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Professor Julie Caswell (resource economics) has taken over the presidency of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Among her first undertakings, as part of AAEA's participation in activities to encourage funding of research in agricultural, resources and food areas, she visited Capitol Hill on August 1 to give a lunch seminar on the House side as part of a series by the National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research and a briefing on the Senate side.
"I spoke about my research on the economics of risk based food safety systems and how it's been funded," Caswell says. "AAEA's D.C.-based partner, the Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE), also set up meetings for me with staff members of the Massachusetts delegation."
Caswell is a member of C-FARE's Blue Ribbon Expert Panels on Consumer Concerns about Food, Health and Safety. The panel provides short- and long-run insights about food safety, quality, and health to policy makers, stakeholders, media, and food, agricultural and resource economists. To contact her panel, please submit your media/congressional staff questions or comments here.
Caswell has come a long way since identifying herself as an applied economist after taking that first course on the World Food Problem as an undergraduate at Michigan State. "The class was a mix of economics and policy and I was hooked," she says. "I majored in public affairs management and went on to grad school at Wisconsin to study the industrial organization of the food system."
With her PhD in agricultural economics and economics, Caswell arrived at UMass in 1984 with her husband Richard Rogers, also an agricultural and applied economist (now emeritus). "UMass was the perfect fit for us because it had a focus on the after-farm-gate food system," she says. "Here I began doing research on economic incentives for companies to produce safe and nutritious foods." She has also worked on food safety regulations, international trade in food products, organic certification, and nutrition and GMO labeling.
"The field of the economics of food safety was new when I started at UMass," Caswell notes. "With colleagues around the country, we published several of the first books in this area, which is now internationally established."
Caswell's research applies directly to the choice of regulatory or non-regulatory options for assuring the quality and fair representation of food products in our markets. "I am currently researching how the new Food Safety Modernization Act will impact competition between quality certifiers in the fresh produce markets."
A look through Caswell's CV is pretty breathtaking. She is the recipient of an Outstanding Teaching Award, the university's Award for Outstanding Achievements in Research and Creative Activity, the Chancellor's Medal (the highest honor on campus), and a Fulbright Fellowship, among other recognitions. She has been active in the National Academies on standing and study committees, in AAEA on all levels, and in the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association as president and many other roles.
Serving as chair of Resource Economics from 2006-12, Caswell has published scores of journal articles, edited many books and journals, written book chapters, outreach publications and book reviews, produced reports, presented papers at associations and conferences nationally and internationally, and appeared often in the media. (Take a look at a May HuffPostLive interview about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and use of SNAP at farmers' markets.) The many research grants she has received total many millions of dollars.
All of these accomplishments make Caswell a sought-after expert on "offering understanding of what determines quality for food products and how that quality is signaled to consumers. The key focus is why some quality attributes are regulated and some are not, depending on the types of risks they pose and how much information on those risks is available without regulation in the market." She also points to being chair for thirteen years of NE-165, an international consortium of researchers focused on the economics of the food system.
"My most rewarding work," Caswell says, "is teaching undergraduate and grad students and working on policy related research. I have been on several National Academies committees studying dioxins in the food supply, the benefits and risks of seafood consumption, risk-based food safety systems, and SNAP."
Caswell teaches courses focused on the economic organization of food systems, ResEc 121 Hunger in a Global Economy and the one-credit Life is Full of Choices Integrated Experience Seminar. She also teaches graduate courses on the economics of food safety and nutrition internationally. As undergraduate program director for Resource Economics, Caswell mentors several students in internships at any point in time. Several graduate students are doing research with her as well.
Those who wonder what the Resource Economics major can offer will be interested in Caswell's response. "ResEc will give you microeconomic tools to understand how markets work and quantitative decision tools. This combination is really powerful in today's economy for studying many issues: environmental and resource (Should we expand markets for CO2? Why or why not?); agriculture and food (Are local foods more sustainable, safe and nutritious?); consumer and family (How are families coming out of the great recession?); energy (What incentives work to encourage sustainable energy use?), and managerial economics (How can my company use analytics and big data to be more successful?). All these are areas you can address with our tools."


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NSF invests in Berkeley's Interdisciplinary Approach to Green Chemistry and Ethics Education
How do you compare the impact of 1 ton of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere to 1 milligram of an endocrine disrupter in our water supply, or compare $1,000 spent on complying with regulations designed to protect the environment with $1,000 spent on building more industrial capacity?
Weighing these issues requires substantial technical knowledge, but also inescapably involves ethical and moral judgments about the importance of environmental sustainability, public health, and economic growth. Citizens, scientists, workers, politicians and businesses leaders are regularly asked to make decisions with broad reaching impacts on the future sustainability of our society. As Megan Schwarzman, a researcher in Public Health and Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF grant points out, "As chemistry takes a concerted step toward sustainability through the practice of green chemistry, there are a host of questions of ethics and values at the intersection of technology, public health, business practices, societal norms, and governance. Most graduate students don't get the chance to consider these issues as part of their education." The faculty within the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC) believes that it is time for an integrated approach to interdisciplinary ethics education that provides graduate students with experiential learning opportunities. Joe Guth, an educator, researcher, and legal expert at the BCGC will lead the development of the new curriculum. With a strong background in both science and law, Guth will be able to integrate many different approaches to ethics.
To jumpstart this effort , the Principal Investigator, Professor Alastair Iles, will join forces with Megan Schwarzman, Joe Guth, and colleagues at the BCGC thanks to a 2-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and teach a new interdisciplinary course, the Public Ethics of Green Chemistry. The course will be offered for the first time during the fall 2012 semester. Its aim is to draw attention to the critical role of ethics in understanding why and how legal, market, business, political, and societal systems can affect the chemical production system. This approach goes beyond the existing approach of teaching scientific integrity by considering a full range of factors that influence how important decisions are made. By creating an experiential learning environment, the course will put students in the role of decision makers, challenging them to take a systems view of the impacts created by changes in policy, regulation and business practices. Professor Iles believes that, "students will learn better by being immersed in situations of ethical decision-making of the kind that practitioners face daily." Drawing on the expert support of the BCGC, the curriculum will be able to incorporate new developments in biobased technologies, international changes in chemicals regulations, and the rapidly changing perceptions of sustainability in society.
This new course offering builds on the momentum created by BCGC educational efforts over the past 18 months. With support from California EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the BCGC introduced new undergraduate laboratory curricula in introductory chemistry classes last year, developed an interdisciplinary graduate class in green chemistry, and continued offering two additional graduate level seminar courses. A second year of funding from DTSC is supporting further course development for undergraduate labs and advanced graduate seminars. All this work is placing BCGC in a leadership role in interdisciplinary Green Chemistry education, and Center staff hope to cement this by consolidating these courses into a designated emphasis in Green Chemistry, offering Berkeley graduate students the chance to delve deeply into this emerging field.


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A puppy mill is a crude, outdoor breeding farm that mass-produce puppies for sale to pet stores and regularly supply dogs to laboratories and animal brokers.
So just because you didn't pick your puppy up from a puppy mill doesn't mean that they didn't come from there. Shannon has called me an attempted to purchase multiple dogs from me (with a discounted price for buying a group of dogs) for resale at her own home. She has represented herself as a member of the Houston Chihuahua Club, which she is not a part of.
What to Look For: Puppy brokers always have dogs available. How is this? If they don't have one in stock for you today, they will have one for you shortly. They just happen to know of a great litter from champion lines about to be ready for new homes! Use common sense! Breeding is not an overnight process! Quality breeders have waiting lists for their dogs and puppies are often sold prior to the actual birth. How has this broker found you such a great dog on such short notice?
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Always meet the dam of a litter and pick the puppy up on location where the dogs are kenneled/live. If a seller will not allow you to go to the actual property where the dogs live, be very suspicious. If they hesitate to allow you to meet the dam, they either have not bred the dogs themselves or the dam is not who they claim. The sire is commonly not on property, but you always have the right to contact the sire's owners. Be warned: they will go out of their way to cover the fact they themselves are not the actual breede
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TDE's Punch On Next Moves, Signing SZA And The Ruff Ryders From XXL's Oct/Nov Cover Story
Ed. Note: The following interview with Terrence "Punch" Henderson is pulled from the outtakes from XXL's TDE cover story in our upcoming Oct/Nov issue.
While Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith is the namesake and visionary behind the growing Top Dawg Ent. empire, it's TDE Co-President Terrence "Punch" Henderson who oversees the company's day-to-day operations. As Top Dawg's cousin and a former (and sometimes still) rapper, Henderson serves the role of an underboss, a big brother and artist liaison. He also has a wicked ear for music—earlier this year, he A&R'd and executive produced Terrace Martin's heady and jazzy 3chordfold. Henderson's largely responsible for the discovery of TDE in-house producer, Sounwave and bringing Ali, the label's engineer into the fold. Likewise, he's the reasons TDE has its first non-rap act in SZA, a Maplewood, NJ native whose stylings have been self-referred to as "glitter trap"—a mix of old and new waves, electro and R&B. His hands-on approach often begins as conversations, which sometimes turn into verses. Like that one time he spoke to Kendrick about hip-hop being overly-friendly. —kris ex
Previously: Kendrick Lamar On TDE, His "Control" Verse And Fame From XXL's Oct/Nov Cover Story
XXL: What's your day-to-day like now?
Punch: My day-to-day consists of a lot of e-mails. E-mails and meetings. Business is crazy right now. Before I had all the time in the world to just be in the studio, giving advice and arranging songs or whatever it is. But now it's just mainly just e-mails and trying to get in the studio as much as possible. My role is to really fill the gaps. I recognize everybody's strong points so I let them do them and I try to come in and fill in whatever is missing at the time.
So who's next? Or what's next. I know [ScHoolboy] Q is next. He's officially on the Interscope schedule and everything, right?
The way it's broken down, Kendrick is Aftermath/Interscope/TDE, Q is Interscope/TDE. Everybody else is strictly TDE for right now. We're talking to labels about doing a full label situation. We're not budging, so the terms gotta mach. The way we see it, [we can] roll everything out how it's been rolling out. Section.80 sold 100,000 copies. That's all us, just on iTunes—no physical copies. We done met with everybody, though. Everybody's trying to do it.
Is that like the Ruff Ryders did that model, where you've come out and you have your marquee artist but he's already at this spot [Interscope] and people want to get in on the business but they can't get in on the Kendrick business because it's locked, so they try to get in on the TDE business?
Would that be something you guys are willing to do, where you're working with different labels and learning different systems?
There's different ways to do it—Wu-Tang split everybody up. They had guys here, there, all over the place. Basically, if one guy is here, everybody's here, really—'cause everybody's going to be on the project, so everything is intertwined. Or you can go the route where you just put everybody in one thing [and] concentrate all the forces there. There's more than one way to skin a cat. With us, it has to match what we're asking for. We're not gassed, but we're not budging. We don't need to budge, really, at this point. Kendrick been touring three years straight and he just dropped his album last year. So that's before [the] label, before radio—we're already reaching these people, and now our platform is bigger. We still have Black Hippy as a group—all four of the guys; that's an artist in itself. It's different ways to do it. I don't want to go too specific on the terms of what we're asking for, but we're not going to move off of what we asking for.
Without being specific, what are the main things that you feel are important that you guys maintain in terms of the identity of the company, the solvency—I guess the fidelity of your brand?
The main thing to us is to have creative control, first. Like, after all the money or whatever is agreed to, we have to have control of what we're doing, to put it out the way we want to put it out, because it's been successful so far on the level we've been on. Even with Kendrick, everybody didn't believe in his first project. The projections were 70,000 the first week—that's what they were telling us he was going to sell and he came out and surpassed that. We already knew 'cause we were at all the shows. We seen him selling out venues from coast to coast and that's based on our formula, so we have to stick to how we do things, our mode of operation.


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Venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital has a reputation for being tight-lipped about its investments, but that doesn't mean it's above tooting its own horn once in a while.
On its website today, the storied Silicon Valley venture firm is boasting about three companies it's taken public in the past few weeks: Palo Alto Networks, Kayak Software and ServiceNow.
Those three companies have the distinction of being three of the first tech IPOs since Facebook's chaotic debut two months ago.
It's a particularly interesting position for Sequoia to hold, given the firm's legendary snubbing by Facebook in its early days.
Sequoia's stakes in Palo Alto, Kayak and ServiceNow are now worth a combined $1.17 billion, based on their offering prices. ServiceNow is trading 33% above its debut, and Palo Alto and Kayak are both trading up on their first day as public companies.
It seems Sequoia is adhering to the old adage: Success is the best revenge.


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Fourth International Workshop on
Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications
By acting as the interface between digital and physical worlds, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) represent a fundamental building block of the upcoming Internet of Things and a key enabler for Cyber-Physical and Pervasive Computing Systems. Despite the interest raised by this decade-old research topic, the development of WSN software is still carried out in a rather primitive fashion, by building software directly atop the operating system and by relying on an individual's hard-earned programming skills. WSN developers must face not only the functional application requirements but also a number of challenging, non-functional requirements and constraints resulting from scarce resources. The heterogeneity of network nodes, the unpredictable environmental influences, and the large size of the network further add to the difficulties. In the WSN community, there is a growing awareness of the need for methodologies, techniques, and abstractions that simplify development tasks and increase the confidence in the correctness and performance of the resulting software. Software engineering (SE) support is therefore sought, not only to ease the development task but also to make it more reliable, dependable, and repeatable. The three previous editions of the SESENA workshop have made strides in bridging the divide between the SE and WSN communities; nevertheless, open challenges in robust software engineering for WSNs remain.
SESENA13 aims to attract researchers belonging to both the SE and WSN communities, not only to exchange recent research results on the topic, but also to stimulate discussion about the core open problems and to define a shared research agenda. The workshop welcomes both research contributions and position statements. The former will foster in-depth technical discussions of novel results with an audience composed of both SE and WSN researchers. The latter will provide the opportunity for presenting open problems, provocative views, or previously unexplored ideas in an informal fashion. To foster discussion, SESENA13 will also host a special "speakers' corner" session composed of impromptu presentations where attendees (including those without accepted papers) will have the opportunity to present their own views in very short statements (e.g., 2-4 minutes).
Topics of Interest
The workshop focuses on software engineering issues arising in networked (embedded) sensing systems and their possible integration in Internet of Things scenarios. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- environment and context modeling;
- development methodologies;
- (macro-)programming languages and compilers;
- testing, debugging, and validation;
- non-functional modeling and analysis;
- security and trust;
- software engineering for socio-technical requirements;
- formal verification and model-checking;
- model-driven approaches;
- middleware systems;
- interfacing WSNs and business services;
- integration of WSNs in IoT applications.
Prospective participants are invited to submit research or position papers containing original unpublished material describing ongoing work and new ideas, mature research results, or experience reports. Submissions must conform to the ICSE submission format and rules. Research papers may not exceed 6 pages, position papers must be limited to 2 pages. Papers must be submitted electronically through EasyChair. The program committee will review all submissions for quality, relevance, and their potential to trigger discussions at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the ICSE companion proceedings and on the workshop web site.
Important Dates
|Paper submission
|February 7, 2013
|Author notification
|February 28,2013
|Camera Ready Version
|March 7, 2013
|May 21, 2013
Workshop Organizers
- Christine Julien, UTexas, USA (Program Chair)
- Klaus Wehrle, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (Program Chair)
Steering Committee
- Vittorio Cortellessa, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany
- Luca Mottola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy & Swedish Institute of Computer Science
- Amy L. Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
- Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy
- Kay Römer, University of Lübeck, Germany & ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Program Committee
- Yuriy Brun, The University of Massachusetts, USA
- Matteo Ceriotti, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Sebastian Elbaum, The University of Nebraska, USA
- Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio, Brazil
- Jason Hallstrom, Clemson University, USA
- Matthias Hollick, TU Darmstadt, Germany
- Sam Malek, George Mason University, USA
- Amy Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
- Sridhar Nigamanth, Cleveland State University, USA
- Jamie Payton, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
- Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy
- Vasanth Rajamani, Oracle, USA
- Kay Römer, University of Lübeck, Germany & ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Mary Lou Soffa, The University of Virginia, USA
- Volker Turau, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Preliminary list of accepted papersRegular papers :
- Laurynas Riliskis and Evgeny Osipov.
Symphony - simulation, emulation and virtualization framework for accurate WSN experimentation
- Flavia Delicato, Priscilla Dantas, Taniro Rodrigues, Thais Batista, Paulo Pires, Wei Li and Albert Zomaya.
LWiSSy: A Domain Specific Language to Model Wireless Sensor and Actuators Network Systems
- Igor L Marques, Mauro Teófilo and Nelson Rosa.
Durin: A Development Environment For Wireless Sensor Network
- Taniro Rodrigues, Flavia Delicato, Thais Batista, Paulo Pires and Albert Zomaya.
Model-driven Approach for Building Efficient Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Applications
- Krzysztof Piotrowski and Steffen Peter.
Sens4U: Wireless Sensor Network Applications for Environment Monitoring Made Easy
- Amir Taherkordi, Einar Broch Johnsen and Frank Eliassen.
Behavioural Design of Sensor Network Applications Using Activity-Driven States
- Adisak Intana, Michael Poppleton and Geoff Merrett.
Adding Value to WSN Simulation through Formal Modelling and Analysis
- Biswajit Mazumder and Jason Hallstrom.
VSPIN: A Framework for Developing Incremental Sensor Network Reprogramming Strategies
- Stefan Fischer and Martin Leucker.
Runtime Verification and Reflection for Wireless Sensor Networks


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The god Blue Moon has deserted the world and plunged it into chaos. Blue Moon City is in ruins and its people have fallen into open war. Multiple factions seek to appease Blue Moon and hasten his return by currying the favor of the three dragons of elemental power. In the ruins of the great city, the ingenious Hoax seek to dominate through their mechanical inventions, while deep below ground, the fiery Vulca wield the molten force of the heart of the world. On the craggy mountaintops, the birdlike Flit watch the struggle unblinkingly, waiting for the right moment to make their move. And in the secret heart of the forest, the beautiful but wild Mimix sharpen their spears.
This is Blue Moon, the new non-collectible card game from Reiner Knizia.
Blue Moon is fast-paced and easy to learn. Each player plays with a 30-card deck, representing one of the factions vying for control of the three elemental dragons. Each card is oversized, allowing more space to show off the artistic detail. Each turn, the players battle for control of the dragons, playing characters or other helpful cards from their deck, and imbuing their characters with greater and greater power, in order to overwhelm their opponent and force a retreat. In the advanced game, players have the option of building their own deck, constructing a powerful multi-faction alliance.
The basic set provides all the materials needed to play Blue Moon, including the races of the fiery Vulca and the clever Hoax, as well as a gorgeous game board, full-color rules, and three plastic dragon figures.
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Reiner Knizia
Asmodee North America, Kosmos, Fantasy Flight Games
Franz Vohwinkel, Imelda Vohwinkel
Year: 2004
Players: 2
Time: 30 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
Weight: 587 grams
Language Requirements: This is an international edition or domestic edition of an imported item. Game components contain foreign text that does not impact play. Manufacturer's rules are printed in English.
- 1 Gameboard
- 62 Oversized Cards
- 2 Summary Cards
- 3 Dragon Figures
- 1 Set of Games Rules
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Average Rating: 4.2 in 5 reviews
Blue Moon is a game where there is never a dull moment. Each turn the player is faced with interesting decisions to make, even though the player turns are short and not subject to "analysis paralysis". Standoff or stalemate situations never occur, unlike some other duel-oriented card games. Also, unlike most card games, there are no cards that are "junk". Each card is valuable and has a place (which can make a forced discard painful).
The card decks, each representing a race of beings in the fantasy world of Blue Moon, are amazingly well-balanced. Playtesting appears to have been very thorough, because there is no race that is stronger than any other, even though each race is very unique.
In their first few games, new players often think that one race is unbeatable, but that opinion always changes after a few more games. The basic idea is very simple, but the permutations afforded by the various types of cards, special powers, and interactions with the other races seem endless, and provide continually interesting game situations.
The quality of the components is first rate. The rules are simple enough, and not lengthy, but the player does need to know them well. In forty years of gaming, I don't think I've come across a game where precise understanding of word definitions and phraseology used (both in the rules and on the cards) is more important than in Blue Moon. To this end, it might be a good idea to peruse the Frequently Asked Questions at the publisher's website.
Unlike many duel-oriented games which often appeal primarily to males, Blue Moon seems to be enjoyed (and is often played very well) by the ladies also. My wife regularly wins Blue Moon games we play together. All in all, Blue Moon is an excellent system, and I highly recommend it.
This seems to be one of the more under-rated, under-reviewed games of the summer. For people who love many of Knizia's better card games, (Lost Cities, Battleline, etc.), Blue Moon should be a must-have. The previous reviewer did an excellent job of describing the game so I don't need to go into much detail there. It takes a few playings to appreciate the incredible depth and balance of what first appears to be a simple game. A player can play a reactionary game, simply responding to his opponent's plays and hoping for a good draw. However, this will not help him win consistently at Blue Moon. Success at this game requires a strong familiarity of all the decks, learning where your deck's strengths lie (i.e. fire vs. earth, how many support/booster cards are available, odds of drawing critical leadership cards, etc.) and especially knowing when to retreat. If the phrase 'know when to hold 'em - know when to fold 'em' ever applied to a game, it's this one.
I have not yet experimented with the advanced version for two reasons. One, I feel that for this version to be thoroughly enjoyable it's necessary to have the full collection of decks (eight all together, two of which will not be out until late August and the other two in October). Secondly, to be truely competitive and unrestricted with the advanced game it would require two people to each have their own set of all eight decks. A bit of a cost but well worth it IMHO.
My only gripe with the game is the same as the previous reviewer's. Why did FFG feel the need to create a nude race for Blue Moon? When you want to pull out a family card game for the evening you don't want to have to expose your 12-year old son to a bevy of Playboy pin-ups. Two cards even depict nude or nearly nude pregnant girls. My wife did a nice job of creating clothes for this deck (The Mimix) with a black felt tip but it is annoying having to mark up what is an otherwise beautiful game. They could also have done without the inane quotes at the bottom of most cards (which in no way effect the game) that supposedly are there to tell you the relatively shallow storyline of Blue Moon. If you're going to include storyline quotes on card games at least make them humorous, cryptic or informative.
I found myself drooling over the prospect of this game. 'Could it be another Kosmos 2-player gem?' I wondered. With wonderful illustrations and a fairly straightforward ruleset, it seemed to have a solid core. With the promise of future expansions (representing different races vying for dragon-attraction supremacy) I was hooked on the concept. And Blue Moon for the most part did not disappoint.
In the base set players are given a very nice looking playing board, three nicely sculpted dragons, and two decks of cards, representing two different races: the Vulca, and the Hoax. The board included is about as essential to gameplay as the board from Lost Cities, but least this one has a Turn Summary on it, giving it some practical value. The dragons likewise could have been leftout, but add a nice touch. It's the cards that work the wonders, for this is, in fact, a card game built on a few simple ideas, and the cards have mind-blowing art.
Gameplay is pretty simple too. Each player draws a hand of 6 cards from their deck. The cards come in several different types: characters (the basic move of every turn), boosters, supports, and leaderships. These cards are used to try and gain the upper hand in battles, thereby forcing your opponent to retreat and attracting dragons to the side of the winner. Since a player wins when he attracts a '4th' dragon to his side, one must be careful when retreating. Perhaps the easiest way to descibe the game is to break it down into the parts of a player's turn:
BEGINNING OF TURN: Some cards played on your previous turn give you an action at this moment.
LEADERSHIP: At the beginning of your turn, you may play 1 Leadership card. These cards are few in the deck and act as one-time use special action cards. Some are very powerful.
RETREAT? : This is where a player may consider retreating. When a player retreats, his opponent wins. The winner then gets either 1 or 2 dragons depending on how many cards he had in his play area. If he had 6 or more cards played he gets 2 dragons, if he had less than 6 cards, he only gets 1 dragon. This is key because if you sense you are inevitably going to lose the fight, you want to concede BEFORE your opponent has 6 cards. The flip side is that if you sense you will win, you want your opponent to stay in the fight long enough for you to get 6 cards down. VERY tricky, and well thought out design.
CHARACTER: You MUST play 1 character per turn. The catch is that you may only do so if you can be the attack total of your opponent. The character you play covers (cancels out) your previous character (and booster if it was played). When a fight is begun, the player who begins it chooses which element the battle will be fought in: earth or fire. Each character has a value for both elements, but obviously some are strong, some weak, and some strong in one and weak in the other. So if my opponent plays 3 Earth, I have to come up with at least 3 Earth to respond. But that is not all you must consider: many characters also have special abilities that can affect your opponent, or modify your support units, etc. But suppose the attack total is 7 Earth and you best Earth character is 4 Earth -- are you doomed to defeat! Not at all! You may play either 1 booster -OR- 1 support card...
BOOSTERS: These are player on 'top' of a character, the idea being that they only last for the turn that that character is 'on the board'. These boosters often have numerical values that add you your fight totals and can also add special effects.
SUPPORTS: These are played in your 'Support Area' and act as bonuses for the entirety of the CURRENT battle (unlike a booster that disappears on your next turn). Support act a lot like booster in that they may add a special ability of add fight values in some element.
ANNOUNCE POWER: Once you have played a character (with or without either a booster or support), you announce your total power (which must match or beat the previous total).
REFRESH HAND: Draw back up to 6 cards, unless of course, one of your many possible cards have allowed you special abilities to supplement this rule!
END TURN: Now your opponent responds.
This game just hops once players get the hang of it. The game is nearly purely tactical, but the combination of asymettrical tactics (due to the differences between players decks), great art, and a truly well though out game system, make Blue Moon a real treat. Tough decisions about how best to employ Support units and when to cut your losses, combined with the changing tactics demanded by random card draw, make this game very dynamic.
Does it have it's flaws? For me it does, but not where you would usually expect. Yes, Reiner Knizia designed this game, and No, this game is not abstract and boring. It is gripping and engaging. My problem with the game is also one of my favorite parts of the game: the artwork.
The graphics are lush and increible to look at. Each cards has a little blurb about the race and history of Blue Moon, and each card is titled -- really getting you into the theme. But some of the cards...*sigh* I hope it is not a trend of gaming that lots of half-naked females start appearing in games. Such is the case in Blue Moon (no pun intended...)
ALL the races are carefully and professionally illustrated -- it will blow your mind. And many of the decks, I have no problem with (Terrah, Hoax, Flit are all great.) But the Mimix, and several cards from the base Vulca set, depict half naked women on the cards. Maybe that is a selling point for you (though it does bother me), but what we could both agree on is that some people will be offended, and offending mainstream tastes hurts sales. The game itself is perfectly suited to play with my 10 year old niece or nephew, but the Mimix deck I would not bring out to play with them. I'm sure Jews, Christians, Muslims, and feminists would all be pretty put off by the artwork. I simply don't understand why they just didn't put a little more clothing on the Mimix and Vulca characters thereby increasing mass appeal.
The good news is that you can avoid most of the racy cards by avoiding the expansion Mimix deck. The bad news is that you still get some revealing cards (several Vulca and a Mimix card included in the base set). I personally complained to Fantasy Flight Games about this, and one of the gentlemen there is being kind enough to help alleviate my problem with the game by allowing me to swap out some of the cards I find offensive for replacements.
Since the company HAS responded so well to my only concerns about the game, I can go ahead and recommend it fully. This game is great. replayable, beautiful, and another masterwork of Reiner Knizia. And to know that a company like Fantasy Flight takes their customers tastes into account (even if it is after the fact) adds to my good experience of the game.
Highly recommended.
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September 23rd, 2013
We were shocked and saddened this weekend to learn of the killing of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank--two tragedies in as many days. We condemn these attacks and urge all parties to join us.
It's important that such acts of violence should not be allowed to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The parties must commit themselves to the negotiations with renewed determination to reach an agreement that will end their conflict and provide the strongest-possible security guarantees to both sides.


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- Copying and pasting techniques
- Working with formulas and functions
- Dealing with formula errors
- Creating lookup tables
- Naming cell ranges
- Formatting data and worksheets
- Finding and replacing data
- Creating SmartArt diagrams
- Creating charts and PivotTables
- Recording macros
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Skill Level Beginner
In this worksheet, we have people's names split into two columns and you can see here in Column A we have people's last names and in Column B we have people's first names. What we want to do is we want to combine first name and last name in the same cell. Well, we need some space to do that. So before anything else, let's go and insert a new column. So put your mouse pointer here on the header of Column C, so your mouse pointer is that down arrow. Click the right mouse button and from the pop-up menu, choose Insert. You can just click over here on what's now C5, so we have some room. Now there is sort of two ways of doing it.
We can do it with the formula. We could also use a function, and there is a function called Concatenate. I think the formula is a little easier to use so we'll do that. Also, I am going to do the exercise wrong first, and the reason is that you have to be careful with spaces, and I want to show you what happens if you are not careful with spaces. So this is a simple formula. So it's starting in C5, just type your equals sign, and we are going to say equals First Name. Now keep in mind, we are not adding numbers, we are simply stitching things together. We are combining things so you don't want to use a plus.
You want to use an ampersand. You can find the & on your keyboard if you press Shift and the 7 in the top of your keyboard. So I am going to type B5& and then A5. So I am going to say take the content of Cell B5 and append the content of cell A5. And I'll just press Ctrl+Enter, so I can enter and stay in the same cell. We don't have the space. There is a problem. Now put your mouse pointer on that Auto Fill dot, see your mouse pointer becomes a crosshair. When you get the crosshair, double- click and it fills into the bottom.
Well, we certainly appended first names and last names all right, but we don't have any spaces there. So now we are going to delete it and we'll do it correctly. So you can simply drag down to the bottom or again hold down Ctrl+Shift and press the Down Arrow key. So we have the whole column selected and just press Delete. Let's go back up to C5 and now we'll do it with correct spacing. So type your equals sign, again click the Last Name, type an ampersand. Now we need to put in a space and to put in a space, what we do is type a double quotation mark, literally type the space, hit the Spacebar, and close the double quote, and now another ampersand and now click the last name.
So we are saying take the content of B5 and append a blank space and then append the content of A5. Again, hold Ctrl and press Enter so now we have first name, space, last name, put your mouse pointer on that dot in the lower-right corner. When your mouse pointer becomes a crosshair, double click, and now we have them all filled in. That's great but we are not quite done yet, because we have our last name and first name in these columns and now we have the full name here. We don't really need Column A and Column B. But we can't just delete the columns because if you look up here in the Formula Editing bar, these are formulas and if we remove the columns, right now these formulas are going to give us error.
So what we have to do is we have to convert these formulas to the actual text that's displayed and we do that with copy and paste. So once again, let's select this row,. Again, you can drag down or press Ctrl+Shift and the Down Arrow key. I am just copying to the Clipboard. I'll press Ctrl+C and up here in the Home tab click Paste. And from the pop-up menu, under Paste Values, choose this first item here and you can press these to get rid of the marching ants. Now when you click in any of these names, you can see up here in the Formula Editing bar these are actual names.
Now we can safely remove Column A and B. But first let's take that Payroll and just put your mouse pointer on the edge of the border so your mouse pointer is a four-headed arrow. Drag over here. Maybe you take this logo and drag over for safekeeping. Put your mouse pointer in the header of Column A so you get that down pointing arrow. Click and drag over to Column B. Make sure your mouse pointer is still that down arrow. Click the right mouse button and Delete and we have deleted those columns, and now just deselect. Now you could adjust. Move the logo.
You can click on the graphic here and resize the graphic so it looks good. Now, when you click any of those names, you can see up here in the Formula bar these are regular names. So if that's something you ever need to do, you see it's really not that bad. You just got to be careful of a couple of gotchas.


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Ed,you've done it again, you just make me want to write horrible things, not because I actually believe them, but because it makes me howl with laughter at the thought of you being so stressed out and angry! Do you have siblings? you kinda feel like an annoying little step brother, who tells mummy every time I fart. The truth is that most people other than genuine nazis can understand the ideas of political correctness, it is wrong to genuinely hate some one for being different, but having a laugh at someone elses expense for somthing they cant help doesn't mean you want to wipe them off the planet!Have you travelled Ed, did mummy hold your hand? I have been lucky enough to travel extensively, when in America I was called a limey, when I was in Oz I was a Pomme in Kenya I was called Whitey. In each of these countries I could have thrown my toys about and kicked and screamed, I believe its called an 'Ed' these days, but it genuinely didn't offend me. If it had offended me would have made a mental note not to return, I probably wouldn't have told them how they should be living!No body dislikes Sol Campbell because he's black, Spurs fans dislike him because he's a disloyal, back stabber who lied to the fans who loved him. Any insults thrown his way are done so to highlight the hurt he caused and hopefully to hurt him. Bitter maybe but welcome to football.Spurs fans often call Wenger a paedo, not because he actually does inappropriate stuff, but because he's the manager of arsenal. Football is full of tasteless banter, as is the world. If you genuinely want to try to change it, go for it, but I think you are starting in the wrong place. Become an MP!


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SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County woman who recruited a man to kill her husband in a machete attack that left him maimed has been sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.
City News Service says Mary Sharpski of Fountain Valley was sentenced Friday for attempted murder and mayhem after reaching a plea deal last month.
Prosecutors say the 50-year-old mother of three and her lover recruited a hit man who hacked at Frank Sharpski with a machete in 2009. Sharpski survived but lost some fingers and must use a walker.
Twenty-six-year-old Antonio Ortega of Santa Ana is serving 25 years to life for the attack.
Sharpski's former lover, 42-year-old Michael Shores, is facing trial.
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Here are the instructions I am working on:
Beg with a k row, work in st st,
inc 1 st at each end of 3rd row, foll 4th row and foll 6th row.
So, I increased on each end of the 3rd row. Do I increase again on the next row and then 2 rows after that?
OR, is it telling me that after the 3rd row, I increase 4 rows later, and then again after 6 more rows?
I just don't understand if I should end up with a total of 6 rows or 13 rows?
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In response to a Complaint filed by the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and his so-called National Leadership PAC (NLP). The FEC found that "there was reason to believe" that Rangel and NLP violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by using a rent-stabilized apartment as a campaign office. Rangel and NLP agreed to pay a fine of $23,000. Click here to download a 23-page pdf of the Conciliation Agreement. Click here to download a 16-page pdf of NLPC's Complaint.
Appearing on New York City's Channel 5 this morning, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) was asked about allegations that he improperly used funds from his so-called National Leadership PAC for his legal defense in his House ethics case. Rangel responded by calling the allegations "ridiculous" and attacking NLPC.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), whose House ethics trial is scheduled to begin tomorrow, used almost $400,000 in funds from his National Leadership PAC to pay legal bills to fend off corruption allegations. Rangel's ability to retain high-powered lawyers helped him delay the Ethics Committee action for more than two years, and push his trial past the election.
Rangel appears to have violated House rules. Members of Congress may use funds from their personal re-election committees for legal expenses related to their official actions. The National Leadership PAC is not Rangel's re-election committee but what is classified as a "leadership PAC," the purpose of which is make contributions to other candidates. Up to and during his tenure as Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rangel distributed hundreds of thousands to his colleagues, many of whom donated the money to charity as Rangel became an embarrassment.


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At least six people were killed and 15 others wounded on Sunday after eight suicide bombers attacked security forces and a local government building northwest of Baghdad, Agence France-Presse reported officials as saying.
The death toll included three members of the local council for the Rawa area of Anbar province and three police, police Captain Mohammed Ahmed al-Rawi and local council member Suhaib al-Rawi told AFP.
Two bombers on foot and another driving a vehicle rigged with explosives attacked the police headquarters for the area, while another suicide bomber driving a vehicle hit an army checkpoint at the town's entrance.
Meanwhile, three bombers on foot and another in a vehicle attacked the local administrative headquarters for the area, where officials were meeting.
Earlier on Sunday and in a separate incident, a suicide bomber hit the town of Samarra in northern Iraq, targeting senior government official Nasser Dawood. Dawood was not hurt in the blast, but six members of his family were killed.


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I seldom write reviews unless I am just thrilled with a product. This one fits the bill. I purchased this mattress topper to go on the flimsy bed that came with our travel trailer. We use our travel trailer quite often and I never want to get out of bed!! We tell our friends about this topper and have them lay on it and they all immediately want one. I have come back to overstock to purchase this topper for my king mattress at home!...
Dream Form Ventilated 3-inch Memory Foam Mattress Topperby Dream Form
ITEM#: 13118538Dream Form Memory Foam is the perfect comfort combination of a naturally breathable and odor-neutral memory foam material. Dream Form is a highly breathable, open-cell memory foam that allows for greater airflow around you, creating a cooler, more hygienic sleeping environment. Dream Form is made of soft, conforming, high-density memory foam that relieves pressure points and adds luxurious comfort to any mattress by cradling every curve of your body. Through a unique production process, foam odor is neutralized. Enhanced with plant-based ingredients, Dream Form Memory Foam has a lower impact on the environment. Dream Form Memory Foam is made in the USA with pride and quality craftsmanship.
- Helps rejuvenate tired muscles and eases back pain
- Memory foam is resistant to dust mites and is naturally antimicrobial
- Enhanced with plant-based ingredient for a lower impact on the environment
- Allover ventilation and open-cell construction allow for high airflow
- Soft and conforming to provide cradling comfort and relieve pressure points
- Adds a layer of plush comfort to any existing sleeping surface
- Type: Memory foam
- Density: 3 pounds
- Materials: Polyurethane
- Includes: One mattress topper
- Twin: 37 inches x 73 inches
- Twin XL: 37 inches x 78 inches
- Full: 52 inches x 73 inches
- Queen: 58 inches x 78 inches
- King: 74 inches x 78 inches
- California King: 70 inches x 82 inches
Memory Foam Do's and Don'ts:
- To maximize memory foam expansion; remove from packaging within 72 hours of receipt.
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Love this topper!
I seldom write reviews unless I am just thrilled with a product. This one fits the bill. I purchased this mattress topper to go on the flimsy bed that came with our travel trailer. We use our travel trailer quite often and I never want to get out of bed!! We tell our friends about this topper and have them lay on it and they all immediately want one. I have come back to overstock to purchase this topper for my king mattress at home!Read More
Purchased this for my guest bedroom, all my company wants to know what kind of mattress I have. The mattress is old, the topper makes it new again.Read More
I will purchase again. If ever I need to. It is cool and airy.Read More
Foam topper
Living in San Diego w no A/C is no joke, so this ventilated foam topper kept me comfortable yet cool.Read More
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This one is very nice. we still have it on our bed. No complaints.Read More
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I am excited to go to bed now!
We received this product about two months ago and my husband and I are so happy with it. We got it because I have some back and neck problems and was getting a lot of headaches because of it. We thought before we bought a new mattress altogether we would try this. When we got it it did have a bit of a funny smell but that was gone within the first couple days. We put it on our bed and in the two months since, I have hardly had any headaches, and every time I get into bed I tell my husband what a great idea it was to purchase this item. We are both "cool" sleepers and like it cooler when we sleep, which is why we chose the ventilated topper and neither of us have felt that it has gotten too warm. (Of course we are getting into winter now, we have yet to try it in the summer!) I highly recommend this product!Read More
AMAZiNG!! :)
This memory foam topper is AMAZiNG! :) I purchased this quite a few months ago due to my fiance and I constantly waking up with our backs hurting. I couldn't afford a new mattress but I knew I needed to get something, so I decided to try this out. And, let me tell you, I am so glad I did! I read numerous reviews for a few days on all of the mattress toppers here on Overstock and I went with this one because I wanted it thick enough that it felt like the mattress was entirely memory foam and I also wanted one that ventilated heat since my fiance has always told me that I am my own furnace, haha. I was worried that it wouldn't do the trick, but it does! We turn the AC down to about 68 at night and we sleep with the comforter on and do not get too hot. We both sleep SO much better than before and I am so glad I purchased this! It's like sleeping on a cloud! The only problem is.. it's hard for me to get up in the morning for work because I'm so comfortable! :) I highly recommend buying this if your mattress is getting uncomfortable and you need a quick fix. I do suggest buying deep-pocket sheets as well. But all in all for the quality.. I would have paid more! This price is a STEAL and it's the best thing I've invested my money in!Read More
Comfortable, Great product and shipping
I have had the mattress for 3 weeks now and must say it is a great product and worth the cost for a good nights sleep. I paid $*** for mine, but it appears the price went up to $***. It came shipped in a box roughly 30" high x 20" wide, and folded over and rolled tight. I extended it out for 8 hours before using on the bed. There were small pieces of the foam left hanging out of the punched holes in the mattress, but they were easy to pick off and discard. The only issue I would raise is the smell of it which smells similar to peppermint, and it fades away within 10-14 days. It is heavy, maybe 40 pounds in weight, and requires sheets that can fit over it, so if your sheets are tight that may be an issue. It raises the bed height and it's noticeable but you get used to it. The foam does feel different at first but it does provide firm support without being to cushy. Overall, I'm happy and my wife and I are sleeping much better.Read More
Excellent Value
I purchased this mattress topper for my boyfriend. He has trouble with his back and shoulders due to athletic injuries sustained years ago. After the first night, he said that he slept deeper than he had in months and wasn't as stiff the next morning.Read More
Quality product. Best deal for your money
Loved it from the start. Didn't really have any issues with smell as noted by others. I did air it out before use but only for a day. I bought this as a long term investment for college age kids to help with the poor mattresses offered in college housing. The kids feel like they are now sleeping on a cloud. I researched this out a lot. For the money I feel like this is a fabulous find !!Read More
Questions & Answers
That depends on the size you get it ranges from 12 up to 24 pounds.
I'm still not certain what the firmness level of this product is. according to the item description it..."Adds a layer of plush comfort to any existing sleeping surface...Dream Form Memory Foam is soft and conforming to provide cradling..." My issue is that I ordered a mattress from overstock that is supposed to be soft but it's too hard to sleep on, but of course, overstock won't take it back. so I'm spending yet another $100 on this topper because the description says that it's soft. According to the Q&A about this topper, overstock says that it's FIRM. So which is it?
Hello rtzrman, this topper is plush and comfortable. According to reviews it it soft, yet supporting. Thank you for shopping with us!
Do these mattresses have a tag with the following on it "the California Bulletin 117/California Technical Bulletin 117-2013". My son's college only allows foam mattresses with this information.
Hello Ana F., thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, the information you have requested is currently unavailable. You will receive an email notification once an answer is posted. Have a great day.
the picture on the example only has holes for ventilation. the twin xl that i received has holes and then a row of slits. the slits are about 8 inches long and run the length of the topper. they don't look like they will hold up over a long period of time. did i get a topper cut from an end piece?
Hello tacobb, you will be contacted by Customer Care. Have a great day.
Can this product be cut to fit an RV queen matress?
Hello alison, we do apologize, we do recommend to verify the measurement of the RV queen it will be applied. RV queens are known for three sizes, standard queen size (60x80), three quarter queen (48x75), and queen short (60x75). Thank you for shopping with us.
The picture on the add here, item 13118538, has no ventilateing holes in it. But the title reads "DREAM FOAM VENTILATED 3 INCH MEMORY FOAM MATTRESS TOPPER". My question : is it ventilated or solid? I need to know this before ordering.
Why did you choose this product?
2nd purchase
The reviews are the only reason I chose this product. I was in the market for a mattress topper, and this one came closest to what I was looking for after reading all the reviews.
I laid on it and it was great!
I like the idea of a ventilated memory foam pad, plus it had good ratings.
prior use
Because the reviews were so positive - I need relief for an aching back/hip so hope this does the trick!
This is the fourth one I have ordered. I think they are great and a good solution to get a better night's sleep. My daughter had told me about these, especially the ventilated ones so I ordered the first one. My mattress was a pillow top and only a couple of years old but this makes such a difference. My son was injured in a very bad car accident with major shoulder injuries so I got one for him, my other daughter's mattress was not great so I bought her one. Now I have just ordered one for our guest room which has a decent mattress but I know this will make it great to sleep on. So all in all, a great product and no complaints from anyone.
purchased one last yr for my daughter she loves it
It appears to fit my requirements
For topper for old couch that is still very sturdy couch with nice wood frame
My grandson will be going to college in August.
I chose this instead of getting a regular mattress because it was less expensive and the reviews were very good, if not excellent.
Hoping it will take care of my back pain
I read reviews (good and bad) on a lot of different toppers, and I was overall pleased with the response on this one. I knew I didn't want a 4" topper as I had one before and it almost made my issues worse, but I wanted something that would help relieve some of my back pain at night. My bed is firm and I need something soft to help make sleeping more enjoyable.
College apartment
Severe hip pain when I sleep at night.
We saw it online through Google Shop and loved the reviews and price :)
Needed for a dorm room
reviews seem pretty positive, i am only concerned about the topper being hot.
my queen mattress is 60X80, what is the size of the queen topper?
Hello Rusty, the queen topper is approximately 58 x 78. Thanks for shopping with us!
Will the fumes or smell harm small pets? I have a small parrot and they cannot tolerate toxic off-gassing of anything.
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Hello cpsammons. The scent of the foam should be very minimal upon opening the topper and there are no harsh chemicals involved in the production of this topper.
Ours had NO foul smells which was expected. It was on the bed a few hours after taking it out of the shrink wrap.
Is this something that would work in a queen size sleep sofa in terms of bendability?
Hello LisaJ, it is not recommended that this be folded, as it would be on a sleeper sofa, as it will cause the foam to break down faster. Thanks for shopping with us! A.S.
Definitely would not work for a sleeper sofa. Even if the bendability could be managed you would never get it folded into the sofa.
How much does this product weigh?
Hello wildkat0713, the approximate shipping weight of this topper is 23 pounds. I hope this info helps. Thanks for shopping with us! L.B.
How big is the box when delivered? Can it be transported by plane?
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Has anyone gotten bed bugs in their home folllowing the purchase and use of the 3# Cream Serenity foam matress?
Hello scottjwebb33. I am not aware of anyone getting bed bugs from this foam mattress. Thank you for shopping with us. Vicki H
I have an adjustable bed, will this return to form easily? I'm disabled and am in bed frequently. Will I have dents in it from sitting in it a lot before I lay it straight or will it bounce back when it's time to sleep? Thank you. Susan
Thank you for contacting us susan957. This topper is a memory foam topper and does recover quickly. I believe that this is just what you need and you will be satisfied with the product. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
There are larger holes on one side and smaller holes on the other side of the topper. Which side of the topper should I sleep on?
I didn't noticed a diff. in holes, but I flop mine everytime I change the sheet. Doesn't seem to make a diff. I don't notice any heat generated. I love this foam so much I bought another on for my camper.
Are you suppossed to cover the foam with a padded mattress cover or just sleep directly on the foam only covered by a fitted sheet?
I don't know if 'supposed to' but our heated mattress pad is on top
Hello cissyk59, You can choose to cover it with a mattress cover and sheet or just a sheet. Either way is fine. I hope this helps, thanks for shopping with us.
I use microfiber sheets and they stick better to foam. soooo comfy
I recieved mine and it is yellow. I just want to make sure I recieved the Dream Form seeing as the picture is pink online.
Hello aiden123, This topper has received excellent reviews! The color in the photo may be slightly off because of lighting. You should have the correct topper. I hope this information helps. Thanks for shopping with us.
What is the firmness rating on this?
Thank you for shopping with us mrsmka. I am still researching the information; however it is a firm according to the manufacturer. I will up-date if I receive more specific information.
I have the 3' ventalted and it is soft but not too soft. I don't get hot and it's easy to turn over with it. I weigh 206 lbs
I am ordering this and then putting it in a shipping container without unpacking it. I will not open it until mid to late August. (2-3 months) Is that ok? Will the product still fill out properly?
The reall issue is it needs months to air out. If you could put it outside to air that would be better.
Hello gunderchez, That should not be a problem as the mattresses are packed and stored in the warehouse so it should be any different unless their is a lot of heavy items packed on top. Thank you for shopping with us.
Mine only needed a couple of days to air out and the scent was very pleasing.
Does this come in one or more than one section
It is only one piece. We LOVE it!!
One section only...great buy
One large section-- it's fabulous!
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Kaz...I was so bad in college with bills. I know I still have a spending problem. What I do is like what other pp said...I pay rent, bills, insurance and most important stuff on the 1st of each month (I get paid only once a month on the last day of the month). I then put about $250 aside in a savings for emergencies. I know it isn't much, but I basically live paycheck to paycheck right now. Luckily I have my parents to help me out, but they are a last resort. I try and really only get things that are cheap, free with coupons (Thank you ladies!!!). Its really hard to try and not spend when you want to and I know if i fall behind on a bill or 2, I just make sure I call the place and explain I need an extension. Most are pretty good about it and I don't call unless I know I can't make the bill at that time (very rare!)...good luck mama!
Mom (31)
Mommy to some crazy boys!!!
Ryder Joshua (10/4/09) Gunner Scott (7/23/2011)
Sandy Hook Video-
Thanks for sharing, I had no intention of spending 30 minutes watching that but I'm glad I did. I honestly hope that they are right because then I can stop thinking daily of those poor families.
Brittany- DD Alexis (12/08) & DS Logan (10/10) Bladder Exstrophy
Kaz, I totally feel your pain.
SC "IMissedU"
Amy & Paul 9-16-00 Katrina Naomi 9-3-03 Emmett Lee 1-15-10
SC is actually *IveMissedU* but THANKS for the heads up!!
Amy mommy to Clarissa 12/2007, Dalton 11/2009, and Ethan 7/2012
S C - IveMissedU good till 12 pst
Mama to 2/07 7/09 3/11 10/13 3/16
Sandy Hook video - I'm not even sure what to say...I need to re-watch...I'm not sure what exactly they are saying...but it's very interesting and potentially very disturbing.
Mom to DD(9), DD(8), and 8 angels
Well behaved women rarely make history!
Since we are speaking a lot about finances today, I need opinons:
Dh bought a used 2009 Toyota Tacoma with 14,000 miles in May 2011. The interest rate is at 4.66% for 60 months (we would be done paying in May 2016). The payment is about $400 per month. The truck currently has about 30,000 miles on it and is in excellect condition. He received a call yesterday from a dealership that said they wanted to buy his truck, so he went and talked to the guy today. Basically the guy said they would pay the remaining loan on the truck plus give an extra $7,000 credit towards a brand new 2013 Toyota Tacoma with a full warranty with financing at 1.9% for 72 months. The payment would be the exact same as what we are paying now. The new truck would be a full cab, which means four doors (awesome for getting the kids in and out)! Good deal?
We currenlty do not have any debt besides this truck payment and our mortgage. I have a 2005 Buick Rendevoux that is paid off and still under warranty. I told DH to get the best deal in writing and bring it home so we could discuss it. 72 months seems like a looooong time to be paying a loan and I assume the insurance would cost more too. WWYD?
Kelly, wife to Joel and mom to Rylan (6) and Lucas (2)
Is it expensive? I saw the 10/40 q earlier. We are redoing oir bedroom snd I need decor. Not sure if it will be cheaper just to go to homegoods.
Orange and Gold for Zoe!
I felt the same way about the 30 minutes. I receved it last night and thought I would watch a couple of minutes but my phone kept buffering last night and I was trying to keep it playing for 45 min!!!! The little conspiracy theorist in me was going nuts... moon landing?? Magic bullet?? What next??
Definitely brought up some good points.
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The Vermont Children's Alliance will conduct an independent investigation into Vermont's Department of Children and Families after 2-year-old Dezirae Sheldon's death in February. Sheldon's stepfather Dennis Duby has been charged in her death. The girl's mother, Sandra Duby, had custody of Sheldon at the time of her death despite a prior child abuse conviction.


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Before watching Gravity a few weeks ago, a film that finds George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as a pair of unlikely astronauts lost in space, I had an hour or so to kill. I asked my mate if he had managed to catch Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum 147 break against Ding Junhui from the night before. It was a remarkable knock coming in the final frame of a 9-3 win that saw him snare the Welsh Open for a third time. It was perhaps more plausible than the casting of George in Gravity.
"Watch the shot on final red," I said firing up the mobile. "I've never seen anything like it."
It was slightly surreal poring over it again with O'Sullivan on the outskirts of London during an interlude in his practice schedule ahead of this week's PTC Grand final at Preston's Guild Hall, a tournament that sees him start out against Scott Donaldson on Wednesday. He seemed content enough with his latest 'maxi' which is understandable because it is a vision of sporting utopia.
At moments you find yourself having a chuckle such is the audacity of it, but that is the bewitching effect this bloke continues to have on snooker. He captivates audiences. Study the crowd's reaction during his maximum. Like Frank Sinatra in the ring at Madison Square Garden, he has them in the palm of his hand.
As part of a legacy he is aiming to leave, O'Sullivan's latest 147 carried him one ahead of Stephen Hendry at the top of the all-time list. Hendry contributed 11 competitive maximums before he retired in 2012.
You can watch the break in the video at the top of the blog with O'Sullivan offering his own analysis on new Eurosport series The Ronnie O'Sullivan Show.
There tends to be one pivotal point in every maximum that defines the majesty of the moment ranging from Cliff Thorburn fluking an opening red on the way to the first televised 147 at the World Championship in 1983 (Steve Davis recorded the first televised 147 at the Lada Classic a year earlier) or Kirk Stevens running a white around the angles to land on the brown from green at the 1984 Masters.
O'Sullivan's key shot probably came in the death throes of the frame. He is officially right handed but gets the job done more than competently with his left, as he demonstrates by playing a deep screw shot on the last remaining red into a baulk bag just off a side rail before seeing the white land perfect on the black. The blue that goes down the hole is not bad either given that it leaves the table yet still drops.
Rapid and ambidextrous, O'Sullivan would not be the great maverick of the game without producing some more theatre on the final black. He nonchalantly flicks out his tongue to the television cameras before rolling in the black with his left hand as if it were hanging over the pocket.
Ronnie O'Sullivan speaks to Australia's greatest player, the 2010 world champion Neil Robertson, for the first installment of The Ronnie O'Sullivan Show on Eurosport.
O'Sullivan is the natural successor to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White as the people's champion. The only difference being he is addicted to running rather than booze or fags. And he has used his gumption to make good on his promise after unsettled periods in his life. Unpredictable, unrelenting and forever undulating, he is a form of attacking bliss on a snooker table who continues to command the attention of those outwith the game.
Worryingly for his opponents, he has also lovingly embraced the tactical joust to some effect during his run to back-to-back world gongs over the past two years. No more does he cut a childish figure when he is not getting the run of the ball.
Snooker has suffered in the UK since the halcyon days of the 1980s when Davis was estimated to spend more time on the terrestrial television than Maggie Thatcher, but the decline in visibility has hardly affected the game's blue-chip event.
It will forever remain a mystery why he did not feature in the nominations for last year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year? Who else could take a year out of any sport before returning to defend their World Championship? Whether or not he is your cup of tea, he has personality.
It was doubly preposterous when you imagine the amount of votes he might garner from the British public in an open vote. He is well liked because he is believable.
It is welcome news for these pages that O'Sullivan will be sharing his views on snooker and life with us. But all snooker fans will gain access to what makes him tick in the weeks ahead. Hopefully, it will inform and entertain. It is fair to say, the Ronnie O'Sullivan show has been running since he turned professional at the age of 16 in 1992.
Ronnie O'Sullivan claims the fourth of his five world titles at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 2012.
This is not a public relations exercise to boost O'Sullivan's profile. He does not need to achieve greater publicity. He could have opted for a reality television show if he wanted to forget about discussing snooker. You will get your chance to put your questions to him.
After winning the Masters in January, I commented that he ranks alongside Federer, Tendulkar and Messi as a true artist of his craft.
"What do people want to know about me?," he asks. "Who are your favourite sports figures, and what do you want to know about them?," I ask him. "Well, I like Federer, Messi..."
Federer or Messi never had the artist Damien Hirst, and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood watching them practice.
"Ronnie (Wood) enjoys it wherever he goes," O'Sullivan told me on his way to winning the Masters in January.
"He is just high on life that guy. He is in great form, and loves his snooker. There have been plenty of times he has got his white gloves out to referee for me and Jimmy (White).
"He was having a go tonight when Damien was getting the balls out for me during practice. He was saying: 'Where are your white gloves?'
"He's always got the white gloves out when he is doing his referee bit."
In snooker parlance, he has the world at his feet, but as a committed runner who embarks on several clicks a day, he is not a man for standing still.
He seems genuinely keen to find an appropriate forum to his views on the game that has gleaned him widespread fame, frames and riches.
You cannot cultivate a persona. His touch of bedevilment only benefits snooker.
The record books tell you that Hendry with his seven and Steve Davis' six continue to lead O'Sullivan's collection of five in the modern era of world champions, but he is surely the greatest.
And that comes from someone who watched his grandfather top up his pension by betting heavily on the winning machine that was Davis back in the 1980s.
To paraphrase a quote from the late learned darts commentator Sid Waddell on Phil Taylor: "Ronnie O'Sullivan's got the consistency of a planet..and he's in a snooker orbit!"
Like Gravity, O'Sullivan brings his own brand of special effects to enhance the game. He is a figure in his own snooker stratosphere.
The Ronnie O'Sullivan Show will be on British Eurosport 2 at 12.30pm on March 25, and repeated 10.30pm. Ronnie O'Sullivan will be speaking exclusively to uk.eurosport.yahoo.com before, during and after the 2014 World Snooker Championship that begins next month at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
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Question: two days ago I reached my $50 towards beauty club and didn't receive my ECBs. So I waited two days like every says and went in today and they still didn't print, but my receipt says $65.xx towards Beauty Club, $34.xx needed. Um...what happened to my ECBs?
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Im not sure about the beauty bucks, it should have printed if it has changed the amount towards the reward. Thats strange. I would just call CVS to see, they can reissue those ECBs, I think.
Jamie- I never get those on my receipts either. I have to buy the 4/20 and I shop there every week. I think its just very random. I never get the mailers either, and I know people who do that never shop cvs. Somethimes I think they send it to the people who they know wont use them. lol
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had a MM trip at cvs tonight. i already did the huggies where i get 10ecbs back..but i had one more huggies q left, plus a rain check for 2 revlon tools and 7 ecbs back.
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Used a $4/20, 25% and $3 off huggies. paid with $13 ecbs, total remained was $1.58
I got back $14 ecbs from the rain check, $4 ecb from this weeks revlon deal and $1 GBT. wooohoo. lol
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A great deal of fuss has been made of the release of American diplomatic cables on Wikileaks, much of it fluff (such as here and here). In contrast, the intervention of a former chairman of the Cambridge Universities Labour Club (and a former British ambassador), Brian Barder, is an accurate summation of the impact of Wikileaks on the practice of diplomacy. As Barder explains, the danger that diplomats are less likely to be openly candid with each other, their foreign ministries or the United States is massively exaggerated – there is simply too much to lose. Diplomacy will carry on regardless and, whether we lament it or not, diplomats need to be able to speak to one another in confidence. Perhaps if the structure of international relations (and the ordering of human societies?) were radically different then diplomats would no more need to negotiate in secret than protester groups would need to organise without the knowledge of the state. But the world is not quite there. And the conduct of diplomacy, with all the problematic trappings of a Euro-centric heritage is far less of a danger to democracy than the domestic policies of many European states.
An intensely social practice predicated on communication, diplomacy is frequently dialectical and brutally honest. That national interest is always at the forefront of a diplomat's mind is a myth that obscures the complexity of professional diplomatic practice. National interest has to compete with a lot. There is a strong cultural desire for solidarity amongst the diplomatic corps and most diplomats have a desire to affect positive change in the world. Occasionally, this might take the form of a public commentary or the (better) idea of addressing some of the inequalities in the international system. Many diplomats do not publicly air their gruesome discoveries or frequently resign over some moral quandary. But to assume that this is as a result of an absence of moral feeling or the subjugation of humane desire to national interest is an awful and very stupid caricature.
The inhabitants of state institutions are not homogenous. Not everyone in the military wants to kill people or plot a coup d'état. Not everyone in Cambridge is intelligent. Nor does every British diplomat want to rape the global South for the benefit of Britain or become a (neo)imperial governor in the Middle East. Critical dialogue exists within state institutions: the Foreign Office is a site of complex, progressive and normative discussion about the conduct and practice of British foreign policy and international affairs. It is such a site precisely because the individuals who inhabit the institution are as eager and capable of making a case for moral action as any other agent, possibly more willing than many journalists. Diplomatic services are not populated with unthinking automatons. The Foreign Office, for instance, is populated by many our friends from Cambridge.


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The Brammo Engage, with a six-speed electric transmission and removable Brammo Power battery pack. Credit: Business Wire
Brammo today has announced that it will offer electric motorcycles with six-speed transmissions, developed by Italian company SMRE. Four models featuring the Integrated Electric Transmissions (IET) will go into production next year:
The Engage MX, a dirtbike with MSRP of $9,995
The Engage SMR, a Supermoto race bike with MSRP of $9,995
The Engage SMS, a Supermoto streetbike with MSRP of $11,995
And the Encite MMX Pro, a mini dirtbike. No MSRP for this model was announced.
What's more, you can see the bikes in action if you're in the Las Vegas area. The Oregon-based manufacturer will race its Engage MX and Encite MMX Pro at the MiniMotoSX race this Friday. Brammo's offerings will compete against single-speed bikes from Zero Motorcycles and Qantya.
Brammo expects to expand its dealer network of the next 90 days. Interested? Fill out the Brammo dealer application form by clicking on this link.
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The U.S. and Hong Kong also have an extradition treaty and routinely cooperate on requests to transfer criminals; in one high-profile case, Hong Kong extradited three al-Qaeda suspects to the U.S. in 2003.
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> Supposing that the transmitter won't do anything except transmitting
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> reach a sustainable 400 Mbit/s stream on TCP/IP ?
Why not go ahead and try it? Either via FTP to include the filesystem
part or with something like netperf:
> On a more general note, wow can I estimate the maximal throughput
> over TCP/IP ? And over UDP/IP ? (supposing that the channel is
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A small matter of doing sums. Consider what UDP or TCP do to get data
from one end to the other. Then consider what IP does to get the
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