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www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship Snetterton test - Monday, June 25 Muller Fastest In Snetterton Test Vauxhall Motorsport's Yvan Muller topped the timesheets at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on Monday, when he set fastest...
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Muller Fastest In Snetterton Test
Vauxhall Motorsport's Yvan Muller topped the timesheets at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on Monday, when he set fastest time of the day in the Vauxhall Astra Coupé during the official British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) test session - the only chance teams have of testing before August's exciting night race.
"It was a very productive day for me," said Muller, who currently leads the BTCC going into next weekend's race at the Donington Park circuit near Derby. "This Snetterton test has given us the chance to try lots of different set-ups and for me the hard work has paid off. My best time was towards the end of this afternoon's session and it has confirmed the Astra Coupé's balance is good as a result of the changes the team has made."
Muller spent much of the dry sunny day of testing, trailing the times set by his team-mate, Jason Plato, the Oxford driver too was buoyed by the day's testing.
"I came to Snetterton not to be competitive with times, but to work on the car and as a result I've learned an awful which I'm pleased about," said Plato. "I have tried set-ups today that I would never have dreamt of trying in the shortish free practice sessions we get at race meetings. Overall I'm very pleased with the way my day has gone."
Plato finished the day third on the timesheets when James Thompson driving the Egg Sport Vauxhall Astra Coupé just nipped in front during the closing minutes of the day-long test session. Phil Bennett in the other Egg Sport Astra Coupé finished the day fourth.
"We have achieved about two thirds of what we had planned," said Ian Harrison, Technical Director of Triple Eight Race Engineering who run the Astra Coupés in this year's BTCC. "This is our last test session for the year and we didn't get everything covered. There are no points for being fastest in testing, but at least we've sorted the gear ratios for the night race and found some new changes which have worked with the Astra Coupés - whether they work at other circuits we will just have to wait and see."
The four Astra Coupés next appear at this coming weekend's race at Donington Park near Derby, where, still with their extra 30kgs of ballast over and above the 60kgs of normal success weighting, the team expects braking efficiency to suffer.
"Donington is very much a brake dependent circuit," said Plato. "The best Astra Coupé will be driven by whoever looks after their brakes the best." <pre> Snetterton test - Monday, June 25 1 Yvan Muller Vauxhall Astra Coupé 1:12.953 2 James Thompson Vauxhall Astra Coupé 1:13.336 3 Jason Plato Vauxhall Astra Coupé 1:13.436 4 Phil Bennett Vauxhall Astra Coupé 1:13.965 5 Dan Eaves Peugeot 406 Coupé 1:14.330 6 Steve Soper Peugeot 406 Coupé 1:14.838 7 Kurt Luby Lexus IS200 1:15.204


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Why I Had To "Ignore" My Mother On Facebook!
I'm sure the younger generation has gone through this one but I'm a forty-something gay for Chrissakes and the last person I thought I'd see trying to "friend" me on Facebook was my mother. Now my Mother and I are as co-dependent as they come, we speak every day (after all, I'm a nice Jewish boy) but I'm not sure I want her to see everyone "poking" me, writing on "my wall", hitting me with a "snowball", sending me a drink, talisman or anything else that the other seven thousand applications offer you to send and generally annoy your so-called friends. All of the above reasons and more are why I had to "ignore" my Mother on Facebook! – Don't Get Me Started!
When I first opened my Facebook page of requests I was shocked to see the face that I've had memorized since birth appearing right in front of me. You see, a dear friend of mine described the Facebook inbox to me this way, "It's Purgatory." When friend requests are in the inbox they're not accepted or ignored, they're in limbo and as this friend stated, "It makes you feel popular seeing all these people who want to be your friend so leave them in the inbox" and choose wisely, Grasshopper. But on this particular day to open my inbox and see that not only was my mother on Facebook but that she had uploaded a picture was a bit unnerving to say the least. You need to understand that although my brother is the VP of IT for a major company, I'm the one who continually gets the call when she can't get online to play Sudoku or something so I don't know if I was more shocked that she had managed to figure out how to sign up or that she had gone that extra mile and added a photo (well, we all are over achievers in my family). In any case my somewhat mixed feelings quickly gave way to guilt, frustration and worry (all things good Jewish boys are supposed to have, especially when dealing with their mothers).
After the first shock of it all my thoughts began to go to what I can only assume a killer's mind would do. (Well, from what I've seen in movies, anyway) I could hear the crescendo of music as I looked right and left all the while my mind going faster than any law should allow, "Click, click, click" as my mind raced from thought to thought. I thought, "Should I leave her in my inbox?" (Put your mother in purgatory? What kind of a nice son would do that?) "Should I hit ignore and then if she asks make some excuse that I hit a wrong button" (this option would only buy me time not solve the issue) "Should I hit 'ignore' and then quickly cover my tracks acting as if it never happened at all and I had never seen her face staring at me from my inbox if she should ask? I looked at that photo staring up at me again, almost assuredly saying, 'Nice, you ignore your mother, that's a nice thing to do to a person who raised you and gave you everything including those blue platform shoes you had to have when you were seven? Nice son, yes?'" The pressure became too much and in the end I went with the honesty is the best policy idea.
The next time I saw my mother I told her that I would not be "friending" her on Facebook. At which point she told me she had no idea what it was or why she even got on it but now she had a bunch of Jewish people who wanted to be her "friend" and she didn't want to be "friends" with them. Yes, it took some explaining for her to understand that these people were not simply waiting for her to join Facebook but that they were suggestions made from her address book, etc. A suggestion, you know like, "Don't shit where you eat." Eventually she got it and decided that the whole Facebook thing was not for her but not until she told me what every person she had managed to "friend" and who had accepted had written for the last week. "You know John? He put on something about Robert. You know Robert is his lover, right? Well, his mother didn't know for years. None of us did." And so it went on and on.
When I first joined Facebook I was all over it. I loved re-connecting with high school friends in a strictly online way. It was a way to be sociable and popular without the need to get out of your dirty sweats or actually talk to them on the phone. They posted pictures I hadn't seen in years (or ever remember being in, is that Alzheimer's setting in?) and although the years were kind to some but not to others, the strange thing was that when I looked at them they looked the same as they did in high school. Was it my eyes playing tricks or simply my mind seeing them as they were when I knew them and not allowing the intervening years to intervene? With only talking to them online it was easy to keep them frozen in time and I was comforted by it. I couldn't do that with my mother who I see every Sunday for dinner and talk to on the phone every day. She would never be frozen and in a short time she would be friends with all my high school friends too (because who could resist having my mother as their "friend"). She would ask them personal questions on the wall to wall feature and in time it would be more embarrassing than that time when…wait…I'm not ready to share that but suffice to say that for all these reasons, that's why I had to "ignore" my Mother on Facebook! – Don't Get Me Started!
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Well I never found the article that brought me looking to read but my head is swimming. So apparently although it sounded as if you were against Gays, you are one, you think it is my right to think it is wrong if I want although I am sure that is not true since you apparently think God thinks it is not wrong. OK...so you are really a guy and Mama don't know about you? Always love your Mama, I lost mine last year. Whatever part of a hub I read of yours I was going to warn you about some hubbers but when I look up at your info I find out you have been here longer than anyone, maybe even God!
You can accept ur mom and then block her from seeing your wall and/or writing on your wall even block her from seeing pictures and where you have been......so be a big boy and learn to use FB before you go acting juvenile.
I'm MotherHubbers MOM..... Scott don't get me started. I'd love to be you Mom's friend. I bet we have a lot in common. Smart kids who love us.... but at times would love for us to leave them the "F" alone.... MH has been singing about your HUBS...now I see why.
Love your hub. I am happy to report that my mother does not know a thing about computers so I am safe.
It is terrible to leave certain requests from people in your past languishing in your inbox but why would I want to conect with people online when I couldn't stand them in real life? Always makes me laugh.
sounds like everyone is having issues with proper Facebook etiquette. After my lastest escpade I decided a hubpage was in order for everyone to read and hopefully learn from. So that's what I did.
Why I Had To Ignore My Mother On Facebook
well written, I come on , welcome to my hub
Loved it and shared it with some non hub pages people, including my mother and my brother! Too funny. . .loved the part about your mother uploading a picture of herself! Sounds like our mom!

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If your marriage is broken you need to take action. A failing marriage can be saved.
Marriages and relationships are easy enough to get into, but it is challenging to make a marriage work when communication breaks down; a challenge well worth your effort in most cases. But what caused your marriage to become distant in the first place? You have to know that before you can mend your marriage.
In one moment you are crazy in love with this gorgeous person and in the next, you cringe every time he crosses your path. What changed between these extremes of love and annoyance?
A good permanent relationship is hard to find isn't it? Casual hookups in the past soured so quickly they convinced you that relationship struggles are normal. You began to accept that any relationship will be a struggle, and because you don't want to be alone, you go for it. But in acquiescing to struggle you have set yourself up for marital problems. You cannot build a marriage on this foundation. Of course you are not alone in this, right? It seems that everyone you know has some disconnect in their marriage.
Shouldn't there be a universal law governing all of this? Shouldn't forming good relationships be a natural human ability like eating and breathing? Isn't relationship a central aspect of the propagation of the species theory? We should have a good-relationship gene for heaven's sake. Instead, we vacillate between the possible but improbable dream relationship, and the probable relationship nightmares that are almost impossible to live with.
Somewhere in that muddled mix of emotions and expectations, there has to be a simple way of nudging our relationships into the dream and out of the nightmare.
Foundations for Marriage
If you really want to simplify this, you could say that you nourish your marriage or romantic relationship by two basic activities. The first is doing things together (things other than sex), and the other is talking to each other. Simple stuff.
So simple that it is easy to forget about them. Have you and your partner stopped talking to each other and doing things together? Life is busy. It's understandable, but physical and verbal communications are the basis for a good marriage.
If you make time to talk and do things together, your connection will deepen in understanding, joy, and mutual support. Your reality will grow wherever you place your attention, and it will whither in whatever area of your life you withdraw your attention from.
How to Mess up a Relationship
You can do it in a heartbeat. Just remove your attention and focus from spending time together and talking with each other. And if your marriage manages to survive this, you will set yourself up for an even worse fate — you will dumb your relationship down into a numb acceptance of bland cohabitation.
Instead of truly connecting with your husband, wife, or partner, you notice only their small but irritating habits magnified by a focus that is now compulsive; you find more and more to complain about. Soon you lose sight of why it happened — and how simple it would have been to heal your relationship before it got this bad.
Healing a Marriage
Irreconcilable differences prevail in many relationships, but most marriages and relationships are worth saving. That doesn't mean that mending your marriage will be easy — but it can be.
If you and your lover are no longer loving; if irritation outweighs fascination in your togetherness, then take these two simple steps to heal your relationship:
Plan some projects and do them together. Even if you are at that point in your relationship where you barely talk to each other, decide on something that you will do together. Whatever you do, just make sure it doesn't include hanging wallpaper.
You know what I mean don't you? Pick something that you are both comfortable with that won't cause unnecessary tension. Do some digging in the garden, go for a camping trip, or take a drive to the coast if you happen to live near one. Even if it's uncomfortable at first — just do it.
Don't try to fix everything all at once. In fact, don't try to fix anything except maybe the porch swing. Think of the activity as white noise that calms your mind and absorbs your focus. Simply be there doing whatever it is you are doing together. Nothing more is required.
Finding some problem to fix or home improvement to tackle together is the best way to do this. Maybe there is something broken around the house that you can both fix. Does the garage need a coat of paint? Would a new ornamental tree look perfect in the back garden? Working together to improve your external environment sets you up mentally to improve your love relationship. The analogy will not be lost on your psyche.
Take the Coffee Conversation Challenge to bring those good vibrations back into your conversation. This technique is ridiculously simple.
That is not to say that it is easy. It will be a genuine challenge, especially if the two of you have lost your fascination and closeness in really talking with each other, every day.
It is simple only because: you don't have to be in your head analysing, and making lists, and learning complex confrontational intellectual strategies for assessing blame and laying claim — that in the end leave you dry, empty, and full of reasons why you should end your marriage.
Here is how the coffee conversation challenge works: You and your lover — who you may have demoted to room-mate by now — will meet once a day, five days a week, at a coffee shop.
Schedule a time each day, perhaps right after work, and pick a location that has a good ambiance. It is important that the time and location remain as constant as possible, and it is vital that you never have this meeting at your home. You must meet in a coffee shop for this to work.
If you try to share this time at home, you will set yourselves up for failure. You will sabotage your intent to communicate by employing all the usual strategies. The phone will ring; you have to answer it; your children want something; the cat is clawing the furniture again.
Don't give in to the temptation to do this at home. Meet where your distractions and avoidance strategies won't know where to find you.
So there you both are, in the coffee shop. Perhaps you have just gotten off work. You are tired. You are not sure what the point of all this is. You order a couple coffees. You sit down at the table, and you face each other — now what? This is awkward. You have nothing to say. You stare at each other briefly. You sip on your coffee. You look around at the people on other tables. You wonder if they can see how damaged your relationship is, and you silently feel guilty and inadequate because of it.
All this awkward feeling is exactly the point. You must break through this barrier you have erected between the two of you. If this means staring blankly across the table at each other for the first few weeks, then so be it. Get through it. Do it. Persevere. It is worth it.
You can substitute tea of course, but if you happen to like coffee, it has the advantage of stimulating conversation by activating your mind. You can sit opposite one another in silence for only so long. Soon enough, the coffee will have you talking. Maybe it will be mundane at first. After a while though, you will find yourselves becoming enthused with each other again, despite yourselves. There is no need at this point to discuss issues you have with one another. What you think is important now, may be inconsequential next week. Let things resolve themselves as you pull together again.
Do the time, play the game, be consistent, and you will see the results. I guarantee that if you take this challenge seriously and keep to this simple discipline for a few months, you will re-establish your communications. After a while, you will look forward to these meetings.
Work with those two simple steps of doing together and talking together, and you will absolutely succeed in improving your marriage or relationship.
Can you see the power and simplicity of this?
Over to you now…


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LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - British "no frills" gym operators Pure Gym and the Gym Group are to merge to capitalise on growing consumer demand for low-fee and flexible fitness-club membership, the companies said on Tuesday.
The two private-equity owned companies aim to offer affordable, contract-free memberships to their clubs, which mainly house cardio and strength equipment and hold group exercise classes.
Pure Gym operates 61, 24-hour centres across the UK, while the Gym Group has 42 sites. The merger will allow rapid expansion of their network of gyms, the companies said in a statement. Financial terms of the deal, which is awaiting regulatory approval, were not disclosed.
Pure Gym Chief Executive Peter Roberts will become executive chairman of the combined group and John Treharne, Gym Group chief executive, will be CEO.
Pure Gym was bought by New York-based CCMP Capital Advisors for an undisclosed amount last year. The Gym is owned by Phoenix Equity Partners and Bridges Ventures.
A number of private equity firms have made investments in the fitness industry in the last year.
In September TDR Capital agreed a 700 million pound ($1.2 billion) takeover of David Lloyd Leisure, one of Britain's biggest health club chains. Two months later UK-listed 3i took a stake in European budget chain Basic-Fit for 110 million euros ($150.1 million).


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General view of a pile of policeman helmets on a sofa. C/U of notice reading "Recording - No Entry". Studio personnel at work, preparing to make a recording at Levy's Sound Studios.
Composer Hayden Wood looks over the shoulder of the organist as he plays. Various shots of the Stoke Newington Metropolitan Police Choir singing 'Elizabeth of England'.
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"make a recording at Levy's Sound Studios." - the studios were located at 73 Bond Street, London.
"Hayden Wood" in text and tags should read "Haydn Wood".


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Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive Neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately half of the elderly population over age 85 and roughly 4 million people in the United States.
The Alzheimer's and Aging Research Center supports research regarding the specific processes involved in the ß-amyloid Aß protein and its role in the early phases of Alzheimer's. The secretion of Aß in the beginning stages of AD, appears to be the major cause of plaques (formations or growths) in the brain.
Scientists have made Aß a therapeutic target by using the center's synthetic combinatorial libraries (thousands to millions chemical of compounds) to identify compounds that could possibly be a potential treatment for Alzheimer's.
Protein-Protein Interactions
In another study, our group supports a study of over 30 proteins that are found in the bloodstreams of humans and other mammals.
These proteins, some dissolved in serum and others embedded on the surfaces of circulating red and white blood cells, are collectively called "complement". The primary function of complement is to defend the body against infection. Through the cooperative actions of its component proteins, complement not only recognizes and kills invading microorganisms, it also attracts and directs the action of phagocytic cells at sites of injury and infection, and augments ("complements") the antibody response to invasion. Hence complement is important in both inflammation and the antibody response of the immune system.
The overall goal of our studies is to obtain molecular pictures of the series of interactions that occur among complement proteins during recognition and killing of foreign cells. Such high resolution pictures add to our understanding of how proteins recognize each other, and are essential for practical applications such as designing drugs that enhance or modulate complement activity.
While the ability to enhance or focus the effects of complement has clear benefits, the ability to control complement is equally important. Whereas inherited complement deficiencies can lead to recurrent infections and autoimmune diseases, inappropriate or uncontrolled complement activation contributes to many acute and chronic inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, the ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with heart attacks, and Alzheimer's disease.
The ability to control complement is also important for organ replacement therapy, because the natural protective function of complement presents a major barrier to the use of non-human organs; this is one of the few available alternatives which are necessary because there is a chronic shortage of human donors.
Unfortunately, drugs that regulate complement are not yet available, so development of an effective complement inhibitor would fill an important clinical void.


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Winnipeg is going to need more hats with all these Jets hat tricks
2011-12: 0, 2012-13: 0, 2013-14: 0
It was well documented for the first three seasons that this Jets team couldn't get a hat trick. Many guys came close but it seemed like it would never happen.
2014-15: 2
It wasn't until year four of this re-born franchise that Bryan Little scored the first Jets hat trick back on December 5th, 2014 against the Colorado Avalanche. Later that same season Mathieu Perreault actually had a four goal game against the Florida Panthers. (Of course poor Gail McDonald was one goal short of winning one million dollars from a Safeway contest).
2015-16: 2
The following season would see another two players add hat tricks for this franchise as Nikolaj Ehlers put in three on January 26th, 2016 against the Coyotes and then Mark Scheifele also scored three on March 5th, 2016 against the Montreal Canadiens.
2016-17: 3
Which brings us to the present. Remarkably Jets super rookie Patrik Laine has all three hat tricks for the Jets this season, two of which came against the Dallas Stars and one against fellow super rookie Auston Matthews and his Toronto Maple Leafs.
Laine has joined elite company becoming the first rookie in the NHL to score three hat tricks in a season since fellow Finn Teemu Selanne (5) and Eric Lindros (3) accomplished this feat back in 1992-93.
Interestingly all seven of the Jets hat tricks have happened at home which ties into the headline that folks around these parts are going to need to buy some more hats. Of course if you're wondering what happens to the hat trick hats….


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Feeling it and I am kind of loving it. Even with the sun, the days are crisp. Time to shift to boots, sweaters, and mid-afternoon coffee. Fall harvest is right around the corner. The change of seasons is a true gift in the Northwest.
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Year 2 – Day 3 – 20th July 2011
Horta, Faial (Ilha Azul, the blue island)
It was back to the painting again after breakfast. I worked on my masterpiece, The Flying Spaghetti Monster, inspired by Pastafarianism. Read on for an explanation.
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of theparody religion[1][2] the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism. The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" first appeared in a satirical open letter by Bobby Henderson in 2005, written in protest against the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public schools.[3] In the letter, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution.[4]
After Henderson published the letter on his website, it rapidly became an internet phenomenon and a symbol for the case against teaching intelligent design (and religion in general) in public schools.[5] Pastafarian "beliefs" are generally satires ofcreationism. They are presented both on Henderson's Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website, where he is described as "prophet", and in The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, written by Henderson and published by Villiard Press in 2006. The central belief is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian),[6] and Henderson asserts that the steady decline in the number of pirates over the years has resulted in global warming.[4] The FSM community currently congregates at Henderson's website to share ideas and crafts devoted to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Due to its popularity and exposure, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used as a contemporary version of Russell's teapot. While generally praised by the media and endorsed by members of the scientific community, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has received criticism from the intelligent design community. Self-described Pastafarians have engaged in religious disputes, including in Polk County, Florida, where they played a role in dissuading the local school board from adopting new rules on teaching evolution.[7]
Meanwhile Dan worked on the 'official' mural of the boat.
I called to the office to check if my parcel arrived and then I walked to the post office, but still there was no sign of it.
When I arrived back at the boat my timing was perfect, it was cake O'clock and time for coffee and cake.
Another day of little jobs on the boat and it was off to bed for a night of biting from Beelzbug.
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Breakfast Tea and toast
Lunch Chips with mayonnaise
Dinner Veggie burgers with fried potatoes, stewed fruit and cream
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Sony Bdp-s590 3d Blu-ray Disc Player With Wi-fi
Video Games and Attention Problems. There are about 2500 magazines in 20 different languages and 2000 newspapers in 47 languages. one inch display screen that can blow you away when considering films, playing video game titles, chatting with individuals by means of words around web protocol (VOIP). Even the Google Play store (the content store for your Android OS devices) is full of games targeted at men: shooters, truck simulations, Grand Theft Auto-type games, action RPGs, etc. This combo, collectively with Gingerbread along with all the generous 512MB of RAM, scored a chart-topping one,689 on Quadrant and an impressive 59fps on Neocore.
There are 100 free puzzles to play, however they honestly pass by quite fast. As a results of this, some apps and games suffered about the tablet since these folks were fashioned with smaller screens minimizing resolutions in mind. As a result of this, some apps and games suffered on the tablet since these folks were made with smaller screens and lower resolutions in mind. OS : Both iOS and Android.
ExZeus Arcade. As you flourish in completing different forms of missions, you'll reach higher levels and acquire usage of higher levels of technologies and weapons. The game play wasn't all that bad and in accordance with some, the graphics look wonderful on some devices. If you have a PC connected somewhere inside you have a lot more expansion capability because the S590 includes only two USB ports, however, if you have a PC included in your home entertainment system (or even a Playstation III, for that matter) you'll pick up a minimum of two or more USB ports through which you can connect either HDMI (high-def) cables or any other devices, such as another HDTV receiver so you can share not only your video, but the audio capability of the S590.
Do You Have To Pay For Almost Any Content?: Like most games, there's premium content, but you don't have to buy anything so as to play. * This smarter approach to multitasking can be acquired only on iPhone. It focuses about the epic adventures of Lucio and his ragged tag team of warriors. Hero of Sparta THD.
If even a single animal reaches at top then you definitely will loose the game. It provides you the total quantity of possible words plus I can guarantee it's not because simple because it looks. This happens because most developers still prefer iOS his or her platform of choice, because of Androids open sourced nature. I can't praise the bingo enough- it is hands-down certainly one of my favourite games!.


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In Levitation: Five Fictions, Cynthia Ozick presents the reader with four short stories and a novella, all of which focus on the problematic relationship between the Jewish artist and history. This book, Ozick's third collection of short fiction, features women protagonists whose lives are disrupted by their own creations.
"Levitation," the work that opens and names this collection, begins as a couple named Feingold try to rise above their secondary status as authors by giving a party for famous writers. Although no stars attend, the Feingolds' apartment fills with minor writers. In the dining room, the guests are either gentiles or very secular Jews. In contrast, the living room is dominated by a Holocaust survivor surrounded by Mr. Feingold and the more intense, serious Jewish guests. Standing in the hall between the two groups, Lucy Feingold, a convert to Judaism, realizes that she rejects the Jews and their fascination with history and anti-Semitism. A dual vision ensues, allowing her to see the living room, with its human links to the past, rise upward toward the ceiling; meanwhile, she imagines herself joining a pagan festival in a park, emphasizing her choice of Hellenism over Hebraism.
"Shots" also focuses on the difficulties posed by an artist's struggle to understand her relationship to the past; the unnamed, first-person, female narrator has become a photographer in order to freeze people into a moment of time. After capturing a murder on film, the narrator becomes aware of the power of "shooting" someone with a camera. Appropriately for someone fascinated with preserving the past, the narrator develops an infatuation with an unhappily married...
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Are you ready to learn how you can get cheaper car insurance? The majority of people hate paying for their car insurance policy because they know that they will probably never use it. Although you might not use it, it is a good policy to have just in case something terrible does happen.
Now, I am not going to tell you that you need to do any of the things listed below, as I don't know your current situation, however, I will tell you that they are great ways to save money. That being said let's dive right into them and see just how much money we can save you today.
Ways To Get Cheaper Car Insurance
Ask For A Discount – Did you know that some insurance agents are able to give you a discount but they won't until you ask for it? It is because of this that I recommend that you call or go into the insurance agent's office and ask for a discount. There won't always be a discount available to you but if there is, then you can get it and that alone could save you a decent amount each month.
Lower Your Insurance Amount –By lowering your insurance amount you won't get as much money back in the event that your car is totaled, however, do you anticipate your car ever being totaled? This is why I suggest lowering your car insurance amount to something that is more affordable but still covers the majority of your car's value. I know this sounds a little weird and that it might not work but you are in control of how much insurance you get, so make sure it is the amount in which you choose.
Increase The Deductible – Yes, increasing your deductible is a great way to lower your car insurance premiums. Most people think that the lower deductible is better and it is, however, it also costs more than most people are willing to pay. It is because of this that you should increase your deductible just a little bit in order to get a cheaper premium for the time being.
These are the three best ways to get cheaper car insurance. What you need to understand is that doing all three of these things is not unheard of and when this is done you can save as much as half of what you spend each month on car insurance.


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This question depends a bit on the learner. To me, the preferred ways of approaching tasks has to take into account the student's learning style and attention span. For me, students need to use a calendar to know what needs doing first. Knowing and completing the immediate tasks requires students to use their notes which are well done with the most important points delineated, perhaps the course syllabus, a quiet place with the correct materials, and the attention to stay working until the immediate tasks are finished. Memorization using mnemonics helps with studying such as FANBOYS to remember the coordinating conjunctions(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). If students have to take a break, use a timer to get back soon after a break. Stay serious and look at the assignments coming up so that good time management becomes a skill. Focusing on the task at hand while blocking out other sounds and distractions helps accomplish tasks faster. If reading is required, make sure you understood the material by breaking in down into the important points and explaining it to someone else. Hope this helps.
I like to approach things chronologically and orderly. I try to set up a list of sub-tasks that will be needed to complete the final task. I like to create mini deadlines to check my progress. Having a rubric to adhere to helps keep me organized.
I would say pay attention to the kids learning style and do not give them something where they would loose their attention after a while. If they do not understand you can walk them through the problem and help them understand using diagrams, visuals, etc.
As a student who has been going to school for almost 14 years of my life, I know that I prefer tackling my studying straight away. I would read a paragraph from the textbook first, summarize, take notes, and highlight key vocabulary. Afterwards, I would take online quizzes or textbook quizzes about that subject. Afterwards, I would make flashcards about the subject and make sure I memorize and learn the keywords. Successful students make flow charts or diagrams of what they're learning because often times, information from one chapter coincides with another.


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Discussion in 'Parent Emeritus' started by DDD, Oct 23, 2009.
I've been thinking of you all day. DDD
Message #3 - left - no reply -
You have to have an appointment to get IN for OPEN door.....ROFLMAO. (good idea witz)
I want YOUR thoughts, ideas and suggestions) I'm taking this very seriously and would love to have a letter composed by Monday -
I need help - CALLING ALL!! IF YOU CAN suggest anything? I have an idea of what I want to say for Dude - He got ripped off on his education, He got shuffled through the system and warehoused, he got 2 weeks to find a home.....etc.
What about the rest of us? CAN WE SURPASS THE APPALACIAN TRAIL AND GO TO CNN?
I have some connections. PM me if you want my help.
Starbie - I'm sneaking in during work and will think on this further but off the top of my head... money talks.
For example, the State of IL spent (roughly) $1.5 million on thank you since 2000 for all of his Residential Treatment Center (RTC) placements. This does not include the cost of the approx 30 (I lost count) hospitalizations that our private insurance paid for, 14 years of therapy/medications/psychiatrist paid for insurance, plus the roughly $350,000 (conservative estimate) out-of-pocket we shelled out since 1997. For what? To have services terminated when he hit 18, simply *because* he hit 18. No HS grad, no meaningful education since he hit sped in 1998, no followup/followthrough, no adult services, no safety net.
I'm not blaming the state - not sure anything would have made a difference in thank you's case. *But* if they are going to invest the huge amounts of money that they have in our boys (and you know the numbers are probably similar for Dude), should they not be a bit more interested in getting some kind of bang for their buck? A return on their investment? Simply dropping the kids from any and all services virtually *guarantees* that the state will, in thank you's case at least, end up continuing to fund his existence, via food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, uninsured hospitalizations, and I wouldn't be surprised by a couple of incarcerations somewhere along the road.
I'm extremely cynical at this point - I don't think they give a darn about the emotional cost of what they're doing, of the waste of Dude's and thank you's potential, of a mother's broken heart. But if you can put it in terms of what they do care about ($$), you might get someone's attention.
Just MHO.
You are bright, caring and articulate. Unfortunately, although I am those things...I'm also cynical. If NAMI with it's cumulative clout, knowledge and staffing can't get the politicians to step up to the plate, I'm beyond optimistic. I was appointed by two Florida Governors to a committee "with clout". Everyone on the committee was bca and most were far better educated and more experienced that I. We had access to confidential files at facilities and at social services offices. Even with all that "the system" "put out fires" that we lit but didn't alter the deficits.
I'm on your team but truthfully I think, at best, that you "might" be able to achieve some goals for Dude via media exposure or your Congressmen
in the District or perhaps the Supervisor of Services. The Governor is not going to make waves and alienate State employees, in my humble opinion. Chances are the Governor will see and hear you as #22 on the afternoon agenda.
I'd love to be proven wrong. Hugs. DDD
Sue...if we added up the amount of money that has been poured into thank you, Dude and Cory...omg...we could all live in luxury!
Personally I think it would have been a whole lot better if they had just paid us to stay home with them what they paid someone else to care for them! We could have probably done a better job.
Maybe....but by now we would all be posting as roommates in Crazy Acres for the Insane.
Janet, are you saying all three together? There is not enough money in the world to make me agree to that.
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Department of Environmental Quality Issues Permit for Montana Alberta Tie Transmission Line
Governor Brian Schweitzer and the Department of Environmental Quality Director Richard Opper announced today that the Montana Alberta Tie transmission line has completed the permitting process at the state level. The 230 kV, 214 mile-line will connect Montana energy to markets in Alberta, Canada.
"This is a great day for Montana. We are going to add more clean and green energy to the 271 mega watts of wind energy we already produce," said Governor Schweitzer. "With the completion of this project, we will see 600 more mega watts of Montana wind fill these lines creating hundreds of jobs for Montanans and triggering a billion dollars worth of wind development in North Central Montana."
Over the last three years Montana's wind energy production has increased 27,000% from 1 MW produced in 2005 to 271 MW today. No other state has seen wind energy production increase close to Montana's rate. By comparison the next closest state is North Dakota at 252%.
Planned development of the MATL line has brought several interested wind developers to the area. Montana is among the top in the nation for wind energy potential. Lack of transmission has often been cited as a hindrance to development of renewable energy resources.
"The MATL line is an important first step in clearing the way of any obstacles that would hinder our ability to make clean, Montana energy," said the Governor. "I am encouraged by the hard work of DEQ and DOE to make sure that this project was given the careful consideration it deserves."
Earlier this month, the Montana DEQ and U.S. Department of Energy released their final Environmental Impact Statements. After reviewing comments submitted by the public, DEQ has offered its Record of Decision that MATL is ready to move forward.
"Our staff worked very hard to balance the legitimate concerns of local land owners with our need for the transmission of this vast source of renewable energy." said Richard Opper, "Montanans for generations to come will benefit from this farsighted investment in infrastructure."
Tonbridge Power Company, the owner of the MATL line, was on hand today as the announcement was made.
"The MATL line has been an important project of Tonbridge Power Company for some time now. Because of Governor Schweitzer's leadership, along with the state's Clean and Green tax incentives, this project is finally becoming a reality," said Johan van't Hof, Tonbridge Chief Executive Officer.
The Governor today also announced the creation of a Landowner Liaison Team to directly address landowner comments and concerns. The group will be made up of Tonbridge executives and state and local officials including state Representative Llew Jones and Cascade County Commissioner Peggy Beltrone.
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Colo. Groups Call For Stricter Radon Emissions Limits
In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste Inc. and the Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action said that despite a resurgence in uranium mining and milling, the EPA has not updated its 1989 regulations pertaining to radon emissions from operating mill tailings.
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That girl always taking pictures of her food? That's me.
I like to think of it as an occupational hazard. I am, after all, a food editor.
So going out to eat? Discovering new dishes? It's kind of my job. Which is why I'm always surrounded by delicious things. Like macarons. And ramen. And lobster rolls.
By day, I'm an editor who covers food, travel and other lifestyle topics for publications such as Thrillist, Supercall, PureWow, Martha Stewart, Time Out New York, Food Network, Cooking Channel, WestJet Magazine, VIVA Lifestyle and Travel, 6sqft and the New York Daily News.
I also produce and host videos, serve as a social media consultant for local restaurants and partner with major food brands on content creation.
At all other times: An eater of desserts, aspiring world traveler and proud native Brooklynite.
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I proposed her... but she say i am like her brother.,.. now she comes online and watch my profile... but doesnot reply on my messages.,.. when i go online she goes offline., what should i do?
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The Royal Court of Fillory prepares for Eliot's nuptials as he endeavors to win over the Fillorians with the extravagant event. Penny begins his contractual obligations to the Neitherlands Library as Kady searches for any information about god killing. Quentin experiences a mind-bending vision while on a drug-laced trip that sends him and Julia on a mysterious quest.


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SAS Zeros In On Health Care
As part of that drive, SAS announced that it has formed a Healthcare Division. The new division is designed to add healthcare and business expertise to SAS business intelligence software so as to deliver healthcare-specific solutions for performance management, data warehousing and BI to hospitals, health systems and physician networks, SAS officials said.
The formation of the new division follows SAS' creation of a Pharmaceutical Practice last December.
Theresa Tesh, a 20-year sales veteran of SAS will head up the new division as senior director. Tesh will be assisted by Melissa Fitzpatrick, the former chief nurse executive at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and Susan Lewellen, former COO at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C. Ftizpatrick and Lewellen will both serve as principal strategists for the group.
SAS, of Cary, N.C., also released a specific solution for healthcare, the SAS Healthcare Strategic Performance Management Solution, which is used to draw relationships between business data like revenues and profits with other intangible factors like the satisfaction of patients, employees and physicians. The new division is expected to create more healthcare-specific solutions.
Robert Munzy, systems analyst for decision support at Integris Health Inc, a SAS customer in Oklahoma City, welcomed the move by SAS. Munzy noted that SAS has assigned a new sales rep to his company, who's selling specifically to health care customers.
"It should help us having someone specific in healthcare," he said. "They can target us better now."
Munzy said he does a fair amount of customization now to his SAS Executive Information System and expects any packaged solutions to still allow for customization.
"There's so many more ways to look at healthcare data than in a standard organization," he said. "But it's easy to add fields in SAS now. "As long as I can customize whatever they're going to build, I'm OK with that."


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Lazio coach Edy Reja says Djibril Cisse will be staying.
There have been reports that Cissè could leave in January after failing to score in Serie A since the opening weekend.
"Cissè is a proud lad who can't stand this sort of performance," explained Reja. "He seems to be physically fit, now he just needs to rediscover that faith in himself.
"I hope it can happen tomorrow, because my intention is to play him and I'd like for Cissè to break his drought, as he can give us a big hand."


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I see some profiles and the first date ideas are something I'd never commit to without knowing the person.
Plus I have met girls overtime who did not match their photos. It can be quite an awkward experience.
I have read online that some guys used completely fake photos as well and I could only imagine how crazy it would be to make all sorts of plans with someone just to find out it was an imposter the whole time.
Why do girls online expect all the crazy stuff I read about? Why not meet up for something simple first so you can at least make sure you're not talking to a phony?
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The only online relationships I've engaged in are things that happened not from a dating site, but talking to people and developing friends on a gaming network/forum/or something not devoted to dating. Kind of like meeting someone naturally.. just online and mostly long distance. I think people are more likely to lie if they are insecure or such. I haven't had the problem with meeting someone fake yet that I've garnered interest to. I guess I'm a bit more internet oriented, and you can tell when people are lying majority of the time. I had a friend who used pictures of Zac Efron.. a little.. too obvious there buddy? lol.
If you're worried about it, you could do a reverse image search on their pictures (paste link into search engine then do a search by URL when prompted). A novice will use a model, smarter people use pictures of another boy/girl, probably a bit more good looking than they are, but not professional quality images.
To be honest, I don't really understand it either. If you use a fake picture you're either going to get caught, or make someone attracted to you for your looks that might not be 100% there. If you're on a dating site you should be looking seriously, shouldn't you? So why would you ruin your chances like that, I don't understand either.00|00|0
Ironically the girls I meet online say "I was bored" when I ask them what made them make a profile. They never end up being serious. I'm trying match.com to see if maybe the girls on there will be more serious.
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I had the misfortune to visit the surgical Triage unit yesterday. The receptionist who we met was under great pressure trying to cope with her massive work load even bringing chairs for people, The junior Doctor who we spoke with eas very good but seemed to have been thrown in at the deep end with little visible support from her seniors or support wasnot apparent to us. We were in the unit for over 5 hours with no information as to delays. Many of the people in the waiting room had been there for 7/hours or more and had not been seen ,or one or two had had bloods taken. One young man had sat all day from 8-30 am and was finally tol;d to go home at 7pm and to return the following morning at 8-30 am. One Nurse seem to think though asked politely for information as to the delay that it was not her job to give information in fact she was ill mannered to say the least. She may well have been under pressure but civility costs nothing, Also patients dont want to be put under even more stress and anxiety by lack of information. Also there is not even a water fountain to provide drinking water to the waiting people. The administration of the hospital is 0 rated even a simple white or black board updated at regular intervals would keep patients advised as to problems or waiting times. I have visited Liverpool Aintree teaching hospital on a number of occasions and a patient is seen with in the hour the facilities services and staff appear to be much better and well disciplined and professional in their approach is it all part of the same NHS or are the administrators more competent.
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The mission of the Boaz Area Chamber of Commerce is to promote and enhance economic growth and community development. Our chamber is a membership organization consisting of local business owners and executives who want to see businesses of all sizes grow and prosper. The chamber provides a host of programs and services designed to help businesses gain visibility in the local community to help with your business success story. The chamber also assists the City of Boaz, Sardis City and Marshall County to attract and retain a strong workforce and actively pursue opportunities for positive growth in all areas of business and economic development.
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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I received an email from Scott, a constituent of the 5th District who lives in Boone, North Carolina. Here is what he had to say:
With all of the talk to this point about the effects of the Affordable Care Act, it has just turned into brutal reality for me and my family. I received a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield this week regarding my coverage. All of the promises of if you like your current health coverage, you will be able to keep it is absolutely untrue. Blue Cross has dropped my current plan that I was relatively happy with and was expecting to continue using. Blue Cross will be moving me into a new plan where the cost is devastating for my family. My monthly premium is increasing 55 percent, $3,816 more per year, and my out-of-pocket expenses will cost my family an additional $3,650 per year. So, all in all, I will be paying an additional $7,466 next year for health insurance and copayments on top of my already high premiums. I do not qualify for any of the subsidies either, so this one is all on the back of this middle class family of four. I have a 4-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old daughter. I have no choice but to keep them covered any way I can as any father would. But the new outlays of $7,466 will be a huge burden. We will all have to make some big changes in our family to be able to afford this. I knew the Affordable Care Act would be tough on someone like myself, but I had no idea how hard it would hit me and my family.
Mr. Speaker, Scott is not alone. Families across this country are baffled by ObamaCare sticker shock. Accepting the devastating truth that costs will be much higher for them next year, some families are trying to find a way to make it work, but they can't even get to the Web site.
But what do they hear from Washington? ObamaCare apologists say, Be patient with us. We will get these glitches sorted out. It will take a few years, and you will all be used to it.
Mr. Speaker, if only those voices in Washington would be willing to give the American people the same time and patience they are demanding. A bipartisan House majority has asked for families to have 1 penalty-free year to figure out what ObamaCare will mean for their families and for their budgets, 1 penalty-free year, not unlike the penalty-free year the President gave to Big Business all on his own.
Fairness: that is what we have asked for. Fairness: that is what Senate Democrats are refusing to discuss. Fairness: that is what the President describes as ransom.
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Debating The Water And Sewer Measure
OPB | Broadcast: April 30, 2014
WEDNESDAY: The measure would create a water and sewer district with an elected board not subject to city control.
What Will Become Of Wapato Jail?
OPB | Broadcast: April 30, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Portland Police, film crews, and others have found creative uses for Multnomah County's Wapato Jail, but it hasn't housed any inmates since it was completed 10 years ago.
Cover Oregon Postmortem With Board Chair Liz Baxter
OPB | Broadcast: April 29, 2014
TUESDAY: The Cover Oregon board voted to abandon the flawed state-run exchange and adopt the federal website. We'll hear why the site had to die.
Republican Primary Candidate For Senate: Jason Conger
OPB | Broadcast: April 29, 2014
TUESDAY: Oregon State Representative Jason Conger is vying for the chance to face off against incumbent U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley in November.
The Race For Multnomah County Chair
OPB | Broadcast: April 28, 2014
MONDAY: We'll talk with the two most prominent candidates in the contest for the county's top seat.
Oregon Struggling To Help Welfare Recipients Find Work
OPB | Broadcast: April 28, 2014
MONDAY: A new audit by the Oregon Secretary of State's office shows the state has a poor track record when it comes to helping welfare recipients become self-sufficient.
Former Blazers Coach Jack Ramsay Dies At 89
OPB | Broadcast: April 28, 2014
MONDAY: Jack Ramsay died at his home in Naples, Fla. on Monday. We'll talk about his basketball legacy in Portland.
OPB | Broadcast: April 25, 2014
FRIDAY: Jian Ghomeshi, the host of CBC Radio's program Q, is in town for a special taping of their show. He joins us to talk about his story and the success of Q.
News Roundtable: April 25, 2014
OPB | Broadcast: April 25, 2014
FRIDAY: We review some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Doug Fine On The Promise of Industrial Hemp
OPB | Broadcast: April 24, 2014
THURSDAY: Author Doug Fine talking about his new book, Hemp Bound, highlighting a trajectory for the crop that he says is poised to come onto the U.S. agricultural market in a big way.
Beaverton Schools Want iPads For All Students
OPB | Broadcast: April 24, 2014
THURSDAY: If Beaverton's school bond measure passes in May, the district will use some of the money to get a device into the hands of every one of its students.
Judge Hears Oral Arguments In Marriage Case
OPB | Broadcast: April 24, 2014
THURSDAY: Attorneys for four couples seeking to overturn Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage made their arguments in court Wednesday.
Oregon's Tech Czar Recommends Cover Oregon Switch To Fed Exchange
OPB | Broadcast: April 24, 2014
THURSDAY: Alex Pettit, Oregon's chief information officer, says the state should drop its own insurance exchange in favor of the federal system. Cover Oregon's board decides on Friday.
New Recommendations For Cesarean Section Births
OPB | Broadcast: April 23, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Cesarean sections make up about a third of all births in this country — the highest rate in decades. What was your C-section like?
Trader Joe's Will Not Be Building A Store In NE Portland
OPB | Broadcast: April 23, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Trader Joe's has decided not to build at Northeast Alberta and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, even though Mayor Hales hoped they would.
Same-Sex Marriage Case Begins In Oregon
OPB | Broadcast: April 23, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A federal judge will hear oral arguments from plaintiffs challenging Oregon's constitutional definition of marriage as between "one man and one woman."
Author Tom Spanbauer Talks Teaching And Writing
OPB | Broadcast: April 22, 2014
TUESDAY: Author Tom Spanbauer has taught writing in Portland for more than two decades. His latest novel explores the intricacies of love and friendship.
Oregon Counties Abandon Immigration Hold Policies
OPB | Broadcast: April 22, 2014
MONDAY: Counties across Oregon no longer hold people in jail for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement after a judge ruled such holds unconstitutional.
OPB | Broadcast: April 22, 2014
TUESDAY: Suzanne Stevens, editor of the Portland Business Journal, talks about the stories on her radar.
Portland's Public Alert System Falters During Emergency
OPB | Broadcast: April 21, 2014
MONDAY: Portland's public alert system recently failed to notify residents of a dangerous situation.
Dear Stranger Project Seeks To Connect Oregonians
OPB | Broadcast: April 21, 2014
MONDAY: Oregon Humanities is encouraging people to write letters introducing themselves to people they don't know, in hopes of creating an ongoing correspondence.
Southern Oregon Town Asks Federal Judge To Rule on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
OPB | Broadcast: April 21, 2014
MONDAY: The Cave Junction City Council voted to ask a federal court to reconcile state and federal laws on medical marijuana dispensaries.
Oregon Art Beat Celebrates 15 Years With New Exhibition
OPB | Broadcast: April 18, 2014
FRIDAY: The Oregon Art Beat Exhibition at the Peoples Art of Portland Gallery features work from artists who have been on the show over the past 15 years.
Portland Trail Blazers Prepare For Playoffs
OPB | Broadcast: April 18, 2014
FRIDAY: The Portland Trail Blazers prepare for their postseason games against the Houston Rockets. They're hoping to get past the first round for the first time in 14 years.
News Roundtable: April 18, 2014
OPB | Broadcast: April 18, 2014
FRIDAY: We review some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Ballerina Alison Roper Prepares For Her Last Dance
OPB | Broadcast: April 17, 2014
THURSDAY: The Oregon Ballet Theater will honor the end of Alison Roper's dancing career by showcasing her talents in a final performance.
OSU Houses Oregon Hops And Brewing Archive
OPB | Broadcast: April 17, 2014
THURSDAY: Oregon State University's Oregon Hops and Brewing Archive is the first archive in the country to document the history of beer.
Oregon Appeals Court Ruling Addresses Warrantless Search Of Animals
OPB | Broadcast: April 17, 2014
THURSDAY: The court reversed a misdemeanor conviction for animal neglect, throwing out evidence from a veterinarian who tested a dog without a warrant.
The Choice To Birth Out-Of-Hospital
OPB | Broadcast: April 16, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Where did you choose to birth your child, and why?
Portland School Board Member Questions Common Core
OPB | Broadcast: April 16, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A retired teacher and Portland School Board member cautions the district against focusing too heavily on the new Common Core Standards.
Former Nike Director Working For More Diversity In Design
OPB | Broadcast: April 15, 2014
TUESDAY: Former Nike director D'Wayne Edwards wants to see more African-American designers in shoe fashion.
Northwest Clinicians Will Share Notes With Patients Online
OPB | Broadcast: April 15, 2014
TUESDAY: A group of nine medical care providers is the first to regionally adopt an online medical information portal.
What Did The Senate Investigation Into CIA Tactics Find?
OPB | Broadcast: April 15, 2014
TUESDAY: McClatchy Newspapers obtained the still-classified conclusions of a Senate investigation into the CIA's use of interrogation tactics.
Sen. Ron Wyden Takes Your Questions
OPB | Broadcast: April 14, 2014
MONDAY: This February, Sen. Ron Wyden took over as chair of the Senate Finance Committee. We'll hear about the new role, and take your questions.
Should Packy Stay At The Oregon Zoo?
OPB | Broadcast: April 11, 2014
FRIDAY: As the Oregon Zoo celebrates the 52nd birthday of Packy the elephant, an animal rights group says it's time to send him to live in an elephant sanctuary.
Is There A Future For Wave Energy In Oregon?
OPB | Broadcast: April 11, 2014
THURSDAY: After a high-profile wave energy pilot program was abandoned last week, is there hope for other projects to take its place?
News Roundtable: April 11, 2014
OPB | Broadcast: April 11, 2014
FRIDAY: We review some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Advocate Jeri Williams Testifies Before U.S. Attorney General's Task Force
OPB | Broadcast: April 10, 2014
THURSDAY: The U.S. Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence meets next week in Florida.
Oregon Ranks Second In The Country For Government Transparency
OPB | Broadcast: April 10, 2014
THURSDAY: OSPIRG has released its annual report card on transparency of government spending, and Oregon ranks second.
Responding To 911 Outages In Oregon & Washington
OPB | Broadcast: April 10, 2014
THURSDAY: Service has been restored after a 911 outage that affected both Washington and Oregon. How did this happen?
Fighting For Transgender Housing At George Fox
OPB | Broadcast: April 9, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Jayce is a female-to-male transgender student at George Fox University. Should he be able to live with male friends on campus?
Going "Pro Se": Representing Yourself In Court
OPB | Broadcast: April 9, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A huge number of people in Oregon decide to represent themselves in court. That doesn't mean it's easy.
Oregon's Smaller Universities Push For Independence
OPB | Broadcast: April 9, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Western Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, and the Oregon Institute of Technology are all pushing for independent governing boards.
Every Generation Is A "Me" Generation
OPB | Broadcast: April 8, 2014
TUESDAY: Linguist Edwin Battistella defends the use of "first-person" pronouns.
OPB | Broadcast: April 8, 2014
TUESDAY: We'll talk with the EarthFix and OPB reporters about landslides, lawsuits against hatcheries, and a pesticide dump cover-up.
Josephine County Sheriff Asking Volunteers To Help Investigate Crime
OPB | Broadcast: April 8, 2014
TUESDAY: In cash-strapped Josephine County, Sheriff Gil Gilbertson is reaching out to the community to recruit volunteer crime-solvers.
UO's Win At The First NCAA Championship Game
OPB | Broadcast: April 7, 2014
MONDAY: The 2014 NCAA championship game takes place tonight. We'll hear about the first championship game, which the UO won in 1939.
OHSU Study Finds Inconsistencies In Clinical Trials Results
OPB | Broadcast: April 7, 2014
MONDAY: A recent OHSU study found that raw data from trials differs from what's reported to medical professionals.
Replacing Cover Oregon Site Cheaper Than Fixing It
OPB | Broadcast: April 7, 2014
MONDAY: A report prepared by a consultant to Cover Oregon shows fixing the Oregon insurance exchange is far more costly than replacing it.
Tentative Agreement Made, Strike Avoided, At PSU
OPB | Broadcast: April 7, 2014
MONDAY: Portland State University and its faculty reached an agreement after a year of negotiations, avoiding a strike previously scheduled for April 16th.
OPB | Broadcast: April 4, 2014
FRIDAY: The first Peabody Award ever given for viral video went to two University of Oregon students.
OPB | Broadcast: April 4, 2014
FRIDAY: A new report on the oft-maligned group known as millennials (sometimes called Generation Y) contradicts some popular perceptions about people aged 14 to 34.
News Roundtable: April 4, 2014
OPB | Broadcast: April 4, 2014
FRIDAY: We review some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Former City Commissioner Charles Jordan Dies At 77
OPB | Broadcast: April 4, 2014
Friday: Charles Jordan was the first African-American city commissioner in Portland, and served as director of Portland Parks & Recreation for 14 years.
Live At Literary Arts With Julia Alvarez
OPB | Broadcast: April 3, 2014
THURSDAY: Dave Miller talks to Dominican-American author, Julia Alvarez, at Literary Arts today.
An Update On The Portland Arts Tax
OPB | Broadcast: April 2, 2014
WEDNESDAY: Portland residents are expected to pay a $35 per person arts tax by April 15.
New Report On Human Trafficking And Native Peoples
OPB | Broadcast: April 2, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A new report from Willamette Law School's International Human Rights Clinic details the little-documented problem of human trafficking involving Native Americans.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Some Limits On Campaign Contributions
OPB | Broadcast: April 2, 2014
WEDNESDAY: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today that will have major implications for federal campaign finance rules.
OPB | Broadcast: April 1, 2014
TUESDAY: Scott Nelson, the Oregonian's business editor, talks about the stories that are capturing his attention.
The Bridge Is Back — But Don't Call It the CRC
OPB | Broadcast: April 1, 2014
TUESDAY: Washington state Rep. Liz Pike wants to bring lawmakers on both sides of the Columbia River back to the table to come up with a new plan for an I-5 bridge.
The Latest On The Oso Mudslide And Mitigating Future Landslides
OPB | Broadcast: April 1, 2014
TUESDAY: We'll get the latest on the Oso landslide and talk with Clackamas County about the new geological maps designed to identify landslide-prone areas.
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When "Man of Steel" comes to theaters Friday, he'll be played by British actor Henry Cavill.
Most people probably know Cavill from his time on Showtime's "The Tudors."
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When he flies onto the big screen, it also won't be the actor's first go around as Superman. He narrowly missed out on titular role in "Superman Returns."
Cavill narrowly missed out on so many potentially-huge roles that Empire magazine once named him the unluckiest man in Hollywood in their December 2005 issue.


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The publishing and movie industry have made billions on characters that quench our thirst for characters that keep secrets behind sealed lips until the day they die.
I for one eat up spy films like they're a bag of M&Ms. I've seen every single movie in such franchises as Ian Fleming's James Bond, Bruce Geller's Mission Impossible, Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity, and yes even Michael Myer's Austin Powers. Heck, I even wanted a sequel to Gena Davis' The Long Kiss Goodnight and bemoaned the six short seasons of ABC's The Avengers.
(Rosie Carver in Ian Fleming's To Live & Let Die)
Why are spy movies so popular? Sure the fight scenes are kick-ass (pun intended) and the car chases can leave you breathless, but I think there are a few other valid reasons for our obsession with spies. One being that humans are inherently curious. We love mystery and the unearthing of secrets. Don't believe me? Try to throw a stone on the Internet and see if you can miss a gossip blog.
Secondly, spies get to pretend they're someone else, but get paid for it. Not only that, but they always do it in style while globetrotting to exotic locales around the world with beautiful women falling at their feet and indispensable government cash at their disposal.
Finally, everyone loves to see another human being cheat death whether they're saving the planet or themselves. In a way it helps us feel more in control of our destinies and immortalize us by allowing us to forget that our own death is looming on the horizon. And that somehow if we touch the red button we'll be saved from the inevitable.
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Julia hears from Lauren's temp agency, who are also worried about her. Julia's concern grows and so she talks to Kevin to gauge what he knows. Kevin reluctantly admits that they argued because he was sure she was seeing someone else, and he hasn't heard from her since.
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The next training class for auxiliary police officers will begin Saturday, May 4.
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Iowa shirking on gas quality tests
Iowa consumers may have to watch out for more than high prices at the gas pumps.
Station owners have few regulations to follow to keep them from shortchanging customers on the quality of gas they're getting, according to a copyright story in the Des Moines Sunday Register.
While competition for fuel profit increases, the state of Iowa has continued to do less than most other states in assuring that customers get the gas they're paying for at the pump.
Many states are conducting regular fuel tests to deter deceptive tactics and protect consumers from buying the wrong gas, which can hurt a car's mileage and performance.
"It's absolutely a deterrent," said Ron Hayes, administrator of Missouri's fuel-quality program. "If there is a chance to misrepresent the product without getting caught, there is an incentive to cheat. Those who can undercut their competition can make more money."
State law requires Iowa's Weights and Measures Bureau, part of the Iowa Department of Agriculture, to test fuel quality on behalf of Iowans. However, a recent state audit showed that the bureau has not performed the laboratory tests for years.
What's happened instead is that state inspectors have developed a gentleman's agreement with Missouri to test fuel for Iowa.
Only a tiny fraction of Iowa's 33,000 gas pumps at 2,800 service stations are reportedly getting tested.
A budget request filed recently by the bureau showed that the annual number of tests was about 50 and "only when a special investigation is under way."
"Iowa currently has virtually no basic fuel quality program," the bureau's request admits.
Authorities in other states said station owners have been mislabeling pumps or putting cheaper fuel in storage tanks intended for higher-priced gas. And, there's more incentive to mislead customers as gas prices soar.
"Any time gas prices go up, we receive more complaints," said Tim Tyson, who heads Kansas' weights and measures department.
Many other states test thousands of samples each year from their pumps. Any questionable samples are sent to accredited laboratories for analysis. Iowa has just one machine to sample gas octane levels, and only one inspector knows how to use it, said Steve Pedersen, chief of the Weights and Measures Bureau.
Pedersen said of the few tests the state requests "it's been very rare that we've found anything."
Iowa has six inspectors who visit gas retailers statewide to assure state laws are followed and fuel is properly labeled, he added.
Unless the attorney general's office sues, Pedersen said stations mislabeling gas are likely to simply receive a "cease and desist" order.
The Register reported it found that inspectors know of other examples of fuel misdeeds despite the small amount testing that's conducted. At least two stations in eastern Iowa are being investigated for misrepresenting fuel, Pedersen conceded to the newspaper during its investigation.
"We have been consulting the attorney general's office in those cases," he said, adding that the bureau closely watches six to a dozen stations at any one time.
Agriculture Secretary Patty Judge said until recently, her agency lacked a proper lab to perform the scientific tests.
"The state's old laboratory did not lend itself to that kind of testing," she said. "But with our new laboratory on (the Des Moines Area Community College) campus, we will have more of an ability to be a full-service facility."
She said her office plans to ask the Legislature for $103,000 to buy the equipment needed to perform more fuel-quality tests and to hire a technician.
Consumer complaints show the number of fuel tests on Iowa's pumps increased to at least 25 through October this year, up from 11 in all of last year.


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After my last post, My Honest Evaluation Of Dreamstime, I've decidedto make it a regular feature, partly as a journal of my experience with them but mainly so that others can learn from my experience.
As you can see from that last post I haven't had much luck getting my photos accepted by Dreamstime and this latest batch hasn't fared any better. For this latest shoot I decided to go for a little drive to Gumeracha, a small town in South Australia, that is famous for it's rocking horse. As you can see from the following photos it's no ordinary rocking horse, it's actually the largest rocking horse in the world.
OK, so let's look at the first photo I submitted.
I lucked out with this one as it got rejected for the following reason.
– Lack of composition. Please visit the Stock Photo Utilities section of our site or the message boards for more information on how to produce stock-oriented images.
– Poor color: this image has a low color profile and needs improvement in order to increase its sales potential. You can process your image with color enhancement software, such as Photoshop, giving it the appeal it needs.
– Poor lighting setup, poor contrast or incorrect exposure.
White balance parameter was not correctly assigned.
OK, this white balance parameter has me mystified as it's set to automatic so I'm not sure where they're coming from there.
As for PhotoShop, seeing as how that keeps coming up I thought that perhaps I should get hold of a copy. So I went online and bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Adobe Premiere Elements 8 so that I would have a complete editing package. Now, seeing as I'm not one to spend too much time playing around with stuff I decided to go for the one click enhance feature, and this was the result.
Not too bad I thought, and it was so easily done too. I resubmitted the photo and I thought that this one would pass muster for sure. Nope, missed out again.
– Lack of composition. Please visit the Stock Photo Utilities section of our site or the message boards for more information on how to produce stock-oriented images.
Image subject is too specific or niche-oriented. The primary goal of a stock image is to be generic and match as many usage types as possible. Your image is not generic enough and will not generate significant sales. Please try to recreate/rephotograph the scene differently and/or use this info for more generic images in the future.
Lack of composition huh? Well I can't really fix that without taking the photo again and if I do that I can't use the resubmit feature, which is faster than submitting the photo from scratch.
I'm not sure bout the "specific or niche-oriented" aspect of it. Anyway, I figured I would upload a new photo that was already enhanced using PhotoShop.
Struck out AGAIN!
– The image contains elements that might be protected by copyright/trademark (logos, brands, specific buildings etc.), can identify a property/product (letters, numbers), or could raise usage problems, therefore it doesn't qualify as a RF stock image. Analyze the photo closely and remove these elements if possible or try to obtain a property release. Read more: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_148
– Poor lighting setup, poor contrast or incorrect exposure.
WTF! I would have thought that the guys who own the rocking horse, being a very popular tourist resort, would have loved the exposure and would therefore not complain if I used the photo. But then again I suppose their just covering themselves. I'm sure not about to obtain a property release. As for the poor lighting setup, it was an overcast day so there's not much I could do about that, other than driving out again when the conditions would be more favorable.
I went and had a look at some of the rocking horses they had already accepted, and sure I may be somewhat biased, but I reckon mine was better than some a whole lot of those I found online.
So far I think that Dreamstime is a little lacking when it comes down to assessing member's photos. They shouldn't assume that all members are experts at what they do, and that perhaps some, such as myself, may need a little more help with their photos. Also if a photo just isn't good enough I would rather they said that outright rather than waste my time trying to fix it.
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