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2 pulls of at least 1* = 10 gran guaranteed.
possibility of pulling something higher than 1* = 5 gran premium cost.
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Double pull also bumps the odds of getting low rarity playsets.
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The story is about a woman named Lydia who has to get married after she having an indiscretion and getting caught. The man who had her ways with her flees and to save her from a scandal his brother steps in to do the honorable deed and marries her. He then takes her to one of his estates and leaves her there alone with the instruction not to leave the estate. After 6 years of loneliness she decides to leave and go to London to stay with her cousins for a season. While there she and her husband both get invited and appear at the same party without the knowledge of the other attending. Lydia gets much attention from the men at the party including her husband, except that he does not know the beautiful red head is actually his own wife.
The story had a good start but then it goes flat despite Ava Stone's attempts at recovery. She tries to give the story some excitement but then resolves it as quickly. The name of the book is misleading and the narrator is terrible. There are also looonnnnggg pauses where one assumes the device has stopped working before it continues. I do not recommend this book at all. Spend your time on something more worth your while.
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The hero in this story is no Prince Charming...well, at least, not at first. Robert Beckford, the Earl of Masten marries Lydia at the tender age of 16-years old in order to protect the good name of his family and avoid a scandal. His good-for-nothing, brother Lucas Beckford was found in bed with Lydia and of course, in this society, the woman is always to blame & the male comes out of the scandal unscathed. Lucas abandons Lydia which leaves big-brother Robert the role of sweeping in to fix the problem which is his normal relationship-pattern with his little brother who is irresponsible & a complete rake.
I was angry with the way Robert treated Lydia. For 5 years, he made her stay in a country estate as a bird in a gilded cage, away from society. After his vows and before he sent her off into her exile, he said some very harsh words. During this time, Lydia grows up and develops a strong character. She encounters Robert for the first time since their wedding, at her sister-in law's ball. At first sight Robert becomes enamored with Lydia, but he didn't know she was his wife until it was pointed out to him by a friend. He did not recognize her as she grew up and was now a stunning, beautiful woman he was drawn to. Well, needless to say, Robert seeks her out and the two fall in love.
Robert is a harsh man and he says very harsh things to Lydia that made me cringe. Robert has quite a temper. He's one of those men who are rough around the edges & is definitely an alpha male.
THANKFULLY, Robert does transform and becomes a wonderful, loving husband who gets to know Lydia and realizes how wrong he was in judging her. He becomes her fiercest defender, both of her honor and of her person, when she is in real danger.
There are yet some very emotional twists in this story that emerge and kind of take the air out of you. But, overall, it's a triumphant read.
I was very upset with Robert's brother, Lucas. He was such a jerk to Lydia....and unrepentant jerk. But, at the very end he did transform as a character as well, which I was grateful for. I was so elated that he sacrificed his reputation in the grand scheme that he, Caroline (who is Robert & Lucas's sister), Clayworth (family friend), and Chet (family Friend) as well as Chet's mother engaged in to save Lydia from a new scandal brought about by Robert's vindictive ex-mistress.
This will be one of my favorite books to go back and read over because I love a story with such a huge transformation as the hero, Robert, encountered. You will hardly recognize him from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Oh, he's still tough & quite the fierce protector, but his energy & love is directed toward his wife. This is a story with a very redemptive ending.
WOW! I hesitated to listen to this book because I just don't care for male narrators for Regency novels. However, Stevie is a female! And, she is quite talented in her ability to create male and female voices and characters. SHe was just superb! Loved her narration!
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Theres nothing worse than a bad narrator to ruin a good story. the narrator had no emotion at all. the story could have been good but i just couldnt stand the narrator.
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The narration was incredibly bad, which unfortunately emphasized all the myriad weakness of the story.
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Re: Raonic Rampant against Scottish Lion
« on: May 03, 2012, 07:39 AM »
Quote from: Caz on May 03, 2012, 07:03 AM
OK guys.......Nobody is suggesting that Andy should come into the net 'all the time'.....just more often.......like he used to do and also like his opponents often do.......usually winning the point in the process! Too often these days, it seems like he's quite content to slog it out from the baseline and wait for the other guy to 'gift' him the point, instead of going in and taking it! He seems to be able to do this when he's getting desperate though.......as in the second set against Raonic! If he had done that from the start, I doubt he'd have lost the match!
I agree Caz.
There's lots of rallies that go on for longer than they need to because Andy's so reluctant to come in and volley. But when he does he usually wins the point as he's very talented at the net.
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« on: May 03, 2012, 07:55 AM »
I agree that Andy should come into the net more often as he has such great hands (look at the match against Llodra). It was a joy to watch. Raonic is still inconstistent and can not carry off the serve every match just like Isner. Tsonga has just lost to Tommy Haas and only sereved 2 aces. I haven't seen aany nasty remarks about him. Andy will get better on clay as tiome goes on.
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« on: May 03, 2012, 01:29 PM »
Last year, when Tsonga was playing well, people,
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, were using phrases like "player to beat" "slam winner" "Fed and Tsonga top 2"
I would say last year, out of the top 10, only Nole and Rafa were consistent day in day out, and even those two faded after USOpen.
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« on: May 03, 2012, 03:30 PM »
I would say that Andy was consistent in the fact that he has made it to 5 consecutive semi-final GS. He does seem to do better at the end of the season barring injury. The phrases 'player to beat' etc have been said so often about players who do not live up to it. The commentators say this far too quickly when a player has a win over a top player. Cilic was supposed to be a potential GS winner and what has happened to him.
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« on: May 03, 2012, 07:15 PM »
On clay it is easier to set up the point and come in. There is more time as the court is slower, he should do this obviously not to confident to do it. He really should start adopting this tactic he would win so many points instead of hitting continually from the baseline.
Come on Andy, I want you win the fench salem
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« on: May 04, 2012, 11:48 AM »
Quote from: Caz on May 01, 2012, 07:14 AM
Well, I've read all the comments and now, here's my opinion for what it's worth! All of you who know me, will know that I've never played tennis in my life and know nothing about the technicalities of the game! All I can tell you is that Andy Murray made me fall in love with the game......his game in particular, with his lobs and dropshots and those wonderful passes down the line! God he was 'famous' for those lobs! When I see him these days, he doesn't look like he's playing his 'natural' game........A lot of the time, he doesn't even look comfortable on court! Apart from the consistancy of his serve, I've never thought his 'game' needed fixing......only his 'mental attitude' to his game, which is what I'd hoped Mr. Lendl would help him with! And what's all this about needing a set to warm up? Where would Linford Christie have been if he'd used the start of 'his game to warm up?......Last....that's where! I notice Andy is capable of coming out 'all guns blazing' when he's up against one of the top three! If he can do that, he can do it every time! That's all part of the 'mental attitude' as well! Mr. Lendl.......if you're reading this, please help sort Andy's 'head' out and leave his 'game' alone! I'm expecting to get shot down in flames by all you who understand a lot more about the game than I do, and that's ok......I won't argue with you, but that's my opinion and nobody will change it!
I agree with the head thing, if he comes on the court like he's carrying a big rock on his back, he can't be enjoying his day at work. Get back to "playing" the game and enjoy your work Man! It's as much a head game as it is tennis skill. He's got the tennis skills, but his head at times is where the sun never shines! Ivan the terrible needs to pass the cold nerves of steel impression he gave on to Andy and let him play his game...tuned up a bit of course!
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Re: Raonic Rampant against Scottish Lion
« on: July 16, 2012, 03:54 PM »
Hi All,
I know I'm dipping in to this topic really late, as a newcomer (although I feel like I've been here ages, because you've all made me welcome and I feel so comfortable to express views openly) but the one thing no one has mentioned in terms of Barcelona, or indeed any of Andy's clay performances this year, was his back.
I don't like to harp on about it, and I wouldn't want anyone to think I'm making excuses for Andy, but I do think his back issue is relevant. Clay is arguably the toughest surface to play on because matches can be such a grind. On the grass and the hard courts points tend to be quick, matches likewise (generally) and those surfaces are easier on the body than the clay.
I do think Andy's movement isn't quite as good on the clay as on the grass and hard courts even when he is fit, but with an injury as well, in retrospect I don't think the clay was ever going to be easy this year. I suppose it could be argued as a setback, based on how good last year was, but still.
What I do think is that Andy's performances on the clay have been pretty consist, even if they haven't reached the heights of last year, with a few quarter final places, including Roland Garros.
I do think in general this year Andy has had the odd quirky early round loss, but I can honestly say I'm not worried about that, although I realise I'm saying this off the back of a great Wimbledon run. I'm sure the back has been relevant, and perhaps in the early part of the year it did take a while for Lendl's input to have a real effect as well, but what I do think is that there has been a bit of a shift in Andy's focus since Lendl came on the scene. It seems to me that Andy is now going all out in the majors, making them what his year is about. There was a great run in AO, where he took Djokovic close in the semi's (at five all in the fifth I screamed so loud I wet myself!!), a run to the quarter finals at the FO, which is arguably not Andy's best surface anyway, and he has never beaten Ferrer on the clay either, and now a wonderful performance at Wimbledon. It makes me excited for the US.
In term of the loss to Raonic, I just think it was one of those things to be honest. It was the first time they've met, and Raonic, if I recall, was having a good run that week. My question is whether or not Raonic will cut it in the majors, i.e getting towards the business end, and I must say I've yet to be convinced. He just seems to run a bit hot and cold to me, a bit like Dologopolov, who can be brilliant, but can also be quite dire. I would also question Raonic's fitness. He just looks a bit lumbering to me, a bit too 'well built.'
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The Association for the Advancement of Dutch-American Studies (AADAS) held its Sixteenth Biennial Conference at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in picturesque southwest Michigan on June 7-9, 2007 (Thursday-Saturday).
The conference featured the ethnic literature and art of Dutch Calvinists in North America, a strong and distinctive subculture since the 1840s. The featured speaker after the Friday evening dinner was Chris Stoffel Overvoorde, Professor of Art Emeritus at Calvin College and a master historical and landscape painter. He described his research methods and blending of images and themes in the creation of renowned historical paintings—the 1976 (Dutch) American Bicentennial series, the LaGrave Christian Reformed Church Centennial in 1997, the Calvin College dormitory paintings of 1989, and the 150 th Anniversary of the Christian Reformed Church of 2007.
The Seventeenth Biennial AADAS Conference will be held at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Canada, in June 2009. More information will be forthcoming.
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Mason Plumlee added 19 points and Seth Curry had 13 for the Blue Devils (17-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).
They had just four turnovers while shooting 52 percent against a Maryland defense that hadn't allowed any team to shoot better than 44 percent.
Plumlee finished 9 of 12 while Sulaimon was 9 of 13 with six 3-pointers -- twice as many as his previous high, and four in a 3-minute span of the first half.
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33 U.S. Code § 1412a - Emergency dumping of industrial waste
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(a) Issuance of emergency permits
Notwithstanding section 104B of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 [33 U.S.C. 1414b], after December 31, 1981, the Administrator may issue emergency permits under title I of such Act [33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.] for the dumping of industrial waste into ocean waters, or into waters described in such section 101 (b) [33 U.S.C. 1411 (b)], if the Administrator determines that there has been demonstrated to exist an emergency, requiring the dumping of such waste, which poses an unacceptable risk relating to human health and admits of no other feasible solution. As used herein, "emergency" refers to situations requiring action with a marked degree of urgency.
Source(Pub. L. 95–153, § 4,Nov. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 1255; Pub. L. 96–572, § 2,Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3344; Pub. L. 100–688, title I, § 1003(a),Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4149.)
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The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 92–532, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1052, as amended. Title I of the Act is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1401 of this title and Tables.
Such section 101 (b), referred to in subsec. (b), means section 101(b) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.
Section was not enacted as part of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–688, § 1003(a)(1), (3)–(5), redesignated subsec. (c) as (a), substituted "Notwithstanding section 104B of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 after" for "After", and "title I of such Act" for "such title I". Former subsec. (a), which related to cessation of dumping, with exceptions, was struck out.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–688, § 1003(a)(2), (7), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b), which related to issuance of permits for dumping of industrial waste, was struck out.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–688, § 1003(a)(3), redesignatedsubsec. (c) as (a).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–688, § 1003(a)(6), struck out subsec. (d) which related to definitions.
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–572, § 2(1), inserted applicability to industrial waste, exceptions respecting subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section, and conforming changes in phraseology.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–572, § 2(2), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b), defining "sewage sludge", was struck out.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 96–572, § 2(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d).
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Today is the last day of the Bake Sale over at Country Cleaver. Please go check out all the goodies for sale. My Peanut Butter Bars are there! I know you want me to send them to you
The week of Halloween is here! These are a fun quick treat for the kids, or the adults (my husband may have eaten his fair share). If you are helping out with a Halloween party at school, these would be something really easy the kids could do. I used an edible marker to make the eyes, but you could use one of those tubes of decorative icing, or even just melted chocolate.
I was running low on the chocolate, so I did a few "mummies" as well. I had a few googly candy eyes by Wilton left, so this was a fun way to use them up. When browsing for idea on Pinterest, I had seen ghost and mummie pretzels done using pretzel rods. I thought these looked more "realistic", but use what you have or what you like!


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TRUE NORTH The definitive North Pole, the point at which the globe rotates. True north is a navigational term referring to the direction of the North Pole relative to the navigator's position. Its concept was first discovered and noted by the Chinese polymath Shen Kuo in the 11th century.
Grid North Grid north is a navigational term referring to the direction northwards along the grid lines of a map projection. It is contrasted with true north (the direction of the North Pole) and magnetic north (the direction of the Magnetic North Pole). Many topographic maps, including those of the United States Geological Survey and the Ordnance Survey, indicate the difference between grid north, true north, and magnetic north.
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Ecopetrol S.A ( EC) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.1%. By the end of trading, Ecopetrol S.A rose $1.19 (2%) to $59.24 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of Ecopetrol S.A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 673,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $57.68-$59.72 after having opened the day at $58.20 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $58.05. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were: Tri-Valley Corporation ( TIV), up 9.3%, Lucas Energy ( LEI), up 8.2%, Sonde Resources ( SOQ), up 6.9%, and Goodrich Petroleum ( GDP), up 4.5%. Ecopetrol S.A. operates as an integrated oil company in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas. Ecopetrol S.A has a market cap of $120.6 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.7, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 11.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 30.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Ecopetrol S.A a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Ecopetrol S.A as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.
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Maybe im a little disappointed because i dont see any other guilds trying improve the game helping new players to learn the game essence and showing the way for those "kids".
We can't simply blame alteil if we dont have too much player rotativity, because IMO guilds was made to help players and be a well structured base for any kind of player who wants to join.
If guilds dont offer nothing for players, why should they join so? Maybe this is the point...
What im trying do with GA is give this support for all kind of players, making they understand the importancy of a guild inside an online game.
It's a place when you can find friends, and at same time opponents to test your skills.
It's a place that provides you enough support to you grow up decently your gameplay.
It's a place that you can test, discuss, compete, laugh, and feel almost all kind of emotions that a online game can offer, so the difference is: you dont feel it alone, you have friends to share.
So if players aren't looking for this when start play an online game, i respect. But please, dont despize this word as it was a futile thing that serves no purpose.
PS: Congratz Gon for the guild. I really feel happy for another big player think more about this word and try use it the best possible way.


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Mariamu Tunguja ,42 , (not her real name), is a peasant farmer at Kadando village, Mpirani ward in Same District. She is married to Togolai Sheshe.
Every morning, the couple set out for shamba where they tend to a one hectare rice farm.
They leave their two- roomed mud house at 6.30 every morning and walk to the farm which is a kilometre away.
On her left shoulder, Mariamu carries two hoes and a small basket containing food-normally the previous night's left over food, in her right hand.
Mariamu and her husband work in their farm up to two O'clock when they break for lunch. They take their lunch under a mango tree before starting their journey back home.
Togolai or Togo as he is commonly known in the village, picks up his panga and slowly starts the journey; but not in the company of his wife.
Mariamu almost always remains behind to collect firewood which she ties with parts of dry banana leaves which serve as ropes.
Along with the load of firewood, Mariamu also carries the two hoes whereby she in total carries a load weighing about 20 kgs.
When she reaches home around four, Mariamu finds her husband long gone-as usual, for a drinking spree at a local bar-specialising in fermented coconut juice commonly known as "mnazi"
The place is mostly attended by people residing in the village and its peripherals, mostly retrenched employees formerly working in towns.
At this meeting place, boozers use vernacular language in their normal conversations. But later, some of them change the medium of communication and switch to English.
This is when those who went to school show off.
"For your information, the man you are talking about was my classmate. If I ring him now and tell him to send me one laki (100,000/-), tomorrow the money would be here, one of them would boastfully retort to the others.
Back home, around 11pm, Togolai would find the door already opened for him. Togolai does not need to knock on the door for his wife to open, considering that all the way from the pub, he had been singing in a high tone.
Mariamu, who had been dozing off since they had super with the family at 8pm, would go straight to the kitchen to light the fire and start cooking ugali (stiff porridge) for the head of the house.
She would then heat up the vegetable dish and serve the food to the waiting husband who always boasts to his drinking colleagues that he never eats food that has not come straight from the cooker.
Mariamu is used to offering her husband this kind of service. A couple of years ago, she served food which had been cooked for the entire family but on coming back home , the husband demanded that she cooked him fresh food.
When Mariamu resisted, he severely beat her. Since then, she has been complying with his demands – no matter how difficult they would seem, without hesitation.
Indicators show that women in the country ,and indeed in most developing countries, bear the brunt of hardships, particularly for those living in poor communities.
Despite efforts to modernize discriminatory laws mainly undertaken by human rights organizations, various policies in place are mostly frustrated by deep-rooted cultural barriers that often run in tandem with poverty.
The fact that women are agents of poverty reduction programmes in as far as food security is concerned, not with standing, they are the last to benefit from most government initiatives aimed at poverty reduction.
"The solution to certain mannerisms such as wife beating, disrespect between couples, should be combated through both men and women wearing gender glasses," said Evelyne Mwaimu, Coordinator of Tanga based Women and Children Legal Aid Trust (WOLEA).
"Women should know their constitutional rights' she says. Couples should be sensitized sufficiently enough, with women resisting subordination until such time men change their mind set. They should realize that humiliation is unfair, "asserts the human rights boss.
Evelyne says male chauvinism has been a vice perpetuated by centuries of traditional ways of life.
She says, "There are instances whereby a husband may in front of people, call his spouse a dog, or an empty shell and the woman would never respond though she may feel humiliated"
A housewife said recently, in some households, a wife would never dare go to bed before her husband arrived from an errand-even after midnight.
"Some traditions dictate that a woman remains alert until such time her man arrives, the aim being to ensure that her husband has eaten," according to Mwajuma Haji, a resident of Duga Mwembeni in the City.
"Some men would demand that whenever a man knocks on the door, the woman should quickly attend to him," says Mwajuma.
Mwajuma says in most cases women abide by orders from their husbands, humiliating as they may be, in fear of being divorced.
"As long as men in some societies have the mandate to issue divorce notices, even on flimsy offences or misbehaviours, how do you expect such women to endanger their marriages by questioning their partners' instructions? queries Joyce Mushi, a business woman.
Aisha Twalib, another city resident says; "we tolerate beatings from our husbands but when it becomes too severe, we complain to either the parents of the husband or ours".
"Gender violence, including battering, un official divorces, disrespect and humiliation of couples may take time to eliminate. But men should be the first to change mind set", concluded Evelyne.


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A picture is worth a 1000 words ... and a video a 1000 pictures :p ... update 2 Added a link to a couple of turntables of the same character.
This is just a short blog that includes a finished rendering of the bike featured before (1920 x 1200). I'm also posting some stills that show different angles and close-ups showing more of the bike.
Hello everyone, so here's my first posting. The following movies are based on concept design content I design and build on my own time. The series consists of 8 postings of which this is the first one. I will post more of the series in the next few days.
This second post continues with some basic blocking and base modeling using a few deformers to prep it for texture paint in Mudbox.
The third session shows how you can go from Maya to Mudbox for texture paint and back to Maya. I'm including a 1 minute overview of the Mudbox UI as it relates to painting. I'm also exposing all the other parts to the bike so we can prep shaders and textures for it.
Modeling with smooth mesh preview and basic look for the majority of the parts of the bike.
Covering the first shading trick and specific shading attributes to get certain surfacing effects. This movie also includes setting up an IBL in Maya for illumination as well as the first test render.
Another little rendering trick to accomplish a rendering effect that resembles filleting.
The following technique illustrates how to create a realistic bike tire by breaking down the separate elements that bring in the realism.
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43 U.S. Code § 1461 - Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying
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Nothing in sections 1460 to 1463 of this title shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Source(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2,37 Stat. 498.)
Section was formerly classified to section 489 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1,Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
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May 6, 2016
Larry Farmer, who was shot by his girlfriend Stephanie Arles on Saturday, has died from his injuries.
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http://mmajunkie.com WEC featherweight Bryan Caraway (14-4 MMA, 0-1 WEC) recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he hoped to return to action as soon as May.
Now it seems he's coming back even sooner.
Caraway meets Brazilian submission ace Fredson Paixao (8-3 MMA, 0-1 WEC) on the preliminary card of "WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz" on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio.
News of the latest addition to the card was first reported by MMAWeekly.com, and MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed the matchup with sources close to the event.
Caraway looks to earn his first victory in the WEC after dropping his debut to Mark Hominick at WEC 46 earlier this month. A grappling expert with 12 submission wins in 14 career victories, Caraway had previous appearances under the Strikeforce and EliteXC banners.
Meanwhile, Paixao also looks to earn his first WEC win.
After dropping a unanimous decision to Wagnney Fabiano in April 2009, Paixao was also defeated via split decision by Cole Privince in August 2009. The result of that WEC 42 contest was overturned to a "no decision" when Province failed a post-fight drug screen.
Caraway and Paixao will certainly feel the pressure to perform as back-to-back losses can often lead to dismissal in Zuffa-owned organizations.
With the latest addition to the card, the nearly complete WEC 47 event now includes:
- Champ Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz (for bantamweight title)
- Joseph Benavidez vs. Miguel Torres
- L.C. Davis vs. Deividas Taurosevicius
- Karen Darabedyan vs. Bart Palaszewski
- Jens Pulver vs. Javier Vazquez
- Chad George vs. Scott Jorgensen
- Erik Koch vs. Chad Mendes
- Bendy Casimir vs. Ricardo Lamas
- Leonard Garcia vs. Diego Nunes*
- Bryan Caraway vs. Fredson Paixao*
* – Not officially announced
For the latest on WEC 47, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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I want to point out that in my other thread that was against stallers, there were many people complaining about unfair matchups and about unfair or broken cards.
This duel was about return vs return. I think that was ABSOLUTELY FAIR! So bottom line is my opponent was a sore looser, his returns lost to my returns.
GG, quit stalling!


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Bronchial anatomy detail of alveoli and lung circulation. Source: Patrick J.Lynch
Respiration is the gas exchange effected by living organisms for the purpose of sustaining vital metabolic processes. In the case of most animals, oxygen is taken into the organism, and carbon dioxide is expelled. In the case of plants, the inverse process occurs of consuming carbon dioxide and expelling oxygen as a waste gas.
Respiration may also be viewed at a cellular level, examining gas exchange at the cell wall; for very simple organisms, such as unicellular lifeforms, the process of gas exchange with the environment is simplified, so that cellular wall gas exchange is the totality of respiration for such an organism.
In the case of some bacteria and archaea, respiration sometimes occurs without any oxygen, and alternative molecular gases such as hydrogen sulfide or methane may participate in respiration and subsequent cellular metabolic reactions. Often such organisms are classified as extremophiles, or lifeforms which can survive in abiotic environments with unusual characteristics (e.g. low oxygen environments) .
Physiologic respiration in higher animals
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Most higher animals have complex physiologic respiratory systems for delivering atmospheric oxygen to the various body tissues. Although fish, and other organisms who spend most of their time submerged, have specialized organs for extracting dissolved oxygen from water, most terrestrial higher animals simply extract air from the atmosphere by some type of muscular diaphragm action bringing air from an exterior aperture (typically mouth or nose) into a structure such as the trachea and subsequently into bronchial apparatus. In the smallest cavities of the lungs, alveoli then exchange waste carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen, with the oxygen then entering the bloodstream aboard haemoglobin.
Dependent respiration is physiological level breathing which varies with the partial pressure of oxygen in ambient air. When the partial pressure of oxygen is low, respiration rate manifests correspondingly slow. With higher oxygen partial pressure, the respiration rate increases. Independent respiration is the opposite breathing phenomenon, where respiration rate does not vary with the partial oxygen pressure.
Cellular respiration in animals
Cell diagram showing cell wall, across which cellular respiration occurs. Source: U.S. NIH
Biochemical respiration takes place at the cellular level for all animal life, from the smallest zooplankter to mammoth creatures such as the Blue whale. In all these cases oxygen is transported across the cell wall in order to participate in a metabolic process by which an organism obtains energy by reacting oxygen with glucose to give water, carbon dioxide and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The only real difference is that higher animals have delivered oxygen through a complex pathway (e.g. mouth-trachea-lung-alveoli-pulmonary capillaries-vascular system), while simpler organisms have their cell walls exposed to atmospheric or aqueous oxygen; for such lower animals, the simple process of gas diffusion across the cell wall is the entirety of respiration.
Plant respiration
The most important respiration of plants takes place at leaf surfaces through stomatal openings, although some species have stomates on other tissue such as stems. Molecular carbon dioxide enters the stomatal openings which are controlled by guard cells that regulate the optimum time for such opening; correspondingly molecular oxygen gas exits the stomates as a plant waste. There are three different metabolic processes, one of which is typically adopted by a given plant species:
- C3 carbon fixation
- C4 carbon fixation
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
Stomatal cells for plant respiration, Arabidopsis thaliana leaf. Source: Fred Sack
Each of these processes involves gas exchange in stomates, but is differentiated from the others in the time of day or meteorological conditions under which stomatal opening is maximized, and is also distinguished in the metabolic reactions subsequent to gas exchange.
Plant species that utilize only C3 fixation prefer meteorological conditions in which there is moderate sunlight intensity and intermediate ambient temperature; C3 plants thrive where carbon dioxide concentrations are at least 200 parts per million, and where root zone water is abundant. The C3 plants, originating during Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras, predate the C4 carbon fixation species, and comprise about 95 percent of Earth's plant biomass. C3 plants lose 97% of the water taken up through their roots to transpiration.
CAM is a carbon fixation which certain plant species have developed as an adaptation to very dry atmospheric conditions. Stomates stay shut in daytime to minimize water loss, but open at night to let carbon dioxide into the plant. The carbon dioxide is then stored as the four-carbon acid malate, and then utilized in photosynthesis when sunlight re-appears. Carbon dioxide collected by night is concentrated around the enzyme RuBisCo, enhancing photosynthetic efficiency.
Respiratory diseases
A number of respiratory diseases can afflict animals and plants. In the case of animals, the most common respiratory serious problems are asthma, pneumonia, lung cancer and emphysema; while asthma can be a congenital condition, virtually all respiratory illnesses can be generated or exacerbated by air pollution. Pneumonia is an inflammatory infection most often caused by bacteria, virus, fungus or parasite, that can be treated, but is also aggravated by air pollution. The most common air pollutants are from man-made sources and include sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, black carbon (a form of particulate matter), oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Respiratory diseases are often progressive and lead to diminished fitness and ultimately are the cause of death for many faunal organisms. Disease syndromes may also occur at the cellular level, but these are normally classified as metabolic malfunctions.
In the case of plants, air pollutants can also cause damage to stomatal structures, reducing photosynthetic efficiency. In addition, some air pollutants can trigger stomatal closing at times that are important for photosynthesis, thus impairing the plant metabolic functions.
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I used to think, as I suspect most people do, that a chain saw posed a greater threat to eyesight than a contact lens does.
Recent events have forced me to reconsider the comparative danger of the two items.
The thing is, it's easier nowadays to procure a chain saw — or for that matter pretty much any powered implement with sharp metal pieces that spin really fast — than it is to replace the contact lens you washed down the drain.
Or snapped in half, as I did last Saturday.
I was cleaning the lens, too, which amplified my frustration.
Few things annoy me as completely as preventive maintenance that backfires.
It's like changing the oil in your car and then blowing a piston because you forget to tighten the drain plug.
I knew, even before my mishap Saturday, that contact lenses were, as the Food and Drug Administration puts it, "medical devices."
Contacts, after all, are prescribed by a doctor, just like antibiotics and morphine-based painkillers.
What I didn't know — and couldn't, in fact, have even imagined — was how interested the government actually is in what I put in my eyes.
Far more interested, certainly, than in which power tools I own.
This discrepancy shouldn't shock me, I suppose. It does after all involve the government, which often lets its insatiable curiosity get the better of it. I guess I'm not as cynical as I thought I was. Or maybe I'm just more naive than I believed.
In any case it turns out that if more than a year has elapsed since you had your eyes checked, your contact lens prescription is as worthless as Weimar Republic currency.
My eyes, unfortunately, are more than three years in arrears, although so far as I can tell this does not render me, or my eyes, subject to prosecution.
I hope not, anyway.
Which is not to say that my optometric obstinacy is without penalty.
Lacking a valid prescription, I can't buy a new lens — not even the disposable ones that spared me the ignominy of extended spectacles-wearing after previous lens-wrecking episodes. And anybody who sold me a lens — or, I suspect, who even let me have a look at my outdated prescription — could get into trouble with the FDA or some other initial-ridden federal agency.
To be honest, I felt a bit troubled when I grasped the scope of my predicament.
There I stood at my bathroom sink, in this country that is the bastion of freedom in the world, yet I was powerless, due to a edict from my government, to correct a minor problem caused solely by my clumsy fingers.
I'd have been better off had I busted the faucet instead of the contact lens. You don't need a prescription to buy bathroom fixtures.
I suppose I ought to be grateful that my government wants to make sure an optometrist gives my pupils a good going over at least once a year.
I'm counting on this pair to last me for at least another half century, after all.
Also, I've proved, by procrastinating in making an appointment, that I'm not to be trusted to look out for myself.
Still, it seems to me that the government, in its zeal to protect my corneas, has gouged its way a little farther into my affairs, and my retinas, than is warranted.
I feel a twinge of discomfort about the business, anyway — and it's not only because one of the nose pieces on my eyeglasses fits too tightly.
All I wanted to do was buy a duplicate of the lens which a doctor prescribed and a trained expert fashioned — the clone of the plastic disc that I've been gently placing on my right eye every morning for the past three years.
Probably that eye isn't quite what it was back then. But if the lens I cracked had become so ill-suited to its task that medical intervention was called for, and federal laws needed, I'm sure I'd have had at least an inkling that something was amiss.
I've maintained a perfect record, at any rate, of steering my car into the driveway rather than the adjacent irrigation ditch.
Perhaps I should feel fortunate that the government hasn't dispatched an agent to confiscate my other lens, which is intact but undoubtedly dangerously obsolete.
My initial anger about this situation has largely subsided.
Within a couple weeks, I'm sure, I'll own a sparkling new pair of lenses and the Elkhorns will seem more vivid on the next bright winter day. I'll bask, too, in the knowledge that my windows to the world are in order.
And yet, although my outlook will in one way have been clarified, it will in another way have been muddied — slightly, perhaps, but I fear also irretrievably.
I can't easily dismiss that comparison between the contact lens and the chain saw, is the thing.
It seems queer to me that the government — which concluded it needed to pass a law to prevent me from acquiring a contact lens that might be a handful of microns off its ideal dimensions — cares not a whit if I buy a Stihl with a 24-inch bar and then go out and sever my leg with it.
I value my femoral artery as much as the next man.
But I'm partial too to the notion that I can saw up a cord of tamarack in my back yard without asking the government's blessing.
I don't have to put on goggles, either, although I recommend them highly.
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Joining the Stanford Cardinal on NC State's list of non-conference opponents slated to come to Raleigh as part of the PNC Arena season-ticket package are 2012 NCAA Tournament participants Norfolk State, St. Bonaventure and UNC-Asheville. The Pack's other non-conference opponents include Miami (Ohio), UNC-Greensboro and Western Michigan. Pack fans will also have the opportunity to purchase single game tickets when NC State faces Cleveland State at historic Reynolds Coliseum.
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Zucchini crop calls for creative solutions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's that time of year when sacks and baskets of zucchini appear in workplaces with the hopeful note "free to a good home" or by the armfuls from eager neighbors. Even gardeners who judiciously sowed just one plant can be overwhelmed with zucchini's prolific production.
A person can (and should) eat only so much zucchini bread, one of the more common uses of zucchini. It's usually made with alarmingly generous amounts of oil. Sauteed, grilled, stuffed, shredded, baked, roasted, fried or blanched, this versatile mild squash works well in both savory and sweet dishes.
According to livestrong.com, zucchini is high in fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium. Eat it with the skin on to maximize its nutritional value
Zucchini's not really a favorite at my house, but Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats contained enough diversions in the form of sausage and cheese, to make the dinner cut earlier this week. Served over rice, the zucchini boats made a savory summery meal alongside a cool salad of greens and fresh peaches.
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Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Serves 6
3 medium (8-inch) zucchini, ends trimmed, then cut in half lengthwise
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
3 medium garlic cloves, minced
3/4 pound lean turkey sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup tomato-basil marinara sauce
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
Salt and pepper
HEAT oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13- by 9-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
SCRAPE out the insides of each zucchini half, leaving at least a half-inch of flesh. Don't scrape the zucchini all the way to the skin. Chop the flesh removed from the zucchini
COOK and crumble sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain any fat. Add olive oil and saute zucchini pulp, onion, green peppers and garlic until the onions are softened. Mix in oregano and crushed red pepper flakes. Transfer the meat mixture to a medium bowl.
MIX the cheeses together in a small bowl. Remove two tablespoons of the cheese and set aside. Add the rest of the cheese to the meat mixture, along with the marinara sauce and basil. Add salt and pepper, as desired.
DIVIDE meat mixture between the hollowed out zucchinis, filling and mounding into each one. Set the stuffed zucchini into the prepared pan and sprinkle the reserved cheese on top.
BAKE 30 minutes, or until tender.
Nutritional information per 1 zucchini boat: Calories 241, Fat 13.5g, Saturated Fat 4.8g, Sugar 3.9g, Fiber 3.9g, Protein 19.2g, Cholesterol 51.6mg, Carbohydrates12.2.
Source: based on a recipe from skinnytaste.com
Crispy Zucchini with Parmesan
1 medium green zucchini
1 medium yellow squash
2 1/2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon finely ground whole-wheat breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
HEAT oven to 425 degrees.
TRIM the ends off the zucchini and squash.
CUT the zucchini in half crosswise and then cut each half lengthwise into 4 quarters. Do the same with the squash to make 16 evenly sized zucchini and squash sticks.
PLACE zucchini and squash on a small baking tray lined with parchment paper. Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
MIX together the cheese, breadcrumbs and thyme in a small bowl. Sprinkle a generous amount of the cheese topping over the cut surface of the vegetable pieces.
BAKE until squash is almost tender and topping is golden brown, about 15 minutes.
REMOVE from oven and allow to cool a little before eating.
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Cheesy Zucchini Casserole
Serves 6 to 8
6 large eggs
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce or other hot chili sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 cups grated zucchini (about 2-3 fresh zucchinis)
1 1/2 cups chopped plum tomatoes (about 4-5 fresh tomatoes)
1/2 cup fresh basil, cut in strips
4 cups cubed day-old bread
Olive oil
HEAT oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat the eggs. Add the ricotta and beat until smooth. Mix in the grated Parmesan cheese, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
AFTER the vegetables are prepared, squeeze excess moisture out of the tomatoes, by pressing them in a sieve, or wrapping in paper towels and squeezing. Add the tomatoes, basil and zucchini to the egg mixture.
MOISTEN bread cubes with a little water then squeeze out any excess moisture using paper towels. Mix the bread cubes into the egg mixture.
COAT the bottom and sides of a 9- by 13-inch baking dish generously with olive oil. Pour the egg vegetable mixture into the baking pan and even it out in the pan. Place in the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. The casserole should puff up and brown lightly. If it hasn't after 30 minutes at 350 degrees, increase the heat to 425 degrees and cook for 5-10 minutes further.
REMOVE from oven and let cool on a rack for 10 minutes before cutting into squares to serve.
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Zucchini and Corn Fritters
4 cups shredded zucchini
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2 ears corn
1 small onion, diced small
3 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
1/4 cup cilantro, minced
3/4 cup flour
A few good grinds of black pepper
Canola, grape seed or other neutral oil, for pan-frying
Sour cream or Greek yogurt, for serving
SHRED zucchini on the large holes of a box grater or with the shredding disc of a food processor. Place the shredded zucchini in a colander in the sink or over a bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Toss to combine. Let drain while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
CRACK the eggs into a large bowl and scramble lightly. Cut the kernels from the corn cobs and add the kernels to the bowl along with the diced onion, sliced scallions, chopped cilantro, flour and pepper.
PICK up the shredded zucchini in small handfuls and squeeze out and discard as much liquid as possible. Add the zucchini to the bowl. Mix well to combine.
POUR oil into a large frying pan to a depth of about 1/4-inch. Heat the oil over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Drop large, heaping spoonfuls of the zucchini mixture into the pan to form disc-shaped fritters. Cook in batches without crowding, until golden brown on the underside, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown on the second side.
REMOVE to paper towels to drain. Add a bit more oil between batches if necessary.
SERVE with a dollop of sour cream or Greek yogurt.
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Zucchini Ribbons with Goat Cheese, Lemon and Pine Nuts Recipe
Serves 2-3
2 zucchini, shaved into thin strips using a vegetable peeler, mandoline or cheese slicer
Olive oil
Juice of half a lemon, plus zest
2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
1/2 cup pine nuts
2 ounces plain goat cheese, crumbled
PREPARE a large bowl of ice water. Place zucchini strips into a pot of boiling water for about 30-45 seconds. Using a slotted spoon, remove the zucchini strips and place in the ice water to stop the
TOSS the zucchini with olive oil and lemon juice in a large mixing bowl. Season with salt and red pepper flakes. Add pine nuts, lemon zest and goat cheese. Toss mixture and serve.
Zucchini Enchiladas
1 cup of enchilada sauce
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 medium scallions, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 medium zucchinis, grated
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
1 1/2 cups grated Mexican blend cheese
4 large flour tortillas
HEAT oven to 400 degrees.
SPRAY a baking dish with nonstick spray. Add enchilada sauce to the bottom of the baking dish. In a medium nonstick skillet, sauté garlic and scallions in olive oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes; add zucchini, salt and pepper to taste and cook about 4 to 5 additional minutes. Remove from heat.
ADD one-fourth zucchini mixture and 1/4 cup cheese to each tortilla and roll up. Place stuffed tortillas in pan, seem side down. Top with remaining cheese.
ADD additional enchilada sauce on top, if desired.
BAKE for about 20 minutes until the cheese is melted. Sprinkle green onions and cilantro and serve.
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup apple sauce
1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 cups grated zucchini, seeded and partially peeled
HEAT oven to 350 degrees. Line the muffin tin with liners or spray with baking spray.
MIX together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, vanilla, apple sauce and oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
GENTLY fold in the grated zucchini until it's even distributed throughout the batter. Spoon batter into individual muffin wells to about 2/3 full.
BAKE for 30-33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out cleanly. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
12 ounces light cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
COMBINE all ingredients in a stand mixer's bowl and beat on low speed until all the sugar has been incorporated. Or use a hand mixer. Increase speed to medium-high and beat frosting until it has a light consistency.
SPREAD on cupcakes.


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The Cosmic Calendar
Erika Grundstrom, Vanderbilt University
In this activity, one takes ALL of time, from the beginning of time (i.e., the Big Bang) all the way up to today, but one compresses it into one year. One can do this for all levels of students depending on how ...
Crater Counting Lab exercise
Kevin Mullins, Coconino County Community College
This lab is designed to teach students how we can estimate the age of other planetary surfaces by counting and size-binning impact craters. It also illustrates some examples of how erosional or deopositional ...