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Effective Methods of Treating Gout
You are researching online about the treatments of gout, you are likely to find loads of information on long-term gout treatments. But it is important that you also learn something about treating the symptoms of acute gout. You need to know the most effective ways in which you are able to acquire the much required relief from the unbearable soreness. This article highlights a few of the ways of treating the symptoms of gout.
Treating Gout Along With Medication
Medication is generally the first choice of all physicians when it comes to treating gout signs and symptoms in quick time. Generic Colchicine is actually one of the most common options that most gout sufferers prefer to use. It is very effective in treating severe attacks of gout. This drug is consumed after every two hours right up until the pain starts decreasing down or digestive system symptoms start developing. Another common option of managing the symptoms of gout is using NSAID pain relievers. Nonetheless, although these drugs are quite effective in bringing the much required relief from the immense pain along with other issues, they do have a lot of side effects.
Natural Treatments
As told above, the medications for managing gout work but they have several side effects. Therefore, the gout sufferers often consider the natural treatments a better option for curing gout. Moreover, they are equally effective as the medical treatments. An icepack could be applied on the area in which feels very painful when touched. Another thing that may prove to be helpful is elevating and resting the joint parts that are affected. If your gout patient is suffering from like severe pain that it becomes difficult to bear the weight of a sheet or stock, there are devices like foot cradles and blanket bars and also special cages. These products enable the sufferer to cover up in such manner that the blankets and sheet do not have direct contact with the area that has been affected.
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Other Treatments
Trying the herbal remedies is another option for the gout sufferers. Herbal remedies usually treat gout through a long term process. However, many gout sufferers find quick relief by using herbs like turmeric and ginger root. These herbs serve the purpose of reducing the inflammation and pain. In case a gout sufferer can manage it, then meditation is an additional very effective remedy. Research has proved that yoga has the ability of reducing stress and reducing the production of these hormones that are related to stress. These herbs are effective in reducing the sensations of pain and increasing the tolerance.
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You find that the gout symptoms are becoming really unbearable, the best thing you can do is consult a physician. There are numerous treatments for reducing the pain caused by gout assaults. While most gout treatments are effective in producing the desired result in the long run, it is critical to find a remedy for the acute gout attacks. A physician will be the best person to determine the intensity of your gout attack, and will prescribe you a treatment that will be the most suitable selection for you.
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While in for Chicago for what I affectionately call "Thanksgiving Week", we had loads of fun, as usual. On Wednesday, we took all the kids (seven of them under 5 years old) to this wonderful place called Jump Zone. It is this ginormous room that is filled with nothing but giant inflatables, and the kids (and the big boys) had the best time!
Reese all ready to get her jump on
Colin begging me, "Can I puh-lease go in Mommy?"
.....and moments later, tumbling out, came little Ethan
Me and my niece Olivia
This was the best shot I got all day of Cameron. That child would not hold still for one instant to let me get a good picture. Grrrr.
Oh, yes, for now it's all smiles....
Everyone had a blast that afternoon--and there was still so much fun to come!

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Using the Raspberry Pi as a backup server
The Client
Each of the diverse installation packages available for Windows has a version that comes with and without a tray icon. The version without the tray icon allows for completely transparent backups. The version with a tray icon is more flexible, indicates current status, and permits a series of actions. Because UrBackup runs as a system service, you will need administrative rights for installation.
You do not need to interact with the software on a daily basis. Even so, the tray icon makes it possible to start backups outside of the specified cycles and, if desired, to inquire about status (Figure 4) and pause a backup that is running.
If a file on the client has mistakenly been deleted or changes have been made that cannot be undone, you can easily download the relevant backup from the web interface from the Backups menu. However, you will find that it is possible to click on the individual backups only after touching them with the mouse cursor (Figure 5). The client downloads individual files directly. An entire folder gets downloaded as a ZIP file.
Tips and Tricks
Although incremental backups usually take just a few minutes, complete backups require significantly more time, in part because of the greater data volume. Moreover, Windows does not permit the background service to utilize the entire performance capacity of the computer. Although UrBackup prevents the Windows PC from switching automatically into sleep mode, you should still schedule at least one night for a complete backup. UrBackup optimizes the space required by the files on the server with hard and soft links, greatly reducing the frequency of complete backups.
In addition to conventional backups, UrBackup can also create partition images or so-called image backups. The advantage of these types of backups is the ease of restoring data to a new hard drive. A file for restoring the images is on the Download page under Bootable restore CD/USB stick [9]. This file installs a bootable mini-system on a USB stick. Once booted, the system contacts the UrBackup server and installs the image from there.
Unlike Linux, Windows is never able to separate user data from system data cleanly, which can sometimes lead to considerable difficulties because user files in the image backup could be older or newer than the corresponding files in the normal backup. Luckily, UrBackup also lets you extract individual files from the image backup to iron out potential errors. Details of this technique are found in the administration manual.
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In revving up DorienneSmith.com into Version 3.0, I've finally decided what I am going to do with this blog. "I am kaitco" is going to be my writer's log, that is, a daily descriptor of my writing and other creative activities.
I had intended to do this with my LiveJournal, but that has turned into a more casual non-political and more secularized version of my Dorienne's Log and I would like a little more "freedom" to feel like I'm starting fresh with something. Also, unlike with my LiveJournal and Log, this is not going to have any specific goal or direction. Simply put, when I write something (poetry, fanfiction, progress in a novel) I'll blog about it to have a record of my creative process. The same will go for all things creative, so some days I'll have uber-long posts while there may be days where I'll not have much more to say other than Sim X had a baby whom I've named Y because I'll have spent all my time simming instead of doing "productive" things.
I'll be using a lot of code names for my novel projects, many of which I'll never take the time to explain seeing as how this is mainly for my own purposes, but I suppose anyone reading for any length of time could get the gist of what I'm saying. I'll probably also refer to many coding and art projects in the same light. In fact, I may be referring to characters and scenes that may only be fully understood by myself for years to come, but again, this is really a Dorienne project, so anyone reading will just have to take this as-is.
Eventually, I'll merge this blog with a specified subdomain on DorienneSmith.com, but life here on wordpress.com will suffice at present. Again, I've no real goals with this other than to see how this progresses and if I'll end up something meaningful on which I can look back and see how I've "made it" to whatever point.
All that said…let's begin:
I'm wicked late with my fifth-year "celebration" for DorienneSmith.com. It's taken me close to three days to figure out how to create a scrolling background in Flash and have some stuff floating on top of it, but I've finally worked many of the kinks out of my header and may even have an update for the site by the end of the month.
I've not actually written anything in Damen for close to a week. I think it's because my darn sleep schedule has been so erratic lately, but I've at least e-mailed my most recent copy of it to my gmail, so I'm at least marching in the right direction. The goal for tomorrow is to really dig into the scene where Jessie "confronts" him. I've hit a brick wall with it for some reason, much like I had with Damen and Anthony taking a drive to the hood. I like to think the wall is something more than simply procrastination, but I'm suspecting that's all it is.
I've been thinking/dreaming about Luka a lot lately. It may be because I'm feeling rather powerless right now and the story is not too much more than a glorified version of a world takeover Dorienne-style, but Luka and Elia keep popping in my mind far more often than they had in recent months. I'm still trying to stay focused though. If I let a diversion like Luka step in between Damen and I at this point, 9/26 will be here before I blink twice and then I'll really be in trouble.
Anywhoo…I probably won't get too much of Damen and Jessie's scene done tomorrow since I'm still in coding overdrive, but if I can just sketch out a little bit more of them, I'll feel like I've accomplished something.


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Even after all this time, Majin Buu is still a badass.
Overview (Spoilers Below)
The first fight in the Tournament of Power is between Majin Buu and a fox humanoid from Universe 9 known as "Basil the Kicker." Basil has been kicking Majin Buu around all over the place, but he remains undamaged, thinking of their fight as more of a game than anything else.
At his brother's request, Basil unleashes his inner power and reveals the extent of his incredible strength, which seems to suppress Majin Buu into the ground. Yet again, Buu isn't even scratched, well except for the giant hole in his stomach, but to a guy like Buu, that isn't much of a problem.
Mr. Satan is injured in an explosion caused by Basil, and seeing this sends Majin Buu into a rage. No longer just playing for fun, Buu proceeds to dominate the fight, teaching Basil that he is not a being to be messed with.
Even with Buu knocking Basil out of the ring, the fight doesn't end since Zeno isn't satisfied with the fight. The Universe 9 Supreme Kai takes this chance to give Basil some kind of fruit that empowers the furry fighter. The following clash between these two powerhouses is intense, but ultimately, Majin Buu comes out the winner, taking the first round for Universe 7.
Our Take:
Now, this is what I'm talking about. Dragon Ball Super brings the heat this week with an episode that reminds me of why I loved Dragon Ball in the first place. With a previous couple of episodes feeling like rushed exposition dumps, I've been looking forward to some honest man on man combat. Dragon Ball Super delivers the fun and fighting this week in a tight, well-paced episode that showcases the initial fight of the Tournament of Power.
If anything is going to be discussed in regards to the quality of this episode, it has to be the riveting fight between Majin Buu and Basil. It's a battle that satisfies the expectations of a good shounen; a fight that's both flashy and somewhat brutal. Basil's moves have a strong impact and flow to them brought upon by their swiftness and power. This is a great contrast to Buu's inherent bounciness and silly nature.
While Basil barely lays a scratch on Majin Buu by the end of the fight, sometimes a straight up beat down is just plain fun to watch. There's a sort of pride that a long-time viewer has for Universe 7, and it's deeply satisfying to see a powerful ally/former villain of this universe demonstrate just how powerful he is to all of the multiverses. But that's not to say that Basil never had a chance. The episode does an excellent job of escalating Basil's powerful enough that he seems like a legitimately strong fighter. It's not that his power is weak, just that the absurd might of Majin Buu conquers that. Like watching your favorite wrestler take out an arrogant challenger, seeing Majin Buu prove himself, again and again, makes for a good fight scene.
The tradeoff of this episode is, of course, that you aren't going to get much in terms of actual story development here. The fight is structured to basically be a one episode fight a singular major theme to it, so don't expect much to happen other than two dudes punching each other in the face for 15 minutes. Believe me, I'm not complaining, but a lot of shounen these days are able to blend their story with their fighting. Perhaps it shows the age of this series, but it seems like with Dragon Ball, we tend to either get story or fighting, but rarely both. Regardless, it's still a fun and exciting episode that was worth my time and attention.


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Bandai Namco, following announced improvement roadmap will release another patch for Dragon Ball FighterZ on March 16. In addition to bugs fixes and minor improvements, there will be two new features: Z-Unions and Offline Lobby. Take a look at the complete patch notes below.
- REPLAY CHANNEL: To enable implementation of the below gameplay adjustments (see "GAMEPLAY" section), recorded data from Replay Channel will be erased
- WORLD MATCH: Changed rematch system to 3 matches in both Ranked and Casual World Match
- RING MATCHES: Improved match-making and server stability
- SSGSS GOKU: Fixed a bug that makes "x10 Kaioken Kamehameha" combo continue even if the opponent gets away from the attacks
- CAPTAIN GINYU: Fixed a bug that makes Ginyu Force members collide with the opponent character and sometimes interrupts the latter's attacks
- NAPPA: Fixed a bug that makes Saibamen collide with the opponent character and sometimes interrupts the latter's attacks
- ALL CHARACTERS: Fixed a bug that makes characters float in the air if Dragon Rush Clash happens when landing from mid-air back step
- ALL CHARACTERS: Fixed a bug that makes main characters say the wrong name when calling a Z-Change or Z-Assist
- ALL CHARACTERS: Fixed a bug that alters the hit box of Z-Assist characters under certain circumstances HIT/SSGSS GOKU/SSGSS VEGETA: Fixed a bug that triggers Z-Change voice over dialogues instead of Z-Assist ones
- Z-UNION: Added Z-Union feature that enables players to join "Unions" (fan clubs) of their favorite character and get special rewards. And the longer you stay in a Union, the better the rewards become.
- GAME LOBBY: Added the possibility to leave the Lobby by using the stairs at the entrance
- OFFLINE LOBBY: Added option to enter the Offline Lobby from title screen
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Christmas is as much about preparing a place for Jesus as it is about the preparing heart of God.
In week two of our Advent series at Northplace Church, I shared how the act of preparation is an outward sign of love. The psalmist reminds us that God prepares a place for us in the presence of our enemies (Psalm 23:5) because of His love. An expectant mother prepares a place for her soon coming child because of her love. The Christmas story reminds us of the Father's painstaking preparation to send us His only son – this was the greatest gift, and it was because of His love.
Even in the Christmas season, we are earnestly preparing a place for the ministry opportunities that lay ahead because of our love for forgotten people in forgotten places. When you prayed, when you gave, and when you told us you wanted to learn more about Lonesome Dove Ranch, we knew you shared that same love.
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When I opened my boutique, Shopgirls, 11 years ago, Black Friday was not a thing in Canada (other than Canadians frantically driving across the border to score some deals on electronics mostly). Nowadays, "BF" is quite the thing. In fact, we hear about Black Friday sometimes months in advance – I've seen Black Friday sales announced as early as September with "Pre-Black-Friday" messaging! WTF people!!!
Seriously though, I've worked in marketing for some big box stores and if you think you're actually getting a deal, you should know, that's not always the case. Nonetheless, consumers get giddy at scoring big discounts from the big guys, I get it, I love a good deal as much as the next person. For the past three years, I've followed the pack, offering discounts at Shopgirls on Black Friday weekend so I can compete. Turns out, I not only lessen the value of my brand and my designers, but I am also killing my margins (aka profit or in this case lack thereof). Plus, what's worse is that people refrain from shopping prior to the dreaded BF weekend, which means not only a loss in profit on the actual weekend, but a lack of sales for the entire month leading up! That's a double whammy that small businesses simply can't afford.
Not in Toronto? You can shop online too!
You see, I am the founder of Shopgirls, an independent boutique solely dedicated to selling Canadian brands. And while I couldn't be more proud to support our local talent, as a result, margins are slim. If I had a nickel for every time a business expert has suggested I look at other American or international brands that offer a larger return, I would be a very rich lady. However, I stand strong in my belief that Canadian designers deserve the spotlight, and I am not about to sell out.
So, this year, instead of focussing on this shitty American-made selling ploy, I've opted to do something meaningful with my messaging and my efforts as a business owner. This BF or as I prefer to refer to it as BS weekend, Shopgirls is shifting gears and kicking off a month-long fundraiser for Sheena's Place, a wonderful organization that helps families and friends cope with eating disorders. This event lends itself perfectly with our mantra that reminds women to Shop Your Shape, Not Your Size. Our philosophy is carried through in everything we do, from reframing how we look at our bodies to tagging each and every piece of clothing in the shop AND online by body shape.
It's me, Michelle!
This Sunday, November 25th, Shopgirls is hosting BABES & BRUNCH: You are Beautiful. Pass it on! We are proudly partnering with Madison Schillian (founder of Su_la_Po), You Tuber and poster child for self love Kenzie Brenna and Kaitlyn Axelrod from Sheena's Place for a panel discussion on Body Positivity and why it's so important for women of all ages. Help us help others and buy your tickets HERE! They're only $5 and 100% of the proceeds will go to Sheena's Place. Plus, snacks and coffee included!
So by all means, go out and get those Black Friday deals, there surely will be some good ones! But don't forget that independents can't play that game – and if they do, it's certainly not to win.
Save some of those dollars for small businesses, because supporting local is truly where you will get the biggest bang for your buck!
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Work, Productivity, and Job Satisfaction: An Evaluation of Policy-Related Research
Work, Productivity, and Job Satisfaction: An Evaluation of Policy-Related Research
In terms of today's vernacular, our topic concerns what about work turns people "on" or "off". The reader must wonder why that ancient question warrants further inquiry.
Our reply, and that of our sponsors, is that its answer is still far from apparent. We thought we could help clear it up if we were to bring to bear on the voluminous literature on the subject the following emphases: (1)examining hard facts, in contrast to ambiguous findings or vague impressions; (2)weighing recent and contemporary studies, in the belief that the answer may change with the times; (3)seeking linkages between the satisfaction of workers and their economic performance, and with the hypothesis that circumstances can be discovered in which people really care about their work and their jobs; and (4)looking at this complex subject from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including management, labor, economics, psychology, sociology, and engineering, in the belief that to do less is likely to result in an incomplete or even biased picture.
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To live life is to progress. Everyday is an opportunity to better ourselves mentally, spiritually, and physically. No matter where you are on your fitness journey, it is ultimately where you are going that is of utmost importance. As a personal trainer, it is my imperative to help my clients reach their individual physical potential through a combination of strength training, HIIT training, and functional training all while enjoying themselves and gaining confidence during the process. After graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago with a BS in Kinesiology, I set out to not only be a personal trainer, but also a coach and mentor for my clients for all things fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle related.
Just remember: "If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied."
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Ransacked Dwelling
Ransacked Dwelling rarely appears in Westmarch in Act V. There you will need, in the context of the Home Invasion event, to save a family from the tyranny of bandits.
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- Bertram Thistwhistle - The Silent Bandit
- Virgil Cutthroat - Bandit Leader
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Brigand Looter: "A witness! Get him!"
After killing the first wave of brigands
Caylin: "Please, help me! They have my mother and father upstairs!"
After killing Bertram Thistwhistle
Grace: "They killed him!"
Caylin: "Mother? Where's Mia?"
Grace: "I snuck her out back, through the bookcase."
Caylin: "In the alley? There are bandits -or worse- out there!"
After killing Virgil Cutthroat
Mia: "Cailyn! I thought you abandoned me."
Caylin: "No dear sister. never."
Caylin: "We owe you our lives. Here -maybe we have something for you."
Caylin: "Come with me now, Mia. Mother will be so happy you're safe."
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Ransacked Dwelling is in some way involved in the Sightseeing and The Tourists Achievements.


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Halo Braiding
Thank you to my crutching (literally) husband for taking these pics of me … muah!
He just had knee surgery and was walking up and down our land. Yes!! Our land that we are about to build on.
This is one of my favorite braids! It is soooo easy, and especially for dirty hair. Here I have an off center part, in the video you will see I had parted in the middle.
I also just wore a T-shirt, showing you don't have to dress up to dress your hair up :).
I also have this simple green denim dress I grabbed off the clearance rack at Urban Outfitters, to show that you can do so many different looks by adding different pieces with it! Denim dresses are so easy and fun!
Here's the Halo Braid tutorial I have made for you guys. I hope you like it!
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: all the details, pictures, videos, etc. from the official Twitter account (September 2018)
For Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, Masahiro Sakurai himself shared new screenshots and details via Miiverse. We actually got a fair amount of brand new details about the games, including some that were not even mentioned in the various presentations (Nintendo Direct, E3, etc.). And for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it looks like we're getting daily updates on the official Super Smash Bros. account, in Japan.
It's not clear if the tweets are from Masahiro Sakurai himself, or if they will be officially translated in English for the Nintendo of Europe and America Twitter accounts, though. In any case, we're going to gather all the details, screenshots, and videos shared on the official Twitter account on this page, so you can find it all in one place (for convenience purposes)! In this post, you will find all the updates for September 2018. If you're looking for the most recent updates, make sure to check out this page instead!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Latest Daily Updates
September 28th
Today's fighter is Lucario, whose attack power increases as it takes damage. If you like living on the edge, this is the fighter for you, as it truly shines when you're in a pinch!
Lucario first appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (released back in 2006, on Nintendo DS). It's a rare Pokémon that has unique abilities: it can catch the aura, as well as read its opponent's minds and moves. It's said those abilities allow it to understand human speech…
September 27th
Today's item is the Death's Scythe: a really powerful weapon that can KO highly damaged opponents in one hit, with a well placed Smash attack. When an opponent can be instant KOed with this weapon, a black aura surround them right before you attack!
September 26th
This week's music track is "Battle! (Steven)" from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, arranged by Soshi Abe!
And this week's stage is Brinstar from the Metroid series, located in the underground of Planet Zebes. You need to be pretty careful about the acid that goes up and down the stage: if you touch it, you will take lots of damage. But on the other hand, if you're about to fall off the stage, the acid will prevent an untimely K.O.!
September 25th
Today's fighter is Lucina, Marth's echo fighter. She shares most of her standard and special attacks with him, but unlike Marth's, they're as powerful whether you use the tip or the base of the sword.
Lucina first appeared in Fire Emblem Awakening, originally released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012 (in Japan). In this game, she first appears as a masked swordsman wielding the Falchion, who came from the future. She introduces herself as Marth, a hero from the past.
September 24th
Today's item is another Assist Trophy, and probably one of the most ominous ones: it's the Moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask! When used, it appears in the sky, then gradually moves closer, towards the center of the stage. When it finally crashes, all opponents caught in the blast take lots of damage.
September 19th, 20th, and 21st
This week's music track is "Happy Home Designer – Title Theme", arranged by the one and only Kazumi Totaka (who composed the music of the game)!
And this week's new stage is Onett, Ness's hometown. It has a drugstore in the middle, and houses on either side. It also has some rather deadly cars that enter the stage from the right, and deal 30% if they hit you!
The latest two character showcases are for…
- Ganondorf: in this entry, he sports his design from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He's also a bit slimmer, but don't be fooled: his Warlock Punch is devastating! This time around, he uses his sword for all his smash attacks. For his Final Smash, he transforms into Ganon (The Demon King), and quickly charged forward.
- Pikachu: it may look all cute, but it's actually a rather fierce fighter, who uses electric moves such as Thunder Jolt and Thunder. You can tell whether it's a male or female by looking at its tail: if it's heart-shaped, it's a female! One of his alternate costumes is Pikachu Libre. Pikachu first appeared in Pokémon Red and Green, released back in 1996 in Japan. In this game, you could catch it in the Viridian Forest, but in the third version, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, you got it directly from Professor Oak, and it followed you around instead of staying in its PokéBall.
September 18th
Today's item is another Assist Trophy: Shovel Knight! With his blue armour, his horn, and his iconic shovel, anyone even remotely familiar with the game would have recognised him instantly. He can bury opponents using his shovel, and while digging, he can throw rocks around. It looks like he can even dig up food!
September 17th
Today's fighter is Isabelle, from the Animal Crossing series, who uses various trinkets from around the village to battle. Her side special is the Fishing Rod, which serves two purposes: she can use it to catch and bring opponents closer, but also use it as a recovery move.
Isabelle first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, released back in 2012 (in Japan) on Nintendo 3DS. She works as a secretary to the mayor (who happens to be… you), supporting them in their day to day activities. In the Japanese version, her name is "Shizue", and the villagers affectionately call her "Shizu-chan".
September 13th
Today's fighter is Ryu, from Street Fighter series. Unlike with regular characters, you use directional command inputs to trigger his special moves (Hadoken, Shoryuken, etc.). What's more, said moves will end up more powerful if launched using the command inputs from the original game! Also, you can even use a Shakunetsu Hadoken by inputting ←↙↓↘→ + the attack button when facing right!
The first appearance of Ryu on home console was in Street Fighter II, released back in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. If you look at the manual, and more precisely at Ryu's age, you realise that he's now pretty old!
September 12th
This week's music track is "Pikmin – Main Theme", arranged by Hideki Sakamoto!
And this week's stage is Summit. When the summit of the mountain clear up, you can slide down the incline straight into the ocean. The designers went and added lots of neat details: the aurora that floats over the mountaintop, the polar bear with sunglasses and swimming trunks in the ocean, and… a mysterious fish that tries to eat the fighters!
September 11th
Today's fighter is Toon Link, a smaller, faster, and 100% more cartoony version of Link. Even his bombs have a nice cartoon-style explosion! His Final Smash sees him emit light from his left hand, before trapping opponents in the Triforce, and serving them a (not so) healthy dose of attacks.
Toon Link first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, released back in 2002 on GameCube. In this game, the story begins on Link's birthday, on Outset Island. Our hero goes on a journey across the Great Sea, on a ship known as the King of Red Lions. He can manipulate the winds using the mysterious Wind Waker.
September 10th
Today's fighter is Bowser. Thanks to his power and weight, he's quite the reliable fighter. He's also pretty versatile: you can his Fire Breath to keep opponents at bay, and his other attacks to launch them off the stage. His Final Smash sees him transform into Giga Bowser, and liver one powerful punch.
September 6th
Today's item is another Pokémon: Alolan Exeggutor. To say that this Pokémon is tall would be quite the understatement, but don't be fooled: it does not necessarily mean it will end up in your way. It can make it easier for you to get a KO, or harder for opponents to send you flying. It all depends on where it's place on the stage!
September 5th
This week's music track is Fortress Boss (from Super Mario bros. 3), arranged by Akihiro Honda!
And today's stage is none other than Final Destination. It looks like a rather simple stage: no stage hazards, no floating platforms, nothing. However, the background has been updated for this game, and may end up distracting some players who aren't fully focused on the battle!
September 4th
Today's fighter is King Dedede, a pretty slow character that compensates for his low speed with great recovery (something most heavyweight fighters don't have). He can use a move called Hovering, which allows him to float after taking a deep breath. He apparently learned that very handy move after a defeat by Kirby, which inspired him to train really hard to master it.
September 3rd
Today's fighter is Ike, who is known for his extremely powerful side smash. Unfortunately, that attack does leave him open, so you need to read your opponents' moves carefully if you want to use it. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you can choose between his Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn costumes.
Ike first appeared in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, which was released back in 2005, on GameCube (and also appears in the sequel, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn). At first he may seems rather unfriendly, and he's not really the talkative type, but he has a big heart, and he's actually quite gentle. He wields a big double-handed sword with ease.
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The King County Council is seeking approval of Proposition No. 1, which would provide funding for local parks, open spaces, trails, recreation, public pools, zoo operations, and an aquarium capital project. Renewing and replacing the County Parks levy is crucial for protecting thousands of acres of forest, investing in parks of all sizes, and expanding access to recreation and learning for underserved communities.
All children in King County deserve fun and safe places to play, and preserving our open spaces now will help combat climate change as well as protect air and water quality for generations to come. Proposition No. 1: Parks for All will cost the average homeowner less than $8 per month and will ensure King County's parks and other open spaces will continue to thrive. Vote yes on Proposition No. 1.
Environment: Cascade Bicycle Club, Washington Bikes, Washington Conservation Voters
Economic Justice: SEIU Local 925, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Media: The Stranger, The UrbanistOther: Washington Trails Association, The Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Lands, Seattle Parks Foundation, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, and many local Democratic district organizations.
Website: https://www.kcparksforall.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kcparksforall/
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Port of Seattle
Port of Seattle, Port Commissioner, Position #2
There are several good progressives in this race, including Preeti Shridhar, Sam Cho, Dominic Barrera, and Grant Degginger. Shridhar and Cho have earned the most support from our progressive partners.
Preeti Shridhar is a devoted environmental advocate who would bring decades of public affairs experience to the Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 2. Shridhar has worked in a variety of relevant government positions throughout King County and is passionate about ensuring that the interests of all King County communities are represented. She helped launch the City of Seattle's Climate Protection Initiative and worked to improve relations between immigrant communities and the City of Renton, where she now works. Shridhar is focused on building regional partnerships and creating good jobs at the port while protecting the environment.
Environment: Washington Conservation Voters
Media: The Urbanist
Website: https://preetiforport.com/
Endorsements: https://preetiforport.com/endorsements
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preetiforport/
Endorsements: https://preetiforport.com/endorsements
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Sam Cho, the co-founder of an international export company, is now running for Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 2. He served on Gov. Jay Inslee's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and previously worked on trade issues for a member of Congress. As the son of South Korean immigrants, Cho is running to make the Port of Seattle work better for all people in King County, from reducing congestion at SeaTac Airport to supporting low-income families south of the airport who are impacted by noise and air pollution. He also wants to use the port as an economic engine to create opportunities for the county's rapidly growing population.
Environment: Washington Conservation Voters
Economic Justice: M. L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Media: The StrangerOther: King County Democrats (dual)
Website: https://www.electsamcho.com/
Endorsements: https://www.electsamcho.com/endorsements
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samforport
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Port of Seattle, Port Commissioner, Position #5
Incumbent Fred Felleman is an environmental consultant and marine biologist. He is running to retain his seat on the Seattle Port Commission to continue fighting climate change and increasing the port's green energy jobs. He has been a leader on the commission in protecting orcas, publicly opposing the dangerous Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, and promoting transparency at the port while advocating for well-paying jobs. The port faced criticism following the Trump Muslim Ban when some protesters on the light rail were forced to skip the airport station. However, Felleman was among numerous leaders who released a statement condemning the ban and calling for an evaluation of the numerous government agencies' response at the airport.
Felleman is being challenged by Garth Jacobson and Jordan Lemmon. Attorney Jacobson's priorities include pausing cruise line terminal growth until pollution cleanup efforts are further along, finding a way to eliminate the bus shuttles from the car rental facility, and installing availability lights in the airport parking structure. Lemmon is a theatre supervisor who was inspired to run to encourage voting and is using his campaign to engage the voter base prior to the 2020 election. He has no detailed campaign information available.
Felleman is the best choice for Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 5.
Environment: Sierra Club, Washington Conservation Voters
Economic Justice: M. L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Teamsters 117
Media: The Stranger
Website: http://www.fredforport.com/
Endorsements: https://www.fredforport.com/endorsements-1
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Redmond Mayor
Redmond Mayor
Angela Birney is President of the Redmond City Council and a former chair of the Redmond Parks and Trails Commission. She is a progressive former school teacher and longtime local volunteer who is active in the community. Birney is running to increase affordable housing and transportation options, ensure that everyone feels welcome in Redmond, and address challenges such as opioid addiction and homelessness.
Birney is running against City Councilmember Steve Fields and Andrew Koeppen. Fields is an outspoken progressive on the council and a local business owner who formerly worked in the budget offices of the city of Seattle and King County. Fields is running to prepare the city for its future changes, including light rail, the growing diversity of the region, and upcoming climate impacts. He also strongly supports reforming our upside-down tax code. Koeppen, the chair of the Public Safety Advisory Board, is running as an independent.
While Fields is progressive, we believe Birney is the best choice in this race due to her deep knowledge of city issues and strong support from advocates and elected officials across the region.
Environment: Sierra Club
Reproductive Freedom: Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and HawaiiOther: Redmond Firefighters, 45th Legislative District Democrats, OneAmerica Votes Muslim Committee
Website: https://electangelabirney.com/
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Redmond City Council, Position #7
Carlos Jimenez, the Executive Director and founder of Centro Cultural Mexicano, is running for Redmond City Council, Position 7. Jimenez is a former executive board member of the Martin Luther King Jr. County Labor Council, where he was a strong advocate for working families. Jimenez's campaign is focused on social, racial, and economic justice, and he seeks to build an inclusive Redmond through affordable housing policies, better transportation, and environmental protections.
Jimenez is running against City Council Vice President David Carson, Dr. Shad Ansari, and Osama Hamdan. Carson is a business-oriented candidate who has used his time in office to reduce regulation on businesses. Ansari is a former Microsoft employee and current holistic practitioner in functional and Eastern medicine. Hamdan came to the U.S. as a young refugee with his parents and is seeking to foster a sense of community in Redmond. While Hamdan is progressive, he failed to lay out a specific policy agenda or vision for Redmond in his interview with our council.
Jimenez is the best choice for Redmond City Council, Position 7.
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text: It's now the 21st June and the longest day of light in the year and after lots of rain our green spaces and wildlife is rich and plentiful. 2019 offers a lot of of opportunities thanks to Greater Fishponds boundary shared with South Gloucestershire. A new park is now open at the top of Stoke Lane in Scholars Chase and another new park with new tennis courts in the old grounds of Frenchay Hospital which is our new Town & Village Green, protected land for ever more to add to the landscapes of the Frome Valley.


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Producer share of retail price continues to fall
During April, the farmgate pig price and retail pork prices diverged, with farmgate prices falling while retail prices increased.
This led to the share of the retail price being received by farmers falling marginally to just below 35%. This was only a small fall on the month but the producer share was over five points lower than in April 2014 as pig prices have fallen 17%, while retail prices have only dropped by 2%. This makes the share of the retail price being received by the farmer its lowest level in at least six years.
The rise in retail prices during April was due to higher prices for minced pork (up 8%), traditional pork sausages (2%), diced pork (1%) and boneless leg (1%). The only monitored cut to record falling prices was pork shoulder, down 1%, with all other cuts remaining stable. Compared to a year earlier, pork mince and loin chops were the only monitored cuts to increase in price, up 1% and 2 % respectively. All other cuts were cheaper, with boneless leg (down 10%), diced pork and loin steaks (7%) showing the largest falls.


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One of the most difficult challenges for new business owners is staying afloat financially and turning a profit. We often encounter business owners who shortly after celebrating their first year of business review their taxes with their accountant, check their bank balance, and find themselves needing a quick solution to survive through the second year.
Of course, having a business plan and strategy is vital to an owner's long term success, but sometimes lack of cash in the bank and lack of daily cash flow hinders execution of the best of plans. When profit margins are lower than anticipated, most business owners start to think about getting a business loan to use for inventory, back taxes, expansion, staff hiring, or advertising.
The next obstacle is finding a business loan. Many companies start with their local banks; however, big banks are often unwilling to lend as easily as they used to; a majority of loan applicants are turned down for financing.
Additionally, big banks put businesses thru lengthy application processes which include examining questions, proof of back taxes, financials, and profit statements, to name a few things. After all this, it still takes a few months to learn whether or not you are approved.
After denied, big banks often cite reasons such as the business are too new or the credit is not strong enough. But this is a Catch-22 because a new business can't help these factors.
Avoiding Big Banks
The next best business option in order to borrow money is going for alternative funding sources; such as private lenders that do not fall under the federal guidelines. These lenders usually work with most business owners who are having difficulty finding traditional funding, whether being a new business or an established business. The product they offer is a merchant cash advance.
When applying for this loan, lenders require most businesses to have existed for one year, and the owner have a fico score of 500 or more. It doesn't put much value into personal credit scores and instead, the lender looks at the monthly sales of the business.
For example, a produce market owner who does about $30,000 a month in credit card sales, consistently for 3 months or more, would be approved for a $30,000 lump sum of cash for future credit card sales.
This is all set up within a merchant's credit card terminals. They set it to where they take out 10 to 20 percent of the day's sales everyday weekday until the obligation is paid back. While this is a good option for a business who needs money immediately, it's also expensive to pay back. Additionally, because payments are automatically withdrawn from merchants account every weekday, it interferes with the daily cash flow of the business.
This can have a compounding effect on the company when business owners run short on cash to buy inventory, pay employees, or other bills such as rent. For some businesses, this solution works, but for the majority it is risky. Most credit challenged business owners go this route because it is one of the only choices they have.
The process to apply for a merchant cash advance is easy, and applicants find out if they are approved in 1 day. It then takes 5-7 business days for the money to be deposited into the business checking account. To avoid this route, business owners should clean up their credit to raise their FICO score.
Applicants with 680+ FICO score have more lending options. Business owners who work with accountants often have more cash and write fewer expenses off. This shows that a business can handle a loan and puts them in a position to apply for better loan options.
One such option is a business term loan with a 10-year term. This requires a business owner have a 680+ credit score, 1 year or more of business behind them, and has positive cash flow. Approval for a business term loan is based on these terms as well as the lender looking at the business credit before making a decision.
Merchant Cash Advance vs. Business Term Loan
There are many reasons why a business owner should choose a 10-year term loan vs. merchant cash advance.
Here are a few:
· Term Loan has an interest rate, which is tax deductible
· Merchant Cash Advance uses a factor rate, which is NOT tax deductible
· Merchant Cash Advance- Payments are very expensive 6-12 months payback
· Term Business Loans- 10 Year Term has Very Low Monthly Payments
· Term Business Loans- No Prepayment Penalty
Because payments are spread out over 10-years, business owners have more daily cash flow, which decreases their chance of getting into trouble again. The Term Business Loan is also suitable for the business owner who currently has a merchant cash advance hurting them due to high daily payments. The lender pays back the cash advance, freeing much more cash flow!
Some merchant cash advances collect weekly payments as much as once a month. A business owner can pay thousands a week with a merchant cash advance, as compared to only paying a $1000 a month for the same length of time borrowed.
As you can see, not all business loan options are the same. It's important to make the right choice with the best terms available for the future of your business.
At Treasure Coast Business Loans we've seen too many businesses make bad decisions out of a desperate need for money. Taking on expensive payback terms that harm future business growth isn't always the best solution.
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For about thirty years, this little ashtray, (10 cm across) has sat atop one of my stereo speakers and served to hold my guitar picks & capo, a few odd screws and some old steel phonograph needles.
It occurred to me that in this day of the internet, I should see if I can find out anything about it.
The underside is marked "MARUHON WARE" in a semicircle, above a capital "K" inside a circle, both above "MADE IN JAPAN", underneath all are five or six Japanese characters.
This is a very similar one I found at an Australian antiques site. It is captioned:
1910s - 1920s Maruhon ware ashtray ($22)
Made in Japan. Hand painted.
D: 115mm
The underside looks quite different though, the writing is coarser and more irregular, there is a patent number, and no Japanese characters. The "W" formed of crossed "V"s is no help as the "W" on mine is too faint to tell if it is the same.
I even found a picture of an identical ashtray with no info, unfortunately. It is just listed as:
for US $5.95
Approximately NZD6.86
It does have marks that as far as I can tell are the same as mine, even the Japanese characters. The writing on mine is finer, but fainter.
An extensive search has not produced any details about the Marutomo at this stage. We know that the Japanese word "Maru" translates to mark or circle. We also know that similar wares appear with the names "Marumon Ware" and "Maruhun Ware", only these brands appear with the circled letter "K". A lot of Marutomoware is advertised as 1920-1930.
Marked on the base, Marumon Ware, the letter K in a circle, Made in Japan and Japanese writing underneath that. The Japanese were required to mark their exports Made in Japan , a practice which continued until the beginning of World War II, from 1941 until 1945. During the following years of American occupation of Japan (1945 to 1952), all exports from Japan were marked Made in Occupied Japan. After the Occupation, Japan marked her exports simply Japan.
It is believed that Marumon Ware was produced by a Division of the Noppon Toki Gomei Kaisha Company in the small town of Noritake. (See Noritake above)"
Further Google text search reveals little else concrete, and a lot of sites quoting or referring to the one above.
My ashtray is Japanese, pre-WW2, thus at least 74 years old, could be up to 100.


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The Office of the Financial Stability Oversight Council seeks a Policy Advisor to analyze the economic, financial, and policy implications of matters before the Council. The Council was created in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for the purpose of identifying risks to US financial stability, promoting market discipline, and responding to emerging threats to the US financial system. The Council is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and has ten voting members, including the heads of the federal financial regulators, and five nonvoting members. This position is in the office within the Treasury Department that supports the Council.
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Its been a while,
Since I saw you smile.
Beyond just the vast distances,
Between us are these instances.
They take me back,
To the time, when you were under, my attack.
You took it all, like a man.
Wish I'd known, it was a part of your plan.
To paint a picture of a flower,
As I fell under your spell, and your power.
What was it, your love, or magic?
Look at us now, so tragic.
Those nights that I watched you sleeping,
Wondering if there was a secret that you were keeping.
I told myself- in love there's no place for insecurity,
In your eyes, there was always such purity.
But, like North and South, we're contrary poles.
Always divided by our individual goals.
I still held my breath, in anticipation.
My faith in a harmony in creation.
We walked this far, only to come crashing,
All my nights, spent in agony, with limbs thrashing.
Come back, my heart longingly cries,
Dearly, to move on, it tries.
Like Hansel and Gretal, I follow the trail of bread,
With each step, I'm so filled with dread.
The path now more than ever is winding,
The light of the truth, has never been so blinding.
All my mistakes now look me in the face,
Should I succumb? Handle it with grace?
Or will you come, and hold my hand,
Walk with me, let's make castles in the sand.
But like every dream, mine too, now must shatter.
Can you hear it, its my voice,bruised and battered.
All that's left for me, is to miss you and weep.
As I remember those nights, how beautiful you looked, as I watched you sleep…


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Jammu, Feb 8: Kangana Ranaut is gearing up for her next release RANGOON along with Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. Every actor has their own way of promotions , some go for train rides, some visit colleges.
However the QUEEN actress Kangana Ranaut has a very different way of promoting films.
Kangana visited the armed forces in Jammu and encouraged the soldiers in their quest to protect the country.
She was seen having a gala time with people there and also interacted with them. Apart from promoting the film, the actress also had a small getaway from the rush city life.
Below are some of the pics!
The film 'Rangoon' is slated to release on February 24th, 2017.
It is pertinent to note here that actors Akshay Kumar and Nana Patekar, also visited BSF headquarters last year to pay tributes to BSF martyrs.
Bollywood actress along with TV Anchor Rashid Hashmi visited BSF Headquarters at Paloura, here and paid tribute to martyrs at martyrs' memorial, who made supreme sacrifice during ceasefire fire violation by Pakistan all along International Border.
Bollywood actress also met with troops and their families.
While addressing the gathering, emotional Kangna Ranaut remembered the supreme sacrifice made by bordermen and their proud families.
"I am fortunate that I got an opportunity to come and meet BSF jawans", she added.
Kangana Ranaut also met with BSF School children and attended programmes at BWWA auditorium and BSF Stadium Paloura Camp.
It is to mention here that three national awards winner actress, who is known for advocating for women empowerment and raised voiced against gender discrimination, is also known for her concerns for jawans deployed at borders.


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Derrick Henry tied an NFL record with a 99-yard touchdown run and rushed for a franchise-record 238 yards on 17 carries as the Tennessee Titans kept their playoff hopes alive by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 30-9 on Thursday Night Football.
Henry also matched a franchise record with four rushing touchdowns. Tennessee (7-6) won their second game in a row to move within a half-game of the Baltimore Ravens for the second AFC wild-card spot.
The defeat was Jacksonville's (4-9) eighth in nine games, and ensures the Jaguars earn a seventh losing season in eight years.
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Henry's 99-yard jaunt, which tied the mark set by Dallas' Tony Dorsett at Minnesota in January 1983, came on the first play in the second-quarter after Leonard Fournette was stopped for no gain by Rashaan Evans on fourth-and-goal to deny the Jaguars the lead.
Henry burst free off left tackle and broke three tackles on his way to the record book, stiff-arming A.J. Bouye to the ground around the Tennessee 25.
Myles Jack tried and failed to bring Henry down at the Jacksonville 20 as the crowd roared. The play gave Tennessee a 13-2 lead with 7:07 left in the first half.
Ryan Succop's 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds left in the half made it 16-2 at the break. Henry ended the game's competitive phase in the third quarter with touchdown runs of 16 and 54 yards less than two minutes apart, upping the margin to 30-2 at the 5:30 mark.
Henry had a chance for a fifth touchdown, but his third-down run from the Jaguars' 2-yard line was stopped for a 1-yard loss. Jaguars quarterback Cody Kessler completed 25 of 43 passes for 240 yards and a 7-yard scoring strike to Dede Westbrook with 1:49 left in the third quarter.
Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota hit 18 of 24 attempts for 162 yards with an interception.
Jacksonville's other points came on a safety with 59 seconds left in the first quarter when punt returner Cameron Batson muffed the ball and was tackled in the end zone.
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Jaguars 0-7 Titans: Derrick Henry three-yard run (Ryan Succop extra point good)
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Some interesting details about the upcoming Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices have leaked – ST-Ericsson's CEO, Carlo Bozotti has revealed the WP7 phones will be sporting his company's U8500 dual-core mobile processor. While he didn't mention the clock speed, the same processor has been seen running at 1.2GHz before, so it definitely seems possible.
[RELATED_ARTICLE]If true, this puts the upcoming Nokia WP7 phones in the same league as the Samsung Galaxy S II, at least in terms of processing power, as the chipset also contains the same Mali 400 GPU as Samsung dual-core 1.2GHz Exynos chipset.
With Microsoft's early guidelines for the WP7 platform, a Qualcomm chipset was prescribed. Things have changed now, ST-Ericsson's CEO has let on his company, along with another one he didn't name, will be delivering the processing hardware for Nokia Windows Phones. The new Nokia WP7 phones will be shipping with the yet-to-be-released Mango update onboard, or Windows Phone 7.5.
More information about Nokia's WP7 roadmap was revealed by Bozotti, with the Finnish phone maker supposed to deliver 12 WP7 devices over the course of 2012. ST-Ericsson will also be providing mobile chipsets for Windows Phone 8.


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I think that because John Sydney Mcain, III (or 4th?) lies in the above video about Iraq, the American economy,his position on taxes and Katrina, it's safe to say that John McCain would say anything to get elected.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Video Shows McCain Lying about Iraq, Economy, Taxes and Katrina
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You fn' tree hugging, disrespectful, unrealistic liberals and die hard Democrats need to all move to California. Then, let us all pray for the 'Big One' to it break off and we shall call it 'LA LA Land.'
I am disgusted, ashamed with what so much of America has become. I seriously doubt that this is what our forefathers had envisioned for us.
- September 26, 2008 at 5:31 PM
- Francis Holland said...
Anonymous, your comments show precisely why the US economy is going down the drain and needs a trillion dollar bailout. Your comment shows why the infant mortality rate in some populations of the US South is three times as great as it is in Cuba.
You think that supporting McCain is "realistic", but probably haven't read the position papers by his adviser Holtz-Eakin who says that the US is spending about the right amount in lives and money in Iraq, and so we have the ability to take on even more wars simultaneously.
I wonder if the trillion dollar deregulation bailout changes his calculus at all?
- September 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Hey Francis,
Did you watch the debate?? As far as Presidential material goes, my vote is for McCain... Obama, oh what an idiot...I will say that maybe in 20 or so years he may have the experience that he needs to be a good President. But he came off as inexperienced, uninformed, and just plain, wet behind the ears kind of candidate. However, should he ever decide to be a motivational speaker, he would be one of the best. He does talk a good game and could probably sell ice to an Eskimo.. As for the economy and who is to blame, well that list could be very long but it started in the Clinton administration. Bush walked into a total mess with our nation's security compromised and our economy headed to certain doom. I'm convinced the next President of the United States will have a long road ahead of them and are fighting an uphill, thankless battle. Iraq could have been avoided had Clinton done his job right and gotten Bin Ladin back when he was in office. Bush should have just dropped the A bomb on their a@@ and called it a day. That's all those people have ever know 'war' and 'death.'I'm not crazy about either one of the candidates, but I would trust John McCain with mine and my family's lives. I don't feel that the democrats or their candidate have done a good job up on capital hill for the past few years. lastly, I have browsed around and read your stuff and I can see how you lean. People like you and the people leaning on the other side are part of the problem. If we continue to be so one sided and not meet in the middle or work together were playing right into the devils hands....
chow for now
I'll be back..
- September 26, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- Francis Holland said...
Anonymous, I watched the debate. McCain said over and over again, in a Reagan-like fashion, "I think you just don't understand", in an attempt to drive home his thesis that Obama would lack experience.
The problem is, and everybody knows it, that McCain got us into the Iraq War and now he has no plan to get us out. He ignores the Afghanistan war, even though it's killing more us US soldiers than Iraq is now.
And McCain wants to expand the wars in the Middle East. McCain did a great job of expressing his undying support for Israel, without stating explicitly that that would lead him into war with Iran. But it would, and has top adviser, Douglas Holz-Eakin, has said as much.
McCain has been in Washington 22 years, watching the country get into the mess that it's in now, and providing some critical votes and support to this mess along the way, 90% of the time.
Between McCain and the battery of lobbyists that run his campaign, they probably have hundreds of years of experience - fleecing the American taxpayer on behalf of the rich and well-connected.
Americans want change and, precisely because McCain is so entrenched in the lobbyist merry-go-round, we know we will not get that change from John McCain.
- September 27, 2008 at 3:08 AM


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Mon 2 Apr 2018
Williams Website – Home Page, 1
Posted by concerned eph '17 under Williams Website at 1:05 pm
After alumni and the efforts of the admissions office, the Williams website is perhaps our best marketing tool in attracting intelligent, talented, and motivated students to join our community in the Purple Valley. Unfortunately a considerable subset of these students most likely haven't heard of Williams – we only have so many alumni – far fewer than, say, Harvard – and our admissions officers can only visit so many high schools. For these students the Williams website becomes a powerful tool of discovery – it's the first impression we give to show off what makes the College so special. How does it do? Part 1 of x.
Let's start with www.williams.edu, the home page:
1) For me the best parts of my time at Williams were the close relationships I had with professors, the research I did with them, the small and fascinating classes, tutorials, and the small sized community from which I've made many meaningful friendships. These are nowhere to be found on our home page (why?), and the biggest posts – attracting the most clicks – do not even allude to them. The closest one that comes to this is the post on Winter Study, under the unfortunate header "From the Archives". What prospective student would go to the "Archives" when seeing what Williams is about today?
2) Stunningly, not a single professor is featured or even mentioned on the home page.
3) The boxed links on the lower right hand corner – meant to standout against the white background to attract attention – only cover "Admissions & Aid", "Campaign for Williams", "Varsity Sports", and "Arts at Williams". Naturally all are important, but where is "Academics"? Ctrl+F and typing "academics" yields 0 results. I would have to click "Menu" in the upper right hand corner – which has too many links – to find it.
4) I don't know if this is just me, but it seems odd that under "Innovation" is a photo of a typewriter featuring a month were Williams students used one. Is this really the best example of innovation at Williams? What about our upcoming Science Center? Or groundbreaking research by professors and students?
5) The news that a Williams senior won the Watson Fellowship is relegated to the bottom of the landing page – why? Don't we want to boast this?
6) The Featured Events section, also relegated to the bottom right, leaves much to be desired in terms of diversity of what's actually featured. The three right now all lean politically, but in the events.williams.edu page, there are math talks by students, sports games, and new acquisitions by the Sawyer and Schow libraries. Why don't we feature these too? For that matter, who decides what events to feature…?
7) The most interesting part of the home page is at the bottom, only seen after scrolling down, under the banner "Williams Life" (for that matter, why is the font of these banners so small?). There are so many stunning photos highlighting Williams – professors working with students, our dining staff, the beautiful location – but all, for some reason, are without any caption and link to nothing else of relevance in the website. A prospective student might get excited at seeing a professor and a student working in a lab, but upon clicking it would find a dead end – no caption, no link as to what they might be doing. Are they just posing for the camera? Also and oddly enough, the photo featuring our new President has no name attached to it. What would a prospective student make of that, and our home page in general?
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5 Responses to "Williams Website – Home Page, 1"
Tom Foolery says:
These comments are all valid – the website is amateurish and appears to be done in-house or by a relative of a Williams employee. Hire a real firm to do this right, including focus groups of students, alumni and faculty. Unfortunately, it really reflects poorly on the school and comes across as something that satisfies someone who hasn't been outside Williamstown for 15 years. Perhaps one less Assistant Dean or mental health counselor for a year would pay for it-I'm sure the current students would survive.
abl says:
I disagree that the page is amateurish — I actually like the simple and photo-forward aesthetic. That said, I largely agree with concerned eph's criticisms.
Dick Swart says:
This page has no punch. It shouldn't be laid back.
The page needs to present the image we wish to have of the college done in an arresting visual backed by crafted words.
The college should stand out on the home page rather than serve as a table of contents … that can be page two. And it is there that Concerned issues on particulars should be addressed.
PTC says:
No picture of construction? Good god, at least put a couple of backhoes in there and a dozer. A concrete mixer or something.
David Dudley Field '25 says:
Welcome back CE '17! We all miss your posts. Please write more, when you have the chance.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) have begun using a procedure that involves freezing the heart to help reduce the symptoms of an irregular heart rhythm.
Patients from Norfolk and Suffolk who have an irregular heart beat – atrial fibrillation (AF) – are benefiting from a treatment that freezes the veins leading into the heart. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm, which is caused by uncoordinated electrical impulses that causes an irregular 'quivering' of the top chambers of the heart. More than one million people in the UK have the condition. When the heart does not contract at a normal rhythm, there is a risk of a blood clot developing inside the chambers of the heart.
The cardiology team at NNUH have begun the procedure, called cryoablation, following funding for new equipment from the Norfolk Heart Trust. The procedure, which involves a consultant cardiologist, cardiac physiologists, lab nurses and specialist nurses, involves inserting a balloon into the left atrium and freezing the four veins leading into the heart.
The Trust also carries out radiofrequency ablation, under general anaesthetic, which uses heat to treat AF.
Norfolk and Suffolk patients previously had to travel to Cambridge or London to have this treatment which aims to relieve the symptoms of AF.
Dr Richard Till, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, said the development was part of NNUH's strategy to treat more complex heart conditions nearer to home.
He said: "We are the third hospital in East Anglia to offer invasive treatments for atrial fibrillation. AF can cause palpitations, breathlessness and tiredness for patients and this procedure can have a big impact on quality of life and improves the symptoms of AF. It is particularly effective in patients with intermittent episodes of AF. Patients who have cryoablation can usually go home on the same day that they have the procedure and we have had very positive feedback so far."
The Trust has capacity to carry out about 50 cryoablations a year. However, there is potential to increase the numbers of procedures with the planned development of the new Interventional Radiology Unit (IRU) at NNUH, which will increase lab capacity.
Read the full article here: http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news/2019/02/helping-quivering-hearts-with-freezing-technique/


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