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Facial scars are very common from injuries or surgical procedures. If you call your average physician and tell them that you have a recent scar, the chances are they will tell you that there is nothing that can be done for a year after the injury. Unfortunately, this is frequently misinformation.
There is evidence that by treating a scar early, the outcome of the result can be improved. Some studies have shown that when a scar is treated within 8 weeks of the injury or surgery that it can heal much better than waiting an extended time. I have adopted this method of treating traumatic and surgical scars of the head and neck and it has worked well. When a patient presents with a scar of the head or neck that is less than 8 weeks old, I will begin treatment with various modalities including steroid injection, silicone sheeting and pressure. When the scar reaches its point of primary healing then I will most commonly treat it with the CO2 laser. The laser performs several functions to improve the scar. Number one, it allows uneven tissue margins to be blended or smoothed down. Number two, it causes new collagen to be produced to fill in the irregularities and number three it helps blend the coloration with surrounding tissues. Lasering the scar is usually done under local anesthesia and takes only a few minutes. The area will be raw for the first 5-6 days and then be a smooth pink. This pinkness will fade over the ensuing weeks but may last several months in some cases. Sometimes I will use a V-Beam laser to bring the reddness and swelling down before I clean it up with C02 laser.
Sometimes the scar is lasered multiple times as it improves with each treatment. While simple lasering may work great for simple scars, more complex scars may need surgical intervention first. Many surgical procedures exist to make scars less noticeable by changing the direction of the scar, making it it more random (straight line scars stand out more) or making the margins even. Sometimes I will send the patient out to a surgeon before I use laser resurfacing to blend the scar.
Some depressed scars (those that are like craters) respond will to filler injection. By injecting fillers, many depressed scars can be simply "popped out" by filling the base of the depression with filler. This is useful in acne or pock scars. Subcision is another useful technique. Subcision is a process in which a special needle is used to break up scar tissue at the base of a depressed scar. A depressed scar has spider web like bands called adhesions that, in part, are what keep the depressed scar tethered down. By inserting this cutting needle under the scar and swiping it back and forth, these adhesions can be separated and allow the base of the depressed scar to rise up and fill in. Subcision can be performed multiple times to improve a depressed scar.
There are many myths surrounding the treatment of surgical and traumatic scars. Applying Vitamin E, commercial products like Mederma or Scar Guard or covering the scar with silicone sheeting are probably all useful, even if not scientifically proven. Keeping a new scar protected from the sun is also important.
I am always happy to discuss scar management.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One whose occupation is the manufacture, selling, or repair of hats.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state of confusion.
- noun A confused heap.
- noun A maker or seller of hats.
- noun In mining, a miner who works alone, or "under his own hat."
- noun Violently angry.
- To gather in a heap; collect in a crowd.
- To entangle.
- To expose to danger; harass; trouble; weary; wear out.
- To shatter; batter.
- To speak with thick and confused utterance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To tire or worry; -- with
- noun One who makes or sells hats.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who makes, sells, or repairs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes and sells hats
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
A man without a mate was a "hatter" -- "his hat covers his family".
(The expression "Mad as a hatter" comes from the damage done by exposure to the fumes of mercury.
(The expression "Mad as a hatter" comes from the damage done by exposure to the fumes of mercury.
The hatter was the man whom the flower vendor remembered seeing a few days before, prowling around the Aldaya mansion.
Vigilant and obnoxiously interfering, the policeman has a long and curiously curved beak, designed for probing into the affairs of crabs, and unless the "hatter" has hastily stopped the mouth of its shaft with
Then for two or three years he worked as a "hatter" (i.e., single-handed) in various tin-mining districts of the New England district.
But the first friend he asked suggested that the word 'hatter' was not wanted, because the rest of the sentence showed that Thomson was a hatter.
"hatter," a man of some means, who left a wife and at least two children in Holland when he embarked for America.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete
Mad hatter Dappy's solo single topped the charts – the 11th British act in succession to have a No 1 in the UK.
Rewind radio: What's Wrong With Polygamy?; Nihal; Robots That Care; The Media Show; The Official Chart With Reggie Yates
In a later era, World War II, my mother worked for a hatter in Calgary.

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A temporary belonging
Every moment borrowed
at the wield of the giver,
a temporary belonging
with attached strings,
neither for the due nor the unworthy
but a neutral arrangement
from an unimpeachable source,
authorized and initiated
by the Unfathomable and so,
figure it from there, as regards
to purpose, meaning, worth and goal.
Nothing belongs but especially our lives
to any of us (who exist not)
except for the sake of the Bestower.
O child of God, in a circle bob and fly
the painted ponies of the merry-go-round.


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I have been known to have a certain few traits that could be loosely classified by some as being compulsive. As I was thinking about this the other day (yesterday), I realised that a daily ritual of mine very clearly fell in this category. The act of marking an e-mail 'unread'.
Now surely, many of you might consider this to be a harmless and common act. One that serves to be a rather gentle reminder of tasks that need attending. NO. If you ever have a chance to sneak a glimpse at my open Inbox, look for a mail that's been marked unread. Do not make the rookie mistake of assuming it to be "just a mail", for it's a part of my soul, stripped away from my being in the harshest of ways.
There will be some who can empathize with the agony of my curse. One of my life's few goals, along with happiness, friends & world peace, is to have an inbox with no unread mails. And this is a goal I willingly push away on a daily basis, all for the sake of those around me. I guess in a way you could perceive this as one of the highest privileges a man (and very rarely a woman) can receive from me. The gift of making the depths of my consciousness vulnerable to your words. The privilege of letting you consume a good portion of my peace.
However, there's the darker side to it. There's only so much a man can take; which is when the pressure and pain will make me despise you for it. So if some day you find me looking at you with nothing but wrath and disgust for no apparent reason, think back. Think back to the distant day you asked something of me in an email… and never heard back. Know that it kills me.
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Release Date: 2000 |
Album Rating: 4.0halfway decent review for a first one. Good job Ben
Except for the fact that it isn't his first...
Album Rating: 4.0oh shit forgot. decent 2nd review
Album Rating: 4.5... how do you know my name
Album Rating: 4.0friends with you on facebook duh
Album Rating: 4.5ah now i know who you are
Haven't heard so many songs from this album, but what I've heard is good. Is it worth getting?
fuck how didnt i notice this on the front page?
Album Rating: 4.5☻
Digging: FBG Duck - Look At me
Album Rating: 5.0I would have thought it would have deserved more than a "4" by the review.
Album Rating: 4.0Stank
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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War Memorial Commissioners represent and support all Holyoke Veterans. This includes the operation and maintenance of the War Memorial building and all other Holyoke Veteran Memorials dedicated to the men and women who served with the armed forces of the United States or of any nation allied or associated with the United States during any war.
Commission Members are appointed by the Mayor
Christopher Sims – Chairman - term expires Sept. 30, 2022
Kenneth Harstine - term expires June 30, 2021
Joseph Bevins - term expires Sept. 1, 2021
Randy Malek – term expires June 30, 2021
Richard Purcell - term expires Sept. 30, 2020
Robert Mackay - term expires June 30, 2021
Mike Sheehan - term expires June 30, 2021
The Commission has the power and authority, for the purpose of accomplishing our mission to hold gifts real and personal, from any and all sources, to purchase real estate in said city and to contract for the erection, care, maintenance and supervision of any building, buildings, monument or monuments to be used as such a memorial or memorials. The Commission provides a venue for Veterans groups or organizations to meet and operate to support their mission. The Commission also provides a venue for community events, ceremonies and public education. The Commission will provide a venue to hold, honor and display all donated military historical memorabilia and all historic documentation associated with any Veteran from the city of Holyoke.
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals. Your generous donation will fund the operation and maintenance of the War Memorial building and all other Holyoke Veteran Memorials
Better yet, see us in person!
Please feel free to visit during normal business hours.
310 Appleton Street Holyoke, MA 01040, US
Monday thru Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Copyright © 2017 Holyoke Soldier's Memorial Commission - All Rights Reserved.
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Dr. Daniele, founded Adjust Experience Chiropractic, and he saw the passion for chiropractic in everyone around him. "I thought I wanted to be a Dentist when I realized that wasn't what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. When I told my dad I wanted to go to chiropractic school instead, he was so excited." Dr. Daniele graduated from Life University School of Chiropractic in 2001.
Since becoming a Chiropractic Provider, Dr. Daniele has kept up to date on with continuing educational classes, ensuring that his patients receive the most comprehensive and advanced care. He is happily married and has five children. He is a member of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association and a member of the Florida Chiropractic Association. Part of the automotive adventure, Dr. Daniele is a member of the Porsche Club of America. In his spare time, he enjoys the visiting the beautiful beaches. He also looks forward to chess, swimming, skating, roller skating and cycling.
Dr. Daniele, through Chiropractic, is all about improving physical strength, flexibility, posture and enhanced mental awareness.


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I'm one of those people that collects magazines and books just for their pictures, often without really reading the contents. I love to indulge in layout, typography and gloriously rich photography. This is especially so when it comes to cook books. Amongst many favourite cookbooks spread around the house (in piles), Donna Hay has been a long time favourite. Donna's easy recipes and scrumptious pictures always inspire me to cook.
Featured on Typography Served
Typography Served is one of a network of category-specific Served sites that showcase the best projects on the Behance Network, offering work even more exposure. I was pleased to find out last week that my Lubalin cookie project I did for my Shillington Masterclass, was featured on such a site. I couldn't be anymore chuffed and proud.
Only seems fitting that at the same time, a new book is to be released about the life of Herb Lubalin called – American Graphic Designer. More here on the wonderful The Fox is Black
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Hello! I think I've been thinking about starting a blog since I first started my flickr account, way back in April 2007. So finally here I am June 2012! Hopefully I can keep this blogging business going. I've heard no-one really reads your first post, so I'll keep this short and sweet. You'll get to know me over time.
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Media for Solvent Printers
Kapco Graphic Products
Kapco Graphic Products (www.kapco.com) now offers three new media for solvent printers. Satin White Vinyl is designed for indoor and outdoor signage printed with OEM and mild-solvent Inks. Its adhesive is formulated to bond to hard-to-stick, low-energy, plastic and textured surfaces in cold temperatures. It's available in a 54-inch x 150-ft (1372-mm x 45.8-m) roll. Kapco says Scrim Banner offers blockout technology, supports high-quality print resolution with OEM solvent inks, and is printable on both sides. The company notes that the substrate's sew and grommet, fire-resistant coating passes the NFPA 701 Test 2 fire-resistant-certification test. It is available in 38-, 54-, and 62-in. x 150-ft (965-, 1372-, and 1575-mm x 45.8-m) rolls. Kapco describes its 8 oz. Mesh Banner as great media for display graphics, backdrops, outdoor advertising, and banner applications because it allows for close-distance viewing with a 15% open area. It is compatible with OEM and mild-solvent inks, and Kapco says Mesh Banner passes the NFPA 701 fire-resistant-certification test. It is available in a 54-in. x 150-ft roll.


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Unable to connect Wireless
I have managed to install Broadcom BCM43228 Wireless adapter on a laptop running CentOS 5.9 using instructions at:
I had the problem "Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A): SET failed on device... mentioned on the same page and solved it following the instructions at:
After reboot the NetworkManager is enabled showing all the available networks. However, with regular user the request for default keyring password was popping-up again and again and was not accepting any password. I logged in as root and was able to set the keyring password.
When I select the network from drop down menu of NetworkManager a pop-up shows up asking for:
Authentication required by Wireless Network
Password or encryption keys are required to access the wireless network 'blade'
Wireless security: WPA & WPA Personal
It fails to connect even I verified the SSID and password is correct which works fine under Windows 7.
I have also tried to configure system-config-network GUI but unable to activate the wireless adapter (eth1) and cannot File->Save the setting with the following error:
Component: system-config-network
Version: 188.8.131.52
Summary: TBf6c835f4 NCHardwareList.py:482:save:AttributeError: HwWireless instance has no attribute 'type' ...
I also found the following link and now confused (establish a Wifi connection at system startup (without login)...). Do I need to use wpa_supplicant or NetworkManager?
Can anyone please help to resolve this issue.
Goineasy9 Posts: 1,116In NetworkManager, checking "Connect Automatically" and "System Connection" starts my ethernet and wireless connections at boot.0
Ok, some progress in debugging but still problem is not solved. I created a new network connection from NetworkManager and when tried to connect, a SELinux AVC denial message appeared with the following detail.
SELinux is preventing NetworkManager (NetworkManager_t) "execute" to ./dnsmasq (dnsmasq_exec_t).
Detailed Description:
SELinux denied access requested by NetworkManager. It is not expected that this access is required by NetworkManager and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access.
Allowing Access:
Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for ./dnsmasq,
restorecon -v './dnsmasq'
If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package.
Additional Information:
Source Context: system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t
Target Context: system_u:object_r:dnsmasq_exec_t
Target Objects: ./dnsmasq [ file ]
Source: NetworkManager
Source Path: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
Port: <Unknown>
Source RPM Packages: NetworkManager-0.7.0-13.el5
Policy RPM: selinux-policy-2.4.6-338.el5
Selinux Enabled: True
Policy Type: targeted
MLS Enabled: True
Enforcing Mode: Enforcing
Plugin Name: catchall_file
Platform: Linux 2.6.18-348.el5 #1 SMP
I am not willing to disable SELinux protection and don't know how to create a local policy module. Any suggestion to resolve this issue?0


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So we waited. And waited. And waited for the house to be completed and the keys delivered to us. When we decided that we had enough of putting our lives (and other plans) on hold for the sake of this house, we then decided to move on to our
There's a saying that says, 'Man maketh grand plans, but God has the final say." (Manusia mampu merancang, tetapi Tuhan yang menentukan segalanya). While we view our lives in stages and in chapter by chapter, God does not necessarily makes it that way. This year is a testament of the saying - suddenly we find that Plan #1, 2 & 3 materialised concurrently! So, lesson learnt - always be prepared for whatever possibilities.
Suddenly we found that our plans are executed in reverse order - Plan #3 (study) came first when we enrolled in the MBA programme, then came Plan #2 (pregnancy) which was discovered after we had registered and accepted the offer. Recently, Plan #1 (home renovation / moving houses) came along, making our lives even more interesting.
So back to this posting topic - the project house. You would have think after having so much time at hand we have planned and decided on our interior decoration ideas, shopped around for best buys of whatever items needed for the renovation and looked up for the most reasonable contractor to source the job to. Unfortunately, being slackers that we are, we left everything to the last minute until the house is ready to move in. By that time, we are heavily pregnant and preparing for final exam. Hmmph.
Tapi sempat jugak pergi survey electrical items and household items and sourced for quotations from contractors! I mean, not that we have much choice since:
A. We already have to pay full monthly installment to our bank upon receiving our house keys;
B. Which means we have to move out of our current rented place to avoid having to pay for two houses;
C. And, we have to act FAST coz the baby is coming!
So, in between revising for final exam, we managed to find the shop selling the most reasonable price for ceiling fan and aircond, bought cheap lightings from my favourite store, IKEA (they costed only RM10.60 each! These are for the bathrooms) and signed on a contractor to do major renovation works such as install plaster ceiling for the living and dining area complete with in-lightings and down-lights, do wiring works and install the fans and lightings, change the kitchen floor tiles so we can install kitchen cabinet later on and install grilles.
Since we now have to keep some funds for the baby and for our studies, we have to slash a big chunk off from the original budget for home renovation and do the renovations by phases (so expect phase 2, 3 & so on until our plan is completed). Sadly, that means postponing the following:
1. Kitchen cabinet - the one our contractor proposed is not exactly up to my expectations, plus it exceeds the budgeted cost by RM1K. We spent an hour discussing our wish-list for the kitchen cabinet that fits our 'comel' kitchen with IKEA kitchen consultant and the price was double the budget - so I am willing to wait and save up more for that kitchen cabinet that will bring more joy and happiness to me rather than just a 'tangkap muat' kitchen cabinet.
2. Bathroom - apart from installing the cheap lighting, we will have to do further renovation at a later stage i.e. full tiling of the bathroom wall up to the ceiling, install shower screen and change the sink. Of course Suami Terchenta will do some plumbing work himself i.e. install new rain shower head and water hose for the toilet.
3. Painting - we have not decided on the colour for our feature wall at living/dining area, kitchen and master bedroom. I am also seriously considering wallpaper but it is costly.
4. The curtains - have to use current one.
Excuse me, I go sleep on the rest of our decorating needs first. Nite, folks!


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You've seen the ads from Calvin telling you to "engage pop culture." You've seen the lists of artists that have played at Calvin in the last 20 years.
Maybe you've even gone to one of our recent concerts on a visit to campus: mewithoutYou, Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor.
We'll admit that we like to talk about the great artists that come to campus courtesy of Calvin's Student Activities Office (SAO). But before we go on gushing about how amazing Death Cab for Cutie was last spring, or how much we love it when Derek Webb of Caedmon's Call leads our chapel services, we should probably talk about why we care about pop culture so much.
Join us for a trip into a packed classroom in Calvin's Covenant Fine Arts Center. Students fill every seat and stand against every available wall, hoping to talk to indie pop sensation Ingrid Michaelson. They chatter about the sold-out show that night and how early they'll have to arrive at the concert venue to get a good seat.
Finally, a young-looking woman enters the classroom and sits on a stool at the front, wrapping her thick cardigan more tightly around her small frame and staring through her "nerd" glasses at her boots. This is Ingrid Michaelson, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose songs are regularly featured on TV shows like Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill and commercials for Google Chrome, Old Navy and Target.
The students are a bit in awe of the artist sitting in front of them. Ingrid is visibly nervous, perhaps wondering what she got herself into when she signed up to play at a Christian college like Calvin.
It takes some introductions and conversation pointers from student activities director Ken Heffner to break the ice. The main pointer:
"What we want to avoid in this conversation is obsessing about people, not because they're good artists, but because they're famous. So if you ask any of those kinds of questions, I'll veto them," he says.
That seems to do the trick; questions start flowing. Nobody asks Ingrid about her favorite color or who she's dating. What they do ask her: What are you reading right now? (Book #2 in The Hunger Games) Do you give up something when you work with a producer versus recording albums independently? How do you stay so grounded? Is your music primarily targeted at females? (Read the answers to these and more questions here.)
By the time Ingrid has to leave for her sound check, everyone—including the artist—is even more excited about the concert that evening. Clearly, a new mutual appreciation has developed—one that ultimately makes the concert even more enjoyable.


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|Ah, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish best served cold? Well...it is very cold in space!
|~ Khan before taking his revenge on James Kirk.
|I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her; marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive!
|~ Khan's famous speech to Kirk.
Khan Noonien Singh is the secondary antagonist of the Star Trek franchise.
He served as the main antagonist in The Original Series episode, Space Seed and as the eponymous main antagonist of the 1982 feature film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
He is James T. Kirk's arch-nemesis and a traitorous, merciless, and powerful superhuman being who derives enjoyment from destroying everything.
He was portrayed by the late Ricardo Montalbán, who also portrayed Vincent Ludwig in The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!, and Señor Senior, Senior in Kim Possible.
Early History
Hailing from Northern India, he was genetically engineered to be the perfect human (or "Augment") in the late 20th century Earth. Khan and several other Augments fought to take over the world in what became known as the Eugenics Wars. Khan himself became absolute ruler of one-fourth of the world from 1992 to 1996. When his bid for power failed, he and many of his followers put themselves into cryogenic sleep on the SS Botany Bay and fled into space.
Awakened in the 23rd Century and Exile
|I have five times your strength. You are no match for me!
|~ Khan to James T Kirk during their fight
In the 23rd century, the Botany Bay was discovered drifting in space by the USS Enterprise. Khan was revived by the ship's historian, Marla McGivers, who wished to learn from him. She became increasingly attracted to Khan, and fell in love with him.
Khan then attempted to commandeer the Enterprise and use it to create a colony for himself and whoever would follow. He was eventually beaten by the ship's crew and its captain, James T. Kirk, and agreed to go into exile on the paradisical and uninhabited planet Ceti Alpha V.
Six months his exile, the nearby Ceti Alpha VI exploded, which resulted in Ceti Alpha V's orbit being shifted, which turned the planet into a desert wasteland which in tyrn also resulted in the deaths of twenty of his followers, including (presumably) McGivers. This enraged Khan, who blamed Kirk for her death.
Loss of his people, Vengeance against Kirk, and Death
|No, no...you can't get away. To the last...I will grapple with thee. From Hell's heart, I stab at thee....For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee....
|~ Khan Noonien Singh, quoting Moby Dick, before he died from the extensive injuries, which after he blew up with the USS Reliant after he unleashed the power of the Genesis Device.
Fourteen years and six months after the desertification, the starship USS Reliant arrived at Ceti Alpha V looking for a lifeless planet on which to test the Genesis Device, which created life from nothing. Khan managed to take control of Reliant's commanding officer Captain Clark Terrell and his first officer Commander Pavel Chekov, and learned of a side effect of Genesis: if used on a planet containing life, all of that life would be destroyed.
He decided to use the Genesis Device in his plan of vengeance against Kirk, who had since been promoted to Rear Admiral. He attacked the space station Regula I and seized the Genesis Device. He then confronted Kirk, who was aboard the Enterprise for a training mission, and attacked. Kirk managed to hack into the Reliant's computer and shut down its shields, then fired upon the ship and dealt heavy damage.
In their next encounter, Khan attempted to trap Kirk underground on the moon that Regula I was orbiting; this prompted Kirk to shout "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!" into his transmitter. Kirk was later safely beamed back aboard the Enterprise.
Khan and Kirk's next encounter occurred within the Mutara Nebula, and Kirk laid massive damage on the Reliant. Khan, in a last-ditch attempt to kill Kirk, activated the Genesis Device. The Genesis effect killed Khan and destroyed the Reliant, but Kirk and the Enterprise got away safely thanks to Captain Spock sacrificing his life to save his crewmates.
New Policy on Genetic Engineering
After Khan's death, his actions left a lasting impression on how genetic engineering in the Federation is conducted. On Earth (and later in the United Federation of Planets, as whole), genetic engineering for any reason other than correcting serious birth defect was illegal. Any genetically enhanced person was barred from serving in Starfleet or practicing medicine.
This was enforced around a century later when Julian Bashir, Chief Medical Officer of Deep Space 9, was discovered to be an Augment like Khan. However, his career was saved, when father Richard confessed to having the enhancements done in exchange for his son being able to stay in Starfleet. Richard was sentenced to two years a Federation penal colony in New Zealand. Julian suggested to Rear Admiral Bennett the sentence was harsh, but the admiral disagreed, elaborating in the following quote:
|200 years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA re-sequencing. And what did we get for our troubles? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings, a superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provided a firewall against such men, and it's my job to keep that firewall intact.
Transcending Realities
In an alternate reality, Kirk and the Enterprise crew encountered a version of Khan indigenous to that universe. During a battle with that Khan, Spock contacted Spock Prime about the original Khan:
- Spock: I will be brief. In your travels, did you ever encounter a man named Khan?
- Spock Prime: As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk and yours alone. That being said, Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless and he will not hesitate to kill every single one of you.
- Spock: Did you defeat him?
- Spock Prime: At great cost, yes.
- Spock: How?
Powers and Abilities
Khan possesses incredible physical and mental attributes, making him physically, mentally and intellectually superior to even the most exceptional of humans:
- Enhanced strength: Like all Augments, Khan has superhuman strength. He possesses superhuman strength, and is capable of crushing a phaser pistol in his fingers and lifting a grown man off the ground with one hand.
- Enhanced durability: Like all Augments, Khan has increased durability. He could withstand immense amounts of damage with complete ease, shown during his fight with Kirk.
- Enhanced regeneration: Like all Augments, Khan was engineered with enhanced blood platelets which carried a superior healing factor than humans.
- Genius-level intellect: His intelligence is incredibly high, making him the perfect strategist. He possesses a very precise memory - he never forgets a face - and is capable of quickly deducing completely correct conclusions based on little-to-no information.
- Master strategist: Khan is learned in space combat and strategy, shown throughout The Wrath of Khan.
- Expert combatant: Khan's augmentations, intelligence and strategic abilities make him an awesome fighter - he uses his brute strength and durability to overwhelm an opponent, but also relies on the overconfidence of his opponents. He only lost his fight with Kirk because of his own arrogance and overconfidence.
- "Singh" is a male Sikh surname meaning "lion".
- He is considered the most popular villain of the franchise, as he went from the generic "villain of the week" to one of most highly regarded villains of the franchise.
- Khan was selected to be the second Star Trek film's villain as the director, Nicholas Meyer, felt the original film lacked a decent villain.
- Kirk and Khan never share a physical interaction in The Wrath of Khan, only talking to each other through the teleprompter and communicators, as William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban never interacted on the set, due to Montalban's schedule with filming Fantasy Island.
- Khan is often considered to be the chief villain of Star Trek. However, the Klingons are the true villains due to appearing in more episodes and films, especially the final movie with the original cast, The Undiscovered Country.
- Despite this, Khan is the most prominent individual antagonist and, unlike the Klingons, never redeems himself.


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4.5cl Vodka.
1.5cl Lime.
1.5cl Lemon.
1cl Simple Syrup.
1.5cl Ginger Syrup.
1.5cl Green Chartreuse.
2 sprigs of Rosemary.
Shake the first five ingredients with ice, then place the last two into a Tumbler and light them on fire. Extinguish the flames by straining the contents of your shaker over them, then top the drink with Soda.
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So here are the rumours so far split by Unit Types for ease of reading.
- 3++ for pictures
- Advanced Tau Tactica for pictures
- Faeit 212 via Warseer for information
- Warhammer Tau blog for Games Day Pics
Release Date
- Release is looking like the 6th April.
- New Tau Battle Force box containing existing models.
- Farsight new design as seen at games day
- Two new Finecast Characters (may not be HQs) called Dark Strider and Long Strike.
- Fire Warriors
- FW are now 9 pts
- Some kind of upgrade or character called Cadre Fireblade that boosts FWs. May even be a budget HQ choice.
- Kroot
- No new units, possibly being withheld or removed for Allies Supplement
- Fire Warriors
- XV104 Riptide Battlesuit – £50 / US$85
- Stats; T6 W4 2+ Save, 5+ Inv, Jet or Jump Pack.
- Weapons: Ion Cannon, Burst Cannon, Rail Cannon options. Plus other crisis weapons mounted under primary weapons and on shoulders. Two Shield Drones, new variant or look. Has something called a Nova Reactor which boots primary weapons
- Look: 7 or 8 inches tall and comes with multiple heads to choose from
- Crisis Suits £45 / US$75
- Now sold in a box set of three models. Same models.
- Possibly new wargear options.
- Stealthsuits
- Can now BS2 Overwatch
- XV104 Riptide Battlesuit – £50 / US$85
Fast Attack
- Sunshark Bomber – £40 / US$65
- Weapons: Plasma Generator which launches bombs/missiles. Defensive drones with rail rifles.
- Razershark Fighter – £40 / US$65
- Weapons: Burst and Ion Cannons, seeker missiles.
- Pathfinders -£20
- Special Character Pathfinder called Nightstrider.
- Come in kit of what looks like 10 with 3 drones.
- Drones: A Grav Inhibitor, Pulse Accelerator and Recon Drone.
- Sunshark Bomber – £40 / US$65
- XV88 Broadside Battlesuit – £30 / US$50
- Stats: T4 2+ Save, Slow and Purposeful
- A new look battlesuit, similar to many previous conversions holding railguns in both hands.
- Now a plastic kit.
- Railguns now S8 AP1 Heavy 1 but has SkyFire if chosen at the start of the turn. Cost is 85pts.
- Base is now 60mm.
- SkyRay
- Can now shoot air targets
- Tank Commander
- Possibly allows Overwatch.
Looking good so far and I can't wait but remember, other than the images of box sets and White Dwarf articles these are still rumours!
- XV88 Broadside Battlesuit – £30 / US$50


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The Top 25: 25 Players, Coaches, Schemes, and Incidents That Made Me Love College Football #'s 6-10
#TheTop25 #'s 6-10 covers the zone read, Ed Reed's Miami/FSU 2001 halftime speech, College Game Day feel good stories and Lee Corso's craziness, Keith Jackson the announcer, and the pageantry of college football.
Retooling Buck Sweep
Prior, we had been running buck sweep the traditional way, down, kick, run inside the kick out. But we've increasingly had a harder and harder time finding outside running plays to keep defenses honest. Outside of a pull on inside zone read or a jet sweep (have never had a ton of success with them) I've OC'ed an inside run team the past three seasons.
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Offense: Performing a mid-season review
Welcome to IMFB where I'm going to discuss what goes into my mid-season review and even use some real examples here, on the blog, in living color. The cut-ups will be on the Patreon account which you can access by clicking here and paying $5.00/month.
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Gap, Scrape, and Option Exchange (Part 1)
As a defensive minded coach who is serving as an offensive coordinator, I have to be aware of the gap and option responsibilities of our opposing defense. When I call a defense I like to switch gap exchange pre-snap, scrape exchange post-snap, and even option exchange against zone read and triple option teams. This is part 1 of a 3 part series.
Running RPO's vs Man 1
When you run RPO's and are the less athletic team, a lot of opponents will try to play cover 1 press man against you. This takes away the slants, bubbles, and puts a guy in the window of your pop pass. However, what it does leave is a 6 man box and a 1-high shell.
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Pistol Wing T: Expanding the option game
Taking a look at expanding the option game in the Pistol Wing-T Diamond Formation. This article will cover speed, inside zone read, speed with shovel, and triple option.


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It is Monday, that means only one thing: review the week of football just past with the latest boot spotting courtesy of the Instep! This week saw a few players bring out a new pair of boots, a few very nice customised boots and sadly, one disastrous attempt at customising boots. Either way, we only collect the best boot spots from the football world, check out what made the boot spotting cut this week.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) – Nike Hypervenom Phantom
The Orange/Black colourway of the Hypervenom Phantom has been at the centre of attention since the boot was launched a few months ago, with the 'Stealth pack' colourway and the Black/Lime Green colourway given hardly any exposure on the world stage. However, Nike officially launched the boot earlier this week at a Hypervenom event in Paris, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic headlining a list of players bringing out the boots for the first time this weekend. We noted a few weeks ago that Nike should make the most of Ibrahimovic in the Hypervenom considering the pedigree of the Swede, so it is not surprising he is now arguably seen as one of the headline athletes for the boot.
Santi Cazola (Arsenal) – Puma evoSPEED 1.2
We noted in our boot spotting last week that a potential switch to the Puma evoSPEED was on the cards for Santi Cazola, and Puma officially announced the signing of the Spanish playmaker last week. It has been a while since Puma have announced signing new athletes, but it seems the signing is a tactical one. Considering Puma will be supplying Arsenal's kit next season, Puma probably saw this as a reason to give the evoSPEED to one of Arsenal's main men.
Robin Van Persie (Manchester United) – adidas F50 adiZero TRX (Custom)
While Gerrard seems a little unsure about his boots, it seems RVP has finally come to peace when it comes to his kickers. The United striker wore the slime Predator adiPower when he claimed the Golden Boot last season, but he has now settled with the F50 adiZero, albeit a version of the boot with a customized sole plate. Adidas have rewarded Van Persie with his own customized colourway to match his United kit, and they still carry the same sole plate from the Predator adiPower TRX. Considering United are yet to score with RVP wearing the boots and that RVP is known to be superstitious, we could see Robin ditch the boots next week…
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) – adidas Predator LZ II
Okay, I know I cannot make any promises, but considering this is the third week in a row that Gerrard has made the boot spotting, I think he has had his fair share of the boot spotting limelight. We were shocked to see the Liverpool skipper in the adidas Nitrocharge 1.0 last week, yet he has switched back into his regular Predator LZ II for Liverpool's weekend fixture against United. While we are not sure whether Gerrard is suffering from the same blister issue that blighted him through the pre-season, we wonder how much longer we will see Gerrard switching his boots.
Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) – Umbro Geometra Pro II
Last week, we revealed the Nike CTR360 Maestri as the most popular boot in the EPL. Amazingly, a touch over 95% of EPL players in the first week wore either adidas, Nike or Puma boots, so it is always nice when a few footballers go against the grain with their new boots. Fletcher wore Nike Vapor IXs in the tail-end of last season, but the striker has since switched to the Umbro Geometra Pro. Andre Wisdom is the only other notable endorser of the Geometra Pro, so it is good to see the boot get more exposure on the world stage.
Alex Kenyon (Morcambe) – adidas Predator LZ II (Custom)
While adidas have been a little on the adventurous side with the colourways they have launched onto their new Predator LZ II, we wonder whether adidas understand simple colourways are often what we really want. Take Alex Kenyon's customized Predator LZ IIs. Kenyon has gone with a simple black and white Predator LZ II that we think looks absolutely gorgeous. It also makes Kenyon's boots look like a traditional old time Predator, something that makes it that little bit more awesome.
Graham Dorrans (West Brom) – Nike Hypervenom Phantom (Custom)
Besides James McClean and Nick Blackman, everyone is going for the stock standard colourways of the Nike Hypervenom Phantom. Thankfully for us boot spotters, Graham Dorrans has decided to be much more original with his pair of Hypervenoms, with a NikeiD White/Blue creation. We are not expecting to see a white Hypervenom until at least the end of this year, and Dorrans' boots are pretty close to the product Nike will be releasing themselves. A Hi-Viz colourway is the next Hypervenom to step up to the plate, and it is a colourway that may polarize boot fans…
Wallace (Flamengo) – adidas Predator LZ II (Custom)
We truly wonder when players will get the message: blacking out your boots with a black permanent marker just does not work! It looks like Wallace has gone DIY on his Predator LZ, and it seems the midfielder has abandoned the project half way through the job. The result? A relatively black boot that has a weird alien-like mutation on the toe. For those of you who want to try it for yourselves, just note that changing the colour of your boots does void e warranty that comes with the boots, so if you do it, perhaps try it on a pretty old pair of boots first.
That is it for our boot spotting this week, what was your favourite spot today? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.


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Pest animals such as rabbits, feral pigs, foxes, wild dogs and feral cats continue to cause significant environmental damage and agricultural losses in Australia despite improvements in control methods and the development of new techniques. Each year hundreds of thousands of pest animals are trapped, poisoned, shot or otherwise destroyed because of the harm they cause (Olsen 1998).
Historically, pest animal control has focussed on killing as many pests as cheaply as possible. For most people in today's society the management of pest animals is acceptable provided that such management is humane (Mellor and Littin 2004) and justified. However, many of the methods used to control pest animals in Australia are far from being humane. There is a pressing need to improve the humaneness of control programs and to develop a process that enables the most humane methods to be identified.
This second edition (2011) has been updated and revised to include minor modifications and improvements to the model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods. Some of the examples in the impact scales have been modified and notes have been added to the worksheet to clarify some aspects of the assessment process. This edition also contains a summary of the project which applied the model to commonly used control methods.
Completed assessments for a range of species and techniques are included as well as 'humaneness matrices' which provide a simplified overview of the relative humaneness of all the methods for each species.
Section 1 contains a review of humaneness assessment and a summary of the project to develop the model whilst Section 2 describes the process undertaken to assess the humaneness of commonly used invasive animal techniques.
See www.pestsmart.org.au/animal-welfare/humaneness-assessment/ to view humaneness assessments by species
|Trudy Sharp and Glen Saunders
|Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
|Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
|126 pp
|Australia - national


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Founded in 1981, by Kostas Sotiropoulos, the Hellenic Five specializes in music for the traditional cultures of Greek people. Their extensive repetoire includes traditional folk dance music to the contemporary music heard in Athens today.
The Hellenic Five has performed throughout the United States, Canada and was invited to perform on a ten day tour of Greece by the late Melina Mercouri, former international actress and Minister of Cultural Affairs in Greece. Other venues of note include The International Festivals of Music in Vancouver, Chicago and Rockford, The Chicago Cultural Center, The Art Institute, The Medinah Temple, several major colleges and universities throughout the United States, the Democratic Convention in Atlanta, fundraising and celebratory events for Greek-American political figures, entertaining fans of the Chicago Bulls at the United Center pre-game ceremonies, live performances on WLUP 98 FM and WNUR 89.3 FM, several Carribean Cruises, The Museum of Natural History, The Hellenic Museum, The Governor's Mansion in Springfield, Illinois
The Hellenic Five has also appeared on CBS's Early Edition in an episode entitled "Run, Gary, Run" and on the Food Network with Bobby Flay. Their original music was also featured in both appearances.
Locally, the Hellenic Five plays for many "Greek Nights", festivals, night clubs and restaurants. Venues include Grant Park's Summer Dance, Park West, Excalibur, a long stint at Cairo every Wednesday night for 5 1/2 years was one of the Club's most popular evenings, Pegasus Rooftop for 3 years, Kallisto, Byzantium and Barrel Café. At the Chicago Cultural Center, The Hellenic Five gave performances in tribute to Melina Mercouri, Yiannis Ritsos and Stelios Kazantzidis.
The Hellenic Five is in demand when it comes to backing up singers and dance groups that come to the United States from Greece.
The Hellenic Five has also played for many charitable organizations and benefits such as The Leukemia Society and The AIDS Foundation. They are also especially sensitive when it comes to helping raise money for children, who come here from Greece and other countries abroad, needing operations and or transplants. Instrumentation includes bouzouki, clarinet, guitar/bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion and vocalists.
The Hellenic Five has a CD of eleven original songs. Members of the group can also be heard on Jim Stoynoff's " Return to Our Roots", numerous recordings by other recording artists and are now in the studio for their next album.
Hellenic Five has become the Greek enterainment choice for a wide variety of
special events. Whether your group is 20 or 2000, The Hellenic Five will deliver high
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メイン AACN Clinical Issues Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care Severe Aplastic Anemia and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Compulsory Basic Training
All learner motorcyclists and moped riders must satisfactorily complete compulsory basic training (CBT) before riding on the road
Rugby Rider is an approved training body (ATB) using a site approved by the DSA for off-road training and with instructors who have passed the relevant DSA course.
Rugby Rider offer hire of appropriate motorcycles and mopeds as well as safety helmets and insurance cover is in place
The CBT course syllabus includes 5 elements taken over a period of 6 – 8 hours on one day. The duration of each element will depend on individual trainees' performance:
Element A – Introduction (30 min approx.)
- Eyesight Test*
- Legal Requirements
- Aims
- Equipment and clothing
*The course will not continue if eyesight test is failed
Element B – Practical on-site training (45 min approx)
- Control Positions Overview
- Foot Controls
- Left handlebar controls
- Right handlebar controls
- Instrument panel
- Basic machine checks including side & centre stands, wheeling, braking, starting and stopping the engine
Element C – Practical on-site riding (2 – 3 hours)
- Riding including clutch control and gear changing
- Braking
- Indicating & manoeuvring including rear observation, lifesaver shoulder checks & the OSM/PSL routines
- Moving off, stopping, turning left and right, junctions, and u-turns
Element D – Practical on-road training (45 min approx)
- Conspicuity
- Legal requirements
- Vulnerability
- Speed
- Highway Code
- Anticipation
- Rear Observation
- Road positioning
- Separation distance
- Weather conditions
- Road surfaces
- Alcohol & drugs
- Attitudes
- Hazard perception
Element E – Practical on-road riding (2 hours approx)
- Put into practice everything learnt in Elements A – D with a maximum of one other student for at leased 2 hours
- Demonstrate competence and safety in range of road and traffic conditions
- Training to include coping with a range of hazards including as many of the following as possible:
- Traffic Lights
- Roundabouts
- Junctions
- Pedestrian crossings
- Gradients
- Bends
- Obstructions
Repeat the following exercises (originally practiced during Element C):
- Manoeuvre satisfactorily
- Carry out the U turn correctly
- Bring the machine to a stop under full control as in an emergency
On satisfactory completion of all five elements, a Certificate of Completion of Training (DL196) will be issued and is valid for two years validating the provisional license with which it must be kept and produced at the first motorcycle test.


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Synopsis: Watch Last Tango In Halifax online free. In Last Tango In Halifax Putlocker Full Episodes, Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate relationship that started over sixty years ago.


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Artistic Swimming, Day 7: Kolesnichenko and Romashina win Russia's sixth gold medal
Russia, China, Ukraine and Japan were the favourites for the medals in the Free Duet event this evening at the 18th FINA Artistic Swimming World Championships in Gwangju, Korea.
Russia, the reigning World Champion, has won this event every World Championships since the 2007 Melbourne World Championships when the separation of the Duet event into two separate events was first introduced.
For the past four Championships, starting in 2011 in Shanghai, China has finished on the second step of the podium. In Barcelona at the 2013 World Championships, it was the first, and only, time that the Russian pair, Kolesnichenko and Romashina, swam together as a Duet, when they won the gold. Similarly, the Chinese pair, Huang and Sun, only swam together as a pair once, at the 2015 Kazan World Championships, where they won a silver medal. Today it was the first time that the two duets would compete against each other.
Kolesnichenko and Romashina, winners of the Technical Duet in Gwangju, swam a duet called "Spiders". The title may have been too simple for the level of difficulty displayed in the routine. The pair moved through the water, with leg sequences and arm movements that resembled spiders, who are known to have a seemingly impossible range of mobility.
Wearing shimmery gold bathing suits decorated with a black spider, their flexibility, strength and execution of the routine was impressive.
The score received, 97.5000, which would prove difficult to beat, and Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina earned another gold medal, the sixth one for Russia in Gwangju.
Chinese Xuechen Huang and Wenyan Sun, performing their routine "Goddesses of Hope", appeared fearless and full of confidence, hope and trust in each other and in their performance. Impressive were the final 10 seconds of the routine, in which the pair performed a completely synchronized, yet very fast leg sequence.
The score received for their performance, 95.7667, was not good enough for the top spot on the podium, Huang and Sun were awarded the silver medal.
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Magamu Yoshida, just missing the podium in the Technical Duet event in Gwangju, were first to swim their compelling routine called "Time Leap".
With great use of the music, the pair demonstrated the awareness of time in relationships. The choreography progressed nicely showing the pair being unaware, becoming frantic and finally connecting with one another. After receiving 93.000 for their performance, Inui and Yoshida could only watch to see if the performance was good enough for the bronze medal.
It was up to the Ukrainian duet, Marta Fiedina and Anastasiya Savchuk to convince the judges with their performance. The pair wore gorgeously decorated suits symbolizing fire and practically made the water sizzle as they as they performed their fast paced "Fire Riders" routine.
Fiedina and Savchuk executed the difficult program spectacularly, receiving 94.1000 points, securing themselves the bronze medal.
Duet free
Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Svetlana Romashina (RUS), gold:
"This program suites us. It's dynamic, emotional and extremely tricky. We were surprised that we got only 9,5 for the difficulty in the prelims. This is the most complicated program we ever had. 9,8 in the final – that's what this routine is worth of. And of course we will work hard on the program to improve, to be better at the Olympics. As for now we can say that our vocation has started."
Tatiana Danchenko, coach (RUS):
"The problem was not in production, not in staging the routine but in perfection the elements. We wanted to follow the image of "Spaun". That's why there are many broken lines in hands and legs. We even had to put away some interesting elements in order to keep the synchro factor."
Xuechen Huang, Wenyan Sun (CHN), silver:
"Before the start of the final session we were thinking only about improving our performance. Our coach said that we gave 100 and 10 percent. We are also excited with our execution. The scores were higher than in preliminary round. The World championship is the major competition of the year. The responsibility is huge. But we are senior athletes. We can control ourselves. We enjoy performing this program. Nevertheless it's more likely we will change it preparing for the Olympic Games".
Marta Fiedina (UKR), bronze:
"Ukrainian duet Anna Voloshina and Yelizaveta Yakhno got two bronze medals at the previous edition of the World Championships. This time Anastasiya Savchuk and I also placed third in both technical and free routine. We have already got an Olympic license at the European Cup – the qualification tournament in Saint-Petersburg (RUS). So our main goal is to win authority and to win way to the Olympic podium."
Anastasiya Savchuk (UKR), bronze:
"We've heard the scores of the duet from Japan, who could be our main rivals for the bronze medal. We tried to put this information behind and focus on our performance."
"This is for the first time we compete together with Marta in duet. It was important to gain experience and get a medal."


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La Forza del Destino
Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story by Dan Vittorio Segre, translated by Dan Vittorio Segre
The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue, and Survival by Susan Zuccotti
Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story by Dan Vittorio Segre, translated by Dan Vittorio Segre
The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue, and Survival by Susan Zuccotti
The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone
George Balanchine: Ballet Master by Richard Buckle, in collaboration with John Taras
Balletmaster: A Dancer's View of George Balanchine by Moira Shearer
Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland and Greg Lawrence
The Literary Guide to the Bible edited by Robert Alter, edited by Frank Kermode
Rabi: Scientist and Citizen by John S. Rigden
Toward a Livable World: Leo Szilard and the Crusade for Nuclear Arms Control edited by Helen S. Hawkins, edited by G. Allen Greb, edited by Gertrud Weiss Szilard
Better a Shield than a Sword: Perspectives on Defense and Technology by Edward Teller
Shakespearean Negotiations: The Circulation of Social Energy in Renaissance England by Stephen Greenblatt. (The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics, 4)
The Book and The Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch
Found in the Street by Patricia Highsmith
Economic Growth and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by David Eltis
Capitalism and Antislavery: British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective by Seymour Drescher
We Irish: Essays on Irish Literature and Society by Denis Donoghue
George Santayana by John McCormick
Persons and Places: Fragments of Autobiography by George Santayana, edited by William G. Holzberger, edited by Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., with an introduction by Richard C. Lyon
Harold Bloom's most recent books are The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life and The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible. He teaches at Yale and is at work on a play, To You Whoever You are: A Pageant Celebrating Walt Whitman. (February 2012)
M.F. Burnyeat is Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College, Oxford. He is the author of The Theaetetus of Plato and A Map of Metaphysics Zeta. (November 2001)
Robert Craft is a conductor and writer. Craft's close working friendship with Igor Stravinsky is the subject of his memoir, An Improbable Life. In 2002 he was awarded the International Prix du Disque at the Cannes Music Festival.
David Brion Davis was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale and Director Emeritus of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is the author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World.
Thomas Flanagan (1923–2002), the grandson of Irish immigrants, grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he ran the school newspaper with his friend Truman Capote. Flanagan attended Amherst College (with a two-year hiatus to serve in the Pacific Fleet) and earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where he studied under Lionel Trilling while also writing stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. In 1959, he published an important scholarly work, The Irish Novelists, 1800 to 1850, and the next year he moved to Berkeley, where he was to teach English and Irish literature at the University of California for many years. In 1978 he took up a post at the State University of New York at Stonybrook, from which he retired in 1996. Flanagan and his wife Jean made annual trips to Ireland, where he struck up friendships with many writers, including Benedict Kiely and Seamus Heaney, whom he in turn helped bring to the United States. His intimate knowledge of Ireland's history and literature also helped to inspire his trilogy of historical novels, starting with The Year of the French (1979, winner of the National Critics' Circle award for fiction, reissued by NYRB Classics in 2004) and continuing with The Tenants of Time (1988) and The End of the Hunt (1994). He is also the author of There You Are: Writings on Irish and American Literature and History (2004). Flanagan was a frequent contributor to many publications, including The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Kenyon Review.
Jonathan Lieberson (1949–1989) was a philosopher, editor and critic. Lieberson taught at Barnard and Columbia. His book of essays, Varieties, included reflections on personalities as diverse as Diana Vreeland, Paul Valery and Clifford Geertz.
Adrian Lyttelton is a Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University Center in Bologna and the author of The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy, 1919–1929. (December 2019)
Vladimir Nabokov was the author of Lolita, Pale Fire, Pnin, Ada, and many other novels. He died in 1977.
Robert Towers (1923–1995) was an American critic and novelist. Born in Virginia, Towers was educated at Princeton and served for two years as Vice Counsel at the American Consulate General in Calcutta before dedicating himself to literary studies. He taught English literature and creative writing at Princeton, Queens College and Columbia.
Lord Zuckerman (1904–1993) was a British zoologist and military strategist. Having advised the Allies on bombing strategy during World War II, he spent much of his later life campaigning for nuclear non-proliferation. Zuckerman was knighted in 1956 and made a life peer in 1971.


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American West Amber Wave Game Day Crossbody
By: American West
A tan 100% genuine leather crossbody bag with card slots inside.
Product Description
- Crossbody Leather Handbag
- Leather Western Details
- Card Slots Inside
- Magnetic Snap Closure
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Type: Crossbody
Materials: Leather
Color: Tan
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When I export from a report in CSV format, the file is created and then Excel 2003 opens - not the 2016 version I have installed on my PC.
Is there any way to change the Excel version from 2003 to 2016 (or at least the Excel version installed on my computer)?
Based on your description, it looks likely that Excel 2003 is the default program to open .csv files on your computer. You need to change the default program for .csv files to Excel 2016.
I am not sure of the OS you are using, but it may be as simple as using Explorer and select "Open with" for a .csv file, select Excel 2016 and set it as the default program.
(You may need to locate Excel 2016 .exe first, so you know which Excel.exe to use. My Excel 2010 is located as C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\excel.exe, which can be identified in Windows Task Manager)
This is not related to Reckon Home & Business 2018
I did forget to say I'm using Windows 10 Creator version. However, this problem has been occurring since before the update to Creator.
Ok - just checked the default program to open .CSV files - and it is set to open EXCEL 2016. So, obviously not the file allocation. Default program for opening CSV files is Excel 2016.
Looks like it IS related to Reckon Home & Business 2018!!!
Try having excel 2016 open before running Reckon Home & Business.
Otherwise, RH&B must have identified the Excel 2003 .exe file name. Not sure where to find that, as excel.exe is not in a path list.
You could temporarily change the name of excel.exe in the 2003 directory and see if RHB goes searching. Clearly, I don't know the answer!!
I just want to check, do you actually have (or previously had) a 2003 Office/Excel install on your current PC that you're using Home & Business on?
How do you know that its a 2003 file that is being opened? Are you able to post a screenshot of this please (use the camera icon in the reply field to upload to the forum).
I think I'm having a similar problem, I use Excel 2010 but when trying to import files this message pops up. My colleague has 2016 and has no problem. I can't find in the internal Reckon help topic which versions are supported either. Do you know which ones are/aren't? Cheers.
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A white Rioja
Bodegas Marqués de Càcerces is a Spanish winery from the Rioja area. The vineyards of Marqués de Càcerces are located in Cenicero, La Rioja. Five red, three white and one pink wine are produced by the winery.
Blanco Joven is white Rioja – to be honest it's the first white Rioja that I've ever seen. Recently I was dining at a Spanish tapas bar in Munich and they happened to have this white Rioja. I was unsure about the wine since I'm not a big fan of Spanish wines but my friends convinced me to try the Blanco Joven. At the restaurant the wine retailed for 22€. Teatro Tapas is one of my favorite restaurants but I've never taken wine there before. They have an excellent selection of superb cocktails
The wine is made from Viura grapes which aged in large stainless steel tanks. According to the winery's website the weather conditions for the harvest of the 2010 vintage where perfect. So this vintage should be one of there better ones I assume.
Blanco Joven tasting notes
I did not like this wine so let's get this done quickly.
In the glass the wine had a pale straw-yellow color. The color was the only thing I liked about this wine. Alcohol by volume was label listed at 12.5%.
On the palate Blanco Joven was boring. No intense aromas. Nothing. There were a bit of herbs. The palate was even worse. I had the impression that I was drinking some water-wine mix but I was not – I was drinking Blanco Joven. The wine was flat, had a short finish and I tasted nothing interesting either. The 12.5% alcohol where not present at all. If I had to guess I would have said 8-9% ABV. Before drinking the wine we were offered a glass of Prosecco Frizzante by the restaurant owner. This simple Prosecco tasted better than this wine.
What irritates me most is that the description of the wine on the winery's website talks about many aromas (including pears, and grapefruit) as well as a mineralic taste with a persistently finish. I understand that winery's always write positive about their wine but come on one doesn't need to be a sommelier to find out that this wine's description is somehow messed up. My friends know quite a lot about wine, too and they disliked the wine as much as I did but hey one needs to try new things to broaden one's horizon.
What to do?
Well we were in four and three of us drank the wine so we got it done pretty fast. So what do you write about when the wine was a flop? You write about the food!
The tapas that we ordered were delicious. We ordered 22 tapas and 3 deserts. I don't recalling the last time eating so much. We had a real feast. I think we went to the restaurant at 7pm and left at 11pm. It's a pity that I didn't take pictures of the food. I always forget to..
A selection of tapas that we enjoyed: Stuffed zucchini blossoms, chicken with aioli and potatoes, fillet of pork filled with goat cheese in Dijon-mustard sauce, grilled beef with plums, calamari salad, chicken with mashed sweet potatoes and chorizo in red wine sauce. That's just 7 – we had 22.. Once the bill came I couldn't believe it myself that we ate so many but they were just too good.
If you're ever in Munich, Germany then I recommend that you visit Teatro Tapas. Unless you want to drink wine then don't. We switched from the Blanco Joven over to Mojito and other drinks.


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When I encountered "We Were Witches," I knew it was something new. The narrator, a teen-queer-mama-feminist-witch named Ariel, will take up residence in your heart beginning on page one. Set against the backdrop of the Bush administration of the '90s, "We Were Witches" is like a one of the "stern and wild teachers" who tells you, "if you don't like the fairy tales you've been handed ... you don't have to conform to them. You can re-author them."
Community Bookstore's pick: "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem's wry take on the New York Noir gangster story is both a sly tribute to the great detective fiction of yore and a love letter to the author's beloved borough. We follow Lionel Essrog, a small time mobster with Tourette's syndrome, and his band of misfits as they navigate the ins and outs of organized crime, family, and the Gowanus canal.
— Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore [43 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www.commun
Ever since she started garnering praise in the "alt lit" scene, Chelsea Martin has stood out as one of the most honest, unpretentious, and hilarious authors alive, and her new book, sub-titled "Essays from a Lowbrow Life" exemplifies each of those qualities. It is a brutally self-deprecating, yet entirely relatable and moving memoir of an eccentric child of the Internet. If you don't believe it, just read the introduction and see if you can walk away without wanting more.
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You're gonna wake up one morning and know what side of the bed you've been lying on!
August 20, 2012
"Them-speak": Bernie Rhodes, Malcolm McLaren, and Vivian Westwood (1974)
[Hates:] Television (not the group) / Mick Jagger / The Liberal Party / John Betjeman / George Melly Kenny & Cash / Michael Caine / Charles Forte / Sat nights in Oxford Street / SECURICOR impotence or complacency (slogan & Robert Carr) / Parking tickets / 19, Honey, Harpers, Vogue in fact all magazines that treat their readers as idiots / Bryan Ferry / Salvador Dali / A Touch of Class / BRUT for–who cares? / The Presidents Men / Lord Carrington / The Playboy Club / Alan Brien, Anthony Haden-Guest, Vic Lownes, to be avoided first thing in the morning / ANTIQUARIUS and all it stands for / Michael Roberts / POP STARS who are thick and useless / YES / Leo Sayer / David Essex / Top Of The Pops / Rod Stewart oh for money and an audience / Elton John–quote in NME 25 Sept re birthday spending / West End shopping / Stirling Cooper, Jean Junction, BROWNS, Take Six, C&A / Mars bars / Good Fun entertainment when it's really not good or not funny Bernard Delfont / a passive audience / arse lickers / John Osborne Harry Pinter Max Bygraves Melvyn Bragg Philip Jenkinson the ICA and its symposiums John Schlesinger Andre Previn David Frost Peter Bogdanovich / Capital Radio / The Village Trousershop (sorry bookshop) / The narrow monopoly of media causing harmless creativity to appear subversive / THE ARTS COUNCIL / Head of the Metropolitan Police / Synthetic foods / Tate & Lyle / Corrupt councillors / G.K.N. / Grey skies / Dirty books that aren't all that dirty / Andy Warhol / Nigel Waymouth David Hockney & Victorianism / The Stock Exchange / Ossie Clark / The Rag Trade / E.L.P. / Antiques of any sort / Housing Trusts who profit by bad housing / Bianca Jagger / Fellini / John Dungar / J. Artur's / Tramps / Dingwals without H / Busby Berkeley MOVIES / Sir Keith Joseph and his sensational speeches / National Front / W. H. Smith / Censorship / Chris Welch and his lost Melody Makers / Clockwork soul routines / Bob Harris (or the sniffling Whistler as we know him) / The job you hate but are too scared to pack in / Interview magazine–Peter Lester / rich boys dressed as poor boys / Chelita Secunda, Nicky Weymouth, June Bolan, Pauline Fordham halitosis / Rose & Anne Lambton Chinless people / Antonia Frazer / Derek Marlow / Anne Scott-James / Sydney Edwards / Christopher Logue / Osbert Lancaster / Shaw Taylor–whispering grass / The Archers / BIBAS / Old clothes old ideas and all this resting in the country business / The suburbs / The Divine Light Mission / All those fucking saints
[Loves:] Eddie Cochran / Christine Keeler / Susan 602 2509 / My monster in black tights / Raw Power / Society For Cutting Up Men / RUBBER Robin Hood Ronnie Biggs BRAZIL / Jamaican Rude Boys / Bamboo Records / Coffee bars that sell whiskey under the counter / THE SCENE–Ham Yard / Point Blank / Monica the girl who stole those paintings / Legal Aid–when you can get it / Pat Arrowsmith / Valerie Solanis / The Price Sisters / Mervin Jones article The Challenge To Capitalism in New Statesman 4th Oct. 74 / Buenoventura Durutti The Black Hand Gang / Archie Shepp Muhammed Ali Bob Marley Jimi Hendrix Sam Cooke / Kutie Jones and his SEX PISTOLS / This country is run by a group of fascists so said Gene Vincent in a 1955 US radio interview / Seven Days with Alexander Cockburn / Olympia Press / Strange Death of Liberal England–Dangerfield / Mrs Scully love goddess from Shepherds Bush her house slaves and Search magazine / Labour Exchanges as your local / FREE RADIO stations / A chance to do it for more than a month without being ripped off / The Anarchist Spray Ballet / Lenny Bruce / Joe Orton / Ed Albee / Paustovsky / Iggy Pop / John Coltrane / Spunky James Brown / Dewey Redman / KING TUBBY'S sound system / Zoot suits and dreadlocks / Kilburn & the High Roads / Four Aces Dalston / Limbo 90–Wolfe / Tiger Tiger–Bester / Bizarre Humphries / Woolf–Waves / Walt Whitman poet / Exupery, Simone de Beauvoir, Dashiell Hammett, Dave Cooper, Nick Kent, Carl Gayle writers / Mel Ramos painter / Davd Holmes the newsman / Mal Dean cartoonist / Guy Stevens records / Mal Huff funny stories / D.H. / Valve amps / Art Prince / Marianne Faithfull / Jim Morrison / Alex Trocchi–Young Adam / Patrick Heron v. The Tate Gallery and all those American businesslike painters / Lady Sinthia 908 5569 / Experiment with Time–Dunne / John Lacey and his boiled book v. St Martin's Art School experiment to be seen in New York. Imagination….
- Seditionaries (seditionaries.com)
All I want is little Nazi children
March 9, 2011
"For the occasion, she [heiress Francoise Dior, niece of Christian Dior] wore a black and gold swastika necklace, encrusted with diamonds. They supped mead, toasted the British Nazi movement to the strains of the 'Horst Wessel Lied', and over a swastika-draped table, swore that they were of untainted Aryan blood, cut their fingers and let the mingled drop of their blood fall on to an open page of a virgin copy of Adolf Hitler'sMein Kampf."
– Extracted from 'The National Front', by Martin Walker (Fontanna, 1977).
- "Fashionably Fascist – The Forgotten History of Dior" (whomakesthenazis.com)
- "Francoise Dior's Nazi Wedding" (viciousbabushka.com)
- Francoise Dior (wikipedia.com)
Dress cute wherever you go…
March 9, 2011
If you already have your limited edition Converse/Clash shoes and Sex Pistols oven gloves you're probably at a loss about what to do with your discretionary income.
Well, fret no more…
"Another boring scarf? More mittens? We're not gonna take it! And neither should you! Pretty in Punk salutes counterculture fashion with 25 entirely original designs inspired by fashion icons Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano, and punk legends. Indulge your girly side with the Ready Steady Go mini skirt, rebel with Feel the Pain wrist cuffs, or channel your inner rock star with the very same Mohawk hat Depeche Mode's Martin Gore wears on stage. Whether you're new to knitting or a veteran desperately seeking patterns with an edge, you'll find projects here for every mood and every genre. With step-by-step instructions, helpful technical illustrations and intarsia graphs, plus high-fashion photos of all the finished projects, Pretty in Punk is the only authority on anti-authority knitting."
"The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in." – Paris Hilton
- "Pretty in Punk" (amazon.com)
- "Pretty in Punk" free download (freshwap.com)
- "Oh, I thought you'd just made them up." – the official Clash / Converse shoe (blogspot.com)
- "26 Punk Knits" (amazon.com)
Everybody would like to be Cary Grant
August 12, 2006
Despite the pedigree of the author, and the threat of a foreword by fashion dimwit Giorgio Armani (a man who wouldn't know style if it came round his house and polished his tassled loafers for him), the forthcoming 'Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style' by Richard Torregrossa will be an essential purchase for me.
Throughout the 1940's, and into the '50's, Grant eptomised stylish, sophisticated manhood. If extracts published in the September 2006 edition of 'Town & Country' magazine are anything to go by, this book will provide a new level of detail about his enviable and timeless style and how it evolved.
"I got a phone call one day, and the voice on the other end said, 'Good morning, this is Cary Grant. I am going to send you an evening shirt that I would like a new neckband put on. Is that okay?' I said, 'Yes'" When the shirt arrived, Lachter was amazed. "The label in our shirt had the old Prince of Wales coat of arms on it, which meant that the shirt was actually made before Edward VIII became king, probably around 1934 or '35. Yes, He really did send me a forty-year-old shirt to repair!"
Stephen Lachter (former manager of Hawes & Curtis, London)
- Cary Grant filmography (imdb.com)
- Hawes & Curtis
- London Lounge (thelondonlounge.net)
The premier forum for discussion of male style
- The 30's Style (the30sstyle.com)
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Private payers like United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield are starting to jump on the telemedicine bandwagon. With incredible cost-savings, better patient outcomes, and huge convenience for the patient, telemedicine just makes sense.
Here's what you should know about private payers and telemedicine reimbursement!
Telemedicine Parity Laws by State
What's a telemedicine parity law? If you've been researching telemedicine, you've probably seen this phrase around. Parity means equal.
When a state passes a telemedicine parity law, it means private payers in that state have to reimburse for telemedicine care in the same way they would for in-person care. So whenever a new parity law passes, it's a huge win for telemedicine!
If your state doesn't have a telemedicine parity law right now, don't sweat! Many private payers still cover telemedicine anyway. They're just not legally required to reimburse.29 states and counting.
29 states and Washington D.C. have now passed parity laws for telemedicine. And this number will keep going up! 8 additional states currently have proposed parity laws on the table. Plus, commercial payers are increasing motivated to cover telemedicine anyway, because of the cost-savings it can bring.
Here's the list of states that currently have a parity law in place:
All parity laws mandate coverage for live video telemedicine, but only some also require payers to cover store-and-forward telemedicine. Some of the parity laws also have specific restrictions and exclusions. Make sure to visit the ATA website to review the parity law in your state.These states have proposed parity laws and are waiting for further action:
Want to stay up-to-date on the status of states with telemedicine parity laws? Bookmark this handy state legislation matrix from the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).
The major commercial payers all cover telemedicine
Our staff has called around to the Big Five – Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, and United Healthcare – and found that all offer some form of coverage for telemedicine. That's huge!
However, what and when these private payers will cover telemedicine depends on a few different factors.
Telemedicine coverage is policy-dependent
What does this mean? While Blue Cross Blue Shield might say they cover telemedicine, they may only reimburse for telemedicine services on certain patient policies. For instance, a patient with a more expensive BCBS gold policy might have coverage for telemedicine, while a patient with a cheaper BCBS bronze policy may have telemedicine care listed as an excluded service.
The best way to verify coverage? Call your payers and ask the right questions.
Reimbursement Rates
How much providers are paid for telemedicine services depends on the policy in that state, and of course, your negotiated reimbursement rates with that private payer.
In most cases, private payers seem to reimburse at the same rate as the comparable in-person service.
How to bill Private Payers
Guidelines for billing telemedicine vary depending on the payer. It's easiest just to call up the eligibility and benefits departments of your commercial payers and ask them what codes and documentation you'll need to use when billing telemedicine.
Our staff has generally found that private payers are following the lead of Medicare – advising providers to use the appropriate CPT/HCPCS code along with the GT modifier. However, you should always call and verify with your payers.


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since most NuGet packages related to NHibernate come with NHibernate version 18.104.22.16800 (at the time of writing), I tried rebuilding uNhAddIns (commit #773) with the newer version of NHibernate.
My changes:
upgraded NHibernate to version 220.127.116.1100 (Iesi.Collections, NHibernate, NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle)
implemented new Interface method 'IsProxy' for IProxyFactoryFactory (CSLProxyFactoryFactory, ProxyFactoryFactory)
BTW: .NET is becoming more and more like Java… Who doesn't love names like 'IProxyFactoryFactory'? ;-)
I did not update any tests.
Feel free to use this code (no licence).
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Bob McRae / Business Owner
Phone: 09 476 0406
Mobile: 027 424 4084
Email: email@example.com
Address: Unit A, 4 Antares Place, Rosedale, North Shore City
Before joining New Zealand Home Loans in 2005, Bob spent 31 years with a major trading bank, rising to the role of business manager. New Zealand Home Loans, debtnav system appealed to his financial side as it showed clients a better and quicker way of becoming debt free.
Born in Auckland, he has spent most of his working life in the city, although he was also in Sydney for three years. A member of North Harbour Rotary, Bob is a keen golfer at the North Shore Club, loves motorsport, rugby and travelling and spoiling his grandchildren.
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Zigra is an extraterrestrial monster that tries to take over Earth, with the plan of enslaving them and using them like cattle. On Zigra's planet, it's revealed (in an instance of 'Russian reversal') that Zigra's species eat people.
In regards to his appearance, Zigra appears to look like a Goblin Shark - with his hide covered in a silvery-gray armour plating. As well as having a pointed nose, Zigra possesses a row of sharp fins on his back as well as sharp pectoral fins. Finally, he can fire a paralyzing beam from the gem on his nose.
Zigra is shown to be rather intelligent - been able to speak and hypnotize others as well as travel between planets in a spacecraft. He appears as the main antagonist of the Showa era Gamera movie, Gamera vs. Zigra, and as a minor antagonist in the Showa era Gamera movie, Gamera: Super Monster.
InformationEditZigra began his attack by first assaulting a moon base - kidnapping a woman called Lora Lee and who had been in a moon rover during the initial lunar attack. On-board his ship, the woman is placed under mind control by Zigra - who uses the woman as an extension of its will. As well as this, the woman gains a symbiotic relationship with Zigra's ship and the power to hypnotize others using eye contact and snapping her fingers.
Heading to Earth, Zigra's ship descends into the ocean - which is seen by two Japanese children (Kenny and Helen) and their fathers. They are soon captured by Zigra, however, when they go to investigate the ship - which transports them aboard using a teleportation beam. On-board, Lora Lee (under Zigra's mind control) explains Zigra's great scientific and technological advances - but which unfortunately led to the destruction of its home-world, with Zigra deciding to make Earth its new home. She further demonstrates Zigra's technological prowess by explaining that she has used the ships technology to create two powerful earthquakes in Peru and Arabia. She then unleashes an incredibly powerful Magnitude 18 earthquake on Japan - wreaking havoc. Contacting Earth's authorities, the woman demands their surrender or she will kill the children and their fathers. When Helen's father - Dr. Tom Wallace - declares the woman to be insane, she angrily puts both men in a trance using her powers. However, Kenny and Helen manage to use the ship's console to escape - with Zigra ordering the woman to kill the children but stating that humanity as a whole must be preserved as a food source.
After a close call on the water's surface, Gamera appears - rescuing both children and their fathers - but with the woman continuing to pursue them. After learning about Zigra from the children, the United Nations decides to attack the alien - but the military jets deployed against the ship are more than outmatched as Zigra's ship shoots them all down with its lasers. The woman pursues the children into a Sea World facility (which the military is using as a base of operations) but is given the slip, with the children calling for Gamera. Gamera soon responds and begins an underwater attack against Zigra's ship and destroys it with his fire breath - only for Zigra to transform into a shark-like kaiju. Despite been thrown onto land (where Gamera has the advantage), Zigra eventually triumphs over Gamera by hitting him with his paralysis beam. Zigra then makes contact with humanity, declaring that they give up and surrender the seas to him.
At the Sea World facility, the scientists and dolphin trainer find that they can use Sonic waves to break Zigra's mind control. They use this on Lora Lee, freeing her from Zigra's servitude. Knowing they will need Gamera's help in order to stop Zigra, the military sends a deep sea submersible known as a Bathysphere to try and awaken Gamera. However, the Bathysphere is attacked by Zigra - who makes his final demand for humanity to give up or the Bathysphere and its occupants (including Kenny and Helen, who sneaked aboard) will be killed. However, Gamera awakens after been revived by an electrical storm and - after stealing the Bathysphere back from Zigra and returning it to the surface - recommences battle with his alien adversary. Zigra once again proves a powerful adversary - using his aquatic superiority and blades to slice Gamera's chest. However, Gamera grabs hold of Zigra and flies into the sky with him before dropping him on the land.
Gamera finally brings the flight to a close after throwing a rock at Zigra, which gets impaled on his nose spike and pins him down on his front. After using another rock to play a theme tune on Zigra's back spines (the Gamera theme, no less), Gamera finally kills Zigra by torching him with his fiery breath. As humanity celebrated Zigra's defeat, Gamera once again flew away.
Some time later, Zigra was revived by the evil aliens known as the Zanon - as part of their plan to conquer Earth. Zigra once again battled with Gamera after Gamera kills Gyaos, but was beaten in a overall similar way - with Gamera playing a different tune on Zigra's dorsal spines before killing him again with his fire breath - after which Gamera would do battle with the newly revived Viras.
During Gamera's "Heisei" era (which is unrelated to the previous "Showa" era in which Gamera vs. Zigra was a part of), Zigra is seen in the Dark Horse Comics of Gamera, in which he is again an alien monster that managed to find its way to Earth. Battling Gamera, Zigra was beaten reasonably quickly by the fire-breathing turtle. In the comics, Zigra looks mostly the same but has a more aquatic appearance and is more wild.
Gamera vs. Zigra - Movie
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Pharmacies located within the Shopko stores in both Racine and Kenosha have closed amid reports that the Green Bay-based retailer will declare bankruptcy next week. Voice messages at both pharmacies refer customers to local Pick 'n' Saves. A Shopko pharmaceutical drug supplier tells a newspaper that it hasn't been paid for millions of dollars' worth of drugs that it has supplied the retailer since early November. The Shopko pharmacy in Delavan remains open.
State Rep. Peter Barca has officially resigned from the Legislature to join Gov. Evers' cabinet. The move clears the way for Evers to call a special election for the Kenosha Democrat's seat. No word on when that might happen. Barca will head the Department of Revenue.
Bond for the 71 year-old Kenosha man charged with hit and run in connection with the death of a bicyclist on Sheridan Rd. in Mt. Pleasant Monday night was set at $50,000 cash Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, debris at the scene enabled investigators to trace the model and approximate age of the offending vehicle, leaving just a small pool of registered vehicles in the area to check on. A detective who went to Johnny Taylor's business found a matching vehicle with damage that aligned with the crash, and also found Taylor in the process replacing damaged parts. The complaint also says a video camera mounted on a house near the crash site captured an image of the accident. It also showed the offending vehicle returning to the scene for a slow drive-by. Taylor claimed that a female acquaintance had been driving, but he couldn't provide the woman's last name. Taylor said he and the woman believed that they had hit something, but couldn't be sure. The victim, Teren Cagle, laid in the ditch for some 40 minutes before a passerby--an off-duty sheriff's deputy--noticed the body and debris and summoned help. Cagle died the following day.


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I'm using LINQ together with XDocument to read a XML File. This is the code:
XDocument xml = XDocument.Load(filename);
var q = from b in xml.Descendants("product")
select new
name =b.Element("name").Value,
price =b.Element("price").Value,
extra =b.Element("extra1").Value,
deeplink =b.Element("deepLink").Value
Now the problem is, the extra1 field is not always present. There are items in the XML file without that node. If that happens it's crashing with a NullReferenceException.
Is there any possibility to include a "check if null" so I can prevent it from crashing?


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Carlos Acosta is a world famous Premier Danseur and guest artist whose style is known to millions.
Richard Blackford is a composer of concert and stage works as well as film and TV scores, and is also a recognised conductor especially of choral scores and ballets. He also serves as Director of Music for the New English Ballet Theatre.
Federico Bonelli has been a principle dancer with the Royal Ballet since 2003. Federico has participated in Performances and Galas around the world. In 2005 he was awarded the Positano Prix for Ballet and in 2007 he was nominated for the "Best Male Dancer" award by the National Dance Awards Critic' Circle.
Darcey Bussell is a former Principal of The Royal Ballet and one of the most famous British dancers of her generation. During her nearly twenty years as a Principal of the Company she won renown for her unique combination of a tall, athletic physique with soft lyricism. Her extensive broadcast work includes appearing as a judge on 'Strictly Come Dancing' and presenting The Royal Ballet's cinema simulcasts, broadcast worldwide.
Nina Campbell is the founder of the world famous interior design company that bears her name, and a noted sponsor of the performing arts.
Michael Corder is a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and a highly distinguished choreographer, with some 50 works to his credit.
Olivia Cowley is a Soloist of The Royal Ballet. She trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School and graduated into the Company, and was promoted to Soloist in 2013. She has created numerous roles for Wayne McGregor, including Raven (Raven Girl) and roles in Carbon Life and Acis and Galatea.
Viviana Durante is acknowledged by critics and audiences worldwide to be one of the finest and most dramatic ballerinas of our time. Born in Rome, she trained at the Royal Ballet School from ten years old. At 17 she joined the Royal Ballet and at 21 she became principal dancer.
Wayne Eagling, a former Principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London and a leading international choreographer and director.
Mara Galeazzi is currently a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and is the founder of the charity "Dancing for the Children" which provides financial support for charities for children in developing countries.
Melissa Hamilton Born in Northern Ireland, dancer Melissa Hamilton is a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet. She joined the Company in 2007 as an Artist and was promoted to First Artist in 2009, Soloist in 2010 and First Soloist in 2013.. She joined the Company in 2007 as an Artist and was promoted to First Artist in 2009, Soloist in 2010 and First Soloist in 2013.
Rosamund Horwood-Smart QC ( Rosamund Bernays) is a Recorder and Governing Bencher of Inner Temple and serves as a trustee or patron of a number of charitable foundations.
Nehemiah Kish is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. He joined the National Ballet of Canada School aged 13 and graduated into the company in 2001, promoted to principal in 2005. Then in 2008 Kish joined Royal Danish Ballet as a principal. He joined the Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2010 and his role creations there include Alastair Marriott and Christopher Wheeldon's 'Trespass' (Metamorphosis: Titian 2012) and Wheeldon's Aeternum.
Damon de Laszlo is an Industrialist and Philanthropist, who has long been a great supporter of the arts.
Sienna Miller is a British and American actress, model, and fashion designer, famous for her roles in Layer Cake, That Girl, Foxcatcher and American Sniper.
Sir Christopher Ondatje, a Sri Lankan born Canadia-English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada.
Ashley Page is a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, and is now the Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet, as well as a recognised choreographer.
Ria Peri is a former principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet whose particular interest is in maximising the inherent potential of the individual dancer.
Anya Sainsbury CBE is the former ballerina of the Royal Ballet, Anya Linden. Through the Linbury Trust, she and her husband have supported many projects related to Ballet, Dance and the Arts.
Lincoln Seligman was born in London in 1950. After reading jurisprudence at Balliol Oxford, he worked as a shipping lawyer before becoming a full-time artist and sculptor in 1980. He began as a painter but in the 1990s extended his repertoire to large-scale abstract sculptures and mobiles, mainly for atrium spaces in new buildings. Most of his works are in high profile locations in Europe and Asia. His most recent sculptures commissioned by the Chinese Government now hang in the Phoenix Building in central Beijing. He has been a selector for the ING Discerning Eye and continues to have regular exhibitions of his paintings in London and New York.
Wayne Sleep OBE was a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet and has appeared as a Guest Artist with several other ballet companies.
Thiago Soares is a Brazilian Principle dancer of the Royal Ballet.
Erina Takahashi is a renowned Senior Principal Dancer at the English National Ballet.
Janet Viola is the Executive Director, Founder and Artistic Director of Lanterns Schools Ltd, Lanterns Studio Theatre and Lanterns School of the Performing Arts based in Canary Wharf, Docklands. Janet, who danced with various Ballet and Contemporary companies alongside a musical theatre and commercial career, has developed the Lanterns Arts complex over the past 20 years.
Slavica Waite was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, is a successful business woman in the International energy trade sector. In 2000 she was awarded the medal of St Clement, in honour of her work in promoting business and cultural relations between the UK and Macedonia. She founded, in memory of her late brother, the Kiril Trajkovski Foundation, a research and educational foundation which is dedicated to adding to the collective knowledge and understanding of Archaeology.
Doreen Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry is a British former ballerina and theatre dancer.
Valentino Zucchetti Italian dancer Valentino Zucchetti is a Soloist with The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet School and graduated into Zürich Ballet. He returned to the Company in 2010, promoted to First Artist in 2011 and Soloist in 2012.