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Area Studies, Language Programs Win Almost $11 Million from Education Department
Over the coming four years, the UCLA International Institute's renowned programs on East Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Near East, Southeast Asia and heritage language education anticipate federal support of $6.7 million for language instruction, public programming, outreach to local schools, and more. Five centers will distribute nearly $4.3 million in Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships to UCLA undergraduate and graduate students.
It's very important for us to train specialists. You see the need for it every day.
At the conclusion of a competitive process that takes place every four years, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $6.7 million to UCLA programs in international area studies and language instruction. Over the 2010–14 cycle, the department will give UCLA International Institute | programs almost $4.3 million to distribute to graduate students and, for the first time, undergraduates in the form of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships.
At nearly $11 million, the grants represent a 12 percent overall increase in federal funding compared with the previous four-year cycle. They will go to International Institute units dedicated to teaching and research on Europe, Latin America, the Near East, and | [
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Author Archives: Brenna Hillier
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 22:30 BST
Grip Games has announced Atomic Ninjas, a 2.5D multiplayer platformer headed to PlayStation 3 and Vita in northern summer.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 03:48 BST
Fancy yourself pretty good at shooters, | do you? Prepare to be schooled: Fuse is a game that rewards thinking as much as twitch reflexes; demands communication; and punishes those foolish enough to venture in unprepared.
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 05:56 BST
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DJ mix: ALMA NYC
The beloved Brazilian-tinged bash ALMA NYC returns to Sullivan Room for a reunion affair.
Tue Feb 5 2013
It was a full decade ago that DJ True and spinner-percussionist Miller Cruz joined up with party | producer Joann Jimenez to kick off the ALMA affair, a night devoted to Brazilian rhythms and various dance-music offshoots thereof; host Manchildblack joined up soon after, and the fiesta soon became one of Gotham’s most beloved. The affair attracted such notable guest spinners as Joe Claussell, Osunl | [
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The Surviving the Cut DVDs go inside the elite schools of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Through grueling mental and physical challenges, the candidates determine if they can continue on and become the best of the best. In the Military DVDs Surviving the Cut, each one must survive and | [
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Don't let the name fool you. There is nothing tiny about the sound of this device. THE MINI-ARK is in a class of its own in the world of guitar synths and tracking boxes.
THE MINI-ARK is the little brother to the one-of-a-kind AUDIO ARK, SNAZZY FX's super processor. It has the capability to take your guitar input, track it precisely, add an octave of your choice below or above, an interval of your choosing above (or below) and the capability to mix the two in any combination with the original signal or a dirty version of the original signal. This is huge. You can now create chords or thickened notes in thousands of combinations, all by changing the mix knobs and the position of the Interval and Octave selectors.
But that's just the beginning. In addition to the Octave and Interval sections, there is also an Infinite Hold section which allows you to stomp on a second switch and let the note go on and on and on and on.
While the sound is droning, there is an additional octave down effect that you can play on top of the continuous sound. Think of it | this way - you could be playing a lead, the lead could be mimicked a 3rd above, and 3 octaves below, and then get mixed with a distorted version of the same guitar. | [
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Spain's Dani Pedrosa surged past Jorge Lorenzo in the final turn at the Czech MotoGP on Sunday, winning a dramatic finish in Brno to narrow his compatriot's lead in the riders' championship.
Pedrosa, fresh off victory last weekend at Indianapolis, overtook Lorenzo midway through the race but | needed to pass the championship leader at the end after losing his lead in the middle of the last lap.
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This report was published in the March-April 2009 issue of Academe.
This report1 concerns the suspension and subsequent dismissal of Assistant Professor Ekow O. Hayford, effective April 11, | 2008, by the administration of Stillman College on grounds that he had violated the section of the faculty handbook titled “Malicious Gossip or Public Verbal Abuse.”
Stillman College is named for the Reverend Doctor Charles Allen Stillman, who, along with several other Presbyterians from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, appeared before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1874 to request that the church establish a training school in the South for black male ministers. The institution was authorized by the general assembly a year later for location in Tuscaloosa, held its first classes in 187 | [
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It was The Weekend of the Kitchen Faucet. By Sunday night, we had to have The Chosen One.
A major deciding factor for faucet finish is that the farmhouse sink is hammered copper. I was leaning toward dark oil rubbed bronze or other very dark finish. We’ve never boarded the ORB Bandwagon before. But it seemed right for this. My instincts for using a darker faucet finish with a copper sink were confirmed with research. I giggle writing that because in my day job, research is scientific, not finding pictures via Google Images, Pinterest and Houzz!
Here are results | of my “research” …
From this collection, the darkest faucet is most successful with a copper sink, and the slightly darker faucet is fine. The antique gold faucet, not so much. Faucets with copper sinks from bathtubsandmore.com:
Clearly I prefer high contrast. This next photo I’ve seen all over. I don’t know where it’s originally from but the faucet is cute | [
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The tawny brown owl swooped low over the branches of a dark forest; its
destination rising over the tops of the trees as it approaches. The towers
of Hogwarts don't glow with the firelight that issued from them before.
Now the slightly small owl heads for one of the few dim tower windows
and alights on the open sill to study the two-year graduate pinching his
upper nose in his former classroom.
"Oy, Pig. Thanks." He grabbed the owl, pulled the letter
off of one of its wriggling legs and stuffed a treat in its mouth before
tossing it upward where it twittered among the rafters.
He only had to give the parchment a glance before sighing and crumpling
it in one fist.
"You'd think they would want to set up a joke shop, Pig. People
need a laugh | these days, but noooo. They've gone and rejected my proposal
again," he mumbled hopelessly to Pigwidgeon, who continued to bounce
off the walls, though with considerably more sympathy.
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A soldier explains why he decided to speak up about his service in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In May 2011, Christian Aid partner Breaking the Silence launched a video project.
The project is made up of video material gathered during interviews with 22 soldiers who have decided to testify with their faces unmasked, and their names revealed.
Watch: Breaking the Silence
More about Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence is an Israeli NGO established in 2004 by Israeli army soldiers and veterans who collect and publish testimonies about their military service in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem since the start of the Second Intifada.
They | are dedicated to exposing the Israeli public to the realities of the Israeli occupation as seen through the eyes of Israeli soldiers and to stirring debate about the impact of the prolonged occupation on both the Palestinian population and on Israeli society.
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Canadiens insist P.K. Subban saga isn’t a distraction
Dave Stubbs, THE GAZETTEPublished: Friday, January 25, 2013
MONTREAL - For now, it remains his stall in the Canadiens' Brossard dressing room, even if the nameplate P.K. SUBBAN 76, between the stalls of fellow defencemen Raphael Diaz and Alexei Emelin, has been replaced by a blank.
Subban's two helmets, home blue and road white, which were atop the stall early in the week, are gone.
The equipment hooks are bare.
Montreal Canadiens goalie Peter Budaj, left and Yannick Weber watch videos with goaltending coach Pierre Groulx during the team practice in Montreal on Friday, January 25, 2013.
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Finally, we might be nearing a resolution - one way or another - in the holdout of Subban, with more news expected on Monday.
On Friday, Subban's agent, Don Meehan, met in Toronto with Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin, who had arrived | for the talks from Thursday's uplifting 4-1 victory in Washington over the Capitals.
"P.K. will take weekend to reflect and we will meet P.K. again on Monday," Meehan advised just before 6 p.m. Friday.
There wasn't great concern, preoccupation or much other thought about the Subban situation in the Canadiens dressing room Friday, 11 players having breezed through a noon-hour optional practice.
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When I first heard of the concept of Scrum nearly ten years ago, the role of the ScrumMaster seemed pretty easy to understand: a person who spent 50 percent of the time doing the same work as the team and 50 percent of the time enforcing the process. Since my initial foray into Scrum, I've encountered quite a shift; folks who fashion themselves ScrumMasters are spending all of their time "managing" a team (which they think is ScrumMaster work) and 0 percent of their time doing | story work (i.e., delivering on the same functionality that the team is delivering). I believe this is a shift that will ultimately lead to Scrum failing in nearly any environment, and the only way to fix this is to determine what makes an effective ScrumMaster — and that, I think, is normally someone who comes from a technical background.
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Few films are as effective at garnering participation and as easy to get lost in (you know, the kind that make us want to dive into the screen). The question of Meenaxi - A Tale of 3 Cities (2004) is not what the film is about. The question is: what do we want the film to be about? Therein lies ambiguity, but it doesn't take much to appreciate that thinking through the film leads to limitless possibilities. This is only one of the biggest strengths of the film directed by renowned (and controversial, to many of the Hindu and Muslim communities in India, but that is beyond the scope of this post) painter M. F. Hussain, written by him and his son Owais, and with music by A. R. Rahman.
Nawab (Raghuvir Yadav, a Lagaan (2001) alumnus) is a popular poet | and writer in Hyderabad, which is where the film is based. At the (Mehndi) wedding ceremony of his sister, he runs into Meenaxi (lovely Tabu) and is mesmerized by her beauty (not more than I am, for the record ;). As he suffers from writers block, Meenaxi -- a | [
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April 20, 2012 - submitted by Christina, United Kingdom
Q. TEAM ORACLE QUESTION #67
A few months ago I had a fallout with someone I love. Since then, I've seen this person everyday, and everyday we walk right by each other as if we were strangers. It absolutely kills me. The one thing that we will always have in common is that we are adamant Coldplay fans. How can I reconnect with this person? I truly am desperate. Thanks in advance. Christina.
The Oracle replies:
It's not clear whether the person is a girl or a boy, a friend or someone you dated. I will answer as if it's your best friend because to be honest, my answer wouldn't be much different if it was more than that.
It takes a big person to say sorry. Or if you don't feel you've anything to apologize for, you could still be the first to break the silence; it sounds like you want to. The thing is, friendships do end and sometimes there's no going | back. You know the full extent of what happened so you may see better than I whether the damage is irreparable. People can be stubborn at times and if we don't swallow our pride, | [
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Who drinks more, single or married people? The answer may surprise you. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that married women tend to drink more than single women, widows, or divorcees. Meanwhile, married men tend to drink less than their single or divorced friends. In fact, divorced men tended to drink the most, | while divorced women actually drank less than their married counterparts. So naturally, the researchers blamed the men. Marriage (and perhaps the wife/children influence) tends to lower | [
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I was lucky enough to be raised in community that still lives off the land, so most of what we ate growing up was grown, harvested or caught within a 30-mile radius. But unlike many of our neighbors, we really have never housed any type of farm animal or livestock, even though we do live on 200 acres in Grand Bay, a | rural South Alabama town of about 3,000.
So when my mother decided she and my step dad wanted to buy almost two dozen chickens to raise on their own, I was a little surprised, and a little grossed out actually. (If any of you have ever spent five minutes near a chicken coop, you know what I’m talking about!)
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On the 'Net
More information and a menu is available at drunkenonion.com
Steamboat Springs Ben Stroock has spent years forming the concept for his Drunken Onion Get & Go Kitchen.
He designed his kitchen to serve his cooking purposes.
| He designed his menu to include foods that have been a hit elsewhere.
He designed his business model to meet the needs of tourists and locals.
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Mark September 9, 2012 on your calendars. That’s the day Victoria Beckham did what she NEVER does in public — smile!
With Vogue editor Anna | Wintour and husband David Beckham both in the front row, Victoria’s Spring 2013 collection was met with applause and congratulatory whistles during its presentation during New York Fashion Week.
PHOTOS: Victoria Beckham Smiles At NY Fashion Week
Already a supporter of Beckham’s designs, Vogue Japan editor Anna Dello Russo was there too, and wearing one of Victoria’s designs.
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Giant Tuna a Bit Fishy (Nov, 1934)
For some strange reason this picture reminds me of this article.
Angler Gets Record 956-lb. Tuna
TIPPING the scales at 956 pounds, the biggest tuna ever caught with rod and reel was pulled out of Liverpool bay, Nova Scotia, recently by Thomas Howell, Chicago financier.
More than 200 pounds heavier than Zane Grey’s record catch of a few years ago, the | giant fish was landed after only a 3-1/2 hour battle. The strain of the line, holding the mouth of the fish open, actually drowned it | [
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Boyle needs ethics commission members
Junction City and Boyle Fiscal Court officials will be appointing a total of three ethics commission members in the near future, McKinney reported during Thursday’s meeting.
The existing members are Doug Davis and Preston Miles, both of Perryville. Both men hope to be reappointed to serve another four-year term, which would start in July.
“I would like to reconstitute us (as a commission),” McKinney said. “I would like us to get together occasionally.”
While the judge hopes to receive three recommendations for appointments as soon as possible, it is sometimes difficult to find people willing to serve on county committees, he said after the meeting.
The commssion | has not received any formal complaints alleging violations of the county’s ethics ordinance over the last four years, according to the judge. Thus, the commission has met intermittently. McKinney now plans to call the commission together at least three times annually even if there are no complaints to review.
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Religion and ecology
Faith upon the earth
Religious groups and scientists team up
“THERE was a functioning bridge until 1470 AD,” says Praveen Togadia, a Hindu fundamentalist, smoothing out his dhoti. “Due to natural calamities, it was disturbed, and parts went into the sea.” To modern, secular eyes, at least, the “bridge” is a 30-mile (48km) chain of sandy shoals across the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. But millions of Hindus see the shoals as physical proof of their beliefs. The Ramayana, a Hindu text, says a bridge was built by monkeys at the behest of a Hindu god, Ram—who duly | crossed over to wrest his wife Sita from a Sri Lankan demon. The shoals are known in India as “Ram Setu”, or “Ram's Bridge”.
Now take a deep breath and consider the conflict over a plan by India's Congress-led government to dredge the strait for a shipping canal. While Hindus loathe the project on spiritual grounds, ecologists have different objections. At the junction of the deep, cold Indian Ocean and the shallow, temper | [
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Dry Roasted hazelnuts lightly salted with sea salt. No oils added!
Learn more about Freddy Guys on their website.
I snacked on these hazelnuts while sipping on a cup of Tokyo from Harney & Sons. The rich sweetness of the hazelnuts complemented the sweet, nutty tones of the sesame seeds as well as brought out some of the more elusive caramel notes. I liked the way the sea salt on the nuts offered contrast to the sweetness of the tea. Very enjoyable.
What I Think:
These filberts taste so fresh!
I’ll be honest with you, I don’t usually buy hazelnuts on their own. However, we do occasionally buy mixed nuts, and even though these tend to be peanut and almond heavy, every once in a while I’ll come across a hazelnut. But they were never as sweet or crunchy as these.
These nuts have | been dry roasted which gives them a toasty taste that complements the naturally sweet, nutty flavor of the filbert. And the salt seems to have been cooked on the nut rather than just sprinkled with the salt, it seems to have formed a delicate coating of salt on the nut, which gives it a delicious salty flavor. Most salted nuts seem a bit “ | [
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for sheer exuberance and talent in all areas of jazz vocals. Though three or four outshone her in pure quality of voice, her splendid improvising, wide dynamic tone, and innate sense of rhythm made her the most enjoyable singer of the age.
's first appearances in a big band shattered the traditional image of a demure female vocalist by swinging just as hard as the other musicians on the bandstand, best heard on her vocal trading with
recording "Let Me Off Uptown." After making her solo debut in the mid-'40s, she incorporated bop modernism into her vocals and recorded over a dozen of the best vocal LPs of the era for Verve during | the 1950s and '60s. Though hampered during her peak period by heavy drinking and later, drug addiction, she made a comeback and continued singing into the new millennium.
Born Anita Belle Colton in Chicago, she was raised largely by her mother, and entered her first marathon-dance contest while barely a teenager. She spent time on the road and occasionally back at home, later moving from dancing to singing at the contests. After bad experiences amid brief tenures with Benny Goodman
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This was edited into my post on the: http://boards.theforce.net/xentemp/...-of-the-sith-was-the-only-prequel.1567/page-3 Everyone: | Keep the thread civil. Maybe less ranting about prequel haters & likers, and more exploration of how you'd have to change ROTS if it were the only prequel? I realize that I reported the thread because I thought it was getting out of hand and wasn't useful. But to be edited in | [
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Monday 10 December 4:27 p.m.
Police in Britain have launched an investigation into the phone prank which allegedly led to the suicide of a nurse at the hospital where pregnant royal CATHERINE, DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE was treated earlier this week.
Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian hit headlines when they duped staff at the King Edward VII Hospital in London by pretending to be members of Britain's royal family in a bid to access Catherine's private medical information.
A nurse who was targeted by the pranksters, Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead outside the medical centre on Friday in a suspected suicide, and the 2Day FM hosts were subsequently taken off air.
It has now emerged that police in Britain are probing Saldanha's death and have contacted Australian authorities as they look into the phone prank, which took place on Tuesday.
New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas says, "I have to stress that the | London Metropolitan Police have not actually asked for any action to be taken at this stage... They simply wanted to touch base, raise the issues, make us aware of them. It may be that they may wish to speak to someone at the (radio) station at a point down the track."
Reports suggest radio station staff could face prosecution if they are found to have recorded and broadcast a private conversation without permission.
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Gena Rowlands, Jeanne Moreau, Katharine Hepburn, Michel Piccoli, Al Pacino, Charlotte Rampling are among the people I admire the most, not only for the choices they’ve made but because they emanate an authenticity that touches me and inspires me.
Dear Henry Josten -- I honestly would not like that theatre or any theatre to be named after me -- Thank you for asking me -- Katharine Hepburn.More quotes »
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"Mr. Kenneth" Battelle: The Hairdresser Who Styled Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Katharine Hepburn
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A thorough and well reported Bloomberg News story today revealed that several recent academic studies on fracking were ultimately funded by the gas drilling industry itself. These studies had the imprimaturs of respected public universities including Penn State, University of Texas and SUNY-Buffalo and were cited by politicians arguing for policies that are advantageous to the fracking industry. It turns out that the studies were either sponsored by the fracking industry or were prepared by researchers with a long history of producing industry-friendly reports, or both.
As Bloomberg reporter Jim Efstathiou Jr. writes, “As the U.S. enjoys a natural-gas boom from a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, producers are taking a page from the tobacco industry playbook: funding research at established universities that arrives at conclusions | that counter concerns raised by critics.” The most prominent example is a 2009 Penn State report that was cited by lawmakers in rejecting a proposal for a 5 percent tax on gas drillers. | [
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One of the most enduringly popular blog posts that I've ever made involved a simple question: what's your favorite accordion joke? Now, that's an easy enough place for me to tread -- I'm a (terrible by both lack of talent and lack of practice) amateur accordion | player, and my sweetie is a professional musician who has a few accordions in his instrumental arsenal. We even saw fit to give our toddler a tiny accordion, something that normal people everywhere would shudder at. That | [
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Q: How do I select an image to be sent? 1.The image should be in high resolution. 2.It should be clear, sharp and well illuminated. 3.It should enhance the facial features of the subject. 4.The person’s eyes should be very clear. We firmly believe -“Perfect eyes get life in a Portrait.”
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Whacking Day ( I love this episode) A+
Flaming Moes (9/10) The storyline and writing was great 'cept I didn't get the part when Homer saw Barney with those 2 foreign guys...
Lisa The Vegertarian A-
Scenes From The Class Struggle In Springfield A-
DVD Season Rankings - 7, 6, 4, 2, 3, 5, 8, 1
Behind the Laughter 4/5.
| From now on, there are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way.
Ok just finished "The Front" (5/5).
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Diagnosing and Treating Osteoporosis
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Doctors diagnose osteoporosis by performing a bone densitometry test, which measures the amount of mineral per square centimeter of bone. The areas studied in a bone densitometry study are usually the lumbar spine and the upper part of the hip. The test takes about ten minutes to complete.
The bone density correlates fairly well with the tendency of a bone to fracture. Measurements at the hip and spine can predict fractures at other sites. The following diagram shows dense, healthy bones on the left; bones weakened by osteoporosis appear on the right.
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most common method for studying the density of your bones. In this study, you lie on a table; then two X-ray beams — one of high energy and one of low energy — are aimed at your bones. The amount of radiation that passes through the bone is measured for each beam. This amount is | determined by the thickness of the bone.
The bone density is measured by a formula using the difference between the two beams. This procedure is painless and safe; the amount of radiation is very small — about one-tenth the amount a patient receives during a routine chest X-ray.
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| | My coke and candy bar is on the Colts
I know this isn't the sports forum, but it gets more views so I thought I'd post it here.
My 2 cokes and 1 candy bar vs. just your candy bar that the Colts win the SuperBowl. (that's 3:1 I'm giving right there).
I don't keep | up with pro sports much, but I think Mr. Manning, God bless him, will be hefting the trophy at the end of the game.
Small Print Disclaimer: Coke is only available while supplies in my fridge last, and I reserve the right to purchase snack size candy bars where available. Winner must drive to Tennessee to claim prize. | [
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--()--For the past thirty years, Africa has been experiencing its longest income boom with GDP growth rates averaging around 5% annually over the past decade. But while the continent is being heralded as the next growth frontier, infrastructure deficits along with other challenges could derail its process.
Industry professionals, CEOs, and government officials from across Africa will gather under one roof to discuss the continent’s most pressing business issues during a two-part conference at MIT’s world-renowned Media Lab.
On the evening of Friday, March 15, an MIT Africa Investment Forum will spotlight infrastructure investments and trade flows along with new entrepreneurial endeavors. Slated keynote speakers are:
- Donald Kaberuka, President, Africa Development Bank
- Ahmad Mohamed, President, Islamic Development Bank
Discussions will revolve around two panels:
- Infrastructure and Trade Flows in Africa
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Topics will include, among others, mobilizing foreign and private investments to address Africa’s infrastructure development, designing investment models and strategies, rethinking resource mobilization and large scale infrastructure financing models for Africa’s infrastructure development and building the absorptive capacity to effectively leverage and channel foreign direct investments while internalizing gains and innovation | .
On Saturday, March 16 the Africa Innovate Conference will introduce slated keynote speakers:
Makhtar Diop, Vice President for Africa, World Bank (Senegal)
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I was thinking about the most important things to consider in the case of a major disaster. I think at the top of the list are water, food, clothing and shelter. I will definitely make a plan for those things, but today I’ll try to tackle a bigger project, the loss of energy/power. What would I do if in a disaster we lost electricity, and maybe even natural gas? What if it was for longer than a few hours or days? What if we lost power for many days, weeks, or in a major catastrophe, months? My planning will be with the more prolonged outages | in mind, though I recognize that the more practical advantages of prepping for this will be for the usual power outages that last only minutes, hours or a few days.
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A second-year pro who made his NHL debut last season.
Spent most of his first professional season with Hershey (AHL) … Registered 6:01 of ice time in his first career NHL game vs. NJ (12/29) … Became the first former Mercyhurst College player to reach the NHL … Appeared in 36 games for Hershey, notching two goals and 10 assists for 12 points … Made his pro debut and recorded his first point at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (10/7) … Scored his first pro goal at Hamilton (10/13) … Had a pair of two-assist games (11/25 vs. Manchester, 12/23 vs. Philadelphia).
2005-06: Led all Atlantic Hockey | Association defensemen in scoring with 45 points (12g-33a) in 33 games for Mercyhurst … Finished tied for sixth in scoring in the conference and fourth on the team … His 1.36 points per game was ninth in the nation and tied for the lead among defensemen with Hobey | [
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Nepal photo display continues through November
|When||Nov 30, 2008 from 10:00 am to 03:45 pm|
|Where||in the Mezzanine|
|Contact Name||Kristin Torresdal|
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Decorah resident and Luther College alumna Nori Hadley's photos from a 1995 trip to Nepal remain on display in Decorah Public Library’s Mezzanine Gallery through November.
Decorah resident and Luther College alumna Nor | i Hadley's photos from a 1995 trip to Nepal continue on display in Decorah Public Library’s Mezzanine Gallery through November.
The photographs on display were taken during a January Term trip taken by Hadley while she was studying anthropology and history at Luther College. Before she left the U.S., Hadley’s father gave her a new camera that allowed her to capture her experiences in Nepal on film, something that she still appreciates thirteen years later because it allows her to share her memories with her two sons. Hadley’s photos were digitally corrected and enlarged | [
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Shopping treat at Rockbourne Fair
SHOPPING, dining, socialising and fundraising will be on the menu when the Rockbourne Fair returns to Salisbury Racecourse this month.
The annual Christmas shopping fair, which is expected to attract thousands of people from Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and beyond, is now in its 24th year.
This | year there will be about 90 stands, including many new stalls, with stall holders from across the UK selling all sorts of goods.
In the Food Hall, shoppers can taste and take home a wide selection of gourmet food and drink from smoked salmon and sausages to speciality cheeses. Proceeds from the fair are donated to the Salisbury District Hospital’s Stars Appeal | [
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As my friend Howie states, "Someone somewhere got paid to create a mutually beneficial relationship between baseball and Star Wars." Indeed.
Major League Baseball and LucasArts have teamed up to offer a non sequitur of a site where you can vote on which MLB | player most resembles a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed character.
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The Koda and the Bear
Otherwise know as Boo Bear and Koda Hazza. These two little dogs make my life worth living.
Ask me anything
September 21st, 201 | 2 at 12:24AM
Bear was jealous that I didn’t show everyone his feet.
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So, we did our best to stay indoors and eat warm food.
Slightly mangled by the waffle iron, but nonetheless tasty blueberry waffle with syrup.
Broccoli - Cauliflower - Potato Cream Soup, made by yours truly.
There was also a few kale chips, but you know what they look like by now.
Closer to dinner time, a small snack of Tamari roasted pumpkin seeds:
Dinner was out for Pho with a friend:
Small #5 (tofu) with veggie | broth, apologies for the blurry picture.
A variety of onion for garnish: green onion, white onion, and fried onion. I added bean sprouts and Sriracha after the picture.
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Massanutten Mountain Trails 100
May 8-9, 2004
by Rich Limacher
Why do I sit here shell-shocked in my freaking seat thinking
that I just got back from a whole week's worth of time
travel to The Stone Age?
Because that's exactly where I've been!
I have been to the Massive Nothing Mountin' & Hurtin'
100-Mile (for some) Kinda Footrace. To the best of my
knowledge, this event took place in the Pleistocene Epoch.
Maybe One Million Years, B.C.! But... you can bet your
sweet bippies that Raquel Welch was NOT wearing any skimpy
bikini or little fur booties. No, she probably Did Not
Start or else got smart and stayed in the cave.
Here's what probably happened, although of course this is
just IMHO and not at all based on anything scientific, or
biblical, or even good ultrarunning:
The | Deity sat on a rock... and got inspired.
"I KNOW!" spake the One. "First there shall be light, and
then there shall be heavy. We shall create two earths:
Earth Lite and Earth on the Rocks. Then," the Deity
continuedeth, "the latter shall be dumped out and emptied
upon the former. It shall be considered virgin territory,
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PUBLISHERS OF LITERARY FICTION SINCE 1983
Lars Ramslie was born in 1974. He made his debut in 1997 with the novel Biopsy, a novel about the relationship between a son and his heroin-addicted father, which | received the Tarjei Vesaas First Book Award.
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There was a point a week or so ago that I was actually excited about having Christmas eve and Christmas morning with our kids at my ex-wife’s home. There was a certain comfort to it. Our core family reunited to celebrate something positive. As the week progressed however, I found myself having panic attacks about it all. I came down with a horrible cold, my first in almost a year, and the stress of ensuring that presents were where they needed to be, stockings, a few | extra gifts at my place, and that everyone had what they needed etc., and just the idea of spending the night in her house was all starting to take it’s toll.
But when the kids and I got there on Saturday everything started to fall into place. My ex had done a great job of planning ahead and for the first time in years most if not all of the wrapping was done before the kids went to bed. It was also obvious the kids were relishing in all of it and our joint efforts appeared to be paying off. The holiday, us all | [
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Birmingham: June 11, 2012
Tino Best said he hoped his record-breaking 95 for the West Indies against England on the fourth day of the third Test marked his "rebirth" as an international cricketer.
Best's stunning innings at Edgbaston on Sunday was the highest score ever by a Test match No 11 batsman, exceeding the 75 made by India's Zaheer Khan against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2004.
Best, who faced just | 112 balls with a six and 14 fours, helped West Indies to 426 in their first innings after rain had washed out the first two days.
Together with wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin, who made 107 not out, Best shared a partnership of 143 -- the third highest 10th wicket stand in Test history and a West Indies record.
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Date:Friday March 26 2010
Shock of the week: Calvin Zola is not fit to face Port Vale tomorrow. Meanwhile Steve Schumacher looks set to come into the midfield.
Zola is still not quite over his ankle injury and having played just an hour of football since the beginning of February his absence from the team is to continue.
However, don't stress, the big striker is 'expected' to return to full training next week with a chance of him making the squad for the trip to Morecambe. I wouldn't put | money on it though.
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Liberty Travel puts a human face on its services in a new print campaign by Blum Ellenson.
The effort, which broke recently, seeks to show how the travel agency is dedicated to providing exemplary service and vacations that suit customers' needs.
One ad features comments attributed to Kay Howard, a Liberty Travel agent in Philadelphia. "Vacation packages come in all shapes and sizes," it reads."Finding the right one for my clients, that's what I do best." Howard stands proudly beside the copy; underneath are listings of featured travel packages.
Ads use the new tagline, "Where travel begins." | The effort, shot by photographer William Coupon, attempts to differentiate the client from "faceless travel agents," while touting Liberty Travel's agents as author ities on the wealth of travel info available, according to Richard Ellenson, president of the New | [
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Various Artists: Savoy Christmas Blues (2003)
Savoy’s Christmas anthology draws on recordings from the '40s and '50s, swinging wildly in mood from the sacred to the profane. The eclectic mix includes novelty tunes, straight readings of traditional songs, and four very different interpretations of “White Christmas,” ranging from the disposable Meltones version to a crucial live performance by Charlie Parker with Kenny Dorham and Max Roach.
Johnny Otis welcomes the listener from 1950, backing Little Esther on “ | Far Away Christmas Blues.” Esther smolders telling her tale of holiday loneliness with Otis improvising ornamentations on vibes. The Ravens swing the first version of “ | [
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Thanks to our new friendship with distributor Paradiso Films, we’ll be bringing you even more movie reviews. The first from them is one that hasn’t been hyped much, but is still worth a look - Hunter Prey (2009). Be sure to check out Paradiso’s web site too.
The producer, director FX artist and writer of Hunter Prey is Sandy Collora. If you are a die-hard film geek who watches the credits | to see who does what, you’ll have seen his name under the ‘special effects’ title for such films as The Crow (1994), Men in Black (1997) and Dogma (1999). Branching out from a very successful career in FX (he still runs his own FX company as well, though) he wowed the geek, nerd and comic-con crowd with his third outing into film-making. His first two attempts were well received, but it was the short film Batman | [
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Gallery (updated 04/14/10)
The Fine Arts Department was established to help students discover their
unique creative energies and develop the visual, intellectual and technical
skills that will allow them to fulfill their artistic promise.
The Art Club continues the mission of the Art Department by taking the
student's in-class knowledge out of the classroom. The students in the Art Club
are exposed to new and varied professional arts by traveling to various museums,
galleries and shows.
The Art Club was established in 1990. The club plans and fundraises for
annual field trips. The club has traveled to Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Washington
D.C and Loretto. Highlights of the field trips include visits to the National
Gallery of Art.
The club also brings local artisans to the school to discuss and demonstrate
skills not necessarily used in the classroom. As members of the Bishop McCort
Art | Club, the students are asked to gain experience as artists and Catholic
Christians by contributing their talents to various civic organizations, as well
as the school and other departments in the school.
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Last night, while tidying up, I thought of something clever to blog about today. And of course, forgot to write it down - and of course, spent all day thinking about it and not getting anywhere.
So. What shall we talk about, blog?
For many years, I've had a lot of strange little rituals. Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm OCD, but perhaps there are some borderline components that make up this eccentric part of my personality.
After I turn the shower off, I like to cup the last of the water that runs out of the | faucet in my hands and throw it up over my head. Also, on the subject of showers, I can't really make it out of the house without one (unless I'm camping). I also, absolutely must with no exceptions have Chinese takeout on Christmas eve. Before writing, I will play one game of solitaire while listening to a loud selection from | [
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Ellie Krieger's Warm Spinach and Artichoke Dip recipe. / Renee Comet / USA WEEKEND
Dips are the perfect party starters. They are casual crowd-pleasers — a festive focal point where guests can literally rub elbows and mingle as they grab a nibble. During the holidays, when there is a chill in the air, it is especially nice to kick things off with a warm dip, just out of the oven, creamy and bubbling with melted cheese.
This Spinach and Artichoke Dip tastes just like the classic favorite. But thanks to a few tweaks, it is so much better for you. First, I eliminated the nearly half-cup of mayonnaise used in | many typical recipes and included just a touch for extra richness. Then, I simply substituted reduced-fat cream cheese, sour cream and mozzarella cheese for the full-fat varieties. (I prefer reduced-fat to non-fat, which often has a lot of additives, and, I think, compromises taste). The result: all of the dipping pleasure and taste without the extra calories.
Let the festivities begin!
Warm Spinach and Artichoke Dip
• 1 Tb. canola oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1½ cups)
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October 8, 2012
There is no statistic for emotion. No index for inspiration. No chart for heart.
And Sunday, there was no stopping the Indianapolis Colts.
The Colts, with cancer-stricken Coach Chuck Pagano watching from a local hospital, overcame an 18-point deficit at home to pull off an unforgettable 30-27 upset of Green Bay.
"We | 're just so happy for Chuck," said rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, who completed 31 of 55 passes for 362 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. "Hopefully, this uplifts him in some sense or some fashion. I'm happy to be a part of this moment with this franchise."
What began with an email — a motivating message from Pagano to his team — ended with an airmail, a four-yard toss from Luck to Reggie Wayne for the go-ahead touchdown with 35 seconds left.
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Someone on the R mailing list (link) asked: how can you easily (daily) collect data from many people into a spreadsheet and then analyse it using R.
The answer people gave to it where on various ways of using excel. But excel files (at least for now), are not “on the cloud”. A better answer might be to create a google form that will update a google spreadsheet that will then be read by R.
If my last sentence wasn’t clear | to you, then this post is for you.
Before heading home for the holidays, I had a large data set (1.6 GB with over 1.25 million rows) with columns of text and integers ripped out of the company (Kwelia) Database and put into a.csv file since I was going to be offline a lot over the break. I tried opening the csv file […]
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This is the second post in which I am looking at the objections that Larry (a.k.a. The Barefoot Bum) made to my claim that much government debt constitutes theft from future generations | .
In my previous post, I gave a description of what it takes for government spending to be permissible - that those who pay the debt must obtain a worthwhile benefit. However, much government debt does not fit this description. It fits a description that I described as theft | [
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Fellow Chicagoans- I'm posting here because it will be easier to discuss this in a forum rather than on the facebook page. Let's discuss our route plan for tomorrow, our itinerary, signs, pamphlets, flyers, slogans and everything here.
Let's try to have a cohesive idea of what's going on by 5 o'clock tonight so the people showing | up tomorrow morning will have a general idea of what's going on and the people showing up during their lunch breaks and after work can know what to expect.
Also, non-Chicagoans are totally welcome to give us their input.
So far: We are meeting at the Willis Tower at 9 a.m., then protesting outside of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, having a general assembly at 3 p.m. and then holding a candlelight vigil somewhere in Millennium Park or where-ever we | [
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A Plan for Growth
“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?” (vv. 27–28).- Luke 14:25-33
The goal of reflecting the image of God more truly and consistently cannot be achieved through passivity. | Paul tells us that we must work out our salvation in fear and trembling, understanding that we are to labor alongside the Holy Spirit, the empowering agent of our sanctification (Phil. 2:12–13). Practically speaking, setting goals is one of the best ways to ensure we are not just spinning our wheels in our attempts to glorify the Lord and display | [
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Survey data is a snapshot of a population, a moment captured in numbers, like vital signs: height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, etc. People build trend lines and watch for changes, shifting strategies as they make educated guesses about what’s going on. What’s holding steady? What’s spiking? What’s on the decline?
Just as a thermometer makes no judgment, the Pew Research Center provides data about the changing world around us. We don’t advocate for outcomes or recommend policies. Rather, we provide an updated record so that others can make those pronouncements and recommendations based on facts.
The latest in our health research series is being released today. Health Online 2013 finds that internet access and interest in online health resources are holding steady in the U.S. For a quick overview, read on…
| What is new?
1 in 3 U.S. adults use the internet to diagnose themselves or someone else – and a clinician is more likely than not to confirm their suspicions. This is the first time we – or anyone else – has measured this in a straightforward, national survey question.
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China on Wednesday opened the world’s longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country’s capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China.
The opening of the 1,428- mile line was commemorated by the 9 a.m. departure of a train from Beijing for Guangzhou. Another train left Guangzhou for Beijing an | hour later.
China has massive resources and considerable prestige invested in its showcase high-speed railways program.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
The Animated Movie Guide
Fellow blogger Jerry Beck recently came out with THE ANIMATED MOVIE GUIDE and I have to say I think it’s indispensable to any animation researcher. Over the years, Jerry has developed a solid reputation as a cartoon historian, validated by his appearances on the Looney Tunes and Disney | DVD’s. This book brings together capsule reviews of every animated feature released in the United States along with cast and crew information. I’m not that fond of the cover. The design is nice, the choices fairly logical and the colors are pretty. There’s nothing bad about it at all but for some reason, it seems to render the book invisible to me. When I first saw it on the shelf, I looked past it several times before recognizing it. On the inside, many of the reviews are illustrated with small black and white still shots but there’s a really cool color section in the center made up mostly of rare | [
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Ayn Rand is back in the news, as she always is in the subconscious of healthy American males. Reading her is as much a developmental stage as puberty. Most grow out of it, but that doesn't mean it leaves them, it just becomes part of their make-up somewhere back there. Like old girlfriends or nights on the town fondly remembered, but not something they'd want to go through again, please God.
For a brief bright period, as with all forms of intoxication, the subject is convinced he's discovered the secret of the universe, the essence of existence, his purpose in life... but in most cases such feelings pass, like adolescence itself. When they don't, it's called arrested development or, in the case of Ayn Rand, objectivism. That's what she dubbed her | "philosophy," though subjectivism would be more appropriate, for essentially her "philosophy" was her own egoism expanded into endless manifestos. All of which might be summed up in two words: greed glorified.
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About the Repository
This site is the publications repository for the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, UK. The repository contains journal articles, conference papers, reports, book chapters and technical papers. Where copyright agreements allow a | full-text version of the item is available for download.
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick is consistently ranked amongst the top Computer Science Departments in the UK. Current areas of research groups include computational biology and bioimaging, foundations of computer science, intelligent and adaptive systems and performance computing and visualisation.
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Asia Pacific, Japan |
Power & Energy |
The Essar Group is a private conglomerate with operations in 15 countries which include steel, energy, power, communications, shipping ports, and logistics and projects. To enable its continued growth, Essar had to develop a world-class IT capability to fuel business growth. From an IT perspective, Essar’s strategy was to modernize applications and upgrade its infrastructure to support process improvements, and establish strategic IT vendor relationships. Essar partnered with Symantec to standardize and bolster its security infrastructure for endpoint and messaging security, resulting in protection from threats, including spam and malware blocking. Symantec backup and recovery solutions were also used to optimize | data protection. Moving forward, Symantec will continue to be an integral partner in helping Essar’s IT organization fulfill its promise of delivering IT efficiencies and business process results | [
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We know you, dear MamaPop readers, have lives. Places to go, things to do, jobs to keep and what-not. Which is why we now offer you a look back on the week that was on MamaPop by way of our most popular posts of the past seven days. Please to enjoy.
“‘Sup, guys. I’m River. I explore the wilds of Chuck E. Cheese and my mom’s backyard in $50 cargo shorts. Life’s pretty sweet overall, except that my grandma’s always doggin’ my mom to ‘cut that child’s hair’ because ‘it’s a disgrace and your father would never forgive you.’ Also, sorry about my insufferable smirk. It just happens naturally whenever I wear a sixty-dollar polo shirt.”
Everyone “SQUEEEEEEEEE!” along with me: The Hunger Games premiere (March 23) is nearly upon us. And no one has | bigger butterflies than the cast, which just so happens to be teeming with lesser-known celebrity offspring, nephews, and cousins dying to prove themselves…or get out from larger, looming celeb shadows. And while I’m thrilled for the Quaid family that someone else in the brood may take a bite out of Crazy Uncle Randy’s Google stats, I | [
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"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."
-- from Dr. King's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address, 1964
Reflection on the quotation by a King Center staff member:
I believe that Martin Luther King, Jr., being a God-fearing man, always had a strong mindset to do good, despite the environment and artmosphere in which he had to function and move, while trying to reach the masses with his message and vision. Opposition came against him on every side. Yet he remained steadfast with determination that many men did not posess at that time. I believe that, through his trust and strong belief in God and his word, Dr. King turned to him for guidance through all that he was dealing with in his life. A scripture comes to mind that he may have thought upon in the | midst of chaos, trouble and an atmosphere charged with hearts governed by hatred and prejudice: "No weapon is formed against you shall prosper." (Isaiah 54 | [
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You are buying a bespoke digital pop art portrait which will be hand drawn for your gift recipient by the artist. Simply email your photograph to her (with your colour scheme and layout requirements) and she will email you back a high resolution jpeg file of your artwork. You are then free to just email | this to the gift recipient, or, if you’ve left sufficient time send this to a print company who will be able to use the image to make a canvas print, t shirt print, greetings card or whatever you fancy! The voucher is for a portrait of up to two people/pets in the picture.
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It's not a Winter Wonderland out there yet, but you can still Deck the Halls, right?
You've still got almost Twelve Days ('til) Christmas, but remember that Santa Claus is Coming To Town. Good old Santa (baby!) will be bringing | some Joy to the World.
So--Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Why not? And if you're thinking, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," then Let It Snow, and you just might be able to go on a Sleigh Ride with Jingle Bells on a Frosty night.
We could go on.
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Tony is still on the Starkwood complex. He stops near what looks like a gas station and peeks around the corner. There is a large tanker truck pulling up and Tony puts his gun away and trades it for his binoculars. Stokes gets out of his vehicle with another man. Jack calls to Tony who asks where the F-18’s are. Jack quickly tells Tony that Tim Woods calls from the White House and they have cancelled the air strike because their | evidence wasn’t strong enough to justify the military action. Tony is frustrated. He asks if the President is out of her mind, Tony saw them with his own eyes and so did Jack. They aren’t going to get any better intelligence than that. Tony says that makes no sense. They give Tony the orders to pull out and meet up with the perimeter teams. Renee wants to pull them out but Tony has to get out before | [
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Rapid Screening Of A Cell-Based Assay For GLP-1 Receptor Using A Natural Product LibrarySource: BioTek Instruments, Inc.
By Brad Larson and Peter Banks, BioTek Instruments, Inc. and Nicolas Pierre, Suzanne Graham, Jean-Luc Tardieu, and François Degorce, Cisbio US, Inc.
Here we demonstrate the detection of GLP-1R binding through the incorporation of a homogeneous cell-based binding assay using HTRF Tag-lite® technology. The assay resembles classical radiometric ligand receptor binding, | except that it uses a red-emitting labeled ligand and transfected cells. When the ligand binds to the receptor, an increase in HTRF signal may be measured. Competitive binding of non-labeled ligands or inhibitors causes a subsequent decrease.
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10 hours ago
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tracey of Tracey's Culinary Adventures, my twitter buddy and baker extraordinaire, chose this week's TWD recipe, Cinnamon Squares. When I first saw that Tracey chose cinnamon squares, I was really excited, because I assumed it was a non-chocolate dessert that I could serve to my non-chocolate eating husband. I love it when my hubs loves the desserts that I make, and I've found that a critical first step to getting him to love my desserts is for him to actually eat them | .
So when I read the recipe more closely and realized that the cinnamon squares did indeed contain chocolate, I was a little disappointed, because I just don't have the creativity needed to turn chocolate desserts into non-chocolate desserts. I'm not a baker so much as a recipe follower. To the extent anyone in my life has ever complimented my cooking or baking skills, I know that they really should be complimenting my reading skills, or | [
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It’s always upsetting for parents when they find out they can’t send their children to their neighbourhood school, as is happening again in Yaletown.
It’s also frustrating for families who move into a neighbourhood on the understanding | that a school will be built nearby, only to have those plans altered after they’ve settled.
That’s what happened recently in Maple Ridge, when council announced plans to rezone a proposed school site after the cash-strapped Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district said it was no longer interested in purchasing the 1.5 hectare Blaney Hamlet property.
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Behind the Headlines
Fri November 2, 2012
Radio Roundtable: Legal Issues and the Unified School Board
This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable, Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, discusses the legal issues surrounding a unified school | district with panelists Ken Hoover, candidate for the Germantown School Board; Chris Caldwell, recently elected to the Unified School Board; Eleanor Boudreau from WKNO-FM, and Bill Dries from the Memphis Daily | [
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ALL the weekend results from the VB NSW Cup and Ron Massey Cup competitions thanks to the NSWRL.
ALL the teamlists for Round 11 of the Ron Massey Cup (formerly Bundy Red Cup) competition thanks to the NSWRL.
We look back at the 12th round of the 2013 NRL Premiership, and see how the Player of the Year standings are tracking. Also features a look at the ladder after twelve rounds.
Round 12 of the Under 20's National Youth Competition - here are the teamlists for this week's Holden Cup fixtures.
IN anticipation of his Origin debut next week, Andrew Fifita has led the Cronulla Sharks to victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 -12 tonight at Endeavour Field in front of 12, 243 dedicated fans.
We look back at the 11th round of the 2013 NRL Premiership, and see how the Player of the Year standings are tracking. Also features a look at the ladder after eleven rounds.
ALL the results of Holden Cup Under 20's for Round 11.
NSWRL have kindly provided the results for Round 11 of VB NSW Cup and Round | 8 of Ron Massey Cup.
THE Gold Coast Titans have produced a comprehensive second half display to defeat the Parramatta Eels 42 points 4 in front of 9,132 fans at Mudgee.
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Today’s Points of Power edition continues from 2nd Corinthians 5:5. Check it out as Yolanda and AVreview over 2nd Corinthians. | The joys of the holy spirit. Listen now to get your inspiration word of today!
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<< Vampiro < Vía Roxy | Vía Pany > Same >>
E1. An interesting direct outing that links the start and finish of Vía Pany with the central groove of Vía Roxy. Start at the chimney of Vía Pany. Carry a rack.
1) | 4, 25m. As for Vía Pany.
2) 3, 50m. As for Vía Pany, until it is possible to follow a ledge leftwards to a stance at the foot of the imposing corner.
3) 5+, 20m. As for Vía Roxy pitch 4.
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We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art, We Will Not Watch Any More Boring Art. ok john, let'go discover something different.
Homeless people are often locked out from the society. Especially in shoppingmalls and shoppingstreets they often get displaced and are segregated from the rest of the world. To demonstrate this unfairness I closed away the sleeping place of a homeless person with the logos of the consumers-society.
La Ruleta de la Suerte is a Spanish quiz show in which candidates have to guess right adages by mention single characters. A slightly dressed woman has to turn around the right guessed characters for fake, actually all the characters are generated by a computer. We manipulated the video so the blackboard finally shows the sentence: Matad el Sexismo en la Television – Stop Sexism on Television
Cutouts of banknote-portraits from eight different currencies.
A slow pan | along a forest that breaks off at a small terrace in the foreground of the picture: Slender conifers stretch upwards over cut and fallen trunks, dead branches and roots, churned soil and dry grass, and parade past one another, structuring the space to impenetrable depths. The apparent naturalism does not | [
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Today's Daily Tip
Yes, yoga strengthens our muscles, energizes our spirits, and calms our minds. One of its greatest gifts, however, is more profound: Yoga teaches us to see the truth of life more clearly. When we practice with intention and intelligence, we begin attending to details in our bodies and lives that we previously had overlooked or even misunderstood.
Why care about seeing clearly? As my wise mother likes to say, "When we are aware, we have a choice." When we see clearly what is going on within and around us, we are better equipped to make smart decisions and respond appropriately to the needs of the moment. Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein puts it this way: "When we see clearly, we behave impeccably, out of love, on behalf of all creatures."
Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose) is a complex and challenging posture that offers an exceptional opportunity to practice the fine art of | seeing clearly. Equal parts balancing posture and forward bend, this pose requires tremendous concentration and clarity of mind. It challenges us to recognize which areas of our bodies are holding steady and which are moving into action. In the process, it strengthens and stretches the legs, hips, and torso while offering the | [
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Too much writing about the arts and Christianity is apologetic, explaining why the church should be concerned about artistic expression. Within that category is a lot of writing that voices high-minded generalities about "good art" and "bad art" and about who should and should not be making art. This collection, which grew out of a conference on the church and the arts that was held in Austin, Texas, in 2008, has some of both types of writing. Happily, there are also some more constructive elements.
The essays are at their best when they explore the relationship between artists, pastors and the congregations in which they work. John D. Witvliet goes a long way toward clarifying how crafting artwork for corporate worship needn't involve dumbing down to the lowest common denominator but is instead a process | in need of master artists who understand the purpose behind the Sunday gathering.
Eugene Peterson's essay is more memoir than instruction and accomplishes what good memoir can: without being didactic, it shows us how artists can shape a ministry. Joshua Banner highlights the importance of a pastor's intentionality in supporting artists, and Jeremy Beg | [
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Re-Review: "An Offer from a Gentleman," by Julia Quinn
*New Feature!* Alternate Title: The Bridgertons - Now with 50% Fewer Daddy Issues!
The Chick: Sophie Beckett. Turned into an unpaid servant by her evil stepmother after her father dies, Sophie takes a huge risk by crashing a masquerade in a mask and borrowed gown. She falls for Benedict Bridgerton, but when the clock strikes midnight, she's forced to flee.
The Rub: Two years later, when Sophie and Benedict's paths cross again, he | doesn't recognize her, and Sophie doesn't remind him.
Dream Casting: Scarlett Johansson.
The Dude: Benedict Bridgerton. At a masquerade hosted by his marriage-minded mother, Benedict runs into (and swiftly falls for) an unknown masked woman. For months (and years!) after she mysteriously vanishes, he still can't get her off his mind.
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This video from Hack in The Box 2012 introduces the architecture, special properties of configurations and services as well as how to reverse engineer the OS. Obviously, this is done only to ensure compatibility with router products of other vendors routers might be still hurt in the process.
About Felix FX Lindner
Felix is the leader of the Phenoelit group and looks back at around fifteen years of (legal) hacking with only a couple Cisco IOS and SAP remote exploits, tools | for hacking HP printers and protocol attacks lining the road. Felix runs Recurity Labs GmbH, a security consulting and research company in Berlin, Germany.
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Long before she met Mr. Big, she was a self-conscious 17 year old. Rebecca Dana talks to Candace Bushnell about The Carrie Diaries, the new young-adult novel that follows our heroine through high school.
Long before Carrie Bradshaw became Mrs. Big, traipsing around Abu Dhabi with her gal pals in Sex and the City 2, she was 17-year-old “Bradley,” a boy-crazy high-school kid coming of age in suburban Connecticut.
“Of course I deliberated over whether or not Carrie should remain a virgin,” Bushnell says, “and when I was in the character’s head, it seemed that she just wasn’t ready.”
This portrait comes via The Carrie Diaries, Candace Bushnell’s new novel, a prequel which zooms back in time to the future archetype-defining heroine’s formative years. Aimed at a young-adult readership à la Gossip Girl, the book looks at our lady before she got her Louboutins, when she was just starting on the path to a glamorous New York | City adulthood: her first dalliances with writing and sex, her preternatural dancing skills, her nascent feminism.
How did Bradley turn into Carrie? What did she want from life before she wanted everything? The Carrie Diaries is a hot-tub time machine ride back to the early 1980s, to a more innocent age, when high-school seniors weren’t all vampires or sex-crazed maniacs, as they’re depicted in most teen literature today.
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MIAMI — In December 2005, when then-Miami Beach Police Chief Donald DeLucca swore in Shaquille O'Neal as an honorary police officer, the basketball star secured his status as a cop admirer.
Now, if the allegations in a civil lawsuit — dismissed once but back in court again — are to be believed, the retired DeLucca and one active member of his force went on to help O'Neal with an unsavory project: taking revenge on a former employee who threatened to blow the whistle on the former Miami Heat center during his contentious divorce.
Emails and text messages attached as exhibits to an amended complaint in Miami-Dade Circuit Court allege | that O'Neal schemed to frame his former computer adviser, Shawn Darling. The Sun Sentinel obtained from court the exhibits to the complaint filed by Darling before a judge sealed them on Thursday.
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I have some questions regarding a splitboard I would like to buy from Voilé.
You see, I’m an active snowboarder and I usually hit the slopes with a 151 cm snowboard. However, I have no idea witch size I should choose for a spiltboard. The splitboards I have to choose from are either 161 or 166 cm in length. I wish to have control in all situations, even fluffy powder. I went to see the Voilé’s website and they seem to recommend the 161cm board for people between 120-170pounds and a 166cm board for people between 140 and 200pounds. My weight is 170 pounds and I am 5’10’’tall. Does anyone have suggestions as to witch size I should choose? Thanks for your answer! Pat
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WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2010 - The foreign policy of the current Iranian regime is, all at the same time, "pragmatic, ideological, astute, and reckless."
This was the verdict of Haleh Esfandiari, a prominent Iranian-American academic and Director of the Middle | East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in DC, speaking here at an Asia Society Washington Center event.
Esfandiari began by elaborating on the "Iranian paradox" noted above. On the one hand, the regime is infused with a sense of grandeur and invincibility born of its sense of history, strategic geographic location, and steady oil income. Consequently, it sees itself as able to act regionally as both a spoiler and responsible state, | [
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Apple appears to be excluding third-party podcast applications from the results of app searches performed using iTunes, The Verge confirmed late Wednesday. Developers Shahruz Shaukat and Marco Arment first noted the odd behavior on Twitter.
Users who search for “podcast” or “podcasts” within iTunes receive only one app result, Apple’s | official podcast application, launched in June. Selecting “See All” or otherwise trying to find any of the excellent third-party options, such as Instacast, fails to reveal additional | [
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Poor medication adherence is a vexing clinical problem for many chronic disorders in medicine, including schizophrenia (1). Rates of antipsychotic medication nonadherence are reported to average between 41.0% and 49.5%, depending on the definition of adherence (2). Long-term antipsychotic adherence rates are low; for example, in one study, only 11.6% of 2,655 patients in an administrative sample treated with first-generation antipsychotics achieved one year of uninterrupted antipsychotic drug therapy (3).
A rich quantitative literature identified over 200 risk factors related to medication nonadherence, including lack of insight, negative attitudes toward medication, perceived treatment efficacy and tolerability, and past nonadherence (2,4). In contrast to quantitative methods, qualitative research, with its focus on subjective experience, allows an in-depth study of the dynamic and subtle interplay of factors operating at the level of the individual (5). However, qualitative inquiries in the area of antipsychotic nonadherence are scarce. One qualitative exploration of patients', caregivers', and professionals' views on medication adherence highlighted a lack of shared understanding of what determines medication adherence, thus stressing the necessity of developing a mutual understanding and a strong therapeutic alliance | (6). In another study, the exploration of the subjective meaning of antipsychotic medication exposed the tension between external social control and contemporary values of autonomy and self-control (7).
In this qualitative study, we explored the disparity between the recommendation of continuous-maintenance antipsychotic treatment for patients with schizophrenia and the clinical reality | [
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Drink-driver stole car a night earlier
9:30am Tuesday 4th September 2012 in News
A MAN found drunkenly slouched in the driver’s seat of a Ford Fiesta had stolen it in a | burglary hours earlier.
Ricky Clanfield was jailed for a year at Oxford Crown Court yesterday for a series of offences.
Prosecutor Tim Boswell said the 30-year-old had split from his girlfriend on August 3 and was out in Chipping Norton that evening, after drinking heavily.
Clanfield broke into a house in Alfred Terrace and stole a handbag and the keys to a Ford Fiesta.
The next day a police officer saw the car being driven towards Chipping Norton town centre and pulled it over.
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G-Form Compression Shirt and Crash Shorts - bostoncrimsonsox
Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:46 PM
Like JR, I first learned about the G-form product from a member in chat inquiring about the shirt Tim Thomas was spotted wearing at the All-Star Game.
I received my product on Friday and was instantly impressed. I wore both the shorts and shirt around for about an hour and without sweating I found that the shoulders bugged me a little bit, but I think it was just because I was being incredibly nitpicky. The shorts were incredibly mobile from my initial impression
I got to try them out on ice for the | first time yesterday and was thankful I had them on. I blew a tire a couple of feet from the boards at full speed and hit the boards with my hip and the shorts performed admirably. As I stated earlier, without sweating the shoulders of the shirt bugged me a bit. As soon as I started to sweat, I couldn't even feel them.
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How to Deal With Crash For Cash Scams
New drivers have a hard enough time as it is, especially younger motorists.
There’s obviously a few nerves to deal with the first few times you hit the road without the calming influence of your trusty driving instructor. Then there’s the notoriously high car insurance premiums for young drivers, even if you shop around for the cheapest insurance quotes. | And there’s even been calls from boffins at Cardiff University to ban new drivers from the roads at night or from having too many passengers because of their inexperience.
But there’s also a more sinister problem that young drivers are having to face up to. More and more motorists are staging deliberate accidents so that they can claim money back on car insurance. In | [
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One morning last September my wife and I woke up to hear a dog crying outside. We saw that he had been abandoned in a utility lot adjacent to our home. He was tied to a fence with a belt that was so short he couldn’t lie down. My wife was on her way to school and after she left I called animal control. The dog continued to cry and I went to take him | some water. I was apprehensive since he was a pit bull – the most dangerous dogs on the planet as far as I knew. When I set the water down he was more concerned with licking my hands than getting a drink. I decided to bring him into our yard while I waited for animal control. I came into the house and was reading about pit bulls on the internet – learning how misunderstood they are. I called a few shelters around town to find a home for him. We live in a rental house and are not allowed to have pets. While I didn’t find | [
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A great game is like a Tootsie Pop: you slowly penetrate through the tasty outisde layers, which then melt away into an even more satisfying and chewy middle. Azurik: Rise Of Perathia has more in common with the strange rice cakes I bought a while back. At first taste, I wondered what all the fuss was about, but after two or three of 'em a nice buzz began to develop on my tongue, and soon enough the whole bag disappeared. The challenge, then, is to get the gamer to take that many bites, particularly when the two or three you need to start liking the rice cakes translates to two or three hours for Azurik.
Azurik's introduction perfectly magnifies every flaw in the game; unclear mission goals, aggravating water physics, ugly environments, abstract puzzles, laughable storylines, and a terrible mini-game where you play a firefighter putting out a birthday cake. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong in the beginning, which makes it no wonder that the shop to which Jeremy sold Azurik had so many copies returned. Most people (understandably) aren't going to tolerate such a lackluster | opening when they could return it for a sure thing.
But when you dig your teeth into Azurik, the soft and sugary middle reveals itself. The initially infuriating controls become second nature after a bit of practice, and the "haze of confusion" Jeremy spoke of lifts, revealing a vast, untamed world to explore. Make no mistake, Azurik does not hold your hand in any way; you're on your own, and you have to figure things out by yourself | [
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Astrological Sign: Taurus - May 4th
Pets: Great Pyrenees named Zoe…she’s 6 - AND BIG
Favorite Restaurant: Any good Mexican food place…with really HOT sauce! And Joe's Crab Shack...
Secret talent: I can wiggle my ears…even one at a time! And I like to pick things up with my toes. Not a secret anymore I guess!
If you were not a DJ, | what would you be? Artist & Repertoire Agent (travels around listening to potential talent for labels), or Travel Agent...I love to plan trips and travel....I also have several money making ideas for TOOBING The Guadalupe....when I retire there! ;)
What’s in your cd player now? Always Sublime GOLD/Burned CD-VARIOUS/Mishka/Van Morrison/VETIVER/Alexi Murdoch/Patrick Sweaney
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Human Rights Watch reports that children currently are used as soldiers fighting in at least 14 countries around the world. They note that “Boys and girls alike are forced into combat, exploited for their labor, and subjected to unspeakable violence.” Girls are often victims of sexual exploitation.
An optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has forbidden the use of children under age 18 as soldiers since February 12, 2002. However, too many countries have failed to ratify the treaty; too often it goes unenforced.
In 2009, the Red Hand Campaign, initiated by youth and students around the world, called for strong action to end the use of children as soldiers. Over 250,000 red hands were presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on February 12, 2009. The Secretary-General pledged that the entire UN system would work to address the situation.This year, the Red Hand Campaign calls for universal ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. This treaty prohibits the use of children under age 18 in hostilities or their forced recruitment | . Since it was opened for ratification, 131 governments, two-thirds of the world’s countries, have done so. However, 61 countries have not ratified the optional protocol.
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Towns of Kerry
Caherdaniel —County Kerry
This pretty village stands on the shore of Derrynane Bay and is an excellent location for angling, swimming and diving. The village got its name from the stone fort of Caher (c 600 B.C) which is on the Kerry Way long distance walking trail to the north of the village.
Derrynane is one of the most alluring spots | in Ireland. The terrain varies from rugged shore lines to gently rolling mountains. The tiny harbour of Derrynane was once the haunt of pirates and buccaneers. The area now offers modern adventurers the opportunity | [
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(CNN) – The National Republican Senatorial Committee is picking up the tab on former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's legal bills, to the tune of $750,000, a Republican official confirms to CNN.
Coleman remains locked in a months-long court battle with Democrat Al Franken, after the Election Day result failed to yield a clear winner. | In April, a three-judge panel ruled Franken should be declared the winner with a margin of 312 votes, a ruling Coleman is appealing to the state's Supreme Court.
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3. Meet new friends: Zuhairah Scott Washington, the creator of Kahnoodle, a mobile app for busy couples, says couples can have their romantic New Year’s Eve in the company of new friends: “Keep an eye on daily-deal sites like Groupon and Living Social for holiday specials on group activities like overnight ski trips, cruises, and parties. These are great for active couples who want to spend quality time
together while meeting other like-minded people. These deals also will save couples a decent amount of money on a fun New Year’s getaway, which is always nice right after gift-giving season.”
4. Stay in with your sweetheart: While it may be tradition to ring in the year with your friends – or out with strangers – try having an intimate night with your love. “Instead of hitting the party scene,” Washington says, “think about | renting a private bungalow in the mountains or a sleepy town nearby to say hello to 2013 in a private, intimate setting. Run a hot bath, add the bubbles, pop the champagne, and soak the night away in each others’ arms.”
More from YourTango: Ex-Wife Of Exonerated Man Wants Cut Of Restitution Money
5. Make reasonable resolutions: Of course, it can’t be a New Year without a resolution. Both couples and singles alike can make realistic resolutions that they know they can keep.
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Crime and criminals, Denver. Driven from city, arrested, St. Joseph; photographs suggested Attempted theft of M. F. Case's horse fails. R.M | .News: Sept. 26, 1866 p.4 c.2 number criminal cases docketed. R.M.News. Oct. 5, 1866 p.4 c.1 Burgess threatens Father machebeuf with hatchet., 1866 p.4 c.2 Richard Hilton arrested, attempted shooting.. B.M.Nexs. Oct. 19, 1866 0
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was branched last week
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Anyhow, work on Mesa 7.7 has already started. A number of commits have poured into Mesa's Git "master" code-base. Among | this work are commits affecting LLVMpipe, the Intel i915 Gallium3D driver, the Radeon Gallium3D driver, and the general Mesa stack. The Intel hardware driver and software rasterizer has picked up support for the GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_depth_clamp, and GL_NV_depth_clamp. The two prior OpenGL extensions are part of the OpenGL 3 specification, which Mesa has slowly been adopting
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