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Crystal Palace v Cardiff City
Kagisho Dikgacoi is an injury doubt. The South Africa midfielder, who has scored in the Eagles' last two matches, went off with concussion during Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest. Palace have signed former Cardiff defender Danny Gabbidon but he may not figure against his old club as he is building up his match fitness having not played a competitive match since February. However, another ex-Bluebirds defender, Darcy Blake, could be involved. Skipper Paddy McCarthy is still missing with the groin injury which has kept him out all season. On-loan Blackburn striker David Goodwillie is waiting to make his full Palace debut having sat on the bench against Forest.
Cardiff striker Nicky Maynard is expected to miss the trip to Crystal Palace. Maynard was stretchered off during the Bluebirds' 2-0 win at Millwall on Tuesday night after jarring his leg in the turf. He was seen by a specialist on Wednesday night and the club are awaiting scan results. Boss Malky Mackay could call on Craig Bellamy, who did not travel to Millwall as he is recovering from a calf tear. Matt Connolly is likely to keep his place alongside skipper Mark Hudson in the centre of Cardiff's defence due to the absence of Ben Turner, who is not yet fit. Turner is joined on the sidelines by Stephen McPhail (hamstring) and Rudy Gestede (knee) who look set to miss out through injury.
Derby County v Burnley
Derby boss Nigel Clough hopes to have Nathan Tyson available. Tyson will continue to be monitored after the forward missed the 3-2 home win over Charlton on Tuesday night with a throat infection. Teenage striker Mason Bennett returned to action on Wednesday as the Rams' Under-21 side beat Huddersfield 2-0. The 16-year-old has been absent recently because of a thigh strain. It is still too early for defender Mark O'Brien, though, who has resumed full training following a long-term knee injury. O'Brien and club captain Shaun Barker, who will miss the entire season due to a serious knee injury sustained towards the end of the last campaign, are Derby's only absentees.
Burnley have top scorer Charlie Austin back in contention for the trip to Derby. Austin hit a hat-trick last time out against Peterborough to move to seven goals from as many appearances this season, but he missed Wednesday's defeat to Leicester with a hip injury. The former Swindon man is progressing well and will be put through a late fitness test alongside centre-back Michael Duff (Achilles), although the latter remains a major doubt. Forward Danny Ings remains on the sidelines as he continues to recover from knee surgery.
Ipswich Town v Charlton Athletic
Striker Paul Taylor is a huge doubt. The deadline-day signing sustained a nasty ankle injury during Wednesday's 2-0 home defeat to Wolves. The loss only increased the pressure on manager Paul Jewell as second-bottom Town continue to search for their first home league win of the season. Jewell is unlikely to have any other injury concerns but he has little room to reshuffle due to his threadbare squad, with only the likes of Scotland, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Andy Drury and Luke Hyam genuine options to come in.
Ricardo Fuller is in line to make his full Charlton debut at Ipswich. The Jamaican striker has made three lively substitute appearances since joining from Stoke last month and manager Chris Powell is considering throwing him in from the start. Powell is without defenders Rhoys Wiggins and Matt Taylor due to foot injuries while forward Jordan Cook has been ruled out with an eye problem. Veteran midfielder Andy Hughes is back in training after an Achilles injury but the Portman Road clash may come too soon. Attackers Danny Haynes and Scott Wagstaff played in a friendly match in midweek to build up their fitness following recent lay-offs but they are not ready to return to the first team.
Leeds United v Nottingham Forest
Leeds manager Neil Warnock is restricted in his choice of strikers for the home game with Nottingham Forest due to the continued absence of Ross McCormack. Fellow forward Luciano Becchio is also nursing an ankle injury after being forced out of the midweek defeat to Hull with half an hour remaining, but the Argentinian is expected to resume alongside El-Hadji Diouf, while veteran Andy Gray and teenager Dominic Poleon provide Warnock with alternative options. Midfield trio David Norris (thigh) and Paul Green (knee) are still working their way back from injury, while defender Adam Drury is doubtful after missing out against Hull with a muscle strain.
Nottingham Forest are hopeful Sam Hutchinson will be fit. Right-back Hutchinson, who is on loan at the City Ground from Chelsea, limped out of the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Tuesday night just before half-time with a knee injury. The problem is not, however, thought to be too serious and although Hutchinson is to have a scan he could still feature at Elland Road. One player that manager Sean O'Driscoll will definitely be without, though, is Adlene Guedioura. Guedioura, Hutchinson's replacement against Palace, was sent off during the second half and the midfielder will begin a three-match suspension. Defender Brendan Moloney, midfielders Guy Moussi, James Coppinger and Radoslaw Majewski and striker Dexter Blackstock are among the options for O'Driscoll should he wish to make any changes to his starting line-up.
Millwall v Brighton and Hove Albion
Millwall will check on skipper Paul Robinson. The centre-half made his first appearance of the season following summer hernia surgery in the 4-1 defeat by Hull at the weekend, but suffered an ankle knock which kept him out of Tuesday's 2-0 loss against Cardiff. The Lions will be without young striker John Marquis, who has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a groin injury. Winger Liam Feeney is recovering from an ankle injury and is not expected back until November. Full-back Jack Smith remains a doubt with a thigh strain and midfielder Tamika Mkandawire will not be rushed back into action having recently recovered from a long-term knee injury.
Andrew Crofts is poised to rejoin the Brighton squad. The Wales international has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury but is back in training and should be available in south London. Fellow midfielder Vicente is still training on his own following a tendon problem and is not expected back until after next weekend's visit of Birmingham. Striker Will Hoskins is the only other injury absentee as he continues his recovery from a broken foot. Winger Kazenga LuaLua will be hoping for a recall after missing the 1-0 win at Watford on Tuesday night. Craig Mackail-Smith continues up front after taking his goal tally to six in four matches against the Hornets.
Peterborough United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Peterborough had everyone training on Thursday. Grant McCann was thought to be nursing a calf injury following the 2-1 home defeat to Bristol City on Tuesday night but the Northern Ireland international was present along with fellow midfielder Danny Swanson, who has been struggling with a thigh problem. Tommy Rowe also trained following his long lay-off with a fractured collarbone sustained during pre-season but the defender is probably lacking fitness and is unlikely to be involved at the weekend. Boss Darren Ferguson made three changes - all in defence - for the game against Bristol City. Captain Gaby Zakuani and Kgosi Ntlhe were recalled following the 5-2 defeat at Burnley while summer signing Nathaniel Knight-Percival was handed his Championship debut.
Wolves boss Stale Solbakken may continue his rotation policy with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Tongo Doumbia and Slawomir Peszko all in line to return if the coach decides to shuffle his pack after the victory over Ipswich Town in midweek. Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey (knee) remains out until the end of October.
Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton Wanderers
Anthony Gardner is unlikely to be rushed back in time. Gardner, a free summer signing, has been sidelined for the last six matches due to a troublesome hamstring injury. Right-back Joe Mattock sits out a one-game ban following his dismissal against Huddersfield in midweek for two bookable offences. Defenders Miguel Llera and Daniel Jones, both unused substitutes on Wednesday night, provide alternative options. Another defender, Reda Johnson, is playing through the pain due to a foot problem, but is expected to continue. Spanish striker Rodri made way for Gary Madine in midweek, while Ross Barkley stepped into midfield in place of Rhys McCabe and Jones may switch things around again as his side chase their first win in four matches.
Jay Spearing is a major doubt. Spearing departed 17 minutes into Wanderers' third consecutive Championship defeat on the road at Birmingham in midweek due to a tight calf and, although there is no tear to the muscle, boss Owen Coyle accepts the on-loan Liverpool midfielder is unlikely to feature. Summer signing Keith Andrews came off the bench to replace Spearing and is favourite to start in his expected absence. Bolton have no other new injury concerns, while David Wheater, Stuart Holden and Josh Vela (all knee) remain long-term absentees.
Watford v Bristol City
Sean Murray could well come back into contention. The talented midfielder missed Tuesday's 1-0 defeat to Brighton with a dead leg picked up last weekend at Bolton but his omission in midweek was more of a precaution. Defender Marco Cassetti was withdrawn at half-time against Brighton suffering with minor concussion and will be assessed. Striker Troy Deeney - back training with the club following his release from prison - defender Fitz Hall and midfielder Stephen McGinn all featured in a friendly against QPR on Wednesday afternoon but are unlikely to be ready in time for this weekend. Forward Alex Geijo has picked up a minor groin complaint and continues to miss out, along with captain John Eustace (back), Prince Buaben (thigh) and Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (groin).
Bristol City will be without Greg Cunningham and Cole Skuse after they both picked up ankle injuries against Peterborough on Tuesday. Defender Cunningham was stretchered off with suspected ligament damage following a tackle from striker Tyrone Barnett. Skuse received stud wounds when he clashed with Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and will have to wait until Friday's scan to find out the extent of his injury. Right-back Mark Wilson has returned to fitness and could be named in manager Derek McInnes's matchday squad after missing his side's last two games through injury. Scotland defender Richard Foster is set to deputise should Wilson miss out again.
Birmingham City v Barnsley (17:20)
Birmingham face a selection poser at right-back. Paul Caddis, who has been impressive since arriving on loan on deadline day, dislocated his shoulder in Tuesday's 2-1 win over Bolton and has been ruled out for the immediate future. Club captain Stephen Carr is already sidelined for up to six months having been forced to undergo surgery on his troublesome knee. That means Curtis Davies could step in at right-back while midfielder Jonathan Spector could also drop back, promoting fit-again Keith Fahey off the bench and into the middle of the park. Midfielder Darren Ambrose (thigh) will again be assessed having missed the last three matches.
Barnsley's summer signing Toni Silva could make his first appearance for the club at Birmingham. The former Liverpool winger has been sidelined since arriving at Oakwell due to knee ligament damage. Another teenager, defender John Stones, has been ruled out due to an ankle injury and Craig Davies is nursing a groin strain, but should resume up front. Manager Keith Hill will be forced to reshuffle his defence and hinted at a place in his starting line-up for David Perkins, who replaced Stones at Ewood Park. Goalkeeper Luke Steele is back in contention for his first appearance of the season following a long-term groin/stomach problem and winger Matty Done (knee) is pushing for a recall. Bobby Hassell sits out the final game of his three-match ban, fellow defenders Jim McNulty and Rob Edwards (both hamstring), midfielder Jim O'Brien (dislocated shoulder) and striker Mido (ruptured hamstring) all remain long-term absentees.
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Dierks Bentley had a lot of fun last night (June 26) at Water Works Park in Des Moines, Iowa, and he decided to share the fun via his Twitter account [1]. Dierks posted pics from his point of view.
"Enough of us," he tweeted [2] as a caption to one picture [3], "this is what WE see watching YOU! thx des moines!"
In picture two, [4] "crazy iowa country fans as far as we could see."
And then there's picture three, [5] which shows a young lady, uh, oh boy.
Dierks' caption [6]: "A few naughty ones as well!!"
[1] http://twitter.com/#!/dierksbentley
[2] http://twitter.com/#!/DierksBentley/status/85210541404069889
[3] http://www.whosay.com/dierksbentley/photos/41754
[4] http://www.whosay.com/dierksbentley/photos/41756
[5] http://www.whosay.com/dierksbentley/photos/41757
[6] http://twitter.com/#!/DierksBentley/status/85211060612767746
[7] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/one-tree-hill-star-release-country-album
[8] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/miranda-lambert-perform-finale-voice

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Our latest Guest Stylist comes courtesy of freelance stylist, Hanna Isaksson. As with all our Guest Stylist shoots, the stylist is given free reign and creative control, using the Reiss collection to illustrate their story.
We caught up with Hanna to discover the inspiration behind her shoot…
"When I think of summer and the excitement it brings, my mind wanders to a stroll through the market on the weekend. The feeling of comfort provided by only the bare essentials, which is why I've chosen to feature classic, unconstrained yet elegant clothing. Loose-fitting shirts, shorts and denim are perfect for those warm days. Bring on summer!"
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hey my name is vickie does anyone know if the new lmn movie committed is based on a novel. i thought i saw a book title but i am not sure
I loved watching "Love Comes Softly" but it's nothing like the book, there were a lot of changes.
Another good one is "Morning Glory", based on a book by LaVyrle Spencer.
Ivey has a tight grip on reality and is slowly choking the crap out of it!
Veteran: -noun; someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable 'To My Country' for an amount "up to and including my life."
Advice to new nurses: Air goes in and out. Blood goes round and round. Anything else is a bad thing.
If you enjoy your freedoms, thank a soldier/sailor!
They do a lot of Nora Roberts' books too. Can't go wrong reading her.
Google Janette Oak the author of the Love Comes Softly series, there are also other series.
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Conceiving with one tube
Dear Ask the Midwife, I had a laproscopy done last month, I'm married, and trying to conceive. Results weren't good at all. My left tube is blocked. No egg comes out ( due to an infection when I was younger tissue formed inside the tube.) I have regular periods and have been trying for 10 months. My own doctor who performed my surgery basically told me not to even try to get preggo... I guess because it can cause tubal pregnancy. but we want a child! We have no money for fertility treatment. Advice would be great! I could use it!


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She's also modeled in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Gap, and Gucci.
In 2005, Donaldson was nominated for British model of the year, losing to Karen Elson, but the nomination was enough to validate her place in fashion, considering she was only two years into her professional career.
Donaldson was discovered in 2003 at the age of 16 while she was shopping with her mother and was seen by a talent scout.
In 2006, she walked the runway at the Versace show and said in a backstage interview, "It's always a really fun show because you can really get into it." She said that this show in particular was a thrill because the models were given more freedom to play with their looks and poses.
In 2007, Donaldson was featured in Vogue's "World's Next Top Models" issue as a person to watch for in the coming years, calling her the "Head Girl." Not surprisingly that claim has come to fruition because since then her career has only gotten bigger. Alber Elbaz says that the tall, elegant blonde is his living muse as Creative Director of Lanven. (AskMen.com)
Donaldson appeared in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. "I am most excited about being here and being involved in such a crazy production," she told FirstPost.com behind the scenes at the show, "It's such an amazing atmosphere." (Firstpost.com)
Since then she was named the face of Christian Dior in 2007, the face of Gucci in 2009 and the face of Aldon in 2011. Donaldson has appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, V and Vogue as well as the British, Japanese, Italian, French editions of Vogue. (NyMag.com)
This past summer she was one of the models featured at the closing ceremonies of the London Olympics. Set to David Bowie's 'Fashion,' she wore a Vivienne Westwood golden gown along with other iconic models such as Kate Moss (whom Donaldson is said to be the next version of) and Naomi Campbell. (Huffpost.com)
In an interview with fashion journalist Derek Blasberg, she said, "Sometimes I feel sexiest when I'm just in my pajamas or overalls, and other times it's fun to show my legs off and put on a pair of heels. I don't think there should be any rules as long as you feel comfortable and, as a friend of mine says, fly your freak flag!"


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A 16-year-old Saudi girl drank a bottle of bleach in an attempt to commit suicide to escape a forced marriage to a 75-year-old man, press reports revealed Sunday.
The girl identified only as, Shaikha, said her father was forcing her to marry the old man so that he could marry his 13-year-old daughter in an exchange deal, Bahrain's Tribune reported.
Shaikha described how her father took her to meet the old man and his 13-year-old in a marriage office where they all had pre-marital tests done, the Tribune quoted the Saudi Gazette as reporting.
Shaikha told the paper how she begged and pleaded not to be forced into marriage but both of the men ignored her pleas.
The 16-year-old appealed to the National Society of Human Rights to intervene and stop the marriage, the Tribune said, adding Shaikha, whose parents are separated, asked to live with her mother.
Shaikha's mother said she should be protected from her father and demanded the marriage contract be cancelled because Shaikha was threatened to marry the man, the paper said.
"Judges can punish men who force their daughters to marry like this," Sheikh Abdul Mohsin Al Obeikan, Shura Council member said, adding the marriage contract was void because it violated Shariah law, the Tribune reported.
Islamic law states that for a marriage to be legal both parties must consent. If a marriage is performed without consent or under coercion the union is considered void and must be annulled.
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November is here and that means it is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month — 5.4 million Americans have been diagnosed with this devastating illness. Every 68 seconds someone else it diagnosed. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death but it is one of the most underfunded diseases. There is no cure for Alzheimer's; it is a terminal disease.
Current treatments only postpone the inevitable for a time. Someone with Alzheimer's gradually loses the ability to think clearly or remember how to do even the most basic activities. Loved ones become strangers. Eventually it is impossible for one person to care for someone with Alzheimer's.
Sadly, there doesn't seem to be enough awareness of Alzheimer's. If you think it is an illness affecting only the elderly, you would be wrong. People have been diagnosed in their late 30s. Early onset Alzheimer's — prior to age 65 — occurs more often than the public realizes. When a person in her late 60s is diagnosed with the disease it has actually started four to six years earlier. Sadly, we dismiss warning signs as the vagaries of aging.
Everyone knows someone who has been affected by this illness but so many seem to withdraw from contact with an Alzheimer's family. Isolation becomes a side effect of the disease for the person diagnosed and the caregivers. Caregivers are on duty 24/7. Home health aides are available but costly. It is imperative people stay in touch with a family shouldering the burden of Alzheimer's. The disease is not contagious.
There is so much that can be done to help. Call and say hello; make a batch of cookies; cook a meal; offer to stay with the patient so the caregiver can take a break; support those who participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's. Everyone needs to remember that a person with Alzheimer's is still the person you have known and cared about for years. She may ask you the same question repeatedly but there are the moments when she will be lucid and know who you are or say something really funny. Those are the moments to be treasured.
I know firsthand about Alzheimer's because my partner of 33 years was diagnosed four years ago at the age of 68. Since January, she has been in long-term care because I could no longer care for her alone. She is very content and happy where she is. The care is excellent and I know she is safe. But the bottom line is I have lost someone I love and there is nothing I can do about it. Because I can do nothing to save her I am trying to make people more aware of this heartbreaking illness.
We need to demand more be done to find the cause and/or the cure for Alzheimer's. Until you deal with Alzheimer's first-hand, you can not imagine what it is like to watch someone you love disappear a little more each day.
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These reader questions were answered by experts attending the North American Veterinary Conference Jan. 17-21 in Orlando, Fla..
Q: We're about to travel a long distance in the car with my 18-year-old cat. She's always been miserable on car rides. I've increased the bedding in her carrier. The veterinarian suggested (an anti-anxiety drug) called Alprazolam, but it hasn't helped. When traveling, the cat cries non-stop, which makes me want to cry. Any advice?
A: Given your cat's age, the best answer is simply to avoid traveling with her. Instead, have a neighbor, relative, friend or sitter look in on her.
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Location: Redmond, WA
Position: User Researcher - 173850
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The Windows and Windows Live XDR UX Research group needs a lead to drive making Windows client and services world class user experiences. The mission for Windows & Windows Live XDR is to think end to end about the experience and both broad and deep.
A while back, there was a lot of chatter about the MS Ribbon... but around
patenting issues. Since Office 2007 has been out for some time now, I'm
surprised that I haven't seen a whole lot of mention (or complaining!) about
this new paradigm here, considering MS has basically attempted to redefine
the desktop UI from the weathered (and tired?) pull-down menu method to a
whole new task-based "right tools at the right time" approach.
I'd love to hear people's thoughts on their use of the Ribbon in various
Office products.
Granted, it's a shift, and that requires learning.
Given the recent discussion, I thought some of you might enjoy this
parody of the MS Surface promo clip.
Lonny L. Chu, Ph.D.
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(650) 248-3910
Some people have asked on this list how Microsoft Surface was created and who worked on it, with specific inquiries into Bill Buxton. Bill has consulting on the project since about 2004 (About a year before he came into Microsoft.
I find there are quite a few interesting concepts here, especially the
interaction with "real" objects. The clips in the third video is the most
- Placing a camera on top of the desk and move images to you portable
- Browsing your media files and drop them on the media player.
- Pay for things by dropping the items on the physical credit cards.
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I'd love to hear people's thoughts, especially from the fishies among
us about this deal.
I was speaking w/ a microsofty today about this and he is convinced
this is the new beginning of advertising. My take on it was more
personal. Razorfish has been a major organ (can't quite say it is the
heart) of the NYC/Silicon Alley UX scene for close to 10 years if not
10 years. It is hard to imagine that this organization is falling under
the umbrella of Microsoft. Will it still maintain it's brand? And
worse, will it still keep its NYC edge and connections?
"This year's competition winners have envisioned a brave new world of
computing," says Kevin Eagan, general manager of Microsoft's Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Marketing Group.
Todd Zaki Warfel wrote:
> Whereas web-based apps are starting to look and perform more and more
> like desktop applications, this is going the other direction - a
> desktop app looking like and operating like a web-app.
"Today, we're announcing a licensing program for the 2007 Microsoft
Office system user interface which allows virtually anyone to obtain a
royalty-free license to use the new Office UI in a software product,
including the Ribbon, galleries, the Mini Toolbar, and the rest of the
user interface."
I've never heard of anyone licensing a UI system before (separate from
a software system).
Is there any precedent for this? Can Microsoft actually require
licensing of the UI? Is it enforceable?
>From the website:
Microsoft Unveils Expression Family of Designer Tools
New tools to accelerate business opportunity by reducing the complexity and cost of delivering richer user experiences on the Web and Windows Vista platform.
LOS ANGELES -- Sept 14th, 2005 -- Today at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2005 (PDC05), Eric Rudder, senior vice president, Servers and Tools at Microsoft Corp., introduced Microsoft® Expression, a


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James Holmes, the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect, in court on Monday. (WRDW-TV / July 23, 2012)
Friday, July 27, 2012
DENVER (AP) -- Court papers say the former graduate student accused in the Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied.
The revelation was disclosed Friday in a defense motion. The motion sought to discover the source of leaks to some media outlets that a package that James Holmes sent the psychiatrist contained a notebook with descriptions of an attack.
The motion says the package contained communications between Holmes and Dr. Lynne Fenton that should be shielded from public view.
A message left with Fenton's office was not immediately returned.
The package was seized by authorities Monday after it was discovered in the mailroom at the University of Colorado, Denver. It's unclear if it was sent before the attack early Friday.
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> Hello,
> Have ASUS Server with LSI MegaRaid controller for 4 RAID hotswap
> container. Start Debian on this server but not raid is visible. Where
> get driver or need rebuild kernel?
You have not mentioned what version of Debian you're using, or better even,
what kernel version you're running.
The LSI MegaRAID series of controllers has already been supported in the
vanilla (upstream) kernel for many years, so I see no reason as to why it
wouldn't be supported in Debian's kernel.
Please also note that the individual disks will normally not be visible as
such from within userspace, because a true hardware RAID will normally
identify itself to the operating system as being a single disk.
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Situated just five minutes from the sea the Bognor Regis campus boasts beautiful Georgian architecture including three grand mansion houses, St Michael's, the Dome and Mordington House.
The University of Chichester has been awarded £8m to launch a new Engineering and Digital Technology Park at our Bognor Regis Campus, providing cutting edge skills to 500 students each year.
The campus underwent extensive redevelopment during 2010-11. £8m has been invested to transform the Dome into a vibrant business and research centre, and to create a state-of-the-art Learning Resource Centre.
The campus is set in a leafy environment and has excellent modern facilities with well-equipped teaching and study rooms. All the student halls of residence are located on campus.
The Students' Union runs the MII Bar, a very popular place with students on the Bognor campus. A number of different social events are hosted here throughout the week including karaoke, club nights, quiz nights and live music.
The Bognor Regis campus is close to Hotham Park. The park surrounds Hotham House, built in 1792 by Sir Richard Hotham, and regarded by many as one of the finest Georgian houses in Sussex. Also nearby is the Ice House – the original 18th Century refrigerator of Hotham Park Estate, and the best surviving example of its kind in West Sussex.
The main attraction of this popular seaside resort, is its long stretch of coastline, with a mixture of sandy and pebble beaches. Here you can take long walks or enjoy sailing, windsurfing, jet skiing and many other water sport activities.
The famous Butlins Bognor Regis resort lies at the eastern end of the promenade and is the largest holiday centre in the South of England.
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Political Wisdom: Can Mitt Romney Win Iowa?
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has returned to Iowa, indicating that he has not given up on winning the Iowa caucuses early next year.
Despite spending millions in Iowa in 2008, Mr. Romney placed only a distant second to Mike Huckabee. This time around, Mr. Romney hasn't spent much time or money in the Hawkeye State, but his enthusiasm on this trip seems to point to a one-two punch strategy, working hard to win Iowa and keep his lead in New Hampshire.
Is the time ripe for Mr. Romney to capture Iowa? Or will he end up losing again, like he did four years ago?
John Dickerson at Slate says there's a growing recognition among Iowa's political class that Mr. Romney can win in the Hawkeye State.
Romney has a chance to do well in Iowa because he starts with a solid base of available voters. He won 26 percent of the vote in 2008. If you add the percentages other moderate candidates such as Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain received, that's another 27 percent of the electorate that may be inclined to consider him. And there are signs that social conservatives are willing to give him a fresh look, too. In 2008 James Lewis of Sioux City voted for Mike Huckabee. But Lewis is going with Romney this year. Why? "I went with Huckabee because I liked his values stance," Lewis says. "Today the values are important, but cutting spending and getting the economy back rather than bailing out the banks is more important."
Romney has one of the best organizations in Iowa, but it's hidden. The theory is that if it stays active but under the radar, it can make a smash-and-grab at the last minute if the environment is right. "They have kept Mitt Romney's name in front of my face every week," says Steve Armstrong, chairman of the Linn County Republican Party. "He may be out of view in Iowa, but he's not out of view on e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter." The question is whether the vestigial support Romney worked so hard to earn in 2008 is like a car battery that has sat dormant all winter. Can it be turned on easily, or will it require more of the retail politicking Iowans pride themselves on demanding?
MSNBC's First Read notes that Iowa presents both a risk and a reward for Mr. Romney.
His visit once again raises this question: Given the current polls (which show him leading in Iowa) and given Rick Perry's reversal of fortune, does he make a stronger play for the Hawkeye State? The reward: If he heavily competes and wins, he could wrap up the nomination VERY early, a la John Kerry in '04. "He could come out here and campaign aggressively and win in Iowa, beat all expectations, and frankly I think put it all away in the first state," Doug Gross, Romney's 2008 Iowa state chair (who is unaffiliated this cycle) told NBC's Alex Moe. The risk: If he makes a strong play but loses, it could devastate his campaign and give Perry (or someone else) a real boost, leaving Romney in a situation similar to Hillary in '08. So right now, Romney is trying to have it both ways, occasionally dipping his toes in the Iowa waters (like today) but only employing four full-time staffers there. But with 75 days until the caucuses, Romney will soon have to make a choice.
Ashley Parker and Jeff Zeleny at the New York Times say the change in the political landscape over the last two months favors Mr. Romney.
Iowa, like the rest of the nation, is concerned about the economy, which is Mr. Romney's main message. Four years ago, he also focused on social issues to try to sway evangelicals.…
His long-distance relationship with Iowa could also be paying off. Four years ago, he visited the state so frequently that his campaign often struggled to build a sense of excitement when he came to town. This time, his rare appearances have created an aura of mystery, which have added to the interest in his campaign — at least for the news media. An afternoon event in Treynor featured more reporters in the room than community leaders around the table.
At Politico, Alexander Burns warns that although the political environment is more favorable to Mr. Romney now than in 2008, there are still some red flags that the former governor needs to watch out for.
Romney's weakness on the right could be crippling in Iowa if Christian conservatives rallied behind one of his opponents – as they did with Huckabee in 2008 – or if a more conservative candidate built a voter contact and turnout machine that dwarfs Romney's slim effort.
There's still time for one or both of those things to happen. Multiple candidates, including Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann, have made inroads among social conservative voters. If Perry recovers in the polls and opens up his $15 million war chest, he could put together a more traditional caucus effort than the race has seen so far.


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Introducing the 2013-2015 new visions on Dr. Martin Luther (1483-1546) 95 Theses!
'Men's 'lewdness' should be made an International sin by the UN!'
Surat Al-Mā'idah 5:32: "(..) if anyone saves the life of one, he saves the life of humanity (..)"
Ecclesiastes 1:2: "Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity"
'All hopeless love affairs but mentally very strong women: Holy Mother Mary Magdalena, Mother A'isha bint Abu Bakr, mother of all believers, Juliette, Pocahontas, Cleopatra, Queen Guinevere, Isolde, Helena, Penelope, Layla, Anarkali, Delilah, Esmeralda, Sheherazade, the Shi'ite female 'Nour ', Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Madame Bovary, Effi Briest, Anna Karenina, Fidessa, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, 72 divined Virgins, Heroism by Pussy Riot.'
Why study religious books instead of science to improve the world if the position of women is perilous?
'Mother, was it Jesus or Allah who said: "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." No my dear Buddha.
'Mother, why are there so many different religions?'
'Because my dearest Angel: It's all male vanity, vanity of vanity's, it is all vanity!'
Juvenal: 'Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt'.
Ecclesiastes 1:9: 'There is nothing new under the sun'.
Salvator Rosa: "Keep silent unless what you are going to say is more important than silence"
Modern 'Women, Stronger than man': Aung San Suu Kyi, Li Na, Ellen Sirleaf, Oprah Winfrey, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman, Bibi Aisha, Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Hilary Clinton, Anne Sinclair, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Linda de Mol, Martina Navratilova, Gulnaz, Naama Margolese, Amina Filali, Sinead O'Conner, Israa Abdel Fattah, Yulia Tymoshenko, Christina de Kirchner, Nora Nash, Blythe Masters, Salwa Bughaigis.
Stendhal (1822): "The moment that women being perfectly equal to men would be the most certain evidence of civilization; it would improve the intellectual capacity of the human race and the chances for happiness would double."
'Oh, where is written that I should wear a Burka?
Dear A'isha bint Abu Bakr, why are fanatic orthodox religious men so violent and intolerant?
Dear Stabat Mater, why is life so complex and cruel?
Mother, why do a lot of women become prostitutes?'
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'Stabat Matter, "According to Islamic Sharia Law rape is classified as 'Hirabah' (unlawful warfare)!"
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Does anyone have any feedback regarding this book?
Web Application Design Handbook : Best Practices for Web-Based Software
(Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)
by Susan Fowler, Victor Stanwick
I'd be most appreciative.
-- dave
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:29:26 -0500, David Heller <dave at ixdg.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have any feedback regarding this book?
> Web Application Design Handbook : Best Practices for Web-Based Software
> (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)
> by Susan Fowler, Victor Stanwick
I've looked through this one. I wish I had my copy here with me right
now so I could give you a better writeup, but here goes...
This book covers a lot of ground beyond just web-application design.
It does contain specific technical and design advice for building
web-based apps, but there are a lot of good general design heuristics
in there too.
The authors' choices about where to spend page space are a little odd.
There's not a lot about form design, for instance, though what's
there is sound. But nearly half of this book's pages are devoted to
charts, plots, diagrams, and maps -- and much of that advice applies
just as well to applications as to web apps!
Come to think of it, the book's an excellent survey of
interactive-graphics design issues. That's where I find it has the
most value to me.
In any case, both the writing and the illustrations are very nicely done.
- Jenifer
Jenifer Tidwell
jenifer.tidwell at gmail.com


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Rob Ford is ``no role model'' and Toronto deserves better, Olivia Chow said Thursday after she became the latest high-profile candidate trying to unseat the scandal-plagued mayor.
Chow made no direct mention of Ford's admission that he smoked crack cocaine and bought illegal drugs while mayor, nor his videotaped booze-fuelled rants.
Instead, Chow called Ford's leadership ``disappointing,'' saying he had failed to make critical investments and create jobs, and only hinted at the other issues facing the mayor, who is the subject of an ongoing police investigation. ``The current mayor is failing at his job,'' Chow said. ``He is no role model for my granddaughters. We deserve better.''
A day after resigning as an NDP member of Parliament, Chow emphasized her humble beginnings and her family's hardworking immigrant story in her speech to a packed church in the inner city neighbourhood of St. James Town, where she grew up.
Chow, the wife of the late NDP icon Jack Layton and a former city councillor, says that she may have grown up poor, but she was served well by the city's public schools, hospitals, libraries and public transit.
``My life is proof that together we must put children and families at the heart of this wonderful city of ours,'' she said.
``Growing up, I learned to work hard and make every penny count, to save for rainy days and to invest wisely.''
Ford has said he's not concerned about the new high-profile candidate, saying his re-election support is strong despite the string of scandals he's faced over the past 10 months.
Chow's communications director Jamey Heath says Chow is the only "progressive'' contender among the crowded field of candidates.
She is already considered a front-runner and the only serious left-wing candidate in the crowded mayoral race that includes one-time provincial Progressive Conservative leader John Tory, city councillor Karen Stintz and infamous incumbent Ford.
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John Castellani Interview with Pharmaphorum
John Castellani Interview with Pharmaphorum
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Pharmaphorum's interview with John Castellani is now live. Pharmaphorum interviewed Mr. Castellani after he gave closing remarks to the Economist's Pharma Summit 2013 in London.
Among insights in the interview, Mr. Castellani observes:
" We should be very proud of what the men and women of our industry do for patients and the economy and be much more forward leaning about telling that story, because if we don't then others define it for us."
You can read Mr. Castellani's speech to the Economist Pharma Summit in full here.


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Definition of crossopterygian in English:
A lobe-finned fish, such as the coelacanth.
Example sentences
- The sarcopterygians include the lungfish, together with the crossopterygians, which are composed of coelacanths and the extinct rhipidistians.
- These similarities have prompted evolutionists to confidently declare that crossopterygians evolved into tetrapods.
- One group of extinct crossopterygians, known as the rhipidistians, are the group thought by most to be the ones that successfully invaded land and gave rise to amphibians.
Relating to crossopterygians.
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- Latimeria is a 'living fossil,' a single surviving species of the old lineage of crossopterygian fishes.
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Lebanon County celebrated its 200th birthday Saturday at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center. See more on the festivities here.
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Japan Rebuffs Requests for Information About Its Germ-Warfare Atrocities
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL with JUDITH MILLER
Published: March 4, 1999
More than 50 years after the Japanese Army attacked China with germ weapons and conducted gruesome experiments on thousands of human beings, Japan is resisting demands that it compensate the victims or make records of the atrocities public.
The Japanese Government has declined to cooperate with efforts by the Justice Department to put the names of several hundred surviving veterans of the germ warfare operations on a list of suspected war criminals barred from entering the United States, American officials say.
It has also rebuffed researchers seeking access to a vast archive of military documents in Tokyo that detail the World War II activities of the Japanese Imperial Army, including its chief biological warfare arm, known as Unit 731.
The American authorities seized the archive after World War II but returned it to Japan in 1958 after only a small number of documents were copied.
Japan's approach stands in contrast to that of Germany, which has paid about $80 billion to war victims and their families. Private industries and banks in Germany and Switzerland plan to pay billions more.
Despite the refusal of the Japanese Government to release information, new details are emerging about the scope of the biological program. Research by scholars, campaigns by the Simon Wiesenthal Center of Los Angeles and the Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia, and a lawsuit in Japan by Chinese plaintiffs have unleashed a flood of new accounts that substantially expand the historical record.
The accounts have heightened tensions between Japan and its neighbors. They suggest that Japan's World War II germ attacks were even more widespread than first thought, stretching from Burma (now Myanmar), Thailand, Singapore and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) to Russia and Chinese cities and hamlets.
The Dead
The Numbers Remain in Dispute
The death toll from Japan's biological warfare remains in dispute. Some scholars assert that several hundred thousand people died, mostly in China. Others say the casualties were far lower. Scholars estimate that an additional 10,000 prisoners were killed in experiments, perhaps a dozen times the number who died at the hands of Dr. Josef Mengele and other Nazi scientists.
Eli M. Rosenbaum, director of the Office of Special Investigations in the Justice Department, said the dispute between Tokyo and Washington over suspected war criminals has been quietly building for three years.
The Justice Department's worldwide list of war crimes suspects now includes the names of about 60,000 Germans and other Europeans, including Kurt Waldheim, the former United Nations Secretary General, President of Austria and wartime intelligence officer in Hitler's army.
By contrast, Mr. Rosenbaum said the United States had dates of birth and other identifying data on fewer than 100 suspected Japanese war criminals.
''For a friendly government to deny us access is astonishing, beyond the pale,'' Mr. Rosenbaum said. ''Most outrageous of all is that the Japanese Government will not provide the dates of birth of war crimes suspects identified by O.S.I. so that they can be barred from the United States. They won't even tell us if they will ever assist us.''
A Japanese Embassy spokesman in Washington, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, said his Government would have no comment because the issue concerned ''the specifics of Japanese cooperation with the United States, which are of a diplomatic nature.''
Little was publicly known about Japan's germ operations until the 1980's, when scholars published their first accounts. More recently, veterans of Unit 731 have been speaking publicly in Japan about their misdeeds, seeking expiation.
According to participants, victims and records, the unit mounted widespread germ attacks with anthrax, typhoid and other pathogens. Among other experiments, its doctors infected prisoners with disease germs, removed organs and blood and withheld water to collect data on how the human body copes with illness and deprivation. Many victims were then dissected alive.
Only one former member of the unit was ever turned away from entering the United States: Yushio Shinozuka, who arrived last summer to join a forum and publicly express anguish over having prepared victims for vivisection.
Rather than fading with time, diplomats and scholars say, sensitivities over the issue are becoming sharper as new generations re-examine wartime events, as they have with the Holocaust in Europe.
Complicating the issue is the complicity of American officials in shielding from prosecution top Japanese scientists who turned over their data to the United States, which was developing its own germ warfare program.
Among the questions that remain unresolved is whether doctors working with Unit 731 experimented on American prisoners of war.
''The cover-up continues,'' said Sheldon H. Harris, emeritus professor of history at California State University in Northridge and the author of ''Factories of Death'' (Routledge, 1994), an account of the Japanese germ warfare program and the American hunger for its secrets. The book is scheduled for publication in Japan this spring.


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6 Things Triathletes Should Know About Sun Protection
- By Alicia Kaye
- Published Jun 20, 2013
- Updated Jul 15, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC
2. Remember that SPF starts to expire the second you apply it (even if you're inside or it's dark out).
Put your sunscreen on as close to the beginning of your workout or race as possible as the clock on expiration starts immediately. On race day bring sunscreen with you to the start line, or put it on last when you leave transition before putting on your wetsuit.
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An investigation is under way after the death of a woman in a road crash in Co Kilkenny.
The woman was killed when she was knocked down by a car while crossing the main street in Graiguenamanagh this morning.
The street has been sealed off pending a technical examination.
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If you're looking to take a break without breaking the bank, a good, old-fashioned road trip could be the way to escape. Aside from packing snacks and preparing the perfect playlist, there are a few things you should consider before venturing out on the open road.
A few updates and precautions can help you avoid the wear and potential safety hazards a long trip can have on your vehicle.
Winter weather can be hard on a vehicle's exterior, and even seemingly insignificant cosmetic damage can become a large issue if left unattended. Many owners are aware of some scratch or dent in their vehicles but are wary of the cost to have it professionally repaired. But allowing exposed metal to rust can create an even bigger problem.
For instance, you can avoid ugly and potentially costly issues using a product such as Dupli-Color Scratch Fix touch-up paint. It's available in hundreds of exact-match colors for a seamless fix to nearly any vehicle's paint damage.
Good tires are an integral aspect of vehicle safety, and it is extremely important to check your tires before heading on an extended road trip. According to the Car Care Council, thin tire treads create hazardous driving conditions, particularly on wet roadways. Thin or worn treads can cause tires to hydroplane and potentially lead to loss of control of the vehicle.
To ensure tires wear evenly and avoid dangerous situations, it is commonly recommended to have tires rotated every 7,000 miles.
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New brake pads and fluid may not be the most appealing travel expense, but will certainly save you the hassle and cost failed brakes can incur.
Whether your trip is 100 miles or 1,000, checking your vehicle mechanics is important before heading out on the open road.
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U2 Guitarist's Plans to Build Modest Compound Rejected
By Mark Gongloff
If you think it's easy being The Edge, international rock legend, think again. Not only is the U2 guitarist partly responsible for what might be the most widely mocked play in Broadway history, now he cannot even go lick his wounds in the Malibu mansion, er, mansions of his humble dreams.
The California Coastal Commission has rejected his plans to build not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 mansions on a ridge over the ocean in Malibu.
Not all of the mansions will be The Edge's; there are other property owners in the project, identified as "family, friends and business associates," according to the LA Times.
The Edge, born David Evans, has been fighting for more than five years to develop his wee 156-acre plot and has argued that it will be environmentally friendly, once you clear out all the pesky flora and fauna that happens to live there. The LA Times writes:
Evans' house is planned as a 12,785-square-foot contemporary abode, called "Leaves in the Wind," so named for the undulating green roof meant to emulate fluttering leaves. A website explains that the five houses were designed to meet the highest environmental standards by incorporating recycled and renewable materials, rainwater catchment systems, solar panels and native landscaping.
The Coastal Commission ain't buying it:
"In 38 years of this commission's existence, this is one of the three worst projects that I've seen in terms of environmental devastation," Peter Douglas, the agency's executive director, said in an interview after the vote. "It's a contradiction in terms — you can't be serious about being an environmentalist and pick this location" given the effects on habitat, land formation, scenic views and water quality."


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Autumn is a BEAUTIFUL time of year for crafting with nature. There are so many Nature Crafts out there to be inspired by and it is a wonderful time of year to get the kids involved in collecting and making. Using nature to craft with is wonderful on so many ways – the kids get to connect with nature, items found in nature come in so many different textures, shapes and sizes and nature items are **free**. What a bonus. So what is there NOT to like about crafting with nature this Autumn? There are acorns, chestnuts, poppy seed husks, leaves, bark, sticks and pine cones. So much to choose from. What will YOU find in your local park or back garden?
Nature Crafts for Fall
Nature Crafts additional info and links:
9) Wool sticks & Wool Nature catcher by Zing Zing Tree (watch the video for info)
10) Nature wreath
11) Nature stick fairies by Domestic Goddesque (watch the video for info)
13) Leaf tea light jars by Me and My Shadow (watch the video)
14) Beech Nut hedgehog by Me and My Shadow (watch the video)
16) Pine cone fairies (dies Herbst Bastel Ideen gibt es nun auch auf Deutsch)
17) Autumn Mobil
19) Chestnut Pencil Toppers (Gumnut Pencil Topper)
20) Not on video: Leaf Crown
21) And here is an extra one that I LOVE LOVE LOVE from the talented Mammasaurus – a dream catcher made whilst out in the woods.
22) And these Bush Critters are 100% ADORABLE!!


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Animal Systems
Animal Systems Introduction
In A Nutshell
Believe it or not, there was a time before iPhones. But people still needed to communicate with each other. What did people do in this pre-texting era to get the message across? They might have used a pair of tin cans and a piece of string. They also might have used a wall-phone with a rotary dial. Both were handy ways to communicate about who was and wasn't attending the sock hop.
Our bodies don't have tin cans connected by string for conversation. (Thankfully, we are slightly more advanced.) However, our body does communicate between its various systems. While all of these systems use a wide range of chemicals and processes to spread messages across the body, just remember that we are still talking about the same fundamental idea of two tin cans and a string.
The immune system's communication system all begins with some sort of outside stimulus, usually an unwelcome one in the form of an invading alien pathogen. Immune cells sense these odd-looking fellas and release different kinds of chemicals, usually called cytokines, to trigger some sort of defensive response. These chemicals signal to other immune cells to get their acts together and help out.
The immune system is also the thing that gives you a fever when you are sick. While a skyrocketing temperature may prevent you from going outside to frolic, your hot forehead is the sign of a body hard at work fending off invaders.
When we're talking about the endocrine system, hormones are the stuff of communication. These chemicals get released from an endocrine gland and act at a different part of the body. This communication is pretty darn important too, since hormones are involved in just about every bodily process from metabolism to growing big and strong.
The nervous system does a lot of communicating, too. To convey an idea or evoke a particular response, chemical neurotransmitters do all the talking. You know how you get a bit sweaty when you see that special someone walking in front of you in the hallway? That happened all because your brain communicated to your periphery, to let your skin know that it had noticed the cutie up ahead.


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For many Eastern Kentucky students, the snow means another day without school.
However for officials, it means another day to play catch up before spring testing begins.
Tuesday marks twelve days in a row students in Magoffin county have not had school and that has officials trying to figure out the best way to make up for lost time.
Students have missed a total of nineteen days since the beginning of the school year.
"This lost instructional time could be detrimental to our accountability," said Joe Hunley, Superintendent of Magoffin County Schools.
He says at this point it is a balance of making sure students are ready for cats testing in the spring but that they do not stay in school too long.
"If a district misses more than twenty days in a given school year, then it can ask for forgiveness for the days over twenty," said Lisa Gross, Spokesperson for the Kentucky Department of Education.
It is an option the school board is keeping on the table if more days are missed. For now it looks like spring break has to go.
"Even if we take spring break, which is a very real possibility, then we are June 5th for students," said Hunley.
Principal Tony Skaggs says even though the number of days is adding up, he is confident in getting his students prepared.
"Once we can those kids back in, and we can get into a routine and back into a rhythm, back in their classes then we should be ok. But it will take a while to do that," he says.
He says he knows his students and teachers are willing to put in the time.
Officials say they will be deciding whether or not to have spring break at their next board meeting on February 19th.
School officials say if any more days are missed in February or March, they may also have to start Saturday school. Other nearby districts closing in on the twenty day mark include Floyd and Johnson counties.


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Definition of cacodyl in English:
1A malodorous, toxic, spontaneously flammable liquid compound containing arsenic.
- Chemical formula: ((CH3)2As)2.
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Mid 19th century: from Greek kakōdēs 'stinking' (from kakos 'bad') + -yl.
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"It is remarkable that in this current contest we are being outspent by two impoverished countries: Cuba and Venezuela," noted U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay Frank Baxter in a 2007 cable released by Wikileaks. "We offer a small Fulbright program; they offer a thousand medical scholarships. We offer a half dozen brief IV programs to 'future leaders'; they offer thousands of eye operations to poor people. We offer complex free trade agreements someday; they offer oil at favorable rates today. Perhaps we should not be surprised that Chavez is winning friends and influencing people at our expense."
We can now expect the Washington's "contest" with Venezuela to escalate dramatically as it attempts to take advantage of the Bolivarian regime's vulnerability during the transition of power. Already Vice President Nicolas Maduro, whom Chavez asked Venezuelans to make his successor, has sounded the alarm. "We have no doubt that commander Chavez was attacked with this illness," Maduro said on Mar. 5, repeating a suspicion voiced by Chavez himself that Washington was somehow responsible for the fatal cancer he contracted. "The old enemies of our fatherland looked for a way to harm his health."
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text: ''Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates'' is an MMO created by Three Rings, Inc. In it, players take the role of {{Pirate}}s in a cartoonish world. The game is divided into a number of servers, called Oceans; each Ocean consists of a number of islands separated into archipelagos; within this framework, players can partake in a number of activities, from sailing the high seas with fellow pirates in search of treasure, to working in or even owning and operating shops, to playing classic games like Hearts and Poker.What makes this game unique is that all of its major tasks, from sailing a ship to distilling rum, are staged in the form of {{Puzzle Game}}s. These include things like {{Match Three Game}}s (for tasks like pumping the bilge water out of a ship, digging for treasure, or hauling it from a shipwreck), FallingBlocks (operating a ship's sails, as well as Swordfighting, in the vein of Super Puzzle Fighter), pattern-matching games (shipbuilding, for instance), and other, more exotic fare.Another hallmark of the game is that [[PlayerGeneratedEconomy its economy is almost entirely player-driven]]: players buy or forage commodities from islands, sail them back to their shops, and use them to manufacture goods using player-provided labor. This results in the game economy being remarkably similar to that of the real world.----!!This game contains examples of:* AllegedlyFreeGame: While you can certainly get a lot out of the game without ever paying a cent especially if the standard duty puzzles are your favorites, you'll need to pay if you want to play puzzles beyond those basic duty puzzles more than 2-3 specific days a week, buy better than entry-level weapons for swordfighting and rumbling (which do matter, as they affect your drop pattern), have any sort of standing within a crew, own a ship, or even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking buy most kinds of clothing]].** However, as noted below in the BribingYourWayToVictory entry, Doubloon oceans allow premium currency to be purchased for regular game currency, enabling effective free play for some extra effort.* AmusingInjuries: When a ship sinks, everyone on it has a chance of getting either a SeadogPegLeg, an eyepatch, a HookHand, or a starfish stuck to their face. These can be removed using special potions, but they're frequently seen as badges of honor among the playerbase.* AntiFrustrationFeature: In the carpentry puzzle, you are allowed to adjust a piece if you had misplaced it slightly.* AntiPoopSocking: In the form of humorous messages during extended sessions.* BribingYourWayToVictory: Doubloon Oceans use Doubloons as a premium currency, which needed to buy most high-end goods. Players can exchange regular currency for Doubloons, but that leads to players with money to burn buying lots of doubloons and making a killing off of selling them to others.** However, some things cannot be simply bought, such as high puzzle standings, trophies, and skill at certain aspects of the game, so BribingYourWayToVictory is only possible for some definitions of "victory".* BreakableWeapons: Clothing and weapons last for a set amount of days, ranging from a month to several. This can be avoided by putting the item into a wardrobe or rack when it is not in use.* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Or "Cheating Savior" in this case. The Black Ship flat out cheats, moving through blocking terrain and doing several other things players can't do. * DemBones: [[FanNickname Skellies]]* DifficultySpike: The first few star difficulty levels of Bilging are quite easy to get a high ranking for your duty report in, oftentimes the [=RNG=] will be very kind to you and give you free chains as it generates more blocks. But the moment you gain enough experience that the game adds a sixth type of block to the rotation maintaining high scores in Bilging requires considerably more skill at identifying large potential combos with minimum moves made. It does get a little bit easier when the game throws in the 3x3-area-clearing blowfish and the crabs that give you a fairly high amount of points for clearing, but that time spent during 4 star difficulty is definitely going to see a lot of Fair, Poor, and even Booched scores for newer players.* DressedToPlunder* DropInNemesis: The Black Ship. Pound on weaker players too often, and it'll show up to kick your ass to Hell and back.* FantasyGunControl: Despite the existence of shipboard cannons and gunpowder, there are no personal firearms in the game.* FarSideIsland: In the early years, each new character began by being rescued off one of these, and receiving a JustifiedTutorial on the way to the nearest port.* FogFeet: Ghosts* HatOfAuthority: Certain hats are restricted to officers and up, and only royalty can wear crowns. Also, each non-boss computer-controlled enemy ship has exactly one pirate with a hat, which is often thought to be the "captain" of said ship (though the belief that they should be eliminated first or last is widely considered to be an UrbanLegendOfZelda).* HelloInsertNameHere* HookHand* HornyVikings: Both the Brigand Queen [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brynhld Skullsplitter]] and the antagonists in a recently-released type of expedition.* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou* LordBritishPostulate: El Pollo Diablo, the Black Ship which appears to punish players for attacking ships significantly weaker than themselves, is meant to be undefeatable. It has been defeated several times, and each time the developers have given it a major upgrade.* ObviousBeta: Most releases follows a predictable pattern: A version of the release is put on the test Ocean (read: server), Ice. Several bugs and glitches are found. Some of them are patched; some of them are not, despite being pointed out on the game forums. Then the features are released to the production Oceans, where the playerbase deals with the unpatched bugs and discovers even further bugs. Several emergency bugfix releases follow.* PirateBooty: Obviously.* PirateParrot: Are occasionally offered as prizes in competitions run by the developers. (Other shoulder-mounted pets obtainable as competition prizes include monkeys and, for some reason, octopi.)* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: semi-averted. There's plenty of pillaging and treasure-thieving to be had, but no one ever gets killed. Given the target audience and the fact that it's an MMO, this is not surprising.** When the war mechanic was first introduced, it was highly controversial, as many players didn't want to sink other players' ships or conquer their islands.** There are more than a few players who only play the card games.* PuzzleGame: It's called "''Puzzle'' Pirates", [[CaptainObvious what did you expect?]]** MatchThreeGame** FallingBlocks* RealTimeWithPause: The Simultaneous Turn-Based "Battle Navigation" puzzle is this.* RuleOfFun: "Fun > Realism" is frequently invoked and mentioned as the underlying design principle used for every part of the game.* SeadogPegLeg: If your ship is sunk in battle, there's a certain probability that you'll end up with a peg leg.* ShoutOut: Very many, including to all the obvious candidates like ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' and ''Franchise/{{Pirates of the Caribbean}}''.** The "Adjectival Fish" ship name pattern comes from ''Literature/OnStrangerTides'', which features a ship named the ''Vociferous Carmichael''.** The name of the ghost ship ''El Pollo Diablo'' comes from ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland''.* TalkLikeAPirate: Natch. [=NPCs=] always do, and there's even an option to filter swear words and replace them with piratey swears. Encouraged but optional for players.* ThirdEye* TreasureMap: It's sometimes possible to obtain maps that unlock special areas of the game -- which, yes, generally involve an opportunity to load up on treasure.* UnusualEuphemism: Swear words are, by default, replaced with various nautical/piratey terms. These Unusual Euphemisms have thus crept into the language of long-time players, who'd use them in places like crew names and forums.** During the game's beta, there was a notorious incident where the word lists in the swear word filter got reversed, which caused the piratey terms to be [[http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=2777&offset=0#24021 replaced with their corresponding swear words]] in game. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued]].* VendorTrash: Fruit - albeit useful in theory, since IRL it would keep you from getting scurvy.* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: El Pollo Diablo is an NPC ship that appears when you attack a significantly weaker ship and will fight in place of the attacked ship. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard It cannot be damaged or grappled, goes through obstacles, gets 4 moves each turn (unlike other ships the same size), and knows your every move.]] After inflicting full damage on your ship, it will grapple you and you will fight 159 skellies. If it wins, it takes everything except 5 of the lowest quality rum you have.* WalkThePlank: Ship captains are able to hand out this punishment to crew members who are being particularly unpleasant. (In line with the game's no-death policy, they'll immediately wash ashore on the nearest island, but it means you don't have to put up with them for the rest of the trip and they miss out on collecting a share of the booty at the end of it.) A captain can even [[PressXToDie inflict this on himself]]. [[WhatAnIdiot Somehow.]]* WideOpenSandbox: This is one as far as {{MMORPG}}s are concerned. Do work for the navy, or become a member of a pirate crew. Gamble at the Inn or do work for the stalls. It is a very player driven economy, so there are plenty of things to craft.* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: In loving detail. Even the pirates act more like privateers.----