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Chris Kamen of the Los Angeles Clippers Out For Three More Weeks At Least
Chris Kamen of the Los Angeles Clippers is going to be out of the game with an ankle injury for at least three more weeks, which means that we will be...
|13th December 2010
Wizards resign Josh Howard
For many years the Dallas Mavericks were hoping to make a championship run with Josh Howard and Dirk Nowitzki leading the team, yet things did not wor...
|17th August 2010
Chicago Bulls adding more role players
Although the Chicago Bulls might not have convinced LeBron James or Dwayne Wade to come to Windy City, the franchise from Michigan is definitely enjoy...
|17th August 2010
Josh Childress on his way back to the NBA
After spending two years in Greece, it looks like small forward Josh Childress will head back to the U.S. as the Phoenix Suns' front-office announced ...
|17th August 2010
Tony Allen signs in Memphis
After surprising fans around the league on the first day of free agency when the Memphis Grizzlies opted to resign Rudy Gay to a max. contract, things...
|16th August 2010
Sixers still trying to move Elton Brand
When the Philadelphia 76ers signed power-forward Elton Brand back in 2008, they were hoping to build a successful franchise around the two-time All-St...
|16th August 2010
Warriors roster overhaul almost complete
Despite having spent nearly a decade in the lottery, the Golden State Warriors have still not managed to rebuild their team properly and make it back ...
|16th August 2010
Celtics add Von Wafer and resign Marquis Daniels
Considering that the Boston Celtics central issue prior to this year's off-season was whether Paul Pierce and Ray Allen would stay in Massachusetts, t...
|11th August 2010
Oklahoma City Thunder filling roster holes
Without any doubts, the Oklahoma City Thunder were one of the biggest surprises in last year's NBA campaign. After all, the team drastically improved ...
|11th August 2010
Shaq signs in Boston
Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of speculation about the future of Shaquille ONeal who has no intentions to retire at the age of 38. In f...
|11th August 2010
Rockets strengthening their front court
Considering that the Houston Rockets were hoping to acquire All-Star forward Chris Bosh through a sign-and-trade deal with the Toronto Raptors, Rocket...
|6th August 2010
Michael Beasley replacing Jefferson in Minnesota
After a series of incidents involving drugs and questionable comments, the Miami Heat finally decided to move young power forward Michael Beasley who ...
|4th August 2010
Bobcats keep adding role players
When the Charlotte Bobcats finished last year's NBA campaign with a respectable 44-38 record and made it to the playoffs, it looked like the franchise...
|4th August 2010
Pistons resign Ben Wallace and Will Bynum
Despite a tremendous amount of cap space last summer, the Detroit Pistons were unable to put together a winning team. In fact, they turned out to be e...
|4th August 2010
T Wolves send Al Jefferson to Utah
It is no secret that the Minnesota Timberwolves front-office no longer believed that Al Jefferson was going to be the projected franchise cornerstone ...
|2nd August 2010
Bulls pick up Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer
Even though the Chicago Bulls might not have landed the targeted home run by acquiring LeBron James or Dwayne Wade, the franchise from Illinois still ...
|2nd August 2010
Nets rounding out their roster
Without any doubts, this year's off-season did not pan out as the New Jersey Nets were hoping for. After all, the franchise was unable to pull off any...
|2nd August 2010
Nuggets continue to tweak their roster
During most of the regular season it looked like the Denver Nuggets were going to clinch the second seed in the Western Conference to repeat their suc...
|30th July 2010
Spurs keep their core intact and sign Tiago Splitter
Even though the San Antonio Spurs were swept by the Phoenix Suns in the Conference semi-finals, the franchise's front-office still believes that the t...
|30th July 2010
Cavs swap Telfair for Sessions
Without any doubts, the Cleveland Cavaliers were absolutely shocked when former franchise cornerstone LeBron James left Ohio to play in Miami together...
|30th July 2010
Mavericks trade Dampier for Tyson Chandler
Without any doubts, there has been a tremendous amount of hype surrounding the so-called "DUST" trade chip of the Dallas Mavericks. Referring to t...
|23rd July 2010
Nets unable to acquire new franchise cornerstone
Considering that Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov took over the New Jersey Nets a few months ago, many reasoned that the franchise could become a...
|23rd July 2010
Brendan Haywood resigns in Dallas
Albeit Brendan Haywood did not provide the Dallas Mavericks with the lift they were hoping for in last year's post-season, he still turned out to be t...
|22nd July 2010
Jermaine O Neal leaving South Beach
Considering that Jermaine O Neal repeatedly stated that at this point of his career it would be all about winning a championship it is somewhat surpri...
|22nd July 2010
Mike Miller and Jamaal Magloire join Miami Thrice
When the Miami Heat signed Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, many experts around the league figured the franchise from Southern Florida might ...
|22nd July 2010
Magic dedicated to stay in the race for a championship
While this summer has certainly been an important turning point for teams with cap space, other franchises are desperately trying to stay competitive....
|19th July 2010
Stoudemire and Raymond Felton headed to New York
Before the free agent market opened on the 1st of July many experts around the league thought it might be the summer the New Yorks Knicks had desperat...
|19th July 2010
Warriors acquire David Lee from the Knicks
While it was no secret that the New York Knicks where looking to move forward-center David Lee through a sign-and-trade deal, it is somewhat surprisin...
|18th July 2010
Los Angeles Clippers missing out on first-tier free agents
Albeit the L.A. Clippers tried to convince the likes of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and Amar'e Stoudemire to come to California, they were u...
|18th July 2010
Carlos Boozer headed to Windy City
Despite repeatedly stating in 2008-09 that he would opt out of the final year of his contract, Carlos Boozer eventually ended up staying another seaso...
|18th July 2010
Paul Pierce looking for another championship with the Celtics
Despite under-performing during the regular season, Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics managed to make a run to the NBA Finals in 2009-10 before fal...
|12th July 2010
LeBron James and Chris Bosh join D Wade in Miami
Throughout the entire 2009-10 season, the future of LeBron James has caused many heated debates around the league. After all, he is arguably the best ...
|12th July 2010
Steve Blake leaving the Clippers
Given the fact that one of the few areas in which the Lakers repeatedly struggled last year has been their perimeter shooting, it is no surprise that ...
|8th July 2010
Dirk Nowitzki stays a Maverick
Albeit hardly anyone had doubts that Dirk Nowitzki would stay in Dallas, it was somewhat surprising that he did not resign with the Dallas Mavericks r...
|8th July 2010
Suns move on and sign Hakim Warrik Channing Frye
Just a few weeks ago, Amar'e Stoudemire publicly announced that he would love to sign another contract in Phoenix, provided the franchise from Arizona...
|5th July 2010
Chris Bosh about to leave Amir Johnson stays in TO
Throughout last year's NBA campaign, and even after missing the playoffs for the second straight year, the Toronto Raptors remained confident that the...
|5th July 2010
Salmons not leaving the Bucks
When the Milwaukee Bucks acquired Corey Maggette from the Golden State Warriors, many took it as an indication that GM John Hammond did not expect res...
|3rd July 2010
Rudy Gay stays in Memphis
Prior to the start of this year's free agency bonanza, most experts around the league reasoned that Rudy Gay would leave Memphis as the franchise woul...
|3rd July 2010
Timberwolves sign Pekovic and Milicic
When the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Nikola Pekovic with their 31st overall pick many experts around the league considered the center from Monteneg...
|2nd July 2010
Gooden gets full MLE in Milwaukee
While there has been a lot of talk about whether the Milwaukee Bucks will be able to re-sign John Salmons and how the acquisition of Corey Maggette mi...
|2nd July 2010
Bulls swap Kirk Hinrich for future second rounder
Where as the Chicago Bulls are getting ready to make some noise in the 2010 free agency bonanza, the Washington Wizards are still trying to figure out...
|26th June 2010
Blazers send Martell Webster to Minnesota
Albeit only 23 years old, the Portland Trail Blazers apparently made up their mind already as far as wing player Martell Webster is concerned. On draf...
|26th June 2010
Heat dedicated to create more cap space
It is no state secret that the Miami Heat are not only looking to resign franchise cornerstone Dwayne Wade but will also try to bring one or possibly ...
|25th June 2010
Milwaukee Bucks acquire Corey Maggette
Albeit Corey Maggette has shown that he has no trouble finding the basket, the Golden State Warriors eventually realized that signing him to a contrac...
|25th June 2010
Kings trade Nocioni for Samuel Dalembert
Without any doubts, it has hardly been a secret that wing man Andres Nocioni has not been overly content with his situation in Sacramento for quite a ...
|19th June 2010
Wizards set on rebuilding around Wall
Albeit John Wall is generally believed to be the best player in this year's NBA draft class, most experts agree that Evan Turner is nearly on the same...
|16th June 2010
Cavaliers trying to acquire Darren Collison
According to sources close to the New Orleans Hornets' front-office, the franchise's management is involved in extensive trade talks with the Clevelan...
|16th June 2010
Amare Stoudemire looking to stay in Phoenix
Over the past two years, there has been a tremendous amount of speculation around the league regarding the future of Amare Stoudemire. More precisely,...
|15th June 2010
Monty Williams taking over head coaching duties in New Orleans
Considering the fact that the New Orleans Hornets finished the season with a very disappointing 37-45 record and missed the post-season after two stra...
|14th June 2010
Cavs looking to trade Mo Williams
After another disappointing playoff elimination, the Cleveland Cavaliers are faced with the tough challenge of convincing LeBron James to resign and i...
|9th June 2010


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Cats That Won't Let Dogs Pass [VIDEO]
We all know that dogs are man's best friend's. Cats, though, run the home. Although they are quiet and keep to themselves. When one crosses paths with a feline, one must take caution. Especially the family dog.
Watch as these poor pups desperately try to pass, but these fierce cats just won't let them.
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'Love Broker' Star Lori Zaslow Lists the 6 Most Compatible Celebrity Couples
"We spend so much time with our people, learning about them, loving them, and giving them what they need to put it out into the universe," Zaslow tells Celebuzz about her brand of matchmaking.
The Project Soulmate co-founder makes it her business to identify what makes couples work. So, we asked her to identify her favorite and most compatible celebrity couples.
See which six star duos earned high marks from the Love Broker star below.
1. Barack and Michelle Obama.
"As a couple, they seem so supportive of one another, and that being two very powerful individuals," Zaslow says. "It's a good example of 'We have each other's back, and we're family people.' I think they are a great, powerful couple. Both parties are equally strong-minded."
"I think that they are very supportive of one another. She's a role model for me, first and foremost," she exclaims. "I mean, battling cancer and always putting her best foot forward, showing up for work as much as possible, being there for the world, being there for her job. Infertility is so underrated. It should be up there with the top 10 stresses of the world. Because when you want to have a baby, and you can't have that, you want to give someone love and create a human for the world to go on. He stuck by her through thick and thin. They have their baby coming now, and she's going to be an awesome mother. So, that is a couple that I think will make it to the end."
3. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
"They have been together for years — and I am a matchmaker by trade, but I don't run around soliciting marriage," she says. "We are mammals and I think birds might be the only monogamous animals, so marriage isn't for everybody, and obviously, they feel the same way. I feel like they've been together forever, a very, very long time, and they're not married, and they're comfortable without the titles. They don't need it.
4. Britney Spears and Jason Trawick.
"I think that he has definitely tamed her," Zaslow tells us. "When you really love someone, you can be a force for them in a bad time. She really seems like she's got it much more together since he has come into the picture. She genuinely seems happy. It doesn't seem like they care to be in the Hollywood scene."
"They had their baby before they were married, and they didn't need the title then of husband and wife. They didn't need it for security and for money reasons. They did it when the time was right for them, and they seem like a very laid back couple, just enjoying life. And they don't seem to have to be in the limelight. Even though he's an A-List actor, they do what's right for them. They seem to protect the relationship. Even if children are involved, you have to protect the time you have together. They seem to have great protection around their relationship."
6. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
"They're very family oriented, and I like that. They have three children. They've been married for a long time. He's a very confident man because it doesn't seem like measures incomes and success. I'm not the IRS, but it seems like she's more in the spotlight and has a really, really successful career in TV. They obviously started together on the soap opera and her career just took off. He's very powerful in his own right and he's very supportive, taking on more family things. And he does it with a smile while other men may not. But, he's like behind his girl and has her back."
Love Broker returns Tuesday at 10 PM on Bravo.
Do you agree with Lori's picks? Who do you think are Hollywood's best matched couples?


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The Center for Career Education at Columbia University is pleased to announce the 10th Annual Engineering Consortium Career Fair on Friday October 25, 2013 on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus.Last year's Engineering Consortium Career Fair attracted over 130 leading national and international engineering employers from a diverse set of industries.***This fair is open to Columbia University students and alumni from the following schools only***Columbia CollegeColumbia EngineeringGeneral StudiesGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and PreservationGraduate School of Arts and SciencesSchool of Continuing EducationSchool of the ArtsBusiness attire required.Prepare for the event by researching the companies that are attending the fair here, and by attending one of our Making the Most of the Career Fair events and reviewing the employer profiles and the Making the Most of the Career Fair Tip Sheet online.
Undergraduate Students:SEAS Student Resume Reviews on Tuesday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 23Making the Most of the Engineering Consortium Career Fair in Partnership with Microsoft on Wednesday, October 23 at 6:00 PM in Davis Auditorium
Graduate Students:Making the Most of the Engineering Consortium Career Fair for International Students in Partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Tuesday, October 8 at 2:00 PM in the Center for Career Education Conference Room East Campus--Lower LevelMaking the Most of the Engineering Consortium Career Fair on Thursday, October 24 at 3:30 PM in the Center for Career Education Conference Room East Campus--Lower Level
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pmcyg is a tool for creating customized collections of Cygwin packages together with the Cygwin installer. This enables self-contained distributions to be created without having to mirror the entire set of Cygwin packages. For example, it can create a single CD-ROM or DVD from which a personalized version of Cygwin can be installed on machines not connected to the Web. A basic installer can be created in less than 25MB; a full set of Cygwin packages might fill a DVD-ROM; or a selection of packages can be constructed to suit your chosen installation medium. pmcyg will then download these and all their dependencies automatically. pmcyg can be used either as a command-line script or via a simple graphical interface.
offrss is a standalone program that can download your favorite feeds and then show them in your favorite Web browser by spawning a simple local Web server. It will not only download the feeds' text, but also the pictures, so you will also be able to read comics strips and enjoy posts with pictures in them while offline. It can also generate PDFs from text. It remembers what you read and what you don't, and all the information stays in normal files, so you can synchronize it easily to any device that may not have an Internet connection. It can also work as a CGI to serve your feeds in your Web site, and it can update the feeds from crontab. It has few dependencies to build and can be cross compiled easily.
A Java library supporting FTPS (FTP over SSL) and SFTP.
A portable cross-platform library and a set of applications for chiptunes playback.


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by Nancy Neal-Jones for Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover analyzed its first solid sample of Mars in Nov. with a variety of instruments, including the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite. Developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., SAM is a portable chemistry lab tucked inside the Curiosity rover.
SAM examines the chemistry of samples it ingests, checking particularly for chemistry relevant to whether an environment can support or could have supported life.
The sample of Martian soil came from the patch of windblown material called "Rocknest," which had provided a sample previously for mineralogical analysis by Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument. CheMin also received a new sample from the same Rocknest scoop that fed SAM. SAM has previously analyzed samples of the Martian atmosphere.
SAM can get a solid sample of Mars from either a drill or a scoop attached to the end of Curiosity's robotic arm. Since Rocknest is essentially a pile of loose soil, the scoop was used this time.
"This is the first time we've analyzed a solid sample using all three instruments that comprise SAM," said Paul Mahaffy, SAM Principal Investigator at NASA Goddard. "We also cleaned Curiosity's sample manipulation system and successfully tested our ability to move the sample from the manipulation system through the instrument suite."
A complex choreography was required to get the sample inside SAM for analysis, according to Mahaffy. First, since the scoop might still have had contamination from Earth, the first three scoops were shaken, run through a sieve, then dumped right back on the surface with the idea that they would carry away any contaminants with them. A sieved portion of the fourth scoop - just a few thousandths of a gram - was then delivered to SAM.
A cover that protects SAM from accidentally ingesting windblown material was opened, and Curiosity's arm positioned the sample over SAM's inlet funnels. Before the sample was dropped, SAM turned on its inlet funnel vibrators, which move the sample into a tiny quartz cup.
After the sample dropped, the vibrator was turned off, the cover was closed, and the cup, which is on a carousel holding 74 sample cups, was lowered and moved to one of two ovens.
After the sample was baked to release its gases, SAM's three instruments "digested" them and gave Curiosity its first "taste" of Mars. A basic three-step process will be used to analyze future samples as well:
Separate the molecules:
It accomplishes this by using a stream of helium gas to push the sample down a long, narrow tube (which is wound into a coil to save space). Helium is used because it is inert, meaning it won't react with and change any of the sample molecules.
The inside of the tube is coated with a thin film. As molecules travel through the tube, they stick for a bit on the film, and the heavier the molecule, the longer it sticks. Thus, the lighter molecules emerge from the tube first, followed by the middleweight molecules, with the heaviest molecules bringing up the rear.
Identify the molecules:
This is the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS) instrument. It fires high-speed electrons at the molecules, breaking them up into fragments and giving the molecules and their fragments an electric charge. These molecules and their fragments with an electric charge can be moved by electric fields.
The QMS uses both direct current and alternating current fields to sort the electrically charged molecules and fragments based on their weight (mass). Molecules and fragments of different mass are counted by a detector at different times to generate a mass spectrum, which is a pattern that uniquely identifies molecules.
Identify the volatiles and determine the isotopes:
The sample enters a chamber with precisely positioned mirrors at both ends. A laser is fired through a tiny hole in one of the mirrors. As the laser light bounces between the mirrors, it illuminates the sample.
Different molecules will absorb certain colors (frequencies) of light, so the TLS identifies the molecules by which colors of the laser are blocked (since the laser is tunable, it can be adjusted to shine in a range of colors).
The TLS can also identify isotopes the same way. Isotopes are versions of an element that are a little bit heavier because their nucleus contains more neutrons. For example, carbon 13 is an atom of carbon with an extra neutron, so it is a heavier version of the more common carbon 12. Occasionally, a carbon 13 will take the place of a carbon 12 in an organic molecule.
This is important since life prefers to use the lighter isotopes, because chemical reactions with them require less energy. So if we measure the isotopes of carbon in a material and discover that there is more light carbon relative to heavy carbon than would be found randomly, we might guess that we are seeing the effects of life.
Finally, since volatile molecules are found in the atmosphere as well as in soil and rock, samples of the Martian air can be sent directly to the TLS without going through SAM's other instruments.
Related Links
SAM at Goddard
Mars Science Laboratory
Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com
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"I have to admit I'm really pretty amazed that it's survived 30 years," says Craig Kundig, one of the founders of the Redlands Bicycle Classic and owner of Cyclery USA shops in Redlands, Riverside and Rancho Cucamonga.
The Classic, he recalls, was launched as a part of an effort by then Mayor Carole Beswick to promote the city.
What was happening in 1985 when the Classic first appeared?
It may not seem that long ago, but here's some historic context: Ronald Reagan was president. It was the year seat belts became mandatory in the United States; the year internet domain names were invented, and Madonna was on her "Like a Virgin" tour.
California-born Greg LeMond was a year away from the first of his three Tour de France victories.
A lot has changed.
And while much of the Redlands downtown has survived through those years, the sport along with the Classic itself has evolved.
Kundig pulled out some period bicycles with us to look at how the technology has moved forward.
We visited Kundig at his cycling shop in Redlands to discuss gearing, technology, bicycle frames and Classic history in the following videos.


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Nami, Lumina, Or Celia. Lol. Whats your favorite harvest moon girl?
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The Witch
Hm Goddess
{Mineral Town Girls}
masterofmon 9 years ago#2
Leia. Why does everyone go with the normal girls? They're so easy to marry!
masterofmon: You're my favorite superhero too! :D - Billy, ZOMGZ!! *fangirl scream* *faints*
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MusicalChatot 9 years ago#4
Muffy? XDDDDD My cousin wants to marry Muffy.
I have Flora at red heart level but only have 47 sprites DX
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smartiicle 9 years ago#5
Leia...Or Celia
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masterofmon 9 years ago#6
Leia! She and the Which Princess are the best looking, but the Which Princess has INSANE requirements!!
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cornlass124 9 years ago#7
Flora, i mean you cant expect her to spend her whole life living in a tent with Carter
Have you ever had jello pie?
Unicorn_Fire 9 years ago#8
*drags out old rant*
Depends on what you want and opinion. Here's what I think about each girl and how hard she is to woo.
Celia - The classic HM girl. She used to live in the city but moved to the country-side because of health issues. Celia is quite sweet but a bit bland. She's obsessed with orange and potato peels and the way they clean up oil.
Difficulty level: Medium. She's not picky, especially when it comes to cooked items. She likes all crops except for eggplant and likes most dairy and sheep products. She loves perfume, yarn, curry bread, diamonds (both pink and regular), Risotto, all sorts of curry, Doria, Grautin, and Elli Leaves. Her favorite gift is cake.
Child: Looks a lot like Celia herself with brown hair and eyes. Is clad in a green and brown color scheme.
Rival - Marlin
Flora - A quiet girl who works with Carter. Not really much to say about her. Flora is nice but a terrible cook. The least interesting girl, in my opinion, though that doesn't mean she's a bad choice for marriage, especially since she and her child are the most attractive.
Difficulty level: Medium. She's a bit more picky than Celia, but her tastes are quite easy to achieve. She's a fan of chocolate and wine, which can be purchased. She's also a fan of just about any crop under the sun and loves every version of curry. Her other +500LP items are fish fossil, diamonds (both colors), and Lithograph. Her favorite gift is Rainbow Curry.
Child - He inherits Flora's blond hair, pale skin, and violet eyes, which I'm a sucker for. XP IMO, her son is adorable and her daughter in DS:Cute (which you get either randomly when marrying Steiner or if you marry Carter) is beautiful. ^_^
Rival: Carter. Ewww, and he's like, 50 and she's like, 22! >_<
Note: Woo Flora to blue heart, no matter who you're marrying. Her blue heart event unlocks the first hot spring, which will come in handy.
Lumina - A polite girl who is a talented pianist. Her grandmother wants her to be a proper lady while Lumina herself does not. The young woman lost her parents when she was young (I'm not sure if it's explained in this game) and personally, I think she looked cuter when she was young.
Difficulty level - Medium high. Her tastes are bit more classy than Flora and Celia's, but still not too hard. She likes all sorts of flowers and sweets such as cookies. She also likes jewels, sheep products, chocolate, and many recipes. Her restricted 500+LP section is what earns her the rating she got. The only non-recipe items here are perfume and diamonds (both colors). The recipe items are the following: Omelet, Omelet Rice, Risotto, Dry Curry, Rainbow Curry, Ultimate Curry, Finest Curry, Baked Yam, Doria, Grautin, Sweet Potatoes, Cake, Chocolate Cake, Strawberry Milk, and Relaxtea leaves. Her favorite gift is Relaxtea which is fairly hard to obtain.
Child - I'm not a big fan of Lumina's son. He inherits Lumina's hazel eyes and light brown hair, which I like, but I don't like the green and orange color scheme. My opinion, of course.
Rival: Rock. I don't think they're a good match.
Any more text and this won't fit, so to be continued. :P
I set unicorns on fire for fun. :D
Unicorn_Fire 9 years ago#9
Continued! Also, typo in the last part. Lumina's difficulty rating is High Medium. :P
Muffy - The ditzy blond girl. She works at the bar and is quite a flirt. She's my least favorite bachelorette. Not much else to say.
Difficulty level: Low. She may not have many liked gifts, but they're all easy to obtain. She likes chocolate, moondrop flowers, flour, and fruit such as pineapple. She loves wine, large fish, matsutake, jewelry, perfume, and diamonds. Her favorite gift is Apple Pie.
Child - Blond hair and green eyes. Quite cute with a red and blue color scheme.
Nami - A quiet loner. Nami is quite cold in the beginning but starts to warm up as you become friends. She wandered a lot before settling down in Forget-me-Not valley. My favorite normal bachelorette.
Difficulty level - Medium to high. Nami is a lot more picky than the others. She likes fish, dog balls (why? >_>), wine, and jewels. Her +500 items are Wild Grape, Grape, Red Magicgrass Flower, Spring Sun, Summer Sun, Fall Sun, Winter Sun, Lithograph, Curry Bread, Tempura, Hot Chocolate, Stew, Curry Rice, Apple Pie, and Grape Juice. Her favorite item is Gratin.
Child - Second cutest IMO. His eyes and hair are blue and scarlet while his color scheme is the same as his mother's.
Special girls
Harvest Goddess - Vain and selfish? Check. A damsel in distress who needs your help to be saved because her sworn rival sealed her off? Check. Has extremely hard requirements and after you marry her, she doesn't even live with you? Check. These are all qualities of this lovely lady. I hate her, but she is pretty and if you want a challenge, the HG is the way to go.
Difficulty level - Extremely high. Not only if the Goddess the pickiest bachelorette (The only things she likes are things from your farm and flowers, while her 500+LP gifts and her favorite gifts are pineapples and strawberries), but she's almost IMPOSSIBLE to marry with insane requirements. In fact, she is impossible in the earlier versions of the game, since you can't complete the mining list. She also doesn't live with you after you FINALLY marry this high and mighty woman. In a short: She ain't worth it.
Child - Random.
Final part since I'm not gonna review the Mineral Town girls because the game ends if you marry them.
I set unicorns on fire for fun. :D
Unicorn_Fire 9 years ago#10
Final part since I'm not gonna review the Mineral Town girls.
Leia - Ooh, she's a mermaid! Seriously, mermaids are awesome and I like her peppy personality. :>
Difficulty - Very easy. She's picky but her favorite gift is very easy to get: Large Fish. All you need is to upgrade your rod and fish. :D
Child - Random.
Note: Before she'll marry you, you need a fish pond. Also, get her to red heart before activating her yellow event and she's gone forever if your fish pond gets destroyed. So yeah. TAKE CARE OF HER LULZ.
Witch Princess - My favorite DS bachelorette, even though she's hard to marry. She was the one who sealed off the goddess but I thank her for that. That stupid goddess nags too much. >_> She also cursed Keira. .-. I really like her personality. I just adore Marisa, which is my nickname for the WP. <3~
Difficulty - Extremely hard with insane requirements like the goddess, except a LOT crueler. Killing off animals, littering, poisoning, it's all there. She's not too picky though. She likes grasses, loves toadstools, red grass, and golden lumber, and her favorite gift is Rainbow Curry. Not too hard.
Note: Okay, well, this isn't really important, but did you know the WP's original name was Mahou Shoujo-sama, or Magical Girl-sama?
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Keira - This mute beauty is very mysterious. She was cast under a spell by the Witch a while back and has been living on floor 255 of the 3rd mine ever since. Poor her.
Difficulty - High purely off the fact of where she lives. Getting her gifts isn't too hard since you'll be in the mines anyway (all her favorite gifts are jewels and her best gift is golden lumber), but getting down 255 floors DAILY is a bit of a hassle. The good news is Keira has no special requirements and she does move in with you after marriage.
Child - Random.
So yeah. Depends on your tastes. :>
^^ above was written a long time ago. In a short, I say you should marry Majo-sama. She's the best bachelorette in the ENTIRE SERIES.
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WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — The emergence of the reports by Kalorama Information and Rasmussen Reports are important because they underscore the important role that retail-based healthcare clinics — and the nurse practitioners who work within them — increasingly play in the nation's healthcare system.
(THE NEWS: Kalorama projects retail clinic growth. For the full story, click here)
(THE NEWS: Most U.S. voters believe an expanded role for nurse practitioners will boost quality of health care. For the full story, click here)
As reported, independent healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information expected retail-based health clinics to continue to grow and to become a durable part of the healthcare system. Kalorama Information was certain to note that the growth comes despite such hurdles as a fragile economy and some state regulatory hurdles, at the behest of physician lobbies.
Furthermore, the findings of a new Rasmussen Reports survey found that most U.S. voters believed that the quality of health care would improve if routine care was handled by nurse practitioners and physicians then were able to focus on more challenging healthcare issues. Many survey respondents were in favor of training and licensing nurse practitioners to expand the level of care they provide.
These findings come as 2011 marks the beginning of the second wave of clinic expansion.
New healthcare legislation that will afford some 30 million uninsured people health insurance — coupled with the aging U.S. population and a shortage of primary care physicians — will benefit the convenient care industry and undoubtedly drive industry growth.
Not only are health systems all across the country becoming more engaged, but also clinic operators are gearing up the wave of expansion. For example, MinuteClinic plans to open more clinics at a rate of about 100 clinics per year, beginning this year. By 2015, MinuteClinic estimated it will operate about 1,060 clinics in 100 markets.
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Can You Use Botox for a Brow Lift?
The frontalis muscle (forehead) pulls the brow up and the orbicularis muscle (below brow) pulls the brow down. Botox in the lateral brow will weaken the muscles pulling down the brow, allowing for the other muscles to pull the brow up creating a brow lift.
Chemical Brow Lift
To get a Botox brow lift, one needs to do a three area injection. the central forehead, the frown line area and the crows feet area. By paralyzing the depressors of the brow the elevators are able to raise the brow. The brow lift is elegant and subtle, with lateral brow elevation and medial brow staying in neutral position.
I perform a lot of endoscopic brow lifts but I almost prefer the Botox brow lift. The only problem is that it has to be repeated every 3 to 4 months.
Botox brow lifting
As far as how many units may be needed, this also depends on which part of the brow you want to correct. For the inner brows, you may consider ~20 units (same as the frown line treatment). For the middle or outer brow, I generally use up to 5 units on each side.
You may also want to consider adding fillers to shape and raise the brow. Combining the two products can work synergistically together.
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Botox versus a browlift
Botox is a neuromuscular blocking agent placed in the hyperdynamic muscles of expression in the forehead. When placed in the corrugators, there is a depression affect that occurs. When Botox is placed under the lateral eyebrow, and elevation occurs. Botox is only temporary and lasts 4-6 months in the forehead area.
A surgical browlift involves softening the frontalis, corrugators, an procerus muscles of the forehead to soften the expressions similar to a Botox effect permanently. The browlift and also address a low or high hairline, along with adjustments to asymmetrical brows and can also lift both brows at the same time. For many examples, please see the link below to our browlift photo gallery
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Botox Brow Lift - temporary
It may seem counter-intuitive that paralyzing facial muscles can lift your brow, but this is exactly how Botox works. Our faces have muscles that pull in opposing directions, so in the case of the brow the idea is to paralyze the muscles that pull downward while leaving the ones that lift the brow untouched.
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Botox May Cause Some Elevation of the Brow. The Major Disadvantage is that it Requires Treatment Every 3-4 Months
Selective injection of the forehead depressor muscles with Botox can cause some elevation of the brow. In patients who have mild brow descent this may be adequate to correct the problem. More severe cases will still probably require a brow lift.
This is a relatively simple procedure, but is somewhat dependent upon the skill of the injector. Its major disadvantage is that it requires repeat treatment every 3 to 4 months. Over time, this has the potential to become very expensive.
Botox as a Brow Lift
Botox is a great tool to use for a temporary lift of the brows; it's inexpensive and non-invasive. In addition, it can be used to show someone a little of what an actual brow lift would look like. The only downside is that it does have to be kept up to retain the effect, about every 3-4 months.
In comparison to an actual brow lift, a Botox lift won't be as dramatic. Someone who is interested in a more permanent result should look into a brow lift. With an endoscopic brow lift a patient can be in and out and back to normal daily living within a week with minimal scarring and downtime.
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Botox for Brow Lift
Of course, Botox can give you brow shaping as well as correction of your frown lines. However, it lasts only 3-4 months, but can be a very powerful preamble for what a brow lift can look like.
Lifting Eyebrows with Botox
Botox or Dysport can be used to give you a subtle lift of the eyebrow. It works by weakening the muscles that pull down the eyebrow so that the eyebrow lifting muscles can more easily elevate the eyebrow. It is a subtle lift that is easily down with minimal recovery. If you like it, the technique can easily be repeated every four months or when needed.
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Remember when a ten-megabyte disk drive was "all you will ever need" in a lifetime of computing? That was another time, another place. In today's image/info-hungry Internet economy ten megs won't even get you online. Ever on the move for "bigger, better, faster" IBM has created a revolutionary new type of magnetic coating which is expected to eventually quadruple the data density of current hard disk drive products to a level previously thought impossible. Until recently, the decay of data on magnetic media was considered normal and unavoidable over the lifetime of the product. This is due to the "superparamagnetic effect." When magnetic regions on the disk become too small, they predictably lose their magnetic orientations--the data--when densities reach 20 to 40 billion bits (gigabits) per square inch. The 100-gigabit density breakthrough was considered unattainable because of the superparamagnetic effect.
A few atoms of "pixie dust," as IBM scientists affectionately refer to the three-atom-thick layer of the element ruthenium--a precious metal similar to platinum, sandwiched between two magnetic layers--will break the data storage industry's most impervious barrier. Technically known as "antiferromagnetically-coupled (AFC) media," the coating is expected to increase hard-disk drive storage to 100 billion bits (gigabits) of data per square inch of disk area by 2003. AFC media is shipping in volume in IBM's Travelstar notebook. IBM plans to use AFC media throughout its disk drive product lines.
The increased densities made possible by AFC media will theoretically expedite the industry trend toward smaller disk-drive form factors which consume less energy and stimulate the creation of new and more efficient digital-media and data-intensive applications.
"AFC media is the first dramatic change in disk drive design made to avoid the high-density data decay due to the superparamagnetic effect," said Currie Munce, Director, Advanced Hard Disk Drive Technology at IBM's Storage Technology Division and Director of Storage Systems and Technology at IBM's Almaden Research Center. "Our deep understanding of the complex physical phenomena of how the AFC media works enabled us to be first in the industry to ship AFC media in products, and we're working to extend this technology to perform magnetic recording at 100 gigabits per square inch and beyond."
With AFC media, 100-gigabit data density could allow 400 gigabytes (GB) desktop drives, or the information in 400,000 books; 200 GB notebook drives, equivalent to 42 DVDs or more than 300 CDs; or 13 hours of MPEG-4 compressed digital video--about eight complete movies--for hand-held devices, within two years.


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The LPBA40 data are available for download on the LONI Atlas Site.
Shattuck DW, Mirza M, Adisetiyo V, Hojatkashani C, Salamon G, Narr KL, Poldrack RA, Bilder RM, Toga AW (2008) Construction of a 3D Probabilistic Atlas of Human Brain Structures NeuroImage 39(3):1064-1080 PMCID: PMC2757616
The LONI Probabilistic Brain Atlas (LPBA40) is a series of maps of brain anatomic regions. These maps were produced from a set of whole-head MRI of 40 human volunteers. Each MRI was manually delineated to identify a set of 56 structures in the brain, most of which are within the cortex. These delineations were then transformed into a common atlas space to produce a set of coregistered anatomical labels. The original MRI data were also transformed into the atlas space. The 3D volumes contained within this data set represent:
A brief video describing the LPBA40.
MRI data from 40 subjects were preprocessed according to existing LONI protocols to produce skull-stripped brain volumes. These volumes were aligned to the ICBM305 atlas using rigid-body transformation to correct for head tilt and reduce bias in the delineation process. This produced a transform from native space to delineation space (native.to.delineation) and an associated inverse transform (delineation.to.native). In each of the 40 subjects, 56 structures were delineated manually according to protocols developed for this project (see LPBA40 Protocols) using BrainSuite.
Brain masks were constructed from the manual delineations and projected back to the native delineation space. The MRI in native space were masked to produce brain-only MRI volumes. These volumes were then corrected for non-uniformity using BrainSuite's Bias Field Corrector. The bias-corrected brain data were processed with PVC (tissue classification) software to produce maps of grey matter, white matter, and cerebrospinal fluid for each subject volume.
Each corrected brain volume was aligned from its native space to the ICBM-452 template using AIR alignlinear. This produce a native space to ICBM452 space transform (native.to.icbm452). Volumes were cropped prior to registration (pad: 8); the cropped volumes were aligned to the ICBM-452 atlas (settings: -m 12 –t1 1 –t2 1). The corrected brain volumes were resliced into the ICBM452 space using chirp-Z interpolation (AIR).
Delineation space to ICBM452 space transforms (delineation.to.icbm452) were computed using combineair to composite (delineation.to.native) and (native.to.icbm452). The delineated labels were resampled into the ICBM452 space using AIR's reslice with nearest-neighbor interpolation. The whole-head MRI and skull-stripped/bias-corrected MRI were resampled into ICBM452 space using AIR's reslice with chirp-Z interpolation to reduce resampling artifacts. The tissue class labels from PVC were transformed using reslice with nearest-neighbor interpolation.
We constructed a series of maps from the transformed data (each of which is available from this site):
The dataset also includes LPBA40_labelid.txt, which provides the name of each structure and the integer ID number used in the label volumes.


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Ross, 83, who was born in Watertown, Minn., has worked in lots of TV shows since her most famous role as mother to Joanie and Richie Cunningham. Among her TV credits as a regular or recurring character have been Brooklyn Bridge, That 70s Show, Touched by an Angel, The Drew Carey Show, Gilmore Girls, and she is the voice of Grandma SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants. She has two grown children who also work in show biz.
Dear Ken: Buck Owens used to have a girl singer in his band named Susan Raye. Is she still performing?
Raye, 67, who was born in Eugene, Ore., had seven Top-10 country hits, the biggest being L.A. International Airport in 1971. Married to Jerry Wiggins, who was the drummer in Buck Owens band, for 40 years, she left her country music behind in the mid-1980s to concentrate on raising their six children. Today, a Christian psychologist, grandmother and great-grandmother, Raye sings with her church choir and praise team as a member of Calvary Bible Church in Kern County, Calif.
Dear Ken: When were Tootsie Roll candies invented?
The sweet and chewy chocolate Tootsie Roll, the first penny candy to be individually wrapped, was concocted in New York City by Austrian immigrant Leo Hirschfield in 1896. He named it after the nickname of his daughter, Clara Tootsie Hirschfield. Sixty-four million Tootsie Rolls are minted daily. As for this candy man, he shot himself and died in 1922 in the Big Apple.
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If you've seen celeb shots of Serena Williams in the past two months or so, you've maybe noticed she's wearing a walking cast.
She hasn't really explained what happened, until now. Williams, 28, tells USA TODAY's Christine Brennan she was injured July 7 in Munich as she was walking out of a restaurant wearing sandals and "all of a sudden felt pain."
"The pain felt like kind of a stubbed foot, like 'Ow,' and I thought, 'Wow, I stubbed my foot.' Then in 20 seconds, or a minute, I started walking again. And it hurt some more. So we looked down and there was glass all over the floor. I was standing, recovering, thinking I got a little cut and telling my nephew, who was with us, to be careful. Then my practice partner put a cellphone down to the floor so we could see, and there was a huge puddle of blood. I said, 'OMG, I don't think this is good.' "
They went to an emergency room in Munich where Williams said she had X-rays and received 18 stitches: six inside the cut on her right foot and six on top of that foot, and six stitches on the bottom of her left foot. "I don't know how it happened. Honestly, I think someone may have dropped something, which is how I got cut on both feet."
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Health and Social Care FdSc
What makes Health and Social Care at Worcester special?
A chance to enhance your future whilst helping others to maximise theirs.
The Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care at Worcester gives you a great base from which to build your future in a number of careers, including working with young people, vulnerable adults, older people, individuals with disabilities and people with mental health problems.
Key features
- The FdSc is a recognised and professionally respected qualification that will enhance your career across the sector, as well as a gateway to further study
- Flexibility: successful completion can lead to entry on to Year 2 of our Nursing degree, and Year 3 of ourĀApplied HealthĀ&ĀSocialĀCareĀor HealthĀSciences degree
- Excellent industry links including the NHS, Mind and Headway, where our students have enjoyed award-winning placements
- A strong emphasis on work-based learning helps you build your confidence and skill-base whilst enhancing your employability
- Tailored to allow study alongside part-time work
- Flexible locations: study at theĀUniversity of Worcester, Herefordshire and Ludlow College, Halesowen College and The Learning Institute.
Clearing 2017 - call us on 01905 855111
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My confidence soared and I felt I had finally found a subject matter that I understood and could relate to.
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Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff: A minimum ofĀ32 points at A level which must include at least one 6-unit award.
The points above are the new UCAS tariff, which will be used for courses starting from September 2017. See our new UCAS tariff page for more information.
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- Pre-2002 qualifications (e.g. GNVQ, BTEC ND etc.)
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The course builds on existing knowledge and experience and to further develop specific knowledge, skills and values relevant to the current and emerging needs of employment in health and social care. It will enable you to assess, plan, implement and make sound judgements in effective care delivery in accordance with the core values of health and social care work.
You will explore and debate issues arising from the social, cultural, moral, legal and political context of health and social care work. You will develop your interpersonal and communication skills and will be encouraged to identify, use and communicate relevant information effectively.
You learn to locate and evaluate evidence and research and apply this in your practice and decision making in health and social care.
The course will also focus on your personal and professional development and provides opportunities for you to develop your study skills, meet your own learning needs and to develop and practice key skills in preparation for employment, further study and lifelong learning.
The course is designed to develop knowledge and skills for health and social care. Therefore a variety of teaching, learning and assessment approaches will be used and will emphasise the relationship between theory and real life issues and experiences in practice.
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A significant component of the course consists of work-based learning. Applicants who are not currently employed in an environment working in a health or social care setting will need to secure a placement in a suitable setting; equating to one day a week for the duration of the course or 200 hours in each year.
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ōThe Foundation Degree has benefitted more than I can express. During the two years my confidence soared and I felt I had finally found a subject matter that I understood and could relate to - this hasnÆt changed in recent years as I am still passionate about Health and Social Care. In my everyday practice I draw on knowledge gained at University and experiences I had whilst on the work placement element of the course. Every module that I took part in on the degree has been useful to my everyday work in the community. In my current role I am a valued member of a professional team and have built trusting relationships with my client base - I owe this to the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Careö
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There are also opportunities to progress via a third year of top-up study to a BA (Hons) in Applied Health & Social Care, BSc (Hons) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or a BSc (Hons) in Health Sciences. Graduates also have the opportunity to progress into a variety of nursing courses.
A number of our students use the course as a route into the BSc (Hons) Nursing programme, as satisfactory completion of this meets the academic entry requirements to the programme, subject to selection and recruitment processes.
The option also exists for students who complete the Foundation Degree, who are also working in a health care setting with access to a nurse mentor, to complete a 2+2 route.ĀGaining direct entry to year two of the University of Worcester BSc (Hons) Nursing (adult or mental health) programme. ĀThis is subject to selection and recruitment processes, availability of places andĀcompletion of Recognition of Prior Learning.ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ
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A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge today granted permission to the operator of Lake Shore Health Care Center to stay open through Jan. 22 by drawing down on money advanced to the Irving hospital by its parent company and an affiliated hospital.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Carl L. Bucki scheduled another hearing in the case for Jan. 22, and by that point officials hope to have in hand $1 million promised by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo as short-term financing to keep the hospital open for at least another month.
TLC Health Network in December filed for bankruptcy protection to reorganize its finances, citing more than $9 million in losses for 2013. It had announced in October that it would close Lake Shore hospital this month.
TLC had revealed that parent company Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York, or LERHSNY, had loaned to Lake Shore hospital $3.7 million from Brooks Memorial Hospital last year.
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Thousands of cancer sufferers in Northern Ireland are being denied 38 life-extending drugs that are available in England.
The true horror of the postcode lottery has been discovered by SDLP health spokesman Fearghal McKinney.
The MLA has uncovered how thousands of terminally-ill cancer sufferers here are facing an earlier death compared with those living in England, Scotland and Wales.
The shocking discovery means that even though Belfast boasts a world-renowned cancer centre, patients here are losing out in benefiting first-hand from their ground-breaking drug discoveries.
Mr McKinney said: "Basically if you live in Brixton you could get these drug but if you live in Bangor you can't.
"We have one of the most advanced cancer centres on these islands trialing them [these drugs] but the people here won't be able to take advantage of them.
"This isn't just a marginal inequality, it's a gross inequality. These are our most vulnerable people.
"These drugs are life extending but for the people who need them they really are life saving."
The South Belfast MLA called on the Health Minister Edwin Poots to create a cancer fund similar to schemes that exist in England, Wales and Scotland that would call a halt on the health postcode lottery.
He added: "It's a simple decision to make. England, Wales and Scotland all have their own schemes.
"He could do this at a stroke of a pen.
"It won't need any new legislation. Research shows it would cost between £5million to £6million [annually] but that's in a budget of £1.2billion for the Belfast Health Trust alone.
He added: "Every time this issue has been raised in the past the health minister has dodged this issue of inequality, and suggested that we need to get rid of prescription charges first.
"These are two distinct issues and the SDLP is calling on the minister to say, quite clearly, that he is going to address this fundamental cancer drugs inequality."
Allister Murphy, 57, from Belfast, who suffers from terminal prostate cancer, called for a cancer fund to be set up.
He said: "It's discriminatory and wouldn't cost a lot of money to fix it.
"In the big picture it wouldn't pay the policing bill for Ardoyne but it would make a massive difference to thousands of people's lives.
"The Belfast cancer centre is a UK centre of excellence. Our cancer research facilities are second to none but people here can't get the drugs.
"The only chance is if people are lucky enough to get on trials.
"But the people taking up the trials aren't even those who will receive the fruits of those trials long term.
"If I lived in England I would have applied to the cancer fund for the drug enzalutamide but I can't here; there is no fund.
"I'm forced to undergo a second bout of chemotherapy because I can't get access to this drug.
"Because of restrictions the vast majority of men in Northern Ireland can't access this drug."


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Life had its moments, when the one person, pony-mare whatever, changes your life forever. yes within those coming years for spike, life changed drastically, for he was now a proud young father of a hybrid pony-dragon. he stood outside on the porch of the apple family home, resting his shoulder on the wood frame, gazing as celestia's sun drew to a close for the night time to come, it was cold out, he knew he would go inside soon. he was only 18 now, it was a crazy ass year. getting applejack pregnant, getting married, the loss of granny smith who hated his guts.
he heaved a sigh when his mind wandered further. sometimes he question himself if things went too fast sometimes. he rubbed his spikes as he looked down at his feet. spike grew nice and tall, lankly but strong muscled. his face retain his young babyish looks, his chest, board and strong. - the draco sighed again. the wailing of a baby was heard deep in the house, that was his cue to go in, turning and opening the door he proceeded to go in. inside, the homey smell of baked apples, the sight of the old fashion styled home, and there on the couch, was a very tired looking AJ. who turn and glared at him for a second, before shoving the bottle into the hybrid's muzzle, --the babe clawed the bottle and suckled hungrily. "bout ta'ime sp'ahk" her southern accent drawled tiredly.
"where in th'hell you've been?"
spike smiled nervously, "i was checking on twilight, hon. you know she needs help every so often" aj sighed, "not as much as me" spiked sighed and sat down, rubbing his paw on her back. "let me take care of her for a few, you go up stairs and get some sleep okay?" applejack sighed, and smiled, turning slowly, placing her head on the crook of his neck nuzzling. "you're a mighty fine gentle-drake," she handed the baby in spike's arms, giving her husband a peck on the cheek, as she got up, stretching and crackling some joints in her body. "ah made some pigs n' a blanket, ah know how much you love them weenies wrapped in corsantes" with that, she went u stairs, spike took a moment to smell the buttery smell of corsantes. with mouth watered, usually he would eat only gems and diamonds and such things, but as he grew older, the need for meat grew, as well as his appetite. he sat there, though. feeding his daughter her milk with shaved gems mixed into the milk. watching her, as her eyes droop. he had to laugh softly at this, and before he knew it, the babe knocked out. he gently carried her, humming a tune as he walked the stairs, and going u the hallway. he turn to a door, and going into her nursery room, as he walked towards the crib, gently laying his applescorch on the bed, and covering her up. smiling fondly, he petted her small mane, which should have been scales. but it was a mane. she was an odd little thing, fur on her body, scales on her belly, a small mane, claw like dragon paws, and hooves as her back-legs.
he stood watching her. as she went into a peaceful slumber,she was a real looker indeed. his gut growled, demanding for this to end, for there was corsantes, wrapped around pork. poooorrrrrk. it growled. feeed us poorrrrrrrk. it would say. spike sighed and nodded to himself, then walked out the room quietly, before going down the stairs, and into the kitchen. and there, was a stray of warmly wrapped weenies. displayed beautifully before him, made by his loving adoring wife. rubbing his claws he went to the carbonate, and got a plate, he went over to the tray as he grab a few pigs in a blankets, then went to the fridge and grab himself some soda pop.
then, he continued as he walked into the living room, where, he silently enjoyed his supper. yes, this was perfect. and yes these were more like snacks, but with the little time AJ had time for cooking, when she does, he learn to appericate it. he ate the deviously wrapped pork, savoring the flavor, his head slightly bob, like a child would do, enjoying a wonderful treat. his mind in bliss. thinking of his life. it was truly wonderful. a beautiful, honest to goodness, mare. and the best child he's ever created. and he had pigs in a blanket. whats not to love? cracking opening a can of soda, he chugged half of the sweet carbonated water down. he sighed as he finished his dinner.
once done, he washed his plate and set it aside. winter was just starting, hearth warming season was just ending, and this week new years eve is coming. he stretched scratching his sides, and ass sighing. he walked up the stairs once more. traveling to the bedroom where applejack slept, he slowly open the door, and walked in, it was dark, saved for a lighted candle, which dancing and gave shadow upon his slumbering wife. he stood a moment, before closing the door silently as best as he could. then walked over and stared at her. he smiled, eyes filled with affection and love for only her, the one who truly showed him was real love was. he slide into the bed, and curled into a spooning position, wrapping his tail and his arms around the warming fur, placing his snout on her shoulder as he hugged her tightly for a moment, before loosen his grip, into a gentle hold, snuggling closely, and nuzzling her cheek, before kissing her cheek. "i love you" he whispered in her ear, her ear twitched and a small smile crept onto her muzzle. sighing with content. "ah love yew too, sugar" she whispered back, with a happy sigh, spike laid his eyes closed, as he soon fell into a deep sleep.
life had its moments. the small ones are always the important ones.
things like this, was the best life can give you.
for spike, he thank the maker above that he was blessed with a new family like this.
it was also good to have a mare that can bake you all kinds of apple related treats.
thats the best kind of wife. mmhmm. i tell you whut.


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Commissioners Weigh Historic Dade County Courthouse Future
Miami-Dade commissioners will decide today if a $540 million proposal to replace the historic Dade County Courthouse will go on the November ballot.
Miami-Dade's civil court caseload has long outgrown the 90-year-old courthouse, which is also plagued by structural problems such as corroded columns and a flooded basement. Several upper floors cannot be accessed for safety reasons.
The county is looking at a handful of downtown sites for a new civil courthouse, such as a plot of land near the new juvenile court and a space at the proposed All Aboard Florida train station. The old courthouse, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, will be repurposed, likely into a hotel or a museum.


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RAPA Recent Cases (alphabetical)
Alaska Pacific Environmental Services, Inc. (APES-I).
RCA Dockets U-13-164/U-13-165/U-13-166/U-13-167 (Refuse). Utility Profile.
APES-I provides refuse hauling services in a variety of Alaska communities through subsidiaries. In these dockets, APES-I requested a 33.87 percent rate increase in Juneau (APES-Juneau U-13-164), a 4.54 percent rate increase in Dutch Harbor (APES-Dutch Harbor U-13-165), a 13.53 percent rate increase in Nome (APES-Nome U-13-166), and a 24.11 percent rate increase in Ketchikan (APES-Ketchican U-13-167). The AG elected to participate in the dockets at the Commissions request. After the parties submitted prefiled testimony, a settlement was reached resulting in a rate increase of 27.49 percent for APES-Juneau, a rate decrease of 2.76 percent for APES-Dutch Harbor, a rate increase of 6.64 percent for APES-Nome, and a rate increase 16.67 percent for APES-Ketchikan. APES-Nome ratepayers will receive a small refund under the settlement. A stipulation setting out the terms of the settlement was accepted by the Commission on July 31, 2014.
Alaska Power Company (APC)
RCA Docket U-14-002 (Electric)Utility Profile.
APC provides electric power service to numerous small communities in Southeast and Interior Alaska. It filed a proposed 18.16 percent rate increase. The AG elected to participate at the Commissions request. Additional docket intervenors include the Haines Borough and the cities of Coffman Cove, Thorne Bay, Skagway and Craig. After investigation of APCs filing, the AG filed testimony on August 1, 2014 recommending APCs rate increase be limited to 5.1 percent. A public hearing is scheduled to begin on December 1, 2014.
Aurora Energy
RCA Docket No. U-14-004 (Steam Heat). Utility Profile.
Aurora Energy provides steam heat to seventy-three customers at ninety locations in Fairbanks. It filed a proposed 94.74 percent increase on an existing rate cap for steam heat services, from $10.50 to $20.45 per thousand pounds. The AG elected to participate at the Commissions request. Other docket parties include the City of Fairbanks, JL Properties, Inc., Golden Heart Utilities, Inc. and College Utilities Corporation. The AG is investigating the proposed rate increase and will file testimony by October 7, 2014. A public hearing is scheduled to begin January 5, 2015, with a final decision due by April 9, 2015.
Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility (AWWU)
RCA Dockets U-13-201/U-13-202 (Water & Watewater). Utility Profile.
AWWU filed a proposed 4 percent rate increase for its water utility and a 5.5 percent rate increase for its wastewater utility in these dockets. The AG is participating in the dockets at the Commissions request, and is investigating AWWUs rate filing. AG testimony documenting the results of the AGs investigation will be filed by January 29, 2015, and a public hearing is scheduled to begin May 11, 2015.
Chugach Electric Association (Chugach)
RCA Docket U-13-007 (Electric). Utility profile.
This rate case was filed in December 2012. Chugach originally proposed a 22 percent base rate increase for residential consumers, and a higher rate increase for each of Chugach's wholesale customers (a 28 percent base rate increase for Homer Electric Association; a 42 percent base rate increase for Matanuska Electric Association; and a 32 percent base rate increase for the City of Seward). The size of Chugach's proposed rate increase for residential consumers was subsequently reduced to a 19 percent increase as a result of a Commission decision agreeing with an AG request to reject Chugach's inclusion of $1.85 million in storm damage expense from inclusion in rates. The parties subsequently entered several partial settlements which were accepted by the Commission. Unresolved issues proceeded to hearing. On March 14, 2014 the Commission issued an order on the remaining disputed issues including setting disputed Ancillary Services at the rate asserted by the AG. Chugach was also required to issue $160,000 in refunds to consumers as a result of these orders.
RCA Docket U-14-001 (Electric).
Chugach filed another rate case on November 19, 2013, proposing a $16 million base rate increase. This rate case was filed primarily to address increased costs associated with the Southcentral Power Plant (SPP) becoming operational and the loss of Homer Electric Association as a Chugach wholesale customer. The AG elected to participate at the Commission request, and investigated Chugachs proposed rate increase. In testimony filed on July 14, 2014, the AG recommended Chugachs proposed rate increase be reduced to $11.86 million. A public hearing is scheduled to begin October 27, 2014, and a final decision from the Commission is due by February 12, 2015.
Doyon Utilities, LLC. (Doyon Utilities)
RCA Dockets U-12-076/U-12-077/U-12-078/U-12-079/U-12-080/U-12-081/U-12-082/U-12-083/U-12-083/U-12-084/U-12-085/U-12-086/U-12-087. (Water, Sewer, Steam Heat, Electric). Utility profile.
These consolidated dockets involve twelve different rate increase requests filed by Doyon Utilities for the utility services it provides to military bases in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Fort Greely. The Department of Defense (DoD) is the only "customer," however, all rates charged also impact to some degree all military families with base housing. Doyon Utilities' service to DoD includes water, sewer, electric, natural gas and district heating utility services on the three military installations (Fort Wainwright, Fort Greely, and JBER). These services were previously provided by the DoD. The utility services are provided under contracts that were publically bid under federal procurement regulations designed to allow utility services to be privatized on military installations across the country. The contracts for privatization required regulation of the utility operations by the Commission. The Commission suspended the rate increase requests for investigation and invited DoD participation. The AG elected to participate in the Docket and began an investigation. Doyon Utilities and DoD subsequently requested and were granted a stay of all twelve proceedings to allow Doyon Utilities and DoD to explore possible settlement. The results of settlement discussions between Doyon Utilities and DoD are pending.
ENSTAR Natural Gas Company (ENSTAR)
RCA Docket U-14-010 (Gas). Utility Profile.
ENSTAR filed proposed revisions to its tariff rules governing how commercial customers can receive gas from third-party suppliers using ENSTARs pipeline system, and how ENSTAR handles billing and meter errors with its customers. The AG is participating in the docket at the Commissions request. Other docket parties include Aurora Gas, LLC, Cook Inlet Energy, LLC, Homer Electric Association and Matanuska Electric Association. The parties agreed to enter mediation but were unable to reach a settlement. On July 2, 2014, ENSTAR notified the Commission that ENSTAR was withdrawing its request to revise its tariff rules. ENSTARs request to terminate the proceeding is currently pending before the Commission.
Homer Electric Association (HEA)
RCA Dockets U-13-203/U-13-204 (Electric). Utility Profile.
HEA filed a proposal to recover costs associated with line losses (which are power losses associated with transmission) and to implement electric power transmission rates applicable to all electric power flowing from the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project that crosses HEAs transmission system to get to Chugach, ML&P, MEA, the City of Seward, and GVEA. The AG is participating at the invitation of the Commission.
Docket issues include whether the Commission has jurisdiction to address HEAs filings, the extent of HEAs line losses associated with its transportation of Bradley Lake power, and load balancing issues between Chugach and HEA. An initial order was issued on June 30, 2014 detailing the Commissions jurisdiction. A public hearing on all remaining disputed issues is set to begin February 19, 2015.
Mile 8 Utilities (Mile 8).
RCA Docket U-13-157 (Water)/U-13-158 (Wastewater). Utility Profile.
Mile 8 is a small water and wastewater utility providing service in Settler's Bay near Wasilla, Alaska. On July 1, 2013, Mile 8 filed a proposal for a 12.39 percent rate increase for water service and a 15.27 percent rate increase per year for four years for wastewater service. The AG elected to participate at the request of the Commission. After the parties submitted prefiled testimony, a stipulation was reached. Under the stipulation, the water utilitys rate increase will be limited to 3.96 percent, and the wastewater utilitys rate increase will be limited to 8.70 percent per year for four years. The Commission accepted the stipulation on August 7, 2014.
Municipal Light & Power (ML&P).
RCA Docket U-13-006 (Electric). Utility Profile.
This rate case was filed in December 2012. ML&P proposed a 9.72 percent rate increase. The AG elected to participate in the Docket and the Federal Executive Agency (FEA), which participated on behalf of military installations in Anchorage, also intervened. The AG's investigation and testimony recommended ML&P's rate increase be limited to 3.59 percent. A public hearing to resolve disputed issues was held in February 2014. On May 27, 2014, the Commission issued a decision limiting ML&Ps rate increase to 6.57 percent. The order results in approximately a $600,000 refund for consumers.
RCA Docket U-13-184 (Electric).
This ML&P rate case was filed in September 2013. ML&P proposes a 31.52 percent rate increase implemented in two phases spread over two years. The claimed driver for the proposed rate increase is ML&P's share of the Southcentral Power Project (SPP). The AG has intervened in the docket at the Commission's request. Other docket participants include the Federal Executive Agency (FEA) and Providence Health Services. The AG investigated ML&Ps request and filed testimony recommending ML&Ps rate increase be limited to approximately 24 percent. A public hearing before the Commission is scheduled to begin October 1, 2014.
Potter Creek Water Co. (Potter Creek).
RCA Docket U-13-155 (Water). Utility Profile.
Potter Creek provides water service in Anchorage to approximately 136 residential customers. On May 20, 2013, Potter Creek filed a proposal to increase rates by 24.3 percent. The AG elected to participate in the docket at the Commission's request. Following the AGs investigation, the AG filed testimony recommending that Potter Creeks rate increase be limited to 13.05 percent. A settlement was subsequently reached limiting Potter Creeks rate increase to 16.51 percent. The settlement was accepted by the Commission on May 30, 2014. This settlement also requires Potter Creek to issue a 2.66 percent refund to consumers. Potter Creek ratepayers will also receive a refund of a portion of their rates collected to pay property taxes on the Potter Creek system.
RCA Dockets U-13-205/U-13-206/U-13-207 (Electric).Utility Profile.
TDX supplies electric power through subsidiaries in Adak, Sand Point and on the North Slope. On November 14, 2013, TDX Adak and TDX Sand Point Generating filed proposed rate increases of 24.21 percent (for TDX Adak) and 1.43 percent (for TDX Sand Point). TDX North Slope filed rate information as required by a prior agreement with the AG, but it is not seeking a rate increase. The AG is participating at the invitation of the Commission and is investigating the rates proposed by all three utilities. The AG will file testimony by August 22, 2014. A public hearing is scheduled to begin December 8, 2014.