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Mr. Robin Parsons
Nov4-03, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by sage
andre since you are trying to provoke a discussion on global warming it is advisable that you give the link to that HUGE global warming debate we had had on sciforums with edufer for others to see so that we donot have to reinvent the entire wheel from scratch once again.(i could have given the link
but i do not know how
Go to the site, copypaste the address onto a page here.....it is that simple, the system will do the rest.
If you want a nicer looking link you can use the explainations of the vB codes to do that,
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Maimonides, the Jewish philosopher, is quoted to have said "The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision". Framers of service tax law in India could do well to keep this quote in mind while framing the law and rolling out myriad notifications. The years 1994 and 2012 will go down as watershed years in service tax law — the former for introducing the law and the latter for revamping it with the negative list.
While there was sufficient debate and discussion prior to the arangetram of the negative list to assume that it was cast in stone and would not be tampered with too much, subsequent developments seem to indicate that the law-makers can't get over their itch to announce notifications almost every alternate day.
Transport by rail
The intention of the law-makers to levy a service tax on transport of goods by rail in the pre-negative list era has been unclear and indecisive. The levy was first announced and then postponed ad infinitum till the negative list took over.
The negative list included in its scope transport of nine items by rail — petroleum and petroleum products, relief materials meant for victims of natural or man-made disasters, calamities, accidents or mishap, defence or military equipment, postal mail, mail bags or household effects, newspaper or magazines registered with Registrar of Newspapers, railway equipment or materials, agricultural produce, foodstuff including flours, tea, coffee, jaggery, sugar, milk products, salt and edible oil, excluding alcoholic beverages and chemical fertiliser and oilcakes.
By logical conclusion, it was deduced that transport of passengers by rail would attract service tax, though it was quickly clarified that the tax would apply only to transport of passengers in air-conditioned carriages.
Metro transport was not considered as a taxable service. On July 2, 2012, the Government did a flip-flop on the negative list by excluding transport of passengers in first-class and air-conditioned carriages and transport of goods by rail from service tax up to and including September 30, 2012.
While the intention behind this relaxation will remain unstated, it certainly does not convey a sense of stability in the negative list. The law-makers seem to be repeating the same mistake of picking and choosing services for exemption rather than looking at the substance of the law. If the intention is to exempt all transport by rail, there should be an inclusion in the negative list. If the intention is to tax these services, one does not have to wait till October 1.
The argument that the law requires time to be accepted would not hold water, as not everyone is going to stop rail travel, post-September. The nation has accepted service tax as inevitable and an increase in rail fares would be accepted, albeit a trifle unhappily.
Employer-employee nexus
In the negative list era, a whole bunch of services previously not covered would come under the levy. While the services provided by an employee to an employer is thankfully not taxable due to a specific exclusivity provided in the definition of service, there could be services provided by others that would not meet the employer-employee nexus — independent directors being a case in point.
A draft circular is doing the rounds clarifying a host of issues concerning employers and employees. It clarifies that when a director receives payment in his personal capacity, the same is liable to be taxed in the hands of the director. However, where the fee is charged by the entity appointing the director and is paid to such entity, the services shall be deemed to be supplied by such an entity and not by the individual director.
Thus, in the case of Government nominees, the services shall be deemed to be provided by the Government and liable to be taxed under the exclusion sub- (iv) of clause (a) of Section 66D of the Finance Act, 1994, that is, support services by Government to business.
Such services are liable to be taxed on reverse charge basis. Reimbursements made by an employer to an employee would be exempt. The circular clarifies that secondment of staff between companies would constitute manpower supply service, subject to the over-arching principle that there has to be a consideration received. The draft circular also explains that supplies made by employers to employees would be taxed, provided they are not in the negative list. Deductions from salary and salary foregone would also be considered to be consideration received.
The circular states that facilities such as crèche, gymnasium or a health club, which all employees may use without any charge or reduction from the salary, will be outside the tax net.
There are bound to be a few circulars that clarify components in the negative list. While these are welcome, the list per se should remain sacrosanct. One of the key ingredients of a negative list of services stability should not be vitiated at inception.
(The author is a Bangalore-based chartered accountant.)


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The first two games on Saturday's opening day of the 2013 NBA Playoffs were epic nail bitters and instant entertainers. However, the third game of the night featured the Brooklyn Nets, who were wondering why they were the only team in the first round to not have an opponent. On paper they were supposed to play the Chicago Bulls, but apparently no one told that to Chicago.
It was a blowout from the start, as Deron Williams and company took it to the Bulls and blew them away to gain a 1-0 series lead. The Nets got a new arena in a new city and a new logo, and they're far from the Nets of old. The team that last played in New Jersey was an embarrassment of a franchise, but after an offseason that saw the team move to a new location, add some new pieces and put their best foot forward, the Nets are the talk of Brooklyn.
On the other side of things, the Bulls are facing a mountain of a task in taking on the NBA Playoff field. There is no Derrick Rose, there was barely a Joakim Noah and Chicago never stood a chance. The loss was painfully reminiscent of how quickly the Bulls imploded onto themselves last season after Rose was lost after the first game of their series against Philadelphia.
Brooklyn beat the Bulls to death in the paint, outscoring Chicago 56-36 and out-rebounding them 37-32. The Bulls are usually pretty stout in the paint and are able to win that battle, but Joakim Noah is the general in that regard and he only clocked 13 minutes on the court. His absence hurt the Bulls worse than anyone could have anticipated and it's now clear that if Noah's not healthy, the Bulls won't make it out of Brooklyn alive.
The Nets 'Big 3′ of Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson are all the hype, but it was Reggie Evans that stole the show Saturday night. Evans finished with 13 rebounds, 12 of which were defensive. That stat right there tells you all you need to know about how badly the Bulls missed Joakim Noah and how studly Reggie Evans was in Game 1.
Now that Brooklyn has asserted it's dominance over the Bulls by blowing them out in the first game of their series together, the question becomes can the Bulls limp through this series ling enough for Joakim Noah to get healthy or will this series end the same way last year's did. Obviously, last year was far more depressing for obvious reasons, but the Bulls have played one playoff game many didn't think they would — but the Nets are already preparing to drag them behind the shed and put them out of their misery.
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Mary533 Wrote:
Sep 07, 2012 8:55 AM
On point or more so.. As a woman I find their behavior offensive and as a tax payer I find the wants offensive. If they want to be an adult and have sex, they can find a way to pay for their own birth control. Is it really that hard? Next we'll be asked to pay for their alcohol and cigerrettes so they can go out and party, oh, and while your at it make sure I you tell my employer that they have to pay me for the next day when I cannot get up and go to work because I'm too sick or too tired after getting drunk or staying out all night.


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The level of system access a user enjoys depends
on your site requirements, that user's role in the organization,
and your management of his or her account. A site with low security
requirements and plenty of system resources may allow access at any
time of day whereas a site with moderate security requirements may
limit logins to daytime hours and permit dialup or network connections
only to a subset of users.
Using the Authorize utility, you control when
and how users can access the system. "Authorize Qualifiers Controlling Login Times and Conditions" identifies the applicable qualifiers.
Table 7-1 Authorize Qualifiers Controlling Login Times and Conditions
of day
By default,
a user has full access every day. By specifying an access time, you
prevent access at all other times. Identify hours on primary days
with the keyword PRIMARY; identify hours on secondary days with the
keyword SECONDARY.
Specifies hours of access permitted for
dialup logins.
Specifies hours of access for interactive
logins from local terminals.
of week
the primary and secondary days of the week for logging in.
of operation
the hours of access permitted for batch jobs.
Specifies the hours of access
for interactive logins.
Specifies the hours of access permitted
for network batch jobs.
Specifies hours during which access is
permitted for interactive logins from network remote terminals (with
the DCL command SET HOST).
of resources
the name of the user's default device at login.
Specifies the name of the user's
default directory at login.
of account
Specifies the expiration date and time of the account.
Disables the account so the user
cannot log in.
External authentication
Specifies that the user is externally
Specifies that the account can
use standard authentication (using SYSUAF) irrespective of whether
the EXTAUTH flag is set, which requires external authentication. For
more information on external authentication, see the section"Overriding External Authentication".
AUTHORIZE qualifiers let you restrict system use
to certain days of the week and certain periods of the day. Restricting
work times is useful to better balance the workload on your system.
Restricting access to accounts is also an effective way of preventing
unauthorized use of the system outside of normal working hours.
Define primary and secondary days of the week
with the /PRIMEDAYS qualifier, or conform to the default where primary
days are Monday through Friday and secondary days are Saturday and
Sunday. For example, to modify the defaults for a user who works Tuesday
through Saturday, you would specify the /PRIMEDAYS qualifier as follows:
Occasionally an operational change occurs that
conflicts with the normal day assignments at your site, such as a
holiday falling on a primary day. To override the normal day assignment,
use the DCL command SET DAY, and specify the day-type interpretation
you want for the current day. This requires OPER privilege. Note that
this change applies to all logged-in users, as well as those who will
log in during the day. If users who are currently logged in are unauthorized
for the day-type once it changes, they are logged out of the system
at the next hour. (The job controller enforces time restrictions on
an hourly basis.)
Decide which types of login access should be restricted
to certain hours. The login access qualifiers are: /LOCAL, /REMOTE,
/DIALUP, /INTERACTIVE, /BATCH, and /NETWORK. However, if your site
applies one set of primary and secondary hours for all types of logins,
you can specify the /ACCESS qualifier, which applies to all modes
of access.
The following example shows how to apply the /BATCH
qualifier to a user's account to disable the user from running
batch jobs during normal working hours:
This specification permits the user to run batch
jobs only during the hours of 6:00 p.m. through 8:59 a.m. on primary
days but all day on secondary days.
The following concerns might cause you to prohibit
network access for some of your users:
The user has data that
should be accessed only through the local node.
Penetration attempts are
more likely to occur over a network because of the increased anonymity
of the connection. (This concern is also relevant to dialup connections.)
Use the AUTHORIZE qualifier /NONETWORK to prevent
specific users from having network access, as shown in the following
Any of the AUTHORIZE access mode qualifiers (/LOCAL,
/REMOTE, /DIALUP, /INTERACTIVE, /BATCH, or /NETWORK) can be negated
in this manner to restrict access to the system.
It is good practice to set an account expiration
time that matches the maximum length of time you expect the user to
require access. When the expiration time arrives, the system automatically
prohibits access to the account. You must still remove the UAF record
and delete the user's files.
Use of the /EXPIRATION qualifier also forces you
to periodically review accounts and reauthorize only those that are
To set the account expiration time, use the AUTHORIZE
qualifier /EXPIRATION in the user's UAF record. For example,
the following qualifier specifies that the user's account will
expire on the 30th of December 2008:
may want to severely restrict the use of certain accounts. For example,
you may want to disable specific accounts used only periodically,
such as the SYSTEST and FIELD accounts, to limit possible misuse of
these accounts. Disable the accounts with the /FLAGS=DISUSER qualifier.
Temporarily enable the accounts with the /FLAGS=NODISUSER qualifier
when needed.
Identify the user's default device and directory
in the UAF record with the AUTHORIZE qualifiers /DEVICE and /DIRECTORY.
You can limit the number of blocks available to the user on that disk
(and any other disk) through the disk quota feature of the System
Management utility (SYSMAN), as described in the HP OpenVMS
System Management Utilities Reference Manual: A-L.
The volume protection in place on other disks
controls how much access a user can obtain to the disks. The user's
privileges, which can be extended or limited through the AUTHORIZE
qualifier /PRIVILEGES, also influence the access available (see "Giving Users Privileges").
Mark a user's account in the UAF record with
the AUTHORIZE qualifier /FLAGS=EXTAUTH to allow the user to be externally
See "Enabling External Authentication" for more information.


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On Our Radar: Coco and Breezy-------
Identical twins Corianna and Brianna Dotson, or "Coco" and "Breezy," respectively, make up the duo behind their namesake eyewear label, Coco and Breezy. Equal parts edgy and fun with a hint of youthful irreverence, it's perhaps no surprise that their singular shades (particularly the hand-studded ones) are coveted by stars like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, and Kelly Osbourne.
Now based in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the designers grew up in the suburbs of Apple Valley, Minnesota, working two jobs each at the Mall of America. "Our parents allowed us to be very expressive with our clothes, and we got a lot of stares for it," Brianna tells Style.com. "People would make fun of us, so we would hide behind sunglasses—they gave us a level of confidence that we never had." The pair slowly but surely began to produce their own range of aplomb-inducing shades, and after a trip to New York in 2009, they knew the Big Apple was the right place for their operation.
Under the mentorship of eyewear expert Selima Salaun, the sisters have steadily grown their business. And their glasses—all of which are designed, developed, and produced in-house—have already been picked up by retailers like Oak and Patricia Field, among others.
Dubbed Translucent Creatures, their Spring '14 range was inspired by the architectural landscape of NYC. "We're artists first," Corianna says, "so we love to take our life experiences and surrounding environments as inspiration; we don't look at fashion." Next season, the girls plan to incorporate their artwork onto the insides of their frames, and launch men's styles. Down the line, they're hoping to expand into optical glasses. But no matter how their business fares, they're just happy to have come this far. As Brianna puts it, "It's beautiful to know that we turned our insecurities and being bullied into a positive thing."
Australia Fashion Week Comes to a Close-------
Australia fashion week wrapped in Sydney today, and Style.com's special projects editor, Maya Singer, has been reporting back on the most exciting shows. To view our complete Australia fashion week coverage, click here.
Day 5:
Fashion week in Sydney concluded this afternoon with a show by Zambesi (left), one of the major brands from New Zealand. Even if you hadn't known that Zambesi was based in Auckland, the clothes on the runway made it altogether clear that a non-Australian sensibility was at work. To put it plainly, Zambesi designers Elisabeth Findlay and Dayne Johnston have an affection for the eccentric and borderline frumpy that the local Sydney designers do not share at all. The men's looks, designed by Johnston, were relatively straightforward—vaguely thuggish tailoring, plus the odd flourish like a pair of tailored wool shortalls. The womenswear, from Findlay, had a bit more range, with crispy and rather clinical white looks ebbing into more challenging pieces, such as long narrow dresses covered with fringe tassels. For both sexes, the sharpest looks were the ones in a tartan organza; very on-trend, that.
Zambesi aren't the only carpetbaggers on the Australian fashion scene. Jewelry designer Estelle Dévé hails from the South of France, originally, but her brand is based in Melbourne, and in the five years since she launched, it has emerged as something of a cult phenomenon. Dévé's signature pieces are plated rings with a rough-hewn look; this season, she's elevated her aesthetic quite a bit, drawing on her French heritage for a bit of soigné, and sourcing influence from the surrealists. Standout pieces in the new collection include statement necklaces with egg-shaped crystal pendants half-covered in a dissolving layer of silver.
Dévé adapted several pieces from the new collection for a capsule range of bracelets and necklaces made in collaboration with Camilla and Marc (left). Those pieces were on the Camilla and Marc catwalk at the very start of Australian Fashion Week; so too was the jewelry work of Ryan Storer, whose dangerous-looking ear pieces adorned all the models at the show. Storey's brand is ultra-new"—his very small debut collection is shipping to stores now, with a selection of the ear pieces due to arrive at Browns in London at any moment.
Continue Reading "Australia Fashion Week Comes to a Close" »
The Road To Bonnaroo: Alejandra Deheza-------
Bonnaroo, one of the summer's hottest music festivals (literally), takes place this weekend in Manchester, Tennessee. Year after year, the fest hosts some of the best artists around, everyone from Lil Wayne and Eminem to Florence + the Machine to The Strokes (and that's just this year). As they head down south, Style.com checked in with a few of our favorite artists to see what they're packing to beat the heat in style.
Karen Elson is bringing her Nashville twang to Bonnaroo. School of Seven Bells' Alejandra Deheza, a fellow first-timer at the festival, is bringing her dreamy Brooklyn pop sounds—and plenty of dark clothes. "It's pretty much all black," Deheza says of her onstage style. "When I was a kid, I was really into goth, so it's probably my inner goth coming out."
School of Seven Bells first won acclaim for their 2008 debut, Alpinisms. Now holed up in a Williamsburg recording studio working on their upcoming, "more dance-y" third album, Deheza and guitarist Benjamin Curtis are taking some time off to tour (and, if they're lucky, see a fellow festival act or two). "I have never been to Bonnaroo, not as a fan or performer," Deheza tells Style.com. "I really want to see Lil Wayne—I have never seen a spectacle like that before." Here's what she's planning to bring with her to the spectacle:
A black poncho from NYC's Oak. "One thing I always wear is this black hoodie poncho from Oak. It has a really long tube for a hood and you look really witchy wearing it." (Above: Oak Baja funnel neck poncho, $88, available at www.oaknyc.com.)
Quay Eyeware Australia sunglasses. "We are playing at night, so the sun won't be so bad. But if I need them, I will wear these Quay gold-frame sunglasses—they're my favorite. I picked these up at Oak, too. Do you see a theme here? It's this perfect one-stop place." (Above: For more information, visit www.quayeyewear.com.au.)
Nom and Ada leather creeper mocs. "I picked up these shoes for the summer; the designers live in Portland, and they are fans of our music. They are leather and really comfortable. They kind of look like little girls' shoes." (Above: For more information, visit www.nomandada.com.)
Vintage copper bracelets. "I wear a lot of vintage copper bracelets. Copper always looks great in the summer. I like to get them from Malin Landaeus, a vintage store on Bedford Avenue—they have so many good ones to choose from." (For store hours and location, visit www.malinlandaeus.com.)


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Career & College Transfer Center
Career and College Transfer Center (CCTC)
The Career and College Transfer Center offers comprehensive career-development services for students through workshops, seminars, and individual assessment appointments. To help students explore their career possibilities, we use several professional tools, including the Myers-Briggs® Type Indicator (MBTI®), Career Assessment Inventory (CAI), and Career Information System (CIS).
The CCTC is designed to help current and prospective CWI students identify career goals and prepare for their next steps. For students transferring to a four-year school, the CCTC offers important information about making that transfer a success. The CCTC also offers job-search tools, resume builders, interview practice, and other support services for all students.
CCTC services include:
- Workshops and Seminars
- Job Skills Assessments (see above)
- Career Library
- Career Exploration and Development Resources
- Job Listings
- Internships
- Transfer Information
- Resume and Cover Letter Writing Assistance
- Mock Interviewing
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Advisor, Student Enrichment
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'Hotel Transylvania'
Where do monsters go to get rest and relaxation? Check the title again, since this animated comedy-fantasy finds Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) operating the site. With his daughter (voice of Selena Gomez) celebrating her birthday, he's happy to have such fearsome friends as Frankenstein and the Invisible Man (voices of Kevin James and David Spade) visiting.
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Hey, I'm Andrew :) I'm 20, but I write like a 12 year old. I'm currently in my second year at university, but I enjoy writing and have recently started taking it more seriously as a hobby in my spare time. I've never had the motivation to write more than a few pages before, but with the support I've been getting recently I feel inspired to take on bigger and better projects every day. For now I'm just a beginner, but hopefully my stories will increase in quality and quantity as I develop as a writer. I won't beg you to follow me, but any support is deeply appreciated. Thank you! Masks: Action #47 (10/05/13) Masks: Mystery/Thriller #152 (14/05/13) Short Stories: Science Fiction #448 (01/02/14)
PanopticonAn island prison. A group of civilians. They only came to do their jobs, but everything changed when the watchers became the watched.
InsomniaLive forever. Die trying.
Short StoriesHere is where I hide my dreadful short stories and terrible fan-fiction. Enter at your own risk.
MasksAshley Cox, failed magician, has never been the least bit magical. However, when she becomes involved in a sinister plot centred around her workplace, she needs a miracle to escape.... read more
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Viewing Pages on the Intranet
Getting Started
More Advanced Questions
About the Intranet
I am getting prompted
for the "CUWebLogin" even if I'm already loged in. Is
that normal?
Yes this is normal. If you keep a browser window open,
you will have to log into the web site using your kerberos password
once every 8 hours, or everytime you close ALL your browser windows.
Here's some more information about this decision.
Currently the campus provides two ways to make use of the campus
Kerberos infrastructure to restrict access to web pages, SideCar
and CU Web Login. The more typical mechanism is to use SideCar.
This takes advantage of the single signon capabilities of Kerberos
but the current implementation makes web pages load very slowly.
Instead we use CU Web Login, which is completely web based, doesn't
require you to install SideCar on your computer and is much faster.
The disadvantage of this is that you can't take advantage of having
previously logged into kerberos.
Who can view pages
on the intranet?
Most pages on the intranet are restricted to Cornell
faculty and staff. A few additional people who have need to use
the intranet are given access manually. These include students working
in the Dean's office and student services and contractor's working
on projects for engineering.
Some pages are restricted to smaller groups of people.
For instance the dean may want to restrict some of his communications
to just the academic department director's and chairs.
Some pages are open to everyone including the intranet
homepage and some of the intranet support pages.
Who can create pages on the
Currently the intranet is a pilot so only a limited
number of people have been invited to participate, primarily in
the dean's office and student services. We anticipate rolling out
access to more units and people starting in the fall of 2003.
I've got an intranet
account, how do I get started?
What training Materials
are Available?
See the training
materials page for a wide range of materials from online videos
to materials used for sit down courses to recommended books. Some
of the books are available for check out from the Carpenter Library
What templates are there
for me to use?
Templates allow you to create files with the standard
intranet "look" and functionality. All the pages on the
Intranet are created using standard intranet templates.
You can view examples of the templates we currently
have available at templates page.
I want
to create an area of the intranet that is restricted to a different
group than faculty and staff. How do I do this?
By default the intranet is restricted
to Cornell faculty and staff. You can have an directory on the
intranet created that is more restricted, or less restricted than
this. To do this we assign one or more "groups" of people
permission to see the directory. The dean's office maintains the
following groups centrally, but we can create a "group"
to which you can add any set of netids.
Groups maintained centrally:
Here are some examples of other permits people have created:
To create a restricted directory email
the intranet support staff with the following information:
The intranet support staff will email back once they create the
If you have not used the centrally maintained groups we will include
information on how to add the netIDs to the group we will create
for you. To do this, go to the uportal
groups channel. You can add the channel to your uportal
homepage if you wish. There is also a very
old administrative interface to the permit system.
How do I install the uPortal Groups Channel so I can manage my group memberships?
What do the files that start
with "incl" do?
How do I edit the Label, Breadcrumbs and Menu
for my directory?
are some standard elements that are included on all the pages in
a section of the website. These include the label on the upper right
of the webpage (in ),
the breadcrumbs (in )
, and the menu on the left (in ).
Rather than requiring you to type the same information into these
locations, we type it once into an "include file" and
the template automatically includes it in all the pages in the directory.
More information is available on
how to edit and create these files.
What are the goals of
the Engineering Intranet?
Can I find out more about the decision making
process that lead up to the Intranet pilot?
See the Intranet
Pilot Project Website for more information.


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In addition to decentralised campaigns, the Transversal programme also includes a number of central campaigns. These are implemented directly by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels. Applications for central campaigns must, therefore, be submitted in Brussels. In general, EACEA calls for applications to be submitted once a year. These central campaigns support transnational collaboration by way of multilateral projects, networks, accompanying measures as well as studies and analyses which relate to the four main subjects: "policy cooperation, languages, information and communication technologies and distribution and utilization of results".
Policy cooperation
- Studies and comparative research
Reflection groups and pools of experts or researchers have the opportunity to research the needs of the beneficiaries for a period of two years. Comparative studies, investigations, development of research networks or research conferences are just a few of the many activities that are supported.
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An insect's wing venation is an important morphological feature for placing it in the correct family or genus. You will need to know the names of the different wing veins in order to identify many insects accurately, using a dichotomous or descriptive key.
Most entomologists use the wing venation system represented in this diagram, which was devised by John Comstock and George Needham in the late 1890's. Comstock and Needham named each of the 6-8 longitudinal veins, as well as the crossveins, on a hypothetical insect wing. These names remain the standard terminology used to describe wing features today.
The longitudinal veins are always named in the following order, beginning with the leading edge of the wing and working toward the trailing edge:
- C – costa - the vein along the leading edge of the wing
- SC – subcosta - the second longitudinal vein
- R – radius - the third longitudinal vein
- M – media - the fourth longitudinal vein
- CU – cubitus - the fifth longitudinal vein
- A – anal - the remaining veins between the cubitus and the trailing edge of the wing
With the exception of the costa and anal veins, longitudinal veins may be branched, and are then numbered, beginning with the anterior branch and moving to the posterior branch. The subcosta vein (SC) can be branched once; the two branches are then labeled SC1 and SC2. The radius is more complex. The first posterior branch is called the radial sector (RS), and this may, in turn, be forked twice. The anterior radius is then labeled R1, and each of the forks of the radial sector are numbered R2, R3, R4, and R5. The media may also be forked twice, with the veins reaching the wing margin. They are labeled M1, M2, M3, and M4. The cubitus may branch into two parts, CU1 and CU2. In some cases, the anterior branch may again be divided into CU1a and CU1b. Finally, there may be as many as four unbranched anal veins, each with its own label, A1, A2, A3, and A4.
The crossveins connect the longitudinal veins, and are typically named for the two veins which they connect:
- c-sc* - crossvein connecting the costa and subcosta
- r - crossvein connecting adjacent branches of the radius
- r-s* - crossvein connecting the subcosta and radius
- r-m - crossvein connecting the radius and media
- m - crossvein connecting adjacent branches of the media
- m-cu - crossvein connecting the media and cubitus
- cu-a - crossvein connecting the cubitus and the first anal vein
Certain additional crossveins have special names:
- h – humeral - this crossvein connects the costa and subcosta near the base of the wing
- s – sectorial - a crossvein that connects either the radius (R1) to the branch R4-R5, or connects R3 to R4
* - These veins are not represented on the diagram.


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1. The Reverse -- And, the Commentary of the Past Few Weeks
As I stood in the stands and watched that play fail -- I wondered what the reaction on BN would be.
Call it a "reverse" or call it an "end around" -- in the storm of criticism of CNC's "conservative playcalling" the failure to call this exact play was one of the oft mentioned BN examples of plays we should be calling.
Some of us put forth the propositionthat, with our lack of talent and speed on the O line, this play would fail; we were brushed off or seen as "apologists".
So, I find it interesting that, today, few here are applauding the call. Instead, many are critical. I know, consistency is the hob goblin of small minds and all that ... but, in light of previous comments, it seems that the "daring" should be acknowledged.
Me, I think it was a dumb call -- as it would have been at any time in the last few weeks.
2. I find it interesting that those who thought RB should have been starting instead of KP -- because they believed that RB was the better QB and that CNC was being stubborn in sticking with KP -- are using this game as support for their thesis.
Those of you who think RB proved so effective as to cast doubt on the fact that he has not been our starter all season -- From the stands he did not look that good.
Yes, he is now our quarterback and I support him 100%. This note is not about him -- it's about people who want to use yesterday's game to criticize CNC for thinking KP is a better QB -- which I think a healthy KP is.
Yesterday's performance was not all that good.
On more than one occasion, he had receivers well behind the defensive back trying to cover them -- and he threw bad passes; from the stands it looked like he was lobbing the balls -- especially the one that was intercepted -- instead of throwing them. In fact he threw a lot of bad passes -- some high and exposing the receivers to crunching blows when they went up for them.
There was a bad drop or two -- but there were some very good catches -- of bad throws -- that really helped him out. And, he has yet to develop "pocket presence" -- the ability to understand he is about to be sacked; how many times has he fumbled because he did not see a hit coming?
To his credit, he did make some very good throws -- but some were to well covered and double covered receivers where the first response in the stands was "Don't" and then "Whew!, that was great". He lived dangerously and got away with it. I acknowledge it took talent to make those throws -- but that throwing talent was not evident throughout the game.
He still cannot fake in the pistol -- he is wooden and predictable. And, I think CNC really understood this as he used more pro-set out of the shotgun than the pistol.
RB is our QB and I will be in the stands screaming my lungs out for him against Oregon State. But, to see him as the second coming, or the first -- depending on your persuasion -- and to criticize CNC for not seeing that, is wrong.
3. Where I Agree With the Criticism on the Choice of QB
I think it was wrong to play KP against KSU and Cal -- not because RB is better, but because I think it wrong to play an injured player -- no matter how loud he claims to be OK. We all knew he was hurt and the coaches should have, too.
And, wile I am on this theme -- I really think Ayers is hurt, too. Were I king of the world, I would send him to a competent doctor for a complete check AND not play him if he is hurt. I am upset that some here are spewing the "he's trying to protect himself for the draft" crap. That's unfair. That's an attack on his character and we have absolutely no basis to challenge his commitment or integrity. He is a warrior. I think he is an injured warrior.
4. Injuries, Injuries, Injuries
Are making me sick. Thigpen plays well and breaks a collar bone. Johnson is establishing himself as a very legitimate receiver and, he too, is hurt. Add that to the long list of starters and promising players who are hurt and you have to wonder -- what have we done to offend the football gods? Yes, injuries are a part of sports, but hey, come on -- we have had way more than our share. And, they are a major part of why we are inexperienced and under talented at key positions. We are simply not a good enough team to lose this many players.
In the stands, some were questioning our off season training. I assured them that our players got bigger, stronger and faster. That' snot it. Knees and bones cannot be trained into invulnerability. We are just getting thrown by the waves. And, it sucks.
4. I Really Do Not Want to Talk About the D
I simply remain steadfast in my position that the hiring of a DeWayne Walker disciple was a bad move -- precisely because the apple does not fall far from the tree and that tree did not produce much D.
But, I have to disagree with some of what has been written, here, about some of our players. From the stands I saw Rahim make some very sure open field tackles on runners who were going full steam ahead because they had reached the secondary untouched. He seemed to be one of the only players on the D tackling.
And, from where I sat, it was clear that our LB's and DB's were having to make a lot of tackles because the D line was not touching anyone. The holes were huge.
Finally, Scott is a good QB -- made much better because he had all the time in the world to throw. From my seat, I could count several seconds of time. No DB can cover, effectively, that long. I focused for a while on our D line. They got handled, play after play. It was predictable. And, sad. They were trying hard, but the scheme was not working for them. If there was a scheme, at all.
We looked so confused out there -- our D was often not set -- players were looking at each other as if to say "what are we playing, now". And, this was not an Oregon team that didn't give time to set up. This was a team with far fewer dimensions and one that gave us plenty of time, between plays, to get set.
5. The Good?
The team did not quit and neither did the fans.
I've read here that some were upset that the stands seemed quiet. I can say, from experience, that there are places in the stands from which you cannot judge the noise levels. The best way to know how loud things are is to be on the field (as I was lucky enough to be when I was a yell leader.) I know that the fans cause UA to take at least one penalty and call one time out -- and that they were having trouble with audibles.
The spirit really is there. People were standing -- throughout the game -- when Geoff called for them to stand. Some of us stood and hollered throughout the entire game.
Why is that important? Because, in my heart I know that, in times of deep disappointment we need to replenish ourselves by dipping into our passion buckets. Mine remains full.
And, I'll be there Sat with a recovered voice and optimism that we will Beat the Beavers.


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We are looking for a Manager for the Molecular Diagnostics Services/Platform who will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Molecular Diagnostics (MDX) Laboratories and supervision of staff. S/He will be responsible for strengthening core platform capabilities to support research through conducting existing assays to a unified standard, developing standardized protocols, training members of the laboratory and developing new tools and methods in molecular analysis to meet the needs of Research Projects. The post- holder may dedicate up to 20% of work time to independent research in an area of interest in molecular biology towards strengthening the Unit's research agenda.
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The skis are all lined up and ready to go at the Trapp Family Lodge Outdoor Center. But outside it's a different story. The popular ski area had a brief two-day opening earlier this month with a foot or more of snow on the ground. That was before the rain.
On this afternoon, a tower snow gun pumps out up to 45 gallons of water a minute, laboring to get back some of the snow cover they lost. Trapp's is in their sixth year of limited snowmaking. For them, it's meant the difference between a successful season and no season it all.
"Downhill areas you can count on. Skiing cross-country-- it's maybe going to turn into that, too," said Paul McNeil of the Trapp Family Lodge.
For the most part, he says guests are excited to see the white stuff and that the snow guns in the background don't seem to take away from the Austrian Alps aura the resort tries to cultivate.
Ski industry officials say seven out of 30 cross-country areas are currently making their own snow and more are coming online each year. McNeil says the prospects of climate change pushed many cross-country areas to take a close look at their operations.
"Whether we're in a 100-year warming span or this is a global warming span, it's all to be determined. But right now, it's pretty vital to have snowmaking," McNeil said.
Is climate change to blame?
"It's highly variable and I think variability is probably the key thing that we're going to see," said Roger Hill, a meteorologist. "We're going to see these switches like what we see right now, with snowless conditions, to situations where we might get very big dumps, but they may not come as frequently, but when they do come they could be pretty huge."
Hill does forecast consulting from his home in Worcester. He says the early climactic changes up north are just the coming attractions.
"It's happening further to the north. All we have to do is look north to see the changes and the swings that they're seeing up in Canada and Alaska, and all we have to do is look south to places like New Jersey and Connecticut, and match those up with our climate and see that the kind of winter we're experiencing for example right now, is much more Connecticut or New Jersey-like," Hill said.
At Trapp's, they plans to invest a quarter million dollars next year to boost their snowmaking capability.
"We're holding the Junior Nationals in 2014 here, which is one of the largest ski events in the country. It's all going to be on a course out here in the field and we're going to have expanded snowmaking and that event is one example of how we are going to pull it off no matter what the weather is," McNeil said.
But what of the smaller cross-country centers that can't afford that kind of investment? Industry officials hope the success of the larger areas somehow spreads the wealth.
"It certainly acts as a rising tide. It floats all boats. It gets the word out there that the trails are going to be covered with snow regardless and a good snow year like we had just two years ago," said Parker Riehle of Ski Vermont.
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DescriptionHuMap is a free offline mapping application that won the Invitel InnoApps Award in 2013. Maps of Hungary (41MB), Budapest (4MB) and other European cities are available. The maps have to be downloaded separately, either from within the app, or manually from the http://humap.uw.hu/ website.
IMPORTANT: OpenStreetMap (the map source of HuMap) is community-driven like Wikipedia, so BE AWARE that unfrequented areas (e.g. smaller towns and villages) may be less detailed!
✶ Maps are stored on your phone - no internet connection needed while navigating!
✶ Compact, OpenStreetMap-based vector maps
✶ Searchable maps - find any town, street, sight, shop, etc. easily
✶ Nearby places
✶ GPS location feature
✶ Route planning [BETA] (this feature needs internet connection, there is no turn-by-turn navigation)
✶ Elevation lines and hiking paths (Hungary and Budapest only)
✶ Adding custom overlays
✶ Guidebook (text only, no images)
✶ No ads!
Maps: Hungary, Budapest, Barcelona, Bruxelles, Gdańsk, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kraków, Lyon, Marseille, Oslo, Praha, Riga, Sofia, Stockholm, Warszawa, Wien, Wrocław
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Coherent Ramblings.
Mark Teixera comes at too high of a price from what I am hearing from the "Experts." Do not get me wrong, I would love to have a middle of the order that consists of: Ortiz, Ramirez, Teixera, but not at the cost of sacrificing the future. The Rangers are rumored to be asking for Buccholz AND Ellsbury. That is too, much. And if we make this trade happen, then the Yankees will be sitting there saying, "Haven't they learned anything from us." The Yankees are not going to part ways with Joba Chamberlin or Philip Hughes, and they shouldn't. They understand now, after several years, that without the proper pitching, the postseason will end in failure. They also understand that a Hughes, Chamberlin, Wang, front end of the rotation looks delightfully good…and delightfully cheap. And so doesn't a Lester, Beckett, Buccholz, Matsuzaka arrangement. Buccholz should be untouchable unless something almost unrealistic comes along. And if the Red Sox believe that Coco Crisp will be the Coco that they traded for, then I am fine with them trading Ellsbury to get something in return that can favor us come postseason time. Just not "Clay."
This Indians/Red Sox series was as entertaining as any series I have watched this season. The first game was emotional for all fans, not only the ones who reside in Beantown. Lester came out and pitched pretty well. He had some balls hit hard off of him, but gave up only two earned, and settled in nicely the last few innings. Westbrook settled in too, but he gave up five runs quickly and it was too much to overcome.
The next two games were what baseball fans dream of. Back-to-back 1-0 games. The first was Sabathia vs. Dice-K. Sabathia showed once again that he was the ace of the Cleveland staff, and that he is a bonafide ace in general. Matsuzaka had a few balls that were hit to the warning track, but he didn't give up any runs. It felt more like Dice-K should have given up 2 or 3 runs, but the balls were hit in the right spots, and was impressive nonetheless.
Game 3 of the series was the best from an objective standpoint. But even as a fan of the losing team it was a great game. Beckett was absolutely dominating, making only one mistake (that was hit anyway), and giving up one run in eight innings. Carmona was slightly better, giving up zero earned and not giving up a hit until the fifth inning. Granted, the Red Sox have never faced the revived mentality that Carmona has now stumbled upon. But he was simply unhittable. Who knows what will happen next time around the league with this guy. But he has great looking stuff, and he is only 23 years of age. He could turn out like Ramon Ortiz (statistically), but I think he will be closer to the production of an ace. Although, I do not think he will be an "ace," more of a number two, but he could move up to that number one slot in the average rotation eventually. But I am going a lot by this one start, which is unhealthy. His WHIP isn't great but is good, and he has had sufficient run support to help him obtain his thirteen wins. But this is at least a sign of what could come down the road.
Anyway, game four was okay. I didn't want to see Gabbard fall apart like that for obvious reasons. I still have faith in him, but he had a meltdown and could not control his pitches. He simply fell apart. He pitched well for four innings then quickly crumbled like he was made of a castle made of sand…all crumble to the sea…eventually. Luckily, the Sox bats came through every time the Indians made it interesting, giving them a 14-9 victory. It was very different from the rest of the series, but I enjoyed the end result of course.
Eric Byrnes hit a walk off and still leads the NL in "Win Shares" this season.
How do you replace my choice for NL MVP? You do not. Utley is irreplaceable. The Phillies have to hope for some hot hitting by Nunez and co. to step it up. Seems unlikely however. The Phillies may be finished. Unless they pull a miracle at the trade deadline.
I like to give credit where credit is due. And when ESPN had the panel the other night covering Bonds and PED's, it was much better than simply covering the story in an uninteresting manner. I cannot stand the coverage of Vick, the NBA referee, and of course Bonds. And every single day they cover it religiously. But this was different, and of course made it bearable. I do recall Bob Ley saying to Ellis Burks, after Burks commented on how his home run total went up when he arrived in Colorado. Ley said, "But the altidute had something to do with that." Burks goes, "a little bit," holding his fingers up with a small separation in space. Ley was being honest, but it felt like an insult to Burks. I also didn't like Burks saying that every player has a "career year." It is true, but saying that Bonds' "career year was when he was 35, is a little ridiculous. I don't know what happened for sure, but that argument didn't seem valid. The career year argument actually hurts Bonds' cause.
And putting Dusty Baker in a position like that wasn't all that fair. Baker was the manager and did not choose his players, right? He wanted to win, and may actually have had no real evidence if Bonds cheated. So was he supposed to call him out during his tenure in San Fran? Was everything that Baker went through there, a fabrication of some sort? I am not saying Bonds definitely used. I would lean towards it, but I am not sure. But now everyone that was affiliated with that team and was clean, has to look back and question all of it. Bonds was by the far the most important part of their run. And the clean ones should not suffer because they had to play with a guy they didnt necessarily choose to play with, if in fact he "used." Enjoy your 2002 success "clean" Giants players, it probably was not your fault. Same goes for the 89′ A's. This is even more certain and more of a "fairy tale." Canseco came out, and that put in question the ring they received. Without Canseco's production from 88′-90′ they would not have been nearly as dominant. It makes my case less convincing because the year they did win the World Series, Canseco played only 65 games. But he played well in the 89′ postseason, which obviously helped. But really I hate addressing this subject most of the time anyway.
Baseball is BIGGER than Bud Selig or Barry Bonds or Jose Canseco.
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i hope you don't mind if i agree with almost everything you said. i didn't feel badly for dusty baker. if you're going to sit on a panel like that then you better expect the tough questions. his pathetic answer of " when they leave the park , i don't know what they do" just doesn't cut it. he and all the other managers knew exactly what their players were doing and they didn't care. they were winning games and getting more fans interested in seeing everybody suddenly being able to go yard at will.
And I guess he did make the choice to sit up there on the panel. But I feel that the players are people who should be able to make their own decisions. And the people above Dusty are the ones who should really have to deal with this steroid garbage. So maybe Dusty could have done a little more, but the people at the highest positions (Selig, players, etc.) are the ones who should really be responsible. None of us really know what Baker did. Maybe Dusty approached Bonds about this, and asked how he got so big. Bonds may have told him that he was at the gym all the time. And at this point Baker could have suspected something, but what was he really going to do about it? And I have a hard time thinking that Bonds would ever have admitted it to his manager. And I don't remember who made the decision to sign Bonds, but Dusty came in the same year as Bonds so I have a hard time believing he had much say in getting Bonds. So maybe Baker turned his head a little, I dont know, but I just dont think that Baker should have any blame placed on him unless he [definitely] knew Bonds was using, and we don't know that.
Just my opinion though.
joe, i'm not putting all the blame on anyone, let alone dusty who by all accounts is a great guy as well as being a great manager. as you say, i think he just turned his head. thats' what they all did , from selig on down. thats' the problem i have with selig…he shouldn't be so self- righteous. by the way…did you catch the costas show?
I didnt mean for it to sound like [you] were placing the blame on him.
I don't have HBO, but I saw a few excerpts from the Costas show online.
well it was rather frighteningly informative…i'm not sure of the parts you saw , but i thought it was very well done and unbiased and even though i hate to admit it, schilling was quite well spoken


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Asymmetric Competition in Retail Store Formats: Evaluating Inter- and Intra-Format Spatial Effects
AbstractOur study aims to analyze the role of store format in retail competitive interactions, specifically, the relationship between growth, location strategy, and market response. To assess this relationship, we propose an extension of the classic models of spatial interaction, which incorporate the asymmetric competitive effects linked to the concept of store format. An empirical application allows us to confirm greater spatial rivalry within store formats (intra-format) than between store formats (inter-format). This implies a certain hierarchical organization when consumers select a retail store, first choosing the type of store at which they will shop and later a particular store within this format. The results are important for retailers who want to configure an optimal network of store locations as well as public administrators who must regulate commercial activity.
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Dust. It's a nuisance. It's dirty. It makes you have to clean your house. And without it, we wouldn't even be here. That's why astronomers are so happy to find a whole lot of dust with a state-of-the-art radio telescope. Continue reading →
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Shiva as Lord of Music
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Size: 16 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. x 4 13/16 in. (42.55 cm x 34.93 cm x 12.22 cm)
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.144
This important stone sculpture is the earliest known representation of Shiva as Lord of Music. It once formed part of a sculptural group on the south exterior wall of a Hindu temple and was probably associated with a group of mother goddesses.
Shiva's four arms indicate his superhuman power, and the plain halo encircling his head underscores his divinity. With his lower two arms he plays a vina, a traditional Indian stringed instrument, the lower section of which has broken away. This aspect of Shiva is benevolent; he is bejeweled and smiles gently as he plays his divine music. Nevertheless, he still holds his trident, grasps a cobra in his upper left hand, and his hair is in arranged in matted dreadlocks. Thus, Shiva embodies the contradictory personalities of peaceful musician, fearsome warrior, and ascetic (yogi) who transcends the bounds of societal norms.
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Julio Teheran looks for his third win of the season; Patrick Corbin starts for the D-backs.
- Andrelton Simmons - SS
- Reed Johnson - CF
- Justin Upton - RF
- Freddie Freeman - 1B
- Evan Gattis - LF
- Dan Uggla - 2B
- Chris Johnson - 3B
- Gerald Laird - C
- Julio Teheran - P
Atlanta is 9-2 in its last 11 games against Arizona, but Corbin has been tough this year. Lefty hitters are just 5-37 (.135) with a .200 OBP against Corbin with 12 strikeouts in his seven starts this year. He is Arizona's first pitcher to start 5-0 since Brandon Webb started 9-0 in 2008. This will be his first career start against Atlanta; he appeared in one game in relief against the Braves last June.
Both teams are undefeated in their respective pitcher's starts. Last night's 10-1 win was just the second time this year the Braves had scored that many runs in a single game (April 23, 10-2 over COL).


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Premier celebrates opening of Ronald McDonald House
September 27, 2012
Thanks to the ongoing contributions of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians the 14th Ronald McDonald House in Canada was officially opened today in St. John's. The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, joined the Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador, staff, donors, volunteers and families to help celebrate the occasion.
"This beautiful new facility represents many things to many people," said Premier Dunderdale. "It represents several years of hard work, countless hours of fundraising and volunteering and it represents millions of dollars in donations. However we all know that Ronald McDonald House is more than a building, it is a home for those who cannot be home, it is a place of comfort for those who need comforting and it is a place for families, when family is what you need the most."
The Provincial Government provided almost $765,000 towards the construction of Ronald McDonald House. This funding was used to extend sanitary sewer services to the site. It was also used for a number of environmentally-friendly options that have been incorporated into the construction of the facility, including increased wall and roof insulation, rainwater collection system, bike storage areas, energy-efficient lights and occupancy sensors, and the use of sustainable materials such as wood siding.
"I am so proud of our province and the way we have come together to see this much needed facility completed," said Premier Dunderdale. "When faced with the challenge of a sick child, we all need such a place. There are many families who will benefit from the services offered at Ronald McDonald House. Congratulations to the Board of Directors, the Capital Campaign Gift Team, the various committees, donors and the many volunteers who have helped see Ronald McDonald House come to fruition. This day is a tribute to those efforts and to the spirit of community engendered by your work."
The $6.5 million capital campaign goal to build Ronald McDonald House was reached in June 2011. It is expected that 500 families throughout the province will benefit from the services provided at Ronald McDonald House each year. The building is located within a short distance of the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre and is specifically designed to provide a home environment for sick children, their siblings and their parents.
Each Ronald McDonald House is independently operated by a charitable organization. While each Ronald McDonald House receives financial and in-kind support from Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada, McDonald's and McDonald's suppliers, it is ultimately a community house. Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador will rely on support from individual donors, businesses, foundations and annual fundraising activities to ensure the programs and services are offered to families each year.


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When to Capitalize Seasons
Whether you are an enterprising free lancer, amateur storyteller or simply an enthusiastic writer, there are times when you feel stuck in your writing, and one of the hardest things to learn about good writing is correct capitalization.
Seasons (as in summer, winter, autumn and spring) can be either small letter and capitalized, depending on your writing. Here are some examples when seasons should be capitalized:
· Beginning of a sentence
If the season comes at the start of your sentence, it should definitely be capitalized. For example:
Summer marks the start of bikinis, sunbathing and long walks down the beach at sunset.
Autumn Sale! Mark down Prices
· Proper Noun
Many people and establishments actually carry a season as their proper name. For girls, Summer or Autumn is actually a very popular name, and Winter and Spring is actually becoming fast popular as well.
Often, leisure-oriented places such as casinos, hotels and resorts are named after the seasons as well. Spring and Summer denotes a fun, casual time outdoors (which is why resorts use them as their name sometimes), while Autumn and Winter denotes a cozy snuggle and warmth by the fire (great for hotels).
Sometimes, pet owners also use the seasons to name their pets. Since they are used as a proper noun, the seasons should also be capitalized then.
· As Part of a Title
When you are using seasons as part of your title, you should also capitalize the seasons as per the rules of writing titles. For example:
Peter and Jane's Summer Beach Fun
Sally's Winter Wonderland
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Confusion on whether to capitalise seasons' names is widespread. The generally accepted rule on capitalising specifies, among other situations, proper nouns or instances where the word is what we call a specific person, persons or places, whether in addressing them (usually just people) or referring them (people or places).
I live in St Louis.
China is Earth's most populous country.
'Camelot' or 'Mordor' are names of fictional places, but names of proper nouns (specific places or land features)
The Sea of Tranquillity is on the Moon.
Where in Hell have you been? What on Earth do you mean?
Put your faith in God, but tether your camel.
In the North, we don't eat grits.
While we Americans readily capitalise proper nouns as with names helping us separate days of the week, US minds slam shut on the matter of seasons' names. Not done in all other English-speaking countries.
Who knows why? The only explanation can be that someone in high authority violated common sense, said so, and it caught on. Being culturally insecure, we accept as God's truth a senseless rule directly contradicting a far more sensible, encompassing rule.
Some words are capitalised or not depending on use.
"Who is Mr Smith? Mr Smith is my dad." <first uses as proper noun; last as common noun.
In dialogue or in letters uses can shift back and forth.
"I love you, Dad. You were the best dad ever." <Just as we call our moon and sun, the Moon and the Sun, we call our dad, 'Dad'. Another example, "Look out, Dad, that limb is falling!"
"Hey, Guy! You almost spilled kerosene on me!"
"What do you think I am, Sir?!"
"Hey, Mack, gotta a match?"
"It is time to call it a day, Gentlemen."
"Good night, Mates!" But "Any of you blokes know the time?"
Our American usage is too oft choked by school-marmish rules, whose discussion would fill needless chapters.
Advice. If your teacher says not to capitalise seasons' names, despite the capitalisation rule pointing in the exact, opposite direction, play along. Same if your boss worships the rule against capitalising only seasons' names and other mindless chicken-shit rules. Not all rules are mindless. Just some.
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Several exhaustive end-of-season profiles of the Bulls have already been written – see the excellent 'End-of-season awards' post by T-boogie, or the post by rainman. I was struck, however, by the way that these profiles ignored what is perhaps the most important and involving question of these playoffs:
Are the Bulls pirates, or ninjas?
Oh, laugh if you must! But this question is one of the gravest importance. For only those who are ninjas have the perseverance and commitment in the off-season required to come back in the next stronger than ever before ... but only those who are pirates share the rock and get open shots.
Since the Bulls are a collection of players instead of a team [and nowhere is this more evident than when watching them play "offence" or "defence"], I'll analyze their affiliations individually before giving a final observation of how they play as a team.
Where better to start than Derrick Rose? Rose is the golden child – the captain of the ship at this point [sorry, Kirk, and Star Trek references everywhere]. Rose tries to share the ball – he's passive a lot of the time, not talking, waiting for his moment to strike. And then, when he strikes … it is often fatal. Though Rose needs to work on his finishing move at the end of games, and sometimes gets nervous and misses, this can be chalked up mainly to his status as a ninja-in-training.
Ben Gordon's called an 'assassin'. A lot. Ninjas assassinate things, nd Ben Gordon assassinates things - the only difference is that BG [usually] isn't ritually disemboweling people, instead settling for killer threes. He goes forward and attacks. People see him coming, and yet he still surprises them, doing things they thought were impossible. This was the easiest judgment to give by far.
John Salmons is very self-focused – his game is brood-y. He is a lone fighter, taking the ball and then jab-stepping his way into … something. [Originally I thought he was doing a Luol Deng impersonation, but he hits his jumpers.] Because of the deceptive speed and craftiness that Salmons uses to get his shots off, and his ability to hit daggers in crunch time, I have to say that Salmons is, again, a ninja. If he was an actual ninja, he would wander around in a stealthy boat and drink a lot, though. He may become a pirate at any time.
Tyrus Thomas is definitely stealthy – he's normally not even there! Especially when we need young, talented power forwards. I would say more about him, but I can't find him on the court at the end of games. He gets replaced, and then we lose.
Joakim Noah is a pirate. He likes recreational drugs [alcohol or otherwise] and partying, and his game is entirely team-focused. If Joakim was a lone ninja, he would be assassinated immediately. And look at his hair! That's hard to hide. Luckily, Joakim being a pirate means that he shares the ball with his teammates and retrieves key rebounds from the deep seas of Davy Jones' Locker, but unluckily, he isn't a scoring threat. That's all right, though. Everybody needs a pirate or two.
Kirk Hinrich is defensively-oriented and can guard a bunch of people. He's an everyman – therefore he's a pirate! Kirk also can not assassinate anybody or any team to save his life, though in the last half of Game 7 against the Celtics he did what he could to disprove that theory, meaning that this is an open question. Will Kirk take off the eyepatch and have a ninja mask under it, or will he be forced to switch ships [hopefully so he can instigate a mutiny wherever he goes so the Bulls have clearer oceans, but I digress]? Only time will tell.
Brad Miller is a pirate. Looking just at his final three-pointer would make you think that he's a ninja, but he's just not efficient or athletic enough to be in the business anymore – maybe he was a former ninja, but it's hard to tell the way that he attacks now. Underhanded layups and the same love of recreation in all its' forms that Noah has – he's even missing a tooth! Miller may as well wear an eyepatch and go "arrrrrrr!".
Lindsay Hunter is the wise old sage who sits at the end of the bench and helps the young ninjas learn how to assassinate things - he improves their defense and awareness with drills such as 'dribble the basketball through cones' and 'avoid the knives as you hop on bamboo sticks [the secret origin of Derrick Rose's infamous apple-peeling accident]. He's an old, clever ninja, who can't really kill anybody anymore, but has enough moxie to be useful.
Anthony Roberson, Aaron Gray, and Lindon Johnson are the stereotypical disposable people at the end of the bench – since Aaron is so animated on the bench, though, I have to say that he's a pirate. Since there are far more easily killed ninjas than pirates, though, the other two are most definitely ninjas, Linton Johnson being that hapless and well-meaning ninja that a good ninja takes with him to battle only to see him die in a tragic way.
Jerome James is a fat ass, and is therefore a pirate. I don't think he would be able to get a ninja suit on, but maybe with a little inspiration this can be worked around.
Tim Thomas is a person who I refuse to believe exists, so I am unable to comment on his leanings. Demarcus Nelson didn't play this year, but I am assured that he is a ninja in training by those who know better.
Vinny Del Negro is so unused to being off of his ship for prolonged stretches that he attempted to force the team to attend his own Super Bowl party - he is a pirate, and a damaging one at that. Luckily[?], his lackadaisical camaraderie has not infected the rest of the team.
In conclusion, I have to say that this team is mostly composed of ninjas. While there are a couple pirates, they have not been able to sway the ninjas, who continue to destroy. Certain ninjas had additional incentives this year to attempt to work outside of the team structure as well, which could not have helped VDN's mission to create a scurvy crew to take over as the Minnesota Vikings of the NBA. It can be reasonably assumed from the data that Vinny Del Negro attempted to turn the Bulls into pirates, and then one of them [most likely Ben Gordon] abducted his child, threatening their lives unless he would allow them to do their own things.
The Bulls appear to have Real Ultimate Power, but I would not get in to a ship piloted by them – it would most likely be torn asunder from the awesome fury of the sword battles. Heed this advice well the next time you have a chance to be driven around by a Bull – it could save your life.
A Bulls group picture, showing the team's true identity, is available here.


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The Washington Times-Herald
---- — Donald "Buck" Black celebrated 100 years with a celebration at The Legends Village on Friday
Black, the youngest of five siblings, was born Jan. 10, 1914 in Wheatland to Arthur and Anna Black.
A lifelong farmer in Knox County, Black was also a World War II veteran.
He served in the Philippines during the war as a medic driver. Upon returning, he married Barbara (Welton) Black in 1946. She passed away in 2008.
After retiring in 1997, he moved to Washington.
A 100th birthday party for Black will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Kiwanis Building in Eastside Park.
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Oscar Pistorius, who captured the world's fancy as "Blade Runner" during the 2012 Olympics, has been taken into custody. A woman's death at his home is being investigated as a homicide.
Lolo Jones had herself a bit of a Twitter mishap Tuesday night, telling Eric LeGrand to "get checked for a concussion." Whoops.
David Wetherill made a spectacular diving shot in his recent table tennis match. See the video and Wetherill's subsequent tweets here.
Nick Symmonds has run in the Olympics, but on Tuesday he tackled a more serious challenge. He tried to best the world record in the Beer Mile.
Is reverse imperialism the ultimate form of trash talk? It just might be.↵
McKayla Maroney is taking "not being impressed" on the road. Her latest stop was the couch on Letterman.
What's not to like about the idea of a FIBA-sanctioned 3-on-3 tournament being added to the Summer Olympics?
How do the individual U.S. states stack up in terms of Olympic medal count? Find out using our handy map!
NBC was criticized for not mentioning diver Matthew Mitcham's being gay in 2008. The network made good in 2012.
Daniel Garofali shows off his stuff on the pommel horse
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Tomorrow is the last day to apply for the internship with Biscuit helping me with my design clients.
Head over to TheEverygirl to find out more of the specifics and email your cover letter and resume to firstname.lastname@example.com.
I will start reviewing applications Friday and over the weekend and will be in touch next week! I am really excited about the amazing ladies who have sent in so far. I have received a few questions on pay and length and whether or not Biscuit will be offering paid positions.
This internship is unpaid. I have mixed feelings, most of them negative, about the proliferation of unpaid work "opportunities" that seem to be the main positions for people our age, especially in the creative industry, but that is all we can provide right now. I wouldn't offer it if I didn't think the experience would be worth it without pay, and I also wouldn't expect anyone to come on indefinitely without the promise of growth/compensation at some point. Biscuit being a start up, we aren't even paying ourselves. However, we are really looking to build a team and hope whoever we hire for the internship will be a great fit and someone who we can bring on in a larger (re:paid) capacity at the end of the internship period and once we are open and makin' some monies.
I have been in New York the past two days meeting with my other two partners, and we are all SO EXCITED about what we have come up with. I am literally combusting, I cannot wait to introduce you to the other two girls and our designs and plans and everything.
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CAPE CORAL: Many families have dogs and cats as pets, but one Cape Coral family prefers their duck. But they say someone swiped him right out of their front yard in a matter of minutes.
The Miller family pet – a duck named Charlie - was stolen.
"In a matter of 10 minutes, he vanished," said Bob Miller.
"He's our pet, we miss him," added his wife Karen Miller. "He followed me and my husband everywhere. We were his family."
But while they were on their evening walk, neighbors saw a suspicious box truck pull up in front of the house.
And when the Millers returned, Charlie was gone.
"I just hope whoever took him returns him and doesn't use him for dinner," Karen said.
The Millers say Charlie never left the front yard - even for a second.
Now, the duck they took everywhere - including the beach, Key West and all family vacations - is gone.
The Millers spent the day handing out flyers in hopes that someone saw something.
"Who doesn't love a duck?" Bob asked.
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NORMAL, Ill. -- Police are searching for a suspect that robbed a Kroger store on Tuesday morning.
Police responded to the grocery store at 1550 E. College Avenue just after 4:50 a.m. That is where they say an unknown male entered the business and demanded money from an employee before fleeing.
The male was said to be wearing blue jeans, a gray sweatshirt and displayed a handgun.
Anyone with pertinent information regarding this case is asked to contact Detective Jake Zabukovec at (309) 454-9627.