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New Islands and Other Stories
(Literary Masterpieces, Volume 13)
Since the celebrated "boom" of the 1960's, English-speaking readers have become increasingly aware of Latin American fiction, previously terra incognita, and writers such as Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, and Jose Donoso now enjoy international recognition. María Luisa Bombal—like Jorge Luis Borges, the patriarch of Latin American fiction, who has provided a prefatory note to this volume—was an important predecessor to the writers of the "boom," and her stories are among the most widely anthologized in Latin American literature.
Bombal's first work of fiction, The Final Mist (1934), a novella, brought her immediate recognition. Both this novella, published in the Spanish collection La última niebla (1935; The House of Mist, 1947), and the novel, La Amortajada (1938; The Shrouded Woman, 1948) are considered masterpieces of Hispanic fiction; both of these translations, however, have long been out of print. Other stories, written mostly between 1937 and 1940 but not translated into English, advanced her reputation in the Hispanic world as a virtuoso stylist whose fiction was innovative yet carefully controlled; richly ornamented, yet free from affectation; evocative, but never sentimental.
New Islands and Other Stories includes the novella The Final Mist and four stories: "The Tree," "Braids," "The Unknown," and "New Islands." The Final Mist introduces themes and techniques that inform the other stories, so that as one continues to read, the introduction to Bombal becomes a lengthier acquaintance and then, as if by magic, an almost instinctive knowledge. Whatever the vehicle used, this ability to probe beneath the surface and so to communicate at levels more inclusive than the simply rational is the mark of a great writer. Bombal works in a twilight atmosphere, her characters existing halfway between waking and sleeping, between mundane and imaginative worlds, bridging night and day, fantasy and reality, the microcosmic and the macrocosmic.
The Final Mist opens on the day that the protagonist (who is never named) first enters her new husband's house. It is raining, and the rain is leaking into every room. Her husband, Daniel, has remarried less than a year after his first wife's death, a wife whom he had adored and never forgets. Continually yearning for her, he has become embittered by her early death. The protagonist and Daniel are cousins and know each other well, perhaps too well; there is no mystery in the marriage for them, and the bitterness and anger which mar their wedding night continue to poison their relationship.
Shortly after the wedding, the protagonist attends the funeral of a lovely young girl and, for the first time, views the "face of the dead." An empty face, it is devoid of feeling, imprisoned in a wooden casket and surrounded by silence. Horrified, the protagonist runs outdoors, where a fine mist veils the landscape and where the silence is even more pervasive. It is winter, and the fallen leaves are wet and decomposing; the trees are shrouded in mist. The protagonist cries aloud, affirming her life and beauty against the stifling existence in which she has become trapped.
The lifelessness made manifest in the figure of the girl in the coffin and in the wintry landscape is opposed to the vitality embodied by Regina, the protagonist's sister-in-law, who is engaged in a passionate affair. Regina confronts the protagonist defiantly, causing her to recognize her need for physical passion, and she seeks comfort for her body in the warm river pond, whose currents caress and penetrate her. Later, Regina's lover offers the protagonist a newly killed ringdove still warm and oozing blood, but she refuses the "trophy," though she is painfully aware of the man's presence and virility.
One night, seeking escape from the dead rituals of her daily life, the protagonist walks the mist-shrouded streets of the city, losing herself in the urban maze. She stands under the white light of a street lamp, where a shadow suddenly is transformed into a young man. He takes her to his home, and there she experiences, for the first time, the joy and tenderness of sexual love. This single encounter gives her the strength to endure ten more years of marriage to Daniel, during which she repeats,...
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Topical Steroid Treatment for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00275561
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 12, 2006
Results First Posted : December 8, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 8, 2012
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Measured by the Mayo Dysphagia Questionnaire, a validated 28 item instrument; 0=no dysphagia, higher levels indicate greater dysphagia severity. A complete symptom response was defined as an answer of "no" to the question "In the past 2 weeks, have you had trouble swallowing, not associated with other cold symptoms (such as strep throat or mono)?"
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|Topical Steroid Treatment for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
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|A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of Swallowed Fluticasone in Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
|Brief Summary
This was a randomized controlled trial of swallowed fluticasone vs. placebo for eosinophilic esophagitis. Eosinophilic esophagitis is an inflammatory condition in which the wall of the esophagus becomes filled with large numbers of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell. Patients who have this condition have difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia) solid food.
Prior to treatment the patients had biopsies of their esophagus and took questionnaires regarding their symptoms. Treatment was given for 6 weeks, after which biopsies were taken from the esophagus to measure any changes in the tissue from before treatment. The primary endpoint was improvement in dysphagia as measured by the validated Mayo Dysphagia Questionaire. Secondary outcomes included partial symptom response, and histologic (tissue) response to treatment.
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This was a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effect of aerosolized fluticasone therapy on symptomatic dysphagia and histologic eosinophilia in adults newly diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Participants were randomized to receive aerosolized swallowed fluticasone 880 mcg bid or placebo inhaler swallowed bid for 6 weeks.
Four mid esophageal biopsies were obtained from 10 cm above the squamo-columnar junction; then formalin-fixed and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. All esophageal biopsies were read and scored by a single expert gastrointestinal pathologist. The formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded esophageal biopsies were retrieved and underwent standard major basic protein (MBP) immunofluorescence staining. All special stain slides were then read and scored by another pathologist. 24-hour urine was collected for free cortisol by the standard technique. The original endoscopy was performed before the patient was enrolled in the trial by standard clinical technique. The endoscopy post treatment was done in the clinical research unit by the principal investigator.
Patients kept compliance logs that were reviewed at phone interviews at 2 and 4 weeks time and at the end of study evaluation. Ninety percent compliance was required for study inclusion.
At the end of 6 weeks, a 24-hour urine cortisol was done, and patients underwent a repeat endoscopy while still on treatment. Mid-esophageal biopsies were obtained and evaluated for eosinophil density and mast cell degranulation. At this visit the patients returned dysphagia and side effects questionnaires.
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Spreading depolarizations in clusters affect cerebral metabolism in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Objective: Spreading depolarizations (SDs) contribute to infarct expansion in experimental brain injury. SDs also propagate in the injured human brain, whether they contribute to secondary brain damage is not clear yet. Cerebral microdialysis may be used to assess metabolic changes in patients with acute brain injury and at risk for further deterioration. We studied dynamics of glucose, lactate, pyruvate and glutamate during the occurrence of SDs in patients with aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Methods: In a prospective observation study in 42 patients with aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage multimodal cerebral monitoring was performed. All patients underwent craniotomy for early (<72 h) aneurysm obliteration. All patients received an invasive intracranial pressure probe and a cerebral microdialysis probe (CMA70/71, CMA, Solna, Sweden) in the vascular territory of the aneurysm-bearing vessel. In addition to routine monitoring, patients had subdural 6–8 contact linear electrode strips (Wyler, 5/10 mm platinum; Ad-Tech Medical Instrument Corp., Racine, WI) placed adjacent to the injured cortex in a centrifugal orientation.
Results: Out of 42 patients, 15 patients exhibited SDs. Of these, 7 patients presented with acute neurological deficits and displayed 118 SDs. Eighty-nine occurred as single SDs and 29 as part of a cluster (more than two SDs in 120 minutes). Patients without acute neurological deficits exhibited 94 single SDs and 82 as part of a cluster. The baseline level of lactate and glutamate were significantly higher in the group with acute neurological deficits. Relative to these baseline values, we found both a significant transient decrease in glucose and a transient increase in lactate in the group of clustered SDs but not in the case of single SDs. Pyruvate and glutamante were not significantly affected by either type of SD.
Conclusions: SDs occur in non-ischemic brain tissue. Clusters of SD are related to metabolic changes suggestive of ongoing secondary damage in primarily non-ischemic brain tissue.


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Lincoln Park High School may have one of the area`s most active student chapters of Amnesty International, but faculty adviser Ronald Smith is realistic about the attraction of Friday`s ``Rock and Roll Caravan for Human Rights`` at the Rosemont Horizon.
``This fellow Sting is a little more popular than we are,`` Smith admits. ``I`d have to say that most of our students going to the show will be thinking primarily about things other than human rights.``


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Iain Duncan Smith has warned David Cameron to avoid making personal attacks on leading Tories who want to leave the European Union as he accused the prime minister of talking down Britain.
In a sign of growing tensions at senior levels of the Conservative party, the work and pensions secretary called on the prime minister to "play the ball, not the man".
Duncan Smith also urged Cameron to reverse a new ruling that has banned civil servants from showing official papers related to the EU referendum to ministers campaigning to leave.
In a move aimed specifically at Duncan Smith, Sir Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary, issued new guidelines last week to ban civil servants from preparing new research for anti-EU cabinet ministers that could be used in the EU referendum campaign.
The work and pensions secretary spoke out after the prime minister made a highly personal attack on Boris Johnson in the House of Commons last Monday.
Cameron suggested that the mayor of London had decided to campaign to leave the EU as a way of boosting his chances in the Tory leadership contest.
Johnson said he was unbothered by the attack, but he is now planning to play an even greater role in the EU referendum campaign. Anti-EU campaigners told the Sunday Times they were prepared to unseat Cameron even if he won the referendum, unless he ends "blue on blue" attacks.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 on Sunday, Duncan Smith advised Cameron to focus on the issues and to step back from personal attacks. He said: "The prime minister deserves some credit. This is a generous offer to let cabinet ministers break ranks and debate this because it is the biggest issue. But the general view at the time and I think should remain now is don't play the person, play the ball. We should take a deep breath and ask ourselves a simple question. This is about Britain not us."
However, he accused the prime minister and George Osborne of talking down Britain after they issued a series of warnings about the threat to the economy if the UK voted to leave the EU.
"I say this to those who want to remain in: I have never heard such a lot of pessimistic downsizing of Britain. Britain is a phenomenal country, the fifth largest in the world. It has stood alone and fought for freedom, it has traded, it has been a global trader. It can yet again be a global trader. Why would we have such a low opinion of the British people that we go out and talk about leaping into the dark, we talk about profound shocks? We talk about being too small. I have a different view. Britain is a great country."
Duncan Smith added: "The in campaign's whole strategy seems to be about, oh it is terrible, hang on to nurse for fear of something worse. It has been about saying we are too small, we are too little, we are too inconsequential. We can't do what we want. I don't know why anybody would want to run a country like this."
He also said Cameron should reverse Heywood's ruling. The move was intended to prevent Duncan Smith, who has strong doubts about the welfare elements of the prime minister's EU reform plan, from asking his officials to assess the credibility of the plan.
Duncan Smith said: "I think that this can't possibly apply in the sense of not knowing what is going on in the department because we are responsible for the departments. For example I will have to work on these proposals that came back from the recent renegotiations. If we vote to remain in we will have to deliver that."
He said the welfare changes, including an emergency brake to restrict EU migrants' access to in-work benefits for four years and to index child benefit to the cost of living in a migrant's home country, could be delivered with difficulty.
"If we are asked to deliver it the department I have been running for five years I know has the skill and the capability to find a way to deliver it. It is not easy, it is not simple and it is complicated and it was not our proposal. It was the EU's complex proposal but they could deliver it," Duncan Smith said.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "There is no ban on ministers who support Leave receiving government papers. Day-to-day EU business will continue to be conducted in the usual way and all ministers will retain access to any papers relevant to their departments.
"It is only papers specifically relating to the EU referendum that they will not receive and that reflects the fact that the government has taken a position and they are choosing to take a different one."
This article was written by Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent, for theguardian.com on Sunday 28th February 2016 11.46 Europe/Londonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010


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SAN DIMAS — Beginning today, and for the next seven weeks, San Dimas joins the ranks of cities with their own prime-time network television series.
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures," an adaptation of two movies about time-traveling San Dimas High School students Bill S. Preston Esq. (Evan Richards) and Ted "Theodore" Logan (Christopher Kennedy) debuts on KTTV Channel 11 at 7 p.m.
It is believed to be the first prime-time network series set in the San Gabriel Valley since "Family," which chronicled Pasadena's Lawrence clan, aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980.
But don't expect much local footage in the seven episodes of the Fox Broadcasting series. For financial reasons, all the "Bill & Ted" episodes were filmed in Vancouver, Canada.


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Time running out to get your hands on Inspirefest early bird tickets
Construction begins on €500m Limerick Twenty Thirty development
Dave, technology and the power of people
Why businesses need to look at UX as a must-have investment
Google Maps introduces wheelchair accessible routes in 6 cities
GDPR as Gaeilge: William Fry explains the new data rules in Irish
Spotify lays out ambitious plan for going public at investor day
Tech giants such as Apple, Facebook and Google facing 3pc EU digital tax
Three Irish tech companies merge to become Paradyn
IBM shares 5 steps to GDPR readiness
Weekend takeaway: Your privacy, your data and you
TSM's Shane O'Callaghan: 'The key to IIoT is to keep it beautifully simple'
How green energy powers data on the green isle
The future of GDPR: Compliance beyond the deadline
New Microsoft bug bounty scheme offers up to $250,000 for serious flaws
New Equinix internet exchange connects Ireland to 25 markets
Rise of the machines: Almost 14pc of Irish mobile subscriptions are M2M
Siro to bring 1Gbps broadband to 35,000 more homes in Ireland's south-east
National Broadband Plan hits another speed bump
Is Valentia Island's UNESCO World Heritage status finally within reach?
Netflix and the chill: Eir hits 3,500TB data network record
Travaplan takes the hard work out of business travel
Pushfor and Xtremepush to head to Innovation Jam final
16 brilliant Belfast start-ups to watch
Dublin tech firm Glantus acquires New York company Hedgehog Analytics
Irish tech firms raised close to €1bn in venture capital in 2017
'Extremely unconscious bias' leading to underfunding of women tech founders
The Storytellers: 12 women shining a spotlight on women in STEM
Sci-Tech 100 2018: The Game-Changers of 2018
8 cool gift ideas for a grown-up geek
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Weekend takeaway: Let your ideas fly into the sci-tech sky
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Scientists finally find answer to mysterious purple lights called STEVE
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Scientists capture first audio of volcanic thunder
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Irish neighbours may soon be able to sell each other electricity via blockchain
Talent Garden Dublin will be an IoT powerhouse
Diamond-coated titanium a dazzling breakthrough for implants
How many people could live on Earth?
Forget a climate shift in centuries, more like decades, climatologists claim
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Gold and platinum discovered in south-east Irish streams
The bees are still in trouble, so we are too
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Google claims to have closed its gender pay gap, but there's a twist
What skills does a GDPR data protection officer need?
DIT to host apprenticeship open day for young women
What can be done about the data science skills gap?
More than 900 jobs announced across Ireland this week
Is perfectionism controlling your life? Here's how to stop it
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I really enjoyed this game, I was so shocked at how many people on my friends list sent me messages asking me what I was playing, my answer was " did u watch E3, if so then you would have heard about this". I didn't play online yet just because I really liked the campaign and thinking about going back to get a few more missed trophies, but I think alot of people should give this game a try.
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Tips on How to Prepare for the GMAT
The Ideal Way to Prepare for GMAT
Joining an MBA program is a dream come true for many aspirants out there. And some of the most prestigious B-schools out there have their selection process based on GMAT. It is not only a high level entrance exam but also a tool designed by industry experts with the sole objective of testing aspirants on basic skills like quantitative analysis, writing skills and English. To study for the test, there are hundreds of suggestions available on the internet. This article presents them in very concise and easy to follow steps.
Preparation through books:
As you know already, books are an indispensible resource in preparing for any competitive examinations. Even though you may do all the online practice, in the end you still have to depend on books for preparation. There are quite a few books available in the market but the official GMAT guides are undoubtedly the best books available out there. This is mainly because these are the only books that are written by the creators of the exam and therefore they are the standard ones. They contain a large number of examples as well as exercises in all three sections to give the user plenty of insight into the various aspects of these sections. They also include sample responses and various tips and techniques to maximize your score in the exam. There are also diagnostic sections that will help you in recognizing your weaknesses so that you can work more productively. They are a must for anyone who is aiming to score high and only after going through these books should one attempt others.
Another one that you should consider is the Kaplan's GMAT book. It comes with a CD and email support so that you can continuously monitor your progress and ask for online guidance as well but the sheer variety that it provides makes it exhaustive. It also includes mock exams that will rate you very critically so that your actual GMAT score will be much higher. It gives some invaluable strategies in some sections like data sufficiency and critical reasoning. Some of you may want to concentrate on particular sections of the test and for that you should refer to the following books-
Writing skills for GRE/GMAT:
This is an excellent book not only for people who want to ace GMAT but also for non-native English speakers who are not very familiar with writing skills. There are several high quality examples and tips on competitive writing and overall it is fun to read. This is the bible for essay writing section and an indispensable resource. Therefore, those who have difficulty in writing should definitely have this one.
Verbal workout for GMAT:
This book would be advisable for those of you who are not strong with the basics in the verbal sections. It deals very well with the basics and therefore for beginners this book is a must have.
For the quantitative ability sections the official GMAT guide which also comes exclusively for quantitative section should a very useful resource.
Online preparation:
As far as preparation on the internet goes there are 3 main aspects to it-
- Learning the concepts through e-books or tutorials.
- Practicing questions and through mock tests.
- Having constant interaction with experts.
The 1st aspect is definitely your stepping stone because without the conceptual knowledge you can't hope to proceed any further with your studies. You can find the same books that were mentioned above online at www.amazon.com. However, be careful only to buy/download the latest versions of these books as the earlier ones maybe outdated and not of much use.
There are also a lot of video tutorials that are available online on various websites. Not all these are of appropriate quality to help you in taking GMAT. The most standard tutorials will be found at www.youtube.com and there are also a few good quality videos available on www.khanacademy.org , these however don't cover the entire syllabus of GMAT. Some good quality tutorials are also available on the sites like www.crack-gmat.com and www.4gmat.com .
Practice is the key:
Once you are through with the concepts you should move on to the next aspect which is practice. Here also the downloadable books mentioned above will be your best resource because they are exhaustive and comprehensive. Apart from these you should register on the official GMAT site www.mba.com/the-gmat.aspx where you will find detailed explanations about the exam pattern, question types and preparation tips. On this site there is also a free downloadable test software that will give you mock tests and evaluate your results. Apart from this the official GRE guides and the Kaplan guide also come with DVDs which contain these tests and reviews. By sufficiently practicing them you should be able to make a lot of progress.
One more thing to remember is while attempting the tests or while solving the problems always keep a note of your timing because pacing yourself in the exam makes all the difference between a good score and a great score. So get used to the 4 hour environment while you attempt these tests. Analyze the results yourself so that you can avoid your mistakes the next time.
Get a tutor:
Now the last aspect of online preparation is also the one which people generally think they don't need in their GMAT preparation, but that is the biggest misconception you can have. GMAT unlike CAT is not an exam where you can prepare intuitively. There are certain tricks and guidelines that only an instructor who has worked in the field can tell you and these tricks will make a huge difference to your score. So invest in a good teacher or online expert but be sure of his/her credentials because there are a lot of frauds in the market. Try to follow standard names like The Princeton Review or The Manhattan Review even if they cost you higher because after you are done with the exam you will surely realize that the investment was worthwhile.
Finally the amount of hard work and time that you put into your preparation for GMAT will matter and the resources that you use are only a secondary aspect. So have a certain level of commitment before you sit down to prepare. All the best!!


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I am planning to buy a rambling rose and see they are sold as bare root or container grown. Is there any beneficial benefit in which you buy ? Does one establish its self better or is there really no difference ? Any advice very welcome.
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Bare root roses can be planted only in the dormant season, whereas container grown ones can be planted at any time - that's the main difference. Some people think that bare root plants establish better, but that does depend how early in the season you get them - too late and they can be very dry and take a long time to shoot, if they ever do.0
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Did you see GW on Friday. Monty was planting some rambling roses, all coming out of containers.
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Andre Roberts came to Washington in the hopes of being the No. 2 wide receiver behind Pierre Garçon.
But following DeSean Jackson's surprise arrival earlier this month, Roberts now must grapple with the fact that, in all likelihood, he'll be Robert Griffin III's third option at wide receiver.
"That's how the league is, that's how the league works," Roberts told ESPN 980's Inside the Locker Room on Thursday. "Going into my situation, I wanted to be the No. 2 receiver. But I still don't how it's going to work out. Obviously, when you look at how much money is being made each guy, you'd think that's going to be [the] No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3."
Roberts added: "Wherever they want to put me, I'm ready and willing to do it."
After four seasons with the Cardinals, Roberts signed a four-year, $16 million (including $8 million guaranteed) with the Redskins on March 12. A couple of weeks later, the 26-year-old joined Griffin, Garçon, Jordan Reed, Santana Moss and other Redskins for an informal passing camp in Arizona.
Then things changed. Quickly.
On March 28, the Eagles stunned the league by releasing Jackson, a 27-year-old three-time Pro Bowler. And the Redskins pounced, signing Jackson to a three-year, $24 million contract (including $16 million guaranteed) five days later.
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Dan Devine's Inarguable Power Rankings: The big shots from Monday's 3-OT Jazz/Raptors game (VIDEOS)
On a Monday night chock full of awesome NBA action, one game separated itself from the pack — and, surprisingly enough, it featured teams that entered the evening 3-4 and 1-5, with nary a signature marquee-level star appearing on either roster. When you treat fans to 63 minutes of competitive, compelling, fun-to-watch basketball, as the Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors did, the records don't matter as much as the clutch moments, the dramatic turns and the big shots. This game had plenty of all three — especially that last one.
But which of the game's big shots was most dope? In the interest of providing guidance to BDL's readership in a trying time, I submit to a trusting public a new installment of Dan Devine's Inarguable Power Rankings, which identify which items in a group of things are most powerful. In this episode: Dan Devine's Inarguable Big Shots From Jazz/Raptors Power Rankings.
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5. Paul Millsap strokes the above-the-break 3-pointer to give the Jazz a two-possession lead with 2:15 remaining in triple overtime.
WHY IT RANKS WHERE IT RANKS: Because it put the Jazz up by four after nearly 61 minutes of play and really took the wind out of the sails of a flat-out gassed Raptors squad, which had been lingering down one but would never come within hailing distance again, as a combination of dead-legged front-rimmed jumpers and a couple more Utah buckets sealed a crazy, hard-fought 140-133 road victory.
More than that, though, because it represents one of the more amazing things about Millsap — the 6-foot-8, seventh-year forward entered this season as a 24.3 percent career 3-point shooter, but he is a stone-cold marksman late in games. Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus ran the numbers: Millsap hits triples at a 39 percent clip in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime periods, and at just a 22 percent clip in all other circumstances. Talk about a feel for the moment. Millsap hit three of his four 3-point tries Monday night, all of them coming in the extra sessions, en route to a Jazz-high 34 points (on 11-for-16 shooting) to go with nine rebounds, two assists, two steals, two blocks and just one turnover in nearly 44 minutes of action.
4. John Lucas III calmly steps into one after a handoff from Andrea Bargnani and drills a 24-footer to tie the game with seven seconds left in double overtime.
WHY IT RANKS WHERE IT RANKS: Because at a juncture where it would've made some sense for the Raptors to just go away — after squandering an 11-point lead with less than six minutes left in the fourth, having seen a last-possession shot to win it in the first overtime go wanting, having played nearly an hour of basketball short-handed thanks to injuries to Kyle Lowry, Alan Anderson and Landry Fields, feeling the weight of a seemingly interminable game that they'd led from tip through the final fourth-quarter buzzer, etc. — there's just something kind of magic about how matter-of-fact this restatement of purpose was.
Lucas — who, while a Raps locker-room favorite, had entered the game with a 2-for-25 shooting mark on the season (a crisp 8 percent, for those scoring at home) — takes the ball after Jose Calderon inbounds to Bargnani, then simply hoists and drains a bomb to keep the dance marathon hummin'. It was his only made 3-pointer of the night, accounting for nearly half of his seven points in 14 minutes off the Toronto bench. Of course. Why not?
After the game, Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan discussed the absurdity of the moment with Eric Koreen of the National Post:
"It got to a point where it was funny. I had to laugh," DeRozan said. "When Lucas hit that three, I just looked at that scoreboard and started laughing."
We suspect the Jazz found it a bit less funny, especially after Utah point guard Mo Williams' hell-bent-for-leather drive for the win resulted in a Dominic McGuire block, no points and the need for a third OT.
3. DeMar DeRozan drives the lane and hammers home a dunk to put the Raptors up two with 23 seconds left in the first overtime period.
WHY IT RANKS WHERE IT RANKS: Because while jumpers are great, dunks are frequently more awesome and powerful, and DeRozan's final-half-minute stuff was emblematic of a special night for the recently extended swingman. With new offensive focal point Lowry still on the shelf, DeRozan had to be Toronto's primary scoring option, and with three of coach Dwane Casey's main minutes-soaking contributors sidelined, DeRozan had to do more of everything ... and he did, turning in one of the best performances of his NBA career to date.
DeRozan led all scorers with 37 points on 16-for-33 shooting, adding eight rebounds, six assists and two steals in 60 minutes of basketball. He became just the 11th player in the past 28 seasons to log an hour or more of playing time in a single game, the second Raptor (following Vince Carter) and the first since Jamal Crawford in January 2009.
Every second of that hour was needed with Casey's bench so thin, especially after Linas Kleiza fouled out early in the first overtime period, and DeRozan did just about everything he could — he worked in the post, he worked on defense, he worked in transition, he tried to shoulder the load. He wasn't perfect, and he won't be anytime soon, but it was a mammoth effort — as was beating his man off the dribble, elevating over shot-blocking help defenders and tomahawking one in your 50th minute of full-tilt play — and had to be a heartening display for Raps fans hoping that this is the year DeRozan becomes a legitimate top scoring option.
2. Al Jefferson drains a 3-pointer with two seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 104 and send it into overtime.
WHY IT RANKS WHERE IT RANKS: Because it's about as frequent an occurrence as Halley's Comet — as Trey Kerby noted at The Basketball Jones, this was just the second made 3-pointer of Jefferson's eight-plus-year NBA career, and considering the other came in a breezy 15-point win over the Detroit Pistons back in March, I'd say this one was a bit more important. (He did hit that one with four seconds left in the game, though, so it seems pretty clear that coach Tyrone Corbin should rely on Big Al as a late-game sniper.)
Despite the rarity of the achievement, Jefferson wasn't nervous in letting it fly — at least, not according to what he told Ian Harrison of The Associated Press:
"I knew we needed a 3," Jefferson said. "I just set my feet [and] let it go. The ball wanted to tease me for a while but it finally dropped. I knew then that if I hit a 3 to send us to overtime, we've got to go win it."
And so they did, thanks in large part to Jefferson's 24 points, 17 rebounds, three assists and two steals in 49 minutes of work.
Another thing that helped Al's 3-ball climb our charts — it elicited this reaction from bench-bound Jazz big man Enes Kanter, captured by SB Nation's eagle-eyed Mike Prada:
Anytime you can send the game to overtime and make a huge Turkish dude look like he's in the middle of a dance routine that's supposed to be sensual but that he isn't particularly thrilled about performing, you're virtually assured of a high DDIPR finish.
BUT NOT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE FINISH, however. That honor, as you likely suspected, goes to:
1. Electricity.
WHY DOES IT RANK WHERE IT RANKS: Without electricity, none of the players would have had lights on in the arena to see the basket. Also, none of the cameras would have been working or able to record the moving images you see above. Also, none of our cable or satellite networks would have been able to transmit those images, and none of our televisions would have been able to receive them and broadcast them to our eyes. Once again, electricity proves itself to be the most powerful power there is.
And there you have it. If you would like to share your thoughts, or perhaps submit your own ranking system, feel free to do so in the comments below, on Twitter or on our Facebook page. Please remember, however, that as always, the list is the list.


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Deregulation or lax regulation. Explanations that rely on lack of regulation or deregulation as a cause of the financial crisis are also deficient. First, no significant deregulation of financial institutions occurred in the last 30 years [p. 445].Moreover, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) substantially increased the regulation of banks and savings and loan institutions (S&Ls) after the S&L debacle in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it is noteworthy that FDICIA-the most stringent bank regulation since the adoption of deposit insurance-failed to prevent the financial crisis [p. 446].The shadow banking business. The large investment banks-Bear, Lehman, Merrill, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley-all encountered difficulty in the financial crisis, and the Commission majority's report lays much of the blame for this at the door of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing adequately to supervise them. It is true that the SEC's supervisory process was weak, but many banks and S&Ls-stringently regulated under FDICIA-also failed. This casts doubt on the claim that if investment banks had been regulated like commercial banks-or had been able to offer insured deposits like commercial banks-they would not have encountered financial difficulties [p. 446].
If there is doubt that these lessons are important, consider the ongoing efforts to amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA). Late in the last session of the 111th Congress, a group of Democratic congress members introduced HR 6334. This bill, which was lauded by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank as his "top priority" in the lame duck session of that Congress, would have extended the CRA to all "U.S. nonbank financial companies," and thus would apply, to even more of the national economy, the same government social policy mandates responsible for the mortgage meltdown and the financial crisis [p. 443].
A number of regulatory and tax constraints initially impeded private entities from expanding into the MBS market created by the GSEs and Ginnie Mae.1. Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984Many of the regulatory constraints affecting private entities were removed in 1984 with the passage of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984 ("SMMEA"). SMMEA was intended to encourage private sector participation in the secondary mortgage market by, among other things, relaxing certain regulatory burdens that affected the ability of private-label issuers to sell their MBS.14 For example, SMMEA allowed state and federally regulated financial institutions to invest in privately issued mortgage related securities.2. Effect of Tax Laws on MBS MarketsTax law constraints also affected the types of MBS that could be sold. Until the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 ("1986 Tax Act"), which recognized the Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ("REMIC") structure with its beneficial tax treatment, most MBS were sold as "pass-through" securities. As discussed below, pass-through securities pay an investor principal and interest received from payments on the mortgage loans that are the assets of the trust. The payments on the mortgage loans are passed through the trust to the investors as they are made.Before 1986, the effect of the limitation on activity of grantor trusts under the tax laws restricted the use of trusts with multiple classes of securities with differing payment characteristics. In the multi-class structure, the principal and interest payments are not just passed through pro rata as paid to all investors, but rather are divided into varying payment streams to create classes with different expected maturities, different levels of seniority or subordination or other differing characteristics. Prior to 1986, the tax law treated these multi-class trusts as associations taxable as corporations, and distributions would have been taxable at the trust level and also at the trust investor level. This "double taxation" made multi-class structures generally unfeasible.The 1986 Tax Act eliminated the double taxation for multi-class vehicles structured as REMICs. With the advent of the REMIC, more complex structures with multiple classes were developed which divided up the payment streams on the mortgage loans that were collateral for the securities repayment obligations to investors.
The rise of private label: innovative mortgage products, enthusiastic investor support and consumer demand for new affordable loans have all come together to give extraordinary new power to the private mortgage-backed securities market. This has left the private sector setting the rules once largely dictated by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA.A change in the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that began more than two years ago appears to have completely reshuffled the industry's deck of cards. Now, issuers of private-label residential MBS are holding the aces that were once held by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Once a junior--but powerful--player in the market, private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) are now the leading force driving product innovation and the net overall volume of mortgage origination. Further, it appears that the new dominant role for private-label RMBS may be here to stay.Product innovation has resulted from two developments, the first is mortgage consumers looking for new low-payment mortgages to help them afford rising home prices. The other is the growing willingness of investors to fund the new types of mortgage products that lenders have developed to meet this need.Mortgages that offer low monthly payment options often do not amortize the principal balance on the loan, and may even negatively amortize. These products--interest-only (IO) mortgages and option adjustable-rate mortgages (option ARMs)--are the primary generators of gains in market share for private-label issuers.There are also new nontraditional mortgage products that amortize, but extend the amortization term from the current 30 years to 40 and even 50 years in an effort to bring down the monthly payment.
The expectation that private-label issuers are likely to retain their dominant position was the consensus view of the [MBA's] Council to Shape Change, a blue-ribbon mortgage industry panel of 19 experts that published its findings in August.The council, echoing what other market observers have said, cited the lag in product innovation as "the most important factor" holding the agencies back. "Most of the business now considered alt-A used to be prime business and would have fallen in the GSEs' sweet spot," the report states.Another factor in the market shift has been the ability of mortgage originators to increasingly securitize their own production. With this new capability, originators have been able to "adversely select the GSEs, feeding only product that lenders cannot advantageously securitize themselves," the council's report notes.Also, due to sharply rising home prices and the limits on the size of loans they can purchase, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a minimal presence in states such as California, the nation's largest mortgage market.To get a sense of the dramatic nature of the shift in market share, a few numbers help tell the story. As recently as 2003, the agencies issued 76 percent or $2.13 trillion of the year's $2.72 trillion in mortgage-backed securities, according to data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance (see Figure 1). These numbers include Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae securitizations.In 2003, the non-agency or private-label RMBS was only 24 percent or $586 billion. Most of these were jumbo prime mortgages. The ground began to shift in the second half of 2004 as the refi boom subsided and interest rates began to rise, and home-price appreciation raced ahead at double-digit rates--prompting the introduction of a flurry of new affordability products.By year-end 2004, agency RMBS issuance represented $1.02 trillion, while the non-agency piece had risen to $864 billion out of a total of $1.88 trillion, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (see Figure 2).In 2005, the private-label RMBS surged into the dominant position, with $1.19 trillion or 55 percent of the $2.16 trillion in securities issued, while the agencies issued $966 billion (see Figure 3).
Beginning in 2002, for example, the Basel regulations provided that mortgages held in the form of MBS-presumably because of their superior liquidity compared to whole mortgages-required a bank to hold only 1.6 percent risk-based capital, while whole mortgages required risk-based capital backing of four percent [p. 476].
The Comptroller of the Currency took the same line [as the OTS] on the national banks that it regulated, offering preemption as an inducement to use a national bank charter. In a speech, before the final OCC rules were passed, Comptroller John D. Hawke Jr. pointed to "national banks' immunity from many state laws" as "a significant benefit of the national charter-a benefit that the OCC has fought hard over the years to preserve." In an interview that year, Hawke explained that the potential loss of regulatory market share for the OCC "was a matter of concern" [p. 112].
Bill writes a column for Benzinga every Monday. His other academic articles, congressional testimony, and musings about the financial crisis can be found at his Social Science Research Network author page and at the blog New Economic Perspectives. This column appeared originally in Benzing.


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Hi Nancy,
I believe we may have been in touch before, so apologies if I'm revisiting old territory.
Have you come across information about Ephraim Doolittle, who married Abigail Batty? Ephraim was brother of Elisha and son of Moses, so brother of your Isaac. I'm related to the Battys and trying to find out more about Ephraim and Abigail, more specifically where Abigail's family was from and how she was related to the other Battys in Haldimand Township at that time.
Ephraim and Abigail had two children, and I have information on them if you are interested and don't already know this.


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I want to know how the list PHP function actually work under the hood?For example, the affection (=) with an array, etc..
Can you also tell me how I can create a function such, please
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I highly doubt this will be helpful, but here is the git location of where someone just recently implemented the use of list() within a foreach loop.http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=blob;f=Zend/zend_compile.c;h=b87b1908b6bdebdf4fd1efce18da0b9667ec8477;hb=35951d4be0bd27c85519995a95429bd0d0a76a00#l6198
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Economy slowing down? Not for SU alumni, Center for Career Services reports
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Even as the broader economy has entered a period of uncertainty, the 2007 demand for recent graduates of Syracuse University was near an all-time high, and alumni entered the career market at salaries slightly higher than the year before.
In the Center for Career Services' annual Placement Report survey of recent alumni, 95 percent of SU Class of 2007 respondents landed full-time jobs or entered graduate programs of study last year, at an average salary of $39,731 — figures that are the same and slightly higher, respectively, than those reported by the Class of 2006. The Class of 2007 responses represent a fourth consecutive year of rising salaries. Seventy-seven percent of respondents took full-time jobs, and of those, 93 percent of respondents report finding jobs that are closely associated with career goals. Taken together, these indicators show a snapshot of the 2007 job market for SU alumni that appears brighter than the previous year's, representing another in a recent string of successful recruiting seasons.
The Placement Report is based on Center for Career Services' online survey of 1,090 alumni with bachelor's degrees granted in December 2006, May 2007, June 2007 or August 2007. Some 43 percent of the alumni surveyed responded.
"Once again, the Center for Career Services' Placement Report demonstrates the value added by career exploration counseling, mentoring, internships and organized networking opportunities," says Barry L. Wells, senior vice president and dean of student affairs. Between on-campus recruiting (14 percent), internships (17 percent) and direct application or networking to pursue non-advertised jobs (40 percent), more than 70 percent of respondents found work using job search methodologies that are directly supported or taught by Center for Career Services staff, in collaboration with the University-wide Career Services Network.
"These engagements — in which students and young alumni collaborate with the Center for Career Services to learn not just how to land jobs, but how to be engaged, ethical citizens of their profession — epitomize Scholarship in Action's emphasis on engagement with the world," Wells says.
Geographically, some Class of 2007 alumni found employment in 38 states and several foreign countries, while others engaged in career choices closer to Syracuse — with 49 percent of respondents working full time in New York, another 23 percent working in a state adjoining New York, and 55 percent of graduate school attendees studying in New York.
"These promising results show that the demand for recent SU alumni remains strong, and recent history shows that even in times when the broader economy is slowing, recent college graduates who make the right career moves tend to have successful outcomes to their employment searches," says Michael T. Cahill, director of the Center for Career Services, which is a unit of the Division of Student Affairs. Cahill's view is consistent with that of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), which, in its 2007 Job Outlook Report, forecast a strong job market for 2007 graduates and expresses optimism for Class of 2008 job seekers.


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This installment of All the World's a Stage is the thirty-first in a series of roleplaying guides in which we find out all the background information you need to roleplay a particular race or class (or profession!) well, without embarrassing yourself.
Enchanting cries out to be roleplayed. It could be a kind of magician's engineering, or a more refined cousin of alchemy. Although you could certainly play an enchanter as another sort of magical mad-scientist, the profession actually lends itself well to a more gentlemanly (and sane) approach, where experiments are not so much about creating some sort of autonomous monster or mind-controling love potion of serene bliss, but rather altering the nature of things to do what they never would have done previously.
Enchantments have a huge role in mythology and literature. Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a stage-coach with an enchantment, Hogwarts School's "Sorting Hat" famously talks to students who wear it, and the One Ring even contains the soul of Middle Earth's lord of evil personified. All these are enchantments in which ordinary items are magically enhanced so as to reflect some aspect of character development or plot in the story, and a roleplayer at the keys of an enchanter character can work similar magic in telling his own story.
This installment of All the World's a Stage is the thirty-first in a series of roleplaying guides in which we find out all the background information you need to roleplay a particular race or class (or profession!) well, without embarrassing yourself.
Enchanting routines
Enchanting doesn't always change things in such obvious ways, however. Most of the time, enchanters in Azeroth simply pursue their work with magic as a kind of craft, making sharp swords pulsate with magical energy, or imbuing gloves with magical strength. They learn to draw out the magical power from one item and then weave it into another, and often work together with blacksmiths, tailors, or other craftsmen, to produce items of value to all the adventurers in business throughout the world. An enchanter may have started out thinking he would eventually make vehicles out of his garden vegetables, talk to his clothing, and literally put his soul into his favorite piece of jewelry, only to find out that all he'd end up doing was selling double-plus speed boots to swashbucklers who seemed like they were having all the fun in his place.
You won't find the really exciting enchantments in the World of Warcraft tradeskill crafting lists. For that, you'll have to dig deeper into the forbidden realms of collective human imagination. You don't want to go overboard, but to a certain extent you can get away with your own personally invented enchantments to go along with whatever stat-increasements and sparkling glow effects you want to place on your gear.
Drawing on myths, but not copying them
It would be hard to argue that you changed a pumpkin into a stage coach in WoW, but if you wanted you could claim to have enchanted a small toy bicycle so that it turns into into a speedy mechano-hog when you speak the magic words. You could enchant a magical talking sword (like Kring, from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series) or whatever other item if you like, but be careful about this option -- the sword you intend to entertain your friends may end up annoying them much more than you think. You may also make or discover items which are somehow possessed by great evil, like the One Ring, but beware that this choice may end up looking like Mary-Sueism to some of your friends, unless this great evil comes across as something more than just a copy of Tolkien's story.
As an enchanter, you might possess a ring you imbued with the spirit of your dead great-grandmother, who, aside from being quite evil, was also a very good cook; whenever you wear her ring, you smell like freshly baked apple pie. You might enchant your gloves so that they point north whenever you snap your fingers, thus helping you find your way whenever you get lost and freeing you of the need to carry a compass. An egotistical enchanter might make his cloak billow in the wind -- even when there is no wind, or when the wind is blowing in the opposite direction -- just for the visual coolness of it all. A necromantic enchanter (i.e., a death knight) might enchant his rotten old rag doll so that it follows him around all the time, wishing it were a real boy, and could point out to those who mistake his little Pinocchio for an actual zombie that the head and body are not at all proportioned like an actual human, regardless of how much his reanimated toy wants to be one.
Finding inspiration in the game itself
No matter how you try and use this profession to enchant your roleplaying experience, be sure to always follow the principle that whatever cool idea or effect you have in mind, you must find some way to make your dream come true in the game itself. Often it's best to use items and spell effects already present in the game for inspiration. If last year's Midsummer Festival toy, the "Brazier of Dancing Flames" reminds you of the story of Pygmalion, you may come up with a cool story about a mage who used to make magical sculptures out of fire, until one day he made a sculpture of a woman so beautiful that he fell in love with it and inadvertently brought it to life. You may roleplay that he sits in front of his fire woman and watches her dance for him for hours on end, wishing that she could speak to him, or go on a quest with some friends to the top of a tall mountain, where her spirit may be liberated from the confines of her brazier -- or, you could even undertake some quest to give her an actual body and let your friend create an alternate character in order to play her role (although perhaps with unintended consequences -- this fiery woman might have been a lot more pleasant before she gained a real body and the ability to speak!).
As one final side-note, enchanting is a profession that works well if you want to bring some magic into your otherwise non-magical character. It is the one profession most obviously tied to magical ability, and yet it can be practiced even by classes with little to no magical ability whatsoever. Although rare, it is certainly not unheard of to see a battle-hardened warrior or rogue who specializes in enchanting. As far as game mechanics are concerned, enchanting tends to favor casters, since it allows people to craft their own wands and make wizard oils, but if you wanted to imbue someone like a rogue or warrior with magical power in a roleplaying context, taking up Enchanting would be a great way to do it.


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In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."
Isaiah received a call not by reading a treatise on social injustice or the basic elements of Israelite cultic worship, but by a mystical gift and call. He saw, first of all, God's glory, not our depravity. Indeed, only in light of God's glory could he see our depravity–and the hope that lay beyond it in the coming grace of Messiah. Like Isaiah, we only have the courage to face the darkness when we have hope the light is greater.


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John Cena entered the arena first then came Luke Harper after a small promo from Bray Wyatt and Eminem's WrestleMania theme song Legacy. Luke Harper got the early advantage as his grapple proved to be stronger than John Cena. Harper pushed Cena to the ropes and kept punching him on his groin. Cena tried to capitalize with some punches and a running move but Harper quickly got back into it with head first. Harper made the cover but Cena kicked out in two.
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The Monarchs prevailed 41-28 in front of an amped up crowd of 35,000 at SB Ballard Stadium, and over an equally amped up Hampton University team Saturday afternoon. Some things fans saw, they expected. Senior quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw for 281 yards and three interceptions on 29-of-40 passing.
He also threw two interceptions. Wilder was quick to point out, his quarterback threw only eight all of last season.
"We just did not perform well," said Wilder speaking to the media after the game, "We didn't tackle well on defense, we were out of position too much on offense, too many missed blocks, a couple of interceptions that we threw, which we don't do much on offense."
On top of that, Hampton quarterback Jaylian Williamson had a Heinicke-like outing, hitting 32-of-45 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns.
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The show will be a supernatural series dealing with real life horror stories.
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This course is a study of biology from a functional point of view. Topics covered include: cell physiology, cell structure, histology, bacteriology, plant anatomy, plant physiology, chordate anatomy, human physiology, genetics, ecology and animal taxonomy.
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This course uses many hands on activities to explore the concepts of chemistry and physics. Some of the concepts in chemistry include the classification on matter, atomic structure, and the periodic table. Some of the concepts in physics include electricity, magnetism, and simple machines. We also build catapults, mousetrap cars, and Rube Goldberg machines.
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Usually taken after a comprehensive initial study of biology, Anatomy and Physiology courses present the human body and biological systems in more detail. In order to understand the structure of the human body and its functions, students learn anatomical terminology, study cells and tissues, explore functional systems (skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, reproductive, nervous, and so on), and may dissect mammals.


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- UPDATE | 3rd man in Ten X shooting sought as other suspects appear in court
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Video uploaded online of Sunday's shooting at Ten X Nightclub in Calgary depicts the speed with which the attack was carried out and then halted by the quick actions of security staff and police.
The CCTV footage shows a white car pull up outside the bar. A man exits the front passenger side, carrying a pistol in his right hand. He flips up a hood over his head, walks to the front door and fires through the glass.
This all occurs in the span of nine seconds.
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Two bouncers then tackle and subdue the gunman on the hood of the car, while it appears the driver and a third person in the back seat seem unsure of what to do.
Within a minute, police arrive with guns drawn.
The CCTV footage appeared on YouTube hours after the shooting, and was subsequently removed under the account that originally posted it.
Spencer Wallace, who was working security at the bar that night, said the bouncers reacted "immediately" after the gunman fired and prevented the situation from escalating.
"They pounced on him," Wallace said. "Those guys are heroes and they deserve nothing but praise, they stopped this from being so much worse."
Police arrested two men — Mohamed Elmi, 31, and Mohamed Salad, 29, both of Calgary — and charged them with numerous offences, including attempted murder.
Investigators said Monday they are still searching for a third suspect.
Salad received a conditional discharge in 2011 for drug possession, but failed to complete his community service hours and was charged with a breach of probation, according to court records.
Elmi has no prior convictions in Alberta.
Despite accusations on social media, police emphasized this incident was not related to terrorism.
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Although final numbers aren't out yet, Calgary seemed on track to double the number of shootings in 2015 over 2014. Police warn turf battles over drugs in the city's northeast have escalated into a gang war.
And Calgarians haven't seen the worst of it yet, according to police who describe a powder keg situation likely to lead to the harm of innocent bystanders.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (file photo) (CTK) April 18, 2006 -- Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today removed Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov from office.
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