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This documentary focuses on the mania that surrounded the release of Radiohead's album, OK Computer, and the tours that followed. The filmmaker follows the band around with his little camera, exposing the everyday life of a British rockstar
This DVD offers live footage from a concert the band played in London in 1994, featuring a mix of tracks from Pablo Honey and The Bends.
This DVD traces the entire history of the band, their live shows, studio time, and immense influence on pop culture worldwide.
This DVD covers the making of the legendary band and delves into the various cultural and artistic influences that make them who they are today. Doesn't sound like homework to us.
This DVD is a collection of the band's 21 most famous music videos to date, including "Fake Plastic Trees"


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This short concentrated on three gag sequences (the fish that Donald
caught, the rapids, and the waterfall) that I thought benefitted from
all the time spent on each. I particularly enjoyed the waterfall scene.
That was an inside reference that seemed to be modeled on the theme
parks' Splash Mountain ride. I could see why Daisy was having such a
fun time. That tree and patch of ground turned out to have a purpose
in the end.
This short though was hurt by sloppy animation in scenes like the
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Dr. Stephen Burgher is coming home.
Burgher, one of the lead physicians at Baylor University Medical Center's emergency room, recently completed a nine-month deployment as a trauma team leader at a military medical unit in Afghanistan. He is scheduled to arrive back in Dallas by Thursday.
From 1989 to 1999, Burgher served in active duty after graduating from University of Texas Medical School at Houston and completing his residency at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia. Four of those 10 years were spent as a flight surgeon. Two years ago, he felt a calling to serve his country during wartime and he joined the U.S. Navy Reserve.
"I knew his heart was set on going to Afghanistan and I knew the Navy would send him," said his wife, Amy. "We spent time planning and preparing for the separation. Some of the preparing was actually worrying and complaining on my part.
"Despite my protests," Amy said, "Stephen's confidence in this mission was clear. I believe now that it was a calling. Many have said that the calling was for our whole family — that military families also serve the country. While this may be true, the many friends and neighbors who have supported our family in Stephen's absence are patriots, too. Delivering our Christmas tree, cleaning our garage, making us delicious food, and helping to care for our home and pets are just a few examples of their service.
"Our community is honored to have many men and women serving in the armed forces," Amy said. "Each month, I attend a prayer meeting with mothers of service members. They, too, have a calling, and together we pray for protection, provision ... and most of all, peace."
Burgher was able to communicate with his wife and three children via email and video calling. He sent a series of 14 communications to family and friends, sharing his experiences as a trauma doctor at the military medical unit in Kandahar. His writings are poignant, deep, personal, informative and reflective of his solid commitment to serve his fellow warriors.
There's one report Burgher sent that I can't get out of my mind. As a writer, he did a great job pulling us into his world:
"We got back to our barracks and had just drifted off to sleep when all hands received a Mascal [mass casualty] call out at 00:30," Burgher wrote. "Casualties were en route from an IED attack, followed by secondary IEDs and suicide IEDs. All U.S. guys —12 injured — with a variety of injuries ... And they're caked in mud, dirt, rocks, teeth and bones — not their own. Four U.S. killed in action and one canine killed in action. The head of trauma — me — has to do death certificate stating cause of death; brutal visuals. I'll spare the details."
It was no picnic over there, but Burgher is honored to have had the opportunity to answer his calling, to serve his country, to share his medical skills and to experience the humility of coming home in one piece.
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Google's Real Time Rolling Out
Google's real time search integration, announced at Web 2 in October, is rolling out (good coverage from SEL). It'll be integrated as "Latest results." I'll be watching how this effects the traffic referral ecosystem across the web – that's the key. Will Twitter grow? Will Google start to obviate some refers it's now sending to Facebook? Or will the opposite occur?
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Pope: Pray For Me
Blogged by James on 20th March 2013
What sort of Pope goes around asking people to pray for him? Even protestants! How radical this new Pope is...
And I also appeal to all men - to every man (and with what veneration the apostle of Christ must utter this word: "man"!)
- pray for me!
- help me to be able to serve you! Amen.
Oh wait... that was Pope John Paul II at his inauguration
Let me try again...
My dear friends – at this moment I can only say: pray for me, that I may learn to love the Lord more and more. Pray for me, that I may learn to love his flock more and more – in other words, you, the holy Church, each one of you and all of you together. Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves. Let us pray for one another, that the Lord will carry us and that we will learn to carry one another.
Oh wait... that was Pope Benedict XVI at his inauguration.
It's almost as though Pope Francis is doing pretty much what Popes do so far as asking for prayers is concerned. Only, so far as I know he is yet to address us as his "dear friends".
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I was inspired by this tiny little book filled with quotes I have on my nightstand. I have taken a very many of these quotes, and these shall be the prompts for this challenge.
But first the rules, shall we?
You MUST do at least 10 of the prompts
You CAN write for any fandom/fandoms of your choosing
You MUST use proper grammar (correct spelling, punctuation, etc.)
You CAN use any pairing you like (OCxOC, ReaderxCharacter, CharacterxCharacter, etc.)
You MUST let me know when you have posted anything for this challenge (pretty please?)
You CAN chose between one-shots, drabbles, ficlets, or a combination of the three
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You CAN write smut if you so chose (but you should put in a warning just in case)
Now to the quotes~
"One day out of darkness they shall meet, and read life's meaning in each other's eyes." Susan Mara Spalding
"The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you." Shep Laughlin
"If I had never met you I would have dreamed you into being." Natalia Bergmann
"It is strange that men will talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains." Henry David Thoreau
"In dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities." Janos Arony
"Compared to my heart's desire, the sea is a drop." Adelia Prado
"What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life" Walt Whitman
"It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams." Elie Smithen
"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?" Henry David Thoreau
"I love you, not only for what you are, but for who I am when I am with you." Anthony Karaba
"To love the one who loves you, to admire one who admires you, in a word, to be the idol of one's idol, is exceeding the limit of human joy; it is stealing fire from heaven." Delphine de Girardin
"Lovers don't one day meet somewhere, they're in each other all along." Mitchell Prime
"Whatever our souls are made of, yours and mine are the same." Emily Brönte
"Within you, I lose myself, without you, I find myself wanting to be lost again." Anonymous
"Give all to love. Obey your heart." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Doubt that the stars are fire: Doubt that the sun doth move: Doubt truth to be a liar: But never doubt that I love." William Shakespeare
"Of all the earthly music, that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart." Henry Ward Beecher
"Oh, how he loved her. He gave her a look you could have poured on a waffle." Ring Lardner
"She made my bloodstream feel like the place that the gods had to find before they could discover fire." Pat Conroy
"I give thee what could not be heard, what has not been given before: The beat of my heart I give." Edith M. Thomas
"The loving are the daring." Bayard Taylor
"We have both lost ourselves, but that is when one reveals most of one's self." Anaïs Nin
"True love helps you find things you didn't know were missing in your life. It helps you fill spaces you didn't know were empty." Kobi Yamada
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint Exupéry
"No one has ever measured, even poets, how much the heart can hold." Zelda Fitzgerald
"Love like ours can never die!" Rudyard Kipling
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." Helen Keller
"We are each of us angels with only one wing. And we can only fly embracing each other." Luciano de Crescenzo
"Then we sat on the edge of the earth, with our feet dangling over the side, and marveled that we had found each other." Erick Dillard
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Contributed By Doug West, Ph.D.
The prices of US Proof sets can be analyzed to determine which set's prices are high or low when compared to the group as a whole. The buying and selling of Proof sets is like most other markets, that is, they are always moving toward a price equilibrium. The problem is the term "price equilibrium" is a moving target. There is new information, buyers, and sellers constantly being introduced into the proof set market. As a result of these changes in the market place, some of the sets will appear to be too high relative to the group as a whole and some sets will appear to be too low. In this article, I analyze the group of proof sets from 1956 to 2007 and identify a few sets that may be over priced and a few sets that may be under priced based on mintage numbers.
The mintage figures used were from the 2010 Guide Book of United States Coins ("Red Book") and the prices are Coin Dealer Newsletter bid prices from June 12, 2009. Only the regular clad and silver proof sets (including the Premier sets) were included in the data set. The proof quarter, Prestige, Presidential, and American Legacy sets were not included in the study. Figure 1 is a plot of the results of the analysis. The x axis is the mintage of the set in millions. The y axis is a logarithmic plot of the CDN price of the set. The price verse mintage was fitted with an exponential equation. The exponential fit gives a straight line on a logarithmic plot. Without getting bogged down in more mathematical jargon, the way to make useful sense of Figure 1 is to consider the sets that are above the line and assume they are more expensive relative to the sets that are below the line. Sets farthest from the line (upward) are more expensive based on their mintage than sets that are on or near the line. The same principle applies to sets that are the furthest below the line, except they are the least expensive sets based on their mintages.
The sets that are significantly above the line, which are considered over priced based purely on their mintage, include the 1999 silver, 2001 silver, 2001, 1976 three piece silver, and 1964 proof sets. I am going to throw out the 1964 set from this group of over priced sets. At a CDN bid of $11.75 this is approximately $3.00 over the silver melt value of the set and a significant portion of these sets have been broken up and the singles have been sold separately. The 1976 three piece silver set is a one year type set and there is justification for this higher price relative to the mintage of 3,998,621. The price of the 1999 silver, 2001 silver, and 2001 clad don't seem to have a valid reason for this higher than expected set price.
There are seven sets that appear to be real bargains when compared to the group as a whole, these are: 1992 silver Premier, 1998 silver Premier, 1986, 1992, 1972, and 1982. These sets are further from the line on the down side. At only $11.00 wholesale and around $18.00 retail, the 1992 silver Premier set with a mintage of only 308,055 appears to be the bargain of the bunch. The 1998 silver Premier has similar statistics and also a good buy. The 1972, 1982, 1986, and 1992 sets have Red Book prices of $6.00, $6.00, $11.00, and $9.00, respectively. These four sets are just flat cheap, what else can I say?
Figure 1 – Proof Set Price Plot
Considering the old adage "Buy low, sell high", hopefully this article has helped identify what is currently low in price and what is high in price. As always, buy and sell with a reputable professional coin dealer to ensure you are getting what you pay for and you get a good price when it comes time to sell your proof sets.
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New Foton Auman trucks
We continue to review new products of Chinese automotive industry. Here are the first photos of new Foton Auman GTL trucks. Feature of new trucks is a massive front grille with three huge bars. In general, the truck looks pretty modern, but not very memorable. There are some technical details. So, first showed models are truck tractors BJ4189SLFKA (4x2) and BJ4259SMFKB-A (6x4). The first one is equipped with a diesel engine Weichai WP12.336E40 with an output of 336 hp, while the second - with a diesel Cummins ISM11E4 at 385 hp. Gross vehicle weight is 18 tons for biaxial model, and 25 tons for triaxial. The only thing not clear will it be an independent model, or whether it has come to replace the popular long-haul tractors Foton Auman CXT? Does someone have an answer to this question?


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Former walk-on Seth Adams will be the starting quarterback when Ole Miss takes the field September 1 at Memphis.
Head Coach Ed Orgeron made that announcement Friday.
Adams, who has been running with the first unit most of the preseason, was selected over last year's starter, Brent Schaeffer and redshirt freshman Michael Herrick.
Adams appeared in six games last year with significant playing time against LSU and Mississippi State.
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The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing
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Here's where Moore hammers home the awesomeness of the mind—there's absolutely no doubt about it, she's saying here. The mind is the cat's meow.
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strong enchantment (19-20)
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By Pvt. Coby K. SmithMay 17, 2012
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (May 17, 2012) -- The children of two Fort Meade service members are among 10 high school students to each receive $50,000 college scholarships from Picerne Military Housing's private charitable foundation.
Our Family for Families First Foundation awarded the scholarships to Annalisa Irby and Nate Hutchings as well as students from Aberdeen Proving Ground; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Riley, Kan.; and Fort Sill, Okla.
"The caliber of students applying for our scholarships is exceptional," said Maria Montalvo, the foundation's executive director. "All of the applicants -- the children of active-duty service members -- are hard-working students who are active in their schools and communities and more than deserving of a college scholarship."
As a part of the application process, students wrote a 1,000-word essay focusing on how being the child of an active-duty service member made them a qualified and deserving recipient for an academic scholarship.
Irby, daughter of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jonathan Irby of the 704th Military Intelligence Battalion, believed graduating as Meade High School's valedictorian would give her a good chance at winning.
However, despite her confidence, the field hockey and tennis player said she was still very excited when she received the phone call informing her that she had won.
"Now, I don't have to worry about the financial burdens because they have all been taken away," said Irby, 18, who plans to pursue a doctorate in veterinary medicine.
Hutchings plans to use his scholarship to study at the University of South Carolina Honors College. The Severna Park High School student is the son of Chaplain (Capt.) Wyne Hutchings of the 308th MI Battalion.
Hutchings said he learned about the scholarship through a phone call he received while editing a video for his YouTube series, "Nate Talks."
After looking over the scholarship requirements and submitting his application, Hutchings received another call.
"It was interesting because the person who called me said that one of the things that made my application stand out was my YouTube series," the 17-year-old said. "They watched some of my videos and liked the creativity."
With interests that include video-blogging, theater and music, Hutchings is still deciding what to study.
Hutchings and Irby are part of the foundation's seventh class of scholarship recipients. The foundation has awarded more than $3.5 million in scholarships to families of active-duty service members.
"These are great kids," said John Picerne, president and CEO of Picerne Military Housing, who founded Our Family for Families First Foundation. "We are proud of them for what they've already achieved and are so happy to be part of the what they will become."


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EU Summit Presents Finns With a Conundrum
The European Union summit's suggestion to replace unanimity with majority voting for the EU's permanent rescue fund — a voting procedure deemed unconstitutional by a Finnish parliamentary committee — has caused the Nordic government a tricky problem.
Should the Finns decide not to join the European Stability Mechanism as a result, which theoretically should begin next summer, it could jeopardize a major bailout for debt-ridden Greece.
At the moment Helsinki has pre-committed to join the ESM as part of its collateral deal in return for participating in the €130 billion second bailout package for Greece.
But a proposal advanced by Germany and France at the summit has put the cat among the pigeons.
They suggested an emergency procedure to replace unanimity with a qualified majority of 85% in the ESM.
The decision to use a majority vote would be used to prevent individual euro-zone countries, other than Germany, France and Italy, from vetoing bailout actions, as each would contribute more than 15% of the fund. This has been deemed crucial for the survival of the currency area.
Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen managed to get a note in the final summit statement saying a change to voting procedures would be "subject to confirmation by the Finnish parliament."
However, the proposal has already caused huge alarm in Finland. Its Constitutional Law Committee has stated that joining such an arrangement would diminish Finland's sovereignty and thus breach its constitution.
Because the Finnish parliamentary committee has already given the idea the thumbs down, it means the proposals, if they become concrete, would never reach parliament in any event.
Either way, Finland will either stay out of the ESM or the majority proposal will have to be swept under the carpet
Earlier this year, Finland almost blocked efforts to bail out Portugal, but ended instead up demanding collateral in return for any future rescue fund participation.
Since the bailing out of Greece under the European Stability Facility Mechanism demands unanimity, Finland had a quite strong hand when negotiating for collateral over Greece.
The final deal was agreed between all 17 euro-zone finance ministers in October where collateral could be investments funded by Greek government bonds, then routed through Greek banks, to raise €880 million and invest in triple-A rated government bonds for 15 to 30 years.
If Greece were to default, Finland could, after 30 years and a 3% annual interest rate, theoretically receive collateral worth €2.1 billion — equaling the Nordic country's guarantees to the bailout package.
To make the deal unattractive to other euro-zone countries, Finland had to commit to pay its share of the ESM, equaling €1.44 billion, right away, while other euro-zone countries will pay their shares in five installments through 2017.
"Probably, the collateral deal would be reconsidered in case Finland does not join the ESM," a person familiar with the matter said.
However, with this kind of leverage it would seem quite possible for the shrewd Finnish government to crack more than one nut during the Christmas holiday.


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Early in the Bloomberg administration, the mayor and then-Chancellor Joel Klein identified a list of high-crime schools they called Impact Schools. In partnership with Ray Kelly of the NYPD, the Department of Education targeted the schools' improvement by assigning additional school safety officers and NYPD police officers to assert and maintain order.
"We are cracking down on the schools with the worst safety records," the Mayor said in early January 2004. "They will be getting more police officers. … Disruptive students will not be tolerated. We have a responsibility to provide an environment free from violence and fear so children can learn. We simply won't allow a few people to destroy the educational opportunities of others."
In 2004, the formal NYPD presence in city schools was relatively recent – a 1998 memorandum of understanding between Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the NYPD that permitted police in the public schools was quietly renewed by Mayor Bloomberg in 2003 (and publicly dismissed by DOE top brass, until it was made public in 2009).
Now, with police in the schools for more than a decade, it seems timely to ask what happened to the Impact Schools, after all. Seven years after the Impact Schools initiative, did the program make schools safer – did it permit more students to learn well, to graduate on time, to succeed in work or college after high school?
Answering those questions proves onerous – because most of the Impact Schools have been shuttered by the DOE, their school buildings now occupied by numerous small-school'organizations.' Some Impact Schools got safer and were removed from the list, even as new schools were added. As public records and privacy mandates rightly don't permit tracking the progress (or failure) of individual students, determining whether Impact School students have graduated from their phasing-out schools before they closed, transferred to other schools, or left school entirely is near-impossible.
The Impact Schools theory was grounded in'broken-windows' policing, common in many of the city's poorest districts, like the South Bronx, Bed-Stuy, East New York and Brownsville. The Giuliani-era urban-crime strategy mandates resolving small issues before they become inflamed; fix a broken window and foil a burglary, the thinking goes. In schools, the goal is to defuse conflicts before they escalate into physical violence. Over time, more than two dozen schools eventually made the Impact list, mainly large high schools with low graduation rates that served predominantly poor students.
Adding extra officers to Impact Schools meant more rigorous screening at building entries for metal objects, like weapons, belt buckles and cell phones. It meant additional officers in hallways during passing times, making sure students went to class and stayed safe in lunchrooms and auditoriums. Impact policing meant hundreds of extra adults in school buildings, often with little training: Safety officers get 14 weeks at the Police Academy, compared with 6 months' training for NYPD cadets. Today, more than 5000 safety officers work in the city's public schools – a force that's greater than the entire police corps of Boston and San Francisco, combined.
To date, of nearly 30 Impact Schools listed by the DOE, more than 20 have closed or are in phaseout – current students may graduate, but no new students are permitted to enroll. Three former Impact Schools are alive but on federal'life-support' – awaiting their share of the $22 million School Improvement Grants that are targeted to "restart" the city's weakest schools. Only a handful of Impact Schools are still open – including one, JFK High School in the Bronx, where 46 percent of students graduate in four years and enrollment has been cut to less than a third of its 2002 census as five new schools have come to share its building. Long story short, of the targeted Impact Schools, only about 20 percent survived their improvement.
Asked about the status of the Impact Schools, DOE officials said the program was still active, although much smaller than in 2004-07. "Currently there are eight campuses that are part of the Impact Schools program," wrote Marge Feinberg of the DOE press office. Some schools have cycled off the Impact list, like Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn and Newtown High School in Queens. But most have closed, their buildings repopulated as educational campuses housing up to six schools.
So did the program work? That most basic question – was the effort worth the outcome? – cannot be answered with the statistics and accountability data the DOE prizes. What is certain is that many of the high-crime schools targeted for improvement by DOE no longer exist; whether their eradication qualifies as improvement is a matter for ongoing debate.


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NAPA -- The news became official Friday during the Raiders' second practice of training camp, but most players had heard by the time they made the short walk back to the Napa Marriott.
Those who had hoped unrestricted free agent Nnamdi Asomugha would return, even if the Raiders never appeared to be in the mix, faced the reality of the three-time Pro Bowl cornerback signing with the Philadelphia Eagles.
In the meantime, the Raiders had Baltimore Ravens tackle Jared Gaither in camp on the first day free agents were allowed to visit and sign contracts. Gaither talked briefly with coach Hue Jackson and CEO Amy Trask before undergoing a physical.
As it turned out, the contract numbers for Asomugha -- five years, $25 million guaranteed for a total of $60 million -- weren't as stratospheric as expected.
Owner Al Davis suggested the day Jackson was hired that the Raiders' dilemma was whether to bring back Asomugha or use that money to sign other players.
Once the Raiders committed to guarantees of $22.5 million for Richard Seymour, $20 million for Stanford Routt and $11.3 million for franchise free agent Kamerion Wimbley, there wasn't even a whisper of a rumor they were seriously negotiating with Asomugha.
Jackson insisted he was holding out hope.
"I'm happy for him, but that's the decision he made and what he wanted to do," Jackson said. "We wish him well, but it's the next man up for us."
Seymour brushed aside a question about Asomugha's departure, saying, "I am concerned about the Raiders."
Routt was philosophical.
"For him it's a great move," Routt said. "It's sad to see him leave, but it's a business. You're not always going to stay teammates with everybody forever."
Asomugha, seldom challenged in the Raiders' predominantly man-to-man scheme, had just two interceptions over the past three seasons but had surrendered just one touchdown pass. Routt, by virtue of a 2010 season that earned him a three-year deal that could pay as much as $31.5 million, assumes Asomugha's role as the top cornerback.
"I don't really think about it like that," Routt said. "I know you all are going to go ahead and put a media target on my back, but it's football. You guard the guy that you're lined up against."
Gaither missed all of 2010 with a back injury and the final five games in 2009.
He sat on a bench near the practice field and talked on his cell phone until he was ushered into the field house with team trainer Rod Martin and later with team physician Warren King.
Jackson, who was quarterbacks coach in Baltimore in 2008-09, denied a report Gaither had agreed to terms. Gaither's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said the same thing on his Twitter account.
"We want to see where he is, get with our doctors and see what he can do," Jackson said.


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Following the Israeli Navy commandos' raid in May in which nine Turkish activists were killed Turkey has demanded international probe.
By Haaretz Service Published 12:31 03.07.10
United States President Barak Obama warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that an international probe into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla could have negative consequences for Turkey, British Arabic-language daily al-Hayat reported Saturday.
According to the report, Obama warned Erdogan that the international probe which Turkey has demanded could turn into a "double edged sword," as it could lead to accusations against the passengers on board the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara ship, some of whom were members of the pro-Palestinian IHH organization.
The two leaders met in Canada on the sidelines of the G-20 summit earlier this week.
Following the Israeli Navy commandos' raid in May in which nine Turkish activists were killed Turkey announced that it was recalling its ambassador to Israel.
Erdogan said the incident represented a complete violation of international law and called for an international probe into the military action.
Last month Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that his government would insist on an international commission to investigate the raid saying that "If an international commission is not set up and Turkey's rightful demands are ignored, Turkey has the right to review its relations with Israel."
The foreign minister was responding to Israel's announcement Monday that it was setting up its own inquiry, which will include two international observers.
The May 31 Israeli raid on the flotilla, led by a Turkish NGO, took place outside of Israel's territorial waters.
"A commission which will conduct an inquiry into an attack staged in international waters should be international. We demand that an international commission should be formed under the supervision of the UN with participation of Turkey and Israel. We will insist on this matter," Davutoglu said.
"We believe that Israel, as a country which attacked on a civil convoy in international waters, will not conduct an impartial inquiry," he added.
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Gay and lesbian Jewish activists are stepping up their campaign to have Keshet UK, the Jewish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender forum, advise Jewish schools on teaching about homosexuality, after the controversy over a reference to Jewish gay cure group JONAH in a JFS lesson on the topic.
This week, Channel 4 presenter and ex-JFS pupil, Benjamin Cohen, released a video, promoted by the bro
A "messianic Jewish" leader, actively seeking to convert Jews to Christianity, hosted a Yorkshire town's Holocaust Memorial Day activities last week, a move condemned as a "perversion" by anti-missionary activist Rabbi Shmuel Arkush.
Selby-based Adrian Glasspole, founder of the UK branch of Chosen People Ministries, who said he was halachically Jewish, described himself as "responsible" for the
A Jewish newspaper columnist has robustly defended a controversial piece that she wrote suggesting that homosexuality could be cured.
Doreen Wachmann, who writes for the Jewish Telegraph in Manchester, said last week that she was daring to "put my head above the parapet and write about the forbidden topic" and expressed her "reservations over the contemporary Orthodoxy which dictates that homos
"Ghoulish" surgical tools belonging to a Nazi war criminal have been withdrawn from auction in Cornwall this weekend, after a furious series of protests to the auctioneers.
The hacksaw and scalpels, engraved with the name Anton Burger - SS commandant of the Theresienstadt ghetto - are set in a velvet-lined wooden box.
The video has been tweeted and backed by celebrities and journalists including Jon Snow, Stephen Fry, Sarah Brown and Krishnan Guru Murthy.
Keshet UK, the Jewish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender forum, h
Jewish Book Week is to make four of its events accessible to deaf audience members.
Those deaf or hard-of-hearing will be able to use live speech-to-text translation, transcribed by a reporter using a special phonetic keyboard, using technology from charity Stagetext.
A controversial lawyer who made his name defending Nazis, Holocaust deniers and Palestinian terrorists, has pulled out of a talk at SOAS tomorrow.
The father of a 14-year-old King Solomon High School pupil with moderate learning disabilities is "bitterly disappointed" that she is not being allowed to join the Redbridge school's Israel trip.
But King Solomon teachers maintain the girl is unsuited to a mainstream school and have "health and safety" concerns about her going on the Israel tour in May of next year.
The head-teacher of JFS has refused to meet gay and lesbian former pupils to discuss the methods of teaching of homosexuality at the school - but has promised to "review" the school's approach.
Former JFS pupils, including co-convener of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender forum Keshet UK, Dave Shaw, had asked to meet head Jonathan Miller to discuss the reference to "gay cure" organisati
Students should consider swapping baked beans in Birmingham for beach life in Tel Aviv – because undergraduate degrees at the city's university are cheaper than the UK, claims Tel Aviv University.
Jewish school-leavers, hit by the £9,000 tuition fees next year at most of the top-tier British universities, could pay around £2,000 less if they choose to study in Israel.
An initiative to get Jews on their bikes has won the support of London's best-known cyclist, Boris Johnson.
On Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Social Action Forum's Big Green Jewish campaign will launch the Year of the Bicycle.
It follows the food-themed Year of the Bagel, where the focus included promoting community spaces to grow food and using eco-friendly produce and crockery at Jewish organisati
In Rabbi Jonathan Romain's conversion class, there have been couples converting together, religious Christians, an ex-Muslim convert, policemen, soldiers and housewives.
But although converts come to him from all walks of life, as the Movement for Reform Judaism's conversion expert Rabbi Romain has identified some key trends.
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Mr Halfon has written to Mr Hammond requesting he release the service record of Israeli President Shimon Peres's father Yitzhak Persky and other British servicemen held in the camp.
New Jewish Care chairman, Steven Lewis, has attacked a "lack of responsibility" among younger donors who he says are not giving as much as they could to Jewish charities.
The 49-year-old, who has been supporting Jewish Care for almost half his life, claims his generation does not match previous ones on charitable giving. "We are generous compared to other communities," he said.
Anti-fascist campaigners have expressed their disgust at inaction by the Home Office over the impending visit to SOAS of "devil's advocate" Jacques Vergès.
Former Jewish school students and religious leaders have expressed "deep concern" about references to "homosexual cure" group JONAH in a JFS Jewish studies lesson, and have called for schools urgently to address the teaching of homosexuality.
Former JFS head girl Alma Smith has written to the school's headmaster, Jonathan Miller, saying that not making reference to lesbian and gay organisations
A PhD student who bit a pro-Israel campaigner on the cheek at SOAS Israel Apartheid Week has been acquitted of assault.
Two Jewish women in relationships with vicars, and gay Jewish and Muslim couples, were among a substantially increased turnout at Rabbi Jonathan Romain's annual seminar for mixed-faith couples.
More than 100 people participated in the "I'm Jewish, My Partner Isn't" event at the Sternberg Centre, Finchley, on Sunday, travelling from as far afield as Glasgow and Nottingham.
Hackney Council claims that a strictly Orthodox synagogue, built without planning permission in Stamford Hill, is "blocking the sunlight" of nearby families and says its extension must be demolished.
The synagogue, in Bethune Road, was served with an enforcement notice and given three months to demolish an extension and turn the building back into a family home.
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"read this thread or the wiki article again. It's not ambiguous at all in the wiki.madtowndave wrote:Question regarding ST:
Do passives that give % Physical Damage for specific weapon types or handed-ness apply to this skill? I read the wiki (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Spectral_Throw) and seems ambiguous.
For example say the Executioner passive states:
"12% increased Physical Damage with 2 Handed Melee Weapons"
I would lean towards thinking that the passive WOULD apply for ST skill, but I wanted to be positive before I spec into any passives worded this way.


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i dont know how this has happened or what to do i think probs just be broke for spares unless theres some genius that can fix this??
the two red circles show which two chips are know missing when get ma digi cam working i will post the actual damage. as it hasnt broke any board just 2 chips have gone!
i know its a zephyr board and stupidly enough the warranty is gone cos sticker bein void before i got it
i am not the original owner of this console i got i broke from what i got out of original owner it had no visual and then went on to rrod know the console powers to rrod.
i wouldnt of powered this up if i was aware that chips were missing it is giving fault 0002
any help much appreciated also any one that this has value to i may be willing to sell it as i dont have use for it as broken
Big Problem Gpu Is Missing 2 Chips!
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 04:51 PM
Posted 20 October 2008 - 07:47 PM
it takes some serious heatgun-overkill or violence to break those off. and chances are the contacts are damaged too. I doubt this is fixable.
Posted 24 October 2008 - 01:49 PM
That is ridiculous. How does someone manage to do that? Definitely done on purpose. If I were you I'd part it out, no way that is fixable unless you are "THE" god at soldering.
Posted 31 October 2008 - 09:14 PM
i know that this is bad i got the board like this good job it didnt cost anything would you belive that he know admits he tryed a heat gun fix when got red ring!!!!
what a fool like a know this may be sound wrong but do u think microsoft are stupid enough to take this item back if i made back to original state? and carefully hide the chip loss with thermal paste?? as i have got a warranty sticker? i have nothing to lose if the wont fix it? as i didnt pay anything?
what a fool like a know this may be sound wrong but do u think microsoft are stupid enough to take this item back if i made back to original state? and carefully hide the chip loss with thermal paste?? as i have got a warranty sticker? i have nothing to lose if the wont fix it? as i didnt pay anything?
Posted 01 November 2008 - 02:06 AM
yeah, MS will certainly not notice a gigantic blob of a different thermal paste all over the GPU.
Posted 01 November 2008 - 05:38 PM
lol well scraped the idea ov covering it in thermal paste also its know back together with a new warranty sticker with it still show the rrod im goin to take my chances and send it off pmsl i aint got anything to lose the console aint that old and microsoft are stupid enough to cover rrod for 3 years so i just hpe the mebs swap out the board cos its giving fault 0002 network interface fault??? as and when i hear back off microsoft ill let you know what happens
Posted 19 November 2008 - 08:02 PM
well a bit the bullet and got in-touch with microsoft. about a console repair. booked a slot sent it off to frankfurt germany on 10/10/08 and today 19/10/08 sure enough ups where at the door with a nice new refurbished elite with a nice new 1 year warranty and new warranty sticker and supporting letter stating that they found that the dvd and motherboard required attention and due to the run up to christmas they have replaced them with brand new parts free of charge pmsl at microsoft 1-0 to the modders least there trying with the new warranty stickers that peel off just as well as the old ones with abit heat!! so im know up another console and this cost me a whole week of waiting and £0.00p
Posted 29 November 2008 - 01:52 AM
microsoft wont notice that , I turned in my 360 with no heatsinks i still got it back fixed
Posted 14 December 2008 - 04:27 AM
a warning for you both, warranty fraud is against X-S policy. enjoy the holiday
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SIKESTON -- Members of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety's fire division responded along with other area firefighters to assist in the successful fight against a forest blaze Friday.
"We left Sikeston at about 9:30 that morning and arrived home 5:30 that night," said Capt. Ken Dicus of the Sikeston DPS. "That fire is 100 percent under control right now."
The fire was located in Iron County near Bixby, according to Dicus.
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Mitt Romney said Monday that he would have ordered the raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden, remarks that came in response to Democratic suggestions that Mr. Romney might not have ordered the strike last year had he been president.
"Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order," Mr. Romney told reporters at a campaign stop here on Monday, referring to the former Democratic president who has since become an anti-war advocate. (During his time in office, Mr. Carter ordered an ill-fated rescue mission for the American embassy hostages in Iran.) Mr. Romney made those remarks in response to a question shouted at him as he shook hands with supporters.
In his remarks, the presumptive Republican nominee accused the president of focusing on "silliness" to distract from an economy still struggling to fully recover.
"Over these last several days, we've seen our president go across the country and bring up all sorts of extraneous items, everything he can do to distract from the issue people care about," Mr. Romney told the crowd. "I wish the president would start talking about the economy and stop trying to divert with all this silliness."
As Mr. Obama and his advisers tout the one-year anniversary of the operation to kill bin Laden, the likely Republican nominee has faced scrutiny over remarks he made during his last presidential bid in which he said "it's not worth moving heaven and earth" and "spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."
The Obama campaign circulated a web video over the weekend questioning whether Mr. Romney would have ordered the military strike. Last week, Vice President Joe Biden suggested the Obama bumper sticker should read "Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." And former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, in a Sunday interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," said, "Quite frankly, Mitt Romney said it was a foolish thing to do a few years ago."
In the same "Meet the Press" show, Romney adviser Ed Gillespie criticized the Obama campaign video as being "divisive" and said his candidate would have ordered the same strike that the president did.


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Deal Journal's 2012 Losers: Jamie Dimon, Facebook, Cohen, Knight, H-P
Deal Journal spent all year tracking the weekly winners and losers of the deals and business world. In a completely non-scientific and non-academic pursuit, we've gone on to tackle the entire year.
Winners are available here. But the losers might be more fun.
Here are the Top 5 Losers of 2012.
Jamie Dimon – Judging by Deal Journal's most read posts of the year, Dimon took this hands down. The J.P. Morgan CEO's struggles with the "London Whale" were the subject of five of this blog's top 11 most popular posts. Dimon was once "America's Least Hated Banker," his name was bandied about as a possible Treasury secretary for President Barack Obama, and he was the unquestioned leader of Wall Street. In 2012, Dimon's reputation, if not dented, took a few dings. Two appearances before congress saw him beat back criticism, but the damage to Wall Street's fight against regulations was done because their standard bearer was wounded. The bank halted share repurchases and Dimon changed several top lieutenants, losing a few longtime allies. To be sure, don't count him down for good. Warren Buffett and Tom Brady still like him and he's had private lunch with Obama.
Facebook – OK, maybe Dimon doesn't take it hands down. The social network has a stake in the biggest Deal Journal loser of the year. It was the second-biggest IPO in U.S. history and Mark Zuckerberg and Co. were made instant billionaires by the $100 billion valuation. But Facebook fell for it own's hype. The company and its lead underwriter Morgan Stanley overestimated the demand for the offering, increasing both the number of shares in the offering and the price just before the IPO. The fallout has been severe, no matter where the blame should lie. As shares slumped, regulators have fined the banks and confidence in the IPO system and markets in general has suffered. The most anticipated IPO in nearly a decade was meant to give Moms and Pops around the globe shares in a company they believed in. It wound up a debacle.
Steve Cohen and SAC Capital – The hedge-fund giant has earned some of the best returns over the past decade, a trend that has apparently caught investigators' attention. Cohen has not been charged and after years of poking around, prosecutors may never charge him. And, to be sure, Cohen denied he has ever done anything wrong. But in the future, the world will look back at 2012 as a tough year for Cohen and SAC, as he surfaced for the first time in documents when a former SAC trader was charged with insider trading. WSJ reported that Cohen was "Portfolio Manager A," in the documents. The SEC has warned of civil charges. He's hosted a conference call to assuage investors, but some big ones have already decided to leave. Charged or not, it's been a bad year.
Knight Capital – "One line of code" was indeed enough to sink a major market trading force. The brokerage firm was walloped with $440 million in losses, more than the company had in cash on hand and more than an entire quarter's worth of revenue, when a trading glitch saddled it with millions of unwanted shares in August. An expensive emergency rescue by several market participants kept it afloat for a few months and a $1.8 billion buyout allowed it to go out with a deal this month. But its sale to Getco came at 64% discount to where Knight traded at before the "one line" of coding caused its trading errors.Hewlett-Packard – Two $8 billion writedowns from deals in one year. It was not pretty. First H-P wrote down its purchase of EADS, but the market took that in stride. Then the company said its 2011 purchase of Autonomy, made at the same time it had determined it would split itself up, was worse. Autonomy, H-P alleged, was rife with accounting issues that inflated its sales data before H-P purchased it. CEO Meg Whitman laid the blame squarely at the feet of her predecessor, Leo Apotheker, and Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch. Lynch has denied wrongdoing and Apotheker has expressed surprise at the allegations. But the picture of H-P as a deal bungler, and Whitman's separate statements that the turnaround of the company is years away, has worsened the picture. One analyst called the stock an "unmitigated train wreck,"adding "we apologize to investors for our extremely poor performance on this attempted 'value' play."
Here are some runner-ups to the losers list, names that had bad years but can take solace in not being as bad as the five above: BATS, Chinese IPOs, Phil Falcone, Kodak, Bob Diamond, Rajat Gupta, Social media stocks in general.
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The month brought a 1-in-60 year rainfall event while Auckland temperatures reached 19.2C — a record
From Auckland's highest extreme temperature to 1-in-60-year rainfall in Northland, July's wild weather set records in many places around New Zealand.
Niwa's monthly climate summary, released yesterday, showed Kiwis were hit with flooding, road slips, balmy and icy temperatures, as well as extreme gusts in July.
On the last day of the month, Aucklanders were treated to a high of 19.2C - the highest temperature for July since records began in 1959.
The strong northwesterly flow also gave five other places in New Zealand, including Timaru and Cromwell, record high temperatures to end the month.
New Plymouth registered its second coldest temperature for July in the past 70 years with a low of -2.1C on July 23.
But, despite the extremes, average temperatures for most parts of the country were near normal.
"Pockets of below average temperature" were recorded in Waitomo and Ruapehu while southern Canterbury and Otago residents may have found the mid-winter month slightly milder than usual, with above average temperatures.
Stormy weather which wreaked havoc in Northland also made its mark in the weather record books.
The heavy rain and high winds which ripped roofs from houses, flooded properties and roads, caused widespread power cuts and resulted in motorists being rescued from trapped vehicles set a raft of month-extremes.
Around July 8, three-day rainfall totals in Northland equated to a "1-in-60" year event. Residents in Kaikohe and Kerikeri were pummelled with 159mm and 117mm respectively of rain - the highest since records began for both towns.
Kaitaia also clocked its strongest wind gust on record at 119 km/h. Three days later, Dargaville's 81mm of rain was the third-highest recorded.
"In contrast, the remainder of the North Island experienced dry conditions for this time of year with Auckland, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki and Wellington recording below normal rainfall" for the month, Niwa said.
Of the six main centres, those keen for a spot of sun would have been best placed in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton - sunshine hours in those cities all registered as above normal and well-above normal for July.
Forecasters are expecting "above average" temperatures this month.
"We seem to be seeing an early spring pattern, defined by windy westerlies, warmer than average temperatures but still some short, wintry bursts," WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan said.
"The first half of August sees a lot of windy weather, especially for central, eastern and southern parts of New Zealand.
"We have a high in the mix in the second week though, so a few days of calm are also there."


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Newbie Help- Which stitch is next?
Started my first project and made the rookie mistake of not writing down what my last row was ie purl or knit.
Have been doing 1 row of knit, then 1 row of purl. The flat side is now up and in my left hand and I can't remember whether I should be purling or knitting for the next row.
Please help!
If the stitches on the left needle look like a V that's a knit stitch so you knit the row; if they have a bump on them, that's a purl and you purl the row. It's much easier to learn what the stitches look like so you don't have to write down each row. That's called 'reading your stitches' and it's useful to know when you get to more complicated patterns. This thread might be of some help to you with the videos and pictures that show the knit and purl stitches.
When you read stitches (per Sue's explanation), remember that you're looking at the stitches that are facing you. So if you have all your stitches on the left needle, just hold it back and determine whether you see V's or bumps.
Congrats on your progress in knitting and welcome to KH!
Thanks all.
These answers really helped and am progressing along nicely now.:cheering:
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String Quartet No.2, Op.15 (Dohnányi, Ernő)
It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). As this work was first published before 1923 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright with no "restoration" under the GATT amendments, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well.
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Sheet Music
Complete Score
*#355796 - 1.58MB, 25 pp. - (3) - V/V/31 - 362x⇩
PDF scanned by Jcbernstein
Jcbernstein (2014/12/11)
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1907. Plate 12321.
Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.339, n.d.[1924].
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
(Poss. not the same Eulenburg reprint- page nos. don't match)
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1907. Plate 12320.
London: Alfred Lengnick, 1954. Plate A. L. & Co. 4043.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
On the last page of the first violin part footnote instructions had to be cropped: "Das tempo dieses Andante ist bedeutend schneller, als das des Animato und ein klein wenig langsamer, als das des Andante zu Anfang des ersten Satzen."
General Information
|Work Title
|String Quartet No.2 in D-flat major, Op.15
|Alternative Title
|Dohnányi, Ernő
|Opus/Catalogue Number
|D-flat major
|3 movements
|Year/Date of Composition
|First Performance
|1907 November in Berlin
|First Publication
|Average Duration
|27 minutes
|Composer Time Period
|Early 20th century
|Piece Style
|Early 20th century
|2 Violins, viola, cello
|External Links
|Wikipedia article (French)
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- Dohnányi, Ernő
- Early 20th century style
- Early 20th century
- Quartets
- For 2 violins, viola, cello
- Scores featuring the violin
- Scores featuring the viola
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- For 4 players
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I'd read favourable reports about Kua 'Aina's burgers on both Chris Pople's Cheese & Biscuits blog, and also on Nick Andrew's Burger Me blog, so fancied an investigation of my own. However, my Kua 'Aina experience wasn't of the four-star Must Try variety. More a three-star Shows Promise kind of affair...
OK so let's just clear something up straight away. I didn't actually eat in Kua 'Aina's just-off-Carnaby Street restaurant, but rather carried my burger back to my office, five minutes walk away to share a take out K'A experience with a couple of my work mates around a table in our office, four floors up, with a view straight down Berwick Street. Another thing to note is that I opted for the more modest size of K'A's burger offerings, a 1/3lb rather than a 1/2lb patty. Well, I did have to work that afternoon and 1/2 a pound of flesh at lunchtime tends to lower my productivity considerably. Another thing I did (or rather didn't do) was totally neglect to ask for my patty to be cooked rare. The girl that took my order didn't ask me how I'd like it cooked so I just took what I was given. On the menu it says all burgers are cooked medium unless you request something different. Sadly the patty in my 1/3lb Cheese Burger was cooked beyond medium rendering it not at all juicy.
As you can see from the top picture, my burger patty wasn't the only thing that was overcooked. There was quite a few black scorch marks on the seeded toasted bun - which otherwise had fared rather well wrapped up for five minutes on the walk back to the office: the bread had kind of steamed in the patty heat in the takeout wrapper making it really soft, with the seeded crust remaining lovely and crisp.
Two thick slices of tomato in a burger is unnecessary (and cause for much slippage) so I removed one, but I actually really liked the soft grilled cross section of onion in the burger which somehow managed to avoid slimy worm syndrome. Despite being a shade overcooked, the patty was really well seasoned and also had a really super tasty beefiness. Promising stuff.
Actually, when I tweeted that I'd had a slightly overdone burger at Kua 'Aina, a couple of tweeps asked straight away "Did you have the 1/3 pounder?" adding that in their experiences Kua 'Aina had been much more adept at cooking perfectly the thicker 1/2 pounder than the smaller burger. I can understand how that might be the case, but it seems a shame K'A can't provide the same juicy experience across the two patty options it offers.
Worth noting is K'A's Crunchy Fries are cut with the skin on and are REALLY good - light, crisp and perfectly salted. This time they outshone my less than juicy patty, but I have to say I'm excited at the prospect of returning to try a 1/2 pounder (which I shall ask to be cooked a juicy medium rare). I'm rather hoping I'll soon be even more impressed with this relatively new addition to London's thriving burger scene.
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Submitted to: International Symposium on Septoria/Stagonospora Disease of Cereals
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: December 1, 2003
Publication Date: December 8, 2003
Citation: Ware, S.B., Verstappen, E.C., Goodwin, S.B., Waalwijk, C., Kema, G.H. 2003. Experimental identification of the teleomorph of the barley pathogen Septoria passerinii. In: Global Insights into the Septoria and Stagonospora Diseases of Cereals. International Symposium on Septoria/Stagonospora Disease of Cereals, December 8-12, 2003, Tunis, Tunisia. p. 107-110. Technical Abstract: The teleomorph for Septoria passerinii on barley and other related cereals, formerly known as an asexual pathogen, has been identified. Ascospores are two celled. Germination of ascospores in vitro on PDA medium is slow, and germ tubes form on both sides. Mycelia are unbranched and wavy. Mycelia and ascospores show extensive budding.


text: I would like to take a moment and say a special "thank you" to the Barlow Volunteer Fire Department and squad personnel. On Sunday, May 8, my 7-year-old son, Mason, was riding his 4-wheeler when he fell off and suffered a very serious compound fracture to his right elbow. I was not home at the time, just my wife and her sister. They explained to me that although they were scared, that the responding EMT's put them at ease with their professionalism and calm demeanor to our entire family. From our home he was transported to Marietta Memorial Hospital and then transported from there to Nationwide Children's Hospital trauma unit in Columbus, where he underwent surgery the following morning. So from Mason, myself, my wife Missy, and my daughter Mazie, we would like to thank Joe Gebczyk, Jack Church, Cheryl Cline, John White, and Bill Benton for taking the time out of your Sunday to be our heroes.


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DARTMOUTH — The building of a new BayCoast Bank building in the Big Value Outlet Plaza spurred plaza owners Dartco LLC to implement a series of improvements at the site, according to company manager and one of the family owners, Ira Tatelbaum.
New environmentally friendly LED lighting has already begun being installed, Tatelbaum said at a recent groundbreaking for the bank branch. Other improvements include repaving of the parking lot, landscaping, a new plaza entrance and traffic redesign, and a more customer-friendly parking configuration.
Work is expected to be completed by mid-December.
The project is designed to make the plaza a more welcoming, comfortable and convenient destination for shoppers, owners said in a news release.
The plaza, owned by the Tatelbaum/Katz family, is anchored by Big Value Outlet which is owned by Ira's brother David Tatelbaum.
"Some major changes are already evident, and many more will be happening quickly now," said David Tatlebaum in the release.
Several businesses within the plaza are upgrading or expanding. Hidden Brook Veterinary Services, for example, is up and running in a state-of-the-art facility and the Ying Dynasty restaurant is expanding.
"We are hiring all local companies to perform the work," David Tatelbaum said. "The bank is being built by R.P. Valois & Company, and SITEC, Inc. is doing the engineering for the entire plaza."
"It is a voluntary upgrade by the owners, and for that reason it is quite unusual," said Steven D. Gioiosa, president of SITEC, a full-service civil and environmental engineering consulting firm. "The family is being very proactive in working to improve the shopping experience for their customers."
Other plaza tenants include ACE Hardware, Acme Liquors, Delken Cleaners, and Planet Fitness.
For more information, call the management team at (508) 994-6999 or visit www.bigvalueoutlet.net.
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DOHA: Mashreq, one of the UAE's leading financial institutions which has operations in Qatar has announced strong first quarter results reporting 35 percent increase in its net profit in the first quarter of 2014, climbing to Dh575m compared to Dh425m for the same period in 2013.
The bank's total operating income for the period grew to Dh1.4bn, an increase of 23.6 percent compared to a year earlier, driven by both net interest income and net fee and commission income.
The bank's net interest income at the end of March 2014 was up by 41 percent compared to a year earlier, driven by 5.6 percent year-on-year increase in loan volume and 45 bps improvement in net interest margin, which was predominantly led by change in balance sheet structure and composition of loans.
Earnings per share strengthened to Dh3.40 at the end of March this year compared to Dh2.52 a year earlier.
Asset quality continued to improve as non-performing loans to gross loans ratio reduced from 6 percent in December 2013 to 5.8 percent at the end of March 2014. Mashreq's allowances for impairment, net, was Dh251m, and total provisions for loans and advances reached Dh3.3bn, constituting 102 percent coverage for non-performing loans as on March 31, 2014.
Mashreq's CEO, AbdulAziz Al Ghurair, said: "The first quarter results build confidence and are usually indicative of the year ahead. We have worked hard to make sure that our performance matches our aspirations and the bank's true potential. So it gives me great satisfaction to announce that we have started off the year with an increase of 35 percent in net profits from the same period last year…".
Loans and advances grew by 5.6 percent during the first quarter of 2014 to reach Dh53.3bn, compared to Dh50.4bn at the end of December 2013.
On Mashreq's operations in Qatar, the bank noted 2014 has been a year of profound change for Mashreq Qatar. The bank introduced the biggest card discount programme in Qatar.
For personal banking customers, the bank introduced Majestic III, which offers QR10,000 plus worth of savings along with a free iPad Air to loan customers. Zero percent interest free shopping offers have been introduced at leading retail outlets like StarLinks and 51 East.
On the electronic banking front, Mashreq Qatar has introduced a range of improvements. Customers can now use MashreqOnline banking to pay their Kahrama bills and the payment is instantly reflected at the utility providers. New statement features have been introduced offering customers a more convenient way to download their bank statements with improved details. The Peninsula


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2012 elections
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McKenna, Inslee meeting for high-profile debate
Washington's candidates for governor are preparing to meet in their highest-profile debate.
Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican Rob McKenna will discuss the issues Thursday night in Seattle. The event will begin at 9 p.m., shortly after the conclusion of the vice presidential debate.
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A creature of plight that dwells near the same location of The Shaw. Like it's neighbor, The Gideon possesses a great odor of the mouth. Most beings that come into contact with The Gideon are forever scarred if not outright terminated. Unlike its distant relative, The Gideon has only one useful appendage. All others are limited to a specific purpose. The most questionable appendage is that of a globe-like entity on what should be a neck. It appears to control all movement although that fact is widely disputed by scientists. Most all researchers do agree that this creature is not at all intelligent and fails in any attempts to disguise the inept abilities it possesses.
"What are you doing? You can't stuff 10 lbs. of shit into a 2 lbs. bag. You fucking Gideon"
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Similar to the donkey punch. Except you hit her in the back of the head with the hotel Bible.
I was doing this chick from behind, reached over to the nightstand for the hotel Bible, and smacked her with The Gideon.
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Week of November 8, 2010
Full-time Positions
1. 4-H Youth Development Animal Science Specialist
2. FSA County Operations Trainee
3. Diamond Creek Internship
On or near campus employment
4. Kennel/Training Job
5. CCO Inside Track
6. ANSC Chili Cook-in
7. Guest Lecture
1. 4-H Youth Development Animal Science Specialist
West Lafayette - Youth Development and Agricultural Educ-1001055
Job Description
This position will be part of a team committed to enhancing the Indiana 4-H Youth Development program. The successful candidate will have responsibilities focused on 4-H Animal Sciences programming and will work closely with faculty, Extension Specialists, Educators and animal industry stakeholders. This individual will be managed jointly by the YDAE faculty member responsible for 4-H Animal Sciences programs and the Indiana 4-H Program Leader. These responsibilities include:
Additional Information:
Apply online to this position.
2. FSA County Operations Trainee
Full-time Permanent
4 Indiana Positions available
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's principle agency charged with providing a stable and abundant American food supply. This object is best met by supporting America's production agriculture community and helping protect the nation's food and natural resources.
Individuals selected serve as Trainees to become County Executive Directors. Each is assigned to an Indiana County FSA Office and receives 12 months of practical, managerial, and program training applicable to County FSA Offices. Trainees acquire knowledge, skill and experience in the following areas: 1) policy, programs and operations of FSA; 2) leadership, direction and coordination in program implementation; 3) public speaking; 4) interpersonal relationships and effective communication with both staff and clients; 5) supervision of subordinates; 6) motivation of personnel; and 7) local organization and community involvement.
How to Apply:
You must submit your application and/or resume so that it will be received by the closing date of the announcement. FSA-675 forms (application for county employment) may be obtained from any FSA County Office. The FSA-675, Application for County Employees will be required if selected for the position.
You must submit a narrative response to each knowledge, skill or ability listed under "How You will Be Evaluated" on page(s) 2 and/or 3 of this announcement. Your response should describe what you did, how often you performed this activity, the guidelines available, the complexity of the assignment, and who you performed the activity for or with.
If you are a current or former federal employee or FSA County Committee Employee or an employee with reinstatement eligibility, you must submit a copy of your last Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) and a copy of your most recent Performance Appraisal (within last 18 months).
A college transcript if any education beyond high school completed.
Application mailed using government postage or through an internal federal government mail system will not be considered.
Contact Information:
Gloria F. McEntire, AS
Phone: 317-290-3030 ext 203
Email: email@example.com
Or write:
USDA, Indiana State FSA Office
ATTN: Gloria McEntire, AS
5981 Lakeside Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Phone: 317-290-3030 ext 203 or 202
3. Diamond Creek Internship
Diamond Creek Farm of Paris Kentucky is looking for interns for the 2011 foaling season. The purpose of this internship is to provide a positive, hands-on learning experience involving the foaling process, breeding, newborn care and herd health. Our foaling season starts in mid January and will finish in mid June, when the last foal hits the ground.
This is a paid internship and we will provide housing with utilities included. However we do require our interns to have a vehicle and cell phone.
If you have any questions about this internship feel free to contact me at (859)340-6185 or email@example.com.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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4. Kennel/Training Job
I have a job opening for male or female interested in working in my kennel and working with the dogs....Excellent opportunity for anyone that wants to learn how to train a Border Collie to herd sheep and cattle. Pays depends on results achieved. Only 2 hours per week pen cleaning. Probably 1 day ( 8 hrs ) a week so would be considered part time. Employee would select own schedule......dog experience preferred.
Sanders Border Collies
Clarks Hill, IN 47930
5. CCO Inside Track - November 5, 2010
I. The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Indiana Undergraduate Research Program is designed to increase the diversity and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors. It provides great research, professional development, and personal development opportunities. The Application Deadline for Spring 2011 LSAMP Undergraduate Research Program is November 12th.
II. With a part-time internship students can engage in cutting edge interdisciplinary projects, gain valuable skills and knowledge for a possible career in research or start-up companies, become part of a community of researchers or entrepreneurs, and receive a $500 scholarship for the Spring Semester. Students can read more here. The deadline is November 12th.
III. Be sure to let any students interested in government work know about the Government Job Fair. Over a dozen local, state and federal government organizations seeking to fill a wide variety of positions from a variety of majors. The fair will be on November 12th, from 1:00PM - 4:00PM (Central Time) at the University of Illinois at Chicago 750 South Halsted Street, Student Center East Building Chicago, IL.
IV. Full list of On-campus and Off-campus career events.
Hannah Schmidt, The Inside Track Editor
6. ANSC Chili Cook In
ANSC Chili Day on Nov 11.
Free chili for all starting at 11:00 in the Lilly conference room, 3-113.
Allison Rieth
College of Agriculture- Animal Science
7. Guest Lecture
Dr. Adolph will be speaking Wednesday, 11/10 at noon, in the Emerson Hall.
The lecture title is "Blessings of Lifetime Jungle Surgery"
Emerson Hall is at 545 Barnhill Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46202. I think it's best to park in the Vermont St. Parking lot, at Barnhill and Vermont, a block or so south of Michigan Ave. You can then just walk across the street (Michigan Ave) on Barnhill to 545 Barnhill.
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mon 21 sep 2009 04:04:24 witte de withstraat
got home around four
i just got home. after the shoot today we went to de nachtwacht, but we had to wait a long time for a table because there were six of us. after dinner (it being that late) some of us proceeded to maloe melo, to catch garcia hosting the jam session. garcia was kind of in trouble cuz of her lack of rest, her voice was strained. i met a cool lady named marielle, from la pipe, who was a showstopper amuser, made me stop and think several times. the downward spiral was a trip to korsakoff next door, who has a new doorman who has no fondness for me in particular, very by the book, very squeezy.
got home safe, monday i will be back to thinking about how to finish all this.
i'm really glad i'm alive, and that all those people who helped me today were alive too.