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Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a full year for 49. Amazon's Walter Levinsky Store Special Offers and Product Promotions Buy any product sold by Amazon.co.uk excluding any Kindle Device and e-books and we will add a 10 promotional gift certificate to your account to spend on selected Amazon fashion. Here's how (terms and conditions apply) Purchase a product from the Music Store sold by Amazon.co.uk and receive 1 to use on any music download in our MP3 Store. Here's how (terms and conditions apply) Walt Levinsky was a heck of a jazz clarinetist, but like a lot of musicians, was hesitant to go on the road and spent much of his career playing in the studios of NYC. He was in great demand there and was a success. But once a jazz musician, always a jazz musician, and, fortunately, a few years before his death in 1999, this concert date was recorded at a high school in northern New Jersey. He is joined by Howard Alden (g) Derek Smith (p) Lynn Seaton (b) and Joe Cocuzzo (d), and the results are excellent. Some of the tunes have a Benny Goodman connection, though Levinsky only sounds like Goodman in the upper register. A SMOOTH ONE and AIR MAIL SPECIAL are handled nicely, and | IP | IP DS | 510,960 |
Children from adjoining lawns come closer to see the beer cans jump like toads, leaving puddles that spurt under his fists like the spittle of dogs shaking their heads. He goes on banging and sobbing banging and sobbing, flailing his arms at the children, searching their blurred chests for badges, their heads for hats, their hips for guns -- something, anything, to save him from the banging of his fists. And now his wife appears, strutting like a matron, to unlock the garage, to crank-up the mower, to drown him out with a full tank of gas, driving the children back where they belong, where parents crane their necks to see her tightening her circle, roaring closer to the beer cans leaping, the fists falling and rising, the mouth howling without sound. From the bus stop he goes straight to the closest hardware store; he likes hardware stores, always has; something to do with the iron and wood of the place: hinges, bolts, axe handles; nice to touch, to rub. He fondles a work glove and lays it aside, enjoying the smell it leaves on the tips of his fingers. He reaches a back counter to find three types, but sees at once the pair he needs; they have short rubbered-grips, and in the crotch, just above the connecting bolt, a circular section, a half moon on each blade; when open, the mouths gape at each other. He hands them to the clerk and waits for the change to come | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
Need Help? Registration at biocodershub.net is very easy. If you need help feel free to contact us from our contact page. Make sure you fill all required fields to have your account approved. The benefits of membership: Biocodershub.net members are very qualified and brilliant, by being member you will connect with them, learn a lot and help people in need. Our approach of learning by example will let you meet people who share same interests. Not a member yet? Signing up is easy and takes less and 3 minutes. Take a moment to create a user and get verified instantly. Register now to join the best bioinformatics community on the web. Get the most of your ChIP-Seq experiments ChIP-seq is now widely used to profile the enrichment of a DNA-binding protein on a genome. It is a mature computational field and there are a lot of tools out there to get the most of the row data generated depending on the biological context and the study. It is of high interest to compare the binding differences of a histone mark or transcription factor between two contrasting conditions, such as disease vs. control, or let's call them to be enough general Condition 1 vs Condition 2. Getting to know the differentially enriched regions might help understanding the biology of Transcription Factor binding, which is a field that, despite all studies in the literature, has not yet revealed all its secrets. I came through a lot of publications lately on the nature | HI | HI | 3,227,324 |
I don't want my bridesmaids to all be wearing exactly the same thing. So I'm hunting for dresses that are slightly different styling but same colour or slightly different shades but still look like they belong together. I love love anna campbell dresses but thu are so expensive for bridesmaids, I'm looking around the $200 mark ideally. Any suggestions of where to look? I have no ideas for you though! I am going to let the girls source their own dress and give them an amount (say 150/200) and then if they want togo over that amount , and choose a dress they are happier with, they can. I don't want my bridesmaids to all be wearing exactly the same thing. So I'm hunting for dresses that are slightly different styling but same colour or slightly different shades but still look like they belong together. I love love anna campbell dresses but thu are so expensive for bridesmaids, I'm looking around the $200 mark ideally. Any suggestions of where to look? I did this exact thing for our wedding 4 weeks ago. The girls chose their dresses based on what they liked, so long as they kind matched the colour palatte. They ended up looking amazing together. The dresses were short length, dusty pinks and cream, with some lace detail, and nothing "fashiony" that would age in 2 years time! They wore nude coloured heels, and a flower in their hair tied it together well. Perhaps you could give some | ID | ID DF | 626,621 |
as we do, but the interesting thing about this Liz is that on the general principle my views and Kevin Rudd's and Kristina Keneally's are almost identical, and yet politicians on the right get hassled about this in a way that politicians on the left don't. LIZ JACKSON: Maybe it's the language? TONY ABBOTT: Well, as I said, I think that ah the Prime Minister and the Premier ought to be taxed on this just as I am. LIZ JACKSON: At the end of the day, after a conscience vote the Bill was passed; the veto was removed. TONY ABBOTT (to assembled supporters): Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that... LIZ JACKSON: Throughout his political career Tony Abbott has never tried to hide his strong views on moral and social issues; his vigorous opposition to embryonic stem cell research, to euthanasia, abortion, and his strong support for the traditional family. FATHER BILL WRIGHT: I don't think he's the sort of character who would be looking to enforce his will on a reluctant nation, but you know, his own views... yeah, of course they shape his politics. What would he like to see in an ideal world? Catholic morality. TONY ABBOTT: Of course, we are all influenced by a value system that we hold, but in the end, every decision that a politician makes is, or at least should, in our society be based on the normal sorts of considerations. It's got to be publically | SP | SP TA | 649,285 |
the way CNN really made its mark in the world was the coverage of the overthrow of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos who gave it 24-hour news coverage over the weekend. Being on air it gave the popular uprising access to broadcasting to the world, which was spellbinding. If you wanted to know how the revolution was going, you tuned in to CNN. Other news services couldn't compete and the US government who couldn't get a straight answer from the regime as to what was happening tuned into CNN. Thats the way it was. CNN is now the marker, all other 24 hour networks model and shape their broadcasting on the CNN format. So if the ABC is going to last in its niche it needs to stop picking and choosing between BBC news production and everything else. The overlapping and duplication is still stupefying, but its the way of things, as Mark Scott appears to be indicating. However, ABC innovation reaches new heights at times. The Drum is unique, as is the best twitterer in the business Latika Bourke. There is nothing quite like the Drum anywhere that has combines internet and live broadcasting as a unit. And using tweeter as a reporting tool is a brilliant move. Before Latika there was nothing in Australia to match her. Now everyone is doing it. The ABC gets a nod for that. One would hope being different would still be a goal than seeking to be the mainstream. Being different is where | SP | SP FS | 24,011 |
importantly, his team is doing well," said Cheveldayoff. "That's a big thing from our perspective, to see how the team performs and how he does with respect to the leadership of that team. The points, the goals, the assists are important, but whether he can contribute to the success of a team is important as well." | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 3,385,212 |
not washing for a couple of weeks. I mean, what's the deal with that? Is that what a hipster is to you? I guess so. Are you a hipster? No. I'm not a hipster because I'm really into the 90s style. Isn't that what hipsters like these days? Maybe, but I'm not doing it to follow the crowd, I'm just being me. Sharon, 24, animation student at RCA . VICE: Hey, what brings you here? Sharon: Well, I received an email from my school and I study animation, so I think TV is the best platform for me to showcase my talent. Because animation is moving paintings, moving images. Okay. Why do you think they should pick you? What makes you unique? I don't know... Maybe I'll be the only Asian? How are you hoping to subvert people's ideas of the East London scene? Oh. I don't know much about East London. I come here to have drinks and dance but I don't really hang out here. I live in Edgware Road. Why are you even here? I don't know, I just received an email from my school. They said I should come here, I thought I should try it. Louie Banks, 20, photographer . VICE: So, what is it about you that you think we have to see on TV? Louie: I guess, I dress kind of different, and I do work in the industry, I'm a photographer. What kind of photography do you do? I like fashion, and | SP | SP IT | 678,498 |
service and product goals of PlaceMakers." PlaceMakers Porirua "We love the stairs we have put into our new home. They are exactly what we wanted. The external stairs are a great entrance to the house, I particularly like the elegant handrail, and the internal stairs fit in perfectly with our overall design. An excellent job." Suzy O'Brien, Wellington "Can't fault your service. Excellent communication and response to queries etc. Really love your product. And it was exactly what I was looking for......I do appreciate the fantastic service you have provided." H Jones, Wanganui "You definitely provided the right service. Exceptional service actually. Very timely, extremely helpful and friendly. You definitely meet my expectations and I would not only use you again but I will recommend you to others." T Somerville, Wellington | OP | OP RV | 1,788,362 |
Carrick : What happened was, was that there was an injunction preventing the publication of details about Ryan Giggs' extramarital affair, but then there were 75,000 tweets across the blogosphere or the twittersphere, and then it became so ridiculous that a member of one of the houses of parliament in the UK named Giggs in parliament. Peter Bartlett : If the mainstream media had breached that injunction, the court could've taken contempt proceedings, but the court cannot take contempt proceedings against 75,000 tweeters, especially where a lot of those people could not be identified and were probably out of the jurisdiction. Damien Carrick : It goes to the reality of the exchange of information in the 21st century. Peter Bartlett : It's very true, very true, and it does point out that there is a significant limit on the power of the courts to enforce their judgments with social media, and the same goes for any statutory privacy law. Damien Carrick : In more recent times there has been enormous concern about phone hacking and the scandal at the News of the World . We had of course the terrible case of Milly Dowler, a murdered teenager and her mobile telephone was hacked into by News of the World journalists. How does the terrible phone hacking scandal feed into this conversation? Peter Bartlett : I was in London the week that that broke -- the end of that week, when the last edition of News of the World out -- | SP | SP TA | 3,738,994 |
obliged to, effect war risks insurance. 6.4. The Buyer shall be responsible for arranging for testing and inspection of the Goods at Accepta's premises before shipment. Accepta shall have no liability for any claim in respect of any defect in the Goods which would be apparent on inspection and which is made after shipment, or in respect of any damage during transit. 6.5. Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and Accepta shall not be liable for any early or late delivery of the Goods however caused. 6.6. Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery shall constitute a separate contract and failure by Accepta to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by the Buyer in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle the Buyer to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated. 6.7. If Accepta fails to deliver the Goods (or any instalment) Accepta's liability shall be limited to the excess (if any) of the cost to the Buyer (in the cheapest available market) of similar goods to replace those not delivered over the Price of the Goods. 6.8. If the Buyer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give Accepta adequate delivery instructions at the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any Force Majeure or by reason of Accepta's fault) then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to | IN | IN LT | 1,432,674 |
a deal that includes Ethier. Is Andrew McCuthchen available? After all, there will come a time when the Pirates can't afford him. Since he probably signed a big league contract, I am guessing that Yasiel Puig likely doesn't fall in the category of recently signed players who can't be traded for a year. Get me McCuthchen, and I'd include Puig in the deal, even paying the entire $42 million over the next 6 or 7 years. And, of course, to get Price the Dodgers would likely have to include more than Gordon and Ethier, since the latter would probably be going to the third team. This is all very complicated, and would likely take some creativity, which I'm sure Kasten, and even Colletti, are not lacking. They haven't choked until they are out of it. choke: fail to do something; leave something undone. If they make the play-offs, it's hardly a failure. That's the goal. And I don't buy Atlanta is a better team. If the Dodgers make the play-offs, they will be the hottest team entering the tournament. And if the championship is the thing left "undone", then every team in the league save one are chokers. L.A. will more likely go after free agents won't they? Price, arb eligible, is going to cost the Rays plenty, but it would take Gordon and Lee, plus a couple more top prospects. If Ethier is included, and I am not so sure about that deal as it would be complicated, then | LY | LY SL | 3,251,290 |
My Profile Modules This step entails adding more modules, and copying over some of the existing modules on the 'My Profile' page, to give the illusion of only some of the panes on the page changing (by leaving the display name and profile picture in the same place) Navigate to the 'My Profile' page by clicking on it in the 'Menu' module you have configured. Using the 'Add Existing Module' function of the DNN control panel, select the existing page as 'User Profile', and the existing module as 'Display Name'. Choose the Center Pane as before, and add the module. Again, using the 'Add Existing Module' function, copy the 'Profile Photo' module to the Side Pane. Repeat the 'Add Existing Module' action, for the 'Actions' module to the Side Pane Finally, repeat the 'Add Existing Module' action, this time copying the 'Menu' module to the Side Pane. You should now have a layout that mimics the 'User Profile' page. However, you may need to go into the module settings of the Profile Modules and re-copy the settings for container, module title and the templates as shown in Step 4 above. Using the 'Add New Module' function, add another 'View Profile' module to the center pane. Go to the Module Settings for the newly added module, and set the module title to 'About Me'. Choose a container for the 'About Me' module to use one with a module title (if you have one) Step 6 : Configure the 'Friends' page. If | HI | HI HT | 3,319,902 |
a larger disappointment. Still no moral component, though. Likewise the opposite: if you obey copyright law, it's because you ultimately benefit from doing so -- that's the whole reason for it to exist. I don't think I'd characterize enlightened self interest as affirmatively moral, though. Only if pressed would I say that there is any moral aspect to copyright, and that in such a case, it is pirates who are the moral actors (well, who can be, at any rate). This is because it surely must be more moral to share knowledge that is meant to be shared (as in the case of a work that is published or intended to be published) than it is to lock it up so as to grant access only to those who can pay for the privilege. After all, wouldn't our ideal world be one in which everyone had the free use of all the world's published knowledge -- a magnificent personal library for each and every one of us? Pirates who merely substitute themselves for a gatekeeper and charge for pirated copies wouldn't qualify as being moral here (unless we've got graduations, since their price is probably lower), but plenty of people are happy to give things away, without any sort of compensation, not even using ads, or donations, or payments in kind, or what have you. If there absolutely must be a moral aspect to copyright, which I don't think that there is, then surely these people have the better claim | OP | OP OB | 606,262 |
Australia's most widely-read bike magazine Size matters When it comes to sizes bikes seem to have their own mysterious rules. Jon Miller unravels the complications of sizing up a bike. Bikes are traditionally sized along their seat-tube, from the centre of the bottom bracket to the centre, or top, of the top tube. Photo: On Track Images In the frame It used to be simple. Traditionally, with limited choice, complicated measurements were never a problem when sizing a bike; you'd just stand astride the top tube, and if three fingers fitted snugly between your crotch and the top tube, then it was a fit. Things have changed, and choices in every conceivable bike dimension are enormous, but there are still some basic measurements you can use as a guide when shopping for a bike. You'll normally see road-bike sizes given in centimetres; for example, a 59 centimetre bike. This usually refers to the distance between the centre of the bottom bracket to the top of the top tube, where it meets the seat tube. In cases where the top tube isn't horizontal, such as ladies' bikes with step-through frames, or compact frames with sloping top tubes, it's a little harder. In this case, the same measurement is taken from an imagined horizontal top tube. There can be slight variations, however. Some manufacturers measure to the centre of the top tube, and not its top, and some bikes can have bottom brackets of varying heights. This means it's possible to have | IN | IN IB | 3,302,977 |
could sound like an awful unmentionable word! ttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5\\... Lisa Schultz I was going to leave an entire comment myself, but I'll just reply to yours, since you covered most of what I was thinking, with the exception of adding that the origins of the American-English language are (really!) 29% French, 29% Latin, 26% German, 6% Greek, etc. There's a pie-chart on Wikipedia. I'm currently learning French and find it fascinating to see the written word, and the many similarities between our languages. I also watch a lot of British TV online. Between learning French, and watching British TV, I'm discovering there are far more differences (and similarities) than I would have ever imagined! ttp://www.facebook.com/ronna.lester Ronna Sutton Lester You will find Spanish easy to pick up also, since words, not especially the grammar, are similar, sort of. macman1940 I take great delight in the differences between "Brits" and "Yanks". I enjoy mentally translating "the boot of the car" into the "trunk of the car", etc. There is room to celebrate our differences as well as our shared values. We all have to deal with shallow culture, paparazzi, and endless election campaigning. Long live the Queen! Courtney Couldn't have said it better! Nancy in North Carolina Absolutely! I love the Brits, for the most part. Our history is mostly their history, after all. We Americans view all the royal family happenings (weddings etc.) with avid interest. We share your joys and your sorrows. It makes me sad some Brits say mean things | OP | OP OB | 660,523 |
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Half As Much As Me lyrics Suzi Quatro Half As Much As Me lyrics (QuatroTuckey) And when you see her you feel the pain It won't hurt you half as much as I can You know I can She'll take your money, and make you pay It won't cost you half as much as I do It's true Fire, fire Twisted tone Liar liar Can't resist keeping you whole Flyer flyer You think you're so high Try 'er, Liar Find out she's telling you lies But not half as much as me No not half as much as me No not half as much as me Me Hey baby blue eyes you think it's a game Nobody plays it half as good as I do You know I do You tell your mamma to take you home 'Cos her strings are twice as tight as I am You know I am Fire, fire - your twisted tone Liar liar - can't resist keeping you whole Flyer flyer - you think you're so high Try 'er Liar - find out she's telling you lies But not half as much as me No not half as much as me No not half as much as me Me Me Aaaah! aah! aah! aah! aah! Well, I tell you something, it's no mystery She don't please you half as much as I do It's true I'll write a page in history There ain't a woman half as bad as I am You know I | LY | LY SL | 457,213 |
Logical AND/NAND Brief Description AND and NAND are examples of logical operators having the truth-tables shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Truth-tables for AND and NAND. As can be seen, the output values of NAND are simply the inverse of the corresponding output values of AND. The AND (and similarly the NAND) operator typically takes two binary or integer graylevel images as input, and outputs a third image whose pixel values are just those of the first image, ANDed with the corresponding pixels from the second. A variation of this operator takes just a single input image and ANDs each pixel with a specified constant value in order to produce the output. How It Works The operation is performed straightforwardly in a single pass. It is important that all the input pixel values being operated on have the same number of bits in them or unexpected things may happen. Where the pixel values in the input images are not simple 1-bit numbers, the AND operation is normally (but not always) carried out individually on each corresponding bit in the pixel values, in bitwise fashion . Guidelines for Use The most obvious application of AND is to compute the intersection of two images. We illustrate this with an example where we want to detect those objects in a scene which did not move between two images, i.e. which are at the same pixel positions in the first and the second image. We illustrate this example using and If we simply AND | IN | IN CM | 1,421,987 |
hang'd him in chains for a show -- we had always borne a good name -- To be hang'd for a thief -- and then put away -- isn't that enough shame? Dust to dust -- low down -- let us hide! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God 'ill pardon the hell -- black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black heart of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. IX. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye; They had fasten'd the door of his cell. 'O mother!' I heard him cry. I couldn't get back tho' I tried, he had something further to say, And now I never shall know it. The jailer forced me away. X. Then since I couldn't but hear that cry of my boy that was dead, They seized me and shut me up: they fasten'd me down on my bed. 'Mother, O mother!' -- he call'd in the dark to me year after year -- They beat me for that, they beat me -- you know that I couldn't but hear; And then at the last they found I had grown so stupid and still They let me abroad again -- but the creatures had worked their will. XI. Flesh of my flesh was gone, but bone of my bone was left -- I stole them all from | LY | LY PO | 796,270 |
that all of these things are total up to him, as though at a whim his will be done shadowing jesus himself. This is not the case and it never will be, as long as the U.S. exists and we follow our current Constitution. Now, now, the strongest power of Presidency really boils down to three things and I think that our interviewee really hit one of them on the head. You hit the other on the head, and one has yet to be mentioned. -(Interviewee's point) Foreign Policy (Not economic) -(Your only good point) Power to appoint (which is not the same as having the positions himself!) -(Unmentioned) Power to veto Congress (which can prevent legislation that he finds undesirable unless his veto is overuled) Now you might disagree. You think that when a president gives a speech or says certain things, promotes certain bills in Congress, that he has a rippling effect on the economy. You might even go so far as to assume that this is a direct control (which it is not). This would not be incorrect but to attempt to quantify his power, or assume the power exists just based on the implications of words that every citizen of our country can interpret in their own fashion and may pay absolutely no attention is simply ludicrious. The powers of the president are not unlimited. Your original argument makes it sound like the President runs the Fed, the Board of Governors, micro-manages his entire cabinant, choses | SP | SP IT | 1,405,999 |
in media coverage alone, though he did express some regret we weren't permanently being taken over as being on the front page of the FT was quite pleasing for him. But the biggest thing for him was coverage in Asia. Our crazy support in the Far East is one of the things which is keeping this club thereabouts financially even without CL money. Logged "And the voices of the standing Kop still whispering in the wind will salute the wee Scots redman and he will still walk on. And your money will have bought you nothing." | ID | ID DF QA | 391,913 |
[As an aside, what irks me is that the French and British who used to be so dominant in that arena, (Sykes-Picot)are now pretty much flaccid (for lack of a better word) and it again, and again, and again....falls upon America to be the supplier of the needed expensive materiel and manpower in varying degrees....this has been going on since 1917...almost a hundred years.] And there is no radical Islam, no moderate Islam and no secular Islam. Its just Islam and its all the same. What else can you call people who would just rather you dead or pushed into the sea? There is no negotiation with these people. They use the same tactics as the communists. Win a few battles a little territory, then a little more, and a little more. Pretty soon the Israelis are dead. And after they have dispatched with the Israelis, they come after America. Oh, no they're already here spewing lies, but FORWARD. Where else have we heard that slogan? Baffled? What else could one expect when twisting yourself into a pretzel trying to rationalize insanity? What I find baffling is that these supposed 'elites' are actually paid for their rationalizations. There comes a time when the rationalizations, excuses, patience and negotiations come to an end. That is when rational people chose up sides and finish the contentions once and for all. The time for rationalizations and excuses have come to an end. The time has come to an end this insanity once and | IP | IP ED | 3,199,416 |
How to make the most of your Cover Letter The covering letter can be one of the most important part of your recruitment process, whilst not all careers may not require one sometimes. After all this relatively small document has to encourage the recruiter to go on and read your CV, if your cover letter is full of mistakes you have fallen at the first hurdle. To avoid this write a well structured, relevant cover letter you will need to know these 3 things. The covering letter should not be an essay firstly, keep it below 1 page of a4 paper, as it is a relatively short bit of text use it to advertise your skill and experience. Use this opportunity to really sell yourself and make yourself stand out above your competition. How to Write it When writing the letter try to use descriptive or 'action verbs' to make it sound positive, it will grant additional impact and make a stronger impression on a potential employer. Whilst the CV is designed only to detail your qualifications and experience the cover letter is your best opportunity to show off your personality. Demonstrate what you know about the company and how you would fit in. Knowing the company is a vital part of getting that job, tailoring your cover letter and CV for each job you apply for is highly recommended. Try and make it personal to each of the recruiters you will be sending out applications to. The cover letter | HI | HI HT | 157,413 |
may have been more New Age political organizing outside the U.S.; [ 148 ] writer-activists pointed to the Future in Our Hands movement in Norway (which claimed 20,000 adherents out of a population of four million), [ 151 ] the early European Green movements, [ 152 ] and the Values Party of New Zealand. [ 153 ] Although these books, periodicals, and organizations did not speak with one voice, commentators found that many of them sounded common themes: Desirable values include nonviolence, diversity, a sense of community, and a sense of enoughness. [ 130 ] [ 136 ] Human growth and development, not economic growth, should be the overarching goal of New Age society. [ 136 ] Ownership and control of institutions is important. But the size of institutions is at least as important. We must move away from big governments, big corporations, and other large institutions to the extent it enhances our lives. [ 117 ] [ 136 ] Global unification is a key goal, but is probably best accomplished by networking at many levels rather than establishing a centralized world state. [ 117 ] The agent of political change is no longer the working class, or any economic class. Instead, it is all those who are developing themselves personally and spiritually – all who aspire to live lives of dignity and service. [ 118 ] Evolution is to be preferred to revolution. However, the forces of evolutionary change need not be a statistical majority. A "critical mass" of | IN | IN EN | 9,995,169 |
don't know if anyone else did. I think it fairly represents how we worked together to figure out the thing -- and why playing was a lot of fun. It's a Let's Play in reverse; we don't really show you the game, we show you the players. @Ketchua: Oh I wouldn't blame anybody. It is weird that, aside from a few comments on sites here and there, no-one has analysed the game. Now, of course, it's fallen off everyone's radars and it seems unlikely to be revisted. It gave you a raging erection...? I'm... not sure that's the kind of quote Terry was looking to put on the box. Maybe he'll add it to a page on Greenlight. Something else that I thought of while talking to Hailey about it, the people or characters in each chamber had very subtle visual cues to identify them so it's not surprising that they could be misconstrued as totally separate unrelated entities. HM, didn't we spend a moment or two staring at one figure trying to work out if it was a male or female just so we understood the context of the situation? I think after my short burst with At A Distance at the Eurogamer Expo I was absolutely determined to play it properly at some point with somebody. I was originally going to play it with Hailey but she gets hopelessly disoriented in much smaller and identifiable virtual 3D spaces never mind the diffused geometric gloom of At A Distance. | SP | SP IT | 3,080,587 |
piano and percussion. Although brief in duration it captures its intended mood of sadness superbly. ?Sharp 9/8? gives the soloists a chance to stretch out over the unusual rolling rhythm. Hardy grabs the chance with both hands with some bravura trumpeting and Edis' own solo is impressive in its inventiveness, his chunky, percussive chording again evincing the influence of one Thelonious Monk. ?Elegy? completes a trilogy of reflective pieces but owes rather more to the traditions of the jazz ballad. Hardy and Hibbard provide emotive, well constructed solos on this often lovely piece. ?Blues For Dad?, Edis' dedication to his father Jerry is an upbeat celebration featuring the composer's exuberant blues piano soloing and Shoulder's bowed and sung solo in the style of Slam Stewart. Sinclair enjoys a series of volcanic drum breaks and the whole thing is tremendous fun. I bet Jerry loved it! The punning title of ?Ravelations? represents another acknowledgement of Edis' classical background and allows the pianist to stretch out at length, delicately probing and teasing before going on to solo more effusively. His regular trio partners Shoulder and Sinclair are the perfect accompanists. Wilson also solos on smooth and smoky tenor. The album closes with Wilson's ?Up Late?, something of a blowing vehicle and another live favourite. Hardy, Wilson and Hibbard blow up a storm over Sinclair's crisp rhythms. It's a good way to conclude a very satisfying and enjoyable album. ?There Will Be Time? exhibits much promise. The album borrows heavily from Monk, Blakey | OP | OP RV | 722,186 |
sense of wonder at our own evolution. Though we've traded much of our intimacy with the earth for modern civilization, Marshall shows how many traces of the Old Way linger on in our blood. I first heard of the Bushmen through National Geographic's Genographic Project (Spencer Wells "The Journey of Man") which found genetic evidence suggesting Bushmen are one of the oldest, if not the oldest, peoples in the world--a "genetic Adam" from which all the worlds ethnic groups can ultimately trace genetic heritage. Within the face of a Bushmen one can see all the genetic expressions of the world (Asian eyes, African nose, Indian skin, etc..) So I was delighted when this new book appeared by bushmen expert Elizabeth Marshall Thomas who, along with her brother and parents, were one of the first westerners to live with and scientifically document the Bushmen in the 1950s (when Elizabeth was a teenager). Her parents and brother went on to become famous Bushmen experts and proponents in their own careers. Older members of the Bushmen tribe were valued and respected for their wisdom, likewise Elizabeth is passing down her knowledge and experience for later generations. The Bushman way of life she saw in the 1950s, perhaps as old as 150,000 years, no longer exists - all it took was one generation and the long unbroken chain known as "The Old Way" has disappeared. It is the same sad story told the world over from Native Americans to Tibet to Eskimos. Yet Elizabeth | IP | IP DS | 478,776 |
see if I can be happy in my marriage again. Jenny, yours is a case of "to love someone is to set them free". You sound very much in a very trapped marriage. Is your husband a lot older than you? How are things like at home? Do you two get on generally well otherwise? Is he a good father? My husband is a great father, that is why I stayed. I see many good side in him, which is the reason why I find it difficult to leave him. I dont think its difficult for W to find a girl (whether its the right girl or not is another question). He's near perfect in my eyes (and I am sure to many girls). It's not everyday I meet a guy that I could fall for who also happens to live in a stunning penthouse. Push material thing aside, I am firstly and mostly attracted to his looks and personality. Even if he has an average lifestyle, I would still be very attracted to him. The sad thing is in my perfect dream world, I want to live my life like that with someone like him. That would be what I call "living my dream life". I did for a moment. And shame that I have to wake up and face the real world. Now even if I "look around", i won't be able to find one like him. I sometimes wonder "is he too good to give up?". I | ID | ID QA | 1,428,393 |
iconic animal. More About the Author Product Description Review Review from Manchester Evening Post - A colourful look at a wonderfully cute black and white subject. With engaging text that sheds light on the cuddly looking creature's way of life. Bless. --Manchester Evening Post Review from BBC Wildlife Magazine - A diverse array of excellent photographs covering so many aspects of Panda life. the images are accompanied by succinct captions, and each chapter has a short but useful introduction. A well presented book with stunning photographs and sound text that should appeal to anyone interested in the species. --BBC Wildlife Magazine Review from Amateur Photographer - Whether you are a fan of Pandas or Heather Angel, this is one book not to be missed. --Amateur Photographer About the Author Heather Angel is a biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer who has made many trips to China to photograph the wildlife, plants and natural landscapes. She has written and illustrated two previous books on pandas. Heather runs her own photo library, Natural Visions, which you can view online at www.naturalvisions.co.uk This collection of photographs from Heather Angel is outstanding, the book rich with beautiful images of the panda in its natural habitat. The glossy photos chart the animal from feeding to playing to resting, and include some amazing shots of the panda in the snow in winter. There are also a few shots of the surrounding mountain ranges which help to put the panda into context. The accompanying text is just enough | IP | IP DS | 790,005 |
in Saturday to break the silence.. I had to, it was killing me... And we agreed to meet on Sunday at her new place. She is younger than me, not sure if I mentioned that before. She is 27, and I am 38. ANyway, she just moved to a new place, new suburb, and is excited about starting a new life.. her old place she shared with her ex boyfriend, and that ended badly, and the last month or two, we had just started seeing each other, so then the guilt set in with her as well... about cheating on him, and I was cheating, so we both were guilty, and at first, it was just pure lust. So, on Friday, I had decided that I could not go another moment without telling her that I loved her, that I wanted to be with her, that there is no way we can not be together... and I believe that, I truly do. Sunday we meet, both are tired as we had each gone out the night before, separately, but either way, were tired. i tell her how happy I am to see her, that I have missed her, brought her a couple flowers, nothing exravagant, just simple, pure. She showed me around her new place, and then we went to get something to eat. At lunch, she asked how it was going, what I had been up to, so I said.. well, my marriage is over, I am going to | ID | ID QA | 1,428,393 |
survive and sometimes I think we all forget that. The truth is that now you can have both; it's a choice and that can only be an exciting thing. What's the oddest thing that someone have said about your sound? What would you think is the best way to describe it? I think we would mostly describe it as Stargaze or Space Rock. Obviously its music so everyone is always trying to put a tag on it and file it away neatly, ourselves included, but it's important to remember that we're inspired by a lot of different things. Sonically it pretty Shoegaze: fuzzy guitars, grooves, and psychedelic dreamscapes. We wanted to take a bit of that introspection and make it bolder. We're into looking up not down. What type of feedback do you receive when you play live? Which has been your best venue/crowd so far? We have always worked hard for our live show to be a something a bit more than we are on record. I think that live music has a real power to transport people, allow them to forget about their worries or their shit job or whatever, to take them to somewhere else. We always bring our own light show to gigs however large or small so that the show can become more transcendental or transporting. This seems to go down well, people want to be out of their heads for a while and shown a good time so we try and do that for | SP | SP IT | 723,368 |
each aspect of the design, from water resistance to button presses to battery lifecycle, is being tested. Then when the factory is in full production mode, every single watch will be tested to be in compliance with our quality requirements. The last update we've published about Pebble's Software Development Kit (SDK) was in June, when we described what the Pebble Android SDK would look like and launched developer.getpebble.com . Since then we've been pretty quiet on the subject. I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about our roadmap towards creating an awesome developer environment on Pebble. At the moment, we're focusing 95% of our software effort on writing the base operating system and features for Pebble, on top of test routines that run in our factory. The sheer amount of work is enough to keep our 5 person software team quite busy. We feel it's important to build a strong foundation that's highly usable for both users as well as developers. Part of that foundation is the ability for Pebble to easily run third-party apps. We've built this into the core architecture of our OS. The following is our plan to enable developers to create software that works with Pebble. Please keep in mind that this is a roadmap, we'll be releasing more info over time . Android SDK: It's easy to integrate new or existing Android apps with Pebble. Our SDK uses intent messaging, allowing other apps to push messages, notifications or even sports data to Pebble. As | IP | IP DS | 259,643 |
to " A good time to join Labour." I made that mistake as a 18year old but saw the light as I grew up and my idealistic cliches turned into a realisation that socialism like slavery will one day be a thing of the past. Ah yes. I think that you are pretty much working against the tide of the last couple of centuries of history. You do realize that to a gentleman of the early 19th century that in every developed country that the political parties would all look socialist? Including the tea party republicans. Love it. Same people that have finished tearing the Alliance apart have now got Labour in their cross-hairs. I just hope we have the strength to withstand this hysterical minority. Pretty sure we do. Democracy has challenges but will set up us much better. Our membership are by-in-large sensible. We have set a new left-ward direction for the Party's policy and are getting behind it. Most of us. Would very much encourage people to join to help us and to be a part of setting our direction. But being a member does include an obligation of loyalty and solidarity to the cause above personalities, and above getting everything your own way all the time. Our membership is barely five percent of what it was immediately before the fourth Labour government drove out many members of the same ideological spectrum as the Standard's community. Some of us are the same people. I'd like to take | IP | IP | 1,735,646 |
We are also constantly seeking savvy interns as well as great team members to help us build a community in Paris, London and New York City -- info@MyFrenchLife.org . Your Comments October 19, 2012 | 7:14 pm sega10028 4 comments Joined 01 Oct '12 This reads like an advertisement for Comptoir des Cotonniers when there are otehr strong mainstream French brands represented in NYC. It was big news when other French brands Sandro and Maje opened shops in NYC about a year ago, and they already have multiple locations (their prices aren't much higher than CDC). Zadig & Voltaire and Isabel Marant have shops, though those aren't quite in the same price range. Here's a good map: http://ny.racked.com/archives/2012/08/09/the_french_are_here_to_stay.php#more One of the most popular tombs remains Oscar Wilde's, on which there were always hundreds of traces of lipstick left by visitors who would kiss it. Cleaning the lipstick proved tedious and expensive, so the cemetery administrators decided to surround the tomb with a Plexiglas fence. | OP | OP RV | 3,299,667 |
How To Benefit From Hiring Property Management Experts Real estate management covers multiple responsibilities such as maintenance of the overall estate including repairing of plumbing, electricity, pest control, mending fences, security, gardening and so on. Although, these tasks are eventually performed by skilled personals in the field, you have to make sure that the work is done to perfection and at reasonable rate. It is simply not possible for you to find time for all these amidst your regular work or career. There are many rental property management companies who have a team of expert who can look after your properties in much better manner and relieve you off all the hassles connected with it. When you enter into a contract with a management company, they recruit a property manager who takes care of your property in all possible way. Apart from the regular maintenance, there are many other duties which a manager performs for you due to which your chances of getting good returns through your property investment can enhance manifold. If you buy a property for your own use, its maintenance is possible easily. But in case, the reason for buying a property are the other three, then you need a contract with Property Management company because these are the people who know this field as the back of their hand and can ensure that you get good returns through leasing, renting or selling.A property manager has good contacts in the realty market through which he can check | HI | HI HT | 3,313,436 |
What the next generation of demand response needs to look like Total Facilities 2012 speaker, MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN , BuildingIQ chief executive officer, provides an overview of the challenges involved in preparing buildings for interaction with smart grids, and details what the next generation of demand response needs to include. The promise and hype surrounding the smart grid far exceeds its current capabilities. In no area is this truer than with demand response (DR) programs for commercial buildings and the need for critical interaction between a smart grid and a smart building. In order to manage demands on the grid, utilities have created DR programs to provide financial incentives for building owners to reduce energy consumption during peak demand periods. Why would utilities pay end users to reduce power? The alternative is to build more power plants, which will cost the industry billions down the road. DR successes in our industry are trumpeted far and wide as utilities launch new programs and initial customer contracts are signed. There are, however, some fundamental issues looming for building owners and operators that have and will continue to limit the success of these programs as they are rolled out. These include: the risk to tenant service levels posed by DR events the execution complexities of intelligently managing through DR events, especially in large, complex buildings, and the capital requirements to fund the people or systems needed to ensure building owners and managers can address the above issues. DEMAND RESPONSE TODAY Current DR programs, which | OP | OP | 3,317,492 |
the MTCs that the future workplace will need to evolve. Seeing the juxtaposition of the digitally enabled MTCs next to the analog (think 1960s Mad Men era) workplaces of today, I was alarmed by the amount work that needs to be done to accommodate a more social and mobile workforce. In this new workplace model, born of the social and mobile age, what are the best ways to meet the workplace challenges of the future? What do we see as the digital office of the future? How do we accommodate the unprecedented numbers of mobile devices entering the workforce? Digital Workplaces: Combining the Humanities with the Sciences I often hear the office of today appears and functions much like it did fifty years ago. Conference rooms with tables, chairs and perhaps a whiteboard -- office spaces or desks neatly lined up in long rows across an ever expansive landscape -- basically a sea of inhumanity. And that space doesn't align with the social business transformation taking place around the world. The workplace of tomorrow will need to adapt to the new more social and mobile environment, while remaining flexible to accommodate different situations. You can see an example of this at Microsoft's Envisioning Center in Seattle and in some cases Pixar's offices outside of Oakland . Post Your Comment Post Your Reply Forbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find particularly interesting. Called-out comments are highlighted across the Forbes network. You'll be notified if your comment | NARRATIVE | null | 131,031 |
wedding industry if you personally invite these people along. Even if you have already booked a client they will appreciate knowing there is somewhere to go to find their other suppliers. It's all about making yourself look good! Promote the fair on social media and blogs You're on Twitter and Facebook right? Use this space to discuss what you are doing in the run up to the fair and connect with other exhibitors. The networking opportunities a fair offers are often just as valuable as the potential clients you might book. Network Does the fair you booked offer a networking event for suppliers before or afterwards? If it does be sure to participate as it never hurts to have friends at the show and you never know who might refer you! If there is no pre-fair networking event make a point to set up early and set aside time to have a chat with other suppliers at the fair. Making friends with your competitors can be a good thing because then you have someone to refer couples to when you are booked solid... and everyone needs friends! Take advantage of promotional opportunities during the show Many fairs will allow exhibitors to sponsor certain aspects of the show to gain brand exposure. Think of everything you could possibly sponsor and then ask if you can do it. Does the fair offer a sponsorship spot for the bags -- can you put a small sample in each one? What about for the | HI | HI HT | 608,410 |
that you take steps to make sure it is in as good a condition as possible. The last thing you want letting you down when you need it is your helmet. Always take it inside with you when you get off your bike and never leave it exposed to the elements. You should also make sure that your helmet is kept clean and free of all dirt and debris. If you've been riding on a dirty road that has splashed anything onto your helmet, give it a good wipe over when you get home. As well as keeping your head gear in good condition, this will make sure that dirt on your visor is not obstructing your vision. When it comes to your clothing, you'll need to check its care instructions. Again, you should never leave your safety clothing outside and preferably not in a shed or a garage. As well as the fact that your gear could get stolen, it will get very cold and may be damaged by rodents if left in an outbuilding. Most bike safety clothes will need to be dry-cleaned or simply wiped. If you wear leathers when riding, you'll probably be able to get away with using a damp cloth and some detergent. Keep the boots you use for riding clean and make sure they have a good grip on their soles. If their grip begins to wear away, buy some new footwear. You should also make sure that your boot's laces cannot catch | HI | HI HT | 3,106,395 |
5-minute comedy about the pitfalls of working late at the office. Outrageous and witty, the short is altogether enjoyable. The sparring of two exes can be thoroughly appreciated by any movie goer. Naagahaan, Zinat... (Suddenly, Zinat...) , directed by Navid Azad, is a twenty-one minute Iranian short making its DC Premiere at the festival. Simin lives with her precious daughter when her pleasant life is uprooted by the return of her daughters' biological mother. The drug addicted woman plans on taking back her daughter to appease the father. The scorchingly raw performances of the women within the film are heartbreaking. There is no doubt this film is a treasure; shedding light on an altogether untouched situation. Shave Ice is Nice , directed and written by Roman Cortez, is a 4-minute comedy making its DC Premiere at the festival. Trading shaved ice for a chance at picking up attractive girls doesn't sound like too bad an idea. The clever short displays the teamwork of two brothers and their lady seducing ways. It's funny, short and colorful; a refreshing experience. If you're looking for something that is both terrifying and brilliant; Applications is the short for you. Director Paul Hugins utilizes one actress in one location with fierce intensity. A woman obsessed with societies standard of beauty turns an altogether normal ritual into something quit shocking. It is an experimental film with a few surprises. The Bench , a film from Switzerland and directed by first-time filmmaker Gabriel Ash, pays homage to | OP | OP | 3,173,882 |
has brought back any of his protagonists in a leading role (each of his first four thrillers had different main characters, even if supporting characters overlapped). Here's the official blurb: People are disappearing in Christchurch. Cooper Riley, a psychology professor, doesn't make it to work one day. Emma Green, one of his students, doesn't make it home. When ex-cop Theodore Tate is released from a four-month prison stint, he's asked by Green's father to help find Emma. After all, Tate was in jail for nearly killing her in a DUI accident the year before, so he owes him. Big time. What neither of them knows is that a former mental patient is holding people prisoner as part of his growing collection of serial killer souvenirs. Now he has acquired the ultimate collector's item -- an actual killer. Meanwhile, clues keep pulling Tate back to Grover Hills, the mental institution that closed down three years ago. Very bad things happened there. Those who managed to survive would prefer keeping their memories buried. Tate has no choice but to unearth Grover Hills' dark past if there is any chance of finding Emma Green and Cooper Riley alive. For fans of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island , Thomas Harris' Silence of the Lambs, and Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, Collecting Cooper is another "relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted, and shot through with a vein of humor that's as dark as hell" (Mark Billingham) novel by this glimmering new talent in the crime thriller genre. You can | IN | IN | 3,783,333 |
down a group (or column or family). Thus, the most metallic elements (such as caesium and francium ) are found at the bottom left of traditional periodic tables and the most nonmetallic elements ( oxygen , fluorine , chlorine ) at the top right. The combination of horizontal and vertical trends in metallic character explains the stair-shaped dividing line between metals and nonmetals found on some periodic tables, and the practice of sometimes categorizing several elements adjacent to that line, or elements adjacent to those elements, as metalloids . [ 41 ] [ 42 ] History First systemization attempts In 1789, Antoine Lavoisier published a list of 33 chemical elements , grouping them into gases , metals , nonmetals , and earths ; [ 43 ] Chemists spent the following century searching for a more precise classification scheme. In 1829, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner observed that many of the elements could be grouped into triads based on their chemical properties. Lithium , sodium , and potassium , for example, were grouped together in a triad as soft, reactive metals. Döbereiner also observed that, when arranged by atomic weight, the second member of each triad was roughly the average of the first and the third; [ 44 ] this became known as the Law of Triads . [ 45 ] German chemist Leopold Gmelin worked with this system, and by 1843 he had identified ten triads, three groups of four, and one group of five. Jean-Baptiste Dumas published work in 1857 describing | IN | IN EN | 9,995,649 |
vantage point on Great Uncle's lap, I heard General Shafter address his troops and lead the attack. Uncle Steve followed him and left me alone in the lowlands, already cluttered with legs of understanding relatives and a green hassock, frayed but firm enough for a warrior's foothold. Grandmother took my hand and hurried out of the war zone, as Uncle Steve ranted on and rode off into combat somewhere near the front door shining with its double lock of inescapable security. There is no hi-hat, but he finds one in the air around his knees and keeps the offbeat while his supper tray jiggles on his lap, taking the beating he gives it with crossrods from two wooden hangers. They keep him downstairs so those wrapped in silence along the upper walls won't complain about paradiddles accompanied by the rudimentals of ma-ma-da-da and the barefooted thud tap thud, thud tap thud, of a man at work. A radio drifts in from the ward overhead, and wood takes on straw as clothesbrushes move across plastic, scratching a chee-chaa from the thirties. He watches his face in waves of glass and smiles through stubble; he sees his nursemaid swallow her laughter and tuck him back to bed to watch his life spin across the ceiling and down the wall, finding itself again in the cracked and shadowed mirror. Newton, Mass., April 20: Five women ranging in age from 80 to 96 drowned this afternoon when a driverless car rolled across a rest | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
2012 Best Performers (Long Course - Male) 4X50 MEDLEY RELAY # Country Time Team IPS Meet 1 ISR 1:41.21 Hapoel Jerusalem 948 ISRLCJUL 2 ESP 1:41.31 Fed.Catalana 946 MADRDFEB 3 ESP 1:41.81 Fed.Madrilena 939 MADRDFEB 4 ESP 1:41.96 CD SEK Castillo 937 TERRSAPR 5 ESP 1:42.00 CN Sabadell 936 TERRSAPR Where can you find what follows all in one place? The changing face of NCAAs; the life and times of Sarah Sjostrom, James Magnussen and Jessica Hardy; Julia Wilkinson's Olympic diary from Olympic trials in Canada; the aim of the the Swedish Centre for Aquatic Research and the work of American guru Bill Boomer; the obituary of a man much missed, journalist Randy Starkman; and the development of an essential piece of swimming kit - goggles. With the Canadian Olympic Trials held only once every four years, it becomes the most important competition for all those dreaming of an Olympic berth. This year the meet was scheduled for 27 March to 1 April in Montreal's Olympic Pool. There was great media interest and because 600 swimmers took part, the stands were full. Nikki Dryden , a two-time Olympian herself, covered the trials, and we have extensive coverage over 11 pages, including Julia Wilkinson's diary . Julia was one of the stars of the meet with three individual wins and a breakthrough sub-minute swim in the 100 backstroke. There were 31 swimmers named to the team, 13 men and 18 women. There were only 3 men with FINA "A" times, while | IN | IN DT | 3,329,938 |
or judgmental, and I don't want God to treat me that way. I believe that God forgives me, and I know I can't expect to be forgiven without making that concession myself, but I still find it hard to forgive sometimes, and so I can't genuinely ask God to treat me in the unChristian attitude that is mine too often. Got any words of advice? Here's the R: First, God bless you for taking those lines of the Lord's prayer seriously! I imagine that if more people really pondered what they say, they wouldn't be able to (or want to!) pray them either. Most people either say them without thinking or twist them to say what they wish they said: "Give me unconditional forgiveness and then I'll see about forgiving others, maybe, someday." But try this. If this prayer is revealing God's heart ... then the point of those lines is that God's will is reconciliation. Existing human conflicts will not be resolved by revenge, by holding grudges, by hate, by genocide, by violent reprisals or threats. They will only be healed when we all seek God's forgiveness for our part in conflict and then extend that forgiveness to others for their part in conflict. So praying this prayer says, "God, I agree. This is the only way to peace. I want to be part of it." And try this: the Lord's prayer isn't obsessed, as we in Western Roman Christianity typically are, with avoiding hell. The prayer isn't focused | OP | OP RS | 701,069 |
Not All of Us Are Saints begins with the tale of a midnight pursuit between two men: one, drunken and homeless, and the other, white-coated and desperate. The drunken man is afraid of what will happen if he drops his one source of comfort and respite -- alcohol -- and the white-coated man, his physician, is afraid of what will happen if he doesn't. Dr. David Hilfiker, a physician in urban Washington, DC, is for the first time in his life jointly overwhelmed by the vast limits of care inherent in "poverty medicine" and in his own humanity. After work as a rural doctor for seven years, in 1983, Hilfiker and his wife chose to uproot their family and move to Washington, DC, to begin work in a clinic for the poor and homeless: Community of Hope Health Services. In his memoir, Not All of Us Are Saints: A Doctor's Journey with the Poor , Hilfiker poignantly relates his experience as a physician and resident with DC's urban homeless and poor. Hilfiker's struggles raise the toughest questions our nation faces on the ground in poverty, everyday. Hilfiker uses vignettes to highlight the inadequacies of our healthcare system and more broadly, the horrors of an unjust society. In twelve chapters, he traces his journey in urban medicine through stories of encounters with people all over the spectrum of poverty, homelessness, and disease. He meditates on the cyclicality of poverty and its intricately oppressive violence on his patients. In describing the difficulties | OP | OP RV | 495,412 |
and antineutrino velocities over a range of energies, at Fermilab. A comparison of neutrino and photon speeds from supernova SN1987A puts a limit of about 1 part in 10 8 on their speed difference. Electron Relativistic Mass Variations In the early 20 th century there was an alternative theory by Abraham that is now little known, because these experiments rejected it in favor of SR. A critical review of the experimental evidence concerning the Lorentz model compared to the Abraham model was given in: Farago and Jannossy, Il Nuovo Cim. Vol5, No 6, pg 1411 (1957). Proton Relativistic Mass Variations Calorimetric Test of Special Relativity The beam power at SLAC is measured using temperature rise in a calorimeter, for electrons of ~17 and 20 GeV and beam currents up to ~15 microamperes. Their results confirm SR with a resolution of about 30%, and are "many orders of magnitude larger than predicted by the theory of autodynamics", of which Carezani is the author (and also member of this experimental group). 7. Tests of Length Contraction At this time there are no direct tests of length contraction, as measuring the length of a moving object to the precision required has not been feasible. There is, however, a demonstration that it occurs: A current-carrying wire is observed to be electrically neutral in its rest frame, and a nearby charged particle at rest in that frame is unaffected by the current. A nearby charged particle that is moving parallel to the wire, however, is | IN | IN CM RA | 101,305 |
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more ridiculous than Amazon being granted a patent on one-click purchasing or Apple being granted the patent on rounded corners for its table product. Apple's products are based in simple, yet innovative design principles. Protecting its unique designs from the competition is crucial to the future success of the company as design is a major product differentiator for the company. Apple was not the first company to develop a tablet, smartphone or e-reader, but the company has shown that its design ability and skill with developing intuitive user interfaces has helped Apple succeed where others have failed. One other key factor in this situation is that Apple has shown a willingness to sue over perceived patent infringement and another very general patent on a common product (e-readers) could lead to additional lawsuits by Apple against its competitors. It can be argued that Apple is patenting general design features in order to litigate its weaker competition out of the market. Apple has also had success in obtaining licensing agreements from competitors perceived to have violated Apple's patents as has happened with HTC on tablets. If the patent office is going to continue to issue design patents on very general designs, then this fits the prior protocol. However, many people feel that this design is too general to be patented and may generate calls for a change in the way the patent office approaches the issuance of patents. Does this seem reasonable or does the way patents are issued need to be | IN | IN | 3,199,207 |
if you can askl the vet for a mild sedative to give to her prior to her visit. Maybe this way they can get a good exam in as well. If that doesnt work I know you can ask them to give her a bit of gas. I had to do this once to get blood drawn from my fiesty one! "UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN ANIMAL, PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED" He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -Unknown I go along with Winston with the idea of using a light sedative or tranquilizer. I have a couple other suggestions that might be of value as well. Google Thundershirt for cats I bought one this summer for a cat who was having problems with electrical storms and it works quite well for him. Something else that I have used and introduced it to our Vets in town is Clipnosis, This technique works quite well on some cats. One day, a friend of mine told me about an incident that she heard about after I had mentioned it to her. She introduced this to her vet. It happened that her vet had a cat that they wanted to do a physical on, and three of them could not hold the cat down. Then | ID | ID DF | 3,377,562 |
other quality standards published later. The Department will soon consult with the care and support sector, people using care and support, and their families and carers, on what a full set of NICE quality standards and guidance should include to improve the quality of social care. Care providers will be able to use these as tools to help improve their services. NICE is currently piloting two joint NHS/social care Quality Standards, covering the care of people with dementia and the health and well-being of looked after children and young people. Following a consultation process, NICE is aiming to publish these final Quality Standards in April 2013. | IN | IN DT | 3,077,149 |
the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. World English Bible in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place. Young's Literal Translation in the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, which is on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place; In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan,.... This is so exactly described, that there might be no mistake about the place, see Genesis 23:17 , which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a burying place; this is observed if any of the successors of Ephron, or any of the Hittites, should lay any claim unto it, or dispute the right of Jacob's sons to bury him there. 49:28-33 Jacob blessed every one according to the blessings God in after-times intended to bestow upon them. He spoke about his burial-place, from a principle of faith in the promise of God, that Canaan should be the inheritance of his seed in due time. When he had finished both his blessing and his charge, and so had finished his testimony, he addressed himself to his dying work. He gathered up his feet into the bed, | LY | LY PR | 449,951 |
Paul Sanchez had been a reveling singer and songwriter for decades -- it was his entire life. But when tragedy struck the one thing he loved more than his music, he realized that his performing days were numbered. Most of the music in this piece was by Paul Sanchez, including songs from the musical he is currently working on, Nine Lives. It's a musical about the history of New Orleans between hurricanes Isaac and Katrina -- you can hear it on Spotify already, so definitely listen. And thanks so much to Snap Judgment, who originally aired this story. | LY | LY | 193,736 |
not even occurred to me until I read your post. As for the first verse, I think it is like glosoli said, a case of troubles at home. I am not sure whose mother the lyrics are talking about, but surely the line "Love, was the air in your mother's lungs" is a reference to what is literally keeping her alive in response to "her father tore her fences down," i.e. her father degrading her in one way or another. I am not sure to whom or what the 'love' is directed to but it is what is keeping her going. Finally, the references to plastic bags and panadol are escapes from life that she could have taken. Plastic bags can be used for suicide, (perfect analogy to the previous line about "air in her lungs") and panadol is simply a reinforcer to the idea of suicide with its function as a painkiller, or escape from reality. Very good. I hadn't figured out the suicide imagery before. Also there is the idea that you can attempt suicide by grinding up a whole pack of panadol and mixing it into your drink. And love is what makes her keep wanting to breathe. Shit. verse one. my mothers father killed himself when she was ten years old. her upbringing before that event was hellish to put it kindly. her father and sister were schizophrenic, which meant the money and attention of her mother and family was poured into them. she and her | LY | LY SL | 249,040 |
TEE TIME TIPS WITH RICHARD SCARROTT: PART FOUR - WEIGHT TRANSFER WEIGHT transfer is the part of a golf swing that determines how the ball is struck. Golfers who finish with their weight on the back foot will more than likely strike the ball inconsistently. Having your weight behind the ball at impact can cause a heavy strike and see you hit the turf before the ball. This predominantly affects the distance the ball travels. Other common shots caused by this are thinning or topping the ball. Once the weight stays on the back foot there is limited space in the swing generally, causing the golfer to try to lift up and out of the shot, resulting in the club face hitting halfway up or on the top of the golf ball. Good weight transfer in the golf swing will result in a pure strike of the ball. To achieve good weight transfer you need to feel a lateral drive into the left side from the top of the swing. At the point of impact your body should cover the ball and then develop a rotation over the left foot into a full finish position. You need to feel like you are compressing the ball as you strike it and this promotes a more penetrating ball flight. A good train of thought during the swing is to think about turning onto the right knee and finishing over the left knee. A good checkpoint to see if you have transfered your | HI | HI HT | 206,332 |
immediately. So not everyone has that issue! (Back on the pill now but hoping to be in your shoes in, ehh, five more years? Tick tock!) I'm very much on the fence about having babies. Some days being a mom seems appealing, but most days it scares the hell out of me. My boyfriend and I both have anxiety issues that we're dealing with; throw in something as stressful as a baby, and I'm worried that one or both of us is going to regress or worse, pass on those issues on to the baby. When I bring it up to people and they say "oh, you'd be a good mom, you're nice and you're worried about being a good mom, so you'll be a good one," it almost makes me want to yell in their face. Anxiety and mood disorders can get in the way of your normal thinking and behaviour, making you behave in irrational, sometimes even mean ways while you're very aware that you're being irrational and mean when you don't want to be like that. I don't like the thought of putting a kid through that, especially since there is evidence that your ability to cope with stress is partly genetic. That's not even taking into account that we really can't afford to take care of anything more demanding that, say, a dog. Honestly, once I'm done school, a small condo (read: small two bedroom apartment that got re-labelled "condo") is all we're going to be | OP | OP OB | 3,237,323 |
[JD] I, I got something to tell ya girl I got something I wanna do (come on) I, I got something to tell ya I wanna you know what... you know what (Avant holla at 'em) [Avant] I been looking for you for a long damn time But you been gone away I nearly lost my mind And now we're in the club and you're grindin' on me, touchin' on me, got me goin' crazy That skirt you wearin' got a playa on stroll As I glance at my watch I see the night is growin' old I start to reminisce about when we were shorties, back seat of my jeep, yes I'm feelin' horny As I play my position posted up on the wall Happy to hear the DJ say last call 'Cause what that means is we about to leave and I'm about to be all up on you and you up on me [Chorus] 'Cause I want you And in the middle of the night I'm gonna rub And if you let me go down I'm gonna taste And when it's all said and done I'm gonna you know what, you know what But I want you And in the middle of the night I'm gonna rub you And if you let me go down I'm gonna taste you And when it's all said and done I'm gonna you know what, you know what [Avant] It's hard to keep in touch while you're off in school But | LY | LY SL | 190,811 |
with a thermometer and some expert tips, Samuel Muston takes the plunge. Cabin fever: Cabane Sucre There is a wooden house in the middle of Canada's snowy countryside where food of such sublime richness is served that getting a table there is more difficult than at a Michelin-starred city restaurant Christmas uncorked: The finest reds and whites Anthony Rose reveals his festive guide, from the best party red to wines to drink with stilton The 50 Best Christmas gifts for children From this year's most-fashionable fad to classics they'll want to keep forever, Kate Watson-Smyth fills the family stockings with this year's top toys Sole food: could chicken feet to China be Britain's next big export? Environment Secretary spots a gap in the market for 'phoenix claws' Who is the real Jill Kelley? She first hit the news as the apparently innocent victim of abusive emails from the lover of David Petraeus. But the more we've found out about the other, other woman, the greater the mystery Here comes the demon chef Is London ready for Alvin Leung's 'x-treme Chinese cuisine'? Up all night: 24-hour restaurants A new breed offers fine dining at any time of day, reports Samuel Muston The 10 Best mulled drinks A glass of something spicy -- whether it's boozy or soft -- will get you in the mood for winter. Just add a roaring fire... | HI | HI RE | 195,082 |
Raise These Sails John Riis Became One Of Them Lyrics Raise These Sails John Riis Became One Of Them Lyrics total views : 7 times this week. You can enlarge lyrics to john riis became one of them for easy viewing, send it to your friends or rate the song John Riis Became One Of Them by Raise These Sails and help the song become popular. If you have any corrections for these lyrics or any ideas about the meaning to john riis became one of them, please feel free to submit them. Rest your head oh ghost of treason Lay your weary head to rest 'Cause should you leave us without reason Then cross thy name and so be blessed Water turns to wine Saviors turn to legacies Give back what was mine My friends fall to gunshot fire Oil found, burn the ground This time none shall live Oil found, burn the ground [| From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/raise-thes\\... |] They'll never see it coming | LY | LY SL | 776,643 |
before, but six more are drawn from previous volumes. Written at different periods in Doctorow's career -- the earliest comes from 1968 -- they cover an equally wide range of topics and styles. The settings range from early 20th-century Galicia to a near-future New York, from a Waco-like cult compound to an Eastern European mafioso's restaurant, and Doctorow takes advantage of the short form to try out different styles: one piece is told entirely in direct speech, another in diary form. In a brief preface, he contrasts the demands of novels, in which the work "participates in its composition" and "you write to find out what you're writing", with short stories, which, he says, arrive in his head entire, "self-announcing, their voice and circumstances decided and immutable". Some of the stories that read like exercises probably were. The story "Heist" provided the seed of the novel City of God , while "Liner Notes: the Songs of Billy Bathgate" provided a character name, though, confusingly, nothing else, for a later novel. Others, however, come across as alternately overburdened and underdeveloped. One of the new pieces, "Wakefield", updates a 19th-century story by Nathaniel Hawthorne about a man who "without the shadow of a reason for such self-banishment" leaves his wife and household, moves to an adjacent street and lives there for 20 years. Doctorow's version makes the protagonist a New York lawyer, gives him a berth in the family garage and introduces a set of bizarre plot trappings -- a gang of | OP | OP RV | 335,854 |
just tender, then drain. Add broccolini and tofu to mushrooms and heat through. Serve with noodles and top with coriander and your favourite chilli sauce. Serves 4 Seafood, tofu and pickled vegetable salad Fresh prawns and ocean trout team with creamy cubes of silken tofu and loads of crunchy, sweet, pickled vegetables. Slice carrot lengthwise, and cut each slice into fine matchsticks, or julienne. Finely julienne the green onions, capsicum and chilli. Soak vegetables in a bowl of iced water to crisp for 15 minutes. Brush ocean trout with one tablespoon olive oil and sear in a hot pan for four minutes on each side or until cooked but still pink inside. | HI | HI RE | 760,604 |
this small island nation. Check out the BBH backpackers ( Budget Backpacker Hostels) and get to know their quirky owners, settle down with a glass of New Zealand wine next to their wood burners, or listen to the sea from their gardens. For $50 you can get a BBH card and save $3/night at hostels throughout New Zealand. 3 ) Arriving to New Zealand Chances are your flight to New Zealand will arrive in Auckland -- this characterless city of the North Island will (unfortunately) be your welcome to Aotearoa. Auckland The Airbus Express will be your best choice for the quick, 45 minute trip to the Auckland CBD. Tickets are only $23 round trip and can be booked online so you're set to go when you land. Consider these Auckland budget travel tips for your first couple days in the city -- a nd most importantly, don't stay too long -- there is too much to see outside of NZ's largest city . 4 ) Consider Buying a Campervan New Zealand absolutely begs to be explored behind the steering wheel of your very own campervan. You won't realize how many of these converted, backpacker-filled vans flock New Zealand's roads until you're here yourself. If falling asleep to the sound of the surf and waking to the sunrise sounds appealing to you, then a campervan just might be the right mode of transportation for trip. Traveling New Zealand by campervan gives you loads of flexibility, allows you to get off | NARRATIVE | NA TB | 1,742,193 |
after an election), if 50percent + 1 of the caucus vote "non confidence" in the leader at any time, an ensuing leadership race will be decided by the 40/40/20 formula (members, caucus, affiliates)? Indeed that is my understanding Lanth. I believe the following is the rule (also known as the 40/40/20 rule) which applies no matter how it is triggered (40% or 50% caucus threshold). Rule 297A d) The election of the Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party shall be determined by the votes cast in an electoral college composed of the following: i. Parliamentary Labour Caucus (40% of the total vote) ii. Party members (40% of the total vote) iii. Affiliate Party members (20% of the total vote). Voting will be preferential and concurrent in all cases. OK, so if a leader gives an interview to Ian Wishart 3 months before the election and says "White Power! Nuke the Darkies!", can the caucus choose an interim replacement, or do they always have to trigger a party-wide contest? Is there a "Mike Moore 1990? scenario, in which Labour MPs say "We've picked a new caucus leader, just before the election to try and save our skins", and it would then have to wait to be confirmed after the election? I'm sure it's in the fine print somewhere ... leaders can die in office, after all. I'm just wondering about the logistics of it. In Robertson's electorate Labour rank THIRD in the party vote -- oh dear!! Robertson may be "liked" | IP | IP | 1,735,646 |
waits for the parents To notice; they do and beat on him until he opens his case and gives them each a poem; there are not enough and he takes out pads of yellow paper and squats at their feet, writing more poems that are snatched away. The first readers are finished and rip the poems into flakes that settle about him like moths; they want more, and he writes them While their daughters take turns putting their fingers in his mouth, their bodies writhing in ecstasy as they feel the movement of letters closing into words. The one on our right is tuxedoed; the other is wrapped in a sling of burlap, pinned low at the hip; both are bald, neither is tanned, though summer is just over; most certainly they are brothers. On a stretch of bamboo, some well-used paraphernalia: a two-foot run of garden hose, a larger cut of steel rod, the antique thumbscrew seen in the advertisements, & a helmet, its iron straps crossing like the weave of a basket. At the back wall of the stage, hung in black scrims, are four shapes; nothing is said of them, but we do learn from the diapered twin that the brother is mute; we respond with applause, & the mute bows, extending his hand to his brother who affixes the thumbscrew & leads him to the footlights. He asks the front row to note the pressure of wood on bone; it is a young woman who winks | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
we are removing a little bit. There was a state of the project where we felt we had overdone the mountains and it was too rocky. It made it feel too claustrophobic sometimes. So we went through and de-rocked the world. How do you create the different towns and areas and give them all unique feels and cultures? We have a big team of artists and designers and we started with coming up with the world map. Then we talk about how each particular group in the world would live. And then that goes through a series of concepts artists, who will draw lots and lots of images on how those people live. We discuss it, and then that goes to 3-D artists who build it. Once the space is built, during that time, there is usually a designer who is writing up a site guide--they write the names of all the people and what they do during the day, where they go to eat, and what their job is. As that area is being built, designers are going in with our custom tools and making those things happen. It's like playing house in a big virtual world. Which is more important, building this logical world or creating a location for gameplay? It's a bit of a mix. The world does come first, and there are lots of ways to make gameplay in things. And once we decide this is good gameplay, there are various ways to drive players toward | SP | SP IT | 3,239,651 |
a special store opening offer and you can still find the same deals today? :stupid: was the Avalon just around the corner when that photo was taken? I can't remember when they tore that down. Posted by Ramjet at 06:07 PM on 11-06-2012 I cannot say enough about Kim and Steed Cycles. An awesome guy and an awesome shop. Mountain biking has changed my life and Kim has had a great deal to do with it. Keep doing what you're doing. You've got it right! Posted by clarklewis at 07:35 PM on 11-06-2012 humble, friendly, and one of the best all-rounders around Posted by hampstead_bandit at 12:35 PM on 11-07-2012 during a trip to Vancouver in 2005, we quickly found the Steed shop (we were staying in a motel off Capilano) met the owner (Kim) and found both him and his staff very welcoming and full of useful information about riding the North Shore trails | IN | IN DP | 123,212 |
no matter if you are the president, they are going to make mistakes. I'm not saying that I'm doing this and I don't care what people think about. I do care what people think about me. But there are decisions I'm going to make that are going to be bad, I'm still living, so I'll probably make another bad decision. But the ones that really affect my career and my life they will be better thought out. Are you on Twitter? No, I'm not on Twitter. I'm in a relationship that won't let me. (there was something I couldn't make out here, but I think a little joke about his girl friend). But if I gain a little more trust, I'll get on Twitter. I might do it this year. | SP | SP IT | 3,364,508 |
beyond the arc. "Having a great guy like Phil, who can see you even if you're behind him, you've just got to knock down shots. Tonight, they were just falling, especially in the second half." The Tigers' two returning players got a lift from junior transfer Earnest Ross, who bounced back from a 2-for-10 debut to score 17 points and grab 10 rebounds. Ross scored 12 after intermission and seemed more relaxed -- and certainly more selective -- than he was against SIUE. He made 7 of 8 shots from the field and added three assists, one block and one steal. "He was very efficient," Haith said. "He passed up some shots, and that's the thing we're getting Earnest to understand: good shot, great shot." Haith is still trying to turn Connecticut transfer Alex Oriakhi into a more consistent low-post scoring threat. He had 12 points and 10 rebounds last night, but 10 of his points came at the foul line. He was 1 for 5 from the floor. Missouri's attack also could have used the spark Mike Dixon provided last season, particularly in the first half, but the senior guard remained sidelined by an indefinite suspension imposed last month. He has missed two regular-season games after sitting out both exhibitions, and Haith offered no timetable for his reinstatement. "I'll let you guys know, as I've said from Day 1, when he's not suspended," Haith said. "So he is still suspended." No matter how long Dixon's out, the coach expects | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 539,525 |
wanted vets running the country.) Fact: In 1922 the Commonwealth Department of Health assumed responsibility for the Quarantine Act 1908. However, until WAN Robertson was appointed Director of the Division of Veterinary Hygiene in 1926, the department had no veterinary staff! Bubberman said... The release of the Bubberman report was another spur to improve government vet services in the 1920s. The Director of the State Veterinary Laboratory in Java, Dr Bubberman, visited Australia in 1923 to report on the suitability of Australian dairy cattle and beef for feeding the Dutch military forces in Java (now known as Indonesia). Rather unkindly, he described the Western Australian veterinary service as 'primitive' and commented: It is to be hoped that the Rinderpest which broke out in November, 1923, in the State in question will have opened the eyes of the authorities and will bring about an extremely necessary reorganization of it. The veterinary staff there was indeed enlarged, and a veterinary pathologist, HW Bennetts, appointed. Bubberman also strongly criticised the appointment of laymen (rather than vets) to manage the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, the Experimental Station at Yerongapilly and the Dairy Branch of the Public Health Department in New South Wales. As a final blow, he recommended that dairy cattle from South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland be excluded from export to Java. In response to this report and the rinderpest events, at the Conference of Chief Quarantine Officers held in 1925, quarantine regulations were comprehensively revised. The next comprehensive revision of quarantine law | NARRATIVE | null | 345,173 |
to the basic thread that ... what was the thread again? BREDNG10 | 9.30.09 @ 4:56AM There are so many Obama moments where he jumped the shark along time ago for those who were paying attention.The apology tour,the 57 states comment,bowing to the saudi king,the constant I,Me,My whenever he talks. Then there`s the constant berating america and americans,scolding us for not speaking french and the speaking austrian moment.There is the $40,000 pizza fly in from St.Louis, Michelle`s Quarter million $hopping jet to Paris or the half hour trip down the street for veggies that shut down Washington DC.There`s the Grey poupon cheeseburger moment,the I pod for the queen,the cambridge cop,when you`re on the tv 24/7 on multiple channels there are so many opportunities to make a fool out of your self even when covered up by the (tingly feeling) media. Then there is the IMPORTANT stuff,like while Iran is launching missles,hiding nuke sites,threatening Isreal and America,he has the nerve to sell out our allies Poland and Czeckaslavakia,by cancelling the missle shield promissed by president Bush.Not only that he does it on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Poland,with a 3:00am phone call by an underling.It`s a long time till 2012. Alf | 9.30.09 @ 12:04PM Ron | 10.1.09 @ 1:26AM Shuck & Jive Obama is so bad that he may be good. Yes we are in danger now, but if nothing serious happens to us the left may be permanently undone. We will see if we can get lucky | IP | IP | 3,208,530 |
how long it took Dsus4/C To get over that sudden yuk D When in the mirror you would look Dsus4/C Well now my son you're well in stook A G/A Cry if you want D Cry if you want A G/A Cry if you want D Cry if you want Didn't you writhe in anger when you saw the man in his big car Didn't you drive a banger and a gallon didn't get you far Should have been a famous star But that ain't what you really are You could shout your last hurrah While they are propping up the bar Maybe things were better then Before you led a promised life Rash commitments heavy raps And left-wing spiel all compromised You fall in love with other's wives Drive 'em nuts with empty lies Angry 'cause you lost the prize Forgot the color of their eyes [repeat chorus] [bridge; implied chords] || A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus4 || [piano lick] ||---------------9------10------|| ||-------8-10-8----10-8----10-8-|| ||.6-7-8-----------------------.|| ||.----------------------------.|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| || || ||[synth lick] || ||------------------------------|| ||---------------2------3-------|| ||.------0-2--0----2--0---2-0--.|| ||.--0-2-----------------------.|| ||-4----------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| A7 A7sus4 Let your tears flow A7 A7sus4 Let your past go Don't you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn Aren't you glad it's your last term No more acting lowly worm You can make the suckers squirm When you tell 'em how much you earn Don't you feel ashamed at all the bitterness | LY | LY SL | 535,765 |
Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a full year for 49. Book Description Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Special Offers and Product Promotions Buy any product sold by Amazon.co.uk excluding any Kindle Device and e-books and we will add a 10 promotional gift certificate to your account to spend on selected Amazon fashion. Here's how (terms and conditions apply) {"itemData":[{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buy\\... to Basket","Add both to Basket","Add all three to Cart"],"showDetailsDefault":"Show availability and delivery details","shippingError":"An error | IP | IP DS | 355,086 |
population. 15% of Americans do not have Insurance. So do we throw out the majority who have adequate insurance.No we need to come up with a program that helps the 15%.This can be done instead of Obama providing a national program that is dictated by his socialist ideology.Wake up Alice! Dingaling | 7.28.09 @ 12:18PM Maybe Professor (I mean President . . . ) Obama's academic record was less than stellar, but he has made it clear that that the ivory tower is not his primary career goal. There may be plenty of grounds for criticism of the current president, but publishing and academic achievements are hardly paramount. Comparing the current President with any of the past five, I think I can safely claim that academic achievement and published scholarly contributions have been hardly decisive in whether the presidency was successful or not. In the case of Professor Obama, on the grounds of his superficial academic career one can at the worst call him a lousy phony. But then again, this could apply to many of the "illustrious" scholars occupying the ivory tower. And for politicians, phony would be a very mild characterisation for their typical sins. Nevertheless, Mr. Stien, I respect and enjoy your opinion. Please keep up the good work. Jerry | 7.28.09 @ 12:21PM Some people are still under the influence of the cool-aid and believe Barry was down for the struggle. Not so, his white mom and grandmother raised him, and he didn't suffer much attending | IP | IP | 186,900 |
be my fault). One methodological remark or question: You write "In the current recovery, the coefficient is 0.5305, which tells you that the economy is growing at a lower rate of accompany productivity growth at present. That means, among other things, that the economy eats into its unemployment pool more quickly for a given labour force growth rate." Which I think is a remarkable finding. One can follow that line of argument easily given the graph and your analysis. However, I wonder whether it is necessary -- or more of a proof for that conclusion -- if you would estimate a single regression model (instead of four separate ones) and include an interaction term allowing the model itself for estimating coefficients for the different slopes. Wouldn't it then be possible -- within that single model approach -- to directly test whether the observed different slopes are -- in statistical terms -- indeed significantly different from each other which in turn would be a statistical test and eventually proof for your (descriptive) claim that the observed differences have more likely than not indeed a meaning? Well, I know that e.g. in sociology the approach of estimating different regression models for different groups, i.e. applying separate models, then comparing and interpreting the resulting coefficients, is more often than not the standard approach. But -- provided there is a large enough sample deriving sufficient statistical power -- I always find the single-model-method including suitable interaction terms more convincing in that it provides a | IP | IP | 22,249 |
Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. The most recent of his ten books are Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema, co-edited with Daniel Goldmark and Lawrence Kramer, published by the University of California Press; and Sound Judgment, for the Ashgate series Contemporary Thinkers on Critical Musicology. Edward Muir is the Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences and holds a Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University. Besides receiving Guggenheim and NEH fellowships, he has been a fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the National Humanities Center. He is a general editor of the book series "Palgrave Early Modern History: Culture and Society," and the series editor for the "I Tatti Italian Renaissance History" monograph series with Harvard University Press. He is the author of Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice, which won the Adams and Marraro Prizes, and Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta in Renaissance Italy, which also won the Marraro Prize. Leon Plantinga served on the Yale faculty from 1963 until his retirement in 2005. For six years in the 1990s, he was the Director of the Division of the Humanities. After retirement Plantinga spent a year at the Princeton Institute for Advance Study, and is currently Interim Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. He has written widely on music of the later eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries, including Beethoven's Concertos: History, Style, Performance (W. W. | IP | IP DS | 158,915 |
of war against Israel since the 1929 massacres in Hebron (then majority Jewish). They never meant peace and that is why there is none. The so-called "peace process" was just part of Yasser Arafat's Phased Plan (originaly from 1974) -- phase 1 is to take whatever territory they can from Israel, phase 2 is to use that territory to launch a war against Israel, and the final phase is to drag all the Arab states into this war. Phase 2 was executed in 2001, but the final phase failed since the Arab states didn't join the war, and that is how we got where we are, which is neither here nor there. They manipulate you and use you as a weapon against Israel, but the West is too blinded by its dogmatic assumptions, like the ones you display here, and by its wishful thinking to have a clear sight of any issue. You will only learn the hard way, through your own painful experience, what it is exactly that we, Israelis, are dealing with because your cherished naive dogmas are more important to you than the future of your own children, let alone ours. Eventually you will have no choice but to face reality, but much that could have been prevented by facing reality early would come to pass and millions of lives on all sides would be affected. Actually -- well, not a "binational" state, but a single state -- is the most likely long-term result if the Arabs | IP | IP ED | 3,199,416 |
of Education. In this volume, Johnson and Papay provide a simple framework for comparing, designing, and evaluating pay-for-performance plans in education. This framework, motivated by research in economics and psychology on the impact of incentives on worker behavior, is applied to several well-known performance pay plans currently used in large urban school districts in the United States. It is frequently hard to discuss issues around pay-for-performance because there is no common language for understanding the various types of plans. We believe that Johnson and Papay have advanced the discussion by bringing some analytic clarity to current practices. They also offer their own novel proposal for reforming teacher compensation. This proposal -- while a significant departure from the single salary schedule -- avoids many of the problems raised by Adams, Heywood, and Rothstein that arise in plans singly focused on test scores. On the contrary, Johnson and Papay take a much longer-run view, offering a career-based plan that is uniquely aimed at improving human capital in the teaching profession. The latest teacher pay reforms go by many names -- differentiated pay, pay-for-performance, professional compensation, merit pay, and performance-based pay. In the first study, "Teacher Pay for Performance: A Framework for Program Design," Johnson and Papay tackle "pay-for-performance," the class of pay reforms that offer bonuses for effective teaching performance as evidenced by formal evaluations or student test scores. These programs differentiate pay for teachers based on their success in the classroom, rather than for their knowledge and skills, their roles, or | IP | IP DS | 402,666 |
I've seen that -- coming out of the First World War, everyone was so joyous and then suddenly there was the crash. Then it was rebuilt. So I'm always optimistic. DM: Have you written your memoirs? FM: Yes, there are 13 chapters, over there (points to a bookcase in the corner). It will be published at some point. DM: You have a photo of Flora MacDonald's gravestone on your wall. Tell me about that. (Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape capture on the island of Benbecula after the Battle of Culloden and then accompanied him under cover -- he was dressed as her maid -- to the Isle of Skye.) FM: That's the woman I'm named after. There has always been a Flora MacDonald in my family, through the generations. (Reads the headstone) "Flora MacDonald, preserver of the life of Prince Charles Edward Stewart. Her name will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour." | SP | SP IT | 3,343,125 |
featuring Vickie Guerrero showing more incriminating evidence of an affair between John Cena and AJ. Eve Torres, Alicia Fox and Aksana vs. Natalya, Kaitlyn and Layla Natalya starts off against Aksana. They lock up, and Aksana backs her against the ropes. Aksana knees her in the midsection and wrenches the arm. Natalya twists out and rolls her up for a one count. Layla tags in, and she spanks Aksana before hitting a double clothesline with Natalya. Layla hits a dropkick for a near fall. Alicia Fox gets a blind tag, and they take Layla down for a two count. Alicia hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Alicia throws her by the hair, and she tags in Eve Torres. Alicia hits a body slam, and Eve follows up with a flipping senton for a two count. Eve chokes Layla on the ropes for a two count. Eve hits a snapmare before kicking her in the face for a one count. Alicia tags back in, and she kicks her in the midsection. Layla fights back, kicks Alicia off, and tags in Kaitlyn Kaitlyn hits a clothesline and a pair of back elbows. Kaitlyn sends her to the ropes, but Alicia kicks her in the face. Kaitlyn comes back with a flapjack, sends her to the ropes, and hits a shoulder block. Aksana breaks up the pinfall, and Natalya throws her out of the ring. Kaitlyn dropkicks Alicia into Eve, and she follows up with a reverse DDT for the | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 3,280,602 |
Proponents of change insist that public opinion favours such a change. But public opinion probably would re-introduce capital punishment, too, and are we to suspend prudent judgement in that case too? And anyway, isn't the question, which is usually asked " do you want to die in dignity?" And who wouldn't answer yes to that? But to die with dignity we don't need doctors to kill us. Macmillan nurses, hospices, and palliative care give the overwhelming majority in Britain a dignified death which does not involve commissioning doctors and nurses as patient killers. When the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient are met, requests for euthanasia are actually extremely rare. Rather than imitating the Dutch, we need to defend and care for the sick and elderly and put our energy into extending compassionate palliative care and hospice provision, and practical loving support -- let's demand " dignity in living" with the same fervour as those who want to license the routine killing of the most vulnerable in society. 'Helping someone to die' has come to mean helping to kill them, not asking them what help they need. Let me end by recalling a warning given at a parliamentary hearing by Dr Robert Twycross, Emeritus Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University. He insisted that 'euthanasia must never become part of normal medical practice 'and that 'society must safeguard the right to life'. Dr Twycross said that 'if we kill voluntarily we will eventually offer involuntary euthanasia'. Euthanasia, then, | SP | SP FS | 3,016,428 |
living in Minnesota has a lot to do with it, but I think it's more than that. I think it's an addiction. Now as for me. I am a crossword puzzle addict. I keep my puzzles on a clipboard on a hook, with reading glasses and 9mm pencil attached, right next to the throne. Sometimes when I've been in there for more than an hour or so, my wife will ask me, upon exiting, and with an indelible sneer to her voice: So did you finish it? And then there's the shower. I love my shower. I do some of my best brainstorming in the shower. I am also a whistler, a singer (and a damned good one at that), and a master wool-gatherering -- I love tile. So I think that you ladies need to toss this gripe, and just be glad that you have your own cans (unless you're, like, poor or something). Why do I READ crap like this? It's got to be some masochistic sub-personality. I don't care what women don't like... Good lord it's more than five points, more like 5X(infinity). Why to I aggravate myself like this!?! AAAHHHH! Period. Except they would rather be miserable than admit it. And most men would rather be miserable than do what women tell them to do. But a lot of that is inadvertent. It is usually caused by two main things. First, we did not actually hear what was said because we weren't listening. Or second, we | OP | OP OB | 3,199,505 |
The Springs lyrics Song information Lyrics Air on the streets, lights on the trees Eight days a week, singer's disease I wanna be where the sun meets the sky I wanna be there, it's out of your mind And I believe in the secrets you're keeping I wanna piece of the air when I breathe in I wanna be the gold underneath the stream Having my moment, you know what I mean Ooooh, it's a blue sky And the headlights, and the headlines It's a new day, for a new wave It's a perfect moment, oh I'm moving out, for a moment in the springs Out of my way, berlin to l.a I wanna stay here and never go home again I wanna be the grass underneath your feet I wanna be the shops on your high street And I believe in the secrets you're keeping I wanna be your alarm when you sleep in I wanna be the one you can be around I wanna be the one who can make you proud Ooooh, it's a blue sky And the headlights, and the headlines It's a new day, for a new wave It's a perfect moment, oh I'm moving out, for a moment in the springs Get a voice, don't get a doctor That's your choice, no-one can stop you I wanna be the one you can be around I wanna be the one who can make you proud Got a job, I don't got no pension In it | LY | LY SL | 89,046 |
it all. Grow up. Just heard this via tweets. Felt really bad for this needless hurtful comment. Then found myself here and read the response to Claire's complaint. Wow the bigots who live amongst us never fail to amaze me. Claire your program is truly wonderful. You have made this a truly enjoyable and I wish we could see you in much more programmes of this type. You are a wonderful presenter and bravo to you for objecting to this inappropriate bigoted reporting. Homophobia and racism are alive and Present and to defend or tolerate them is indefensible. Poor sales and controversy creates cash. That is the only conclusion I can come to as to why the editor of The Sunday Times would not only allow AA Gill's column to be published but to then go out and defend it in such a way ('Dyke on a bike' = Jeremy Clarkson having bad dress sense??? Seriously??). I personally find AA Gill's comments to be more misogynistic and ignorant than homophobic but believe by publication they have effectively endorsed homophobic behaviour and language. I just find this whole scenario almost surreal in execution because this kind of language and the subsequent defence thereof can surely only be done for attention seeking purposes as you don't need a crystal ball to give you a hint as to what the response would be which is why I have to come to the conclusion that it was done for this exact kind of attention. | IN | IN IB | 3,725,223 |
important to note that many popular IDEs have code review plugins. Pair Programming -- A very dynamic type of code review, pair programming is a hotseat "game" for two developers in which one developer codes and the other follows his progress by sitting beside him. After a couple hundred lines of code or after they reach a predetermined milestone, they take a short break and switch places. The one who was coding now observes while the one who previously observed now codes. This is extremely effective in avoiding bugs and improving overall code quality, but it costs twice the manpower. Many companies are not ready for such a risk and are unfortunately unable to think in terms other than "two people on two machines do more work than two people on one machine". It is precisely this type of review that yields the best results: not only are bugs avoided flat out, but the two developers directly collaborate and share ideas on solutions to problems they encounter as they progress. It is also worth nothing that this type of review is incredibly difficult to implement in teams that aren't used to it -- it mostly works on younger teams. As an aside, there is also a formal type of review, first introduced and researched by Michael Fagan in the 1970s (this method is also known as Fagan Inspection), now somewhat archaic and out of favor in the industry. Formal inspection is rarely used in small teams and mostly pertains to | HI | HI HT | 584,595 |
into designing my own profile out of nowhere -- assessing PA skills in children and setting goals to target these areas is something I do daily in my practice. Also, my graduate thesis was on early literacy skills, and I sit on a committee to organize a literacy workshop every year, in which I often present as well. I've read and done research in the area and I looked to current research and my experience when writing the app. App Lay Out and Functionality I worked on the concept in my head for a while but, basically, I spent the better part of 10 months writing and organizing the content of the app. THEN I wrote the app structure and lay out, which took me a month or so (working on it bit by bit and after many months of considering the app layout in my head as well). I did my mock up in Power Point, making each slide a different page from the app. This went beyond mocking up how it would look, though. I also had to think a lot about lay out and functionality in terms of navigating the app in the simplest way possible. When would I need to get to various menus and pages inside the app? When might I need to get out of them again? How will the app progress? How will I input various things such as success or failure of items, make notes about the items, or enter client names | HI | HI HT | 3,187,203 |
Prodigy Internet service icon in the OLS folder. 306. Although none of these OLSs possessed subscriber bases approaching AOL's, they comprised, along with MSN, the most significant OLSs other than AOL. By making arrangements with them similar to the one it enjoyed with AOL, Microsoft ensured that, for as long as the agreements remained in effect, the overwhelming majority of OLS subscribers would use Internet Explorer whenever they accessed the Internet. Since AOL owns CompuServe, the acquisition of Netscape may affect CompuServe's arrangement with Microsoft in the future; however, the acquisition does not alter the incentives for the other OLSs to enter new agreements with Microsoft similar to the ones signed in 1996. Effect of Microsoft's Actions in the IAP Channel 307. As described above, Microsoft gave valuable consideration at no charge to IAPs that agreed to distribute and promote a product that brought no revenue to Microsoft. By tendering additional valuable perquisites (at the cost of lost revenue), Microsoft induced IAPs to restrict drastically their distribution and promotion of Navigator. With the offer of still other concessions, Microsoft induced IAPs to turn subscribers already using Navigator into Internet Explorer users. 308. As Microsoft hoped and anticipated, the inducements it gave out gratis, as well as the restrictive conditions it tied to those inducements, had, and continue to have, a substantial exclusionary impact. First, many more copies of Internet Explorer have been distributed, and many more IAPs have standardized on Internet Explorer, than would have been the case if Microsoft | IN | IN LT | 184,815 |
as individuals, not defined by a charitable organization who promotes itself at our expense. Recommendations for Kick-starting Change It is time for the CNIB and other relevant institutions to relinquish control over the lives of blind citizens. The Canadian government could facilitate that by abolishing blind charities and replacing them with comprehensive services for blind people. The Canadian government could introduce a federal living allowance based solely on the characteristic of blindness. This allowance would replace the current system which destroys initiative and is counter-productive because it penalizes people who want to utilize their intelligence, creativity and skills and rewards the people who, through demeaning means tests, demonstrate their incapacity. The Canadian government could promote a nationwide public relations campaign to create a new image of blind people who "can do," replacing the image of blind people who "can't do." This media blitz, which would employ blind Canadians in every aspect of the campaign, would be highlighted by images of blind people working, traveling and generally doing all manner of activities that able-bodied citizens can. The Canadian government could ensure that there are national educational standards that promote fluency in Braille reading, writing and mathematical skills for blind people and also ensure access to any and all adaptive equipment that facilitates this goal. The Canadian government could establish regional training facilities that would offer a variety of life skills that are necessary for blind citizens to function effectively in all aspects of society, giving us the tools to become independent | IP | IP DS | 61,185 |
The Ladies (& 2 Men) that I sit/work with are completely lovely. I didn't draw them all in this picture. This is a sampling (Left to Right: Me, Kayla , Alessandra's back & Ashley ). We've bonded over tea, candied ginger, stories of our love lives, engagement stories, wedding planning, puppets, Phineas & Ferb, clothes, dentists who scam us, Elvis weddings, and dancing in our cubicles. But mostly we bond over tea. We love tea. We like it in bags and cheap. We like it loose and expensive. We like it most when it's loose and inexpensive. I've drawn us at our normal stations at the kitchen counter, waiting for the kettle to boil. We line our double-walled glass thermos(es?) up on the counter, carefully measure the tea into each one and chat about our lives for the 3 minutes it takes the kettle to boil. Except for the days that we all assume that someone else filled the kettle and put it on. Those breaks take a wee bit longer. One day, Ashley had an AWESOME idea. She said we should collaborate with tea companies to send us tea so we could review it on her healthy living blo g. More tea! Wheee! My caffeine levels haven't been letting me sleep properly since then. So far we have received tea from two places. Nourish Tea has adorable packaging and the teas we sampled are great tea basics. Herbal Tea Infusions is a Toronto retailer with a shop at Spadina | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 684,399 |
How-To Geek I've previously written about a way to enable or disable UAC from the command line . This is an easier method that you can use to do the same thing from the GUI interface in either Windows 7 or Vista. To recap my earlier article, UAC is ANNOYING. Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system, so be warned. Disable UAC on Windows Vista Open up Control Panel, and type in "UAC" into the search box. You'll see a link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off": On the next screen you should uncheck the box for "Use User Account Control (UAC)", and then click on the OK button. You'll need to reboot your computer before the changes take effect, but you should be all done with annoying prompts. Disable UAC on Windows 7 Windows 7 makes it much easier to deal with UAC settings, and in fact you don't have to completely disable UAC if you don't want to. Just type UAC into the start menu or Control Panel search box. You can simply drag the slider up or down, depending on how often you want to be alerted. If you drag it all the way down to the bottom, you'll have disabled it entirely. Windows 8 can be confusing, but now you can read our comprehensive guide that explains everything the easy way. There are over a thousand screenshots and pictures in the book to help you get the hang of navigating | HI | HI HT | 148,826 |
How to use the Footprints feature aboard HTC's One V We show you how to use the Footprints feature aboard HTC's One V smartphone Picture the scene: you're on holiday and you want to explore so you set out with your HTC Desire V and take a leisurely wander, discovering new favourite spots along the way. You have lunch, maybe a snooze on the beach and make your way back to your hotel to get ready for an evening of sangria and paella. Later in the holiday, you decide to go back for another day in the places you discovered during your first reconnaissance mission, only to realise that you cannot for the life of you remember how you got there! This is where Footprints comes in handy, a brilliant little feature by HTC that allows you to take a snap of your location and augment it with accurate GPS location, street address, phone number and other details, and we've put together a guide to show you how it works. Grab your HTC Desire V Open Maps Hit Menu Hit 'My Location' Tap 'Quick Links' Hit the 'Footprints' icon You can now tap 'Capture' which will allow you to take a photo and add it to your Footprint Hit 'Edit' to add notes to your Footprint such as opening times etc. Tap the 'Menu' icon and go to 'Record Voice' and you can add a voice memo to the Footprint Hit 'Save' when you're finished and this will now save | HI | HI HT | 165,572 |
review of The Janus Affair will have to wait. Among other things, reading also got put on the back shelf this summer. It's on top of my TBR pile (Is it a pile if it in your Kindle?) and I hope to get at it soon. Did you miss me? I'm back! It has been a long summer. I've traveled a lot and I've learned a great deal. For one thing, beach trips with boogie boarding, sand castles, and family are more fun when you just go with it. Recovering from the pounding the surf inflicts on my body is taking longer each year, but the fun is well worth it. I've learned that traveling 15 and a half hours, across the Mississippi (twice), and into the mid-west is a beast. While I could probably do it in one day, I broke it into two. My family thanked me. Something about the grouch factor being significantly less. And, I've learned that I'm not nearly the tough guy I thought I was. I'm not stoic, I'm not strong, and I'm not indefatigable. In point of fact, the only thing machismo and I have in common is ... well ... I like cheese. | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 115,328 |
dollars a day to be a Juror I would be jumping at the chance to be a Juror, not trying to find a way out so that I could actually support my family. It isn't the civic responsibility that most people have trouble with, just the financial hardship that being a Juror places most people in. Many people can lose their job if they are required to sit in on a two week case as a Juror, not to mention the lost income if they are not fired from their job. If Jurors are so important than treat them like they are, instead of spouting rhetoric about social duty. If that is the justification than all civic positions shouldn't pay any money because they are civil duties. By the way, I'm not being belligerent, or at least not trying to be. Please make an answer to anything I've written if you think I'm talking out of my ass. Oh, shutup, whiners. What if you have a legitimate excuse to have your jury duty deferred, but they refuse? My friend was the sole caregiver for her 6-year-old son who was out of school for the summer. She had no one else who she could leave him with, could not afford a babysitter, and didn't feel comfortable with anything of the sort. (I work and could not help her.) They refused to excuse her. Just being opinionated will get you out of Jury Duty. Not that I tried, mind you, but I | HI | HI HT | 167,513 |
However, in my experience, proper ripe mangoes are usually more than sweet enough without the sugar added. See for yourself -- you can always add extra sugar after tasting if you like (I made two batches, one with and without sugar). Note: This recipe requires a little preparation overnight -- to freeze the mangoes. Slice cheeks of mangoes (I used about 3 medium sized ones) and scoop out the flesh. Freeze in a ziplock bag overnight. Remove frozen mangoes from ziplock bag and chop roughly to make it a bit easier for the food processor to blend. Place mango chunks and vanilla essence (if using) into food processor bowl and blend for about 1 minute or until it is completely broken up into tiny pieces. Add milk tablespoon by tablespoon or until you get the creamy consistency you like. Taste. If it's sweet enough, serve -- but if not, add sugar spoonful by spoonful, blending after each addition and taste each time to get the right sweetness for you. Scoop mango gelato out of processor bowl using an ice-cream scoop into bowls and serve! I'd like to try topping this with some freshly whipped cream (or coconut cream) and chopped macadamia nuts for that true mango cream Weiss bar feel. Mmm. Weiss bars. But honestly its pretty good by itself -- even my vegan Mum enjoyed it! Any leftovers can be poured into a plastic container and stored in the freezer. It will harden, but a few 10 sec zaps | HI | HI HT RE | 3,290,121 |
a collection of antisemitic quotes from this thread. I added only one sentence to it: "Some cultured antiracist posts on the Guardian 's website." The Cif moderator censored it out. The Guardian really starts to be the Pravda of Britain. Most popular on the Guardian Today in pictures After advising tourists against travel to the cities of Jammu and Srinagar for nearly 20 years, the Foreign Office has lifted its guidelines after a fall in violence. So, Dal Lake and part of the Valley of Kashmir, one of India's most beautiful regions, are once again open to visitors | SP | SP FS | 407,552 |
Israel speaks of the 'national economy' does it exclude figures from the 18% Arab Israeli population? "Seeing as being Jewish seems to be a defining trait could this definition [of nation] be extended to Jews not just living in Israel?" If it did then when Israel mentions the 'national economy', by your presumption and hypothesis, it would exclude figures from the 18% Arab Israeli population but include figures from Jews living elsewhere in the world. You say you're 'talking about' it -- when in actual fact you seem to be avoiding talking about it at all. So, as you're so reluctant to state it yourself (which is odd as the word seems to get you so hot under the collar), let me propose to you what your position seems to be, on the definition of the word 'nation': Richard, you've also avoided commenting on the other topics you raised: > Israeli atrocities past and present, (horrible what people can do to their own -- and for money too -- isn't it?) > Israel is more trustworthy than Iran, (how many yards of fabric came out of that 'Textile Factory' in Dimona), > Why Israel winds people up (and therefore 'deserves to be nuked' -- your words, not mine), > Why Israel is, of course, the most peaceful of nations. And to top it off (in response to your question re. Arafat's birthplace): Wikipedia -- really? Thanks for helping to bring the inconsistencies in Bernie's blog entry to a wider audience | OP | OP OB | 3,044,784 |
blood not only distends the vessels, but is even regurgitated into the minute branches. Were the eye not properly compressed at that time, and a resistance given to the shock, irreparable injury might be inflicted on the delicate textures of the interior of the eye." He further adds, "If we separate the eyelids of a child to examine the eye, while it cries and struggles with passion, by taking off the natural support to the vascular system of the eye, and means of guarding it against the rush of blood then occurring, the conjunctiva becomes suddenly filled with blood, and the eyelids everted." Not only are the muscles round the eyes strongly contracted, as Sir C. Bell states, and as I have often observed, during screaming, loud laughter, coughing, and sneezing, but during several other analogous actions. A man contracts these muscles when he violently blows his nose. I asked one of my boys to shout as loudly as he possibly could, and as soon as he began, he firmly contracted his orbicular muscles; I observed this repeatedly, and on asking him why he had every time so firmly closed his eyes, I found that he was quite unaware of the fact: he had acted instinctively or unconsciously. 15 15 [Chaucer, in describing a cock crowing, wrote:- "This chaunteclere stood high upon his toos, Stretching his neeke and held his eyen cloos, And gan to crowen loude for the nones." 'The Nonnes Priestes Tale.' The author's attention was called to | IN | IN RA | 670,178 |
in the first column to the left so you will always see it. 10. Right click the icon and select Pin to Taskbar if you want the shortcut to live on your desktop's taskbar as well. The switching from Desktop to Start menu is so fast that it doesn't cause much issues for me that is, I can contain the context mentally. And I pin to Task bar or Start screen whichever makes more sense. For infrequent apps, its easier since you get an entire screen in the search so that you can see more results and easily classify. I do wish that you can just punch in your PIN or password without swiping up the lock screen. However, on my laptop you just have to swipe your fingerprint (no swiping up the lock screen). On my desktop computer, I use the physical power button to shutdown Windows 8 and the Sleep button on my keyboard. On my laptop, I do have to use the shut down function and I use the physical power button to tell Windows 8 to sleep. These behaviors are programmable, search for "Change what the power buttons do" in the Start screen under the Settings category. I just tried this on a newly-installed Windows 8 Release Preview. When I press the shutdown icon, it quickly flashes a DOS screen with a lot of errors, including security issue, but it's so fast I can't read anything else. Anyway, it doesn't shut down. they may be forcing | HI | HI HT | 3,157,032 |
left and never came back with a price so it was down to me. Okay its not a brilliant job but it looks reasonable, its still good after more than ten years and it cost peanuts. I built my workshop from concrete blocks with a few red bricks to make it a bit more pleasing on the eye. The same principles apply as for the wall. Just make sure the corners are square. Use a set square at 90degrees on each corner. I built the right hand side four inches taller than the left hand side to allow the roof to drain off in rainy weather. These techniques all came from my original idea of how to build a wall. My Steps See all 3 photos See all 3 photos My Workshop Retaining wall See all 3 photos My small retaining wall How to build a Rose Arbour How to build a Rose Arbour How to build a rose arbour-When our rotten rose arbour collapsed I knew I would have to build a new one, but did I know how to build a rose arbour? No, so I looked at photographs in magazines and chose a simple square design. I bought 4inch by 3inch This Hub was last updated on November 15, 2012 You can help the HubPages community highlight top quality content by ranking this article up or down. A couple of years ago, I had to build a wall in an apartment, since the wall that was there | HI | HI HT | 1,427,031 |
when she's demanding money for her father's horses, etc. The closing scene with Maddy walking away/the music was moving. The scene in the cave with the snakes really kept me on the edge of my seat! Pauline : 28 Mar 2011 1:35:46pm ((True Grit))[[8]] Beautiful, moving film but maybe just a shade too dark for me. I started feeling so... bleak ... by about half way. Then the ending just depressed me more (why didn't they steal the other guy's horse so they had a spare mount? They just left it standing there...) Remembering the film depresses me. I guess this shows that it's an involving film that will really pull you into the story and the hearts of the characters... but yeah, just a bit too much 'grit' for me. paulski : 16 Mar 2011 12:58:51pm ((True Grit))[[8]] I've come to the conclusion that, no matter how good a movie might be, there will still be people that find fault with it. And make no mistake, this is a good movie. It looks great, has quality performances throughout, and only loses a bit of steam in the last 5 minutes. I'm a bit disappointed Hailee didn't win the Oscar because she carries the film for the first half and then hands it over to Bridges. I must check out the original at some point and see how it compares. Johno : 10 Mar 2011 3:02:31pm ((True Grit))[[9]] Music deeply moving, the atmosphere and recreation of the times absorbing. I | SP | SP IT | 314,872 |
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