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The offline mappa map helps you make the most of Madrid, Spain with a POI database and search built in.
This is the mappa map for Madrid. Madrid is the capital of Spain, and capital of the autonomous community Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid is best known for its great cultural and artistic heritage. Madrid also boasts some of the liveliest nightlife in the world.
Arrive at Madrid Barajas International Airport or by RENFE train - metro and bus stations are included in the mappa map as well as taxi ranks.
Visit Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor, Mercado de San Miguel, Plaza de la Villa, the Royal Palace - Palacio Real, the Catedral de la Almudena, Plaza de España, Gran Vía, Plaza de Cibeles or the Plaza de Castilla. Enjoy a day at a museum: Museo del Prado. It includes many different collections: the Spanish (El Greco, Velázquez, and Goya), the Flemish and Dutch (Rubens, van Dyck, and Brueghel), Italian (Botticelli, Tintoretto, Titian, Caravaggio, and Veronese) and German (Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Baldung Grien). Also, Reina Sofía National Museum and Art Center, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art. Spend some time in the sunshine: El Retiro Park, Royal Botanical Garden (Real Jardin Botanico), Parque del Capricho, Templo de Debod, or La Casa de Campo.
Enjoy classical music, Flamenco, and watch the bullfighting, football or basketball.
Eating and drinking is a real treat in Madrid, hundreds of bars and restaurants are covered on the mappa map.
Top 5 reasons to get your offline mappa map for Madrid in Spain:
1. SIMPLE - No geeky features. It's a map!
2. ENTIRE LOCATION AVAILABLE OFFLINE - download the entire city and POI database to your phone and travel without an Internet connection. You won't get any nasty roaming charges. Your map will work anywhere.
3. VECTOR DATA - means that you get maximum detail, maximum zoom and maximum coverage with a tiny map file that takes moments to download and uses hardly any space on your phone.
4. POINT OF INTEREST DATABASE BUILT-IN - Search a dozen categories including, restaurants, bars and hotels, also handy places such as hospitals, taxi ranks and public transport stops. We've also included a fuzzy partial search for POI and street names to make it fast and easy.
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In the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," Ed Harris, playing NASA flight director Gene Kranz, utters the following line after an explosion aboard the moon-bound spacecraft: "Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things worse by guessing."
That's good advice in any setting, and it applies particularly well to the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP in connection with its interpretation of data requested from the state Department of Education regarding the suspension of students in Georgia's public schools.
According to the statewide data from the 2007-08 school year, about 38 percent of the state's public school students are black, and they account for 67 percent of suspensions. Locally, the numbers say this: In Clarke County, 55 percent of students are black, and they account for 80 percent of suspensions. In Barrow County, blacks are 13 percent of the student body, and 26 percent of suspensions. Jackson County's enrollment is 5 percent black, and they account for 8 percent of suspensions. Blacks are 5 percent of the student body in Oconee County, and 20 percent of suspensions. They are 10 percent of Madison County students, and 20 percent of suspensions. And in Oglethorpe County, black students are 18 percent of enrollment, and 32 percent of suspensions.
It's clear from the data that black students, both locally and statewide, are suspended at higher rates than their presence in the student body suggests should be the case. So is there a problem here? Working from the available data, the best answer is that there might be.
And to that point, it's safe to say the NAACP's thinly veiled suggestion there might be a racist component to the data is, at this point, little better than an ill-informed guess. That's particularly true when the NAACP backs up that contention with the specious argument advanced by its state education chairwoman.
As quoted in this newspaper for a Thursday story, Jennifer Falk said, "One would hope that the percentage of enrollment is relatively equivalent to the number of suspensions. And so that's the question we're asking, is it out of whack?"
With all due respect to Falk, the suggestion that data on suspensions should for some reason show that the punishment is meted out to students in direct proportion to the percentage of their presence on the student body is untenable. It is, after all, at least possible that a given group of students does, in fact, engage in behavior leading to suspension in greater numbers than the percentage of the student body they comprise.
In deference to Falk, though, it's necessary to concede the point that there may, in fact, be some racial component in the admittedly somewhat subjective determination of whether a student has committed an infraction worthy of suspension. It's certainly possible that teachers, administrators and others in authority make disciplinary decisions on the basis of some unconscious - or worse, conscious - prejudice.
Notwithstanding the NAACP's somewhat understandable focus on percentages, it's important to realize what the state data show is that significant numbers of students are disrupting the learning environment.
The result is an insidious loss of opportunities for learning for all students.
And that's the real problem here.
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Internet Management System
Internet Management System at UTAS
Internet access is provided to the University via the Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet). Access to the Internet is regulated by both AARNet access policy and the ICT Services and Facilities Usage Policy (PDF 400KB). The Internet Management System (IMS) has been implemented to help make people aware of their Internet usage and to provide an audit trail to ensure compliance with the above policies.
All devices must first be authenticated with the IMS by a user before access to the Internet is enabled. All access to the internet from the authenticated device will then be logged against the users name.
Authenticating to IMS
When prompted for an IMS login you should use your "UTAS Active Directory" password. If you have trouble logging in first try synchronising your UTAS passwords before contacting the Service Desk.
There are four methods of authenticating to the IMS service:
- 802.1x used on UConnect wireless and wired services. If using a UConnect wireless or wired service your authentication to IMS is automatically done you do not have to do anything more.
- IA Client available for Windows, Machintosh and Linux platforms. If you are using a centrally managed PC or Macintosh you may already have the IA Client installed. Please check before installing a new client. Download the appropriate client from the links to the left. Information regarding the operation of the IA Client can be found in the User Manual (PDF 114KB) information for administrators who wish to distribute the IA Client to systems they administer can be found in the Admin Manual (PDF 88KB).
- Browser login to the IMS Portal. The browser must be configured to allow pop-ups.
- Nominated IP address. For devices which cannot use one of the above methods the device IP address can be nominated for access under your account by logging into the IMS Portal and selecting the link under "Internet access for other devices".
IMS Portal
Via the IMS portal you can access information, control each IMS session registered under your account, and track your Internet usage. More detailed information can be obtained by making a request via the IT Services Service Desk (email@example.com or +61 3 6226 1818)
IA Client Download
- IAClient-3.0.110-UTAS.tar.gz [32bit]
- IAClient-3.0.110-UTAS.tar.gz [64 bit]
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Earlier this year, members of the Yale College Democrats asked students at their school what change means to them. During the first few
According to new jobs numbers released this morning, the economy added 257,000 private-sector jobs last month, making January the 23rd c
Want to watch the State of the Union tonight? Don't want to do it alone? Then join with folks in your community for a watch party tonigh
From recording his own video to spotlighting anti-bullying groups like GLSEN, President Obama is helping to make sure "It Gets Better" f
President Obama spoke from the White House yesterday about the ongoing response to help communities affected by Hurricane Irene. "First,
The President's 50th birthday is coming up on August 4th. But he doesn't need a post on his Facebook wall. The President has been clear
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SNUBBED: Carol, the dark horse contender failed to snag a Best Picture nomination, despite its timely theme and powerful lead performances. It is a rare film that tells the story of two women falling in love, and it has won devoted appreciation among queer women. Now, women are feeling particularly ignored by the Academy, with the field of Best Director nominees once again being filled only by men.
NOMINATED: Mighty Cate earned her seventh Oscar nomination (she's won twice) as the complex, conflicted socialite who falls in love with a young woman.
NOMINATED: As the object of Carol's affection, Mara's fine performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination.
SNUBBED: The out gay director was unfairly snubbed for a Best Director nomination for his finely crafted tale of forbidden lesbian love. His film did pull in a total of six nominations, including for costume, score, and cinematography.
NOMINATED: Out writer Phyllis Nagy took acclaimed out author Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Price of Salt, and beautifully adapted it for the screen, bringing alive its famously romantic passages in what is now Carol.
SNUBBED: The dark horse contender failed to snag a Best Picture nomination, despite its timely theme and powerful lead performances.
NOMINATED: The brilliant Brit followed last year's Best Actor win as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything with another stunning turn as trans artist Lili Elbe.
NOMINATED: As the artist wife of a transitioning husband, Vikander earned a Best Supporting Actress nod for her beautifully sensitive performance in The Danish Girl.
SNUBBED: The Oscar-winning director (The King's Speech) was denied a second nomination for the dreamy and gorgeous transgender tale, The Danish Girl.
NOMINATED: "Til it Happens to You" by Lady Gaga and Diane Warren from The Hunting Ground
Everyone's favorite bisexual pop diva and LGBT activist earned a nomination for this haunting song from the campus rape documentary.
NOMINATED: "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith from Spectre
The gay singer-songwriter followed up his Golden Globe win with an Oscar nomination – making him the first out gay singer to perform a James Bond theme (unless you count bi-gal Madonna's Die Another Day).
SNUBBED: "Hands of Love" by Miley Cyrus from Freeheld
The pansexual pixie missed out on an Oscar nod for her ballad from the otherwise overlooked lesbian drama Freeheld.
SNUBBED: The gay writer-director (Weekend, Looking) couldn't pull off an upset nomination for this subtle and moody film, 45 Years.
SNUBBED: The elder statesman of gay actors was overlooked for a nomination in Mr. Holmes as the aging sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.
SNUBBED: The lesbian legend was a dark horse candidate who didn't make the Oscar cut as a lesbian grandmother on a day-long quest with her granddaughter in Grandma.
Emma DonoghueNOMINATED: Out writer Emma Donoghue's adapted screenplay for Room brought the frightening original book to the screen. It tells the story of a woman held captive for years and years in a single room with her 5-year-old son, who she still must try to give a happy life.
SNUBBED: The transgender actresses were long-shots who missed out on a nomination for the low-budget indie, Tangerine.
SNUBBED: Today we learned that every person nominated for acting — in best actor, best supporting actor, best actress and best supporting actress — is white. For Academy watchers, unfortunately this won't come as a big surprise, except that the problem persists. Reporters are also noting that Straight Outta Compton, which some expected would get a Best Picture nomination, was left out. In addition to a stellar, predominantly African-American cast, including the much lauded performance of Jason Mitchell as rapper Eazy-E, the film included a major plot line about HIV stigma.
NOMINATED: Musician Antony Hegarty was nominated for Best Orginal Song, becoming the second-ever transgender person to receive a nomination from the Academy. The lead vocalist of the band Antony and The Johnsons created the track "Manta Ray" for the documentary Racing Extinction, which follows activists as they try to stem the tide of manmade mass extinction of the world's animals. Hegarty is credited as the writer of the song's lyrics, with the music by J. Ralph.


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On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, Tom Hodson talks with Ohio University Honors Tutorial College alumna Amy Farrell (class of '85).
Farrell is a professor of American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Dickinson College. Her research includes 20th century U.S. culture, U.S. women's history, body politics, and the history of fat stigma.
Farrell's 2011 book Fat Shame received national media attention (including an appearance on The Colbert Report). She is also the author of Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Promise of Popular Feminism.


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Airfare to East London, South Africa
Lowest Daily Fares From the US to East London (Updated 10 Dec 2015)
These fares were found today, but may not include some international fees. Click to start your search:
San Francisco to East London - $1198
Chicago to East London - $1253
New York to East London - $1576
Here are a few tips to help you find cheap airfare to East London:
- Consider flights into Johannesburg. To get from Johannesburg to East London, you can grab a spot on a train, bus or flight. Look for cheap flights on no frills airlines. Although it will take longer to reach your destination, a bus or train could save you enough cash to make it worth your while.
- Look for flights that go through Nairobi, Kenya; Cape Town, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria or another major gateway city instead of flying direct. Because there are more flights – and competition – from these cities on low budget airlines, you can save some cash over flying non-stop to your destination. It is very common to layover in one of these main cities.
- Airfare to East London will be the cheapest on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday. Mondays are popular with business travellers and weekends are key dates for holidaymakers wanting the longest trips possible – avoid these dates. The most expensive air tickets to Durban are found during peak holiday travel times, such as the New Year. Also be aware of national events or festivals, which can also cause ticket prices to rise.
For more information on East London, check out BootsnAll's East London Travel Guide.


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Dustin McGowan is hoping that by addressing his blood sugar issues, he might be able to alleviate the symptoms of fatigue that seem to be preventing him from going deep into games this season.
McGowan, a type 1 diabetic, has struggled with his stamina in his return as a starting pitcher and told TSN radio's Scott MacArthur that his blood sugar has been spiking during games. He said he is going to start running more, and might start wearing an insulin pump during games to get control of it.
McGowan doesn't think his disease has anything to do with the various injuries that have limited his career, but that it probably has hindered his recovery from those injuries.
"Recovery has been a pain because even when I get a blister or a cut, it takes forever to heal," McGowan told MacArthur. "I can only imagine after getting my arm sewn back together what it was like. In that way, it's been brutal but I don't think it's done anything to cause me to get hurt. It's just the healing process takes a little longer."
Staked to a 6-1 lead Wednesday against Baltimore, McGowan couldn't get anybody out in the fifth inning. Manager John Gibbons said McGowan will make his next start Tuesday in Kansas City but he's uncertain of McGowan's longterm spot in the rotation.
"I've always been a big fan of him in the bullpen because of what he did last year," Gibbons said. "He was very good at it. He's a strikeout guy coming out of the bullpen, just cut it loose for an inning, maybe two.
"That's been in the back of my mind since we started discussing putting him in the rotation. Where it all ends up, I don't know yet. He's a luxury down there (in the bullpen) and he makes us that much stronger."
Casey Janssen is edging ever closer to a rehab assignment that might begin somtime next week. Before that, the bullpen closer will need to get a couple of side sessions under his belt in the next few days as he continues his slow recovery from an oblique muscle strain.
"Right now, there's still something there that's holding him back a little bit," Gibbons said. "He doesn't feel quite ready to cut it loose because something is still nagging at him …. the dreaded oblique."
Because Janssen missed so much of spring training and hasn't pitched now for at least 11 days, Gibbons figures he will need more than the obligatory two appearances on rehab.
"He's so far removed now from spring training that I don't see him back here in the next couple of weeks, to be honest," said the manager. "It'll depend on how he's throwing."
Meanwhile, first baseman/designated hitter Adam Lind's back has come around to the point that he has begun swinging a bat.
"He's not doing much running, but he's getting better," Gibbons said.
The Jays have had some internal discussions about how to keep their rotation fresh through a stretch of 33 games in 34 days starting on Tuesday, and one option is to throw in some spot starters at various points. J.A. Happ is the obvious choice for that role but if McGowan continues to struggle as a starter, Happ could very well move into McGowan's role, leaving room for somebody else to become the spot starter.
Asked about Marcus Stroman, currently at triple-A Buffalo, as a possibility, Gibbons conceded his name likely would come up.
"Stroman could probably do it, but we don't have to make any decisions on anything for a few more days," Gibbons said.


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Thousands of locals and visitors streamed into Kennedy Street last Friday night to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary action-packed opening of the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival.
Those in attendance were taken on a stunning steampunk themed journey to The Future of Things Past which featured dance, song, carnivalesque, audiovisual and musical performances by acrobats, dancers, robots, beatboxers and brass bands which set the stage alight.
Local creative producer, international performer and the man responsible for the opening night extravaganza Sam Thomas and family (pictured) featured among the central characters of the dramatic performance which celebrated the town's history and its vibrant arts culture. The festival runs through until this Sunday. For more details see our feature on page 33 or visit www.castlemainefestival.com.au. Photo: Carl Dziunka


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Adrian-Viorel Diaconu serves as an Assistant Professor at Lumina, the University of South-East Europe, Bucharest, Romania. He received his Ph.D. degree at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. His research interests are focused on electronics and telecommunication systems, primarily on designing of embedded systems or applications (e.g., communication protocols, security applications, signal processing, etc.) for WMSNs, robotics, and autonomous systems. Diaconu has worked with UESEL since February 2010. His key responsibilities include being InfoMatrix's National Selections Coordinator, being Jury Member of several national and international contests (e.g., firSTep and InfoMatrix), and establishing and maintaining various partnerships with other institutions of higher education (e.g., HIT - Netherlands) and local economic, industrial, and social players (e.g., ANOSR, HP, and FESTO).
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PARIS/TUNIS (Reuters) - The main opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) will use an international meeting on the Syrian crisis to push for urgent measures to ferry humanitarian aid to stranded civilians, a move it hopes will win Russian and Chinese support.
Speaking in Paris two days before Arab and Western foreign ministers meet in Tunis, senior SNC official Basma Kodmani said the group would ask Russia to try to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to allow safe passage for humanitarian convoys, averting the need for military intervention to protect them.
The push comes against a backdrop of worsening violence in Syria, where Assad is fighting a nearly year-long uprising against his rule in which thousands have been killed. Unlike Arab and Western proposals to pile diplomatic and economic pressure on Assad to go, the humanitarian initiative is gaining traction.
"Our main objective is to get acknowledgement that this is a humanitarian crisis and then to ensure an urgent humanitarian solution is found," Kodmani said.
"I don't see how Russia or China can be opposed if it is negotiated with them," she said. "It is an intervention but a humanitarian one. It is different from a military intervention, which may well be needed as well."
Russia and China have vetoed Security Council backing for an Arab League plan that asks Assad to hand over power and hold elections and have resisted moves to raise pressure on Damascus.
France first mooted the idea of humanitarian corridors earlier this month but the suggestion initially met with little international enthusiasm.
Russia has since, however, expressed its support for humanitarian efforts that work with the Syrian government and has asked the United Nations to request that the Secretary General send a humanitarian representative to liaise.
It said Wednesday it was working with the Syrian authorities, the opposition and regional powers to secure humanitarian corridors.
"In order to not militarise, the idea is to ask Russia to exert pressure on the regime not to target humanitarian corridors," Kodmani said, adding Russia's absence from the meeting would not be a problem as all parties were in contact.
She said the SNC would propose Friday setting up corridors from Lebanon to the besieged city of Homs, from Turkey to Idlib and from Jordan to Deraa.
In a seven-point plan, the SNC said it would also urge the "Friends of Syria" grouping of Arab and western countries to help civilians by creating safe zones in border areas where refugees could feel protected.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, the only major NGO active in Syria, is working with the government and opposition to arrange daily ceasefires to ferry in aid and evacuate casualties.
The United States and its allies hope the conference will allow them to begin drawing up a plan of action for Syria after Russia and China vetoed the Arab League plan.
While it would prioritise humanitarian aid at the meeting, the SNC said that if there was no political progress then the Friends of Syria should allow individual members to support the opposition logistically, technically or militarily.
The United States hinted Tuesday that it may be willing to pursue such an option if political channels failed. Even Assad's strongest critics are concerned, however, that such a move could worsen the violence and suck in neighbours, with different countries backing rival groups inside Syria.
With Syrian rebels not receiving any direct military aid, the SNC said it would propose countries prevent arms shipments from reaching Assad, including from main supplier Russia.
It said it would ask Egypt to restrict access to the Suez Canal, and for "Friends of Syria" countries to refuse port services, to vessels carrying weapons to Assad's government.
It would also ask them to help Syria's neighbours secure land borders to keep out foreign fighters.
"We are really close to seeing military intervention as the only solution. There are two evils, military intervention or protracted civil war," Kodmani said.
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Police say the shooting deaths of two women and a man in Oxnard may be a murder-suicide.
A woman in her 40s and another in her 20s were found on a walkway and inside a townhome late Wednesday afternoon on the west side of the Ventura County city.
A half-hour later, officers found a man in his 50s dead in the backyard of a home about two miles away.
Coroner's officials haven't released their names.
Detective Luis McArthur tells the Ventura County Star ( http://bit.ly/11j3lYQ ) that the women were related and lived together with at least two children.
The children weren't hurt.
McArthur says police believe the man shot the women and then himself but investigators are still trying to determine their relationship.
There's no word on a motive.
Information from: Ventura County Star, http://venturacountystar.com


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Barcelona pre-season testing: Day 1 line-up
28 February 2013 – The final pre-season gathering of the year gets underway at the Circuit de Catalunya this morning, with the Australian Grand Prix just over a fortnight away. Lewis Hamilton will be the only World Champion in action at Mercedes as Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel all wait until later in the week to appear.
The Day 1 testing line-up at Barcelona is as follows:
Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari
Felipe Massa
Sergio Pérez
Lotus F1 Team
Romain Grosjean
Mercedes AMG F1 Team
Lewis Hamilton
Sauber F1 Team
Esteban Gutiérrez
Force India F1 Team
Paul di Resta
Williams F1 Team
Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Jean-Éric Vergne
Caterham F1 Team
Charles Pic
Marussia F1 Team
Max Chilton
Running time:
9am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm
(Local time, GMT +1)
The final Barcelona test can be followed via the GPUpdate.net Live Report, where you can keep up to date with the latest times and pose questions to our team


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Wheelman - PS3
Release Date:March 20, 2009
Also on:PlayStation 3 PC Xbox 360
Viewing USA:Also on UK.
The gun-play set in slow motion and air-jacking will make the player feel that he is empowered with driving abilities that are superhuman.
PlayStation 3
As the player, you are an American driver called Milo Burik who is in Barcelona for an undercover mission and penetrate in the three largest gangs the city has. The game works in such a way that you will feel that you are a remarkable driver, allowing you to have several special capabilities not only for survival alone but also for appearances sake as well. There is also the presence of shot and cyclone moves wherein you can hit your opponents in a slow motion. For the most part, these moves are the very enjoyable segment of the game since they captivate the very essence of the motion pictures that motivate Wheelman.
The game can be played as free-roaming in which you will look for missions on your own or play the game with the use of a map in order to go to significant destinations. Most often, the missions will revolve within escorting, confining and stealing cars, however, there are certain unforgettable tasks which include smashing through an office or advertising billboards of your opponent. Side missions which are optional will help in the longevity of the game and will give you the chance in increasing the focus meter, the health of the vehicle, your attack power and your performance.
A handful of missions are only involved in the on-foot gameplay. Cover system is absent, thus, you will have to shield yourself by hiding behind items. What is more unbelievable is the deficiency of jump button which will let you walk around the obstructions. The gameÂ's storyline is styled in a cinematic way, yet, it is predictable and filled with conversations. The gangs consist of different kinds of thugs and they would often speak in different languages but they lack the motives or exciting relationships. Your character is quite arrogant even if that is only a description of his style.
While the game is set in the streets of Barcelona, there is lack of life. As an illustration when you look at La Rambla, there is a lively combination of market vendors and street performers in actual life, nonetheless, there is a collection of abandoned park benches, coffee tables and many more in the game. Fortunately, the music of Wheelman suits well along with a soundtrack for the gameÂ's loading screen which has a Spanish influence. Once you are on a mission, the mission is locked; however, you can flip between the seven radio stations once you are navigating around.
The game establishes several good ideas to the driving genre that is globally open and once you are moving in a speed that is high; there will certainly be more fun. The gun-play set in slow motion and air-jacking will make the player feel that he is empowered with driving abilities that are superhuman. Despite the many issues present, you will still get enjoyment if you are an avid fan of car chases that are based on movies.


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Surgical technique
Metoidioplasty (metaidoioplasty)
Short phallus
Very rarely capable of sexual penetration
Not always enable for voiding whilst standing
Overall complication rate less than 20%
Easy technique
Lower risk of complication
Quick recovery time
No donor-site morbidity
Radial forearm flap
Urinary tract problems
Multiple stages
Stiffener required, or permanent erection if bone is used
Donor-site morbidity
Microsurgical skills required
Possible ability for sexual intercourse.
Possibly, best cosmetic result? (overall complication rate up to 40%)
Anterolateral thigh flap
Possibly similar limitations to radial forearm flap
No long-term followup available
Easier to hide the donor site disfigurement
Usually harvested as a pedicle flap
Fibula flap
Possibly similar limitations to radial forearm flap
Permanent erection
No recent long-term follow-up available
Microsurgical skills required
Easier to hide the donor site disfigurement
Latissimus dorsi flap
Urinary tract not reconstructed
Erection function (based on muscle contraction) questionable
Donor-site morbidity
Sexual and tactile sensitivity not reported
No long-term follow-up available
Microsurgical skills required
No need of inflatable erection device
Suprapubic flap/groin flap
Cosmetic appearance unsatisfactory
Donor-site morbidity?
Urinary tract problem
Fully or partially sensate?
Stiffener or erection possible?
Multiple stages
If urethra is reconstructed, usually it is reconstructed in a different stage, and rarely reach the tip of the penis, but it often opens ventrally
Groin flap requires a minimum of two stages
Easy technique


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It's hard not to be impressed by the curve tilting function, which derives its name from the fact that the car's body tilts inwards by up to 2.65° when taking a bend. In this way, the lateral forces felt by the occupants are reduced significantly and dynamic cornering becomes even more of a pleasure. Looking ahead to enhance your comfort: the suspension sets itself up to negotiate bumps in the road before the car drives over them.
The power of the new S-Class Coupé is not just felt directly by the driver, it is also translated directly into propulsion. Standard equipment for the new S-Class Coupé includes a 7-speed automatic transmission. You hardly notice this, however, as the low engine speed increments between the individual gears make for seamlessly smooth gear changes.
At the time of market launch, the S-Class Coupé will debut with the M278 V8 petrol engine combining superior performance with low consumption. This compact, weight-optimised power unit combines efficiency-enhancing 3rd-generation direct injection with twin turbocharging for outstanding responsiveness.


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Hispania withdraws from FOTA
10 January 2011 – The Hispania Racing Team has confirmed that it is no longer part of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), having failed to make its annual payment of 100,000 euros (83,000 pounds) and believing that the group is better-suited to the sport's larger outfits.
With several reports having circulated on the internet, a team spokesperson confirmed the news to Reuters.
The latest development follows a series of stories throughout 2010 that the Murcia-based squad, which made its F1 debut last year, is struggling financially. The 11 other teams remain part of the united organisation formed in mid-2008.
At present, one driver is confirmed for the 2011 season, with India's Narain Karthikeyan returning to the sport after first racing with Jordan in 2005.
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" Brand: Estee Lauder / Type: Fragrance / Concentration: Eau de Parfum / Gender: for women "
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Knowing by Estee Lauder is one of the most powerful and long lasting of the reasonably priced perfumes I have tried. Even though it is Eau de Parfum, any stronger and you could knock a man down at 10 paces.
Because this is a fairly sexy scent with a strong erotic charge and it is what I would define a skin scent like Shalimar. In this respect it is similar to the old formulations of Opium- I find the moden formulation highly disappointing.
However, cheerfully, Knowing is a fab as ever. It was formulated in 1988 so it is one of those powerful confident scents of that era.
It is characterised as a rose chypre and after the topnotes which are almost all flowery, the drydown is sandalwood, patchouli and musk. Despite this, it is an intensely urban perfume, not countryfied and tweedy.
The scent is not earthy like Jicky by Guerlain (which has now lost its essential but cruel unecological civet undertones), it is more smoky and feminine, although I do think a man could wear it, if he were inclined for something punchy and floral.
Whenever I wear this, someone asks me what lovely perfume I am wearing. I have to say, although this is nice, it is also faintly worrying, as I then feel that maybe I am overpoweringly scented. No one normally remarks too much on scents, but they may when you wear this.
I wore it to a wedding awhile ago and it worked very well in this sort of setting, as it would for a dinner dance or evening a deux.
I do actually wear it in the day, although that is because I am addicted to perfume, I do realise it is probably immapropriate for work etc.
It has extremely good sillage and will last all day on the skin and when you step into a shower you will notice the damp heat makes it rise again.
The colour of Knowing is amber, and it is indeed redolent of a precious substance, or attar.
The bottle is a neat rectangular twist- nothing special, and the box white with gold and black.
In Boots it is the most stolen tester! So it must have some addictive power which brings out the kleptomania in perfumery shoplifters.
Be aware, this is not a scent for the shrinking violet and certainly one for full blooded women, not little jeunes filles.
However, it lacks the subtlety of other perfumes which have something more subtle to say; Knowing is a shopping trip to Harvey Nicks, theatre dinner and day out in London; not a club or lounge perfume at all.
I sometimes avoid it for a while, as it can make you feel a little jejune and faded if you are not in the mood.
It can wear you, in other words, instead of you wearing it...
I would tend to buy a bottle every 5 years or so, as it lasts for ages. It's intense amber works particularly well in the colder months and clings beautifully to a scarf or coat collar that you can bury your nose into on a cold platform or outside a shop. That, I find romantic.
Some time ago, I was sitting in the city centre on a breezy day, when the scent of something wonderful caught my attention . I tried to figure out what it was, before realising that the nice smell was coming from the lady sitting on the bench a few feet away . She had clearly bathed in perfume, rather than just applying a little, but as the scent was nice, I enquired into what she was wearing, before nipping off to the local Boots to see if I could try some on myself.
The scent, she explained, was 'Knowing' by Estee Lauder. On the lady in question, it smelt like a nice combination of Rose and Sandalwood, but knowing that the smell of a scent varies from individual to individual, I resolved to try before I decided to buy, and sprayed some on in Boots . Several hours later, at the end of my shopping day, I liked the way it smelt on me so much that I went and purchased a bottle, with a 30ml bottle costing me £37.
Now, the bottle isn't the most atrractive design in my opinion, I tend to have a preference for quirky bottles that look cute on my dressing table, but this is simply a clear glass twisted rectangle type shape with a black and gold lid . Don't get me wrong, it's simple and classy looking, and has the benefit of being able to see how much of the amber coloured pefume is left, but it's just a little dull for my liking .
Still, I don't buy perfume just to look at it - I'm sure you want to know what it smells like, at least on me .
On initial spraying, the immediate smell to hit me is a rich rose scent, strong but without being too overpowering, with a slight hint of something unidentifiable but slightly fruity underneath . There is almost a slight powderiness to the smell initially, almost as though I'd used some kind of scented talc, but the powdery element of the scent quickly fades . After a little while, the scent of Jasmine begins to mingle with the Rose, as well as Patchouli ( a scent I normally associate with hippies, but that seems to complement the other scents here). The overall scent at this point is something subtly oriental, quite fresh, yet floral and woody at the same time , undescored with a vague hint of sandalwood .
I find that the perfume takes a little while to develop into the full scent on my skin, but that the scent does linger for ages . This isn't a particularly overpowering fragrance, and I find it quite grown up and sophisticated. I have recieved compliments and enquiries when wearing this, so it's certainly strong enough for other people to pick up on .
I don't wear this everyday, and certainly it's a little too strong to wear in the daytime I think. However, I do like to wear this out in the evening, or occasionally to dab a little behind my knees and on my neck if I'm planning an evening of seduction . I think this is a romantic yet sophisticated scent, perfect for special occasions . 5 stars.
Do you walk quickly past those women on the beauty counters in the big department stores? You know the one's I mean the woman that is beautifully made up, perfect hair and a size 8! Whilest you look like you've just gotten up, the little ones are playing up and as for make up gawd I havent got time for that!! Sounds familiar then? I'll admit I sprint past these displays, or cast a casual look only if the sales woman is dealing with someone else! But having smelt Estee Lauders Knowing perfume and having a bit of spare cash I braced myself and marched straight up to the counter to actually be confronted by a rather nice woman who didnt seem to be thinking poor thing could do with a whole body overhall!! Sorry for the rambling but it took a bit of courage to actually buy this perfume!!! Back to the point of this op - the perfume! Knowing by Estee Lauder is one of several perfumes that they market. I must admit having smelt some of the others I did find them rather coying and too sweet smelling, so was surprised when my friend told me who actually made the perfume. Knowing is a sophisticated perfume that lingers but is not an "in yer face" kind of perfume, subtle would sum it up well. With over tones of musk it is a heavy smelling perfume but could be used for either day or night time wear. To me Knowing is the kind of perfume that you can spray on and even if you are in your scruff feel like a million dollars! Word of warning though Do not go for the kill when spraying this perfume as too much and be a little over powering!! It comes in the usual nice packaging which you would expect from designer perfumes. The bottle is a twisted glass effect, with a gold band and a black top - It wouldnt win any design awards but it's the perfume inside that is the winner!!! As with all so called designer perfume this isnt cheap! I paid £25 just over 3 years ago for my last bottle a 30 ml bottle, yes it does last
along time as you only need a tiny spray!! The perfume also comes in a 75 ml EDT version as well Having searched several web sites for deals on this perfume I'm afraid that I didn't come up with any outstanding deals for you so brace yourself and talk to that nice woman on an Estee Lauder counter in a shop near you.....
Designed by Estee Lauder in 1988, Knowing is a refined, woody, mossy fragrance suitable for evening wear.


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I am 15, and a sophomore in highschool. I wear make up, and do my hair, but guys have really never been interested. As concieted as this sounds, I feel like i'm prettier than some girls who have boyfriends. I have alot of guy friends, and everybody says that you need to be friends first, but we have been friends. I'm not the kind of girl that will tell them my feelings, because that makes people feel weird. What can I do to change their minds?
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Create-a-Caption: 'What do you mean you do not love Cetera, Larry?'
"But Larry, I thought you were from Chicago."
An incredulous Nene still doesn't really "get" how American musical culture works, but his Brazilian national teammate Larry Taylor's a patient man. Together, they'll get there.
Best caption wins Nene's inspiration, which, duh. Good luck.
In our last adventure: Really seems like the refs have it in for Tony Parker these days.
Winner, EJ: Parker: "Can you see my nipples through this shirt?"
Ref: "Tony, I can't stop play to talk about your nipples. I'll check them out at the next dead ball."
Runner-up, Jason: "Boy, Kareem, you sure have gotten a lot shorter."
Second runner-up, Give_and_go: Ref: "NO."
Parker: "no."
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Southern Baptist Convention has approved a resolution opposing the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay scouts. The resolution also calls on the Boy Scouts to remove executive and board leaders who tried to allow gays as both members and leaders without consulting the religious groups that sponsor scout troops.
The decision has religious and scout leaders in Wilmington reacting.
Anchor Baptist Church is a growing Southern Baptist Church here in the Port City. Founding Pastor Jeff Nichols says his job is to unite people not divide them.
"Our position would be that we would not ask our scout troop to leave. I feel like the Boy Scouts themselves, the boys, are caught in the middle of this political football," Nichols said. "The resolution (by the Southern Baptist Convention) in Houston, they were trying to decide whether or not they were going to ask the Southern Baptist churches to remove the scout troops or remove their charters or ask them to leave, which each church is autonomous in the convention, so they can make their own decisions."
We tried to reach out to the Cape Fear Council of the Boy Scouts of America, but our calls were not returned. However Scout Executive Doug Clevinger did comment on this issue over the weekend.
"I honestly do not know what the impact on our local scouting program will be," Clevinger said in an interview with our partners at the StarNews. "It will likely take a couple of years to be able to evaluate how this has affected us."
But Pastor Nichols says he doesn't think this is going to be an issue.
"I think if we were in a major metropolitan area, and there was an agenda, that might be an issue," he said. "We are a Baptist Church here in Wilmington, NC, and I don't think it will be an issue here with Scout Troop 734, and we're not going to let the boys get caught in the middle of that, so we will continue with our support of this troop and what they stand for."
And even though the resolution does not recommend that Southern Baptists drop ties with the scouts, it does express support for churches and families that do choose to do so.


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First DC Universe Online Update Is Live
The first downloadable update for DC Universe Online is now available on both the PlayStation 3 and PC for free, and it adds a wealth of new features to the game. February's character of the month is the feisty Catwoman, who stars in a brand new mission. It's your job to team up with a group of friends and chase the agile cat burglar through Gotham, taking on five brand new bosses in the process. This update also makes Catwoman playable in Legends PvP mode.
The update packs in some seasonal content for the game, too. Known as "Love Is a Battlefield", this chapter grants players access to all manner of Valentine's Day-themed objectives and items. You can take on the Goddess of Love in a four-player boss fight, battle old bosses again to fulfill special objectives in "Be Mine" mode, or shower your friends with in-game gifts like chocolate, rings, and other material goods that will make them fall insanely in love with you (or at least have your back more often during those tricky boss battles).
In addition to these two new sets, the update allows a team of two players to take on the massive Bane, race each other, and crack some new missions. If you're looking to squeeze even more life out of DC's all-new MMO, be sure to download the latest update.


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PALMERTON - A paraglider had a very close call Sunday afternoon, after he survived a crash landing next to Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Carbon Co. Witnesses said it was a sudden and violent fall.
Falling from the sky is not the way Gene Gleason hoped to end an afternoon of gliding with friends.
"The wind caught him the wrong way and down he came," said Dawn Reinert of Kunkletown.
Reinert and other witnesses saw Gleason's paraglider begin to violently spin as they drove past the ski resort.
"All of a sudden, the chute just turned and he started to do a spin, and we got nervous because, oh my gosh, it didn't look good at all," said Reinhert.
Neighbor Travis Berghold added: "I just saw the chute catch the tree and I saw him hit the ground, and that's about it. He wasn't moving, so I had to make sure he was alright."
Gleason is an experienced glider from Hoboken, N.J. Friends said that experience helped him survive this fall.
"When he came in for the landing, had his risers trip, twist, half of his wing collapsed and then he caught a tree on the landing," said John Davis, who landed just before Gleason.
Gleason was gliding about 150 feet up in the air when he hit what's called a "thermal." It's basically a pocket of warm air, and just like when you hit turbulence on an airplane, things can get very rough, very fast.
"It's quick," said Davis. "He caught some bubbles of warm air as he was trying to land, and that spun his wing around."
As friends packed up what's left of his glider, Gleason is recovering from what state troopers call minor injuries at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown.
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Mass Effect - Blog Update and Upcoming Podcast
BioWare's Mass Effect blog at IGN saw an update we missed earlier in the week that covers E3, the villain Saren and creating a monster:
They said it would be easier. They said it would be more casual. But for us this year's E3 was as crazy and busy as ever as we revealed a bit more of "Mass Effect," both in video and live demo form. Though the show has obviously changed dramatically, the experience was uncannily similar to past E3s from our perspective. Other than being at the breezy beachfront location of Santa Monica and not having a huge show floor spectacle where people can see a snapshot of the industry all in one view, E3 was as it's always been for us: several days of demonstrating our game behind-closed-doors to give people an intimate look at what we're making.
In other Mass Effect news, community coordinator Chris Priestly is looking for community questions to throw at Casey Hudson in an upcoming poscast - head to this thread to participate.
Information aboutMass Effect
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Sci-Fi
Genre: Shooter-RPG
Platform: Xbox 360
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Frances D'Emilio, AP
A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people has overturned off Libya's coast, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy.
The incident on Sunday has intensified pressure on the European Union to finally meet demands for decisive action.
Italian prosecutors said a Bangladeshi survivor flown to Sicily for treatment told them 950 people were aboard, including hundreds who had been locked in the hold by smugglers. Earlier, authorities said a survivor told them 700 migrants were on board.
It wasn't immediately clear if they were referring to the same survivor, and Premier Matteo Renzi said Italian authorities were 'not in a position to confirm or verify' the death toll.
Eighteen ships joined the rescue effort, but only 28 survivors and 24 bodies were pulled from the water by nightfall, Renzi said.
These small numbers make more sense if hundreds of people were locked in the hold, because with so much weight down below, 'surely the boat would have sunk,' said General Antonino Iraso, of the Italian Border Police, which has deployed boats in the operation.
Prosecutor Giovanni Salvi said a survivor from Bangladesh described the situation on the fishing boat to prosecutors who interviewed him in a hospital.
The man said about 300 people were in the hold when the fishing boat overturned, and that about 200 women and dozens of children also were on board.
Salvi stressed that there was no confirmation yet of the man's account and that the investigation was ongoing.
Iraso said the sea in the area is too deep for divers, suggesting that the final toll may never be known. The sea off Libya runs as deep as five kilometres or more.
Demands for decisive action were going mainstream, as authorities from France, Spain, Germany and Britain joined calls for a unified response.
'Europe can do more and Europe must do more,' said Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament.
'It is a shame and a confession of failure how many countries run away from responsibility and how little money we provide for rescue missions.'
Europe must mobilise 'more ships, more overflights by aircraft,' French President Francois Hollande told French TV Canal + on Sunday. 'Words won't do anymore,' Spain's Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, told a political rally.
The 20-metre vessel may have overturned because migrants rushed to one side of the craft late Saturday night when they saw an approaching Portuguese-flagged container ship, the King Jacob, which was sent to the area by Italy's Coast Guard. The ship's crew 'immediately deployed rescue boats, gangway, nets and life rings,' a spokesman for its owner said.
Renzi praised the container ship for quickly responding on what would become its fifth recent rescue operation.


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Thread: Does this combo work at all?
May 5th, 2013 02:38 PM #6
Emerald seems to get lost for some reason with Clementine which i think is a massive shame. Emerald is so sumptuous, it needs a first name that helps it shine, if you'll excuse the pun. I love Clementine, its in my own list, but it feels a bit too country for exotic Emerald. But saying that, if i saw a Clementine Emerald in the Birth Announcements, i'd think it was gorgeous and i'd be v happy.
What do you think of Cosima Emerald? Possible nicknames Mimi, Mia, Mima, Sia maybe? I love Cosima and, to me, it is as sophisticated and evocative as Emerald.
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I'm not a fan. The contradictory imagery coupled with the repetition of the "em" sound at the beginning of both names just isn't my favorite.
May 5th, 2013 05:12 PM #12
They don't work well together, sorry!** The opinions expressed above are not meant to be reflective of Nameberry as a whole but are my opinion and mine alone. **
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They're too much together. I also don't like how one is a fruit and the other is a gem, plus there is the "color clash" issue as well, with Clementine conjuring up an orange hue and Emerald conjuring up a green one.
Emerald has also never been a name I liked, though I do think it goes a lot better with Matilda than with Clementine.


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Thursday, 29 April, 18:00 - 19:00
University College London
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing
This presentation provides an overview of the critical thinking in some creative practices through the study of consciousness. It argues that technology has brought such qualities and capacities to aesthetical production and meaning creation which might only be extractable through the understanding of the human factor in these experiences. The presentation proceeds from the assumption that philosophical accounts of consciousness and recent multidisciplinary approaches to cognition have provided valuable perspectives in the understanding of human aspects in the man-computer interrelationship and will develop this position in order to understand consciousness research as an aesthetic inquiry.
To illustrate this, the model of Transparent Act will be introduced as a paradigm that detaches itself from previous aesthetic models and argues for a novel philosophical conceptualisation of technology mediated creation. A consequence of such an approach is to bring design and artistic strategies to the same platform and, as it is will be argued, introduces a radical approach to creative production. As a practical example the presentation will introduce a discussion of the large scale interactive installation of Mind Cupola which aims to apply the approaches represent in Transparent Act and suggest new ways of meaning production through biofeedback interface.
Dr Brigitta Zics
Web-site: http://www.trans-techresearch.net/?page\_id=26
Brigitta Zics is an award winning artist, media philosopher and interaction designer with particular interest in emerging technologies and their impact on creative practices. She is Senior Lecturer in Design and programme leader in the MA Design by Practice course at the School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales Newport. She is also Visiting Fellow at the Trasntechnology Research, University of Plymouth and regularly presents her research and artistic work on international conferences and festivals. She is also panel member for the Leonardo Reviews and working on post-doctoral methodologies, supervising research students and developing a major creative project entitled the Mind Cupola for international exhibitions.
She is focusing on emerging technologies of interaction and their aesthetics capacities through the human cognition. In her recently finished interdisciplinary thesis Transparency, Cognition and Interactivity: Toward a New Aesthetic for Media Art (2008) she introduced a new philosophical model of the Transparent Act which proposes a radical re-evaluation of how interaction can be understand in disciplines of art and design. Her latest art work the Mind Cupola applies a modality of passive interaction which is an affective environment in which the user's experience initiates a cognitive feedback loop with a potential for spiritual-like states in their consciousness. Besides this major focus her innovative interest is to look at the potentialities of cognitive-based interface design for enterprise and business applications. One of recent examination is how the Mind Cupola might be implemented by ageing people as a tool for improvement of well being.
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Each day in the 100 days leading up to Election Day, MercuryNews.com and Face the Facts USA will be partnering to bring you one exhaustively researched and vetted, non-partisan fact about a major issue facing our nation.
Many of us think of the web as not only our constant companion, but a virtual necessity. But in fact, one in five American households has no ready Internet access.
Seventy-one percent of U.S. households were wired for the web in 2010, and another 9 percent of the population had ready access somewhere else, like a workplace or library. That left 20 percent without a connection.
Lack of access is more common among poorer and less educated Americans. Ninety-nine percent of households making $150,000 or more had Internet access, compared with only 57 percent of households making $15,000 or less.


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Chennai zoo tiger shifted to Udaipur will be 'taught' Mewari commands
Jaipur, Sep 28 (IANS) A white tiger from Chennai zoo is set to make Udaipur his new home, but will take some time to overcome "language difficulties", say wildlife officials.
Five-year-old Rama was born in Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai in 2011 and is trained to listen to commands in Tamil.
However, with his being shifted to Udaipur's Sajjangarh Biological Park on September 30, Rama will now have to begin to "understand" Mewari or Hindi, say officials.
To help the big cat in his transition phase, arrangements are being made to transport his Tamil caretaker to Udaipur for some days.
Officials are confident they will be able to help Rama smoothly overcome the communication problem.
"The tiger is slated to arrive in Udaipur on September 30. A caretaker is coming along with him from there. He will be here for some time and I think the tiger will be able to pick the local language or at least sign language," a forest department officials told IANS.
Rama will join two other tigers at the Sajjangarh Biological Park, which already has one tigress, Damini, from Pune, and another tiger from Ranthambore.


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Several of the body's organs including the bowel and the vagina are not sterile. A swab test from the upper vagina (HVS high vaginal swab) is usually taken if you have problems with vaginal discharge or if it is thought that you may have pelvic infection. If a swab sample is sent for culture many bacteria or other micro-organisms are invariably identified. It is a matter of clinical judgement whether any of these are causing a problem for you in which case we would call them pathogens (generating pathology disease). If they are innocent we call them commensals. It should be recognised that a swab from the upper vagina may not reflect the situation in the uterus or Fallopian tubes.
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- 3 What is chronic pelvic inflammatory disease?
- 4 How is pelvic inflammatory disease treated?
- 5 What are pathogenic and commensal micro-organisms?
- 6 What is meant by venereal disease?
- 7 What problems can occur in people with gonorrhoea?
- 8 What problems can occur in people with syphilis?
- 9 What problems can occur in people with chlamydia?
- 10 What problems can occur in people with human papilloma virus (HPV)?
- 11 Could I contract a venereal disease without being aware of it?
- 12 What is pelvic tuberculosis?
- 13 What is pelvic actinomycosis?
- 14 What are HIV and AIDs?
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- 16 Should I have a test for HIV?
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Give me some advice.
Don't eat yellow snow.
Don't use melted yellow snow for drinking water.
When a women says 'it doesn't matter' she's lying.
Be careful that when you feel your wife's bum while she's bent over in the kitchen, it's not her mother.
(Still convinced she was more flattered than offended.)
AB - thanks for the image you've just put into my head.
I think i'm gonna be sick.
Don't chuck bricks at cows.
Smee, my mother in law is stunning. Her and my wife look more like sisters than mother and daughter.
I take it your not so lucky?
Don't stare at the orange juice because it says 'Concentrate'.
Don't admit to *anything* mainstream on here.
Dont sit down with a light bulb in your back pocket.
In our house I wear the trousers and my GF decides on the colour, style and shape.
Don't lean over on a Tuesday.
Don't eat rocks.
Don't take naps in the road.
Don't stoke fires with your fingers.
Don't throw a brick straight up.
Don't breathe car exhaust.
For all pertinent tasks, use a hammer, not your fist.
Walk around toxic waste dumps, not through them.
Don't stargaze with friends on a hilltop in a thunderstorm and use metal fishing rods as pointers.
The cack on the bottom of your shoe is not for internal consumption.
If you need to get somewhere, and a train heading in the direction you're traveling just happens to be nearby, resist the urge to stand in front of it and grab hold as it passes.
If you want to pound on the radiator to tell the landlord to turn up the heat, don't do it with your head.
If you're riding a bicycle down a hill, turn your head before you spit.
Wash behind your ears, not behind your eyes.
Light birthday cake candles from back to front.
Don't shave with a lawn mower.
Just because your body has orifices doesn't mean you should put things into them.
Don't stick screwdrivers into electrical outlets.
Don't put jam on a radiator.
Although they are sold in supermarkets, batteries are not food. Do not break them open and drink what's inside.
The warning "Don't try this at home" really means "Don't try this at all."
Don't bathe in a tub full of snow.
Don't iron clothes while wearing them.
The expression "Life in the fast line" should not inspire you to live in the road.
Don't eat hot coals.
Don't escape in to prison.
Don't wash floors with cough syrup.
Don't kick porcupines with bare feet.
Don't toboggan down very steep hills using a fork as a brake.
Sell at most one of your kidneys.
Don't lie down in a cattle pen.
Forks need carry food no farther than your mouth.
Don't test the strength of your skull with a nail gun.
Only squeeze the non-sharp end of a sword.
Don't snap towels at passing police.
Don't throw an angry cat straight up.
Don't lick dry ice.
Before you leap upside down onto a trampoline, make sure it's right side up.
Don't pour salt in your eyes.
Your body has the correct number of holes in it. Don't make any more.
Don't microwave yourself.
Don't chase a bear into the woods to get a close-up photo.
Don't swallow toothpaste.
Don't bathe in petrol.
Don't sneak up to a horse and whack it on the rump.
Don't drink water that comes from swimming pools, puddles, bathtubs, dishpans, sewage pipes, radiators, oceans, acid rain, or toilet bowls.
Don't stick body parts into electrical outlets.
Don't listen to music from Coldplay.
Don't lick toads, bulls, or jellyfish.
Don't go swimming in a well.
Rake leaves, not people.
Shovels are for digging holes in the ground, not the floor of your house.
Contrary to popular opinion, you're not supposed to strip the protective rubber coating off electrical wires before plugging them in.
If you want to chew gum, buy some. Don't use the gum from underneath the seats at schools and cinema's even though it's free.
Don't try to squeeze juice out of a tractor.
Don't kick stone walls very hard without wearing thick-soled shoes or boots.
Even if you need to get downstairs quickly, don't jump out of a window -- use the stairs.
When using an acetylene torch, don't feel the flame to see if it's sufficiently hot.
Better yet, stay away from acetylene torches altogether.
Walking barefoot in the sand is good. Walking barefoot on broken glass is not.
Wear clothes.
Use oven mitts when removing items from the oven.
Don't drink.
Don't drive.
Don't tie yourself to an airplane propeller.
Don't brush your teeth with a wire-bristled sanding wheel.
When using a strimmer, don't hold the end with the wire.
When using a blow gun -- something you should always have a very good reason for doing anyway -- draw your breath before placing your lips around the barrel.
No matter how tempting it is to be one with nature, stay on the outside of all fences at the zoo.
Give me all your money.
When sticking drawing pins into bulletin boards, press on the flat end.
Toasters should be used to cook bread, not your hands.
Under no circumstances should you ever reproduce.
If you're a Craft & Design teacher don't blow sawdust away with your eyes open when using a tenon saw to cut a through housing joint.
Especially not when giving a demonstrating to an entire class.
Dont leave your sausage sarnies in front of the tv while you go for more tea, if you have a hungry greyhound in the house
Dont watch championship football and expect to be entertained. This game is dreadful (Sheff U v Birm C)
WWJR you are full of wisdom and logic. Many kids of today would do well to learn from your teachings.
WWJR - Why wouldn't you kick toads?
Lick toads, that is.
Cos of their poisonous secretions
fire, petrol and sheep are not good bedfellows.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97
Wear sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You're not as fat as you
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with
people who are reckless with yours.
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes
you're behind…the race is long, and in the end, it's only with
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children,maybe
you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don't
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don't be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever
Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
(Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, and I know I've been waiting to be there
for you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.)
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…
(Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, and I know I've been waiting to be there
for you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.)
similarly, if you put beer bottles in your pockets to enable you to carry a larger round from the bar, don't then forget and sit down.
Don't wee into the wind
Don't spit in a full face helmet
Don't eat chocolate squirrels
Don't Google 'One guy one cup'.
Poindexter is right. I feel sick.
WWJR you are full of wisdom and logic. Many kids of today would do well to learn from your teachings.
We can only hope.
WWJR - Why wouldn't you kick toads?
They don't like it.
Poindexter is right. I feel sick.
What did I tell you?!?
I still wake sometimes, in the early hours of the morning, sweating profusely, and I swear I can hear the sound of crumbling shards...
Don't Google 'One guy one cup'.
omg seriously dont google that, especially when you have your partner sitting near by she thinks im a sicko
Don't vote Conservative.
You'll only regret it.
Never fart in an empty lift.
Never nudge your granny whilst she's shaving.
Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows.
Never trust a man who says they've had a vasectomy unless you were there when it was done.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.
Amen to that.
Heard over the weekend (Welsh rugby boss I think)
"Knowledge is knowing that a Tomato is a fruit..."
"...Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad"
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These results were driven by record revenues in the Engineering & Evaluation segment, which increased by $9.7 million or 15.4% when compared to the same period in fiscal 2005, primarily due to strong testing revenues from the aerospace and defense markets. Revenues from the telecommunications market also increased as a result of additional revenues from the acquisition of the testing laboratory in Calgary, Canada, in fiscal 2005 and the acquisition of Phase Seven Laboratories in Santa Rosa, California, in fiscal 2006. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in revenues of $4.6 million in the Technical Solutions segment.
CEO William McGinnis commented: "We are extremely pleased with the Company's execution of its business plan, and we have exceeded the goals we set at the beginning of the year. This is a direct result of the unique talent and dedication of our employees. We generated the highest revenues and net income in recent years. Our goal is to keep growing our top-line and bottom-line by expanding our existing capabilities and pursuing an aggressive growth plan through acquisitions and strategic alliances. The Engineering and Evaluation backlog reflects an increase of 12.5% over the prior year end backlog. NTS, however, is experiencing some delay in the availability of test hardware due to longer customer product development cycles. This may affect operational productivity in the first quarter of fiscal 2007." McGinnis added, "In the Technical Solutions segment, we were able to reduce costs and generate a slight increase in operating income year over year, despite the decrease in revenues in that segment."
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Revenues from Engineering & Evaluation for the fiscal 2006 fourth quarter and year were $19.8 million and $72.4 million, respectively, compared to $15.8 million and $62.8 million for the year-earlier periods.
Revenues from Technical Solutions for the fiscal 2006 fourth quarter and year were $9.0 million and $39.1 million, respectively, compared to $9.7 million and $43.8 million for the year-earlier periods.
The Company's January 31, 2006 balance sheet remained strong, with cash of $4.2 million, total assets of $69.1 million and shareholders' equity of $34.4 million. Cash provided by operations was $9.5 million in fiscal year 2006 compared to $6.6 million in the prior year.
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National Technical Systems, Inc. is a business-to-business services company providing organizations in the aerospace, defense, information technology (IT) and high technology markets integrated testing, certification, quality registration, systems evaluation and engineering solutions. For additional information about National Technical Systems, visit its web site at www.ntscorp.com.
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended January 31, January 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Net revenues $28,817,000 $25,500,000 $111,524,000 $106,514,000 Cost of sales 21,248,000 19,416,000 84,294,000 82,827,000 ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Gross profit 7,569,000 6,084,000 27,230,000 23,687,000 Selling, general and administrative expense 5,390,000 4,933,000 21,412,000 20,649,000 Equity income from non- consolidated subsidiary (79,000) (110,000) (259,000) (483,000) ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Operating income 2,258,000 1,261,000 6,077,000 3,521,000 Other income (expense): Interest expense, net (313,000) (304,000) (1,298,000) (1,091,000) Other income (expense) 13,000 5,000 176,000 162,000 ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Total other expense (300,000) (299,000) (1,122,000) (929,000) Income before income taxes and minority interest 1,958,000 962,000 4,955,000 2,592,000 Income taxes 849,000 352,000 1,966,000 910,000 ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Income before minority interest 1,109,000 610,000 2,989,000 1,682,000 Minority interest 38,000 (22,000) (50,000) - ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- Net Income $1,147,000 $588,000 $2,939,000 $1,682,000 ============ ============ ============= ============= Net income per common share: Basic $0.13 $0.07 $0.32 $0.19 ============ ============ ============= ============= Diluted $0.12 $0.06 $0.30 $0.18 ============ ============ ============= ============= Weighted average common shares outstanding 9,175,000 9,011,000 9,125,000 8,946,000 Dilutive effect of stock options 524,000 614,000 537,000 620,000 Weighted average common shares outstanding, assuming ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- dilution 9,699,000 9,625,000 9,662,000 9,566,000 ============ ============ ============= =============
CONTACT: National Technical Systems Lloyd Blonder, 818-591-0776 or BPC Financial Marketing John Baldissera, 800-368-1217 or 949-474-4300 SOURCE: National Technical Systems, Inc.


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Download jungle flasher and the newest ixtreme 1.6 firmware. make sure you get the repack.
Jungle flasher also has a tutorial available on their website.
You need to determine what drive you have, you might need to buy/build a probe if you have a liteon drive. If you have a samsung you will probably need a via chipset or a via 6421 card.
Feel free to pm/msn me if you need any advice or help but jungle flasher and their tutorial are pretty straight forward. Textbooks guide has alot to it that i found to be for the more advanced users and confuses alot of people.
is it possible to flash with a laptop??
i may know nothing about wii softmods, but xbox is were i shine. you have to options, softmod (disk drive) or hardmod (chip) softmod is technically free, but you have to open your computer (might work on laptops idk). What your basically doing is making your PC think that the xbox disk drive is a normal disk drive, then you can softmod the diskdrive to accept backups. It only accepts Dual Layer DVDs.
Your basic understanding is correct about the xbox.
There was a new firmware released within the last 24 hours. If you expect to play on xbox live, this won't work for you. Well it will, but you will be banned which has implications other than simply not being able to go online.
If you're all for offline play, then grab the new version of jungleflasher. It's able to flash directly from windows. Before you start, you will need to know which drive you have. That is easiest done after opening the xbox, but there are ways of at least detecting the drive type using the tray. as such:


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The stage of your cancer helps determine your best treatment options. The process of staging determines whether or not your cancer has spread, and, if it has, how far. When skin cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, it is more likely to be cured.
Quite often, a biopsy is the only test needed to determine the stage of a non-melanoma cancer. In the case of squamous cell carcinomas, doctors often examine the surrounding lymph nodes to see if the cancer has spread.
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The Historic Holmes Theatre presents: Concerts and Shakespeare in the Park, Patsy Cline tribute and much more
All summer long, the Detroit Lakes City Park Bandshell will be the setting for concerts perfectly suited for the outdoors as Tuesdays in the Park kicks off with the Lakes Area Community Concert Band on Tuesday, June 5, at 7 p.m. in the DL City Park Bandshell.
Then each Tuesday night at 7 p.m. through Aug. 28, there will be free concerts featuring some of the best area talent, brought to you courtesy of the Historic Holmes Theatre.
And before each Tuesday concert, from 6-7 p.m., Habitat for Humanity is grilling up hot dogs and burgers for a picnic dinner, so there's no need to pack a basket.
The 4th Annual Shakespeare in the Park production, the classic romantic tragedy of "Romeo & Juliet," will be presented on June 29-30 and July 1, 6, 7 and 8 in the DL City Park Bandshell.
Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7 p.m. and Sunday performances will be at 4 p.m. All shows are free, though free will donations will be accepted at intermission. A complete cast list and other show details are available online at shakespeare.areavoices.com.
Be sure to join Cassie & the Bobs on Friday, June 8, at 7 p.m. for "Imagine That: The Music & Magic of Patsy Cline," as they take you back in time to the early '60s to a concert featuring the biggest female singer in the country... Patsy Cline!
Frazee native Amber Schwarzrock is teaming up with Kathryn Knuttila to present "Small Town Girl to the Opera Stage" on Thursday, June 14, at 7 p.m. to share her passion for opera with her hometown crowd.
Keep the fun going and see area students perform Missoula Children's Theatre's "Rumpelstiltskin" on Friday, June 29, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 30, at 10:30 p.m. After a week of rehearsing, they'll bring this classic tale to life on stage.
Area students are invited to participate in the week-long Missoula Children Theatre's workshops June 25-29. We've added additional workshops this year so kids can add to their overall theatre experience that week.
Students are also invited to join in Youth Theatre Camp, Monday- Wednesday, Aug. 22-24, as they present local playwright Carol Anne Hough's "Garden Adventures." This intensive camp teaches ages 6-12 all they need to know (& make!) about the artistry and craft of producing a theatrical show.
The camps don't stop there -- we've got additional opportunities to let the creativity flow! From Ceramic & Glass Camp to two different Craft Camps with The Glass Lady, kids will really get their creative juices flowing.
For more information, or tickets to upcoming shows, please call the Historic Holmes Theatre Box Office at 218-844-7469 or visit the website at www.dlccc.org.