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010 Library of Congress Number (LCCN)
020 International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
022 International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
035 System Control Number (OCLC Number)
040 Cataloging Source – Source of the record. Each 3 letter code represents a participating institution.
050 Library of Congress Call Number
082 Dewey Decimal Number (at least initial classification)
090 Locally input or member copy call number
1XX Main Entry (generally, the official name(s) of the person(s) who authored or edited it)
100 Personal name
110 Corporate name
111 Conference name
130 Uniform title
245 Title statement (title) & statement of responsibility (author)
246 Variant Title (Other forms of the title)
250 Edition Statement
260 Imprint (place of publication, publisher, and date of publication)
300 Physical Description (volume numbering, illustration, height, pagination, and some info about format (e.g., sound disc, etc.)
310 Current frequency (serials)
321 Former frequency (serials)
4xx/8xx Series Statements
500 General Notes
504 Bibliography
505 Contents Notes
6xx Subject Headings
7xx Added Entries
780/785 Preceding Entry/Succeeding Entry (serials)
9XX fields (Local, e.g., UGA) :
910 Inventory, Original Cataloged (UGA record/Cataloged at UGA), PromptCat (Vendor) records, or RECON (outsourced cataloging)
912/939 Order information
945 Copy cataloged by UGA
980/981 Acquisitions fields
AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules): Cataloging standard which is in current use.
Access points: Keywords, controlled vocabularies, authorized headings to facilitate precision searching.
Accompanying media: Material which is published along with the primary work and is meant to enhance the user's experience in some way (additional resources, programs, contextual information, etc.)
Acquired Cataloging: Unit in the Cataloging Department which catalogs newly received materials through modification of existing records. Acquired Cataloging as a practice is known as monographs copy cataloging or copy cataloging.
Acquisitions: Department which orders, receives and processes some categories of titles (additions to the collection such as additional copies, volumes to existing titles, etc., as well as cataloging PromptCat materials (purchased cataloging records) and titles with DLC records.
Acquisitions Mode (Module): The technical module or back door to the GIL OPAC which is used by Acquisitions to complete acquisitions (ordering new titles, receiving, etc.) type work. Cataloging uses it to verify order information.
Adjustment: An item which has been pulled from its location and upon completion of database works will need re-marking (labeling).
Analytics: Analytics are individual monographic titles which are part of either a larger serial or monographic set. Analytics keep some of their unique properties (own bib record, own item record) but take the call number and volume numbering from the larger entity. Often thought of in terms of parents (the larger entity) and children (the analytics).
Associated Research Facilities: Off-campus and on-campus UGA facilities which contain libraries and collections such as Vet Med Reading Room (on campus), Owens Library also know as Environmental Design (on campus), Skidaway, (off campus; Skidaway Island), CPES also know as Coastal Plain Experiment Station or Tifton, (off campus; Tifton, GA), Griffin; (off campus; Griffon, GA); and Sapelo, (off campus; Sapelo Island). Often called Branches or Branch Libraries.
Authority record: a record containing the authorized (verified) form of an author's name, a series title, etc.
Barcode: encoded set of lines which is placed on item and the code is input into a matching item record in GIL. The barcode is used to charge out materials as well as for some processing.
BIB Formats Standard Manual: Indepth online and print manual of MARC coding.
Bib record (bibliographic record): Descriptive record coded in MARC.
Bibliographic: descriptive data about a title.
Bibliographic record: a MARC coded record containing descriptive data about a copy.
Bibliographical references: A more generic term for bibliographies which can also encompass suggested reading lists, etc.
Bibliography: a list of resources or citations which are usually located at the end of a title.
Boolean logic: Developed by English mathematician George Boole, it allows users to combine words or phrases to define searching in databases, such as library catalogs. Generally thought of in terms of and (include), not (exclude), or (expand).
Bound with: Individual titles which are bound together either from the publisher or after the fact, by the libraries. Bound withs have individual GIL bib records for each title, but only one MFHD and one item record (as they all reside in the same binding). Bound withs have a specific procedure to create the appropriate links and notes for the OPAC.
Branch Libraries: see Associated Research Facilities.
Cataloging: Organizing materials & information in a logical and consistent way to facilitate ease of access.
Cataloging Mode (Module): The technical module or back door to the libraries public view of the catalog, (OPAC) which is used to do work on bibliographic, holdings, or item records.
Cataloged: A title in GIL is considered cataloged when the physical copy and record have both been reviewed and verified by a Cataloger, with corrections and additions made to the record as needed and holdings set in OCLC for the title. Acquired Cataloging (Monographs Copy Cataloging) is cataloging using an existing record; Original Cataloging is creation of a record or heavy modification of a record. PromptCat is outsourced cataloging which is processed by Acquisitions. A cataloged record in GIL will contain a 910 CA (Original cataloging); 945 CA (Acquired Cataloging; Acquisitions Cataloging); or 945 CC (PromptCat). Cataloging also occurs in Serials Cataloging (Serials, Periodicals), Music Cataloging (Scores, Audio CDs, etc.), and by the Principal Cataloger (Databases, E-books, Micro formats, etc.)
C.I.P. (Cataloging in publication) Data: Bibliographic information about an item derived prior to publication, generally printed on the title page verso.
neh Information Connexion: The technical module or "back door" to OCLC WorldCat which enables those with authorization to download, edit, create and/or delete records.
Copy: Copy can be used to refer to a particular volume within a library (e.g., copy 2) or in a more generic sense. Copy can also mean a record contributed by an OCLC participant.
Corrall: To gather up issues or volumes. Generally thought of in terms of serials but also in terms of Fasicles.
Database Maintenance (DBM): The maintaining of data through investigation and correction of records as needed. AT UGA, DBM work is done in the Maintenance Unit and by others within the Cataloging Department. DBM is a Section within the Cataloging Department, which is divided into 2 Units: Maintenance and Marking.
Delimiter: A code used to distinguish the beginning of a subfield. In GIL and OCLC represented as ‡; however, in writing and procedures sometimes referred to as $ or |. However ‡ is the character that should always be entered in GIL.
DLC: A record in OCLC (WorldCat) or GIL which has a 040 containing DLC. DLC records are Library of Congress records. Generally, these are considered higher quality records, but not always!
Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs): theses & dissertations written by UGA graduate students which are published electronically (PDF) and stored in an Ultimate database. These titles are cataloged locally in DBM.
Endeavor: The company who created the library catalog software Voyager (we use it for our catalog, called GIL). Endeavor has recently been purchased by Ex-Libris, another software company.
Exclude location: A GIL login/location (not a libraries location) which does not display in the OPAC. Used mainly by Acquisitions staff.
Fascicle: An unique category of material which typically are originally published in a paperback format in parts. Once a volume (fascicle) is completed by the publisher, the individual pieces are corralled (gathered) to be bound together.
Folio: An oversized book. For UGA purposes, Folio generally (exceptions include some music materials and CML materials) is materials which are 30 cm + in the 300 (physical description) field of the bib record. Folio materials receive a shelving prefix (‡k Folio in the holdings/MFHD record) Double Folio (‡k Ff in the shelving prefix) is 60 cm +.
GALILEO: a collection of databases such as e journals and e books available to UGA students and in some cases, the citizens of Georgia
GALIN: a static snapshot of the previous library online catalog. In 1999, the UGA Libraries purchased Voyager from Endeavor and migrated data from GALIN to GIL. A data snapshot was taken of GALIN, which can be helpful in dealing with older records from pre-migration (1999). As GALIN is a snapshot, the information is no longer updated, and in some cases the information was lost.
Gifts: Material which is donated or given to the library.
GIL (GALILEO Interconnected Libraries): The Libraries' online catalog, which is an Endeavor product called, Voyager.
Happening location: The GIL database location where work occurs or happens.
Hierarchy: In the Endeavor Voyager catalog technical view, shows the relationship between the parts of the record (the bib and its subrecords: the holdings and item record).
Holdings record: a holdings record (also know as the MARC Format Holdings Data or MFHD for short) describes the call number, location info, volumes owned, etc. In other words, what we actually have on hand.
ILS: Integrated Library System, usually a windows based library catalog software
Indicator: Two numerical fields which follow a MARC tag, e.g., 245 14 ; 1 is the first indicator, 4 is the second indicator. Indicators affect indexing and display of information from the MARC fields. Indicators are defined by the information within the field and the MARC tag.
Inprocess: an item status reflecting that an item has been received but has not been cataloged.
Inprocess Collection (IPC): Material which is housed uncataloged in a temporary yet publicly available area.
InputStamps see Locations.
Inventory: Verification that a pre-1995 monographic item in hand matches the record in GIL and that a shelflist card has been pulled. An inventoried record will have a note in a 910 field INVYY initials. Serials and other formats may use a different code for inventory.
Item record: Also known as a piece or barcode record, the item record represents each individual item associated with a title.
Item status: Designates availability on the item record. Status can include discharged (item has been returned and checked in), charged out, at bindery, missing, lost system applied (overdue to the point the database has assigned a lost status), lost and paid (item has been lost by the patron and has been paid for), cataloging review (a status used by Cataloging staff to get materials returned back to them for review), etc..
Label see Marking.
Leader: The part of the GIL MFHD (holdings record) where information is recorded about the MFHD record status (if work is done, the record should be coded as C for corrected), Type of record (x for single titles, v for multiple volumes) and Encoding Level (1 for single titles; 4 for mutliple volumes).
Library of Congress (LC) Classification Scheme/Call numbers: Call number scheme designed to organize materials by subject and/or main entry (author, etc.).
Locations: Also known as InputStamps or 049 locations, these are the locations where materials are located. Information from the bib record (049), the MFHD location, and the Permanent Location (item record) correlate to form a title's location.
Looseleaf (also known as Looseleaf for updating): An unique category of material which typically are originally published in a notebook or binder and have new replacement pages (sometimes whole sections) issued by the publisher at a later time, with the intent to have old parts replaced with new ones.
Maintenance Unit: The Maintenance Unit is part of the Database Maintenance (DBM) Section and is responsible for maintaining data through investigation and correction of records as needed. Additionally, projects requiring GIL work are often part of DBM's workflow.
MARC: (MAchine Readable Code): a type of record coding which allows information to be shared in a variety of formats.
MARC Field: In MARC, a data field which begins with a MARC tag, followed by indicators and then coded data. A MARC field is the entire field line in the GIL Cataloging module, e.g., 245 10 ‡a Prisons under the gavel : ‡b the federal court takeover of Georgia prisons / ‡c Bradley Stewart Chilton.
MARCIVE: A bibliographic service which verifies authority information. Records are extracted from GIL and sent to MARCIVE on a weekly basis. A MARCIVED record will contain a field, 946 Marcive, in the bib record.
MARK Note: A coded note of instructions in the GIL MFHD (or in a series authority record) as to how to label or mark a volume (e.g., MARK> Use v.)
Marking: The process of preparing an item to be shelved in the stacks including creating a label, affixing the label, property stamping, etc.
Marking Unit: The Marking Unit is part of the Database Maintenance (DBM) Section and is responsible for physically processing all materials.
Media: Audio CDs, DVDs, Laserdiscs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes, 16mm film, reels, and other format material. Accompanying media is material which is published along with the primary work and is meant to enhance the user's experience in some way (additional resources, programs, contextual information, etc.)
Medium Rare: Materials in the UGA Libraries collection which are published before 1870, which are quasi-rare (non-circulating yet reside in the stacks.
Metadata: describing data. Metadata in terms of search engines is assigning keywords and other values to assist in search engine retrieval. Catalogers assign keywords through titles, authors, contents notes, and subject headings.
MFHD: Marc Format Holdings Data: (also known as a holdings record): describes the call number, location info, volumes owned, etc. In other words, what we actually have on hand.
Microfilm: reels of negatives from scanned books, periodicals, and other print sources.
Microfiche: thin sheets of negatives from scanned books, periodicals, and other print sources. A reader is used to project the images for viewing.
Monograph: A title which is published as a unique finite work. Books can be electronic or traditional print format. "For the purpose of library cataloging, any nonserial publication, complete in one volume or intended to be completed in a finite number of parts issued at regular or irregular intervals, containing a single work or collection of works. Monographs are sometimes published in monographic series and subseries." Monographic sets are unique titles which are published as a collection with an intended finite end. Analytics are titles which are part of a larger monographic or serial title.
Monographs Original Cataloging: A section in the Cataloging Department which is responsible for the creation of a record or heavy modification of a record for monographs and other formats of materials.
Music Cataloging: Cataloging of music related materials such as scores. The Music Cataloging Section in the Cataloging Department does original and copy cataloging for Audio CDs, scores, etc.
NAR (Name Authority Record): The record containing the authorized (verified) form of an author's name, corporate body or conference. SARs (Series Authority Records) contain the authorized form of series headings.
OCLC: OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) is a collaborative database of records from libraries around the world. Libraries share records for cataloging purposes and Interlibrary Loan (ILL). UGA contributes records to OCLC and shares our holdings through OCLC. Cataloging accesses OCLC through Connexion, which is the technical module of WorldCat.
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalog is a public view of a library catalog.
Order: To purchase an item for the libraries.
P&P (Policy & Procedures Manual): the Cataloging Dept's online procedures and policy manual. Located at http://www.libs.uga.edu/catalog/policies.html
Periodical: A single title issued in parts and/or volumes, with no finite ending date and at regular intervals, e.g. Time magazine.
Permanent Location: The location on the item record which reflects the true location of a copy. The permanent location corresponds to the location in the MFHD (Holdings record). Every item record must have a permanent location.
PO (Provisional record): A brief record created for the purposes of ordering; additionally, uncataloged. PO records were most commonly created at UGA in the GALIN catalog database. Also, Purchase Orders (orders of purchasing information) are known as POs.
PromptCat: Outsourced cataloging processed by Acquisitions. Processed PromptCat records in GIL contain a 945 CC field.
RDA: new upcoming cataloging code which will replace AACR2.
Reading for Pleasure (RFP) also known as Leisure Collection: Contemporary works, popular titles, etc. which receive a local call number and a shorter circulation period.
Repository (REPO): Off campus storage facility (warehouse) for materials, which are generally not heavily used.
SARs (Series Authority Records) contain the authorized form of series headings.
Serial: A single title issued successively in parts and/or volumes, with no finite ending date (although serials may cease publication, the original intent was to continue publication).
Series: A group of separately published titles generally written upon similar subject matters and published by the same published, which are grouped together, either by numbering or not. A series differs from a monographic set in that a set constitutes a single work, whereas a series consists of distinct works. Coded in 4xx/8xx fields.
Serials cataloging: Cataloging of serials, periodicals and other resources. The Serials Cataloging Section in the Cataloging Department does original and copy cataloging for serials, periodicals, and other formats.
Shelving prefix: ‡k in the holdings/MFHD record which corresponds to information printed on the item's label; Identifies a special location with a particular location. Examples of ‡k include Ga Room (for Georgia Room), ‡k Folio (for oversized books shelved in a special location).
Subject Headings: Controlled vocabulary access points and keywords; coded in MARC 6XX fields.
Suppressed: A bibliographic (bib) or MFHD (holdings) record which does not appear in the OPAC (public view of the catalog).
Technical Module (can include the Cataloging, Acquisitions or Serials checkin mode). The "backdoor" to the public view of the catalog (OPAC) which allows staff to edit, create, and delete records.
Tag: MARC tags are the 3 digit codes beginning a MARC field, e.g., 245 14. 245 is the MARC tag.
Temporary location: A location in the item record which reflects a temporary location. Examples of temporary locations include Reserves and Repo. An item with a temporary location has a permanent location in addition to the temporary location.
Title: A word or phrase which contains the name of the item; coded in 2XX fields. In cataloging, the title is usually transcribed from the item in hand. Additional title info is and sometimes coded in 7xx fields
t.p. The title page of a monograph (book).
Transfer: Transferring material from one location to another, which involves work on the records in the online catalog.
Treatment: Generally, Monographic vs. Serial. Treatment is stated in the MFHD (holding record) for Monographic sets, Serials, and Periodicals, e.g., TR: M
Ultimate database: databases designed by UGA Systems' Department to store data such as the UGA Electronic Theses and Dissertations aka ETDs, DLG databases (Digital Library of Georgia), etc.
Unicode: A coding standard which allows characters to display correctly in the GIL OPAC. An example of this would include a record coded in Chinese language, which displays the proper characters in the OPAC. It is also used by other industries to allow for correct display of such characters as the Euro.
Universal Catalog (UC): A combined catalog showing all of the materials for libraries within the University of Georgia System (USG).
Weeding: Identifying materials which are no longer of value to a particular location or library. Materials can be transferred to locations which need the materials or the materials may be withdrawn.
Withdraw/Withdrawn/Withdrawal: Material deemed no longer of value is sent to the Cataloging Department to be withdrawn and destroyed per procedures.
WorldCat: collaborative database of records from libraries around the world. Libraries share records for cataloging purposes and Interlibrary Loan (ILL). UGA contributes records to OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and shares our holdings through OCLC. Cataloging accesses OCLC through Connexion, which is the technical module of WorldCat.
Verso: The left page of a book; also the second printed side of a sheet or page (the back).
Voyager: The Libraries' online catalog, GIL, an Endeavor product.
Cataloging Department Policy & Procedures Manual
Bib Formats
OCLC/WorldCat help
Listservs, training, tutorials online
ODLIS – Online dictionary for Library and Information Science, http://www.lu.com/odlis/about.cfm
From What all Libraries have,http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/


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Bloody thing. I can't imagine what I was thinking of. It seemed a fine idea when I was standing in the queue at the fishmonger's, but now it's sitting there in the sink, cold water running over its jelly-like body and long, slimy tentacles. Worst of all is the cold, staring eye - at least I think it's an eye - following me round the kitchen while I do everything, anything, other than get on with the job in hand.
I have cleaned squid a hundred times; even skinned an eel (though never again). But an octopus is a different ball game altogether. Bigger and wobblier. A snip at £5.51 a kilo, I bought two so that we could have a few of the long gelatinous tentacles to eat warm with the new season's Spanish olive oil and brick-red paprika, then a clean-tasting salad with coriander leaves and lime juice. With the sun blazing through the windows and a hunk or two of rosemary-and-olive bread, this would be a spring lunch to remember.
Octopus takes a good hour to simmer and the wretched thing is still in the sink, grimacing at me. Why am I not surprised that these cephalopods can tell the difference between coloured balls, and were once used by fishermen to pick up buried treasure from the seabed?
I really must get on with it. I turn to Rick Stein for help: 'Turn the body inside out and pull away the entrails and bone-like strips sticking to the sides. Locate the stomach sac...' (Nothing makes me retch quite like the term 'stomach sac', especially when my fingers are ferreting round in scuzzy black stuff trying to find it. Helpfully, Mr Stein informs me that it is the size of an avocado stone.) That removed, a sea of black and tan-coloured yuck comes lolloping out over the chopping board. Then it slithers over the edge and onto the floor. Right now, nothing looks further from the crisp green and white spring lunch I had in mind.
'Wash the octopus well inside and out and then turn the body sac right side out again,' our favourite fish cook continues. I do this and end up with a neat little bathing hat of squid flesh. 'Press the beak and the soft surround out from the centre of the tentacles, cut out and discard,' the instructions continue and I follow every word, as one would. Once all the dribbly bits are in the bin, I now have a mass of exquisitely knobbly tentacles. Rinsed and sitting briefly in cold water, they are really rather beautiful and ancient-looking, like something you'd see on a fresco at the V&A. I salt my fingers and tug at the pink skin.
Plunged briefly - 'shocked' - in boiling water a couple of times before it is returned to the pot and simmered for an hour, my scary monster is looking a bit more tame. I don't cook him in plain water but with an onion cut into rings and some carrot slices and bay leaves.
I find the herbal notes of the bay go some way to lessening the pong of boiling seafood in the house.
Out of the seasoned bath and tested for tenderness by nipping off a curl of flesh, he is now a pale pink colour and fairly tender. I lay it out on an oval plate, each finger-thick digit glistening with heady, yellow-green oil and spots of rust-coloured Spanish paprika. I had been warned octopus can be tough, but this is a pussycat. The slitheriness has turned to a delicious gelatinous texture, sweeter and meatier than the little curls you find in seafood salads at deli counters. We mop up the olive oil with the soft rosemary bread, squirt lemon into the fishy juices and everyone declares it all a bit of a feast. Me, I just smile sweetly and say thank you, secretly adding the cleaning of octopuses to my list of 'never agains'.
Warm octopus salad with paprika and olive oil
Get your fishmonger to do the cleaning for you. Choose your octopus with care. The ones with two rows of suckers on their tentacles have better flavour than those with one, though they can be tougher. Ensure tenderness by freezing your cleaned octopus for a day or two before you eat him. The Greeks and Spanish fishermen bash the creature on the rocks to tenderise the flesh; modern thinking suggests the freezer is a better option. Serves 4.
2 small octopuses, each about 500-750g in weight, prepared
1 small onion
1 small carrot
3 bay leaves
6 black peppercorns
For the dressing:
the juice of a lemon
1 tsp of paprika
4 tbsp olive oil
a few capers
bread to serve
Wash the cleaned octopus thoroughly under cold, running water, looking for any sand wedged in the suckers. Leave it to soak for a few minutes while you prepare the stock.
Bring a pan of water to the boil. Peel the onion and slice it thinly. Scrub the carrot and slice it into thin coins. Salt the water and add the onion, carrot, bay leaves and peppercorns.
Dunk the octopus into the boiling water. As soon as it returns to the boil, lift out the octopus, leave it for a few seconds then return it to the pan. Repeat, then leave it to simmer for 40 minutes. Test it for tenderness by slicing off a tiny piece. If it is still tough, leave to simmer for anything up to 30 minutes more. Don't give it much over an hour. If it isn't tender then, it probably won't ever be.
While the creature is cooking, make the dressing. Mix the lemon juice with the paprika and a little salt and black pepper. Whisk in the olive oil and toss in a few capers.
Drain the octopus, cut it into manageable pieces (I like to leave the tentacles whole unless they are very large) and put it in a warm bowl. Pour the dressing over and toss gently. Set aside for a few minutes before serving, with a little more paprika for dusting, passing round the olive oil bottle and bread for those who want it.
Squid or octopus salad with coriander and rocket
Maybe you have chickened out and bought a squid instead. In which case I would grill rather than boil it. Serves 3 to 4 as a main course salad.
500g prepared, freshly cooked octopus or squid
1 stalk of lemon grass
4 small spring onions
2 small, hot red chillies
3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
3 tbsp lime juice
4 handfuls of rocket or other green salad leaves
Peel the outer leaves of the lemon grass and discard. Shred the tender, inner leaves very finely then tip them into a bowl. Shred the onions, then the chillies, discarding the seeds if you wish. Add the coriander leaves, the fish sauce, sugar and lime juice then mix together. Chop the octopus or squid into rough chunks then toss it in the dressing. Season gently with salt and serve piled on the rocket leaves.
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KIM Kardashian West is heading to Australia next month.
The thrice-married 33-year-old star will visit Australian shores to celebrate the launch of the Kardashian Kollection for the coming spring. And yes, that is Kollection with a 'K'.
Since the Kardashian family have become a fixture in modern day popular culture (Kim has a cool 20 million Twitter followers) sales of their fashion and accessory collections have gone through the roof with the three Kardashian sisters banding together to create fashion lines as well as doing their own thing in fashion land.
With an estimated worth of $45 million the Kim Kardashian name is one of the most polarising in celebrity circles.
But, since her marriage to rapper Kanye West and the birth of baby North 14 months ago some say a degree of street cred has enshrined the curvaceous beauty, whose penchant for designer labels has even impressed the usually unimpressionable US Vogue editor, Anna Wintour.
Ms Wintour put the couple on the cover of April Vogue in a magazine move that thrilled fans but disappointed some style diehards.
Ironically, the issue sold over 500,000 hard copies, beating both Beyoncé and Michelle Obama. Digital sales would have easily doubled if not trebled that figure.
It was also the first Vogue cover to feature a hashtag aptly called #worldsmosttalkedaboutcouple.
The visit of Mrs West to Australia will include a chance for Kim's fans to meet the reality juggernaut at the Sydney shopping mall, Westfield Parramatta.
But here's the catch.
Kim will greet and sign photos for the first 200 shoppers in-line that make a Kardashian Kollection purchase from any one of their stockists between Tuesday, 26th August and Saturday, 13th September.
According to the media spiel, the Kardashian Kollection in Australia 'offers on-trend styles in ready-to-wear apparel, jewellery, sunglasses, handbags, hosiery, denim and shoes for women, as well as the newly released Kardashian Essentials range of shapewear, hosiery and sunglasses in Woolworths stores nationally'. Read: it's affordable.
Each piece is designed with Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian's body shapes and styles in mind ensuring there are pieces for women of all shapes and sizes.
Some of the Kardashian Kollection's other stockists include Strandbag, David Jones, Priceline and Betts.
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I'm having the same problem described in this thread using the memberprofile module. Tried that patch, but it does not work. Because the mentioned thread is quite old, I hope someone has figured out a solution already.
EDIT: Never mind, solved it myself. Found the correct place to apply the mentioned patch.


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Transport Circles
It's easy to get the name of different things confused. Laymen do that all the time. They confuse transport circles with gates, thinking they're the same things. But they're not.
Gates are for moving things across different dimensions. Simple gates merely go to the Summerland or the Winterfell. More complex gates may reach into the astral or the elemental chaos. Gates can be used to summon beings from these other worlds as well. They're not simple doorways.
Transport circles, on the other hand, are a means of getting around the world instantly, either by connecting with each other, or by acting as receiving pads for teleport rituals.
Transport circles have three modes – inert, passive, and active – and these modes are controlled by what those in the know currently call "keys" – though that's not exactly what they do.
Transport circles also have a number of security measures built in to them, and that is what will be revealed here.
Each circle consists of three rings. The outer ring contains symbols that reflect the circle's physical location on this plane. This is the circle's address. The second ring consists of a string of interchangeable runes. This is the ring's ward code – what some might call it's password.
The third ring is where one would set the desired destination, and it is in this ring as well that the key would be set.
There are two types of key. A lesser key is needed to take activate an inert circle and to place it in passive mode. A master key is needed to put a circle in active mode.
A circle that is in passive mode can link to another passive circle by means of a special ritual as long as the user knows the other circle's ward codes. A passive circle can also be reached by anyone using the teleportation ritual who knows both its address and ward code.
The master key makes the circle active. An active circle can teleport to any other circle whether its active or not. An active circle can also bypass another circle's ward codes. This means that anyone holding a master key can use a circle to teleport to any other circle even when it's key-less and inert, at any time, with no way to stop them.
It is theorized that there is a lesser key for each ancient teleport circle in existance. But it is thought that there are only a limited number of master keys hidden around. This is why any master key that may fall into the wrong hands poses an incredible risk.
There are those who believe as well, that a master key may allow a teleport circle to function as a gate between this world and teleport circles on other planes. But this has never been proven. The theory is based on the gateway that took humanity between Cordeia and Sy'Lum. That gateway had two keys, one on either end. The key on the Cordeia side was stolen, and from that point on people could travel from Sy'Lum to Cordeia, but there was no way to cross back, nor to contact anyone on Sy"lum to let them know the fate of the colonists.
No one remembers for sure now what the gate key looked like, whether any master key would work in that gate, or whether a gate key would be an even higher order of key. However, there are factions intent on learning how to open gates to forbidden places, and they will hunt down and take or steal any master key they can find to further their ambitions.
The circle on Vann Island is passive only. Until recently its only known use was for adventurers and agents of the Twelve Temples to use it as a destination for a teleport ritual. The circle was guarded by periodically changing its ward codes. An agent would be sent out with a specially ciphered text that would give him what the ward codes would be for certain specific days and times.
The circle outside Ver'nin was passive when first discovered. Then it was learned that there was a master key hidden within those ruins. The key was found, but later stolen and hidden. No one is certain who stole it, though it is suspected that a group of the indigenous people – the Abandonned – were behind the theft. Some say they stole it to protect it – that the White Lady came to one of them in a dream and warned her of a threat to the valley.
Hammer Durgin somehow came across the suspected hiding place of the key and sent out his most trusted agents in secret to retrieve it.


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Time is running out for many species of frog, as they are close to being wiped out by a plague called Chytridiomycosis. However, teams of scientists are working day and night, in isolated labs, to preserve these species so that they might, one day, be able to return to the wild.
Chytridiomycosis is a disease in amphibians caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). When Bd spores contact an amphibian's skin, they spawn small pods — called sporangia — which contain more spores, that then further infect the animal and any more around it when they open. The disease causes reddening and sloughing off of the skin, lethargy, a failure to seek shelter, a failure to flee when threatened, and failure of the 'righting reflex' — the instinctive reflex to reorient your body if you are upside-down. Eventually, the disease clogs the pours of the amphibians' skin, and they dehydrate and suffocate at the same time.
The outbreak of Bd has reached pandemic — or in this case panzootic — proportions, as frogs in North America, Central America, South America, Australia and Europe are threatened by or dying off from the disease.
Evolutionary biologist Cori Richards-Zawacki, who is a professor at Tulane University, in New Orleans, has been trying to find survivors of the panzootic in Panama — which has the golden frog as its national mascot — but with very little success.
"This sure is depressing," she said while making her way down the Rio Farallon, in central Panama. The area used to be teaming with golden frogs, who are 'explosive breeders', but where she would normally hear a cacophony of croaking, there is only silence now.
Scientists have gathered the last remaining specimens of some species in 'amphibian arks', in an effort to breed them and keep these species from going extinct. Keeping them isolated from the natural environment is necessary to prevent further infection.
The first such ark is located at the bottom of the crater of an extinct volcano, at the appropirately-named El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center (EVACC). The frog specimens there were collected in 2006 and 2007, by Edwardo Griffith, who helped found EVACC, and his team.
"It was a nightmare," Griffith said. "I saw frogs dying as we were collecting them. They would die in your hand. The only option we had was to buy some time, keep them alive."
The team first housed the frogs — hundreds of them, from a dozen different species — in a local hotel until the ark was built, monitoring the frogs day and night. The vigil continues now, but efforts are being made to breed the frogs so that they can reintroduce them back into the wild soon. This isn't as easy as just getting the frogs together, though. Some species require very specific conditions or stimuli in order to mate, so the three staff, working in rotating shifts, 24/7, must accommodate all these necessities.
"We have to do our job, for a while longer. We have to be successful. Maybe we'll have too many frogs, maybe thousands and thousands. That would be great. But then what are we going to do with them?" said director of EVACC, Heidi Ross.
The problem lies with the fungus.
"Usually when Bd appears, it kills everything it is going to kill, and quickly," said Dr. Roberto Ibanez, who works at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. "It kills some species, infects others, who serve as disease vectors, as carriers, so it doesn't go away."
Although it is known that the fungus has difficulty with heat, such that exposing an infected frog to temperatures of 28°C or higher will kill the fungus, many of the places that the frogs inhabit — such as higher up in mountain chains — are where the rain forest canopy and persistent cloud-cover keep the environment cooler. Some species have a natural agent that coats their skin to protect them against the fungus, but no way has been found to transfer this to other species. One proposed solution is to expose captive frogs to the fungus, breed the survivors (if there are any), and then release their offspring into the wild, hoping that they had developed an immunity to chytridiomycosis. For now, though, the plan is to breed as many frogs as possible, simply to ensure the survival of these species until a solution is found.
"We basically have to become really good frog farmers and breed a lot of frogs," said Brian Gratwicke, project coordinator at the Smithsonian's Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project.
"But the last thing we want to do is release these precious, expensive frogs back into wild, just to see them consumed by the fungus all over again."


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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- The Bates College women's lacrosse team defeated NESCAC rival Middlebury for the first time in 16 years on Saturday, winning 11-9 at Middlebury's Kohn Field. Middlebury lost its season-opener for the first time in 21 years. The win for the Bobcats was their first over the Panthers in the last 17 meetings, dating back to a win by the same score in '94.
Middlebury (0-1), ranked No. 6 in this week's IWLCA Division III poll, got off to a strong start, taking a 3-0 lead behind a pair of goals from Stephanie Gill in the game's first 6:25. Bates answered with two goals, by sophomore Lindsay Thompson (Ipswich, Mass.) and first-year Jenn Brallier (Chambersburg, Pa.), before Gill scored her third and Michaela Colbert made it a 5-2 Middlebury lead at the 9:51 mark. Bates sophomore Jenna Dannis (Milford, N.H.) closed out the first half scoring for Bates, cutting the deficit to 5-3 at the intermission.
Bates made it a one-goal game with a score by junior Briana Gross (Andover, Mass.), before Margaret Souther scored a pair for the Panthers to give them a 7-4 lead.
Bates then went on a run, scoring the game's next five goals to take a 9-7 lead with 13:01 remaining. Seniors Molly Radis (Peaks Island, Maine) and Morgan Maciewicz (Marblehead, Mass.) each scored twice during the spurt, with Radis converting a free position at 13:32. Colbert scored her second of the game for Middlebury to make it a one-goal game, before Radis answered for Bates at the 6:48 mark. Colbert again made it a one-goal game with 6:15 left to play, as the Panthers trailed 10-9.
Bates took over possession at the 2:30 mark and began to take time off the clock. The Bobcats gained some breathing room later in the possession, as sophomore Joan O'Neill (Westwood, Mass.) made a long cut to the goal with the ball, scoring with a quick shot to give Bates a two-goal lead with just 1:43 remaining. Middlebury threatened, but could not score twice as a free position attempt was denied at the buzzer.
Gill and Colbert led Middlebury with three goals apiece, while Souther added a pair.
Radis paced Bates with three goals, while Maciewicz scored twice. Senior Avery Pierce (Weston, Mass.) was big on defense for the Bobcats, causing five turnovers on the afternoon. Junior Mara Krueger (St. Louis, Mo.) made nine saves in goal to earn the win, while Lily Nguyen made nine for the Panthers.


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For farmers, 2013 was a year to remember, though not all of those memories are good ones.
For the 19th consecutive year, poultry rang in as the top commodity in Mississippi, and forest products saw a bounce-back year, regaining the number two spot of Mississippi's top commodity list.
However, many commodities — including corn and soybeans — saw market prices that could not offset costs even as yields set new state records.
John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said the major difference between 2013 and the prior year were agronomic crop prices.
"In 2012, when most of the nation's farmland was experiencing a major drought, Mississippi farmers were able to produce very good yields," Riley said. "While yields were down across the country, our growers were able to capitalize on the higher prices."
Riley estimated agricultural commodity values for 2013 compared to the previous year and the five-year average. The estimated $7.35 billion is 4 percent less than 2012's total value, but 11 percent more than the five-year average.
Soybeans are a good example of what many farmers faced in 2013. Farmers are expected to have harvested 43 bushels per acre, nearing the state record of 45 bushels set in 2012. But the 2013 crop has an estimated value of $993 million, which is more than 20 percent below 2012.
Corn held on to its number four ranking among the state's commodities with an estimated value of $631 million. Still, that is down more than 30 percent compared to 2012.
"Corn's projected average price for the state is $4.40 a bushel, down from $6.89 a bushel received in 2012," Riley said.
Erick Larson, Extension grain crops agronomist, said weather was a key factor in the production of corn, which is highly dependent on moisture.
"Most of the corn in the state was planted the first 25 days of March," Lawson said. "From then until early May, there were very few opportunities to plant. A lot of the acres that were intended for corn, but never planted, were dryland acres. The state's per-acre yield in 2013 is more reflective of irrigated yields.
"In Mississippi, irrigated land normally produces yields of 50 to 100 bushels of corn more per acre than does non-irrigated land."
But the news wasn't all bad. In fact, some value of some commodities such as rice, cotton, livestock and hay were up last year compared to 2012.
Perhaps the best news was in catfish. After years of decline in acreage, catfish production is expected to come in 10 percent above 2012 — the first production increase in catfish in more than a decade.
The 2013 crop is expected to bring $178 million.
Jimmy Avery, Extension aquaculture specialist and director of the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center in Stoneville, said some consumers chose cheaper foreign imports in 2011, when catfish supplies were tight and retail prices of catfish increased about 50 percent. The shortage peaked in late 2011 and early 2012.
"Now that our supply has stabilized and more consumers are requesting U.S. products, our markets are returning," he said. "Farmers are finding a way to intensify production and be more efficient. They are ending the year much more optimistic about profit potential in 2014."
Poultry and forestry, however, were the two commodities that helped buoy the state's agriculture figures in 2013. Poultry value was up 10 percent over 2012 while forestry is estimated to be up approximately 13 percent. Both poultry and forestry were up 13 percent and 17 percent, respectively, over the five=year average.
For poultry farmers, the increase in corn production and corresponding drop in feed costs added up to an improved year. In 2012, poultry farmers were paying $8 per bushel for corn. Last year, the cost was $4.50 per bushel.
Tom Tabler, Extension professor in the Department of Poultry Science at Mississippi State University, said, "There has been a slight expansion of the industry, not just in Mississippi, but across the country. Producers have seen fairly good market prices and feed prices that are in line with profitability."
Foresters saw a harvest value in 2013 that is more than 14 percent over the previous year. More notably, the 2013 harvest value is 34.9 percent higher than the 2009 harvest value of $864.9 million, which was the lowest valued harvest year since the recession of 2007 to 2009.
"The increase can be attributed to several factors, including an increase in timber harvesting because of slightly higher prices," said James Henderson, associate Extension professor in MSU's College of Forest Resources. "Severance taxes collected on timber sales are up 4.4 percent as of October, compared to the same period for 2012."


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I don't know how else to describe this slot but adorable. The music is soothing and the symbols paint the perfect fairy tale picture. Vines separate the reels and reach out connecting winning combinations. There's also a progressive jackpot. As usual, I fantasized about what I would do if I won it. Wonderland is simply magical.
I began with £1 per spin. With 100 lines wagering on Wonderland is steep to say the least. The highest paying symbol is Alice herself followed by the Mad Hatter. The White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat also make an appearance.
I allowed a small bankroll to experiment with. The bonus is exciting. Three bonus symbols on the reels cause three tiny doors to appear. Choose one and Alice drinks a potion to shrink her down to size allowing her to proceed. Choose between two cards and win a prize when you choose the high card. When you choose the low card, you win your line bet.
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(AP) — This Nov. 27, 2013 image provided by the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel shows a gingerbread creation depicting the famous Opera House in Sydney, Australia on display in Honolulu, Hawaii .
The gingerbread Opera House is part of a village of gingerbread depictions of famous landmarks around the world like the Eiffel Tower and the Washington Monument. The gingerbread replicas were created by the hotel's chef, Ralf Bauer, and his team, for the Christmas holidays. (AP Photo/Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel)


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epidemiology question
In this unit you are learned that the association between variables (exposures) and outcomes can be investigated through descriptive or analytical study designs. The main types of analytical epidemiologic studies include the following:
Type of Study
Description of Study Type
Passively observe causes, preventions, and treatments for disease without interfering with its natural course.
Case Control
Involves the identification of cases- those with a disease- and controls – those selected with similar attributes (age, geography and engaging in similar activities) who do not have the disease. The characteristics of exposure for both groups are compared to determine the cause of disease. Finding controls to match the cases can be a difficult and time consuming.
Prospective Cohort –a defined population which is observed over time for a specific exposure(s) to identify new cases of disease.
The observed study subjects are units of populations such as geographic areas (counties, states, countries, …)
Intervention (Experimental)
Involves the deliberate change of the study subject's status. The introduced change can be in the form of medication, interventions or preventions.
Randomized Control Trial
Study participants are randomly assigned to groups to receive or not receive medical or other intervention or prevention.
A type of research in which the intervention is changed or introduced to a group that is not divided into exposure or non-exposure groups resulting in random exposure. This method of study is normally used in communities, schools and geographic areas.
Imagine you are an Epidemiologist at local department of public health. You received a call from Dr. Wilson, the Medical Director for a local nursing home facility, who reported 60 elderly residents exhibiting symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. She was worried the residents were exposed to a stomach virus or have food poisoning.
Dr. Wilson provided you with the laboratory test results and asked you to perform an epidemiology investigation to determine the source of their illness.
What type of study would you use and why? Your hypothesis is the residents became ill from a meal served within the past 48 hours. The suspected meal included grilled chicken, potato salad, biscuits, cake and ice tea. You are not 100% sure which item caused the illness but with consideration of the laboratory result you suspect the chicken caused the illness.
What is the attack rate of those who eat chicken?
Using the information in the data below, calculate the proper measure of association (odds ratio or relative risk) for the chicken using a Fourfold table (also called a 2 X 2 table). Your table should look similar to the example below.
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Do you have enough information to claim the chicken is the cause of the residents' illness? Why or why not?
Number of residents who eat chicken and were sick
Number of residents who eat chicken and were not sick
Number of residents who did not eat chicken and were sick
Number of residents who did not eat chicken and were not sick
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Los Angeles police have reportedly arrested two men in connection with the March 31 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow.
The Los Angeles Times reported police have exonerated suspect Giovanni Ramirez, a parolee who was arrested May 22 in connection with the attack. Since his arrest, the paper reported, detectives struggled to build a case against him.
The paper said the LAPD was preparing to release an official statement on the investigation.
Gossip website TMZ.com reported the case against Ramirez, who is currently in jail on a parole violation, went to robbery homicide detectives and fell apart.
TMZ reported two Hispanic males, at least one of them in his mid-20s, were arrested early Thursday morning.
Stow was critically injured in an attack outside Dodger Stadium following the season opener. The paramedic and father of two sustained injuries to his skull and brain and was put in a medically-induced coma. He was eventually flown from Burbank to San Francisco on May 16.
The 42-year-old Stow had emergency surgery earlier this week due to a massive fluid buildup that caused a 30-second seizure.


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A working shotgun has been found hidden in a children's play park in east London, it has emerged.
Police, responding to a tip-off, used a metal detector and sniffer dog to search the Apples and Pears play area in the park on Pearson Street, Hackney.
The area is well-known for its crime problems, especially in the schools.
One father, who did not want to be named, embodies the problem. He told us, "My missus is getting concerned about our kids schooling. There is too much drinking, drugs and violence. She says if I don't stop I can't home school them any more, but that means they'll have to join a gang."
We interviewed a twelve year old lad hanging around the park in question. He said, "I dream of a Hackney without violence, a Hackney without weapons. Then me and my mates could attack Hackney when they're not expecting it."
As we left the area we couldn't help noticing that a local firearms shop had a 'Back to School' sale advertised outside their door.


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TORONTO - Heres a canine with good fortune: Lucky 191 a severely injured dog found in November with those three digits visible on the side of its body has been adopted.
Ontario SPCA spokesman Brad Dewar confirmed an unidentified York Regional Police officers family gave Lucky a new home just in time for the new year.
The three-year-old hound was originally thought to have been chemically branded. Dewar confirmed that was not the case and said the animals fur will grow back.
A police officer, not the one who found it, adopted the dog after it was found abandoned by the road in Aurora, Ont., north of Toronto, on Nov. 4.


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No shooting today to protest arrest of film federation chie
All film and television shootings were suspended last evening, as the industry went on strike to protest against cops who arrested the president and other office bearers of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), the body that oversees 22 crafts in the film fraternity. The federation claims that the officials were detained by the BKC police for a bogus assault case. They were released on bail the same evening.
The incident
FWICE president Kamlesh Pandey, along with other members general secretary Dilip Pithva, Zahid Khan, Feroz Khan Raja and Sudhakar Sharma had gone to the trade union yesterday, around 4.30 pm, to discuss a dispute about the federation.
To provide context the general secretary of Film Studio Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union (a private body), Gangeshwar Shrivastav had previously alleged that FWICE was established illegally and had asked the registrar of the government-run trade union, L S Doke to cancel its registration.
"The FWICE members had gone to the trade union office to present their case, but there was scuffle between two groups which resulted in the detention of the members," said a source. According to FWICE president Kamlesh Pandey, however, it was the trade union members who were involved in the scrap, and the federation officials had nothing to do with it.
"We are not going to sit quiet. It was an unconstitutional act by a government official and we will complain against Doke for filing a false case against us. We were sitting in the registrar's office when the incident took place. A case was filed against us but no action was taken against those who were waiting outside the office.
We have been told that Doke was under some pressure to file a case against us. We will take up the issue with higher authorities," said Pandey. Senior police inspector Kundalik Nigde from the BKC police station said, "They were arrested in the assault case and released on bail. We are investigating the matter."
Strike goes on
No shootings will take place today either, as the strike continues into the second day. FWICE president Kamlesh Pandey told mid-day on Tuesday, "There will be no shooting tomorrow and a decision to continue with the strike will be decided by the governing council of the FWICE."


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Video games. Some say they cause violence in youth while others may argue their artistic value is as high as classic fine art and films. But if you're Dan Newbie, a student from the University of Central Arkansas, video games are an inspiration, and they also draw a lot of Youtube views. Like, a lot. With a large number of wine glasses, a couple of pencils and even a frying pan, Newbie created the infamous theme song from the Nintendo classic, Super Mario Bros.
Newbie has so far created two other wine-glass-musical adaptations including the recent radio hit, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams and the everlasting track from Disney's Frozen, "Let it Go."
After gaining recognition from the two songs mentioned above, a viewer left a comment that suggested he did Mario. And here it is, check out the video below!
According to Newbie, the song is actually titled as the "Ground Theme" and was composed by Koji Kondo, who also scored tracks from The Legend of Zelda series. The song is heard on the first level of the Nintendo Entertainment System's Super Mario Bros. The "Ground Theme" was also one of the more difficult tracks for the composer because of its complex rhythms.
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The Menurkey: A Menorah for Thanksgiving
The Menurkey
A nine-year-old boy's idea, a once-in-a-lifetime event and a Kickstarter campaign has led to the availability of the Menurkey, a Hanukkah menorah shaped like a Thanksgiving turkey.
Conceived by New York City kid Asher Weintraub, the Menurkey celebrates this year's rare occurrence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving overlapping. Weintraub felt the Menurkey would resonate as both holidays have similar themes of being thankful. Familiar with a 3-D modeling program, Weintraub created CAD sketches and, with his parents' help, that led to prototypes and finding a ceramic artist. Weintraub's father then started the Kickstarter campaign, and almost $50,000 was raised when it ended in September.
And now, the Menurkey is available at New York's The Jewish Museum shop and menurkey.com for $50. It is made of plaster in New Jersey.
Already the Menurkey brand includes its own iOS and iPad app, its own song on iTunes--"Hanukkah, O Hanukkah (Introducing the Menurkey!)" by The Dirty Sock Funtime Band--its own logo and T-shirt. A limited-edition ceramic Menurkey is also available.--Andrea Lillo


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Interview with Asia Security Expert on North Korea "Americans Committed a Grave Mistake"
North Korea's apparent test of a nuclear weapon has changed the security situation in Asia. SPIEGEL spoke with Yan Xuetong, Professor for International Studies at Peking's Qinghua University, about what went wrong.
The Friendship Bridge linking North Korea with China. The relationship may now have soured.
Yan: China and North Korea are no longer close allies.
SPIEGEL: How is the relationship now?
Yan: Not normal. Chinas relationship to North Korea is even worse than its relationship with Kenya or other African states.
SPIEGEL: Chinas attempts to prevent Kim Jong Il from building the bomb have been in vain. What went wrong?
Yan: The Americans committed a grave mistake when they levied sanctions against North Korea and when they excluded the country from the international banking system. They also refused to rule out an attack on North Korea and did not grant Pyongyang a security guarantee. China also failed to provide North Korea with any guarantee that in the case of an attack it would be protected by Chinese atomic weapons. Which is why Kim Jong Il tested the bomb.
SPIEGEL: Did Beijing fail to exert enough pressure to dissuade him from going ahead with the test?
Yan: China pursued the correct policy by taking part in the six-party talks dealing with the North Korean atomic program, along with North Korea, South Korea, Japan, the US and Russia. Unfortunately though, Beijing didnt make enough of an effort to keep the talks going; they have been suspended for a year now. If the six-party talks had continued, maybe twice a year for example, North Korea wouldnt have gone ahead with the test.
SPIEGEL: What will be the consequences for Asia of a nuclear-armed North Korea?
Yan: To avoid a nuclear domino effect in northeastern Asia, it is crucial that China and the US work together intensively on this issue. It is even more important right now to prevent North Korea from testing a second bomb. As we heard, the first test wasnt so successful. So right now we must give the North Koreans the message: Dont run another test.
SPIEGEL: What can Beijing or Washington offer as an incentive?
Yan: If the US lifted sanctions or declared itself ready to engage in bilateral dialogue, then that would prevent North Korea from conducting another test. At the moment though the Americans will not yield. They want to save face and dont want to bow under pressure.
SPIEGEL: Could Kims regime collapse under the pressure of international sanctions?
Yan: No. I dont think so. People have been talking about a collapse for over 15 years. There is no sign of a quick breakup.
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Street Fighter IV: Introducing the Bosses
Street Fighter IV was originally announced way back in October 2007 and since then, Capcom has been slowly leaking out tidbits of information for the fighting game public. We've seen an incredibly muscular and bulgy Ryu, the re-emergence of some retro favorites, and the introduction of a luchadore too.
But what about the bosses? We've seen some spy footage of Sagat and Balrog in Street Fighter IV and today Capcom rounded out the top four with the other two notable bosses from Street Fighter II: Vega and M. Bison.
Here are four of the released images of Balrog, Vega, Sagat and M.Bison. As you may or may not know, they are known respectively as M. Bison, Balrog, Sagat, and Vega in Japan. Yup, Sagat is the only one with the same name in both locations. For more pictures, check out this post at Kotaku. Enjoy!
And no, there is no Yoda or Darth Vader in this fighting game.


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Found a great deal on this 12" combo amp and there were no reviews, so I went out on a limb and bought it. I'm very impressed so far with the sound and flexibility of this amp. Prior to this I was using a very inexpensive 8" amp for home practice and this combo amp sounds 10 times better.
I was surprised that it has no headphone output or CD/iPod input and that is really far my only complaint. I hope to use this for years and years to come.


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We were given this machine as a moving in present and we have absolutely loved it ever since!
The pods are really easy to use, and the taste of the coffee beats Starbucks any day!
I was a bit worried about the space it would take up when we opened the gift as we only have a small kitchen but it is not much bigger than our kettle/toaster and we wouldn't be without it now.
You can get the pods in the supermarket (Sainsbury's) but the Krupps website also sells them, and has more flavours and sometimes some special offers as well. As well as coffee they sell Chai Tea and other ice teas and we love Chococino as well!
The machine is really easy to clean and we haven't had a problem with limescale as we keep the water reservoir empty in between uses.
Since getting the machine we have bought the specialist glasses and coffee pod holder and visitors absolutely love coming over to ours for a 'posh coffee'!
The machine has gone down in price recently and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
I got this coffee machine as a christmas present after wanting a decent coffee machine for ages and I am delighted with it. If you are like me and hate reading instructions and just like to jump straight in and figure it out for yourself then this is the product for you. This machine is straightforward and simple to use, easy to clean and it makes a delicious drink in under a minute.
The variety of pods you can use with this machine are great and not too expensive either. The machine itself looks great and is nice and compact. Will look amazing in any kitchen. I would say this is definitely worth the price and would even pay up to double this for a machine of this quality! I love the fact it can be used to make hot and cold drinks which include coffees, teas and hot chocolate!
For many years I have had a bit of an extravagent wish. Although I can't stand coffee I have always fancied a coffee machine to make frothy hot chocolate. I could never really justify buying one however just to make one kind of drink but this Christmas my lovely other half bought me one as a surprise present! The model he picked was the dolce gusto melody and I think it was a great choice.
***Value for money***
As it was a gift I'm not sure exactly how much my husband paid for the machine but they range from around £50 plus. It's worth keeping an eye out on groupon etc as they are quite often on offer.
I think the drinks can work out quite expensive although if you buy in bulk then you can get better deals. The dolce gusto website does free delivery or ebay can work out about the same.
I would guess it works out between 40-70 pence for a drink for the fancier flavours so certainly more expensive than buying a tin of hot chocolate from the supermarket. The quality however is so much better. A better comparison might be with ahot drink from starbucks or costa which are considerably more expensive.
***The taste test***
Of course it is only better value if it actually tastes better than a hot chocolate out of a tin. The chocochino flavour is the standard hot chocolate and I have to say it tastes great. It is quite strong, almost more like a continental hot chocolate but with a nice layer of foam on top. The best thing is there is none of that powdery taste you get with instant hot chocolate.
***Ease of use***
The machine is pretty intuitive to use, the only difficulty can be working out how much water to put in although there are measurements given for each drink. I think some models work this out for you but seeing as I pretty much only use one flavour I wouldn't see the need for this. Cleaning seems pretty straightforward too, the section where you insert the pods just needs rinsed and the drip tray only needs cleaned every so often.
***Overall verdict***
Ok, so it's still a bit self indulgent to have a machine in the kitchen only for making hot chocolate but I really like my dolce gusto. My husband has tried the latte and enjoyed it so I would guess that the more usual coffee drinking customers would like it also!
I'm a big coffee lover. I drink more than is probably healthy. While I enjoy the usual, run of the mill instant, I adore a nice hot latte, often with an extra shot of coffee and with different syrups. I'd been wanting a coffee machine for a while, but not being the type of person who can be bothered with too much faff was certain it had to be an easy to use pod machine. When I was offered this machine a year ago it appeared to tick all the right boxes.
The Krups Nescafe Dolce Gusto Melody 3 is a stylish and modern appliance that comes in different colours. Mine is cream, and I must say it looks very nice in the kitchen! It isn't particular heavy or large, and takes up a nice discreet corner on my work tops. The coffee machine comes pretty much already to use and it's simply a case of adding cold water to the tank, adding a pod and flicking a switch. So simple and quick that I was very impressed.
The machine came with some coffee pod samples, but I quickly realised that those six pods would only make 3 drinks as one contains coffee, the other milk. I quickly skimmed, then discarded the instructions, popped a pod in the little drawer and set about making my drink. The machine, once filled with water, has an indicator button which flashes red for 30 seconds then turns green to indicate the machine is ready to pour. A small lever switch goes left to right...one side giving you nice, piping hot water and the other cold (I'm not really sure why the second is necessary). As the machine pours water, it is a bit noisy. Certainly noisier than I was expecting. Once the required amount of water had been run through the milk pod, you switch for a coffee pod to finish your drink. The packaging on the pod does tell you in ML how much water is required for each pod, however there's no way of managing this other than common sense judgement as the colour of the pouring drink weakens. Even with guesswork on quantities, I'm still happy with the delicious drink that takes around 1 minute start to finish to make. It is the nearest thing to coffee shop latte I've experienced at home.
The krups is handily designed to accommodate differing sized mugs, and even some quite tall mugs I have fit underneath it. The drip tray base can be moved up and down quite easy to fit either tiny espresso cups or everyday mugs. Cleaning the machine is also incredibly easy, with the pod drawer and drip tray being easy to remove and rinse. The tank itself is also easily detachable and surprisingly holds more liquid than you may think at first glance. Certainly enough for 3-4 mugs.
So far, the krups melody 3 seems perfect; it looks great, is easy to use and produces delicious drinks. However, there is a downside and this is the price and availability of the pods themselves. They are quite expensive, and when you consider that most drinks require two pods, the 16 pod packs work out at around £4 for eight drinks. For the reason I have found that over the last twelve months I don't use the machine as often as I'd though, as the pods are really a bit of a treat. I do believe that amazon may have some subscription club with the pods making them a bit cheaper, but this isn't something I've found time to investigate yet. On the plus side, beside being very, very nice, they come in quite a good range. Our favourites are the mocha, cappuccino lite and my 9 year old loves the hot chocolate.
All things considered, I am very happy with my Krups melody 3 and am glad i own it. it hasn't been a let down in anyway and the only complaint I have is the price of the coffee pods. However, I shall definitely look forward to some special cups of coffee on these coming cold weekend mornings. Ranging in price from between £55-£100 depending on when, where and what colour you buy, I think it's a good price compared to similar makes and certainly appears to be very high quality. If you are looking fo a no fuss, stylish coffee machine that I'd more than happily recommend this one.
I first came across the Dulce Gusto Melody coffee machine when researching what coffee machine to buy for my husband's birthday. I wanted something that was easy to use (and to clean!) and looked smart in our kitchen and this one seemed to be all these things. I managed to get it at a bargain price of £50 when Currys had a special offer on but I have seen this sell at a huge range of prices. It is currently on Amazon for £79.99 and Currys for £89.99 just to give you an idea. It is available to buy in red, ivory and black. I chose the black version.
The inventors of this machine put the success and taste of the coffee down to the coffee pods themselves. They are sealed for freshness and each pod is designed to regulate pressure from the machine, the theory being that for optimum taste each type of coffee needs a different amount of pressure, for example, an expresso needs high pressure to release the flavour but milk does not need as much. I thought this concept was very clever. It also means that because the coffee and milk is kept in the pods there is minimal cleaning to be done on the machine. To clean the machine I usually just give it a quick wipe down and wash out the water tank regularly, the machine also comes with a tray to put used pods in. It is recommended that you descale the machine after every 900 uses with the Nescafe Dolce Gusto Descaler kit, but we are yet to do this.
The machine itself is incredibly easy to use. The removable water tank at the back of the machine has to be filled with water, then pop in a pod (milk or coffee) and move the hot/cold lever until you have the desired amount in your mug. It takes a few goes to work out how much milk and coffee you need to get your preferred taste but this is part of the fun! The pods are divided into coffee and milk in each box so two pods are used per drink usually, with the exception obviously of if you want a black coffee. The coffee pod packaging does have information on it to show required measurements per cup.
There are over 25 varieties of coffee pods to choose from, so there is something for everyone. These include Americano, various versions of Latte and Cappucino and also Chai Tea which I'm personally interested in trying! There are also options for those who are not huge coffee lovers like myself such as hot chocolate and also cold alternatives like ice cappucino and ice tea. I've seen these to buy in most supermarkets and prices per box are usually around the £4 mark. When I purchased our machine we did have a box of different pods in with it, whether this is still the case I'm not sure, but this allowed us to try a few varieties to see which we would like to buy.
So what do we think? This coffee machine has been a huge success in our household. The coffee always comes out lovely and frothy and tastes as good as (if not better than) any coffee you would pay for in Costa or Starbucks. We particularly like the Latte Macchiato pods because they taste both strong and milky at the same time. We've received many compliments from guests about our coffees which is fantastic considering the simplicity of how we make them!
I would recommend this coffee machine to any coffee lover looking for a machine that offers them delicious coffee that doesn't take alot of time to make. I'd also recommend it to anyone who isn't great with technology (like myself) and just wants something simple to use.
5 out of 5- everything you want from a coffee machine!
Coffee options: espresso, cappuccino and latte / 1500 watts / 15 bar pressure / Incorporated crema device / Water capacity 1.3 litres / Removable transparent water tank / Adjustable cup stand / Magnetic pod holder / Drip tray / Removable drip tray / 14 second heat-up time / Auto shut-off / Includes: free sample variety pack & bin for used capsules / Dishwasher safe parts / Non-slip feet / Size H33, W21, D31cm / Manufacturer's 2 year guarantee / EAN/MPN/UPC/ISBN: 010942213628 / By Krups / Short name: Krups KP220840


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Automatic dent detection on car bodies
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|Increasing quality requirements urge the car manufacturing industry to continuously improve their product quality in all possible aspects. The sheet metal of car bodies will have small dents and ripples not able to be seen until varnishing, which will seriously undermine the quality of the product. Detecting and repairing this kind of defects usually cost a lot of labor work [1] [2] [3]. We developed a new automatic dent detection system which can automatically obtain the surface information of the car bodies, extract features, reduce noise effects and distinguish dents from features and noise. The system will also generate position information for later marking robots. In our system, we use 3D laser scanner as the data acquisition device, and stream those obtained range images into our dent detection kernel. In our dent detection kernel, the normal distance method is used to locate dent candidates, and the geodesic distance method is used to compensate the disadvantages of the normal distance component. We also introduce several denoise filters such as Multi-resolution Bezier Patch filter for data pre-processing, the automatic threshold filter. A feature categorizer is designed and used for distinguish dents from feature lines and noise residues. In the feature categorizer, the Spanning Tree Searching Method is used to cluster points that are spatial connected, and the Seed Growing Search Method is developed to recognize and reconstruct the feature lines from broken line segments caused by the jagged point problem due to resolution issues. Finally, the positions of dents are calculated and output to the marking robot.
|Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008
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KING Concert Calendar: March 4-9
Are you looking for a night on the town feature some live entertainment?
That little ol' trio out of Texas, ZZ Top, plays at the Paramount Theatre in Denver on Saturday. Here's a peek at some of the other bands scheduled to perform around the Cheyenne area this week.
Tuesday, March 4:
- Open Mic at The Midtown Tavern (AKA Anderson's Other Corner) 1303 E. Pershing Blvd. 6-10 p.m. Free. (first Tuesday of each month)
- The Musical Box re-creating the Genesis album 'Foxtrot.' Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) 16 and over show. $39.50.
Thursday, March 6:
- Funky Folk Night. An open jam night for musicians. Art Corner Co-op, 1726 Capitol Ave. Free.
Friday, March 7:
- Fridays in the Hynds: Jalan Crossland from Tensleep, Wyoming. Hynds Building, 1602 Capitol Ave. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $5 for adults, 15 and under are free with a paying adult.
- Bobby Phillips. The Crown Bar, Carey and W. Lincolnway. 6 p.m. Free.
- Open Mic Night. The Paramount Cafe, 1602 Capitol Ave. 7 p.m. Free.
- Ken Wooster. Sanford's Grub and Pub, 115 E. 17th St. 7 p.m. Free.
- Change Agents. American Legion Post 6, 2001 E. Lincolnway. 7 p.m. Free.
- Killer Rabbit (AKA Bad Rabbit). The Midtown Tavern (AKA Anderson's Other Corner), 1303 E. Pershing Blvd. 8 p.m. Free.
- Audible Clique. The Drunken Skunk, 1617 Capitol Ave. 9 p.m. Free.
- Greyweather. The Crown Bar, Carey & W. Lincolnway. 9:30 p.m. Free.
- Pigs on the Wing (Pink Floyd tribute band featuring David Murphy) with Tiger Party. Cervantes, 2637 Welton St., Denver.
Saturday, March 8:
- ZZ Top. Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver. 8 p.m. $59.50-$99.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. The Bluebird Theatre, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. 9 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.) 16 and over show. $17 at the door.
- Greyweather. The Crown Bar, Carey & W. Lincolnway. 9:30 p.m. Free.
- Otis Taylor. Mishawaka Amphitheatre in the Poudre Canyon.
Sunday, March 9:
- Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie & The Blowfish). Budweiser Events Center, Loveland. 7 p.m. $36.50-$49.
- Real Estate. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. 9 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.) $20 on the day of the show, $14 in advance.


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The world may have the likes of India's Taj Mahal and China's Great Wall on its list of wondrous places, but you don't have to go far to find several of your own.
After a new Seven Wonders of the World list was finalized in July to replace the one outdated by centuries, The Chronicle-Telegram sought local suggestions to pin down seven sites that make Lorain County unique.
Throughout August, readers sent in more than 100 suggestions and comments on what they thought should be included on the list.
After reading them, it's easy to see what cements a landmark as special in readers' minds — memories.
Whether playing in Elyria's Cascade Park as a kid or going to see a movie at the Aut-O-Rama drive-in theater, something wondrous can be as simple as a place you can't forget.
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OTTAWA - Shane Prince has made himself right at home at Senators development camp.
The Ottawa 67s winger got a bonus trip back to the national capital to take part in the seven-day camp that wraps up Monday with a 3-on-3 tournament at the Bell Sensplex before the 36 players head their separate ways.
If Prince, 18, needed another learning experience, he got a glimpse of what life is going to be like when training camp starts in September.
This has definitely been a good experience and its been a bit of a grind with a full seven days of this but its been fun, said Prince Sunday.
What Ive learned here is going to be benefit me down the road.
Selected 61st overall in the NHL draft a week ago, Prince, a Rochester, N.Y., native, couldnt have been happier to hear Senators assistant GM Tim Murray call his name.
Prince scored 25 goals and 63 assists with the 67s last season. Prince isnt huge at 5-foot-11, but has plenty of time to grow.
The kid just has great speed, said 67s GM Brian Kilrea. (Tyler) Toffoli got a lot of the credit and (Ryan) Martindale got a lot of the credit, but it was Shane Prince that made the line by using his speed.
That allowed Toffoli and Martindale to get into position and that allowed (Prince) to become a great passer. Hed either find the guy for a shot or a rebound.
Prince said getting drafted by the Senators couldnt have worked out any better.
I bring offence for sure and I love the city of Ottawa, said Prince. I couldnt be happier anywhere else.
Prince is the third 67s player selected by the Senators in their 19-year draft history along with Corey Cowick and Will Colbert.
Prince said hes looking forward to a break before attending Team USAs world junior camp next month in Lake Placid.
I cant remember the last time I had a day off, said Prince. From getting drafted to coming here, its all been a bit of a blur.


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Ferdinandwrote a review of Giro Air Attack Helmet on January 4, 2014
surprisingly impressed
This was an impulse purchase. After seeing a few people on the road with it and liking the low profile looks of it, I thought it might be a good winter riding helmet. I tried a friend's on, and was surprised at how comfortable it is on my head. Not sure if it is the suspension system, light weight, or it just fits my roundish head better than my current Specialized or previous Bell helmets. In either case it was comfortable. What I noticed on the road were two things: it vents just fine at moderate speeds, and the helmet is eerily quiet. I always thought that wind noise was mostly just from moving down the road, but after wearing this helmet, it seems like there's a lot of noise that comes off of vented helmets. In any case, I love it. It'll be my winter riding helmet for now, and will switch to my Specialized for climbing days and during summer. If Giro puts this Roc Loc Air suspension on a vented model, I will for sure buy another one. It's surprisingly comfortable.


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