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Seven teams with intriguing offseasons
Its offseason evaluation time, and Ive already covered the winners and those teams that have me a bit concerned. Here, I look at the seven teams that left me most intrigued with their July work, both because of the sometimes-dramatically different paths between which they had to choose, and because of the varying directions they could still go after those initial moves.
Boston Celtics
No team outside the Dwight Howard Nexus of Horror had a more interesting offseason than the 17-time champions. Boston had carefully set up its books so that this could be a rebuilding summer, with deals for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen expiring and the potential for more than $20 million in cap room. But then something funny happened: Garnett, 36, hung on as the teams top all-around player and one of the leagues three best defenders, and the Celtics came within one victory of a third NBA Finals trip in five seasons.
Even that success brought questions. Was it the lucky result of injuries to Derrick Rose and Chris Bosh? Or was it a signal of Bostons strength, winning with a hobbled Allen, a crippled bench and without Avery Bradley, the menacing second-year guard whose midseason insertion into the starting lineup transformed the Celtics?
The starting lineup with Bradley in Allens place outscored opponents by an unthinkable 20 points per 100 possessions and scored at a rate that would have edged the Spurs for the league lead. Such success might suggest that the way Bradleys cutting fits within Bostons spacing could solve the teams long-term scoring decline and save another offense-first player (Jason Terry, now) to prop up bench units. But that lineup played fewer than 350 minutes together all season, meaning we know very little about it in the big picture.
Meanwhile, Boston got a first-hand look at Miamis frightening emergence as a small-ball team with an emboldened and post-savvy LeBron James, a trend that firmed up in the Heats Finals win over the Thunder.
Add all of it together, and the Celtics faced an enormously complex set of questions this offseason. Were they contenders? How serious of one? And if they were, could they spend in such a way as to improve prospects for a ring in 2012-13 while remaining relatively flexible and finding a young asset or two?
The consensus around the league is that Boston did about as well as possible, especially because a mammoth cap hold attached to Garnett who is still too good to let go soaked up nearly all of its cap room. After Allens departure, the Celtics worked a three-team sign-and-trade for 26-year-old shooting guard Courtney Lee, a career 38.6 percent three-point shooter and hard-working defender. That move followed the use of the full mid-level exception on Terry, an efficient guard who can score both off the dribble and as a spot-up three-point shooter. Boston hasnt had that kind of guard in years, one reason the teams offense has dropped off so badly.
Boston brought back power forward Brandon Bass on a fair deal (about $7 million per season) and signed three solid minimum contracts in point guard Keyon Dooling, power forward Chris Wilcox and center Jason Collins. The reported four-year, $36 million deal for forward Jeff Green isnt done yet but its coming, a contract that will represent an overpay for a backup whose teams have consistently been much better with him on the bench.
The Celtics have clearly given themselves a punchers chance at winning the 2012-13 title and the ability to put out much better small lineups against the Heat. They will be massive underdogs as long as Miami is healthy and motivated, but they are much better equipped now to take advantage of a tiny break, such as some chemistry malfunction among the Heat stars or a poorly timed tweak to Dwyane Wades knee. But as things stand now, they need that kind of break.
Was that worth all of this spending? Boston is capped out for 2013-14, with an anticipated payroll so high that it might not be able to use the full mid-level exception to attract another veteran. The Celtics already have about $57 million committed in 2014-15 (including estimates for draft picks between now and then), though the bill gets a little lighter if Garnetts $12 million deal for that season is only 50 percent guaranteed, as several sources around the league claim. And Greens deal will likely have some partial guarantees built into it.
Still, Boston might end up paying Lee, Terry (already almost 35), Bass and Green about $27 million in 2014-15, meaning its clearly punted some future flexibility in exchange for a small but much-improved chance of a title next season. Some of these assets, especially Lee, Bass and Paul Pierce, whose deal for 2013-14 is only partially guaranteed, are tradable if things go badly.
Just a fascinating offseason, with ownerships addiction to winning surely playing a role in some of president Danny Ainges decisions.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Step back from general manager David Kahns series of unexpected moves this summer, and I mostly see an enormous load of pressure on point guard Ricky Rubio (and perhaps forward Derrick Williams, the second pick in the 2011 draft) as power forward Kevin Loves three-year max contract begins ticking. Minnesota was all over the place in July, fighting with Portland over small forward Nicolas Batum, signing shooting guard Brandon Roy out of retirement, enticing two versatile Russian players (forward Andrei Kirilenko and guard Alexey Shved) and dumping another lottery bust (Wesley Johnson), among other transactions. Those moves came after the June acquisition of small forward Chase Budinger for a first-round pick.
Almost every league executive I spoke to over the summer said that, on paper, this is a playoff team provided Rubio rediscovers his peak game in relatively speedy fashion after returning from ACL surgery. I agree. Minnesota was in hot pursuit of the No. 8 seed last season before a devastating run of injuries, and Kahn has remade one of the worst wing rotations in recent NBA history.
But whats the ceiling, and what comes next? If Kirilenko picks up his option in the second year of his two-year, $20 million contract and the second year of Roys $10 million deal kicks in, the Wolves will have about $56 million in salary committed for 2013-14 before factoring in center Nikola Pekovics cap hold. In other words, theyre effectively capped out.
And a question not enough folks are asking: What if the 31-year-old Kirilenko has a successful season and follows the Gerald Wallace path, opting out of one year of guaranteed money in exchange for a long-term deal? If that happens, the Wolves might spend themselves out of meaningful cap room through the summer of 2014. Its true this team doesnt have much history of attracting free agents, but it has to make the jump to championship contender somehow, and it likely wont be via the draft. The Wolves wont be bad enough anymore to collect high picks, and they have blown so many first-rounders (Johnson, Jonny Flynn, the Ty Lawson trade, etc.) over the last three years as to have nearly cost themselves a chance for Thunder-style group upside.
Rubio and Williams represent the only hope left for that kind of development, and Williams has Love blocking his best NBA position, power forward. If Rubio is great and Minnesota gets help elsewhere, such as the Thunders losing James Harden or Serge Ibaka, the Wolves could reach the point of being able to make some serious noise. But those are big ifs.
Memphis Grizzlies
Small picture: A team with no cap flexibility brought back two key frontcourt players (Marreese Speights and the forgotten, but essential, Darrell Arthur); used the mini mid-level exception to sign a player (Jerryd Bayless) who could fill two needs: backup point guard and three-point shooting, the latter if last seasons 42.3 percent accuracy from deep (44-of-104) wasnt a fluke; and dealt a power forward deep in the rotation (Dante Cunningham) for a player who can shoot three-pointers (guard Wayne Ellington).
Sensible moves all, even if the reserve wing rotation of Ellington, Quincy Pondexter and rookie Tony Wroten (and perhaps Bayless, splitting time between guard positions) is dicey and lacks a long small forward type. Depending on how some of the newcomers perform, outside shooting and spacing could be issues without guard O.J. Mayo, who signed with Dallas. But theyve been issues for years.
Bigger picture: The Grizzlies project to be about $4 million over next seasons tax line and already right at the projected tax line in 2013-14, and they have an average of nearly $60 million annually committed to four players power forward Zach Randolph, center Marc Gasol, point guard Mike Conley and small forward Rudy Gay for the next three seasons. The Grizz have done well enough on the fringes to push Thunder, whom they always push, if everything goes right. If it doesnt, will Memphis look to deal Gay or Randolph to gain some future flexibility? It feels like a last chance season for these four, though the teams new owner, tech billionaire Robert Pera, and the leagues new revenue-sharing system might affect the course of the franchise.
Indiana Pacers
Lets be honest: Its probably not ideal to pay center Roy Hibbert and point guard George Hill $22 million combined (and going up) in each of the next four seasons, particularly after the Finals and Miamis late-series blitzing of Indiana in the second round appeared to signal an evolution away from slow-footed size. But Indianas decision to pay Hibbert at this level despite the fact that he has never averaged 30 minutes per game amounts to the recognition of two realities:
1. Being good, but perhaps not great, is just fine for an ownership group that typically loses money on the team and thus needs some good community vibes and two rounds worth of playoff gate revenue.
2. Its nice to trumpet the NBAs anti-big man evolution, but the two teams held up as the primary examples of killer small-ball play also happen to have arguably the leagues two best players LeBron James and Kevin Durant, both of whom can conveniently play power forward for extended minutes (or in LeBrons case, entire games). If you dont have one of those guys, possessing a big man is basically essential. Remember: Indiana outscored Miami in the playoffs when Hibbert was on the floor, and even if the Heat reversed that trend over the last three games of the series, the Pacers were still miles better in that stretch when the big fella played.
If the ultimate goal is to get a star player, these moves hurt. The Pacers have an estimated $51 million committed in 2013-14, but cap holds for power forwards David West and Tyler Hansbrough (whom the Pacers would love to deal) will take them over the cap.
This is where ownership demands and basic NBA realities come into play. The Pacers front office clearly hasnt received the star-or-bust mandate that Houstons ownership has allowed for there, and without that mandate or any history of attracting outside free agents, its hard to see any viable alternative other than remaining flexible for flexibilitys sake. That would have been fine, but it would also have involved a step back that the franchise was justifiably unwilling to take, especially with the books relatively clean after 2013-14, when small forward Danny Grangers deal expires.
The Darren Collison/Ian Mahinmi deal was a bust on the surface, in large part because the Pacers had about $10.5 million in temporary cap space while Hibbert and Hill remained unsigned (and with only their cap holds on the books). Why couldnt Indiana have just signed Mahinmi or Chris Kaman, or Carl Landry outright instead of dealing an asset for a $4 million backup big man?
For one, the Pacers had limited time. Hill and Hibbert werent going to sit around waiting to sign theoretical contracts forever. The Pacers badly needed a backup big man capable of playing both power forward and center, and they apparently didnt believe they could get one via free agency before the Hill and Hibbert deals obliterated their cap room. They kicked the tires on a number of scenarios but couldnt quite pull the trick. They probably could have done better for Collison or later via the full mid-level exception, but dumping Dahntay Jones in the Collison deal freed up an extra salary slot that the Pacers used to sign swingman Gerald Green in addition to point guard D.J. Augustin.
Green now faces a heavy burden of replacing both Leandro Barbosa and Jones, though Lance Stephenson could help if he becomes reliable enough for coach Frank Vogel to pair him with Hill.
Brooklyn Nets
Ive written about many of their moves (including here and here) and their place within the Howard Nexus of Horror (here and here), so Ill be brief. The Nets put themselves in the conversation for a No. 2 or No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, but they spent enormously to do so, and left us with three big questions:
1. Can they guard anyone?
2. Can they get Howard once center Brook Lopez becomes trade eligible again on Jan. 15?
3. If they cant, how can they upgrade the team while committing roughly $65 million annually to four players point guard Deron Williams, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Wallace and Lopez for the next four seasons?
Utah Jazz
Covered at length in this Western Conference analysis, the incumbent No. 8 seed will be a team to watch on and off the court all season. The acquisitions of Mo Williams and Marvin Williams make sense. Marvin beefs up what was a weak wing rotation and spares Gordon Hayward the burden of being a full-time small forward good things if the Hayward/Marvin Williams pair can work, and if there are enough minutes for second-year shooting guard Alec Burks. The other Williams isnt really a point guard, but he makes sense as one in a post-heavy Utah system that requires outside shooting, entry passes and active cutting from its point man instead of high pick-and-rolls. Devin Harris struggled to fit that system, though the Jazz reached some of their highest levels of two-way play during his hottest streaks.
The frontcourt is both loaded and loaded with questions. Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and Derrick Favors all need big minutes, and Jefferson and Favors bring almost diametrically opposed skill sets. Jefferson is a post hub who cant guard the pick-and-roll and earns few free throws, while Favors is emerging as a mobile defensive crusher with an inconsistent and tentative offensive game (outside of some off-ball cuts). Coach Tyrone Corbin played the three together with great success in limited minutes last season. But if that super-big lineup remains only an occasional experiment, Corbin will have to sort minutes in a way that maximizes two-way productivity even it means starting Favors alongside Jefferson for offense/defense purposes.
In the big picture, every player on a non-rookie deal other than Marvin Williams and Jeremy Evans has an expiring contract, and Millsap has already reportedly turned down an extension offer. Utah has decisions to make and the future flexibility to be a major trade player.
Houston Rockets
Another team Ive covered to death, from its trade of point guard Kyle Lowry to its signings of point guard Jeremy Lin and center Omer Asik to its amnestying of Luis Scola and pursuit of Orlandos Howard. The Rockets want a star, and theyve assembled an army of young forwards and an extra likely lottery pick from the Raptors to build an offer. Even after wresting Lin and Asik away from New York and Chicago, respectively, via poison-pill offers, the Rockets still have about $9 million in cap space and shooting guard Kevin Martins expiring deal to offer the Magic for Howard. If they miss on Howard, the Rockets likely will be bad enough to earn their own lottery pick and be flush with cap space next summer.


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Danelle Lothston was a Lady of Harrenhal and the head of House Lothston. She's also known as Mad Lady Lothston and is the stuff of tales and horror stories.
According to tales, Mad Lady Lothston cooked children, which she captured by sending a giant bat - the sigil of House Lothston - out of the castle of Harrenhal, bathed in blood, and served feasts of human flesh.[1]
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Mad Danelle's backstory is the same. She ruled Harrenhal during the reign of Aerys I and was a loyal vassal of the Iron Throne. She had long red hair and wore tight-fitting black armor.
The Lothstons held Harrenhal during the time of the Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel novellas, with Mad Lady Lothston herself appearing in the third story in the series, The Mystery Knight. Thus she might appear in any potential adaptation of the prequels.
The legends about Mad Lady Lothston bathing in the blood of slain children are loosely similar to the real-life seventeenth century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory.
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Spiderman Says No To Straws. Will you?
Enthusiastic divers keen to put a stop to marine rubbish are saying no to straws. It's a small step which makes a big difference. Straws are one of the top items found by divers who regularly Dive Against Debris.
Hidden Depths Diving and Ocean Divers Koh Lanta, Thailand hold weekly cleanups. "Volunteers are surprised by the number of straws we find, these innocuous items are used by us all every day, but are adding to the detritus that finds its way into our oceans," said Joanne Healy of Hidden Depths Diving.
The team also found a number of scary toys and a friendly looking Spiderman. It takes more than one superhero to save the planet and Project AWARE is proud to have a movement of ocean heroes fighting marine debris every day of the year.
Sairee Cottage, Koh Tao, Thailand urge dive operators to be AWARE after discovering bottles filled with cigarettes that have been used as ashtrays and fallen overboard. "We found condensed milk cans, lipton tea bag packets, torch batteries and the most heart breaking of all empty water bottles filled with cigarette butts," said the Sairee Cottage team who are now working on raising awareness about this problem.
But the message from dive centres is also a positive one. As Ocean 5 Dive Resort, Indonesia remind us: "Don't be fooled into thinking divers only see plastic underwater. That's not true. Our brilliant reef reveals amazing seahorses, pipefish, nudis, mimic octopus and mandarin fish."
So how many straws will you find this Debris Month of Action? From 1 – 30 September you can Dive Against Debris, record your data, and use the power of social media to share what you see beneath the ocean's surface.


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THE MASSIVE DIE-OFF was one of the worst marine biologists had ever seen. Over the course of seven months in 1988, almost 20,000 harbor seals in the Baltic and North Seas perished mysteriously--half the population thought to live in northern Europe´s waters. Researchers quickly identified a previously unknown virus, called morbillivirus, that had infected the doomed seals. For a time, it seemed, the case was closed.
Then, within a year, a new mystery emerged. Seals in Canada had also been infected with the virus, scientists discovered, but none of the animals had died. Searching for clues, researchers noticed that the dead seals in northern Europe tended to be from colonies in areas known to be heavily contaminated with toxic pollutants.
Many of the animals had unusually high levels of substances like polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in their fatty tissues--chemicals that are known to suppress the immune system in fish and laboratory animals such as mice. So scientists thought these substances may have made the animals more vulnerable to infection. Still, so far there was only circumstantial evidence.
To test whether contaminants actually were implicated in the seals´ deaths, research scientist Peter Ross of the Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia began a simple experiment. In the early 1990s, he collected seal pups from an uncontaminated area in Scotland. Then he fed
one group of the pups herring from the Baltic Sea and a second group herring from Atlantic waters known to have very low pollution levels. After two years, seals eating the Baltic fish showed signs of dramatically weakened immune systems--a strong indication that pollution may have played a role in the massive die-off.
Beyond cancer: Today immunotoxicologists have evidence that contaminants widely dispersed in the environment are weakening the immune defenses of a wide variety of wildlife species around the world--from birds, to marine mammals, even to rats and cockroaches in particularly contaminated sites. The new findings are part of a growing understanding that the threats from such pollution can go way beyond cancer, the old standard for toxicity. And many experts, including Environmental Protection Agency scientists, are studying how toxic substances may impair animals, possibly including humans, in ways that range from fertility problems to neurological defects. Among the most troubling effects are compromised immune systems.
"What frightens me is that this could be a health time bomb," says immunologist David Ferrick of the Laboratory for Marine Mammal Immunology at the University of California at Davis. "The chronic accumulation of these chemicals may be making these populations more and more vulnerable until a pathogen or a change in the environment comes along and creates another massive die-off. And once that happens, it may be too late to do much about it."
Die-offs have continued to occur around the world, some of them linked at least in part to immune-suppressing contaminants in the environment. In 1990, morbillivirus struck again, killing more than 1,000 striped dolphins in polluted areas off the coasts of Spain, France and Greece. In 1994, bottlenose dolphins in heavily contaminated areas off the Texas Gulf Coast died of the same virus in record numbers. "And no doubt there are die-offs that we don´t observe, that occur far out at sea," says Ferrick.
The potential threat goes well beyond these dramatic deaths, "We´re also concerned about the more subtle effects of these chemicals, which may be making animals chronically sick, making them less able to fight off infections or less likely to reproduce," says Judith Zelikoff, an immunotoxicologist at New York University School of Medicine and a leading expert on the effects of pollution on fish.
Weakening the body´s defenses: Among the substances known to be immunotoxic are PCBs, certain pesticides, mercury and a range of dioxinlike substances. Many of these chemicals can linger in the environment for decades and can spread to seemingly pristine regions of the world with remarkable ease. Some have been found in wildlife in both the Arctic and Antarctica.
"Even at very low doses--a single exposure of no more than one millionth of a gram, for instance--some of these chemicals have been shown to disrupt immune function," says immunologist Steve Holladay of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. "And we know that many of these chemicals have made their way into wildlife, sometimes at astonishingly high concentrations." Last year, for example, a team led by research scientist Ross found high levels of PCBs in 47 killer whales roaming the Pacific waters off the U.S. coast. Transient males averaged 251 parts per million--400 to 500 times more than levels in humans.
Killer whales, Ross thinks, are now the most contaminated mammals in the world. But plenty of other animals also carry heavy burdens of these chemicals in their tissues, including beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River, fish, herring gulls, cormorants, seals, dolphins and sea lions. Marine life in many coastal locations is at high risk because many of the contaminants wash into the sea from rivers and runoff.
The toxics then become more concentrated as they move up the food chain. "You may begin with fairly low levels in fish. But when a seal eats thousands of contaminated fish, the levels of those chemicals gradually build up," explains Zelikoff. Some of the contaminants also can be transferred from a mother´s fat into her offspring, whether in her eggs or in her milk.
An early warning system: What worries immunotoxicologists is that even fairly low concentrations may make animals less able to fight off disease. Some substances may disrupt the immune system´s ability to distinguish foreign invaders from the body´s own tissue, triggering destructive autoimmune reactions. Because the immune system is especially sensitive to toxics, in fact, it may serve as an early warning system of environmental degradation.
"The immune system depends on the ability of its cells to proliferate rapidly in response to a new infection," Holladay explains. "If a flu virus invades, for instance, a group of cells called T cells, which can recognize the invaders´ molecular fingerprint, must rapidly increase in number to rout the virus. Any substance that interferes with the ability of cells to divide will weaken immune responsiveness."
Studying colonial waterbirds, biologist Keith Grasman of Wright State University in Ohio has found evidence of widespread immune disturbance. Each spring for 10 years, he and his research team have searched out the nests of herring gulls and Caspian terns along the shores of the Great Lakes. Many of these birds nest near hazardous waste dumps and other contaminated sites, and many of them have high levels of PCBs and other pollutants in their tissues.
Three weeks after the chicks hatch, the researchers inject them with small amounts of substances foreign to the birds´ immune systems. The injections, though harmless, prompt protective immune reactions in the birds. Six days later, Grasman and his team return to test for signs of those reactions. "What we´ve found," he says, "is that gulls and terns hatched near these contaminated sites have very low levels of T cell activity--immune responses typically involved in fighting bacteria and viruses. The closer these birds live to contaminated sites, the weaker their immune systems."
In another series of field experiments, researchers at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences collected fish from the polluted Elizabeth River and the more pristine York River, both in Virginia. Fish raised in the Elizabeth´s waters, which are contaminated with aromatic hydrocarbons from creosote factories, among other chemicals, had significantly reduced immune functions.
And last year, scientists at London´s Institute of Zoology reported on studies of harbor porpoises that have been stranded on the British coast in recent years. Among those that have died of infectious diseases, the average level of PCBs was 31.1 milligrams per kilogram of blubber, compared to only 13.6 in relatively healthy porpoises--evidence that contaminants made the animals more susceptible to fatal infections.
The danger may go beyond outbreaks of infectious disease. The immune system is thought to guard against the rise of cancer cells in the body. Mice exposed to aromatic hydrocarbons, common industrial pollutants, have suffered significant immune damage and died more quickly when exposed to even very small doses of bacteria. The same mice are also more likely to develop tumors when exposed to small amounts of cancer-causing chemicals.
The human factor: Could the same chemicals be putting us at risk? Some of the evidence suggests they might. A few examples: Farm workers exposed to high levels of pesticides after accidental spills have suffered immune abnormalities. In 1992, researchers reported that people exposed to the termite-killing substance chlordane in their homes or at work had weaker immune responses in tests than people who had not been exposed. Last year, scientists found that young adults living in Aberdeen, North Carolina, home of the Aberdeen pesticides dump--a national priority list Superfund site--were two times more likely than nonresidents to have shingles, a painful condition caused by a herpes virus.
Researchers suspect that children are likely to be at greatest risk because their immune systems are still developing. "We know that kids exposed to hydrocarbons show signs of abnormal immune development," says Holladay. "Those abnormalities may make it harder for them to respond to infections."
Some of the evidence comes from the Canadian Arctic´s Inuit, who consume large amounts of fish known to be contaminated with immune-suppressing PCBs and other substances. The breast milk of Baffin Island Inuit women, who consume meat and blubber of animals such as whales and seals, contains levels of PCBs five times higher and levels of the pesticide chlordane ten times higher than the breast milk of women in southern Canada.
Also, unusually high numbers of Inuit children suffer from infectious diseases, but researchers can´t say for sure if the cause is pollution or a life-style factor such as wood smoke in homes. In March, scientists from the University of Quebec reported that infants with the highest exposure to dioxinlike substances were almost twice as likely as unexposed children to develop ear infections.
New hopes for heading off disaster: Thanks to national and international bans, concentrations of some of the most worrisome chemicals, including PCBs and dioxins, already have leveled off or are declining in many parts of the world--although hot spots of high contamination still exist, particularly in some countries once part of the former Soviet Union.
Even at reduced levels, however, some of these chemicals will be around for decades as they seep out of hazardous waste sites. What´s more, new industrial chemicals are not routinely tested for their immunological effects. "So we may not know if they cause problems until the problems begin showing up," says Ferrick.
But at least scientists better understand the causes and effects. In the dozen years since harbor seals began to wash ashore by the tens of thousands in northern Europe, immunotoxicologists have developed increasingly sensitive tests, called assays, for measuring the immune health of animals. "In the past we made the mistake of thinking that a test that works well in whales will work in harbor seals," says Ferrick. But scientists now understand that the responses of different species may vary, especially to very specific assays. "Now we´re developing far more reliable tests that will tell us whether a particular animal is immunologically fit or not." Tests of the human immune system also have become much more sensitive and specific.
Eventually, experts say, they hope to have measures sensitive enough--and a monitoring system broad enough--to spot immunologic and environmental trouble in time to head off catastrophes like the 1988 die-off in the North and Baltic Seas.
California writer Peter Jaret is coauthor of a book about immunity, In Self Defense (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987).


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Athletes World in Prince Rupert shutting down in January
Prince Rupert will be losing one of its retail businesses early next year.
Athletes World, located in the upper floor of the Rupert Square Mall, is going out of business as its parent company restructures its operations.
"The store will be closing on Jan. 27, 2013. Athletes World is being phased out by March because we are putting more focus on our core brands, Sport Chek and Atmosphere," said FGL Sports Ltd. public relations specialist Brandon Arnold.
And while Athlete's World is closing down, Arnold said the company may not necessarily be done with Prince Rupert.
"We are looking at a number of different leases to see if there is a Sport Chek or Atmosphere near by. If there isn't then there is some studying to be done to see if it is a possible location," he said.
When Athletes World closes, it will join Fields, Zellers and Salty Crab as stores that have closed in the Rupert Square Mall in the past year. However, during that same time, Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart, Dollarama and Express News have opened in the mall.


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For believers, greeting is one of the ways to present their best wishes to one another. As it is stated in the Qur'an believers are greeted with "Salam" while entering Paradise (Surat al-Araf, 46) and they greet one another there. (Surah Yunus, 10) Both of the situations exemplify the importance of greeting for Muslims in the morality of the Qur'an.
Our Prophet (saas) drew attention to the importance of greeting with his following hadith:
"… Narrated from Abu Hurayr: (ra): Our Prophet (saas) stated: "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, you cannot enter Paradise as long as you do not have faith. You do not attain mature faith unless you love one another. Shall I show you something; when you do it you love one another. Spread greeting one another among you." (Sunan Ibn Majah /Volume 1/ p. 116, hadith no: 68)
The following are the situations about which Muslims need to be meticulous about greeting, as a form of worship in the hadith and the verses:
The Morals of Greeting and Receiving Greetings
In the wicked morality which is spread among unbelievers, not receiving a greeting, pretending not to hear, are showed as a display of superiority. They frequently resort to such attitudes with wicked intentions such as oppressing those they, in their own shallow thinking, consider to be inferior in terms of social status, making them "come to their senses" etc.
People who are distant to the morality of religion generally wait for the other party who greets and, according to their thinking, consider it as humiliating. The fact is however, greeting, which is a manifestation of one's will for goodness is a trait believers display as a form of worship. For this reason believers do not wait for others to greet them but they greet them first and they comply with this order of Allah whenever it is necessary.
Displaying a good attitude without waiting it from the other party and engaging in a good deed is a sign of superior morality. In one hadith our Prophet (saas) explains the beauty of this morality as follows:
"A believer gives relief to his brothers in religion. A hypocrite, on the other hand, remains distant and gives trouble to his brother. A believer is hasty in greeting. A hypocrite, on the other hand, expects to be greeted first. " Hz. Enas (ra.) (Ramuz al-Ahadith, p. 231)
As is stated in the verse, "When you are greeted with a greeting, return the greeting or improve on it. Allah takes account of everything." (Surat An-Nisa', 86), it is obligatory for a person to respond the greeting of a person with a better one or, at least, with an equal attitude. For this reason believers respond a greeting with a much better one, because no matter what his position may be, receiving a greeting is a command related in the Qur'an. Having faith in Allah renders the attitudes and behaviors of people perfect.
Greeting the household while entering homes
"...when you enter houses greet one another with a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your intellect." (Surat an-Nur, 61)
In this verse in Surat an-Nur, Allah commands believers to greet one another while entering houses. However while greeting one another Allah reminds believers that they should greet one another with the intention of wishing others to lead a good life in compliance with the Qur'an and the morality of the Qur'an. For this reason believers should be cautious about the intention of greeting.
In Paradise there is a verbal greeting to believers from All Mighty Allah
Allah gives believers the glad tidings of an infinite Paradise. However there is a fact which is often disregarded; believers are rewarded with a beautiful life not only in the Hereafter but also in this world. Allah relates this glad tiding in the Qur'an as follows:
What is with you runs out but what is with Allah goes on forever. Those who were steadfast will be recompensed according to the best of what they did. Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We will give them a good life and We will recompense them according to the best of what they did. (Surat an- Nail, 96-97)
No doubt the beautiful life in this world and the Hereafter is the manifestation of Allah's beautiful name, as-Salam – the all Peace. A believer who leads a beautiful life and earns rewards in return for his/her good deeds in this world enters Paradise in the Hereafter in compliance with the verse, "return to your Lord, well-pleasing and well-pleased!" (Surat al-Fajr, 28)
Allah's attribute of as-Salam is also His greeting to those who enter Paradise. In Surah Ya Sin verse 58, Allah relates that He will grant a verbal greeting to the people of Paradise thus: "Peace!' A word from a Merciful Lord.)" No doubt the greeting of Allah is one of the greatest glad tidings for believers.
"... Abdullah ibn Omar (ra) narrated: Our Prophet (sav) said: Give more greeting and spread it among you, give food (to the needy) and be brothers as Allah commands you." (Ibn Majah, Volume 9, p.6, hadith no: 3252)


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CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) -- Fire officials say at least two people suffered burns in an overnight explosion and fire at a hazardous waste facility in Cincinnati.
It happened at about 3:45 a.m. Friday at Environmental Enterprises Inc. Fire officials tell reporters that the sprinkler system put out a lot of the fire, and the rest was brought under control with foam.
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Kristen Stewart's Latest Red Carpet Look: Underwear as Outwear
Kristen Stewart has gone from sheer to almost naked in her latest red carpet look. What do you think of her wardrobe choice for the New York 'On the Road' premiere?
-Lucia Peters
Oh, Kristen Stewart. We get that you're trying to push your limits and to show the world that you're an adult now by sporting daring, sheer looks on the red carpet. But this? Might be going just a little bit too far.
Kristen wore this barely-there number to the New York premiere of On the Road last Thursday. How on earth she didn't freeze to death, I'll never know—but more pressingly, how was it determined that wearing underwear to a premiere was a good idea? Was it maybe an effort to prepare us for Kristen's topless scene in the film? I'm not totally sure, but as far as I can tell, she essentially threw on a bra and a pair of boy shorts, then wound herself in a sheer curtain stolen from one of her windows to complete the look. The kicker? The dress is from Erdem's spring 2013 collection. File under: "When Runway Looks Go Bad."
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People points out that on the runway, the skirt (if that swath of sheer fabric can really be called a skirt) was knee-length, making it "more appropriate and much more feminine"—and they're right. Take a look:
I still can't say that I actually LIKE the dress, but at least it looks a little bit more like an actual outfit here, rather than just a shiny and slightly ill-fitting lingerie set.
Kristen's shoes, however, are pretty lustworthy—so naturally, they're Louboutins. Want 'em, but don't want to break the bank getting 'em? Steve Madden has a pair of pink patent pointy-toed heels ($89.95, currently on sale for $48.99, stevemadden.com) that'll get the job done with panache!
Tell us: What do you think, Bettys? Love it? Hate it? Feel "meh" about it? Coveting those shoes as much as we are?
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SMWC Partners with National Center for Women & Information Technology
November 30th, 2011 | SMWC
Have you ever seen a fully functional robot made out of Legos? How about a room full of women programming these robots to move, dance or even speak?
"Technology is such a big part of life," said Katelynn Barnes, a senior marketing major at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), from Terre Haute, Ind. "We have to learn to adapt continually to learn new things."
These discoveries, and more, are exactly what you'll see in a typical meeting of SMWC's brand new technology club: Building Future Experiences. With a $500 return path student seed fund from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Building Future Experiences will use creative, hands-on activities to encourage students of all majors to explore the dynamic world of technology.
"They have a passion to help other female students to become acquainted with the computing field," said the NCWIT Academic Alliance project team. "The funds that we provided to them will allow students to explore basic programming, software development for cell phones, and robotics."
SMWC empowers young women to excel as experts in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). Building Future Experiences, a driving force of interdisciplinary innovation, furthers this mission by encouraging students to enhance their problem-solving and critical thinking skills through technological discoveries. "You don't have to major or minor in it, just have an interest in it," said the club's advisor, Lana Lytle, associate professor of information systems.
Anna Bailey, a freshman humanities major from Caledonia, Mich., joined the club because she knows having technological exposure will make her more well-rounded and more marketable. "I think it will help me tremendously in the professional world," she said. "When you have some knowledge of technology then you are more likely to be hired over others."
The club has a variety of activities planned not only for SMWC students, but for surrounding schools as well. They will show middle school girls the adventurous side of technology with geocaching (a treasure hunt using GPS devices) at the College's annual Expanding Your Horizons conference. Exposure to successful female role models is one of the best ways to encourage young women to excel in technology. At SMWC, students often take on these roles, becoming influential leaders in the community.
"We want women to learn about technology because we are underrepresented in the field," said the club's president Samantha Morrison, a sophomore majoring in computer information systems from Bloomington, Ind. Building Future Experiences is just another example of how Woods students make a difference in the world.
The club is open to all interested students and will meet bi-weekly. For more information contact Lana Lytle, associate professor of information systems, at .
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Empire Podcast Flight Interview Special
Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis
Flight unites Denzel Washington with Robert Zemeckis, and this Empire Podcast special does likewise, with the legendary duo chit-chatting together in the podbooth for over 40 minutes. Press play to learn why Washington refuses to send texts messages, which shots in Flight use the most digital trickery, and what it sounds like when an Oscar-winning actor recites a line from The Beatles' trippy Revolution 9.
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"Cuz the Nipple is Dope" — Actress & Filmmaker Lena Dunham
Breastfeeding has a new champion. Actress and filmmaker Lena Dunham posted a picture of her nursing friend Sarah Sophie Flicker on Instagram yesterday: "My @sarahsophief feeding the brand new Dusty. I made the flower crown and she added the flower censor. … Continue reading
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Women Interested in Children, 6:30 p.m., Nelle Lane Gardner Home, Cambridge.
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AARP 5014, 3:30 p.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Cambridge. The meeting is open to the public. New members are welcome. For information, call 432-3739.
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Noble County Democrat Club, 7:30 p.m., Noble County Sheriff's Office, Caldwell.
Noble Local School District board of education, 6:30 p.m., board office, Sarahsville.
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Haven of Hope Victims Support Group, noon to 2 p.m., Haven of Hope Administrative office, 927 Wheeling Ave., Suite 102, Cambridge. For information, call 439-7233.
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Arlandria's multicultural business community runs primarily along Mt. Vernon Avenue and encompasses a variety of national brands and independent retailers. The area is popularly known as Chirilagua, named after a village in El Salvador, a place where many residents and business owners have strong family ties. Arlandria is home to a popular regional entertainment destination— the legendary Birchmere Music Hall.
Arlandria-Chirilagua is wonderful place to live, visit, shop, and dine. Come enjoy a unique culinary experience at Arlandria's restaurants and eateries, which represent many cultures and styles of cuisine. Come spend the day in Four Mile Run Park, perhaps for a special event at the community center, a picnic in the park, or shopping at the Farmer's Market on Sunday mornings. In the evening, be sure to get a ticket to a concert at the legendary Birchmere Music Hall, a prime entertainment attraction in Arlandria. Whatever your interests may be, always be sure to VISIT ARLANDRIA!


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THE prime objective of the new head of business at Linde Material Handling (UK) is to increase profitability.
Richard Smart has taken on the role at the leading forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, based in Kingsclere Road.
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Richard will also deal with the managing directors and senior management of Linde's national network companies, to identify and improve business performance and process efficiency.
A qualified senior finance professional, Richard brings a breadth of business experience and active commercial knowledge to the new role, having previously held senior positions in the chemical and logistics industries.
His latest role was with Linde's heavy truck division in Merthyr Tydfil where, as chief financial officer, he was responsible for the commercial, sales administrative, HR and IT functions.
Richard said: "I have worked with Linde for three years and I'm delighted to have this opportunity to head up the business development in the materials handling division.
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World's best wildlife photography on display at Royal B.C. Museum
Living on Vancouver Island, it's easy to pass by striking natural landscapes with no more than a fleeting glance.
Beauty weaves its way through the Island with such frequency that road trips through pockets of old-growth Douglas firs can almost seem mundane.
Yet one stroll through the Royal B.C. Museum's 2012 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, and that calloused appreciation turns ethereal.
"This is one of the finest photography exhibitions in the world," said Tim Willis, the museum's exhibitions director at the opening on Friday.
Now in its 48th year, the curation is a joint venture between the Natural History Museum in London, England, and BBC Worldwide.
Judges sift through 48,000 submissions from professional and amateur photographers, selecting the best 100 images for display.
"It's really a big notch in your belt, because it's been going for so long and it's quite prestigious," said B.C. resident Adam Gibbs, whose shot of a lonely Douglas fir, clinging to life in the middle of Fairy Lake, is part of this year's exhibition. "It's actually just off the side of the road near Port Renfrew," he said.
A former rockclimbing instructor, Gibbs, 48, took up photography as an excuse to get out in nature. "Hiking in alpine areas or on the coast, I get way more fun out of that then actually taking pictures," he said.
The overall winner went to Nanoose Bay resident Paul Nicklen, who lowered himself into an ice hole in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and snapped a sunlit mass of emperor penguins charging out of the water, as featured in National Geographic's November 2012 issue.
The photograph topped submissions from 98 countries in 19 categories. Nicklen was also featured in August 2011 National Geographic for his stunning photos of the Kermode bear in the northern B.C. rainforest.
Willis said the museum is particularly proud of being the first to host the exhibition outside of London.
"We were so surprised by the public reaction to this exhibition last year," he said.
"It's both a testament to the quality of the presentation, but it's also the power of these images. Some of them are very beautiful and some are just fascinating."
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How much does a Information Technology Manager in Harlingen, TX make? The median annual Information Technology Manager salary in Harlingen, TX is $105,941, as of August 03, 2017, with a range usually between $93,739-$119,143 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay. However, the salary for someone with the title Information Technology Manager may vary depending on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education. Our team of Certified Compensation Professionals has analyzed survey data collected from thousands of HR departments at companies of all sizes and industries to present this range of annual salaries for people with the job title Information Technology Manager in Harlingen, TX.
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Despite our whining about the length of the opening ceremonies, we really love the Olympics.
BUT every now and then, we need a break.
We're already sick of some rivalries (looking at you, Phelps and Lochte). And sometimes the tension is just too much to take.
We hear you. That's why this week Cooking Channel is serving up mini-marathons in primetime of The Boys of Summer (Bobby Deen, Bobby Flay and Alton Brown) – the perfect respite from the 2012 London Olympics.
Not My Mama's Meals with Bobby Deen
If tiny soaring 4'10" gymnasts and scantily-clad buff and bronzed swimmers have you feeling a bit out of shape, Bobby Deen is the answer to your prayers. In six back-to-back episodes, Bobby recreates his mom's legendary (and highly caloric) recipes to be lighter on your wasteline while still packing a huge flavor punch. Watch Bobby cook his way through Game Time Chili Dogs, Monster Mushroom Burgers, Whole Wheat Donut Bread Pudding, Heavenly Milkshakes, Gooey (With Less) Butter Cakes and more.
Tune in to Not My Mama's Meals on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 8pm
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Tired of the Lochte vs. Phelps battle? We have the ultimate competition: Bobby Flay challenging the country's best to a culinary duel. Watch him take on the American Kings and Queens of Burgers, Pizza, Grilled Cheese, Cheesesteaks and more in five back-to-back episodes. Who will take home the gold medal?
Tune in to Throwdown on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 8pm
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If quirky food knowledge were an Olympic event, Alton Brown would be the man to beat. Satisfy your Olympic-sized appetite with "The Man Food Show" episode, and get Alton's best party recipes (beer and dips) with "Amber Waves" and "Dip Madness."
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He had a temple on the Capitol, together with Juno and Minerva, but he was the most prominent of this Capitoline triad. His temple was not only the most important sanctuary in Rome; it was also the center of political life. Here official offerings were made, treaties were signed and wars were declared, and the triumphant generals of the Roman army came here to give their thanks.
Other titles of Jupiter include: Caelestis (heavenly), Lucetius (of the light), Totans (thunderer), Fulgurator (of the lightning). As Jupiter Victor he led the Roman army to victory. Jupiter is also the protector of the ancient league of Latin cities. His attribute is the lightning bolt and the eagle is both his symbol and his messenger.
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A workshop for budding plant and garden photographers is being held on Saturday, May 10, at Lacock Abbey.
The day event is being led by Philip Smith, founder and organiser of the prestigious International Garden Photographer of the Year competition which is on show in the grounds of Lacock Abbey until May 22.
The workshop will focus on improving photography skills and learning about garden photography, from macro, depth of field, composition, digital processing and light and colour.
It's suitable for all abilities and the day will focus on learning and discovering, rather than taking many pictures, and Mr Smith will be available for one-to-ones to answer any questions.
Participants will also head out to the grounds of Lacock Abbey to view the International Garden Photographer of the Year with a guided tour by Mr Smith.
Spaces are very limited so keen garden photographers should book their tickets soon.
The workshop runs for a whole day and includes lunch. The cost is £75 per person and booking is essential on 0844 249 1895 or at nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock


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Carlyle wrote:Did the Mesopotamian view of linear time follow the more Eastern notion of circular time, or was it the other way round?
I think that circular time was a more natural concept for ancient man. Seasons returned year after year, never leaving that circle.
Accprding to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
The concept of linear time first appeared in the writings of the Hebrews and the Zoroastrian Iranians. The Roman writer Seneca also advocated linear time. Plato and Aristotle and most other Greeks and Romans believed time to be ultimately cyclic ... Rejecting circularity, Islamic and Christian theologians adopted the Jewish notion that time is linear with the universe being created at a definite moment in the past. Augustine explicitly objected to Aristotle's belief that time is cyclical, and insisted that human experience is a one-way journey from Genesis to Judgment, regardless of any recurring patterns or cycles in nature. ... It was not until 1602 that the concept of linear time was clearly and explicitly formulated--by the English philosopher Francis Bacon. ... In 19th century Europe, the idea of linear time became dominant in both science and philosophy, and it remained so.


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City to shape future of North Saskatchewan
Regional plan to set land use for whole watershed
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2014 06:00 am
Regional plan consultation
The St. Albert Community Hall (17 Perron St.) will host an open house on the plan this June 11. This includes a workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and an information session from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Residents interested in the workshop are asked to RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com or 780-917-8544. No RSVP is required for the information session.
Other open houses are planned for Vegreville, Leduc, Sherwood Park, Provost, Killam, Camrose, Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton later this month.
Residents can also fill out an online workbook on the plan. Workbooks are due July 31, 2014.
Visit https://landuse.alberta.ca/Newsroom/Pages/PublicConsultations.aspx for more details and copies of the online workbook.
City residents will get to shape the future of land use in the North Saskatchewan next week as part of a major round of community consultations.
Alberta Environment is coming to the St. Albert Community Hall next Wednesday for a workshop and open house on the proposed North Saskatchewan Regional Plan.
The plan, once complete, will set out how the North Saskatchewan watershed will develop over the next 50 years.
It�s like an area structure plan or zoning map for the whole region, explained Ken Crutchfield, city resident and vice-president of the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance.
�Alberta�s a busy place,� he continued, and the province wants to set out what activities should be done where. Next week�s open house is a chance for residents to have their say.
�A river is a reflection of the lands that it drains,� he continued. This plan will have a direct impact on water quality and flows in the North Saskatchewan region.
This plan will set out where forestry, industry, farming, housing and other land uses should occur in the future, said Brad Stelfox, a landscape ecologist who studies cumulative environmental effects with the ALCES Group.
It will also be binding on municipalities, he added.
�It is probably the paramount conversation that will shape Alberta�s future.�
Alberta is the house in which we live, he continued, and this is the plan for that house.
�I can�t imagine any conversation in Alberta that could conceivably be more important.�
What�s our priority?
This is the third regional plan that the province has done under the Land-Use Framework, said Alberta Environment spokesperson Neal Watson. The first, the Lower Athabasca plan, is now in effect, while the second, the South Saskatchewan, is at the draft stage.
This particular plan covers the entire North Saskatchewan River watershed � an 85,000 square kilometre area that includes Edmonton, St. Albert, Banff and Lloydminster.
�It�s a huge area.�
This plan is about all natural resources, not just water, Watson said. Its aim is to set out the environmental, economic and social goals for the region and to zone the place so as to meet those goals.
Alberta has seen incredible growth in recent years that�s only going to intensify, he continued.
�How do you see that balance between development and the environment?�
This document will identify specific plots of land for conservation or industrial development, and could include plans to preserve certain species, Crutchfield said.
�It won�t be just a philosophical thing,� he said of the plan.
The Lower Athabasca plan protects some 2 million hectares of land from oil or forestry development, for example, and sets limits on air, land and water pollution.
The province has released an online questionnaire about the watershed as part of this planning process.
The province is holding 21 open houses on this plan between May 27 and June 26.
Guests at previous open houses have discussed issues such as recreation, transportation corridors and ATV use, Watson said.
�An important theme we hear a lot of is the idea that we need to balance industrial growth with the loss of quality agricultural land.�
Next week�s session in St. Albert will feature a workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. followed by an open house from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Watson said the province will likely table a draft of the plan next February, followed by a second round of open houses.
Crutchfield urged residents to attend the open house and fill out the online workbook. �Let your views be known.�


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And my first time making Chile Relleno. It's not all grillin' & smokin' but these peppers started out on the grill so I'm hoping y'all don't mind.
Added some char
Stuffed with cheese then battered with the Tempura recipe I gave y'all the other day and deep fried them.
I made a sauce using enchilada sauce, rotel sauce, and fresh onions. Served with a side of Mexican rice.
Thanks for the inspiration Griffin! I ate two Chile Rellenos and then one pepper deep fried "open face" by itself. They were wonderful.


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Police on Monday identified a Logan man who was found dead in the Logan River on Friday, but the circumstances surrounding his death remain a mystery.
Logan Police Capt. Jeff Curtis said the man, identified as 64-year-old Kenneth Schwartz, lived near the spot where his fishing gear was spotted. Schwartz's body was discovered by a passerby downstream near 843 South and 100 West on Friday morning.
Curtis said police had not yet heard back from the State Medical Examiner's Office as of Monday, so they still know very little about what led to Schwartz's death. On Friday, Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen said in an interview that investigators believed the death was accidental, but he declined to say how they came to that determination.


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Sitepoint Members,I see more and more home pages as https instead of http, for example, https://browserling.com/.What's the advantage? How difficult is it to do?
I don't see some major differences between http and https. Except that https provide more security. I've read somewhere that https is slower in serving content on the browser, than http. That's probably be its con. Perhaps it is making sure that everything is secure for your site and your computer.
The speed difference is negligible.
HTTPS encrypts all traffic between the client and the server so that nobody in between can view the data being transferred. HTTP is in plain text, so all the data being transferred can potentially be viewed by a third party.
HTTPS is essentially a requirement for websites that perform financial transactions. It's also a good idea for sites requesting personal information.
An SSL certificate costs money. Typically, the easiest approach is to contact your hosting provider about it.
To be honest, unless your exchanging private information or data, https really isn't needed. Why people utilize this tool i don't know but it doesnt make sense. If you're using a payment platform or something like that, then it's different of course.
I see. I understand now.
Using https:// is more secured than http:// that way your website's data can be secure from a third party. It is also used for websites who has payment option like e-commerce website.
HTTPS is important where data is important. It is used for security purpose as it send and receive data in encrypted form so that third party can't view the data. For HTTPS, you have to buy a SSL certificate, most of hosting providers have this option.
"HTTP"stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol".Most web addresses begin with "HTTP".It's the protocol used to allow you to communicate with web sites.
"HTTPS" stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure". It means that information exchanged between you and a web site is encrypted and cannot be hijacked by someone.
That's what I needed to know. Thanks!
There is no major difference between HTTP and HTTPS, If you have highly sensitive data and want to secure it from hack then you can certified it with several certificates such as SSL, wildcard etc. Hence nobody can hack your details. Once you certified it then it will provides code which you require to add in your website and it will add HTTPS instead of HTTP means you are secure from hacking or any kind of insecure transaction.


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- "It seems that the preparation of aqua vitæ, the "water of life" was a fairly popular "experiment" among European alchemists."
- —Libatius Borage, Advanced Potion-Making[src]
Aqua Vitæ (also spelt Aquavitæ) is a term used to refer to distillates of alcoholic beverages.[1] The creation of Aqua Vitæ was a common alchemic experiment among European alchemists in the Middle Ages.[2]
Aqua Vitæ was a known component of Belch Powder;[3] 3 gallons of the distillate was a required ingredient.[4]
- Harry Potter films (Mentioned on box)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter Wizard's Collection (Mentioned on box)
Notes and references
- ↑ Aqua Vitae on Wikipedia
- ↑ "First look at Deathly Hallows props including 'Life and Lies', 'A History of Magic', more" at MuggleNet
- ↑ Label Collection book in the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection box set.
- ↑ The label reads: "of Mummy, Mastick, Red Myrrhe, Olibanum, Ammoniacum, Oppopanax, Bdelium, each ʒii. Vitriol ℔ii. Honey, ℔ii. Tartar ℥1,ſs. Aquavitæ, gal.iii." which uses the apothecaries' system of weights.


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Methanex, the world's largest supplier of methanol, will probably move a second plant from Chile to Geismar, according to Fitch Ratings.
Fitch's statement is part of a news release assigning a BBB- rating to Methanex's debt. The rating means Vancouver-based Methanex's $967 million in debt is considered an acceptable risk.
Fitch also said Methanex expects to spend around $500 million to relocate one plant and roughly $1 billion to move both plants to Louisiana.
Fitch's news release is the second public mention of another Methanex project in Geismar. During a Sept. 26 speech to the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chemical Association President Dan Borné said Methanex was considering a second Geismar facility.
According to Fitch, Methanex's Chilean plants have operated well below capacity for a number of years because natural gas imports from Argentina have been disrupted.
Last month, Methanex announced it had gotten the state and federal air permits needed for a 1 million-ton ethanol plant in Geismar.
Vancouver-based Methanex Corp. has been granted the state and federal air permits needed to construct and operate its 1 million-ton methanol project in Geismar. Methanex had said it expects to be in production by the end of 2014. The new plant will create 130 new jobs, with an average salary of $56,250, plus benefits.
Methanol can be found in everything from windshield washer fluid to recyclable plastic bottles, plywood floors, paint, silicone sealants and synthetic fibers. Methanol, a clean-burning alternative fuel, also is increasingly used in the energy sector, including direct gasoline blending, dimethyl ether and biodiesel.


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PET lovers are being urged to help a Worcestershire animal charity as it deals with a 'cat crisis'.
The RSPCA Worcester & Mid-Worcestershire Branch has been inundated with cats this year, so much so that cats are at vets waiting to be taken in by the branch.
And the charity is holding a rehoming day this weekend in a bid to find loving new owners for a variety of cats.
Geraldine Haynes, of the branch, said: "We are absolutely snowed under with cats at the moment, so we need permanent loving homes for them.
"The private cattery we use is full to bursting point and there are other cats at the vets waiting to come in. We cannot take in any more until we have found homes for those already in our care."
Jasmine is one of the many lovely cats in the branch's care. She is between six and 12 months old, short haired, black, very friendly and affectionate. She is very sweet , beautiful and came to the branch as a stray.
Humbug is a lovely black and white boy aged three. He came to the branch as a stray, very poorly, extremely cold, suffering from fleas and big fur loss. Some of the fur loss was due to him pulling it out due to stress.
He is now doing well after lots of veterinary attention and TLC. All Humbug needs now is a loving family to adopt him.
The cat rehoming day is this Sunday, May 18, at Teme Acre Cattery, Old Road, Old Powick Bridge, St John's, Worcester WR2 4BU from 11.30am to 2pm, when you can meet the cats seeking their forever homes.
All cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
Many of them can be seen on the branch's website at http://www.rspca-worcester.co.uk/
For more information about the rehoming day or adopting any of the cats, please ring Pamela on 01905 841354 or Louise on 01905 20822.


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