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The day is finally here.
Justin Upton has returned to Chase Field to face his former team for the first time since being traded to the Atlanta Braves during the offseason. The move sent Upton and infielder Chris Johnson to Atlanta in exchange for veteran Martin Prado and four minor leaguers.
Much has been made about the move throughout the spring and the first 38 games of the season. That could be because Upton got off to a white-hot start being named NL Player of the Month for April, batting .302 with 12 home runs and 18 RBI in his first 23 games. On the other hand, Prado is batting .233 with four homers and just nine RBI through 39 games.
Monday before the game against the Braves, Prado insisted he isn't trying to be Upton and he never will be.
"I'm not going to be able, and I'm being honest, I'm just being realistic, I'm not going to be able to do whatever he does because we're just two different kinds of players," he said. "What people don't see is that he brings something different to the table than I actually do for the team. I'm not going to just compare myself with him; it's just not going to happen."
Everybody wants to talk about who won and who lost in the deal. It's a hot topic on radio talk shows, on TV and on the internet.
The 29-year-old Prado knows that he may not have the offensive skill set Upton possesses, but is confident in his abilities and feels he makes this team better in other ways.
"What I can do is, maybe I'm not hitting well, I'm not getting results but what else can I bring to the table. What can I do? I can play defense. You ask me to play another position, I'll play another position," Prado said. "If you want me to be a good teammate, I'll be a good teammate. You need advice, whatever, from anybody here? I'll be here."
Prado's ability to be a good teammate and his character in the clubhouse is something his manager Kirk Gibson has raved about.
Prado feels this clubhouse is full of guys that are more like him.
"I feel like as a player, you'll be able to do good and be a good teammate, that's easy. When you're doing great, you can be the best guy and the best person ever," he said. "What can you bring to the table when you're not doing well and make the difference?"


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owners of the New York Mets agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for the victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud, a deal that eases pressure on the owners of the cash-strapped baseball team.
The pact was announced in U.S. District Court in New York on Monday just as a trial was about to start. It was a victory for brothers-in-law Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz and their family-run Sterling Equities real estate, baseball and hedge-fund empire.
They will not have to pay out any cash immediately and the trustee, Irving Picard, dropped his allegation that they turned a blind eye to Madoff's fraud.
For the trustee, the settlement could provide a template for other cases still pending against hundreds of individuals, funds and banks such as HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and UBS AG.
Wilpon and Katz were accused of acting in bad faith in their dealings with Madoff over 25 years until December 2008. Their case would have been the first involving the imprisoned financier to go to trial.
The Mets, who live in the shadow of the much more successful, world-famous New York Yankees, have struggled in recent years. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson has been quoted as saying the team lost $70 million last year. Forbes magazine said in 2011 that the team was worth $747 million.
The settlement is a "very positive moment for the team and the Wilpon family," said Robert Boland, academic chair at New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports.
Beyond the Madoff fraud, the owners have dealt with a struggling team and a financial hit to their commercial real estate business.
"Solving one of those issues will make it easier," he said.
Separately on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported the Mets closed a sale last week of 12 minority stakes in the team for $20 million apiece, or a total of $240 million, citing two sources with knowledge of the deals.
The proceeds from the sales will repay a $25 million loan from Major League Baseball and a $40 million loan to Bank of America, the sources told WSJ. Mets didn't immediately return requests outside normal business hours for a comment on the report.
The court settlement calls for payments over a five-year period and Wilpon and Katz will not have to pay any cash until the fourth year. The $162 million could end up being mostly paid with money returning to the owners' Sterling Equities firm as a result of being a victim of the fraud.
Picard had accused the owners of ignoring warning signs that Madoff was running a fraud. Wilpon, Katz and their relatives denied the accusations and said they were also victims.
Both sides can claim victory, according to Neal Levin, a partner at law firm Freeborn & Peters LLP in Chicago, who specializes in recoveries for fraud victims.
"If I'm Picard, I'm going to try and use it as a template. But if I'm the target, I'm going to say that this is a very subjective analysis and every case is unique."
Picard's original complaint was filed in bankruptcy court in December 2010, seeking $1 billion, but it was whittled down to $386 million. If a jury had ruled against the Mets owners, they would have been liable for $303 million on top of as much as $83.3 million in "fictitious profits."
People involved in the litigation said the pressure of an upcoming trial led to the agreement.
"This is common sense," former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo, who oversaw mediation of the dispute, told reporters outside the courtroom. "There's no artistry here."
He said Wilpon and Katz were not personally involved in the negotiations.
For Picard and his legal team, the settlement brings an additional $162 million into the pot to pay back victims of Madoff's fraud, the biggest in investment history.
Madoff is in prison for his Ponzi scheme, in which he paid old clients with the money from new investments.
"This settlement is for the benefit of all the customers," said David Sheehan, the lead lawyer for Picard.
Picard estimates Madoff customers were defrauded of about $20 billion overall. He has said he will try to recover as much money as he can through the courts. So far, he has won settlements amounting to $9.1 billion.
Under the settlement, Wilpon, Katz and their partners at Sterling Equities essentially agreed to pay "fictitious profits" of about $162 million that the Sterling parties withdrew in the six years before Madoff's scheme collapsed in December 2008. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff previously ruled the defendants were liable for two years of profits, $83.3 million.
"The settlement that we announced in court confirms that Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz and their partners acted at all times in good faith and did not act willfully blind," said Robert Wise, one of their lawyers.
The Sterling parties' customer claims of about $178 million will be entitled to recovery on the same basis as other customers of the Madoff firm. Any pro rata distributions would be used to reduce the Sterling parties' settlement obligation.
The settlement was reached on Friday, but kept secret until Monday, when Rakoff announced it in court. The two sides agreed not to make any disparaging statement about each other or the settlement.
"All I have to say is, love is wonderful," the judge said. He set April 13 for final approval of the deal.
The case is Picard v. Katz et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-03605.
Additional reporting by Basil Katz; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Andre Grenon and Muralikumar Anantharaman

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Sthembiso Sithole
Social media is now part of our daily activities and some users use it for personal branding. Personal branding is all about marketing yourself and what you do in terms of your career and skills. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos breaks it down well when he says "A brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room".
It's no secret that most students in higher education institutions spend a lot of their time on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Plus. Students spend time online doing research for assignments and to communicate while others use social media because it's accessible.
These platforms are used in different ways for different reasons, but I believe it is high time that students both in universities and colleges use them for personal branding. Times have changed and employers want to be associated with people who have good profiles on social media.


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Nigeria's captain to the 2008 Olympic and Antalyaspor of Turkey forward Isaac Promise has been handed a N0.9 million fine plus a three-match ban.
Promise was sent off at the end of the first half in the fourth round of games against Galatasaray, which automatically earned him a suspension.
Antalyaspor's appeal to the Turkish Football Federation came to nothing after the federation rejected the appeal and went ahead to slam the Nigerian with a three-match ban while the Disciplinary Committee ordered him to pay a fine of 10,000 Turkish Lira (equivalent of 4,500 euros or N0.9 Million)
The 24 – year- old striker, who arrived Antalyaspor in the summer transfer market as a free agent, missed the club's clash against Menemen Belediyespor Wednesday and will equally be out of action against Elazigspor September 30th.
This is not the first time Promise has been dismissed in Turkey. Last season, then on the payroll of Manisaspor, he was shown a red card by referee Cuneyt Cakir after 45 minutes. He also got marching orders in the 2009 – 2010 and 2005 – 2006 seasons.


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Guestbook Entries:
Stephen OliverPosted 2018-09-13 20:28:24 at Birmingham
"Many thanks indeed for opening up the church on Tuesday. It is a superb and inspiring example of the Arts and Crafts Movement."
dennis stubbsPosted 2018-07-15 03:51:27 at scarborough
"I spent many holidays at Kempley with Mr. and Mrs. Mason at Brick house farm. What a wonderful place it was."
Jayne CziraPosted 2017-07-05 22:17:46 at Shropshire
"Love the tardis.came to Kempleyto find the birthplace of my great grandfather Charles Edwards and there it was Wallfields cottage.HIs father James was a brickmaker.now underneath the pond.beautiful place.!"
James and Kim YoungPosted 2017-03-23 00:43:31 at Bedford
"We visited Kempley on the 18th March 2017 and went on the daffodil walk. It was very enjoyable and our guide knew lots about the history of the parish and surrounding area. The refreshments in the village hall after the walk were very welcome and were outstanding. Everyone of the volunteers from the walking guides and the parking attendants to the ladies who made and served the lovely refreshments and the youngsters who cleared the tables were really friendly. A very well done Kempley and thanks for your hospitality. "
KempleyPosted 2016-03-27 19:46:04
"May be of use for the Daffodil Project in the area http://www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/grants-and-projects/visitor-giving/visitor-giving-grants/"
Linda MasonPosted 2015-09-01 20:57:15 at Aldridge
"Cycling the Cider Route from Ledbury we came upon Kempley and were delighted. We have no connection at all with the village but found it welcoming, particularly the gentleman we spoke to outside of St Edward's church who was most informative and added immensely to our visit through the information he imparted. Both churches are amazing in their own very different ways. We shall return"
jan parfittPosted 2015-04-05 18:41:33 at cowbridge
"Visited Kempley a year or so ago and love it !! I found out I had family who lived in Kempley and were married in the church in 1882, so was lovely to go there. Wanted to find Marshells farm where my Oakley family lived but had no luck. Coming back in the summer to have another look !!"
Anton and Emma BuckokePosted 2015-03-05 14:47:38 at Thornbury
"A beautiful presentation of a beautiful and much loved church. Thank you"
Phill James Carlisle --- F.H BrundlePosted 2014-12-16 17:59:04 at United Kingdom
"A beautiful village and i will return in the spring with my wife. Keep up the good work "
Elizabeth H HagemanPosted 2014-05-21 15:26:14 at United States
"I am looking for Penelope Pyndar of Kempley who married into the Wyniat family of Dymock. Can you send me parish record, etc. of the marriage and/or of either of them?
Many thanks!!"
Dr Richard HanesPosted 2013-11-24 21:21:44 at United Kingdom
"Great site, Kempley looks like a great place to grow up"
Jonathan HarrisPosted 2013-10-27 14:35:00 at Pontefract
"Visted the beautiful church at Kempley whilst on holiday"
Vicky eldridgePosted 2013-07-13 13:37:47 at Upton bishop
"What a marvellous website"
Robin VizorPosted 2013-05-09 10:59:29 at United Kingdom
"I think the heritage archive is a great idea. Dymock should take a leaf out of your book."
J LockwoodPosted 2013-04-30 09:39:00 at North Gloucestershire
"We love the Tardis, and have only just realised what a wealth of additional information there is on this website. A suggestion: could you put a nice photo of the actual phonebox on the website somewhere (preferably the homepage)? It would make it more meaningful to first-time visitors, and would be good for other sites who want to link to yours"
Angela DanbyPosted 2013-04-04 16:29:55 at Anthony's Cross, Newent
"Eleven members of Tibberton & Taynton WI had a most interesting afternoon at St. Mary's and St. Edwards followed by a scrumptious tea at the V.Hall. Many thanks, Kempley Tardis for your superb website."
Brian and Maggie LaycockPosted 2013-03-23 11:28:19 at Malvern Worcestershire
"We visit the area around Kempley to see the daffodils, the churches and to walk. Recently we were told about this website which is brilliant. "
Fenny SmithPosted 2013-03-19 22:57:16
"Enjoyed the 2013 Daffodil walks and weekend very much"
DavidPosted 2013-03-15 10:08:30 at Newent
"The daffodil history looks interesting but a nightmare to navigate; click here, scroll up and down to read tiny bits of text. Why not just have some regular pages?"
E M GouldingPosted 2013-03-13 21:05:07 at Newent
"Time to join in!!"
Michael DunwellPosted 2013-03-13 15:14:44 at Forest of Dean
"Wishing you all the very best...great work."
Jan CourtneyPosted 2013-03-13 10:00:52 at upleadon
"I'm new to the area and loving the daffodil theme"
Martin GouldingPosted 2013-03-08 09:45:41 at Hertfordshire
""Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and takes the winds of March with beauty.""
Angie JenkinsPosted 2013-02-25 15:58:32 at Ruardean Woodside, Glos
"What a super project. An ancestor of mine, Wenman Wynniatt of Dymock married Penelope Pyndar of Kempley in 1685. I believe the Pydars are the same family as at Madresfield, who altered their name via fictive kin.rnI would love to know where at Kempley Reginald Pyndar (formerly of Breadsall, Derbyshire) lived. Can you help me please?"
lynne butlerPosted 2013-02-19 17:29:03 at Hereford
"Would like to bring a group of up to 10 on the 2pm wildlife walk on 17th March - how do I book, and is there a charge."
John WhiskerdPosted 2013-02-19 10:04:38 at Kilcot
"Beautifully designed website. rnThank you for a rich resource.rn"
pat JonesPosted 2012-12-30 22:18:35 at United Kingdom
"looking for information on my ancestors who lived in lower house cottages, dymock"
Doug BurgumPosted 2012-08-23 17:36:24 at Andorra + Barcelona, Spain
"Some of my Burgum ancestors lived in Kempley between 1720 and 1908. Are there any pieces of my jigsaw still there to be found? Perhaps. If only every village had a Tardis..."
Roger WhitePosted 2012-07-06 13:00:21
"I would like to bring a group of architectural enthusiasts to visit St Edward's on Thursday 13th Sept at about 10.15am - no special arrangements needed, and no guided tour, but hope the church will be open?"
Joe BoonPosted 2012-07-04 09:27:42 at Parkend
"This is a fascinating resource. Met Chris Bligh last week. Could you add a link to some of the environmental work being done in the area and around Newent? Best wishes."
Bob and Margaret MarslandPosted 2012-07-01 13:18:46 at Hallwood Green
"We enjoyed meeting you both, Margaret and Chris. Pleased that the wild daffodil project is doing well. We look forward to hearing from you later."
Lucy HarrisPosted 2012-06-22 20:38:10 at Guildford, Surrey
"In the words of my teenage daughters, "this is so cool!""
wendy jayPosted 2012-06-13 10:49:10 at winterwood, kempley
"impressive,and very interesting.rnthank you to all involved."
jane morrellPosted 2012-05-24 04:37:05 at Ashburton, Devon
".... and a few more daffs hit the trail. Very pleasedrnto lend a hand to your beautiful village. Fantastic work.rn 'the queen says my hands are perfeckly clean' A A Milne"
Emma Cheshire-JonesPosted 2012-04-19 11:14:48 at Ross-on-Wye
"Great site, what a great idea."
David SuttonPosted 2012-03-19 11:37:19 at Birmingham
"Birmingham Ramblers"
Carol RiddingtonPosted 2012-03-14 11:40:26 at Guildford
"Fascinating history and an excellent website,especially the church 'tour'"
Frankie MartinPosted 2012-02-29 21:30:31 at Kilcot
"I am a seed guardian, making contact this way as I do not live in Kempley. I wish to be kept informed of the wild daff project, as and when things move on, please"
Vivien FergusonPosted 2012-02-06 19:42:06 at Kilcot, Glos, United Kingdom
"A great initiative - well done to all involved."
John JuricaPosted 2012-01-25 12:25:58
"The Kempley Tardis is a commendable project that uses to good effect histories of Kempley and Dymock that were published in 2010 in volume XII of The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester (ISBN 978 1 90435 636 3). As far as I can see the Tardis website does not credit the author of those histories for his original research and thereby his contribution to the Tardis project."
Rachel HortonPosted 2012-01-04 21:20:11 at Buckinghamshire
"I wish our village had one of these! I particularly like the timeline. "
Debbie StuxPosted 2011-12-24 09:06:09 at Cardiff
"Lovely to ba able to explore history of a small parish - often so much more interesting than the large cities"
Vicky JonesPosted 2011-12-12 21:02:47
"A novel and inspired way of approaching local history - congratulations to Chris and all others involved!"
Simon HanesPosted 2011-11-10 10:09:02 at Kempley
"Very exciting project- lots more data to add!"
Tony WilliamsPosted 2011-11-09 12:28:29 at United Kingdom
"I found the stories and histories very interesting. I think it is a brilliant idea to record the personal accounts of people who lived and worked in the area before they are lost for ever. Congratulations to all involved!"
Gwen TuttPosted 2011-11-09 11:39:01 at Oxenhall, Glos
"An amazing achievement - inspirational for other local history groups."
Bob EmbletonPosted 2011-11-03 17:39:41 at Malvern, Worcestershire
"A fascinating project. Should be expanded to all parihes. Many years ago I did somethong similar on paper to show the development of our village by overlaying the 1840s Tithe MAp, The Inclosure map of the 1850s and the 6" to the mile OS maps. Intrigued how you got round the county archive copyright restrictions when showing maps online."
margaret clowesPosted 2011-11-03 05:56:21 at sippy downs 4556 Australia
"I am interested in English villages"
Jan DainesPosted 2011-10-27 23:30:04 at malawi
"This is a fantastic project; well done to all involved."
Katie JarvisPosted 2011-10-25 15:51:59 at Minchinhampton
"This is such a tremendous project, which will give inspiration - I hope - to many other communities. Brilliantly thought-out and wonderfully executed; an absolute treasure trove."
gordon woolleyPosted 2011-10-22 22:31:01 at lyne down much marcle
"A fascinating site, and an impressive project which I'll follow with interest"
Harry O'Connor - VoodoochilliPosted 2011-10-18 12:31:19 at Knighton
"It has been a great experience working on this project with everyone from The Friends of Kempley Churches. Nice to see the site up and running and people using it!"
Ian HopkinsPosted 2011-10-14 18:26:33 at Kempley green
"Wonderful project, you have all worked so hard, this is bringing the community spirit to Kempley and a good focal point."
Kate Baugh: Glos Rural Community CouncilPosted 2011-09-23 10:15:51 at Gloucestershire
"I have been proud to be involved with this project and seen it develop from idea to reality. Well done to all those involved - well deserving of Heritage Lottery funding."
Fraser GunnPosted 2011-09-21 18:57:06 at Hillend Green, Four Oaks
"Really interesting, obviously a lot of work has gone into it.Very good reference for those with an interest in researching their local area. Well done. "
Heather Fitzpatrick-MorganPosted 2011-09-21 16:39:46 at Hebden Bridge
"Charming particularly so when it is grey and chilly here in Yorkshire, thanks."
Mandy Duncan SmithPosted 2011-09-21 15:03:35 at London
"Well done Chris and to the rest of you, great project."
Jo WaltonPosted 2011-09-21 14:03:17 at Kew, SW London
"Chris, loved your comment about the autograph book - I had one of those (but in the 70's I hasten to add!) Lovely site, good luck with it!"
Dawn, Shaun and Chester HalePosted 2011-09-20 23:13:27 at USA
"Love, love, love it!rnThe photos are great!"
David and Kate BlighPosted 2011-09-18 17:43:30 at Tomar Portugal
"Great site which we managed to pick while on holiday in Potugal. Our hosts come from Gloucester so we have suggested they have a look at the site."
Chris BlighPosted 2011-09-02 10:45:32 at Kempley Launch Day 1st September 2011
"By hook or by crook I'll be the first in your book. This is what we wrote in the playground in the 1960s in curious leather bound books called 'autograph books' 50 years on its known as a tweet ... "


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There's a new poster promoting the second season of "Dollhouse" starring Eliza Dushku, and since writing about some poster is one of the more boring things I can imagine, I took the liberty of spicing it up a little. Say hello to Three Wolf Eliza. AH-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
But seriously, that's inappropriate. Eliza should sue those wolves for sexual harassment.


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TROY – Troy University officials conducted three commencement ceremonies in Vietnam and cleared the way for expanded educational opportunities for Cambodians.
A record number of diplomas – 128 total -- were presented to graduates at three partner universities in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
"We've dedicated ourselves at Troy University to not only being Alabama's international university, but I think in the not-too-distant future we can claim that Troy University is America's international university," said Dr. Jack Hawkins, Chancellor, who delivered addresses at all three commencements in Vietnam. "We are pleased with our growth in Vietnam as the class of 2011 is our largest ever."
At Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 22 students received undergraduate degrees in either business administration or computer science. At the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 17 students received baccalaureate degrees in business administration, 15 received the master's degree in business administration-finance and 20 received master's degrees in general business. At Saigon Technology University in Ho Chi Minh City, 54 students earned undergraduate degrees in either computer science or business administration.
TROY became the first U.S. institution to award bachelor's degrees in Vietnam in 2008, and began teaching there in 2004.
The commencements also set the backdrop for University officials to sign an agreement with Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC).
The agreement signed in Ho Chi Minh City creates a 2+2 transfer program for PUC students to complete a TROY degree at any of TROY's teaching locations in the United States or around the globe.
The development of formal educational relationships with the Southeast Asian nation began in 2007 when Senior Minister of Education Dr. Kol Pheng visited Troy seeking help in rebuilding the nation's education infrastructure following the years of war during the rule of Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
In 2008, TROY and PUC officials signed an agreement of cooperation to develop a transfer program. Under the 2+2 program, a common curriculum will allow PUC students to transfer to TROY after studying for two years at PUC. The first students are expected as early as Fall 2012.
"This is a historic step for the Kingdom of Cambodia," said Dr. Earl Ingram, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. "Not only does this agreement open the doors of TROY to students from Cambodia, but it opens the world to them by allowing them to study at any TROY teaching location."
In addition to its four Alabama campuses, the University operates teaching locations in 16 U.S states and seven nations outside the United States. None of the sites outside Alabama receive state appropriations.
Prior to the commencement exercises in Vietnam, TROY officials traveled to China for the third board meeting of the Confucius Institute. Troy University's Confucius Institute is part of a global network of more than 204 Confucius Institutes in 50 countries, and 56 Confucius Institutes currently in the United States, and currently serves the region from Tennessee to the Gulf Coast. Troy University Confucius Institute is dedicated to the promotion and development of Chinese language education, and cultural and business exchange with the People's Republic of China.


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Bach's Mass in B minor: An Analytical Study of Parody Movements and their Function in the Large-Scale Architectural Design of the Mass
Description: Most studies of the Mass in B Minor deal with the history of the work, its reception history, primary sources, performance practice issues, rhetoric, and even theological and numerical symbolism. However, little research focuses on an in-depth analysis of the music itself. Of the few analytical studies undertaken, to date only a limited number attempt to explain Bach's use of parody technique or unity in the whole composition. This thesis focuses on understanding three primary concerns in regards to the Mass in B minor: to comprehend how preexistent material was adapted to the context of the Mass, how this material functions in the network of the entire composition, and how unity is achieved by means of large-scale voice leading. The results of this study not only provide new information about this monument of Western music, but also provide insight to the deep sense of large-scale structure in Bach's work.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Pérez Torres, René
Partner: UNT Libraries


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With a mobile phone high on most kids' wish lists (and on parents' 'keep track of my kids' list!), mobile insurance has become a back-to-school must have.
Mobile insurance these days can be just as or even more important as backpacks and book covers. Our teenage daughter is on her third smartphone. Her third! And this is her first year of high school. Sure, we love the security of having a good reliable phone when she stands at the bus stop each morning, but the expensive of replacing the phone, if it's dropped or lost can be a major budget breaker! We've been there, and we're not alone.
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- Invest in a good cover or case
- Add a transparent film screen protector
- Purchase mobile phone insurance when you buy or upgrade
- Plug the phone charger into a surge protector
- Go to GottaHaveMyMobile.com for more tips and tricks


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He's the guy at the rock club with asymmetrical eye makeup and oversized knee-high boots, the animated keyboard player for Shoulder Voices and Unit 7 Drain, the dude with an angel and devil on his shoulders, both manufactured at home.
1) He grew up in Waco, Texas.
2) He's run four marathons (five by the time this article hits the streets).
3) He's releasing a solo album that took him six years to write.
4) He didn't know how to play keyboards when he joined Unit 7 Drain.
5) His favorite bands are The Beach Boys and Pink Floyd (though he has The Monkees' logo tattooed on him).
6) He wants you to dress up to attend his CD release party on Saturday, Oct. 27, but he forgot to put it on the flyer.
From the top: Little Bobby grew up in Texas. Post-college, he found himself working in a head shop with a useless biology degree under his belt. He met a girl. She said, "Let's get out of Texas." Bobby said, "Yeah, it sucks here. It's hot. Everybody's a Republican." They came to Albuquerque six years ago because The Gas Pipe chain he was working at has stores out here, too. After a year, the girl dumped him. "I just felt abandoned in Albuquerque," he says. "I also quit my job, wrecked my car, got a new shithole apartment in the UNM area, started a new job and met my friend Clifford." Clifford's known as The Musk in Shoulder Voices and contributes guitars, keys and drums on Bobby's new album.
When Little Bobby was about to turn 30 a few years ago, he decided he needed to do something physical. He'd never run or been an athlete at any other point in his life. "I thought I could just sign up for a marathon, and if I didn't finish, I didn't finish." He registered for the Duke City Marathon a year in advance. His first finishing time was strong: 26.2 miles in three hours and 54 minutes. He came in 75th out of 400.
Bobby always wanted to make music. "When I was in college, all those guys were in bands, and I was so jealous, but I never did it." He saw a flyer at Natural Sound that read: Unit 7 Drain needs a keyboard player. "I thought, 'I saw those guys one time. I'll call 'em,'" he laughs. "I got in Unit 7 Drain and [singer/guitarist] Harry's like 'Do you play keyboards?' and I'm like, 'Not really.'"
Little Bobby's The Sound of Letting Go was written over the course of Bobby's time in New Mexico, some of it tortured, some of it quite peppy. Layers of effects, sample collages and multitracked vocals create psychedelic cushioning around his earnest, exposed lyrics. "It's like every single band I like crammed into me and then coming out," he says. He hopes his album presents both the extremely happy and extremely sad from song to song, or maybe even within a single track. "I wanted to write songs that felt like they went together," he says. "I ended up going back and taking stuff from years ago, and I realized they all kind of go together; just songs from my life with these people in these situations."


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List of civilian nuclear accidents
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This article lists notable civilian accidents involving fissile nuclear material or nuclear reactors. Civilian incidents not serious enough to be accidents are listed at List of civilian nuclear incidents. Military accidents are listed at List of military nuclear accidents. Civil radiation accidents not involving fissile material are listed at List of civilian radiation accidents. For a general discussion of both civilian and military accidents, see Nuclear and radiation accidents.
Scope of this article
In listing civilian nuclear accidents, the following criteria have been followed:
- Notably severe: there must be well-attested and substantial health damage, property damage or contamination; if an International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) level is available, of at least two.
- Nuclear aspect: the damage must be related directly to nuclear operations or materials; the event should involve fissile material or a reactor, not merely (for example) having occurred at the site of a nuclear power plant.
- Primarily civilian: the nuclear operation/material must be principally for non-military purposes.
- 12 December 1952 — INES Level 5[1] - Chalk River, Ontario, Canada - Reactor core damaged
- A reactor shutoff rod failure, combined with several operator errors, led to a major power excursion of more than double the reactor's rated output at AECL's NRX reactor. The operators purged the reactor's heavy water moderator, and the reaction stopped in under 30 seconds. A subsequent cover gas system failure led to hydrogen explosions, which severely damaged the reactor core. The fission products from approximately 30 kg (66 lb) of uranium were released through the reactor stack. Contaminated light-water coolant leaked from the damaged coolant circuit into the reactor building; some 4,000 m3 (140,000 cu ft) were pumped via pipeline to a disposal area to avoid contamination of the Ottawa River. Subsequent monitoring of surrounding water sources revealed no contamination. After the incident, approximately 1202 people were involved in the two-year-long cleanup.[2] No immediate fatalities or injuries resulted from the incident; a 1982 follow-up study of exposed workers showed no long-term health effects, though Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) dosimetry files were lost in a 1956 fire. Future U.S. President Jimmy Carter, an engineer and then a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was among the cleanup crew.[3]
- 24 May 1958 — INES Level needed - Chalk River, Ontario, Canada - Fuel damaged
- Due to inadequate cooling, a damaged uranium fuel rod caught fire and was torn in two as it was being removed from the core at the NRU reactor. The fire was extinguished, but not before radioactive combustion products contaminated the interior of the reactor building and, to a lesser degree, an area surrounding the laboratory site. Approximately 679 people were employed in the clean-up.[4][5] A corporal named Bjarnie Hannibal Paulson who was at the cleanup did not die from his exposure, but developed unusual skin cancers. Paulson had to testify at many hearings before he was awarded compensation for his radiation injuries.[6]
- 25 October 1958 - INES Level needed - Vinča, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) - Criticality excursion, irradiation of personnel
- During a subcritical counting experiment, a power buildup went undetected at the Vinca Nuclear Institute's zero-power natural uranium heavy water-moderated research reactor.[7] Saturation of radiation detection chambers gave the researchers false readings and the level of moderator in the reactor tank was raised, triggering a criticality excursion which a researcher detected from the smell of ozone.[8] Six scientists received radiation doses of 2–4 sieverts (200–400 rem) [9] (p. 96). An experimental bone marrow transplant treatment was performed on all of them in France and five survived, despite the ultimate rejection of the marrow in all cases. A single woman among them later had a child without apparent complications. This was one of the first nuclear incidents investigated by then-newly formed IAEA.[10]
- 26 July 1959 — INES Level needed - Santa Susana Field Laboratory, California, United States - Partial meltdown
- A partial core meltdown took place when the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) experienced a power excursion that caused severe overheating of the reactor core, resulting in the melting of one-third of the nuclear fuel and significant releases of radioactive gases. The amount of radioactivity released is variously reported as 240 to 260 times worse than Three Mile Island. Over the succeeding years, the site was cleaned up and all buildings and contamination removed. The soil was removed and other soil[11] brought in and now forms a portion of an area near the Simi Valley Adventist Hospital.[12]
- 3 April 1960 - INES Level needed – Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
- A core melt accident occurred at the Westinghouse Waltz Mill test reactor. From what information remains of the event, one fuel element melted, resulting in the disposition of 2 million gallons of contaminated water generated during the accident. At least a portion of the water was retained on site in lagoons, a condition which eventually led to detectable 90Sr in groundwater plus contaminated soil. The site is currently undergoing cleanup.
- 24 July 1964 - INES Level needed - Wood River Junction, Richmond, Rhode Island, United States - Criticality Accident
- An error by a worker at a United Nuclear Corporation fuel facility led to an accidental criticality. Robert Peabody, believing he was using a diluted uranium solution, accidentally put concentrated solution into an agitation tank containing sodium carbonate. Peabody was exposed to 100 Gy (10,000 rad) of radiation and died two days later. Ninety minutes after the criticality, a plant manager and another administrator returned to the building and were exposed to 1 Gy (100 rad), but suffered no ill effects.[13][14]
- 5 October 1966 — INES Level needed - Monroe, Michigan, United States - Partial meltdown
- A sodium cooling system malfunction caused a partial meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor (Enrico Fermi-1 fast breeder reactor). The accident was attributed to a zirconium fragment that obstructed a flow-guide in the sodium cooling system. Two of the 105 fuel assemblies melted during the incident, but no contamination was recorded outside the containment vessel.[15]
- Winter 1966-1967 (date unknown) – INES Level needed – location unknown – loss of coolant accident
- The Soviet icebreaker Lenin, the USSR's first nuclear-powered surface ship, suffered a major accident (possibly a meltdown — exactly what happened remains a matter of controversy in the West) in one of its three reactors. To find the leak the crew broke through the concrete and steel radiation shield with sledgehammers, causing irreparable damage. It was rumored that around 30 of the crew were killed. The ship was abandoned for a year to allow radiation levels to drop before the three reactors were removed, to be dumped into the Tsivolko Fjord on the Kara Sea, along with 60% of the fuel elements packed in a separate container. The reactors were replaced with two new ones, and the ship reentered service in 1970, serving until 1989.
- May 1967 — INES Level needed - Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom - Partial meltdown
- Graphite debris partially blocked a fuel channel causing a fuel element to melt and catch fire at the Chapelcross nuclear power station. Contamination was confined to the reactor core. The core was repaired and restarted in 1969, operating until the plant's shutdown in 2004.[16][17]
- 21 January 1969 — INES Level: 4 - Lucens, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland - Explosion
- A total loss of coolant led to a power excursion and explosion of an experimental nuclear reactor in a large cave at Lucens. The underground location of this reactor acted like a containment building and prevented any outside contamination. The cavern was heavily contaminated and was sealed. No injuries or fatalities resulted.[18][19]
- Defueling and partial dismantling occurred from 1969 to 1973. In 1988, the lowest caverns were filled with concrete, and a regulatory permit was issued in December 1990. Currently, the archives of the Canton of Vaud are located in the caverns.[20]
- 7 December 1975 – INES Level 3 - Greifswald, Germany (then East Germany) - Station Blackout
- A fire in a cable duct after a short circuit disabled the electrical power supply for all feedwater and emergency core cooling pumps. A power supply was improvised by the operating personnel after several hours.
- 22 February 1977 – INES Level 4 - Jaslovské Bohunice, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia) - Fuel damaged
- Operators neglected to remove moisture-absorbing materials from a fuel rod assembly before loading it into the KS 150 reactor at power plant A-1. The accident resulted in damaged fuel integrity, extensive corrosion damage of fuel cladding and release of radioactivity into the plant area. The affected reactor was decommissioned following this accident.[21]
- 28 March 1979 – INES Level 5[1] - Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States - Partial meltdown
- Equipment failures, poor user interface design, and worker mistakes contributed to a loss of coolant and a partial core meltdown at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Harrisburg. While the reactor was extensively damaged, on-site radiation exposure was under 100 millirems (less than annual exposure due to natural sources). Area residents received a smaller exposure of 1 millirem (10 µSv), or about 1/3 the dose from eating a banana per day for one year. There were no fatalities. Follow-up radiological studies predict between zero and one long-term cancer fatality.[22][23][24]
- 13 March 1980 - INES Level 4 - Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux, France - Nuclear materials leak
- A brief power excursion in Reactor A2 led to a rupture of fuel bundles and a minor 80 GBq (2,200 mCi) release of nuclear materials at the Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor was repaired and continued operation until its decommissioning in 1992.[25]
- March 1981 — INES Level 2 - Tsuruga, Japan - Radioactive materials released into Sea of Japan; overexposure of workers
- More than 100 workers were exposed to doses of up to 1.55 mSv (155 mrem) per day radiation during repairs of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant, violating the Japan Atomic Power Company's limit of 1 mSv (100 mrem) per day.[26]
- 23 September 1983 — INES Level 4 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Accidental criticality
- An operator error during a fuel plate reconfiguration in an experimental test reactor led to an excursion of 3×1017 fissions at the RA-2 facility. The operator absorbed 20 Gy of gamma and 17 Gy of neutron radiation which killed him two days later. Another 17 people outside of the reactor room absorbed doses ranging from 350 mGy to less than 10 mGy.[27] pg103[28]
- 26 April 1986 — INES Level 7 - Prypiat, Ukraine (then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) - Power excursion, explosion, complete meltdown
- An inadequate reactor safety system[29] led to an uncontrolled power excursion, causing a severe steam explosion, meltdown, and release of radioactive materials at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant located approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles) north-northwest of Kiev. Approximately fifty fatalities (mostly cleanup personnel) resulted from the accident and the immediate aftermath. An additional nine fatal cases of thyroid cancer in children in the Chernobyl area have been attributed to the accident. The explosion and combustion of the graphite reactor core spread radioactive material over much of Europe. 100,000 people were evacuated from the areas immediately surrounding Chernobyl in addition to 300,000 from the areas of heavy fallout in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. An "Exclusion Zone" was created surrounding the site encompassing approximately 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) and deemed off-limits for human habitation for an indefinite period. Several studies by governments, U.N. agencies and environmental groups have estimated the consequences and eventual number of casualties. Their findings are subject to controversy.
- 4 May 1986 – no INES Level - Hamm-Uentrop, Germany (then West Germany) - Fuel damaged
- Spherical fuel pebbles became lodged in the pipe used to deliver fuel elements to the reactor at an experimental 300-megawatt THTR-300 HTGR. Attempts by an operator to dislodge the fuel pebble damaged the pipe, releasing activated coolant gas which was detectable up to two kilometers from the reactor.[30]
- A pressure buildup led to an explosive mechanical failure in a 34 m3 (1,200 cu ft) stainless steel reaction vessel buried in a concrete bunker under building 201 of the radiochemical works at the Tomsk-7 Siberian Chemical Enterprise plutonium reprocessing facility. The vessel contained a mixture of concentrated nitric acid, 8,757 kg (19,306 lb) uranium, 449 g (15.8 oz) plutonium along with a mixture of radioactive and organic waste from a prior extraction cycle. The explosion dislodged the concrete lid of the bunker and blew a large hole in the roof of the building, releasing approximately 6 GBq (160 mCi) of Pu 239 and 30 TBq (810 Ci) of other radionuclides into the environment. The contamination plume extended 28 km (17 mi) NE of building 201, 20 km (12 mi) beyond the facility property. The small village of Georgievka (pop. 200) was at the end of the fallout plume, but no fatalities, illnesses or injuries were reported. The accident exposed 160 on-site workers and almost two thousand cleanup workers to total doses of up to 50 mSv (the threshold limit for radiation workers is 20 mSv/yr).[31][32][33]
- June 1999 — INES Level 2[34] - Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan - Control rod malfunction
- Operators attempting to insert one control rod during an inspection neglected procedure and instead withdrew three causing a 15 minute uncontrolled sustained reaction at the number 1 reactor of Shika Nuclear Power Plant. The Hokuriku Electric Power Company who owned the reactor did not report this incident and falsified records, covering it up until March, 2007.[35]
- 30 September 1999 — INES Level 4 - Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Accidental criticality
- Inadequately trained part-time workers prepared a uranyl nitrate solution containing about 16.6 kg (37 lb) of uranium, which exceeded the critical mass, into a precipitation tank at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura northeast of Tokyo, Japan. The tank was not designed to dissolve this type of solution and was not configured to prevent eventual criticality. Three workers were exposed to (neutron) radiation doses in excess of allowable limits. Two of these workers died. 116 other workers received lesser doses of 1 mSv or greater though not in excess of the allowable limit.[36][37][38][39]
- Partially spent fuel rods undergoing cleaning in a tank of heavy water ruptured and spilled fuel pellets at Paks Nuclear Power Plant. It is suspected that inadequate cooling of the rods during the cleaning process combined with a sudden influx of cold water thermally shocked fuel rods causing them to split. Boric acid was added to the tank to prevent the loose fuel pellets from achieving criticality. Ammonia and hydrazine were also added to absorb 131I.[40]
- 19 April 2005 — INES Level 3 - Sellafield, England, United Kingdom - Nuclear material leak
- 20 t (20 long tons; 22 short tons) of uranium and 160 kg (350 lb) of plutonium dissolved in 83 kl (2,900 cu ft) of nitric acid leaked over several months from a cracked pipe into a stainless steel sump chamber at the Thorp nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. The partially processed spent fuel was drained into holding tanks outside the plant.[41][42]
- November 2005 — INES Level needed - Braidwood, Illinois, United States - Nuclear material leak
- Tritium contamination of groundwater was discovered at Exelon's Braidwood station. Groundwater off site remains within safe drinking standards though the NRC is requiring the plant to correct any problems related to the release.[43]
- 6 March 2006 — INES Level 2[44] - Erwin, Tennessee, United States - Nuclear material leak
- 35 l (7.7 imp gal; 9.2 US gal) of a highly enriched uranium solution leaked during transfer into a lab at Nuclear Fuel Services Erwin Plant. The incident caused a seven-month shutdown. A required public hearing on the licensing of the plant was not held due to the absence of public notification.[45][46][47][48]
- March 11–20, 2011 - INES Level 7[49][50] Fukushima Daiichi ("Fukushima I") Nuclear Power Plant, Japan - Partial meltdowns in multiple reactors[51]
(The INES 7 rating is as of April 12, 2011. The previous INES rating had been 5,[52] a final rating is expected after the situation has been completely resolved)
- After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, the emergency power supply of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant failed. This was followed by deliberate releases of radioactive gas from reactors 1 and 2 to relieve pressure.
- On March 12, triggered by falling water levels and exposed fuel rods, a hydrogen explosion occurred at reactor 1, resulting in the collapse of the concrete outer structure.[53][54][55][56][57] Although the reactor containment itself was confirmed to be intact,[58][59][60] the hourly radiation from the plant reached 1.015 Sv (101.5 rem) - an amount equivalent to that allowable for ordinary people in one year.[61][62]
- Residents of the Fukushima area were advised to stay inside, close doors and windows, turn off air conditioning, and to cover their mouths with masks, towels or handkerchiefs as well as not to drink tap water.[63] By the evening of March 12, the exclusion zone had been extended to 20 kilometres (12 mi) around the plant[64] and 70,000 to 80,000 people had been evacuated from homes in northern Japan.[65]
- On March 14, a second, hydrogen explosion (nearly identical to the first explosion in Unit 1) occurred in the reactor building for Unit 3, with similar effects.[66]
- On March 15, a third explosion occurs in the "pressure suppression room" of Unit 2[67] and is initially said not to have breached the reactor's inner steel containment vessel,[68] but later reports indicated that the explosion damaged the steel containment structure of Unit 2 and much larger releases of radiation were expected than previously.[67]
- On March 15, a fourth explosion damages the 4th floor area above the reactor and spent fuel pool of the Unit 4 reactor.[69] Contrary to the TEPCO press release, aerial photos show that most of the outer building was actually destroyed. The fuel rods (both new and spent fuel) of reactor Unit 4, stored in the now exposed spent fuel pool, were reportedly exposed to air – this would have risked the melting of the nuclear fuel. However, later research found the fuel rods been covered by water all the time.[70][71]
- On 16 March TEPCO estimated that 70% of the fuel in Unit 1 had melted, and 33% in Unit 2, further suspecting that Unit 3's core might also be damaged.[72] In November 2011 TEPCO released the report of the Modular Accident Analysis Program (MAAP).[73] The report showed that the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in Unit 1 (commonly known as the reactor core) had been damaged during the disaster, and that significant amounts of fuel had fallen into the bottom of the primary containment vessel (PCV) – the erosion of the concrete of the PCV by the molten fuel immediately after the disaster was estimated to have been stopped in approx. 0.7 metres (2 ft 4 in) depth, with the thickness of the containment being 7.6 metres (25 ft). Gas sampling done before the report detected no signs of an ongoing reaction of the fuel with the concrete of the PCV and all the fuel in Unit 1 was estimated to be "well cooled down, including the fuel dropped on the bottom of the reactor". MAAP further showed that fuel in Unit 2 and Unit 3 had melted, however less than Unit 1, and fuel was presumed to be still in the RPV, with no significant amounts of fuel fallen to the bottom of the PCV. The report further suggested that "there is a range in the evaluation results" from "most fuel in the RPV (some fuel in PCV)" in Unit 2 and Unit 3, to "all fuel in the RPV (none fuel fallen to the PCV)". For Unit 2 and Unit 3 it was estimated that the "fuel is cooled sufficiently". The larger damage in Unit 1 was according to the report due to long time that cooling water was no injected in Unit 1, letting much more decay heat accumulate – for about 1 day there was no water injection for Unit 1, while Unit 2 and Unit 3 had only a quarter of a day without water injection. As of December 2013, it was reported that TEPCO estimated for Unit 1 that "the decay heat must have decreased enough, the molten fuel can be assumed to remain in PCV (Primary container vessel)".[74]
See also
- Criticality accident
- International Nuclear Events Scale
- List of Chernobyl-related articles
- List of civilian nuclear incidents
- List of civilian radiation accidents
- List of industrial disasters
- List of military nuclear accidents
- List of crimes involving radioactive substances
- List of nuclear reactors — a comprehensive annotated list of the world's nuclear reactors
- Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
- Nuclear and radiation accidents
- Nuclear reactor technology
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear power debate
- Radiation
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External links
- Nuclear power plant accidents: listed and ranked since 1952
- Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents
- ProgettoHumus - Mondo in Cammino: List updated of nuclear accidents in the history
- Schema-root.org: Nuclear Power Accidents 2 topics, both with a current news feed
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) website with search function and electronic public reading room
- International Atomic Energy Agency website with extensive online library
- Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
- Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety Detailed articles on nuclear watchdog activities in the US
- World Nuclear Association: Radiation Doses Background on ionizing radiation and doses
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety More information on radiation units and doses.
- Radiological Incidents Database Extensive, well-referenced list of radiological incidents.
- Critical Hour: Three Mile Island, The Nuclear Legacy, And National Security Online book by Albert J. Fritsch, Arthur H. Purcell, and Mary Byrd Davis


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Below I will provide a link to the spreadsheet Akassa has kept for the Hydra bank. Items sold from the bank to Hydra members will be sold at a 30% discount from the market value (average) Certain items may be given freely such as velious armor gems if you have the corresponding faction and armor piece.
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A question that has been asked to many a man and the occasional woman too. And wow, what a question it is-
For ease of writing and maintenance of my own very minimal sanity I'm going to talk about this from a hetero-sexual male's perspective- sorry to the gay guys and all the ladies reading this, you're just going to have to apply it to your own situation of guy love.
So you are out in the club jamming with/chatting to a complete hottie of note and you get asked the question- WILL YOU BUY ME A DRINK?? Thoughts flash through your mind… "What if she likes me & this is the way she's showing that she doesn't want the party to stop anywhere short of her pants… At the same time this little vixen could be preying on my penchant for attractive women and is simply making use of my wallet to finance her entire night out."
So how will you respond??? I mean you don't exactly want to be cheap, but at the same time club drinks are expensive and most of us aren't loaded like rappers. The first thing that you need to realise is what the media has told us about alcohol and its connection to sex (I enjoy blaming that which I love so dearly)- buying drinks for girls and guys (SEE I SAID IT ONCE FOR ALL YOU MAN-LOVERS) might impair judgement and lower levels of inhibition and cognitive functioning leading to the occasional bout of poor decision-making, leading in turn to you getting lucky and doing the horizontal tango (sex).
To be fair, this marketing has been backed up by a study on changes in the physiological and psychological levels of arousal as a result of alcohol consumption. In the study, participants who were given tonic water instead of alcohol (unbeknown to them obviously), experienced levels of arousal only slightly lower than the participants who had been knocking back the actual jungle juice.
In my opinion you should never expect anything in return for buying a drink for someone, which is why you should think long and hard the next time you are asked WILL YOU BUY ME A DRINK?? Every situation is different and thus requires a careful consideration of all the factors involved, which is why I'm not even going to attempt to come up with a magic bullet, one size fits all answer to the this tricky question. Instead I'll give you all some useful guidelines drawn from personal experience.
When you SHOULDN'T buy a drink:
When what car you drive comes up in conversation… unless you brought it up… and if you did, you are a loser. No one cares what car you drive, OTHER than a goldigger- and you really don't want them around because they'll cost you more than Whitney Housten's monthly crack-cocaine bill.
When's she's told you the same story about why she wants YOU to buy her a drink two weeks in a row. (This actually happened to me… seriously)
Your friend is standing over her shoulder gesturing to you what appears to be a pair of goggles on his face.
You've not spoken to her at all before being asked THAT question.
You're broke and would be forfeiting your Rikki's taxi fair to get home from the club.
When you SHOULD buy a drink:
You are enjoying her company and would like at bare minimum to keep the social lubricant that is alcohol flowing.
She's your girlfriend (she shouldn't have to ask you DICKHEAD)
You're feeling generous… Make it rain
Its one of your best friends asking (water under the bridge considering how much they know about your sordid life)
Then finally if you're like me and like to have a little bit of fun every now and again, you could try some of these responses out- you might just find the person you are with has a good sense of humour and a bit of wit and might actually be worth buying that drink for… A beautiful mind is equally attractive as a beautiful bum!
Some of them are my own and the rest I found while searching the depths of the internet for quiche recipes (what… I can cook)
"Will you buy me a drink?"
(pretending to shake a magic 8 ball vigorously) "Signs point to no"
"Will you buy me a drink?"
"Sure, give me the money… I know how pushy people at the bar can get"
"Will you buy me a drink?"
"Is that the best pickup line you can come up with? I'm not THAT easy."
"Will you buy me a drink?"
"Why? Are you underaged?"
"Will you buy me a drink?"
Try smiling, tilting your head slightly as if to ponder deeply and then saying, "I dunno. The last time I did that, a woman tried to take advantage of me later."
She'll either laugh, look at you funny, or ask you to tell the story. If she asks for a story, be sure to give her a good one
Good luck navigating the high seas of club/bar life people… and if all else fails just remember to…


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My favorite interview question is so easy, so simple. The fact that it weeds out about 65% of candidates is mind boggling. I have interviewed many engineers who are experienced embedded software developers. There resumes claim that they have done it all and seen the world.
Why is it, when asked "What happens to the software when an interrupt happens?" the strong crumble. Seriously, this is one of my first technical questions. It always cuts the weak from the heard.
Two things have to come out of the resulting discussion. First, some how, via some hardware magic or voodoo, the current state of the software gets put onto a stack. Where the stack is, if it goes bottom to top or top to bottom is not at all important. Just the state gets saved, and saved to the stack. Second, while the interrupt is happening other interrupts are not, and you have to turn interrupts back on at the end. The special iret instruction might do this for you, but some how, some where, this happens on purpose.
Wrong answers are 'the OS handles that', 'it gets written to disk', 'small systems don't have a stack', 'the hardware does everything', and 'dunno'. Those are all real answers I have been given in interviews.
My point is you need to understand interrupts, or the next few posts about multicore interrupts are not going to make much sense.


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Watch Troy Ave Toca Tuesdays FreestyleTroy Ave was a guest on Tony Touch's Toca Tuesdays, and dropped a few bars for the Toca Tuesdays freestyle series.
Get a load of Troy Ave Toca Tuesdays Freestyle, a new visual from Troy Ave that saw the light of day on Thursday, November 14th, 2013. Troy Ave's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Troy Ave Toca Tuesdays Freestyle has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Troy Ave has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Troy Ave has on deck.
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Applications for Fall 2019 are now open for all degree programs. Apply online.
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The application for admission is submitted online. The application may be saved if the applicant is unable to completely fill it out in one session. Once the application is submitted the applicant will no longer be able to edit the application. It is a good idea to review the instructions for the application and have responses to all the questions prepared prior to beginning the online application.
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All applicants must pay a $60 application fee. If applying online, the fee can be paid by credit card at that time or the applicant can select the option to send the fee in later. Fees can be paid by credit card, cash, check, or money order (made out to DigiPen Institute of Technology). DigiPen waives the application fee for students who demonstrate financial need through an SAT fee-waiver program or for participation in a similar need-based program. DigiPen also provides fee-waivers to students who visit the campus for an admissions meeting or on-site information session.
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2018 Audi R8 Review, Design, Specs, Price, Release Date – The new technology of sports car Audi R8 was predicted for a very long time, and these expectations surpassed truth. The new R8 is an evolutionary move ahead, a fundamental change cannot discuss.
From the all-new R8 it is really expected significantly. Online has unfold an assortment of computer-generated 3D models to draft the spy pictures from the test drives and speculated about the technology. Last but not least, the automaker by itself craning general public quite quite a while, so Acquire ground for the emergence of new and emerging speculation.
2018 Audi R8 Exterior Design
At the outset glance it may appear that the most basic methods designers concerned facts of the shape of the body. All automakers Volkswagen Group currently taking over their design manuals and labeled them into sharper shapes. Just take a look at the newest vehicles of Volkswagen and Audi, it is here that craze aggravated sorts manifested most.
Sharply slice headlights,Hexagon new grille, hanging jacketed exhaust sections, divided vertical stripe visually terminating the cockpit, sporty profile and striking coloration contrasts – all of this is considered normal for the look of a brand new technology of R8.
2018 Audi R8 Interior Design
Audi R8 comes on top of that to the a little modified look of the body with innovations in the interior. These yet again are not very considerable, Audi doesn't get ready for its consumers no adverse surprises, these types of as the distinctive positions of controls. We are also in the interior designers considering utilizing polygons and customarily sharper lines, but these coming into immediate contrast with round motifs. The outcome looks incredibly contemporary and evokes the perception that you are sitting in a very accurate sports car. This sense is increased by the distinct red button to start the engine.
Will consider the wheel which has a circular middle and a few arms, two of which are equipped using a assortment of control buttons. The steering wheel is an important innovation in the variety of a digital cockpit Audi. Digital cockpit Audi signifies that all information regarding the current status of the vehicle are proven on the large coloration display, not the traditional analog indicators. The gain of this remedy is its universal use and the truth that where by needed it is probable to adapt digital graphic indicators of current demand driver.
Futuristic operate especially all people controls and automated transmission selector on the center console. It is ample space to encompass the buttons that an typical driver may be used only 3 times for the overall time period of possession of the vehicle, but Audi continues to be issued in yet another direction. Instead of diverse specialties in the middle console positioned an inexpensive quantity of drivers that are directly associated with bettering driving.
Interestingly, as opposed to other cars not new R8 having a central display to the proper of the steering wheel. With this variety of car is naturally not important.
2018 Audi R8 Engine Specs
The new Audi R8 is going to be equipped solely with V10 engine and model e-tron, which is able to you should fans of environmentally friendly vehicles. Inner combustion engines are mixed as standard with an automated 7-speed S tronic. The initially variant V10 engine includes a greatest capacity 5.2 liters and output at nearly 540 hp (397 kW), the other will possess the exact same volume of electricity to 610 hp (449 kW).
Electric variant R8 e-tron will include things like not one, but to two electric motors using a merged energy reaches a good looking 460 hp (338 kW). The automaker states that thanks to advanced battery, the vehicle goes into electricity to 450 kilometers from a standstill to speed 100 km / h shoots around 3.9 second.
2018 Audi R8 Price and Release Date
The price of new Audi R8 are going to be around $137.500 and envisioned release date on summer time 2018.


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United Way benefit Dec. 9 with Aaron Meyer
It's a holiday benefit concert with violinist Aaron Meyer and his six-piece band on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3:30 p.m. at the Gorge Room at Best Western Plus Hood River Inn. Preferred seating tickets are $45 which includes a pre-concert party with Aaron at 2:15 p.m. General admission is $20, kids (under 12) $15. Tickets on sale at Waucoma Bookstore and Best Western Plus Hood River Inn; or email firstname.lastname@example.com. All proceeds benefit United Way of the Columbia Gorge. Concert is sponsored by Hood River Inn, Insitu, Pacific Power, Hood River Physical Therapy, Hood River Sister City program, Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Hood River Distillers, Hood Technology and Don and Bonnie Benton.
Voci concert Dec. 2-3
The Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association presents the Voci Community Chamber Choir in concert on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Hood River Valley High School Bowe Theater.
Although December choral concerts often focus on seasonal music, Voci's program will focus on music that is timeless and yet still resonates with themes of mystery and transcendence.
Featuring music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pablo Casals, James Mulholland, Johaness Brahms and others, the concert will include choral music with oboe and trombone accompaniment — less often heard partners with the voice. Rounding out the program will be a performance by Voci's new small vocal ensemble and special guests (and Voci members), singer/songwriter Jim MacMillan and pianist Tim Meyer. Donation of $10 per person or family is encouraged for this concert.
Rich Wilkins at The Pines
This week at The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River: Thursday, Nov. 15, Kerry Williams & Co. 6:30 p.m.
Quench your thirst and musical cravings Thursday night at The Pines. Join Kerry Williams and his musical compadres as they rock with their impromptu solos and smooth vocals.
Friday, Nov. 16, Rich Wilkins Blues Band, 6:30 p.m. The Rich Wilkins Blues band specializes in bringing traditional blues and dance music to the Northwest. With years of experience, Richard brings his hot saxophone touch to blues standards by Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Elmore James and more. The Pines Tasting Room, 202 State St., Hood River; 541-993-8301.
Sassparilla at CEBU Nov. 17
This week at CEBU Lounge:
Friday, Nov. 16: Loch Lomond with Kate Lynne Logan, 9:15 p.m. — indie chamber pop.
After a string of head-turning, critically acclaimed releases on Hush Records, and national and European tours, Portland's Loch Lomond brings their unique brand of raw symphonic chamber pop back to Cebu Lounge. Seattle Singer/Songwriter Kate Lynne Logan opens the show.
Saturday, Nov. 17: Sassparilla, 9:30 p.m. — High Energy Roots-Punk. Portland-based outfit Sassparilla has been referred to as Indie-roots, punk-Americana, and punk-roots. Though it is the subtleties and folk-pop leanings of their latest CD "The Darndest Thing," that find this five-piece band slowing things down a bit — and growing up musically. Best Western Hood River Inn, 1108 E. Marina Way; 541-386-2200.
Jazz Theater at 301 Gallery
The Hood River Jazz Theater will play The Gallery 301 on Friday, Nov. 16, starting at 5 p.m. This boisterous group has a lot fun to offer. Photographer Laurie Black of White Salmon is showing new work in black and white. The Gallery 301, corner of Oak and Third, downtown Hood River; 541-436-0281.
Bigfoot Band plays Bingen
Rick Hulett's band Bigfoot joins forces with Texas band Austin Heat for a big show on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Bingen Theater in Bingen, Wash. "We're going to blow the doors off of the theater . . . it will be a battle to the finish." 7 p.m., $5 cover, all-ages show.
Dana Lyons plays house concert Nov. 16
Singer Dana Lyons, best known for his comedy hit "Cows With Guns," is touring from Billings to Bellingham along the route of the proposed coal export train. Come enjoy live music and learn a bit more about this issue potentially affecting the Gorge. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at 401 Montello, Hood River.
Pears, Potatoes and Pints
A fundraiser for Gorge Grown Food Network is happening on Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 5:30-8 p.m. at Pfriem Family Brewers in Hood River. Tickets are $25 and include a free pint. Buy your ticket at Waucoma Bookstore, Pfriem Family Brewers, the Gorge Grown Farmers Market and online at www.gorgegrown.com.
Fashion Gala returns Nov. 16
An event that has become a defining Hood River tradition, the annual Gala Fashion Show for the Hood River County Christmas Project, returns Nov. 16 for the 16th year. The venue will be the Gorge Room at Best Western Plus Hood River Inn. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20; available at merchants listed below. Front row and second row seating is available for $75 and $50. Participating merchants are Flow Yoga, Enchanted Alpaca, Lucy's Informal Flowers, 5th Element Salon, Plenty, Doug's, Ananas Boutique, Foils Salon Day Spa, Parts+Labour, Melika, Columbia Laser Skin Center, HRVHS High School Future Fashionistas, Salon Visio, bunny+pear, CAbi, Kerrits, Foundation 45, Sam Rodgers, The Trunk show.
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If you own Sky's Now TV Box - an absolute steal at £10 - you can now watch YouTube videos on it via the official YouTube app.
The app is available to download now from the Roku Channel Store. It lets you watch user-generated clips, full-length films, music videos, video walkthroughs, and more, all on your TV.
"The Now TV Box offers a huge range of entertainment options to be enjoyed on your own big screen," Gideon Katz, director of Now TV, said in a statement. "The addition of YouTube means there's even more to discover and experience.
"With the flexibility to dip in and out of great movies, entertainment or sport with the relevant pass from Now TV, catch-up TV and now videos from your favourite YouTube channels, it'll be hard to find an excuse to leave the sofa."
YouTube joins the host of catch-up services already available on Now TV, including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, and Demand Five. And of course Now TV, Sky's streaming service for non-Sky customers. Though you have to pay to watch Now TV.
Sky Sports is £9.99 a day, Sky Movies is £8.99 a month, and the Entertainment Pass is £4.99 a month.