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Day 1: Sunday - Morning Open Air Safari.
- 4:30, pick up at your accommodation reception, and drop off 13h00 at your accommodation reception.
- Conservation fee's at the Kruger National Park gate.
- Water on the vehicle.
- Excludes: Lunch and dinner.
Day 2: Monday - Cultural Evening Tour.
- Entrance fee to Shangana Cultural Dance and Dinner.
- Transfer from White River to Hazyview.
- 16:10 Pick up at your accommodation reception, and drop off 21:00 at your accommodation reception.
- Dinner and a show.
- Excludes: drinks, refreshments and any purchasing of souvenirs.
Day 3: Tuesday - Full Day Panoramic Tour.
- Panorama Scenic trip
- Pick up (08:00) and drop off at your accommodation reception (17:00)
- Lunch and all entrance fee's.
- Excludes: Breakfast and dinner, other refreshments and purchases made during panoramic tour.
Day 4: Wednesday - Full Day Safari Special. Pick up time to be confirmed on. Please ask reception for your pick up time.
- Pick up at the your accommodation Reception and Drop off at the Reception at 17:00.
- Conservation fees into the Kruger National Park.
- A qualified guide for the vehicle.
- Excludes: all meals, refreshments and personal purchases of any sort.
Day 5: Thursday - K'Shani Reserve Night Safari, and Four Course Dinner.
- Transfers to and from the Private Reserve and your accommodation
- A four course meal and Night time Safari Drive.
- Excludes: any predatory animals, alcoholic beverages and other liquid refreshments during the course of the evening.
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While this recipe might sound involved, it can be fixed in just 30 minutes. It's a hit at the potluck table—and I don't have to bring any home after the shindig! —Ann Cahoon, Bradenton, Florida
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 medium head iceberg lettuce, torn
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup taco sauce
- 1 package (10-1/2 ounces) corn chips
- In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the ketchup, oregano, chili powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, olives and beef mixture. Combine mayonnaise and taco sauce; pour over salad and toss to coat. Sprinkle with corn chips. Serve immediately. Yield: 10 servings.
Originally published as Crowd-Pleasing Taco Salad in Taste of Home April/May 2007, p18
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"This was simple and easy to put together. The whole family enjoyed it and I loved how much it made! I entertain a lot at my house and the next time I have a big gathering I'm definitely making us! Great flavor the only thing I did differently was you salsa instead of taco sauce because I was out."
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"Similar to the recipe I use, but I add a packet of taco seasoning with the ground beef (and water needed); also, I have used Russian dressing rather than the mayo mixture. Pass the taco sauce."
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Here at the Four Points by Sheraton Tucson Airport we offer a wide array of amenities to ensure you have a comfortable stay with us. Below is a list of just some of the amenities you can expect to find on your stay at the Four Points Tucson Airport:
- 37" LCD Television with 3HDMI ports.
- Cribs (Upon Request)
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- Four Points by Sheraton Comfort Bed
- Hairdryer
- Accessible Shower and/or Bath
- Grab Bars in Bathroom
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- Desk
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- Free Daily Newspaper
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- Free high speed Internet access in All Guest Rooms
- Broadband Internet Access
Some of the amenities above may not be available in all rooms. Fees on certain amenities/services may apply.
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The Previous Superpower
By Fareed Zakaria
Published: July 27, 2003
The Fate of Empire, 1776-2000.
By Simon Schama.
Illustrated. 576 pp. New York:
Miramax Books/Hyperion. $40.
IN 1896 a young Winston Churchill arrived in Bangalore, India, as a junior officer of the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, searching -- as ever -- for action, excitement and glory. He was a staunch believer in the British Empire. He gloried in its power but believed that it was different from all past empires, blessed with a historic civilizing mission. Britain was the bastion of liberty, destined to spread its values through backward lands. The empire's purpose, he wrote, was to ''give peace to warring tribes, to administer justice where all was violence, to strike the chains off the slave, to plant the seeds of commerce and learning.'' ''What more beautiful idea,'' he asked, ''can inspire human effort?''
And yet, Simon Schama writes, in the third and final volume of his ''History of Britain,'' ''There was an awful lot of hanging around in the club, pending the accomplishment of these great goals.'' Churchill details the utterly lavish life of British officers in India, waited on hand and foot by a retinue of servants: ''There was nothing they would not do. Their world became bound by the commonplace articles of your wardrobe . . . no toil was too hard, no hours were too long. . . . Princes could live no better than we.'' For most of the officers in Bangalore -- indeed for most generals and viceroys -- the empire's purpose had much more to do with the preservation of their power, and British power more generally, than the improvement of India. This tension between Britain's power and its ideals surfaces repeatedly in Schama's engaging book, which is subtitled ''The Fate of Empire.'' This is a history lesson that should interest Americans today as we contemplate our own lofty ideals and immense power.
Schama, university professor at Columbia University, opens with the warning that ''readers in search of an exhaustive account of the careers of Sir Robert Peel or Reginald Maudling should put this book down right now.'' This is not a comprehensive history with a straightforward narrative, touching on all the major events of modern British history. Partly this is the result of the pull of television. The book is a companion volume to Schama's widely broadcast television series and is structured as a collection of episodes (told through individuals) that span the years 1776 to 2000. Schama is unashamedly idiosyncratic, pointing out that his book is a history of Britain, not the history of Britain. Still, it might seem odd that this volume barely mentions the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Crimean War or the Boer War. And it is sometimes too breezy in structure and tone, assuming readers will know the basic facts about, say, the repeal of the Corn Laws. But while one might quibble with the lack of emphasis on this figure or that event -- I, for one, did want more on Peel, one of Britain's most important prime ministers -- on the whole Schama pulls it off. He writes wonderfully, in an easygoing yet elegant manner, with an eye for the telling aesthetic detail, and throughout brimming with intelligence and passion. In addition, most of the biographical essays do end up serving to highlight, in one way or another, his central theme -- the push and pull between Britain's liberal hopes and its imperial realities.
The first hundred pages of the book are taken up with the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the French Revolution (at the time seen as a far more important event than its American counterpart). The question on every European's mind was, Is violent revolution the way of the future? Schama tells the story through romantic philosophers like Jean Jacques Rousseau, poets like William Wordsworth and political writers like Tom Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Cobbett. The latter group, Britain's radicals and liberals, forced incremental but persistent reform and thus staved off revolution. By the end of the 1830's, Britain had passed an emancipation act for Catholics, abolished slavery in its colonies, vastly expanded the number eligible to vote and embraced free trade.
Things hadn't gone as all the radicals had wanted. Having seen industrialization as the enemy, many would have been shocked to discover that it was industrialization that broke down Britain's oligarchies and hierarchies. ''Like Rousseau, Wordsworth believed that the British countryside ought to be the antidote to, not the accomplice of, modernity,'' Schama writes. ''But the opposites had somehow got together, got inside each other; country people wanting town things; town people yearning for a piece of the countryside. And they got it. The most industrial society in the world was also the most attached to its village memories.''
Schama uses the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in London to open his account of Victorian Britain. Meant to showcase the wonders of British industry, for many in Britain the exhibition meant a great deal more. Prince Albert, Victoria's consort, had explained that it heralded the dawn of a happy world of growers, makers and shoppers. Commerce would triumph over war, and expositions like the Great Exhibition would be the preferred alternative to military parades. Though skimping on the economics, Schama paints a fair enough picture of Victorian Britain -- and a fascinating portrait of its royal couple, Victoria and Albert -- with its inexorable economic dynamism, political reform, worries about cultural decay and horrific social conditions. He reminds us that at the height of mid-Victorian equipoise, life expectancy for mechanics and laborers was 17 years.


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The Free Cities (Histories & Lore)
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"The Free Cities" is a short video in the "Histories & Lore" feature of the Season 2 Blu-ray set. It is narrated by Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont.
Jorah Mormont details the cultures and customs of each of the nine Free Cities of Essos.
Ser Jorah opens his narration noting that, at its height, the Valyrian Freehold ruled over half of the Known World. Not bad for former shepherds, he adds sarcastically, but the Doom fell on them and sent their capital into the sea.
Now Volantis is the ember of Old Valyria, ensuring its flame does not go out of this world, as any Volantene will tell. He adds that Pentoshi say the same about Pentos, Lysene about Lys and so on. But after enough time in the nine Free Cities, for Jorah it is hard to see them as anything but ashes of glory.
Volantis is the oldest, the first colony of Valyria. After the Doom, the Volantenes tried to rebuild the empire under their rule. They failed. Not least because the last Valyrian with dragons, Aegon I Targaryen, entered the war against them. Now Volantenes are content with dominating only the lower classes. Or so they say.
Braavos is the strangest; a city erected not by the Freehold but against it. Jorah calls it a labyrinth of illusion and deceit to hide the refugees from Valyrian slave lords. After the Doom, the city emerged from the shadows to become one of the greatest banking centers in the known world. Jorah adds that a man can get anything in Braavos... for a price. Especially death. A man's own if one offends one of the swaggering swordsmen that pollute the city. Or, if one is very rich or very desperate, anyone else's.
Lys is, according to Jorah, the "easiest" of the Free Cities, full of pleasure houses catering to every taste, no matter how peculiar. Many men lose themselves in Lys and are never found, at least alive. When a man runs out of coin, the Lysene may grant him their other speciality on the house: poison.
Pentos is the most ruthless. The Magisters make a great show of choosing the Prince of Pentos from the Great Families, and granting him the powers of trade, justice and war. As long as he checks with them first, he snarks. On the New Year, to bring good fortune to Pentos, this Prince must deflower the Maid of the Field and the Maid of the Seas. Jorah ignores how each is chosen, or what becomes of them after serving their purpose. But, if a crop should fail or a war be lost, the Magisters will slit the Prince's throat and choose another.
The other Free Cities are known for what they make. Myr, has its lenses and finery; Norvos, its axes; Qohor, its smiths who can reforge Valyrian steel; Tyrosh, its colors, Jorah wonders. He is also sure Lorath adds something to the world... but he can't recall what.
Jorah concludes that the nine of them are more alike than they would care to admit. They hire the same soldiers, to fight the same wars, for the same rulers: the rich, be they called Magisters, Archons, etc.; when a Dothraki khalasar approaches, they give the same tribute to avoid the same sacking.
For thousands of years, the disgraced of Westeros have rained east to pool in the Free Cities, for a man of honor counts for less than nothing, unless it raises his price. Jorah closes by saying that better men than him have learned that what a man sells for gold, he can never buy back. He must earn it, by fire and blood.
Jorah sarcastically speculates that Tyrosh is best known for its flashy colors. Actually, due to its central location in the Free Cities, it is particularly famous as a major global hub for hiring Sellsword companies. The sellsword Daario Naharis is a Tyroshi.
Jorah's failure to think of what, if anything, makes Lorath unique is an inside joke to book-fans: even after five novels, practically no information has been given about Lorath's people or culture, and it doesn't seem very important.
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- Ser Jorah Mormont
- King Aegon I Targaryen, the "Conquerer" (mentioned)
- Iron Bank of Braavos (indirectly mentioned)
- Valyrian Freehold
- Volantis
- Braavos
- Lys
- Pentos
- Myr
- Qohor (mentioned)
- Norvos (mentioned)
- Tyrosh (mentioned)
- Lorath (mentioned)
- Doom of Valyria (mentioned)
- Century of Blood (mentioned)
- Dragons
- Bravos (indirectly mentioned)
- Valyrian steel (indirectly mentioned)
- Tears of Lys (indirectly mentioned)
- Valyrian steel (mentioned)


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Janet Gold
Professor of Spanish - College of Liberal Arts
Professor Gold traveled to Santa Lucía, Honduras, in June to learn about some of the non-governmental organizations which are working there to help local communities survive.
Janet Gold (r.) with Rosalinda Hernandez, an employee of the NGO "Global Village"
In the spring of 2010 I taught a new course I developed for the Spanish Program of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures on the topic of: "Cultural Survival: Indigenous and Rural Communities of Central America." One of the major themes that we explore is the work of non-government organizations (NGOs) that support the survival of these communities through such projects as sustainable agriculture, the revival of traditional handcrafts and the preservation of indigenous languages. I have been encouraged to continue to expand my knowledge of this subject by the enthusiastic response of my students. Many of them are desirous of traveling, studying and working in other countries and are eager to explore opportunities to engage in travel with a purpose.
To gain more first-hand knowledge of the workings of NGOs in Honduras, I spent ten days in Santa Lucía, a village in the mountains outside of Tegucigalpa, where Aldea Global (Global Village) has worked with the local community to establish a cultural center. Its official name is the Center for Art, Education and Culture (Centro de Arte, Educación y Cultura), but everyone refers to it as "la biblioteca" (the library), because it has become a busy work place for the local school children. The municipality of Santa Lucía consists of the historic village center and several small hamlets or aldeas in the surrounding hills. In the center, where the school and cultural center are located, the steep, winding streets are paved with stones, making it easier to get around on foot than by car.
Located in an area of Honduras originally settled by the Lenca people, where the discovery of mineral wealth, particularly gold and silver, attracted first Spanish then British, German, Canadian and United States investors and miners, Santa Lucía has a rich and colorful past. Global Village is currently supporting a local history project that involves the recovery of historical documents and the restoration of old photographs as well as extensive interviews with the towns elders. The goal is to produce a book that not only documents the village's past, but celebrates the oral tradition and helps preserve precious historical memories.
Town elder, Cecilia Soto, shared fascinating stories about life in Santa Lucia in the early decades of the 20th century
During my stay in Santa Lucía I worked with Rebeca Becerra, an anthropologist and historian from Tegucigalpa who has been unearthing Colonial documents in the National Archives and interviewing local residents. Together we explored abandoned mines, visited local history aficionados and interviewed some of Santa Lucía's oldest residents. I spent time at la biblioteca talking with students working on homework or research projects. I interviewed Chet Thomas, the founder and director of Global Village and gained insights into the workings of non-profit volunteer organizations in developing countries. I also spent time with Honduran employees of Global Village to get an idea of what development work looks like from their perspective.
My stay in Santa Lucía has evolved into a new and exciting project for me. Global Village has invited me to collaborate in their local history project so, using the materials that Rebeca Becerra is accumulating, I have started writing a history of Santa Lucía for children. This will not replace their book project but will be a local history written especially for a young audience. I am grateful to the Center for International Education and the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for Faculty Development for grants that made this trip possible.
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March 8, 2011
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Sophomore right fielder Andrew Miller's two-run, walk-off double in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Alabama baseball team a dramatic 6-5 win over the Troy Trojans on a rainy Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
After Troy (9-3) took a one-run lead in the top half of the inning, Miller drove home senior second baseman Jon Kelton and sophomore third baseman Brett Booth with a sharp line drive to right-center field to give the Crimson Tide its fourth consecutive victory of the season.
"It was one of those games," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "We had nasty (weather) conditions all night, but I thought we competed really hard throughout the ball game. Down twice late we found a way to come back and tie it, obviously Miller gets the big hit at the end to win it. We were right there down to our last strike and found a way to get it done. It's a big win for this new team and I think that can carry us forward."
Miller finished 1-of-3 with one run and two RBI, reaching base a total of three times, while junior shortstop Jared Reaves notched three RBI on the night for the Tide. Alabama junior right-hander Nathan Kennedy (1-0) pitched 3.0 innings of relief, allowing just one run to earn the victory. Tyson Workman (2-1) took the loss for the Trojans, giving up two runs on one hit over 2.1 innings of work.
Tide starting pitcher Jonathan Smart recorded his longest outing at Alabama, as he threw 6.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
"Jonathan Smart I thought was really good tonight with his start, and then I thought Nate Kennedy came in and did a really good job after that," Gaspard said. "I thought our hitters just really competed, they pitched well and did some things, but like I just told the team, you have to keep competing, keep going and that's why there are 27 outs."
Alabama (8-4) plated runs in the first, fifth and ninth innings before the dramatic conclusion in the 11th. The Crimson Tide held a 3-0 lead before Troy tied the game in the seventh and eventually took the lead in the ninth, 4-3. Alabama was down to its last strike in the ninth before Dugas was able to drive home Booth to send the game into extra innings.
Dugas led off the game with and a double and later scored his team-leading 14th run on a fielder's choice by Reaves to put the Tide up 1-0.
After three scoreless innings, Alabama would strike again in a big way in the fifth. Reaves ripped a two-out triple to the wall in left-center field, scoring Miller and Dugas to give the Tide a 3-0 lead.
Troy tied the game at 3-3 with three runs in the seventh inning, then took a 4-3 lead with a run in the top of the ninth before Alabama rallied to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning.
In the ninth, Kelton led off with a single and was followed by Booth who grounded into a fielder's choice for the first out. After Miller went down swinging for the second out, Dugas brought home Booth with the dramatic game-tying run.
After falling behind in the count 0-2, Dugas fought through five more pitches before powering a fly ball near the foul line in left that bounced off the glove of hard-charging Troy outfielder Hayden Hillyear. Booth scored and Dugas took second on the play while Hillyear was charged with the error.
Alabama travels to Lawrenceville, Ga., tomorrow to take on the Georgia Bulldogs at Coolray Field in game that will not count toward either team's SEC record. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the game being televised by CSS.


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|Material To Be Covered
|Jan 11-15
|Chapter 1
|Administration; Technology
|Create MyITlab account
|Jan 19-22
|Chapter 4
|Application Software
Microsoft Office
|Start Word Processing Project
|Jan 25-29
|Chapter 5
|System Software
|Continue Word Processing Project
|Feb 1-5
|Chapter 2
|Understanding the Parts
|Word Proc. Project Due 2/5 noon
|Feb 8-11
|Exam #1 (Ch. 1, 2, 4, 5). Spreadsheets and Graphics
|Start Spreadsheet Project
|Feb 16-19
|Chapter 3
|Continue Spreadsheet Project
|Feb 22-26
|Chapter 6
|Spreadsheet Project Due 2/26 noon
|Feb 29-Mar 4
|Chapter 7
|Networking - Tuesday No Classes
|Start Presentation Graphics Project
|Mar 7-11
|Chapter 8
|Exam #2 (Ch. 3, 6, 7 & Spreadsheets). Mobile Computing
|Continue Presentation Graphics Project
|Mar 14-18
|Chapter 9
|Privacy, Crime and Security
|Pres. Graphics Project Due 3/18 noon
|Mar 21-25
|Spring Break
|Library closed for labs
|Mar 28-Apr 1
|Chapter 11 & Excerpt
|Databases and Information Systems. Systems Analysis
Paper Topic Due, name added to turnitin.com
|Start Database Project
|Apr 4-8
|Chapter 10
|Exam #3 (Ch. 8, 9, 11, Excerpt). Programming Languages
|Continue Database Project
|Apr 11-15
|Chapters 12
|Visual Basic and Servers
|Database Project Due 4/15 noon
|Apr 18-22
|Chapter 13
|Internet Technologies
Draft Bibliography Due to turnitin before class
|Start Visual Basic Project per handout
Download Files Needed
|Apr 25-29
|Exam #4, (Ch. 10, 12, 13, VB lab)
All Papers Due. Oral Reports begin
|Visual Basic Project Due in class
|May 2-6
|Oral Reports
|Lab Final on MyITlab available
|May 9-11
|Oral Reports
|MyITlab final due 5/11 5pm
|May 12-18
|FINALS WEEK starts Thursday
Students with disabilities, whether physical, attention related, learning, or psychological, who believe that they may need accommodations in this class, are encouraged to contact ACCESS as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Authorization is based on verification of disability and is required before any special accommodations can be made. The phone number for ACCESS is (805) 378-1461 and they are located in the LMC building.
INSTRUCTOR: Mills
TEXTS: Evans, Technology in Action Complete, 11th ed.; Grauer & Barber, Office 2013; MyITLab, and Excerpt. (These 4 items are available as a shrink-wrapped set in the bookstore.)
OTHER MATERIALS: A USB drive with at least 1GB should be purchased for storing data files. Keep all files created even after lab work has been turned in. If using your own computer it will need an internet connection.
COMPUTER LAB: Each class has an additional 3 hours for online labwork. The labwork can be completed with correctly configured computers. The required labwork can be accomplished on a Windows PC or compatible with an internet connection or on the college computers. The lab, with instructor support is available by prior arrangement only. Please note that the Open Access Library computers are available at other times to complete work but there is only instructor support by prior arrangement. Labwork is to be completed and turned in to your instructor by completion from the internet exercises. The website for the list of exercises due is located at www.myitlab.com. Note that the lab projects are due at noon and the final must be completed by 5pm on the days specified in the preceding schedule. To login to the website you will need a working e-mail address, course id number (found on D2L), college zip code (93021), and access code which is part of your book package. There is additional information on the labwork by going to the online course material.
GRADING: Five Packages of Lab Problems involving Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation Graphics, Microcomputer Database Management, and the Programming Language Visual BASIC. Each is worth 55 points and a lab final worth 25 points for a total of 300 points (15 point penalty, per week, per package if late; the fifth package will not be accepted after its due date). With the exception of the VB lab, these labs are done through MyITLab and will be graded from the website. Students should complete one chapter per week.
One Written Paper, approximately 2000 words, double-spaced, PLUS a bibliography with at least four current (within the last five years) sources (books, papers, articles, or internet sites). You are required to submit the typed topic a week before Exam #3 for approval. The draft bibliography is due on turnitin one week before the research paper is due. The completed report is due the day of Exam #4. The report will be handed into instructor as well as submitted to turnitin.com. The topic must be approved and produced using a word processor using spell Check. The report topic should relate to current computer issues, in an area which personally interests you--such as sports, medicine, engineering, etc. No history papers. Value 100 points, but reports missing footnotes and/or bibliography (works sited) will not be accepted.
One Oral Presentation; i.e., an INFORMAL discussion of your written paper (3 to 5 minutes) with Presentation slides so that others can share the results of your research and so that you can break the ice in the making of this type presentation which are so common in the business world. Do NOT read your report. Value 100 points.
Four exams at 75 points each, 300 points total. Makeups will be allowed ONLY until the next exam is given; ONLY one exam may be delayed and made up with your instructor at an arranged time. Any student receiving less than 56 points on an exam must see their instructor during office time.
Final exam at 200 points and will be administered on the date and time scheduled by the college.
Participation 50 points maximum. Considered only after student reaches 700 points on all other work and completing the lab final. According to the college policy, if you miss more than two weeks of classes, you may be dropped from the course administratively. If you want to drop the course, take steps to do so on your own; the instructor is not responsible for dropping you.
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Wanting to know if you can use a compact crank and also use a compact cassette , I have placed both on my bike but the chain seems to be at the extreme when placing the chain in the smallest gear and then also the biggest gear. Or is this normal?
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This is probably normal, but if the chain goes slack in small/small or completely taught in big/big, you may need to adjust the length of your chain accordingly. If it does both, you likely need a longer cage derailleur, but keep reading and you'll know how to check on that last case and know for certain.
for a 50/34 crankset in combination with an 11/23 cassette, you would have
If the number comes out to less than or equal to your derailleur's total capacity rating then you should be fine.
You need to adjust your chain length. If you just replaced your chain rings and sprockets with smaller ones, that is to be expected. Either visit your local bike shop or do it yourself. See Sheldon Brown's article on the subject of derailer adjustment that also covers chain length.
I don't know what a compact cassette is either, but any derailleur will have an upper limit on the size of the biggest cog (shortest gear). Maybe you need a long cage derailleur?


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Samsung Exec i225 Windows Mobile smartphone launched by U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular (which will launch the HTC Desire later this year) announced the availability of Samsung Exec SCH-i225, a new smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5 (no word yet if it's upgradeable to WM 6.5.3).
The Samsung Exec is a BlackJack-like handset with a full QWERTY keypad and a QVGA landscape display.
The Exec features Microsoft Office Mobile (including Outlook ActiveSync), GPS, full HTML browser, social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flicker), Microsoft Windows Marketplace, stereo Bluetooth, 2MP camera, and MicroSD card support.
U.S. Cellular offers the Samsung Exec for $99.95 with a 2-yr agreement, or for $299.95 free of contract.
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Jake Welch drove in the game-winning run in both ends of Saturday's doubleheader.
March 9, 2013
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois completed a series sweep of Northern Illinois with a pair of come-from-behind wins to take both ends of a doubleheader by scores of 3-2 and 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Abe Martin Field. Jake Welch drove in the go-ahead run in both games for the Salukis (8-6), who held a lead over Northern Illinois (2-13) at the start of only four innings in the entire three-game series.
"I'd like to score some runs early and make it a little less stressful," SIU Coach Ken Henderson said, "but we battled. We continued to play hard and find a way to win. "
In the first game, Welch fouled off three two-strike pitches before he hit a walk-off sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to give SIU the win. The game winner came two batters after Brock Harding tied the contest at 3-3 with an RBI double.
"I was excited when (Welch) got to the plate in that situation," Henderson said. "I was confident that the game was going to be over and he'd find a way to get that run in."
It was SIU's first walk-off win since Welch scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning of SIU's second-round Missouri Valley Conference Tournament win over Bradley last spring.
"I just made up my mind that I wasn't going to strike out lunging forward," Welch said of Saturday's at-bat. "If he was going to beat me, it was going to be me putting a good swing on it and staying back. Luckily he threw me a fastball and I was able to time it up."
Cody Daily jumpstarted the rally when he fouled a pitch off his ankle but stayed in the game to deliver a one-out single. He joked about the at-bat afterwards.
Matt Murphy earned his first win of the season in the first game. He threw a scoreless eighth and ninth inning. The only blemish against him was a leadoff infield single in the top of the ninth.
The Salukis' ninth inning dramatics spoiled an impressive outing for NIU starter Alex Klonowski, who was two outs away from a complete game victory. Prior to the ninth inning, SIU had managed just one run off seven hits against Alex Klonowski. With the loss he fell to 1-3 on the season.
Klonowski was set up to be the hero of the game. In addition to entering the ninth in position to be the winning pitcher, he drove in a run in the fifth inning when he beat out a potential double play to give Northern a 2-1 advantage.
SIU had tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth when Austin Montgomery led off the inning with a double over the left fielder's head and scored on Daily's RBI single. A doubled play ended the hope for a big inning.
Starter Sam Coonrod kept the Salukis within striking distance with a tremendous outing that was overshadowed by the exciting finish. He limited the Huskies to two runs, only one of them earned, off four hits in seven innings of work. The sophomore managed the longest outing of his career despite struggling to retire the first batters in the early innings.
"It was frustrating because in four of the first five they had the leadoff guy on," Henderson said, "but he did a great job. We kept telling him you can't let the leadoff guy get on. That's something he has to work on, but he had good stuff today and did a good job."
It was the longest outing of Coonrod's career, and for the third time in four starts this year, he matched his career high with seven strikeouts. He also retired the last eight batters he faced.
After waiting until the eighth inning or later to score the winning run in the first two games of the series, SIU struck relatively early with a three-run sixth inning to lift the Salukis to a 4-2 win in the day's finale. The bullpen helped secure the victory.
Trailing 1-0, Austin Montgomery led off the inning with a walk. After Cody Daily bunted him to second base, Ryan Casillas drove home Montgomery to tie the game at 1-1. Then with two outs, Luke Mottashed gave SIU a 2-1 lead when he hit a fly to right field. Fighting the wind, NIU right fielder Connor Schomig did not get to the ball, which landed for a double.
Rennie Troggio extended the sixth inning with a walk to forced starter Eli Anderson out of the game. Facing left-handed reliever Ben Neuman, Welch lined a single up the middle to score Mottashed and extend the lead to 3-1. That insurance run proved to be the difference in the game.
"He was throwing me a lot of curveballs, trying to get me out on my front foot," Welch said. "He tried to come in with a fastball again, and I was able to keep my hands inside."
SIU manufactured another run to push the lead to 4-1 in the seventh inning when Matt Jones drew a walk and scored on Donny Duschinsky's pinch hit single up the middle.
With starter Cody Forsythe pitching on short rest due to multiple rescheduled games in the last week, Southern called on a group effort from the bullpen. In the game, the six Saluki relievers threw six innings and allowed just one run, which was unearned, off of three hits.
"(Forsythe) battled, but he just wasn't as fresh as he needed to be," Henderson said. "We got him out of there because it's not worth any risk."
Forsythe lasted three innings, holding the Huskies to one run off four hits. He showed his ability to escape danger, which set the tone for the game. Forsythe stranded five runners in his three innings of work. Four of those runners were in scoring position. NIU left 14 runners on the base paths in the game, and 10 of those were left in scoring position.
Aaron Snyder earned the win to even his season record at 2-2. He tossed a scoreless, hitless sixth inning.
Anthony Shimkus was the first man out of the bullpen. With SIU trailing 1-0, he stepped up to throw a scoreless fourth and fifth inning. Tyler Dray added a scoreless seventh inning.
After Jacob Williams ran into trouble with a couple walks in the eighth inning, Lee Weld and Todd Eaton steered the Salukis safely to a win. Eaton threw a perfect ninth inning to earn his second save in as many opportunities this season.
With the win, SIU is off to a 4-1 start at home for the second year in a row. The Salukis also finished their first series sweep of the season after failing to finish the sweep in the last two weekend series.
"It is big," Henderson said. "We talked about finishing games, and we talked about finishing series because we haven't done that. When we get teams down, we have to put them away. Today we did that. The demeanor was the same in Game 3 as it was in Game 1 and Game 2."


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Controlling Whiteflies and Aphids (page 2 of 2)
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Aphids can easily be removed from a plant by knocking them off with a stream of water from a hose. Once off, they tend not to climb back up.
To control small populations of whiteflies on houseplants, approach them in early morning and evening when they are most sluggish. Use a vacuum cleaner set on low suction to remove the whiteflies.
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It's not necessarily the popcorn that's the problem here — instead it's the PFOA chemical coating on the inside of microwave popcorn bags as well as the high amounts of sodium and sugar added to the pre-packaged versions. Pop your own the old-fashioned way on the stove.
What could be so harmful about low-fat soup? Canned soups seem healthy, but they are often loaded with copious amounts of sodium way beyond the daily recommendation. Though it seems time-consuming, homemade soup is a better option. (Hint: Call Grandma for her recipe!)
Rice cakes have to be the quintessential "diet" food. But because they are basically simple carbohydrates, they provide little more nutritional value than the cardboard they've been likened to. Munch on raw veggies or an apple instead.
Even healthy cereals are high in calories, sugar and sodium. Worse yet, they often lack inclusion of the all-important fiber! Before selecting a so-called healthy cereal, check the nutritional facts to be sure about what you're really getting.
Yogurts that promise to help with digestion are also often packed with processed ingredients, sugar and fructose — ingredients that can actually irritate a sensitive stomach. Steer clear.
Dried fruit seems like the perfect healthy snack, but many of them are, again, packed with extra sugar. Opt for whole-fruit varieties instead.
Just because it started out as a healthy food doesn't mean it remains so in its "chip" form. Many packaged fruit chips have been fried to obtain that crunchy texture. Eat fruit in its original form or make your own baked fruit chips instead.
Processed on-the-go cereal bars, granola bars and protein bars include unwanted chemicals, artificial flavors and sweeteners, or sugar. For a stick-with-you snack, have some almonds and a piece of cheese or an apple with nut butter.
Along with dried fruit and fruit "chips," healthy-seeming fruit (and veggie) juices aren't always just that, again because of the added sugars and other unwanted ingredients. Oftentimes, the good-for-you fiber is also excluded from these juices. Squeeze your own at home, but don't forget to include the pulp!
You may think a microwaved frozen diet meal is a healthy choice, but it often includes ingredients like modified corn starch, whey protein concentrate, xanthan gum, mono- and diglycerides. Whenever possible, choose whole foods that have not been processed and packaged.
Instant oatmeal and oatmeal packets have been processed, which causes them to break down in the body quickly — plus many varieties have artificial sweeteners or flavorings. Serve yourself a bowl of old-fashioned oats with berries or a small amount of honey to sweeten it up.
Multigrain bread touts itself as healthy, but many varieties are high in sugar and low in fiber. Opt for 100 percent whole grain varieties instead and check to make sure the first ingredient listed is indeed a whole grain (such as oats or rye).
Thanks to low-carb and high-protein diet crazes, nuts have received a resurgence in popularity and have been given a "healthy" status. However, not all nuts are created equal and, worse yet, once you roast them, they lose most of their good-for-you nutrients. Plus, the fats they encompass are mostly polyunsaturated fats, which easily oxidize. Don't ditch the nuts, altogether, however. Simply choose them in their raw form.
Bottled salad dressings — yes, even the light ones — are chock-full of preservatives, hydrogenated fats, fillers and excess sodium. Ditch the bottle and make your own dressings by experimenting with good quality extra-virgin olive oil mixed with the vinegar of your choice (such as balsamic, champagne or apple cider), along with herbs, a squeeze of citrus or a bit of mustard and some salt and pepper.
In essence, trail mix can be a healthy choice — raw nuts, dark chocolate pieces and unsweetened dried fruit are all good for you in moderation. But the packaged versions are often packed with unhealthy stuff, too, like coated milk chocolate candies as well as artificial coloring and oil. Plus, we tend to eat far more than the typical recommended serving of about three tablespoons. Stick with making your own at home — but limit your portions!
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Led Texas Tech to a 41-31 victory over Michigan State in the Jan. 2nd Alamo Bowl while serving as the interim head coach
Alamo Bowl win allowed Texas Tech to finish ranked No. 21 in Associated Press Poll and No. 23 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. It was the third consecutive season the Red Raiders ended the year in the Top 25 of the polls.
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Sunday's butterflies
I photographed this one Friday afternoon in Seneca Creek State Park. I didn't know what it was other than that it was a skipper of some sort, so on Friday nite I posted this picture on BugGuide.net. A few hours later someone suggested that it may be a dun skipper (Euphyes vestris). The last time I thought something I had photographed was a dun skipper I turned out to be wrong. But the head colors of that butterfly and this one are indeed different.
The next one, also photographed in Seneca Creek State Park was easier to identify: Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak). They were featured before in this post.
Last and least, a dead Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper).
I found this one on the sidewalk near my house. It is a common species around here, but I think this is their first appearance on the blog.


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Oscar De La Hoya told TSS that he's with the rest of the boxing world, that he'd like to see Floyd Mayweather glove up against Canelo Alvarez in his next fight, in September.
I asked Oscar (seen on right, with Canelo before Austin Trout fight, in Gene Blevins-Showtime photo above) this afternoon what the latest is on negotiations to make a scrap between the pound for pound ace and the Mexican phenom Canelo. Will it happen?
"I hope so, it's a fight the whole world wants to watch," he said in a phoner, after we talked about his trip to the TV upfronts in NYC. "If anyone can do it, it's Golden Boy."
And what of the talk of a catchweight, we heard Floyd Sr is saying that fight would have to take place at 147, and Richard Schaefer indicated that's BS....
"Floyd Junior is a competitor, he wants the best," he said. "I don't see an issue of not making it at 154."
But, if Team Mayweather said it's 147, or no deal, would and could Canelo make 147? "No, no, his legs are so thick, his neck is so thick," Oscar said.
Even making 152 would be a stretch, he said.
He does expect Canelo to stick around junior middleweight for awhile, though, and said that he doesn't see him jumping to 160 in the near future.
Readers, I want your take. Should Floyd ask Canelo, who is a light heavyweight on fight night, to make 147? Will he? Or will Money take the bout at 154? That'd make sense, considering some of the guff he's given Manny Pacquiao for doing catchweights, right? Weigh in, in our Forum.
That is his way of getting out of the fight. Bottomline! Dude and Big Money O want no parts of Money May until -- maybe -- 2015. As of now, the red-headed hype couldn't wear either Money May's money belt or jock strap. Holla!
an all time great would accept the challenge and seal his legacy. a cherry picker would use weight as an excuse and ditch the fight. floyd can retire 50 -0 but wont get recognition ,ever. a guy at work just reminded me of all the fight parties we used to have ,for chavez,trinidad,dlh,roy jones. i asked him if he evr has any fight parties around floyd, response was no, no excitment. also just watched max baer fights. no way klitcho beats that crazy man
here is an example of an all time great taking risk and coming out like the champion that he is. I will also say here right now that in 5o years people will be admiring and talking about hopkins legacy with pride. floyds legacy will be tainted and always with a mention of cherry picking clown. tye fields and paul spadafora had/have better records then floyd.
Antonio Tarver vs. Bernard Hopkins
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Total Punches Hopkins Tarver
Landed 133 78
Thrown 417 437
Pct. 32% 18%
Power Punches Hopkins Tarver
Landed 126 48
Thrown 343 211
Pct. 37% 23%
Jabs Hopkins Tarver
Landed 7 30
Thrown 74 226
Pct. 9% 13%
2006-06-10 : Antonio Tarver 174 lbs lost to Bernard Hopkins 174 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Referee: Benjy Esteves Jr.
Judge: John Coyle 109-118
Judge: Clark Sammartino 109-118
Judge: Al Bennett 109-118
International Boxing Organization Light Heavyweight Title (Tarver defending)
National Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Title (Tarver defending)
Promoters: Golden Boy Promotions, Star Boxing
Ring Announcer: Michael Buffer
Aired On: HBO Pay-Per-View (Main Event)
Tarver was a 3 to 1 favorite.
Hopkins was guaranteed $5 million and Tarver was guaranteed $3.5 million.
Tarver had to lose more than 40 pounds to get down to 175 after playing the fictional heavyweight champion in the film Rocky Balboa.
There was a crowd of 10,200 at Boardwalk Hall.
Tarver was ruled down in round five when his left glove supposedly touched the canvas after a Hopkins right. However, a video replay proved inconclusive as to whether or not the glove actually touched.
Tarver lost a $250,000 bet with Hopkins after he failed to stop him within five rounds. The money went to Hopkins' Make A Way Foundation.
Tarver's right eye was nearly swollen shut.
Hopkins won The Ring Magazine World Light Heavyweight Title.
The fight generated 330,000 pay-per-view buys and $16.5 million in pay-per-view revenue.
Tarver later said he thought he might have been drugged before the fight.
Unofficial ESPN Scorecard: 118-109 Hopkins.
I love Hopkins.
At 48 he just fought a 31 year old young lion with a belt.
At 36 Floyd is trying to get the 154 champ who has not fought at
147 in 3 years to come down and drain himself.
After degrading PAC for catch weights and doing it himself with jmm,
That's some bullshit.
Floyd just fought at 154 2 fights ago and has a belt at 154.
So what's the problem?
Why is Floyd always looking for a way out?
Why is he always avoiding a challenge?
I think everyone should boycott Floyd with his 32 million dollar payday to not be exciting.
And I'm a huge fan of the sweet science. Hopkins last fight was more exciting than Floyd's.
Floyd wants all the advantages even when he would otherwise be favored any way. As Frank L. said the guy doesn't have as much faith in himself as everyone else does. But after he beats guys that you would expect him to he still wants the love. When was the last time you felt nervous before one of his fights? Al Haymon and Mayweather are risk adverse. So far that has been rewarded.
Well DaveB at this point it's a bit embarrassing.
Floyd has a belt at 154 and is asking a guy with a belt at 154 to drain himself.
Canelo doesn't have enough stamina for 12 rounds at 154
let alone 147.
always looking for an easy way out of a great fight... he waits till they are old,lighter weights moving up and old or when they are ready to retire and their best is behind them.. i have no respect for floyd, he could of been really great ,to late now,who know how good he could of been by challenging himself
All of y'all talking crazy!! y'all didn't have a problem with ODH calling all the shots when he fought Mayweather. He picked the size of the ring, the gloves, & the weight . I didn't here y'all saying anything about Pac and all of his catch weight demands hypocrits
Ali if u think its fair for Floyd to drain Canelo from
154 to 147 then there is nothing anyone can offer u.
I feel Floyd beats Canelo at 154.
It's not about who I'm picking.
Floyd is a hypocrite. Always has been.
Worse. He's finding a way out if this fight.
Plain and simple.
Sorry u don't see it.
I always said PAC gets no credit for the DlH catch weight fight.
It would be the same thing Floyd is doing to Canelo.
I'm a huge PAC fan but I am fair. No credit against a drained DlH.
If Floyd doesn't fight at 154 for Canelo
then it's on him finding a way out.
Wouldn't be the first time. Sadly.
Just because Oscar the promoter says this doesn't make it true. Don't believe the hype. Just wait and see. Floyd fought Cotto at 154. Why would this be any different. Oscar can't be trusted any more than any other promoter.
Ali, Oh yes I did have a problem when de la Hoya called all the shots for his fights with Pacquaio and Mayweather. I was so happy when Pac stopped him because of it. I want a fair one. I also criticized Mayweather for his fight with Marquez and his not making weight. And I criticized Pacquaio for the catchweights because he is the one who should have called the shots not his trainer.
Money May is a prizefighter, not a pridefighter. He must control the flow. Just as a long, long trail of super greats are, Money May is the archmaster of his show. He is out in the open, not on the down low. What a lot of people are expecting from him, I don't know. Holla!
Well Radam we are expecting the best fighter in the world to fight Canelo
at his natural and health safe weight of 154 without
draining him or finding a way out of the fight.
That's what we expect.
Floyd is having his dad speak for him so he can say
it didn't come out of his mouth but his dads.
It's bullshit.
I think PAC should fight on the same date in sept
and let the fans choose which fight to buy.
Ill bet pacs sells more.
I know Mayweather is a hypocrite but so are alot of the fans. Floyd fought 2 fights at 154 and he had difficult time in both fights. You know why? cause he's not really a a Jr middleweight. It's pretty obvious that 147 is the best weight for him to be fighting at so why does he have to be the one making the sacrifice in weight when he's the man. Now I would like for him to do it cause it's a fights I want to see but im not going bash him for it cause I think he knows Canleo is better then Cotto and Oscar @154.
Money May is RIGHT! Jive da red-headed hype. He ain't running syet. If he wants to fight Money May, he fights the "hypocrite" by the terms of the hypocrite. And if the hypocrite wants to dance with him, he will agree to those terms. It is prizefighting, not fans' choice or pridefighting. Money May is on lock, and only Team TMT has the key. And when they open that lock, Canelo will get double fudged UP! Holla!
Uh-oh. I see Radam and Ali have joined forces, kinda like Arum and Schaffer. I see we ain't running syet on here so I guess we'll all just have differing opinions. And yes, I have to concede Mayweather runs the show, for now.
Hehehehe! DaveG -- I mean DaveB -- GOOD ONE! Now that smacked me right to the funny bone. But this is "The threatre of the unexpected." So never be surprised of the bedfellows. Holla!
Pac shouldn't get credit for the Cotto fight either, if I'm not mistaken Cotto DLH Mosley and Margacheato not only had catchweight stipulations but rehydration clauses as well, it's bs
If Mayweather thinks he's the best then he must beat the best at their best. Floyd really wants Canelo to fight at a lower weight he's putting his foot in his mouth because he accused pacquiao of dehydrating his opponents. He must not have a lot of confidence in himself or he just wants not to break a sweat when he fights
He's fought at this division before, holds a belt in it. What's the matter Floyd? Is it because Canelo is still young and strong, and not over the hill or war torn?
Now u have guys like Chad Dawson who wanted to fight Andre Ward and was willing to go down in weight to make it happen and I applaud him for that I really do. But at the end of the day it probably wasn't a smart move and got his a$$ chopped up for it. Don't forget we as fans ain't the ones getting socked in the fu©king face so it easy for us to just say just fight this guy or that guy at his weight.
The bouts with Mosely and Big Money O was at full welterweight, not catchweights. Money May knows -- not thinks -- that he is the best. Double fudge the red-headed hype. He ain't running syet. And would get his arse whupped at any weight with Money May. Money May is the MAN!
Agree to fight the MAN at where he wants, or shut da double fudge UP! And move on. Money May is free. Not a boxing slave to anyone. He paid the cost to be da boss. And would easily give that hype a severe arse thrashing and loss. Holla!
I give Pac and Mayweather too, for that matter, more credit for their lower weight fights. I do give them credit for the higher weights but the catchweight thing has been way overdone. Every once in awhile there are two fighters that have cleaned out their respective divisions and a catchweight is the only thing that can be done. However if you fight at catchweight I think you should not get full credit for winning the title from the heavier division or as much credit overall. Andre Ward gets credit for his fight against Dawson because Dawson wanted it and agreed to coming in lighter to it to make the fight but Ward doesn't get full light heavyweight credit for fighting a drained Dawson at 168. But that was the only way the fight was going to get made then because Dawson had no intention of moving up. That wasn't a catchweight but you get my point because if that fight had of taken place at 172 the advantage would probably still go to Ward before the fight even took place. Because money is king May and Pac set the rules and won more titles than they deserved. It was impressive to see them move up from 106 but we will see where people place some of these latter fights when their careers are over.
I meant Ward had no intention of moving up
There are always going to be concessions that you make that in retrospect are going to be bad decisions - fighting a puncher, using lighter gloves, different make of gloves, catchweights, smaller or larger ring, coming out first into the ring by coin toss if you are the champion. That's boxing, some time you lose and you may lose badly. Even fighters say they want to create excitement for the fans. I've heard almost every fighter say that at one time or another. Whether they mean it or not is another issue.
It is all about baiting and switching. A successful top dawg cares about getting your butts in those seats and eyeballs struck to those television PPV screens, picture-show big screens and computer screens. A great fighter says what it takes to get PHAT pay. He is like a used-car salesman.
A fan is seen as a naive customer. Make the customer feel important and in control, and he or she will feel-good spend like a fool. And have buyer's remorse like muthaclown afterward -- too late. Holla!
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Ambitious Acquisition Leaves Polish Firm Tongue Tied
WARSAW — Polish copper miner KGHM Polska Miedz's dramatic expansion abroad is proving to be a linguistic challenge for the Lubin-based company.
Until recently, its operations were overwhelmingly located in Poland, hundreds of kilometers from relatively international Warsaw, and its business was largely conducted in Polish.
Following this year's acquisition of Toronto-listed Quadra FNX, the state-controlled company finds itself with a shortage of employees who speak both English and Spanish. KGHM's international mining projects — in Chile, Canada, the U.S. and Greenland — now span the western hemisphere.
KGHM's spokesman Dariusz Wyborski, who would like to monitor what Chilean news portals are writing about KGHM, said it's incredibly difficult to find someone with equally good knowledge of English and Spanish who is willing to travel across the Atlantic for a month at a time. The company's other departments are likely facing similar challenges.
English is the most popular foreign language studied in Poland, followed by German.


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- 7 -1/2-ounce canned Alaska salmon
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 garlic clove -- minced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup diced potatoes
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 2 cups low salt chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
- 1-ounce low-fat evaporated milk
- 10-ounce frozen corn kernels, thawed
- Minced parsley
Instructions:Drain and flake salmon, reserving liquid. Saut
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I would like to change the number of digit of decimal point when I calculate area.
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I try to adjust "output field width" and "Precision" These don't work well.
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text: Home- Academics- Off-Campus Study- Colgate Study Groups- Jamaica, Kingston Menu Menu Jamaica Study Group University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Director Spring 2015: Professor Brian Moore, Professor of History and Africana & Latin American Studies APPLY ONLINE Location The University of the West Indies (UWI) at Mona, Jamaica. The UWI Mona campus is located in the suburbs of Jamaica's capital city, Kingston. The university is a regional institution with students drawn from all over the Caribbean and beyond. The campus at Mona is the oldest and largest of four located in different Caribbean islands. Ranked very highly in the Commonwealth, the UWI offers courses in a wide array of disciplines in the humanities, education, social sciences, pure and applied sciences, medicine, law, engineering, journalism, and business studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The West Indies study group to Jamaica is a semester long program, running from late August to mid-December, and students are eligible to earn four credits. The classroom experience will be enhanced by field trips, concerts and shows, and by living and studying with Caribbean students in a prestigious multi-national university. Students will find this study group offers a unique educational experience through combining excellent courses with a rich cultural environment. Purpose This study group will expose Colgate students to life in a developing country with a vibrant culture and dynamic society where virtually everything is different from what they are accustomed to at Colgate and in the United States. It will most certainly take them out of their comfort zones and into an entirely new and unfamiliar world. Their lived experience among Jamaican and Caribbean students of different ethnic backgrounds and with widely differing values and interests will challenge, expand and enrich their understanding of the world, how it functions, and their place in it. The UWI will place the study group participants in a scholarly environment where academic traditions and pedagogical systems are very different from Colgate; and they will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in courses in different disciplines that emphasize the issues of relevance and importance to the Caribbean and the developing world. Eligibility Students are required to have taken at least one of the following courses in Caribbean Studies: ALST 203 Introduction to Caribbean Studies (CORE 163 The Caribbean); ALST 220 The Black Diaspora: Africans at Home and Abroad; ALST/HIST 228 The Caribbean: Conquest, Colonization and Self-Determination; ALST/HIST 327 Authoritarianism, Dictatorship and Democracy in the Caribbean; or ALST/HIST 377 History of Culture in the Caribbean. They must also be in good academic standing. There is no language requirement. Applicants' motivation will be evaluated, and preference may be given to those who have taken more than one Caribbean course or are concentrators in Africana and Latin American Studies. Living Arrangements All students will live in campus housing, sharing accommodation with UWI and other Colgate students. Students will have a choice of preparing some meals for themselves in the kitchens provided in the halls of residence or eating at the campus cafeterias or in various facilities in the surrounding community. Most students choose a mix of these eating options. Housing is fully secured with 24-hour security service provided throughout the campus. Courses There will be a standard four-course load, with some additional cultural activities and field trips. Students will be required to take two courses with the Study Group Director, and two UWI courses. The director's courses will provide students with the academic grounding to assist them to interpret and understand the socio-cultural environment they are living in and their experiences in it: ALST 225 Jamaica: from colony to independence. This analyses the history of Jamaica from 1655 when the British took possession of the island to the present. It examines the early social and economic growth of Jamaica based on slavery; its decline after emancipation; socio-political developments leading to independence in 1962; and post-independence challenges. Taught by the director. ALST 326 Jamaican Culture. This examines the growth and florescence of Jamaican culture drawn from diverse sources beginning with indigenous Taino/Arawak roots, European cultures, the cultures of enslaved Africans, and later cultural inputs from newer immigrants mainly from India and China, leading to the emergence of a unique Jamaican creole culture. Various aspects of this culture as well as the social forces that helped to shape it will be explored. Taught by the director. Colgate students will have full access to the library facilities and academic support programs at the UWI. A wide range of courses will be available in African and African Diaspora Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Demography, Economics, Education, English, Environmental Biology, French, Gender Studies, Geography, Geology, History and Archaeology, International Relations, Linguistics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, Zoology, and many more. Course Credits All four pre-approved credits earned will count towards graduation, and grades for all the courses will be recorded on the students' transcripts as Colgate grades. Appropriate courses will count towards concentrations in Africana and Latin American Studies, and credits for other concentrations should be negotiated directly by the student with the Chairs of those departments. 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Tucked inside these juicy chuck burgers is a pocket of rich, salty tapenade. To experience the full range of flavors, build your burger with all the Accompaniments — the bite of red onion and the sweet crunch of gherkin pickles are key.
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A terrific, easy-to-make juicy burger. This is a featured recipe in the 2011 Gourmet Grilling special magazine issue, and this online recipe differs slightly from the mag. I used the mag recipe, and so used full-fat ground beef, and cooked the burgers six minutes per side until the core temperature was 160 F according to an instant read thermometer. I reviewed this recipe on my own blog, Recipes That Worked by Mandy Higgins.
Loved this! I made it with the Pasta Salad with Cherry Tomatoes & Olivada, also found on this website, and made extra Olivada to use in this recipe. I also stuffed them with some fresh mozzarella, and topped with mayo and roasted red pepper. Excellent!
These were great. Really tasty - the red onions and pickles paired great with the tapenade in the burgers. Very easy, too. Will definitely make again.
I made this for the BF with some homemade tapanade my friend gave me for christmas We really didn't think it tasted good.
These were quite tasty. I had smaller buns (i.e. cheap/supermarket/white), so I didn't want big patties, and made five out of 1lb of grd beef. They were yummy, but the olive tapenade was a little...assertive, maybe? Good, but just too much of it. But I'd make it again, although I'd want an olive spread that was smoother, both for texture and ease of assembly.
Wow. These were REALLY good. Served with melted mozarella cheese as suggested by another viewer. A definite make-again!!!
These burgers were phenomenal!! My husband hates sweet pickles, but he ate 2 burgers and never complained. Will definitely make these again and again!
Exceptional! We love these! They are easy, healthy, and way more flavourable than any other burger we have ever had! We use Extra Lean ground beef, and mix the tapenade through the meat to keep it moist. I find these burgers are even better if they are given an opportunity to marinate. We use a black and green olive paste and eat them on whole grain buns. My husband and I make these ever chance we get!
Not a hamburger lover, I eat maybe 6 a year, nearly always homemade. Tried these, because wanted something quick, had just bought the meat, and happened to have the tapenade and other ingredients on hand. What a pleasant surprise, with its burst of flavors and textures. Paired beautifully with a full-bodied red wine.
We're so lazy here that we just mixed the ingredients together and made the burgers. Otherwise, it became too much work for a buger. It was still delicious and it was more interesting to look at with flecks of tapenade showing.


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Rocket, Flying Model, Nike Zeus
This is a Nike-Zeus flying missile model built by L.M. Cox. It is based on the U.S. Army's anti-aircraft missile of the same name that was tested in the late 1950s. The model is plastic with a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. Not included in this kit are the motor, the launch controller that is used to ignite the motor, and the launch pad from which the model is launched. This model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the hobby of flying models.
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- Other (retail package): 4 in. tall x 1 ft. 9 in. long x 9 in. wide, 1.3 lb. (10.2 x 53.3 x 22.9cm, 0.6kg)
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text: The early buzz that came with the opening of the free-agent market has worn off a bit, now that the big names have been inked. Or as ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter put it Thursday evening, "By and large, Tiffany free-agent prices are over. From now on, with a few exceptions, it's shopping at Target."


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I'm not much for dress shopping, but I lived on the same block as NY's famed Kleinfeld Bridal Salon. So I walked in one day about nine months before my wedding and met with Sharon, the bride whisperer. I told her a little about my style. I wear a lot of button downs and jeans & blazers. I told her I gravitate to classic, clean lines and nothing frilly. No lace, no beads, no razzle dazzle. She thought for a moment and returned with this, my dress. I knew it as soon as I saw it on the hanger. Then I put it on and realized it had POCKETS! I died and went to heaven. My mom was at once relieved and I think a bit disappointed…I tried on four other dresses just to let her enjoy the afternoon, but I knew this was the one. We had a black & white wedding, so I asked them to add the black waist-band and buttons down the back. It was/is perfect. I hope it makes someone else feel the same.
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Sand and gravel, as one of the most accessible natural resources, has been used since the earliest days of civilization mostly as a construction material. At the beginning of the 20th century, the U.S. production of construction sand and gravel, the sand and gravel used mostly for construction purposes, was relatively small and its uses limited. Today, annual sand and gravel production tonnage ranks second in the nonfuel minerals industry after crushed stone, and sand and gravel is the only mineral commodity produced in all 50 States. The United States is, in general, self-sufficient in sand and gravel, producing enough to meet all domestic needs and to be a small net exporter mainly to consumption points along the United States-Canadian and United States-Mexican borders.
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We are pleased to offer our customers several types and grades of White Sand. Manufactured sand and Fines are great for parking lots, White builders sand is good for mortar mixing applications, and our river sand is wonderful for septic system installation as well as soil drainage. White Sand is primarily used as a base material for concrete because it compacts well. It is also commonly used to fill large holes. It is frequently used as a base material for concrete pavers.
In construction, soil is a significant part of the building process. If performed improperly, settlement of the soil could occur and result in unnecessary maintenance costs or structure failure. The wide range of soil types available as highway construction materials have made it obligatory on the part of the highway engineer to identify and classify different soils. A survey of locally available materials and soil types conducted in India revealed wide variety of soil types, gravel, moorum and naturally occurring soft aggregates, which can be used in road construction. Broadly, the soil types can be categorized as Laterite soil, Moorum / red soil, Desert sands, Alluvial soil, Clay including Black cotton soil. We provide to our customers high quality soil for their construction projects.
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This crushed stone packs extremely well, making it a great driveway material or base for concrete pavers and retaining walls. It is light to dark gray in color and, unlike crushed washed limestone, it contains fines, which help bind the mixture together, making it a concrete-like finished product.
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We offer our clients with a qualitative range of Stone Powder which is a vital industrial mineral. This Stone Powder bears its indigenous qualities and is free from impurities that make it readily available for further applications.
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We also manufacture bricks. These are widely used by customers, as our products are made of premier quality material. The fundamentals of brick manufacturing have not changed over time. However, technological advancements have made contemporary brick plants substantially more efficient and have improved the overall quality of the products. A more complete knowledge of raw materials and their properties, better control of firing, improved kiln designs and more advanced mechanization have all contributed to advancing the brick industry.
Clay is one of the most abundant natural mineral materials on earth. For brick manufacturing, clay must possess some specific properties and characteristics. Such clays must have plasticity, which permits them to be shaped or molded when mixed with water; they must have sufficient wet and air-dried strength to maintain their shape after forming. Also, when subjected to appropriate temperatures, the clay particles must fuse together.
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Scientists link cannabis use with a damaging "shrinking" of certain parts of the brain, which is remarkeable for a number of reasons, not least of which as recent as 2005, scientists were hailing the benefits of cannabis, and its ability to repair damaged brain cells. Quite the connundrum?
A team of Canadian researchers reported that cannabis use appears to spur the development of new brain cells in rats and to have further beneficial anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects.
While it has been known for more than 100 years that cannabis does no discernible damage to brain cells, only in the past ten years have reports demonstrated a direct neurological benefit.
The results support the anecdotal claims of thousands of patients, contradict decades of anti-marijuana propaganda used to prop up the foundering Drug War and suggests more social benefits to be had by legalizing cannabis for adults.
Because many social drugs, including opiates, alcohol, nicotine and cocaine, have been shown to suppress the formation of new brain cells when used chronically, cannabis had been suspected of doing so in a form of "guilt by association." However, researchers in Israel found that cannabinoid drugs are helpful in cases of nerve damage and trauma. The US Department of Veteran Affairs found similar results working with veterans suffering from PTSD in the 1980s and suppressed the results.
Now, a team at the University of Saskatchewan department of psychiatry in Saskatoon, led by Xia Zhang, may have found evidence the drug promotes new brain cells to form in the hippocampus region of the brain, which reduces anxiety and depression.
Zhang and his colleagues wrote in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that cannabis appears "to be the only illicit drug whose capacity to produce increased ... neurons is positively correlated with its (anti-anxiety) and anti-depressant-like effects." The paper was posted online at the Journal's website.
Rats in the study were injected twice per day for 10 days with HU210 -- a synthetic form of a cannabinoid found naturally in smoked cannabis. This is equivalent to "a high dose" of smoked cannabis, Zhang said, but given the variables of potency and cigarette size, he is not certain how many joints it would take for a human to match the dosage.


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Markdown extension for Haddock as a GSoC project
Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuzetsu <at> fuuzetsu.co.uk>
Greetings, In light of fairly recent discussion, on this mailing list, I decided to investigate the topic of Markdown support for Haddock. The archives of the recent discussion can be seen at [1]. This post aims to summarise the current state of discussion. I do aim to file a proposal for a GSoC project on this issue but it'd be foolish to file a proposal for a project aiming to benefit the community without consulting the community itself. Here are some main points and ideas gathered: * reSt seems to have a small following - quite a bit smaller than the Markdown community. In fact, there seems to be a significant amount of people pushing for Markdown which contrasts what we can read in a topic from 2008 at [2]. I guess it just shows how much Markdown has gained in popularity in recent years. * There are issues with using Markdown even before we attempt to use it for Haskell documentation: * There exists no formal specification or semantics. It would seem that a significant number of Markdown parsers are creating by reverse engineering an already existing parser. This is bad because we end up propagating the bugs and workarounds around ambiguity that the original parser has. * As a follow-up to the previous point, the (vanilla) Markdown is ambiguous and there is nothing to resolve it. As Richard A. O'Keefe pointed out, there exist situations where it's not possible to infer the semantics of Markdown from its official implementation and the result is parser/writer-specific [6]. * John MacFarlane has already written a Markdown parser in Haskell. It(Continue reading)


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The Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave., is celebrating the life and art of Michael Amici Jr., a Park City resident who was the first student to be accepted into the center's Relevant artist-in-residence program in 2010.
Sadly, Amici took his own life on Aug. 5.
His works are on display at the Garage Gallery through Sunday, Oct. 13.
Amici, who was born with Asperger syndrome, which made it difficult to communicate, discovered art that helped him reach out to people.
All sales of Amici's art will go towards a scholarship in his name that will allow students from Holy Cross Ministry to take art classes at the Kimball Art Center.
Amici's family members wanted this to be their way to contribute to the center's mission of sharing art to the community and also pay tribute to their son.
For more information, visit www.kimballartcenter.org . — Scott Iwasaki


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Why Believe The Bible
But Not (Say) A Tabloid?
Dylan S. Combs
From: "Dylan S. Combs"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Subject: Something for Thought
Date: January 29, 2004 10:22 AM
I have been an atheist for as long as I can remember. It appears no less than obvious to me that one should refute religion, for they all seem to imply that humans cannot find happiness within themselves, but they must look to a higher power to find that. I shall point out Christianity, for it is the one that I have the most of a problem with. I can't believe that people would consent to live in ignorance and fear like that. Who would want to live a life in which you constantly feel inferior, unworthy, and ashamed of choices that you have made only because a book tells you that it is wrong to do so? If you believe that book, why not any other book you pick up? I have always said that one should be wary of giving a Christian a tabloid, for his mind is obviously oriented to believe anything written down.
However, the reason that atheists do not believe that a god exists is because there is no proof for it, correct? I feel that I am relatively safe in saying that, for it is the most obvious reason I can posit. Everyone who has studied any logic at all knows that it is an obvious fallacy in an argument to assume the existence of something because something or someone that is unqualified to make the statement that it exists, does say it. It is the fallacy of appealing to false authority, or Argumentum ad Verecumdiam. The Bible is simply a book, and there is no evidence to prove its holiness. Therefore, appealing to it and stating that a god exists because it says so is a blatant fallacy. Being that the only evidence any Christian has for their god is the Bible, for without it, no one would know anything of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, even, any logical person can simply overlook any argument for these religions, for they are all based solely on books with no authority.
One can further go to analyze the religions, find contradictions in their texts, and even raise questions as to why a god as described in their manuscripts is even worthy of worship, or should this vengeful, destructive god even be rebelled against? I know that if Christianity turns out to be true when I die, if by some amazing chance they are right, and I end up standing in front of their god, I will gladly insurrect against him. I have logic on my side, and knowing that I am raising perfectly valid questions and have an excellent reason not to believe, I gladly oppose any deity that condemns me for that. Sure, Christians will use visions of hell and descriptions of a terrible afterlife for all eternity to try to force you to listen to them out of fear, but the majesty of our humanity is that we are free to choose not to be afraid. We are free to choose to exist by our own terms and to find value for each other out of intrinsic beliefs and emotions that no one can claim to be incorrect. For, if you are to tell me that my intrinsic notions are incorrect, then you admit that you, yourself, could be incorrect as well, and why would I, or any other rational being, listen to you over myself?
A Question for Strong Atheists
Given the reason that atheists such as myself believe no god exists, I would like to ask strong atheists why it is that they believe there is absolutely no god. Is that not committing yet another fallacy? Argumentum ad Ignorantiam -- the fallacy of assuming that something is false simply because of a lack of proof. Just as there is no proof that there is a god, there is no proof that there absolutely is not. The fact of the matter is that there are infinite possibilities. For all we know, my doorknob could have created the universe, but it is just one out of infinite -- the smallest fraction there ever could be. So, by choosing an absolute truth, such as the existence, or non-existence of a god, you are choosing one possibility out of infinite. Those are some pretty slim odds.
I just thought I'd bring that up for discussion. I am so glad I found this website -- it really is comforting to know that there are more out there such as myself, and that I am not alone. Sometimes it can feel that way.
-- Dylan Combs
January 29, 2004
Cliff replies:
I am glad that we have developed methods for being able to determine truth from falsehood that are more accurate than simply counting the possible outcomes of a question, calculating the odds against "guessing" the correct one, and resigning to the notion that whatever we decide is no more or less realistic than any of the other choices!
Besides, unless some strange form of non-Aristotelean logic has taken over our experiential state of reality (as opposed to, say, Planck space, wherein, I hear, all bets are off in this regard), it seems that existence and nonexistence would be a binary, either-or choice.
Still, as Isaac Asimov stated (and you as well said, in so many words):
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say one was an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow it was better to say one was a humanist or an agnostic. I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.
In other words, to be a strong atheist is, in my opinion, a choice based in want or desire (and a valid one, to boot). I cannot remember exactly where it was but someone once paraphrased from Michael Martin's book, Atheism. A Philosophical Justification, saying that if I look and look for a pair of glasses that I think I left in a room, and after turning the room inside out, still cannot find them, there comes a point where I simply say, "There are no glasses in the room."
I could still be wrong, and one of our senior partners, Dutch physics student Victor Gijsbers once explained this to me in a personal letter, while he and I developed a portion of the FAQ centerpiece, "Introduction to Activistic Atheism": He said that those of us who have thought through the philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God (or, as I prefer to say, the truthfulness or falsehood of the various god-claims), we rightly call ourselves strong atheists. I'm not sure where he was coming from on that one, but I think Martin's argument would suffice at this point. What Victor was saying to me, though, was that being a strong atheist does not preclude our changing our tune if it should turn out that we are in error: we are in no way committed to remaining atheists should this turn of events take place. We would, like the scientist, simply say, "Oh, you're right! I was wrong about that!" and adjust our outlooks accordingly.
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Eight-and-one-half years of service to
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|Hunter and Julie tackling the obstacle course.
|So cute with his little tie in the bouncer.
There were also lots of carnival games and Hunter raked in the prizes! He even learned an early reader Thomas book which he was completely ecstatic about!
At the end of the day when the line is gone I torture my children by making them take a picture with the Bunny. I would do it before they are exhausted but at that time the line is 50 feet long, so we just grab one quick before going home.
Hunter was jealous that he wasn't in the picture with Johnie, so we grabbed one to appease the exhausted dude.
The true sign of a good time is when they are out before you hit the street!
|Both exhausted after a long day.
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I wore this for the first time yesterday and had to break into them. They kind of dug into the back of my heel but hey, whatever works for the outfit right? I loveee this color! It's light brown but I just call it nude. Since it's pointed it gives me an older look. The padding for the shoes are super comfy. Totally worth it!
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