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Assumption Life's head office is located at 770 Main St., in the Assumption Place building in downtown Moncton. Here are the various ways that you can reach us:
- Telephone: 506-853-6040
Toll Free: 1-800-455-7337 Fax: 506-853-5428
Mailing address:
Assumption Life
P. O. Box 160
770 Main St.
Moncton NB E1C 8L1
Email: email@example.com
Customer Service Front Desk Business Hours: 7:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Telephone: 506-853-6040
Toll Free: 1-800-455-7337 Fax: 506-853-5519
7:15 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Telephone: 506-853-6040
Toll Free: 1-800-455-7337 Fax: 506-853-5519
7:15 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Travel Insurance
For immediate help in case of emergency, please call:
In Canada and in the U.S., toll free: 1-877-875-3166
Worldwide by calling collect: 514-875-3166
Fax: 514-875-7729
Group Insurance
Telephone: 506-869-9797
Toll Free: 1-888-869-9797 Fax: 506-853-5434
7:15 am to 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) Monday to Thursday
7:15 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time) Friday
Individual Insurance
Telephone: 506-853-6040
Toll Free: 1-800-343-5622 Fax: 855-430-0591
7:15 am to 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) Monday to Thursday
7:15 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time) Friday
Investments and Retirement
Telephone: 506-853-6040
Toll Free: 1-888-577-7337 Fax: 506-853-9369/tool free 1-855-577-3864
7:15 am to 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) Monday to Thursday
7:15 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time) Friday
Mortgage Loans
Telephone: 506-869-9755
Toll Free: 1-800-785-7070 Fax: 506-853-5449
7:15 am to 3:30 pm (Eastern Time)
What do you think of Assumption Life and of our Web site? We would like to have your comments. Please send them to the following address:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Resolving a Complaint
Although rare, it is conceivable that you could at some time feel unfairly treated by Assumption Life or its representatives or dissatisfied due to a misunderstanding. Should this ever happen, please do not hesitate to express your concerns to us. Please find below the procedure to follow should you wish to express your dissatisfaction or voice a complaint.
Complaints lodged by our clients are important to us, and we are committed to responding to them promptly and in a most courteous manner. All complaints and personal information collected in their regard, whether orally or in writing, will be handled diligently and professionally.
If you are a client and have a problem with a product, service or representative of our company, we encourage you to follow this procedure so that we may resolve your problem.
Step 1: Let us know
Our company's employees and representatives are equipped to resolve almost any problem you may have, so please bring your concerns to the attention of your representative or a front-line employee, who will most likely be able to resolve the issue to your satisfaction.
Browse the Contact Us section of our Website for contact information for the department in question.
If in doubt, simply dial the following number to reach our Client Services Department, which will direct you to the appropriate person: 1-800-455-7337.
Step 2: Speak to management
If, unfortunately, you remain dissatisfied after speaking with your representative or an employee, please ask to speak with a supervisor or the manager of the department in question.
Step 3: Lodge a complaint with Assumption Life
If your problem somehow remains unresolved even after following the preceding steps, please lodge an official complaint with Assumption Life's chief complaint officer; this person does not report to any other department within the company and is responsible for reviewing complaints from clients and helping to identify a solution to your problem. The response you receive from our chief complaint officer is generally the final response from Assumption Life.
Formal complaints must be lodged in writing. Click here to access our complaint form.
Contact information for our chief complaint officer is as follows:
Chief Complaint Officer
Assumption Life
P.O. Box 160 / 770 Main Street
Moncton, N.B. E1C 8L1
Telephone: 1-506-853-6040
Toll free: 1-800-455-7337
Fax: 1-506-853-5421
Step 4: External recourse
If you are still not satisfied after following steps 1 through 3, you have the option to take your complaint to one of the following organizations in place to assist consumers.
A. OmbudService for Life & Health Insurance Toronto office
OmbudService for Life & Health Insurance (OLHI)
401 Bay Street, Suite 1507
P.O. Box 7
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4
Local Toronto: 416-777-9002
Toronto Fax: 416-777-9750
Toll Free (Canada wide): 1-888-295-8112
OmbudService for Life & Health Insurance Montreal office
Ombudsman des assurances de personnes (OAP)
2001 University Street
17th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A6
Local Montreal: 514-282-2088
Montreal Fax: 514-285-4076
Toll free (within Quebec): 1-866-582-2088
B. Provincial Regulatory Authorities
You may also turn to the appropriate provincial authority at any time regarding your complaint. Contact the authority in your province of residence.
Alberta: Alberta Insurance Council
British Columbia: Insurance Council of British Columbia
Prince Edward Island: Prince Edward Island Superintendent of Insurance
Manitoba: The Insurance Council of Manitoba
New Brunswick: Office of the Consumer Advocate for Insurance
Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Office of the Superintendent of Insurance
Ontario: Financial Services Commission of Ontario
Qu�bec: Autorit� des march�s financiers
Saskatchewan: Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan
Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador Superintendent of Insurance
If your complaint concerns the manner in which your personal information is used, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or
Alberta: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
British Columbia: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia
Ontario: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Have you been a victim of telephone fraud?
The agencies that regulate financial institutions in Canada and the United States are reporting more and more cases of fraud committed through telephone solicitation. The perpetrators illegally use the names of well-known financial institutions to get money from their victims. If you think you may have been the victim of a fraudulent telephone call in an attempt to solicit money from you in a suspicious or illegal manner, please contact PhoneBusters, a call centre that specializes in handling this type of criminal activity.
PhoneBusters works closely with the various provincial police forces and the RCMP. You can call them toll-free at 1 888 495-8501 from anywhere in Canada.


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I love Easter. My kids love Easter. I love everything about it. Making dresses and ties, making Easter baskets, Easter decorations, hearing my kids sing Easter songs, teaching them about the true meaning of Easter. I especially love them trying to figure out how the Easter bunny leaves a trail of m&m's every year as he leaves the house. They have come up with some pretty funny explanations as to how the Easter bunny does what he does, but all of this adds up to ONE FUN HOLIDAY! And this year I am even MORE excited…
Why, you ask? Because this year I have 16 SUPER fun and talented blogs coming to share a fun project with you. Some of these blogs are really big and popular…some are just starting out..but all will be super inspiring..that I am sure! There will be sewing, crafts, decor, and even free printables! In addition to the fun guests, I will be having 2 sponsored giveaways every week with 4-5 different etsy shops in each giveaway, gifting you some fun things for your Easter baskets!
Sound like fun?!
I thought I'd start this week out with a fun spring-y giveaway.
I have made up 3 different buttons to pass the word around about "All about Easter"…with a little prize attached!
Each time you:
*place a button on your blog
*tweet about the event
*post on facebook about the event
*post about the event on your blog
YOU get an entry to win one of these: (minus the watermark!)
That is 4 total entries you can have! Comment for each separate thing you do..I have two 18″x24″ prints done in this fun yellow. It would be perfect for spring decor or a childs room, etc…and are valued at $35 a piece. There will be two winners randomly chosen on Sunday evening, April 3rd. I SO appreciate your help in getting this fun event out and about!
Choose from any of these buttons to place on your blog:

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Subject: Re: [htdig] spell check - python wrapper script
From: Geoff Hutchison (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 15:34:34 PST
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> It would be really great if the "speling" fuzzy match algorithm were
> setup to use ispell the way the script does to get the alternate words.
> Of course in 3.2, you don't have a db.wordlist file, so you'd need a
> "htfuzzy speling" command to traverse the word database and feed it
> to munchlist, then to buildhash.
Actually the idea for speling itself was to emulate Apache's mod_speling,
which works by allowing one-off spelling mistakes. (e.g. a missing
But it would be a nice idea to have an ispell fuzzy module as well. One
reason for holding off on this is that I thought it might be better to use
code from ispell rather than calling it directly (more portable, almost
definitely faster).
(N.B. In 3.2, you could also just use htdump to get a db.wordlist and go
from there...)
-- -Geoff Hutchison Williams Students Online http://wso.williams.edu/
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Lymph Node + Laser Liposuction Q&A
Lymphatic Drainage & RF Bipolar Safe 2 Months After Laser Liposuction?
I have had LipoLaser for hips 2 months ago-is it ok if i have lymphatic drainage & RF Bipolar sessions? Thank you READ MORE
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External liposuction has worked for me in the past and I was wondering if there is any danger to using it around the armpit area, or near lymph nodes.... READ MORE
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All lymph nodes in my left groin have been removed, due to cancer. Is it still possible for me to have laser liposuction done on that leg and hip... READ MORE
I Have Painful Swollen Lymph Nodes Behind my Ears and Back of my Head After Doing Non-invasive Laser Lipolysis 5x. What is This?
Could lymph nodes damaged be cured?
I suffered that damage due a laser liposuction. I feel pain and swollenness very often. Sometimes, I have got lymphatic message, and it was a... READ MORE
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Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
Plot Summary
After achieving fame with Saturday Night Live and Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy released a film version of one of his live stand-up performances. He mainly focuses on the topics of divorce and relations between the sexes, but also goes into some of the problems he's encountered because of fame, including offended listeners and fans who continually greet him with his unprintable catch phrases.- Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.- Written by Mattias Thuresson <email@example.com>
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Baseball's LeBron
He's been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and he's never had an at bat in professional baseball.
Or, college baseball for that matter.
He's hit the longest homerun ever (570 feet) at Tropicana Field.
He throws 96 MPH and plays catcher, shortstop, and pitcher.
Some scouts have said that Harper would have been a top three draft pick in the 2009 draft.
This is not Sidd Finch. This is Bryce Harper — a rising junior at Las Vegas High School who won't graduate from HIGH SCHOOL until 2011. He's just turned 16-years-old!
Labeled "Baseball's Chosen One" on the June 8 cover of Sports Illustrated, Harper, a 6-3 catcher who can also pitch in the 90s, hit .626 with 14 home runs and 55 RBI this season for Las Vegas High School. Harper's versatility and wide-ranging physical ability also manifested itself on the basepaths where he stole 36 bases.
Harper Hopes to Graduate in 2010
Harper is hoping to make himself eligible for the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft by completing his GED so he can come out early. If that happens, and the Washington Nationals have the first pick in the draft, Harper just might follow Stephen Strasburg as the two most highly regarded youth baseball players ever. Strasburg, yet unsigned by the Nationals and agent Scott Boras, has until August 17 to sign or be tossed back into the draft for next season.
Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says he's "more advanced than A-Rod or Junior at his age." No doubt. Take a look for yourself thanks to our friends over at Skill Show.
Bryce Harper is "more advanced than A-Rod or Junior at his age."
This is the video of Bryce Harper from the 2008 Perfect Game AFLAC Showcase when he was just a 15-year-old.
Bryce Harper — 2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleeper
So, if Bryce Harper is more advanced than Junior at the same age, should you consider adding Harper to your 2010 fantasy baseball draft list? Maybe. Junior joined the Mariners at age 19 and Harper would be 17 when he is eligible for the MLB draft. If you figure he starts playing in the MLB at age 18, you'd only have to have Harper sitting on the pine for one fantasy baseball season.
After all, this is no Sidd Finch.
Harper doesn't even play the french horn.


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I've heard some doctors are purchasing botox from out of the country, such as Canada. Is this legal? If this is legal, does the doctor have let you know they are using botox from out of the country? After going to see a new doctor a few times for Botox, I noticed it wasnt taking or lasting as long as it had previously when I was injected by another doctor's office. During a visit, while waiting in the lobby, I overheard the doctor talking about placing another order with a company in Canada.
Is It Illegal for Doctors to Purchase "Botox" from Canada?
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Yes, it is illegal. Medical professionals are held to a high ethical standard and code of conduct. Therefore, bending the rules to make more profit may seem harmless, but these types of actions calls into question the integrity of the entire practice. One cannot pick and choose when and how to be honest and lawful.
Pricing is important, but when consumers shop for the cheapest Botox, they should consider placing more value on the service and reputation of the one doing the treatment.
Learn more: http://www.celibre.com/botoxInjections.aspx
Is It Illegal for Doctors to Purchase from Canada?
I am not sure whether it is legal practice or not but good practice would be to purchase Botox through Allergan (the company that makes Botox).
Botox from Canada ?
Although it is illegal to transport medicine for human use across national and state lines, there is probably little chance of prosecution by authorities. The real danger comes from adulterated "Botox" or Botox that was not kept adequately refigerated or frozen during transportation, hence may be just not effective or weaker than Botox obtained through Allergan distribution within the USA. Always be wary of pricing that looks to good to be true, and always ask how many units you were given, not how many syringes were used, since Botox can be diluted to improve profit margins.
Botox fromn Canada
It is my understanding that US doctors are not allowed to purchase Botox from outside the country eventhough it is probably the same product.
Learn more: http://www.stevenwallachmd.com
It is Illegal to Purchase BOTOX
It is illegal for any US practioner (MD, PA, RN etc.) to purchase Allergan BOTOX from sources outside the US, have it shipped to them in the US and then inject into patients. Each vial of Allergan BOTOX has a serial/lot number and a hologram. These can be used to determine if the BOTOX was originally sold within the US or outside of the US. If you are concerned about the legitimacy of the BOTOX Cosmetic that you are recieving you should ask to see the vial and record the lot number and contact ALLERGAN.
Yes it is illegal...
Obtaining Botox from Canada for injection in the US is illegal as the foreign drug has not been approved by the FDA, even though it has the same name. Although many of these companies do sell legitimate Botox, the FDA has no control over those substances that have been imported by a physician. The public and the doctor purchasing foreign Botox have no way of knowing if it is the real drug. It's best to deal with the doctors that purchase Botox from Allergan in the US.
Botox from "Canada"
Every week our office gets a fax about how we can obtain low cost Botox from Canada. There are a few problems with this. One does not know if this is legitimate Botox, or counterfeit from China or Turkey. There have been incidents of this. Further, if there was an issue with the Botox, (not working, etc). Allergan, (the company that makes Botox), will not stand behind it. I have also been advised that importation of Botox across the border is illegal. We see ads in the back of local fitness magazines for ridiculously low prices, (below Allergan cost). We don't know how they are doing this, but it concerns us that patients could get hurt. Please go to a legitimate practitioner that uses the real Botox. Cheap usually turns out to be more expensive in the end, with revisions or corrections.
Learn more: http://www.jjrothmd.com/face-and-skin/botox
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Research on GHG Emissions in Agricultural Ecosystems
This page last reviewed March 21, 2017
To improve California's
current GHG inventory, ARB is developing research to better understand
nitrous oxide (N2O)
emissions from agricultural ecosystems under California specific
conditions. Data may be used to develop California specific baseline
emissions and improved fertilizer management practices.
ARB's GHG inventory for 2010 estimates that N2O contributed roughly 13.9 MMTCO2E, or 2.6 percent of California's total GHG emissions. Agricultural soil was the largest source of N2O, accounting for approximately 8.3 MMTCO2E or 60 percent of the State's total N2O emissions. It is estimated that approximately 3.5 MMTCO2E of N2O emissions from agricultural soil results from the application of organic and synthetic fertilizers.
There is uncertainty about how much N2O is emitted from agricultural soils under California specific conditions for the wide range of commodities and farming practices in the State. Current methods estimate that, on average, approximately 50 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer applied in the field is lost to the transport pathways of volatilization, leaching, and runoff.
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Steve, I don't think there is such a thing as IPv6 NAT. I have a Monowall
1.3b16 running so I could perhaps help in that area.
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Steve Bertrand [mailto:steve at ibctech dot ca]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 14 april 2009 22:39
> Aan: Michel Servaes
> CC: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> M0n0wall Mailing List
> Onderwerp: Re: [m0n0wall] how do we check, that ipv6 is
> actually working (OT again)
> Michel Servaes wrote:
> > Routed /48: 2001:470:d39d::/48
> > Routed /64: 2001:470:1f15:158c::/64
> >
> >
> > This is the config, I got from tunnelbroker.net
> > But I have not configured the routed /48 part on my side at
> all. (the
> > /48 part was optional at tunnelbroker.net)
> Ok. This tells me that you have the m0n0wall NAT'ing IPv6 then.
> Does the m0n0 have the capability to route IPv6 between the
> LAN interface and the tunnel interface?
> If your WAN (tunnel) interface is:
> 2001:470:1f15:158c::/64
> Then as a test, assign:
> 2001:470:d39d:1::1/64 to the LAN interface, and configure a PC within:
> 2001:470:d39d:1::/64
> I don't have any m0n0walls in use right now, so unfortunately
> I can't provide any assistance with it's configuration.
> > I'll try to setup Sixxs again, since they have a Windows
> Client too -
> > that way I can try in between the office, and my home. At
> the office I
> > don't have a monowall yet (have to wait 60 days, before I start
> > working there :) - and am not going to do experiments at
> my current
> > job)
> Ahhh, I see...
> > Thank you for your testing though... but since I'm
> completely new to
> > ipv6, I don't want to take your time too much ;)
> Not a problem at all... if you were taking too much of my
> time, you would know this by a lack of response ;)
> Steve
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Need Advice
- momma2kids
- Last updated: 4 years ago
I have wanted a Rhinoplasty for over 13 years. I have always felt uncomfortable with my appearance because of my nose. As I have gotten older and have had children my nose seems to have gotten bigger. In 2010 I began saving up money for the Rhinoplasty. I put every dime into my account that I earned (from a part time job I work at 4 in the morning) and that was hard for me to do. I went without a lot because I wanted this so badly. In May of this year I had found the perfect doctor, set up the consultation and finally went. I had not been so excited for something since the birth of my children. The doctor showed me what I could expect to look like afterwards. Yay! He showed me my new straight nose that was not humped and no droopiness when I smiled. Total pricetag: $9200. After my consultation,as I was walking out all I could do was cry. I began thinking of the new future I would have. I could finally have the confidence to take pictures with my kids. I would not have such anxiety about going out in public or talking to people from the sides. I would be able to wear hats and wear my hair up in a bun or whatever way I wanted. I would have the confidence to finally apply to and attend nursing school. Along with other things this was my dream, what I had always wanted.
Unfortunately, my mom ran into some hard financial times so I agreed to loan her my surgery money. As of today, she has only paid back $200. I have no credit due to the fact that I am a stay at home mom/college student and have been since I was 18 and lived with my boyfriend. I am slowly working on that with a credit card I recently got (unwillingly, I am not a fan of credit cards). After talking to the bank, to get a loan I would have to use my vehicles title and use a cosigner which is out of the question since the vehicle is not in my name and I have no one to cosign with me on it. I don't know what to do or where to go from here.
My sister in law passed away in June of this year from a head on collision with a semi. She left behind her two young children. After the accident it put into perspective for me how precious life is and that it should be lived to the fullest. I just cant seem to get over this self confidence issue and I am tired of having such anxiety about just leaving the house. It is a daily struggle for me.
If you have any advice on how you made your surgery happen or what I can do I would appreciate the feedback tremendously. Please no negative comments, this is a difficult subject for me.


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A couple of years before, he had applied his special broth of piquant newspaperese to the pages of Spin magazine.
If you hurry, you'll still find sun-kissed yellows, rusty reds, and an orange so piquant you'll want a bite out of it.
What is so piquant here is not the fact that Hillary understands that Obama is president.
These may not be piquant to him who has them always within his reach.
They are useful, good-looking, piquant, tasteful and vivacious.
"Vallarin" is a thick, pale yellow oil of a piquant and persistent taste and an odor peculiar to the plant.
The piquant pen of Mademoiselle has described this interview.
You can't blame poor Arthur—she's quite a piquant looking little person.
It is an admirable study of expression, of piquant, roguish smiles.
Your system craves only the piquant sources of scandal and sarcasm, which can never satisfy it.
1520s, from Middle French piquant "pricking, stimulating, irritating," present participle of piquer "to prick, sting, nettle" (see pike (n.2)).


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Check before doing summer DIY
Check before doing summer DIY
Aucklanders planning to do some DIY this summer are being advised to get up to speed on building rules first, to help ensure the work they do is safe and pre-approved if necessary.
Auckland Council Building Control Manager, Ian McCormick, says well before people get their tools out they should check if the DIY work they are planning needs either building or resource consent and what relevant legislation requires.
"Over the summer months, we know many Aucklanders like to do DIY around their homes; it's part of Kiwi culture. We're urging people to take steps that will help ensure their work is safe and any effects on others and the environment are addressed.
"Ensuring any DIY work is compliant will also help property owners ensure they don't compromise future property sales."
Property owners with trees will also need to find out if they need resource consent to trim or chop down trees.
Mr McCormick says people can visit council's website or contact its call centre on 09 301 0101 for more information on what kind of work requires consent.
"A lot of work does require consent under legislation, district or regional plans so we do encourage people to check with us. Even if consent is not required DIY work must still comply with the Building Act, the building code and other relevant legislation."


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Irish Rovers Tour Dates & Ticket Links
This last world tour has been SELLING OUT
Throughout the years, these international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer - one that will soon have you singing and clapping along. Their songs have become anthems of revelry and joy among generation after generation of fans. - Belfast Telegraph.
The days of the long tours are coming to an end for these Irish lads as they are now completing one last world tour. After that, they will rove again only for special events, festivals and longer stays. International touring will happen only on a very limited scale.
The next leg of the tour will be in the US. The US release of "Live on St. Patrick's Day" CD & DVD.
Click here for photos from the 2015 50th Anniversary Tour. Click here for past tour dates.
Check back as dates will be posted when confirmed.
Concert Reviews
Otago Daily Times, New Zealand "There's no getting away from the quality of the Miller cousin's vocals, vintage Irish balladeers from Ballymena with calculated wit and whimsy and a brogue to win the ladies hearts...And in the end that's exactly what has made The Irish Rovers the enduring legend they are."
Tallahassee Democrat "Sold-out in Tallahassee - All the years of touring and playing haven't eroded the band's ferocious chops. "Those musicians are so tight, They're virtuosos!..."
The Morning Call "Irish Rovers celebrate a bonny resurgence... the lads have returned to their glory days, and are still charging..."
BBC Ulster "The Irish Rovers are one of the most successful and enduring of all Irish folk bands."


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- Rapscallion
- Rapscallion \Rap*scal"lion\ (r[a^]p*sk[a^]l"y[u^]n), n. [See {Rascallion}.] A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] --Howitt. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
rapscallion — index degenerate, malefactor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rapscallion — (n.) 1690s, alteration of rascallion (1640s), a fanciful elaboration of RASCAL (Cf. rascal) (q.v.). It is the parallel term of now extinct rampallion (1590s), from Middle English ramp (n.) ill behaved woman (mid 15c.), which is probably connected … Etymology dictionary
rapscallion — *villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, miscreant Analogous words: *vagabond, vagrant, tramp, hobo, bum … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rapscallion — ► NOUN archaic or humorous ▪ a mischievous person. ORIGIN alteration of earlier rascallion, perhaps from RASCAL(Cf. ↑rascally) … English terms dictionary
rapscallion — [rap skal′yən] n. [< earlier rascallion, extension of RASCAL] a rascal; rogue … English World dictionary
Rapscallion — A rapscallion is one who is playfully mischievous or a scoundrel. Rapscallion comes from the now obsolete word rascallion meaning rascal. It is possible that the contemporary pejorative word for a vandal or youth who perpetrates antisocial… … Wikipedia
rapscallion — noun /ɹæpˈskæljən/ a) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel. She was the sister who had remained within the pale; I, the rapscallion of a brother whose vagaries were trying to his relations. b) Roguish, disreputable … Wiktionary
rapscallion — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier rascallion, irregular from rascal Date: 1699 rascal, ne er do well … New Collegiate Dictionary
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The Sims Life Stories PC Review
Life Stories is a new standalone game in the hugely successful Sims series. Lately we've seen many expansion packs, so many in fact even the most hardened fan would struggle to keep up. Fortunately for them they can probably give this a miss; Life Stories is a slimmed-down sideways step to draw in new gamers of the more casual and largely female variety. Much has been made of the casual gaming market and EA is clearly hoping to tap into this.
"Laptop Friendly" is proudly displayed on the box as EA have designed the game with the aim of making it easier than normal to play on the move. I installed the game on my girlfriend's 2 year old Acer laptop and was amazed to see the game repeatedly crash after leaving the main menu. All drivers were up to date and the error message didn't hint what the problem could be. System specs looked correct and the explanation was neither helpful nor impressive. This doesn't mean it won't run on most laptops but once again points to PC developers needing to manage errors better so we're not left without any alternative other than returning the game.
On my gaming desktop PC things seemed to run fine. Out of the box the game runs in a window, enabling you to browse the net and use messengers at the same time. Casual gaming is the order of the day but for me this took the edge off the atmosphere. You can switch to full screen in the options but it would have been a good idea to ask the player up-front to let them know they have the choice.
Before starting I recommend all newcomers take advantage of the Learn to Play scenario. This walks you through the various features and how to switch between gameplay modes. It also covers new additions to the game for more experienced players. After this you can either proceed with Riley's story, after which you unlock Vincent's story. Think of it as a jumping into a sitcom where you control the characters. Once you do there's a steady flow of things to do like find a job, get involved in a relationship and act on your sims' 'wants' – a handful of thoughts from dreaming of a bookcase to tickling a prospective partner. Actions are queued up and they will complete these in order, though sometimes interactions will go uncompleted if the intended recipient walks away, which happens a lot as friends come and go as they please. It's possible to leave your neighbourhood for cafés, the gym and other places, offering a nice change of scenery, but it did feel like living in a bubble instead of escapism.
Life Stories is a more approachable version of Sims 2, cutting out some of the more time consuming micromanagement like sending your Sim to the bathroom every time they need the toilet. But I still found sending them to the fridge and other activities very tedious. They randomly go about their lives and interact with others but on a fairly superficial level as communication is gibberish. Some will undoubtedly be put off by this approach and you'll have to fully embrace the style to get into the game.
An alternative to story mode is the chance to embark on a Free Play adventure where you can create everything from house and family to neighbours. Free Play mode gives the game a big dose of longevity and makes the full-price tag more worthwhile.
Graphically the game is reasonable, with objects and people rendered in detail, though nearby surroundings can look a bit rough. However many will have difficulty controlling the camera, which features 3 methods of control: keyboard, GUI buttons and mouse. There's the ability to rotate and zoom in and out and you'll need the mastery of a director to watch the action from a good perspective. In Supreme Commander when you zoom in, the camera zooms to where your mouse pointer is, here this isn't the case and you always zoom away from where you want to be. This or an automated camera would have posed other problems but too much time is spent messing with the viewing angle than getting on with the action. This is of course caused by the 3D nature of the game, and although much has been done to make the game user friendly it still comes across as over-complex. This problem continues into the GUI which is overloaded with icons; it looks nice but you have to hover over each one to see what it does. It's fairly well designed but there's just too much going on and it's overwhelming at first. Once you get used to the methodology and take advantage of keyboard shortcuts you'll be in for a much better experience.
The game features impressive buying and building modes, allowing you to build/improve your house and furnish it with an array of stylish items. This is largely optional and you only need to delve in as far as you want to. Which is good for those of us fed up with DIY in the real world! Ready-built houses have interesting yet believable layouts with good attention to detail.
Instead of music there's background noise, though you can turn on the radio. In these simulation games I always preferred the approach taken in early versions of Sim City where a selection of funky tunes accompanying the action somehow made the game seem a lot more fun.
As a whole I felt under-whelmed considering the established nature of the series, instead of so many releases I'd prefer to see more advancement. There's no hiding the fact some players will find this boring and I really didn't find the experience a humorous one; a few animations like watching someone fall off the treadmill will raise a smile but this was largely a boring experience. As the video game equivalent of Big Brother – love it or hate it – it's hard to argue Life Stories is more entertaining to watch. Despite having the power to influence play, proceedings feel detached and predictable. Trying to balance all the Sims' needs was a constant annoyance and even when none were that low and she wanted a job she refused to look for one in the paper.
This isn't recommended for fans of the series as there's little new here, but Life Stories welcomes newcomers with open arms and offers a good taster of what The Sims is all about, whether you like it is another matter. If you're open minded enough to overlook the lack of real conversations and patient you may enjoy the experience, just don't expect to get into it straight away. With other Sims games available for less money it's not easy to recommend and this comes across as a Sims game too many. It really needs an injection of fun.
Ultimately you'll either like it or you won't, depending on how interesting you find day-to-day activities.


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"It could be a week, two weeks, tomorrow," Blake said in a brief interview with this newspaper. "Who knows?""
After missing the past eight games because of his injury, Blake's sole activity has involved stationary shooting and passing drills. D'Antoni wants Blake to participate in a full practice before playing again. With the Lakers listing him day-to-day, it's unclear if Blake will play Friday against the Denver Nuggets.
"If I try to do things and it hurts, I have to back off," Blake said. "I just have to wait."


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It is indicative of our times when a young designer chooses to roll out a pre-fall collection as high-octane in spirit and execution as Jason Wu did this season. Despite traditionally being the most commercial offering of the year, not to mention the one that lingers in stores longest, the only items in this collection close to throw-it-on basics were a crocheted camel, burnt orange, and royal blue color-block sweater which had been meticulously knotted together by hand, and a charcoal jersey T-shirt overlaid with tulle and sprouting with tiny floral jade embroideries that, no matter how old it got, would never be regarded as appropriate workout gear. "Dressing up is the thing now," admits Wu with a shrug. "People no longer dress for an occasion because every day is an occasion; there's no hard line between day and evening."
That the opulent formality of the Maharaja and the graphic whimsy of Charley Harper's illustrations were Wu's starting points, makes all the more sense. "Combining the two meant a strict silhouette with stately embellishments," he says, pulling out a houndstooth sheath adorned with bugle beads, before adding pointedly: "No detail has been spared." Those components—ladylike dresses and intricate beading—have long played a part within Wu's sports couture approach. But this season, perhaps in anticipation of his impending collaboration with Target, out in February, those elements have been heightened all the more.


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By OCPA Media RelationsNovember 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 13) — The Army released suicide data for the month of October today. Among active-duty Soldiers, there were 16 potential suicides, all of which are pending determination of the manner of death. For September, the Army reported seven potential suicides among active-duty Soldiers. Since the release of that report, three have been confirmed as suicides, and four remain under investigation.
There were 133 reported active-duty Army suicides from January 2009 through October 2009. Of those, 90 have been confirmed, and 43 are pending determination of manner of death. For the same period in 2008, there were 115 suicides among active-duty Soldiers.
During October 2009, among reserve component Soldiers who were not on active duty, there were eight potential suicides. Among that same group, from January 2009 through October 2009, there were 69 reported suicides. Of those, 41 were confirmed as suicides, and 28 remain under investigation to determine the manner of death. For the same period in 2008, there were 47 suicides among reserve Soldiers who were not on active duty.
"Stigma continues to be one of the most difficult challenges we confront," said Brig. Gen. Colleen McGuire, director, Suicide Prevention Task Force. "The more we educate our Army community about the need to get help, the need to get it early, and that a full recovery is often possible, the less stigma we'll see."
In March, the Army chartered a multi-disciplinary Suicide Prevention Task Force to make rapid improvements across the full spectrum of health promotion, risk reduction, and suicide prevention programs. Since its establishment, the Task Force has made more than 170 improvements to the Army's health promotion, risk reduction, and suicide prevention policies and programs.
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8 pieces cod (or any firm white boneless fish)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
For the batter:
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon ajowan seeds
1 teaspoon chilli powder
150g gram flour
Large pinch of bicarbonate of soda
4 drops orange food colouring
sunflower oil for frying
Marinate the fish in the lemon juice for 15 minutes.
Make a thick batter with all the other ingredients except the oil adding water as necessary ensuring that there are no lumps.
Heat the oil in a deep kadai or wok.
Dip each piece of fish in the batter and deep fry until crisp.
Drain on a slotted spoon and remove onto absorbent paper.
Serve hot with coriander chutney and a fresh salad.
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Read Part One: At Structure 08, GigaOm's Alistair Croll posed a question to the panel: "How much of scalability is architecture, and how much is throwing servers at the problem?"
"The cheapest way to scale is adding servers, but over time the product is really what drives the infrastructure," said Jonathan Heiliger, the VP of technical Operations for Facebook. "If the product is bad, that's going to cause problems that are hard to engineer your way out of. When we added chat on Facebook we actually built a new backend for that." (Read more about this in a post by Eugene Letuchy on the Facebook Engineering Blog.
Scaling rapidly sometimes means deciding between writing custom software and using existing open source or off-the-shelf solutions. "You don't want to have to reinvent the wheel," said Sandy Jen, co-founder of Meebo, the messaging service with 30 million users. "A lot of the stuff that we launched with is open source. At the same time, you have to build a lot of stuff yourself. No one knows your system like you do and no one can scale your system like you can."
Jeremiah Robison, Chief Technology Officer of slide show widget provider Slide, echoed that sentiment. "We built our own object-aware caching system, because our core value was delivering photos faster than anyone else," said Robison. "Anything that's not your core value you can take off the shelf. It's the backend systems that are causing the scalability problems."
When it comes to backend architecture on massive sites, the conversation usually focuses on one area. "There's a lot of hard problems that have been solved," said Flickr's Allspaw. "Most of the hard problems involve databases. Database problems are hard. Whether or not clouds help, they don't help database problems."
MacAskill says Amazon's utility computing services have saved SmugMug more than $1 million. The company operates four data centers, but also stores more than 600 terabytes of data at Amazon S3. MacAskill looks forward to seeing cloud solutions evolve to lighten the infrastructure load on companies. "I would love to not have any more data centers ever," he said. "My business is storing, sharing and delivering photos. Managing storage arrays doesn't help our customers."


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Transmission &
is a broad term used to describe the behavior of electrons and protons.
The flow of electrons creates the current we tap into to power everything
from radios to refrigerators.
water and oxygen are essential to your survival. Is electricity?
Its a part of life most of us just take for granted. We flip
a switch or push a button and there it is. So what would life be
like without it? To understand just how important electricity is,
explore more about the power supply chain and the different resources
we rely on to fuel the chain.
is a very flexible form of energy because there are a lot of different
resources that can be used to produce it. The different resources
range from fossil fuels to nuclear power, from solar to wind to
hydrogen and many others. The variety of resources all have benefits
and limitations associated with their use. The trick is to balance
the good with the bad in order to produce the energy we need. To
assess an individual resource, ask yourself these questions:
Is the
resource abundant? Is there enough to last for a long time.
Is the resource available? There may be a ton of the resource
that exists but its too difficult to retrieve.
Is the resource cost-effective? Some resources may be too
expensive to retrieve, or too costly to turn into electricity.
What are the environmental outcomes? What will using this
resource do to the environment, are there emissions, will mining
it ruin a region?
Is the
resource abundant? Is there enough to last for a long time.
Is the resource available? There may be a ton of the resource
that exists but its too difficult to retrieve.
Is the resource cost-effective? Some resources may be too
expensive to retrieve, or too costly to turn into electricity.
What are the environmental outcomes? What will using this
resource do to the environment, are there emissions, will mining
it ruin a region?
We rely on many different resources to produce electricity
but one basic process is relied on to produce power. At the
core of the process are generators. Generators are large magnets
surrounded by coils of wire. When the magnet spins, a magnetic field
passes along the wires, "pulling" electrons into a stream
or current. That process of producing electrical current is repeated
from hydroelectric plants, to wind farms, to coal burning plants.
All the plants use the same basic process, but they use different
energy resources to get the generator spinning like coal,
wind, or water.
are exceptions to generator-driven power production. Solar power
relies on devices called photovoltaic cells to convert light directly
into electricity. Fuel cells are relatively new devices that use
hydrogen as a fuel to produce electricity.
Transmission & Distribution
an electrical current is created, it has to get to the user. Electrical
current is distributed to individual homes and big businesses the
same way, over a transmission grid. The grid is a system of transmission
wires, substations, and transformers that make electricity accessible
and usable. Transmission wires carry high-voltage current over long-distances,
from the plants where its produced, to the points where its
used. Once the power reaches its destination its "stepped
down" through substations and transformers to lower, useable
levels. The power is then distributed over lower-voltage lines into
homes and businesses.
The current electrical distribution system relies heavily on
the transmission grid. The problem is that the grid was not designed
to carry the load its forced to carry. Increasing demand has
outpaced updating the infrastructure, leaving a system vulnerable
to outages and disruptions of service. In the future, the way electricity
is distributed is very likely to change. Some industry experts predict
a move toward "distributed generation." Instead of having
large centralized power plants with large networks of transmission
lines leading away from the generation source to the point of use,
we could see smaller networks. These smaller networks would offer
the ability to generate power to businesses and even homes.
Fuel cells,
for instance, could be placed in the basement just like a furnace
to generate electricity. For many computer-related businesses, on-site
and backup generation is essential, because any interruption in
power costs them big bucks. In the future, we may see small power
plants, called microgeneration power stations. These microgeneration
power plants would be small enough to fit into a neighborhood.
do you think?
What do you use every day that demands electricity? Does
everyone have equal access to electricity? How does population
growth around the world affect energy demand? Is increasing
the supply of electricity the only way to meet demand? What
are strategies to reduce demand?
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2002 530i advice on purchase?
I have found a 2002 530i with manual transmission for sale in my area and car looks nice. The mileage is higher than I would like at 175 k but he has done the following maintenance:
August 2010 Repairs attached New Clutch, 7-24-9 Routine Oil changes Struts all around, 3-22-12 Valve Cover Gasket, 3-22-12 Tune-Up, 3-22-12 Replaced DISA Valve, 2-16-12 Thermostat, 1-09-11 Left Upper, Left Lower Control Arms, 1-09-11 Right Upper, Right Lower Controls Arms, 1-09-11 Battery, 1-09-11
He says it needs an alignment and the rear passenger window regulator doesn't work which is no big deal to me. Tires are pretty new, price seems fair at around $5600. Does this sound like an okay deal to you all or should I hold out for a lower mileage car?
Thanks for the advice.
The mileage is high but the price is good. You could get another 100K out of this car. When was the cooling system replaced? That is usually done at 100K intervals. The tranny and engine are bombproof, as long as proper maintenance is done. Your front suspension is pretty much done. Hence, there are minimum repair expenses other than cooling. If the balance of the car is in good shape, it could be a decent buy.
+ 1 with Fudman. The only thing I do not see is Vanos but that is not critical.
Don't forget about CCV issues / vacuum leaks. Take the dipstick out and put it back in while it's running to find out if the vacuum system is good. The engine pitch should change if there is vacuum pressure (this is good). If not it could be a bad CCV (especially if the plastic on the end of the dipstick is black with dirty oil). Regardless it's still not the end of the world, it'll just eat oil until you fix it. Also if you do end up buying it change the MT fluid and diff fluid immediately. Don't fall for the "Lifetime Oil" nonsense, you'll notice the difference with new oil.
I'd say the seller is very important. Male or Female? And age?
If the answer is male and age is under...hmm...25?...I'd say walk away no matter what "Maintenance" has been done.
Also, what modifications does it have?
I would jump on that. A recent clutch and all that suspension work is pretty damn nice. Is the shifter still tight and not resting under 5th before it warms up? Oil pan gasket is another expensive concern. You really don't find too many cars with big ticket maintenance like that already done though. Usually a seller thinks their car is some pristine specimen because they replaced the expansion tank when it popped.
In fact, if it doesn't work out for some reason this doesn't work out or you decide you want lower miles, can you send me the link to the ad? What's the color combo? Sport package?
I asked the seller if it has a clean or salvage title and no response so I'm getting a bad feeling it is salvaged. Walking away unless it's a clean title.
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On a still evening in Central Newfoundland, upon the beaches of Little Bay, these tiny fish paid a visit to the shores. Patience, speed and laughter; all key components in the act of "catchin' capelin". Watch and see the excitement and joy that these tiny creatures can bring to young and old alike.


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Boulder, Col. -- Sunflower Farmers Market appointed Chris S. Sherrell as its CEO, the natural grocery chain announced Friday. He has worked with Sunflower since its inception in 2002 and most recently served as the company's president and COO.
Sherrell has served as the acting CEO since the middle of February, shortly after Michael Gilliland, the company's founder and then-CEO, was arrested in Phoenix following a prostitution sting operated by undercover Phoenix Police Department officers.
Gilliland subsequently was indicted on accusations he knowingly offered to pay for sex with "Marissa" -- the alias of an undercover female Phoenix police officer -- whom he believed to be 17 years old, according to court documents.
A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 9 for Gilliland, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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Parting Shot: Marv's Approval Rating Is Way Down In This Mashup Of 'Sin City' And 'The Sims' [Video]
This one falls squarely into the "I can't believe no one did this sooner" department. With Sin City 2 set to arrive in theaters later this year and Maxis Studios releasing the new SimCity game next month, a video mashup of the two properties was almost inevitable, and the folks over at UGO have put one together as part of their "Not Fake Trailers" series. You can check out the full video after the cut.
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|FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2002
ORLANDORoland Madden, a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, has won the 2002 Jule G. Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation's leading professional society for scientists in the atmospheric and related sciences.
The award, "for pioneering investigations of atmospheric predictability, global waves, and the intraseasonal oscillation" will be presented on January 16 at the Society's 82nd annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Madden is a codiscoverer of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, a 30- to 50-day seesaw of easterly winds and pressure in the equatorial regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The Madden-Julian Oscillation affects weather from eastern Africa to the central Pacific and may play a role in triggering El Niño episodes.
The Charney Award is given to individuals in recognition of highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences. The award was established in 1969 during the 50th anniversary of the society and was originally called the "Second Half-Century Award." In 1982 it was renamed in honor of Jule Charney, who played a major role in establishing the theoretical framework on which numerical weather prediction is based.
Madden is well-known for his work in the field of tropical meteorology, long-range predictability, and large-scale traveling waves. He began his career as a weather forecaster in the U.S. Air Force and joined NCAR in 1967 as a research scientist. A native of Chicago and graduate of Loyola University, Madden earned his masters degree in geophysical science at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. at Colorado State University. Madden is a fellow of the AMS and has won several awards for his work. He is also active on a number of commissions studying climate change and the upper atmosphere.
The AMS, founded in 1919, promotes the development and dissemination of information on atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. The society publishes nine well-respected scientific journals, sponsors scientific conferences, and supports public education programs across the country. Additional information on the AMS, the annual meeting, and other award winners is available on the Internet at http://www.ametsoc.org/ams.
NCAR is a national research facility managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under primary sponsorship by the National Science Foundation. The center conducts wide-ranging research in chemistry, climate, weather, and solar-terrestrial interactions. It provides UCAR's 66 member universities and other affiliates with instrumentation, aircraft, and computer technology to advance the study of the earth's atmosphere.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR Office of Programs are operated by UCAR under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and other agencies. Opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any of UCAR's sponsors. UCAR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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Nakata joins Parma
Parma have signed Japanese international midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata from Italian champions AS Roma.
The 24-year-old signed a four-year deal late on Thursday night, according to Parma.
Nakata cost Parma 60bn lire (Ł18.6m), according to Italian reports. Japanese media said he would earn Ł1.9m a year.
"I am honoured to come to play for a great team like this where I will also have the chance to play in the Champions League for the first time," Nakata said.
Roma will also play in the Champions League this coming season, but Nakata must have feared being sidelined.
He was forced to play second fiddle to Italy international Francesco Totti last season, fuelling speculation of a move.
He joined Roma from Perugia for Ł11.4m in January 2000.
Nakata had also been a target of English Premier league club Arsenal.
One player certain to welcome Nakata to Parma will be their Cameroon international striker Patrick Mboma, formerly of J-League club Gamba Osaka.
"Nakata is a great player. With him supplying me passes I could score lots of goals," he said following Japan's 2-0 win over Cameroon at last month's Confederations Cup.
Major sale
Japan could have three international players plying their trade in Europe next season.
Shinji Ono is reported to be joining Dutch club Feyenoord, while Junichi Inamoto is believed to be close to a move to Arsenal.
The Nakata signing will offer some consolation to Parma fans who have seen their team, who finished fourth in Serie A, disintegrate during an intense spell of transfer activity.
In the past month, Parma have sold four of their top players.
French international defender Lilian Thuram and Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon have gone to Juventus, Portuguese winger Sergio Conceiçao to Inter Milan and Brazilian forward Marcio Amoroso to Borussia Dortmund.
They are said also to be buying Brazilian goalkeeper Taffarel from Galatasaray, Inter Milan's Under-21 international defender Matteo Ferrari and midfielder Marco Marchionni.
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I recently had facial surgery with Dr. James Carraway. The surgery was done in part to correct a prior neck/jaw surgery which had resulted in some disfigurement.
As I'm only in my 40's, I especially did not want to appear to have had facial surgery, and was worried that my face might looked pulled after surgery. I can happily report that, as promised, my face looks natural, younger, the prior surgeon's work was largely corrected, and I do not at all look like I've had surgery. My face in no way has a pulled appearance like I have seen on other women.
Because my surgery was corrective, Dr. Carraway not only had to correct some of the original problem, he had to correct a prior surgeon's work, which is much more difficult. Even though my result was outstanding, the result obviously wasn't as perfect as it would have been if Dr. Carraway had been my original surgeon and he hadn't had to correct someone else's work and the scar tissue that had formed. Again, even with some remnants of the prior surgery visible, I had an outstanding result.


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|Memorization Promotes Learning, Researchers Find
Memorization has long been out of vogue in the education establishment, and therefore many students aren't regularly tested for simple recall of new material. Teachers often emphasize learning methodologies like class discussion or concept mapping over factual recall, with the expectation that the former activities promote deeper learning that is superior to rote memorization.
The research, published in the February issue of the journal Science, found that students who took a simple recall test after reading a passage retained 50% more of the material a week later than students who used other study techniques. Moreover, students who used recall quizzes as a study tool were also better at drawing inferences which required connecting multiple concepts from the text than the other groups.
The researchers conducted two experiments with 200 college students. The first experiment divided students into four groups, with each group studying the same brief science text. The first group simply read the passage for five minutes. The second group studied the passage over four consecutive five-minute sessions (similar to the way many students cram for exams by reading the material repeatedly).
The third group constructed concept maps, in which they organized the information into a diagram representing the concepts and showed the relationships between concepts by linking them. This group drew their diagrams with the text open before them.
The final group read the passage and then took a "retrieval practice" test where they wrote down what they remembered without looking at the passage. Then they reread the passage and took another recall quiz.
When all four groups were tested one week later with short-answer and inference questions, the retrieval practice group performed significantly better than the other three groups on both types of questions.
A second experiment focused solely on comparing the learning effectiveness of concept mapping and retrieval practice. Concept maps are an especially trendy learning methodology thought to enrich learning by helping students organize information and develop higher-order thinking skills. For this experiment, each student studied two science topics, using retrieval practice for one topic and concept mapping for the other.
When they were tested one week later, students who studied a topic by taking recall quizzes again outperformed those who drew concept maps on both retention and inference questions. Surprisingly, those who practiced recall did better at drawing concept maps than students who drew concept maps during their initial study session for the same topic.
"I think that learning is all about retrieving, all about reconstructing knowledge," said lead study author Jeffrey D. Karpicke, an assistant professor of psychology at Purdue University. "I think that we're tapping into something fundamental about how the mind works when we talk about retrieval."
The study is notable because its results challenge long-standing assumptions about human learning, especially the idea that the act of recall may measure prior learning, but does not itself produce learning. "When you're retrieving something out of a computer's memory, you don't change anything - it's simple playback," said Robert Bjork, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
But, "when we use our memories by retrieving things, we change our access," to that information, explained Dr. Bjork. "What we recall becomes more recallable in the future. In a sense you are practicing what you are going to need to do later."
Prominent Harvard education professor Howard Gardner said the study results "throw down the gauntlet" to "progressive educators" like himself who advocate for constructivism. (Constructivists emphasize reasoning over memorization, believe children should discover their own ways of learning, and that they should make their own meaning.)
"Educators who embrace seemingly more active approaches, like concept-mapping . . . are challenged to devise outcome measures that can demonstrate the superiority of such constructivist approaches," said Gardner.
Study authors Karpicke and Janell R. Blunt noted that although concept mapping with an open book was not as productive as recall quizzes, concept maps could also be used as a retrieval practice exercise if students did not have source material in front of them.
The bottom line? Activities that require students to retrieve and reconstruct knowledge are not time-wasting busywork; rather they are one of the most effective means of enhancing learning. (www.sciencemag.org, 1-20-11; The New York Times, 1-21-11)


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Francis Marion University is the recipient of a new grant from the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education that will fund the establishment of the Center of Excellence for College and Career Readiness at FMU.
The Center will provide professional development to teachers throughout the state, will leverage and expand the work of the S.C. Course Alignment Project and will serve to coordinate and facilitate relationships among P-20 initiatives throughout the state. P-20 programs are those that support an integrated educational system from preschool into college.
Initially, the Center will work in depth with two local school districts, Florence School District One and Florence District Four. Designated middle and high-school teachers from those districts will receive instruction in post-secondary readiness through a course taught by the Center's co-directors, Dr. Meredith Love-Steinmetz and Dr. Matt Nelson, both of the English Department at Francis Marion. Teachers from that class will serve as the primary instructors at a new Eighth Grade Academy scheduled to begin in the Summer of 2015. The Academy will be housed at FMU.
The Academy will be aimed at students who have the potential to succeed in college, but who possess certain risk factors that have been shown to hinder students' chances of attending a post-secondary educational institution. The Academy will include time spent on a college campus and will feature activities that encourage problem-solving, goal setting, and hands-on learning.
Love-Steinmetz says the combination of specially trained teachers and an environment designed to foster educational aspirations will be a powerful tool for the state's children.
"We'd like to work with teachers and students in South Carolina to help students develop the mindsets and skills that will prepare them to meet their goals after high school," says Love-Steinmetz. "Are more students believing that they can go to college? Do more students have the tools to attend college, if that's their choice?"
Besides benefitting student attendees, the Academy will also offer teachers hands-on experience in preparing students for college.
Nelson and Love-Steinmetz will work with other FMU professors and faculty members from universities and technical colleges to spread the Center's work and influence statewide.
The S.C. CHE grant is for $250,000 each year for the next seven years. The grant funds staff for the center, training and travel expenses for teachers and research data collection and analysis.
During its first year, the Center will focus on the following initiatives:


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Tales from the Blogosphere:
- Liquor.com profiles several foreign tipples that you should grab up during your worldly travels and how gives tip on how to personalize your Margarita.
- Imbibe.com gave suggestions on alternative Cinco de Mayo Cocktails
- The Baltimore Chop profiles The Ten Best Unpopular Highballs
- Liquorpress.com gives us the low-down on juniper and some of the misconceptions we may have about it.
- The Intoxicologist gave us a Margarita alternative for Cinco de Mayo
- Whiskey Goldmine reminded everyone that Cinco is not just about Corona: top 10 Mexcan Beer tasting.
- Dowd's Drinking Notebook instructed everyone on Drinking smart for Cinco de Mayo
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TV Tonight: Chuck
The last time we saw Chuck Bartowski, he was in a fancy convertible, wind in his hair, heading down a Southern California freeway with his once and future girlfriend by his side. Sweet, right? Yeah . . . except that Jill's actually a devious (and possibly murderous) rogue spy who's after the computer's worth of secrets crammed into Chuck's brain.
On tonight's Chuck, our geeky hero will need to wrest himself out of Jill's grasp — plus come to terms with the fact that both his best friend (Bryce) and his possible soul mate (Jill) have spent the past year making his life even more miserable than it already was. Of course, his hot spy cover girl, Sarah, is one bright spot — but can they ever have a real relationship? Well, not if Chuck doesn't get out of this alive, that's for sure.
Of course, all bets are that Chuck finds a way to survive; his name's in the title of the show, after all. But Chuck has been particularly good this season at getting Chuck into and out of ridiculous predicaments, and I'm curious to see what crazy twists the writers have cooked up for tonight. It all goes down against the backdrop of Thanksgiving, with Elle trying to once again cook up a perfect dinner. To check out a preview,


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Subject: Ball bearing lubrication in centrifugal pumps 14-1.
The manufacturer using the bearing in his equipment, not the ball bearing manufacturer, determines the anticipated life of a ball bearing. This life, once determined, is called the L10 life of the bearing and it is based on the premise that 90% of the bearings will last a certain amount of revolutions before they experience metal fatigue.
Fatigue is a weakening and eventual breaking of metals due to a prolonged strain. Since the manufacturer of the equipment that uses the bearing is the only one that know the operating conditions, he sets the L10 life. It's usually measured in years. This fatigue or L10 life is determined from:
Duriron (Flowserve) pump company literature states that the radial bearing in their 2 x 3 x 10 Mark two, group two pump has a L10 life of 300 years. In other words 90% of those bearings would be expected to run 300 years before they would experience a fatigue failure.
Since the pump end user is not experiencing anything like that type of life, what's causing the premature failure? Is it a manufacturing, installation, maintenance, or operation problem?
It turns out that bearings fail for two main reasons:
As little as 0.002% water in the bearing oil will reduce bearing life 48%. The water enters from packing leakage, wash down hoses and aspiration caused by the temperature cooling down in the bearing casing after shutdown, and moisture laden air entering the bearing case. A 6% water content in the oil will reduce bearing life by as much as 83%. The water or moisture contamination comes from three main sources:
In paper 13-9 we talked about the seals you can use to keep this moisture out of your bearing case. In this paper we will investigate the second reason bearings fail.
Excessive heat!
A couple of paragraphs above I said that over lubrication would cause high heat. What is the problem with over lubrication? If a little lubrication were good, wouldn't a lot be better? Not really! Think about it this way. Picture yourself on a hot day walking along the beach. You go into the water up to your ankles, and as you walk along rapidly you feel cool and refreshed. Now walk rapidly in water up to your waist and you see the problem. It takes a lot of energy to get through the same temperature water and this would make you hot and fatigued instead of cool and refreshed
It's the same thing with lubrication. Too high a lubrication level and the bearing will consume energy as it plows through the lubricant. This energy will show up as heat added to the lubricant causing it to first lose its viscosity and then the lubricant will begin to form varnish and coke as it gets hotter. Varnish and coke are another name for solids.
The problem with grease and oil lubricants is their low specific heat and their poor conductivity. Some of the synthetics are better, but they have a temperature limit that is still too low for many pumping applications. It is for this same reason that we do not recommend putting any type oil between dual seals if we can avoid it.
The SKF bearing company claims that uncontaminated grease and oil has a useful life of thirty years at 30°C (86°F) They further state that the life of grease and oil is cut in half for each 10°C (18°F) rise in temperature. That means that at 100°C (212°F) oil and grease have a useful life of only 90 days. Here are your lubrication options:
Grease packed
Oil is easy to install and change.
Oil mist is the preferred method if you can solve the fugitive emissions problem.
If you find the bearing lubricant is getting too hot, most pumps have a facility for cooling the oil in the bearing case. Never attempt to cool a bearing by cooling the outer case. Steel will expand or contract at the rate of about 0.001 of an inch, per inch, per 100 degree Fahrenheit. (0.001 mm/mm/ 50°C).
In other words if you cool the bearing case it will contract or shrink and increase the load on the bearing. The rule is "cool the oil, never the bearing".
Lubricants are made from various oils and additives. The three most popular oils are:
The most common synthetic oils are:
Lubricants are supplied with various additives to increase their performance:
Be sure the bearing inner race has an interference fit on the shaft, with no knurled surfaces, shims, or polymers used to build the shaft up to the proper tolerance. We need this fit to conduct heat away from the bearing and into the shaft.
Some metal bellows salesman tell their customers that their bellows seal does not need cooling and recommend that the customer shut off the stuffing box cooling jacket to save either water or steam.
They either forget, or do not know that this stuffing box cooling is also cooling the shaft, allowing it to conduct heat away from the bearings.
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