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After we left the river, we headed over to Grandma's house where
Ryan impressed the children with his diving abilities.
We swam, and swam, and swam some more.
A perfect way to spend a Saturday, if you ask me.
Oh, and Miss Audrey LOVED the kiddie pool.
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Natalupes (3.5e Race)
From D&D Wiki
Natalupes are monstrous, terrifying predators of the coast. At least, for the longest time natalupes were considered no better than brutish beasts. It is a relatively recent phenomena, the last 200 years, in Aquiter that Natalupes were elevated to people in the eyes of the civilized world as a whole. Their giant and frightening figure and the violent culture which they possessed helped perpetuate the idea that they were brutes. They are very focused on physical abilities and are proud of their predatory nature. The hunt and the glory that comes with it permeates their thinking. Perhaps due to this drive to hunt and win, they have become excellent athletes in games in the civilized world.
Pride is the typical defining trait of a natalupe. They are proud of something, or they are worthless.
Physical Description
Natalupes are large, though their height seems to vary on land, as they slouch slightly for purposes of comfort, and their tails, while large, do not contribute to their height. They stand 6-8 feet tall, but their body length, including tail and lack of a slouch, brings them to 10-16 feet. They have long arms with oversized clawed hands, digitigrade feet, a coat of slick fur which is oiled like an otter, a long horizontally broad tail for swimming, and a very long and sleek snout. Their head, ears, and their general appearance seems wolf-like in design, but the snout has been extended like a crocodile, and filled with rows of sharp teeth. Natalupes are predators indeed.
Fur color ranges from grays, to various blue, greens, and whiles, and rarely black. They spend a great deal of time swimming in the water, and their body colors are meant to blend into such environments.
Natalupes, by default, are without gender. They have a mating season where prevailing environmental conditions will turn them into a male or female for a short time. Afterwards, short of pregnancy, the natalupe reverts until the next cycle. While male and female mindsets exist, they are irrelevant to the actual gender, or lack of it.
Natalupes are in two camps concerning other races. Either other races are weak and not worthy of natalupe respect, or they care nothing for other races, either negatively or positively. They sympathize with ‘rejected’ races and as such find themselves in the same camp of other races shunned from others. As such, they are usually met with a bit of caution from others ... and the caution is sometimes returned.
Natalupes may be of any alignment. The fact they are brutal and meat-headed does not prevent concepts of honor or law.
Natalupes are coastal creatures, who live on land but hunt in the sea.
Classic natalupe religions are a curious thing, not worshiping a ‘god’ so much as a worshiping a group of transfinite, unnamed spirits of the world. Thanks or curses are given to ‘spirits of the hunt’ or ‘spirits of disaster’. Collectively they call those spirits Ao-Mundi.
With the social acceptance of natalupes as a whole, other religions have begun to seep into their culture. Deities of war, honor, and strength are common.
Natalupes speak Common and Divetongue. The latter is a language few others can speak as it consists of growls and mutters for the natalupe vocal cords. This language is what is spoken underwater, for they are ultimately air breathing creatures and cannot vocalize normally below water.
There is a feat they can take to be able to cast spells when speaking Divetongue, Divetongue Casting. Divetongue is not a written language.
Names are given twice. There is a name in common and a name in Divetongue, the latter which is considered their ‘real’ name Although the Divetongue name would not be easy to write down to the nature of the language, their real names tend to be a combination of normal names (first names) and descriptive last names, such as ‘Seahunter’ or ‘Largegrip’. A natalupe chooses his own common name.
Racial Traits
- +2 Strength, −2 Dexterity, +4 Constitution, −2 Intelligence.: Strong and durable, but somewhat lumbering on land due to their bodies being made for grace in the water, and somewhat primal in mindset.
- Monstrous Humanoid: Natalupes are the least humanoid of all of Aquiter's PC races.
- Large: As a Large creature, a natalupe has a -1 size penalty to Armor Class, a -1 size penalty on attack rolls, and a -4 size penalty on Hide checks, but receives +4 to grapple. They use larger weapons than humans use, and his lifting and carrying limits are double of those of a Medium character. They take up 10 ft. of space in battle.
- Natalupe base land speed is 30 ft.: Natalupe swim speed is 40 ft. due to their long powerful tails. In addition, they have no problems and walking on all fours, and it increases their land speed to 40 ft. However, their reach is reduced to that of a large (long) creature (5 ft.) and they cannot hold items in their hands. They can make claw attacks (fi they possess them) normally. Switching movement modes is a move action.
- +2 racial bonus on Climb checks.
- +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
- Deep Breath (Ex): Natalupes have powerful lungs and can hold their breath a very long time. They can hold their breath for three times their Constitution score instead of twice.
- Keen Scent (Ex): A natalupe has the Scent ability to a range of 60 ft. and can detect blood for up to 400 ft., though it only works in water. As a feat, they can take Scent for non-aquatic environments, at a range of 60 ft only.
- Natural Weapons (Ex): Natalupes have one primary bite attack that deal 1d8 points of piercing damage plus Strength bonus, and a secondary tail slap attack that deals 1d6 points of bludgeoning damage plus Strength bonus and is treated as a secondary attack. While Natalupes have claws, they are more suited for climbing than combat.
- Automatic Languages: Common and Divetongue. Bonus Languages: Aquan, Giant, Goblin, Gnoll, Orc.
- Favored Class: Barbarian.
- Level Adjustment: +1
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I changed some datatypes from varchar2 to CLOB. Now a function throws up this error
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
I have tried high settings for
longchunksize etc to no avail.
I understand there is a backend procedure (DBMS_?) that could help with this?
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General Information About Randonneuring
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Please select a sub-topic
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That extreme Monarchy you refer to is actually what I believe to be the natural order that people fall into without the hands of empire sheephearding people around.
I do not disagree with you here. I should correct myself and say that extreme democracy leads to tyranny (whether post-republic Rome was a tyranny is debatable of course). In a healthy society, each member is subject to the laws of one's caste and the circumstances that define that caste. Each member should only be allowed to make decisions that are relevant to the healthy functioning of his caste, and family. For example, a farmer should have to make all the decisions that are required of him and learn from his mistakes, and pass those things onto posterity so that they may thrive. However, the farmer should not be making the decisions of the religious and/or aristocratic caste.
I doubt we disagree here.
But I think (and this is just my opinion based on my own reading of history) that you are putting the cart before the horse with the church. I believe a religion that preaches strong values is useless without those values already being inherent in a population, which is why different peoples practice religion differently depending on how their society is structured. I think no church can give people values, and that there are only two ways to bring forth values and that is 1) By example of society (which could have a church at its core or else some other value system based on adhering to the laws of nature) or else or 2) DNA, which I am believing in more and more, but for the sake of argument, I'll stick to the former, since that latter is out of our control.
You raise an interesting point!
But I think Conservationist hit the nail on the head here, religion etc are expressions of the soul of a people. Perhaps I am wrong but you seem to be suggesting that the Church (lets just say religious authority eh?) is some sort of inorganic power strucutre grafted onto a people. And moreover that it debilitates their capactiy to think for themselves and is thus a long term detriment to the well being of a people. Would that be correct?
I simply disagree, having taken the piece provided by Conservationist, I agree that any religious authority as the expression of the essential soul of a people. The religious authority is the upholder and protecter of the ideal a people has for itself. When one submits to the authority of the religious caste one is attempting to mould one's character and life in accordance with the instinctual ideal one has for one's self anyhow.
Perhaps we can both agree that in a Traditional society we do not have to worry about people thinking for themselves, because the religious authority is an expression of their innermost desires anyway?
Your original argument (and I hope I am not misrepresenting you, and if so, correct me or disregard this) was that a person in order to do good must submit to something higher than himself. I'll agree on a couple things about this statement. I agree when you say some people are better fit to lead than others, but I believe when society is left to a natural order, these people rise to the top on their own, and I also agree that self denial is something very important, but I believe people need to run their own lives and judge their own actions and that a society becomes stronger when it does this. I agree with Machievelli when he says that societies that are use to making the decisions on their own are better at it, because I have seen it in history, and the opposite as well, where people who have their decisions made for them become stagnant and useless.
Monarchy is best, the best leading is best. Whether or not this is natural is debatable and to assume that this will happen naturally reeks of the romantic view of human nature, viz that man left alone and given space blossoms like a flower with his highest and best faculties naturally taking over. Is that true of society? Do the best naturally rise to the top, or do the weeds always try to suffocate them?
Society, I think, naturally tends towards disorder unless there is a counter-prevailing force.
Each person must make profound decisions, with you I agree here, but what those profound decisions will be should be based on one's station in life. | <urn:uuid:98c98a1f-e93d-46f7-88bc-8fa079e6c161> | 2013-05-23T18:51:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I have the following personal defense ammo to trade in Mississippi only:
*Federal Classic 180-grain 10mm JHP - 100 rounds;
*Federal Premium 180-grain 10mm Hydroshock - 40 rounds;
*Speer 125-grain .357Sig Gold Dot - 150 rounds
I'm looking to trade for comparable commercial .45ACP ammunition. | <urn:uuid:a34193b7-ac0d-4830-a977-a3f1a8b62737> | 2013-05-23T18:51:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Definitions for wageweɪdʒ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wageweɪdʒ(n.; v.)waged, wag•ing.
(n.)Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services.
Ref: Compare living wage , minimum wage. 1
wages, recompense or return:
The wages of sin is death.
Obs. a pledge or security.
(v.t.)to carry on (a battle, argument, etc.):
to wage war.
Obs. to stake or wager. to pledge.
(v.i.)Obs. to contend; struggle.
Origin of wage:
1275–1325; ME: pledge, security < AF; OF guagegage1< VL *wadium < Gmc (see wed )
wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary(verb)
something that remunerates
"wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
"Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis.
To wager, bet.
To employ for wages; to hire.
To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
to wage war
Origin: from wage, a northern variant of gauge, gage, from *waddi, wadja (cognate with wedd), from wadjō, from wadh-. Akin to veþja "to pledge", wadi. More at wed.
to pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar
to expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard
to engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war
to adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out
to put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to
to give security for the performance of
to bind one's self; to engage
that which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage
that for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages
Translations for wage
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
(alsoˈwages noun plural) a regular, usually weekly rather than monthly, payment for the work that one does
He spends all his wages on books; What is his weekly wage?
- salárioPortuguese (BR)
- der LohnGerman
- μισθός, (οικονομικές) απολαβέςGreek
- salario, sueldoSpanish
- mjesečna plaćaCroatian
- laun, kaupIcelandic
- 임금, 급료, 삯Korean
- darba algaLatvian
- gaji, upahMalay
- lønn, gasjeNorwegian
- lön, avlöningSwedish
- ค่าจ้าง; ค่าแรงThai
- 報酬，薪資Chinese (Trad.)
- заробітна платаUkrainian
- lương tuầnVietnamese
- 工资，报酬Chinese (Simp.)
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From Food & Wine
This decadent pear-and-caramel trifle is perfect for a party because it can be made a day ahead and it serves a crowd.
© Chris Court
Yields: 10 to 12 servings
Total Time: 45 min
- 4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
- 5 large Bartlett pears, slightly underripe; peeled, cored, and diced
- 1 cup(s) Vanilla Bean and Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce
- 1 teaspoon(s) unflavored powdered gelatin
- 16 ounce(s) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3 cup(s) heavy cream, cold
- 8 ounce(s) gingersnap cookies
- Gingersnap cookies, crushed, for garnish
- In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the diced pears. Cover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until just softened, about 8 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce, cover, and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the pears are tender, 5 minutes. Scrape the pears onto a plate and refrigerate until cool.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over 2 tablespoons of water. Let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. Microwave at high power for 5 seconds, just until the gelatin is melted. Transfer the gelatin mixture to a bowl and add the cream cheese and the remaining 1/2 cup of caramel sauce. Using an electric mixer, beat at medium-high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- In another bowl, whip 1 1/2 cups of the cream until firm peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
- Spoon one-fourth of the mousse into a medium trifle bowl. Top with one-fourth of the gingersnaps and one-fourth of the pears. Repeat the layering, ending with a layer of pears. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the remaining 1 1/2 cups of cream until soft peaks form. Dollop the cream over the trifle and garnish with crushed gingersnaps.
Here are some alternate versions of this recipe created by our wonderful community of chefs! | <urn:uuid:623ef223-45cd-4adf-be97-19e1150d6552> | 2013-05-23T18:38:54Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The nearly 20 attacks, most of them in and around Baghdad, demonstrated in stark terms how dangerously divided Iraq remains more than a year after American troops withdrew. More than 240 people were reported wounded.
It was Iraq's bloodiest day since Sept. 9, when an onslaught of bombings and shootings killed 92.
Violence has ebbed sharply since the peak of Sunni-Shiite fighting that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. But insurgents are still able to stage high-profile attacks, while sectarian and ethnic rivalries continue to tear at the fabric of national unity.
The symbolism of Tuesday's attacks was strong, coming 10 years to the day, Washington time, that President George W. Bush announced the start of hostilities against Iraq. It was already early March 20, 2003, in Iraq when the airstrikes began.
The military action quickly ousted Saddam Hussein but led to years of bloodshed as Sunni and Shiite militants battled U.S. forces and each other, leaving nearly 4,500 Americans and more than 100,000 Iraqis dead.
A decade later, Iraq's long-term stability and the strength of its democracy are uncertain. While the country is freer than it was during Saddam's murderous rule, its Shiite-led government is arguably closer to Tehran than to Washington. It faces an outpouring of anger by the Sunni minority that was dominant under Saddam and at the heart of the insurgency that followed his ouster.
"Today's attacks are new proof that the politicians and security officials are a huge failure," said Hussein Abdul-Khaliq, a resident of Baghdad's Shiite slum district of Sadr City, which was hit by three explosions that killed 10 people, including three commuters on a minibus.
The apparently coordinated attacks around the country included car bombs and explosives stuck to the underside of vehicles. They targeted government security forces and mainly Shiite areas.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Iraqi officials believe al-Qaida's Iraq arm is to blame. The terror group favors car bombs and coordinated bombings to undermine public confidence in the government. It has claimed it was behind two large-scale, well-coordinated attacks already this month, including an assault on the Justice Ministry in downtown Baghdad last week that left 30 dead.
Sabah al-Nuaman, a spokesman for Iraq's counterterrorism services, said al-Qaida is trying to exploit political instability in the country. He also linked the violence to the civil war across the border in Syria, where largely Sunni rebels—some with ties to al-Qaida—are trying to topple President Bashar Assad.
"The terrorist groups are trying to move their operations back to Iraq. They want to make Iraq part of the regional struggle," al-Nuaman said.
The violence started around 8 a.m., when a bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in Baghdad's Mashtal neighborhood, killing four people, according to police and hospital officials. It blew out the eatery's windows and left several cars mangled in the blood-streaked street.
The deadliest attack was a 10 a.m. car bombing near the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghdad's Qahira neighborhood. Seven people were killed.
Another car bomb exploded outside a restaurant near one of the main gates to the fortified Green Zone, which houses major government offices and the U.S. and British embassies. Six people died, including two soldiers. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the area as ambulances raced to the scene.
At one point amid the chaos, authorities shut bridges spanning the Tigris River in the capital, hoping to thwart further attacks.
Car bombings, roadside blasts, suicide attacks and other mayhem were reported in other parts of the capital as well as in Taji, Tarmiyah, Baqouba and Iskandiriya. In the northern city of Mosul, a local police commander was killed along with two bodyguards by a suicide bomber.
The U.S. and Britain, the two countries that contributed the bulk of the troops for the 2003 war effort, condemned the attacks.
"The vast majority of Iraqis want to leave behind the violence of the past to build a peaceful and prosperous country," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement.
Amid the political tensions, Iraq's Cabinet decided Tuesday to postpone next month's local elections in two provinces dominated by Sunnis.
Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr blasted the decision and threatened to withdraw his bloc's support from the government.
"Staying in this government has become harmful and not useful at all," he said.
Associated Press writers Sameer N. Yacoub, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad and Raphael Satter in London contributed to this report.
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Ben Curtis, Associated Press
CAIRO — He survived assassination attempts and wave after wave of Mideast crises, a solid ally of the West whose stable image reassured many Egyptians. Hosni Mubarak ended his presidency Friday as a symbol of what was wrong with Egypt: the repression, the corruption, the lost hopes of a swelling, impoverished class.
Mubarak, in power for nearly three decades, was such a fixture that his exit from power was hard to conceive for most Egyptians just a short time ago. Year after year, as the president aged and ailed, people watched his scripted appearances on television — the suit and tie, the wagging finger, the "father of the nation" aura.
After protests and upheaval swept Egypt, Mubarak sought to portray himself as the only obstacle to chaos, as he had done successfully so many times in the past. Yet attacks by his supporters, who roamed downtown Cairo with impunity, suggested that violence lay at the core of his system.
As he clung to power, the status quo he personified became increasingly loathed. And as it turns out, beneath the stern facade of authority, the 82-year-old was a figure in steep decline, unable to check boiling currents of popular fury, or harness the history unfolding in his nation of 80 million — the largest in the Arab world.
A former pilot and air force general with a combative, stubborn streak, he took tentative steps toward democratic reform early in his presidency but pulled back toward the dictatorial style that eventually propelled the protests that began on Jan. 25.
Assessments described Mubarak as a man deeply suspicious of reform. A 2009 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, released by the secret-sharing WikiLeaks website, called him "a tried and true realist, innately cautious and conservative," and with "little time for idealistic goals."
It noted that Mubarak disapproved of the 2003 U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein of Iraq, which he believed was in need of a "'tough, strong military officer who is fair'" as leader.
"This telling observation, we believe, describes Mubarak's own view of himself as someone who is tough but fair, who ensures the basic needs of his people," the cable said. "In Mubarak's mind, it is far better to let a few individuals suffer than risk chaos for society as a whole."
Mubarak was long credited by his Western allies with keeping the peace with Israel and keeping Egypt free of the grip of Islamic extremism. In a searing experience that defined his outlook, he was sitting on a military viewing stand next to his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, when Islamic militants assassinated Sadat in 1981. A week later, with Egypt in trauma, Mubarak was president.
He lacked the charisma of his two predecessors, the peacemaker Sadat and the Arab nationalist, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and served in their shadows. He struggled with the problems that have bedeviled the Arab world: choking corruption, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and fighting militancy. Economic reforms spurred growth, but the fruits trickled only to a few.
He carved out a niche as a key negotiator on the Palestinian crisis, bolstered by billions in U.S. aid. He engineered Egypt's return to the Arab fold after nearly a decade out in the cold over its 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
Early on, Mubarak put down an insurgency by Muslim extremists, whose ranks had produced Sadat's assassins and some of the future al-Qaida leaders. In the 1990s, he fought hard against another resurgence of Muslim militants whose attacks included the slaughter of dozens of foreign tourists at the temple city of Luxor.
Eli Shaked, who served as Israel's ambassador to Egypt from 2003-2005, described Mubarak as "a strong presence, not charismatic but with a heavy body like a fighter bomber, and very levelheaded."
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Handicrafts provide a livelihood to large numbers of people.
The handicrafts products become globally popular but the skills and expertise remain largely informal and inadequately documented.
Finger prints represents traditional handmade skills in a innovative manner.Bar-code symbolizes that handmade products are future selling products. Colors green and brown represents the color of nature, environment and sustainability.
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That is indeed his argument, Arvind. In Sachs's book The End of Poverty, he discusses the problems with Western attempts to understand the political, economical and physical climates of developing countries. He points out that medicine is practiced clinically, where doctors immerse themselves in the community they wish to treat, and thereby creates the analogy of a "clinical economist." Economists cannot very well "treat" the economy they wish to improve by means of second hand data. Similarly, one can create the analogy of a "clinical designer," one who is ready to immerse him or herself in the climate he or she wants to 'treat.' Sachs denounces the use of typical social research methods and second-hand data, and would agree wholeheartedly with your post.
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Pulse Shift is a first person puzzle platformer which allows players to control and cheat physics. The game allows to play with physics, gravity and manipulating time. Primary goal is find right way and get to the arrow location as fast as possible. It is a game where you finding, trying, jumping, collecting, avoiding, thinking, running and trying again. It is 3d puzzle game where you really playing with three dimensions.
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Lance Armstrong cheated, lied and vindictively bullied for much of his cycling career, while lifting the sport and his own profile to unprecedented heights. (Getty Images)
Please, don't pretend to be outraged or shocked by Lance Armstrong's pitiable televised penance tonight. And please, don't be duped again by the man's motive.
This is why mythology in sports is dangerous, because super-human feats can be performed by super-flawed humans. Armstrong cheated, lied and vindictively bullied for much of his cycling career, while lifting the sport and his own profile to unprecedented heights.
Now he's broken by deceit and desperate to preserve his wealth (reportedly around $100 million) and what's left of his reputation (very little). The defrocked seven-time Tour de France winner reportedly admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs when he spoke with Oprah Winfrey earlier this week. The two-part interview airs tonight and Friday night, and it's important to recognize the mutual motives.
Winfrey scored the big sit-down to pump her fledgling Oprah Winfrey Network. And Armstrong granted the big interview not to seek forgiveness, but to appease the overseers of cycling and to satisfy the U.S. Justice Department, which is contemplating whether to join a whistleblower lawsuit against Armstrong.
His sad plea probably won't work, because his monstrous ego won't permit a full confession. Oh, he might soften some ugly perceptions, but his name is ruined and his legal battles are just starting. It's the price one pays for arrogantly donning the cloak of invincibility.
Armstrong, 41, is a man long driven by survival instincts, from his remarkable recovery from testicular cancer to his repeated denials of cheating. He wants his lifetime ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency reduced so he can compete again in sanctioned triathlons. He wants to start over after being accused by a dozen former teammates in a USADA investigation of masterminding "the most sophisticated doping program on the planet." The report last October was devastating, yet Armstrong's initial response was to call it a "witch hunt."
Since then, most of his sponsors have dumped him and his charitable foundation pushed him away, and he deserved every blast of scorn. Armstrong finally stopped fighting the charges, but I doubt wallowing in Oprah's chair will accomplish all he hopes. He reportedly isn't supplying specific doping information, which the USADA requires to reconsider its penalties.
More likely, this is the sordid end to a complex tale that many saw coming, the Armstrong mythology stripped bare. I'm not going to pretend I care about cycling, and I'd guess many Armstrong fans didn't either until his extraordinary story began to unfold.
He overcame cancer to become one of the dominant athletes in the world, racing through the French Alps every year, chased by those bitter foreigners who dared to challenge our mighty American. At the same time, he was raising millions for cancer patients through his foundation, Livestrong.
That money is real and the impact important, and in the grand scheme, Livestrong's good outweighs Armstrong's bad. But fundraising isn't quite as noble if you're also raising millions for yourself, and doing it under false pretenses. It's not nearly as honorable when you not only deny every charge, but try to destroy your accusers.
Former teammate Floyd Landis, also accused of doping, has filed a federal whistle-blowing lawsuit against Armstrong for allegedly defrauding the U.S. Postal Service, the team's sponsor.
Others who were threatened and attacked by Armstrong are set to fight back, including the Sunday Times of London, which once paid $500,000 to settle a libel suit brought by Armstrong. Another former teammate, Frankie Andreu, was publicly lambasted when he and his wife, Betsy, first suggested Armstrong was cheating.
In sports and in life, people want to believe in the unbelievable. That's why baseball's home-run era was so wildly celebrated. Now, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and other steroid-tainted stars are punished in absentia by Hall of Fame voters.
It's difficult to know anymore which great feats you can trust. Steroids and other drugs have haunted the Olympics, football and baseball. Coaches held up as paragons of decency — Joe Paterno, Jim Tressel — have been revealed as something else entirely.
Armstrong truly was unbelievable, winning races in a sport rife with cheating. All the while, he tried to convince people he was one of the last clean riders, beating his competitors with pure sweat and determination. Ha.
I'll watch the Oprah interview mainly because I'm fascinated by the performance, such as it is. Will he shed tears of remorse, or just peel off the outer layer, enough to satisfy his accusers?
In an interview on "CBS This Morning," Winfrey said she was "satisfied" with the two-and-a-half-hour taping, but revealed little about the depths of Armstrong's admission.
"I would say he did not come clean in the manner I expected," Winfrey said. "We were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. … I wouldn't characterize him as contrite, but I'll let people make their own conclusions."
Maybe he isn't capable of sincere contrition. He never showed it before, even amid the evidence in the 1,000-page USADA report. Armstrong pulled it off for a long time, effectively as anyone in American sports history. He might be done doping, but no matter what he reveals, I doubt he's done duping.
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I'm looking at PYREPL, it seems like an excellent tool to help me run Python code on my N95, S60 FP2 mobile phone.
1. I seem to be running into issue when trying to find (a compatible version) for my FP2 phone. The only included in the Pytools seems to only be for S60/FP1.
There's also the real version of PYREPL, 0.81, which I am unsure as to how to run the thing...
Is there a version which I can install on my phone?
2. I've got the Bluetooth console open and can actively write code in it. Each line seems to be executed as a whole script, and with each new line I can add functionality.
How can I write WHOLE scripts, then execute them using this bluetooth console? Supposedly I'm supposed to be able to use the SYNC function, but yeah, I think thats part of the tools.
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Using Symbian C++ in the Qt SDK
This article explains what you need to do in order to write mixed Qt and Symbian C++ code using the Qt SDK. This is an important topic because the Qt SDK has been discontinued.
The Qt SDK is the recommended SDK for Qt application development. It contains all the APIs necessary for cross platform development with Qt, including the Qt Mobility APIs which provide access to key mobile functionality. From Qt 4.7.2Qt SDK is the recommended SDK for developing applications that mix Qt and Symbian C++ code.
What APIs can you use with the Qt SDK?
The Qt SDK has build targets for Symbian^1 and Symbian^3. These contain most of the APIs from the corresponding native Symbian C++ SDKs. This means that for most Symbian C++ APIs you can build against the Qt SDK as you would have for the original native SDK.
Note however that if you're targeting S60 3rd Edition devices using the Symbian^1 target, compatibility cannot be guaranteed. If you build using the Qt SDK you will need to test more thoroughly. If you run into compatibility problems you may need to use the approaches outlined in the next section.
What if an API is not present in the Qt SDK?
Some APIs will not be present in the Qt SDK (there is no list, so please add any you find as a comment to this article). In addition, if you're targeting S60 3rd Edition devices, you might want to compile the Symbian-specific parts of your code against the associated SDK to improve compatibility.
In either case, you have two main options:
- Copy the missing libraries, headers and link libraries across from the Symbian SDK into the Qt SDK and then build as normal
- Build the Symbian part of your application as a shared DLL against the native SDK, then copy your library to the Qt SDK for Qt side development
The first option is the simplest option as you don't need to set up another IDE or do anything special to bundle executables built against another SDK with your application. The second option is only preferred in cases where you would otherwise have to overwrite libraries already in the SDK, or if you need to improve backwards compatibility with S60 3rd Edition devices.
Where do I copy files into the Qt SDK?
For a Symbian^3 target you will need to copy the required headers (.h) and link libraries (.dso) into the locations listed below (on default installation)
- C:\QtSDK\Symbian\SDKs\Symbian3\epoc32\include\ (system include directory, headers go here)
- C:\QtSDK\Symbian\SDKs\Symbian3\epoc32\release\armv5\lib\ (link library directory, .dso goes here)
These would be copied from the equivalent folders in the native Symbian C++ SDK.
If you've built the dlls in the other SDK, these would also have to be copied across. Typically these would be copied here:
If you're using Symbian^1 the steps are the same, but you use the SDK at C:\QtSDK\Symbian\SDKs\Symbian1\
Frequently Asked Questions
Can we rebuild Qt against a Symbian PDK?
In theory, but this may be more trouble than it is worth. Rebuilding Qt requires RVCT 2.2 (which is difficult to get) and a Symbian PDK (which is no longer produced).
What if I want to use Carbide.c++ IDE?
The Qt SDK comes with Qt Creator, which is the recommended IDE for Qt development.
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This wednesday with tears in my eyes, I proudly present a very touching story that might make you all cry too. But please have a happy day!
Thera Kumara-Kassapa And His Mother
[ Translated from Thai Dhammapada, Thai Version, by Dr. Tep Sastri ]
Once upon a time, there was a young daughter of a rich family who lived in Rajagaha City. She admired Buddha's teachings and loved to listen to his dhamma talks. Her heart was committed to joining the Buddha's Sangha Order, but her parents wanted a different life for her. They chose to marry her to a rich young man. As an obedient daughter, she complied with the parents' wish.
After having entered the matrimony for a while, she begged her husband to let her join the Sangha Order. Her husband finally gave her his blessings to become member of Buddha's Order. Thus she was ordained as a bhikkhuni and resided with lady-monks under Bhikkhu Devadatta.
Months passed by, one day the lady-monks of the community noticed that the new bhikkhuni was pregnant. They furiously disapproved of her and wanted her to be forced out of the Order. So they brought the case to Bhikkhu Devadatta who agreed that she must quit the Order. The young lady, however, argued that the Buddha should be the one to judge her and decide if she whether or not should be banished from the Order. After an intensive investigation by Upali Thera, the Buddha was counseled that the conception of her baby occurred prior to her joining the Order. Thus they concluded that she must not to be blamed or had to disrobe. This pregnancy case was so famous that even King Pasenadi and Upasika Visakha got involved.
After the bhikkhuni had given birth to a baby boy at the monastery, King Pasenadi adopted the baby and raised him as his own child in the royal palace. The babyboy was given the name 'Kumara-Kassapa'. The boy grew up and played happily with other royal children. But one day the other children were no longer friendly; they ridiculed him, mocking him for being an orphan --not a royal blood sibling. And it made him very sad and desolated. He was only seven years old then, when he went to see the Buddha and asked to be ordained as a samanera and to reside at the Buddha's place.
At the age of twenty he became a bhikku and soon asked for the Buddha's permission to go to Andhavana(Dark) Forest to meditate alone. Bhikkhu Kumara Kassapa made great progress in his meditation, dwelling in solitude. One night, while being in an intense meditative state, a superdeva named Suddhávása appeared in front of him. [The Deva once was his friend during the time of the Kassapa Buddha, and they used to practice meditation together.] Suddhávása Deva explained the reason for his appearance; it was because he had 15 questions for the Bhikkhu to ask the Buddha. ( See Vammika Sutta for the 15 questions.)
Kumara Kassapa then travelled days and nights to see the Buddha and delivered the Deva's 15 questions.
While Buddha was telling him the answers to all these questions one by one, Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa listened intensely to each answer such that he attained arahantship with the Four Patisambhida -- right at the end of the question #15!
Once there was a very learned prince named 'Payasi of Setavya' whose stubbornness and arrogance was well known throughout the city. But after meeting with and debating about his belief with Kumara-Kassapa, Payasi admitted in public that he was wrong in every category. He was so impressed with Kumara-Kassapa's Dhamma that he proclaimed himself a royal supporter of the Buddha and his monks from then on. Because of Kumara-Kassapa's keen knowledge of the Dhamma and his great skills in delivering it, the Buddha praised him as an "etadagga" who was foremost among those with the special gift of delivering varied and versatile discourses (cittakathikanam).
NOTE**: The mother of Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa was broken-hearted because King Pasenadi took her baby away to raise in his palace. She truly missed her kid through all those years and always wished that she could meet him again someday. Her wish came true one day, when she suddenly saw bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa walking by for alms food! She was immensely happy, running to him so fast that she stumbled and fell to the ground in front of him. Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa realized that his mother was capable of enlightenment, but her overwhelming love has prevented her from unworldly attainments, therefore he intended to help her overcoming the worthless worldly love. So, instead of showing love and gladness, he criticized his mother that despite of her having been a bhikkhuni for quite a long time, it was shameful that she still could not let go of the wordly attachment. The ruse succeeded; his words cut through her heart like a knife. She suffered so deeply that she walked away from him and went back to the monastery. She then meditated continuously, nonstop, and was able to attain arahantship that very night.
NOTE: In the time of Padumuttara Buddha Kassapa was a learned brahmin, and having heard a monk ranked foremost in eloquence, he wished for a similar distinction and did many good deeds and merits towards the end.
NOTE: The superdeva was a deity of the Suddhávása brahma world. He was one of five friends who, in the time of Kassapa Buddha, had entered the Order and who, in order to meditate uninterruptedly, had climbed a rock by means of a ladder which they had then removed, thus cutting off their return. The eldest became an arahant in three days, the second (anuthera) was this superdeva, who had become an anágámí. The third was Pukkusáti, the fourth Báhiya Dárucíriya and the last Kumára-Kassapa. This superdeva was responsible for the arahantship both of Báhiya and Kumara-Kassapa.
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Jyoti wrote:RikudouSennin, looking at your age and economic situation, I would recommend you find a part time job while continue your academic study. You will regret when you are older and find yourself without any qualification needed to work in society. Forget about retreat or dzogchen (for a while) since these are beyond your means, if you are serious about dharma, the scriptures are free at any buddhist libraries (this is where I have used to study to gain the knowledge of dharma).
Not BS even though your observations are correct - we have no guarantee about any future time. We also have no guarantee about future circumstances and unfortunately Rikudou is caught in very bad circumstances that he has adapted to so far. Rikudou, it might be a good thing to see if you could work in a Dharma Center in exchange for room and board. Do short term retreats.
In the US and much of the First World, although the societies are rich enough to provide all the basic needs of it's citizenry, the society is set up to ration resources on the basis of money. This is because the societies are still officially wedded to the idea that a scarcity of resources exists and therefore rationing on the basis of money is necessary. The major difference between the US and advanced nations is that most advanced nations provide substantial resources for people who have fallen between the cracks. The US does not and the society assumes that a person who has fallen between the cracks is mentally ill, or wishes to live the homeless life, or is a drug or alcohol abuser. Part of the reason for this attitude is Americans have been conditioned to think this and then just ignore people in need.
We live in a world bounded by real practicalities. In the US, missteps are often unrecoverable. It's a very harsh society although it also has some compassionate people. The very best thing would be for Rikudou to come into contact with one of these compassionate people who can help him get on his feet. If you have about $10,000 and can't find work within 1 month, then the best thing would be to move to India and Nepal for at least a year because employment recovery will continue to be a failure for at least another year. Another option is to create a business - that is difficult and most businesses fail.
There are apparently lots of part-time jobs but they may not be where one lives and they are not usually enough to survive on. A part-time job in the US may still force you to become a wandering yogi (or at least live in the woods).
Becoming a wandering yogi is really for people who have totally abandoned needing the normal necessities of life. This isn't supported in the US. It was supported in Tibet and India. People therefore had some degree of assurance that the society would support their decision and they could practice and not die immediately. In the US (or anywhere this isn't supported) one could starve to death in a short time.
So Rikudou please decide well. It might be a good thing to see if you could work in a Dharma Center in exchange for room and board. There aren't that many that offer this but some do.
"Set your heart on virtue: Virtue's outcome is delight".
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Early in his career, James McNeill Whistler submitted Symphony
in White, No.1:The White Girl to two esteemed
annual European exhibitions—the Royal Academy in London, England,
and the Paris Salon in France. The painting was rejected at both.
It was shown in a less notable exhibition in 1863 and received tentative
reviews. While the painting’s white tones and the lily held
by the woman imply purity, her morning dress and disheveled hair
suggest impropriety. This ambiguity baffled the European critics
and public: “Folk nudged each other and went almost into hysterics;
there was always a grinning group in front of [The
White Girl].”—Emile Zola, novelist, 1886;
“It is one of the most incomplete paintings we have ever met
with. A woman, in a quaint morning dress of white, with her hair
about her shoulders, stands alone, in the background of nothing
in particular.”—F.G. Stevens, critic, June, 1862.
Critics tried to create a story behind the painting’s subject,
interpretations. They called the model a “sleepwalker,"
"a newly deflowered bride," and an "apparition.”
Whistler left no clues as to how the painting should be read. He
said, “My painting simply represents a girl dressed in white
standing in front of a white curtain.” The real “story”
was Whistler’s manifestation of art for art’s sake—his
focus on color, line and composition—not the subject matter
of the painting.
When the painting was shown in the United States 10 years later,
the public generally reacted differently. The model was described
as “attractive and even fascinating” with a “singular
and an indescribable face, full of the strangest and subtlest expression.”
American artists soon imitated the work, creating their own paintings
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A 54-year-old unemployed man has become the latest victim of Italian austerity measures. He died on Sunday from burns incurred when he set himself on fire in front of the Italian parliament last week.
Angelo di Carlo set himself on fire in Rome in a protest against austerity measures on August 11. Police put out the flames with fire extinguishers but di Carlo succumbed to 85 percent burns, dying on August 19. According to the Independent di Carlo was a jobless widower, struggling with financial problems.
Di Carlo's death is the latest in a wave of high profile suicides to hit Italy, which is one of a number of southern European countries facing crippling austerity measures in the midst of recession.
On March 28 Giuseppe Campaniello set himself on fire in front of the tax office in Bologna, after receiving a fine he could not afford to pay. Campaniello also died of his burns. His death was one of 25 recorded in the first four months of the year, labelled as austerity suicides.
The suicides in Italy follow an increasing trend of economic suicides in Greece. According to the Daily Beast by mid June 1,727 suicides were attributed to harsh austerity measures. The trend is also on the rise in Spain. | <urn:uuid:56ddec06-c8b8-4ec1-bbd6-34ab9114bdbc> | 2013-05-23T18:31:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Gerd Ludwig: Living With Chernobyl
Gerd Ludwig has studied this Russian nuclear meltdown for 25 years, photographing the place and the people whose lives it has affected
|This Article Features Photo Zoom|
I'm scrolling through a powerful collection of photos on my iPad. The pictures depict a strange place, clearly abandoned in an instant. Some scenes are familiar, even archetypal: a tree growing inside a schoolroom, an orphanage populated only by gas masks and abandoned teddy bears, workers donning science-fiction-style hazmat gear. The pictures are from Chernobyl, the photographer is Gerd Ludwig, and the iPad app is integral to his story.
Workers wearing respirators and plastic suits for protection are allowed only one 15-minute stay in this space per day.
"Russia is a very personal history of mine," Ludwig explains. For generations, his forefathers lived in Germany, but when borders were redrawn after World War I, his parents suddenly found themselves in Czechoslovakia. When Hitler annexed that country in 1938, Ludwig's father was pressed into the German army—forced to switch sides and become part of the force that invaded Russia.
"After Germany lost the war," Ludwig says, "the Germans in Sudetenland were kicked out of their property and out of their homes, and my parents' families were among them. As a refugee, I grew up incredibly poor in a tiny little room that served as living room, bedroom and kitchen, all in one. At night, tucked away between my parents' bodies, I would listen to my father's sad and soothing voice as he conjured images of people fighting their way through snowstorms, hiding in barns. I perceived these stories as bedtime stories. But they were my father's experiences fighting his way through Russia. Telling these stories was his way of trying to cope and shed himself of the terrible memories of war.
This amusement park is a symbol of the abandonment of the area.
Looking critically at then-Soviet policies, one cannot ignore the catastrophe at Chernobyl. Ludwig was nowhere near the reactor when it melted down on April 26, 1986. He was in Denver working on the A Day in the Life of America project. When news reports started appearing three days later, Ludwig was on a remote location with no access to television or phone. It was a month before he heard from friends in Germany who had evacuated their pregnant wives and children. This brought the event to the fore for Ludwig, yet it was still six years before he would set foot inside the exclusion zone.
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The DJ has produced a brand new song to soundtrack the beverage's 2012 television advert, which is due to launch later this year.
The campaign has also been backed by iconic footballers Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Frank Lampard, Jack Wilshere and Sergio 'Kun' Agüero.
Harris said: "Working with Pepsi on their 2012 campaign has been great. When Pepsi approached me I knew I wanted to make a song that would blend music with football that both fans around the world would love.
"It's pretty special to personally star in the ad alongside such well known footballers too."
Agüero added: "I think this is going to be one of those Pepsi ads that everyone wants to watch over and over again. I can't wait for my fans to see it."
The advert is described as fusing "speed, flair and tempo of football, together with the energy, rhythm and passion of music". It sees the players kick off a game of football on "a very different pitch from what they're used to".
Harris was recently named as the most successful songwriter of 2011 after scoring a global hit with Rihanna's 'We Found Love' in addition to his own singles 'Bounce' and 'Feel So Close'.
> Ten Things About... Calvin Harris
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The pregnant musician launched into a furious rant on Twitter after having her car struck yesterday evening, posting the individual's vehicle registration number on her profile before stating: "I'd like to thank you for punching my car window with my daughter in the sitting in the back. Big man (sic).
"Ava was upset as didn't understand what was going on. I just know if I was a 6ft man, he would never have gotten out of the car so I ll name n shame him myself."
Following an outpouring of support from her online following, including celebrity friends Emma Bunton, Denise Van Outen and Lauren Laverne, Klass added: "THANK YOU, ALL of you for checking on Ava n me. Coward of a man."
In her most recent message tonight, Klass confirmed that she had reported the incident to authorities and hit back at those who criticised her decision to publish the alleged perpetrator's information.
"To those asking, Avas ok n I get my crime number in 48 more hours! To those offended I posted a nethanderals reg, look away now," she wrote, before adding the registration number again.
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Alley teamed with Chmerkovskiy on the ABC dancing series in 2011, eventually finishing as runner-up to the winners Hines Ward and Kym Johnson.
The Cheers actress told Access Hollywood that Gilbert could make it all the way to this season's Dancing with the Stars final if she follows Chmerkovskiy's strategies.
"In my opinion, he's probably the best teacher, but he's really hardcore," the actress said. "I always said this to Maks, 'Here's this wall!' and his job is to push me through it, I just didn't know how hard it was gonna [be]. It's like 'Boom!'"
She continued: "You sort of need that, especially from the middle [of the season] on, you really need someone to really be pushing you through.
"I don't know about these other girls, but you're going way beyond what you probably have ever accomplished."
Gilbert is pitted against fellow celebrities Katherine Jenkins, Jaleel White, Sherri Shepherd and Jack Wagner in her bid to win the mirrorball trophy.
Dancing with the Stars premieres Monday, March 19 on ABC.
> Sherri Shepherd on DWTS: 'I'll ask Clinton, Walters for votes'
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Bree Olson, who was in a relationship with Sheen and Natalie Kenly, broke up with the former Two and a Half Men star in Toronto over the weekend, reports TMZ.
The reports suggests that Olson left Sheen once before in March, but they reconciled later. Kenly is said to still be with Sheen.
Olson and Kenly have been traveling with Sheen during his 'My Violent Torpedo of Truth' tour, which hit Toronto last week.
The star also arranged a bipolar awareness walk in the city on Friday.
Earlier this month, Sheen declared that he wanted Black Swan's Mila Kunis to move in with him and his two girlfriends.
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Larsen at a Yankees fan fair in 2007
August 7, 1929 |
Michigan City, Indiana
|Batted: Right||Threw: Right|
|April 18, 1953 for the St. Louis Browns|
|Last MLB appearance|
|July 7, 1967 for the Chicago Cubs|
|Earned run average||3.78|
|Career highlights and awards|
Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. During a 15-year MLB career, he pitched from 1953–1967 for seven different teams. Larsen pitched for the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–1954; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962–1964), Houston Colt .45's / Houston Astros (1964–1965), and Chicago Cubs (1967).
Larsen pitched the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is currently the only perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no hitters in MLB postseason history. He won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his 1956 postseason.
Early life
Larsen attended Point Loma High School where he was a member of the basketball and baseball team. He was selected for the All-Metro Conference team as a basketball player, and was offered several college scholarships to play basketball.
In baseball, Larsen's ability for the local American Legion team caught the attention of St. Louis Browns scout Art Schwartz. Schwartz signed Larsen to a contract to play for one of the Browns minor league teams in 1947, with Larsen receiving a $850 signing bonus ($8,739 in current dollar terms). Larsen, on why he signed with the Browns over attending college, later said that he was "never much with the studies".
Minor league baseball and military career
Larsen started his career with the Aberdeen Pheasants of the Class-C Northern League in 1947, appearing in 16 games. He had a 4–3 win-loss record and a 3.42 earned run average (ERA). The next season with Aberdeen, he won 17 games and had a 3.75 ERA in 34 games. Larsen started the 1949 season pitching for the Globe-Miami Browns of the Class-C Arizona-Texas League, before he moved up the minor league hierarchy, playing for the Springfield Browns in the Class-B Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, and the Wichita Falls Spudders of the Class-B Big State League for the first half of the 1950 season. Larsen was promoted to the Wichita Indians of the Class-A Western League in the second half of the 1950 season. With the Indians, Larsen had a 6–4 record with a 3.14 ERA in 21 games.
In 1951, Larsen was drafted to the United States Army for the Korean War. He spent the next two years in the Army, working in a variety of non-combat jobs. He was discharged from the Army in 1953 and made the St. Louis Browns roster prior to the beginning of the season.
Early Major League Career
St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles
Larsen made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with an start against the Detroit Tigers on April 17, 1953. He pitched five innings, giving up three earned runs, while striking out three in a no decision, an 8-7 Browns win. He had his first career win a little less than a month later, on May 12, 1953 against the Philadelphia Athletics, pitching 7 2⁄3 innings and giving up one earned run in a 7-3 win.
At the end of his rookie season, Larsen finished with an 7-12 record, 4.16 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 38 games, 22 of them starts. He finished first on the team in innings pitched (192 2⁄3) and complete games (7) and second on the team in strikeouts. He also allowed the most hits with 202, and earned runs (89) on the squad. He also broke a Major League record for pitchers by having seven consecutive hits at one point.
The Browns relocated to Baltimore for the 1954 season. In 1954, Larsen went 3–21 with an 4.37 earned run average and 80 strikeouts in 29 games. He led the league in losses and finished third in the league in earned runs (98). The Orioles only won 54 games that season, while having 100 losses, and finished the season in seventh place. Two of Larsen's three wins were against the New York Yankees, including a 10-0 shutout on July 30, his last win of the season. His other victory was against the Chicago White Sox on May 30.
Trade to Yankees
In 1954, the New York Yankees despite winning 104 games, finished second behind the Cleveland Indians in the American League. Yankees general manager George Weiss blamed the age of their pitching staff for their performance. The Yankees "Big Three" pitching staff of the late 1940s and 50s, Vic Raschi, Ed Lopat and Allie Reynolds were in their late 30s, and wearing down. Raschi was traded to the Cardinals prior to the season, Reynolds retired because of a back injury and Lopat was ineffective and retired within a year. Two other pitchers in the staff, Johnny Sain and Tommy Byrne were also near the end of their careers. Desperate for young starting pitching to pitch behind staff ace Whitey Ford and promising starter Bob Grim, Weiss managed to find a trade partner with the Orioles. At the end of the season, Larsen was traded by the Baltimore Orioles as part of a 17-player trade, with Billy Hunter, Bob Turley and players to be named later to the Yankees for most prominently, catcher Gus Triandos, and outfielder Gene Woodling. When the trade was announced Turley was considered the key player in the trade. During the 1954 season Turley had a 14–15 win-loss record with the Orioles, and some observers considered Turley to have the "liveliest fastball" in the league. However, Weiss and Yankees manager Casey Stengel thought that Larsen had the most potential out of the two, having been impressed with Larsen's performance against the Yankees and demanded that he was included in the trade.
New York Yankees
As a member of the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1959, Larsen was used by manager Casey Stengel as a backup starter and occasional reliever. He went 45–24 during his five seasons in New York, making 90 starts in 128 appearances.
1955 season
Larsen reported to spring training with a sore shoulder and pitched ineffectively to start the year. He was quickly demoted to the Denver Bears, and Larsen visibly upset, decided to "take my sweet time" reporting to the Bears. After staying in St. Louis for a week, Larsen had a change of heart and reported to the team. Larsen spent most of the first four months of the season with the Bears, only pitching in five games for the Yankees during that timespan. During the 1955 season, Larsen participated in nineteen games, starting 13 of them. He had a 9-2 record with an 3.07 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 97 innings pitched. He pitched a shutout against Jim Bunning and the Tigers on August 5, 1955.
1956 season
His 1956 season was the best of Larsen's career. He posted an 11–5 record, with a career best 107 strikeouts and a 3.26 ERA. Larsen was used in between the bullpen and the starting rotation for most of the season, participating in 38 games, starting 20. Larsen had a rough start to the season, and by the end of May Larsen had an 5.64 ERA. He gradually improved and by the beginning of August, Larsen lowered his ERA below 4.00. In a seven start stretch to finish the season, Larsen had five complete games, and pitched 10 innings in another. He pitched a four-hit shutout against his former team (Orioles) on the second game of an doubleheader on September 3. He finished the season with a 7-3 victory against the Boston Red Sox on September 28.
The perfect game
Larsen's most notable accomplishment was pitching the only perfect game in the history of the World Series; it is one of only 23 perfect games in MLB history. He was pitching for the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers on October 8, 1956. His perfect game remained the only no-hitter of any type ever pitched in postseason play until Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds on October 6, 2010, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
Stengel selected Larsen to start Game 2 of the Series. Despite being given a 6–0 lead by the Yankee batters, he lasted only 1.2 innings in a 13-8 loss. He only gave up one hit, a single by Gil Hodges, but walked four batters, which led to four runs in the process, but none of them were earned because of an error by first baseman Joe Collins.
Larsen started Game 5 for the Yankees. Larsen's opponent in the game was Brooklyn's Sal Maglie. Larsen needed just 97 pitches to complete the game, and only one Dodger batter, (Pee Wee Reese in the first inning), was able to get a 3-ball count. In 1998, Larsen recalled, "I had great control. I never had that kind of control in my life." Brooklyn's Maglie gave up only two runs on five hits. Mickey Mantle's fourth-inning home run broke the scoreless tie. The Yankees added an insurance run in the sixth. After Roy Campanella grounded out to Billy Martin for the second out of the 9th inning, Larsen faced pinch hitter Dale Mitchell, a .311 career hitter. Throwing fastballs, Larsen got ahead in the count at 1–2. On his 97th pitch, a called strike, Larsen caught Mitchell looking for the 27th and last out. Larsen's unparalleled game earned him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and Babe Ruth Award.
When the World Series ended, Larsen did a round of endorsements and promotional work around the United States, but he stopped soon after because it was "disrupting his routine".
In 1957, Larsen had a 10-4 record with 3.74 ERA in 27 games, 20 of them starts. Larsen again had a bad start to the season, giving out four earned runs in 1 1⁄3 innings pitched in his opening start against the Boston Red Sox. He gave up three consecutive hits to Gene Stephens, Gene Mauch and Sammy White to start the second inning, and after an sacrifice fly by pitcher Bob Porterfield, he gave up a double to Frank Malzone, knocking Larsen out of the game. On May 26, Larsen gave up four earned runs in less than one inning of work in a start against the Washington Senators. He started another game two days later against the Red Sox and by the end of the month his ERA was over 6. He improved by the end of the season, hurling a 3-hit shutout against the Kansas City Athletics on September 15. In the 1957 World Series against the Milwaukee Braves, he pitched seven innings in relief in Game 3, getting the win in a 12-3 lopsided defeat. He started the seventh game of the Series, lasting 2 1⁄3 innings in a 5–0 loss as the Braves won the Series.
Larsen won another World Series game in the 1958 World Series. Like the 1957 World Series, it went to a seventh game, and Larsen was New York's starting pitcher. Again he lasted just 2 1⁄3 innings, taking a no-decision.
Both the Yankees' and Don Larsen's fortunes would dip in 1959. New York slipped to third place and Don Larsen dropped below .500 for the first time in his Yankee career, going 6–7. He was traded to the Kansas City Athletics with Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri, and Kent Hadley.
Later career
He made a comeback of sorts in 1961, going 8–2 while playing for both the Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, to whom he was traded in June 1961 with Andy Carey, Ray Herbert and Al Pilarcik for Wes Covington, Stan Johnson, Bob Shaw and Gerry Staley.
After the 1961 season, Larsen was traded to the San Francisco Giants with Billy Pierce for Bob Farley, Eddie Fisher and Dom Zanni and a player to be named later (Verle Tiefenthaler). Larsen became a full-time relief pitcher, anchoring a strong bullpen that included Bobby Bolin and Stu Miller. He had five wins with 11 saves for the pennant-winning Giants. Larsen won the deciding game of the three-game playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, relieving Juan Marichal in the eighth inning. In the 1962 World Series, Larsen won Game 4 pitching in relief, giving him a career World Series record of 4–2 with a 2.75 ERA.
In 1964, Larsen was sold to the Houston Colt .45s, who pressed Larsen back into a starting role. He responded with a 4–8 record and a 2.27 ERA. In 1965, he was traded to the Orioles for Bob Saverine and cash. The Orioles released him prior to the 1966 season, and he pitched the year for the Phoenix Giants of the Class-AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL) in the San Francisco minor league organization. Larsen was on the Chicago Cubs roster for two weeks of the 1967 season, pitching only four innings in what would be his final stint in the Major Leagues. He spent the rest of the season with the Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs of the Class-AA Texas League. Larsen started the 1968 season in the Cubs' minor league system, pitching for the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League and Tacoma Cubs of the PCL, before retiring in the summer.
Larsen was also a good-hitting pitcher, finishing his career with a .242 average and 14 home runs. One of his four-baggers matched his famous achievement on the mound, and in the same season, as he stroked a grand slam against the Boston Red Sox on April 22, 1956, a game in which he pitched 4 innings. He was regarded well enough by his managers that he was used as a pinch hitter 66 times.
Post career
After retiring from baseball, Larsen attempted to work in the front office of a Major League squad, and a liquor salesman, neither of which worked out. He became an executive for a paper company, working with farmers who worked in California's Salinas Valley.
Larsen was in Yankee Stadium for two of baseball's 20 modern perfect games: his own in 1956, and David Cone's in 1999. Cone's game occurred on Yogi Berra Day; Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Berra before the game. Larsen would later claim that Cone's perfect game was the first game he had seen in person from start to finish since his retirement.
Larsen was reported in 2012 to put his uniform he wore to pitch his perfect game up for auction to pay for his grandchildren's college education expenses.
Larsen was known for his personality and his enjoyment of the nightlife, specifically in New York City. During his time in minor league baseball, Larsen first developed a reputation as a "fun-loving guy" who liked to go out to bars and have a drink, according to teammate Bob Turley. When he broke to the Majors with the St. Louis Browns, Larsen started violating a time-limit curfew that was set by managers Marty Marion and then Jimmy Dykes. He was nicknamed "Gooneybird" for his antics.
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Further reading
- "Don Larsen: The Game I'll Never Forget". Baseball Digest. Oct. 2003.
- Larsen, Don & Shaw, Mark (2001). The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of The Greatest Miracle in Baseball History. Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing. ISBN 1-58261-336-2.
- Hoose, Phillip (2006). Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me. New York: Walker. ISBN 0-8027-1537-0.
- Bell, Albert A., Jr. (2006). Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives: A Memoir Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Ingalls Publishing. ISBN 1-932158-41-3.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Don Larsen's official site
- The box score for Larsen's perfect game
- ESPN: Fifty years later, Larsen's life still close to perfect
|Awards and achievements|
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October 8, 1956
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Proposed penalties on Cal-OSHA citations total $552,775, the second-highest assessment against an employer by Cal-OSHA. The citations result from a fatality at K & L Plating's operation at 10323 Pearmain Street in Oakland on September 25, 1993. Total assessed penalties on this inspection are $538,280.
Cal-OSHA also inspected K & L Plating's two other facilities, located at 989 89th Avenue and 902 72nd Avenue in Oakland. These inspections were conducted because of health and safety concerns raised by the conditions at the accident site. Penalties assessed at the 989 89th Avenue inspection totaled $7,875, and penalties assessed as a result of the inspection at the 902 72nd Avenue site totaled $6,620.
Citations concerning the accident site:
6151(c)(1): Fire extinguishers not fully charged and were $800 not mounted. 3241(c): Boxes and other equipment stored in a manner $600 that they created a hazard. 3241(a): Areas above the floor level did not have approved $600 load capacity posted. 461(a): Employer did not have a permit to operate an air $1,000 tank. Total $3,000
5141(a): Feasible engineering controls not implemented $6,000 to prevent harmful exposure to hazardous substances. 5159(a)(5): Harness type safety belt not a hoisting device $6,000 used to lift employee out of confined space. 5162(a): Emergency eyewash and shower equipment not $4,000 available for employees exposed to corrosive substances. 3273(a): Working platforms not secure and were in $4,000 deteriorated condition. 5227(c)(2): Labels not provided on tanks to indicate their $5,000 contents as wellas necessary precautionary measures. 3203(a)(4): No procedures for identifying and evaluating $5,000 workplace hazards. 5144(f)(1): No procedures that governed selection, use, and $6,000 fit testing of respirators. 3400(c): First aid kit did not contain amyl nitrite. $5,000 3384(a): Gloves not provided for employees exposed to $4,000 corrosive substances. 2340.11(a): Electric conductors exposed to deteriorating $4,000 substances. 3210(a): Platform did not have guardrails, exposing $4,000 employee to corrosive substances. 3328(b): Crane deteriorated from its exposure to acid and $5,000 other chemicals. 5162(a): Emergency eyewash/shower not tested monthly. $6,000 5169: Dikes or berms not provided to separate acids $5,000 and cyanides. 5194(h)(1): Employees not provided information related to $6,000 hazardous substances in the workplace. 2390.1: Electric conductor did not have overcurrent/voltage $6,000 protection. 2500.9: Employer spliced the flexible cords and cables $6,000 and taped them to the junction box, rectifier, and transformer. Total $87,000
3220(a): Employer did not have a written Emergency Action $60,000 Plan. 5144(a): Employees entered oxygen-deficient area without $60,000 respirators. 5159(a)(4): Standby employee entered a confined space and $60,000 was not provided a respirator -- employee subsequently expire. 5159(b)(1): Employer did not ensure at least one employee $60,000 was trained in first aid and CPR. 2340.17: Energized electrical parts not guarded against $60,000 contact. 5158(c): Employer did not test confined space to determine $60,000 if atmosphere was oxygen-deficient. 5157(b): Employees not trained in confined space operating $60,000 and rescue procedures. Total $420,000
3364(b): Toilet facilities not maintained in a sanitary $2,400 condition 5143(a)(5): Employer failed to test mechanical ventilation $1,600 rate. 5155(d): PPE not provided for employees transferring $5,400 sodium cyanide. 14301(a)(1):Employer did not maintain a log of recordable $800 injuries and illnesses. Total $10,200
5155(a)(1): Employer did not monitor for airborne contaminants $18,080 as prescribed by 5155(c).Total penalties assessed for violations observed during accident investigation:
K & L Plating location at 989 89th Avenue:
3203(a): Employer did not have a written IIPP. $875 3400(c): No first aid material at the site. $875 5144(c): Employees not fit tested. $175 5194(e)(1): Employer did not have a written hazard communication $700 program. Total $2,625
5169: No berms or dikes to prevent mixing of dissimilar $1,750 substances. 5229: Employer did not provide amyl nitrite for employees $1,750 who worked with inorganic cyanides. 5162(b): Emergency shower did not work. $1,750 Total: $5,250Total penalties assessed at 989 89th Avenue: $7,875 K & L Plating location at 902 72nd Avenue:
3400(c): Employer did not have a hazard communication $500 program. 5194(e)(1): No first aid kit. $500 Total $1,000
5162(a): No emergency eyewash facilities. $1,250 5169: No berm or dike to separate dissimilar substances. $935 5194(f)(4): Tanks not labeled. $935 5229: Employer did not provide amyl nitrite for employees $1,250 working with cyanide. 5162(b): No emergency shower. $1,250 Total $5,620 Total penalties assessed at 902 72nd Avenue: $6,620
TOTAL PENALTIES AT ALL LOCATIONS: $552,775
In 1991, the K & L Plating facility at 10323 Pearmain Street was cited for one regulatory violation, 32 general citations or memorandum citations were issued, and four serious citations were cited. Penalties totaling $970 were assessed, with penalties on the serious citations totaling $675.
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I want to submit another lesson that is military related, but this time have it be on something from the Navy. I have two lessons on two different military tanks, as well as a few tutorials that teach you to draw military weapons. For this tutorial I am going to teach you “how to draw an Aircraft carrier step by step.” One thing I like to do is draw stuff that nobody else has just to stay original and creative. I know that you guys must know that by now anyway, but I just figured I would get that out on the table just to let you know why I choose to draw the things I do. Well lets get on with this learning experience shall we? First off aircraft carries are humongous warships that stay idol on the open sea. The sole purpose for these ships is to enable aircrafts to deploy using a swift command. The planes will also come back to the aircraft carrier to land and park until it's next mission. I guess you could say that these warships are floating airbases much like an airport. Now the reason why aircraft carriers stay so far out on the sea is because it makes striking and protecting enemy planes a whole lot easier because the reach is a lot more attainable opposed to being inland. The very first aircraft carrier was placed on March 20, 1922. The vessels name was the USS Langley, and the ship was the Navy's first flight carrier. By the time July rolled around of the same year, congress allowed all unfinished battleships to be transformed or converted, into aircraft carries. The two battleships that were converted was Lexington and Sarstoga. Did you know that the first landing area for a plane on sea was made of wood? It's true, in the year of 1910, a polite named Eugene Ely flew his plane off a strip or platform made entirely out of wood. The wooden area was built aboard the USS Birmingham over the bow of the ship. Pretty cool huh? By the time the attack on Pearl Harbor came about, the U.S. Had several aircraft carriers out at sea. When the bombing happened, three vessels were untouched due to the fact that the carriers were not in the area at the time of attack. The ships that were left standing was the USS Saratoga, the USS Lexington, and the popular USS Enterprise. I did the best I could with this tutorial on "how to draw an aircraft carrier". I couldn't find any good pictures to reference from so I had to improvise, a lot. As of right now I am practicing on bettering my drawing skills for things like ships so later on down the road I can submit a lesson that will teach you “how to draw a battleship” in clarity. This lesson is going to be placed under the advanced category, but anybody can give it a go. I will be back later with another fun tutorial. Be sure to join me live tonight as I am drawing another dragon for a project I am doing. If you want to read more on aircraft carriers, just visit the US Navy and you will find all the information you need. Peace out people and happy drawing! | <urn:uuid:1188ae43-8eab-43bc-969d-7f6f24008272> | 2013-05-23T18:39:59Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Safe use in pregnancy has not been established.
COGENTIN may impair mental and/or physical abilities required for performance of hazardous tasks, such as operating machinery or driving a motor vehicle.
When COGENTIN is given concomitantly with phenothiazines, haloperidol, or other drugs with anticholinergic or anti-dopaminergic activity, patients should be advised to report gastrointestinal complaints, fever or heat intolerance promptly. Paralytic ileus, hyperthermia and heat stroke, all of which have sometimes been fatal, have occurred in patients taking anti-cholinergic-type antiparkinsonism drugs, including COGENTIN, in combination with phenothiazines and/or tricyclic antidepressants.
Since COGENTIN contains structural features of atropine, it may produce anhidrosis. For this reason, it should be administered with caution during hot weather, especially when given concomitantly with other atropine-like drugs to the chronically ill, the alcoholic, those who have central nervous system disease, and those who do manual labor in a hot environment. Anhidrosis may occur more readily when some disturbance of sweating already exists. If there is evidence of anhidrosis, the possibility of hyperthermia should be considered. Dosage should be decreased at the discretion of the physician so that the ability to maintain body heat equilibrium by perspiration is not impaired. Severe anhidrosis and fatal hyperthermia have occurred.
Since COGENTIN has cumulative action, continued supervision is advisable. Patients with a tendency to tachycardia and patients with prostatic hypertrophy should be observed closely during treatment.
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The drug may cause complaints of weakness and inability to move particular muscle groups, especially in large doses. For example, if the neck has been rigid and suddenly relaxes, it may feel weak, causing some concern. In this event, dosage adjustment is required.
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said by Kearnstd:They just went after another comic book company for using the term "Super Hero".
Sadly today things with previous existence can be trademarked. DC and Marvel jointly own a trademark on "superhero"
I was watching Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. In that episode he visited Cafe Hon.
Long story short, the owner had the smart idea to trademark a local term "Hon". She went after anyone that used that term commercially. The locals showed what the thought of her trademark, and stopped eating at her Cafe.
Needless to say, she surrendered the trademark, and people started eating at her cafe.
IMO, terms like Super Hero, Space Marine shouldn't be allowed to be trademarked, or at least have a fair use attached to them.
Most companies only care that you use their trademark properly.
Is a person a failure for doing nothing? Or is he a failure for trying, and not succeeding at what he is attempting to do? What did you fail at today?. | <urn:uuid:97f8cb3b-c6f2-4023-ac91-03d9ca9a9810> | 2013-05-23T18:52:11Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Actor Warwick Davis is used to being overlooked: not only have many of his most famous roles found him hidden inside his makeup and costumes (including Wicket the Ewok from Return of the Jedi, Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, and the Leprechaun from the Leprechaun series), but he's also only three feet tall (well, 3' 6"). Now, he's hired a documentary crew to follow him around as he looks for work, but what the crew ends up capturing is merely Davis' own ego, in terms of his work, in terms of his fame, and in terms of his love life.
Created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (with the help of Davis), "Life's Too Short" returns the directing / writing duo to the mockumentary format of "The Office" and the celeb-skewering premise of "Extras." Unfortunately, that's exactly what it feels like: a return to formats that were already successful for them. Despite Davis' game participation, the series never comes close to the comic or emotional highs and lows of Gervais and Merchant's previous two series, and in fact often feels like the screenplay leftovers from those two series were gathered and hastily re-written.
The series, like "The Office" (and to a lesser extent, "Extras,") is predicated around the idea that Davis is actually an egocentric buffoon who routinely digs his own grave. Davis certainly commits to the concept, but where there was leeway in the way David Brent was puffing up his self-importance for the camera, and Andy Millman was generally more innocent in awkward situations, Davis plays a version of himself who really does begin to get annoying after a single episode, and is nearly insufferable by the end. In one of the bonus features, Gervais claims there has to be a shred of sympathy for the character for the comedy to work. Although he's certainly not wrong, "Life's Too Short" fails to make Davis likable. One of the series' running arcs is Davis' debt, but Gervais and Merchant arbitrarily give him the ability to buy things in several episodes. When a later episode pops up in which special guest star Sting goads Davis into spending a ton of money on a charity, one wonders not only where the money came from, but why we should feel bad that he's been talked into spending it on something worthwhile, as opposed to hiring a star (Cat Deeley) to appear at his flat-warming party.
The series also covers Davis' awkward romantic encounters, both in his divorce from his wife Sue (Jo Enright), and with Amy (Kiruna Stamell), who he meets on a dating site and quickly falls for. It would be one thing if Davis kept putting his foot in his mouth out of nervousness, but again, it's always his own arrogance that rises up to knock him down. Stamell is lovely and the chemistry between Warwick and herself is excellent, but her character is sadly underdeveloped and the romance never gains even a fraction of the importance that Gervais and Merchant hope it has by the time the series ends. The worst element of the show by far is also introduced through Davis' divorce: Steve Brody as his long-time accountant, Eric. Shades of Darren Lamb are present, but Eric's failure to do anything correctly soars past "entertainingly clueless" to "embarrassing failure." By the time Davis and Eric are rolling around on the floor, fighting over a legal document, in front of Sue and her lawyer, it's hard to feel anything but pity for both of them.
Admittedly, some material works, despite its flaws. Davis' one industry connection is Ricky and Steve, playing themselves, and although it makes very little sense that he would be able to keep dropping by their office, despite their disdain for him, these scenes open the door for some celebrity interactions. It would've been better suited for "Extras," but there's no denying that the much-hyped Liam Neeson and Johnny Depp appearances are very, very funny, as is a Steve Carell cameo in which Gervais is the butt of the joke. The show also offers the return of Shaun Williamson, again playing a lowly office helper, and Keith Chegwin and Les Dennis, who also frequently pop into Ricky and Steve's office. A simple, horrible gag with the three of them sitting on a couch talking about the suicides they envision for themselves is one of the series' most outrageous bits of low-key physical comedy (although Davis himself is no slouch, performing a few pratfalls with skill).
HBO brings "Life's Too Short" to DVD with lighthearted art that uses well-chosen colors to highlight Davis and Gervais together. A cardboard slipcover features a synopsis of the show, a list of guest appearances, the extra features, and technical specs, with an entirely different design on the inside free of all text aside from the title. The two discs are housed in a standard-sized eco-friendly Amaray case (the kind that uses less plastic, not the kind with holes), and there is no insert.
The Video and Audio
As the show is a mockumentary, "Life's Too Short" offers an accurately limited A/V presentation. The 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation is nicely detailed, but the digital source has a warm, washed-out appearance, robbing the image of much depth. In darker areas of the screen, mosquito noise is visible but not particularly distracting. Occasionally, reds appear to be oversaturated, popping off the screen in a way that other colors generally don't. Audio is a Dolby Digital 5.1 track that handles the music nicely, but otherwise is generally contained by whatever environment the show is taking place in (the interior of a car, a crowded convention floor, a fancy dinner, Ricky and Steve's office, etc). Both the picture and the sound are in keeping with the premise and don't need to be any flashier or more impressive to accentuate the comedy, so there shouldn't be any complaints. English captions for the deaf and hard of hearing and French and Spanish subtitles are also included.
"The Making of 'Life's Too Short'" (27:48) is a clip-heavy, promotional-style overview of the series. Gervais, Merchant, and Davis discuss the genesis of the series and why they chose to return to the mockumentary format. Interestingly, Davis is almost too humble and quiet to interject over Ricky, meaning there aren't many of his insights in this extra. More valuable, in terms of insight, is a gallery of "Behind the Scenes" vignettes (27:37), which include B-roll, interview snippets, and other goofing off between takes.
"Deleted Scenes" (10:23) is really only three scenes, and mysteriously only from the first three episodes (one each). Still, they include a very funny additional scene of Neeson doing stand-up. The disc finishes off with a painfully brief selection of "outtakes" (4:32), with plenty more of Neeson, but sadly, none of Depp.
A somewhat outdated promo for HBO (featuring "Entourage" and "Bored to Death") plays before the main menu on Disc 1. Each disc also offers on-screen episode guides.
Sadly, "Life's Too Short" doesn't have much to bring to the table. Davis is ready and willing to mock himself, but this is ground already well-traveled by Gervais and Merchant, and that knowledge is impossible to shake. A rental at best.
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Form Dependency Manager
Updated: 22/09/06. Added "EMPTY" keyword. Script no longer tramples over existing events on the form elements.
An overview of this script:
Demo: Make your selections:
Step 1: Add the below code to the <HEAD> section of your page:
The above code references an external .js file, which you need to download: FormManager.js (right click, and select "Save As").
Step 2: Then, add the below sample form to your page:
This is an example web hosting signup form. It offers options of Windows or Linux hosting. If Windows, the client can choose Apache or IIS, and optional frequent crashes. If the client decides that s/he wants IIS, s/he has the option of ASP, and insecurity. The alternative is Apache, which is also available on Linux, as is SSH access. Obviously, the client cannot choose two webserver packages. It also gives an example of how to hide text using a label and hidden form element, and how to depend on a variable-value element.
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There are many types of biomass—organic matter such as plants,
residue from agriculture and forestry, and the organic component of
municipal and industrial wastes—that can now be used to produce fuels,
chemicals, and power. Wood has been used to provide heat for thousands of
years. This flexibility has resulted in increased use of biomass
technologies. According to the Energy Information Administration, 53% of
all renewable energy consumed in the United States was biomass-based in
Biomass technologies break down organic matter to release stored energy
from the sun.
Biofuels are liquid or gaseous fuels produced from biomass. Most biofuels
are used for transportation, but some are used as fuels to produce
electricity. The expanded use of biofuels offers an array of benefits for
our energy security, economic growth, and environment.
Current biofuels research focuses on new forms of biofuels such as
ethanol and biodiesel, and on biofuels conversion processes.
Ethanol—an alcohol—is made primarily from the starch in corn grain. It
is most commonly used as an additive to petroleum-based fuels to reduce
toxic air emissions and increase octane. Today, roughly half of the
gasoline sold in the United States includes 5%-10% ethanol.
Biodiesel use is relatively small, but its benefits to air quality are
Biodiesel is produced through a process that combines
organically-derived oils with alcohol (ethanol or methanol) in the
presence of a catalyst to form ethyl or methyl ester. The biomass-derived
ethyl or methyl esters can be blended with conventional diesel fuel or
used as a neat fuel (100% biodiesel).
Biomass resources include any plant-derived organic matter that is
available on a renewable basis. These materials are commonly referred to
Biomass feedstocks include dedicated energy crops, agricultural crops,
forestry residues, aquatic crops, biomass processing residues, municipal
waste, and animal waste.
Dedicated energy crops
Herbaceous energy crops are perennials that are harvested annually after
taking 2 to 3 years to reach full productivity. These include such grasses
as switchgrass, miscanthus (also known as elephant grass or e-grass),
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oils. They generally yield sugars, oils, and extractives, although they
can also be used to produce plastics as well as other chemicals and
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Biomass Processing Residues
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Residues are simple to use because they have already been collected. For
example, the processing of wood for products or pulp produces unused
sawdust, bark, branches, and leaves/needles.
Residential, commercial, and institutional post-consumer waste contains a
significant proportion of plant-derived organic material that constitute a
renewable energy resource. Waste paper, cardboard, wood waste, and yard
waste are examples of biomass resources in municipal waste.
Farms and animal-processing operations create animal wastes that
constitute a complex source of organic materials with environmental
consequences. These wastes can be used to make many products, including
Some biomass feedstocks, such as municipal waste, are found throughout
the United States. Others, such as energy crops, are concentrated in the
eastern half of the country. As technologies develop to more efficiently
process complex feedstocks, the biomass resource base will expand.
Collecting Gas from Landfills
Landfills can be a source of energy. Organic waste produces a gas called
methane as it decomposes, or rots.
Methane is the same
energy-rich gas that is in natural gas, the fuel sold by natural gas
utility companies. It is colorless and odorless. Natural gas utilities add
an odorant (bad smell) so people can detect seeping gas, but it can be
dangerous to people or the environment. New rules require landfills to
collect methane gas as a pollution and safety measure.
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Texas Woman Found Dead in Home Two Days After Calling 911
(DALLAS) -- The body of a Dallas woman was discovered in her home by her family two days after she called 911 for help while being attacked, allegedly by her ex-husband. What appears to be a communications breakdown has prompted a police investigation.
The family of Deanna Cook became concerned when they hadn't heard from her and saw water coming out of her house on Sunday, Cook's sister, Karletha Gundy, told ABC News.
The sisters' mother called 911 and was told an officer could only be sent to the scene after she had called local hospitals and jails to see if her daughter was at another location, Gundy said.
Tired of waiting, Gundy, accompanied by her mother and her sister's two teenage daughters, kicked open the back door to the home.
"My mom walked in first, then my nieces, then myself. We just followed each other through the house," she said. "The water covered [our] ankles."
Once inside, the family found the home "torn apart" as they walked through, searching each room for Cook.
"Her bedroom door was kicked down. We did not kick down that door. Her room was torn apart. Even the toilet seat was off," Gundy said.
Cook was found in her underwear, her lifeless body in the bathtub. It was unclear how she died, her sister said.
The Dallas mother called for help last Friday after being attacked in her home, allegedly by ex-husband Delvecchio Patrick.
Gundy said she was told officers did a perimeter check and knocked on the door, but that no one answered -- all this, despite the 911 call that had captured Cook's screams.
On the 11-minute call, Cook calls her ex-husband out by name, while a man's voice can be heard saying he is going to kill her, sources told ABC News' Dallas affiliate.
The couple had a troubled relationship and Cook had a history of calling 911 against Patrick, Gundy said. Patrick was arrested and is charged with murder.
The Dallas Police Department has not released the audio or a transcript of the call. A spokesperson for the department confirmed there is an "active investigation" into the situation, but was unable to provide details.
The 911 operator who took Cook's call told the Dallas Morning News it was clear Cook was calling about a disturbance.
"I can say that it's obvious that there was an active disturbance taking place, the screaming and things like that, so I can't say that I knew what was going on, other than there was a disturbance," the operator said. "Obviously my prayers go out to her family because that's just a terrible situation."
Gundy said she is upset with the way the situation has been handled.
"They have not told us anything about that call. They're trying to find a way to cover their tails. Some kind of disciplinary action should be done," she said. "I don't care how many times she has called and you get there and everything is fine. This lady is screaming for her life."
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Question: Have you ever heard of a cake called severain? I am looking for the recipe for a friend.
Answer: Hi Sandra, Thanks for writing in with your question.
You are thinking of a Savarin, which is a yeast leavened ring cake that is imbibed in rum flavored syrup and filled with whipped cream. It is similar to a Baba au Rhum, but
differs in shape and usually contains no raisins or currants.
Of course there are many variations on this French cake, which commemorates the 18th and 19th century gastronomic philosopher, Brillat-Savarin. Here is a recipe you may like from the Food Network: Savarin Cake with Grand Marnier Syrup. | <urn:uuid:42efbcac-fb0a-4cc9-a2a4-808fd1d5142c> | 2013-05-23T18:51:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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More Information on Hydration
Why Drink Water? How Water and Health Are Connected
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What to Drink, When
Cheuvront’s work on hydration filters down—and can be applied to everyone, not just soldiers and athletes. For example, Cheuvront has synthesized his research into three simple questions to determine whether someone’s dehydrated: Am I thirsty? Is my morning urine dark yellow? Is my body weight this morning more than a couple pounds (or about 1 percent) lower than it was yesterday morning? If you answer yes to one of these questions, you might be dehydrated. Yes to two: you are likely dehydrated. Yes to three: you are very likely dehydrated.
Understanding how much water a soldier needs when in full gear versus shorts and a T-shirt (something Cheuvront has also studied) provides greater understanding of, say, how much water you need if you’re a weekend warrior or someone gardening on a 90° day. Are you thirsty yet? | <urn:uuid:7c742b20-b420-4738-810f-1b083b19d923> | 2013-05-23T18:46:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Meet Jake Randall.
Author. Divorcee. New to Los Angeles. Jake was about to begin a new life in the City of Angels. He was anxious to leave his troubles behind. Little did he know, his life was about to take an unexpected turn.
Thirty-one years in the future, a resistance fighter makes his way through an abandoned industrial park in the Los Angeles Sector. His mission: create a portal to the past and locate the One who could deliver their message. Unbeknownst to Jake, a wormhole has been ported to his new home and a mechanized probe emerges from the rift to beckon him. In time, Jake uncovers this passageway and ends up in a vastly darker world than the one he left behind.
Once in the future, his guide introduces Jake to a New World Order. On the surface, everyday life in 2040 appears orderly and harmonious. Just beneath this thin veil of utopia lies an evil empire bent on global domination. With every day that passes, Jake comes to realize his true purpose. In this new world, he becomes part of the underground resistance - one that is fighting for the truth.
Book Trailer Part 1:
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On June the 30th 2009 oil mysteriously jumped by more than $1.50 a barrel during the night, to reach its highest price in eight months, the kind of swing that is caused by a major geopolitical event. The amazing, true cause of this price spike has now been released by a Financial Services Authority investigation (FSA). Although not authorised to invest company cash in trades Steve Perkins, a long standing, senior broker at PVM Oil Futures, had managed to spend $520 million on oil futures contracts throughout the night. On the morning of the 30th an admin clerk called Mr Perkins to ask why he had bought 7 million barrels of crude during the night. Mr Perkins had no recollection of the transactions, and it turned out that he had made the trades during a “drunken blackout.”One man, in a "drunken blackout", managed to raise the worldwide price of oil by 1%. I'm an advocate of free market capitalism, but I think its sufficient to say that when one man has the power to raise worldwide prices of anything during a drunken stupor (using other peoples' Fed-printed credit/dollars), there's a serious problem. | <urn:uuid:e6b03119-7e2c-41f1-b777-978733c9a3da> | 2013-05-23T18:51:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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EDEN Organic Pastry Flour is organically grown in vital soil and ground at our certified organic, AIB rated Superior Michigan mill. Considerably lower in protein and gluten than hard wheats, pastry flour is ideal for lighter, flakier pastries, pie crust, cookies, muffins, cakes, gravies, sauces, and more (see our pie crust and pastry recipes).
Soft white wheat Triticum aestivum L. is planted in the fall for summer harvest. It is low fat, saturated fat and cholesterol free, sodium free and rich in fiber. According to the FDA, "Diets rich in whole grain and other plant foods and low in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease and some cancers." Also, "Low fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors." It is a good source of protein, iron, thiamin B1, niacin B3, magnesium, zinc, and copper. 100% whole grain.
Significantly lower in protein and gluten than hard wheat varieties, pastry flour has more starch and is ideal for lighter pastries, pie crust, cookies, muffins, cakes, gravies, sauces and more.
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In this lecture you will learn how to undertake Solving Quadratic Systems. First you will start with Linear Quadratic Systems as well as their Solutions, before you move into Quadratic Quadratic Systems and their Solutions. Lastly, you will learn how to solve Systems of Quadratic Inequalities.
linear-quadratic system, use substitution to solve.
quadratic-quadratic system, use elimination to solve.
inequalities, remember the conventions about graphing boundaries
using either solid or dotted lines.
If possible, check
your solutions to systems of equations by graphing.
Solving Quadratic Systems
Lecture Slides are screen-captured images of important points in the lecture. Students can download and print out these lecture slide images to do practice problems as well as take notes while watching the lecture. | <urn:uuid:11f102ce-459d-4c2d-8912-6980537bf6dc> | 2013-05-23T18:46:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Distinguished Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii has been elected Fellow by Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
Distinguished Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii has been selected as ACES Fellow by the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), the world's largest society in the area of computational electromagnetics (www.aces-society.org). ACES is the premier international computational society which serves scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and government working in a wide variety of fields related but not limited to EM scattering by complex objects, advanced numerical techniques and modern antenna designs. ACES Fellows are chosen for their distinguished efforts to advance computational techniques in electromagnetics and antennas. Professor Rahmat-Samii was honored for his pioneering contributions in the areas of spectral theory of diffraction, natured inspired evolutionary optimization techniques in electromagnetics, and reflector antenna synthesis and analysis. The author of more than 800 scholarly publications and four books, Prof. Rahmat-Samii has given numerous courses on these topics including two IEEE e-courses. Professor Rahmat-Samii will receive the recognition at the ACES conference awards banquet in Monterey, March 24-28, 2013. | <urn:uuid:1a83a11a-a271-46ff-9487-dce55f71bb1f> | 2013-05-23T19:05:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have condemned what they say are the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council's repeated efforts to undermine freedom of expression in the name of protecting religious sensibilities.
"WAN reminds the UN that the council's proper role is to defend freedom of expression and not to support the censorship of opinion at the request of autocracies," the WAN Board said in a resolution issued during the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum. The 1 to 4 June meetings of the world's newspapers and editors were held in Gothenburg.
In its resolution condemning actions by the UN Human Rights Council, WAN cited the council's approval of an amendment proposed by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, requiring the council's investigator to "report on instances where the abuse of the right to freedom of expression constitutes an act of racial or religious discrimination".
WAN said the amendment "goes against the spirit" of the work of the UN Special Rapporteur. It said that amendment will require the rapporteur to investigate abusive expression "rather than focusing on the endemic problem of abusive limits on expression imposed by governments, including many of those on the council".
The resolution issued by the groupings of newspapers and editors said, "The WAN Board is concerned at what appears to be the emergence of a negative trend against freedom of expression in the UN Human Rights Council."
It noted, "In March 2007, the Council has already passed a resolution, sponsored by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which opened the door to the restrictions of freedom of expression by governments on the grounds that it might offend religious sensibilities."
The UN Human Rights Council, which was sets up to address human rights violations, is the successor to the UN Commission on Human Rights, which was often criticised for the high-profile positions it gave to member states that did not guarantee the human rights of their own citizens. International human rights groups have expressed concerned that the council may be emulating the practices that discredited its predecessor.
The WAN resolution called on the council president and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "to protect the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and to ensure that international standards of freedom of expression are fully supported by the UN Human Rights Council and not undermined by it".
WAN and WEF issued six other resolutions including a condemnation of widespread press freedom violations during presidential elections in Zimbabwe. The two groups invited recently-elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to "decisively support and promote freedom of the press in Russia". The groups also called upon Chinese authorities to release all imprisoned journalists and Internet reporters ahead of the Olympic Games and to honour the press freedom commitments it made in its successful bid for the 2008 Olympics.
The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, says its mandate is to defend and promote press freedom and the professional and business interests of newspapers worldwide. Representing 18 000 newspapers, its membership includes 77 national newspaper associations, newspaper companies and individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and 11 regional and global press groups.
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Ekro began in 1952 as a business and has always specialised in veal production. In 1988, the company outgrew its location and a new slaughterhouse and meat processing plant were built on the spacious industrial estate in Apeldoorn Zuid on Laan van Malkenschoten.
Since 1994, Ekro has been part of the VanDrie Group - the world market leader in veal, operating at all stages of the production chain. Increasing customer demand for deboned products led to the building of a new modern deboning facility in 2001. Ekro is the world’s largest veal producer. | <urn:uuid:2cbace26-b0be-4cb3-a3c2-b0591ba75d1f> | 2013-05-23T18:58:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Please note that Mommsen uses the AUC chronology (Ab Urbe Condita), i.e. from the founding of the City of Rome. You can use this reference table to have the B.C. dates
From: The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen
Translated with the sanction of the author by William Purdie Dickson
Tarentum Taken by Hannibal
The year 542 was more unfavourable for the Romans in consequence of fresh political and military errors, of which Hannibal did not fail to take advantage. The connections which Hannibal maintained in the towns of Magna Graecia had led to no serious result; save that the hostages from Tarentum and Thurii, who were kept at Rome, were induced by his emissaries to make a foolhardy attempt at escape, in which they were speedily recaptured by the Roman posts.
But the injudicious spirit of revenge displayed by the Romans was of more service to Hannibal than his intrigues; the execution of all the hostages who had sought to escape deprived them of a valuable pledge, and the exasperated Greeks thenceforth meditated how they might open their gates to Hannibal. Tarentum was actually occupied by the Carthaginians in consequence of an understanding with the citizens and of the negligence of the Roman commandant; with difficulty the Roman garrison maintained itself in the citadel.
The example of Tarentum was followed by Heraclea, Thurii, and Metapontum, from which town the garrison had to be withdrawn in order to save the Tarentine Acropolis. These successes so greatly increased the risk of a Macedonian landing, that Rome felt herself compelled to direct renewed attention and renewed exertions to the Greek war, which had been almost totally neglected; and fortunately the capture of Syracuse and the favourable state of the Spanish war enabled her to do so.
Do you see any typos or other mistakes? Please let us know and correct them
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Located in downtown San Salvador, this architectural marvel from the nineteenth century has witnessed some of the most important events in the political history of El Salvador.
The first national palace was built from 1866 to 1870 but a fire wiped-out the structures on December 1889; years later the government of Pedro José Escalón (1903) conducted a public contest for the design and construction of the new palace. The winner of the contest was José Emilio Alcaine, engineer and master builder Pascasio González Erazo.
Considered the first building of the Republic, it was also called “The Coffee Palace “, because a legislative decree taxed coffee exports to pay for the construction. 1 Columbus per 1 Quintal (100 kilograms) was charged, in total 50 thousand Colones were collected.
The main portal is composed of six towering columns that are accompanied by the statues of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabel the Catholic, donated by King Alfonso XIII in 1924.
The Palace has an eclectic style, with Ionic, Corinthian and Roman columns and elements.
This beautiful building retains most of its original materials like glassware from Belgium, marble from Italy and wood from El Salvador. Over the years this building was abandoned, but in 1980 it was declared a National Monument, which prompted restoration work to rescue this historic treasure. The National Palace was opened to the public in 2008.
Nowadays you can visit 101 rooms (out of 105 rooms) that make-up this masterpiece and look at the colorful floors and walls made out of stamped sheets brought from Belgium.
- Red Room: This room served to hold social and political events. Here are you will see 14 medallions that represent the 14 departments that make up El Salvador. There are also portraits of presidents General Fernando Figueroa, Francisco Morazán, Francisco Menendez, Rafael Campos, Captain Gerardo Barrios and Manuel Enrique Araujo, who after his assassination in 1913,was mourned in this room.
- Pink Room: This is where the Supreme Court met until 1974 and guards the original Salvadoran coat of arms.
- Yellow Room: This room served as the president’s office until 1930, important meetings and negotiations took place in this room.
- Blue Room: perhaps the most important of the rooms as it currently holds the original 28 desks and chairs where the congressmen sat to discuss El Salvador’s legislative matters.
-The Jaguar Hall; has impressive murals depicting indigenous culture themes. Among the many corridors there is a permanent exhibition of photographs which displays the evolution of the building from 1889 onwards.
Inside the Palace there is a central patio with varied vegetation. There are 5 araucaria pine trees representing the five nations of Central America. As part of the restoration process, the original floor of the first building was recovered. There are also three canons used in the war led by Gerardo Barrios.
Currently the Palace is a tourist attraction and a place for special social gatherings. It is under the management of the Ministry of Culture of the Presidency and houses “El Archivo General de la Nación” (National Archives), in addition to carrying-out several exhibitions each year.
Visit this national treasure in the heart of San Salvador and discover a facet of El Salvador’s impressive history.
How to get there:
This National Palace is located on Calle Rubén Darío, across from Plaza Gerardo Barrios, near the Metropolitan Cathedral and The National Library in downtown San Salvador.
If driving there is parking available in The National Library or in the parking lots nearby at US$ 0.50 per hour.
- Bus Routes available: Route A, R-1, 2, Route 6-A, Route 11, 11-B, 11-C, Route 22, Route 23 Route 26.
Ticket US$ 0.20, US$ 0.25, US$ 0.35
Other routes: 3, 9, 34, 38-And, 41-A, 42, 42-A, 42-B.
Ticket US$ 0.20, US$ 0.25, US$ 0.35
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission:
- Salvadoran or Central American US$ 1.00 USD
- Foreign US$ 3.00 USD
- School and university tudents and staff: FREE
• Phone (503) 2222-7674 (503) 2222-9415
Elevation 2203 feet
N 13 ° 41,862 ‘
In 89 ° 11,495 ‘
NOTICEThe information presented in this Promotion Listing Services and destinations of El Salvador is a reference guide. Prices, rates, promotions or details such as the number of people, opening hours, input or output times, meal times, Cymbal ingredients, duration of tours, Sites on tour etc.. and phone numbers, websites or email addresses and physical, and other data can change without prior notice of the hotels, restaurants, Tour operators, inns and other businesses in the tourism industry in this digital catalog. The Ministry of Tourism and the Salvadoran Tourism Coorporación, and its advertising agency and any other company or individual subcontracted for lifting and collection of this information has no responsibility for any variation in the data. It is always suggested to respective queries to verify. | <urn:uuid:16a46350-d911-4631-9978-f57b2d4185a9> | 2013-05-23T18:51:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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GuinnessArthur Guinness Son & Co.,founded 1756,produces a dark stout (a type of beer),known widely as Guinness, brewed at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland since 1759. It is also brewed under licence internationally - the resulting beer is, from all reports, significantly different. Guinness is available in a number of varieties and strengths, which include:
- Guinness draught stout, sold in kegs;
- Canned Guinness, which includes a widget to simulate draught Guinness;
- Guinness Extra Stout, a bottled stout of higher gravity and strength than draught Guinness, for a longer shelf life;
- Guinness Tropical Stout, an even stronger stout produced to keep in warm climates.
In addition to the slow pour, it is a tradition in Ireland for the bar person to etch a shamrock in the head—in a well poured pint, the shamrock will remain visible when the drink has been finished.
The Guinness brewery also makes the "Harp" brand of lager beer.
The Guinness company also produced the Guinness Book of Records, which originated as a method of settling bar bets.After merger with the firms of Arthur Bell and United Distillers,the resulting Guinness PLC,no longer headed by a family member,combined with Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo PLC and the Book of Records was among the operations sold.Its new owner,Gullane Entertainment,was purchased in 2002 by Hit Entertainment.
Draught Guinness and its canned namesake contain nitrogen as well as carbon dioxide. CO2 dissolves in water to create carbonic acid. This explains the smoothness of draught guinness. "Original Extra stout" tastes quite different - it contains only CO2.
The grandson of the original Arthur Guinness,Sir Benjamin Guinness,was Lord Mayor of Dublin and was created a baronet in 1867 and died the next year.His eldest son Arthur,1st Baron Ardilaun(1840-1915),sold control of the brewery to Sir Benjamin's third son Edward(1847-1927),who became 1st Earl of Iveagh.He and his son and great-grandson the 2nd and 3rd Earls chaired the Guinness company into the 1980s,at which time non-family chief executive Ernest Saunders became chairman as part of the merger with leading Scotch whisky producer United Distillers.After Saunders was forced out following revelations that the United stock price had been illegally manipulated,the family presence on the board declined rapidly,and no Guinness remains on the board of today's Diageo. | <urn:uuid:a7a02a00-a97d-4155-9b57-f4f3a5691de0> | 2013-05-23T18:45:34Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Python 2.7.1 Goodness
So far my favorite additions and changes in Python 2.7.1 since upgrading from the default Python 2.6.1 installation in Mac OS X Snow Leopard are the following:
- Dictionary and Set Comprehensions.
List comprehensions are one of my favorite language features in Python, they are incredibly useful for processing and building lists. So I am very excited to see dictionary and set comprehensions back ported from Python 3 to Python 2.7.1.
- The ArgParse Module.
As a C/C++ programmer I original did command line argument processing in Python manually using sys.argv, then I discovered the C-style getopt module. I always found myself wondering if there was a more concise Pythonic way to handle command line parameters. The argparse module is the solution, it replaces the optparse module. I particularly like how argparse (and optparse) will generate the command line help for you!
- csv.DictWriter.writeheader method.
While this is a very minor change (in Python 2.7 to be precise), I am a big fan of the csv module’s DictWriter class as a way to easily dump lists of dictionaries to a file for easy analysis and debugging with Excel. The addition of the DictWriter class of an new writeheader method makes this class even easier to use.
You can find the full release notes for Python 2.7.1 here, there are so many more changes than I’ve covered here so its well worth checking out the release notes. What are your favorite changes in Python 2.7.1? | <urn:uuid:e7b29e56-c52b-44fc-8dea-07fb0cc6a0bc> | 2013-05-23T18:58:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Promising practice: India’s civil law, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, includes dowry-related harassment as a form of domestic violence (Section 3(b)). It is important dowry-related violence and deaths be prohibited under criminal laws, as well. (See Harmful practices against women in India: An examination of selected legislative responses, p. 10.) The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act (2005) of India defines domestic violence as follows:
3. Definition of domestic violence.-For the purposes of this Act, any act, omission or commission or conduct of the respondent shall constitute domestic violence in case it -
(a) harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life, limb or well-being, whether mental or physical, of the aggrieved person or tends to do so and includes causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse and economic abuse; or
(b) harasses, harms, injures or endangers the aggrieved person with a view to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any dowry or other property or valuable security; or
(c) has the effect of threatening the aggrieved person or any person related to her by any conduct mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b); or
(d) otherwise injures or causes harm, whether physical or mental, to the aggrieved person.
Explanation I.-For the purposes of this section,-
(i) "physical abuse" means any act or conduct which is of such a nature as to cause bodily pain, harm, or danger to life, limb, or health or impair the health or development of the aggrieved person and includes assault, criminal intimidation and criminal force;
(ii) "sexual abuse" includes any conduct of a sexual nature that abuses, humiliates, degrades or otherwise violates the dignity of woman;
(iii) "verbal and emotional abuse" includes-
(a) insults, ridicule, humiliation, name calling and insults or ridicule specially with regard to not having a child or a male child; and
(b) repeated threats to cause physical pain to any person in whom the aggrieved person is interested.
(iv) "economic abuse" includes-
(a) deprivation of all or any economic or financial resources to which the aggrieved person is entitled under any law or custom whether payable under an order of a court or otherwise or which the aggrieved person requires out of necessity including, but not limited to, household necessities for the aggrieved person and her children, if any, stridhan, property, jointly or separately owned by the aggrieved person, payment of rental related to the shared household and maintenance;
(b) disposal of household effects, any alienation of assets whether movable or immovable, valuables, shares, securities, bonds and the like or other property in which the aggrieved person has an interest or is entitled to use by virtue of the domestic relationship or which may be reasonably required by the aggrieved person or her children or her stridhan or any other property jointly or separately held by the aggrieved person; and
(c) prohibition or restriction to continued access to resources or facilities which the aggrieved person is entitled to use or enjoy by virtue of the domestic relationship including access to the shared household.
Explanation II.-For the purpose of determining whether any act, omission, commission or conduct of the respondent constitutes "domestic violence" under this section, the overall facts and circumstances of the case shall be taken into consideration. Chapter II, 3
4. (1) A single act may amount to domestic violence.
(2) A number of acts that form a pattern of behaviour may amount to domestic violence even though some or all of the acts when viewed in isolation may appear minor or trivial. Part II 4
(See: the Combating of Domestic Violence Act (2003) of Namibia (hereinafter law of Namibia) Part I 2 (3) and (4))
Defining dowry-related violence and dowry
“any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly-
(a) by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage; or
(b) by the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person; at or before [or any time after the marriage] [in connection with the marriage of the said parties, but does not include] dower or mahr in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) applies.
(See: Dowry Prohibition Act, India, 1961, Art. 2)
(See: Domestic Violence)
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Modular low-tech biogas plant from hotel to industry size in developing countries
Eco houses for 40-50 degrees latitude north
A project in Ghana to bring light to people who live in darkness
Sustainable technology in the Port of Gothenburg
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Here, now, are two great whales, laying their heads together; let us join them, and lay together our own.
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side; and as we may freely go from one to the other, by merely stepping across the deck:--where, I should like to know, will you obtain a better chance to study practical cetology than here?
In the first place, you are struck by the general contrast between these heads. Both are massive enough in all conscience; but there is a certain mathematical symmetry in the Sperm Whale's which the Right Whale's sadly lacks. There is more character in the Sperm Whale's head. As you behold it, you involuntarily yield the immense superiority to him, in point of pervading dignity. In the present instance, too, this dignity is heightened by the pepper and salt colour of his head at the summit, giving token of advanced age and large experience. In short, he is what the fishermen technically call a "grey-headed whale."
Let us now note what is least dissimilar in these heads--namely, the two most important organs, the eye and the ear. Far back on the side of the head, and low down, near the angle of either whale's jaw, if you narrowly search, you will at last see a lashless eye, which you would fancy to be a young colt's eye; so out of all proportion is it to the magnitude of the head.
Now, from this peculiar sideway position of the whale's eyes, it is plain that he can never see an object which is exactly ahead, no more than he can one exactly astern. In a word, the position of the whale's eyes corresponds to that of a man's ears; and you may fancy, for yourself, how it would fare with you, did you sideways survey objects through your ears. You would find that you could only command some thirty degrees of vision in advance of the straight side-line of sight; and about thirty more behind it. If your bitterest foe were walking straight towards you, with dagger uplifted in broad day, you would not be able to see him, any more than if he were stealing upon you from behind. In a word, you would have two backs, so to speak; but, at the same time, also, two fronts (side fronts): for what is it that makes the front of a man--what, indeed, but his eyes?
Moreover, while in most other animals that I can now think of, the eyes are so planted as imperceptibly to blend their visual power, so as to produce one picture and not two to the brain; the peculiar position of the whale's eyes, effectually divided as they are by many cubic feet of solid head, which towers between them like a great mountain separating two lakes in valleys; this, of course, must wholly separate the impressions which each independent organ imparts. The whale, therefore, must see one distinct picture on this side, and another distinct picture on that side; while all between must be profound darkness and nothingness to him. Man may, in effect, be said to look out on the world from a sentry-box with two joined sashes for his window. But with the whale, these two sashes are separately inserted, making two distinct windows, but sadly impairing the view. This peculiarity of the whale's eyes is a thing always to be borne in mind in the fishery; and to be remembered by the reader in some subsequent scenes.
A curious and most puzzling question might be started concerning this visual matter as touching the Leviathan. But I must be content with a hint. So long as a man's eyes are open in the light, the act of seeing is involuntary; that is, he cannot then help mechanically seeing whatever objects are before him. Nevertheless, any one's experience will teach him, that though he can take in an undiscriminating sweep of things at one glance, it is quite impossible for him, attentively, and completely, to examine any two things--however large or however small--at one and the same instant of time; never mind if they lie side by side and touch each other. But if you now come to separate these two objects, and surround each by a circle of profound darkness; then, in order to see one of them, in such a manner as to bring your mind to bear on it, the other will be utterly excluded from your contemporary consciousness. How is it, then, with the whale? True, both his eyes, in themselves, must simultaneously act; but is his brain so much more comprehensive, combining, and subtle than man's, that he can at the same moment of time attentively examine two distinct prospects, one on one side of him, and the other in an exactly opposite direction? If he can, then is it as marvellous a thing in him, as if a man were able simultaneously to go through the demonstrations of two distinct problems in Euclid. Nor, strictly investigated, is there any incongruity in this comparison.
It may be but an idle whim, but it has always seemed to me, that the extraordinary vacillations of movement displayed by some whales when beset by three or four boats; the timidity and liability to queer frights, so common to such whales; I think that all this indirectly proceeds from the helpless perplexity of volition, in which their divided and diametrically opposite powers of vision must involve them.
But the ear of the whale is full as curious as the eye. If you are an entire stranger to their race, you might hunt over these two heads for hours, and never discover that organ. The ear has no external leaf whatever; and into the hole itself you can hardly insert a quill, so wondrously minute is it. It is lodged a little behind the eye. With respect to their ears, this important difference is to be observed between the sperm whale and the right. While the ear of the former has an external opening, that of the latter is entirely and evenly covered over with a membrane, so as to be quite imperceptible from without.
Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of hearing? Not at all.--Why then do you try to "enlarge" your mind? Subtilize it.
Let us now with whatever levers and steam-engines we have at hand, cant over the sperm whale's head, that it may lie bottom up; then, ascending by a ladder to the summit, have a peep down the mouth; and were it not that the body is now completely separated from it, with a lantern we might descend into the great Kentucky Mammoth Cave of his stomach. But let us hold on here by this tooth, and look about us where we are. What a really beautiful and chaste-looking mouth! from floor to ceiling, lined, or rather papered with a glistening white membrane, glossy as bridal satins.
But come out now, and look at this portentous lower jaw, which seems like the long narrow lid of an immense snuff-box, with the hinge at one end, instead of one side. If you pry it up, so as to get it overhead, and expose its rows of teeth, it seems a terrific portcullis; and such, alas! it proves to many a poor wight in the fishery, upon whom these spikes fall with impaling force. But far more terrible is it to behold, when fathoms down in the sea, you see some sulky whale, floating there suspended, with his prodigious jaw, some fifteen feet long, hanging straight down at right-angles with his body, for all the world like a ship's jib-boom. This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him.
In most cases this lower jaw--being easily unhinged by a practised artist--is disengaged and hoisted on deck for the purpose of extracting the ivory teeth, and furnishing a supply of that hard white whalebone with which the fishermen fashion all sorts of curious articles, including canes, umbrella-stocks, and handles to riding-whips.
With a long, weary hoist the jaw is dragged on board, as if it were an anchor; and when the proper time comes--some few days after the other work--Queequeg, Daggoo, and Tashtego, being all accomplished dentists, are set to drawing teeth. With a keen cutting-spade, Queequeg lances the gums; then the jaw is lashed down to ringbolts, and a tackle being rigged from aloft, they drag out these teeth, as Michigan oxen drag stumps of old oaks out of wild wood lands. There are generally forty-two teeth in all; in old whales, much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away like joists for building houses.
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A diverse fauna is also found in this relatively high rainfall region.
However, the region around Perth is heavily developed and much of this region has already been cleared. While there are several large protected areas in the region, continued development, habitat fragmentation, dieback disease, and inappropriate fire regimes are serious threats.
Location and General Description
South of Perth down to Cape Naturaliste, the Swan Coastal Plain forms a low-lying belt 25 kilometers (km) to 30 km wide, bordered to the east by the Darling Scarp and the Precambrian Yilgarn Block. The Swan Coastal Plain is covered by shoreline and associated dune deposits from the Pleistocene and Holocene that overlie Paleozoic and Neogene deposits of the Perth Basin. The Plain also includes large microtidal estuarine systems, such as the Swan-Canning Estuary and a number of lakes cut off from the sea by barrier dunes. The Swan Coastal Plain is transected by rivers flowing west from the Darling Plateau, and interspersed by wetlands.
Progressing inland from the coast, coastal dunes with scrub-heath communities give way to woodlands. Kwongan (an Aboriginal term for heath-like vegetation), eucalypt, and Banksia low woodlands occur on the soils of the coastal dunes. Generally, kwongan scrub heath grows on sandy plains and swales and on lateritic upland soils while mallee eucalyptus woodland grows on duplex soils of upper valley slopes. Open heath favors drier areas, while a better water table allows the development of eucalypt shrubs. Scrub-heath species include Banksia attenuata and B. menziesii with Casuarina spp. and E. todtiana. Christmas trees (Nuytsia floribunda) become locally dominant in drier areas. Shrubs are present, largely in wetter areas, with Acacia, Adenanthos, Banksia, Casuarina, Dryandra, Grevillea, and Hakea species found here.
Eucalypt woodlands can be found on the sandy loams, loams, and heavy loams on lower slopes and valley floors. Tall tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) forests grow at the southern end of the Swan Coastal Plain. Tuart usually occurs in monospecific stands, but can also be found with E. decipiens and/or E. cornuta. In the south, pure stands grow with peppermint (Agonis flexuosa), while in the north, peppermint is replaced by small Banksia trees and Casuarina fraserana. Now largely cleared, marri (Eucalyptus calophylla)–kingia (Kingia australis) woodlands grow on heavy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain, and marri–grass tree (Xanthorrhoea preissii) woodlands and shrublands also grow on the Swan Coastal Plain.
Western Australia contains approximately 12,000 angiosperms (half of Australia's total flora), 75 percent of which are endemic to the southwestern region. The southwestern Mediterranean climate regions are estimated to contain 8,000 species, with three quarters endemic. Finally, the Swan Coastal Plain is estimated to contain more than 2,000 species. Several large genera, such as Banksia, Caladenia, and Leucopogon, have the centers of their distribution in the Mediterranean climate, southwestern region. Other genera are wholly restricted to the southwestern region, including Dryandra and Synaphea. Endemism is highest at the species level, and there are few endemic plant families.
Mediterranean-climate vegetation shows a variety of adaptations to the poor soils, summer drought, and fires. The Christmas tree is a root parasite, the only member of the Mistletoe family to grow as a tree. Three quarters of the world's carnivorous Drosera species are found in Western Australia, many of them in the kwongan and sandplain heaths, obtaining nitrogen and phosphorus from the insects they capture. Also noteworthy, approximately 15 percent of southwestern wildflowers are vertebrate pollinated. Vertebrate pollinators include the western pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus) and honey possums (Tarsipes rostratus), the only mammal apart from some bats to subsist entirely on nectar and pollen.
Other mammals found in this ecoregion include tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii), which were widely distributed in this ecoregion prior to European settlement, but remain offshore on Garden Island. In Western Australia the tammar wallaby lives among bushes of Gastrolobium bilobum, a fire-dependent, nitrogen-fixing legume that allows the growth of grasses, which are rare in the southwestern forested regions. Tammar wallabies feed on these grasses. Rottnest Island lies 18 kilometers (km) offshore of Perth and harbors a stable population of quokkas (Setonix brachyurus VU), probably because there are no foxes. Heathland and wildflower habitats contain a rich avifauna, especially among the honey-eaters. Other birds found in this ecoregion include the western thornbill (Acanthiza inornata), and the short-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris EN) which inhabits sandplain woodlands and mallee, and the long-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) which is found in open eucalypt woodland and farmland.
Seasonal wetlands (dry in the summer and wet in winter) are the most diverse habitat on the Swan Coastal Plain, and 16 out of 30 major floristic communities occur in wetlands. Coastal and near-coastal areas the next richest, containing 7 major communities. The junction between the Swan Coastal Plain and the Darling Scarp is biologically diverse with relatively fertile soils, granite outcrops, and unusual clay-based ephemeral swamps. These swamps provide habitat for the critically endangered western swamp tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) which is found only in this ecoregion and may be Australia's rarest reptile. It appears to be restricted to shallow, ephemeral swamps over the clay soils of the Swan River Valley. The region around Perth is known for a diverse herpetofauna, including 16 frogs, two freshwater turtles, 51 lizards, and 24 snakes.
Nearly 80 percent of the Swan Coastal Plain has been cleared. Sandplain heathlands near Perth have almost entirely been converted as the urban center expands. Urban expansion reaches as far east as the Darling Scarp and has spread in a north-south direction as well.
A number of Swan Coastal Plain woodland communities are listed as Endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act: marri (Eucalyptus calophylla)–kingia (Kingia australis) woodlands on heavy soils, marri (Eucalyptus calophylla)–grass tree (Xanthorrhoea preissii) woodlands, and shrublands, shrublands, and woodlands of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain, shrublands and woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain, and shrublands and woodlands on Perth to Gingin ironstone.
Protected areas in this ecoregion include the Hills Forest conservation area which comprises five national parks (John Forrest, Gooseberry Hill, Greenmount, Kalamunda, and Lesmurdie Falls) and the Mount Dale Conservation Park. This ecoregion has a lower percentage of land in protected areas than the Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands and Southwest Australia woodlands ecoregions.
Types and Severity of Threats
Continuing urban expansion and human use are severe threats. Proteaceae are susceptible to dieback disease caused by Phytophthora spp, and its spread through the wildflower heathlands is a serious concern. Too frequent fires may significantly alter plant species distributions. Fires poses a different threat on the coastal plain than they do in forests; on the coastal plain they are commonly the agent for woodland invasion by weeds.
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
This ecoregion occupies the Swan Coastal Plain, bounded by the ocean to the west and by the Yilgarn Block to the east. It has the same boundary as the 'Swan Coastal Plain' Interim Biogeographic Region of Australia (IBRA).
Additional Information on this Ecoregion
- For a shorter summary of this entry, see the WWF WildWorld profile of this ecoregion.
- To see the species that live in this ecoregion, including images and threat levels, see the WWF Wildfinder description of this ecoregion.
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An earthquake is a sudden vibration or trembling in the Earth. More than 150,000 tremors strong enough to be felt by humans occur each year worldwide (see Chance of an Earthquake). Earthquake motion is caused by the quick release of stored potential energy into the kinetic energy of motion. Most earthquakes are produced along faults, tectonic plate boundary zones, or along the mid-oceanic ridges (Figures 1 and 2).
Figure 1: Distribution of earthquake epicenters from 1975 to 1995. Depth of the earthquake focus is indicated by color. Deep earthquakes occur in areas where oceanic crust is being actively subducted. About 90% of all earthquakes occur at a depth between 0 and 100 kilometers. (Source: U.S. Geologic Survey, National Earthquake Information Center)
Figure 2: Distribution of earthquakes with a magnitude less than 5.0 relative to the various tectonic plates found on the Earth's surface. Each tectonic plate has been given a unique color. This illustration indicates that the majority of small earthquakes occur along plate boundaries. (Source: PhysicalGeography.net)
At these areas, large masses of rock that are moving past each other can become locked due to friction. Friction is overcome when the accumulating stress has enough force to cause a sudden slippage of the rock masses. The magnitude of the shock wave released into the surrounding rocks is controlled by the quantity of stress built up because of friction, the distance the rock moved when the slippage occurred, and ability of the rock to transmit the energy contained in the seismic waves. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 involved a six meter horizontal displacement of bedrock. Sometime after the main shock wave, aftershocks can occur because of the continued release of frictional stress. Most aftershocks are smaller than the main earthquake, but they can still cause considerable damage to already weakened natural and human-constructed features. Earthquakes that occur under or near bodies of water can give rise to tsunamis, which in cases like the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Island earthquake reult in far greater distruction and loss of life that the initial earthquake.
Earthquakes are a form of wave energy that is transferred through bedrock. Motion is transmitted from the point of sudden energy release, the earthquake focus (hypocenter), as spherical seismic waves that travel in all directions outward (Figure 3). The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus is termed the epicenter. Two different types of seismic waves have been described by geologists: body waves and surface waves. Body waves are seismic waves that travel through the lithosphere. Two kinds of body waves exist: P-waves and S-waves. Both of these waves produce a sharp jolt or shaking. P-waves or primary waves are formed by the alternate expansion and contraction of bedrock and cause the volume of the material they travel through to change. They travel at a speed of about 5 to 7 kilometers per second through the lithosphere and about 8 kilometers per second in the asthenosphere. The speed of sound is about 0.30 kilometers per second. P-waves also have the ability to travel through solid, liquid, and gaseous materials. When some P-waves move from the ground to the lower atmosphere, the sound wave that is produced can sometimes be heard by humans and animals.
Figure 3: Movement of body waves away from the focus of the earthquake. The epicenter is the location on the surface directly above the earthquake's focus. (Source: PhysicalGeography.net)
S-waves or secondary waves are a second type of body wave. These waves are slower than P-waves and can only move through solid materials. S-waves are produced by shear stresses and move the materials they pass through in a perpendicular (up and down or side to side) direction.
Surface waves travel at or near the Earth's surface. These waves produce a rolling or swaying motion causing the Earth's surface to behave like waves on the ocean. The velocity of these waves is slower than body waves. Despite their slow speed, these waves are particularly destructive to human construction because they cause considerable ground movement.
Earthquake Magnitude and Energy
|Table 1: Relationship between Richter Scale magnitude and energy released.|
|2.0||1.3 x 108||Smallest earthquake detectable by people.|
|5.0||2.8 x 1012||Energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb.|
|6.0 - 6.9||7.6 x 1013 to 1.5 x 1015||
About 120 shallow earthquakes of this magnitude
occur each year on the Earth.
|6.7||7.7 x 1014||Northridge, California earthquake January 17, 1994.|
|7.0||2.1 x 1015||Major earthquake threshold. Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010 resulted in an estmated 222,570 deaths|
|7.4||7.9 x 1015||Turkey earthquake August 17, 1999. More than 12,000 people killed.|
|7.6||1.5 x 1016||Deadliest earthquake in the last 100 years. Tangshan, China, July 28, 1976. Approximately 255,000 people perished.|
|8.3||1.6 x 1017||San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906.|
|9.0||Japan Earthquake March 11, 2011|
|9.1||4.3 x 1018||December 26, 2004 Sumatra earthquake which triggered a tsunami and resulted in 227,898 deaths spread across fourteen countries|
|9.5||8.3 x 1018||Most powerful earthquake recorded in the last 100 years. Southern Chile on May 22, 1960. Claimed 3,000 lives.|
The strength of an earthquake can be measured by a device called a seismograph. When an earthquake occurs this device converts the wave energy into a standard unit of measurement like the Richter scale. In the Richter scale, units of measurement are referred to as magnitudes. The Richter scale is logarithmic. Thus, each unit increase in magnitude represents 10 times more energy released. Table 1 describes the relationship between Richter scale magnitude and energy released. The following equation can be used to approximate the amount of energy released from an earthquake in joules when Richter magnitude (M) is known:
Energy in joules = 1.74 x 10(5 + 1.44*M)
Figures 4 and 5 describe the spatial distribution of small and large earthquakes respectively. These maps indicate that large earthquakes have distributions that are quite different from small events. Many large earthquakes occur some distance away from a plate boundary. Some geologists believe that these powerful earthquakes may be occurring along ancient faults that are buried deep in the continental crust. Recent seismic studies in the central United States have discovered one such fault located thousands of meters below the lower Mississippi Valley. Some large earthquakes occur at particular locations along the plate boundaries. Scientists believe that these areas represent zones along adjacent plates that have greater frictional resistance and stress.
Figure 4: Distribution of earthquakes with a magnitude less than 5 on the Richter Scale. (Image Source: PhysicalGeography.net)
Figure 5: Distribution of earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 7 on the Richter Scale. (Image Source: PhysicalGeography.net)
The Richter Scale Magnitude, while the most known, is one of several measures of the magnitude of an earthquake. The most commonly used are:
- Local magnitude (ML), commonly referred to as "Richter magnitude;"
- Surface-wave magnitude (Ms);
- Body-wave magnitude (Mb); and
- Moment magnitude (Mw).
Scales 1 to 3 have limited range and applicability and do not satisfactorily measure the size of the largest earthquakes. The moment magnitude (Mw) scale, based on the concept of seismic moment, is uniformly applicable to all sizes of earthquakes but is more difficult to compute than the other types. All magnitude scales should yield approximately the same value for any given earthquake.
The severity of an earthquake can be expressed in terms of both intensity and magnitude. However, the two terms are quite different, and they are often confused.
Intensity is based on the observed effects of ground shaking on people, buildings, and natural features. It varies from place to place within the disturbed region depending on the location of the observer with respect to the earthquake epicenter while magnitude is related to the amount of seismic energy released at the hypocenter of the earthquake.
Although numerous intensity scales have been developed over the last several hundred years to evaluate the effects of earthquakes, the one currently used in the United States is the Modified Mercalli (MM) Intensity Scale. The lower numbers of the intensity scale generally deal with the manner in which the earthquake is felt by people. The higher numbers of the scale are based on observed structural damage. Structural engineers usually contribute information for assigning intensity values of Vlll or above.
The following is an abbreviated description of the 12 levels of Modified Mercalli intensity.
I. Not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions.
II. Felt only by a few persons at rest, especially on upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing.
III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of a truck. Duration estimated.
IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.
V. Felt by nearly everyone; many awakened. Some dishes, windows broken. Unstable objects overturned. Pendulum clocks may stop.
Vl. Felt by all, many frightened. Some heavy furniture moved; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight.
Vll. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken.
Vlll. Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture overturned.
IX. Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations.
X. Some well-built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundations. Rails bent.
Xl. Few, if any (masonry) structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly.
Xll. Damage total. Lines of sight and level are distorted. Objects thrown into the air.
Earthquake Damage and Destruction
Earthquakes are a considerable hazard to humans. Earthquakes can cause destruction by structurally damaging buildings and dwellings, fires, tsunamis, and mass wasting (see Figures 6 to 10). Earthquakes can also take human lives. The amount of damage and loss of life depends on a number of factors. Some of the more important factors are:
- Time of day. Higher losses of life tend to occur on weekdays between the hours of 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. During this time interval many people are in large buildings because of work or school. Large structures are often less safe than smaller homes in an earthquake.
- Magnitude of the earthquake and duration of the event.
- Distance form the earthquake's focus. The strength of the shock waves diminish with distance from the focus.
- Geology of the area affected and soil type. Some rock types transmit seismic wave energy more readily. Buildings on solid bedrock tend to receive less damage. Unconsolidated rock and sediments have a tendency to increase the amplitude and duration of the seismic waves increasing the potential for damage. Some soil types when saturated become liquefied (Figure 6).
- Type of building construction. Some building materials and designs are more susceptible to earthquake damage (Figure 7).
- Population density. More people often means greater chance of injury and death.
The greatest loss of life because of an earthquake this century occurred in Tangshan, China in 1976 when an estimated 250,000 people died. In 1556, a large earthquake in the Shanxi Province of China was estimated to have caused the death of about 1,000,000 people.
A common problem associated with earthquakes in urban areas is fire (Figure 8). Shaking and ground displacement often causes the severing of electrical and gas lines leading to the development of many localized fires. Response to this problem is usually not effective because shock waves also rupture pipes carrying water. In the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, almost 90% of the damage to buildings was caused by fire.
In mountainous regions, earthquake-provoked landslides can cause many deaths and severe damage to built structures (Figure 9). The town of Yungay, Peru was buried by a debris flow that was triggered by an earthquake that occurred on May 31, 1970. This disaster engulfed the town in seconds with mud, rock, ice, and water and took the lives of about 20,000 people.
Another consequence of earthquakes is the generation of tsunamis (Figure 10). Tsunamis, or tidal waves, form when an earthquake triggers a sudden movement of the seafloor. This movement creates a wave in the water body which radiates outward in concentric shells. On the open ocean, these waves are usually no higher than one to three meters in height and travel at speed of about 750 kilometers per hour. Tsunamis become dangerous when they approach land. Frictional interaction of the waves with the ocean floor, as they near shore, causes the waves to slow down and collide into each other. This amalgamation of waves then produces a super wave that can be as tall as 65 meters in height.
The US Geological Survey estimate that at least 1,783 deaths worldwide resulted from earthquake activity in 2009. In 2010, the number rose to 226,729 as the result of 222,570 people killed by the Jauary 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
The deadliest earthquake of 2009 was a magnitude 7.5 event that killed approximately 1,117 people in southern Sumatra, Indonesia on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and confirmed by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). However, the number of earthquake-related fatalities in 2009 was far less than the 2008 count of over 88,000. The high number of fatalities in 2008 was primarily due to the devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake that occurred in Sichuan, China on May 12.
Although unrelated, the Sept. 30 Indonesian earthquake occurred a day after the year’s strongest earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 on Sept. 29 in the Samoa Islands region. Tsunamis generated by that earthquake killed 192 people in American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the medieval city of L’Aquila in central Italy on April 6, killing 295 people.
Overall, earthquakes took the lives of people in 15 countries on four continents during 2009, including Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Costa Rica, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Japan, Malawi, Samoa, South Africa and Tonga, as well as the U.S. territory of American Samoa. Earthquakes injured people in 11 additional countries, including the mainland United States, where a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on May 2 injured one person in the Los Angeles area.
The biggest 2009 earthquake in the 50 United States was in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in the Fox Islands on Oct. 13. It was felt at the towns of Akutan and Unalaska, but caused no casualties or damage. The greatest earthquake for the year in the contiguous United States was a magnitude 5.2 event on October 2 in the Owens Valley southeast of Lone Pine, California. Because of the sparse population in the epicentral area, this quake caused no damage although it was felt as far away as Merced and Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
A magnitude 9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Island earthquake and subsequent tsunami on December 26, 2004 killed 227,898 people, which is the fourth largest casualty toll for earthquakes and the largest toll for a tsunami in recorded history. As a consequence of that earthquake, the USGS has significantly improved its earthquake notification and response capabilities. Improvements include the addition of nine real-time seismic stations across the Caribbean basin, a seismic and tsunami prone region near the U.S. southern border, implementation of a 24x7 earthquake operations center at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), and development of innovative tools for rapid evaluation of population exposure and damage to potentially damaging earthquakes.
The USGS estimates that several million earthquakes occur throughout the world each year, although most go undetected because they hit remote areas or have very small magnitudes. The USGS NEIC publishes the locations for about 40 earthquakes per day, or about 14,500 annually, using a publication threshold of magnitude 4.5 or greater worldwide or 2.5 or greater within the United States. On average, only 18 of these earthquakes occur at a magnitude of 7.0 or higher each year.
In the 2009 year, 17 earthquakes reached a magnitude of 7.0 or higher, with a single one topping a magnitude of 8.0. These statistics for large magnitude earthquakes are higher than those of 2008, which experienced only 12 earthquakes over magnitude 7.0 and none over 8.0. Factors such as the size of an earthquake, the location and depth of the earthquake relative to population centers, and fragility of buildings, utilities and roads all influence how earthquakes will affect nearby communities.
Table 2. Notable Earthquakes and Their Estimated Magnitude
|January 23, 1556||
|August 17, 1668||
|November 1, 1755||
|December 16, 1857||
|October 27, 1891||
|June 15, 1896||
|April 18, 1906||3,000||7.8|
|August 17, 1906||
|December 28, 1908||
|December 16, 1920||
|September 1, 1923||
|May 22, 1927||
|January 13, 1934||
|December 26, 1939||
|February 29, 1960||
|May 22, 1960||
|March 28, 1964||
Prince William Sound, AK
|May 31, 1970||
|July 27, 1976||
|September 19, 1985||
|December 7, 1988||
|August 17, 1999||
|January 26, 2001||
|December 26, 2003||
|December 26, 2004||
Off west coast northern Sumatra
|October 8, 2005||
|May 26, 2006||
|May 12, 2008||
Eastern Sichuan, China
|January 12, 2010||
Near Port-au-Prince, Haiti
|March 11, 2011||
Pacific Ocean, East of Oshika Peninsula, Japan
* Fatalities in the 1976 Tangshan, China earthquake were estimated as high as 655,000.
Source: Preferred Magnitudes of Selected Significant Earthquakes, USGS, 2010 (with additions on two most recent major earthquakes in Haiti and Japan.
The following links provide some more information about earthquakes.
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Animation of P, S & Surface Waves
- Animations of Seismology Fundamentals
- Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
- California Geological Survey (CGS)
- California Office of Emergency Services (OES)
- California Seismic Safety Commission
- Center for Earthquake Research & Information (CERI)
- Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)
- COSMOS Virtual Data Center
- CREW - Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Earthquake Information for 2009, USGS
- Earthquake Information for 2010, USGS
- Earthquake Monitoring
- Earthquakes - Online University
- Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion
- Earthquakes Cause over 1700 Deaths in 2009, USGS
- Earth Science Education Activities
- European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
- FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Finite-source Rupture Model Database
- Global Earthquake Explorer
- GSA - Geological Society of America
- Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)
- International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)
- International Seismological Centre (ISC)
- John Lahr's Earthquake website
- McConnell, D., D. Steer, C. Knight, K. Owens, and L. Park. 2010. The Good Earth. 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, Iowa.
- Mid-America Earthquake Center
- Multi-Disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)
- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - NOAA
- National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Natural Hazards Center
- Northern California Earthquake Data Center
- Observatories and Research Facilities for EUropean Seismology (ORFEUS)
- Plummer, C., D. Carlson, and L. Hammersle. 2010. Physical Geology. 13th Edition. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, Iowa.
- Project IDA
- Quake-Catcher Network
- Saint Louis University Earthquake Center
- Seattle Fault Earthquake Scenario
- Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes
- Seismological Society of America (SSA)
- Seismo-surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
- Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
- SOPAC (Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center)
- Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- Tarbuck, E.J., F.K. Lutgens, and D. Tasa. 2009. Earth Science. 12th Edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
- Tectonics Observatory
- Tracing earthquakes: seismology in the classroom
- UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey
- Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC)
- World Data Center System
- World Organization of Volcano Observatories
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This isn't the best way to spend Valentine's Day, that's for sure.
Blake Lively filed for a temporary restraining order at Los Angeles Superior Court today against Sergei Mifle.
Here are the deets...
Blake and her mother Elain Lively, 64, are now both protected by the order, which states that Mifle is not to come within 100 yards of the actress and her mother, nor harass, intimidate, stalk or contact them.
The documents claim that "Respondent Mifle has contacted Elain Lively multiple times by telephone and by email," and he "Left Elain a voicemail saying, 'I really would like to not wait anymore for a phone call' and that he needs to talk to Blake 'before it's too late.'"
That left Lively "anxious and worried and fearful when she learned of Respondent Mifle's harassment and stalking behavior."
The situation came to a head on February 1 when the documents claim that Mifle appeared on the set of Gossip Girl and told security that he was there to see her because he had a "metaphysical" and "spiritual" connection to her and he was there to "guide her."
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The first person the Marquis of Mullineaux chanced to meet upon his return to England was the very last person he wanted to see--Lady Carberry, the woman who had scandalized the haute ton by breaking off their engagement. She was just as displeased to meet him. He had, after all, sacrificed her reputation to save his pride. Thrown together by circumstance, Alicia and James found themselves constantly at war with one another. James was determined to discover the truth about their past. Only then... more info>>
Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again but that doesn't stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, Joanna brazenly kisses Arctic explorer Alex, Lord Grant. Unable to deny the blazing attraction that flares, Joanna knows she's just set the gossip mill turning.
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drachefly wrote:... Who's the guy pushing the swing? Looks like Supreme Court justice Scalia.
Interesting that they haven't worked out pumping yet.
The thinkamancers would want to linger at the node longer. That could work counter to pumping. It would also be hard to maintain a precise amplitude and still concentrate on the thinking. It is also debatable if a "swing" would be the ideal apparatus. A mechanical metronome would give a more precise frequency. It is not clear in the picture if the seat is suspended from a flexible cable or attached to a ridged rod.
I predict a Mathamancer called Leibniz who is at odds with Isaac over some ideas.
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- Ryder Cup
Montgomerie warns McGinley about captaincy hopes
Colin Montgomerie believes Tom Watson's appointment as United States captain for the Ryder Cup in 2014 should not affect who Europe appoint to the role.
Montgomerie, the victorious European leader at Celtic Manor in 2010, is aware that Watson - one of golf's all-time greats - will bring an extra stature and prestige to the American side.
But he hopes that will not affect the selection of Europe's opposite number, with Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke believed to be the frontrunners.
"Has it changed our view of who we should put up against him?" Montgomerie said of Watson's appointment. "It shouldn't because, irrespective of who the Americans have selected, we should be selecting the best man for the job.
"Surely that shouldn't change. We can't suddenly say he's no good because of what America have done. I think it will put a wee bit extra pressure on our captain, especially in all the stuff that leads up to the Ryder Cup, the year to go celebrations etc.
"Tom Watson's stature is second to none and we certainly need someone who can liaise with people, speak to them etc. They also can't be intimidated by Tom. But all that goes down to the best man for the job, whoever that might be."
Montgomerie revealed that a vote will be employed to choose the next Ryder Cup captain, hinting that McGinley - a valued assistant at the last two Ryder Cups - is not guaranteed to be elevated to the top job.
"For the first time, there is going to be a committee vote between two candidates and that will start off in Abu Dhabi next month," Montgomerie added. "Paul was very good at the Seve Trophy. He was also very good as a backroom member at the Ryder Cup. He was very good with me and I believe he was very good with [Jose Maria] Olazabal [in 2012].
"But, for me, it goes back to this best man for the job business. Just because it's your turn doesn't necessarily mean it will be you.
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I think bringing food is fine, but just have a chat with your hosts before hand. And if someone wants to make you something and they communicate they understand your restrictions, if you trust them, let them. If I invite someone over I really don't mind making brand X grain in distilled water or pulverized seeds, or whatever weird thing. No I don't want to cook it or eat it every day, but if I invite my friend over for a meal, really its not so difficult to make at least a dish or two that's acceptable to them just that one day. I once hosted a dinner for 8 that had enough options for a full meal for a vegetarian, a person with Candida, and a lactose intolerant person. I wouldn't eat all those options regularly but honestly everyone could enjoy almost everything and it wasn't a huge deal to me to make a special meal, because it was a dinner party - I was going to make a special meal to begin with! So I just made the most special versions of the restricted foods (for example, if you constantly stir a grain while cooking it, it gets a creamier texture without any additives - its the 'special way' to make plain rice/millet/quinoa/whatever) and planned around it.
But if someone doesn't offer or can't be trusted to get it rice, feel free to bring a dish. Just wait a minute or two, to make sure you can't have anything there, and just discreetly pull out a tupperware. Best if its discreetly done, no big production and if asked just smile and say "oh my gosh I'm on this crazy diet so I can never enjoy anything out, it looks great but for now, this is me" with a bit of a shrug and a conversation topic ready to spring "but anyway, weren't you saying something about vacation earlier? Tell me more." If you act casual, people will respond casually. | <urn:uuid:dc082285-1ff0-47b7-bc24-c1e8d7f5a620> | 2013-05-23T18:32:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The outraged woman is using logic, but not tradition. Men remove their hats as a sign of respect, women don't.
I was at a football game this summer and I removed my hat during the anthem. The older man next to me said that women don't have to remove their hats. I replied that it was hardly a Sunday bonnet. I think that a woman wearing a decorative hat as part of a dressy outfit can leave it. Otherwise, it should come off. And I've also spent many years on the rodeo circuit and I've never seen a woman pin her cowboy hat to her head. They usually lose them when they're "coming home" on the barrel race. I think that etiquette should be updated to reflect the fact that women aren't usually wearing the dressy, pinned on hats. My baseball cap or cowboy hat comes off just as easily as my husband's.
I would say that if a woman is wearing a traditional woman's hat, she can keep it on, but if she's wearing a more traditionally man-like hat (baseball cap, cowboy hat) it should be removed, both during the anthem, and while inside or at a church service.
Quote from: blarg314 on February 04, 2013, 07:51:10 PMI would say that if a woman is wearing a traditional woman's hat, she can keep it on, but if she's wearing a more traditionally man-like hat (baseball cap, cowboy hat) it should be removed, both during the anthem, and while inside or at a church service.That was Miss Manner's opinion as well.
[A] person wearing a cowboy hat, along with a gray suit and lizard boots, in a city office building elevator, is not excused from removing his hat--no, not even if he is wearing the complete cowboy suit, with fringed jacket, jeans and spurs that he got for Christmas. However, a genuine cowboy, wearing cowboy clothes and going about his cowboy business, does wear his hat everywhere. In other words, it is not the had but the head that defines the man, oddly enough.
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My mother likes to name people. Her brother, Carl, had a daughter who married a man named Carl. My mother decided that her brother's name is now Carlio. I remember the first time I heard her mention "Carlio" and I wondered to whom she was referring. My cousin's husband died 5 years ago, but my mother still calls her brother by the name she made up. When I was growing up, one of our neighbors had a son named Jack. My mother decided to call him "Jackson." It wasn't his name and he didn't answer to it. That didn't stop her. These are just 2 examples of her lifelong habit.
I've often wondered if the people my mother rechristens resent her for not using their names. I think I found out the answer. My mother named me a rather common name with a you-neek spelling. If the common name were Kitty, she named me "Kity." All my life I have had to correct the spelling of my name. It's a curse. While Kity is still my legal name, I go by a nickname that is completely different. Everyone but my mother calls me by my nickname. Recently, I noticed that her family addresses me as "Kitty." The holiday cards from that side of the family this year were addressed to "Kitty."
Personally, I think my mother's family is getting back at her for changing all their names by changing my name since I am the only one she named. I don't see them often; It's been at least 20 years, so I don't think I've done anything to offend them. I haven't answered to "Kity" for over 40 years and I never answered to "Kitty." | <urn:uuid:5c305b2d-259f-4972-8fd0-ede7ac9ba6ac> | 2013-05-23T18:32:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology offers intriguing insights into the biology and perhaps even the future of human running speed.
The newly published evidence identifies the critical variable imposing the biological limit to running speed, and offers an enticing view of how the biological limits might be pushed back beyond the nearly 28 miles per hour speeds achieved by Bolt to speeds of perhaps 35 or even 40 miles per hour.
The new paper, "The biological limits to running speed are imposed from the ground up," was authored by Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University; Rosalind Sandell and Danille Prime, both formerly of Rice University; and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming.
"The prevailing view that speed is limited by the force with which the limbs can strike the running surface is an eminently reasonable one," said Weyand, associate professor of applied physiology and biomechanics at SMU in Dallas.
"If one considers that elite sprinters can apply peak forces of 800 to 1,000 pounds with a single limb during each sprinting step, it's easy to believe that runners are probably operating at or near the force limits of their muscles and limbs," he said. "However, our new data clearly show that this is not the case. Despite how large the running forces can be, we found that the limbs are capable of applying much greater ground forces than those present during top-speed forward running."
In contrast to a force limit, what the researchers found was that the critical biological limit is imposed by time -– specifically, the very brief periods of time available to apply force to the ground while sprinting. In elite sprinters, foot-ground contact times are less than one-tenth of one second, and peak ground forces occur within less than one-twentieth of one second of the first instant of foot-ground contact.
The researchers took advantage of several experimental tools to arrive at the new conclusions. They used a high-speed treadmill capable of attaining speeds greater than 40 miles per hour and of acquiring precise measurements of the forces applied to the surface with each footfall. They also had subjects' perform at high speeds in different gaits. In addition to completing traditional top-speed forward running tests, subjects hopped on one leg and ran backward to their fastest possible speeds on the treadmill.
The unconventional tests were strategically selected to test the prevailing beliefs about mechanical factors that limit human running speeds –- specifically, the idea that the speed limit is imposed by how forcefully a runner's limbs can strike the ground.
However, the researchers found that the ground forces applied while hopping on one leg at top speed exceeded those applied during top-speed forward running by 30 percent or more, and that the forces generated by the active muscles within the limb were roughly 1.5 to 2 times greater in the one-legged hopping gait.
The time limit conclusion was supported by the agreement of the minimum foot-ground contact times observed during top-speed backward and forward running. Although top backward vs. forward speeds were substantially slower, as expected, the minimum periods of foot-ground contact at top backward and forward speeds were essentially identical.
According to Matthew Bundle, an assistant professor of biomechanics at the University of Wyoming, "The very close agreement in the briefest periods of foot-ground contact at top speed in these two very different gaits points to a biological limit on how quickly the active muscle fibers can generate the forces necessary to get the runner back up off the ground during each step."
The researchers said the new work shows that running speed limits are set by the contractile speed limits of the muscle fibers themselves, with fiber contractile speeds setting the limit on how quickly the runner's limb can apply force to the running surface.
"Our simple projections indicate that muscle contractile speeds that would allow for maximal or near-maximal forces would permit running speeds of 35 to 40 miles per hour and conceivably faster," Bundle said.
Peter Weyand is an associate professor of applied physiology and biomechanics in SMU's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development.
Matthew Bundle is an assistant professor of biomechanics in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming.
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Hector Berlioz is one of the most distinguished representatives of the French romantic music. Having completed his medical studies, Berlioz entered the Paris Conservatoire. Berlioz’s compositions did not bring him a wide recognition or financial success; he even had problems in arranging his music to be performed. Berlioz held a position as music critic and was appreciated as a writer. Berlioz’s Mémoires display artistic life in Paris in the first half of the 19th Century.
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Click me, baby, one more time. Eminem and Britney Spears were among the most searched-for celebrities on the Internet this year, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Spears was the top-ranked celeb on Lycos, while she slipped just behind Eminem on Yahoo. Spears slumped earlier in the year, falling out of Lycos' top ten entirely for a few weeks, but returned to prominence after smooching Madonna, according to the Reporter.
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Eyene Ngoua Fabrice
Eyene Ngoua FabriceI am not yet an expatriate, but I am looking for information about life abroad.
I am Gabonese, and I would like to live in Japan. I am currently in Libreville.
je suis un étudiant Gabonais et j'y réside actuellement
My birthday is on 25 May, I was born in 1988
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Diana111I am an expatriate.
I am Spanish, and I am now living in Germany. I am currently in Cologne.
Hello! Since I am currently living in Cologne I would like to meet other expats to share experiences :) Looking forward to hearing from you! Saludos, Diana
I can speak Spanish, German, English, basic Portug
My birthday is on 1 December
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I have a name that I'd like to use for my beverage but in doing a search found it already registered to someone back in 2002 as a food & beverage establishment. However, in conducting a search , nothing came up which makes me think that they never actually used the name.
If that's the case I know one option is to see if they would sell the TM. What are my other options besides finding a new name. If I decide to go ahead and file, how do I let the TM office know that the name hasn't been used by the original owner? | <urn:uuid:a9cf5682-4cf8-4c38-8e68-95e97119f671> | 2013-05-23T18:39:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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15: Just Alerting You
explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Revision as of 13:49, 7 January 2013 by Davidy22
|Just Alerting You|
Title text: Just thought you should know
- [Original Randall quote]: "I bet she's cool. I mean, she has a dinosaur!"
- This is the fourteenth comic posted to livejournal. The previous was 11: Barrel - Part 2. The next was 16: Monty Python -- Enough.
- [Megan is standing on top of a dinosaur and holding reins to the dinosaur's head.]
- Megan: Before you talk to me, I should warn you: I am kind of strange | <urn:uuid:82952ad9-23f9-407a-b3e3-67f5aafcf4ac> | 2013-05-23T18:30:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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How do I generate a report for a domain?
To generate a revenue report please follow the steps below:
- Go to the "Revenue Reports" page in the "Portfolio" area of your account.
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Introductionfox, carnivorous mammal of the dog family, found throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. It has a pointed face, short legs, long, thick fur, and a tail about one half to two thirds as long as the head and body, depending on the species. Solitary most of the year, foxes do not live in dens except in the breeding season; they sleep concealed in grasses or thickets, their tails curled around them for warmth. During the breeding season a fox pair establishes a den, often in a ground burrow made by another animal, in which the young are raised; the male hunts for the family. The young are on their own after about five months; the adults probably find new mates each season.
Foxes feed on insects, earthworms, small birds and mammals, eggs, carrion, and vegetable matter, especially fruits. Unlike other members of the dog family, which run down their prey, foxes usually hunt by stalking and pouncing. They are known for their raids on poultry but are nonetheless very beneficial to farmers as destroyers of rodents.
Foxes are occasionally preyed upon by larger carnivores, such as wolves and bobcats, as well as by humans and their dogs; birds of prey may capture the young. Despite extensive killing of foxes, most species continue to flourish. In Europe this is due in part to the regulatory laws passed for the benefit of hunters. Mounted foxhunting, with dogs, became popular in the 14th cent. and was later introduced into the Americas; special hunting dogs, called foxhounds, have been bred for this sport. Great Britain banned foxhunting in which the hounds kill the fox in 2005.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sulaimaniyah (sōˌlāmänˈēə) [key], town (1987 pop. 364,096), NE Iraq. The town, founded in 1789, is a trade center inhabited by Kurds and has long been a center of Kurdish nationalism. Since 1992 it has been an important town in the so-called Kurdish Autonomous Region.
More on Sulaimaniyah from Fact Monster:
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A Scottish and Irish surname, McKee comes from the Gaelic term ‘aodh’ which meant fire. The spelling variations for McKee include Kee, McCay, McGee, McEa, MacKee, MacCoy, McQuey, McKay and McAy. In England McKee families primarily lived in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire counties. In Ireland the McKee surname has been popular in Ulster, Armagh, Donegal, Antrim and Down counties. In Scotland the McKee family name is across most of the country. The areas with the greatest McKee population is Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. Within the United States the McKee families originated in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, California, Washington and Texas. Famous: Rogers H. McKee (professional baseball player), Frances McKee (songwriter and singer from Scotland), Gina McKee (actress from England), Roxanne McKee (English actress), David McKee (English author of children’s books), Kenneth McKee (pioneer in the development of the hip replacement), Andrew I. McKee (pioneer in the designing of submarines), Frank McKee (Scottish footballer) and Bonnie L. McKee (singer and songwriter). | <urn:uuid:daca3281-a2ca-4cd8-8291-c1c7c15b6406> | 2013-05-23T18:31:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Author: ChloboShoka PM
A series of "what if..." one shots. Open to requests. Recent One Shot: What If Katherine Howard Was Faithful?Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Drama - Catherine Howard & King Henry VIII - Chapters: 9 - Words: 4,865 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 01-02-13 - Published: 10-21-12 - Status: Complete - id: 8630514
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What If Katherine Howard Hated Jane Seymour?
She was her best friend and Katherine Howard had lost the best cousin she ever had. She never really knew Anne Boleyn, but something inside her told her that she was a remarkable woman and a brave queen. Katherine had heard so many things about her cousin, some of it she thought was a lot of old rubbish. She was a modern girl living in a society with ancient traditions: it was just how Katherine felt.
Katherine held one lady responsible for her cousin's downfall and the shame of her family. Queen Jane Seymour, King Henry's third wife and the mother of Prince Edward. Katherine had hoped that the home-wrecker would die of puerperal fever. Lady Rochford may have forgiven Queen Jane, but Katherine would rather die than forgive Jane for what she had done.
Katherine Howard wanted revenge on Jane Seymour. Katherine's uncle encouraged it as well. Her family pressurized her into becoming Jane's lady-in-waiting. Katherine hated it, despite Jane Seymour coming across as a kind and gentle lady. Jane's mousy blonde hair and sugary voice made Katherine want to vomit. Katherine saw Jane's kindness as nothing but a veil to hide her family's nasty plots.
"Lady Culpepper," Jane whispered to Katherine as soon as the two of them were alone. "I feel as if I have done something wrong to you. But I do not know what I've done."
Katherine lifted her eyes off the floor and rolled them to Queen Jane. "You know what's you've done."
"You have to tell me," Jane implored. She had her hand on her heart as she said, "And then we can make it right."
"Why do always have to pretend to be innocent?" Katherine shrieked with her eyes red with tears. "You can never make it right. God will never save you."
"Lady Culpepper," Jane gasped. "What is the matter?"
"YOU KILLED MY COUSIN!" Katherine screamed.
Princess Mary was sitting in the corner, reading a section from the bible the entire time they were there. Mary and Jane had a very special bond together. Disturbed by Katherine's outburst, Mary slammed her bible shut and stood in front of her stepmother. "That is no way to talk to the Queen Of England," said Mary firmly.
"It's got nothing to do with you," Katherine snapped at Mary. "My cousin, Anne Boleyn was a great woman and if it hadn't have been for you, she would still be alive." Nobody said a word, but the maids peeped into the room curious to what was going on. At that point, Katherine was so mad she was steaming. Jane said nothing, which frustrated Katherine. "Why don't you say something?"
Katherine had her left hand out ready to slap her, but Princess Mary intervened just in time and Katherine's legs landed on the floor. Jane looked disappointed, but she didn't look away from Katherine.
"Anne Boleyn was not a good person," Mary declared. "Her death was her own fault and in God's will."
By looking at the sheer disgust in Mary's face, Katherine knew that Mary had a lot more to say to her, but her catholic beliefs stopped her from saying it. She had no religious boundaries. Others had always considered her upbringing as dangerous.
"You should take some rest Lady Culpepper," Queen Jane said to Katherine. "Give you some time to reflect on what you've said. This isn't worth losing your head over."
Katherine jumped out and ran out of Jane's rooms. She continued to run around the house until her eyes met her husband, Thomas Culpepper. "God may not know who I am," Katherine screamed at the top of her voice. She marched in front of Culpepper and clenched her fists together as her arms were spread out. Culpepper stroked her elbows as he watched her rant with a grin on his face. "But I swear to him that I teach that wrench Jane Seymour never to mess with my family."
"You know something Kitty?" Culpepper whispered into Katherine's ear. His voice was so soft it melted Katherine's anger away.
"What is that?" Her lips curled into a childish smile.
He smirked as he tapped Katherine's back and lead her away to a private place. Katherine found herself in a fit of giggles as her lover said, "I do love a good cat fight." | <urn:uuid:9c0a3bbd-d4f9-468e-8ad1-03d42d360547> | 2013-05-23T18:48:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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2008: Sidelined with a knee injury.
New Orleans Bowl: Saw action in the program's first bowl appearance...suffered an injury during kick-off.
2007: Played in seven games as both a fullback and on special teams...credited with a carry against Kentucky, Florida and Florida International...season-long rush was five yards at Florida and returned a kick at UF for 15 yards...also had a reception at FIU for a score.
2006: Played in seven games both as a fullback and on special teams...recorded two tackle assists, one in each of his final two games, North Texas and FIU...play was praised by Schnellenberger, especially blocking during mid-season's thin roster.
High School: Played for Paul Friel at Merritt Island High School, where he was a three-year letterman and starter...earned All-Conference honors and was named third-team All-Brevard County...rushed for 820 yards and 10 touchdowns while also scoring two touchdowns from the defensive side of the ball...recorded 55 solo tackles as a senior, earning a spot on the Brevard County All-Star Game...three-sport athlete (football, basketball and track)...served as the basketball team's captain as a senior...two-year letterman in basketball and track.
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Candice Freel had her sixth shutout of the season against Northern Iowa.
March 13, 2004
BOCA RATON, FL - Florida Atlantic University defeated Northern Iowa, 2-0, before falling to Rhode Island, 3-1, Saturday on the second day of action at the FAU Worth Doubletree Classic in Boca Raton, FL. FAU (24-11) faces Northern Iowa Sunday morning at 9:00am with the winner advancing to the championship game at 1:00pm.
Against UNI, FAU scored its first run in the second inning when Callie Piper reached base on a scoring error. In the top of the fifth, Piper led off with a single and was replaced by Lauren Evans. Evans advanced to second on a sacrifice and scored a throwing error on a groundout by Jessica Sachs.
Candice Freel won her fourth straight game with a three-hit shutout. The junior struck out nine and walked three and improved to 10-6 on the year. She lowere her team-leading ERA to 0.98.
Rhode Island never trailed as it scored two runs in the top of the second inning. In the fourth, Amy Bellisari singled to drive in Jenn Piazza to make it 2-1. Nicole Haywood homered in the sixth to account for the game's final score.
Amanda Morin (10-5) suffered the loss. The sophomore allowed three runs on five hits with three strikeouts.
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Roberto Inıguez, Fenerbahce coach:
"Thıs was an ımportant game for us after we lost in the Turkısh Cup final last weekend. Congratulatıons to my players for the good defense."
Olcay Çakır, Fenerbahce:
"We played so well today. We look forward to the rest of our games in the group."
Aleksandr Kovalev, Nadezhda coach:
"We played so bad. Fenerbahçe is a great team. Now we must focus on the other games."
Kelli Miller, Nadezhda:
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She paused before speaking, giving herself some time to think. This had to be a hallucination. She was going to wake up any moment now. Although she didn't want to if it meant Steve was going to disappear. Biting her bottom lip, she was tempted to reach down to pinch herself. But if she wasn't dreaming it was going to hurt, and she did bruise easily. Then again she didn't want to pinch herself if it meant Steve was going to disappear. But figment of the imagination or not, if there was one thing she needed right now it was money.
Wanting to find out more about what he was offering before she agreed to anything, she spoke hesitantly. "I'm very good at cleaning and cooking. I did it for my father for years, but I'm not good with animals especially the scaly kind."
Steve laughed out loud, causing a few people turned to look at them. She noticed it was a nice laugh and she would like to hear it more. Still she couldn't believe she was entertaining this idea. They were strangers. But she needed a job.
He leaned closer to her. "Well I promise that cleaning my house will be a lot easier, since I'm a neat person, I also don't have any pets."
She looked at him with raised eyebrows. "I think you are a little old to need a nanny."
He chuckled. "You are right, but my four-year-old daughter isn't."
Lauryn's mouth dropped open. She couldn't hide her shock. She had to force herself to close her mouth. "Daughter?"
He nodded. "Yes, I have a little girl. Her name is Hannah and she is a angel."
Lauryn remained quiet, not sure what to say. She looked at his hand, didn't see a ring, and he hadn't mentioned, a wife, but that didn't mean anything in today's world. A lot of men walked around without wedding rings on. But she would find out what was going on in his life relationship wise before she walked into the situation. She'd had enough surprises to last her a lifetime. "Your wife won't mind will she?"
He smiled. "I'm not married. Never have been."
He shook his head. "No."
"What about Hannah's mother?"
He sighed. "She isn't in the picture. Hasn't been for a while."
Relief flowed through her veins, to find Steve wasn't involved with another woman. Even though she might not stand a chance with him, she could see herself being jealous when it came to Steve. He was a very attractive man. Any other woman in her right mind that was dating him would probably feel the same way. | <urn:uuid:59f11845-db08-4e57-a656-1d66e7671367> | 2013-05-23T19:04:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A new look Japan impressed at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup showing tenacity and organisation to triumph on the back of hard-fought wins in the semi-final against Korea Republic and Australia in the final. Tadanari Lee’s extra-time winner in Doha saw Japan lift a record fourth Asian crown and regain the title last won in 2004.
The current crop
Under former coach Takeshi Okada, a host of youth talents announced their arrival on the international scene as Japan broke new ground in the last FIFA World Cup. The new generation has continued their progress under Italian Alberto Zaccheroni, who took over after their campaign in South Africa 2010. A series of impressive friendly wins, including a 1-0 defeat of a full-strength Argentina, was followed by their all-conquering performance during January's AFC Asian Cup, where they pipped Australian in the final to claim their fourth continental title. Japan's game has long been marked by their creative play and silky passing but boosted by their continental success, while Zaccheroni began to test his trademark 3-4-3 tactical system in the recent Kirin Cup.
The key players
Having excelled during the last FIFA World Cup and the recent AFC Asian Cup, CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda has quickly established his place as the team's new leader, filling the void left by Hidetoshi Nakata and Shunsuke Nakamura.
Spearheading the attacking-line are Shinji Kagawa and Shinji Okazaki, who finished the continental finals as the team's top-scorer with three goals. Alongside Honda is set-piece specialist Yasuhito Endo while Schalke 04 defender Atsuto Uchida is the key man at the rearguard.
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Best performances in a FIFA competition: Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Mexico City 1968 (Third place), FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999 (Runners-up), FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 (Quarter-finals)
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of Scotland's "traditional" Christmas celebrations (other
than the religious festival) originated in the 19th century (Prince
Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, had a lot to do with it!) and
so England and Scotland developed the same traditions from around
that time, Christmas trees, decorations, Santa Claus, presents,
stockings at the end of the bed, Christmas Carols, Christmas cards
etc. Christmas cards are said to have been invented in Great Britain
in the mid-nineteenth century.
or Yuletide, has never been celebrated in Scotland to the same
extent as Hogmanay. As might be expected there is a Yule Bannock,
which was divided into farls or quarters by the sign of the cross.
The bannocks were baked before dawn on the morning of Christmas
Day, and one given to each member of the family. If it could be
kept intact until the evening meal this augered good fortune for
the coming year. If broken, or nibbled, good fortune would be
broken too. However, this round bannock, like so many others,
has an earlier origin linked to the sun.
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FRANKFURT (AFX) - Deutsche Bank AG's supervisory board chairman Rolf Breuer resigned effective May 3 in order to relieve the bank from 'further discussions regarding him personally' in relation to a long-running dispute between the bank and former media magnate Leo Kirch.
He will be replaced by Deutsche Bank's chief financial officer, Clemens Boersig.
Boersig will resign from the bank's management board May 3, after which Anthony Di Iorio will become chief financial officer.
Breuer served as Deutsche Bank's chief executive until 2002, when he was replaced by Josef Ackermann.
In a statement, Deutsche Bank said Breuer's decision to resign was directly related to a January 24 Supreme Court ruling.
The court ruled partially in favour of Leo Kirch, who accuses the German bank of precipitating the fall of his once-sprawling media empire.
Deutsche Bank contravened its contractual obligations towards one of Kirch's companies, PrintBeteiligungs GmbH, and was therefore liable to pay damages, the Bundesgerichtshof or Federal Supreme Court ruled.
But the judges said the bank was not responsible for the collapse of the entire Kirch group.
The legal row dates back to February 2002, when the then Deutsche Bank chairman Rolf Breuer publicly questioned the creditworthiness of the Kirch group in a television interview.
Kirch argues that Breuer's comments directly led to the collapse of his debt-laden media empire, which finally filed for insolvency later that year.
Deutsche Bank and Breuer counter that Kirch's financial problems were already well known and that Breuer's comments came under personal freedom of expression.
In 2003, the Munich court found in Kirch's favour -- at least in principle -- without actually ordering Deutsche Bank to pay concrete damages, for which Kirch would have to sue separately.
But the court found that Breuer himself had committed no wrong-doing.
Neither side was happy with the ruling and after the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe admitted an appeal in 2004, both sides appealed to the supreme court. firstname.lastname@example.org amk/amk/bam COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2005. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News. AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited | <urn:uuid:92072407-4dd3-4beb-8f67-24be144c718b> | 2013-05-23T18:44:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.
The Care therefore of every man's Soul belongs unto himself, and is to be left unto himself. But what if he neglect the Care of his Soul? I answer, What if he neglects the Care of his Health, or of his Estate, which things are nearlier related to the Government of the Magistrate than the other? Will the magistrate provide by an express Law, That such an one shall not become poor or sick? Laws provide, as much as is possible, that the Goods and Health of Subjects be not injured by the Fraud and Violence of others; they do not guard them from the Negligence or Ill-husbandry of the Possessors themselves
A five pence fine is right and proper
and to sum up my defence
it was his fault he came a cropper:
And therefore you must know that you can forfeit the grace and help of God by your willful sinning or negligence, though you cannot, without grace, turn to God. If you will not do what you can, it is just with God to deny you that grace by which you might do more.
Don't ever give up precaution and farsightedness before attempting any work, and remember the result of negligence and nonchalance.
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|Written by Bill Hanks|
There are many other ways to put your money to good use, besides just spending it.  This article provides some tips on using your money well.
1.  Hanging a Cabinet Door.  As you hang your cabinet door, place a nickel under it, as you attach the hinges to the frame.  This will let the door not hit the floor as it opens and closes.
2.  Screwdriver.  A dime can be used to tighten screws.  It will fit just right for this purpose in most screws.
3.  Doorstop.  Place coins in a sock and tie it up.  It works great for a door stop.
4.  Tire Use.  Use a quarter to measure wear on your tires.  Place it upside down.  If it reaches Washington's head, it is time for new tires.
5.  Soda Cans.  Save on your finger nails by using a coin to pop a top on a soda can.
6.  Space Floor Tile.  If you are putting down ceramic floor tile, place a penny at each corner.  This will keep them even.
7.  Table Wobble.  You can fix a table wobble, by placing a coin under an uneven table leg.
8.  Fluff up a Carpet.  If you have an indentation in your carpet, a coin can fluff is up.
9.  Measuring.  A quarter is about one inch in width.  A Penny is 3/4 of an inch wide.  Use these two for measuring.
10.  Straightening Drapes.  Place coins in the bottom hem and they will weight down drapes.
11.  Book Marks.  Folded dollars work good as a book mark.  Placing them in your bible will allow you not to forget the collection plate at Sunday School.
12.  Battery Corosion.  Place a copper penny in the center of a car or vehicle battery.  It will attract corosion instead of the battery posts.  It will extend the use of your battery.
These are just a few helpful ideas for putting your money to good use. | <urn:uuid:d4bce6ba-c372-4ef3-893e-639da2f15c88> | 2013-05-23T18:39:23Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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From 1998, the Badia Fiorentina of which the Cloister is part was entrusted to a young religious community named 'Fraternità Monastiche di Gerusalemme'.
Monks and nuns maintain the right atmosphere for the tradition, the contemplation and the liturgical prayer. The Cloister's pictures, funeral monuments and frescos date back to the 13th and 14th centuries.
In the 15th and 16th centuries the Cloister underwent the most significant transformations: from the original orientation towards east, the church took the actual form of a Greek cross.
For any information:
Chiostro degli Aranci nella Badia Fiorentina
Via Dante Alighieri.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson in "Don Jon's Addiction." Ascot Elite Entertainment Group.
PARK CITY, Utah - If there's a touchstone for this year's Sundance Film Festival, it's sex.
The Sutherland Institute, a conservative group in Utah, has proposed that state funding for the almost 30-year-old film festival be cut on the grounds that its content is at odds with Utah's family values. Irking the institute: "Two Mothers," about mothers who have affairs with each other's teenage sons; "Lovelace," the biopic about porn star Linda Lovelace; and "Don Jon's Addiction," a romantic comedy about a porn addict.
"What would you call a film festival airing movies that explore the lives of porn stars, adulterous relationships between mothers and their friends' children, and teenagers competing to lose their virginity?" Derek Monson, director of public policy for Sutherland, wrote in a blog post. "Many Utahans' values would lead them to call this 'obscenity' or 'pornography,' but to the state of Utah, evidently it is simply 'economic activity.'"
At a press conference Thursday, Sundance founder Robert Redford said the annual film festival brings in about $80 million for the local economy. "Sometimes the narrowest mind barks the loudest, and we've over time come to ignore it," he said. "It's a free country and maybe they should look at the Constitution."
Many of the stars of the films being debated agree. Naomi Watts, who stars in "Two Mothers" with Robin Wright, said what drew her to the film was not the salacious nature of her character's relationship - though sex scenes are a big part of the movie - but the fact that the movie centers on two strong women who aren't at each others throats, something you don't see often in Hollywood.
"I was drawn to this material right away because of the complex women," she told ABC News Now's "Popcorn With Peter Travers." "They're still bonded and united and they forgive each other. If two women are in a movie together, they're usually against each other. I loved that we got to explore these two women that are beautiful."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who directed and stars in "Don Jon's Addiction," said he used porn addiction as a vehicle to talk about intimacy. His character watches online porn because he struggles to connect with real women, namely his latest crush, played by Scarlett Johansson.
"I thought a love story with a guy who watches too much porn and a girl who watches too many romantic comedies would make a funny movie," he said. "That's the case in a lot of relationships. People aren't on the same page with each other. It's a problem. It's no way to live life. It's a recipe for unhappiness."
Tony Danza, who plays Gordon-Levitt's father in the film, said porn is why parents should want their kids to watch this movie.
"I think it's a picture that a lot of fathers and mothers might want their kids to see," he said. "Being the father of daughters, I worry about who's going to be marrying my daughter? And are they trying to live up to something?"
And if morality's an issue, Gordon-Levitt said he thinks traditional Hollywood rom-coms should be reexamined.
"If you want to talk about an immoral movie, those are the movies that are just blindly reinforcing these cliches of love at first site, first kiss ... get married and ride off together into the sunset," he said. "It's systematically ruining people's lives." | <urn:uuid:79d10049-44b1-44f1-9573-e0b115656fb4> | 2013-05-23T18:58:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Recent FIS News
Below you will find a listing of recent FIS News
Farewell to an era – Nordic athletes say goodbye
Every fourth year, the FIS disciplines have a season marked by the absence of World Championships and Olympic Games, which often encourages the retirement of top athletes who decide to bring down the curtain on their distinguished careers in the spring prior. This year is no exception. The retiring stars include many that have played a key role in defining the sport of skiing in the past years. Here is an overview of a few of them in the three FIS Nordic disciplines that have come to the attention of the FIS Newsflash:
The upcoming World Cup season 2011/2012 will take place without some major Cross-Country stars. These include the triple sprint World Cup winner, World Championship and Olympic medalist Petra Majdic from Slovenia. Wearing "Goodbye, I love you" on her back at the World Cup Final in Falun, Majdic concluded an amazing career in the age of 31 years. Despite not always having luck on her side, the charismatic skier took two sprint medals at the FIS World Championships - a silver medal in 2007 and a bronze medal in 2011. She also won, with enormous effort the bronze medal in sprint at the 2010 Games, after an injury sustained just before the race..
On the men's side, 2005 world champion Vincent Vittoz (35) retired from professional skiing after the French national championships. The Frenchman always skied with passion and heart, competing at World Cup level for the past 16 years. He won, besides his world champion title in pursuit, seven individual World Cup competitions and collected a total of 23 World Cup podiums. Vittoz's long-term teammate, Emmanuel Jonnier (35), too, announced his retirement. Jonnier can look back to a great career with three World Cup podiums and several top 5 spots in title events.
In Ski Jumping, the retiring athletes celebrated a total of 100 World Cup victories, participated in 1553 individual World Cup competitions, achieved 261 podium results, and won 14 medals both at the FIS World Championships and Olympic Games. Michael Uhrmann (GER, 32), Adam Malysz (POL, 33), Janne Ahonen (FIN, 33), Andreas Kuettel (SUI, 31), Primoz Peterka (SLO, 32), and Harri Olli (FIN, 26) as well as Remy Francais (SUI, 22) have now ended their careers.
While Olli and Francais never completely realized their outstanding talent, the other five represent a true end of an era in Ski Jumping.
Michael Uhrmann was always there when his team needed him, becoming Olympic champion with the team in 2002 and team world champion in 2001. However, whenever "Uhri" was on his way to the very top, destiny played a trick on him. He missed an Olympic medal on the normal hill in 2006 only by 0.1 points. In 2007, he was in the form of his life when he fell in training at the World Championships and was injured. 2011 in Oslo he was close to gold in the team competition, had a bad jump and then the final round was cancelled - finishing fourth! It turned out to be the final jump of his career.
Janne Ahonen won everything and more than once. Five time winner of the 4-Hills-Tournament, two time overall World Cup winner with three World Championship titles. The Finn only lacks the crowning achievement, an Olympic gold, in his palmares.
Andreas Kuettel was always, in a pleasant way, different from the other jumpers. Always knowing the right things to say in every microphone, he also knew that Ski Jumping isn't everything. Most of the time in the shadow of his more famous countryman Simon Ammann, there was probably no athlete who was not happy for Andreas when he became world champion on the large hill in Liberec 2009.
Primoz Peterka had his best days a while ago. In his last season he competed in the Continental Cup. At the peak of his career, he fought for victories with Ahonen and Co., leading his home country to bronze medals at World Championships and Olympic Games.
Last but certainly not least, Adam Malysz, collected medals during a decade from Lahti 2001 to Oslo 2011. Malysz truly retireed in top form, with 39 World Cup victories, three World Championship medals and four Olympic medals in his bag and a third place finish in his final competition in Planica!
The season 2011/2012 for Nordic Combined will get underway without some charismatic personalities such as the Austrian Olympic champion Felix Gottwald (35) and four-time world champion Ronny Ackermann (GER, 33). Also leaving the active part of the Nordic Combined family are Ronny Heer (SUI, 30), 2009 team world champion Norihito Kobayashi (JPN, 28), Sebastian Haseney (GER, 32), Petter Tande (NOR, 25) and Ole-Christian Wendel (NOR, 19).
Another Combined athlete moving to Ski Jumping is Kaarel Nurmsalu from Estonia, who follows in the footsteps of David Zauner (AUT) and Anssi Koivuranta (FIN) who already successfully changed from Nordic Combined to Ski Jumping.
Includes contributions by Sandra Spitz, Horst Nilgen and Egon Theiner
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Activated 3 November 1942 at Gowen Field, Idaho. Training did not commence until unit established at Pyote AAB, Texas on 5 January 1943. Their final training at Pueblo Colorado was conducted on 16 April 1943 to 8 May 1943. The ground unit moved to Camp Kilmer, NJ. on the 12th of May 1943 and embarked on the Queen Elizabeth on the 27th of May 1943 and started there move to the United Kingdom on the 15th of May 1943, via the Selfridge Field in Bangor, Gander to Prestwick. | <urn:uuid:417d7e48-e9e5-43ea-9060-277883f2be73> | 2013-05-23T18:30:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Chris Brown and Rihanna are a couple again, but how long will it last? / AFP/Getty Images
Why are stars attracted to bad boys? Or, put another way, why are bad boys attractive, and not just to stars?
This comes up, again, in the wake of news that pop star Rihanna, 24, has chosen to get back together with R&B singer Chris Brown, 23, the bad-boy boyfriend who beat her up four years ago. Not only is she not sheepish, she's defending herself, in the pages of Rolling Stone, with candor, gusto and even a measure of maturity.
"I wasn't going to let anybody's opinion get in the way of it," Rihanna told the magazine. "Even if it's a mistake, it's my mistake. After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I'd rather just live my truth and take the backlash."
They will mark their return as a couple by walking the red carpet together Sunday at the Grammy Awards (both are nominated and Rihanna will be performing), reports HollywoodLife.com. They spent five hours together in a recording studio Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, photographed as they drove away in his black Porsche. And on Wednesday, they went to court in Los Angeles together; she blew him a kiss as he entered the courtroom, and they left together after a brief hearing.
Brown was back in court to deny accusations this week that he did not complete the community service he was required to do as punishment in the Rihanna assault case. He could see his probation revoked, but the judge asked for additional reports and scheduled another hearing in April.
Brown is not a bad guy, Rihanna insists. "There's so many reasons why I ever reconsidered having him in my life," she said in the Rolling Stone interview. "He's not the monster everybody thinks. He's a good person. He has a fantastic heart. He's giving and loving. And he's fun to be around."
Brown has repeatedly apologized. His first was a two-minute video on his official YouTube page apologizing to fans and Rihanna, expressing remorse and his "deepest regret" and saying he had repeatedly apologized to Rihanna and "accepts full responsibility." But now he's just mad, ranting on his Instagram page Tuesday that he was "sick of being accused" and "I honestly think I deserve respect."
Rihanna and Brown aren't the first good-girl/bad-boy celebrity relationship and won't be the last. Recall the ups and downs of Whitney Houston and her husband, Bobby Brown, a marriage in which both parties behaved badly at times but nevertheless lasted longer than anticipated.
Still, many have reacted to Rihanna with horrified incredulity. How could she?
"I can't think of a worse message to send to young people," says PR expert Howard Bragman, vice chairman of Reputation.com. "You can't do crisis publicity and not believe in forgiveness, OK? But all you have to do is look at this guy's life and his actions, and realize he's the same hot-tempered guy. ... I think she is in real jeopardy."
But the secondary reaction is more ambivalent, including from professional relationship experts: Don't heap opprobrium on the girl just yet, because maybe her choice is not as inexplicable as it seems. And maybe lots of other women, famous and non-famous, would do the same thing.
"Someone has to be the good guy and the bad guy in our culture, but the truth is there is no such thing because people change," says Ian Drew, entertainment director for Us Weekly, who recently spent a week covering Rihanna on tour. "If she feels she knows him better than we do, then we need to support her."
In fact, what might seem from the outside like a toxic relationship is "usually more complicated," says Delrita Abercrombie, clinical psychologist at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn, who teaches a course on women's psychology and works with women in abusive relationships. Rihanna and Brown "have a lot in common, and both need help with anger management, but that doesn't mean they just scrap their relationship because they're not able to master it yet. ...They need to figure out how to be together without hurting each other."
Everybody knows of at least one toxic relationship, either in their own lives or from the pages of celebrity media, going back to Liz Taylor and Dick Burton or Ike and Tina Turner, and as recent as Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva, Charlie Sheen and ... well, too many to list here.
Sheen, for instance, can be a very bad boy, moving from bullying and belligerence to baffling buffoonery in the space of minutes. Yet, he has no trouble getting women, no trouble persuading them to marry him, have his children or just clean up after him.
Yes, he's rich, famous, talented and rakishly handsome, but bad boys who are none of these things still get the girl, too. Why is that?
"Celebrities are the same as regular people, and why would a non-celebrity woman stay in a (toxic) relationship? Low self-esteem," says Bonnie Fuller, editor of HollywoodLife.com, which has been following the Rihanna/Brown story closely. "Lots of celebrities have low self-esteem."
Other reasons, say experts, can range from a family history of abuse to cultural conditioning and financial dependency (especially if there are children).
And don't forget the unequal balance of power. "Someone like Charlie Sheen or Mel Gibson is so much wealthier, so much more powerful and connected, so that the sense of powerlessness is more intensified," Fuller says. "But Rihanna is even more wealthy and powerful in the music industry than (Brown). His career was hurt by the (abuse accusations), he had to rebuild it."
Rihanna's career, meanwhile, took off. Will her return to Brown change that? Fans are able to separate the art from the personal life, says Drew; even Brown is still selling, still getting awards (he is nominated for best urban contemporary album on Sunday) and still getting fans.
"We're too judgmental in our culture," Drew says. "If a basket-weaver gets into trouble, am I still going to buy their baskets? Yes, because If I need a basket, I don't really care. And with many musicians, their personal life fuels their art."
Betsy Prioleau, author of Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them, which examines great lovers in history (such as Casanova, Lord Byron, etc.), agrees that the "good/bad polarity is artificial because real people are much more complex." She says "nice-with-spice" is alluring to many, but those attracted to repeat abusers are a minority.
"These are damaged women in a whole cluster of ways," Prioleau says. "They probably suffered some abuse early in life, so they associate pain with love because it feels familiar."
Both Rihanna, born on Barbados in the Caribbean, and Brown, born in Virginia, come from families with a history of domestic abuse, Fuller says. Rihanna told ABC in a November 2009 interview that her father beat her mother. In 2006, Brown told MTV News that he watched his mother endure abuse.
"Their situation is unique in Hollywood," Fuller says. "Part of what drew them together was that shared experience, they could understand each other and lean on each other. Psychologists say that when you grow up this way you don't want to repeat the behavior, but that's the learned behavior you have. ... Rihanna says there's no way she would stay if (Brown ever hits her) again. And she genuinely feels it won't happen again, because he wouldn't want it to."
Rihanna's willingness to be open and direct with her fans through social media is notable. As a longtime celeb editor, Fuller says this is a new development in the celeb/fan relationship, and Rihanna is taking advantage to ensure that her fans don't pick up the wrong message.
Celebrities "have an informed and intimate relationship with their fans, a constant conversation, allowing an open window into their lives," Fuller says. "This is a very modern phenomenon, and it kind of changes the game. Fans are going to be much more informed about Rihanna and her thinking than any fans of celebs even five years ago."
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com
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For the Vegetables:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3/4 pound cipollini onions, peeled
- 1 bulb fennel, trimmed, cored and diced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pound assorted small heirloom tomatoes
- 2 sprigs fresh oregano, leaves stripped and chopped
- 3 tablespoons brine-packed capers, plus 1 tablespoon brine
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- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 2 cups fresh parsley, chopped
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 3/4-to-1-pound swordfish steaks (about 1 1/4 inches thick)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing and drizzling
Prepare the vegetables: Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the fennel and cook until slightly soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the sugar and season with kosher salt and pepper. Add the vinegar, garlic and 1 cup water; bring to a boil, stirring, then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer until the onions are tender, about 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the fish: Finely chop the pine nuts by hand. Mix the nuts, lemon zest, parsley, and sea salt and pepper to taste on a cutting board. Pat the swordfish dry and brush with olive oil on both sides. Press the fish into the nut mixture, turning to coat.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and swirl to coat. When the oil shimmers, lay the fish in the pan and cook, undisturbed, until golden on the bottom, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook until just golden on the other side, 3 to 4 more minutes. Using tongs, lay each swordfish steak on its side to sear the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium low. Turn the fish so the lighter side is down and cook until just firm to the touch, 6 to 8 more minutes. Transfer to a cutting board.
While the fish rests, finish the vegetables: Add the tomatoes, oregano, capers and brine to the onions and cook until the tomatoes soften, 5 to 8 minutes. Season with kosher salt and pepper.
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Villas-Boas admits Bale could be sold
By Football News
Andre Villas-Boas refused to rule out the sale of Tottenham winger Gareth Bale after his match-winning performance against Liverpool.
The Portuguese boss lavished praise on his winger after the 2-1 win at White Hart Lane before suggesting the 23-year-old would have his suitors and it would be difficult for the club to keep hold of him.
"At the moment he is performing extremely well for Spurs and we are amazed at what he can do for us. He is on to a great career," Villas-Boas told reporters.
"Obviously Tottenham as a football club want to keep him here for as long as we can but we understand players like this have propositions and a market which is the nature of the game."
In a sensational opening 30 minutes, the Welsh international assisted Aaron Lennon's opener by beating two players near the halfway line and careering towards the penalty area, finally squaring for Lennon to tap in.
Soon after, he took his tally for the season to seven after deceiving Pepe Reina with the flight of his free kick - the work of a technique modelled on Cristiano Ronaldo.
And Villas-Boas could see the similarities in the comparisons between the two stars, adding: "Players learn through what they see. With Ronaldo we saw that you can almost hit under the ball and it gains an effect where it drops and changes direction.
"He [Bale] has the power to do that. He keeps on practising this technique and we are pleased to have it."
Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has branded the performance of referee Phil Dowd as 'embarrassing'.
Rodgers believes his side 'never got the rub of the green' from Dowd, pointing to the 'assault' on Steven Gerrard by Mousa Dembele and insisting the Clint Dempsey dived to win the free kick which led to Tottenham's second goal.
"We never got the rub of the green," Rodgers told Sky Sports News.
"It was a little embarrassing. [We had] two clear penalties. [Dembele] on Steven Gerrard was bordering on assault, never mind a tackle. It was frightening how we got never the penalty for that. Then Luis Suarez got kicked by William Gallas.
"Then, for the second [Tottenham] goal, the player dived. Clint Dempsey falls over without any contact. So, everything that went against us – decisions and what not – I just really want to concentrate on my players. They were brilliant tonight."
He added in the post-match press conference afterwards: "They say it evens itself out over the season, so if that's true we're going to get a hell of a lot of decisions in the second half of the season." | <urn:uuid:21b5df4b-97d4-4646-8299-0796f795e9c1> | 2013-05-23T19:05:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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After making their feature film debut in The Big Broadcast (1932), the pair went on to star in their own television series, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," until Allen's retirement in 1958. In the wake of her death, Burns grieved but forged ahead, staging a remarkable film comeback in his twilight years with The Sunshine Boys (for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Oh, God! (1977), Going in Style (1979), Oh, God! Book II (1980), Oh, God! You Devil (1984), 18 Again! (1988) and Radioland Murders (1994).
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