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Luxurious Apartment in Popular Area
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- Lockable room
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Elevator in building
- Parking available
- Pets allowed
Accommodation summary
This comfortable apartment of the area of 90 m2 has been furnished to the highest standards including distinguish furniture, a fully fitted kitchen and sumptuous bathroom. Spacious and cozy created especially for those, who do not want to overpay for hotel. Everything in this apartment is designed to make your stay as delightful as possible. It is equipped with two king size beds, two single beds, big sofa, table, wardrobe, fridge, TV-SAT.
The apartment has 3 king size beds (160x200), sofa bed, 3 wardrobes, TV 32" with digital SAT, table, chairs, gas cooker, oven, fridge, microwave, kettle, plates, glasses , towels, hairdryer, soap. Iron and iron board available on request.
This apartment has been created especially for those, who wants to have a high-standard accommodation in Krakow, within easy reach of Old Town, and do not want to overpay for a hotel.
The streets that surround the apartment have many popular tourist spots and also bars, cafes and restaurants, including the famous Loch Camelot, which is within easy reach.
The apartment is perfectly designed up to 4 people.
The apartment is situated on Tomasza street, one minute away from Main Square. All monuments and cultural highlights are just next to you. Old town, within the apartment is located, is the Cracow centre of culture events with uncountable coffee houses and restaurants. For those who wants to get to know Krakow 's "night life" music clubs and pubs will be waiting for just nearby.
The central location of our apartment causes that you are able to reach all those attraction just walking, there is no need to use a car o taxi. Next to apartment there are parking facilities (extra charge).
House rulesCheck-in 14:00
Check-out 11:00
Check-in should be made at the office, which is located at 39 St. Florianska, where you will be taken to the apartment by staff.
|Weekly rate for up to 5 guests
|£ 592
|Monthly rate for up to 5 guests
|£ 2270
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews for this host's other properties
Upon Arrival we have been changed to another appartment, but with the same facilities and also close to the city centre. I was big enough and clean with all the facilities we need. The location was great and we didn't have any Problems.
Highly recommended. It's agency with many apartments, very professional and resourceful. Upon arrival we were informed that our apartment had been damaged and were moved to a larger one. Change without paying more. Upon arrival we saw that the TV did not have USB and changed us for another very fast. I recommend it without any doubt, very friendly and professional. They have in the office with a person who speaks Spanish, not met but is very useful.
Right in the centre of town. Easy walk to everything. Big apartment. We (me, wife and 18 year old son) were very comfortable. We parked our hire car out of town for 3 days then caught a tram back to the apartment.
Apartment very well located a few blocks from Plaza the historical center, quiet street so you can sleep well.
It has enough amenities to make any breakfast or dinner on days that have made some Excursion do not leave apatece restaurant. It also has Placha, TV, WiFi and a small kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, cutlery dishes, etc ..
The bed is comfortable and spacious, the bathroom recently renovated has ducha.secador hair, towels.
Overall compared to other options in the environment I think it is a combination; quality, location and excellent price.
Apartamento muy bien situado a un par de calles de la plaza del centro historico, calle tranquila por lo que se puede descansar bien.
Cuenta con las suficientes comodidades para poder desayunar o realizar alguna cena en dias que por haber realizado alguna escursión no te apatece salir de restaurante. Tambien dispone de placha, TV, wifi y una pequeña cocina con nevera, microondas, platos cubiertos, etc..
La cama es cómoda y espaciosa, el cuarto de baño reformado recientemente dispone de ducha.secador de pelo, toallas.
En general comparando con otras opciones del entorno me parece que tiene una combinación; calidad, situación y precio excelente.
The appartameto is located in the main street of the center, is very large and we found it clean so far so good, the problem is that they forgot to say that we must do without acsensore 4 floors and 2 luggage, a controls, a passseggino and 3 children 2 to 5 years c''è been some problems, the matrimoniane bed in the loft is laid directly on the wooden floor and assure that the mattress springs create some problems, the sofa in addition to a few holes and is the less, has several spots of dirt and meleodorante.
L'appartameto si trova nella via principale del centro, è molto ampio e l'abbiamo trovato pulito fin qui tutto bene,il problema è che si sono dimenticati di dire che bisogna fare 4 piani senza acsensore e con 2 bagagli,un trolli,un passseggino e 3 figli da 2 a 5 anni qualche problema c''è stato,il letto matrimoniane nel soppalco è posato direttamente sul pavimento in legno e assicuro che le molle del materasso qualche problema lo creano,il divano oltre a qualche buco ed è il meno,ha parecchie macchie di sporcizia ed è meleodorante.
The actually rented apartment was not obtainable due to an accident. Uncomplicated was a similar apartment in the city center (Florianska) offered. There, the nights are of course very noisy as it is located almost at the party mile. All in all, everything went well, eventful days in a wonderful city.
Die eigentlich angemietete Wohnung war leider aufgrund einer Havarie nicht beziehbar. Unkompliziert wurde eine vergleichbare Wohnung im Stadtzentrum (Florianska) angeboten. Dort sind die Nächte natürlich sehr laut, da man sich quasi auf der Partymeile befindet. Alles in allem hat alles gut geklappt, erlebnisreiche Tage in einer wunderbaren Stadt.
Apartment located in one of the main streets of the historical part of Krakow (c / Florianska). Apartment noisy at night. No lift. Above they were working to reform the opposite building starting at 7 am (more noise).
The photos do not correspond to the actual state of the apartment. It is much more average.
I would not go back to this apartment.
Apartamento situado en una de las calles principales de la zona histórica de Cracovia ( c/Florianska). Apartamento bastante ruidoso por la noche. Sin ascensor. Encima estaban trabajando reformando el edificio enfrente empezando a las 7 de la mañana ( más ruido ) .
Las fotos no corresponden con el estado real del apartamento. Es mucho más normalita.
Yo no volvería otra vez a este apartamento.
The appartment is located in a very good place because
Is into the old city and near the old square. The problem
With this appartment is the four large floors that we must
Climbed by foot with our bagages and the kitchen has no
Windows and there aré no living room.
A major deficiency was that we did not get the apartment we have booked over the Internet.
The replacement unit was indeed located sufficiently large and central.
Unfortunately, over a beer house where until well after noon eight loud live music was made so that only could sleep, who had the day completely exhausted.
Ein großer Mangel war, dass wir nicht die Wohnung bekommen haben, die wir über das Internet gebucht haben.
Die Ersatz -Wohnung war zwar ausreichend groß und zentral gelegen.
Leider gegenüber einem Bierhaus, wo bis weit nach mittagnacht laut Life Musik gemacht wurde, so dass nur schlafen könnte, wer sich tagsüber völlig verausgabt hatte.
Effective organisation and flexible arrangements. Absolutely central area and vintage building (what many look forward in Cracow). The apartment itself is in good condition. With few adjustments, it could be super (towels in the bathroom, sink in the kitchen and a couple of other things). The kitchen is small but functional. Still, I can recommend it.
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Ball State's visual communication (graphic design) program prepares students to be designers of information, which in a broad sense covers everything about our environment: the spaces in which people live and work, the products they purchase, and the messages they send. Visual communication requires attention to detail and cultural awareness. Design education is more than learning technical skills.
Our curriculum develops the student's skills, perceptions, and problem-solving abilities. Visual communication students work with professors to thoughtfully edit and revise their work for presentation and to coalesce their personal growth in creating their unique portfolios. All of these activities are important parts of "real-world" performance.
Through this self-contributing, collaborative effort, students understand and value their work, attain a sense of responsibility for their performance, and achieve ownership of their new abilities. All of these are valuable characteristics for entering their chosen profession.
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Rothfuss, Joan. "Yayoi Kusama." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
© 2005 Walker Art Center
Yayoi Kusama's art is vivid, courageous, relentless, and highly idiosyncratic. It is born equally of her compulsion to create and her immense ambition to succeed as an artist—a profession not considered suitable for Japanese women of her generation. In 1957, she immigrated to the United States to pursue her work, and two years later she had her first solo exhibition at the Brata Gallery, New York. She showed a group of vast abstract canvases that she called Infinity Nets, each with an all-over, interlocking pattern of lines and lacunae. "Massive, solid lace" was how Donald Judd described them in a review of the exhibition; Kusama herself has related the Nets to her lifelong hallucinations—overwhelming visions of dots, flowers, and nets that threaten to obliterate her and everything around her.1 To escape annihilation, so to speak, she kept her repetitive visions at arm's length by confining them within her artworks.
Kusama continued to paint throughout the 1960s, and also made monochromatic collages of paper dots and stickers that recall the repetitive patterning of the Infinity Nets. Around 1961, she also began making obsessively decorated sculpture she sometimes called Compulsion Furniture. She and Judd, who had become a friend, scavenged the streets of Manhattan for cast-off objects, which she covered with dried noodles or protruding phallic shapes sewn of canvas and stuffed with cotton. Her first sculptural work, Accumulation No. 1 (1961), is an old armchair frame that bristles with a multitude of white-painted phalluses. Subsequent objects—made from a couch, an ironing board, a baby carriage, high-heeled shoes, a kitchen stool—evoke a domestic environment nightmarishly (and hilariously) overrun by thousands of proliferating penises. Among this early group is the Walker Art Center's Oven-Pan (1963), a small piece that continues the theme of obsessive, dangerous consumption. A baking pan overflows with copper-colored phalluses, soft as yams; they have apparently mushroomed unexpectedly, for in the center of the pan sits an abandoned spoon holding a small serving of the dish. Presumably interrupted in mid-serve, the cook has fled. Kusama later said that works such as this embodied her ambivalence toward the erotic: "The sexual obsession and the fear of sex sit side by side in me."2
While adamantly her own, Kusama's spare paintings and cartoonish sculptures developed alongside Pop Art and have been perceived as cousins of Claes Oldenburg's soft sculptures and Andy Warhol's gridded paintings. Her sculptural installations and riotous public performances—which she called Naked Happenings, Anatomic Explosions, and Orgies—also flowed with the zeitgeist of the 1960s, featuring psychedelic light shows, group sex, and quasi-political protests. She appeared constantly in the tabloid media, but her notoriety eventually soured her art-world audience and she became unable to support herself through sales of her work. Under severe emotional and financial strain, she returned to Japan in 1972; a few years later, she voluntarily became a resident of a private psychiatric clinic in Tokyo. She has lived there since, maintaining a studio and continuing to make her work. Her career has been the subject of renewed interest since the late 1980s, when a retrospective of her work was organized in New York,3 and in 1993 she was the sole artist to represent Japan in the Venice Biennale.
Donald Judd, "Reviews and Previews: New Names This Month—Yayoi Kusama," Artnews 58, no. 6 (October 1959): 17. Kusama has often spoken of her mental illness and its relationship to her work. See Lynn Zelevansky's essay in Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958–1968, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998), 10–41. ↩
Quoted by Andrew Solomon in "Dot Dot Dot," Artforum 36, no. 6 (February 1997): 72. ↩
The exhibition Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective was curated by Alexandra Munroe and opened at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York, in 1989. ↩
Rothfuss, Joan. "Yayoi Kusama." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
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"Blackjacking: Security Threats to Blackberry, PDA's, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise" By Daniel Hoffman, published by Wiley. ISBN: 0470127546; Published: April 30, 2007; Pages: 336; Edition: 1st.
Each chapter begins with a realistic hack taking place in a common and easy to understand scenario. An example would be, "Joe, Northeast sales manager for a Fortune 500 financial services company was at Starbucks checking his e-mail and accessing private customer mutual fund account information with his Blackberry…unbeknownst to Joe, he has just been hacked…" The chapter would then illustrate the exact steps taken to perform the hack and inform the reader of what steps and procedures need to be implemented to prevent the hack from taking place. This illustration would include screenshots of the programs used to perform the hacks and diagrams to help the reader visualize what is taking place with the depictions and explanations being very visual in nature. Each mobile device (Blackberry, PDA and Cell Phone) will be represented in the book and specific, numerous hacks and protective measures will be illustrated for each device. All examples apply across the board to all mobile device hardware and software.
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The opening track on Wellington drummer Myele Manzanza's debut solo album samples voicemail messages left by his supportive but weary neighbours, Jill and Tony, who can no longer handle his drumming practice at 11.25pm. It's perhaps indicative not so much of Manzanza being an obstinate or callous fellow, but rather his dedication to his craft. For, at 23, he is one passionately bad-ass drummer. And it turns out he's an impressive songwriter, programmer, and producer too.
While he's been one- third of progressive soul trio Electric Wire Hustle for more than four years, along with spending time on the skins for Olmecha Supreme, Recloose, and his renowned father, Sam Manzanza (who Myele credits as a huge influence), this is his first time in charge of a song set, and he's come up with 10 psychedelic, funk-jazz-soul-afro-beat tracks, featuring a wide array of illustrious guests. Mark de Clive Lowe, Ladi6, Crete Haami, Isaac Aesili, and his fellow EWH musicians David Wright and Mara TK are just a few of those involved. Vocalist Bella Kalolo and keyboardist Steph Brown round out the trio on early stand-out track Absent, with its hip-hop influenced beats, seductive croon, and Prince-esque moments of instrumentation.
It's hard to pick stand-outs, each track offering a different sonic journey, but City of Atlantis is a true highlight - a cool, grooving, soundscape of woodwind, low strings, and hip-swaying beats, which curl around rhymes from Charlie K and a touching verse from Ladi6. Delay is a cloud of, well, delay, but with sharp patterns and fragmented synth riffs, and closing track Me I Know Him is a showcase of precisely weaving rhythms under breathy vocal waves.
There is an amazing attention to detail and space, and even if things occasionally stretch over into the direction of avant-garde and academic, Manzanza has such perfect rhythmic feel that it doesn't matter. It's a beautifully crafted treat for your ears.
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text: Maybe if people didn't make countless threads that trash Romo then maybe those posters wouldn't have to defend him all the time. I feel bad for people that want Romo, I really do. This franchise has shown me nothing that they can find quarterbacks and have instant success. After Aikman, we had 9 quarterbacks after him and none of them had any success. Romo was on our team for nearly 3 teams before he was given a chance to shine and he's been our quarterback for the last 7 years. This team is horrible at finding quarterbacks and I guarantee we will go through the same thing we went through with Aikman when Romo leaves. Fix the damn offensive line and Romo will get us deep into the playoffs and possibly into the Super Bowl. If we don't, Romo is gonna leave and we're gonna spend countless years looking for our next quarterback and all the haters will realize how important Romo was to this team. He's the only reason we're even relevant now and some of you can't grasp that fact.


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Original post made by Community courtesy, another community, on Apr 10, 2009
It is fascinating that opposition to Measure C can be labeled as Michael James Arata's opposition. The reality of opposition, now being erased by e-exchange distributions, is the result of lack of publicly presented planning for the uses of all sources of income by SRVUSD. Iron Horse neighborhoods, ad hoc Measure C committee, developed a summary plan and budget using the SRVUSD website information and distributed the summary to e-exchange participants from Alamo School to Dougherty Valley.
Ed's point of $12 per month was reduced to an increase over current parcel tax of <$5 per month in COST segment of the summary due to the $54 per year increase over the $90 currently paid per residence. Clearly, SRVUSD provided exceptional information for study in its official forms. Media, including you, should have been the author of public summary distributed by Iron Horse neighborhoods.
Hal, as a community courtesy
REF: Cheaper than no Prop. 13
Dear Editor:
Other than Mike Arata, who apparently opposes anything the San Ramon Valley school district might propose, I can't imagine any reasonable taxpayer in the district who would not support paying a measly 12 bucks a month to continue programs that enrich the lives of our students. Twelve dollars! What a bargain considering that if Prop. 13 were not in force, we would be paying so much more.
Ed Angle, Danville
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I keep having my comments erased. I'm sorry my opinions are too real for people to take. Your censorship won't stop me. I went to los cerros and monte vista. I'm 27 and I think 75% of the teachers were total losers. I remember my math teacher used to flirt with the 8th grade girls and hide behind the projector screen like a 4 year old. We don't need more money. We need less teachers. When my parents went to school, there were fifty to ninety kids per class, and they learned more. Why? Because everyone shut up and listened. We need discipline in the class. One way to break down discipline is to amp the kids up on sugar. We should not have candy and sodas sold in schools. The teachers unions fought getting rid of jumk food in schools because they want to tax it to give the money "to the schools," ie: to them. They don't give a damn about the kids. Their demands for smaller class sizes is because that means we have to hire more teachers. By the way, we already have plenty of money being sucked from our property taxes to go to our schools. The problem is, we don't spend it on our kids. We send it to Oakland and Richmond, on bilingual education for illegal immigrants and group home kids who murder our children (Rylan Fuchs.) No doubt, 90% of the extra money that they wish to take from us through prop C will within a few years be allotted to other schools.
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text: Longfold Farm (6 reviews) from £8.00 to £15.00 Family + unit Contact Us Select Section Overview This is a Certificated Site (CS). These select sites are small, privately run campsites that operates under the Club's jurisdiction and can only accommodate up to 5 caravans or motorhomes and up to 10 trailer tents or tents, unless express permission has been given by the Club to accommodate more. They range from secluded Hideaways to fully facilitated family friendly sites, and are often found in locations where larger commercial sites are prohibited so you could be camping close to a beach or in the National Park, for example. Site Details This site was last visited by a Site Officer in 2016. 0.5 acre, level. Bkg ad. Directions Directions to this site are available to members when logged in. Facilities Longfold Farm has the following facilities on or around the site. Touring Caravans Trailer Tents Grass only pitch (no electric) Flushing toilet No dedicated accessible facilities Chemical toilet disposal point Gas cylinders Designated dog walk Motorhomes Tents A well-sheltered site Washbasins Backpacker facilities Ball games Pets welcome Facilities that are off site within one mile of the entrance Shop Fishing (licence may be required) Take-away Payphone Childrens play area Restaurant Bar Reviews Review 1 |2 |Next » Expand review Recommended: yes 4.7 This was our 1st visit to this site & we would definitely go again. Pat & Derek (Club Member) stayed Jan 2014 This review is for Longfold Farm This was our 1st visit to this site & we would definitely go again. The site is in a paddock partly sheltered from the rest of the farm. Although there was only 1 toilet & shower room it was spotlessly clean. The only downside was having to wait while people took lengthy showers. Another toilet would be great. In the meantime could I suggest a chair(plastic 1 would do) to help people with mobility problems when getting showered/dressed, & maybe a mirror. I would recommend this site to my family & friends, and look forward to our next visit. Towing: Easy Location: Country Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 4 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 We had booked a 2 night stay at the nearby Leisure lakes ( I wouldn't bother looking If I was... Michelle Lomax (Club Member) stayed May 2014 This review is for Longfold Farm We had booked a 2 night stay at the nearby Leisure lakes ( I wouldn't bother looking If I was you ... It was awful) we stayed for 10 minutes then asked for our money back and left ! I contacted Longfold Farm having read the great reviews. We wasn't let down. As we arrived we was approached by the owner. We asked if he had a taxi number to take us to the nearest pub for some dinner as we had come straight from the school pick up. He offered to take us but we said it was ok as we didn't want to put him out. We set up and next minute his wife Tammy pulled up in her car stating she would take us. She drove us to the Blue Anchor pub (about 1/2 mile away which served lovely food -all you could eat for �4.99) Tammy told us to ring her when we wanted picking up. She kindly picked us up a couple of hours later. Very kind of her. Sadly it rained most of Saturday but we still had a stroll into a village called Croston. Had to walk on the road a lot of the way as no pavement. (Not good with children). Not much there. Again ended up in a pub called The Crown Hotel which was nice. All in all a lovely stay with friendly owners. Would definitely recommend. Towing: Easy Location: Country Suitable For: Families Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 4.7 Tammy & Andrew gave us warm welcome. 2yokies (Club Member) stayed Jun 2013 This review is for Longfold Farm Tammy & Andrew gave us warm welcome. Spoilt for choices when pitching, lovely nearly flat field. Shower/toilet facilities very good. Our dog enjoyed the walks from the site by the mica-lite landing strip! Towing: Easy Location: Country Suitable For: Older couples,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 4 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 4.3 The site is easy to find and Andrew and Tammy were delightful hosts showing an interest in you... Bozza B (Club Member) stayed Jul 2013 This review is for Longfold Farm The site is easy to find and Andrew and Tammy were delightful hosts showing an interest in you without being nosey. The site is a lush, flat, partly sheltered paddock area with ehu (we didn't use it) with plenty of space overlooking the countryside and we were lucky enough to spot a buzzard riding the thermals! Half of the on site portokabin hides a spotlessly clean toilet and shower room whereas the other half if emptied, could easily be converted to a 'family room' providing a sink for washing up and the likes of a kettle and toaster or even a fridge. These additions would make what is already a lovely little hideaway into a perfect away from it all location. Location: Country Suitable For: Families,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 3 1 |2 |Next » Pricing The fees for Longfold Farm were last updated in 2016.The following fees are just given as a guide, so please always check with the site.The fee for staying on site for one night is :£8.00 - £12.00 for 2 Adults, 2 Children plus 1 Unit £12.00 - £15.00 for 2 Adults, 2 Children, 1 Unit including Hook-up * Please note the site open dates are 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017


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Granola goes glam when stowed in a see-through container decked out with tinsel. Nuts, dried fruit and more make a crunchy mix for topping oatmeal or eating by the handful. Tie on mini holiday bulbs fancied up with a metallic paint. —Johnna Johnson, Scottsdale, Arizona
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- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup salted pumpkin seeds or pepitas
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup sunflower kernels
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 package (7 ounces) dried fruit bits
- In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; set aside.
- In a small saucepan, combine the honey, brown sugar, syrup, wheat germ, oil and cinnamon. Cook and stir over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Pour over the oat mixture and toss to coat.
- Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 22-27 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Cool completely on a wire rack. Stir in fruit bits. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 7 cups.
Originally published as Great Granola in Taste of Home December/January 2012, p61
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Reviewed Apr. 7, 2012
"Fantastic recipe and easy to make. Everytime I make it for someone who has not tasted it before, they want the recipe. The ingredients can be pricey, but if bought in bulk can make a lot! Make this recipe all the time!"
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2012
"I make several food baskets to give at Christmas time and included this granola this past Christmas. EVERYONE absolutely loved this granola and asked for, not only the recipe, but for me to make more for them!!! For the dried fruits, I used bulk instead of buying the packaged mix. I used dried cranberries, strawberries, blueberrys & bananas. The fruit was the only deviation from the original recipe."


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The name you should call a Chad if you want to piss him off. It is also the right way to alongate Chad's name. Only people who are awesome can call Chad , Chaddery.
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How do you write a computer program that creates the illusion of stretching elastic bands between pegs of a Geoboard? The answer contains some surprising mathematics.
Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by making and testing your own circuits and fill in the blanks in truth tables to record your findings.
Investigate circuits and record your findings in this simple introduction to truth tables and logic.
Published September 2009,February 2011.
In virtually all mechanics problems some modelling assumptions need to be made in order to simplify the problems to a point where they can be analysed. Here we will consider two of the more common models that are used in the context of the Model Solutions problem - constant gravitational acceleration and
neglection of air resistance - and look at how they affect the validity of the analysis.
Some of the mathematics here is quite involved (knowledge of vector notation and how to solve linear second order differential equations will be required) and also often quite long winded - this has intentionally been left the case however to demonstrate the importance modelling assumptions play in simplifying the mathematical analysis of even apparently simple physical situations.
The universal gravitation law is:
$$\mathbf{F_g} = \frac{-GMm}{r^2} \mathbf{\hat{r}}$$
Where $\mathbf{F_g}$ is the force acting on a body of mass $m$ due to gravitational attraction to a second body of mass $M$ with vector from the centre of mass of the second body to that of the first $\mathbf{r} = r \mathbf{\hat{r}}$ (with $\mathbf{\hat{r}}$ being a unit vector) . $G$ is the gravitational constant and in SI units has value $6.67300 \times 10^{-11} \textrm{ m}{^3} \textrm{
kg}^{-1} \textrm{ s}^{-2}$.
The gravitational acceleration experienced by the body is therefore:
$$\mathbf{a_g} = \frac{-GM}{r^2} \mathbf{\hat{r}}$$
It can be seen that this acceleration is a function of the separation between the bodies, specifically there is an inverse square law relationship. However in most problems (based on Earth!) we assume a constant acceleration due to gravity, $g = 9.81 \textrm{ ms}^{-2}$. How can this be valid?
The assumption comes from the composition of the separation $r$ term for bodies in the Earth's gravitational field. For an object at an altitude $h$ above the Earth's surface, $r = h + R_E$ where $R_E$ is the radius of the Earth (approximately 6738 km). In general however $h \ll R_E$ and therefore it is valid to assume $r \approx R_E$ to a good degree of accuracy (for instance even for $h = 10
\textrm{ km}$, the cruise altitude of a jet airliner, the error in the acceleration associated with assuming $r = R_E$ is less than 0.2%).
Using the figures for $G$ and $R_E$ above and mass of Earth of $M_E = 5.9742 \times 10^{24} \textrm{ km}$ gives:
$$g = \frac{GM_E}{R_E^2} = 9.80 \textrm{ ms}^{-2}$$
(Note: The difference from the conventional value of $g = 9.81 \textrm{ ms}^{-2}$ arises from the variation in the Earth's radius with latitude due to it's non-spherical shape, with the standardised value using a slightly different $R_E$ from that quoted).
To show how assuming constant $g$ affects the analysis of the motion of objects, we will consider the motion of the shot put from the Model Solutions problem with and without the assumption. For now we will make the further modelling assumptions of a point mass with no air resistance to keep things (relatively!) simple.
Let the shot be projected at initial velocity $\textbf{v}(0) = p \textbf{i} + q \textbf{j}$
By symmetry arguments, the shot will take the same time to travel from its launch point to the apex of its trajectory, as from the apex to when it is again level with the point it was launched from. At the apex it will have instantaneous vertical speed $v = 0$ with the time it takes to reach there $\frac{1}{2}T$. $u$, $v$ and $a$ are known and $t$ is wanted therefore use constant acceleration
formula $v = u + at$.
$$ \Rightarrow 0 = q + (-g) \frac{1}{2}T$$
Time taken to return to the same height as the launch point is therefore $T = \frac{2q}{g}$.
There is no net horizontal force on the shot throughout its flight and so its horizontal velocity remains constant at $p$. The horizontal range of the shot, $d$, is therefore:
$$d = pT = \frac{2pq}{g}$$
As established above:
$$a_g = \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 r}{\mathrm{d}t^2} = \frac{-GM_E}{r^2}$$
This is a non-linear second order ordinary differential equation and with the boundary conditions applicable in this case ($r(0) = R_E$ and $\dot{r}(0)=q$) it has no analytical solution in terms of elementary functions. To proceed we must therefore use a numerical technique to obtain an approximated solution.
Here we will use what is called Verlet integration, a numerical method often used in the computations involved in modelling motion.
The displacement $r$ of the particle is some function of time $t$. Considering $r$ at some time $t + \delta t$, we can form a Taylor series expansion:
$$r \left( t + \delta t \right) = r(t) + \frac{\mathrm{d}r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t} \delta t + \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t^2} \frac{\delta t ^2}{2!} + \frac{\mathrm{d}^3 r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t^3} \frac{\delta t ^3}{3!} + O(\delta t ^4)$$
And similarly:
$$r \left( t - \delta t \right) = r(t) - \frac{\mathrm{d}r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t} \delta t + \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t^2} \frac{\delta t ^2}{2!} - \frac{\mathrm{d}^3 r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t^3} \frac{\delta t ^3}{3!} + O(\delta t ^4)$$
Adding these two together gives:
$$r \left( t + \delta t \right) + r \left( t - \delta t \right) = 2r(t) + \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 r(t)}{\mathrm{d}t^2} \delta t ^2 + O(\delta t ^4)$$
Rearranging, substituting in the expression derived for acceleration and assuming $\delta t$ is small so terms in $\delta t^4$ and above can be ignored:
$$r \left( t + \delta t \right) = 2 r(t) - r(t - \delta t) - \frac{GM \delta t^2}{r(t)^2}$$
We now have an equation we can apply iteratively to compute how $r$ varies with $t$ given two starting values, so to find the range we continue iterating until the object returns to it's starting height. Although it would of course be possible to do this by hand, this would be extremely time consuming and prone to human error, with thousands of iterations likely to be needed. Such a task is
however ideally suited to being carried out on a computer and this is how the figures that will be used for comparison below have been generated. Although not directly relevant to the article for those who are interested at how this might be done below is an example in Python.
G = 6.673e-11
M = 5.9742e+24
R = 6.378e+06
dt = 0.001
#Function to calculate range of particle given initial
#velocity v = pi + qj under constant gravity
def calcRangeConst(p, q):
g = (G*M)/(R*R)
return 2*p*q/g
#Function to calculate range of particle given initial
#velocity v = pi + qj under variable gravity
def calcRangeVar(p, q):
hp = R
h = hp + q*dt + 0.5*(-(G*M)/(R*R))*dt*dt
while h> =R:
temp = h
a = -(G*M)/(h*h)
h = 2*h - hp + a*dt*dt
hp = temp
return t*p
Having now established methods for calculating ranges of a projected particle under both variable and constant gravitational acceleration, we can now identify the effect that assuming constant gravitational acceleration has. Below are calculated values for the range of a particle projected at various initial speeds under both constant and variable gravitational acceleration.
As suggested by the negligible change in gravitational acceleration over even very large height differences, the effect of modelling gravity as constant has virtually no effect on range. The diecrepancy increases with increasing vertical projection speed (with horizontal projection speed having no effect as would be expected), but even at quite significant speeds the percentage difference is
tiny. It therefore seems fair to say that it is valid to model projectile motion as being under constant gravity in virtually all cases. The error introduced into results is virtually certain to be insignificant in comparison to those introduced by other necessary modelling assumptions. An equally important point is that from the working above it is evident that this model simplifies the range
calculations massively, without this assumption it not in fact possible to solve the problem analytically at all.
The neglection of air resistance is a fairly major modelling assumption to make as drag effects can have a significant effect on an object's trajectory. However to accurately account for the effects of air resistance is very difficult as it has a complex dependence on the velocity of the object and of the properties of the fluid it is moving through, with only numerical rather than analytical
solutions possible.
For low velocity motion through a fluid such as air, a very basic model of air resistance where the magnitude of the resistive force is proportional to the relative velocity between the object and fluid and is always directed to oppose motion, can be used to give a general indication of it's effects. This is called Stoke's drag, and the relevant
equation is:
$$\mathbf{F_{drag}} = - b \mathbf{v}\,,$$
where $\mathbf{F_{drag}}$ is the drag force experienced by an object moving with velocity $\mathbf{v}$ relative to the fluid it is moving through. The proportionality constant $b$ depends on the viscosity of the fluid and geometry of the object.
In general air resistance will decrease both the horizontal range and time in air of the shot put, with the level of the effect depending on the value of the proportionality constant $b$. Below the equations of motion for a shot-put thrown both with and without air resistance considered are derived to demonstrate this.
As before, let the shot be projected at initial velocity $\textbf{v}(0) = p \textbf{i} + q \textbf{j}$ from position $\mathbf{r}(0) = 0 \mathbf{i} + 0 \mathbf{j}$
Applying Newton's Second Law to the shot in the vertical direction:
$$m\ddot{y} = -mg \Rightarrow \ddot{y} = -g$$
Integrating with respect to time twice:
$$\dot{y} = -gt + A$$ $$\ddot{y} = -\frac{1}{2}gt^2 + At + B$$
Applying initial conditions to find constants:
$$y(0) = 0 \Rightarrow 0 = -g(0) + A \Rightarrow A = 0$$ $$\dot{y}(q) = \frac{1}{2}g(0) + A(0) + B \Rightarrow B = q$$ $$\therefore y = qt - \frac{1}{2}gt^2$$
There are no forces acting on the shot in the horizontal direction, and so there is no horizontal acceleration. The horizontal speed therefore remains constant.
$$\therefore x = pt$$
The overall equation of motion is therefore:
$$\textbf{r}(t) = (pt) \textbf{i} + (qt - \frac{1}{2}gt^2) \textbf{j}$$
To calculate the range of the shot-put, the time $T$ at which the shot returns to ground level needs to be calculated
$$\Rightarrow qT -\frac{1}{2}gT^2 = 0 \Rightarrow T = \frac{2q}{g}$$
Substituting this into the equation for the horizontal motion, give the range:
$$D = pT = \frac{2pq}{g}$$
Applying Newton's Second Law to the shot put in the vertical direction:
$$m\ddot{y} = -mg - b\dot{y} \Rightarrow \ddot{y} + \frac{b}{m}\dot{y} = -g$$
This is a inhomogeneous linear second order differential equation in $y$ and can be solved using the complementary function / particular integral technique.
Complementary function:
$$\lambda^2 + \frac{b}{m}\lambda = 0 \Rightarrow \lambda\left(\lambda + \frac{b}{m}\right) = 0 \Rightarrow \lambda = 0 \textrm{ or } -\frac{b}{m}$$ $$\Rightarrow y_{CF} = Ae^{0t} + Be^{-\frac{b}{m}t} = A + Be^{-\frac{b}{m}t}$$
Particular integral:
$$y_{PI} = Ct \Rightarrow \dot{y}_{PI} = C ;\ \ddot{y}_{PI} = 0$$ $$\Rightarrow 0 + \frac{b}{m}C = -g \Rightarrow C = - \frac{mg}{b}$$
Superposition $y = y_{CF} + y_{PI}$:
$$y = A + Be^{-\frac{b}{m}t} - \frac{mg}{b}t$$ $$\dot{y} = \frac{-bB}{m}e^{-\frac{b}{m}t} - \frac{mg}{b}$$
$$y(0) = 0 \Rightarrow 0 = A + B(1) - \frac{mg}{b}(0) \Rightarrow A = -B$$ $$\dot{y}(0) = q \Rightarrow q = \frac{-bB}{m}(1) - \frac{mg}{b}$$ $$B = \frac{-m}{b} \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right) \Rightarrow A = \frac{m}{b} \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right)$$ $$\therefore y = \frac{m}{b} \left( \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right) \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}t} \right) - gt \right)$$
Applying Newton's Second Law to the shot-put in the horizontal direction:
$$m\ddot{x} = -b\dot{x} \Rightarrow \ddot{x} + \frac{b}{m}\dot{x} = 0$$
This is again a linear second-order equation, this time homogeneous with a solution the same as that to the complementary function previously:
$$x = D + Ee^{-\frac{b}{m}t}$$ $$\dot{x} = -\frac{bE}{m}e^{-\frac{b}{m}t}$$
$$x(0) = 0 \Rightarrow 0 = D + E(1) \Rightarrow D = -E$$ $$\dot{x}(0) = p \Rightarrow p = \frac{-bE}{m}(1)$$ $$E = -\frac{mp}{b} \Rightarrow D = \frac{mp}{b}$$ $$\therefore x = \frac{mp}{b} \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}t} \right)$$
$$\textbf{r}(t) = \frac{mp}{b} \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}t} \right) \textbf{i} + \frac{m}{b} \left( \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right) \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}t} \right) - gt \right) \textbf{j}$$
To find the time in air here, the time T when the vertical height is zero again needs to be found:
$$\Rightarrow \frac{m}{b} \left( \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right) \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}T} \right) - gT \right) = 0$$ $$\Rightarrow \left( \frac{mg}{b} + q \right) \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}T} \right) = gT$$ $$\Rightarrow 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}T} = \frac{gb}{mg + qb}T$$
This equation can not be solved analytically. However as this model is only valid for low drags, we can assume $\frac{b}{m}T$ is small. Therefore using the power series expansion for the exponential function, excluding terms of order four and higher:
$$\begin{align*}1 - \left( 1 + \left( \frac{-b}{m}T \right) + \frac{1}{2!}\left( \frac{-b}{m}T \right)^2 + \frac{1}{3!}\left( \frac{-b}{m}T \right)^3 \right) &= \frac{gb}{mg + qb}T\\ \frac{b}{m}T -\frac{b^2}{2m^2}T^2 + \frac{b^3}{6m^3}T^3 &= \frac{gb}{mg + qb}T\\ \frac{b^3}{6m^3}T^3 -\frac{b^2}{2m^2}T^2 + \left(\frac{b}{m} - \frac{gb}{mg + qb} \right) T &= 0\\ \frac{b}{m}T \left(
\frac{b^2}{6m^2}T^2 - \frac{b}{2m}T + 1 - \frac{mg}{mg + qb} \right) &= 0 \\ \frac{b}{m}T \left( \frac{b^2}{6m^2}T^2 - \frac{b}{2m}T + \frac{mg + qb}{mg + qb} - \frac{mg}{mg + qb} \right) &= 0\\ \frac{b}{m}T \left( \frac{b^2}{6m^2}T^2 - \frac{b}{2m}T + \frac{qb}{mg + qb} \right) &= 0\\ \therefore T = 0 \textrm { (as expected) or } \frac{b^2}{6m^2}T^2 - \frac{b}{2m}T + \frac{qb}{mg +
qb} &= 0\end{align*}$$$$\begin{align*}T &= \frac{3m^2}{b^2} \left(\frac{b}{2m} \pm \sqrt{\frac{b^2}{4m^2} - 4 \frac{b^2}{6m^2} \frac{qb}{mg + qb}}\right)\\T &= \frac{3m}{2b} \left(1 \pm \sqrt{1 - \frac{8qb}{3(mg + qb)}} \right)\\ T &= \frac{3m}{2b} \left(1 \pm \sqrt{\frac{3mg - 5qb}{3mg + 3qb}} \right)\end{align*}$$
Only the lower of these roots is a valid approximation (as $T$ increases the series approximation diverges from the actual result), i.e.
$$T = \frac{3m}{2b} \left(1 - \sqrt{\frac{3mg - 5qb}{3mg + 3qb}} \right)$$
To find the range $D$ of the projectile this time value should be substituted into the equation for the horizontal coordinate, this giving the horizontal distance covered at the point it returns to the ground:
$$D = \frac{mp}{b} \left( 1 - e^{-\frac{b}{m}T} \right)$$
What is immediately obvious is that the analysis without air resistance is much shorter than when it is included!
Tabulated below are the calculated ranges of a projectile with various initial speeds using the equations derived above. Values are given for the range with no drag effect included, a low drag effect ($\frac{b}{m}=0.05$) and a high drag effect ($\frac{b}{m}=0.2$). The percentages in brackets indicate the decrease from the range with no drag effect at that projection velocity.
As we would intuitively expect, as the projectile's initial speed increases so does the discrepancy between the results with and without the drag effect included. The decreased range at higher $\frac{b}{m}$ values also fits with everyday experience: the more viscous the fluid being travelled through (corresponding to a higher $b$ value) and the lower the mass of the projectile, the greater the
effect of drag - for instance a golf ball travelling through air (low $\frac{b}{m}$) in comparison to a table tennis ball travelling through water (high $\frac{b}{m}$).
Though the model used for drag here was a gross oversimplification of reality, it still gives sufficient evidence to show neglection of drag effects / air resistances in modelling projectile motion has a very significant affect on the results obtained even at relatively low velocities. Conversely however, it can be seen that even with such a simplistic model for air resistance, the maths
involved in modelling projectile motion quickly becomes very difficult and time-consuming. The methods required to more accurately model drag effects are even more complex by several orders of magnitude and even these give only an approximation for idealised situations.
This conflict between accuracy and complexity is evident in nearly all modelling, the inverse relationship between the two meaning a compromise has to made between the desired accuracy of the results and time and effort available to obtain them. It is therefore always important to consider the effect of any modelling assumptions in the context of the intended end-use of the analysis, and to
keep in mind any potential discrepancies in results when using them.


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One question: Will Minato remember his talk inside of Naruto? I really don't understand the whole chakra/souls in Narutoverse. Especially after seeing what Oro did in this chapter.
|2013-01-30, 15:13
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I also would like to see Naruto face his father. The boy has some issues with his dad that could be worked out nicely with a few fists to the face. It would also be a measuring stick for Naruto since he's always seen the 4th as the greatest of the Hokage. Add to that that he knows he's the 4th's son, and Naruto may go all out like we've never seen of him before. His dream has always been to surpass all the Hokages, and a fight between father and son would go a long way in proving to Naruto that he's either on the right path, or has a lot of work to still do before he can complete his goal.
I can also see the 2nd turning on Orochimaru, ala Madara breaking the Edo Tensei control, which would turn into another good fight with a full power Orochimaru.
As for the 3rd, he's hardly going to be in his prime. The soul that was in the Shinigami was from the twilight of his life, and even in the manga he appears to be an aged man. He's still an impressive ninja at this stage in his life, fighting and defeating the 1st and 2nd along with nearly crippling Orochimaru. But regardless, I wouldn't count on seeing him in his prime.
|2013-01-30, 15:19
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Well I'm happy the Hokage's got brought back. Now that they're out of the death gods stomach, once they return to the dead (because we know they will eventually), they should finally be able to rest in peace.
For the time being, it should be interesting to see what Oro is going to do now that he possesses the most powerful army ever assembled. I mean each of these Hokage feel incredibly OP in their own ways. But now they all have regeneration capabilities and shouldn't have to worry about chakra usage as much. So in a way, they should all be more powerful than they were in their prime--even the 3rd might be even more powerful if we consider the added benefits of being in an edo tensei'd corpse.
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It may more interesting if it was Sasuke's side vs Naruto's side vs Madara's side rather then Sasuke's side joining Madara.
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i figured they were in uzushio...but it was like 30 masks up there. i wonder what else is sealed...
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Im sorry but kishi writes like a 12 year old making a fanfic, everyone guessed what he was going to do the moment this situation came up. If what is gonna happen is sooo obvious, it's boring.
So now all the hokage are back for the last arc, we will probably have madara vs hashirama because...well that's a obvious fight so kishi will go with it. It'll be interesting to see em fight but i doubt it will live up to all the hype surrounding it.
Minato vs naruto, half of kurama's chakra vs the other half. Seems obvious enough so naruto can have one of those sentimental moments...when his dad acknowledges his power, says his goodbyes, then doubles naruto's power....yawn.
Idk who kishi would put against the second hokage, the guy has the personality of a rock.....
The 3rd idk about him either....the only person still alive that's connected to him is tsunade...and i use the term "alive" very VERY loosely.
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I have a feeling Sasuke is gonna need to fight alot before he gets his fight with Naruto. Seeing as these guys are pretty much all thats left to fight....
Sasuke needs to show off his EMS on the third hokage.
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Funny that fans complain about ass pulls and about logic. This was what was expected and kishi atleast explained everything clearly.
Who cares if this was predictable?
Who cares about "the ultimate sacrifice" to the death god?
What I care about is seeing some cool ninjutsu and badass fights (shounen).
I'd rather see that from established powerful characters rather than some new randoms (including izuna) who we know nothing about.
Next couple chapters will address the complaints as usual
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These are Orochimaru's zombies and he said himself that he has no interest in fighting in this war as it's not his cause, so it'll be interesting to see what happens when they get the info they need.
Would be funny if Oro doesn't know exactly how Madara has kept himself around, tries to undo the technique and they all re-bind themselves to their own sacrifices. The 4th could disappear to some distant tag he left lying around somewhere.
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So here we go then, Hokages get to explain something, whether it be about Madara, the founding of the leaf, the massacre, a combination of all. I'm not really interested but I'm not really bothered, even if the way they brought them back was way too simple and lame. While I really just hope they get used to explain and not fight, I can see Madara picking up on Hashirama being revived and heading off to fight him because that's all he seems to care about.
With Minato back, Naruto will most likely (somehow) get the other half of Kurama's chakra, power him up even more and allow him to matchup and take out Madara and Obito.
Them being in the Uchiha shrine, I can figure where this is going. Sasuke had 6 Zetsus inside him, 4 get used up by summoning the Hokage, 1 for Orochimaru to inhabit to escape the consequences of the death god summoning, 1 that will be used for Sasuke to absorb in some way so he can get the Rinnegan. This allows Sasuke to have the powerup he will need to make him a threat to Naruto. Them being in the shrine is so that when he gets the Rinnegan he can completely read tablet or whatever it is that's in there, since it is only completely visible to those with the Rinnegan.
To what end? Not really sure, depends on what is revealed. On the whole, a bit grumpy from this chap but not entirely bad.
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Even so, once the Hokage's have been spoken to Sasuke could always try and obtain some cells from Orochimaru (though I doubt it) or perhaps Oro would give Sasuke some of Hashirama's cells in some way to find out what is on the tablet (though again I doubt that). I do figure the Rinnegan will some way play into this what with the choice of location but not sure how.
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Man the First and the Second are going to be pissed when they see Orochimaru. The Third... no idea, while the Fourth might be indifferent. Also, what's in the freaking scroll?! Even Suigetsu was shocked after reading despite not having an Eye Jutsu
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What exactly did Oro do? It seemed like he released the trapped souls from the Shinigami but since when did the first two kage's make that sacrifice? I'm also thinking the Jyuubi would not be able to completely revive without that trapped half of the Kyuubi, but now it's bound to have been released I guess.
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I Honestly don't wanna see another Naruto Sasuke fight. half of each chapter is gonna be Naruto crying for Sasuke to come back to the village, stop fighting, blah blah blah and Sasuke is going to ignore it.
I hope it comes down to Sasuke, Naruto and all the other important good guys like the alive Kage's and Kakashi and maybe even Obito vs Oro and his army. Obviously the numbers favor the shinobi alliance but hopefully Oro can revive some other ninja to make it more interesting, like Danzo, Uchiha Shisui, perhaps Jiraiya.
I don't know where the rest of Sasuke's crew will fit into this (especially Karin, idk what shes been up to), but Kishi's building this up pretty well. This last chapter made me forgive him for the whole TObito bullsh*t
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by MisterZ, Feb 5, 2008.
This is the weirdest trade ever. I can't believe Miami is getting bailed out like this.
this trade doesn't make sense to me, especially after phoenix continually sells draft picks because they are worried about $$$$. maybe this will be the year that bad teams unload ALL of their good players to good teams, and half the league will be really strong and the other half in rebuild mode, rather than just a couple elite teams...could certainly make for an interesting playoffs.
This could be potentially fatal for the Suns. Snaq's contract as mentioned has a few years to go, if this doesn't work out for them, by the time Snaq's contract comes off the books Steve Nash will likely be in the twilight of his career and the Suns will probably be rebuilding after that.
The Suns would probably be better off getting Cheik Samb. At least he can run and shoot.
Ouch. Nevermind.
I don't know if any of you guys have noticed, maybe your all to busy laughing, but the deal is done, Snaq somehow magically passed his physical and is actually a Sun. What a sad sad day for Suns fans. What I wanna know is how Riley pulled this out of his ass? And where did the Suns find there medical staff?
Perhaps Shaq will magically become healthy in a new situation, ala Chris Webber last season when he was traded to the Pistons.
I believe that Marion is a free agent after this season, no guarantee he will stay with the Heat however if the Heat get the #1 pick and take Beasley or get the #2 pick and take Rose and resign Marion they will have 3 pretty darn good young players.
Marion will be 30 by the start of next season. Who is the 3rd young player you speak of?
Yeah, but if Marion couldn't take a backseat to Nash and Stat, especially when he was getting paid a lot more to just keep his mouth shut and play, how is going to take to Wade, and possibly another stern made star next year.
I was shocked when I first heard this. I honestly thought it was a joke. I figured maybe I missed something, but it appears everyone in here is pretty much on the same page. It was really nice to know I could come in here and get some good honest opinions and insight rather than listen to the media crap on this topic. Kind of validated my reality for me. Anyhow, if this were in a fantasy league It would be vetoed in a hot second. LOL. Yeah, I know in real life we are talking chemistry and defense and stuff, but it just makes no sense to me. I will say this...I don't think Kerr is a fool and I think he has a great understanding of the game. We'll have to see if he looks like the genius or buffoon of the year at the end of the season. My money is on the buffoon right now...
Maybe it will work, if Shaq has been holding back and gets all the calls and loses 20 pounds and gets a hip replacement and hits all his free throws... I mean I'm open to the possibility. But wasn't there a better C they could have got in exchange for Marion? And why would one of the worst defensive teams in the league get rid of their best defensive player? No wonder we were able to get rid of Nazr. Understanding the greater fool theory is critical to being a good GM.
Phx is sooooo stupid, they'd have been better off trying to get Ben Wallace, who actually fits for them, he would easily avg a "Maintainence Free" double-double, by cutting, running the floor and hitting the offensive glass, and staying out of the way. Phx is going to be sooooo much easier to defend, w/out Marion they cant stretch the floor on offense anymore. Shaq will now severely clog up the lane, where Amare and Nash do their thing.
That would be heaven for Ben right now. Think of all those offensive rebounding opportunities with those long 3-pointer miss rebounds. Also, he wouldn't get the ball in isolation and have to make post moves. His contract looks like a great deal compared to Shaq. The Bulls seamingly had the most attractive pieces to trade this year and they are being left out of the party.
Teams didn't want Ben Wallace because I think that he is now considered a malcontent. Having Shaq as an option is much better for PHX than teplacing one whiner with another.............
Here's a good read on how the trade went down: Suns hoping O'Neal has something left in tank - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Really interesting article. Clearly Marion had become more trouble than worth, at least to Phoenix. Love Kerr's quote at the end... "If it doesn't (work), I'm a moron, I guess." And if it does he's a genius. It's the same fine line Dumars walked with Sheed.
Yea, but Dumars traded Chucky Atkins, not Shawn Marion.
I can believe that, but like some of us mentioned up-thread, why deal him for Shaq? Why do they think this is a better deal than any of the other rumored ones involving Marion that had been out there?
The Suns must be counting on Shaq being doubled. With Wallace, they wouldn't get that. Nice article here by Jack McCallum: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jack_mccallum/02/06/marion.trade/index.html?bcnn=yes
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Morning Football Update: QB issues in Philly, Houston, KC
Too bad I went to bed at halftime last night. Sounds like I missed ... Aaron Rodgers conducting some uncovered passing drills with his receivers. Oh, well.
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- Eagles QB Michael Vick broke a couple of ribs on Sunday, and his status for Week 11 is in doubt. Vince Young will probably play if Vick can't go, and VY's running ability always makes him tempting. If Young plays, and your usual starter is hurt or on a bye, I could see starting him. The Giants will make his life difficult, though.
- In other Eagles news, WR Jeremy Maclin suffered shoulder and hamstring injuries against the Cardinals, and the shoulder is the one to worry about. As a Giants fan, I have to say that this week is starting out pretty well. Stay tuned for updates on Maclin, and have a backup plan ready if you own him.
- Texans QB Matt Schaub might be done for the season due to a foot injury. The team is on a bye this week, and we should know Schaub's fate after he visits a couple of specialists next week. At the very least, Matt Leinart will start in Week 12, and even though the Texans will remain a run-first team, I could see grabbing him off the free-agent wire if my current backup was a bottom-of-the-barrel guy like Curtis Painter, Matt Moore, Tarvaris Jackson or Blaine Gabbert. Schaub owners should hang on if they can, as the Texans are likely to exhaust every option to get him back. If you can wait a week before cutting him, do so. Don't get your hopes up, though.
- Chiefs QB Matt Cassel suffered a hand injury Sunday that could spell the end of his season, but the team hasn't yet put him on injured reserve. Cassel is a fantasy backup, and there's no need to keep him on your roster. Backup Tyler Palko will start Monday in New England, and grabbing the Pats' defense for that game isn't a bad strategy. As for Palko's fantasy prospects, read this Kansas City Star column, and then stay as far away from him as you can.
- This week's bye teams are the Saints, Colts, Texans and Steelers. The Thursday game is Jets at Broncos.
- Speaking of Thursday, Broncos RB Willis McGahee (hamstring) is expected to practice today, and if things go well he'll play on Thursday. If your league requires Wednesday free-agent pickups, check the McGahee news as late as you can tonight before taking your shot at backup Lance Ball, who had 30 carries Sunday. Knowshon Moreno is out for the season with a knee injury.
- The San Francisco Chronicle calls Raiders RB Darren McFadden (foot) and WR Jacoby Ford (foot) "longshots" to return this week. Get ready for another heavy dose of Michael Bush against the Vikings.
- The 49ers are saying that they expect RB Frank Gore (knee) to play this week. I'm skeptical.
- The Cardinals aren't ready to say who will start at quarterback this week. If Kevin Kolb (turf toe) is healthy, I'd expect him to be the guy.
- We're probably going to have to wait until at least Wednesday to get an idea if Falcons WR Julio Jones will be ready to play this week. Jones re-injured his hamstring early in Sunday's game against the Saints, and killed fantasy owners by catching just two passes for nine yards.
- Bills WR Stevie Johnson is day-to-day with a shoulder injury. Hopefully, he'll be healthy enough to disappoint me again this weekend.
- It sure sounded like Jerry Jones was joking when he said the Cowboys aren't ready to declare that DeMarco Murray is their starting tailback, but you never know with him. Felix Jones might be ready to return this week, and he should be a fine third-down back.
- Browns RB Peyton Hillis (hamstring) has already been ruled out for Week 11. The Chris Ogbonnaya Era continues, and maybe I'll finally learn how to spell his name this week without double-checking.
- Matthew Stafford will wear a glove on his throwing hand this week because his injured index finger isn't strong enough to grip the ball without it? That doesn't sound good.
- LaDainian Tomlinson's sprained knee ligament might keep him out of Thursday's game. Go, Shonn Greene!
- It doesn't sound like WR Malcom Floyd (hip) will be ready to return this week for the Chargers. Vincent Brown should be near the top of your free-agent target list.
- Seahawks WRs Sidney Rice and Doug Baldwin both suffered concussions on Sunday, and we'll know their status later in the week.
- Promising Redskins WR Leonard Hankerson is done for the season due to a torn labrum. I've been saying this for a few weeks, but with Rex Grossman starting again at quarterback, I'm expecting his former college teammate Jabar Gaffney to get busy.
- Joel Beall will be in the FOXSports.com fantasy chat room today at 3 p.m. ET, and I'll make my weekly appearance Thursday at the same time. Also, you can always hit me up on Facebook and Twitter.
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As a result of its diuretic effects, hydrochlorothiazide increases plasma renin activity, increases aldosterone secretion, and decreases serum potassium. Administration of lisinopril blocks the reninangiotensin-aldosterone axis and tends to reverse the potassium loss associated with the diuretic.
In clinical studies, the extent of blood pressure reduction seen with the combination of lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide was approximately additive. The PRINZIDE 10-12.5 combination worked equally well in Black and Caucasian patients. The PRINZIDE 20-12.5 and PRINZIDE 20-25 (a previously – marketed strength) combinations appeared somewhat less effective in Black patients, but relatively few Black patients were studied. In most patients, the antihypertensive effect of PRINZIDE was sustained for at least 24 hours.
In a randomized, controlled comparison, the mean antihypertensive effects of PRINZIDE 20-12.5 and PRINZIDE 20-25 were similar, suggesting that many patients who respond adequately to the latter combination may be controlled with PRINZIDE 20-12.5. (See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.)
Concomitant administration of lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide has little or no effect on the bioavailability of either drug. The combination tablet is bioequivalent to concomitant administration of the separate entities.
Mechanism of Action
Lisinopril inhibits angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in human subjects and animals. ACE is a peptidyl dipeptidase that catalyzes the conversion of angiotensin I to the vasoconstrictor substance, angiotensin II. Angiotensin II also stimulates aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex. Inhibition of ACE results in decreased plasma angiotensin II which leads to decreased vasopressor activity and to decreased aldosterone secretion. The latter decrease may result in a small increase of serum potassium. Removal of angiotensin II negative feedback on renin secretion leads to increased plasma renin activity. In hypertensive patients with normal renal function treated with lisinopril alone for up to 24 weeks, the mean increase in serum potassium was less than 0.1 mEq/L; however, approximately 15 percent of patients had increases greater than 0.5 mEq/L and approximately six percent had a decrease greater than 0.5 mEq/L. In the same study, patients treated with lisinopril plus a thiazide diuretic showed essentially no change in serum potassium. (See PRECAUTIONS.)
ACE is identical to kininase, an enzyme that degrades bradykinin. Whether increased levels of bradykinin, a potent vasodepressor peptide, play a role in the therapeutic effects of lisinopril remains to be elucidated.
While the mechanism through which lisinopril lowers blood pressure is believed to be primarily suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, lisinopril is antihypertensive even in patients with low-renin hypertension. Although lisinopril was antihypertensive in all races studied, Black hypertensive patients (usually a low-renin hypertensive population) had a smaller average response to lisinopril monotherapy than non-Black patients.
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Following oral administration of lisinopril, peak serum concentrations occur within about 7 hours. Declining serum concentrations exhibit a prolonged terminal phase which does not contribute to drug accumulation. This terminal phase probably represents saturable binding to ACE and is not proportional to dose. Lisinopril does not appear to be bound to other serum proteins.
Lisinopril does not undergo metabolism and is excreted unchanged entirely in the urine. Based on urinary recovery, the mean extent of absorption of lisinopril is approximately 25 percent, with large intersubject variability (6-60 percent) at all doses tested (5-80 mg). Lisinopril absorption is not influenced by the presence of food in the gastrointestinal tract.
Upon multiple dosing, lisinopril exhibits an effective half-life of accumulation of 12 hours.
Impaired renal function decreases elimination of lisinopril, which is excreted principally through the kidneys, but this decrease becomes clinically important only when the glomerular filtration rate is below 30 mL/min. Above this glomerular filtration rate, the elimination half-life is little changed. With greater impairment, however, peak and trough lisinopril levels increase, time to peak concentration increases and time to attain steady state is prolonged. Older patients, on average, have (approximately doubled) higher blood levels and area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) than younger patients. (See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.) Lisinopril can be removed by hemodialysis.
Studies in rats indicate that lisinopril crosses the blood-brain barrier poorly. Multiple doses of lisinopril in rats do not result in accumulation in any tissues. However, milk of lactating rats contains radioactivity following administration of 14C lisinopril. By whole body autoradiography, radioactivity was found in the placenta following administration of labeled drug to pregnant rats, but none was found in the fetuses.
Administration of lisinopril to patients with hypertension results in a reduction of supine and standing blood pressure to about the same extent with no compensatory tachycardia. Symptomatic postural hypotension is usually not observed although it can occur and should be anticipated in volume and/or salt-depleted patients. (See WARNINGS.)
In most patients studied, onset of antihypertensive activity was seen at one hour after oral administration of an individual dose of lisinopril, with peak reduction of blood pressure achieved by six hours.
In some patients achievement of optimal blood pressure reduction may require two to four weeks of therapy.
At recommended single daily doses, antihypertensive effects have been maintained for at least 24 hours after dosing, although the effect at 24 hours was substantially smaller than the effect six hours after dosing.
The antihypertensive effects of lisinopril have continued during long-term therapy. Abrupt withdrawal of lisinopril has not been associated with a rapid increase in blood pressure; nor with a significant overshoot of pretreatment blood pressure.
In hemodynamic studies in patients with essential hypertension, blood pressure reduction was accompanied by a reduction in peripheral arterial resistance with little or no change in cardiac output and in heart rate. In a study in nine hypertensive patients, following administration of lisinopril, there was an increase in mean renal blood flow that was not significant. Data from several small studies are inconsistent with respect to the effect of lisinopril on glomerular filtration rate in hypertensive patients with normal renal function, but suggest that changes, if any, are not large.
In patients with renovascular hypertension lisinopril has been shown to be well tolerated and effective in controlling blood pressure (see PRECAUTIONS).
The mechanism of the antihypertensive effect of thiazides is unknown. Thiazides do not usually affect normal blood pressure.
Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic and antihypertensive. It affects the distal renal tubular mechanism of electrolyte reabsorption. Hydrochlorothiazide increases excretion of sodium and chloride in approximately equivalent amounts. Natriuresis may be accompanied by some loss of potassium and bicarbonate.
After oral use diuresis begins within two hours, peaks in about four hours and lasts about 6 to 12 hours.
Hydrochlorothiazide is not metabolized but is eliminated rapidly by the kidney. When plasma levels have been followed for at least 24 hours, the plasma half-life has been observed to vary between 5.6 and 14.8 hours. At least 61 percent of the oral dose is eliminated unchanged within 24 hours. Hydrochlorothiazide crosses the placental but not the blood-brain barrier.
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While most people in King County now vote by mail, some voters with disabilities will have an easier time going to accessible voting centers equipped with assistive audio and visual technology. One of the five voting centers in the county is at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. NE.
The Bellevue voting center, in Room 1E-121, is open at the following times:
The King County Elections division has details concerning hours and locations of the other voting centers.
Accessible voting units offer lap paddles and sip-and-puff devices, as well as audio, and large and high-contrast text options. Ballot drop boxes are also located at accessible voting centers for voters to securely return their mail ballot, without the cost of postage.
To vote at an accessible voting center you must not have returned your mail ballot. You must provide proper identification and sign the voter oath. At this point, Elections staff will credit you with voting and you will be issued a voter access card for use on the accessible voting unit. No paper ballots are issued at these locations.
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A blood test in May showed my ferritin level to be very elevated at 1000ng/ml, well above the normal of 300ng/ml. It came down to 760, then in September dropped to 545. I was tested for haemochromatosis. I was negative for the more common strain but found to be positive for the H63D mutation. Can you explain what this is? And what, if any, improvements to diet could help this condition? - PM
Haemochromatosis is a fancy name for too much iron in the body. Ferritin is the protein that stores iron in our cells and very high levels of it can mean we're iron overloaded. Iron is essential for making haemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in red blood cells, but too much is toxic - especially in our liver cells. Over decades it accumulates and causes organ damage. Haemochromatosis, or iron overload, affects around one in 300 New Zealanders and is usually caused by a genetic mutation, though it can also be caused by repeated blood transfusions or certain blood disorders.
Nowadays it's a disease, but 40,000 years ago when it originated in what is now Ireland, haemochromatosis was actually a useful genetic adaptation. It allowed people to extract far more iron from food than normal.
But with our modern diet, such a common mutation leads people to store more iron than they need. And because the body doesn't have an effective way of getting rid of that excess iron, they develop iron overload.
In New Zealand, a quarter of the population will test positive for an H63D gene mutation, because it's very common in those with northern European ancestry. But by itself it almost never causes problems. It's the other mutation, C282Y, that causes almost all the problems, especially for those who to inherit one copy from each parent. They frequently develop iron overload, with the highest incidence occurring in elderly white males. The essential first step for someone with high ferritin levels isn't going to be diet modification, but rather getting to the root cause of those high levels. High ferritin usually means iron overload, but it can also be due to hepatitis C, liver cancer, or even bacterial infections. Give your GP a ring and keep on top of this. If you have questions, don't be afraid to ask your doctor. This stuff is too complex and important to risk miscommunication.


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Residents in and around Memphis, Tennessee, spent the weekend preparing for a destructive flood. The swollen Mississippi River was originally expected to crest, or reach its high point, on Tuesday. But now forecasters say the river could crest as early as Monday night.
Memphis mayor AC Wharton says the city has already taken the necessary steps to prepare. "Fortunately we're ready for it," Wharton told the Early Show on CBS.
Steps for Safety
Authorities spent the weekend knocking on doors to tell people they should leave before they are swamped by river water. Wharton said previous disasters have shown that issuing warnings on TV is not enough. "Door-to-door is a key thing that we're doing," he said. In all, residents in more than 1,300 homes have been told to evacuate.
Colonel Vernie Reichling, Army Corps of Engineers commander for Memphis, said the homes in most danger of flooding are in areas not protected by levees. Levees are man-made structures built to keep a river from overflowing. About 150 Corps workers have been monitoring the barriers. "There should be no concern for any levees to fail," said Reichling.
Record-Reaching Levels
Due to heavy rains and snowmelt, the river has already reached record levels in some areas upstream. Near Memphis, the river is expected to crest at or near 48 feet—just inches shy of the 48.7-foot record set by a devastating 1937 flood.
"That's what I can see from all the gauges," said Gene Rench, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service. "I'm so glad it's not going higher."