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1. Cycling within the largest National Park in Portugal
2. Typical villages, its habits and traditions
3. The highest and one of the most typical villages in Portugal
4. Castles and remote santuaries
5. Roman monuments and many other ancient evidences
6. Cycling on the border and crossing to Spain at the highest border point
7. The delicious food and wine typical from the region
8. Breathtaking landscape
9. The Natural Park of Xures (Spain)
10. Unspoiled Nature to be discovered
This is a gorgeous region and it is one of the most well preserved regions in Portugal still maintaining many Portuguese ancient traditions and the small and traditional villages made of granitic stones. The luxuriant vegetation completes this awesome scenario.
The tour starts in a small village called Casas Novas (near Chaves) where we can see several manor houses dated from the 17th and 18th centuries. We cycle along the river banks and the dam, and our way leads us to Vilarinho de Negroes, one of the most picturesque villages in the region and then to Montalegre, famous for its castle and its witch nights.
We go on cycling along traditional villages within the amazing luxuriant landscape of oak trees. Pitões das Junias, the highest village in Portugal, is a place to visit because of the breathtaking landscape around, its traditions and its people.
We cross the border to Spain at 1213m high and we cycle within the Natural Park of Xurès and visit some of its villages.
Our day without cycling is spent at a thermal hotel where you can relax or you can opt to take a scenic drive on the mountains that will take you to walk along the most well-preserved Roman road in Portugal, the Roman Military Road XVIII (Geira) which originally extended itself from Braga (Minho) to Astorga (Spain) and contains 250 milestones, used by the roman soldiers to measure the distances.
Our tour goes on to Peneda Hills and Castro Laboreiro where we can admire the walls of the old castle dated from the 11th century and located on the top of a granitic mountain and its Roman bridge.
We cross a forest of cedars and birch-trees which leads us to the Sanctuary of Senhora da Peneda. The landscape is amazing and the winding mountain roads take us to Lima valley and the land of Vinho Verde, the typical wine of this region.
We cycle along the river Lima to Ponte de Lima, admiring an astonishing view and luxuriant vegetation. Ponte de Lima is a beautiful small town whose name derives from the bridge (ponte) which was the only safe way to cross Lima river in the Middle Ages.
Day 1 Arrival �' Welcome at Porto (or Lisbon) airport. 1H30 drive to Chaves. Briefing about the tour followed by dinner. Lodging in a Rural 4* Hotel whose building is dated from the 18th century.
Day 2 Lakes and Castles �' 59km (37mi), 1080m ascent, level 3.
After breakfast we cycle around the mountains within fields under different crops. We follow the banks of the dam and have our picnic near the water and continue to Montalegre with its beautiful castle. Dinner with the group. Lodging in a 4* hotel which was recently renovated and whose building was once the jailhouse.
Day 3 Crossing the border to Spain �' 69km (43mi), 1090m ascent, level 4.
After breakfast we cycle towards several typical villages surrounded by lime fields and windmills. The highest village in Portugal, Pitões das Junias, is the place for our picnic. Then we cross the border to Spain and continue cycling within beautiful sceneries and lost villages. Dinner with the group. Lodging in a 4* Thermal Hotel located in a paradise-like environment.
Day 4 Peneda Gerês National Park �' FREE DAY.
After breakfast you can walk around and go to a beautiful waterfall or you can have a relaxing massage or a revigorating swim in the thermal pool. Dinner with the group. Lodging in the same hotel as the day before.
Day 5 The Quiet Villages on the Plateau �' 47km (29mi), 1150m ascent, level 5.
After breakfast we cycle to Castro Laboreiro; this place is known for its castle and its breed of dogs. The views are amazing: there are huge rocks everywhere, many oak trees. We cross a forest of cedars and birch-trees. Picnic on the way. Dinner with the group. Lodging in a 3* beautiful hotel which was once a lodging-house for pilgrims.
Day 6 The rural life in the valleys �' 61km (38mi), 950m ascent, level 3.
After breakfast we cycle towards Peneda Hills and we can admire an amazing view. After the picnic we cycle to Lima valley where we find a different landscape: we are in the land of Vinho Verde (wine of the region). Dinner with the group. Lodging in a new 4* hotel overlooking Lima river and very near to the historic center.
Day 7 Departure �' After breakfast we drive 0H45 to the airport. Farewell at Porto (or Lisbon) airport.
Technical Data
Type: Road bike tour
Class: LANDSCAPE TOUR
Version: Guided and Self-Guided
Region of Portugal: Minho and North of Portugal
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights / 4 days cycling /
1 day rest
Begin: Chaves (Minho)
End: Ponte de Lima (Minho)
Difficulty level (1-5): 1 2 3 4 5
Advanced. You are fit and in good shape
Distance: 236km (147mi)
Average: 59km/day (37mi/day)
Trails: 100% asphalt
- 7-day Road Bike Tour with a Guide (*)
- Transfers from and to Oporto/Lisbon Airport
- Accommodations (6 nights): five 4* hotels and one 3* hotel. Double bedroom occupancy.
- 6 Breakfasts
- 4 nourishing and energetic picnics (*)
- 6 Dinners (including our famous wines, our amazing cheeses and lovely desserts) (*)
- Daily energy-bars and water (*)
- Luggage transport from Hotel to Hotel
- Documentation about PortugalBike Tour
- Personal Accident Insurance and Liability Insurance.
- First-Aid assistance on location (*)
- Techno-Mechanical Assistance (*)
- Permanent Backup Vehicle (*)
- Free day: Scenic transfer on the National Park and Guided walk on a Roman way. (*)
- Free day: Walking tour option for the Self-Guided version.
(*) Not included in Self-Guided Tours
ROAD RACE BIKE: BH L41 Carbon Spirit Ultegra
Frame: Carbon fiber
Fork: Carbon fiber
Brakes: Shimano Ultegra
Gears: Shimano Ultegra/105, 30 Speeds
Pedals: Normal (with cages or not), Shimano SPD or Look Keo Classic
Tires: Road, 700x23
Weight: 9,2kg
Other: Man or woman seat, frame triangle bag, seat bag.
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2. The Quiet Villages on the Mountains: Enjoy this four-day road bike tour within the luxuriant landscape in the largest National Park in Portugal.
3. This tour takes place in the north of Portugal to avoid the heat on summer time.
4. If you wish a different date, ask us for prices and availability.
5. If you wish to rent a bicycle for this Tour add Euro 80.
6. You can change your Road Race Bike: on Road bike tours you can also opt for riding a Hybrid Bike, if you prefer.
7. E-Bikes - Don't feel bad for being the last one: you can also opt for riding an electric-bicycle. See more info here.
8. Prices per Person, double bedroom occupancy, usually 4* Historic Hotels.
9. Groups: Discount for Groups with 4 or more people.
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1. We're poorer than our parents were at our age
Few people have been through as many economic ups and downs as the members of Generation X. Born between 1965 and 1980, any entered the workforce during the boom years of the Clinton administration—but then along came 9/11 and, a few years later, the Great Recession.
Over the last two decades, Americans born during the Depression and World War II—known as "The Silent Generation"—have been shedding debt, while boomers and Generation X have been accumulating it. As of 2010, Generation X's assets were only double their debts, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Silent Generation's asset levels were 27 times higher than their debts, while older boomers' assets were about four times higher.
"In the U.S. the expectation is that every generation does better than the last one, but that has not been the case for Generation X," says Signe-Mary McKernan, senior fellow and economist at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on social and economic policy. "Xers have less wealth than their parents at their age did 25 years ago."
Starting life with higher student-debt loads than boomers did also made it harder for Gen Xers to get financially established, experts say (though, to be sure, millennials are shouldering even more student debt than Xers).
One bright spot: Adjusted for inflation, the median family income for Xers when they were aged 26 to 40 is $71,100, versus $63,100 for their parents at that age, according to Pew. Given their age, they still have a robust earning potential. "They are arguably better educated than any generation before them—43% graduated from college," write the authors of a 2013 report on Gen Xers carried out by GfK Custom Research North America for MetLife. "They have significant staying power."
See also: 10 things baby boomers won't tell you.


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The magistrates commission has the following responsibilities under the statutes of Idaho:
- Make recommendations concerning the number and location of magistrate judges within the judicial district (subject to funding appropriates by the legislature);
- Appoint magistrate judges within the judicial district on a non-partisan, merit basis; and
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The determinations, appointments, and recommendations of the commission made under the first two subsections above are subject to disapproval by a majority of the district judges in the district within a 30-day period after written notice to the district judges of the commission's actions, unless such time period is extended for good cause by the Supreme Court.
Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Office
As general qualifications, each member of the magistrates commission must be over the age of 18, of good moral character, a United States citizen, and a resident of the state of Idaho and the particular judicial district for which the magistrates commission is assigned.
The magistrates commission consists of the following:
- The administrative district judge of the particular district serves as the chair of the commission and has full voting rights on all matters to come before the commission. The administrative district judge may designate another district judge in the district to serve on the magistrates commission;
- The chair of the board of the county commissioners for each county in the district (or other member of the board designated by the chair);
- Mayor of three municipalities within the district. One of the three municipalities must be of a population over 10,000;
- Two qualified electors appointed by the governor of the state of Idaho;
- Two attorneys appointed by the Idaho State Bar; and
- One magistrate judge appointed by the administrative district judge.
The attorney members of the commission serve two-year terms up to a total of six years. All other members serve six-year terms and may succeed themselves, except the terms of the county commissioners and mayors end when they cease to be mayors or county commissioners.
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- All voting members: death, resignation, or member moving outside of the county or district.
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- County Commission members: the disqualification in 1 above and loss of official status.
- Mayor members: the disqualification of 1 above and loss of official status.
- Attorney members: the disqualification of 1 above and suspension or disbarment from the practice of law. A temporary vacancy for an attorney member may be created if the attorney member and an applicant are currently practicing in the same firm or were engaged in the practice of law as partners.
NOTE: Except for resignation or death, all members continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualify.


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1. "Call us Farm Stand Inc."
Ah, the old farm stand, that seasonal roadside wellspring of sweet, ready-to-be-shucked corn, crisp and juicy apples or jugs of real maple syrup. But that humble stand has now become big business—in more ways than one. Spurred by the "eat local" movement, consumers are flocking to stands connected to family farms (and those farms account for fully 96% of the 2.2 million farms in the U.S.). And they're also flocking to farmers' markets — in fact, this is National Farmers Market Week. No less an authority than the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the trend of selling directly to consumers "an important new opportunity for small and beginning farmers and ranchers to become financially secure."
But it's not just the farm-stand movement as a whole that's gaining ground. Individual stands are also thinking big, with many morphing into year-round, full-scale enterprises—like supermarkets in touristy packaging. Such "stands," which can have annual sales in the millions of dollars, offer everything from souvenirs to prepared meals. At the Avila Valley Barn in San Luis Obispo, Calif., for example, raspberries and blackberries share space with packaged gourmet goods, bakeware, barbecue accessories, cookbooks and even educational toys.
For some eat-local purists and old-school farmers, there's nothing simple about this. They argue that the bigger-is-better thinking can go against the connect-with-the-soil spirit of the classic stand. "It's very off-putting to see a farm stand without very much 'farm' to it," says Sara Trunzo, a project manager with the Maine Farmland Trust. But stand operators counter that consumers are voting with their dollars—if they didn't like what was happening, they wouldn't be buying. Plus, in an age of $100 theme park tickets, stand operators say they offer family fun at a relatively low cost. At the Avila Valley Barn, the hay rides are just a dollar.
This story was updated on August 3, 2015.


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The symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa range from mild to severe.
It causes a mixture of red boil-like lumps, blackheads, cysts, scarring and channels in the skin that leak pus.
Hidradenitis suppurativa on dark skin
The condition tends to start with a firm pea-sized lesion that develops in one place. This will either disappear or rupture and ooze pus after a few hours or days.
New lumps will then often develop in an area nearby. If these aren't controlled with medication, larger lumps may develop and spread. Narrow channels called sinus tracts also form under the skin that break out on the surface and leak pus.
Hidradenitis suppurativa is very painful. The lumps develop on the skin in the following areas:
- around the groin and genitals
- in the armpits
- on the buttocks and around the anus (back passage)
- below the breasts
The abscesses may also spread to the nape of the neck, waistband and inner thighs. Other isolated areas that have been known to be affected include the front or back of the legs, the sides, the back area and even the face.
Some of the lumps may become infected with bacteria, causing a secondary infection that will need to be treated with antibiotics (see below).
Many people with hidradenitis suppurativa also develop a pilonidal sinus, which is a small hole or "tunnel" in the skin.
What causes hidradenitis suppurativa?
The exact cause of hidradenitis suppurativa is unclear, but the lumps develop as a result of blocked hair follicles.
Smoking and obesity are both strongly associated with hidradenitis suppurativa, and if you're obese and/or smoke it's likely to make your symptoms worse.
Hidradenitis suppurativa usually starts around puberty, but it can occur at any age. It's less common before puberty and after the menopause, which may suggest that the sex hormones play a part. Many people with the condition also have acne and hirsutism (excessive hair growth).
In rare cases, hidradenitis suppurativa may be linked to Crohn's disease, particularly if it develops around the groin area and the skin near the anus. Crohn's disease is a long-term condition that causes the lining of the digestive system to become inflamed.
Hidradenitis suppurativa runs in families in about a third of all cases. It's not infectious and isn't linked to poor hygiene.
Diagnosing hidradenitis suppurativa
There's no definitive test to help diagnose hidradenitis suppurativa.
Your GP will examine the affected areas of skin, and they may take a swab of an infected area. This can be helpful in making a diagnosis because the condition isn't usually associated with the presence of bacteria that cause skin infections.
Hidradenitis suppurativa could potentially be mistaken for acne or folliculitis (inflammation of the hair follicles).
Treating hidradenitis suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a lifelong, recurring condition that requires constant management and is often difficult to manage.
It's important to try to recognise and diagnose the condition in its early stages and prevent it getting worse.
Treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa will be tailored to the individual. In the early stages, it may be controlled with medication. Surgery may be required in severe or persistent cases. The treatments are outlined below.
If you have lumps that are particularly painful, inflamed and oozing pus, you may be prescribed a one or two week course of antibiotic tablets, as you may have an infection. However, in hidradenitis suppurativa, a secondary bacterial infection isn't that common, so it's best if a swab of the affected area is taken.
If bacterial infection isn't present, low-dose antibiotics (usually tetracycline) may be used as a suppressive treatment (to prevent inflammation). This longer course of antibiotics will last at least three months, with the aim being to reduce the number of lumps that develop.
Topical antibiotics, such as clindamycin 1% used daily on affected areas can also sometimes help. Oral antibiotics (tablets, capsules or a liquid that you drink) include erythromycin, tetracycline, lymecycline and doxycycline, alongside a number of other options.
In severe cases of hidradenitis suppurativa, a combination of clindamycin and rifampicin can be effective, but these antibiotics are usually prescribed by dermatologists rather than GPs.
Antiseptic washes, such as 4% chlorhexidine, applied daily to affected areas are often prescribed alongside other treatments.
Retinoids, such as isotretinoin and acitretin, are vitamin-A based medications. They're not as effective for treating hidradenitis suppurativa as they are for treating acne, but they may help some people.
Retinoids are always prescribed by dermatologists. They must be used with caution and can't be taken during pregnancy.
Women whose hidradenitis suppurativa flares up before their period may benefit from taking the combined contraceptive pill.
Immunosuppressive treatments (Infliximab and adalimumab)
In very severe cases of hidradenitis suppurativa, treatments that suppress the immune system, such as adalimumab (a biological therapy) can be useful.
However, there are risks associated with suppressing the immune system, so they're usually only prescribed by a dermatologist if other treatments don't work.
Infliximab and adalimumab are immunosuppressive treatments that are given by injection at regular intervals either at home or in hospital.
Rarely, you may be prescribed a corticosteroid, such as prednisolone, to reduce severely inflamed skin. Corticosteroids can be taken as tablets, or you may have an injection directly into affected skin.
Possible side effects of corticosteroids include weight gain, poor sleep and mood swings.
Read more about the side effects of corticosteroids.
Surgery may be considered in cases where hidradenitis suppurativa can't be controlled with medication.
Lifestyle advice
If you have hidradenitis suppurativa you should:
- lose any excess weight
- stop smoking, if you smoke
- use an antiseptic skin wash or antiseptic soap – this may be prescribed alongside other treatment (see above)
- hold a warm flannel on the lumps to encourage the pus to drain
- wear loose-fitting clothes
- avoid shaving affected skin and avoid wearing perfume or perfumed deodorants in the affected areas
Although hidradenitis suppurativa can persist for many years, if it's diagnosed early the symptoms can be improved with treatment.
However, the condition can have a significant impact on a person's everyday life. Having to regularly change dressings and constantly live with the pain, discomfort and embarrassment of the symptoms can affect your quality of life and lead to depression.
Speak to your GP if you're having problems coping. Charities, such as The Hidradenitis Suppurativa Trust, can also provide help support.


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This July, do the time warp and fast forward to the year 2061 as Marvel celebrates the upcoming 100th Anniversary of some of its greatest characters in this new head-spinning limited series! Today, Marvel Comics is proud to present your first look at the 100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - FANTASTIC FOUR #1, from fan favorite creators Jen Van Meter & Joanna Estep.
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News | August 3, 2011
Juno Jupiter Mission to Carry Plaque Dedicated to Galileo
PASADENA, Calif. -- A plaque dedicated to the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei will be carried to Jupiter aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The launch period for Juno opens Aug. 5, 2011, and extends through Aug. 26. For an Aug. 5 liftoff, the launch window opens at 8:34 a.m. PDT (11:34 a.m. EDT) and remains open through 9:43 a.m. PDT (12:43 p.m. EDT).
Among his many achievements, Galileo Galilei discovered that moons orbited Jupiter in 1610. These satellites -- Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto -- are also known as the Galilean moons.
An image of the plaque is online at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/multimedia/galileo20110803.html .
The plaque, which was provided by the Italian Space Agency, measures 2.8 by 2 inches (71 by 51 millimeters), is made of flight-grade aluminum and weighs six grams (0.2 ounces). It was bonded to Juno's propulsion bay with a spacecraft-grade epoxy. The graphic on the plaque depicts a self-portrait of Galileo. It also includes -- in Galileo's own hand -- a passage he made in 1610 of observations of Jupiter, archived in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence.
Galileo's text included on the plaque reads as follows: "On the 11th it was in this formation -- and the star closest to Jupiter was half the size than the other and very close to the other so that during the previous nights all of the three observed stars looked of the same dimension and among them equally afar; so that it is evident that around Jupiter there are three moving stars invisible till this time to everyone."
Juno is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Italian Space Agency in Rome is contributing an infrared spectrometer instrument and a portion of the radio science experiment. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
More information about Juno is online at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu . You can follow the mission on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nasajuno .
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True. I am not up-to-date. But, from what I have seen, there have been no improvements in descriptive grammar that make diagramming any better or more fun. Reed-Kellogg is amazingly complete that way. Within that system, "that" as a function word is diagrammed differently from coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, or "transitional adverbs", for that matter. But, regardless of what you choose to call "that", I keep returning to the start of this thread which asked about diagramming. Probably within other systems of diagramming this "that" can be treated much as a conjunction.
"Preposition" within Reed-Kellogg is a word that begins a prepositional phrase, not one that begins a subordinate clause, and that matters greatly within the diagram of a sentence.
The difference between the British terms and the traditional American terms is virtually always present within this forum. Perhaps that is what is going on.
But... the diagram?
Perhaps I will diagram this sentence as a short video on my Youtube channel. I should probably do that. Reed-Kellogg diagramming is awkward and a chore on a computer, but a joy on a blackboard
Thanks, 5jj. (Typo -- in the diagram the category for "able to do it" should be AdjP, not VP.)
Very nicely done. Thanks.
Today at some point I will diagram the sentence on Youtube. I will alert this forum when I have uploaded it.
A very great difference between your system and Reed-Kellogg is all of the labeling. In R-K there is none. Everything is shown by the lines and the position of the parts. No doubt that is one of the reasons for its former great popularity. If you are unfamiliar with it, you may find it interesting. The sentence is very quickly done, once the syntax has been figured out, which, I believe is actually quite tricky because of the passive voice and the objective complement.
Here is the link which will show you the Reed-Kellogg version of the sentence:


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Born October 24, 1996
Birth year was changed to October 24, 1988 in June 2005
Graduated from high school on June 9, 2005
Singer with a Latin Band
Former business escort for Nikolas Cassadine
Former singer at the Metro Court
Former student
Formerly Wyndemere Castle, Spoon Island
Formerly 324 Wharf Street Apt 4A, Port Charles, New York
Formerly Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Formerly 324 Harborview Road, Quartermaine Gatehouse
Formerly with Georgie Jones at the Scorpios' house
Formerly in Bensonhurst with her mother
Single/Never Been Married
Edward "Ned" Ashton (father)
Lois Cerullo (mother)
Larry Ashton (paternal grandfather)
Tracy Quartermaine (paternal grandmother)
Carmine Cerullo (maternal grandfather)
Gloria Cerullo (maternal grandmother)
Edward Quartermaine (paternal great-grandfather)
Lila Morgan (paternal great-grandmother; deceased)
George Quartermaine (paternal great-great-grandfather; deceased)
Ida Zemlock (paternal great-great-grandmother; deceased)
Dillon Quartermaine (paternal half-uncle)
Herbert Quartermaine (paternal great-great-uncle)
Jason Morgan (paternal cousin)
A.J. Quartermaine (paternal cousin)
Michael Corinthos IIIMichael Corinthos III (paternal cousin)
Jacob Martin Spencer (paternal cousin)
Lila Rae Quartermaine (paternal cousin, via adoption)
Alexandria Quartermaine (paternal cousin)
Quentin Quartermaine (paternal cousin)
Celia Quartermaine (paternal cousin)
Lucas Jones (kissed)
Diego Alcazar (kissed; deceased)
Dante Falconeri (kissed)
Johnny Zaccharra (kissed)
Milo Giambetti (flirted)
Nikolas Cassadine (dated)
Ran away from home [May 2004]
Stole a car while trying to prevent the detective her mother hired from finding her [Jun 2004]
Ran away to Mexico with Diego, Dillon and Georgie, where they were arrested for breaking into Diego's sister's home [Nov 2004]
Helped Diego create a diversion so he could break into Sonny's apartment [Dec 2004]
Conned hot dog vendor out of food and money [May 21, 2010]
Drugged Dante Falconeri
Tried to steal fifty thousand dollars from Edward Quartermaine
Disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace
Credit card fraud
Suffered a broken leg after a stagediving mishap in Ibiza [Jan 30, 2013]
Brook Lynn Ashton was named after Brooklyn, New York, where her mother and father had spent many happy times together. However, at the time of her birth, Brook's parents were estranged. Lois had returned to her family in Bensonhurst after she realized she didn't want her daughter growing up around the Quartermaines. Her feelings were cemented after Ned failed in his attempts to make Lois and their record business his first priority. He returned to ELQ, and Lois returned to her family. Lois took Brook to meet Ned a few months after she was born. Although Lois claimed she hadn't shown up to reconcile with Ned, it was clear Lois and Ned were still in love with each other. But after she overheard him blackmailing his cousin Justus, Lois left town with her daughter.
Ned saw his daughter on birthdays and introduced her to Chloe when he was married to her. Brook adored Chloe and was not thrilled to learn several months later that Alexis had become Ned's new love. She later grew to like Alexis, but couldn't understand what was happening when Alexis left her father at the altar.
Brook returned to Port Charles in early 2004, using Lynn as her name. After haunting L&B's studio with her talented singing voice, she became friends with Georgie and Dillon, who was unaware that he was Lynn's uncle. Impressed by her voice, they persuaded her to record a demo tape. But Lynn remained adamant that she only sang for the joy of it and didn't want to profit from it, which was something her mother wanted her to do. Lynn's true identity and ties to the Quartermaines were revealed after a man claiming to be her father attempted to take her home to her mother. She escaped by stealing his car, but Dillon later turned them in to the cops, and they wound up back at the Quartermaines'. Lois wanted to take Brooke back to Bensonhurst with her, but Ned persuaded her to let Brook stay, and to stay in town with Brook.
Lois repeatedly tried to convince Brook that she should sing professionally, but each time they ended up in a fight. Seeing how hard Brook fought her mother, Ned took a different approach. He persuaded her to sing with him just for fun. But she remained strongly opposed to singing professionally. She was even willing to let Sage sing one of her songs rather than sing it herself.
Mother and daughter had the same idea of delivering roses to Edward after Lila died. Each of them regretted the fact that Brook had never gotten to know Lila. Brook finally sang for a crowd at her great-grandmother's funeral. Later she misinterpreted the situation when Lois tried to convey how proud she was of her daughter. Believing that Lois wanted to capitalize on the event, Brook yelled at Lois, who took off, hurt by her daughter's words.
Brook's relationship with her mother continued to go poorly as Lois became involved with Lorenzo Alcazar. Brook hated that her mother would date a thug when Brook was always told not to. In an attempt to give her mother a taste of her own medicine, Brook began getting cozy with Diego, Courtney's foster child. Diego had made his desire to work for Sonny obvious to anyone who would listen, and Lois wasn't a fool. Diego and Brook grew closer when Brook walked in on her mother and Lorenzo shortly after the two had made love. Enraged, Brook ran away with Diego, where the two escaped to Mexico to find Diego's sister, Maria.
Georgie and Dillon accompanied Diego and Brook, and the four were arrested when Maria denied knowing Diego and let her fianc� arrest the group of teenagers. She later had them released and warned Diego to get out of Port Charles. Brook and Diego then began their mission to discover why Maria didn't want Diego in Port Charles. Working together, they determined that Sonny must have killed Diego's father, and Diego decided to find out why. Dressing as a delivery girl, Brook attempted to divert Max's attention while Diego tried to break into Sonny's apartment. Sam caught the two before they could enter the apartment. Jason agreed to help Diego find out if Sonny had anything to do with the murder of Diego's father, and Courtney arrived to take the two home.
Diego and Brook Lynn didn't last long, because he soon developed an interest in Maxie Jones, leaving Brook Lynn out in the cold. After graduating from high school, Brook Lynn enrolled at Port Charles University -- and ended up having Maxie as a roommate. After being drugged at a party, Brook learned there were nude pictures of her circulating on the Internet and elsewhere. She began to suspect that Diego was her stalker, but he kept coming up with all the right answers for every one of her questions. Ultimately, Brook learned that her suspicions were right: Diego had indeed been stalking her as payback for what Brook Lynn and the others had done to Sage.
A short while later, Brook Lynn decided to leave Port Charles and join her mother in New York so that she could pursue a music career.
In 2010, Brook had been cut off from her trust fund after getting in trouble for credit card fraud. Brook refused to turn to Edward and Tracy for help because they wanted her to enroll in college and study business, instead of allowing her to pursue her music career. Carly caught Brook hustling people for money in the park, so Carly offered Brook the opportunity to make quick money in exchange for seducing Dante away from Lulu.
Brook Lynn agreed to seduce Dante. Carly hired Brook to sing at the Metro Court as a cover story to explain their meetings. Dante was excited to see Brook, and Lulu was immediately jealous of their friendship. Carly arranged for Brook to move in across the hall from Dante, which increased Lulu's insecurities. Brook made herself at home in Dante's apartment, and she reminisced about the "old days" in Bensonhurst with Dante and his mother Olivia.
Although Brook Lynn planned to seduce Dante, she was interested in Johnny Zacchara and flirted with him. Johnny was involved with Olivia, and Carly warned Brook to stay away from him. Carly demanded that Brook make progress with Dante, and the two women staged an argument for Lulu's benefit. They planted the idea in Lulu's head that Dante was destined to cheat because, as Sonny's son, cheating was a part of his DNA.
Brook Lynn arranged for Dante to find her locked out of her apartment, wearing only a towel. When Dante did not make a move despite Brook's obvious interest, Brook realized he truly loved Lulu. Brook resorted to drugging Dante's drink, and she arranged for Lulu to find them in a compromising position. Lulu was upset with Dante, but she quickly realized he had been drugged. Brook knew she had been caught, so she told Lulu about the deal she had made with Carly. Things backfired for Brook when Carly was able to turn the blame back onto Brook.
Brook Lynn was alone and broke with a damaged reputation when she almost turned to the Quartermaines for help. Nikolas Cassadine provided her with another option. He hired Brook Lynn to be his date for business functions. She moved into Wyndemere and accompanied Nikolas to various events. They also attended Luke and Tracy's wedding together, as well as Brenda and Sonny's wedding.
Just as Brook Lynn began to develop romantic feelings for Nikolas, Liz made it clear she was also interested in a relationship with him. Nikolas and Liz had a child together named Aiden, and Liz used their son to get closer to Nikolas. Every time Nikolas and Brook started to get close, Liz interrupted them. When Liz arranged a special dinner for Nikolas, Brook conveniently got a flat tire in front of Liz's house. Nikolas thanked Brook for causing his evening with Liz to end early.
Nikolas and Brook Lynn admitted they had feelings for one another and made love. Liz walked in on an intimate moment between them and decided Aiden could not spend time at Wyndemere if Brook was present. Nikolas stood up for Brook and asked Liz to leave.
When Liz's son Jake was killed after being hit by a car, Nikolas knew he needed to focus on helping Lucky and Liz grieve instead of on his relationship with Brook Lynn. Nikolas encouraged Brook to pursue the offer she had to tour with a Latin band. Nikolas and Brook both wished the timing and circumstances had been different and parted as friends. Brook Lynn moved out of Wyndemere and away from Port Charles to pursue her music career.
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Developing Newborn Screening for Infants With Primary Immunodeficiency
|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: NCT00113464
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 8, 2005
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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This study will explore screening for immunodeficiency diseases (diseases that cause problems in fighting infections). There is no method at present to screen all babies at birth for immunodeficiency. However, babies with low numbers of T-cells-an important type of immune system cell-may be found by studying T-cell products called TRECs (T-cell receptor excision circles). This study will:
- Collect samples from children with several different immunodeficiencies to find out which disorders can be found by screening dried blood spots for TRECs.
- Try to develop screening tests based on other kinds of material derived from dried blood spots.
Children with primary immunodeficiency and low numbers of T cells who have not had a bone marrow transplant may be eligible for this study.
Participating children donate up to 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of blood. The sample may be collected when the child is having other blood tests. The liquid blood is analyzed to determine the number of T cells, and the rest of the blood is used to make dried blood spots on filter paper. The blood spots are used to develop screening tests for immunodeficiency. The blood spots and data about the child's age, diagnosis, and current medicines will be kept coded by diagnosis and a code number instead of the child's name.
|Condition or disease
|Immune System Diseases
Study Objective: T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) are episomal DNA circles excised from the T cell receptor genes during T cell maturation in the thymus. They do not replicate, so they are diluted out as T cells proliferate. Our objectives are to examine the levels of TRECs in blood samples from patients with primary immunodeficiency (PI) diseases; to determine which PI diseases might be detected by testing newborn dried blood spots for low numbers of TRECs; and to use the blood spots collected for future confirmatory or alternative tests to develop newborn screening for PIs.
Population: Patients diagnosed with defined primary T cell immunodeficiency diseases or undefined conditions with very low T cell numbers. There are several known, and additional unknown, gene defects that impair T lymphocyte maturation and function. The frequency of these rare disorders is unknown, but could potentially be learned in the course of population-based newborn screening.
Design: We will contact our network of immunology colleagues to help us identify and enroll patients already diagnosed with PI disorders. These patients will have had HIV ruled out as part of their immune evaluation. We will provide mail-in kits and will receive blood samples for analysis. We will attempt to retrieve the actual Guthrie cards containing the dried blood spots of these patients from their state screening laboratories to determine the number of TRECs that were present at birth in infants with these conditions.
Outcome Measures: We will measure TRECs in dried blood spots, and correlate TREC number with diagnosis and clinical and laboratory data. We hope to determine the range of immunodeficiency diseases that can be demonstrated to have significantly reduced TRECs as compared to healthy subjects using our assay. Because TREC testing may be insufficiently sensitive or specific as a stand-alone test, further tests may be developed and performed on the samples in the future, including DNA re-sequencing, detection of mRNA for T cell specific genes and/or proteins expressed only in T cells.
|Study Type :
|Enrollment :
|100 participants
|Official Title:
|Developing Newborn Screening for Infants With Primary Immunodeficiency
|Study Start Date :
|June 2, 2005
|Study Completion Date :
|April 13, 2007
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Patient who has not yet received a BMT and who has defined PI or undefined PI with T cell lymphopenia.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00113464
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510-8005
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00113464 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 8, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2017
|Last Verified:
|April 13, 2007
SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency)
TREC (T cell Receptor Excision Circle)
Bone Marrow Transplant
Dried Blood Spots
Early Detection
T Cell Immunodeficiency Diseases
Immunodeficiency Diseases
Primary Immunodeficiency
T Cell Immunodeficiency Disease
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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Just weeks after revealing it was to offer pre-orders on the device, online retailer Clove has revealed it no longer intends to stock the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3.
Unveiled alongside its 16GB and 32GB siblings earlier this year, the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3 has, as yet, failed to make it to British stores with no networks or high street retailers currently offering the large capacity option of the iPhone 5 toppling Android powerhouse.
Having previously listed the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3 handset as available for pre-order with a lofty £600 price tag, Clove at the time stated that it would only stock the device if pre-order figures were high enough to make such a move possible. "In two weeks time we will decide whether or not to take stock of the handset based on the number of pre-orders that we have received for the handset," a Clove spokesperson said at the time.
Following the two week trial period, Clove earlier this week revealed that it would not be the first UK retailer to offer the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3 with the handset to remain off limits to UK consumers, a move that casts questions of doubt as to whether the device will ever hit British shore.
"A few weeks ago we made the Samsung Galaxy SIII Black 64GB available to pre-order, with the intention of ranging it should the demand be high enough," the retailer's latest blog post has declared. "Unfortunately the number of pre-orders that we received did not meet the minimum required to bring stock into the UK, so we will not be ranging the handset.
This comes as unfortunate news and we would have loved to have ranged the handset, especially for those of you that have been expressing an interest in it for some time."
The company added: "The wait will now continue for a handset that offers large internal and external (microSD) storage."
64GB Samsung Galaxy S3 Specs
Differing only in its high storage capacity, the 64 Samsung Galaxy S3 specs sheet is littered with the same high-end collection of components as found in its less spacious siblings.
Lining up at just 133g in weight and a mere 8.6mm thick, the strong Samsung Galaxy S3 features list is kicked off with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor with the handset backing this up with 1GB of RAM and a substantial 2,100mAh Lithium-Ion battery. Coming boxed with Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, the handset is now upgradable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
Boasting an 8-megapixel camera on the rear and a second, 1.9-megapixel snapper up front, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is topped off with 1080p Full HD video recording capabilities and a stunningly expansive 4.8-inch 1280 x 720p Super AMOLED display with a 306PPI image density and protective Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coating.
Have you been holding out for the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3? Is the large capacity handset a loss or is it cancelled out with microSD expansion? Share your thoughts on the matter via the Trusted Reviews Twitter and Facebook feeds or through the comment boxes below.


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"The duties of the hayward were of a varied nature. His chief task seems to have been to guard the cattle at pasture; but he also protected the crops from thieves, trimmed the hedges, etc. In old poems he is generally represented as carrying a horn." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
As an occupational name, early records were scattered as the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Adam le Hayward in Devon; Roger le Hayward in Buckinghamshire; and Alicia le Heyward in Huntingdonshire.
The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list Robertus Hayward; and Magota Hayward. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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text: When nature calls, you have to answer—even as your game's about to head to overtime, as Chargers kicker Nick Novak learned late in San Diego's matchup today with Denver. CBS just happened to choose that moment to discuss Novak's, er, exploits, and caught him in the most private of moments. [CBS]


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Becoming an Empathic Civilization
Economist Jeremy Rifkin believes we can do it, and now he's got cartoons to show why.
Jeremy Rifkin, economist and founder of The Foundation on Economic Trends, believes it is possible to expand the reach of our empathy to the entire human race, and beyond. He cites new research showing that humans are soft-wired with mirror neurons that cause us to empathize with one another. This emotion has evolved over time: What began as a feeling reserved for those of the same family has expanded to those of the same tribe, to religion, to nation.
- : Recent research has shown that our brains are made to support caring, cooperation, and service.
- : Musician Brett Dennen sings for the Mosaic Project, a program focused on building positive relationships based on respect.
- : Seattle makes a 10-year commitment to become a more compassionate city.


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Adam54 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 165 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
AdoptACoral.org is looking for a logo (and banner) that graphically showcases our work in saving coral reefs.
An ideal design is one that marries our work (i.e. growing and planting corals) to our belief in the importance and beauty of the ocean and ocean life.
We are looking for a catchy and professional looking design.
Please visit our site, http://www.adoptacoral.org to learn more about us.
Our work is already well under way. We are planting coral and have received donations. Our website, however, needs more work and part of that work is finding an awesome design that showcases who and what we are combined with our beliefs.
We have big plans for the site and our organization and a catchy, classy, and professional logo and banner will help us reach our goals.
- AdoptACoral.org must be in the logo
- A design that is professional and modern
- Aptly describes (visual description, not words) who and what we are
- The graphic must show coral
- A good design would show a Caribbean fish like a tang or a parrot fish BUT this is in no way necessary -- our organization plans (we hope!) to move beyond just our base in the Fl keys to the rest of the country and maybe world. A globally known fish (i.e. nemo-like) is fine, as well.
- We are looking for both a logo and a banner. However, a winning design may just be a logo. Providing both will in no way guarantee success although it would be nice.
- Graphics or fonts that you do not have the rights to
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MrJMassey necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 200 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
Mr. J. Massey
I am an entrepreneur, husband, father, disciple of Christ, direct sales coach, public speaker, and real estate investor. Be sure to look at http://www.MrJMassey.com as it currently points to my Facebook page. I am serious when it comes to faith, family, and business, but I like to have fun. I do not naturally like to wear suits, and value freedom highly. I started my real estate investing career AFTER going through a personal foreclosure, and many other trials. Therefore, I accept no excuses and only performance. I'm looking to convey likable, trustworthy, and respect at the same time. Not sure if this helps, but I am avid Apple Computer fan and user. here are some of my other websites that may help in understanding me please reference them so you get the feel:
Please show me the logos on stationery, envelopes, business cards, and the small icon as a bookmarked page and as used on a blog banner. Yes, I do real estate but that doesn't mean the logo has to have something real estate related. I'm also a public speaker and direct sales coach, father, husband, and the additional qualities of being those things are parent of my USP.
Some of the main themes to be communicated are:
A prosperous future
and personal growth
My audience are those looking for personal development, real estate investing education, rental and/or investment property, or even those looking to purchase notes. I work in multiple states and I have worked mostly with individuals who have a retirement plan and have helped them purchase real estate or do a real estate deal in their retirement plan. So I've worked a lot with the first time or novice investors. They are usually later 20s and up in age, and have an eye on their future or building wealth. I would have an similar audience as Jeff Adams, Robert Allen, Dani Johnson, and Anthony Robbins.
This Logo is to represent me. And I'm hoping to finally land on something that will become the center of everything. This Logo will eventually be used on my blog, twitter, facebook, etc...
I like sharp, but not gaudy.
I like modern, but not abstract.
I like color, and it should grab an emotion.
I'm also definetly looking for something that incorporates a symbol or graphic that can become synonymous with the brand. Like Apple has the Apple, Nike has the Swoosh, I'd like either the name or the logo to be able to stand alone and together.
It has to look good and well defined in black in white or color.
Please feel free to experiment with colors, typestyle, juxstaposition!
The files we will require are:
Print and Web/Online
Email template
Twitter Background
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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looked in mannlake and found an 18 frame extractor. i was looking for something like that.
what can you all recommend and where can i get one for a reasonable price?
looked in mannlake and found an 18 frame extractor. i was looking for something like that.
what can you all recommend and where can i get one for a reasonable price?
I have the Maxant 20 frame, and LOVE it!!!
I have the 20 frame Dadant and love it. And when I say 20 frame I am talking about 20 frames from deeps.
Actually I have a friend who has the 18 frame Mann Lake extractor that he wants to sell... He doesn't use internet, and I finally got over to his place today to take some pics of it and post here for him. I don't know what they cost or how much he wants for it... but I do know he said he was the second owner and it pretty much looks almost new to me. I will try to get it posted in the "For Sale" section as soon as I get the pics downloaded. PM me with your email if you want to see the pics.
OK.. just called my friend... have all the details... will be in the For Sale section so this message wont get deleted..
I have the 9 frame Maxant, its much stronger than the mann lake, or dadant I've used.
Wish I bought the 20 frame Maxant. You can't beet Maxant for customer service.
I have a Maxant and am very happy with it. It's a top quality American made unit.
Think about it....Buy American
I have the 9 frame Maxant, as well. It's a top quality unit. The only thing I'm worried about, is I may have not bought a large enough unit. If I need to upgrade, I'll buy from them again.
When you're comparing extractors, be sure to look at the gauge (thickness) of stainless steel. Before buying an extractor, I borrowed a number of different ones over the years. I ended up buying a Maxant, which is made of 20 gauge. Some of the imports are as thin as 26 gauge. Not only are they easily dented, I've seen them "flex" some while extracting, i.e., fail to hold their shape, which causes wobble.
Everyone is going to tell you that what they have is the greatest. I have an 18 frame Mann Lake and it works great for me.....others here will tell you that nothing but a Maxant will work. Buy what you like and what fits your budget.
My only advice is buy a machine with a good warranty, and try to buy bigger than you need as its better to grow into a machine, rather than grow out of one.
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|Safe Haskell
This module presents a type class for numbers which have
representations for transfinite values. The idea originated from
the IEEE-754 floating-point special values, used by
Data.Number.LogFloat. However not all
Fractional types
necessarily support transfinite values. In particular,
types including
Rational do not have portable representations.
For the Glasgow compiler (GHC 6.8.2), GHC.Real defines
0%0 as representations for
infinity and
but most operations on them will raise exceptions. If
is used on an infinite floating value, the result is a rational
with a numerator sufficiently large that it will overflow when
converted back to a
Double. If used on NaN, the result would
buggily convert back as
negativeInfinity. For more discussion
on why this approach is problematic, see:
- http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-prime/2006-February/000791.html
- http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-prime/2006-February/000821.html
Hugs (September 2006) stays closer to the haskell98 spec and offers no way of constructing those values, raising arithmetic overflow errors if attempted.
- class PartialOrd a => Transfinite a where
- infinity :: a
- negativeInfinity :: a
- notANumber :: a
- isInfinite :: a -> Bool
- isNaN :: a -> Bool
- log :: (Floating a, Transfinite a) => a -> a
class PartialOrd a => Transfinite a where Source
Many numbers are not
Bounded yet, even though they can
represent arbitrarily large values, they are not necessarily
able to represent transfinite values such as infinity itself.
This class is for types which are capable of representing such
values. Notably, this class does not require the type to be
Fractional nor
Floating since integral types could also have
representations for transfinite values. By popular demand the
Num restriction has been lifted as well, due to complications
of defining
Show or
Eq for some types.
In particular, this class extends the ordered projection to have
a maximum value
infinity and a minimum value
as well as an exceptional value
notANumber. All the natural
laws regarding
infinity and
negativeInfinity should pertain.
(Some of these are discussed below.)
Hugs (September 2006) has buggy Prelude definitions for
isNaN and
isInfinite on Float and Double.
This module provides correct definitions, so long as Hugs.RealFloat
is compiled correctly.
A transfinite value which is greater than all finite values.
Adding or subtracting any finite value is a no-op. As is
multiplying by any non-zero positive value (including
infinity), and dividing by any positive finite value. Also
obeys the law
negate infinity = negativeInfinity with all
appropriate ramifications.
negativeInfinity :: a Source
A transfinite value which is less than all finite values.
Obeys all the same laws as
infinity with the appropriate
changes for the sign difference.
notANumber :: a Source
An exceptional transfinite value for dealing with undefined
results when manipulating infinite values. The following
operations must return
notANumber, where
inf is any value
infinity + negativeInfinity
negativeInfinity + infinity
infinity - infinity
negativeInfinity - negativeInfinity
inf * 0
0 * inf
inf / inf
inf `div` inf
0 / 0
0 `div` 0
Additionally, any mathematical operations on
must also return
notANumber, and any equality or ordering
comparison on
notANumber must return
False (violating
the law of the excluded middle, often assumed but not required
Eq; thus,
eq and
ne are preferred over (
==) and
/=)). Since it returns false for equality, there may be
more than one machine representation of this
isInfinite :: a -> Bool Source
Return true for both
infinity and
false for all other values.
Return true only for
log :: (Floating a, Transfinite a) => a -> a Source
Since the normal
log throws an error on zero, we
have to redefine it in order for things to work right. Arguing
from limits we can see that
log 0 == negativeInfinity. Newer
versions of GHC have this behavior already, but older versions
and Hugs do not.
This function will raise an error when taking the log of negative
numbers, rather than returning
notANumber as the newer GHC
implementation does. The reason being that typically this is a
logical error, and
notANumber allows the error to propagate
In order to improve portability, the
Transfinite class is
required to indicate that the
Floating type does in fact have
a representation for negative infinity. Both native floating
types (
Double and
Float) are supported. If you define your
own instance of
Transfinite, verify the above equation holds
for your
0 and
negativeInfinity. If it doesn't, then you
should avoid importing our
log and will probably want converters
to handle the discrepancy.
For GHC, this version of
log has rules for fusion with
These can give different behavior by preventing overflow to
infinity and preventing errors for taking the logarithm of
negative values. For
Double and
Float they can also give
different answers due to eliminating floating point fuzz. The
rules strictly improve mathematical accuracy, however they should
be noted in case your code depends on the implementation details.


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Comixt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 151 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Comixt is a start-up sales and marketing company specialising in supplying efficient third-party technology and services to institutional stockbrokers and fund managers.
Comixt is the old-English word for 'blended'.
'Blended' is appropriate as we represent a blend of products and product companies, and supply to a blend of investment companies.
Our aim is to help investment companies become more efficient. Relationship sales play a big part in this.
Our values are integrity, leadership and professionalism.
The traits we value are enthusiasm, awareness, organisation, persistence and performance.
As a third-party product distribution company we have two audiences.
We use relationship sales to sell investment efficiency to Investment Companies, that is Institutional Stockbrokers and Fund Managers (the big-end of town). This is our first target audience.
Our other target audience is smaller, emerging, independent third-party product companies (investment software manufacturers) and service companies who need assistance bringing their product/service to these big Investment Companies.
We want a logo which reflects our position as specialists in the top-end institutional investment space. Thus the logo needs to be professional.
The logo would also need to have some appeal for the smaller technology companies that we represent.
The logo could also pick-up on themes of:
* blended
* relationship
* efficiency
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Alix Helps necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
one for you one for me.
'one for you one for me' aims to be the online boutique for style savvy shoppers. Stocking a unique collection of stylish, functional and preferably indispensable goodies, we are the first port of call for those seeking gifts to impress. (Or perhaps, as our name suggests, our shoppers may find it hard to resist something fabulous to treat themselves at the same time). Our selective range encompasses; homewares, kids, accessories, and fashion and will stand head and shoulders above our competitors not just because of the outstanding quality of our range but also due to the unique nature of our customer experience. This is not to be your average internet shopping interaction…YAWN. We aim to delight, and nothing less. From the quality of our zesty website through the ordering process to the shipment and delivery of gorgeously presented products, we want to hear ooohs and aaahs of appreciation from start to finish. And maybe even some guffawing at our witty repartee. This is a website that you will want to recommend to your friends, time and time again.
Who are we targeting? There is a multitude of busy women out there beavering away at their professional careers whilst juggling armfuls of kids and a frantic lifestyle. By golly, these women may have husbands racing between home, work and any number of sporting events, birthday parties, or sleepovers at the zoo that the kids might throw at them on a typical weekend. We understand that people are busy and have a genuine need for some other bod to hit the streets and source fantastic gifts to treat the treasured people in their lives. We also know that these people want to stand out from the crowd when it comes to style; this shows in the type of gifts they buy and the way that they give them. They demand a very high standard of customer satisfaction and want to shop where they feel valued and their business appreciated.
Where are these busy busy people? Well, they're everywhere aren't they? However, we are based in Sydney, Australia so initially our target is an Australian market, although international customers will be targeted further down the line (but welcomed from the start).
OK, here we go.
Really you've got a carte blanche situation here but let me guide you by explaining some likes/ dislikes.
Likes: crisp, clean uncluttered things. A very contemporary feel.
Have a look at Country Road branding (http://www.countryroad.com.au) to see bright white block letters out of latte (shopping bags) or chocolate (website) coloured background. I want to present a crisp modern look that's not confusing or messy. A neutral colour palette (beige, ecru, latte is appealing but I don't know how that colour scheme would flow through to website etc. ??) Happy to consider others.
I imagine a logo using the words 'one for you one for me' maybe all in lower case as I've suggested. I think I've explained the meaning of the name earlier, but just in case; we are a shop where you will want to buy something for your friend, but can't resist something for yourself at the same time. Perhaps there's an element of cheekiness in this that might come through in the logo? Could play with 'The online boutique for style savvy shoppers' as the strapline.
Please avoid use of clip art, stock photos and numerals: 14u14me is not something I'm keen on at all.
http://www.simplygifts.com.au is a nice smart logo. Perhaps a little corporate but neat and tidy.
http://www.youvebeengifted.com.au - colour scheme doesn't appeal, feels rather generic and once again quite a corporate look.
Feel free to suggest any colour schemes that you think might fit.
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$1M Powerball Winners Share the Wealth with Coworker
(PLANTATION, Fla.) -- When Jennifer Maldonado went to work on Sunday at Keller Williams Partner Realty in Plantation, Fla., she was greeted with hooting and hollering.
That's because on Saturday night, her 12 colleagues who'd gotten together for a Powerball office pool had won $1 million.
Maldonado thought it was a joke — "100 percent, thought it was a prank," she told ABC News.
Recently hired as an administrative assistant and having not received her first paycheck, she'd opted not to participate in the $20 pool.
Laurie Finkelstein-Reader, who runs the office and organized the pool, even offered to lend her the money, but she'd declined.
"I wasn't going to press her," Finkelstein-Reader said. "I said to her: 'If you don't play, we're going to win.'"
And win they did. One of the realty office's tickets matched five of the winning numbers.
A man in New Jersey, however, won the $338 million jackpot by matching the five numbers as well as the Powerball number.
Maldonado's co-workers will take home $83,000 after taxes — and each of them has agreed to give her a portion of their winnings.
She would only say that she was receiving a "gracious amount."
"Enough that I'm floored and feel so appreciative," Maldonado said.
The group said it was the right thing to do and that co-workers are like family.
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EBA's product intervention powers under MiFIR
The Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) No 600/2014 confers product intervention powers on the EBA and the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) as of the application date of MiFIR on 3 January 2018. According to these powers, the EBA can prohibit or restrict in the Union the marketing, distribution or sale of structured deposits under certain circumstances. The entities to which these powers can be applied are credit institutions authorised under Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD), and firms authorised under Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID).
Who will have product intervention powers?
EBA, under Article 41 of MiFIR, and NCAs, under Article 42 of MiFIR, will have intervention powers.
The other two European Supervisory Authorities, namely the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and their NCAs, will also have intervention powers under MiFIR for ESMA and PRIIPs for EIOPA. The date of application of the intervention powers for these authorities is also January 2018.
What are the differences between measures adopted by EBA and measures adopted by national competent authorities?
EBA shall review measures adopted under Article 41 at appropriate intervals, and at least every three months. If the prohibition or restriction is not renewed after that three-month period, it shall expire.
Measures adopted by NCAs under article 42 can be permanent since there is no legal requirement in MiFIR for the NCAs to review them.
Measures adopted by EBA apply across Member States in the same manner. This means that all market participants providing services in the European Union must comply with the measures.
Measures adopted by NCAs may apply to market participants established in the jurisdiction of the NCA adopting the measure. Measures may also apply to market participants established in other Member States that carry out business in the jurisdiction of the NCAs adopting the measure.
Against what type of entities can EBA product intervention powers be used?
The entities to which these powers can be applied are credit institutions authorised under Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD), and firms authorised under Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID).
What are the financial products that can be subject to an EBA intervention?
Structured deposits as set out in MiFID Directive 2014/65/EU, which defines a structured deposit as:
"a deposit as defined in point (3) of Article 2(1) of the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive, which is fully repayable at maturity on terms under which interest or a premium will be paid or is at risk, according to a formula involving factors such as:
Which conditions need to be met before the EBA can apply its product intervention powers?
First, there is either:
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Win Over Your Users24 Feb, 2010 By: Robert Green
As a CAD manager, getting the hearts and minds of your users on your side will make your job easier, and your efforts more effective.
CAD managers are often charged with controlling user behavior. You may find yourself having to impose standards, create training programs, resolve problems, coordinate between departments, or any manner of other tasks that involve dealing with the CAD users in your company. And as many of you have discovered, coordinating a diverse group of users with varied priorities is not easy.
So how can you not only deal with your company's CAD users, but win them over and make them your fans? This is the question we'll explore in the next two issues of the CAD Manager's Newsletter. Here goes.
Examining User Interaction
Let's start the conversation about winning over your users with a few questions, some of which you may have already asked yourself. As I propose my answers to these questions, I hope to provoke you into thinking about your own answers as well.
Can you make all users happy all the time? No. It just isn't realistic to believe that you can make everything perfect for everyone all the time. And if you do strive to create a utopia for your users, you'll become frustrated and discouraged as you realize it can't be done.
Should you strive to make most users happy most of the time? Absolutely! If you succeed in creating an environment that most users enjoy working in, you'll notice less arguing about standards, better productivity, and lower error rates — all things that you want anyway, right?
Can you provide technical solutions to user problems that will allow the users to get their jobs done faster? Typically, yes. Simple customization, job-specific tools, templates, and automated procedures are just a few ways that you can leverage CAD technology to achieve time savings. And usually, when users finish their work faster, they're happier!
Is it worth your while to try making your users happy? Within reason, you bet! Happy users typically equate to a happier CAD manager, which is just fine with me — and you, no doubt.
Shouldn't users just do their jobs and follow the established standards without question? In theory, yes, but in reality it never works that way, does it? The bottom line appears to be that users will do whatever they think will get their work done faster, whether you like it or not.
Tips for User Interaction
Once you've resolved to start working more with your users to make them happier and more productive, what do you do next? Here are some tips that I've employed at client companies; they've always helped me win over the users, so I think you'll find them useful.
Become a User Advocate
Often, CAD users feel that the computing environment and CAD software they work in hinder their productivity. Users often make comments like "the management doesn't know how messed up this is" or "these standards slow me down" out of frustration, but many times, those complaints don't reach decision makers. By becoming a CAD user advocate you can carry user complaints to the IT department or project management teams, where you can actually make a difference.
When users realize their CAD manager understands their concerns and is trying to help them, the grumbling will turn into a conversation between you and the users. CAD managers should rejoice when users actually share what their core frustrations are, because the users are giving you great ideas for improving workplace productivity — something senior management should like.
Listen and Learn
When your users tell you about the frustrations or productivity barriers they face, listen carefully to what they're telling you. Then delve into the problem more thoroughly by probing into their frustrations, so you'll know what to do about them. This sample conversation illustrates the constructive use of questioning in such a situation:
User: I can't ever find the project standards I need! Trying to get the right title frames, correct part naming conventions, and standard symbology I need for the XYZ project we're working on is driving me nuts! I wind up making up my own standards as I go along, even though I know I'll probably have to rework the project later.
You: Well, we keep those standards on the network in the Q:\XYZ directory, so what's the problem?
User: I know, but our project manager got together with the project manager from XYZ Corporation and decided that they would need alterations to our existing standards. They're so busy batting all this back and forth that I can't get a concrete answer about what I should be doing.
You: Aha! I need to set up a conference call with our internal staff and XYZ's staff to delve into this. I'll get you a revised standard as soon as I can get the call arranged!
In this case we learned that users complaining about standards are really upset about ill-defined project coordination. By delving into the actual problem, you were able to figure out that some CAD management coordination was needed to make the situation workable for the users. You'll be a hero to the user community, and you'll win the trust of the project managers too!
Strive for Simple
The noted computer scientist Dan Bricklin was quoted as saying, "Users aren't stupid, they're busy" — so true. Whenever you create a standard, modify a procedure, or install a new software tool, remember the three main rules of CAD management:
- Make it easy.
- Make it easy.
- Make it easy.
Strive for convenience, simplicity, and ease of comprehension in everything you do, and your users will love you for it.
Want to get your users to follow standards better or adhere to project guidelines more closely? Make those standards and guidelines easy to read and follow.
Remember Your Past
Remember how you felt when you first learned a concept, and strive to communicate in a way that made sense to you the first time. Do this and you'll be well on your way toward communicating in the simplest, clearest way possible.
Also remember that you weren't always a CAD manager; you used to be a regular CAD user too. Dig into your memory and recall what confused you, what types of communication worked best for you, which leaders you admired, and who you thought best represented your interests.
Summing Up
I realize that the concept of "serving users" adds yet another task to the already full plate of most CAD managers, and I understand that some may view these techniques as "coddling" instead. I would counter with the observation that until I have the trust and confidence of my users, I can achieve very little as CAD manager.
I'd recommend that all CAD managers think about making their users happy as a core part of being a truly effective CAD manager, and adjust their work strategies accordingly. Remember that you're ultimately judged by how productive your users are, and that happy users are always more productive than unhappy ones.
In the next edition of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I'll give you some ideas for enlisting your user base to help you make things better. Until then.


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Airbus bags $24 billion order from Indonesia's Lion Air
PARIS Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian's Lion Air worth 18.4 billion euro ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande said should inspire the struggling French economy and all of Europe.
The CEOs of both companies signed the contract for 234 planes in a ceremony at the French presidential palace, a sign of its importance to the government. At a time when layoff announcements are streaming out of French companies and unemployment is over 10 percent, Airbus said the manufacturing of the planes would happen in France and would involve 5,000 employees there.
"Airbus is a national and European pride, one of the pillars of our economy," Hollande told reporters. "The big Airbus contracts are an example for our economy, what it can do, what it must do."
Lion Air is buying 169 A320s and 65 A321 jets. The first planes will be delivered in 2014 and most of them will be outfitted with new, more fuel-efficient engines.
The airline is a major player in the Indonesian market and also gave Boeing its largest-ever order when it finalized a deal last year for 230 planes from the Chicago airplane manufacturer.
Boeing is the archrival of Airbus, which is the civilian aircraft business of the European aerospace and defense company EADS. Some of the planes Lion Air bought from Boeing are the direct competitors to the aircraft it is buying from Airbus.
Both companies receive significant state support that is key to their success. That support is both financial -- France, Germany and Spain are all shareholders in Airbus parent EADS -- and more intangible, like Monday's use of the Elysee palace to hold a press conference.
Hollande said the success of Airbus should also inspire European countries to cooperate in other sectors. France, Germany and Spain are all shareholders in EADS and hold significant sway in it.
"Our ambition at the European level isn't to just continue the great EADS adventure but to also conceive of other EADS for other economic sectors with our European partners," he said. "Europe isn't just a market. ... Europe is also an industrial ambition."
The announcement comes as France is trying to convince companies that it is a viable center of manufacturing and persuade them to move or at least keep factory jobs there. The government touts its educated workforce, significant government support for research and sophisticated infrastructure.
But making anything in France is expensive -- in large part because the cost of labor, including salaries and benefits, is so high. Also, some companies fear that it's too hard to fire French workers when things get tough and are instead eyeing countries like Spain, which has recently overhauled its labor rules and can offer some of the same advantages as France.
Despite these challenges, France has nurtured some "national champions," as it calls them, of which Airbus is one. Making airplanes -- or nuclear reactors or new drugs -- takes significant investment over a long-term, and governments can often provide private sector companies a leg-up. France has a sophisticated system in place to do just that, taking direct shares in companies, investing in research in strategic sectors at state labs and using its tremendous buying power.
Lion Air is a low-cost carrier that holds about a 45 percent market share in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago that's seeing a boom in both economic growth and air travel. Dozens of airlines have emerged in Indonesia since it deregulated its aviation industry in the 1990s, making air travel affordable for the first time for many of the country's 240 million people, and luring passengers away from ferries and trains.


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#12. Date with Destiny (2006)
The fifth penalty in a championship final shootout: It's a moment where heroes are born and dreams are crushed.
When veteran New England defender Jay Heaps placed the ball on the spot in MLS Cup 2006, his kick would determine whether the Revolution would stay alive in the pursuit of their first title vs. the Houston Dynamo, or if, for the third time in their history, they would fall just shy of the coveted prize.
Needless to say, Heaps was under some heavy – and quite unexpected – pressure.
"We'd won two weeks earlier against Chicago in a shootout," Heaps recalled. "I was kicker No. 7. When it was time to do the coin toss for who's going to kick the PKs [against Houston], I went over for our team, represented our team. I thought pretty much the same five would take them. I thought, 'Alright, I'll still be No. 7."
The Revs won the coin toss and elected to go second with the thinking that if 'keeper Matt Reis could save the first penalty kick, it would give them a big advantage, especially if it came down to the final PK.
As Heaps rejoined his teammates, head coach Steve Nicol came around and threw him a fat curveball.
"Steve Nicol comes over and says, 'Hey, you're the fifth kicker,'" recalled Heaps. "I said, 'Alright coach, let's go for it.' In my mind, I was thinking, 'Why was I the fifth kicker if two weeks ago I was No. 7?' But it's one of those things where you don't question the coach."
Houston scored their first three kicks; New England matched the first two, but Pat Noonan put his attempt over the bar. Reis, however, came up with the big stop on the Dynamo's Brad Davis and Taylor Twellman sunk his PK to even the shootout at three apiece entering the final set.
Brian Ching came up to the spot for the Dynamo and, showing plenty of confidence, buried the ball into back of the net.
Then up came Heaps. It was the moment of truth: Score and the Revolution stay in the fight, miss and the team goes home empty-handed.
The defender already knew where he was going before he even placed the ball on the spot.
"I remember walking up, just going, 'You're going to go to the 'keeper's left,'" Heaps said. "It's where I had gone in training."
At the other end of the ball, Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad knew that most – if not all – of the pressure in that moment was on Heaps.
"[Penalty kicks are] such a crapshoot sometimes," Onstad explained. "It's one of those moments where it's really out of your control [as a goalkeeper] – either you'll get a chance to make the save or you won't. It's not like you're going to be in a bad position when a guy kicks a penalty kick."
Heaps put his hands on his knees, waited for referee Jair Marrufo to blow his whistle, and started his run towards the ball. But just as he neared it, Heaps noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"Onstad takes a jump a little to his left as I'm going up to take it and I see it at the last moment," said Heaps.
It's the smallest of moves, but after seeing that, Heaps tried to redirect his effort towards the center and instead produced a shot that was neither far enough left nor straight down the middle.
"I tried to go down the middle at the last second," Heaps said. "[Onstad is] leaning to his right as I'm about to kick it, and I don't hit it pure."
The weak attempt rolled straight to Onstad, who fell to his right and trapped the ball between his hands and his body.
"I felt sorry for Jay because he looked like [taking the PK] was the last place in the world that he wanted to be in," Onstad said. "And I just remember saying to myself, 'Wait him out as long as you can and try to read him, because you'll have a chance if you can get to the right side.
"Fortunately for me, I don't think he hit it as well as he'd have really liked, and I guessed the right way and held onto it."
Onstad shot up after his save and sprinted towards the sideline, where he was mobbed by his teammates. Heaps, on the other hand, hid his face in his shirt for a second, then walked towards his teammates, receiving consolatory pats on his way past them.
He took the miss pretty hard, but if anyone had to miss that fifth penalty, Heaps said he always preferred it be him rather than anyone else on the team.
"After missing the penalty kick, I was devastated for two weeks," confessed Heaps. "[But] if someone had to step up and miss it and take the mental anguish, I'd rather it be me. For me, I knew I'd be able to move on from it."
The rest of the 2006 Revolution team have also moved past the heartbreaking moment – for the most part.
"I will never fault Heaps for having the guts to step up and take penalty No. 5, since there were others who didn't step up and take it," Twellman said. "But I will forever give him trouble for hitting that PK with his purse. Ha!"