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One of the fastest growing industries right now is computer security. What was once a segment of the computer business that was not well understood and often taken for granted has become a priority for a lot of businesses out there. The more important the business is, the more that they are starting to see that they need someone who is a computer security expert. In the past they would just rely on their local network expert or IT guy to provide the security for the system. Now they see that there is a need greater than that and you need someone on the premises who is dedicated to the security of the local systems and the network alone. You can't be the head of security if you are also running around the company fixing every little thing that is wrong with the computers. If you want the security for your company to be effective you need someone who is solely dedicated to that task. And that is why you are seeing the job rates explode for that kind of person.
But being that it is a relatively new industry, you are seeing people get in who only have experience in school and not much else. They saw that the industry was starting to explode so they decided to either go to school for training or go out and get a certificate. And now they are in demand because they have a certificate that declares that they know what they are doing. But these people have to realize that the real life cyber battles being waged by black hat hackers are more dynamic than what you would find in school. They have to realize that there is no textbook that is going to show you how to battle the threats that come up almost every day. That is why if they want to remain relevant in their field they are going to have to study all of the time. And that means that they are going to have to practice a lot.
How can you practice?
There are several ways for a person in the computer security field to be able to practice their trade. And you can do it without harming other people. The first option that people always look at is to get another practice system. That means that you go out and you purchase a second laptop or desktop. Once you purchase this desktop/laptop you set it up with threats that you have to try and expose or breakthrough. Or you set the system up with really hard to break through security and you use your primary system to try and get through it. This is really great practice and if you love your job can be a lot of fun. But it is not the only option that you have.
Another option that you have is a bit more practical and it involves the use of virtual machines. Virtual machines are programs that allow you to run a second operating system on top of the initial operating system that you are on now. This is a great option because the programs that run in the VM operating system never know that they are not on a real computer. Everything that you can do with a second computer you can do with a Virtual
And lastly you have the option to using a service like Amazon EC2. While this cost money it also allows you to have a remote VM that is not using your local computer's resources.
If you want to be good in computer security you have to remember to always practice. If you do not always practice then you will find yourself obsolete very quickly.


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I find it immature how many people will start going around telling their friends bad things about their exes immediately after breaking up because it is disrespectful.
When I break up with a girl, I NEVER go around telling my friends about all her flaws and how bad she is in bed etc...
Am I right to find it immature when people go around trash talking their Exes immediately after they break up? I think the mature and classy way to handle it would be to let it go
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I think it is totally immature and selfish when I hear guys or gals doing that. It makes me mad.
There was this one guy I used to be friends with and he was trash talking about his ex he just broke up with that morning. I was kind of ignoring it to the best of my abilities. But I stop ignoring it once he said, Its ok I have another girl lined up anyway. What! I was so mad. And I told him that it did. All he said is, what? What is wrong with that. Oh my gosh I was so mad. I pretty much lectured him for like 7 min about how wrong that was and that she deserves more respect then that even if she broke up with you (she did not cheat or anything, if anything he kept cheating on her), He just could not understand why that made me so mad. I just know I will be so sorry for the next girl that is in his life because he is definitely not faithful.
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Archbishop Nichols voices concern at Government position on key moral issues
Archbishop Vincent Nichols used the occasion of the annual Easter Monday Men's Mass, at St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham today, to draw attention, again, to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, shortly to be debated in Parliament. The Archbishop of Birmingham, was the principal celebrant and preacher at the Mass promoted by the Catholic Men's Society that has taken place each year since 1919. In his homily, Archbishop Nichols said: "You will have read about the provisions of this Bill to permit the creation of animal/human hybrids, to increase the use of human embryos in stem cell research, to remove the 'need for a father' from law and birth certificate. It may well also be used to change the laws on abortion. You will have heard of it in your parishes and, no doubt, asked to write to your MPs. Today I repeat that request." The Archbishop continued: "Beyond the details of the research which is to be permitted, there are a number of underlying trends, increasingly common in our public discourse, which characterise this Bill and debate about it. I want to draw attention to these as part of our witness today. "One is the selective use of evidence. We hear consistently the claims that the type of embryo experimentation being permitted by the Bill holds great promise for future cures of illness like cystic fibrosis and MS. The evidence for this is so far sparse. Very little progress has been made through embryonic stem cell research. In contrast, work with adult stem cells is showing far better results. All the published research points in this direction, even in the specific task of finding cures for cystic fibrosis. Yet we hear little about it. What is to be lost in facing these facts? They actually indicate the pathways of successful research to which there are no ethical objections. "Instead, we know that the best scientific research often contributes to that sense of wonder and awe at the complexity and beauty of the created world which is itself a signpost to belief in God. But our objections to the Bill are ethical. We are not trying to protect God, but ourselves and our society. Some of the things the Bill proposes are wrong and will do harm." Archbishop Nichols emphasised: "This Bill makes clear the ways in which scientists are researching into every aspect of human reproduction. It makes clear the ways in which the law of this land is now bearing down on the fundamental patterns of relationships within the family and society. It's as if, in the exploration of an old house, we have now, at long last, reached the basement which no-one has visited since the house was built. If, in that basement, we found a network of strong pillars and beams, we would be foolish indeed to start cutting through them without very careful thought and calculation of the consequences of doing so for the rest of the house. "But this is what might well be happening. This Bill permits the commercialisation of aspects of human birth: the donation its fundamental elements and the use of surrogates. Research is opening up for us the possibility of engineered human birth away from a natural mother. Because we can do these things, does it mean that we should? Are they really for our common good?" The Archbishop stressed: "The conception of a child can never simply be a question of the rights of adults. It is also and always a matter of the rights of that new life, that child. These rights, too, must be respected. The provisions in this Bill which permit, in certain circumstances, the need of a child for a father to be set aside neglect those rights. And the proposal that, with the full support of the law, reference to the child's biological father may be omitted from the record of birth is to burden a child with the weight of a lie from the first moments of life. That is a dereliction of our duty. Its repercussions will be felt in years to come. In these ways we weaken crucial pillars in the foundations of our common home." He added: "Let me take a different analogy. Only slowly, and with the help of science and technology, have we come to realise the damage we have done to our natural environment. We know now we must act to correct that damage. Yet we also live in a 'human environment', too, within a 'human ecology', made up of the structure of nature by which we are born and flourish, and consisting in the network of relationships of family and community. This Bill proposes a profound interference with some of these structures: a diminishment of the practical respect shown to human life in its beginnings, a restructuring of crucial patterns of parenting. Members of Parliament must think carefully about this Bill and pay attention to the instinctive recoil that many feel about some of its proposals. There is wisdom in this repugnance. We must make our own thoughts and conviction clear. "This is why the present position of the Labour Party not to permit a free vote on the key moral issues in this Bill is disturbing. To suggest that Labour MPs with conscientious objections may abstain would not be good enough. We must press and pray for the right of members of the Labour Party to vote according to their conscience on these fundamental moral issues. For them not to be able to do so would suggest that, within the Party of Government, there is no space for the views and the votes of those who have ethical objections, especially when founded in religious belief. Nor can this be isolated as a Catholic issue because the profound moral principles and convictions addressed in this Bill are of concern to people of many faiths and of none." Archbishop Vincent Nichols concluded his homily: "So today I ask you to act on these concerns. Now is the time to write to your MP and to join in public debate if you get the opportunity. In this way we follow in the footsteps of St Peter and of many who have gone before us, not least the great Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne OSB, the first Catholic Bishop of Birmingham (September 1850 until he resigned in February 1888) who did not hesitate to challenge the evils of his time, among them the evils of the penal colonies and the dangers of excessive drinking." "Faith is a practical project. We are the builders of our world. There is a task at hand and we can do no better than to build on Christ as our foundation. He, who alone has conquered death, is the one to be trusted. Let us renew our trust in Him and work in His name."


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9/11 is why, I, Darcie Mae, decided I had to write fun, imaginative, and even some educational stories for children:
The message I am trying to send is clearly stated in my quote: "Words can change a life. Make a good change. Read a child a book."
On 9/11, when the towers went down, I was living in the woods in a log cabin and did not know what was going on in the world until someone came out to tell me. That night I listened to all the chaos happening in the world. The first thing that popped into my mind were all the children who were probably listening to it as well. I have always enjoyed putting pen to paper, keeping journals, writing poems, etc. But, it was that night I decided I wanted to take my writing seriously. I made up my mind I was going to write stories for children and I was going to write many. That is what I've done, and am doing. I have , 100's of stories done and there will be many more. I hope the stories I write keep children's minds and thoughts busy so they won't have to pay attention to all the chaos happening in the world. When adults are afraid or worried, children are as well, whether we want them to be or not. I want my stories to keep kids minds busy thinking about what their reading, and thinking about the next story or book they want to read. There is enough time for worrying about world troubles when they get older.
I am also one who thinks a family reading night would great. That is why I am putting The Peably series of stories on my website free to read, and offering a couple coloring pictures free to print and color. I put a new story, and 2 new coloring pictures up each week, usually Sunday. Any night of the week, get out some fruit juice or hot cocoa, make some popcorn or get a snack, print out the new story, print out the coloring pictures and make copies if needed, get out the crayons, colored pencils, and makers, and most importantly, get the family together. Have the same person read each time or take turns reading. Have fun. I guarantee after a while you all will be waiting anxiously to see what the next story will be.
Darcie Mae
Darcie Mae's Children's Books & Such —
What's new, free, & coming up for you on Darcie Mae's website;
First off, please remember The Peably stories and coloring pictures are free for you to use on my website:
The Peablys will be in in Autumn when story 45 gets here..
Story 41, The Peablys celebrate Independence Day, Sun. – 5/1
Story 42, You get to meet a pesky black bear named George, Sun. – 5/8
Story 43, Go with Bub & Sis to see the ocean, Sun.- 5/15
Story 44, It's apple picking time, Sun.- 5/22
Story 45, Grandpa & Bub lay down on their backs in the sun on the soft grass and happen to watch an important bird. Grandpa teaches Bub about it. – Sun. – 5/29/11
Story 46, It's October & time to dig out winter clothes & put away summer ones. – 6/5/11
For the coloring pictures, On 5/15, 5/22, & 5/29 will be coloring pictures that go with the new book, Sammy & Robert Go Home For The Holidays. On 6/5 coloring pictures will have to do with Flag Day.
Don't forget the special pictures offered for Sammy & Robert fans to start groups and learn how to use postal mail, and the 2 book sets offered which includes autographed books, tote bags, posters, and coloring pictures.
Print out the Peably stories and coloring pictures and get the family together. Soon you'll all be waiting anxiously for the next Peably story.
Happy reading & coloring,
Darcie Mae
Enjoy the free reading and coloring. Have fun.
"Words can change a life. Make a good change. Read a child a book." quote by Darcie Mae.


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1950s Black Cotton Gloves with Embroidered Flowers, 12 inches long, size 7
Era - 1950-60s
Measurements - sz7, 12 inches long
Label - none
Fabric - doubleknit cotton
Black midlength cotton gloves. Appliqued flowers on tops with satin embroidery.
Condition - Very good condition, light wear on underside of fingers.


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Where is THE Book?
A few readers are asking about the whereabouts of my book Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, so I felt I need to write a short status report. The book is printed and it's on stock with the distributor. It's making its way slowly-y-y to the retail network. It turns out there are lots of things that need to happen before the book is finally listed in-stock with retailers, such as Amazon. I am frustrated by this fact but there is nothing I can do to speed up the process. Hopefully, the book will pop within a few days so you can get it at a discounted price.
Anyhow, if you need the paper copy as soon as possible, you can order it from the distributor at the full price and you will get it within 2-3 days. Alternatively, you can order the e-book version, which is already available retail, such as on ebooks.com, diesel-ebooks.com, etc.
Finally, don't forget that two chapters are freely available on the book page, plus video demos, to get you started with RS 2008.


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July 2011 - Twenty-three members of the Boca Raton based Rising Stars Girls Competitive Gymnastics team had an amazing showing at the AAU Gymnastics National Championship, earning 88 medals. The girls, in levels 2 through 7, competed at ESPN Disney's Wide World of Sports on July 1-3, where nearly 1100 gymnasts from around the country vied for medals on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and the combined All-Around placement.
This year, the team had several remarkable individual achievements: most notably a score of a perfect 10.0 on the floor exercise by Erin Wiegman in level 2.
"We are back from the National Championship and boy did our team have a great showing!" exclaimed head coach Julie Willmott. "Erin's 10.0 was a great moment. We also had two girls sweep the gold medals in their age groups, earning the top scores in all four events and the all-around."
Willmott, who also owns the gym, continued, "Regardless of placements, it was a fabulous experience for us all. Nearly every girl achieved personal best scores in at least one category – several had their best meets ever. The other coaches and I couldn't be more proud of the effort the girls exhibited! It was a fantastic meet for them and us."
The gymnasts competed in levels 2 through 7 (with 7 being the most difficult), and were divided by age for awards. In all, the team brought home 23 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze, and 39 copper medals. "We have a great group of girls on the team," Willmott explained. "While the main purpose of a team is competition, things like making friends and self-esteem are also important. Our philosophy is to develop the whole child, not just create great gymnasts. Many of our gymnasts are also dancers, soccer players, divers, and, of course, they all go to school. Despite having other activities, the girls perform extremely well against other gyms, as these National results show."
The team had four all-around gold medalists: Erin Wiegman in level 2, Sofia Davila in level 3, Dianna Sierra in level 5, and Ashley Grandovic in the intermediate optional division. Both Sofia and Dianna also earned gold medals on all four events.
The other gold medalists were Erin Wiegman (level 2) on bars, beam and floor; Johanna Holloway (level 7) on vault and bars; Ashley Grandovic (intermediate optional) on beam and floor; Jackie Denker (level 4) on vault; Elizabeth Willmott (intermediate optional) on bars; and Olivia Wessel (level 2) and Rebeca Davila (level 3) on floor.
The all-around silver medalists were Jackie Denker and Kaitlyn Cunningham in level 4, and Elizabeth Willmott in the intermediate optional division. Additional silver medals were awarded to level 4 gymnasts Caroline Lord on vault and bars, Jackie Denker on bars and floor, Carmen Curren on vault and beam, Jennifer Parkinson on beam, and Kaitlyn Cunningham on floor; level 5 gymnast Hannah Willmott on beam; and intermediate optionals Lindsay Lord on vault, and Elizabeth Willmott on beam and floor.
Bronze medals went to Carmen Curren (level 4) for all-around and bars; Olivia Emord (level 4) for vault; Kaitlyn Cunningham and Hannah Roskin (level 4) and Ashley Grandovic (int. opt.) on bars; Haley Szabo (int. opt.) on beam; Ellie Rafalski (level 2), Caroline Lord (level 4) and Taylor Bethmann (level 7) on floor; and Johanna Holloway (level 7) all-around.
The team also brought home 25 copper medals for placing in the top half +1 of the four individual events, and another 14 copper medals for the All-Around. The copper medal winners not already mentioned above included Ashley Kelly (level 2), Madison Barrett (level 3), and Emily Willmott (level 5).
"We strive to build self-esteem by finding ways for our girls to succeed, and that confidence carries over to home and school," Willmott continued. "When one of these girls falls off the balance beam in competition (it happens), she doesn't cry and feel sorry for herself. Instead, she hops right back up on that four-inch wide beam and keeps going until she's finished what she came to do. When I see one of our gymnasts persevere through a mishap like a fall, she earns my admiration. And I know we coaches have accomplished something important. Whether her score is a 9.2 or a 7.2, she has determination. It will serve her well in life."
The Rising Stars team is coached by Julie Willmott, Nataly Parkinson, Cassandra Lobe, Amy Ducy, and Jared Canaan. Faith Willis is the team floor exercise choreographer.
Rising Stars will be hosting its sixth annual Fall Festival invitational meet in November. Meanwhile, the gym is host to a summer camp and recreational classes for toddlers through teens year round, and has open gym every Saturday night. Call 561-998-4225 or check out their site at www.risingstarsgym.net for information and full meet results.
Pictured, left to right:
back row: Emily Willmott, Dianna Sierra, Haley Szabo, Elizabeth Willmott, Ashley Grandovic, Carmen Curren, Lindsay Lord
middle row: Sofia Davila, Olivia Emord, Taylor Bethmann, Johanna Holloway, Rebeca Davila, Hannah Willmott, Hannah Roskin, Jackie Denker
front row: Jennifer Parkinson, Ellie Rafalski, Madison Barrett, Caroline Lord, Kaitlyn Cunningham, Erin Wiegman, Ashley Kelly.
See related Story at the Palm Beach Post: http://youthsportsdaily.palmbeachpost.com/gymnastics/2011/07/18/rising-stars-gymnastics-team-shines-at-national-meet/


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Buyology : Truth and Lies About Why We Buy. / Martin Lindstrom.
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| How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today's message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, we're barely aware of them?In BUYOLOGY, Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking, three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study, a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what seduces our interest and drives us to buy. Among the questions he explores:Does sex actually sell? To what extent do people in skimpy clothing and suggestive poses persuade us to buy products? Despite government bans, does subliminal advertising still surround us - from bars to highway billboards to supermarket shelves? Can "Cool" brands, like iPods, trigger our mating instincts? Can other senses - smell, touch, and sound - be so powerful as to physically arouse us when we see a product? Do companies copy from the world of religion and create rituals - like drinking a Corona with a lime - to capture our hard-earned dollars? Filled with entertaining inside stories about how we respond to such well-known brands as Marlboro, Nokia, Calvin Klein, Ford, and American Idol, BUYOLOGY is a fascinating and shocking journey into the mind of today's consumer that will captivate anyone who's been seduced - or turned off - by marketers' relentless attempts to win our loyalty, our money, and our minds.
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- Guest Stars revealed: The voices of talented actors and celebrities will be coming to Springfield in the next year. Some of them will be Kiefer Sutherland, Neil Gaimen, Gordon Ramsay, Joan Rivers, and Michael Cera who will voice a love interest of Lisa's.
- Simpson's will be traveling: This season the Simpsons will achieve the landmark of having visited all seven continents.
- There is no Futurama crossover in the works: There isn't a crossover they are working on just yet, but this season will feature an episode by Futurama writer Stewart Burns. Fans will get to see aged Simpsons characters celebrating Christmas 30 years in the future, revealed show runner Al Jean. The episode is set to air in December.
- Widescreen and HD programming has changed things for the writers: No more squiggles on signs and books. "It actually created a little more work for us. Now you can read everything," explained co-executive producer Rob Lazebnik. "So we're always going off and writing signs and writing book pages and writing journal pages." Added Jean, "We spend a lot of our days writing books no one will read."
- All the Creators and Producers also have their favorite Simpsons merchandise: Jean's favorite is his Simpsons pinball machine, which Groening and Sam Simon gave to him and each of the other writers after the show's first season. Groening prefers his Simpsons Russian nesting dolls.
Don't Miss The Simpsons Halloween Special 'Treehouse of Horror XXII' on FOX
Don't Miss The Simpsons Halloween Special 'Treehouse of Horror XXII' on FOX
by Andrew
Posted on October 25, 2011
Everyone seems to be getting in the Halloween spirit. Even the residents of Springfield are taking part. In the upcoming 'Treehouse of Horror XXII' episode, the creators pay homage to hit TV show 'Dexter'. Ned Flanders will take on the role of "Dexter Morgan" who believes that God is instructing him to murder various residents of Springfield. . Since the Simpsons has been saved and will return for yet another season, the creators decided to go all out for this Halloween Special. 'Treehouse of Horror' episode is set to air on October 30th. This episode first premiered at the Comic Con in San Diego, at the beginning of this year. Here are some highlights of the Simpsons' panel:


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'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' is a touching story of how a child deals with grief
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, the new movie from director Stephen Daldry, takes a look at how one young boy deals with the unimaginable. It's a heartbreaking film that has unfortunately been tagged as exploitative, manipulative and overly melodramatic. The truth is: It's one of the best movies of 2011.
Thomas Horn plays Oskar Schell, a curious boy with curious habits. Although we don't learn much about his school life, it doesn't take a crystal ball to imagine Oskar getting picked on at the playground for being weird and talking to himself. At home, with his father Thomas (Tom Hanks) and mother Linda (Sandra Bullock), his imagination is given free reign to develop and shoot off in different directions.
His father, in particular, is the one who helps Oskar water the seed of creativity. With clever games, catch phrases and inside jokes, the two feel almost like brothers, sharing the most precious moments of life side by side, laughing all the way.
All of these good times are pre-Sept. 11, 2001.
The day when the terrorists strike the World Trade Center, Thomas is killed and Oskar is left with no answers to his many questions. The worst thing that could happen for this child has occurred. In his young mind, there is no mending. Life is over.
But is it? As he sorts through boxes in his father's closet, Oskar finds a key in an envelope with a cryptic message written on the outside: Black. The distraught boy takes it as a final puzzle from his father, a chance for him to connect one last time with the parent that left him all too suddenly.
The majority of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close follows Oskar on his journey to find a Mr. or Mrs. Black, the proper owner of the key. Perhaps this person will have know some additional information about his father, some hidden gem that will dull the pain he still feels over Sept. 11.
The cast of characters that Oskar meets along the way is varied. Many great actors populate the streets of New York City in Daldry's exquisite film, including Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, John Goodman and Max von Sydow, the legendary actor who was Oscar-nominated for his role in the film.
It's clear from the beginning of the 129-minute movie that Extremely Loud is based on a book. It has a literary feel to its pacing, convoluted plot line, which jumps back and forth in time, and subtle characterization. Eric Roth does an able job adapting Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, although Oskar's story is probably still best told on the page.
The acting, especially from Horn, is effective. This young actor, who has never appeared in a major motion picture, is a true find. He plays the part with the right balance of annoying skepticism and endearing warmth. Oskar is a difficult role to play. Besides the obvious heartbreak that becomes a daily reality of his life, the character also has emotional problems connecting with others in his life. At one point, we find out that Oskar was unsuccessfully tested for Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. All of these elements make him a unique person and someone who must have challenged such an inexperienced actor. However, Horn makes it look easy.
Bullock also has some touching moments, and, in some ways, her part is the most depressing. While her son runs around New York City trying to crack the code, she's left with nothing except images of her deceased husband.
Hanks is likable, although because of the tragedy that strikes his character, he doesn't get much screen time.
Von Sydow, playing a mute neighbor of Oskar's grandmother, is quite good in his scenes. Here's a man reduced to writing "Yes" on one palm of his hand and "No" on the other. He's unable to talk, and yet Oskar can't stop talking. It only makes sense that they would get along.
Daldry, who has created an impressive film career with The Hours, Billy Elliot and The Reader, does let the story get away from him at times. The voiceover doesn't add much, and a surprise twist that may have worked in the book feels extraneous and farfetched in the movie. Still, with the director's steady hand, we are able to experience the Big Apple through the eyes of a young boy suffering the most personal form of torment.
There is no talk about the international ramifications of Sept. 11 or the war in Afghanistan. Elected officials are never mentioned, and the focus is not on Osama bin Laden. Instead, we relive that fateful day through the eyes of someone personally attached to the devastation. This makes Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close one of the most difficult films to experience, but also one of the most meaningful.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Written by Eric Roth; based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer
Starring Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Viola Davis and Max von Sydow
Running time: 129 minutes
Rated PG-13 for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language


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Nightlife in Dushanbe: Clubs, Discos
Dushanbe is quite active though limited to basically three night-clubs of different 'calibre'.
There are two main clubs: Club Royal and People.
Most of the party animals would be migrating between Club Royal and People from Friday to Sunday.
Hyatt is quite often the place for a change with some expensive disco even at western standards.
Mirzo Tursunzoda 42, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
phone: (+992 90) 773-8989
Club Royal
Luxury Night Club
Avenue Ismoil Somoni, Kohy Nowruz, Dushanbe
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Golf returns to the Olympics in 2016, its first time as an event in the five-ring circus since the St. Louis Games of 1904. So there are rules in place about how golfers will get to the Rio Games. Biggest question: Who makes up the field? And don't think drug testing isn't a large consideration.
A year from now, players interested in taking part in Olympic competition must be as focused on pee and cup as tee and cup.
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There will be men's and women's play in Brazil, with 60 players in each competition. And all 120 players must submit to random drug tests beginning May 6, 2016.
That's the word for PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who also said this week the men under his purview can expect drug testing to remain part of the regimen.
Each Olympic nation can have up to four men and four women in competition. The 60-player fields will include at least one man and one woman from Brazil. Each of the five Olympic continents will have at least one representative, male and female. Those regions are Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
World golf rankings will provide the starting point for the field of players, with the top 15 as of July 11, 2016, automatically eligible for the Rio Games, which are Aug. 5-21. The field will change weekly until the start of play in Brazil.
Consider the world rankings as of Feb. 2.
There were six American men in the top 15 — No. 3 Bubba Watson, No. 7 Jim Furyk, No. 9 Jordan Spieth, No. 10 Matt Kuchar, No. 12 Rickie Fowler and No. 13 Jimmy Walker. Sorry, Fowler and Walker would be left at home were the field to be set this week.
The rest of the top 15 men on Feb. 2 were No. 1 Rory McIlroy, No. 2 Henrik Stenson, No. 4 Adam Scott, No. 6 Sergio Garcia, No. 8 Jason Day, No. 11 Martin Kaymer, No. 14 Hideki Matsuyama and No. 15 Victor Dubuisson.
Day and Scott are from Australia, so two other Aussies would automatically qualify in Rio. Current rankings would see Marc Leishman and John Senden eligible.
Check the full men's rankings here.
As of Feb. 2, four U.S. women would make the field at Rio: Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr.
Check the full women's rankings here.
All competitors must adhere to drug testing standards developed by the International Golf Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
"We didn't go to drug testing simply because of the Olympics," Finchem told the Associated Press. "And we didn't go to drug testing because we felt we had a PED problem. We went to drug testing because the perception across the board in sports is that athletes dope. We even had questions raised about our sport. We felt that the image of our sport and our athletes is the No. 1 asset by a big margin. And in our defense we want to be able to demonstrate that our players don't PED use."
Not that golf has a problem with performance-enhancing drugs. Two golfers have been caught since the PGA began testing in 2008. Both were on the Web.com Tour, essentially the PGA Tour's minor league.


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For too long the terms "sport" and "fashion" have rarely shared the same sentence, at least in a positive light. Latter day professional athletes have not exactly been the best sartorial role models. Some influences, like NBA-inspired street wear, have left an entire generation of misguided youth to perpetually trip over their baggy, over sized jeans.
While sports like polo, cricket, hunting, sailing and golf have each had important and noble impacts on men's dress, recent decades have been less than stellar. Recently though, good taste and a little stylish flair appear poised to make a comeback.
Golfing giant Tiger Woods' powerfully simple fashion statements on and off the course helped him wind up on the cover of Men's Vogue. Neither loud nor flashy, Woods has been able to carve out a distinctive look that speaks of maturity and poise. Perhaps due to his enormous sponsorship deal with Nike, he also avoids looking like a walking billboard with logos protruding from every nook and cranny. The confidence Woods brings to his game is reinforced through his signature black pants and red shirt; a classic, strong color combination that has visual impact.
Where other equally talented pros tend to look a little baggy and often just plain sloppy, Wood's exacting attention to detail clearly extends to his wardrobe. His pants are always tailored, neat and trim; his shirts, though loose enough to allow for a big swing, never look bunched up or saggy – a common problem in golf shirts. Of course, keeping yourself in excellent physical shape is one of the best ways to ensure that you look good in your clothes. Even the logo of his signature product line is strong yet simple.
While the late Payne Stewart will be forever remembered as a great golfing dandy who made plus-fours and snap brimmed caps cool, Woods has transitioned the sport into sartorial modernity with ease. So, even if you don't wear a jacket to work every day, think of Tiger and take casual up a peg to classy.
When Roger Federer steps onto the court, those not familiar with this dominating tactician may be forgiven if their first impression is that of just another pretty face who can hit a ball. The monogrammed blazer, patrician bearing and wavy hair all belie a masterful appreciation of what it takes to win on and off the court. Just as he rules the game of tennis, Roger Federer is reshaping the very look of the sport as well. If any athlete is making fashion news today it is he, and rightly so.
In many ways Federer is a bit of a throwback and wouldn't look out of place standing next to Cary Grant or Gary Cooper. At the same time he is absolutely an international man of the 21st Century. Living and training in Dubai and jet setting around the world to matches and appearances, Federer's graciousness and timeless good looks earn him a reputation as one of the classiest guys in any sport. And he makes sure that reputation is well deserved.
When he won at Wimbledon last year Federer knew what image he wanted to project and was ready for the trophy ceremony. By the time the cameras were set up and silver polished, he was decked out in his ubiquitous "RF" monogrammed blazer, white slacks and a tennis sweater. Federer could have just as easily stepped into a Ralph Lauren photo shoot, which in some respects he did as Ralph now outfits the Wimbledon crew. In his own way, he was setting the tennis world's style bar a little higher. After years of slouchy beachwear inspired shorts and tops, his classy and classic look hearkens back to the heydays of Renée Lacoste.
For the recent U.S. open, and what would be his fourth victory there, Federer's tailor made color coordinated duds were an excellent reflection of his cool and collected on-court elegance. In the opening match, Federer took to the court in royal blue and white. For the evening he was the "man in black," with a tuxedo-inspired outfit complete with satin tape running down the legs of his shorts and warm-up pants. It's really no surprise that he recently graced the cover of Men's Vogue, just like his buddy Tiger Woods.
What is most notable about Roger Federer is not just that he makes classic cool again; it's his attention to detail and precision, even in the way his clothes fit. During his last match with Andy Roddick, Federer simply looked like a winner. Where Roddick seemed fidgety and uncomfortable, constantly pulling up the shoulders of his shirt, Federer's fitted outfit looked comfortable, clean, and elegant. He was the picture of sartorial ease. Everything worked together to project an image of confidence and comfort, from longer shirt tails which kept his top from riding up to the perfectly tailored Bermuda length shorts.
The details didn't stop there. Along with the matching head and wrist sweatbands, Federer sported monogrammed Nike sneakers, each embroidered with three tiny Swiss flags marking each of his U.S. Open victories. Cocky? Maybe, but now he needs to add a fourth.
Both of these exceptional and exceptionally stylish athletes have set new standards in the sport they respectively dominate and that's no accident. Thought and detail go into what each wears and when. Federer's reinterpretation of classic tennis style and Woods' color-blocked authority both show an understanding that image is on an equal footing with skill.


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Doug's work in writing is bringing new excitement to his collection of books.
DEACON is selling well and receiving rave reviews. While the on line sales do not indicate this, his personal sales and his personal sales at book venues are. He has reordered copies and is moving forward with spending more time in book festivals, stores, and just plain sales efforts.
DEATH BY BASEBALL is in the edit and proof stage right now. Proof copies have been ordered and are on the way. Perhaps they will be in the mail today.
DEACON II is at the first crisis point. Daniel's life is about to be redirected again.
The State of Arizona series is all on audio book at this time. Audible will give you a free copy when you sign up with them. They will also give you a free month of books when you sign up.
Doug's big question at this time is – Do I need a fourth in the State of Arizona series? WHAT DO YOU THINK?


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If you were to drop by SMSA on any given school day, you'd see your Annual Fund gifts in action everywhere. Your gifts help buy new classroom materials, pay the teachers, and heat the building. They help supply new uniforms for the Kerry Blue sports teams and festive graduation ceremonies for Kindergartners. In other words, Annual Fund gifts support the day-to-day operations of SMSA in practical, personal, and crucial ways.


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Nothing Uninteresting
The Work and Life of Eric Aldwinckle
By Michael B. LeBlanc
Print Book, 186 Pages
It had been an interesting and strange new artistic problem, painting over the North Atlantic, memorising visions from the co-pilot's seat at night, working inside hangars to the roar of engines, painting in huts, painting in tents, drawing aircraft sketching incidents and personalities, yet I had a feeling I had not begun to fulfill my purpose; I had not truly expressed myself.
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Want to go on a vintage shopping day trip on Route 66 in the High Desert? Choose from the following vintage shops, or take a two-day trip to shop at all of them.
Linda Marie's Enchanted Treasures
(760) 484-6300
19222 National Trails Hwy.
Oro Grande, CA
Antique Station
(760) 951-2421
19176 National Trails Hwy
Oro Grande, CA
Ready for a lunch break?
Try Maxwell's just down the road from Linda Marie's and Antique Station. They have the best and biggest sandwiches and salads. Like large portions? You'll love this place – and it's delicious to boot!
17772 Wika Rd.
Apple Valley, California
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I've heard or read reviews about these next four vintage shops but have not visited them yet. However, they are not far from Linda Marie's Enchanted Treasures and Antique Station. You never know what treasure you might find, so at least check them out. If you go and like it, come back and leave a comment.
Joyce Hickman's Antiques
760-951-016515626 6th St Victorville, CA 92395
Traditional Treasures
(760) 955-7002
15593 7th St Victorville, CA
Treasure Trove
(760) 955-7912
15591 7th St
Victorville, CA
Eve's Attic
15589 Seventh St
Victorville, CA 92395
If you like rustic or hacienda style decor, you will absolutely LOVE Santa Fe Trading Company. It's not vintage, but it's classy.
Santa Fe Trading Company
(760) 962-1290
15464 Seventh Street
Victorville, CA
This is another place you'll want to browse for awhile.
Find Your P's & Q's Antiques Gifts & Collectibles
(760) 951-2262
15080 7th Street Ste 11
Victorville CA
Now for another of my favorites…it's not in Victorville or on Route 66. It's in Hesperia, but if you're only in the High Desert for one vintage shopping day and you don't stop in this lovely place, you missed out.
Carriage House Antiques
(760) 948-5577
11370 Hesperia Rd
Hesperia, CA
Ready for Dinner yet? These two places are not far from Carriage House Antiques. Check out the hours for The Italian Kitchen, or call them before you go. Their hours vary. If you'd rather have a hamburger, try In-N-Out – my favorite hamburger.
The Italian Kitchen
(760) 244-775716409 Yucca Street Hesperia, CA
In-N-Out(800) 786-1000
17069 Bear Valley Rd.
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U.N. approves full Syria monitoring
Sun., April 22, 2012
Resolution allows 300 observers
BEIRUT – The United Nations Security Council on Saturday authorized a full monitoring mission of up to 300 observers in Syria as the advance team visited the battered central city of Homs for the first time.
Opposition activists said the bombardment of Homs, which has been shelled almost continuously for nearly three months, stopped before the monitors toured one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods, Khaldiyeh. State media reported that the team also toured the city's devastated opposition stronghold of Baba Amr, but activists could not confirm the visit.
In addition to approving the monitoring mission, the Security Council also called for the urgent and immediate implementation of the peace plan to end 13 months of violence in Syria.
But the unrest shows no sign of ending: The cease-fire that the 300 unarmed observers will supervise has been broken repeatedly by the government of President Bashar Assad, with reports of rebel violence as well.
A week ago, the Security Council approved an advance team of up to 30 monitors, but only seven have arrived in Syria. On their visit to Homs on Saturday, online videos showed the monitors surrounded by residents and touring crumbled buildings.
The monitors were scheduled to travel to Homs' old city, which in recent weeks has been a shelling target, but never made it. Abu Jabir, an activist in the old city, said he wasn't sure why the team didn't visit the neighborhood but that it might have been an issue of time.
Another Homs activist, Abu Fares, said opposition activists offered homes to stay in so the monitors wouldn't have to return to the capital, Damascus, each night. The government, he charged, wants the monitors to visit the areas quickly so it can resume its operations.
The full U.N. mission was authorized for an initial 90-day period, but there were questions of when the observers would be deployed given the continued violence. On Wednesday, the monitors came under fire along with protesters as they visited a suburb of Damascus.
The resolution authorizes U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to deploy the additional monitors based on the situation in the country, "including the consolidation of the cessation of violence."


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eft-wing economist, Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman hates deficits in tough economic times – when the president of the United States is named George W. Bush.
Krugman, in a November 2004 interview, criticized the "enormous" Bush deficit. "We have a world-class budget deficit," he said, "not just as in absolute terms, of course – it's the biggest budget deficit in the history of the world – but it's a budget deficit that, as a share of GDP, is right up there."
The numbers? The deficit in fiscal year 2004 – $413 billion, 3.5 percent of the gross domestic product.
Back then, a disapproving Krugman called the deficit "comparable to the worst we've ever seen in this country. … The only time postwar that the United States has had anything like these deficits is the middle Reagan years, and that was with unemployment close to 10 percent." Take away the Social Security surplus spent by the government, he said, and "we're running at a deficit of more than 6 percent of GDP, and that is unprecedented."
He considered the Bush tax cuts irresponsible and a major contributor – along with two wars – to the deficit. But he also warned of the growing cost of autopilot entitlements: "We have the huge bulge in the population that starts to collect benefits. … If there isn't a clear path towards fiscal sanity well before (the next decade), then I think the financial markets are going to say, 'Well, gee, where is this going?'"
Three months earlier, Krugman said, "Here we are more than 2 1/2 years after the official end of the recession, and we're still well below, of course, pre-Bush employment." In October 2004, unemployment was 5.5 percent and continued to slowly decline. At the time, Krugman described the economy as "weak," with "job creation … essentially nonexistent."
How bad will it get? If we don't get our "financial house in order," he said, "I think we're looking for a collapse of confidence some time in the not-too-distant future."
Fast-forward to 2010.
The numbers: projected deficit for fiscal year 2010 – over $1.5 trillion, more than 10 percent of GDP.
This sets a post-WWII record in both absolute numbers and as a percentage of GDP. And if the Obama administration's optimistic projections of the economic growth fall short, things will get much worse. So what does Krugman say now?
We must guard against "deficit hysteria." In "Fiscal Scare Tactics," his recent column, Krugman writes: "These days it's hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on a news program without encountering stern warnings about the federal budget deficit. The deficit threatens economic recovery, we're told; it puts American economic stability at risk; it will undermine our influence in the world. These claims generally aren't stated as opinions, as views held by some analysts but disputed by others. Instead, they're reported as if they were facts, plain and simple."
He continues, "And fear-mongering on the deficit may end up doing as much harm as the fear-mongering on weapons of mass destruction." Krugman believes Bush lied us into the Iraq War. Just as people unreasonably feared Saddam Hussein, they now have an unwarranted fear of today's deficit.
Questions: Didn't Krugman, less than six years ago, call the deficit "enormous"? Wouldn't he, therefore, consider a $1.5 trillion deficit at 10 percent of GDP mega-normous? Didn't he describe the economy with 5.5 percent unemployment as "weak"? Isn't the current economy, at 9.7 percent unemployment, even weaker? If the 2004 deficit was "comparable to the worst we've ever seen in this country," wouldn't today's much bigger deficit cause even more heartburn?
Nope. Now a huge deficit is actually a good thing: "The point is that running big deficits in the face of the worst economic slump since the 1930s is actually the right thing to do. If anything, deficits should be bigger than they are because the government should be doing more than it is to create jobs." The deficit "should be bigger"?!
Long term, Krugman says, we've got concerns about revenue and spending. But as for now? "There's no reason to panic about budget prospects for the next few years, or even for the next decade." In 2004, Krugman warned that without a "clear path towards fiscal sanity" before "the next decade," we faced a "crunch." Presumably, we now have this "clear path."
Let's review. In 2004, an unhappy Krugman criticized Bush's "weak" economy and "miserable" job creation. Running an "enormous" deficit was a bad thing. Times were awful – "by a large margin" the worst job crash and performance since Herbert Hoover. Today the deficit is four times as large in an even weaker economy with much higher unemployment. Times are awful. Now, though, the deficit is a good thing and should be even bigger.
Krugman's flip-flop on the deficit demonstrates a modern economic equation. Hatred of Bush + love for Obama = intellectual dishonesty.
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Why is it that of all the animals human beings have domesticated, the longest and most enduring connection has been with dogs and cats? How have we physically shaped each other - and influenced each other's language and cultures? This authoritative book looks at the whole relationship between domestic pets and their human owners. Explores the research and researchers who have expanded our knowledge of this important link. An enthralling account of an immensely subtle and complex relationship.


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Please Help! (Fluent Error)
Sometimes, when I run iterations in Fluent 6.0, I obtain this error statement:
Error: > (greater-than):invalid argument [2]:wrong type [not a number] Error Object: nanOx7ffffe00
May i know what's the meaning of this error? How to resolve it??
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I have seen the same thing. Very mysterious. It seems to have something to do with the residuals, but I don't know what. The only way I have managed to resolve is to initialize again and restart the calculations.
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When you recieve an error with NAN or not a number, it usually means that one on of the variables has increased to beyond the limits of FLUENT. It could mean that you have a divergent system do to one of the constants you set. Have a look at the residuals and see if one of them shoots up at the time of your error.
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I have a question for you: did this error occur after you repartitioned an existing case file and tried to continue the iterations??
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Did you got any warning message before getting this error message ? You will get this error message when the flow variables reach unrealistic values (eg: pressure reaching zero or density reaching zero). One way to handle is that limit the flow variable values with in limits( you will be have a rough idea of what the values of pressure ??).
And start the analysis with low under relaxation values ..
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Venkatesh is quit right
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This special blend of spices, vegetables and fruit is sure to please any palate. The warm vegetables are balaned with the sweet taste of lightly chilled fresh fruit.
- Yield
- Serves 4
- 2lb fresh bean sprouts
- 2c sliced mushrooms
- 1sm onion diced (optional)
- 2 stalks bok choy chopped
- 1bg salad greens
- 1c sliced carrots
- 1c chopped celery
- 4 Mangos chopped
- 4 Papaya sliced
- 1Tblsp diced garlic
- 1/3 c EVOO
- Maggai sauce to taste
- In a large skillet or wok, lightly brown garlic. Add mushrooms, sprouts,carrots and celery until well coated and color softens. Add bok choy and maggai sauce mix until all vegetables are al-dente. Serve on a fresh bed of lettuce greens and top with chopped mango and papaya slices. The juice from both the vegetables and the fruit make a wonderful sauce! Enjoy!


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Pumps: Categorization of Pumps, Pumping Terminology plus Definition, Principles of Operations - Characteristics plus Limits, The manufacturing of Pumps, Suction-Pressure Consideration plus N.P.S.H., Pumping Assortment - Criteria, Centrifugal-Pump, Vertical Turbine Pump, Organized Maintenance plus Inspections, Predictive Maintenances, Alignments, Preservation Objective plus Practices.
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Trouble-shooting of Electronic Circuits for Engineers plus Technicians
Preface to General Fundamentals, Discretion Components, Circuit-Laws, Amplifier, Use of Testing Equipments, Industrial Practice, Preface to Trouble-shooting, Breakdown Analysis plus Prevention In Electronic-Circuits, Test In Electronic-Circuits, Devices Trouble-shooting, Designing Trouble-shooting For Digital plus Analog System, Logic Trouble-shooting, Power-Supply, P.C.B. Tests, Security Aspect
Procedure Controls plus Tuning Of Industrial Controlling Loops
General Controlling Concepts, Preface To Instrumentations, Preface To Controlling Values, Rudiments of Procedure Controls, Rudiments of Tuning, The Various Tuning Rules, Tune of Values, Automated Tuning, Tuning Of More Complicated Systems, Fine Practices
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Energy Conservations
Energy- Significance plus Definition of Conservation, Energy Saving Techniques, Competence plus Conversion of Energy, Implementing of different techniques for Energy Saving, Impacts on Environmental plus Human-Health, Energy Conservation Act-2001, Device for Preserving of Energy, Project Related with Sources of Energy plus Saving of Energy, Effectual Co - Operation among Management plus Personnel for Implementing.
Project Managing plus Industrial Engineering
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Inter-personal Relation, Transactional Analysis, leadership-Styles plus Skills, Effectual Communication, Time Management, Group Constructing, Productiveness, Divergence Management, Stress-Management, Change-Management, Ethics Tool kit for Managers.
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Quality Improving versus Quality Assurance, Quality Improvements Concepts, A Past Lesson, Consumer Orientations, Readiness-Assessment, Measurements of Consumer Approval, Conductive Employees Survey, Shifting of Paradigms, Plan to make a T.Q.M. System in Organization, Employees Participation Practice.
Six-Sigma vs. Profitability plus Productivity, Ascertain Sigma Stages, Variation, Improve a procedure, Procedure Ability Indices plus Procedure Controlling, The Six-Sigma Road-map – D.M.A.I.C., Select Six-Sigma Project.
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Understand Costing, Prices plus Values, Creative plus Evolution of substitute designing, Value-Analysis plus Value-Engineering, Evaluating of substitutes - Criteria matrix, Functional Costing Analysis-Quality Functional Deployment, V.E. Jobs Planning, Functional Analysis System Methods.
Maintaining Management System
Critical Chain Projects Management (C.C.P.M.)
Sources of Interruptions, Source of unplanned events, Direction towards Solutions, Main risks plus Mitigation Activities, constituents of Solutions, Potentials of negatives, Solution, obstacles in implementing - Projects review, Multi centre co-ordination, insight of fine projects Plan.


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Quick Notes on the SAG Awards
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Not to seem like an unoriginal twerp, but I really like this idea.
Mind if I use it once a week or so? I'd totally give you credit for the first bunch of posts.
Of course! I think it's great if you do it :)
Is that from "The Place Promised to Us In Our Early Days"? Definitely looks Mikato Shinkai-y.
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bot lane guide
Nidalee Build
Jungle Role
late game
Ability Sequence
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Nidalee shouldn't be played withh the same way at bot lane and at mid lane.At bot lane you should check the brush with javelin toss to know if you can head inside.Try to be the first one there so you can throw javelins at enemies to force them away.If you do this you'll give your lane a very high advantage from the beginning.Once you learn bushwhack place them in the brushes to check for enemies.If an enemy comes for a gank get him in full range of javelin toss to do very high damage forcing him to go back.If he's still therekeep on throwing until he turns back.At mid lane it's hard to hit the enemy with javelin toss.If you want to land one at the enemy do it by hiding behind walls undedected.Javelin toss should be easy to land now but make sure he doesn't see you.Place bushwhackat both brushes to check for ganks.If you know theyr'e inside throw a javelin in a way so that it travels in the whole brush and it will be sure to hit him.When you push the lane heal yourself even if you are at full health for the attack speed buff.At bot lane or when pushing onother turret heal the AD carry since he needs the attack speed buff more than you do.At level 6 Nidalee gets a lot more powerful so try to harass and farm as much as you can.
Advanced Tactics
If an enemy runs away aim javelin toss in front of him to hit and kill him.If you're being chased down make sure to stay in cougar form for the extra armor,magic resist and movement speed and only switch to human form to heal and throw a javelin.Try to juke your opponent's by getting into the brush and using pounce to get behind the enemy and do some damage with you other abilities.Keep juking and doing damage.When some one gets low try to run away and if you aim javelin toss well and the enemies aren't fast enough you will walk away with a kill alive.Although if you see that you won't last long enough,then try to run away as fast as you can.When returning at lane stay in cougar form and use pounce to get there faster before the enemy starts pushing.
Team fights
Before the fight starts throw a javelin,heal tha AD carry for the attack speed buff and then head in with cougar form.If you get low on health stand back to throw javelins and start healing until you have health to head back into the fight in cougar form.If you know you're gonna lose the fight try to stop it from starting by throwing javelins at enemies.Even if you aren't able to do so you will still have built an advantage increasing the chances if winning the fight.


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AS different as they are, sharks and guinea pigs do have one thing in common - they were responsible for two calls to the NSW Ambulance Service in the past five months for biting people.
The statistics for bites, serious cuts and scratches, kicks, tramplings and crushings provide a fascinating snapshot of our interaction with animals of all kinds in the city and the bush.
While dogs are, unsurprisingly, responsible for the majority of the almost 300 calls for help (235 incidents), creatures as diverse as a blue-ringed octopus, a water buffalo, a lizard, a catfish, a cockatoo and a goanna, as well as the two guinea pigs, are listed in the ambulance service log books.
The RSPCA NSW's website describes guinea pigs, also called "cavies" by their fans, as "ideal pets due to their small size, ease of care and quiet nature".
But a woman suffered a "deep bite on hand" and "serious bleeding" at Camden in December and an ambulance was also called when a four-year-old boy was bitten at Mollymook Beach on the south coast last October. The ambulance log records "a deep laceration to the hand, serious bleeding reported".
"Occasionally people do get bitten by guinea pigs and this can be serious," NSW Cavy Club spokeswoman Maria Amos said.
"Most times it's an accident because someone puts two adult males together and then tries to separate them with their hands whilst they are fighting.
"Most males which haven't been mated are fine together but if they have been mated and/or can smell a female nearby they can fight."
The sharks attacks to which ambulance officers were called involved a 31-year-old spear fisher from Sydney who was "nudged and nipped" by a grey nurse shark at South West Rocks - it was attracted to fish he had caught. In a far more serious attack by a bull shark, a 29-year-old surfer at Diamond Head lost a finger and his thigh was sliced open.
Back on land, cats also feature including one particularly nasty bite when an 80-year-old man's artery was severed at Banora Point in northern NSW on January 21, one of just 22 feline bite-related call outs in the past five months.
Away from the city, for obvious reasons, cattle start featuring in the statistics. An 83-year-old man was hit in the stomach, which "lifted him three feet" at Gooramadda in southern NSW in November.
On January 16, a water buffalo tossed a 54-year-old man into the air at Collombatti on the state's north coast.
The ambulance report said he received "multiple injuries to the chest, thigh, forearm and posterior".
An ambulance service spokeswoman said calls involving animals made up only a small portion of their workload.
The service receives about 3000 calls a day - fewer than 300 people were treated for injuries caused by animals in the last five months. The statistics don't include snake and spider bites.
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Science News
Where's the Junk?
May 22, 2013
by Molly Michelson
Could an odd plant with a terrible name show us that "junk DNA" has value after all?
The carnivorous bladderwort plant, Utricularia gibba, is a lightweight in the genome game. It has about 80 million DNA base pairs. By comparison, its relatives the grape and tomato have about 490 and 780 million base pairs, respectively. (You and I have about 3.2 billion base pairs, but hey, we're humans.)
Despite its small genome, the carnivorous bladderwort is a complicated plant. Disguised as a lovely flowering beauty, it actually traps organisms such as insects and small fish in a bladder-shaped trap on its water-soaked roots—for nourishment, of course. And while that's exciting, a new study in Nature has scientists even more excited about the carnivorous plant.
"The big story is that only 3 percent of the bladderwort's genetic material is so-called 'junk' DNA," says study co-author Victor Albert. The human genome, in contrast, includes about 98% junk DNA. But what kind of "junk" are we talking about?
Junk in the Trunk
"When complete genomes were first being sequenced, it became clear that only a small fraction of the DNA could be assigned a specific function," explains Brian Simison, curator and director of the Academy's Center for Comparative Genomics. "The functional regions or genes are primarily those that produce proteins or ribosomes. It has been hypothesized that these vast regions of unknown function were the product of duplications followed by loss of function due to the accumulation of random mutations and/or the accumulation of exogenous DNA from viruses. The term 'Junk DNA' emerged from these hypotheses.
"However, research on junk DNA is shedding new insights into these regions," Simison adds. Last fall, he spoke with Science Today correspondent Barbara Tannenbaum about the ENCODE project. Conducting a huge international effort to look more into the junk part of the human genome, researchers determined that 80% of our genome actually had some function.
Since that time, ENCODE has come under some scrutiny. "I think the 'controversy' is overblown," Simison says. "ENCODE scientists presented a testable hypothesis and it should be pursued as such. My bet is that some junk DNA will, in fact, turn out to be useless baggage from historical genomic events while other bits will prove to be required for normal human functions."
No Junk in the Trunk
If our junk DNA is worth having around, then why doesn't a meat-eating plant like the bladderwort need it? "Based on the miniscule number of complete genomes sequenced, it is unusual that the genome of the carnivorous bladderwort is only 3% junk DNA," Simison says. "It may reveal interesting information about the function and organization of genomes. However, the sample size of complete genomes is so incredibly tiny that junkless genomes may not be that uncommon."
So what happened to the junk? "That is the big question. Did it get deleted or did the carnivorous bladderwort not have it to begin with?" Simison asks. "To answer this we need to understand more about the evolutionary history of genomes and, in particular, we need to know more about the genomes of this plant's ancestors."
The bladderwort's lack of junk DNA only adds to the mystery. Scientists hope to learn more as additional organisms' complete genomes are sequenced—and as more research is conducted on the function of junk DNA.
Image: Bruce Salmon/Wikipedia


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'The Vampire Diaries' is killing off a main character
"The Vampire Diaries" series finale is going to even more emotional that we thought. The final episode of the CW series will feature the death of a beloved character, and viewers better bring their tissues with them, because it is going to get sad as we say goodbye to Mystic Falls and a member of the TVD family.
According to Entertainment Weekly, actress Nina Dobrev will officially be back as Elena Gilbert during "The Vampire Diaries" series finale on March 10. Elena will finally awake, but she'll come home to tragedy as she'll be forced to attend the funeral of someone she loves.
While the character who will lose their life has yet to be named, fans are already speculating about which of the "Vampire Diaries" characters funerals will be attending in the series finale. While Elena is awake, the first thought is to believe that Bonnie has died, since her sleep was linked to her life. However, Matt is also human and could easily be killed. Another major possibility is newly human Stefan has died.
Who will die in 'The Vampire Diaries' series finale?
Sadly, many fans are speculating that Damon will die just as Elena has returned to him. Perhaps Damon will sacrifice himself for someone he loves like Elena, Bonnie, or Stefan, but no matter which of the characters the writers have chosen to kill off, fans are sure to be upset by the huge loss.
"We wanted to go big, emotionally, with the action, and with the spectacular of it," Showrunner Julie Plec revealed. "We were absolutely feeling epic."
Fans can watch final season of "The Vampire Diaries" Friday nights on the CW, and the series finale on March 10 at 8 p.m.