text: Typhoid FeverWhat is typhoid fever?Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria. It is common in the rest of the world, but not in the U.S. Most cases in this country are in people who got the disease while traveling elsewhere.You can get the disease by eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with the bacteria.What causes typhoid fever?Typhoid fever is caused by bacteria (S. typhi). The bacteria are passed on by eating food or drinking water that has been touched by someone with the disease. The bacteria are also found in the infected person's stool. You can also get the disease if water used for drinking or washing food is contaminated with sewage containing the bacteria.People who recover from typhoid fever still carry the bacteria and can pass them on to other people.What are the symptoms of typhoid fever?Once the bacteria are in your body, they increase in number and spread into your blood. You may not have symptoms for 6 to 30 days after the first exposure. Symptoms may include:Fever of 102°F to 104°F (39°C to 40°C)WeaknessStomach painsHeadacheLoss of appetiteSometimes a rash of flat, rose-colored spotsThe symptoms may look like other health problems. Always see your health care provider for a diagnosis.How is typhoid fever diagnosed?Your health care provider will use a blood test or stool sample to diagnose typhoid fever. These tests can find the typhoid bacteria. But these tests are less accurate if you have just come down with the disease. Because of this, your provider will also look at your symptoms and travel history.How is typhoid fever treated?See your health care provider right away if you think you have been exposed to typhoid fever. People who are not treated may have a fever for weeks or months. They may eventually die from complications.Antibiotics are often used to treat typhoid fever. But your health care provider will figure out the best treatment for you based on:How old you areYour overall health and past healthHow sick you areHow well you can handle specific medicines, procedures, or therapiesHow long the condition is expected to lastYour opinion or preferenceIt is important to remember that the danger of typhoid fever does not end when symptoms go away. You could still be carrying the bacteria. The illness could also return. Or you could pass the disease to other people. You should:Take any antibiotics exactly as your health care provider tells you to.Always wash your hands after using the bathroom.Have a series of stool cultures. This is to make sure that the bacteria are no longer in your body.What are the complications of typhoid fever?Complications of typhoid fever include intestinal bleeding and a hole in the intestine. Either of these can be fatal if not treated right away.Once your symptoms are gone, you may still have the typhoid bacteria in your body. Follow up with your health care provider to make sure the bacteria are completely gone. You will also need to practice good hygiene. Wash your hands before and after you use the bathroom. You should also not make food for anyone else until the bacteria are gone.Can typhoid fever be prevented?Typhoid fever is very common in developing countries. Travelers to Africa, Latin America, and Asian countries except Japan are at highest risk. A vaccine is available. It should be taken 1 to 2 weeks before traveling. But it can lose effectiveness after several years. So you may need a booster shot.You can also prevent typhoid when traveling by only using water that has been boiled or chemically disinfected. Use this water for:Drinking or making beverages, such as tea or coffeeBrushing teethWashing your face and hands. You can also use an alcohol-based gel to wash your hands.Washing fruits and vegetablesWashing eating utensils, pots, and pansWashing the surfaces of tins, cans, and bottles that contain food or beveragesAlso do not eat food from street vendors. Any raw food could be contaminated. Avoid:Fruits and vegetables, particularly those that cannot be peeled Salad greens Unpasteurized milk and milk productsRaw meatShellfishAny fish caught in tropical reefs rather than the open oceanOther tips for prevention:Do not eat food or drink beverages from unknown sources.Do not put ice in drinks. When should I call my health care provider?Call your health care provider right way if your symptoms return or get worse, or you have new ones.Key pointsTyphoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria.In the U.S., most cases are in people who get the disease while traveling abroad.Symptoms include a high fever, weakness, stomach pains, headache, and loss of appetite. Sometimes, a rash of flat, rose-colored spots may appear.Antibiotics are often used to treat the disease.To prevent typhoid fever, drink only boiled or chemically disinfected water. Also do not eat raw food that could be contaminated.Next stepsTips to help you get the most from a visit to your health care provider:Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you.At the visit, write down the names of new medicines, treatments, or tests, and any new instructions your provider gives you.If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.Know how you can contact your provider if you have questions. Health Encyclopedia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Health Library


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News about reggae music, artists, culture and more...
UK-based label Reality Shock has teamed up with German news site House of Reggae. Together they have put out a limited edition 10" featuring vocal cuts by Jamaican foundation singer Errol Dunkley, UK veteran Errol Bellot and Solo Banton, who dropped his anticipated debut album 'Walk Like Rasta' on Reality Shock little over a year ago.
Live Upright – as the riddim is called – also features a wicked dub version from producer Kris Kemist.
Check it while it is hot in a record store near you.
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|Greetings United Reggae crew, thank you very much for that article and the support of original reggae music. Big up Kris Kemist, Errol Dunkley, Errol Bellot and Solo Banton. Bless
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The pending business is the question of suspending the rules and passing the bill, H.R. 834.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 834, on which the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 409, nays 3, not voting 20, as follows:
So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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Sen. Mark Steven Kirk
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 46 I stuck my voting card in the machine and pressed ``aye.'' The machine apparently malfunctioned. It should have reflected my ``yea'' vote.
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DONKIN, N.S. - A Cape Breton community anxious for work is hoping to get a definitive answer Wednesday on a proposed new coal mine.
Xstrata Donkin Coal Management officials have scheduled a meeting at the Donkin, N.S., fire hall to provide an update.
There's been a lot of talk in the area but no one seems clear on whether the project will go ahead or be cancelled.
Hugh Kennedy, chairman of the Donkin-Port Caledonia Rural Development Association, admits he's been hearing a lot of speculation but says he's heard nothing from Xstrata.
The price of thermal coal may well determine the outcome.
Two years ago, coal peaked at an average of $129 a tonne, but fell back last year to an average of $72 a tonne.
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Digital traffic: Most clicked-on DMN commentary in May
So I'm looking over the Editorial department's digital traffic figures for the month – compiled helpfully by a dedicated Assistant Editorial Page Editor Nicole Stockdale while on maternity leave! – and several interesting/unexpected numbers jump out, appropos of nothing….
What was the fourth most clicked on blog post for the month of May? An essay from almost four years ago by Rod Dreher, who left TDMN more than two years ago: Home from Iraq
What editorial got the most page views? One about how ice cream vendors' noise must stop. (Who said all politics, i.e. complaints, are local?)
But the most surprising thing here is what checked in at No. 2: Our editorial explaining our no-recommendation for one of the seats on the Texas Supreme Court. Go figure.
Other hot editorial topics, as measured by the number of clicks? Carlos DeLuna death case being unnerving, business Republicans pushing back against tea party on primary election night and our recommendation for Marc Veasey over Domingo Garcia for Congress in the newly drawn "Latino" 33rd District.
Here's another interesting tidbit: When our very own Bill McKenzie wrote an op-ed column about it being time to shatter Mormon myths, it got picked up by a number of Mormon websites and publications, including the Deseret News newspaper in SLC. That helped bring thousands of page views to Bill's column – more than 10 times the volume any other op-ed column drew this month. Here's a link to the column: William McKenzie: Time to shatter Mormon myths
And regarding our Points commentary section on Sunday? The most clicked on essays for the month had to do with the election in Mexico, a Point Person interview with financial columnist Scott Burns and why reading fiction can be good for your health.
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John M. Ackerman: Election won't bring change in Mexico without the people's support
Point Person: Our Q&A on surviving the financial crisis with Scott Burns
Jonathan Gottschall: Why fiction is good for you
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In the course of addressing their joint history in the Third Reich, BMW and MTU are holding an international symposium on economic, social and engineering history under National Socialism including the culture of remembrance in the post-war period. The symposium is intended to provide academics with an opportunity to present and discuss their latest research results. The symposium is focused in particular on giving young academics an opportunity to enter into dialogue with established researchers.
The focus of the symposium is on the areas of
- Business history (armament, war economy, labour relations, forced labour),
- Technology development (industrial research, knowledge management, technological rationalization, culture of innovation),
- Culture of remembrance (addressing National Socialist history, compensation and reparations).
Alongside contributions on the Third Reich, presentations on the occupied territories are also welcome.
The symposium will finish with a plenary discussion on the subject of "Corporate action and ethical responsibility: a contradiction?"
The symposium is intended for doctoral students, postgraduates and other academics who would like to present and discuss their current work or completed projects in one of the above fields of research (presentation time 25 min).
Travel and overnight accommodation costs for speakers will be reimbursed.
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As the legal successor to BMW Flugmotorenbau GmbH Munich, MTU Aero Engines GmbH commissioned two historians in 1999 to carry out research into the history of forced labour at the plants of BMW Flugmotorenbau GmbH Munich during the Second World War. Since 2001, the BMW Group has been involved in this project. These research activities underline the commitment of both companies to engage with their history and take responsibility for what happened. In 2000, the companies – MTU through the then parent company Daimler-Chrysler AG – were already involved in compensating former forced workers as founding members of the German Economy Foundation Initiative Steering Group.
The first result of the investigations being pursued by the two companies was produced when the study by Constanze Werner "(Kriegswirtschaft und Zwangsarbeit bei BMW "(War economy and forced labour at BMW, Munich: Oldenbourg 2006) was recently published. A second study, focusing on the period between 1925 and 1939, is scheduled for publication in spring 2007. The two investigations address the issue of the scope for corporate action and the extent of state and military intervention in the company. This research situates BMW – which was in an exposed position as an armaments company – in a complex field of force involving the following issues: corporate interests, political accommodation and participation in criminal extermination policy of the Nazi regime. The symposium is intended to place the results of these studies in a wider context.


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Definition of sound pressure in English:
sound pressure
noun[mass noun] Physics
The difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in the presence of a sound wave and the static pressure of the medium.
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- Stereocilia are essential components for the normal hearing process since they convert mechanical energy of sound pressure into electrical signals, which sensory hair cells then direct to the brain.
- In positive contribution areas, interior sound pressure increases as vibration amplitude increases.
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This fashion robot will try on clothes for you. (Vogue)
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High Tide: From a Presidential Aide Jailed to an Australian Whistleblower Fired
A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources. You can also receive a newsletter version of Corruption Currents here.
Choi See-joong, former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission and an aide to President Lee Myung-bak, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and a fine of 600 million won ($537,000) Friday for accepting bribes from real estate developer Picity in return for influence peddling. (Korea Times)
Michael A. Alexander, a former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was sentenced to six years in prison for taking more than $1.25 million in bribes as part of a scheme in which corrupt public officials steered government contracts in exchange for more than $30 million in bribe and kickback payments.
Paul Cosgrove, the former director of worldwide sales for Control Components Inc., was sentenced to 13 months of home confinement and fined $20,000 for bribing Chinese officials. (FCPA Blog)
Avon Products Inc. was able to put one compliance issue behind it as the Securities and Exchange Commission said it wouldn't pursue the company for making improper disclosures to Wall Street analysts. A bribery probe is ongoing, however. (WSJ)
Henrique Capriles, the opposition challenger to the re-election bid of President Hugo Chavez, distanced himself from a campaign aide who faced accusations of corruption after appearing in hidden-camera footage accepting money while discussing access to the candidate. (CBS News)
A Q&A with Tom Pannell of Ernst & Young about the SEC's investigation of payments to Chinese officials by major U.S. film studios. (Just Anti-Corruption)
The OECD publishes a contribution from Chile on improving the fight against corruption in public procurement.
A police officer in Bihar, India, allegedly demanded a bribe from a rape victim to arrest her attacker and pursue an investigation. (Hindustan Times)
Money Laundering:
Anthony Fazio, a leader in the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, was convicted of charges including money laundering and sentenced to 12 and a half years in jail. (New York Daily News).
A co-defendant of Kim Rothstein, wife of convicted fraudster Scott Rothstein, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of efforts to hide assets from prosecutors. (Sun Sentinel)
The State Bank of Pakistan has expanded its regulation of money laundering and terrorism finance.
Japan is in a strong position to get a further waiver from U.S. sanctions after making deeper cuts in its oil imports from Iran. (Reuters)
A blogger writes that the designation of a Venezuelan national by the Office of Foreign Assets Control is interesting because of ties between the nation and Iran. (Sanction Law)
The whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption in two Reserve Bank of Australia companies told five top bank officials of his explosive concerns, only to be later forced out of his job and warned to keep quiet. (Sydney Morning Herald)
General Anti-Corruption:
Vietnam moved to arrest operators of websites that had leveled allegations of corruption and human-rights abuses against the government. (WSJ)
Pakistan's government has decided to pursue corruption among power-distribution companies by referring cases to the National Accountability Bureau. (The Express Tribune)
Two former employees of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation admitted that they were guilty of corruption and other crimes in connection with the selling of stolen NBC television licences five years ago. (AllAfrica)
Mike Volkov provides an update on corruption in Brazil.
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Geography-Anthropology is an interdisciplinary program that emphasizes the integration of the two disciplines and the common interests in examining the relationship between human populations and their natural and built environments. The program offer specializations in three areas: Sustainable Cultures and Communities, Cultural and Natural Heritage Management, and Appied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Analysis.
The program and courses emphasize both conceptual and applied learning. Students engage in case studies, community-engaged and client-based projects and intensive field and lab analysis. The degree requires 36-39 credits.
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- BA in Geography-Anthropology, Elementary Education
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- Minor in Anthropology
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We offer a curriculum that engages students in critical thinking and real-world problem solving and students are involved in qualitative and quantitative data collection in the field and analysis in our labs. The results include student publications, student conference presentations, and research and cartographic contributions to faculty publications.
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Our students also receive assistantships and fellowships from NASA and the National Science Foundation. Geography and anthropology are disciplines grounded in fieldwork. As a result, our students are involved in fieldwork, data collection and lab analysis as part of their curriculum or as part of their work-study or independent study opportunities.
Students are also required to have internship or fieldwork experiences, to be able to write well and communicate effectively, and to have a basic understanding of analytical techniques.
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The Haunted Palace
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Windows
Symbol Analysis
Poe uses the windows in the palace to symbolize two human eyes. He imagines people looking through those eyes to see what's happening inside the palace-head. Ever heard the old expression "The eyes are the window to the soul"? Well, that's the idea here. At first, everything looks fine, the mind inside the symbolic head is in good shape. At the end, though, those same windows show a much weirder and scarier picture.
- Line 18: Here the windows are in pretty good shape, and they show us a happy scene. Well, actually, in this line, we don't quite find out what they show us, because of the enjambment that cuts off the line. We just find out that the travelers in the valley saw… what? It's like a mini cliffhanger, and it reminds us why enjambment is useful for creating suspense for readers.
- Line 42: Now these windows (which, remember, are symbols for human eyes) look pretty different than they did before. Before they were shiny and happy, but now they are lit up with red light. That image sounds almost demonic to us, like something you'd expect to see in a horror movie. The palace and the head that it represents are both in serious trouble. Yipes.


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Negotiation Skills
Level 1 – The Principles of Negotiation
Why is it that some people always seem to negotiate a good deal? Some people are born negotiators (most under 10's, for example). For the rest of us, it's a skill that can be learnt with some negotiating skills training. Level 1 is aimed at people with little or no experience of negotiation. It's designed take the anxiety out of your business negotiations, whether informal or formal, feeling confident and more likely to succeed.
Participants learn:
- The stages of a negotiation
- The importance of the relationship
- Different styles and how to deal with them
- Potential outcomes and how they happen
- Handling information strategically
- Being creative
- Maintaining composure
- Developing a collaborative style
- Handling tough negotiators
- Tools, moves and tricks of the trade
- Post negotiation: how to make sure the agreement sticks
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A balance of negotiation theory, practice and individual coaching so you end the day able to walk into your next business negotiation with confidence.
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Definition of Portuguese man-of-war in English:
Portuguese man-of-war
A floating colonial coelenterate with a number of polyps and a conspicuous float. It occurs chiefly in warm seas, and bears long tentacles that can inflict painful stings.
- Physalia physalis, order Siphonophora, class Hydrozoa.
Example sentences
- Among their more unusual behavior, the octopuses employ a unique defense mechanism by tearing off the tentacles of passing Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.
- There are about a million reported cases of stings each year - most commonly from jellyfish, and particularly in tropical oceans where the Portuguese man-of-war and box jellyfish are prevalent.
- If a Portuguese man-of-war stings you it will be very painful.
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Kevin Colleran: Chasing Momentum Without a Viable Business Model
KEVIN COLLERAN: Most entrepreneurs will not succeed in building the next global business success story. In fact, they are even unlikely to build a business that can be self-sustaining. Yet the allure of entrepreneurship and the chance to build a product or company that changes the world is overwhelmingly motivating and justifies the risk for many. Rather than looking back on the mistakes that entrepreneurs have made in the past, let's look forward at the potential pitfalls that entrepreneurs just starting out should avoid:
Don't chase momentum if there is no viable business model. All too often entrepreneurs get enamored with the early growth and traction of their product and forget all about sustainable business models. There are few examples of this strategy working successfully, but the graveyards full of companies that have suffered tragic deaths by this same model are vast. Ideas that seemed "smart" in the early 2000s and even in the past several years seem pretty ridiculous now. The truth is that rapid traction, growth and momentum do not always equal business success.
I am always reminded of the great "South Park" episode "Underpants Gnomes," which poked fun at a three-step business model that started with "collect underpants" and ended with "profit" — without ever identifying the step in between. Rapid accelerated growth and traction can only benefit a company only if there is a business model to support the similarly accelerating costs and business complexities. My advice is always to first figure out the end-game business model at the beginning so that if the product or service is lucky enough to become a rocket ship, the company will not be crushed by the success.
Don't build a company for today; build one for tomorrow. When trying to come up with a business idea it is all-too-easy to get caught up focusing on the right market need or solution for today, and thus, building a product or service that will quickly become stale or obsolete. Even in the fast-paced tech world it takes time to build a company, so if a business is solving a real opportunity with today's perfect product, it will likely be dead on arrival when it is finally able to launch. It is very natural to brainstorm within the current technical and market constraints, but a successful entrepreneur needs to be smart (or crazy) enough to see the business opportunities of tomorrow.
Fundraising is about more than raising funds. Some days it seems like everybody in the world is an angel investor. I doubt there has ever been a time when a startup entrepreneur had more options of people to approach for funding. This vast pool of potential checkbooks is a great thing for entrepreneurship, but there is a downside to this. The reality is that most angel investors can offer the entrepreneurs they back little to no additional value or support. For a startup entrepreneur, the intangible wealth, like brainpower, industry expertise, personal connections, etc., that a strategic investor can offer are much more critical to the success of the company than the actual dollars being invested. Rather than try to optimize the fundraising process for celebrity status and branding, an entrepreneur should always focus more on the intangible benefits and share of mind, commitment and effort that come along with the check.
See what other startup mentors have to say about the worst mistakes that founders make.
You are not alone. One of the best improvements to help ease the overwhelming experience of becoming an entrepreneur is the creation of numerous incubators, accelerators, hatcheries and mentor programs that have recently been developed for early stage businesses. The adventure of starting a business can be daunting and lonely for many people (especially first-time entrepreneurs) so being part of an organization that surrounds you with other people going through the same roller-coaster ride can be very rewarding and beneficial. I feel that the minimum equity that is given up by a founder to join one of these programs is well worth the dilution and may in fact result in the best return on investment for the entrepreneur and the company being created.
Are you platform reliant? Most companies that are being built today, no matter what industry, are reliant exclusively on a platform that is outside of their control. In the tech world this could mean building for a specific browser, operating system, mobile standards, social media network or other platform. It is important to realize how quickly the rules, standards, usage or trends can change within any of these platforms. There is nothing more frustrating than flawlessly executing on building the "perfect business" only to find out that the rules of the game have changed and that gaming app you spent six months on is now worthless. If an entrepreneur is building a platform-reliant business, he or she must make sure that the business has the flexibility to quickly pivot or even jump ship completely if necessary.
It may actually be cool to stay in school. We have all seen the public-service announcements on TV where celebrities and professional athletes encourage kids to stay in school. This may actually be good advice. It seems like there is a growing fictional connection between dropping out of school and becoming a successful entrepreneur. I worry that this trend is usually an incredibly misguided aspiration and will proves to be disadvantageous to both the entrepreneur and the company he or she creates. Many schools these days, no matter what level of education, are offering incredible resources to people who want to be students and entrepreneurs in parallel. For a very small group of entrepreneurs, a time may come in which both school and business building cannot be done in unison. But in many instances, combining both can be beneficial.


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Angel Satiesteban,16 April 2015 — The biggest problem confronting the Castro brothers' government is to accept the new challenges posed by the 21st century.
They thought they would arrive at the Summit in Panama and turn it into their show, but the times taught them the truth: the world, the venues, words, belong to everyone. So of course the entourage of sycophants that had been sent obeyed the order to retreat, left the forum, and hid, because really they had no defense in the face of the nonsense that characterizes the dictatorship. They can no longer fool the world, though they continue to practice extortion, and hire acolytes who, as a matter of survival, accept and pretend to support the totalitarian regime. Continue reading "Obama Tries to Put a New Collar on the Same Dog / Angel Santiesteban"


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Crisis in a Superhero System (1 of 24)April 1st, 2013 |
Aaaaaaaand we're back! But for HOW LONG? As long as my co-creator Tygerboy Jayce can draw the pages, I suppose!
Also, why is Pandora so surprised to see Ultima?
That outfit she's wearing could surprise anyone.
Ah! and welcome back!
Welcome back!
It's back! HUZZAH!
Now I need to do an archive crawl for the new faces.
Sombody tell whats the story so far, because i forgot a lot of things. (Sorry for my english)
Been a while for me as well but as I recall: after several long and costly battles, the Guardians have recruited several new members to replenish and expand the ranks. Radical has been looking for Brahma (Angus' brother) after he disappeared to an unknown system. EDG's psychotic wife and her father are doing a pretty good Borg impression, taking over gaming systems in a meta-reference to Wizards of the Coast and the OGL in general.
Please, oh gaming Godds, may this be continuing. Please o' please o' please!
Comic dead again?
Maybe yes, maybe no. We might have gone monthly. Check back next Friday to be absolutely sure.
While this comic is not considered part of the "real life who keeps getting in the way" by its authors, it will be dead with a few spasms here and there.
Is it that hard to get it updated even once a month ?
*quietly lays down flowers on the webcomic*
Updated on April 1st…. hah, see what you did there…
This is one of those comics I like to re-read now and then. Schlock Mercenary, Order of the Stick, Girl Genius and Misfile are among those few.
.Many beloved characters are here. To see them locked like NPC in a system without a player, it, it's a sad thing indeed.
To see it die is, well, it's like losing a friend
All the best, Graveyard Greg. You still have my hope.
I just rediscovered this webcomic after 8 years or so, only to discover today that it's been dead for almost a year. Now I'm sad.
Still holding hope that GG and Webtroll can survive catastrophe and continue on one of the most entertaining and creative webcomics ever conceived.


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Kane's Furniture Advertises life time warranty. Been trying to get it fixed over 6 months and no one can give me answers. Lakeland, Florida
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In October of 2012 I called for service because the recliners in the love seat broke and the cushions were ripping and seams are coming apart. After them rescheduling three times due to call-ins and broken bones someone finally came to inspect the furniture.
They took pictures and said they would order parts not to worry it was all covered under warranty. And it would take about six weeks for the parts to arrive. In November had not received parts and called back. They said they would check on it and call me back.
In December called back again and found out the pictures were not down loaded so the parts had not even been ordered. They said they would reorder and it would take six to eight weeks for parts to come in , because they have to be shipped across seas on a ship cause the contract states they can't ship any other way. So the parts should be here late February early march.
In the first week of March I called and they said the parts should be delivered to my home in the next two business days. In the second week of March I called and stated I had not received my parts. They said the computer showed the parts were delivered to my home on the 7th. I told them I had three deliveries that week and none was from Kane's. they told me they would check into it and call me back.
In the third week got a return call saying they sent an e-mail to the parts department to try and find out what is going on. And still have no answers. On the 21st of March I called corporate , spoke to Steven and he stated that he has nothing in his computer showing any parts have even been ordered. They only thing the computer shows is that we purchased the furniture in 2011.
At whits end and don't know what else to do!
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Common Business Cards requires a constant update whenever you change something and specially if you have made one which is glossy and little pricey. The retaggr Profile Card is about identity – its a virtual, interactive business card which you can customize as you wish. The profile card you can create allows you to promote your own blog, let other readers know a little bit more about you through your tweets, last.fm choices, recent blog posts, etc. They have made a smart move by including most of the Social Media sites and also the common messengers services like Gtalk and Windows Live messenger. your partner will be able to contact you straightly through the card to GTalk, Skype, MSN, or one of your other online profiles on sites like LinkedIn, or StumbleUpon. The biggest advantage you get is if you change anything there is almost no changes on your e business card. You can embed in your site or just get the URL and send it to any body. This should come in handy even if you want to refer people. Just send the link ( here is mine) and they know most of things about the person.
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As Scalzi put it (and really, you should read his post, it's funny as all hell):
Won't I need an editor? Or a copy editor? Or a cover artist? Or a book designer? Or a publicist? Or someone to print the book and get it into stores?And he's absolutely right. But that's also where the "sort of" comes in.
I've been doing a lot of cons this year, and talking to quite a few people in the publishing industry - small press, large press, authors, editors, and so on. And I've I've now heard three publishers (of various sizes) 2 say two things that really bothers me:
Authors are solely responsible for publicizing their own book
Authors are solely responsible for making sure their book gets distributed to booksellers.
Sure, authors need to hustle to promote their book. Readings, signings, interviews and the like are definitely part of our responsibility. And sure, authors should make themselves known to local bookstores, sign their stock, and the like. But these publishers were putting all the responsibility on the authors. I have no idea how to get a paper book carried by any of the chains - that's what publishers and distributors do. I can't fund an advertisement (save maybe some per-click ads, and who the hell clicks those?).
I can do most of the things publishers do - or hire someone to do it for me. There's a cost (whether my time or my money), but most of those things are reasonably affordable. But out of the list of jobs that publishers do, there's two things that are a lot harder for an independent author to do: Publicize and distribute the book. Yet those are the two things that authors were being told to do on their own.
So here's your warning, folks. Yes, authors have to hustle and promote their work. And yes, authors need to contact and work with local bookstores and libraries.
But if a publisher isn't going to step up and work with you in those areas, how necessary are they?
1 This is also tied to the argument that print ain't dead yet.
2 I've also had other publishers categorically say that they oppose those statements. This isn't a slam on all publishers, just some.


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Clear-water abutment and contraction scour in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont Provinces of South Carolina, 1996-99
Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4064
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AbstractThe U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, collected observations of clear-water aburment and contraction scour at 146 bridges in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of South Carolina. Scour depths ranged from 0 to 23.6 feet. Theoretical scour depths were computed at each bridge and compared with observed scour. This comparison showed that theoretical scour depths, in general, exceeded the observed scour depths and often were excessive. A comparison of field data with dimensionless relations for laboratory data showed that the range of dimensionless variables used in laboratory investigations was outside of the range for field data in South Carolina, suggesting laboratory relations may not be applicable to field conditions in South Carolina. Variables determined to be important in developing scour within laboratory studies were investigated to understand their influence within the South Carolina field data, and many of these variables appeared to be insignificant under field conditions found in South Carolina. The strongest explanatory variables were embankment length, geometric-contraction ratio, approach velocity, and soil cohesion. Envelope curves developed with the field data are useful tools for assessing reasonable ranges of scour depth in South Carolina. These tools are simple to apply and are an improvement over the current methods for predicting theoretical scour. Data from this study have been compiled into a database that includes photographs, figures, observed scour depths, theoretical scour depths, limited basin characteristics, limited soil data, and theoretical hydraulic data. The database can be used to compare studied sites with unstudied sites to assess the potential for scour at the unstudied sites. In addition, the database can be used to assess the performance of various theoretical methods for predicting clear-water abutment and contraction scour.
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Definición de booze en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun]
Alcoholic drink: I wonder where he's hidden his booze
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- At least the club is starting at the right point—by focussing on the booze drinking issue.
- There were dozens of empty booze bottles and beer cans lying around on the beach and on the walkway.
- They do have lager there—there's a big bottled beer stall of foreign booze.
alcohol, alcoholic drink, liquor, intoxicating liquor, drink, strong drink, spirits, intoxicants
informal grog, firewater, gut-rot, rotgut, mother's milk, tipple, the hard stuff, the demon drink, the bottle, Dutch courage, John Barleycorn, hooch, moonshine
British informal wallop, bevvy
Northern English & Irish informal sup
North American informal juice, the sauce
verbo[no object]
Drink alcohol, especially in large quantities: I expect he's boozing (as noun boozing) Michael is trying to quit boozing
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- They must have been boozing; it's an absolute disgrace.
- Bath Street is turning out to be Glasgow's premier thoroughfare for boozing, schmoozing and general tomfoolery.
- He was perfect company and we had a great time schmoozing and boozing.
drink, have a drink, drink alcohol, indulge, tipple, imbibe, swill
informal hit the bottle, take to the bottle, crack a bottle, knock a few back
British informal bevvy
North American informal bend one's elbow
archaic wassail, tope
Middle English bouse, from Middle Dutch būsen 'drink to excess'. The spelling booze dates from the 18th century.
People have been boozing for a long time. The spelling booze dates from the 18th century, but as bouse the word entered English in the 13th century, probably from Dutch. We have been going to the boozer, or pub, since the 1890s.
Palabras que riman con boozeabuse, accuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, bruise, choose, Clews, confuse, contuse, cruise, cruse, Cruz, diffuse, do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse, trews, use, Vaduz, Veracruz, who's, whose, youse
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Posted by Neil Paine on March 4, 2011
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Definition of dilute in English:
verb[with object]
1Make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it: bleach can be diluted with cold water (as adjective diluted) diluted fruit juice
More example sentences
- Dyes using acetone or alcohol solvents can be diluted with water also.
- Old time gun makers stained their stocks with aqua fortis, a combination of nitric acid diluted with distilled water and iron filings.
- The aim is to develop epoxy systems that can be diluted in water - for ease of cleaning - without compromising chemical resistance and cure rate.
make weaker, weaken;
thin out, thin, make thinner, water down, add water to;
mix, doctor, lace, adulterate
informal cut
weak, dilute, thin, thinned out, watered down, watery;
1.1Make (something) weaker in force, content, or value by modification or the addition of other elements: the reforms have been diluted (as adjective diluted) the report was published in a diluted form
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- But there is the danger that composers writing for amateurs may feel forced to dilute their musical language, to compromise their artistic integrity on the altar of accessibility.
- In addition, it will dilute its holding in the present subsidiary.
- But record labels will insist on keeping CDs in the charts because downloaders buy such a broad range of content they dilute the marketing push behind new artists - which labels need to survive.
diminish, reduce, decrease, lessen, attenuate, make weaker, weaken, mitigate, temper, quell, quieten, allay, assuage, alleviate, palliate, moderate, modify, tone down
rare lenify
1.2Reduce the value of (a shareholding) by issuing more shares in a company without increasing the values of its assets.
Example sentences
- If you choose to do nothing, your shareholding will be diluted thanks to the extra shares issued.
- He retained a stake in the company, but the board diluted the shares, reducing his equity to less than 2%.
- He added that it is wrong to assume that South Africans will be dominating the the merged entity as the shareholding is diluted by 22.7%.
1(Of a liquid) made thinner or weaker by having had water or another solvent added to it.
Example sentences
- The water turnover rates of hummingbirds feeding on dilute nectar are more similar to those of amphibious and aquatic organisms than to those of terrestrial vertebrates.
- Finally, don't forget to deadhead and water your containers regularly, and if you add very dilute liquid feed to the watering can every time, the plants will thank you for it.
- This observation may be an important, and so far ignored, component in the explanation for the dilute nectars found in bird-pollinated plants.
weak, diluted, thin, thinned out, watered down, watery;
informal cut
1.1 Chemistry (Of a solution) having a relatively low concentration of solute: a dilute solution of potassium permanganate
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- A dilute solution of acetic acid was cooled below its freezing point.
- The new test uses a dilute solution of potassium permanganate.
- The carbonates are washed repeatedly with a dilute solution of sodium carbonate, thus removing any coloration from the precipitate.
1.2(Of colour or light) weak or low in concentration: dilute sun
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- Even the nebulae, those 'extended masses of dilute light', are thought by some to be condensing into planetary systems.
- Example sentences
- In Colorado Springs, conservatives see immigrants mostly as potential recruits rather than as diluters of the national spirit.
- Publicly traded companies are remarkably consistent 'net diluters'.
- Suited for use in reagent dispensers, diluters, and draining devices, the pump features a factory-set output that allows repeatable dispensing rates of up to 200 dispenses per minute.
Mid 16th century: from Latin dilut- 'washed away, dissolved', from the verb diluere.
deluge from Late Middle English:
This is from an Old French variant of diluve 'flood', from Latin diluvium, from diluere 'wash away', also the source of dilute (mid 16th century). The English word antediluvian (mid 17th century) meaning literally 'before the (biblical) Flood' is also based on Latin diluvium.
Words that rhyme with diluteacute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute
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Definition of crop top in English:
crop top
(also cropped top)
A woman's casual sleeveless or short-sleeved garment or undergarment for the upper body, cut short so that it reveals the stomach.
Example sentences
- She wore a red sleeveless crop top under a jean jacket and long dark bell-bottom pants that almost covered her red basketball shoes.
- Then, she dashed upstairs and changed into a crop top and miniskirt.
- The whirlpool rippled outwards, smoothed itself out and revealed a picture of Holly in a cute miniskirt and a crop top.
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Hay 2 definiciones de straight up en inglés:
straight up 1
Ver entrada madre: straight
1British Truthfully; honestly: come on, Bert, I won't hurt you—straight up
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- Straight up, I didn't laugh once during this entire flick!
- Well, let me tell you straight up: I've never changed my mind about the war.
- She had asked him straight up if there was anything going on between the two co-stars and he denied it.
2chiefly North American Unmixed; unadulterated: a dry martini served straight up
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- This is a vodka to be drunk straight up, and one that is good for the martini drinker.
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adjetivoNorth American informal
1Honest and trustworthy: you sounded like a straight-up guy
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- The record struck a chord with me as just straight-up beautiful and honest songwriting.
- I knew Maloney when I was in Seattle - he was an earnest, straight-up guy.
- He's a true perfectionist and straight-up stickler for detail.
1.1Truly so called; genuine: a straight-up suspense tale
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Here is the scouting scoop from Thursday at Giant Eagle!
Keebler Townhouse, Wheatables, Toasted crackers or Right Bites $2.50
70¢/1 Townhouse Flatbread Crisps printable (if included)
$1/2 Giant Eagle eOffer
$1.50/1 Kellogg's Family Rewards Points
^FP: ala $1
Yes, the Flatbread Crisps are included!
Pop Tarts 12 ct. $2.50
70¢/1 Sugar Cookie or Gingerbread flavors printable
50¢/1 Mini Crisps printable (if included)
$1/2 printable
$1/3 printable or printable
^FP: ala $1.10
Yes, the Mini Crisps are included!
General Mills Cereal $2.50 (Peanut Butter Multi-Grain pictured)
50¢/1 Trix printable
60¢/1 Trix printable
50¢/1 Trix SavingStar Deposit (exp 12/31)
$1/2 GM cereals from 12/9 SS
$1.10/3 GM cereals printable
^FP: ala 80¢ if Trix or Honey Nut Cheerios included
The varieties included are Cocoa Puffs Brownie Crunch, Basic 4, Trix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Multi-Grain Cheerios, Peanut Butter Cheerios, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, and Dulce de Leche Cheerios.
Juicy Juice 64 oz. or 8-pk. boxes $2.50
$1/1 Fruitfuls printable or printable (if included)
FP: $1.50 (if included)
Yes, the Fruitfuls are included!
Hillshire Farm Polska Keilbasa or Smoked Sausage B1G1 Free
75¢/2 from 10/14 RP (exp 12/30)
FP: ? (no price listed)
This item is priced at $4.98 each, so with this sale and coupon your price would be $1.74 each!
Pierre's, Ruggles, or Turkey Hill Ice Cream $3.33
75¢/1 Ruggles (regional coupon, not sure which week!)
^FP: $1.83 each for Ruggles
Check your binders for the week of 11/4 for these regional Ruggles coupons! They expire 12/31/12.
Birds Eye Steamfresh Blends, Baby Blends, or Lightly seasoned $2
50¢/2 from 11/18 SS (exp 12/31)
35¢/1 Whole Grain blend printable (if included)
50¢/1 Chef's Favorites printable (if included)
FP: ala $1 each
The Chef's Favorites are included, but the Whole Grain blends are not included.
McCain Potatoes $2.50
$1/1 Sweet Potato printable or printable (if included)
Yes, the Sweet Potato variety is included!
Ziploc Containers or Freezer or Storage Bags $2.79 (also look for clearance Holiday designs!)
$1/2 containers from 12/2 SS, printable, printable or printable
$1/2 bags from 12/2 SS, printable or printable
$1/2 bags SavingStar deposit
$1/2 containers SavingStar deposit
FP: $2.29 each Plus a $1 SavingStar
I checked several different areas at my local store, but I could not find any clearance Holiday designs. What have you found, Sisters and Misters?
*Gillette Disposable Razors, Systems or Cartridges $1 off
$1/1 from 11/4 RP (exp 12/31)
B1G1 FREE Gillette Female from 11/25 PG (exp 12/31)
B1G1 FREE Gillette Male from 11/25 PG (exp 12/31)
There are many varieties included in the sale. Some of the lowest prices are the Venus disposables priced at $7.49, and the Mach 3 disposables priced at $7.00.
Sundown Letter Vitamins B1G1 FREE
$2/Naturals from 12/2 RP
$1.60 Sundown Naturals Product
FP: ? should be decent
Vitamin C is priced at $3.49 per bottle, and Vitamin D is priced at $2.49 per bottle. Couple these prices with a coupon for a great deal!
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DIY: Jewelry Chains Cool Ideas
Hey dear ladies, I'm always here to inspire you and to show you some amazing ideas! For today I have a wonderful collection of diy jewelry chains that can enrich your box of accessories without spending money! And why spending a fortune when you can actually make the same necklace, bracelets or rings at home! Embellish your look with one of these stunning jewelry chains and go out with style, like real fashionista.
Check out the gallery below and inspire yourself! It is a perfect time to start improving your diy skills and techniques, don't you think?
Lovely bracelet with a stone
For this project all credits go to Kristina from Typical house cat and her blog post Evil Eye Bracelet.
Colorful necklace to embellish your look
Quick and easy to make heels chain
For this project all credits go to Kristina from Typical house cat and her blog post Chain Heel Harnesses Inspired by Sass + Bide.
Lovely green bracelet with a golden chain
For this project all credits go to Kristina from Typical house cat and her blog post Luxe Tooth Bracelet.
Make a statement with a silver chain necklace
Attention grabbing and eye catching necklace for every occasion
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Wonderful necklace and bracelets made of chains only
Elegant and sophisticated bracelet to complete your look
Stunning necklace that will take your breath away and will leave you speechless
Thank you for reading I hope that you have found this post interesting and useful. Pick one of these stunning jewelry chains and embellish your look. It is time for fashion, so start crafting! The jewelry chains can be a good choice for a gift too. Enjoy in the rest of your day and stay up to date with the contents of Fashion Diva Design!


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Video surfaced today of Mount Pleasant's Randolph Zleh scoring on amazing catch and run on a screen pass in a game against East Greenwich two weeks ago.
Websites such as Sports Illustrated and Yahoo! Sports posted the video. "This is the wildest screen pass TD you will see all year," was the headline on Yahoo! while Sports Illustrated calls it the "Screen Pass of the Day."
"I was getting tired, but you never stop running if you have a chance," Zleh told Journal sports writer John Gillooly after the game.
Describing the play is next to impossible. You'll have to check out the highlight reel play yourself below.
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Lauren Wright and Nolan Wright, 6 months, stand on their T3 personal mobility vehicle to get a better view of her husband, Brent Wright with the Dalworthington Gardens Department of Public Safety, as he competed.
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Definition of throes in English:
plural noun
Intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change: he convulsed in his death throes
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- Do you think we are seeing the empire in its death throes?
- If you look at what the dictionary says about throes, it can still be a violent period - the throes of a revolution.
- Unable to bear the death throes of her love affair, she becomes by turns desperate and tenacious, acting out with unbridled fury.
agony, pain, pangs, spasms, torment, suffering, torture
literary travail
in the throes of
- In the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful: a friend was in the throes of a divorceMore example sentences
in the middle of, in the process of, in the midst of, busy with, occupied with, taken up with/by, involved in, dealing with;struggling with, wrestling with, grappling with
- A large man deep in the throes of late middle age appears in the living room.
- Once more, the country is caught in the throes of yet another round of chaotic activity at the university.
- I hear that our great Republic is in the throes of what is being called the Great Depression.
Middle English throwe (singular); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu 'calamity', influenced by thrōwian 'suffer'.
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Issue No.03 - May/June (2005 vol.9)
pp: 68-72
Brian Daugherty , Cisco Systems
Chris Metz , Cisco Systems
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2005.61
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a tunneling technology used in many service provider networks. The most popular MPLS-enabled application in use today is the MPLS virtual private network. MPLS VPNs were developed to operate over MPLS networks, but they can also run over native IP networks. This offers providers flexibility in network-deployment choices, improved routing system scalability, and greater reach to customers. The key element is the ability to encapsulate MPLS packets in IP tunnels.
Multiprotocol Label Switching, virtual private networks, service provider, native IP networks
Brian Daugherty, Chris Metz, "Multiprotocol Label Switching and IP, Part I: MPLS VPNs over IP Tunnels", IEEE Internet Computing, vol.9, no. 3, pp. 68-72, May/June 2005, doi:10.1109/MIC.2005.61


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First homes demolished in multi-million pound redevelopment project
Published by jessica.britton for Merlin Housing Society in Housing and also in Communities
(L-R) Jorge Cardoso and his father Jorge, Paula Da Silva, and Nicola Batten have a last look round their former homes.
A multi-million pound project to provide up to 850 new homes in South Gloucestershire has got underway with the demolition of ten old non-traditional properties.
Over the next eight years Merlin Housing Society will be redeveloping around 450 non-traditional properties to make way for around 850 modern, energy-efficient homes. Now bulldozers from contractors Wring Group have been tearing down the first ten empty properties in Coalpit Heath to make way for the new homes.
And last week, some of the former residents of some of the homes were invited to visit the site for a final look around, before they were torn down.
Project Manager Sally Gilbert said: "It's tremendously exciting that after all of the planning and consultations with held with residents that we're now ready to start work. The demolition of these properties is the first work on site for this landmark project.
"We submitted our planning application to build the new properties last month and now we're waiting to hear whether the council will give us the go-ahead. As soon as it does, then we can begin building our project's first new homes."
A planning application for the redevelopment of a total of 34 non-traditional properties in the village was submitted last month following three consultation sessions with villagers. All of these properties were built in the 1940s and 50s and are now suffering from a number of issues including damp and draughts and are expensive to heat. Merlin is proposing to replace them with 65 new homes.
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The British rider beat multiple Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador to the line in the penultimate stage of the race.
A 10-man escape group attacked early and led by 3:30 with 43km remaining of the 144km test from Al Alam Palace to Housing in Boshar.
But the stage exploded on the first of the three climbs of Boushar Alamrat due to the fierce pace made by Team Sky defending the leader's jersey.
On the penultimate climb, Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Contador suddenly jumped out of the saddle in a vicious move and only Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was able to respond while Froome kept his cool behind his team-mates.
There was a re-groupement after the descent but Spaniard Contador launched another attack on the final ascent of the 355m climb but Froome and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) bridged the gap to form an elite leading trio 12 kilometres from the finish.
They came under the Flamme Rouge together and 2012 Tour de France runner-up Froome had the burst of speed at the finish to win the stage and move 27 seconds clear of Contador on GC going into Saturday's final stage.
Cadel Evans drops to third overall, 39 seconds behind, after finishing eighth with Rodriguez third on GC at 50 seconds.
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6 Things That Make Epcor a Winner
This Albertan company has built an empire that stretches into the US and now has spun off a separate Power Development company Capital Power Corp.
The 6 Reasons they are a standout are:
- They help employees transition to retirement by providing pre-retirement planning workshops and a gradual reduction of work hours prior to retirement
- Epcor lets employees schedule up to five personal days off each year — in addition to 3 weeks of holidays to start as a minimum. You can also take this time on a per hour basis.
- They put their money where their mouth is when they say 'professional development'. They will subsidize 100% of the full cost of tuition for job-related courses at outside institutions.
- They provide and manage a community curling club that can be used by employees and retirees
- They are an official supplier to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, giving employees priority status for volunteer positions during the Games, but more importantly have given themselves a visible presence to the world.
- Spend a great deal of money on the future with significant investments in alternative energy, including power generation from methane and wind power, while not ignoring the fact that oil, gas, and coal are going to pay for the development of that new technology
You might think that I am bias because they are an Edmonton based company, but the fact is they are a leader that has higher than average employee satisfaction and retention levels and serve as a model for other companies, globally.
Epcor will help lead us into the future and should be a company that others seek to follow.
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Reason #7 – EPCOR is creating a kick-ass safety team to protect and care for their people and organization!


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The Bishop Hendricken golf team remained perfect with a pair of wins over Toll Gate and West Warwick on Tuesday afternoon at Warwick Country Club. The now 13-0 Hawks shot a low score of 148, while Toll Gate (6-5) came away more
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Boondock Saints, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home release, gets the sequel treatment with this follow-up. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus reunite as the vigilante MacManus brothers, with Billy Connolly returning as Il Duce. Duffy once again directs from his own script, with Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, and David Della Rocco filling out the rest of the cast. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
The Pine-Needled Floor of the Forest
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
So what the heck is up with all those pine-needles? The pine-needles are probably the most noticeable recurrent image in the book. You get them in the very first sentence:
He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees. (1.1)
And the very last sentence:
He could feel his heart beating against the pine-needle floor of the forest. (43.402)
You also get frequent mention of them whenever Robert Jordan is in his sleeping robe at night (usually before Maria comes to join him), and occasionally at other times too, as when he feels them under his feet as he walks to the bridge on the morning of the mission (41.79).
It's really up to you how much you want to read into the pine needles. Regardless of whether they have any larger meaning, Hemingway's use of the same image at the beginning and end of the book – not just pine needles, but Robert Jordan lying on them – gives the novel nice bookends, and a nifty little sense of circularity.
Reading a little more into it, it's likely that the pine needles on the ground are meant to be the singular image for the land of Spain itself, for Spanish earth, which Robert Jordan loves. (We also learn at one point that Robert Jordan particularly loves their smell – further evidence.) So it's fitting that the story should begin and end with his heart pressed to the land he loves, and that he should die upon it. In their other occurrences, then, the pine needles would serve as momentary zoom-outs, to let us know that, whatever in particular might be happening (fighting, sex…). We're in Spain, drinking and fighting for that glorious Spanish-ness!
If you want to do something more specific with those pine-needles, be our guest. We're not really going there (because that seems a little too Symbolist for Hemingway's taste), but if you want to, the possibilities are endless.


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Spring Hiking in New Hampshire's White Mountains is the perfect time to enjoy big water flow at many of the easy to get to Waterfalls. Diana's Baths made for a great family hike this week. It is an easy .5 mile groomed trail to the falls. We could hear the roar of the water before we could see the falls. In spring the rain and the snow runoff make the rivers and waterfalls swell. We enjoyed standing close to the cascade and getting covered with the mist. There Are plenty of other waterfall hikes near Bartlett, Jackson and North Conway NH…some short and easy, some more challenging but all beautiful at this time of year. Wear your hiking boots, a fleece and if you plan on going above 1200 feet bring some snowshoes too! Bartlett Inn – Innkeeper Nick will be happy to help you choose the best hike for what you want to see and for your abilities. Call 603 374 2353 for Spring Hiking in NH White Mountains to BIG Waterfalls near North Conway NH.


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- Identifying photos by name, keyword, rating, and label
- Locating photos with searches, filters, collections, and stacks
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Skill Level Beginner
You may need to soften or harden the edges of a selection depending on the type of adjustment or effect you're planning to apply to the selected area. With this movie I would like to show you how to alter the edges of a selection using the controls available in the Refine Edge dialog box. But currently we have the flower_02.JPG image open. This can be found in our catalog images folder in the exercise files and what I want to do is just make a real quick selection of this flower using the Quick Selection tool. We can go ahead and size the brush using the right bracket key. That's a great way to size the brush on the fly, however, if you want you can always go up here under the Brush settings, click that down facing arrow and then increase the diameter as well.
As now we have a large brush, I'm going ahead and just click inside of the flower, draw over the area that I want to select. I've got most of it selected now. I'm going to go ahead and resize the brush make it smaller and just draw over this area in here, get the parts that I want. Maybe edit outs the ones that I don't by holding down the Option key, that's not looking too bad. It doesn't have to be perfect down here in the bottom because what I'm eventually going to do here is try and apply a Blur effect to the surrounding area, all of the area on the leaves surrounding the flower. So it doesn't have to be perfect down here. Its okay if we have this area in here selected.
So now that I have my selection, what I want to do is change the selection edge using the Refine Edge dialog box. Let's go ahead and do that. We can access that from either the Refine Edge button when we have a selection tool selected over here in the Tools palette. Click that button or you can choose Select > Refine Edge, either one would bring up this dialog box. Now first thing I want to point are your Preview options. Right now we're viewing our marching ants and the first option doesn't change at all. It just shows you the marching ants and what happens to those marching ants of your selection as you adjust with these sliders. Or you can view your selection using a mask.
Now that can sometimes be helpful too; it's not quite as helpful in this instance only because the flower is almost the same color as the mask color, which is red. So it's a little bit difficult here. What I suggest we do is just a kind of flip-flop between these two preview options to see which is better as we're making our adjustments with these sliders. Now these are defaults settings; we have a Smooth setting of 3. As you can tell by the description at the bottom, it says when you hover over Smooth, it says "Smooth removes the jagged edges along a selection edge." So if the type of effect or adjustment you're going to make using this selection requires a smoother edge than what you already have, you can increase this. In this instance I don't necessarily need to do that but if you ever needed to that's how you would do it. You just increase by dragging the sliders to the right and it would smooth out any jagged edges. I can't see it's starting to affect the marching ants in here as I move this to the right.
With the Feather option, it's going to soften the selection edge and the further you drag, the softer it's going to get. Now you're not going to see anything soften inside the photograph it's going to affect the edge but it is going round out the edges as you drag this to the right, see what's happening we're losing more and more detail around those corners. That's sort of giving us an indication of the softening effect that happens when you drag this further and further to the right. Now I actually do want to drag this over and far because I want a pretty soft edge when I apply the Blur effect that I'm going to apply after we're through with these settings in this dialog box. Somewhere around there, nice, loose, soft edge is what we're going to have here.
In the Contract and Expand slider here, we can contract the selection by dragging to the left or expand it out by dragging to the right. I will actually want it to creep in a little bit to the flower itself in order to really, really make this nice soft transition when I apply the effect. All right, something like that. That actually looks pretty good. If I click on the mask here we might be able to see a little bit better what we're doing but again because this is red this is not as useful to us, something to keep in mind. So we will go back to the Preview with the marching ants.
That actually is telling me the information that I need to know for now and I'm going to go with that. So let's say OK we have refined our edge, we have applied a pretty strong feather 104 pixels about and -8% of the contraction. Click OK. The next thing I want to do is inverse the selection, I'm going to choose that from the Select menu, Inverse we now have the surrounding area selected. Sometimes if you want to apply an adjustment or an effect to the surrounding image area, makes more sense to select the object first and then choose it's inverse, that's what we're doing here. Certainly we don't want to select all these leaves. So it makes more sense do it this way.
Now that we have the Inverse of our selection what I'm going to do is hide the marching ants. I know that I have the right area selected, I know that my edge has been refined. I want to hide it. I'm going that by pressing Command+H. That's a great keyboard shortcut to memorize. I still have my selection. I'm just not seeing it. The reason I don't want see it, it's because it gets in the way when I'm previewing the effect that I'm about to apply. Let's go under Filter and choose Blur > Gaussian Blur. Now we have a preview window over here and because we have preview checked we can also see the Blur effect in the image itself, in the background here. It's starting out with the radius of 1 pixel. If we increase this to the right it's going to add a stronger and stronger blur effect.
Did you see what's happening? It's starting to blur the surrounding area around the flower. We can see the effect of that Feather and that Refine Edge around the image as we increase the Blur amount we can see it more and more apparent. That's kind of a nice effect. It's almost a painter like effect I really enjoyed that, think it's kind of neat. All right if you want to make it not quite so apparent, you just want to keep it a little bit more realistic, you might want to go somewhere along these lines and just blur the leaves in the background so that they are blending in a little bit better with the natural blur that you had in the original photograph down here. The things are little bit more balanced now.
So they both are really cool effects but the both can be done by making that selection with the Quick Selection tool and then altering its selection edge then affecting the Inverse. That's an important concept. Let's go ahead and click OK that's looks pretty good to me. All right, so what we learn here is after you make your selection if you want to change the way your edge is going to appear in your image after you apply your adjustment or your effect, you need to make an adjustment in the Refine Edge dialog box. You can soften an edge, you can smoothen an edge, you can also expand it and contract it all using those settings in the Refine Edge dialog box.


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Pickens Leans into the Wind
Richard Littlemore | April 15, 2008
By Richard Littlemore • Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 08:50
"You need a giant plan for America. Not the pissant 83 megawatt [windfarm] deals being stamped all over the country. There needs to be a huge plan from someone with leadership. It's going to take years to do, but it has to start now."
Al Gore? Nope. Too plain-spoken. This quote comes from oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, an erstwhile Bush supporter who is bankrolling a Texas windfarm that will be five times bigger than the current world-record holder.