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HSC™ instrument and process reduces time and cost of protein formulation for drug development
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Birmingham-based Soluble Therapeutics, Inc, today announced the official launch of its high-throughput second viral coefficient determination system, HSC™ Technology, at the IBC BioProcess International Conference in Providence, RI October 8-12.
HSCTM Technology was developed by Dr. Bill Wilson, former Chairman, Chemistry Department at Mississippi State University, and former NASA astronaut, Dr. Larry DeLucas, Director of the Center for Biophysical Sciences & Engineering at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Doctors Wilson and DeLucas have collaborated for the last two decades on the development of the HSC™ Technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1PwehpiV-I.
"Conventional methods used to identify formulations promoting solubility and stability of proteins often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars," said Dr. Joseph N. Garner, CEO, Soluble Therapeutics. Inc. "HSC™ Technology accelerates the formulation process, achieving in a month what can take a team of scientists a year or longer to achieve. Since significantly less protein is required for optimization, HSC™ is an incredibly efficient way to get past the formulation bottleneck."
Companies developing biotherapeutics face the challenge of keeping therapeutic proteins soluble and stable at high concentrations. The HSC™ system helps researchers and manufacturers overcome this challenge by reducing time and costs, while accelerating the progression of candidates through the development pipeline.
HSC™ Technology is a self-contained, automated, chromatographic system that conducts high-throughput, microcapillary, self-interaction chromatography screens, using additives and excipients commonly included in protein formulations. The data generated from these screens is analyzed by a predictive algorithm used to identify the optimal combination(s) of additives and excipients, resulting in increased solubility and physical stability of proteins. The system works in concert with a predictive algorithm of formulation parameters that can be exclusively accessed through Soluble Therapeutics.
The HSC™ Instrument, and underlying technology, has been validated over the past ten years via industry and academic collaborations. For biopharmaceutical clients this means faster development times and quicker progression of molecules into the clinic. For academic collaborators, this has meant further progression of structural biology studies necessary to advance research in areas of unmet medical need.
Soluble Therapeutics, Inc. has received over $1 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, which is being utilized to advance applications of the HSC™ Technology.
About Soluble Therapeutics, Inc.
Soluble Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2008 to commercialize the HSC™ Technology. The company's services enhance the drug development process, by rapidly optimizing protein solubility and stability. Soluble Therapeutics brings transformational technology to the world of protein-based pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and therapeutics. Led by CEO Dr. Joseph N. Garner, Soluble Therapeutics' management team consists of science industry professionals bringing over 60 years combined experience from organizations such as NASA, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Mississippi State University. Soluble Therapeutics, Inc. is the first company to introduce protein formulation solutions that deliver the price and performance advantages of the HSC™ Technology.
For additional information visit www.soluble-therapeutics.com
SOURCE Soluble Therapeutics, Inc.


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Sensors, small electrical motors and harnesses are increasingly important and crucial for the optimal operation of modern motor vehicles. The perfect definition of these components represents an unquestionable factor of competitive advantage for today's motor vehicle manufacturers, allowing them to reach high levels of driveability and travel comfort, fuel consumption efficiency, reduced pollutants andgreater control reliability and accuracy of modern powertrains.
Sensors and small motors are active parts needed for proper definition of blends, air control, and verification of the positions and of all physical parameters used to provide the necessary feedback to the engine and transmission control units, allowing them to carry out the necessary controls, while the harnesses make it possible for the control units, sensors and "actuators" to work well together, exchanging information while preventing any external phenomena from compromising the operation of the whole.
In a modern Powertrain system, inside the throttle bodies and in the actuators for swirl and/or tumble devices, sensors determine the opening angle of the throttles, while the electric motors accurately open and close them based on the needs and on the desired speed. In fuel rails and in air intake manifolds, sensors measure the pressure and temperature of the fluids. In the engine exhaust, sensors are used to measure the air/fuel percentage, while on the engine they measure rotation speed, vibrations, noise level, temperatures of cooling fluids and lubricants, etc.
Magneti Marelli Powertrain is at the vanguard in this area too, and it is leader in Europe in the extensive use of contactless angular and linear measuring devices in the automotive sector, constantly committed to identifying and developing innovative solutions that maximize measuring quality and functionality at the lowest possible cost.
Specifically, one of the most innovative developments, which can be potentially applied to all engine systems, is the "Fast Synchronization Sensor" (FSS), intended to replace with a single electronic device what today is the set of an inductive sensor and what is known as the"phonic wheel" of an engine.
FSS - Fast Sync Sensor
The current solutions used in the automotive sector for the detection/reading of the number of drive shaft revolutions have required for some time the use of a phonic wheel, equipped with a sensor that is currently the Hall-effect type with single/double cell.
Despite the technological advancements of the aforementioned sensor and the implementation of additional functions (e.g. detection of the direction of rotation), the limit of the current solutions, in terms of reading accuracy of the number of drive shaft revolutions, consists in the construction/realization accuracy of the phonic wheel mechanical component.
The Magneti Marelli solution aims at overcoming such limit by replacing the conventional phonic wheel with a magnetic dipole, keyed to the end of the vehicle drive shaft by means of a non-magnetic magnet holder, in front of which a magnetic encoder sensor is positioned.
The benefits of such solution can be summarized as follows:
The theoretical/experimental activity carried out so far by Magneti Marelli has confirmed the benefits listed above.

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Reviews & Comments Hotel La Scaletta Florence
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Tom - Edinburgh (GB)
"Great location, helpful friendly staff, attractive roof terrace with views"
Source: Booking.com
Nadya - Sliven (BG)
"Всичко беше прекрасно. Локацията е перфектна. Персоналът е отзивчив и любезен. Просторно и чисто е в хотела"
Source: Booking.com
Alessandro - Corenons (IT)
"La magnifica vista dalla terrazza dell'hotel"
Source: Booking.com
"heerlijk hotel, prachtige verbouwde kamer, sommige met een mooi uitzicht, het dakterras is echt geweldig met een schitterend uitzicht. Goed personeel"
Source: Booking.com
Venere Guest
Ottima posizione, cordialità e professionalità degli addetti. Stanza di normali dimensioni ma con mobilio datato "armadio finto antico e porta dalla quale penetra la luce proveniente dal corridoio". bagno di dimensioni ridottissime ma funzionale. Terrazza spettacolare. Da andarci se si trova una offerta "a prezzo pieno penso si trovi di meglio.
Source: Venere.com
Venere Guest
Stunning rooftop terrace view. Very clean and comfortable. Extremely helpful, friendly and welcoming staff. Perfectly situated and quiet. Delicious breakfast, and could make drinks outside that time. We had a budget room, without a view so next time I shall book a room with a view! Will definitely return.
Source: Venere.com
Venere Guest
Absolutely the nicest place we stayed in our entire trip. Beautiful old building in a great location.
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Venere Guest
Love, love, love this place. We were in Florence for 3 days and wish we could have stayed longer. Best wifi service we had on our trip. Great location, helpful staff/24 hour desk, great breakfast, rooftop seating w/view of entire city. This hotel does have a lift to the lobby (it's on the second floor but not difficult to find.) Must check out Angie's Bar if visiting Florence, great music (soul, R&B, mowtown, etc, cute bartender :D ), reasonable prices. Can't wait to go back and will surely stay at La Scaletta.
Source: Venere.com
Venere Guest
Excellent value, quality and location. Situated a hundred yards south of the Ponte Vecchio in a 15th century pallazzo, the hotel is on the third floor, accessed by a small caged lift. The room was large and stylish. Stairs from the breakfast room lead to a roof terrace with a wonderful 360 degree view of the city. The staff were all professional and helpful. Very near the Piazza di Santo Spirito with fine reasonably priced Rough guide reccommended resturants. As first-time visitors to Firenze, I feel we landed on our feet thanks to Venere's excellent website.
Source: Venere.com
Simona M. - Fano, Italia
Perfetta la posizione per visitare Firenze a piedi! Le suites sono fantastiche, servizio ottimo, colazione abbondante, personale cordiale e disponibile Se siete in coppia consiglio di prenotare una cena a lume di candela nella terrazza panoramica...Firenze di notte è bellissima ne vale veramente la pena! Qualità/prezzo ottima. Superconsigliato!
Source: Tripadvisor
Chiara Carolina C. - Castelletto sopra Ticino, Italia
Una chicca di posto a un passo da Ponte Vecchio. Personale gentilissimo, camere spaziose e pulitissime, una vista mozzafiato su Firenze...il tutto a un prezzo fenomenale! Superconsigliato!!!.. Questa sera ho cenato sui tetti di Firenze, la vista è da togliere il fiato, e il cibi molto buono. SuperConsigliate anche le suite, appena ristrutturate, ad un ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo. Io vengo spesso per lavoro, ma lo consiglio soprattutto a chi vuole trascorrere dei giorni di vacanza, in tranquillità ma comunque in una zona centralissima. Al personale va dato un elogio particolare, tutti disponibili e molto cordiali.
Source: Tripadvisor
Daniele B. - Lecco, Italia
La posizione è strategica per visitare la città a piedi. Al ritorno dopo una giornata trascorsa salendo scale e camminando fra magnifiche opere d'arte e una squisita cenetta a lume di candela su una terrazza con vista fantastica e personale troppo simpatico, si può solo pensare : "scelta veramente azzeccata".
Source: Tripadvisor
RobinHood006 - Cannes, France
Après une longue journée de marche à travers tout Florence, nous avons été séduit par la terrasse de ce restaurant avec jolie vue, service impeccable et bonne cuisine...Toutefois, si vous souhaitez dîner sur la plus haute terrasse qui elle seule propose une superbe vue sur tout Florence (comme présentée en photo sur le menu à l'entrée dans la rue), réservez car il n' y a que 3 tables! Je suppose qu'elles doivent être réservées de toute façon à la clientèle de l'hotel. Néanmoins, la terrasse sur laquelle vous aurez le plus de chance de dîner aura tout de même une très belle vue sur les jardins del Boboli et sur le pallazzo Pitti.
Source: Tripadvisor
Catherine B. - Thiais, France
Cet hôtel est extrêmement bien situé à 100 mètres du palazzo Pitti et 150 mètres du ponte Vecchio. Nous avons eu une chambre très spacieuse et calme décorée dans un style moderne très sobre dans laquelle nous avons séjourné 3 nuits. Le personnel est chaleureux et très professionnel. Le restaurant propose une carte de qualité. Le vrai plus : la terrasse d'où l'on voit les toits de la ville et le palazzo Pitti. C'est un hôtel que je recommanderai à mon entourage sans la moindre hésitation.
Source: Tripadvisor
Hildegart - De Haan (BE)
Spectactular view from the terrace!!! Friendlyness of the staff... Dinner al fresco...
Source: Booking.com
Andrey - Ducna (RU)
"I've stayed twice in this hotel and enjoyed it very much. It has perfect central location, excellent conditions, spacious rooms and a very hospitable staff. Also, there is a garage near."
Source: Booking.com
Andrea - Quarto D'Altino (IT)
"Posizione eccezionale, vista mozzafiato"
Source: Booking.com
"Excellent hôtel, extrêmement bien situé"
Source: Booking.com
Iele S. - De Haan, Belgium
If you look for an authentic place with a spectacular view, friendly staff, in the centre of Firenze, la Scaletta is the place! Especially May to September, when you can have dinner and breakfast on the terrace, high above Florence... When you arrive, you may think to be in the wrong place, when a small corridor leads to a very small elevator... But when you arrive at the friendly reception, and then step on the terrace: you have Florence at your feet...
Source: Tripadvisor
David R. - San Diego, California, USA
Was really nice being on the quieter yet more hip side of town. Quick walk over the beautiful river to get to all the goodies in florence. The room we had was one of their newer rooms i guess and it had a unique design and layout. We grabbed drinks at the restaurant upstairs and the view from the very top is super nice. Wish we had eaten dinner up there but you needed reservations. Getting to our room was really awkward. You had to go up 3 floors to go down a half of one. Kind of confusing at first. Another thing that will surprise you at first is using the stairs at night and the lights go off on you. Staff didn't mention they were on a timer and you will have to find the switch by each door out of the stairwell.
Source: Tripadvisor
Tanja K. - Wuppertal, Germany
The location is very Good as you are in Easy walking distance from all the major attractions. The staff was always very friendly and Most helpful. The rooms are Good with a nice spacy shower. They have a lovely terrace where we had twice a very good dinner and there is a second smaller One with a view over all of Florence. The elevator is indeed very small, One Person and two bags just fit in, but that was fine with us.
Source: Tripadvisor
Jeanie W. - Sacramento, California
I so enjoyed my stay at Hotel La Scaletta. My room was huge with a separate office/lounge room (I had booked a double room via booking.com). The king sized bed was the most comfortable of the 5 hotels I have stayed in in Italy this month. The American breakfast was very well done and eating up on the terrace with views to die for can't be beat. I was travelling alone and all the hotel staff were welcoming and helpful. The location, just a couple blocks from the Ponte Viecco in one direction and the Pitti Palace in the other was perfect. It is less than 5 minutes from the Ufizzi. I had a delicious dinner in the hotel La Scaletta. If you go be sure to visit some of the neighborhood sites and for sure eat and mingle away from the tourist hords in piazza Santo Spirito (Osteria Santo Spirito and Gusta Osteria were delicious!! I would stay no where else in Florence!! Thanks!!
Source: Tripadvisor
LaurenBeth1 - Ormond Beach, FL
My husband, mom and I stayed here sept 4 - 7 and we were really happy with our stay. The hotel is great, lots of charm and great location. Staff was really nice and all spoke good english, which we appreciated. We stayed in the triple room and loved it. More spacious than I thought it would be and comfortable beds. Pretty full length windows that opened to a pretty view. The bathroom was sufficient, a nice size but the shower didnt really have a door so the floor got pretty wet...not a big deal though. everything was clean and the free breakfast is a nice value added. We had dinner on the top terrace one night. food and service was good, but we thought it was pretty over-priced. It was by the most expensive dinner we had in Florence. The view is beautiful though, so I guess you pay for that. Would DEFINITELY recommend this hotel for the great location, staff, cleanliness, terraces and comfort!
Source: Tripadvisor
Liusarasi - Grumo Nevaano
Tutto eccellente. la camera silenziosa,le receptionist gentilissime,la posizione supercentrale. la possibilita' del parcheggio che prende e riporta la macchina a due minuti dall'hotel. inoltre coctail di benvenuto su una terrazzina incantevole con vista su Giardini di Boboli.
Source: Tripadvisor
Carlo S. - Parma
Cercavo un posto romantico dove cenare e la scelta è ricaduta su questo albergo ristorante poichè dispone di un terrazzo con vista panoramica su Firenze . Vale la pena arrivare prima del tramonto per godersi a pieno il panorama . Cibi buoni e personale disponibile ed educato. Veramente soddisfatto, grazie.
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It's Not Easy Being Mean
The British Correspondent - From the sneering, white-suit wearing Doc Hopper, to the raw sexual magnetism of Nicky Holiday, the Muppet villains are characters which should always hold a place of pride within the evil halls of villainy. Although they appear to want nothing more than to bring our furry, feathered friends down, these frog-catching, alien-hunting, chicken-strangling Muppet villains truly have dreams of their own. In the words of the song, "Look closely, I'm sure there's a good man inside..."
The original Muppet meanie, Doc Hopper wanted nothing more than his own chain of fast-food restaurants. Creating Doc Hopper's French Friend Frog Legs was his dream... But as the Muppet Movie begins, he needs a better plan, because frankly, dressing up as a frog and advertising the frog-leg burger on a bright-green bun just wasn't a good look. Mimicking the Golden Arches with green legs, and matching the Colonel himself with a snappy white suit, Hopper was halfway there. He just needed a spokesperson, because although he made a great businessman... he was a rather lousy frog.
Luckily for him, waiting in the wings (or rather going with the Schwinn) was the very frog he needed. Kermit the Frog was setting out across America to an open audition for frogs in order to sing and dance and make people happy when he was spotted by Doc's assistant Max. Kermit was the perfect choice to advertise the Doc's brand... unfortunately for him, all Kermit could see were hundreds of frogs on tiny crutches and refused to get involved.
Now, this is where most of us would have packed our bags and headed back to the drawing board for a new marketing plan... maybe getting an old spring coat and sewing on some ping-pong balls, but no, not Hopper. Hopper was a man of ambition and once the frog was in his sights, the game was on. Persuading a bear and a frog in a rainbow coloured Studebaker across America, dodging cream pies, kidnapping wild boars and hiring mad scientists, Hopper was determined to do anything to make the frog his spokesperson...whether he did it live, or stuffed.
Finally facing Kermit in a ghost-town showdown, Doc Hopper stood on the brink of maintaining his humanity, or dipping into utter ruthlessness to get his own way. But as Kermit shared his dreams of singing and dancing and making people happy... a dream which gets better the more people you share it with, Hopper realised that his own dream would separate him from any true feelings–even his sidekick Max refused to be involved.
It's that moment right there which makes Doc Hopper a wonderfully rounded villain. A moment of indecision, of seeing a better way... And still not taking it. Instead of backing off, he orders the death of the Muppets' leader and, had an insta-grown Animal not intervened, I dread to imagine the kind of world we would live in today.
Doc Hopper was a complex and brilliantly designed villain to go up against the Muppets. He held many of the characteristics seen within the Muppets themselves. He had a dream, he had determination, he was focused, with a good imagination and sense of humour–but, unlike the Muppets, he didn't have the heart or strength of character to guide those traits in the right direction. Because of this, Hopper pursued the wrong goals and lost himself in the process. Due to their similarities and differences, Hopper makes a perfect nemesis for Kermit the Frog.
Honestly though, he probably got off lightly... had his food empire expanded (Don't you frogs expand?) he'd have been blamed for all this childhood obesity.
Ruthlessness: 10 (He ordered his men to kill Kermit! It does NOT get worse than that.)
Sidekick: 7 (Max showed up Doc's true nature by actually having a conscience, but did little else of consequence. I was going to give him a 6, but he got an extra point for warning the Muppets.)
Evil appearance: 8 (The snappy suit, and madman hair made him memorably evil)
Talking the talk: 7 (His evil monologue moments were brilliant, from his first meeting "Don't you frog's expand?" to finale sneer, "I have lots of friends.")
Likability: 3 (I'm sure his mum still loved him, but even Max refused to be called his friend by the end.)
Returnability: 8 (I'd love to see him return as an even crazier, even more determined antithesis of everything Muppety.)
Likely-hood to take over the world: 4 (Unlikely...he couldn't even get a food franchise off the ground.)
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News Release
Utah Firm Recalls Various Beef Jerky Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen
Congressional and Public Affairs
Alexandra Tarrant
(202) 720-9113
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2014 – Prime Snax Incorporated, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 90,000 pounds of beef jerky products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products were processed with a releasing agent containing soy lecithin, a known allergen that is not declared on the label.
The products subject to recall were produced prior to Feb. 2, 2014, and were shipped to retail locations nationwide. The Beef Jerky products include:
Arizona Jacks Brand:
- 8 oz./24 count packages of "Original"
- 3.5 oz./24 count packages of "Peppered Rippled Cut" and "Original Rippled Cut"
- 6 oz./80 count packages of "Frontier Cuts – Hot," "Frontier Cuts – Pepper," and "Frontier Cuts– Original"
- 3.25 oz./12 count packages of "Super Giga Hot," "Super Giga Original," and "Super Giga Peppered"
- 6 oz./30 count packages of "Premium Peppered," "Premium Original Strip," and "Premium Teriyaki"
- 3.5 oz./30 count packages of "Peppered Thin Cut" and "Original Thin Cut"
- 7 oz./24 count packages of "Peppered Thin Cut," "Thin Cut," "Original Chunky," and "Peppered Chunky"
Desert Star Brand:
- 12 oz./18 count packages of "Desert Star Peppered" and "Desert Star Original"
- 3 oz. - 3 packages/case with 8 pieces/package of "Desert Star Original" and "Desert Star Peppered"
Southwest Trail Brand:
- 1 oz. – 6 packages/case with 12 pieces/package of "Southwest Trail Original," "Southwest Trail Peppered," "Southwest Trail Red Chile," and "Southwest Trail Green Chile"
- 3 oz. – 4 packages/case with 12 pieces/package of "Southwest Trail Original," "Southwest Trail Peppered," "Southwest Trail Red Chile," and "Southwest Trail Green Chile"
Terrell Brand:
- 3.5 oz. "Terrell's Original," "Terrell's Honey BBQ," and "Terrell's Pepper"
Kettle Creek Brand:
- 3.5 oz./12 count packages of "Kettle Creek Original" and "Kettle Creek Peppered"
The products subject to recall bear the establishment number "EST. 18951" inside the USDA Mark of Inspection and a date on the packages prior to August 11, 2015, in the format of "mm dd yy."
The problem was discovered by an FSIS in-plant inspector during a label review. The firm believed the releasing agent was a processing aid that did not need to be declared on the label.
FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.
Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Jackie Pappas at (801) 977-0742. Media with questions about the recall should contact Zaira Pesantes at (801) 977-0742, ext. 142.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. "Ask Karen" live chat services are available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.
NOTE: Access news releases and other information at FSIS' website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls
Follow FSIS on Twitter at twitter.com/usdafoodsafety or in Spanish at: twitter.com/usdafoodsafe_es.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD)
|USDA Recall Classifications
|Class I
|This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
|Class II
|This is a health hazard situation where there is a remote probability of adverse health consequences from the use of the product.
|Class III
|This is a situation where the use of the product will not cause adverse health consequences.


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Open source Python modules, linguistic data and documentation for research
and development in natural language processing, supporting dozens of NLP
tasks, with distributions for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
NLTK comes with many corpora, toy grammars, trained models, etc. A complete
list is posted at: http://nltk.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/nltk_data/index.xml
To retrieve all the data, use "python -m nltk.downloader all".
Maintained by: Marco Bonetti
Keywords: natural language,toolkit,nlt
ChangeLog: nltk
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rodent, member of the mammalian order Rodentia, characterized by front teeth adapted for gnawing and cheek teeth adapted for chewing. The Rodentia is by far the largest mammalian order; nearly half of all mammal species are rodents. They are worldwide in distribution and are found in almost every terrestrial and freshwater habitat, from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to the hottest deserts. They are variously adapted for running, jumping, climbing, burrowing, swimming, and gliding. Many of them have dexterous forepaws, which they use as hands while sitting on their haunches in a position characteristic of many rodents. The great majority are under a few inches in length; the largest, the capybara, is about 4 ft (120 cm) long and 20 in. (50 cm) high at the shoulder.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Types of Rodents
- Characteristics of Rodents
- Bibliography
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Worry about Utah? Not a chance, Karl says
If you're wondering what Nuggets coach George Karl thinks about the hard-charging Utah Jazz, it's pretty simple.
He's not thinking about it.
Not much, anyway. As of Monday night, his Nuggets are holding on to a one-game lead over Utah, which has won 17 of its last 20 games. Utah was once on the outside of the playoff race, looking in. Now, the Jazz are very clearly in the rear view mirror, closely tailing the Nuggets as the season heads down the stretch.
NBA.com has boosted the Jazz to No. 1 in their NBA power rankings. They also have Oklahoma City ranked ahead of the Nuggets, so, you know, take it for what it's worth.
Thankfully for the Nuggets, they own the tiebreaker over the Jazz by virtue of winning the season series 3-1.
"I'm not big into paying attention to other teams," Karl said. "I know they're playing well. I know they won a lucky game last night. We have a schedule we know we can put a good number on the board. If they beat that number, that's the way that game is.
"We don't play them any more times, so we have no control over what we can do with them. We do have the tiebreaker, so that's a luxury. But I think we have to keep playing the way we've been playing and not stub our toes on those back-to-back games against weaker teams."
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DECEMBER 2019 Triumph Personalised VIN Plate Keyring (keyring only, tour NO...
Triumph Personalised Vin Plate Keyring
Available at the Visitor Experience, you can create your own Authentic Triumph VIN Plate keyring . Featuring a Triumph branded black leather loop and brushed silver trigger hook. Punched on site at the Triumph Factory Visitor Experience, this is the perfect way to attach your keys to your bag, trousers or jeans and remember your visit.
You can also purchase tickets for a 90 minute behind the scenes factory tour. This is the perfect experience if you've ever wanted to venture beyond those legendary factory security doors. This fully guided tour really does take you from concept to manufacturing and final assembly to see for yourself where world-renowned Triumph motorcycles are created and built. You can purchase tickets here
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Thought the K75S was good, this is great.
Thought the K75S was good, this is great.
Past BMW Bikes: 2011 K1300S, 2003 K1200RS, 1991 K75S, 1987 K75T, 1984 R100RT
I ride a 1992 K75s and would like to know what is better about the k12s, other than the obvious like power? The k75s runs like an electric clock and is relatively light (and cheap to operate)
Do you think the k12s is a better long distance bike?
I also recently put the new Metzeler ME 330/550 tires on my bike. I was not expecting a difference, but these tires really do improve the cornering of the k75s - highly recommended!
My '98 K12RS was a sweet ride, but 13 years later I'm still riding the same K75 I bought when I graduated from college. I can't give up my K75.
The K1200RS is mostly too much bike, all of the time. It wants to run.
Jon Diaz
BMWMOA Ambassador
The k12 is better in most respects save for overall weight
and stock horns. 50% more power, 20 % more weight than
earlier k100. Suspension and brakes are much improved
also. The k12 is also much cooler in the summer as the radiators
blow the heat away from the rider. BMW finally got the
center and side stands right on the k12 too.
K75s are smooth I hear but I couldn't even feel
my k12 running in 3 cyl mode other than the lack of top end.
Gas mileage compares well with my k100 and long departed old r65, range is also similar.
Bottom line is that the k75 is a better city bike IMO, and will cost
less to repair in a crash. The k12 is far superior on the highway,
and grudgingly competent in the city, where it can't stretch its' legs
Eric Barnes
Austin, Tx


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Meet Jennifer Palma, we've heard about her as the former girlfriend to NBA star, now named Metta World Peace. Palma is his former high school girlfriend and also the mother of their only child, now a son who is 13-years-old named Jeron. Jennifer and Metta met while they were both at St. John's. The young couple at the time had many fall-outs and went their separate ways. The 6-foot-7, Queens-born hoopster father of her child later married to another woman. We know the player's intensity has gotten him into problems a few times both on and off the court. His passion on the court spilled out beyond appropriate boundaries; playing against the legendary Bulls star Michael Jordan … [Read more...]
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Roger Federer continued his bid for a fifth title at Melbourne Park, advancing to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko on Thursday night.
The second-ranked Federer, who has four Australian titles among his 17 Grand Slams, extended his career record to 18-2 against Davydenko.
The 31-year-old Swiss star will next play local hope Bernard Tomic, who beat German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) earlier Thursday and is last Australian player in either singles draw.
Federer won the Australian Open in 2004, `06, `07 and 2010.


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ALAMEDA, Calif. (CBSLA.com/AP) — Oakland Raiders quarterback Matt Schaub missed his second straight day of practice Monday with a sore throwing elbow that has lingered throughout the preseason.
Rookie Derek Carr took first-team snaps for a second straight day with Schaub serving as a spectator.
Schaub's status for Thursday night's exhibition finale against Seattle remains up in the air but he and coach Dennis Allen said they are confident he will be healthy enough to start the season opener Sept. 7 against the New York Jets.
"It's been something that's been around and we've been managing it and taking care of it," Schaub said. "It just got to a point where we need to figure out what is really happening and just take care of it."
Schaub said he has never dealt with this kind of soreness in his right elbow before but said he had no concerns that it would impact him this year.
Schaub, who spent the first three years of his 10-year career in Atlanta, has struggled so far in the exhibition season, leading the Raiders to just two scores in 15 drives as he's failed to show that last year's rough season in Houston was an aberration.
Schaub has completed just 51 percent of his passes this preseason and is averaging only 4.6 yards per attempt as he struggles to get the ball downfield. Schaub has completed just 2 of 13 pass attempts more than 10 yards past the line of scrimmage in three games but did not blame the elbow for that.
"It hasn't really affected it," he said. "It's just bothersome. It's something I noticed and it's something that I just want to take care of and get out of the way."
Allen said the issues with the first-team passing game are much deeper than just the quarterback, making it harder to get fixed. That task only becomes more difficult with Schaub missing key practice time less than two weeks before the season opener.
"Obviously that's something you'd like to have, but you've got to have a little bit of foresight in getting ready for the opening game, and that's what's the most critical," Allen said. "These preseason games are trying to prepare you for that. But ultimately, the true test is where are you at on opening day, and that's where our focus is."
The Raiders had been hoping Schaub could return to the level he reached earlier in his career in Houston when he posted five straight seasons with a passer rating of at least 90 and had three 4,000-yard passing seasons from 2008-12.
He dropped off significantly last season when he set an NFL record by having an interception returned for a touchdown in four straight games and lost his starting job to Case Keenum.
The developments with Schaub are eerily similar to what happened with Matt Flynn in Oakland last season. Flynn was acquired from Seattle in an offseason trade and was immediately named the starter by the coaching staff.
But Flynn struggled in practice and the preseason and then was held out of practice following the third exhibition game with tendinitis in his right elbow. Terrelle Pryor used that opportunity to take over as starting quarterback for the season opener. Flynn started one game when Pryor was hurt and was released shortly after that.
"I don't know what happened here last year," Schaub said. "I don't know what happened with anybody who was here last year. I just know myself and what we're going through right now."
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By Tessa Raebeck
When Richie King approaches the pen, the turkeys cannot contain their excitement. They flock towards the gate as he greets them and follow him around in a massive cluster. King appreciates the attention, but flattery can't change the turkeys' fate; with Thanksgiving around the corner, North Sea Farms and King's Farm Stand in Southampton are in full preparation for the holiday season.
"A small farm with a little bit of everything," North Sea Farms has been supplying East End families with their Thanksgiving turkeys since 1945. Richard King represents the third generation of the King family to work the land off Noyac Road, following in the footsteps of his father, Richard "Tate" King.
Brought to the farm as chicks in early July, some 700 turkeys are fully grown by mid-November. Their caretaking is fairly straightforward; the turkeys are fed and allowed to "run around outside," according to Sam Dosch, who has been working on the farm since she was 14. Both King and Dosch maintain that the fresh feed and active lifestyle North Sea turkeys enjoy on the farm makes their taste – not to mention nutritional value – far superior to caged, mass-produced turkeys found elsewhere.
"It's all about quality," writes Julia King, an American College of Sports Medicine certified Health/Fitness specialist and Richie's youngest daughter, on the farm's blog on LocalHarvest.org. "It is time we all got back to basics with our food. By building relationships with your farmers you are building relationships with your food. And, as in any good relationship, if you take the time to nurture it, it will give back far more than ever expected."
The free-range, organic turkeys available on the farm range in size from 12 to 25 pounds. Some turkeys are naturally bigger, but activity and "which ones are pigs and eat more food" can also determine size, said Dosch. The main determinate of a larger sized turkey is simple: "they hang out a little longer," according to Dosch.
With perceived cultural shifts away from eating meat and a new children's film in theaters, "Free Bird," about the plight of Thanksgiving Turkeys, King is wary that turkey sales will suffer this year, but Dosch is hopeful that social media outlets like the farm's Facebook page will continue to draw new customers. If all else fails, North Sea Farms can always rely on the regulars, with countless local and visiting families returning every year.
"People kind of slowly start ordering in October," said Dosch. "But then like a week or two before Thanksgiving, there's a mad panic and that's when the phone won't stop."
In addition to turkeys, North Sea Farms sells a wide variety of produce, fresh herbs and baked goods to fill Thanksgiving tables.
"We have everything but stuffing mix here for Thanksgiving," said Dosch, who, while outlining the staples of a fresh and organic Thanksgiving table available in the shop, categorized the food not by type, but by the member of the King family who makes it.
Richie King's wife, Robin, makes and sells her renowned cranberry sauce and may add homemade gravy to the line-up this season. Richie's sister, Kathleen King, is the force behind Tate's Bake Shop, named after her father and started out of the family farm stand when she was 11. She continues to supply King's Farm Stand with all their baked goods, and an assortment of pies, tarts and other Thanksgiving treats are available for sale.
Most produce is grown on the farm and all of it is grown locally. Outside the shop's entrance, wooden carts filled with colorful squash, pumpkins and other seasonal vegetables greet visitors. When families pick up their turkeys, they can explore the farm, learn about the day-to-day operations and visit the family's two goats, Jiggy and Gilbert. Gilbert has been accompanying King to local schools and petting zoos for 13 years.
With cranberry sauce made by Robin, pumpkin pies baked by Kathleen and turkeys raised by Richie, the King family invites other families to enjoy their harvest as much as they do this holiday season.
North Sea Farms and King's Farm Stand are located at 1060 Noyac Road in Southampton. For more information, call 283-0735 or visit their page on Facebook.


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dbredmond needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 69 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
"Dine easy, dine in" is a new gourmet dinner home delivery service. We deliver fully cooked and prepared gourmet dinners to our customers doors via delivery vehicles. They just heat and eat complete meals, including deserts. We need an upscale logo with the name and a simple graphic incorporated into the name to represent our service.
Dine easy, dine in
Gourmet Dinner Delivered
Desired Color Scheme:
Earthy tones
Desired Style:
Style can be retro, vintage, modern or just plain professinal
Accepted File Formats:
Vector format, Adobe Illustrator compatible
Combine the name (dine easy, dine in) with a simple visual representing the concept of "gourmet dinner home delivery". This should be in vector format. Should be presented in both black and white and "earth tone" colors when submitted.
The logo should exude good taste (no pun intended) and be professional, yet friendly. No frilly or foo foo text or graphics, but something that has substance to it (but not like Arial Black, if you know what I mean).
The logo reader should be able to distinguish between the "dine" and "easy" parts, and the "dine" and "in" parts, maybe different fonts, styles, colors (which won't work in black and white), sizes, you get the idea. Nothing crazy or too busy, just to make it easier to read quickly. Just use your imagination, you're the artist, I'm just a simple business owner.
Should be easily readable and be able to put a ".com" ending onto it for simple road sign marketing.
I would like the end product to be submitted in Adobe Illustrator format so that I may tweak it if need be.
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We study the asset pricing implications of a multi-agent endowment economy where agents can default on debt. We build on the environment studied by Kocherlakota (1995) and Kehoe and Levine (1993). We present an equilibrium concept for an economy with complete markets and with endogenous solvency constraints. These solvency constraints prevent default, but at the cost of reduced risk sharing. We show that versions of the classical welfare theorems hold for this equilibrium definition. We characterize the pricing kernel, and compare it to the one for economies without participation constraints: interest rates are lower and risk premia depend on the covariance of the idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks.
The Harry G. Johnson Lecture, presented at the 1987 A.U.T.E. and the Royal Economic Society Conference, Aberyswyth, April 1-4.


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If you live somewhere that will have clear skies tonight, look up; NASA says the full moon will be the biggest of the year. The moon will become full just 4 hours after reaching perigee (when its orbit brings it closest to the Earth), and will be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons in 2008.
The best time to look is when the Moon is near the horizon. That is when illusion mixes with reality to produce a truly stunning view. For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, low-hanging Moons look unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects. On Friday, why not let the "Moon illusion" amplify a full Moon that's extra-big to begin with? The swollen orb rising in the east at sunset may seem so nearby, you can almost reach out and touch it.


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Out here on the west coast we are all too familiar with the ever-menacing threat of the "big one." Growing up in California, the San Andreas Fault was part of our history. Every few years the earth would lunge, sometimes separate and create a chasm and always shake. As a child I was always terrified of earthquakes and truthfully, I still am.
Watching the tragedy that is unfolding in Japan is heartbreaking for the entire world but for those whose lives have been totally disrupted it has proven to be an ongoing sorrow with no end in sight. Everyday something seems to make it worse. One is once again reminded of the inequality in life as Mother Nature randomly reaches out her hand and slaps us around. We ask ourselves many questions about what we can do to help those who are suffering and those of us who can contribute to an organization, do so. Others, from many corners of the world are going to Japan to physically help by bringing food, water, and shelter to those in dire straits. We are sending some wonderful medical relief both private and military and suddenly in the midst of all this tragedy, the world seems a much smaller place.
Here in Oregon we are told there is yet another, larger and more dangerous fault which lies out in the Pacific Ocean and extends down from N. Washington to California. It is enormous and they expect it to move. It's called the Cascadia Fault and is considered to be part of that ring of fire or triangle of acute activity. Because of its location, in the depths of the sea, they are describing tsunamis of much greater height than the ones in Japan.
I must admit these facts are not comforting. As human beings we watch the suffering of others and always, deep within ourselves, wonder if that could be us. The answer to that question is a big, "It sure could be you." We have many beautiful beaches all along these three states and many homes and businesses that lie very close to the water. The big question about the Big One seems to be when, where and how much.
Many of our friends in the East and in the South have suffered devastation this year. Floods, torrential rains, and huge amounts of snow have disrupted lives. We are all feeling more like ants dancing on a hot griddle as nature continues to "bring it on."
I know, as an individual who lives with chronic problems everyday of my life, I don't see how I can take anymore. I may not have a choice. So what is the next step? Do I sit in my home wringing my hands and waiting? That isn't very empowering, neither is it appealing therefore I'm taking stock or inventory of all we will need in the event of a catastrophic emergency.
In December 2007, we had a huge hurricane force type wind storm here in our area and thousands of trees were cropped off or knocked over. Roofs were blown off homes. After being without power for 6 days we decided to put in a natural gas generator. The question now is, would it be safe to use if we have a big earthquake? Maybe not. We also have to ask ourselves if our old Victorian home would be able to take it. Would our home fall down?
I hate having to think about all of this and live with the fear of it therefore I have to get my attitude, my nervous system and my head around this. I have been having long talks with myself about my faith in a loving God. I know from past experiences that fear and anxiety can only make me feel worse than I always do. I owe it to myself, my husband and my family to be calm, have faith, and like a good little Girl Scout, be prepared.
I'm making a list and like Santa, checking it twice. Would you like to see it?
- Bottled water
- Bottled drinks and juice
- Canned food
- Snacks
- Portable radio with fresh batteries
- Flashlights of all kinds with fresh batteries on hand in several sizes
- Can opener, bottle opener
- Small pan or pot for warming canned foods
- Few utensils
- Glasses to see and to drink with
- Paper plates
- Paper towels
- Blankets and pillows
- Non-prescription meds such as Metamucil, etc.
- Prescription meds for at least one week for me and for Annie, our Jack Russell
- Dog treats
- Canned dog food
- Water bowl for dogs
- Leashes
- Old vanity case filled with small bottles and tubes of hygiene products, Purell, toothbrushes, and wipes, bottles of peroxide and alcohol
- Camp stove or hibachi, (have charcoal already)
- Lighter chips for hibachi
- Washing machine and bathtub filled with water for us to wash ourselves
- Couple of books
- Cell phone
- Portable DVD player
- Few DVD's
- Purse with a bit of extra cash in it
- A weapon for self-defense if you feel you need it
- An extra set of clothing and pair of shoes
- A few cans of Sterno for cooking, with a container to fit over it such as an old fondue pot
- Matches or a barbecue lighting stick
- An extra folding cane (if you use a cane)
- Extra trash bags for refuse
- A toilet seat to put over a bucket lined with a plastic bag
Okay, am I forgetting anything? It all depends whether or not it hits here, whether or not our house is still standing and so many other factors. Well, dear friends, I have to go shopping and fill in a few items I don't already have which are on the list.
Let us all pray for the living who are left to face all of these catastrophes throughout Japan and here at home. I also pray for peaceful recline for the souls lost and ascending to heaven at this time. May God be with us all and may we have the courage we have seen exhibited by our fellow beings in Japan.
(A note from Sue's editor, Rose: Everyday Health has partnered with AmeriCares to raise funds for relief efforts in Japan. Here's where to find a link and information about how to contribute to AmeriCares' efforts.)


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Many travellers are searching for How Do You Get From Surat Thani To Koh Samui, Traveling is full of many opportunities to go on all kinds of adventures where you can experience new people and cultures. One popular country that many people like to flock to is the Southeastern country of Thailand. While there are many spots to go to in this affordable island paradise, but the island of Koh Samui is where many people like to go to because it has so many activities and natural and manmade structures to view. You can find How Do You Get From Surat Thani To Koh Samui travel information.
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How Do You Get From Surat Thani To Koh Samui, Koh Samui will be the second largest island in Thailand. They have many beaches full of coconut groves and rain forests. Additionally, there are many spots for relaxation, exciting nightlife and tourist culture, and religious architecture.
Listed below are the very best 7 things that you need to do during Koh Samui.
Wat Phra Yai
This is located on a rocky island that is with the northern end of Koh Samui. It houses a 15-meter high Buddha Statue of the modern Buddha in Mara posture together with the beautiful island sky surrounding him. Before visitors can enter in the area with the statue, they must don the proper traditional clothing to the area.
Na Muang Waterfalls
While Koh Samui has numerous waterfalls, the Na Muang waterfalls located inland are among the most beautiful because they are ideal for doing stuff like swimming, exploring, climbing, or taking a picnic. The bottom of the first waterfall might be reached via the "staircases" created by the tree roots and rocks, as well as the base is really a large natural pool the location where the water is cool and refreshing. The second waterfall is approximately thirty minutes away and is referred to as Namtok Na Muang or "purple waterfalls" as the rocks contain shades of purple. Involving the two is the Na Muang Safari Park where you may see monkey shows and continue on elephant rides.
Chaweng Beach
There is lots of exciting activity in this popular spot. It is possible to go swimming or just relax on its beautiful sandy beaches surrounded by clear and funky waters. Yet another thing that the area is known for is its cabaret shows, or maybe more specifically its kathoey cabaret demonstrates that feature transgender women or effeminate males who dress and perform in classic cabaret or Thai dancing garb. The shows usually feature the dancers lip syncing to popular music and sometimes performing detailed choreography, making to have an enjoyable experience that is filled with glitz and glam.
Hin Ta and Hin Yai
These are often known as "Grandfather and Grandmother Rocks." These rocks are extremely named since their natural formations look comparable to female and male genitalia. The website can actually give someone with a feeling of humor a giggle, and the local legend that you just will listen to locals of methods they happened also can make for an intriguing trip.
Samui Aquarium and Tiger Show
It becomes an aquarium where you can see most of the local wildlife in the area. The majority of the marine life is from your Gulf of Thailand like tiger sharks, manta rays, nurse sharks, various tropical fish, and many others. The zoo inside features many animals like monkeys, otters along with other birds, with the main attractions being the leopards and tigers having the stage inside a live show. You can also pay some extra to obtain your picture taken with them.
Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Arts
For people who tire of heavily basic activities or people who simply want to experience everything local fare is offering can attend some classes at this popular cooking school. SITCA offers courses that are a couple of hours long to generate a multicourse meal. A few of the items covered within the class include researching local ingredients and ways to create intricate floral designs using various carving techniques on local fruits and vegetables. Students also can get a complementary instructional DVD so they can practice the methods both at home and anywhere else.
Secret Buddha Garden
From the interior hills of your island, you can experience these beautiful religious structures placed in a luscious jungle. Originally created by a fruit farmer named Khun Nim on his own land, your garden features many large statues of Thai deities, animals, and humans in dynamic poses. The farmer also launched a statue of himself within a relaxed pose over a rock. The garden is actually a serene and quiet place by using a waterfall and stream running through the jungle areas.
There are lots of more places to see in Koh Samui, Thailand than just those 7 mentioned previously. However, they are great places to start to get a feel for those you can do and see while on this beautiful, bustling island. Planning to some of these can even result in other exciting places. How Do You Get From Surat Thani To Koh Samui
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Sven, the Rogue Knight Guide By Hero_FrenzySaturday, May 31st, 2008
Author of this guide is Hero_Frenzy
What's so good about Sven?
Sven is an awesome ganker in Dota Allstars. His Storm Bolt has an 8 second cooldown, so he is a great chaser, which helps during ganks. He also has a huge amount of HP, which allows him to tower dive with ease making him a very good ganker. Not only that, but with rune control and a Bottle he is one of the most feared heroes early game. Not to mention his huge base damage, a storm bolt which is very good to set up Lina or Leshrac which makes him one of the best laners in the game. Also, late game he can be a huge DPS hero with just a few items. He is an all around great hero, from pubs to the highest level of games.Sven's Skills
I am just going to comment on each of the skills. Here is a list of Sven's skills: http://www.dota-allstars.com/hero/1703/index.html
Storm Bolt – This spell is awesome like said before. It helps in ganks, it helps in chasing, it helps in laning, and it has a really short cooldown which allows you to do so much with it.
Great Cleave – It's not as good early game because you don't have enough damage to make this spell worthwhile, but late game it can be a huge use in team fights, especially if you have a Mag/Enigma on your team.
Toughness Aura – The boost to armor is pretty good for neutraling, helping you survive ganks, and increasing your survivability in team fights, and is by no means a bad skill. It's best suited for mid-late game when people start doing physical damage.
God's Strength – This skill is the defining skill for Sven. It turns ganks around, it wins battles, and it's very good for neutraling, ganking, and it makes Sven the huge DPS monster that he is.
Level 1: Storm Bolt
Level 2: Stats
Level 3: Storm Bolt
Level 4: Stats
Level 5: Storm Bolt
Level 6: God's Strength
Level 7: Storm Bolt
Level 8-10: Stats
Level 11: God's Strength
Level 12-15: Toughness Aura
Level 16: God's Strength
Level 17-20: Great Cleave
Level 21-25: Stats
Storm Bolt is maxed early for good lane control/ganks. It's such an imba skill because of low cooldown, and it gives damage and a disable in one spell. Stats are good until level 10 because it gives you more HP to tank and mana to spam Storm Bolt. God's Strength maxed first is normal stuff. It allows you to do tons of damage, and helps you gank, damage during team fights, siege towers, and neutral.
Now here's the dilemma, Toughness or Cleave? The reason I chose Toughness is because until you become a DPS monster, cleave doesn't really do much damage overall. Yes, it helps a little when farming, but it doesn't make a big enough difference to get it. And anyway, it couldn't hurt to get some armor. Just get Cleave levels 17-20 when you start becoming a huge DPS monster. And the obviously finish up with stats.
Pretty cookie cutter build. Nothing special.Item Build
2x Tango + Circlet + 2x Branches + Clarity
Empty Bottle
Boots of Speed
2x Bracers
Power Treads
Black King Bar
Mask of Madness
TP Scrolls (all throughout)
Before I say anything more, here is the item descriptions if you need them: http://www.dota-allstars.com/items
This is just a flexible build which applies to most situations. I'll discuss the different item choices below.
Bottle – This item is awesome for Sven. It allows him to keep mana for early spamming of Storm Bolt. It allows you to get complete rune control, and it allows you to heal 200 HP and 100 mana over 3 seconds. It's currently one of the best items in the game right now, and is a perfect choice for Sven.
Bracers – This item gives him HP to tank, mana for Storm Bolt, and a bit of attack speed. It's a no brainer item on him. Get it to tank towers and spam more Storm Bolts.
Power Treads – Treads give you the attack speed you need when you turn on God's Strength to deal huge amounts of damage. It also helps you when you are neutraling because it gives you more damage.
Blink King Bar – Yeah, it's kind of situational, but more often than not, there will be good disables on the other team, stopping you from doing full damage with God's Strength. BKB nullifies those disables and allows you to deal full damage.
Mask of Madness – This item allows you to deal a HUGE amount of damage with God's Strength. The extra damage is pretty much nullified by BKB + the lifesteal when you have God's Strength on, making this a very good item on Sven.
TP Scrolls – Besides the first trip, you should never leave base without this item. It's a pretty no brainer item on all heroes. It allows you to help gank, escape with really low HP, protect towers and raxes during pushes, and sometimes chase if the enemies are running to a tower.Other Items to Consider
Boots of Travel – Get this item instead of Treads if you find yourself with a lot of money early game from ganks, and you are going to be the primary carry in your team. It allows you to be in team fights, as well as farm which is a great thing to do if you are Sven.
Blink Dagger – Some people always get this item on Sven, but I don't really find it as useful on him. Usually other heroes will have it, allowing you to Stun, instead of you initiating. If you initiate, you get focused and die. Rather, I like to get this item against Blinkers, because it allows you to chase them and kill them, where they would have just Blinked away.
Satanic – Some people like to go Heart in stead of Satanic on Sven, but I prefer to go Satanic, because when you turn on God's Strength, you will have tons of damage, add that with the extra lifesteal from Satanic, and you are damn near impossible to kill. Get this item when you aren't going BKB or MoM
Assault Cuirass – This item gives you what you need. Attack speed, a -armor aura so your attacks deal more damage, extra armor for added tanking, and attack speed and armor aura for your allies which helps out the team.
Heart of Tarrasque – Get this item after MoM in the BKB MoM build because you can't go Satanic, as the Lifesteal doesn't stack. It gives you extra damage and HP for tanking and doing damage.Gameplay Walkthrough
First off is choosing a lane. You can solo, but you would rather not because you will simply get raped by the usual solo heroes (SF, Viper, Zeus, etc.), so pick a dual lane. Because you are melee, it's good to lane with a ranged hero so they can harass, allowing you to go for the kill. The best heroes to lane with Sven are Lina or Leshrac, because their Stun, Stun, Nuke combo along with their harassing ability owns a lane. However, other heroes that lane well with Sven are Zeus, Viper, QoP, PotM, and THD. He also works well in any lane.
Early game you just want to last hit, to get your Bottle ASAP. Try to avoid as much harassment as possible. Just last hit and let your ally harass. If there is a good opportunity to kill someone, take it, but make sure you don't waste your mana, because you have so little of it, and a double stun combination is huge with Sven.
Once you get your Bottle, start checking runes at every 2 minutes and ganking a lot. To do this, just check for rune, and regardless of whether or not you get the rune, try and gank the other lanes. Rune control is very important because it allows you to get the extra surprise or damage with him, and it allows you to heal, as well as denying the mid solo the ability to restore his HP and mana. Continue this process until mid game.
Once it's mid game, just farm. You need to farm mid game or you will be useless late game. I have made the error of not farming enough mid game before, and it's screwed me over many times, because I am not farmed enough lategame to abuse Sven's imba DPS power. Yes, participate in pushes, and defending, but no more. Your allies should be able to handle it especially because you ganked every lane and got most of the runes. Remember to pay attention to the map to avoid ganks. Ganks will completely screw you over.
During lategame, go around with your team. Take part in ganks, team fights, defending towers, and team pushes. You should have enough farm by this time to be a huge threat to the enemy team. Remember to abuse your items to their full potential, and use your stuns effectively.
Yeah, I know this walkthrough is short, but Sven is such a simple hero. There's only special techniques with him you need to know, and you can find this in the next section.Techniques to a Better Sven
Stun with Backup – This technique isn't hard to do, but there aren't going to be many situations when you can do this, unless your opponent has no idea what he is doing. Basically what it is is when creeps are attacking your opponent between waves, stun them. The creeps will then damage him, along with yourself and your stun damage. If your ally has a stun as well, this can result in a quick first blood.
Backstabbing – A simple technique used with Storm Bolt. Basically, you run behind your opponent with the use of trees, allowing you to be right in front of him when you stun, allowing you to stun twice, and get in around 5 hits if not more. And it allows you to combo much easier with your lane partner.
Running and Stunning (Or Not) – You always want to be up as close to the enemy as possible, so usually you want to run up, then stun so you can get the most hits as possible. You usually want to do this, because if you don't, you usually won't get the kill anyway. Remember, you can run up, and not stun, to keep the enemy away from creeps, but only do that if you are against a solo, because if it's a dual lane, they will just combo you to death.
Stun Block – Sometimes when you are chasing, if you are already really close to the enemy, you can stun, then block their pathing when they run, which allows you to get extra hits in, and slows the enemy so your ally can maybe land an AoE stun. This is a pretty difficult trick to master, but it's devastating, especially when paired with God's Strength.
God's Strength Farming – Remember, you can use God's Strength to farm neutrals. It allows you to neutral much quicker, especially when facing Golems, high level Saytrs, high level Furbolgs, and most importantly, Ancients. Just make sure you won't need it by the cooldown time, because you always want to be able to have God's Strength when you need it.
God's Strength Blink – Remember you can use God's Strength, then blink into the fight if you have it. It allows you to use more of the amount of time you have for God's Strength, because every second of God's Strength is important, because every hit that you do with God's Strength does so much damage, and you should make full use of it.
Blink Stun – Basically, if you have Blink Dagger, and someone is going to get away, use Blink and Stun to catch them, and kill them. Not a tricky task, but can get you lots of kills, and stop people from getting away. Also helps when intiating ganks because they will not see you coming. Can also help stop TP's and channeling spells.Strategies to Make the Best of Your Hero
Laning – Laning with Sven is pretty simple. Just try to farm without getting harassed, and try to get your ally to harass. If you can kill the enemy, stun him, and allow your ally to combo with you, getting you the kill. Use some of the tactics stated above to make the most out of your lane. If the lane gets really tough, and you can't farm in it, try and creep pull. If you are on sentinel bottom, pull that camp at X:15/45, where you attack it once, then rune down to your lane. It will bring your creeps over to the neutral camp, allowing you to farm it without taking any damage. If you have a tango, you can even pull the second camp for more money and experience without taking much damage. If you are on scourge middle, just attack the creeps at X:11/41 and your creeps will come to help you fight the gnolls. Immediately run up to the camp next to the one you are at and pull that to your creeps, getting you a good amount of gold in around 20 seconds.
Ganking – Basically, you want to get every time there's a rune coming up. Leave your lane at around :50 if you have Bottle, and get try to get the rune. Regardless of whether you do or not, try and gank. When you gank, you always want to use the Backstabbing tactic if possible, because it allows you to have a higher chance of catching the enemy, and a higher chance of you getting the kill. Basically, the ideal gank is to come in with shadows from behind to stun the enemy, and have your ally run up and cast his spells, you stun again, and you both hit to finish him off. Don't be afraid to gank from behind as well, because the element of surprise can prevent him from making a quick reaction.
Farming – If you are in a lane that's back, you want to keep it back, so the enemy can't farm, yet farm the lane. To do this, you should deny your creeps when they are at half health, and just last hit the enemy creeps. Also, when you neutral, be sure to make full use of the time. Remember, you can use God's Strength to help you neutral. Also, one main thing to notice when you are neutraling is the time. If it's X:53, then pull the camp away from the original location. This allows you to farm two times the amount of creeps you could have in the same amount of time.
Team Fights – Basically in team fights you are the DPS hero. You want to focus the low HP spellcaster. If you have BKB turn it on, and turn on God's Strength and destroy their heroes. Try to use your items to your advantage. For example, use Blink to stop people from running, and use MoM to completely destroy your enemies once you have BKB. Never focus the tank. I know this is common knowledge, but people still tend to do this anyway. Go for the casters first, then the DPS hero, then the tank last. Team fights with Sven are pretty simple, but you just have to focus the right people.
PieMonger: His guide to shortening guides helped me a lot for guidewriting
Beast_Pete and disrup3: For making their layout which helped me make mine
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Our own short virtualization trip into Fusion and Parallels in 2007 found that both products had some neat touches when it came to the integration between guest and host operating systems (OS), with Fusion the more eye-catching of the two thanks to its Spotlight and Expose integration. We couldn't quite say the same for the sluupgrade ggish performance of both software, no doubt a result of our less than optimal hardware, a 2.0GHz MacBook with only 1GB of RAM. (For readers who aren't well versed with these virtualization software and their basic features, we recommend building up the basics with our previous article as linked above and in our Related Links section below).
Flash forward to 2009 and both companies have newer versions of their virtualization software available. Despite starting from scratch, VMware has swiftly managed to capture a significant portion of the market for Mac virtualization products since its debut and all eyes are now on the company's latest version of Fusion, which has gone from version 1.0 to 2.0.2.
What's more, this latest version is available as a free for existing Fusion 1.x users. (Now if only Microsoft will follow suit for Windows Vista users upgrading to Windows 7 in the future). Parallels Desktop meanwhile has progressed to version 4.0 and while it's not free like Fusion for upgraders, existing users of Parallels do get a discount of US$30 off the retail price of US$79.99.
Hence, we'll be revisiting both these software in this article to find out what's changed and what's new. For our part, we too have a more capable MacBook Pro, the same luxurious 17-inch model that was recently reviewed. This MacBook Pro uses the new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset, which means there's a GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor in addition to the GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics on the unit. Our review model also came with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor at 2.66GHz, 4GB of DDR3 memory and was installed with Mac OS X 10.5.6. When it comes to MacBooks, there is hardly a more powerful machine than the 17-inch Macbook Pro, so we're expecting a greatly improved experience from the two virtualization software this time round.
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You know, this is full of the most beautiful photographs. The picture taken looking up through the trees, and the way they form almost a cathedral wall up to the sky is just breath taking in my opinion, and there is so much more to enjoy here. I ask myself, did you take them, and is that beguiling enigmatic lady slumped by the radiator you, or just someone who captures what you love about an elfin and enquiring approach to life. Just lovely stuff
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There were stars. They burned my eyes.
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A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water. ― Eleanor Roosevelt
THERE ARE SO MANY FRAGILE THINGS…after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.
IF SOMEBODY LIKES ME…If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. -- Stephen Chbosky
I AM HORRIBLY LIMITED.I can never read all the books I want. I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited. - Silvia Plath
Deep in the meadow, under the willow
a bed of grass, a soft green pillow
lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
and when again they open, the sun will rise.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
here the daisies guard you from every harm
here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
here is the place where I love you.
Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
a clock of leaves, a moonbeam ray
forget your woes and let your troubles lay
and when again it's morning, they'll wash away.
Here it's safe, hears its' warm
here the daises guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow bring them true
here is the place where I love you.
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Valley Song
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWERSo I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.
O, full of scorpions is my mind.
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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that's such sad and sudden news, i hope that you are hanging in there ok. my condolences to you and your family, if you ever want to talk let me know ok? i remember when i lost someone close to me--it was just important to have people around. and you are doing the right thing being strong for your dad, as well as taking time to heal and mourn. i'll add you on psn and i'll see you when you get back on here
loll i was surprised to come by here and see i had messages. wow he takes a while to make the books, didn't realize (no wonder fans have been complaining that he wont live long enough. i always thought it was cus he had bad health or something?) i'm an episode behind on the show anyway, idk what it is but this season felt a little slower? maybe it's because the time it took to wait for a new season made me forget a lot of things lol. and yay i cant wait to read your book -- and yes i miss the old site template, it was a lot cooler . it's probably gonna stay this way though. and good news i finally got my hands on a ps3 again, do you have one ?
Thanks How are you doing?
ooh i have that one, just didnt get to it yet i'm sure it'll be awesome though, that show never bores me! i heard martin said that he was worried by how fast the show was catching up--he better get to writing lol.
and i hope you write some epic worthy stuff! i'm curious to read it--but idk if you're letting others see it lol, if not that's cool
i wish you the best of luck! your book sounds awesome, i am into fairytales as well : D it's why in a lot of my artwork i try to go for a fairytale/fantasy theme .
YAY game of thrones : D i can't wait! (which reminds me i should continue reading the books) and lol it's fine when you nerd out, it feels good xD so no worries.
as for writing i know what you mean about the procrastination, its amazing how much can get done without the net or tv lol--though when i had no net i ended up playing rollercoaster tycoon/console games for a while lol
wow, have a safe move and what kind of book? how does one get started in the book industry?
hm, we probably did lol. i dont remember a lot of what went on here. i kinda got locked out for a while too because i forgot what my pass was here lol, the retrieval system didnt work so i had to keep guessing . how have you been though?
your quote is awesome, that's my favorite quote from LoK : D
woah i forgot how doped up the "" smilie was lol
Thanks for the birthday message man! Hope all is well.
Cheers man, thanks for the message. I still lurk around here, but I am currently very, very disillusioned with what Capcom have been doing to biohazard over the last 10 years. Hope all good with you.
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The breakfast is scheduled for Thursday morning on the campus of Truman State
The Kirksville Interchurch Ministries is hosting its annual community prayer breakfast next week as a chance for a moment of prayer and thanks before starting the day.
The breakfast will be held Oct. 11 from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Catholic Newman Center, located at 709 S. Davis St. on the campus of Truman State University.
The breakfast will feature guest speaker Chad Earhart, chaplain with the Northeast Regional Medical Center.
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The first thing you'll need to do is pick a Common Lisp Implementation. I've listed some of the easiest to use, and most common here:
(Also, they're all free!)
Allegro CL (Express edition is free)
CUSP<-- Lisp Plugin for people used to Java and Eclipse!
Click here for a list of all free Implementations!
Of course, you may be concerned with performance. Here is a benchmark of many of these implementations showing how they rank up against each other.
Now, you could try many online tutorials, read some books, or just open up your implementation and start hacking. If you're the kind of person that likes to read the material to have it sink in, here's some very highly recommended books:
([I] - this means there is a free (legal) copy of this book online)
For learning -
Land Of Lisp
Practical Common Lisp [I]
On Lisp [I]
ANSI Common Lisp
Let Over Lambda
Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp [I]
Common Lisp The Language. 2nd Edition [I]
For CLOS -
Object-Oriented Common Lisp
Object-Oriented Programming in Common Lisp: A Programmer's Guide to CLOS
The Art Of Metaobject Protocaol [I] (Not in full)
Object-Oriented Programming: The CLOS Perspective
Other -
Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp
Lisp in Small Pieces
Online References:
Maybe reading is not your style. That's alright! There are plenty of online references that can get you started on your journey. Common Lisp has so many built in functions that even the best need a quick reference now and again.
CL Quick Reference Sheet
The Common Lisp Directory
The Common Lisp Cookbook
Common Lisp HyperSpec
Lisp Primer
Guide to Lisp Packages
Brief CLOS guide
All about CL Numbers
Wikibooks CL
Small Macro Guide
Technical Issues
Excellent FORMAT Reference -- Excerpt from CLTL2
Need something or someone to keep you from going totally insane from all those parens!? Well, there just so happens to be a living, breathing, thriving Lisp community out there! You can look for yourself here:
Lisp IRC Channels -
Websites -
Planet Lisp
Association of Lisp Users
QuickLisp News
LispWorks News
Lisp Meetings Calendar
Google Groups - comp.lang.lisp
Mailing Lists -
All of Common-lisp.net's lists
Common Lisp/Functional Jobs:
Need a job? Well even in a world totally dominated by the likes of C, Java, PHP, and the like, there is room for the Common Lisp hacker. Here's a couple spots to look:
Lisp Jobs
Functional Jobs
Hope this helps!
I will try to keep this up-to-date with any new resources that I find. If you have any to add please let me know and I will check it out!
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