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The "My View" by Joyce Waschitz (Nov. 25) demonstrates the conquest and lengths to which Zionists will go to defend depravity. Zionism is racism and imperialism based on the lie that modern Jewry is descended from the ancient Hebrews (less than 10 percent of Jews are actual descendants; most are just of Eastern European ancestry).
The genocidal slaughter of Palestinians has been in progress for more than 60 years, and the fact that the Palestinian people continue their resistance displays their tremendous courage and devotion to their homeland. They have the support of the vast majority of the world's people. The Zionists can only count on the support of their well-funded donors and the racist, imperialistic U.S. government.
The liberation of Palestine (by which I mean all of the country) will happen through a combination of the Palestinian resistance and a boycott of Zionist-made goods and services. People should refuse to buy anything that says "made in Israel" or is sold by Zionists in the United States.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
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Mr. "Angry at Obama and the left" (Nov. 23) reminds me of the Pharisee who went up to the temple to pray (Luke 18: 9-14) and with whom God was not pleased.
He implies his religion is very tolerant, even though it lobbies legislators for its own definition of marriage, rules for civil divorce and acceptable family planning practices.
His political party and heroes are scandal-free, even though they led us into war on false premises, excused their mistakes, destroyed a foreign country, devastated our own economy, prevented votes from being counted in 2000 by staging a phony riot led by party operatives, tried to intimidate blacks from voting, and promoted tax breaks for the rich, even though the richest 1 percent of Americans have more wealth than the entire bottom 90 percent.
He's even annoyed that the poor pay no income tax.
Owen Reynolds
These numbers don't lie: 49 to 51 percent. Homes, teams and nations with two visions cannot long stand. The color of our skin and "birthday candle count" seem to be more important than a unity of vision. The Bible says "without one vision, communities perish."
The American flag used to unite us. Now, we cannot pledge allegiance to it with integrity. We are not one nation. We are over God. There is liberty and justice for all but Christians.
The television show "The New Normal" mocks a biblical worldview. God will not be mocked. The Christmas Holy Day approaches. Peace on Earth is promised for all by having a personal relationship with Jesus.
When we are enemies of God, we will be enemies of one another. God's dream for unity, on Earth as it is in heaven, will one day be a reality.
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By Linda Rosenkrantz
There's a new novel out that's attracting quite a bit of attention titled Vanessa and Her Sister, the story of the Stephen sisters, Vanessa and Virginia—the latter far better known by her married name, Virginia Woolf. The two of them were key members of the influential literary circle known as The Bloomsbury Group.
Looking at the names of both the main members and the more ancillary ones in this creative coterie sometimes called the "Bloomsberries," we find some appropriately distinctive, sometimes arcane, appellations. Beyond Vanessa and Virginia (who was born Adeline Virginia), here are the most interesting.
There's been a lot of berry-buzz lately around the names Cora, Flora and Dora, a nostalgic bevy of beauties we might call the Floradora girls.
If you're wondering about the origins of the term, it dates back to Florodora, one of the first big Broadway musical hits of the twentieth century—it opened in 1900– and the term came to symbolize a kind of saucy, high-kicking, wasp-waisted show gal who might well have been named Flora or Dora—or Cora or Nora—all names then near the height of their popularity.
In 1900, Flora was Number 106 on the list, Dora, 79, Cora 55, and Nora 83, but their rankings would experience somewhat disparate trajectories. While all four peaked in the 1880s, it was only Nora, with her more classic feel, that would maintain respectable numbers throughout the succeeding decades–Flora was the first to vanish completely, in 1972.
But while these names appear to share such a strong family resemblance, they actually have quite different résumés.
CORA. Though Cora's roots go back to the ancient Greek — the word kore, meaning 'girl, maiden'–and it was a title given to Persephone, goddess of springtime, the modern introduction of Cora to the English-speaking world is credited to James Fenimore Cooper and his creation of Cora Munro, the spirited heroine of his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. Today, Cora is most visibly tied to the American-born Right Hono(u)rable Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey. And the sweet, old-fashioned Cora is now at Number 276, the highest it's been since 1949, with the expanded Coralie getting some love as well.


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The latest BeyondPod app update has been detailed. This release brings the app to version 4.0 and perhaps more important is how it also brings new features and an overall new look and feel. The BeyondPod 4.0 app is currently available to download and begin using, however it remains a beta release for now.
In fact, the folks behind the app make it clear this is a "development beta build" and that it offers new features and bug fixes intended for the "next public release." Simply put, you can begin using BeyondPod v4.0 as of today -- but you may come across a bug or two in the process. Before we get into the new features we should mention the warning.
The BeyondPod team recommends backing up your feeds and settings before installing the beta. That can be done using the current release by heading to BeyondPod Settings -> Backup and Restore -> Backup. With that, things begin with what is promised to be "simple and faster navigation using a new, modern user interface."
You can get a look at the new look in the image sitting on top of this post. Other details mention how your feeds will be organized in categories and available from the new left navigation drawer, and a playlist that is easily accessible in the right drawer. This release also means a new full screen player, a "car mode" player, and support for multiple SmartPlay lists.
Those looking to start playing with this latest beta release will be able to download the APK file from the BeyondPod website. And to clarify, this beta is not being offered through the Play Store beta program.
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Brachial plexus injury is a loss of movement or weakness of the arm. It occurs when the collection of nerves around the shoulder (called the brachial plexus) are damaged during birth.
Klumpke paralysis; Erb-Duchenne paralysis; Erb's palsy; Brachial palsy
The nerves of the brachial plexus can be injured during a difficult delivery. The injury may be caused by:
There are different forms of brachial plexus injury in an infant. The type depends on the amount of arm paralysis:
The following factors increase the risk of brachial plexus injury:
Brachial plexus injury is less common now that delivery techniques have improved. Cesarean delivery is used more often when there are concerns about a difficult delivery. Although a C-section reduces the risk of injury it does not prevent it, and the procedure carries other risks.
Brachial plexus injury may be confused with a condition called pseudoparalysis. This is when the infant has a fracture and is not moving the arm because of pain, but there is no nerve damage.
Symptoms can be seen right away or soon after birth. They may include:
A physical exam most often shows that the infant is not moving the upper or lower arm or hand. The affected arm may flop when the infant is rolled from side to side.
The Moro reflex is absent on the side with the brachial plexus or nerve injury.
The health care provider will examine the collarbone to look for a fracture. The infant may need to have an x-ray taken of the collarbone.
Gentle massage of the arm and range-of-motion exercises are recommended for mild cases. The infant may need to be evaluated by specialists if the damage is severe or the condition does not improve in the first few weeks.
Surgery may be considered if some strength has not returned to the affected muscles by the time the baby is 3 - 6 months old.
Most babies will fully recover within 3 to 6 months. Those who do not recover during this time have a poor outlook. In these cases there may be a separation of the nerve root from the spinal cord (avulsion).
It is not clear whether surgery to fix the nerve problem can help. Nerve grafts and nerve transfers are sometimes tried.
In cases of pseudoparalysis, the child will begin to use the affected arm as the fracture heals. Fractures in infants heal quickly and easily in most cases.
Complications include:
Call your health care provider if your newborn shows a lack of movement of either arm.
Taking measures to avoid a difficult delivery, whenever possible, reduces the risk of brachial plexus injury in newborn babies.
Fenichel GM. Trauma and vascular disorders. In: Fenichel GM, ed. Neonatal Neurology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2006:chap 5.
Pham CB, Kratz JR, Jelin AC, Gelfand AA. Child neurology: brachial plexus birth injury: what every neurologist needs to know. Neurology. 2011;77:695-697. PMID: 21844527 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21844527.
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Modine posts 3Q loss amid restructuring costs
Modine Manufacturing Co. reported a fiscal third-quarter loss Friday, as the company recorded charges and expenses related to a restructuring in Europe and weakness in its key markets.
The Racine manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment for vehicles and equipment posted a loss of $8.7 million, or 19 cents a share, compared to net income of $9.0 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier. »Read Full Article


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Kickstarter's a great way to get crazy, seemingly impossible projects off the ground. If someone's willing to work on an ambitious idea, then it's guaranteed to find an audience on Kickstarter. This crazy ambitious idea comes in the form of Project Awakened, a third-person action game with it's main hook being a limitless amount of character customization such as appearance and powers from the ground up. It's a tall order for any kind of video game to go so in-depth with character customization.
The Project Awakened Kickstarter trailer shows a myriad of powers such as telekinesis, stone skin, weather control and invisibility. The developer, Phosphor Games Studio, promises even more on their Kickstarter page. They say there will be ways to play the game that aren't combative, like a character that can turn invisible and charm people into doing their work for them.
This is all completely awesome and all, but as with all Kickstarter projects this ambitious, I have to be a little skeptical. I have no doubts the actual game can be published. The proof of concept video on the Kickstarter shows that the game is in more than capable hands. However, the "create your character the way you want" premise has been used in a lot of games, but never has one game fully delivered on truly "unlimited" character customization.
The idea of an "a la carte" character creation reminds me of the MMORPG The Secret World. Funcom promised a class-less, skill tree-less leveling system too, and it also promised a level-less leveling system as well. The final product delivered, but it's really hard to track progress and what kind of build your character is when there are no levels or classes to really define your character. It's because of this that many players fall into the DPS category, making it hard for players to find tanks and healers for raids. While a class-less, choose your own skill system is fun, it can all get confusing very quickly.
While I still remain cautious, I believe Project Awakened won't fall into the same trap of mediocrity. For one thing, it's a completely different genre of game, going for the single player, third-person adventure/shooter genre that doesn't need to worry quite as much about the balance of certain powers of the game. It also gives players an opportunity to be able to experiment with different combinations of skills more freely without being bogged down by the rules and restrictions a MMORPG has. A single player campaign gives the developer pretty much free reign on what powers a player has at a given time, and it gives them an opportunity to streamline a gaming experience under their terms.
If the project reaches its stretch goals, the developers will include multiplayer in the game. It will be very interesting to see how the team handles the balance of the game in the multiplayer. Customizable characters get tricky to balance when other players get involved.
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Police officers and firefighters in Palo Alto are retiring with disability benefits at a rate that is nearly double the average in Santa Clara County, according to a new civil grand jury report.
And if that trend is left unaddressed, it could result in taxpayers paying more for pensions than if the workers had left with a clean bill of health, the report suggests.
Over the past five years, 51 percent of the 43 public safety workers who called it quits did so because of a job-related illness or injury. That puts Palo Alto at the top of a list of 12 jurisdictions that were surveyed by the grand jury. Only Gilroy came close with 43 percent. The average was 27 percent.
The report does not pinpoint the reasons for Palo Alto's disability retirement rate, but notes that jurisdictions with a higher ratio of fire personnel to law enforcement personnel tended to have higher rates. Data collected by the grand jury showed Palo Alto had 121 firefighters and 101 police officers.
"Palo Alto should identify what factors, other than a high proportion of firefighters in their public safety force, account for their IDR (industrial disability retirement) rates," the report concluded. "Palo Alto should develop a plan consistent with city objectives to lower its IDR rate."
Los Altos and Los Gatos, which only have police departments, had rates of 19 and 17 percent, respectively. And no one left the Campbell Police Department with disability benefits.
Police officers and firefighters who retire because of a job-related illness or injury could end up saddling taxpayers with higher costs. In most cases, they collect about 50 percent of their final compensation. But if a retirement account has contributions that are less than sufficient to fund the retirement, the employer's CalPERS annual contribution costs increase.
"The cumulative effect of the unfunded IDRs and other pension fund obligations presents a growing burden to entities, and therefore taxpayers," the report says.
City of Palo Alto spokeswoman Claudia Keith said the city was still reviewing the report as of Friday afternoon, but she offered one off-the-cuff theory for the city's 51 percent rate.
"We have our own paramedics," she said. "Many cities don't. So that may be a factor. Or it may not."
Council Member Pat Burt, a vocal supporter of pension reform who also helped roll back binding arbitration for firefighters in 2011, called the report "disturbing" in a telephone interview.
"We've done a great deal of work to attempt to create a much more sustainable cost structure for our employees, including public safety, and what appears to be excessive disability claims does much to undermine those efforts," Burt told The Daily News.
"I believe that our management and my colleagues are going to want to dive into this issue."
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Project Planning Process - The Gantt Chart
September 3, 2008 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Project Management Charts, Project Plan Development
Project Planning Process - The Gantt Chart (#7 in the Hut A Quick Guide to Project Management)
By Manjeet Singh
A Gantt chart is a very useful project management tool that provides you with an overview of your schedule (something that the network diagram did not).
Here is the Gantt chart for the build shed project:
A Gantt chart does not show the relationships between the activities of your project. However, a number of project management software packages allow you to show such relationships on a Gantt chart providing you with an overview of the schedule, and the critical path of your project.You have now learned how to flesh out the activities involved in a project, determine the sequence of the activities, and establish a schedule. You are now ready for the next step – determining the resources that you need to accomplish your project activities. Note that once you have determined the resources and their availability, you may need to review your project schedule (Gantt chart).
Next in the Hut A Quick Guide to Project Management:
Getting and Estimating Resource Requirements - People
Previously in the Hut A Quick Guide to Project Management:
Project Planning Process - Network Diagrams
Manjeet Singh has over 17 years of experience acquired in a wide variety of industries with a focus on project and program management at Software Makers and Global IT Services companies throughout the world. Manjeet has an Executive MBA from the HEC Management School, and is the author of the website www.projectminds.com that provides a free guide to project management, and offers other project management-related resources.
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pancreatic cancer
The pancreasThe pancreas is a gland located deep in the abdomen between the stomach and the spine (backbone). The liver, intestine, and other organs surround the pancreas.
The pancreas is about 6 inches long and is shaped like a flat pear. The widest part of the pancreas is the head, the middle section is the body, and the thinnest part is the tail.
The pancreas makes insulin and other hormones. These hormones enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body. They help the body use or store the energy that comes from food. For example, insulin helps control the amount of sugar in the blood.
The pancreas also makes pancreatic juices. These juices contain enzymes that help digest food. The pancreas releases the juices into a system of ducts leading to the common bile duct. The common bile duct empties into the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine.
Who is at risk from pancreatic cancer?The exact causes of pancreatic cancer are not known. Doctors can seldom explain why one person gets pancreatic cancer and another does not.
Research has shown that people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop pancreatic cancer. A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease.
Studies have found the following risk factors:
Most people with known risk factors do not get pancreatic cancer. On the other hand, many who do get the disease have none of these factors. People who think they may be at risk for pancreatic cancer should discuss this concern with their doctor. The doctor may suggest ways to reduce the risk and can plan an appropriate schedule for checkups.
What are the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer?Pancreatic cancer is sometimes called a "silent disease" because early pancreatic cancer often does not cause symptoms. But, as the cancer grows, symptoms may include:
How is pancreatic cancer diagnosed?If a patient has symptoms that suggest pancreatic cancer, the doctor asks about the patient's medical history. The doctor may perform a number of procedures, including one or more of the following:
Staging the diseaseWhen pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, the doctor needs to know the stage, or extent, of the disease to plan the best treatment. Staging is a careful attempt to find out the size of the tumor in the pancreas, whether the cancer has spread, and if so, to what parts of the body.
The doctor may determine the stage of pancreatic cancer at the time of diagnosis, or the patient may need to have more tests. Such tests may include blood tests, a CT scan, ultrasonography, laparoscopy, or angiography. The test results will help the doctor decide which treatment is appropriate.
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(Antilocapra americana), not a true antelope. The fastest animal in the Western Hemisphere pronghorns can run several miles at 70 miles per hour. Which makes them difficult prey for any natural predator. They migrate between summer and winter ranges. Their main diet is shrubs such as sagebrush, rabbit-brush, and some grasses. This buck was checking for strays from his harem.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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U.S. Chamber to host Hiring Our Heroes job fair
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host "Hiring Our Heroes – Reno," a hiring fair for veterans and military spouses, Tuesday, July 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Workshop begins at 9 a.m., Atlantis, 3800 S. Virginia St., Reno. More than 30 employers are expected to participate with jobs available for veterans and military spouses of all ranks and levels of experience. The event will also include a free GE employment workshop that features one-on-one mentoring sessions on resume building, job search tools, and interviewing techniques for all job-seekers.
Interested job seekers should register for free at hoh.greatjob.net. Walk-in job seekers are allowed (veterans must provide proof of service).
Bats: Truth or Tales at Washoe Lake State Park
Bats are misunderstood animals. Learn what bats eat, where they live and why they are important from local bat expert Brian Buttazoni. Participants will also hear the sounds they make and see photos of bats from around the world at Bats: Truth or Tales, Saturday, Aug. 3, 8:30-9:30 p.m. Meet at Washoe Lake State Park's equestrian area pavilion. Washoe Lake State Park is 18 miles south of Reno and five miles north of Carson City. Travel on U.S. 395 and take the Eastlake Boulevard (Exit 44); the park entrance is on the left. There is no charge for the program, but there is a $7 per vehicle entry fee; Nevada residents receive a $2 discount.
California Carnival is here
The California Carnival will be held through July 28 at the Truckee River Regional Park rodeo parking lot. A portion of all ticket sales benefit Tahoe¹s Connection for Families. The Truckee Carnival features a Ferris wheel, fun house, giant slide, roller coaster, and midway games, rides for 2-4 year-olds. Hours are Thursday; 4-11 p.m. on Friday; noon -11 p.m. on Saturday; noon-10 p.m. on Sunday. Cost is $20 for unlimited rides wristband if purchased in advance at Safeway in Truckee and Tahoe's Connection for Families, 761 Northwood Blvd., in Incline Village. On-site cost is $30.
Call 775-832-8230 or visit www.tcfkids.org for information.
Sierra Nevada Ballet to perform Coppelia
Sierra Nevada Ballet has selected the Coppelia ballet for summer performances July 27 at Nightingale Hall as part of the Artown Festival and July 29 on the outdoor stage at Sand Harbor State Park in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. A comic love story, Coppelia is filled with fantasy and reality as it tests the relationship of the heroine, Swanilda, and hero, Franz, through the romantic device of a beautiful lifeless doll created by the obsessive Dr. Coppelius. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.sierranevadaballet.com.
Thunderbird Yacht still cruising
The iconic Thunderbird Yacht still cruises Lake Tahoe with elegance and grace after 73 years. Since America's Great Depression, Thunderbird has transported guests in opulent luxury between high-mountain estates and resorts. Now owned by Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society, a Nevada public charity, Thunderbird continues to promote Lake Tahoe's maritime heritage by serving as a floating classroom for children's educational programs and as a platform for scientific and environmental research.
As part of the Preservation Society's effort to pay off the $1.1-million note and keep Thunderbird on Lake Tahoe, Thunderbird will attend charity events at Lake Tahoe venues. On July 26-27, Thunderbird will attend the South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic at Tahoe Keys Marina. Aug. 9-10, find her at the 39th annual Concours d'Elegance at Carnelian Bay.
Visit www.ThunderbirdTahoe.org.
Young Shakespeare
Bring a little culture and lots of memorable moments into your family's life with a family friendly, one-hour performance adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," presented as part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival's D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program. The 2013 D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare production, an adaptation of the Festival's mainstage offering, is designed with the young audience member in mind and runs July 29-Aug. 8 at Sand Harbor State Park in Incline Village and a variety of other outdoor venues throughout the Reno and Lake Tahoe region.
To reserve free Young Shakespeare tickets call 800-74-SHOWS. Visit www.LakeTahoeShakespeare.com. Groups of 10 or more call 775-832-1616.
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View the Pippa Middleton and Lee Radziwill photos » View our Kate Middleton wardrobe gallery » Midway through the seventies, Lee Radziwill—her cheekbones Chopard-sharp and her heels Louboutin-high—was the society mountaineer of the decade. Having held court on the international party circuit, the former princess and sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis grew tired of being... Read more »
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See our top product picks to protect your skin this winter » If there's ever a time you'll want to retain water, it's winter. "As the temperature falls, the air's ability to hold moisture tends to reduce, which creates dryness in the environment," says Dr. Jaggi Rao, a dermatologist and associate clinical professor at the... Read more »
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Kayaks, food service and other commercial ventures are now allowed in city parks, but prospective vendors must undergo a sexual offender background check before starting up.
On Tuesday, the New Port Richey Council approved an ordinance amendment that will allow for certain commercial vendors in its parks — specifically Sims Park, Frances Avenue Park, and James Grey Preserve — for kayaks rentals and boats rides, as well as food and drink sales.
There will be an application process that will allow the city's Parks and Recreation Department to deem what vendors can enter the parks. The application process will also include the background checks, which pleased City Council member Jeff Starkey.
"We can't have pedophiles taking people out on kayak trips," he said.
Council member Bill Phillips also asked city staff to make efforts not to allow any uses in Sims Park that would compete with any existing downtown businesses.
"I would feel it would be a slap to them," Phillips said.
In other news, the council passed an ordinance enacting a nuisance abatement program under which fines and liens can be levied on owners of properties where drug, prostitution and violent crimes repeatedly occur. The council also approved a vehicle impound program that lets the police department begin operating its own impound lot and collect fees associated with it.


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MUMBAI: Raymond announced an expansion of its capacity for worsted suiting at Vapi in Gujarat by 3m metres per annum. The facility will be integrated from spinning to the finishing of fabric. The expansion, being done at the cost of Rs 197 crore, is expected to be operational from April '07.
The first phase of expansion, announced last year, is going as planned and is expected to start commercial production shortly. The company will then have a capacity of 31m metres per annum, making it one of the largest integrated facilities for worsted suitings in the world.


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Jul 11, 2001
Twelve newly discovered moons have brought Saturn's satellite tally to thirty. An international collaboration of astronomers led by Brett Gladman at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in France used a highly sensitive imaging technique to detect the faint moons, which have very irregular orbits (B Gladman et al 2001 Nature 412 163).
Gladman's team inspected the entire stable portion of space around Saturn in which satellites are able to orbit. This is known as the Hill sphere, and is the region around any planet where its own gravitational forces outweigh the Sun's tidal forces. The powerful optics based on charge-coupled devices could detect very faint objects of just 23rd magnitude - over a hundred million times dimmer than a bright star. Gladman and co-workers are confident that they have detected all the moons orbiting Saturn that are greater than about four kilometres in diameter.
Satellites of the giant planets in the solar system fall into two categories: 'regular' moons with circular orbits in the planet's plane of rotation, and 'irregular moons' with highly elliptical and inclined orbits. Saturn's new moons join Phoebe - the only previously known irregular satellite orbiting the planet - in the second group.
Different formation processes are thought to have given rise to the two distinct groups of satellites. Regular moons probably formed long ago from the disks of gas and dust circulating around planets. But it is likely that the irregular moons were wandering objects later captured by the gravitational fields of the giant planets.
Gladman and colleagues calculated the orbits of Saturn's new moons - which range from six to 32 kilometres in diameter - and found that they were sharply inclined to the planet's plane of rotation. Together with their sizes, this strongly suggests that the satellites are fragments left over from collisions between larger moons, according to the group.
Satellites are visible because they reflect sunlight, and this makes it easier to spot satellites that are orbiting planets closer to the Sun. Gladman and co-workers believe a similar system of irregular satellites could be orbiting Neptune, but speculate that they could be between ten and a hundred times dimmer.
Saturn's new moons were tracked for six months during 2000 and 2001 from several ground-based observatories, including the European Southern Observatory telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope.
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|Linux / Unix Command: ssh-keygen
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NAMEssh-keygen - authentication key generation, management and conversion
SYNOPSISssh-keygen [-q ] [-b bits ] -t type [-N new_passphrase ] [-C comment ] [-f output_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -p [-P old_passphrase ] [-N new_passphrase ] [-f keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -i [-f input_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -e [-f input_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -y [-f input_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -c [-P passphrase ] [-C comment ] [-f keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -l [-f input_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -B [-f input_keyfile ]
ssh-keygen -D reader
ssh-keygen -U reader [-f input_keyfile ]
DESCRIPTIONssh-keygen generates, manages and converts authentication keys for ssh(1). ssh-keygen can create RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 1 and RSA or DSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 2. The type of key to be generated is specified with the -t option.
Normally each user wishing to use SSH with RSA or DSA authentication runs this once to create the authentication key in $HOME/.ssh/identity $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa or $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa Additionally, the system administrator may use this to generate host keys, as seen in /etc/rc
Normally this program generates the key and asks for a file in which to store the private key. The public key is stored in a file with the same name but ``.pub'' appended. The program also asks for a passphrase. The passphrase may be empty to indicate no passphrase (host keys must have an empty passphrase), or it may be a string of arbitrary length. A passphrase is similar to a password, except it can be a phrase with a series of words, punctuation, numbers, whitespace, or any string of characters you want. Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long, are not simple sentences or otherwise easily guessable (English prose has only 1-2 bits of entropy per character, and provides very bad passphrases), and contain a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters. The passphrase can be changed later by using the -p option.
There is no way to recover a lost passphrase. If the passphrase is lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated and copied to the corresponding public key to other machines.
For RSA1 keys, there is also a comment field in the key file that is only for convenience to the user to help identify the key. The comment can tell what the key is for, or whatever is useful. The comment is initialized to ``user@host'' when the key is created, but can be changed using the -c option.
After a key is generated, instructions below detail where the keys should be placed to be activated.
The options are as follows:
- -b bits
- Specifies the number of bits in the key to create. Minimum is 512 bits. Generally 1024 bits is considered sufficient, and key sizes above that no longer improve security but make things slower. The default is 1024 bits.
- -c
- Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files. This operation is only supported for RSA1 keys. The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment.
- -e
- This option will read a private or public OpenSSH key file and print the key in a `SECSH Public Key File Format' to stdout. This option allows exporting keys for use by several commercial SSH implementations.
- -f filename
- Specifies the filename of the key file.
- -i
- This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) key file in SSH2-compatible format and print an OpenSSH compatible private (or public) key to stdout. ssh-keygen also reads the `SECSH Public Key File Format' This option allows importing keys from several commercial SSH implementations.
- -l
- Show fingerprint of specified public key file. Private RSA1 keys are also supported. For RSA and DSA keys ssh-keygen tries to find the matching public key file and prints its fingerprint.
- -p
- Requests changing the passphrase of a private key file instead of creating a new private key. The program will prompt for the file containing the private key, for the old passphrase, and twice for the new passphrase.
- -q
- Silence ssh-keygen Used by /etc/rc when creating a new key.
- -y
- This option will read a private OpenSSH format file and print an OpenSSH public key to stdout.
- -t type
- Specifies the type of the key to create. The possible values are ``rsa1'' for protocol version 1 and ``rsa'' or ``dsa'' for protocol version 2.
- Show the bubblebabble digest of specified private or public key file.
- -C comment
- Provides the new comment.
- -D reader
- Download the RSA public key stored in the smartcard in reader
- -N new_passphrase
- Provides the new passphrase.
- -P passphrase
- Provides the (old) passphrase.
- -U reader
- Upload an existing RSA private key into the smartcard in reader
SEE ALSOssh(1), ssh-add1, ssh-agent1, sshd(8)
- J. Galbraith R. Thayer "SECSH Public Key File Format" draft-ietf-secsh-publickeyfile-01.txt March 2001 work in progress material
Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.


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Teaching Professional Identity
Deborah L. Borman
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
August 19, 2012
The Law Teacher, Fall 2013, p.3
In Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, the Carnegie Foundation identified three apprenticeships necessary in professional legal education: thinking (legal analysis), performance (practical skills) and professional conduct, or professional identity. Students can develop these components of the legal profession during law school to excel in the practice of law. Legal educators can contribute to the development of Professional Identity without overhauling the curriculum via short additional assignments or by tweaking existing assignments. This article will review the history of professional identity, the recommendations of The Carnegie Report, and identify the three methods I use to encourage the development of professional identity in the writing and research classroom.
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Hey Everybody,
Thank you all for the encouragement and letting me know what really matters. Reading your words really helps me to keep focus, so thanks. I needed it.
I was running my three miles this morning and was trying to clear my head, that's usually the time when I get to be quiet and still and commune with God and just say thank you. I'm out here in the desert. I come here to rejuvenate and write. Well anyway, this morning I was thinking about how God answers prayers and I wanted to share this with you.
When I was about 6 or 7 years old I used to watch TV, and as I would watch I thought that the people on TV actually lived inside the TV set (We had the big floor model, all my 30 and over people remember that one). I would try to reach in and get them but I never could. So, I remember praying to God and asking him to send me some little people to take care of. I know that this sounds like an impossible prayer to answer but He did, in a way. My neighbor across the street was moving away and she and her husband couldn't take their pet parakeets with them. So, she asked me if I would take them. I was so happy. God had answered my prayers. I had little people to take care of. And they even talked! That was a good day in my young life.
It's funny how a child's mind works. But that experience taught me about prayer. From that time on I would always pray. NO matter how crazy or wild I got I would always pray. The first 28 years of my life were filled with anger, bitterness and confusion. I was a boy trying to become a man and also a fool trying to get some sense (In your 20's you think you know it all--but even then I would still pray). I prayed in the bad times and in the good.
I know that you're wondering where I'm going with this but what I wanted to say to you today is this. Simply pray. Just pray and believe. I know that many of us are going through things right now with this administration of ours, with the country being at war for so long, with the job market being what it is, and people losing their homes everyday. Gas is high as hell, while oil companies make record profits. Children are running wild. Grandparents are raising yet another generation and single mothers are trying to do it all alone. With all of that, I still say, "Pray!" In my darkest days, in my most frustrated times, times when I didn't want to live another day, times when I thought that God had left me in darkness, there was always something in me that would make me pray. Sometimes my prayer was short, all I could get out was GOD HELP ME, or JESUS PLEASE. Sometimes I cried out for hours.
Looking back on my life now, I see that every one of those prayers was heard and answered. Maybe not in the way that I wanted them to be, but he did answer. My prayer most days now is, "God, let Your will be done. Amen."
Life gets better. Trust me, I know. If there is nobody around you that you see it getting better for, then look at me, look at my life. God did it, and I'm no different from any other person on this earth. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes often. I have to repent often, I fall short, but what I know more than anything is that God is a loving, forgiving God and I'm so glad that He doesn't give us what we deserve. If He did, I wouldn't be here. But He gives us what He desires for our lives. Hold on, life gets better. I don't know who this is for today but I hope whoever it's for that it gives you a little strength to hold on a little longer.
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What I have bolded really does show and prove some of the hypocritical rubbish i've seen in certain remarks of late. For starters, when someone says they want to do the 'storyline', we are met with 'why are you playing an mmo if you want a single player experience'. Well, young and old, like any other mmo, not only can you take players with you on your questing, BUT and what is key, the "character specific instances" which IS a single player experience in the realm that other players are never required to do it.
so anyone crying about why people just want to do the storyline maybe need to put on them clown shoes and look at the fact that the storyline alone can be done singularly and is also THE most important aspect of the game.
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This part made me giggle. not only have they made the storyline single player without the requirement of another player, they've also made it scalable. now heres the hilarious part. If a player chooses to do the storyline by themselves, and doesnt really do much else in the world because they truly want to do the storyline, the storyline quests will not scale to your level. when i was level 6 i was given the next storyline quest, recommended level 11. thats a helluva jump if you ask me. it also suggested i go back into the world and 'grind'. aka, do anything and everything to level up.
so no, not only does the game give you the CORE storyline quests far above your level, if you decide that exploring, crafting, skill hunting, and doing the odd renown heart and DE, you will never EVER be able to do the 'character specific instances' simply on their own merit.
basically as many others are discovering and has colin has said, the game forces you to level up constantly to keep up with whatever level is required for the next stage in your storyline. now you might love to map a zone, but so many do not, and what really astounds me is that not only have Anet failed to allow people to 'do what they want' because, you simply CANNOT do the storyline on its own merit unless you do other things you may wish not to, but that the entire philosophy of the game is counter productive. lets examine...
Levels dont matter, yet, a level 6 cannot do a level 11 quest unless i level up. levelling up requires me grinding things i may not want to do until later on in my mmo experience of the game. so that right there was a lie 100%.
The other thing which makes me laugh is the apparent near limitless amount of 'outcomes'. but as is already clear, the instanced storyline path lets you choose one or the other, just like in gw1 BUT by and large you're on a rollercoaster that occasionally allows you to change paths. what is the real con job, is that most if not all mmorpgs makes the player feel like they're important through choices or different dialect that is spoken to them etc.
why is it a con? you get 5 character slots. i read a while ago someone was willing to spend $1600 just so they could cover ALL the character choices available. character choices which really make f'all differences.
see, what people fail to realise, is that even with a single player game like Skyrim, Mass Effect etc, simply starting a 'new game' allows you to do an entirely new experience. create another save file and boom, you're done.
but they've tied it into the slots. if you're the type to believe this game truly gives you world changes based on your 'instanced' storylines, which obviously will not carry into the persistant zones and only stay relative in 'instanced areas', then Anet stand to gain a substational amount of cash from those people.
WoW has phasing, the ability to change your ENTIRE perspective on certain characters, parts of the world and they stay that way forever. if you killed a monster as part of their phased quest system, it stays dead forever. this lasts for your entire WoW experience.
Since GW2 controls every aspect of your gaming experience by claiming theres 'choices that make big differences' in the world, well, its a lie. pure and simple. more clever PR but thats all it is.
and for anyone crying i brought up Skyrim, since the storyline is instanced, since it doesnt NEED players, and is essentially a 'single player' tacted into a multiplayer, then its fair to compare it to other 'single player' rpgs out there that just wipe the floor with it.
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I'm not a t-shirt person. At all. Items with logos and images and text must be incredibly awesome for me to even consider rocking them.
Imagine my delight when Urban Mosaics offered me up a couple of their shirts to try and I didn't like them: I LOVED THEM!
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My second Urban Mosaics Shirt I've been rocking non-stop as my go-to layer for being active outside. (And you may have also seen it in my True&Co Video from last week!) Black. Gold. NATURAL.
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Staff at Gutterridge Harley-Davidson in Tilton, Ill., and members of the Tilton EMS and Medix have been awarded Heart of the Community awards from Provena Regional EMS for saving a man's life after he collapsed on the dealership lot Sept. 8.
"One of our employees, Larry David, came in and said that there was a man lying in the parking lot," Roger Gutterridge told the Danville Commercial News. "I ran back into the parking lot with Larry and found Mr. [ William] Maag laying face down. I could tell he was not breathing and his lips were blue. Then when I touched him to check for a pulse, he was ice cold."
He and his father, Michael Gutterridge, rolled Maag onto his back and began administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Within seven minutes of the call to 911, members of the Tilton EMS were on the scene and administered a shock to Maag with a defibrillator.
Maag was in the hospital from Sept. 8 until Oct. 19, having suffered a stroke and a heart attack.
Wife Julie Maag says she is thankful for the Gutterridge employees and for Tilton EMS.
"They are just so awesome," she says. "There is no way we can ever repay them."
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Horus the Elder
Horus the Elder
Often imitated but never duplicated, Horus the Elder was Big Bird long before Sesame Street. But instead of a tall yellow bird with an invisible buddy, he was a giant hawk as big as the entire sky, with the sun and moon for eyes. When the sun and moon were given to other gods who came along, Horus was made second son of the sun-god, Ra. Horus's brother and sister, Osiris and Isis, named their son Horus the Younger after him, and a bunch of other protector gods started calling themselves Horus, too. Apparently lots of gods in Egypt wanted to be the hawk-headed tough guy who kicks evil's butt and keeps everything in order.
Basic Information
|Horus the Elder (Haroeris)
|Powerful One, Greatly Speckled Hawk, The Boss, Great God of the Winged Disk, Hawkman
|Current city
Work & Education
|Soldier, fighter, protector
|On the battlefield
|Political views
|Kill 'em all, and let me sort 'em out.
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
|Nut (Mom), Geb (Dad), Ra (Stepdad)
|My older brother Osiris; my younger brother and twin Seth; my little sister Isis; and my little sister Nephthys.
|Ihy (with my smoking hot wife Hathor)
|Anubis, Seth, Thoth, the four divisions of Pharaoh's army
|Apophis, the giant serpent of chaos. Oh, and all evildoers everywhere.
|Relationship status
|Married to Hathor. I'm the luckiest god in the world.
|Interested in
|My wife (and I'm not just saying that)
|"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."
– Jimmy Carter
"No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough."
– Ernest Hemingway
"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
– J.R.R. Tolkien
"There goes my hero / watch him as he goes."
– The Foo Fighters, "My Hero"
"Bird of prey
flying high
in the summer sky
bird of prey
flying high
gently pass on by"
– Jim Morrison
|The Art of War by Sun Tzu (I'd say I wrote the book, but actually, a Chinese guy did.)
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Cannon to the left of them, Horus to the right of them… What? That's not how it goes?)
Dune by Frank Herbert (Ruling the universe is a thankless job. Godlike powers make it a little easier to handle.)
Gun: A Visual History by DK Publishing (We didn't have these back in Egypt, but if someone had invented them for us, I would've used them all.)
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. (Sonnet 43)" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (I love reading this to my wife. Don't you dare laugh. Tough gods can be cuddly.)
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of fun, but you need to know how to hold on to it. This guy understands that power, violence, and morals don't always get along.)
Qadesh 1300BC: Clash of the Warrior Kings (Osprey Military Campaign Series) by Mark Healy (I never get tired of hearing about the greatest battle of Egypt's history. Even if Ramses II didn't really win, and asked Amun-Ra for help instead of me, it was a great fight.)
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (War is hell. Take it from someone who was there.)
Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) by Craig Luebben (Need a hobby? Do something that's good for your body and your mind. I like mountains.)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Some people take the challenge thing just a little bit too far. It's all in fun, until someone loses their head.)
|Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones (If you're going to fight, you may as well make it catchy.)
Fight the Power by Public Enemy (It's always right to fight what's wrong.)
Iron Man by Black Sabbath (I dare you to listen to this without singing along to the guitar line as well as the words.)
Mortal Combat Theme (Remix) by KMFDM
Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones (I really like these guys and their guitars.)
Swords in the Wind by Manowar (Yeah, it's about the Norse gods, but it's still a great song. Sons of Odin fight to die and live again!)
We are the Champions by Queen (Stomp your feet and march to victory!)
Wherever I May Roam by Metallica (I get restless. It's good to have heavy metal on your wanderings.)
|300 (Too bad these guys weren't Egyptian.)
Live Free or Die Hard (Now this is a cop.)
Conan the Barbarian (I know there's a newer version. I liked this one better.)
Gladiator (What we do in life, echoes in eternity.)
Green Lantern (No evil ever escapes my sight. Then again, the Eyes of Horus are probably more powerful than Hal's ring.)
Iron Man (Red and gold, two of my favorite colors. Nice choice, Tony.)
All the James Bond movies (The name's Horus. Elder Horus.)
|TV Shows
|24 (Jack Bauer is my hero.)
American Chopper (When I'm not flying in my hawk form, I'm riding.)
Band of Brothers (Heroes aren't born. They're made.)
Activities & Interests
|Avenging wrongs
Being a hero
My gorgeous wife
|Contact sports
Forging weaponry
Mixed martial arts
Playing World of Warcraft
Formula 1 Racing (so much faster than my chariot!)
Ironworking and Blacksmiths
Military history
|Ancient Egyptian Gods
Lord Horus
The Gods of War


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|Interference Mitigation for Body Area Networks
|September 12, 2011
|Due to ultra-low power communication, BAN is most likely a victim system. Interference from other BANs or other coexisting wireless communication systems may be significant. Power control is usually inefficient and may even cause more interference in an environment with a high interference level. To relieve impacts of high level interference, interference mitigation is chosen to not only preserve link quality but also to allow more active users simultaneously. This paper proposes interference mitigation schemes for link adaption, such as adaptive modulation as adaptive data rate and duty cycle, to mitigate the interference level. Interference Mitigation Factor (IMF) is introduced to quantify the effectiveness of the mitigation schemes.
|22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2011
|pp. 2203 - 2207
|Toronto, -1
|September 11-14, 2011
|Interference mitigation, Body area networks, Link adaption, Interference mitigation factor
|Research Areas:
|Health IT, Information Technology, Networking
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When called out, refuses any adjustment or refund and hides behind their "contract". Lists some bogus "business licence" number that is not on file with the State of Nevada.
Refuses to cancel the reservation without a 25% cancellation fee with the balance only kept as an in-house credit. These people are the epitome of rip-off travel scammers.
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AUTHOR: Paul Sheldon, Contracts Manager, Co - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, April 23, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
CHS is not affiliated with any convention, trade show, or trade organization, and we are not the official travel agency of any event. We do note that sometimes there are internal assumptions made by customers which CHS is not even aware of at the time. We are not the show, but we are an excellent, low-cost and flexible alternative to the show, and proud of it, as our thousands of satisfied and repeat customers reaffirm every day.
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The processing fee referenced above actually includes as its major component tax-recovery and other service fees imposed by the hotel, which are identified as such in our contract.
Our business license number is hardly bogus, but is the business license number for the City of Henderson, Nevada. We are a corporation registered with the State of Nevada, but the state issues a business identification number, not a business license number.
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*By Julie Zeilinger
Despite widespread satisfaction over the fact that women now constitute close to 50% of students in medical and law schools, it seems that the glass ceiling is still firmly in tact in the business realm; women currently constitute only 36.3% of students in MBA programs. What's worse is that this statistic may point to a more serious cultural problem of "gender fatigue," or the desire to ignore gender-based inequities despite pressing evidence that gender imbalances still exist.
The solution? Elisabeth K. Kelan of King's College London and Rachel Dunkely Jones, a freelance researcher, both find fault not with the effort of business schools to encourage female applicants, but rather the fundamental, male-favoring model of these institutions. There is also the frustrating tendency of the students to ignore the problem of gender inequity, despite recognizing that it is both prevalent and regrettable. In interviews, students admitted that business schools tended to favor a traditionally male approach to leadership and decision-making/risk-taking, and sexism was prevalent academically and socially, yet they did not consider the problem serious enough to fully address or act on.
It seems that male business students ignore gender because they equate silence with showing acceptance and tolerance. Female students may ignore sexism out of the belief that hard work and determination will be enough for them to accomplish their goals. For these female students, ignorance may be bliss for now, but they will in fact have to address the problem eventually. After all, only 3% of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are women. Such denial, or "gender fatigue," lets sexism and gender imbalance off the hook despite compelling evidence of their existence.
The researchers suggest that to combat this issue, schools should make every "course a gender-aware course...Business students would then not think about gender as a special issue and be tempted to disregard it, learning rather that working with gender diversity is part of what it means to do business...so that gender diversity and inclusion are not optional extras, but rather are seen as central to all business processes." Researchers also point to a progressive model, hoping that schools will teach their students the ability to "play the masculine game of business in ways that subtly change the rules." Hopefully the business realm will realize that gender inclusion is not only worth talking about, but a factor that could change the business environment for the better.
*Julie Zeilinger, current Communications intern with the National Council for Research on Women, is the founder and editor of The FBomb, a blog and community for teenage feminists. She is a senior at the Hawken School in Cleveland, Ohio.
I am happy to report that some schools ARE changing the way they address gender fatigue - they include managing diversity as part of the curriculum. I am in fact running two tutorials at Oxford this summer as part of Georgetown's Graduate Program in International Management: Gender Equality (public policy focus) and Managing Diversity (business focus). Both tutorials include men and women which is recognition of the importance of the subject for all business people - men and women alike - in order to build better, more sustainable businesses.
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by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot Part 2, Chapter 6 Summary
- Lebedev sets Myshkin up in the guest room of his dacha, and then proceeds to annoy the heck out of him by not letting anyone come visit and by hovering around constantly asking if Myshkin needs anything.
- Myshkin calls him out on it, finally, and Lebedev stops. He does tell Myshkin that Rogozhin has been calling to check up on his health, and that Nastasya wants to have a secret meeting with him. You know what, guys? Maybe this Lebedev character isn't the best person to be setting up secret meetings with, what with the shifty dodginess. We're just saying.
- So anyway, in the meantime, here comes Ganya and his sister Varya with her new husband, Ptitsyn.
- And at the same moment, Kolya leads in Mrs. Epanchin and her daughters.
- Mrs. Epanchin is sort of bummed that Myshkin is looking fine and dandy and not like he's one foot in the grave. They give her some grief about it.
- She then complains that Lebedev and General Ivolgin are kind of gross and probably drunk. Which? Yeah, good call.
- Aglaya asks Lebedev to come by sometime and interpret the Apocalypse for her. This is apparently his hobby or something. He is totally psyched and promises to do it ASAP.
- After everyone is done fussing and after General Ivolgin is shamed into leaving the room with his son Ganya, Aglaya suddenly says that Ganya sure is looking great these days.
- This is awkward, but not as awkward as the next thing…
- …as Kolya and the Epanchins, who are all still BFF, start joking around about "the poor knight," which is something the family has apparently taken from Don Quixote and made into an inside joke. The sense we get is that this is a nickname for Myshkin, but it's never made clear.
- In any case, Aglaya explains that "the poor knight" is a character from one of Alexander Pushkin's poems. (Okay, brain snack time: Pushkin was THE poet in Russia. Basically, think Shakespeare-level, but in Russian and in the 18th century.)
- Aglaya goes on to say that what makes "the poor knight" so special is that he is fully committed to one ideal—so much so that he devotes his life to it. (Which, you know, could be said about Myshkin, with his pitying love for Nastasya.) Aglaya says that at first she totally didn't get it, but now she does—and that she loves and really respects "the poor knight" and his life choices. Awww.
- She then offers to recite the poem.


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Limerick Mayor supports license law changesSaturday 06 March 2010 23.18
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Kevin Kiely said his immediate concern was to ensure that pubs and restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol this coming Good Friday.
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Folonari Fruttato Rosso (Fruity Red Blend)
Producer: Folonari
Description: Dry Red
Vintages Available: 2010, 2012
Country, Region: Italy, Veneto & Trentino
Appellation: IGT
Quality Level: Value
This fruity red blend is made from Corvina and Merlot, this wine conveys a unique impression of fruity wholesomeness. It should always be served slightly chilled, especially in summer, when it will represent an enticing, new alternative to white wines and other light alcoholic beverages. Very easy drinking, it should be consumed while still young.
The fame of Folonari is due to its exceptional skill in selecting vineyards and grapes for producing wines of consistent quality and guaranteed authenticity. Its Pinot Grigio, Soave, Chardonnay and Merlot are distributed throughout the world.
The grapes are harvested from selected parcels of recently planned and planted vineyards in the Veneto and Trentino regions; the vines are trained largely by the Guyot system and partly by the "pergola trentina" system. Modern clones and stocks were carefully selected to optimize yields in relation to the microclimatic conditions of the area and consequently to the desired organoleptic characteristics of the wine.
The grapes are picked towards the end of September by the most up-to-date methods of mechanical harvesting combined with traditional vintaging by hand, the different grapes are vinified separately.
Lively, medium cherry colour. Soft, enticing and modern bouquet of blackberries and raspberries. The flavour is refreshingly and delicately fruity with hints of fruits of the forest in the aftertaste.
11.5% alcohol, 4.1 gr/l residual sugar, pH 3.31 , 5.9 gr/l total acidity.
This wine will accompany well all sorts of light dishes: pasta with light sauce, cold meats, young cheeses, risotto, soups and even steamed or grilled fish. Perfect for pizza, picnics and braais.
Serving temperature: 10-12°C.
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MUMBAI: KSK Energy Ventures has raised Rs 415 crore through a pre-IPO placement with a group of investors including Macquarie Bank, IDFC, Axis Bank, Tree Line Asia Master Fund and GE Capital.
They subscribed to 1.73 crore shares of the company at a price of Rs 240 per share. KSK Energy Ventures is the Indian subsidiary of Lehman Brothers-backed KSK Power Venture having interests in multiple power plants across India.


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