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NHL team back. Jubilation filled the streets of Winnipeg and the entire Manitoba province. But Saul remained in Atlanta. He remained in a city that no longer housed an NHL hockey franchise. "It was a shock to me," said the now-30 year old that still resides in Atlanta. "I put a lot of stock into pro sports and I'm a big fan, so I live or die with the team that I'm following. It knocked me out. When I found out that it was actually going to happen, there were some very somber days at my house. My wife was toting a fine line with me because I was bound to snap at any moment. "Losing the Thrashers is like my worst nightmare come true." Lekherzak moved to Atlanta in 1992. Before he felt that he had "lost touch with the game" in the early 1990s, he had lived in New York and considered himself a Rangers fan. On June 25, 1997, the NHL announced that Atlanta, along with Columbus, Minnesota and Nashville, would receive an NHL club within the following three years. The Thrashers started play in the 1999-2000 season. "There was a tremendous level of excitement that NHL hockey was going to be in our backyard," said Lekherzak. "The greatest game on the planet and the greatest league on the planet were going to be back in Atlanta." Dany Heatley started his career in Atlanta in the 2001-02 season (Dustin Bradford/Icon SMI) The Thrashers went on to select | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 3,747,654 |
My Stapelia seems to be dying by Beckt (Milwaukee WI) It has flowered 3 times this year! It's not a store bought plant. I started it from one piece of plant that a co-worker gave me and it's been doing so well up until now! 3 or 4 years I'd say, and now it's turning purple. I came back from a week long vacation (a coworker watered it for me) and one whole branch was dead, and turning yellow. Here is a pic of it healthy: Beckts plant : that branch right in front is already purple and wrinkly in this photo! (I do have another type of plant in there too. the one with the little pods is a different succulent) What to do? Thanks! Beckt Hi Beckt, that is a problem with these plants, if a person (trying to be helpful) overwaters it. I might be inclined to completely remove it from the pot, and have a look at the roots. If the soil is really wet, leave the plant out to dry out a bit, putting it on paper towels or newspaper to soak it up. I would also sacrifice the flowers, which can be a real drain on a plant that isn't doing so well. If it's already had lots of blooms this year, it's not such a disaster. Other than that, quick, take a cutting and try and get that established - let it dry out considerably before you water it. I usually pot them | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 623,051 |
denying the right of peers to legislate by virtue of being the sons of their fathers. Therefore, we have the right to say today that there is a public demand for a severe change in the constitution of the Second Chamber. Then the Amendment says that the Bill will distract public attention. I can assure hon. Members opposite that there will be no distraction of public attention because the matter is not of sufficient importance to distract the attention of anybody. The only thing likely to distract public attention is that the House of Commons, with all the work that 265 has to be done, can afford two days to discuss so simple an issue. Therefore, I think we are quite safe in rejecting the Amendment. My view of a Second Chamber is that it should be a Chamber where no initiative of legislation should take place and which exists merely in an advisory capacity. Further, I would say that it should not contain any Minister of State, but that every Minister in the Government should be a member of the House of Commons. The reason is obvious. I cannot agree altogether with the old Duke of Wellington who said, "Nobody cares a damn for the House of Lords." He also said, "The House of Commons is everything, the House of Lords is nothing." Yet there is a good deal to be said for the fact that an elected Assembly such as the House of Commons is the only one | SP | SP IT | 466,997 |
Wade-Brown with a chance to beat Prendergast Everyone had pretty much assumed that Kerry Prendergast was a sure thing to win another term as Wellington's mayor -- meaning another terms of parks being turned into concrete wastelands and favours for property developers. But a Dompost poll shows Celia Wade-Brown is in the hunt. With a small gap and low turn-out every vote matters -- so cast yours for Wade-Brown today. The poll puts Wade-Brown at 25% to Prendergast's 33%. Bryan Pepperall, a councillor and perinnel losing left candidate for mayor, is on 8% and Jack Yan, who was 12th on the Alliance list last election, is on 9%. Wellington uses STV so if we assume that these numbers represent the proportion of voters who will give their first ranking to each candidate, and that Pepperall and Yan voters are more likely to support Wade-Brown with their lower votes, then the race is even tighter. So, Wellington, this is your chance to get rid of a dreadful mayor who has only survived because of a fractured opposition. Give Wade-Brown your number 1 and don't rank Prendergast at all. 12 comments on "Wade-Brown with a chance to beat Prendergast" Local body elections continue to be marred by too many people knowing little other than to vote for whoever they have ever heard of before. The Standard provided a service by identifying left-leaning candidates in Auckland, but elsewhere it remains chance. In Wellington, some candidates for Council have learned to also stand for | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 1,735,722 |
to great spots, either with or without permission...). Keep it up! Thank You, and I'm in total agreement, I have picked these from about 2000 odd clicks from Saturday and Sunday (about 900 from the Friday Practice,most of which I dint even go through), this was my first Grand Prix visit or literally any live event where I wanted to take home some good pictures. As much as some clicks look good @100 % crop, the drivers head wobbling in the cars (making the head blurry) made so many pictures unusable, along with the inability to move around much, makes it a bit difficult. But Thank You! I definitely want to attend to more races now Thank You, I absolutely enjoyed it, it was a great, I was fortunately at a place where a lot of action/overtaking was taking place, a lot of cars were locking up close to their pit stop windows, during qualy I also realized how difficult it gets to set a decent lap with so much traffic, MSC's exclusion during Q2 in India was largely because of traffic, every time he was around turn 4 there were a few cars around it making it difficult to set a reasonable lap. Yes but the alternator had been changed for Brazil. It has passed all the tests and was used by all Renault teams excepting Red Bull at the last GP. RBR are going to use it for Brazil so there may be... | ID | ID DF | 3,106,511 |
behind. Reductions now made, however, are in general small in amount. Were all the men engaged in racing to make an effort to reduce the time in the kinds of races named, it is probable that the records already made would stand or be but very little reduced while the present leaders and their closest competitors would again assert their superiority, each in his own style of race. Regarding the faster time of the paced races, as derived from the records, it may be asked whether the difference is due to pacing or to the kind of men who take part; and whether the argument ascribing the difference noted to pacing or competition should have less validity from the fact that different men hold the records in the different races. Men fast at one kind of racing are found to be comparatively slow at another. It is for this reason, perhaps, that Michael refuses to meet any one in an unpaced contest. The racer finds by experience that race in which he is best fitted to excel and specializes in that. The difference in time, therefore, between the paced and unpaced race, as shown by the records, is a measure of the difference between the experts in the two classes of racers. It seems probable that the same amount of difference exists relatively between the averages of the classes they represent. A striking practical proof that the difference between the paced and unpaced trials noted in the records is due | IN | IN RA | 123,841 |
to stay in my marriage or really dedicate myself to being with her), she broke it off and I was devastated. Eventually she missed me too and came back, but in the meantime had become pregnant with her husband's child. I desperately then told her that I would leave my marriage if she only got an abortion and left her husband which of course by that point had become much much harder (and because I had waited so long she didn't really believe me anyway). In the meantime, my wife found some emails I had written to myself as a journal and read all about how I was fantasizing/thinking about leaving and about my thoughts. My life is now hell. My wife is barely speaking to me and I have lost the opportunity to leave as she is staying and having her baby. Be careful. I feel for all of you and I wish you all the best. Be careful. I have devastated a wonderful woman and lost any opportunity to leave with any grace anyway. Please be careful I beg of you all. Hi to the writer above, thank you for writing in. It is good to hear from a man's point of view because we women tend to find men are difficult to read as they are not very expressive in words. Two years is rather a long time to have an affair without being found out and if it drags on for as long as two years, | ID | ID QA | 1,428,393 |
of doing 150 to 200lbs on each side this year, but should I go higher or lower? I am planing on getting better sand bags this year so they don't rip open like last year. Like I said before I plan on moving to Calgary so I plan on driving there first and finding work and then a place to live and then coming back to pick up all of my stuff. I was thinking of just renting a trailer from U-Haul ether a 5' x 8' or 6' x 12' Cargo Trailer and just putting all my stuff in them and the back of my bed as well. I believe that my hitch rating is good for over 3500lbs, but I have to double check. So my questing here is with towing a full trailer plus stuff in the bed should I then get rid of some sand bags or keep them? I don't want to kill my truck but how much weight should I keep in the bed if towing a full trailer driving in the snow? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker I would keep the weight around 150lbs. Reason being, yes, more weight=greater traction, however, more weight= greater stopping distance required, more mass going around corners, etc. especially while pulling a trailer. The best bet is to take it slow and easy (I'm sure you already know that, but still). I'm sure your hitch rating is somewhere near the 5000lb GVWR (trailer) and 500lb tongue weight | ID | ID QA | 604,487 |
McDonalds, Wal Mart and hundreds of other employers are always looking for help and there's a job waiting for a motivated person who wants to work. Get a job there until you find something better. Don't give me that BS about looking for months. Get a job while you're looking. dlm I can see why people stopped commenting on this amazing photography, since the train of comments seem angry, frustrated and sometimes meanspirited. Please let's get past the "talk show anger", focus on the wonder of our country and countrymen/women, and deal with our surmountable problems one-by-one. All politics is local. Let's all start at home to build better, humane communities. We also need to figure out how to develop corporations into entities that work for America as a whole, rather than ending up as serfs of the corporations. Enjoy the pictures and think about how far we have come. Let's marvel in the fact that photographs are being preserved for us and future generations to see. ttp://www.picturetrail.com/vizualexplor\\... Jan Jenson It's WONDERFUL to see these old photos saved and now SHARED! My great-grandparents on father's side homesteaded in North Dakota in 1883... starting Garrison, Underwood and the new Coleharbor. My Mom's mother homestead near Hebron, ND in 1913 on land near Matt Crowley, whom she later married. I'm working on a book about Pauline Shoemaker Crowley (with photos from late 1880s and 1890s in PA and CA and ND). She was also the first woman on ND Board of Education | NARRATIVE | NA HA | 712,801 |
India/Singapore/China have no problem at all getting the oppurtunity to watch CL games.Yes they begin post midnight, but fans will always find a way.Cant really watch it in a sports bar, but I know a lot of people get together at a friends place and watch any match of interest.Plus we do have enough broadband penetration(at least in major cities) to stream em ya know... Given the recent upswing in LFC fans that I percieve locally(you guys might not like the show much, but since Being liverpool there are definetly more jersey purchasers here), I reckon Standard Chartered is pretty pleased with the eyeballs it grabs being on our famous red. For real? Dude... you might generally classify us as third world countries , but I guarentee you, markets like India/Singapore/China have no problem at all getting the oppurtunity to watch CL games.Yes they begin post midnight, but fans will always find a way.Cant really watch it in a sports bar, but I know a lot of people get together at a friends place and watch any match of interest.Plus we do have enough broadband penetration(at least in major cities) to stream em ya know... Given the recent upswing in LFC fans that I percieve locally(you guys might not like the show much, but since Being liverpool there are definetly more jersey purchasers here), I reckon Standard Chartered is pretty pleased with the eyeballs it grabs being on our famous red. I think he just paraphrased what the article says. | ID | ID DF QA | 391,913 |
You were born with a restless mind Had too many offers and too little time and you didn't have anything left to be refined Now you're off to start the next big trend To give Romeo and Juliet a happy end to follow that bouncing ball up around the bend Though what you've got is what I lack I won't try to hold you back You can go wherever you want to without me You can see whatever your mind will let you see Won't be long till the power lines break and I can't wait for you to hesitate You can go wherever you want to without me You shake hands with an iron glove give the kiss of death in the name of love and you never had one thing that you were scared of Now I know you're happy as a clown Chasing that ring all around But you can see my face Baby when the lights go down Cause what you are is what I need but only one thing is guaranteed You can go wherever you want to without me You can see whatever your mind will let you see Won't be long till the power lines break and I can't wait for you to hesitate You can go wherever you want to without me Life is a fast train Surely could lose your head You could fall off the mountain or you could wind up dead You can go wherever you want to without | LY | LY SL | 481,280 |
and right woman I've ever met. I knew that I was faling so fast and heavy in love with you. I knew I had never loved, wanted and needed any girl like loved, wanted and needed you. My life turned black. How could this happen? I could never want my best friends girlfriend. What kind of a friend is that. I could never want you - my so good friend. What kind of a friend is that. That is not right. That is so wrong. The demons I never knew existed where there - all around. I tried to kill how much I liked you. I really tried. But I could not stop loving you so much. I had to find out if you liked me too. After all you did like me so much. Maybe you loved me too? I had to find out. So little did I try to do to find out. But you knew it right away. You were so frightened. What was I doing? We were friends. What was I doing? I was so frightened. What was I doing? How can I do that to my best friend and the woman I loved so much. I was ready to stop. I didn't want this. But you started to be relaxed around me again. You started to look me too much in my eyes. You started to enjoy my hugs way too much. We flirted. Ever so little. So unbeknownst to anyone. But we knew what | ID | ID DF | 134,514 |
faces tough competition in London. Abderrahman Ait Khamouch leads the world rankings having clocked 2:25:43 in 2012, whilst Tito Sena and Walter Endrizzi, who won Paraylmpic silver and bronze respectively in 2008, will be hoping to do even better this time around. | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 21,685 |
from brands like Vibe, Apollo, Raleigh and Trax." Girls: "From balance bikes for beginners, up to girls mountain bikes for the more adventurous, our range includes everything a young girl could need to get into cycling. We've even got a great collection of kids bike accessories that match our girls bikes - ideal for budding fashionistas. We'll fit these free of charge if you buy them at the same time as your bike." So, only "adventurous" (read tomboy) girls need mountain bikes - for most girls, cycling should be all about the fashionable accessories. Give me strength. And the sad thing is, in many cases, this will end up being true. Oh and as for good retailers, when I looked at the ToysRus website recently, it didn't seem to be divided into Boys and Girls toys as far as I could see. Also I am fairly sure our local ToysRus divides the aisles up by type of toy rather than gender. However, as DD steadfastly refuses to leave the Doll aisle, I could be wrong. I also read somewhere that Smyths categorise by type of toy rather than gender. The Entertainer is a shocking offender in store - all science sets are in the Boys' section, for example (albeit that includes the 'Make Your Own Perfume/Soap' type sets). However, their website seems to have been changed recently, as it used to list toys by gender on its home page and no longer appears to. So maybe the message is filtering | ID | ID DF | 1,466,404 |
item that is very popular could be a good start if you are lacking in ideas. Popular niches cause many people to shy away due to the affiliate market competition. That said, it is possible to get high conversion rates in a popular niche with the right marketing plan and site design. There are several buyers that are already looking for these niches, and that means you can profit. You need to set yourself apart from your competition and you do this through unique marketing ideas. | HI | HI HT | 3,201,988 |
if you think Obama is a socialist, then you've been watching way too much Fox for your own good! Tom Obama a socialist president? Ha ha! Obama is too far to the right to be a conservative in Britain. Dee Robles We don't have to leave the states to hear about our accents, from one state to another and your nailed. I'm from NYC, moved up state and forever hearing 'you're from the city aren't you?, I can tell by your accent. In the 80?s I was in California, "oh, you're from NYC, I'm so sorry for you, no one LIVES there, they just exist". This from people who'd pontificate endlessly every time I ordered white bread or sugar. Needless to say, they were sorry, NEW YORK CITY STYLE for trying to tell me what to eat! In Louisiana, I was a "Yank", so you don't have to cross the "pond" for accents, just cross a street. Love my Life:) Grant I agree with turkey not being appetizing. I don't agree that Americans are spelling/pronouncing words wrong. That's just false British hubris talking. Language is an ever-changing form, and "original English" would be Old English that no one even uses anymore. Much of the country in this scientific age still believes in the literate truth of Genesis 1, and equates Darwin with Satan. The pervasive self-promoted pseudo-authority; and general distrust of anything intellectual The preoccupation with race. Having a handgun to "defend" yourself from someone with another handgun, whose sole | OP | OP OB | 660,523 |
You make it hard to breathe It's as if I'm suffocating And when you're next to me I can feel your heartbeat through my skin It makes me sad to think This all could be for nothing I wish there was a way For you to see inside of me I've never felt this way About anyone or anything Tell me What do I have to do to make you happy? What do I have to do to make you understand? What do I have to do to make you want me? And, if I can't make you want me What do I have to do? I know exactly what you're thinking But I swear this time I will not let you down I'm not as selfish as I used to be That was a part of me that never made me proud Right now I think I would try anything Anything at all to keep you satisfied God I hope you see what loving you would do to me All I want is one more chance, so tell me... What do I have to do to make you love me? General Comment: beginning of this song --->he is saying how much he cares for her and that its sad to think that my love for her might just be for nothing and that he is trying to tell her that it has never been like this before and the cores --->he is saying what do i have to do | LY | LY SL | 82,188 |
on the project. However, I often start out by having an interest in a give cultural phenomenon, a group of people or person and their way of life. Photographing is my pass to enter a world else not accessible and a way of documenting and symbolically represent my experience. To (Un)Veil and Envision. Lene Hald Have you found photography to be an effective research tool? Has it uncovered ideas, which have changed the path of your thinking? Most definitely. I am soon starting up a PhD project on visual methods, sociology and fashion studies (a collaboration between KEA-Copenhagen School of Design and Technology and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts -- The School of Design). I am very excited about that. I believe that photography is an important way to add another level of representation to a research project. It is also a potentially strong way to address socio-cultural issues and themes of race, class, exclusion and empowerment. In a photograph you are able to encode an enormous amount of information, as well as symbolically reflect themes and concepts. In my research project I will be investigating how fashion studies and visual methods can be used as tools to understand, reflect and communicate issues of youth culture and identity construction. | SP | SP DP IT | 3,024,202 |
the same way you start an engine that you used yesterday. However, if it doesn't start as it should, then you have to deal with whatever problem is preventing it from starting. I am going to assume the engine was in a car. I'd be surprised if the battery is any good at all, sitting this long, it's plates have probably sulfated so badly it isn't likely to take and hold a charge. If you do try to recharge it, make sure the cells are covered with DISTILLED WATER & try recharging at a very low rate, say from 2.5 to 6 amps. It may take 4-5 days to brake down the sulfates & recharge at this rate, but I doubt the battery will be any good, having set unattended this long, so I'd plan on a new one. If this puppy was rode hard, put up wet & none of the fluids were changed before storage, I'd begin with ALL new fluids. Brake fluid, Coolant, Engine oil, Re-lube the wheel bearings, Tyranny lube, Drain the gas tank & the fuel lines, if the old gas is still in there, ya gotta get rid of it. Refill the tank with fresh gas, with 0.4 oz per gallon of Marvel oil mixed in with the new petrol. After you run a tank or two through it, I'd change the fuel filter too. I'd remove the spark plugs & squirt about 4 tablespoons of Marvel Oil in each cylinder & let it | ID | ID QA | 1,395,582 |
explain oh i wish it would rain (oh how i wish that it will rain) rain, rain, rain (oh how i wish that it would rain) ooooh baby let it rain let it rain i need rain to distract the tears in my eyes ooooooh let it rain oh yeah, yeah Back to The Temptations lyrics You're now at The Temptations I Wish It Would Rain lyrics page The Temptations I Wish It Would Rain lyrics are the property and copyright of The Temptations. The Temptations I Wish It Would Rain lyrics Music Song Lyrics | LY | LY SL | 346,235 |
mean really educate them, not just pump up the grades each year. In maths, in science, in reading, we've fallen behind... ...not just behind Germany and Canada but Estonia and Australia too. This is Britain's real school report and the verdict is clear: must try harder. You've heard of pushy parents, sharp-elbowing their way to a better education for their kids? Well -- this is a pushy government. My approach is very simple. I've got two children in primary school, and I want for your children what I want for mine. To go to schools where discipline is strict, expectations are high and no excuses are accepted for failure. I don't want great schools to just be the preserve of those that can pay the fees, or buy the nice house in the right catchment area... ...I want those schools to be open to every child -- in every neighbourhood. And the reason I know that every child can go to a school like that is because with this Government, more and more new ones are opening. We've heard from some of them this week... ...not just the 79 new free schools -- with over a hundred more to come... ...but from some of the more than 2000 academies we've helped create -- state schools given all the freedoms, and carrying all the high expectations, of private schools. Yes -- that's my plan -- millions of children sent to independent schools... ...independent schools, in the state sector. That's the genuine | SP | SP FS | 634,415 |
bugger, get your bloody finger out, because playing privileged is playing possum. day nine: got it! both! I must try to be the perfect person. sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet, sometimes hard and sometimes frail. day ten: I'm too tired to do anything today.but, tomorrow I'll start my diet and answer some of my fan mail. adn't realized that I wanted a war sees misled unity, there's blood on the handle of the door and blood for dirt in polls beats game for a laugh top television whispers vive le psychopath and its chanted in bars, sipping continental lager but belching British breath that will get into your eyes and it'll change your mind hadn't realized see here, you want babies, you want beer look here, why brew babies, why brew beer you want sex and drugs and choice, then don't choose death use your loaf and don't vote death yes to none of this bet on the wrong horse your cash and your trust put on the false one and at the starting gate the so called sure fire and they sure will fire will you cheer them on? why then do you want babies some people don't have gardens some people have never seen dirt some people lust to fondle dirt some people fight for dirt I say give everybody the right to dirt give everybody the right to live and we demand cheaper bus fares now! we have surplus, we have scarcity famines are good news for dealers | LY | LY SL | 276,708 |
My strengths, my choice And I can cut as deep Just as deep as I need Moody Ballad of Ed (Ed Sheeran 2003) Come on now Dry your eyes I'm sick of all your lies I've grown to despise you Already sick of what you're saying Hoping now I'm only praying My baby's gone away And I've already packed my bags You didn't know me (I've run away) You couldn't show me (What you have to say) My one and only Has gone away Far away You'll never leave me alone Now I'm off on my own I'll never ring your phone again And still you keep on crying If I said I loved you I'd be lying You need to dry your eyes And I've still gone to pack my bags You didn't know me (I've run away) You couldn't show me (What you have to say) My one and only Has gone away Far away Misery (Ed Sheeran 2004) Well, I've walked this street Well, I've walked this street before And everyone's locked up their door 'Cos they heard me coming And I've been running From what I don't know if she's there Or if she's cares It's taken you a long time to see You've got a goldfish memory This song's for you, not for me In misery You said we went too fast And you said we wouldn't last Now I've put the past behind me And I'm running From what I don't know if she's | LY | LY SL | 83,871 |
right into dry soil mix especially for cactus, or use something like Sunshine Mix #4 which has extra aggregate. Don't give up! Patience is the key, and simply doing those few things might be the one right action. | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 623,051 |
Women are more likely to send a longer text messages than men and to say 'I love you' in SMSs, according to a new study. A new piece of research entitled, 'The Psychology of SMS', which polled 2,000 people in the UK and US, found that more than half of women (54 per cent) send texts expressing their love for their partner in a bid to 'deepen their relationships'. However, men tend to send shorter text messages and use SMS in a more 'functional way' to women. Men usually text a larger group of their contacts -- sending messages to an average of 17 people regularly -- compared to women's regular group of 13. Men also prefer to use texts rather than phoning people -- so that they can avoid time-consuming conversations. Psychologist and expert in internet-enabled communication, Graham Jones, curated the research on behalf of Acision -- a mobile messaging provider. He concluded: "The fact that men communicate with more people doesn't mean that they are more social -- men tend to be more practical sending short messages, compared to women who may text less people, but use text messages to deepen relationships." The study also found that the younger people text the most with those aged between 18 and 25 sending an average of 19 texts a day, or 133 messages a week -- which is more than double any other age group. Related Articles Over 55 year-olds mostly send texts to reach family members, while only 19 | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 587,214 |
liquid water flowing beneath their surfaces. The prime candidate for life beyond Earth is Jupiter's moon Europa. During the late 1990s NASA's Galileo spacecraft spent several years in orbit around Jupiter. It discovered that Europa has a vast ocean beneath a thick crust of ice. The ocean completely surrounds the moon, and may be more than 100km deep. This means that there may be more water on Europa than in all of Earth's oceans put together. I journeyed 2km down to the ocean floor in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, to see how life can exist on Earth in conditions thought to be similar to those on Europa. At these depths the pressure is more than 200 times that on the surface, and the US submarine Alvin is one of the few vessels that can survive it without being crushed. Yet we found living creatures. We also filmed in a glacial cave carved out of solid ice in Iceland. There are microbes living deep in the ice that have been frozen for thousands of years. If life can exist without sunlight deep beneath the oceans of Earth and in the heart of glaciers, then who knows what might be swimming around on Europa? It is now also thought that at least two more of Jupiter's large moons, Ganymede and Callisto, may also have salt water oceans beneath their surfaces. Perhaps there is life there too. Closer to home, the evidence that life could exist on Mars is growing. NASA's robot | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 117,013 |
of the day. Congress is constantly changing and is constantly in flux. [ 9 ] In recent times, the American south and west have gained House seats according to demographic changes recorded by the census and includes more minorities and women although both groups are still underrepresented, according to one view. [ 9 ] While power balances among the different parts of government continue to change, the internal structure of Congress is important to understand along with its interactions with so-called intermediary institutions such as political parties, civic associations, interest groups, and the mass media. [ 8 ] The Congress of the United States serves two distinct purposes that overlap: local representation to the federal government of a congressional district by representatives and a state's at-large representation to the federal government by senators. Government powerlessness led to the Convention of 1787 which proposed a revised constitution with a two–chamber or bicameral congress. [ 16 ] Smaller states argued for equal representation for each state. [ 17 ] The two-chamber structure had functioned well in state governments. [ 9 ] A compromise plan was adopted with representatives chosen by population (benefitting larger states) and exactly two senators chosen by state governments (benefitting smaller states). [ 9 ] [ 18 ] The ratified constitution created a federal structure with two overlapping power centers so that each citizen as an individual was subjected to both the power of state government and the national government. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] | IN | IN EN | 9,998,011 |
October 8, 2011 Twitter: the foundation of a new site launch? Top traffic referrers include Techmeme, Twitter, and Daring Fireball. I'll probably write about this in more depth someday, but it's amazing how much Twitter influences how someone like me or Michael Arrington or Brian Lam can start a new site and immediately have thousands of readers. This sort of endeavor would be much harder without Twitter. (Obviously, most of it has to do with the work we did before our new sites. But Twitter is the glue that connects us with our readers, and that's really cool, and something that didn't used to exist. It's obvious why Facebook and Google are trying to get a piece of that.) It's certainly my experience that it's getting harder and harder to launch new sites effectively unless you have a significant pool of pre-existing relationships in social media to get the initial and sustained attention. | OP | OP OB | 337,313 |
situation in which you have to say "no," your approach is going to depend (somewhat) on the circumstances. For example, you might decline a request from your boss a bit differently than you would a homeless person -- unless you work for a homeless boss, of course. A request for your hard-earned money, dwindling time, hand-me-down sweaters, unrivalled affections, crock pot buying advice, and semi-valuable petition signature may all require a different kind of "no." It depends on how you feel about the situation, who's asking you for help, and whether your resources you have available in the request's category. This is why declining a request can often get a little tricky. It's not always as simple as answering the question of "do I want to do this?" It also kind of is. It helps to understand how you feel about a given situation ahead of time and who you'd be willing to help so you can give an honest answer when asked. Often times the guilt from saying "no" can stem from not really feeling confident in the reason why you said it in the first place. If you think about these things ahead of time and understand why you don't want to sign a petition or donate money to a cause you support when asked on the street, you won't leave with guilt sinking into the pit of your stomach. Once you've figured out how you feel, it'll be easier to go with your gut on certain decisions. | HI | HI HT | 319,651 |
the course of a day, most within an hour. Use your Family: Give new meaning to quality time: Adopt a puppy; become a frog watcher; be a host family for the Fresh Air Fund; deposit change in a Giving Jar; sign up for National Family Volunteer Day. Use your Talents: Match your skills with a cause: Are you a whiz at Web design, accounting, writing? Help a school in Guatemala design a brochure; organize the books in your community center; write a grant proposal for a local homeless shelter. Use your Computer: Give back without leaving your desk: Use a search engine that donates money to charities each time you click; be a virtual mentor to an orphaned teen; shop at charity malls. In tough times it's more important than ever that people and communities pull together-- How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist makes it easier than ever before. {"itemData":[{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buy\\... to wishlist","Add both to Wish List","Add all three to Wish List"],"addToCart":["Add to Cart","Add both to Cart","Add all three to Cart"],"showDetailsDefault":"Show availability and shipping details","shippingError":"An error occurred, please try again","hideDetailsDefault":"Hide availability and shipping details","priceLabel":["Price:","Price For Both:","Price For All Three:"],"preorder":["Pre-order this item","Pre-order both items","Pre-order all three items"]}} Editorial Reviews Review "Four cheers for this great book! Anyone looking for a practical, clear, and enjoyable manual for civic service need look no further. If you can't find a way to get involved using this book, you don't want to get involved." --Mark Farr, Points of Light Institute "This timely manifesto will serve as | IP | IP DS | 450,426 |
] Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama : And maybe I never was. Then again neither are you. [ turns to Tigh ] Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama : But this isn't my ship, it sure as hell isn't yours. It's his, and when he wakes up, he'll decide what to do with the both of us. [ leaves sickbay to return to his cell ] Share this quote Commander William Adama : [ giving a speech in the Hanger Deck ] We have struggled since the attacks... trying to rely on one another. Our strength and our only hope as a people, is to remain undivided. We haven't always done all we could to insure that. Many people believe that the scriptures, the letters from the gods, will lead us to salvation. Maybe they will. But the gods shall lift those who lift each other." And so, to lift all of us, let me present once again the president of the colonies, Laura Roslin. [ many members of the audience applaud but some do not. Adama walks to the crowd and begins to clap in rhythm. The crowd slowly catches on and eventually the entire Hanger Deck is applauding in rhythm as a sign of respect for the reinstated president ] Share this quote Doctor Gaius Baltar : [ Baltar has a two-way argument with Roslin and Number Six at the same time ] Well, quite frankly, I don't give a flying frak whether you believe me or not, all right? Because | SP | SP TV | 167,010 |
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as well. So immediately I just went oh my God. And my heart went out to Miles. MILES MUECKE, SON OF JAD CAPELJA: I went into immense deep sadness and depression and cried and got angry. But even going through that process I knew that it was sort of like a relief because I knew she wasn?t suffering any more. RICHARD MUECKE, JAD CAPELJA?S EX-HUSBAND: Jad?s funeral was difficult for me. I would never want to see anybody go through what we went through, what he went through, what Jad went through. I wanted her to be better for Miles? sake and that in the future perhaps that we could look back and go well, we created this person, and what a wonderful thing. And share in the pride of being a parent of a child like Miles, or having a man like Miles. NELL SCHOFIELD: There is a happy ending to this story in Miles. I think the fact that Miles is just powering out there as a young man, this is such a wonderful thing and I think Jad would have been so proud. She?s managed to produce through all her trials and tribulations a beautiful son. And her spirit will live on in him. MILES MUECKE, SON OF JAD CAPELJA: I think life makes you who you are. I?ve been headstrong since a young age to get out of that sort of situation. And for me, law was the career that I wanted to pursue. I have | SP | SP TA | 443,123 |
(Australia/Victoria) and against my right to freedom of religion to force me to participate in masses. Am I wrong here? Will my argument be reasonable if I ever get contested? Thanks. Something I would suggest you discuss with your parents. Perhaps they could meet and discuss these matters with the school principal. I have a feeling that the principal won't budge much. I suggest you sell the idea of a public school to your parents. Logic 4th May 2010, 01:58 PM Does the school have the right to force me to celebrate and participate in their masses even though I am an atheist? If I am found out to be skipping masses (as I have been doing) I will have to face the principal and possibly be told to leave the school. I would suggest it depends on the rules of the school. I'm guessing by paying the fees your parents thereby agree to some 'contract' which may be able to be enforced in a legal sense if that's what you are getting at. In other words, sux to be at a catholic school, but you may just have to put up with the shit that comes with it. Podo 4th May 2010, 03:11 PM I can speak from personal experience here.. sort of I went to a christian highschool (Trinity Grammar) but only because my parents wanted to send me to a private school,, the religious side was unimportant. Technically, they can insist you attend, but, that simply means | ID | ID DF | 118,715 |
her, my problem is that the letter states that i should not be contacting social services about the welfare of my children as they have already been to see my ex wife and found nothing wrong, i do have real concerns for my childrens safety as my ex wife is drunk on a regular basis and regularly takes my children to the pub with her my children are 18mth and 3 years old. Also one night recently i took my son off her as he was ill and she was drinking, and i am not sure where i stand legally doing this, as neither of us have been granted custody of the children. i can not afford legal reprecentation at present so any advice would be greatfully recieved. Also to letter says i have to acknowledge i have recieved the letter is this true ? A. Hi there The children come first. If ever you feel that they are at risk of harm , you should contact the authorities. If that is the police, they will contact social services in any event. You may apply to the court for contact and or residence (order that the children live with you). If there are no orders at the moment and you have parental responsibility, you may keep the children with you if you feel that returning them puts them at risk of harm. If you choose to do this, you will need to apply to the court for a residence order | ID | ID QA | 537,582 |
space has a role in this as well, forcing you to make do or presenting a novelty. But the works very much have boundaries - that's important - and as much as they invite you to look and position they also hold their ground, slip away, say things behind your back. The "audience" question is always something almost political, like 'what are you doing for us?', I can't really say I think about it. A lot of the elements in my work were originally aimed at previous audiences and those act as a foil to how I present them to a new audience though, at one remove or more. | SP | SP IT | 233,487 |
& come to our hearts and sing so pure & and who can sing the praises of resolute deity & and who can sing the praises of resolute deity & my angels sing elsewhere. my angels approach the wings of the building & and who can sing the praises of resolute deity & and who can sing the praises of resolute deity & ", upon we'll alphabets time" sing praises remnant "hold blood first lines & covenant ", "%s upon "in we'll alphabets time" sing praises given - & i am jennifer again and they do speak and sing so well. and i am nikuko, & the same. and of singers who do not sing the praises, the same. & i'll sing this song so softly & i'd sing in oklahoma i'd cry in oklahoma & i am my microscope and sing hello duet & and make something that others may hear and sing and make, & since the person can sing into the field recording & inclined sing while cage. joys forest home. thank information, flies & indicates how deaf we really are; birdsongs are amazing, starlings sing & dialects; some species sing instinctual patterns, most don't; and so & nikuko: now we will sing a very sad song about losing things! & keeping want connection keeping for or connection sing want open minute? & will sing my way out of death; i will sing my way into death; natural and & the catchy tune. a catchy tune makes | LY | LY SL | 330,598 |
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perhaps as soon as February. The double truth that the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus was by and large innocuous in the great majority of those infected but could, in a small percentage, be severe remains the case and was predicted to be so from the outset in April 2009. A small percentage of a very large number of infected people can still lead to a sizeable and important number of seriously infected people as demonstrated by intensive care units full to capacity across developed countries beginning for example in Australia from June 2009. These admissions to intensive care have been almost entirely in people aged below 60 years of age, a large proportion of whom, perhaps a third, had no underlying medical risk factor. Herein lies another duality that is surprising to many. The main reason a new pandemic is predicted to cause large numbers of deaths is because all in the population are naive and the elderly, being particularly vulnerable, constitute by far the greatest proportion of fatalities. With the current virus, there is evidence from Australia, North America, Asia and Europe for cross protective immunity in the elderly which is especially strong in those aged in their 80s and 90s and likely to have been exposed for the first time in early childhood to an influenza virus similar to the 1918 (or the same) pandemic virus. The WHO continues to assess the impact of this pandemic as moderate and emphasize that it will not be possible to have | IP | IP | 631,976 |
a better chance at creating solutions to complex problems. This is a complex problem. It is a problem where if you take all the innovation, all the work that we have done with our beverages, we've reduced the calories in our beverages significantly over the last 20 years. And at the same time in the last 20 years, obesity rates have gone up in this country, significantly. But at the same time, the number of steps that an adult in the United States, a young adult is taking has gone down from 3,000 to 1,000. So you're beginning to understand why this is such a complex problem. And what we're doing though is providing choice to the consumer-- products with no calories like the one you're drinking now, products with medium calories, products will full calories. For every single one of our main brands in the United States that we offer to the consumer, there is a non-caloric version merchandised effectively next to it. And I think that the only way that we're going to solve this problem is keep innovating non-nutritive natural sweeteners like Vitamin Water Zero which has stevia, which is a non-nutritive natural sweetener, but also ensure that we can be a very meaningful part of the solution, working closer with government, local, sub-national, as well as national, and with civil society. Choice is key. You cannot solve this problem by saying I'm not going to sell certain products, because they're many people that will still love | SP | SP IT | 420,490 |
is WAY too low. And 0.8 too high for oil except space heating. R is raw energy in. C is energy out to the consumer. It is also the control ratio, C/R in feedback theory. Consider that our system is a simple feedback loop with increasing EROI acting as negative feedback. Would dropping EROI cause instability? It seems unlikely as our current system is incredibly wasteful in energy. Usually negative feedback justs slows things down rather than sending them spinning out of control. Of course, our system is much more complex than that which again shows that EROEI is too simplistic to be useful as well as outright wrong. The different lines are for different transformational(thermal) efficiencies to go from raw energy to a consumer fuel. Going from crude oil to gasoline is about 80% efficient. Going from coal to electricity is 30% efficient. The result here shows that highly transformationally efficient energy sources are more affected by dropping EROI. CCGT can get 50% efficiency which helps offset high natural gas prices but that just encourages the quick depletion of natural gas. CHP in Denmark was adopted after 1973 when oil was phased out. Denmark's ten major cities have city-wide district heating schemes where most of the heat (95%-98%) is produced in large coal- or gas-fired CHP plants and waste incineration CHP plants. All extra costs, investment and operating costs, as well as lost electricity production , have been paid by the heat consumers, who in turn have gained most | ID | ID DF | 3,274,218 |
music was what you wanted to pursue? ANDREW: I never had any other option. CONFRONT: No plan B, nothing? CHRISTIAN: No! PONTUS: Maybe we want to add something later on in life, but it was never seen as some kind of career path that we were picking between. CHRISTIAN: For me, it wasn't even a plan A, it was just something that I was in. CONFRONT: So it wasn't really a conscious decision? CHRISTIAN: Yeah! Me and Pontus, we've known each other since we were 15 so it was more like two people hanging out and just making music. It was just part of our lives. CONFRONT: And actually, what did you listen to, growing up? PONTUS: All kinds of stuff. CONFRONT: Does any of it have an influence on your music now? PONTUS: Yeah definitely! CHRISTIAN: A lot! PONTUS: There's a lot of Kraftwerk and Depeche, stuff like that. There's still some stuff that I listen to frequently like them that I've listened to since I was 10. So I think that lingers on and it affects the music and what we do. CHRISTIAN: I'm kind of the same thing with Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode. I used to listen to them in my early days in music. ANDREW: I actually grew up in a family where jazz music was played a lot. So I listened to a lot of John Coltrane, Steely Dan, Kinks, Simon and Garfunkel. CONFRONT: That's interesting! And do you think that influenced you in your | SP | SP IT | 314,567 |
the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away." I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day -- and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life | LY | LY PR | 3,168,666 |
some rudimentary way, and since the psychologists tell us that we can not think without speaking, or at least not without having anticipatory vibrations in the larynx, we may well combine thought events and speech events under one term; and so our definition becomes, "History is the memory of things said and done in the past." But the past -- the word is both misleading and unnecessary: misleading, because the past, used in connection with history, seems to imply the distant past, as if history ceased before we were born; unnecessary, because after all everything said or done is already in the past as soon as it is said or done. Therefore I will omit that word, and our definition becomes, "History is the memory of things said and done." This is a definition that reduces history to its lowest terms, and yet includes everything that is essential to understanding what it really is. If the essence of history is the memory of things said and done, then it is obvious that every normal person, Mr. Everyman, knows some history. Of course we do what we can to conceal this invidious truth. Assuming a professional manner, we say that so and so knows no history, when we mean no more than that he failed to pass the examinations set for a higher degree; and simple-minded persons, undergraduates and others, taken in by academic classifications of knowledge, think they know no history because they have never taken a course in history | SP | SP FS | 208,404 |
the context of American public opinion that has not seen significant changes in regard to favourability toward Israel while favourability toward Palestinians markedly increased in recent years. Yet while interests groups and their effects on American politics have certainly created a pro-Israel bias in American mediation, they are able to do so in conjunction with a constant which hasn't changed in the past two centuries and isn't likely to change in the next decade: the American electoral cycle. Romney pledges support for Israel Every four years the United States has Presidential elections and pro-Israel interest groups have proven a consistent ability to use these domestic constraints to hold first-term presidents in check. For this reason, presidents who have engaged in Israeli-Palestinian peace making have done so in their second terms. Take Camp David and Annapolis for example: both came in the final years of the Clinton and Bush presidencies. Obama, who sought to engage early by merely asking the Israelis to comply with obligations and freeze settlement building, realised quickly that he didn't have the political capital in his first term to actually use leverage against a recalcitrant Israeli Prime Minister. This, in turn, creates a situation where Israel, particularly when it is governed by the settlement-addicted right, prefers first term Presidents. This explains why the self-proclaimed most pro-settlement Israeli government in history has clashed with a first-term American president who engaged early and backed, more overtly than ever before, his opponent. But even presidents in their second term are | OP | OP OB | 164,427 |
a jump, back to twelve, up to thirty-five; the brother braces himself, pants for breath when he sinks to ten, & is jerked from his seat when the needle hits fifty & falls; his curse tells the mute he has gone too far; he reminds him of the evening ahead on The Rack. The Helmet is a thumbscrew for skulls, & the brother adjusts it to size, his spirit lighter, explaining the headaches pagans were given; the mute smiles & takes a card from his vest, unfolding it for all to see its word: Excedrin; we applaud as he tightens the nut with a common wrench. The brother has said "enough" four times, but the mute is turning toward his own idea of enough, & the brother pulls at The Helmet, letting words fly unrehearsed through the darkened theatre. Now the mute glides to the last cloth, removing it as one might take a shawl from a birdcage, & it is that, exactly: a huge barred cage, the padlock hanging open on its ring; how strong the mute must be; he has his brother in his arms, like a child, knees to face, arms pinned; he sticks him in the cage & secures the door. There is much complaining, begging the mute to remove The Helmet, but the mute is fumbling with a switch; the cage starts to revolve, its turntable gaining momentum, as a music, heard often at carnivals, flows to the ear. The mute is bowing & clapping, | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
to one then the other. | IP | IP DS | 115,988 |
sales himself. In the aftermath of asset sales in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom - another country which sought to remove its recent "socialist" past by privatisation of public assets - the vast majority of the shares in the newly privatised assets were brought by large private companies. A considerably smaller amount, less than 10%, was purchased by individuals. Further, these individuals for the most part were not ordinary "Mum and Dad" investors, but tended to be from the upper echelons of society. They were people who had a sizeable amount of ready disposable income at their fingertips. Jacqui Dean, the National MP for Waitaki, is one of those who have persisted with the disingenuous argument of the Future Fund. She recently informed a public meeting held in Dunedin that the partial sales could be used to better fund provision in public services such as healthcare and education(4). Not only was this the same argument that Ministers of the Lange government would regularly mention as justification for the sales, but it proved to be demonstrably false. It also had the ironic effect of undercutting that Government's claims in relation to its corporatisation programme. The Government argued that by corporatising State-owned assets, and allowing them to act in the same manner as private corporations, the profits made from those corporations would fund health, education and provide social welfare. As opponents of the sales have noted, that objection still holds true. Of course, Dean does not have the same philosophical | OP | OP OB | 1,746,812 |
such as a stuffed animal, to hold close during the emergency, and take that comfort item with you wherever you go. 5. Remain calm and confident Some parents want to pretend that everything is normal during an emergency, which can be confusing to children with autism or cognitive impairments. Be honest and matter-of-fact in explaining the situation. Be confident when you assure your child that your job is to keep the family safe. If there's not enough time to answer questions, tell your child the time and date that you will be able answer questions. 6. Give the kids a job Keep your children involved in emergency preparedness. Ask them to find the sleeping bags and extra blankets. Put them in charge of flashlights and batteries. Have them fill up pitchers of drinking water. If your children can read, guide them through FEMA's Emergency Supply List . Busy kids are less anxious and more confident. 7. Sensory toolkit Earplugs, soundproof headphones and white noise machines are important tools for reducing fear during a hurricane or thunderstorm. Other items to consider for your toolkit are soothing tactile input , such as silly putty or a fuzzy blanket, and something to block bright light, such as sunglasses, an eye mask or baseball cap. 8. Curiosity On Monday my children asked me several times what a hurricane is, and I allowed them to play outside for a few minutes before the wind picked up. Once they realized that the wind was getting stronger, | HI | HI HT | 3,688,473 |
fans want to focus on red/yellow card incidents? I know longer highlight/summary links are posted, but there were some great moments of skill and some brilliant tries in the last few internationals, and all that's being focused on is a few incidents concerning refereeing. It's important... but would we rather see more offloads/passes/legal tackles highlighted? Just a question... I didn't ever hear the ref ask Moore (the acting captain) for the number of the offending player, or address the Aussie team for the offending player to step forward - he only seems to ask the assistant refs and act on the information (or lack thereof) he receives from them. I've had that happen before, where the ref has asked the captain to bring the player forward. I'm also not sure the tackle warrants the vilification Simmons is getting from a lot of the posts. It's clumsy yes, but the player lands squarely on his back (not his head) and Simmons goes to ground with him (vs. dumping/dropping him). Re. the "lateness" of it, he also had no idea the ball was long gone. I've seen a lot worse get a lot less than what the hordes are screaming for here. I have got to agree with you with regards to the tackle... it was not "good" in a legality sense, however it was not the worst I've ever seen. I actually somewhat ignored the "late" part of it because like you, I truly felt that he was not aware of | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 211,210 |
it's more lush...more textured than your last two albums. Kiyomi: I think this album has a really great range of songs. It's got like, ballads on it, it's got progressive rock songs, it has mid-tempo pop songs. And I think that it's really got something for everybody on there. There is a lot of growth with songwriting with this record. There's a lot more collaboration on the band, we experimented with keyboards. So, we're really, really proud of it and even though our van broke down on our album release day, we're still trying to keep it positive and celebrate the fact that we got this record out and we're really happy with it. dapperQ: Other than your van breaking down, how has the tour been so far? Decent attendance? Kiyomi: Sold out or close to sold out every night! So far there have only been a couple of shows that weren't good turn outs. dapperQ: That's the dream right? Kiyomi: It feels really amazing! I'm glad that it took the band this long to get to that kind of a level because it makes you appreciate it that much more. I don't forget that sometimes we would show up to cities or towns and there would be only a handful of people in the audience. So, it makes you really appreciate what you have now. dapperQ: Tell me about your songwriting process. Do you have progressions you gravitate towards naturally...do you write the chorus first...do you work as a | SP | SP IT | 3,235,165 |
Related Posts On the walls: the week in fine arts The city welcomes home an exhibit by the cole de la Montagne Rouge called Creation en temps de crise sociale , featuring graphic design work executed during the wave of protests that rocked the city last year. The exhibit, which you can read more about here , returns to Montreal after touring other cities. Vernissage Wednesday, Nov. 21, UQAM Centre de Design (1440 Sanguinet), 6 p.m. Galerie La Elastica presents the first Cinematica, a micro-festival spanning over four days. The topic of the inaugural edition is "Penetrating Insight Into Iran" and features image and sound to touch upon the issues prevalent in Iran. Nov. 22-25, La Elastica (4602 St-Laurent, 3rd floor), see the web site for schedule. Protest nostalgia seems to be in the air this week. Fin Novembre , the ongoing celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Parc milie-Gamelin continue this week, with La Soire Rouge, a series of readings organized by ATSA discussing the role of the parc as a public square and its place in the city and in protests. Thursday, Nov. 22, Parc milie-Gamelin (Berri and de Maisonneuve), 6 p.m. Parc milie-Gamelin in action. Photo by Martin Savoie. Head to the L'espace contemporain de Montreal to check out the venue's ninth theme-driven exhibition, Mine de Rien: petits formats . This exhibit showcases work from some twenty different artists in a variety of disciplines, from painters to sculptors, all in a smaller-than-expected format. Vernissage Friday Nov. 23, | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 3,743,039 |
seem to want my children playing in the close. she has been over twice in the last 10 months saying how there behaviour is unacceptable and that we need to go back to where we come from and that the neighbours arent used to us! my husband is a well respected local businessman and my children are well behaved. i feel really upset to her outbursts and feel harrassed by how she is and what shes thinking towards my family. we are a very friendly family and cant understand why she feels the need to say these things on my doorstep. im considering getting in contact with the police and council. what advice would you give? jax - 12-Sep-11 @ 1:12 AM If the Police were interested in getting involved from the start it might stop things becoming "heated".I am having a problem with my neighbour mildly harassing me and when the police visited me I got a shrug of the shoulder and was told that compared to some of the harassment they had to deal with my case was very minor. Sunny - 26-Jul-11 @ 6:57 PM RE comment by rooney 03/04/2011 even when H/ASSOCIATIONS will get involved they don't do the job properly - all complaints are meant to be confidential but in my experience they don't keep any confidentiality and issues are 100 times worse than BEFORE they ever got involved! fliplop - 12-Jul-11 @ 11:36 AM My next door neighbour wanted trees cut down as they | OP | OP AV | 1,804,331 |
after one comes back to his home. 6. The Eid prayer has neither an adhan nor an iqamah. How to Perform the E id Prayer The Eid prayer consists of two raka'ahs that are performed like any other prayer with the exception of the addition of six takbirs, three of them in the beginning of the first raka'ah and three of them just before ruku' in the second raka'ah. The detailed method of performing the Eid prayer is as follows: The imam begins the prayer without adhan or iqamah. He will begin the prayer by reciting the takbir tahrimah ( Allahu Akbar ) . One then raises their hands up to the ears, reciting the takbir. After a brief pause, one will recite the thana' (subhanak Allahumma... ) . After the completion of the thana' , the imam will recite takbir ( Allahu Akbar ) three times and after reciting each takbir ( Allahu Akbar ) in a low voice, one brings their hands down and leaves them. After the third takbir, one then sets them at the level of the navel as in the normal prayer. After these three takbirs, the imam will recite the Qur'an which one listens to quietly. The rest of the raka'ah will be performed in the normal fashion. After rising for the second raka'ah, the imam will begin the recitations from the Qur'an during which one remains quiet. When the imam finishes his recitation, he will recite three takbirs once again, but this time | IN | IN DT | 101,237 |
How often does sexual assault occur? There is an average of 207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year. 1 Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. Here's the math. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey --there is an average of 207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year. There are 525,600 minutes in a non-leap year. That makes 31,536,000 seconds/year. So, 31,536,000 divided by 207,754 comes out to 1 sexual assault every 152 seconds, or about 1 every 2 minutes. The Unvictims Sexual assault has fallen by more than 60% in recent years. 2 Had the 1993 rate held steady, 6.8 million Americans would have been assaulted in the last 13 years. But, thanks to the decline, the actual number of victims was about 4.2 million. In other words, if not for the historic gains we've made in the last decade, an additional 2,546,420 Americans would have become victims of sexual violence. References U.S. Department of Justice. National Crime Victimization Survey. 2006-2010. | IN | IN IB | 554,183 |
as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Keep your inbox clean. In Mail, you can delete or move messages in batches. From your inbox, tap Edit, select the messages you want to organise, then tap Delete or Move. Take a picture of your screen. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then press the Home button. Your screen flashes and the picture appears in your Camera Roll. Create a playlist. In the Music app, tap Playlists, then tap Add Playlist and give it a name. Now tap any song or video to add it to the playlist. You can add individual songs, entire albums or all songs by an artist. Tap to focus the camera. While shooting video or photos, tap the screen where you want to focus. iPhone will also adjust the exposure and white balance automatically. Display the character count in text messages. In Settings, tap Messages, then tap the Character Count switch. The count appears as you type when your message exceeds two lines. You may want to do this when carrier fees apply. Print wirelessly from iPhone. AirPrint makes it easy to print email and web pages straight from your iPhone to your AirPrint-enabled printer. To print an email, just tap the Reply icon and select Print. To print a web page, tap the Action icon and select Print. You can also print photos, documents and more. Share from Notification Center. Notification Center not only shows you what's up with you, it can tell your | HI | HI | 445,358 |
things that I've got But a lot of things I've got are things I never knew I needed til I met you and you taught me a thing or two about things Things like love and buildings, things like death and happy birthday cake Things like how to give and never take Things like the things that people make credits tags license feeds about The Burning Hell is the alter-ego of ukulele player and all-purpose nerd Mathias Kom. While the band can occasionally bloom into a multi-instrumental monster with members all across Canada and Europe, The Burning Hell is now happily based in St. John's, Newfoundland. The essence of The Burning Hell is music to dance to while laughing about death and smiling out of the side of your mouth. ... more | LY | LY SL | 7,470 |
Ours can give you a better experience when using this website and they're totally harmless. Read more about our use of cookies and how to manage their settings. Or if you're like Norman, just eat them. What's Nearby How to get there Tube: Use the Jubilee Line and get off at North Greenwich Our Locals' Tip: Booking in advance is recommended as the experience is proving quite popular! You've all been to London's hotspots, but how about over them? With Up at the O2 , visitors can not only visit the world famous iconic landmark, but climb to its peak and enjoy a capital view of the city in an unforgettable 90 minute experience. Warmly dressed in a specialized suit and securely strapped to a guide rope, you climb to the top of the 52-metre dome along a fabric walkway where you'll definitely be glad of the nearby handrails to steady your shaky legs. Upon reaching the structure's summit, you can enjoy a 360-degree view of London from the large, open aired platform, pointing out famous buildings and popular attractions. Here you will spot Canary Wharf, the Chard, Big Ben before completing your adventure with a hair raising decent back to base camp. Catering for all visitors, Up at the O2 is now offering climbs for wheelchair users, details of which can be found on their website. The O2 arena is one of London's largest music venues, with big names such as the Rolling Stones, Florence and the Machine and | IP | IP DS | 170,927 |
I was just talking with someone today -- Gabi, she's our backing vocalist -- and I said that after 19 years, we should be doing the reunion tour now, rather than still going! I'm Scottish and my wife [Alex] is Irish. And we play around the country and into Europe. And America next year; we're going to go to America next September. BQ: We'll talk about Canberra too in a minute, but what's coming up in the mid-term future? JP: We start to get into festival season from January onwards. We do a lot of festivals. We're still waiting to hear if we're at the National Festival in Canberra -- we'd love to go back; haven't been for a few years. And then back to Europe next July/August, and then we head to America for the Americana festival. A lot of acts have just been there; Dobe Newton was the head guy that brought them over, but Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson and a few others have been over there. So we'll go see how that works next year. BQ: Do you find there's a bit of an appetite over there for Australian music? BQ: I was talking with someone recently who said that one or two acts might go to a festival or an area, and they start to carve out a bit of a path for those that come behind. Do you find that you're benefiting from others' experiences? JP: I think we got into the Danish festival | SP | SP IT | 3,301,113 |
has been lost in the interval of time between us and Severian. Urth is a world of staggering technology, built on an epic scale, but it is also a world filled with philosophy and mysticism. Severian, who has lived his entire life in the Citadel, discovers this world even as the reader does. And the imagination that goes into constructing this distant world is astounding. As the reader finds new mysteries and new angles in Severian's narrative, the reader is compelled to ask: What is this story? On one level, The Book of the New Sun seeks to define just what a story IS. The reader thus sets out on a quest every bit as strange and multifaceted as Severian's quest. The book is as much a paradox as a tale, but it is also fine, enlightening entertainment that can be read on a number of levels. | IP | IP DS | 357,435 |
Is there something you want to know about tactics in Football Manager 2013? Then take a look here if you want to learn how to play like Barca or if you just want to find out how to download a tactic created by one of our experts. Save game can not be loaded I'm in to my 3rd season and for some reason I cant load my game, is there any way to get this back or do I go back to the end of the last season and go from there. Bit annoying as I was just on a good run with my Liverpool team in the League and Champions League. This has probably been covered already but I'm not searching hundreds of pages. Thanks in advance | ID | ID DF | 534,406 |
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In defence of those who serve our country Richard Rosser reminds us that Saturday's Armed Forces Day is a time to celebrate the courage of serving personnel and veterans This Saturday is the seventh annual celebration of Armed Forces Day, which until 2009 (four years after its introduction by the previous Labour government) had been known as Veteran's Day. The celebration will provide us all with an opportunity to mark and express our thanks and gratitude for the commitment and courage of members of the armed forces and veterans alike. They have protected and continues to protect our country, whether through service at home or abroad. We remember in particular those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and given their lives. At the present time, we think especially of those who have been killed in Afghanistan, and their families and close friends. We also need to remember those who have been seriously injured on active service. The euphemism used is that they have suffered "life-changing injuries". Put bluntly, that means they will never be able to do many of the activities that are a part of everyday living - activities that the rest of us take for granted. If we want an example of what "life changing injuries" mean, we had it yesterday from Ben Parkinson -- a soldier who lost his legs and suffered brain and back injuries when his Land Rover was blown up in Afghanistan. Ben was on the TV news yesterday bravely walking with the Olympic | OP | OP OB | 1,462,086 |
real slow let me work your body girl i'll keep it goin all night long Chorus: cause nobody can do me quite like you do me girl cause nobody can do me quite like you do me girl Verse 2: boy i got something to tell ya a little secret that you really need to know right now i like it when you kiss right here so don't stop what you doing don't don't stop cause you taking me there to ecstasy, just you and me feel like could we just fly away play hide and seek underneath the sheets i like the way you working me Chorus: cause nobody can do me quite like you do me boy cause nobody can do me quite like you do me boy Bridge: now girl, if we just take it slow we could spend all night right here in this bed yes it's shaking from the love that we making ain't nothing else that really compares boy i boy i boy i really wanna make this last tonight so you better keep it coming baby don't you stop really love the way, that you touching me cause making love to you feels so right Verse 1: here i am standing here crying on your doorstep it's 3am and i had to see you so please let me in, let me in i keep calling on your answerphone leaving messages when i know you at home you ain't at your job, or your | LY | LY SL | 1,731,252 |
deliveryman thinks of us after we?ve left a tip. Written in the lively style that made Waiter Rant such a hit, Keep the Change is a fun and enlightening quest that will change the way we think?and tip. An irreverent, pavement-pounding, eye-opening exploration of a neglected part of the American economy: tipping Tipping is huge in America. Almost everyone leaves at least one tip every day. More than five million American workers depend on them, and we spend $66 billion on tips each year. And everyone recognizes that queasy feeling?in bars and restaurants, barbershops and beauty parlors, hotels and strip clubs, and everywhere else?when the check arrives or the tip jar looms. Omnipresent yet poorly understood, tipping has worked its way into almost every part of daily life. In Keep the Change , bestselling author Steve Dublanica dives into this unexplored world, in a comical yet serious attempt to turn himself into the Guru of the Gratuity. As intrepid and irreverent as Michael Moore or A. J. Jacobs, Dublanica travels the country to meet shoeshine men, strippers, bartenders, bellhops, bathroom attendants, and many others, all in an effort to overcome his own sweaty palms when faced with those perennial questions: Should I tip? How much? Throughout he explores why tipping has spread; he explains how differences in gender, age, ethnicity, and nationality affect our attitudes; and he reveals just what the cabdriver or deliveryman thinks of us after we?ve left a tip. Written in the lively style that made Waiter | IP | IP DS | 234,689 |
I am everybody And everyone that I know is me Everyone that I know won't see I could have been a dreamer I could have been a shooting star I could have been a dreamer, yeah I'm another number And you know the numbers must agree But everytime the wind blows I can't fly - why? We take away tomorrow And never see the end of today Lock it up and send it away - forever [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/d/dio/i\\... ] I could have been a dreamer I could have been a shooting star I could have been a dreamer Cause dreams are what we are I could have been a dreamer Running with the wolf pack Feel like I'm never coming back But maybe that was sunshine That I saw I've heard about a rainbow I've heard it makes you crazy I think I'm goin' crazy Crazy cause I see I could have been a dreamer I could have been a shooting star I could have been a dreamer Cause dreams are what we are I could have been a dreamer I could have been the one to fly I always could have been a dreamer Cause dreamers never die, no! I could have been a dreamer Dreamer I could have been a dreamer Dreamer I could have been a dreamer Dreamer I could have been a dreamer | LY | LY SL | 165,393 |
anything. He basically never attended, and not once did the teachers notice his absence and try to contact my parents. Eventually he just dropped out, because he was never there anyway. Anyway, this is just the experience of my brother and I. I am a very scholarly person by nature (my brother calls me a "nerd") but I was a very free-spirited teenager, with rebellious tendencies, and I know that I would never have got the attention and focus I needed from my teachers in a public school (or at least the ones I know of). You could argue that public schools encourage the "Self-led" approach, but the fact is that young people often need a helping hand in life, they need teachers who know their names, and who actually care whether they show up for school. There may be private schools where this doesn't happen, and there may be public schools where this does happen. And there are many more issues. But I think the comment that someone else made, that it should be School VS School rather than Private VS Public. I'm not saying at all that private is better than public, but I'm just sharing my personal experience. I think it's up to the parents to look at the best school, work out which is best for their own individual child, and not be made to feel guilty or "wrong" for choosing one over another. And just for the record, my school didn't have a pool or | OP | OP OB | 664,011 |
Monday, 18 June 2007 | Written by Rob Mousley A recent press release by Gameplan Media came close to saying that Lewis Laughlin cheated at Molokai by riding the wakes of the escort vessels that accompanied the paddlers across the Kaiwi Channel. We spoke to some of the competitors who took part in the race to find out what they thought. The Race We covered the race live by talking to some of the escort boats - none of them mentioned the issue at the time and we reported that Lewis was fairly close to the front bunch for most of the first half of the race. Subsequently the group of Dawid, Lewis and Hank McGregor broke away and were "somewhere out in front". Paddling near Lewis during the first half of the race were Clint Pretorius and Oscar Chalupsky. Clint Pretorius Clint said he didn't see anything untoward in Lewis' paddling. In any case, "everyone gets a wash," he said, "it's up to the escort boats to get out of the way." "And at the end," he added, "Lewis took a better line. That's a fact." Oscar Chalupsky Oscar said that at times the groups behind the leading paddlers were riding wakes. "Of course there were patches of waves," he said, "and we knew that that would make it easier for the guys paddling behind." "At one stage I dropped back to tell my escort boat to move further away because they were setting up a wave for the | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 103,323 |
holy retrospect evil little memory I'm to the government and made myself an enemy and then the news on the radio had a lot to say tried to poke me off the fence which I thought I would paint grey but no I get worked up but no can do I wouldn't want to run the risk different skin give me credit for nonsense my contrived and caring words if military if you want to work with milk I hope you get a job in a dairy if you want to be clever with words buy a rhyming dictionary if you want to sing like a canary rewrite well that's what I'm saying now and there is no pain got to wash my mouth out but here is my heart saying I can't play piano and I don't know any gags russia fags I got so much duty free I can hardly shut my bags oh my god is that the time? summers here and the competition's high God can it be true I know that face? The cigs it gave one for later just in case The morale in the team the piss we took We broke that bastards back, But, he laughed and we shook when he said, "Care not for my life Your petty principals are the all important lot Find employment for yourself in messages But watch your head you'll laugh it off" In the pub some talked with glee of his end "All those fags | LY | LY SL | 276,708 |
Please note: For the purposes of test administration the new version of GenEd (3.6) is only available for use with Psytech published assessments. Non Psytech published assessments can still be accessed using RQA 3.5. New flash versions are currently under development. If you have any specific queries please contact A&MC on 01925752033 . In collaboration with A&MC: Psytech International (a leading test publisher) has developed an innovative psychometric assessment tool to measure the abilities and vocational interests of young people and adults. Gen Ed is currently used by the following Connexions/LSC providers: Nottinghamshire LSC Somerset LSC Lancashire LSC Connexions Cheshire & Warrington Connexions Merseyside GeneSys Educational (Gen Ed ) has been designed using Psytech International's widely used GeneSys system, as endorsed by Sue Littlefair, Development Manager - Workforce Services at Learning+Skills Council, Lancashire which currently holds a database of some 25,000 assessment results. The latest development of GenEd has been the introduction of West Nottinghamshire College's basic & keySKILLBUILDER (bksb), the preferred initial assessment tool, used in over 50% of colleges and in more than 700 organisations nationally. It offers a coherent and quality approach to assessment, learning plans and development, for both basic and key skills, which can be used by everyone, whatever their current level of literacy or numeracy. To find out more, contact A&MC for a confidential, no-obligation discussion on 01925752033 or send enquiries by e-mail to: amcampbell@gened.co.uk "Thirty of our work-based learning providers currently use GeneSys assessment software and it has been an invaluable tool in | IN | IN DT | 1,452,677 |
father and son of a woman that captured their heart. Mellow dramatic and sometimes funny, the movie's subject may have tickled many men and women whose situation depicts of same nature. Especially in a far country like Canada where foreign workers were welcomed in the last 4 years, quite a few of this matter surfaced. I'm no judgmental about it, it is not my beef, but, the movie itself is not as exciting and as eye-catching as it's title depicted. Although, I can honestly give my own two thumbs up for the performance of the new generation artists in the personas of John Lloyd and Bea. They have matured in the last number of years. They have come out of their shells and truly had a developed sense of acting compared to their " teen bop bop" tele serye days. Same credits are thrown to the acting skills of veteran actors Ronaldo Valdez and Hilda Koronel (now based in the US) who apparently went home to the Philippines to shoot this film. The most credit I would give is to the dedication of Anita Linda. A veteran and multi-awarded supporting actress in her days, now probably in her 70's, but still loves to act and show her unstoppable talent. Nonetheless, the film was a blockbuster again because of the nature of its title. The story may be a little far fetched from reality. But minding that it does happen and there may be Saris and Erics everywhere whose love is | OP | OP RV | 3,353,610 |
tell me ANY federal pro life acts in past few decades? Where have we made ANY ground on the pro deathers? States would abolish it (they run murder cases don't they?) Posted by Steve Cunningham on 2012-08-28 21:20:54 See Ryan's comments. He sides with Romney since "he is president" Posted by Steve Cunningham on 2012-08-28 21:19:06 Dr Paul or bust Posted by Steve Cunningham on 2012-08-28 21:18:39 You couldn't be more wrong....the innocent unborn child who is brutally murdered in its mother's womb is the one who suffers the most in the end. Murder is evil in ALL circumstances. Posted by Martin Groat on 2012-08-28 19:47:37 But you'll be facilitating a much greater evil. Posted by DG on 2012-08-28 19:45:00 I believe abortion is ok if (& only if) the life of the mother is at stake. There are even some cases that if an abortion is not performed, not only will the mother die, but so will the child. however, I don't believe in abortion in cases of rape & incest. I don't see why the child should get the death penalty for something the father did. Posted by Aaron Ruiz on 2012-08-28 19:19:01 Every human life is willed into existence by God. Of course God does not will the act of violence that may happen to bring about that life- but allows humans to exercise the freedom to act violently. Posted by Knight of Mary on 2012-08-28 19:15:42 I think it's a good idea. It will require conservatives | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 521,660 |
waiting arms. If it takes forever I will wait for you For a thousand summers I will wait for you Till you're here beside me till I'm touching you And forevermore sharing your love. Fashion Tips For The Homeless Every comfort I once had is now consumed by flame Burning bright I set alight I am the spark of change Yeah Ashes to the sky Ashes to the sky Above the clouds the sun shines always, fly now while you can That dirty hippy on the street he's Jesus in disguise Actually it's just me goofin', I kinda have his eyes So where can we get high? Yeah where can we get high? All the grains of sand are slipping quickly from your hand All the perfect worlds inside you spill out when you wake Warm, soft bodies wrap around you feel their tender ache Burning up inside Burning up inside If you were god would you be willing to blame it on your plan? Watching You Sleep All I do is make you cry It's a long beginning to a short end I Miss you so much when you're not around I'm going to miss you when you're off the rebound I lay awake every night with you beside me Your breathing keeps perfect time with my pulse The happiest I've ever been is in these times when I watch you sleep and the world is perfect The happiest I've ever been is in these times when I watch | LY | LY SL | 704,923 |
that one has Philippe and Christophe to act as concierge services, and one cannot ask for more. For two summers in a row we have stayed on Quai d'Anjou, bordering the Right Bank, with a magnificent view over the Seine. The building we stayed in was built in the 1640s and features an iron gate leading into a small, charming courtyard from which one enters the building. Our apartment last year was a charming studio (our son and girlfriend stayed there this year) which we loved, equipped with washer/dryer, microwave, and so on -- and atmosphere galore. Our apartment this year (we needed more room as we had a friend traveling with us who slept on a very comfy sleeper sofa) was a floor above the studio, with a loft bedroom, dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, and, best of all, an intimate, flower-box-bordered terrace from which to enjoy a glass of wine, beer, or cocktails -- with a view of the Seine to die for. A gorgeous arrangement of fresh flowers and comfy terrycloth robes awaited us on our arrival. For the price of a good or very good hotel, an apartment through Guest Apartment Services on the Ile St. Louis provided us with the independence of our "own" residence in a section of the city that, truly, cannot be equaled for charm and atmosphere. We could walk to wonderful bakeries, cheese shops, spirit shops, cafes -- and enjoy bread, cheese, and wine in our own home away from home when the | ID | ID RR | 265,258 |
Lichen planus Lichen planus is an uncommon skin complaint. It is thought to be due to an abnormal immune reaction provoked by a viral infection (such as hepatitis C ) or a drug. Inflammatory cells seem to mistake the skin cells as foreign and attack them. Lichen planus may cause a small number of skin lesions or less often affect a wide area of the skin and mucous membranes. In 85% of cases it clears from skin surfaces within 18 months but it may persist longer especially when affecting the mouth or genitals. Clinical features Lichen planus takes several forms. Classical lichen planus Classical lichen planus is characterised by shiny, flat-topped, firm papules (bumps) varying from pin point size ('guttate') to larger than a centimetre. They are a purple colour and often are crossed by fine white lines (called 'Wickham's striae'). They may be close together or widespread, or grouped in lines (linear lichen planus) or rings (annular lichen planus). Linear lichen planus can be the result of scratching or injuring the skin. Although sometimes there are no symptoms, it is often very itchy. Lichen planus may affect any area, but is most often seen on the front of the wrists, lower back, and ankles. On the palms and soles the papules are firm and yellow. Very thick scaly patches are particularly itchy and are most likely to arise around the ankles (hypertrophic lichen planus). New lesions may appear while others are clearing. As the lichen planus papules clear they | IN | IN | 1,718,906 |
can discover them, which led to their dilatory action, by requiring the two Sessions and the 12 months after the first Second Reading of the Bill in this House. We do not deny that the House of Lords, even as at present constituted, has certain duties and rights as a revising Chamber. We think that these are best discharged by the machinery I have just described. We think that their power of a suspensory veto is adequately met if they have 12 months instead of 24 before the Bill can be passed over their heads. I hope I have shown to the hon. Gentleman that although admittedly the delay is not as great in 12 months as it is in 24, nevertheless it is a guarantee to another place that their objections to a Measure will have to be considered on the Floor of this House, and undoubtedly those Members who share the views of the House of Lords, either in whole or in part, will have opportunities of seeing that the views of the Lords are considered before the Bill goes up to them a Second time. 226 It is quite impossible for anyone to suggest that this is a revolutionary Measure. I can well understand the disappointment of some of my hon. Friends that this Measure is not more drastic. I feel myself that if we were to propose that the House of Lords should either be abolished or drastically reformed in its composition, that as an issue | SP | SP IT | 466,997 |
caused this, and now have one of our developers making several improvements to the IM systems. So, with that all diagnosed we shoudl have a new version of our IM system running shortly, which I can't wait for. So, what have I been working on this week? Well for me, one of our most exciting features, Our Developer Platform. This is the place where third parties can create and publish apps both internally on Duxter for Duxter users to use, externally on their own websites and in native applications for the likes of Windows, Mac OSX and mobile devices. I wont go into to much details about how this is all going to work for end-users and developers at the moment as we'll be doing a public announcement when we're ready to launch it. This for me however has been one of my favorite projects for the simple fact creating frameworks and laying down the foundations for such a system is a real challenge. I thrive on achieving the impossible, tackling difficult challenges and pushing my abilities to the absolute max. It's a great change from what I've been working on lately, such as creating "features" for Duxter, whilst I do enjoy that stuff, I find it a bit trivial. I mean, within a few minutes of being proposed an idea of feature, i can see exactly how it is laid out, how it should work and what needs to be done, it just becomes a case of writing the | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 608,793 |
cope with it, quickly and as I say efficiently. Breathing goes right out the window when you're in the midst of it, as does TENS and massage, aromatherapy etc, but simple (and I guess old fashioned) things like counting backwards from 10 as you ride that pain wave, keep hydrated and remembering to mentally cross off each contraction once its over, I found very useful. Just wanted to add that, as someone else has said, any birth with a healthy mum and a healthy baby at the end of it is a successful one...the route to that point is a bonus if it has gone how the parents want it to Also, pain during childbirth feels (to me) different from other sorts of pain. Firstly it switches off between contractions and [largely] afterwards, secondly you can rationalise is, and thirdly it feels almost constructive, rather than destructive...a curious distinction to make, but there's none of the normal panic about damage that would normally be associated with that much pain. Can I suggest a pain relief method that works for me? It takes a fair amount of practice and concentration (I guess it's like hypnobirthing, but I know very little about that myself) but you can teach it to yourself; to learn, pinch yourself really hard so it actually hurts, and concentrate on that pain. Then breath firmly - you'll find that when you're actually concentrating on the firm regular breathing, at any given instant you can completely ignore the pain. | HI | HI HT | 339,213 |
need to have copyright information. Generally speaking this is also located on a left-hand page immediately prior to the Title Page. It consists of your name and the copyright symbol, with the year the book was published. (Have a look at a few books and you will see what I mean). This is your protection against having your work stolen or reproduced without your permission. If you make the sort of statement that most books carry with this regard, you could, technically, sue anyone who infringed your copyright. You don't have to pay anyone to have copyright on a book, so don't believe anyone who tells you that this is the case and who tries to charge you for it. The fact that you print this information in the book represents its own proof that the material is yours. Setting the Manuscript Setting the manuscript means getting it into an electronic state at which it can be printed. The word comes from 'type setting' which refers to the days before computers, when lead letters were placed in racks manually in order to create the 'plates' from which a book was printed, but there is much more to setting than words. Setting these days almost always employs a computer program, known as a 'desk top publishing package'. There are many different types on the market, such as Quark Express and 'Pagemaker'. Generally speaking, anyone who knows how to manage a word processing program such as 'Word' can come to understand desk | HI | HI HT | 1,753,285 |
to do. This is the natural function of history, of history reduced to its lowest terms, of history conceived as the memory of things said and done: memory of things said and done (whether in our immediate yesterdays or in the long past of mankind), running hand in hand with the anticipation of things to be said and done, enables us, each to the extent of his knowledge and imagination, to be intelligent, to push back the narrow confines of the fleeting present moment so that what we are doing may be judged in the light of what we have done and what we hope to do. In this sense all living history, as Croce says, is contemporaneous: in so far as we think the past (and otherwise the past, however fully related in documents, is nothing to us) it becomes an integral and living part of our present world of semblance. It must then be obvious that living history, the ideal series of events that we affirm and hold in memory, since it is so intimately associated with what we are doing and with what we hope to do, can not be precisely the same for all at any given time, or the same for one generation as for another. History in this sense can not be reduced to a verifiable set of statistics or formulated in terms of universally valid mathematical formulas. It is rather an imaginative creation, a personal possession which each one of us, Mr. Everyman, | SP | SP FS | 208,404 |
A Veterinary Awakening: The History of Government Veterinarians in Australia Other format As told by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's veterinarians Written by Rhyll Vallis Foreword and Acknowledgements Some amazingly detailed and scholarly accounts of the history of the veterinary profession have been written -- but this is not one of them. As a small booklet, this document can only paint the very broadest brushstrokes of the history of government veterinarians (vets) in Australia. This booklet also aims to celebrate the many achievements of government vets in Australia, and reveal the obstacles they faced, without -- hopefully -- boring the reader to death. Some personal observations (in brackets) are scattered throughout the booklet to keep things interesting. While an anecdotal history, this booklet refers to existing historical research, and uncovers a past which does government vets and the veterinary profession in general great credit. It is fitting, then, that this booklet is the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's official contribution to celebrating World Veterinary Year in 2011. Many people assisted the production of this booklet by providing materials, comments, references and permissions. They include the following: state and territory Chief Veterinary Officers; staff and members of the Australian Veterinary Association and Australian Veterinary Historical Society; and staff from CSIRO AAHL, Animal Health Australia and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Vets will be relieved to know that in 2011 it's unlikely they'll be required to chant incantations, make a ritual sacrifice, perform | NARRATIVE | null | 345,173 |
And now some of the tips and techniques have been compiled into a book that's got some pretty good Amazon reviews: Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK The book is written to get you up and running developing Kinect applications for your PC using the official SDK. The authors promise you'll have a working Kinect program by the end of the first chapter! It steps through chapters on three-dimensional vision, skeleton tracking, audio through the Kinect, and more. Examples illustrate the concepts in the form of simple games that react to your body movements. The result is a fun read that helps you learn one of the hottest technologies out there today. Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK also provides building blocks and ideas for mashing up the Kinect with other technologies to create art, interactive games, 3D models and enhanced office automation. You'll learn the fundamental code basic to almost all Kinect applications, and learn to integrate that code with other tools and manipulate data to create Kinect applications. Helps you create a proper development environment for Kinect applications. Who this book is for Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK is for developers who want to learn to program for the newest and coolest Microsoft input device. The book assumes familiarity, but not expertise, with WPF and C#. It's perfect for software developers who want to develop applications that take advantage of the Kinect spacial tracking, and I think it's also a great | HI | HI HT | 154,545 |
manhood in the likeness of our Lord. No aching hands and weary brows then; but we shall be raised in power. Our vile body shall be changed, and made like unto his glorious body. Though sown in corruption, our body shall be raised in incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality. What a glorious prospect lies before us in connection with the day of his appearing a second time unto salvation! Now notice that this appearing and this salvation will chiefly belong to those who look for him. Will you bear with me patiently a minute or two here? I wonder how many there are in the Tabernacle who are looking for him. The text says, "Unto them that look for him shall he appear a second time without sin unto salvation." Beloved, I will put the question again: How many here are looking for our Lord's second coming? I am afraid if conscience hath her perfect work many will have to say, "I am afraid I am not among the number." I will tell you what it is to look for that second appearing. It is to love the Lord Jesus, to love him so that you long for him as a bride longeth for her husband. Why are his chariots so long in coming? Come quickly, Lord Jesus! Strong love hates separation, it pines for union. It cries, "Come, Lord! Come, Lord!" Longing follows on the heels of loving. To look for his coming is to prepare | OP | OP RS | 298,096 |
be introduced to the site. Trials have been conducted using bush debris with limited success. More permanent methods would have to be carefully designed and implemented in order to blend with the unique aesthetics of the site. Boardwalk construction has been very successful in key areas, however this type of construction is deemed inappropriate for the grassland proper. Dense vegetative barriers consisting of tussock forming species such as Spiny Mat Rush ( Lomandra longifolia ) and Knobbly Club Rush ( Isolepis nodosa ) are being planted to rationalise the trackways and guide pedestrians away from more sensitive areas. In terms of the vegetation restoration works, ongoing and extensive follow-up weed control is required and it is envisaged that as each plot is stabilised and achieves manageable levels of autonomy, new areas will be opened up for weed control. It is recommended that a formal Restoration Plan be developed and implemented, perhaps through funding avenues or the involvement of Environmental Science students. This would greatly assist guiding the works over an extended period and help achieve the best possible outcomes for Fingal Headland and the wider community. Partners and Investors: Fingal Head Coastcare Inc. consulted with the Tweed Shire Council, The Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council and a number of community groups to plan this project. The community groups include the Fingal Heads Community Association, the Fingal Head Public School, Fingal Rovers SLSC, local businesses and other Tweed Coast Dune care groups. A project was developed in 2009 to remove | IN | IN RA | 642,656 |
on console but all the graphics and animations have been moved onto the other machines. A mid 1990s PS1 era game that I can play on a cutting edge tablet computer over 15 years later. It suggests a very low common denominator for the future of gaming. So Assassins Creed X has just come out and I can 'continue the same game experience' on my Blackberry, my 3DS, my Xbox 360 and my PC? That will be an interesting sight to see. With a separate licence paid for on each device, no doubt. Hmm, the ubiquity of ubisoft... over several platforms. They've come up with some novel IPs over the years. But this constant pressure to 'monetise' across all platforms all the time doesn't bode well for future risk-taking. Maybe they just know (or are hedging bets) that the big living room console AAA model isn't going to work forever. After this current gen of consoles, I'm bailing out. With their attitude to DRM and insulting statements made elsewhere about the PC market, Ubisoft's contempt for consumers couldn't be more obvious. My contempt for them is at least as great. Hopefully they're kept quiet for a while by the question of when best to introduce microtransactions in smartphone games, or whatever fascinating paradigm shift they're working on. Simon Cuff, chief technology officer at MirriAd, spoke to us at the 2012 Changing Advertising Summit about the value of big data, the slow rise of the second screen, future benefits from developments | SP | SP IT | 740,073 |
a missed opportunity. If the Noisettes could only ignore mainstream expectations, they have the potential to create some of the most original music of recent times. As it stands, they have offered up a competent but uninspiring work that in the end is a victim of its own self-consciousness. | OP | OP RV | 3,132,537 |
or agency is added as a defendant by amendment, the notice requirements of Rule 15(c)(1)(C)(i) and (ii) are satisfied if, during the stated period, process was delivered or mailed to the United States attorney or the United States attorney's designee, to the Attorney General of the United States, or to the officer or agency. (d) Supplemental Pleadings. On motion and reasonable notice, the court may, on just terms, permit a party to serve a supplemental pleading setting out any transaction, occurrence, or event that happened after the date of the pleading to be supplemented. The court may permit supplementation even though the original pleading is defective in stating a claim or defense. The court may order that the opposing party plead to the supplemental pleading within a specified time. Note to Subdivision (a) . The right to serve an amended pleading once as of course is common. 4 Mont.Rev.Codes Ann. (1935) 9186; 1 Ore.Code Ann. (1930) 1 -- 904; 1 S.C.Code (Michie, 1932) 493; English Rules Under the Judicature Act (The Annual Practice, 1937) O. 28, r. 2. Provision for amendment of pleading before trial, by leave of court, is in almost every code. If there is no statute the power of the court to grant leave is said to be inherent. Clark, Code Pleading , (1928) pp. 498, 509. Note to Subdivision (b) . Compare [former] Equity Rule 19 (Amendments Generally) and code provisions which allow an amendment "at any time in furtherance of justice," (e. g., Ark.Civ.Code (Crawford, | IN | IN LT | 791,652 |
flavour so we get more of a raspberry and chocolate combination but it's still a refreshing granita. This ends my dinner party mini-series, hopefully you've found the recipes as much fun as I have. Or maybe they have inspired you to do something different with your food? Ingredients -- Chocolate Mousse: 220g Dark Chocolate (85% Cocoa Solids) 5 Large free range Eggs 100g Caster Sugar 150ml Coconut Cream Sea Salt Raspberry & Limoncello Granita: 600ml Water 175g Raspberries 100g White granulated sugar 50ml Lemon juice 5 Tbps Limoncello Method -- For the Mousse: 1. First, heat a small saucepan with water and bring it to the boil. 2. Break the Dark Chocolate into equal chunks and place in a glass bowl with a pinch of sea salt and suspend over the boiling water -- ensuring that it does not touch the water. Allow the chocolate to melt, stirring occasionally. 3. Separate the egg yolks and whites into two bowls. 4. Lightly beat the egg yolks with the Caster Sugar, until it has combined. 5. Beat the egg whites and a pinch of sea salt until the soft peak stage. 6. Allow the chocolate to cool for a minute or two, meanwhile whip up the coconut cream then add to the chocolate. 7. Stir in the egg yolks to this mixture. 8. Add the chocolate mixture into the egg whites and fold until it has completely mixed. 9. Divide the mixture into 4 ramekins and allow to set in the fridge | HI | HI RE | 3,024,571 |
Waking up to the positive Waking up is like the sun rising. At first it's mostly dark, as glimmers of consciousness begin to light the shadows. Emerging into full wakefulness, the fogs and veils dissolve and the whole plain of your mind comes into view. It's quiet: a restedness in the body, sleepy still, not yet much internal verbal chatter. There's an intimacy with yourself, abiding as the core of your be-ing. During these first few minutes, your mind and brain are very receptive to influence. If, hypothetically, a loud alarm suddenly began clanging, you'd probably feel rattled for hours; on the other hand, if someone you love suddenly began telling you how much he or she cared about you, you'd probably feel good for hours. So, at this delicate and lovely time in the morning, why not influence your mind and brain yourself? There is a traditional saying that the mind takes its shape from whatever it rests upon. For better or worse. Instead of resting it upon planning, worrying, or stressing about your day, how about taking a little time to receive and embrace something more positive? Which would set up your whole day for the better -- especially if you are prone, as many are, to anxiety or the blues in the morning. Then as your day unfolds, from time to time, you could return to the feelings and intentions you established when you first awoke -- to replenish yourself in a quick pit stop on the | OP | OP AV | 463,655 |
about his dad, Who, soon, he'd have to face. "Get up!" an echo sounded low, "Get up, and take your place You were not meant for failure here, Get up, and win the race." With borrowed will, "Get up," it said "You haven't lost at all. For winning is no more than this; To rise each time you fall." So, up he rose to run once more, And with a new commit He resolved that win, or lose, At least he wouldn't quit. So far behind the others now - the most he'd ever been - Still, he gave it all he had, And ran as though to win. Three times he'd fallen stumbling. Three times he rose again. Too far behind to hope to win He still ran to the end. They cheered the winning runner, As he crossed the line first place, Head high, and proud, and happy. No falling, no disgrace. But, when the fallen youngster Crossed the line last place, The crowd gave him the greater cheer For finishing the race. Even though he came in last. With head bowed head low, unproud, You would have thought he won the race To listen to the crowd. And to his dad, he sadly said, "I didn't do so well." "To me, you won!" his father said, "You rose each time you fell." And now when things seem dark and hard, And difficult to face. The memory of that little boy Helps me to win my race. For | LY | LY PO | 3,705,404 |
and fleshiness with breast meat well over an inch thick. Legendary chef and caterer, Ruth Pretty, has been doing some detective work on the best Chinese roast duck in Wellington, for good reason, but more on that later. She has uncovered a good source of relatively plump roast duck - Dragons Restaurant in Tory St, www.wellingtondragons.co.nz Clive Weston from Negociants, New Zealand was commandeered to find the best Chinese roast duck in Auckland, as part of a major gastronomic exercise instigated by veracious gourmand, Nigel Greening of Felton Road, to which he collected 3 ducks from Sichuan in Remuera Restaurant, www.sichuanremuera.co.nz , whisking them out to the Auckland Airport to connect with my wife arriving from Singapore, on-route to Queenstown. It's one of the crazy, foodie obsessed adventures that makes defines the spice of life. Read the fully story here: http://www.thewanderingpalate.com/wander\\... Venerated London based Financial Times food writer and chef, Nicholas Lander, believes the Four Seasons Restaurant http://fs-restaurants.co.uk/ is arguably the best Chinese roast duck in the world, clearly a good recommendation. New York... San Francisco? Anyone... Given Chinese restaurants are ubiquitous, one would assume there is a decent roast duck to be had all over the world, although Frederic Drouhin of the famous Maison Joseph Drouhin in burgundy reports there is no such (duck) luck in his region, which is proving difficult for him to road-test the duck curry recipe. Perhaps someone can point him to the best Chinese restaurant in Paris and he can jump on the TGV. | HI | HI RE | 1,776,323 |
by a genetically modified organism, can be managed. ...- Senator CHERRY ?Have you commissioned any research on impact on biodiversity in Australia of GM crops? Dr Meek ?No, we have not. ...- Senator CHERRY ?What research have you commissioned on the issue of human health effects of GM crops? Dr Meek ?Directly, we have not commissioned research. Obviously, Food Standards Australia New Zealand does a lot of work in assessing food products. Senator CHERRY ?But they have commissioned no research either. Dr Meek ?I am not aware of what they have done, but there is obviously a great deal of data. All seven lines of the Bayer and the Monsanto oils from those canolas have been approved both nationally and internationally. Senator CHERRY ?And once that is done, you don?t investigate that further? Dr Meek ?We would look at any effects relating to toxicity and allergenicity related to the handling of the genetically modified organisms, but we would not reinvestigate food use. ...- Senator CHERRY ?You are not requiring any independent, totally arms-length assessments or considerations of issues like biodiversity or food safety. Dr Meek ?Food safety, I think we have already established, is outside of the remit. It is Food Standards Australia New Zealand. Senator CHERRY ?What does human health mean under your act then? Dr Meek ?It can be things to do with occupational health and safety issues, for example. As I said earlier, exposure to the crop: if the GM version of that crop is likely to, | SP | SP IT | 438,971 |
women of Iran who took to the streets to protest the results of the recent election. Sakena Yacoobi (Afghanistan), founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning, a citizen sector organization providing teacher training to Afghan women, educating and fostering education for girls and boys, and providing health education to women and children. Her organization also runs fixed and mobile health clinics that provide family planning services. Sakena holds the distinction of having been Ashoka's first Afghan Fellow. Educating women and girls was banned under the Taliban and is controversial under Islamic law. Roshaneh Zafar (Pakistan), founder of Pakistani microfinance lender, Kashf. A former World Bank employee, she was inspired after a chance meeting with Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank. "Kashf" means "miracle" and Kashf is indeed fostering a miracle by leveraging microfinance to women to transform the role of women in Pakistani society and bringing about a poverty-free world. To date, Kashf supports 305,038 families in Pakistan, has disbursed $202 million, and has 52 branches nationwide. I am not alone in my enthusiasm for this book! Last Tuesday, September 15, 2009 from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ("UNODC") will be hosting a panel discussion and booksigning with Mr. Kristof and Ms. WuDunn in the UN Trusteeship Council Chamber at UN Headquarters. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver opening remarks. Every seat (550) in the Trusteeship Council Chamber was filled. The buzz out there is that many people are coming and | IP | IP DS | 520,122 |
Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Down On The Farm by Tim McGraw. Please check back for more Tim McGraw lyrics. Down On The Farm Lyrics Artist: Tim McGraw Every friday night theres a steady cloud of dust that leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks got ol' hank crankin' way up loud coolers in the back tailgates down theres a big fire burning but don't be alarmed its just country boys and girls get down on the farm Ed's been on the tractor ain't seen becky all week Somebody siad they seen them headed down to the creek Farmer Johnsons daughter just pulled up in a jeep man he knows how to grow 'em if you know what i mean Ol' Daves gettin loud but he don't mean no harm it's just country boys and girls gettin down on the farm Chorus:: You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute but theres some things you cant do inside those city limits there ain't no closing time there aint no cover charge jkust country boys and girls gettin down on the farm you can come as you are there ain't no dress code just some rule rowdin rules that you need to know don't mess with the bull he can get real mean dont forget to shut the gate stay out of the beans if it starts to rain we'll head to the barn were country boys and girls gettin down on | LY | LY SL | 606,785 |
they'll be any good for the child. Aimee : 16 May 2012 1:33:48pm Who's ideals are you talking about Me too? When you say 'he' are you falling again on religious institutions? There is no place for religion in law, if we followed religious beliefs we would be doing things like executing wives who arent virgins (Deuteronomy 22:12-21) and many other ridiculous things. Ideals are personal and whilst you have yours, others are entiteld to theirs. Children with same-sex parents have access to both female and male role models in grand parents, aunties, uncles and the entire loving families network they're a part of. When you talk of this family model you are speaking from your own beliefs as it is well proven and documented that children in same-sex families are no better or no worse off than those with hetro-sexual parents. Dysfunction...?? did you read the article above? What was disfunctional about that story? That it didnt fit with your ideals? To me it sounded as though those children had extrememly loving, functional families. Stop pushing your religious beliefs and values into law and the social sphere. Families come in many different shapes and sizes- No one is better or worse than any other. Love and support is what ultimately binds a family, not the sex of the people in it. Jade : 16 May 2012 7:02:35am How many children do you know that are born of a heterosexual couple that were accidents or not planned? It happens all | IN | IN DT | 72,512 |
patients. But I suppose if you have a spare 125,000 for full body lying around, it's worth a go. Article gallery Comments Loving all the typos, keep up the great literary work. Margie Sep 8th 2012 Don't particularly care for how good an article is in terms or spelling and grammar, this piece is more than readable. That's all that matters for me when reading science articles, good job, loved the read. Now, on to finding 125k as a last resort if the rest fails to come to fruition... Jamie Sep 9th 2012 The article lies. Cryonics is a LOT cheaper than it makes out. Head only cryo is $30,000 up front. And if you are young, by the miracle of insurance and compound interest you only actually end up paying about $10,000 as far as I remember. And even that is only as an insurance that sets you back something like 1 a day. My figures are probably not exact since I haven't bothered to look them up, but the bottom line is that the AVERAGE person in the UK can comfortably afford cryonics. rationalist Sep 9th 2012 In reply to rationalist i'm all for cryonics! i am part of LEF and cryonics institute since 2002 and am having my whole body "frozen" when the time comes. To me it's not the cost of it and my life insurance will take care of it:) i find it to be better than the burnt or buried option. | OP | OP OB | 3,145,787 |
this bitch is crazy listening to voices speak to her.. we all have an inner voice, some just choose not to listen to it.. some decided that what that voice is really telling us to say is not considered appropriate or worse it may piss someone off.. well here's what I say to that... Who gives a fuck? I mean if we all walk around filtering ourselves all the time eventually the shit just builds up within you and you find yourself really pissed, I like to air on the side of pissing others off v. bottling shit up and pissed off that I cant speak my mind.. That's me being honest with you, really, even that little statement may piss someone off.. but if it does, I'm not beating you to read my shit, move along... Anyways, During this little epiphany of IDGAF, I began reading a little book, by Kelly Cutrone, most of you probably know her from that one MTV show with some of the girls from the Hills. I'm not sure exactly what the show was called, because well its been fucking forever since the shit was aired...anyways This little book is your key to unlocking that inner voice, perfect for me who was already in the midst of doing so.. it was perfectly validating for me... Validating for many reasons, I think a big reason though was because I was also in the processing of eliminating "friends"..throwing out the bad.. recognizing the awesome.. and really | ID | ID OF | 660,994 |
symptoms, so it could have been viral. If bacterial, it was unlikely to be anything we had eaten at the Marriott - the timing suggested it was probably the Sofitel, though hard to tell as we weren't all ill on the same day. Our doctor did tests which didn't show any type of bacteria/parasites, but he said that in his experience 8/10 people who visit Egypt or India become ill, and there are so many unknown bacteria in these countries e that they can't test for them all so they often don't find out the cause. He also said that it could have been viral. Everyone will try to tell you that it is the sun, dehydration etc. etc., but I have travelled all over the world, including the Far East, and have regularly encountered temperatures of 45 degrees plus before, and I have never been ill before! Going from hot to cold constantly doesn't help your body temperature though, and neither does drinking lots of alcohol and becoming dehydrated. Lots of people we met had to miss their trips through illness - if you do become ill, make sure that you consult the doctor as this way I believe you can get some of your money back. Safety-wise, we generally felt fairly safe, though one night there was a large and very loud mob of staff demonstrating in the reception area which was a bit nerve-wracking and we did feel worried that it might get out of hand. Coming | IP | IP DS | 1,484,140 |
the transformers for his products. Transformers are like a black art, but also what gives these devices their character, so it's very important to get them right. We were having the worst time on the 1176 until we looked at these notes and there was a drawing, a tracing he did, and it was a one kilohertz square wave in exactly the same ringing and the next page was how he'd solved it. He spent a lot of his time doing transformer design and working with transformer folks and so he has pretty extensive design notebooks on what he did. If you look at the 1176 schematic, there are several layers of feedback and that's how we got it right. So what do you say to people that say "Well I need the analog." It must be an interesting conundrum for you. I don't mind talking about this, because we started Universal Audio knowing we were going to be doing both. I thought we'd start with 1176 hardware and it would taper down. It hasn't, it's gone up. If anything, we have sold 1176s and LA-2As rock steady since we released it 10+ years ago. It's a different customer and there are absolutely valid uses for both. One of the things I like about analog, and this doesn't have to be limited to analog but being more "old school," and I know my dad was the same way; you just want to grab a knob and not have to look | SP | SP IT | 184,806 |
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