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Courtesy of the diaspora.
Armenia's difficult physical conditions saw enterprising merchants move abroad from the 19th century, many landing in Asia, including a few in Singapore. The community here numbered merely around 100 families at its peak, but the people left a a disproportionate imprint on Singaporean culture and heritage. Here are a few of the contributions the Armenian diaspora made.
Early Armenian traders tended to conduct business in their offices located near the centre of Singapore — there's still an Armenian Street, where the Peranakan Museum is located. Martin and Tigran Sarkies opened the legendary Raffles Hotel in 1887; more than a century later, Raffles remains an iconic Singapore landmark and drinking a Singapore Sling at the Long Bar remains on a must-do list of many a traveller. The grand dame of Singapore hotels has hosted writers such as Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maugham and was gazetted as a national monument in 1987.
Not too far away and still in the civic district, the Armenian Apostolic Church of St Gregory the Illuminator on Hill Street, founded in 1835, is the oldest church building in Singapore. Wherever the faithful Armenians went, one of the first things they did would be to build churches and Singapore was no exception; this church was established with most of the funds coming from only 12 Armenian families. Today, the Armenian Church is a sanctuary in the city's bustling centre, and its garden holds tombstones, but not the actual graves, of well-known Armenians. Armenian services are rarely held but the church hosts other orthodox services.
One of the tombstones you'll see in the church is that of Agnes Joaquim, an Armenian horticulturist who bred Singapore's national flower, the Vanda Miss Joaquim, a hybrid orchid named after her in 1893. It was designated Singapore's national flower in 1981, which makes Singapore the only country to have a hybrid as her national flower. The flower blooms throughout the year and features prominently in hotels and Singapore landmarks, in particular during national events.
The newspaper many Singaporeans read daily also has an Armenian provenance. Armenian Catchick Moses founded and launched the Straits Times in 1845 as an eight-page weekly, published at 7 Commercial Square using a hand-operated press. It has witnessed Singapore's development from capital of the Straits Settlements to today's thriving financial centre, underwent a temporary metamorphosis into The Shonan Times and The Syonan Shimbun during the Japanese occupation, and now comes online as well.
Today, modern Singapore and modern Armenia do not have much in common, perhaps other than the fact that they are relatively small states in terms of land area and population. Nonetheless, the influence of the small Armenian diaspora in Singapore's early years cannot be ignored and remains an intriguing legacy in the city state.
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Daz Palmer's mother noticed right away that something was different about him on a recent trip to Lexington.
Tchernavin Palmer saw that Daz, a freshman at Virginia Military Institute, spoke differently, and even his mannerisms had changed. When he interacted with his younger brothers Dannuel, 6, and Emannuel, 2, he was more like a concerned father than an older brother.
"The first thing I noticed is when we went to the restaurant, he took his hat off," she said. "I was like, 'Oh, my goodness.' He just sat there. He even had a different posture as he sat there. His whole demeanor was different. And his conversation was different."
As she beamed with pride, she knew this was not the same child she sent to VMI in June. He'd always been a good kid, she thought, but there was something just more polished about him.
Palmer, a Lake Taylor High grad, is impressing on the football field as well. He leads the Keydets in rushing with 241 yards. He's also second in total offense and fourth in receiving, scoring and all-purpose yards.
Palmer didn't get much recruiting interest at Lake Taylor, even after he set the single-season school rushing record with 2,179 yards and was named first-team All-Tidewater as a senior. Palmer helped lead the Titans to back-to-back state finals and a state title in 2014. But when his senior season ended, the only schools interested in him were Norfolk State, Hampton and James Madison.
"I was kind of surprised that more teams weren't coming after me ... but I couldn't do anything about that," said Palmer, a 5-foot-10, 175-pounder who was named the Conference 17, 4A South Region and Eastern District Player of the Year as a senior. "I honestly didn't know where I was going to be. I didn't have any offers. I was just looking for a school."
Fortunately for Palmer, VMI came looking for him. It started with a phone call and developed into a relationship. His mother didn't know what to think of VMI, which was founded in 1839 as the nation's first state-supported military college. She was concerned about the school's rigid discipline.
"I was worried because I thought it would be too much for him," she said. "But after the visit I was fine with it. We saw the campus and liked it. I told him if he was OK with it, then I was."
Palmer said it's the best decision he's ever made, but admits it's been "way different" than the life he had at Lake Taylor.
He has to wear a uniform every day. Then there's the tremendous school workload and the Rat Line. During the first few months at VMI, new cadets are called "rats," and the Rat Line is designed to instill and enforce character traits that will serve a cadet well during his or her years at VMI – and beyond, Palmer said.
"It's been a different experience," he added with a chuckle. "It's not something you experience every single day."
Lake Taylor coach Hank Sawyer thought VMI was a good fit for Palmer. Sawyer knew former Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim played football there.
"I encouraged him that he could do well there," Sawyer told Palmer, who is the recipient of the Paul D. Fraim Endowed Athletic Scholarship at VMI. "I felt like it was an awesome place after football is all over with because there's a lot of connections there. I knew after talking with Paul Fraim that Daz would be OK."
But no one could have predicted was that Palmer would see a lot of playing time immediately.
"I wasn't expecting to be a running back so soon because we have some guys from last year that came back," said Palmer, who leads the Keydets against Chattanooga, ranked No. 8 in FCS, today. "I was just trying to get a spot on the two-deep on offense and try to get on special teams. But injuries put me in there real quick at running back."
And he hasn't disappointed. His mother couldn't be more proud.
"It's just amazing," she said. "He's got a career after football. I know if he continues there that he will have a great future ahead of him."

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UPDATE: Susquehanna Initiates Coverage on Adobe Systems
In a research note dated February 24, 2014, Susquehanna initiated its coverage of Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) with a Positive rating and announced a $83 price target.
Susquehana analyst Derrick Wood is optimistic about the future of Adobe and points to the company's transition to a cloud based delivery model as a "springboard" for Adobe to become "one of the fastest growing large cap companies in software." Wood notes that the model transition is set to be complete in 2015-2016. With the completion of this transition, Wood sees Adobe as being able to generate 1)faster innovation 2) higher utilization 3) a more efficient sales model and 4) an expanding total addressable market. By 2016, Wood models that Adobe will be larger in the cloud than Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is today and have "substantially healthier" operating margins.
At last check, Adobe was trading down just over one percent at $67.95.
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Baseball Camp with Dave Hansen
Calvary Chapel San Clemente
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Free Baseball Camp with Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen is the hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners. In this rare San Clemente appearance, Dave is partnering with Worship Life Calvary Chapel of San Clemente to do a FREE baseball clinic. Besides being an exceptional athlete, Dave Hansen is a professed Christian and has a passion for others to know Christ. This once in a lifetime opportunity will feature an interview between Pastor Holland Davis from Worship Life Calvary Chapel and Dave Hansen about his faith in Christ. Space is limited to 50 participants. AGE LIMIT: 8-13 years old.
When & Where
Boys And Girls Club
1304 Calle Valle
San Clemente,
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PST)
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German word for 'mine' or for 'my'. This nondistinguishment between 'mine' and 'my' auf Deutsch is why you will see sterotyped German-Rushan folk in TV shows speeking with such phrases as "mine dog", "mine schnauzer", "mein {et cetera}".
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic lost to Roger Federer in the final of the ATP Basel tournament last weekend but you get the impression that he wasn't too bothered - as he said himself early in the tournament, his mind is already focused on the Davis Cup final next month.
This week the Paris Masters takes place, but again you feel that most of the local fans in attendance will be chatting more about the forthcoming decider in Belgrade than the action taking place at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.
The question is, though, whether the rest of us really care about Serbia's final clash with France? Of course, any tennis fan worth his salt will watch the Davis Cup final - but there is no real sense of build-up or expectation ahead of the final outside of the two nations competing.
Tramlines was buzzing after watching the Davis Cup semi-finals - it even wrote an article about it - but such enthusiasm quickly fizzled out, the euphoric mood wafted away, and now it will have to challenge itself to get excited all over again come the week of the final.
Instead, what Tramlines really wants to see, and hopefully in the not too distant future, is a slam-dunk, blockbuster, mouth-watering, two-week team tournament extravaganza added to the tennis calendar. Yes - it is time for the World Cup of Tennis.
Tramlines would look to rearrange the Davis Cup to fit into such a time slot. The Davis Cup itself should be the World Cup trophy: it has a storied history as the sport's team prize, after all. But its current format is not building on that proud history.
Big-name players consistently withdraw as it is hard to commit four weekends a year to playing it - but if you just had it all take place in a two-week period at the same venue, with 16 nations involved and plenty of hype and TV coverage, then who wouldn't want to play in it? And who wouldn't want to watch?
The Davis Cup is currently played over 12 days in the calendar. If you had it over two weeks, you gain two extra days.
That means the actual format of the tournament does not need to change. You can retain the 16-team knockout tournament, with four singles matches and one doubles rubber per tie.
It would be a tough ask to expect a star player to play in every five-set match, a tactic relied upon by some Davis Cup nations - but this would just increase the team element of the event. Countries would have to increase their squad numbers and give extra consideration to which players they use and when.
What about promotion and relegation? No problem: have the eight first-round losers play off against each other and the four that lose get knocked down to the second tier. Likewise at the same time the 'World Cup' is going on, you could have a B tournament, with the four semi-finalists in that event earning promotion to the following season's World Cup.
Next question would be where to fit it in the calendar? Well, how about playing it round about now? There is a big lull in tennis in between the US Open and Tour Championships so how does a big, fat juicy World Cup of Tennis in between the two sound to you?
All Tramlines knows is that it would gorge itself silly on the action - two whole weeks of uninterrupted international team tennis. Now that sounds like something that could become a fifth Grand Slam.
What's more, you could have a different host nation each year and allow cities to bid like they do in other sports. The host nation could of course set up the courts to try and benefit their players. One year the World Cup could be on clay, the next on a hard court, the next on grass.
As for the tournaments that would have to make way in the calendar for this event, there would be four extra free weekends where they can be fitted in as the Davis Cup schedule would be cleared. Heck, the Paris Masters should be moved as it is: it has been riddled by pull-outs in recent years and, let's be honest, Masters events should not be creating finalists like Dominik Hrbaty.
Certainly Tramlines would encourage the women to get involved in this idea too. Did you even know the Fed Cup final was last weekend? The coverage was so minimal you would be forgiven if you completely missed it.
Such an idea would be dead in the water before it even started if the players did not get on board. But maybe this is something that Roger Federer could sign up to; surely Andy Murray would look on enviably and be determined to help Britain qualify for the World Cup; and Djokovic would be able to feel that special nationalistic feeling for a whole two weeks, only this time knowing the whole world is watching him while he represents his country.
Have you any other ideas on a potential format or changes? Should it maybe take place every two or four years to add lustre? Leave your comments below.
The only change in the top 10 is Fernando Verdasco moving down two spots to ninth which bumps up David Ferrer and Andy Roddick a place. Marcel Granollers moves into the top 50 after reaching the final in Valencia - he is up 22 places to 45, while Croatia's Ivan Dodig is up 30 places to a career-high ranking of 88 after beating the likes of Rainer Schuettler and Igor Kunitsyn on his way to winning a challenger event in Astana.
There are few changes on the women's side of things but the in-form Ana Ivanovic is now back in the top 20 after winning in Bali. It makes you wonder why she has ditched Heinz Gunthardt as her coach. If it aint broke, Ana....
Winner: "Well done @justingimelstob. You beat Oprah's time by 20 minutes! Not bad for a professional athlete" - Andy Roddick shows he knows how to banter after Justin Gimelstob posted the time he ran in the New York Marathon (4:09:58).
To be fair, Tramlines successfully finished a marathon not too long ago and was feeling sick for days afterwards. The moral of the story? Don't eat 20-year-old bars of chocolate. (Ed: Sorry Tramlines, kids today won't get that joke...) Well then they can just visit here and educate themselves.
Runner-up: "Definitely colder in Moscow than... pretty much EVERYWHERE!!! Bears are walking the streets and everyone is drinking vodka..." - Dmitry Tursunov explains the pros and cons of life in the Russian capital. Tramlines now has an image of bears swigging from bottles of vodka in the street - and that can only be a good thing.
Wooden Spoon: "Bonjour french croissant! Or should I say le croissant au chocolat? Is my french getting better? Lol" - Eh... we still think you might need a few more lessons Ms Victoria Azarenka.
A-BOG v A-BOG
Think of the great comebacks in history: Elvis's TV special in 1968; Liverpool's 2005 Champions League 'miracle in Istanbul'; and of course Lazarus's return from the grave in 33AD.
But surely none of them come even close to Alex Bogdanovic's triumphant return from injury at the €30k ATP Challenger event in Eckental, Germany.
A-Bog (GB) won three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw before unceremoniously hammering world number 178 Simone Vagnozzi of Italy 6-3 6-0 in the first round proper. He then romped all the way TO THE SEMI-FINALS before finally losing to Ruben Bemelmans.
So impressed is Tramlines that it is not even going to bother looking up what Alex Bogomolov Jr did last week. Give our A-Bog a point...let the comeback commence!!!
Standings: A-Bog (US) 18-12 A-Bog (GB)
It is the last chance for the likes of Jurgen Melzer, Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando Verdasco, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych to book their place at the ATP Finals courtesy of a strong performance at the Paris Masters. Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will all look to act as spoilers.
The women meanwhile are all done for the season. Enjoy your break girls... see you in January.


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We're hitting the halfway point of our Dozen Weeks of Doughnuts, having consumed almost 100 varieties as we eat our way through area bakeries, two at a time, on a quest to find the area's best doughnut. In the first five weeks, we checked out national chains, local upstarts and longtime neighborhood favorites. In Week 6, we stop in at a Dupont newcomer specializing in doughnuts and fried chicken, and a deli-bakery near the White House that's inspired by global street food.
GBD stands for Golden Brown Delicious. That's a restaurant-kitchen term for the preferred result when frying, the focus of this new fried-chicken-and-doughnuts venture in Dupont Circle from the Neighborhood Restaurant Group (Birch & Barley, Buzz Bakery). The fried chicken would have to wait for another day while we sampled executive pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac's gourmet creations, inspired by cocktails, classic cakes and many points in between.
Address: 1323 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-524-5210, www.gbdchickendoughnuts.com.
Hours: Mondays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Fridays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The lineup: There were 11 doughnut varieties on display, including vanilla-glazed, grapefruit Campari, peanut butter and jelly, tres leches, carrot cake, chocolate-filled brioche, Key lime pie, devil's food, an espresso-glazed cruller, a berry fritter and an apple fritter.
Price: $1.50-$2.75 per doughnut.
The look: Drizzles of icing, unconventional shapes and creative toppings such as sparkly pink sugar crystals made these thoughtfully designed pastries pleasing to the eye. The only criticism was that some of the doughnuts — especially the square ones — were inconsistently sized. (Average weight: 3.9 ounces.)
Price per ounce: 42-75 cents.
How do they taste? These were the best doughnuts we've tried so far, helping GBD snatch the top spot from Woodward Takeout Food. Judges — some of whom gave out a few 8s and 9s — were dipping back in for seconds and thirds throughout the tasting, especially for the grape-jelly-filled PB&J that evoked several childhood memories, the tangy Key lime and the well-executed fritters. A soft, pillowy brioche was the building block for several of the doughnuts — including one packed with chocolate pudding and spangled with cocoa crispies — though we've been told that MacIsaac is changing that dough recipe significantly. Sadly, the grapefruit Campari tasted like neither the fruit nor the aperitif, so it was easy to overlook. (Average score: 6 out of 10.)
Best of the bunch: Berry fritter. Peppy citrus glaze dotted with poppy seeds conceals a smattering of blueberries. The azure orbs create almost jammy pockets in this showstopper, which moves to the top of the leader board as our overall favorite. (Average score: 7.6.)
Worst of the bunch: Devil's food. Disappointingly dried-out dough made this pastry tough to swallow. (Average score: 4.1.)
G Street Food
The wide-ranging menu at this multi-culti eatery includes Asian specialties, American classics, Mediterranean favorites and Mexican staples. Baker extraordinaire Mark Furstenberg was in charge when the restaurant opened in 2009, but he and the owners have since parted ways.
Address: 1706 G St. NW. 202-408-7474. www.gstreetfood.com.
Hours: Mondays through Fridays, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The lineup: There were two doughnut varieties the day we stopped in: plain and sugared.
Price: $1.75 per doughnut.
The look: Simple and straightforward, these puffy pastries are the plain Janes of the doughnut world. (Average weight: 4 ounces.)
Price per ounce: 41-47 cents.
How do they taste? Blah, boring, bland. As one judge put it, "I can't think of any situation where I would find myself eating this doughnut again." (Average score: 3.4 out of 10.)
Best of the bunch: Sugared. Even the coating of sugar could do little to make this anything more than a middle-of-the-road doughnut. Not the worst we've had, but nowhere near the leader board, either. (Average score: 3.9.)
Worst of the bunch: Plain. Virtually flavorless, this breadlike bangle had a yeasty start and a greasy finish. (Average score: 2.9.)
The running totals so far:
Overall scores
Woodward Takeout Food: 5.4
Zeke's DC Donutz: 5.1
Breads Unlimited: 5.0
Woodmoor Pastry Shop: 4.2
Heller's Bakery: 4.1
Shilla Bakery: 3.9
Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe: 3.5
G Street Food: 3.4
Shoppers Food & Pharmacy: 3.3
Krispy Kreme: 3.1
Dunkin' Donuts: 2.2
Best doughnuts
GBD berry fritter: 7.6
Zeke's Ferrero Rocher: 6.7
Breads Unlimited plain glazed: 5.9
Woodward Takeout Food Berliner, Woodward Takeout Food glazed and Woodmoor cinnamon twist (tie): 5.4
Worst doughnuts
Dunkin' Donuts toasted coconut: 1.1
Krispy Kreme glazed raspberry-filled: 2.1
Shoppers vanilla-glazed cake and Heidelberg glazed cruller (tie): 2.3


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Ivesdale board member criticizes discussion on schools
IVESDALE — An Ivesdale village board member has objected to two board members' actions related to the Bement school district's reorganization discussions.
The Bement and Cerro Gordo school boards are in talks about a joint feasibility study on options including deactivating Bement High School, a full consolidation with Cerro Gordo or a cooperative high school.
Kym Somers on Monday complained that Village President Donna Gallivan and Village Administrator Jim Brewer met last month with Unit 7 Superintendent Andrew Larson and school board President Fred Koss about whether it would be possible for Ivesdale's 53 K-12 students to attend Unit 7 schools.
Gallivan said she and Brewer had met with Larson and Koss as individuals and not in their capacity as village officials.
Somers also objected to Gallivan attending a reorganization meeting at Bement High School.
Gallivan said she expressed no opinion to the school board and only asked members to consider Ivesdale students in their decisions.
Last month, Somers was not present when board members discussed the fact that Tolono is closer to Ivesdale than Cerro Gordo.
Somers said she would rather have her children in school in Bement or Cerro Gordo and contended that people in Ivesdale should have been surveyed before any actions were taken.
"You should have asked the residents," Somers said. "They should have been represented as a whole."
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Note: If the animation seems a bit jerky, try adding :visible to the selector you use to find the excerpts to slide up. This may make a slight improvement, but the real issue is something else, addressed in a second solution file.
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Vadim, Your patch needs a bit more than that to work. site2book.xsl needs to be modified as well. would you mind test if a site element without label element does the same job that you want to use? Cheers, Cheche Vadim Gritsenko wrote: > Hey y'all, > > *Please* apply attached patch! Preferably, to the "stable" branch. I'd > do it myself ;-) but you folks got too many branches around so I'm > afraid to mess things up! > > Thanks, > Vadim
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Investcircle.net is a 1 year old domain, situated in France. The domain is linked to the IP address 22.214.171.124.
It was registered by Lars Hagelmann , who can be reached at . Registration details show that it was registered on 08 Jan 2016 through Gandi SAS and will expire on 08 Jan 2017.
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The Volkswagen Jetta is a small and affordable German sedan that is produced with a removable glove box. The glove box on the Volkswagen Jetta is on the passenger's side of the dashboard, and you will need to remove it to replace it if it gets broken. The Jetta's glove box tends to break if it is treated roughly and it is used repetitively. Removing the Jetta's glove box is a simple, straightforward task.
Things You'll Need
- Torx T20 screwdriver
Detach all of the screws securing the Jetta's glove box by turning them counterclockwise with a Torx T20 screwdriver.
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Correspondence to: Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Ave and 16th St, New York, NY 11021; e-mail: email@example.com
Background: Although tuberculosis (TB) and other lung infections are common throughout the developing world, they are not among the most common causes of chronic cough.
Methods: Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search from 1966 through 2003 (using medical subject heading words "cough," "tuberculosis," and "lung infection"), and World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web sites.
Results: Because of the contagious nature of TB and its potential for devastating morbidity and mortality for individual patients and society, TB should be considered early on in the workup of patients with chronic cough when the likelihood of active TB is high. On a worldwide basis, many cases of chronic cough are caused by infection including TB, and endemic fungi and parasites are important causes of cough in specific geographic regions. The convergence of the AIDS epidemic with the high prevalence of TB in the developing world has fueled the marked increase in cases of TB. Persons who live and work in facilities like prisons and nursing homes are also susceptible to tuberculous infection, and they spread it to others. Infection with endemic fungi and parasites should be considered in patients with chronic cough who live, or have lived, in these areas.
Conclusion: Patients with unexplained chronic cough who have resided in areas having endemic infection with TB, fungi, or parasites should undergo diagnostic evaluation for these pathogens when more common causes of cough have been ruled out.
Any acute or chronic infection that involves the sinuses, upper airways, lower airways, and lungs may lead to acute or chronic cough, and the diagnostic algorithms presented in this guideline will usually establish the etiology. Cough is a cardinal feature of tuberculosis (TB), which is an important world health problem. While TB has been reported in all countries, it is particularly common throughout the developing world, and both latent and active TB are often undiagnosed until it is far advanced. Approximately 1.9 million people around the globe die of TB each year, and another 1.9 billion are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and are at risk for active disease. However, on a purely statistical basis, TB and other lung infections are not among the most common causes of chronic cough, even in countries with a high prevalence of this infection.1–2 Nevertheless, because of the contagious nature of TB and its potential for devastating morbidity and mortality for individual patients and society, TB should be considered early in the evaluation of patients with chronic cough when the likelihood of active TB is high. In geographic areas where the prevalence of TB is high, or in populations at high risk of TB (eg, HIV-seropositive persons who use injection drugs), the diagnosis should be considered in all patients with chronic cough, sputum production, hemoptysis, fever, or weight loss. Some high-risk persons may have TB even with normal physical examination and chest radiograph findings, especially when they are immunocompromised.3
Chronic cough is commonly attributable to infections having particular geographic distributions. While TB has been reported in all countries, it is particularly common throughout the developing world, and both latent and active TB are often undiagnosed until it is far advanced. Like TB, endemic fungi are acquired in specific geographic areas and may remain latent for many years, only to emerge as clinical infection when patients become immunocompromised due to HIV infection or the effects of immunosuppressive medications.4Other infections have specific geographic distributions and may cause chronic cough, and cough in patients who reside in closed environments like nursing homes or prisons may require specific approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of infections, including TB.5–6 While patients with lung infections can present with acute and subacute coughs, this section will focus on guidelines for diagnosing selected respiratory infections that cause chronic cough. Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search from 1966 through 2003 (using medical subject heading words "cough," "tuberculosis," and "lung infection"), and World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web sites. This section is not intended to examine the diagnosis and management of all infections that cause cough, which has been discussed in more detail elsewhere.7–11
One third of the population of the world is infected with M tuberculosis, an estimated 9 million develop active TB each year, and approximately 2 million people die of this curable infection, mainly in developing countries.12–14 Cough is the most common symptom in active TB.15As part of the strategy of the World Health Organization to control TB and other respiratory illnesses, the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) strategy was designed as one component of the global directly observed treatment, short-course program. PAL is a syndrome-based strategy to manage patients with respiratory symptoms, mainly cough of 2 to 3 weeks duration.16 The program aims to improve the management of respiratory care in health systems with a focus on primary care services to increase TB detection and diagnosis and to improve case management. PAL also attempts to improve the quality of the care of patients with acute respiratory infection (ARI) [with a focus on pneumonia], asthma, and COPD. To design practical guidelines for implementing a strategy, the World Health Organization undertook surveys in primary health-care settings in nine countries in South America, Asia, and Africa between August 1997 and February 2000. Of the 29,399 patients > 5 years of age who had respiratory complaints and were enrolled in 76 health-care facilities, > 80% were categorized as having ARIs, with pneumonia accounting for a "tiny percentage of ARIs in all settings."14 In health facilities staffed by physicians, 4.4% of patients with respiratory symptoms were suspected of having TB (range, 0% in Argentina to 18.3 in Nepal); sputum smears to detect M tuberculosis were acquired in only 37% of patients in countries with ≥ 83 cases (range, 13.9% in Kyrgystan to 99.6% in Morocco).,17 TB was diagnosed in only 289 patients (1.5%), of whom 77% were smear-positive. Thus, using a strategy with the major goal of diagnosing TB in endemic areas, only a very small fraction of patients with respiratory symptoms had TB. Nevertheless, when considered in the global context of the high incidence of respiratory illness and the millions of people with latent TB, the PAL systematic evaluation of patients presenting with cough of 2 to 3 weeks duration in areas where TB is common will yield early diagnosis, improved outcomes, and reduced spread of disease.
1. In areas where there is a high prevalence of TB, chronic cough should be defined as it is in the World Health Organization PAL program as being 2 to 3 weeks in duration. Level of evidence, low; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, B
The value of evaluating all patients with respiratory symptoms who are at risk for TB was shown convincingly in a study of a program designed to integrate TB screening into the activities of an HIV voluntary counseling and testing center in Port au Prince, Haiti, a country with very high rates of both TB and HIV infection.18 All patients were asked about a history of cough, and those who responded in the affirmative were segregated from other clients, and were evaluated for TB the same day with a medical history, a physical examination, a sputum smear and culture for M tuberculosis, and a chest radiograph. Of the 1,327 adults who presented for the first time over a 4-month period, 241 (20%) were evaluated for pulmonary TB, which was diagnosed in 76 patients (32%).
2. In patients with chronic cough who live in areas with a high prevalence of TB, this diagnosis should be considered, but not to the exclusion of the more common etiologies. Sputum smears and cultures for acid-fast bacilli and a chest radiograph should be obtained whenever possible. Level of evidence, low; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, B
In providing cost-effective programs to diagnose and treat TB in countries with severely limited resources, criteria should be refined to minimize the overuse of diagnostic testing and to develop strategies to improve patient adherence to undergoing tests. In the PAL program, many patients who were not suspected of having TB were referred for sputum smears, while others who were referred for testing were immediately lost to follow-up (eg, approximately 20% of suspected TB cases in Guinée and Morocco).14,17
3. In patients with suspected TB, future investigations are needed to refine the criteria for suspecting TB and initiating a diagnostic evaluation to utilize resources in a cost-effective manner and to improve patient and caregiver adherence to diagnostic recommendations. Level of evidence, expert opinion; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, E/A
TB is an important health problem in prisons around the world, fueled by factors like the poor general health of inmates, overcrowding, increased risk factors, delayed case finding, and incomplete or inadequate interventions.19–20 Both prisoners and staff are at increased risk of TB because cough is the most common symptom, and the disease is spread by the airborne route. Therefore, it is vital to identify patients with TB by screening for the disease on the entry of inmates to a prison with a thorough medical evaluation, including specific questions about a history of TB, TB risk factors, positive tuberculin skin test result, and symptoms suggestive of pulmonary TB (ie, chronic cough, chest pain, or hemoptysis), or systemic symptoms such as weight loss, night sweats, fever, chills, fatigue, and loss of appetite.21 Prisoners and staff suspected of having TB should be isolated from others, should undergo a chest radiograph, and should have sputum collected for acid-fast bacilli smears and cultures.
Similarly, people who live and work in nursing homes are at increased risk for exposure to and infection with M tuberculosis, and nursing home outbreaks may be the focus of a wider community outbreak.22–24 In addition, elderly patients with TB are more likely than younger patients to have atypical clinical and radiographic presentations. In a metaanalysis25 of 12 studies comparing features of pulmonary TB in older (ie, ≥ 60 years old) and younger patients, both groups had similar prevalences of cough and sputum production, but older patients were less likely to have fever, sweating, hemoptysis, and positive tuberculin skin test results. Patients with TB are more likely to have lower lung lesions on chest radiographs as they age and are less likely to have cavitary disease.,25–26
4. In populations at increased risk of becoming infected with TB and transmitting it to others by cough (eg, those persons in prisons and nursing homes), special measures to prevent outbreaks must be made by public health agencies to screen for new cases, maintain surveillance of existing populations, and establish effective diagnostic and treatment programs early in the evaluation. Level of evidence, good; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, A
Although upper airway cough syndrome due to a variety of rhinosinus diseases (previously referred to as postnasal drip syndrome) asthma, and GERD are probably the most common causes of chronic cough in all populations, patient characteristics and geographic considerations must be considered in formulating a differential diagnosis and pursuing an evaluation of chronic cough when these common disorders are excluded. For example, cough and fever may be minimal or absent in elderly patients with pneumonia,27and clinicians must always be vigilant for the possibility of influenza infection, which may spread rapidly and have devastating consequences in a nursing home population.28
Endemic mycoses are diseases that are caused by fungi that are restricted in distribution to discrete geographic regions.29–30 Infection is acquired by the inhalation of fungal spores, which either produce a latent pulmonary infection or progressive acute or subacute disease. Persons with latent infection often acquire progressive pulmonary and disseminated disease in the presence of immune compromise, especially AIDS.31
Other infections that cause chronic cough have specific geographic predilections. For example, paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease common in southeast Asia, especially in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and parts of China, but cases have been described in Eastern Nigeria and in Western nations with immigration of southeast Asian refugees.32–33 Patients typically present with chronic productive cough, and usually have peripheral blood eosinophilia and elevated serum IgE levels.34 A chest radiograph shows a variety of abnormalities, including pulmonary nodules, cavitation, atelectasis, infiltrates, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis is established by identifying Paragonimus westermani eggs in sputum, BALF, pleural fluid, or stool.
Another disorder that causes cough that has a specific geographic distribution is syngamosis, the result of infestation by the nematode Syngamus laryngeus, which is found in wild and domestic birds and mammals in the tropics and subtropics. Human infection is very unusual, with about 100 cases of human infections having been reported. Almost all cases originated in the Caribbean Islands and Brazil,35but isolated cases were reported in Korea, Philippines, Thailand, and the United States.36–37 In human syngamosis, the parasite typically lodges itself in the tracheobronchial tree after the ingestion of contaminated food or water. It is unclear whether the parasites migrate from the pharynx to the larynx and trachea, or lodge in the airways after going through the GI tract/blood/lungs cycle. Respiratory syngamosis produces cough, sputum expectoration, fever malaise, mild-to-moderate leukocytosis, and blood eosinophilia. Most patients present only with chronic nonproductive cough, and some present with asthmatic symptoms.37–38 In one series39of 37 patients with syngamosis, the only symptom in all patients was nonproductive cough, mostly nocturnal, for 1 to 10 months, and the diagnosis was established by bronchoscopy in 31 patients with the visual identification of copulating red to reddish-brown worms in the bronchi. Syngamosis can also be diagnosed by visually identifying worms in expectorated sputum or in the larynx, posterior pharynx, and the tracheal wall.40–41 Cough and other respiratory symptoms resolve after the bronchoscopic removal of parasites, but because the parasites attach themselves firmly to bronchial walls, extraction of the parasites may require the use of biopsy forceps and bronchoscopic suction.
5. In patients with unexplained chronic cough who have resided in areas of endemic infection with fungi or parasites, a diagnostic evaluation for these pathogens should be undertaken when more common causes of cough have been ruled out. Level of evidence, low; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, B
3. In patients with suspected TB, future investigations are needed to refine the criteria for suspecting TB and initiating a diagnostic evaluation, to utilize resources in a cost-effective manner and to improve patient and caregiver adherence to diagnostic recommendations. Level of evidence, expert opinion; benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, E/A
Abbreviations: ARI = acute respiratory infection; PAL = Practical Approach to Lung Health; TB = tuberculosis
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Perfect Day
"Have you ever seen an opossum?" Jeff asked Marty.
"A possum?"
"Opossum! Did you know that when threatened, they fake death," Jeff sat by the river, making ripples with a stick in the water.
"I didn't know that!" Marty sat back on both hands looking up at the cloudless sky.
"Ya," Jeff nodded.
"What's the difference between an Opossum and a Possum?" Marty wondered.
Jeff looked back at him from the river, and shrugged, "I don't know, really. Opossums look like fat rats with hair."
"And Possums?"
"I don't know"
"How do you know the Possum isn't the one that fakes its death then, if you don't know the difference," Marty inquired.
"I just know,"
"Hmm, cool," Marty nodded, sat up and looked at the swirls in the water from Jeff's stick,
"Whatcha drawing there?"
"Cool," Marty sighed.
They sat in silence for a time.
"Hey," Marty started.
"Have you ever seen an opossum before?" Marty asked Jeff.
Jeff shook his head, no. "Can't say I have,"
"I see," Marty said, turning to his friend, "This was completely useless,"
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The ViewingMature
"I'm sure you're going to love this place," the estate agent said as she forced the key into the lock of the apartment door. "It's full of character."
My heart sank. When someone said an apartment was full of character, I took it to mean that there were a lot of problems. But I tried to be positive as the door opened and Andy and I stepped inside.
"As you can see there is a comfortable sized main room with a living and kitchen area," the estate agent, whose badge declared her name was Stacey, informed us. She flicked the light switch, brightening up the previously grey and gloomy looking apartment. "All of the furniture and appliances you see are included in the apartment, which is why this property is a little more expensive than others of a similar size, but I'm sure you will agree that it is definitely worth it."
If I was being honest I had no strong feelings towards the way the apartment was furnished. Everything was a fairly safe beige colour that left me feeling completely indifferent about whether or not I really wanted to pay the extra money for it or not.
"See," Andy whispered in my ear, "this place isn't as bad as you thought it would be, is it?"
"I guess not." My eyes scanned the room, taking in the blandness in its entirety. I would have to do something about the walls and add some colour to the room but it was bearable and the room was a reasonable size. Cosy, but big enough for one.
"And through here there is the bedroom." Stacey opened the door on the opposite wall to reveal one of the smallest bedrooms I have ever seen. Despite this they had somehow managed to fit both a double bed and a wardrobe into the space, leaving hardly any room to move around the furniture.
"Right," I said, trying not to show my disappointment. As Andy had told me, on my budget I couldn't afford to be picky.
"And the bathroom is through that door there." The plain white door opened to reveal another bland and boring room, this time containing a shower, toilet and sink. Nothing about the bathroom inspired any sort of reaction in me but I nodded like I knew what I was doing and followed Stacey and Andy back out into the main room.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone for a moment to get acquainted with the space and have a chat," Stacey said, walking towards the door, heels clacking against the wooden floor.
"So?" Andy asked after a moment's silence. "What do you think?"
"It's…" I replied, searching deep into the recesses of my brain for a word to describe how I felt about the apartment. "It's very…beige."
"Is that a good thing or not?" Andy asked.
"I just don't have any particularly strong feelings about it, that's all," I said. "There's nothing wrong with it, it seems like an alright place to live, it just doesn't…excite me."
"But you can make it your own," Andy reasoned with me. "Imagine it with your things in it; your pictures on the walls. This space could easily be brightened up with some of your things. You have to use your imagination."
I could tell that Andy really liked the apartment and although I knew I shouldn't base my decision on how he felt he was so enthusiastic I felt like I would disappoint him if I rejected the flat. I looked around like he had told me to, imagining the surfaces covered in photographs and my clock hanging from the wall in the kitchen. In my mind the bland walls began to appear a little less dull and uninspiring as I thought about where I would put all my little bits and pieces. I had a brightly covered blanket I could use to cover the boring beige sofa and I could buy a carpet to brighten up the wooden floor.
"I suppose I could see myself living here," I confessed. "With a few touches here and there."
"See," Andy said, his face glowing with happiness, "I told you it would be better if you used your imagination. So? Is this the one?"
"Maybe," I said carefully, "I think so."
"That's wonderful," he gushed. "I'll go and tell the agent the good news." As Andy practically ran towards the front door I took another look around the main room, taking in all of its corners. I could be happy here, I told myself. We'll have to wait and see how things go.


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Chapter 3
"Come along now you two." said the big burly man. John looked up at the man and nudged Laura; they meekly followed him, shuffling about on the moonlit deck. The stars peeped out faintly, the last rays of the setting sun putting them to shame. A full stomach worked wonders on their attention span for the chicken had put them in an extremely sleepy stupor as they went to visit their new living quarters.
Olly remained at the fire side, watching as all her crew dispersed, as the dinner was now over. The scents from the leftover chicken wafted to her nose and she was extremely tempted to take some. She gritted her teeth though, telling herself it was for the soldiers that had been on duty at the time of the dinner and ignored the occasional smells of perfectly cooked bird.
Then a voice interrupted her silent musings on the new 'cargo' they had taken aboard. "On course for upper south America Cap'in." the deep voice pushed through the heavy fog of thought in her mind. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Daniel himself." She replied laughingly.
"Good to see you when you're off duty, sweetheart." He replied, kissing the crown of her head. She pushed him into the chair next to him, rolling her eyes. "Danny, we've been over this. We're kind of incompatible in the situation."
"And what situation is that?" he asked, lifting an eyebrow, a grin playing around his lips. "The fact that we're smack dab in the middle of a massive rebellion, and we're on one of the most hunted ships in the entire world at the moment." She replied, putting emphasis on every single word.
"Oh, that situation." He slouched in an obviously fake grumpy way. She rolled
her eyes. "Daniel. Daniel. Daniel." She shook her head. "You're ridiculous." He tossed back his long black hair out of his eyes. "If I wasn't would you count me as one of your closest friends?" he jested. "No, probably not. I depend on your ridiculousness to balance out the times when I have to play serious." She put on her mock-serious face.
"Aye Aye Cap'in! Balance you out! Yes ma'm!" He snapped up and at attention. "At ease, soldier." She laughed. "See you in the morning. Enjoy your chicken. It scrumptious." She then left for bed, her curls bouncing on her shoulders.
John woke up slowly the next morning, the gentle rocking of the ship keeping him from coming awake even close to quickly. At first, he was confused by his surroundings. He was in a hammock, in a strangely shaped room made of wood. There were no windows and light only peeked in from the slightly ajar door.
The air was mostly warm but behind it was a sharp freshness that reminded him of the sea. Then it all came back to him. He remembered the fire, the travelling, and his new 'caretaker'. He groaned. This was not what he had in mind for the next few weeks; or even days for that matter.
A hammock above him held a form that was most likely still asleep, judging by the way slow breathing filled the room. He carefully avoided bumping the other hammock as he climbed out of his own. He rubbed his weary face and then found to his surprise, he was still wearing his clothes he had been rescued from the fire in.
He then realized there was a lump between his shirt and the sweater he was wearing over it. He felt around inside and realized that this was the piece of paper the commander had sneakily given him before leaving port.
He held it in his hands a few moments before giving into temptation and opened it a bit to peek inside. He found, to his disappointment, that it was full of strange squiggly writing he couldn't decipher in the least. He ground his teeth irritably, and went out the door softly, deciding to deliver it to Olly.
He stepped onto the deck of the ship to be blinded by the sun's sudden rays in his eyes. He took a moment to get his bearings and then looked about to see who was assembled at this moderately early hour. He saw a table had been set up on deck and Olly plus three men he hadn't seen before were sitting at it. One was young with a long black ponytail; the other two were just starting to get their first grays. They seemed to be arguing passionately.
John sauntered over to them and held out the piece of paper to Olly. She took it with a grin. "Morning sunshine, what took you so long?" He looked at her with surprise. "It's barely 5:30 in the morning! The sun hasn't even come up all the way!" he pointed toward the glowing orb which was halfway past the blue horizon.
"Here on the Shadow Wolf most of us our up at five in the morning if not four thirty. Now what's this?" she looked down at the slightly crumpled paper in her hand. "The paper the general gave me. I forgot I had it 'till now." He replied, inspecting the crew on deck for signs of weariness.
"Now what you really mean is that you wanted a look at it before you handed it over. But you couldn't read the writing now could you?" Olly saw through him immediately. The crushing part was, this had been partially John's plan, but he really had forgotten about it though he had wanted a look before as well.
"Well boys, this is good news. It doesn't change our plan a smidge." She passed around the piece of paper and they all looked it over satisfactorily. Olly turned to John and asked politely, "Would you like to accompany me to the mess hall? I hear we got eggs at the last port!" John nodded his head in agreement though absently as he was still trying to determine what all the little squiggles meant.
Olly took his arm and guided him firmly in the right direction. He eventually wrenched his attention away from the symbols and walked down with her. They entered a sizzling hot room full of crew mates that were ready for some sustenance. They got into line and Olly anxiously peered ahead of the line. "Oh I really hope he made omelets! Do you think I could pull rank on them and skip ahead?"
She said these things mostly to herself and John was guessing she wouldn't pull ahead, no matter how curious she was. She danced on her tiptoes to see ahead of her men and women and they ignored her, as if she did this every day.
The line inched ahead and they reached the serving place where the server put omelets onto Olly's plate. She squealed with delight and raced to a largely empty table where John soon joined her with his plate of food.
Several people exchanged a 'Mornin' Cap'in." with her before Laura joined their table. She was slightly bleary eyed, but other than that she looked ready for her first morning aboard the Shadow Wolf. Olly smiled as she detected a bit of seasickness in Laura's face. That was how it had been on her first day as well.
"Well, I'm sure that paper told you all about us, now it's time for us to learn about you." John said, looking her full in the face. She looked up from her omelet, one eyebrow raised. "I thought we covered that yesterday." She said evenly.
"All you told us was when you joined the army. That's not nearly enough; tell me about your position in the army." Olly raised both eyebrows this time. "Why on earth do you need to know that?"
"Curiosity." He replied blankly. She stared him down for awhile. He looked back with a vicious look. "Can't argue with that look, can I?" she smiled and Laura watched the pair of them, her omelet forgotten.
"I'm a captain of the nearly undisputed best ship in the Fighting Lions, probably in the world." "Nearly undisputed?" Laura cut in. "Yeah, there's this one ship that's stationed over in Iceland. Never seen it, but I guess it must be good if it's comparative to this one."
"And that's it? That's all you are? Just a captain?" John pressed. "What else is there? I'm the captain of the Shadow Wolf! How much more do I need on my plate?!" "Seriously." She grinned. "Clever aren't you? Alright, I'm a smidge more important. I control three more ports. One in Europe, a Californian one, and one down in upper South America. We're heading to the South American one for a shipment of weapons."
"What about the people up there? Who were they?" "Two of them were generals from the Mexican front, General Harner, and General Jassno. We'll be dropping them off with a ship that's to rendezvous with us just before we get to the South American border." "And the other one?" Jon inquired further.
"That was Daniel. He's my second in command." Olly said before taking a bite of her omelet. "Actually, I prefer Danny." said Danny himself, plopping down beside Olly. "Yes, Danny, my number one." Olly said half rolling her eyes. "Yes, yes, Olls, I know you think I'm cramping your style with the newbies." He tickled right behind her jaw where he knew she was ticklish.
"Danny!" she said with laughter, "That tickles!" He laughed too and said, "I know!" Laura and John exchanged glances and Laura asked, "Are you two a couple or…?" she trailed off. They looked at each other for a split second before firing off into a long explanation of how they had been friends for the last nine or ten years.
"So, you two are like best friends?" Olly opened her mouth to respond but Danny cut in saying" We aren't 'like' best friends we are best friends." Olly nodded. "Pretty much, yeah." John turned to Danny, "So, what's your job on this ship?"
Danny put on his thoughtful face for a moment before replying, "I check up on the crew, make sure they're happy and up to standards, that sort of thing. I also keep Captain Olly in line here. Sometimes she goes off the deep end either way. She can go totally nuts in a good way or a bad way; I got to make sure she stays in the happy middle area." Olly gave him a look of frustration before cleaning the remnants of her breakfast off her plate with the fork.
"I also have to be sure she doesn't eat the ship's supply of omelets. It's her favorite breakfast food." He mock-whispered to them. "Daniel, I am perfectly capable of lying off the omelets for a while." He gave her this look that spoke volumes and she admitted, "Ok, I'm obsessed with omelets, what's so wrong with that?" "Nothing Olls! Nothing at all." He winked at John and Laura.
"What about you two? What's your involvement with the Narravi?" Danny inquired sharply. "The accusation was totally false. We have no linkage with either the Lions of the Narravi. They probably went after us because we had no ties with either." Laura speculated.
"Do you sympathize with what the Narravi are doing? Do you think that what they've done is acceptable?" Olly asked with no accusation in her voice. "Well… we think that... uh…" John stammered. "Will you give the position of the Shadow Wolf away to the Narravi if you get the chance? Deliver us into their hands?" Olly was peering into their faces as if that way she could tell their sincerity. "Of course not!"
John said, mortified at having been asked that question. "We'd be idiots to thank our rescuers by delivering them into the hands of our would-be killers." Laura justified.
Olly gave them a grand smile while Danny continued to eat his omelet. It was quite a good omelet. Olly stood to bring her dishes directly to the cook while Laura, John, and Danny talked. She meandered up to the cook and he took the dishes from her. "Are you nervous about our 'visitors' Captain?" he asked, putting them in the sink.
"Very." she confirmed. "Charlie, you know more about the social workings on this ship than me. I want you to keep an eye on those two, most especially John. I want you to find out everything you can about them." He nodded with a wink. "Aye Captain."
Olly trudged up the stairs, soon met by Danny, who had also retreated from the dining hall. "Good omelets." He said conversationally. "I've had better." Olly said seriously, lost in thought about the two they had recently picked up out of nowhere.
They were met by the gentle wind, tossing their hair back, Olly's a shimmer of red, and Danny's a sea of black. The sea sparkled when they looked toward it, as if in greeting. Olly and Danny walked to the starboard edge of the ship and looked down into the depths of the water. They had scarcely left port last night and already the water was too deep to see very far down.
Silvery fish hung just below the waves lapping at the wooden structure of the lower ship. They moved in complex patters, the little school looking like a moving art work rather than fish that could be trapped and eaten. Olly looked at them solemnly before tossing a few crumbs of bread Charlie had given her into their midst.
The fish had never seen bread before but they attacked and devoured it immediately. Danny looked down at them too, but having nothing to offer, kept his hands jammed inside his pants. The silvery fish seemed to wave at them before swimming on.
"Everything ship shape Ms. Swiller?" Olly called up to the woman who was directing the massive vessel. "Aye! Ship shape she is Captain! She's happy to be back on the water like the rest of us ma'm!" Olly called back up to her. "Keep her steady! Let's keep her happy!" Swiller smiled down at the Captain before resuming her work.
"Happy to be back at seas where you're the biggest baddest ship? You're such a sweetie." Olly whispered to her ship, stroking her gently. "If you two are finished?" Danny intoned. Olly pulled herself away from the beauty and went to stand beside Danny at the prow of the ship. "Sorry, a captain and her ship as it were. Isn't that right Wolf?" she asked to the ship in general.
As if in response, the boards beneath their feet creaked in response to their weight. "Aw, I knew she still loved me." Olly crooned. "You two need to get a grip on yourselves. We're in the middle of a mission here!" Danny accused, waving a hand in front of Olly's face. "Oh calm yourself Daniel." Olly ordered. "It's the first day of a brand new mission, we're out at sea, my ship loves me and the weather is perfect. Stop being so grumpy." She punched him playfully on the shoulder while he stared darkly out at the sea.
"Yeah, a perfect day for combat. Ships just love fighting in the beautiful daylight." He cast her a sideways look and Olly realized what he was implying. She squinted out at the horizon to see two obvious dark splotched she had missed before. "Great. A perfect day ruined."


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After signing up at www.armyofwomen.org, members are then contacted via email blast about new studies seeking volunteers. They can either sign-up for the studies online, or if they do not qualify, they are encouraged to forward the information to a friend or family member. Every woman over 18 is welcome to participate, whether a breast cancer survivor or someone never affected.
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Sup guys and girls, it's time for another Comedy Goldmine. Forums Goon Bewilderbeest thought it would be a unique idea to combine two of everybody's favorite pasttimes in video games and movies, and he asked the forums to indulge him in photographically pondering what it would be like if certain video game characters tried their respective hand at acting. The result? Well, you'll find out soon enough.
Much like Alex Trebek knows the questions to all the answers he reads off, I am instantly familiar with every video game and motion picture ever created. However, I'm gonna let you guys do the math on these ones and refrain from offering my usual, blisteringly witty comments, as I feel I would therefore be compromising the subtlety of the humor in most of them. For any given picture, you've probably either seen the movie or played the game referenced anyway, if not both. For every one that completely throws you for a loop, you can pat yourself on the back for being less of a geek than you thought you were!
Ok, enough out of me — Bewilderbeest gets us going.
Gentle Creature has awakened from his worries. Shhhh. He has gone to visit his gentle cousin who also wants to be President.
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if ur an evil wizard post in this thread about the spells you cast and other things like that.
The Comedy Goldmine examines the funniest and most creative threads from the Something Awful Forums. Although the Comedy Goldmine has changed authors many times over the years, its focus on the Something Awful Forums is still the same. Includes hilarious Photoshops, amusing work stories, parodies, and other types of oddball humor.
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Does the idea of a "click on – click off" translation bar sound useful? Then you will definitely want to take a look at the Google Translation Bar Bookmarklet.
Are you looking for a quicker way to access your system settings without using the Control Panel? Then "Windows 7 in a Box" is a program that you should take a closer look at.
Do you need an easy way to access external apps such as Notepad or other apps while you are browsing? See how simple it is to set up customized launch buttons for your favorite apps with the External Application Buttons mod for Firefox 3.0+ extension.
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MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
- UFC vBookie Betting (http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc-vbookie-betting/)
- - UFC 71: Chris Leben vs. Kalib Starnes (http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc-vbookie-betting/13977-ufc-71-chris-leben-vs-kalib-starnes.html)
UFC 71: Chris Leben vs. Kalib Starnes
Bet on Leben vs Starnes.
Starnes has shown that he buckles up, Leben would fight till' the death. Look for Starnes to take this to the ground. I'm sure Big Nog has got Starnes in a BJJ craze right now. Leben TKO
I'm getting crazy and putting 25,000 on Starnes.
First death in UFC history....Rip leben
idk i have a feeling Starnes must just win.
Leben by UD or possible TKO (hopefully im wrong)
100,000 on the cat smasher
all i can say is WAR CRIPPLER
if leben wins this one the ufc needs too lay off with having him fight these ground specialists.
mike swick was right there for the longest time for swick vs. leben 2 but nooo.....now swick is going down to ww.
+1 more bet for Kalib Starnes
crippler's only been crippled once, against silva, and silva also crippled franklin.
he did way more damage in his fight with doerkson and got robbed in my opinion and he was easily beating mcdonald until he got caught.props to mcdonald with that sweet modified guilltine choke.
3 losses, one questionable decision, one sub and one knockout to the current champ.
im sick of people calling leben a can and a bum
im pretty sure leben can take starnes.
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Saturday, June 06, 2009
Video Game Industry Rant
Video game manufacturers may pressure resellers
Video game manufacturers have long tolerated the practice of retailers reselling used games without any of the secondary sales going back to publishers and developers.
But the tough economy and the increasing number of retailers in the used games business are bringing a sore subject to the fore and contributing to a migration toward more downloadable content and full digital distribution of games.
Video games are different from movies or CDs, which often hold more sentimental and replay value over games, which can be played through in 10 hours and then discarded. The challenge for the industry is to get consumers to buy games they'll want to hold on to.
This exposes that some people in the industry just don't get it. If you make a good game, like Bioshock, GoW, Halo, L4D, R6V, it will become a classic that people keep in their collections forever as a badge of honor. Something they come back to play with their friends over and over.
Take "Fallout 3" for example, the *used* price is still 80-90% of the full new price 3/4 of a year after its launch. This is because no one is selling their copies back, so the demand outstrips the supply by a large margin. This is because the game is a classic that the Bethesda Game Studios clearly cared a lot about when they made it.
Make throw away 3rd party Hollywood tie in titles and yes, people will treat it just like you do: Play it and sell it back like the trash it is.
This is exactly how it works in all media. People buy the latest trendy pop album, listen to it to death for a couple months, then when they find they just don't listen to it anymore because they are on to the next big thing, they take it and sell it at a used CD store for 10-20% of its cover price. This *increases* the total sales in the system, if you don't get this you need to learn some econ 101.
I'm sorry you guys seem to think you deserve more cash, but your failed understanding of the free market. Your failing business modeling is not my problem. That is your problem to figure out. And if you take a look at the companies who DO get it (lets see... Valve, anyone?) you'll see that they keep their titles alive through a constant flow of new, free updates... why would I sell my copy of the organge box when I know Valve released a new update every few months?
/rant off.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
My skin just came off my body and ran away
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Mustard Seed provides low-cost high-quality academic assistance to students by helping them learn, build confidence, and experience success.
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
Ms. Laura Landsaw
tutoring, academic assistance, homework
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San Bernardino, CA 92401 USA
Educational Services and Schools - Other (B90)
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement (B92)
Education N.E.C. (B99)
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This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
How does this organization make a difference?
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Mustard Seed's primary performance is whether children learn better and faster with our help than without. In 2010, the average student at Mustard Seed mastered 187% as quickly as the expected rate of the state of California.
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Eric Goddard is the second Executive Director of Mustard Seed Tutorial Center since it was founded in 1994. During his tenure at Mustard Seed, the agency's strategic vision has focused, tutor participation has nearly quadrupled, and annual revenue has increased three-fold. He is active in the nonprofit community, chairing the Nonprofit Executive Network of San Bernardino and serving on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Nonprofits. He has held the position of Executive Director since 2001.
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In 2001, automotive historian James Mays published his awaited history of Chrysler Canada, a company whose background has remained largely unknown to the general public. While some Canadians may be familiar with a few of the names of the company's leaders, such as E.C. Row (thanks to an expressway in Windsor), many have no idea that these people were ever associated with Chrysler Canada.
In 2013, Mr. Mays graciously provided Allpar with the opportunity to reprint the full book, unabridged; for the post-war sections, Lawrence Monkhouse kindly provided archival photography, including his own photos of various Chrysler Canada facilities.
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Goa`s women commuters get their `ladies` specials`
Clara D`Souza is waiting for an extended miracle from Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar - more ladies` specials.
Panaji: Tired of being squeezed in and out of buses, which even the proverbial packed sardines would tend to avoid, Clara D`Souza is waiting for an extended miracle from Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar - more ladies` specials.
Why can`t the technocrat chief minister, who with one stroke of a pen slashed petrol prices by Rs 11, give me a safe bus ride to and from college, asks the Anjuna resident, who`s just heard that the state`s first ladies specials have been launched on four select routes. Unfortunately, she doesn`t live anywhere near them.
D`Souza might just have to wait for a few months until more routes are identified, but for Lydia Travasso her "harassment free" journey began this week.
"It`s very good. There is no tension. Men used to harass us earlier. They wouldn`t acknowledge reserved women`s only seats. They used to brush against our bodies. It was an ordeal," said Travasso, who on Tuesday took her first ride on the first ladies special operated by the state-run Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC).
She wore a smile and carried a bouquet handed over to her by the chief minister, who ushered in a bevy of excited women commuters aboard.
"It`s a good concept whose time has come. It was not possible to do it 10-15 years ago. Now there are enough women who travel these routes regularly," said Parrikar.
He has been vocal against sexual harassment of women in public transport, admitting it was a "huge problem".
"Crime is the highest in public buses. There is a huge problem there," he had said earlier while mooting the concept of ladies specials that admittedly are not uncommon in other more urbanised centres in India.
And with the kind of interest that the experiment has generated, especially among young commuters like D`Souza, who travels 10 km every day from her home in Anjuna to her college in Mapusa, the ladies specials are here to stay.
According to KTC chairman Carlos Almeida, the buses are currently plying on the Panaji-Margao, Panaji-Vasco, Panaji-Ponda and Panaji-Mapusa routes that connect all of Goa`s major urban centres.
"This is only the beginning. We will rationalise and expand the routes soon," Almeida said. He also said the corporation is open to hiring women drivers for the ladies` specials. "If we get a few women drivers it will be great," Almedia said.


text: Don't forget Cowboys' stars when handing out blame By TOM ORSBORN - Express-News Web Posted: 11/07/2010 12:00 AM CDT GREEN BAY, Wis. — Alex Barron got bashed for all those penalties he committed in the opener. Same goes for Tashard Choice (momentum-changing fumble in the same game), Orlando Scandrick (burned in nearly every game) and Marc Colombo (celebration flop against Tennessee). But on a team with the highest payroll in the NFL, shouldn't it be the stars who are taken to task the most for the disastrous 1-6 start? The Cowboys entered this season expecting big things from Miles Austin and DeMarcus Ware. While they've had stretches where they've lived up to their billing, neither is free from blame for Dallas' demise. For more... http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...t_stars_when_handing_out_blame_106830118.html


text: As the holiday season approaches, businesses in downtown Ellsworth are teaming up with the city and the Chamber of Commerce to look at new ways to increase sales.Meghan hayward has the story."They are a viable and wonderful downtown and we want it to continue."Businesses, the city of Ellsworth and the Chamber of Commerce are looking at new approaches to ensure its vitality."Find different ways to market downtown because it has so much to offer. I mean in the last 12 to 14 years, it has been totally renovated, the infrastructure."Several retail stores have been in downtown Ellsworth for many years and they're proud of that."I think it's great being in the heart of the city and downtown. Having a locally owned business, it seems to be a good fit.""I think it's probably the heart and soul of traditional downtown Ellsworth where people come."Micki Sumpter, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, says continued success is going to involve looking at the bigger picture."Everything compliments one another, that's our goal. We want to balance it and make sure everything compliments one another."Denise Hue is the co-owner of Pyramid Studios. She thinks coming up with different strategies can only benefit downtown."Anything that increases interest through marketing will have a benefit on businesses. Particularly retail coming into the Christmas season."Leslie Harlow operates The Maine Grind. She says they've already put some new plans into motion."The bottom line is we've had to look at our customer base and the reality of the downturn of the economics look at ourselves and say what can we do to vamp up business?"Sumpter says if businesses continue operating like they have and work with marketing strategies, the future of downtown Ellsworth will be bright."That it continues to be as viable or even better than it is now."


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The Blade of The Investigator
The Investigator produces a blade from somewhere in her enveloping cloak, a stilletto, long and sharp as a needle, flat and serrated on one slim edge. She moves it in the air, sweeps it and the blade catches the light, echoing it and catching it, blossoming into its own internal fire, crackling and flickering.
"There was another here, is that not so?"
"Only the boy," the fortune teller says.
"And where is this boy now? Only a boy you might call him, but he is our killer. See here!"
Impassive, her head bent, tall and thin as death might be, she indicates the fallen duke. The fortune teller quivers as she calls the necromantic magic she is attuned to. He feels her magic like pins in his flesh, stabbing into his chest in fire and ice as the duke's body writhes and shivers, slowly rises.
Held up, the corpse hangs, limp feet scraping the floor, head-lolling, loose tongued as its bloody mouth opens in a groan. A groan that dies away under the commanding voice of the Investigator.
"You will speak truly," she says.
"Let me go!" The duke wails and his voice is more pain, more pins and ice and aching.
"Answer me this and I will let you go," the Investigator says. "Why was the glass broken? Where is the boy? What did you plan here?"
"Revolution. The boy is gone where none can follow. It was he who broke the glass and he who killed me."
"Enough, you can go." The Investigator slices the air with her blade, corpse dropping as a puppet when its strings are cut. The body describes a new, more grotesque parody of sleep than it did before, but the old man breathes again, with the threat and pain of magic passed.
"Revolution," the Investigator says and turns to him. "You will get me an Augur and bring him to the Palace. One hour, old man, that's all you have."