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Just a further comment on Ven. Appicchato's post:
What the Buddha Said About Eating Meat
However there are some meats which are specifically prohibited for monks to eat: human meat, for obvious reasons; meat from elephants and horses as these were then considered royal animals; dog meat - as this was considered by ordinary people to be disgusting; and meat from snakes, lions, tigers, panthers, bears and hyenas - because one who had just eaten the flesh of such dangerous jungle animals was thought to give forth such a smell as to draw forth revenge from the same species!
Towards the end of the Buddha's life, his cousin Devadatta attempted to usurp the leadership of the Order of monks. In order to win support from other monks, Devadatta tried to be more strict than the Buddha and show Him up as indulgent. Devadatta proposed to the Buddha that all the monks should henceforth be vegetarians. The Buddha refused and repeated once again the regulation that he had established years before, that monks and nuns may eat fish or meat as long as it is not from an animal whose meat is specifically forbidden, and as long as they had no reason to believe that the animal was slaughtered specifically for them.
The Vinaya, then, is quite clear on this matter. Monks and nuns may eat meat. Even the Buddha ate meat. Unfortunately, meat eating is often seen by westerners as an indulgence on the part of the monks. Nothing could be further from the truth - I was a strict vegetarian for three years before I became a monk. In my first years as a monk in North-East Thailand, when I bravely faced many a meal of sticky rice and boiled frog (the whole body bones and all), or rubbery snails, red-ant curry or fried grasshoppers - I would have given ANYTHING to be a vegetarian again! On my first Christmas in N.E. Thailand an American came to visit the monastery a week or so before the 25th. It seemed too good to be true, he had a turkey farm and yes, he quickly understood how we lived and promised us a turkey for Christmas. He said that he would choose a nice fat one especially for us... and my heart sank. We cannot accept meat knowing it was killed especially for monks. We refused his offer. So I had to settle for part of the villager's meal - frogs again.Monks may not exercise choice when it comes to food and that is much harder than being a vegetarian
. Nonetheless, we may encourage vegetarianism and if our lay supporters brought only vegetarian food and no meat, well... monks may not complain either!
May you take the hint and be kind to animals.
Book of the Discipline, Vol. 4, p. 324
ibid, p. 325
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In this course you have learned of the importance of being compassionate and of controlling negative emotions like anger and hatred that can cloud one's vision and better judgment. Our underlying premise has been that doing so helps improve the world. True compassion — a sense of concern for others that stems from feelings of equality with them — the Dalai Lama says, drives peace.
An ethic of compassion contributes to an "inner disarmament." In concert with a sense of universal responsibility compassion can help people get along and eventually lead to world peace. Without inner disarmament, it is very difficult to achieve genuine, lasting world peace.
In this lesson we look briefly at the issues of non-violence, peace and disarmament from the perspective of universal responsibility and personal ethics. | <urn:uuid:b7be83df-d42b-4998-bdf6-10059f6146ef> | 2013-05-24T01:37:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Malcolm McLaren, former manager of The New York Dolls and The Sex Pistols, has died from cancer at the age of 64 in a clinic in Switzerland, said his girlfriend.
McLaren was born in England where he became a famous impresario and fashion designer. He was best known as manager of The Sex Pistols, the first true punk rock group.
Along with his partner Vivienne Westwood he also owned the famous fashion boutiques Let It Rock and Sex.
He is survived by his son who he had with Vivienne Westwood; Joseph Corré, a co-founder of the fashion house Agent Provocateur. His website says "Malcolm will return shortly'. | <urn:uuid:0f41d338-1a90-4816-9ab3-cf5bc09e1a78> | 2013-05-24T01:51:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Julian Assange will be giving a public address to supporters at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Sunday afternoon. Ecuador held a meeting of ALBA on Saturday.
It is now two months since Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorian embassy, seeking political asylum.
He was to be extradited by the U.K. government to Sweden for questioning on sex-related crimes, which he denies, and it was feared he would then be sent on to the U.S. on espionage charges relating to the diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, which have angered and embarrassed the U.S. government.
Officials in Stockholm have been invited to interview Assange about the allegations at the embassy by the Ecuadorian government, but they have refused to do so.
Assange remains holed up in the embassy, as the British government has refused to grant him safe passage to leave the country and travel to Ecuador.
Assange will be giving his first public speech since Ecuador granted him asylum on August 16. The time of the address is 13h00 GMT or 14h00 GMT, depending on the media report, on Sunday August 19.
There were questions raised as to whether Assange would go outside the embassy to make the address. However, Reuters have reported that workmen are setting up a balcony ready for his speech. London police are reportedly on high alert, and are demanding identification from all persons entering the embassy premises. There are around 40 police officers stationed outside the embassy building on Sunday morning.
Former Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzón, who leads Assange's legal team, will also be speaking outside the Ecuadorian embassy at 11h30 GMT on Sunday, and will be available for interviews.
Meanwhile in Ecuador, President Rafael Correa states that the threat by the U.K. to raid its embassy to arrest Assange “still stands.”
Ecuador held a meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on Saturday. ALBA is made up of eight South American and Caribbean countries. The meeting adopted an eight-point resolution, which condemns the U.K. for its “intimidating threats” to violate “the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Reuters reports that the resolution also warned the British government of the “serious consequences” it would face should it act on its threats.
In a speech Correa said, "They don't know who they are dealing with, friends. Of course, the first decision was to reject - in the most energetic way - this unacceptable, intolerable threat to violate our diplomatic headquarters in London. And we have convened the OAS assembly, UNASUR and ALBA to meet this Sunday to present this intolerable situation, inadmissible in international law."
As reported by Digital Journal, the Organization of American States (OAS) voted in an overwhelming majority to meet on August 24 on the issue.
According to OAS Secretary General, Jose MIguel Insulza, “The central issue is not the right of asylum, it is the inviolability of embassies.”
Digital Journal reported on August 15, that the U.K. government had threatened to invoke the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987. This law allows the U.K. to revoke the diplomatic immunity of an embassy on U.K. soil, which would effectively allow police to enter the building and arrest Assange.
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said at the time that such a threat was "improper of a democratic, civilized and rule abiding country".
"If the measure announced in the British official communication is enacted, it will be interpreted by Ecuador as an unacceptable, unfriendly and hostile act and as an attempt against our sovereignty. It would force us to respond," he said. "We are not a British colony," he added in anger. | <urn:uuid:5b1b2cab-6e83-4b7d-981b-90c214c7582e> | 2013-05-24T01:37:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The film centres on a businessman (Elba) who has a beautiful wife (Knowles) and successful career until he starts being stalked by a temp worker (Larter).
Knowles recently signed up to play blues icon Etta James in Cadillac Records. Larter is know for her role in NBC's hit show Heroes. Elba was last seen in Ridley Scott's American Gangster.
British TV helmer Steve Shill will direct Obsessed from a script by David Loughery. | <urn:uuid:73c219b6-97ee-484f-a891-45c59fbbacbe> | 2013-05-24T02:01:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Earlier this month, the 'Milkshake' singer was targeted by the institution after failing to pay $330,426 (£210,910) in New York state taxes from 2004 and 2010.
Kelis now also owes separate payments of $61,737.29 (£39,852.18) and $213,932.02 (£138.095.78) in taxes in California for the years 2009 and 2010, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
This brings the reported total of the performer's government debt to $606,096.12 (£391,259.12) in unpaid taxes.
Best known for her 2003 album Tasty, the 32-year-old recently debuted a new track titled 'Distance'.
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The actress told Elle that Beyoncé not only offered her support before her performance with Cee Lo Green at the 2011 Grammy Awards, but also encouraged the actress to record her own album.
Paltrow recalled: "This story always makes me cry… It's 10 in the morning and Beyoncé schleps it all the way down to the Staples Centre to watch [me rehearse for the Grammys]. I mean, she's Beyoncé!
"Beyoncé's like, 'Okay. The singing is great. But you're not having any fun.' She's like, 'Remember when we're at Jay's concert and Panjabi MC comes on and you do your crazy Indian dance? Do that. Be you!'"
Paltrow also said that Beyoncé has been supportive in encouraging her to take a possible career in music seriously, adding: "Beyoncé and Jay[-Z], they think that I should just go do it by myself. That I should go... in a studio and see what happens. And if it's good, do it. And if it's not, don't. So that's probably what I'll do."
The Glee guest star recently revealed that she refuses to ask husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for musical advice.
> Gwyneth Paltrow wants Jay-Z duet
> Gwyneth Paltrow "surprised" by musical success
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Writer Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and artists Manuel Garcia (Spider-Man: Breakout) and Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons) will tackle Bloodshot.
Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man) will write Archer & Armstrong, with illustrations by Clayton Henry (Uncanny X-Men).
"Your name is Angelo Mortalli," said Valiant in its Bloodshot solicitation. "Your brother is trapped behind enemy lines and on the verge of - no. That's not right.
"Your name is Raymond Garrison. You've retired from the dangers of the field, but a desperate plea from your oldest friend plunges you into a vicious firefight that - no. That's not right, either.
"You are Bloodshot. You are the shade of gray that freedom requires. The perfect confluence of military necessity and cutting-edge technology. A walking WikiLeaks that is a reservoir of dirty secrets that could set the world on fire. And you've just been captured."
Valiant continued with its Archer & Armstrong solicitation: "Born and raised to be the perfect assassin, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been chosen by The Sect - a cult of fanatical extremists - to destroy evil incarnate.
"But when Archer finally lays eyes on his target - a surly, hard-drinking immortal named Armstrong - he finds himself pulled into an unlikely partnership that will take him on a globe-trotting quest to stay one step ahead of The Sect's next nefarious plot!"
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The First Grader actress confirmed to Digital Spy in June that she has auditioned for a part in the forthcoming 23rd installment of the spy franchise, which will be directed by Sam Mendes.
Regardless of whether she becomes the next Bond girl, Harris stated that she was looking forward to seeing the American Beauty mastermind's "brilliant ideas" for the series.
"It would be great to be part of Bond but nothing is confirmed yet," she told Empire. "Sam Mendes is an amazing director and a really, really lovely man as well.
"He's got brilliant ideas. From meeting them, I think it's going to be a very special Bond."
However, Harris admitted that her Bond knowledge was somewhat limited and identified A View To A Kill as her favorite entry based on the presence of legendary singer Grace Jones.
"Grace Jones did a Bond that I thought was really cool. She wasn't a Bond girl, though. She was more of a villain," she recalled.
Harris previously credited her 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle for igniting her career.
Bond 23, which will see Daniel Craig reprise the iconic role for a third time, is scheduled to open in the UK on October 26, 2012 and in the US two weeks later on November 9.
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One of the most significant events in Norman Waterford and Ireland was the marriage of Strongbow and Aoife which took place in Christ Church Cathedral as it symbolised the long and sometimes tortuous birth of a new Ireland. In 1171 the King of England, Henry II, arrived in Waterford and anxious to exercise his control over a process of conquest that was taking place almost despite him, began to demand the submissions of the Anglo-Norman knights. The submission of Strongbow and his followers was received by Henry at Waterford. Henry II recognised Strongbow as McMurrough’s heir to Leinster but the strategically important port cities of Dublin and Waterford, which Strongbow had captured, were retained by the King. Henry II elevated Waterford to the status of a royal city - a status that was to change the course of the city’s history lace front wigs dramatically.
Consequently in the years after the invasion, many English and French merchants settled in Waterford. This new merchant class with its’ trading contacts in England and on the continent was to make Waterford medieval Ireland’s chief port for the import of wine and a major exporter of wool and hides. The city flourished during the 13th century and many new monasteries, friaries and churches were built. New stone-built defences protected its’ citizens and a sophisticated form of local government developed whereby the citizens elected a mayor on an annual basis to rule over the city.
The 14th century saw the beginning of the breakdown of Anglo-Norman power in Ireland. However Waterford’s close connections with cities such as Bristol and Chester ensured that it remained very much part of the English political scene. This century also saw the plague known as the ’Black Death’ wipe out a third of the city’s population. This decline in population, which was experienced all over Europe, had an adverse effect on trade. The subsequent decline in demand caused the City Fathers to become even more tenacious in protecting the city’s monopoly on shipping entering Waterford Harbour.
Traditionally, all ships entering the harbour, with the exception of those originating in Leinster, were obliged to unload at Waterford. In 1372 Waterford City Council commissioned the decoration of the Great Charter Roll, an illuminated manuscript measuring 14 feet in length, in an attempt to strengthen their legal case against the burgesses of New Ross who were working to nullify Waterford’s monopoly. The manuscript thus produced has fortunately been preserved in Waterford and is regarded as the most important Irish illuminated manuscript from the late medieval period and can be seen in the Waterford Museum of Treasures.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, Waterford was surrounded by hostile neighbours — the O’Driscolls, sea pirates from Co. Cork, who were the scourge of the city’s shipping, while their allies the Powers, an Anglo-Norman family who controlled County Waterford, were often known to attack the City and plunder the nearby countryside in search of booty. Yet despite the problems Waterford was by the end of the 15th century a strong and well-fortified city with an international reputation for good quality woollen shawls which were known on the continent as ’Waterford Rugs’.
In 1495 an attack on the city by Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of Henry VII was repulsed. Canon mounted on the ringworks in front of Reginald’s Tower saved the City and gave Waterford the distinction of being the first Irish city to use artillery in its defence. In recognition of the city’s loyalty, the King gave the city its’ own motto: ’Urbs Intacta Manet’ — Waterford, the Loyal City. | <urn:uuid:dc966f37-61d0-4bab-b370-6bbb39744c3d> | 2013-05-24T01:37:20Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The early Christian church chose Midsummer Day as the birth date of Saint John the Baptist (June 24th -- it isn't really "mid summer" but that's the day traditionally celebrated as midsummer's day).
Saint John has long been thought of as one of the greatest saints. It was he who told of the coming of Christ. He was given the name John the Baptist because he baptized people -- including Jesus.
Saint John's Day has been celebrated throughout many Christian countries for hundreds of years.
In Puerto Rico, for example, bonfires blaze the entire night of June 23rd. Between midnight and dawn, people swim in the sea in memory of the saint who baptized people in water.
In Quebec, Canada, the Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste is also an important holiday which includes bonfires, fireworks, parades and carnivals. | <urn:uuid:9fce56dd-cbb2-4634-9865-7097deb262de> | 2013-05-24T02:04:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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What four factors influence the severity of allergy season?
(BPT) - While many people rejoice when the weather gets warmer, it's not always a pleasant time for everyone. Those who suffer from seasonal allergies know to expect difficulties around this time of year, but the severity of allergy season can vary.
The presence of the common causes of spring allergies
- pollen and mold - can fluctuate depending on a number of weather-related factors. Here are some of the conditions that can affect pollen counts, according to the experts at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
* Length of the growing season. Longer growing seasons might be a good thing for farmers and gardeners, but it can mean increased misery for allergy sufferers, as it increases the time pollen and mold are present as well.
* Erratic weather. A warmer-than-usual winter season, as experienced this year, makes trees pollinate earlier. If spring weather fluctuates greatly between warm and cold spells, it can result in more intense periods of pollen release during the warm spells, when plants take the cue to grow and release pollen.
* Rainfall. Rain can be either a good thing or a bad thing for allergy sufferers, depending on when it happens. The worst allergy seasons are often preceded by a wet spring, which promotes rapid plant growth later on. But rain can also provide a much-needed respite for those with allergies, as a heavy rainfall can help clear the air of pollen.
* Wind. Dry and windy weather is not kind to people with allergies, as the wind spreads pollen and mold.
Since so many factors contribute to high pollen counts, it's all but impossible to predict how intense an allergy season will be. However, in addition to taking steps to limit your exposure to allergens that affect you, seeing an allergist before the season starts can also help ensure you find relief.
Why see an allergist?
Allergists are not only trained to treat your systems, but can identify the source of your allergies and develop a treatment plan to address your symptoms. A doctor who is also a certified allergist can teach you how to avoid potential triggers for your allergies, and recommend treatment options that may go beyond over-the-counter medications.
An allergist may also recommend allergy shots
, also known as immunotherapy, which can alter the progression of allergies, providing more than just symptom relief. Even if an allergy shot might not be for you, an allergist can recommend both prescription and over-the-counter medications that can best treat your symptoms.
"You can waste a lot of time, money and energy treating yourself instead of seeing an allergist," says Dr. James Sublett, an allergist and chair of the ACAAI Public Relations Committee.
In fact, studies suggest immunotherapy, when used on the appropriate patients, can result in health care cost savings of up to 41 percent. To learn more about allergy symptoms and treatment, or to find an allergist, visit www.allergyandasthmarelief.org | <urn:uuid:de0185a6-3a51-4c7b-b13e-8d3cae1d2c65> | 2013-05-24T01:54:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Posted by Willful on July 2, 2012, at 20:25:14
In reply to Re: program script » ron1953, posted by jane d on June 30, 2012, at 21:53:19
Agree with jane d.
This board's attitude toward Bob seems to be summed up by Woody Allen's famous joke:
"Life is like a bad restaurant-- the food's no good-- and the portions are too small."
If Bob is around, he's no good; if he's not around, he should be around more. | <urn:uuid:95ad0b33-5713-4448-8a66-fda22e331410> | 2013-05-24T01:50:47Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Inc., the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 2006. As a major fabrication-less or fabless semiconductor company, ATI conducted research and development in-house and outsourced the manufacturing and assembly of its products. ATI and its chief rival Nvidia emerged as the two dominant players in the graphics processors industry, eventually forcing other manufacturers into niche roles.
The acquisition of ATI in 2006 was important to AMD's strategic development of its Fusion generation of computer processors, which integrated general processing abilities with graphics processing functions within a single chip. The ATI brand name was removed from AMD's graphics processor products in 2010. | <urn:uuid:47bdf172-f581-4148-a322-6b089601bc2d> | 2013-05-24T01:59:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Intel Corporation (INTC) is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Int egrated El ectronics Corporation (though a common misconception is that "Intel" is from the word intel ligence). Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Though Intel was originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, its "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.
Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM memory chips, and this represented the majority of its business until 1981. Although Intel created the world's first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became its primary business. During the 1990s, Intel invested heavily in new microprocessor designs fostering the rapid growth of the computer industry. During this period Intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for PCs, and was known for aggressive and sometimes illegal tactics in defense of its market position, particularly against Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as well as a struggle with Microsoft for control over the direction of the PC industry.
The 2011 rankings of the world's 100 most powerful brands published by Millward Brown Optimor showed the company's brand value at number 58.
Intel has also begun research in electrical transmission and generation. Intel has recently introduced a 3-D transistor that may improve performance and energy efficiency. Intel will be mass producing this 3-D transistor, called Tri-Gate transistors, with their upcoming 22nm process in the near future. In 2011, SpectraWatt Inc., a solar cell spinoff of Intel, filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. | <urn:uuid:862953fa-30e4-4aeb-ae92-f604facc50e4> | 2013-05-24T01:38:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In a recent NIDA-funded study, the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) made quitting methamphetamine harder. Prescribed to relieve depression during the methamphetamine withdrawal process, sertraline produced a number of unpleasant side effects and may have interfered with behavioral interventions as well.
Dr. Steven Shoptaw, Dr. Alice Huber, Dr. Walter Ling, and their colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) noted that methamphetamine abusers in withdrawal frequently complained of fatigue, lack of pleasure, sad mood, and persistent daytime sleepiness. The researchers hypothesized that the sertraline might alleviate these symptoms and promote abstinence because:
- methamphetamine is toxic to several pathways that produce the neurotransmitter serotonin;
- sertraline belongs to a class of antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), that treat major depression by raising serotonin levels in the brain.
The team recruited 229 men and women who were addicted to methamphetamine. All were between the ages of 18 and 65, and all were seeking treatment. The trial began with a 2-week preparation process. The researchers performed baseline testing and encouraged the participants to stop taking methamphetamine with the help of twice-weekly recovery skills groups. At the end of 2 weeks, they randomly assigned the participants to one of four groups: sertraline with contingency management (CM), sertraline alone, placebo with CM, and placebo alone. All participants provided urine samples on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and attended a 90-minute psychological support group three times a week based on the Matrix Model relapse prevention program. This standardized, manual-driven model is evidence-based and incorporates social learning, behavioral and cognitive therapies, and psychological and HIV-risk education.
The researchers evaluated methamphetamine use, time spent in the program, methamphetamine craving, and depressive symptoms. They found that:
- more participants in the CM program achieved 3 consecutive weeks of abstinence than participants who were not in the CM program (47 vs. 33 percent); all participants who received CM benefitted from this therapy, but its positive effects were blunted in the sertraline-with-CM group.
- fewer participants on sertraline alone, as compared with those on placebo alone (34 percent vs. 47 percent), achieved the goal of at least 3 consecutive drug-free urine samples during the study's 12-week treatment phase; participants on sertraline alone also attended fewer relapse prevention sessions and were more likely to drop out.
- craving and depressive symptoms were affected only by time since the last methamphetamine dose, and neither sertraline nor CM changed either of these two measures.
In addition, the sertraline group reported significantly more sexual, gastrointestinal (including nausea), and anticholinergic side effects.
Rethinking Withdrawal Support
The researchers concluded that treatment with sertraline did not relieve the depression associated with methamphetamine withdrawal or decrease methamphetamine use, and its side effects reduced the amount of time participants spent in treatment. Those who took sertraline also seemed to benefit less from behavioral interventions, and the researchers speculated that this might be due to the dampening effect of the medication since they had excluded all other possible factors in the statistical analysis.
The team recommends that clinicians not give SSRIs to people withdrawing from methamphetamine unless an underlying primary depressive disorder is definitively diagnosed. The recommendation reflects their own results and those of previous smaller studies with fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil), both of which were also found to have no effect on depressive symptoms during methamphetamine withdrawal. Together, these findings suggest that the etiology of mood disorder during methamphetamine withdrawal differs from that of primary depression.
The UCLA researchers suggest that clinicians offer people addicted to methamphetamine an effective behavioral intervention for depressive symptoms during the withdrawal process before prescribing any of the currently available pharmacotherapies for depression. If medication is needed, only non-SSRI antidepressants, such as bupropion, should be used.
"The SSRI sertraline is not only inefficacious for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence, but also produces a number of unprecedented side effects and has no effect on the secondary depression experienced during methamphetamine withdrawal," says Dr. Ivan Montoya, Clinical Director of NIDA's Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse Branch. "In addition, the negative effects of this SSRI in methamphetamine users are so powerful that they can dampen the strong therapeutic effects of contingency management. If these reactions can be traced to their source, they may help us understand the extent and duration of the effects of methamphetamine on the brain."
"We are trying to determine what people withdrawing from methamphetamine need to make withdrawal easier," Dr. Shoptaw says. "We've figured this out for other drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, but finding medications that counter the withdrawal symptoms of methamphetamine addiction is still a work in progress. We need this information so we can design treatment programs that help people get off and stay off this damaging drug."
Shoptaw, S., et al. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of sertraline and contingency management for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 85(1):12-18, 2006. [Abstract] | <urn:uuid:872f5a61-6f09-40a3-8033-602ce5ecf94f> | 2013-05-24T01:45:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Morphine Sulfate 60 mg Extended Release Tablets
Audience: Healthcare professionals, consumers[Posted 06/10/2008] ETHEX Corporation notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of a single lot of morphine sulfate 60 mg extended release tablets (Lot No. 91762) due to a report of a tablet with twice the appropriate thickness. Oversized tablets may contain as much as two times the labeled level of active morphine sulfate. The lot was distributed by ETHEX Corporation under an "ETHEX" label between April 16th and April 27th of 2008. Opioids such as morphine have life-threatening consequences if overdosed. Consequences can include respiratory depression (difficulty or lack of breathing), and low blood pressure. Many patients for whom this product is prescribed are likely to be highly debilitated with reduced strength or energy as a result of illness, and may be less likely to determine that a tablet is overweight or oversized than an unimpaired individual. If consumers have any questions about the recall, they should call their physician, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
[June 09, 2008 - Press Release - ETHEX Corp.] | <urn:uuid:c2c67b1e-b394-4161-b705-ac918074c800> | 2013-05-24T02:06:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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For my sister's ginger tom, who at 16 succumbed to cancer.
Everything Indy knew, he learned from the dog.
• Begging at the table. He'd eat anything from bread to turkey to broccoli.
• Pushing the other cats in when they tried to drink out of the toilet. The dog only had to push him in once before he figured out that it would be fun to do to the other cats.
• Using his body weight to his advantage. When he saw the dog put the alpha cat in his place by body-slamming him against the wall, he learned how to do that himself.
• Relying on his human for food. He refused to hunt. He would point out the prey to my sister (usually some kind of bug) and whine until she killed it for him.
He's with the dog again. I wonder what she'll teach him now? | <urn:uuid:5202e448-8987-4eb4-a242-276cb8c39a4c> | 2013-05-24T01:44:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sweet WitchBe the flame, not the moth.Premium,MVM
reply to capecoddah
said by capecoddah:You have GOT to get some New Hampshire maple syrup!! It is the best stuff since chocolate fudge cake
I'll be eating a lot of French toast this week
"While you can teach an old dog new tricks, you simply can't teach him to be a cat."
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Apocarotenal, or trans-β-apo-8'-carotenal, is a carotenoid found in spinach and citrus fruits. Like other carotenoids, apocarotenal plays a role as a precursor to vitamin A, even though it has 50% less pro-vitamin A activity than β-carotene. The empirical chemical formula for apocarotenal is C30H40O.
Apocarotenal has an orange-red color shade and is used in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products. Depending on the product forms, apocarotenal is used in fat-based foods (sauces, margarine, salad dressing), beverages, dairy products and confectionery. Its E number is 160E.
Like other carotenoids, apocarotenal plays a role as a precursor to vitamin A. However, it has 50% less pro-vitamin.
The main application for Apocarotenal is as a colorant in food and pharmaceutical products where it provides an orange to orange-red color shade. Compared to certain natural pigments, apocarotenal offers ease-of-use and superior color stability.
A versatile colorant
Apocarotenal is used mainly as a colorant in food and pharmaceutical preparations where it provides an orange to orange-red color shade.
DSM’s Apocarotenal 10% WS/N is specifically formulated for use in liquid systems - particularly ready-to-drink beverages - where it offers easy dispersion, excellent stability and resistance to neck ringing.
Apocarotenal 1% CWS/M is formulated for use in dry mix applications.
Carotenal solution #2 and #73 offer superior color stability in processed cheese applications. | <urn:uuid:f6745d4d-89a7-48f4-bdd9-fbbbb72148ef> | 2013-05-24T01:37:03Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I've got a laptop with WinME and a desktop with Win98SE, connected by an SMC 7004 Barricade router, using NetBEUI for file & print sharing and TCP/IP for internet sharing. Except for a few glitches, my file, print, and internet sharing work great.
However, I've noticed that when I start up my laptop from "Hibernate" mode (as opposed to starting from power-off, which is much slower), I can't connect to my other computer. It's as if I'm not even logged on; I've tried messing with various commands like "net start", but can't get anything to work. Does anyone know what commands I need to issue to get my file & print sharing back up and running when I start up this way?
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DxOMark provides five lens metric scores that are numerical values computed from various test results. These values constitute an easy-to-understand summary of lens performance based on five key metrics (sharpness, distortion, vignetting, transmission, chromatic aberration).
The DxOMark resolution score shows sharpness performance of a lens-camera combination averaged over its entire focal length and aperture ranges.
The resolution score is computed as follows:
For each focal length and each f-number, we first compute sharpness and then weight it throughout the field, tolerating less sharpness in the corners than in the center. This gives one number for each focal and aperture combination.
Then, for each focal length, we select the maximal value of sharpness over the range of available apertures. We average this value over the whole range of focal length to obtain the DxOMark resolution score that we report (in P-MPix).
Note that for a wide-range zoom, there are huge differences between the resolutions for different focal lengths.
Sharpness is expressed in PMpix and is typically between 50% and 100% of the sensor pixel count, Differences below 1 P-MPix are usually not noticeable.
Best resolutions are usually attained for fixed focal lenses and moderate apertures (depending on the lens, between f/2.8 and f/8).
To compute the distortion metric, we average the absolute value of the maximal distortion over the whole range of focal lengths (distortion being independent from aperture). The result is the DxOMark distortion score that we report.
Zooms usually have negative distortion (barrel) for short focal lengths, and positive (pincushion) distortion for longer focal lengths. The metric penalizes both types of distortion. Distortion is expressed as a percentage: the value 0 is the perfect case; 1% is high, but there is no upper limit. A value of 0.2% corresponds to a noticeable distortion. Wide-angle lenses have more distortion.
For each focal length, we only consider the widest possible aperture. We weigh the vignetting value in the field, and tolerate a bit of vignetting in the corner. This yields a single value for each focal length. We average values over the whole range of focal length, and the result is the DxOMark vignetting score that we report.
Vignetting is expressed in Exposure Value (EV) and is a negative number, as it describes a loss of exposure. No vignetting at all (0 EV) is perfect. Very wide aperture lenses are obviously more likely to show more vignetting (more than 2EV). Variations below 1/3 EV are barely noticeable.
For each focal length, we measure the T-stop at the largest possible aperture. We then obtain the transmission metric score by averaging over the whole range of focal length.
T-stop has the same meaning as the lens f-stop and utilizes similar values. Smaller numbers mean more light. Best transmissions are attained for fixed focal lenses. Zooms cannot usually have very large apertures for long focal lengths. T-stop has a indirect impact on the image, since it will usually change autoexposure behavior. A lower transmission can result in longer exposure times (and motion blur) or higher ISO sensitivity (and more noise). Variation below 10% will not be noticed.
For each focal length and aperture, we first normalize (scale on a 24x36mm sensor) and weigh lateral chromatic aberration in the field, so as to tolerate a bit of aberration in the image corners. For each focal length, we select the largest value over the range of possible apertures, and then average this value over the range of focal length. The result is the chromatic aberration metric score that we report.
Chromatic aberrations are expressed in micrometers (µm). The perfect value is 0; a value of 30 is very high, although there is no upper limit. A value of 5µm is noticeable and represents about 1 pixel for most cameras. | <urn:uuid:77623cb5-4eaf-4714-93ae-258252a9dd55> | 2013-05-24T02:07:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Nikon and Canon chose different strategies for their entry-level market new cameras: Canon chose to provide a 15 Mpix resolution sensor with a small pixel pitch (4.7 µm), and Nikon provided a sensor with only 12 Mpix, but with a larger pixel pitch (5.5 µm).
Here is the summary of DxOMark performance for the two camera sensors:
The Nikon D5000 outperforms the Canon EOS 500D for every score evaluated on DxOMark, but the differences are more significant for color depth (1 bit is equivalent to 2/3 stop) and dynamic range (1 Ev is 1 stop) than for low-light ISO (the difference between the 2 cameras is about 1/3 stop). Of course, as the Canon EOS 500D provides a 15 Mpix sensor, the sensor (with an appropriate lens) should be able to capture slightly greater detail.
In contrast to low-light ISO score, color depth and dynamic range characterize the sensor at low ISO settings. Even if the Nikon D5000 achieves better scores at high ISO settings, the differences observed for dynamic range and color depth are higher at low ISO settings and explain the gap between the two cameras with respect to their Sensor Overall Scores. | <urn:uuid:3c1ae778-2b21-4c78-ba3b-f3bfb2d29f3f> | 2013-05-24T01:47:23Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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- Another way of having your own bbs
ing AGW Packet engine. HamS
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under 32 bit windows
and offers s
upport for AX25, HTTP, NNTP, POP3, S
MTP, and TELNET.
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hould be run under the AGW Packet engine, with the add on TCP/IP driver, it then allows
via the internet and via packet radio, but it can of cours
e be us
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e people will be able to connect to it via the Internet. | <urn:uuid:c277f69e-2415-4901-8ed3-87d22febe534> | 2013-05-24T01:51:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Kosovo, that happy valley off in the Balkans that requires the continued presence of NATO forces and vast sums of EU money to keep operating, may find shaking itself loose from Serbia a tad harder, as reported here:
Russia's ambassador to Serbia Alexander Alexeyev said Monday that Russia would use its veto within the United Nations Security Council to block any decision supporting independence for Kosovo.Why?
Alexeyev told B92 radio in Belgrade that any solution on Kosovo's status must be acceptable to both the ethnic Albanian majority of the breakaway Serbian province and the government in Belgrade.
He also criticized UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari for saying that a negotiated compromise between Belgrade and the Kosovo Albanian side was not possible.
The Serbian Government wants to maintain sovereignty over the province, which has been administered by the UN since 1999. The Albanian majority in Kosovo is pushing for full independence from Serbia.There are currently some 16,000 KFOR troops in Kosovo trying to keep the remaining Kosovar Serbs in place and alive.
UPDATE: Another view, somewhat overtaken by events. | <urn:uuid:e3957021-6361-4977-a9dd-014c1d18877f> | 2013-05-24T01:44:35Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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It is still perplexing to note that although German-speaking countries had been the birthplace of many great musicians and composers before 1700, only in the 18th century did Germany fully realize how important its role was on the musical stage and it is no small paradox that the new cultural nationalism, rather than fiercely opposing the presence of foreign elements, chose instead to embrace the two dominant musical styles of the times, Italian and French.
For over a century, Italians favored the voice and the violin. Sensitive and expressive vocal lines were the norm, as was an unbridled, and at times extravagant virtuosity. The French, who had perfected the flute and the oboe, offered a lively, tender and concise music driven by the characteristic and varied rhythmic patterns of the dance. In other European countries, composers espoused one style or the order according to taste of circumstance. Around 1710, however, the idea that these various styles could coexist within a single work became the core of a large-scale aesthetic project. The so-called “réunion des goûts” had long been dear to the heart of French composers such as Couperin, Bernier and Campra. The full realization of the project, however, was left to German composers, and it is well aware of this accomplishment that Quantz, in his 1752 treatise, wrote: “If one has the necessary discernment to choose the best from the styles of different countries, a mixed style results which, without overstepping the bounds of modesty, could well be called the German style, not only because the Germans came upon it first, but because it has already been established at different places in Germany for many years, flourishes still, and displeases in neither Italy or France, nor in other lands.”
German composers were therefore writing Italian sonatas and concertos, as well as dance suites in the French manner, which were preceded by an overture in the style of Lully, a form that features a majestic, dotted-rhythm introduction, followed by a swift fugato. In its infancy, the “mixed style” simply allowed its various elements to overlap. Soon, however, standard compositions began to integrate the more intrinsic features of the rival genres: the concerto borrowed from the suite and became more “symphonic,” while in the suite, solo instruments began to assert themselves with concerto-like authority. Inevitably, such a process affected formal development: as the French, for example, progressively discarded the overture, the Germans gave the genre new breadth and scope. Moreover, rhythmic and melodic elements borrowed from German and Polish folk music often added a much sought for—and appreciated—local color. Original models, in the end, lost their prestige, to such a degree that, in 1758, Wilhelm Hertel could state that “in our music, we have come to rely solely upon ourselves; and we know how to treat the beauties of French and Italian music in a more skillful and profound manner.”
Georg Philipp Telemann—who in one of his autobiographies expressed his gratitude for “having had the chance to meet many of the most renowned musicians of the different nations”—was one of the chief architects of the new aesthetic program. The greater part of his musical life, from 1721 to his death in 1767, was spent in Hamburg. There, his creative energy seemed limitless: he taught at the Johanneum, was director of the Opera and of musical activities in five of the town’s principal churches, composed for different venues, regularly sent music to the courts of Eisenach and Bayreuth, and engraved, advertised and sold himself most of the forty collections of work he published between 1725 and 1740. In 1732, the citizens of Hamburg could read in one of their newspapers: “Music lovers can expect in the following year a great instrumental work called Musique de table, penned by Telemann. (…) Subscriptions are accepted every quarter. An annex will list the names of all subscribers.”
Telemann’s Musique de table, supported by strong publicity and the composer’s contacts with booksellers and distributors from Berlin, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam, was immediately and immensely successful: nearly 250 subscribers responded, people from the bourgeoisie, magistrates, ministers, clergymen, kapellmeisters, professional and amateur musicians. Among the German subscribers were Georg Pisendel and Joachim Quantz—the latter ordering six copies. More than twenty subscribers came from Denmark, Norway, Spain, Holland and Switzerland (Italy was the sole absentee). From England, it listed “Mr Hendel, Doctor of music.” It was in France, however, that the greatest interest for the collection was shown: 33 names (among them that of flautist Michel Blavet) were listed in the first edition.
The work was presented in three “productions,” i.e., three volumes that shared the same design: an overture followed by a suite of dances and characteristic pieces, a quartet, a concerto, a trio, a solo (in fact a sonata with continuo) and a “conclusion.” This closing piece had the same instrumentation as the overture, and thus not only closed the suite, but also substantiated the cyclical aspect much desired by Telemann for each of his three productions. That Telemann, at a time when the convention was to publish by groups of six or twelve works belonging to the same genre, choose to break with tradition is only further testimony of his interest in the mixed style (Bach later voiced similar aesthetic beliefs when he devoted the second part of his Clavier-Übung to a Concerto nach Italianische Gusto and an Overture nach Französische Art).
The title Telemann gave his publication, “Table Music,” may lead us to believe that the work only served as pleasant background to various gastronomic activities. Apart from the fact that the music, as was often the case with chamber works, may have performed such a duty, a title such as Overtures, Concertos or Sonatas would have probably had less impact from a publicity point of view. Indeed, musical works written and published with a reference to the table had been legion since the beginning of the 17th century. The Taffel-Consort published by Thomas Simpson in Hamburg in 1621, the Partitas of Heinrich Biber’s Mensa sonora (1680) or the Simphonies pour les souper du Roy of Michel-Richard Delalande, among other examples, were all written in accordance with the idea, typical of Baroque aesthetics, that all human activities should coincide and that life’s delights should meet, but were also conceived with the aim elevating the arts to princely heights.
In Telemann’s Musique de Table we find the usual Baroque pedagogical intent: the work presents itself first and foremost as a school for instrumental performance where Telemann, as he states in one of his writings, lovingly chose a part “suited for each instrument,” so that every musician can find pleasure. Telemann, perhaps here more than in any other of his compositions, reaches great heights of invention: the melodic richness, the variety and the ingenuity are astonishing and transcend established forms. Of this first “production,” offered here by the Ensemble Arion—without the Quartet—many features should be praised: the free and generous dialogue between the two violins in the Trio-Sonata, the delicacy of the slow movements of the Flute Sonata, to name a few, are in themselves remarkable, but it is the extraordinary orchestral and motivic proprieties of the Concerto for flute, violin and cello—who, although not mentioned in the title, does perform a few solos—combined with a nearly-classical elegance, that make this one of the most beautiful concertos of its time.
A work of such quality no doubt contributed to the emergence of German artistic and intellectual pride, and surely helped Germans realize how great was their talent in musical matters. In a letter to a friend, Telemann wrote: “I do hope this work will one day contribute to my fame.” Considering its place in history and how often performed it is today, we can easily state that his wish has indeed been granted.
© François Filiatrault Translation Alex Benjamin.
1730-1760: never did a third of a century witness from a nation such a burst, such unearthing and bringing forth: a staggering tête-à-tête with all the spiritual possibilities of neighboring worlds, established, crowned, in full control of their being. (…) In less than twenty-five years, the German bourgeois became aware, through fundamental works, not only of his life, but also of his musical philosophy. He has cleared out his garden. He has taken his critical stance. Beyond faith or family-linked activities, music now enters the very script of his spiritual life. In the German philosophy of life that develops against the Welsche, the place of music is now precisely defined: at the foreground.”
Marcel Beaufils, Comment l’Allemagne est devenue musicienne (1942), 1983. | <urn:uuid:431aa1c6-8ef0-4556-9643-d32285ba2551> | 2013-05-24T02:05:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Creation of the First Copper Penny
Appearing in the Columbian Centinel of June 20, 1792.
Click on the image to see an enlargement
On Page 1:
*An Act to Provide For a Copper Coinage*
"That the director of the mint...be authorized to contract for and purchase a quantity of copper, not exceeding one hundred and fifty tons...to be coined at the mint into cents and half-cents...and be paid into the treasury of the United States, thence to issue into circulation."
"The Act also stipulates that "no copper coins or pieces whatsoever except the said cents and half-cents, shall pass current as money, or shall be paid, or offered to be paid or received in payment for any debt, demand, claims, matter or thing whatsoever."
The Act warns that all other copper coins used in payment will be forfeited, and those involved fined ten dollars.
The Act is signed in script type by G. Washington on May 8, 1792.
This legislation resulted in the birth of the copper penny, from which descends our present one cent piece — in all its various and sundry permutations over the course of 200 years. | <urn:uuid:55bed855-c58a-420f-a54b-68a85c5fc457> | 2013-05-24T02:05:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Mike Tyson announced on Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring a one-man show to Broadway. The former boxer will make his theatrical debut for six nights only, starting July 31 to Aug. 5, at the Longacre Theatre. Entitled "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," the show is a raw confessional on the highs and lows of the life of the retired heavyweight and tabloid target. It recently made its debut in April at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Tyson said that the show would be "raw" and "filthy" and that he would show his vulnerable side. It will include tales about his story marriage to actress Robin Givens, his time in prison, his relationship with his trainer, Cus D'amato, and the time he spent in a psychiatric clinic as a result of his addiction to cocaine. "I'm very vulnerable and I'm just telling you who I am and where I'm from and how this happened," Tyson said at a news conference at the Longacre.
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COULD SHE GET HER MAN?
Gaylynn Janos wanted to experience lifeand that meant finding the perfect man. Problem was, Hunter Davis still thought of her as a pesky girl. Well, Gaylynn was a woman nowand she planned to get exactly what she desired!
Hunter couldn't believe the persistent teenage tomboy had become a curvaceous beauty who still tormented him. Gaylynn was his friend's sister and definitely off-limits, but how could any man refuse soul-stirring kisses? He might just have to enjoy Gaylynn's pursuitas long as she didn't have marriage on her mind!
THREE WEDDINGS AND A GIFT: Three siblings say "I do"with a little help from a family heirloom! | <urn:uuid:e6454c6a-ee7f-43ef-ad23-6b1617c8b599> | 2013-05-24T01:53:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Full Name: Ryan Anthony Gilbert Cummins
Born: April 14, 1984, Sutton, Surrey
Other Teams: Northamptonshire, Loughborough UCCE, British Universities, Leicestershire
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Cummins made his name for Loughborough UCCE and British Universities before breaking into the Leicestershire team in 2006. The seamer made his Twenty20 Cup debut in the 2006 final at Trent Bridge and, although he struggled with the ball, took a diving catch to dismiss Nottinghamshire captain Stephen Fleming and help Leicestershire secure victory. He played a bit-part role for the county in 2007 despite claiming 5-60 against Northamptonshire, and appeared just twice in the County Championship the following season before being released. He joined Northants on a one-year deal ahead of... | <urn:uuid:02f89ead-f98c-4d76-a8ef-759b115ee106> | 2013-05-24T01:34:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Bonding Model
A Brief Description
What is it?
A mechanism by means of which atoms, ions or groups of atoms are held together in a molecule or crystal.
A tentative description of a system or theory that accounts for all of its known properties. | <urn:uuid:f02d9416-8186-4f02-a920-55f0b199ea5d> | 2013-05-24T01:44:14Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Eclipse Europa is the annual release of Eclipse projects in 2007. Like last year’s Callisto release, the Europa release is a coordinated release of different Eclipse project teams. This year, the annual release includes 21 projects. By releasing these projects at the same time, the goal is to eliminate uncertainty about version compatibility and make it easier to incorporate multiple projects into your environment.
While Europa is about the simultaneous release of twenty one projects, it is not a unification of the projects - each project remains a separate open source project operating with its own project leadership, its own committers, and its own project plan.
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Alternative power sources are able to do more than just save the planet. Now, they can help save people, too.
Spectra Watermakers, Inc. of San Rafael, Calif. has introduced the new Solar Cube, a portable water treatment machine powered by solar and wind that can provide clean drinking water in disaster situations.
Powered by 24-volt batteries, which are charged by integrated photovoltaic panels and a wind-powered generator on the machine, the Solar Cube is portable and easily assembled on-site in less than an hour. By placing a pump, which is also attached to the machine, into a polluted or saltwater source, the Solar Cube captures the water and pumps it through a series of filters, including a reverse osmosis membrane in the final stage, which eliminates microscopic bacteria, viruses, salts and dangerous chemicals.
The Solar Cube can provide up to 3,500 gallons of clean drinking water a day, enough to sustain hundreds of families during a disaster. It can provide enough energy to power other vital emergency functions, such as refrigeration equipment, laptops and communications equipment. It can be used also to provide water and electricity to remote locations or for developers working in rural areas.
Spectra Watermakers manufactured the Solar Cube in cooperation with Trunz Metallchnik AG of Switzerland. EC | <urn:uuid:48f27f4b-19dd-4a3e-81d3-eb37069b7c2e> | 2013-05-24T01:59:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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ECR Sweden Forum '09. The art to meet tomorrow's consumer (October 7, '09)/Konsten att möta morgondagens konsument
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I had a friend who willingly gave up a prize he won in a raffle because he couldn't get the CRAPCHA--er, CAPTCHA--right. He typed every new sequence that was displayed but still, the error message persisted. He must've made two dozen attempts before he eventually gave up. Come to think of it, it might've been a scam... But anyway, the point is, CAPTCHAs are pretty annoying.
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Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind; he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
9 For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. (NIV)
Observation: These verses are from the farewell song of Moses. Each nation was allotted an area of the earth for their inheritance. And within Israel, each tribe was allotted their boundaries. But it seems to me something is missing. Where is the allotted area for the Lord, the Creator, the Deliverer, the Provider, the Sustainer? His allotment is His people!
Application: Along with each one in whom Christ dwells by His spirit, I am the Lord’s possession; I am His portion! As the nations lived within their boundaries, so our lives are the boundary of Christ’s territory. As I submit to his holy authority, I find he rules in love, peace and joy. As I share with others the truth of His Kingdom, He uses me to increase his portion.
Prayer: Lord, use me to increases your boundaries. Amen
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From her first reality stint on Laguna Beach to her plum job at People's Revolution, Miss LC has embarked on a new venture by penning her first novel. Think you know all you need to about this California cutie? Take our quiz to find out!
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The two countries have been at odds since the January execution of Rizana Nafeek, who was convicted in the death of a Saudi baby in her care in 2005.
The case spurred global appeals for leniency because she was 17 at the time of the infant's death. She had denied strangling the 4-month-old boy.
The official Saudi Press Agency said on Wednesday that the ambassador was called to Riyadh for consultations. Sri Lanka withdrew its ambassador to the Gulf kingdom after the execution. | <urn:uuid:0e8bdb74-8956-4911-92dd-31194fc79735> | 2013-05-24T01:41:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Give me Mother Mary's baby
And cocaine white...
A re-arranged kiss, with a virgin bride.
Oil from the Earth
And Dollars from the sky
I married a song who won't come home, and now I know why.
I use you like a tourniquet, well just remember you asked for this.
Well just remember you asked for this...
A President's mouth
And maybe his wife
A key to a city
And I'll show her a good time, here
I use you like a tourniquet, just remember you asked for this
True, (True! )
Look what I did to you.
It's too good to be True, (True! )
Still not as bad as what you've done to you...
Give me your deaf and your blind
For the ones that I made numb
I'll dance around to the sound of your gun, starin' into the sun
Look at what I did to me, and look at what you've done to you
We'll get better as the days swallow themselves
Cause this is all we know how to do...
How I'd kill to be clean.
And christened in the Holy Mud.
I'm a sinner in the hands... I'm a sinner in the hands
Of a God that could use a good laugh, ha, ha, hah...
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A thyroid scan uses a radioactive tracer and a special camera to measure how much tracer the thyroid gland absorbs from the blood. The tracer can be swallowed or can be injected into a vein. It travels through your body, giving off radiation signals. The camera "sees" the signals and can measure how much tracer the thyroid absorbs from the blood.
A thyroid scan can show the size, shape, and location of the thyroid gland. It can also find areas of the thyroid gland that are overactive or underactive. The camera takes pictures of the thyroid gland from three different angles. The radioactive tracer used in this test is either iodine or technetium.
A radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) test may also be done to find problems with how the thyroid gland works, such as hyperthyroidism. For more information, see the medical test Radioactive Iodine Uptake Test.
Another type of thyroid scan, a whole-body thyroid scan, may be done for people who have had thyroid cancer that has been treated. The whole-body scan can check to see if cancer has spread to other areas of the body.
Why It Is Done
A thyroid scan is done to:
How To Prepare
Tell your doctor if you:
Before a thyroid scan, blood tests may be done to measure the amount of thyroid hormones (TSH, T3, and T4) in your blood.
To prepare for a thyroid scan:
Your doctor may ask you to eat a low-iodine diet for several days if this test is being done to check for thyroid cancer.
For a thyroid scan, you will either swallow a dose of radioactive iodine or be given technetium in a vein (intravenously) in your arm. When and how you take the radioactive tracer depends on which tracer is used.
Just before the test, you will remove your dentures (if you wear them) and all jewelry or metal objects from around your neck and upper body.
Before a thyroid scan, you need to sign a consent form that says you understand the risks of the thyroid scan and agree to have it done. Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
A thyroid scan is done in the nuclear medicine section of a hospital's radiology department by a person trained in nuclear medicine (nuclear medicine technologist).
The tracer used in this test is either radioactive iodine or technetium. You will either swallow a dose of iodine 4 to 24 hours before the scan or be given technetium in a vein (intravenously) in your arm 15 to 30 minutes before the scan.
For this test, you will lie on your back with your head tipped backward and your neck extended. It is important to lie still during this test. A special camera (called a gamma scintillation camera) takes pictures of your thyroid gland from three different angles. The test takes about 30 minutes.
For a whole body thyroid cancer scan, the camera will scan your body from head to toes.
After a thyroid scan, you can do your regular activities. But you will be asked to take special precautions when you urinate. This is because your body gets rid of the radioactive tracer through your urine. This takes about 24 hours. It is important to flush the toilet and wash your hands thoroughly after each time you urinate.
How It Feels
You may find it uncomfortable to lie still with your head tipped backward.
There is always a slight chance of damage to cells or tissue from radiation, including the low levels of radiation used for this test. But the chance of damage from the radiation is usually very low compared with the benefits of the test.
This test is not done for pregnant women because of the chance of exposing the baby (fetus) to radiation. This test is also not recommended for breast-feeding women or young children.
A thyroid scan uses a radioactive tracer and a special camera to make a picture of the thyroid gland. The radioactive tracer used in this test is usually iodine or technetium. A thyroid scan is done to help find problems with the thyroid gland.
A whole-body scan will show whether iodine is in bone or other tissue (iodine uptake) after the thyroid gland has been removed for cancer. The whole-body scan can check to see if cancer has spread to other areas of the body.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
What To Think About
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1. In a medium bowl, combine 6 tablespoons of the olive oil, the 1/4 cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons of the cilantro, the garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon of the chili powder. Add the shrimp and set aside to marinate at room temperature for 10 minutes, turning them every few minutes.
2. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, the remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, the remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro, 1/4 teaspoon of the remaining chili powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Stir well and set aside.
3. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a 12-inch sauté pan over medium-high heat. Remove the shrimp from the marinade and season with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 1/4 teaspoon chili powder. In two batches, cook the shrimp for 2 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and allow to cool slightly before assembling the sandwiches.
4. Lay the tortillas on a clean work surface. Arrange one-fourth of the shrimp across the lower third of each tortilla, leaving about 2 inches of space on either side. Divide the lettuce, tomato, avocado slices, and grated cheese evenly among the tortillas, scattering them over the shrimp. Then drizzle some of the dressing over each. Fold both sides of each tortilla in toward the center, then roll the lower edge of the tortilla up, burrito-style, forming a wrap. Position the wraps on a serving plate, seam side down, and slice each in half on the diagonal. Serve immediately, or refrigerate and serve within 1 hour.
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Liverpool's teenage winger Raheem Sterling has pledged his international future to England, despite still being eligible for his place of birth, Jamaica.
The 18-year-old, who recently signed a five-year contract extension with Liverpool, won his first senior England cap last month in the 4-2 friendly defeat by Sweden.
"It was a dream come true," Sterling told the British media of playing for England in Stockholm. "As a 15-year-old, I can remember sitting at home and praying to get an under-16 call-up.
"To be getting a senior call-up a few years later was one of the best things that ever happened to me."
After making his full England debut, he could still have opted to play for Jamaica, where he lived until he was six, and the country's FA have continued to court the player.
"I've got Jamaican roots but no-one tried to put any pressure on me," said Sterling, who has represented England at every level from under-16 upwards.
"I couldn't turn my back on England because I've grown up through the English youth system and progressed from there. I want to keep driving on and do a bit more."
Sterling's decision, though hardly a surprise, will be a blow to Jamaica, whose football chief Horace Burrell held talks with the player in October.
However, it provides a boost to England boss Roy Hodgson, giving him more options as he plots the national side's course to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
"I couldn't just switch over," said Sterling, currently a Liverpool regular under Brendan Rodgers and a firm fan favourite at Anfield.
"So it was a good thing for me to be called up and make my debut. It's 100 percent going to be England from now on."
Sterling's elevation from the fringes of the Liverpool first-team squad under Kenny Dalglish last season was rewarded with a lucrative new deal last week.
"The contract was never about finance," said Sterling, referring to the protracted talks leading up to the signing of his contract.
"When people were asking why I wasn't signing it was at a time when we hadn't even started negotiating." | <urn:uuid:c0a6b04c-9399-45a2-9989-81fcbd953420> | 2013-05-24T01:59:21Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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1536 Act of UnionThe 1536 Act of Union combined England and Wales into a single state. It was passed during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. His father, Henry VII was Welsh-born and very conscious of it, and Henry VIII declared himself proud of his Welsh blood. His motive in merging the two countries was not mere domination; Wales benefited in many ways from the legislation.
Although the native Welsh rulers had long since been subdued, the English king remained concerned about the power of the Marcher lords and his government's general lack of control over the principality. He therefore instructed his chief administrator, Thomas Cromwell, to seek a solution. The effect of the act was to make Wales as an integral part of England:
The country of Wales justly and righteously is … incorporated, annexed, united and subject to and under the imperial Crown of the Realm, as a very member and joint of the same.
It was not unpopular with the Welsh, who recognised that it would help give them equality with their neighbours in law. Under the act, the Marcher lordships were abolished and replaced by counties. For the first time, Wales was entitled to send members to the parliament at Westminster. Justices of the Peace were created to administer the law and justice at a local level, in line with the English practice.
Another effect of the act was to outlaw the Welsh language from official use, replacing it with English. This did not trouble the landed gentry, who were already largely anglicised, but it made life difficult for the common people, who were no longer able, for example, to understand court proceedings. | <urn:uuid:78b35d24-33ab-4646-96fa-a1108bc0df9f> | 2013-05-24T01:37:34Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Myanmar rebel leader shot dead in Thai town
By Somjit Rungjumratrussamee
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - A leader of Myanmar's biggest rebel group was shot dead at his home in a Thai border town on Thursday in an assassination immediately blamed on troops loyal to the former Burma's military junta.
Mahn Sha Lar Phan, secretary-general of the Karen National Union (KNU), was shot at his two-storey wooden home by two men who arrived in a pickup truck, his neighbor Kim Suay told Reuters at the scene. He died instantly.
"One of them walked up to the house and said in Karen 'How are you, uncle?' Then the other man joined him after parking the truck and they both shot him with two pistols," she said, her voice shaking with emotion.
In an interview with Reuters on Monday, he had predicted a possible increase in violence ahead of a constitutional referendum in the former Burma in May.
However, the KNU and its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), are riven by internal feuds and lethal vendettas.
His son Hse Hse, another senior member of the predominantly Christian Karen rebel movement, blamed a Buddhist Karen splinter group which brokered a truce with the Myanmar junta in the mid-1990s.
"This is the work of the DKBA and the Burmese soldiers,"" Hse Hse said, referring to the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army.
The Irrawaddy, an exile-run magazine based in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, said there had been several recent attacks and assassination attempts between mainstream KNU members and the breakaway 7th Brigade led by Htain Maung, which agreed a ceasefire with the junta last year.
"Last month, Colonel Ler Moo, the son-in-law of breakaway leader Htain Maung, was killed in a bomb attack while sleeping at a communications office near the group's headquarters," the magazine said on its Web site www.irrawaddy.org.
The Karen have been fighting for independence in the hills of eastern Myanmar for the last 60 years, one of the world's longest-running insurgencies.
Thai police said they had the registration number of the truck and were setting up roadblocks around Mae Sot, a "wild west" frontier town of refugees, illegal migrants and gem dealers, to try to catch the two killers.
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splintermute wrote:That might not have been too bad - he was already extremely deferential to Wanda from their few encounters before his death, and he would still be extremely devoted to Parson. Other than the devotion to Wanda, the decrypted seem to retain their emotional connections, e.g. Ansom's and Princess Cruz's devotion to their families. As long as Parson never countermanded Wanda's orders when undead Bogroll was around, he would probably still seem like the same old Bogroll. Yes, the decrypted love Wanda, but it's not like they talk about her obsessively (unless they're asked).
hrm... but from what we've seen "into" the minds of the decrypted, Wanda is the centre of their universe.
Deference is one thing, but it's not like pre-pliers Wanda was treated rudely by everybody; when you're in a feudal organisation you're deferential to all high-ranking types.
Bogroll's a twoll that's basically/fundamentally nice (to everybody on his side anyway), hence easy to push around/made fun of by the other henchmen - I'm not sure deference to Wanda means all that much. When it comes to Bogroll, i do not doubt his loyalty to Parson - he took his new role/promotion real serious.
But if he came back as a decrypted... Parson's gonna be number 2. Do we really know if when push comes to shove Bogroll won't take Wanda's side, instead of Parson's? How do you look at an aide who you can't count on?
Sieggy wrote:Which kind of raises the question of how Erfworlders treat their dead. Since the bodies vanish next turn, are there any kind of funerary practices / traditions like laying them out to mourn them before they fade away, or just figure 'meh, they'll be gone tomorrow, so let's just leave them there and go have a drink'? Prince Sammy's body seemed to be treated reverentially, but then, he was Royalty . . .
I think, from that bit with Misty, it's the "leave 'em, they'll vanish" option. Individually there might be relationships that would lead you to mourn any particular person (I mean, particular erfworlders would fall in love too, even though there's no meaning to procreation and apparently archons can be treated like high-priced assassin-hookers). But there wouldn't (shouldn't?) be the kind of generalised "respect for the dead" that, say, we would have? If you ran into a body, leaving aside all that "report to the police" etc. type of thing, as a mark of respect wouldn't you dig a grave for it, even if you don't know who/what? Like, say, we were back a couple hundred years and you were making your way "out west" to the frontier and you ran into a caravan that'd run into fatal misfortunes. I'd think there'd be no equivalent in erfworld. | <urn:uuid:2e553459-0a46-437c-8dbb-840ea54fb093> | 2013-05-24T01:52:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Dayton: The Napkin Shuttle
Many of the foreigners who became embroiled in the politics and diplomacy of the Balkan wars of the 1990s have written about their experiences and some are more revealing than others. Richard Holbrooke was the US diplomat who secured an end to the Bosnian war in November 1995 after prolonged talks in a US air force base in Dayton, Ohio. Here he describes how the Muslim (Bosniak) and Serb side began serious negotiations over the long finger of land, which now connects the territory of the Bosniak-Croat federation between Sarajevo and the town of Goražde, which had been besieged by Serb forces during the whole war. Haris Silajdzić, now on the Bosnian presidency was then the Bosnian premier, Alija Izetbegović was then the Bosnian president and Slobodan Milošević was the president of Serbia. Chris Hill was Holbrooke's deputy at the time of the talks.
...the stage was set for an unusual diplomatic effort that was later termed the "napkin shuttle". Leaving Milosevic, I walked across the long dining room to greet Silajdzic. "Are you ready to negotiate right now?" I asked him. "Milosevic is willing to talk about Gorazde." Haris was interested, but when I invited him to join our table, he refused.
I returned to Milosevic, who was eating his steak with Chris Hill. "Silajdzic is ready to discuss Gorazde," I reported. Taking out a napkin, Milosevic started drawing a rough map of the area between Sarajevo and the beleaguered enclave. "We can offer safe conduct along these two roads," he said indicating the two existing routes between the cities, both now under Serb control. Hill and I objected, saying the Bosnians would not feel that "safe conduct" would be very safe in the light of the last four years. "They will need a genuine, defensible corridor," I said. "Okay, then I will give them a kilometer on each side of the road," Milosevic replied.
Carrying Milosevic's napkin sketch across the room, I sat down with Silajdzic, who, after a moment's thought, replied with a countersketch showing a much wider corridor and substantially more land for the Muslims. As the other diners looked on in astonishment, I walked rapidly across the room carrying the two precious napkin sketches, and sat down with Milosevic.
This scene was repeated half a dozen times over the next hour. Neither man would move to the other's table, but they eyed each other carefully across the room. Bit by bit, Milosevic yielded land and territory. Haris went to the phone and called Izetbegovic who told him to keep negotiating. Finally, I said to Silajdzic, "Don't you realize you are gaining something important here? You have to sit down with him. If you come over to Milosevic's table now you might get what you need." Reluctantly, Haris followed me to Milosevic's table. The two men greeted each other in characteristic fashion – Milosevic clapping Silajdzic on the back with false camaraderie, Silajdzic unwilling to look Milosevic in the eye.
To End a War. Richard Holbrooke. 1999.
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Why you shouldn't be put off so much by the comedian's special or his Twitter rants. Sandusky, on the other hand...
The amazing new tablet-like computer thing that does... something. At least on the surface.
A few leaked pages from the script for the upcoming Anchorman sequel
Seriously, the whole thing.
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Mark Zuckerberg did not actually write this
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Stratfor is a Texas-based global intelligence company.
"It would be a mistake to argue over whether a war is about to break out between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A war has been under way for several months, with Hamas launching Qassam rockets into Israeli territory and Israeli aircraft carrying out raids on Gaza.
In point of fact, a war has been ongoing between various Palestinian entities and Israeli organisations since before the founding of the Israeli state.
The moral arguments on each side have been heard and are persuasive to the side making it, and not to the other. The point is that the war has been going on for a long time, and has made less and less difference to the rest of the world, eloquent protests notwithstanding.
We are not speaking here of impotent gestures and self-satisfying rages on both sides. Rather, we are speaking of geopolitical interest in the outcome of the war.
When Israel was founded, its creation intersected with the fate of the British Empire, the rise of American and Soviet power and the future of the Mediterranean Basin.
The Soviets first supplied weapons to Israel through Czechoslovakia, while the British armed and led Jordan's Arab Legion and underwrote the Egyptian army. Later, the French, seeking to retain their hold in the Middle East, became Israel's main foreign patron.
By the 1950s, the Soviets had switched sides to become the patron of Egypt and Syria, the United States formed an alliance with Turkey through NATO, and Israel became the wedge between Egypt and Syria.
The Palestinians, under the Palestine Liberation Organisation led by Yasser Arafat, received weapons and support from the Soviets, and Moscow used this alliance to counter Israel and U.S. activity in Western Europe.
Under these circumstances, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intersected fundamental geopolitical interests of declining and rising empires and the struggle between rising powers for the inheritance of the European imperial system.
Israel and Palestine occupied the same strategic point that the Romans had to have: the eastern edge of the Mediterranean. It was the point at which three continents met.
Any Mediterranean power had to have it to anchor its position in the Mediterranean Basin. Any eastern or southern power needed it to access the other and the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel and Palestine were in many ways the tipping point of the Cold War. If Israel fell, the Soviets would control the eastern Mediterranean, given their hold on Egypt and Syria. Turkey would be isolated.
If the United States held it then the Soviets would have fragments in the Eastern Mediterranean, not supporting each other and unable to give the Soviets a stable foundation. Control of the Eastern Mediterranean and bordering countries could change the balance of power not just in the region, but ultimately across the globe.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was only one dimension of the regional conflict but it was not a trivial dimension. Any action or reaction by either side could affect regional countries, which in turn were aligned with one of the global powers.
The possibility of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intersecting with other conflicts was very real and that gave both Israel and the Palestinians influence beyond their intrinsic significance. It was geography and geopolitics that gave weight to the conflict.
With the fall of the Soviet Union, there was only one global power and without a challenge to its power, the fate of the region fell in importance.
The U.S.-jihadist wars would appear to have made it more important, inasmuch as groups like Hamas appeared to be part of the jihadist movement, but the fact was that the movement -- while able to inflict damage in limited ways -- was not a challenger for global dominance.
Indeed, it was highly fragmented, quite idiosyncratic and remarkably disorganised. No matter how the United States responded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the case simply couldn't be made that the fate of the region affected the global balance as it had in the 1960s or 1970s.
As the United States withdraws from the region and Iran suffers a significant reversal in Syria, the fate of the region becomes less significant. Whether the Israelis and Palestinians fought mattered in 1970 far more than it does today. A peace process, fantasy or not, is not a major priority.
This is the reality of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli war. It matters to the Palestinians and Israelis but not to the world, beyond those who demand a world that is just and whose definition of justice is what they believe to be just.
Where the world once hung on the wars of the region, it now sees this as simply another upswing in an ongoing and unending conflict.
The Egyptians remain heavily influenced by the military and the military is not about to allow Gaza's problems to spill into Egypt. Their forces surrounded Gaza and went after jihadists in the Sinai in recent months.
The Syrians are busy fighting each other and the Jordanian regime has never forgiven the Palestinians for their attempt to end Hashemite rule in 1970. The Iranians are struggling to hold their position in the region and the United States under U.S. President Barack Obama is not focused on foreign policy, let alone on another Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Today no one but the combatants and their unarmed champions care. This, however, makes it a notable point in history. It is the moment at which both sides might realise that they are on their own and, therefore, become interested in peace. But with thoughts like that we might want to pass around a petition, fantasising that a petition constitutes action.
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...Kinect, indie games and red rings.
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
Having started off as a promotional device for the full 3D remake of Bionic Commando, Rearmed has blossomed into a lovely looking game all of its own. Here's how they did it.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
6 minutes 47 seconds
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...Kinect, indie games and red rings.
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
First scenes from dark new shooter.
Friday, 4 November 2011
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Players feel the Force as the publishing empire strikes a deal with Disney
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Good news everyone!
Xbox Live Gold unlocked for all until Monday
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An irreverant, catchy little movie/tune about the price
new hybrid light bulb.
What if gas cars were introduced today? - A list of "features" of gas cars that the press might present regarding this new-fangled technology. Also see this great page on the same concept. | <urn:uuid:13615550-0bc1-4509-a223-f1f103f9b397> | 2013-05-24T01:30:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Evolution Deceit
There are some people who are loved by almost everyone around them. One of the most important reasons for that love is that they are always "the Protector" wherever they go. And that is their most distinct characteristic.
The word "Protector" means "someone who guards, protects and watches over." Wherever they are, people with this morality are the ones who are the most attentive in showing compassion, mercy, concern and affection, and in protecting and watching over, and those are the ones who live by those attributes most intensively.
No one has ever assigned these people and said "you are responsible in protecting and watching over everyone in your whereabouts; in solving every problem they might face and taking all the responsibility on yourself" to them. However, because of their intense love and compassion towards people, their high conscience and strong sense of responsibility, these people generally assume such a mission quietly and retiringly. But of course they don't make statements to the people around them saying: "I have taken on such a task. I am going to protect and watch over you, I will look after all of you". They constantly show this characteristic naturally in the course of events only as the requisite of their faith and morality without putting a name on it.
Living by the morality of a protector, taking on the responsibility of many matters and many people is of course much more laboring and difficult in comparison to the situation of a person who does not take any responsibility. It has the risks of "making mistakes, taking wrong decisions, facing opposition of the lower selves of many people or not being able to satisfy everyone simultaneously". However due to their high conscience and fear of Allah, they take on the risks of making all these mistakes. For the approval of Allah, they give priority to fulfilling the needs of others or solving their problems, far above their own comfort.
This attitude of such people, which remains unnamed but which comes to everyone's attention, is "the morality most compliant to the approval of Allah". That is because a Muslim could never remain "as a mere spectator" in the face of events happening around him. Matters like an illness, tiredness, unhappiness, a faith related defect, a disagreement that goes on among Muslims, a difficulty and distress experienced by a friend beside them, are the matters such people "embrace primarily".
One of the most important characteristics of such people is that they do not disturb anyone during this embracing and looking after; they resolve everything by the morality of the Qur'an very wisely and conscientiously. Without drawing any attention on them, without creating a trouble, without giving the impression "there is something extra-ordinary going on and I am solving that problem at the moment" to the people around; they act with the most calming most relaxing manner. While they are doing all these, another important characteristic of such people is that they never are in the need and effort to "give prominence to themselves ". Their aim is never to assume the position of a supposedly "leader", to have a say among people and to "act superior" or to "nourish their egos". They just approach people around them with compassion, mercy and love within the character of a self-sacrificing protector. Allah reminds us in the Qur'an about the superior morality such people assume, as follows:
Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy. Do not feel sad concerning them. And take the Muslims under your wing.(Surat Al-Hijr:88)
On the contrary to the character of a protector, some people have the exact opposite understanding. If there is a person who has a distress, problem or a discomfort; instead of approaching that person with compassion and mercy and inspiring confidence in him, first they feel an "anger" towards him. Instead of attending to that person and helping him with his problem, they express their anger with wordings like "Why did you do that?", "It wouldn't be like this, if you hadn't done that", "This is all your fault", "Why didn't you think about these consequences beforehand?" which would perturb him even more.
Yet if these same conditions were valid for those people as well, they would want the others to approach them with love, compassion and understanding. Allah reminds people this reality in a verse of Qur'an and calls man to be compassionate towards each other:
Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful. (you had been the losers). (Surat An-Nur: 20)
All men are in need of the Mercy and the Compassion of Allah. And every man is created with a soul that enjoys compassion, love and complaisance. Then, just like the mercy they search for themselves, people should strive to show this morality as best as they can towards others.
Allah reveals in the Qur'an that Muslims are "protectors of each other". Owning up the problems of other Muslims; helping them without causing any discomfort for them; trying to correct their mistakes with the compassion required by the Qur'an even in their biggest mistakes; being the first one to come to everyone's help; being the one coming up with solutions to every kind of shortage and trouble; being the first one that anyone in need would come to without even thinking, are the necessities of this "protector character".
In the Qur'an, Allah gives the glad tidings to the people who show this morality:
The men and women of the muminun are friends and protectors of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and establish salat and pay zakat, and obey Allah and His Messenger. They are the people on whom Allah will have mercy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.(Surat At-Tawba: 71) | <urn:uuid:c9af7f66-e6a7-421f-92f2-4b14fab5bed7> | 2013-05-24T02:05:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A bus pulls up in front of the JBW building. Two conspicuous figures disembark: one, a small man dressed in black with a devilish fire in his eyes; the other, a strong-looking woman dressed in a business suit - a three-piece suit with a purple vest and tie.
"You sure this is where you want to be?" The driver asks, looking the two up and down. "This place is - "
"For a bus driver, you're a nosy man." The woman in purple cuts the bus driver off with a measure of cold, blunt annoyance. She looks at the driver - and even though she's wearing violet-shaded sunglasses, the menace in her eyes shines through like an angry sun. "We know what this place is."
"Please excuse my promotional manager... she's a very direct kind of woman." The man in black speaks with a soothing tone, but something in his voice and the gleam in his eyes scares the bus driver to his core. "What she means is that we belong here. We understand the meaning of 'Justifiably Badass.' In fact, we don't just belong here... this place belongs to us."
The bus driver seems nonplussed by this. He is even more confused by another detail he notices...
"You know, you folks look a lot like those two famous people... are you Sagittarius Blue and Pisces Pink?"
The two look at each other, then look back at the driver. "We get that a lot," answers the man in black with his dangerously soothing voice. "I look a lot like him... well, he looks a lot like me, really..." He runs his fingers through his long black hair as he speaks, then gestures at the emblem on his jacket - the sign of the archer. "We share the same sign, same looks... same blood. But... that's where the 'same' ends."
The woman in purple has the same indifferently cold expression - and speaks in the same indifferently cold tone. "I'm not wearing pink, you simpleton. I have a better skin complexion than that street trash. And I'm a totally different sign altogether." She points to her jeweled golden tie pin - shaped in the form of the sign of the virgin.
The bus driver is confused by this, but even more so... he is intimidated by what he senses from the duo. A dangerous, menacing vibe that threatened only the worst for anyone in its way. He went to wish the two good luck, but they had already disregarded him and began walking towards their destination.
The man in black and the woman in violet walked with a slow, deliberate pace. She has a stern, icy glare; he has a gleam in his eye lit by the fires of hell and shaped in the forge of mayhem. She looked up at her guardian sign, that of the virgin, burning with a dark light that threatened to consume the other stars in the sky.
He looked up at his sign, that of the archer... and seethed. "You should be mine. Mine alone... not his. And soon... you will light only my path."
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Humphries and her brakewoman Chelsea Valois of Carrot River, Saskatchewan, had a time of 1:43.07 to beat Germany's Cathleen Martini and Janine Tischer by forty-two tenths of a second. Sandra Kiriasis and Berit Wiacker of Germany finished in third place with a time of 1:43.61.
Humphries and Valois won both runs, posting a time of 51.4 seconds in her first run and 51.67 seconds in her second run. They finished first despite very snowy conditions.
Humphries and Valois had won the first six races of the world cup circuit this season before losing to the German pair of Martini and Stephanie Schneider last week. Humphries and Valois finished in third place on January 4 in Altenberg, Germany.
With the win, Humphries and Valois have 1550 World Cup points, 202 points more than Kiriasis.
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On Jan. 17 the American rock band Maroon 5 released a music video for their single "Daylight" featuring musicians from Playing for Change on the band's VEVO YouTube channel. The video features musicians from all around the world performing the song in the streets. You can watch Maroon 5's "Daylight" music video featuring musicians from Playing for Change here.
The video is part of a project for Playing for Change, which helps to bring musicians together from all around the world. Musicians from all over the world were filmed live in the streets of their town while performing "Daylight". Maroon 5 is also featured in the music video performing "Daylight" live during an outdoor concert.
The song "Daylight" is the third single from Maroon 5's fourth studio album, "Overexposed". The album was released on June 26, 2012 via A&M/Octone Records and it debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. In December the band released a fan inspired music video for "Daylight" which you can watch here.
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In the wake of the cancelation of the New York marathon, several race organizers reached out to displaced runners with a variety of discounted registration options
The Santa Barbara International Marathon offered registered New York runners entry into the event for $50.
I ran the Santa Barbara Marathon and talked to several people who had planned to run New York.
Every one of them said that they went to New York but wouldn't have if the race had been canceled just after Superstorm Sandy hit. They went with the assumption that the marathon would go on. When it didn't, they had to decide what to do Sunday morning in place of the marathon.
The two most common answers were 'running part of the course in Central Park' and 'voluteering out on Staten Island,' It's also important to note that everyone said that they went out and spent as much money as they could to help out the community. "My friends and I ate a lot and drank a lot, and I mean a lot" one runner confessed, quickly realizing that he was not alone, as others nodded in agreement.
Rusty Snow, Race Director of the Santa Barbara International Marathon, told me that about 100 displaced New York runners ran the California event. "We were hoping to expose these folks to our event and our strong running community hoping that they will return as we continue to make SBIM a world class event," said Snow.
He added that it was not difficult to make accomodations for the the last minute addition of the runners.
When the displaced New York runners were asked if they would run that marathon next year, the response was mixed. Most felt that they should not only get guaranteed entry but at least some sort of discount. "I paid $250 for it this year, I really don't want to pay another $250 next year," one runner explained. "I mean, the New York marathon is a big deal, but $500 just for registration for the marathon is pretty much out of my price range, and I imagine it is for a lot of people."
All of the runners said that they weren't going to make any decisions about next year until the New York Road Runners sorted things out from this year.
There's one last thing I'd like to say about what took place in New York in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Mere hours before the marathon was officially canceled, I wrote what I felt was a passionate article about why the marathon should be canceled. I stand by everything that I said in that article and will add that I still think the marathon should have been canceled immediately on Tuesday when all the damage to the city became apparent. Having said that, I want to offer this; yes, some people said Mayor Bloomberg and the race organizers purposefully waited until Friday to get runners to travel to New York to spend money. While that may or may not be true, I think we should look at this a little differently. Again, yes, the event should have been canceled early enough for people to cancel travel plans if they so desired. But let's think about what that would have meant. Those fabulous runners who went out to Staten Island to hand out supplies and to help residents clean out what was left of their destroyed homes; that would never have happened. Because chances are a majority of those runners would have stayed home. The support that the runners provided wouldn't have been there, because the runners wouldn't have been there.
So what happened happened, and maybe there was some weird cosmic force that intervened, that knew that if those runners came to town it would mean something more than the Mayor or the race organizers ever imagined. And that's just what happened.
There are many times in my life when I'm proud to say I'm a runner and this is one of them.
Run on, whether it be because you enjoy it, because you're raising money for a charity or you're taking water to someone who doesn't have it. Whatever you do, run on.
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Re: Wrong Date On Ticket, Corrected On Discovery
The ONLY reason you might not get a deferral is because of your statement in your original post
I asked you then how you knew that, but you NEVER responded.
I only might be eligible for a deferral - I've had one a few years ago, but it was apparently not recorded at the WA DOL.
Whether you request "contested" or "mitigation" has NOTHING to do with it. The only way you cannot request a deferral is to plead guilty and pay the fine! You can ALWAYS tell the judge at your contested hearing that you wish to change your plea from "not guilty" to "guilt with an explanation" and try to mitigate. Either way, you can ALWAYS request a deferral. If you're otherwise eligible, you will probably get it. But, if, as you said, you had one a few years ago, you will NOT be eligible!
Ah, forget it. I don't know why I waste my time.
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Duts is a parasitic file infector virus. It is the first known virus for the PocketPC platform. Duts affects ARM-based devices only.
Duts is a 1520 bytes long program, hand written in assembly for the ARM processor. When an infected file is executed the virus asks for permission to infect:
WinCE4.Dust by Ratter/29A
Dear User, am I allowed to spread?
When granted the permission, Duts attempts to infect all EXE files in the current directory. Duts only infects files that are bigger than 4096 bytes and have not been infected yet. As an infection marker the virus writes the string 'atar' to the Windows Version field of the EXE header.
The infection routine is fairly simple. The virus body is appended to the file and the last section is made readable and executable. The entry point of the file is set to the beginning of the virus code.
Duts contains two messages that are not displayed:
- This is proof of concept code. Also, i wanted to make avers happy.
- The situation when Pocket PC antiviruses detect only EICAR file had to end ...
The other one is a reference to the science-fiction book Permutation City by Greg Egan, where the virus got its intended name from:
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Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
Reviewed by Yael Halaas, MD
They say our eyes are the mirrors to our soul. If that's true, what are your eyes saying about you?
If your eyelids are drooping, and there are bags all around them, your eyes are probably falling under the radar. Who could possibly focus on your eyes with all that puffiness?
Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) can refresh and rejuvenate your eyes, correct sagging or drooping eyelids and remove excess fat, skin and atrophied muscle around your eyes. It can't, however, correct dark circles, fine lines or crow's feet.
Specialized eyelid surgery like Asian blepharoplasty has a different purpose that has little to do with facial rejuvenation. This cosmetic procedure is popular with some members of the Asian community who wish to create a natural crease or fold in their eyelid, creating a "double eyelid" from a "single eyelid."
Are You a Candidate for Blepharoplasty?
If you have loose, sagging eyelids, you may be a good candidate for eyelid surgery. You must also be in good overall health and have no uncontrolled preexisting diseases or medical conditions. You need to be emotionally stable and have realistic expectations of what the eyelid surgery can — and can't — do for your eyes. You may not be a good candidate for blepharoplasty if you have an overactive thyroid gland, which can cause swelling and other problems with and around your eyes.
During your initial consultation, your surgeon will take a thorough medical history. Be prepared to discuss your current health status, past illnesses and surgeries, and your medication regimen. Don't leave anything out when discussing your medications. Even herbal remedies that are billed as "all natural" can affect your eyelid surgery. Make sure to mention any past eye or vision problems, including the use of contact lenses or glasses and whether or not you have had LASIK surgery.
Your surgeon may ask you to look in the mirror and point out what you wish to change about your eyes and eyelids. He or she will also examine your facial anatomy before making a recommendation about what type of surgery can help improve the look of your eyelids. For example, he or she may suggest surgery on all four lids, or just the upper or lower eyelids.
You can look at before-and-after eyelid surgery photos of others who underwent the procedure with the same surgeon. This is no guarantee of your outcome, but it can help you get a better idea of the surgeon's skill, style and aesthetic vision. Remember that some of these photos may have been "touched-up."
The surgeon will also discuss the placement of incisions, eyelid surgery risks and other surgical details such as the type of anesthesia that will be used for your procedure. Most of the time, eyelid surgery is performed using a local anesthetic and intravenous sedation, but general anesthesia may be an option.
You should also discuss post-surgery downtime and eyelid surgery cost during this visit. If you do book a surgery, you will likely need to leave a deposit to hold the date. Some doctors charge for a consultation visit, but they may allow you to deduct this cost from the surgery if you decide to book. Find this out in advance so there are no surprises.
The next step is your preoperative appointment. This is your second opportunity to ask any questions you may have. You will also go over your preoperative instructions and be given an information packet on what you can and can't do in the days and weeks leading up to your eyelid surgery. The packet should list all the medications you should avoid taking for at least two weeks before your surgery. The most common products on this list will be anything containing aspirin or ibuprofen, which can increase your risk of bleeding. If something is not clear, ask for more information.
If you smoke, now is the time to quit. Besides being bad for your health in general, smoking can impede your healing, affect your circulation and accelerate the aging process. Ask your doctor about available smoking cessation tools. Remember nicotine replacement products also impede wound healing and circulation and cannot be used during the post-op period.
You will probably need to have routine blood work done before your eyelid surgery. Some surgeons ask that you have a complete pre-surgery physical exam, especially if you have any underlying health conditions. Your surgeon will also tell you what to expect during your recovery and in the months ahead. You will be instructed on how to clean your eyes after the surgery. You may be given (or asked to purchase) icepacks, gel masks, or other products to use directly after surgery. At this appointment, you will probably be given prescriptions for antibiotics and pain relievers so that you can fill them in advance.
Your Eyelid Surgery
Choosing a board-certified facial surgeon is important to your overall satisfaction with your eyelid surgery. Facial plastic surgeons should be certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. This ensures that they have had extensive training, are up to date on the latest developments in eyelid surgery and take appropriate safety precautions. Most facial plastic surgeons do their residency training in otolaryngology-head-and-neck surgery, which means they have extensive knowledge of your facial anatomy.
Blepharoplasty usually takes 30 to 90 minutes. If you are having both upper and lower blepharoplasty, your surgery will take longer to perform. Eyelid surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis in a hospital, a free-standing surgical clinic, or your surgeon's office.
Your anesthetist or anesthesiologist may meet with you briefly before your eyelid surgery. You may be given an oral sedative or Valium to reduce any pre-surgery jitters. Once you are on the operating table, your blood pressure, breathing, blood oxygen levels, and other vital signs will be carefully monitored. You will likely have an intravenous (IV) line started to administer fluids and medications. During the surgery, your eyeball is protected with a special guard that looks like a large contact lens.
The incisions for upper and lower blepharoplasty are placed within the natural folds of the eyelids. If you have bags beneath the eyes, but your skin has a lot of elasticity, a transconjunctival incision may be an option. This type of incision is made on the inside of your lower lid through the membrane called the conjunctiva. Most of the time eyelid surgery scars are undetectable.
After the incisions are made, the surgeon separates the skin from the underlying tissue and muscle and removes excess fat or muscle tissue, if needed. Muscle and fat can also be repositioned instead of removed. The surgeon then trims excess sagging skin and your incisions are closed with very fine sutures which may be left in for anywhere from two to five days. The surgeon will lubricate your eyes with an ointment and may apply a dressing. You are then awakened and brought into the recovery room.
For a more comprehensive explanation of what to expect after your eyelid surgery, please visit our article on eyelid surgery recovery, or search for a local eyelid surgeon and setup a consultation to discuss your options in more detail.
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The Flying WallendasCircus Performers
Best known as:
The most famous high-wire act of the 20th century
The Flying Wallendas were the most famous high-wire act of the 20th century. They worked without a safety net and were known for their high-wire headstands, bicycle rides, and especially for their acutely dangerous signature act: the seven-person human pyramid. The Wallendas troupe was created in 1922 by family patriarch Karl Wallenda, and began touring with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1928. (Their original name was The Great Wallendas; the "Flying" nickname came later.) The family has endured various tragedies over the years, including a famous 1962 pyramid crash in Detroit which left two performers dead and one paralyzed. Karl Wallenda died in a 1978 fall from an outdoor wire 10 stories high in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1998 the sixth generation of the Wallendas returned to Detroit and performed the seven-person pyramid again, this time successfully. Various members of the family have continued performing into the 21st century; one, Nik Wallenda, made a successful walk over Niagara Falls on 15 June 2012.
A 1978 movie, The Great Wallendas, starred Lloyd Bridges as patriarch Karl Wallenda.
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New Granada (grənäˈdə) [key], former Spanish colony, N South America. It included at its greatest extent present Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Between 1499 and 1510 a host of conquerors explored the Caribbean coast of Panama and South America. After 1514, Pedro Arias de Ávila was successful in assuring permanent colonization of the isthmus of Panama. At Santa Marta (1525) and Cartagena (1533), Spanish control of the Colombian coast was firmly established, and in the next few years the northern hinterland was explored. German adventurers, notably Nikolaus Federmann, penetrated the Venezuelan and Colombian llanos between 1530 and 1546. By far the greatest of the conquerors was Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who in 1536 ascended the Magdalena River, climbed the mighty Andean cordillera, where he subdued the powerful Chibcha (an advanced native civilization), and by 1538 had founded Santa Fé de Bogotá, later known simply as Bogotá. He named the region El Nuevo Reino de Granada [the new kingdom of Granada]. During the next 10 years the conquest was virtually completed. No civil government was established in New Granada until 1549, when an audiencia court, a body with both executive and judicial authority, was set up in Bogotá. To further stabilize colonial government, New Granada was made a presidency (an administrative and political division headed by a governor) in 1564, and the audiencia was relegated to its proper judicial functions. Loosely attached to the viceroyalty of Peru, the presidency came to include Panama, Venezuela, and most of Colombia. Disputes with—and the great distance from—Lima led to the creation (1717) of the viceroyalty of New Granada, comprising Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Later the captaincy general of Venezuela and the presidency of Quito were detached, creating a political division that was to survive the revolution against Spain and the efforts of Simón Bolívar to establish a republic of Greater Colombia. The struggle for independence began in 1810, and by 1830 Venezuela and Ecuador had seceded, and the remnant (Colombia and Panama) was renamed the Republic of New Granada. This became the Republic of Colombia in 1886, from which the present Panama seceded in 1903.
See A. J. Kuethe, Military Reform and Society in New Granada (1978).
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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de (rāˈəmyŏr, Fr. rənāˈ äNtwänˈ fĕrshōˈ də rāōmürˈ) [key], 1683–1757, French physicist and naturalist. He invented an alcohol thermometer (1731) and the Réaumur temperature scale, in which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point 80°. In 1710 he directed the official description of arts and trades in France. He investigated gold-bearing rivers, turquoise mines, and forests. He did research on the composition of Chinese porcelain, which led him to develop an opaque glass, and on the composition and manufacture of iron and steel, including a means of tinning iron. As a naturalist he is best known for his exhaustive study of insects (6 vol., 1734–42; a 7th vol., part of the original manuscript, appeared in 1928); he also studied regeneration in crayfish and showed corals to be animals, not plants.
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Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar (chävēnˈ dā wänˈtär) [key], archaeological site in the northeastern highlands of Peru, near the headwaters of the Marañon River. It flourished between c.900 B.C. and 200 B.C. The site features two monumental temples and intricate stone carvings depicting snarling human deities and a variety of animals, including caimans, jaguars, snakes, birds of prey, and mythical beasts. The site also features residential architecture covering c.18.5 acres (7.5 hectares). The term "Chavín" (or "Chavinoid"), used as an adjective, refers to the intricate art style present at this site, which eventually spread throughout much of central and N Peru. Once considered one of the earliest large-scale ceremonial centers of the central Andes, archaeologists now realize that monumental architecture actually emerged considerably earlier in other parts of Peru. The spread of the Chavín style in media such as metallurgy, textiles, and ceramics dates to the last phase at the site (c.400–200 B.C.), when Chavín de Huántar was undoubtedly the most prestigious religious and urban center in Peru.
See J. A. Mason, Ancient Civilizations of Peru (1961); J. H. Rowe, Chavín Art: An Inquiry into Its Form and Meaning (1962); E. P. Benson, ed., Dumbarton Oaks Conference on Chavín, 1968 (1971); C. Kano, Origins of the Chavín Culture (1979); R. L. Burger, Chavín and the Origins of Andean Civilization (1992).
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Interviewing Progressive magazine editor Matt Rothschild on Democracy Now! (5/1/09), Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman get the now 100-year-old magazine's high-minded take on the threatened existence of other periodicals:
Rothschild: Well, the magazine industry is in crisis. The newspaper industry is in crisis. A lot of the news weeklies donâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t know how to function right now; the idea that you have a Newsweek magazine right now, that's antiquated. That's a dinosaur. People get the news within minutes or hours; they donâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t need to go find it a week later as to what happens. So the intellectual reason for being for these magazines is kind of kaput. And their economic model is kaput, too.
So I think magazines, to the extent that they're going to be able to survive and the Progressive is going to be able to survive, need to become more like books or need to take a higher altitude look at the news and do investigative reporting and give people analysis that they can't find anywhere else. But if you just say what did Barack Obama say at his press conference yesterday, newspapers and magazines are going to go.
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Follow our four-point plan of attack to trace your roots in Spain, Portugal and the Basque region.
Since ancient times, the Iberian peninsula—encompassing Spain, Portugal, and the long-contested Basque country—has been coveted and conquered by the Romans, Germanic tribes, Arabs, Holy Roman Empire and Napoleon. For genealogists today, tracing your ancestry in the Iberian region is a conquest with its own challenges: language barriers, decentralized records, lagging digitization and state takeovers of church registers, among others.
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View Full Version : Kazekages?
10-08-2008, 02:40 PM
In all of the Naruto series, has there been a kamikaze other than that dumbass Deidara?
10-08-2008, 05:22 PM
kamikaze or kazekages?!?!??!!?
10-08-2008, 05:25 PM
Deidara, the newly appointed Kamikazekage! Unfortunately, like his predecessor, his reign was shortlived..
10-08-2008, 05:48 PM
lolwut? Deidara was never a Kazekage. Now, kamikaze is arguable, but take that to the Naruto Manga section.
Now, assuming by "Deidara" you meant "Gaara", yes, there have. Four others. One was Gaara's father. Another was puppetized by Sasori.
But if by "Kazekage" you meant "Tsuchikage" (the leader of the Rock village, Deidara's former village), we haven't learned anything about them. Deidara definitely wasn't one.
10-08-2008, 08:29 PM
He means self-righteous suicide I believe. Or just in general people that blow up for what they believe in. And a little spoiler below
He did not die
10-08-2008, 10:00 PM
yea he meant people that would kill themselves for their country or, cause. I cant think of anyone besides deidara, that was like that..... i guess hidan was sorta like that but he didnt really die, but theres that idea of hurting yourself to hurt others.
10-08-2008, 10:29 PM
:confused:im so confused right now... lmao
10-08-2008, 10:52 PM
Well, if that's what he meant, we need a mod to punt this shit to Naruto Manga. Don't you people ever stop posting spoilers outside of Naruto Manga?
In regards to giving one's life in order to defend one's beliefs/country:
That mindset describes every good shinobi, and most bad ones. It's considered honorable to die on a mission; more so if you die defending the village from direct attack. With the exception of defectors and probably a small percent, each and every shinobi loves his or her village and considers it worth more than his/her life.
So really, this thread shouldn't exist at all, because it's not exactly specific. It's like discussing shinobi who use kunai. Unless, of course, you meant shinobi who purposely and directly kill themselves for their village. In which case, they would do so if it would help the village; for example, when captured and being interrogated for vital information.
So now that that's answered, it doesn't really leave anything to discuss, which means this thread should be locked up anyway. That is, of course, assuming no one is boneheaded enough to try to assert that shinobi in general don't value their villages over their own lives. Then I'll prove them wrong, and then the thread can be locked.
10-08-2008, 11:39 PM
I think he meant just anyone who blew themselves up in order to kill people for whatever reason. The answer is yes. It was the current Kazekage, Gaara's uncle that put explosive tags all over his body in an attemp to kill Gaara when Gaara was just a sweet hearted little boy. The former Kazage, Gaara's father ordered it and that was probably the turning point that sent Gaara down the path of The Dark Side.
10-09-2008, 09:41 AM
thanks. I meant those who blew themselves up for whatever reason they believed in. And yes, kamikazes. Thanks for the spoiler. I should do some reasearch into it but I didn't know Deidara is still alive.
10-09-2008, 12:01 PM
Deidara's the only KAMIKAZEKAGE ever existed for his understanding in the artistic meaning of a blast !!!
10-09-2008, 12:05 PM
10-09-2008, 05:08 PM
I vote Deidara for the kazakage.
10-09-2008, 11:15 PM
I vote Deidara for the kazakage.
i second it
10-09-2008, 11:20 PM
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Edge Of Chaos 1.1
Interesting things happen at the boundary between order and chaos, where the qualities of both states are evident. There is enough order to retain information, and enough chaos to provide variety. A good way to explore this interesting phenomenon is to study a famous cellular automaton called "Conway's Game of Life" which inhabits the edge of chaos region. This screensaver allows you to explore the edge of chaos through the Game of Life.
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Five Cellular Automata 6.22
Software for exploring five cellular automata: q-state Life (a generalization of Conway's Game of Life), the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction, Togetherness, Viral Replication and Diffusion-Limited Aggregation. The documentation provides a complete description of the algorithms used.
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Severe thunderstorms could cross the region late tonight, the National Weather Service said.
A Hazardous Weather Outlook report warns of scattered thunderstorms in central North Carolina late Thursday and early Friday, including Cumberland and surrounding counties.
A few of these storms may become severe late this afternoon and evening, with the potential for damaging winds. The highest risk of storms in the area is between 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday.
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ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking was launched at the end of 2002 to allow nations to see how they compare against each other in the competition.
A new rankings list is published following every World Group round and nations at all levels of the competition have a ranking.
The rankings are used for seeding in all the Groups. However, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the World Group are always the previous year’s finalists.
For more details about how the rankings are calculated and used, please see the Rankings Explained page.
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Elizabeth Taylor's dressing room trailer from the set of Cleopatra has been vandalised.
I did not get to enjoy using the lavish French phone that she used or even her personal hair brush that probably still had some of her hair in it
Taylor fan Angel Alger purchased the trailer for a whopping $50,000 (£31,250) at an auction in Juneand loaned it out to TV bosses shooting Lindsay Lohan's new Lifetime movie Liz and Dick.
However, when the pink luxury trailer was returned to Alger last month, the iconic Home from Home was severely damaged, with cigarette burns on the fabric and shards of glass thrown about from broken mirrors and dishes, according to photos obtained by CNN.com.
An antique rocking chair used by the actress was also missing, as well as several of Taylor's other personal belongings.
Alger says, "I was specifically told that it would come back in pristine condition and in even better condition than it was at that time. "I did not get to enjoy using the lavish French phone that she used or even her personal hair brush that probably still had some of her hair in it.
Only a psychotic and rebellious person or people would steal irreplaceable museum belongings and leave it in this vandalised condition". However, Lohan's publicist, Steve Honig, has assured Alger the troubled 26 year old is not to blame, adding, "This has nothing to do with Lindsay". The cost of damages is estimated to be upwards of $100,000 (£62,500). | <urn:uuid:aa5af238-0cdb-446f-83ed-bbb6d37a9963> | 2013-05-24T02:05:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Quincy was not the star of her family; in fact she had no talent in any art medium whatsoever. She wanted to be a scientist! Worse, she wanted to explore space via her telescope. Despite her family's teasing, she explored the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter while everyone else swam, sailed, and worked on the Summer Show. A fortuitous hurricane changed attitudes, washed up sunken treasure, and complicated Quincy's life even more!
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Rangnick rejects Raul rumours
Raul joined Schalke last summer after 16 years at Real Madrid, during which time he broke the Spanish club's all-time goalscoring record, and has impressed in the Bundesliga, netting 14 times in 36 games. However, speculation continues to suggest the 34-year-old is not happy in Gelsenkirchen and that his relationship with the club has broken down.
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I was still sitting there, my eyes were practically burning up with the amount of rubbing I had been doing. It was not that I was surprised to see this, in fact it was quite the opposite.
"Hey Aaron, this is real you can stop trying to rub your eyes right out of your sockets."
Slowly I took my hands off my eyes as I looked around the room. Everything was still there, the dresses the furniture, the ponies...
"But this doesn't make any sense!" I screamed. I knew where I was, it made sense. But I'm not my pony self... I must of screamed loud enough to worry the neighbors because at this the purple unicorn sleeping on the couch jumped off the couch and onto the ground landing with a thud.
I slapped my hand right over my mouth as I sat completely still. After shaking her head for a bit the mare took a good look around spotting Isaac and Kathrine before setting her gaze on me. I half expected a look of fear or disgust to streak across her face, but instead she slowly walked up to me standing just a couple feet from where I sat. She tilted her head to the side as if she needed to get a better angle to observer and asked me;
"What are you?"
I hesitated for a bit before I spoke. How was I going to explain this..? How was I going to tell them..? My mind was spinning with all the questions in my mind fighting to be heard. If I was lucky maybe I would have to say a thing and I could just move on.
"Wait just a minute," Katherine said. "Before you start prying for information, mind telling us how we got here in the first place?"
The unicorn was about to say something when Isaac bolted straight up to stand.
"We could only be in Ponyville!" he said with a big smile. "And judging by the noise we made we should be expecting a pink mare in three... two... o-" Isaac was cut off as the front door swung open with such a force that I was surprised that it didn't fly off of its hinges.
"Oh my gosh I knew I heard new voices coming from here!" Said the pink mare standing in front of us. I blinked once and she seemed to just appear in front of my face just inches away.
I looked at Kathrine. She was just in as much shock as I was. For one thing Isaac had just managed to predict the future. On the other hand this particular mare seemed to posses the power of teleportation without the use of magic.
"I predict a party in the near future," Isaac said. The pink mare went wide eyed.
"Wow you can read minds too?! That's so cool!"
Isaac just had a grin on his face that stretched ear to ear that perfectly matched the pink mare.
Kathrine stood up on here hooves with a mean look on her face as she began to stare down every pony and person in the room. I could already tell that things are about to get real.
"Can someone please just where we are and why am I a unicorn?"
Isaac and the pink mare were already deep into an entirely different conversation completely ignoring Kathrine. I'm pretty sure I heard something about what color and shape of streamers complements the smells of vanilla icing.
I turned my attention to the two unicorns that stood in front of us. It was quite obvious that the lavender one had a lot of questions, but with a sigh of defeat she spoke.
"Right now you are in Equestria. To be more specific, you are in the Carousel Boutique in the small town of Ponyville."
"Are you hearing this Aaron?" Kathrine said with a scowl on her face. "This sounds like something right from bedtime stories."
"What ever do you mean by that dear?" the white unicorn said.
"Well for one thing, you guys are all ponies with magical powered that live peacefully in a world of sunshine and happiness." Katherine looked over to me. "But what I don't understand is why we are all ponies too, and more importantly, why isn't Aaron here a pony like us?"
"Hold on a second," The purple mare said. "What do you mean by 'Why are we all ponies'?" A look of slight confusion spread across her face. "Does that mean you weren't originally ponies?"
"Well yeah, just a couple minutes ago we looked like that," Katherine said pointing a hoof at me. "Not quite as messy though."
The mare didn't even seem like she was listening anymore she had turned to face the other unicorn in the room as she began to speak.
"I knew this was a bad idea Rarity! I knew something bad was going to happen. I don't know why you couldn't just go and see the author for yourself."
The white unicorn just stood there in shock for a bit before she retorted.
"You wanted to meet him as much as I did Twilight, please, do not blame all of this on me."
The purple mare just blushed the tiniest bit as she began to plan her next sentence.
"Well look what we have now. Two new ponies and this odd creature."
I frowned a bit. "Hey I'm still here you know."
They just brushed off the comment as if it was nothing.
"Well as long as these ponies and that thing are here in Ponyville they will need a place to sleep."
"They can't sleep at the Boutique, I am simply to busy."
"Rarity you're always busy with stuff! You should loosen up a bit and come to these ponies welcome party!" The pink mare said.
"Well they can stay at the library until we can figure out what to do with them." The purple mare said. "Now that we have that figured out, allow me to introduce myself. My name is-"
"Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's star student." Isaac said with a big grin.
Twilight looked at me with a mixture of shock and fear.
"How did he..?"
I just shrugged.
"Your guess is as good as mine."
Twilight just shook the though from her mind as she continued.
"These are my friends Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Rarity runs the boutique that you ponies are currently in and Pinkie Pie here works at the local bakery."
Suddenly Pinkie appeared right in front of me and pushed her hoof up to my nose.
"Your turn!" she said with a smile.
"Well... My name is Aaron and these are my friends Kathrine and Sticks."
Isaac gave me a dirty look as he stared at me. He opened his mouth to speak, but Kathrine cut him off. Good thing too, Isaac didn't look like he was about to say something quite appropriate for the situation.
"Don't mind Sticks, he has quite the temper." She turned to face Isaac and puffed up his face with her hooves. "Don't you Sticks," She said with devious smile.
Sticks just pushed her hooves away as he walked the two of them walked over to me. It was weird to see them as ponies. They now stood at half the height of their human personas. They barley resembled their old selves. All except for Isaac who was still as skinny as ever.
Twilight just looked at us.
"Well we better get to the library, it's getting dark outside. Good thing too, I don't want any of the ponies seeing you... Aaron was it?
I just nodded in agreement. I was glad that no other ponies would see me. These three seemed to take it quite well, but with my knowledge of the small town and all the things that happened, I don't think the town took catastrophic events to well.
As Twilight opened the door with her magic as we walked out into the cool summer breeze.
"Don't forget to come to your welcome to Ponyville party tomorrow!" Pinkie said. "I'll be waiting!"
We all turned to wave goodbye to the pink mare, each of us had a genuine smile on our faces. I don't know if it was the air or what but that mare just gave off that glow that just begged me to smile.
I turned back to look at Ponyville. It was so peaceful at night, I had only visited the town once before, but that had been in the day time. I was overseeing the release of my book here in Ponyville. Now that I think of it, Rarity and Twilight looked a little familiar.
"Were here," Twilight said opening the door the library with her magic. "Make yourselves at home and sorry for the mess. I didn't have the chance to clean up the place before I left."
I looked around the tree house. As far as I could tell I could only see two books lying closed on the floor. Kathrine broke out into laughter.
"HA! If you think this is bad then you should see Aaron's apartment! It looked like the entire room was attacked by a small tornado!"
As Twilight closed the door and shelved the books she turned to look at us.
"He lives in an apartment?" She obviously was intrigued.
I chuckled under my breath.
"Well working as a waiter won't exactly get me a home. The last thing I need to worry about is paying the bills for an entire home. Those bills on top of my school work would be way to much for me to handle."
Twilight now had a quill and paper out in front of her, hovering in mid air with her magic. Quickly she wrote down a small note and turned to face us again.
"Fascinating, You seem to come from a civilized society. You even have your own education system!" she blinked in surprise. "Not to mention you speak Equestrian."
"I was thinking the same thing," Kathrine said. "I was wondering why all you ponies could speak English."
"This is gonna be one looooong night dood..."
I was already explaining the history of our nation to Twilight. It was well past midnight and Sticks and Kathrine had already fallen asleep in sleeping bags that Twilight had given them.
Twilight had a tall stack of paper sitting next to her as I told her about our nation. I was in the middle of telling her about the Articles of Confederation when she snapped her quill for the billionth time tonight.
"Oh no... That was my last one..."
I let out a deep sigh, thank God and the godesses. I was burnt out.
"Well you better get some sleep Aaron. You'll need the energy for Pinkie party tomorrow."
I smiled as she hovered a blanket and small pillow to me.
"I hope you don't mind sleeping on the floor tonight. I don't exactly have any sleeping bags in your size..."
I just smiled warmly.
"It's no problem Twilight, you're already doing us a big favor just letting us stay here."
With that she smiled back to me and wished me a good night as she blew out the candle on the table and made her way up to her bed.
I placed the pillow on the ground and wrapped myself in the small blanket that she gave me. With the soft light emanating of the moon and the peaceful sounds of the night all around me, it didn't take too long until I slipped into a deep sleep...
"Hey! Hey! Wake up sleepy head! AJ! Wake up!"
Authors Note: Sorry for the HUGE delay! I just had a serious case of the block recently, but I am proud to say that I am back to my old self again and I will be writing a lot more now!
On a side note Sticks is a Closet Brony so that's why Aaron and Kathrine have no idea why he can predict these things. And Aaron is not my real name, I only self inserted my OC persona.
Comments, suggestions, opinions and anything of that sort is all welcome! I am open to all of that and I take it all to heart! | <urn:uuid:8c12eac9-891b-46fb-bc13-821777f4285e> | 2013-05-24T01:51:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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As below I'm a 90kg intermediate long term surfer. I've had a 6'8" Alt which I got as I was coming back into the water after a long layoff. While it's fine I feel I can do with a touch less volume. I recently bought a 6'4" Futura which paddles fine. While it hasn't got float for the absolutely most gutless waves, it has enough for most conditions. Copunterbalancing that, as I'm getting older I feel like I can benefit from a touch more width than is probably "standard" on my boards.
The board would be used typically in head high plus beach break, reef break and point conditions. While there is no doubt a lot of overlap with the Alt and the Futura, so far I'm finding the Alt just a touch more responsive.
So I was wondering what views there were around me doing a CBD customisation on a 6'6" by making only one change, namely bringing the width out to somewhere between 20" and 20.25". The latter width is exactly the same as the 6'8" which I like, and indeed provided that's not considered too extreme that's probably what I'd do. It'd probably replace the 6'8" but I may keep the 6'8" for a while just out of caution. | <urn:uuid:21cbc531-8fe9-419d-8152-efdc1dbbea14> | 2013-05-24T01:52:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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So what foods should you integrate into your diet to stimulate and enhance your natural beauty? Here are the top ten "Super Foods" for your hair and skin:
1. Wild Salmon; strengthens and encourages growth
2. Organic Eggs; shines and strengthens
3. Lentils; Strengthens and encourages growth
4. Collard Greens; supports natural conditioning agents
5. Flax Seeds; prevents hair loss and encourages growth
6. Olive Oil; prevents hair loss
7. Greek Yogurt; encourages growth
8. Grass-Fed Beef; prevents graying and hair loss
9. Almonds; shines and prevents hair loss
10. Quinoa; reconstructs, strengthens, encourages growth
I like to make a simple smoothie that combines the health benefits of these vitamin- and mineral-rich ingredients with other healthy ingredients that, together, taste delicious. A "Super Smoothie."
Bruce Fisher's "Super Smoothie"
1 Large Organic Peach
6 Organic Strawberries with Stems
One handful of fresh parsley
1 tbsp. Flax Seed
10 oz. Water
Blend together with your desired amount of ice and enjoy...the smoothie and the skin! | <urn:uuid:1e59a17c-db21-4e9c-8223-993bb7deffe2> | 2013-05-24T01:51:30Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This exercise is hard to do, but it provides a superb workout for your abs and lower back. To ease into it, begin with something less than a fully outstretched position. As you reach the outstretched position, you’ll look like Superman flying.
- Lie face down with your legs straight and with your arms extended straight in front of you.
- Raise your upper torso and lower legs off the floor.
- Hold this position briefly.
- Return to your original position. | <urn:uuid:9122c807-c5ac-425d-b41e-522c7bdaae97> | 2013-05-24T01:56:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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If you're craving something sweet, but know a cookie will have you feeling flat, reach for this warm, low-cal option instead: honey roasted cinnamon chickpeas. High in protein and fiber, chickpeas offer a satisfying crunch when roasted, and if you toss them with a little honey and cinnamon, you'll have a sweet treat that will also give you a boost of energy.
Roasted Honey Cinnamon Chickpeas
15-ounce can organic garbanzo beans
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- Preheat oven to 375 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat silicone mat.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas in a colander. Place them on a towel to dry off.
- Spread chickpeas on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until crispy. Test one, and if it's still soft, bake for longer.
- While the chickpeas are still hot, toss them in a bowl with the oil, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Enjoy as is or for a caramelized effect, place them back in the oven for another 10 minutes or so.
- Store leftover chickpeas in an airtight container.
Makes four servings. See below for the nutritional information of one serving.
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"Did Elijah knew the day of his Rapture ? ( Interesting )"
2 Kings 2:9
"When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”
Yes he did and even the other prophets knew. The time now drew near
when Elijah was to be taken up into heaven (2 Kings 2:1-12). He had a
presentiment of what was awaiting him. He went down to Gilgal, where
was a school of the prophets, and where his successor Elisha, whom he
had anointed some years before, resided. Elisha was solemnized by the
thought of his master's leaving him, and refused to be parted from him.
"They two went on," and came to Bethel and Jericho, and crossed the
Jordan, the waters of which were "divided hither and thither" when
smitten with Elijah's mantle. Arrived at the borders of Gilead, which
Elijah had left many years before, it "came to pass as they still went
on and talked" they were suddenly separated by a chariot and horses of
fire; and "Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven, "Elisha receiving
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Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Moisture Alarms for Bed-Wetting
Moisture alarms are the most successful single treatment for bed-wetting.1 They work best for older children who can hear the alarm and wake themselves. If attempts to use a reward system (motivational therapy), drink most fluids in the morning and afternoon, and use the toilet right before going to bed aren't helping, then an alarm may be a good choice for your child. Moisture alarms may be used with other treatments. The alarms aren't meant for children who wet the bed only once or twice a week.2
Moisture alarms for bed-wetting are worn on the body and make a sound when urine first touches the child's underclothing. The child is encouraged to try to "beat the buzzer." When the alarm sounds, the child:
- Gets out of bed and turns off the alarm.
- Goes to the bathroom to finish urinating (even if the child no longer feels any need to).
- Changes clothing and wipes down or replaces the moisture sensor.
- Changes the linens or puts a towel on any wet spot.
- Resets the alarm and goes back to sleep.
At first, parents may need to help the child with all of the above steps. Children younger than 10 may not hear the alarm, but the treatment still works if parents hear it and wake the child. Also, the parent or child may keep a chart or calendar of dry, wet, and wet-spot nights to encourage the child. The child's doctor will want updates on how this method is working.
A child is less likely to return to bed-wetting after using a moisture alarm if:
- Treatment is continued until the child has been dry every night in a row for at least 2 weeks. It can take up to 4 months to see results.2
- The child drinks extra liquids during the day toward the end of treatment, to stretch the bladder.
Moisture alarms are inexpensive, safe, and fairly simple to use. But the child and the parents need to be trained on how to use the alarm.
- Graham KM, Levy JB (2009). Enuresis. Pediatrics in Review, 30(5): 165–173.
- National Clinical Guideline Centre (2010). Nocturnal enuresis: The management of bedwetting in children and young people. London (UK): National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Available online: http://www.guidelines.gov/content.aspx?id=25680.
Other Works Consulted
- Glazener CMA, et al. (2005). Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2).
|Primary Medical Reviewer||Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics|
|Specialist Medical Reviewer||Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MD, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics|
|Last Revised||October 24, 2012|
Last Revised: October 24, 2012
Author: Healthwise Staff
To learn more visit Healthwise.org
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Regulation and Rulemaking
- Immediately after being sworn in as Florida's 45th Governor, Governor Rick Scott signed Executive Order No. 11-01 establishing the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform (OFARR), and requiring approval by OFARR of all new regulatory activity proposed by state agencies under the direction of the Governor and review of all existing rules.
- In its first three months of operation, OFARR reviewed more than 11,000 regulations and, with the help of other agencies, targeted more than 1,000 regulations that could be repealed.
On April 8, 2011, Governor Scott issued Executive Order 11-72, which reaffirms OFARR's critical role in ensuring common sense and accountability in state regulation.
Executive Order 11-72, Section 3.1 states, in part, that OFARR shall:
(1) Review proposed and existing rules and regulations to ensure that they do not:
(a.) unnecessarily restrict entry into a profession or occupation;
(b.) adversely affect the availability of professional or occupational services to the public;
(c.) unreasonably affect job creation or job retention;
(d.) place unreasonable restrictions on individuals attempting to find employment;
(e.) impose unjustified costs on business; or
(f.) impose an unjustified overall cost and economic impact, including indirect cost to consumers.
Read the entire order.
Existing Rules and Regulations
What is the status of Governor Scott's review of all existing agency rules?
Learn how to navigate
the Existing Rules Analysis Dashboard.
What are the results of Governor Scott's review of all existing agency rules?
Agency Responses to the Analytical Questionnaire
See how agencies answered questions about their regulations and what recommendations they made. The data is available as an all-inclusive spreadsheet.
Summary Reports of the Rule Review
Browse reports showing which rules and statutes agencies recommended for repeal or revision.
What are the results of other agencies' review of all existing rules?
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Proposed Rules and Regulations
What is the status of Governor Scott's review of all rules proposed for promulgation?
2013 Rule Notification Report (Updated May 17, 2013)
2012 Rule Notification Report
2012a Rule Notification Report (January – July 2012)
2011 Rule Notification Report (August – December 2011)
2011b Rule Authorization Report (July – August 2011)
2011a Rule Authorization Report (January – July 2011)
Other Relevant Websites
- Florida Administrative Weekly and Florida Administrative Code
- Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (Also known as f.a.l.c.o.n.)
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An important dynamic in any relationship is one's general level of contentment in life.
As a single, you are somewhere on the range of contentment. You might be extremely content or very discontented, or anywhere in between.
When people marry, their range of contentment can shift in either direction, or it can stay relatively the same as it was when both parties were single.1 If it's higher post-marriage, then you've found the goldmine. If it's lower, you've unfortunately found the landmine! Before marriage, most anticipate that exchanging rings will lead to the goldmine.
Many factors play into which mine you are likely to strike after marriage. If you experienced a low level of contentment as a single, expecting marriage to propel you to marital bliss probably won't happen. On the other hand, if you are already highly content as a single, you very well may find marriage to be the goldmine. Wherever you're at right now, if you're not content, don't count on marriage to make everything better!
Often there are spiritual and emotional issues that we need to address. If you've encountered pain in your life that hasn't been faced, please take the time to work through it now before marriage. I'm not saying a person who's struggled in life can't be a good spouse, but it often takes more work to get there. Wishing away the hurt isn't going to resolve it. God can help you face the circumstances that were not the way you would have written life's script. God's power, your openness, and often the support of a counselor and community, are key in your move toward wholeness. Jesus said in Matthew 5:4, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Burying our pain only delays the inevitable.
It's OK to expect your friend to deal with his/her pain before getting married! Imagine two construction workers standing next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. How silly would it be for one to say to the other, "So when do we start the addition?" The structure needs to be shored up before you can add to it and expect it to survive and thrive over time. Wounds in life happen, often without our vote, but each one of us has a choice about what we do with those pains. If you or your friend needs to work through past pains, do it now before moving forward in your relationship. Needs that either of you have now may look very different after you've addressed those emotional wounds. | <urn:uuid:28d7122b-49df-40eb-bcb8-66fcd70b13bd> | 2013-05-24T01:44:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Inspired by the traditional Greek potato-and-garlic dip skordalia, this dip is loaded up with the best potato skin toppings: sour cream, scallions and crispy potato skins and bacon.
- 2 strips bacon
- 2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 cloves garlic, smashed
- 3 to 4 Yukon gold potatoes (about 1 pound)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- Potato chips, for dipping
- Assorted vegetables such as bell pepper strips and celery sticks, for dipping
Cook the bacon in a medium skillet set over medium heat until crispy, about 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain. Add 2/3 cup of the oil and the garlic to the skillet with the bacon drippings. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is golden, about 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Peel the potatoes and slice the potato skins into very thin strips (the thinner your cut the strips the crispier they will be). Toss the strips with 1/4 teaspoon salt, some pepper and the remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Spread in an even layer and bake on an ungreased rimmed baking sheet, stirring once, until golden and crispy, about 15 minutes.
Cut the peeled potatoes into 1-inch chunks and put in a saucepan. Cover with cold water by about 2 inches and add a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce the heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and allow to cool slightly. Pass the potatoes through a ricer into a medium bowl or mash with a potato masher until smooth.
Pour the oil and garlic mixture into the bowl of a food processor and puree. Add the potatoes, vinegar, 1/3 cup water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste and pulse until just creamy and combined; do not over process or the potatoes will become gluey. Add up to 3 tablespoons more water if necessary so that the dip is soft and spreadable. Season with additional salt and pepper.
Transfer the dip to a shallow serving bowl. Crumble the bacon and sprinkle it over the dip along with the crispy potato skins and scallions. Top with sour cream and serve warm or at room temperature with potato chips and cut up vegetables for dipping.
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- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 Golden Delicious apples, plus 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, sliced thin and tossed with 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup, plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, chilled
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
To prepare filling; melt butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat, add apple slices and cook, stirring frequently, for about 15 minutes. Mix flour, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl and gently stir mixture into apples. Continue to cook until apples are soft but not mushy, about 5 minutes.
Mix cornstarch and 1 1/2 cups water together in a small bowl, and stir into apple mixture. Set aside.
To prepare topping; mix together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the milk and vanilla, and quickly blend together with spatula.
To assemble the pie; drop heaping tablespoons of biscuit mixture on top of apples, covering most of the center of the mixture. Sprinkle top with remaining sugar and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 40 minutes, or until top is golden. Remove pie from oven and let stand for at least 5 minutes before serving. | <urn:uuid:0895d412-50ae-413f-b199-60d502b24540> | 2013-05-24T01:32:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Appiah wary of Niger threat
By Football News
Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah has warned his side's upcoming Africa Cup of Nations match against Niger will be their toughest yet.
The Black Stars sit on top of Group B after following up a surprise 2-2 draw against the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a narrow 1-0 win over Mali.
While the Ghanaians are currently in a strong position, Appiah was quick to stress his side are no certainties to qualify and must prepare well in order to overcome Niger.
"We have played two games and for me the next game is the most difficult one," he said.
"They (Niger) are very disciplined tactically and I see it as a game that will be very difficult for us. For that reason we need to prepare very well."
Midfielder Derek Boateng echoed his coach's sentiments, insisting his team-mates will go into the game with confidence after preparing thoroughly.
"This game is not going to be easy but we have prepared and we have been training very hard," the Ukrainian-based player said.
"We are ready for them, every country that plays against Ghana finds it very tough. It will be more difficult than our two previous games. We know that but we will try and go out and win the game." | <urn:uuid:82f492f5-6f30-4e30-aa9d-2fafd66d8b47> | 2013-05-24T02:00:07Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Biologist and researcher Christl Meyer has provided scientific evidence proving without doubt that the so called "HIV-virus", which is claimed
to be the cause of AIDS, does not exist.
In this interview with Jane Burgermeister, Christl Meyer explains the
HIV conspiracy and why the HIV vaccine campaign must be considered a
genocide against Africans and the "Third World". In addition the
campaign for HIV disturbs the Human Rights of everyone.
Because there is no virus causing a syndrome called AIDS, there is no
standard for a HIV (AIDS) test. People can show positive even after a | <urn:uuid:e3930a0c-9366-40de-8894-1c67cfb8436f> | 2013-05-24T01:50:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Susan B. Glasser ("Head of State," July/August 2012) does a good job of chronicling Hillary Clinton's successes and setbacks as U.S. secretary of state. True, Clinton has been marginalized by her initial diplomatic inexperience and exclusion from President Barack Obama's inner circle. But she argued in favor of two key administration initiatives (the 2009 Afghanistan troop surge and the 2011 Osama bin Laden raid), constructed the NATO coalition that helped the Libyan people overthrow Muammar al-Qaddafi, and advocated the "pivot" to Asia, which has increased U.S. popularity in the region.
I argue in a forthcoming essay that there are five types of secretaries of state. "Prime ministers" such as Martin Van Buren and William H. Seward are influential in foreign and domestic policy, while "foreign ministers" such as John Quincy Adams and George C. Marshall control foreign policy in partnership with the president. "Junior partners" like Thomas Jefferson and Colin Powell wield some power over foreign policy but are not its primary architects, whereas "figureheads" like John Sherman and Robert Lansing have almost no say in foreign policy. "Caretakers" such as Edward Everett and Robert Bacon only hold office for a short time.
I would characterize Clinton as a junior partner, albeit a high-profile one. She is the first elected official to transition directly to secretary of state since Edmund Muskie during the Carter administration. The last time such a prominent political leader assumed the post was when President Harry Truman tapped James F. Byrnes in 1945. Byrnes's influence declined over the course of his brief tenure, however, while Clinton's stature has grown.
Today, Clinton is one of the most popular politicians in the United States and once again finds herself responding to speculation that she will run for president in 2016. That's quite a turnaround for someone whose appointment was initially greeted with doubts about whether she was up to the job.
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Britain 1955 - Moss makes history 16 Jul 2003
At Aintree in 1955 Stirling Moss became the first British driver to win his home Grand Prix. However, to this day the Englishman remains unsure whether he took victory purely on merit, or was in fact gifted the win by his team mate, Juan Manuel Fangio.
Both men were driving for the mighty Mercedes-Benz team, which having returned to Grand Prix racing in 1954, was dominating the 1955 season. Their four cars all qualified in the top five, with only Maserati's Jean Behra able to split the straight-eight powered Silver Arrows.
Moss was on pole, with Fangio alongside him and it was the legendary Argentine who made the better start, immediately moving into the lead. Behra, meanwhile, got too much wheelspin off the line, allowing the other Mercedes of Karl Kling and Pierro Taruffi to move into third and fourth.
That didn't last long though, as Behra quickly recovered to lift his Maserati back into third. However, his charge was in vain as his Italian machine fell prey to an oil leak just nine laps in to the 90-lap marathon.
Meanwhile, at the front Moss had wrested the lead from his illustrious team mate, only for Fangio to quickly retake it. However, despite an apparently rigorous defence from the reigning champion, Moss was again ahead on lap 26, after which the pair ran nose to tail for the remainder of the race.
Only coming out of the final corner did Fangio mount an attack, drawing alongside Moss to ensure the pair crossed the finish line side-by-side, with the latter winning the race in front of an ecstatic home crowd by just 0.2 seconds.
Moss later described it his best British Grand Prix performance, though the more cynical have always maintained that Fangio was simply in a charitable mood. However, the Argentine would never admit it and when he passed away in 1995, what really happened that summer day at Aintree went with him to the grave.
Since then ten drivers have joined Moss on the list of British drivers to have triumphed in their home Grand Prix and between them they have won 20 of the 53 races to date. In chronological order, the winners were Moss, Tony Brooks (shared victory with Moss), Peter Collins, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, John Watson, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and David Coulthard. | <urn:uuid:969f9869-b579-4168-8bae-de0ed3bff612> | 2013-05-24T01:29:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is an antelope species native to the Indian Subcontinent that has been classified as near threatened by IUCN since 2003, as the blackbuck range has decreased sharply during the 20th century.
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By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A letter that had prompted Mark Hurd's abrupt resignation as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co was ordered unsealed by a Delaware judge, potentially revealing more details of his dramatic exit last year.
The letter was sent to Hurd from Gloria Allred, a high-profile California lawyer, on behalf of an independent contractor who had accused him of sexual harassment. It prompted the world's top computer maker to investigate Hurd, who has since joined Oracle Corp as president.
Although HP's board found no evidence of sexual harassment, Hurd, 53, stepped down on August 6 after the company accused him of filing inaccurate expense reports involving Jodie Fisher, the contractor.
Delaware Chancery Judge Donald Parsons wrote in an opinion issued late Thursday that much of the information was already public and he determined the contents of the letter were not protected.
"We are disappointed with the court's ruling," said Hurd's lawyer, Amy Wintersheimer. "We believe the letter, which was clearly marked 'confidential,' should remain that way."
Parsons ordered the letter to be made public in 10 days. However, Hurd's lawyer said her client intends to appeal, which will likely delay the order to lift the seal.
The 71-page opinion disclosed some of the letter's details, noting that Hurd was accused of using corporate funds to "wine and dine" Fisher and leaked to her "potentially material" nonpublic information about the company.
"While some of the allegations in the letter concerning Hurd's conduct vis-a-vis Fisher are candid, they are not graphic or lurid," wrote Parsons. "Unsealing the letter would not publicly reveal entirely new information about Hurd; instead, it simply would provide more details concerning a matter of established public knowledge."
Parsons did write that the letter contains some "intimate details" about Hurd's private life and his relationship with his family.
The judge specifically cited portions of the letter that would remain under seal. For example, the order read "On page seven, first full paragraph: redact the entire rest of the paragraph following the first sentence ending with 'a married man'."
Hurd and Fisher have said the letter contains "many inaccuracies."
The dispute over the letter stems from a lawsuit by a shareholder, Ernesto Espinoza, who is seeking HP's records relating to Hurd's resignation and severance package. The company agreed the letter was not confidential, but Hurd intervened in the case to fight to keep it from the public.
Fisher has said the letter contained "many inaccuracies."
Espinoza's lawyers did not return a call for comment.
The case is Ernesto Espinoza v Hewlett Packard Co, Delaware Chancery Court, No. 6000.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said he would have to go back and check with the Department of Justice whether Attorney General Eric Holder's "three criteria" for the targeted killing of Americans also applied to Americans inside the U.S.
Pressed by House lawmakers about a recent speech in which Holder described the legal justification for assassination, Mueller, who was attending a hearing on his agency's budget, did not say without qualification that the three criteria could not be applied inside the U.S.
"I have to go back. Uh, I'm not certain whether that was addressed or not," Mueller said when asked by Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., about a distinction between domestic and foreign targeting
Graves followed up asking whether "from a historical perspective," the federal government has "the ability to kill a U.S. citizen on United States soil or just overseas."
"I'm going to defer that to others in the Department of Justice," Mueller replied.
Indeed, Holder's Monday speech at Northwestern University seemed to leave the door open. While Holder speaks of Americans who lead al Qaeda overseas, the implications of the speech seem broad.
"First, the U.S. government has determined, after a thorough and careful review, that the individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States; second, capture is not feasible; and third, the operation would be conducted in a manner consistent with applicable law of war principles," Holder said.
Holder said the feasibility of capturing a U.S. citizen terrorist is "fact-specific and potentially time-sensitive."
"Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack. In that case, our government has the clear authority to defend the United States with lethal force," he said.
Three Americans were killed last year when lethal force was used against American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki is credited with helping plot the foiled Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and inspiring the Fort Hood shooting. The two others killed -- his son and a cohort who published his online terror magazine "Inspire" -- were considered by the U.S. to be collateral damage.
Asked about Mueller's response, the Justice Department said the answer is "pretty straightforward."
"The legal framework (Holder) laid out applies to U.S. citizens outside of U.S.," said a spokeswoman pulling excerpts from the attorney general's speech.
Holder said the circumstance were legal when it is a case of "an operation using lethal force in a foreign country, targeted against a U.S. citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces, and who is actively engaged in planning to kill Americans.
The circumstances "are sufficient under the Constitution for the United States to use lethal force against a U.S. citizen abroad," Holder added.
However, the attorney general, referencing legal authority in the War on Terror that dates back to the George W. Bush administration, said the Obama administration is not bound to a particular battlefield.
"Neither Congress nor our federal courts has limited the geographic scope of our ability to use force to the current conflict in Afghanistan," he said.
Holder argued in his remarks that it is "simply not accurate" that the president must get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen terrorist.
"Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process," he said.
But Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine on Wednesday that Holder's remarks not only would be seen by the framers of the Constitution as "the very definition of authoritarian power," but were met "not with outcry but muted applause."
"Holder's new definition of 'due process' was perfectly Orwellian," Turley wrote. "What Holder is describing is a model of an imperial presidency that would have made Richard Nixon blush. ...
"Where due process once resided, Holder offered only an assurance that the president would kill citizens with care. While that certainly relieved any concern that Obama would hunt citizens for sport, Holder offered no assurances on how this power would be used in the future beyond the now all-too-familiar 'trust us' approach to civil liberties of this administration," he wrote. | <urn:uuid:fba112b5-8954-4d84-97af-735ec859fd4f> | 2013-05-24T01:59:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|4334141||Combined electric water heating and vessel support plate for a beverage preparation device||June, 1982||Roller et al.||219/301|
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The present invention relates to a flow-through heater, particularly for a coffee or tea maker, composed of a hollow body provided with an inlet and an outlet and with an electrical resistance heating element which completely or partially surrounds the hollow body.
Flow-through heaters of this type are known in various forms.
In addition to the use of such flow-through heaters for coffee or tea makers, other uses are also known for flow-through heaters which all employ the same operational principle, namely that a medium to be heated flows into the flow-through heater through its inlet, is heated in it while flowing through the hollow body and leaves the flow-through heater again through its outlet.
In prior art flow-through heaters, the electrical resistance heating element is composed of heating wires or flat heaters which are wound around the hollow body or are cast completely or partially into the hollow body.
This structural principle has a negative influence on the size of the prior art flow-through heater and also on its design possibilities. The heating wires surrounding the hollow body enlarge the total volume of the prior art flow-through heaters, with the overall dimensions of prior art flow-through heaters in any case having to be rather large to produce the respectively required heating power.
In designing the, prior art flow-through heaters, the engineer has had to take care that it remains possible to wind the resistance wires around the heater or cast the wires into the heater so that his freedom of design is limited considerably in the sense of optimum adaptation to the intended purpose.
It is the object of the present invention to create a flow-through heater of this type which is small and can be oriented almost without limits to its respective purpose of use or application.
This object is accomplished by the invention by providing a body composed of an electrically non-conductive material or having a thin insulating coating and an electrical resistance heating element composed of a resistive paste printed and sintered onto at least partial regions of the exterior surface of the hollow body.
Due to the fact that the electrical resistance heating element is printed and sintered onto the hollow body, on the one hand, an increase in the volume of the entire flow-through heater because of the resistance heating element itself is practically avoided and the advantage is realized, on the other hand, that the flow-through heater can be adapted in a substantially optimum manner to its respective intended purpose since practically the only factor to be considered in its design is that it must be possible to imprint the hollow body with an appropriate resistive paste.
By using an electrically non-conductive material or an electrically conductive material which, however, is provided with a thin insulating layer, the electrical safety of such a flow-through heater is ensured without difficulty.
The imprinting of such materials with appropriate resistive pastes and sintering on these resistive pastes for the purpose of forming heating elements is known per se under the term of hybrid heating elements. However, in the past, such hybrid heating elements have been produced and employed exclusively as contact heating elements which serve to transfer heat to other components. The use of conventional hybrid heating elements for flow-through heaters would thus not bring any advantage over the prior art.
Further features of the invention are described below.
Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the attached drawing figures and will be described in greater detail below.
FIG. 1 is a perspective partial view of tubular flow-through heater;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cylindrical flow-through heater;
FIG. 3 is a view of a tubular, flattened flow-through heater;
FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of arrow IV of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a top view of a flow-through heater according to a further embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 is a view in the direction of arrow VI of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a top view of a flow-through heater according to a further embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8a to FIG. 8g, are various cross-sectional configurations for flow-through heaters according to the invention.
FIG. 1 shows in a perspective view a tubular flow-through heater which in its entirety is marked with the reference numeral 10. This flow-through heater 10 is composed of a hollow body 11 in the form of a tube and a resistive paste 12 printed and sintered onto this hollow body to serve as an electrical resistance heating element.
Hollow body 11 is either produced of an electrically non-conductive material or is composed of an electrically conductive material which is provided with a thin insulating layer.
In the latter case, the hollow body 11 may be composed, for example, of steel, with a thin ceramic coating being provided as the insulating layer. The resistive paste 12 is printed and sintered onto this ceramic coating.
In the flow-through heater illustrated FIG. 1, one end of the tube 13 is employed as the inlet and the other end of the tube, not shown in FIG. 1, is used as the outlet for flow-through heater 10.
The flow-through heater 10 shown in a perspective view in FIG. 2 is also composed of a hollow body 11 having an inlet 13 and an outlet 14 as well as a resistive paste 12 printed and sintered onto the hollow body so as to form the electrical resistance heating element for flow-through heater 10.
As in the case of the tubular flow-through heater illustrated in FIG. 1, hollow body 11 of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 is also produced of an electrically non-conductive material or is provided with an insulating layer.
In the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the resistive paste 12 is printed onto each of respective hollow bodies -1 in the form of circumferential helixes.
FIGS. 3 and 4 show a further embodiment of a tubular flow-through heater 10.
Here, the center region of the tubular hollow body 11 is flattened so as to create substantially planar surfaces for the imprinting with resistive paste 12.
Inlet 13 and outlet 14 of flow-through heater 10, however, are left cylindrical so as to be able to connect without difficulty corresponding hose-type connecting members to flow-through heater 10.
FIG. 4 illustrates how the tubular shaped flow-through heater 10 is curved.
FIG. 5, in conjunction with FIG. 6, illustrates the many different possibilities that exist with respect to the design of flow-through heaters 10 according to the invention.
For example, two mutually parallel tube sections 16 which are connected with one another by means of a center web 15, may be provided with an electrical resistance heating element by means of an imprinted and sintered-on resistive paste 12 and the two tube sections may be connected with one another by means of a connecting piece 17.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, tube sections 16 are also flattened so as to provide a surface that is as planar as possible for the imprinting of resistive paste 12.
The embodiment according to FIG. 7 illustrates that hollow bodies 11 of any desired curvature can be provided with an electrical resistance heating element in the form of an imprinted and sintered-on resistive paste 12 so as to create a flow-through heater 10.
FIGS. 8a to 8g illustrate that ultimately any desired cross-sectional configurations can be employed for the hollow bodies 11, particularly those which have planar faces in any case, such as square, rectangular or polygonal profiles; multi-chamber profiles (see FIG. 8g) may also be employed.
The illustrated embodiments serve merely to indicate the multifaceted design possibilities for flow-through heaters according to the invention.
Particularly in connection with flow-through heaters for coffee or tea makers it is often important to design the flow-through heater in such a manner that it is adaptable to the exterior shape of the coffee or tea maker. This requirement in particular can be optimally met with the present invention.
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Yes, history is always literal. No, the Bible is not literal.
Correlating the two statements above is left as an exercise to the reader.
5/28/2006 5:15:45 AM
non-literal history is false history. Congratulations, you've made a pointless sentence. You've also included two unsupported assertions and an imperative that proves nothing. Conclusion: this entire post is pointless.
5/28/2006 5:25:57 AM
\"Oh, and yes, Genesis 1 is literal. History if always literal.\"
Tell me you're not really this gullable.
5/28/2006 5:53:42 AM
Napoleon the Clown
This logic and pastorkevin have something in common. Three guesses what it is. *Hint: It has to do with the fact that the good pastor has his head shoved up his ass atleast to the shoulders.*
5/28/2006 6:44:10 AM
1. Doesn't cross referencing Adam and Eve throughout the bible discredit everything that references them, including Jesus?
2. History is written by the fucking winners. This is why \"God\" is monotheistic instead of part of a pantheon - it was a rewrite by the Ugaritic monarchy!
3. Some minor problems with Genesis 1.
According to Genesis the world was created in this order:
4- Day and Night
5- Water creatures
6- Land creatures
The Theory (and it is one because it hasn't been proven) of Evolution suggests this same order.
Well see not all of that's evolution for starters.
Furthermore - Water requires oxygen - oxygen is a product of Beryllium fusion in stars - stars weren't made until the 4th day, yet water was there on the 1st?
He spent three days labouring over Earth and then just happened throw together the stars etc when Earth consists of approximately 1x10-70 of the mass of the universe. That's a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a ten billionth.
And that firmament was an interesting thing - I guess that's why they had to fake the moon landing, right?
It mentioned whales as water creatures - yet whales were land creatures that returned to the sea only 50 million years ago, over 300 million years after their ancestors crawled onto the land.
It says birds were made before land animals, yet birds are the only living descendants of dinosaurs - (crocodilians and the reptiles which became mammals were not dinosaurs).
Plants were created before the sun and seasons. Not only this, but fruit bearing plants were created 2-3 days before the animals that ate the fruit of plants allowing them to distribute their seeds.
Evolution is dependant upon reproduction, so animals with a short adolescence evolve much faster. This can be shown in the studies of speciation of fruit flies, viruses mutating, and mosquitoes becoming immune to pesticides. DDT nearly eradicated them, but a few survived in Laos and Venezuala and they recolonized the planet in a few short years. We are not the end point of evolution.
Can we not go into the whole carnivore/fall of man plant eating T-Rex's etc.
5/28/2006 6:48:51 AM
To see if part of the Bible is accurate, we have to cross-check it to the Bible?
This is a Circle Line logic train via God, the Bible, and Hisword.
5/28/2006 10:38:53 AM
<<< Oh, and yes, Genesis 1 is literal. >>>
Then you've got mountains (literally and figuratively) of evidence to explain away.
<<< Christianity is damaging to evolution. >>>
Only if you're dumb enough to take everything literally.
5/28/2006 4:33:39 PM
Well one thing that certainly hasn't evolved is this guy's reasoning beyond the age of 6
5/28/2006 9:39:29 PM
What can I say that hasn't been said already?
Idiots like these are the enemy of anyone with any kind of decent education. They're the kind of moron we're fighting whenever something like the Dover Schoolboard situation crops up.
Too stupid to understand current thinking on science and too wrapped up in their dogma to care that reality in vastly different from their beliefs.
5/29/2006 2:34:15 AM
Christianity is damaging to intellectual honesty.
5/29/2006 5:20:47 PM
What Papabear said, a hundred times, in letters 10 feet high!
5/30/2006 3:09:54 PM
No, history is written by the winner, and the winner always makes a skew version to make them look good.
12/24/2006 11:40:38 PM
A 2000-year-old book =|= history.
6/21/2007 7:31:45 PM
Read Genesis 1 then do a cross reference on Adam and Eve throughout the Bible.
At which point you will promptly bump into Genesis 2, which differs from Genesis 1 on several key points, and realize this entire exercise is pointless.
6/21/2007 7:35:17 PM
Genesis 1 is not history.
History is a record of the past.
A record of the past, by its very definition, needs to be recorded.
So who recorded days 1-5 of the Creation, hmm?
6/21/2007 8:27:45 PM
This guy probably uses the word literal in the same way some idiot says about a sports play: "They literally ripped their heads off on that play!"
6/22/2007 12:48:17 PM
Allegory for Jesus
Gravity isn't damaging to Disney, Disney is damaging to gravity. Watch Dumbo and then do a cross reference with Peter Pan throughout his adventures with Wendy.
Oh and yes, Dumbo is literal. Documentaries are always literal.
9/14/2010 7:45:06 PM
Genesis 1 is horseshit, and cross-referencing does not mean using the same fucking source as the original material. If the original material is complete nonsense, it will remain complete nonsense.
Plus, your opening sentence is the wrong way around. Evolution is damaging to your useless Bible, for reasons that are so fucking obvious that they don't need spelling out.
9/15/2010 2:19:47 AM
Okay. If Genesis 1 is literal, then Genesis 2 is clearly false!
That's the clearest any Fundamentalist has ever given me when I've looked into how they reconcile the fact that Genesis 1 and 2 have two separate creation accounts that contradict each other.
How did you figure out which one was the literal truth though?
And, moving on, which Gospel has the correct account of Jesus's death and resurrection? And which version of Judas's death is the literally correct one?
9/15/2010 12:40:14 PM
Don't forget to read Genesis 2, which sort of contradicts Genesis 1. So much for literal...
History is never literal. Have you never heard the phrase "History is written by the winners"?
Those who are obliterated by an army don't get to tell their side of the story.
9/15/2010 12:57:22 PM
If the Bible is history, why is it not taught in history class? I never learned anything about the Bible in school. Why? Because there's really no evidence that anything that could be considered historical actually happened in it. The only thing I can think of would be the destruction of the temple, but that has other sources.
1/19/2012 9:41:47 PM
So, Genesis 1 is literal, but Genesis 2 isn't?
You can't have it both ways, sorry.
Evolution happens, whether Christianity is here or not, stupid.
1/20/2012 3:16:16 AM
Jesus said that Peter would be the rock upon which his church was founded. So what kind kind of rock was Peter? Granite? Limestone?
Remember "pastor," History if always literal
1/20/2012 8:48:12 AM
There's no way to speak to a person like this; they have already decided to not use their brain. I always found it ironic that Christians believe that God gave them their mental facilities, but then refuse to use them.
6/3/2012 3:59:56 PM
When you've finished cross-referencing the bible with itself, and ignoring the inconsistencies thrown up thereby, perhaps you should start comparing what the bible says with the world outside the book, and see what reality has to say about the bible's "history".
I warn you, it isn't pretty.
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August 17, 1992
Lawrence A. Dunn
Dear Mr. Dunn:
This is in response to your request for an informal staff opinion concerning whether certain practices by your law firm comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA" or "Act"), which this agency enforces. I apologize for the delay in responding.
The practices at issue may be summarized in the following manner. An individual insured by one of your client insurance companies is injured in an automobile accident. The insurance company is subrogated to the rights of the injured individual, and your firm files a subrogation action against the defendant. If a judgment is obtained and the judgment debtor fails to satisfy the judgment, your firm takes certain actions, including docketing the judgment in the city in which the judgment debtor resides and garnishing the judgment debtor's wages. Your firm files all of these cases in the Norfolk General District Court, regardless of where in the Tidewater area the auto accident occurred or where the defendant resides. You ask whether these practices violate the FDCPA. For purposes of the FDCPA, a "debt" is defined as
The Commission Staff Commentary on the FDCPA, published in the Federal Register in December 1988 (copy enclosed), states that the definition of "debt" does not include tort claims "because they are not debts incurred from a [transaction] (involving purchase of) property ... or services ... for personal, family or household purposes." (The Federal Register notice contains a typographical error, using the word "transportation" where the word "transaction" was intended.) It is my understanding that all of the judgments that your firm is attempting to enforce involve tort claims. If this is the case, the FDCPA does not apply to the firm's actions because the firm is not attempting to collect "debts" as the term is defined in the Act.
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The release of the 5200 Supersystem in 1982 represented Atari's attempt to replace their outdated 2600 model and pull ahead of rival, high-quality platforms like Intellivison. By 1982, Atari game programmers realized that they were severely limited by the capabilities of the 2600 system.
The designers incorporated technology into the 5200 (called "Pam" in developmental stages) which they had just developed for their own 8-bit 400 and 800 series personal computer systems. The 5200 is basically a game console version of their home computer, substituting a controller in place of a keyboard.
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