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This Privacy Policy applies to the sites and apps where it appears.
This Privacy Policy describes how Carlson Hotels, Inc., and other entities within the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group treat personal information collected through the websites and applications where it appears (sometimes referred to collectively as our "website") and how Carlson Hotels, Inc. treats personal information transferred pursuant to the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is a system of hotels operating under various brands owned by Carlson Hotels, Inc. The hotels may be owned, managed, or licensed by Carlson Hotels, Inc. or by a master licensee (such licensed properties being independently owned and operated). In this Privacy Policy, the term "Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group" refers to Carlson Hotels, Inc., its affiliates, its master licensees, and all hotels operating under the Carlson Rezidor brands. We may also refer collectively to these entities as "the Group", "we" or "us".This Privacy Policy applies only (1) to personal information collected through the websites and applications where it appears, including the sites and apps for our hotel brands and our loyalty programs and (2) personal information transferred to Carlson Hotels, Inc. pursuant to the U.S.-E.U Privacy Shield and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through other channels.
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Please review this Policy before using this website or mobile app. By using this website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as set forth in this Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by this Policy, you may not access or use this service.
We collect information from and about you.
We collect contact information. For example, we might collect your name and email address. We may also collect your phone number or mailing address.
We collect travel agent information. If you are a travel agent and you enroll in our travel agency loyalty program, we will collect your travel agency ID number. For U.S. travel agents who accrue certain point levels, we may also collect your social security number if required by law to do so.
We collect demographic information. We may collect information such as your gender, age and language preferences.
We collect guest stay and loyalty program information. For example, we collect information on the hotels where you have stayed, your dates of arrival and departure, goods and services purchased, special requests and service preferences. We collect information on your use of our loyalty programs, including how you earn and redeem points.
We collect payment information. For example, we may collect your credit card number if you make a reservation online.
We collect business information. For example, we collect contact and other relevant information about your business if your business enrolls in one of our loyalty programs, or if your employees or agents use a corporate account to do business with us.
We collect information you submit or post. For example, we collect feedback about our hotels and services that you submit to us. We also collect information if you apply for a job.
We collect other information. If you use our website, we may collect information about the browser you're using. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. We may collect your precise, real-time location using GPS, cell phone towers, Wi-Fi signals, and/or beacon technology (including Apple's iBeacon), and/or future technologies. We might look at how often you use an app and where you downloaded it. We collect this information using the tracking tools described below and in compliance with applicable local law. To control those tools, please read the choices section below.
We collect information in different ways.
We collect information that you give to us. For example, if you make a reservation online, or enroll in one of our loyalty programs. We also collect information if you contact us or participate in a promotion.
We collect information about you automatically. Where permitted by law we use tracking tools such as browser cookies and web beacons to collect information from you. We collect information about users over time when you use this website.
We may have third parties collect personal information this way. Learn more about these tools and how you can control them at www.countryinns.com/section/privacy.cookies/privacy.sidemenus. We also collect information from our mobile apps.
We get information about you from third parties. Where permitted by law, we may share information among entities within the Group or we may get from other third parties with whom we do business. We may get information from persons acting on your behalf, for example if someone makes a reservation for you. We may also get information from social media platforms and advertising and analytics providers.
We combine information. For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online, to the extent covered by the transactional purpose or your consent. Or we may combine information we get from a third party with information we already have.
We use information as disclosed and described here, subject to any consent required by applicable law.
We use information to respond to your requests or questions. For example, we will use your information to provide the services you request, such as to fulfill a request for a hotel reservation, and to send you a pre-arrival email, a post-departure email, or to ask you to participate in a customer survey. Where legally permitted, we may use your personal data to personalize your experience with us. We might use your information to respond to a question about your loyalty account or to fulfill a redemption request. We use social security numbers and tax ID numbers to process tax documents.
We use information to improve our websites and services. We may use your information to make our hotels, services and loyalty programs better. We might use your information to customize your experience with us. Where legally permitted, we may combine information we get from you with information about you we get from third parties.
We use information to administer our site and for internal operations.
We use information for security purposes. Where legally permitted, we may use your information to protect our company, our customers, and our websites.
We use information for marketing purposes. For example, we might send you information about new services and special offers. We might also use your information to serve you ads about our hotels, loyalty programs and offers. We might tell you about new features or updates. These might be third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting. If you register with us, we'll send you our promotional emails. We obtain consents as required by law before marketing to you. To manage this, read the choices section below. We may also use push notifications on our mobile apps.
We use information to communicate with you about your account or our relationship. We may contact you about your account or for feedback. We might also contact you about this Privacy Policy or our Site Usage Terms and Conditions.
We use information as otherwise disclosed or permitted by law.
We may share information with third parties.
We will share information within the Group where legally permitted.
We will share your information with data processors that perform services on our behalf. For example, we share information with vendors who send emails and other communications for us. We also share information with companies that help us operate our sites or run promotions and advertisers and advertising networks that assist us in marketing and advertising our products and services. Some vendors may be located in a country other than where you live. We may also share information with analytics and search engine providers who act on our behalf.
We may share information with our business partners where legally permitted. For example, we might share information with third parties who co-sponsor a promotion. Some of these partners may send you information about product or services by mail or email where legally permitted or based on your prior consent.
We will share information if we think we have to in order to comply with the law or to protect ourselves, our customers or others. For example, we will share information to respond to a court order or subpoena, or in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Or, when required by law, we may share your information if you are the winner of a sweepstakes or other contest with anyone who requests a winner's list. We may share information in order to enforce our Site Usage Terms and Conditions or other agreements, and to protect the rights of others. We might share if we are investigating potential fraud. This might include fraud we think has happened during a promotion.
We may share information with a successor to all or part of our business. For example, if part of our business or assets are sold, we may disclose user information as part of that transaction. You have certain choices about sharing and marketing practices.
You can opt out of receiving our marketing emails. To stop receiving our promotional emails, you can visit your account settings on the site or follow the instructions in any promotional message you get from us. Even if you opt out of getting marketing messages, we will send you transactional messages. These include responses to your questions.
You can control participation in our iBeacon program. iBeacons are electronic devices that broadcast signals that can be received by mobile devices on which one of our mobile apps is installed. If you have voluntarily installed one of our apps on your device, and if you have granted permission for the app to track your location, then iBeacons installed in our hotels may send a signal to the app on your device about the precise, real-time location of the device. The app may use this information to deliver special offers and promotions to you, at a time and place when the information is most relevant. For example, if you are in one of our hotels late in the afternoon, your mobile device may receive a signal from an iBeacon that causes the app to notify you about drink or dinner specials. As a convenience to you, receipt of the iBeacons signal and delivery of the special offer or promotion may occur even if you are not currently using the app. To make our mobile apps and services operate better, we may also collect other information based on iBeacon signals, for example, the strength of the signal between the iBeacon and your device, the duration your device is near the iBeacon, or the battery level of the iBeacon itself. To avoid having us receive or use your precise, real-time location, do not opt-in to location services. If you did opt in and have changed your mind, you may opt out of location services through your device settings or by deleting the app.
You can control cookies and tracking tools. To learn how to manage how we – and our vendors – use cookies and other tracking tools, please visit www.countryinns.com/section/privacy.cookies/privacy.sidemenus.
You can control tools on your mobile devices. For example, you can turn off the location services or push notifications on your phone. Choices you make are device specific.
EU and Switzerland Residents. Information about European Union and Switzerland residents may be sent to the U.S., where it is processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and our Ad and Cookie Policy, the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield (in the case of EU residents) and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor (in the case of Switzerland residents). Carlson Hotels, Inc. complies with the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield Framework and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland (please note that neither the Privacy Shield nor the Safe Harbor principles necessarily apply to the collection, use and retention of personal information from other countries). Carlson Hotels, Inc. has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability and that it adheres to similar principles under the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield/Safe Harbor Principles, the Privacy Shield/Safe Harbor Principles shall govern. The Federal Trade Commission shall have enforcement jurisdiction over Carlson Hotels, Inc.'s compliance with the Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor. Carlson Hotels, Inc. may have potential liability in cases of onward transfer to third parties. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit www.privacyshield.gov/. To learn more about the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor program and to view our certification page, please visit safeharbor.export.gov/swisslist.aspx.
Inquiries and Enforcement of Compliance In compliance with the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield Principles and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor, Carlson Hotels, Inc. commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of you personal information. European Union and Switzerland residents with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy policy should first contact Carlson Hotels, Inc. at the address provided below. Carlson Hotels, Inc. has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor to the American Arbitration Association info.adr.org/safeharbor/. Finally, in certain limited circumstances and as a last resort, it may be possible for individuals to invoke binding arbitration before the Privacy Shield Panel to be created by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission. Please note that if you are not a European Union or Switzerland resident, then Privacy Shield/Safe Harbor requirements regarding the handling of complaints may not apply to you and Privacy Shield/Safe Harbor enforcement mechanisms may not be available to you.
Russian Citizens. In accordance with Russian Federal Law "On Personal Data" No. 152-FZ we collect, record, systematize, accumulate, store, update (renew and modify), and extract personal data about Russian citizens using databases located in the territory of the Russian Federation. If you indicate that you are a Russian citizen of the Russian Federation, we will process your personal data in compliance with this requirement and your profile will be maintained on databases in the Russian Federation. If you do not indicate that you are a citizen of the Russian Federation, we are not able to process and maintain your personal data under these requirements and will not be liable for that. You are solely responsible for indicating the country of your citizenship. Information containing personal data of Russian citizens may be transmitted from the Russian Federation to countries that ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data, including the European Union and the United States, and other countries that may not be party to the Data Protection Convention and may not ensure adequate level of protection for personal data. By submitting information to us on our sites and apps, submitting forms to us, or registering on our sites and apps, you grant us consent to process your personal data.
Your California privacy rights. If you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one time each year if we have shared personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to us at the address listed below. Indicate in your letter that you are a California resident making a "Shine the Light" inquiry.
Our sites and children. Our sites and apps where this Privacy Policy is found are meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18 without permission from a parent or guardian. If you are a parent or legal guardian and think your child under 18 has given us information, you can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or write to us at the address listed as the end of this Privacy Policy. Please mark your inquiries "COPPA Information Request." Parents in the United States, you can learn more about how to protect children's privacy on-line at www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online.
We use standard security measures. The Internet is not 100% secure. We cannot promise that your use of our sites and apps will be completely safe. Any transmission of your data to our site is at your own risk. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet. This includes not sharing your passwords. We keep personal information as long as it is necessary or relevant for the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We also keep information as otherwise required by law.
We store information both in and outside of the U.S. Information we collect from you may be transferred to, or stored at, a destination in the United States or another destination outside of United States. It may be processed by staff operating in these locations who work for us or one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. If you live outside of the United States, you understand and agree that we may transfer your information to the United States. U.S. laws may not afford the same level or protection as those in your country. Your profile may be maintained on databases in Denmark if you have stayed at a Radisson Blu hotel (except for Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels) or are a member of Club Carlson residing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In such cases, you may access your profile and adjust your email preferences by contacting Rezidor Hotels ApS Danmark, Data Protection Office, Amager Strandvej 60 - 64. 3rd floor, DK Copenhagen S, Denmark.
We may link to other sites we don't control. If you click on a link to a third party site, you will be taken to a website we do not control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of that website. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third party sites or their policies.
Feel free to contact us if you have more questions. If you have questions about an individual hotel's practices or the information it has, please contact that hotel directly. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you want to correct, update, reasonably access or delete your information with us, please email us at: email@example.com.
We may update this Privacy Policy. From time to time we may change our privacy policies. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy as required by law. We will also post an updated copy on our website. Please check our site periodically for updates.
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Schluter Kerdi Shower Kit 72 X 72 Center Drain Placement
Schluter KERDI-SHOWER-KIT 72" x 72" Center Drain Placement - Less Drain
Looking to build your dream shower but don't know where to start? The KERDI-SHOWER-KIT is an all-inclusive shower construction package containing an integrated set of choice components from the Schluter shower family of products. The included SCHLUTER-SHOWER-ST shower tray and SCHLUTER-SHOWER-SC shower curb provide solid support and are ready to be tiled on straight out of the box. The KERDI waterproofing membrane contained in the kit has an extremely low vapor permeance, giving your shower prolonged resistance against both mold and corrosion. This kit does not come with a drain, allowing you to select a drain from Schluter's collection to match your home's specific needs.
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The effect of information on the well-being of the uninformed: what's the chance of getting a decent meal in an unfamiliar city?
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Volume (Year): 20 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 (February)
Pages: 139-162
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Lot 84: Boulainvilliers. The Life of Mahomet, 1st Ed.
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Description: Boulainvilliers, Henri de Comte. THE LIFE OF MAHOMET. London: for Hinchliffe, 1731. 8vo. [8], viii, 104, 113-120, 129-136, 129-400 pp. (complete, some misnumbering in pagination.) Errata on final leaf, several woodcut ornaments. Modern 1/4 calf in period style, contents quite clean and bright overall though with a few instances of underlining in a red colored pencil (erasable) and two leaves with corner chips (no loss.) A Very Good copy. **************************** First edition in English. [ESTC T110364]


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Annual reef festival attracts thousands on MiyakoDate Posted: 2002-04-17 The first day of the festival was Saturday, some 470 people descended on the reef from ferries and other boats. During the three days that the low tides expose the reef, some 2,000 people are expected to explode the reef. Before, people used the occasion entirely to harvest shellfish from the reef, but the ever-increasing number of people participating raised concerns of environmental damage among local activists. To counter these concerns, Hirara City tourism authorities decided this year to provide 15 guides at the site. The guides explain visitors the reefs ecosystem, and identify various creatures inhabiting the reef. Cloudy skies and strong northerly winds prevailed on Saturday preventing many people from actually landing on the reef, but that did not stop Hiroshi Suzuki from Tokyo from taking plenty of photographs and enjoying the experience. I have never seen a live reef before and I find it quite impressive. Also, I did not know that a reef has a peculiar odor to it. I will definitely remember this for a long time to come, he said. |


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Is #Cahone On? Austin Mahone Comes Clean About The Camila Dating Rumors!
We've all been shipping Austin Mahone and Camila Cabello ever since we heard rumors that they might be the next adorable celeb couple. And while Austin's hinted about having a crush on the Fifth Harmony member, now that the two will be on tour together this summer, we we're dying to know if sparks would be flying on that tour bus!
Unfortunately, for our #Cahone fantasies, Austin told us the two are "just really good friends," adding, "she's a sweet girl, really talented, really cute, and we're going on tour, so I'm excited to hang out with her."
Okay, so while they miiiight not be a real thing just yet, going on tour with your crush seems like perfect situation to spend some quality time together. Who knows, maybe #Cahone will be our new fave couple before the summer's over!
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August 18, 2010 Fantasy BeatHot Spots: Outfield
Jose Guillen is Surging – Why? As anyone who's played fantasy realizes, a huge part of winning is not only knowing how much players are going to produce, but also how highly valued they might be by others. I own Jose Guillen on my ill-fated FP911 Expert League team. Here's the latest writeup, for people in need of a laugh – "I wasn't prepared, so I drafted Gerald Laird"... that rhyme more-or-less summarizes my season, though I did avoid picking up Mariners Milton Bradley, Chone Figgins, Ian Snell, et al - not that anyone could have predicted their declines in 2010. But, honestly, I hadn't paid much attention to Guillen as a potential Value Pick. So, I was surprised to see that he's still owned in about 50% of leagues, even in the shallower formats available. Sure, before 2010, his Weighted-means PECOTA came out at a useful .285/.333/.464 rate, despite playing in KC. And he's theoretically moving to the easier league. But consider his rate stats by year: 2006: .216/.276/.398 2007: .290/.353/.460 2008: .264/.300/.438 2009: .242/.314/.367 2010: .257/.315/.438 (age 34 season) This is a rate of production on par with Guillen's 40th-percentile expectations, per PECOTA. He and Burrell weren't crazy pickups for the Giants, who are trying to chase down the Padres. Both Petco and AT&T Park are about neutral when it comes to right-handed home run factor, as opposed to making it difficult for (most) lefties to hit homers. But this Giants have better options against most right-handed starters, and Guillen can expect to see a lot of bench time as Bruce Bochy searches high and low for every matchup advantage down the stretch. Staying thematic, and answering a reader request from last week (thanks for the comments, everyone – always appreciated), Ryan Raburn is also a tempting player to stay away from in mixed leagues. He's 29 this year, and has hit .261/.322/.444 in 909 career plate appearances. He has some skills, namely hitting for power and bashing lefties (against whom he's hit .257/.336/.491 and amassing almost half of his career PA facing them). He plays multiple positions, starting at second base, left field, and right field in August already, and backs up Austin Jackson in center field, as well. For fantasy teams which need flexibility and pop, he isn't awful, but not good enough to start in most mixed-league formats. And his weighted-means PECOTA projection of .274/.349/.500 was probably stolen from Ryan Ludwick somehow, because that's simply not the player Raburn is. Scratch Him Off: Last week, the advice was to "keep the faith" with Peter Bourjos, but an 0-for-14 week and more bench time make it appear that only martyrs would have enough faith to stick with Peter through his trials. In the "real world" of fantasy ball, it's time to go fishing again... speaking of which, Bourjos' eventual successor, Mike Trout, isn't sinking at high-A ball, with a .287/.365/.426 batting line so far. It's the California League, but keep in mind that he just turned nineteen 11 days ago. Similarly to Bourjos, Shelley Duncan went hitless on the week (0-for-13), and with Brantley's signs of life and Hafner's return, his playing time will dry up considerably. Another center fielder, Coco Crisp, graduates this week after hitting .320 with 3 steals. No surprise there. Matching Up: John Jay and Felix Pie had "meh" weeks, hitting .250 and .240, respectively, with little else to show. Both have limitations, but the higher on-base percentages and almost 100% playing time should keep them ahead of the guys like Guillen and Raburn, though with guys like these, going week-to-week looking for favorable matchups might net the biggest gains. Pulling the teams up on www.rotolympus.com, I see that Pie gets 3 games at Chicago and 3 at Los Angeles next week, while Jay gets 7 at the Pirates and Nats. The Tigers have 7 games, with 4 at Toronto, so Raburn should be okay next week, with three lefties in the Toronto rotation. Certainly, with so little of the season remaining, playing the "churn and burn" strategy makes sense for a much higher percentage of players. Bubble Boys: With a tip of the cap to Marc Normandin's mad fantasy skillz, Boston's new centerfielder Ryan Kalish and San Diego's recent MVP-caliber "free resource" are available in most leagues, and few have any idea of how good these guys are. Chris Denorfia hit .286/.356/.558 over the past 30 days, and has 6 steals in just 191 AB. He gets most of his playing time against lefty pitchers, despite whaling on righties (.281/.352/.471 over 273 PA for his career, better in 2010). He's exactly the sort of player who could be used in daily-move leagues against bad pitchers and/or in good hitter's parks. Oddly, he's also hit (much) better at home this season, defying both expected platoon splits, but that shouldn't lead owners to favor him in home games. For example, the Padres are facing Casey Coleman at Wrigley today... if Denorfia is slated to start, that's like landing on "Free Parking", and the soft underbelly of the Cubs bullpen is likely to be a windfall to offensive stats after AAA mediocrity Coleman is KO'd early. Ryan Kalish had the third-best Davenport Translation among players with 150+ AB (.254 Tav – DT's are notoriously rough on AA players), and his DT was .278/.338/.451 (.277 Tav) in AAA for his 144 AB there. As with Lorenzo Cain, he's a great athlete who was formerly hyped and is having a great season, yet isn't being considered as a strong option due to minor league stats below expectations in previous years. At 22 years old, he's probably not to be expected to be a big mixed-league factor immediately, though he was 25-3 in stolen base attempts in just 343 PA in the minors this year. Travis Snider has mentioned at the break, and it's hard to stomach picking up a guy who is coming off a .095/.095/.095 week, continuing a disappointing season. But he's so powerful that there's always the chance that he'll break out of his slump with something crazy, such as a 5-homer week. Certainly not for the faint of heart – or the team in need of batting average. What's New? Um, nothing? It's impossible to fully endorse any of the low-ownership players this week as "Value Picks" going forward. David Murphy has been added, though he's already surpassed the usual threshold of ownership percentage. He's a great play as long as Nelson Cruz is hurt, then he resumes his prior status as a good 4th outfielder.
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Errant Scraps is a take on my last name. This blog is mostly about my scrapbooking and crafting journey, with a random side story of a recipe gone bad or an errant toddler thrown in for good measure.
That card is just too cute! I absolutely love it. The vase is awesome, too. I love looking at jars and things and think that whatever I put in them will be all the color and pop that it needs mostly because I have no idea how to spray paint evenly or alter glass really. This is such a clever way because you can't screw it up...easy to just pull the tape right off! Thanks for sharing!


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- Use Scout to search by author. This usually works best when you don't place the author's name in quotation marks, since authors' names can be listed in many different ways (William Faulkner; Faulkner, William; William Cuthbert Faulkner; William C. Faulkner, etc.).
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My baby's innocent look :)
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Saroj Swain gave props (12 Apr 2013):
Sherif !! Your baby is really having innocent look but I am sure she will be a good person, kind, helpful and full of mercy. God bless her....
Sherif M. Osman said (13 Apr 2013):
Thanks a lot Saroj....GOD bless you and your family too :)


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Met with Dr. Gardiner this morning and her shared some pictures.
The area within the circle should be all white. This is the top of my collar bone where I was feeling the pain. I had word the tendons down to nothing.
The area within the circle in this picture is what it should have looked like. This is another tendon that is connected to my bicep that is just fine.
This shows a healthy rotator cuff tendon where he wrote the name of it on the picture, but down below is another one where you can see it is all frayed and not a solid structure. That is the one he fixed.
See how frayed it is. All that grinding over and over was tearing it up.
He said I was the youngest person he's ever done both shoulders on. I held my tongue, but I wanted to say, "Yeah, and nobody you've seen has swam over 5,000 miles in their lifetime either."
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Nick Diaz on GSP-Hendricks, Returning to the Ring, Michael Bisping, and More
By Brendhan Conlan on November 12, 2013
Who does Diaz favor in Saturday night's showdown?
"I think Georges St. Pierre will win that fight. I watched Hendricks and Condit and I wasn't that impressed with Hendricks. I think Georges should win with strikes rather than a wrestling match."
Diaz is still after a rematch with St-Pierre:
"They are talking about there's nobody to fight him after this. I'll make a joke out of that real quick - I think there's nobody on my level really. I don't want to name names but that's how I feel. So I feel like if the fans want to see me fight…"
Would Diaz fight Michael Bisping if given the chance?
"I don't see (Bisping) being a really big fight like this one fight I'm thinking I could have at welterweight. And he's been getting knocked out a bunch lately so I'm like, let's wait until I start getting knocked out too. I can't afford to be getting knocked out [at middleweight] right now. Let's wait until my late 30s or something! [laughs]"
Diaz could be convinced to return to fighting with the right incentives:
"Well we could negotiate. I am a pretty big draw. So we would have to negotiate a pretty decent amount of pay and a pretty decent amount from the pay-per-view. I'm talking like three to five dollars [per PPV unit sold] the same as these other important fighters are getting, because I am out there putting on a show. Some of those guys are making way more money than what my contract is worth. I'm not making a fraction of it. And I don't want you to think I am just regurgitating some [rumors] here. I understand what I understand, I hear what I hear. I've had some time off from fighting and some free time to finally start looking at things like this and thinking about it. It's a bit easier for me to learn what's what now."
Diaz has no problem doing press as long as he's compensated for it:
"I am talking about big fights, so I could be really enthusiastic about all that [PR stuff] nowadays. Before I didn't want to talk or do anything extra, because I wasn't getting paid for it. I didn't want to do all these conferences and all this running around on PR and not getting paid for it and its interfering with my training, you know? But if you look at the last two fights I think I started to show more enthusiasm for it. The last one I think I explained myself pretty good."
Does Diaz have a future outside of Mixed Martial Arts?
"I can't make any other money other than fighting. Never have. I had a job once, I was like 15 or 16. Running wires through a building for a construction company, they paid me in cash 'under the table'. I bought myself a four-wheeler. Then I sold it back to the guy I bought it from and I started fighting professionally at 18. Ever since then that's the only way I have made money."
What's the status with Diaz's MMA promotion (WAR MMA) and what has he been up to lately?
"I'm trying to work something out with the team of guys who do it. But to be honest I haven't been really too motivated lately in terms of things to make money. I've been training a lot, training with my brother [Nate] for his fight coming up, and moving house. And before that, just a few months of indecisiveness really. I've been traveling around a little bit. The free time has been good, its different. Now if there's a big fight available… people know where I am."
UFC welterweight Nick Diaz knows all about fighting champion Georges St-Pierre in a heavily-hyped headliner. As such, Stockton's favorite son has some thoughts on how Johny Hendricks will fare against GSP this weekend when they lock horns at UFC 167. Never one to shy away from giving his opinion, the 30-year old spoke to Fighters Only Magazine about the match-up, also offering up his take on a handful of other topics relating to his own future including the possibility of fighting Michael Bisping, how close he actually is to coming back from retirement, and how he plans to make a living outside of the cage. (Photos by USA Today Sports Images)
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darth_irritableView November 12, 2013
Four of those statements show just how delusional Diaz is.
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Richard StaboneView November 12, 2013
He's still bitching about money, and younger bro Nate is taking a swipe at fellow fighters for getting injured.
Meanwhile, the Diaz bros have lost a combined 4 consecutive fights.
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THEGUNNERView November 12, 2013
bisping vs diaz makes more sense than any otheratch up for diaz. diaz vs winner of rory and lawler sounds good.
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AlphaOmegaView November 13, 2013
Can't read anything he said fast enough past the second one, it keeps kicking out to page not found. So all I know is he thinks GSP would win, and that there's nobody on his lvl next for GSP
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JAMES BOND, THE INDEFECTIBLY-tailored British secret agent with a license to kill, celebrates his 25th anniversary as an international film star this year, and the observances will begin Wednesday at 9 P.M., when ABC broadcasts a television special called ''Happy Anniversary 007.'' (A Museum of Modern Art retrospective of Bond films and the newest James Bond film, ''The Living Daylights,'' will follow later this year.) As a literary figure, Bond came into the public eye in the first Ian Fleming account of his exploits, ''Casino Royale,'' in 1953. He had worked his way up to the rank of commander in the Royal Navy before going into the Civil Service, so he would have been about 36 in 1953, making him a spry 70 today. We should only do as well.
The reasons for the success of any project in the entertainment business have always been a mystery wrapped in an enigma concealed within a bafflement to its creators: people who think about little else, talk about nothing else. That the 16 James Bond movies, costing nearly $200 million, should have grown stronger and stronger in audience appeal over 25 years, to earn a total of more than $1 billion - a gross earning power that spanned the admission prices of the early 60's, about 50 cents a ticket, to the admission charges of late 80's, about $6 a ticket - is so far beyond the movie business dreams of glory as to be mind-boggling. There have been ''Rocky's'' and ''Police Academy IV's,'' but could you stand 16 of each of them? The Bond movies have done it to growing acclaim.
Even after 25 years of total acceptance, rival producers - using stories and characters that appear to have been cloned from the Bond sagas - limp home miles behind the original. It seems to me that the elements that made the Bond movies the most successful series of continuing-character films that were essentially the same film are, in order of their importance: (1) the character of Bond, (2) the grotesque fairy-tale awfulness of the villains, (3) the anonymity and mythological sexuality of the women in the stories, (4) the Arabian Nights prodigality and the ingenuity with which the productions are mounted and (5) the swiftness with which the stories unfold, climax mounting upon climax until it is all over before anyone can question what has happened.
Bond is, purely and simply, Galahad with a license to immunity-in-promiscuity, a man with a built-in force field against any conceivable attack, psychical, emotional or physical; a man with an ineffably gifted tailor and a supply of gadgets to melt the heart of the small boy extant in every member of the male half of the audience. Although you and I are like other people, Bond is not. Bond is unkillable and uninfectable - immortal, if you will, because he does his push-ups daily whether he feels like it or not. And Bond is the ultimate anti-authoritarian in the sense that all authority is that which seeks to inhibit one's fantasies, those daydreams of the human spirit that are truly the light at the end of the tunnel.
The utterly heartless villains Bond never fails to vanquish: Le Chiffre, a white-slaver high in the Communist conspiracy; Hugo Drax, who lusted to destroy London with a nuclear rocket; Dr. No, that undersea menace who possessed Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington, who sought to play havoc with U.S. nuclear missiles; Goldfinger, who intended to seize all the gold in Fort Knox; Ernst Stavro Blofeld, as heinous as they make them; Scaramanga, a true rotter and a complete cad, and such harpies as Rosa Klebb and Irma Bunt. All may be said to be two dimensional, in the sense that all nightmares are two dimensional, but we're talking real baaaaad people here and they don't come bigger and badder or - to stay within the rules of mythology - more desperately evil than the villains in the Bond movies.
They all share one weakness, however: at the end of each movie, they are determined to justify themselves and their causes to Bond, giving him just enough time to slip his chains and deliver the POW!
We rarely find that the actresses in the Bond movies have appeared in other movies as tycoons' wives, beatified nuns, dental assistants, back-from-the-future schoolgirls, scheming murderesses or space travelers. Bond's women appear to have been created whole, to come from out of nowhere, and they are always more beautiful and more sexually alluring than those other ''ordinary'' actresses. Yet, after Bond has ravished them, we rarely ever seem to see them on the screen again in other movies. That is really cooperating with the fantasy fiends.
Further, every one of them is as (essentially) helpless without Bond as we would have it in our daydreams. They need us. In ''Goldfinger,'' the lesbian leader of a Peter Pan-ish band of breathtakingly alluring young women abandons the gay view forever and leaps into bed with Bond, saying that she ''had never met a man before.'' Throughout the Bond movies, sexual wish-fulfillment abounds. Kingsley Amis has pointed out that only twice in the 13 novels written by Ian Fleming did Bond fail to seduce the girl who took his fancy. ''I hoped that one day I would kiss a man like that,'' Solitaire says at a very early stage in ''Live and Let Die.'' The entire plot of ''From Russia With Love'' depends on an inexpressively beautiful corporal in the K.G.B. falling so violently in love with Bond's photograph that she will defect to the Western powers, bringing with her an unobtainable decoding machine, demanding only that Bond will come and carry her away the moment she crosses the Communist frontier. After one night of manly love with a heroine named Tracy, Bond is offered a million pounds ($1,620,000) in gold by the girl's father, who is the head of the Corsican Mafia, to marry her. Bond scorns the gold, although he does indeed eventually marry Tracy, but she is killed almost instantly after the ceremony.


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2006 4-Caster Frank's NFL Picks |
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Buccaneers 16 Falcons 6 Last week the Falcons looked like Super Bowl contenders on the road, while the Bucs looked awful at home. That won't matter this week because nobody scares Michael Vick more then the Buccaneers, in fact so afraid Vick is of Pirates he has yet to see any of the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies, while just seeking a bottle of Captain Jack makes him freeze with fright. |
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Bears 24 Lions 3 Last week the Lions defense held the Seahawks without a TD at home, but lost as they only managed two TDs themselves. This week against the Bears, their defense will play strong again, but watch helplessly as the Bears defense scores a TD against the Lions offense, as they lose by three touchdowns. |
Ravens 27 Raiders 0 One team is coming off a home loss in which they were shut out 27-0, the other had a 27-0 road win, now they are reversed and the results will be the same as the Ravens defense has Aaron Brooks, and whoever else the Raiders can find on the ground again and again as Randy Moss begins to let his frustrations boil over. |
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Bengals 27 Browns 20 The Browns won't win this game but they won't go down without a fight, never underestimate excitement in the battle of Ohio. Look for a big game from Carson Palmer again, while the Browns start to rely heavily on Kellen Winslow II, who begins to show his promise. |
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Packers 31 Saints 20 Last year against the Saints at home the Packers played their best game of the year winning 51-3. No way should they be home dogs this year, no matter how bad Brett Favre plays. Look for the old Brett Favre to show some flashes as the Packer win going away again. |
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Colts 45 Texans 20 After the Manning bowl the Colts come home and begin the hunt for the Super Bowl look for Peyton Manning to have a big game as the Texans defense begins to resemble Swiss Cheese. |
Last Week: 6-10 .375 |
Season Total: 6-10 .375 |
Dolphins 38 Bills 17 After a bad 4th Quarter losing to the Steelers in the season opener the Dolphins come home and take advantage of a bad Bills team, with Daunte Culpepper charged up from the home fans to have a big day look for the Dolphins to start rolling up in the 3rd Quarter as they keep it rollin' the rest of the way. |
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Panthers 24 Vikings 10 The Panthers coming off a bad home loss will hit the road and respond like champions as the hammer the Vikings. Look for big games from the Panthers defense as they shut down Brad Johnson, while Keyshawn Johnson has a big game in the place of the injured Steve Smith. |
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49ers 24 Rams 20 The Rams stunned the Broncos at home last week as Jake Plummer looked like Fred the Plummer as the Broncos flushed a game down the toilet, this week they get a cold slap of reality as they leave their unbeaten season in San Francisco, look for another strong game from Alex Smith who seems to have found a go to receiver in rookie TE Vernon Davis. |
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Eagles 23 Giants 17 This should be a close and exciting through out as the Eagles look to take the early drivers seat in the NFC East, look for a big another game from Donovan McNabb as the game goes back and forth and into overtime, where a long bomb to Donte Stallworth will be the ultimate difference. |
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Seahawks 34 Cardinals 10 The Seahawks come home to the home of the 12th man as they raise the banner from their NFC Championship, look for the Seahawks who struggled last week on offense to excel this week as Shaun Alexander explodes for 200 yards and 3 Touchdowns as the Seahawks slam the Cardinals. |
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Broncos 24 Chiefs 10 Even if the Chiefs had Trent Green they would not have a chance in this game, without him it won't even be close as the Broncos looking to bounce back make a big statement as Jake Plummer overcomes early boos to put up a solid game and silence the critics at least for one week. |
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Patriots 17 Jets 13 Last week the Patriots had to sweat one out at home against the Bills, this week on the road against the Jets will not be any easier as former Defensive Coordinator Eric Mangini faces his mentor Bill Bellichick. However, in the end the lack of a running game will doom the Jets as the Patriots come from behind to win again. |
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Chargers 34 Titans 6 The Chargers defense gets another chance to dominate as they face the terrible Titans who took almost 3 full quarters to get anything going last week at home against the Jets. Look for a big day from LaDainian Tomlinson, as the Chargers have the game well in hand at halftime, allowing just 1 TD by Vince Young late in the game. |
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Cowboys 34 Redskins 10 Once upon a time Terrell Owens was reviled in Dallas when he "disrespected the star." Now he wears the star and is the star of the game as the Cowboys win going away against the Redskins who resemble the mess they were in the preseason losing ugly and losing big. |
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Jaguars 17 Steelers 14 With or without Ben Reothlisberger the Jaguars will win this game, as the Steelers won't have crowd on their side this week. Look for the Jaguars defense to pond whoever is in there and if the Steelers are smart it won't be Big Ben who should be given at least one more week to heal especially facing a tough Jaguars defense on the road. |
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strange that what exactly in my games folder
ahh i just need to Relode cach :)
Please Use The Edit Function.
strange that what exactly in my games folder
ahh i just need to Relode cach :)
Please Use The Edit Function.
Sector is not cluster size
MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition/right click your disk/ modify/change cluster size
will show current cluster size is _ sector, _kb is the cluster size
I believe if your hard drive is larger than 500GB you have to use Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced to check: right click your disk/change cluster size/current cluster size:
I use Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced to check my hard drive cluster size and it was 64KB so I change it to 32KB and I did not lose any data and it is very quick.
no, you will not lose any data. I remove the HB stuff kept it on the computer and I left all my games and movies and they all work perfect after I change the cluster size, your partition will be the same just with 32KB cluster size
You can examine the properties of a file on the disk (preferably a very small one made with Notepad) and it's "size on disk" can tell you the cluster size. For instance, this 1 byte file consumes 4KB (4096 bytes) on disk because 4KB (4096 bytes) is the cluster size. If it consumes 32KB (32,768 bytes) on the disk the cluster size is 32KB. If it consumes 64KB (65536 bytes) the cluster size is 64KB.
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Wow candylove, that's a really impressive way to test it.
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Branching fire coralMillepora alcicornisLinnaeus, 1758Description:Colonies form multiple branched structures. Branches generally cylindrical. Most commonly branched in a single plane, but occasionally in all directions. Often encrust and overgrow gorgonian colonies, taking on their shape. Colony up to 50 cm. The surface is smooth, covered with minute pores within which the polyps live. When the tiny polyps protrude, they appear as short, fine hairs.Color:Brown to light creamy yellow, with white branch tips.Habitat:Inhabit all marine environments and is the only fire coral that commonly grows deeper than 10 m. Distributed from 1 to 40 m depth.Distribution:Abundant to common Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.Remarks:Contact with a live colony may cause severe burning sensations due to toxins injected by the nematocysts.
Kingdom AnimaliaPhylum CnidariaClass HydrozoaOrder MilliporinaGenus MilleporaSpecies Millepora alcicornis
Status in World Register of Marine SpeciesAccepted name: Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Scientific synonyms and common namesBranching fire coral [English]Vertakt brandkoraal [Dutch]Corail de feu ramifié [French]Verzweigte Feuerkoralle [German]Brantkoral (Branching fire coral) [Papiamentu]
Humann, P., 1993. Reef Coral Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.
Roos, P.J., 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands, 130.
Voss, G.L., 1976. Seashore life of Florida and the Carribbean. Banyan Books, Inc. Miami, Florida.
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Last week I spent three days at CasualConnect in San Francisco showing Escape Goat 2, as part of their amazing Indie Prize event. Free demo space, lunches, snacks, and an open bar every day! I felt like royalty. I wish I had time to play more games and see more of the show, but I was pretty committed to demoing Escape Goat 2 the whole time. I hardly left my table during show hours.
The most common question I got was "So is this coming to mobile?" which has a lot to do with it being CasualConnect. Being a paid-up-front, download game on PC, I was definitely a fringe title for the event. I resisted the urge to give a flat "no" to the mobile port question, and instead explain how the game would need to be redesigned for touch input, and with a direct port it just wouldn't be a high quality game. (Imagine: Virtual D-Pad) Pretty much everyone got it when I put it that way. Each platform has a cost of porting, and I have a limited amount of time… it comes down to prioritization.
The priority is a basic equation: Potential revenue divided by hours of work.
It's tricky because both of these numbers are guesses. For something like Wii-U, I doubt I could even get in the ballpark for either figure, so I'd have to do more research. For Xbox Live Indie Games, I have already released three games there, so I have a much clearer picture.
1. Potential Revenue
For potential revenue, I could look at how much each of my games made in their first year. I wish I had kept all the reports, because I can only download the most recent ones. But from the data I managed to revive, here are some estimates:
Game | Launch | First year revenue |
Soulcaster | March 2010 | $8,000 |
Soulcaster II | December 2010 | $4,500 |
Escape Goat | November 2011 | $4,000 |
A lot of people are shocked when I tell them these figures. But that's just XBLIG, only certain types of games really make viable revenue there. And as you can see, the trend is–though my games are getting objectively better–they make a little less money each time. It's probably that the marketplace is getting more more crowded with high quality titles.
Compare those figures to what I made when these games launched on PC, in the Indie Royale bundle:
Game | Launch | Bundle Revenue |
Soulcaster I & II | February 2012 | $17,000 |
Escape Goat | June 2012 | $15,000 |
This graph illustrates my 2012 revenue breakdown:
There's a chance Escape Goat 2, with its higher production value, will make more money than any of my other games on XBLIG. Very true! There's also a chance that when the Xbox One comes out, Microsoft puts the 360 into the federal witness protection program, like they did with the Xbox when the 360 came out. Maybe the One will have a great self publishing deal–I'm keen to learn more about this in the coming months. But my future is not with the 360.
On the subject of revenue, there's also the issue of pricing. Do I really offer my $10 PC game on XBLIG for just $1? I bet it would make more money there, but does this help me in the long run on other platforms?
2. Cost of Porting
The other variable in the equation is the time it will take to port. Now being built from the Escape Goat code base, EG2 should be ready to rock on the 360, right? Not really. The new lighting engine required a new renderer, so we're not 100% organic XNA anymore. It could take a couple weeks to get the code to compile for 360, not to mention time spent on optimization. The file system needs to change to use storage devices. I have to remove every instance of default paramters. I've got to do Evil Checklist testing, go through playtest and peer review. It could easily be a month-long project, and yield a separate code base in need of maintenance.
Escape Goat 2 has been chartered to make money. If I'm going to do this indie thing full time, I have to pick my battles wisely. I have a lot of fans on Xbox who don't have a PC, or prefer to game on console (just like me!) and it bums me out that I have to snub them this time around. I wish it wasn't like this, and I hope in reading this article you can see what went into the decision to avoid XBLIG.
The Future
But just so this article isn't a total bummer, let me close by saying that Escape Goat 2 really works best as a console game, and it will be on a console. Couch and controller. I will be in contact with Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft later this year to see what it'll take to port and publish on Wii-U, PS4 and Xbox One. I hope to see you guys on one of those systems. I owe my indie career to XBLIG, and it will always be special to me.
I'll see you on the PC in September, and we'll take it from there as opportunities come up.


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Cabanas on the beach in Venice.
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Eupatorium fistulosum (Joe Pye Weed) is a butterfly magnet, this tall growing plant with huge, pink flat-topped flower clusters flowers in late summer. The largest of all the Joe Pye species, the plant is native to wet meadows of the eastern US thriving in moist soil with full sun. USDA zones 4-9SKU | HAS4LPK |
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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Romance Love Story:
One day, A girl asked a boy if she was pretty, he answered "No". She asked him if he wanted to be with her forever or not, he answered "No". Then she asked him whether he would cry if she walked away, he answered "No". She had heard enough; she needed to leave.
When she walked away, he grabbed her arm and told her to stay. He said "You are not pretty, you are beautiful. I do not want to be with you forever, I have to be with you forever. And I would not cry if you run away, I would die."
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Romatic Love Story
What is Love ?
(a girl and guy were speeding over 100 mph on a motor bike)
A Girl: Slow down. I'm scared.
A Boy: No this is fun.
Girl : No it is not. Please, it's too scary!
Boy : Then tell me that you love me.
Girl: Fine, I love you. Slow down!
Boy : Now give me a big kiss. (Girl kiss him)
Boy : Can you take my helmet off and put it on? It's bugging me.
On next day newspaper: A motorcycle had crashed into a building because of break failure. One couple were on the motorcycle, but only one girl survived. The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his breaks broke, but he did not want to let the girl know. Instead, he let her say she loved him, felt her hug one last time, then had her wear his helmet so she would live even though it meant he would die.
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Number of Catholics, priests, bishops and deacons all increased in 2009, but number of female religious declined
The number of Catholics, deacons, priests, bishops and dioceses all increased in 2009, while the number of women in religious orders continued to decline, according to Vatican statistics.
At the end of 2009, the worldwide Catholic population increased by 15 million or 1.3 per cent, slightly outpacing the global population growth rate, which was estimated at 1.1 per cent, according to a statement by the Vatican press office.
The statement reported a handful of the statistics contained in the 2011 "Annuario Pontificio", a yearbook containing information about every Vatican office, every cardinal and bishop, every diocese and religious order in the world.
Officials of the Vatican Secretariat of State and its Central Office of Church Statistics presented the first copy of the 2011 yearbook to Pope Benedict XVI during an audience on Saturday.
The Vatican statement said that in the calendar year 2010, Pope Benedict established 10 new dioceses, bringing to 2,956 the number of dioceses and Church jurisdictions in the world.
The more detailed statistics in the yearbook refer to the situation reported by dioceses and religious orders as of December 31, 2009.
The number of Catholics reported was about 1.18 billion, the Vatican said, which was up 15 million from the 1.16 billion reported a year earlier.
While only 13.6 per cent of the world's people live in the Americas, 49.4 percent of all Catholics live there, the Vatican said.
The Vatican said the number of bishops in the world increased to 5,065 from 5,002; the number of priests went from 405,178 to 410,593, increasing everywhere except Europe.
The number of permanent deacons reported – 38,155 – was an increase of more than 1,000 over the previous year; 98 per cent of the world's permanent deacons live in the Americas or in Europe, it said.
The number of women in religious orders fell by almost 10,000 in 2009, despite increases in their numbers in Asia and Africa, the Vatican said. At the end of the year, Catholic women's orders had 729,371 members.


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In a positive sign for struggling countries in Europe, Ireland has emerged from the emergency economic assistance it received from the European Union and International Monetary Fund in 2010.
Under the terms of its bailout, Ireland agreed to raise taxes and slash spending to restore its finances. The small country, which is home to 4.6 million people, complied with the terms of its sovereign bailout and has seen its unemployment rate drop below 13% in 2013, down from 15.1% last year. The Irish economy is now expected to see 2% growth in 2014, Reuters notes.
Ireland's finance minster noted that the end of the bailout was a "very significant milestone" on the country's continuing recovery. He said Ireland had to maintain fiscal discipline, though some tax cuts could be considered over the next few years.
Earlier this year, Ireland successfully issued more debt, leaving it with $30 billion in cash. The country is poised to lower its national debt from 124% of GDP this year to 116% of GDP next year.
Three years ago, Ireland fell into serious financial trouble after a government plan to bailout its own banks caused its national debt to balloon.
Portugal is expected to emerge from its bailout next year. But Spain continues to struggle with debt issues and Greece's remains mired in a stark economic downturn.


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The calendar says autumn, but it looks like winter to me. November 2010. (© Lise Utne).
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Beautiful lavendar sky....
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again...burrrrrrrrrrr, it's a T-pee! Cool photo.
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The color is amazing.
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T-pee in Norway? T-pee in a backyard? Hu, the times are changing...
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Wonderful! Beautifully silent atmosphere -- and inescapable, heavy
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Buffalo robes! Wonderful image.
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And the hits just keep on comin'.
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Shannon's post a couple of weeks ago about Febreze behind the toilet reminded me of a tip that I wanted to pass along - and then I promptly forgot about it. But, I finally remembered it!
I have two guys in the house. One manages to do mostly okay, but the other misses to the side a lot. The side where the garbage can sits. This can get QUITE messy, as you can imagine, with, um, "stuff" puddling under the edges of the can.
My solution is to place one folded section of newspaper under the can. This soaks up all the drips, and I can just change it out - carefully, of course! - every few days. Then I don't have stuff dried into the floor. Cleanup of the floor is much easier.
That's my tip for this week! Be sure to check out Shannon's blog for more GREAT tips this week!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Works For Me Wednesday: Preventing Pee Puddles
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That sounds like it would be very helpful in the kids bathroom here! LOL
- August 29, 2007 at 8:45 PM
- Michelle Finsand-Peacock said...
If your guys are old enough (sorry, just found your blog), give this a try: tell them that if you find any pee on our outside of the toilet they have to clean up the mess. If you know who it is for sure, that person cleans it up. If you don't know who did it, all possible culprits clean the toilet, one after the other. This not only worked wonders on my 2 boys, it even worked for my nephews when they spent the night!
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Blue Carpet Beauties: Top 5 Looks from the 2013 Billboard Music Awards
Celebrities brought the style heat to the 2013 Billboard Awards' blue carpet on Sunday (May 19).
A-listers turned out to the star-studded affair donning everything from body-bearing dresses with sexy cutouts and slits to mega-glam frocks boasting ball gown silhouettes.
We were pleasantly pleased with the majority of wardrobe choices (for once) from last night's show; however, there are five in particular that had our jaws dropping from pure sartorial satisfaction.
Taylor Swift: Taylor, we hope you're never, ever, ever breaking up with your stylist! The country songstress turned up to the event in a blue sequin mini dress by Zuhair Murad. The best part? The frock's sultry cutouts and sheer back panel.
Emmy Rossum: Zuhair Murad did it again with Emmy's killer black illusion gown. Prior to the show Rossum nervously tweeted about her outfit, writing, " It's velvet, hopefully I don't melt in the Vegas heat!" Well, girlfriend, you may not have melted, but you sure were haute!
Jennifer Lopez: She's always a sight to be seen, and J.Lo surely didn't disappoint in her gold Zuhair Murad dress! (It's safe to say she took the plunge with her daring neckline.) Lopez complemented her award-winning look with a pair of Christian Louboutin heels and Le Vian jewels.
Selena Gomez: The brunette beauty donned a white Atelier Versace dress with eye-popping neon piping and body-hugging accent. Basically, we hope you took notes ladies, because this is how you do fun and flirty.
Miley Cyrus: Miley's fashion choices had been giving us a sartorial headache as of late, but her latest red carpet pick has her back in our best-dressed category. The 20-year-old rocker was flawless in a black and white Balmain jumpsuit and Givenchy shoes. Um, obsessed!
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