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Boxing Day sale shoppers were soaked as downpours continued across the country today - and there were warnings that an Atlantic storm would bring more heavy rain at the weekend.
While the heavy rain was expected to ease off tonight, it is forecast to remain fairly wet, with rain falling on and off for the rest of the week, a Met Office spokesman said.
Meanwhile, a storm brewing in the Atlantic could mean the last weekend of one of the wettest years on record could be hit with up to 50mm of rain in some areas.
Paul Knightley, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association said: "There is a big Atlantic storm winding itself up.
"The actual epicentre won't be anywhere near us, but it will have quite a lot of effect on our weekend.
"There will be pretty heavy rain on Saturday - there could be 25mm to 50mm in Western areas on Friday and Saturday.
"There could be gales around the coastal areas of up to 50 to 55mph, maybe more in northern Scotland."
Mr Knightley added: "It is fairly normal weather for this time of year, but given the ground is soaking wet it is going to cause a few issues.
"In another year if we had had a dry autumn it would not have been as much of a problem."
A Met Office landslide warning remained in place as walkers were urged to take extra care in "dangerous conditions".
The Met Office, which issued the warning following advice from the British Geological Survey, said coastal areas in the south-west of England were in particular danger of collapsing cliff edges and rockfall, but stressed that all areas enduring heavy rain were at risk.
A Met Office spokesman said it was difficult to predict whether the flooding situation would improve.
"It is drying up at times so it is not continuous," he said.
"It won't help the flooding situation but it is difficult to say whether it is going to get any worse than before."
Rail and road networks were badly hit in the days leading up to Christmas, with a number of key routes struck by weather-related delays and National Rail warned of further disruption in the south-west tomorrow.
First Great Western trains today told people not to attempt travel tomorrow.
The Environment Agency has 119 flood warnings in place, urging residents to take immediate action against expected flooding while 228 less severe flood alerts have been issued across most of England and Wales.
The agency has removed 76 flood warnings and alerts in the last 24 hours.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has removed all its warnings.
Around 470 properties have flooded since last Wednesday, while Floodline revealed it had received 18,000 calls during the recent wet weather.
The worst-affected areas have been south-west England and stretches along the south coast from Cornwall to Kent, along with Wales and northern Scotland.
In Devon and Cornwall alone, 245 properties flooded over the weekend, and although a number of people were evacuated, most have now returned home.
The sodden Christmas comes towards the end of what is expected to be one of the wettest years in Britain since records began.
The UK's average rainfall in 2012, excluding December, was 1,202mm - placing it 13th in the list of wettest years since records began in 1910.
The year 2000 remains the UK's wettest year, with an average rainfall of 1,337.3mm.
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U.S. stocks jumped on the year's first day of trading, after Washington lawmakers cut a last-minute deal to avert automatic tax hikes that threatened to stunt economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.71 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 1.73 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 2.21 percent.
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Gary Bender Through the Years
April 11, 2011
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Gary Bender grew up in Ulysses, Kansas, where he played high-school football.
Bender called University of Kansas football and basketball games during the late 1960s. His broadcasting career started in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1964.
In 1970, Bender started the Wisconsin portion of his career when he became play-by-play announcer for the Green Bay Packers and then Milwaukee Brewers before joining CBS for NFL football in 1975.
Bender joined the CBS team of announcers for football that lasted until 1986.
How many of these young CBS announcers do you recognize?
Johnny Unitas was one of Bender's early partners on NFL telecasts.
Bender also teamed with Hank Stram.
Bender worked with John Madden before either did "Monday Night Football." Bender had his one shot on Monday Night when the Minnesota Twins World Series Game 7 in 1987 forced postponement of the Vikings' game to the next night, a Monday.
Bender teamed with Billy Packer for CBS college basketball from 1982-84.
Bender called the NBA Finals with Rick Barry and Bill Russell, both NBA Hall of Famers.
Bender interviews legendary basketball coach John Wooden.
Bender joined the Suns for the 1993-94 season in what was expected to be a brief stint. Bender will retire from broadcasting after 18 seasons and over 700 games with the Suns at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season.
Bender teamed with Keith Erickson for his first season with the Suns.
Bender, JoAnn and Cotton Fitzsimmons showed off their throwback threads for "Retro Night" on March 24, 2003.
Bender and Fitzsimmons were a popular team in the broadcast booth.
Suns President Rick Welts and Bender talk before a game in 2008.
Bender most recently has teamed with a pair of former Suns players, here with Eddie Johnson.
Scott Williams has also been a frequent parter for Bender on Suns telecasts on Fox Sports Arizona.
Bender has been married to wife Linda for 47 years and they have two sons, Brett and Trey.
Bender will become a consultant for the Kansas University Alumni Association and also serve as keynote speaker at awards programs. The broadcast icon was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.


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Forever starstruck part 4
Book by: Jansokinator4 eva
Status: Finished
Genre: Fan Fiction
Chapter1 (v.1) - Forever starstruck part 4
Part 4 In this part luke and jai and Vanessa have their drivers license \"I really owe you guys\" \"It's ok beau\" Luke, jai and Vanessa answered
At school the next day
\"Hey beau why weren't you at school yesterday?\" \"Ohh umm something important came up\" \"Well you missed out on something really awesome\" \"What is it jake?\" \"Well there's a new girl\" \"And?\" \"She's like really hot and I told her bout you and she's gonna text you\" \"Oh that's why I got a text from a random so what form room she in?\" \"Same as you Vanessa and Luke\" \"Sweet\" \"Uh huh\" \"I gotta go jake bye dude\" \"Bye beaujob\"
Beau walks to form room
\"Hey Vanessa\" Vanessa's surrounded by a group of people signing her cast \"Hi beau\" Luke wheels in \"Hey lukey\" \"Hey Vanessa\" Vanessa stands up and walks over to Luke with a pen \"Can I sign your cast lukey?\" \"If I can sign yours!\" \"Okay\" Vanessa and Luke sign each others casts Ring ring ring ring \"I gotta take this lukey\" \"Kay I understand\"
Vanessa answers her phone \"Hello?\" \"Hi Vanessa this is doctor clare I'm calling about your arm\" \"Ok\" \"We have some bad news for you\" \"Oh ok\" \"Your going to need your cast on for twelve weeks instead of Six\" \"Oh ok I understand\" \" we are sorry about any inconvenience\" \" oh it's ok I don't have anything planned thank you\" \"No problem Vanessa\" \"I have to go schools starting\" \"Ok good bye Vanessa\" \"Thank you again\"
Phone call ends
\"Well lukey looks like I have a cast for the next twelve weeks\" \"Oh so they've extended it\" \"Uh huh\" \"Well the hospital called me yesterday and I have an appointment after school and was wondering if you want to come with me\" \"Sure thing lukey\" Luke smiled
Mrs Baxter (form room teacher) walked in \"Well I see that the we have two broken students and one naughty student\" mrs Baxter laughed \"Shit she knows\" beau whispered in Vanessa's ear \"Well i see that Luke's in a wheel chair and both of you won't be writing since you broke your writing hands\" \"Yeah I bought my MacBook Pro in\"Luke said \"Same here\" Vanessa replied \"Okay well you two can work on them today\" \"Ok\" Vanessa and Luke said in unison \"So why were you three off school yesterday?\" Beau gulped Vanessa and Luke looked at each other and nodded as in we will let beau say this. \"Well umm i kinda went to **cough** court**cough** and they were **cough** witnesses**cough**\" \"Oh i see and Luke how did you end up in a wheel chair?\" \"Well i was in the boxing fight and i heard Vanessa scream so i leapt out of the ring and i went to help Vanessa and then after we hugged then the guy i was fighting josh came and knocked me out then started kicking me\" \"And how did you break your arm Vanessa?\" \"Oh i just fell at touch rugby practice and landed on it\" Beau looked at Vanessa and beau mouthed thank you Vanessa mouthed no problem back After class Beau walked up to the new girl \"Hi I'm beau BROOKS\" emphasizing brooks trying to give the clue that he's famous \"I'm Megan FRANCE\" Megan emphasizes France giving a clue that her dad is the owner of MTV \"Wow your dad owns MTV right?\" \"Yeah and aren't you part of the janoskians?\" \"Yup\" Vanessa wheels Luke over \"Hi I'm Luke brooks and this is my girlfriend Vanessa\" \"Oh hi I've heard bout you Vanessa\" \"Good things I hope\" \"Yeah that you were new bout a month ago and that you guys are all really close friends\" \"Haha yup that's good at least there not bad things\" Vanessa laughs
At lunch in the cafeteria \"Megan! Come sit with us!\" Beau yelled Megan walks over and sits down at the table between beau and skip \"Hey guys\" Vanessa and Luke come over and sit down \"Hey\" they reply Beau puts his arm round Megan \"Um what are you doing?\" \"Oh nothing you just um had a fly on your shoulder\" Beau pretends to flick a fly off her shoulder Ring ring ring ring Luke pulls out his phone \"Hello?\" \"Hi Luke is it possible for you to come to your appointment in an hour instead of in three hours?\" \"Yeah sure I will just tell the office\" \"Okay see you soon \"
Phone call ends \"Well Vanessa they've moved my appointment forward so we need to go now\" \"Ok bye guys\" Vanessa and Luke leave
At the hospital \"Ok Luke you ribs are fine now and next week we will X-ray your leg\" \"What bout my arm?\" \"Well your arms the worse out of all of them so your arm won't be better for bout eleven weeks\" \"Ok\" \"Ok come with me and I will get you a moon boot so you won't need a wheel chair all the time\" Luke and Vanessa follow the nurse
After Luke gets his moon boot \"We will see you next week to see how your leg is and how long you will need a moon boot for\" \"Ok thanks\"
Luke and Vanessa leave the hospital \"Here Luke I will drive back to school\" \"Ok thanks Vanessa\" \"No problem lukey\" Vanessa starts driving \"Hey Vanessa I've been thinking\" \"Bout?\" \"The fact that I don't have a nickname for you like you call me lukey beau calls you nessa hmm what should your nickname be\" Luke puts on his thinking face \"Haha\" Vanessa starts laughing \"What?\" \"You thinking face is cute\" \"And so is your laugh!\" They both start laughing Vanessa pulls in at school \"Well here we are back at school\" Vanessa said \"Yup\"Luke replied \"You need help out?\" \"Thanks babe that would be great\" \"Haha you found a name\" \"Yup\" Vanessa smiles and gets out of the car Vanessa opens Luke's door and helps him out \"Thanks babe\" Luke kisses Vanessa \"Vanessa what the fuck are you doing!\" Vanessa turns round \"Fuck off jack!\" \"Babe who's he?\" Luke asked worried \"Oh don't worry that's just my fucking older brother jack\"
Jack and his friends walk over \"Who the fuck is this Vanessa?\" \"Jack calm down its Luke\" \"Who the fucks he!\" \"Just fuck off jack!\" \"And why did you two just get out of the car?\" \"I think they were ditching!\" One of jacks friends say \"What the fuck no! Luke had an appointment at the hospital and I took him because he needed someone to drive him there and back\" \"O really prove it!\" \"Isn't it fuckin obvious!\" \"Here babe I will sort this\" \"Babe?! Why did he just call you babe!\" Jacks friends grab Luke \"What the fuck are you doing jack!\" \"I'm protecting you Vanessa he's one of those fuck head janoskians who knows what they might do\" \"Jack leave him alone!\" \"No Vanessa I'm just protecting you\" Vanessa tries to push jacks friends Liam, Brice and Caleb off Luke \"Jack just let him go he's seriously hurt he's only just gotten out of a wheel chair\" \"Oh really then um that changes the situation FUCK NO!\" \"Luke!\" Vanessa screamed starting to cry \"GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF MY BROTHER!\" Yelled a voice behind jack Jack turns around \"Wait oh shit you've got to be fucking kidding beau brooks is Luke's brother!\" \"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!\" Beau yelled angrily \"Oh umm sorry beau didn't know he was your brother\" \"WELL NOW YOU FUCKING DO AND IF YOU HURT HIM I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!\" \"Boys let him go\" Liam, Brice and Caleb drop Luke Luke falls to the ground \"Luke!\" Vanessa screamed and ran over to him \"THAT'S IT YOU'VE FUCKING PUSHED IT!\" Beau lunges at jack Vanessa slowly helps Luke stand up Jack punches beau above the eye Beau punches jack in the stomach \"Haha who knew our older brothers would fight each other\" Luke said while laughing \"I know right!\" I replied laughing as well \"Do you think we should stop them before they murder each other?\" \"Yup!\" Luke grabbed jack and I grabbed beau \"What the fuck are you doing!\" Jack screamed \"Im stopping you from being murdered\" \"Haha real funny dick head as if beau would murder me!\" \"You sure bout that he has got the strength to accidentally murder someone\" \"Ae Vanessa you see how Vanessa's gotta green cast beau snapped it\" \"That motherfucker! I'm gonna get you beau brooks!\" Jack screamed and tried to grab beau again Vanessa had let go of beau and he just stood bout two meters away from jack and poked his tongue out \"What do you think you lot are doing?\" Mrs Baxter asked \"Him and his stupid friends tried to beat up Luke!\" Beau yelled and pointed at jack \"so I went and told them to let him go and then I told them to let him go and they just dropped him so I punched jack and then he punched me\" \"Well he was fucking kissing my sister!\" \"Jack language!\" Mrs Baxter snapped \"Right sorry mrs Baxter\" \"Well Brice, jack, Caleb, Liam and beau you all have detention\" \"Ok\" beau said casually it was basically his daily routine he had detention nearly every day Mrs Baxter walk away \"Vanessa we will talk bout this at home!\" Jack yelled angrily \"Just fuck off jack I'm my own person I don't need you to boss me round\" Jack walks over to Luke and grabs his shoulder \"If you harm my sister I will break every bone in your body!\" \"Ok dude whatever\" Jack and his mates walk off \"You ok faggot?\" \"Yeah whatever what bout you slut?\" \"Eh my eye kinda hurts\" \"Well beaujob looks like for once you had good timing\" \"Yeah I was going to go get something from the car and I saw those dicks with You two\" \"Well slut see ya later\" Luke and Vanessa walk off to their next class
They walk in the classroom \"Hi me Middleton sorry we are late\" \"It's ok I was told you two were at hospital\" Luke and Vanessa go take a seat Mrs Baxter walks in \"Sorry mr Middleton can I please see Luke and Vanessa in the hall?\" \"It's ok mrs Baxter Luke Vanessa in the hall please\" Luke and Vanessa get up and walk into the hall way In the hallway they hold hands Luke's non broken and Vanessa's broken hand are linked \"Oh no it's them\" Luke whispered in Vanessa's ear Jack glares at Luke and Vanessa \"I think you lot all might want to explain what happened earlier but first we need to go to room 13MZ\" \"Oh no that's beaus class\" Luke whispered Mrs Baxter opens the door to room 13MZ \"Sorry to bother you mrs timmings but can I please have beau brooks for a moment\" \"Beau your needed\" Beau looks up from his lap \"Ok\" \"And beau no phones in class!\" \"Sorry mrs timmings\" Beau walks out of his class \"Hey faggot!\" \"Hey slut!\" Mrs Baxter turns round \"No name calling\" She turned back around We finally came to an empty class \"All of you take a seat\" We walk in and sit in a circle \"I've called you here to discuss what happened earlier\" \"Ok\" we all answered \"Ok Vanessa and Luke I understand you just got back from the hospital then what happened?\" \"Well Vanessa came to hospital with me for two reasons one i needed someone to drive me there and back and two cause she's my girlfriend \" \"And I got out and went and helped him out and then as a thank you he kissed me\" Vanessa answered Luke blushes \"And then jack walked pass and asked what the fuck we were doing\" \"Luke language!\" Mrs Baxter snapped \"Sorry mrs Baxter\" \"Then luke asked who he was and I replies with my older brother jack and then jack asked the same thing and I said its Luke then he asked who Luke is and then Luke said here babe I will sort this and then jack asked why Luke just called me babe and then Caleb, Liam and Brice grabbed Luke\"said Vanessa \"Vanessa asked what they were doing and jack said protecting her cause I'm a janoskian and who knows what I will do and those were his exact words and then beau came\"Luke said \"I told them that if they hurt Luke I will hurt them so they dropped Luke and he fell to the ground so I grabbed jack and yeah we got into a fight\" beau stated \"Well Caleb, Liam, jack and Brice I believe that most of this is your fault\" \"What! It was not!\" They protested \"Anyway all of you except Vanessa and Luke have detention and if anything like this happens at school again beau, Caleb, Liam, Brice and jack you all will be expelled is that clear?\" \"Uh huh\" everyone except beau Vanessa and Luke said \"Yup\" beau answers \"Now you may return to your classes\" Everyone stands up and leaves
After school \"Here Lukey I can give you a ride home\" \"Thanks babe\" Luke kisses Vanessa \"Oi jai do you want a ride?\" Vanessa yelled before jai got on the bus \"Yeah sure thanks!\" Jai replied
In the car \"How was the hospital Luke?\" Asked jai \"Eh good I guess next week I need to go back and they will find out when my leg will be better but my arm is for eleven weeks\"
As Vanessa drives past a street attached to the main road they were driving on a car pull out and hits the side of the car Vanessa's on \"Vanessa? Vanessa are you ok can you hear me?\" Luke screamed No response \"Jai call an ambulance\" Jai calls an ambulance \"They are on their way\" Luke feels Vanessa wrist for a pulse \"She's still got a pulse!\" The ambulance arrived
At the hospital Beau runs in \"Is she ok!\" Beau yelled \"Aren't you meant to be in detention?\" \"I told them that there was a serious accident and I really needed to go so they called the hospital and asked if it was true and let me go!\" Beau said still puffing \"Well the doctor said she's proberly broken nearly every bone in her body\" Luke starts crying again \"Don't worry Luke she will be fine\" jai said trying to comfort Luke The doctor walks in \"Her X-rays say she has broken her other arm, both legs and a rib so it's not worst case scenario\" \"Yay she will live\" Luke got up and shouted \"She will be let out in a few days and will need support from you boys\" \"Ok\" they all reply
The next two days \"Hey babe\" Luke walks in \"Hey lukey\" \"How ya feeling?\" \"Eh ok I guess\" The doctor walks in \"Vanessa I have great news for you\" \"What is it?\" Asked Vanessa \"You are able to go home today\" \"Thank you doctor\"
A few hours later \"Haha this is dee ja vo\" Luke laughed \"But round the other way\" Vanessa laughed
At Vanessa's house
Luke takes Vanessa up to her room \"Thanks lukey\" \"No problem babe\" Luke smiled and helped her into bed Luke leans forward and kisses Vanessa on her forhead \"Night babe\" Luke says calmly \"Night lukey\" Vanessa replies
Luke goes downstairs Beau and jai are sitting on Vanessa's couch watching tv \"Ok guys we r gonna make a plan for who takes care of Vanessa and when\" \"Ok cool\" \"So I will come at five till she goes to bed\" Luke says \"I will come in the morning till twelve thirty\" beau replies \"And I will come from twelve thirty till five\" jai says \"Okay our plan will start tomorrow
The next morning \"Hey sleepy head\" beau rips off Vanessa's duvet \"Go away beau I want to sleep!\" Vanessa groans \"Well now you have the honor of sleeping with me\" beau leaps onto Vanessa's bed \"Beau!\" Vanessa groans \"What babe?\" \"Just let me sleep for ten more minutes!\" \"No! I'm only here till after lunch and there so much I want to do with you\" \"Please let me sleep!\" Vanessa groans \"Here i will go make breakfast and when I'm done I will come back and get you\" \"Fine!\" Vanessa goes back to sleep
Ten minutes later \"Common babe!\" Beau picks up Vanessa \"Beau I do have a wheel chair!\" \"Yeah I know\" \"Well your lucky jack isn't here he's gone to a friends house and comes home at one\" Beau walks down stairs and puts Vanessa on a seat and places her pancakes in front of her \"You alright babe?\" \"Beau I thought I told you not to call me babe!\" \"Eh I don't care!\" Vanessa eats her breakfast \"Thanks beau for breakfast\" \"No problem babe!\" Beau smirks \"Beau please stop calling me babe!\" \"I do what I want babe!\" Beau grabs Vanessa by her wrists and pulls her close \"Beau get off me!\" \"No babe\" Beau kisses Vanessa still tightly holding her wrists Jai walks in and sees beau kissing Vanessa \"What the hells going on beau?\"jai shouted \"Oh um Vanessa kissed me!\" \"I did not!\" \"Beau it looked like you were kissing her\" \"Well I have to go now!\" Beau kisses Vanessa on the cheek and walks out \"Hey jai\" \"Hi america\" (jais new nickname for Vanessa\") \"how are ya broken bones?\" \"Broken\" They both start laughing \"Anything you really want to do today?\" \"Um nope you can pick what we do\" \"Hmm how bout you come over and we can play a few rounds of monopoly or something\" \"Ok why not let me just text my brother\" \"Ok\" \"There done\" \"Let's go America\" Jai picks up Vanessa and puts her in her wheel chair and they go to the brooks house \"Mum were home!\" Jai shouts \"In the kitchen!\" Gina shouts back Jai wheels Vanessa into the kitchen Gina looks up \"Hi Vanessa it's good to see you again\" \"You to Gina\" Vanessa replies \"Mum we are gonna play few rounds of monopoly and stuff\" \"Ok it's good to see you again Vanessa\" \"You to Gina\" Jai and Vanessa go into the lounge Jai gets out monopoly They start playing Knock knock knock \" I will get it mum\" \"Where the fuck is she?\" \"Who?\" \"Vanessa!\" Jack storms in Gina walks out of the kitchen \"Hi jack\" Gina says \"Hi Gina\" jack replies angrily \"Come on Vanessa we are going home!\" \"Jack I want to stay here and play monopoly with jai\" \"You are coming home!\" Beau comes down stairs \"What the fuck is he doing here!\" \"Coming to get my sister!\" \"Oh hi nessa\" \"Hi beau\" \"Come on Vanessa it's time to go home!\" Jack shout angrily \"Oi jack let her pick what she does in her life you don't rule it!\" Beau shouts \"Shut the fuck up brooks!\" Jack goes to get Vanessa Gina just stands there and observes \"Jack get off me!\" Vanessa yells \"We are going home \" jack says sternly Jack takes Vanessa home On the way home \"What the fuck were you doing there!\" \"Hanging out with my friends!\" \"They are not your friends!\" \"Yes they are!\" At five o clock Ding dong \"It's open!\" \"Hey babe\" \"Hi lukey\" \"How ya feeling?\" \"Eh better now that your here\" \"Haha I love you\" \"Love you to\"Vanessa replys They kiss \"I heard jacks home now\" \"Uh huh now he's ruining my life\" \"Wow I hate big brothers beau always thinks he in charge\" \"Well we are lucky he's got his friends over and they are all in the attic watching tv and stuff so we can go in the basement\" \"Ok babe\" They go downstairs and turn on tv They start watching a horror movie \"Vanessa!\" \"What jack!\" \"Where are you!\" \"Basement!\" Jack and his mates come downstairs \"What the fucks he doing here!\" \"Taking care of me unlike you lot of dick heads\" \"Get him\" jack says to his friends Jacks friends grab Luke \"Jack let him go!\" \"This is what he gets for coming over!\" \"Jack let Luke go!\" \"Get Vanessa\" jack whispers to one of his friends Brice grabs Vanessa \"Hmm I know what we can do\" jack gives an evil smile While Brice was holding Vanessa jack puts some cuffs on her wrist which are attached to chains that just hang from the roof of the basement and then they did the same to Luke \"Jack what the hell are you doing!\" \"Testing what happens when you guys move\" Luke starts to walk forward towards Vanessa but after the fourth step Vanessa goes higher and higher \"Jack let us go!\" Vanessa yelled \"No!\" Ding dong \"It's open!\" Jack shouts \"Oi America where are you?\" \"Basement!\" Jai and beau come down the stairs \"What the fucks going on!\" Beau yelled Vanessa looks over at beau and jai in pain \"Let them go!\" Jai shouts \"No!\" Jack yells \"Can't you see that Vanessa is clearly in pain!\" Beau shouts \"Who cares!\" Jack shouts back \" so you don't care if you break her even more!\" Jai yells \"I don't cuz I know she will forgive me won't you Vanessa!\" \"No I won't you bitch let us go!\" Beau lunges at jack He knocks jack over and then he hits Caleb, Liam and Brice they all fall onto the floor \"You get Luke I will get Vanessa\" beau yells Beau starts undoing the chain \"We better go!\" \"Thanks beau\" Beau smiles and then grabs Vanessa and runs up stairs with her and gets into the car Luke and jai run out not long after and take Vanessa and jacks car leaving jack and his friends a long way behind they drive off to the police station Beau carries Vanessa into the police station Luke and jai run in not long after \"Hello sir what seems to be the matter?\" the lady at reception asks \"We made this plan thingy for who would take care of Vanessa and then her big brother came and took her home from our house and then when it was Luke's turn to take care of her they were watching a movie in the basement and jack and his mates came down\" beau puffs \"Then they grabbed me and also grabbed Vanessa and hand cuffed us to chains and Vanessa had no support on her bones like she can't stand up or anything and they were basically forcing her to put pressure on her broken bones and refused to unhand cuff us\" Luke said still puffing \"Ok I will go get the constable\" The lady gets up and leaves Jack and his friends storm in They grab Vanessa \"AHHH PUT ME DOWN!\" Vanessa screamed as loud as possible The constable and some other police run in \"Put me down!\" \"Boys your under arrest\" The police put handcuffs on all four of them \"Vanessa tell them that we did nothing\" jack pleads \"He tied me and lukey to a chain which was dangling from the roof\" \"Is this true?\" The policemen asked \"No it's not true Vanessa stop lying \"It is true constable\" Luke says while hugging Vanessa The police lead them to the cells Megan walks in \"Oh hey guys\" \"Hey Megan\" they all reply Megan walks up to the reception \"Hello miss\" \"Hi I'd like to report this car speeding she hands a picture over\" \"Oh this person has just been taken to the cells\" \"Ok\" Megan walks over to beau,Vanessa, Luke and jai \"Why are you guys here?\" \"It's a long story\" beau replies \"Ok well bye guys\" \"Bye Megan!\" Beau shouts \"Bye\" everyone else says Megan leaves \"We'll we better get going\" beau says \"Yup\" everyone says Beau stands up and then picks up Vanessa
Back at Vanessa's house \"Well it's good to know that jacks not going to abuse me any more\" \"Wait it was that bad?\" Asked beau \"Uh huh\" \"Why didn't you tell us?\" Luke asked concerned \"Because I didn't want you guys to get involved or hurt\" \"Well we have now sorted it and he won't be back for a while\" \"Yup but now all of my families gone\" Vanessa said sadly \"Well if you want nessa you can call me big brother\" \"Thanks beau\" Vanessa hugs beau \"Thanks all of you\" Vanessa hugs everyone
Ding dong \"I will get it nessa\" Beau gets up and answers the door \"Hello is Vanessa Scott here?\" \"Vanessa the police want you\" \"Babe do you want some help?\" \"Thanks that would be great\" Luke helps Vanessa walk over to the door Beau steps away from the door \"Hi constable\" \"Hello Vanessa we have decided that you brother isn't going to go to court but has a fine of one thousand dollars\" \"Ok constable\" Jack walks in to the house and see jai and beau \"Thanks constable\" \"Goodbye Vanessa and we hope you have a quick recovery\" \"Thank you and goodbye\" The constable leaves
Vanessa shuts the door \"What are you lot doin here?\"Jack asked angrily \"Where here to support Vanessa something she's clearly not been givin\" beau says smartly \"Shut the fuck up brooks!\" Jack shouted angrily \"Why should I?\" Beau yells back \"Ok guys please stop!\" Vanessa yells \"Kay nessa\" \"Don't call my sister nessa!\" \"Look twirp I do what I want I ignore rules and what I'm told so if I was you I'd but out of my life cuz I know what I'm doing\" beau says \"You ok babe?\" Luke asks Vanessa \"Oh right yeah just zoned out for a bit\" \"Haha yeah we could tell America\" \"Oi faggot mum just texted me and we need to get home for dinner\" \"Kay tell her we are on our way slut\" \"Babe do you want to come for dinner?\" \"Thanks I'd love to\" Vanessa Luke and beau all look at jack \"What? Oh yeah I guess you can go but be home by midnight!\" \"Thanks jack\" \"Now go before I change my mind!\" As we were walking to the brooks house jai and luke were upfront and beau was pushing me in my wheel chair \"You know you look hot in your casts\" beau whispered in my ear sending shivers down my spine Luke and jai were at least five meters ahead of us maybe more \"Well you look hotter\" beau whispered in my ear \"Uh thanks i think\" i said not sure how to respond to it
At the brooks house \"Mum we are home!\" Jai yelled No response \"Mums not home stupid!\" Beau said as he wheeled me in \"O theres a note\" luke says and picks it up \"Hey boys i have gone out of town for the week maybe longer so beaus in charge and absolutely no party's or you will be grounded for the rest of the year\" \"Sweet I'm in charge!!\" Beau yelled \"Oh no!\" Luke and jai say in unison I wasn't sure wether or not to be nervous \"Luke, jai go clean my room!\" Beau said already enjoying power \"Ok beau\" luke and jai dragged themselves upstairs Beau wheeled me into the lounge \"Soo watcha wanna do?\" Beau asked \"I don't know\" \"Hmm how bout 21 questions?\" \"Uh ok\" \" i will start hm why dont you like me anymore?\" \"Um uh because you've changed since the first time we met\" \"Ok\" beau said confused \"My turn um if you could move anywhere in the world where would it be?\" \"Hm i actually dont know\" After half an hour \"There beau done!\" Jai moaned \"Hm ok well go clean my car now\" \"What! Beau i want to relax and hang out with my girl friend\" Luke complained \"Im in charge!\" Beau said \"Beau come on don't make them clean your car\" i moaned \"Fine faggot, jai you can stay\" \"Yay!\" Luke said and leapt next to Vanessa on the couch \" soo whats for dinner beau?\" Jai asked curiously \"Um hm tacos\" \"Yum!\" We all replied Beau got up and started making dinner \"Ok what shall we do now?\"jai asked \"Umm how bout we make a video!\" Luke shouted \"Haha ok\" i said \"Mkay\" jai said while pulling out his iphone \"Hey guys jai, luke and ash here! if your wondering where beau is hes making dinner\" jai said happily \"You do realize jai i can put something yuck in your tacos!\" Beau yelled \"You wouldnt do that coz you love me\" jai said smiling \"Oh i would!\" Beau yelled back \"Well off that subject we are going to do the accent challenge!\" Luke yelled \"Ok first off new zealand!\" Jai yelled \"Nessa you go first!\" Luke yelled \"Uh ok umm sup bro chuck me another beer! Cheers bro!\" \"Your turn jai!\" Luke yelled \"Umm ok uh if you fucking touch me i will hit you bro!\" Jai yelled \"Your turn luke!\" Jai yelled \"Uh umm i will try uhm oi bro lets go down to the creek! Uh sure thing bro!\" \"Haha lol nice luke!\" Jai yelled Beau came running towards us and dived for the middle \"Ahh fuck beau!\" Jai yelled after beau kicked him in the head \"My turn!\" Beau yelled \"Ok uh um if you ever fucking touch me again then i will fucking drop kick you!\" Beau yelled After doing several other accents we went to have dinner
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wikiHow to Cure Concrete
Curing concrete is the term used for stopping freshly poured concrete from drying out too quickly. This is done because concrete, if left to dry out of its own accord, will not develop the full bond between all of its ingredients. It will be weaker and tend to crack more. The surface won't be as hard as it could be.
1Leave the form work used to create the concrete formation. The form work itself, if left in place, or on the underneath of a suspended slab, or around a concrete column will stop the concrete drying out too quickly, and so can be said to be a curing agent.
2Use ponding, which as illustrated in the photo above, is done by forming a dam wall of sand around the concrete formation and then flooding with water. This method has the following disadvantages:
- It takes a fair bit of work to do, and then quite often a breach occurs and the water runs off the slab.
- Usually this can only be done for a few days as it inhibits other work and the pressure is usually on to get the walls up.
- A possible drawback of this method, especially if soil or clay is used, is the chance of staining the concrete.
3Spray water onto the formation. A simpler way is to just keep water sprayed onto the slab with garden sprinklers or hand held hose pipes. Following are some disadvantages that you need to consider if you intend to use this method:
- This method is very wasteful of water
- Again, it can only be done for a short period usually. If you hand water, it should be wet all the time, that is you should not let it dry out at all, almost impossible to do.
4Use some sort of cover that holds and retains sprayed on water, like a sand layer or hessian. The sand cover or hessian has to be kept wet and if they do dry out they actually aid in sucking moisture out of the concrete.
5Use a plastic shield, which basically is a plastic sheet laid on top of the slab to stop the evaporation process. This is one of the most efficient methods of curing concrete. Usually a spray from a hose pipe is used to wet the surface and the plastic is laid on, with generous laps at the joints. Use timber or cement blocks to keep the plastic in position, rather than taping the joints. To a certain extent the plastic can be used a few times. A major benefit of plastic is that it does not stop other work, like building the walls, and so it can be left in position for weeks if need be.
- The photo shows concrete columns that have had the form work stripped (for further use) and then wrapped in a clear plastic film. The evaporation from the concrete condenses on the inside of the plastic and the surface of the column remains moist.
6Use concrete curing oils or curing compounds. These compounds and oils now come in a variety of types. Used the water soluble waxy emulsions that can be sprayed onto the fresh concrete with a hand pump type spray. They are milky white when used but dry into a clear waxy film. They have the advantage that that they can be sprayed onto footpaths and the like even before the concrete is set enough to walk upon. Another major use is on concrete walls. They remain on the surface for weeks and finally break down in sunlight. Be hesitant to use concrete curing oils on internal floors, on the off chance that any residue would stop the full adhesion of ceramic tile glues etc.
- Other types of concrete curing compounds are PVA based, chlorinated-rubber or resin based. They can also be obtained In coloured versions that fade over time.
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Which concrete mix uses the greatest amount of cement per cubic yard?wikiHow ContributorIn today's world, concrete is sold in units of psi. For example: Most places require at least 2000 psi concrete for such things as footers, and slabs (like floors) will be at least 3000 psi. Basically, the higher the psi, the more cement is used. A local concrete company in your area can expertly guide you for the proper mix for your project.
I poured 4" of cement over the existing concrete on my screen porch six weeks ago, and there are still some gray areas. What can I do to speed up drying?wikiHow ContributorIt's best if you don't try to speed it up. Be patient and wait it out. "Pushing" a cure will weaken it.
What is the best way to cure cement that is being used for a light traffic walkway?wikiHow ContributorSpray a white or clear curing compound on it. The public could walk on it the next day. You can get it from The Home Depot or White Cap.
How long before I can put back cabinets on the new garage floor?wikiHow ContributorDepends on the mix, but usually 24 hours. You may want to water cure the slab for a few days. If this is the case, you should wait until finished water curing.
What is the curing time for a foundation before a steel frame can be installed?wikiHow ContributorIt completely depends on the steel frame project you have in mind. We've done monolithic pours (footers and slab in one pour) and been able to start erecting steel buildings within a couple of days.
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What is the sticky substance on colored concrete when it's drying?wikiHow ContributorIt's most likely an agent used to slow curing of the concrete (slows evaporation of water). It's probably more waxy than sticky.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1677?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Emmanuel Lecharny resolved DIRSERVER-1677. ------------------------------------------ Resolution: Fixed All the undeclared dependencies have been fixed. The unused dependencies are just dependencies - like slf4j - that are declared once n the root pom, to avoid doing so in tens of poms under the root pom. > Dependencies cleanup > -------------------- > > Key: DIRSERVER-1677 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1677 > Project: Directory ApacheDS > Issue Type: Task > Affects Versions: 2.0.0-M3 > Reporter: Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot > Assignee: Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot > Fix For: 2.0.0-M8 > > > With all our recent refactorings, some ApacheDS modules have their dependencies not in sync anymore with their content. > Some of these dependencies are no longer required. > It would be good to cleanup the dependencies to leave only the bare minimal. > Here's the link to the associated thread on the ML: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-dev/201111.mbox/%3CB1C92CC4-0F6A-4C9F-BD27-25F940FC2C0D%40marcelot.net%3E -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Fifty years ago, most blind people who received an education at all attended residential schools for the blind, where they were taught Braille as a matter of course. As blind children began to be mainstreamed into public schools, however, a number of factors contributed to Braille's decline. Braille teachers had to travel within and between school districts to work with several children, so the amount of Braille instruction each child received decreased. Some school districts found it easier to teach children who had some residual vision to read print, thereby, they thought, eliminating the need to hire a Braille teacher. Because the number of schools needing Braille materials for Braille readers increased since blind children were scattered among thousands of school districts rather than concentrated in schools for the blind, it became more difficult and time-consuming to produce more Braille textbooks and other learning materials. Finally, the advent of technologies like tape recorders and talking computers convinced some, falsely, that Braille was no longer necessary. These are just a few of the factors that have contributed to Braille's decline.You have a game plan to encourage and enable the blind to acquire Braille literacy. What can make Braille literacy 'cool' again?
Braille needs to be introduced to blind children as early as possible—at the same time reading is normally introduced to sighted children—so that they quickly associate Braille with reading and come to believe that reading is a fun activity. In other words, blind children can be encouraged to read Braille in the same way that other children are encouraged to read—by early introduction and activities with parents and teachers that make reading interesting and fun. There are books with both Braille and print that parents can read with their children, and the Braille Reading Pals program of the National Federation of the Blind is an early literacy program designed for beginning readers and their parents that uses fun activities and games to help children develop positive associations about reading Braille. The National Federation of the Blind also has a curriculum for elementary schools, called "Braille Is Beautiful," to teach sighted children about Braille so that they understand this fascinating code and how it helps blind people read.This campaign reminds me of the breast cancer stamp campaign that the U.S. Post Office has conducted for about a decade now. That campaign has raised tens of millions of dollars for breast cancer research. Any chance that this campaign could continue with other coins in the years to come?
The National Federation of the Blind is interested in other opportunities to make the public aware of and increase Braille literacy. The Louis Braille bicentennial silver dollar was authorized by an act of Congress, as all U.S. Mint commemorative coins must be; there may be other quicker and more effective ways to continue to bring Braille literacy to the public's attention. However, we will explore all options in ensuring our message reaches the public.It's fair to say that most of my readers are sighted. Aside from buying these coins, what can we do for the blind?
Please visit www.nfb.org to find out about the state and local organizations of blind people in your area; you can help your local chapter and state affiliate of the NFB in a number of ways such as doing volunteer work, attending conventions, helping with fund-raising, and more. Keep an eye on the NFB Web site for events on the local and national level in which you can participate. Visit www.braille.org and sign up for our newsletter so you can keep up with what's happening in our national Braille literacy campaign. Join our March for Independence, which takes place this summer in Detroit as part of our national convention, to help us raise funds to improve the lives of blind people across the nation. If you can't be in Detroit, you can still become a "virtual marcher" and help us raise funds.
Additionally, you can show your support for the Reading Rights Coalition, which represents people who cannot read print. The Coalition will protest the threatened removal of the text-to-speech function from e-books for the Amazon Kindle 2 outside the Authors Guild headquarters in New York City, at 31 East 32nd Street on April 7, 2009, from noon to 2:00 p.m. More info on this can be found here.
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Lengthy Postprison Commitments Become Political, Legal Football in Minnesota
Minnesota faces growing pressure from a federal judge to overhaul a program that keeps a higher percentage of sexual offenders locked up after they have served time in prison than similar programs in other states do.
But Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday suspended his administration's initial changes to the program, saying that taking steps without the backing of the legislature on an issue rife with concerns around public safety had become too political.
"This is going to be an issue that will be seized upon and abused by some who don't mind scaring the people of Minnesota. We just can't proceed in that environment," said Mr. Dayton, of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, who faces re-election next year.
Minnesota has long had a program to commit to treatment offenders deemed sexually dangerous or psychopathic after they have served out their prison sentences. The number committed has more than tripled in the past decade to nearly 700.
At the same time, only one offender has been released from the program, which is housed at two secure facilities in the state. Two dozen offenders have died while being held.
The result: Minnesota has the highest number of civilly committed sex offenders per capita in an annual survey of 17 states with such programs. The total number in Minnesota far surpasses bigger states such as New Jersey, New York and Illinois, according to the survey of state programs.
Others states have kept their populations smaller through higher release rates and different approaches to treatment. Legal challenges have cropped up over the years in some states, with Washington state facing federal penalties in the past decade until changes were made to its program.
Minnesota's high number "is more evidence that the state is unable to administer this program in a constitutional manner," said Dan Gustafson, a lawyer representing dozens of sex offenders in federal cases in Minnesota who say they are being held indefinitely. The cases are being overseen by U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank.
While the Dayton administration views the overall program as constitutional, civil commitments have become "virtual life sentences" for many, which is at the heart of current legal challenges, Mr. Dayton said on Wednesday.
The growth in Minnesota's program followed the 2003 abduction and murder of a college student by a sex offender who had been recently released from prison.
The state's efforts to rein in the program have been difficult, even as the numbers ballooned and the price tag for treatment rose to $119,000 annually for each offender.
The Dayton administration, in part because of concerns that Judge Frank would overhaul or even close down the program, started taking steps in recent months.
"Doing nothing is not an option here. If there are not some changes to the program in the long term, the entire program is at risk," said Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson, who oversees the program.
The Dayton administration has been looking to convert a state property in Cambridge, Minn., about an hour north of Minneapolis, into a less restrictive facility. But town officials have responded with concern about public safety.
The Dayton administration also declined to oppose petitions by three offenders seeking supervised release from civil commitment. Attorney General Lori Swanson, a fellow Democrat, took the rare step last month of interceding to oppose one of the releases herself.
The attorney general's decision won support from state Rep. Kurt Zellers, a former House speaker and current Republican candidate for governor. He challenged Mr. Dayton on the issue last week and again on Wednesday, saying, "Gov. Dayton should do his job and keep the citizens he represents safe."
On Wednesday, Mr. Dayton said he would allow the three existing petitions to continue but that he would oppose all others. He also suspended steps under way in Cambridge until the legislature acts on the issue next year.
In the coming weeks, lawmakers will receive recommendations on how to overhaul the program from a task force ordered by the federal court.
Committee members said their recommendations would likely address whether the state should have the burden of proving that a person is still a threat to the community.
The goal for some Minnesotans is to avoid having control over the program taken out of the hands of the state. "A federal court is a broadsword, not a scalpel," said Eric Magnuson, the former chief justice of the state Supreme Court who is chairman of the task force.
The state Senate earlier this year passed first steps toward an overhaul, but the House never took up the measure. Democratic leaders in the House said they plan to work on the issue and try to bring Republicans into the discussions.
An opponent of the facility in Cambridge wasn't impressed with Mr. Dayton's announcement Wednesday. "It's nothing," said Mara Renier, who is circulating a petition. "It's just kicking the can down the road."
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- 1[intransitive, transitive] rave (about somebody/something) | + speech to talk or write about something in a very enthusiastic way The critics raved about his performance in 'Hamlet'.
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- 3[intransitive, transitive] rave (at somebody) | + speech to talk or shout in a way that is not logical or sensible He wandered the streets raving at passers-by. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'show signs of madness': probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to (Middle) Low German reven 'be senseless, rave'.Extra examples He was still raving on about irresponsible youngsters. Luke was still raving about the beauty of the desert. My parents both raved at me. She was ranting and raving about our stupidity. 'He is the best American comedian since Jack Lemmon,' raved Newsweek.Idioms
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(disapproving) to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time More Like This Alliteration in idioms belt and braces, black and blue, born and bred, chalk and cheese, chop and change, done and dusted, down and dirty, in dribs and drabs, eat somebody out of house and home, facts and figures, fast and furious, first and foremost, forgive and forget, hale and hearty, hem and haw, kith and kin, mix and match, part and parcel, puff and pant, to rack and ruin, rant and rave, risk life and limb, short and sweet, signed and sealed, spic and span, through thick and thin, this and that, top and tail, tried and tested, wax and waneSee worksheet.
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text: International Conference on Sustainable Composite Technologies (SuCoTech 2014) International Conference on Sustainable Composite Technologies (SuCoTech 2014) International Conference on Sustainable Composite Technology (SuCoTech 2014) First Call of Conference GENERAL INFORMATION Venue and Date: Suleyman Demirel University Engineering Faculty E8-Building Conference Room E4 Conference Room (Anfi I) Isparta/TURKEY 03 – 05 NOVEMBER 2014 ISPARTA – TURKEY WELCOME TO ISPARTA - TURKEY November 03-05, 2014 Dear Colleagues, Language: On behalf of Suleyman Demirel University (SDU) and Turkish Composite Valley Businessmen Association (KOVISAD), it's our pleasure to invite you to the "1st International Conference of Sustainable Composite Technologies (SuCoTech 2014)", which will take place in Isparta, Turkey from 3rd of November to 5th of November 2014. We cordially welcome scientists, researchers and students specialized in all kind of composite manufacturing and processing fields to discuss the Current and Future Directions in Sustainable Composite Technologies. The conference is expected to attract representatives from science and industry from several regions of the world. It serves as a forum for research institutes and industrial partners related to the area of sustainable composite technologies. It enables them to get an overview on today's challenges and the national and international research and development activities to meet those. Discussions and the sharing of experiences are highly welcomed. The official conference language is English. Conference official web page: http://sempozyum.sdu.edu.tr/slim2014/ Registration Fees: Last day for registration will be 15 September 2014 Categories Students (Bsc, Msc, PhD), (exc. Post Doc) Regular (Inc. 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OpenACC — First Experiences with Real-World Applications. Today's trend to use accelerators like GPGPUs in heterogeneous computer systems has entailed several low-level APIs for accelerator programming. However, programming these APIs is often tedious and therefore unproductive. To tackle this problem, recent approaches employ directive-based high-level programming for accelerators. In this work, we present our first experiences with OpenACC, an API consisting of compiler directives to offload loops and regions of C/C++ and Fortran code to accelerators. We compare the performance of OpenACC to PGI Accelerator and OpenCL for two real-world applications and evaluate programmability and productivity. We find that OpenACC offers a promising ratio of development effort to performance and that a directive-based approach to program accelerators is more efficient than low-level APIs, even if suboptimal performance is achieved.
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Alan Wake: PC version still uncertain, further episodes, no open game world
News about the mystery shooter Alan Wake: Developer Remedy finally comments the PC version - furthermore there are hints about additional Alan Wake games and a statement why the game will not get an open world.
In early 2010 Alan Wake will be published but according to the current state of knowledge the release is planned for Microsoft's Xbox 360 only. Everybody speculates about a temporally limited exclusivity and now Remedy's Markus "MarkusRMD" Mäki comments a possible PC version in the Alan Wake forum.
Hey all, I'm a PC gamer at heart (have a Core i7, Radeon 4890, 5.1 audio setup at home) so I do appreciate your concerns. Unfortunately all I can say at this point is that we're focusing all our efforts on the 360 version and will be making comments in regards to the PC at a later in time.
This statement is neither a denial nor a confirmation of the Alan Wake PC version. So PC fans can still hope for a Windows Live release at a later date.
Alan Wake without open world
In a statement to the Finnish magazine Peelaja the Remedy developers explained why Alan Wake will not be provided with an open world as they formerly announced. According to them sandbox gameplay cannot be joined with storytelling in a satisfying way. The most important thing is a compelling story and not an open gaming world. Combining both would have caused too many compromises.
Even though Alan Wake will not offer an open world players won't have to follow a fixed path. Players will be able to interact with the Bright Falls residents.
Alan Wake season 1?
Other news about Alan Wake mention possible sequels. Remedy's Sam Järvi revealed to a Swedish Level magazine that Alan Wake will be like a DVD box which contains the first season of a bigger story. Alan Wake is like a TV series which became a game. The story has several episodes which always end with a cliffhanger.
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Despite mounting Israeli hostility toward Yasir Arafat, Israel should continue dealing directly with the Palestinian leader in an effort to bring violence under control and get both sides back to the negotiating table, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said in an interview today.
Calls for circumventing or even assassinating Mr. Arafat have become increasingly common in Israeli editorial columns, on the floor of Parliament and in closed-door cabinet meetings in recent months.
But rightists who vilify Mr. Arafat and advocate his forcible removal -- or even his death -- are making a serious error, said Mr. Peres, who has been negotiating with the Palestinian leader for the last decade.
He said that even centrists who say peace talks should wait until younger leaders succeed Mr. Arafat do not understand the nature of the conflict and the Palestinian movement.Continue reading the main story
''I do not believe that this is a duel between two personalities, Arafat and Sharon,'' Mr. Peres said, referring to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. ''It is a confrontation between two peoples, the Palestinians and us.
''And it would be a mistake on our side to ignore the fact that Arafat represents the Palestinian people -- their hopes, their desperation, their mistakes, their language. It is an illusion to think that if Arafat would go, our problems would be solved.''
Mr. Peres said Israeli critics also forget, or unrealistically discount, the wide-ranging international support that Mr. Arafat has cultivated through the years, from the Middle East and Africa to much of Asia and Europe. ''We are not going to organize the world against Arafat, or organize the world against the Palestinians,'' he said.
But Israel can ''organize the world against terror,'' he said, if it can be shown that Palestinian leaders are not making a concerted effort to stop violent attacks against Israeli civilians.
In a two-hour meeting with Mr. Arafat in Lisbon last month, Mr. Peres said, he expressed concern that the Palestinian Authority was losing control over armed factions in the southern Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. ''I told him that for the sake of his own future, he must have one authority over the rifles,'' he said.
The foreign minister said evidence in recent days suggested that Palestinian security forces were taking action against renegade gunmen and bomb makers. Mr. Peres said Palestinian officials had informed him that on Saturday, Mr. Arafat instructed his security forces to pursue and detain more terrorism suspects.
Today the bullet-riddled body of a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel was discovered in a West Bank village, and a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli Army troops who shot at a car in which she was traveling near a border checkpoint between Hebron and the Negev region of Israel.
Though Palestinians have made no fatal attacks on Israelis in the last several days, Mr. Peres said he did not believe the Palestinians were yet making the requisite ''100 percent effort'' to control violence.
He said Israel must take measures to defuse hostilities as well.
The long-delayed dismantling of 15 new unauthorized outposts built by Jewish settlers in the West Bank is under way and will be finished ''in two or three weeks,'' Mr. Peres said. Steps are also needed to ease economic hardships in the Palestinian territories, he said.
And Israel should avoid, Mr. Peres said, ''counterproductive'' acts that could further inflame the situation.
Mr. Peres was angered by the decision of the Jerusalem municipality this week to demolish more than a dozen Arab homes in East Jerusalem that Jerusalem's mayor said had been built without permits.
As with the Israeli Army's demolition of some 20 Palestinian homes in southern Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian officials consider the forced evacuation of families and bulldozing of houses to be acts of violence that violate the terms of the fragile cease-fire. But in contrast to Gaza, where, Israelis said, the buildings had become snipers' havens, no official security reasons existed for the destruction of homes in the disputed but peaceful neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.
The mayor, Ehud Olmert, a leader of Mr. Sharon's Likud Party, has ''a gentleman's agreement'' to inform the foreign minister beforehand about any planned destruction of Arab homes, Mr. Peres -- whose Labor Party is a partner with the Likud in the governing unity coalition -- said today.
''He did inform me, this time, and I told him, 'Don't do it,' '' Mr. Peres said, ''because everything is so sensitive -- it's all so touch and go. But unfortunately he didn't listen to me.''
Still, the foreign minister insists that when he articulates policy he speaks for the entire government, both left and right. He cites coalition guidelines that ban the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and commit the government to past signed agreements that require further withdrawals from occupied West Bank territory and an eventual return to comprehensive peace talks.
He proposes long-term plans for Palestinian power and desalination plants that would supply electricity and water under contract to Israel. He is traveling to Cairo on Sunday, at the Egyptian president's invitation, he said, where he will present Israel's position in the conflict.
But Mr. Peres has come under fierce criticism from rightists in the Israeli government for meeting with Mr. Arafat in Lisbon last month and with Ahmed Qurei, Mr. Arafat's top deputy, on Sunday. Two ministers announced that they were boycotting cabinet meetings in protest against the foreign minister's continuing discussions with senior Palestinian officials.
Prime Minister Sharon squelched further ministerial protests by telling the cabinet that he approved of the meetings.
''While we say that we should not negotiate under fire,'' Mr. Peres said today, ''we also understand that we must talk to the Palestinians about how to bring an end to the fire.''
Israel has been holding frequent talks on security cooperation with Palestinian military officers, he noted. ''You cannot speak with the Palestinian commanders who get the orders without also speaking with those who give the orders,'' he said.
Mr. Peres is also assailed by the Israeli left for, they say, providing legitimacy to what they see as a right-wing government with a prime minister who is implacably opposed to the creation of a genuinely independent Palestinian state.
Today he defended his role by ticking off policies that he said ''nobody would have ever imagined'' would be the polices of a government led by Ariel Sharon: the declaration of a unilateral cease-fire, the acceptance of the peace framework worked out by the former United States Senator George J. Mitchell and the continuing dialogue with Mr. Arafat and other senior Palestinians.
Correction: July 14, 2001, Saturday An article on Thursday about Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict misstated the extent of recent violence by Palestinians. There had in fact been a fatal attack by Palestinians on an Israeli in the previous several days; an Israeli officer died after a bomb exploded under his vehicle on Sunday night.Continue reading the main story


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|Posted: Jun 23, 2016
Next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting thanks to new phosphor?
|Silver clusters consist of just a few silver atoms and have remarkable optical properties. However, current applications are limited, because the clusters tend to aggregate into larger particles, thus losing the interesting optical properties.
|Professor Hofkens and his team from the Molecular Imaging and Photonics Unit have now found a way to keep the silver clusters apart by inserting them into the porous framework of zeolites. The result: stable silver clusters that maintain their unique optical properties.
|Zeolites are minerals that are either found in nature or produced synthetically on an industrial scale. The minerals have a very rigid and well-defined framework of small molecular-sized channels, pores, and cages. They're commonly used in domestic and industrial applications such as washing detergent and water treatment.
|Professor Maarten Roeffaers from the Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis explains: "Zeolites contain sodium or potassium ions. We used ion exchange to replace these ions with silver ions. To obtain the clusters we wanted, we heated up the zeolites with the silver ions, so that the silver ions self-assembled into clusters."
|In collaboration with Professor Peter Lievens's Laboratory for Solid State Physics and Magnetism, the researchers examined the properties of these heat-treated 'silver zeolites'. Using advanced techniques, they found that the structural, electronic, and optical properties of the zeolites were strongly influenced by the silver clusters. That's how they discovered that the shape of the silver clusters is essential to obtain the right fluorescence properties.
|Professor Johan Hofkens explains: "Clusters of silver atoms can assemble into different shapes, including a line or a pyramid. This pyramid shape is what we need to obtain the best fluorescence properties. Heating up the silver ions in the zeolite framework makes them adopt this shape. Because they are 'trapped', as it were, in the cages of the zeolites, they can only form a pyramid with up to four silver atoms. That is exactly the shape and size in which the silver cluster emits the largest amount of fluorescent light, with an efficiency close to 100%."
|These findings have great potential for the development of next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting and for biological imaging. After all, the new phosphors not only emit a large amount of light, they are also cheap to produce.
|Source: KU Leuven


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How Do Officials Determine Economic Damages After a Natural Disaster?
The United States Geological Survey continues to analyze Sunday's earthquake, and their estimates show a potential economic impact of more than a billion dollars.
The center's latest update includes an orange alert level for economic losses.
"Our estimates have kind of have bounced around between $100 million to $1 billion to actually a billion to $10 billion based on our shaking," Kristen Marano, a USGS geophysicist said.
Marano says it's the group's best estimate of the direct losses to infrastructure.
"We kind of multiply the individual populations at each intensity level to figure out economic losses," she said.
Officials in Napa say they have no idea on a cost estimate at this point, but they will sit down and crunch numbers at a later date.


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