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Debris flows are fast mass movements formed by a mix of water and solid materials, which occur in steep torrents, and are a source of high risks for human settlements. Geophones are widely used to detect the ground vibration induced by passing debris flows. However, the recording of geophone signals usually requires storing a huge amount of data, which leads to problems in storage capacity and power consumption. This paper presents a method to transform and simplify the signals measured by geophones. The key input parameter is the ground velocity threshold, which removes the seismic noise that is not related to debris flows. A signal conditioner was developed to implement the transformation and the ground velocity threshold was set by electrical resistors. The signal conditioner was installed at various European monitoring sites to test the method. Results show that data amount and power consumption can be greatly reduced without losing much information on the main features of the debris flows. However, the outcome stresses the importance of choosing a ground vibration threshold, which must be accurately calibrated. The transformation is also suitable to detect other rapid mass movements and to distinguish among different processes, which points to a possible implementation in alarm systems.
Debris flows are fast movements formed by a mixture of water, solids (sand, boulders, gravel and silt) and, on some occasions, woody debris. Their behaviour is similar to that of liquid concrete [
Several torrents worldwide have been instrumented with different kinds of sensors and for distinct purposes [
Geophones are widely used for detection in debris-flow monitoring stations and alarm systems. However, besides instrumentation to monitor flows, they are also used for other types of processes, such as rockfalls [
The geophone signal data acquisition process and its analysis show the relevant complexities in the field of debris-flow monitoring. On one hand, the characterization of the measured signal requires high frequency ground vibration sampling rates. Usually the power available in the monitoring stations is limited, which makes the installation of PCs and fast processors difficult (PCs can scan and log at high frequencies). On the other hand, it is crucial to define an appropriate level of vibration to distinguish between the seismic noise of the site which can be originated by many other factors (e.g., wind, lighting strikes, human actions), and the vibrations generated by a debris flow. The definition of such a threshold level for ground vibration is a key task in both monitoring and alarm systems, but defining the optimal threshold value at a specific site remains uncertain. It is important to bear in mind the risk of an unintentional activation, especially when dealing with alarm systems.
The main purpose of this paper is to present a method intended to transform the complex ground vibration velocity signal measured by geophones into a simpler signal, which permits one to detect debris flows and identify their main characteristics. The advantages and drawbacks of this new method will be also evaluated against the registration of the original seismic signal by the sensor. Other minor goals focus on the definition of a threshold value, the factors affecting the seismic signals caused by debris flows and how different types of processes might be distinguished.
The paper is structured into three main parts. First, the characteristics of the available ground vibration sensors are presented and evaluated. Second, the basis of the transformation and its implementation into the hardware are described. Additionally, the influence of the threshold is discussed and some advice for its definition is given. Finally, data recorded in three catchments are shown, and the possibilities of the proposed technique are discussed in detail.
The collision between particles within a moving debris flow and the impact of the boulders against the bedrock generate seismic signals and underground sounds [
There are different types of geophones which can record 1D or 3D measurements: piezoelectric geophones and moving-coil geophones. In order to apply the method presented in this paper, 1D moving-coil geophones were used. Moving-coil geophones consist of a magnetic moving mass oscillating inside a wire coil, a mechanism that generates an output voltage proportional to the velocity of the ground vibration in the direction of the coil. The data from the geophone (continuous output voltage) is obtained and stored in a CPU memory, by means of a specific data recording system. This aspect will be more extensively described in the following sections.
The geophones or seismometers used for debris-flow monitoring are generally installed outside the wetted area, to avoid them being damaged when an event occurs. Normally they are placed in a protected location next to the channel. Both the amplitude and frequency of the signal measured by the sensors depend on several site-specific factors, especially their placement and assembly. Furthermore, other external elements can affect the vibration signal (e.g., meteorological elements, or human/animal actions). Normally the influence of some external factors is avoided with structures that cover the geophone and by means of information leaflets to avoid vandalism. But, the effects of site-specific influencing factors are still unknown, which leads once again to the problem of accurately defining ground vibration thresholds.
The threshold has to be defined for each individual geophone location. Until now, it was established empirically, following the experience of technicians and researchers [
The distance between sensor and flow is key, as the vibration waves are attenuated with the distance [
Regarding the assembly of the sensor, two important aspects should be taken into account: (1) the type of material the sensor is located in, and (2) the assembly system. The specifications of the geophones normally limit the assembly angle to a specific value (e.g., 25° in GEOSPACE geophones GS-20DX) with respect to the direction in which the ground vibration is measured. Since the surfaces of assembly are often irregular, different assembly systems are designed in the existing monitoring stations (
Data recording of ground vibration sensors in monitoring stations is normally done by means of an external device (data recording device). The output of the geophone is a continuous voltage proportional to ground velocity, as mentioned above. This voltage can be recorded in different ways, depending on the device used for data recording and the purpose of monitoring. Three different general data recording systems are described below.
First, analog signal recording consists in continuous logging of the voltage measured at the sensor. This technique was applied in the monitoring station of the Moscardo torrent [
Second, digital signal recording consists of non-continuous voltage samples from the output signal measured at the geophone [
The typical frequencies of the strongest ground vibrations induced by the passage of a debris flow correspond to a range of some 20 to 50 Hz [
The third type of data recording system is defined as a general case that includes different types of transformations applied to the original ground velocity signal measured by the geophone. To the authors' knowledge, two different transformations of the ground velocity signals were used: (1) the one presented in this paper (transformation into impulses), (2) the one used in the Moscardo Torrent (transformation into amplitude of the velocity signal [
Moreover, the amount of continuous data is very large, and thus, in the field of rapid mass movement monitoring, it is common to have two different recording frequencies: lower frequency (no-event mode) and higher frequency (event mode). For that reason, a trigger is used, defined as an algorithm that checks the variations of the signal that could indicate an event. Defining a reliable trigger for a monitoring system can avoid false alarms that can be caused by factors such as lighting or thunderstorms [
In this paper, we present a data recording system which consists of transforming the ground velocity signal measured continuously by a geophone (voltage), into a pulse signal (two voltage values). This transformation is useful for data gathering due to its simplicity, as it will be explained in detail in the following sections. This transformation is not specifically associated with a trigger, as mentioned above. However, in those monitoring stations that use this transformation (see following sections), the trigger implemented is a level trigger over a time interval. The level trigger is implemented over the transformed signal [
The aim of the transformation of the geophone voltage signal is twofold. On one hand, it removes ground vibration noise and external malfunction/disturbing factors. On the other, it converts the continuous signal from the geophone into a simple digital one. The procedure consists of two parts: firstly a signal conditioner transforms the continuous signal into a pulse signal, and then, a counter records the number of impulses. Thus, the resulting transformed signal can be registered by a datalogger with a lower sample rate at a lower consumption, without losing the reliability of detecting the event occurrence and its different phases.
Removing the noise, as well as transforming the original geophone signal, depends on the existence of a threshold value of voltage, which defines the critical ground velocity. This threshold value allows distinguishing between non-desired seismic vibration and the ground velocity induced by debris flows by means of a comparator. The transformed signal has a value of 0 V, if the ground velocity threshold is exceeded in the geophone, or the value of the power voltage (normally 12 V), if the threshold is not exceeded (
The gathering device counts one impulse every time the output signal from the Schmitt trigger (the output of the circuit is retained in the upper value until the threshold is exceeded) [
The signal conditioner (
The transformation of the ground velocity signal into a pulse signal is the main objective of the signal conditioner. This transformation is controlled by the threshold of the vibration, which is set by means of a group of three electrical resistors (R11, R12, R13 in
The definition of the threshold is essential for debris flow detection. The threshold should be chosen in such a way that ground vibration induced by seismic noise should be ignored, while the ground vibration caused by the passage of debris flows is preserved. In order to satisfy these two conditions, the definition of the threshold has to be performed at each geophone location taking into account the local influencing factors described in Section 2.2.
As mentioned above, the threshold value is controlled by the signal conditioner, in particular electrical resistor R11 (
While peak values of ground velocity due to debris-flow occurrence are often found in the literature, threshold values are still rarely published (
The low peak value of ground velocity from Moscardo can be attributed to the placement of the geophone, buried into the ground and separated about 20 m from the flow path. In general, the peak values of ground velocity exceed the threshold values, as it could be expected. However, it's important to notice that the values of the velocity registered in the geophones are clearly affected by the influencing factors commented in Section 2.2, but also for the magnitude of the event. Therefore, it emphasizes once more the importance of the good adjustment of the threshold value, depending on the placement and the magnitude order of the events occurring in the instrumented torrent.
The signal transformation method proposed in this paper is or was in use in several running or abandoned monitoring stations located in the Pyrenees (P;
The Illgraben catchment (9.5 km2) is well-known for its high debris-flow activity and frequent sediment transport [
The Dorfbach catchment (5.7 km2) is located in the Mattertal valley, in the Canton of Valais (Switzerland). The Dorfbach has been monitored since 1993 by changing and enlarging the equipment, even though observation was interrupted from 2007 to mid-2010, when a new modernized system was installed. Some small debris flows occurred during the late spring and summer of 2011. These debris-flow events were registered by several devices, which include flow depth sensors and geophones with different thresholds. The geophone signal was gathered by means of signal transformation into IMP/s. In this study, data corresponding to geophone Geo3L and the event in late spring 2011 were analyzed (
The Rebaixader torrent has a catchment area of 0.47 km2 and is located near the village of Senet in the Central Pyrenees. The torrent runs over a glacial moraine and bedrock (slates) outcrops. The monitoring system consists of a meteorological station and a flow station. The latter includes one ultrasonic device to record the flow depth, a video-camera and five geophones. Data from four of them were analyzed in this paper applying the signal transformation method presented in this paper (
The ground vibration induced by the event occurred in 27 July 2009 in Illgraben was measured by the two geophones located at check dam 27 and a third one placed in the surrounding area (
Additionally, a MATLAB 7.9 (released in 2009) code was developed to perform the same transformation as the signal conditioner, but as a post-process. This was done using the original signal of geoCD27DIG and geoSoilDIG, digitized using a PC. Subsequently, it was possible to compare three different time series: (1) ground velocity signal (GVS) recorded digitally at 2 kHz by geoCD27DIG and geoSoilDIG (
Note that the GVS signal in
The IS time series from geoCD27IMP (
Thus, both GVS and IS time series are suitable to detect the phases and characteristics of the debris flow. The main difference between methodologies is that the impulses method removes the seismic noise. This noise removal is done by means of the threshold in the signal conditioner. Once again, it is important to remark the importance of the threshold, which has to be adjusted for each geophone, depending on the site-specific effects.
Moreover, there are other important differences between methodologies. Data corresponding to GVS measured by geoCD27DIG and geoSoilDIG is recorded in a higher frequency sampling rate, resulting in a file more than 400 times larger than the IS data file (
In order to analyze the effect of the velocity threshold value in the transformation of the GVS into impulses, the IS time series obtained from two different debris-flow events were compared using five different threshold values: (a) 0.4 mm/s, (b) 0.6 mm/s, (c) 0.8 mm/s, (d) 1.15 mm/s, and (e) 1.6 mm/s (
In the Dorfbach event (
In Illgraben (
In general, the relation of peak
Several types of mass movements have occurred at the Rebaixader monitoring station since its installation in 2009 (until January 2012). The processes monitored include two rockfalls [
The different characteristics of rockfalls and debris flows were compared by the IS time series obtained at the four geophones. The following parameters were selected for this analysis: the peak of the IS time series [IMP/s], the mean value of IS over time [IMP/s], the sum of the seconds with IS different to null [s], the maximum slope of the IS time series within a 5 s interval [s−1], the slope of the IS time series within a 1 s interval [s−1].
In this paper, a method to transform and simplify the ground vibration velocity signal originated by debris flows and other rapid mass movements was presented. Based on the results shown, it can be concluded that:
In spite of not registering ground velocity signals and, consequently, losing the frequency content of the signal, the method can visualize much information concerning flow behavior (not only the flow front, but also precursory waves or secondary surges, impact of big boulders, Due to the transformation, the seismic noise can be avoided. That is why the size of the data file can be reduced hundreds or even thousands of times. Moreover, this method reduces the problem related to the limit of power available in the monitoring stations; The definition of a suitable threshold value is a key point of the method presented, in order to avoid seismic noise but to detect debris-flow occurrence. Both too high and too low thresholds can generate important lacks of information, such as missing events or losing their different stages ( Data from the Rebaixader station pointed out interesting applications of this method to distinguish different rapid mass moving processes in a monitoring station. The results presented here, showed that the peak of the impulses per second time series [IMP/s] and the duration of the vibration [s] can be used to distinguish between debris flows and rockfalls, especially in two of the four geophones of the Rebaixader monitoring station.
In spite of not registering ground velocity signals and, consequently, losing the frequency content of the signal, the method can visualize much information concerning flow behavior (not only the flow front, but also precursory waves or secondary surges, impact of big boulders,
Due to the transformation, the seismic noise can be avoided. That is why the size of the data file can be reduced hundreds or even thousands of times. Moreover, this method reduces the problem related to the limit of power available in the monitoring stations;
The definition of a suitable threshold value is a key point of the method presented, in order to avoid seismic noise but to detect debris-flow occurrence. Both too high and too low thresholds can generate important lacks of information, such as missing events or losing their different stages (
Data from the Rebaixader station pointed out interesting applications of this method to distinguish different rapid mass moving processes in a monitoring station. The results presented here, showed that the peak of the impulses per second time series [IMP/s] and the duration of the vibration [s] can be used to distinguish between debris flows and rockfalls, especially in two of the four geophones of the Rebaixader monitoring station.
This work was sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, contract CGL2008-00299/BTE (project DEBRIS-CATCH). We would like to thank Ferran Cortés for his help with the electronic tasks and Mar Obrador for improving our English writing. We also acknowledge the Canton of Valais (Forest and Landscape Agency and Road and River Engineering Agency) and the two communities involved in the project: Leuk and Randa.
Factors affecting the ground vibration signal: characteristics of transmission medium between geophone and flow path. The transmission medium can be bedrock (
Factors affecting the ground vibration signal: assembly of sensors: (
Transformation of the geophone signal (thick line) into a pulse signal (thin line) by the signal conditioner using a previously defined threshold value (dashed red line).
Simplified diagram of the signal conditioner and its interaction with the datalogger and the geophone.
Common threshold values of the monitoring stations in the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps (indicated by dots), linearly dependent on value R11. Values of ground vibration velocity peaks (dashed grey lines) and thresholds (black continuous line) are given for comparison (see text for detailed explanation on each value).
Location of the monitoring stations applying the signal transformation method. (
Location of the geophones in the three sites (
Data recorded in Illgraben during the event occurred in 27 July 2009. (
IS time series corresponding to different thresholds of ground velocity (from top to bottom: 0.4 mm/s, 0.6mm/s, 0.8 mm/s, 1.15 mm/s, 1.6 mm/s). (
Relation between the threshold value in mm/s and the peak value of the IS time series obtained from the different cases of
Distinction of processes in Rebaixader by using two parameters: the sum of seconds with registered impulses from the geophone and the peak value of the IS time series.
Main characteristics of the location of the geophones analyzed in this work.
|Geophone code
|Material in the flow path
|Assembling of geophone
|Distance to the flow path [m]
|Threshold [mm/s]
|Box on bedrock
|Box on bedrock
|Box on bedrock
|Slates (bedrock)
|Box on bedrock
|Box on bedrock
|0.4; 0.6; 0.8; 1.1; 1.6; 2.3; 3.1; 4.5; 6.4; 8.9
|Concrete check dam
|Box on check dam
|Buried in the channel bed
|No impulse transformation
|Nailed in soil
|No impulse transformation
Details of the data recording systems of the three geophones in Illgraben with regards to the event of 27 July 2009.
|Geophone code
|Recorded data
|Data recording system
|Data recording device
|File size [kB]
|Number of records
|Estimated power consumption of the recording device
|geoCD27DIG, geoSoilDIG
|Ground velocity signal
|Digitization at 2 kHz
|3 A (standard embedded computer system)
|Impulses per second time series
|Transformation by the signal conditioner
|CR10X Campbell Datalogger
|56 mA (6 mA signal conditioner + 50 mA datalogger)


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Cara Brett – Spick And Span: Blonde Makes Her Pussy Gape With High Heels
Released: October 25, 2015
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Understanding the past can be hard. Sometimes, we accidentally make it even harder with mistakes that send us sailing off the charts.
Last week, I came across an interesting postcard in the Museum's collections. It dates from the early years of the twentieth century and features a baby posing innocently without a stitch of clothing. Here's the way we describe it in our catalog:
"A photographic postcard of a baby sent to [name of recipient]."
"Really?" I muttered to myself. "Did the people at that time really send naked babies through the mail?"
In my mind, I could see an animated conversation between a mother and her daughter.
"Mommy," the little girl says excitedly, "we have a package at the door!"
"Wonderful," replies the mother. "Why don't you bring it into the house and open it?"
So the daughter drags the box inside and tears into it. She opens the lid, claps her hands, and squeals with delight.
"Mommy," she exclaims, jumping up and down, "it's a baby, and it's naked!"
Never underestimate the importance of sentence structure, proper grammar, and punctuation. I'm reminded of a little book published several years ago titled Eats Shoots and Leaves.
Read one way, the title invites us to visualize a gentle Koala munching dinner high up in a Eucyluptus tree. Add commas, however, and we have a hungry serial killer on the run.
Personally, I think the description of our photograph should read "Photograph of naked baby printed on postcard, which was sent to [name of recipient]." Or something like that. I doubt very much that our ancestors entrusted babiesclothed or unclothedto the postal system.
But they did send photos of naked babies through the mail, which certainly would be daring in today's legal environment.
I'm not that brave, so I won't post the picture on this blog. But I do intend to change the wording in the catalog. It's the least I can do as a professional to promote accuracy and understanding. Besides, I can't stand the thought of how cold it might have been in a little cardboard box.


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Key to the Searing Gorge gets you the Key to Searing Gorge, which allows you to pass through the Stonewrought Pass tunnel.
Note that because of the flight point at Thorium Point, this tunnel is not often used.
The Key to Searing Gorge Edit
You ride south from Thelsamar in Loch Modan, and find yourself in front of the gates to Stonewrought Pass. You try to enter, but the gates are locked. You talk to the guard, Mountaineer Pebblebitty...
- I don't care to hear it, <name>. Nope, no way are you going to be let into the Searing Gorge. Impossible. Not going to happen. How many times do I have to tell you - I can't let you in! Do you not speak common? Are you an orc in disguise? N-O. NO!
- If I let you in, then I have to let everybody in. Pretty soon your close friends will want in, then their distant relatives, then their friends, and so on and so forth. The last time that happened... well, we won't talk about the last time it happened.
What's the worst that could happen?
- Are you mad? Do you know what manner of beast inhabit that place? The worst that can happen is that we'll have to scoop up your remains with a shovel. We've lost some good dwarves to those awful monsters.
- So the answer is no. If you're bent on getting to the Searing Gorge, you'll have to find another way.
- I shouldn't even be telling you this but if you can make it past all the critters and beasties in Badlands, you might be able to make it to Searing Gorge.
- Yes, the Badlands. There's some type of back road the orcs paved near Kargath. Just goes to show you what kind of fools we're dealing with here! A backdoor to hell? What were they thinking?
Orcs? Badlands? I'm invulnerable!
- Invulnerable?
- You're a fool that should heed my warnings. no one is invulnerable. You would be wise to remember that bit of advice.
- I'll tell you what. Since you fancy yourself the hero type, if you can make your way through the Badlands to the Searing Gorge and bring me back something to prove your heroics, I'll see what I can do about getting you a key.
- In the southeasternmost corner of Searing Gorge is a lady almost as tough as me. Margol the Rager. Maybe you should investigate.
You travel through the Badlands and on into the Searing Gorge. You find the Stegodon called Margol the Rager, and slay it.
Examining the horn, you find that the "bit of metal" you'd seen in it was an axe labeled 'Property of Mountaineer Pebblebitty'. You try to pull the axe free of the horn, but the weakened axe head shatters.
- [48] Proof of Deed
You show the horn to Mountaineer Pebblebitty, but since the axe disintegrated when you examined the horn, she doesn't believe you. However, she IS willing to believe Curator Thorius in Ironforge. Pebblebitty insists that you take the horn to him, and have him verify its authenticity.
Curator Thorius is quite pleased to see this horn; Margol the Rager was the bane of every archaeologist to set foot in Searing Gorge. And now, she's a trophy. You give the horn to the Curator, and he mounts it in a spot that he'd been saving for just this very thing. (Tells you just how much damage Margol had done to the archeology digs, now doesn't it?)
- [48] At Last!
You wait for Curator Thorius to finish puttering about, mounting the horn, then remind him that you needed a certificate of authenticity. And with a donation like that, a Proof of Deed certificate is no problem.
You return to Mountaineer Pebblebitty with the sheaf of papers. Pebblebitty sourly keeps her part of the deal, and hands you a key, warning you that if ill befalls you in Searing Gorge, it'll be your own fault.
Rewards Edit
- about 15,000 XP
- +850 reputation with Ironforge
- [Key to Searing Gorge]
Summary Edit
- [48] The Horn of the Beast
- [48] Proof of Deed
- [48] At Last!


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The Sweden International believes squad rotation is a necessity for long-term success, as well as hailing the competitiveness of Toulouse
Having maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-0 win over Ligue 1 rivals Toulouse on Saturday evening, les Parisiens must not turn their attention to the Champions League and Wednesday's crunch clash with Benfica.
In light of the hectic and demanding nature of their current scheduled, Ibrahimovic believes that Laurent Blanc is right to rotate his squad as much as possible.
"We have many matches, one every three days, and it's hard to be 100 per cent in every game," Ibrahimovic told Le Parisien.
"But we are preparing very well and manages to keep the right balance between training and matches.
"This is also why we have made a lot of changes, a lot of players were allowed to rest, which allows players who play less to play more regularly."
Ibrahimovic also expressed his delight at his side's victory over Toulouse and took the time to praise their opponents.
"It was a tough game, very difficult," he explained. "Toulouse is a good team and it is always difficult for their opponents. But we managed to win, and that's all that matters."
Ibrahimovic joined PSG from AC Milan last summer and his goals fired the capital club to their first French title since 1994.


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Jerusalem (Dec. 20)
President and Mrs. Reagan sent Chanukan greetings to Premier and Mrs. Begin today. The eight-day holiday begins tonight. The message, which Cabinet secretary Arye Naor released to the press, said:
"Nancy and I wish you and Mrs. Begin a Chanukah full of joy and happiness. The light of the Chanukah candles symbolizes the continuity of the Jewish people and its culture, its decision to be free and its constant quest for peace. The United States will always be Israel's partner in its efforts to bring the blessing of peace to all the nations of the Middle East.
"We hope full recovery from your injury." The latter referred to Begin's broken hip for which he was hospitalized earlier this month.
Naor told reporters that Reagan's message arrived during today's Cabinet session.


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2017 Summer Student Research Award
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
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The application period for this year's Summer Student Internships has closed. The applications we have received are being reviewed, and selected applicants will be notified for interviews. The application process will be opened again early next year.


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The 67-year-old has played Jim Branning in the BBC One soap for 11 years, becoming a regular fixture in 1999.
EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer said: "I am saddened to hear John has been taken ill. My thoughts are with John and his family."
Bardon and June Brown, who plays his on-screen wife Dot, have twice won the British Soap Award for best couple.
The pair have recently been involved in a high-profile storyline involving an abandoned baby.
The actor recently took part in celebrity talent contest Just the Two of Us, where he was paired up with singer Jocelyn Brown.
Other acting credits include Minder and Rumpole of the Bailey, as well as appearing in the 1970s stage show of Dad's Army.
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Rugby players are some of the world's toughest athletes, but not even they can withstand the force of a powerful rip current in the ocean. That sad reality hit a South African rugby team that had six players swept out to sea Sunday as they took a post-workout swim.
One drowning has been confirmed, but all six are presumed dead. The death toll could have been much higher for the minor league Motherwell Rugby Club that was preparing for a championship tournament. Fifteen others, most of them teammates, were pulled from the ocean by rescue workers in Bluewater Bay, near Port Elizabeth.
Rescuer Brendon Helm told News24 in South Africa that: "Everything was peaceful, the sea was calm and they were up to their chests in the water. The next moment we just saw arms and hands in the air as the current swept them away."
South Africa's National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said an air force helicopter and a police dive unit couldn't find the missing players, who were all believed to be in their early 20s.
NSRI spokesman Craig Lanbinon said there hadn't been a drowning at the beach in 40 years and that, "I can only imagine there may have been confusion, chaos and panic after the current formed so suddenly and without warning."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Question: I am 54, female, and I have extremely fine white hairs on my neck. Some get really long, over 2 inches. I would like to have laser hair removal of these fine hairs. Can this be accomplished in 1 day or does this type of hair removal require more visits?
Answer: Any type of hair removal cannot be performed in a single visit since hairs grow in various stages and only during the hair's growth phase is it susceptible to injury by a laser hair reduction system. With that said, white hairs are extraordinarily difficulty to eradicate due to the fact that they do not have any pigment in them and this is what most of the laser hair removal devices target. There are possibilities with the YAG laser to reduce light-colored hair or in your particular circumstance I might even recommend electrolysis. Darker-colored hairs; however, are typically treated very successfully with laser hair removal systems.


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I have my site setup with 2 themes. One that is 1000 pixels wide, and another that is 320px wide. The default template is the template with the width of 1000 pixels.
I am using the WordPress Mobile Pack to check if the user is on a mobile device. If so, then to use the mobile template I created (with a 320px width).
The problem is, when I check the site on my phone (a Motorola Atrix), the MOBILE theme site comes up, but the width of the screen looks to be 1000 pixels (so there is a ton of white space to the left and right of the page). It looks like a long, thing column in the center of the page.
We are using a maintenance plugin that blocks not-logged-in user from seeing the site, so I can't post a link.
Please let me know how to get my page to be shown at 100% width of 320pixels. Thanks!
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Can people post all the dates they know of upcoming grappling tournaments in here, even ones scheduled next year. I always have trouble finding out when they are and I will often see results posted on a forum of a tournament i didnt even know was happening. Im planning on returning to competition next year so would be good to know when tournaments are.
Post them up and I will edit my post to put them in order in a calendar.


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Paper - Brookings Institution
Key Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Coal and CCS
This paper outlines the current situation regarding advanced coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the United States and China. The strategic interest in cooperation on coal and CCS is explored, and then three options for collaboration are identified and discussed. None of the options are mutually exclusive. Remaining questions for discussion are provided at the end.
One of the most striking commonalities between China and the United States is that both countries are blessed with large coal reserves,and naturally, both rely heavily on coal for their primary energy supply. U.S. coal reserves are estimated at 243 billion tons (29% of world total), and Chinese at 115 billion tons (14% of world total). China's reserves-to-production ratio, however, is much shorter than that of the United States with only 41 years of currently-estimated economically recoverable coal compared with 224 years in the United States at current production rates (BP Statistical Review 2009). As the most abundant fossil energy resource in both countries, it is virtually certain that both will continue to rely heavily on coal due to its relatively low cost and the energy security benefits related to not having to import substantial foreign supplies of primary energy.
The utilization of coal will be increasingly limited by the climate change problem, however, unless advanced coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies can be developed, demonstrated, and rendered cost-effective within the next 5–15 years. Coal is the most polluting fuel from the standpoint of climate change; more carbon dioxide (CO2) is polluted from coal than from any other fuel on a gram-per-gram basis. The climate change threat is very serious and may require dramatic cuts in global greenhouse-gas emissions in the next 10–20 years (see, for example, IPCC 2007, Anderson and Bows 2008, and Meinshausen et. al 2009). In short, both China and the United States will be required to dramatically reduce GHG emissions much sooner than either country would like if prevention of dangerous climate change is to be achieved.
The two main options for reducing the CO2 emissions that result from burning coal are to increase the efficiency of coal use and to capture and sequester the CO2 emitted from major coal-consuming industries. CCS is the process of separating CO2 from industrial and power sources, transporting the CO2 to a storage location, and injecting it into the storage site such as a depleted oil reservoir to prevent emission into the atmosphere (IPCC 2005, 3). CO2 can be injected into depleted oil and gas reservoirs, deep saline aquifers, unmineable coal seams, deep-sea sediments, and elsewhere. In fact, CO2 is routinely injected into oil fields for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and, less frequently, for enhanced natural gas recovery.
Although some of the technologies associated with CCS are well established, the integrated process of capturing CO2, compressing and transporting it, and storing it has not been done at a commercial scale in very many places around the world. And many capture technologies are still immature and expensive. There are, however, a few important existing integrated demonstrations of CCS, most notably the Weyburn project in Canada (EOR), In Salah in Algeria (gas field), and Sleipner in Norway (saline formation) (IPCC 2005, 33).
CO2 can be captured from most large point sources (e.g. power plants, chemical production facilities). There are different kinds of carbon capture: precombustion usually refers to capturing CO2 from coal gasification (such as polygeneration, coal-toliquids, or IGCC) processes, post-combustion is associated with capturing carbon from the waste gases from conventional combustion (such as supercritical or ultra-super critical power plants), and oxy-fuel combustion is separation post oxygen-rich combustion. CCS is not restricted to coal, but it is often considered to be a good carbon mitigation option for coal since it is the only way to dramatically reduce the emissions from coal-consuming factories and power plants.
The cost of capturing carbon dioxide varies considerably and is quite uncertain. The conventional wisdom is that pre-combustion capture is cheaper, but recent progress in post-combustion capture technologies is challenging this conventional wisdom. A recent study based on U.S. project data indicated that the cost of first-of-a-kind plants based on coal gasification with carbon capture (not including compression and storage) could cost well over $150/ton CO2, with a range of $120–180/ton CO2 (Al-Juaied and Whitmore 2009). As more R&D is conducted and demonstrations built out, however, the costs could come down dramatically, estimated to eventually reach $35–70/ton CO2 with economies of scale and learning. If the CO2 is used for EOR, the costs are further reduced because the CO2 can be sold.
It is critical to note that the costs could be quite different in the Chinese context. A study utilizing Chinese data regarding the cost of IGCC vs. USC power plants (without carbon capture) indicated that the cost of constructing an IGCC plant in China is almost half the cost of constructing an equivalent plant in the United States (Zhao et. al 2008).1 Labor costs, in particular, make the construction of major facilities less expensive in China. But, the costs associated with transport and storage of CO2 in China could be higher than in the United States due to the lack of knowledge about the storage prospectivity, CO2 pipeline availability, and so forth. Research is badly needed about the costs of CCS in the Chinese context, and data is very limited to answer this question.
Continue reading: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/12_us_china_coal_gallagher.aspx
1 In this study we determined that the capital costs of IGCC in China were between 7500–9000 yuan/kW ($1010/kW–1300/kW at current exchange rates). This compares with estimates in the United States of nearly $4000/kW for the Duke Edwardsport (assuming no capture).
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Vanessa Hudgens & Austin Butler: Not For Sale Gala Lovers
Stepping out for an outstanding cause, Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler turned up at the Inaugural Not For Sale Gala in New York City last night (October 11).
The "Sucker Punch" starlet and her handsome boyfriend looked to be in great spirits as they posed for the paparazzi at the Tribeca Rooftop affair.
Vanessa and Austin joined with a plethora of ladies and gentlemen to launch the annual event, set up to raise money for the Not For Sale organization.
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Father Michael Kelly stated emphatically under oath on Tuesday that he has never sexually assaulted a child.
Kelly, pastor at St. Joachim's Catholic Church in Lockeford the past eight years, is defending himself in a lawsuit on a sexual assault allegation by a 37-year-old man who was an altar boy in the 1980s. Kelly maintains that such a thing never happened.


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If exchange-traded funds aren't in your investment portfolio yet, just wait.
The second wave of the ETF revolution is upon us and it's going to put ETFs in the hands of a lot more investors. The first wave of ETF growth attracted about $42-billion in assets over the past 21 years. That's just a warm up to what could be coming.
The key to the next phase of ETF growth in Canada is getting more investment advisers to put clients in these index funds that trade like stocks. PowerShares, a big U.S. ETF player that introduced two new Canadian funds on Wednesday, is focusing on advisers, and so is Vanguard, another U.S. giant that is coming to Canada.
More ETFs and ETF companies – just what we need, right? The number of ETFs listed on the TSX crossed the 200 mark a short while ago, and the newest products are either complex in their construction or they cover the same ground as existing funds with only marginal price differences.
Lots of ETFs, but not a lot of advisers selling them: That's the opportunity being eyed by Michael Cooke, vice-president at PowerShares Canada. He's been talking to advisers about ETFs and has concluded there's a big untapped market.
"Even some of the most sophisticated advisers out there have a very limited understanding of the mechanics and the structure of ETFs," he said. "This tells me we're still in the infancy ETF adoption."
Vanguard won't say whether it's bringing ETFs and its renowned lineup of low-cost index mutual funds to Canada. The one piece of information it does offer is that it will focus its marketing on fee-based investment advisers, who dispense with commissions on the sale of products and instead charge clients in the area of 1 to 2 per cent of their account value.
Why Use Advisers?
Focusing on advisers makes good business sense. While ETFs are often associated with do-it-yourself investors, the market for people who use advisers is much larger.
"There's a huge percentage of the U.S. investment base that works through advisers, whether they're buying ETFs or they're buying mutual funds," Dennis Duffy, a principal with Vanguard, said from company headquarters in Valley Forge, Pa.
He sees a similar reliance on advisers here in Canada, and data from the analysis firm Investor Economics backs this up. It shows that there's about $826-billion in assets held by advisers at full-service brokerage firms, compared to $254-billion at online brokerage firms.
Buyers of the iShares ETFs sold by BlackRock Asset Management Canada are divided in roughly equal proportions between DIY investors, institutional investors such as pension funds and advisers, said Mary Anne Wiley, iShares managing director. She said all three channels are important to BlackRock, but noted some special potential with advisers.
In a survey of advisers conducted last fall for BlackRock, 80 per cent of participants said they held some ETFs in client portfolios. However, ETFs only accounted for 6 per cent of those portfolios.
Opportunity Abounds
"If you take that 6 per cent up to 10 per cent or 20 per cent, that's a lot of opportunity," Ms. Wiley said. She's also encouraged by the fact that 86 per cent of advisers in the survey indicated they were more likely to use ETFs in the next 12 months.
ETFs at their simplest give investors a cheap and flexible way to buy into the returns of marquee stock and bond indexes in Canada and around the world. Advisers haven't been big believers in index investing, largely because it's more lucrative for them to sell conventional mutual funds.
But the experience of the Invesco Trimark family of mutual funds suggests advisers are receptive to using index investments such as ETFs in addition to regular mutual funds. About a year and a half ago, the firm introduced PowerShares Funds (PowerShares is part of the same corporate family), which are mutual funds that each hold a single ETF. They're aimed at advisers who aren't licensed to sell ETFs and they've sold well.
Invesco Trimark president Peter Intraligi said the firm's ETFs in a mutual fund wrapper have attracted $1.2-billion in assets, much better than the $300-million targeted at launch. To him, it's a sign that advisers are wide open to the idea of mixing index investments and conventional mutual funds. "It's not one versus the other," he said. "They absolutely are complementary."
Do-it-yourself investors already "get" ETFs, and now advisers are starting to as well. If exchange-traded funds aren't in your investment portfolio yet, just wait.
WHO'S WHO IN CANADIAN ETFs
The first and largest player with 71.4 per cent of the market.
Second into the market and the No. 2 player with 15.4 per cent of the market.
Third-ranked by assets and a pioneer in Canada with actively managed and leveraged ETFs.
Bank of Montreal
Just marked its second anniversary in the ETF market; biggest market share gainer this year.
XTF Capital
Listed its first five ETFs this month; owned by First Asset Capital.
This arm of the fourth-ranked U.S. ETF company listed its first Canadian ETFs on Wednesday. They are:
-PowerShares 1-5 Year Laddered Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index ETF
-PowerShares Ultra DLUX Long Term Government Bond Index ETF
More PowerShares ETFs are coming imminently.
Coming to Canada, but has yet to confirm whether it will list its ETFs on the TSX.
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Spain Law
Need Spanish Law Help? Ask Spanish Law Questions Online.
I am an spanish attorney and I will answer you now
If the bank has allow the agrement to recieve just interest payments they have no the chance to make the subasta
If the bank has not give the chance to pay only interest they could ask the subasta in court
If they do, if they demand teh subasta at court we have only the chance to stop it paying all the sums pending unless our escritura says another thing like to have to pay the total sum gotten from the bank
I will be here if you need more information
In all cases the bank usually do not demand while they are getting money.... they have too many hauses in Spain now to sell They are no in hurry to get more, for they its more important to get cash monthly
The bank agreed to start receiving 400 euros a month back 44 months ago as that was all that could be afforded and the mortgage outstanding was 109,000 euro,as the interest rate has dropped considerably the 400 euros more than covered the interest.The bank manager now tells me that the agreement was not cemented at a notary to change the conditions of the mortgage and so there is no official agreement and there was no point me making any payments as the bank continued to gain the order for a subasta. total payments made amount to 18000 euros wasted.The property in inhabited by my elderly parents since 2003 and is their main home.The Banks have today announced that there will be changes to the repossesion criteria in order to assist the needy.The bank manager has told me there is no point making further payments and that nothing will happen until march the subasta date or I can repay the total outstanding by selling the house which is valued at present at approx 150,000 even though I paid 220,000 for it back in 2003. So your advice is partially correct,but your assumption that the bank would prefer to receive payments as opposed to take the house back is not.
Well sir, I think they are playing with you
if they have been taking your money, and they have not demand the rest, you could reject the demand by an oral agrement
I think they are playing bluff with you, Its just my opinion
They want you to force to pay more
let them to move if they what demand in court, and lets see if they do
I really do not think they are going to do
I have several clients in the same situation of yours as they are paying they are not being demanding at court
They are forcing you to pay more, for me its a simple bluff
Thank you
They have told us to stop paying and not even discussed the possibility of increasing the payment.The court have sent papers with a subasta date in March 2013.
You have to know how much do you debt and you could stop the subasta paying it after it
If you pay all the sum you debt you will stop it


text: Several weeks ago, Kris responded to a user with information about cloning a PCBSD hard disk, and Kris provided this advice: ========== Kris' advice ================== Personally when I do a backup / clone to another drive, I prefer to just use "tar" to backup all the files individually, and then re-create the partitions on the new disk fresh, since geom may be different between them, etc. So, here's how I would do it: # cd / # tar cvjf /usr/myback.tbz --exclude ./usr/myback.tbz --exclude ./dev . Then format / mount the new disk somewhere, like /mnt, and extract the archive: # cd /mnt # tar xvpf /usr/myback.tbz Then if you partitioned correctly, you should be able to boot right off the new disk :) -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software ======== End Kris' advice ===================== I hit a couple of problems in the extraction doing what Kris suggested. The problems were in two areas: (1) when the backup file was created with a "z" or a "j" flag to create a .tbz tarball, the extract command also needed to have the "z" or "j" flag (2) when the target disk is divided into separate slices for "/", "/var", and "/usr" (as is the current fashion for FreeBSD/PCBSD file systems contrasted with the previous PCBSD practice of having a single file system slice mounted as "/"), then I had to mount each slice on /mnt/ [/mnt, /mnt/var, /mnt/usr] * For example, where the tarball to be extracted (8200_backup.tbz) is located on a disk recognized as ad6s1a which will be mounted at /media, and where the target disk is recognized as ad4s2, and the slices are ad4s2a (for "/"), ad4s2d (for "/var"), and ad4s2e (for "/usr") then the working command set is: #mount /dev/ad6s1a /media [the location holding the backup file] #mount /dev/ad4s2a /mnt [the location of the root (/) directory, approx 2 Gib] #mount /dev/ad4s2d /mnt/var [the location of the var (/var) directory, approx. 1 Gib] #mount /dev/ad4s2e /mnt/usr [the location of the usr (/usr) directory, approx. 700 Gib on my disk] #cd /mnt #tar xvzpf /media/8200_backup.tbz * If you don't do this, you will fill up the 2 Gib "/" slice almost immediately, and the extraction will generate a disk full error for each successive file that tar attempts to extract. I used #sysinstall -> configure -> label to determine the disk id and the slices. So, if the target disk has a file system consisting of a single slice, then Kris' cloning instructions work flawlessly. But if you have your target disks is divided into separate slices for /, /var, and /usr, you must mount each slice so that the extract command works as intended. Ian Robinson Salem, Ohio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.pcbsd.org/pipermail/testing/attachments/20110104/0b28742b/attachment.html>


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0969 Friday, 5 May 2000.
Date: Thursday, 4 May 2000 17:57:46 +0100
Subject: Rosalind's Hamlet
I hear a rumour that Adrian Lester (who played Rosalind in the famous
"Cheek by Jowl" As You Like It) is to play Hamlet this year on
international tour, including London.
I hear rumours: but no one I know knows for sure. Does anyone on
SHAKSPER have any real information?
Sorry if this question is less than scholarly - but I do consistently
argue that seeing the best productions is the most scholarly approach to
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 20/5/2011 (2254 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Now that the Globe and Mail has assured us we'll have an NHL team next year -- though the principals haven't confirmed what amounts to an adoption -- we are left to wonder what the parents are going to call their new baby.
I don't know, but I have a gnawing gut feeling what they won't be calling it.
The Winnipeg Jets.
That's what I want. Not the Moose, or the Falcons or ---- Don Cherry help us -- the provincially politically correct Polar Bears. And if what the young fans were wearing and waving when they gathered at Portage and Main Thursday night to celebrate the unofficial return of the NHL didn't send Mark Chipman and David Thomson a clear-enough message; if what 60 per cent of the more than 11,000 fans who freely voted in a Free Press online poll doesn't get their attention; or if what local brand strategist Derrick Coupland said when he compared the marketing impact of the Jets name to the brand power of Viagra didn't give them a big visual...
If none of that makes a difference, nothing I write will, either. But that's never stopped me before, has it?
-- -- --
Let's start with the obvious, which often isn't. It was the Winnipeg Jets that took off 15 years ago and it's the return of the Winnipeg Jets we've been hoping would land again one day.
The Winnipeg Jets are us and we are the Winnipeg Jets.
If the world knows nothing else about our city, they know the name of the hockey team that did the most to introduce European players to North American professional hockey.
It's our international brand.
That's why Coupland suggested you don't have to be a marketing expert to know why the Jets should be the obvious first choice. Companies can spend millions of dollars trying to create an identity, a brand like the Jets. A name that evokes memories of childhood, place, pride and customer loyalty. All of which creates tradition. But there is no tradition without continuity.
That's part of what makes the great sports franchises great.
The Montreal Canadiens, the New York Yankees, the Green Bay Packers have all had the same basic logo and uniforms since I was a kid, and before that. Even their current uniforms have a retro look. For the Canadiens, it's the red, white and blue sweaters that link Beliveau, Lafleur and Cammalleri; with the Yankees it's the pinstripes that DiMaggio, Mantle and Jeter have all worn. For the Packers, it was Starr, Favre and Rodgers passing and receiving the torch of team tradition. And for the Jets, it was Hull to Hedberg to Hawerchuk; three great players linked over two leagues by the same team name.
As I write this, I can't believe I even have to.
If people who are going to make the naming decision don't get the value of the Jets name, it's because they never wanted to and they don't understand who matters most.
The fans who buy the tickets.
Of course, the fans will learn to live with whatever name is chosen, but why wouldn't the owners take every advantage they can with a team that's destined to be a financially marginal business at best?
The name National Hockey League, or more specifically, the name of league commissioner Gary Bettman, is associated with memories of rejection and loss for our city.
The return of the NHL should bring us a sense of accomplishment.
Of doing what no one outside of the city, no one outside of a faithful few led by Mark Chipman and David Thomson, thought we could do.
So why not bring back the Jets?
Well, maybe they will, even if my gut tells me otherwise. It tells me otherwise because I don't think we'd even be discussing this if the ownership wasn't preparing us through the media for a different name.
Why another name?
Maybe Chipman wants it to be his own team, his own brand. Maybe because the NHL owns and controls the use of the name. And Bettman, the man who acts as if he's never been wrong about anything, is going to be sure the Winnipeg Jets will never return.
I hope I'm wrong.
Maybe the Jets will fly again. But if they do, it'll probably be the Manitoba Jets.
Can I live with that?
What choice do any of us have?
But first things first.
The Jets haven't landed yet.
Or the Falcons or the Polar Bears. Can you imagine? An NHL team from Winnipeg with an endangered species on its sweater.
Come, Jets, come.


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Graders and Lab Assistants
Graders and Lab assistants play a key role in assisting professors and students by grading homework and assisting in labs. The Department has around 15 paid positions each semester.
Eligibility for Grading or Lab Assisting
- successful completion (grade of B or above) of a course or its content equivalent for the course in which you are assisting
- Anyone who has taken Phys 133 with a B or higher is qualified to assist in Physics 133, 221 and 223.
- Anyone who has taken Physics 222 or 235 with a B or higher is qualified to assist in Physics 222.
Benefits of being a grader or lab assistant
- Grading homework is useful for reviewing material and building up your problem-solving skills.
- You gain experience at evaluating other people's work--a valuable life-long skill.
- You learn physics even better--any time you see a subject a second time, it helps you understnad it more thoroughly and retain it longer.
- Recommendations: your supervising professor will be able to write a much stronger letter of recommendation if he knows how well you work, if you are dependable, if you can interact well with others, if you can analyze problems in lab and articulate ways to lead students through the material.
- It looks good on your resume.
- You get paid for convenient, on-campus work.
Help Session Aide
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Eligibility for being a help session aide
- Must have completed at least one major sequence course beyond Phys235
- Must have a good overall GPA in physics courses
- Ability to "think on one's feet" for answering students' questions
An Observer is responsible (together with a partner) to operate the telescopes on the Science Building roof on the weeknight assigned to them. They assist students coming to work on observing homework assignments, as well as give open-ended tours of the heavens to visitors. They also initiate the night's observing run at our automated, remote telescope in New Mexico.
Eligibility for being an Observer
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Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Are All Smiles in NYC (PHOTOS)
Kim Kardashian and longtime pal Kanye West stepped out for a sweet treat in New York City over the weekend. Dressed casually in a comfortable sweater, Kim, 31, was all smiles as she munched on an ice cream cone with her rumored beau.
While neither celebs have confirmed their romance, Kim did speak out about her long relationship with the 34-year-old rapper.
During an interview on the TODAY show, the reality TV star said that she and Kanye have been "friends for years," but hinted to anchor Ann Curry that, "You never know what the future holds or where it takes me."
Kim and Kanye first sparkled romance rumors when the rapper admitted to harboring some more than friends feelings towards her in his song "Theraflu," rapping:
"Only n—a I got respect for is Wiz, And I admit I fell in love with Kim around the same time she fell in love with him. Well that's cool, baby girl, do your thing, lucky I ain't have Jay drop him from the team."
Soon after the track's release, the two were spotted at a screening of The Hunger Games before lunching at Serfina in the Big Apple.


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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor announced for Xbox One, PS4, and current-gen
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, a new third-person action game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, has been announced by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Developed by Monolith Productions, the studio behind Guardians of Middle-Earth, Shadow of Mordor will be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.
In the game, you'll play as Talion, a valiant ranger whose family is slain right in front of him the night Sauron and his army return to Mordor, moments before his own life is taken. Talion, resurrected by a Spirit of vengeance and empowered with Wraith abilities, will venture into Mordor on a quest to destroy those who wronged him. On that journey, Talion will learn the truth of the Spirit that compels him, learn the origins of the Rings of Power and confront his "true nemesis."
"In Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, players will explore the dark and very personal theme of vengeance in a world where decisions have a consequence, and those consequences persist even after death," said Warner's Samantha Ryan. "The game introduces new gameplay mechanics to the action genre, creating opportunities for emergent and customized gameplay that will be rewarding for players."
These new mechanics are made possible through the Nemesis System, a powerful and dynamic gameplay mechanic that allows your actions to shape enemy relationships and characteristics which, in turn, will create a personal and unique story. Each enemy you encounter is unique in that they have their own personality, strengths and weaknesses. You actions will ultimately create personal archenemies that remember and adapt to your playstyle during a gameplay session.
No release date has been announced yet, but we are probably looking at a 2015 launch, late 2014 at the earliest.


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Ask Oklahoma native Parker Millsap about his songs and he'll tell you he isn't thinking about the long haul.
"I don't write with longevity in mind, but I hope they last longer than just one album cycle," the 21-year old said recently during a telephone interview.
Millsap grew up in Purcell, Okla., listening to Taj Mahal, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen – and a lot of blues.
"My big guys for blues were Mississippi John Hurt and Robert Johnson," he noted. "Later, it was Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters."
"And in church, I heard a lot of gospel," said the artist, who grew up Pentecostal.
Religious threads run through Millsap's music. His self-titled album, released in February, contains titles like "Old Time Religion," "Truck Stop Gospel" and "Forgive Me." The tunes dive deep into theology, but retain a tongue-in-cheek approach.
"There are things that bother me in the world," he said of the depth of his subject matter. "Hopefully, I get those out in a song or on stage."
Millsap says "Truck Stop Gospel" gets the most reaction when he's playing before a live crowd.
"Every once in a while, someone will throw their hands up and say, 'Amen,'" he said.
He also performs a mean cover of the Negro spiritual, "You Gotta Move," during performances, adding some smoking vocals that would make Howlin' Wolf proud.
Millsap has made a believer out of local Americana/roots music lover Tom Green, who became a fan after witnessing Millsap's prowess up close and personal.
"I first saw Parker during Woodyfest at Okemah," said Green, a retired attorney. "My initial impression was: He's dangerous.'"
Green says Millsap's father, Tim, didn't like hearing that, but Green meant it in a good way.
"I was thinking of Elvis and his gyrating, singing and [good] looks," Green explained. "Add in some edgy lyrics – that's what I call dangerous."
Critics have hailed Millsap for his wisdom and have crowned him, along with fellow Okie John Fullbright, as the brightest stars in today's Americana music – the heirs apparent to artists like Woody Guthrie, Guy Clark and Townes VanZandt.
"People say I'm ahead of the game," he said. "I feel two steps behind all of the time. I guess that's the artist's curse – trying to play catch up with yourself. I try not to think about it too much. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing at 21."
Again, the youngster laughs.
Green, however, is quite serious when it comes to Millsap's songwriting skills.
"Lyrics are most important to me," Green confessed. "Parker just has that ability to take good old 'merican' words and spice 'em up with some combinations. They're like a dose of Woody's Red Dirt, with no sugar added."
Millsap looked to his guitar teacher, Travis Linville, and Mississippi John Hurt, to learn finger picking, but ended up a style all his own.
"When I took lessons from Travis, I was probably 14 and just couldn't wrap my head around it," he confessed. "I was just strumming chords. When Travis went on the road, I just sat down with his records and figured it out."
Millsap also took on the harmonica.
"Man, this is a fickle instrument," he said. "My bass player, Mike [Rose], showed me the first few things. I still don't know what I'm doing, but I can fake it."
While he's been singled out for his exceptional writing skills and mesmerizing live performances, right now Millsap's heart lies elsewhere.
"I get pegged as a singer/songwriter a lot," he said with a gentle laugh. "But, really, I just want to play rock and roll."
Touring with Millsap is his high school friend, Michael Rose on bass and Daniel Foulks on fiddle. A piece of the rock and roll puzzle is missing, right?
"What's more rock and roll than going out there without a drummer?" he asked, laughing again.
The youngster's been reading up on rock and roll, including The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards' autobiography.
"He says that what people don't realize is that, at the end of the day, they're not doing it for anybody but themselves," he explained. "As selfish as that is, I?kinda feel the same way. That's why I do it. I love to perform. I like to connect. That's what it's all about. I?can get inside everybody else's head and let them in mine at the same time. I like that connection and it feels goods to me."
With a successful record and a full touring schedule that includes stage time with Patty Griffin, Parker Millsap's career is rolling along in greased grooves and that suits him fine – for the moment.
"I probably sound happy because I'm hanging out with my dog," he said at the end of the interview. "I just want to write good songs and play rock and roll in between."
For more about Parker Millsap and to check out his tour dates, please visit parkermillsap.com
To listen to Parker Millsap and his band perform "Truck Stop Blues," visit http://youtu.be/HvQb2NPV-4E
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This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to create a gadget and the steps to go through in order to have it translated.
In order to host your gadget or translate other gadgets, you must first register an account. Only the username and password are required. The other fields are optional, but will automatically be added to any new gadget you create, saving you time.
After registering, sign in and go to your gadgets page. It is initially empty, so create a new gadget by clicking "create one".
The name field will be used for the URL of your gadget. Spaces and a few other characters are not allowed. This will also be inserted as the title of your gadget, but you can easily change that after it is created. If you'll be having your gadget translated or localized, it is very important you correctly set the Language and Locale. Also, specify your Module Type. This is used to automatically create skeleton code for your gadget (although, you can easily change your gadget type after it has been created). If you select something besides HTML, be sure to fill in the extra fields.
After creating the gadget, you'll be taken back to your gadget page. From there, click on the name of your gadget to edit it. The URL link takes you to the published version of your gadget (once it has been published) while the Test URL takes you to the current version. Use the Test URL for testing, but give the normal URL to users.
This is the editing console for your gadget. "Save" saves the gadget, and should be done after making changes.
"Validate" runs an XML parser on the gadget to make sure it is valid XML, but doesn't guarantee that it is a proper Google Gadget. In order to have your Gadget translated, you'll need to insert message placeholders into the code:
Once you have done this, click "Edit Messages" and give values to all of your messages (in whatever language you specified while creating the gadget).
Be sure to click "Save Messages" at the very bottom of the screen, so that your work isn't lost.
When you are happy with your gadget, click "Save and Publish". This saves a copy of the current version and publishes it. This allows you to edit gadget behind the scenes while your users enjoy the stable version. Also, only published gadgets can be translated.
Note: Don't add any <Locale /> tags to your Gadget. They'll be automatically inserted for you, and specifying your own might break something.
Clicking the "Add to Google" button makes it easy to add the test version to your personalized homepage. I also recommend adding the Developer Gadget to make sure your test Gadget isn't cached. Anyway, click the "Save and Publish" button.
In order to translate a gadget, you must register and then click on Translate on the left. This takes you to the Translation console. To begin, select the languages you would like to translate to and from. If you are just doing a translation, I recommend leaving the localization as "Default". If, however, you would like to localize from say, American English to British English, then set the language to the same value and specify the destination locale. Click "Get Gadgets".
A list of Gadgets will appear. To translate one, click on the table row.
Translate all messages that you can. However, you only need to translate messages that are different in the new language. Google automatically falls back to the default language if any value is left empty. Once you are satisfied, click "Submit Translations" at the bottom of the list. The new translations won't go live (either on the web or in the translation list) until the Gadget author approves them.
As a Gadget author, if someone translates your gadget, you'll be notified the next time you visit your Gadget page.
The pending translation pages shows messages that have been submitted to you for approval. Click the checkbox next to each message you approve and click "Accept". If something is wrong, click the checkbox and press "Delete". Only click once, and give it a second for a response. Messages that were successfully modified will be removed from the list.
After approving translated messages, you'll see them in the Translate console and they'll also automatically go live on the internet.
Now you've created and translated your own Gadget. Encourage your foreign language speaking friends to create their own account and translate your Gadget. Also, submit your Gadget to the Gadget Directory for fame and fortune.


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Farming the future
Nufarm boss Doug Rathbone believes Australia should encourage more foreign investment in our agricultural assets as Treasurer Joe Hockey deliberates over the $3.4 billion sale of GrainCorp to US giant Archer Daniels Midland.
Super battle
A battle is brewing over what should be done with Australia's superannuation savings, with the super industry opposing calls for the money to be spent on infrastructure projects.
Street Talk: Spotless float
Street Talk reveals that catering and cleaning company Spotless Group could be returning to the stock exchange as early as 2014 in an initial public offering worth $1.5 billion to $2 billion.
Turnaround specialists
Banks and other creditors are increasingly seeing value in trying to save companies from insolvency by using turnaround specialists.
Rear Window on Sunday
Joe Aston dishes up an AFL grand final special. Another footy season is over, and while it's been a tumultuous time AFL boss Andrew Demetriou is still in love with the game.
Nufarm backs foreign investment
Nufarm chief Doug Rathbone says closing the door to foreign investment will make it harder for farmers and growers to achieve higher prices for their products. He adds that his promise to deliver a turnaround at the company is complete but there is more work to do in growing its operations.
Simon Thornton: CEO for hire
Simon Thornton, the chief of 333 Management, explains why it can be "quite hairy" parachuting into businesses that are under--performing with the aim of turning them around.
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text: The lady at a LQS wrote a pattern for a cute baby print from P & B Textiles but it looks off-kilter to me so I would like to ask you experts what you think about it. You will have to visualize it as I don't have any idea how to post a picture. The main part is made up of 3 prints cut into 6.5" blocks and sewn in vertical strips which are then sewn together so each line of blocks produces a stairstep affect across the front of the quilt: 3 'steps' up then 4 'steps' down. This 4th 'step' makes the quilt look off-center to me. Since this is a quilt for a baby, do you think it would look okay? I suppose I could change the pattern a bit by aligning the 3rd & 4th panels so there would only be 2 'steps' on each side. Since this is only my second quilt and am giving it as a gift, I would like to hear suggestions from all of you who really know what you're doing and turn out such lovely quilts. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can give me. Karenn


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Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of death from malignant disease worldwide and most frequently discovered in advanced stages. Because curative surgery is regarded as the only option for cure, early detection of resectable gastric cancer is extremely important for good patient outcomes. Therefore, noninvasive diagnostic modalities such as evolutionary endoscopy and positron emission tomography are utilized as screening tools for gastric cancer. To date, early gastric cancer is being treated using minimally invasive methods such as endoscopic treatment and laparoscopic surgery, while in advanced cancer it is necessary to consider multimodality treatment including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Because of the results of large clinical trials, surgery with extended lymphadenectomy could not be recommended as a standard therapy for advanced gastric cancer. Recent clinical trials had shown survival benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection compared with surgery alone. In addition, recent advances of molecular targeted agents would play an important role as one of the modalities for advanced gastric cancer. In this review, we summarize the current status of diagnostic technology and treatment for gastric cancer.
Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of death from malignant disease worldwide, with especially high mortality rates in East, South, and Central Asia; Central and Eastern Europe; and South America [
It cannot be overemphasized that upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is indispensable for the diagnosis of gastric cancer. Recent innovations in the techniques used during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy have contributed to finding increased numbers of early-stage gastric cancers. Chromoendoscopy using indigo dye spraying previously played an important role in identifying early lesions. Magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (NBI) has undergone technological improvements, and has been reported to be accurate and reliable for the diagnosis of early gastric cancer [
The outcomes of patients with advanced gastric cancer strongly depend on whether or not curative resection is performed. Metastases to the liver and lymph nodes may be associated with noncurative resection, and have become more accurately diagnosed because of recent advances in diagnostic imaging technologies such as CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). There have also been several reports on the effectiveness of PET for staging gastric cancer [
Peritoneal dissemination, which has been difficult to identify using conventional diagnostic imaging techniques, is the most frequent noncurative manifestation of gastric cancer. In some patients, peritoneal dissemination cannot be found before surgery, and laparotomy becomes an exploratory procedure after dissemination is discovered. Staging laparoscopy (SL) is a minimally invasive, brief procedure that only requires a small incision. There have been many reports, dating from the 1990s, on the usefulness of SL for staging gastric cancer [
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) has dramatically changed the treatment of early gastric cancer [
Since the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the 1980s, laparoscopic surgery has been used for various applications, including gastrointestinal surgery [
One study retrospectively analyzed safety and curative potential of laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer [
Randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic surgery.
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Surgery must show good short-term outcome and must be safe, without decreasing curative potential, which is the aim of cancer treatment. Ongoing clinical trials should elucidate long-term outcomes, including survival time. However, ongoing randomized controlled trials are limited to certain institutions and surgeons. Thus, it is difficult to use the results from these clinical trials to establish standard treatment. In addition, the quality of surgery must be maintained, and the standard treatment will likely be required to be performed by skilled surgeons with years of experience.
Robotic-assisted surgery has been developed recently for use in general and pediatric surgery, gynecology, and urology [
In gastric cancer surgery, the approach to lymphadenectomy differs between European countries and East Asian countries, including Japan. There were two large-scale phase III trials in Europe: the MRC trial and a Dutch trial [
Over 50 years have passed since 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was developed, but it still plays a key role in the chemotherapeutic regimens for unresectable gastric cancer. The antitumor effects of 5-FU are enhanced when used in combination with cisplatin (CDDP) (FP therapy) due to biochemical modulation, and this therapy has yielded good therapeutic outcomes. FP therapy is one of the standard treatments that has been widely used and has been used as the reference arm in various clinical trials [
Median survival time of phase III trials of chemotherapy for unresectable gastric cancer were summarized.
There are certain limitations when advanced gastric cancer is treated only with surgery. In the U.S., Europe, and Asia, there have been attempts to improve therapeutic outcomes using chemotherapy and chemoradiation therapy as neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies. In the U.S., the INT-0116 trial examined the effectiveness of adjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) using 5-FU/LV after curative resection (R0) in patients with stages IB-IV (M0) gastric cancer and esophagogastric junction cancer [
In Europe, the MAGIC trial was conducted in patients with curatively resectable gastric cancer, esophagogastric junction cancer, and lower esophagus cancer [
Trials on adjuvant therapies were also conducted in East Asia where D2 lymphadenectomy is a standard procedure. In Japan, the ACTC-GC trial compared surgery alone and surgery plus adjuvant S-1 chemotherapy for curatively resectable advanced gastric cancer [
Technological advancements in three dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) have enabled pinpoint treatment. These treatments have been performed as a part of the multidisciplinary therapy, mainly as adjunctive therapy. Radiation therapy is frequently used as palliative treatment and has been used in combination with chemotherapy. Since the late 1960s, several retrospective clinical trials have been conducted that compared CRT and chemotherapy (CT) alone or compared CRT and radiation therapy (RT) alone [
In the chemotherapy for advanced cancer, it will be difficult to obtain marked improvements beyond presently achievable outcomes using only existing anticancer drugs. In the treatment of gastric cancer, there are high expectations for molecularly targeted agents which have played an important role in colorectal, breast, and lung cancer treatments. Trastuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) and has improved the prognosis of HER2-postive breast cancer previously considered to have poor prognosis [
Bevacizumab is an angiogenesis inhibitor that has played an important role in the treatment of colorectal cancer. The AVAGAST trial examined the effectiveness of bevacizumab addition to chemotherapy [
Ongoing phase III clinical trials of molecular targeted agents in gastric cancer.
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The broad term "gastric cancer" includes varying stages of disease, but treatment plans differ greatly depending on the stage. Early gastric cancer is being treated using minimally invasive methods such as endoscopic treatment. For advanced cancer, if extended surgery is not indicated, multidisciplinary treatment, including chemotherapy, is used to improve treatment outcome beyond that attainable by surgery alone. Multidisciplinary treatment is being used in curatively resectable cases. There are many ongoing clinical trials that attempt to make breakthroughs, including in molecular drugs. There is much expectation that knowledge will be enhanced based on new scientific evidence, leading to advancement in gastric cancer diagnosis and treatment.
All authors have declared no conflict of interest.


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Copyright Information: All images are in the public domain and available for free. If you use this image, credit NOAA/NGDC, Jose C. Borrero, University of Southern California.
The height of the tsunami runup may be inferred by the gray markings on the posts and on the wall to the right on this second floor balcony. Note the height of people standing on the beach at sea level below the balcony. This is an indication of the wave height at this location. Seaweed traces are also visible on the balcony.
Image Credit: Jose C. Borrero. University of Southern California
August 17, 1999 Izmit (Kocaeli) Turkey earthquake
On August 17, 1999, at 3:02 am local time (00:02 GMT) a magnitude (Mw) 7.4 earthquake occurred on the northern Anatolian fault. The epicenter was located very close to the south shore of the Bay of Izmit, an eastward extension of the Marmara Sea. The location of this earthquake and its proximity to a populous region on the Bay of Izmit contributed greatly to its damaging effects. The total estimated loss for port facilities in the region was around $200 million (US). Subsidence and slumping caused much of the coastal damage, but a tsunami was generated that also caused coastal damage and deaths.
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Ten Ways to Avoid Awkward Moments with Church Media
You know the feeling. It's that odd, timeless moment when the tension mounts, the sweat pores open, the hushed snickers fade, and the audience is left wondering…waiting…is the missionary's DVD presentation going to play? Or it's the church video loop with that egregious spelling error: "Nusey Workers Meeting." Nusey?! How did that one slip in? Or it could be the worship leader as he opens in prayer…his microphone totally silent. Whatever kind of media fumble you've experienced, you know the feeling. And it's really awkward. Even if you use Sharefaith's media, some awkwardness may occur. To all the churches across the world that experience awkward moments in church media, here are 10 ways to avoid those painful events.


text: Thanks to everyone who responded. Since I did not receive the replies before my meeting, I will follow up with your suggestions during our next get together. Wanted to share with you my neighbor's great grandfather's discharge papers. After examining them, it appears that this is a fanciful reproduction of the dischage as a keepsake. It is elaborately decorated in color illustrations of CW scenes. Apparently, from the notation at the bottom, Private Gray had this rendition of the discharge papers made esspecially as a gift for his family. Appreciate any comments you may have about them. This was written in a fancy script, so was a little difficult to transcribe. John C. might be John E. At least that is what his great grandson believes. Hard to tell from the script. This is somewhat OT, but indirectly relates to 75th Reunion topic. I will post more about the Reunion as I go over my notes. Here is the wording of the discharge: This is to certify that John C. Gray Enlisted August 23rd 1864 from Chester County, Pa. and was mustered into the United States service at West Chester, Pa. to serve one year as a private in Capt. S.S. Richardsons Battery E, 1st Regt Pennsylvania Vol. Artillery. The Battery formed part of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac and Comrade Gray shared the fortunes of the Battery in all its movements and engagements during the operations around Petersburg through the Siege and Fall of the City Ap 2, 65. Participated in the pursuit of Lee along the South Side Railroad to Appomattox. Also engaged in garrison duty. The Battery held a high reputation for its efficiency and was commended for distinguished service. Comrade Gray was Honorably Discharged June 21, 1865 at Harpers Ferry [West] Va. By reason of close of war. Member of the W.S. Thompson Post, No. 132 G.A.R., Oxford, Pa. Presented by Comrade Gray to his wife Ida and children Hattie L., John E., Clarence S., Allie, and Marjorie, Aug. 16, 1901.


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Dreidel Ornaments
I guess if you have a Hanukkah bush, you can use these??? Uummm, I'll have to buy these for my sister. We don't think Hanukkah Harry puts presents under our invisible bush.
A fine finish to your holiday table or buffet, these cards can be used to keep track of who will sit where, label the different dishes of your banquet, or be attached to guest goodie bags.Tags: buffets, Crate and Barrel, gift bags, personalization, holiday decorating, reindeer, placecards, holiday entertainingAdded 9 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel


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Usher Drops "She Came To Give It To You" Featuring Nicki Minaj: Listen Here!
It's always exciting when Usher unveils a new song, and his latest track is a sexy jam called "She Came to Give It To You."
The "U Remind Me" singer brilliantly enlisted Nicki Minaj to lace the single with plenty of lyrical girl power, and it turned out amazing.
One of Nicki's spicy lines states, "And tell your man play the back like a spine / He only lasts six seconds like a Vine."
"She Came To Give It To You" is the new single from Usher's forthcoming untitled album, and it's proof that the talented R&B crooner only gets better with age.


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The Australian beef industry welcomed Tuesday a broad accord between Japan and Australia to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA) for free trade.
"Over the next 20 years, sales of Australian beef to Japan are expected to rise by 5.5 billion (Australian) dollars (¥525 billion)" as a result of the envisioned EPA, Meat & Livestock Australia said in Sydney.
Japan is the biggest export destination for Australian beef. In 2013, Japan accounted for 26 percent of overall Australian beef exports.
Australia expects that lower tariffs in Japan will boost the competitiveness of Australian beef over U.S. produce.
National Farmers' Federation President Brent Finlay indicated disappointment that rice and other products were excluded from the planned bilateral EPA.
"We recognize the historical significance of the agreement. However, we are disappointed with the overall outcomes for agriculture, with a number of sectors facing marginal improvements or limited commercial gains," Finlay said in a statement.
Japanese business leaders also welcomed the free trade pact, expecting the deal to push forward the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks.
"It is a major decision politically and I feel it will push forward the TPP negotiations," Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of Keidanren, the nation's most powerful business lobby representing its largest companies, said in Tokyo on Monday.
Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, shared that view.
"I am confident that this will lead to an early conclusion of the TPP talks," Mimura said in a statement.


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Waggaman man now charged with 9 parish home burglaries
Jonathan Menard - Jun 27, 2013
A 29-year-old Waggaman man has now been charged with nine home burglaries that occurred in Luling and Ama in May and early June.
Christopher Watkins was arrested two weeks ago after detectives who were part of a burglary task force made a traffic stop on a silver four-door compact car that had been seen at the site of several West Bank burglaries.
Watkins was in possession of items stolen from an Ama home a day before his arrest and authorities say they found a stolen gun and burglary tools in the vehicle. Watkins was also riding around with a cross bow that was stolen from a Waggaman home, authorities said.
Watkins was immediately charged with the Ama and Waggaman home burglaries, but detectives have now linked him to eight other burglaries that occurred in Mimosa Park, Willowdale and on Barton Avenue in Luling, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said on Saturday.
Champagne thanked the hard work of his detectives and deputies as well as assistance his office received from the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office and the Westwego Police Department.
Along with the burglary charges, Watkins has also been charged with several counts of the possession of stolen property.
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How Many Sizes Did you Drop with Vaser Lipo?
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Just curious on the results for everyone. - How much did you weigh before - How tall are you? - How many cc's were removed? - How many areas were treated? - Which areas were treated? - What size were you before - What size were you after? - How long until you were at that size? Booked for next week and am starting to get very nervous :)


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European, Russian Service Providers Put Confidence in Cisco Routing PlatformsAnalyst Relations
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Public Service Announcement: Call Before You Dig (or "10 Most Bizarre and Annoying Causes of Fiber Cuts") At Cisco, we strive to provide the utmost in reliability and are particularlyRead More
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Following the announcement of the ASR 9000 System last month, it was not too surprising that one of the most popular demos at Cisco Live in Las Vegas was the ServiceRead More
A Week In the Life of the ASR 9000 SeriesSP360: Service Provider
We had an excellent time in Las Vegas at Cisco Live 2011, despite outside temperatures breaking 100 degrees (38C) at times! While things were hot at the show, things wereRead More


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