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Never hold an overpriced stock for the dividend. was contemplating selling yesterday at 37. still would have made out better then waiting for the divi. crap.
No prob. Thanx for the clarification.
I forgot to even account for online sales and new stores and still came up with .64, so I would be inclined to think that they could easily beat .70 including those revenues. My bad.
Estimate is for .70. Are you saying you think they're going to miss?
I sold when it was at 35.40 and repurchased 2 days later at 33.60 or $1.80 less than I sold at. By doing this I felt that I already got the dividend. I typically sell before special dividends.
Nice, that what's I was thinking yesterday. anyway, not sure why everyone thinks this teen retailer is any different from the others they sell the same type clothes as PSUN and PSUN used to be a lot higher too. now look at it. I wasn't impressed with their store contents when I went in the other day.
you have to relax. i can't count the number of times that i've tried timing the market and been burned. i've found that a much better strategy is to just accept that i'm going to miss the top and bottom. so, i'm going to get burned once on the sell because i won't get the absolute maximum price. however, i'm not going to make an early exit either because i will stay in until the trend reverses.
we're still in a bullish trend. just decide to sit tight and remember what buffet says "The stock market is simply the transfer of wealth from the impatient to the patient".
I'm not worried. This is a good opportunity to pick up more cheap shares. I repeat myself, this will be the only good opportunity for shorts to cover and you will see another price surge. I'm saying watch for the bottom of the dip and buy what you can afford.
Folks, can we wait a bit longer than 2 hours after the re-set before making a judgement here? The real question is what is going to trigger the squeeze and when will it happen? This stock isn't daytraded to any meaningful degree, and with 35% short float, I don't think there's any desire for new shorts to enter or current shorts to add to their positions. If we can hold mid-thirties through to earnings or an upgrade, then a short squeeze is a done deal.
Almost choked when I saw ANF get an upgrade yesterday. PSUN got one today...how 'about a little love for BKE?
by the way...this fits with wall street's model of buying who they think the winner is and shorting everyone else in the sector. too bad anf is NOT the winner anymore. (revenue growth and margins anyone??)
i can't fathom why the upgrade either. i can't remember who said it but on fastmoney i thought the analysis was dead on when the talking head said analysts still think anf is cool with the kids so that's why it continues to go up when in reality they are out of touch.
BKE is not overpriced. We'll work this short interest out before 3Q earnings and reach new levels.


text: Cal Athletics #BearsInChina - Final Game and Day in Shanghai Cal toured the Zhou Zhuang water village and played Shanghai Jiaotong University By Cal Athletics on Fri, August 23, 2013 Related Links Charmin Smith Post-game Game3-Final Stats Friday marked the final day in Shanghai and it began with a tour of the Zhou Zhuang water village, known as the "Venice of the East" due to the numerous waterways that occupy western Shanghai. The Bears walked through the village and took a guided boat tour through the town in the morning before heading to Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) to play the final game of the tour. The game at Shanghai Jiaotong University Sports Arena was lavishly done with a 40-minute ceremony preceding the contest that was played in front of nearly 4,000 SJTU students. The ceremony included speeches by the university vice president and California Athletics Director Sandy Barbour, a three-song concert by the university band, a martial arts choreographed show, aerobic gymnastics and dancing, but the loudest cheers in the arena came when national hero and NBA All-Star Yao Ming entered the building. Ming is a student at SJTU and took in the festivities and the game. After taking on two professional teams in Beijing, the Bears took on SJTU in front of an appreciative yet hostile crowd, not unlike what Cal will see a few times during the upcoming season. After winning the first quarter 15-12 thanks to six points from both Brittany Boyd and Reshanda Gray, Cal fell behind by one point at the half. The third quarter saw the Bears jump ahead by as many as 10 points, but a five-point and six-turnover fourth quarter allowed the home team take the 58-52 victory. With time running down to less than 90 seconds and Cal down by two, the Bears began fouling Shanghai - a team that struggled from the line throughout the game - but SJTU was able to sink all of their free throws down the stretch to hold on. "Playing in August is a bonus so it's great to have an opportunity to go out there and look at different matchups and different combinations that we can use," Associate Head Coach Charmin Smith said. "We're using it as a chance to assess what we'll have this season. Some people played a lot of minutes for us. Reshanda Gray was great getting rebounds and finishing. Brittany Boyd has been spectacular these three games, and then just seeing some other people who haven't had as many minutes in the past getting a chance to show what they can do was good for us." Cal has an early flight to Hong Kong Saturday and will sightsee for two days before returning to Berkeley on Monday morning. RECOMMENDED STORIES < Wendale Farrow Joins Cal Womens Basketball Staff Bear Trio on WNBA Opening Night Rosters Gottlieb Adds Australian Standout Anastasieska > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo CHECK IT OUT > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks

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Relatives of a woman attacked by a pack of wild dogs say doctors are giving Gladys Roberts a 50/50 chance of surviving.
The Jones County woman was attacked outside her home Saturday night.
We spoke with 85 year old Olethia Britt, the mother of 65 year old Gladys Roberts.
Britt says 65-year-old Roberts has already been given 18 pints of blood. Britt says that she is continuing to fight for her life, but is still losing a lot of blood. The woman's skin, from the top part of her forehead to the back of her head is gone. Both of her arms are injured as well.
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An elderly woman remains hospitalized in critical condition after authorities say she was attacked by dogs over the weekend.
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Early treatment for a heart attack can prevent or limit damage to the heart muscle. Acting fast, by calling 9–1–1 at the first symptoms of a heart attack, can save your life. Medical personnel can begin diagnosis and treatment even before you get to the hospital.
Immediate Treatment
Certain treatments usually are started right away if a heart attack is suspected, even before the diagnosis is confirmed. These include:
- Aspirin to prevent further blood clotting
- Nitroglycerin to reduce your heart's workload and improve blood flow through the coronary arteries
- Oxygen therapy
- Treatment for chest pain
Once the diagnosis of a heart attack is confirmed or strongly suspected, doctors start treatments promptly to try to restore blood flow through the blood vessels supplying the heart. The two main treatments are clot-busting medicines and percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as coronary angioplasty, a procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries.
Clot-Busting Medicines
Thrombolytic medicines, also called clot busters, are used to dissolve blood clots that are blocking the coronary arteries. To work best, these medicines must be given within several hours of the start of heart attack symptoms. Ideally, the medicine should be given as soon as possible.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a nonsurgical procedure that opens blocked or narrowed coronary arteries. A thin, flexible tube (catheter) with a balloon or other device on the end is threaded through a blood vessel, usually in the groin (upper thigh), to the narrowed or blocked coronary artery. Once in place, the balloon located at the tip of the catheter is inflated to compress the plaque and related clot against the wall of the artery. This restores blood flow through the artery. During the procedure, the doctor may put a small mesh tube called a stent in the artery. The stent helps to keep the blood vessel open to prevent blockages in the artery in the months or years after the procedure.
Other Treatments for Heart Attack
Other treatments for heart attack include:
Your doctor may prescribe one or more of the following medicines.
- ACE inhibitors. ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure and reduce strain on your heart. They also help slow down further weakening of the heart muscle.
- Anticlotting medicines. Anticlotting medicines stop platelets from clumping together and forming unwanted blood clots. Examples of anticlotting medicines include aspirin and clopidogrel.
- Anticoagulants. Anticoagulants, or blood thinners, prevent blood clots from forming in your arteries. These medicines also keep existing clots from getting larger.
- Beta blockers. Beta blockers decrease your heart's workload. These medicines also are used to relieve chest pain and discomfort and to help prevent another heart attack. Beta blockers also are used to treat arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats).
- Statin medicines. Statins control or lower your blood cholesterol. By lowering your blood cholesterol level, you can decrease your chance of having another heart attack or stroke.
You also may be given medicines to relieve pain and anxiety, and treat arrhythmias. Take all medicines regularly, as your doctor prescribes. Don't change the amount of your medicine or skip a dose unless your doctor tells you to.
Medical Procedures
Coronary artery bypass grafting also may be used to treat a heart attack. During coronary artery bypass grafting, a surgeon removes a healthy artery or vein from your body. The artery or vein is then connected, or grafted, to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery. The grafted artery or vein bypasses (that is, goes around) the blocked portion of the coronary artery. This provides a new route for blood to flow to the heart muscle.
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Changes
Treatment for a heart attack usually includes making heart-healthy lifestyle changes. Your doctor also may recommend:
- Heart-healthy eating
- Maintaining a healthy weight
- Managing stress
- Physical activity
- Quitting smoking
Taking these steps can lower your chances of having another heart attack.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Your doctor may recommend a heart-healthy eating plan, which should include:
- Fat-free or low-fat dairy products, such as skim milk
- Fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, and trout, about twice a week
- Fruits, such as apples, bananas, oranges, pears, and prunes
- Legumes, such as kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, and lima beans
- Vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, and carrots
- Whole grains, such as oatmeal, brown rice, and corn tortillas
When following a heart-healthy diet, you should avoid eating:
- A lot of red meat
- Palm and coconut oils
- Sugary foods and beverages
Two nutrients in your diet make blood cholesterol levels rise:
- Saturated fat—found mostly in foods that come from animals
- Trans fat (trans fatty acids)—found in foods made with hydrogenated oils and fats, such as stick margarine; baked goods, such as cookies, cakes, and pies; crackers; frostings; and coffee creamers. Some trans fats also occur naturally in animal fats and meats.
Saturated fat raises your blood cholesterol more than anything else in your diet. When you follow a heart-healthy eating plan, only 5 percent to 6 percent of your daily calories should come from saturated fat. Food labels list the amounts of saturated fat. To help you stay on track, here are some examples:
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1,500 calories a day
10 grams of saturated fat a day
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12 grams of saturated fat a day
2,000 calories a day
13 grams of saturated fat a day
2,500 calories a day
17 grams of saturated fat a day
Not all fats are bad. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats actually help lower blood cholesterol levels.
Some sources of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are:
- Avocados
- Corn, sunflower, and soybean oils
- Nuts and seeds, such as walnuts
- Olive, canola, peanut, safflower, and sesame oils
- Peanut butter
- Salmon and trout
- Tofu
You should try to limit the amount of sodium that you eat. This means choosing and preparing foods that are lower in salt and sodium. Try to use low-sodium and "no added salt" foods and seasonings at the table or while cooking. Food labels tell you what you need to know about choosing foods that are lower in sodium. Try to eat no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day. If you have high blood pressure, you may need to restrict your sodium intake even more.
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
Your doctor may recommend the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan if you have high blood pressure. The DASH eating plan focuses on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and low in fat, cholesterol, and sodium and salt.
The DASH eating plan is a good heart-healthy eating plan, even for those who don't have high blood pressure. Read more about DASH.
Try to limit alcohol intake. Too much alcohol can raise your blood pressure and triglyceride levels, a type of fat found in the blood. Alcohol also adds extra calories, which may cause weight gain.
Men should have no more than two drinks containing alcohol a day. Women should have no more than one drink containing alcohol a day. One drink is:
- 12 ounces of beer
- 5 ounces of wine
- 1½ ounces of liquor
Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can lower your risk for coronary heart disease and heart attack. Aim for a Healthy Weight by following a heart-healthy eating plan and keeping physically active.
Knowing your body mass index (BMI) helps you find out if you're a healthy weight in relation to your height and gives an estimate of your total body fat. To figure out your BMI, check out the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) online BMI calculator or talk to your doctor. A BMI:
- Below 18.5 is a sign that you are underweight.
- Between 18.5 and 24.9 is in the normal range.
- Between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.
- Of 30 or more is considered obese.
A general goal to aim for is a BMI of less than 25. Your doctor or health care provider can help you set an appropriate BMI goal.
Measuring waist circumference helps screen for possible health risks. If most of your fat is around your waist rather than at your hips, you're at a higher risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. This risk may be high with a waist size that is greater than 35 inches for women or greater than 40 inches for men. To learn how to measure your waist, visit Assessing Your Weight and Health Risk.
Managing Stress
Research shows that the most commonly reported "trigger" for a heart attack is an emotionally upsetting event—particularly one involving anger. Also, some of the ways people cope with stress—such as drinking, smoking, or overeating—aren't healthy.
Learning how to manage stress, relax, and cope with problems can improve your emotional and physical health. Consider healthy stress-reducing activities, such as:
- A stress management program
- Meditation
- Physical activity
- Relaxation therapy
- Talking things out with friends or family
Physical Activity
Routine physical activity can lower many risk factors for coronary heart disease, including LDL ("bad") cholesterol, high blood pressure, and excess weight. Physical activity also can lower your risk for diabetes and raise your HDL cholesterol level. HDL is the "good" cholesterol that helps prevent another heart attack.
Everyone should try to participate in moderate-intensity aerobic exercise at least 2 hours and 30 minutes per week, or vigorous aerobic exercise for 1 hour and 15 minutes per week. Aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, is any exercise in which your heart beats faster and you use more oxygen than usual. The more active you are, the more you will benefit. Participate in aerobic exercise for at least 10 minutes at a time spread throughout the week.
Read more about physical activity at:
- Physical Activity and Your Heart
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
Talk with your doctor before you start a new exercise plan. Ask your doctor how much and what kinds of physical activity are safe for you.
Quitting Smoking
If you smoke, quit. Smoking can raise your risk for coronary heart disease and heart attack and worsen other coronary heart disease risk factors. Talk with your doctor about programs and products that can help you quit smoking. Also, try to avoid secondhand smoke.
If you have trouble quitting smoking on your own, consider joining a support group. Many hospitals, workplaces, and community groups offer classes to help people quit smoking.
Read more about quitting smoking at Smoking and Your Heart.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Your doctor may recommend cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) to help you recover from a heart attack and to help prevent another heart attack. Nearly everyone who has had a heart attack can benefit from rehab. Cardiac rehab is a medically supervised program that may help improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems.
The cardiac rehab team may include doctors, nurses, exercise specialists, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians or nutritionists, and psychologists or other mental health specialists.
Rehab has two parts:
- Education, counseling, and training. This part of rehab helps you understand your heart condition and find ways to reduce your risk for future heart problems. The rehab team will help you learn how to cope with the stress of adjusting to a new lifestyle and how to deal with your fears about the future.
- Exercise training. This part helps you learn how to exercise safely, strengthen your muscles, and improve your stamina. Your exercise plan will be based on your personal abilities, needs, and interests.
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Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failure: The Concept of a Donor Risk Index
Version of Record online: 27 FEB 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01242.x
American Journal of Transplantation
Volume 6, Issue 4, pages 783–790, April 2006
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Feng, S., Goodrich, N.P., Bragg-Gresham, J.L., Dykstra, D.M., Punch, J.D., DebRoy, M.A., Greenstein, S.M. and Merion, R.M. (2006), Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failure: The Concept of a Donor Risk Index. American Journal of Transplantation, 6: 783–790. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01242.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 27 FEB 2006
- Version of Record online: 27 FEB 2006
- Received 1 August 2005, revised 11 November 2005 and accepted for publication 30 November 2005
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Transplant physicians and candidates have become increasingly aware that donor characteristics significantly impact liver transplantation outcomes. Although the qualitative effect of individual donor variables are understood, the quantitative risk associated with combinations of characteristics are unclear. Using national data from 1998 to 2002, we developed a quantitative donor risk index. Cox regression models identified seven donor characteristics that independently predicted significantly increased risk of graft failure. Donor age over 40 years (and particularly over 60 years), donation after cardiac death (DCD), and split/partial grafts were strongly associated with graft failure, while African-American race, less height, cerebrovascular accident and 'other' causes of brain death were more modestly but still significantly associated with graft failure. Grafts with an increased donor risk index have been preferentially transplanted into older candidates (>50 years of age) with moderate disease severity (nonstatus 1 with lower model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores) and without hepatitis C. Quantitative assessment of the risk of donor liver graft failure using a donor risk index is useful to inform the process of organ acceptance.


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The rise of the biosecurity challenge owes much to the growing security and public health concerns about the threat the development and use of biological weapons pose. Although biological weapons have been a feature of international relations since the early twentieth century, the past decade has seen fears about them increase with each passing year. The anthrax attacks in the United States in 2001 elevated these fears and helped make biological weapons a higher security and foreign policy priority for the United States and other nations. Skeptics responded to this heightened importance by arguing that policy makers and experts were hyping the threat unnecessarily, creating distortions in making and implementing policy.
The attention biological weapons have received underscores this threat's centrality to thinking about biosecurity as a policy and governance challenge. The importance of the biological weapons threat has increased the scrutiny of, and the stress upon, prevailing governance mechanisms designed to address the threat, namely the arms control approach embodied in the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC 1972). This chapter examines the biological weapons problem in light of the dramatic changes affecting actors, technologies, and norms in this area. The chapter's objective is to provide the reader with a sense of the problem biological weapons represent in the early twentyfirst century.
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Wentworth Miller Fans Rejoice 'Äď The Hollywood Heartthrob Signs for Prison Breaks 5th SeasonPosted On Thursday November 05 2015 by alex
Wentworth Miller Fans Rejoice - The Hollywood Heartthrob Signs for Prison Breaks 5th Season
 When Michael sacrificed himself in the Season 4 finale of Prison Break, fans hearts were broken all over the world. Now six years later after much speculation, the cult show is coming back to our screens and Miller is apparently coming back with it. The star has signed alongside his onscreen brother Dominic Purcell to return but it has left one huge question for fans...How will the writers explain the devastating death of Miller's character at the end of the last season?
 Fans offer their own theories on how it will play out
 The news of Wentworth's return has caused much speculation as to what actually happened at the end of season 4. The leading theory is that Michael faked his death. To some this is unrealistic as it would mean he didn't actually let his family know he was alive in the years following. It does seem unlikely for the character we've come to know and love. However, it isn't the first time this storyline has been used so it does seem to be the most likely scenario.
 The other plotline fans have come up with is that the voltage wasn't actually high enough to kill him. So instead he's been in a coma. This would explain the level of time he's been away, but still seems like a big leap.
 The producers of the show have stated when the idea was presented to them it did seem very believable and logical. Whatever happens, the news that Michael and Lincoln are going to be back on our TV screens is extremely good news and well worth tuning in for.
 A release date hasn't been given yet, all we know is that it is definitely happening. It will be reportedly returning to our screens in 2016.
 We're currently working on a complete revamp of the site ready for 2016. So stay tuned for all of the latest Prison break news and gossip.
Prison Break Reunion in Rumoured DevelopmentPosted On Monday June 08 2015 by alex
Just months after Fox confirmed it was open to talks about a potential Prison Break return, new rumours speculate the show is now in development. TV Line claims the hit network is currently putting together 12 brand new episodes of the cult TV show. If this is true, fans could soon see Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller once again partner up as Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scofield.
 How will the revival pan out?
 Details of how the revival series will pan out are sketchy at best. After Michael Scofield came to an untimely end in the finale back in 2009, it remains a mystery how his character will now fit in to the new mini-series. Of course, it isn't entirely unrealistic to see his character come back from the dead. Stranger things have definitely happened!
 Revival would produce a definite ending
 If the rumours are true and the Prison Break revival is in development, it brings both good and bad news. The chance to see the likes of Miller on our screens once more is definitely joyful news, so what about the bad news? Well, the revival series will bring a definite end to the show. Once it's done there will be no more episodes to follow.
 The time of revivals
¬†It was actually Miller himself who pitched the idea of a Prison Break revival to Fox. The network apparently saw a lot of potential in the idea and that is how the revival mini-series came about. It isn't the first series that would be revived by the network. It has recently revived hit shows such as 'ÄėThe X-Files', 'ÄėTwin Peaks, Heroes and Full House. The network knows what its fans want and right now that is revivals of their favourite shows.
 So when will the Prison Break revival hit our screens? Unfortunately that's news that we are all still waiting for.
Could Prison Break Soon Be Back On Our Screens?Posted On Thursday January 22 2015 by alex
Screenshots - Prison Break GamePosted On Friday October 23 2009 by Clarissa
We told you a while ago that a company was making a Prison Break video game and now we have additional information, including screenshots!
The release date for the game isn't set, but we do know that it will be available for the PC, PS3 and X-Box 360.¬ In this case, you don't be playing as Michael though.¬ The company has released this description:
"The protagonist of the "Prison Break" game is Company agent Tom Paxton.¬ He is sent to the Fox River State Penitentiary to find out why Michael Scofield (the hero of the TV series), a man without a previous criminal record, became a bank robber. The storyline runs parallel to the first season of "Prison Break": Paxton encounters several characters from the series and experiences key events from his own perspective."
You can see from the photo below that Linc will show up (and what a great likeness of Dominic Purcell that is!).¬ When¬ I first saw the photos I didn't realize we would be playing someone who isn't Michael, so I took one look at the guy's muscles and was all "uh....no offence to Wentworth (who you know I love), but that so doesn't not look like him".¬ I guess we should expect to see more familiar characters beyond Linc since the game is supposed to take place in season 1, but no official word on that yet.
In the meantime, click the photos below to view all 15 screenshots in our picture gallery (you can¬ also learn more at the game's official site).¬ Check back later for more information!
New Site ForumsPosted On Sunday September 20 2009 by Clarissa
We have recently consolidated and upgraded the forums for this site and all of our sister sites. Please visit www.tvlurk.com. Join the community, explore some threads and new TV shows.
If you have any suggestions or comments about our forums email me at clarissa @ prisonbreakmanhunt.com
Sneak Peak Video: Wentworth on SVUPosted On Tuesday September 08 2009 by Clarissa
Below is a sneak peak for Wentworth's appearance on the season 11 premiere episode of Law & Order: SVU.¬ Check out the Scofield Whisper at the beginning of the video!¬ Ahh....how I've missed that.
Synopsis for Wentworth's SVU AppearancePosted On Sunday August 30 2009 by Clarissa
NBC has released the official synopsis for the season premiere of Law and Order: SVU, which also happens to be the episode that Wentworth Miller will be guest starring. Turns out it's the season 11 premiere:
Officer Nate Kendall (Guest Star Wentworth Miller) is called in to help Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) solve a series of rape cases along with executive ADA Sonya Paxton (Guest Star Christine Lahti).
Officer Nate Kendall (guest star Wentworth Miller) aids a woman in trouble and becomes roped into solving a rape case. While Detectives Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) believe that Kendall is not right for the case due to his unstable personality, Executive ADA Sonya Paxton (guest star Christine Lahti) joins the team, bringing evidence of a common thread among three other rape cases. With Paxton's help, the team might expose a serial rapist. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Much), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang).
Mark Wednesday, September 23 (at 9:00 p.m.) in your calendars, because that's the night we'll see Went back on TV again (oh, yeah, and SVU will be premiering....I love the show even without Went).
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Prison Break Writers to Create New ShowPosted On Friday August 21 2009 by Clarissa
Former Prison Break writers/producers Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora are working on developing a new show for Fox.¬ According to Variety, the show is called "Break Out Kings," and is described as "a drama project revolving around ex-fugitives who are recruited to work as U.S. marshals."¬ Variety only gives a few more details about the show:
Network has given the 20th Century Fox TV project a script order with a hefty penalty attached if it doesn't go to pilot. Olmstead and Santora penned the pilot. Gavin Hood, helmer of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," is attached to direct and exec produce.
Project is described as a procedural based in Gotham, but the team will move around the country as it works on specific cases.
Olmstead was the showrunner and exec producer of "Prison Break" for its four-season run on Fox. Santora was a co-exec producer on the show.
Deleted Scene from "The Final Break"Posted On Thursday July 23 2009 by Clarissa
A deleted scene, which is likely featured on the Prison Break: The Final Break DVD has sprung up.¬ It's a sweet and heartbreaking scene between Alex Mahone and his ex-wife Pam.¬ He finds her again in Chicago only to see that she has moved on.¬ I'm guessing this is what leads to him sending her a birthday card in the series finale episode.
New FlashForward Site Launched!Posted On Sunday July 19 2009 by alex
For those of you who plan to start watching the new ABC series FlashForward, which will be premiering on Thursday, September 24, we have started a brand new fansite for the show (much like this fansite).
¬There's only a bit of information on there right now, but much more will come (including news, spoilers, forums, photos, promos, etc). You can check out the site here: www.flashforward.net
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First published in 1899, Kate Chopin's The Awakening provoked significant controversy because of its engagement with the taboo issues of female sexuality and infidelity. Chopin depicts Edna Pontellier as repeatedly flouting convention in the search for autonomy and self-fulfilment outside of her role as middle-class wife and mother. She creates a heroine who boldly claims, 'I don't want anything but my own way', and thus offers a direct challenge to the expectations of Victorian society in America. The censure and moral indignation prompted by the novel was expressed in a rash of outraged reviews; the text quickly went out of print and remained so for almost fifty years, during which time it was essentially unremarked, ignored by critics.
The effects of this early reception and publication history belie the level of popularity which the novel enjoys today; it now has a reputation as an important early feminist text. The recovery and re-evaluation of Chopin's writing is due, in large part, to the efforts of the Norwegian scholar, Per Seyersted, who published her collected works in 1969. During the 1970s, Chopin's questioning of the limited roles available to women in her writing struck a chord with the second wave feminist movement, generating much scholarship and critical debate. In recent times Kate Chopin's literary reputation has grown. Once considered a fair practitioner of 'local colour' fiction whose dalliance with risqué material ensured a passage into literary obscurity, she is now widely regarded as a major figure in American letters. Her work has broad appeal to a modern readership and The Awakening is regularly included on undergraduate courses.
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U.S. Enlists Ex-Foes for Afghan Army
Soviet-Era Brass Take Command Again In Alliance of Former Battlefield Rivals
KABUL—The fledgling Afghan National Army has been created from scratch by the U.S. and its allies. But, at least in its senior ranks, it increasingly resembles an Afghan army of old—one the U.S. helped rout two decades ago.
The Afghan government is dominated by former mujahedeen guerrillas; both the minister of defense and the army chief of staff are former anti-Soviet insurgents. Most ANA generals and colonels appointed to serve just below them, however, are veterans of the Soviet-built Afghan military that hunted these insurgents through the 1980s.
Facing a dearth of professional officers, the U.S.-led coalition is bringing these former foes in from the cold, restoring their Soviet-era rank and giving them command positions. American officers say few other Afghans have the formal military training and know-how to run conventional divisions and brigades.
Numbering just over 100,000 soldiers, the ANA is slated to grow to 172,000 by the autumn of 2011. Turning it into a serious fighting force is a priority for the Obama administration—offering the only exit strategy for the U.S.-led coalition as Western public opinion sours on the Afghan war.
In this mission, grooming senior ANA commanders is just as important as bulking up the ranks with recruits.
"If you don't develop leaders, this military cannot succeed," says U.S. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, the commander of the coalition's program to build up Afghan security forces.
Soviet-era veterans—many of them exiled or unemployed during the tumult of recent years—offer a ready reservoir of such leaders.
"Former army officers are very experienced, and the more we expand our army, the more we need them," says Brig. Gen. Ali Ahmad Popal, commander of the Kabul Military Training Center, a sprawling facility that churns out thousands of new ANA soldiers every month.
The deputy corps commander of Kandahar in Communist times, Gen. Popal himself lived in exile in India until joining the ANA in 2008.
"The only difference between the old army and the new army is that before we had conscription, and now it's all-volunteer," he says. "We fight the enemies of our country and anyone who attacks our soil."
President Hamid Karzai said this week he is considering a reintroduction of the draft in Afghanistan.
This reliance on Soviet-era officers was evident at a recent graduation ceremony from a senior ANA command course. Nineteen colonels and brigadiers in their 50s and 60s graduated after several months of study with American and French instructors. Among them, 16 had fought in the Communist Afghan army, and only three hailed from mujahedeen backgrounds.
These Afghan Army veterans—most of whom were educated in Russia—often espouse a top-down, bureaucratic approach that can clash with the American military culture, which gives more leeway to individual commanders and puts more authority in the hands of noncommissioned officers.
Yet coalition officers say they've come to appreciate that some of these Soviet-style methods suit a force like the ANA, which is three-quarters illiterate.
"There are times when they'll bring up an idea, and we'll say, yes, it works," says Canadian Brig. Gen. Paul Wynnyk, who supervises the U.S.-led international coalition's effort to develop Afghanistan's army. "Some of what the Russians did here was pretty good."
American and allied officials speak with particular respect about two Soviet-era veterans with whom they deal daily while running the war against the Taliban insurgency.
One is the first deputy minister of defense, Lt. Gen. Mohammad Akram, who headed the Communist army's southern regional command in the early 1990s. The other is the ANA's operations chief, Lt. Gen. Sher Karimi—a career officer who was educated at the Sandhurst military academy in England in the 1960s and speaks fluent English.
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Their presence in the senior ranks may defuse the perception among many Pashtuns that the ANA is dominated by the rival ethnic group, the Tajiks, whose militias overthrew the Taliban with American help in 2001, and who are still over-represented among the officer corps.
The ANA's chief of staff, Gen. Bismullah Khan Mohammadi, is one of these Tajik commanders. A former aide to the late mujahedeen leader Ahmad Shah Masood, the bearded Gen. Mohammadi beamed broadly when asked on a recent morning how he felt building the new Afghan army together with his former enemies.
Then he beckoned the mustachioed Gen. Karimi, who was standing beside a nearby helicopter, and firmly clasped his hand.
With a sheepish smile, Gen. Karimi acknowledged that he had "sometimes" fought against his current boss in the battlefield.
Gen. Mohammadi erupted in hearty laughter.
"We've opened a new page in our history," he proclaimed. "Whoever comes in and aims to serve our country is our brother now."


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Sexual abuse scandals, declining attendance, a meltdown in the number of priests and nuns, the closing of many parishes and parochial schools-all have shaken American Catholicism. Yet conservatives have increasingly dominated the church hierarchy. InThe Catholic Labyrinth, Peter McDonough tells a tale of multiple struggles that animate various groups-the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, Voice of the Faithful, and the Leadership Roundtable chief among them-pushing to modernize the church. One contest pits reformers against those who back age-old standards of sexual behavior and gender roles. Another area of contention, involving efforts to maintain the church's far-flung operations in education, social services, and healthcare, raises constitutional issues about the separation of church and state. Once a sidebar to this debate, the bishops' campaign to control the terms of employment and access to contraceptives in church-sponsored ministries has fueled conflict further. McDonough draws on behind-the-scenes documentation and personal interviews with leading reformers and "loyalists" to explore how both retrenchment and resistance to clericalism have played out in American Catholicism. Despite growing support for optional celibacy among priests, the ordination of women, and similar changes, and in the midst of numerous departures from the church, immigration and a lingering reaction against the upheavals of the sixties have helped sustain a popular traditionalism among "Catholics in the pews." So have the polemics of Catholic neoconservatives. These demographic and cultural factors-as well as the silent dissent of those who simply ignore rather than oppose the church's more regressive positions-have reinforced a culture of deference that impedes reform. At the same time, selective managerial improvements show promise of advancing incremental change. Timely and incisive,The Catholic Labyrinthcaptures the church at a historical crossroads, as advocates for change struggle to reconcile religious mores with the challenges of modernity.
Author Biography
Twice a Fulbright fellow, Peter McDonough has also been a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and a recipient of research grants from the German Marshall Fund, the National Science Foundation, and the Pew Endowment. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh and has taught for extended periods in Brazil and Ireland.


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Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. arrived in Greenville Tuesday to announce a special project to help exceptional kids.
Cal Ripken Junior, has made a retired career out of supporting youth baseball though the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation. It's a foundation that helps the Sarah Vaughn Field of Dreams.
On Tuesday, Ripken, Jr arrived in Greenville to announce his Foundation is partnering with the Exceptional Community Baseball League to spruce up the special needs park in hopes of providing an opportunity for everyone to enjoy America's past time.
During the event, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper discussed the State's continued involvement of the Ripken Foundation's Badges for Baseball program and Greenville Mayor Allen M. Thomas proclaimed April 10, 2012 as "Cal Ripken Day."
Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. Is coming to Greenville Tuesday, to help announce a very special project.
The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Exceptional Community Baseball League are partnering to refurbish the Sarah Vaughn Field of Dreams in Greenville, an adaptive baseball field for children with physical and mental disabilities.
This project is part of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation's National Youth Development Park Initiative.
Tuesday's event will also include announcements from North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and Mayor of Greenville, Allen Thomas. Cooper will discuss the recent launch of the state's fourth year participation in the Foundation's Badges for Baseball program
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In 1963, Psychiatry In American Life quoted Sigmund Freud as having once admitted, "The great question which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is, 'What does a woman want?'"
If Freud were still around today he might successfully direct that lifelong query to marketers at the American Express Co., which Friday garnered two Ms. Liberty Awards -- "Libbies" -- for nonsexist, pro-women advertising from the national feminist organization Women Against Pornography. American Express won the Libbies, according to the New York-based coalition, for portraying women "as they are and as they wish to be seen."
And how do women wish to be seen?
Kristen Reilly, WAP Graphics Director and a member of the 10,000-member organization's national steering committee, posits that women desire "more equitable relationships between themselves and men in the world of business, which is what the American Express ads show."
Moreover, the facts behind the American Express advertisements indicate that what contemporary women really seek is equity. The percentage of women customers among the company's cardholding base of approximately 20 million has shot from 16% to 30% since 1980, according to Shelly Porges, American Express director of consumer marketing. She is quick to point out that this 30% block represents only women holding accounts in their own name; plenty more are carrying cards under the names of other account holders.
The fruits of American Express' drive to capture women's attention have been sweet, Ms. Porges says. In 1984, the company and its advertising agency, Ogilvy & Mather, New York, culled rave reviews from both trade and consumer publications, from Advertising Age to Newsweek, for print and TV ads. Now the firm can count lobbyists from Women Against Pornography among its admirers.
One of the two American Express ads awarded WAP's golden Ms. Liberty certificates depicts three women and a man celebrating in a cocktail lounge after work. The caption reads, "To Maggie, for getting a raise, to Jack, for losing ten pounds, to Julie, for getting an American Express card. And to me, for getting Julie to pay for the champagne." Ms. Reilly opines that this material takes "admirable steps away from conventional advertising stereotypes of women as pound-losers and men as business executives."
The second American Express Libby-winner is one example of the company's new "Interesting Lives" print campaign. It depicts a briefcase-toting black woman who, having just descended from a jet at dusk, steps across an airstrip with a colossal stuffed animal. She is beatifically, if unrealistically, uncrinkled and smiling; her coif and makeup are perfectly in place after a presumably demanding day. …


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I'm on a iffy internet system, so I'll try to keep this brief. I've stayed here numerous times before and the price last time was way out of line at $40. Now that it is back down to $30, this place is barely OK for a park with often useless internet and limited cable TV. Check in is at the casino building with the restaurants. All sites are FHU on mostly off level cement pads. 2/3 of the sites are pull-through and the rest are back-in. The bathrooms and laundry were clean on this stop. The cable was not good and I could not connect to their 802.11 network. Unless you want to gamble this park is not worth the 15 mile roundtrip from the interstate. - Jerry S
Aug 2015 - $38.00
Very clean campground with concrete pads and easy entrance/exit. Grass was mowed and it was a nice place. We'd camp here again. Didn't care for the casino. It was a bit of a drive over to the campground from the interstate but we wanted a no hassle full hookup 50 amp site for a hot summer evening. We found it here. - rwarner22


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My surgion is going to place the implant over the muscle (my choise), he says that a smooth implant above the muscle will give me CC without a doubt. But I am afraid the textured implant will give me rippling and "traction rippling". My own tissue is about 250-275cc so I have a large b, small c-cup now and want a fuller bust without being to busty. We decided 250cc in my bigger breast and 275cc in the smaller breast, mentor moderate + implant. What implant surface would you recommend me?
Subglandular Placement Smooth or Textured Implants on a B-cup? (photo)
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Subglandular or submuscular?
I agree with your surgeon. The data suggests that the only time textured implants really reduce capsular contracture is when silicone gel implants are placed in the subglandular position. I think that you have enough breast tissue to cover over the implants, which are relatively small, without having to worry about visible rippling.
Web reference: http://www.cosmeticsurgerybaltimore.com/
Smooth implants for suglandular placement
We are talking about a subglandular gel implant we hope. The siltex texture is meant to reduce capsular contracture, though we still prefer a smooth implant as the implant might wear better. The moderate profile gel should not show through and though submuscular is better for some, you still can have a very nice result in a suglandular pocket.
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Subglandular Placement
Having seen so many patients with bad ripples back when textured implants were in common use I am reluctant to use them any more.
But rather than debating smooth vs texture implants, I would suggest thinking more about submuscular placement. You don't tell us how you made your choice. Capsular contracture and rippling are both more common with subglandular placement of implants. Subfacial placement is also an option you can discuss with your surgeon.
Thanks and best wishes.
Subglandularly placed implants, why?
Why do you want your implants placed subglandularly. The discomfort and recovery time of submuscularly placed implants is not that much more. In my experience with patients, Submuscular implants are most uncomfortable for about 2-4 days and by about a week, you can resume your activities of daily living, but not reaching overhead or excercising for at least three weeks. Implants place submuscularly have several advantages (less palpable rippling, less risk of capsular contracture-hardening of the implants, and easier to obtain mammograms when the time comes).
Breast Implant Position
You should rethink your choice. Going subglandular or 'subfacial' will make you prone to cc and rippling with smooth implants, and rippling with textured. Evidence based medicine points to appropriately sized, smooth and round implants placed under the pectoralis muscle to minimize these complications.
Best of luck.
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Avoid subglandular! Subfascial will provide the most natural appearing breast augmentation
Subglandular results tend to age very poorly. I would recommend subfascial placement with low profile implants for the best results. I use a technique called "Cold-Subfascial Placement" to preserve all of the fascia and retain support for a long lasting augmentation. the decision of size should be based on your chest wall dimensions and the base width of your breasts. I hope this helps!
All the best,
Rian A. Maercks M.D.
Implant texture
I am not a big fan of textured implants for the reasons you illustrated. I prefer smoth in most cases. You may want to ask your surgeon about the choice or even get a second opinion.
Textured vs Smooth Covering - Which Is Best Above The Muscle?
Textured implants were the manufacturer's attempt to have a silicone covering mimic the polyurethane implant (the best implant we ever had). Unfortunately, the texturing of both manufacturers failed to gain the success of the polyurethane. In my experience, textured implants go hard and cause traction rippling, especially in the superpectoral space.
I would recommend, as many others have, placing smooth silicone implants in the partially subpectoral space. I believe this is a much more natural look, they stay softer, and you get a better mammogram.
As a sidebar note, you have large, fatty deposits at the front of your armpit. These are known as axillary breasts. This tissue is breast tissue when you went through puberty, known as the Tail of Spence. This is easily suctioned out through a small incision in your armpit, and you can use this incision to place the drain mandatory in every breast augmentation. The #1 cause of hard breasts is neither smooth or textured covering of implants, but is blood around an implant from capillary oozing. A drain placed for as little as the first 24 hours improves your chance of soft breasts tremendously.
Breast implants over or under the muscle and textured or smooth question.
I perform mostly smooth round saline implants under the muscle using an endoscopic one inch arm pit incision for my younger females because I believe it offers the best long term results and the lowest rate of capsular contraction. Given your picture you do appear to have adequate breast tissue for an above the muscle augmentation. Above the muscle using a silicone implant is the number one procedure in the world. But just because it is the most common technique in the world does not mean it is better! I always use smooth implants. All doctors have an opinion and a while I will often do what the patient wants I always tell them what I would do for a relative or a member of my family. I the case of breast implants that means smooth saline under the muscle! Good Luck!
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Keynote address of the June 2007 European Financial Management Association Annual Meetings in Vienna, Austria. I thank Nick Barberis, Michael Brennan, James Choi, Stefano DellaVigna, John Doukas, Robin Keller, Antti Petajisto Andy Policano, Eric Rasmusen, Geert Rouwenhorst, Siew Hong Teoh, Sheridan Titman, and participants at the Yale University School of Management Finance Seminar and the Workshop on Psychology and Capital Markets at the Merage School of Business, UC Irvine for helpful discussion and comments.
Psychological Bias as a Driver of Financial Regulation
Version of Record online: 22 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00437.x
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- availability cascades;
- overconfidence;
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I propose here the psychological attraction theory of financial regulation – that regulation is the result of psychological biases on the part of political participants – voters, politicians, bureaucrats, and media commentators; and of regulatory ideologies that exploit these biases. Some key elements of the psychological attraction approach are: salience and vividness, omission bias, scapegoating and xenophobia, fairness and reciprocity norms, overconfidence, and mood effects. This approach further emphasises emergent effects that arise from the interactions of individuals with psychological biases. For example, availability cascades and ideological replicators have powerful effects on regulatory outcomes.


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It was around this time 24 years ago when Hornets coach Byron Scott had just finished his junior season at Arizona State.
Scott was exhausted, having averaged 36.5 minutes and 21.6 points per game that season for the Sun Devils. Mulling over his early entry into the upcoming NBA draft, Scott decided to take a day off and not play in any pickup games.
One of his ASU coaches approached Scott and suggested he reconsider his day of rest.
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Scott went up against guard Dennis Johnson and several other members of the Phoenix Suns. "And I played my ass off," Scott said. "D.J. guarded me and I guarded him. D.J. helped me a lot (with advice)."
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The heyday of English in China's schools was brief. The two political lines (i.e., ideology-oriented and economics-oriented) which could be discerned in the CCP as early as the mid-1950s came into sharp conflict once more in the mid1960s, as Mao Zedong felt his political power base under threat from economic reformers. Mao responded to the reforms of the early 1960s by launching the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, as the movement was euphemistically called, through an editorial published by the Liberation Army Daily on 18 April 1966 (Hsu, 1990). The agenda for the Cultural Revolution adopted at the Eleventh Plenum of the Eighth CCP Central Committee on 8 August 1966 was summarized in sixteen points in the 'Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution'. The movement was designed to 'criticize-struggle-transform', in particular 'to struggle against and overthrow those persons in authority who are taking the capitalist road, to criticise and repudiate the reactionary bourgeois academic [authorities] and the ideology of the bourgeoisie and all other exploiting classes and to transform education, literature and art and all other parts of the superstructure not in correspondence with the socialist economic base' (quoted in Li, 1995: 411).
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12:37:08 AM Dec 4th 2014
I don't get the Hyrule Warriors example. The second Gold Skulltula challenges don't appear until the player has beaten Legend Mode at least once, and thus already knows what's going to happen. Wouldn't this fit more under Guide Dang It or Fake Difficulty, as the obfuscation only serves to make the challenge harder to figure out?
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I just had a really bizarre interface spoiler. So I'm taking this college course online, right? And most of the assignments are provided via downloadable Microsoft Word documents. Now, it's only natural that a multiple choice question paper would show up with about a million green squiggles for "bad grammar"... but here's one question where the program used to read the assignment made the correct answer stand out like a sore thumb. 9. One factor affecting digital camera quality is the number of pixels, measured in ____, used to store the data for each image. a. kilopixels b. megapixels c. gigapixels d. terapixels Naturally, all three wrong answers were underlined in red as "words not recognized by the Microsoft Word dictionary", while the correct answer was not. Absolutely hilarious.
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I put the achievements example at the top of the list, since I think broad/multi examples should go near the top to get them out of the way. I also deleted the following example, since (from our own page on the matter) Starcraft 2 has separate tech trees for single- and multiplayer, and it's still not a spoiler in the trope sense- there are no plot details to be gleaned from the lack of access to these items:
- Not precisely a "spoiler" (at least, not if you play melee before entering the campaign), but Starcraft 2's Protoss missions never end up giving you several pieces of tech (the Sentry and the Warp Prism, in particular) that the faction can use in the melee game, as evidenced by the slots where they should be on the command card.
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I deleted the following examples since they were more than 50 percent natter (and in the future please follow the editing tips and delete them yourselves rather than adding word cruft): —
- FreeSpace has a gauge labeled "Shield Status Indicator" despite shields not actually being reverse-engineered until a third of the way through the game.
- Not actually true. The shield status indicator is a visual gauge of when your hull gets hit, so it is still relevant prior to shields. In addition, not only is the shield power bar not shown prior to shields being added, it doesn't have a space. The weapon and engine power indicators are centered in their slot as though they are the only indicators that will ever exist.
- On the subject of Final Fantasy XIII, how about Vanille's ATB bar - three sections long at the beginning, before it's revealed she was already a l'Cie?
- That's actually foreshadowing, with a little Fridge Brilliance thrown in for good measure. It's one of those things that are obvious in retrospect, but isn't really attention grabbing unless it's pointed out to you otherwise.
- There is no possible way to know that l'Cie have three ATB slots at that point in the game without spoilers. So in and of itself, that isn't a spoiler.
- Additionally, the game made it clear early on that magic was incredibly rare in the setting, implying that only Terra and Celes could hope to use it. But every character has a missing space for it in the command list.
- The ability to learn spells naturally is rare, not magic in and of itself. Celes and Terra are the only characters in the game capable of learning spells purely by leveling up. However, even basic mooks can use magic through Magitek armor. In addition, Umaro has both of those, but he can't equip espers or use magic.
- Additionally, the game made it clear early on that magic was incredibly rare in the setting, implying that only Terra and Celes could hope to use it. But every character has a missing space for it in the command list.
09:28:47 AM Mar 31st 2010
I'm... really not understanding the Tales of Symphonia example with Presea. I get the buying axes in Meltokio thing before she joins, but not so much the message that appears that she joined your party. I'm not exactly sure how that showing up with Presea makes it spoilerish, since that message shows up whenever any new party member arrives.
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Or are there any mini-applications that'll help me copy the posts from one web form to another? Right now I have to copy from the Title field, the Post field, each of the many timestamp fields, etc. If I could just right-click and select "copy all forms" (or something) it would make the process a lot faster.


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Jiva Ayurveda Recipes - Tridoshic Dal(Mung Chilka)
Ayurvedic Properties of Tridoshic Dal:
Taste: Sweet
Quality: Light
Potency: Cold
Post-digestive effect: Sweet
Medicinal Properties of Tridoshic Dal:
It is very light and easy to digestible. It is good for diarrhea, IBS and indigestion. It is good recipe for post operative patients. It is good recipe during accumulation of ama. Regular use of this beans helps in cleansing the clogged channels and make you ama free.
Dosha Analysis: Split mung beans are light, rough, astringent, sweet and cold in nature. It pacifies kapha and pitta dosha. It increases vata dosha. That is why we have added spices and hing so that aggravated vata can be balanced. Hence this recipe pacifies all the three doshas.
Jiva Ayurveda Recipes - Tridoshic Dal(Mung Chilka)
* 1 cup split mung dal
* 8 cups water
* 2 cups summer squash, in ¼ to ½ inch slices
* 1 cup carrots, in ¼ to ½ inch slices
* 1/8 teaspoon hing
* teaspoon of coriander powder
* 2 tablespoons sunflower oil or ghee
* ¼ teaspoon of turmeric
* 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon sea salt
* ½ tablespoon fresh ginger root, minced
* 1 small hot green pepper, chopped finely (omit for pitta, and easy on this for vata)
* ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
* ½ teaspoon to 1 table spoon black mustard seeds(the smaller amount for pitta, the greater amount for vata and kapha)
Garnish: Fresh coriander leaves
Wash dal until rinse water is clear. Wash and chop vegetables.
* Warm one tablespoon oil or ghee is large heavy saucepan.
* Add hing and cumin seeds for sputter. Then add all the spices and two teaspoonful of water. Sauté for 30 seconds over low heat (be careful, it is easy for spices to burn).
* Stir in the beans and sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes. Add chopped vegetables and stir another minute or two.
* Add water, salt, ginger and pepper (if you are using it), bring to a boil on high heat. Then cover and reduce heat to medium low.
* Let soup simmer for 45 minutes or until beans have dissolved.
* Warm remaining tablespoon of oil or ghee in a small skillet, add cumin and mustard seeds, heat until these seeds being to pop. Add to soup, which is now ready to serve.
* Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves.
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For possession of illegal drugs, you are ineligible from the date of conviction (not arrest) for:
- One year for a first offense
- Two years for a second offense
- Indefinitely for a third offense
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- Two years for a first offense
- Indefinitely for a second offense
Do all drug convictions count?
Not necessarily. Do not count any conviction that was reversed, set aside, or removed from your record. Also, do not count any conviction that occurred before you turned 18, unless you were prosecuted as an adult. Alcohol and tobacco are not illegal drugs.
If I have drug convictions, should I still apply for student aid?
Yes, you should complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You may be eligible, depending on the date and number of convictions. Even if you are ineligible for federal student aid, you may still be eligible for scholarships or aid from other programs. If you successfully complete an acceptable drug rehabilitation program that meets the standards set by Congress and the Department of Education, you will regain eligibility for federal aid on the date you complete the program.
How do I answer the Drug Conviction Question on the FAFSA?
If you answered "YES" to Question 23, you must fill out the Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet. You can print this worksheet, "Worksheet for Question 23 (Drug Conviction)," from our forms page or you can request the worksheet from the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243). This worksheet will help you determine your eligibility date and give instructions on how to correctly answer Question 23.
What is an acceptable drug rehabilitation program?
An acceptable drug rehabilitation program must have TWO unannounced drug tests AND it must either:
- Be qualified to receive funds from a federal, state or local government agency or program, or from a state or federally licensed insurance company, or
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If you still have questions about the law, call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243). Your personal information is confidential, and you will remain anonymous.If you want to find out if a drug rehabilitation program meets the described standards, contact the rehabilitation program.