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The Turlock Christian High volleyball team is moving on to the Northern California State Tournament semifinal after defeating Fall River in the opening round of the CIF Division-VI Nor Cal State Tournament, 3-1, on Tuesday.
Pitman High volleyball etched a place for itself in Sac-Joaquin Section history Friday night with its first ever Division I championship victory.
The Hilmar High volleyball team went into Friday's Section championship game against Sonora looking for a very different outcome than last year's matchup. The Yellowjackets left the UC Davis court disappointed, however, because for the second straight year Sonora outplayed Hilmar to take the banner.
Winning a Section title isn't easy, but the Turlock Christian High volleyball team makes it seem so, especially after taking home three consecutive banners.
Pitman High is headed to the CIF Division I Sac-Joaquin Section championship match for the first time ever after Tuesday's 3-1 (19-25, 25-14, 25-13 and 25-20) victory over St. Francis High of Sacramento.
Maybe the second time is the charm.
The list of Turlock High athletes moving on to the collegiate level continues to grow.
It was déjà vu for the Bulldogs of Turlock High when they traveled to Tracy High for the first round of the CIF Division I Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. As was the case when the two Bulldog teams met in week 5, Turlock found itself just two points shy of victory after a failed two-point conversion attempt cemented a final score of 21-19
The Pitman Pride varsity football team went into Friday's Division-I CIF Sac-Joaquin Section round one tournament game looking to rebound from last week's disappointing Harvest Bowl loss to Turlock. However, the Pride met a very demanding Napa High team, who controlled the field from the onset.
The 2014 cross country season came to an end for Pitman, Hilmar and Turlock High School athletes last Saturday at the Subsection meet held in Angels Camp.
Turlock High's turnaround season on the volleyball court met its end at the hands of Lincoln High Tuesday night, but it wasn't without a fight.
The Turlock Christian High volleyball team picked up right where it left off in last year's postseason and that is with a victory, but this time it was an upset.
The Hilmar High volleyball team entered the CIF Division IV Sac-Joaquin Section Girls Volleyball Tournament on Tuesday as the number two seed and heavy favorites. The Yellowjackets lived up to their hype, defeating number 15 seed Orestimba High, 3-0, (25-13, 25-18 and 25-17).
Pitman High took its first post-season step Monday night when its girls hosted McClatchy High of Sacramento in the first round of the CIF Division I Sac-Joaquin Section Girls Volleyball Tournament. The top seeded Pride dispatched the Lions with relative ease, 3-0 (25-13, 25-5 and 25-6), as they outsized and overpowered their opponent on the court.
The Pitman High girls water polo team had one of the program's most successful regular seasons in 2014, as the Pride made the postseason for only the second time in seven years and the first since a five-year hiatus when the team made it in 2008.
Three days after five of its wrestlers placed in the top-six at Midcals, Pitman High was back on the mat for a Tuesday night dual with Central California Conference foe Buhach Colony High. The Thunder entered the dual with only one league loss, a one-point defeat at the hands of Golden Valley High, and an aim to blemish Pitman's perfect CCC record.
The Hilmar High boys varsity basketball team suffered a devastating loss in the closing seconds of Friday's matchup against Trans Valley League foe Escalon High.
Homecoming night didn't fare too well for the Turlock Christian High varsity boys basketball team on Saturday, as they fell to Big Valley Christian, 47-53.
The Turlock Christian High (14-7) girls basketball team is on a roll.
The Pitman High Pride began Friday's home matchup against Central California Conference and crosstown foe Turlock on a roll. That roll turned south, however, after the Pride lost their leading scorer in the second half.
One of Denair High School's best baseball players in the past decade will return this spring to take over as varsity coach.
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Msg to Garden Web Administrator - would you kindly read my below msg I posted and check this out. As I wrote, if I'm wrong, then I apologize but I have this feeling something is not right in this repeated msg being posted to older forum msgs.
--------------------------------------- Hi Friends, I got a feeling something is not right in some of the msgs. If you look at some of the msg headings at the top of the forum, you'll see someone has made msg entries into otherwide older msgs. Well, I had answered one of those msgs back in Nov (the one that reads "scratched edge door repair" - it was a legitimate forum poster) and I saw someone had put a new msg in it - yesterday, Jan 15th at 11:11 am. I thought the gal who originally posted the msg was getting back to us to say the idea had worked, etc. But, when I opened that msg and looked at the last entry - it's a msg that is being posted by someone with a website called "medyumevi.com" - it talks about tarot cards, etc. and there is a website attachment on the bottom of the msg to click on to. The msg posted is in some foreign language (not American I know that!!!) See the next couple of "older posts" after that one - see the "new msg" entries on Jan 15th at 10:54 am, 10:58 am, etc. - it's the same msg being posted into all of those legitimate poster msgs that are old. I got a funny feeling that "we should NOT be opening up that website on the bottom of that msg." Hey, maybe it is a legitimate post but I'm NOT opening it - for the fact that it has been posted in several old msgs on this forum and on other forums I've looked at - something is NOT right here. I'm writing this as a warning to my forum friends here. If I'm wrong then I'll apologize but I got a strange feeling on this one. I know I can report this to Garden Web somehow and I'm checking into doing that right now. I'm posting a msg in the Garden Junk and other forums I go into for folks to come here and read this msg. I'd hate for anyone of us to get hit with a computer virus due to this msg post. Sal |
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Updated Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is creating armored clothing for children.
Factory owner Miguel Caballero said he never thought about making protective clothes for children until requests came in after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last month.
"After the tragedy in Connecticut, we started getting emails from customers asking for protected (clothing) because they were afraid to take their kids to school," Caballero said.
"We have received messages from all over the United States," seeking the protective gear, added Giovanni Cordero, marketing director of the company, also named Miguel Caballero.
Products include child-size armored vests, protective undershirts and backpacks with ballistic protection that can be used as shields.
The products are designed for children ages 8-16 years old and cost $150-$600 depending on the complexity of their construction. Each piece weighs 2 to 4 pounds.
"The products were created with the American market in mind, not for the Latino market," said Caballero. "All the designs and colors, everything is thought out with them in mind."
Caballero performed a test on a pink-and-yellow striped bulletproof backpack attached to a pale-blue protective vest, firing a 9-mm pistol and a machine gun to show it could withstand a barrage of bullets.
He said the backpack-vest combo and other protective gear have been ordered by a U.S. distributor, although he would not identify it.
About 250 people work at Caballero's factory, which has been making armored vests for adults for more than 20 years. Colombia suffers from an internal conflict that has killed thousands of people in the past 50 years.
Outside Colombia, the vests for adults are sold in some 20 countries, including Ecuador, Costa Rica and Mexico. They are also marketed in parts of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Twenty first-graders and six educators were killed in the Dec. 14 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, also shot and killed his mother inside their home before driving to the school and shooting his way inside. He committed suicide as police were closing in.
After the Newtown shooting, at least three American companies that were already making backpacks designed to shield children reported a spike in sales.
Massachusetts-based Bullet Blocker reported it was selling 50 to 100 bulletproof backpacks a day after the shooting, up from about 10 to 15 in an average week.
Most children killed in the massacre were shot at close range and likely would not have been saved by armored backpacks.
Related developments
Missing guns: Missing from the gun show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., next weekend will be some of the most popular guns. Show organizers, after last month's elementary-school massacre in Connecticut, agreed to bar the display and sale of AR-15 military-style semiautomatic weapons and their large-clip magazines. "The majority of people wanted these guns out of the city," said Chris Mathiesen, Saratoga Springs' public-safety commissioner. "They don't want them sold in our city, and I agree. Newtown, Conn., is not that far away."
Giffords visit: Nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims from the Connecticut school massacre. She was accompanied by her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, at the private meeting in Newtown.
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We have installed almost all our cabinets. The flooring and countertops are installed soon. Time to think about the backsplash. I want my backsplash to go up to the wall cabinets. I have a run that is very long at 17+ feet. We didn't touch the framing of this wall in our remodel and it is not straight. We are talking about 1/2 inch humps within 4' range. Would large tiles (e.g. 18"x18") be more tolerant of the imperfections than smaller tiles, or is it the other way around? Has anyone seen or thought of using vinyl (floor) tiles or even vinyl sheets on backsplash? Is there any reason not to use them? I would not put them behind a stove, but other than that, they should work well on a non-flat wall, right? I do suspect that vinyl backsplash will not look right above stone (quartz for us) countertop, but I cannot find any pictures. Any input? Thank you! |
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The larger the tile, the less 'wiggle room.' Small mosaics would be most forgiving--that's why they're used for shower pans. What is the style of your kitchen? Would beadboard be appropriate? I used the inexpensive sheets in my vintage-style kitchen. I know it's not for everyone, but I'd prefer it to vinyl tiles/sheets. I googled 'vinyl tile backsplash': |
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No matter what you do you'll need to level the wall out. I'd start with a real thin fiber cement board and install it with enough thinset built up in the shallower areas so you have a nice level surface to begin with. Then it doesn't matter what tile you use. Otherwise you'll need to make sure you are careful and put enough thinset on the individual tiles to make it all level. |
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We have wavy plaster walls, and the advice I got was to choose smaller tiles rather than larger ones. We used 4x4 squares set in a running bond pattern (staggered instead of lined up on top of each other), and that worked pretty well. If I'd had the sense to hire a decent tile setter, the wall would have been leveled before the tile went up, and that would have made the biggest difference. But even with our semi-incompetent tile setter who left the wall wavy, it's not too bad. The offset pattern definitely helps. Two other things that would have helped in our case would have been to use imperfect handmade (or handmade-look) tile and matching grout. Our tile is perfect machine-cut squares with slightly contrasting grout, and those things show the waviness more; but I can honestly say that after a few months I don't think about it -- not like I did at first when I wanted to run the tile setter out on a rail. lol. So: hire a good tiler (or learn to do it yourself if you are the careful detail-oriented sort), use 4x4 or 3x6 tile, choose a tile pattern that will mask imperfections, and level the wall with thinset or whatever first. If the wall is leveled then I don't think it'll much matter whether you use handmade-looking tile or machine-cut, or what color grout you choose. For our kitchen I liked the straight machine-cut tile better than the faux handmade tile I saw, and I definitely wanted contrasting grout; those are just personal opinion design decisions that'll depend on your taste and the style of your kitchen. |
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I have checked the following and still a bit in doubt... thimblefarms.com (a bit expensive with actual size --- #of stems unknown) peonygarden.com (too expensive at $300 for 'nice size' bare root --- not sure what's mean by nice size.) Select Plus in Quebec (costs $84, but division size only 1 to 2 eyes --- isn't that a bit too small and perhaps takes longer to bloom?) planteck.com (uses micropropagation --- bloom result is suspect. It's the cheapest but size also unknown, customer service said will bloom in 2 years). peonymeadows.com (This one in Virginia, US --- need a phytosanitary document, but numerous requests for update/progress (for him to get a new doc from local official) for the past 2 months have not been answered. Hopefully nothing bad has happened... Where else should I try? I am leaning towards Select Plus right now because of the price. But will it survive and bloom in 2 years? 1 to 2 eyes really sounds too small a division. |
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- Posted by peoniesaremyfave z5b NH (My Page) on Mon, Jul 10, 06 at 13:00
Hi, I don't know if they were selling it this year but I know I saw a Bartzilla from the Countryman Peony Farm that I went to in Vermont a few weeks back. I know that they sell Internationally (something in their catalog said something about supplying a phytosanitary document if requested). If you can do a search for the 2006 Countryman Peony Farm on the New England Regional Forum I posted a list of the Peonies that they are selling this year, believe me they have the worlds largest inventory of peonies, that doesn't me they are selling every single one of them, I guess they only sell 20-30 different varieties per year and every year is different (I want one that they were selling last year and I was told that they will not be selling it again for another five years, yep I wanted to cry). They do not have a website but I posted a list of what they are selling this year and some pictures of what they do have. I think they have something like 1200 different plants, the place is spectacular. I don't know what part of Canada you are from but if you are from the Eastern side and can get to Vermont I would imagine that their late season bloomers are just about to pop. Good luck. Wendi |
- Posted by gardenwebbie 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 11, 06 at 10:00
I found that forum post you mentioned (http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/neweng/msg0614525417568.html). It doesn't include Bartzella as one of the available peonies for sale... Perhaps I'll call them later today. |
I hope you do follow up with Countryman's...it's funny that on your other post (which I noticed first) asking about the difference between "Garden Treasure" and "Bartzella," the info I found when I googled had a reference to Bill Countryman! Since they don't have a web site, I'll give you their contact info: Tell them Wendi and Judye sent you! ;-D Their catalog says that shipping & handling to Canada will be billed at cost, and there's no charge for the phytosanitary certificate. If you decide to order "Garden Treasure" from them, talk to Chris Countryman about the special way to plant it. He was telling my friend about it...and it seems to generate more stems for flowering (sorry I wasn't paying too much attention). Good luck! |
- Posted by gardenwebbie 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 17, 06 at 15:28
Judye, Thanks for the info! You know... the guy at peonymeadows.com followed up with me and he said he can sell Bartzella for $110 plus $30 for the phyto cert. I was thinking about buying one from him, but then it suddenly hit me... I can't tell the difference between Bartzella and Garden Treasure. They look so much alike from the pictures I have seen so far. How would I know if he's actually selling me the right flower? I sure hope he knows the difference between the two. Just the fact that he only sells Bartzella but not Garden Treasure kinda worries me a little... I am perhaps being paranoid, especially after a reputable nursery sold me a mistagged Glowing Embers Hydrangeas (which blooms WHITE!!!). Amyway, I have emailed them twice. First one last week when peoniesaremyfave told me about Countryman, then another one today. I ahve also called them left a message. But so far there have been no replies... We'll see... |
I've found they're slow to respond to e-mails and calls. It's possible they're on vacation, now that their busy season for visitors is over. It's a family-run business. Please be patient, they are worth the wait. |
- Posted by gardenwebbie 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 18, 06 at 8:48
Judye, Spoke with Bill finally... Nice gentleman! I think Iam gonna get Garden Treasure from them. Tahnks again for the tips, by the way... |
I'm glad it worked out well! Remember to talk to Chris come planting time! Judye |
- Posted by gardenwebbie 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 18, 06 at 14:43
Yes, I will... By the way, I 'stumbled' upon a nursery called Dominion House. I was looking for something else but found out that they sell Bartzella bare roots with 2/3 eyes for CAD$63! Wow!!! That's the cheapest I've found! I think I am going to order one from them and get Garden Treasure from Countryman. Hopefully I won't end up with 2 Garden Treasures... :)) |
- Posted by peoniesaremyfave z5b NH (My Page) on Thu, Jul 20, 06 at 12:29
Hi! I can show you a picture of an actual Bartzella at Countrymans. It was a beautiful peony. Enjoy and I will be envious! |
Great pic, Wendi! I just compared this photo with the one ego45 posted in a separate, though similarly themed, thread. The Bartzella looks like it's a softer yellow and has less orange in the center. Don't know if that's true for the cultivar or just for these particular plants (or the light of day when pic taken, or the camera). ;-D Both are gorgeous!! gardenwebbie, you made a great choice - by getting both! Judye scroll down on the linked thread to find the photo of GT. |
Here is a link that might be useful: ego45's shot of Garden Treasure
- Posted by peoniesaremyfave z5b NH (My Page) on Sun, Jul 23, 06 at 13:16
Hi Judye and Gardenwebbie! It may just be the picture and the sun exposure because if you look at the petals on the outside edge on the right side of the picture and the very top petal on the left side they are lighter. I do remember absolutely loving the flower, that is why I took the picture and Gardenwebbie you have definately made great choices by picking both. Wendi :) |
Fair comparison could be made only if you grow them side by side (which I don't), but as I remember comparing mine GT to friend's Bartzella (it start blooming for him about 5-7 days earlier than mine GT) the main difference was in a brighter center coloration of GT, not in a color of petals. Again, slightly different sun exposure or observations done during a different weather conditions could influence such very subjective comparison. In any event, beauty is in the eye of beholder, isn't? |
- Posted by gardenwebbie 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 23, 06 at 22:52
To all of you who replied, especially Judye and Wendi... Thanks for the words of encouragement related to my plan to get both GT and Bartzella. It'll take quite a toll on my wallet but with some serious TLC (once I plant them) I hope they are worth it. They really look quite close together except the middle part. I really hope I will be getting to different variety... Then I can do my own serious comparison. :P At this point, there's no way I can tell one from another... especially not from bare roots. :)) |
- Posted by green_thumb_guy Z5 Ont (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 07 at 8:13
Hi Gardenwebbie, I was wondering if you ended up buying a Bartzella from Dominion seed house. They are still offering them at $63. I e-mailed and they indicated that they are 2 yrs old and come in a 2 1/2" pot. I saw in this thread that they were 2-3 eyes. I'm looking for feedback as to your experience. Hope you see this Green Thumb Guy |
Green Thumb, before investing $63 think how small a 2 1/2 inch pot is. No way could they be 2-3 eyes or two years old. If fertilized alot many of the intersectionals can be divided every two years, some even after a season but doing this is iffy. Wait the price will come down. |
Revisiting an older thread to see what the outcome was for Garden Treasure and Bartzella now that more people have experience? which is the brighter yellow? Thanks, Teresa |
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If you have a Lowes in your area check there. The Lowes in our area have them for under $40 US. |
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If you are going to this, plan to show up about 2 - 3 hours before they open and definitely bring a chair.
I showed up to the Lego store opening in Troy, MI and was only an hour early because I figured no big deal we could hang out in the mall until it was open, nope. There was already a ridiculous line at an hour before opening. I did manage to get the free set with a $35 purchase. (actually I got two, because I brought my girlfriend)
Goodluck for anyone going!
Woohoo! Been waiting for this for a while.
^This will be the first opening I'm attending, thanks for the advice.
Just out of curiosity what set were they giving out?
At Troy grand opening, they were giving away this set:
It looks like they are giving away a set of three minifigs.
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Ahh pretty cool, thanks for replying!
The store is open now if you want a sneak peek - my wife spotted the pet shop there for sale today.
Sweet! I just went and the store looks awesome. So much cleaner and organized than the one at the Colorado Mills Mall. I can't wait for the Grad Opening Event!
So... the Lego Store in Park MEadows is open already? Can you guys confirm that please. Thanks
yes I was just there! you can call them if you do not believe me. (303) 792-3228
Awesome Kenny! I will stop by this rainy afternoon....
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[1773] Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) Pathway Signaling and Clinical Outcome in Non Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC).
Li Li, Wadad Mneimneh, Christine E Sheehan, Jeffrey S Ross. Albany Medical College, NY
Background: Desert hedgehog (Dhh), patched-1 (PTCH1), smoothened (Smo) and glioma oncogene 1 (Gli-1) proteins are Shh pathway members and that have been implicated in human organogenesis and neoplasia, but have not been widely studied in clinical NSCLC specimens.
Design: FFPE sections from 110 NSCLC, including 31 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), 41 adenocarcinomas (AC), and 38 bronchoalveolar carcinomas (BAC), were immunostained by automated methods (Ventana) with goat polyclonal Dhh, Smo, and Gli-1 and rabbit polyclonal patched1 antibodies (Santa Cruz Biotech). The staining pattern was semiquantitatively assessed based on staining intensity and distribution and the results were correlated with morphologic and prognostic variables.
Results: Immunoreactivity for Dhh, patched1 and Gli-1 was predominately cytoplasmic, with both nuclear and cytoplasmic noted for Smo. Dhh overexpression was noted in 47% tumors and correlated with tumor type [77% SCC vs 44% AC vs 26% BAC, p<0.0001] and high grade [p=0.036]. Strong diffuse patched overexpression was noted in 46% tumors, correlating overall with tumor type [60% BAC vs 49% AC vs 26% SCC, p=0.019] and early stage [p=0.031]; while within the SCC subgroup only, correlating with high grade [p=0.025], female gender [p=0.031], and disease recurrence [p=0.05]; and within the ACs, correlating with early stage [p=0.047] and lengthened survival [p=0.032]. Strong diffuse Smo overexpression was noted in 58% tumors overall [58% SCC vs 45% BAC vs 39% AC]; with cytoplasmic localization in 30% tumors correlating with lengthened survival [p=0.002] overall and within AC [p=0.013]; and nuclear localization in 20% tumors correlating with tumor type [36% SCC vs 16% BAC vs 11% AC, p=0.027], small tumor size (<= 3.0 cm) [p=0.038], and lack of disease recurrence [p=0.016]. Strong diffuse Gli-1 was overexpressed in 41% tumors overall [50% SCC vs 48% AC vs 25% BAC, p=0.063] and correlated with non-recurrent disease [p=0.028] overall and within AC [p=0.05]. On multivariate analysis advanced stage [p<0.0001], lack of strong diffuse cytoplasmic Smo localization [p=0.005], and loss of nuclear Smo localization [p=0.048] independently predict shortened survival.
Conclusions: Shh pathway proteins are differentially expressed in NSCLC and are associated with NSCLC histologic subtype, tumor stage and variably with clinical outcome. Of the Shh proteins studied, Smo expression loss was the most noteworthy associated with advanced primary tumor stage and independently predicting shortened patient survival.
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Crazy couple of weeks. Last week was doctor appointments for my husband and me. Eye clinics, both of us, different days. His heart specialist, my 6 mo. check-up with my family doctor for descriptions, and my husband's yearly check-up with his Orthopedic Surgeon for his bad hip. On the way out, as elevator door opened, a man on crutches swung in before we could get out and knocked my husband to the floor. His better hip started to hurt immediately, so back up to the doctor. Not broken, but badly bruised. Should not put weight on it and since the other hip can't bear weight anyhow, they transported him across the street to the hospital to keep him immobile for several days. He is home since yesterday afternoon, but maybe Lilo, George he could have walker competitios down the road.
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Sounds like the good news far outweighs the bad. Steve S. |
Started out as all good news, until this person tripped your DH,I am glad no serious harm was done. I don't blame you for not wanting to see a medic again for some time, I am only in the system for less than a week by now, and I am happy when it's over. Walker races sound like fun! |
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#5 Posted 29/05/2009 13:44:12
Hi Carole,
Edited: wrong spelling (29/05/2009 13:44:57)
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Carole - do you mean the proper classic penguins like the picture above (only the picture is of one from the modern set of similar prints) ? |
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Hi, I have an orange covered one, The Brandons by Angela Thirkell. Pages are tanned and pretty dark at the edges; the spine's stiffened and has a crack in it. That being said all pages are intact and still held tight in the binding and it's not doing bad considering it was printed in 1954 and cost 2/6 originally! I got it in a job lot and it's just lying around so if you'd like it email me diamondlifestylehotmail.com with your address and I'll send it on to you. Seems a shame to have it just sat here. If not no worries I'm sure I'll find a home for it eventually :-) |
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#11 Posted 29/06/2009 18:20:17
Penguin books ISBN usually start 0140 I have some same title different ISBN and some with no ISBN if Penguin first published before 1970 |
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#12 Posted 01/07/2009 00:49:04
It is difficult to distinguish one Penguin from another because an old penguin without ISBN orange covered might only be acceptable when to a collector it would be preferable to a gleaming new illustrated back e.g. Rebecca Daphne DuMaurier there have been countless editions and versions varying from large orange penguin no ISBN bound to be fingered, to copies recently produced. |
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Try going on eBay and typing 'penguin orange' and 'penguin green' in the search box. That brings up quite a few of the old style Penguins at reasonable prices. |
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#16 Posted 21/07/2009 11:40:37
Hi Carole, I have loads of them (they were my Mother's) but have yet to sort through them and list. They are mostly with the orange covers (plus some greens aka crime ones), pre-ISBN in the acceptable to good category. I will have a chance to go through them at the beginning of August (heading off on a wee break for a week first) and will gladly email you a list of titles/authors, condition & date (if visible). My email address is on my profile if you're interested in dropping me a line. Cheers :) |


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BBC Wildlife Tanzania Safari: In full
A holiday like this is the first prize in the BBC Wildlife / Expert Africa 2013 travel writing competition. Starting in Tanzania's northern Serengeti at the stunning Sayari Mara Camp, you'll explore the kopje- strewn landscape for three days. Predators such as lions and leopards are numerous here, and there's a chance of spotting a rare black rhino. Game drives will be in open-sided 4WD vehicles, and short walks on the plains will also be available. You'll then fly to Rubondo Island in Lake Victoria and spend four nights at Rubondo Island Camp, the only accommodation on this lush and largely unknown haven. Rubondo Island's lakeshore, forests, wet marshes and remoteness make for a very different, yet equally compelling, experience to the more familiar plains wildlife of the Serengeti. As well as game drives, other activities on offer on Rubondo include hiking in search of wild chimpanzees, boat safaris and fishing for Nile perch.
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Board your Kenya Airways from London Heathrow to Kilimanjaro via Nariobi.Days 2-4
3 nights at Sayari Camp (full board & activities) | Serengeti Migration Area, Tanzania
Days 5-8
4 nights at Rubondo Island Camp (full board & activities) | Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania
Your time here will be spent relaxing in one of the eight tents in this well set-up camp; or taking part in one of the numerous activities on offer. Be in nature walks, looking for the wild chimpanzees (which they hope will be soon habituated), boating on Lake Victoria, fishing for Nile Perch or exploring the swamps by vehicle and boat, there's certainly enough to keep you occupied!
Day 9
After an early breakfast take the flight back via Mwanza to Arusha. You'll be met by a driver who will take you to Kia Lodge to have a bit of lunch and freshen up, before you board your overnight flight with Kenya Airways back to London.Day 10
Arrive early in the morning in London Heathrow and begin the arduous task of sorting through the mountain of photos you are sure to have taken on this brilliant Tanzanian adventure!See Prices & details for the precise dates/prices for this trip - and all the fine print.


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Get your Masters in Vampire Literature!
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Today, while prowling around the iO9 site searching for news on the latest Fright Night remake (don't get me started on that one…) I noticed a link in the right hand column that said "Get Your Masters in Vampire Literature". At first I thought perhaps it was a joke left up from April Fool's Day, but sure enough it was real. My heart singing with joy I went on to read that the University of Hertfordshire in England is now offering an Masters of the Arts degree in Modern Literary Cultures, which focuses on "In 2010-11 you will have the chance to explore debates about desire and sexuality in the 1890s, questions of class identity in twentieth-century literature and film, and vampire narratives from the Nineteenth Century to the present day." Why, oh why don't I live in the UK? Le sigh! Rest assured, this is definitely something I plan on looking in to. I have been searching for a university here in the U.S. that might offer a similar degree plan as it is my dream to have a Masters in Vampire Studies, but so far, no luck here in the States. Ah, the enlightened Europeans! Biz! Biz!
The university is also offering an academic literary vampire conference next Friday & Saturday. Read below:
Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture
April 16-17th 2010
The aim of the conference is to relate the undead in literature, art, and other media to questions concerning gender, technology, consumption, and social change. It will provide an interdisciplinary forum for the development of innovative and creative research and examine these creatures in all their various manifestations and cultural meanings. Click here to read more!
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Okay, I attempted to install Kubuntu using the normal disk, didn't work, jammed with just the green word "Loading", needed to hard reset to turn off. Then managed to install ...
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Severe problems with Kubuntu
EDIT: Also, trying to install Kubuntu through normal disk using the second option just gave me error about X display system.
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EDIT2: Have attempted reinstall, yields same results, all previous partitions formatted completely.
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Sometime you will get weird errors with corrupt discs. Try burning the image again, if doesn't work check the md5sum of the ISO and compare it with the one shown in Kubuntu's webpage if it is different your download is corrupt, download it again
I suspect this since Ubuntu worked finePut your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein
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Smegma: The foul, cheese-like sebacious substance that grows beneath the foreskin or beneath saggy tits.
"I picked up dat bitches titty and it looked like a duck-butter sammich.
by Vertigo1968
June 18, 2007
The most common secretion of the grundular or taint region. This secretion is a mix of sweat, dryed skin and ass smell.
He drapped his balls on her neck, slathering her in duck butter.
by Mig Smalls
May 29, 2006
The combination of sweat from the penis/scrodom area, and the anus. These two meet on the gouch and form a deadly serum called Duck Butter.
Jee wiz Bobby! I can smell your duck butter from here!
by vegieman92
February 02, 2009
REAL DEFINITION: It is the creamy peanut-butter like substance that is produced from anal sex with a partner who forgot to clear the shoot in advance. The "churning" of the "butter" creates a quacking sound. Hence: Duck Butter.
Duck Butter quacks when you churn it!
by supercakk
July 29, 2009
A mixture of sweat, dingleberries, baby powder, loose pubes, urine, and dirt that collects in the chode of a soldier after they've been in the field without a shower for more than a couple days. It can be scraped off with a fingernail, mixed with water and rubbed on the face and arms for insect repelent.
Matt, "I order you to take a shower when we get back to base. You fuckin' stink!"
Jeff, "I know. I'm churnin' some serious duck butter!"
Jeff, "I know. I'm churnin' some serious duck butter!"
by dooshkanew
August 23, 2009
A broad term to describe any sort of deposit, build-up, slime, grime or sludge with a likeness to feces or slugs, the consistency of a glob of grease or jello, and colors from light beige, neon orange, to black.
"I went to open my car door and there was someone left some duck butter on the handle."
"When I walked into the bathroom, it smelled like Hoboken and there was duck butter splattered on the mirrors and on the ceiling."
"When I walked into the bathroom, it smelled like Hoboken and there was duck butter splattered on the mirrors and on the ceiling."
by baconn
August 29, 2012
The buttery substance that forms on the gouiche of adult men, when combined with with skidmarks it forms the special "spicy" variety of Duck Butter.
Dude, I just work out for three hours, now I have some serious Duck Butter buildup.
by Douchebag4203
May 10, 2007


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noun \ˈker-əl, ˈka-rəl\: a song sung during the Christmas season
Full Definition of CAROL
: an old round dance with singing
: a song of joy or mirth <the carol of a bird — Lord Byron>
: a popular song or ballad of religious joy
Examples of CAROL
- We sang our favorite carols while we decorated the tree.
- <sang carols at the Christmas Eve service>
Origin of CAROL
Middle English carole, from Anglo-French, modification of Late Latin choraula choral song, from Latin, choral accompanist, from Greek choraulēs, from choros chorus + aulein to play a reed instrument, from aulos, a reed instrument — more at alveolus
First Known Use: 14th century
Other Music Terms
verb: to go from place to place singing Christmas carols
caroled or carolledcarol·ing or carol·ling
Full Definition of CAROL
intransitive verb
: to sing especially in a joyful manner
: to sing carols; specifically : to go about outdoors in a group singing Christmas carols
transitive verb
: to praise in or as if in song
Examples of CAROL
- Last night, we went caroling with our friends.
- <she caroled with glee when she heard the good news>
First Known Use of CAROL
14th century
Other Music Terms
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Popular song, usually of religious joy, associated with a season, especially Christmas. It typically alternates verses with a repeated refrain or chorus. The carol originated in medieval England, with texts in English or Latin or both, and it was often associated with dancing and processions. The French noël, the German Weihnachtslied, and the Spanish villancico can also be regarded as carols.
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Oberwesel am Rhein
Schönburg Castle Hotel
The 13th-century fortress is one of the most hauntingly romantic places in Europe. Its stones have survived countless histories: throughout the Middle Ages wealthy nobles lived here, accumulating monies from river traffic tolls; during the 17th-century Palatinate Heritage War, the French Army set the castle on fire; it was abandoned for more than two centuries until, in the late 1800's, an American of German descent purchased the property and sold it to another family, who turned it into a hotel in the 1950's.
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I've just returned from a month long vacation abroad, treated myself to a well deserved break after working too hard the past few months! Decided to visit family and friends in Hong Kong and even had time for a short trip to Seoul where my younger brother Ken is currently based (actually, he's based in Gwangju). Ken is also a blogger, he's behind the popular travel, food and Korean lifestyle blog 'Seoul State of Mind'.
I'm delighted to share with you all some of my delectable postcards from around Seoul, and it wouldn't be right if I didn't bring my MCM backpack with me, please enjoy!
Team MCM siblings!
From the hills of Changgyeonggong overlooking Namsan Tower.
Traditional hanbok.
Gone all bohemian with an explosion of patterns carrying the Funky Zebra backpack.
Photowalk in the infamous Bukchon Hanok Village (Korean traditional village) in Samcheong-dong.
Like me, Ken is also a big fan of MCM! So being the nice big sister that I am, I gave him my Stark backpack as a present (see a similar style HERE). Ken travels around South Korea a lot on photography assignments. Carrying a stylish MCM backpack is a must have for all well-travelled photographers.
Food and veg truck, the only Korean words I recognised were banana and watermelon, goodness am I good?
Peek-a-boo! The golden Buddha in someone's back garden in Insadong.
Overview of Seoul at night from Namsan Tower.
Thanks for reading! I hope to visit Korea and capture winter in Busan and Jeju when I'm in Asia for Christmas and New Year.
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Attached to: Was Turing Test Legitimately Beaten, Or Just Cleverly Tricked?
As has been repeatedly emphasized, the Turing Test itself is rather subjective. Most schools measure language ability by way of standardized reading comprehension tests, ranging in difficulty according to grade level. I suggest that all natural language programs be similarly graded, using the exact same tests given to students, with the same criteria for passing. Any bot that can pass the college entrance exam (SAT, any version; ACT; or other similar exam) with a perfect score may be considered intelligent.


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Over the past one hundred years, Christians have sung, "I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free" countless times. Despite what one might think about "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," the hymn rings true in that our …Read More
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I began practicing yoga ten or eleven years ago when I lived in Flagstaff, Arizona. At that time, I thought of yoga as another type of exercise, a supplement to my running and other workouts. I probably took two yoga classes most weeks, but there were some weeks I didn't go at all.
Despite the lack of consistency in my practice back then, I distinctly remember one night when, stressed out from working full-time, waiting tables on top of my regular job, and taking graduate classes, I walked into my studio apartment, unrolled my purple mat, and literally fell into child's pose. I began focusing on my breathing and understood, however briefly, what true surrender felt like.
I like the way Swami Chetanananda describes surrender: "The ultimate attainment is already ours, but the experience of it comes to us only when we are in a state of complete surrender. In this case, 'surrender' means the surrender of everything--every effort, desire, thought of attainment or, indeed, anything that represents the thought of any other--as we become centered instead."
When we learn to let go--and I mean really let go--we find centeredness. And we find contentment and nonattachment. We begin to feel right in the world.
I practiced yoga for two or three years in Flagstaff, always at the same health club, always with the same instructor. When I moved to Denver, I couldn't afford the yoga studios I found. Had I investigated further, I would've realized that most health clubs offer yoga classes, as do many community centers and other organizations. And, because yoga continues to grow in the U.S., more classes are available every day. But I didn't investigate further; instead, for two years I practiced at home every so often, listening to an audio tape of my Flagstaff teacher's class. Yoga was not part of my average week anymore.
Then I temporarily went back to Arizona to help care for a seriously ill relative. There was a yoga studio located across the street from where I was staying, and I took a class. I went back again the next day, and the next. I convinced my sister to join me, and she began attending daily classes as well. Life is hard for all of us at least some of the time, and some days (or weeks, or years) are especially difficult. For me, it took a difficult time in my life to bring me back to my mat. I learned (or re-learned, or maybe just began to learn) how to surrender, to find peace. It's not always easy to do, but, the more consistently I practice and the more I study the philosophy of yoga, the easier it becomes.
For me, that centeredness--the ability to cultivate contentment, no matter what's going on around me, even if just for a few seconds--is one of the most amazing things about yoga. In some ways I can't get my head around how it works, while at the same time it makes absolute sense to me.
Once I returned to Denver, I tried every studio I could find and quickly found two I liked. I practiced, almost without fail, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Working full-time and attending school at night were easier once I let yoga back in. I've heard fellow yogis say that, if you make the time for yoga, you end up with more time for everything else. I'm sure this means different things to different people, but to me it means gaining the energy (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) to keep perspective and maintain balance and contentment in my life.
In western culture, we often think of yoga primarily as a series of physical postures (asanas). This makes sense, as the asana practice is usually our focus these days. But yoga is actually much more. The philosophy of yoga is based on something called The Eight-Limbed Path, and the physical postures make up only step three of eight. Traditionally, the purpose of the asana practice was to prepare the body for meditation - the postures help us quiet the chatter of our thoughts.
For me, the postures do just that. My asana practice is a moving meditation; I can focus on my breath and the movement of my body and let go of the rest. My "monkey mind" slows down a bit. It's hard to focus on anything but the present when you're trying to balance on one foot while isometrically moving different muscles in different directions, bringing one hand toward the floor and reaching the other toward the ceiling, and flexing your lifted foot toward your face!
And, at the end of a 60 or 90 minute practice, when my mind has quieted and I'm resting in the final pose, savasana, I am more likely to know surrender. I will almost certainly leave more centered than when I arrived, and, the more consistent my practice, the more I find myself bringing that centeredness off the yoga mat and into the outside world.


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Above clip is from the film, Das Boot, where one of the sailors informs the rest of his crew that their favourite team Schalke 04 has lost the match 5-0.
If there's one verifiable truth in football, it's the absence of invincibility. Careers are never guaranteed. Whether it's individuals, who so marvelously handle the ball on the field, or the great minds who shrewdly stitch teams into cohesive units, disposability is the norm.
If coaches can't achieve simple goals for success, they part ways with a club. While sackings probably don't play out as ruthlessly as they do in Donald Trump's reality TV boardroom (there's probably more tact and respect involved) clubs rarely hesitate to fire an underperforming or losing manager.
Gelsenkirchen's Schalke 04 coach Huub Stevens was no exception. Neither his 'Jahrhunderttrainer' (Coach of the Century) badge nor the club's motto 'Blau und Weiss, ein Leben Lang' (blue and white, for life/lifelong) could have saved him from the inevitable.
Stevens' recent stint wasn't his first with the Koenigsblauen. He coached there from 1996 to 2002. Under his successful reign Schalke won the UEFA Cup in 1997, the German Cup twice (2001, 2002) and were Bundesliga runners-up in 2001.
When Stevens came back on board last year, he inherited a team that placed 14th the year before with one of the league's highest loss rate. But Schalke's fortunes fared better under the Dutchman. The team finished third and qualified for the Champions League.
This year he was praised for the team's stellar start to the season, described as one of the best in the club's history. The Bayern-Jaeger (Bayern hunters) lagged behind Bayern Munich by only a few points and went on to triumph against reigning champions Borussia Dortmund in the Ruhr Derby. They performed equally well in the European club competition, unbeaten thus far with an impressive 2-0 triumph over Arsenal, and top in its group.
Suddenly it all came to a halt. The team began to crumble (at least in the second half of the first-half of the season). Schalke hasn't won a match since mid November in their last six meetings (2 draws, 4 losses) and have dropped from third to seventh in the league.
Although the loss against Freiburg sealed Stevens' fate, in reality, his career was in free-fall since a 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. It wasn't until the losses began to multiply that frustration set in, especially at upper management.
As is most often the case in football, the coach bore the brunt of the responsibility.
"We no longer had confidence in this lineup to bring about changes," said Horst Heldt, the club's manager.
But Stevens' instinct that morning already told him he was done with the club.
"When Horst Heldt called me at quarter to eight am to come to his office, I knew my time had come since Heldt doesn't normally come so early to the grounds," he said.
From fans to the media, all searched for reasons to explain the dip in performance. A fair share in German media, however, didn't blame the coach entirely. Solidarity and sympathy were some common themes in the newspapers after his sacking. A few argued the release said more about the club and less about Stevens' coaching skills, fairly reasonable considering the club's prolific turnover rate for coaches. From Jupp Heynckes and Ralf Rangnick to Felix Magath and Mirko Slomka, all will attest to the enormous pressure at Schalke.
The club is not alone in its chaotic turnover. Schalke is the German equivalent of Chelsea (minus the wealthy Russian sugar daddy, of course). Chelsea has had nine different coaches since May of 2004. Schalke, on the other hand, has had 12 in roughly the same period (closer to 11 if you discount Ralf Rangnick's last spell since he stepped down after feeling burned out).
But that's something Stevens was aware of when he signed up to coach this club for a second time. As early as 2009, he made the following comments about Schalke when asked if he would replace Fred Rutten at the club.
"There's too much disturbance from the top," he was quoted as saying in Die Zeit.
That year, however, was rife with bizarre rumours involving the club. At one point, speculation even hinted at Oliver Kahn taking the job. Despite the pressure, there were other distracting issues surrounding some of the club's players. The Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lewis Holtby trade rumours in all likelihood only further compounded the situation.
Players were quick to defend their coach. Only two weeks ago, Jermaine Jones said, "The coach is stood on the touchline; it is we on the field who have the responsibility…We should not be using the coach as an excuse for our current performances."
But his superiours expressed a different view. According to Spiegel Online, Clemens Toennies, who sits on the club's supervisory board, said Stevens had lost his ability to get through to the players.
Certainly Champions League success alone wasn't enough. Heldt made it clear that the Bundesliga is its main focus. That means Steven's successor Jens Keller must produce results otherwise he'll follow in the footsteps of his predecessors. But there's a huge question mark around him given his inexperience. He previously served as head coach in Stuttgart. It was a short-lived stint and lasted a mere two months.
A risky endeavour for a club so keen on winning, but one that can also prove rewarding if Keller proves as successful as Mirko Slomka, who barely had any top-level experience yet managed to take Schalke to the UEFA Cup semi-final.
So far Keller's record isn't very telling. He's only had one game under his belt, a home defeat to Mainz in this week's German Cup that only added to the team's misfortunes since the loss also marked Schalke's exit from the competition.
But disposability or not, coaches are fully aware of the nature of their jobs and comebacks almost always ensue. Even Felix Magath just announced that he'll return to coaching next year, so too expect to see Stevens albeit perhaps at a different club.
* Used the terms coach, manager and trainer interchangeably (although coach and manger are two separate roles in Germany). Here they all mean the same thing except in Horst Heldt's case.


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25 January 2013
Fewer than one quarter of US Medicaid patients diagnosed with HIV infection began care within 1 year, according to results of a 15-state study. Blacks began HIV care two times faster than whites. Medicaid—government health support for low-income people—is the largest single source of health care for HIV-positive people in the United States. This retrospective analysis of Medicaid claims data from 15 states sought to determine linkage to care among Medicaid recipients diagnosed with HIV infection. The study involved 18- to 64-year-olds who had one or more HIV tests yielding an HIV diagnosis between 1 January 2003 and 1 May 2010. The researchers defined linkage to care as receiving CD4 and viral load tests according to US treatment guidelines. This analysis involved 6684 people with an average age of 35 years. While 70% of participants were women, 47% were black. Within 1 year of testing positive for HIV, only 21% of study participants had entered care for HIV infection. Within 5 years of testing positive, that proportion had risen only to 26.4%. Compared with whites, blacks had a twice faster time to entering HIV care (hazard ratio 2.034, P < 0.001). The researchers note that this finding contrasts with earlier research showing "disparities in access to HIV care favoring whites." They stress that "the proportion of patients who linked to appropriate HIV care was very low given the availability of effective treatment, suggesting a need for more effective interventions promoting timely linkage to appropriate care after diagnosis."Source: Stephen S. Johnston, Timothy Juday, Daniel Seekins, Tony Hebden, Nicole Fulcher, Amanda M. Farr, Bong-Chul Chu, C. Daniel Mullins. Patterns and correlates of linkage to appropriate hiv care after HIV diagnosis in the US Medicaid population. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2013; 40: 18-25.
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