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Aids Became A Controversial Article
It was in the early 1971 when aids became a prevalence disease in some regions of the USA like Los Angeles, it immediately spread to all other American regions and even through out the continent.
Africa suffered this disease a lot and the existence of this hierarchy was later noted though Rakai (a district in Uganda) was earlier known as slim disease where the most of many young aged people complained about the loss of weight and finally to the possibility of death .
In the 1990s the situation had developed from grim to gloomy and the protection of this tragic event became a controversial article on the different people with variety culture.
Islam, the religion of peace, mercy and prosperity encourages it's people to avoid any action that could lead what we call fornication or sexual intercourse, on the other hand if you see the other people (Christians and Jewish) believe the more question you answer YES the more at risk you are
1: have you had more than one partner in last year?
2: is there a chance that your partner is unfaithful to you?
3: do you have sex with sex workers (prostitutes)?
4: do you neglect to use condoms in sexual encounters with unfamiliar partner?
What is written above is a grisly manner and a harrowing action to Islamic religion , if we anticipate the statistics carried out WHO we see that Islamic people are at vary low risk on HIV/AIDS ,the statistics shows the only prevention to this disease is to stop what Allah had forbidden in his holly Koran.
The questions written above are verifying that the western countries are not on the way to stop this unseen and an unprecedented disease HIV/AIDS rather to develop for what they called an anxiety of the world's rapid increase.
Asia which has the words largest people in which most of them live in CHINA and INDIA suffered the disease a lot and it was only first recognizes in 1985 in Thailand and with in five years 50,000 infected people have been reported.
My people let me remind you those highways with truck drivers and roadside night stops are playing a significant role in the spread of this tragic disease in our newly growing country Somaliland.
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With the vision that Nokia has on its side as its devices arm is purchased by Microsoft, its no wonder that the first priority of many early adopter device and technology fans are pouring over the smartphone makers' conceptual works. What's appeared today is a product that you may - if you're a big Nokia fan - have seen before, straight from Nokia Research. This is the smartwatch device known as the Nokia Morph.
As with most concept designs as visually spectacular as this transparent piece of green glass is, there's no real solid final hardware in place. Nor is there word of software onboard. Instead you're getting a collection of images that simply speak to the call: "wouldn't this be amazing?"
The same sheet of images this concept image was re-discovered on shows devices that - by and large - have actually ended up becoming real products. Charging pads for Lumia smartphones, the Lumia 1020, camera covers for high-powered camera phones - so why wouldn't it be realistic to expect that this addition to the sketch pile be a real vision for the future?
There's always the chatter about Microsoft creating a smartwatch - why not? Everyone else is doing it - Sony, Samsung, and maybe even Apple.
Meanwhile Nokia has been bringing on some rather interesting accessories for their products as late - it wont be long before Windows Phone works with Wi-fi connected physical buttons for smartphones and easy transmittance to and from 3rd party devices (watches, in this case) - especially if Apple and Google start the part off right. Stick around and see - just because Marko Ahtisaari is heading out, it doesn't mean we should expect Nokia innovation to stop.
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MARIETTA - Children of all ages stepped back through history on Saturday for the Kid's Archaeology Day at Campus Martius Museum.
"We've held events in the past similar to this, but this is the first year specifically for kids with hands-on programs," said Glenna Hoff with the museum.
Hoff said the museum had hoped for about 100 people, but had seen about 150 people in the first hour-and-a-half of the day.
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Abby Cullins, 9, of Dresden, Ohio, concentrates on flintknapping during the Kid's Archaeology Day at Campus Martius Museum in Marietta Saturday.
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Cole Danron, 4, of Marietta, uses a spin drill to create a hole in a piece of wood on Saturday during the Kid's Archaeology Day at Campus Martius Museum in Marietta.
"The event wasn't supposed to start until 10 a.m., but when we opened at 9:30, there was a heard of people waiting," she said. "I guess it goes to show that no matter how old you are, digging around in the dirt and finding things while learning about them is just fun."
Bill Pickard, assistant curator and collections specialist with the Ohio Historical Society, said he liked the idea of gearing historical and archaeological events to children.
"Kids don't get a good handle on pre-history or history, but being involved in something like this event gives them the appreciation that something happened in the world before now," he said.
During Saturday's event, children learned how to make arrowheads and spear points from flintknappers as well as how to tell the difference between an artifact and weathered rock with the help of the Marietta College Geology Department.
"This event is really cool," said Diana Bennett, a senior geology student from the college. "I'm getting the chance to show kids fossils and tell them why it is so cool."
Pickard also gave an informative lecture called "CSI: Ice Age," where he tied the popular crime show with paleontology.
"Even when you find an arrowhead, each piece has a story," he said. "That is what I hope the kids take away from my presentation; that everything you find has a story and we can find it."
Archaeologist Chris Euler came with his family from Athens for the event.
"My son Ronan, 5, likes archaeology and this gives him a chance to not only learn about it, but even dig for dinosaurs," Euler said.
Museum volunteer Sue Beaver said she enjoyed the busy event.
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I was looking thru some cookie recipes and found a chocolate chipe cookie that has 1 cup of cornstarch in it. The recipe sounds interesting, but I was wondering why so much cornstarch.
Thanks for any insite to my question.
The only insight I have is that it must be taking the place of flour. Without seeing all the ingredients it is next to impossible to make an intelligent guess, or even a dumb one... which is more up my alley..
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Someone posted a recipe on here that also called for cornstarch. But only a spoonful, if I remember right. It was said (and T&T) to make the cookies softer and "fluffier". Why your recipe calls for so much, I have no clue. Does it replace the flour?
Here's the recipe:
Famous Cookies
1/2lb butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups Bisquick
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup non fat milk powder
2 TBS coffee powder
1TBS cocoa
1 TBS vanilla
1 pkg chocolate chips
4 oz chopped peacons
Beat butter till fluffy, add sugars and eggs, then rest, except for chips and nuts. Stir them in. Bake grape size pieces in 350 oven for 14 minutes.
That's the recipe.
It is an interesting recipe,I have to agree. Cornstarch is used to make it lighter. I don't know,why so much. I never have made a cookie with Bisquick. I hope somebody will try it. I will try it later,but I am busy at the moment making plum cakes and a plum pie.
Kathy,thank you for posting the recipe.
The only cookie recipe I ever saw that has corn starch in place of some flour is the Heavenly Shortbread recipe that was on the Canada Corn Starch box in the early 1900's. It is the lightest airiest short bread I have ever eaten. I wouldn't think of using any other recipe. Try it and see if it isn't lighter.
Sorry this is only a guess but it is what I know about the subject since I am not a baker person.
Here you go aubie2, enjoy! I also sent you a personal message.
This recipe was posted here on the bb a long time ago.
I use my Cuisinart to mix them because it is a stiff dough but as soft as a baby's bottom when mixed.
My sister does them in her KitchenAid mixer all the time.
"Heavenly Shortbread"
1/2 cup corn starch1/2 cup powdered sugar1 cup flour3/4 cup butter, softenedSift together the dry ingredients. With a wooden spoon blend in butter until soft, smooth dough forms (I used my Kitchen Aid for this and it worked well). Shape into 1 inch balls. If dough is too soft to work with cover and refrigerate for 30-60 min. Place 1 ½ inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet, flatten lightly with a fork, bake in 300° F for 15-20 min on until lightly brown.You can also roll out the dough to ¼ inch thick and cut out cookies.
*I press mine into little cookie moulds I got at Wal Mart at Christmas time. You can dip these into chocolate too but I like them as is.
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I love baking and am very interested in the science behind baking. From what I have read, cornstarch does not have gluten. Also, using the right blend of corn starch and flour produces a softer shortbread cookie than when using flour alone.
The following is a recipe we have used for years, I may even gotten from here.The amount of cornstarch amazed me, so I made them and they are wonderful.They will melt in your mouth.
High Tea Lemon Cookies
2 cups buttter, room temp
2/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cornstarch(yes, this correct)
Lemon Frosting---
1/3 cup butter, room temp
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/3 cup lemon juice
4 cups confectioner's sugar
Preheat oven 350.
Beat butter until creamy, add confectioner's sugar, cream until light and fluffy.
Add lemon juice and zest.
Add flour and cornstarch and beat until well blended
Roll or scoop into 1" balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.(I line my cookie sheets with foil)
Bake 15 minutes or until bottoms are light brown, let cool, the frost with lwmon icing.
I forgot to finish, frost each cookie and enjoy.
God Bless,
Cornstarch, or corn flour as it is sometimes called, is FLOUR. So when the cookie recipe calls for this, it is in place of wheat flour that is normally used. Cornstarch, when used as a flour replacement, produces very light, delicate cookies that literally melt in your mouth.
WOW! Thanks for everyones help. I saw the other post that someone else had started. I'm going to give the cookies a try, now that I know it's not a typeo.
Thanks. Kathy
Very interesting thanks for asking I learned something new today.
The Shortbread Cookies are sooooo good!
Will have to try the other two. Any lemon cookie with that much butter in it must be delicious!
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Five Takeaways From Google's Earnings
Google third-quarter earnings dropped early today, in the middle of trading, and the stock came crashing down nearly 10%.
Google's profits fell 20% as total costs jumped and advertising prices continued to fall. It seems like Google's problems could also be Facebook and Zynga: More people are shifting to mobile, driving the price of advertisements down from where they were in the desktop era. Facebook's stock is down 4%, while Zynga has fallen 2%.
Here are some of the highlights from Google's earnings:
- The biggest miss appears to have been from Motorola. Revenue at Motorola was $2.58 billion, with $1.78 billion coming from the mobile segment. Analysts were expecting $2.94 billion from Motorola, according to FactSet. Google closed its $12.5 billion purchase for cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings in May.
- Google still missed across the board. Google brought $11.33 billion in net revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs, versus $11.86 billion analyst expectations according to FactSet. Analyst estimates were for an EPS of $10.65, versus Google's reported $9.03 per share, excluding stock-based compensation and other items.
- Google's advertising cost per click is falling. This could be attributable to the overwhelming shift to mobile devices, which is also affecting companies like Facebook and Zynga. The average cost that advertisers paid Google per click fell 15% from a year earlier, and fell 3% from the prior quarter. Google generally pulls in less revenue from the ads it places on mobile devices than it does from traditional desktops.
- Google says it wasn't planning an early release, which sent the stock cratering. Google issued a statement blaming R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., the company that prints its financial documents, for the early release.
- Google is giving up a huge chunk of its gains for the past several weeks. In the past three months, the stock had been on a run up more than 20%. It's lost about 10% of its value today.
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In This Issue:
- Celebrate new faculty books on May 2nd
- Local Learning Support Pilot Program Launches This Fall
- Web Services prepares to revamp the College's website
- Materials from Women's History in the Digital World Conference now available in Digital Repository
- Bi-Co OneCard goes live June 3rd
- Bon Voyage Janet!
- TLI's Empowering Learners Partnerships Celebrate a Rewarding Semester
- Email focus groups and faster wireless
- Cutting-edge library equipment added to Canaday and Carpenter
- CIO Search Progresses
- Even Better Access to Art and Artifacts Collection
Celebrate New Faculty Books on May 2nd
The Friends of the Library and Bryn Mawr College Bookshop invite you to hear a few words from faculty members about their recently published books on Thursday, May 2nd at 4:30pm in the Special Collections Seminar Room. For more information see the IS Blog and Pinterest!
Local Learning Support Pilot Program Launches This Fall
During this two-year program, IS staff members will work within College departments to support staff who are learning new and emerging technologies. IS staff will teach skills leading to technological confidence and self sufficiency, and will help the larger staff education program get a clear understanding of how best to support staff going forward. Department participation is voluntary and limited to five departments each semester.
Web Services Prepares to Revamp the College's Website
Much like remodeling a house, revamping a website requires a lot of preparation. We're cleaning up stylesheets and blog themes, and working with Communications, the Dean's Office, Alumnae, Resources, and our design firm, iFactory, to figure out how we'll be rearranging things and what the design will look like. As of this writing, we're working on site maps, and then we'll move on to things like wireframes– these serve as the blueprints for our site.
Materials from Women's History in the Digital World Conference Now Available in Digital Repository
Conference organizers are gathering speaking notes, slides, links to project and social media pages and other supplementary materials to make them available to all via the conference website. For the many who were not able to attend in person, this resource will provide an opportunity to engage with the work and see the variety of research endeavors that are currently underway in the field of women's history. The site aims to sustain the conversations that emerged at the conference, as well as foster new dialogues with a wider participatory base than those who were able to convene in March. Visit the Educating Women blog for more information.
Bi-Co OneCard Goes Live June 3rd
OneCard holders will soon be able to use their cards to pay anywhere transactions take place, on either campus! This major development is expected to be a great improvement in user-friendliness and convenience for Bi-Co community members. Manage your card online: http://www.brynmawr.edu/onecard/
Bon Voyage Janet!
Janet Scannell will be leaving the College in early May to become the Chief Technology Officer at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. This is an incredible opportunity for Janet, whom many of you know from our PeopleSoft implementation more than ten years ago, as Director of Computing, and as the person currently leading our SEADS initiatives with Haverford. Thanks, Janet, you will be missed!
TLI's Empowering Learners Partnerships Celebrate a Rewarding Semester
The TLI's Empowering Learners Partnerships Program, a program which facilitates the pairing of staff/faculty and students in reciprocal learning partnerships, had a great semester with both new and returning participants. This semester, fifteen staff and faculty members were paired with students to exchange skills–foreign languages, cooking, photography, swimming, and jazz appreciation to name a few–and to foster new relationships. These partnerships are recognized each spring at the Empowering Learners Partnerships final celebration.
Email Focus Groups and Faster Wireless
Our Systems team is preparing for summer projects related to SEADS, improvement of wireless signal, upgrades to Zimbra Communication Center, and other work that will help systems around campus perform faster and better. In cooperation with Support Services and the Research Support and Educational Technology Group, Systems will also be planning focus groups in the Fall to study the community's collaboration and email software needs.
Cutting-edge Library Equipment Added to Canaday and Carpenter
It just got easier to digitize analog materials from the College's rich collections! Canaday has a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner featuring built-in Optical Character Recognition, one-click printing and PDF creation, and spot editing, cropping and redacting. Coming soon to Carpenter, the Zeta scanner (pictured) allows easy scanning of historical books, magazines, files, ring binders, or anything else unwieldy. Print, email, save for download or transfer your files to a thumb drive.
CIO Search Progresses
The College continues to move ahead with a search fora new Chief Information Officer. "The CIO search is going well. There is a strong pool of candidates and a lot of interest in the position", says Kim Cassidy, Provost and Chair of the search committee.
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I need to explain this a bit:
I am following an 18 week trainig scheme for the Utrecht Jaarbeurs Marathon 2012 on April, 9th 2012 (http://www.jaarbeursutrechtmarathon.nl/). This is a 55mi schedule based on Pfizinger's schemes
After the marathon I have a 10k on April 22 (http://www.spierenvoorspierencityrun.nl/) and 13 days between both races to train.
I plan to end the season after the 10K race and take 2 full months of rest.
I would like some suggestions on what type of training to fill in these weeks:
What would be better? VO2max intervals ? Strides ? 10k time trials ? And if so, how many ?
Thank you very much for your suggestions !!!
The adventures of an expat running in the Nederlands
To be clear: you are running a marathon and two weeks later a 10k?
If so, you're thinking should be around recovery not training.
I guess you'll want to toe that 10k line fresh and ready, not even more wiped out.
You'll not know the effect your marathon will have on you until after it is run. How you and your body feels should influence the running you do between the two races.
I'd certainly train cautiously during that period; VO2max and other high intensity training will have little or no benefit in that small time-frame, but it could have very negative effects.
I would take it easy for a few days after the marathon, as your body dictates, and then with the few days left some active recovey: easy runs, maybe a few strides. Nothing too much, just keep the body ticking over. Take it easy with the stretching too, short duration (no more than 15 seconds per stretch) and low extension; those muscles are going to be damaged after the marathon.
You might not have considered the huge benefits to be made from some mental training too; many people don't.
So, take it easy, emphasis is on starting the 10k in a well-rested, fresh condition — and good luck and enjoy the rest after!
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Bank of America: Goodbye Buffett Premium, Hello Krawcheck Defenestration Premium
Bank of America's Warren Buffett Premium lasted all of seven days. How long will the Krawcheck Defenestration Premium last?
BofA shares are up 3% before the opening bell to $7.19 on news that the bank had shuffled the chairs on its highest deck, including chucking Sallie Krawcheck and consumer banking chief Joe Price over the side.
Update: The premium is even higher now, with BofA shares up 6% to $7.43.
The stock may simply be bouncing this morning because everything else in the market is, rather than because of these management changes, which will probably not turn this ship around in a hurry, if at all.
Morningstar analysts are skeptical:
In our view,the move is initially likely to be viewed negatively for several reasons.
First, management transitions are always difficult, and Bank of America already has a lot on its plate.
Second, the replacement of two high-level executives may confirm suspicions that the bank was not being managed optimally over the past year.
Third, the announcement does not directly address the largest issue facing Bank of America–and that is the growing chorus of lawsuits naming it as a defendant.
Other analysts are happier with the move; the word "streamline" is in heavy rotation. The stock is siding with them, for the moment. Still, few are willing to suggest it will make a huge difference in the near-term outlook for the bank.
Wells Fargo Securities analysts write:
We appreciate BAC's desire to bring a new perspective to the role given Darnell's solid executive track record; we think it's premature to expect a near-term turnaround in the profitability of BAC's consumer businesses.


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Frontier Days planned
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Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014
A lot is happening in Buffalo Gap these days. That may not have always been the case, but thanks to a couple of local nonprofit organizations — Windcross Conservancy and the Buffalo Gap Area Community Center — things are changing. The organizations are co-hosting a fundraising event, Buffalo Gap Frontier Days, to continue the beautification and revitalization of Buffalo Gap.
Frontier Days will take place Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 22. A number of activities are planned for kids and adults alike. Lucia Roda, president of Windcross Conservancy, said they want the event to be a "family fun event. We want parents to know their kids will have fun and be safe. And we wanted to provide something for the big kids, too."
The activities and events lineup includes something for everyone. A bluegrass concert on Friday night by the Beaver Creek band will kick everything off, followed by a square dance. A stick-horse rodeo (the kids participating will create their own stick-horses) and a 5k/2k Fun Run/Walk will take place on Saturday, as well as a wine-tasting sponsored by Woolly's Western Grill of Hot Springs "for the big kids" from noon to 4 p.m. in the garden of the historic schoolhouse building, which is where Windcross now makes its home.
A barn dance and beer garden are planned for Saturday night. In addition, there will be a weekend-long quilt show and a barbecue cook off on Sunday, followed by a rousing game of bingo. "Bring your daubers!" Roda said. Horses from Windcross will also be featured around town throughout the weekend.
The community center plans to use money raised to continue its Buffalo Gap restoration efforts. The center is considered an historic building and, in addition to numerous grants, it has recently received to "ensure the building continues to stand." Funds raised during Frontier Days will assist in continued building restoration efforts. Parts of Buffalo Gap are considered an "historic district," so monies will also be funneled into the restoration of the town, as well.
Roda said they hope to use some of the money raised to work on the old schoolhouse and rodeo grounds. She'd love to see the rodeo grounds up and running and available to the public.
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12 Days of Xbox Kicks Off - Discounts for All!
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This is it, folks. As if we weren't all skint enough already, Microsoft has kicked off its 12 days of Christams deals for Xbox. Each day over the holiday period the company will drastically reduce the price of a game, an add-ons or an avatar item.
Today's deal is a whopping 50% off of Supergiant Games' debut XBLA title Bastion. I'm a supergiant idiot because I've still not played it. For 50% off it's hard to find any more excuses, innit? Beware though, these deals last for one day and one day only. After that, it's on to the next deal.
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The schlotheimiid succession across the Hettangian-Sinemurian boundary (Lower Jurassic), Taseko Lakes map area, British Columbia, Canada
Paul L. SMITH & Howard W. TIPPER
The ammonite succession constituting the Canadensis Zone of North America is believed to span the Hettangian-Sinemurian boundary but correlation with the primary standard of northwest Europe has proved difficult because of endemism and strong Tethyan affinities. The geology and biostratigraphy of the Zones type area are being restudied and we present here the results of our work on the schlotheimiid succession. Five species are recognized with Angulaticeras westermanni described as new.
Four stratigraphic intervals are delineated based on the distribution of schlotheimiids: 1) The pre-Canadensis beds and the lowest part of the Canadensis Zone yield Angulaticeras cf. trapezoidale and, less commonly, A. marmoreum. 2) Angulaticeras marmoreum ranges upward and occurs alone in the lower part of the Canadensis Zone where it is relatively common. 3) After a brief interval with no schlotheimiids, most of the upper part of the Canadensis Zone is characterized by the occurrence of Angulaticeras westermanni on its own. 4) At the top of the Canadensis Zone and upwards into the post-Canadensis beds, Angulaticeras westermanni is joined by Angulaticeras pulchrum.
Schlotheimiids of the type Canadensis Zone do indeed appear to span the Hettangian-Sinemurian boundary. Schlotheimiid intervals 1 and 2 correlate with the Angulata Zone and intervals 3 and 4 with the Bucklandi Zone.
Key words: Ammonites, Schlotheimiidae, Lower Jurassic, Hettangian, Sinemurian, Canadensis Zone, Canada.
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The Andean Podagrosiceratinae include the genera Podagrosiceras MAUBEUGE & LAMBERT, Sphaerocoeloceras JAWORSKI and Westermanniceras nov. gen. The morphological trend places the Podagrosiceratinae origin in the Late Toarcian, minute ellipto-sphaeroconic Sphaerocoeloceras, with globose phragmocone, egressing and contracted body chamber and straight primary ribs, dividing into weak secondaries that are barely interrupted on mid venter. Troughout the Aalenian (Manflasensis to Malarguensis Zones) the Podagrosiceratinae, represented by Westermanniceras nov. gen., became progressively larger, more evolute and compressed with more prominent and flexuous ribbing. This trend reached its maximum in Podagrosiceras, Malarguensis Zone, a genus with sexual dimorphism, where macroconchs were even larger and more evolute, and where ribbing became progressively obsolete on the body chamber.This mode of evolution is interpreted as hypermorphosis, i.e. a form of peramorphosis or an expression of heterochronic processes probably related to K-selective pressures.
Key words: Jurassic, Toarcian, Aalenian, Bajocian, Ammonitina, heterochrony, Argentina
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Riccardiceras westermann, 1995, an almost pandemic genus, is common on the Aalenian/Bajocian boundary of the western Tethys, especially in the Mediterranean province, which includes the Betic Cordillera, where most of the studied specimens come from. All the Betic Riccardiceras pertain to four typical Mediterranean species: R. longalvum (vacek), R. telegdirothi (gÈczy), R. limatum (pompeckj) and R. westermanni n. sp. The genus Riccardiceras presents a well-marked dimorphism. The microconchs, formerly included by several authors in the microconchate genus Trilobiticeras buckman, 1919, have a diameter approximately seven times smaller than their corresponding macroconchs.
Morphology and the type of septal suture, together with the ontogenic development of microconchate forms, which are very similar to Otoitidae microconchs, justify the inclusion of Riccardiceras in the family Otoitidae, rather than in the families Erycitidae or Stephanoceratidae.
The analysis of the possible phylogenetic relationship shows that Riccardiceras evolved directly from the last Erycitidae, with which it has many affinities in ontogenic development, ornamentation, type of septal suture, etc. Riccardiceras can be considered a transitional form connecting the Erycitidae and the Otoitidae on the one hand, and the Otoitidae and the Stephanoceratidae, on the other. The more evolute Riccardiceras species evolved to the oldest Stephanoceratidae (Mollistephanus), whereas another species, via Docidoceras, gave rise to the more typical Otoitidae [E. (Emileia) (M) and E. (Otoites) (m)].
Key words: Ammonites, Riccardiceras, Tethys, Betic Cordillera, Lusitanian Basin, Middle Jurassic, Aalenian, Bajocian
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The study of ammonites of the Bajocian/Bathonian boundary from Serra de la Creu (Tivissa, province of Tarragona), a locality of the Catalan Basin, allows to recognize several bio- and chronostratigraphic units commonly missing in the Iberian Basin. The Parkinsoni Zone (Upper Bajocian) and the lowermost Zigzag Zone (Lower Bathonian) established for NW Europe areas can be identified in the Catalan and Iberian basins (Spain), although the ammonite fossil assemblages are composed by Submediterranean taxa.
Key words: Middle Jurassic, Ammonoids, taphonomy, biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography, Iberia.
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This paper describes a new collection of Middle Jurassic ammonites from the island of Babar in the southern Moluccas, Indonesia. Its main element is about a dozen specimens of the bioprovincially Austral sphaeroceratid genus Satoceras, S. satoi Westermann & Callomon, found in sufficient proximity in fresh outcrop to be regarded as isochronous, in contrast to the majority of older collections described in the classical literature found loose in stream-beds. The species characterizes therefore a distinct faunal horizon recognized also elsewhere on what were the northern shelf-seas of the Australian craton, on Sula and in western Irian Jaya (western New Guinea). Its relation to other Austral faunas and its position in the faunal succession now regionally recognized are briefly discussed.
Key words: Ammonites, Middle Jurassic, southern Moluccas, Indonesia, Austral bioprovincialism, Biostratigraphy.
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A new Oxfordian ammonite genus of the ?Perisphinctidae, Caracoliceras n. gen., is described from northern Chile. Four taxa could be recognized within the new genus: Caracoliceras dunkeri, C. cf. dunkeri, C. sp. A, and C. sp. B. The stratigraphic distribution of these endemic ammonites is restricted to the Lower Oxfordian and the ?lowermost Middle Oxfordian. In this time period, the new genus was a dominant faunal component of the Chilean ammonite assemblages. It is very likely that the new genus evolved from the youngest Andean reineckeids.
Key words: Jurassic, Oxfordian, Ammonoidea, Perisphinctidae, South America, Chile.
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In Recent Spirula the inner surface of the siphonal tube bears previously unknown tiny, less than 1 mm in diameter, crater-like structures called here "rosettes". They are located on the thin irregularly calcified lamellar layer which continues in the subsequent lamello-fibrillar septal neck. This layer lines the lace-like surface of the next thicker spherulitic-prismatic layer. The latter covers about 4/5 of the septal neck length. Anteriorly it is attached to the outer surface of the succeeding septal neck and coates 1/5 of its length. In decalcified shells the ridged and folded organic lamellae of the septal neck show criss-cross fibres on the outer surface and concentric fibres on the inner surface of the septal neck.
Up to now, four genera and five species of Pre-Tertiary spirulids, and a single Miocene species of Spirula have been described. In the palaeontological record of spirulids the Stephanian Shimanskya postremus (Mapes, 1976) is the most ancient form. It is followed by the Aptian Naefia kabanovi Doguzhaeva, 1996 and Adygeya adygensis Doguzhaeva, 1996, the Santonian-Maastrichtian Naefia neogaeia, Wetzel, 1930, the Maastrichtian Groenlandibelus rosenkrantzi (Birkelund, 1956) and the Miocene Spirula mizunamiensis Tomida & Itoigawa, 1981. Judging by the slowly expanding phragmocone with the separated egg-like protoconch and sheath structure, the Eocene Belemnosis possibly also belongs to spirulids.
The analysis of the available data on the siphonal tube in spirulids leads to the suggestion that the spirulid evolution was accompanied by strengthening of the siphonal tube and its attachment to the shell wall. This tendency is probably related to the necessity to withstand higher pressures, when colonizing deeper waters.
Key words: Spirula, extinct spirulids, siphonal tube ultrastructure, evolutionary morphology.
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The Septal Strength Index (SSI) of cephalopods with spherical septa was invented by G.E.G. WESTERMANN, 1972 and published the next year with data for 79 fossil septa; many of which were not exactly spherical. The index can be refined and tentatively extended to include the centrally fluted septa of Mesozoic ammonoids by dividing it by a term b-c based on membrane stress theory and the radii of curvature of representative septal surfaces in each sample of thickness (d) to minimum radius of curvature measurements (r). Thus the revised index SSI/b-c has the simple form (1000d/r)/(2-r/R) in synclastic surfaces with a larger radius of curvature R. Refinements can be made to increase the tensile strength assumed in smaller septa and to define Habitat Depth Limits (HDL) based on measured or average variances of the inverse stress index SSI/b-c. This is a conservative measure of the depths sometimes visited during an ontogeny reflected by shell abundances on slope facies. The maximum or Excursion Depth Limit (EDL) may be roughly defined as being a safety factor of 1.15; while the safety factor for the HDL has average values of 1.427 in anticlastic ammonoid septa and 1.429 in septa of other phragmocones. Depths in the range 50 to 100 m are deduced for Waulsortian reef cephalopod assemblages of Wenlockian age in Wisconsin and of Carboniferous age in the British Isles. Ordovician sea-levels varied by at least 415 m over South China. The largest Sinoceras individuals were able to pumb depths of about 630 m during the late Caradocian without encountering the anoxic ocean water postulated by some authorities.
Key words: Cephalopods, bathymetry, Palaeozoic, Jurassic, facies, implosion, septa.
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The Lower Triassic Crittenden Springs ammonoid fauna from Nevada is extremely diverse, with thirty-two species. Of the twenty-nine taxa represented in the Ohio University collection, fifteen show evidence of having color patterns or some kind of shell coloring in life.
There are three types of color patterns exhibited in the ammonoid fauna. These three types are as follows: 1) monochromatic (Preflorianites toulai, Arctoceras sp., Flemingites russelli), 2) transverse bands (Owenites koeneni, Paranannites aspensis, P. mulleri, Prosphingites slossi, Juvenites septentrionalis, and J. thermarum), and 3) longitudinal stripes (Dieneroceras knechti, D. spathi, D. subquadratum, Kashmirites sp., Wyomingites whiteanus, and Xenoceltites sp.). After the color pattern documentation, all the Crittenden Springs taxa were integrated into the WESTERMANN (1996) paleoecological ammonoid habitat model.
After integration, all of the ammonoid taxa having transverse color patterns (six taxa) clustered in the planktonic-vertical migrator habitat of the basin biofacies at depths of less than 450 meters. With one exception, all of the ammonoid taxa having longitudinal color bands (six taxa) clustered in the planktonic-drifter habitat of the inner slope and platform biofacies at depths of less than 125 meters. And, all three of the monochromatic taxa clustered in the nektonic and demersal-nektonic habitats of the inner slope and basin at depths no greater than 125 meters. The taxa without observed color patterns also clustered in these latter two habitats.
Thus, within our limited data set, the consistent distributions of species with and without color patterns provide independent support for the habitat divisions within the WESTERMANN Model. Also, the consistent similarities in coloring pattern distribution as compared to shell form and habitats indicate that type of color pattern and habitat are closely related paleobiological phenomena for Lower Triassic ammonoids.
Key words: Ammonoids, color patterns, habitat, Triassic, Nevada.
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Time-averaging and stratigraphic completeness combine with information inherent to fossil preservation and point to the availability of long- rather than short-term palaeoecology, especially in old-fossil assemblages as those bearing ammonites. On this assumption, traditional topics such as interpretations of ammonite biogeography should be revisited and focused on long-term processes, i.e. palaeobiogeographic tracts, which in turn cannot be used to identify migration. The conceptual grounds of these hypotheses are considered.
The composition of multispecies assemblies, and therefore those containing ammonites, can inform about long- rather than short-term ecological processes. Their stratigraphic context is keystone for understanding and therefore ecostratigraphic interpretations are considered of value to approach both dynamic paleobiology and basin analysis. To exemplify, the ecological scenario for the South Iberian paleomargin during the Late Jurassic is considered and then discussed the averaged composition of Lower Kimmeridgian macrofossil assemblages. Shared trends in composition of macrofossil assemblages gathered from separate areas are identified in terms of ecostratigraphic trends, which are interpreted to show signals of paleobiological responses (results) to long-term ecological processes. In addition, an ecostratigraphic event is identified through the record of a sharp and short-term variation in the composition of macrofossil assemblages, the interpretation of which shows its relation to processes of biogeographical significance. Underlying factors forcing ecostratigraphic events and trends are presented within the context of sequence stratigraphy.
Key words: Time-averaging, ecostratigraphy, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, ammonites, sedimentation, Upper Jurassic.
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The swimming potential of Late Cretaceous desmoceratine ammonites was analyzed experimentally. Resin casts were made of well-preserved specimens representing seven species of four genera [Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella), Tragodesmoceroides, Damesites, and Hauericeras] from Hokkaido (Japan) and Sakhalin (Russia). A model of a "living" ammonite was created by attaching an artificial body extension at the shell aperture of each cast. The drag force acting on each model was measured in a flow-tank over a range of water velocities from 0.03 to 0.48 m/s. In addition, flow patterns around the models were visualized and compared between species. Based on the relationship between drag coefficient and Reynolds number, power consumption was scaled to a range of sizes and swimming velocities for each specimen. Power consumption was compared between juvenile and adult shells of the same species. Our results show that the Cretaceous Desmoceratinae have similar hydrodynamic properties to other Mesozoic ammonites with low shell-thickness ratios. Modest differences in hydrodynamic efficiency were detected among the species examined consistent with modest differences in shell geometry. In every species, the adult or subadult shell is hydrodynamically more efficient at higher swimming velocities than the juvenile shell.
Key words: Ammonites, Cretaceous, Desmoceratinae, flow-tank, shell shape, swimming, power-scaling.
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Morphological measures (sepion maximum length, septal density, and width/length) as well as maximum, minimum, and mean depth measurements from trawling data are presented from a sample of Sepia, Sepiella, Metasepia and Hemisepius (Cephalopoda). Strong correlation exists between maximum and mean habitat depths; less robust correlations are apparent between various morphological attributes of the sepion and maximum depth. These data and interpretations presented suggest that evolution of various sepion morphologies has, at least in part, been selected for by hydrostatic pressure factors.
Key words: Sepiidae, morphology, bathymetry, evolution.
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The ammonoid crisis at the Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary (DCB) not only resulted in the extinction of ammonoid stocks but also in a paradigm shift of ammonoid morphotypes. During the late Famennian, below the DCB two ammonoid orders proliferated: the Clymeniida, with a dorsal siphuncle and mainly evolute and frequently ornamented conchs, and the Goniatitida, displaying an advanced involute smooth conch form. In the short "Stockum interval" immediately below the DCB, almost all prevalent stocks became extinct except for a few non-ornamented forms with evolute inner whorls. They gave rise after the DCB to smooth and ornamented Goniatitida with a triphasic mode of ontogenetic conch development and evolute ontogenetic growth stages, and to the new order Prolecanitida with discoidal evolute non-ornamented conchs. The fluctuation of ammonoid faunas in the critical interval around the DCB showed a rapid decline in diversity and a short low point with only one morphotype, and after the DCB a gradual diversification in several directions. The possible causes of this pattern are discussed.
Key words: Ammonoids, Devonian, Carboniferous, Devonian-Carboniferous boundary.
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Evolution of the Middle-Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous marine fauna in Eastern Russia and its mixed character were determined by changes in migration pattern with the Boreal, Tethyan and Pacific realms. In the Middle Jurassic it was closely linked with the Eastern Pacific which is especially characteristic for the Russian Far East. Two ambi-Pacific provinces were formed: Beringian Province in the Aalenian-Early Bajocian and North-Pacific in the Late Bajocian-Bathonian. Since the Late Bajocian the North-East of Russia was part of the Arctic Province or Subrealm. In the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous the Far East was an ecotone area at the boundary between Boreal and Tethyan realms. Benthic fauna belonged to the Boreal type throughout the interval considered.
Key words: Jurassic, Cretaceous, Ammonites, Bivalves, Paleobiogeography, Eastern Russia
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Definition of clapper rail in English:
clapper rail
A large greyish rail (bird) of American coastal marshes, which has a distinctive clattering rattle-like call.
- Rallus longirostris, family Rallidae.
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The Piano Lesson
by August Wilson
The Piano Lesson Theme of Race
The Piano Lesson, like all of the plays in August Wilson's ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, deals with issues of race. The goal of the cycle is to document the African-American experience in the twentieth century, decade by decade, and it does just that. The Piano Lesson is a snap shot of the black experience in 1930s America, the time of the Great Depression, and also highlights the effects of the Great Migration which brought so many blacks north to industrial cities like Pittsburgh in search of jobs. The play shows the differences in race relations in the North and the South at the time. Though it doesn't mention the racist Jim Crow laws directly, it does show that blacks were more fairly treated in the North. The Piano Lesson is a document of these momentous events in African-American history. Beyond that, it seems to ask the question: how black people make use of this history? How can this cultural heritage be built upon?
Questions About Race
- What does Boy Willie mean when he says that he lives at "the top of life" (2.5.52)?
- How have race relations changed from the time of slavery to the 1930s when the play is set?
- What differences do you see in each character's perspective on race relations?
- In what ways does The Piano Lesson show the law as being on the side of white people?
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Berniece draws on the strength of the African-American race when she plays the piano to banish Sutter's ghost.
Though Boy Willie accuses her of being pessimistic, Berniece's view of race relations is simply more pragmatic than her brother's.


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Qualifying, Relegation Ends
Tuesday, 05.18.2010 / 7:41 PM ET / World Championship
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For the United States, the Americans stayed away from being relegated as they came back to beat Italy 3-2 in a shootout. Italy had a 2-1 lead in the third before Ryan Potulny scored with 8:52 left in the game. The US went 3-0 (one shootout win in relegation play).
For those still competing for medals, it was one final day to get the seedings nailed down. Russia remained perfect with a 5-0 win over Finland. Dmitry Kulikov registered his first point of the tournament (assist) in the victory. Sweden, with Jacob Markstrom starting in net, shut out Switzerland 5-0. Markstrom stopped 28 shots for his third victory of the tournament. In the biggest battle of the last day, the Czech Republic topped Canada 3-2. Tomas Vokoun turned away 28 shots for his fourth victory. The Czechs finished third in Group play while Canada finished fourth and will have to face Russia in the quarterfinals.
UNITED STATES 3 - Italy 2 (SO)
COLOGNE – It was one of those bittersweet moments for the United States at the IIHF World Championship on Tuesday.
T.J. Oshie scored on a wrist shot in a sudden-death shootout to give the United States a 3-2 win over Italy at the 2010 Worlds. Oshie was the seventh shooter for the Americans and he took all three shots in sudden death for the USA.
The point the USA gained when the buzzer sounded to end the third period and sent the game to overtime guaranteed that the Americans would not be demoted to the IIHF's second tier. The USA wound up in first place in the relegation pool, while France was second.
"The hockey gods were not with us," said USA defenceman Jack Johnson. "I am glad we can look forward to next year. We're glad it is over but we're glad for next year."
- Alan Adams
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 - Canada 2
MANNHEIM – The Czech Republic got two goals in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and skated to a 3-2 win over Canada. As a result, they finished in third place in Group F and advance, with Canada, to the quarterfinals. It was a bitter and tense battle that showed signs of being one more punch or check away from getting out of hand. Canada finishes fourth and will play Russia while the Czechs will play Finland. All quarter-finals will be played on Thursday.
"We're going to have to go through the tough teams eventually," said Canadian forward John Tavares. "In whatever order it is, it doesn't really matter. It's a new slate for everybody, and it's do or die now." Today's loss was historic in the worst way for Canada. It marked the first time since the playoff system was adopted in 1992 that the motherland of the game has lost three games prior to the quarterfinals.
It made for a strange afternoon as these teams met for an important game – and it was only the Qualifying Round. A loss by the Czechs meant a trip back to Prague, and a loss by Canada meant a quarterfinals date with Russia, the heavy favourites this year. The result was a very ornery Czech team that took two boarding penalties and started a fight (that went into the books as a double minor for Tomas Rolinek and Steve Ott) in the first period alone.
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RUSSIA 5 - Finland 0
COLOGNE – Russia rolled over Finland, 5-0, getting goals by five different players and a shutout by Semyon Varlamov. Ilya Kovalchuk got two assists and Maxim Afinogenov a goal and an assist.
"With the new rules it is all about special teams and I think our penalty killing was great and the power play worked tonight. It is important for the quarterfinal," Kovalchuk said.
The last time Russia left a World Championship rink as a loser was in Moscow in 2007 when they lost to the Finns 2-1 in overtime. Since then, the team has raked in 23 wins. Before their game against Finland. Now the win count is 24.
Finland started the game strong, they came out of the gate like they meant business. And they did. Finland pressured the Russian defencemen, and created several good scoring chances. Unfortunately for the Finns, when it was time to put the puck to the back of the net, they hit the post instead. Three times.
- Risto Pakarinen
SWEDEN 5 - Switzerland 0
MANNHEIM – Forget about neutrality. Sweden convincingly beat Switzerland 5-0 in their final Qualification Round game to clinch top spot in Group F. The Swedes will take on Denmark in Thursday's quarterfinals, while the Swiss face the host Germans.
This anticipated showdown simply turned into an exhibition of Swedish puck control, discipline, and patience. The tone was the polar opposite of the chippy Czech victory over Canada earlier. Apart from the maintaining of good civic order (both teams took two minors apiece), there was little to cheer about for Swiss fans among the 5,757 on hand at SAP Arena.
"The score might have looked easy, but it was a tough game for us," said Sweden's Victor Hedman. "We played well, and knew we had to come out strong. The Swiss have had a good tournament, but Markström had an unbelievable game in net, too. We scored on our chances, and that was the difference."
Sweden's Tony Mårtensson set the tone with a goal and two assists, while team scoring leader Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson added a goal and an assist.
The Swedes are fixtures in the final eight, never having missed out since the IIHF instituted the playoff system in 1992. In fact, Sweden has never finished lower than seventh (2000) in its modern history. Switzerland, gradually emerging as a hockey power, will make its sixth quarterfinals appearance since 2003.
Both teams dressed their backup goalies, and Sweden's Jacob Markström recorded his first-ever Worlds shutout over Switzerland's Tobias Stephan. Switzerland outshot Sweden 28-25.
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Hi all
I should say that I've no idea what I'm having first as I'm only 12dpo. However, the day before I got pregnant I had a dream that I was pregnant with twin boys. I'm not suggesting I am (although the dream was the reason I tested early) but it was my first month off the pill and someone on ttc said that a number of women have had twins after coming off bc.
As I've said I'm not suggesting I am (allthough it has been in my mind since the dream) but I just thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone had experience with this. Sorry, I'm afraid I'm one of those people who likes to research everything I find interesting
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well you have found out quite early!
how clear was the pg test??
i found out i was pg with kaydee and tye at 3 weeks and the test was pretty clear for only 3 weeks pg so that gave me a sign and also i had been extremely emotional as well.
from what ive found if it is twins then its more than likely non identicals. the hcg levels in a non identical pregnancy double quicker than that of a identical pregancy cos the body is being told there is a double pregnancy where as with identicals as its one egg that splits and one placenta and one sac then the body thinks its one pregnancy just with two babys. the way the body reacts to an identical twin pregnancy is that of a single pregnancy just a bit harder to cope with the extra strain.. with non identicals the body reacts as if its having two pregnancies at once so treats both babies differently.
hope that makes sense lol. so if it was pretty clear on your test it could possibly be twins and that if it is more than likely non identicals.
do you think you would want twins?? i was a bit shocked at first but always loved the idea of twins and no way would i go back to change it to one. i quite fancy more twins in the future. (maybe once ive had another and then those three have grown up, wouldnt mind identicals then lol)
Rachel xxxx
Monkey 1&2 03/09/09 (Girl,Boy)
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Monkey 3 04/11/11 (Girl)
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The early tests only had a faint line but the clearblue conception indicator worked and I wasn't sure that would.
Always wanted twins growing up but the thought of them now is quite scary. Like I said thought I've only had a dream so I'm going to assume it's one. I'm paranoid about losing it anyway so I dread to think what I would be like if I thought there could be two


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Definition of hulk in English:
1An old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison.
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- Some ships were dismasted and used as prison or storage hulks.
- South Australia also had its own prison hulks, moored at Semaphore.
- He called orders to the men in the rigging that would ease their forward motion and approach to the prison hulk.
wreck, shipwreck, ruin, shell, skeleton, hull, frame, framework, derelict
1.1A large disused structure: hulks of abandoned machinery
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- Alongside it sit the abandoned hulks of an oil-seed mill and textile factory.
- Kirstie peered towards the west at the dark hulks of abandoned buildings in the distance.
- Beta steered us off the main roads down some quite narrow roads, framed on either side by the windowless hulk of tall buildings, but it was not long until we felt lost and longed to return to the relative comfort of a more populated street.
2A large or unwieldy boat or other object: great towering hulks of oak, ash, and chestnut
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- The path wound its way through the mountains haphazardly, towering hulks of stone suspended high above them.
- Towering over the town was Turtle Mountain, a massive hulk of limestone and shale layered with veins of coal in its core.
- The original Victorian cast iron structure has been stripped back and exposed, its riveted, pitted hulk like a decaying ship's hull.
2.1A large, clumsy-looking person: a six-foot hulk of a man
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- A hulk of a man with long sideburns and a warm laugh, he had been a reporter with China Youth Daily for 10 years when, in 1996, he heard the story of the acid attack against the man.
- One of these thugs, a balding hulk of a man, performs a neat trick with an espresso coffee.
- I heard footsteps on the sidewalk and saw a hulk of a man approaching from the office, who I first assumed was a guest.
informal clodhopper, ape, gorilla
North American informal lummox, klutz
North American & Scottish informal galoot
archaic lubber, clodpole
Old English hulc 'fast ship', probably reinforced in Middle English by Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hulk; probably of Mediterranean origin and related to Greek holkas 'cargo ship'.
A hulk was originally a large cargo or transport ship. The word is probably of Mediterranean origin and related to Greek holkas 'cargo ship'. In the late 17th century it came to apply to an old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially one used for storage or as a prison. Large, clumsy people began to be described as hulks in the late Middle Ages.
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Snow fell covering the dirty streets of London with a white velvet glow. All the hustle of fast paced life stop and the world was silent. So we went for a walk and ended up in Hampstead cemetery where we were reminded how we should live life to the full.
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How to Lose $850 Million — and Not Really Care
By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE
Published: June 9, 2002
On May 20, 1999, Toby Lenk presented himself at the offices of his investment bankers, Goldman, Sachs. There was no ''Welcome, Toby!'' sign posted at the entrance -- the venerable Wall Street firm does not do things like that -- but this was, unmistakably, his day. His little startup, eToys, was going public.
At a time when Wall Street money was cascading down on barely postpubescent entrepreneurs, Lenk stood out as a grown-up. He was then 37, had been a vice president for strategic planning at Disney and was a Harvard M.B.A. Nothing about his company made you scratch your head and ask, ''It's going to do what?'' The eToys mission was concise and compelling: Sell high-quality toys over the Internet to parents who find shopping at Toys ''R'' Us and the other big chain stores unbearable. On the day of the I.P.O., eToys not only had a very cool Web site but also real customers and real revenue.
The Goldman, Sachs trading floor was a sea of white shirts. Young men, and a handful of women, scurried about and shouted into telephones. Lenk had worked ceaselessly for three years -- researching and refining his idea, pitching to private investors, getting the business up and running -- but at this critical moment he had nothing to do. It was as if someone had thrown him a huge party and insisted that he just sit and be served.
Another eToys executive, Frank Han, had the sense of being stared at in the instant before trading opened. ''It was like we were folk heroes,'' Han says. ''We were the American dream. People were looking at us like: 'Those are the guys from eToys. Those people are going to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of seconds.' ''
The opening share price was set at $20. When the first trade moved, cheers erupted as the electronic board above the trading floor posted the price: $79. The stock would rise on that opening day to $85 before closing at $76.56. Not once did Lenk pull out a calculator to figure his new net worth. He didn't need to. ''It was easy to do the math,'' he says. ''I had 10.5 million shares in the company. You just add some zeroes and that's what you have.''
At $85 a share, Lenk's worth, on paper, was more than $850 million. The market had valued his two-year-old company at more than $10 billion -- two and a half times greater than the bricks-and-mortar giant Toys ''R'' Us.
Lenk entered into a strange relationship with this windfall. Mostly, he tried to ignore it. Sometimes, he got mad at it. When a banner updating the eToys stock price went up on the company's internal home page, he ordered it taken down. He bristled when employees, all of whom held pre-I.P.O. stock, showed up at work in fancy new cars. Over time, he would come to believe that the stock market bubble (''this craziness, this frothing'') had doomed an idea that would have survived a normal market.
The oddest thing of all was how Lenk treated his personal stake. He was not a trust-fund kid. He had grown up in a middle-class Boston suburb, had made good money as an adult but wasn't set for life. Yet he let his holdings evaporate. He didn't sell high; he didn't sell at all. ''I never felt comfortable with this whole notion of, 'I'm gonna make my $100 million and the hell with everybody else,' '' he says.
Just before eToys filed for bankruptcy in March 2001, its stock plunged to 9 cents a share before being ignominiously delisted by Nasdaq. When the company finally did expire, Lenk -- the ''captain of the ship,'' as he liked to say -- went down with it. At the end, he was still holding 10 million shares.
Some people would consider Toby Lenk a fool. A pious fool, even, overly invested in his own righteousness. A big pile of money falls into your lap. You take some, right? Surely, Lenk could have scooped up a few handfuls of those millions, just enough to be comfortable. ''There are times I wish I had,'' he says. ''I have some regrets. If I didn't, I wouldn't be human.''
But in the casino stock market of 1999 and 2000, Lenk recognized only two categories of players: greed hogs and builders. Bad people and good people. By their actions, they declared themselves. His black-and-white view allowed for no fence straddling.
''Nobody would have dared tell him, 'You've got to get some of your money out,' '' says Lenk's sister, Mindy Whitman. ''It wasn't going to happen. We had eToys stock. He didn't want us to sell.''
Lenk prevailed upon his senior team to follow his example. By not bailing, they hoped they were helping to save eToys -- signaling confidence to Wall Street. When I ask Frank Han, who was chief operating officer, if he could think of anything he would have done differently at eToys, he says, ''I wish I had taken better care of myself.'' In what way? ''Financially.''
Lenk's personal financial statements came through the mail slot each quarter, and even as the bottom fell out of the stock, his numbers remained huge. Ten million shares at, say, $6 a share. ''It was just money on paper to me,'' he says. ''It wasn't real.''


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This article is inspired by a certain number of experiences we have encountered in our Welfare programme.........
The title of this article may lend to ironic laughter, however, it portends to be of significant importance in that trying to solve the problems after the event is far less entertaining. If someone decides to settle in any country one can suppose their decision is conscious, and settling in means "for a certain period of time". This does not mean severing all ties with one's country of origin, but it does mean assuming the culture of the country of one's choice.
There are three main elements which arise on such a decision taken by a British citizen deciding to take up residence in France (whether working or not).
First both Britain and France are in the European Union. The European Union has developed a certain number of reciprocal agreements between member states - notably in the realm of State Health Insurance - which alllow continued cover between European States when a European citizen moves from one state to another. The latter cover however, is, logically, temporary, to allow the person to, well, settle in.
Then, of course, arises the problem of where one pays one's income tax (or not). Here, the first point is not whether you owe income tax or not, but where you are declared for income tax purposes. This is less and less a question either of choice, or whim because the French tax rules for residency for tax purposes have been clear for some time, and the British have recently revised their tax residency rules. What's more a new Anglo-French tax treaty came into force in January 2010 - after fifteen years of negotiation !
What with one thing and another, currently, opting for income taxation in France is a no-brainer. On the one hand the first year is free, as income tax is levied on the previous year's income. On another, compared to the income tax system in Britain, where one can deduct virtually nothing, France offers a multitude of income tax deductions and tax credits (until they change, which may well happen), and is beside the fact that it is illegal not to de declared in France for income tax purposes, if you fall within the criteria of residency in France for such purposes. This however is not the main point of this article. Not being declared for income tax purposes in France prohibits you from access to the multiple other benefits that France has to offer (see our "Guide to benefits available in France" in the Living in France Menu), including State Health Insurance after the "overlap" period mentionned above .
Our experience is that trying to get someone into the system after several years' non-declared residence in France, or on arrival without proved residence elsewhere, is not only arduous but also hair-raiisng, and this despite the good-will of the French social services.
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Our company completed 2 shipments for Charles Chips/Cosmo in July 2013. All freight was delivered on time and without any damage. Cosmo Scardino jr. assured us that he would pay for the freight services, but he repeatedly avoided, and still avoids our phone calls and multiple requests to pay the bills. Beware of this dishonest company who steals from honest truck drivers. If you do business with him, he will not pay you.
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The long wait is over.
Kemper County All-American Devonta Pollard has finally made his college basketball intentions known.
Friday afternoon Pollard said he would be making the short trip to Tuscaloosa, to play for the University of Alabama.
The announcement ends a recruiting odyssey which saw the signing deadline come and go without Mississippi's Mr. Basketball inking with a team.
Pollard, who was a McDonald's All-American and considered a top national recruit, chose Alabama over Texas, Georgetown, and LSU.


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