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Avatars are not just a cartoon show or a movie or a video game persona. The word "Avatar" comes from a Sanskrit word that means "descent" and it refers to when a deity manifests in an earthly embodiment.Some believe that there is no limit to possible avatars and God will be born in the world whenever there is a severe need. People with this belief may see Jesus as an avatar, as well as many other respected spiritual teachers.Others believe in the ten avatars of Vishnu: that there are a … [Read more...]
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Sandy was amaist swarfd, the cauld sweat brak on him, an he clew his head.
I mind a sentence in it that must have been a douse of cauld watter—toch!
I'm only some stiff wi' the cauld; for wow, but I am cauld!'
About the moon there is a brugh: the weather will be cauld and rough.
An' then, a' at ance, the minister's heart played dunt an' stood stock-still; an' a cauld wund blew amang the hairs o' his heid.
Them that likesna water brose will scunner at cauld steerie.
The perishin' cauld chalmers were all occupeed wi' sants and martyrs, the saut of the yearth, of which it wasnae worthy.
And cauld's a fine keeper—better nor a' the embalmin o' the Egyptians!
"He couldna' rin to catch the cauld," broke in Rundell's admirer, glad to get in a word.
Joey was as naked as Leeby, and as cauld as lead, but he wasna greetin'.


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31st October 2011
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Best Of :: Shopping & Services
If you want a '60s-vintage lounge chair yesterday, you need to hit one of the mod joints in the Seventh Avenue Melrose District. However, that's a fairly pricey option, as vintage furniture on Seventh tends to be expensive at least in comparison to Antique Plaza Annex, a cool little furniture/antique emporium located in Old Town Mesa. If you've got loads of patience, you'll turn up some great finds at this store because of its high turnover of goods; there's a whole new load of old stuff on a weekly basis. Some of our pickups have included a three-piece set of old movie-theater seats, several examples of blond-finished wood furniture from the '50s, and an H.R. Giger-meets-Ward Cleaver Contour Chair Lounge with Viverator (i.e., built-in massager) manufactured by the Lounge Co. of St. Louis, Mo.
When we wanted to rent an Australian Jungle Carpet python, we knew where to go. Rich Ihle has been collecting, studying and breeding reptiles for more than 30 years, and he's happy to lend some of them out, for a fee and with supervision, for which we're thankful. We're not sure we want a python all our own (who knew they peed!), so we'll stick to the rental option, thanks to Reptile Adventures.
To be honest, we thought hydroponics was just a method to grow better dope plants inside your closet. That was before we stepped foot in Tempe's Sea of Green. Turns out it's actually a real science, dude. Who knew? Contrary to popular belief, hydroponics isn't about growing a plant in water. Heck, we all did that as kids with pineapples and potatoes, so who would need fancy supplies for that? Most hydroponic gardens are cultivated in a stiff substrate, like floral foam or Perlite, soaked with water and placed under a UV light. Sea of Green offers everything you need to set up an indoor hydroponics garden. There are seeds, pots, herbs and full kit systems with catchy names like Ebb & Flow. The bulk of the place's business is mail order, but hey, there are probably just a lot of model citizens out there growing organic plants. Yeah, that's it. Big, leafy, green, er, vegetables.
You'd think it would be easy to find good desert plants in the actual desert. Think again. We scoured nurseries (limited selection), souvenir stops (tacky) and gardens (pricey) before stumbling upon this little gem of a shop hidden in Old Town Scottsdale. Cactus Hut proprietor Jeffrey Shaw has been quietly importing and grooming desert plants for 30 years. His tiny storefront has a stellar variety of unusual succulents and cacti, from the spiny echinocactus, also called a barrel cactus, to the more welcoming hildiwinteria with its fuzzy yellow coat. Popular gifts include magnets with miniature live specimens and prepackaged cactus kits ranging from $7.95 to $26.95. Shipping service is available on most items. It's hard to kill a cactus, but don't get too cocky. Occasionally, a customer will come back after a few days with a dead aloe, says Shaw, wondering how that could have happened when it was watered faithfully twice a day.
We're cheating a little, because the truth is that High Spirits Prickly Pear Flavored Vodka is actually brewed in Flagstaff, at the Mogollon Brewing Company. Yeah, we know, Valley sprawl being what it is, Flag is practically north Phoenix . . . Maybe by next year. In any case, we feel justified in giving this vodka a Best of Phoenix not only because it's so good, but because when we finally did locate it, it was in a Bashas' in Ahwatukee, not at the brewery in Flagstaff. (You can't buy it at the Mogollon Brewery. We know that because we drove all the way to Flagstaff, walked into the brewery with a toddler in tow and asked to buy it. They can't sell it by the bottle, the kind bartender explained, because it's brewed on site. Whatever. We were annoyed, but glad no one commented on the child.) In any case, you can find High Spirits Prickly Pear Flavored Vodka at your local Bashas' here in the Valley, if it's not sold out, and it might well be because although it costs almost $30 a bottle, this stuff is gooood! We sipped it straight (warm, even, we were that eager to try it), but we prefer it over ice, or, as a friend suggested, it might go well over ice cream. We can't think of a better use for a prickly pear.
All year long, we keep a folder full of ideas for Best of Phoenix awards menus, newspaper clippings, notes scribbled on cocktail napkins. This year, that folder also contains a bar of soap. Yes, it makes the folder a little bulky, but we've found it's not enough to keep a bar of Wild Women Soaps prickly pear on the bathroom counter we like to keep it by the computer, and sniff it often. It smells that good. If you want your own bar to keep by the computer (and maybe one for the sink, too), you can buy it at the gift shop at the Desert Botanical Garden, or shop online.


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Move over Octomom, you've been "outdid"! A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies – six girls and three boys – the country's main broadcaster Televisa reported on Thursday night. She already has a set of triplets. If her family plays baseball later in life, they could form their own team. If three of the players suck, the triplets could sub in the bottom of the fourth and still keep the team true to one and ONLY one gene pool.
The woman was identified as Karla Vanessa Perez of the northeastern state of Coahuila, which borders Texas. She is currently being treated at a hospital in the state capital Saltillo, the broadcaster said in the report.
Perez, whose age was not given, had fertility treatment leading to the multiple pregnancy, it said. Ya think? Due date is May 20.
Source: Reuters
Reporting: Reporting By Ioan Grillo; editing by Todd Eastham


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With this release we give you a brand new SQL editor which is integrated into the CFML editor. The SQL Editor supports code assist and code colorization for the following types of SQL statements:
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Also, note that for SQL statements within the cfquery tag, code assist is available in the CFML editor itself. You need not open the SQL Editor for code completion hints. In order to get code assist in the main editor or the SQL editor, you must have a server configured, running and associated with your project in ColdFusion Builder. The SQL editor does not support offline databases. I shall write more about the type of SQL code assist available in subsequent posts.


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By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON A majority of Supreme Court justices expressed impatience with California's long-running prison problems and poor inmate medical care in a vigorous oral argument session Tuesday.
"At some point the court has to say: You have been given enough time. The constitutional violation still persists, as the state itself acknowledges," Justice Anthony Kennedy said.
Kennedy and the four liberal justices seemed ready to reject California's stance that it can solve its prison dilemma without the involvement of federal judges.
The case, drawing broad interest from public health and psychiatric health groups, civil libertarians and law enforcement, brings to the fore the power of U.S. judges to intervene in social problems that are traditionally the domain of elected state officials.
California officials, backed by 18 states, are appealing an order by a special three-judge U.S. district court that would require the state to reduce prison overcrowding significantly to improve conditions. California says the court order could mean the release of about 40,000 inmates to the streets.
The three-judge panel said earlier measures, including those aimed at increasing staff and improving care, had failed to improve the system sufficiently. The judges concluded that overcrowding was the primary cause of the health problems and ordered the state to get the system down to 137.5% of prison capacity over the next two years.
The order came in a pair of class-action lawsuits challenging mental health and medical conditions, one that began in 1990, the other 2001.
Prisoners' lawyers describe horrific conditions in their filings, saying that "mentally ill prisoners have been found hanged to death in holding tanks where observation windows are obscured with smeared feces, and discovered catatonic in pools of their own urine after spending nights in locked cages." They stress that such conditions have been ongoing.
In decades past, federal judges often got involved to speed school desegregation, solve environmental problems and remedy conditions in mental health facilities and prisons. That era has faded for many reasons, including that the increasingly conservative Supreme Court has reversed lower court judges who delved in recent decades into social needs.
The competing interests were on display as liberal justices such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that the challenge to prison conditions dates back 20 years and "there were something like 70 (earlier) orders from the district court" intended to improve the system.
"So how much longer do we have to wait?" she asked.
Chief Justice John Roberts, among conservative justices more sympathetic to California, said state governments, however, could end up under an array of court orders on issues — on schools, the environment, people with disabilities — that should be decided by legislative policy.
"One of the things that concerns me is that the state is responsible for a lot of different things," he said. "It's a budget prioritization that the state has to go through every day, and now it's being transferred from the state Legislature to federal district courts."
California officials have acknowledged the dire situation in their prisons but say that they are working on it and that the three-judge court imposed a mandate that is nearly impossible to meet and violates federal law on prison litigation.
If the lower court's order stands, California says, it will have to reduce its prison population "by roughly 38,000 to 46,000 within two years." The system has housed an estimated 165,000 prisoners, although lawyer Carter Phillips, representing the state Tuesday, said that has dropped in recent months to about 147,000.
Phillips urged the justices to reverse the lower court, saying its measure was extreme and could endanger public safety.
"I guarantee you that there is going to be more crime and people are going to die on the streets of California," he said.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, among the justices most exasperated with the state's position, told Phillips to "slow down from the rhetoric and give me concrete details" of state alternatives to reducing crowding.
Justice Stephen Breyer referred to a "friend of the court" brief filed by the Prison Fellowship and several religious groups that says California has failed for decades to provide adequate medical and mental health care to prisoners and refers to confinement in cages. He said that showed a "horrendous problem." The fourth liberal justice, Elena Kagan, also voiced concern about California's ability to address the problem without the court order.
Kennedy, who leans conservative and is often a key vote on ideologically divided cases, worried about state delays in fixing the system but also questioned the specific order that California reduce its prison population by 137.5%. He suggested reducing crowding by less could solve the problems.
Berkeley lawyer Donald Specter, who represented the inmates, told the justices California's prisons now house twice as many people as they were built to hold. He argued that the overcrowding violates constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
The more conservative justices scrutinized Specter's position most intensely. Roberts questioned whether the three-judge court had given sufficient weight to any impact the release could have on public safety.
Justice Samuel Alito warned the release would bring more crime to California streets.
The states siding with California are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
A ruling in Schwarzenegger v. Plata is likely by late June when the justices traditionally recess for the summer.
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Kassiopi, Corfu
|Kassiopi is a big tourist resort with a port, situated at a small peninsula, at a distance of 37 kilometers northern to the town of Corfu. Built on the site of the homonymous city of ancient times, it actually counts more than 1000 permanent residents.
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|Kassiopi village, Corfu
|Kassiopi village, Corfu
|Kassiopi village, Corfu
|It is worth visiting the church of Panaghia Kassiopitissa, which possibly has been built on the place of an ancient temple dedicated to Zeus Kassius.
You will also see the ruins of the Byzantine castle that used to protect the town and its port and was guarding the sea route from Corfu to the opposite coast. During the Venetian domination, the castle suffered extended damages by the Ottoman attacks and finally the Venetians used the building material to reinforce the castle of the town of Corfu.
Far away in the sea, almost at the middle of the way to the Albanian coast, it is found Peristeres, a complex of small rocky islets with a lighthouse If you feel like wandering around, you may visit the village of Aghios Stefanos (some 3 kilometers southern to Kassiopi), built in an over green area within a small cove. It has a port for small boats and a pebbly, well enough organized beach for swimming. You may also go to the beach of Avlaki or Vourlias, 3 kilometers far from Kassiopi on your way to Aghios Stefanos. It is a small beach within a scenic small cove.
Hotels and rooms to let, both within the village and in the area around are available for accommodation. Food is gorgeous in the sea front taverns where you may taste fresh fish and the tasty local dishes, along with a wide variety of dishes of Greek and International cooking.
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|Kassiopi village, Corfu
|Kassiopi, view of the beach
|Ruins of the Byzantine fortress
For swimming and sunbathing you may stay at the beach in front of the settlement, with fine pebbles and small stones. The beach is very popular and attracts many visitors. According to the weather, the wind, the conditions of the sea and your mood, you may choose the beaches of Avlaki, Aghios Stephanos of Sinies, Kerassia (eastwards), Seki and Kalamaki (westwards). All of them are very close, at a distance less than 10 kilometers far from Kassiopi. A great local feast ("panighyri") takes place on the 15th of August, in honor of Panaghia Kassiopitissa (Assumption of Virgin Mary).
In case of health problems, a Medical center is available in the village. The village has also a police station and a fire tender. Access from the capital (Corfu, 37 kilometers far away) is possible by rented or private cars and motorbikes. Facilities for mooring of yachts and water and fuel supply are available in the small port in front of the village.
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Today Debian, the Linux OS, marks it's 18th Birthday since the Debian Linux Project first kicked off with Ian Murdoch's founding announcement statement on 16th August 1993.
In the past 18 years the Debian distro has grown massively with 11 releases to date with the most recent being Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" in February 2011. There is also more than 35,000 binary packages for the amd64 architecture under the current "unstable" branch – over 44GB worth of Free/Libre Software!
Debian has become a well known and commonly used Linux Distro, available in over 65 languages, and with an massive user-base, including a huge array of educational institutes Debian is here to stay.
Why not give Debian a try? Check-out Debian.org!


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Maria Menounos Bikini Photos: Cabo San Lucas
Why doesn't she help her fellow Greeks by charging say $1 a view for her ass for example in this pic but buck naked ? Greece's debt problems could be solved in a couple of months.
cue angelic choir.
I just to use her awesome butt as a pillow.
Thank you for this belated Christmas present.
Maria can stick her ass in my face and fart anytime!


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Playful practice . Finding alignment within the postures, connecting the mind and the body (yoga), focus and attention bring a full body experience, cultivating present moment awareness. Moderate activity. All levels welcome.
Relax & Restore (R&R)
Restful practice. Designed to re-set and bring rest to the nervous system and the mind, as well as the body. Reconnect with your spirit with breath awareness and meditation. Grounding, nurturing and supportive. Very low activity. All levels welcome.
Ease into Asana
Gentle practice. Designed to get you started, whether new to yoga, returning to your practice, or learning modifications for specific needs (ie: injury, challenge, etc). Foundations of asana practice, introduction to meditation and breath awareness. Light to moderate activity. All levels welcome.
Moving meditation. Active flow practice. Postures connect together as the breath guides the mind toward stillness. See below for levels.
Short Flow Practice
45 minute class. Designed to re-center and energize. Great mid-day attitude
adjustment. Moderate to high activity. All levels welcome.
Strong Flow Practice
75 minute practice. Designed to challenge the physical, focus the mental,
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"Mat work" designed to bring balance to the body through core strength, flexibility and awareness. Moderate activity. All levels welcome.
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Democrats Ask Drug Policy Office to Do More to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Twenty Democratic senators are asking the Office of National Drug Control Policy to do more to combat the opioid epidemic, according to the Associated Press.
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President Obama said he is "committed to restoring balance in our efforts to combat the drug problems that plague our communities" in unveiling his 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, and while the plan does little to address the imbalance between demand-reduction and supply reduction spending in the drug budget, it does place stronger emphasis on implementing proven prevention strategies and investing in early interventions that are better integrated into mainstream medicine.
Prevention, drugged driving, and prescription-drug use are laid out as the priority focal points for 2010. The Strategy also sets out what drug czar Gil Kerlikowske acknowledged are "ambitious goals" to be met in the next five years, including reducing:
Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), was recently grilled on Capitol Hill over the direction of U.S. drug policy, but the new Strategy received plaudits from a diverse array of organizations, from Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) to the National Narcotics Officers Associations' Coalition and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
"FAMM wholeheartedly support Mr. Kerlikowske's goal of implementing evidence-based prevention, treatment, and enforcement tools. We have long believed that criminal justice debates in this country would benefit from more science and evidence and less emotion and politics," said FAMM President Julie Stewart. "This blueprint could not be more timely as Congress prepares to consider bipartisan legislation to establish a blue-ribbon national criminal justice commission that would examine all aspects of the system."
Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Drug Policy Alliance and a longtime critic of U.S. drug policy, called the strategy "an imperfect improvement" over those offered by previous administrations.
"There's no question that it points in a different direction and embraces specific policy options counter to those of the past thirty years," according to Nadelmann. "But it differs little on the fundamental issues of budget and drug policy paradigm, retaining the overwhelming emphasis on law enforcement and supply control strategies that doomed the policies of its predecessors."


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I expect my memory cards tomorrow so I can shoot higer res images and down-sample for the web. This is only slightly resized and there's plenty of noise but I thought it was nice enough to post regardless!
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I read the title in NetNewsWire and thought you were menstruating. ;-P


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Maurice Nicolle (1862-1932)
@ French doctor and biologist, born in Rouen (Seine-Maritime, France) on March 1, 1862. His father, Eugène, was a doctor and teached natural history at Rouen. His mother was a clockmaker's daughter in Bayeux. He got two brothers: Charles (Ch. Nicolle), the younger who later became doctor and biologist, and Marcel, who turned towards arts.
1869-1879 Brilliant general studies at lycée Corneille in Rouen.
1879-1881 Started medical studies first at the general hospice then at the Hotel-Dieu in Rouen.
1882 Registered at the faculty of medicine of Paris and started his military service in the 22nd section of military nurse.
1884 Death of his father and failure at the internat.
1885 Successful candidate at the Internat des Hopitaux de Paris .
Friendship with another medical student, Léon Daudet, and became familiar with families Daudet and Goncourt.
1887 Left for Germany, in Würzburg, to make training with professor von Kölliker where he skilled up in anatomo-pathology.
1888 Published his first article with M. Letulle entitled: Le tissu élastique du coeur dans les scléroses cardiaques d'origine vasculaire .
1890 Defended his PhD thesis in Medicine : Contribution à l'étude des affections du myocarde : les grandes scléroses cardiaques .
1890 Attended the cours de microbiologie at the Institut Pasteur and decided to become a researcher.
1893 Interested in staining technics for micro organisms, together with V. Morax, he set up a staining method for microbial cilium, so-called Nicolle-Morax. He published two notes on the staining properties of ammoniated ruthenium oxychloride compound with J. Cantacuzène.
1893 While just named as technical assistant as a replacement for W. Hafkine for the microbiology course at the institute, Louis Pasteur sent him in Turkey at the request of sultan Abdul Hamid II.
11/1893-09/1901 Manager of the imperial Institute of Bacteriology of Constantinople (IBC), organized with the contribution of A. Chanternesse. From his arrival, he undertook an epidemiological and microbiological study on the cholera disease (published in 1896). He also conducted research on bacterial diseases (pneumonia in anatolian goats, pasteurellosis), viral diseases (Rinderpest, vaccine) and protozoan-caused diseases (bovin piroplasmosis, Aleppo boil). He also worked on improving methods for preparation of dyphteria toxin. Part of these works has been carried on by Adil Bey, one of his students. He was also in charge of teaching microbiology to Turkish doctors and veterinary surgeons.
1895 Married Valentine Rose during holydays in France.
1900 Published result of his teaching in Constantinople in Les élèments de microbiologie générale where he fully adopted E. Metchnikoff's opinions on phagocytosis and its role in immunity.
1901 Birth of his son Jacques in Rouen. Further to several altercations with French representatives and Turkish authorities, he resigned from the Bacteriological Institute of Constantinople and returned to the Institut Pasteur. P. Remlinger succeeded him at the head of IBC.
1902 In collaboration with P. Remlinger he published his Traité de Microbiologie Générale where he related the courses he gave in Constantinople on microbiological methods and pathogenic organisms.
1902-1926 His return to the Institut Pasteur attracted young researchers and students among which E. Cesar, J. Magrou and E. Pozerski. At that time, work dealt with: parallel study of diastasis (enzymes) and dyes; chemiotherapy (trypanosomiasis treatment with benzidine dyes); hypersensitivity and immunity following inoculations of glanders bacilli into guinea pigs; immunity (action of antibodies, antigens, toxins and antitoxins).
1910-1914 In replacement of J. Binot, became laboratory head of the microbiology course at the Institut Pasteur. R. Legroux became his assistant.
1914 Death of his wife.
1916 Acidental inoculation of Malte fever. Cured by L. Cotoni.
1918 Became associated member of the Société de biologie.
19/12/1920 Experienced a first paralysis attack on the right side of his body but still continued working.
1923 A. Calmette made an apartment available for him located rue de Vaugirard near the Hôpital Pasteur.
1926 In collaboration with Ch. Broquet, he published a corrected and improved second edition of Elèments de microbiologie générale et d'immunologie . Experienced a second attack which forced him to stop any scientific activity.
1932 Death in Paris.
Publications in collaboration with : G. Abt, Adil bey, E. Alilaire, P. Aubert, A. Berthelot, J. Cantacuzène, E. Césari, Debains, G. Durante, Fayet, P. Forgeot, Frasey, Frouin, Jouan, G. Loiseau, J. Magrou, F. Mesnil, V. Morax, H. Mouton, E. Nicolas, O. Noury bey, Ed. Pozerski, Quinquand, A. Raphaël, Refik bey, P. Remlinger, A. Robin, Ch. Truche, Zia bey.
Bibliography :
- Magrou (Joseph), L'oeuvre scientifique de Maurice Nicolle , Monographies de l'Institut Pasteur , Masson et Cie éd., 1934, 150 p.
- Nicolle (Jacques) : Maurice Nicolle (1862-1932), Un homme de la Renaissance à notre époque , éd du vieux colombier, Paris, 1957.
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CSEAS can sponsor Visiting Scholars or Visiting Student Researchers for periods of three months up to one year. Visiting status can be renewed once for a total term in residence of two years. No extensions beyond this two-year limit are accepted. Visiting positions carry full privileges at the university, including library and gym access and an e-mail account. CSEAS is not able to provide office space.
Visiting Scholars or Student Researchers must be in residence in Berkeley during their tenure. They must be engaged in an active research project requiring the use of campus facilities. They are expected to participate in CSEAS events and to be involved with the university's community of faculty, students and scholars interested in Southeast Asia.
Restrictions: Visiting Scholars must either have a Ph.D. granted more than five years prior to the term of the appointment starting or, if without an advanced degree, have demonstrated significant contributions to the field of Southeast Asian Studies. CSEAS is not currently able to accept applications from any scholars whose Ph.D. was granted less than five years ago.
Visiting Student Researcher applications are accepted from graduate students at the dissertation stage. Because of exchange agreements, students from the following universities cannot enroll as visiting student researchers: Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University and Yale University.
Additional information on the application process and requirements is available through the office of Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs.
Non-U.S. citizens should consult the Berkeley International Office for current information on visa requirements and fees.
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Economia e felicità: quali implicazioni per la politica economica
Economia e felicità: quali implicazioni per la politica economica (by Ferruccio Bresolin) - ABSTRACT: Recently, great emphasis has been attached to the psychological aspects of human economic behaviour showing the limits of pure rationality in economic science (A psychologist like Kahnemann won the Nobel Prize in Economics). Traditional economists used to study individual wellbeing on utility basis and utility function has been linked to the disposal of goods and consumption. Easterlin was the first to emphasize that happiness is the aim of men and that only in particular situations is it linked with income and wealth. So the problem is: given that the pursuit of happiness is an inalienable right, comparable to life and freedom, what can the policy maker do to reach this aim? Which are the implications for economic policies considering this fundamental need of people? The aim of this article is to offer some reflections on this topic after a critical review of the limits of the tools of Economic Theory in explaining the inexistence of a direct correlation between income levels and happiness in developed countries.
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Volume (Year): 2007/19 (2007)
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Great Ports: Crown Princess Cruise Review by baillie
Overall Member Rating
Great Ports
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Other
Dinner on the first night meet a lovely couple Rob and Susan and attempted to have a conversation but kept getting interrupted at least 10 times by the wait staff. I understand that the goal is try to push packages and get people to spend money...but at least let us get our bearing. Out of this we purchase a wine tasting package.
The wine tasting...well all the wines only one was any good...but we had a hard time hearing the staff giving the instructions because a table of Italian Ladies talked the whole time. And not until the instructor for the class battery to his microphone went out did he ask people not to talk or have side bars so everyone could hear.
Thank you for making the overhead announcement in More English!
The food in the main dinning room was fantastic!
And the food on the buffet was fine if not a little limited in selections. The apples on the ship where bad...bitter, and mealy. The bananas where just nasty. The pineapple and cantaloupe was fantastic and sweet.
Thank you for restricting the areas where smoking can be done. I got to enjoy my balcony without the stench of cigarette smoke.How Crown Princess can Improve:
They need to update their entertainment...it is all very dated.
Although I appreciate the lack of small children running wild on the ship and no animated characters bouncing around...YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! Most of the time the Princess Theatre was 1/2 empty because the entertainment was not that good. Get out of the 60's and 70's entertainment.
Another thing: YOUR INTERNET CHARGES ARE OUTRAGIOUS! I understand as we become more frequent users of Princess cruises that free Internet is offered...but 79 cents is ridiculous...get a reasonable daily rate going.
The shopping on the ship could have more selection...felt the options where limited and clothing was dated. Do you really have to carry all of the
perfume? Get more options in there.
Lastly, sent some cloths down to the laundry and two of my husband shirts came back stained. One shirt my husband was going to wear to dinner and I noticed what looked like an oil stain on the silk shirt. Got with the cabin steward and he returned them to laundry to be taken care of...they came back still with stains and discoloring. Laundry tried to say that they did not launder the silk shirt because there was no laundry tag on it. The tag had been pulled off when my husband was going to wear the shirt and why would weleave it on to scratch the back of his neck. Now I have to submit to the company for the damage shirts. In the future I will use the pay washing machines on the ship instead of paying over $70 to get laundry done. Lession learned. Less
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Cabin review: MBD203 Mini-Suite with Balcony
Generous closet with plenty of hangers and storage space. Bed comfortable, sleeper sofa, balcony, refrigerator, bathtub, flat screen TV. Room located above princess theatre can hear show from room. No rooms across hall due to theatre being located here. Otherwise great location and not a lot of foot traffic.Read All Mini-Suite with Balcony (MB) Reviews >>
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This is very good to surround grilled chicken or turkey legs, or for a salmi of duck or hare.
The column moved on again at midnight and halted at daybreak at salmi.
Really, that salmi yesterday,—couldn't have it better done at the "Rag" now.
It was delicious; and I fancied I could recognize a salmi of partridge.
Helping himself without loss of time to the salmi, he ate away, like one whose appetite had suffered a sore trial from suspense.
He could not enjoy the salmi of caponhardly could he enjoy the Madeira.
If cooked game is used for the salmi, simmer for ten minutes only after the pieces are added to the sauce.
salmi of partridge, with the littlest possible dash of garlic in the sauce.
Porthos was enjoying a salmi de lièvre, and swallowed half of the back.
The salmi which followed it was good, and even the Feodora chef could not have sent up a better rum omelette.


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Besides the square tin which gives the ordinary square loaf, there is a sheet iron rounded pan open at the ends.
Take a sheet of nice white paper, and lay it smoothly in a square tin pan; having first cut it to fit exactly.
Out dropped four square tin boxes, each with a cover and a handle.
Cover the bottom of a square tin pan with a sheet of fine white paper, cut to fit exactly.
Then take it off the fire; have ready a square tin pan; put the mixture into it, and set it away to cool.
He raised a hand out of the water and it held a square tin case, with a rope attached.
The cake was in a square tin and had been cut ready for use.
I pick my apples in square tin pails which have false bottoms; slide the fruit out at the bottom.
And she dropped the dough into a square tin, patted it on the back, and placed it on the shelf in the oven.
It occurred in this wise: We had fully two-thirds of a pumpkin pie that had been baked in a square tin.


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What a cute combo! You look totally adorable, congratulations on your 7th month! I can totally imagine all the cuteness going on at the shower, Jen sure know what you like, such a great sister!ReplyDelete
Cee. ♥
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you look so great in stripes with your bump! :) love your yellow shoes.ReplyDelete
Beautiful and love this entire combo.ReplyDelete
Adorable baby shower! & I'm in love with that blazer... so cute!ReplyDelete
awww your baby shower theme is so cute! Glad you had fun :)ReplyDelete
I didn't buy anything maternity when I was pregnant. To me it just seemed like a waste when I was pregnant in the summer and could get away with maxi dresses and flowy pieces.
You're looking gorgeous btw :) Cannot wait to see the little one (if you will share her pic on here I mean)
Love all of this! The stripes, the yellow shoes, the jewels, the blazer, the bag....:)ReplyDelete
that's what forever 21 is for! :]ReplyDelete
Hello from one preggo Blogger to another! I posted a youtube video and a blog post about 2 weeks ago about not spending the money on maternity wear! I also have other preggo fashion tips, so feel free to stop by and take a gander! Forever21 has been kind to me too! I'm due July 9th, so I'm officially 9 months! Yikes! I will for sure follow you on instagram and will follow this lovely blog. You are cute as a button! xoxoReplyDelete
I'm seriously obsessed with everything about this. Everything about this is perfect and I want every single thing here hahaha!ReplyDelete


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Summer is slowly trudging by, and I am counting down the days until I head off for college in the fall. One of the things I am doing every day to keep in touch with Dartmouth's amazing programs is keeping up with the Big Green Bus (http://www.thebiggreenbus.org/). It's a bus that is run completely on waste vegetable oil and this summer, 11 Dartmouth students are touring the entire nation to spread environmental activism. It is a true model of a youth-led sustainability initiative and one that inspires me to continue my own environmental efforts with SSE. I think it's really empowering to see this group of students spending weeks together, all united around one goal: to represent the young
minds in our world working to make a difference, one community at a time. At every stop they make, they impact people, build connections, spread the influence. It's so powerful the way they slowly build the momentum as they travel across the nation. Sometimes, it's community work by helping kids in Arizona plant popcorn. Sometimes its visiting the nation's
Capitol and engaging in meetings. Everything they do will contribute to a powerful, rippling effect that can change perspectives and even more, lead to direct sustainable actions. I'm definitely going to continue to follow their journey…hopefully a few years from now, I will be able to have a spot on the BGB crew! Good luck on the rest of your trip BGB '12!


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Okay, for those interested, I've been making profiles for characters who should appear in the next smash bros., based on my like of the characters. That being said, I could always make profiles for characters I didn't think of. If you have a request, message me or comment. Also note I'm working on characters while assuming my ideas in Smash Bros. Improved are used. Here is a link if you've NEVER READ MY MOST AMAZING BLOG EVER.
Yes it is that epic. Also a lot of other games I did in the Improved series, a blog series I wrote. Now for the Mario characters I included.
And Yoshi
Basically I gave these characters new life in stating alternate fighting styles they could have and weapons and abilities they could buy and equipt. I've also gave them different final smashes to pick from, and a new stage I had ideas for. If someone wants to try to hack these movesets, stages, final smashes, or costumes, feel free just give me a link to watch them. Also I added a few new characters that have never graced the Smash Bros. Universe
and Bowser Jr with Shadow Mario form.
These are two characters I feel are worthy due to my own video gaming life. Remember I've NEVER PLAYED CERTAIN MARIO GAMES like the Mario & Luigi rpg games... though I would try them if I found them and was thinking about it. Geno left an impression on me through Mario RPG for the SNES. Bowser Jr. also left an impression and I've enjoyed his character since Mario Sunshine. His love for paint and giant robots makes me smile (though in my original character list I forgot about him completely until a few days ago... it was a list off the top of my head after all). The next few characters from the Donkey Kong series will progress just like this, using Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, and even including Dixie Kong and King K. Rool. I'll show possible changes for Donkey and Diddy if I can find any that could be made as well so stay tuned.
If you have a Mario character you think should have some spotlight in the next Smash, feel free to make a profile or let me make one, even if I haven't played the game, I'm great at research and making a profile of someone like.... Fawful.... may prompt me to want to play certain games more. Enjoy.


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Love's primary contact at UNC is with Larry Porter, the Tar Heels' running backs coach. The two communicate often, but Williams's commitment hasn't been addressed.
"[Porter] likes to send me motivational stuff, even though he's going through camp," Love said. "He's busy with his team, but it's still good to hear from him every now and then."
Although Love would like to know how he now fits into UNC's plans now that Williams is committed, Love says the pledge doesn't harm the Tar Heels' chances with him.
"Like I always say: every school is going to have competition," Love said. "Wherever you end up, you've got to fight to play. If North Carolina is the place for me, I'll go in and compete with all their running backs."
Love has yet to name a list of final schools, but revealed that he's strongly considering East Carolina, Florida, UNC, NC State, Stanford, and Virginia Tech. The door is open for other programs to jump into that list, namely Wisconsin.
Love was looking to make a verbal commitment in August – and even began to make plans for an announcement at his school. However, he has pushed back those plans until October at the earliest. He now plans to take official visits before making a decision.
"It's still moving forward," Love said. "My dad is still working with the school, because I'm trying to [announce] here at [Wake Forest High School]. It's still in the works. We're just trying to find a date. The sooner, the better."
Florida, Stanford, and Virginia Tech are definite official visit destinations for Love.
The trajectory of close friend Nyheim Hines's recruitment has mimicked that of Love's. Thus, the two have leaned on each other, especially lately.
"We compare notes sometimes," Love said. "We try to plan visits together. We're trying to get official visits together. It's a good idea to talk to Nyheim, because he's going through the same process. I can see if the coaches are really genuine in what he's saying."
Even though they're close, Love and Hines haven't discussed attending the same school as a package deal. However, Love says just because they play similar positions won't mean they'll go different directions.
"Ultimately, wherever I end up will be good for me and wherever he ends up will be good for him," Love said. "It might not be the same place, but it definitely would be a good opportunity to play together. But, we'll be following each other and continue to be good friends regardless."
Love said he would also enjoy being college teammates with friend Marcus Marshall and teammate Dexter Lawrence.
On Twitter, Love regularly hears from commitments representing UNC, NC State, and Stanford. From the Tar Heels' corner, Andre Smith and William Sweet have been the most aggressive on Twitter, according to Love.


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PLANS for a new multi-million pound shopping centre in Worcester can today be revealed - creating around 500 new jobs.
Your Worcester News can reveal a major developer wants to build a retail park dubbed a 'mini Cribbs Causeway' on acres of green fields off Newtown Road.
Although the shops are being kept a closely guarded secret, we understand talks are already well advanced with John Lewis about becoming a main focus for it, and that negotiations have included the likes of Next, Marks & Spencer, B&Q, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.
The park is likely to span 500,000 sq ft and come with around 1,100 parking spaces, creating a significant new shopping destination.
Although the retailer says it will not comment on speculation, John Lewis is believed to be interested in opening a 'House' store on the site, which specialises in furnishings for property.
The land in question is known as Worcester Woods, which the city council has wanted to see developed since the 1990s.
The 11 hectares of greenery is owned by Spetchley Estates, and back in 2005 outline planning permission was granted for a business park on the land.
The development never came to fruition but the site is still considered ideal for investment and is in the South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) for some kind of commercial use.
In recent months a new plan has been hatched, led by Land Securities, the country's biggest developer.
The firm has been touting the site to interested retailers and wants to create a shopping centre offering something different to the city centre.
The city council is also believed to be open minded about it, as long as the retail park focuses on items like home furnishings and does not directly compete with the High Street.
The development would not affect Worcester Woods Country Park, a county council-owned countryside centre which sits just behind the site.
At the moment talks are ongoing with the retailers, with Land Securities aiming to get as many as possible to agree to become a part of it in principle, subject to a planning application being submitted and then approved.
But the proposals are considerably well advanced, and the application for the site is expected to include as least 13 different units led by an anchor store in a 90,000 sq ft shop, according to sources close to the project.
A spokesman for Land Securities said: "Land Securities is assessing the viability of creating a retail scheme that would bring investment and jobs to Worcester, compliment the city's existing retail offer and make Worcester a more attractive regional retail destination."
SHOPS and community leaders have welcomed the retail park plan - saying they would not be against it as long as it does not harm the High Street.
Land Securities' plan is believed to be based around creating a range of shops that will not compete with the city centre.
Worcester MP Robin Walker said: "The jobs would obviously be great and the investment talked about here is another big positive for the city.
"More big names looking to invest in Worcester is always welcome, it's really exciting.
"But it's vital the shops are the right ones, we must protect the city centre and I believe parking charges must come down."
Councillor Adrian Gregson, city council leader, said: "If you look at everything else that's going on in Worcester like Cathedral Plaza, the cultural quarter, a Waitrose, Sherriff Street, the technology park, the level of investment is very positive and we want to see that continue."
Sources say the shopping centre is becoming an 'open secret' among well-known brands, and that there is some concern about the impact on city centre shops.
James Brown, store manager at DW Sports in the High Street, said: "I've worked in Kidderminster and Dudley but Worcester is different, it's got a lot of coffee shops, branded stores, plenty of affluence.
"My worry would be shops leaving to relocate there, as long as that doesn't happen.
"They need to make sure the city centre stays strong and that it doesn't compete.
"Business is good here and I believe that's because of the city centre."
Under planning guidelines, the Government has told councils not to differentiate between office jobs and retail based employment.
But key to any approval would be how it would impact upon the city centre, and what plans are in place to deal with congestion.
All of the retailers understood to be in talks over the site have refused to confirm their interest publicly, although some have gone further than others.
A spokesman for Sainsbury's said: "Worcester is a city we've been interested in expanding our presence in for some time.
"We have explored a number of options though have yet to confirm any particular site."
A spokesman for John Lewis said it would not comment on "market speculation".
Land Securities says a timescale for the planning application is dependent upon signing up retailers, and that it could be submitted before the end of the year.


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Over the past two decades, the Internet has been transformed into an
unmatched global resource that spans the worlds of knowledge and entertainment.
Now with more than 600 million users in Asia, 130 million in Latin America and
the Caribbean, and 50 million in Africa, it is an ever-expanding means of
communication. It lies at the fulcrum of our increasingly interconnected and
networked societies, driving the worlds economies, fostering trade and commerce
and promoting better health care, food production and education. With these
tremendous strides, safeguarding the Internets vital systems and
infrastructures against attack by cybercriminals has taken on great importance.
The theme of this years observance is "Protecting Children in Cyberspace.
Children and young people are among the most prolific users of the Internet and
mobile devices. As they surf through cyberspace seeking information and
entertainment and building social networks, they are also among the most
vulnerable to exploitation. Without safeguards, their precious lives are at
grave risk in the vicious world of cybercriminals and paedophiles that prey on
easy targets.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes the right
to education and access to information, as well as the right to engage in play
and recreational activities. The Convention also accords the child protection
against all forms of exploitation and inducement to engage in any unlawful
activity. It is our duty to ensure that the provisions of the Convention are
applied rigorously so that children can safely access the Internet and other
online resources without fear of falling prey to unscrupulous predators.
The virtual world has exciting possibilities for nurturing children and
helping them grow into creative, productive adults. But we must mind the
pitfalls that could scar them for life. I urge policy makers and industry
leaders to find the means to make the rapidly evolving virtual world safe for
Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary-General


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2014 Jeep Cherokee Heads to Dealers after Long Delay
Have you been anxiously waiting for the 2014 Jeep Cherokee? In spite of long delays the company is finally getting its act together and the new compact SUV should start to arrive at dealerships over the next 10 days.
Doing the right thing is rarely easy… or cheap, but Chrysler is taking unusual steps to make sure the reborn Cherokee is delivered to customers without any issues. The company is testing each and every vehicle to make sure it functions properly.
They're installing new software to smooth out how the engine, nine-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel-drive system interact. This detour is unusual and has helped push this Jeep's debut back by about two months. Still, it's probably better to correct these issues before vehicles end up in customers' driveways.
Production of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee commenced on June 24 and to date about 23,000 examples have been built. This stockpile of vehicles should be good for dealers, who have seen strong demand for the new crossover utility. Cherokees have been parked at vast lots in Northwest Ohio, near Chrysler's Toledo assembly plant where the vehicle is built, as well as places in Southeastern Michigan.
If you've been patiently waiting to park a new Jeep Cherokee in your garage the wait is nearly over. They should start arriving at dealerships shortly.
Discuss this story on our Jeep Forum.


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"Burn 'em"
★☆ Basic Information
» Name:Igneel | イグニール
» Nickname:Red King
» Gender:
» Age: 24
» Clan: -
» Height: 185 cm
» Birthday:July 30
» Horoscope: ♌ Leo
» Eyes: Amber
» Hair Red
» Blood Type: A
★☆ Looks
Igneel is a tall, muscular man with red hair and amber eyes. His red hair is kept short, ruffled, and spiked, with two strands of hair near the opposite sides of his head falling over his face, as well as distinct sideburns.As a teenager, his hair, while still short and kept ruffled, was messier and his bangs fell across his forehead. Since at that age, there have been light creases under Igneel's eyes, which he still has.He wears a black, leather jacket with a fur collar and a white V-neck underneath. He wears dark blue, denim jeans held up by a simple brown belt, with a silver chain attached from the belt to his back pocket, additionally with black shoes to top off the rest of his outfit. Igneel wears other jewelry pieces with his clothes, primarily silver: a silver ring, and a star-shaped necklace. He also has a piercing in his left ear.Once,Igneel wore a long-sleeved brown sweater under a high-collared black vest.While still a high school student, he wore a white school shirt with an upturned collar and a loose, striped red necktie. Over that, Igneel wore a black sweater vest, and underneath, plaid pants and brown shoes.
★☆ Personality
He is quite lazy and spends a lot of his time sleeping, which he does so much that Igneel is able to fall into a deep sleep in a matter of seconds. Likewise, he is not affected from being woken up via head slam, reacting calmly when such an incident occurs. In contrast to this casual nature of his, Igneel has been said to be the most violent-tempered of all the Shinobi's in kumogakure, such a statement being more evident in his younger years. Igneel also appears to have bad manners.Food is occasionally an attribution to Igneel's dark sense of humor. He once suggested to name a horse "Basashi" and grew hungry once he looked at its shoulder, which is a known part of the horse to be commonly eaten.Igneel possesses a genuine relationship with all of his villagers and cares for their well-being. However, since the last ninja war, he has since been more quiet and distant towards them. Nonetheless, his genuine concern for them has not wavered and he remains close to his villagers.Igneel is an avid smoker, having smoked since his early twenties. He loves smoking weed
★☆ Village Info
Village of Birth:雲隠れの里 Kumogakure
Village of Alliance:雲隠れの里 Kumogakure
★☆ Rank/Chakra Info
- Specialty:
Fire→Able to use fire jutsu's with a single handseal.
Earth-Profound mastery over Earth jutsu allows him to do Doton jutsu's faster.
♦ Taijutsu
♦ Chakra Sensory/Chakra Sensing
- Elements:
Arid Release→Mastered
- Your Ninjutsu:
♦NB Genjutsu→C-rank
♦NB Taijutsu→Completed(Except Restricted)
♦Kinjutsu→Needs Training(Won permission from a Kumogakure tournament)
♦Martens Summonings→Mastered
♦Toad Summonings→Training
♦'‡‡‡‡Igneel's Customs‡‡‡‡'
♦Curse Mark of Heaven - on hold
Curse Mark of Heaven Lvl 1:When Igneel activates his curse mark in lvl 1 state,black marks shaped like flames starts to appear through out his body.
Curse Mark of Heaven Lvl 2:When Igneel activates lvl 2,his body completely changes.He now grows two horns on his head and wings sprout from his shouldersgranting him the ability to take flight.He also grows a tail.
★☆ Background History
Igneel was born in Kumogakure. His mother was a woman who stayed at home taking good care of him, where his father was a dope of a ninja. His dad eventually left them, claiming he was on a very important mission. He never came back. Igneel thought that his dad was on an important mission which required a lot of time. It was later that he found out about the truth, and wanted nothing to do with him.Soon he started his journey as a ninja in the village of kumogakure under the guidance of many legendary figures.He graduated from the academy at an early age of 7.Igneel desired to become strong and trained under many elite shinobi in the way of a ninja.Along the way he made friends with fine shinboi's both in his village and outside.In a few years of time,he completed most of his trainings and soon found himself as a teacher to many young shinobi.s.Under Zanji's guidance,Igneel trained many ninja's in various shinobi arts.Time passed by and Igneel started to become an important figure in his village,taking up the title of Peace General.Igneel now aspires to beat Mugiwara,the shodaime raikage of kumogakure.Even at the moment he is training very hard to surpass Mugiwara.
★☆ Other
Theme Song and Background Music:
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PM with Nexus Regarding the CM: http://narutobase.net/forums/private...m&pmid=1499059
This is an update of My Igneel bio(in sig)
~Approved~ when are you people going to learn I can't read PM's? Meaning that link is utterly worthless and that means you can not use any kind of CM unless you give me a confirmation of Nexus in VM or make him post here, especially considering he doesn't just give by default lvl 2 CM.


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Chase Stanley is set to be the Bulldogs' first back-line signing in the post-Ben Barba era after club officials agreed to terms with the St George Illawarra centre on a two-year deal.
Bulldogs chief executive Raelene Castle confirmed to Fairfax Media that the club had agreed a deal with the New Zealand international, and only the finer details of the contract were to be confirmed.
''Another Kiwi joining the ranks, that's good to see,'' Castle said. ''He's a young, talented player, and we think he's going to add some real strength to that back line.''
Off contract at the Dragons, Stanley will leave the club for the second time to join the Bulldogs; two years in Melbourne were sandwiched by two stints at St George Illawarra.
The Dragons have signed Souths centre Dylan Farrell, as well as Newcastle's Peter Mata'utia, to cover for Matt Cooper's retirement, and the club also boasts the promising Charly Runciman and Nathan Green for next year.
The Bulldogs have Krisnan Inu, Tim Lafai and Josh Morris as outside backs, yet the acquisition of Stanley gives Des Hasler's outfit depth in the back line, having lost Barba to Brisbane.
''He gives us options,'' Castle said. ''He's capable of playing centre or wing, and that gives us some stability around those combinations for next year.''
Yet who plays fullback remains the subject of intense scrutiny. There has been speculation that the Bulldogs were attempting to lure Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne to replace Barba, who sought an early release from his contract on compassionate grounds. The Bulldogs have also been linked to Warriors fullback Kevin Locke, as Englishman Sam Tomkins is destined for the Auckland-based club.
Castle said of that speculation: ''We are having no significant discussions with anyone about fullback at the moment.''
Test centre Morris filled in at fullback while Barba was out of the side in the latter part of this season, but it is known he is more comfortable in the centres. Morris is off contract at the end of next season, and the Bulldogs risk losing him if they play him away from his preferred position. The Dragons, where Morris started his career and where his twin brother Brett plays, will be ready to make a move for their former player.
Barba, meanwhile, had ankle surgery on Thursday after being injured in his final match for the Bulldogs, Sunday's loss to Newcastle. Barba suffered a syndesmosis injury, which had plagued him in the final rounds of the regular season.
The surgery is not expected to prevent Barba from having a full off-season with the Broncos.


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Deep-Water Animation and Rendering
In this paper we introduces a new realtime level-of-detail deep-water animation scheme, which uses many different proven water models. In addition we show how to utilities todays latest graphic hardware for realistic rendering of oceans.
In this statistical model of sea, wave height is a random variable of horizontal position and time, h(X,t). It decomposes the wave heightfield into a set of sinus waves with different amplitudes and phases. While the model itself provides us with a tool to generate these amplitudes and phases, we use inverse Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) as a mean to quickly evaluate the sum.
FFT is a fast version of discrete Fourier transformation, i.e. Fourier transformation that samples the input at regularly placed points. Description of both regular FT and FFT together with its interesting properties and working algorithms can be found in [6], which is also available online.
FFT allows us to quickly evaluate the following sum:
Here X is a horizontal position of a point whose height we are evaluating. The wave vector K is a vector pointing in the direction of travel of the given wave, with a magnitude k dependent on the length of the wave (l):
k =2p /l
And the value of h (K,t) is a complex number representing both amplitude and phase of wave K at time t. Because we are using discrete Fourier transformation, there are only a finite number of waves and positions that enters our equations. If s is dimension of the heightfield we animate, and r is the resolution of the grid, then we can write:
K = (kx,kz) = (2pn / s,2pm /s)
where n and m are integers in bounds r/2 £ n,m < r/2. Note that for FFT, r must be power of two. For rendering the heightfield we need to calculate the gradient of the field to obtain normals. The traditional approach of computing finite difference between nearly placed grid points may be used, but it can be a poor approximation of the slope of waves with small wavelengths. Therefore, if we can afford it (in terms of computational power) it is better to use another FFT, this time evaluating the following sum:
Now that we know how to convert field of complex numbers representing wave amplitudes and phases into a heightfield, we need a way to create the amplitudes and phases themselves. Tessendorf [2] suggests using the Phillips spectrum for wind-driven waves. It is defined by the following equation:
In this equation, l = v2 /g the largest possible wave arising from a continuous wind with speed v, g is the gravitational constant, W is direction of the wind and K is direction of the wave (i.e. normalized K). a is a numeric constant globally affecting heights of the waves. The last term in the equation (|K W|2) eliminates waves moving perpendicular to the wind direction. In this form, the resulting animation contains waves that adhere the wind direction, but move both with and against it, resulting in a lot of meeting waves (and opportunities for splashes and foam creation). If you prefer waves moving in one direction, you can modify this term to eliminate waves that moves opposite to the wind (i.e. the dot product is negative).
Also, to improve convergence properties of the spectrum, we can try to eliminate waves with very small length (w<<l) by multiplying the equation by the following term:
There are now two steps we have to do in order to prepare data for FFT create the amplitudes and phases at time zero, and then animate the field. The first part can be accomplished using the equation:
Where z r and zi are two independent draws from a Gaussian random number generator with mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
Now, given time t, we can create a field of the frequency amplitudes (independently on previous time, which can be valuable):
Where w is angular frequency of wave k representing the speed at which the wave travels across the surface. You may wonder, what is the source of the right term in this equation? Its there, because our resulting heights (result of the inverse FFT) are only real numbers (i.e. their imaginary part is equal to zero). It can be shown that for such a function, the following must holds for the amplitudes:
where * is the complex conjugate operator 1.
As you may notice, there is one last piece missing in the jigsaw, and thats value of w for a given wave. Since we are animating deep-water sea, there is a simple relation between w and the corresponding wave-vector K:
w2 (K) = gk
Here g is again the gravitational constant and k is the magnitude of vector K.
There are several modifications to this equation, perhaps the most useful for our purpose is taking depth d into account:
Instead of modifying the heightfield directly, we will horizontally displace the positions of the grid points using the equation:
X = X + lD(X,t)
where l is a constant controlling the amount of displacement, and D is the displacement vector computed with FFT:
The value of l must be carefully chosen if its too big the waves start to intersect them selves, and that certainly breaks the realism. However, detecting this situation seems to be a good way of spawning foam and spray more on this in chapter 3.7. The difference between the normal waves and the choppy waves modification can be seen in Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 respectively.
The pressure forces are defined as the negative of the gradient of the pressure field of the water elements, i.e.:
Given the fact that water is a Newtonian fluid [19], i.e. a fluid where the stress is linearly proportional to the strain, the net viscous force (Fv) per unit volume is defined as:
Where r is density, V is velocity and L is dimension.
Now that we have all the forces acting in fluids, we will use Newtons second law (F = mA) to describe the motion:
Now assuming uniform density we can write the equation as:
This equation conserves the momentum. In addition we need the mass to be conserved:
These two equations together are referred to as the NSE. Unfortunately the NSE is a set of highly non- linear Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) thats not easily solved. In the literature theres many methods for discretizating the PDE both in time (explicit/implicit) and space (Finite Difference, Finite Volume, Finite Element). Going into detail on how to solve the NSE would require a document it self, so instead we will just briefly described what we implemented and how we used the result.
We started by implementing an explicit finite difference scheme on a uniform grid known as the Marker-And-Cell (MAC) method, since this is widely used in earlier works ([7], [8], [9], and [10]). In short, we divide the solution space into finite cells that holds the velocity and pressure. We then solves Equation 2-9 by finite differences on this grid, for then to enforce Equation 2-10 by an iterative process called Successive Over Relaxation (or one can form a linear system and solve it with for example a Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient method). While solving this is rather simple in closed form, adding boundary conditions and then in particular free-surface conditions is complicated and not well described in the given references. Another problem inherent to finite differences, are stability. Although whats know as the Courant-Friedrichs- Levy (CFL) conditions for stability can be somewhat enforced by calculating local viscosity and adjusting the time step according to the velocity and the cell size, it gave us unbelievable much pain! We therefore took the time to also implement Jos Stams stable solver [11]. Once again it turns out that we can use FFT for solving the closed form, that we will use for the surface details. Stam has recently also released source code for this solver [18], so one should be able to get up running with this effect quite fast! Once we have a field solved with the NSE, we populate it with particles that are moved according to the bilinear interpolated velocity of the nearest grid elements. These particles will quickly form streamlines (see Figure 2-3) in the field, showing all the turbulent vorticity we expect to see on a tension surface. We then take the finite differences of these particles velocities, and treat them as tangents, for normal calculation. All these normals are then feed into a bump-map, that we apply as real-time surface detail as shown in Figure 2-4.


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Delitape Bling-Bling - Deluxe Cassette Player
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AppZapp: 'DELITAPE brings that old time feeling back and turns any modern smartphone into a classic Walkman.'
Go retro on Facebook and Twitter: Share songs you love imprinted on your favorite tape with a fingertip.
Remember your tapes from the eighties? This vintage music app brings you back to the old days. Swipe through the finest tapes animated with great passion for detail! When a song is being played, the app simulates the turning of the old fashioned tape cassette. Fun guaranteed for young and old.
DeliTape is the Deluxe Cassette Player for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Easy to use! No setup required! It just works!
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Confederate Retreat from Shiloh
Withdrawal from Shiloh historical marker. State Highway 22
just south of historic Monterey (now called Michie). The marker
describes the final action of the Shiloh Campaign at Fallen Timbers. The
actual location is closer to Shiloh National Military Park. Click here
to see a panorama of the Fallen
Timbers site courtesy of
Don Worth, Webmaster of the 48th
Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
(3-93) Withdrawal From Shiloh, April 8, 1862. The rear guard of the Army of the Mississippi, under Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, withdrew to Corinth. In this vicinity, about 300 sabres of its cavalry under Col. Nathan B. Forrest, effectively stopped two infantry brigades and the 4th Illinois Cavalry, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman commanding. Col. Forrest was wounded in the engagement
Falling Timbers area
Photo courtesy of Jacob Scott, MO
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Patient from hell + GPs and primary care
As an older person I'm happy with the treatment I get from the NHS, but I wish government and leaders in the health service would listen to opinions like mine
Why I will give my GP surgery glowing feedbackDick VinegarIf my GP practice is good, why aren't others, asks the Patient from Hell
Five Year Forward View: are GPs on board?Dick VinegarAlongside positive reaction to Simon Stevens' plan are voices of some angry doctors – which suggests better leadership is needed, writes Dick Vinegar
Hospital IT is in a hopeless, fragmented messDick VinegarHospitals have problems getting their wards to communicate with each other, never mind with local GPs or patients, writes Dick Vinegar
Family doctors whose patients have to wait a week or more should learn from the better-performing practices, says Dick Vinegar
Ensuring a patient is seen quickly by a specialist could cost less than a long, drawn out treatment, says the Patient from Hell
Why patients want to have a named GPDick Vinegar
The Patient from Hell explains that older patients are used to personalised treatment and want continuity in their care
With the government pushing for more self-management, the Patient from Hell believes patients should never just stand in line for treatment
Dick Vinegar charts his highs and lows of the last year, including out of hours care and the backlash to Mid Staffs
Successes include 45% drops in hospital admissions, 30% reductions in length-of-stay and 60% fewer bed days, says Dick Vinegar
The NHS works best when it focuses on the patientDick Vinegar
The Patient from Hell, Dick Vinegar, is pleasantly surprised with a prompt, efficient service – and the appearance of an osteopath
The image of general practice is in the hands of GPsDick Vinegar
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, explains how GPs can improve their public image
If hospitals can provide 24/7 care, why can't GPs?Dick Vinegar
GPs currently provide patients with care for about 50 hours a week. The Patient from Hell argues that this is not enough
A late discharge summary – typical, it seems, of the perennial state of war between GPs and hospital doctors – makes a follow-up consultation meaningless, writes the Patient from Hell
Did GPs get off lightly from Francis?Dick VinegarPatient from Hell Dick Vinegar explores the implications of the Francis report for GPs. Will they revert to their pre-Mid Staffs attitudes?
Why is the NHS still using snail-mail?Dick Vinegar
Email between patients and doctors would be cheaper and quicker, so why isn't it being used, asks the Patient from Hell
NHS reforms will fail unless GPs get behind themDick Vinegar
The Patient from Hell urges GPs to get involved in implementing the reforms as he considers what 2013 holds for healthcare
Half of the NHS is shiny and full of well-meaning planners. The other bumbles on with changes dreamed up 10 years ago, argues the Patient from Hell
Following a conference on telehealth last month, the Patient from Hell argues that clinicians who have experienced it are quickly converted
Obamacare could lead to an exodus of GPs from the UKDick VinegarUS reforms could lead to a shortfall of 63,000 doctors. The NHS should be worried about where those medics will come from, says Dick Vinegar
Have doctors changed since 1906?Dick Vinegar
The patient from hell watches the Olympic opening ceremony and goes to the National Theatre to see the play that helped inspire the creation of the NHS
Why the BMA should be leading the changeDick Vinegar
The Patient from Hell offers a few words of advice to Dr Mark Porter, the new chair of the BMA
Dick Vinegar: The study was completed a long time ago, yet the findings haven't been published. Is it because the NHS doesn't like the conclusions?
How will older patients fare in the new NHS?Dick VinegarDick Vinegar, the patient from hell, wonders whether the government's promised right to sue will really offer patients protection
What makes doctors tick?Dick Vinegar
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, reads between the lines of a doctors' magazine, to reveal the inner workings of the GPs' soul
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, applauds the aims of the Power of Information, but wonders who will implement it
As the health service awaits an information strategy launch, the patient from hell comes up with his own suggestions. By Dick Vinegar
Is the NHS ready for an information revolution?Dick Vinegar
A health service IT conference sends the Patient from Hell's head spinning. How will the clinicians cope?
NHS reforms: Come back PCTs, all is forgivenDick VinegarThe patient from hell wonders why PCTs aren't doing a better job of letting staff and patients know what's about to happen
Despite the government's enthusiasm for telecare, many GPs will be too busy trying to commission to learn how to do it
A quarter of GPs wouldn't use their local hospital themselves, according to a survey. But are they prepared to demand improvements, asks Dick Vinegar
Do GPs really want plan B for the health bill?Dick VinegarOnly 7% of RCGP members voted on the plan for primary care trusts to remain in place, while 41,000 family doctors kept their mouths shut, says the patient from hell Dick Vinegar
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, examines contradictions in the parliamentary debate over NHS reform plans


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Taylor Swift 'Glee' Episode in the Works?
The relationship drama of the Taylor Swift song catalog, as interpreted by the Glee cast? Believe it or not, this seemingly impossible dream may soon come true.
Speak Now songbird Swift confirms to Zap2It that she's had talks with the powers that be on the hit musical show to create a special Taylor Swift episode, a la Glee's recent Britney Spears episode. Swift spills,
"There have been conversations, and when those happen with all these new opportunities, it usually comes down to scheduling. I'm a huge fan of the show, and I think it showcases music in a great way, so I would be really excited if anything were to happen there."
Better clear some time on your schedule, Taylor, because something tells us there just might be some public interest in seeing this happen.
What Taylor Swift songs would you like to hear the Glee cast tackle? Share with us in the comments section.


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Microembolic Signals Detected by Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Corresponds to Persistence of Foramen Ovale in Neuropsychiatric Lupus with Brain MRI Abnormalities.
Padovan2, Melissa, Bortoluzzi2, Alessandra, Azzini1, Cristiano, Vito1, Alessandro De, Tola1, Maria Rosaria, Trotta3, Francesco, Govoni3, Marcello
Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna - Ferrara, Ferrara, FE, Italy
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna - Ferrara (Italy)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities, as small punctuate hyperintense lesions in subcortical and periventricular brain white matter areas (WMHL) are a frequent but not specific finding in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with and without neuropsychiatric (NP) involvement. Their pathogenesis is not fully understood yet, being recurrent cerebral micro-embolism - detectable through transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) - one of the hypothesized mechanism. In general population microembolic signals (MES) may be detected with a reported frequency of about 15 % often due to the persistence of foramen ovale.
To assess the frequency of microembolic signals (MES) by using transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound in SLE patients with and without brain MRI abnormalities.
A TCD registration to detect MES from the middle cerebral artery was carried out accordingly to a local standardized protocol in 21 SLE patients (mean age of 42,2 years, range 3255) with and without NP involvement lupus, after exclusion of aortic and/or carotid atheromatous disease. In all patients brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transesophageal echocardiography were performed. Patients were stratified in two groups, with and without MRI WMHL and compared. Antiphospholipids antibodies (APL) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) status were checked too.
MES were detected in a total of 11 patients (52,3%), 4 APL/LA+ and 7 APL/LA-, 9 out of 15 patients (60 %) with abnormal MRI and history of NP SLE had MES compared with 2 out of 6 patients (33.3 %) with normal MRI (1 NPSLE and 5 without NP involvement). No correlations between MES and APL or LA were found. The persistence of foramen ovale was confirmed in almost all case of MES detection. However with abnormal MRI only one case did not show persistence of foramen ovale.
Compared with what has been reported in general population, MES is a frequent finding in SLE patients irrespective of their previous history of NP involvement and more prevalent in patients with MRI abnormalities compared with patients with normal MRI. These finding either suggest caution in the interpretation of MRI pictures and a careful evaluation of MES in patients with MRI abnormalities which should be included in the work-up of SLE patients prompting further investigations for micro-embolic sources (i.e. carotid plaques and/or right-left shunt due to the persistence of foramen ovale).
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Padovan, Melissa, Bortoluzzi, Alessandra, Azzini, Cristiano, Vito, Alessandro De, Tola, Maria Rosaria, Trotta, Francesco, et al; Microembolic Signals Detected by Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Corresponds to Persistence of Foramen Ovale in Neuropsychiatric Lupus with Brain MRI Abnormalities. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :1162
DOI: 10.1002/art.28928


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Multimedia Journalism and Mass Communication Course Descriptions
211 (PL) Communication, Politics and Citizenship (3)
Issues of communication as they impinge on citizens of a free society, with a focus on political discourse in the public sphere. Features communication strategies in campaigns and elections, argument patterns for public policy and political controversies, and the relationship between rhetoric and the media. Formerly titled Communication and the Political Order. Also cross listed as COMM 211.
212 (PS) Advertising and Social Influence (3)
Examines history, strategies, techniques and effects of advertising on individuals and society. Formerly titled Communication and the Economic Order. Also cross listed as COMM 212.
213 (PH) News Literacy (3)
Examines the many forces that shape news today and how the press has changed. It prepares students to critically evaluate the information that they receive and the sources from which it emanates. Also cross listed as COMM 213.
220 Radio Production (1+)
Practical work at one of the college radio stations. Students will have individual evaluation sessions. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. Prerequisite: one term of successful work at WVIK or WAUG, and permission of instructor. Also cross listed as COMM 220.
221 Newspaper Practicum (1+)
Practical work on the Observer or other student publication. Students will have individual evaluation sessions. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. Prerequisite: one term of successful work on the Observer, and permission of instructor.
225 Converged Media Practicum
250 Multimedia Reporting I: Information Gathering and Writing (3)
Introduces a toolkit of conceptual and practical skills in multimedia journalism. Students will learn about reporting in contexts that cut across the traditional barriers of print, broadcast and online news.
251 Multimedia Reporting II: Web and Photography (3)
Introduces the basics of web design and production, still photography, and audio and video recording and editing. However, because of the changing nature of technology, this course focuses on journalism production concepts that transcend the specifics of any single software system. Prerequisite MJMC 250.
252 Multimedia Reporting III: Audio and Video
301 Ethics and Law in Multimedia Journalism (3)
Provides an overview of the ethical and legal issues affecting multimedia journalism.
310 Topics in Multimedia Journalism (1-3)
Special opportunities to study with guest journalists and/or complete off-campus learning experiences related to multimedia journalism. Up to 3 credits count toward MJMC major/minor.
322 Communication Theory III: Media and Social Influence (3)
Develops a sophisticated understanding of how "media" and "mass communication" are theorized and researched by communication scholars as important social and cultural forces from two broad perspectives: social science and critical/cultural studies. Features emphasis on significant advances in the history of mass communication and media theory, locating important areas of similarity and difference between theories, and media research as an important field of communication inquiry. Also cross-listed as COMM 322.
340 (PP) Propaganda (3)
Examines some of the most significant events of the past century and the public persuasion campaigns surrounding them, including propaganda campaigns and techniques from the First World War through the current conflict between Islamic factions and the West. Also cross-listed as COMM 340.
345 (PP) Cultural History of Broadcasting (3)
Addresses the ever-changing complexity of broadcasting by considering the shifting relationships between institutions, politics, culture, social organizations, and technology. It also addresses broadcasting historiography, considering how the development of radio and television has been conceptualized and written. Offered every other year, rotating with SP350. Also cross-listed as COMM 345.
350 Issues in Broadcasting (3)
Examines the role that broadcasting plays in society, paying particular attention to some of the most controversial issues surrounding media ownership and media content. Exploring these issues from both legal and ethical perspectives, students consider the effects of existing media practices, as well as the potential for industry change. Offered every other year, rotating with SP345. Also cross-listed as COMM 350.
360 Communication and Emerging Technologies (3)
Addresses the effects of emerging technologies on social, political and economic communication. Also cross-listed as COMM 360.
403 Public Relations (3)
Reviews current practices and emerging trends in public relations and examines how communication is used to impact relationships between organizations and their publics. Communication theories and public relations methodologies are put into practice in a case study-rich course. Students will create a portfolio-quality public relations plan.
404 Broadcast Writing and Production (3)
Introduces elements of radio and television production (including shooting, writing and editing); students create their own broadcast feature stories.
Individual Studies and Internships
199, 299, 399, 499 Directed Study (1+)Enables students to learn about a specific body of information not ordinarily covered in the curriculum. A Directed Study normally entails reading a specific body of literature assigned by a faculty member, discussing that literature with the faculty member and possibly preparing a final presentation.
389 Internship: Analysis (3+, limit of 3 to count toward graduation)
Analysis of the background, structure and policies in the sponsoring organization. During the academic year this course must be taken concurrently with Internship 388 and 389. See Internship for more information and requirements for internship placements. Prerequisites: acceptance into the program by the internship committee and a declared major or minor in multimedia journalism and mass communication.
400 Independent Study (1+)
The student pursues original research in an area of particular interest. Generally involves questions not covered in regular courses. Normally requires weekly meetings with the supervising faculty member and some variety of spoken or written final presentation. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.