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19/19 Reg | 8,177 miles | Diesel | Exclusive Paint - Dragon Green | Automatic
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Combined - 61 mpg EC Extra Urban - 67 mpg EC Urban - 53.
Insurance Group
Insurance groups range from 1 to 50 and dictates the cost of the vehicles insurance. The higher the group, the higher the insurance will be for the vehicle.
Performance (BHP)
BHP rates the engine performance of vehicles and stands for the brake horsepower.
CO2 (g/km)
CO2 is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the vehicle in grams per kilometre travelled, the lower the CO2 emissions the cleaner the vehicle is for the environment.
Number Of Seats
The total number of seats in the vehicle.
Road Tax
Road Tax is based upon the CO2 emissions of the vehicle and is split into 13 bands from A to M. The higher the letter the greater the cost of tax paid to drive the vehicle on public roads. In addition to the road tax detailed below, any vehicle that had a manufacturers retail price in excess of £40,000 when first sold, attracts a road tax supplement of an additional £320 per year. This is charged until the vehicle is 6 years old.
"Look at this striking, Dragon Green Skoda Superb. With an amazing list of specification including SAT NAV, Front and rear sensors, Heated Seats, Keyless entry and start, Finger tip controls, Electric tailgate and much more. Accompanied with Our approved used vehicle programme includes the following: manufacturer and/or Skoda approved warranty, if you're buying a car that's less than six years of age with less than 72,000 miles on the clock you'll automatically receive a 12-month warranty. Older cars which have a maximum of 100,000 miles on the clock come with a minimum of 3 months' warranty. Warranties will either be the remainder of manufacturer's warranty, a Skoda approved warranty or a combination of the two. a year's free manufacturer and/or Skoda approved assistance, again, if your car has yet to reach its sixth birthday and has covered less than 72,000 miles, you'll benefit from 12 months' manufacturer and/or Skoda approved assistance. If your car breaks down, one phone call will get you back on the move. Cover operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Please speak to me for full details, Skoda approved multi-point vehicle inspection check, just so you know your used Skoda is in good shape, our fully qualified technicians will give it a comprehensive workshop check before it's delivered to you, vehicle status checks, we arrange for a third party to investigate your vehicle's history and mileage to make sure you don't get any nasty surprises , like discovering there are outstanding finance payments owed on it or it's been stolen or written off previously. 30 day/1,000 mile exchange, this demonstrates your retailer's confidence in the vehicles that are on offer. (terms & conditions apply)."
Lee Strange, General Manager
SKODA Chesterfield
|Body Glass
|Rain sensor
|Rear wiper
|Privacy glass
|Front and rear electric windows
|Aero wiper + intermittent function
|Gloss black side window surrounds
|Electronic brake force distribution
|CBC - (Cornering brake control)
|Electronic parking brake
|HBA (Hydraulic Brake Assist)
|Hill hold control
|Downhill speed regulation (DSR) with switch
|Auto hold function
|Regenerative braking system
|Hill start assist
|Electromechanical power steering
|ESC including ABS, EBV, MSR, ASR, EDS, HBA, DSR, RBS, CBC, multi-collision brake (MKB) and Auto hold
|Voice control system
|Bluetooth telephone connection
|Premium WLAN
|Apple car play/Android Auto
|CareConnect and Emergency Call
|Bluetooth system
|Wi-Fi with LTE internet
|Driver Aids
|Adaptive cruise control
|Dynamic steering response (DSR)
|Electro-mechanical PAS
|Drive Mode Selector
|Front assistant collision mitigation
|Multi-Collision Braking
|Drive mode selection including HMI sport
|Front assist including automatic braking function
|Progressive dynamic steering
|Driver Convenience
|Remote fuel cap release
|Keyless entry and start
|Power boot opening and closing
|Stop/start system
|Electrically operated boot door
|Stop/start engine system and energy recovery
|Driver Information
|Service interval indicator
|External temperature gauge
|Speed warning indicator
|Fatigue detection system
|Mirror link
|Columbus colour 9.2" touch screen satellite navigation system, Radio/MP3/aux-in/USB, DVD, SD card and Wi-fi
|Multifunction colour trip computer
|SmartLink plus
|Driver fatigue sensor
|Smartlink+ including apple carplay, android auto and mirror link connectivity
|Columbus colour 9.2" touch screen satellite 3D Map navi system with DAB, SmartLink+, CarPlay, Android Auto, USB, Aux in, SD Card, DVD drive and Wi-Fi
|Driving Mirrors
|Auto dimming rear view mirror
|Black gloss door mirror housings
|Electrically adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors with puddle lights/Integrated indicators and memory function
|Embellishment Trims
|Carbon interior trim
|Diesel particulate filter
|in-car voice enchancement
|Exterior Body Features
|Black roof rails
|Body colour door handles
|Body colour bumpers
|Fuel filler cap
|Sport front exterior styling with black grille
|Twin exhaust tailpipe
|Illuminated door handles
|Rear exhaust diffuser styling elements
|Gloss black side strip
|Sport Line badging
|Gloss black roof rails
|Gloss black exterior door mirrors with sports styling including front grill, side strip and window surrounds
|Exterior Lights
|Halogen headlights
|LED brake lights
|Cornering front fog lights
|Bi-Xenon headlights with AFS + integrated headlight washers + LED daytime running lights
|Auxiliary heater
|Interior Features
|Height/reach adjust steering wheel
|12V power point in luggage area
|Sunglasses storage
|Black door trim
|Black headlining
|Leather gearknob and handbrake lever
|Black roof lining
|Alcantara/Leather upholstery
|Rear centre armrest with cupholders
|Illuminated air conditioned glovebox
|Front armrest with storage box
|Ticket holder
|12v power point in centre console
|Multifunction steering wheel
|Umbrella compartments in front doors with umbrellas
|Black roof headlining
|Alcantara/leather upholstery sports seats
|Overhead glasses storage compartment
|Interior Lights
|Luggage compartment lighting
|Footwell lights
|Removable LED light in boot
|Front and rear reading lights
|LED ambient lighting
|Illuminated luggage compartment
|Interior lights with control switches
|LED package plus - Superb
|LED rear pack - superb
|LED interior light pack - Superb
|Rear door child safety locks
|Passenger airbag deactivate switch
|Door open warning
|Curtain airbags
|Driver/Front Passenger airbags
|3 rear 3 point seatbelts + pretensioners
|3 point height adj front seatbelts + pretensioners
|Driver/front passenger side airbags
|Drivers knee airbag
|Driver and passenger seatbelts with warning light
|Tyre pressure monitor
|7 airbags - Front, front side, curtain, driver's knee airbag with front passenger deactivation switch
|Sports seats
|Electric driver's seat with memory
|Height/tilt adjustable front headrests
|Driver's seat electric height adjustment
|Split folding rear seats
|Driver's electric lumbar adjustment
|3 rear height adjustable headrests
|Isofix on 2nd row rear seats
|Front passenger seat electric height adjust
|Electrically adjustable driver's seat with memory and lumbar support
|Isofix child seat fittings on outer rear seats
|Height adjustable front and rear head restraints
|Anti-theft wheel bolts
|Remote central locking with SAFE system
|Anti theft alarm with interior monitor and tilt sensor
|Alarm with interior monitoring tilt sensor and back up horn
|Electronic engine immobiliser
|Keyless entry and start/stop
|XDS electronic differential lock
|Vanity Mirrors
|Illuminated vanity mirrors
The specification listed for this vehicle was standard when purchased new. The actual specification may vary, for confirmation, please contact our sales department.
Front/rear floor mats, Rain sensor, Electronic brake force distribution, Voice control system, Adaptive cruise control, Remote fuel cap release, Service interval indicator, Auto dimming rear view mirror...
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|Engine Power - KW
|Engine Power - PS
|Engine Power - RPM
|Engine Torque - LBS.FT
|Engine Torque - MKG
|Engine Torque - NM
|Engine Torque - RPM
|Top Speed
|Emissions - ICE
|CO2 (g/km)
|121 (g/km)
|Standard Euro Emissions
|Fuel Consumption - ICE
|EC Combined (mpg)
|EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies
|EC Extra Urban (mpg)
|EC Urban (mpg)
The Cash Price is the 'On the road price' that the Dealership offers the vehicle at the point of sale. This is derived from any Manufacturer or Dealer savings from the Recommended Retail Price listed by the Manufacturer.
With thousands of models available we can offer you a competitive cash price quotation against any of our vehicles.
Our deals and offers change on a daily basis so please contact us for most up to date cash price.
PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) a simple cost effective way to buy your new or nearly new
You choose the car, the deposit, how long you want the contract to run for and the mileage you intend to do. You will then receive a quote for fixed cost motoring for the length of the contract. At the end of the contract you have a choice to either buy the car outright for an agreed lump sum (the GFV or final balloon payment), or hand the vehicle back to the lender.
Hire Purchase allows you to take ownership of a car once all payments are made.
This is one of the most popular methods to buy a new vehicle. You pay an initial deposit, then pay off the balance in monthly payments over an agreed period of time, when the payments are complete the car is yours.
One of the main benefits with Hire Purchase is the ability to buy a high value vehicle on
monthly payments.
Hire Purchase allows you to tailor your finance package as deposit, length of time and monthly payments are all flexible.
Personal contract hire is very similar to normal contract hire, but is exclusively for
private individuals. This
is one of the most common form of leasing.
With a personal contract hire agreement you take control of a car for a contractual period - usually referred to as the 'lease period'. You will make fixed monthly payments for the duration of the contract - when the contract expires you will simply return the car and take out a new personal contract hire lease. PCH means you never have to worry about resale values of your car.
Our sister company Car Credit Assured is a completely free of charge service offering support and advice to anyone looking for car finance. In partnership with a panel of over 20 lenders we can offer car loans at extremely competitive prices. We are not a broker, as a motor retailer we simply want to ensure you have the correct support when purchasing your vehicle. Whatever your credit profile we can help you find a vehicle with the correct finance product based on your individual circumstances.
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These two terms are so similar that in many instances they are employed to talk about the same thing when in reality they are different systems.
LMS stands for 'Learning Management System' and LCMS stands for 'Learning Content Management System'.
Both systems provide training for employees; but it is important that you understand the differences between both before making the decision to invest in one of them:
This is basically a system that manages learning, and it is normally web-based and referenced as e-learning. With a LMS you can plan, organize, and follow learning from a central platform, and from it you are able to supervise and send training to employees as it is required.
Let's say an employee needs training on presentation skills and another one has to learn about workplace violence. Through LMS you can send a presentation skills course to the first one and a workplace violence course to the latter.
In both cases, as the employees move forward with the courses, you are able to see their improvement and test results. At the same time, employees can take the training from their desks and go as fast or slow as they need to.
A good LMS will offer a wide variety of courses, allowing you to train your staff on many subjects and according to each employee's needs.
This system is centered on supervising content instead of individuals. It focuses on creating content, which is provided by specific instructors and internal content developers.
In this case, you are able to take content that already exists, sections or targets, and mix and match them to create new courses, allowing you to reuse content that already existed instead of creating a completely new course.
So, which one works best for your company?
It all depends on what you need.
If your company has its own trainers or coaches, it could be very valuable to give them the chance to create and supervise content through LCMS.
If you don't want or need to create and supervise content, but rather prefer to employ courses already created by a third party, you should go for the LMS option.
However, bear in mind that the LMS can't reuse the content you already have and build another course; it can't create courses. This is precisely what the LCMS can do. It can build, deliver and manage courses, but also manage all of its individual pieces. These chunks of information, also known as "learning objects", may be reused and organized to form a different, new and improved course.
So, once again, the decision is yours. But now you have what you need to make an informed decision.
Mark Doyle is a freelance writer who lives with his dog Smokey in the Pacific Northwest and learns best throughe–learning.

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This Spoken Word calendar and its listings are curated by David Joe Miller, professional storyteller and executive director of David Joe Miller Presents! David Joe has been a professional storyteller and narrative consultant since 1989 and has entertained audiences such as Disney, World Bank, The Library of Congress, The Smithsonian and former Vice President, Al Gore. David Joe not only tells stories but he also consults with small businesses, corporations and organizations as he trains leaders in the importance and effectiveness of "storytelling" in the workplace, with donors and with clients. He has worked with World Bank, Citi-Bank, Pfizer, Philips Medical Devices and The Nature Conservancy as well as several other Fortune 500 corporations and leading non-profits. Find more information at www.davidjoemiller.com.


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Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose
By: Sonya Rhie QuintanillaIntroduction by: John M. Rosenfield. Contributions from Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, Pramod Chandra, A. Ramachandran, Debashish Banerji, Kumamoto Kenjiro, R. Siva Kumar, K. G. Subramanyan, and Sugata Bose. 2008
245 pages, color throughout, 11 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 1"
Hardcover At a time when India's artistic traditions had been largely lost after fifty years of British colonial rule, one artist, Nandalal Bose, made a unique contribution through art and education towards the cultural regeneration and independence of the nation. In thousands of works of remarkable depth and variety, he synthesized aspects from India's ancient artistic heritage—knowledge which was just beginning to be available—with indigenous methods and materials, a variety of elements learned from Japanese and Chinese sources, and distinctly modern sensibilities, all unified by an underlying spirituality. Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose explores India's crucial period of transition from colony to independent nation through the lens of the premier artist of the time. With contributions by eight distinguished scholars, including historians, art historians, and artists spanning three generations, the essays and catalogue entries present a full view of Nandalal's works, life, and the vital times of ferment during which he lived. This full-color catalogue is lavishly illustrated with works by Nandalal and comparative examples of historical, colonial, and modern Indian art as well as rare documentary photographs. Sonya Rhie Quintanilla received her BA in South Asian Art and Religion from Smith College and her PhD in South Asian Art History from the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. She is the author of History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, Ca. 150 BCE–100 CE (Brill, 2007) and numerous articles on aspects of Indian art. She is the Curator of Asian Art at the San Diego Museum of Art.


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OpenRC is an alternate init system developed by Gentoo developers. OpenRC is a dependency based init system that works with the system provided init program, normally
/sbin/init. It is not a replacement for
OpenRC is available in the AUR. You can choose to install either openrcAUR or openrc-gitAUR package. You will also need to install openrc-arch-services-gitAUR (provides service files for use with openrc on arch) and openrc-sysvinitAUR (a slightly patched version of traditional sysvinit).
The packages will be installed under
/etc/openrc instead of the default location of
/etc, so that users can switch to initscripts or systemd when desired.
For booting with OpenRC add
init=/sbin/init-openrc to the kernel line in your bootloader configuration. If you want to go back to systemd replace it with
For detailed instructions on configuring OpenRC, read the man pages, visit the gentoo guide and the gentoo wiki.
It is worth noting that the udev service is not enabled by default. In order to enable it, do:
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I have a desk PC and a laptop PC. Only my laptop currently has Barca installed.
Because I sometimes don't use the laptop and use the desktop instead, what I really want is to install Barca on both machines and for them to both be up to date with email, diary, contacts etc. My general data directories on each machine are synchronised because I use Safe Sync from Trend Micro. (Similar to Drop Box I believe). For those that are not familiar with that, when I update a file or create a new file on one PC, within a few minutes the other has it too via an internet upload/download. Both machines are thus synchronised in addition to the data being backed up on the Safe Sync servers.
Is it possible to Install Barca on both machines and locate the relevant email etc data in a folder that is synchronised on both machines. Or is there another way of synchronising two installs of Barca?
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jengel199 necessitava di un nuovo design di pagina web e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 27 design presentati da 11 designer.
Paper.com, selling over 40,000 products is cluttered, indistinct, flat and dull. We need a new design direction that resonates with our customers and tells them that we are the biggest and the best and that we won't let them down.
Best Price, Best Service, Best Paper (or) Your Online Source For Quality Paper Products
Desired Color Scheme:
Logo is Red and Blue.
Desired Style:
It would be difficult for one design to speak equally well to all of our markets. The current design reflects a bit of confusion and a scattershot strategy. Right now we look a bit like Walmart and we'd like to look a bit more hip and high-end like:
Accepted File Formats:
Photoshop (.psd) or finished HTML
Paper.com is a massive online store with 40,000 products selling hundreds of orders per day that are as diverse as a few scrapbook pages for the homemaker to the thousand dollar order for the business that cannot find 6 part reverse carbonless locally or the wedding planner who is trying to match precisely that particular shade of plum.
The successful design will focus on our main difficulty which is NAVIGATION (helping the 10,000 visitors per day find exactly what they want) and the second difficulty is in eliminating some of the clutter in order to communicate a COHESIVE, VIBRANT BRANDING STRATEGY that speaks primarily to women (85% of our customers) in the many diverse markets we are targeting.
Standards and Advice:
1. Use some sort of TAB based navigation across the top which directs customers into the 8 or so specific Stores of Paper.com: Scrapbooking, School, Arts, Office.
2. Use some sort of LIST nav to direct people into specific products or categories of products from the home page. We find most customers prefer to jump directly into a specific sub-category.
3. Communicate to people the many methods of customer service we provide. They include a Toll Free Number, LivePerson operators, and email support.
4. There is currently a grid of featured product thumbnails on our home page but it is not terribly successful.
5. Our products range from highly specialized Japanese Cane Paper at $20 per sheet to single sheets of Scrapbook Paper at 50 cents per sheet. The successful design will probably focus on the high-end papers in order to communicate a high-end store.
6. The successful design will focus on presenting Paper.com as the choice for people who have something very specific in mind and need the breadth of product we offer.
7. The design will communicate that Paper.com represents a huge breadth of product, and our focus on Paper in particular makes us the undisputed leader in the industry for the discriminating buyer, much as Amazon communicates breadth and leadership for books, but now so much more.
8. The successful design will be sensitive to page load times. Successful ecommerce sites achieve download times of 12 seconds. While we are not asking you to code the page, we are not going to be able to use a great design if there is no way cut it up and code it efficiently for load time.
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
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K1873 - Kono 20 Inch 600D Soft Shell Hand Luggage Suitcase - Blue
Item Code: K1873 BE
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Availability: In Stock
Suitable to use as hand luggage on most airlines, Also makes a great overnight/weekend bag fo those shorter getaways
My main features:
Zipped pocket on the front. Ideal for items that need to be easily accessed and quickly.
Telescopic handle that can be zipped away when not in use
Two handles to carry - one on the top and one on the side
Two non-directional wheels
One foot on the base when upright and two feet on the base when flat. Helps to keep the bag stable when not in motion
The entire front panel zips open so the contents are easily accessed, and easy to pack.
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strong and durable 600D polyester
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kingdavid necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 17 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
This contest is for a non-profit organization which provides music and other entertainment for the IDF (Israel Defense Force). They are similar to the USO (USO.org).
The design will be logo plus 8 pages, uncoded, 4 of which will be very similar.
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
I. Site Concept
The domain name for this project is displayed at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/ytu7fj
This website will be for a non-profit organization attempting to raise money for events they run. They need a very professional and high quality feel to their site, as it will be used in their sales pitch to gain donations.
*The name of the organization is displayed at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/ysgvdc
This contest is for an uncoded design only. Please use a separate photoshop file for each page of this website, and please organize your layers well. All layers should be labeled appropriately, and hover-over effects should be on their own layers. We will also need all font files used in the designs.
Please do not mention the domain name of this website in this thread.
II. Site Pages
A. Homepage
On this page, please display this video trailer for users to watch: http://tinyurl.com/37trob as well as the following mission statement:
I have placed a link to the organization name mid-paragraph. Please use the organization's name in the mission statement.
"Founded in 2007 the http://tinyurl.com/ysgvdc provides a vital boost in morale for the soldiers in the IDF. Modeled after the American USO, the ISO seeks to boost soldier morale by putting on high production concerts live on the actual army bases. In addition, the http://tinyurl.com/ysgvdc organizes letter campaigns, and other morale boosting programs in conjunction with major corporations, and Jewish schools world wide, which enable Jews (of varying backgrounds) from all over the world to show their much needed support for the troops in the IDF."
B. About the ISO
This page will display several paragraphs of texts describing the organization.
C. Who We Are
This page will display pictures and a short biography paragaph about all the members of the organization's board.
D. Current Projects
This page will list the current projects the organization is currently involved in, and a short paragaph describing each. Please list at least one project's description as "Coming Soon" This page can look similiar to the "About the ISO" page.
E. How To Help
This page will list the different ways users can help the organization: Promoting events, through Facebook, and by making a donation. This page can also look similar to the "About The ISO" page.
F. Media
This page will display photographs and video clip thumbnails from past events.
G. Testimonials
This page will display quotes from various people about the organization.
H. Contact Us
This page will display the organization's contact information. This page can look similar to the "About the ISO" page.
III. Donate Now Button
Please have a "Donate Now" button prominently displayed on every page, embedded into the design.
IV. Mailing List Signup
Please have a small mailing list signup box embed into every page of the design. You can use the following text: "Sign up for our Newsletter to receive the latest news about ISO events."
V. Pics
You may use the pictures found in this zip file: http://tinyurl.com/3ab2lm
IV. Other Sites
Here are other designs that are liked by the site owner:
When submitting entries, please enter mockups only for the "Homepage" and "Current Projects" pages. After we select a winner, the winner will then create the rest of the pages.


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(CNN) -- If this long-delayed and blatantly pandering CGI malarkey is anything to go by, Hollywood's current craze for fairy tales isn't going to have a happy ending.
Originally slated for release last spring, "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" was ostensibly pushed back to take advantage of Jeremy Renner's rising star (he had "The Bourne Legacy" and "Avengers" coming out in the summer).
Renner is entitled to cash in on his "Hurt Locker" acclaim and make a living like anybody else, but I'll bet he was more animated cashing his check than he is as a gun-toting medieval witch slayer, the little boy from Grimm's fairytale grown up with a chip on his shoulder and an inexplicable American accent (which is shared by his "sis," Gemma Arterton's leather-clad Gretel, but no one else in this neck of the woods).
Hansel is also inflicted with diabetes -- "sugar sickness" -- and periodically slumps into a coma until he self-administers an injection through his britches. You'll know how he feels. The idea may be kind of cute -- remember Hansel was force-fed candy as a kid -- but typically half-baked in a flick that throws anachronisms around like they're going out of style.
Writer-director Tommy Wirkola, whose first film was the cult Nazi zombie pic "Dead Snow," hasn't concocted more than a slender thread of a narrative. A witch is snatching so many children that the town mayor brings in the sibling celebrity bounty hunters (wait a minute, didn't Terry Gilliam all ready make this movie as "The Brothers Grimm"?). Rather than construct any scares, suspense or surprise, the movie attempts to stave off boredom with a dose of kung fu fighting every five minutes.
The movie hits its nadir early, when Thomas Mann's teenage fanboy, Ben, shows up in a tavern bearing press clippings of the dynamic duo's exploits and asks for their autographs -- slipping in some bonehead exposition for good measure: "So how do you kill witches?"
It never really improves much either -- except maybe in the gratuitous semi-nudity when a mildly wounded Hansel is coaxed into skinny dipping in "healing waters" by a comely maiden who leads by example.
Playing the wickedest witch ("Muriel"), whose true features resemble the Bonneville Salt Flats, Famke Janssen signals her wickedness by. Talking. Like. This. Very. Slowly. Which has the unfortunate consequence of underlining the clichéd nature of lines like "I'm not. Going to. Kill you. Yet. That. Would. Be. Too. Ea. Sy!"
Yes indeed, too easy by far, when Wirkola seems to specialize in the heavy-handed, cumbersome and laborious, even when he's aiming for flip. Especially when he's aiming for flip.
It's a tossup what's most depressing, the abject storytelling (and when you find yourself yearning for the storytelling skills of Terry Gilliam, that's not a good sign) or the reprehensible, lazy thinking that equates evil with physical deformity. Look how we're invited to enjoy the slaughter of witches -- including conjoined twins and a "half lady" -- and how Wirkola insidiously mixes sideshow freaks with the reactionary connotation of the word: The witches are made up to resemble Goths and punks, outsiders who deserve nothing better than the gory reckoning he contrives for them.
As for shooting the thing in 3-D, the movie has some eye-catching effects. It's just a pity Wirkola and company never see the wood for the trees.


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Is the Ban over?
Saw this on usark website, does this mean the ban is over.
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the information is for in reference to snakes in question whether the ban will still be enforced in reference to disease in concern with native amphibians is to be asked and watched on
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See the other thread. Disease is irrelevant. The ban in general is in place. The court ruled, however, that USFWS cannot ban interstate movement of injurious species [giant snakes, salamanders, or whatever else], because the law they twist to say this...doesn't do it. So interstate movements were never legally banned and whatever USFWS has publicly stated about this is legally wrong and cannot be enforced. Shipping within and between the 49 continental states is perfectly legal.
Assuming of course, that animals are legally obtained and legal in the state they're going to [otherwise, that's a title 16 violation instead].
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Man Frogeyes if I need legal advice buddy I'm PMing you!!!! Perfect explanation and clarification of the courts decision. You need a Caudate radio news show! Newt Talk Radio!!!!!!
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Closing the current thread because this other one is the main thread on this: http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-a...tml#post477714
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Planets and clusters and meteors
As the sun sets around 5pm, Venus blazes in the south-southwest. Our sister planet is at its farthest point east of the sun. But the geometry between Venus, the sun and earth doesn't add up to a better view, as the evening star climbs only a dozen degrees above the horizon and sets within 90 minutes of the sun. Still, Venus is near impossible to miss, and Thursday evening it is joined by the waxing crescent moon a little higher in the sky.
As Venus sets in the southwest around 6pm, the red giant Aldebaran rises opposite in the northeast. The fiery eye of Taurus the bull, Aldebaran is the 14th brightest star. Taurus contains two of the brightest star clusters in the heavens. The first, the V-shaped Hyades, makes up the bull's face. Above Aldebaran and the Hyades, look for a series of stars shaped like miniature ladle or dipper, the Pleiades cluster, which makes up the bull's shoulder.
Keep your eyes on Taurus and the Pleiades, as this is the apparent point of origin for the North Taurid meteor shower, which peaks on the 12th. The glare of the waxing gibbous moon will bleach out all but the brightest of these meteors, but that night it sets around 1:30am, providing a dark background before dawn. And while the North Taurids produce at best 10 to 12 meteors an hour, the shower is a steady producer for a week or two both before and after its peak.
Jupiter rises in the east-northeast at around 9pm. By midnight it is high in the east, and around 4am it is directly overhead atop the celestial sphere. Above Old Jove are the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux.
Mars rises around 2am and is high in the east at sunrise. The red planet trails equally bright Regulus, the heart of Leo the lion, by roughly 10 degrees.
With the new week, Mercury begins its escape from the sun's blinding glare, climbing above the east horizon before dawn. Don't be confused by blue-white Spica less than 10 degrees higher.


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Generalist Social Work Practice : An Empowering Approach (Updated Edition)
- Edition: 6th
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- Copyright: 01/10/2010
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Karla Miley, MSW,LSW is Professor Emerita, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois. She has been a graduate and undergraduate social work educator in Illinois and Iowa for thirty years. Professor Miley received her masters degree in social work in 1966 at the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. She has extensive social work practice and consultation experience in school social work, health care, child welfare, and aging services. Professor Miley has served as a member on a number of community agency initiatives and boards. She has published several articles on ethics and empowerment and has co-authored two social work texts on empowerment in social work: Social Work: An Empowering Profession with Brenda DuBois and Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach with Brenda DuBois and Michael O'Melia.
Michael O'Melia is an Associate Professor in the St. Ambrose University MSW Program. He specializes in teaching clinical social work with expertise in generalist, collaborative, and anti-oppressive methods. O'Melia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois, working for over thirty years with individuals, couples, families and small groups in child welfare, delinquency prevention, family therapy, and school-based practice settings. In addition to co-authoring Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach, O'Melia is co-editor of Pathways to Power: Reading in Contextual Social Work Practice. Functioning as a community trainer and program consultant, O'Melia focuses on developing culturally competent practices, working with resistant and mandated clients, and implementing strength-based clinical strategies. He also sits on the Social Work Advisory Board for Pearson Education, serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Rumanian Social Work Review, and contributes as an editor to the Journal of Progressive Human Services.
Brenda DuBois, MSW,LCSW, Ph.D. is Professor of Social Work at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. She has been a graduate and undergraduate social work educator in Iowa for thirty-three years. Professor DuBois received her masters degree in social work in 1977 at the University of Iowa and a doctorate in educational administration from Illinois State University in 2002. She has extensive social work practice and consultation experience in public welfare, community planning, organizational development, and program evaluation. Dr. DuBois serves as a member on a number of community agency initiatives, ethics committees, and as a board member to agencies in the Quad Cities. She has published several articles on ethics and empowerment and has co-authored two social work texts on empowerment in social work: Social Work: An Empowering Profession with Karla Miley and Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach with Karla Miley and Michael O'Melia.
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1 Generalist Social Work Practice
Social Work Values and Purpose
Human Dignity and Worth
Social Justice
Defining Social Work
Achieving the Purpose of Social Work
Generalist Social Work
Levels of Intervention in Generalist Practice
Policy and Generalist Practice
Research in Generalist Practice
Advantages of a Multifaceted Approach
Social Work Functions and Roles
Resource Management
Integrating Generalist Functions
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
2 Human System Perspectives
The Knowledge Base of Generalist Practice
Theoretical Frameworks for Practice
Developing a Practice Framework
Analyzing Theoretical Perspectives
Key Perspectives for Empowering Practice
Social Constructionism
Feminist Perspective
The Ecosystems Perspective
Humans in Context
Focus on Transactions
Development as Evolutionary Change
View of Dysfunction
Implications for Change
Human Systems
System Defined
Dimensions of Systems
A Structural View of Systems
An Interactional View of Systems
Biopsychosocial Dimensions
Cultural Influences
Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Practice
Identify the Focal System
What's Happening Inside the System?
What's Happening Outside the System?
How Do the Inside and Outside Connect?
How Does the System Move through Time?
Applying the Ecosystems Framework
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
3 Values and Multicultural Competence
Frames of ReferenceYour Frame of Reference Shows
Professional Values and Practice Principles
Access to Resources
Value Conflicts in Practice: An Example
Personal Values and Resources
Use of Self in Social Work
Increasing Self-Awareness
Values and Principles in Action: A Practice Example
How Values Influence Practice
Values and Diversity
Multicultural Competence
Cultural Diversity Defined
Proficient Multicultural Practice
Cultural Competence
Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural Responsiveness
A Generalist View of Cultural Competence
Practitioner-Level Cultural Competence
Agency-Level Cultural Competence
Community-Level Cultural Competence
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
4 Strengths and Empowerment
Strengths Perspective
Practice Assumptions
Key Transitions
Applying a Strengths Perspective
Personal Dimensions of Empowerment
Interpersonal Dimensions of Empowerment
Sociopolitical Dimensions of Empowerment
Empowerment as a Concept and a Process
Empowerment-Based Practice
The Paradox of an Empowering Process
Collaboration and Partnership
Characteristics of Empowerment-Centered Social Workers
Empowerment-Oriented Strategies
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
5 An Empowering Approach to Generalist Practice
Elements of an Empowering Generalist Approach
Infusing an Ecosystems Perspective
Reflecting a Social Justice Commitment
Applying a Strengths Orientation
Collaborating with Clients
Constructing an Empowering Reality
Phases and Processes of Empowering Practice
The Dialogue Phase
The Discovery Phase
The Development Phase
From Solving Problems to Promoting Competence
Processes in Action: Practice Examples
An Example at the Microlevel
An Example at the Mezzolevel
An Example at the Macrolevel
Multilevel Intervention in Generalist Pracitice: Integrative Case Example
Intervention at the Microlevel
Intervention at the Mezzolevel
Intervetnion at the Macrolevel
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
PART 2 The Dialogue Phase: Building Relationships and Describing Situations
6 Forming Partnerships
Collaboration and Partnership
The Dilemma of Social Workers as Experts
The Rewards of Clients as Experts
The Social Worker's Role
Agency Influences on Worker-Client Relationships
Making Initial Contacts
Recognizing What Clients Bring
Initiating Collaboration
Beginning Steps: A Practice Example
Qualities of Professional Partnerships
Acceptance and Respect
Cultural Sensitivity
Constructing Empowering Relationships
Recognizing Rights
Taking Responsibilities
Discussing Rights and Responsibilities
Augmenting Power
When Clients Feel Powerless
Collaborating with Oppressed Clients
Voluntary and Involuntary Clients
Partnerships with Larger Systems
Respecting Confidentiality
Absolute and Relative Confidentiality
Violating Confidentiality
Informed Consent for Releasing Information
Privileged Communication
Balancing Accountability and Privacy
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
7 Articulating Situations
Empowering DialogueListening and Responding
Proactive Responding
Describing the Current Situation
Orienting toward Goals
Searching for Strengths and Resources
Sizing Up Situations
Exchanging Information
Verbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Influences on Communication Processes
Assessing the Client's Perspective
Responding to Thoughts
Allowing Space
Nonverbal Responses
Single Word Responses
Summary Clarification
Request to Continue
Combining Responses
Practice Example
Responding to Feelings
The Experience of Feelings
Identifying Feelings
Verbalizing Feelings
Validating Feelings
Special Issues in Responding
Responding to Anger
Responding to Silence
Responding to Questions
Responding to Feedback from Clients
Responding to Larger Client SystemsFacilitating Discussion
Respecting Existing Functioning
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
8 Defining Directions
Transforming Challenges into Directions
Orienting Forward, Not Back
Framing the Search for Resources
Integrating Transactional Dimensions
Considering Client Motivation
A Transactional View of Motivation
Motivating Clients Who Have Given Up
Aligning Worker and Client Motivations
Motivating Larger Systems
Collaborating with Clients Who Resist
Resistance Is Motivated
Cooperating with Resistance
Overcoming Environmental Resistance
Cooperating with Mandated Clients
Constructing Workers' Expectations
Structuring a Working Partnership
Defining a Motivating Direction
Taking Priority Actions
Responding to Trauma
Responding to the Threat of Suicide
Responding to Threats toward Others
Responding to Child Abuse
Responding to Elder Abuse
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence
Responding to Survival Needs
Responding to Signs of Addiction
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
PART 3 The Discovery Phase: Assessing Resourcesand Planning Change
9 Identifying Strengths
Infusing a Strengths Perspective
What Are Strengths?
Why Identify Strengths?
Balancing Strengths and Challenges
Looking for Strengths
Highlighting Strengths in General Functioning
Strengths in Individuals
Strengths in Families
Strengths in Groups
Strengths in Organizations
Strengths in Communities
Solution-Focused Dialogue
Creating a Solution-Saturated Atmosphere
Searching for Exceptions
Detecting Incremental Steps
Searching for Transferable Skills
Recognizing Cultural StrengthsStrengths in Diversity
Ethnic Group Strengths
African Americans
Latino Americans
Asian Americans
Native Americans
Strengths in Cultural Group Memberships
Gays and Lesbians
Older Adults
Religious Affiliations and Spirituality
Persons with Disabilities
Clients as Resources for Understanding Cultures
Uncovering Strengths in Adversity
Surviving Oppression
Surviving Violence
Surviving Family Disruption
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
10 Assessing Resource Capabilities
Exploring Resource Systems through Assessment
Recognizing Environmental Resources
Turning Challenging Situations into Resources
Collaborating to Search for Resources
Applying Theoretical Frameworks
Organizing Assessment Using a Five-Point Ecosystemic Schema
Practice Example: Franklin Courts
Organizing Assessment: Applying Ecosystemic Questions
Assessing Structures
Assessing Interactions
Assessing Thinking and Feeling
Assessing Cultural Influences
Assessing Spiritual Dimensions
Assessing Physical Environments
Putting the Pieces Together
Using Assessment Tools
Social Histories
Culturally Sensitive Assessment
Social Network Maps
Group Assessment
Organizational Assessment
Neighborhood and Community Assessment
Tools as Resources for Empowerment
Adding Viewpoints
Bringing in Significant Others
Contacting Other Professionals
Assessing through Observation
Observations by Clients
Observations by Workers
Types of Recording Formats
Ethical and Legal Issues in Recordkeeping
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
11 Framing Solutions
Collaborative Planning Processes
Client Expertise in Planning
Worker Expertise in Planning
Issues Affecting Collaborative Planning
Planning in Multiperson Systems
Goals and Objectives
Differentiating Goals and Objectives
Considering Goals
Translating Goals into Objectives
Constructing Action Plans
Crystallizing Outcome Goals
Writing Effective Objectives
Prioritizing Objectives
Screening Generalist Intervention Strategies
Choosing Effective Strategies
Delineating Tasks and Responsibilities
Setting Reviews and Evaluations
The Evolving Contract
Contracting as an Empowering Process
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
PART 4 The Development Phase: Implementing, Evaluating,and Stabilizing Change
12 Activating Resources
Applying Generalist Intervention SkillsIntervention across System Levels
Maintaining Progress in the Action Plan
Implementing Action Plans
Enhancing Interactions
Sustaining Motivation
Developing Power
Promoting Leadership
Recognizing Choices
Locating Genuine Options
Magnifying Strengths
Changing Perspectives
Offering Feedback
Constructing Feedback
Creating New Concepts
Using Narrative Strategies
Trying Out New Behaviors
Managing Resources
Linking Clients with Resources
Client Advocacy
Maximizing Clients' Rights
Sharing Information
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
13 Creating Alliances
The Power of Alliances
Developing Alliances through Groups
Groups and Empowerment
Mutual Aid in Groups
Self-Help Groups
Social Action through Group Work
Strengthening Natural Support Alliances
Social Support
Workers' Roles in Encouraging Social Support
Case Management: Client-Service Alliances
Case Management Defined
The Purpose of Case Management
Case Management in Action: A Practice Example
Case Management Activities with Clients
Case Management Activities with the Delivery System
Workers' Resources for Case Management
Critical Issues and Ethical Dilemmas
Organizational Alliances for Service Delivery
Building Interagency Coalitions
Working on Teams
Leading Effective Meetings
Professional Support Networks
Alliances within Organizations
Job Stress and Burnout
Professional Memberships
Connections in Cyberspace
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
14 Expanding Opportunities
Opportunities: Keys to Empowerment
Empowerment and Opportunities
Empowerment in Groups and Communities
Resource Expansion
Identifying Resource Shortages
Mobilizing Resources
Educating the Public
Writing Grant Proposals
Community Change
Processes for Working with Communities
Working with Communities through Organizing
Working with Communities through Development
Social Work as a Political Profession
Political PerspectivesPolitical Perspectives Applied to Social Work
Policy Development
Policy Analysis and Change
Consumer Participation in Policy Development
Social Activism and Social Advocacy
A Heritage of Social Reform
Promoting Social Action
Advocacy Role
Legislative Advocacy
Legislative Analysis
Legislative Testimony
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
15 Recognizing Success
Social Work Evaluation and ResearchIntegrating Practice and Research
Evidence-Based Practice
Steps for Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Implications for Social Work Practice
Practice Evaluation
Progress Evaluation
Client Outcome Assessment
Program Evaluation
The Research Process
Research Terminology
Ethics in Research
Single-System Designs
Elements of Single-System Designs
Types of Single-System Designs
Limitations of Single-System Designs
Assessing Your Competence
Looking Forward
16 Integrating Gains
Social Work Endings
Completing Contracts
Preparing for Resolution
Discussing Readiness
Sharing Feelings
Generalizing Outcomes
Firming Up Social Supports
Celebrations and Ritualized Endings
Looking to the Future
Following -Up
Closing with Referral
Acknowledging Limited Resources
Implementing Legal Mandates
Making Referrals
Responding to Clients' Discontinuation of Services
Preparing for Early Discontinuation
Recognizing Exit Clues
Resolving Unplanned Exits
When Clients Die
End of Life Care
Grieving the Death of a Client
Resolving Relationships with Larger Systems
Small Group Endings
Resolving Intermember Relationships
Endings with Organizations and Communities
Assessing Your Competence
Endings Are Beginnings
Appendix: Comprehensive Case Study: Client Empowerment: Surviving Domestic Violence
Author Index
Subject Index


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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Lions rally late, top Eagles in OT
Special to the Phanatic
Philadelphia, PA -- Jason Hanson tied the game in regulation and won it in overtime as the Detroit Lions took a 26-23 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, the club's first over the Birds since 1986.
Hanson, who has held the position since 1992, went 4-for-4 and also added two extra points to move past John Carney into third place on the NFL's all-time scoring list.
Matthew Stafford was off for much of the game, but he led the team on three scoring drives in the fourth quarter and the game-winner in overtime. He finished the game 22-for-45 with 311 yards, one touchdown and one interception for the Lions (2-3), who won for the first time since opening the season with a win over St. Louis. Stafford also ran in a score.
"It's huge because we really needed this," said Detroit defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch. "We just needed to play well and get back on track."
Calvin Johnson was also quiet for much of the game, but he finished the contest with six catches for 135 yards while Nate Burleson caught a score for Detroit, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Philadelphia.
Michael Vick was picked off twice, sacked three times and hit hard on several other plays, but did throw two touchdown passes and finished the game 28-for-46 with 311 yards. He also had a team-high 59 yards on nine carries, but it wasn't enough to stop the Eagles (3-3) from losing their second straight game going into their bye week.
Hanson tied the game with a 19-yard field goal with just three seconds left, but Philadelphia began the extra session with the ball.
Vick, though, was sacked on consecutive plays to force the team into a 3rd- and-31 and the Eagles wound up having to punt from their own 4-yard line.
Stefan Logan fielded the ball at his own 39 and ran it to the midfield mark. He was stripped of the ball, but it took a lucky bounce back into his arms while he was on the ground and the Detroit offense went to work.
Stafford hit Tony Scheffler for 16 yards on the first play, but a 10-yard holding penalty pushed the team back. Johnson, though, caught a 17-yard pass on the next play to get the Lions in field goal range. After a pair of runs, Hanson booted the ball in from 45 yards out for the win.
"Every guy in that locker room never stops fighting and that's what got us the win today," said Stafford. "We can't make it this hard on ourselves every week. We understand that. But at the same time, a win is a win in the NFL and they don't always come easy."
Philadelphia started the second half with the ball and a one-point lead, which the team built on as a 15-play, 72-yard drive was capped on a 26-yard field goal from Alex Henery for a 10-6 advantage with 8:23 to play in the third.
Detroit went three-and-out and had to punt, with the Eagles getting the ball back at their own 36. The team got down to the Detroit 3 and appeared to have a score when Brent Celek caught a pass in the end zone, but he was called for pass interference and the Eagles ultimately had to settle for a 32-yard field goal from Henery for a 13-6 lead with 3:39 to play in the third.
Following another three-and-out from Detroit, the Eagles again added to their advantage as a 49-yard field goal from Henery made it a 16-6 game early in the fourth quarter.
The Lions finally got their offense on track on their ensuing touch as Stafford capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive with a scramble into the end zone around the left side to make it a 16-13 game with 10:30 to play.
On the first play of the ensuing drive, Vick was picked off by Chris Houston, but the Lions were unable to take advantage of the gift and ultimately had to punt.
Philly struck quickly, as on the third play Vick found Jeremy Maclin wide open over the middle and he took it 70 yards into the end zone for a 23-13 lead with 5:18 to play in the game.
Detroit answered less than two minutes later on a 17-yard touchdown catch by Burleson from Stafford. The play was set up on a 57-yard catch by Scheffler on a long bomb down the right sideline.
A three-and-out from Philly saw the Lions get the ball back at their own 32 and a 17-yard catch by Johnson moved the ball across midfield. Another Johnson catch of 16 yards was initially ruled out of bounds, but a replay reversed the call. Detroit got down to the 1-yard line, but was unable to punch it in and a 19-yard field goal from Hanson sent the game to overtime.
"We've got to find a way to close the game," said Philadelphia running back LeSean McCoy. "I felt we had the game in control. To lose like this is a sick feeling."
The first points of the game went to the Lions on a 46-yard make from their sure-footed veteran, who then converted 34-yard field goal for a 6-0 lead with 3:58 left in the first.
Philadelphia put together a drive on its next touch and got down to the Detroit 29. Vick was in the shotgun on a 2nd-and-7, but he wasn't even looking at the center as the ball was snapped and the Lions' Stephen Tulloch fell on the ball at the Detroit 45.
The Lions were unable to take advantage, though, as a deep pass into the end zone for Johnson was picked off by Nnamdi Asomugha and the Eagles got the ball back at their own 20.
Following another exchange of punts, Philly got near midfield, but Louis Delmas, playing his first game of the season, picked off a deep Vick pass. The Lions converted a couple of first downs, but were unable to get close to scoring position and the Eagles got the ball back at their own 21.
Philadelphia was finally able to put together a scoring drive as the team got into the end zone when Vick hit McCoy near the line and he took it in from two yards out for a 7-6 lead with 1:16 to play in the half. Two plays before, a pass interference call on Detroit had moved the ball to the 3-yard line.
Notes: Detroit committed 10 penalties in the first half and finished the game with an NFL season high 16 for 132 yards ... Philadelphia defensive tackle Fletcher Cox was thrown out of the game for throwing a punch at a player on the extra point attempt after Detroit's first touchdown ... Hanson now has 2,074 points in his career. He needed just three coming into the game to pass Carney ... Detroit plays in Chicago next Monday night ... Philadelphia will host Atlanta two weeks from Sunday ... Mikel Leshoure led the Detroit running game with 70 yards on 15 carries ... Philadelphia safety Nate Allen left the game with a hamstring injury ... Detroit cornerbacks Jacob Lacey (concussion) and Bill Bentley (shoulder) left the game.
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Grains and oilseeds started the day stronger after the long holiday weekend but wheat was unable to hold the early gains. March wheat closed 12 cents lower at $7.79 ¼, March corn up 1 cent at $7.28 ½, and March soybeans up 22 ½ at $14.51 ¾.
Soybean crush margins are still very strong in China which was a large part of today's rally. The USDA announced an optional origin soybean sale to China for 13/14. Soybean techincals also look favorable with a close back above the 200 day moving average (grey line).
Wheat has been choppy on rumors that Russia will be lowering their import duty on wheat continue to float around the market. Russian flour prices are at a record high which may mean they will have to take measures to cool domestic prices before their new crop harvest. If they announce the removal of the tariff it may open the door for imports of French wheat. These rumors were favorable for prices on Friday but the enthusiasm seems to have left the market as we erase those gains.
March corn found sell pressure after the wheat market's weakness Tuesday. It continues to trade in a range-bound manner. Just like late November and early December, March corn was supported above the 50 day moving average (red line) but was unable to break through the 100 day (blue line). Since the January reports were rather bullish I am inclined to believe corn will hold support this time but we always want to remain vigilant for closes below that level.
Weather in Brazil remains favorable for most areas. Southern Brazil will need to start seeing rains in the forecast soon but for now it is not a major concern. Argentine weather is drier than they would like to see especially into mid-next week. This could support price action in the US if the forecast continues to come in without adequate moisture. We will continue to monitor.
For now we expect old crop prices to be supported on setbacks due to the tight supply. The large acreage expected for 2013 may continue to keep new crop prices resisted. Have a great week!
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Wii Mini: original console 'isn't quite dead yet', says Pachter
Wii Mini is a very real console that is launching on December 7th, according to the Canadian arm of Best Buy. Some are sitting back in sheer bamboozlement at why Nintendo would want to release another Wii model with Wii U already out Stateside. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter told VG247 that the reason is simple: it's still selling big guns.
VG247 asked Pachter for his thoughts on the console's release, and it even caught him off guard, "That is the first I've heard of it. I agree that it may have been better to bring it out when the Wii was still popular, but Nintendo might have a strategy to keep the Wii alive. They apparently sold 300,000 Wiis last week globally, so the console isn't quite dead yet."
The 300,000 figure comes from Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime who also stated that the Wii U sold 400,000 units in the same week.
As the original Wii is still selling, Nintendo's desire to release a cheaper Wii Mini SKU for cash-poor families who want in on the gaming trend a chance to do so economically. That is, if it launches at a sensible price. We're still waiting to hear about that.
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Shootout shatters Easter truce in Ukraine
SLAVYANSK, Ukraine — An Easter truce was shattered early Sunday after a shootout at a militia checkpoint in eastern Ukraine left at least three people dead.
The checkpoint, near the town of Slavyansk, had been manned by separatists in and around the Donetsk region, where armed separatists have occupied administrative buildings for the past week.
A holiday truce had been declared by Kiev's interim government, which pledged not to use force to dislodge those calling for secession of this predominately Russian-speaking region.
Yuri Zhadobin, who coordinates the pro-Russia unit manning the checkpoint, told the Associated Press he was with about 20 men celebrating Easter when unknown men drove up in four vehicles and opened fire around 3 a.m.
"We began to shoot back from behind the barricades, and we threw Molotov cocktails at them," Zhadobin said. Two of the vehicles caught fire, and the attackers fled in the other two, he said. Some of his men were wounded, and one later died in a hospital, he said.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry released a statement saying three people were killed and three wounded in the shootout, adding that an unknown number of attackers were killed or wounded. Russian state media reported five people dead, including three pro-Russia activists.
Russia echoed separatist claims that the attack was the work of right-wing extremists allied with Ukraine's interim government. The right wing Svoboda (freedom) Party in Donetsk, which supports the interim government in Kiev and has ties to the fringe element at odds with the pro-Russian separatists holding the checkpoint, denied responsibility.
"Our guys in Donetsk did not go to Slavyansk," Arthur Shevtsov, a party spokesman, told USA TODAY.
This week, a U.S. and European Union-brokered agreement between Russia and Ukraine had called on the separatists to withdraw from administration buildings. The rebels — who intend to hold a referendum on secession May 11 — say they are not beholden to the agreement.
Some civilians want a vote and a chance to join Russia.
"I didn't like the previous government, but this new one is even worse," said Iryna Korolenko, who lives in the eastern city of Mariupol. "The Russians are our brothers, and I hope we will have a referendum and vote for joining Russia. But even if we don't, this movement will still mean a lot, and it will make Kiev respect us and listen to us."
Others don't want the region to join with Russia but would still like to see the area become more autonomous and independent from Kiev.
"I don't think Russia really wants to help the people here," said Dmytro Oleinik from Mariupol. "I would better live in Ukraine, but in a federalized Donetsk republic. In this way, we will get to keep more of our tax money in the region, rather than give it all to Kiev."
Contributing: Olga Rudenko from Mariupol; the Associated Press


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Welcome to the Academic Advisement Center at Stern College.
We are your resource for everything related to your academic experience from your first registration through graduation. We will help you define and meet your academic goals and guide you as you advance through your college career. All of our Advisors are available to you at any time. You are not assigned a specific Academic Advisor. We recommended that you meet one-on-one with an Advisor within the first two weeks of the semester to discuss your adjustment to college and discuss any scheduling adjustment and again, mid-semester, to start thinking about courses for the spring semester.
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(1) Basic Courses/Humanities/Qualitative, Social, & Natural Sciences
Coursework required for Syms School of Business men is as follows: First Year Writing, First Year Seminar, two courses from the categories Contemporary World Cultures, Interpreting the Creative and Cultures over Time, Statistics for Business, Quantitative Methods for Management, Microeconomics, Natural World or Human Behavior and Social Institutions and two 3 credit Syms or YC courses excluding Jewish Studies. AP courses may not be used for these general electives.
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Syms School of Business students must concurrently be enrolled in and fulfill the requirements of one of four Jewish Studies morning programs: The Mazer Program of Talmudic Studies (MYP), the Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program (SBMP), the Isaac Brewer College of Hebraic Studies (IBC) or Mechinah.
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Coursework required for Syms School of Business women is as follows: Composition and Rhetoric, Speech Communication, English of Foreign Literature, Humanities (Art, Music, History, Philosophy, or Foreign Language), Statistics for Business, Quantitative Methods for Management, Microeconomics, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology).
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All women enrolled in Syms School of Business are required to complete six (6) semesters of CORE and fourteen (14) additional Jewish Studies credits. CORE is a unit of three courses that total eight (8) or (9) credits. CORE is required during the first six (6) semesters of attendance on the Beren campus. The student determines the CORE credit value (3,4,5, or 6) at the time of registration. Each semester the CORE average grade is recorded for the credit value selected. Courses taken within CORE and the seven (7) additional credits should be chosen to meet the following distribution requirements: Bible (15 credit minimum), Judaic Studies (15 credit minimum), Jewish History (3 credit minimum), Jewish Philosophy (2 credit minimum), and Hebrew. The amount of Hebrew coursework is dependent upon the Hebrew level assigned: HEBR 1101 (5 courses), HEBR 1102 (4 courses), HEBR 1103-1105 (3 courses), HEBR 1106-1108 (2 courses), HEBR 1205 or above (1 course).
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To complete a BA or BS at Yeshiva College, students must complete the Core Curriculum and fulfill the requirements of a major [Click here to view the Major and Minor Fact Sheets]. Students must also complete 128 credits and fulfill residence requirements (84 credits and six full-time semesters on the Wilf Campus).
Each semester, students register for at least 12 credits and no more than 17.5 credits. YC students must also concurrently be enrolled in and fulfill the requirements of one of four Jewish Studies morning programs: The Mazer Program of Talmudic Studies (MYP), the Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program (SBMP), the Isaac Brewer College of Hebraic Studies (IBC) or Mechinah.
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The Pre-health Advising Office is here to help you maximize your chances of successfully transitioning to the health professions school of your choice. It is never too early to begin this process! Our office will provide you with personal guidance in regards to course selection, extracurricular activities needed for your resume, research and community service programs that will enhance your application, as well as counseling regarding how to successfully manage YU's dual curriculum. We encourage you to meet with us as soon as you arrive on campus, join our premed listserv, and ask about our premed mentoring program.
Yeshiva University's strong liberal arts education and dual curriculum provide an excellent background for law school. The Office of Pre-law Advisement provides one-on-one guidance to students from the time they begin to consider a career in the law all the way until they matriculate in law school. Students are encouraged to meet with the pre-law adviser to map out their courses, learn of internship opportunities, draft their personal statements and complete their law school applications. In addition, group advising, in the form of pre-law workshops, is also offered throughout the year.
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When I was in college working at a bakery, I discovered 'schmear.' Schmear at this bakery didn't mean cream cheese on a bagel... but, a smooth mixture of butter and brown sugar that was 'schmeared' on the bottom of the muffin pan before the cinnamon rolls were put in. After baking, we inverted the rolls onto a tray to reveal that the schmear had created a caramel glaze that cascaded over the rolls.
That sounds easy (and delish), right? It gets better. Instead of slaving over homemade bread dough to make the cinnamon rolls like they did at the bakery, now I use frozen Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry. Instead of the typical fluffy, doughy cinnamon rolls (fabulous in their own right), the Puff Pastry creates a buttery, flakey roll that is, well, soooo good. I also love that they are smaller than the normal over-sized bakery cinnamon rolls - they are a perfect indulgence to serve at brunch or with a cup of coffee.
You can prepare these ahead of time (great to have around for the holidays...) by following the directions below, then putting them into the freezer instead of the oven. When you are ready to bake them, just let them sit out for 10-20 minutes before they go into the hot oven.
For More Puff Pastry Recipes for the Holidays, click here!
1/4 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of cinnamon
1/2 cup of brown sugar
*Let frozen Puff Pastry sit out to thaw for 20 minutes before using.
Unfold the puff pastry sheet.
Spread the butter evenly.
Follow with sugar.
Then brown sugar...
And cinnamon.
Roll it up tightly.
Slice each sheet into 6 pieces. You can even do 8 if you wan to stretch it.
Put a scoop of schmear in each cup.
Then smash it down with the pecans. I like the look of pecan halves, but you can use pieces, too.
Place the rolls on top of the pecans (I only made 6, using just one sheet). Want to make these ahead of time? This is the point you can wrap them up and stick them in the freezer!
Puffed and baked. I used an extra large jumbo muffin tray, but you can use a normal size. Yours will be more overflowing if you use a standard muffin tray... both work great.
Place a pan (upside down) on top of the other tray, then flip.
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Look how ooey, and goey! These are so easy to make, they're great for any old Saturday morning, or a special brunch.
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The vegan diet can also be called "strict" vegetarianism, in that it excludes not only meat and fish but also eggs, honey and milk products. Many practitioners of the vegan diet additionally avoid the use of animal products in other forms, such as clothing (wool, leather, silk), jewelry (pearls) and cosmetics (lanolin). People who adopt veganism may do so for health reasons, ethical considerations or both. There are several forms of veganism, and these may disagree on various major and minor points. For example, the raw-food diet and the macrobiotics diet are both vegan, but while macrobiotic practitioners believe that raw food is unhealthy raw-foodists believe that cooked food is the source of many health problems.
The word "vegan" was created in 1944 by Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson, "pure vegetarians" annoyed by the fact that many people who called themselves vegetarian ate dairy products and even fish. They combined first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form "vegan", thereby intending to indicate that veganism was "the beginning and end of vegetarian."
Some proponents of veganism claim that a vegan diet can cure many health conditions. However, in attempting to actually scientifically verify such claims one runs into a significant problem: it is difficult, if not impossible, to design a scientifically reliable study of diet.
For the results of a study to be trustworthy, participants and researchers must be kept in the dark ("blind") regarding who received the treatment under study (the "active group") and who received a placebo treatment (the "control group"). If practitioners and/or researchers know who is in which group, numerous confounding factors will take over and produce misleading results. These factors include observer bias, reporting bias and the placebo effect. The many ways in which these confounders skew the results of unblinded studies are discussed in detail in Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies? To briefly summarize this complex issue: unblinded studies usually mean little to nothing. Unfortunately, it's difficult to keep study participants in the dark regarding whether the are on a vegan diet!
Rheumatoid arthritis is the prime condition for which veganism has been advocated. In several studies, people put on a vegan diet showed improvement in symptoms as compared to those who were allowed to eat in an ordinary fashion. 1-3 However, as noted above, the absence of blinding makes these results unreliable. These studies would have been more meaningful if, for example, all participants ate a vegan diet and in addition consumed cookies that, unbeknownst to them contain either animal fats or vegetable fats. Unfortunately, no studies using this or any other properly blinded control treatment have been reported.
A small study of similarly inadequate design weakly hints that vegan diet might be helpful for fibromyalgia . 4 Another small study compared vegan diet to an antidepressant for treatment for fibromyalgia, and the antidepressant appeared to be more effective. 5 (Here, however, unconscious bias may have been working in the opposite direction: this study was conducted in Bangladesh, where vegan diet is not exceptional, while western drugs could very well have something of a "magical" aura!)
Even weaker evidence hints that vegan diets might be helpful for treating hypertension , 6 as well as preventing heart disease and cancer .
Safety Issues
With the exception of vitamin B 12 , a vegan diet can, in principle, provide all necessary nutrients. However, in practice, vegans are frequently deficient in calcium , iron , vitamin D , selenium , phosphorous , and zinc . 10
Vitamin B 12 presents a special issue. This vitamin is not provided to any meaningful extent by plant foods. (The algae spirulina contains B 12 , but in a non-absorbable form.) Deficiency in B 12 is therefore inevitable among those who follow a strict vegan diet and do not take supplements. 7-11 Such deficiency has led to serious health consequences among vegans as well as breast-fed infants of vegan mothers. 12-13 When severe, B 12 deficiency can cause irreversible nerve damage. Mild deficiency leads to anemia and, in association with other common deficiencies, increased risk of bone thinning and fracture.
There is an additional potential issue for athletes to consider: A vegan diet is very low in the non-essential nutrient creatine . It is possible that creatine supplements may be particularly helpful for vegan athletes. 14-15
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My idea of a hot date these days is a nice, quiet evening curled up with my heating pad. That's probably because I'm old, but you know. I've started to realize that I should probably get off my unromantic butt and bring the romance back.
What better way to make your relationship crackle to life again than a box of popcorn and a couple of good date movies? (Answer: nothing.)
But you'll need to choose the right movie to put you both in a romantic state of mind. Here are my top 10 best date movies. I guarantee their power at setting the mood!
1) When Harry Met Sally. I'm not sure if it's a movie that's equally beloved by men and women, but most ladies I know find the relationship between Harry and Sally as it develops over time to be adorable. I'm one of those ladies.
2) Zack and Miri Make a Porno. This is the story of two old friends and current roommates who realize they need to make a bit of cash to pay the bills. They decide to make a porn movie. In the process? They fall in love. It's toocuteforwords.
3) Annie Hall. A Woody Allen classic that manages to strike a balance between hysterical and sweet, even if the ending isn't quite what you want it to be. The characters are perfect and, quite frankly, feel a lot more real than those in most romantic comedies.
4) Almost Famous. Hilarious yet touching, this one has it all. It's a wonderfully romantic, well-executed, charming movie that almost certainly will lead to some lovely time between the sheets.
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Jim Carrey drops the "goofy guy with the funny faces" act and shows that he has depth and some serious acting chops. The film is beautiful and heartbreaking, even as it's confusing at times. It is easily one of my favorites.
6) Say Anything. It's a tried-and-true classic, one that gets my knickers in a bunch every time. Mostly because I still wish my old boyfriend would show up outside my window with a boom box. If only so I can tell him to go away.
7) Edward Scissorhands. This legendary Tim Burton film is one of the most well-done he's ever created (and that's saying a lot). Johnny Depp's character is just the right amount of vulnerable and innocent. It's a movie for outsiders - like most of us.
8) Terminator 2. I know, I know, I'm supposed to keep this to movies that involve romance, not time-traveling cyborgs, but most people I know love both the storyline and the characters. It's a great flick to snuggle up on the couch and watch.
9) Parenthood. A movie so successful that it later launched a television series, Parenthood is one of the few that actually manages to show life as it really is -- the crazy and beautiful times alike.
10) L.A. Story. Another Steve Martin gem, this film celebrates Los Angeles culture while two people manage to fall in love under the most bizarre of circumstances.
What are YOUR favorite date movies? Are any of them on this list?
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