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|The role of ionized calcium in the diagnosis of subtle hypercalcemia in symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism.
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|This report details our continued study of the role of ionized calcium (CAI) in the diagnosis of symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in patients with persistently normal total serum calcium (CAT) or fluctuating normal total serum calcium levels with elevated CAT. A patient was considered to have fluctuating CAT values if at least 40% of the CAT values were within the normal range. Our previous study demonstrated that CAI provided no additional diagnostic benefit in patients with HPT who had persistently elevated CAT levels. This retrospective study adds 15 additional patients to the four previously reported patients whose workup for HPT included normal or fluctuating normal total serum calcium with elevated CAT values. Eighteen of these 19 patients had complications or symptoms referable to HPT. Nine of these patients had renal calculi. CAT was measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy and CAI was measured by a calcium-selective ion flow-through electrode. One hundred fifty-one concurrent preoperative measurements of CAT and CAI from these 19 patients were used for analysis. Overall, 46 (30.5%) of the CAT values were elevated, whereas 134 (88.7%) of the concurrent CAI values were elevated (P less than 0.001). In three of these 19 patients all preoperative CAT values were within normal limits, however, 20 of the 21 (95%) concurrent CAI values were elevated. In the remaining 16 patients the CAT values fluctuated between normal and elevated. In all of these patients, at least 40% of the preoperative CAT values were normal, and in 15 of these 16 patients at least 50% of the preoperative CAT values were within the normal range. In this fluctuating category there were 130 concurrent values of CAT and CAI. Only 46 of these 130 (35.4%) CAT values were elevated, whereas 114 of the 130 (87.7%) CAI values were elevated (P less than 0.001). All patients underwent parathyroid operation; 15 patients had a parathyroid adenoma and four had hyperplasia. The CAI and CAT values returned to normal in all patients subsequent to operation. These data indicate that the measurement of serum ionized calcium appears to play an important role in the identification of symptomatic HPT in patients who have normal or fluctuating normal total serum calcium with elevated CAT values.
|M K McLeod; J M Monchik; H F Martin
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Justice is finally being served after a rash of heating unit robberies in Laurel County. The thefts left a few churches out in the cold for about two weeks. The Laurel County sheriff's department made the third arrest on friday, allowing these church communities to sleep a little better at night.
28 year old Matthew R. Woods is now the third person behind bars after the recent thefts of heating units from two Laurel County churches; Soul's Harbor Church and New Harvest Church.
"We're praying for them. We hope they'll find some help and get their lives straightened out where they can be a real asset to our community," said Pastor Ball from Soul's Harbour Church.
"We don't want to bash them, we just want to pray for them," said Pastor Randy Miller from New Harvest Church.
Despite their forgiving attitudes, both pastors say the situation has been an inconvenience. At New Harvest, 3 of their 5 heating units were stolen--about a 20 thousand dollar set back for the church. At Soul's Harbor, 1 of their 14 units was also stolen.
"We didn't have to cancel and services. It could have been a lot worse," Pastor Ball said.
"We're looking forward to getting them back and replaced so we can operate as normal," said Pastor Miller.
But life back to normal comes with a price tag.
"We have had made some changes with surveillance and security to keep and eye on our parking lots when we're away now, and our building," said Ball.
Pastor Miller from New Harvest says they have also discussed upping their security as well. Both churches are in the process of getting their new heating units installed.


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- My Afternoons With Margueritte (La Tete En Friche)
- Production year: 2010
- Country: France
- Cert (UK): 15
- Runtime: 82 mins
- Directors: Jean Becker
- Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Gisele Casadesus, Patrick Bouchitey
You really will need a sweet tooth for this one. Or rather, you will need a complete set of dentures made out of Mars Bars and Creme Eggs. It is a glutinously sentimental small-town tale about a supposedly lovable dungaree-wearing chump called Germain, played by Gérard Depardieu. Royally messed up in childhood by a cruel mum and derided by oafish mates at the local bistro, he finds friendship with a sweet-natured old lady in the park, played by veteran Gisèle Casadesus. That's not to say he is entirely missing out on life, oh dear me no: the extremely portly, jowly Germain just happens to be enjoying regular sex with a (mystifyingly) devoted girlfriend, played by 32-year-old Sophie Guillemin, one of French cinema's most attractive stars – which frankly rather undermines all the supposed pathos of the poor lonely dope's melancholy friendship with a twinkle-eyed old lady etc etc. Casadesus brings some dignity and poise to the movie.


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Hemel Stags set up an elimination showdown with London Skolars next weekend after beating Oxford 30-26 in a see-saw Kingstone Press Championship 1 play-off encounter at Pennine Way.
The Stags had full-back Barry-John Swindells to thank for their progression afterr he scored 22 of their points - including a hat-trick of tries - as the Hertfordshire outfit eventually saw off a spirited Oxford side.
Swindells opened the scoring with a penalty in the second minute, before Jonny Leather gave Oxford the lead with a 15th-minute try that he converted. Leather extended Oxford's lead to six points in the 24th minute with a penalty.
Leather was on target with a conversion once again when Kenny Calladine crossed for Oxford's second try in the 24th minute to extend their lead to 12-2.
Hemel hit back in the 32nd minute when James Hill grabbed their first try of the afternoon but Swindells was unable to reduce Oxford's lead as he missed the conversion. Swindells made no mistake five minutes later, however, when he added the extras after Eddie Mbaraga crossed the whitewash to make it 14-12 in Hemel's favour at the break.
Oxford drew first blood in the second half as Oliver Johnson crashed over for their third try of the afternoon and Tony Benson's side were further in front when Shaun Robinson grabbed their fourth to secure a 20-14 lead.
Swindells then produced seven minutes of devastating rugby in which he scored three tries and kicked two conversions to see Hemel to a 30-20 lead with 10 minutes to play.
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"Frankly, it's an ugly finding," said Brent Scott, associate professor of management and lead investigator on the study. "Although we like to think we're professional and mature in the workplace, it can be just like high school in many ways."
While plenty of research has found that attractive students tend to be more popular in school, the study is the first to link attractiveness to cruelty in the workplace. The results appear in the research journal Human Performance.
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- Saturday's sixth annual JBLM Pet Pawrade attracted more than 200 humans and roughly 70 dogs
- Dogs were adorned in creative costumes, groomed to perfection and ready to excel in obedience tests all in the hopes of winning a prize
- The event served as a competition and educational opportunity for people to showcase their animals and learn more about the 4-legged friends
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- Saturday's sixth annual Pet Pawrade attracted more than 200 humans and roughly 70 dogs. Canine lovers brought their dogs (Chihuahuas, Great Danes and everything in between) adorned in creative costumes, groomed to perfection and ready to excel in obedience tests all in the hopes of winning a prize in one of four categories: Best Looking, Best Costume, Best Dog Training and Best in Show.
"I thought I was going to have a heart attack when he won Best in Show," 79-year-old dog owner Fern Haynes said when her 3-year-old chow akita Dan won Best in Show. "I never dreamed this would happen. I'm just so thrilled about it, I still can't believe it."
Haynes, a spouse of a retired Airman, came to the parade for the first time this year.
The event, which was held on the field across from the Exchange at Joint Base Lewis-McChord McChord Field, was primarily a competition for dogs. It was also an educational event, parade
organizer Tricia La Rock-Barrett said.
"It educates military families on how to better care for their pets," La Rock-Barrett said. "It gives them a fun family day with pets."
Fun indeed.
Haynes, decked out in a NASCAR jersey, hat and oversize headphones, dressed her beloved chow akita up as a NASCAR dog, complete with a NASCAR toy car dragging along behind him. Together, the pair matched.
Other noteworthy costumes included a chef dog, and a green and blue polka dotted dinosaur outfit.
To attend, individuals needed to be either active duty, retired military personnel or employees of the installation. The event lasted from noon to 2 p.m., with judging for the four categories from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The Tacoma Kennel Club and Lead Me On, a boarding and training program, judged the various categories.
Each category was worth five points. The criteria for Best Looking included head, coat, how well-groomed, how healthy the coat looked and the overall health of the dog, Tacoma Kennel Club member and volunteer Lynette Richardson said. Best Costume was judged on originality, cuteness and whether it was a crowd pleaser. The qualifications for Best Dog Training included the ability and attention on the owners, the dogs' agility, an obstacle course, self-control test and a behavior/tricks test, judge Ursula Pettyjohn said.
Best in Show was finally determined from the first-place dogs in the subordinate categories.
"He really works at it, he really likes to please you," Haynes said of prize-winning Dan. "If dogs feel, I'm sure he was happy."
In previous pet parades Dan, who is also a therapy dog, has won Best Costume.
But as Haynes put it, "(he's won) nothing as big as this."
Richardson said this event is important because "it gets the (JBLM) community together. People who have dogs can learn how to take care of their dogs."
This year, event organizers collaborated with the McChord Field Vet Clinic. About 15 to 20 employees of the clinic came out and volunteered. The clinic also offered a free dog wash.
The Best-in-Show winner received a $50 gift certificate. The first place winner in the other categories received a $25 gift card, second $15 and third $10.
"It was very cute, very fun," JBLM military wife Maggie Sosa said. "It was nice to see all the different dogs."
Attendees also had the opportunity to watch a military dog demo, which also drew a lot of attention.
"It lets the public know what we do on a day-to-day basis, as well as create a psychological deterrent," Staff Sergeant Robert Vidales of the 627th Security Forces Squadron said. "It allows the public to see the capabilities of our dogs."
During one of the demos, spectators watched as military personnel dressed in 300-pound body suits were tackled by the dogs. It typically takes about 120 days to train the dogs, Vidales said.
"It went well," Vidales said of the demo. "This is one of our better demos that we've done."
Parade organizer Colin Brooks is also pleased with how the event went.
"It was really smooth," Brooks said. "What surprised me is how well behaved the dogs were. Next year hopefully we'll get bigger and better."
For now, parade planners are just happy that the event attracted such a robust turnout.
"I just think it shows a sense of community," Richardson said. "Good dog socializing."


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To help people picture their impact, photographer Chris Jordan has been diligently adding to his consciousness-raising series Running the Numbers, which puts statistics about consumerism into perspective by capturing them visually.
When we covered the first installment of this series, we were taken aback with his ability to make jaws drop and minds expand in a single shot. If you haven't seen his work before, I recommend taking a look. His talent for illustrating how our individual choices build mountains of consequences (literally) is worth exploring.
In his Running the Numbers series Chris Jordan pairs imagery with statistics in hopes that images representing quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone. Jordan says,
"Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month."
2008 additions to the series include Barbie Dolls and Plastic Cups. In Plastic Cups, Jordan depicts one million cups to represent the number used on airline flights in the U.S. every six hours.
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There is increasing demand and interest in aggregates from non-traditional sources such as from industrial by-products and recycled construction and demolition (C&D) wastes. The American Concrete Institute (ACI)1 focuses on the removal and reuse of hardened concrete whereas the Department of the Environment and Water Resources in Australia and CSIRO2 have developed a guide on the use of recycled concrete and masonry materials.
The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in the UK classified aggregates from primary, recycled and secondary material resources. Recycled aggregates encompass industrial by-products and reused construction products, all of which were once considered wastes and dumped in landfill. The recently introduced European Standards for aggregates do not discriminate between different sources, and are for 'aggregates from natural, recycled and manufactured materials'. The focus is on fitness for purpose rather than origin of the resource.
The purpose of this report is to review the various sources of aggregate and examine their potential use in concrete and/or road construction materials.
Classification of Aggregates
For the purpose of this report, the following classifications are adopted.
Natural aggregate Construction aggregates produced from natural sources such as gravel and sand, and extractive products such as crushed rock.
Manufactured aggregate Aggregates manufactured from selected naturally occurring materials, by-products of industrial processes or a combination of these.
Recycled aggregate Aggregates derived from the processing of materials previously used in a product and/or in construction.
Reused by-product Aggregates produced from by-products of industrial processes.
Fly Ash Aggregates
Description Several lightweight concrete aggregates can be produced from fly ash. In addition to the use of furnace bottom ash in concrete masonry, pellets of fly ash can be bound by thermal fusion or chemically, using cement or lime. Such materials have many desirable properties.
In the mid 1990s, Pacific Power conducted a feasibility study of the production of sintered fly ash aggregates (Powerlyte) and examined the use of such aggregates in concrete production. Fly ash was pelletised and fired at controlled temperature to produce synthetic coarse and fine aggregates. These fly ash aggregates have a specific gravity range of 1.20–1.47, a bulk density range of 650–790 kg/m3 and very high absorption from 16–24.8%.
There has been production of chemically-bound fly ash aggregate in Australia but there has been no commercial development of sintered fly ash aggregate.
Applications and limitations Concrete containing sintered fly ash aggregates were experimentally investigated5. It was found that the density of the hardened concrete ranged between 1740 and 1840 kg/m3 compared with 2400 kg/m3 for the control concrete made from natural aggregates. Structural grade 25 concrete could be produced but with significantly higher cement contents compared to the control. The elastic modulus was found to be around 14–17 GPa compared to 28–30 GPa in the control. The drying shrinkage was found to be higher than the control.
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Description Manufactured sand is a purpose-made crushed fine aggregate produced from a suitable source material and designed for use in concrete or road construction. Only source materials with suitable strength, durability and shape characteristics are considered. Production generally involves crushing, screening and possibly washing. Separation into discrete fractions, recombining and blending may be necessary.
Extensive research is being conducted in Australia by Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) to support the specification of manufactured sands in Australian Standards and to provide guidance on its use as fine aggregate in concrete. The RTA has also carrying out an R&D project which supports the revision of its specification for natural and manufactured sands for asphalt and concrete mixes.
CCAA research6 recommended specification of manufactured sand in terms of density, grading, material finer than 75 um, particle shape, quantity and quality limits on deleterious fines, durability and impurities.
Manufactured sand is widely available in Australia.
Recycled aggregates are aggregates derived from the processing of materials previously used in a product and/or in construction. Examples include recycled concrete from construction and demolition waste material (C&D), reclaimed aggregate from asphalt pavement and scrap tyres.
Coal Washery Reject (CWR)
Description Coal reject material or colliery spoil is a by-product of the coal preparation process and is mostly produced in conjunction with the beneficiation of coking coal. Raw coal is washed to remove the high ash materials contained within it when it is mined. The material producing ash includes: plies of non-carbonaceous or low carbonaceous material within the coal seam; roof and floor material inadvertently mined with the coal; and dyke rocks that have intruded into the coal seam.
The generated quantity of CWR in Australia divides evenly between New South Wales and Queensland – the two principal coal producing states. About 20% of the total CWR is produced as tailings and 80% as coarse coal reject48.
Applications and limitations CWR has been used successfully within unsealed road pavements and for haul roads at many collieries. CWR has been used sparingly by the NSW RTA in the Lithgow and Wollongong areas as a subbase material. Subbase CWR is typically stabilised with cement in Lithgow and lime in Wollongong.


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Rachel Ware (2003)
Angel's neighborhood in Strawberryland is called Cakewalk, and is a frosting-coated layer cake testament to her abilities. In the 1980s rendition, Angel was said to be six years old. Her current age is never explicitly stated, but she is implied to be teenaged/a young adult age in her most recent incarnations. It is stated that she doesn't even know how to whistle as seen in the episode: Angel Cake in the Outfield.
Overly polite Angel Cake seemed to take the "Angel" portion of her name a little too seriously. Never missing an opportunity to say "please" and "thank you", she even went so far as to play the harp and wear a halo-shaped headband in her hair. Angel Cake's hair was often depicted as a lavender color in the greeting card illustrations and the cartoon, but the dolls and toys made by Kenner had white hair. Angel Cake imagined herself as having a weight problem, seeing as angel cakes are supposed to be "light", but was also seen constantly eating candy and ice cream. Her direct quote: "...If you don't think about it, the calories don't count." She adopted her pet skunk Soufflé as part of the action of Strawberry Shortcake's "Pets on Parade" adventure, and quickly put him on a "diet" as well.
2003 Series
This incarnation of the character of Angel Cake is very different from her original incarnation in the 80s. She even teamed with a different pet, a lamb called Vanilla Icing. The new Angel Cake is blonde and possesses a tremendous talent for cake decoration. However she is also known to be a perfectionist and can become rather ill-tempered if things don't go her way. She is super moody and gets mad at the littlest things but overall she is very sweet. She is voiced by Rachel Ware.
- She is a good cake decorator.
- She is sweet.
- She is a good cook.
The characters of the Strawberry Shortcake franchise have undergone several design changes. Angel's original 1980 appearance was altered drastically in 2003. It changed again in Year 4 of the DIC series' run.
Angel resembles a rag doll. She wears a golden halo with gold ribbons on it. Her hair is naturally lavender and short. She wears a white and blue dress with puffy sleeves with a few purple accents. She wears white and green striped leggings. Her hands are finger-less and she wears lavender shoes. She is also depicted with a golden harp.
Years 1-3
Angel's appearance is that of a human. She has slightly curly blonde hair tied into pigtails by two purple bows. She now wears a white shirt with light purple stripes, and a small pink rose at the center, with a pair of blue jean overalls. Her golden halo has been replaced with white trimming, purple dots, and flowers. She wears purple shoes.
Year 4
Angel wears a light purple and white striped shirt with a short dark purple jacket. She wears jeans with bow accents at the bottom. She has long, curly, waist-length blonde hair, while at the front are two pigtails held in place by bows. Her hat design has changed slightly, the hat no longer has the purple dots and only has one flower. She wears below the knee socks and wears plain purple shoes.
Physical Appearance
Her eyes are blue, her skin is white, and her hair is blonde in all of the series. (with the exception of the 1980's launch; her eyes are blue and her hair is lavender).
Angel has a great amount of friends.
Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry is a close friend of Angel's.
Ginger Snap
Ginger is in Angel's close-knit group of friends in the 2003 version.
Orange Blossom
Although Orange is somewhat shy in nature, she and Angel get along fine and are close friends.
Huckleberry Pie
Although Huck does not get much screen time due to him being the only central male of the series, he is a close friend of Angel's.
In the 1980's version Angel's pet was a skunk named Soufflé and had owned Soufflé since the beginning of the Strawberry Shortcake franchise in the 1980's, but she no longer owns Soufflé.
Angel's pet is a lamb named Vanilla Icing and has owned Vanilla Icing since the beginning of 2003, and she still currently owns Vanilla Icing.
Milkshake is Angel's official filly. Her mane and tail are curly and are both pink and blue, a flower accessory is on her head and tail. She has light purple spots on her body, light purple hooves, and pure white fur.
She lives in a neighborhood in Strawberryland called Cakewalk.
Appearance in the series
She probably first appeared in "The World of Strawberry Shortcake."
Year 1
She first appeared in "Meet Strawberry Shortcake."


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- From: Townsville Bulletin
- May 16, 2014
A TOWNSVILLE soldier who bashed two people during a night out in Airlie Beach says he drunkenly mistook them for being racist.
Warren Blake Yates, 21, was leaving a nightclub when he thought a nearby partygoer called him a "black c---", on March 16 last year.
A Townsville District Court heard yesterday the two victims did nothing to provoke the attack and one was forced to undergo surgery for jaw fractures.
Yates was jailed for two years yesterday, suspended after he serves six months, for an operational period of three years.
Judge John Baulch SC said he had to send a strong message that alcohol-fuelled violence would be dealt with strongly in courts.
"You and others must understand that this sort of loutish behaviour around licensed premises just will not be tolerated," he said.
Yates pleaded guilty yesterday to grievous bodily harm and assault occasioning bodily harm.
The convictions mean it is most likely Yates will be terminated from the Defence Force.
The court heard the two victims were visiting Airlie Beach for a birthday weekend at the time of attack.
CCTV footage showed the group walking out of Mama Africa's when they were followed by Yates, who happened to be leaving the nightclub at the same time.
After one of the victims threw his head back in laughter, Yates rushed at him and punched him three times, fracturing his jaw.
When the second victim stepped in to try and break up the attack, Yates knocked him unconscious.
Crown prosecutor Jessica Goldie said the single punch on the second victim was aggravated.
"The second assault occurred on a complainant when he was simply trying to pacify the situation," she said.
Barrister Scott Geeves said his client had no rational explanation for the violence.
"Due to his level of intoxication he held a belief at the time that he ... had been called some derogatory names and that cut to the heart of his identity as an indigenous person," he said.
"It was his intoxication and a brief that had no basis but at the time he thought he'd been called a black c---."
Mr Geeves said his client would have had a promising career in the Defence Force.


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George R.R. Martin has also published a series of novellas set in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. These novellas, the Tales of Dunk and Egg, follow a knight and his squire as the travel around Westeros about one hundred years before A Game of Thrones. The first novella, The Hedge Knight, can be found in the anthology called Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg. The second novella, The Sworn Sword, can be found in the Legends II anthology, also edited by Robert Silverberg. The third novella, The Mystery Knight, was published in the anthology Warriors, edited by George R.R. Martin. There is at least one more novella in the works. A new anthology called Dangerous Women will contain the adventures of Dunk and Egg in the North. The first and second novellas are also available as graphic novels.
Here are some other epic fantasy series with complex characters, rich settings and engaging plots:
The Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss
This trilogy follows the story of Kvothe, an adventurer, magician and musician. Though he has become a legendary and mysterious figure, he has managed to disappear from public life. Just as strange events begin to occur in the area, a stranger arrives and Kvothe is persuaded to tell his tale.
The Riftwar Cycle series by Raymond E. Feist
Feist's Riftwar Cycle is composed of several different sagas that occur in the same universe. In this universe, magicians and creatures can create rifts in space to connect planets. Those new to this universe would do well to start with the books of The Riftwar Saga (Magician: Apprentice, Magician: Master, Silverton and A Darkness at Sethanon). This saga introduce the story of Pug, an unpromising orphan who gradually comes into great power.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Thomas Covenant, a diseased outcast, suddenly finds himself transported to an alternate land. In this land he is no longer diseased and reviled, but isntead he is proclaimed as the reincarnation of a long-dead hero. Thomas finds it difficult not only to believe that he is a hero, but to believe in the Tolkienesque
fantasy land around him.
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
In this series the world is split into two regions, New and Old.
Soon after Richard Cypher meets a powerful young woman from the mysterious Old World he discovers that one of his oldest friends also wields powerful magic as well. Unsurprisingly, after receiving a magical sword, he finds himself becoming drawn into a deadly struggle between good and evil.
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
In this trilogy, a royal bastard named Fitz becomes a student of the Royal Assassin after it is discovered that Fitz has inherited some unusual skills.
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik reimagines the Napoleonic Wars as they would be fought if a military air force contained dragons. In the first book, a British sea captain finds himself leaving the navy for a place in the Royal Aerial Corps when a rare Chiense dragon, Temeraire, chooses him as a companion. Together
they battle against the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
Set in a universe with an innovative magic system, the Mistborn series portrays the struggle of the skaa (slaves) against the oppressive ruling class.
Here are a few more series and standalone books that are similar to A Song of Ice and Fire
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
The Belgariad series by David Eddings
Troy: Fall of Kings by David Gemmell
Malazan, Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
The Fionavar Tapestry series by Guy Gavriel Kay
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Spellsong Cycle by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series by Greg Keyes
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Some websites to watch while you are waiting for The Winds of Winter:
George R.R. Martin's Official Website
Westeros: The A Song of Ice and Fire Domain
The Official Website for the HBO Series Game of Thrones
Inn at the Crossroads: A blog dedicated to cooking dishes inspired by the lands of A Song of Ice and Fire.


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According to a post on the official Epic Games blog, famed video game developer Cliff Blezinksi (better known as Cliffy B.) has left the company.
Blezinski is departing from his post as Epic Games' design director to focus on other endeavors. During his 20 years with the company, Blezinski has had his hands in iconic video game franchises such as Gears of War and Unreal.
Upon his departure, he stated that he literally grew up within the industry. He began his career when he was a teenager.
"And now that I'm grown up, it's time for a much needed break," stated Cliffy B. in the blog post.
He would go on to say he would miss the projects, debates, and the people he's gotten to know over the past two decades.


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Geezers Cafe and Grey Beards Antiques & Collectibles
Antiques, collectibles and home decorating and the cafe features sandwiches, wraps, soups espresso and frozen drinks and desserts.
51 N. Main St. Jacobus PA
Hours: Grey Beards — Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
Geezers Cafe — Monday, Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m., lunch 12:30 to 3 p.m.
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Miller Plant Farm
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430 Indian Rock Dam Road, York
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Hours: Fridays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The Green Bean Roasting Co.
Eco-friendly cafe serving freshly roasted coffee, gourmet teas, hot chocolates, espresso and frozen beverages, as well as baked goods and light fare, such as soups and sandwiches.
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24 N Beaver St, York
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717-843-SOAP or 717-858-4549
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April 19, 2005
CRC Members Present: Hank Miggins (Chair), Michael Bigham, Gwenn Baldwin, Loren Eriksson, Marcella Red Thunder, Lewellyn Robison, Jerry Spegman, Bob Ueland, Irma Valdez.
City Staff Present: Gary Blackmer (City Auditor), Richard Rosenthal (IPR Director), Michael Hess (IPR), Lauri Stewart (IPR), Lillian Dote (IPR)
The meeting was called to order by Chair Miggins at
5:30 p.m.
I. Introductions (including new CRC member Jerry Spegman)
II. The minutes of the
CRC meeting and the
CRC Retreat were approved as written.
III. Director's Report
The IPR Case Handling Criteria have been finalized and are posted on the IPR website.
Assistant Director Sandrock is writing Standing Operating Procedures for IPR. When completed, the draft will be presented to the CRC for review.
The discussion of racially biased policing has been postponed until the April CRC meeting because of the unavailability of the PPB management due to budget deliberations.
Director Rosenthal and City Auditor Blackmer have expressed their willingness to mediate with Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch regarding Mr. Handelman's complaint about comments made at the CRC retreat.
An article about the IPR Mediation Program was headlined on the front page of The Oregonian. (Unfortunately, the article did not mention Auditor Blackmer, who was chiefly responsible for the creation of the mediation program.)
At the suggestion of Gwenn Baldwin, Director Rosenthal agreed to include in future agendas any action items that would be discussed in the Director's Report.
IV. Election of CRC Officers for 2005: Hank Miggins was unanimously re-elected as Chair. Irma Valdez was unanimously elected as Vice-Chair. Lewellyn Robison was unanimously re-elected as Recorder.
V. Follow-up discussion of IPR/CRC Protocol 5.17 "Guidance to Working Together Effectively."
Gwenn Baldwin repeated her suggestion made at the CRC retreat to add the following phrase to item #13: "… and to perform due diligence on action items."
Marcella Red Thunder asked for clarification of the guideline about giving notice before publicly criticizing others. It was explained that this guideline was meant to prevent unfair "blindsiding" of others.
It was agreed that public comment on action items would be accepted before motions are made. Public comments were provided by Devra Staneart and Larry Norton.
Gwenn Baldwin made a motion to incorporate the language suggested at the retreat and to make several grammatical and spelling corrections suggested by Ms. Staneart. Bob Ueland seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
VI. Discussion of the structure of CRC workgroups. There was discussion about whether workgroup meetings should be open to the public, followed by public comments by Dan Handelman (Portland Copwatch), Devra Staneart, and Debbie Aiona (League of Women Voters).
Gwenn Baldwin made a motion to apply the current work group protocol to the Community Advisory Council Workgroup and the Appeal Review Workgroup (allowing the meetings of these two workgroups to be open to the public). Irma Valdez seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
The membership of the two new CRC workgroups was established as follows:
Community Advisory Council Workgroup: Hank Miggins (Chair), Michael Bigham, Loren Eriksson, Irma Valdez
Appeal Review Workgroup: Bob Ueland (Chair), Lewellyn Robison, Jerry Spegman
VII. CRC Outreach: Lauri Stewart will arrange for CRC meetings to be held in community locations the second month of each quarter. This will begin with the May 2005 meeting, which will be held at an
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area. It was suggested that there should be a public forum at least once each year, possibly in conjunction with a regularly scheduled CRC meeting. The forum should be interactive and free-ranging.
Public comment regarding community outreach was provided by Devra Staneart, Debbie Aiona, Richard Koenig, Larry Norton, and Dan Handelman.
VIII. Follow-up on CRC Retreat.
The following two goals were formulated at the retreat:
Goal 1: Increase the credibility among stakeholders of the CRC/IPR program and the complaint process
Goal 2: As appropriate, recommend policy changes designed to reduce citizen dissatisfaction with the conduct of police officers.
At the retreat, strategies and tactics were developed only for the first goal. Strategies and tactics to address the second goal still need to be developed.
There was a discussion regarding the handling of unsolicited public comments received by IPR. If comments are received electronically (i.e., e-mail), and the sender requests that they be forwarded to the CRC, IPR will forward them. If written comments are received in a non-electronic format, a copy will be sent to the CRC Chair, who will decide whether they should be disseminated to all CRC members. Pete Sandrock is developing a formal protocol on the handling of unsolicited public comments.
IX. Public Comment. Debbie Aiona, Devra Staneart, Larry Norton, Richard Koenig, Dan Handelman
X. Wrap-up comments: Gwenn Baldwin expressed a concern that the Police Bureau
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The meeting was adjourned by Chair Miggins at
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I've been wanting to read Mindy McGinnis' Not a Drop to Drink since it was released, and finally got around to it… What was I waiting for??Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Series: Not a Drop to Drink #1
Published by HarperCollins on September 24th 2013
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover
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Teenage Lynn has been taught to defend her pond against every threat: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and most important, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty—or doesn't leave at all. Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. But when strangers appear, the mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it...
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Lynn's world is a tough, harsh, and dry one. Water is the scarce commodity, and those who have protect it with their lives, those who don't try to get it from those who do. Lynn and her mother have a little pond that their lives revolve around. Getting the water from the pond a bucket at a time, hauling that water for purifying (so they don't get sick and die), laying out jars to collect rainwater, picking it up after a rainfall… And then there's also the keeping watch for others, planting food and hunting for meat, chopping firewood, and before you know it you only (barely) have time left over to sleep. I got tired just reading this book!
Mindy McGinnis doesn't pull any punches in Not a Drop to Drink. This is first and foremost a gritty and brutal story of survival, one set in a not-too-farfetched future. Lynn herself is as tough as the world she lives in, doing anything necessary to survive and protect what's hers. Then signs of strangers appear, tragedy strikes, and Lynn's world is turned upside down. She's adamant about doing things herself so she doesn't have to share her scarce resource – but can she be that person?
I really enjoyed Not a Drop to Drink, with its stark telling, spare backdrop, and character focus. Lynn eventually gets to know her neighbor, finds out her own background, helps one group of strangers, and takes the fight to another. She's got a good head, learns she has a good heart, and isn't afraid to take a stand – all characteristics to admire in anyone, let alone a teenager. All in all, this one should be read and re-read, then followed quickly by its sequel In a Handful of Dust (coming in September, so apparently I jumped the gun a bit early on this one!).
drey's rating: Excellent!
Have you read Not a Drop to Drink? What did you think?


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November 26, 2015
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -- Central High School's Daniel Moore signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Concordia University Nebraska where he will play football and soccer.
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Moore chose CUNE because of the academics and plans on going into wildlife biology, and perhaps get his Masters at Colorado State.
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Browsing local places within 8 miles of Locke & England, Valuers & Auctioneers
Jubilee House, Smalley Place, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1QG(4 miles, 6 km)
Kenilworth is a delightful town with some of the most magnificent castle ruins in the country, a good selection of small local shops and superb choice of places to eat and drink.
Leamington Spa, CV32 4AB(1 miles, 2 km)
Royal Leamington Spa is a fashionable and elegant regency town in the heart of South Warwickshire.
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV3 2BQ(8 miles, 12 km)
Binley Woods - Monks' Gallows Referred to as "Bilne" in early records, the village of Binley had, at the time of the Norman Conquest, woods that were 'half a mile long and a furlong broad'.
Kenilworth, CV8 1QG(4 miles, 6 km)
If you are visiting Warwick University or Stoneleigh Park or just want a perfect base for exploring South Warwickshire then look no further than Kenilworth.
Bath Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 3AE(1 miles, 2 km)
Leamington Old Town is the term given to the part of Leamington Spa that sits on the southern bank of the River Leam.
Warwickshire, CV239QS(7 miles, 12 km)
Bourton is a small village located to the south west of Rugby, along with the nearby hamlet of Draycote it forms the parish of Bourton and Draycote. Also in this parish is draycote water, which is a haven for wildlife.
Warwick, CV34 4AP(3 miles, 5 km)
The historic town of Warwick, with its magnificent Castle, secret gardens, antique shops and great choice of restaurants, is a magical place for a short break.


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Ive got to admit since ure using sidelights to power the drls youre rear lights will be on anyway it does seem a rather pointless exercise and im sure somewhere there would be legality issues. Cars dont have them if u want to do it consideqg led strips near the rear fog and reverse lights. Mot inspectors are meticulous about lights especialy on the rear
In the diagram i have drawn i am only using the side light circuit to power down the light's or Dim them if i decide to dim them , with the relay, hence daytime running lights.They will be ON with ACC and controlled OFF or Dim with side light circuit.Volvo have used lights to the rear since the stone age so as long as i am showing correct colour and intensity i will not be breaking any law requirements.
My plan is to keep them as per my front DRL's away from the primary lighting circuits , as long as the rear intensity of the LED's are lower than the Brake light function.
The fact remains that Ford while constructing the Cluster have used a blanking plate that will not come out without breaking it , if you remove the light cluster and read the back of the lights the middle section has written on "12v Led" , not that i'm saying it was for a DRL.
If i go ahead and fit them , they will have to be inserted into the Side/Brake light section of the cluster , when i get all my parts and test it , then i will decide if iwant to go ahead and fit them.


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The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors about another counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin distributed in the U.S., the third case involving the best-selling Roche drug in the past year.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors about another counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin distributed in the U.S., the third case involving the best-selling Roche drug in the past year.
Today Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the use of its PCR based mycoplasma detection test MycoTOOL for release testing of one of Roche's biological products. It is the first commercially available mycoplasma PCR test accepted by the FDA for release testing of a biopharmaceutical product that can replace conventional and time-consuming mycoplasma detection assays based on culture methods.
Mayor Greg Ballard today joined Roche Diagnostics President and CEO Jack Phillips as well as other Roche executives and community leaders to break ground on the company's new Learning and Development Center. The center is the first element of a $300 million site transformation investment that was announced in June 2012. The city of Indianapolis and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Roche tax abatements, tax credits and training grants to support Roche's investment.
Co-cultivation can be used in a wide variety of applications, including cell signalling and toxicology testing. A key goal in drug discovery is to identify how to most effectively monitor cell-cell interactions when cells show pathology. Roche Applied Science is now providing the new E-Plate Insert 16 and E-Plate Insert 96, permitting continual impedance-based monitoring of indirect cell-cell interactions/communication using xCELLigence Instruments.
Roche's RoACTEMRA improved rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms significantly more than adalimumab as single-agent therapy
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Have a whole mess of ponies shocked, and in socks, here!
This week the challenge is to draw a pony with a pet. You can find the Artist Training grounds Deviant Art page below if you want to join in!
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Wiki Textbook Project Webcast#8
March 15, 2006
Educationbridges number 8 was a continuation of the wikispectacular of last week. A bunch of fabulous educators showed up and put themselves to work dealing with some of the core issues of the project. Who is the audience? Is it the wiki's job to please? How would templates be made? Listen in and join in the fun in the wiki; the project continues.
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Dishing Up a Delectable User Experience for Applications Customers
Q&A at the Oracle Table
Author: Kathy Miedema, Oracle Applications User Experience
Patanjali, a trained chef as well as a user experience architect, first compared the two professions at the April 2009 Computer-Human Interaction conference in Boston in a panel called "What Can User Experience Learn from Food Design?" Joining him on the panel were Boston-area chefs Jody Adams, a James Beard award-winner, and Jason Santos, who has brought a neighborhood restaurant into the limelight with his funky, modern creations. A top interaction designer from Oracle, Daniel Schwartz, joined Patanjali in representing designers of software on the panel.
In this article, we sit down with the panelists and look at that idea from the customer's place at the table. How do you, the "diner," contribute to the success of the "meal"?
Q: First, set the stage for us. How are a chef and a user experience architect similar?
PATANJALI: Both are professionals trying to improve the experience of their clients. They use consistent processes so they can easily replicate their experiences across the entire product. Both have very user-centered design processes, putting the customer at the center of the design effort. And both chefs and user experience professionals have to routinely deal with demanding customers, who often expect more, in less time, and especially these days, for a lot less money!
DANIEL: The essence of both fields is that we are designers. We both care about form and function. Chefs strive to make dishes that taste good AND look good. UX designers strive to create software products that allow users to effectively perform tasks, but we also want the software to look good, and sometimes that improves the experience in general. We don't want it to just work, we want the software experience to be the best for our target end users. We look at lot of factors. We're looking at the entire experience, not just graphic design – and that's big.
Q: What tools are important to the success of either the meal or the experience of using an Oracle Application?
PATANJALI: The user experience professional might choose to use various software tools to put the initial design together and get customer feedback. The chef uses the tools available in the kitchen to put together the initial concept for a new dish or meal and, ultimately, will seek the feedback of customers, food connoisseurs and team members. So in the end, it all seems to come back to the user -- or dining customer. The customer should think they purchased a great product, even if some trade-offs were made because of design constraints or, in kitchen parlance, what ingredients were available. In user experience terms, it's called: "Avoid sacrificing usability." In food design terms, it's called: "Creating a kick-ass meal!"
Q: What sorts of tools do the rest of you use?
JASON: Aside from obvious tools like spoons and knives, I actually use a computer -- for everything from recipes to schedules. I even back it up twice a day every day. It's got 13 years of recipes on it. Basically, it has my life's work on it. This helps with consistency, making dishes taste good exactly the same way. When my cooks come in, they can say, "This is how to make it."
JODY: The most important tools for me are the raw ingredients, such as vegetables, olive oil, cheese. We spend a lot of time visiting purveyors, seeing who makes the cheese we buy, visiting boats where the fish comes from, asking farmers how they handle their goats, or visiting the oyster farm where we buy our oysters.
DANIEL: You always see chefs with their knife sets – and one knife that's their preferred tool. It's really like a designer and his notebook. You need to brainstorm, jot down ideas, and experiment. Our notebook is our playground to whip up little creative dishes when inspiration comes. We also use tools like Visio, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver to prototype, refine and bring our design concepts to life to help us "refine our recipes.''
Q: What does it mean to design holistically? Why would that be important to the customer?
PATANJALI: Designing holistically means you're not just focused on one thing – that magic pill. It's about asking a lot of questions and understanding the true wants and needs of your customer, and delivering something that exceeds their expectations. It requires looking at the entire experience. If they design one feature in an entire product brilliantly, but neglect to appropriately design the initial login experience, customers might just give up and decide the product is completely unusable. Ultimately, if the end-to-end experience doesn't work for the customer, customers will avoid the product -- whether it's dinner at a great restaurant or an efficient software application.
DANIEL: Based on the feedback a chef might get at meal time, a chef will tweak or discontinue the dish. It would be too late for a software designer to do such changes at meal time, where the designs are already "baked." Adding or removing some spices -- what software designers would call patches -- at that point may be feasible, but it's too late for any new main ingredients or big changes to the dish, or major product features of the application.
JASON: Many chefs become chefs because that's the path they take, and they're not necessarily college-educated. So they might not think about "designing holistically," specifically. But with any job that takes creativity, the person would design this way – it's all sort of relative. It's a very similar process for all of us in a creative profession.
JODY: It's absolutely important – it's an organic process.
Q: Tell us more about the role the customer or user plays.
PATANJALI: The customer is the target audience. If the customer is not satisfied, they won't dine at the restaurant again, or buy another software product from Oracle. And if you compare fine dining at a premium price and Oracle software, people's expectations are even greater. People expect to get tremendous value from the product. As any chef will tell you, a customer who walks away almost never comes back. They are lost forever. So chefs will jump through hoops to satisfy a disgruntled customer, just to ensure that they don't leave with a bad experience. It's a very tough job – balancing all the needs of customers, while trying to create a world-class final product. User experience designers and food designers share a common bond when it comes to juggling these demands and being successful.
Q: Chefs, how far will you go to make sure your customer is happy?
JODY: As far as it takes. If someone doesn't like something, I want to know immediately. We'll always make an adjustment, or find something on the menu that the customer will like. We can adjust any dish as we are preparing it -- maybe we won't add garlic with bluefish, for example.
JASON: I'm huge into the job, huge into what customers think. I'm a perfectionist, and I go as far as it takes to make a customer happy. If we come up with a dish, serve it to 500 people, and 20 steaks come back with comments that it's salty, there's a really good chance it's true. And when 25 people say a dish is phenomenal, that's probably the case. Good or bad, there's instant gratification in being a chef. I can walk around and ask people, "How is it?" This is my reputation at stake, so I feel like I go pretty far to make sure things are as perfect as possible.
Q: How is that different from the way a UX architect might work?
DANIEL: Based on the feedback a chef might get at meal time, a chef will tweak or discontinue the dish. It would be too late for a software designer to do such changes at meal time, where the designs are already "baked." Adding or removing some spices -- what software designers would call patches -- at that point may be feasible, but it's too late for new ingredients or big changes in the recipe, or product features of the application.
Q: Where do UX architects and designers get their inspiration?
PATANJALI: When it comes to a user-centered design approach for developing user experiences, there is no question that observing customers doing their jobs, in their own environments, by far provides the most inspiration for creating great products.
DANIEL: Understanding a user's needs is like uncovering puzzle pieces – that tells me what I need to deliver for them. Once I get a concept of what they need, it's time to go to the sketchbook and start putting the pieces together. But we draw inspiration from a lot of different disciplines: our peers in the industry, colleagues, and also from other software out there that may not necessarily be in the same domain space. There's also random inspiration – that creative element that inspires anyone in a creative profession. The principle of simplicity is also a big inspiration for me. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Leonardo da Vinci said.
Q: Where do chefs find inspiration?
JODY: Design can come from a lot of places -- travel, physical aesthetic, something I've seen, even the ingredients of the dish. Our focus and mission is to use local, seasonal ingredients. We don't use fish from New Zealand, for example. We're lucky to be where we are. We can get oysters, scallops, fish -- so many things to create with. The content of a dish also inspires me. What are the ingredients, flavors, and textures? How should I balance acid with sugar, or balance the salt? I also consider what's fresh. If bluefish is in season, I ask, "What can I do with that?" and then develop a dish so that there's something beautiful about the ingredients themselves and what season it is.
JASON: I get inspiration from all different places -- from a great dinner out, a good cookbook or a show, colors. For me, personally, I'm inspired by pictures. I buy cookbooks for pictures. I don't even read the recipes. Presentation and pictures in cookbooks get my attention -- colors and textures inspire me.
I do a lot of different things. I may use liquid nitrogen, or modern methods, that I can turn into food. People come here to eat funky, modern stuff. That's what we're known for. I put goat cheese in liquid nitrogen and froze it, then served what looked like a pile of snow with strawberry and balsamic.
Q: Chefs, when you were part of the panel, how did it feel to face a roomful of software designers who were looking at your job in their terms? What do you think they learned from you? Did you learn anything from them?
JODY: It was curious and an interesting juxtaposition. It's the kind of thing I really like to do, and it shows that none of us are in a vacuum. Design is design, the customer is the customer, service is service. You can apply so much of what we do, and there are a lot of similarities in the creative process. I hope they learned how much of what we do is not just about food, that there's depth to what we do.
The number of people who were there said something about their interest in what we had to say, and their openness to incorporating my ideas into their own. Food is incredibly important to people; it's an important part of what allows social networking to evolve. Food always brings people to together.
JASON: It was pretty cool to be on the CHI panel. They have no idea what I do, and I have no idea what they do. It's kind of unique to compare two very different occupations like this, and funny how things compare. There's a lot more to it than I would have thought. Everyone has their niche, and in a creative job, everyone has sort of the same process. For both of us, what we do, the most important thing is the customer. The same things need to be done. The same focus is to make the customer happy.
Q: What can Oracle's designers take back to their own "kitchens?"
DANIEL: I was inspired to do more testing in our kitchen before releasing our designs. The chefs talked a lot about playing with ingredients in the kitchen, experimenting, and that's really important for us too – there are lots of ways to create a solution, and we need to take time to sketch, to come up with an idea, try out different ideas (or ingredients and combinations) and have time to iterate on that. That experimentation phase is very important – sometimes innovation comes out that.
We share many more similarities than differences. The chefs talk a lot about establishing food relationships with suppliers. It's good for designers to have good relationships as well with the strategy team, engineers -- we need that to push forward our designs, build that trust.
PATANJALI: If you look at both types of design, you will quickly see that people are at the center of it. People inspire chefs to innovate in the same way that end-users inspire user experience professionals to design unique solutions to complex problems.
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I often remind myself that I "have as many hours in the day as Beyoncé," but I'm officially amending that statement to include Miranda Kerr instead. Seriously, she is busy. The model, mom and street style star is the face of ShopStyle, H&M and Clear Scalp & Hair, has an organic beauty line, released a song on iTunes—and that's not all! Escada announced today that Kerr will front the campaign for its new fragrance, Joyful.
Miranda had this to say about her latest gig: "Escada, particularly the new fragrance, has a lot of synergy with my personal outlook. It encourages positivity and confidence to see the bright side of life. I'm delighted about this new partnership and look forward to sharing more on the fragrance in the coming months."
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U.S. and Canada inch closer to aligning trade-related regulations
A joint U.S.-Canadian commission tasked with breaking down regulatory barriers to cross-border trade says it is making progress in several key areas.
No regulations have actually been revised in either country, but pilot programs are headed in that direction, according to the progress report (.pdf) issued this Dec. 14 by the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council.
Formation of the council was announced by President Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in February 2011, with a joint action plan following in December 2011.
A year later, here's some of what has transpired through the group's 29 work plans, according to a White House blog post by Boris Bershteyn, acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and co-chair of the council:
- Pilot projects for regulatory approval of crop-protection products.
- Simultaneous regulatory reviews for several veterinary drug approval requests.
- A pilot project for joint inspection of non-U.S.- or Canadian-flagged vessels entering the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway, focused on maritime security and pollution prevention, and monitoring crew members' living and working conditions.
- Proposed automotive regulations aligning U.S. and Canadian rules on tire safety and occupant-restraint systems in frontal-impact collisions.
The group also is looking at unifying the two countries' approach to regulating nanomaterials and nanotechnology, the progress report notes.
Other areas being targeted include food and meat safety, food testing, and export certification for meat and poultry products; motor-vehicle safety standards, rail safety standards and intelligent transportation systems; hazardous materials transport and unmanned aerial systems; vehicle and locomotive emissions; approval and licensing of over-the-counter drugs; Good Manufacturing Practices and regulation of workplace hazards; and small-business regulations.
"For too long, unnecessary differences between U.S. and Canadian regulatory approaches have posed hurdles for our businesses and increased costs for consumers," Bershteyn wrote. The council's work includes examining "underlying causes of these misalignments so that we can prevent them in the future," he added.
For more:
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PINEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to taking a Bell County teen out of the state is allowed to return to Connecticut.
Earlier this month, David Hernandez pleaded guilty to custodial interference charges.
Sheriff's deputies say in January he took a Pineville teen without her parent's knowledge.
The judge sentenced him to five years probation.
Hernandez got credit for 72 days already served in jail.
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But Warhammer (and this, its sci-fi, year 40,000 variant) really is the grandfather of the genre, the prototype for all of those gruff space warriors and the green-skinned and slimy hordes they battle against. Marcus Fenix and his ilk may have grabbed some headlines and sold some games, but it's about time the Ultramarines got some credit for being the original killing machines and wearers of huge shoulder plates.
And thanks to the talented designers at Relic Entertainment and their pitch-perfect use of the Warhammer universe in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, they deserve to get that credit.
%Gallery-124485% Though we've called this game "Gears of Warhammer" for over a year now, a comparison to the COGs isn't really right. Yes, Space Marine plays in third-person (though it passes on Gears' cover system -- Ultramarines aren't really the type to take cover), and yes, the shooting is just as tight and fun as Epic's big series. But the Gears of War are "bros," and the Ultramarines are very much "brothers." Battle-brothers, in fact.
Space Marine's Captain Titus, for example, has about a hundred points of IQ on Marcus Fenix. Not only can he cut an Ork in half with a chainsaw-sword, but he's also tactically brilliant, completely fearless, and can deliver lines like, "I am an instrument of the Emperor's will!" in a flawless British accent so well it will make you want to stand up and salute. Titus faces problems, and instead of yelling "It's a giant worm!" he just deals with them in a "For the Emperor" kind of way. He's a badass with a brain.
And Relic's skill at balancing RTS gameplay (honed over a series of Warhammer-based, critically acclaimed PC titles) shines here too. Your enemies and the scenarios you face are all tuned to challenge that balance between melee combat and your ranged firearms. Early on, the Orks just splatter in whatever fashion you like, but as the game progresses the various enemy types all call for different strategies -- some are agile and quick, just asking for an axe to the head, while some sit up in the high ground, where you can take a bead on them with the Stalker Pattern Bolter (the sniper rifle, in Warhammer lingo) or move in close with the powerful Melta Gun (a huge heat-based shotgun).
"The Gears of War are 'bros,' and the Ultramarines are very much 'brothers.'"
The single-player campaign is somewhat short (about seven hours) but exceptionally paced, with constant and practical upgrades to both your weapons and Captain Titus' abilities throughout. There are only a few enemy types, but they're used so smartly that the game never feels repetitive. Orks in particular make for especially fun opponents. Whenever a horde of them bursts through the door, the feeling is much less "Not this again," and much more, "Good, more killing to do." You're an Ultramarine, after all. That's what you do best.
The story is excellent as well. Relic really loves this universe, and it shows. Warhammer fans will love exploring a forge world in big, beautiful 3D (not to mention that Relic has snuck in a few really rewarding hints to famous units and heroes in the setting), and even those new to the universe will enjoy just how perfectly portrayed the world of this massive fiction is. Collectible audio logs help that a bit, but more than anything the design of this world makes it stand out, from the little gothic window markings on artillery shells to the huge flying buttresses that adorn the gigantic Manufactorum facility. You can clearly see the series' influence on popular games like Halo and StarCraft, even while the actual Warhammer setting shines through in its own way as well.
There is one hitch in the campaign that I only bring up because it's so obvious: If you're the type to ever forget just who you're playing a game as, Space Marine has you covered. At a laughable rate (almost every minute or so), someone in the game will either yell out "Space Marines," call you a Space Marine, or shout some variant of your title (as in, "Smash that, Space Marine!"). It's not so much an annoyance as it is a silly distraction, considering the quality of the rest of the presentation. It's true that Space Marines are mythical and amazing creatures even in the setting itself (they're about as powerful as any single human can get), but yes, we get it, Relic – they're Space Marines.
The multiplayer isn't quite as strong as the single-player campaign (and with just two modes and a skeleton metagame, it doesn't compare to Gears at all in that respect), but it is fun, and the progression system keeps it rewarding match after match. Unfortunately, the melee is toned down a bit, and the stun/execution mechanic that's so fun in the single-player game is nowhere to be seen. But the multiplayer classes are varied enough to make for a few different playstyles, and the extensive perk and customization systems are worth leveling up to explore.
"Warhammer fans will love exploring a forge world in big, beautiful 3D."
Both modes, basically domination and deathmatch, end up being very team-centric, in that you need to really stick to your friends to get anything done. That's a good thing for some players, though and, again, while Space Marine's multiplayer may lack some features, its intelligence stands out past other games of this type. You can't B-button chainsaw the other team, but you can sneak around the map (as your buddies spawn on you) to flank them and start a killstreak.
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Despite that late addition to the game, Relic has still done a great job here. Space Marine is a terrific title, and proof that Relic's expertise can extend far past the RTS genre they've already conquered. The game is short, in terms of both length and features, but what's there, especially in the single-player campaign, is of the highest quality. Warhammer fans especially will love it, and hopefully even those who've never heard of Games Workshop's legendary setting will pick it up and learn just where the whole "space marine" idea came from in the first place.
This review is based on retail code of Warhammer 40k: Space Marine provided by THQ, and played on an Xbox 360 console. The co-op mode was not played for this review.
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It is not the most exciting of issues, nor is it likely to be a major priority for voters, yet reform of the House of Lords has been discussed and discarded, championed and challenged for decades. And with the recent publication of a parliamentary report which outlines details of proposed changes to the current system, it has once again cropped up on the agenda of things to discuss in Parliament.
At present, the House of Lords is comprised of nearly 800 peers, none of whom are elected by popular ballot. Under proposals put forward by the report, 80 per cent of peers would be elected by the public, with 20 per cent of peers still appointed, as "a means of preserving expertise and placing its mandate on a different footing from that of the Commons." The change would also see the number of peers reduced to 450, with peerages held for a non-renewable term of 15 years.
Since 1911 the House of Lords has not been able to truly block government legislation; its legislative power has been greatly reduced over the course of the past century. However it still maintains a significant role in scrutinising and improving legislation, and its composition therefore matters.
One of the central aims of the reform would be to do away with the remaining 92 hereditary peers, individuals who simply 'become' peers as a result of their birth right. In a democratic society, the idea that anyone may enter into Parliament purely because their father did so appears as a blot on Britain's political landscape. The reform would, then, appear to suggest a much fairer system – one in which the public decide who is elected to the House of Lords.
But those in favour of maintaining the status quo point to the depth of experience held by many nominated life peers, who are often drawn from the public, academic and business sectors. The expertise they offer can be invaluable in improving government legislation.
Reformers argue professional experience would still remain an important factor in selecting candidates for election, but the fear is expertise would rank secondary to political allegiance. One of the benefits of the House of Lords is that it is only moderately party political. Unfettered by the constraining squabbles, slander and double-dealing of party politics, the House of Lords is largely free to examine legislation with impartiality.
Changes will, in any case, be slow to come into effect, as reform will depend largely on the potential for a future referendum. Speaking on the Today programme, David Cameron described the case for a referendum as not being "a strong one", but added that "we shouldn't rule it out".
With the failure of the AV referendum a little over a year ago and the prediction that another could cost the government as much as £100m, it is little wonder that Mr Cameron questions its necessity.
Furthermore, given that the British economy is hardly flourishing as it is, one cannot help but reflect that the government would do better to invest more of their time and money in dealing with other areas, rather than in changing what is, although not ideal, an already well-operating system.


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Premiere Date: Feb 04 2009
Billy faces an angry mother raccoon trying to protect her young from his snare, and then goes on a mission to exterminate a seven-foot-long beehive. But bees aren't the only thing that are causing a buzz in the Bretherton family. Ricky's ex-wife, Pam, has returned to work at Vexcon, and that's rubbing some of the Brethertons the wrong way.
Snake in the Closet
Premiere Date: Feb 11 2009
You can't play baseball without bats, but there's a stadium that has the wrong kind of bats--the flying kind. Billy and Ricky must rush to get the bats out before they ruin opening day. And when Billy is called to a vacant house that's overrun with mice, he discovers he's got an even bigger problem--there's a huge snake hiding in the closet.
There's a Gator in My Boat
Premiere Date: Feb 18 2009
A big gator has been threatening the dogs at a family farm, and Billy is called in to save the day. But when he catches the beast, the gator attacks and takes a bite out of Billy! Later, Ricky joins Billy at the genteel home of three generations of Louisiana ladies. But they're not there to join the ladies for tea--they've been called to save the ladies from a massive swarm of wasps.
Kitty Corpse Cleanup
Premiere Date: Feb 25 2009
Billy tries to catch a bothersome beaver, but discovers some poisonous water moccasins blocking the way. And when a dentist's office is filled with a mysterious stench, Billy sniffs out the cause--it's a dead cat under the building.
Gator Park Swarm
Premiere Date: Mar 04 2009
Even Steve Irwin, the famed "crocodile hunter," probably never faced a hair-raising situation like this. Billy must brave a dozen alligators to get rid of a dangerous fire ant infestation at a gator park. Later, he must squish out one of the worst swarms of roaches he's seen in 20 years.
Possums in the Wall
Premiere Date: Mar 11 2009
Billy meets the two houses from hell. In the first, he races to get rid of destructive termites so the client and his family can sell their house and get out, but everything that can go wrong does go wrong. And at the other house, Billy has to chase a family of possums that has moved into the walls.
Llama-Eating Gators
Premiere Date: Mar 18 2009
Billy deals with a case of reptile dysfunction when he's called to a ranch to handle an alligator that's threatening some pet llamas. Plus, there's more dysfunction back at the office when Ricky breaks up with ex-wife Pam--again.
Psycho Raccoon / Killer Spiders
Premiere Date: Mar 25 2009
It's time for a creature feature. There's a mystery creature living inside the walls of a fancy home, but when Billy investigates, a violent animal attacks. And later, Billy must deal with a major black widow infestation at a home where three small children live and play.
Raccoon Haunting
Premiere Date: Apr 01 2009
This episode is definitely not for the faint of heart. When Billy and Ricky are called to an old haunted plantation plagued by raccoons, they find the biggest mound of raccoon excrement they've ever seen inside the attic. (Hey, it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it!) And things get even worse when Billy goes to the home of a deaf couple inundated with hundreds of wasps!
Tattoo Rattlesnake
Premiere Date: Apr 08 2009
Lots of people get snake tattoos, but a real-live snake has invaded a tattoo studio. And it's the most venomous snake Billy has seen in 20 years. Later, Billy gets one of the strangest calls of his career --six wild turkeys are running amok at a club! And Donnie and Bill Sr. secretly take out a personal ad for Ricky and then set him up on a blind date.
Bobcat Invasion
Premiere Date: Apr 15 2009
Billy must face down a wild bobcat that has killed a family pet, but the elusive cat isn't easy to catch--and there's a surprise in store that Billy doesn't see coming. Later, Billy battles to get rid of a wasp infestation that has forced his client right out of her home.
Extreme Roaches / Busy Beaver
Premiere Date: Apr 22 2009
Dam it all! When Billy fights to trap a beaver that has been eating through the trees on his client's property, he discovers there are more than just beavers lurking in the wilderness. Later, Billy takes on an extreme roach infestation that has forced his client out of house and home. And things get pretty rough back at Billy's home, too, when tensions between him and Mary begin to escalate.
Skunks and Mice and Snakes Oh My
Premiere Date: Apr 29 2009
Skunk alert! Billy goes to a horse farm where a potentially rabid skunk has been on the prowl, but when he catches it, he gets more than he bargained for. Later, Billy takes on what he thinks is a simple mice job--and winds up getting bitten by a snake! Meanwhile, tensions escalate between Mary, Billy, and the family until a major argument threatens to change the entire future of Vexcon.