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Cauliflower. I hate hate hate the texture, taste and smell of it.

We had an sexual health nurse come and talk to our group while I was volunteering and she handed around a big bunch of cauliflower and had us lick it and touch it and then told us that was exactly what genital warts looked like/felt like. I haven't been able to stomach them since.
OMG I don't blame you.
I saw an episode of Bizarre Foods and he ate some kind of maggot cheese that would probably do it for me. Just the thought of eating it makes my stomach churn.
that stuff is illegal because it can kill you.
syrup of ipecac, will without a doubt make anyone toss there cookies
Any kind of Non veg
Meat and I feel ill when I see others eating it or buying it .
Green PEAS. I Once was forced to eat a bowl of it in kindergarten because my teacher always saw me never eating my peas and once I ate like 3 spoonfuls I vomited on my lunch tray.

I know for sure if I do that again by force I will most likely vomit on my plate.
Yes she was quite the " My way or the highway " type of teacher. But she got was she deserved cause when she carried me fast to the bathroom I pretty much gagged at the scent of my vomit and vomited even more, And there then went the potato and chicken that I ate before the Peas. Lmao.
The only thing that I KNOW will make me throw up is syrup of Ipecac.

That stuff works.
mushrooms or anything slimey lol
mountain oysters - sheep balls
Yogurt

Jello

Cow liver

Boiled peanuts
Canned spinach. I was force to eat it when I was younger and didn't stay down for long.
Liver, or raw oysters. Can't do 'em.
braunschweiger.... my grandma was German and used to eat this when I was a kid....look it up if you don't know what it is... nasty stuff!
pig intestines aka chittlin's.
Sour cream.
I refuse to eat it because it smells awful and I don't understand why anyone would want to eat cream that's gone bad. You don't see expired milk being sold as a dressing do you?
Tomatoes and anything pickled
BENANAS! They are slimey, smell desgusting and tase... BLEGH!
Anything that comes from a dead animal. (meat, brains, bones, anything)
You're a vegan?
Vegetarian who doesn't consume dairy (except for cheese once in a while in small doses).
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TC TO RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES ; 26 March 1841; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18410326-TC-RMM-01; CL 13: 70
Chelsea, Friday [26 March or 2 April 1841]
Dear Milnes,
If you really do want me to go with you, come down hither, and tell me practically in reasonable words what the possibilities, limitations, difficulties, laws and conditions of the enterprise are: I will then answer you Yes or No,—most probably, Yes. I am at home tonight; I will wait for you tomorrow till half past one. If you like neither of these dates, name another.— Or perhaps, incurable Hoaxer, you do not mean to go at all, even yourself? Vatene falso Cagliostraccio!1 / Yours with more regard than you / deserve, / T. Carlyle

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ANSWER: Before we see what the Bible says about this topic, let us first get a dictionary definition. Cremation is the act of reducing a dead body to ashes or consuming it with fire. God's word does not have anything directly to say about the issue and, in general, on how to handle a dead body. It does, however, does give some examples of the burning of dead bodies. At the very least, there certainly does not seem to be any text that directly condemns the practice.
It should be noted, however, that some believers are against cremation. They believe that the burning of a dead human is a pagan ritual that disrespects the body God gives to each human being. While this Web site respects the consciences of fellow believers regarding this issue, it offers this short article as something to consider.
The Greeks were known to practice cremation. People in the Near East who also practiced this means of disposing of a dead body were the Hittites and the Mitanni. The practice of the patriarchs was not cremation but burial, such as Jacob's burial with his ancestors in a cave that his grandfather Abraham had bought (Genesis 49:29 - 33). The burial of Jesus' body, wrapped with aromatic spices, took place in a tomb after His crucifixion (Luke 23:52 - 56; John 19:38 - 42).
Interestingly, if a person accepted the Nazarite vow, that person was forbidden to touch any dead body, even one of a close family member (Numbers 6:6 - 7).
The word of God does give a few examples where bodies were burned after death. The children of Israel, under the leadership of Joshua, convicted a man name Achan of a grievous sin against God. Their punishment was to stone him to death then to burn his body completely (Joshua 7).
After the Philistines killed King Saul, Israel's first human king, and his sons in battle, they took their bodies and nailed them to the wall of Bethshan. Valiant men of Jabeshgilead heard what happened, retrieved the bodies off the wall, then burned them (1Samuel 31:11 - 12).
King Josiah of Israel, after executing several pagan priests who served at the altars of false gods, had their bodies burned (2Kings 23:19 - 20). This act was a fulfillment of a prophecy given by God through a prophet of Judah (1Kings 13:2).
The Apostle Paul made a statement that implies that to offer one's body to be burned, like a cremation, is not sinful but actually highly self-sacrificing (1Corinthians 13:3). In the end, the burning of a body turns it to dust just as burial does. God is powerful enough to resurrect a person when He chooses and how He chooses regardless of where their physical remains are located (see Ezekiel 37:1 - 14).
The Bible does not concern itself on the handling of our dead bodies whether by cremation or other means. It rather focuses on the life we lead when are bodies are ALIVE. In conclusion, each Christian must make any decisions involving the disposal of a loved one's body, or their own, based on prayerful consultation with the God of us all. I hope this short article offers some things to consider.


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If your kids are over the age of five, the odds are pretty good that getting them up in the morning is a challenge. As long as there is no sun in the sky, the kids want to snuggle down into their beds—and who can blame them? With the flexibility of a homeschooling schedule, the kids know that they can sleep in and just catch up on their work later.
Given that, what do you do with your morning? Do you roll over and go back to sleep until they start stirring (which is certainly a valid option)? Do you get up and wait impatiently for them to be up and moving?
Or do you take advantage of a few minutes of peace and quiet to get a good, solid start on your day?
First thing in the morning, before the kids are awake, can be your most productive time of day. There are no little voices pulling you away from what you're doing to answer a question, referee a fight, or take care of something that they think needs to be done immediately. There are no little hands messing things up before you even have the chance to get it completely cleaned up. No children who are going to need your time, energy, or attention.
How much can you accomplish? Think of the possibilities…
In just an hour, you could fix a hot breakfast for you and the kids to get them off to a good start; start a load of laundry; or get in a workout of your own. You could get the supplies set out for your next day's activities, or straighten up last night's mess. You could get a load of dishes in the dishwasher. Or you could take advantage of the peace and quiet to complete a devotional, read a book, or catch up with your emails or your friends on Facebook—a few precious minutes of "Mommy time" before the kids are up for the day.
So many things can be accomplished before the kids wake up—and chances are, if your spouse is rolling out of bed to head to work, their alarm is waking you up anyway. Why not take advantage of it?


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Alison Blanchard begins her journey to become a physician in her Gross Anatomy class, where she must confront rows of cadavers and her own fear of mortality. When the sheets are drawn back revealing her cadaver, Alison senses a presence in the lab. Her jaded professor chalks it up to first year "jitters" but her worries increase when a friend is found dead in the basement. Alison must find out the truth behind her cadaver before its angered spirit can wreak further vengeance on those who dared to disturb the body.
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Two youths have been arrested over the recordings of calls made to Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Hotline, police said.
The boys, aged 16 and 17, were held at an address in the West Midlands by detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit.
They were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Malicious Communications Act and the Computer Misuse Act.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said the pair were in custody in the West Midlands.
The force said it launched an investigation after being made aware that highly sensitive phone calls might have been breached.
The Met said it was aware hoaxers had made calls to the hotline and made recordings of their conversations with anti-terrorist hotline staff.
The investigation is being led by the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU).
An earlier statement said: "The Anti-Terrorist Hotline remains operational and we continue to urge members of the public to report any suspicious activity to the police.
"Public reporting is an important part of the fight against terrorism and any attempt to disrupt this service will be investigated thoroughly."


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FULLERTON, Calif. - In one of the most respected annual tournaments, the Fresno State softball team couldn't get its offense in gear during two painful losses to No. 4 Washington and the Big Ten's Penn State on Thursday at the Judi Garman Classic.
A sudden cascade blindsided the Bulldogs in the morning game pumped by Washington's late-inning surge to a 10-0 six-inning run-rule victory for the undefeated Huskies (20-0). No. 4 Washington is the nation's only unblemished team.
Fresno State's junior pitcher Michelle Moses had retired the first six Huskies she faced before giving up a single to center field in the third. She and Washington's Kaitlin Ingelsby dueled in a scoreless affair through four innings before Ingelsby belted a solo home run to the left field palm trees at Anderson Family Field to start a two-run fifth-inning rally and push UW ahead 2-0.
Moses was relieved in the fifth by Mackenzie Oakes, who closed the final 1.2 innings in the circle.
Washington piled eight runs on the scoreboard in the sixth for the 10-0 advantage as an infield error and host of defensive challenges plagued the Bulldogs during the frame.
The Dogs returned to action less than two hours later in a contest with the Nittany Lions and Moses was back for her 14th start of the season. The righthanded 2010 All-West Region honoree allowed no earned runs (one unearned) and held Penn State to three hits in her seventh complete game of the year, yet a costly error and defensive miscues stymied Fresno State's valiant effort in a 1-0 loss.
Haley Gilleland, Brooke Ortiz and Andrea Ortega recorded hits for the Bulldogs in each of the day's showdowns. Alexis Lujan smacked a pinch-hit seventh-inning double against Penn State for the Dogs' lone extra base hit of the day.
Moses picked up both losses in the circle and fell to 5-5 this season in 14 appearances.
Fresno State moved to 14-7 after the opening day struggles with four of their seven losses this season by a single run.
The Bulldogs face another Big Ten opponent - Illinois - Friday morning at 11 a.m. and No. 12/14 Texas at 3:30 p.m. before closing tournament play on Saturday morning against No. 5/6 Michigan at 11 a.m. The live statistics of all games can be viewed with Gametracker at www.gobulldogs.com.
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A man threatened and killed a teenager last year on New Year's Day outside a home in southwest Atlanta. He then told police it was self defense.
Ronnie "Bo" Clay, 39, was convicted Thursday of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the shooting of 18-year-old Jared Billings, according to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
The shooting happened on Jan. 1, 2013 at a home on Epworth Street, the district attorney's spokeswoman Yvette Jones said. Witnesses said Clay arrived at the home on Dec. 31 drunk and high and repeatedly pointed a gun in the victim's face, Jones said. Eventually, the victim retrieved a knife from the kitchen and ordered the defendant to leave, Jones said.
The next day Clay and the victim were arguing on the front porch of the home when Clay pulled out a gun and shot the victim once in the chest, she said. He fired three more shots as he ran away from the scene, Jones said. Billings stumbled into the house and proclaimed that "Bo shot me," she said. The teen was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital where he died a short time later, officials said.
Following his arrest days later, Clay claimed he shot the victim in self-defense because he was being robbed at knife-point, Jones said. It's unclear if police ever found the murder weapon.
On Thursday, it took a Fulton County jury less the 15 minutes to return multiple guilty verdicts. Following his conviction, Clay was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison by a Fulton County Superior Court Judge Henry Newkirk, Jones said.
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According to a June 4 report from CNN, video has surfaced of a young Justin Bieber using racially insensitive language. In the 29-second clip, Bieber swaps lyrics of his hit song, "One Less Lonely Girl," to include references to killing black people. Bieber dropped the "N-word" multiple times, and sang about joining the Ku Klux Klan.
Will Bieber's video clip be a career killer? Highly doubtful. While Bieber used extremely offensive language in the video, his only saving grace is that he was just 14 years old at the time of the filming. Bieber is now just a few months away from turning 21, so the video of him using offensive language is over six years old. It's not like he used racially insensitive language in recent years. No that doesn't make it okay, but every young teenage makes mistakes.
Bieber did the right thing by immediately owning up to his mistakes. He issued an apology, essentially stating that he didn't understand the power of some racially insensitive words during his teenage years. Bieber's age at the time of the video is highly relevant. Had he been filmed dropping the "N-word" at his current age, it would be a different story that would have very real consequences on his career.
At age 14, you're a child and not an adult. Young children say things they don't mean or fully understand. By age 20, everyone should know and understand what racially insensitive language is. With that said, Bieber deserves to have his apology accepted by the African-American community. Additionally, it's clear that Bieber is not at all a racist.
Young Money president Mack Maine told TMZ that most of Bieber's crew is black, including Lil Wayne and Birdman. Over the years, Bieber has clearly embraced the culture of hip hop, and treated everyone with respect. Time will tell how the situation plays out, but its likely that Bieber will emerge without any significant damage caused to his career.


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Given that fermenting bacteria readily convert six-carbon sugars into the biofuel ethanol, it would be advantageous to generate biofuel crops with increased levels of these sugars. A study published in The Plant Cell identifies a family of enzymes responsible for the production of β-1,4-galactan, a polymer of six-carbon sugars, in the model plant Arabidopsis. Increasing the activity of one of these enzymes dramatically enhances the production of β-1,4-galactan without damaging the plant.
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Plants engineered to have increased levels of β-1,4-galactan may enhance biofuel production
Best known for its ability to transform simmering pots of sugared fruit into marmalades and jams, pectin is a major constituent of plant cell walls and the middle lamella, the sticky layer that glues neighboring plant cells together. Pectin imparts strength and elasticity to the plant and forms a protective barrier against the environment. Several different kinds of pectic compounds combine to form pectin. The relative proportion of each of these depends on the plant species, location within the plant, and environment. Pectic compounds decorated with β-1,4-galactan (a chain of six-carbon sugars) are of considerable interest to the biofuels industry, because six-carbon sugars are readily converted into ethanol (biofuel) by fermenting microorganisms. A new study published in The Plant Cell reveals a novel enzyme involved in the production of β-1,4-galactans. This enzyme may be used to engineer plants with more desirable attributes for conversion to biofuel.
The major enzymes that catalyze pectin production are hard to pin down. Close to 70 enzymes are predicted to underlie pectin synthesis in plants; only about three of these have been identified definitively. Knowledge of these enzymes could be used to boost the production of pectins with desirable characteristics.
A team of researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, University of California, Berkeley, and Technical University of Denmark set out to identify the enzymes that catalyze the production of β-1,4-galactan. They screened a database of enzymes for galactosyltransferases, the enzymes that link six-carbon galactose sugars into a chain. They found a family of proteins, named GT92, that are present in some animals and all plants sequenced to date. The authors found that mutations in each of the three genes encoding the GT92 proteins in the model plant Arabidopsis led to a reduction in β-1,4-galactan, whereas producing more of one of these proteins led to a 50% increase in β-1,4-galactan levels. In many cases, modifying the composition of plant cell wall components leads to alterations in growth or stature. Strikingly, all of the plant lines overproducing this important six-carbon sugar appeared to be healthy. Biochemical tests of the enzymatic properties of purified Arabidopsis GT92 protein supported the hypothesis that GT92 proteins are important enzymes for β-1,4-galactan synthesis in plants. This means that crops engineered to produce increased levels of GT92 proteins might contain more easily fermentable sugars, thereby potentially boosting the efficiency of biofuel production.
According to lead scientist Henrik Scheller, "Bioenergy crops with high β-1,4-galactan content would have significant advantages for the biofuels industry and we now have the knowledge to specifically increase β-1,4-galactan content in the biomass of cell walls. This breakthrough was made possible by a collaboration involving members of the Feedstocks Division at JBEI and our collaborators in Denmark. We are very excited about this result and look forward to testing it in a bioenergy crop such as switchgrass or poplar trees".
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This research was supported by the Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, the U. S. Department of Energy, and the Danish Strategic Research Council.
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Liwanag, A.J.M., Ebert, B., Verhertbruggen, Y., Rennie, E.A., Rautengarten, C., Oikawa, A., Andersen, M.C.F., Clausen, M.H., and Scheller, H.V. (2012). Pectin Biosynthesis: GALS1 in Arabidopsis thaliana is a b-1,4-Galactan b-1,4-galactosyltransferase. Plant Cell10.1105/tpc.112.106625.
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On the occasion of the Third National Anti-Poliomyelitis Campaign due to start on Saturday, November 1, 1997, and to benefit a total of two million children over a three-day period, Health Minister Dr. Osama Shobokshi stated that not one single case of polio has been reported recently, and hoped that the 1997 anti-polio campaign would be as successful as those of 1996 and 1995, adding that the Ministry of Health plans to uproot other epidemic diseases such as measles and mumps, vaccination against which will begin at the start of the next academic year.
Earlier, Dr. Shobokshi made the prediction that Saudi Arabia will enter the 21st century with polio total eliminated. In addition, he predicted that by the end of the Sixth Five-Year Plan 97 percent of pregnant women would have ante-natal check-ups, up from the current 86 percent.


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HERRIMAN — Kaysha Love had to be nagged by her mother for two years to try track and field, and ever since then she has been a local sensation who is gaining a national presence.
Love, a sophomore at Herriman High, is the fastest high school girl ever in Utah.
At last month's Arcadia (Calif.) Invitational — widely considered the best in-season prep track meet in the nation — Love won the seeded heat of the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.75. Second place was in another area code, at 12.04. Her time would have placed third in the elite race. Love returned later in the evening to win the elite heat of the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.11.
Both times rank in the top 40 nationally. They also surpass Utah's official state high school records, but will not be recognized as such because they were produced out of state. The official, all-classes state records for the 100- and 200-meter dashes are 11.85, set by Brighton's Aubrey Hale in 2010, and 24.18, set by Spanish Fork's Natalie Stewart in 2008.
Love is a good bet to break those records before the season ends in three weeks. At last week's Davis Invitational, in cold and rainy conditions, she ran 11.88. Earlier this season, in a tri-meet at Herriman, she ran 11.63, with a slight wind aid that nullified it for record considerations (performances with a wind exceeding 2 meters per second are disallowed as records).
How fast can she run this year? "I think she'll be down there in the 11.5s," says Herriman coach Jake Garlick.
And yet Love is still a raw, undeveloped talent who is learning the sport. She didn't start running track until 13 months ago. Until then, she was a Level 10 gymnast, which is one step from elite. For nearly a decade her life was built around the sport, checking out of school at 12:50 p.m. daily and training at a gym until 6:30.
Love tried track briefly. As a seventh-grader she participated in a summer county-rec track program, where she was first seen by Garlick. She showed immediate promise by running 13 flat for 100 meters and high jumping 5 foot 3 inches, which was also her height at the time. She returned to gymnastics in the fall to prepare for the winter season and forgot about track, but her mother Stephanie didn't.
"I knew then that if gymnastics didn't pan out, she could run track," she says.
Love, who was training six days a week for gymnastics, was a perennial all-around state champion until the injuries began. A hamstring pull and broken toe sidelined her for consecutives seasons. She also experienced chronic knee pain from all the pounding that is endured in gymnastics. Stephanie again suggested that she try high school track, but her daughter wanted to focus on gymnastics.
"I think I was scared I would love something more than gymnastics," says Kaysha. "I still loved it."
"She had tunnel vision," says Stephanie. "I kept harassing her about track. I could see she wasn't as happy as she used to be in gymnastics. The injuries were taking their toll on her, and she was frustrated. But that's all she knew. That was her family away from her family."
A routine ensued. Stephanie would prod Kaysha to run track and she would resist. "What makes you think I can run track if I can't even run the vault runway (because of knee pain)?" she would say.
The 2013 track season was already a month old when Garlick called. He remembered Love from the county-rec program. "Why isn't Kaysha out for track?" he asked Stephanie. Kaysha relented and decided to try the sport again. Two days after joining the team she clocked 12.01 in a small meet in Herriman.


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I have an interesting bug i'm trying to understand. I am writing a simple
"UDP Socket" class that wraps the Winsock APIs. I have found that when i
specify a UDP server port on Windows (say 666) the port mysteriously gets
changed to another port (in this case 39426).
To clarify:
1) The UDP client sends a datagram from Windows box 1 to port 666 on Windows
box 2.
2) MS Network Monitor shows that the UDP client app is ACTUALLY using
destination port 39426 (the 666 has changed to 39426).
3) The UDP Server socket is undeed receiving datagrams from port 39426 since
the application receives the message.
I'm assuming that Windows for some reason changes the port behind my back!
a) How is the client notified of the port change on the server side?
b) Why does Windows behave this way?
This behavior is a big problem for me since i need to communicate between
the Windows platform and an embedded platform using UDP datagrams. As it is
now, the embedded RTOS (Nucleus) is using the destination port used in the
Send_To call which results in the datagram being addressed to port 666
(which my PC-side UDP server doesn't receive on due to the port being
swapped behind my back).


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I've run into a couple of problems with Poizone. First, I don't know how to install fst presets properly. Fxp presets are no problem, I just put the folders in my shared space (in My Documents), but that doesn't work with fst. If I put them in Patches\Plugin presets\Generators\Poizone (had to create the folder myself) I can make them show up via the wrapper, but not in the Content Library (reloading doesn't help, it only reads the shared space it seems).
And then there's another thing: if I install the latest Poizone the only options I get are "Standalone" and "VSTi Plugin". Shouldn't there be "FL Plugin" also? (Of course I have FL Studio installed.)


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I know you can get them from razing villages, or by buying them. But what do you do with them?
Cattle has two main uses. One of which may be more useful than others.
If you purchase some cattle, you can interact with them on the world map. You will be given two options: Butcher or Move the Herd (I don't remember the exact wording, but these are close).
By choosing to butcher the cattle, you will receive meat in your inventory which will provide food for your party until it is consumed, or spoiled. It's not the cheapest way to get food, but it can help if the town has nothing else.
By choosing to move the herd, you can corral them to another city, or to your Marshal's Army, should the Marshal (or Village Elder) ask for cattle. This will increase your reputation with whomever requested the cattle.
One of the quests that you can get from a village is to bring them cattle. In addition to increasing the village's loyalty, I believe this also has an effect on its prosperity. When you have cattle they appear as a separate entity on the map. You drive the herd by moving your party towards it. The cattle will move generally away from your party (this takes some trial and error) until in range of the village, and then disappear. You can also overtake the herd, which will give you the option to stop them or drive them forward.


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I have a set of items. These items are (pseudo)randomly placed into buckets. The buckets are ordered and items placed in them are ordered. After all of the items are placed in buckets, the items are read back out of the buckets starting with the first item in the first bucket, then the second item in the first bucket, and so one until there are no more items in the bucket. Then the items are read from the second bucket and so on.
For example, I have three buckets, and the items
a through
a is inserted into bucket 2:
1 2 3
b into bucket 1
1 2 3
b a
c into bucket 2
1 2 3
b a
and so on until we have the following buckets
1 2 3
b a d
e c
The items are then read out as the list
A naïve examination seems to say that items inserted first have a higher chance of being first and items inserted last have a higher chance of being inserted last. This makes me fairly certain that the list has less entropy than just shuffling the items with an algorithm like fisher-yates, but how do I calculate the difference in entropy?


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Beginning with the Thursday volleyball match against defending national champion and third-ranked Stanford, All-Access subscribers will get a triple-shot of volleyball, men's basketball and football video webcasts in three days.
The 12th-ranked Arizona volleyball team (12-2 overall, 4-1 Pac-10) is only one game behind the second-place Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-10 conference race heading into tonight's match at 7 p.m.. The volleyball team will be right back on the floor again Friday night against No. 13 California as part of a doubleheader with men's basketball for McKale Madness.
Live video of both matches will be webcast to All-Access subscribers through the official Arizona Athletics web site at www.arizonaathletics.com beginning at 7 p.m. (MST). All-Access is the premium multimedia service for Wildcat fans.
The second half of McKale Madness will also be webcast live Friday night, as the 2005-06 Wildcat men's basketball team takes the floor for the first time to meet fans, participate in 3-point shooting and dunk contests, and play a brief scrimmage. Other fan festivities are also planned, with NBA great John Salley from "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" handling master of ceremonies duties.
McKale Madness will be webcast live beginning at 9 p.m., or after the conclusion of the volleyball match.
Subscribers will also be able to watch the only video broadcast available for this Saturday's football game against Stanford on a delayed basis. The game kicks off at 4 p.m. (MST), and the video webcast will be available immediately upon the conclusion of the game (approximately 7:30 p.m.).
Subscribers can listen to the football game live through All-Access, and free live statistics are available through the Arizona Athletics web site.
Here is the complete three-day schedule:
|Thursday, Oct. 13
|Volleyball vs. #3 Stanford
|7 p.m.
|Friday, Oct. 14
|McKale Madness
|Volleyball vs. #13 California
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|Saturday, Oct. 15
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What medicines can I take for a cold while pregnant?
I am 30 weeks pregnant...I have a sore throat, runny nose, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, and head aches. I've been told that I can take Cepachol numbing throat losenges and chloraseptic spray. What about vicks vapor rub for my chest? Any suggestions on medication?
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For the third season, Talespinner Children's Theatre (TCT) which is located in the Reinberger Auditorium at 5209 Detroit Avenue is bringing their brand of fresh, original and children friendly productions to Cleveland. Acclaimed by critics, audience and (most important) children, TCT shows incorporate music, tumbling, masks, puppets and drumming as well as other creative methods to tell a tale.
TCT prides itself in bringing to the stage new as well as familiar stories that focus on other people, other cultures and a more "world view" concept geared to educate as well as entertain. It is a show where children of all ages are invited to laugh, sing, interact and think as they watch the wonderment that is live theater. Come visit with the kaleidoscope of characters who will be crossing the TCT stage this year and see if it does not open your eyes, ears, hearts and imagination to a whole new theater experience.
Talespinner Children's Theatre 2014 Season
Aesop's Pirate Adventure
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April 5th - 27th, 2014
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By Toni K. Thayer
Directed by Alison Garrigan
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(a Norse Mythology Story)
By Michael Geither
Directed by Alison Garrigan
September 20th - October 12th
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Directed by Alison Garrigan
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Talespinner Children's Theatre's mission is to develop and produce highly imaginative, original, collaborative and interactive professional works for children that also stimulate creative growth in its artists. These pieces involve acting, dance, music, puppetry, and numerous other artistic disciplines. TCT creates works that remember that children are smaller people, not lesser people. Talespinner Children's Theatre strives to reach across socio-economic, cultural and traditional boundaries to help awaken and bring better understanding by opening eyes, ears, hearts and imaginations in the young people (and artists) of Cleveland and its surrounds.


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The Haines Borough will redouble efforts to secure $900,000 in funding for paving of Third Avenue after losing a federal earmark for the work.
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I recently created a new SharePoint 2010 image for our virtual machine here at work. After installation and configuration is done, it usually opens a page pointing to your computer name. I have a problem however in all images I create. When SharePoint finishes configuration and goes to the computer's local url (eg. "http://yourcomputername/") I get DNS_UNRESOLVED_HOSTNAME error. However, when I change the url to "http://localhost/" it allows me to go to the home page of my SharePoint site.
Any ideas what might be the problem? I'm using VMWare Player for setting up the image and I have Windows Server 2008 R2 as my base OS.


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The master builder program, a result of State of Oregon House Bill 2012, requires new and separate processes for both the applicant and building jurisdictions throughout the State. The bill
sets some limits for allowing a State certified master builder to do parts of their own plan review and inspections of single family residences they are building or remodeling. The bill also
allows building department discretion when determining what portions of a given project may be plan reviewed or inspected by the master builder. The following information is intended to aid the
user in steps and processes associated with master builder projects.
What is a certified master builder?
A certified master builder is a title provided by the State of Oregon to an individual who has met pre-established criteria, including participating in and completing a BCD approved training
program, and who has successfully passed a written State of Oregon examination.
May a company be known as a master builder?
No. A master builder must be an individual who holds a master builder certification issued by the State of Oregon.
What are master builders allowed to do?
A master builder may perform portions of plan reviews and/or certain inspections of basic, non-complex structures that are designed and constructed under the requirements of the Oregon One-and
Two-Family Dwelling Specialty Code.
What portion of a plan review can a master builder perform?
A master builders can do the fire/life safety review for basic, non-complex structures that do not require fire resistive construction. A master builder cannot review the vertical or lateral
loads associated with any project.
What inspections can a master builder perform?
A master builder can, based on the discretion of the jurisdiction having authority and the complexity of the project, make inspections of foundations, under-floor framing, wall and roof sheathing,
insulation and masonry chimneys, and fireplaces.
How will a building department know when a master builder intends to do plan review or inspections on a given project?
The master builder must declare their intent to the jurisdiction having authority. This declaration must be made at time of application for a permit on forms furnished by the jurisdiction.
The master builder (applicant) must determine specifically what portion of plan review/inspections they want to perform.
Who determines what portion of plan review or inspections the master builder can do?
The jurisdiction having authority will review the application made by a master builder for a given project. The jurisdiction's building official may allow some, all, or none of the master builder's
request. The criteria for making this determination may be based on the complexity of the structure. For example, a master builder may be permitted to perform all the allowed inspections for
a basic, single story 1,200 sq. ft. residence. A master builder would not be allowed to do foundation or under floor framing inspections on a complex structure with an engineered design, yet
may be granted approval to perform an insulation inspection on the same structure.
How do building departments know when a master builder has done an inspection?
The master builder is required to notify the building official when any portion of the project is ready for inspection. This notification will vary between building departments, but the intent
is that normal notification procedures be made for each inspection request. The building department, upon receipt of any request, may visit the subject project to:
a. Verify that the master builder has performed and recorded the inspection.
b. Perform an inspection and verify that the project is in conformance with code.
c. Record any portions of the project that are found to be in non-compliance, even if the master builder has given an approval.
d. Verify that any portions of the project found to be in non-compliance are corrected prior to approval.
e. Document inspection approvals given by the master builder where code deficient issues were noted by the building inspector.
What is the master builder's responsibility after the inspection is completed?
Once the master builder has done the inspection, the inspection shall be recorded on official forms and submitted to the building department within two working days of the date the inspection
was made. (Please consult your local jurisdiction for any additional timelines.) The master builder also shall maintain a copy of the form used for each inspections. The copies must be kept with
the approved set of plans at each job site. The master builder also shall record each inspection approval on the appropriate inspection record card at each job site.
What are the consequences if a master builder fails to maintain proper records, approves work that is in non-compliance, or neglects to notify the building department when inspections are
The non-compliant work would have to be corrected. Disregard for the rules of the master builder program can result in the possible revocation of a waiver for a plan review or required inspection.
The jurisdiction shall notify the division within 90 days when the building official revokes a waiver. (OAR 918-020-0480 (2)
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College Hockey:Maine Ices Northeastern
OT Win Salvages Split
ORONO, Maine — Around the Maine locker room, junior defenseman Bret Tyler is known as "The Doze."
Last night, however, "The Doze" became superman.
With his team falling fast in the Hockey East standings and desperately in need of a win, Tyler rescued his squad Saturday night with a sensational play that capped off Maine's 2-1 overtime victory over Northeastern.
On the play, which ended an at-times frustrating and exhilarating contest, Tyler picked up a loose puck on the boards and proceeded to snake in on netminder Brad Thiessen only to dish a perfect pass to Teddy Purcell for the game winner with 43 seconds remaining in the extra
"[Assistant coach Guy Perron] just told me to jump over the boards, so I jumped out there and the puck rimmed around," said Tyler. "I got it and I faked the shot. The guy kind of skated by me, so I walked around him and I had a lane to the net.
Then I looked up and saw Teddy Ballgame. If you want the puck on anyone's stick at the end of the game it's going to him. I saw him and my eyes light up."
For the sixth-ranked Black Bears [16-7-2, 9-7-1] the play was one they've come to anticipate from Tyler, who appears to have ice-water in his veins.
"He's just a hell of a player, there's no other way to say it," said head coach Tim Whitehead. "I don't know anyone who sees the game better than Bret Tyler. He is just one of those guys you see play hockey and you know he was born to play hockey."
At a time when the Black Bears had lost four of their last five and three straight at home, Tyler, who had two assists on the night, took the game into his own hands.
"He's such an elite player and with elite players they have such poise and patience with the puck," said Purcell. "We always say to give Doze the rock and we did tonight and he made a great play like he usually does. I was just fortunate enough to be on the other end of it."
According to Purcell, the minute Tyler snagged the puck he knew where he had to go.
"I just went to the net and I know Doze has great vision from the point," said Purcell. "He made a great play to drag everyone in and he just slides it over to me. You have to give all the credit to him. Anyone could've scored that goal but it's definitely a nice feeling in front of my family and friends in a game we need."
The gutsy victory allowed Maine to remain three points above Northeastern in the conference standings. After Friday's surprising 6-1 upset of Maine, Northeastern [9-12-4] had crawled to with-in one point of the Black Bears for sixth place in the league.
The Black Bears while holding an impressive ranking of sixth in the country were a shocking sixth place in their own league, good enough for a road trip in the Hockey East quarterfinals. With a mammoth road trip looming next weekend against archenemy New Hampshire, the Black Bears needed to stand up and take control of their season.
"Going into UNH we wanted to show the league that we meant business and wanted to earn some respect back because we had been falling apart," said Tyler.
Still, the Black Bears have a ways to go before they completely earn back the respect of their fans believes Whitehead.
"As I told the guys after, that is just one step for us," said Whitehead. "We still have a long way to go before we earn back that respect from some of our fans here. But what a great first step. You want to take a great first step and we did that.
Hopefully the next time we are at home we can continue to build on that success."
Friday's loss pushed Maine to a .500 record at home; a figure that was once thought to be unfathomable in Alfond Arena in late January.
"I think this is the first step to returning to what we were but we have to take it one step at a time," said Purcell. "It's not going to happen over night. However it was a nice step, our backs were against the wall, we didn't want to get swept again for the second week at home in a row."
Trailing by one for more than half of the decision, Maine managed to finally break through on the power play at 18:41 of the second period. After failing to score in over 20 straight appearances on the power play, the Black Bears once again found solace in the play of Tyler. Camped out at the top of point Tyler received a pass from Keenan Hopson along the boards and proceeded to rifle the puck on net.
"Keenan [Hopson] just made a good pass over to me and somehow I just one-timed it on net," said Tyler. "Billy [Ryan] and Soares just did an unbelievable job beating the guys out of the corner and Billy got the deflection over the guys glove."
Moments after watching the puck fly into the back of the mesh, a pumped up Ryan attempted to shake up his teammates.
"Usually I'm scoring the seventh or eighth goal, but finally I got a big goal," said Ryan. "I just felt like I needed to get the team jacked up. It felt good to get that off our backs and to be back in the game."
Maine captain Michel Leveille earned special kudos on the play after drawing the penalty by taking a punch to head by Jacques Perreault.
"The big thing we talked about entering the game was not getting down if we were losing by one," said Maine forward Rob Bellamy. "Today when we went down we were alright. That goal really kicked started us. Lev's shown real disciple to take that punch to the head and generate that goal."
Upon scoring the goal it quickly became clear Maine was back to their preferred style of hockey.
"I think we stuck to our plan well," said Purcell. "We came to the rink a lot more focused on the task at hand. We took one period at a time. It didn't go well for us the whole 60 minutes, but we battled through it and came away with two big points."
Despite the momentum changing goal at the end of the second, Northeastern didn't go away. The re-energized Huskies, playing some of their best hockey in the past couple years, continued to get at netminder Ben Bishop, who finished the match with 16 saves. Yet, the attacks proved too fruitless. The lone Northeastern tally remained Chad Costello's 3-on-1 score at 17:38 of the first period.
"The longer the game went the better we played, which is obviously a good sign," said Whitehead. "It's just nice to see the guys play hard again and keep the game simple. It's always great to win a game in OT at home, there's nothing quite like that feeling."
The "do-or-die" game for Maine saw them finally conquer Thiessen, 31 saves, after he had given them fits all weekend. Northeastern will take their two points from Orono and move on to compete against Merrimack Friday.
"This game was a must win and we came out on top," said Ryan. "We just want to thank all the fans for sticking by us."
Now with UNH in Maine's immediate future, the Black Bears are ready to use this victory as a spring board.
"This is huge confidence is a huge part of hockey and right now after that win our confidence is sky high," said Ryan. "We just have to keep on building from this win. Personally I think this is a turning point in our season, not just tonight's win but to build off Friday's loss.
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text: Union president pleased with contract ratification, still fighting for patient safety Business Cathy Wurzer · Jul 7, 2010 Listen Nurses Association president pleased with new contract, despite no new staffing ratios 4min 17sec Linda Hamilton MPR Photo/Lorna Benson Linda Hamilton, president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, said she is pleased that the nurses have ratified their new contract, but she will still work for the staffing ratios that nurses believe will ensure patient safety. Stay Informed The news on your schedule from MPR News Update Email Address* Zip Code MPR News Update AM Edition MPR News Update PM Edition See our Privacy Policy. Must be age 13.


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|from Commission (COM (2003) 60, 5 Feb. 2003)
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|Art. 62(2) EC
|permits easier entry to and from Kaliningrad across Lithuania
|builds on Schengen acquis
|likely UK & Ireland opt out; Denmark has opted in as matter of international law (Council doc. 14588/03, 14 Nov. 2003)
|Oostlander report (A5-0075/2003) adopted at committee meeting, 19 Mar. 2003; plenary vote 9 Apr. 2003 (OJ 2004 C 64 E/194)
|adopted as 'A' point, 14 Apr. 2003 General Affairs and External Relations Council: Regulation 693/2003
|Entry into force
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Research Activities, January 2014
Staff perception of infection prevention safety culture varies among hospitals
Patient Safety and Quality of Care
A hospital's perceived commitment to safety and quality improvements is its safety culture. Improving safety culture is complicated, as it involves individual and group values. A new study reveals that frontline health care technicians perceive they are not as engaged in hospital infection improvement efforts compared to other staff. Similarly, frontline technicians had lower perceptions of the adequacy of staffing and resources than administration. Nevertheless, most safety culture items did not vary by staff role or experience. Instead, the safety culture related to infection control varies more by the hospital than by any particular staff position or the experience of individual employees. Therefore, the researchers conclude that safety education and interventions need to be tailored to the needs of individual hospitals rather than the professional role or experience level for individual staff.
The researchers surveyed staff, clinicians, and managers at 5 hospitals about their perceptions of their hospital's safety culture related to preventing infections. The 5 hospitals included four urban hospitals and one rural hospital across New England, the South and Middle Atlantic, and West North Central parts of the country. Staff perceptions of safety related to infection prevention were scored from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
On average, each hospital completed 63 questionnaires. The majority who responded were nurses (38 percent), although about 10 percent were health care technicians (aides, medical technologists, and phlebotomists). Eleven of 14 mean scores were above 4.0. There were high scores for such things as practical things staff could do to prevent infections, washing hands before and after patient contact, and hospital monitoring of infections for quality improvement.
The lowest scores centered on staffing coverage, inadequate resources to support patient safety, and better continuing education programs on infection control. Administrators and quality leaders agreed more strongly than nurses and technicians that the hospital monitors infections to improve patient safety. However, nurses kept better posted on advances in patient safety compared to residents and interns. Staff with shorter tenure at their facilities agreed more strongly that there are practical things they can do to prevent infections compared to those staff with 20 years of more of employment. The study was supported by AHRQ (Contract No. 290-06-00015).
See "Does health care role and experience influence perception of safety culture related to preventing infections?", by Barbara I. Braun, Ph.D., Anthony D. Harris, M.D., M.P.H., Cheryl L. Richards, B.S., R.H.I.A., and others in the American Journal of Infection Control 41, pp. 638-641, 2013.


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Information Resources:
Visitor Center: 1575 California Street, Denver, CO 80202
The Atmosphere
Cowboy-hat-wearing ambassadors greet travelers at the city's state-of-the-art airport. The golden dome of the Colorado State Capitol overlooks downtown, where renovated historic buildings and architecturally striking modern structures stand side by side. Classic steak houses sit comfortably next to innovative eateries, with bold, young chefs creating culinary masterpieces.
The city boasts many upscale hotels, including several hip, boutique hotels; the historic Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, where kings, presidents and the Beatles have stayed; and sleek accommodations with attention-to-detail service and luxurious amenities.
Denver Arts & Museums
The city's arts and cultural world has thrived in the last decade. In 2006, it celebrated the opening of a major expansion to the Denver Art Museum — the Hamilton Building, designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. Two years later, the city was given a new home for The Museum of Contemporary Art, an eco-friendly building created by David Adjaye. Meanwhile, the city's creative community has transformed several neighborhoods into vibrant art districts, with First Friday Art Walks attracting art lovers year-round.
Ground zero for the region's performing arts world is downtown's Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC), the second largest such structure in the U.S. DPAC regularly hosts blockbuster Broadway musicals, classical music, dance, drama and more.
There are plenty of attractions for visitors who want to spend a few days in town. The Museum of Nature & Science is filled with treasures of the earth — dinosaurs, dioramas, space exhibits, science experiments, digital planetarium, IMAX theater and touring shows. At the zoo, visitors go underwater with polar bears, get eyeball-to-eyeball with a gorilla and see a rainforest teeming with crocodiles and gila monsters. Several museums pay tribute to larger-than-life characters, such as Buffalo Bill Cody, the Unsinkable Molly Brown and modern artist Vance Kirkland. Visitors can discover rich ethnic history at the Black American West Museum and Museo de las Americas or delve into the state's heritage at the History Colorado Center.
The hubs of the city's business world are downtown and the Tech Center, but visitors love the city's hidden-gem neighborhoods, each with their own dining scene, diverse shopping and stimulating cultural attractions. Plus, The University of Colorado A Line — a new commuter train between Denver's Union Station and Denver International Airport — makes getting to the Mile High City and surrounding neighborhoods even easier.
Other Denver Attractions
Love sports? You can cheer on professional teams year-round, whether it's football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer or lacrosse. The Colorado Rockies defend their home turf at downtown's Coors Field, while the Broncos sell out every game at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Both the Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center, also downtown.
Crowd-pleasing shopping rounds out the Mile High experience. Downtown shoppers can ride the free hybrid shuttles on the pedestrian-friendly 16th Street Mall between such name brand stores as NikeTown, Banana Republic and Forever 21. Larimer Square offers the trendiest retail options, while the Cherry Creek Shopping District is home to upscale options like Tiffany's, Saks and Neiman Marcus, along with one-of-a-kind cafes, spas, galleries and boutiques.
Carved from towering red-rock monuments, the 9,000-seat Red Rocks Amphitheatre is one of the world's most renowned concert venues. A concert here is on the "bucket list" of every true music fan. The Visitor Center has a museum and performers hall of fame, and the surrounding park has hiking trails that weave around the colorful rocks.
Outdoor Recreation in Denver
If you come looking for outdoor recreation, you won't be disappointed. The city offers more than 850 miles of paved off-road trails that connect to hundreds of miles of dirt trails and mountain-bike adventures. The nearby Rocky Mountains boast hiking excursions, ski slopes and wildlife. Rocky Mountain National Park, one of the top outdoor destinations in the world, is just a 90-minute drive from downtown. Additionally, there are more than 850 miles of bike and walking paths that connect to hundreds of miles of dirt trails and mountain-bike adventures.


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Richard McDougal and Jim Mauro on bsc
By fintanr on Apr 07, 2005
I noticed that Richard McDougal has started a blog, joining his partner in crime Jim Mauro. These guys authored Solaris Internals, a book that is used by everyone in our group on an almost daily basis. They are currently updating it for Solaris 10, it will be an invaluable resource once it comes out. Point your aggregators at their blogs, highly recommended. In the meantime they have some teasers in the form of two presentations posted on the Solaris Internals site, well worth a read.


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Many of Genoa City's most prominent residents were in attendance at the "Delia Project" Gala when Womack attempted to steal the Snow Queen doll. Before he could make a clean getaway, Lily Ashby stopped him, pulling the doll from underneath his coat and revealing that Womack was stealing the doll for the diamonds hidden inside.
As Womack brandished his gun fans were left waiting to find out what happens on "The Young and the Restless." According to an email dated Feb. 16 from a source, Colin attempts to save the day by telling Womack to just take the diamonds and go. Womack locks everyone into the ballroom and takes their cell phones. Devon trips the silent alarm, alerting the Genoa City Police Department to the situation. As the police arrive, Womack forces both Lily and Chelsea to turn over their wedding rings.
Kevin stands up to Womack, there is a crash and gun shot. The chandelier falls on Billy and Chelsea. Billy Abbott has been shot. Womack regains control and says, "I'm sure we've all been held hostage before. First time for anyone?" No hands are raised in response.
What else happens on "The Young and the Restless" On Monday, Feb. 17?
- Kelly reveals to Jack that she is the woman that Billy met in the grief support group. Jack thanks Kelly for everything she has done to help Billy put his life back together.
- Victoria begs Womack to get help for Billy. Kelly tells Womack she has first aid training and she will help Billy.
- As Billy's condition continues to worsen he begins apologizing to Victoria, begging for forgiveness. "I didn't mean for it to happen" Billy whispers.
- Kelly offers her first aid training to help Billy. As Billy continues to apologize, Kelly tells him he needs to stop talking. "You told her didn't you?" Victoria asks, told me what? What is he talking about?"
- Jack bargains with Womack in order to gain Chelsea's release by offering him his private plane.
- Chelsea tells the police what has happened in the ballroom and that Billy has been shot
- Victoria continues to ask what it is Billy thinks Kelly told her
- Kelly begs Billy to be quiet.
- Billy tells Victoria he "didn't mean for it to happen" and that "it was only one time. It meant nothing to me. Never again, I promise you. I love you so much.
- Victoria turns to Kelly and says, "You slept with my husband!
- Jack bargains with Womack in order to gain Chelsea's release by offering him his private plane.
- Chelsea tells the police what has happened in the ballroom and that Billy has been shot
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Nov. 7, 2012
By Elly Walker
By Elly Walker
FRESNO, Calif. -- After three days of competition at the Warrior Wave Intercollegiate, the Bulldogs finished in 8th place out of 16 teams. The Fresno State men's golf team averaged 73.16 on the tough, windy, par-72, 7,223-yard Makai Golf Club at Princeville..
Baylor shot 18 under par (287-280-279--846) and took the tournament title. Albin Choi from North Carolina State took the individual title and finished ten under par (69-68-69--206).
Bulldog Nate Jessup closed with a strong 69 to finish in a tie for 18th place. Jessup made a total of 12 birdies throughout the three-day tournament. This was Nate's third top-21 finish in the four fall tournaments, including one top-10 finish.
Second among the Bulldogs was freshman Troix Tonkham who shot 76-71-75=222 for a 35th place finish in the 79-player field. Other Bulldog results included Jack Mulroy 77-72-74--223 (45th), Rufie Fessler 76-73-75--224 (50th), and Rich Gilkey 69-83-77--229 (65th).
Coach Mike Watney was optimistic about his players after the fall season. "They are good guys with excellent attitudes and they are hard workers," head coach Mike Watney said. "Considering that we had three new golfers in the lineup, the results were pretty good. I know we have a huge upside because we've shown it in our qualifiers with four different Bulldogs shooting 65 or better. I have high hopes for these guys. For Nate and Rufie to average less than 72 is awesome and how about that freshman Troix! To be averaging 72 is a better average than PGA Tour Star Nick Watney had during the fall campaign of his freshman year as a Bulldog."
During the fall season, Nate Jessup and Rufie Fessler tied for low scoring average at 71.92 for the four tournaments. Freshman Troix Tonkham make an immediate positive impact averaging 72.75.
Rounding out the fall scoring was Jack Mulroy at 73.58 and Daniel Russell at 73.67.
The Warrior Wave Intercollegiate concluded the Bulldog's fall season. The Fresno State men's golf team tees off its spring season on Feb. 11, 2013 at the Farms Collegiate Invitational hosted by the University of San Diego.
"Discover Fresno State Athletics!" Stay connected with the Bulldogs on Facebook (fresnostateathletics) and Twitter (@FSAthletics).
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Nokia Lumia 925
Apart from being the first Nokia metal device, the Nokia Lumia 925 is all set to scorch the markets with its sleek and trendy looks, elegant design and power packed features. Adorned with a smart camera, Nokia's purview technology and the new preinstalled Oggl app this phone is poised to bring together the best in photography, low light imaging and sleek looks. While the metal finished design and its AMOLED display will make it easier for people to view the content from various angles; the PureView imaging technology is aimed at improving the clarity and sharpness of pictures even in low light shots.
The first look of the Nokia Lumia 925 has impressed many by it stunning design. The metallic frame of the phone gives it a slim look and also adds to the toughness of the phone. The polycarbonate body of Nokia Lumia 925 is being said to be complete in all basic aspects, combined with Nokia's signature bright colors.
The technical specifications of the phone are as follows:
- Networks: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, WCDMA, 2100, 1900, 850, 900, LTE 2100, 1800, 2600, 900, 800
- 4.5 inch AMOLED display
- 1.5 GHz dual core Snapdragon
- 9X70.6X8.55 mm
- Weight: 139 gms
- Bluetooth 3.0
- 3.5 audio Connector
- NFC enabled
- Battery: 2000 MaH
- Built in online service support: Facebook, YouTube (Upload), Picasa, Twitter.
- Turn by turn Navigation and Voice Navigation system
- Camera: Autofocus, dual LED flash, 8.7 Megapixel with Carl Zeiss lens
- Front camera: High definition 1.2 MP
- IHF speaker
- High definition voice compliance
- 3.5mm AV connector
- LTE and HSPA+ 4G connectivity
According to technology experts, the improvement in the Nokia Lumia 925 camera has drastically improved the image processing software which is set to perk up the image quality. A new feature in the phone is the Nokia Smart Camera mode that facilitates high quality pictures. It allows the user to take 10 shots at once and also edit them late with the help of tools such as Action Shot, Motion Focus and Best Shot.
As expected Nokia Lumia 925 is a modified version of the Lumia 920. This is Nokia's first phone with an aluminum chassis after its collaboration with the team of Windows software platform. This phone is thin and light with a Gorilla Glass covering. The screen incorporates the ClearBlack Technology and the high brightness mode which makes it a good phone to be used outdoors.
The disappointments:-
The only disappointment noted in the Nokia Lumia 925 is its missing xenon flash which is found in the Nokia Lumia 928. The phone also does not have the built in wireless charging system. This was done away with to make the phone thinner and sleeker. This feature can be obtained by purchasing an accessory cover which is available in black, red, yellow, and white colors.
Comparison between Lumia 920 and Lumia 925:-
The Lumia 920 and Lumia 925 has similar features but is differentiated by its look. Nokia is using the metal look for Lumia 925 and a polycarbonate case for the Lumia 920. The Nokia Lumia 925 scores on the weight front when compared to Lumia 920. The Lumia 925 weighs only 139 gms whereas Lumia 920 weighs 185 gms. The display of the both phones is at par with each other. Lumia 920 offers more memory than the new Lumia 925. The other features such as the battery, 3G network compatibility, and the dual-core 1.5GHz Krait processor with Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset are same in both the phones.
Release Date of Nokia Lumia 925:-
Slated to release sometime in mid June 2013, the Nokia Lunia 925 is open for pre-bookings from end of May 2013. While clear numbers are yet to come in as far as its price is concerned, the phone is expected to cost INR 40,000 in India and 469 Euros across Europe. So get set for this new Nokia release, all ready and ringing to take the mobile market by storm.


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To our users Please note that the HCV database site is no longer funded. We try to keep the database updated and the tools running, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee we can provide help for using this site. Data won't be manually curated either.
Highlighter takes only nucleotide alignments as input. The alignments can be in any one of the Common Sequence Formats. The input should be codon aligned if you wish to use the silent and non-silent statistics.
This feature enables you to select the sequence(s) that will act as master.
If the box is not clicked, the top sequence will be taken as the master by default. When multiple masters are required while using the option match, the top n sequences will be taken as masters where n is a number specified by the user. However, when the change masters button is clicked, the sequences will be extracted from the input file and a check box will be displayed. Using these checkboxes, you can select the sequences you want to use as masters.
NOTE: When there are multiple selections but only one master is needed, any one of the selections will be used as master.
This option enables you to find the nucleotides in a query sequence that do not match with those in a SINGLE master sequence. The nucleotides that do not match with the master are assigned a color as given below:
Consider the following sequences,
Master A G T T A G Query T A G C A G Result | | | |
In the above example, the query sequence differs from the master in the positions 1, 2, 3 and 4. Hence these changes in the query are indicated by a "|" in a color depending on which nucleotide is present in the given location in the query.
This option enables you to compare query sequences with the master and highlight transitions, transversions and A<->G transitions with the following colors:
= Transversions = C<->T Transitions = A<->G Transitions = Transition or transversion
Consider the following sequences,
Master A T G C A T M Query - A A G G C G Result | | | | | | |
In the above example, all transitions except the one in the 6th position is an A<->G transition and is hence marked in light blue. All the transversions are marked in pink. In the last position (7), M of the master represents A or C and the query has a G in the corresponding position, hence this could be either a transition or transversion and is marked in green.
This option enables you to compare query NUCLEOTIDE sequences with the master and highlight silent and non-silent mutations with the following colors.
= Silent = Non-silent
Consider the following sequences,
Master ATG ACT AAT TAG Query ATG ACC GTT TAA Result | | | |
The tool converts the nucleotide sequences to the corresponding amino acid sequences and highlights silent and non-silent mutations. In the above example, the second codon (ACT) in the master encodes threonine, and the corresponding codon in the query (ACC) also codes for the same, hence this is shown as a silent mutation. In contrast, the 3rd codon in the master (AAT) codes for amino acid asparagine, while the corresponding codon in the query (GTT) codes for valine, hence this is shown as a non-silent mutation.
This tool uses SNAP to calculate the statistics. It only compares the Master sequence with the other sequences and does not compare all pairs of sequences. For a more detailed analysis of silent and non-silent mutations, please use SNAP.
This option enables you to identify the matching nucleotides between a single or multiple masters and a query sequence. If the number of masters is entered as 2, the top 2 sequences in the file will be considered as master sequences.
Each of the masters is assigned a unique color and is matched to each of the query sequences. The nucleotide matches in the query are highlighted in the color of the master that it matched. If a nucleotide in the query matches more than one master, this match is ignored, and only unique matches are colored.
Consider the following example,
Master1 A T T G G C Master2 A G G C A T Query1 A G T T A G Result A | | T | G
In the above example, the G in position 2 of the query matches with master2 and is indicated by a green "|" in the respective position in the result. The query sequence also matches with the T of master1 in position 3 and this is indicated by the red "|". The query matches with both master1 and master2 in position 1 and hence this position is left uncolored as only unique matches are displayed in the result. With regards to positions 4 and 6, since there are no matches, this is treated as a polymorphic site and depending on the option chosen to label polymorphisms, this is either left uncolored or is colored black. For more info on labeling polymorphisms, see below.
Consider the following sequences,
Master1: ATTGATA Master2: ATTGTTA Query1 : ATTGCTA
All the sequences above are identical except for the nucleotides in the 5th position. While the master sequences have an A and T in their respective positions, Query1 has a C. By selecting the option to label polymorphisms, these mismatches will also be indicated in black, while they will be ignored if this option is not selected.
This option highlights successive matches with bars as shown below:
Master1 A T T G G C Master2 A G G C A T Query1 A T T T A G Result T | G
In the example, the first three successive matches are represented as a single long bar as shown when the 'Use bars to indicate successive matches' option is selected. If the option is not selected, the matches are represented as regular vertical lines as shown in position 5.
When a match is done with the option "treat gaps as character", the gaps are treated as a "fifth nucleotide" and a gap in the query is matched with a gap in the master in the same position.
Consider the following example:
Master1 - T T G G - Master2 A G G C A - Query1 - G T T A - Result | | | T | G
In the above example, when "treat gaps as character" is selected, the gap in the 1st position of the query is matched with the gap in the first position of master 1. However, the gap in the 6th position is not taken into account and is ignored because it matches with more than one master. For more details on match see above.
Mismatch, Transition & transversion, and Silent & non-silent:
When any of the above options are run with the option "treat gaps as a character", a gap IN THE QUERY is highlighted in gray if there is no gap in the master sequence at the same position. If the "treat gaps as character" option is not chosen, such a gap is ignored.
When the option "match IUPAC codes" is selected, the following IUPAC codes are also considered during a match or mismatch:
Character Meaning M A and C R A and G W A and T S C and G Y C and T K G and T B C and G and T H A and C and T V A and C and G D A and G and T N A or C or G or T ? Any state or nothing
When the ignore option is selected, the tool skips over the IUPAC code in the sequence and does not perform any comparison in that position.
In this case, the tool treats IUPAC codes as regular characters without using the nucleotides they stand for while comparing. For example, although R stands for A and G, while using this option it will match ONLY another R.
When IUPAC codes are included in the match, the codes are also matched based on the nucleotides they represent. For example, if the master had an M in the 2nd position and the query had an R in the corresponding position, then this is considered a match because M could be an A and so could R. Whereas, if the master had a C in the 2nd position and the query had a D in the same position then this would not be a match because D includes everything but C.
Consider the following example:
Master1 A M R W ? T G C ? ? - - - - ? Master2 M H N D ? Y ? T ? G - A A - T Query1 B T A C A T ? M ? T - - ? ? - Result | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
In the above example, in the first position, the query matches with Master 2 because the B in the query matches with M in Master 2 since both codes can represent C. Position 2 shows a similar example. In position 3, A in the query matches both Master 1 and Master 2 hence this match is not shown. Looking at position 4, we find that the C in the query does not match with either W(A and T) or D(A and G and T). If the option label polymorphisms is selected, then this is labeled black, else it is ignored. To learn about labeling polymorphisms, see here. When a question mark is present in the query during a match, it is considered a match with all the masters and is ignored. Whereas, if it is present in a master and the query does not match with any other masters in the corresponding position, then this is considered a match and is shown. This is demonstrated in the example in positions 7, 9, 13, 14 and 15.
Mismatch, transitions & transversions and silent & non-silent:
When IUPAC codes are included in any of the above cases, a difference is shown only if there are no common nucleotides between the IUPAC codes. Consider the following example during mismatch:
Master R M A T G C - D ? ? Query A H W G G D A B A ? Result A H W | G | | B A ?
In the above example, the first three positions of the query match with the first three positions of the master and hence are not shown. Whereas at the 4th position, the T in the master does not match with the G in the query and this is shown in yellow. Similarly at position 6, the master has a C while the query has a D which represents the nucleotides A, G and T. Hence this is considered a mismatch.
When the sort sequences by similarity option is chosen, the sequences are compared to the first sequence in the alignment file and are sorted according to their similarity with this sequence. The most similar sequence is placed at the top of the result graph and the least similar at the bottom. When there are multiple masters, the sequences are sorted according to their similarity with the first sequence in the alignment file.


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Layers of silk organza cascade over this modified A-line skirt, and delicately draped pleating covers the bodice. The neckline is sweetheart and the dress has silk buttons which cover the back zipper. A little sparkle is added by Modern Trousseau's Amber belt on satin ribbon, which I had added to the dress.
- Alterations: A little sparkle is added by Modern Trousseau's Amber belt on satin ribbon. http://moderntrousseau.com/accessories/belt-collection-2/
- Preservation Method: Dry cleaned
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Birthdays for the Dead
Genre: Crime & Thriller
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 06/01/2012
Ann Landmann 13 January 2012 - 11:10am
For seven years the police have been hunting The Birthday Boy, a serial killer who abducts girls just before their 13th birthday and tortures them to death, sending the families a gruesome birthday card every subsequent year.
One of the victims is D.C. Ash Henderson's daughter Rebecca; everyone thinks she ran away from home, but only Ash knows the truth. A truth he needs to keep hidden until he can find the killer. And make him pay. Birthdays for the Dead is Stuart MacBride's new stand-alone novel, set in the fictional town of Oldcastle in Eastern Scotland. It is without doubt his most brutal book to date, both in the relentless depiction of violence and the fate of the characters - main protagonists, victims and suspects.


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Renaissance Tianjin Hotel
- Location:
- Address: No.105 Jianshe Road, Tianjin
- Tel: 022-23026888 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 天津滨江万丽酒店
- Lowest Price: $142
Open in 2002, Renaissance Tianjin Hotel is a contemporary landmark building in the CBD of Tianjin for the "young at heart" business travelers. Right by the picturesque banks of Haihe River and surrounded by modern shopping centers, restaurant and bars, the hotel provides a haven of tranquility. Transportation time between Tianjin and Beijing has been minimized to 30 min by taking bullet train.
Renaissance Tianjin Hotel offers 273 deluxe guest rooms, all rooms command spectacular views to the city and Haihe River. All rooms are equipped with luxury bathroom, air conditioning, IDD, DDD, satellite channel TV as well as other modern facilities. The largest in-door swimming pool among hotels in Tianjin with comprehensive gymnasium facilities, sauna rooms, aerobatic room and the highest club lounge in town are the distinctive advantages of the Hotel. The Renaissance café, Dynasty Chinese Restaurant and Lobby Lounge provide various delights for gourmets. Over 1,100 sqm function space provides the best solutions to all the meeting planner. Some other facilities and services provided by this Hotel consist of laundry cleaning service, car parking, currency exchange, business center and ticket service.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
Hotel Amenities
|Hotel Services
|Car rentals, Laundry service, Child care, Room service, Express check-in/check-out, Medical clinic service, Currency Exchange, Wake Up Call, Parking Service, 24hr Reception, Permanent English-speaking staff, Business Centre, Copy Service, E-mail, Fax Service
|Room Amenities
|Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Color Television, Cable/satellite TV, Complimentary newspaper, Coffee/tea maker, Telephone, Hair dryer, In-room safe, Electronic Lock, Iron and ironing board, Refrigerator, Mini Bar, Bath and Shower, Non-smoking rooms available, Internet access, , Free for Internet
Hotel Amenities: Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gift Shop, Gymnasium , Suitable for wheelchairs, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Airline Desk, Fire Detector, Bowling, KTV, Chess & Playing Cards Room, Squash room, Spa
Dining Facilities: Western Restaurant, Cafe, Bar, Lounge Bar, Cucina Italian
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- Please drive me to Renaissance Tianjin Hotel, thank you!
- 请送我到天津滨江万丽酒店,谢谢
- Address: No.105 Jianshe Road, Tianjin
- 地址: 天津 和平区 建设路105号
- Tel: 022-23026888
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