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Basically the park is scizophrenic - these 2 areas are distinctly different; Future World is the famous area that forms the first half of the park from the entrance and features Spaceship Earth. World Showcase is the back half of the park and is a collection of pavillions representing different countries around the world. Each pavillion is staffed by young people from the relevant country as part of a "Cultural Representative Program". Some of the country pavillions were funded by the governments of the countries that they represent, most by investors from those countries. Amongst what you'd expect like the USA (which "hosts" the World Showcase), China, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Japan there are also others like Morocco and Norway
So back to the bipolar park - the World Showcase is themed to be like guests are visiting each of the countries and is scenicly built around a large central lagoon whereas Future World is an almost post-modern area that is concious of being a theme park, being fake. Attractions like Test Track and Innoventions are aware that people are just people in a park going to learn about something and have some fun but then others like Mission:Space and Soarin' subscribe to the suspension of disbelief theory; guests are really going to space (simulators on centrifuges) or flying over California (moving seats suspended in front of an IMAX Dome screen tilted 45 degrees forward). Add to this the dated architecture and large unshaded concrete spaces and Future World is stark, disjointed and sad, trying to hard to be too much.
After all this analysis I'll admit that I did enjoy myself, as there are solid attractions here. Mission: Space did a great job at simulating shuttle launch and space flight with intense G forces, Test Track was fast, fun and interesting while Soarin' was inspiring and Spaceship Earth had been updated, making it a window into the past, their visions of the future and the modern day
I met up with Alicia, Emily and Ed in the park later in the afternoon and we rode a few more rides and caught up with some fellow cast member friends of theirs before exploring World Showcase. During our travels, and search for ice cream, we engaged in conversation with a cast member from somewhere in Massachusetts near where Emily lives in New Hampshire. This conversation ended up garnering us access to a priority viewing area for the nighttime lagoon light and pyrotechnics show, Illustrations: Reflections of Earth, due to start an hour later. We finished with the Canda pavillion and their Circle Vision show, O, Canada, before returning to our priority area for the show. The show was pretty cool, with lots of low pyrotechnics on and above the lagoon, fire, fountains and a centrepiece world globe. Our priority area was great in that we had heaps of space to enjoy the show and no other people obstructing the view
After Illuminations the park was closed and so we made our way out of the main park entrance to Emily's car. During the course of the afternoon my 3 US hosts had discovered that I hda not experienced the wonder of Taco Bell, which they found amusing, so it was decided that we would have dinner there. Taco Bell was next to Olive Garden just outside of Disney property and looked like a stock fast food joint. The food was so cheap and the locals were excited by the exclusive to Taco Bell Mountain Dew flavour. Despite the cheap prices I am yet to be sick from the food, it tasted pretty good (although its authenticity is debateable) and apparently the staff get paid over $8 an hour! Lucky these guys like Disney otherwise perhaps they should work at Taco Bell for more cash... All this was after the revelation made in the park that they only get 3 weeks paid leave after 10 years of service or something insane like that...
After Taco Bell we travelled to some of the Disney cast housing so that Ed could pick up some things from his place before dropping me back at the Boardwalk. I farewelled Ed and Emily and returned to my room to get some rest ahead of my final day in the parks. Waiting in my room was a note from Disney's Magical Express reminding me of my departure at 3:20am on the 20th - nice and early for my flight at 6:30am
This morning was another glorious late start, with me once again on the bus, this time to the Magic Kingdom, at around noon. I would've prefered to walk the short distance to Epcot and take the monorail from there to the Magic Kingdom but there is no path to the front entrance of the park (where the monorail leaves from) and I wasn't going to fork out an additional $13 for each day of my stay to have the park hopper ability just to walk through Epcot from the side hotel entrance to the front. As such I was forced to take the bus all the way up to the northern end of the property to visit the park.
Upon disembarkation from the bus instead of heading straight into the park I boarded the monorail for an express trip around Bay Lake to the Ticket and Transport Center. Interestingly the carpark for the Magic Kingdom is at this centre on the southern side of the lake while the park is on the northern side. This requires all driving guests to take the boat or monorail around to the park. The monorail loop consists of 2 tracks, which operate different services. The outside track operates in an anti-clockwise direction and runs express between the park and the Center. The inside track operates in a clockwise direction and also stops at the hotels around the lake. I took the express because it is the most frequent (trains every 2-3 minutes) and it was fun to express through the 3 hotel stations, particularly at the Contemporary Resort, where the tracks run through the central atrium/lobby.
At the Ticket and Transport Center I transfered to the only other monorail track, which runs down to Epcot
Back at the Magic Kingdom I headed to the outdoor sunset-closing attractions in Frontierland first. I enjoyed exploring Tom Sawyer's Island and seeing the Liberty Bell steamboat steaming around the Rivers of America as well as hearing the nearby Railroad passing by. This is one of the things that I miss most about Hong Kong Disneyland - there's not a large exploration area with dynamic surroundings. The base of Tarzan's Treehouse provides an as yet undeveloped opportunity for this. From this part of the park I did a lap on the railroad, which thankfully features real (LNG-fired) steam engines. I was however shocked and disappointed that at several times on the trip guests can see outside of the park
I didn't have much order to my visit, focussing instead on making Fastpass windows to avoid relatively short 20 and 30 minute waits at the major attractions. I saved riding on Pirates of the Caribbean until after 4pm, when Alicia was due to be working. I rode it twice without seeing her but managed to track her down later in the day. We had a quick chat on her break, got a photo taken and I thanked her and farewelled her. It was great to have here here at Disney World and to see what life is like for the workers rather than just the tourists. Her friends are great and helped to make it a fun visit.
Highlights of the Magic Kingdom were riding the original Space Mountain, which is in a larger dome, with smaller rockets (6 vs 12 passengers) on 2 tracks, Splash Mountain, which is similar to Tokyo's but not quite as well done and the Tomorrowland Transit Authority, which is a slightly more modern take on Disneyland's now deceased Peoplemover that I loved as a child. Although Space Mountain had tiny rockets that prohibit the installation of onboard audio and the interior scenes, whilst numerous (which is great) were tired and dated, the tracks were slightly different and rough as hell, creating an exciting ride. Additionally the station is in the far side of the structure so that there are lengthy undulating paths to and from it, which they have adorned with games and mini show scenes, which was cool.
The day was of course capped off by Wishes, the nightly fireworks show
It took ages to get out of the park on the bus because the Americans couldn't manage to get themselves onto the bus. It was somehow extremely difficult to get on and move down the back. I had to push my way down and encourage others because there was plenty of space. It's as if they've never been on a bus before...
Back at the room I packed up in preparation for tomorrow's early 3:20am departure to the airport and am about to hit the pillow for a short 4 hour sleep until then.


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As one of the leading African-American feminist scholars of our time, Beverly Guy-Sheftall was instrumental in bringing the women's studies movement to women of color, and the voices of women of color to women's studies. Highlights from her forty-year academic career include the founding of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College in 1981, and the co-founding of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women in 1983. She is an important figure in what she once described to Ms. Magazine as "the stunning tradition of black female intellectualism."
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The nationally respected linguistics scholar is the inaugural holder of the Brackenridge Endowed Chair in Literature and the Humanities in the Department of English, Classics and Philosophy. Lanehart teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in English literature and linguistics, humanities and African American studies.
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Lanehart is the author of "Sista, Speak! Black Women Kinfolk Talk About Language and Literacy" (University of Texas Press, 2002), a study of African-American women's language and identity issues. In the book, she interviews her grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, and examines her own attitudes about language and her use of it.
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On the ROTJ Boba jetpack what are the Aurebesh letters ? and what do they mean ?
Kinda need the pros here to settle a small non-agreement ! thanks
On the ROTJ Boba jetpack what are the Aurebesh letters ? and what do they mean ?
Kinda need the pros here to settle a small non-agreement ! thanks
I would be happy to translate it for you however i was not aware that it had aurebesh letters nor can i find any pictures of it, so if you have a picture you can post that would be helpfull
No pics there is a nice photo gallery on this site, I thought they were aurebesh.. my bad might owe a squad mate a drink !
Alright so inspected the image of his jetpack here Boba Fett Return of the Jedi Jetpack - The Dented Helmet Gallery
the symbols on the fuel tanks are intresting, though they look aurebesh they are not, so my next guess was Nabooian so i checked their in formal writting system Futhork and i came up empty so i tried their formal writting system Futhark and yet again nothing, i tried correllian huttese and of course mandalorian but the symbols dont exist anywhere.
I also noted symbols on the bottom of the missle launchers, so i found a decent looking picture of them and went through my list again and came up empty handed so i'm afraid the symbols dont exist in any known star wars langauge.
so in a final desperate attempt i looked up mitrinomon transports who make boba's jett pack in the SW universe hoping i could find the planet their based on, but no body knows that either.
So to sum it up the symbols dont exist anywhere sorry but you owe him a drink!
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Whose the best pass rushing 3tech of all time? John Randle, Warren Sapp?....Let me ask you this, on a team with Dwight Freeney, Lawerence Taylor, Reggie White, Bruce smith or any other combination of 4 good to great/versatle D-ends, would Randle and Sapp get on the field on obvious pass rushing situations?
I would say no, with that roster I'd go Freeney and Taylor on the edges with Smith and White coming up the middle
DEs are not great inside pass rushers. Giants did it because they had far better pass rushers at DE than DTs, plus they had to try to find a way to get those guys on the field.
And Reggie White was 300+ pounds, he was an actual DT for a lot of his career.
Theres a reason there are more DTs in the HoF than DEs, and a reason Sapp made it over Strahan.
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Also there maybe more DT's in the HOF then DE's, but it certainly isn't because they're better pass rushers
There are a lot of great DTs. Not just Sapp.
But this entire debate is pointless. Giants don't get a great pass rush from their DEs or their NASCAR package. And now they are missing Osi from that as well. They absolutely need a DT who can provide some push.
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34 5T ends translate to 43 3T DTs. I don't think he's saying he prefers one of the other as the Giants line was optimal when they got pressure from both the interior and ends, like SB42 where Giants pressured the interior with their tackles and a healthy Tuck. The Giants only had only one consistent pass rusher from the interior last year which was Canty who started on PUP.
Not really, Warren Sapp (Perhaps the greatest 3tech of all time) sucked as a 5T when he went to Oakland. If Watt were on the Giants he'd be a LDE who kicks inside on passing downs. But basically Watt is a freak who could play pretty much any position in any scheme on the DlineOriginally Posted by penguinfarmer;682082[B


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Anothe night, another wacky win
The Canadiens skated off to a 3-0 lead on goals by Michäel Bournival, Max Pacioretty (his 39th) and Brian Gionta.
After 40 minutes, they were in cruise control.
Then, five minutes into the third period, Pavel Datsyuk scored on a Detroit power play to key a three-goal rally that included a goal by Luke Glendenning and another PP marker by Niklas Kronwall.
Gionta's second and a goal scored from the crease by Alex Galchenyuk made it 5-3, and the Canaduiens held on.
Crazy 20 minutes
Carey Price stopped the first 29 shots Detroit fired at him.
The next three went in: power-play goals by Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall, sandwiched around the first of the season by Luke Glendenning.
It looked like an epic and costly collapse until 13 minutes into the period, when Brian Gionta's 17th restored the Canadiens' lead.
Alex Galchenyuk's 13th – scored when a Tomas Plekanec shot bounced off him past Jonas Gustavsson – sealed the deal.
Detroit outshot the Canadiens 37-26.
Max nears 40
Max Pacioretty took a pass from Mike Weaver and powered past Brian Lashoff to beat Jonas Gustavsson for his 39th of the season.
It was the Canadiens' first SoG of the period.
Brian Gionta, playing his 300th game as a Canadien, made it 3-0, converting a pass into the slot from Lars Eller.
Detroit outshot the home team 15-4, but Carey Price is very sharp.
Fourth line gets one
Michäel Bournival scored his seventh goal of the season – and first since mid-November – off a terrific rush by Ryan White.
The visitors had an early shot advantage but the Canadiens ended the period on the long end of 13-10.
The power play continues to fire blanks.
A little tighter, svp
Fearless Saturday night prediction:
Your Montreal Canadiens won't score seven unanswered goals against Detroit, a team that is infrequently mistaken for the Ottawa Senators ... despite Daniel F. Alfredsson being in the Red Wings lineup.
If the Canadiens light it up like they did Friday night in Kanata, Detroit coach Mike Babcock will perform the penance of walking on his knees from the Bell Centre to the Sherbrooke St. gates of his alma mater (and mine), McGill University.
Not to worry. Babcock's knees will survive the evening.
Whether the Canadiens can survive 40-plus shots-against from a team as talented as the Red Wings is another story.
Detroit, which is trying to secure a wild-card playoff spot, has won two of this season's three meetings, including 2-1 in OT on their Feb. 26 visit to the Bell Centre.
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LOL. You can have them...for now...
Don't Tater me bro!
I don't get it...have I been in Ider-ho too long?
You really should get out more Darth. Taking Sides in a Tasing - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog You should try to join us in the rest of the forum sometime too. That is, if you can pull yourself away from the Fantasy threads... http://www.pistonsforum.com/green-r...rs-self-promotion-makes-him-intenet-hero.html
Ouch! :dizzy2:
Oh noooooooooooo...I have to play Bezeach this week. Plus I'm outnumbered for at least the early part of the week. This could be ugly.
We need to liven this league up. It's been about 3 weeks since the last post. Bezeach is leading the pack and making some moves to keep his team strong. Mikhail was making about 20 moves per week...until he accidentally dropped a great player in his haste. Now...nothing. Both he and Laimbeer aren't playing like rookies. You've got your top 5 teams and bottom 5, but any from the bottom could easily make their way to the top with a good week, and vice versa. My team is really struggling and I can't figure out why. I have basically the same team I won the ship with last year. I've been running into some hot goalies so even when I play well I lose those cats (I think Nabby had 2 shutouts last week and two from Luongo this week). OUCH! We need more smack talk. Come on Woody...Jammer...where are you? I'm kind of reluctant to talk as much smack since I'm commissioner. Maybe that's silly. Oh...for next year I have some ideas... Using GWG (Game winning goals) again as a stat...even though it's usually just luck (It's not always the last goal that is the game winner). Also using Shots on goal (a new default cat in Yahoo that replaced GWG this year. Also I might use penalty minutes. It's dumb...but I think more cats liven the leagues. Also, in baseball we used weekly lineups. I thought it was pretty neat. If I add a couple of roster slots (which I can given all the surplus talent in the small league) then we can still have lots of guys playing that week even though guys don't play every day like in baseball. If it stays daily, I'll put a reasonable cap on how many moves we can make during the year...maybe 75. Any feedback?
Tater: I'd talk more smack if my team wasn't so lousy. My two top wingers (Semin and Cheechoo) have done absolutely nothing so far. I keep holding on to them hoping they'll get going, but so far, nothing! Broduer had a bad month, and Hasek is not doing well either. NO goalies, NO wingers, NO win!! I'm starting to swap out players now. I check the league page to see who you and Bezeach have dropped and then I pick them up. Your trash is my treasure!! I actually nosed you out last week thanks to a Brodeur shutout, but I didn't feel like crowing over it. So far, Parise had been my best pickup. and Arnott is good too. And I hope Vanek gets going soon also. I've got way too many guys dragging anchor. I don't care for most of the suggestions for next year. Most of those stats are pure luck and not very meaningful. I liked the faceoff stat last year when I had Brind'Amour, but not this year after Laimbeer stole him from me during the draft. You're doing just a GREAT job as commissioner. Particularly since it has been limiting your smack talking!
Yea, my draft strategy was to pick Brind'Amour and Sundin in order to have a lock in one category (faceoff wins) each week. It appears the league is now in the bag for me. You guys are playing for second.
See above :P
Right on Bill. You got it right. Darth 1st "you guys" playing for 2nd Bill 3rd.
Darth 1st? Have you been sandbagging?
Shhhhhhhhhhh. As commissioner, I feel it is only right to make the rest of the league feel like they actually have a chance to win the championship.
That was my strategy as well going into the draft. It looks like I executed my plan better than you did since I have a commanding lead in the faceoff category with 942 wins to your laughable 787 wins in 2nd place. I'm 8-0 in weekly faceoff wins, while you're 7-1 (guess who you lost to in week 4) . I don't have a problem with adding GWG and/or Shots next year, but you're right about penalty minutes, it's a dumb idea. I really liked the weekly lineups in baseball this year. It made it MUCH easier to manage my team. HECK TO THE YES!!!! I'd put it even lower, at say 50 for the season. That is my BIGGEST turn off in fantasy sports, especially in this league. Not so much about people picking up extra guys to get a numerical advantage (although that sucks as well), but because on the rare occasion that I do want to pick someone up due to injury or under performance, EVERYONE IS ON FREAKING WAIVERS. So you can't get anyone of value for the next day because you have to wait for them to clear waivers. It is VERY annoying. I was going to say something about this a few weeks ago, but the transactions really started to slow down. Fifty moves should be plenty for an entire season, IMO. I think the most I've ever made in any league in any sport is around 25-30 or so. It just takes the fun out of the league for me. Edit: I checked just for fun and the most moves I've made was in last year's PF.com hockey league, when I made 37 moves in 23 weeks, most of those coming in the playoff rounds when I had no other choice because my opponent was Tatering me.
Good input. Keep it coming guys.
Don't Tater me Bro!
My team is getting healthy again. I'm gambling on a couple upcoming moves to put me in solid position to do well in the playoffs. Right now, it's all about staying top tier, and then getting the lineup I need to compete in the brackets.
How did I know you were going to chime in on that?
Have you seen his team? What else would he say, eh?
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This is the latest from Foskey Road News, a business blog that is strictly consumer focused.
by Edward Foskey
Based on the life expectancy of the heat pump that came with my house when I bought it, I know that I am already living on borrowed time. I just recently had a minor repair and the semi-annual check-up. My plans are to start preparing to replace it by next spring.
I know that there are some Foskey Road News Readers who will be looking at that decision even before I do, so it is time for looking at what to consider for the upgrade.
First things first, try to have a good idea about the quality of knowledge your HVAC contractor has. Does he know how to size a system properly? Ask him about doing a Manual J on your house at minimum. If you get that deer in the head lights response over the phone or they do not schedule a time to come out and get some measurements on your house first, then call another contractor. Just because you may have had a 3 ton system in your house does not necessarily mean that is the size your house needs.
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Thanks for the input. I agree with you in that I will be waiting till my system's next failure and crossing my fingers that it survives through the summer.
Any system that is out of warranty is really a coin toss as to whether it is financially better to repair or replace. I wouldn't pull a 24 year old system that is running fine but I would on its first failure, no question. The article had some good advice for someone looking to purchase a new system.
Thanks! My heat pump is pushing near that 24 year point. I have no doubt that I can get a system for my house that will be more efficient than my electric bill's current monthly jump of over $100 per during the cooling season.
The "read more here" link was to lead to the rest of my blog on my site. The additional link in my blog (in the third bullet point) led to my page about the Georgia Energy Code and Duct & Envelope Tightness verification requirements with links to those pages.
Thanks for your input.
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The following adverse reactions have been reported with DECADRON or other corticosteroids:
Allergic Reactions
Anaphylactoid reaction, anaphylaxis, angioedema.
Bradycardia, cardiac arrest, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac enlargement, circulatory collapse, congestive heart failure, fat embolism, hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in premature infants, myocardial rupture following recent myocardial infarction (see WARNINGS, Cardio-Renal), edema, pulmonary edema, syncope, tachycardia, thromboembolism, thrombophlebitis, vasculitis.
Acne, allergic dermatitis, dry scaly skin, ecchymoses and petechiae, erythema, impaired wound healing, increased sweating, rash, striae, suppression of reactions to skin tests, thin fragile skin, thinning scalp hair, urticaria.
Decreased carbohydrate and glucose tolerance, development of cushingoid state, hyperglycemia, glycosuria, hirsutism, hypertrichosis, increased requirements for insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents in diabetes, manifestations of latent diabetes mellitus, menstrual irregularities, secondary adrenocortical and pituitary unresponsiveness (particularly in times of stress, as in trauma, surgery, or illness), suppression of growth in pediatric patients.
Fluid And Electrolyte Disturbances
Congestive heart failure in susceptible patients, fluid retention, hypokalemic alkalosis, potassium loss, sodium retention, tumor lysis syndrome.
Abdominal distention, elevation in serum liver enzyme levels (usually reversible upon discontinuation), hepatomegaly, increased appetite, nausea, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer with possible perforation and hemorrhage, perforation of the small and large intestine (particularly in patients with inflammatory bowel disease), ulcerative esophagitis.
Negative nitrogen balance due to protein catabolism.
Aseptic necrosis of femoral and humeral heads, loss of muscle mass, muscle weakness, osteoporosis, pathologic fracture of long bones, steroid myopathy, tendon rupture, vertebral compression fractures.
Convulsions, depression, emotional instability, euphoria, headache, increased intracranial pressure with papilledema (pseudotumor cerebri) usually following discontinuation of treatment, insomnia, mood swings, neuritis, neuropathy, paresthesia, personality changes, psychic disorders, vertigo.
Exophthalmos, glaucoma, increased intraocular pressure, posterior subcapsular cataracts.
Abnormal fat deposits, decreased resistance to infection, hiccups, increased or decreased motility and number of spermatozoa, malaise, moon face, weight gain.
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Aminoglutethimide may diminish adrenal suppression by corticosteroids.
Amphotericin B Injection And Potassium-Depleting Agents
When corticosteroids are administered concomitantly with potassium-depleting agents (e.g., amphotericin B, diuretics), patients should be observed closely for development of hypokalemia. In addition, there have been cases reported in which concomitant use of amphotericin B and hydrocortisone was followed by cardiac enlargement and congestive heart failure.
Macrolide antibiotics have been reported to cause a significant decrease in corticosteroid clearance (see DRUG INTERACTIONS, Hepatic Enzyme Inducers, Inhibitors and Substrates).
Concomitant use of anticholinesterase agents and corticosteroids may produce severe weakness in patients with myasthenia gravis. If possible, anticholinesterase agents should be withdrawn at least 24 hours before initiating corticosteroid therapy.
Anticoagulants, Oral
Co-administration of corticosteroids and warfarin usually results in inhibition of response to warfarin, although there have been some conflicting reports. Therefore, coagulation indices should be monitored frequently to maintain the desired anticoagulant effect.
Because corticosteroids may increase blood glucose concentrations, dosage adjustments of antidiabetic agents may be required.
Antitubercular Drugs
Serum concentrations of isoniazid may be decreased.
Cholestyramine may increase the clearance of corticosteroids.
Increased activity of both cyclosporine and corticosteroids may occur when the two are used concurrently. Convulsions have been reported with this concurrent use.
Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST)
False-negative results in the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in patients being treated with indomethacin have been reported. Thus, results of the DST should be interpreted with caution in these patients.
Digitalis Glycosides
Patients on digitalis glycosides may be at increased risk of arrhythmias due to hypokalemia.
Ephedrine may enhance the metabolic clearance of corticosteroids, resulting in decreased blood levels and lessened physiologic activity, thus requiring an increase in corticosteroid dosage.
Estrogens, Including Oral Contraceptives
Estrogens may decrease the hepatic metabolism of certain corticosteroids, thereby increasing their effect.
Hepatic Enzyme Inducers, Inhibitors And Substrates
Drugs which induce cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP 3A4) enzyme activity (e.g., barbiturates, phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampin) may enhance the metabolism of corticosteroids and require that the dosage of the corticosteroid be increased. Drugs which inhibit CYP 3A4 (e.g., ketoconazole, macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin) have the potential to result in increased plasma concentrations of corticosteroids. Dexamethasone is a moderate inducer of CYP 3A4. Co-administration with other drugs that are metabolized by CYP 3A4 (e.g., indinavir, erythromycin) may increase their clearance, resulting in decreased plasma concentration.
Ketoconazole has been reported to decrease the metabolism of certain corticosteroids by up to 60%, leading to increased risk of corticosteroid side effects. In addition, ketoconazole alone can inhibit adrenal corticosteroid synthesis and may cause adrenal insufficiency during corticosteroid withdrawal.
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents (NSAIDS)
Concomitant use of aspirin (or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents) and corticosteroids increases the risk of gastrointestinal side effects. Aspirin should be used cautiously in conjunction with corticosteroids in hypoprothrombinemia. The clearance of salicylates may be increased with concurrent use of corticosteroids.
In post-marketing experience, there have been reports of both increases and decreases in phenytoin levels with dexamethasone co-administration, leading to alterations in seizure control.
Skin Tests
Corticosteroids may suppress reactions to skin tests.
Co-administration with thalidomide should be employed cautiously, as toxic epidermal necrolysis has been reported with concomitant use.
Patients on corticosteroid therapy may exhibit a diminished response to toxoids and live or inactivated vaccines due to inhibition of antibody response. Corticosteroids may also potentiate the replication of some organisms contained in live attenuated vaccines. Routine administration of vaccines or toxoids should be deferred until corticosteroid therapy is discontinued if possible (see WARNINGS, Infections, Vaccination).This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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Lovely room with bathroom in La Rambla
Size15 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
Accommodation summary
|Calle de la Portaferrissa, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
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House rulesMaximum stay of 7 days. Ideal viajer 's solo or couples. Bathroom. We love the tranquility.Thank you very much.
In the house is a sociable and quiet cat called Gala. Never enters the room. Thank you.
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Reviews of this property
I was welcomed generously by Maria Rosa , she made sure I had everything I needed and answered all my questions. The location is excellent with access to most sites easily achievable on foot. There are also markets close by for the real local flavours.
rosa is such a nice and friendly person
the appartement is in the heart if barcelona next to la rambla. the room is very clean and very comfortable.. i will definetly come back to her place i totally recommend it!!
What shall we say? What a kindly and uncomplicated host with valuable advices, and the best was a brilliant tapa bar in Barceloneta. And this central position. Some meters to La Rambla but very quiet. If there is a chance to come back, we come back - to you!
It was a hearty welcome at Rosa's place & a very nice stay. From the room you will hear the church bells of the inner city.
Rosa is an open & very friendly host. Thank you! :-)
I felt really at home in Rosa's wunderfull appartement. It is perfect, Nice large and clean room situated in centre of Barcelona! Ideal for all your trips. But I enjoyed the company of Rosa and her cat most! Even is she was busy for work, she makes time for you and spoils you with her special ice tea. And we even went on a small tour throughout Barcelona en enjoyed lunch together! Thans to her I had a wonderfull time in Barcelona and even am a little home sick, longing to go to Barcelona again soon hopefully. And ofcourse I want to stay at Rosa's again!
Top location in the center, while very quiet, very pleasant hostess, made us feel "in the middle of Spain."
Top-Lage im Zentrum, dabei absolut ruhig, äußerst angenehme Gastgeberin, wir fühlten uns "mitten in Spanien".
After a fun and open reception by the hostess, we had a nice room and bathroom at our disposal. In the city center, 100 meters from the Ramblas, but absolute quiet in the night to rest from all experiences.
Na een leuk en open ontvangst door de gastvrouw, hadden we een prima kamer en badkamer tot onze beschikking. Midden in het centrum, 100 meter van de Ramblas, maar absolute rust in de nacht om uit te rusten van alle ervaringen.
Location is top, right in the center and be quiet so sleep. Breakfast was less. Coffee was requested or purchased, but had been more fun if it was just a little more care.
Lokatie is top, midden in het centrum en wel rustig, dus lekker slapen. Ontbijt was minder. Koffie werd op verzoek wel gekocht, maar had leuker geweest als het net iets meer verzorgd was.
Rosa in it felt like home! Warm with ease, the room is quiet and pleasant and most ideally located in the heart of the city!
Chez Rosa on s'est senti comme à la maison! Accueil chaleureux en toute simplicité, la chambre est calme et agréable et en plus idéalement située au coeur de la ville!
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Looks great! I like detail on it. I would suggest adding some weathering to the jumpsuit and other soft parts.. I think your doing a great job, your work and effort are paid off!
I completely agree, and that is definitely the next step. Time for Fett to spend some hard time in the Tatooine desert, I am afraid... At present, it looks like he just came back from the Kamino Dry Cleaners


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Town Square
"What do we want as a supervisor, and why would anyone want the job?"
Original post made by [removed], another community, on Feb 16, 2012
Draft Committees met jointly to consider competitive candidates for supervisor in districts 2, 3 and 5, Contra Costa County, last Friday. Committee leaders posed the critical questions, "What does the voting majority want as individual supervisors and a majority on the CCC-BOS?" and "Why would anyone want to be supervisor?" As news service researchers participated in the discussions, more focus was brought to these discussions related to capable and qualified professionals respectfully declining the opportunity for voting majorities in neighborhoods to elect them as the new majority on the CCC-BOS.
Thus, it becomes a question of WHY are the best among us unwilling to add their name to supervisor contests in districts 3 and 5. Certainly, district 2 voters are offered qualifications, capabilities and experience among the candidates to replace a very capable Gayle Uilkema, but such offering are not emerging in districts 3 and 5. Without competitive contests in all three districts, voters will not be able to shape the future of CCC-BOS by a majority representing our will and interests.
Thus, as news services invite their subscribers in Contra Costa County to comment on "What do you want in a supervisor, and why would anyone want the job?" it becomes a public question for your readers' consideration. It would be interesting to review how important change may be as a new majority on the board and what new directions readers want in the actions of our supervisors.
a resident of another community
on Feb 17, 2012 at 7:35 am
Dear Editor,
This morning, news service researchers circulated names of 7 women in Districts 2, 3, and 5 with Mayor Andersen's name included as the benchmark for what qualifies a candidate for supervisor. Among the other women are masters and legal degrees, broad experience in public service, and operational experience in major corporations and institutions.
Most women considering running are encouraged by the voting majority in neighborhoods in their district and shared goals for the future of our county. Thus, again, what do your readers want in a supervisor and how will your readers support their choice?
a resident of another community
on Feb 18, 2012 at 11:12 am
The citizens of Contra Costa have been offered a rare opportunity to change and improve the makeup of the Board of Supervisors. We also have been faced with the possibility of a Board that could be even more beholding to special interest than ever before. It is the special interest that has influenced our elected county officials to give away huge salaries and benefits to public employees along with themselves far exceeding the average income and benefits of the private tax payer sector. Examples of runaway salaries and benefits is the retire at 50 years old, huge salary increases, added perks, the ability to pension spike, and being allowed to double dip. This is our money the incumbents have squandered away.
There are three Supervisorial seats up for grabs. If the status quo remains in two of the three seats then it's more of the same deteriorating services and higher unfunded debt. If the third open seat is won by Tomi Van De Brooke an associate of Mary Piepho, doom and gloom for the average tax payer is inevitable.
What we need in Supervisors is true original thinkers able to implement the will of the people. We need three new Supervisors that cannot be bought by unions, oil, or development. We need three new Supervisors to change the makeup of the BOS to work for the taxpayer unconditionally.
We need a new Board of Supervisors willing to make a better life for the average tax paying citizen of Contra Costa.
a resident of another community
on Mar 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm
@ "Voter" (and all of the aliases that you have been using for several months).
Looks like once again you came up short. Your quips were as hollow as your accusations.
While your comments were off base, the one that really gave some insight to your bad information was this; "Examples of runaway salaries and benefits is the retire at 50 years old, huge salary increases, added perks, the ability to pension spike, and being allowed to double dip. This is our money the incumbents have squandered away."
For the record those "spikes" you referred to were done by members of independent special districts-having NOTHING to do with the County Supervisors. And since you were in such a hurry to falsely blame a certain incumbents (Piepho), I am Sorry to also break it to you but the incumbents not only had NOTHING to do with your accusations. They are actually making some major headway with county debts that some of them did not create. It looks like a certain incumbent (Piepho) is exactly the opposite of how you tried to paint her. So much for your forecast of "Doom and Gloom".
Apparently you were either unaware or purposely put out bad information.
You may want to spend less time trying to fool people and more time educating yourself.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 Columnist for the CC Times;
A bit of good financial news: The county has cut its unfunded liability for retiree health care to $968 million.
It was $2.6 billion in 2006.
The number matters because the higher the figure, the higher the number of dollars the county must contribute each year out of its general purpose funds toward paying it off over a 30-year period. Six year ago, the county's payment was $216 million. This fiscal year, it was $59.8 million. The drop is the result, among other things, of cuts in county employee benefits.


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No Child Left Behind: Supporting America's Teachers
Liability Protection, Loan Forgiveness and Tax Relief
"Teachers deserve all the knowledge and support we can give them. And children deserve the quality education that comes from excellent teachers. This is their birthright".
- Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
As part of the historic effort to improve America's schools, No Child Left Behind and other federal education laws and policies provide strong support for the classroom teacher.
Liability Protection
Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, ensures that teachers, principals and other school professionals can undertake reasonable actions to maintain order and discipline in the classroom without the fear of litigation. It provides protection to teachers, instructors, principals, administrators and other education professionals for reasonable actions taken to maintain discipline, order or control in the school or classroom. Specifically, the law protects educators by:
Limiting the financial liability of teachers for harm they may cause acting on behalf of the school in disciplining students or maintaining classroom order.
Shielding teachers from liability when they act within the scope of their employment and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any harm done to a person was not caused by misconduct, gross negligence, or flagrant indifference to the person's rights or safety.
Generally limiting the availability of punitive and non-economic ("pain and suffering") damages against teachers when they are determined to be liable for their acts.
Extending protection not only to teachers, but also to administrators, other school professionals, non-professional employees responsible for maintaining discipline or safety, and individual school board members.
Loan Forgiveness
Under current law, teachers in schools that serve low-income families are eligible for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness if they were new recipients of Federal Family Education Loans or Direct Stafford Loans after October 1998 and have taught for five consecutive years. For FY 2005, President Bush proposed increasing this amount to as much as $17,500 in loan forgiveness for each highly qualified teacher of math, science and special education who teaches in a high-poverty school.
Additionally, teachers of special education, math, science, foreign language, bilingual education and other fields where a state has found a shortage of teachers may qualify for Perkins loan cancellation. To find out more about loan forgiveness and financial aid, visit www.ed.gov/finaid/landing.jhtml?src=rt.
Tax Relief
Teachers often use their own resources to provide classroom supplies, supplemental materials and other classroom necessities. In 2004, teachers, instructors, counselors, principals and school aides who work at least 900 hours during the school year are eligible to deduct up to $250 of their non-reimbursed classroom expenses from their federal income tax, even if they do not itemize deductions. Eligible expenses include books; school supplies; computer equipment, software and services; and other equipment and supplemental materials used in the classroom.
|In his FY 2005 budget, President Bush proposed increasing the tax deduction for teachers to $400, to cover costs they may incur for classroom materials.


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I also noted how often on passing plays he was just completely stonewalled in 1v1 blocks. That happens to everyone, in every game, even the best players. But you would hope when it does happen that the guy at least gets his hands up to force the Qb to maybe wait a half second longer to throw, or alter his trajectory, or change the passing lanes...etc. I dont even see him do that.
It appears as though he is capable of a nice burst at the snap sometimes. But when that burst doesnt get him immediate results i see a bit too much quit, or fatigue, or something. Whatever it is, in that video, I dont like it.
Again, I am not saying he isnt a good player, just that 1 game is horrid. If I am a NFL GM, I am putting that tape and asking a few questions of this kid. Because there are moments in that video where he looks like a day 3 pick.
*edit* oh and Ty for the vid. that was 1 i had not seen. Appreciate it. Now I must go make out my will so that my wife is protected when NYC comes in here and E-murders me


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Charming Suite in Central Amsterdam
Size23 m²
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|bellamystraat, 1053bg Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The studio consists of a double box spring bed, wall mounted flat-screen TV and a dining table next to a large window overlooking the quiet garden area. There is a small, silent fridge, electric kettle and Nespresso coffee machine. The bathroom features a shower cubicle.
The surrounding area is relaxed, with many excellent restaurants, takeaways, cafes and shops. Beautiful Vondelpark and the Museum Quarter can be reached on foot in 20 minutes.
Buses and trams stop just around the corner. Using public transport, The Anne Frank House Museum can be reached in 10 minutes using public transport. Centraal Station is a 15-minute tram ride away.
House rulesSmoking is permitted in the front garden.
No pets.
Please respect the neighbours and keep noise to a minimum at night.
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Excellent place! A very tastefully decorated studio in a charming old house in the heart of Amsterdam. You will find everything you need, from a lovely shower to a dressing gown and your personal slippers, good quality towels as much as you want, a very good bed with stylish bed linen. Tea- and coffee making facilities, and even a microwave give it the finishing touch. And above all: it has a view on the gardens of the neighbouring houses and is very quiet. Debby is a very friendly host and she gives excellent advice on places to see, coffee bars to go etc. Thank you very much for your hospitality! I will definitely come back!
Beautiful room in a great area right by the market. Debby was a brilliant host and gave us advice on places to visit - we will definitely be back!
lovely apartment in area convenient to the center in just 5 minutes by walk and tram.
wonderful room.
Debby is the perfect host, very kind and ready to satisfy every request and requirement.
if I return in Amsterdam i will be staying here again.
Very nice place to stay in Amsterdam. Tidy flat furnished affectionately and very calm. A bright, large Bathroom and a view through big windows into the garden gives the flat a relaxing atmosphere. We enjoyed our short stay in Debbys Appartment very much, as it felt like a little oasis in contrast to the sometimes loudy and crowdy centre of Amsterdam.
My Wife and I spent four nights at Debby's loft in Amsterdam. We found the room very comfortable and quiet. Debby met us on arrival and made us quite at home for our stay. She was always available for any help or information we needed. The loft is in close proximity to all of the attractions in Amsterdam and it was an easy walk or short tram ride to anywhere we wanted to go. There is an outdoor market just down the street from the loft that had just about any food item you could think of. We were able to purchase food that we could eat in our room after a day on the town. Overall it was a wonderful stay and we would stay with Debby again. We were Debby's first guests. She did a great job and we are sure that you will enjoy your stay also. Thank you again for all.
Jon and Lora Vidnic
Sehr schönes Zimmer bei Debby vorgefunden. Mit frischen Rosen und leckeren Kecksen der Gastgeberin haben wir uns dort sehr wohl gefühlt. Es war ein tolles Wochenende. Debby hat uns direkt mit einem Stadtplan und den wichtigsten Infos versorgt. Sie war jederzeit ansprechbar. Vielen Dank dafür. Die wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten sind mit Bus oder Straßenbahn in wenigen Minuten zu erreichen. Empfehlenswert!
Nous ne regrettons pas notre choix! Grande chambre très douillette idéalement situé pour visiter Amsterdam, au calme, et au coeur d'un quartier vivant. On s'est régalés au marché, à la Spaghetteria recommandée par Debby. Pour l'accueil, tout ce qu'on apprécie : disponible, discret, efficace! Avec en prime des petites attentions qui font toujours plaisir.
Die Gastgeberin zeigte ihren Unmut offen, dass wir eine halbe Stunde zu früh waren. Eine extrem steile Treppe zum Zimmer fand nirgendwo eine Erwähnung. Absolut kein Preis-Leistungsverhältnis.
Un'appartamento in zona tranquilla. È molto carino, pulito, vicino dal centro.
Debby è molto simpatica, ci ha informato qualche ristorante consigliabile vicino dall'alloggio, i trasporti per arrivare al centro, al museo ect. Ect..
io e mio ragazzo ci siamo stati molto bene, se andremmo ancora a Amsterdam, troveremo ancora qui.
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The Departments of English and History are sponsoring a campus lecture on "Remembering the Troubles in Northern Ireland," delivered by Professor Jim Smyth from the University of Notre Dame.
Professor Smyth is author of The Men of No Property. Irish Radicals and Popular Politics in the Late Eighteenth Century (Macmillan, 1992) and The Making of the United Kingdom 1660-1800: State, Religion and Identity in Britain and Ireland (Longmans, 2001) and he is editor of Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Union, Ireland in the 1790s (Cambridge, 2000)--so perhaps it is especially appropriate that he will be speaking on Guy Fawkes Day! Professor Smyth grew up in the Falls Road neighborhood of West Belfast in the 1960s and so can offer an oral history of Northern Ireland during this period that's quite unique.


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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 28
Uuuuh, you guys realize Byakuya was counted as dead but didn't... right?
I bet her kenpachiness dies instead and she returns to being a healer. Or she doesn't die.
If she actually dies, I'll wonder why Kubo ever got married. Prob threatened to kill off her favorite character if she didn't say yes. (a female character of course, he wouldnt dare kill off more than one major good guy.)
|2013-02-13, 08:38
|Link #2365
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 30
This chapter was kind of a mess. The action is very hard to understand (that goes for this whole fight). We can't even tell what Unohana's bankai even does. Does it melt flesh or was just a metaphor? I have no idea.
That fight was a major disappointment.
|2013-02-13, 10:50
|Link #2366
God General
Graphic Designer
isn't that what Hanatarou's shikai does?
absorbs pain and then burst it out to the opponent
also, another show bankai, kill character moment like Yamamoto
|2013-02-13, 11:52
|Link #2368
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Under the 7 seas
Sooooooo our favorite healer has died?_? with out telling use what her bankai does. I calling lies. She hasn't died at all and its all for the shock value. Because why would she have a healing shikai and then a blood thing bankai. Maybe the blood kills the body down to the bones and then reheals your body and that is why hot springs guy said her method of healing was not the right one for Ichigo and co.
|2013-02-13, 14:02
|Link #2373
Join Date: Jan 2009
Age: 26
Unohana will probably die because, unlike Byakuya, she doesn't have a massive whiny fanbase. Kubo doesn't kill old characters who have already displayed everything they have to offer, but any side character who gets some unusually impressive time in the spotlight is bound to be on the chopping block.
|2013-02-13, 14:37
|Link #2374
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
in retrospect her character was never a very big one story-wise. she probably will die here and give her power to kenpachi or at least make him realize his full potential. i was pretty sure byakuya was dead too... although unohana doesnt have the popularity that byakuya and zaraki have so who knows
|2013-02-13, 14:48
|Link #2375
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Under the 7 seas
What if Kenpachi ends up being a healer as welll in memory of Unohana? That would be sommme crazzzzzy healing right there.HE could be like to Ichigo
Kenpachi: "Lets fiiighhhht"
Ichigo:"Sorry dude I'm injured"
Kenpachi: I shallll heal you then now we fighhht untill we can fight no more which would be neverrrr.
Kenpachi the healer has a nice ring to it.
|2013-02-13, 15:47
|Link #2377
Sisterhood of the Desu
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: in a van by the river
So, Kubo....let me get this straight:
You can't kill off Byakuya after THREE FUCKING TIMES and send him off to the RG with his fodder of a sister....but yet you'll kill off the best Healer in the whole entire series and the strongest woman so far just to amp up Big Ape Kenny....
Well, I'll save going nuclear until Kubo makes some kind of hint that she's dead...we all thought Byakuya was dead so who knows....but if this is how he treats Unohana, then I'm not seriously expecting Yoruichi(whenever she comes in) to do anything either. Actually, if Kubo's going to start treating his female characters like shit, then I'm out for good. It's bad enough seeing Rukia constantly shat on...and Inoue being stupid.
|2013-02-13, 16:36
|Link #2378
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
I don't really know what to make of this chapter. So many mixed feelings. But I know this much--if she's dead, Aizen will be the one and only reason I have to keep following this manga. Needless to say, I'd hate for that to happen. On a side note, I've never seen a crack pairing come so close to being official.
|2013-02-13, 17:52
|Link #2380
Sisterhood of the Desu
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: in a van by the river
If this is Kubo's way of making these two canon, then.....RIP Unohana.
And Kubo loses even more readers. Why the fuck is this series STILL apparently doing all right in Japan? Aizen ain't in it anymore, Byakuya might not be in this for a long, LONG time and Rukia's never even in it that much anymore except when Kubo needs a body. Inoue only shows up once in awhile for fanservice or whenever Kubo needs another body. Matsumto and her big tits haven't been in it since early this arc...Kubo probaly has her in half or some dumb shit...and with Uno out for at least this chapter, I get the feeling once she comes back, Yoruichi will be the next Old School name to go.
I can't think of any popular character still in this, other than Renji, Ichigo and Kenny.
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Grand Theft Auto V - General News | @ 01:16 AM MDT | By victim
Before GTA IV's first trailer broke the internet and the game itself was still just a speck on the horizon, Dan Houser boasted the game-world would feel like a "living, breathing city." When it was released, this statement certainly rang true. Liberty City was wall-to-wall covered in realism; from the gritty back alleys full of trash-cans and sleeping vagrants, to pedestrians milling about carrying shopping bags and having cell-phone conversations. The architecture and city-mapping so closely resembled real-life New York that critics labelled Liberty City as the true main-character of the game. Gamers could actually believe that people and characters existed inside this world.
"A living, breathing city." Rockstar sure do love their buzzwords.
Looking forward, we can see GTA V as that speck on the horizon where we once saw IV. Though, Rockstar are boasting something entirely different with this outing. Rockstar's official press-release is promising more than just the most ambitious game they have ever created. They are promising a "bold new direction."
A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.
Generally, for better or worse, people fear change. In the gaming industry, repetition of franchises is what reels in the big bucks and innovation can be somewhat of a daring move. A franchise like Grand Theft Auto could easily keep moving to new locales and creating new protagonists, but how long would it take for the franchise to become drab and complacent for all the wrong reasons? A bold new direction not only implies a risk but also a drastic reimagining of the series.
What could this new direction be? Well, your guess is as good as mine. Let's break down a few of our options.
Multiple Protagonists
IV took a dark approach to the American Dream, while V will move the series' focus towards America's harsh economical climate and the recession. The trailer's voice-over informs that our main character starts the game with quite a bit of money. Having multiple protagonists could allow us to see the flip side to that coin; imagine a character that has to steal and kill to scrape together a living, while contrasted against a more prosperous protagonist.
Rumors of multiple protagonists in V have been circulating the web since before the game was announced. It's something Rockstar have already explored in other games, perhaps most recognizably in GTA IV; with the addition of the two episodic content releases, we got the stories of Luis and Johnny play out simultaneously to the original game. It worked well as the stories weren't weaved intrinsically together - they essentially acted as three separate story arcs played out in one locale. Exploring the suburbs of Alderney on a bike in The Lost and Damned was a different beast when compared to the socialite degeneracy of The Ballad of Gay Tony or the ghetto of Hove Beach.
If V's first trailer told us anything it was that the multiple protagonist rumor may be a little closer to fact than we all had cared to realize. We were treated multiple shots of three separate people, all of which looked like they could have been the game's leading man. Other than the older gentlemen we saw two separate black characters both in heated pursuits with the law. This could mean that pedestrians can now get into hot-and-heavy police chases like our leading characters always could. It could mean something else entirely.
Decisions, Decisions
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Florida Keys runners will have a head start when signing up for the 32nd Annual Seven-Mile Bridge Run, scheduled for April 13.
The race, which attracts runners from all over the country, usually sells out minutes after registration opens online. The race is limited to 1,500 runners. In the effort to provide a small advantage to local runners, race organizers are offering early registration on Thursday, Feb. 7.
"It started as a local event," said Denise Pankow, former race organizer and long-time volunteer. "We welcome runners from all over, but this is a way to help locals get in."
Beginning at 6 a.m., Monroe County residents with a photo ID showing a Keys address will have the opportunity to register at 7MileBridgeRun.com. The organizers plan to establish a limit on the number of runners who will be allowed to register early, but had not determined that number as of press time.
"We have a strong Keys' resident turnout -- my guess would be around 600 -- and would like to give them preferential treatment with the online registration process," said Ginger Sayer, one of this year's race organizers. "Students in Monroe County who have registered through the schools run at no cost to them, and we usually have 100 to 200 of them."
Online registration for all other runners begins at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the same website. The cost to enter is $60 per runner.
Runners will pick up race packets either at the Holiday Inn Express in Marathon from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 12, or beginning at 6 a.m. on race day at the Caboose at Knight's Key. Runners will be required to produce a photo ID matching the address given at registration time to get their number. If the address on the photo ID does not match the information given at the time of registration, the runner will be disqualified and no refund will be given. Runners without numbers will not be allowed to participate.
For the safety of the runners, the bridge will be closed to traffic from 6:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. Runners have 90 minutes to cross the bridge. Those unable to do so will be picked up by buses. All racers will be shuttled back to the starting line at Knight's Key.
Proceeds from the race benefit Middle Keys students with an emphasis on athletics.
"It might buy a set of tires for the [high school] band's trailer, so they can participate in a marching competition," Pankow explained, "or it might buy sand for a playbox. Kids start by building sand castles, but maybe someday they'll build the next universe."
Medals will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place in 15 different age brackets, ranging from under 12 to over 80. Separate medals will be awarded to male and female runners for each place in each age bracket.
First-, second- and third-place medals will also be awarded to male and female wheelchair racers. Lastly, medals will be awarded to males and females, regardless of age bracket, according to the top three finishing times.
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Clinical Exposures: Biliary cystadenomatosis in a ferret
A 6.5-year-old neutered male ferret was presented for evaluation of anorexia and a six-month history of progressive abdominal enlargement. Radiographs demonstrated an abdominal mass, and a multicystic hepatic mass was identified during laparotomy. Because of extensive hepatic involvement, the owner elected to have the ferret euthanized. The visceral organs were removed en masse and submitted to the C. E. Kord Animal Disease Laboratory for gross and histologic examination.
Pathologic evaluation
Microscopically, the heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, spleen, stomach, and small and large intestines appeared normal. The hepatic parenchyma in areas not occupied by neoplastic tissue was unremarkable. Helicobacter species were not observed in the liver and neoplastic tissue stained with modified Steiner's silver stain.
Neoplasia of the bile duct epithelium of the liver in ferrets is uncommon.1 Bile duct (biliary) adenoma, carcinoma, cystadenoma, and cystadenocarcinoma have been reported.1 Bile duct adenoma and carcinoma are also called cholangioadenoma and cholangiocarcinoma, respectively. Biliary cystadenomas are benign multilocular cystic neoplasms, whereas bile duct adenomas lack cyst formation.


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Chick lit darling's new novel tackles depression, says Nicky Pellegrino.
It's the grittiness of Marian Keyes' novels that has always separated them from the rest of the chick lit pack. In the past she has tackled serious themes such as addiction and physical abuse, always managing to maintain the perfect balance of dark and light. Her stories are funny and sad, her characters feel like friends and her writing is sparky and entertaining.
But the topic of her latest book cuts close to the bone for the much-loved Irish writer, who has been suffering from acute depression since 2009. For a while she couldn't get out of bed - never mind write fiction - and when she did return to work it was to produce a novel that explores the mental illness she continues to suffer.
The Mystery Of Mercy Close (Michael Joseph, $38) is a comic mystery that explores Ireland's economic breakdown as well as reflecting Keyes' nervous one. That sounds like a lot of dark and not much potential for light so I was concerned the author might have lost her magic touch.
Another in Keyes' occasional Walsh family series, this is the story of youngest sister Helen Walsh, a private detective whose work has dried up and whose life is falling apart.
She's had to move back in with her parents because she can't afford to pay her mortgage, and worse, there are disturbing signs her problems with depression are returning.
Then Helen lands a case to investigate. Her slimy ex-boyfriend Jay pops up to ask her to track down Wayne Diffney, the missing member of boy band Laddz, so they can get back together for a lucrative series of reunion gigs. The trouble is, Wayne seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth and Helen, who has few leads, spends most of her investigation time lying on the floor of his house.
There's no doubt that the descriptions of Helen's depression are authentic and largely based on Keyes' own experience. "I felt like I'd been poisoned," she writes. "Like my brain was squirting out dirty brown toxins, polluting everything."
Yes, it's very dark as Helen recounts her suicide attempts and her stay in a psychiatric ward; her struggle to find "anti-mad pills" that work, the mess and pain inside her head. There are sections where it feels as if Keyes is talking directly to the reader, trying to make us understand her sickness, and as you read it's difficult to put the author aside completely - which isn't ideal in any sort of fiction.
The saving grace is that, while Keyes may feel as if she's been losing her mind over the past few years, she hasn't lost her trademark humour. Somehow she's managed to make a novel about depression as hilarious as it is meaningful. Although the mystery that's central to the plot isn't especially energising - and the love story only a side dish, Helen Walsh's voice is funny, vulnerable and real.
Fans of Keyes, and there are millions of them, may not pick The Mystery Of Mercy Close as their favourite of her novels but I'm willing to bet they won't be disappointed by it either. And while sufferers of depression won't find any answers here, they will be rewarded by an entertaining story that accurately and originally describes the way they feel.