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DefinitionA sesamoid is a type of bone that is found within a tendon. These small bones allow smooth movement of the feet. Sesamoid fractures most commonly refer to the bones located under the big toe. These are the least common fractures of the forefoot.
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CausesSesamoid fractures can be caused by:
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- Falling from a height and landing heavily on the feet
- Crush injury
- Repetitive stress to the bone
- Hyperextension of the toe and forefoot
Risk FactorsSesamoid fractures are more common in people who play high-impact sports, such as running, aerobics, ballet, or gymnastics.
SymptomsThe most common symptom of a sesamoid fracture is pain in the ball of the foot and big toe. Other symptoms include:
- Swelling to foot and big toe
- Bruising
- Tenderness to touch
- Limited range of motion to the big toe
DiagnosisYour doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor may refer you to a specialist. A podiatrist focuses on the feet. An orthopedist focuses on bones.Imaging tests evaluate the bones and other structures in your foot. These include:
TreatmentSesamoid fractures are often treated with rest and rehabilitation. Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
ImmobilizationThe foot is immobilized with a cast. This will promote healing and keep weight off the foot. Crutches are also used to limit weight bearing on the affected foot. The foot is immobilized with a cast. This will promote healing and keep weight off the foot. Crutches are also used to limit weight bearing on the affected foot.
MedicationsNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are given to reduce pain and swelling. A cortisone shot may also be used to treat the pain and inflammation.
SurgerySurgery may be needed if the fracture is severe or not healing.
- This is usually done by setting the bone during an operation.
- If the pain does not resolve, the sesamoid bone is sometimes removed. This is called a sesamoidectomy.
Physical TherapyOnce the fracture has healed, physical therapy may be advised. A therapist will work with you to strengthen your muscles and improve your range of motion. You may be given an orthotic device or insert to wear in your shoe. This can protect your foot from future injury.
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It was originally a tram route, they expired in the early fifties. I have some tram photos of Cotteridge,if you want to see them I can post them. I presume it is now a bus route.
I have been told that there was a bus route from Northfield to Cotteridge via Middleton Hall Road which is of interest to me as my mother lived in 132 Middleton Hall road in 1918. Does anyone know if this bus route existed in 1918 which have connected Pershore Road to Bristol Road at this time, Also does it exist now?
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It was originally a tram route, they expired in the early fifties. I have some tram photos of Cotteridge,if you want to see them I can post them. I presume it is now a bus route.
As far as I know the buses left Northfield along Church Road, Bunbury Road ,then did a left fork along Northfield Road which ran paralell to Middleton Hall Road.
They then turned right along Watford Road into Cotteridge.
That is still the route today.
I can remember the trams at Cotteridge. It was a number 36 to town and back and the terminus was Pershore Road in Cotteridge outside the depot ( garage ) now housing. As John Knight says the bus is the 18 and runs along Bunbury Road then branches left into Northfield Road at the junction of Middleton Hall road.Can't recall Middleton Hall ever being a bus route.
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Nothing as early as you want, here's the pre-war history of the Cotteridge - Northfield route:
20/3/1929: New service
18 Kings Norton (Green) via Pershore Rd South, Watford Rd, Northfield Rd, Bunbury Rd, and Church Rd to Northfield (Bell Inn).
5/2/1930 Service extended from Northfield via Bristol Rd South, Cock Lane, St Helier Rd to Barnsdale Crescent. (Cock Lane is now Frankley Beeches Road)
(30/7/1930 Service extended from Kings Norton (Green) via Redditch Rd to West Heath (Redhill Rd) as service 23.)
1/9/1930 service extended from Barnsdale Crescent via Barnsdale crescent, Basil rd and Trescott rd to Borrowdale Rd.
19/11/1930 Service extended from Borrowdale Rd via Trescott Rd to Fitzroy Rd: and from Kings Norton via Wharf rd, Parsons Hill, Monyhull Hall Rd, Brandwood Rd, Woodthorpe Rd, Taylor Rd and Haunch Lane to Yardley Wood Rd.
27/7/1931 Service diverted from Barnsdale Crescent via Hoggs Lane to Trescott Rd; omitting Basil Rd.
1/4/1932 Service diverted from Trescott Rd via Norrington Rd and Borrowdale Rd to Trescott Rd.
25/4/1932 service diverted from Norrington Rd to Borrowdale Rd. Return via Borrowdale Rd to Trescott Rd.
28/6/1933 Service diverted from Barndale Crescent via Basil Rd to Trescott rd on journeys to Northfield only.
?/?/1942 Service diverted from Bristol Road South via Frankley Beeches Road, Hoggs Lane and Basil Road to Trescott Road. Return from Trescott Road via Hoggs Lane and Frankley Beeches Road to Bristol Road South etc.
Cotteridge and Selly Oak were linked by bus route 10 in 1923 (later became 11, the Outer Circle) otherwise it was tram from Cotteridge to Pebble Mill Rd, then the Tram to Selly Oak (where feeder bus services ran to Northfield, Rednal and Rubery until the tramway was extended to Northfield on 1/10/1923, Longbridge 17/12/1923, Rednal 14/4/1924 and Rubery 8/2/1926).


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I've always had more than enough padding in that area and didn't even KNOW I HAD butt bones! So I'm thinking about getting some chair cushions...HA!
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I was soooo excited that I paraded around the dressing area showing my dd's and the other ladies my waist and booty. Asking if they REALLY fit ok. YES They DID!!! I'm not buying new pants until the 14Ws are way baggy and I can get into a size 16. EXERCISE MOTIVATION!!
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...In the not so distant past, when I looked at calorie counts and saw a difference between food choices of say, 20, 50 or even 100 calories, I'd never hesitate to have the higher calorie food thinking the difference really didn't matter. Now it seems I stand in front of the cheese stick section at the grocery store looking at EVERY package offered and ponder the benefits of 'lite' name brand mozzarella cheese (50 cal, 7 gms protein) vs. store brand (60 cal, 6 gms protein, but significantly cheaper) vs. new flavor provalone (100 cal, 7 gms protein but on sale). .. Blah Blah Blah, you get the drift. I've become somewhat of a subject matter expert in cheese calories, protein and $ value
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If a recipe calls for one cup, I figure three is better !! LOL
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Generally since my RNY 10/8/12, I've decided that since I eat so little now and spend a small fraction of what I used to on food, that I can afford and deserve to give taste, nutrition and my enjoyment a bigger share of consideration in purchases.
I've always been a frugal shopper and coupon clipper, so this is new thinking and behavior for me
I bought the store brand mozzarella cheese sticks even tho they were a little higher in cal and little lower in protein. I like how they taste just as much as the expensive brand.
I also bought the provolone sticks- only because they were on sale (less than the mozzarella sticks) and it's a new flavor. They are just ok. I probably won't buy them again.
I also like and buy a lot of the store brand pepper jack cheese sticks. Cheddar sticks and colby mix sticks are ok, but not worth the added expense on a regular basis. Same with the Baby Bel cheeses~~~
I do like Laughing Cow lite cheeses and buy them at Costco and/or discount grocery stores as they are 1/2 the price of the regular or gourmet grocery stores.
Can you tell the question got me going about my passion for cheese!!???
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You sound very up and excited. Keep Up the GREAT work!!
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The key thing to note about the above ideas is that for the most part they don't require you to create content; they are habits you can form to share information you are most likely sharing in other ways already. Don't you have a list of other professionals whose work you recommend? Don't you spread the word about your open houses and listings? Do you share your opinion in industry-related discussions?
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Absolutely love #Steelers re-signing Cotchery. Thought wait until Apr 20. 2-yr deal better than 3-yr I thought it would take. Guess $3M
Great Signing. Vet receiver we needed.
Absolutely love #Steelers re-signing Cotchery. Thought wait until Apr 20. 2-yr deal better than 3-yr I thought it would take. Guess $3M
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HUGE! Especially with Hines retiring and Sanders' injury history.
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I'm loving this news. Glad to hear he's staying. He really seems to solidify an otherwise young WR corps.
Yeah, bay-bee...great news...
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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Great news but kind of surprising. With all of the teams needing WR help out there, how is it that this guy is available to come back as our #4 WR? Both in terms of PT and money value.


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My parents didn't accept my boyfriend for about six of the seven years that we've been dating due to his physical disability. Now my younger sister has a new boyfriend whom my parents wholly and happily accept, and as childish as this is, this is bringing up all sorts of unpleasant feelings. [more inside]
Plan to move to across the country for love. How do I tell my parents?
Since having a manic episode about a year and a half ago, my parents started treating me like I was a minor again (I'm almost 30 now). How do I most respectfully tell them that I'm am going to move without turning it into "I'M NOT ASKING FOR PERMISSION, DAMMIT: I'M MOVING AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME"? Thanks, mefites. [more inside]
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Emotionally abusive parents are coming to visit. Difficulty level: boyfriend introduction. How do I deal with the fallout? [more inside]
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So, my girlfriend is in her early 30s, as am I. We've been dating for almost a year; we're moving in together and it's overall great - but I'm starting to get irked that she leaves almost every saturday morning, and comes back almost every sunday night, to go to her parents who live in another state. I love her; and this is a silly problem; I don't want to make it one, but I'm at a loss on how to react...
Convincing my traditional parents that marrying my boyfriend (as opposed to an arranged marriage) is not a "sin". Tried for many years; can you help me try more?
Convincing my traditional parents that marrying my boyfriend (as opposed to an arranged marriage) is not a "sin". Tried for many years; can you help me try more? I will start with a little bit of my background. Please bear with me for the verbose description. [more inside]
want to be more tolerate of different opinions, want to be calmer and more realitstic
how to you embrace different or opposite opinions from yours, instead of being offended or upset or pressured by it? [more inside]
How do I communicate better with my dad?
I need some advice on how to communicate better with my dad and hopefully improve our relationship. [more inside]
Help me short-term with my dad.
My relationship with my dad is crap. I can't articulate why. I'm already in therapy, but my therapist is on vacation and I won't see her again for another few weeks. Help me out, if you can, in the meantime. [more inside]
How do I convince myself I don't need to convince them?
Help me deal with the awkward fallout of telling my parents that I'm transgendered and want to begin hormone therapy. [more inside]
Help: Mom's health and relationship tangles
My mother had a stroke (it seems like a transient ischemic attack) but she won't be in the States until Friday morning. And there are many relationship issues mixed into this. What should I do? Previously this question. (I had decided to spend one week, this week of 3/6, at home and one week, next week, with SO.) [more inside]
healthy relationship unsupportive parents
I still want my parents' approval and support, but that's just not going to happen. How do you maintain your relationship with your unsupportive parents? [more inside]
How do I re-start/maintain a relationship with my father while my mother is cheating on him and he doesn't know?
How do I re-start/maintain a relationship with my father while my mother is cheating on him and he doesn't know? [more inside]
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If I booty call/txt a guy (i'm a girl) should it be expected of me to show up to his place or should I ask him to pick me up? [more inside]
Can I find sanity and peace in life having the mother that I have??
Just in time for Mothers Day - How do I resolve long-standing issues I have with my mother??? [WARNING: LONG POST] [more inside]
Pint of ice cream, here I come!
Relationship Filter: How do I stop myself from tallying stuff up then try to make myself dismiss it because I don't want to make our relationship into a scorecard but not being sucessful and end up feeling confused and emotional? And how do I talk about it with my boyfriend? [more inside]
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It cannot handle anything else, but it can encode into a dizzy number of formats and timelines and it is very fast.
What I do is use batch rename program to rename my files and move them to my stitching directory. Then when I am done I simply delete them
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A quick speedpaint I did of one of my favourite characters, and an actual icon of my art.
Was listening to Heritage of the Wolf by James Horner and I was influenced to draw something.
Was listening to Heritage of the Wolf by James Horner and I was influenced to draw something.
I have yet to see Balto again after all these years since Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre went down, but James Horner's music in The Land Before Time, namely the death of Littlefoot's Mother, is the tear-jerking music that made my childhood. He was a great composer. James, if you are reading this from Heaven, look after Judith Barsi until I get there, Rest In Peace my friends.
Was just watching this movie tonight. Lovely work.
Amazing!! This is so detailed!
Damn, just Damn.. sorry was thinking about Horner's death while looking at this..
Wow! I really love the realism
love this movie
Awww Balto! He was the hero of my childhood.
WHoa! Awesome quality dude! Fur and everything
Luv it!
Good work on his expression.
I loved this movie!
AWWWW!! xD
Aww, good drawing Now I really want to see Balto again
Nice rendition of Balto. He's one of my faves.
looks better then ever
AMAZING!!! I love Balto! This is a wonderful recreation of it. The colors and blending were really beautiful. Now I have to go watch the show!
Love the way you do balto.
Balto was a dog of honor, and if we talk about the film, is one of my favorites, I love dogs!
Excellent picture!
Excellent picture!
This is absoutley beautiful.
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I think I'm in love with this drawing...
BALTO! why didn't they make the sequels as good?!?!?!?! D:
Wow ! He looks so amazing ! I love his expression and the way you do the fur, and his eye looks beautiful !
Amazing work!
One of my favorite movies and an inspiration to start writing.
I love the song :the hertage of a wolf! XD
a I saw this on the balto source XD
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Beautiful art! Really fits the song! It's funny, I was listening to that song earlier today. ^^
Wow, that soundtrack makes for a good nostalgia trip. Beautiful score by James Horner.
Wow, that soundtrack makes for a good nostalgia trip. Beautiful score by James Horner.
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I really really love this way of painting c: if you know some tutorial or such to learn the technique to it I'd be so happy!
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I remember having 4 years old and crying like a motherfucker with this movie , lol , i love him ♥
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Although Cloudera has never explicitly marketed itself as a BI-centric product, the company's Hadoop-based business model has effectively brought BI to it. The partnership Cloudera signed late last year with Informatica Corp. was just the latest example.
The Informatica accord is Cloudera's second partnership this year with a leading DI player. Back in August, Cloudera cemented a deal with open source software (OSS) data integration (DI) specialist Talend. It also has partnerships with Teradata Corp., the former Netezza Inc., the former Greenplum Software Corp., Aster Data Systems Inc., Vertica Inc., and Pentaho.
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Cloudera likes to bill itself as the most prominent name in Apache Hadoop. It could plausibly do so up until early last year, when IBM Corp. announced its own Hadoop-oriented push. Like Cloudera, IBM proposed to deliver its own managed, value-added, and (just as important) vendor-supported version of Hadoop via its InfoSphere BigInsights platform.
IBM is not currently a Cloudera partner. It explicitly competes against Cloudera in the Hadoop arena. Kreisa doesn't see BigInsights as direct or symmetrical competition, and he doesn't dismiss Big Blue. "We don't right now partner with IBM. They've been pushing BigSheets and BigInsights, and they have a very serious strategy around Hadoop," he says. "For them, it's around selling some of the analytics on top [of Hadoop] along with the related proprietary tools that they have. They have an IBM distribution [of Hadoop], but really that is just the core Apache Hadoop offering pushed out with their tools running on it," he notes.
Industry veteran Merv Adrian saw plenty of upside in Cloudera's partnership with Informatica. To Adrian, the Informatica deal -- which was completed in November of 2010 -- capped a terrific year for Cloudera. More than anything else, however, Adrian sees the deal as a feather -- as perhaps the feather -- in Cloudera's cap.
"Connecting to the dominant player in data integration and data quality expands the opportunity for Cloudera dramatically; it enables the de facto commercial Hadoop leader to find new ways to empower the 'silent majority' of data," wrote Adrian on his IT Market Strategy blog.
The dirty big secret of information management concerns the dispensation of this "silent majority" of data. For a long time, Adrian contends, this information has been neglected -- chiefly because it's outside the RDBMS.
"The majority of data is outside; not just outside enterprise data warehouses, but outside RDBMS instances entirely," he wrote "Why? Because it doesn't need all the management features database management software provides -- it doesn't get updated regularly, for example. In fact, it may not be used very often at all, though it does need to be persisted for a variety of reasons."
It's important for Cloudera to sustain and grow its partnerships if it's to retain top billing in the Hadoop market, Adrian maintained.
"[Cloudera is] going to be challenged by some big players in 2011, notably IBM, whose recent focus on Hadoop has been remarkably nimble. So these deals matter. A lot. The Data Management function is being refactored before our eyes; both these vendors will play in its future."
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Monday, Oct. 12Fall Break. Classes canceled; offices open.Tuesday, Oct. 13Fall Break. Classes canceled; offices open.National Coalition Building Institute's Prejudice Reduction Workshop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 308 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. All participants will receive a certificate of completion. Call the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 2-2642 for more information and to register.Workshop, "Applying the Quality Matters Rubric," a faculty-centered, peer-review process designed to certify the quality of online courses and components, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Workshop includes lunch. Faculty who complete the training can take a certification exam and become national Quality Matters online-course peer reviewers. Seating is limited; register online at http://cobl.bgsu.edu/QM_training.html. Hosted by the Center for Online and Blended Learning. For more information, visit http://cobl.bgsu.edu/QualityMatters.php or contact Connie Molnar at firstname.lastname@example.com vs. Cleveland State, 7 p.m., Anderson Arena.Wednesday, Oct. 14CFDR Fall Speaker Series, "Dislocation and Return of New Orleans Residents One Year after Hurricane Katrina," with Dr. Narayan Sastry, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, noon-1 p.m., 208 Union. Sponsored by the Center for Family and Demographic Research.Brown Bag Lunch, "What's in It for Me? Presenting the Health Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet," noon-1 p.m., Halstead Conference Room, Family and Consumer Sciences Building. This event qualifies for the Employee Wellness Program; visit www.bgsu.edu/wellaware for how to enter and a list of the eligible events and prizes.Brown Bag Lunch, "Bowling Green: Equal for Everyone?" with Dr. Jane Rosser and members of Equality Bowling Green, noon-1 p.m., Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall. ln recognition of National Coming-Out Week.Biological Sciences Seminar Series, "Neuroendocrine Regulation of Developmental Transitions and Body Size in Drosophila," with Dr. Mike O'Connor, University of Minnesota, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 112 Life Sciences Building. Meet the speaker at the 3 p.m. social prior to the talk.Photochemical Sciences Seminar Series, "Excited-State Quantum Chemistry for Macromolecules and Condensed Phases," with Dr. John Herbert, Ohio State University, 3:30 p.m., 123 Overman Hall. Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. in 132 Overman Hall.Master Class, with guest jazz guitarist John Hart, 3:30 p.m., 2008 Moore Musical Arts Center. Another master class will be offered at the same time Thursday.Program, featuring Praecepta, the student chapter of the Society of Composers Inc., 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.Thursday, Oct. 15State of the University Address, by President Carol Cartwright, 10 a.m., Lenhart Grand Ballroom, Union. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for refreshments.Popular Culture Colloquium Series, with Dr. Michael Butterworth, communications, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 314 Union.Assessment Workshop, "CLA in the Classroom: Developing Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing Skill using Performance Tasks," 2-3 p.m., 201 University Hall. Register at www.bgsu.edu/ctl/page10718.html.ICS Scholars and Artists in Residence Lecture Series, "Cultural Meaning and Wilderness: Re-Envisioning Protected Land," by Dr. Shannon Orr, political science, 2:30 p.m., 207 Union. Hosted by the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society.Master Class, with guest guitarist John Hart, 3:30 p.m., 1004 Moore Musical Arts Center.Film Talk, "Sound for Film and Working in 'The Industry,'" by Kelley Baker, independent filmmaker, producer, director and sound designer, 7-9 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Film.Poetry Reading and Slide Display, with poet Lois Roma-Deeley and artist Beth Shadur, collaborators on "The Poetic Dialogue" exhibit, 7:30 p.m., Prout Chapel. Hosted by the BGSU Creative Writing Program.International Film Series, "Sorok pervyi (The 41st)," (Russia, 1956), 7:30 p.m., Gish Film Theater, Hanna Hall.Jazz Spotlight Concert, featuring guest guitarist John Hart, Jazz Lab Band I and the Faculty Jazz Group, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Tickets are $7 for students and senior citizens and $10 for other adults in advance, and $10 and $13, respectively, the day of the performance. For tickets, call 2-8171.Friday, Oct. 16Women's Soccer vs. Kent State, 4 p.m., Cochrane Field.Women's Swimming, Tom Stubbs Relays, 5 p.m., Cooper Pool, Student Recreation Center.ARTalk, "Four Decades," featuring a lecture by Indian artist Anupam Sud and an Indian dance performance by Toledo-based Aha Dance Classes, 6 p.m., 115 Olscamp Hall.Opening Receptions for "The Poetic Dialogue" and "Contemporary India" exhibitions, 7-10 p.m., Dorothy Uber Bryan and Willard Wankelman galleries, Fine Arts Center.Parents' Night Out, an evening of Kid's Camp experience for children while parents enjoy the night off from caretaking, 6-10 p.m. The cost is $15 per participant. 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To sign up, email Caitlin Spontelli at firstname.lastname@example.com Oct. 14Fall State Fire School. Contact Continuing and Extended Education at 2-8181 for more information.Beginning Oct. 17Exhibition, "Contemporary India," Willard Wankelman Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.Beginning Oct. 17Exhibition, "The Poetic Dialogue," Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.Through Oct. 20Art Exhibit, "Life at the Edge of the Forest," Union Art Gallery. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.Through Nov. 10Art Exhibit, by Michael Angelotti, Little Gallery, BGSU Firelands. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.


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Well…no chocolate ones any way!
It was Sunday… Easter Sunday…in case you were not getting the egg reference :-p
I have to say, that for the first time ever, in my whole life (I think) I have not had one single easter egg, creme egg, chocolate bunny or other easter related confectionery! 396 more words


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braixen is so fabulous
quillidan has no eyes
and i find that cute owo
he actually has eyes, the pupils are those two little pixels next to his nose, it looks like its belong to the outline of the eye tho
I love how fans do this. Make newer Pokemon sprites into the original game sprites like this. So awesome
braixen my son ....... ... ( are we allowed to use these as icons ? / )
Wah so cool ! ;v; <3
These ones are awesome too, especially fire guy.
omg kickass
Ooohh, this is really cool! I always thought it was awesome when people "retoafied" new Pokemon. Good job!
Ah, the good ole days of Pokemon GSC.
You mean R/B/Y
Awww so cute!
holy cow! these look just like older sprites TwT
amazing work<3
amazing work<3
These remind me of the good ol' days
quilladin ur scaring me
quilladin stop
(These are really good, though. You're great at making these.)
quilladin ur scaring me
quilladin stop
(These are really good, though. You're great at making these.)
Ahhh, so lovely!
The sprites are very well put together, makes me feel like these guys have been around since the beginning.
ruby and saphire?
Howd you come up with that?
Those were made for Red/Blue/green, you cant really consider R/E/S as "Retro"
Nailed it, especially Braixen.
Fantastic retro sprites!
so who did you pick in your game
I dont have the game!!
But if i finally can get it tomorrow i'll choose froakie.
or chespin i dont know, theyre all so great
the game is awesome!
I got Chespin right now its a lv. 51 Chesnaught
and I only got the game yesterday
ahh cool owo
Thats awesome!
i love this
Frogadier still looks the best!
Got to love the retro sprites.
braixen looks fab
love this
love this
these are so good ;w;
Love these! Much more interesting than any Pokemon sprites I've ever seen.
omfg that braixen is super adorable


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Originally posted by ThichHeaded
Then I have a question, if it isn't broken why fix it?
There was alot of things we were able to do back in 07 that we can not do now..
Such as off the top of my head 1 line posts.. Alot can be said in 3 or 4 words. not always have to be a book when making a point.
Anyway I guess we(as in the people of this forum) are doing an aight job.. Just would like to not see so much I am god on here...
Anyway just a thought, I dont mean to sound mean but meh you get what you get sometimes.


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Demon and Fairy by daemonstarWatch
©2014-2016 daemonstar
My, My, What do we have here?
The texture on the face of the demon and the light glowing from its claw tips really make this picture pop. I am very envious. Also i see the XIII on his shoulder; what is that representing?
Love it
Very cool!!!
It really like the design on the daemon.
Whatever it is i't beautiful. It's like a scene from a movie I think.
This is too awesome for any other words!
This is really cool
This is just awesome artwork. So unusual and interesting idea and characters' design. I see so many details, so many hard work. I must say more but I can't, I have no words to describe my delight.
Great, great drawing
Great, great drawing
Both look creepy cute.


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Turkey Pasta Toss Recipe
This recipe is one of our family's favorites. I served it once for a church supper, and it was a big hit there, too! Make it a complete meal with salad and some Italian bread. Delicious fresh flavor and so simple to put together! —Heather Savage, Corydon, Indiana
- 3 cups uncooked penne pasta
- 2 Italian turkey sausage links, casings removed
- 1 large sweet yellow pepper, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 plum tomatoes, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 20 pitted ripe olives, halved
- 1/4 cup minced fresh basil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup shredded Romano cheese
- 1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, crumble sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain and keep warm.
- 2. In the same skillet, saute pepper in oil until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, olives, basil, pepper flakes, salt and sausage. Drain pasta. Stir into skillet and heat through. Sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1-3/4 cups equals 323 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 481 mg sodium, 47 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 15 g protein.
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Education professor Abbie Brown is the first exclusively-online professor in the UNC system to receive the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence.
Research on Peruvian glassfrogs by biology graduate student Evan Twomey was featured in National Geographic magazine.
ECU's College of Nursing was invited to join the prestigious National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence, and is poised to help meet the needs of the state's rapidly growing elderly population. Read more.
School of Communication Director Linda Kean was honored with the NCA Health Communication Division's highest academic honor, the Outstanding Scholar Award.
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Health education and promotion professor Beth Chaney was appointed to the North Carolina Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
I just want to take a minute and thank each and every one of you for reading my blog! I couldn't be here without all of you! Love you all so so much!
Today I wanted to do a little turkey mani so here it is!
I also did some fall inspired water marbling!
For this I used
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Hope you all have a great thanksgiving all!!! xoxoxo
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Hi everyone! I would love to hear your opinions on the nails I do. I would also love to know if there is anything you would like to see. If you have a blog you want me to check out, email me! I am always up for new blogs!!!! you can email em to email@example.com!!! I will ALWAYS email back and will look at whatever you send! love you all!! xoxo


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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 22.214.171.124
Forum Moderators: martinibuster
It posted about 3,000 blog comments for me. And then, to my horror, I found that GOOGLE HAD BANNED MY SITE!
Apparently Google no longer condones automated comment posting on blogs that have enabled it.
So STAY AWAY FROM <blog submission software> unless you want to suffer the same fate I did!
PS: <snip> gave me excellent support while I was a user. But when I asked her for a refund, she simply did not reply. I finally asked Clickbank for the refund, which they they gave in 24 hours.
[edited by: martinibuster at 3:49 pm (utc) on Oct. 25, 2005]
[edit reason] Specifics. [/edit]
You write that the software exactly did what you wanted it to do. Nonetheless, you requested refund? May I ask you why you think that the software vendor is responsible for Google banning your website? Not to mention that this could have been happened anyway.
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It posted about 3,000 blog comments for me. And then, to my horror, I found that GOOGLE HAD BANNED MY SITE!
Apparently Google no longer condones automated comment posting on blogs that have enabled it.
Even better :)
FWIW, blog comments do work. Build yourself a page that people will want to comment about, and let the links come naturally. (I make about $60 a month from two highly forumed and blogged pages.)
That is definitely misleading as anyone with any experience knows that is simply not true. In that respect, the software is not performing as advertised.
The seller site said that Google knew all about <snip> and tolerated it because
(1) Blog owners on blog.com could always block automated comment posting by selecting an option in the settings
(2) If automated commenting was not thus blocked, it meant the blog owner permitted them
I bought this logic, but unfortunately Google no longer does!
[edited by: martinibuster at 7:04 am (utc) on Oct. 27, 2005]
[edit reason] NO SPECIFICS PLEASE. [/edit]
If you are saying you got banned because you were using blog submission software, that would mean competitors could effectively wipe your site out by doing the same thing.
I don't buy it. I would imagine that if you were willing to use blog submission software to SPAM, then you were probably utilizing other black hat techniques which got you banned.
If you *were* 100% clean outside of the comment spam then Google has some work to do...
And yes, it IS possible for a competitor to spam blogs with a link back to your site, and in that way get you banned... this has actually started happening (there are reports of it on the web, I read one last week, but don't have the link).
Maybe that's why Google no longer tolerates automated blog commenting.
in researching what Google ( and most likely other search engines ) say, logarithmic growth of links is very dangerous over a short period of time.
if I were to do it, I would plan 180 to 360 days of linking. week 1 to 3 would create 1 or 2 links per day, then wait until the Google dance. after that every few weeks increase the submission rate to new blogs by 2 or 3. By the time week 40 is around, you are creating 20 to 40 new links per day.
Patronising comments like that just shows a lack of intelligence and decency.
People learn, people make mistakes.
There was no malice of intent in what the guy did, just lack of knowledge.
I suppose you were born perfect and continued that way ever since?
I am victim of such blog posting softwares. People like you keep posting comments on my blog thru softwares, attaching link to your site in the hyperlink.
Hurry! Hats off to Google!
Nice Job!
ah...! Now I am feeling much better :)
Now I do feel that it would take out all the new ones without a problem.


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Abrams promises the sequel to 2009`s franchise reboot will have audiences in tears at the end of the film thanks to its message of hope and love triumphing over fear.
"The goal of this movie is to make you cry. If the movie does its job, then by the end of the movie, you will have had a reaction involving the eyes. If the movie works, then there`s definitely an emotional component.
"It is very much about hope, about love, about romance, and about facing something that is truly terrifying and finding a way through the connection of your family and surviving and being stronger afterwards."
Zachary Quinto, who plays Captain Spock, added that the Entreprise crew will be put in far greater danger than ever before by Benedict Cumberbatch`s villainous terrorist character John Harrison.
"There`s reason to worry. There is an insidiousness and ruthlessness and fierce intelligence to Harrison that almost undermines the interconnectivity of the crew. The stakes are much higher," Quinto said.
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This hearty vegetarian soup has just a touch of spice certain to warm you up. Good with a spoonful of plain yogurt and crusty bread.
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1–2 tsp curry powder
- 5½ cups vegetable stock
- ¾ cup red lentils
- ½ cup tomato or multi-vegetable juice
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan set over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and carrots. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are translucent.
2. Add the garlic and curry powder and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Add the stock, lentils, and tomato juice.
3. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer for 25 minutes, or until the lentils are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve hot.
Nutritional Benefits: low fat
© 2008 Dorling Kindersley
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Consumers power packaging
An exclusive Packworld.com survey shows most packagers test packaging with consumers, though the majority of packagers do so with modest investments.
The consumer is queen (or king) when it comes to determining the ultimate success of a product and package in the market. But just how involved are consumers in determining a package before its introduced to the market? To find out Packaging World conducted a survey among packagers. This article reports on the results of the survey conducted late last year on PWs Web site Packworld.com. This report covers 115 respondents 107 from end-user packagers and eight from contract packaging companies (see sidebar p. 86). More than 63% of the respondents said that they do involve consumers in evaluating packaging for new products before theyre introduced. When asked how often their company conducts focus-group testing 35% of those responding to the question said they did so for every new product (see Chart A). One in four indicated such testing was conducted for only major changes to the package. One in five said focus groups were convened for most package changes with the same ratio saying it was conducted only for major product introductions. The survey also asked how often consumer focus groups are used to examine just the packaging. Among those answering the question 30% said focus groups are used for virtually every new package tested (see Chart B). The next most-frequent response came from the 26.3% who said their companys testing involved a package most of the time. Less than half the time was cited by 18.7% of the questions respondents. How often are consumer suggestions from focus-group testing incorporated into the commercial package? Twenty-one percent said those suggestions were used most of the time while another 18% said ideas generated from consumer testing were incorporated for virtually every new package tested. For a look at how specific consumer suggestions led to packaging changes see sidebar Suggestions that work p. 84. The survey asked what types of packaging-specific input a company most often looks for from focus-group test participants. Graphics appeal was identified as the most important area cited by more than 43% of respondents followed by handling and storage functionality (23%) opening and reclosing features (21%) and pourability and dispensability (13%).
At what price? Certainly gaining consumer input when developing a package requires a financial investment. Roughly one in five survey respondents listed cost as the primary factor in determining how much focus-group testing is conducted for a new pack. Other factors were time whether the package launch was national or regional and the willingness of consumers to participate in such testing. So just how much did companies spend each time they conducted packaging-related focus-group testing for a new product/package combination? Among those who answered the question one in three respondents indicated spending ranged between $1 and $4 (see Chart C). Another 21.7% said it was less than $1. The next most-frequent answer came from the 16.7% of respondents who said their companies invested between $5 and $19. Another 13.3% noted company spending between $20 and $50. Factoring in company size Larger companies tended to invest the most money in packaging-related consumer focus-group testing. At the largest companies for example most respondents said expenditures ranged between $5 and $19 for each test. Smaller companies most frequently cited lower spending. For companies employing between 101 and 499 people and at firms with 500 to 2 employees most focus-group spending was from $1 to $4. At even smaller companies spending was usually limited to less than $1 per test. Not only do larger companies spend more money on focus-group testing they also conducted such tests more frequently than their smaller counterparts. In general respondents from smaller firms reported that cost was the primary factor in determining test frequency. At the largest companies the primary factors were whether the product/package launch was national or regional in scope and the uncertainty regarding test result reliability. Its unclear what respondents meant by test reliability. One final area of interest related to how often the company incorporated consumer input into its packages. Here 54% of respondents at the smallest companies said consumer suggestions were used at least half of the time. That figure slipped to 46% in slightly larger firms and to 35% in companies with between 500 to 2 employees. Conversely nearly 70% of respondents from the largest companies said their businesses incorporated consumer ideas at least half the time. Given their more substantial investment in time and money its understandable that these larger companies make greater use of consumer input before they launch a package commercially.
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Ways to improve An open-ended question in the survey asked how the respondent would improve the consumer testing process from a packaging perspective. A packaging representative with a midwest producer of recreational and transportation products recommended using an outside company to give you a new perspective. A purchasing professional with a western medical/pharmaceutical firm suggested testing be done on a more widespread basis believing there was too much focus on either the West or East with a need for more focus on middle states. At a food company in the Midwest an R&D person expressed the opinion that marketing does not give packaging the credit it deserves to help sell a package. Consumers purchase items for both the packaging and the product. Several respondents complained that the marketing department tends to overlook packaging with the exception of package graphics. Praising marketings involvement was a purchasing executive at a cosmetics/personal care products maker based in the Midwest. He said Our marketing people do get involved in the packaging process as it is very important for them to communicate the benefits of the packaging. Overall many comments suggested there was room for improvement in consumer testing of packaging prior to market introduction. We should do more testing possibly over the Internet said a marketing representative with a midwest beverage producer. However he added cost always plays into the picture so we do not do as much consumer research as we should.
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See sidebar to this article: Who participated in survey
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