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Taara Tower Defence NoMod Version2Jul 31, 2013 Multiplayer Map 1 comment
This is the NoMod Version2 of Taara Tower Defence. You don't need the mod to play this map. This Map is for C&C3: Tiberium Wars
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This Tower Defence Mod-Map contains: - 30 Enemy waves - Better overview for your turrets and upgrades - New upgrades - Missions - New Music - Epic events \\\Beta released! Enjoy!///
This is the NoMod Version2 of Taara Tower Defence. You don't need the mod to play this map. This Map is for C&C3: Tiberium Wars
This is the NoMod Version of Taara Tower Defence. You don't need the mod to play this map. This Map is for C&C3: Tiberium Wars
Looks good! One question though, about balance:
I remember playing in the past and having the problem where you would need like 5 defense towers to kill a group of infantry. If they were veteran rank of above, it took 1/2 of the tower's health before I was able to get them down. I remember the vehicles were more reasonably balanced, but infantry were insane.
Was this looked at?
I can start the mod, but for some reason I can't load the Taara map. I put it in the
% appdata%/roaming/CNC3/maps directory, but the map won't show up when I start CNC3. No matter what I did, the map never showed up under skirmish or multiplayer. Every other map did, however.
Also, is there only one map?
This is a godsend mod, btw. I tried one for Red Alert 3, can't wait for this one!
How do you "load the mod". I have it in the mod folder, but it doesn't allow me to make any buildings
Very Good mod bro! congratulations! ;)
will there be any new version??
having trouble i strat the map and it works but the defence buildings are all locked and i cant do anything but watch GDI riflemen kill my HQ PLZ HELP!!!!!!
By the way, I watched your preview video. You are playing solo, right? How comes that you managed to survive that long? Did I oversee something or is this just a showoff? ;)
PS: I'm using alpha v2 :o
I just played your mod yesterday and I have to say that this one is by far the best TD I have seen in C&C 3 TW ;) Great potential!
Anyways, I played this one with a friend, so 2 players vs. waves of enemies. Since this map is a 4 (human) player map, you can barely manage to defend against all waves with less players than 4. E.g., my friend and I managed to hold off the 1st wave, but the 2nd one already destroyed the objective.
So, I don't know if it's possible, what I'm asking for, but I'll give it a shot:
Can you dynamically adjust the level of difficulty depending on the number of players that participate? Let's say, I want to play this mod solo, just 1/4 of the original mob size spawns.
By the way, will you create more maps for your mod? Because it is awesome :D
Reminds me of C&C Generals AoD (Art of Defence) Maps, Where you basically defend from waves of hundreds of units with turrets you build and units.
how do you play this? i copyed it to my mods folder and at control center nothing was there.
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We're just saying, wouldn't it be an amazing plot twist if Jesse St. James returned to Glee, only to start dating Zachary Quinto? First of all, Rachel would be super pissed (though, let's face it, not entirely surprised). Second of all, Kurt's head would explode off his shoulders and fly around the room like a fabulous, shocked balloon. While we won't hold our collective breath on any Zachary Quinto cameos this season (or that balloon thing, because come on), the Star Trek actor did confirm that he is dating Glee star Jonathan Groff. "I'm incredibly happy, I'm incredibly lucky," he told Out Magazine about his relationship. Jonathan's no Wade Adams, but he'll do. He'll do just fine.
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Haiti: "The first to be forgotten" reclaiming dignity
Monday, July 12, 2010
By Chris Herlinger
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – In a city where mobility is difficult even for able-bodied people – given the pressures of traffic, extreme residential congestion and now, the perils and hazards of debris and rubble – a monthly celebration at a church here has come to represent a triumph for Haitians like Marlene Derley.
"It means a lot to me," Derley, 39, said of a recent gathering sponsored by ACT Alliance member Church World Service for those in a program to assist and empower people with disabilities. "It has given me the first opportunity to meet other people," she said. "Otherwise I would stay at home and just think about my injury."
Derley, an amputee who lost her right arm after a building collapsed during the devastating January 12 earthquake, was referring to the ostracism people with disabilities in Haiti often face – and the particular strain felt by those, like herself, who are newly disabled in the wake of the quake.
"It's very difficult," Derley said on the grounds of the Tabernacle of Faith Congregation just days before Haiti marked today's (July 12) six-month anniversary of the earthquake. "People with disabilities don't have much importance in society."
By contrast, the monthly celebrations – replete with music and singing – are a way for Derley and others to come together, celebrate accomplishments and build a much-needed sense of community.
But the ACT programme is not only about providing community and a safe space against the harsh realities of being disabled in Haiti; there is a needed material aspect to the programme. Participants receive a modest monthly stipend, US $75 a month for six months, to help them get through the current difficult times. The programme began in March. When it ends later this year, 1200 people will have participated, and the programme will have benefited not just individuals but their families as well.
For the Saturday celebrations, buses pick up the participants and return them to their homes. That in itself is significant, said Burton Joseph, CWS's program manager in Haiti, noting that in general those operating public transportation in Haiti appear to dislike picking up the physically disabled. Why? Joseph said they are seen as people who slow down traffic.
"No place in society is reserved for them," Joseph said of people with disabilities. "Even at church, there are no ramps for wheelchairs."
During humanitarian emergencies, "the disabled are the first to be forgotten," said Ernst Abraham, head of CWS partner Service Chretien d'Haiti. "That is why we decided to make their needs a priority."
That decision is paying off in small but vital ways. Derley is using her ACT grant to restart her small restaurant business at home – a much-needed boost since she and her family are depending on the restaurant income. Derley's husband, a former factory worker, is at home to help her and raise the couple's 9-year-old daughter.
"We depend on the money from the restaurant," she said, explaining that the grant is helping restock supplies, all of which were destroyed in the quake.
Aaron Tate, who is coordinating CWS efforts in Haiti, says many of those in the programme are, like Derley, using their grant to help get their businesses restarted. Others are using it to buy food. Still others are using it to pay for their children to go to school - or for themselves to go to school, to get education and improve their future.
Still, they will likely confront more than their share of challenges and difficulties. People with disabilities remain some of the most at-risk residents of Haiti, Tate said. They have faced greater challenges in adapting to new living conditions, such as tent cities for the displaced, and they have difficulty accessing relief assistance in general.
"When it comes to standing in line, to get a delivery of rice or to get on the list to get a new house," Tate said, "people with disabilities are always going to be the last in line."
Locia Toutpuissant, 42, another ACT programme participant, agrees with that assessment, saying that "it's not easy to cope with a disability, and we've been neglected so much in society, making it hard for us to get by."
Toutpuissant, a shopkeeper who sells small items and groceries, lives with a spinal condition that affects her ability to walk – a condition, incidentally, inherited by all six of her children, ages 3 to 21.
She said that "getting by" has not gotten any easier since the quake. She, too, lost her inventory in the quake. "I had a small business but it became a nightmare.". However, the cash grant has softened the blows, helping Toutpuissant feed her children and restock her store's inventory.
As for the monthly celebrations, Toutpuissant said she cherishes the time with others, calling them "welcome moments of pleasure."
"We felt humiliated before," she said. "Now, I don't feel lonely like I used to."
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At Ebenezer Baptist Church, where I serve, various ministry groups visit and we often take up special offerings for them. Many times we would find out months later that some members continued to send money to that particular ministry, designating it through the church. But we eventually took a stand and set a policy that the church would only forward funds to outside ministries specifically approved by the whole body and we asked individuals to send contributions to their special interest ministries directly and without the imprimatur of the congregation.
We felt it was inappropriate to tie the church to a ministry without the consensus support of the entire membership.
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Girls LOSE interest when a guy SHOWS interest; how to deal?
How can an inexperienced guy (i.e., inexperienced with flirting, dating, everything) strike the right balance between not showing enough interest... Show More
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When a girl knows that you like her back then it's sort of a signal that she can kick back and relax because she got what she wanted. We love the hunt and once we realize that you're into us too then we feel more comfortable, start wearing the sweatshirts versus the revealing outfits and soon afterwards if you don't pursue us or make a move we'll get bored. We accomplished what we wanted to get done and now it's your turn; we got you hooked, you get to figure out what you want to do with the mutual attraction.
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Well how can a guy ever get into a relationship with a girl? At some point, don't both people have to know of the mutual interest? Does the girl have to be "tricked" into thinking the guy really doesn't like her, until she ends up in a relationship without realizing it? This doesn't make sense at ALL.
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OK, thanks : ) It just doesn't make sense to me how those girls can EVER have a relationship if they get bored the moment the guy shows interest. It sounds more like a mental illness than "young and having fun." It's terribly retarded.
Haha I'll agree with you on that one, but don't worry the right girl will come around
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hm, I think it makes so different how much interest you show..
if someone pulls out, they are not interested..if they don't then they are
just be yourself.. and don't suck up to her lol
just be your cool self.
Theres something very hot about a guy who is just himself, I makes me very curious about him and how his personality got that way because he is unique.
Hope that helps you out.
Thanks that is helpful. But it seems like some girls make it impossible for a relationship to happen, because as soon as the guy shows interest, she pulls away. (and I don't mean the guy is being needy, sucking up, putting her on a pedestal...I mean just showing interest!)
happened to me, she pulled out all the good signs were there, i showed interest she broke it off, yes its a mental disease i believe, still miss her!!
Lol I'm in a similar situation. Except I show interest when a guy loses interest. So the opposite of what you're going through.
I guess my only advice is to not come off as too needy or too distant. Don't call her too often, but at the same time call her often enough that she knows you're interested.
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Reiterating what Element43 said, you need to have other interests.. Also date other girls, but be honest about it.
Also remember in relationships.. when it comes to emotional stuff, she takes the lead... you have to learn to read the signs, then proceed.
Its like you only approach girls that show you some form of interest, not just any girl.
Same goes for emotional stuff, you only do the lovie dovie stuff when you are SURE she you wants to.
As for the phone, I don't get chatting for endless hours on the phone when she is not your GF. It makes you look as if you are into her a lot and I find in most cases that's the quickest way into the "friend" zone...
Short phone conversations, don't see her every day, basically just have some interest other than her. When she goes out with the girls don't give her an inquisition about her night. Trust her. It's not that guys show too much interest. Some guys just jump into a girls space when she barely knows him.
When your around, her it's fine to show interest. Make the time with her quality and not quantity.
i think its the thrill of the chase that some girls are into
but once she knows you are having feelings back, that thrill of
will he say hi? will he sit next to me? etc..
is gone...
i know that happened to me WAY to much in high school.
but girls like that they tend to fall for the asshole
cuz the asshole never liked her as a person to begin with...
so he never show that deeper intrest in her which us nice guys do
which make her want to strive to so more interest in him
then she gets USED
ive see this so meny times
my advice to you is to talk to the girl your thinking of as natural as possible
just be yourself. and speak slowly... (fast talking show your nervous)
then when you are about to leave ask for a number and call her in a day or so.
and if she holds a conversation( is very well balanced) for a good 30-45 min I think its all good
then after a few times talking to her on the phone or in face to face (and you feel comfortable with her) ask her on a date saying it like this " you and I should go hangout and catch a movie one day what do you think"
she says "yeah that'd be awsome! when"
you say "how about friday?"
and so on.
i hope that helps
to sum it all up, the two of you have to balance it. neither one of you should dominate the showing of interest.
oh and if she start to lose intrest in you that could mean two thing
either she's shy
she's playing hard and is testing you to see how much you like her
or she's just not that into you... I think that was a movie execpt she's is he's
it might be a chick flick but I thought it was ok actually you should watch XD
Great question .I have had a lot of this happen to me , girl look like she likes me and turns cold the moment I show her I like her . When I back off she gets mad .And lose all interest in me.
I even had a girl tell me now that I know I can have you I am not interested any more , I know I can have you any time I want .( she even told me I was like a prize)
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Jessica makes Antonio suspicious, Rex turns down Todd's job offer, Starr taunts Spencer, and Todd makes a confession to Rex...
At Capricorn, Antonio asks Jessica why she's so against Nash working for him. Jessica brings up the vineyard, spending time with Bree� Just then, Roxy blows in and shows Jessica her photo in the newspaper from New Year's Eve. When Roxy leaves, Antonio questions whether Jessica gave permission to have her half-naked pictures published. Although Antonio is clearly jealous, Jessica assures him that she's exclusively his as she thinks back to her kiss with Nash� Suddenly, Antonio gets a call saying that the cops found evidence about the arson. Antonio leaves.
When Jessica goes to Nash and tells him that they need to talk, Roxy suggests that Jessica and Nash take a quiz on love! Jessica basically tells Roxy to beat it, then asks Nash if he's going to take Antonio's job. When Nash says yes, Jessica pleads that if Nash cares about her at all, he won't take the job.
After Antonio returns to Capricorn and expresses to Jessica how much he needs help running the club, Nash comes forward and tells Antonio that he'll take the job!
While Rex and Adriana are at the coffeehouse, Rex expresses that he's really torn with what to do about Bo's assignment and worries that if he finds out that Todd did abduct Spencer, Todd could go to jail for a long time. Rex says that he can't take both Todd's son and his freedom away, but doesn't want to lie to Bo.
At the hospital, when Bo tells Michael that Spencer claims that Todd abducted him, Michael says he wouldn't blame Todd if he did. Michael looks to Tommy and says, "I'd do the same thing if someone tried to take my child away." When Michael agrees to get a hospital chart for Bo, Bo offers to watch Tommy.
After Michael leaves, Lindsay joins Bo in the hospital waiting room. They talk about kids and relationships, then Lindsay asks Bo if he's happy to be back with Paige. As Paige listens from the hallway, Bo says yes. When Lindsay asks if Bo is going to marry her, Bo doesn't have an answer and they go on to talk about Lindsay's love life. It appears as though Lindsay is going to comment that Bo was her one true love, but Paige bursts in before Lindsay can say another word.
In Spencer's hospital room, Starr tells Spencer that her dad is going to ask Blair to marry her again. "My family is going to be together and there's nothing you can do about it!" Spencer replies, "Wanna bet?" When Starr assures Spencer that he doesn't scare her, Spencer lungs toward her! Starr backs up and says, "I want you to live long enough to read my parent's marriage announcement in the paper!" As Starr goes to leave, Spencer warns Starr that her mother will not be marrying Todd!
Todd is waiting outside of Spencer's room. After Starr tells him about her conversation with Spencer, Todd instructs Starr to never see Spencer again, then tells her to go to school!
Todd barges into Spencer room demanding to know what he did with his son! However, Spencer refuses to answer Todd and a guard comes in and pulls Todd out of the room. Just before Todd goes through the door, Spencer says, "I heard you're going to ask Blair to marry you. Good luck!"
Back at the penthouse, just as Todd is leaving with a duffel bag, Rex is at the door. When Todd rambles on about rehiring Rex, Rex tells him that he can't take the case. "I already know what happened to your baby." Rex goes on to say that he meant that Todd's son is gone. Suddenly, Todd starts talking to himself and rants that he was so close to finding out what Spencer did with his son, and that if he just would've pushed Spencer more� Rex says, "Are you admitting that you tortured Spencer?" However, Todd says that he didn't admit to anything. After Rex leaves, Todd gets a call and leaves.
As Bo approaches Rex at the coffeehouse he says, "All right, Balsom, what is it that you wanted to see me about?"
In class, Cole watches as Britney shows Marcie a get-well card that she wants the whole class to sign for Starr. Afterwards, Langston overhears Britney talking trash about Starr and realizes that she is trying to act as though she wants to be friends with Starr just to get to Cole. When Britney goes to Cole, Langston calls Starr and tells her to get to school now!
Just as Britney hugs Cole, Starr rounds the corner and sees them. When Cole walks away, Britney admits to her friend that she wants to hook up with Cole to get back at Starr! Starr tells Langston that there's no way she's going to let Britney get to Cole!
In Marcie's English room, she tells Cole that the school board has recommended that he and Starr stay away from each other.
Later, Britney goes to Starr and gives her the get well card for Blair. When Cole goes to his locker, Britney turns away from Starr and says, "Hey Cole." Suddenly, Starr pushes Britney out of the way and takes Cole in a kiss!
Michael gives Spencer the news that he'll be shipped to Wingdale in twenty-four hours and says that he can now do no more harm. After Michael leaves, Spencer says, "Oh, you are so wrong."
At Spencer's request, Todd goes to see him with a hidden scalpel in his hand. When asked why he wanted to see him, Spencer replies, "I can save Blair."
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Two-phase electrophoresis is a hybrid separation method where an electric field is applied perpendicular to a liquid-liquid phase interface as shown in Figure 1. The distribution of charged species between the phases is governed by phase partitioning and electrophoretic mobility. The method has also been called electropartitioning [1] and electroextraction [2] but two-phase electrophoresis [3] describes the process better because it is more akin to electrophoresis than liquid-liquid extraction. As shown in Figure 1, the original motivation for introducing the phase interface was to control convective mixing due to ohmic heating during electrophoresis [1, 2]. Mixing might still occur within a phase, but not between the phases. Recently, it has been shown that the phase interface can also play an active role in the separation process [4].
The first requirement to achieve the objective shown in Figure 1 is to have two stable liquid phases that are both electrically conductive. This requirement has been met by using aqueous two-phase polymer solutions or by using an aqueous solution together with an organic solvent, like n-butanol, that is partially miscible with water and dissolves enough water to make the organic phase conductive. For example, it has been shown that organic acids and dyes can be transferred from an aqueous phase to an n-butanol-rich phase using an electric field [2, 5]. Two-phase electrophoretic transfer of carboxylic acids from an aqueous phase to an organic phase containing trioctylamine in n-hexanol and transfer of the acids back from this organic phase to the aqueous phase has also been accomplished [6]. These studies utilized simple U-tube electrophoresis devices for batch separation and countercurrent flow equipment for continuous processing. Efficient recovery of citric acid from water was demonstrated in a 10-stage apparatus that used co-current flow of the phases on each stage but provided an overall countercurrent flow [2]. Platinum electrodes were immersed directly in the phases in this apparatus as well as in other flow equipment that facilitated excellent removal of dyes from water using a single stage with the phases flowing countercurrent to each other [5].
Aqueous two-phase polymer solutions can be formed when two polymers like polyethylene glycol (PEG) and dextran are dissolved in water. For example, when 3.8 g of PEG (average molecular weight 8000) and 5.5 g of dextran (average molecular weight 500,000) are dissolved in 90 g of water, two phases (a PEG-rich phase and a dextran-rich phase) are formed with nearly equal volume and each containing about 90 weight % water [7]. These two-phase systems have been utilized extensively for many years to make biocompatible extractive separations [7]. Buffered aqueous two-phase systems of this type have been employed for two-phase electrophoretic separation of proteins [1, 3, 8-11], amino acids [12, 13], and DNA [4, 14, 15] in both batch and flow devices. In these studies, membranes or polymer gels have usually been employed to isolate the phase systems from the electrodes to prevent electrolysis gases from disrupting the phase boundary. Batch studies have been made in U-tube and single cylinder electrophoresis devices. For flow systems, pumps have been used to establish two (PEG-rich/dextran-rich) or three (PEG-rich/dextran-rich/PEG-rich) layers in co-current laminar flow.
Flow (and stopped-flow) studies have also been conducted in microfluidic devices that have proven particularly useful for detailed observation of solute interaction with the phase interface [4, 10, 11, 14, 15]. Earlier investigations with proteins had indicated that the phase interface might provide a resistance to solute transport in some cases, but the cause and magnitude of this resistance was unclear [8, 16-18]. Recent studies showed that DNA molecules initially dissolved in a dextran-rich phase can be made to accumulate at the interface using a weak electric field. Subsequent increase of the electric field was found to provide a size-selective detachment of the DNA from the interface [4, 14, 15]. The interfacial resistance is not fully understood but has been attributed to a free energy minimum caused by an electrical potential difference and interfacial tension at the interface [4, 14, 15]. A simple mathematical model based on only electrokinetic flow in the phases and equilibrium at the interface can describe the observed behavior, at least qualitatively [18].
Applications of two-phase electrophoresis to date have been largely academic demonstrations of improvement over liquid-liquid extraction (with no applied field) and electrophoresis in free solution, but there should be commercial applications in the future. The efficient recovery of small molecules using water-alcohol phase systems described above is attractive for treating dilute solutions like fermentation broth and wastewater. A novel application of electrophoresis for downstream processing has also been developed where protein products from E. coli fermentation can be recovered directly from lysed cells when positively charged proteins are directed into the PEG-rich phase leaving negatively charged cell debris and DNA in the dextran-rich phase [9]. The recent observation of size-dependent DNA release from the interface holds promise for concentration, analysis, and selective recovery of large molecules and small particles [15]. A computational model has been developed that should prove useful for optimizing both large scale and microfluidic separations [18]. Two recent reviews provide more details of the development, application, and promise of the technique [19, 20].
|Figure 1: Two-phase electrophoresis concept.
- Clark, W. M., Electrophoresis-enhanced extractive separation, CHEMTECH, 1992, 22: 425-429.
- Stichlmair, J.; Schmidt, J.; Proplesch, R., Electroextraction: a novel separation technique, Chem. Eng. Sci., 1992, 47(12): 3015-3022.
- Marando, M. A.; Clark, W. M., Two-phase electrophoresis of proteins, Sep. Sci. Technol., 1993, 28(8): 1561-1577.
- Hahn, T.; Munchow, G.; Hardt, S., Electrophoretic transport of biomolecules across liquid-liquid interfaces, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2011, 23, 184107+08.
- Luo, G. S.; Jiang, W. B.; Lu, Y. C.; Zhou, S. L.; Dai, Y. Y., Two-phase electrophoresis separation of dyestuffs from dilute solution, Chem. Eng. J., 1999, 73: 137-141.
- Pan, S.; Luo, G. S.; Liu, J. G.; Wang, J. D.; Back-Extraction of Carboxylic Acids by Two-Phase Electrophoresis, Sep. Sci. Technol.; 2003, 38(15), 3731-3746.
- Albertsson, P.-A., Partition of Cell Particles and Macromolecules, 3rd ed., Wiley, New York, 1985.
- Theos, C. W.; Clark, W. M., Electroextraction: two-phase electrophoresis, Appl. Biochem. Biotech., 1995, 54, 143-157.
- Oehler, R. D. and Clark, W. M.; β-Lactamase Recovery from E. coli Cell Lysate via Two-Phase Electrophoresis, Biotechnol. Prog. 1996, 12, 873-876.
- Munchow, G.; Hardt, S.; Kutter, J. P.; Drese, K. S., Protein transport and concentration by electrophoresis in two-phase microflows, JALA, 2006, 11: 368-73.
- Munchow, G.; Hardt, S.; Kutter, J. P.; Drese, K. S. Electrophoretic partitioning of proteins in two-phase microflows, Lab Chip, 2007, 7, 98-102.
- Zhai, S. L.; Luo, G. S.; Liu, J. G., Selective recovery of amino acids by aqueous two-phase electrophoresis, Chem. Eng. J., 2001, 83 (1): 55-59.
- Chen, C.-Y.; Fang, W.-F.; Chen, C.; Yang, J.-T.; Lyu, P.-C., Separation of Amino Acids by Aqueous Two-Phase Electrophoresis on the Micro-Pillar Chips, Proceedings IEEE Int. Conf. on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2006, 513-518.
- Hahn, T.; Hardt, S., Size-dependent detachment of DNA molecules from liquid-liquid interfaces, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 6320-6326.
- Hahn, T.; Hardt, S., Concentration and Size Separation of DNA Samples at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces, Anal. Chem., 2011, 83, 5476-5479.
- Levine, M. L.; Bier, M., Electrophoretic transport of solutes in aqueous two-phase systems, Electrophoresis, 1990, 11: 605-611.
- Levine, M. L.; Cabezas, H.; Bier, M., Transport of solutes across phase interfaces by electrophoresis. mathematical modeling, J. Chrom., 1992, 607: 113-118.
- Clark, W. M.; Lindblad, M. A., Numerical Analysis of Two-Phase Electrophoresis, Sep. Sci. Technol., 2011, 46, 1546-1554.
- Kuban, P.; Slampova, A.; Bocek, P., Electric field-enhanced transport across phase boundaries and membranes and its potential use in sample pretreatment for bioanalysis, Electrophoresis, 2010, 31, 768-785.
- Hardt, S.; Hahn, T; Microfluidics with aqueous two-phase systems, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 434-442.
|William Clark
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Investors are buying mining and oil stocks active in Africa's "frontier" countries but listed on foreign bourses, thus avoiding labour unrest in South Africa, the continent's biggest resource economy.
Commodities make up a large chunk of Africa indexes and foreign listings give exposure to their growth potential without the high risks connected with low liquidity, local currency, lax corporate governance and legal safeguards.
South Africa is the continent's biggest mining economy, but recent violent strikes have put 59 percent of the sector's platinum mines into marginal or loss-making position in 2012, according to the local Chamber of Mines.
Many funds have dropped South African mining stocks, often on ethical grounds. The South African basic materials index , which is composed almost entirely of miners, lost nearly 12 percent since the start of 2012.
But investors are wary of being underweight for the sector.
"We're under-exposed to that sector generally and we do want a bit more exposure," Shelley McKeaveney, who manages Neptune's Africa Fund, told investors at a lunch in London.
"With the trouble on the Impala Platinum mine in February last year we got a bit spooked and have been out of those stocks (South African miners)," she added.
Foreign listings, typically in Britain, Ireland or Canada, are often the only way of accessing commodity producers in frontier markets where few are listed on local bourses.
McKeaveney at Neptune recently added mineral sand producers Ireland-listed Kenmare, operating in Mozambique, and London-listed Sierra Rutile, working in Sierra Leone.
She also invested in London Mining, an iron ore producer in Sierra Leone listed in London.
"These London-listed miners are very cheap. Sierra Rutile is on less than six times earnings," she said. This compares to a median price to earnings multiple of 23 for South African miners according to Thomson Reuters data.
Labour relations in frontier markets tend to be less volatile than in South Africa due to a legacy of highly politicised unions in Africa's largest economy.
"I'd say the labour situation is much better in other countries," said Tyler Broda, precious metals analyst at Nomura.
"South African unions have a very long history intertwined with the fight against Apartheid and they are in a different place in terms of the mentality of the workers than more burgeoning countries."
Funds that understood the complexity of labour problems were fast to pull out of mining stocks or were already underweight.
"Our concerns about human rights in the South African mining sector have meant our exposure there is pretty minimal," said David Mcilroy, chief investment officer at Alquity, a pan-Africa fund that operates under a sustainable and ethical mandate.
For Mcilroy incidents in South Africa were further evidence that investing along environmental, social and governance (ESG) lines is financially sensible.
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Alquity invests in small or mid cap UK-listed commodity firms operating in Africa, such as London-listed oil firm Afren , which operates across the region.
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Others argue South African miners are now a bargain.
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Let's be clear. The directive from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, did not say Plan B shouldn't be freely available to women. Indeed, women age 17 and over can buy it today, by walking up to the pharmacy counter — something you can't do, by the way, with birth control pills. Those you have to get from a doctor or clinic.
The requested change would have allowed Plan B to be sold in the condoms aisle, or wherever a retailer chose to place it.
But what makes my liberal friends believe a child at 11 years old, or even 16, wouldn't use the convenience of condom-aisle Plan B as an excuse to use it instead of condoms, or to skip the hassle of seeing a doctor to get birth control pills, even though the drug is explicitly not supposed to be used as routine contraception?


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13. Incorporating information about marine species of conservation concern and their habitats into a network of MPAs for the Coral Triangle region Mark Hamann1, Michelle Heupel2, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek2, Helene Marsh1. (alphabetical order). 1 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University Townsville, 4811, Australia; 3 Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. 3/09/08 Email contacts: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Outline of the issue Introduction: The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to exist either now or in the near future. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species produced by the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the best-known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. The IUCN Red List System lists the status of species at a global scale. Species are classified as threatened if they are listed as ‗Critically Endangered', ‗Endangered' or ‗Vulnerable' by the IUCN or a similar system operating at a national scale. However, the information about many species occurring in the Coral Triangle is insufficient for their conservation status to be assessed. Such species are typically classified as ‗Data Deficient'. A ‗Data Deficient' categorisation does not mean that the species is not threatened, but indicates that more research is needed for its status to be determined. The term ‗species of conservation concern' is more inclusive than the term ‗threatened species because it includes ‗Data Deficient' species. In this briefing, we have concentrated on four groups of species of conservation concern: sharks and rays, sea snakes, marine turtles, and marine mammals. These species have similar characteristics that need to be recognised for management, including their: high social, cultural and economic values vulnerability not only to short-term or acute impacts, but also to cumulative or chronic impacts; high levels of mobility, requiring management efforts to be mounted at local, State, national, and international levels to ensure protection throughout their ranges; slow rate of natural increase so that recovery is slow and increases in numbers take many decades to detect. These characteristics increase the management challenge because it will be difficult to determine whether the Goal of the Coral Triangle Initiative ‗Threatened species status improved' is being achieved in a management timeframe. In addition, there is considerable controversy about the effectiveness of using high profile species of conservation concern as a basis for designing marine protected areas. Nonetheless, marine protected areas are increasingly used as a tool to conserve marine megafauna especially the groups considered here. Biodiversity significance within the Coral Triangle of marine species of conservation concern: Sharks and Rays The Coral Triangle supports hundreds of species of sharks and rays and is an important global centre of endemism and a hotspot of shark and ray diversity. The fauna includes several iconic species including manta rays, whale sharks and reef sharks (grey reef, blacktip reef, whitetip reef). The life history strategies of sharks and rays makes them vulnerable to over-exploitation In addition, many of 1 the species that are harvested in artisinal and commercial fisheries are poorly known or studied; some species have yet to be formally described. This lack of data combined with limited fisheries management renders these populations highly susceptible to over-exploitation and possible extinction. Sea Snakes Sea snakes occur exclusively in the Indo-West Pacific region. The Coral Triangle supports the highest sea snake species diversity in the world. Over two-thirds of the world's ~90 sea snake species occur in the region including all four major evolutionary sea snake lineages, each the result of an independent invasion of the marine environment. All sea snake species rely on shallow-water, near-shore habitats including coral reefs, inter-reefal rocky and soft sediment habitats, mangroves and estuaries, making them vulnerable to habitat loss and destruction. Very few studies have been conducted on sea snakes, and most published work has taken place in Australia. These studies indicate two important factors of conservation concern: (1) sea snake abundances has declined significantly at two locations where long-term surveys have been conducted: Ashmore Reef Region in the Timor Sea and the Swain Reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef; (2) sea snake populations tend to be highly aggregated. Recent genetic studies indicate limited genetic connectivity (dispersal) among populations, suggesting that local populations will not easily recolonize if they become extinct. In February 2009, all sea snake species will be assessed for their threat of extinction for the first time under IUCN Red List Criteria. It is anticipated that some Australian endemic species will be listed as threatened and that many species that occur in the Coral Triangle will be listed as Data Deficient. Marine Turtles The Coral Triangle contains globally significant nesting, foraging, migration and courtship areas for four of the world's seven species of sea turtles: green, hawksbill, leatherback, olive ridley turtles and marginal foraging area for two other species: the flatback and loggerhead turtles. The region also encompasses >90% of nesting habitat for the PNG/Indonesia/Solomons leatherback population. At least five distinct populations of green turtles have 100% of their rookeries in the Coral Triangle, along with several minor rookeries that have not been sampled for genetics. Hawksbill and olive ridley nesting also occurs in the region. Migration paths for sea turtles through the Coral Triangle area are well documented for each of the turtle species nesting in the region. Nesting populations of the green turtle in the region have declined by over 80% in some areas. Similarly, nesting hawksbill populations have declined by as much as 90% in areas such as Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. No data exists on foraging turtles in the CT and hence population characteristics such as sex ratios, growth and survivorship are not known. There is still much data lacking on population trends throughout the region for all species. The current global population status according the IUCN Red List follows: Green turtles – Endangered Hawksbill turtles – Critically Endangered Olive Ridley turtles – Vulnerable Leatherback turtles – Endangered Marine Mammals The Coral Triangle supports a diverse marine mammal fauna; more than 30 species of marine mammals spend at least parts of their lives in the region. Almost all of these animals are members of the order Cetacea—whales and dolphins. The cetacean fauna includes at least six species of great whales: blue, Bryde's, fin, humpback, minke and sperm and more than 20 species of oceanic and coastal dolphins and small whales. The region also supports populations of one member of the order Sirenia (sea cows), the dugong, Dugong dugon. It is likely that some of the coastal species of marine mammals that occur in the Coral Triangle are genetically distinct from populations in other regions. There may also be different genetic stocks on either side of the Timor Trench. e.g. the Irrawaddy dolphin occurs in Indonesian waters of the Coral Triangle while a sister species, the Australian snubfin dolphin occurs in Australian waters and possibly those of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; the stocks of dugongs that occur in Australian waters are genetically distinct from those that occur in Indonesian waters. The marine mammals of greatest conservation concern in the 2 Coral Triangle are the coastal species, many of which are listed by the IUCN as ‗Data Deficient'. Some other species are listed as threatened e.g. the Malampaya Sound ‗subpopulation' of the Irrawaddy dolphin is now officially assessed and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN; the dugong is listed as ‗Vulnerable' by the IUCN at a global scale. Threats to marine species of conservation concern in Coral Triangle region: The species groups of conservation concern considered here are subject to similar threats including: Direct harvest Fisheries bycatch Habitat loss/destruction Climate Change Lack of sufficient data regarding their taxonomic identity and population status. In addition, the following are threats specifically for sea kraits and marine turtles because they have to come on land to lay eggs: Direct harvest of adults on nesting beaches (legal/illegal) Direct harvest of eggs Predation of eggs by both native and introduced species What does this mean for achieving the goals of the draft CTI Plan of Action? Goal 5 of the CTI Plan of Action states that targeted threatened species are no longer declining, and by a certain date, their status is no longer threatened. The first step towards achieving this goal will be to complete assessments to ascertain which species are present in the region and require protection. This will involve a compilation of all the most up-to-date information to: Document the distribution and abundance of populations and species in the region; Identify key locations or habitats that require protection; Evaluate the nature of the different threats and their impacts on different species and populations; Develop strong legislative, policy, and regulatory frameworks for EAFM (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management) Establish a fully functioning region-wide Coral Triangle MPA Network (CTMPAN). Complete and implement an Early Action Climate Adaptation Plan for near-shore marine and coastal environments Develop recovery plans for the various species of conservation concern. It should be noted that because of the longevity of marine reptiles, marine mammals and sharks/rays, the ability to assess their status as ‗no longer threatened' can take many decades so indicators of recovery may need to be developed to ensure populations are recovering to the desired goal. What does this mean for MPA network design, management and implementation? Several important lessons were learned during the recent process which established an ecosystem wide system of no-take marine protected areas in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. (1) The use of the best available science to inform decisions and identify areas important to species is crucial. (2) A close working relationship between managers working in different jurisdictions is essential to identify priority nesting/breeding/foraging/migratory areas to ensure complementary zoning arrangements are put in place. This approach requires open communication and a trusting relationship between jurisdictions and across regions. 3 (3) Community acceptance of the value of protecting the habitats of threatened species is a key aspect of successful zoning. A prioritized list of sites based on the best available scientific information will help the community to understand that not all locations are equal and hence greater protection is required in certain areas. (4) A balance must be sought between social and economic values held by stakeholders within the zoning region. This balance will be particularly important in the Coral Triangle because of the issues of food security. It will not be feasible to protect the entire distribution of large, wide-ranging species of conservation concern in the Coral Triangle, but identification and protection of multiple sites, each of which consistently supports relatively high densities of the target species may provide ‗safe havens' for these populations. It will be most effective to try to protect animals at a point in their life when they are highly vulnerable. Most of the species of conservation concern considered here are most vulnerable to adult mortality. It is also important to provide protection during periods when large numbers of individuals are present and easily targeted by fishers e.g. breeding aggregations. The designation of closure areas should be based on available data from the Coral Triangle region and from studies of the same or similar species in other regions. Protected areas should include multiple habitat types (e.g. inshore mangrove areas, seagrass beds, coral reef, nesting beaches etc) to ensure as many populations/life stages benefit as possible. Regions should be as large as possible to allow for movement of larger individuals, but should be placed in areas where enforcement is possible/probable to ensure their protection. Grech and Marsh (2008) developed a rapid approach to assess the risk to species of conservation concern in a region and evaluate options to ameliorate that risk. This approach relies on expert opinion and is a useful tool in data poor environments such as the Coral Triangle. While MPAs are integral to species conservation, management actions should not rely solely upon highly protected areas for conserving threatened species. The range of human-related mortality factors directly and indirectly affecting threatened species must be considered and appropriate actions undertaken to minimize these specific impacts upon depleted populations. Background reading Sharks/rays Cavanagh, R.D., Kyne, P.M., Fowler, S.L., Musick, J.A., and Bennett, M.B. 2003. Conservation Status of Australian Chondrichthyans: Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Australia and Oceania Regional Red List Workshop. 170 pp. University of Queensland – School of Biomedical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia. In PDF at: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/ssgpubs.htm Last PR and Stevens JD 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. Robbins WD, Hisano M, Connolly SR and Choat JH 2006. Ongoing collapse of coral-reef shark populations. Current Biology 16: 2314-2319. Roberts CM 2000. Selecting marine reserve locations optimality versus opportunism. Bulletin of Marine Science 66: 581-592. Stevens JD, Bonfil R, Dulvy NK and Walker PA 2000. The effects of fishing on sharks, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyans), and the implications for marine ecosystems. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 476-494. White WT, Last PR, Stevens JD, Yearsley GK, Fahmi and Dharmadi 2006. Economically Important Sharks and Rays of Indonesia. ACIAR Publishing, Canberra. Sea Snakes Lukoschek, V., Heatwole, H., Grech, A., Burns, G. and Marsh, H. (2007) Distribution of two species 4 of marine snakes, Aipysurus laevis and Emydocephalus annulatus, in the southern Great Barrier Reef: metapopulation dynamics, marine protected areas and conservation. Coral Reefs 26: 291-307 Lukoschek, V., Waycott, M. & Marsh, H. (2007) Phylogeography of the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis (Hydrophiinae) indicates recent Pleistocene range expansion but low contemporary gene flow. Molecular Ecology 16: 3406-3422 Guinea ML (2007) Sea snakes of Ashmore Reef, Hibernia Reef and Cartier Island with comments on Scott Reef Dept. Environment, Heritage & Arts: Final Report Survey 2007, 1-20, unpublished. Alcala AC, Maypa JP, Russ GR (2000) Distribution of the turtleheaded sea snake Emydocephalus sp. on coral reefs of the central Philippines. UPV Journal of Natural Sciences 5: 27-32. Lukoschek, V. & Livingstone, S. (2008) Extinction risk of sea snakes to be assessed under IUCN Red List Criteria Reef Encounters 37: (In Press) Marine Turtles Abreu-Grobois A and Plotkin P (2006) 'Marine turtle recovery group 2006 red list status assessment, olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea.' Report to the IUCN SSC. Hamann, M., Limpus, C., Hughes, G., Mortimer, J. and Pilcher, N. (2006) 'Assessment of the conservation status of the leatherback turtle in the Indian Ocean and South East Asia.' (IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU Secretariat: Bangkok). Limpus, C. (1997) Marine Turtle Populations of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Region: Distribution and Status. In 'Proc. of Works. on Marine Turtle Res. and Manage. in Indonesia. East Java, Indonesia, Nov. 1996, Wetlands International/PHPA/EA, Bogor'. (Eds Y. Noor, I. Lubis, R. Ounsted, S. Troeng and A. Abdullah). Mortimer, J. and Donnelly, M. (2007) 'Marine turtle recovery group 2007 red list status assessment, hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.' Report to the IUCN SSC. Seminoff, J (2002) 'Marine turtle recovery group 2002 red list status assessment, green turtle, Chelonia mydas.' Report to the IUCN SSC. Marine Mammals GBRMPA (2000). Whale and dolphin conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: policy document. (GBRMPA: Townsville.) Available at http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/info_services/publications/misc_pub/whale_dolphin downloaded on March 17 2008. Grech A, and Marsh H. (2007) Prioritising areas for dugong conservation in a marine protected area using a spatially explicit population model. Applied GIS. 3(2), 1 14. Grech, A., and Marsh, H. (2008) Rapid assessment of risks to a mobile marine mammal in an ecosystem-scale marine protected area, Conservation Biology 22: 711-720. Grech, A., Marsh, H. and Coles,R. (2008) Using spatial risk assessment to evaluate and address the problem of marine mammal bycatch. Aquatic Conservation 5 IUCN (2008) IUCN Red List for cetaceans in 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Marsh, H. 2006. Dugong dugon. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Marsh H. (2008) Marine mammals. In Hutchings. P., Kingsford, M. and Hoegh Guldberg, O. A Field guide to the Great Barrier Reef. CSIRO Publishing. Marsh H, Penrose, H., Eros, C. and Hugues, J. (2002). Dugong : status reports and action plans for countries and territories. United Nations Environment Programme. Early Warning and Assessment Report Series 1, 162pp. Perrin W.F., Reeves R.R., Dolar M.L.L., Jefferson T.A., Marsh H., Wang J.Y., and Estacion, J. (2005). Report of the Second Workshop on the Biology and Conservation of Small Cetaceans and Dugongs of South-East Asia. CMS Technical Series Publication No. 9. UNEP/CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany. Some existing datasets Sharks/rays The most informed individual to contact regarding shark issues is Dr. William White at CSIRO in Hobart. There are few or no data sets for most species. Sea Snakes There are currently no existing datasets that will be directly relevant to designing a network of MPAs in the CT region. The 2009 IUCN Red List assessment of sea snakes will produce the most up-to-date and complete dataset on the status of sea snakes in the CTI region. Marine Turtles SEAFDEC Marine turtle database for Philippines, Indonesia & Malaysia IOSEA & CMS IMAPS database of nesting sites and migration paths Malaysian state fisheries agencies (Sabah) turtle tagging database Philippines Government's turtle tagging database Indonesia Government department's turtle tagging database Marine Mammals Marsh et al. (2002) and Perrin et al.(2005) provide useful if rather dated overviews of the information available for coastal species of marine mammals. Some existing projects Sea Snakes There are several existing projects that are relevant to sea snakes and MPAs in the CTI. An IUCN workshop in Brisbane 2009 will assess extinction risk of all sea snake species against Red List Criteria. V. Lukoschek, A. Lane and K. Sanders are three of a team of advising sea snake experts. Contacts: email@example.com Marine Turtles Considerable work is being undertaken in the Coral Triangle and globally looking at many of the issues. Where projects are complete and outputs, results and lessons learned are available in references and datasets they have been referenced in the above sections on ―Background reading‖ or 6 ―Datasets‖. Some projects are ongoing and the deliverables are not easily accessible and could be pursued via websites, personal contacts etc.. For example a SEAFDEC funded/coordinated project is investigating the genetic population structure for hawksbill turtles and completion of the green turtle genetic projects (some of which are relevant to the Coral Triangle region). Results should be available in late 2008/early 2009. Marine Mammals There is considerable work being undertaken in the Coral Triangle and globally considering many of the issues relevant to this initiative. Marsh et al. (2002) and Perrin et al.(2006) provide useful if rather dated overviews. There are many ongoing projects and Action Plans are being developed e.g. Action Plan for Dugong Conservation in Indonesia being coordinated by Hans de Iongh firstname.lastname@example.com . The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation in Hong Kong funds many of these projects and could potentially provide a useful overview. Acknowledgments The assistance of Kristen Weiss and input of Kirstin Dobbs is gratefully acknowledged. 7
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ahhh i finally figure out what the problem was.. it was the USB flashdrive i was using -___- just wanted to let you guys know and thanks for all the replays.
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Some things I've 'Tried to do' like clicking a msg in my address book thing or whatever it's called and the news/weather blah blah, channels say WiiConnect24 need sto be enabled for it to work.
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i would, its been known to overheat the wii an cause hardware failure
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How to Entertain a 1 Year Old
This is an article on how to entertain a toddler. Trust me, I know what I'm on about. I have three smaller siblings, all toddlers, and loads of different aged cousins. If you are stuck for ideas on what to do at any day, here is an article that will introduce some activities that both of you will enjoy.
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1If it's a sunny day and you are stuck for plans, go to a farm or a nice outing somewhere. I happen to know that children love going to new places where they can let off their steam and run around. It would be more fun if you could possibly ask one of their friends there as well.Ad
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- Even though they may be enjoying the activity, toddler's still need a nap. Tell them that the sooner they go to sleep, the sooner their paintings may have dried or their biscuits will be ready.
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|Clara Estelle Powers (John N. Powers2, Michael Powers1) was born 25 Mar 1858 in Ontario, was christened in Deed in Genesee Co., MI, and died 12 Oct 1929 in Genesee Co., MI. She married George Frank Brooks 24 Mar 1882 in Lapeer Co., MI. He was born 1837 in England, and died Bef. 1899. She married Allen Sincerbeaux 23 Oct 1899 in Genesee Co., Michigan, son of Silas Sincerbeaux and Betsey Millard. He was born 13 May 1849/1850 in Erie, New York, and died 19 Jul 1922 in Genesee Co., Michigan. He was buried in Flushing Cemetery, Genesee Co., MI.
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|Cornelia Brooks (Clara Estelle Powers3, John N. Powers2, Michael Powers1) was born 5 Jan 1888 in Dryden, Lapeer Co., Michigan, and died 6 May 1978 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan. She was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Genesee Co., Michigan. She married John B. Myers 13 Jul 1905 in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan. He was born 1888 in Indiana or Michigan, and died Aft. 1940. She married Bert T. Rose 25 Dec 1924 in Flint, Genesee Co., MI. He was born 28 Mar 1892 in Juniata, Pennsylvania, and died 3 Apr 1942 in Genesee County, Michigan. She married Mr. Richards Aft. 1942. He was born Abt. 1888.
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Between the Sheets Cocktail 9 Mar 2013
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I have a question on this one: The recipe in the description calls for "light rum," which I am assuming would be the same as white rum - i.e. Bacardi and similar. The rum I see you use in the video has a brown color to it (definitely not clear like Bacardi) but not as dark as Myers', which has become my go-to rum. I am afraid Myers' would just take over a drink like this. Is that type of rum even appropriate or should I be using Bacardi or something in between?


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