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Almond Chicken
Serves: 4
These ingredients are:
Corn-free Dairy-free Gluten-free Peanut-free Soy-free Wheat-free
Thin pieces of chicken are dipped in a light and sweet coating and baked to perfection.
- 1 egg white Add to list
- 3 tablespoons arrowroot powder Add to list
- 2 1/4 teaspoons mirin rice wine Add to list
- 2 1/4 teaspoons honey Add to list
- Salt, to taste Add to list
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, trimmed and pounded 1-inch thick Add to list
- Oil, for the pan Add to list
- 6 tablespoons sliced almonds Add to list
In a small bowl, combine egg white, arrowroot, mirin, honey and salt. Coat chicken with the sauce. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours (optional).
Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet or baking dish.
Remove chicken from the sauce and coat with sliced almonds, pressing gently so they stick. Place chicken on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, and then flip the pieces over. Continue baking until chicken is cooked through, an additional 5 to 10 minutes (the internal temperature should read 165° F on an instant-read thermometer).
Recipe by, PCC Deli
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YIELD: Makes about 50 cookies
In bowl cream together the butter and the brown sugar and beat in the egg yolk, the vanilla, the crystallized ginger, and the ground ginger. Into the bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, and the salt and combine the batter well. Drop teaspoons of the batter about 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets and bake the cookies in batches in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are just golden. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 5 minutes, transfer them carefully with a metal spatula to racks, and let them cool completely.

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LSTM > Research > Departments > Staff Profiles > Gerry Killeen
Staff Profile: Gerry F. Killeen
Gerry F. Killeen, PhD
Appointment: Reader
Areas of interest: Mosquito biology and malaria control
Dr Gerry Killeen began his career in science as a biochemist, pursuing a doctoral thesis describing the physiological influences of secondary metabolites in plant extracts used as supplements in animal feedstuffs. He graduated with a PhD from University College Galway in the Republic of Ireland in 1996 and moved to Tulane University in New Orleans, USA where he investigated phage-display selection techniques for the identification of antibodies which kill malaria vector mosquitoes. During his three years at Tulane, he also began developing mathematical models of malaria transmission and this line of research led him to the field. In 2000, he moved to the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, working as a visiting scientist at the Mbita Point Research and Training Centre of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology. Here he developed his interests in field-based ecology, epidemiology and operational aspects of malaria control. In 2002, he moved to the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel, Switzerland and was seconded to the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) in the United Republic of Tanzania. Dr Killeen has since promoted the development of entomology and environmental sciences at IHI, culminating in the establishment of the Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group as a new department in 2012. Dr Killeen joined Durham University as a Wellcome Trust International Research Career Development Fellow in 2005 and transferred this fellowship to LSTM in January 2009. He remains based at IHI, focusing on integrated malaria control strategies in urban African settings and supporting the Dar es Salaam Urban Malaria Control Programme and the National Malaria Control Programme of Tanzania. Dr Killeen has acted as a visiting lecturer at University of Limerick and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and remains a Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College Cork in the Republic of Ireland and a Research Associate Professor at Tulane University in the USA.
Dr Killeen teaches a course entitled Modeling vector-borne pathogen transmission as part of the MSc in Biology and Control of Parasites & Disease Vectors at LSTM and the short course on Mosquito Ecology and control at the Amani Research Centre of the National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania.
Fundamental aspects of the ecology of malaria parasites and their vectors, the development of new approaches to malaria surveillance and control, and the development of public health systems which deliver effective vector control services on a sustainable basis in the poorest settings in Africa.
Chadwick Sikaala (Zambian National Malaria Control Programme/LSTM) Comparative Evaluation of Alternative Mosquito Sampling Methods in Lowland South-East Zambia (PhD)
Busiku Haimanza (Zambian National Malaria Control Programme, Zambia/LSTM) Impact Assessment of Malaria Control Interventions in selected districts of Zambia (PhD)
Samson Kiware (IHI/Marquette University): Informatics and modelling systems for understanding malaria transmission and control (PhD)
Victoria Mwakalinga (IHI/University of the Watwiterstrand) Integrated geographical tools can enable targeted urban planning interventions to control malaria and lymphatic filariasis (PhD)
Current projects and grants
Can routinely collected data from health facilities be used to identify "hot spots" of malaria infection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania? (Wellcome Trust MSc Fellowship; Supervisor and sponsor)
The small minority of residents who spend their nights outdoors can be targeted with specific prevention measures to prevent half of all malaria infections in urban Africa (Wellcome Trust MSc Fellowship; Supervisor and sponsor)
The contribution of sub-patent asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections to self-sustaining parasite populations in an area of reduced malaria endemicity (Wellcome Trust MSc Fellowship; Supervisor)
Integrated geographical tools can enable targeted urban planning interventions to control malaria and lymphatic filariasis (CARTA PhD Fellowship; Supervisor)
African Vector Control (European Union Large-Scale Collaborative Project for Specific International Cooperation Activity New tools; Task Leader and Institutional Lead Investigator)
Mshinda Fellowship Scheme (Agency and grant type: Collaborative Agreement, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Endowment Fund & Ifakara Health Institute Core Funding; Principal Investigator)
Malaria Transmission Consortium (Theme Leader) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research Consortium Grant
Recent Publications
Maliti, Deodatus, Ranson, Hilary, Magesa, Stephen, Kisinza, William, Mcha, Juma, Haji, Khamis, Killeen, Gerry and Weetman, David (2014) 'Islands and Stepping-Stones: Comparative Population Structure of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania and Implications for the Spread of Insecticide Resistance'. PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Issue 10, e110910.
Killeen, Gerry, Kiware, Samson S, Seyoum, Aklilu, Gimnig, John E, Corliss, George F, Stevenson, Jennifer, Drakeley, Christopher J and Chitnis, Nakul (2014) 'Comparative assessment of diverse strategies for malaria vector population control based on measured rates at which mosquitoes utilize targeted resource subsets'. Malaria Journal, Vol 13, e338.
Killeen, Gerry (2014) 'Characterizing, controlling and eliminating residual malaria transmission'. Malaria Journal, Vol 13, e330.
Bayoh, M, Walker, Edward D, Kosgei, Jackline, Ombok, Maurice, Olang, George B, Githeko, Andrew K, Killeen, Gerry, Otieno, Peter, Desai, Meghna, Lobo, Neil F, Vulule, John M, Hamel, Mary J, Kariuki, Simon and Gimnig, John E (2014) 'Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets'. Parasites & Vectors, Vol 7, e380.
Moiroux, Nicolas, Damien, Georgia B., Egrot, Marc, Djenontin, Armel, Chandre, Fabrice, Corbel, Vincent, Killeen, Gerry and Pennetier, Cédric (2014) 'Human Exposure to Early Morning Anopheles funestus Biting Behavior and Personal Protection Provided by Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets'. PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Issue 8, e104967.
Selected Publications
Killeen, G.F., Okumu, F.O., N'Guessan, R., Coosemans, M., Adeogun, A., Awolola, S., Etang, J., Dabiré, K. R. and V. Corbel. 2011. The importance of considering community-level effects when selecting insecticidal malaria vector products. Parasites & Vectors. 4: 160.
Killeen, G.F., Chitnis, N., Moore, S.J. and F.O Okumu. 2011. Target product profile choices for intra-domiciliary malaria vector control pesticide products: repel or kill? Malaria Journal. 10: 207.
Russell, T.L., Govella, N.J., Azizi, S., Drakeley, C.J., Kachur, S.P. and G.F. Killeen. 2011. Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 10: 80
Govella, N.J., Chaki, P.P., Mpangile, J.M. & G.F. Killeen. 2011. Monitoring mosquitoes in urban Dar es Salaam: Evaluation of resting boxes, window exit traps, CDC light traps, Ifakara tent traps and human landing catches. Parasites & Vectors. 4: 40
Dongus, S., Mwakalinga, V., Kannady, K., Tanner, M. and G.F. Killeen. 2011. Participatory mapping as a component of operational malaria vector control in Tanzania. In: Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health. 4: 321-336.
Govella, N.J., Moore, J.D. and G.F. Killeen. 2010. An exposure free tool for monitoring adult malaria mosquito populations. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 83: 596-600.
Ferguson, H.M., Dornhaus, A., Beeche, A., Borgemeister, C., Gottlieb, M., Mulla, M.S., Gimnig, J.E., Fish, D. and G.F. Killeen. 2010. Ecology: a pre-requisite for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine 7: e1000303
Okumu, F.O., Govella, N.J., Moore, S.J., Chitnis, N. and G.F. Killeen. 2010. Potential, limitations and target product profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa. PLoS One 5: e11573.
Russell, T.L., Lwetoijera, D.W., Maliti, D., Chipwaza, B., Alexander, M., Nathan, R., Knols, B.G.J., Takken, W. & G.F. Killeen. 2010. Impact of promoting long-lasting insecticide treatments of bednets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage with untreated nets. Malaria Journal. 9: 187.
Devine, G.J. and G.F. Killeen. 2010. The potential of a new larviciding method for the control of malaria vectors. Malaria Journal 9: 142.
Govella, N.J., Okumu, F.O. and G.F. Killeen. 2010. Insecticide treated nets can reduce malaria transmission by mosquitoes which feed outdoors. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 82: 415-419.
Chaki, P.P., Shoo, B., Govella, N.J. Hemed, A., Tanner, M., Lindsay, S.W., Fillinger, U. and G.F. Killeen. 2009. Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control program in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal 8: 311
Ogoma, S.B., Kannady, K., Sikulu, M., Chaki, P.P., Govella, N.J., Mukabana, W.R. and G.F. Killeen. 2009. Window screening, ceilings and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 8: 221
Mayagaya, V.S., Michel, K., Benedict, M.Q., Killeen, G.F., Wirtz, R.W., Ferguson, H.M. and F.E. Dowell. 2009. Non-destructive determination of age and species of Anopheles gambiae s.l. Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81: 622-630
Govella, N.J., Chaki, P.P., Geissbuhler, Y., Kannady, K, Okumu, F.O., Charlwood, J.D., Anderson, R. & G.F. Killeen. 2009. A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the Anopheles gambiae complex. Malaria Journal. 8: 157.
Devine, G.J., Perea, E.Z., Killeen, G.F., Stancil, J.D., Clark, S.J., & A.C. Morrison. 2009 Using adult mosquitoes to transfer insecticides to Aedes aegypti breeding sites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In Press
Geissbühler, Y., Kannady, K., Chaki, P., Emidi, B., Govella, N.J., Mayagaya, V., Kiama, M., Mtasiwa, D., Mshinda, H., Lindsay, S.W., Tanner, M., Fillinger, U., Castro, M.C. & G.F. Killeen. 2009 Microbial Larvicide Application by a Large-Scale, Community-Based Program Reduces Malaria Infection Prevalence in Urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One 4: e5107.
Okumu, F.O., Kotas, M.E., Kihonda, J., Mathenge, E., Killeen, G.F. & S.J. Moore. 2008. Comparative evaluation of the Human Landing Catch, Centres for Disease Control Light trap and Mbita trap for sampling malaria vectors in south eastern Tanzania. Open Tropical Medicine Journal. 1: 51-55.
Ferguson, H.M., Ng'habi, K.R., Walder, T., Kadangula, D., Moore, S.J., Lyimo, I., Russell, T., Urassa, H., Mshinda, H., Killeen, G.F. & B.G.J. Knols. 2008. Establishment of a large semi-field system for experimental study of African malaria vector ecology and control in Tanzania. Malaria Journal 7: 158.
Ng'habi, K.R., Huho, B.J., Nkwengulila, G., Killeen, G.F., Knols, B.G.J. & H.M. Ferguson. 2008. Sexual selection in mosquito swarms. May the best man loose? Animal Behaviour. 76: 105-112.
Khatib, R., Killeen, G.F., Abdulla, S.M.K., Kahigwa, E., McElroy, P.D., Gerrets, R.M., Mshinda, H., Mwita, A. & S.P. Kachur. 2008. Markets, voucher subsidies and free nets combine to achieve high bednet coverage in rural Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 7: 98.
Fillinger, U., Kannady, K., Kiama, G.M., William, G., Vanek, M.J., Dongus, S., Nyika, D., Geissbühler, Y., Chaki, P.P., Govella, N.J., Mathenge, E.M., Singer, B.H., Mshinda, H., Lindsay, S.W., Tanner, M., Mtasiwa, D., Castro, M.C. & Killeen, G.F. 2008. A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Program in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 7: 20
Killeen, G.F., Tami, A., Kihonda, J., Okumu, F.O., Kotas, M.E., Grundmann, H., Kasigudi, N., Ngonyani, H., Mayagaya, V., Nathan, R., Abdulla, S., Charlwood, J.D., Smith, T.A. & C. Lengeler. 2007. Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases. 7: 121.
Geissbühler, Y., Chaki, P., Emidi, B., Govella, N.J., Shirima, R., Mayagaya, V., Mtasiwa, D., Mshinda, H., Fillinger, U., Lindsay, S.W., Kannady, K., Castro, M.C., Tanner, M. and G.F. Killeen. 2007. Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 6: 126.
Dongus, S., Nyika, D., Kannady, K., Mtasiwa, D., Mshinda, H., Drescher, A.W., Tanner, M. Castro, M.C., Fillinger, U. & G.F. Killeen. 2007. Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Health Geographics. 6: 37.
Killeen, G.F., Smith, T.A., Ferguson, H.M., Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Lenegeler, C. & S.P. Kachur. 2007. Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets. PLoS Medicine. 4: e229.
Huho, B.J., Ng'habi, K. R., Killeen, G.F., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B.G.J. & H.M. Ferguson. 2007. Nature beats nurture: A case study of the quality of male Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquitoes reared in artificial and natural environments. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 2939-2947.
Killeen, G.F. & T.A. Smith. 2007. Exploring the contributions of bednets, cattle, repellents and insecticides to malaria control: A deterministic model of mosquito host-seeking behaviour and mortality. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 101: 867-880.
Killeen, G.F., Kihonda, J., Lyimo, E., Oketch, F.R., Kotas, M.E., Mathenge, E., Schellenberg, J.A., Lengeler, C., Smith, T.A. & C.J. Drakeley. 2006. Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases 6:161
Ross, A., Killeen, G.F. and T.A. Smith. 2006. Relationships of host infectivity to mosquitoes and asexual parasite density in Plasmodium falciparum. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 75 (Supplement 2): 32-37
Killeen, G.F., Ross, A. and T.A. Smith. 2006. Infectiousness of malaria-endemic human populations to vector mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 75 (Supplement 2): 38-45
Smith, T.A., Killeen, G.F., Maire, N., Ross, A., Molineaux, L., Tediosi, F., Hutton, G., Utzinger, J., Deitz, K. and M. Tanner. 2006. Mathematical modelling of the impact of malaria vaccines on the clinical epidemiology and natural history of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Overview. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 75 (Supplement 2): 1-10
Vanek, M.J., Shoo, B., Mtasiwa, D., Kiama, M., Lindsay, S.W., Fillinger, U., Kannady, K., Tanner, M. and G.F. Killeen. 2006 Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: A baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Public Health 6:154
Killeen, G.F., Mukabana, W.R., Kalongolela, M.S., Kannady, K., Lindsay, S.W., Tanner, M., Caldas de Castro, M. and U. Fillinger. 2006. Habitat targeting for controlling aquatic stages of malaria vectors in Africa. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 74: 517-518
Mukabana, W.R., Kannady, K., Kiama, G.M., Ijumba, J.I., Mathenge, E.M., Kiche, I., Nkwengulila, G., Mboera, L.E.G., Mtasiwa, D., Yamagata, Y., van Schayk, I., Knols, B.G.J., Lindsay, S.W., Caldas de Castro, M., Mshinda, H., Tanner, M., Fillinger, U. and G.F. Killeen. 2006. Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa. Malaria Journal. 5: 9.
Scholte, E.J., Ng'habi, K., Kihonda, J., Takken, W., Paaijmans, K, Abdulla, S., Killeen, G.F. and B.G.J. Knols. 2005 An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes. Science 308: 1641-1642
Killeen, G.F., Seyoum, A. and B.G.J. Knols. 2004. Rationalizing historical successes of malaria control in Africa in terms of managing the availability of resources to mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 71 (Supplement 2): 87-93
Mshinda, H., Killeen, G.F., Mathenge, E.M., Mukabana, W.R. Mboera, L.E.G. and B.G.J. Knols. 2004. Development of genetically modified mosquitoes in Africa. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 4: 264-265.
Killeen, G.F. 2003. Following in Soper's footsteps: northeast Brazil 63 years after eradication of Anopheles gambiae. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 3: 663-666.
Killeen, G.F., Knols, B.G.J. and W. Gu. 2003. Taking malaria transmission out of the bottle: implications of mosquito dispersal for vector control interventions. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 3: 23-29.
Knols, B.G.J., Njiru, B.N.N, Mathenge, E.M., Mukabana, W.R., Beier, J.C. and G.F. Killeen. 2002. Malariasphere: A greenhouse-enclosed simulation of a natural Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) ecosystem in Western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 1: 19
Utzinger, J., Tanner, M., Kammen, D.M., Killeen, G.F. and B.H. Singer. 2002. Integrated programme is key to malaria control. Nature. 419: 431
Killeen, G.F., Fillinger, U., Kiche, I., Gouagna, L.C. and B.G.J. Knols. 2002. Eradication of Anopheles gambiae from Brazil: Lesson for malaria control in Africa? Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2: 618-626.


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Trinity River water is on its way to the Klamath and is expected to hit the Klamath later this week. Scientists expect a large migration of salmon to enter the mouth of the river any day.
The water started to be released on Sunday at 8:00AM for the Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe's Boat Dance Ceremony. At the close of the ceremony on Tuesday at midnight flows will be slowly reduced from 2,650 cubic feet per second to 850 cubic feet per second.
The additional flows will continue until September 19 when they will fall go back to their original levels of 450 cubic feet per second.
The water release started days after a temporary restraining order was ended by a Federal Judge. Local Tribes and environmentalists said the water is the key to prevent another fish kill.
The Yurok Tribe estimates that almost twice the amount of salmon will go through the Klamath than the amount of salmon in 2002. the year of the fish kill.


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The aim of the technology department in supporting the goals and beliefs of Clover School District is to provide superior technical and instructional support to the students, teachers and staff of our district.
Clover schools are fortunate to have classrooms that are fully outfitted with Promethean interactive whiteboards and all of their accessories. We have also made a commitment to mobile computing by providing laptops to all teachers and administrators and maintaining at least two mobile student labs in addition to the stationary ones. The district is also moving to be 1:1 with Apple technologies for the 2014-15 school year. For more information on Clover's Connected Classroom, click here.
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Another 60's mod (and midcentury) staple, the Saarinen tulip chair it a poppy, fun essential. I think it would be great in a breakfast nook or dining room.Added 5 Years Ago from Design Within Reach
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Gates and Their Keepers
A concept by "gates of balance101"...
I think that all the "triangles" (such as the Bermuda Triangle) are gates to other realms, worlds, etc. What do we know about gates? Well most are locked, which means they need a key, Who holds the key? Usually the owner of the house that the gate is protecting has the key to unlock it. Realms do not have owners so there must be a gate keeper who can hold the key and prevent others from entering. The gate keeper would probably not be aggressive because they keep the balance between the worlds.In order to keep the balance though, they would probably have to have powers in order to be able to fend off unwanted guests without harming them.
It's speculated that there are a total of 12 gates spread out evenly across Earth. With 12 gates comes 12 gate keepers and 12 keys. The gate keepers would probably not be immortal because the humans would get suspicious of them. I think that the gate keepers would be able to reincarnate themselves so they still have their previous memories. There's also the possibility that the gate keepers begin training an apprentice when they feel that their time on Earth is diminishing. The keys would not be just normal keys. If the gate keepers reincarnate, so do their keys. I would think that each time a "key reincarnation" happened, the keys would come back in different forms each time, Ex: human, plant, inanimate object, animal.
The whole idea is to keep balance between the 12 different realms.
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The gates are real, when a gatekeeper gets to old another is chosen. This person is unaware until it is time for them to take their place......
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so your onto us. good luck finding out how to open them without us.
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If there are 12 gates and the burmuda triangle is one of them, then what are the other 11? Also, if both the gate keeper and the key have the ability of reincarnation, what would happen if the key reincarnated as the gate keeper? Also, I would LOVE to see this proved true.
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1:10 Panel Discussion: My Life with Lupus followed by Forums A (Lupus Patient) & B (Caregivers, Friends and Family): A Guided and Open Forum for Those Living with Lupus, Caregivers, Family & Friends.
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Vanguard Investments Canada Names Advisor Sales Team11:01 EDT Tuesday, July 10, 2012 TORONTO (Business Wire) -- Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. today announced the hiring of five sales professionals to its advisor sales team. Karen Khalil covers key accounts. Ms. Khalil has more than 10 years of experience in the asset management industry. She has worked as a vice president of sales, national accounts manager, and inside wholesaler. Don Barnett covers the Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada regions. Mr. Barnett has more than 15 years in the financial services industry, primarily assisting financial advisors with wealth management and best practice initiatives. Richard Bernard serves the Quebec region. Mr. Bernard spent more than 16 years in the financial services industry working as a private wealth manager, portfolio manager, and investment consultant. Parm Dhaliwal covers the Western Canada region. Mr. Dhaliwal has more than 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has served as a regional vice president and a supervisor of trading operations. Jonathan Needham serves the Eastern Canada region. Mr. Needham spent more than 13 years in the financial services industry working as an inside wholesaler, vice president of sales, and investment field consultant. "We have assembled a knowledgeable and experienced team to help our growing base of advisor clients meet the needs of their clients," said Jason McIntyre, head of distribution for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. "We've been very pleased with the initial reception Vanguard has received in Canada and we look forward to continuing to work with advisors." Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.'s initial lineup of six exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was listed on Toronto Stock Exchange on December 6, 2011, and now has more than $230 million in total assets. Vanguard's ETFs offer advisors and investors access to key portfolio building blocks, with the benefit of Vanguard's low costs and proven index management expertise. About Vanguard Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment management companies and a leading provider of company-sponsored retirement plan services. Vanguard manages CAD $1.9 trillion in global assets. Vanguard offers more than 170 funds to U.S. investors and more than 70 additional funds in non-U.S. markets. For more information, please visit vanguardcanada.ca. All asset figures are as of May 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted.Commissions, management fees, and expenses all may be associated with the Vanguard ETFs. This offering is only made by prospectus. The prospectus contains important detailed information about the securities being offered. Copies are available from Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. at vanguardcanada.ca. Please read the prospectus before investing. ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently, and past performance may not be repeated.For more information, contact Vanguard Public Relations at 610-669-5002.


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Context, architectural design, and ambition - Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has drawn on the expertise of the French museum world to create a major new art museum. In a joint agreement signed in 2007, the governments of the United Arab Emirates and France decided to create a universal museum, bearing the name Louvre Abu Dhabi, scheduled to open in December 2015.
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Birth of a Museum. Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi is unveiling the best of its new collection for the first time in France; more than one hundred and sixty of the finest masterpieces already acquired by the UAE museum will be presented in May in Paris, during a major exhibition entitled "Birth of a Museum".
Louvre Abu Dhabi, which will be opening in December 2015, will be the first universal museum created in the Middle East, a region at the crossroads of civilizations. Its collection of old and contemporary works from different countries has been gradually growing since 2009 with each new acquisition. The exhibition will enable the French public to get a preview of the cultural wealth of the collection of the future museum and also to grasp the architectural and cultural project.
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Conservation treatment of the Winged Victory of Samothrace and its monumental staircase
The great project to conserve the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Daru staircase where it is showcased will start on September 3, 2013. It will last over a year and a half and entail an exceptional spatial rearrangement; the Winged Victory will not be visible to the public from September 3, 2013 to Summer 2014. This major undertaking, with a budget of four million euros, has received the support of Nippon Television Holdings, F. Marc de Lacharrière (Fimalac) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project, with a contribution of three million euros. The Louvre Museum wishes to open the possibility for all to contribute to this ambitious project through the "Tous mécènes !" (All Donors!) campaign, in order to raise the remaining one million euros necessary to complete the project.
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New donation campaign for the restoration of the Winged Victory of Samothrace
The great conservation project for the Winged Victory of Samothrace begins in September 2013. The Louvre launches a new campaign "Tous mécènes !" (All Donors!) on September 3, day on which the monument will be removed from the public eye. The goal will be to raise one million euros before the end of the year to help the Museum restore in entirety the monument's splendour.
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The Springtime of the Renaissance. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence, 1400-1460
Following upon major exhibitions devoted to masters of the High Renaissance—Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael—The Springtime of the Renaissance deals with the genesis of this major artistic and cultural movement, which first arose in Florence in the early years of the fifteenth century. Sculpture, an essential aspect of this rebirth, is the central focus of this exhibition. Some 140 works are presented, including several monumental ones, grouped into ten thematic sections. In addition to sculptures, the exhibition also features paintings, drawings, manuscripts, silver and gold pieces, and tin-glazed earthenware (majolicas).
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I'm about to wax rhapsodic about a cheesy, transparently manipulative martial arts film. But seriously: Prachya Pinkaew's 2008 movie Chocolate is the best film I've ever seen that features an autistic protagonist. And it's the only piece of media I've personally encountered that features a nonverbal protagonist.
Darnell Martin's I Like It Like That may push the boundaries of the Bechdel Test, but its insights into black Latina motherhood, sisterhood, and professional identity are fascinating, rare, and in need of recognition.
When I first conceived the idea for this blog, I knew that I had to write a post about Lisbeth Salander. For the most part, any discussion of queer autistic sexuality in fiction must focus on lack, on the absence of representations, but Stieg Larsson's lurid Millenium novels and the films based on them feature an antiheroine who is both queer and (probably) autistic.
Set in 1968, Made in Dagenham fictionalizes a true story about a group of female sewing machinists employed by Ford who were tired of being classified as unskilled labor and went on strike for equal pay. Their efforts ultimately led to the Equal Pay Act of 1970. The women are led by Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins), a modest working-class woman who continues to surprise herself and others with her natural aptitude to organize, negotiate, and lead an important political cause that is still relevant.
Nearly 15 years later, Set It Off continues to insist on raising the stakes for representations of black women on- and off-screen.
Angela Robinson's spy caper D.E.B.S. explores being under cover and out of the closet.
BFFs Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz saddle up and ride for Bandidas, a western buddy comedy.
Elaine May gained notoriety for directing the 1987 Hollywood mega-disaster Ishtar, but before that she broke barriers for women in comedy with longtime partner-in-crime Mike Nichols, and for women in film with her gripping Mikey and Nicky and hilarious The Heartbreak Kid. She's worked against the grain as a writer and director, pushing against systems that normally value women only for their looks and not their wit. And, to top it all off, she's still pretty damn funny.


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Whole Earth Catalog goes digital
TechMan was rooting around in the basement the other day and came across a hippie era stash of -- no, not that -- Whole Earth Catalogs and magazines.
Anyone coming of age in the '60s, '70s or '80s remembers those publications, favorites of the back-to-the-earth, counterculture movement.
But what you may not remember was the role of the publications and their founder in early days of the personal computer.
Stewart Brand, who began the catalogs (they were published in various forms from 1968 to 1988), had impressive counterculture credentials.
In 1966, he campaigned to have NASA release the rumored satellite photo of the entire Earth as seen from space. He thought it would be a uniting image. In 1968, a NASA astronaut made the photo and it appeared on the cover of the first catalog.
Mr. Brand took part in early scientific studies of then-legal LSD and was one of Ken Kesey's iconic Merry Pranksters. Tom Wolfe describes him in the first chapter of "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test."
He also had an early interest in computers and assisted Douglas Englebart with his famous presentation to the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco that debuted many revolutionary computer technologies, including the mouse.
Mr. Brand went on to team up with Larry Brilliant to found one of the seminal dial-up bulletin boards and computer-based communities, the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link or The Well.
The Well became a gathering place for computer types, including Mitch Kapor, designer of Lotus 1-2-3, and Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow. Mr. Kapor and Mr. Barlow joined with John Gilmore to establish the Electronic Frontier Foundation, still a leading defender of digital individual rights.
Craig Newmark started his original Craigslist on The Well. And it was a major online meeting place for Deadheads.
The initial 1968 Whole Earth Catalog, between the entries for beekeeping equipment, had an article about a personal computer. It was $5,000, the most expensive thing in the book.
In 1984, Mr. Brand published the Whole Earth Software Catalog 1.0 and a magazine called the Whole Earth Software Review, which lasted only three issues. But the software catalog was updated to 2.0 in 1985.
In 1989, the Electronic Whole Earth Catalog was published on CD-ROM using an early version of hypertext linking language
Mr. Brand and his cohorts at Whole Earth convened the first "Hacker's Conference," which, after a sputtering start, has become an annual event.
Wrote John Markoff of the New York Times: "There was a very big Luddite component to counterculture back then, but Brand wanted nothing to do with it. ... He really believed you could take the tools of the establishment and use them for grass-roots purposes. He was, after all, the guy who coined the term personal computer."
In 1995, Mr. Brand wrote an article in Time magazine titled "We Owe It All to the Hippies." In it he said, "Counterculture's scorn for centralized authority provided the philosophical foundations of not only the leaderless Internet but also the entire personal-computer revolution."
So are Whole Earth Catalogs now consigned the basement's of ex-hippies and the ideas in them only tie-dyed memories?
No. Stewart Brand and his catalogs live on, although much of what seemed radical now is mainstream.
Contacted by e-mail through the Long Now Foundation, Mr. Brand said he had not changed his ideas on the use of computers for grass-roots purposes or on the continuing influence of the countrculture on computers and the Internet.
After the Whole Earth Catalog and its descendants ceased publication, New Whole Earth LLC, headed by entrepreneur and philanthropist Samuel B. Davis, acquired the intellectual property and physical assets.
As it states on wholeearth.com, "Although the catalog's heyday was during a specific and turbulent period of American history, the ideas found in it and in its related publications continue to engage the brightest minds of the 21st century -- and Whole Earth LLC believes that those ideas should be preserved as they were originally disseminated."
To that end, at wholeearth.com, all of the catalogs and other publications are free for viewing online. Or you can buy a pdf copy for $5 or less.
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I just found this, which says it only uses 2GB. Anybody know the difference between the 2GB referenced here and the 3.3GB thats shows in windows?
Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Memory Support.
The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB. However, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB of physical RAM and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB of physical RAM using the PAE feature.
The virtual address space of processes and applications is still limited to 2 GB unless the /3GB switch is used in the Boot.ini file.
When the physical RAM in the system exceeds 16 GB and the /3GB switch is used, the operating system will ignore the additional RAM until the /3GB switch is removed. This is because of the increased size of the kernel required to support more Page Table Entries. The assumption is made that the administrator would rather not lose the /3GB functionality silently and automatically; therefore, this requires the administrator to explicitly change this setting.
The /3GB switch allocates 3 GB of virtual address space to an application that uses IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE in the process header. This switch allows applications to address 1 GB of additional virtual address space above 2 GB.
The virtual address space of processes and applications is still limited to 2 GB, unless the /3GB switch is used in the Boot.ini file. The following example shows how to add the /3GB parameter in the Boot.ini file to enable application memory tuning:
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I have Dogs
I have a beautiful silver lab who goes everywhere with me. Shes a sweety.
Middle of the Road
Alaska is home for me and I am glad to be back. I spend a lot of time in the Ester, Chena and Denali areas. When I have the time nothing tops south Alaska.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
My little boy tops the list. I'd like to find a woman who puts a smile on my face. I'm a Walking Dead fanatic and a huge Broncos fan. So for anyone interested, i'm useless on Sundays. Winter you'll find me on the ice doing my best to play hockey.
I love the outdoors. Camping, fishing, hiking, running, taking the quads out and I love to play hockey. Road trips to random places are always fun and beer and darts from time to time is a necessity.
Currently I'm reading World War Z which is amazing. I love and always will continue to re-read Jack London novels....
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American with Irish roots.
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When we met, she was barefoot and dressed in ripped Levis and a T-shirt.
And, at Hanover Square, there were no speeches, no barefoot sprint à la Michelle Obama.
barefoot, he walks on burning coals, and learns that "in firewalking as in life, your mind has to be in a certain place."
To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa. 20:2, 3, 4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2 Sam. 15:30).


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A few weeks ago, Facebook bought mobile messenger WhatsApp for a staggering $19 billion. Analysts batted the number back and forth, some calling it a colossal waste, some calling it a steal, but everyone generally reeling from the sheer scale of the valuation. Facebook just bought Virtual Reality company Oculus Rift for $2 billion — it may not be as expensive as WhatsApp, nor as widespread, nor as simple to use, but that's what makes it so interesting. Facebook just put itself ahead of the curve for one of the first times since its inception.
The Oculus Rift is a bizarre, maddening and beguiling beast. I've used it in several iterations, from its motion sickness-inducing early days to the much slicker Crystal Cove prototype. It feels — and this is a rarity in tech, or anywhere, for that matter — new. In Silicon Valley, that alone can be worth the price of admission. The fact that the guys that made these goggles in the first place now have the resources of Facebook behind them is encouraging, to say the least.
The fact that there is an ocean of monetizable uses for the Oculus is, you might say, a bonus. That it isn't immediately evident what exactly a website that serves up cat memes and baby photos wants with virtual reality is immaterial. From conference calls, virtual tourism, goggle-sized home theaters and more, this technology could reshape the way we interact with a broad swath of the virtual world. And we shouldn't forget games, where the Oculus started in the first place. Facebook just became a player in that space in a way it never has before.
It's new technology, it's scary, and it will likely be several years before developers can really wrap their heads around it. It has also failed before, in an era of lesser technological sophistication. But that's what makes this such a good time to buy.
Sony Sony announced its VR prototype last week at the Game Developer's Conference, and we can rest assured that there is no major technology company, from Valve to Microsoft Microsoft to Google Google and maybe Amazon, that isn't playing with this tech in some way, shape or form. Facebook now has one up on all of them in terms of name recognition, developer relations, and possibly technological sophistication.
With both Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook took on the role of a besieged behemoth, plucking up competitors in exchange for huge sums of cash. This feels different — this is Facebook using its war chest to shoot to the front of the pack in a new, untested, and potentially gigantic market. That's exciting, and Facebook could use some of that.
Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in January profiled 21-year-old Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey. Watch his video interview with Forbes editor Michael Noer:


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Gallery: EDV-01: Robotic Emergency Shelter is Entirely Self-Sufficient
Japan just unveiled the future of emergency housing in the form of the Emergency Disaster Vehicle, or EDV-01. The innovative design is fully-automated, capable of automatically doubling its size, and can be transported to anywhere you can set a shipping container. Developed by Diawa Lease, the shelter is a paragon of high-tech Japanese engineering — call it an emergency shelter robot.
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RichG December 26, 2012 at 11:06 am
Novel, interesting and expensive! And what about the masses of people affected by disasters. There are more appropriate shelters like those found at IADDIC Shelters. http://shelter.iaddicshelters.com/
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Assad calls for Syria vote, but steps up assault
The Syrian constitution has been amended in the past - most crucially, to allow Assad to take power in 2000.
After his father's death, Parliament quickly lowered the presidential age requirement from 40 to 34 so that the ruling Baath party could nominate Bashar Assad. His appointment was sealed by a nationwide referendum, in which he was the only candidate.
The new draft reinstates the requirement of 40 and mandates that any presidential candidate must have lived continuously in Syria for at least a decade. That would to rule out the candidacy of Syrian dissidents who have lived in exile out of fear for their lives.
The double veto by Russia and China at the U.N. infuriated the West and Arab states, which are now considering giving greater support to the Syrian opposition. Russia says it rejects any U.N. calls on Assad to step aside because they would prejudice attempts to find an internal solution.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Wednesday that his country - one of the harshest international critics of Assad's crackdown - is trying to rework the resolution to overcome Russian resistance. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he will meet Juppe in Vienna on Thursday and discuss the idea.
The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on an Arab-sponsored resolution strongly condemning human rights violations by the Syrian regime and backing an Arab League plan that calls for Assad to hand over power to his vice president. Russia cannot veto the measure in the Assembly, but the resolution would be nonbinding.
Lavrov praised Assad's referendum call, saying "a new constitution to end one-party rule in Syria is a step forward ... It is coming late unfortunately but better late than never." He said the international community should press on the opposition to enter negotiations with Assad.
The Syrian revolt started in March with mostly peaceful protests against the Assad family dynasty, but the conflict has become far more violent and militarized in recent months as army defectors fight back against government forces.
Many observers fear it is taking on the dimensions of a civil war. U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said this week that more than 5,400 people were killed last year alone, and that the number of dead and injured continues to rise daily in Syria.
In Homs, thick black smoke from the struck pipeline billowed out of what appeared to be a residential area, according to amateur video posted online. Activists accused regime forces of hitting the pipeline. It runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, which has been shelled by regime troops for the past 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The state news agency, SANA, blamed "armed terrorists" for Wednesday's pipeline attack. It said the pipeline feeds tanks in the Damascus suburb of Adra, which contribute in supplying gasoline to the capital and southern regions.
Also Wednesday, regime troops stormed several residential neighborhoods in the nearby city of Hama, activists said.


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Moon River, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style, someday
Oh dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're going, I'm going your way!
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end,
Waiting 'round the bend,
My Huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me!
Done with Tombow Dual Brush watercolor markers!
Voice on the Radio has wrapped up and our heroes—plus a villain or three—are celebrating Halloween in style! From left to right, it's Percy King (dressed as a vampire but really a scorpion), Bob Sparker (wearing his brightest, most alarm-raising colors), Margaret King (a witch), Jam (an invisible man whose outfit is inspired by Smile from pop'n music) and Miss Information, the devil herself!
All of us here at Electricopolis Municipal Headquarters would like to thank you very much for your support, and we hope you enjoyed our biggest, baddest story yet! Voice on the Radio is now available to read all at once from the Story Index, and Miss Information and J. Jam have both been added to the Characterspage as well.
On that note, we're very tired and I, the artist and writer, am going to take a damn nap. I have a couple more one-shots in store, but I'm going to take a break for a week or two first so I can finish drafting some longer stories I'm already working on. So look forward to those! In the meantime, why not ask the cast some questions? I'm sure Bob, Margaret, Jam and especially Miss Information would be more than happy to grant all of you an interview. (Percy, well, he's kind of a crapshoot, but we'll see what we can do.)


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MS Splendour of the Seas
MS Splendour of the Seas in Argostoli port, Cephalonia, Greece
|Splendour of the Seas
|Royal Caribbean International
|Port of registry:
|Bahamas, Nassau
|Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Saint-Nazaire, France
|Yard number:
|June 17, 1995
|In service:
|March 31, 1996-present
|Call sign C6TZ9
IMO number: 9070632
MMSI number: 311804000
|In service
|General characteristics
|Class and type:
|Vision-class cruise ship
|35,396 tonnes (34,837 long tons; 39,017 short tons)
|264 metres (866 ft) length overall
|32 metres (105 ft)
|50 metres (160 ft) air draft
|25.9 feet (7.9 m)
|Installed power:
|5 x Wärtsilä Vasa 12V46B V12 engines
11,700 kilowatts (15,700 hp) each
|2 5.8-metre (19 ft) diameter, fixed pitch propellers
|24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
|2,076 passengers in 902 staterooms
|720-750 crew
MS Splendour of the Seas is a Vision-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. Her itineraries include European cruising in the Mediterranean and Baltic along with South America and other more "exotic" locations in Royal Caribbean's worldwide destinations. Dedicated towards an international clientele, official languages on Splendour of the Seas include English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese[citation needed]. The second in the line of the Vision-class ships, she features a seven-story lobby, rock-climbing wall, and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Her sister ship is Legend of the Seas.
Splendour of the Seas was built for Royal Caribbean International by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at their shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. Splendour of the Seas was assigned the yard number "B31". The cruise ship was launched on June 17, 1995 by Lisa Wilhelmsen. The ship is registered to the port of Nassau, in the Bahamas. Maiden voyage for Splendour of the Seas commenced on March 31, 1996.
On 31 October 2011, Royal Caribbean and Spanish shipyard Navantia signed a contract for Splendour of the Seas to receive structural modifications, maintenance to the propellers, propeller shafts and rudder, and interior upgrades, including new dining and public areas, 124 new balconies, and improvements to staterooms.[2] The work was expected to take about five weeks to complete.[2]
As of 2015[update], Splendour of the Seas is based in Brazil during the southern hemisphere summer, doing a series of itineraries from 3 to 12 nights throughout South America, and is based out of Venice, Italy during the northern hemisphere summer, sailing 7 night cruises to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Royal Caribbean has agreed to sell Splendour of the Seas to TUI Cruises, with the final sailing for Royal Caribbean departing on April 4, 2016. TUI Cruises will lease the ship to Thomson Cruises,
The gross tonnage of Splendour of the Seas is 69,130, and she has a displacement of 35,396 tonnes (34,837 long tons; 39,017 short tons). The cruise ship is 264 metres (866 ft) in length overall, with a beam of 32 metres (105 ft), a draft of 7.9 metres (26 ft) in summer conditions, and an air draft of 50 metres (160 ft). The propulsion system consists of five Wärtsilä Vasa 12V46B engines, which supply 11,700 kilowatts (15,700 hp) each to the ship's two, 5.8-metre (19 ft) diameter, fixed pitch propellers. Maximum speed is 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), with the ship taking 1,892 metres (6,207 ft) and 6 minutes, 45 seconds to come to a full stop. Main propulsion is supplemented by two 1,500-kilowatt (2,000 hp) bow thrusters and a 1,728-kilowatt (2,317 hp) stern thruster. Two 10.8-square-metre (116 sq ft), 6.1-metre (20 ft) stabilizers are also fitted.
Facilities and layout[edit]
The ship has eleven decks, with passenger accommodation located on decks 2 to 3 and 6 to 8. Up to 2,074 passengers can be carried, with 902 staterooms aboard (including 20 suites and 67 junior suites). Decks 9 and 10 make up the 'outdoor' portion of the ship, with the main pool, rock climbing wall, 18-hole miniature golf course, and solarium. Deck 11, the uppermost deck, hosts the ship's Viking Crown Lounge.
All guest rooms contain safes, and as the ship operates in both the American and European regions, she is wired for both 110-volt and 220-volt power. Also contained within the ship are most of the passenger facilities, including the theater, the Casino Royale, shops, themed bars and lounges, and the main dining room. All guest rooms have telephones for internal phone calls or ship-to-shore communications via satellite. Support for some cellular phone networks is also provided.[3][4] The ship has an onboard internet cafe and several wireless hotspots.[5] Access is available at all times, including at sea, but requires payment.
The standard crew complement is 720, with accommodation for another 30 if required; all crew accommodation is located near the bottom of the ship, on deck 1. The bridge is located forward on deck 8. Onboard equipment can generate 1,100,000 litres (240,000 imp gal; 290,000 US gal) of fresh water every day, 600,000 litres (130,000 imp gal; 160,000 US gal) of which will be used aboard during the same period.
- ^ MS Splendour of the Seas(Swedish)
- ^ a b "Spain: Royal Caribbean International, Navantia Sign Splendour of the Seas Revitalization Contract". Shipbuilding Tribune. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Cruise Ship Coverage". Verizon Wireless. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ AT&T Mobility, Splendour of the Seas travel guide
- ^ Internet Services and Pricing document posted and distributed on board
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Splendour of the Seas (ship, 1995).
- RCIfan.com, an RCI Fan site.
- Royal Caribbean Cruise, an independent news resource for Royal Caribbean.
- Royal Caribbean official information about Splendour of the Seas


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Cairn Remuneration Report Rejected by 67% of Shareholders at AGM
May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Cairn Energy Plc, the oil company that spent about $1 billion exploring off Greenland without a find, had its remuneration report voted down by shareholders.
The resolution was rejected by 67 percent of those who voted at today's annual general meeting, Cairn said in a stock exchange filing. The company in January canceled plans to award more than 2.5 million pounds ($4 million) in shares to former Chief Executive Officer Bill Gammell, who today was opposed by 11 percent of shareholders for re-election as chairman.
"The board and I fully acknowledge the strength of the views expressed by our shareholders in some of their voting today," Gammell said in a statement. "Cairn endeavors to meet the highest corporate governance standards and is conscious of its responsibility to ensure best practice and continue an open dialogue with its shareholders at all times."
The company, based in Edinburgh, returned $3.5 billion to shareholders after selling most of its Indian unit last year for $8.7 billion to Vedanta Resources Plc. After focusing for two years on Greenland, Cairn this month completed the acquisition of Agora Oil & Gas AS, a North Sea explorer.
Cairn has declined 15 percent since the proceeds from the disposal of its Indian unit were distributed in February.
To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Swint in London at firstname.lastname@example.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Will Kennedy at email@example.com


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Send your little birthday boy or girl's party guests home with a super sweet treat. These easily assembled personalized candy tubes are a simple way to add flair to your favor table. Candy tubes are made from durable plastic and come with lids and self-sticking labels. Choose from a variety of label designs and colors and input your name and event date or your own custom message. Then simply fill each tube with your child's favorite candy, affix the label, and set out as fun favors to thank guests attending! Some minor assembly required.


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Originally written on Fox Sports | Last updated 2/2/13
Phil Mickelson drew the loudest roars from the biggest crowd in golf history at the Phoenix Open on Saturday. Mickelson nearly aced the par-3 16th, hitting a 9-iron to a foot to set up a birdie on the rowdy stadium hole packed with nearly 20,000 screaming fans. Estimated at 179,022, the third-round crowd broke the record of 173,210 set last year, also on a Saturday at fan-friendly TPC Scottsdale. The event has drawn 467,030 for the week and is in position to break the mark of 538,356 set in 2008. Mickelson birdied the final four holes and five of the last six for a 7-under 64 and a six-stroke lead over Brandt Snedeker. The 42-year-old has led after each round, scoring 60-65. He fell a stroke short of the tour record for the first 54 holes, and matched the tournament mark set by Mark Calcavecchia in 2001. Making his 24th appearance in the event that he won in 1996 and 2005, Mickelson is trying to complete his third career start-to-finish victory and first since the 2006 BellSout...
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Comment: KickStarter? (Score 1) 78 78
Comment: Re:Bistromatics (Score 1) 196 196
Comment: Auslogics Duplicate File Finder (Score 1) 440 440
It includes two options that I absolutely needed: Ignore File Names and Ignore File Dates. I'm pretty sure those were off by default, so check that if you try this. Considering I knew that I had done the same thing you are describing, and even renamed some files in the process, I really needed those options otherwise it would not have found the dupes.
I was paranoid there would be false positives, so I did a quick test on a select few folders. It worked perfectly, so I let it run... then blindly allowed it to do its thing in the last step and delete duplicates. I found about 600GB of dupes out of 3TB, and it took less than a few hours to run.
Comment: Re:Lies (Score 1) 730 730
Comment: Re:Do Not Reload (Score 1) 93 93
Comment: Re:Misunderstanding of intent (Score 1) 220 220
The likelihood of survival decreases if idiots are playing on their toys and not paying attention.
Does the statement "and nothing of value was lost" apply here?
On a more topic-related note, the flight crew does not need to have attention from 100% of the passengers. Likely they would need less than 50% and hopefully at least 1-2 per row. If you are sitting there, completely not paying attention, and you don't notice the flight attendants waving their arms and shouting instructions, you will probably notice the person next to you flinging themselves forward and putting their head between their knees.
While I understand your point that the chances of survival increase if people are paying attention to authority figures / those in-the-know and actually listen to their instructions, it is naive to believe that just because someone isn't playing with some toy that they are actually paying attention. There are those that will be daydreaming out the window, dozing off or engaged in some conversation with their travel companion.
It makes sense for people to read the instructions in the seat-back pocket at least once in their life. It makes sense for people to actually listen to the flight attendants during their overview of safety procedures at least once in their life. And it makes sense for people to actually be aware of their surroundings, to at least know that something is not right and that they should seek out someone that might be able to help them (i.e. flight crew)...
In the end, no matter how many things we ban or how many rules we impose on having to pay attention, there will always be some people that will be over-prepared in a crisis and those that are under-prepared. If some crisis happens, I just hope I'm sitting next to an over-prepared person who notices I'm asleep and nudges me awake. Thank you in advance, fictional person!
Comment: Re:Alcohol? (Score 1) 500 500
Comment: Re:Internet saves (Score 2, Informative) 114 114
Comment: Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score 1) 178 178
Comment: Re:Yeah, that's a big WTF... (Score 1) 275 275
We initially left the choice of using it up to you because there's a downside: https can make your mail slower since encrypted data doesn't travel across the web as quickly as unencrypted data.
Any analysis of this really is pedantic, but fundamentally the statement is still accurate.
If you consider the same set of data, encrypted winds up being larger than unencrypted, so, technically, it would take longer to fully complete its journey (i.e. travel)... They didn't say that encrypted data transmits slower through the tubes of the interwebs, they just said that it "doesn't travel across the web as quickly".
I think their wording is fine. The "crypo-illiterate" public read it most likely said "Oh, yea, makes sense, so that's why they didn't do it to begin with..." and those that do notice something odd with the wording already know the true meaning anyway.
Besides, your suggested re-wording is not without its faults. You say to make it:
But wouldn't "accessing web pages with HTTPS is typically slower than with HTTP" convey exactly the same information to the public, except for the wrong part?
(crypo-illiterate response) So, wait, when I visit a page that has https:/// in front of it my internet connection suddenly slows down?! I'm going to avoid those pages at all costs and any time I have the option, I will disable it!
*emails child*
Comment: Social skills abound! (Score 1) 655 655
He needs a guild or a bunch of "friends" behind him to accomplish a great many of these achievements. Even if he is in a huge guild that is defeating the most difficult end-game content, at some point there are going to be achievements that others are going to set out to do specifically and entirely for him (and maybe some others that luckily get to tag along)... The amount of achievements in this category is probably about 100-150 whereas the others are either able to be done solo or will just happen in any decent group.
So, he befriended his guild or his group of online friends, with or without their knowledge, to help him get to this end-goal.
We can even go further into specifics and say that the Quests completion may be more of an accomplishment than the Achievements completion. It is very easy to do about 3500-4000 of the quests in the game without any help, but beyond that there are chains that need help for sure. These hurdle quests don't make up the next 2000, probably only 100 or 200, but he still needs a group that he can call on whenever he hits that wall. Also remember those people may have already done the quest in some cases and are getting absolutely nothing out of it. In the case of achievements, at least there are a bunch of people (5-25) that are going to get that achievement credit if they haven't already.
Actually, I think this guy may have more social skills than most...
Comment: Re:Possibly, but unlikely (Score 1) 79 79
Wrong. Wheelchair-bound people unwilling to sacrifice a small part of their dignity cannot access the building on their own. It is totally possible for most of them to scoot up and down steps on their arse.
Assuming they do get off their wheelchair, and "scoot" up a few steps like you suggest, then what? Does their wheelchair magically do the same thing and then they continue on their journey into the building?
Comment: Re:national security (Score 1) 364 364
As far as advocating requiring state ratification for treaties, where is the line drawn? That line is determined by the people that don't want to move the line, unfortunately.
But, then you vote people in that hopefully change that.
In the article:
In one of his first acts as president, Obama signed a memo saying FOIA "should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. The government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure."
That would be a step in the right direction, if it had any teeth to it, and wasn't just to make Obama look good to the general public.
Maybe true reform will come some day.
Comment: Re:national security (Score 3, Insightful) 364 364
I'm not a fan of big government or of having a small percentage of people making decisions that effect everyone else, but that is exactly how our system is setup and exactly how democracy works in practice.
The government can, will, and should make decisions without the consent of the governed. You think it takes long now to get things done? If all the state legislatures had to put their $0.02 in even less would get done. Then city officials would start saying their view is important, too. Soon everyone would be saying their voice should make a difference! If only there was a system in place to have each person's voice heard...
The single most powerful tool that Americans have is the power to VOTE. Unfortunately most Americans do not invoke this power because they feel it is useless. Maybe so, but at least those that made bad decisions will be gone in at most a few years anyway, then. If it is really a big issue then there is always impeachment, but to start tying hands up at that level and incorporate more chefs in the already crowded, trip-hazard-filled, hot, sweaty, mess of a kitchen we call our government, well, that would just be making a bad problem even worse.
Most human beings (and all politicians) fundamentally will try to get away with anything they can. Whether it is a spouse cheating or a student copying answers during a test, until someone is caught doing something they know is wrong (however it is you define "wrong" is up to you) they will not stop the behavior.
No one does anything they think is wrong. Even if society deems it to be wrong, they somehow have convinced themselves it is right, because it is necessary, or it is okay "this one time"... The government, as a whole, or as a local office, is not exempt from this. They become their own "person" in this regard, acting in such a way that for whatever reason they think is right.
When it boils down to it, we are better off having that few % making decisions for us than to give each and every person from coast to coast a voice by way of vote for big decisions.


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Sesame Chicken Strips with Sweet Sauce
Chicken strips dipped in a mayonnaise/mustard mixture, then a sesame seed/cracker crumb mixture and baked. Served with a honey mayonnaise dipping sauce. These chicken strips are very tasty, especially when dipped in the sweet sauce. These go over well at summer get-togethers and make great finger foods.
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