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We're here at Citi Field, getting ready for Mets-Marlins. The Mets, by the way, come in with the best winning percentage on Opening Day in major-league history at .646 (31-17). Jerry Manuel said before the game that his biggest concern coming out of spring training is the bridge to K-Rod. The manager said he will go setup by committee to start. For his sake, hopefully there will be something regularly to set up. Interestingly, during the pregame introductions, the Mets' two trainers and strength and conditioning coaches were booed. Oliver Perez had the same reception, and Jerry Manuel and Luis Castillo heard some boos, too.
Here are lineups:
1. Alex Cora SS
2. Luis Castillo 2B
3. David Wright 3B
4. Mike Jacobs 1B
5. Jason Bay LF
6. Gary Matthews Jr. CF
7. Jeff Francoeur RF
8. Rod Barajas C
9. Johan Santana P
1. Chris Coghlan LF
2. Cameron Maybin CF
3. Hanley Ramirez SS
4. Jorge Cantu 3B
5. Dan Uggla 2B
6. Ronny Paulino C
7. Cody Ross RF
8. Gaby Sanchez 1B
9. Josh Johnson P
Update, 1:27: You had a feeling David Wright was going to be more of a home-run threat this year after all the work he did this offseason and after his five Grapefruit League homers in 54 at-bats. And first at-bat of the regular season — home run. He put it in the right place, too, slicing it about 345 to the right-field seats, down the line. Jason Bay also singled off Josh Johnson in his first at-bat. It's 2-0 Mets in the top of the second.
Update, 2:38: The Mets' offense has been bringing up bad memories, wasting scoring opportunities. Mike Jacobs and Jason Bay went down swinging with runners on first and second and one out in the third. Then the Mets had the bases loaded with no one out in the fourth, but Johan Santana flied to shallow left and Alex Cora lined into a double play, making them 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position. It's 2-0 Mets, heading to the last of the fifth. Santana has allowed just two singles so far.
Update, 3:27: Santana did his part, giving up one run and four hits over six innings. He also stranded four in scoring position.
The Mets are up 6-1 in the last of the sixth after scoring four runs this inning and knocking out Johnson in the process. Bay opened with a triple and Gary Matthews Jr. walked. Clay Hensley replaced Johnson and gave up a sac fly to Jeff Francoeur. Hensley made a wild pickoff throw to first, allowing Matthews to go to second. Rod Barajas followed with an RBI double to center, and Angel Pagan, pinch hitting for Santana, followed with an RBI single. Dan Meyer came in and made a wild pickoff throw, too. It went as a stolen base and an error, with Pagan going to third. Pagan scored on a groundout by Alex Cora.
Update, 4:22: Mets win, 7-1. K-Rod closed it out with a 1-2-3 ninth.


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I am Rolando La Placa from Caguas, Puerto Rico, studying Physics at Harvard University. I have always wondered a lot of things about nature and everything that surrounds us. For me, Physics is the best answer we have to the questions of who we are and why the universe behaves as it does. It has been a fundamental part of the knowledge of humanity for centuries, and it is a solid foundation for all of the sciences.

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Tepung Bunga is one of the traditional kuih from Terengganu. When translate it into English it become ' Flour Flower'.....the name is so cute, isn't it ?And it does look like cream puff...hehehe...
This Tepung Bunga has the crispy / crunchy skin, and chewy in the middle. I dusted some icing sugar on it for more umphh....and of course you can eat it without dusting the icing sugar too.
The recipe is from K.Nor , ;)
1 1/2 cup glutinious flour
3/4 cup ( 180 ml) thick coconut milk
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, but I use one only, it's enough. Slightly beat.
Oil for deep fry
Some icing sugar for dusting
Mix salt and glutinous flour.
Add in coconut milk, and knead to form a dough.
Divide into a small balls, about 18 -20 gm each, then flatten it with your palms.
Dip it into the eggs, and deep-fry in the hot oil , until golden brown.
Dish up and place it on paper towel.
Dust some icing sugar and serve.
Knead to become a dough....
Divide into small dough about 20 gm each, the flatten it with your palms....
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Galileo appears in the Google's Summer of Code 2013 competition.
Mara Branzanti, a PhD student at Geodesy and Geomatics Division, from University of Rome "La Sapienza", has been selected in the worldwide Google Summer of Code competition to decode Galileo signal and compute Position Velocity and Time solutions (PVT) exploiting the four in orbit Galileo Satellites.
With the advent of new in-orbit satellites, the landscape of Global navigation by Satellite is rapidly changing.
In this context, Software Defined Receiver (SDR) philosophy find a great response.
Currently, the open source GNSS-SDR can acquire, track, decode and produce PVT (Position, Velocity and Time) solutions considering GPS signals only. For the Galileo constellation, it just allows to track the first four in-orbit satellites.
Hence, the aim of this project is to :
- implement add-ons for Galileo satellites
- develop new blocks to decode Galileo navigation messages
- generate observables
- compute PVT solutions using both Galileo E1 and GPS L1 frequencies.
Her project, financed from Google, is part of GNSS-SDR software and her mentor is Javier Arribas from CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya).
- GNSS-SDR is an open-source GNSS software receiver freely available to the research community. This project provides a common framework for GNSS signal processing which can operate in a variety of computer platforms (http://gnss-sdr.org/)
- Galileo is the name of the European Satellite Navigation programme.


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Brave KnightsLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
A king heard that the nearby kingdoms were being destroyed by a fierce dragon. He called forth his most trusted and skilled knights to meet and plan how to protect the kingdom. The 6 knights, Sir William, Sir Andrew, Sir Luke, Sir Calvin, Sir Charles and Sir Vincent, decided that two knights would venture out to find and slay the dragon while the other 4 would defend the kingdom.
From the statements below, which two knights went to seek the dragon?
1. If neither Sir William or Sir Vincent rode out, then Sir Calvin did.
2. If either Sir Calvin or Sir Vincent went to kill the dragon, then Sir Andrew did not.
3. If neither Sir Andrew or Sir William were of the brave two that left the kingdom, then Sir Charles was.
4. If neither Sir Luke or Sir Andrew went out, then Sir Vincent did.
5. If Sir William was one of the two, then either Sir Calvin or Sir Charles was with him.
6. If Sir Vincent was not of the two who went to slay the dragon, then neither was Sir Andrew nor Sir Charles.
AnswerSir Vincent and Sir Charles went out of the kingdom to slay the dragon.
If statement 1 is valid, Calvin was one of the two that left. If not, either William or Vincent was one of the two. Therefore the PAIR could not be Andrew and Luke, Sir Andrew and Charles or Luke and Charles.
From 3, the PAIR that left was not Luke and Calvin, Luke and Vincent or Calvin and Vincent. From 4, the two could not have been William and Calvin, William and Charles or Calvin and Charles.
From 5, William did not venture out and therefore from 4 the pair was not William and Calvin or William and Charles.
From 6, Vincent must have been one of the two since the statement identifies three of the four knights not eliminated. From 2, Vincent was one of the two, and by elimination, the other is Charles.
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AN education expert who was brought up in East Lancashire has appeared before magistrates charged with administering poison to a girl.
Mary Kidson, 55, originally from Nelson, was accused of three separate offences of administering poison when she appeared before Hereford magistrates today.
Kidson, a former Nelson Grammar student, is behind an online educational resource for children with learning difficulties, and was first arrested in March 2013.
She spoke only to confirm her name and current address in Dymock Road, Ledbury, during the short hearing at Hereford.
Kidson is accused of unlawfully and maliciously administering hydrocortisone tablets, endangering the life or inflicting grievous bodily harm on the alleged victim, between 2010 and March 5, 2013.
She is further alleged to have poisoned the same girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, by giving her oestrogen tablets from February 2011 until 2013.
And she faces a separate charge of administering thyroid extract to the youngster between August 2012 and March 2013.
Kidson did not enter a plea and was granted bail to appear before Worcester Crown Court on May 19 for a plea and case management hearing.


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Not enough people are, according to the OECD. In a recent study the organisation found consumers not only have low levels of financial literacy preventing them from making informed financial decisions but they often overestimate their knowledge and skills.
Now Allianz has launched a website where people can find out about a whole range of financial terms to help their decision making, from estate planning to merging portfolios after marriage. There's even a chance to trace how the price of coffee has increased in the past 30 years or how it might change in the future.
And if that doesn't help to demystify some of the jargon then try the Financial Times lexicon.


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I know dandruff is on the way when my head starts to itch. When that happens I make sure to wash my hair with Head & Shoulders. Yes, we all know this brand. They've been around for years and have really evolved to be the best dandruff shampoo on the market. And that's for good reason. Their shampoo and conditioner really work. No, I'm not a spokesperson, just a satisfied customer.
I don't have to worry about "that smell" either. You know what I'm talking about. The smell that most generic dandruff shampoos leave you with. The new Head & Shoulders collections come in 11 different scents at an average price of $7.99. The hubby and I have been using the "Ocean Lift" formula and it has done wonders. And I've even noticed how soft and manageable it has left my hair. I only use it once a week now, but it has helped to maintain the health of my scalp.
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I've been on birth control for 10 years. What are my chances of getting pregnant at 35?
I've been on birth control for 10 years. What are my chances of getting pregnant at 35?
Hi Georgia,
35 year old women have about a 35% chance of conceiving, and each year it takes for you to conceive after that, your chances start to drop dramatically, until you have about a 3% chance of conceiving at the age of 43.
Thank you, Kate.
So I shouldn't waste any more time and get to work...
Good Day kate, I am 35 years old. I have a 4 yrs old and a 2 yrs old daughters. My husband wants a boy. I told him I want to get pregnant again and hopefully it will be a boy this time, when I am 39 years old. Is this possible?Can I still give birth to a healthy baby boy at that age? thank you
Hi Jhoan,
If you want to have another child, I would not wait until the age of 39 as you may find it very hard to conceive. I was able to conceive just after I turned 40, and gave birth to a healthy baby girl a month shy of my 41st birthday. But the body tends to become more acidic as it ages, and the "little boy sperm" will find a more acidic environment harder to survive in which means it may be harder to conceive a boy as you get older.
There are some really easy things you can do to help increase your chances of conceiving a boy which means you may want to start trying for a boy soon (read NOW!) if you want the best chance of having a son. The longer you wait now, the lower your odds will be of having a child, and I've worked with many women who, sadly, waited too long, and ended up having to pay a fortune for procedures like IUI and IVF, and even those procedures couldn't give them the child they longed for.
Hope this helps.
Warm Regards,
Dear 2jhoan,
I agree with Kate's comments above - I would recommend trying to conceive sooner rather than waiting until you are 39. Could I ask why you wanted to wait to conceive at age 39?
In terms of the statistics, when you are in your late 30s your chance of successfully becoming pregnant (in one year of trying to conceive) is slightly over 50%. At age 39, the chance of having a baby with Downs Syndrome is around 1 in 130.
At age 35 you have a 70% chance of conceiving (in one year of trying to conceive). The risk of Downs Syndrome at age 35 is 1 in 294.
You can certainly still give birth to a healthy baby at age 39 but your chances of getting pregnant (as explained above) are less.
Wishing you all the best,
Hello 2jhoan,
My first 2 children were 19 months apart and they grew up being best friends. They are now 20 and 21, and are still best friends. Having two children close together in age has wonderful benefits, as they have always have a play mate. I have five children, and every child had plenty of Mama time during their formulative years (the first five years). I always included the older ones in what I was doing with the younger ones. If I was feeding a baby, the toddler would come and sit next to me and we would read a book together. If I was changing the baby, the toddler would bring me diapers and wipes.
Truly I haven't seen where a child didn't have enough "Mama" time due to having a younger sibling who was close in age. Just make sure that if you wait to try for another child, that you won't regret it later, if you have a harder time conceive or are unable to conceive. You really are at an age now when conception becomes more difficult than when you were younger.
Warm Regards,
I must agree with Kate here.
Whilst having children who are close in age has its own challenges, you learn to adapt to these and there are huge benefits to a child who has a sibling close in age. Another factor to consider is that when you are older you may find having a baby more tiring and demanding. I would take some time to consider the increased conception difficulties associated with being aged 39/40 as well as the increased risks of certain syndromes for the baby. Of course, many mums do have a healthy baby at age 40 but this is certainly more likely at age 35.
Warm wishes,
My sister is 6 years married already. She's 35 and her husband is 36 but she still didn't get pregnant. She almost did everything. She even quit her job and stayed home as they said that she might be stressed. She used to have injectible contraception. Did this affect her fertility? Is there still a chance for her to get pregnant and many said that it is dangerous to get pregnant when you reached 40.
Thank you.
Dear Leslie,
I'm sorry to hear that your sister is having difficulties conceiving.
How long have they been trying to conceive? It is normal for it to take up to a year to conceive. Beyond this time it is recommended that a couple see a doctor if they have not got pregnant in order for a couple to begin fertility testing and start fertility treatment if necessary. Have your sister and her husband had fertility tests?
Contraceptive injections do not have a long term effect on fertility. However, in the short to medium term it can take a while for a woman's fertility to return to normal after stopping the injections. It can take up to a year in some cases.
As she is still 35 this is certainly a safe age to get pregnant. However, at age 35 a woman's fertility levels start to rapidly decrease. Many women can still have a successful pregnancy at age 40. However, it is much harder to conceive at age 40 compared to age 35 and the baby is at increased risk of having Down's Syndrome and there is also an increased risk of miscarriage. This is because both the quality and the quantity of a woman's eggs decrease with age past 35 years of age.
Therefore, I would recommend she sees her doctor sooner rather than later.
Is your sister overweight? Does she have irregular periods. There is a syndrome called PCOS which is a common cause of infertility in women and signs of this are being overweight and having irregular periods.
Does she eat a varied, balanced diet and regularly exercise? These can help when trying to conceive.
Does your sister use an ovulation predictor kit? There are only 3 days a month when you can actually conceive and it is wise to predict when these are.
Please post back and let me know some of the answers to these questions so we can help to support your sister here.
Warm wishes,
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Thank you for the reply LJ. I have suggested to her to register in this forum for her to get the help and information she needed. Thanks again.
You are very welcome. We look forward to welcoming your sister to our forum.
Thank you and Happy New Year.


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Sonia Douglas steps down at Gainesville chamber
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 5:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 5:10 p.m.
Sonia Douglas is stepping down as vice president and chief operating officer after 20 years at the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce effective Jan. 31 to pursue other opportunities.
Douglas, 55, said it is the perfect time to start a new chapter in her life and take time to explore the many opportunities available in the community.
"It's just a huge step of faith that God is going to provide the next thing in my life that he wants for me to do," she said.
Douglas said she needed to make a clean break to be able to do that.
"It's difficult when you've worked at the chamber as long as I have and the relationships you create with other businesses to go out and say 'I'm interested in what you're doing.' They say, 'I can't take you away from the chamber. I need you in the chamber.'"
Douglas started as administrative assistant at the chamber in 1993 and rose through the ranks. She served as interim president and CEO last summer between the tenures of Brent Christensen and Tim Giuliani.
She led the effort when the organization was first accredited by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as a 4-Star Chamber in 2003, followed in 2009 by 5-Star accreditation, a designation held by less than 1 percent of chambers.
Douglas also led the chamber's close working relationship with the Alachua/Bradford Workforce Board and helped lead the Innovation Gainesville economic development initiative.
"Sonia is an outstanding leader who helped guide the chamber's transformation into one of the top chambers in the country," said Mike Gallagher, 2012 chairman of the chamber's Board of Directors and president & CEO of SantaFe HealthCare, in a news release. "We're sorry to lose Sonia, but fully support her desire to continue to be involved in our community."
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Tom Johnson is out back, dismantling the flocking and fire retardant tent. Two employees are on the far right of the property, scrubbing the top and sides of a different tent they have already taken to the ground. There seems a sadness to it all.
I was in search of Christmas, even if just a shred of it. It puts me in a particular mood, one that makes me smile. Maybe you know of this ritual, too.
Tom Johnson and his brother, Eric, were everything except sad. Tell me a Christmas story, I asked them. They both smiled.
They have been in the Christmas tree business for close to 35 years. It started out as a bit of a lark. Their brother was managing a lot for a guy who had 17 of them. He hired them when they were just kids. It stuck with them.
They have been selling trees together since 1989, and have occupied this lot at Jeffrey Road and Irvine Center Drive in Irvine for 14 years.
They love their job. Tom Johnson figures they have moved better than a thousand trees this year.
The brothers walk me around what is left of their lot. Ninety-one trees, Tom Johnson says, when I ask how many are left. He hasn't counted them. He just knows.
They figure they will sell the last one sometime this afternoon. When you've been in the Christmas tree business as long as they have, Eric says, you just know.
"I have sold one in the past as late as 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve," Eric says. It will not happen this year. This, the brothers say, has been a good selling year.
People come from all over Southern California to buy the brothers' trees. People know them. They start coming in early September when the brothers open their pumpkin patch here. When the pumpkins are all gone, the brothers begin setting up for the Christmas trees.
On Thanksgiving Day, they clear out one of tents, buy a few turkeys, a couple of hams, prepare all the fixings and share a meal with their 30 employees and the families who come early to pick up those first Christmas trees.
In the days that follow, Tom, 53, will work the flocking tent, coloring trees in whatever color you might possibly want. He is one of the last of the tree flockers, he says, It is a dying art. It also accounts for about 10 percent of his business, which means he flocks a heck of a lot of trees.
They are mostly what he calls Eastern trees. Frasier firs and blue spruces that are common on the East Coast he flocks for people who have moved to Orange County from there. They miss the snow, Tom Johnson explains. They want a little of it at Christmastime, he says, even if it is fake.
Eric, 55, a construction worker the rest of the year, handles the front of the lot, putting new cuts on the trunk, getting the trees wrapped and tied to the tops of cars.
They walk me through the remaining trees, and I mostly notice the price tags. I stop and nearly fall over when I pass a noble fir, 19 feet tall, priced at a whopping $950.99.
"It's not just a tree," Tom Johnson explains unapologetically but amicably. "It's come from the Pacific Northwest. Someone had to take it down. Eight guys had to put it on a big truck. It took up a lot of room on that big truck. And that doesn't even account for what we have to do once we get it."
It was Dec. 20 when we spoke. Will someone actually purchase this tree? I ask them. They looked at me as if to yell, "Well, of course!"
It led to a different question: Who waits so long to buy a tree?
"Well, most people who would buy a thousand dollar tree will want to have it in their home and enjoy it for a long time," Tom Johnson said.
"As for the others, well, you would be surprised. Maybe the guy coming in tonight was on a long business trip. Maybe family they weren't expecting are showing up and they need a tree. Could be a thousand reasons, but people will show."
It is too early in the morning for anyone to show up looking for a tree. I let the brothers get back to work.
When a photographer shows up Friday to take pictures, he asks about the $950 tree. That 19-foot tree was cut shorter and sold, he was told. Now the most expensive tree on the lot: $480.
It is nice to know, though, that any trees they don't sell, Eric will donate to a charity that provides trees for needy families.
Though that would not be particularly good for their business, I am hoping they have a few leftovers.
Merry Christmas.
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The Seattle Times is more uptight than, well, the subject of The Vagina Monologues. The paper refused to put in an ad for a local production of the girl power play by Eve Ensler because the image, a heart made out of labias, wasn't "appropriate for their audience." (But we're pretty sure that well-informed newspaper readers already know about the vag.) The cherry on top of this story: the upcoming performances are sponsored by two reputable institutions, the National Council of Jewish Women and The Museum of History and Industry. The ad has been in other publications as well as put on display around town without complaint. The Seattle Times' refusal to print the ad has left Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg of B'nai Torah bewildered: "We have it hanging in several different places in our Temple." The show will go on, as scheduled, despite the prudish press. It's just sad and ironic since the purpose of the play is to openly and honestly discuss the va-jay-jay. [Ad Week]


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text: CARACAS, Venezuela ( TheStreet) -- Venezuelans will go to the polls on April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the socialist leader who died Tuesday following a battle with cancer.The South American nation's National Electoral Council announced the special elections on Saturday. Also Saturday, the opposition coalition announced that it had chosen Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles as its candidate, The Wall Street Journal reported. Capriles, who ran against Chavez in elections in October, wrote on his Twitter page Saturday that he was analyzing the electoral council's declaration and would tell the country in the coming hours whether he will run. If Capriles decides to run, he will go up against interim President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's hand-picked successor. Chavez, a controversial figure and fierce critic of the U.S., recently returned to Venezuela after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba. The 58-year old had served as the country's president since 1999.


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winds are looking very variable for tomorrow for Va Beach and OBX.
Weather Channel is saying SW W winds in the morning, but you guys are calling for ESE SE whats the deal. Dont want to take the 1 1/2 drive if its going to better here at home in crummy Va Beach


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England captain Charlotte Edwards won the Women's Ashes for a fifth time and then warned Australia she is not done yet.
The 34-year-old hit an England record 92 not out, from 59 balls, as she batted through a successful pursuit of 150 for three.
Edwards combined in a match-winning 114-run second-wicket stand with Sarah Taylor (50), before hitting the winning runs when she lofted Erin Osborne to the mid-wicket rope.
It sparked joyous celebrations, with an emotional Edwards raising her arms above her head, as her team-mates rushed onto the Blundstone Arena to congratulate her.
"I'm getting a bit soft I think," she said.
"To hit the winning runs and to lead the team out here is a pretty special feeling for me as an individual.
"It means everything to score the winning runs and lead the team."
It was a near-perfect moment for the England captain, but not one she is prepared to retire on following a glittering career.
Instead Edwards suggested she wanted to play on for another three years at least.
"While I'm playing the type of cricket I am playing at the moment I'll be around for a bit longer I think," she said.
"I'm as fit as I've ever been, I'm as hungry as I've ever been and there's a 2017 World Cup in England which hopefully I'd like to be part of."
Success meant Edwards' side were able to do what the men emphatically could not, and retain the Ashes six months after winning them in the summer.
The veteran admitted back-to-back engagements with Australia had left her emotionally drained since their important Test victory, which kicked off the multi-format series at the start of the month.
"Both series have been mentally tough," she said.
"I've had many sleepless nights throughout the Test match, throughout the one-day series.
"It's going to be nice tonight to have a few drinks and hopefully get a good night's sleep.
"It's hard doing back-to-back Ashes, without a doubt because you get to know the players quite well.
"That's what makes it extra special that we've done it out here, which was ultimately going to be our toughest challenge."


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my skills: C/C++,HTML,CSS,Dreamweaver,Photoshop,Illustrator,Coral Draw,PHP
i want to know how much ruby should i learn to grasp rails?
i am having all the pdf of the books. Ruby itself is very much vast. so i want to know that for learning rails,should i go through each topic of Ruby?
In Pragmatic Agile Web Development with Rails 4th Edition, Ruby is introduced in 12pages only & in other books its 500+. please advice me what should i do.
Agile web development is great, you will be able to be productive with Rails even if you only know those basics.All I had when I started was that book and the railsguides.
After you're familiar with Rails you could read The Pickaxe Book if you want to dig into the language more. It will no doubt make you a better developer but it's not required to get things done.
I would highly recommend reading about half of this book before venturing into rails. The problem with the Agile book is that it doesn't really teach ruby. learning rails than going back to ruby just seems backwards to me. So I highly recommend learning at least some things about the language in the simplest of forms before venturing into rails. That is what I have done myself. Half of that book was really enough for me to feel confident with the language to start learning rails and understand the API docs/code snippets. I will probably pick-up that pick axe book next. The one thing I'm having difficulty understanding is the actual framework code looking at the git repo. I'm sure learning some more ruby itself would help with that. Than again all frameworks are a mammoth to understand so that comes with the territory I suppose.
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linguoboy wrote:ILuvEire wrote:Oh, okay, so the internal ablaut is the exception, and not the rule?
The usual way in which this manifests is reduction of the initial syllable. For instance, /da'var/ "word" to /dva'rim/ "words". There are some more complex examples like /'melex/ "king" > /məla'khim/, but (a) they're not especially common and (b) if this is enough to scare you away from Hebrew then, whatever you do, don't look at the verbs!
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No Carlos Rafael... The new artist is ok, but it's just not the same. Will CR be returning??
No Carlos Rafael... The new artist is ok, but it's just not the same. Will CR be returning??
The red martians are a little too red for my taste, but I like the artwork in WoM # 21.
Does the new artist draw Dejah Thoris with an o-face in 9 out of every 10 panels?
No! It's a good effort, but I particularly like Carlos's Dejah.
WOOT! Warriors of Mars #5 is out this week, according to Previews' website!! At last!!
I just read it . . . and I think that this series . . . NEEDS A FOLLOWUP
I think that this last issue is a perfect launching point for a "war of the warlord" with gulliver eventually recovering his carpet, so he may travel back in time to defeat the HG wells martians before they invade earth . . . thus causing the earth invasion of barsoom.
Let Disney know, that you want to go Back To Barsoom.
Ack! I haven't read it yet, but Well's Martians are involved somehow? What the heck?
that is just what I WANT
I havent read the whole thing yet either, I just skimmed throught it - _ -
but I would love if the human invasion of mars was provoked by H.G. Wells Martians
thus time-travelling gullivar will have to travel through time and stop them! BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME XD
Let Disney know, that you want to go Back To Barsoom.
Ah, I see. Well, if it showed him averting the negative aspects of that future, I would like that. (I don't care for the idea of the WoM stuff leading up to a dystopia...)


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[Update: Victorian bushfires: February 10, 2014]
Several homes are feared to have been destroyed as a bushfire and a fast-running grassfire burn out of control and threaten lives in Melbourne's north-east.
More than 350 firefighters, 60 trucks and six water-bombing aircraft are battling a grassfire burning through housing estates north of Craigieburn and a bushfire in Warrandyte.
One house is confirmed to have been lost at Warrandyte, and one at Mickleham.
"The community of Beveridge is being impacted as we speak," Kangaroo Ground incident control centre commander Chris Hardman said.
"And we aren't to having much impact in stopping the fire."
He said the fast-moving grassfire, which began near Mickleham Road before gusty winds fanned the flames north, was proving too strong for the firefighting effort to stop as it charged towards homes.
"This is fast-moving and unpredictable. It's a day like today where people can get seriously injured and killed because it's right in amongst the communities.
"It's just burning too hard and fast."
Mr Hardman said at least two homes were confirmed destroyed at Mickleham Road emergency services did not know whether any residents had been injured by the fire.
He said people's lives and homes were fire crews' priories to protect.
"The implications of these fires are enormous because of the populated areas they are in," he said.
Residents of Beveridge, Donnybrook, Wallan, Kalkallo and Mickleham have been advised they are in danger and it is too late to leave.
The Hume Highway north of Craigieburn is closed in both directions.
The Country Fire Authority has warned residents in and around Flannery Court and Tindalls Road to take shelter, where a fast-moving blaze is headed south.
The wind change could push the fire towards Harris Gully Road, Heidelberg Warrandyte Road and Knees Road.
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MT: @DeanFelton7: Family escapes minutes before #Warrandyte bushfire engulfs their home pic.twitter.com/c3vQLSkERO — 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693)
February 9, 2014
MT @LexiDaish: This family home bore the brunt of the wind change in Warrandyte this arvo. Completely wiped pic.twitter.com/5ebg8bFjDv — 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693)
February 9, 2014
Out of control bushfire burning at #Warrandyte, it is travelling south. http://t.co/m2GxuXOrtq #9News pic.twitter.com/ya7fwKpxf0 — Nine News Melbourne (@9newsmelb)
February 9, 2014
#vicfires #warrandyte smoke now shifted & strong, blow north from Currawonfg bush park... Darn. Home. pic.twitter.com/LOfczxwuuR — Andrew McIntosh CPA (@Optimize_Biz)
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CARER, confidante, friend, honorary family member and occasional handyman, the role of Prospect's community nurses extends far beyond pain control and symptom management.
After a morning spent liaising with district nurses, GPs, dieticians and an array of health professionals to discuss the care of their charges, clinical nurse specialists get started on their rounds, visiting terminally-ill patients in their homes and assisting them and their relatives in any way possible and imaginable.
Over the years, Helen Mansell, like fellow nurses at the Wroughton hospice, has had to adapt to any situation, striking a balance between her medical duties and role as a strong emotional brace for families across Swindon and North Wiltshire.
Exercising her funny bone, finding the words to comfort patients as they struggle to come to terms with the finality of their diagnosis, or enabling them to enjoy the time they have left to the fullest are just a few of her daily tasks.
"If I visited a patient and they were not well, I would liaise with their GP or district nurse to help with their symptoms," she said. "It's really a multi-disciplinary approach.
"We usually do an average of three or four visits a day. They can last anything from an hour to three hours. It depends on what the patient needs.
"It's about allowing people to make the most of every day. And it is as much about the patient as it is about the family. Caring for the family is paramount. We need to support the family and support the patient.
"And you almost become part of the family set up. You come in and out very often and you build up a relationship. We have got our little jokes, you become close. It's difficult not to."
"You name it we do it," added Helen, who is one of 12 community nurses at Prospect. "You would be amazed at what we get involved in. Something might happen when you are in patients' homes and there is no-one else around so you help with anything, even moving furniture. You are in a family situation and you are part of it.
"It's about allowing people to have normality. You want to wave a magic wand but you can't so you do your best to support patients and their families. We are here to promote independence and help patients live well. And to do that you focus on the positive and try to maintain hope and help where you can."
Each community nurse looks after between 30 and 40 patients on average.
Without her continued support, Gordon Webb, 78, and his wife Lesley would have been unable to cope with the realities of life after a terminal diagnosis.
In January, the Freshbrook pensioner was diagnosed with incurable oesophagus cancer and had a stent fitted to allow him to eat.
As his health swiftly deteriorated, Lesley, 58, became his full-time carer and had to navigate complex health issues, bouts of sickness and the constant need to monitor her husband's diet; not to mention tackle mounds of bureaucracy to receive the correct benefits in her changed circumstances.
"It started about two years ago," she said. "He had two tumours in his bladder and then they found the cancer. He had radiotherapy and they put in a stent in January and that's when they said they couldn't do anything more for him. That's when we were referred to Prospect.
"We were shocked when they told us he had cancer. They said he had between six months and a year to live.
"Gordon likes Helen's visits. She is helping us make the most of the time we have. I know I can rely on her.
"She gives me advice on benefits, his diet and medications; it's a struggle to find things he can eat. She is helping me to deal with everything. Now I have to wash him bathe him, it's a 24 hour job. I felt on my own when he was diagnosed.
"I feel like I can talk to her, tell her my worries. I'm quite nervous sometimes about Gordon and it is difficult but at the moment he is feeling better. We are lucky to have Helen with us."
Choked with emotion, Gordon expressed his gratitude to Helen: "She supports me. She is cheerful, kind and funny. We have a laugh, we've got to."


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Domus, Museum of Mankind
Arata Isozaki & Associates
La Coruña, Spain
La Coruña, a seaport in the Galician region of north western Spain, is known for its fierce ocean wind and the rough waves it creates. Domus, Museum of Mankind, is situated overlooking Orzán Bay near the lighthouse of Hercules; a tower erected by the Romans.
To place a single building on the site, an almost vertical cliff which drops into the sea, called for a simple form that would surpass the scale of the residential backdrop and make a clear impression from far away in scale with the Lighthouse.
The rear facade was designed in the image of a Japanese folding screen. The screen elements have an average height of 11 meters in response to the scale of the surrounding residential area. The granite panels, backed by concrete, are constructed directly on the rock.
The 94 meter long, 17 meters high curved barrier wall, covered with green slate panels, consists of a series of 2.6 meter precast-concrete units. Using only rock from the Galician region throughout the project Isozaki achieved a sense of lightness not normally associated with stone.
The roof, supported by metal trusses resting perpendicularly on the two walls of totally different character, opens up into a sliding skylight for overhead lighting. The interior concrete wall surfaces are left exposed.
From the Promenade along the shore visitors to the museum ascend a grand stairway, with scenic terraces inserted as rest places, to the entry level 10 meters above the Promenade.
Inside the open-plan exhibition space adapts to the topography by means of a series of ramps linking the three levels of museum space in a linear progression. The events hall is situated above the entrance from the Promenade taking advantage of the section generated by the difference in level. Administration and study areas are situated on the top floor, beneath the skylight which extends around the perimeter. The exhibition space, from floors to handrails, is faced in slate.
The Museum restaurant, below the exhibition area, has its own entrance. Here the dialogue with the topography of the cliff is taken to its limits with the rock giving the restaurant a cave like atmosphere.
The wall facing the sea is expanded with a glazed balcony "glass gallery"; a traditional feature of the northern coast of Spain.
Facts about Domus, Museum of Mankind
Arata Isozaki
César Portela
Toshiaki Tange
Mashato Hori
Naoki Ogawa
Igor Peraza
Frederico Garrido
Amparo Casares
José Luís Gahona
Paulino Sánchez
José A. Suarez
Julio Martínez Calzón
Antonio Reboreda
Architectural technicians:
José A. Suarez
Pablo Reboredo
Concello da Coruña
Cubiertas y MZOV, S.A.
Last updated: December 19, 2013
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Over 660 animals reside in Oakland Zoo (one hundred and sixty species), each requiring a different meal:
- Large cats such as lions and tigers, along with vultures, eat different types of meat
– pork neck bones, ground meat, chicken, and more.
- Fruit bats eat fruits like cantaloupes, apples, and pears.
- Chimpanzees and sun bears eat different types of fruits and vegetables. Sun bears will also eat small amounts of insects and meat.
- Giraffes eat edible tree parts (browse), different types of grass hays, and small amounts of chopped vegetables.
- Warthogs eat different types of vegetables, small amounts of fruit, and small types of grass hays.
- Carnivores (meat eaters) consume dead rabbits, guinea pigs, deer, pig feet and skulls, and horse meat.
- Herbivores (plant eaters) have a sweet tooth. This allows the keepers to insert medications in their meals such as hiding pills in Fig Newtons.
- Food is donated or purchased, from different vendors such as "U.S. Foods," "Concord Feed," "North Bay Meat," and other vendors. For some of the animals, keepers use branches and leaves found on Zoo grounds.
Do you want to feed our animals? You can at our upcoming Feast for the Beasts event – bring in fruits and vegetables and watch as our elephants and other animals enjoy your treats. Find out more here.
Tags: Feast for Beast, feeding, Oakland Zoo, Zena the ZooKeeper


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New Hands-on Learning Opportunities Prepare Students to Enter Legal Profession
New seminars in legislative lawyering, immigrant women advocacy, and in-house counsel lawyering
New hands-on seminars this fall in legislative lawyering, immigrant women advocacy, and course on in-house counsel lawyering offered American University Washington College of Law students practical skills for launching legal careers in a competitive job market.
"These new offerings join American University Washington College of Law's tremendous array of experiential learning opportunities available through our ten in-house clinics, Trial Advocacy Program, and an Externship Program that is one of the largest of its kind in the country, with externships both here and abroad," said Claudio Grossman, dean, American University Washington College of Law. "All of these options give students solid experience to prepare them to enter the legal profession."
Legislative Lawyering Practicum
The Legislative Lawyering Practicum combined classes with hands-on experience to prepare students for work as successful legislative lawyers. Legislative lawyers help to make and interpret laws by employing their knowledge of how laws are created and enforced.
This fall, 12 students explored the intersection of law and politics through two parts of the program.
For the first part of the program, students took a seminar each week taught by Professor William Yeomans, and adjuncts James Flug and Samuel Goodstein. Flug, is former Chief Counsel for the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Goodstein is chief of staff for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D – RI). Yeomans served as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The seminar covered the essential basics; from the structure of congress, to legislation development, and political coalitions. The students also participated in simulations of a U.S. Supreme Court simulation hearing, legislative markup, and Constitutional convention.
Simultaneously, students were placed in key offices in Congress, and the Executive Branch, and in public interest organizations to work in a legislative capacity, including in the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, the Senate HELP Committee, and personal offices in the House and Senate. Duties included working on the development and committee markup of legislation, participating in oversight, conducting background research, and attending hearings and meetings.
"Our hope is that students in the program come out with an understanding of what it is like to work with the legal issues involved with Congressional oversight," said William Yeomans.
The practicum will be offered again in the spring 2013 semester.
"At least one person is continuing their externship, and one student continued in their legislative position well after they had completed the hours required by the course," said Yeomans. "This semester's feedback was very positive, and I think we'll be able to make the experience even better next semester."
Immigrant Women: Law and Policy
The newly created National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) hosted a seminar this fall, "Immigrant Women: Law and Policy," examining the role lawyers play in achieving legislative, administrative, and policy gains in legal rights under U.S. laws that have been made on behalf of immigrant women, children and particularly immigrant victims of violence against women.
According to Leslye Orloff, director of NIWAP, the goal of the course is to see and experience how to work with or within government to "make the world a better place."
The classroom component of the seminar taught by Orloff and Rocio Molina, assistant director, focused on practical topics such as how to write a regulation or amend a statute. Each student was also assigned a public policy project for course credit.
These projects responded to unmet needs of immigrant crime victims, women, and children. The projects were for organizations or government agencies outside of the American University community, and many of the research and deliverables from these projects are being implemented.
"The students were able to see firsthand the intersection between different areas of the law," said Orloff.
For example, student Brittnay Roberts spent the semester researching the rulings from family court, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and immigration judges rulings with regard to battering or extreme cruelty. The student's research will be issued as a report by NIWAP that will help immigration judges and the BIA better understand the forms of psychological abuse, intimidation, and isolation that constitute extreme cruelty. The report will catalogue how state family laws and family courts have defined "battering" and "extreme cruelty" in for cause divorce, alimony, protection order and custody cases.
The research has already been submitted to Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is being used to create training materials for DHS and BIA on battering and extreme cruelty in Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) cases. The goal of the research is to promote consistency between DHS adjudications and BIA and immigration court findings of battering and extreme cruelty in all VAWA immigration cases (self-petitioning and VAWA cancellation of removal.)
Although the work of NIWAP occurs year-round, the course will be offered again next fall.
In-House Counsel Lawyering
Corporations, non-profit organizations and government provide excellent and prestigious employment opportunities for lawyers. The law school developed an in-house counsel lawyering course for the fall semester to equip students to for these roles.
The course, "Beyond the Law Firm: The Role of Corporate, Government and Non-Profit Institution Counsel," addressed the experiences of in-house counsel in both for-profit and not-for-profit settings. This covers law firm practice management, business and legal regulatory compliance, and legal ethics issues confronting in-house counsel (such as "who is the client?" and "to whom does the duty of confidentiality run?").
Instructors included adjunct faculty Jeremiah S. Buckley (founding partner of BuckleySandler LLP), Andrea Lee Negroni (Of Counsel with BuckleySandler LLP), and high-profile corporate and government general counsels or chief legal officers from organizations such as the U.S. Department of Housing or Goldman Sachs as regular guest lecturers. Instructors and guest experts shared real-life examples of the principles discussed in the course.


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Get Your Plate in Shape: Lunchby Toby Amidor in Uncategorized, March 15th, 2012
We're continuing our celebration of National Nutrition Month; last week we gave you breakfast options that follow the USDA's MyPlate guidelines; now on to lunch.
The Guidelines
The guidelines for lunch are pretty similar to breakfast. You want to make sure half of your plate is filled with fruit and veggies, ¼ with grains and ¼ with lean protein. Although the MyPlate photo shows milk as a side beverage, it's not a must at every meal. You can get in your dairy in the form of low-fat or nonfat cheese or yogurt too.
Meal 1: Chicken Burritos
- Chicken and Bean Burrito Verde
- Side green salad with 2 tablespoons of vinaigrette dressing
- An orange
Food groups: Grains, lean protein, vegetables, fruit
Meal 2: Salad
- Grilled Thai Beef Salad
- 1 cup soy, low-fat or nonfat milk
- Winter Fruit Salad
Food groups: Lean protein, vegetables, fruit, dairy
Meal 3: Turkey Burgers
- Mix-and-Match Turkey Burgers
- 1 cup sliced peppers and cucumbers
- Slow Cooked Pineapple
Food groups: Grains, lean protein, vegetables, fruit, dairy
Meal 4: PB&J
- 2 slices 100% whole wheat bread topped with 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter and 1 tablespoon jam.
- 1 cup baby carrots
- 1 cup soy, skim or low fat milk
- Small banana
Food groups: Grains, lean protein, vegetables, fruit, dairy
Meal 5: Roasted Salmon
- Mustard Roasted Salmon
- ¾ cup cooked couscous
- Garlic Sautéed Spinach
- 1 cup diced melon
Food groups: Grains, lean protein, vegetables, fruit
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- The USDA's New Rules for School Lunches
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- How to Cut 100 Calories from Your Sandwich
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Creating a PDF Portfolio
Discover how a PDF Portfolio allows you to collect all your work into one visual engaging package, useful to students who are creating multiple different kinds of work. Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat to create a PDF Portfolio. Utilize the example assets to follow along with this tutorial and create your own PDF Portfolio.


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Martha Nussbaum Lecture
"The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear"
April 2, 2013
Philosophy presents
Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, author of many books on social justice and rights.
5:00 p.m. UAB Alumni House
What impulse prompted newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the US? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society.
Martha Nussbaum received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. She has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford Universities. She has received honorary degrees from over forty universities in the U. S., Canada, Asia, Africa, and Europe. She is currently the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School, and authored numerous books on social justice and rights, including Sex and Social Justice (1998), Hiding From Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law (2004) and her latest The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age (2012).


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Tour de France: Moving Toward Paris
Opening Move
Tom Veelers of the Argos-Shimano team launches down the start ramp as the first rider of the 2012 Tour de France in downtown Liège.
Cancellara Lives Up to His Promise
Poised behind the start ramp, Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara was the heavy favorite for the prologue. Cancellara was the big sensation when the Tour started in Liège in 2004 and he upset pre-race favorite Lance Armstrong. This year, he again outgunned his competition to grab the yellow jersey.
Morkov Takes Polka Dots
The early breakaway rolls through a typical red-brick town in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium on Stage 1. Although they had little chance to make it to the finish line ahead of the pack, Michael Morkov of the Saxo Bank-Tinkoff team (second from left) grabbed points on the many small climbs to take over the king of the mountain competition.
The View From the Top
On the Tour's last day in Belgium, the riders cruised over the monumental Citadel of Namur.
Vivé La France
Back in France on Stage 3, the French fans showed they can be just as enthusiastic and nationalistic as their Belgian counterparts.
Sagan Defends Green
Finishing on the much-anticipated climb in Boulogne-sur-Mer in Stage 3, Peter Sagan, one of the sensations of the 2012 Tour, powered away from the pack for his second of three stage wins so far in the race.
Life's A Beach—And Then You Ride
On the way to Rouen, the peloton dips down along France's northern coastline.
A Spin Through Town
And on their way towards Saint-Quentin, the pack rolls through a typical village in historic Normandy.
The Escapees
After making the early breakaway on Stage 6 from Epernay to Metz, Dave Zabriskie (left) chats with Karsten Kroon in a rare down moment. It proved to be the calm before the storm: Later in the race, a huge crash would rob the pack of many of its best riders.
Ryder's Luck Runs Out
After winning the Tour of Italy, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal was a fast-rising favorite in the race. But the Garmin-Sharp rider was one of the principal victims in the Stage 6 crash, which forced him to abandon.
Wiggo Works the Crowd
Security at the Tour can be tight, but that didn't prevent Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins from taking a moment to sign autographs for his British fans.
Froome Zooms
Bradley Wiggins's teammate Christopher Froome has been another sensation of the 2012 Tour. Although he is a key support rider for Wiggins, he powered away on the steep climb up La Planche des Belles Filles to score an impressive stage win of his own.
A Week in Yellow
After seven days in the lead, Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara finally surrendered his yellow jersey on the steep pitches of La Planche des Belles Filles at the end of Stage 7.
A Shadow of Excitement to Come
A BMC rider pedals to the start of Stage 8. Although it was a transition stage, it proved to be one of the most spectacular days in the Tour so far.
Pinot Has Arrived
Twenty-two-year-old Thibault Pinot, the youngest rider in this year's Tour de France, rode a stunning race to grab an impressive solo victory after the short but intense stage to Porrentruy, Switzerland.
Wiggins Wins a Stage
After grabbing the yellow jersey on Stage 7, Bradley Wiggins showed why he's the heavy race favorite as he stormed to victory in the Stage 9 time trial.
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Topic: Healthy eating and juicing
I had my liver resection 8 months ago and so far so good. My last CT and labwork all looked fine.
I don't go back for another CT till May. I did not have any chemo or radiation after the surgery due to complications. Here is what I am doing right now to keep as healthy as possible.
I am no longer working at my stressful job. I have started eating healthier. I bought a juicer and love it. I never realized how unhealthy my diet was before. I try to eat mostly fruit, vegetables and lean meats. I eat sugar when I crave it, but not nearly as much as before. I also have been taking milk thistle every day as well as something called systemic enzymes. They are supposed to help with inflammation and I feel like they do work. I have what I feel is scar tissue pain at my incision site and I find that I feel better when I exercise and stretch my stomach and side muscles. I have also been doing a lot more praying and am back in touch with God. I am feeling really good about life in general and hope to have a long and healthy future. I made a facebook page to talk and write about cancer related topics. Feel free to post on it if you have anything to say! The address is: http://www.facebook.com/Cancerfreedebtfree


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Red VelvetRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
This is an old Turkish riddle from 1300-1900 AD.
I've got a beautiful, beautiful hall
All walled in red velvet,
With all white armchairs made of bone,
And in the middle a woman dances.
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A specially selected spurless form, producing clematis-like flowers of a deep, rich royal purple colour. Aquilegia 'Royal Purple' has outstanding garden performance . This hardy perennial columbine is ideal for cottage garden borders and shady woodlands. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 40cm (16").
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Sure, hindsight is 20/20. But when it comes to weddings, there are plenty of people who have been there before you. Why not let others guide you away from the mistakes they made? That's exactly what we thought. So, voila, welcome to the first installment of 20/20 Wedding.
Today, we'll be talking about photos. My advice: do not undervalue your photos. Your wedding day is just that—a day. The photos are what you keep forever, what you use to remember the moments and what you eventually show to your grandkids (finger's crossed).
What I'm Glad We Did: Photo Booth
When we first started planning our wedding, something I frequently said to friends, vendors and my partner alike was, "I don't really care what happens, as long as we have a photo booth. That's my only demand." As it turns out, it was a good one. The booth was a giant hit with our guests and provided some of the very best pictures we got.
My advice: don't skimp. Unless you have a very crafty, photo-savvy friend who can help you DIY one really well, rent a real booth from a company that specializes in them. The services that come with these companies (like customized designs and free digital hosting of the shots after the event) are invaluable additions. We used the Majestic Photo Booth Company.
What I'm Glad We Did: Found a Rising Star to be Our Photog
Everyone has a photographer friend, but do you really want to make that guy be your wedding photographer? We didn't. That said, we also didn't want to pay tons of money. Enter Craigslist.
There are tons of brilliant wedding photographers just getting started and they're all trying to build their portfolios. We put a brief but specific ad up online and had hundreds (about 300, to be more precise) of interested photogs within a few days. We got that list down to the five we liked best, then sat down and spoke with each before making a decision. The result: we found a rising star who was still at the beginning of his career and, so, still affordable.
What I Would Have Done Differently: Table Portraits
My number one photo regret about our wedding is that we didn't manage to get a shot of every single guest in attendance. I realized wayyyyy after the fact that this could have been accomplished easily using table portraits.
Even though I was convinced that I had come up with this concept on my own in a face palm moment a few months after the wedding, apparently table portraits are a thing that people do. It's simple really—have your photographer go around to each table and take a shot. I REALLY wish we had thought of this and asked for it.
What I Would Have Done Differently: Leveraged Instagram
Recently, I heard a genius story of a couple who asked their guests to post to Instagram using a specific hashtag (ie. #JackandJill). All night long, people posted pictures to the app, which basically turned the tag into an Internet-age disposable camera , complete with instant gratification. Another plus: all the pictures from the guests were online and easy to grab for future albums.
This might be tricky for you, as it was for us, if your ceremony and reception are going to be held in a place where only some people get signal. Still, worth a shot. Make a hashtag and print it on your programs, then watch the fabulous shots roll in.


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Batman: Arkham City for PC Delayed Againby Craig Getting on 11/8/2011 2:27 PM EST
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GoodBytes - Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - linkThey can take all the time they need, as long as the game, once released on PC, is well optimized and polished, that is all that counts. Reply
Omega215D - Wednesday, November 09, 2011 - linkI agree. I also don't mind the delay because I can save my money after having purchased the last 2 blockbuster games for the PC.
Then again, since Batman is mostly single player gameplay maybe I can hold off till it drops in price. Reply
imaheadcase - Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - linkAnandtech slow to news i guess, its been delayed till nov 22 for a long time now. Reply
Mumrik - Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - linkIt's the new hot thing to do:
1) Delay PC release at least two weeks. It's really in fear of PC piracy costing console sales, but make up some other excuse.
2) Mess up and see the console version leaked to torrent sites at least a week before its launch date.
At some point they've got to realize that 360 games are all over the torrent sites and are closing in pretty fast on PC torrents in popularity. Reply
Black Patriot - Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - linkWhilst I might suspect that of many publishers, WB and Rocksteady earned my respect with Arkham Asylum, one of the most polished (and stable) games I've played. It was delayed a few weeks to add in PhysX content, which I think added to the atmosphere of the game quite well. If they need a few more weeks to get the PC version of Arkham City up to their high standards then I'll manage, I've got plenty of other games to play while I wait.
Take your time Rocksteady, get it right, don't rush it out. Reply