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I order a couple of the Safavieh rugs the color like #18641660 (which I ordered) Is this rug the same beige as item # 18641660? Any what other rugs are the same cream and beige as 18641660. Thanks
This rug is just perfect. Thick, great to walk on with bare feet, cleans up easily. Am very happy with the purchase....
Safavieh Hand-woven Ultimate Beige Shag Rug (8' x 10')by Safavieh
ITEM#: 13412928Soften your decor with this luxurious Shadow Box shag rug from Safavieh. It adds a touch of clean and tasteful elegance to your home with its soft neutral palette. Featuring a subtle high low texture with beige colored tone on tone borders, the rug creates an alluring geometric sculptured effect.
Neutrality is one of its fortes, as it is the perfect backdrop for many styles of decor. Expertly power-loomed of enhanced polypropylene, this rug is designed to effortlessly withstand everyday foot traffic. Place the rug in a bedroom to create a clean, cozy retreat, or add it to a living room to give the room a plush and airy feel. Sink your feet into this shag carpet's 1.18-inch pile height and enjoy the aesthetic and tangible pleasures that this product has to offer.
- Style: Casual, Shag
- Pattern: Geometric
- Backing: Latex
- Primary Color: Beige
- Dimensions: 8' x 10'
- Pile Height: 1.18 inches
- Primary material: Polypropylene
- Country of Origin: Turkey
- This aesthetically appealing yet understated design provides depth and textural appeal
- A geometric modern design with an impeccably relaxed look will complement any decor with a contemporary accent
- High-density polypropylene pile provides one of the plushest feelings available in a rug, and its power-loomed construction makes this rug durable and virtually non-shedding
- For over 100 years, Safavieh has been crafting rugs of the highest quality and unmatched style
Tip: We recommend the use of a non-skid pad to keep the rug in place on smooth surfaces.
All rug sizes are approximate. Due to the difference of monitor colors, some rug colors may vary slightly. We try to represent all rug colors accurately. Please refer to the text above for a description of the colors shown in the photo.
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Beautiful rug
This rug is just perfect. Thick, great to walk on with bare feet, cleans up easily. Am very happy with the purchase.Read More
This is a great rug! Love the design!
I absolutely love this run. It is the perfect size for our den. It's thick and so comfortable to walk on. My granddaughter and our puppy love to roll around on it. We just ordered it in a smaller size (5'3" x 7'6") for our foyer. Can't wait for it to arrive.Read More
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Beautiful Rug
Great rug. Soft and plush and great value for $$. Only reason I did to give it a 5 is because the actual color is very different from the picture. It is much darker and way more taupe. Picture looks beige and tan. It is actually 2 different shades of taupe and I could not use it in my room. I had to return it.Read More
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Love this rug....I was reluctant to spend this much money without seeing it in person and was pleasantly surprised at the great quality ....Very happy with this pruchase...Read More
Good quality, lush, but brown=beige, style=bathmat
There's a subjective part to this review (like all) and a non-subjective part. I bought the 8x10 'beige' version of this for my living room, but it ended up being unacceptable. Since returning it was a pain, I decided to put it in my bedroom. Without going into details, moving a rug this size underneath furniture by myself, down one flight of stairs to another room with a queen bed and a chest of drawers on it, was a painful effort. I can say with some confidence that the physical quality of the rug itself is fairly good given the price. The rug survived the pushing, pulling, scratching of furniture on top of it that I subjected it to as I did this silly move. I truly expected it to rip, and it didn't. +1 for the rug. It's thick and lush, it's solid-feeling, and it feels sturdy. Aesthetically, though, and this is where I just don't agree with all those positive reviews, the rug has issues. First of all, the beige color is 'medium brown' bordering on 'dark brown'. If you combine that weirdness with the thick shag of the rug (normally a good thing), and the rectangle-within-rectangle aesthetic, and the fact that the rectangles are almost the same color as the field color - let me tell you what it feels like. It feels like you just put a bathmat, a big fat giant bathmat, in your living room. Unless you want do have a giant pool party and have everyone dry themselves in your living room, I would suggest a different style, a different color, or just careful consideration. The rug maker seems reasonable, so I'd consider buying from them again, but I'd definitely avoid this style like the plague, even if it costs more. Both the manufacturer and Overstock I found pretty reasonable (would buy from again), but the style...Read More
VERY happy!
I was nervous about buying online but couldn't find what I wanted in the stores (or on other sites.) I feel the quality is excellent for the price - a great deal. Some others have mentioned (in reviews) the odor from the carpet - it did have a chemical odor for a few days but it went away completely - I imagine being wrapped up in plastic and then sitting in the sun on my back porch after it was delivered intensified the odor. This carpet has changed the whole look of my living room. I was planning on repainting and seriously thinking of replacing my sofa and chairs but bringing this new, neutral color carpet into the room made everything look fresher. Everyone walks in and asks if I bought new furniture because the room looks so great. It feels wonderful to walk on with bare feet and now I also enjoy laying on the soft, comfy rug. It took a couple of days for all of the small folds "wrinkles" to lay flat but now I'm thrilled. The lower pile sculpted lines give the rug added interested. Love this rug and my first Overstock buying experience. It arrived so fast I was shocked to find it outside the house when I got home from work. It was a beautiful, hot day but it was wrapped so well that even if it had rained it wouldn't have harmed the rug.Read More
Nice plush rug
I am glad that Overstock added more pictures to this listing. I purchased this item 6 months ago based on the extremely zoomed in image only, so was surprised by the multiple rectangles, but I got used to them. I also feel like the contrast between rectangles isn't as stark as in the photos. I found the color to be slightly cooler (more of a taupe) than in the pictures shown, but I had actually made the decision to purchase this rug based on other reviews which said so about the color. The fibers are dense, unlike other shaggy rugs where you can feel the rough knots when you dig your fingers in. I was worried about how the rug would hold up to my dog who sheds like crazy, and it's done just fine. I vacuum it weekly on the high pile setting (or the one just under that). And in-between vacuuming, it does a darn good job of concealing all that fur.Read More
Positive Review
I have had this rug for over a year now and its great. It is not the color in the picture though. Its more of a silverish brown color but its still very neutral. After a year, it has held up very well and is still super soft. It works great in our living room for a soft spot for the kids to play.Read More
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These two are different designed rugs and will most likely look slightly different in color as well.
what is pile height
Our system states that the pile height for this rug is close to 3cm.
Does this rug come in shades of grey?
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I like the design of the area rug and the fact that it was on sale!
Right size and color.
This product fit my regarding size, color, design and price.
for winter home
It looks like a very good quality rugð Plus it will go very good in my parlor. Thank you God bless
We had purchased a smaller one and now we are getting a bigger one. We were very pleased with the first one.
Pretty color
I really love the colors in this rug. The pile is plush and pleasant to my feet. The design will work well my new furniture.
Been looking for this design for a long while
I felt this rug would look great with my neutral scheme in my living room. I hope the rug holds up from my children traffic in and out of my living room. Thank you.
We have been looking for a new rug for our dining room for three years! This finally fit our needs!
it,s beautiful,and was exactly what i was looking for...haven't seen it anywhere else!
Bought the same rug last month. Looks so good, I'm getting a second one. Love it.
I like the colors a lot! The design is simple but makes the rug so much better than just one plain color. Patricia Olmstead
It is my favorite color, will wait for item before to see the quality.
fit my idea of a rug
Size, design, color--and matching runner
Liked the design, size and price.
Photos look nice. My furniture is similar to what is photo'd. The size is perfect for the area also.
Does this rug shed?
Hello Kirsten A., this may have light shed to it, keep it regularly vacuumed and there should not be any problems. Thanks for shopping with us!
If I was to put this rug on top of carpet, would it ruin the carpet beneath it??
Hello Dianna, this will not harm the carpet. Have a great day!
is there ANY glue on the back of this item at all?
Hi wbrodsky, unfortunately I was unable to confirm if any glue is on the back, this is the only information from our support team, this features a Durable cotton canvas backing. Thanks for your interest, hope this helps!
What is the weight of this item?
Thank you for your question. This rug is 59 pounds. This rug looks soo soft!
how do you clean this.
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The club is very loosely organized. We are incorporated in the State of Iowa and we have a board of directors. There are club meetings on the second Wednesday evening of each month at 7:00 PM. They are held at Mt. Pleasant Home in Dubuque except for the June, July, and August meetings which are held at the flying site (weather permitting). Attendance at these meetings is completely optional.
We fly at what was once called FDR park. The park has been closed for many years so access is a bit of a problem. We have a lease arrangement with the City of Dubuque Parks Dept. for the use of the field and access to it. Each member receives a key for the lock at the gate which must not be duplicated or passed on to non-members. Guests are always welcome at the flying field ... they just need to be escorted in through the gate by a member.
Our field was graded and developed entirely using funds and labors of club members many years ago when the park was still open to the public. We do all the grass mowing and field maintenance with our own equipment. We also maintain the road inside the gate when it needs grading.

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There is an increasing need for fast, accurate, repeatable and economical methods for the analysis of biohazards and environmental toxins in air and water. Immunoassays have traditionally been used to detect and quantify toxins, but suffer from long analysis times, one-time use, automation challenges, and quantification variability. The use of polarized liquid crystal materials for antibody immobilization is a novel approach in immunosensor design. In this work 4-(4-nitro-phenylethynyl)-benzenethiol has been synthesized and allowed to self-assemble at gold quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) electrodes. Prior to covalent attachment of the antibody of interest, the nitro group must be reduced to a hydroxylamine. This is accomplished electrochemically and is the focus of this poster. Results for the electroreduction of the nitro group of 4-nitrothiophenol to the hydroxylamine is also presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach. The electroreduction at gold QCM electrodes is also compared to results obtained at molybdenum electrodes.
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Capacitance measurements were conducted at each gold QCM electrode prior to cleaning. Three cyclic voltammograms were recorded in 4.4 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) from 0.1 V to 0.4 V [versus Ag/AgCl (1 M KCl)] at a scan rate of 0.1 V/s. The electrode was then washed with doubly deionized water.
Each electrode was cleaned in a KCl (0.01 M)/H2SO4 (0.1 M) solution under the following voltammetric conditions: scans 1-3: 0.2 V ↔ 0.9 V, scans 4-6: 0.2 V ↔ 1.2 V, scans 7-9: 0.2 V ↔ 1.35 V, scan rate = 0.1 V/s, reference electrode = Ag/AgCl (1 M KCl). The electrodes were again washed with doubly deionized water.
Post-cleaning capacitance measurements were recorded at each electrode in 4.4 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) from 0.1 V to 0.4 V (versus Ag/AgCl (1 M)) at a scan rate of 0.1 V/s.
Each electrode was washed with copious amounts of doubly deionized water, ethanol, water, and ethanol prior to the addition of the freshly-prepared thiol solution (50 mM) of interest (in dichloromethane). Self-assembly was allowed to proceed for 48 hours.
The 4-nitrothiophenol system
After modification with 4-NTP, the electrode is poised at a potential of -400 mV vs. Ag/AgCl (1 M KCl) for 15-60 minutes.
Application of the initial potential reduces the nitro group to the hydroxylamine.
CVs are taken at 15 minute intervals between -400 mV and 0 mV.
Oxidation of the hydroxylamine produces the nitroso group followed by re-reduction back to the hydroxylamine.
PDP (pyridoxal phosphate) is an aqueous molecule that serves as an antibody model system (i.e., it contains an aldehyde group that is capable of reaction with the hydroxylamine). The 4-NTP modified electrode is exposed to PDP (50 mM) while being held at -400 mV for various lengths of time.
Initially it was proposed that the diminished current response over time was due to binding of the PDP to the surface-bound hydroxylamine.
The 4-NTP electrode was initially held at -400 mV for 35 minutes followed by interrogation with CV at open circuit. Scans were taken between -400 mV and 0 mV over the course of 6 hours revealing a large decrease in current response for the hydroxylamine/nitroso redox couple. A potential of -400 mV was reapplied for 35 minutes after this 6 hour time period, but no significant increase in current response was seen. This could indicate that a non-electroactive species is being produced over time which may reduce the number of hydroxylamine moieties for reaction with PDP (or an antibody).
The 4-(4-nitro-phenylethynyl)-benzenethiol system
This molecule is capable of producing the same electrochemistry as 4-NTP (i.e., reduction of the nitro group to the hydroxylamine).
CVs shown above represent the oxidation of the hydroxylamine to the nitroso compound over time (i.e., electrode is held at -400 mV for 0-120 minutes).
We postulate that this molecule could be used to affix antibodies to the gold surface and facilitate shorter surface regeneration time because of the molecule's highly conductive nature.
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Retinitis pigmentosa is part of a group of eye diseases that are passed down in families. All of them affect the ability of the retina to sense light. The problem with the retina can take place in any of the following:
The symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa usually begin in childhood or adolescence. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. Some people with the problem have a slow, very progressive loss of eyesight. Others lose their eyesight much more quickly and severely. Common symptoms may include:
The symptoms of the condition may look like other eye diseases. Talk with your eye doctor for a diagnosis.
Your eye doctor will take a complete medical history and give you an eye exam. The eye doctor may do one or more of the following tests to make a diagnosis:
Your eye doctor will figure out the best treatment for you based on:
The symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa sometimes look like other conditions or medical problems. Always see your eye doctor for a diagnosis.
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MATTHEW GROVE is standing as a CONSERVATIVE candidate for the election of Humberside Police & Crime Commissioner:
I have one priority – to cut crime. I will challenge head on the cycle of re-offending, supporting tougher community sentences so justice is seen to be done. I will always put victims ahead of criminals.
I will free our police from unnecessary bureaucracy and targets. Their priority will be to cut crime and catch criminals. I will recruit more Special Constables to be deployed directly in our communities, and look to maintain numbers of PCSOs.
This post is not about politics, I am not a professional politician wishing to play on the national stage. I have not claimed expenses for mileage or food for the past three years as a Councillor. I have never travelled first class and will never do so at the taxpayer's expense.
I live and have my company in East Yorkshire after growing up in Lincolnshire. I have a successful track record of working with members of all political parties, voluntary groups and local residents.
We must take the fight to the criminals, not just deal with the aftermath. We know who the habitual criminals are and where they live. We must target them instead of allowing them to target the innocent.
For those whose drunken, anti-social behaviour blights our streets at night I will be looking to charge them for the cost of the police time spent dealing with them.
I will support effective rehabilitation and the fantastic work of those who help offenders re-join society. Continuing a life of crime can no longer be the easy option. We should help offenders who want to turn their lives around and not tolerate those who choose to make other people's lives a misery.
Preventing crime and re-offending is most effective when all the related services work closely together alongside our communities, so that offenders don't fall through the gaps that can exist between organisations.
I want to ensure that there is no hiding place for criminals and that all parties together focus on reducing crime. I will protect investment in projects which have a proven success rate but will not waste money on rewarding criminals.
I would be the Police and Crime Commissioner for the whole of East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as for Hull – a strong, local, independent-minded voice serving all residents and working closely with the public, chief constable, police officers and other organisations to make our neighbourhoods safer.
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> Gnome itself has no problem opening SMB shares, but VLC doesn't see them. Most the shares on the network are SMB or NFS, and Windows VLC has no
> trouble, just this version.
> Anyone see this or is it just me being a `tard?
> Ta :-)
I don't think it's just you. No.
You can enter the location into vlc and it will find it. Such as
But. There is no way to browse via the open file prompts.
Apparently, you can do it by configuring CIFS but it may well just be
worth using Nautilus (Konqueror/Dolphin) and right clicking the file
with "open with VLC".
Unless someone knows a better workaround. Perhaps a permanent fstab
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Comprehensive Description
Range Description
Physical Description
Max. size
Diagnostic Description
Habitat and Ecology
As with all Myliobatiformes, the reproductive mode of M. kuhlii is livebearing and histotrophic, with embryonic nutrition supplied from a protein- and lipid-rich histotroph from highly developed trophonemata. A single, relatively large pup is produced per litter (Compagno and Last 1999, White et al. 2006b). Long resting periods may account for extended reproductive cycles in mobulid species. This species feeds on planktonic crustaceans and possibly small fishes and cephalopods (Sommer et al. 1996, White et al. 2006b) and reaches a maximum size of about 119 cm disc width (DW) (White et al. 2006b). Size at birth is around 31 cm DW (Compagno and Last 1999). Males mature at 115–119 cm (DW) (White et al. 2006b).
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Trophic Strategy
Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Mobula kuhlii
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen.
Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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Download FASTA File
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Mobula kuhlii
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
Population Trend
Mobula kuhlii is vulnerable to net gear, in particular gill nets, and is taken as a target or utilised bycatch in Indonesia and likely throughout much of its range. In Indonesia mobulid rays are landed as bycatch by artisanal gillnet fishers who target tuna. White et al. (2006a) conducted a study of the bycatch of mobulid rays in the drift gillnet fishery for skipjack tuna off Indonesia. Of 409 mobulid rays observed at four landing sites in eastern Indonesia from April 2001 to October 2005, M. kuhlii was the most rarely recorded and composed only 2% of the total rays, in this part of its range.
The high value of gill rakers in some areas is driving a dramatic increase in the catch of mobulids in Indonesia, where some fishers are now targeting devil rays, and their meat, cartilage and skin are also utilised (White et al. 2006). Although specific catch details are unavailable because of poor documentation in fisheries, mobulid rays appear to be particularly susceptible to overfishing as their fecundity is the lowest of all elasmobranchs (with litter sizes of typically only one pup and a gestation period assumed to be 1–3 years) (White et al. 2006a).
Directed mobulid fisheries have also been reported in other areas of this species' range, including India, Sri Lanka and Thailand (Compagno and Last 1999, White et al. 2006a). Given the vulnerable life-history characteristics of this species, it is highly unlikely to be able to sustain continued directed fishing. Manta rays were targeted in the Philippines until protection was introduced for them in this area in 1988, as a result of international concern for the sustainability of such fisheries (see Conservation Measures below) (White et al. 2006a). Directed artisanal elasmobranch and ray fisheries using surface and bottom gillnet and line, also operate off Tanzania and a variety of artisanal multi-species artisanal net and line fisheries operate off South Africa (www.wiofish.org).Traditional fisheries for rays operate off Oman, using bottom lines and fixed gillnets. Rays are also often caught incidentally using beach seines off Oman (FAO 2008). Furthermore this species' preference for coastal waters places it within the range of inshore fisheries, which are known to be intensive in many parts of its range, including India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Indonesia (Young et al. 2005, Flewwelling and Hosch 2006, Mngulwi 2006, Morgan 2006).
A recent review of the state of marine capture fisheries management in the Indian Ocean, noted that directed fisheries for sharks and rays exist in the Maldives, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania and their status is considered probably fully to overexploited in the southwestern Indian Ocean (Young et al. 2006). The same review noted that 'Rays, stingrays, mantas nei' (a catch category that includes mobulid rays) are moderately to fully exploited in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia (Young et al. 2006). The life-history characteristics of this species, including very low fecundity, make it more vulnerable to exploitation relative to other more productive species of elasmobranchs included under these categories.
Mobulid rays are valuable for their branchial fiter plates, which are exported from Indonesia to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore and ground down for use in traditional Chinese medicines (White et al. 2006a). The skins, cartilage and flesh are also utilised for human consumption and the cartilage also used as a 'filler' for low-grade shark fin soup (White et al. 2006a).
Conservation Actions
Elasmobranch fisheries are generally unmanaged throughout Southeast Asia and indeed elsewhere in the range of this species, and attempts to regulate fisheries in these regions would greatly improve conservation of M. kuhliii and other chondrichthyans. The capture of mobulid rays in the Philippines was banned with a Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO 193) (known as the "Whale shark and Manta Ray Ban"), issued in 1988.
The development and implementation of management plans (national and/or regional e.g. under the FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks: IPOA-Sharks) are required to facilitate the conservation and sustainable management of all chondrichthyan species across the regions where this ray occurs.
The vulnerability of mobulids and increasing catches requires urgent international conservation measures. These will need to focus on harvest and trade management.
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Mobula kuhlii
Mobula kuhlii, the shortfin devil ray, is a species of eagle ray in the genus Mobula. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean and central-west Pacific Ocean. It ranges from South Africa, Tanzania and the Seychelles in the west to the Philippines and Indonesia in the east, and southward to the northern coast of Australia.
The shortfin devil ray is a small eagle ray growing to a maximum width of 120 cm (47 in) and a weight of 30 kilograms (66 lb). It is flattened horizontally with a wide central disc and the head is short with small cephalic fins. The large pectoral fins have curved tips and the dorsal fin has a white tip. The tail is not tipped with a spine and is shorter than the body. The dorsal surface of this fish is brown and does not bear any placoid scales, and the ventral surface is white.[3][4]
The shortfin devil ray feeds on plankton and possibly also on small fish and squid. It gathers its food by swimming with its mouth open and passing the water over its gill rakers which filter out the food particles. It is an ovoviviparous fish and has the lowest rate of reproduction of any of the elasmobranchs.[1] A litter usually consists of a single pup and the gestation period is one to three years.[1]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature have classified the conservation status of this species as "data deficient". This is because the shortfin devil ray is the subject of both targeted and bycatch inshore fisheries, but insufficient records are kept to enable population trends to be estimated. However, it is vulnerable to over-fishing because of its low reproductive rate. Targeted fisheries occur in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and this ray is caught in Indonesia especially for its gill rakers.[1] These are valuable because of their use in traditional Chinese medicine. The flesh is used for human consumption, the skin is dried and deep fried, and the cartilage is used as a filler in the manufacture of shark fin soup.[5]
- ^ a b c d Bizzarro, J.; Smith, W.; White, W.T.; Valenti, S.V. (2009). "Mobula kuhlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ^ "Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)". FishBase. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ^ Notarbartalo-di-Sciara, G, (1987). "A revisionary study of the genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) with the description of a new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 91 (1): 1–91. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1987.tb01723.x.
- ^ White, William T.; Giles, Jenny; Dharmadi, Potter, Ian C. (2006). "Data on the bycatch fishery and reproductive biology of mobulid rays (Myliobatiformes) in Indonesia". Fisheries Research 82 (1–3): 65–73. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.008.


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The sexiest, hottest, girl around, she is the ultimate dream girl. When you you see her you automatically want to kiss her. When you make eye contact with her you are just blown away by her hotness. When you see her you just know that her body is the perfect shape.
Wow, look at that doll.
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The V.C. Andrews fans coined because of the nickname of "Dresden Dolls" for the Dollanganger children (first featured in Flowers In The Attic) in their family saga, Cathy referring to Chris as Christopher Doll and the overall atmosphere of porcelain dolls and how they, like the V.C. Andrews novels, are eerie and innocent, sweet and fragile and somewhat downright creepy.
Dolls usually don't like the ghostwriter but read the newer books anyways, just because it's under the name of V.C. Andrews.
Beküldő: Christopher Doll 2009. szeptember 6.
1. a friend, someone i like
Hey Doll, whatcha doin?
Bye Doll!
Bye Doll!
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Girls that look hot but are generally fake. Fake tits, fake hair, fake attitude, high-maintenance/low put-out, and likes to use others to make her look good (U know: When the hottie takes her fat, chunky friend to the mall just so the contrast makes her look better and the big-big doesn't realize her friend is using her LOL!)
Sometimes referred to as FINE in a sarcastic manner. FINE standing for Fucked-up, Insecure, Nympho, and Easy.
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A sexy Shemale that even a straight guy can't resist.
Man, I ain't trippin' but I'd tap that Doll's ass anyday
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A term of endearment used in South Africa for a female friend (woman to woman), or for a girlfriend/wife (man to woman). This word seems to be used only by people who have a nasal whiney way of talking, such as kugels.
"Hey, doll, you're looking sexy, hey!"
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term of greeting for stars of silver stairwells and red eyed carpet tiles; approved by homosexualists everywhere; see mox
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Book One of The Dagger and the Coin
Published by Orbit Books (www.orbitbooks.net)
Trade Paperback, April 2011
Reviewed by Rob H. Bedford
Daniel Abraham has written a number of acclaimed works of speculative fiction, most prominently The Long Price quartet as well as contributions to George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards universe and many short stories. With The Dragon's Path, Daniel transitions to a new publisher and launches a brand new Epic Fantasy saga under the title of The Dagger and the Coin. On the surface, Daniel is working in a more 'traditional' fantasy setting (emulating medieval Europe, deep history of magic, dragons, etc), than his previous novels and longer works. Though his Long Price quartet was extremely well received from readers and critics, it flew under the radar of the general populace. The Dragon's Path is sure to bring Daniel much more well-deserved attention.
The novel starts with a prologue, hinting at the return of a very dark magic. The Spider Goddess, to be specific, and how she will consume the world. The POV character in this prologue does not receive a name other than "The Apostate." The remaining chapters are titled based upon the character on whom Abraham focuses his engaging third person omniscient point of view. If this structure is somewhat familiar (especially to those who've read Daniel's mentor George R.R. Martin) then the meat giving that structure bulk does stand apart. For example, the orphan hero is a very popular character type, especially in fantasy fiction. But how often is this orphan taken in by bankers and taught their trade? Not very often, from the many fantasy novels I've personally read. In the character of Cithrin Bel Sarcour, Daniel Abraham has given readers that character and watching her grow over the course of the novel was very enjoyable and plausible. At first shy and downtrodden, Cithrin comes into her own and becomes a very confident, assured character by novel's end.
Cithrin is charged to oversee a physical transfer of the funds via wagon train of the Medean Bank (the bank who adopted her), before the city of Vanai can be conquered by the looming force of the Anteans. Joining Cithrin as hired muscle is Captain Marcus Wester, something of a living legend due to his many victories in previous wars. Just as Cithrin is more than she seems, Wester is more than just a quiet, grizzled veteran. I find myself at odds with the comparison I'm going to make though the more I consider it the more apt it is. Something of Wester's past echoes Kratos, the protagonist of the phenomenally popular (and excellent) video game series God of War. Wester keeps his anger in check much more successfully than does Kratos.
The third character on whom the majority of The Dragon's Path focuses is Geder Palliako a foppish nobleman in the Antean army. Geder at first finds himself the butt of jokes, then a tool for those above him, and eventually a true power player in his own right thanks to his natural curiosity and the soon-to-awaken dark organization he finds in the mountains towards the final third of the novel. Since I'm not giving details, I don't think this can be considered spoilerish.
Lastly, Abraham gives readers the fourth point-of-view character of Killian Dawson, a Baron who fancies himself a player on a Machiavellian level, moving people around like pawns on a chessboard. While he is not a very likeable character, he was also the character I found the least interesting. That having been said, a character like Dawson is a necessary foil in the story Daniel is writing and Dawson does fit the mold well.
The plot revolves around power struggles for a throne under hints and threats of war , familial political machinations (primarily from Killian Dawson's POV), the coming of age of two of the three primary protagonists (Cithrin and Geder), and the redemption of the third (Wester). Where Abraham further separates his novel from other Epic Fantasies dealing with war is where he shows how the wars begin, and through the economic maneuverings that often power the undercurrent of war. On the surface it may not seem that such a premise would make for the most compelling reading, but Abraham infused the narrative with that all important addictive quality of "I need to know what happens next." In fact, my wife noted while I was reading the book that I couldn't put the book down and was always reading it. She doesn't make such a remark very often and I read about a book or two a week.
A world rich with history and a variety of races serves as the backdrop for these characters. A world once ruled by dragons, dragons who in the history of this world, dabbled with genetic manipulation for lack of a better term. As a result, this world has 13 branches of humanity. In many ways, I was reminded a bit of the races of Steven Erikson's Malazan saga for the manner in which the races interact with each other. Daniel provides an essay on these races on his Web site (http://tinyurl.com/dandcraces), though a glossary in the book would have also been helpful for reference. So would a map, but on his blog and in the forums where he can be found (http://asoiaf.westeros.org), Daniel indicated future printings of this book and/or installments of the series would include such ancillary materials.
So, what has Daniel Abraham done? He's taken a proven formula and turned it slightly askew by focusing on a bank teller, a grumpy middle-aged man, and a fat idiotic fool. In other words, the surface may lead one to think you are looking at simply a steak, but when you slice and bite into it, you realize you are eating a fine cut of filet mignon cooked to near perfection. Along with The Wise Man's Fear, The Alloy of Law, and of course, A Dance with Dragons, The Dragon's Path will likely be one of the highlight Epic/Secondary World fantasy novels of the year. Bravo, I can't wait for the second course, so bring it on Daniel!
In the meantime, I'm going to catch up with his Long Price quartet and his Space Opera release with Ty Franck under the pen name James S.A. Corey entitled Leviathan Wakes.
Highest recommendation for this novel as it will appeal to fans of Epic / High Fantasy as well as those who may find themselves tired of the tropes that have been re-cooked without new flavors for so long. Should anybody need something to tide him or herself over until the fifth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire publishes (or the next episode of Game of Thrones), they would be well served by giving The Dragon's Path a try. I don't doubt it will more than fit the bill.
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ANAHEIM -- Jason LaBarbera and Radim Vrbata sent the Phoenix Coyotes into the off-season on a winning note.
LaBarbera made 43 saves and Vrbata had a hat trick as the Coyotes spoiled Fan Appreciation Night for a sellout crowd at Honda Center by beating the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 on Saturday.
Though the game meant nothing to the Ducks, who had already locked up the Pacific Division title and will face the Detroit Red Wings in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they bombarded LaBarbera for most of the night. Phoenix's backup goaltender made a handful of fine stops in the final minute after the Ducks pulled goaltender Viktor Fasth for an extra attacker, but they couldn't get the equalizer, and Antoine Vermette iced the win by hitting the empty net with less than two seconds to play.
Phoenix (21-18-9) missed the playoffs one year after advancing to the Western Conference Finals. It's the first time in four seasons under Head Coach Dave Tippett that the Coyotes haven't made the postseason.
"Tonight just reaffirms how we have to play in order to win," Tippett said. "I know this was a game that doesn't mean anything in the standings, but we expect our team to play with a certain character and grit and do whatever it takes to win."
Vrbata knocked in a rebound 8:14 into the game, but the Ducks tied it two minutes later when Teemu Selanne roofed a pass from Patrick Maroon.
"It was a fun night," Selanne said. "We lost, but I think we were still battling all the way through until the end. Overall, I think everybody's happy. Nobody got hurt and we move on to the real games."
Ex-Duck Kyle Chipchura's shot trickled behind Fasth and into the net at 17:36 to put Phoenix ahead 2-1. Anaheim tied it again when defenseman Francois Beauchemin fired through a screen and beat LaBarbera for a power-play goal 14 seconds into the second period.
Vrbata gave the Coyotes their third lead 6:46 into the middle period when he fired home a fat rebound into an open net. He completed his hat trick by scoring a shorthanded goal 7:43 into the third period; that goal proved to be the game-winner when Bobby Ryan scored midway through the period.
"It's not the situation that we wanted, but it was the same for everybody once the season started," Vrbata said of not making the playoffs after an abbreviated 48-game season. "Everybody knew it was going to be a short season and every point would be vital. We just didn't get enough. "
The Ducks finished 30-12-6, second in the Western Conference.
1. Forward Radim Vrbata notched three goals for his fourth career hat trick. He finished with 12 goals on the season. He scored all but one of those on the road. He also had an assist to tie a career-high for points in a game with four.
2. Goalie Jason LaBarbera made a season-high 43 saves to earn his fourth win of the season. LaBarbera posted a 3-1-1 record in his last five starts of the season.
3.Defenseman Keith Yandle notched two assists to finish the season with a team-high 30 points. He is one of two defensemen to lead their respective teams in scoring this season, along with Nashville's Shea Weber (27).
4. Forward Kyle Chipchura scored his fifth goal of the season and won six out of seven face-offs in 8:03 of ice time.
5. Defenseman Derek Morris and forward David Moss missed the game because of lower-body injuries.


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1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/2 teaspoon chopped cilantro
1 1/4 ounces taco-seasoning mix
1 ounce ranch dressing mix
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can pinto beans, undrained
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can black beans, undrained
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can kidney beans, undrained
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained
1 cup salsa
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can tomato sauce
3/4 cup water
Brown ground beef with onions in a 5-quart pot over medium heat for 15 minutes or until brown. Remove from heat and drain.
Place browned ground beef back in pot and mix with cilantro, taco seasoning and ranch dressing mix.
To this mixture, add all remaining ingredients.
Cook over low heat for 45 minutes. May garnish with shredded cheese, cilantro and tortilla strips.
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A framework that provides the ability to generate qualitative interpretations (QIs) from multisensor trend patterns for monitoring, control, and optimization of chemical plants is presented. QIs are transformations of sensor and quality product data into useful symbolic abstractions. The framework is founded on the principles of similarity-based pattern recognition. Although demonstrated for normality identification, the machine methodology is general-purpose and applicable to any context-dependent QI problem. The objective of this approach is to create a QI-map of known pattern classes that consists of spatially distinguishable regions of patterns in an n-dimensional representation space. Creation of a QI-map is a two-step process: unsupervised map generation followed by supervised labeling. The application of the ART2 neural network for clustering in the QI-map is described. The application of the ART2-based QI-map approach to process monitoring of a recycle reactor is also described.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- David Lee has become so consistent with his production it is almost cliché. No one blinks when he puts up a double-double:
But Lee, though he's been doing it for years, still feels the pressure. Probably now more than ever. He feels the weight of what's at stake, understands the value of his contribution. And there is nothing automatic about it.
"The most difficult thing about the NBA is consistency," Lee said. "It's easy to have a couple of good games. My team is relying on me to produce and to night in and night out take care of the power forward spot. That's what I'm going to do."
Times like these are when Lee really earns his $13.9 million. Wednesday's game at Minnesota kicks off a string of match-ups against top-notch power forwards. Kevin Love. Tim Duncan. Zach Randolph. Three of the league's best in a four-night stretch.
For most teams, this daunting lineup would be cause for concern. But Golden State players and coaches don't fret too much about facing elite power forwards. Instead, they're confident because they feel they have one too.
"When it becomes the norm, the thing we do as people is at times take it for granted," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "As a coach, it's refreshing. That's when you know you're good, when you can pencil in what a guy is going to do."
Jackson said the task isn't for Lee to dominate each of these matchups. Some may even get the better of him. But Jackson said what's been key for Golden state is that Lee is going to at least hold his own.
That is of increasing importance to the Warriors. The NBA features so many good power forwards. Most of the better teams in the Western Conference have a stud at that spot: the aforementioned three along with Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge, Dirk Nowitzki, Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.
Love is considered among the best of that crop. And usually, Lee does quite well against him.
The two have faced off 11 times. Lee averaged 17.2 points on 48.3 percent shooting with 9.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in those games.
Love has higher scoring (17.9) and rebounding averages (12.6) but with fewer assists (2.4) and a much lower field goal percentage (41.8).
Perhaps most important, Lee's teams are 7-4 against Love's.
"Some of the best players in the world are at that position," Jackson said. "Every night, he has to battle. And for his career, he's won a lot of them, a majority of them. ... But we don't determine winning his position by the numbers. I think it's how you're competing, how you're battling, how you're impacting the basketball game. When he does that, we're pretty good."
Having reliable production from Lee is also vital because it keeps Golden state from having to alter its scheme.
The Warriors' greatest strength, arguably, is that their starting five is one of the most complete in the league. Lee keeps Golden State from having to sacrifice that advantage to limit the Loves and Duncans of the league.
Because the lot of them with have to deal with Lee, too.
"I have a lot of confidence that I can outplay anybody I'm going against," Lee said.
Lee said he used to be driven by the need to prove himself as legitimate. He sought validation in outplaying notables at his position.
But the two-time All-Star is now a notable being used as a measuring stick. He said he cares less about acceptance and more about carrying out his all-important tasks, which are germane to the Warriors' success.
Yes, Lee hears the criticism. He knows he's regarded as a poor defender. He knows some don't consider him worthy to be mentioned among the elite. But he said that doesn't bother him like it used to.
One thing he said he's learned as a seasoned vet: fulfilling his obligations to the team -- rebounding, creating offense inside, holding his own on defense -- is even more an effective motivator than scratching names off a list.
It was the pressure of being ever-so- important to the team (and perhaps losing that importance) that drove him to get in the best shape or his life. Having racked up impressive numbers, raked in millions and outplayed stars, the pursuit of a title is all that's left.
"It's not about numbers for me. It's about continuing to improve as a player," Lee said, "and doing everything I can to help my team win."
Jackson said he still doesn't know if Barnes will play Wednesday. He said it depends how his toe responds to Tuesday's workout and what the doctors and Barnes say.
For more on the Warriors, go to Marcus Thompson's blog at www.ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/gswscribe.
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IBP launched the Initiative with the Open Budget Survey—a comprehensive analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information and opportunities to participate in the budget process at the national level. The IBP works with civil society partners in 102 countries to collect the data for the Survey. The first Open Budget Survey was released in 2006 and will be conducted biennially.
To easily measure the overall commitment of the countries surveyed to transparency and to allow for comparisons among countries, IBP created the Open Budget Index (OBI) from the Survey. The OBI assigns a score to each country based on the information it makes available to the public throughout the budget process.
In September 2014, IBP launched the Open Budget Survey Tracker, an online monitoring tool allowing citizens, civil society, media, and others to monitor in real time whether central governments are releasing the requisite information on how the government is managing public finances.
The budget is a government's plan for how it is going to use the public's resources to meet the public's needs. Transparency means all of a country's people can access information on how much is allocated to different types of spending, what revenues are collected, and how international donor assistance and other public resources are used. The IBP believes that open budgets are empowering; they allow people to be the judge of whether or not their government officials are good stewards of public funds.
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Maisie Ellison, 85, a resident of Chillicothe, Mo., died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Indian Hills Retirement Village, Chillicothe, Mo.
Maisie was born the daughter of Samuel and Martha (Vandruff) Foust on Oct. 14, 1927, in Okmulgee, Okla. She married James Harold Ellison in 1946 in Oklahoma City, Okla. He preceded her in death on June 3, 1991.
She graduated in 1945 from Oklahoma City High School, Oklahoma City, Okla. For the past nine years Maisie made Indian Hills Retirement Village her home. While living there she had developed many close relationships with the staff.
Survivors include two daughters, Margie Albertson and husband Denny, Chillicothe, Mo., and Judee Carr, Lawson, Mo.; four sons, Thomas Ellison, Gladstone, Mo., Christopher Ellison, Gladstone, Mo., Michael Ellison, Bonner Springs, Kan., and Pat Ellison and wife Cathy, Republic, Mo.; one son-in-law, Steve Gastineau, Celina, Texas; 17 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; one daughter, Jean Gastineau; one son James Ellison Jr.; one brother John Foust; and one granddaughter, Laura Carr.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the St. Columban's Catholic Church, Chillicothe, Mo., on Friday, April 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. A parish rosary will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Mo., on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 6 p.m. with a visitation to follow. Friends may call at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Thursday from 12 until 8 p.m. Burial will be held at St. Columban's Catholic Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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"Working for the Olympics as an IT contractor, I recently moved to the Media Village (where all of the reporters live) and was surprised the there was no free internet. BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games) is charging a ridiculous amount of money for ADSL service: for
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That is for only one month! For extra features like a fixed IP? That costs an additional 450 RMB (66 USD). I just can't believe that not only do I have to deal with the Great Firewall of China, but also pay through the nose to use it!"
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Starting as pilot research studies, each of these evidence-based programs has developed into independent products promoted and managed by community organizations. HPRC continues to provide technical assistance and evaluation of these programs and to study new audiences and applications.
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Weekend Warrior
By Capt. Bob Smith
Test Captain
The 25 Cruiser adds a larger option to C-Dory's line of Down East trailerable trawlers. Simple, easy to maintain ,and trailerable means this craft will generate a lot of attention for boaters out there looking for a trawler-style boat for cruising, yet don't need the space associated with the typical cruiser.
These boats are ruggedly built with the hull and topsides constructed separately and then glassed together for a unitized system that's stronger and lighter than most. Another great advantage is that they don't have a legion of fasteners bored into seams that can leach water and break down material over the years.
C-Dory protects the nose of the boat from debris and trailer rash by adding a 1" brass stem guard from the bow eye down the leading edge, since this is where the most frequent damage on a trailerable boat occurs. Color is molded into the hull rather than added later so it lasts as long as the hull does. Interior surfaces have two layers of gelcoat for a longer lasting finish. Hand rails and cleats are stainless steel and are thoroughly bolted for security. The windows are Diamond Sea Glaze safety glass which are found on most high end trawlers.
Deck Features
Topside, the C-Dory 25 has a standard roller system for ground tackle. Getting forward is made a bit safer with the stainless steel rails along the top edge of the cabin top. The side walkways seemed pretty narrow, but most boaters on this model will most likely only go forward while anchoring or docking. Safety rails surround the bow area and all top surfaces have extra grip for better footing. Rub rails are heavy-duty one piece aluminum. The trim tabs are standard on the 25 as well as a windshield wiper and opening front window. The 25 Cruiser is also equipped with 30 amp service shore power.
The Cabin
Inside, the C-Dory 25 offers a galley with small refrigerator and cooktop on the starboard side behind the helm. Over on the port side is a dinette with a removable table. Under the aft seat is a standard hot water system. The forward bench back can be used in two positions; one faces the table and the other faces forward for underway viewing. The head is mounted on the starboard side abaft the galley. An easy snap-in canvas can be hooked up to allow privacy in the head when needed. The windows are all large, which gives the helmsman a clear view in all directions. When it's time to turn in for the night the dinette table drops down to form a 6'4" berth, and the V-berth forward becomes another 6'4" berth.
The C-Dory 25 Cruiser measures 25' 5" length overall with a beam width of 8'6". She boasts up to 6'10" of headroom in the cabin spaces and weighs in at about 3,602 lbs. without the outboard attached. Although we tested her with the Honda 150 Four-Stroke, she can utilize outboards up to a maximum recommended power of 200-horsepower. She carries 107 gallons of fuel for a range sure to give you plenty of rest and relaxation on the water. The hull on the C-Dory 25 Cruiser is warranted for 5 years, yet the manufacturer claims to have a large client base with far more years under the hull without problems.
We tested the C-Dory in the Intracoastal Waterway, and found she cruised most economically at 3500 rpm. At this speed, you can expect to achieve a fuel burn of 3.8gph and average about 15.4 mph, which delivers a range of 390 miles on a full tank of fuel. She can charge up to 35.4 mph at 6000 rpm with the Honda 150 Four -Stroke outboard. At top end, you burn 14.5 mph and have a range of 235 miles. Sound levels were good with a low of 59 dBa at idle, 76 dBa at cruise, and 89 dBa at top speed. Time to plane was only 6.7 seconds with a 9.2 second time to 30mph.
If touring for a day or a weekend is what you like to do, and you enjoy the advantages of a trawler, then the C-Dory 25 provides a great choice in a trailerable package. She has the price, amenities, and the handling any weekend warrior could want in a trawler.
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Head: Fixed
|Shore Power
|Trim Tabs
|Exterior Features
|Ice Chest
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
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