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Hong Kong Airlines to Order Superjumbo Jets
By Joanne Chiu
Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. will announce a plan to order Airbus A380 jets in the upcoming Paris Airshow next week, the Hong Kong-based carrier said Monday, as it seeks to expand its international network by offering more long-haul routes.
"Our senior executives are liaising the terms with Airbus on the A380 purchase, and they have yet to decide on the number of aircraft for the Airbus Superjumbo," the carrier's spokeswoman Eva Chan told Dow Jones Newswires, adding that the carrier could announce the deal either in a firm order or in the form of a letter of intent.
The move to buy the Superjumbo jet could raise Hong Kong Airlines' profile in the region as the second carrier in the greater China region to purchase the A380 aircraft. It wasn't immediately clear how the carrier plans to fund the purchase.
Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines Co., the only Chinese carrier to have ordered the Airbus Superjumbo, said on June 6 it will take delivery of the first of its five Airbus 380s in September, followed by a second in November. The move is aimed at boosting its international network amid intensifying competition on domestic routes following the development of a high-speed rail network in China.
As of May 31, Airbus has order for 234 Superjumbo jets from a total of 18 customers, according to its website.
Hong Kong Airlines, which competes with its much bigger rival Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., has been expanding aggressively over the past few years as demand for air transport grew in tandem with the global economic recovery.
In March, Hong Kong Airlines signed a preliminary agreement with Boeing Co. to buy 38 wide-body jets, including six 777 cargo planes, 30 787-9s–a stretched version of the aircraft–as well as two 787s to be configured as corporate jets. Meanwhile, it also plans to list its shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2012.
Ms. Chan added the carrier aims to further expand its network by operating more international routes, including the launch of the Hong Kong-London services in March next year.
Hong Kong Airlines mainly flies short-haul regional routes between Hong Kong and other leisure destinations in Asia, including Thailand's Phuket, China's Sanya, and Japan's Osaka. It also plans to launch passenger flights to China's Chengdu city and Chongqing city in July.


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Justin W. Poovey
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.
Born: January 8, 1989 in Granite Falls, North Carolina, United States
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 41st round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).
Sabr ID: 7ed2c8f8
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Tatuí Travel Guide: 6 reviews and 9 photos
The history of Tatuí, considered cultural polar region of the Southeastern region of the State, had beginning entr 1812 and 1817, with the arrival of the first inhabitants who had leased lands in the fields of Bacaetava and Guaxinguim, that they belonged to frades of Itu. The pioneers had been Antonio Xavier de Freitas and Gerônimo Antonio Fiuza, in whose lands for leasehold them it was initiated formation of diverse population focos. Part of the people who had come later was invading of lands and had finished having to leave the properties. Without having for where to go, they had appealed to frades of who had gained a soil in the neighborhoods of the river Tatu-uv (current quarter of American), where the first chapel of the city, called of Să was established Joăo of the Benfica. With the sprouting of the chapel, the Anacleto priest Days Baptist, the first one in the history of Tatuí, transferred these families stops close to the place where if he locates the First church today, having established, in 4 of January of 1822, the parish of the city. Four years later, in 11 of August of 1826, Brigadier General Manoel Rodrigues officialized venda of the busy lots for the families. The first purchasers had been Francisco Xavier de Freitas and Gerônimo Fiuza. Later the families of Manoel Guedes, Jose had installed themselves in this place Mark, Francisco De Campos and Jordăo Vieira De Campos, all proceeding ones from Itu. Tatuí Known as "Ternura City", for the hospitality of its inserted population and in the national context of music, favours to the famous musical conservatory "Dr. Carlos De Campos", Tatuí today has a population of 94 a thousand inhabitants. The strong point of the local economy is in the industry, with the city possessing about 390 companies and infrastructure capable to receive new enterprises.
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XVM VirtualBox 2.1 released with a bang!!!!1
By Vasudha Amrit on Dec 18, 2008
VirtualBox is like magic for most of the students in my college because whenever I talk about it, people are awestruck and look at me gaping, asking me "How the hell is it possible to have Linux running inside Windows or vice versa??!!"...
Much to their amazement, I show them the demo and they all immediately want to try it out.
VirtualBox indeed is something truly amazing which does not stop to amuse and surprise people. Most importantly its safe to use as you do not really have to install an new OS on raw machine, rather its just a file on your hard disk which you can use/modify/delete in a second's time.
Not just in my college, its extremely extremely popular all over the world, check the facts:
"8 million downloads worldwide, 2.5 million registrations and 25,000 downloads a day!!!"
that's a helluva number!!!!!.....
I am extremely pleased to tell you about the latest version of VirtualBox, released yesterday which xVM VirtualBox 2.1 (my room mate who works for xVM team here at IEC, Bangalore) couldnt be any happier, infact we celebrated with balloons and stuff at home... :D
The main features of this new release are:
1.New Accelerated 3D
Graphics – wow!!!!!
2.Improved Network Performance – much needed change!
3.Storage Support (built-in iSCSI support to connect to storage systems ie Amber Road)
OS X on Intel's Virtualization Technology (VT-x) –
5.VMware's and Microsoft's Virtualization Formats - now this is super coooool!!!!!
6.Intel Core i7 processor
7.64-bit guest OS on 32-bit host platforms
So what are you waiting...... get the "new improved VirtualBox" here.....
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Book your room at Hyatt Regency Lisle near Naperville
Get an overview of this hotelChicago Western Suburbs hotel 6 miles from Oakbrook Center Mall
Near O'Hare, Midway
Situated along I-88 (Reagan Memorial) high-tech business corridor, this sleek high-rise is within 25 miles of O'Hare, Midway, and historic downtown Naperville. Near Morton Arboretum.
Atrium, indoor pool
The lobby of Hyatt Regency Lisle near Naperville welcomes guests with its 6-story sky-lit atrium; amenities include an indoor pool, a fitness center and 17 meeting rooms.
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Hyatt Regency Lisle near Naperville1400 Corporetum Drive Lisle IL 60532
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This contemporary Hyatt Regency is located in Lisle, part of a high-tech research and development corridor in suburban Chicago. It offers easy access to I-88 (the East-West Tollway); a nearby forest preserve provides recreation opportunities. The hotel provides a complimentary shuttle service within a 5 mile radius, so guests can easily reach Morton Arboretum, Seven Bridge's Ice Ring and Golf Course, Lucky Strike Bowling, and discover many shopping/dining options.
Onsite amenities at this Lisle/Naperville Hyatt Regency hotel include an indoor pool, a business center, and a fitness center. A full service restaurant and a lounge are also on site, room service is available 24 hours. 17 meeting rooms (covering an area of 13,200 square feet), and banquet facilities are available. Free wireless Internet access is available in public areas.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 317
- Number of floors - 13
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 1226
- Number of meeting rooms - 17
- Year Built 1988
- Free area shuttle
- Conference space size (feet) - 13,200
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Sofa bed
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Hair dryer
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Desk
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Iron/ironing board
- Phone
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Separate sitting area
- Daily housekeeping
- Room service (limited hours)
- Shower/tub combination
- Sofa bed
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- iPod docking station
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Pillowtop mattress
- Sofa bed size
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Chatfield's - This casual yet elegant restaurant is situated in the skylit atrium, and serves traditional American cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A breakfast buffet with a selection of hot and cold items (surcharge) is served each morning from 6:30 AM to 11 AM.
Lobby Bar - Cocktails and snacks with a large-screen TV. Open afternoons and evenings.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel features a fitness center and a heated indoor pool. The Seven Bridges Golf Club is three miles away, and a nearby forest preserve offers other recreational opportunities.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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The Daily Drink: Thai Curried Clams and Chorizo
By Cathy Huyghe
"Today's dish packs some serious flavor punch, yet it takes less than 10 minutes of cooking time. It's also one of those dishes that is as interesting to look at as it is to smell and taste. With its flavors, its quick ease, and its visual appeal, it beckons guests – whether they're family members or visitors to your home – to hang out with you in the kitchen and sip a few bottles of beer as the whole evening comes together. Why not try Singha Beer ($8 for a 6-pack), from the first and largest brewery in Thailand, to cool off the heat of the Thai red curry paste? This full-bodied, 100% barley malt beer is rich with strong hop characteristics and makes, in its own right, for some very lively kitchen talk!
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Even in our uncertain times, we still hope for marriage that lasts a lifetime. Could one reason be the wedding celebration often entails an enormous amount of planning, money and stress? Like all fleeting moments, we load it with meaning and then treasure or cringe at its memories. In order to help this season's brides, Have You Heard asked women at the Briscoe Artist Faire in Ashland, "What's the most important element of the wedding celebration?"
Rose Otter
It's the flowers. They have such a delicate, natural beauty. I like lots of color and millions of sunflowers. I want to plant a whole field of flowers and put a row down the middle and get married in that space.
Eberley Wedlake
The people around you are the most important part. Rather than worry about matching bridesmaids' dresses or things like that, what I'd like is a community to celebrate my wedding. The food is important, too. That's one reason I like to go to weddings.
Jane Almquist
I've always thought it was the opportunity for the family to welcome the new person into the circle. It's a place for the whole families from both sides to come together and say, 'You are our daughter,' or, 'You are our son,' or brother, or niece or whatever.
Jane Varrelmann
It's the fellowship and the support of friends. Today's weddings are so large, with so many people around them — I suppose that's how much support they need today. I got married in 1944 in my parents' living room, and we were married 64 and a half years.
Tara Beaver
Chico, Calif.
I guess it's the wedding dress — the tradition of the white dress. I think you should look like a princess.
Kali Anderson
Coos Bay
I think the most important part is the weather and the setting. If it is bad weather, you'll be in a bad mood, and it seems to affect the marriage later on. Try and make sure you set it up in the best way. Try to take in all the factors and plan accordingly.
Carole Minnich
Gasquet, Calif.
I think it's having personal wedding vows that you write to each other. Then that the wedding is blessed by someone who knows you and is meaningful to you, whether it's a priest, minister or someone else.
Millie Minnich
Fallbrook, Calif.
I had so many roadblocks in the way of my wedding. It was just a blessing to get married. There are so many things that can go wrong. It's a relief to take the sacred wedding vows.
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DetailsNumber of Designs: 1 framed samplerApproximate Design Size: 6-3/8"w x 6-3/8"h (when stitched on 14 count fabric)Stitch Count: 89w x 89hDesigner: Kandace ThomasOriginal Publication: For The Love Of Cross Stitch magazine, June 1992 issueSkill Level: IntermediateProduct Type: Digital Download†Description: A perfect, personalized present for the newlyweds, this lovely, vintage-look wedding sampler shares a simple verse from the Book of Common Prayer, "A free heart will I give thee'Ķ". This design was cross stitched over two fabric threads on Tea-Dyed Irish Linen (28 count) and custom framed. An alphabet and numbers are included for personalization. ThemesSamplers
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I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to. I'm convinced this place is the epitome of American excess, of American greed. I'm talking about a place called Cold Stone Creamery. Whoa. If you have not been there, the basic gist of Cold Stone is that they take ice cream and then they just go ape sh*t with it.
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Harvin Moore's comments blasting HISD Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra's budget proposal and the process have at least one of his fellow board members upset. Trustee Manuel Rodriguez Jr., the past board president, called me this afternoon to say he was none too pleased to wake up to today's article. He said Moore did not make his strong dissent clear at the three public budget workshops.
"At the end of the day, he didn't say, 'Well, Mr. Superintendent, I don't feel I can support our budget,'" Rodriguez told me.
And then Rodriguez took a swing at Moore:
"Communication comes from all parts," Rodriguez said, "and communcation from the board president to board members has been very minimal or nonexistent since the beginning of this year."
Moore's response: "I don't want to take hits at him. I'm not going to return the favor, but I do think a lot of Manuel. I do think he's a good trustee."
From where I was sitting, I do remember sensing Moore's frustration at the budget workshops and the questions he asked showed he wasn't in Saavedra's fan club. But I don't remember him flat out saying, until yesterday, that he would vote against the budget.
All this said, Thursday's 3 p.m. voting meeting on the budget could be fun, though so far I have not heard from another trustee siding with Moore. Then again, Davila, Johnson, Natasha Kamrani and Larry Marshall have not returned my calls from yesterday. Paula Harris got back to me late last night and said she was siding with Greg Meyers and Carol Mims Galloway.
So far, the count is:
1 against Saavedra's budget
4 in favor of Saavedra's budget
4 unknown
Davila and Johnson expressed concerns at the first budget workshop, but I'm not sure how they'll vote. If I had to guess, which I shouldn't, I'd put Marshall in the "in favor" column, which means Saavedra's proposal will pass. But don't hold me to that, of course.
It's possible another proposal will be floated. I'm waiting for word on that now.
When I asked Rodriguez whether the gloves were going to come off, he jokingly said he expected trustees to have their gym bags close by.
The boxing match is free, if you want to join me at 4400 W. 18th St. tomorrow.
UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): I understand Saavedra's been busy on the phone talking with board members. Moore and Meyers, who initially said he supported Saavedra's budget, both tell me that Saavedra and Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett worked today on a revised proposal that will include perhaps $5 million more for schools without cutting into the 3-percent minimum raise for teachers. Meyers said he kicked off phone conversations with Saavedra. Moore says he's also talked to the chief and said Johnson has as well.
Saavedra's PR staff was tight-lipped, saying only: "There may be small modifications to the budget, as there are virtually every year. The superintendent has continued to discuss the budget with board members, but that's all we can say at this point."
It sounds like they don't want to make their boss seem like he's caving in to certain board members.
I still say Saavedra's budget will pass, perhaps even unanimously with the revisions. (And I still don't want to be held to that prediction.)


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It's been almost two weeks since the Shawnee Peak Challenge. I was sore for at least three days after the event, mostly my calves, quads and glutes. I did a lot of stretching and drank a lot of water and protein mixes to aid in the recovery process. Something to keep in mind for my next event: bring the protein mix with me so I can take it immediately after the race.
The next event is Ruckus Boston, which is on the 13th.
I eventually got back into my routines, but they've been a bit different.
My Strength routine has changed, and I've only been doing one set of the whole workout instead of my usual two.
I start with a 3-4 minute jumping jacks warmup.
Overhand - 10
Thumbs - 5
Chinup - 10
Plank and leg-crossover
Hold plank 1min30sec, 15 crossovers
Pushups (which I added to vary the routine)
20, 15
Kettlebell Rows
One-leg squats, weighted with 20lb kettlebell
5-10, depending on how my knees feel
The workout is decent, but not nearly as intense as it was before.
I'm more focused on my Endurance workout now, since I recognize this as the most important aspect for the events.
I still run to the gym (1.48 miles). This part has been getting better because it's significantly colder here now.
I changed the Elliptical routine. I set the timer to 30 minutes, and the program to Manual. I've been running with an incline of 6 and a resistance of 12. This incline is supposed to target all major muscle groups in the legs and the high resistance keeps me pushing hard the whole time. I try to beat my previous records in running the 3 miles each time I do the exercise. I made a slight improvement over my first time when I ran yesterday.
I then go to the pullup bars and do ten overhand wide-grip pullups followed by as many chinups as I can do (shooting for ten at least). I've been doing fairly well with these.
I also incorporated a Back Extension on a machine which should strengthen my lower back and reduce the tightness and weakness I feel there when I run.
My first day back doing this routine I swam after the run, Elliptical and the other exercises. It was a brief swim, and I focused on kicking, but it felt good. The most recent time I couldn't do my swim because I had other things to do.
Yesterday I incorporated a well-executed isometric stretching set after my exercise which felt great. I was impressed with my flexibility, and it motivated me to work on this more.
It feels good to get back into the routine. I hit a low recently but when I went out for the run I felt much, much better which goes to show the effectiveness of those natural stress-fighting hormones. The workouts should be regularized soon and I feel like I'll be ready for Ruckus.
My friend Rob won't be coming up to join me for this one, but I will be running with someone I met at Shawnee who I expect will give me a "run" for my money.


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What materials did you use? wood oval, lace, mod podge, paint, seed pearl, mod podge dimensional magic, ribbon, jump ring
Thanks for the tute - I have tons of lace, thinking I need to give this a try!
Lovely pendant. I would have never thought to do something like that. You are so creative.
Love your idea and outcome. Since I can do bobbin lace I could make a small pattern to suit any base. Lack of suitable materials in our market (i live in Athens, Greece) makes it necessary to improvise most often. So for lack of a wooden base I guess I could use a flat thin pebble, but I am at a loss what is mod podge and mod podge dimensional magic. Could you please help? Thank you.
Mod Podge is a commonly used brand of decoupage glue in the USA. Mod Podge Dimensional Magic works like resin...it creates a thick hard coating. Hope this helps!


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'Imply' or 'infer'?
Imply and infer can be easily confused due to their similar meanings. Imply means 'indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference', as in:
The soldier implied the general was a traitor, without explicitly stating it.
Infer means to 'deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements', as in:
From these facts in this report we can infer that crime has been increasing.
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JoEl Randall's Profile
I'm a wife, mother of 2 grown kids, and now retired. I have been crafting numerous items for years. One thing that hasn't changed over the years, is my giving cards to my family members, and friends. Throughout the years, I have given cards to my kids for losing their teeth, getting a good grade on a test, wishing them good luck in a sports event, telling them I'm sorry they had to miss an event because they were grounded, getting their braces off, to getting their drivers license. As you can see, these are just a few of the times they got cards from mom. I just think that giving a card, is a great way to show your feelings, and to stay in touch. I love to do different crafts. I have played craft fairs for years. Crafting has proven to be a relaxing past time for me, and I love meeting new people through my crafting.
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BEIJING: Days after India and China discussed the issue of oil exploration in the South China Sea, Beijing on Monday warned that it did not want foreign companies engage in activities in the disputed waters, saying such acts undermine its sovereignty.
Oil exploration activities by India's ONGC Videsh in the waters off Vietnam had recently irked China and the two countries had differences over the issue. The South China Sea dispute figured in talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Bali last week on sidelines of East Asia and ASEAN summits.


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About the Book
Life begins at 16 ...
Driving. Dating. A real social life. And the one night where it all comes together ... the Sweet Sixteen is the ultimate party. Whether a total blast or a total bust, it's a memory to last a lifetime.
Now you're invited to six Sweet Sixteens, in six locations across the country. The party is just getting started ...
Sunny and Matt were the perfect match. But an ugly breakup leaves them throwing rival Sweet Sixteen parties in their hometown of Los Angeles. It's boys vs girls - but who knows what bonds will be broken (or mended) before the night is over?
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Boiling Springs man faces criminal domestic violence charges
Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 7:29 p.m.
A Boiling Springs man faces criminal domestic violence charges after sheriff's deputies responded to an incident Monday night.
According to an incident report from the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, Nowell Harrison Riddle, 28, of 305 Costner Road, demanded sex from his estranged wife and prevented her from leaving his residence by pulling her hair and covering her mouth.
The report states he tried to pull her out of her vehicle while she screamed and sounded her vehicle's horn to get away. The report also states he held his hand and arm over her mouth to prevent her from breathing at which point she bit his arm. Deputies observed a bite mark on Riddle's bicep.
The woman told deputies the two are separated but went on a date earlier in the evening.
A neighbor called 911 after hearing screams outside, the report states.
Riddle was taken to the Spartanburg County jail for booking.
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The Art Of Translation
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
April 17, 2012
Have you ever wondered how scripts get translated into different languages for voice-over artists to record?
I've been attending a workshop taught by a linguist-translator on this very subject and am excited to share some interesting things with you.
Discover more about how texts are translated in today's VOX Daily!
The Meaning Of Words
When we read any text, regardless of its nature, we bring to it all of our life experiences. Each of us sees the world in a certain way because of those experiences. Furthermore, each word has meaning based on what we have learned and experienced in our schools, interactions with family, friends, faith communities and the environment we live in.
If you've been in voice-over for any stretch of time, no doubt you've come across a few scripts where you could tell that the copy may have lost something in translation from the original text.
Perhaps you've watched programs that were dubbed or have read instruction manuals for appliances and electronics and can appreciate how a translation, for better or worse, can come across to the end user.
Last weekend, I attended the first of three workshops given by Rebekah Drew, a linguist-translator who has been working with the Teop people in Papua New Guinea on an enormous translation project. Her passions for linguistics and storytelling have added greatly to her ability to complete her work and pass her knowledge along to others.
What Makes A Good Translation?
When translating a text from the Source Language (SL) to the Target Language (TL), three fundamental principles of translation apply.
A good translation should be:
๠Accurate
๠Clear
๠Natural
When referring to accuracy, the translation should express the intended meaning of the original message as closely as possible.
In terms of clarity, the translation should communicate the message in a way that people can readily understand.
Naturalness refers to how the translation should not sound unnecessarily foreign. In other words, you shouldn't notice anything odd like the improper use of a verb, words missing or so on. When read or spoken aloud, the translation shouldn't feel or sound clunky.
When a translation is being made, the people who will use the text in its target language are also factored into the process along with their life experiences and how they view the world.
Translation Issues
There are many issues that arise when a translation is attempted. Here is a list of just a handful of them:
๠Unknown concepts from the source (UNK)
๠Shared concepts with different meanings (DIFF)
๠Figurative use of language (FIG)
๠Assumed information (ASSM)
Unknown Concepts From The Source
A source may have concepts that are an integral part of the culture of the people it was first written for. That being the case, these concepts may not be known to other cultures. Sometimes, there may not be anything equivalent to what is being described and an image may need to accompany the term to better explain what it is and provide additional context.
Ex. The word "tent," meaning a portable canvas house as taken from an ancient Hebrew text, may not make any sense to someone living in Papua New Guinea. The Teop people have no equivalent for this term.
A special class of unknown concepts from the source (UNK) are key terms (KEY) that are frequently used and critical to understanding the source. In the case of a text such as the Bible, these key terms would be what some may consider "religious words" such as repentance, sin, reconciliation, church, synagogue, tabernacle and so on.
Shared Concepts With Different Meanings
Sometimes the source culture and target culture will have the same concept but it may be perceived differently as it relates to a given culture.
For one culture, a cat may represent a domesticated animal kept around the house as a pet whereas another culture may see the same cat as being a source of food. Likewise, a dog may be an acceptable pet for one culture whereas another culture will see it as a nuisance that carries disease...quite the difference, I think you'd agree!
Figurative Use Of Language
This issue has to do with metaphors and similes. Only very rarely do figures of speech translate in a direct manner from language to another.
Ex. The word "cornerstone," refers to a stone at the corner of a building uniting two intersecting walls.
What if the culture you are translating for doesn't build with stone and therefore has no practical reference point for this particular term? How would you describe what a cornerstone was let alone how someone could "be" a cornerstone? This is one challenge Rebekah faced when working with the Teop. Her solution was to use a different example based upon structures they were already familiar with regarding its core support such as a critically important pillar, beam or column.
Assumed Information
Assumed information is when in communicating with a group of people, we make assumptions about what they know about history, well-known people, places, practices of the time and so on.
These assumptions are easily made if the writer of the text was writing for their own people and culture. Their intended audience would already have a knowledge, appreciation and an understanding of these things.
Translation Terminology Review
๠Source language (SL)
๠Target language (TL)
๠Unknown concepts (UNK)
๠Key terms (KEY)
๠Shared concepts with different meanings (DIFF)
๠Figurative use of language (FIG)
๠Assumed information (ASSM)
Do You Have Any Translation Stories?
If you'd like to comment on what I've shared or tell me about your own encounters with translation, I'd love to hear from you!
Best wishes,
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- Nodo420
- April 18, 2012 8:49 AM
- Ramesh Mahtani
- May 1, 2012 2:31 PM
- Rebekah Drew
- May 31, 2012 11:11 PM
Thank you for shedding light on this topic. I work in the European Spanish market and a lot of my work usually involves some amount of translation.
On one job, I was asked to translate and dub a 3 hour DVD on a Trial Motorcycle Technique. The star, world champion Jordi Pasquet, obviously knows what he's talking about, I do not. So when I set out to do this, I wanted to allow him to speak using my voice. The markets were, The UK, The US and Australia, where it's a very popular sport. As mentioned, it had to be Accurate, Clear and Natural. It had to be free of phrasal verbs for the most part AND use industry standard lingo to sound natural. To add to the challenge, he's also instructing, so there are some times when he's pointing at, a wall for example... He says, "...and then you pop the front suspension like this and that will cause the rear suspension...". It was a "brain busting" challenge.
The one good thing is, when I went to record it, I knew the script inside and out... every pause, every inflection, every emphatic punch. It was like I could teach trial, although I still to this day cannot do it! It received very good reviews within the community on it's content, the beautiful photography and the beautiful job of putting together an instructional video that "Really Works". Not one of the reviewers, experts in trial,even commented negatively on the translation or the voice over. My job was to transparently impart information with a voice that 3 diverse sounding markets would understand. So I count that as a success!
Hi Stephanie!
I loved reading your article! As a professional English-Spanish translator, an amusing part of the job is being aware of "false friends"...words that sound as if they are from the same Latin root, but in fact mean quite different things.
In English the word "embarassed" does not translate into "emabarazada", which actually means pregnant. And in Spanish, to be "constipado" is not necessarily the uncomfortable intestinal result of a low-fibre diet, but simply a bad "cold". There are, of course, scores of others!
Best wishes,
RameshPosted by:
Hi Stephanie!
A friend of mine told me about your blog! Thanks for posting such a great summary of my talk! I love how you've taken the concepts and applied it to your own context - it makes me happy to see someone making good use of the information from the class. :)


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The 4Ps of marketing, also known as the producer-oriented model, have been used by marketers around the world for decades.
Defined by marketer Jerome McCarthy, the 4P's advocates a focus on Product, Price, Promotion and Place.
Recently, though, the growing influence of the Web has made these classic principles look a bit archaic in light of the new relationship that businesses have with customers.
In a day where customers seem to know everything about your business, the old marketing mix that the 4Ps offers is increasingly at odds with how B2B business is conducted today.
First, we need to look at the fundamental problems with the old way of doing things. Then we need to identify a framework that can cover the same fundamentals, but that is more aligned with how business is conducted today.
Below, we'll take a deeper look at the juxtaposition of these old and new ideas.
What's Wrong with the 4Ps?
According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, a five-year study involving more than 500 managers and customers (in multiple countries) found that the 4 Ps model undercuts entrepreneurs and marketers in the B2B space in three important ways.
- It leads marketing and sales teams to focus too much effort on product technology and quality. Even though these factors are important, researchers stressed that they are not significant differentiators; they are just the cost of entry.
- The four Ps underemphasizes the importance of building a convincing case to explain the superior value of the solution being sold (I.e., not enough time is spent educating customers on why the offering is needed).
- It distracts businesses from leveraging their advantage as a trusted source of problem solving (businesses today can use information outside of FAQs/tutorials to aid customers and increase customer retention).
If the four Ps is no longer agile enough to work for modern businesses, what framework should entrepreneurs and marketers look toward instead?
According to Eduaro Conrado, Chief Marketing Officer for Motorola and one of the authors of the HBR study, business owners should look to the S.A.V.E framework as they craft and define their unique offering.
The framework advises focusing on the Solution, Access, Value and Education of a product or service. Below we'll discuss the important differences it emphasizes over the old four Ps marketing mix.
1. Focus on Solution instead of Product
"Customers don't care about product features or usability if a product fails to solve their problem. It's not about the features you want your product to have, it's about the problems that customers need to solve. Solve their problem better than anyone else and you'll end up with a product your customers can't live without." Ruben Gamez
Too often, businesses get too caught up in the features, functions and technological superiority of their product over the competition.
The harsh reality is that none of that matters to customers because all they care about is solving their problems.
If your products' features help a customer solve their problems then they will care, but if you're building a product or service based on features and not based on customer needs, you're working backwards.
Don't let your product developers (or even yourself) get caught up with needless features, product additions and "improvements"—if the great new thing is not going to help your customers out in a serious way, it's nothing more than bloat.
2. Focus on Access instead of Place
In an age where many businesses operate around always-on, high speed Internet access, "place" is irrelevant. When you can dip into almost the entirety of the world's knowledge from the phone in your pocket, you're always able to research, buy and advocate. It's not about Place any longer. Now, it's about Access. What can a brand give me at this precise moment that I want or need? That's the bar companies now have to clear, and it's not easy." Jay Baer
The key here is not to disseminate your "home base" (your store or website), but rather to create a cross-channel presence that considers a customers' entire purchase journey, not just where they seal the deal.
This idea deals with product promotion, but also goes far beyond it; for example, Help Scout's presence on Twitter has as much to do with providing great customer service through fast answers as is has to do with promoting our articles and resources.
Customers want your business to be accessible. They want to know that your support will have their backs. To achieve this, they need to see you engaging with other customers to get a sense that you'll be there should something go wrong.
How available is your team to customers?
How attentive are you to customer feedback?
3. Focus on Value instead of Price
We occasionally have customers tell us that our product is too expensive, and they're sure that they can find a similar service on the web for free... but to us, price isn't just a number, it's a strong connotation of brand and value. When we hear customers say that our product is too expensive, before wondering if we should lower the price we are more concerned with whether we should increase our product's value. That orientation is vital in directing the drive toward improving a product without competing against others on bottom-dollar prices." Walter Chen
Do customers care about your price in relation to your production costs, profit margins and competitor's prices?
We can answer this for you—they don't care.
Sure, customers have concerns about price, but that comes after their concerns about value. Are you clearly articulating the benefits of your offering relative to your prices?
If you're not, you should be. Research from Stanford University shows that comparative pricing is often a horrible way to frame your prices, and numerous additional studies on "context pricing" reveal that perception of value is far more important to customers when accepting higher price tags.
The old four Ps model doesn't fundamentally encourage this need to build a robust case for showing customers why your business is offering a superior value versus the competition, and it places too much emphasis on the literal price of the product (or service).
4. Focus on Education instead of Promotion
One of the old truths of marketing is the "law of 7". Someone needs to see or interact with your brand for 7 times until they eventually sign up or buy what you have to offer. Over the past 2 years since we started to heavily focus on content marketing for Buffer, I genuinely believe that we have brought that number down. Simply because providing someone with free, and useful information, creates a much stronger bond and connection than any banner ad or press mention ever could." Leo Widrich
The old methods of marketing were strictly limited to interruption marketing, but the entrepreneur of today has the opportunity to be involved with customers' needs at each point in the evaluation and purchase cycle.
Businesses today can act as "entreproducers," providing current and potential customers with information relevant to their interests to create a sense of familiarity and trust long before a purchase is even made.
For a relevant example, you need look no further than the article you're reading right now; in fact, the entirety of our blog is focused on customers' needs and not our own.
We write about relevant content that our customers want to read, such as building customer loyalty programs that actually stick, how to create "frugal WOWs" for small businesses on a budget, and the specific tactics we used to increase our email response times by 340 percent.
This attraction-based marketing is essential for any business with an online presence. A medium such as the Internet that provides an instant escape route (E.g., clicking the back button) does not kindly lend itself to the traditional interruption techniques.
The Final Case for S.A.V.E
Businesses that continue to embrace the outdated 4 Ps model are running a serious risk of involving themselves in a repetitive and increasingly unproductive technological arms race.
The customer of today has far more say in the business-customer relationship, and it's high time for businesses to start embracing frameworks that care more about what the customer wants.
The S.A.V.E. framework allows businesses to keep this mindset at the forefront of their operations, acting as the centerpiece for this new solution-selling strategy.
The businesses who choose to ignore these warnings do so at their own peril!


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Roy Schestowitz
> Bad News on the UK Software Patent Front
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Well, no more unfair than not allowing physicists to patent the laws they
>| discover, or the theorems that mathematicians prove. The point is, software
>| is not "closer to a mathematical method", it *is* a mathematical method, or
>| rather a concatenation of them.
>| All this juridical "on the one hand" and "on the other" in the interests
>| of "balance" does not change this. The current decision is seriously bad
>| news, because it opens the door to even more weaselly patent applications
>| that contort themselves into the magic position to gain the favour of
>| whichever Jesuit is on duty that day.
> `----
> http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/20...ent-front.html
This is a complete disaster... after years of the patent office taking
the completely sane and sensible view, we've had a *legal expert*, not a
mathematician, scientist or other competent person, instead a *lawyer*
deciding what constitutes maths.
The copyright system is perfect for the job, the patent system is likely
to end up in the same corrupted and useless mess that the US system is
now in.
I retain my view that patents should be granted to people, only people,
not any other kind of entity, and should be licensable, but not
transferrable. That change would stop this abuse in an instant.
> Court ruling strengthens patent protection for UK software
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Technology companies will find it easier to safeguard their innovations in
>| the UK after a court ruled that software should receive wider patent
>| protection.
>| The Court of Appeal said today that complex software such as programmes
>| designed to make mobile phones and computers work faster can be patented in
>| the UK.
>| Previously, manufacturers could claim commercial exclusivity for their
>| products under copyright laws but had less legal protection for underlying
>| technical processes.
>| As a result of the ruling, developers are likely to find it easier to secure
>| approval from the UKâs Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which has
>| traditionally been reluctant to grant patents to cover software.
> `----
> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle4907993.ece
> Latest Decision on UK Software Patents Rejects UK-IPO Interpretation
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Todayâs Court of Appeal decision on the Symbian case has affirmed that the UK
>| and European approaches to software patentability are fundamentally
>| compatible. This upholds a High Court decision which had overturned the
>| rejection by the UK-IPO of an application to patent âMapping dynamic link
>| libraries in a computing deviceâ.
> `----
> http://www.marks-clerk.com/attorneys...spx?newsid=220
> Court of Appeal delivers a software patent boost in the UK
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Companies looking to obtain and enforce software patents in the UK received a
>| boost today when the Court of Appeal ruled against the UK IP Office in its
>| appeal against a decision of the High Court in the Symbian case. The High
>| Court had overturned a UKIPO decision not to grant a patent to Symbian for an
>| accelerator relating to iPods, mobile phones and computers.
> `----
> http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/Det...c-499c9e873f65
> First DRM (Nokia's fight against Ogg in HTML5) and now this...
> Recent:
> Some learning to do?
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Companies like Nokia need to learn the open source way of working. This means
>| not only fulfilling the letter of GPL, LGPL etc. but also the spirit. In my
>| mind this means integrating the corporate work with the open source
>| community, participating, contributing back the code, building the code in
>| open projects and not only releasing it when mandatory, not forking, etc.
> `----
> http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/2008/06/s...ing-to-do.html
> Nokia does not get it
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| You better start playing by the rules because else the other companies might
>| do it faster than Nokia and you will lose the opportunity. Oh: And just as a
>| remind: when you go open source, you must play by the rules by honoring the
>| license of the software.
>| Really, itâs sad to listen to things like this from someone controlling the
>| company who owns Trolltech Â*I am sure that the vice-president of companies
>| like Red Hat wouldnât say nonsense like the above. But itâs no surprise
>| coming from someone in a company that seems to be absolutely in favor of
>| software patents in Europe according to FFII.
> `----
> http://edulix.wordpress.com/2008/06/...es-not-get-it/
> Oh please, educate me, Nokia.
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Nokia: âWe want to educate open-source developers."
>| Oh please, educate me, Nokia. Actually, never-mind. Kiss my ass instead. BTW,
>| I call it free software, not "open source".
>| Nokia: "There are certain business rules [developers] need to obey, such as
>| DRM, IPR [intellectual property rights], SIM locks and subsidised business
>| models.â
>| You think I need obey? I prefer civil disobedience. DRM? Why would I obey
>| your plan to steal my freedom? "Intellectual property"? What's that? There is
>| Copyright law and Patent law but to my knowledge, there is no "intellectual
>| property" law.
>| It's a good idea to Boycott Nokia. They have an exceedingly imperious and
>| arrogant attitude. Didn't they just buy Trolltech? Whichever pinhead from
>| Nokia wrote this garbage just did a disservice to Trolltech. It makes
>| Trolltech look like obedient "open source" developers who are in the process
>| of being re-educated by Nokia.
> `----
> http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Nok...t#comment-3323
> Ari Jaaksi of Nokia Wants to Educate the Linux Community
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| But perhaps the community has some education for Jaaksi and Nokia. Jaaksi
>| hosted me at a Nokia dinner in 2000, he's a nice guy and has been interested
>| in Linux for a long time. But Nokia's barking up the wrong tree this time,
>| because Nokia can do everything it wants with DRM, IPR, and SIM locks without
>| bothering the Linux developers about it - and both Nokia and the Linux
>| developers will like it better that way. It's surprising that Nokia doesn't
>| understand that at this late date.
> `----
> http://technocrat.net/d/2008/6/11/43198
| mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| Open platforms prevent vendor lock-in. Own your Own services! |


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Synonyms of wish in English:
1 I wished for power
aspire to, be desirous of, set one's heart on, seek, fancy, hanker after
informal have a yen for, itch for
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Nikki Wheeler
Poulsbo, Washington, USA
I'm a busy Mom with four kids. I discovered art quilting only in November 2006. I was overwhelmed with the chaos of four little ones and knew I needed something or else I was going to either go crazy or sink into a deep depression. I escaped for an hour to Barnes and Noble and discovered Quilting Arts magazine. My life hasn't been the same since. After playing on the Internet, I learned about a whole new world that I was very eager to join. My blog is at: www.nikkiwheeler.blogspot.com and have all sorts of fun crafty things for sale in my store at www.nikkiwheeler.etsy.com.


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State of the German Django documentation (IMO)
The plan was and still is, to first of all look at the documents and try to save parts from before, while not really shying away from just re-translating it altogether. Since we couldn't really reuse the old translations right away I started a new repository for it on github last month and I'm trying to work my way through the documentation one file at a time right now. The idea is (based on what I gathered Jannis wants (not that I'm of a different opinion in this regard)), to have a translation for each "real" version of Django. So one for Django 1.0, one for Django 1.1 and so on… if we could get the 1.0 version ready some time before the release of Django 1.1 this would be a small miracle though.
Naturally this process takes time and thanks to some time-constraints on my master thesis right now (something that is probably not really worth getting into due to its weirdness). Currently I think I set up 4 people from #django-de on freenode as contributors who can commit to that repo right away. The true benefit of github is, though, that anyone can easily contribute to projects and get attributed. So if you want to help translating the docs to German and all you want is getting your name into the history of the repository for contributing back something useful, just fork the repo and have fun with a file :-) Currently there is no real infrastructure in place to keep people from working on the same files in parallel, so perhaps if you just drop me a line or something like that, it would be helpful… or we could agree on some hash-tag on twitter. Something like
#djangodocsde or whatnot. For all this, please mind the big "IMO" in the title ;-)
Something that I absolutely want to get done this weekend is a restructuring of the index page which happened a couple of days ago upstream and makes it way more useable. Anyway, there will definitely be at least some progress on the docs-front by the end of this weekend.
These are just some ideas and my impression of what the current state of the translation is, so if you have some better ideas, please let me know or just join #django-de so that more people can join the discussion :-)


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California High School junior righthander Mike Podany threw a perfect game Friday in the host Grizzlies' 3-0 victory over De La Salle.
The 5-foot-8, 165-pound Podany had only four 3-ball counts in his pitching gem, and two were in the first inning of this East Bay Athletic League baseball game. He struck out two in his masterpiece.
"He had great control. He used all of his pitches. Honestly, everybody in the field had to make a play, and everybody made them," California coach Chad Ross said.
Cameron Santos scored in the first inning on a passed ball for the Grizzlies (7-0, 1-0 EBAL), and teammate AJ Velasquez led off the fourth inning with a home run to center field. Trent Kravitz scored the final run of the game on a fielder's choice in the fourth.
With the loss, De La Salle falls to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the EBAL.
EBAL California 3, De La Salle 0
De La Salle 000 000 0-- 0 0 0
California 100 200 x-- 3 6 0
Hooper, Lally (5) and Schatz. Podany and McDonnell. W: Podany. L: Hooper. HR: Velasquez (C) 4th inn., 0 on. Records: California 7-0, 1-0 EBAL; De La Salle 5-2, 1-1 EBAL. Highlights: C -- Podany 2 K, 0 BB, O HBP; Santos 2 for 3, R; Velasquez 1 for 2, RBI, BB.


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Tiger Woods Ex-wife Elin Nordegren gets $100 million her divorce from Tiger Woods, She bought a $12 million mansion (9,000 Square Foot) in North Palm Beach. She decided to demolish the entire thing, to build her own dream home. The 32-year-old Swedish modl starts a new year by building her dream house. From TMZ source, "Elin Nordegren has hired a high-priced architect to build her dream home and sources say every single worker is required to sign a confidentiality agreement." See Elin Nordegren destroys her mansion photos and dram house demo photo.
Update: Elin Nordegren's romance with wealthy businessman Jamie Dingman. According to news source: The Romantic cople traveled to the Bahamas, and "things are going great between them."


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Definition of communion in English:
1The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level: in this churchyard communion with the dead was almost palpable
More example sentences
- I am in exclusive intimate spiritual communion with each of my devotees.
- The sheer joy of that intimate communion with nature; the contented peace we discover on the banks of running waters - that's what it's really all about.
- Their imaginations are dominated by the ghosts of the past, in intimate communion with the shimmering world of the dead.
1.1Common participation in a mental or emotional experience: popular festivals where all take part in joyous communion
More example sentences
- This relation is not one of appropriation, possession, or passive representation of knowledge, but of communion and co-creative participation.
- Mutual participation or communion is an integral feature of Christian salvation.
- Making, breaking, and distributing bread carried profound connotations of friendship, communion, giving, sharing, justice.
affinity, fellowship, kinship, friendship, fellow feeling, togetherness, closeness, harmony, understanding, rapport, connection, communication, empathy, accord, unity
2 (often Communion or Holy Communion) The service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared. See Eucharist.
Example sentences
- It was worship, and was as essential to Communion as breaking the bread and drinking the cup.
- Christian practice of Communion is becoming more diverse
- Then, with burning hearts, we are ready for Jesus to reveal himself to us as we break bread with him at Communion.
2.1The consecrated bread and wine so administered and received: the priests gave him Holy Communion
More example sentences
- At Communion time, I stayed with the priest until I thought all the parishioners had received Communion.
- Six boys received their First Communion in the Sacred Heart Church last Sunday.
- As another example, we all know that when we receive Communion, we are receiving Jesus-body and blood, soul and divinity-and that he comes to live in us in a very special way.
3A relationship of recognition and acceptance between Christian churches or denominations, or between individual Christians or Christian communities and a church (signified by a willingness to give or receive the Eucharist): the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome
More example sentences
- Herein is the irreplaceable role of dialogue between the local community of Christians, and the communion of churches.
- For the first time, representatives of all churches in communion with Canterbury were assembled, and around the theme of common mission.
- Those churches in communion with Peter and the Orthodox are held to have a valid sacrament of orders.
3.1A group of Christian communities or churches that recognize one another's ministries or that of a central authority. See also Anglican Communion.
Example sentences
- He courageously describes the discrimination and harm often visited upon one of Christianity's oldest communions - the Coptic Church.
- This document still serves as a primary point of reference for Anglican dialogue with other Christian communions.
- The advert says, 'We are Christians, from different communions.'
make one's communion
- Receive bread and wine that has been consecrated at a Eucharist, as a sacramental, spiritual, or symbolic act of receiving the presence of Christ.Example sentences
- Mrs. McGrath looked after the boys and girls who were making their communion.
- When her son Conor was making his communion, another seven-year-old boy in the class warned the other children that none of them would go to an arranged party if Conor showed up because he was black.
- Congratulations to the 12 pupils from the Kilglass and Culleens national schools who made their communion in Kilglass Church.
Late Middle English: from Latin communio(n-), from communis (see common).
Words that rhyme with communionCameroonian, Mancunian, Neptunian, Réunion, union
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Top UK entertainment PR and Marketing agency is looking for a Senior Account Manager with a proven track record in consumer PR, primarily in Food & Drink, as well as strong social and digital skills. The role is to help develop the new consumer division within one of the industry's most exciting and dynamic agencies. The successful applicant will be passionate and self motivated with excellent communication skills and media contacts. Fantastic potential career progression for the right candidate.
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Genital Herpes Health Center
An End to Herpes -- and HIV?
"We are very confident that we can give it safely to humans," NCI researcher Edward A. Sausville, MD, PhD, tells WebMD. "The major side effects are related to diarrhea." That is one of the reasons drug companies are looking at other drugs to block cdk -- drugs that might not have this unpleasant side effect, he says.
Sausville says that anti-cdk drugs will still have to undergo full safety tests before they can be used against virus infections. Although previous studies in cancer patients have shown that the drugs that block cdk appear to be safe in humans, the drugs in development to fight viruses are slightly different, he says. Therefore, the drugs still need to be closely scrutinized, but Sausville is encouraged that this new research will speed things along. Sausville is an associate director of the NCI's developmental therapeutics program.
It will also be of great interest to show exactly which of the cdks must be blocked in order to stop these viruses from causing disease, University of Iowa biochemist David H. Price, PhD, tells WebMD. Price and co-workers are currently developing drugs similar to cdk blockers to fight HIV.
Vital Information:
- Scientists say a new class of drugs may be effective against viruses that cause diseases like herpes and AIDS.
- Instead of trying to kill the virus, these drugs take a different approach: They prevent an invading virus from using its human host's cdk, a substance that drives cell division. Without cdk, the virus can't reproduce itself.
- It's possible that cdk-blocking agents could be used to fight certain types of cancer. Scientists still have to access their safety in people as well as learn how knocking out cdk can prevent a viral infection.


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by George Eliot
Mr. Cadwallader
Character Analysis
Mr. Cadwallader is the rector of Tipton, and a good friend of Mr. Brooke and Sir James Chettam. He's pretty laid back about his role as a clergyman – he'd rather go fishing than write sermons. He's a lot more easy-going than his wife is and often tries to rein in her enthusiasm for matchmaking or interfering in other peoples' lives.


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The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Sinleqqiunninni
The Epic of Gilgamesh Perseverance Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Tablet.Line)
Quote #1
He saw the Secret, discovered the Hidden,
he brought information of (the time) before the Flood.
He went on a distant journey, pushing himself to exhaustion,
but then was brought to peace. (1.5-8)
These are nearly the opening lines of the epic, and form part of a longer passage talking about the awesomeness of Gilgamesh, his accomplishments, and his city. But these lines don't just talk about what Gilgamesh accomplished; they also talk about the effort he put into accomplishing them, "pushing himself to exhaustion." By then adding in the next line that Gilgamesh "then was brought to peace," the poem lays out one of its key themes: you have to try everything.
Quote #2
At twenty leagues they broke for some food,
at thirty leagues they stopped for the night,
walking fifty leagues in a whole day,
a walk of a month and a half.
On the third day they drew near to the Lebanon.
They dug a well facing Shamash (the setting sun) …. (4.1-6)
A "league" is roughly 3 miles. This means that Gilgamesh and Enkidu walked 60 miles before taking a break for food, and another 30 miles before they stopped for the night—making a total day's journey of 90 miles. This must show some pretty serious perseverance, right? Well, maybe—unless you're basically a superhero. In that case, we're not so impressed.
Quote #3
"May he not live the longer of the two,
may Enkidu not have any 'shore'(?) more than his friend Gilgamesh!"
Enkidu spoke to Gilgamesh, saying:
"My friend, I have been talking to you but you have not been listening to me,
You have been listening to the curse of Humbaba!" (5.280-284)
The first two lines of this passage come from Humbaba's curses against Enkidu, when he realizes that he can't persuade Enkidu to save his life. The fact that Humbaba can't change Enkidu's mind shows Enkidu's perseverance—or, you know, stubbornness. But Enkidu is afraid that his friend Gilgamesh doesn't have as much perseverance as he does—and calls him out on it.


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David Schmidt of Canton has been named director of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown's Office of Pro-Life, Marriage and Family Ministry, effective Dec. 2.
A native of Warren, Mr. Schmidt earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. He also studied theology at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati, where he taught religion at Our Lady of Angels High School.
Schmidt previously served as youth ministry director at a parish in Poland, and the former Our Lady of Peace parish in Canton. While completing his master of pastoral studies through the Loyola University Institute for Ministry Extension Program, New Orleans, he served as religious education director at Holy Spirit Parish in Uniontown.
He also was director of the Office of Marriage and Family Ministry for the diocese from 1995-1997, and served as pastoral associate at Little Flower parish in Plain Township. More recently, he served as pastoral associate at a parish in Niles, and for the collaborating parishes of Regina Coeli in Alliance and St. Joseph in Maximo.
Schmidt and his wife, Laura, and their four children are involved with the Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in Alliance.
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WALNUT CREEK -- Kathe Mitchell read about Community Service Day in a city newsletter, and "just decided it would be a good thing to do" to sign up for one of the 45 jobs on the list.
After a morning of planting native-species seeds for later replanting in local open spaces and parks, Mitchell had a few observations.
"I spent the morning working with some real nice people I wouldn't have met otherwise," she said. "And more powerful, I learned more about the behind-the-scenes workings of Walnut Creek and its people."
One such observation -- "It was obvious someone has spent a lot of time tediously collecting all those seeds. There's a lot of unheralded work going on."
Such volunteers -- ones like Mitchell, who vow to take part in next year's Community Service Day -- are just the people organizers like Leslie Hunt want to see taking part in local programs.
"These are the people who are so important, because they keep the volunteer organizations going," said Hunt, of the Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation and Friends of the Creeks.
For the second year, more than 1,000 volunteers turned out to help with a wide variety of cleanup, assistance, repair, maintenance, spruce-up, relief and improvement projects all over the city. The projects helped various nonprofit agencies, citizen groups, schools, libraries and even creeks.
"People had good success with volunteers coming and getting lots of stuff done," said City Councilwoman Cindy Silva, who spurred the first Walnut Creek volunteer event last year, modeling it on the successful Pleasant Hill Community Service Day event.
Silva on Saturday stopped by 10 or 12 different projects, she said. She was encouraged both by the feeling of camaraderie among the Saturday morning volunteers and by the work they accomplished.
"These a projects that volunteer organizations have done for years," she said. "But we achieve more when we have more workers."
Hunt said she didn't know any of the volunteers who turned out at the three projects she was helping oversee. But they were "really nice people," she said.
"People who volunteer are, on average, very nice people," she said. And they were new faces, which bodes well for Walnut Creek's volunteer base, she said. "We hope some of these volunteers turn into regulars."
Silva, who said Walnut Creek has had a strong history of citizen volunteerism, said such efforts are "the ultimate community-building exercise."
Mitchell agrees. She said she learned a lesson or two last Saturday with her group of about 15 people planting the seeds.
"Some of them had just recently moved here, and came out as a way to meet people," she said. "And I've lived here all these years and this was my first time doing it. I'm absolutely doing it again."


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Definition of pyemia in English:
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NEW YORK: The world's richest people lost a combined $24.4 billion this week as concerns over Spain's rising borrowing costs and the sputtering American job market caused global markets to tumble.
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson lost $2.2 billion. Shares of his Nevada-based Las Vegas Sands fell 10.3% during the week. Adelson, 78, is the 22nd richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.


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Battle of Lundy's Lane anniversary this summer
By Bullet News
March 25, 2014
Andrew Porteus and Don Jackson, dressed as General Gordon Drummond, with the commemorative coin design. Photo special to Bullet News by Nick Fearns.
NICK FEARNS / Special to Bullet News
NIAGARA FALLS – This summer marks the 200th anniversary of the bloodiest battle ever to be fought on Canadian soil.
But the Lundy's Lane Historical Society and its partners aren't just commemorating the battle; they are also celebrating the 200 years of peace that followed the War of 1812.
"The result of the bloodiest battle fought on Canadian soil is 200 years of peace, an demilitarized border and a great relation with our neighbors to the south, so it was a great outcome," said Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati.
"Especially now, whenever I bring greetings to any conferences in town I always point out the historic importance of Niagara Falls, of the battle, and of their visit at this time."
"It gives me great pleasure to be here at this time in history, 200 years later, especially with the sponsorship of Bob Gale, one of our local and respected business people, who puts his money where his mouth is on a regular basis and helped to make this facility the great facility that it is," said Diodati.
"When most people think of the War of 1812, they think of re-enactments, but we want to do something a little different," said Clark Bernat, manager at Niagara Falls Museums.
"We've been working with the historical society for quite some time to make sure this a night to remember."
The Lundy's Lane Historical Society is the second-oldest organization of its kind in Canada.
"The society has been involved with the commemorative service for the Battle of Lundy's Lane for a long time," said Sherman Zavitz, the official historian of the city of Niagara Falls.
"The society was founded in 1887, believe it or not."
Zavitz explained how the service this year would be different from other years.
One change will be the starting time.
"This year the service will be a bit different in some ways. It won't be in the early afternoon as is usually the case. It will be in the evening, around the time the battle actually started," said Zavitz.
The service will be "enhanced" with the inclusion of a number of VIPs and other special guests, including a number of former soldiers from both Canada and the United States.
Registration for the event is $12 for adults and $6 for children and includes a free T-shirt.
The first 500 people to register will also receive a special commemorative coin.
"The 200th anniversary, July 25, 2014 is a really significant event in the city of Niagara Falls," said Don Jackson, who was dressed as General Gordon Drummond.
"The [Bicentennial Taskforce committee] taskforce wanted to ensure that, in addition to the T-shirts, people would get, as a result of pre-registration, something else tangible to take away with them, to have in their families for years to come."
Jackson added that the event would not be possible without the generosity of Gale.
"This could never have happened without the support, both moral and financial, of Bob Gale," said Jackson.
You can register to attend the event or participate at www.battleoflundyslane.ca.


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Dear Fictitious God, I give thanks today that you brought your long time servant, Osama bin Laden, "home".
He has been a problem for many of us, but frankly you are THE problem.
You see, Osama bin Laden may have been any seventh son among fifty brothers and sisters from a wealthy Saudi family if it wasn't for you.
Thank you, oh Fictitious God.
You had plans for Osama. You blessed the country of his birth with a barbaric faith, his father with a strict religious sense which he inculcated into his children, oh wise Lord.
Osama heard your Law and knew in his heart that mankind had to follow your way. And that he had to lead mankind with Godly love.
Thank you, oh Fictitious God.
God, you inspired Osama to create in 1988 "an organized Islamic faction, its goal is to lift the word of God, to make His religion victorious." You gave the world al-Quaeda.
With your guiding hand, Osama and his associates were able to spread the word of God to many, many people. And not by Twitter either.
Thank you, oh Fictitious God.
Thank you Lord for America, a secular republic that doesn't have the word God in its constitution.
Thank you Lord for two oceans that keep many of your servants away from us.
And lastly, thank you for the beer I'm drinking as I celebrate the recent victory of the Enlightenment over your servant, Osama bin Laden.
Thank you, oh Fictitious God.
Dear Fictitious God, go away.
We don't need any more of your servants.
We don't need you.


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Vogue Netherlands spotlights model Naomi Nijboer in their most recent issue who was shot by fashion photographer Alique.
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Photography Spotlight:: Keith Bloom II featuring Alfrado Girardi
Photographer Keith Bloom II shares with us a recent study themed "The Adonis Effect", spotlighting new face Alfrado Girardi
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Today WE spotlight Greek talent Steve Raider in this recent self portrait study.
Happy Birthday Steve :)
Monday, 26 November 2012
Fashion Spotlight:: Marie Claire Spain | Isabeli Fontana by Sergi Pons
Marie Claire Spain spotlights Isabeli Fontana in an edit shot by Sergi Pons.
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Nox Mag spotlights talent Patrick Kafka in an edit shot by Sergi Jasanada.
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Cecil Space Port
Generation Orbit first to fly from CSP
NASA announces a Super Hero Robot!
SpaceX Falcon 9 Grass Hopper Attempts landing back on floating platform. Almost!
This site is the unofficial site of the Westside Cecil Space Port. It has been created to promote the future of Space Flight and to provide up-to-date information
on the progress of Space Flight on the WestSide of Jacksonville.
In 1943, this piece of property was named NAS Cecil Field in honor of Commander Henry Barton Cecil, a Navy pilot who died in 1933 in the crash of the famous dirigible, Akron(shown on the home page).
Over the next 50 years, NAS Cecil Field was one of the most important training grounds for Naval aviators who flew during WWII, Korea, Vietnam, a variety of conflicts throughout the Cold War, and during the first Gulf War of 1991. In 1952 NAS Cecil Field was designated as only one of two master jet bases on the east coast. It became like a second home to A-7 Corsair pilot who later transitioned to FA-18 Hornets, as well as to other aircraft carrier based jets, including the S-3 Viking.
In 1993, NAS Cecil Field was recommended for closure by the President's Commission on Base Realignment and Closure, and it was officially closed by the Navy on September 30, 1993. The following day it reopened for business as Cecil Field Airport for public and commercial aviation use. It also serves as a general aviation reliever airport, helping to relieve the aircraft traffic congestion from nearby Jacksonville International Airport, located roughly 15 miles northeast of Cecil Field Airport.
Now CecilSpacePort on Jacksonville's Westside is being developed to support the future of air travel.
Can you imagine going coast to coast in just one hour. Get ready because in the next decade this could be a reality.
Wouldn't it be nice to rename Normandy Blvd to Normandy SpacePort Drive! Hope you enjoy this site!!!


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The meaning of SIMEC is "System Improvement and Modifying Engineering Company". SIMEC Group has won renown since its establishment on 2000 for offering the very high standard of services and business dealings. It has earned a well reputation for being one of the best and most respected and reliable Organization in Japan, Hong Kong and Bangladesh. It has the professional skills and experience to provide the services you need, by utilizing its selected quality staff and customer service.
No nation can be great & developed without having advance education, modern medical services and large number of infrastructural development on different categories in all over the country. So our mission is to create technology based modern Educational and Medical Institutions, Industry for Information Technology, Agrobased Firm and Industry, Industrial Zones and Residential Parks in global ecological context.
We have chosen Bangladesh to fulfill our dream to build modern Hospitals, Colleges, Software House, Agro Industries and Industrial & Residential Parks.


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Syntaxin appoints new CMO
Syntaxin Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel biologic drugs that control cell secretion, has appointed Richard Jones, MD as Chief Medical Officer and Dr Nicola Thompson as Head of Cell Biology. Jones has over 25 years of global pharmaceutical industry experience, with an extensive background in all stages of drug development and regulatory affairs. Thompson brings the company 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and a successful track record in drug discovery, primarily focused on respiratory and inflammatory diseases.


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UK rents soaring while struggling tenants' see incomes freeze
Published by Anonymous for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities, Finance
UK rents soaring while struggling tenants' see incomes freezeImage: Money via Shutterstock
The UK's private rented sector (PRS) tenants are being increasingly squeezed as rental costs soar in the face of static incomes.
According to SpareRoom.co.uk's research, PRS rents have risen by 10% while tenants' accommodation budgets have actually fallen by 0.5% since 2009.
And London room rents have soared by more than a quarter (26%) in the past five years - more than twice as fast as budgets, which have increased by just 10%.
Most shockingly, SpareRoom.co.uk found that in Scotland flatsharers' budgets have plummeted by more than a fifth (22%) since 2009, while rents have increased by almost a quarter (24%).
According to the research, Northern Ireland has seen the UK's slowest rental increases over the past five years (10%), yet tenants' budgets for accommodation have dropped 5%.
Over the past year, Scotland and London have become the UK's least affordable areas.
The average monthly UK room rent is currently £550 – almost a third (31%) of the average take home pay of a full-time employee.
Reacting to the news, Alex Hilton, director of tenants campaign group Generation Rent, said: "With rents rising faster than incomes, millions of private renters are struggling to put food on the table, let alone build the independent life that homeowners take for granted.
"Not only do we need more house building to bring supply back in line with demand, but stronger rights for renters through secure tenancies and lower letting fees would help keep a lid on exploitative rents."
SpareRoom.co.uk's director, Matt Hutchinson, said: "What's clear is that affordable rents are becoming ever more scarce. Many people are still struggling with the cost of living and this isn't being helped by the fact that wage growth is the lowest since records began.
"The problem is we have a chronic shortage of housing in the areas where jobs are being created, so rents continue to rise as supply fails to meet demand. In some areas of the capital we're seeing up to 13 people compete for every room advertised.
"The only obvious short-term solution is to encourage more homeowners to let their spare bedrooms and create supply. To do that, the Rent A Room Scheme tax-free threshold needs to be raised to act as a proper incentive. It hasn't been increased since 1997 and rents have risen by 103% in that time. Not only will this benefit renters, it could stop thousands of homeowners slipping into arrears when interest rates finally rise."
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When: December 6-7, 12-14 at 7:30 p.m.
December 8 & 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, 205 Main Street East
Menomonie, WI 54751
Based on the 1983 movie, humorist Jean Shep-herd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out."
All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more!
In Person:
502 West 2nd Street, Menomonie
(directly behind the old Leever's building) during the hours listed below.
By Email:
By Mail:
PO Box 445, Menomonie, WI 54751
By Phone:
Phone and email inquiries may be made at any time Monday to Friday. Messages received prior to 2 p.m. will be returned on the same business day. Those received after 2 p.m. will be returned before the box office closes or on the following business day.
Tickets will be available at the door of any performance for one hour prior to the performance. Our voice mail will be updated should any performance sell out. At the Mabel Tainter, we will have our ticket table set up in the lower level Public Room.
Box Office Hours for 2013-2014 Season:
August 13th-May 31st
Non-Performance Weeks: Tuesday-Friday 12pm-4pm
Performance Weeks: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm


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Reproduced with kind permission of Professor Aubrey Newman
Amongst those who settled in Derby was John Davis who made for himself a
considerable name in the local political and intellectual life. One of his
sons, Arthur Davis, educated privately in Derby, acquired sufficient Jewish
learning to be the translator of what has been for several generations the most
widely used Festival prayer-book of Anglo Jewry, while another, Henry, later
played a prominent part in the setting-up of a proper congregation. It is clear
in all events that there were one or two individuals who tended to move about
between various parts of the country, and tried to establish some regular
congregation wherever they happened to live. Barnet Berstein (or Bierstein) for
instance, born in Dowlais in South Wales, at an early age went to Blackburn,
where he was instrumental in acquiring a building suitable for a synagogue. He
moved to Burton-on-Trent some time before 1885, and in that year began to
organise services at his home. At about the same time the Jews of Derby were
trying to organise themselves; the Jewish Chronicle reported on 5
November 1886: 'There are at present six Jewish families in Derby, and steps are
being taken towards the engagement of a shochet and the establishment of a
minyan as preliminary measures for the ultimate formation of a congregation.'
On 4 March 1887 a meeting of the residents of Derby and Burton decided to form a
joint congregation, but the attempt failed despite the existence of a nucleus in
Burton, and the Jewish Chronicle reported on 5 May 1889 from Derby: 'The
Jewish inhabitants assembled at the Temperance Hall on Sunday evening 30th April
for the purpose of meeting Mr Henry Davis to whom a cordial and unanimous
invitation has been sent to become the President of the newly-formed
congregation.' By 1895 the two groups had definitively separated, services
being held in Burton at the Masonic Hall and at Derby in the Corn Exchange. The
Derby community by 1899 had its own proper synagogue - a loft over a butcher's
yard - and by 1901, when the Chief Rabbi paid a visit to Derby there was a
properly organised community possessing a regular cemetery, and with all the
appurtenances of a congregation. A set of members' payments for 1902 record a
total for weekly contributions of 17/1d. per week and of £2.15s. 'offerings'
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The Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Series will feature Dr. Laura Hobgood-Oster on Tuesday, February 21 in Evans Auditorium in the Cannon Student Center on the campus of Lees-McRae College. She will present two lectures on the topic of Animals and Christianity.
At 3:30 p.m. hear "Ox, Ass, Arf: Animals in Christian History" and at 7 p.m., "Animals Return to the Sanctuary: The Re-emergence of animals in Christian practice."
Dr. Laura Hobgood-Oster is Professor and Paden Chair in Religion and Environmental Studies at Southwestern University in Austin, TX where she has served on the faculty since 1998. Dr. Hobgood-Oster has chaired both the religion department and the environmental studies program. She teaches in the areas of religion and ecology, animals in religion, the history of Christianity, environmental studies, animal ethics and ecofeminism.
Her two most recent books are The Friends We Keep: Unleashing Christianity's Compassion for Animals and Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition. She also served as an executive editor of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and has written numerous articles and encyclopedia entries. She has co-chaired the Animals and Religion Consultation of the American Academy of Religion and is currently President-Elect of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture.
Dr. Hobgood-Oster is a frequent lecturer on college campuses and is a contributor to several popular publications such as The Huffington Post. Her current book project, A Dog's History of the World, is scheduled for publication in 2013. Dr. Hobgood-Oster holds a Ph.D. in historical theology from St. Louis University and a M.Div. from Vanderbilt University. In addition, she is the dog rescue coordinator for the Georgetown Animal Shelter and lives with her spouse, Jack, and their two rescue dogs Codi and Cooper.
The Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Series is designed to provide scholarly evangelical speakers for religious emphasis programs at small Christian colleges. The Staley endowment to Lees-McRae College provides the funding to bring Dr. Hobgood-Oster to the campus during the 2011-12 academic year.
These lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Mr. Jim Taylor at 828-898-8842 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Bruno Mars returns with a new single from his upcoming album "Unorthodox Jukebox" which hits stores on December 11th. 'Moonshine' is available for purchase on iTunes.
Listen to the track below.
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''Team Galaxy'' is a French and Canadian 2006 animated series. It ran for 52 episodes in 2 seasons. The story is about three young students living their own normal lives and training to become space marshals. The protagonists are Yoko, a wannabe pop singer, Brett, a serious ChildProdigy, and Josh, a rebellious and fun-loving adrenaline junkie. They attend Galaxy High (not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'', a [[TheEighties 1980s]] animated program)
It's made by [[Creator/MarathonMedia the same company]] as ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' and ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', which explains the {{Animesque}} style.
Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondandPearl Team Galactic]].
%%* AnimeHair: Brett and Yoko are the obvious offenders.
%%* {{Animesque}}: Obviously.
%%* BrainInAJar: ''Brett's Brain''
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Josh, Yoko and Brett have all undergone this or the milder {{brainwashed}} trope at some point as well as many of the supporting characters.
%%* ChildProdigy: Brett
* CircusOfFear: Circus clowns kidnap humans for their performances at Season 1 finale.
* CloningBlues: In one episode, Josh, Brett, and Yoko are cloned, but the personalities are mixed up to where the Josh clone is nerdy, the Brett clone is obsessive over his hair, and the Yoko clone is a daredevil.
* CriminalAmnesiac: Used on Josh along with the {{brainwashed}} trope in the "Psycho-Cycle" episode.
* CrossPoppingVeins: Happened to characters such as Brett in the episode "Emperor Brett" when Yoko and Josh teased him for being small.
%%* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Yoko
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Josh during his {{brainwashed}} stint in the episode "Psycho-Cycle".
* FateWorseThanDeath: A video game system has a player that wins the game ''sucked in and forced to direct the game for eternity''.
* GiftedlyBad: Yoko's singing is actually... well, horrible. The aliens like it, though, even though it makes humans cry out in pain.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Yoko. Doesn't stop her from going on. Though this only seems to apply to earthlings, all the other aliens love her singing.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Josh can sometimes act this way but if he does he always comes to the aid of the heroes in the end.
* MarsNeedsWater: "H2-Oh No!" featured an aquatic race stealing water from various planets due to the fact that the planet is in a system that has six suns, which constantly evaporate the planet's water supply.
%%* MindControlDevice: The gold stars in "Mr. 6025-A46".
* MultipleHeadCase: The alien girl from "Miss Cosmos" [[spoiler: she has her family growing on the back of her neck]].
* PardonMyKlingon: Josh and Brett are supposed to be translating a text from an alien language into English in the episode "When Josh Attacks". Josh, who has been goofing off playing a video game on his computer connects his up to Brett's and steals his copy. Josh ends up taking all the credit. Brett, annoyed, tells Josh he has a word for him and speaks some strange, alien word. The whole class suudenly gains an expression of shock on their faces.
%%* PsychicPowers: Omni
* SandNecktie: The protagonists gets this treatment from some PlantAliens. In this case, though, the aim doesn't seem to be any kind of torture, but the primitive aliens actually thinking the humans would... germinate and grow.
%%* SpacePolice
%%* TheSlacker: Josh. He prides himself on it.
%%* TeamPet: Fluffy