text:
Pictures of the Day
Boys rested at al Haramain madrassa in Yaounde, Cameroon, Monday. Pope Benedict visits the school Tuesday in the first stop of his African tour. He's expected to meet Muslim clerics in Yaounde. (Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters)
A man dried political flags in Ahmedabad, India, Monday ahead of country-wide general elections between April 16 and May 13. (Ajit Solanki/Associated Press)
A soldier ran while holding a gun after tanks forced their way into a presidential palace in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Monday. Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina has rejected a referendum to end deadly violence. He wants President Marc Ravalomanana to resign. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)
Men and women sunbathed near the Peter and Paul Fortress wall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday. (Elena Palm/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
People enjoyed the warm weather in London's St. James's Park Monday. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Richie Bizal photographed ice formations along Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn., Monday. The 75-year-old retired teacher left home at 5 a.m. to get the best light possible. "If I get just one good one, it'll be worth it," he said. (Jack Rendulich/Associated Press)
Gov. Deval Patrick (D., Mass), front left, toured abandoned homes in New Bedford, Mass., Monday with U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.), background in red tie, and Mayor Scott Lang, front right. Mr. Patrick said the state will give a $300,000 grant to turn foreclosed properties into affordable housing. (Peter Pereira/The Standard Times via Associated Press)
Cellphones sat in a basket outside the Roosevelt Room as President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner met with small-business owners and community leaders at the White House Monday. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper staff listened as Roger Oglesby, publisher and editor, announced Monday that Tuesday's paper will be the final print edition. The paper, which started publishing in 1863, will become a Web-only operation. (Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer via Associated Press)
An employee for a toupee specialist fit a customer with a toupee at the Rheinland-Pfalz Ausstellung consumer goods fair in Mainz, Germany, Monday. (Torsten Silz/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Laborers worked at a village in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. (Pavel Rahman/Associated Press)
Canadian soldiers from the NATO-led coalition played indoor hockey at the Forward Operating Base of Zhari district in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday. Also, Monday militants in Pakistan attacked trucks carrying supplies to troops in Afghanistan. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)
Paramilitary recruits trained at a military base in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Monday. (China Daily/Reuters)
Turkish riot police struggled with protesters near the World Water Forum in Istanbul Monday. Police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who rallied against big water companies. About 20 people were arrested. (Ibrahim Usta/Associated Press)
A "cybernetic human" walked in front of journalists in Tsukuba, Japan, Monday. The petite robot is set to appear in a fashion show. Developers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology said she isn't quite able to do daily chores or work, though. (Koji Sasahara/Associated Press)
Soldiers rallied around Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center on top of a vehicle, in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday. Army, police and security forces signed a pledge of allegiance, vowing to defend the president against an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes. (Nasser Nasser/Associated Press)
Chinese tourists waved as they arrived on a cruise ship in Keelung, Taiwan, Monday. About 1,600 people joined the first such large-scale tour group from China to Taiwan. Taiwan said Monday it plans to cut its armed forces by more than one-fifth as tensions ease with China. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)


text:
Dallas Fire-Rescue trying to determine who set fire that destroyed Arcadia Park Elementary's playground
The kids at Arcadia Park Elementary School didn't get to use their playground Wednesday morning, because someone set it on fire Tuesday night.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says firefighters were dispatched to fight what they believe was a grass fire near the school on Justin Avenue near Interstate 30 and N. Walton Walker Boulevard around 8 p.m. Tuesday. But, says Evans, "when firefighters arrived they noticed that the 'grass fire' was actually a burning playground at the school."
It didn't take long to knock down the fire. But the blaze still managed to consume the entire playground: All of the equipment was "completely destroyed," says Evans.
"All we know at this point is that it was set," Evans says. "At this point, we don't know why or by whom. Investigators are currently following leads." But, he adds, "We're not calling it arson at this time."
Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander says the equipment will likely be removed tomorrow, and that the fire caused about $50,000 worth of damage. He said it's not covered by insurance.
"If somebody wants to help raise the money to fund a new playground, our students and staff would be very appreciative," says Dahlander, who suggests interested parties call the school.
Kia Johnson, the assistant principal at Arcadia Park, says she was notified last night of the blaze. The kids, of course, found out this morning.
"And they were surprised, certainly, and sad too" she says. "But more than anything, they wanted to know: How did this happen?"

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Oct 07 2008
Chuck Klosterman pens a brief history of the 21st century. I think he may have missed his calling as a science writer or 7-foot tall multiracial time traveller.
JUNE 11, 2041: In a matter of weeks, the entire Internet is replaced by "news blow," a granular microbe that allows information to be snorted, injected, or smoked. Data can now be synthesized into a water-soluble powder and absorbed directly into the cranial bloodstream, providing users with an instantaneous visual portrait of whatever information they are interested in consuming. (Sadly, this tends to be slow-motion images of minor celebrities going to the bathroom.) Now irrelevant, an ocean of Web pioneers lament the evolution. "What about the craft?" they ask no one in particular. "What about the inherent human pleasure of moving one's mouse across a hyperlink, not knowing what a simple click might teach you? Whatever happened to ironic thirty-word capsule reviews about marginally popular TV shows? Have we lost this forever?" "You just don't get new media," respond the news-blowers. "You just don't get it."
It was tough to pick just one excerpt...the Digger True candidacy and animals getting smarter thing were particularly fun threads. (if it's klosterman, it's gotta be via fimoculous)


text:
Size55 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Disabled access
- Breakfast
- Elevator in building
|Vaclavske namesti, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
There are 2 very similar apartments on the same building each 55 m2 total with bedroom with double bed (180 x 200 cm), living room with fully equipped kitchen with double sofa bed and a bathroom.
Apartment blends homely comforts such as fully equipped kitchen with Fridge with Freezer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Oven, Microwave, Coffee Maker, Kettle, Toaster, Pots & Pans, Plates & Glasses, Cutlery and all the necessary cooking utensils, entertainment centre, bedding and work area, with useful elements. As for attention and services the apartment is on level of a 3 star hotel. The apartment is suitable for short or extended stays and are on the 3rd or 6th floor with an elevator. Oriented - street & courtyard.
KEY & DAMAGE DEPOSIT 50 EUR / 1000 CZK / 1 - 5 keys
refundable on check out
LATE CHECK OUT (on request):
until 3 p.m. / 15.00 hour 25 EUR
until 6 p.m. / 18.00 hour 40 EUR
CANCELLATION POLICY for NEW YEAR 28.12 - 3.1:
Less than 14 days prior to arrival: 100 % of whole stay amount
CLEANING: including change of towels and bed linen...
Final cleaning and cleaning every 4th day (11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
Long stay reservation (2 weeks and more): cleaning weekly
Laundry service (1 bag max 6kg, till 24 hours): 15 EUR
We can arrange TAXI for you from the Airport or Railway station to the apartment. If you STAY MORE than 5 NIGHTS we can offer you 1 x free transfer or 1 night in garage.
UNDERGROUND SAFETY GARAGE just in the building. Price 25 EUR / night.(parking space is limited: length = 5000mm, width=2050mm, height = 1900mm, max weight = 2500kg)
Children under 12 years: free of charge
Breakfast: 7 EUR / person
Air-conditioning: free of charge, for discounted stays we charge 5 EUR / night
Christmas Tree + set up: 60 EUR, incl. christmas decorations
Luggage room: free of charge
Pets are allowed on request: free of charge
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 742
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 2068
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 18 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
It was perfect, specially the location, we couldn't choose a better location in prague, 5minutes walkin from any interesting point. Check-in is done by a reception, so we didn't meet the owners. We didn't have any problem, in fact they were very kind, but it is just a point to take into account.
Friendly and hopeful host! Had a great time in Prag. Clean and well-recourced apartment.
Large and fully equipped apartment the center of Prague. Great location. Big plus: a spacious terrace. In short, highly recommended.
Groot en van alle gemakken voorzien appartement hartje centrum van Praag. Geweldige locatie. Groot pluspunt: een ruim terras. Kortom: warm aanbevolen.
Apartment very well located within walking distance of everything, with a great terrace !!! Parking in the building and plenty of restaurants to choose from. Book again without hesitation !!!
Apartamento muy bien situado a pocos pasos de todo, con una terraza estupenda!!! Aparcamiento en el mismo edificio y un montón de restaurantes donde elegir. Volveríamos a reservar sin dudarlo!!!
The apartment is in a great location on Wenceslas Square, has an underground car park, is perfectly decorated. One can only positively assessed.
highly recommended. Peter
Das Apartment ist in einer super Lage auf dem Wenzelsplatz, hat eine Tiefgarage, ist perfekt eingerichtet. Man kann nur positiv beurteilen.
Sehr empfehlenswert. Peter
Elegant room, that looked even better than in the pictures.
* NOT facing the street (which is a plus, given the super central and noisy location).
* I tried to book on a very short notice (1 day before the arrival in Prague) and I got a reply less than one hour later.
* this is not really a cons, but maybe worth to mention. In the bathroom there were only two rolls of toilette papers (which is not that much for a 4 nights of staying). So we got more toilette papers and other basic stuff for breakfast at the Albert supermarket (in the nearby Palladium Shopping Center).
Perfect Apartment !!!!! The location is unbeatable! You can walk to everything within a few minutes! Just outside the front door there is a small supermarket next to catch even the bars to-simply divine for young people, the middle of it want to be !!! The rooms in the apartment are exactly like in the pictures only they act in real yet größer.Es was clean and the kitchen fully equipped! particularly impressed me was the communication-had booked from home to transfer to the apartment which is much cheaper and less stressful than if we had been taken away from us a taxi! The same transfer there I then ordered for the return trip and also the 2nd time everything worked smoothly! Real great service! Highly Recommended !!!
Perfektes Apartment!!!!!Die Lage ist einfach unschlagbar!Man kann alles innerhalb von ein paar Minuten zu fuß erreichen!Direkt vor der Haustür hat man einen Mini Markt und daneben fangen schon die Bars an-einfach göttlich für junge Leute die mitten drin sein wollen!!!Die Zimmer im Apartment sind exakt wie auf den Bildern nur wirken sie in echt noch größer.Es war sauber und die Küche voll ausgestattet!Besonders begeistert hat mich die Kommunikation-habe von zuhause aus den Transfer zum Apartment gebucht was viel günstiger und stressfreier war als wenn wir uns ein taxi genommen hätten!Den selben Transfer hab ich dort dann für die Rückfahrt geordert und auch das 2.Mal hat alles reibungslos funktioniert!Echt toller Service!Absolut empfehlenswert!!!
Good location. Few minutes walk from the square and next to a metro line which was great for getting around and to and from the airport. Apartment clean and very nice. The balcony was great giving views across to the Castle.
Very small negative was that as we were only there 2 nights we did not take any shampoo etc. which was not provided. Not really a problem.
So, single I can appreciate with grade 1, is the location, everything else is easy unbefridiegend (elevator was not working, very dirty in the stairway, toilet and bathroom are also dirty, it stinckte all the time in the apartment. The door locks are not reliable ((((
Well we survived the 3 days but I would not recommend this apartment (
Also, einzelnes was ich mit Note 1 schätzen kann, ist die Lage, alles anderes ist einfach unbefridiegend( Fahrstuhl funktionierte nicht, sehr schmutzig im Treppenhaus, Toilette und Bad sind auch schmutzig, es stinckte die ganze Zeit in der Wohnung. Die Türschlösser sind nicht zuverlässig((((
Na ja 3 Tagen haben wir das überstanden aber ich würde das Apartment nicht weiterempfehlen(
The apartment is big enough for 3-4 people and is mainly just on Wenceslas Square! Great location !! you can reach the old town in a few minutes.
Perhaps the only thing less beautiful, were the plastic bags with towels / bettwächen (clean and schmützige) outside the apartment. Otherwise, I can recommend the apartment !!
Die Wohnung ist genug gross für 3-4 Personen und vor allem liegt gerade am Wenzelsplatz! Super Lage!! man kann in wenigen Minuten die Altstadt erreichen.
Vielleicht das Einzige weniger schön, waren die Plastiksäcke mit Tücher/ bettwächen (sauber und schmützige) vor der Wohnung. Ansonsten kann ich die Wohnung empfehlen!!
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
- Secure payment via SSL encryption


text:
Browse the USGS Publication Warehouse
USGS Publications in 1888
- Becker, George Ferdinand, 1888, Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope, with an atlas: U.S. Government Printing Office Monograph 13, xix, 486 p.,
- Gooch, Frank Austin; Whitfield, James Edward, 1888, Analyses of waters of the Yellowstone National Park, with an account of the methods of analysis employed: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 47, 84 p. :incl. fold. tab., diagrs. ;24 cm.,
- Newberry, J.S., 1888, Fossil fishes and fossil plants of the Triassic rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley: Govt. print. off., Monograph 14, 152 p.,
- Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton, Jr.; Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1888, Nature and origin of deposits of phosphate of lime: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 46, 143 p. :ill., iii maps (partly fold.) ;24 cm.,
- Powell, J.W., 1888, Seventh Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1886: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 7, xx, 644 p.; 71 plates; 114 figs.); Extract (Obsidian Cliff) available at http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/rpt/7-1/,
- Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1888, On the form and position of the sea level with special references to its dependence on superficial masses symmetrically disposed about a normal to the earth's surface: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 48, 88 p. :diagrs. ;24 cm.,


text:
Ekpyrotic cosmology resurfaces
Jan 15, 2008 8 comments
A six-year-old controversial theory that told of a time before the Big Bang is undergoing a resurgence, only to be lampooned again by its original critics.
The theory of ekpyrotic cosmology was first put forward as an alternative to the standard "inflation" model of the universe. Inflation supposes that just after the Big Bang the universe underwent a brief period of rapid expansion. This amplified tiny density perturbations, which evolved into the stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters we see today. Although there is currently no way to prove that inflation ever occurred, the fact that it provides such a simple explanation for cosmic structure and the flatness of the universe has cemented it in cosmological doctrine since it was outlined in the early 1980s.
In ekpyrotic cosmology — which was proposed in 2001 by physicists Paul Steinhardt, Justin Khoury, Neil Turok and Burt Ovrut — there is no beginning of time. Instead, our visible universe exists on one of two four-dimensional "branes" floating in a five-dimensional space. These two branes are locked in an endless oscillatory motion in which they creep together, "bounce" through each other, withdraw and then creep together again (see animation: Branes collide). At each bounce, which is like a fresh Big Bang, ripples in the branes collide and liberate energy at different places to produce the initial density perturbations. And because energy conservation would favour a flat brane, the theory explains why our visible universe is flat too. "It's like the antichrist to inflation," says Khoury.
Past critics of ekpyrotic cosmology, however, have highlighted two particular problems. First, every bounce would be a point of infinite temperature and pressure known as a singularity, which is impossible to describe using conventional physics. Second, it was not clear that the density perturbations would be present on all length scales, as observations of the primordial radiation left over from the Big Bang — that is, the cosmic microwave background — indicate they should be.
'From A to Z'
It's like the antichrist to inflation Justin Khoury, Perimeter Institute
Now, Khoury and Evgeny Buchbinder, who are currently at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada, with Ovrut, who is at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, say they have overcome these problems. Building on work performed in 2006 by Leonardo Senatore, Paolo Creminelli and others, the researchers say they can bring density perturbations "unscathed" through a bounce while leaving them scale-invariant on the other side. "For the first time we're able to track the story from A to Z," says Khoury.
Physicists have managed to get around the sharp bounce singularity in the past, but not without generating undesirable negative-energy particles. By merging ekpyrotic cosmology with a scalar field known as a ghost condensate, Khoury's group claim to suffer no such complications. This field, which manifests as a fluid of massless particles in the same quantum state that permeate space with repulsive gravity, can smooth out the bounce.
On its own, though, a ghost condensate cannot keep the density perturbations scale-invariant. To do this, Khoury's team invoke another scalar field. It turns out that the difference between the entropy fluctuations in this field and those the ghost-condensate field yields unambiguously scale-invariant perturbations (Phys. Rev. D 76 123503).
Stiff opposition
These ideas are barking up the wrong tree Nima Arkani-Hamed, Harvard University
The original criticisms of ekpyrotic cosmology were spearheaded by Andrei Linde of Stanford University in the US, and he has little praise for "new ekpyrotic cosmology" either. He claims that the theory is still plagued by negative-energy particles, which lead to a "catastrophic" instability in the early universe's vacuum (arXiv:0712.2040v2). "The universe described by this theory instantly dies," he told physicsworld.com. "Therefore it does not even come close to describing our world."
Khoury insists that Linde's argument is wrong because he does not acknowledge that particle physics theories are effective, in that they only ever work over a finite range of energy scales. "He's predicting something by trusting the theory beyond the point where it should be trusted," explains Khoury. "By contrast, at all times in our description of the bounce, the universe is at a sufficiently low energy that we can trust the ghost condensate description."
Nima Arkani-Hamed of Harvard University, who first formulated the theory of ghost condensates, sides with Khoury's group. Nevertheless, he thinks that new ekpyrotic cosmology is too complicated to rival inflation, and admits that he has "poked fun" at Senatore and Creminelli — his former post-docs — for their attempts to tackle the theory. "I believe these ideas are barking up the wrong tree," he told physicsworld.com. "But they are definitely worth working with, they are interesting and clever."
About the author
Jon Cartwright is a reporter for physicsworld.com


text:
Housing's Fortune Depends on Apartment Living
Reports from the housing front continue to show signs of stability. But the housing landscape is different from the boom years. Apartment construction is propping up the housing industry.
For the first seven months of 2012 versus the same 2011 period, housing starts involving five or more units are up 41.4% compared with a 20.7% gain for single-family homes.
Apartment projects now account for 28% of all new starts. Back in the housing boom of the 2000s, the share was 17.4% and in the more normal 1990s the share was 16.7%.
The growth in apartment construction is the result of the shift toward renting rather than owning a home. The preference is a matter of current economic and financial realities. Younger workers aren't making enough to save up the down payment or qualify for a mortgage. Past homeowners who defaulted on a previous mortgage also can't get financing. And potential buyers have been sitting on the fence, anticipating more price declines.
Since past construction was slanted toward single-family homes, vacancies among rental properties are at their lowest rate since 2002.
Consequently, rentals have become a seller's–or rather landlord's–market. According to the real-estate website Trulia, U.S. rents in July increased 5.3% from year-ago levels. Government data show June rental income was up 12.4% over the past year, compared with a 3.5% gain for all personal income.
While the better level of overall starts offers further evidence that housing is no longer a drag on the economy, it is important to note that the follow-through economic impact from apartment construction is less than single-family homes.
That's mostly because apartments have less square footage. As a result, the number of homes under construction in the first half of 2012 was up 10.1% versus the same period in 2011, but because a larger share were apartments, the value of that new residential construction has increased only 8.2%.
With signs that home prices are no longer falling, potential home buyers who had been sitting on the sidelines may finally decide to purchase a home. That should help single-family construction.
But the groups financially closed out of the real-estate market will probably remain tenants for a few more years, according to a May study done by the Demand Institute of the Conference Board. That captive audience means apartment building will remain a key support to housing's future.


text:
The Catalyst
5,000 plus new medicines in the R&D pipeline: when we talk about "Research, Progress, Hope," that's what we mean.
When President Clinton was first inaugurated in 1993, HIV/AIDS was continuing its inexorable devastation in the U.S. with 14 deaths per 100,000 patients. This would climb to 16 deaths per 100,000 in 1995. By the time President Clinton started his second term in 1997, the rate had dropped dramatically to only 6 deaths per 100,000 patients.
In New York City in 1916, in the first large outbreak of polio, more than 9000 people were infected and more than 2300 people died. The nationwide toll was nearly triple. As the years passed, the death toll mounted. A record number of cases were seen in the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_5497" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Woodrow Wilson Sworn in as President"][/caption]
In the last few weeks there has been much written about the need to ensure appropriate clinical trials in India. Today, Jay Taylor, Vice President of International at PhRMA published an article on this subject on Apothecurry, an influential health site in India.
Come and take a journey with us on Pinterest and the Catalyst all this week as we showcase the last century of major medical innovation milestones around presidential inaugural years.
Over the last year, I have read in various publications that the biopharmaceutical pipeline is drying up and the industry I represent isn't as innovative as it used to be.
My response has always been simple: This couldn't be further from the truth.
In the interest of public radio parlance and fair and balanced journalism, I'd like to suggest a new opening sentence to NPR's story on physician prescribing decisions and generic drug utilization: "We're living in the golden age of generic drugs - made possible by innovative biopharma
In the interest of public radio parlance and fair and balanced journalism, I'd like to suggest a new opening sentence to NPR's story on physician prescribing decisions and generic drug utilization:
"We're living in the golden age of generic drugs – made possible by innovative biopharmaceutical research companies."
You've likely seen the good news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 39 New Molecular Entities (NMEs) in 2012, the highest number in 16 years.
The start of the year is always a time to think about both what can be accomplished as well as the challenges ahead. That's what PhRMA president & CEO John Castellani does in the most recent issues of Chain Drug Review.
The search for a HIV/AIDS vaccine goes on. Word of a possible breakthrough last week is encouraging.


text:
0 Subtotal:0.00
Ucrystal.com is a registered website of Rainbow Gifts company. We specialize in custom laser crystal engraving. Also known as personalized laser photo crystal engraving, it is an elegant way of combining the advanced laser technology with the art of photography. The resulting product is an image permanently etched inside a crystal.
Laser crystal engraving technology is made possible by the recent advancement of green semiconductor diode-pumped laser, image enhancement software, and precision computer machine control. This is further facilitated by the availability of high-quality laser crystals.
With extensive experience and background in advanced laser technology, computer-aided machine control, and technical photography, our team is best suited to deliver the state of the art laser photo crystal engraving services. Laser and crystal have become part of our life. With the aspiration to become the best in class and the passion to achieve the next level of excellence, we will strive to earn your satisfaction. Your trust is the only way that can help us prosper and grow.
We have been providing custom crystal plaques and awards to companies and organizations such as Cisco Systems, KLA-Tencor, Motorola, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Amcor, BlueCross BlueShield of Delaware, The Hartford, American School for the Deaf, Legal Professionals of Tennessee (TALS), MM Ventures, EHCCO, Massachusetts State Police, FireEye, Inc., National Research Council of Canada, Hispana Leadership Summit, Atieva, Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, GE Aviation, St. Jude Medical, Samsung, La Mer, SAME DEUTZ-FAHR, Motorola,NXP Semiconductors etc. These businesses and organizations demand high quality engraved crystal plaques and awards at low prices, which is exactly what we can do for you at ucrystal.com.
Located in San Jose, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, we serve customers in the United States and beyond.
Act today and give custom laser crystal engraving a try! If you email us the photo, we will do a no-obligation art work and layout for you to take a look. Your laser crystal engraving starts here!
Ucrystal.com is a registered website of Rainbow Gifts company. We specialize in 2D or 3D custom photo crystal engraving. We are located in San Jose, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. We provide custom photo crystal engraving services to customers in the United States and beyond.
By fusing the state of the art advanced laser technology with high-purity photo crystals, we combine the high-tech tradition of the Silicon Valley with the modern art of digital photography to bring you the elegance of custom photo crystal engraving. Traditional print photographs can also be easily laser etched into the crystals once digitized by a photo scanner.
Laser photo crystal engraving is also known as sub-surface laser photo crystal engraving, photo laser crystal etching, and photo crystal inner laser engraving.
In our custom photo crystal engraving machines, a diode-pumped semiconductor Nd:YVO4 laser produces a high intensity green laser beam (wavelength at 532nm), which is focused into a transparent laser crystal (made of high purity BK7 crystal or equivalent). At its focal point inside the laser crystal, the laser beam intensity is high enough to cause a structural change so a point is marked permanently. By marking and connecting many dots through precision computer machine control, a complete image is formed inside the photo crystal while its surface remains unaltered and smooth.
2D laser photo crystal engraving is often referred to as 2.5D laser photo crystal engraving. It can be done directly from digital photographs or scanned prints. Even though the original photographs are always 2D, the Laser etched photos inside the crystals are always 2.5D due to added depth (or layers) during engraving.
3D laser photo crystal engraving can be done once the photographs are converted from 2D to 3D by our artists. It is best used for head engraving.
Knowingly or not, we use lasers already in many ways such as long-distance communications, metal-welding, vision correction, and defense. 3D photo crystal engraving is another wonder laser technology gives us! Unlike photo printing, the photo crystal etching process does not use any chemicals nor produces any waste. It is truly a green process.
© 2009-2015 Rainbow Gifts. All Rights Reserved Located in San Jose, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area 408 - 390 - 5147, email@example.com
HELP Contact Us FAQ Order Procedure Site map Image File Requirement Shipping/HandlingTaxesReturn PolicyFor Corporate Customers...
OUR PRODUCTS Home Crystal w/ Attached Base Engraving Crystal w/o Attached Base Engraving 3D Laser Crystal Engraving 2D 3D Laser Awards & Plaques XL Photo Crystal Engraving Package Deals Light Bases for Engraved Crystals
ABOUT US Our CompanyPrivacy Policy


text:
Rediscovering John Burroughs' Catskills Retreat
Woodchuck Lodge
Due north of Roxbury in New Yorks Delaware County sits a little-known but nevertheless vital American literary landmark. Woodchuck Lodgeas its owner, the writer and naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) dubbed itsits on a lower flank of the promontory known traditionally as Old Clump and more recently as Burroughs Mountain. This is a weather-beaten cottage overlooking a landscape that remains as bucolic and tranquil today as it did when the elderly Burroughs last locked the door and walked away during the autumn of 1920.
Life and Writing at the Lodge
Final Days
Between Then and Now


text:
Cartus, O; Santoro, M; Schmullius, C; Li, ZY (2011). Large area forest stem volume mapping in the boreal zone using synergy of ERS-1/2 tandem coherence and MODIS vegetation continuous fields. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 115(3), 931-943.
AbstractERS-1/2 tandem coherence was reported to have high potential for the mapping of boreal forest stem volume (e.g. Santoro et al., 2002, 2007a; Wagner et al., 2003; Askne & Santoro, 2005). Large-scale application of the data for forest stem volume mapping, however, is hindered by the variability of coherence with meteorological and environmental acquisition conditions. The traditional way of stem volume retrieval is based on the training of models, relating coherence to stem volume, with the aid of forest inventory data which is generally available for a few small test sites but not for large areas. In this paper a new approach is presented that allows model training using the MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields canopy cover product (Hansen et al., 2003) without further need for ground data. A comparison of the new approach with the traditional regression-based and ground-data dependent model training is presented in this paper for a multiseasonal ERS-1/2 tandem dataset covering several well known Central Siberian forest sites. As a test scenario for large-area application, the approach was applied to a multi-seasonal ERS-1/2 tandem dataset of 223 ERS-1 and ERS-2 image pairs covering Northeast China (similar to 1.5 million km(2)) to map four stem volume classes (0-20, 20-50, 50-80, and >80 m(3)/ha). (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Web Curator:
NASA Official:
Privacy Policy and Important Notices


text:
By Lisa Eriksen
A first glance at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting Program
Like adopting a healthy diet, or a new exercise regimen, employing futures thinking is about behavior change—a new way of doing things over the long-term. Practicing good foresight techniques does not involve picking up an instruction book or completing a checklist of tasks while in the midst of museum planning—a "crash diet" of strategic thinking. Foresight work is about integrating daily, ongoing tasks of reading broadly and scanning to identify changes and trends. It involves a mental workout of thinking about how these changes and trends might impact your institution's current and future operations, and, most importantly, crafting strategies to assure more sustainable futures for your museum.
As the "personal trainer" to museum professionals in California, the California Association of Museums (CAM) is wrapping up an IMLS-funded, two-year strategic foresight training program for both seasoned and emerging museum leaders. As project director I have had the honor of working with the 38 participants in CAM's Leaders of the Future: Museum Professionals Developing Strategic Foresight project. After honing our foresight knowledge and skills at two training workshops, we have been continuing our futures regimen by scanning, researching, and identifying critical emerging issues for museums. To share our project's work with the museum field, we have created a futures online group and invite you to join us in the conversation (you will need to join the CA Museum Community Online to access the group). Here, in the Leaders of the Future online group, you will find a series of Foresight Research Reports developed as part of our project learning experiences, including Expanding Access & Changing Demographics, Museums as Third Places, and Museums and Experience Design. We hope these reports will start a much broader dialogue about the future of museums in California and in the West. In addition, a new CAM Foresight Committee has been formed to continue the important work of researching and forecasting trends that will impact all of our communities.
As we are wrapping up the training portion of the project, I have been conducting interviews with the participants to learn what they took away from the experience and if they have adopted new foresight habits. Across the board, the training exercise of doing foresight activities enabled these museum professionals to integrate scanning and futures thinking into their museum work. Some shared with me that "now it has become a habit," or that this work allowed them to "get the blinders off and look outside our community and to look at things in broader context." One participant stated they had a "complete mindset change." Some participants are using foresight strategies in developing specific programs and strategic plans at their museums. And some have even used foresight techniques in their personal lives; thinking about retirement planning, with their children's education, and even in purchasing a new home.
We all know the coming decades will bring massive changes in our society and these forces will contribute to the stress that communities and our museums experience. But we will have some outstanding opportunities for facilitating positive change as well. I invite you to join me at the WMA 2013 Annual Meeting for a one-day workshop, Using Strategic Foresight to Plan for a Preferred Future (October 9, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm), to learn more about how to develop futures thinking habits. In this interactive workshop we will learn techniques to monitor change, identify trends, and discover how to integrate futures thinking in our museum work, whether it be daily activities or long-term institutional planning. Who knows, you may even develop some foresight techniques to help you plan your personal life!
If you can't make the workshop, please join two of my colleagues from the CAM Foresight Committee and me in a session, Strategic Foresight: Techniques to Navigate Change (October 12, 9:30 am). In this session, we will share how institutions can successfully integrate futures thinking into their planning and operations, and we will ask you to give your thoughts future trends.
I look forward seeing you in Salt Lake City and to working with you in the future!
To register for this Workshop or attend this session at the 2013 Annual Meeting, please visit: www.regonline.com/WMA2013
Lisa Eriksen is project director of the Leaders of the Future: Museum Professionals Developing Strategic Foresight, Principal of Lisa Eriksen Consulting, and adjunct faculty at the Museum Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University.
The Leaders of the Future: Museum Professionals Developing Strategic Foresight project is funded in part by a 21st Century Professionals Leadership grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the James Irvine Foundation.


text:
Singapore Exchange Adds Trading Hubs in London, Chicago
Singapore Exchange Ltd. will create derivative trading hubs in London and Chicago, and offer MSCI Indonesia futures as it steps up efforts to become the bourse of choice for Asian trading.
The exchange also agreed with Eurex to put their offshore servers into each other's data centers for faster access, according to a statement. NYSE Technologies, an arm of NYSE Euronext, has also placed servers in Singapore's co-location center. The bourse said it will also offer a real-time India Nifty futures index through Standard & Poor's.
Bourses are looking for ways other than acquisitions to expand their businesses after more than $37 billion in proposed exchange mergers failed since October 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The Australian government in April rejected a bid by Singapore Exchange for ASX Ltd., saying the deal was not in the national interest.
Singapore Exchange rose 2.2 percent to close at S$7.05 in Singapore today. The stock has gained 15 percent this year.
The hubs in Chicago and London will be the first of their kind for an Asian exchange and will open in April after risk mechanisms meet Futures Industry Association standards, SGX said. Investors will only be able to trade Singapore-listed derivatives until pre-trade risk controls are extended to cover other securities, Tinku Gupta, head of market data and access, said via e-mail today.
Hong Kong and Tokyo may be two more potential hub sites, SGX Chief Executive Officer Magnus Bocker said in a statement.
The bourse will begin offering MSCI Indonesia Index futures in the second quarter of this year. These would be the first offshore futures on an Indonesian benchmark.


text:
Your Intestines Can Taste Sugar
And a new diabetes drug targets those sweet receptors
And a new diabetes drug targets those sweet receptors
An industry backlash is expected over the World Health Organization's suggested cut in intake
I find it ironic that Thanksgiving coincides with American Diabetes Month. In honor of that irony, two recently published studies have suggested a possible link between what you eat, how it impacts the behavior of the microbes living in your gut, and type II diabetes.
Much has been made in recent years about the beverage and food industries borrowing from the tobacco industry's playbook as they fend off increasing scrutiny about their role in preventable chronic health problems, like type II diabetes and heart disease.


text: I found pictures of a bag I did in Tunisian crochet. My granddaughter really likes it. There are ship's wheel buttons on the front strap ends, star and shell buttons on the "sea floor." I made it up out of scraps of yarn, lined it with a scrap of fabric I had, and used webbing for the straps. There is no pattern, I made it up as I went along. She seems to think having a unique bag is cool. Thanks for looking.


text:
Cougars Get Past Elon For Spot In SoCon Championship Game
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Senior point guard Andrew Lawrence (London, England) registered 19 points and redshirt junior forward Willis Hall (Charlotte, N.C.) turned in his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds as third-seeded College of Charleston got past second-seeded Elon, 68-60, in the semifinals of the 2013 Southern Conference Tournament held on Saturday night at the U.S. Cellular Center.
The Cougars (24-9) advance to tomorrow's title game where they will face top-seeded Davidson (25-7) in the their fourth appearance in the SoCon title game over the last seven years – the most of any league school ahead of Davidson (3) and Wofford (2). Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ET) and the game will be televised live nationally on ESPN2.
CofC opened the ballgame on an 11-0 run including three-point daggers from Hall, sophomore Anthony Stitt (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Anthony Thomas (Winston-Salem, N.C.). The Cougars later added an 8-0 stretch in the half to lead 25-19 at halftime.
In the second half of play, CofC led by double figures through the first seven minutes, but the Phoenix (21-11) kept chipping away at the deficit and brought it within two on a layup by Josh Bonner, 46-44, at the 7:09 minute mark.
Hall scored the next seven points to stretch it out to a nine-point lead, 53-44, on two made free throws with 5:03 remaining in regulation.
Elon's Kevin Blake hit a foul shot to pull the Phoenix within 60-56 with 28 seconds remaining, but the Cougars hit 8-of-8 free throws to secure their fourth-straight victory.
Lucas Troutman paced Elon with a game-high 23 points, while Bonney added 15 off the bench.
Thomas ended the night with 10 points, while Stitt added seven and sophomore big man Adjehi Baru (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) with a near double-double with eight points and nine rebounds.
CofC, who will join the Colonial Athletic Association in July, is vying for its first SoCon championship title and NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999 under first-year head coach Doug Wojcik.
· For the 27th time this season, CofC went with the starting five of sophomore Anthony Stitt, senior Andrew Lawrence, junior Anthony Thomas, redshirt junior Willis Hall and sophomore forward Adjehi Baru (22-5).
· With the win, the Cougars are now 2-1 all-time versus Elon in Southern Conference Tournament games and 13-5 in the all-time series having now won six of the last seven meetings between the two schools.
· CofC, who will join the Colonial Athletic Association in July, will make its sixth all-time appearance (1-4) in the finals of the SoCon Tournament next to 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
· Willis Hall registered his fifth career double-double, third of the season, with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds against Elon. He has grabbed double-digit boards on eight occasions this year including in two of the last three games.
· CofC is now 22-1 when scoring 60-or-more points in a ballgame this season with 68 total points versus Elon in the semifinals.
· Andrew Lawrence turned in a team-high 19 points including a 7-of-9 performance from the free throw line against Elon. He currently has tabulated 1,186 career points to date which moved him into the top 25 all-time in career scoring in the CofC record books. He surpassed former greats in Jermel President (1,175) and Wes Champion (1,171) and now ranks 24th-best in program history.
· Anthony Thomas scored in double figures for the second consecutive contest with 10 points against Elon next to a career-high 18 versus Western Carolina in the quarterfinals on March 9.
College of Charleston Head Coach Doug Wojcik
On the importance of bouncing back from last year's disappointing first-round loss …
"It's probably that way because of the importance of it and it being the semifinal and getting to a championship game, especially these guys. When they lost in the opening round of the tournament last year, and I give them a lot of credit, they really hung in there and battled. I look at the numbers and we are really shooting the ball well as a team. From the field, from the three-point line and the free throw line. It's remarkable for a team that wasn't shooting free throws well this season, so I'm very proud of that particular performance. We just need to manage the clock down the stretch. It was a great game and the best two teams are in the finals tomorrow."
College of Charleston Senior Point Guard Andrew Lawrence
On his game and the team tonight …
"My teammates gave me a lot of confidence to come out in the second half. I missed a lot of shots in the game before this (against Western Carolina) and this game. I always have a lot of confidence in myself and my teammates always have my back and give me support. Luckily, I was able to make some shots tonight, and my other teammates really came through tonight, like Willis (Hall). I am so proud of them. It was a great game to play in, but we have a bigger game tomorrow to look forward to (against Davidson)."
College of Charleston Redshirt Junior Forward Willis Hall
On the up-and-down tempo of the game …
"Elon is one of those of those teams where you never know, no matter how high you can get on them, you can't think that you're too good, because they'll come right back on you. They have great shooters like Lucas Troutman, who is probably one of the top post players in the conference right now. When you get out, you have to keep putting them down repeatedly and not give up that lead. We're two pretty good defensive teams. They defend and we defend, so we were in for a good one tonight. There was no blow out. It was back-and-forth the entire time."


text:
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has asked for more time in the city's negotiations with Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts on financial compensation for the potential impact of nearby proposed casinos.
The casino giants are competing for the lone gambling license in the Boston area. The two sides had set a Monday deadline to reach a deal.
Walsh spokeswoman Kate Norton said Monday the city and Mohegan Sun, which proposes a $1.3 billion casino in Revere, have agreed to extend negotiations to Friday. She said the city and Wynn, which proposes a $1.6 billion casino in Everett, have agreed to extend talks to Wednesday.
If a deal isn't reached, the sides go to arbitration.
the associated press
Location, ST | website.com


text: Really unhappy with my weight and want to be healthier and fitter. I have tried various diets and some have worked well but not for the long term. 5:2 sounds as if it could be just what I need so here goes. After a false start yesterday I have started this thread which I hope will keep me on track and that fellow dieters will support me on my journey. Starting with a fast day today. Menu plan is Breakfast: egg, button mushrooms and a blob of ketchup. Snacks: have allowed for 100 ml of almond milk ( recommended as v low cals and no saturated fat) to use in coffee through the day Lunch: 100g strawberries Dinner: stir fry veg, prawns and 1/4 noodles ( all from m&s) Total cals for the day will be 490 I am rubbish with water so have a 750 bottle ready to keep me focused and will try to drink that this morning and refill for the afternoon. Wish me luck! Will check in later x Start weight 11.13


text:
SAN RAMON -- Eleven-year-old Brianne "Breezy" Bochenek, of San Ramon, sped across a soccer field with her new artificial running leg recently during the second annual Breezy Collegiate Soccer Cup to raise money for disabled athletes.
Bochenek was accompanied by her mentor, Sarah Reinertsen of the Challenged Atheletes Foundation.
Bochenek's leg was amputated due to cancer more than a year ago. Recently fitted with a second artificial leg that is suited to sports, Bochenek and Reinersten ran across a soccer field at Dougherty Hills High School in San Ramon during half-time of a soccer match between the Stanford and UC Berkeley women's soccer team.
An estimated 1,500 people attended the soccer cup, which raised $25,000 for disabled athletes.
-- Denis Cuff, Staff


text:
Weather Journal: Rain and Wind Returns
Greater New York received a two-day break from spring rains just in time for the weekend, but wet weather is set to return to the region on Monday afternoon.
The high pressure system responsible for the tri-state area's nice weekend will begin to shift offshore on Sunday night. An area of low pressure moves in behind it on Monday, along with another round of wind and rain.
Monday may start out partly sunny, but clouds will increase throughout the morning as this frontal system approaches the tri-state area. An east wind blowing steady at 10 to 15 mph, and the arrival of showers during the afternoon, will keep the day's temperatures slightly below normal levels. Highs in and around New York City approach the middle and upper 50s, and inland areas will see highs in the lower 50s.
Expect Monday's showers to become more intense during the evening hours. Moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds will last through early Tuesday; there may even be a few rumbles of thunder late on Monday night. Rain tapers off from east to west on Tuesday, with one to two inches of total rainfall possible for the region once the storm wraps up.
A cold front will move through Greater New York on Tuesday, and high pressure builds in behind it. Skies gradually clear during the first half of the day, but breezy conditions stick around. Despite this wind and gray start to the day, high temperatures on Tuesday could climb into the lower 70s across New York City, the New Jersey metro area and portions of the interior.
Monday's Greater New York forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- Actual High: 57; RealFeel High: 59
- Actual Low: 45; RealFeel Low: 35
- Weather: Mostly cloudy with afternoon showers
- Brooklyn: 54/46
- Queens: 58/44
- Bronx: 55/46
- Staten Island: 53/46
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 55/41
- Trenton, N.J.: 53/48
- Islip, Long Island: 52/46
- New Haven, Conn.: 50/44
Rebecca Fowler is a science writer at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.


text:
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire Questions
- After hearing Louis's story, would you want to be a vampire?
- Why do you think the boy is interviewing the vampire? What does he expect to learn? What do you think he will do with the tapes?
- Why does Louis want to see Lestat one last time? Do you think their paths will ever cross again?
- Are vampires inherently evil?
- Are the "civilized" vampires of Paris all that different from the primitive vampires of Eastern Europe?
- Is Louis, as a vampire, capable of love? Does he actually love Claudia or Armand? Could he possibly love Lestat?
- If Claudia hadn't been killed, how do you think her life would have turned out? Would Louis have left her? What would she and Madeleine have done?
- If you've seen the movie, does it match your vision of the book? How do you feel about the casting? (News flash: Anne Rice initially hated it.)


text:
I am calling about if anyone has one of them wheelchairs that runs on a motor, if you want to sell it, reasonable and not too high, leave your name and number in the paper. I am in need of one.
To our neighbors. We have filed dozens of sheriff's complaints. We have asked you nicely. We have posted no trespassing signs everywhere. And yet, you have let your goat, chickens, geese, ducks and hogs run rampant all over our yard, the neighbor's yards, causing major damage. The smell of all these animals is horrendous. Your animals have ruined our fencing, ate all my rose bushes and totally destroyed our irrigation system. And now, you have left us no choice but to take matters in to our own hands. I am sorry your animals will suffer because of your ignorance and stupidity. If your animals continue to trespass, then we will put them down exactly where they trespass. Please take care of your animals or we will be forced to take action.
I would like comment on the speakout entitled War is like abortion. Whoever this is, whether it be male or female, has a very, very short memory. We are Americans. Many, many, many men have died and many more have been wounded so she can go to church every Sunday morning, and she can sit and complain, and she can go to Wal Mart and buy her groceries. The reason you can do these things is soldiers that have fought and died in wars. As far back as you can remember, we have become a free nation. And for us to become free and stay free, we must fight. We have to send our young people in to war, I have been in a war, my father has been in a war. But, if you cannot differentiate abortion and dying for freedom that this country fought for so you can walk down the street, and you can drive your car, and you can drive to church and you can look real pretty when you get there. You need to look up to the sky and you need to thank the good Lord that you live in the country that you live in.
To the person who called and was complaining about not getting Columbus Day off, I just wanted him to know that he didn't discover America for me and you. He invaded it. This country was founded on terrorism, the same kind Dubya talks about today. He didn't discover a country where 40 million natives were living. I bet Dubya took a day off to celebrate the terrorism, though. Don't you think?
A mind is a terrible thing to waste!
Me and my little dog, too
I hope you can print this. I am a 60 year old lady and I have a 42 year old daughter. I have an 11 year old grandson that I am raising. I need to rent out a 2 1/2 to 3 bedroom house. And because I have a pet, this is hard for me to rent. I would like to move over in the Sikeston area. If somebody has a place that they would rent where I can have my animal with me, I just can't throw her out in the street, she's too old. She's the best companion I've ever had. I've got good references about the dog and myself. Would you please leave your number in the paper for me or call me at 667-5036? I am really desperate to get a place to rent, preferably after the first of the year. It must be in a safe area. Also, the little dog I have is a small dog and house broken.


text:
h) Terry Foster
Born in Detroit, Foster started his Detroit professional career in 1982 as the high school writer with The Detroit Free Press. From 1988-1994, he was the Pistons beat writer for The Detroit News during the Bad Boys era. He also covered Michigan Football, golf, tennis and auto racing. Foster has covered several Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals and the Olympics in Atlanta and Italy. Foster has also been an on-air radio contributor in Detroit and worked at The Detroit Free Press and the Grand Rapids Press. Foster is a sports columnist for the Detroit News and writes often on the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons. He is in the process of launching a sports television Internet network on foobtoob.com and will host a show with broadcast partner Mike Valenti and Free Press columnist Drew Sharp. Foster is a journalism graduate from Central Michigan University. A little know fact about Terry… he once was a bartender and short order cook at the legendary Lindell A.C. in downtown Detroit. He resides in West Bloomfield with his wife Adrienne, daughter Celine and son Brandon.
Visit the Connect with Us page for links to CBS Radio and Television staff social network accounts and more!
Terry Foster's New Book
Did you know the Tigers had players named Hooks, Moose and Wahoo? Do you know that Curt Flood was not the first free agent ever?
Did Cliff Avril Leave Detroit On Bad Terms?
It would be nice if your old boss called you if you left your job.
Check It Out: Terry Foster's 'Sweet' Suite In Vegas
"I think these sheets have like 1,000 threads per square inch," Foster said, noting that, of course, he's been the only occupant of the bedroom on this trip.
Valenti And Foster Mediocre Nice Guy Hall Of Fame
We love our professional athletes in Detroit even if they are mediocre.
Terry Foster: "Back In The Day"
I always joke about what it was like back in the day.
Has Justin Verlander Gone Hollywood?
Justin Verlander is Hollywood now. He hangs out with a big time super model.
Detroit Tigers Change Ticket Prices
My first reaction was to scream bloody murder when the Tigers got rid of $5 ticket prices. Those tickets now cost between $12 to $20. It prices out poor families that could by tickets for $5 and get parking for $5. It was a great deal.
Waza Flo Repeats As Eastern Division Champs
Detroit Waza Flo repeated as Eastern Division champions of the Professional Arena Soccer League but now the real work begins.
Would You Trade Suh For Revis?
Imagine going to Lions practice just to see the seven on seven drills between wide receiver Calvin Johnson and defensive back Darrelle Revis. It could happen.
Foster: Time For Titus Young To Go
He's punched a teammate. He ran the wrong route on the football field, giving his team less a chance to win.


text:
Which sex is the worst about washing up? Why is it so important? We've got the dirty truth on how and when to wash your hands.
Mononucleosis (Mono)
Topic Overview
Mononucleosis, also called "mono," is a common illness that can leave you feeling tired and weak for weeks or months. Mono goes away on its own, but lots of rest and good self-care can help you feel better.
Mono usually is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It is most often seen in teens and young adults. Children can get the virus, but it often goes unnoticed because their symptoms are mild. Older adults usually don't get mono, because they have immunity to the virus.
Mono can be spread through contact with saliva, mucus from the nose and throat, and sometimes tears. Because the virus can be spread through kissing, it has earned the nickname the "kissing disease." If you have mono, you can avoid passing the virus to others by not kissing anyone and by not sharing things like drinking glasses, eating utensils, or toothbrushes.
As soon as you get over mono, your symptoms will go away for good, but you will always carry the virus that caused it. The virus may become active from time to time without causing any symptoms. When the virus is active, it can be spread to others. Almost everyone has been infected with the mono virus by adulthood.
The most common symptoms of mono are a high fever, a severe sore throat, swollen lymph nodes (sometimes called swollen glands) and tonsils, and weakness and fatigue. Symptoms usually start 4 to 6 weeks after you are exposed to the virus.
Mono can cause the spleen to swell. Severe pain in the upper left part of your belly may mean that your spleen has burst. This is an emergency.
Your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and will examine you. You may also need blood tests to check for signs of mono. Blood tests can also help rule out other causes of your symptoms.
Usually only self-care is needed for mono.
- Get plenty of rest. You may need bed rest, which could keep you away from school or work for a little while.
- Gargle with salt water or use throat lozenges to soothe your sore throat. This is okay for children as long as they are old enough.
- Take acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) or ibuprofen (such as Advil) to reduce fever and relieve a sore throat and headaches. Never give aspirin to someone younger than age 20 years, because it can cause Reye syndrome, a serious illness. Be safe with medicines. Read and follow all instructions on the label.
- Avoid contact sports and heavy lifting. Your spleen may be enlarged, and an impact or straining could cause it to burst.
In severe cases, medicines called corticosteroids may be used to reduce swelling of the throat, tonsils, or spleen.
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise
Mononucleosis (Mono) Topics
Hot Topics
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: How It Affects Your Joints
- Treatments for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
- Birth Control Options
- Multiple Sclerosis: Symptoms to Look For
- Are You Fed Up With Overeating?
- How to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
- What's Killing Your Concentration? 12 Culprits
- 19 Habits That Wreck Your Teeth
- Celebrities With Diabetes
- Alzheimer's Disease: Early Warning Signs


text:
State police are asking for the public's help in locating Helen Holmes, 59.
Holmes, of Townshend, Vt., was last seen Friday morning. She is believed to be driving a 2010 red Subaru Forester with Vermont license plate DAK316.
Police did not say where Holmes might be or if they are concerned for her safety.
Anyone with information about Holmes or her whereabouts is asked to call Sgt. Zonay at 802-254-2382.


text: Protect your loved one with a St. Michael Shield Medal. One of the principle angels, St. Michael the Archangel, led Heaven's army against the enemy and is the Saint of Protection. A classic shield design in sterling silver, this smaller medal will be a cherished gift for First Holy Communion or Confirmation.


text:
Safari Microformats plugin
Version: 0.1.5 || Release Date: 2009-06-16 || License: Freeware
Developer: Kasper Nauwelaerts |
App Owner: factoryjoe
The Safari Microformats plugin notifies you when the author of the website has published Microformats and allows you to easily import hCards and hCalendars in Address Book and iCal. This plugin was inspired by the idea and mockup of Jon Hicks.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: safari , plugin , simbl , microformats
1 Opinion
by thewinchester, 6 years and 350 days ago (score: 1)
No support for 10.6 with this application yet.


text: $$ Wedge pillow Princess $$ Sought, a slim, naughty, white, female to arrive at me. Nice wanting single white mas lonely moms looking women looking for fucking culine here. $$ Please decide to put "visit" in subject line thus can delete that spam. lonely moms looking women looking for fucking Catskill New York, Inkster North Dakota ND US United States, Mystic Connecticut CT US United States, Buffalo West Virginia, Enontekio, Regina, Saskatchewan, Caldwell Ohio OH, Bladensburg Ohio OH


text:
Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules).
Functions to provide a physical support for the assembly of a multiprotein receptor signaling complex.
Alterations undergone by nuclei at the molecular and morphological level as part of the execution phase of apoptosis.
Any process involved in the maintenance of an internal steady state at the level of the cell.
A series of molecular signals in which a signal is conveyed from the cell surface to trigger the apoptotic death of a cell. The pathway starts with a ligand binding to a death domain receptor on the cell surface, and ends when the execution phase of apoptosis is triggered.
The process in which a signal is passed on to downstream components within the cell, which become activated themselves to further propagate the signal and finally trigger a change in the function or state of the cell.
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription.
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway.
Any process involved in the conversion of one or more primary RNA transcripts into one or more mature RNA molecules.
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of rRNA, ribosomal RNA, a structural constituent of ribosomes.
The cellular synthesis of RNA on a template of DNA.


text:
This deal has ended.
LuggagePoint.com drops the price of the Samsonite Hommage Deluxe Travel Toiletry Kit, retailing for $50, to just $24.99. Plus, code SAVE15 gets you another 15% off and lowers the price to $21.24. Even with shipping, this is the lowest price we could find by $14. This bag comes in 2 colors and features side vents, Nappa leather trimmings, stain repellent exterior fabric, zippered interior pocket and more. Shipping is $7 and there is no sales tax.No longer available


text:
FiltersShow / Hide
- All Events
- Music
- Comedy
- Theatre & Shows
- Sport
- Cinema
- Festivals
- Days Out
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Anywhere In The UK
- Location: Anywhere in the UK
Radius: ... miles
Fri 28th Jun at 8:30pm - 11:45pm
@ Tropic at Ruislip, Ruislip
Also appearing: Nife
This event has been and gone!
Catch the next one:
Check out the info below for future tour dates, and track them to receive alerts when they tour near you
Never miss another 'X-UFO' show
Former UFO Members In: X-UFO + Nife
"Plus a support band worth the admission price alone."
Info provided by the Event Organiser
Image ©
Nife are a trio bursting with visceral energy and musicality. A female-fronted magisterial rock force, Nife is ready to blow the roof off venues around the world with a sound that puts Hendrix, Can and the Banshees into a modern idiom. The band formed in 2009 when Scott Barter (Bass) joined Nicole Fermie aka Nife (Electric Guitar/Vocal) and Howey Gill (Drums) as a last-minute stand-in at a festival gig. The classic rock-trio line-up, combined with a mutual love of 70s Krautrock and 60s psychedelia helped them craft their unique songwriting, style and sound.
Nife tour dates
Track this event
- Event has been added to your calendar
- Any important updates will be sent to your email address
- Add to your personal Ents24 calendar
- Sync with iCal, Outlook and others
- Receive important updates
Venue Facts
Venue: Tropic at Ruislip
Website: tropicatruislip.co.uk
Bookings: 020 8707 2256
→ Ruislip 11 min walk
→ Ruislip Gardens 12 min walk


text:
Trova una copia in biblioteca
Stiamo ricercando le biblioteche che possiedono questo documento…
|Tipo documento:
|Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori:
Charles Kurzman
|9780199766871 0199766878
|Numero OCLC:
|v, 248 pages ; 25 cm
|Why there are so few Muslim terrorists --
Radical sheik --
Thoroughly modern mujahidin --
Liberal Islam vs. revolutionary Islamism --
Uncle Sam versus Uncle Usama --
Predicting the next attacks.
|Charles Kurzman.
|Maggiori informazioni:
"Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on Islamic movements demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly marginal in the Muslim world. Charles Kurzman draws on government sources, public opinion surveys, election results, and in-depth interviews with Muslims in the Middle East and around the world. He finds that young Muslims are indeed angry with what they see as imperialism--and especially at Western support for local dictatorships. But revolutionary Islamists have failed to reach them, as can be seen from the terrorists' own websites and publications, which constantly bemoan the dearth of willing recruits. Kurzman notes that it takes only a small cadre of committed killers to wreak unspeakable havoc. But that very fact underscores his point. As easy as terrorism is to commit, few Muslims turn to violence. Out of 140,000 murders in the United States since 9/11, Islamist terrorists have killed at most three dozen people. Of the 150,000 people who die each day, worldwide, Islamist militants account for fewer than fifty fatalities--and only ten per day outside of the hotspots of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. The real bulwark against Islamist violence, Kurzman finds, is Muslims themselves, who reject both the goals of the terrorists and their bloody means. With each bombing, the terrorists lose support among Muslims ..."--Jacket.
Recensioni editoriali
Sinossi editore
Kurzman is on the scholarly front line. The good news is that he seems to be winning. Times Higher Education Supplement
Commenti degli utenti


text:
Fall 2013 Classes
Entrepreneurship Classes Fall 2013
Register quickly, before they fill up!
ENTR 201: Art of Entrepreneurship
CRN 10458, Tues-Thurs 11:00am-12:15pm
This course introduces and explres the mindset and process of Entrepreneurism in: (1) Social Entrepreneurism (Solving social issues) ; (2)Business Entrepreneurship (starting an innovative enterprise); (3) Employee Entrepreneurism (as a worker in an existing business) and (4) Academic Entrepreneurism (the pursuit of a valuable and productive education). Emphasis will be on identifying opportunitites and value; developing the art of creative problem solving; and effectively expressing those solutions.
COMM 429: Social Media Campaigns (this will count as COMM/ENTR 390 in the minor)
CRN 10442, Tues-Thurs 9:30-10:45am
This course will emphasize theory and practice in the strategic planning, writing, communication design, management and analysis of social media campaigns for mobile communications, social media, and online social networking.
ENTR 379: Entrepreneurial Practicum (this will count as ENTR 315 in the minor)
CRN 10457, Tues-Thurs 11:00am-12:15pm
This course serves as training for entrepreneurial leadership and emphasizes experiential learning in the practice and the development of skills that are needed by entrepreneurs, including effective leadership, collaboration, planning, and communication.


text:
Czech Republic
Prague - The International Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (MAFS) in the Czech Republic has re-elected Petr Svoboda, head of Novartis in the Czech and Slovak Republics, as chairman. The association also elected a new seven-member governing board: Petr Capek (Amgen) and Vladimir Stary (Boehringer Ingelheim) were elected first and second vice-chairman, along with Adriana Fifikova (Serono), Marc McClung (GSK), Robert Weigl (AstraZeneca) and Ivo Zidek (Sanofi-Aventis). Jana Mikova continues as executive director.


text:
For the more information about the air resources of the National Park Service, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/.
Grants Lava Flow
Grants Lava Flow is one of the best examples of recent extrusive volcanism. Located within portions of the El Malpais National Monument and El Malpais National Conservation Area, it is about 32 miles long and 18 miles wide at its widest point. Its gigantic pressure ridges, collapse depression ponds, and lava tubes are outstanding.
Location: Valencia County, NM
Year designated: 1969
Acres: 117,677
Ownership: Federal, Indian Trust (Acoma Pueblo), Private
For additional information see:
← Back to listing of all states and territories.
Please remember, National Natural Landmarks (NNLs) are not national parks. NNL status does not indicate public ownership, and many sites are not open for visitation.
Last Updated: June 28, 2012


text:
LAS VEGAS — Economic challenges compelled retail buyers and exhibitors at WWDMAGIC to hone strategies — from opting for safe merchandise to jumping on rising trends — to help ensure they lessen the impact of a downturn.
This story first appeared in the February 13, 2008 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
Concerns about sales were evident Tuesday when the four-day trade expo kicked off at the Las Vegas Convention Center. But anxiety was mixed with hope among retail buyers and vendors that conditions would improve partly because of the economic stimulus package approved by Congress, which President Bush has said he will sign.
"Once people get stable, it is going to be OK," said Orit Kohen, owner of Jet Rag, a vintage clothing store in Los Angeles where business has slowed.
Vendors said many retail buyers relied on proven styles rather than riskier merchandise. Buyers were eager to select items that didn't give their customers sticker shock and provided value.
"With the economic climate, our stores are not buying as deep; they are more thoughtful," said Kendra Miller, showroom manager for Jackie B, which showed contemporary brand Sugar Lips. "You can feel the tightening of the belt."
Libby Karcsh, who owns three-year-old seasonal boutique Haven in Sea Isle City, N.J., with her cousin, Rachael Morrison, avoided dresses above $150 at retail. "You have to make sure everyone is comfortable and that people are not walking away because you have $200 dresses," she said.
Rosalyn Lester, a buyer for Garrett's, a men's and women's clothing shop in Radford, Va., was willing to go as high as $1,000 at retail. "If it's truly exceptional and unusual, they'll pay more for it, but they want quality," Lester said of her customers.
Despite the tendency to stock up on tested styles when times are tough, Martin Rakovitch, president of Los Angeles-based footwear and handbag specialist Chinese Laundry, said department stores should keep broad assortments. Chinese Laundry is sold in department stores, such as Nordstrom and Macy's, and 3,000 specialty stores.
"Customers don't need to see all the same thing," Rakovitch said. "I want to see [retail buyers] sold out" rather than buying excessive numbers of the same item.
Responding to consumers' desire to "buy now and wear now," several vendors, including women's sportswear brand Eileen Fisher, displayed spring and summer collections for immediate shipments as well as fall lineups slated for September deliveries. They were targeting the likes of Lowell Epstein, owner of women's sportswear store Affordables in Charleston, S.C., who said he was looking for immediate delivery after "coming off a tentative fall."
Foreign buyers were a standout group that was having a field day because of the weak U.S. dollar. "It's awesome," said Jenni Manson, owner of a two-door streetwear chain called American Republic in Australia. She was eying Britain's Punkyfish, which offered a straight-leg jean with zippers and charms enhancing the back pockets for $33 at wholesale.
Foreign companies came to WWDMAGIC with the goal of breaking into the U.S. market. South Korea's Mill Fashion Group, which generates $30 million to $40 million in annual sales through six brands, brought its gray sheer silk frocks with crochet bordering the flutter sleeves and a tank dress made of recycled wool in contrasting black and charcoal stripes. Both styles wholesale for $28. "This is our chance [in the U.S.]," said Sunnie Myung, marketing director for Mill Fashion Group.
If U.S. buyers were cautious, they didn't completely shy away from venturing into new territory. Melissa Oliver, a buyer at action sports store Sitzmark Sports in Overland Park, Kan., recently picked up swimwear for women and girls, including Volcom and Reef. "It is a market that we are missing," she said.
Terrance Joshua, owner of OG's Fashion in Honolulu, looked for green brands to supplement merchandise at his two-year-old store, which is split evenly between men's and women's clothing.
Mike New, owner of Newport Dry Goods in Port Clinton, Ohio, was interested in environmentally friendly resources, as well, and scouted organic cotton sweaters at Pure Handknit. He said he was "concerned about the future," but was not cutting back on merchandise.
With retailers' interest in natural apparel mounting, companies continue to move in the green direction. Juniors manufacturer Trinity switched to organic cotton last year and has seen sales double since January 2007 even though prices of Trinity dresses have climbed 15 percent. "Once people realize it is a different kind of fabric, people are willing to pay," said owner Eddie Kim.
The retail momentum of dresses doesn't appear to have ebbed. Short dresses with slender silhouettes appeared to be more popular than their longer counterparts, compared with past seasons.
"Everybody was so puffy and baby-doll last season, and everybody is going slimmer," said Jin Cha, designer for Los Angeles-based dress resource Glam. "If there is something puffy, [retail buyers] put thin belts with it."
Dress specialists, such as Voom by Joy Han, branched out despite the category's strength. Known for using soft, flowing silk charmeuse, Han adopted new fabrics such as nylon microfibers and brocade, which worked well for a coat with a tiered collar and cropped sleeves at $189 wholesale.
"Before, you could buy pieces that were more novelty and a onetime wear," said Jamie Garrott, a sales representative for Voom. "Now, people are looking for more classic pieces that you can always wear and keep for a long time."
Vendors offered value by mixing, such as jersey with embroidery, lace and ribbon at Free People and pointelle with full needle jersey at Esprit.
"The texture makes it look interesting," said Shannon Bouthillette, senior vice president of sales at New York-based Esprit. "It spices up your assortment while making it understandable and sellable."
Value was also a factor in denim and in accessories. At New York-based Free People, denim retailing for $68 sold the best. See Thru Soul, based in City of Industry, Calif., said the new sweet spot for jeans ranges between $65 and $80 at retail. But See Thru Soul is trying its hand with a more expensive line called STS Blue, which will launch this fall with as many as four styles, including two-tone corduroy and organic denim, and a $120 to $125 retail price point.
At Chinese Laundry, Rakovitch said that retailers were primarily viewing larger bags because their value for the price point was considered greater than small bags. "A small bag is $26 [at wholesale]. The large bag is $28," he said. "They might as well go with the larger bag."
— With contributions from Max Padilla


text:
Top Definition
When one goes out in public after ingesting a lot of hard liquor and pain killers.
I have nobody in my life and its a boring night. Fuck it, break out the Jack Daniels and Oxycontin there aint nothing better than Partying like Max Payne!
Beküldő: unclepayne 2013. augusztus 23.
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
Joss Whedon, the cult icon often hailed as the master of the universe, has embarked on a epic quest from the realm of superheroes ("The Avengers") to the land of iambic pentameter ("Much Ado About Nothing"). In honor of the occasion, here is a list of our favorites from his eclectic yet awesome oeuvre.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer": She saved the world. A lot. And she also won our hearts. Buffy slayed vamps, spun puns and generally turned sexist horror movie tropes on their head by besting every Big Bad who came her way for seven seasons. Plus, she never even mussed her hair or got mud on her stylish yet affordable boots.
"The Avengers": Thor, the Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man put the smack down on the villainous Loki in this homage to the Marvel franchise, the third-highest grossing movie of all time, bringing in $1.5 billion at the box office.
"The Cabin in the Woods:" The uber horror movie, this chiller threw every monster movie convention at the screen in a smart and sexy reinvention of the gore-fest.
"Angel": Once Buffy killed him, her ex, the vampire Angelus (David Boreanaz), had no place left to go but Los Angeles, where he became a private eye and joined forces with the brainy Fred (Amy Acker) and the tweedy Wesley (Alexis Denisof).
Did we mention "Buffy"? Sure, he's gone on to bigger budget fare, but there will never be a heroine as quirky, badass and beautiful as our Miss Summers. Sure, Whedon has created other cult-hit myths -- aka "Firefly" -- but some of us will always be Scoobies.
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her stories at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza and follow her at Twitter.com/KarenDSouza4.


text:
• Data from recent epidemiological studies involving psychosocial risk factors for affective disorders are reviewed. The results of these studies are divided into the categories of depressive symptoms, bipolar depressive disorder, and nonbipolar depressive disorder. When the data are examined using these categories, remarkable consistency in psychosocial risk factors for depressive symptoms and nonbipolar depressive disorder is observed, suggesting possible continuity between these conditions. Psychosocial risk factors for bipolar disorder differ substantially from those identified for depressive symptoms and nonbipolar depressive disorder and, therefore, provide further support for the bipolar-nonbipolar distinction.
Thank you for submitting a comment on this article. It will be reviewed by JAMA Psychiatry editors. You will be notified when your comment has been published. Comments should not exceed 500 words of text and 10 references.
Do not submit personal medical questions or information that could identify a specific patient, questions about a particular case, or general inquiries to an author. Only content that has not been published, posted, or submitted elsewhere should be submitted. By submitting this Comment, you and any coauthors transfer copyright to the journal if your Comment is posted.
* = Required Field
Disclosure of Any Conflicts of Interest*
Indicate all relevant conflicts of interest of each author below, including all relevant financial interests, activities, and relationships within the past 3 years including, but not limited to, employment, affiliation, grants or funding, consultancies, honoraria or payment, speakers' bureaus, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, royalties, donation of medical equipment, or patents planned, pending, or issued. If all authors have none, check "No potential conflicts or relevant financial interests" in the box below. Please also indicate any funding received in support of this work. The information will be posted with your response.
Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.
Download citation file:
Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.
More Listings atJAMACareerCenter.com >
Enter your username and email address. We'll send you a link to reset your password.
Enter your username and email address. We'll send instructions on how to reset your password to the email address we have on record.
Need assistance?
Athens and Shibboleth are access management services that provide single sign-on to protected resources. They replace the multiple user names and passwords necessary to access subscription-based content with a single user name and password that can be entered once per session. It operates independently of a user's location or IP address. If your institution uses Athens or Shibboleth authentication, please contact your site administrator to receive your user name and password.


text:
SIKESTON -- Nothing says lovin' like solving a good murder mystery on Valentine's Day weekend.
At least that's what the Sikeston Area Humane Society is hoping to achieve. It's providing couples -- and singles -- an alternate way to spend the holiday next month by sponsoring a murder mystery dinner theater.
"It's just a fun kind of event, and rather than going to a dinner or dance for Valentine's Day, it's a different way to spend the evening," said Mary Ann McSpadden, immediate past president of Humane Society.
This year's production is "Dead Air," by Lee Mueller and directed by Terry Jones. It is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Manhattan Room, located at 209 E. Center St. in Sikeston.
"The theme is a radio show -- and the murder mystery we don't know much about," confessed Leslie Winchester, Humane Society board member. "The Sikeston Little Theatre is putting it on and they won't tell us much about it."
Rebecca McClure, treasurer of the Humane Society board, agreed the production's director Terry Jones, who's with the Sikeston Little Theatre, will not give away any clues.
"He will only say that we will like it. I do know it's partially set in the 1970s and 1940s," McClure said.
Audience members will have the chance to decide what happened and figure out "Who dunnit?"
"It's kind of exciting and we literally have actors as part of the audience," McSpadden said. "There will be a murder and it's very entertaining and it's something that's funny and kind of suspenseful -- and the audience gets to be a part of it."
The production is comprised of 10 players from the Sikeston Little Theatre.
"They do a fantastic job and work really hard for a month or two before," McSpadden said about the actors.
In October 2003, the Humane Society and Little Theatre presented their first murder mystery dinner called "Murder Me Always," which was a murder within a murder, McSpadden recalled.
"There is no stage. Actors will walk around in the audience, which is sitting at tables," McSpadden explained. "This will be like a radio show and then someone gets murdered of course."
Dinner will begin at 7 p.m., followed by the production, an intermission for dessert and then the conclusion of the play.
Following the production, everyone gets a chance to guess who the murderer is; then of the correct answers, a name is drawn to receive a prize, McClure said.
"Last year there were quite a few who got it right and quite a few who got it wrong, but it leads you one way and then a totally different way," McClure said about the plot.
The idea for the murder mystery dinner theater came after a group of local residents attended a murder mystery at a winery in Illinois, McSpadden recalled.
"There were really only two actors in that, but they did such a good job and we thought it was a fun thing. So we thought we'd try it here," McSpadden explained.
Tickets were even sold out for the first year with 134 people in attendance at the Jaycee Sponsor Barn. This year the murder mystery dinner theater will be held in the Manhattan Room, which will hold 200 people. Dress is casual, although some people prefer to dress up, McClure noted. "This was something different and the Humane Society needed something different to do that nobody else did -- and it's so fun," McSpadden said.
Proceeds will benefit the Sikeston Area Humane Society with their everyday operations, Winchester said. Admission is $35 per person or $60 per couple. The event is catered by Susie's Bake Shoppe, and a cash-bar will be provided by Jeremiah's Restaurant and Lounge.
"It's a lot of fun and it benefits the animals at the shelter," McClure said. "Hopefully a lot of people will want to attend because of that."
For tickets and more information contact the Sikeston Area Humane Society at (573) 471-4801.


text:
Definition of perithecium in English:
noun (plural perithecia /ˌpɛrɪˈθiːsɪə/)Botany
(In some fungi) a round or flask-shaped fruiting body with a pore through which the spores are discharged.
Example sentences
- A spore leaving the perithecium travels nearly straight up at first.
- All these steps take place in a specialized fruiting structure, the perithecium.
- Features of the spores and the perithecium in which they occur suggest that this may be a fossil species of Savoryella.
Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from peri- 'around' + Greek thēkē 'case'.
For editors and proofreaders
Line breaks: peri|the¦cium
Definition of perithecium in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
Music from the Titus Canbe band filled the air as a few hundred people attended the first-ever Constitution Day celebration at Marietta's East Muskingum Park Sunday afternoon.
"For a couple of years we've been kicking around the idea of holding a family-friendly event for the community, but something always prevented it, so this year we decided to commemorate Constitution Day, although the actual day is on Monday," said Anita White, events chair for the Washington County Republican Party.
"We also have 1,000 U.S. Constitution booklets to hand out," she added.
Article Photos
SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Seven-year-old Lily Sands, left, and friend Christine Kerenyi, 6, peer over the railing on the upper deck of the Liberty USA ship on display during Sunday's Constitution Day event at East Muskingum Park.
White said the party sponsored the event with help from the Marietta Women's Club.
"There were no political speeches, although we gave local candidates one minute each at the microphone to introduce themselves," she said. "This is just a goodwill gesture from the party that's open to the public."
Several GOP candidates were on hand to talk with folks who drifted into the park to listen to the music or grab a free hotdog and drink during the celebration. Games and other activities, including face-painting, were also available for the kids.
Fact Box
About the U.S. Constitution and Constitution Day:
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government.
Since 1789, the Constitution has evolved through amendments to meet the changing needs of a nation now profoundly different from the eighteenth-century world in which its creators lived.
To encourage all Americans to learn more about the Constitution, Congress in 1956 established Constitution Week, to begin each year on September 17th, the date in 1787 when delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document.
In 2004, West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd included key provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2005 designating Sept. 17 of each year as Constitution Day and requiring public schools and governmental offices to provide educational programs to promote a better understanding of the U.S. Constitution.
Source: U.S. Senate
There were some non-partisan participants as well.
Ginny McVey was staffing a booth urging voter support for a Children Services Levy that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.
"This will be a new levy to help replace funding cuts for Children Services from the federal, state and local levels," she explained. "We're handing out literature and copies of video presentations as well as answering questions about the levy."
The Washington County Children Services Board's mission is to protect abused and neglected children.
McVey said the 1.46-mill 10-year levy would translate to about $45 annually per $100,000 property valuation. The levy would restore the local school outreach prevention program and provide a prevention specialist in all six school districts.
"We're attending several events this fall to get the word out about the importance of this levy, and we also have a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/childrenservices," she said.
Nearby Jeff and Candy Waite were providing information about the Gospel Mission Food Pantry located at the Harmar Community Center on Lancaster Street.
"They invited us to come today, and have even taken some food and cash donations for the pantry," Jeff said. "But we also signed up some new volunteers, so it's been a win-win for us."
On the opposite side of the park Bob Feathers was helping other Project Bravo volunteers obtain signatures in Bibles bound for U.S. military personnel serving overseas.
"We work with different church organizations," he said. "Each takes a group of Bibles that local people can sign and give a donation, then we put the Bibles in boxes with other personal items and ship them to our soldiers in time for Christmas."
Feathers said the goal of Project Bravo is to ship a total of 4,500 boxes by Nov. 1 so they will reach their destinations for the holidays.
"That total not only includes Bibles and boxes from Project Bravo in Marietta, but also from other areas of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky," he said.
Feathers noted that Project Bravo was initiated in 2005 by Marietta native Valerie Winshell who started the program by sending just two boxes that year to soldiers overseas. More information about the program is available at www.projectbravo.org.
White said the Marietta Memorial Health System's bloodmobile was also on hand during Sunday's event and received several blood donations.
U.S. Congressman Bill Johnson, who attended Sunday's event, said it was a good community outreach.
"It's also a great opportunity to talk about the Constitution and the tremendous responsibility it provides so that people don't have to sit on the sidelines, but they can get involved with the whole civic process," he said. "And when I was in high school we studied the Constitution, but I don't believe that's required anymore."
Johnson, who carries his own 33-page copy, noted the U.S. Constitution has been around for 236 years but has changed very little during that time, mainly because the founding fathers purposefully made it difficult to alter the document ratification from all 50 states.


text:
Definition of deem in English:
verb[with object and complement] formal
Regard or consider in a specified way: the event was deemed a great success [with object and infinitive]: the strike was deemed to be illegal
More example sentences
- At the same time, reports have emerged that the provincial government is making preparations to have the strike declared illegal by deeming it a public emergency.
- Food was given between two and three stars with judges deeming the service to be slow at times.
- In the event that scores are deemed to be level, a fourth round is contested to find an overall winner.
regard as, consider, judge, adjudge, hold to be, look on as, view as, see as, take to be, take for, class as, estimate as, count, rate, find, esteem, calculate to be, gauge, suppose, reckon, account, interpret as;
think, believe to be, feel to be, imagine to be, conceive to be
Old English dēman (also in the sense 'act as judge'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doeman, also to doom.
Words that rhyme with deemabeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream
For editors and proofreaders
Line breaks: deem
Definition of deem in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
Search: Doctorate DegreeSearch profiles »
Fox7215Match % Unknown Join to find out!
I graduated from Robert Morris University with Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Management. I have a Master of Science Degree in Information Technology and an MBA. I am currently pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration.
egf2bMatch % Unknown Join to find out!
He is going to go back to school to finish his engineering degree before I go back to get my doctorate .
- See More Profiles »
The Real Life As An RPG Test
Ever woundered what your class and level would be in real life?
The Do I have the hots for you Test
Hi! And welcome to my Do I have the hots for you Test. This is where I ask you many different questions about your personality, personal style, tastes...
The Financial Stability Test
Find out how financially knowledgeable and stable you are.
The Are you my dream man? Test
Find out if you have all the qualities I'm looking for in a man.
Your Chances For Success Test
This test will measure your chances to become a successful and happy person in society.
- See More Tests »
- Filter results
- All Results (28)
- Tests (28)
Connect your existing OkCupid account
Sign in
Welcome Back!
Restore your account to continue meeting new people.
Reset your password
We'll email you a link to reset it.
Email sent!
An email is on its way to .
If you don't see it, try checking your Spam folder.
Enter Authentication Code
Sign in
Not so fast!
You need to complete your basic info on the mobile app before you can use the desktop site.


text:
Triathlete Buyer's Guide: Transition Zone
- By Courtney Baird
- Published Aug 16, 2011
- Updated Feb 19, 2013 at 11:23 AM UTC
Specialized Airtool Pro Floor Pump $80
It's always a comforting thought to have a pump in the transition zone. It calls to you saying, "Everything will be OK." The Specialized Airtool Pro floor pump is a durable option for racers. It has a tight seal, pumps a lot of air with each stroke, and remains firmly in place while you're filling your tire. Specialized.com
FILED UNDER: Gear & Tech TAGS: Buyers Guide Gear / transition zone / Triathlete Buyer's Guide