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Due to steam protection, can using this on a computer with a steam account cause that account to be banned?
No, the crack doesn't have anything to do with your account.
It says something about a missing fmodex.dll?
i somehow can't link download link on this or any of the skidrow ones. I've been using Utorrent for long time, and never seen this problem before( just can't see any download links for the torrent file) Anyone els having the same problems ?


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'She made a terrible mistake': Friends and family rally around Magaluf sex act girl
THE FAMILY of the Irish girl at the centre of the Magaluf 24-sex act storm have forgiven her for antics, her friends have insisted.
The 18-year-old from Co Armagh's shocking antics in Magaluf went viral after she was told she would win a holiday for taking part in the sick game.
After performing the acts the girl was then told the "prize" was actually a €5 drink called "holiday".
A friend speaking to the Irish Mirror has said her family are confident God will see her through the crisis.
"She is a lovely girl but she's been looking for excitement," she said.
"She made a terrible mistake a few weeks ago and she has been fully forgiven.
"Her family love her and will protect her in their faith.
"But in saying that, everyone is devastated."
Meanwhile the organiser of the boozy pub crawl has boasted: "It was an average night".
Alan Collinson, 28, runs the Carnage pub crawls, which encourage booze-fuelled antics in Magaluf.
Writing on Facebook, Collinson said: 'Don't no what all the fuss is about, it's an average night on Carnage bar crawl'.
And he also bragged that the event turned men into "studs" in six hours.
However, her bosses at a mobile phone company have pledged that she will not lose her job.
Collinson, whose Carnage profits fund his Magaluf villa, also showed off his luxury lifestyle on his Facebook page.
He wrote: "Carnt beat having your own pool….Up fresh and early ready for a swim and now off to work.
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On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 16:06 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:Christopher Ashworth wrote:On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 15:22 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:Is the sorting algorithm documented somewhere (the wiki?)?The sorting algorithm is based on the following heuristics, applied in this order: When comparing two file contexts A and B... - if A is a regular expression and B is not, A is less specific than B - if A's stem length (the number of characters before the first regular expression wildcard) is shorter than B's stem length, A is less specific than B - if A's string length (the entire length of the file context string) is shorter than B's string length, A is less specific than B - if A does not have a specified type and B does, A is less specific than B. - else, they are considered equally specific.If there are two or more equally specific matches, is one picked at random? Paul.The sort is stable, so the order of the original file contexts is maintained. The result is a list of all the file contexts sorted from least specific to most specific. When assigning the file contexts, the list is consulted in order of most to least specific. The first match wins. If there were two contexts that are considered equally specific, the original order given by the author will determine which one wins.
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Part of the seemingly endless stream of Southern Californian ska-punk bands, San Diego-based Buck-O-Nine tempers its joy with sadness and its anger with a bit of maturity. Grown-up ska? Yup. It's not just for 14-year-olds with too much energy anymore. By cutting back on the goofiness quotient, adding a handful of different styles and using different guitar textures and rhythms, Buck-O-Nine creates an album that's more song-oriented than the majority of third-wave ska records. Instead of sounding like a ska band dabbling in rock songs, Buck-O-Nine sounds like rockers throwing in horns and offbeat rhythms. The band hasn't abandoned ska but has made strides in the songwriting department. It's a welcome change of pace for a band like this, which has cut its share of thrash-and-burn songs.
The most impressive track is "Awkward Girl," what with its exploding hook that recalls the simple innocence and happiness of new wave. Built around a tribal drum riff and twin guitars, the song features singer Jon Pebsworth bragging of love, which he does in an endearing way. With old-school-style backup singing, as the band repeats Pebsworth on the chorus, it's as much pop as ska. The horns fill in the spaces, which prop up the song and give it depth without being obtrusive. Elsewhere, even when the horns are given more room and the rhythms are allowed to be more traditionally ska, the band is still interested in telling a story through the music. In the case of "Headlines," it's the frequently sad and unshocking current events in the media that propel the lyrical narrative. Punctuating Pebsworth's somewhat cliched "what's wrong with the world" questioning, the band's mood switches from appropriately low-key during the verses to appropriately poignant during the chorus when Pebsworth's voice sounds anguished.
Toward the end of the record, there are up-tempo ska tracks -- "Here We Go Again," "All Along," (awful vocals) and "Pigeonhole Disease" -- that don't seem genuine. But Buck-O-Nine has certainly shown itself to be more capable of reaching new ska ground than the majority of Southern California bands have.
-- David Simutis
Houston has always produced its share of musical enigmas, from the 1960s psychedelic freaks of The Red Krayola to blues/folk savant Jandek, a musical recluse who, while releasing records annually, has never revealed himself to the public. The husband-wife duo of Tom and Christina Carter, known together as Charalambides, falls right in line with this tradition, having spent the last six or so years producing an admirable and extensive body of work orchestrated primarily in the couple's living room and rarely taken beyond those four walls. Having already composed two full-length recordings by themselves, with another three joined by guitarist Jason Bill (who also joined the band during its sporadic periods of live work), the Carters return to their original two-man lineup with Houston, their third release for the Philadelphia-based label Siltbreeze. The record is a dark, often unsettling piece and further evidence that the silent, hermetic musician is far more disturbed than the glitzy shock-rock act any day of the week. If being disturbed is "cool."
Understanding the music of Charalambides requires some patience. The sound is folk music but not of the protest-singer kind. Charalambides's music is simply music made by ordinary folk, performed on traditional instruments and isolated from contemporary music's trends and ideologies. It is organic and unforced material, more representative of how musicians can use a song to make a piece of art rather than of how musicians can use a song to make a political statement. Tom Carter's guitar style could be said to bridge the gap between acoustic blues and the drug-addled expressionism of, say, 1960s fringe psychedelic groups Popol Vuh or The Godz. And Christina Carter's vocals are, oftentimes, traditionally beautiful, so much so that it's surprising to realize that of the six songs on which she sings, only one contains something decipherable as actual lyrics.
The highlight on this record is "Morning Chants," a tune on which Christina's eerily tuned guitar, which she pairs with a repetitive open-string drone often heard by blues musicians, sounds ghostly and is made even more unsettling by the off-kilter chord pattern. Slowly the sound of an organ creeps into the mix, adding a low-end drone of feedback while Christina hobbles her voice in such a way that it almost sounds as if it were being played backward. Eventually the chaos gives way to an unsettling sample from what sounds like a recording of a voice lesson, as an irritated and crazed man forcefully pleads, "Sing it! Put some spirit into it!" Such verbal snippets have become somewhat of a Charalambides trademark: The duo's last studio album began with a frantic and hysterical call left on the Carters' answering machine by a young man who mistakenly thought he had called a suicide hot line. Remember that next time someone rants about how screwed up Marilyn Manson is.
While certain elements of this recording have been heard before on previous Charalambides outings, it is the unexpected, fresh elements that really set this work apart. A standout is "Lexington," named after the street on which the group lived during the writing of the song. The tune is also the first piano composition ever featured on a Charalambides record. This revelatory piece is the recording's most introverted work and its emotional high point. Christina performs an intensely beautiful slurred piano phrase in which she allows the notes to smother each other and create even more enticing overtones. As the force of the piano swells and again subsides in a percussive cycle, a distant drum cracking slowly edges to the forefront and reverberates with all the substance of a bomb.
Then, once you think you've got Charalambides's intentions all figured out, next comes the album closer, "Songs for Always," the closest the group comes to conventional songwriting. The pair somberly carries a beat along for an even ten minutes, and not once does the vocal or guitar rise above its hypnotic restraint. The unexpected appearance of a saxophone at the midway point adds a certain level of intensity but in no way upsets the song's delicate nature. In contrast to the rest of the album, "Songs" is fantastically calm and, you might even say, peaceful. Definitely a strange twist to end the work.
-- David Wilcox
CM: Cornelius reMixes
FM: Fantasma reMixes
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Cornelius is big in his native Japan; his last record, Fantasma, sold almost half a million records there. And like any good Godzilla foe, Cornelius has an evil mind and a variety of weapons in his arsenal, not too much of any one genre, but just enough of every little bit to damage any random song's intent completely. He's capable of stirring together waterfalls of guitars, vocal loops, harps, hidden Beach Boys harmonies, soundtrack samples and hip-hop drumming all into one tune. And when artists request a mixer, Cornelius and his multitracked mind are high on their lists. CM is a collection of remixes he did for UNKLE, Money Mark, Buffalo Daughter, Coldcut, The Pastels, Salon Music and The High Llamas. And FM is a compilation of various artists' remixed selections from Fantasma.
The beauty of the remix is that it deconstructs the song. The remixer changes volume levels of instruments, rhythms and sometimes even the focus of the track to make new music. Since Cornelius throws so many elements into his work, the remixers on FM have a lot to work from, especially when they use the originals as canvases for new work instead of as carbon copies for cover songs. At first, UNKLE twists "Free Fall" from a punkish sing-along into a creepy, slow and thunderous sci-fi anthem almost nothing like how Cornelius meant it. Halfway through the song, the band jumps into the original, sans vocals, and transforms it into a sped-up coda instead of the main thrust of the song. The flip side of this arrangement comes from the fellow trip-hop/electronica band Coldcut, who delivers the unfinished track, "Typewrite Lesson." Slicing and dicing a brief moment of guitar feedback, looping it, fading it in and out and dropping a jungle beat underneath, plus throwing in a clicking (what else) typewriter, Coldcut fails to produce a cohesive song. The band just drops weird sounds in for the effect of putting weird sounds in. Cornelius, with his Beach Boys obsession, at least understands songwriting.
When the man named after a Planet of the Apes character gets his turn on CM, things are more varied but disappointing. Part of this system failure stems from the fact that Cornelius has a wide array of artists and styles to work from and doesn't know where to begin, and part of it comes from his attempts to Corneliusize everything. From Money Mark's pop tune, "Maybe I'm Dead," to Buffalo Daughter's cut-and-paste funk, "Great Five Lakes," to the orchestral pop of the High Llamas' "Homespin Rerun," Cornelius adds electronic instruments all over the place, whether or not they're called for. There have probably never been any vocals in Japanese on any of the High Llamas' stuff, either. Better off picking up Fantasma and hearing the man-ape work from scratch.
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Charley's War (Vol. 5) - Return to the Front
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Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling, humorous and horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne.
Returning to the front, Charley is reunited with old comrades Weeper and Old Bill — and, unfortunately, bully Grogan and the vile Lieutenant Snell. As the bullets fly and bombs fall, Charley faces as much danger from his own ranks as from the enemy's...
Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, this fifth volume of Charley's War features a brand new introduction and director's commentary by Pat Mills, plus exclusive bonus content.
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Parks Victoria will spend an estimated $70,000 on shooters in helicopters to kill 60 to 70 goats in the state's north-east.
The announcement comes barely a week after the organisation was criticised for hiring New Zealand shooters to kill 23 goats in Gippsland at a cost of $42,000.
Andrew Marshall,, from Parks Victoria, says these programs are aimed at eradicating goats from remote areas.
"Over large areas, when you've got small numbers, the level of effort required to take those last few animals out is always high," he said.
"So the unit cost is always going to be larger than if you had a larger population to try and take out.
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A number of organisations are demonstrating in The Hague today against proposed government cuts. Churches and unions have helped organise the protest as they say the cuts will hit the chronically ill and disabled people more than any other group.
The disabled and chronically ill fear that various different austerity measures will pile up on them. In the future they will receive less in rent rebates, but will have to pay more for health care. They will also be affected by cuts in the budgets of sheltered work placement schemes. Likewise government plans for a more sober allocation of personal care budgets, which enable people to buy in home help, will also affect this group.
Around 10,000 people are expected to join the demonstration outside parliament on Monday afternoon.
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Rays pitcher Nick Bierbrodt has been upgraded to good condition and has been transferred out of the intensive care unit at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He also was able to eat his first meal today since he was wounded early Friday morning. Bierbrodt was a shooting victim early Friday morning that left him with wounds to his right arm and chest.
Nick's attending physician Dr. David Cole was available via conference call at 5 p.m. today (listen below to conference call). The Rays will have a large get-well card for fans to sign at gate 1 starting tonight. Those who would like to pass a get-well message on to Nick may also do so at email@example.com.
Nick himself also issued a statement.
"First, I would like to thank all of the incredible people who went above and beyond the call of duty to have helped me through this ordeal: My mom and the entire family, my good friends Tim and Leila, the Devil Rays organization, especially Dan Plante and the rest of the Charleston staff, the excellent attending physicians and nurses, and my agents Doug Schaer and Jeff Liebster. To my sisters, teammates and many wonderful friends, your love and support is inspirational. I promise that I will be up, around and back on the hill soon."
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Analysts Discuss Migration Options During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 18-22, in Orlando
The move to Microsoft's latest operating system (OS), Windows 7, is all but inevitable for most organizations, and Gartner, Inc. has highlighted five key issues enterprises should examine as this new OS hits the market.
On October 22, Microsoft will officially launch Windows 7. While Windows 7 is a significant improvement from Vista, analysts point out that Windows 7 is not a major architectural release; it builds on the plumbing changes Microsoft made in Windows Vista, but it has important features that Vista did not have, which will help improve organizations' abilities to deploy it.
"Windows 7 has improvements in memory management to allow users to have a better experience than with Vista on PCs with similar or even slightly lower specifications," said Michael Silver, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "It adds other features of interest to organizations, as well as to consumers. It is important for Microsoft to get off to a good start with Windows 7 to build momentum and put the problems of Vista behind it."
Gartner analysts said that while it's nearly inevitable for enterprises to move to Windows 7, this does not mean that the PC industry will see a significant boost in PC sales immediately.
"The Windows 7 release will generate renewed interest in hardware upgrades in consumers and small businesses following its release, but corporate demand is not expected to gain momentum until the end of 2010," said Charles Smulders, managing vice president at Gartner. "An overdue PC hardware upgrade cycle, and the economic environment, will be as equally important as Windows 7 in determining final demand in 2010."
Five issues that enterprises should examine before they move to Windows 7 include:
Plan to be Off Windows XP by Year-End 2012 — Microsoft will support Windows XP with security fixes into April of 2014, but past experience has shown that independent software vendors (ISVs) will stop testing much earlier. "New releases of critical business software will require Windows 7 long before Microsoft support for Windows XP ends," said Steve Kleynhans, research vice president at Gartner. "Organizations that get all of their users off Windows XP by the end of 2012 will avoid significant potential problems."
Start Working on Migration Projects Now — The typical organization requires 12 to 18 months waiting, testing, and planning before it can start deploying a new client OS. There is a lot of work to be done in preparation, and delays in getting started will only result in added costs later.
Don't Wait for Windows 7 SP1 to Begin Testing and Deployment — Many organizations say they plan to wait until SP1 ships to begin testing and deploying a new client OS. Gartner analysts suggest starting work now (especially if companies have skipped Windows Vista), but are planning to switch to SP1 before their actual rollout.
Don't Skip Windows 7 — Gartner categorizes Windows 7 as a "polishing" release on top of the architectural change that the Windows Vista "plumbing" release delivered. Gartner analysts said polishing releases should never be skipped. "While organizations that skipped Windows 2000 and waited for XP had some problems spanning the gap, organizations that adopted Windows 2000 and tried to skip Windows XP, waiting for Vista, had a much harder time," Mr. Silver said.
Budget Carefully — Migration Costs to Vary Significantly Gartner's model shows that migration costs could be $1,035 to $1,930 per user to move from Windows XP to Windows 7, and $339 to $510 per user to move from Windows Vista to Windows 7 depending on an organization's approach.
Gartner's Windows 7 Special Report includes Gartner's latest research around Windows 7, examining such issues as when to move to Windows 7 and how much it will cost. The section also includes a link to the Gartner Webinar focused on Windows 7, as well as a video with additional Gartner commentary. This site is on Gartner's Website at www.gartner.com/windows7.
Mr. Silver provides more analysis regarding Windows 7 on the Gartner YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1bQm_Vy5M. Additional Gartner videos are available at http://www.youtube.com/user/Gartnervideo.
More detailed analysis on Windows 7 and other client computing issues will be discussed at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 18-22, in Orlando, Florida. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the industry's largest and most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives. This event delivers independent and objective content with the authority and weight of the world's leading IT research and advisory organization, and provides access to the latest solutions from key technology providers. Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key components of attendees' annual planning efforts. They rely on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo to gain insight into how their organizations can use IT to address business challenges and improve operational efficiency.
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 916428, 7 pages
The Role of Portal Vein Thrombosis in the Clinical Course of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Report on Three Cases and Review of the Literature
1Division of Internal Medicine, DIBIMIS, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Vincenzo Cervello, Via Trabucco 180, 90100 Palermo, Italy
2Division of Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Vincenzo Cervello, Via Trabucco 180, 90100 Palermo, Italy
Received 4 July 2012; Accepted 1 September 2012
Academic Editor: Paolo Gionchetti
Copyright © 2012 Emanuele Sinagra et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Inflammatory bowel diseases are associated with an increased risk of vascular complications. The most important are arterial and venous thromboembolisms, which are considered as specific extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases. Among venous thromboembolism events, portal vein thrombosis has been described in inflammatory bowel diseases. We report three cases of portal vein thrombosis occurring in patients with active inflammatory bowel disease. In two of them, hepatic abscess was present. Furthermore, we performed a systematic review based on the clinical literature published on this topic.


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I'm guessing you all know who Laura is. ;) Any questions for her?
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I'm guessing you all know who Laura is. ;) Any questions for her?
Russell knew the rules for the tie before TC, which is why he was able to get John on board. When were they told? Was it before the season started?
Among the folks left from Galu, where are the strongest ties?
Questions for Laura: It seemed she knew Shambo was gunning for her; did she make any attempt to try to "make nice" or smooth things over with her?
In voting out Erik, did no one on GALU consider that might really cost them in the end? At that point did they still believe Shambo was "solid" with GALU?
Laura was on the reward challenge that received the clue to the HII--did she make an effort to find it once back at camp?
For Laura: Did she really believe that the people on her side (Brett, Dave, Monica, John) would be willing to risk losing for her to stay in the game? (if it had come down to the pulling rocks after the revote)
Is there not going to be a Laura interview or is it posted somewhere else?
Will there be a John interview?
Does he know whether the logs in the immunity challenge were prorated for the weight of each contestant or did they all weigh the same?
Why does he think the GaluGuy alliance disintegrated? It had such promise.
Did any chickens escape other than Daisy's original foray?
There was a John interview. I apologize for missing these questions. I had a meeting run over and missed the first part of the interview.
Any questions for Monica? Her interview is at 3:00 Eastern.
Dave indicated in his interviews that John was paranoid from the time of the merge that Monica was out to get him. I'd love to know if she really was--or if this was a mis-perception on his part?
I'd also be interested in hearing Monica's opinion of Shambo and whether she thinks Shambo was mistreated by the GALU women.
Any questions for Shambo? Anyone want her chicken soup recipe? Or advice on growing a mullet?


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Am I Getting Too Old To Understand Hashtags? #Geezer [#VIDEO]
What's that symbol?
Well, to those of us "older folks", it's the pound sign on your phone and it's a number sign, as in "we're #1,"
Now, the younger generation has taken over the symbol to become 'Hashtag" used mostly with the social network Twitter.
We've been using Twitter for a while now, but the Hastag thing is rather new to us old radio geeks.
According to Wikipedia, "Hashtags provide a means of grouping such messages, since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it."
Sometimes I just wonder how or why these things come to be, and why the masses grab onto it with glee, but then again, that's just part of our popular culture.
We can embrace it, or we can ignore it.
And we can make fun of it, as you will see on this recent hilarious video from Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic - They're out there, hidden among a haze of stars - killer asteroids. Now the world's astronomers are keeping a wary eye to the skies for giant objects on a collision course with Earth.
Experts say there are about 1,100 comets and asteroids in the inner solar system that are at least a half-mile across, and that any one of them could unleash a global cataclysm capable of killing millions in a single blinding flash.
On Thursday, the International Astronomical Union said it has set up a special task force to sharpen its focus on threats from such "near-Earth objects."
"The goal is to discover these killer asteroids before they discover us," said Nick Kaiser of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, which hopes to train four powerful digital cameras on the heavens to watch for would-be intruders.
There are no asteroid busters to stop one right now, but scientists believe that one day a defense could be devised, such as using spacecraft to divert a killer comet.
Congress has asked NASA for a plan to comb the cosmos for even smaller, more distant objects, including asteroids just 11/2 football fields across. The space agency is to catalog their position, speed and course by 2020. Already, there are 103 objects on an "impact risk" watch list.
Scientists warn there are as many as 100,000 of these "smaller" heavenly bodies with the potential to take out entire cities or set off a tsunami like the killer wave that swept through the Indian Ocean in December 2004.
Earth's craters bear silent witness to what can happen even when a smallish asteroid slams home. In 1908, one struck remote central Siberia, unleashing as much energy as a 15-megaton nuclear bomb. Fortunately, it wiped out 60 million trees, not people. Had it hit a populated area, the loss of life would have been staggering.
There's some recent good news too: Earth's most pressing threat - the asteroid 99942 Apophis - appears to have eased. Scientists initially gave it a 1-in-5,500 chance of hitting the planet in 2036, with enough power to wipe out the New York City metro area. But experts said Thursday the latest observations suggest those odds have dwindled to 1-in-30,000.
They won't be sure until it makes an earlier pass in 2029, when it's expected to come within 18,640 miles of Earth. If that sounds comfortably distant, consider this: It's closer than many commercial satellites and a good deal nearer than the moon.
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Brew Crew loses to Houston
The Milwaukee Brewers lost at Houston Thursday night 6-1.
Lance Berkman drove in five runs and fell a double short of the cycle. His three-run triple to center over Mike Cameron's head in the seventh inning broke a one-run game wide open.
Roy Oswalt struck out 10 in seven innings, breaking a personal string of back-to-back losses. He's now 5-and-6.
Seth McClung took the loss, despite giving up just two runs and three hits in six frames. He's now 3-3.
Ryan Braun provided Milwaukee's only offense with his 17th homer of the year, a solo shot.
The Brewers managed just five hits and went 0-5 with runners in scoring position.
The Astros broke a two-game losing streak and the win was only their second in their last six. They also pulled to within a half-game of third-place Milwaukee in the National League Central.
The Brewers are now 1-3 on their six-game road trip and they're now 14-21 away from Miller Park. They'll play at Houston again tonight (Wednesday).
Left-hander Manny Parra will go against Astros' right-hander Brandon Backe.
Looking for Weeks replacement
With Rickie Weeks on the disabled list, Brewers' Manager Ned Yost will have up to four players fill in at second base.
Bill Hall moved there from his third-base platoon spot Tuesday night. He went 1-3 with a double against Roy Oswalt.
Hall has played 92 career games at second, most of them in 2004.
He's expected to share the job with Joe Dillon, Craig Counsell and Hernan Iribarren - who was called up from Triple-"A" Monday to fill Weeks' roster spot.
Weeks is out with a strained left knee suffered Friday night when Colorado's Joe Baker slid into him at second.
Baker refused to say if his slide was clean, but Rockies' Manager Clint Hurdle said it was and Weeks agreed.
Corey Hart took Weeks' place as Milwaukee's lead-off hitter last night at Houston.
As expected, Mike Cameron moved further down the batting order after hitting just .214 in the No. 2 spot. He moved to sixth and went 1-4 with a strikeout.
J.J. Hardy moved up from seventh to take Cameron's spot.
Signing picks
The Brewers have signed 20 players they drafted last week - including two of their first-five picks.
The signers included college left-hander Evan Frederickson of San Francisco, who was taken as a supplemental pick in the 35th overall spot and outfielder Cutter Dykstra, who was drafted 54th in the second round.
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Teachers in York, Niagara reject deal
Premier Dalton McGuinty said he is disappointed but remains optimistic the province and its teachers will settle their labour dispute after high school teachers in the Niagara and York school boards rejected contracts already approved by the Ministry of Education and elementary teachers are now vowing strike action in December.
"We understand we have our differences," the premier said in Windsor Wednesday. "We need to find a way to manage this so it does not effect students."
The York Region and Niagara local districts of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation voted down the agreements, with some of the teachers vowing to continue the fight against the Ontario government's Bill 115, the Students First Act.
On Wednesday, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario said in a news release that the union will step up job action against Bill 115 in December, promising to give parents 72-hours notice of any planned strike action. The union is already working to rule at four boards in Ontario and that campaign is now expected to spread across the province.
"It's unfortunate that we have been placed in the position of having to strike by Education Minister Laurel Broten," said ETFO president Sam Hammond. "But we will provide parents with ample notice to ensure the safety of students. By her actions the minister has let everyone down by stripping teachers and education professionals of their democratic rights and shutting down recent talks at the provincial level."
In York Region, the rejection reportedly followed a stormy meeting. In Niagara, OSSTF District 22 has not made the results of the vote public. Both teachers' unions and their respective school boards had reached tentative deals that were later approved by the Ministry of Education. Thus far, no ETFO locals have reached an agreement with their boards.
But McGuinty pointed out that the OSSTF district representing the Upper Grand District School Board in Guelph has accepted the deal and it has already been approved by the province. He commended both sides for their "hard work" in reaching the agreement and "laying the groundwork" for settlements with other locals. "I remain optimistic."
Ten tentative agreements had been reached and were awaiting review by the ministry. Sources close to the talks now say that OSSTF leadership is considering whether to ask those unions still bargaining to hold off on further talks. That decision would affect the situation locally where OSSTF District 9 was slated to resume talks with the Greater Essex County District School Board next week.
Helga Bailey, who chairs the local public school board, said she was taken by surprise by the news and called the rejections "truly regrettable." But she expects talks scheduled between the GECDSB and OSSTF – District 9, to go ahead as planned next week.
"We are still looking forward to face-to-face meetings on Tuesday and hope to get an agreement," she said.
Board communications officer Scott Scantlebury said the board was still ready to negotiate "but that would depend on the next step the union chooses to make." He said local talks with ETFO are also in the formative scheduling stages.
Clearly also taken aback by the rejections, the provincial leadership of the OSSTF issued a brief statement Wednesday stating that job action, cancelled when the deals were reached, would now resume in Niagara and begin for the first time in York Region. "At this time there will be no further comments made or interviews scheduled," the statement concludes. Officials with the local secondary teachers union could also not be reached for comment.
But Hammond's anger with the government was obvious in an interview.
"Our talks were shut down by the ministry without any rationale or reason," he said. "That makes it difficult to negotiate…. What OSSTF locals have been signing is unacceptable to my membership. Bill 115 is an attack on our bargaining rights and totally unacceptable. We've got a strike mandate from 97 to 100 per cent of our membership and strike action will continue."
He said that the issues elementary teacher face at the bargaining table differ fundamentally from those secondary teachers must deal with because primary schools receive less funding per pupil and face rigid caps placed on class size and teacher-student ratios.
McGuinty said the government's policy remains "the best and responsible approach" and added there was a "a strong consensus among Ontarians" to cut the deficit. That, he added, can be done, under the Students First Act provisions, without being forced to lay off teachers.
"I won't try to divine what might motivate teachers," he said. "I'm proud 55,000 ( represented by the eight remaining tentative agreements to be reviewed) agree with our approach. I ask the teachers to keep an open mind."
Thus far, all the deals included a wage freeze, three unpaid days off in the second year of a two-year contract, a reduction in sick days an end to the payout of accumulated sick days.
Under Bill 115, the union and local boards have been given until Dec. 31 to reach an agreement or one will be imposed by the government.


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Is your fraction bigger than $\frac{1}{2}$?
If not, is it bigger than $\frac{1}{3}$?
If not, is it bigger than $\frac{1}{4}$?
Now subtract the largest unit fraction you can.
Here's another example of the Greedy Algorithm at work...
$\frac{4}{5} = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{3}{10}$
$\frac{3}{10} = \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{20}$
$\frac{4}{5} = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{20}$
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Despite much time and extensive effort, many researchers fail to adequately communicate their findings to others. If a researcher cannot effectively communicate his or her findings, the entire process is not worth the effort. Writing right is a skill learned by training and experience over many academic years.
Two major principles affect the ability to write well. First, one must read extensively. Reading good writing helps develop a "feel" for what is correct and acceptable. Unfortunately, even the major journals contain many badly written articles, but with experience the difference between poor and well written articles will become more and more apparent.
Second, one must write extensively. Writing skills cannot be acquired by writing one or two papers in high school and college. Experience is the best teacher for learning to write well. Of course, volume is not the only issue. A student may write many papers and continually make the same mistakes over and over. A conscious effort must continually be made to write better and better.
As future professionals, writing skills will often be the difference between success and failure. Now is the time to make a concerted effort to improve. Begin by asking yourself whether or not your writing skills and style are as mature as they should be at this stage of your academic career. If not, why not?
Based on more than thirty-five years of personal writing experiences and reading student papers, the following are several suggestions which can lead to improved writing.
(1) Select your words carefully. Be sure the words say what they are supposed to say. Simple words are better than complex words that mean the same thing. Avoid jargon and "show off " words. Avoid wordiness. All readers appreciate concise and precise usage and diction.
(2) Make an outline. Outline the paper, then outline each section of the paper, then outline each paragraph of each section, and finally outline each sentence in each paragraph. What are your objectives? Where are you going with each part of the paper? What are the major points?
(3) Read what you write aloud. Hearing what you have written will often demonstrate that what looks good really sounds bad. Requiring students to read samples of their writing aloud has often resulted in instant recognition of poor writing style and technical skills.
(4) Revise, edit, and rewrite everything you write. Even a professional writer cannot always get it right the first time. Get it on paper regardless of how correct it is, then you can revise, revise, revise. Revise until every word is needed. Be concise and precise. No sentence should contain any unnecessary words.
(5) Never use passive voice. The subject acts. Active verbs express. Passive voice almost always requires more words. Passive voice is a cardinal sin to all who have to read it.
(6) Avoid unnecessary phrases. Adverbial phrases, such as "with reference to", "in conjunction with", "in terms of", "on the one hand", and "on the other hand" should be left out of good writing. Other poor phrases include "to say the least", "and so forth", "notwithstanding", "therefore it seems that", "it is now time for this writer", "it is interesting to note that", "also important is the fact that", "at this point in time", and "therefore it seems that". Hedging, such as "moreover", "furthermore", "the fact that", and "however" should be used sparingly.
(7) Know the rules of grammar and syntax. Master them. Use them. Poor usage and syntax are the two major problems for most writers. Using the correct words and arranging them properly are two things one can do to vastly improve.
(8) Make explanation, clarity and precision the strengths of your writing style. Keep these goals in mind every time you write. These will not come easily.
(9) Do not be too dependent on your word processor. Word processors are an aid but using one even with a grammar check will not dramatically improve poor writing. The grammar check will not choose the best words for you. Some features, such as cut-and-paste, are great for revisions.
(10) Be sure you have something to say. Poor research leads to poor writing. Carefully executed research projects will produce the best opportunity to have something of value to say. When you marshal the evidence, you can convince, inform and persuade your readers that it is worthwhile to read what you have written.
(11) Never use certain phrases . "To determine if"
(12) Let it rest. Be sure to give yourself enough time to let the piece lie dormant before a final revision. You will find that fresh ideas and usage will be more apparent. You will also discover that some of the things you wrote were not that good and you will not be entirely sure how these poor ideas got in the paper in the first place. Of course, to do this your time must be managed well.
(13) Take the advise of experienced writers seriously. Why not learn from the mistakes of others? Very often they do know something of considerable value when it comes to writing well. Some of the best advice for writing well comes from an article written by George Orwell entitled Politics and the English Language. Some of his suggestions are given in what he calls "six questions a scrupulous writer will ask for every sentence he or she writes".
(1) What am I trying to say?
(2) What words will express it?
(3) What image or idiom will make it clearer?
(4) Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
(5) Could I put it more shortly?
(6) Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?
A major concept to remember:
"The joy of writing is getting it right."
Additional Rules for Writing
(1) Never use the word "reader".
(2) Never use the same terminology more than once or twice on one page.
(3) Never test anything but hypotheses, especially questions and variables.
(4) Never use "you", "we", "us", "our". Always use third person.
(5) Never use the word "paper". This is a research report.
(6) Never use the term "looked at" or any form of "look".
(7) Never begin a sentence with "now" or "with".
(8) Never say "this will prove". Statistics never prove anything. One can only draw inferences about the populations from which the samples were selected.
(9) Never say "it is necessary", "it must be done" or any other emphatic statement.
(10) Be careful about being biased by taking positions. Be objective.
(11) Eliminate all prepositional phrases you can eliminate, especially "of" phrases.
(12) Numbers must be used as per capita, per 1000 or some other way to equate the values between states or counties to account for differences in population sizes.
(13) Papers, chapters and any other inanimate objects cannot "do" anything.
(14) Data are always plural.
(15) Read all suspect sentences aloud again and again.
(16) The independent variable is what affects or does not affect. Dependent variables do not affect each other.
(17) The null hypotheses must be a comparison of a variable for the two samples.
(18) What is wrong with the following sentence? "The sex population is another significant variable."
(19) Be precise and concise.
Be scholarly. Think and sound scholarly.
|authority about
|authority on
|die with
|die of
|equally as bad
|equally bad
|in accordance to
|in accordance with
|in search for
|in search of
|independent from
|independent of
|prior than
|prior to
|seldom or ever
|seldom if ever
|superior than
|superior to
|1. After all is said and done
|11. Bitter end
|2. Agree to disagree
|12. Busy as a bee
|3. All work and no play
|13. By leaps and bounds
|4. Better late than never
|14. Slow but sure
|5. Cold as ice
|15. Straight from the shoulder
|6. Easier said than done
|16. Sweat of his brow
|7. Green with envy
|17. This day and age
|8. Last but not least
|18. Too funny for words
|9. White as a sheet
|19. Wee small hours
|10. On the ball (on the beam)
|20. None the worse for wear
|No contractions
|No slang
|No colloquialisms
|No first person
|No illiteracies
|No dialectical words
|No politically incorrect language (age, class, geography, health, disability, religion, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity)
|No offensive stereotypes or connotations
|No sexist language
|Use standard words selected for their purpose.
Sometimes we learn better when the concepts are viewed from a different perspective. With this in mind, here are several very important but often forgotten rules of English.
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague. "They're old hat"
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Be more or less specific.
15. Understatement is always best.
16. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
17. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
18. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
19. The passive voice is to be avoided.
20. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
21. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
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Senior Cancer Doctor Convicted of Taking Bribes From Patients
A senior physician at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital was convicted yesterday of five counts of taking bribes from patients and four charges of exploitation and breach of trust.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's court ruled that Dr. Arie Figer, 61, a former deputy head of the hospital's Oncology Department, charged patients thousands of shekels to receive preferential treatment during their stays at Ichilov, part of the Sourasky Medical Center, and at Petah Tikva's Beilinson Hospital, part of the Rabin Medical Center. Some of the patients who agreed to pay Figer were invited to participate in clinical trials for expensive new medications.
Others were told to come to Figer's private clinic, where he would charge them at an average of NIS 1,000 per visit.
Figer took an unpaid leave from work when the indictment was served, in February 2007. Throughout the trial he denied all of the charges and accusations.
The first count of bribery was over an incident that began when the nephew of one of Figer's hospital patients asked him about her condition. Figer told him to come to his private clinic. In the course of the four-minute meeting, for which he charged $500, Figer told the man that his aunt's condition was hopeless and the most he could do was to try and ease her pain with morphine.
In ruling on the count Judge Rachel Greenberg said that any information about a patient's condition, especially when the condition is critical, must be given on hospital grounds.
Another count, for bribery an exploitation, concerned a patient with stomach cancer who paid Figer NIS 2,500 for access to a drug that is not subsidized by the state and requires a special permit to receive it.
Figer gave the patient samples of the drug in his possession before the permit was issued. When relatives of the patient felt that Figer was ignoring them they gave him an envelope with NIS 7,500 in cash, and he began meeting with them more often and improved the patient's care.
In a third incident, Figer offered a patient the chance to join a clinical study for a drug that cost NIS 120,000. Figer told the patient that he would get the drug for free, but charged him 10% of the estimated cost for his services and 10% more for the services of a nurse he employed for the treatment. The patient refused, leading to the conviction of Figer for bribery and exploitation.
In yet another case, Figer was convicted of charging the children of a patient whose condition deteriorated after chemotherapy treatment NIS 700 to come to his clinic to hear about her condition. Figer had previously avoided meeting them at the hospital.
"The accused didn't just breach the ethics code, but committed criminal offenses," Greenberg wrote in her verdict.
After the verdict was announced Figer thanked the medical personnel and patients who stood by him during the trial.
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Waco sponsors household hazardous waste collectionNov. 14, 1997
By Stephen Ratcliff
Reporter for The Baylor Lariat
In conjunction with Texas Recyles Day and Baylor's Steppin' Out, the cities of Waco and Woodway will be sponsoring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the City of Waco service building parking lot.
The event gives students an opportunity to dispose of hazardous wastes that are present in their homes and allows for the preservation of landfills that are often filled with harmful materials.
The City of Waco's waste reduction manager, Anna Dunbar, said the purpose for the collection day is three-fold.
'The first pupose for the event is to give residents a free and convenient outlet to dispose of waste that shouldn't go into the trash,' she said. 'A second reason is to keep these materials out of the water supply and drain water, where the chemicals can be harmful to a person's health. Lastly, if an unfortunate incident such as a fire occurred, the situation would not be worsened because of explosive wastes located in the house or garage.'
Vicki Faunce, grant and volunteer coordinator for the City of Woodway, said she believes this weekend also provides a great opportunity for students to play an active role in protecting the environment.
'We will be collecting wastes that can be harmful if kept at home, but can be very helpful if taken and recycled properly,' Faunce said.
Faunce encourages students to stop by the City of Waco Service Building, which is located at 700 S. Loop 340, to dispose of the several household materials that are often not perceived as hazardous.
Items for disposal on Hazardous Household Waste Collection Day:
*used motor oil
*brake fluid
*kitchen cleaners
*bathroom cleaners
*stain removers
*drain cleaners
*paint thinners
*spray cans
Preparation and Transportation Tips:
*leave materials in original containers
*never mix products
*separate different wastes
*if a container is leaking, place it in larger container and use cat litter as an absorbent
*identify unlabeled products
Copyright © 1997 The Lariat
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Invergordon on the beautiful Cromarty Firth is the gateway to the whole of the North of Scotland. It serves as a gateway to the whole of the Highlands and in fact the North of Scotland.
This sheltered deep water port on the North Sea has berthed the larger cruise liners such as s.s.NORWAY, Queen Elizabeth 2, SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS, ENCHANTMENT OF THE SEAS and AURORA.
Invergordon is ideally located to be an overnight cruise away from ports such as Leith (Edinburgh), Lerwick, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Thorshavn (Faroe Islands), Stavanger and Bergen.
For cruises starting from Continental Europe or England, Invergordon is within 36 hours from ports such as Amsterdam, Dover, Harwich, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Dublin and Copenhagen.
Most of the world's major cruise lines are regular callers at Invergordon, including Costa, Crystal, Cunard, Hapag Lloyd, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Fred. Olsen, P & O, Phoenix Reisen, Princess, Radisson Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean, Seabourn, Seetours, Silversea and Transocean.
Although mainly seen as an excellent Port of Call, today Invergordon is also regularly used as an embarkation/disembarkation port for smaller cruise liners. With the city of Inverness only 23 miles away, with its International airport close by, Invergordon has become a turnaround port.
As befits a major port, all services are available including luxury coaches, multi-lingual tour guides, security, fresh water, fresh provisions, garbage disposal and repairs.
As a gateway port, there is a wide variety of shore excursions which are available from the port of Invergordon including:
- Loch Ness and its' famous monster "Nessie"
- Castles such as Cawdor, Dunrobin and Brodie
- Fort George
- Culloden Battlefield
- Dornoch Cathedral
- The city of Inverness
- Whisky distilleries
- Woollen mills
- Inverewe Gardens
- Cairngorm mountains and the new funicular railway
- Golfing on some of the world's most famous courses.


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Being a car enthusiast or expert mechanic doesn't not make you an expert auto website owner. Unfair, but a fact of life. You may be able to set up an auto parts website with all your valuable knowledge and insight but what about marketing techniques? What about making a little passive income? That is a mustang of a different color.
Affiliate programs are a tried and true way to pull in addition income from your website with little effort. The key to understanding auto parts affiliate programs is to be well versed in the basic terminology.
An affiliate is a person who promotes another business through their own website for a fee. They are also known as referrers. A merchant is the business owner who is selling their goods or services through their own website and those of affiliates. Merchants love affiliates because they drive traffic to their website that is specifically targeted to the product offered.
Affiliates place a special link on their website that directs customers to another site. A link is a button to click that will take the clicker to the other site. Affiliate websites are full of information, ideas and entertainment to their visitors while the merchants site offers some product or service for sale.
Sometimes it is necessary to pass an inspection of sorts before being accepting to the auto parts affiliate program. There are often requirements for websites to participate in an auto parts affiliate program. These requirements could be a certain amount of visitors a month, a domain name or the absence of any other affiliate programs.
Most successful auto part affiliates have websites that are very similar in content to the merchant's site. They will either have lots of traffic or specifically targeted traffic.
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The Oconee Youth Playhouse will present the musical version of the children's classic, "A Little Princess," at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday at the Oconee County Civic Center.
Playing the lead role of Sara Crewe is Anna Cail, a home-schooled seventh grader, while Bailey Chastain, a rising fourth grader at Malcom Bridge Elementary, plays her best friend, Becky.
"This is the first big part in an OYP show for both these girls," said Shane Hannon, the co-director with his wife, Terra. "Terra and I have been so impressed with how professional they have been throughout the rehearsal process. They are both really strong in their parts, and they are surrounded by other talented cast members."
The story of "A Little Princess," a novel published in the early 1900s by Frances Hodgson Burnett, revolves around Sara Crewe, who is transported from India and placed in servitude at an English boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.
Among the other featured pupils at the boarding school are Jordan Meeler, a rising seventh grader at Oconee County Middle School, as Lavinia; Megan Duttlinger, a rising seventh grader at Malcom Bridge Middle School, as Ermengarde; Collier Cobb, a rising eighth grader at Malcom Bridge; and Shannon Hodgson, a rising sixth grader at Athens Academy, as Jessie. The role of Lottie is shared by Ivy Hitchcock, who is a home-schooled fourth grader, and Caroline Robinson, a rising fifth grader at Athens Academy.
The Oconee Youth Playhouse first produced "A Little Princess" in 2001. "People have been asking us for years when we were going to do the show again," Shane Hannon said. "It had a big impact back then, so we're excited about doing it again. And what a great cast to pull it off."
"I think the reason audiences love the show is the combination of great music and the heartwarming story of Sara Crewe, which many people are familiar with," Terra Hannon said.
Older featured cast members include Katie Sawhill, a graduate of Oconee County High School, who is now a theater major at Piedmont College; Kelsey Duttlinger, a rising sophomore at North Oconee High School; Lucy Haskill; Jacob Larson; and Christen Pemberton, a recent graduate of Clarke Central High School.
Returning to the Oconee Youth Playhouse stage is Hannah Strickland, an Oconee County High School graduate, who now is a theater major at Shorter College.
"We're lucky to have so much talent in our older cast members," Shane Hannon said.
Tickets will be available from noon to 7 p.m. June 8 at the civic center and throughout the weekend at the box office, which opens one hour prior to curtain. Tickets are $12 for students/children; $14 for seniors; and $16 for adults. All seats are reserved.
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An undercover drug officer trying to make a purchase Tuesday ended up being attacked by a dog that was then shot, according to Miami-Dade Police.
Police said officers had been doing surveillance on the home on the 6400 block of SW 57 place in Miami-Dade County for several days before the buy was attempted.
Miami-Dade Police said as they were trying to capture one of the residents, the alleged dealer ran back into the home.
At that point, Miami-Dade Police said the dog, a pit-bull terrier breed, at the home lunged at the officer and bit him on the leg. The officer was left with puncture wounds and was taken to South Miami Hospital and will be fine.
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East Georgia State College-Statesboro students fill out a special GSU application that enables them to take Healthful Living and Physical Education courses while at EGSC-S. Students who transfer to Georgia Southern within three years will not have to reapply to Georgia Southern University.
The transfer process is seamless
Each semester, a meeting is held for students who are ready to transfer to Georgia Southern University. At these meetings, students are walked through the transfer process and are given important information regarding dates and deadlines, SOAR, financial aid, on-campus housing, and much more.
Students complete the necessary paperwork, which is tracked by EGSC-S staff. Documents necessary to the transfer process are hand-carried to Georgia Southern University's Admissions Office staff, where they are given priority processing.
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Best Celebrity Hangouts
Since the city is such a celebrity magnet, people from all walks of life have one more reason to love Las Vegas. But where do you go to find stars? Follow our trail of luxury, hot music, and great food, and you'll be seeing stars in no time.
LAX Nightclub at Luxor is one fail-safe when it comes to seeing stars in Vegas. Partly owned by Christina Aguilera, it's a popular watering hole for the musicians and their famous friends. Incidentally, LAX is where Paris Hilton broke the news about Aguilera's pregnancy. It's also a favorite nightspot for illusionist Criss Angel and others.
Another popular nighttime retreat for the rich and famous is TAO Nightclub. Under the eye of Buddha, celebrities dance, dine, and drink along with regular folk. They also love to throw special occasions here; Marc Anthony celebrated his 38th birthday here with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez, and actress Kate Walsh spent her bachelorette party dancing on the tables of TAO. Stars can also be spotted relaxing on the roof at TAO Beach or dining on the Asian fare in TAO's restaurant.
And speaking of restaurants, celebrities love Las Vegas' exquisite restaurants. N9NE Steakhouse at Palms Las Vegas is one particular favorite, featuring giant seafood platters and sweet s'more desserts. There's no VIP section here, so you'll really be able to spot the stars. Hugh Hefner celebrated his 80th birthday here, and even President Barack Obama has enjoyed N9NE's diverse menu including sirloins and sashimi.
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Effects of Global Warming in Upstate New York
Summer in Upstate New York could feel like the typical summer in South Carolina or Georgia by the end of the century unless we take action to reduce heat-trapping emissions today.
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Mancini guides Galatasaray to 2-2 draw at Juventus
Roberto Mancini guided Galatasaray to a 2-2 draw at Juventus in
the Champions League on Wednesday, just two days after taking over
as coach at the Turkish club.
Substitute Fabio Quagliarella thought he had won it for Juventus
with an 87th-minute header but Umut Bulut immediately
A blunder from Juve defender Leonardo Bonucci had gifted Didier
Drogba the opener for Galatasaray in the 36th minute before Arturo
Vidal leveled from the penalty spot after Quagliarella was adjudged
to have been fouled by Nordin Amrabat.
"I'm disappointed," Juventus coach Antonio Conte said. "But
the most bitterness and regret comes from the second goal, because
giving away a goal straight from the restart after we scored in the
87th is something quite unusual and strange. We drew a game which
we really deserved to win."
Conte described it as an "awful result."
"We need to really, really fight. It will be a lot harder than
last year, a lot, lot harder," he said. "A hard path became so
much harder because of two defensive mistakes. We shouldn't
despair, we have four games left, we have to grit our teeth. If
we're good we'll get through."
Next up for Juventus is a double header against Real Madrid,
which beat Galatasaray 6-1 in its opening match and won 4-0 at home
to FC Cophenhagen on Wednesday to take firm control of Group B.
"I don't think Real Madrid will beat Juventus twice," Mancini
said. "I've seen them twice recently and don't think they're in
form really. We'll try to do very well against Copenhagen but we
need to improve on tonight and play better. I think the group is
still very open."
Former Inter Milan and Manchester City coach Mancini was
confirmed as Fatih Terim's replacement at Galatasaray on Monday and
only met the squad shortly before their flight to Italy.
"The only advantage I had was that of knowing Juventus,"
Mancini said. "I didn't know my players so had to get to know them
quickly, had to learn their names quickly. I would definitely have
signed for a draw before the match, even though I always think you
should go for a win.
"We were unlucky with the penalty, I don't think it was a
penalty. We defended well and it's not easy to defend against a
team like Juventus, then the game changed with the penalty."
Both teams had endured a disappointing start to their European
campaigns and they started cautiously in Turin. Juventus had the
first real opportunity in the 15th minute, but Paul Pogba slipped
as he attempted an audacious overhead kick and missed the ball
That seemed to spark the game into life and Drogba almost put
Galatasaray in front four minutes later with a shot from a tight
angle which Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon cleared with his
A setback followed shortly afterward for Juventus when Mirko
Vucinic beat the offside trap to race onto a delightful chipped
pass by Andrea Pirlo, but stumbled and injured himself in the
Vucinic was replaced minutes later by Quagliarella, while
Galatasaray defender Semih Kaya made way for Gokhan Zan.
Quagliarella had an opportunity with his first touch in the 28th
minute as he prodded a cross narrowly past the left post. The
Juventus forward was caught up in a tangle with Zan as he struck
the ball but the referee rejected his furious claims for a
Galatasaray broke the deadlock when Bonucci woefully misplaced a
back pass, giving it straight to Drogba, who easily bypassed the
outrushing Buffon to slot into an empty net.
Juventus could have leveled quickly but Carlos Tevez's fierce
shot scraped the outside of the right post moments later.
And Galatasaray could have extended its lead when Wesley
Sneijder was left completely unmarked and blazed well over the
crossbar from just inside the area.
Arturo Vidal went close as he twice fired narrowly over the
crossbar in quick succession.
Conte brought on Fernando Llorente for his Champions League
debut and the Spaniard almost headed Juventus in front moments
later but his effort also went just over the crossbar from close
Juventus did level in the 77th minute when Quagliarella made the
most of a mistimed challenge from fellow substitute Amrabat and
Vidal blasted home the spot kick.
Llorente had the ball in the back of the net in the 84th but it
was ruled out as Tevez was offside in the buildup.
Juventus had come from behind to win two of its previous three
league games and it looked like doing so again when Quagliarella
headed home Pirlo's cross from close range four minutes from
However, a Galatasaray counter attack led to an 88th-minute
equalizer as Drogba took advantage of gaps in the Juventus defense
to pick out an unmarked Bulut on the far side of goal.
Llorente missed a chance for Juventus in stoppage time when he
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Feds Investigate Transocean's Possible Ties to Burmese Drug Clan
This post originally appeared on Mother Jones. The world's most infamous drilling firm, Transocean, has been slapped with a subpoena by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over one of its projects in Burma. Basically, the drilling-platform operator best known for its exploding Deepwater Horizon rig is drilling in Burmese waters co-owned by a family of drug lords (including the "Godfather of Heroin") with whom it is verboten to do business under federal sanctions. The government wants to know if any sanctioned parties are actually listed on the drilling contract, and if Transocean was aware who it was dealing with. I want to know something different: Who cares? Though it sounds juicy, this story entirely misses the forest for the trees. This isn't the first time Transocean has worked in Burma: It also handled exploratory drilling for Daewoo's stake in the country's giant Shwe gas reserves; but since Daewoo's not blacklisted, that was okay. And Transocean isn't the only American company with interests in Burmese energy. Chevron helps operate a pipeline that earned the dictatorship more than $1 billion in 2008 and is the single largest source of income for a regime that propagates genocide and is allegedly trying to build nukes. But that's okay because Chevron lobbyists got some big fat loopholes in the US sanctions, guaranteeing the company doesn't have to divest. All of which doesn't matter much anyhow, because the plenty of other countries profiting off Burma's resources would be happy to grab up the American companies' stakes if they had to abandon them. Even the Congressional Research Service recently released a report (pdf) saying that more than a decade of US sanctions hasn't had any demonstrable impact on the junta's finances or power. The Transocean probe will likely end up being as inconsequential as the sanctions the company might be violating. "We do not expect the liability," Transocean has stated in company filings, "if any, resulting from these inquiries to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated statement of financial position, results of operations or cash flows." In this case, the company's rosy PR assessment probably isn't just spin.
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The Strategic Role of Information on the Demand Function in an Oligopolistic Market
This paper investigates the incentives for cooperation in market surveys among competitive firms. The analysis relies on a game theoretic model. The main conclusion is that the value of information in a competitive market exhibits a sharp decrease as the number of firms that share the information increases. Thus, the advantage obtained through sharing the cost of a market survey may be upset by the loss due to the spreading of information among the competitors. The consumer's point of view is also studied showing that market surveys are advantageous in terms of consumer surplus, a usual indicator of the consumer's satisfaction.
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