
gapping when compared to laminates. This makes the bamboo laminate flooring a more
likely choice for high traffic areas around the house. These laminates are also low maintenance
flooring when compared to some hardwood floors which require special care to make it last long.
Real bamboo floors may also be more costly to install that bamboo laminate flooring.
Most often, professionals are hired to install bamboo floors while laminates could be easily
installed by most home owners.
Where to Find Bamboo Laminate Flooring
Most flooring specialty or home stores offer a wide selection of laminate floorings in the stores.
These laminates could come in various sizes and designs which are all patterned to look like the real bamboo.
Compared to bamboo plywood which is most often pre-ordered because of its high cost,
bamboo laminate flooring is readily available in your preferred specialty store.
Based on several factors mentioned above relating to cost, durability and susceptibility to wear and tear,
bamboo laminate flooring is clearly the leading choice in flooring options. Incorporating bamboo
in designing you home not only makes your home more attractive, it is also an environmentally
responsible decision.


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J.P. Morgan Financial Agents U.S. Civil War Gold Peru Bond
by Unwanted Publicity Intelligence [ firstname.lastname@example.com ]
Could one woman living in the modest Iowa countryside be the outstanding, primary creditor of the United States and all debtor nations, the real and legitimate owner of the 'Gold Bond Key' to the 'Financial Kingdom'? You bet she could!!
Would the privately owned Federal Reserve, who assumed the Gold Bond debt in the Federal Reserve Act, refuse to pay their obligation when a "Call on the U.S. Debt" was made to the BUREAU OF PUBLIC DEBT? You bet they would!!
Did the Federal Reserve then immediately proceed to set up 'front organizations' and fraudulently use that same 'Gold Bond' as their own collateral? You bet they did!!
A note before you begin:
Everybody always asks the same question when they're told a story they just can't believe, "Where's the proof?"
This report by Unwanted Publicity Intelligence is a deliberately extensive and deeply researched document of proof, validating the legitimacy of "the one time only bonus commodity contract 3392 of April 14, 1875 through April 27, 1875 sold by 'Financial Agents of Peru' HOBSON HURTADO & CO. in New York, New York, U.S.A. on May 1, 1875 with supportive sovereign 'CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS OF PERU' number 181 without coupons" owned by Vina Kathryn Durham and currently held within the DURHAM HOLDING TRUST of DURHAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Tias 12087 of Ida Grove, Iowa, USA.
The CIA & West Coast Federal Reserve, through the years of compounding and re-compounding the interest on one 7% side of the Contract for Bonus 3392 from May 1, 1875 to May 1, 1990, calculated at the Locked Bullion Price of $420 per fine troy ounce the staggering amount of $206,858,581,465,280,000,000.00 due and payable in "American Gold Dollars, Gold Coin, Gold, Gold Bullion and/or Coin of the Realm."
This well-known event in the banking world threw the West Coast Federal Reserve Bank computers out of whack and they could not reconcile until mid 1997.
After reading this document and assuring yourself that her claim is legitimate, please visit V.K. Durham's site, The AnteChamber.net, for a full accounting of how every participating government, bank, corporation, non-governmental organization, and criminal agency around the globe bit on the poisoned bait which has resulted in the Economic Crisis we are now experiencing.
upintelligence wrote on Sep 12, '09
Amidst a myriad of wild controversy, the following information ( immediately below ) was found on the internet:- - - -


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Clean Bandit, who owned to the Christmas Number One in the UK last year (and then some with "Rockabye") are back to recapture the number one spot. This time, Swedish vocalist Zara Larsson joins the trio on "Symphony", and exquisite up tempo pop ballad. Perfection!
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Figure 1. (A.) Artist's cross-sectional image of a carbon nanotube. Image: Digital Art/Corbis. (B.) 3-D renderings of carbon nanotubes of variable diameters and lengths. Image: Joel Brehm, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
...that the toxicology of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is hindering their use in the treatment of lung diseases?
Since the discovery of CNTs in 1991 by Sumio Iijima [1], these nanoscaled carbon sheets rolled into hollow tubes and capped at both ends, have caught the attention of biomedical scientists (Figure 1). However, CNTs are hydrophobic and insoluble in aqueous solution, and tend to aggregate due to strong van der Waals interactions [2]. In order to make CNTs more compatible with biological systems, the insolubility and aggregation issues have been overcome by the attachment of functional groups to the external surface of CNTs in a process known as functionalization [3]. Indeed, in 2001, Chen et al. [4] functionalized CNTs with molecules containing reactive side-chains extending from their surface. These reactive side-chains were then modified to bind proteins. In 2004, Pantarotto et al. demonstrated that functionalized CNTs (f-CNTs), modified with a fluorescent probe, readily permeate plasma membranes [5]. Thus, the synthesis of f-CNTs enables the simultaneous immobilization of small biomolecules (e.g. imaging sensors to track delivery) and biomarkers (e.g. antibodies) in addition to drugs or nucleotides thereby enabling selective targeting of CNTs with their associated cargo to certain molecules or cells. Thus, f-CNTs are promising tools as targeted drug carriers to treat a wide variety of diseases, including diseases of the lungs.
Despite the promise of f-CNTs in drug delivery, studies investigating health risks associated with worker-exposure during the manufacturing process revealed lung toxicity from both inhalation and intravenous delivery routes. In 2004, rodent studies demonstrated that intratracheal instillation of CNTs produced inflammation and led to the formation of granulomas [6, 7], which became progressively worse with increasing CNT dose [9]. Toxicity was not only attributed to CNT aggregation, but also due to their biopersistence [8, 9]. In 2009, Ryman-Rasmussen demonstrated that inhalation of aerosolized CNT led to subpleural fibrosis in mice but noted the pathology was different from asbestos-associated fibrosis [10]. Intravenous delivery of CNTs in mice induced low toxicity in the liver, spleen and lungs mediated by oxidative stress [11]. In the lungs, an inflammatory response was observed and CNTs aggregates accumulated in the capillaries. Despite the associated inflammatory risks, CNTs have shown therapeutic promise in a human lung carcinoma animal model, where direct intratumoral delivery of f-CNTs carrying siRNA sequences promoted cell death, reduced tumor volume, increased tumor necrosis, and prolongs animal survival [12].
Though the negative findings are a setback for the use of CNTs as targeted drug carriers to the lung, researchers remain cautiously optimistic. Functionalization is the key to CNTs as a safe drug delivery system. CNTs can be modified to make them more dispersable and discourage aggregation. We now appreciate that while long, thin CNTs behave like asbestos, short or curly CNTs do not [13], suggesting safer CNTs can be made. Indeed, CNTs of variable diameter and length can now be synthesized (Figure 1B). CNTs could also be functionalized to render them more biodegradable, so that they do not persist in the lung for an extended period of time [14]. In summary, the current toxicological profile of CNTs in the lung hinders their use as targeted drug carriers to the lung. However, functionalization of CNTs to reduce aggregation and promote biodegradability as well as altering the aspect ratio of CNTs could decrease lung toxicity. The technology of targeting drugs to the specific site of disease must be further explored in order to reduce undesirable wide-range systemic effects of a drug and facilitate targeting to the pulmonary circulation.
Author: Patricia Villalta
Chief editor: Sarah Sayner, Ph.D., July, 2012
© 2018 USA Health


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Ok, back to your regular programming...
A quick post with a few notes I threw together on re-entering America. I had a great trip over mostly because it wasn't a full flight and I got my upgrade.
Premium economy was awesome (Qantas). Not a whole lot more room but room in all the right places and it reduced the whole press of humanity feeling that you get in economy. Of course that was helped by the fact that I was in a row of two and had no one sitting next to me :) I ate dinner, drank more whisky than was good for me thanks to the awesome Jules (my new flight attendant friend) and watched Voyage of the Dawn Treader which was so-so but filled in the time. Then I popped a melatonin (around 9pm destination time) and snuffled round to find a comfy sleeping spot in the hope of at least dozing for a few hour. I surfaced a few times but figured I'd only been out an hour or so. The next thing I know there's a PA call asking for a doctor and I checked the flight path to see 2.5 hours remaining! I was positive it had to be wrong, I've never slept that well on a flight! There was just enough time left to eat breakfast, fill out my customs forms and watch an episode of Big Bang Theory before we were packing up for landing.
Some notes on re-entering the US:
- Why is it that Immigration always makes me forget which is my right hand?? Also, apparently I have sucky hands for fingerprinting.
- I should stop ticking the customs box for food when I only have candy but I just can't, it doesn't feel right...
- LA smells faintly of poo. This is always my quickly forgotten impression on walking out those doors.
- Iced tea is as good as I remember. Why can't we make good iced tea in Oz? And i remembered to ask for unsweet which makes me proud of myself even after forgetting which hand was which.
- A 6 hour layover in LA is waaay overkill.
- Sorry to harp on but iced tea really is something Australia should get the hang of. For me iced tea should be unsweet and black with a wedge of lemon, not that fruity sugary stuff. It is wonderful!
- I like shrimp. I like coconut. I do not like coconut shrimp.
- I really shouldn't go to chain seafood 'restaurants' for breakfast, especially not in airports!
- Toilet bowls full of water...seriously? Does the tide really need to be that high? And how come I never manage to remember that little quirk until I go and stick my bally hand in there?
Border protection/customs/immigration don't count under the above but that's ok, they have an important job to do and as a nervous flyer anyway I totally appreciate what they do. Some of them even manage to smile. Never the ones I get mind you...
The other odd thing I've realised is that I have lost my ability to clearly distinguish American from Australian in almost all aspects (other than building and car construction which are both uniquely different). I used to be able to scan faces while we boarded the flight to LA and pick out who was an Aussie and who was from the US just by facial structures and gestures. Now both are so normal to me that I have totally lost that ability. The faces, the language, the brands... Everything from both worlds feels so normal to me now. I'm even having trouble picking accents, well at least I thought I was until I chatted to my beloved on skype and realized how broad her Aussie accent has become. Mine must have too because people here who used to understand me just fine are now cocking their heads and looking puzzled whenever I talk.
Anyhow, I'm in Texas now after a week in Portland. I can't post pics until I find some way to get them off the card. Tomorrow is my first day back at my old workplace AND my birthday so a good combo really.
It has just been pointed out to me that it is officially my birthday in Oz so happy birthday to me...


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Published at Monday, March 12th, 2018 - 09:00:39 AM. Tennis. By Aki Mai.
Last year the inaugural Laver Cup which pitted Team Europe against Team World generated plenty of buzz. The vast majority of it was positive and the event was deemed an immediate and overwhelming success. Not surprisingly many found it impossible not to compare it to the other team competition in men's tennis the Davis Cup and suffice it to say it was not a favorable comparison where the more historic competition was concerned. Whether or not that was the catalyst for change folks may never know but it was music to the ears when earlier this week International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty announced that the ITF was on the verge of making some much-needed adjustments to Davis Cup.
If you rarely (or never) break strings just make sure you bring two racquets. If you break strings more often then 3-4 racquets will do the trick. Ideally your back up racquets should be as similar as possible to your racquet of choice.
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