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Hardwood floors make a beautiful and elegant home, but unless you have faithfully restored the topcoat after every spill or stain, there is a good chance that high-traffic areas below chairs, workstations, and sinks, are in need of floor repair. Patching a hardwood floor requires you to lift out the damaged area and install a new board that matches your floor's finish. This article will show you how to patch a damaged hardwood floor.
1Determine the size of the pieces you need to replace. Locate a threshold or a heat register and lift it out. Measure the thickness and width of the board. Next measure the length of the piece you want to remove.
2Visit a lumberyard, home-improvement store, floor-covering store or mill workshop. Buy pieces of wood that match your flooring measurements. You want to buy pieces that are the same width, but they do not have to be the same length, since you will cut them down. The board should be retrofitted with grooves to fit into place in your floor. If not, you will bevel the board using a saw.
3Research a stain color that will match your floor, at a home improvement store. Test them on scrap boards and compare against your floor. Buy a polyurethane finish. You will stain after the work has been completed.
4Bore a hole through each end of the damaged board that is about 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter, using a sharp spade bit on your drill. Upon installation, tongue and grove hardwood floors are locked into place; this step will allow you to remove them.
5Using a straight edge, draw lines connecting the right edges of the holes and then connecting the left edges. This is where you will plunge cut with your circular saw.
6Take your circular saw and adjust the blade so that the depth of the cut you will make will be equal to the thickness measurement of the boards. Wear eye protection and plug the saw into an outlet.
7Remove the blade guard, place the nose of the saw down at the top edge of the line. Raise the saw above the floor, turn it on and then cut along the right line. Then, cut along the left line.
8Use your hammer and chisel to pry out the middle section. Carefully, lop off the remaining edges. You do not want to hit the surrounding floorboards. The tongue section is nailed in place, so you must remove it in small pieces and then use the hammer to remove the nails. Remove any remaining parts of the tongue. This is likely to be the hardest part of the process.
9Trim a new board using a saw. Measure carefully to make sure it is a perfect rectangle. The tongue will fit into the existing tongue groove. However, the other end will drop into place, rather than fit into the tongue. Remove a section of the groove using your saw or a chisel. Test the board.
10Use a urethane adhesive on the tongue of the new board and on the tongue and groove of the surrounding boards. Place the new board in the empty space. Tap it into place by using a scrap of wood for protection. Cut a sheet of wax paper and place it above the board, then use heavy books to weight it down.
11Stain the replacement board until it matches the surrounding boards. Cover with 2 coats of polyurethane varnish using a foam applicator to avoid getting varnish or stain on other floorboards. Some floors may not be stained, but be sure to still cover the board with the varnish to protect it from future damage.
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- Always wear eye protection when using a drill, chisel or circular saw.
- If your new board is lower than the surrounding boards, you can use craft paper to shim it up to the top.
- Always use oil soap to remove stains after a spill, to avoid letting them soak into wood fibers.
- Any 2-part epoxy will remove the finish of the existing boards if the glue seeps onto them; use a urethane adhesive that can be cleaned with mineral spirits rather than sanded off.
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- Safety glasses
- Replacement hardwood panels
- A straight edge
- Urethane adhesive
- Polyurethane finish
- Foam applicator
- A stain matching your flooring (optional)
- Sharp spade bit
- Drill
- Circular saw
- Chisel
- Wax paper
- Heavy books or weights
- Measuring tape
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Rural Internet
A slow, dial-up Internet connection can be infuriating. Unfortunately, for many people living in rural areas of the USA, dial-up Internet has been the only game in town…until today. You now have access to high speed, "always on" Internet no matter how far you are from town.
WildBlue is proud to offer reliable, high-speed rural Internet access to rural residents. Using our sophisticated network of satellites, we're able to offer rural Internet service that is both fast and dependable. (Read more about our satellites and how rural high-speed Internet works.)
Dependable Rural Internet Service that Keeps Getting Better
As one of the most reliable rural high-speed Internet providers in America, WildBlue currently offers broadband Internet that is 30 times faster than dial up. As we upgrade our technology and increase the size and scope of our satellite network, we plan to offer even faster upload and download speeds in the near future.
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WildBlue currently offers rural Internet access to residents and businesses in virtually every area of the contiguous 48 states. The main requirement is that you have a clear view of the south facing sky. The rest is on us. Give us a call to make sure your home qualifies for our service and to learn more.
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Learn more about the rural Internet service packages available in your area and our special offers, too.

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Decision makers
- MBTA GMMassachusetts Bay Transit Authority
- MBCR GMMass Bay Commuter Rail
- MassDOTMassachusetts Department of Transportation
- Thomas M. MeninoCity of Boston Mayor
- Massachusetts Governor
Promote autism awareness in April
Autism statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identify around 1 in 88 American children as on the autism spectrum–a ten-fold increase in prevalence in 40 years. Careful research shows that this increase is only partly explained by improved diagnosis and awareness. Studies also show that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls. An estimated 1 out of 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States.
- Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
- Mass Bay Commuter Rail
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- City of Boston Mayor
Thomas M. Menino
- Massachusetts State House
- Massachusetts State Senate
- Massachusetts Governor
We are petitioning the State of Massachusetts and Transportation leaders to promote Autism awareness month.
Light It Up Blue, annually observed on April 2 is dedicated to raising awareness of autism. Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, announced the launch of the inaugural Light It Up Blue campaign in 2010. This initiative is intended to raise international awareness of autism as a growing public health crisis in support of World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month in the United States.
Some things that can be done -
* Commuter rail - car or two wrapped in a ad like the fallen soldier for April.
* Buses - bus or two wrapped in a ad for autism awareness for April.
* Signage inside of buses, trains and subway stations.
* Tours through facility for children affected by autism with media coverage.
* Governor Deval Patrick holding a press conference with media.
* Wrap a subway station wall with autism awareness ad - like N. Station.
* Light up the entrance Blue to the State Transportation Building.
* Light up Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common Blue
Blue is the color that represents Autism awareness.
Families who light up their porches and houses blue all stand UNITED.
Wont you stand united with the families affected by autism?
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Wagdy Loza
Affiliation: Correctional Service of Canada
Country: Canada
Detail Information
- The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: a self-report measure for predicting recidivism versus clinician-administered measures: a 5-year follow-up studyWagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J Interpers Violence 18:781-97. 2003..Results indicated that the SAQ is at least as effective as the four other measures in predicting postrelease outcome. The advantages of using the SAQ as a self-report measure as opposed to clinician-administered measures are discussed...
- Concurrent cross-validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: a tool for assessing violent and nonviolent recidivism and institutional adjustment on a sample of North Carolina offendersWagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary, Correctional Service of Canada
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 48:85-95. 2004..These results support previous findings regarding the reliability and validity of the SAQ for assessing recidivism and institutional adjustment and suggest that the SAQ could be used with diverse populations...
- Invalidity of "disconfirmation of the predictive validity of the self-appraisal questionnaire in a sample of high-risk drug offenders" (2006): a replyGurmeet K Dhaliwal
Kingston Penitentiary, Correctional Service, Canada
J Interpers Violence 22:1077-89. 2007
- The myth of offenders' deception on self-report measure predicting recidivism: example from the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ)Wagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary and Queen s University, Canada
J Interpers Violence 22:671-83. 2007..Results from both studies reaffirmed previous findings that the SAQ is not vulnerable to deception, lying, and self-presentation biases...
- Predictive validity of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide: a tool for assessing violent offender's recidivismWagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary, P O Box 22, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 4V7
Int J Law Psychiatry 25:85-92. 2002
- Predictive validity despite social desirability: evidence for the robustness of self-report among offendersJeremy F Mills
Psychology Department, Bath Institution, Ontario, Canada
Crim Behav Ment Health 13:140-50. 2003..The aim of the present study was to investigate the assumption that the validity of self-report is vulnerable to self-presentation biases in offender samples...
- Cross-validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): an offender risk and need assessment measure on Australian, British, Canadian, Singaporean, and American offendersWagdy Loza
Queen s University, Canada
J Interpers Violence 19:1172-90. 2004....
- Cross-validation of the self-appraisal questionnaire: a tool for assessing violent and nonviolent recidivism with female offendersWagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary Correctional Service of Canada, 4 Strathaven Place, Kingston, Ontario K7M 6S6, Canada
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 49:547-60. 2005..Similar to the findings from male offenders, the present results provide some support for the validity of the SAQ in the prediction of violent and nonviolent recidivism risk among White, African American, and Asian female offenders...
- Predicting violence among forensic-correctional populations: the past 2 decades of advancements and future endeavorsWagdy Loza
Kingston Penitentiary, Carleton and Queen s Universities, Canada
J Interpers Violence 20:188-94. 2005....


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Fall Bloggers Home Tour: One Week From Today
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I can't wait for all the inspiration! Thanks for hostessing this, Brenda ~ReplyDelete
I am so excited to be included, Brenda and I am already working on some fun fall projects! Looking forward to touring the other homes, too. Wow, that's quite a creative line up!! :)ReplyDelete
Yay, I'm so excited! thanks a bunch Brenda!!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to check out all the fall inspiration. Thanks so much for including me!ReplyDelete
I'm happy to be a part of it, thank you Brenda!ReplyDelete
Hello Brenda!ReplyDelete
Soo looking forward to joining in, I'm busily decorating our comfy little apartment!
Thank you for putting it all together and for including me!
I'm looking forward to it, Brenda!ReplyDelete
I'd better get some of my fall decor out then :) I can't wait to see what everyone else does!!! Bring it on!ReplyDelete
Hello Brenda, thanks so much for leaving such a positive comment on my post. I'm so glad to meet you and I certainly look forward to stopping by this big Fall tour. I see some of my favorite blogs here. :)ReplyDelete
My pinning pinterest finger is ready to go ;)ReplyDelete
Hi Brenda, it will be a fun fall tour. Looking forward to it. cmReplyDelete
Hi Brenda, I am so excited to be included--been busy getting ready! Blessings, CeciliaReplyDelete
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Looking forward to it and seeing all the great homes--thanks for putting this together Brenda!ReplyDelete
looking forward to great pics and ideas. SheilaReplyDelete
Sounds like fun, Brenda. xo LauraReplyDelete
This sounds wonderful....I am looking forward to it!ReplyDelete
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I'm looking forward to all these tours!ReplyDelete
What fun! You ladies are all so creative!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to the entire tour!!ReplyDelete
I'm so excited!! I can't wait!! I do wish I had time for a small project, but getting unpacked and decorated is my main goal...projects can come later, right??!! :-DReplyDelete
Thanks for putting this together and can't wait to see all of the homes!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful homes!ReplyDelete
We are right in the middle of the Holiday Season, stockings are hung by the Fireplace, the smell of an Evergreen fills your Home embroidery machine reviewsReplyDelete
I always enjoy reading your comments and having you join the conversation here at Cozy Little House. It is like having a gathering of friends sitting in my cozy apartment. Enjoying coffee and dessert, chatting and having a good time.
Please be kind with your comments. We all need kindness in this world. That's not to say you can't state your opinion! Everyone should be able to state their own opinion in a kind and thoughtful manner.
I appreciate each and every one of you!


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WASHINGTON—Tyler Moore's bat was dangerous enough at Triple-A Syracuse to earn him a look in left field and eventually his first big league callup. Now the natural first baseman wants to keep from thinking too much about his additional position.
"The toughest thing is not to panic—realizing you have more time than you do in the infield, not overanalyzing." said Moore, a 16th-round pick in 2008 out of Mississippi State. "I'm trying not to make a fool out of myself, but at the same time I'm trying not to be a hero either."
Moore had been expected to play left field every third day for the Chiefs, but he earned a promotion less than two weeks after his pro outfield debut. In his first game for the Nationals, he played left and went 1-for-3 at Dodger Stadium. Moore received the call when Mark DeRosa went on the disabled list.
With regular left fielder Michael Morse on the DL and first baseman Adam LaRoche off to a strong start, Washington already had a more acute need in the outfield. Thus came the transition for Moore.
This past offseason in instructional league, Moore played about 10 straight days in left. Otherwise, he hadn't played the position until starting there two times in mid-April in the International League.
"He's only played a couple of games (in left) but has been good there this far," farm director Doug Harris said.
Prior to his callup, the 25-year-old righthanded hitter had little trouble adjusting to the pitching in his first Triple-A season. He cranked seven homers in 77 at-bats for Syracuse while batting .286/.364/.597.
Moore said Chiefs hitting coach Troy Gingrich, who also worked with him last year at Double-A Harrisburg, had helped him concentrate on trying to drive the ball up the middle. In the outfield, Moore has learned about taking proper routes from coordinator Tony Tarasco.
"If anyone in this organization thinks I can help this ballclub as an outfielder, I'm all in," Moore said soon after the outfield experiment began.
• The Nationals removed rookie Steve Lombardozzi from the left-field shuffle in Washington but continued to deploy him as a backup at third base, second base and shortstop. He began the year by batting 11-for-38 (.289) with four walks and four strikeouts.
• Last year's fifth-rounder, third baseman Matt Skole batted .321/.441/.538 in his first 78 at-bats for low Class A Hagerstown. He led the South Atlantic League with 32 RBIs.


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Anna Rose is a senior campaigning specialist at Make Believe and chair and co-founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC). She was the 2009 Environment Minister's joint 'Young Environmentalist of the Year'.
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Last year, a documentary producer called Simon Nasht approached me to talk about an idea he had to make a documentary for ABC.
His idea was to send a film crew to capture the journey of a environmentalist and a climate sceptic as they took each other around the world trying to change each other's minds.
Debating those who reject the science of climate change is a risky business. Was it worth it?
Topics: climate-change, environment
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The difference between a "carbon tax" and "a price on pollution" is that one will win the public debate on action on climate change, and one will lose it.
Topics: government-and-politics, climate-change, tax, environmental-policy, environmentally-sustainable-business
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The Government's proposed emissions trading scheme fails to protect our inheritance.
Topics: climate-change, youth, environment, air-pollution, pollution, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia


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TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – As Wily Mo Pena munched on a bowl of fruit on his way out of Seibu Dome, he tried to remember having a bigger hit than the one he had Monday against the Lions, a two-run double that accounted for the majority of his team's runs in the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' 3-2 win over the Seibu Lions in the decisive Game 3 of the Pacific League Climax series first-stage.
He's hit plenty of balls farther than the one that sailed over Masato Kumashiro's head in left field in the fourth inning but failed to clear the wall.
Pena is a hulking 191-cm, 118-kg slugger, with monstrous power that's been on display since his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2001. From city to city, his batting practices were the stuff of legend around the major and minor leagues, as the Dominican launched ball after ball into orbit.
Though he had more than his fair share of strikeouts during the actual games, he kept running into fastballs and crushing home runs.
This hit was different. Not only did it send the Hawks through to the next stage of the postseason, it reaffirmed Pena's pregame promise to manager Koji Akiyama that if he kept Pena in the cleanup spot, despite the slugger being 0-for-8 in the series, things would be different. About halfway up a lengthy stairway, Pena finds his answer.
"I haven't had something like that," Pena said of Monday's hit. "I think my biggest was when I got called up and hit a home run in my first game back," he added, referring to a June 21, 2011, blast for the Arizona Diamondbacks, his first day after being called up to the team.
That homer was his first in the majors in three years.
"This one will be tied with No. 1," Pena said.
Pena was grateful Akiyama stuck with him despite his poor showing in the first two games, but Akiyama hinted that dropping his slugger in the order was hardly a consideration.
"Who else can do it if not him?" Akiyama asked.
Pena was also convinced everything would work out in the end.
"I knew my stroke was right," he said. "In my first couple of games, it was like nothing happened, but I knew I wasn't struggling. After that, everything was fine."
The Hawks will need Pena's bat going forward, as they attempt to overcome the automatic one-game advantage the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have been granted in the PL Climax Series final stage. The Fighters earned the advantage by winning the PL title.
"We're going to try to win the first one so we'll be tied," Pena said. "That's what it's about. So we're trying to get the first one. Soon as we get the first one, then we'll try to move on.
"We just have to be ready. I know we don't play for a couple of days, but that's not an excuse. We just have to go to Sapporo now and do the best we can. That's what it's all about."


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Quite often lately I have found myself coding till I'm tired and am facing a roadblock (usally due to the fact that I'm too tired to think it out). Then when I lay down I find myself thinking about the problem and half the time I find an answer before I fall asleep. This in turn causes me to get up and code some more.
Anyone else run into this problem?


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Christie Craig
Texas Hold 'Em
Forever / January 28, 2014 / $8.00 print, $7.99 digital
The last thing veterinarian Leah Reece needs is a man in her life. They're nothing but trouble—and not even the fun kind. But when her apartment is broken into and Leah suspects Rafael, her dangerous half-brother, of foul play, she can't deny she could use a little help. She just never expected that help would come with twinkling blue eyes and a sexy smile...
All PI Austin Brook wants is to nail Rafael DeLuna, the man who framed him for murder. He'll do anything for information-even lie about his identity to charm Leah, DeLuna's half-sister. But her sweet dimples and fiery spirit soon make her more than just his only lead. Leah becomes his every desire. As Austin closes in on DeLuna, it's clear he won't go down without a fight. Now the only way Austin can protect Leah is to reveal all of his secrets and risk losing her for good.
What better way to fight the winter doldrums then to laugh your way through them. And Texas Hold' Em by Christie Craig has plenty of laughs. From the very first chapter, I was either smiling or chuckling to myself.
Monday morning, Leah Reece was busy doing one of the things she did best.
"I swear, you enjoy this, don't you?" Sara, her vet assistant and good friend, teased as she stroked the anesthetized cat on the table.
"Can't you see the satisfaction in her eyes?" Evelyn, the office manager of Purrfect Pet Veterinarian Clinic, added from the doorway.
Leah grinned but didn't look up until she removed the second testicle from the tiny incision and dropped it into the metal container. It landed with a tiny thud in the pan beside its brother ball. "I was just thinking that I'm good at it, but it doesn't bring me the joy you two are insinuating. Now if Spooky walked on two legs, thought he was God's gift to women, and spewed out come-on lines instead of purring, then it would do my heart good."
Austin Brook thinks he has a foolproof plan to gather information about Leah's half-brother. But little does he know it, there is a major snag.
"Besides, I've already worked out a plan. Roberto rented the apartment next to hers. She's a vet, and I'm thinking about getting a dog. I'll buy one then pop in to see her and say . . .Hey aren't we neighbors?" And, voila! Instant connection!"
"Right," Tyler said. "Once again, you didn't do your research. Leah Reece isn't a regular vet, she's a specialty vet. Special as in a feline specialist. Feline as in cats." He laughed. "I'd pay to be a fly on the wall. You, an ailurophobe, are going to try to charm a feline specialist. I'll bet she owns at least two or three cats."
When he was four years old, Austin had gotten between a mother cat and her kittens, and has the scars to show for it.
It had been a feral cat that had attacked him. He carried the scars from a whole shitload of stitches under his arm, and the crazed animal had nearly ripped off his ear. If that wasn't bad enough, he'd had to get about a hundred painful rabies shots in his stomach because the cat and her kittens had disappeared.
Now you can't blame Austin for his fear. The problem is, that he not going to let a few cats get in his way to bring down Deluna—the man who framed him and his partners. He decides that the best plan is to place bugs in Leah's apartment. Of course he's worried about the cats, especially once he finds out that she has FOUR and two of them are not quite tamed. Still, he is nothing but resourceful:
Hopefully her cats would stay out of his way while he did it too. And if not, he was prepared.
He picked up the new pistol he'd purchased along with the other plan B supplies. Letting the awkward weight fill his hands, he aimed at his refrigerator.
"Hiss at me again and you'll regret it!"
He placed his finger on the trigger, and then what the hell, he pulled it back and watched the supercharged water quirt out of the barrel.
Yup, he was prepared.
Ah, maybe he is not!
Grabbing his water gun, prepared to shoot, he watched as the gray cat suddenly went from howling to hacking. A projectile spew of fluid came from the animal's mouth and then the most disgusting three-inch tubular thing shot out behind the water and landed right beside Austin's shoe.
"Gross." He'd heard of hair balls, but never believed they were that big, or that . . . disgusting. Why could anyone own one of these creatures?
Staring at the hairy glob of goo, his stomach turned. And wouldn't you know, that was when the fourth cat, another gray one, came shooting from under the bed hitting Austin's ankles. Austin shot forward. The black cat, positioned a few feet in front of him, hissed.
"Friggin" hell!" He leaped onto the bed. The back of his head hit the ceiling fan blade, and he took several steps back on the mattress.
His heart pounded in his chest, he pointed the gun—daring one of them to try anything.
There are plenty more humorous scenes, but there is also a sweet love story between two people that have been cruelly betrayed. Austin's fiancée dumped him after he was sent to prison, and Leah's husband cheated on her, and maxed out her credit cards by having phone sex. With each other, Leah, and Austin learn how to laugh again:
She reached back and brought the water gun around.
"Remember the rules."
"I never was much of a rule follower." He bumped his shoulder with hers.
"You're going to be a wet non-rule follower."
"You wouldn't do that again, would you?" He loved the humor dancing in her eyes.
She shot him, right in the chest. He grabbed for the squirter attached to the back of the sink. She turned to run, but the spray got her between her shoulders. She squealed, turned, and shot him again. He gave her another squirt right in her first this time.
"Okay, I give up. You've got a bigger gun." She held up her arms, emphasizing her breasts, and damn if he didn't want to pull her into him. "Drop your nozzle," she said.
"Drop your gun," he countered.
She squirted him and turned to run.
Even though this is the third book in the series, it can be read out of order. Although once you have chortled your way through Texas Hold 'Em, you'll want to read them all.
Learn more or order a copy of Texas Hold 'Em by Christie Craig, available January 28, 2014:
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You can bet that the phones have been ringing off the hook at the Premier League since Dentons' two biggest competition stars announced that they were quitting the firm.
The Premier League is a trophy client for Dentons, but it is a trophy that many a law firm would like to have in its cabinet.
Once rival competition lawyers heard that the firm's head of competition Polly Weitzman was going to Ofcom and rated junior partner Suyong Kim was off to Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, the office of the Premier League's chief executive Richard Scudamore must have been besieged.
Whatever Dentons claims, the firm's rivals perceive the loss of this high-profile pair as a body blow.
Consequently, virtually every competition practice in the City is running the slide-rule over Dentons' choice client list.
The two real pearls are the Premier League, a client of Weitzman's, and the MasterCard investigation, which was part of Kim's financial services practice.
The football organisation is a great client because it is always in trouble with the regulators. Aside from its high profile, it has historically been something of a cash cow for Dentons. The firm's new head of competition Jonathon Tatten won't comment on how much money it brings in, but other sources close to the firm estimate that it is a seven-figure sum annually.
MasterCard, which the Office of Fair Trading has been investigating for more than three years, is no less high-profile. MasterCard is a private stock company owned by thousands of banks that issue MasterCard credit cards. Eight of the UK's biggest retail banks that use MasterCard are under investigation over fees and Kim was advising the banks.
As The Lawyer reveals this week, MasterCard has dumped Dentons and is using Lovells. Dentons must now fight like fury to keep hold of the Premier League or risk unleashing a feeding frenzy as rival competition lawyers scent blood and pillage the rest of the firm's top-notch clients.
It looks like the Premier League is still in the balance. On the bright side, the Premier League and Weitzman's other clients, which included British Gas and Transco, can't exactly move with her, given that she is going to a regulator.
Tatten is also working alongside her for the Premier League and has been for several months, so there will be some continuity.
Sources within the firm say they have had quiet indications from Scudamore that the Premier League will stay with Dentons. However, other City firms, including some with very highly-rated practices, are talking to Scudamore. Dentons is not out of the woods yet.
Kim's clients, the biggest of which is Liberty Media, are a different kettle of fish. There is some expectation that she will take a number of them to Wilmer Cutler.
However, the MasterCard banks did not consider the US firm, despite its London office having a growing reputation in financial services. One source said this was because Wilmer Cutler does not yet have sufficient resources in London to support a major competition investigation. Although highly-rated, Kim was a relatively junior partner and if it were simply a dogfight between Wilmer Cutler and Dentons, the City firm would have a fighting chance.
The real problem for Dentons is that there are other players in town. To loose Kim and Weitzman at the same time is a public relations disaster. The rot really set in when Dentons' head of competition David Aitman went to Freshfields two years ago, but the latest defections mean that the firm has just three full-time competition lawyers in London, including Tatten.
Tatten, who was once the managing partner of Denton Hall, has only been practising competition law since 2000. Trained as a litigator, he is highly-rated by those who know him for cartels work, but he has little experience in or inclination for merger clearance work.
Merger clearance is certainly less glamorous than cartels work, but a strong practice in this area is absolutely crucial to the corporate department. To attract the type of big M&A deals Dentons would like more of, you need a strong merger clearance team.
The two remaining partners in the group, who will handle primarily merger work, are very junior and have virtually no profile outside of Dentons. Despite this, Tatten says that he does not intend to waste time scouring the market for a lateral hire, he wants to give the two partners Gillian Sprout and Sam Szlezinger a chance to shine. In one respect, this is both creditable and sensible. It would be virtually impossible for Dentons' decimated competition practice to attract a high-calibre lateral, particularly given that the firm's average profit per equity partner is just £325,000. And the practice has succeeded in the past with home grown talent. The question is, will clients be as patient or trusting as Tatten? Sadly, in a dog-eat-dog world, you might be inclined to think they won't.
With Weitzman and Kim still there, the flagship competition practice is the firm's most profitable department. And despite the fact that it is relatively small, it contributes significantly to the firm's bottom line. Dentons' strength is in three core areas: energy, financial services and technology, media and telecoms – all of which are highly regulated so clients need top-notch competition advice. It is the Doomsday scenario, but if clients start going elsewhere for competition advice, there is a danger that Dentons could lose them altogether.
Dentons likes to boast that when your lawyers go off to high-profile public sector posts – such as the general counsel's job at Ofcom, or, in the case of employment partner Denise Kingsmill, to the former Monopolies and Mergers Commission – it is something of an honour. The problem is, honour just doesn't pay the bills.


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Remember how crazy WipEout's graphics were back in the day on PlayStation? All those weird and wonderful shapes and colours?
Thanks to The Designers Republic that was all possible but due to a serious of unfortunate events happening "all at once" they had to close, reveals Founder Ian Anderson.
"We'd lost a couple of clients, didn't win a couple of pitches, got a tax bill which should have been sorted out and wasn't and a major client who didn't pay the money they owed us - in themselves any of those things would have been fine but when they come all at once there's not much you can do," Anderson tells Creative Review.
"I want to go back to what DR was," he continued. "It does feel like the end of an era but really it stopped being DR two or three years ago."
"Working hands-on and not through account managers. I've never liked that agency model - it's not where creativity lies. DR accidentally ended up there in order to service bigger clients."
"I'm not being ungrateful to the people who ran the business side at DR - it wasn't their fault. I'm glad we did it - it took getting there to make me realise that it wasn't where I wanted to be."
Now that's what you get when embracing the Republic lifestyle ...who knows what could have been if they'd chosen a Constitutional Monarchy instead? WipEout has lost a piece of its history, a British piece at that!
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WipEout design firm wipeout, The Designers Republic ends at 23
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Afternoon Party to Show Off Flowers in Full Bloom at Truett Seminary CourtyardJuly 22, 2005
Cookies and Blossoms, the popular event that allows Baylor faculty, staff and students to wander through some of the university's outdoor beauty spots while nibbling on delicious cookies, returns on Friday, July 29. This month's party, sponsored by Facility Services, will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Reynolds Courtyard at George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Rolled cookies, such as gingerbread men and various sugar cookies, and lemonade will be served.
The monthly gathering is the brainchild of Lynn Woodward, coordinator of campus advocacy for facility services and flower aficionado. In fact, most of the Baylor community is used to seeing Woodward in green workpants and shirt, planting flowers in the university's gardens. At the Cookies and Blossoms party, she will be more than happy to guide guests through the gardens and point out the different plants. And her homemade cookies are not to be missed.
"The Black-eyed Susans are glorious right now and so are the Turk's Caps," said Woodward about the courtyard garden. "Bloomers in there right now include perennials such as Black-eyed Susans, Turk's Caps, Purple Coneflowers and Zexmenia and annual Begonias and two types of Zinnias."
The Cookies and Blossoms party is free and open to all Baylor faculty, staff and students.
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Steps towards achieving skilled attendance at birth
Cynthia Stanton a
Who should assist women in childbirth, what should these attendants do and not do under various circumstances, and where should births take place? Policies regarding these questions have been debated for hundreds of years. In 13th century Europe there was debate regarding who could perform a caesarean;1 in mid-18th century France debate surrounded the royally mandated childbirth trainings for "an audience of rustics" (i.e. rural women);2 in the United States of America currently there is debate regarding the right to a home-based birth;3 and in the developing world there is debate regarding promotion of health facility-based births.4 This debate seems likely to continue indefinitely.
WHO's position on where and with whom women should deliver has evolved from emphasis on training of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in developing countries in the late 1950s and 1960s, to a recommendation that TBAs work with the health-care system, to a recommendation that they be integrated into the health system via training, supervision and technical support, to today's position of promoting professionally skilled attendance at all births.5 The facts that a) this position was adopted in 1997 and that it took an additional two years to specify the criteria required to be a "skilled attendant",6 and b) that the policy sidesteps the issue of where births should take place, suggests that substantial internal debate swirled around this stance, as well. Although the WHO skilled attendance at birth policy remains today, it has now been incorporated into a continuum of maternal and child health care policy, resulting from the formation of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in 2005.
Regardless of the evolving policy positions of various international agencies, advocates and researchers, women are increasingly going to health facilities to give birth in many parts of the developing world. With the exception of sub-Saharan Africa, rates of births assisted by a medically trained attendant have shown impressive increases over the past 15–20 years and today data indicate that 59% of developing world births are assisted by a medically trained professional.7 The large majority of these births occur in a health facility. To what extent do these births receive skilled care? None of the commonly used indicators of use or availability of maternal health care is able to address the issue of skills. However, we know that despite increasing proportions of facility-based births and the existence of a long list of evidence-based interventions to address the main causes of maternal death, little change has been documented.8 A further conundrum is why, for any given level of professional attendance at birth, maternal mortality is higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in other world regions.
Although the proportions of professionally attended births vary greatly between and within countries, the facts that approximately half of developing world births occur in a health facility and that rates are increasing justify an increased policy and research focus on births in such settings. Recognition of the role of health facility-based care in the Partnership's continuum of care also justifies this increased attention. Why are evidence-based interventions not being implemented? Is the in-service training approach for essential obstetric care effective at achieving lasting change in provider practice? What else besides training might result in improved behaviours and health system management? What are indications for the increasing numbers of caesarean sections being performed, and what impact, if any, does the provision of non-medically indicated caesarean sections have on the health system's ability to provide life-saving obstetric care to the poor? Why has research remained focused on large hospitals when care at lower level facilities is more accessible to many in the population and likely to be more cost-effective? Given the realities of manpower shortages faced by developing countries today, which medical procedures could be safely performed by non-physicians? Eight years after publication of the evidence-based WHO manual, Managing complications of pregnancy and childbirth9 the pre-service curricula in many developing countries still do not address its recommendations. Why is that so and what can be learned about the strengths and weaknesses of that dissemination process before publication of the updated manual?
These questions and a host of others need to be rigorously assessed by clinical trials where possible, or at least quasi-experimental designs, and no longer assessed via simple pre–post evaluations or completely overlooked. The provider behaviour change trial by Althabe and colleagues1 represents an excellent model. Furthermore, facility-based births constitute a captive audience from a research perspective, making data collection relatively inexpensive. Research foci need to expand beyond the evaluation of medical procedures to include effective implementation of those procedures. The effects of such work may well offer benefits beyond the labour and delivery ward. As Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health in Mexico, remarked in opening statements at the 2007 Women Deliver conference in London, maternal and child health are the best entry points to improvement of the health-care system. ■
- Althabe F, Buekens P, Bergel E, Belizan JM, Kropp N, Wright L, et al., et al. A cluster randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention to facilitate the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Latin American maternity hospitals: the Guidelines Trial: Study protocol BMC Womens Health 2005; 5: 4- doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-5-4 pmid: 15823211.
- Gelbart N. The king's midwife: a history and mystery of Madame du Coudray. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press; 1998.
- Johnson KC, Daviss BA. Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: a large prospective study in North America. BMJ 2005; 330: 1416- doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1416 pmid: 15961814.
- Costello A, Azad K, Barnett S. An alternative strategy to reduce maternal mortality. Lancet 2006; 368: 1477-9 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69388-4 pmid: 17071268.
- Sibley LM, Sipe TA. Transition to skilled birth attendance: is there a future role for trained traditional birth attendants? J Health Popul Nutr 2006; 24: 472-8 pmid: 17591344.
- Graham WJ, Bell JS, Bullough CHW. Can skilled attendance at delivery reduce maternal mortality in developing countries? In: De Brouwere VVL, Van Lerberghe W; ed. Safe motherhood strategies: a review of the evidence. Antwerp: ITG Press; 2001. pp. 97-130.
- Statistical Annex. Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators, 2007. United Nations Statistics Division: 2008. Available from: http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx [accessed on 1 March 2008].
- Hill K, Thomas K, AbouZahr C, Walker N, Say L, Inoue M, et al., et al. Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005: an assessment of available data. Lancet 2007; 370: 1311-9 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61572-4 pmid: 17933645.
- Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors. Geneva: WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Bank; 2000.
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 12, 2004) -- The Space Foundation's Education Achievement Award will be presented on Monday, March 29, 2004, to Space Center Houston (SCH) during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Space Symposium. Richard Allen, the Center's President and Chief Executive Officer, will accept the award.
The Space Foundation's Education Achievement Award is presented to Space Center Houston for its enduring commitment to inspiring students, teachers and the public through world-class museum programs and sound academic programs using the excitement of human space exploration to spark improved learning in mathematics, engineering and the sciences.
"The Education Achievement Award pays tribute to those organizations demonstrating extraordinary involvement in education," said Space Foundation president and chief executive officer Elliot G. Pulham. "The Space Foundation is pleased to honor Space Center Houston for its extraordinary involvement in getting our nation's children involved in space," Pulham said.
"Space Center Houston is honored to be recognized for its achievements in aerospace education. This award is not only for the efforts of our SCH team but also for the many visitors and contributors who support our organization year round," said Allen.
Space Center Houston is the official visitors center of NASA's Johnson Space Center. It is a place where people can experience space - from its dramatic history and exciting present to its compelling future. The center's unparalleled exhibits, attractions, special presentations and hands-on activities tell the story of NASA's manned space flight program. For more information visit www.spacecenter.org.
The National Space Symposium takes place at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs March 29 - April 1. It is the premier annual space industry conference anywhere in the world. More than 5,000 space professionals are expected to participate this year. On-line registration and conference details can be found at www.spacesymposium.org.
The Space Foundation annually presents the Education Achievement Award to organizations that demonstrate involvement in exemplary education initiatives for the purpose of motivating young people to excel in space-based education. Previous recipients include The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Civil Air Patrol, Lockheed Martin's Space Day Program, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Challenger Center, and Lowell Observatory.
The 20th National Space Symposium's Opening Ceremony is co-sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation; the Opening Night Reception is co-sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company; the Opening Night Fireworks and Dessert Reception is co-sponsored by Inmarsat; the Corporate Partnership Reception is co-sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; the Corporate Partnership Dinner is co-sponsored by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Luncheon is co-sponsored by Spectrum Astro; the Space Technology Hall of Fame Reception is co-sponsored by Computer Sciences Corporation; the Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner is co-sponsored by The Boeing Company; the exhibit center is sponsored by Northrop Grumman; and the cyberspace center is sponsored by Hewlett Packard and Oracle Corporation. Additional sponsors include Air Force Research Laboratory, Analytical Graphics, Inc., BAE Systems, CSP Associates, Inc., Harris Corporation, Honeywell Space Systems, Infinite Links, Inmarsat, ITT Industries, Penwal Industries, Raytheon Company, SPACE.com, Space News, Space Systems Loral, SpaceVest, and Stellar Solutions.
About the Space Foundation
The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Space Foundation is a national non-profit organization, which vigorously advances civil, commercial, and national security space endeavors and educational excellence. In addition to the National Space Symposium, the Space Foundation annually conducts, along with its partnering organizations, Space at the Crossroads, scheduled Feb. 18, 2004, in Washington, D.C.; and Strategic Space 2004, scheduled Oct. 5-7, 2004, in Omaha, Neb.
This year the Foundation will host the second annual Space Career Fair for College Students at the 20th National Space Symposium; and recently created a Web site just for kids with fun space activities. The Foundation also manages an on-site NASA Educational Resource Center; offers two distinct Master's in Space Studies Degrees in conjunction with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Regis University; and has trained more than 30,000 teachers since 1986 on Teaching With Space through Space Discovery graduate courses and national conferences. For more information, visit www.spacefoundation.org.
Carol Hively, Director - Public Relations and Team Communications
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This year's Australian Open Champion – among his many titles – Agassi signed with Kia last year to present the Sorento to European markets. Kia now has extended the deal to include Australia.
Agassi's link with Kia is what the marketing people call "a good fit" for the Korean car maker which, of course, also sponsors the Australian Open. The arrangement also should be less controversial than Kia's most recent tennis-related commercials, which featured the bristly Damir Dokic.
Anyone who has seen Agassi front television cameras after a match will know that he is as impressive off the court as he is on it.
"Andre Agassi will take Kia's marketing to a new level in Australia," says Liz Katsiotis, Kia's national marketing manager. "With Australia's largest sponsorship deal already carrying Kia's name, we are hitting well above our weight and with Andre on board we can only enhance our marketing and advertising strength, image and position in the Australian market and, thereby, continue to grow our sales."


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...of Yixing. About 1690 these wares were largely replaced in England by salt-glazed stoneware, though as late as the 18th century a red stoneware was produced by Josiah Wedgwood, who called it rosso antico.
...in glass. Wedgwood's jasperwares were imitated in biscuit porcelain at Sèvres, and Meissen produced a glazed version called Wedgwoodarbeiten. Less influential was the red stoneware ( rosso antico), which sometimes had an enamelled decoration of classical subjects, and caneware, a buff stoneware.


text: Javascript works in a similiar manner. As a matter of fact many people have proposed that Javascript is LISP with C-like syntax. Closures are Lambdas, objects, which are really dictionaries, are lists (only that instead of using order to recognize objects, an identifier "name" is used now), etc. Of course this isn't quite so, javascript is procedural, vs. functional, etc. I can still see the value and it has oppened my eyes into how languages are still becoming more like LISP. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM, gorm <gorm@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi People, > > > > Being a bit of a lurker on this forum, I thought all the chat about > > designing a language in the Daydreaming thread, would be a perfect > > opportunity to talk about a project of mine. > > Welcome into the light! On this list lurkers out number posters about > 5 to 1. Always interested in hearing from anyone on the list. > > > > > I am big fan of functional languages. In my last game company, 3 Lives > > Left, we used OCaml quite a bit. A problem was that there isn't that > > many game development libraries out for OCaml out there, so we ended up > > writing our own FFI layer for OGRE, SDL, etc. There exists automatic FFI > > generators like SWIG, but it doesn't really pass advanced C++ code very > > well (like that in OGRE) and the interfaces it generates seem quite > > heavy. > > > > The problem with the approach above is that it does not work very well > > across platforms, especially when it comes to more embedded(like) > > platforms such as the iPhone, PSP Go, XBox 360, etc. > > > > Since then, having worked a bit with lisp, I have become a big fan of > > "interactive programming". Nothing beats developing or debugging a > > programming while it is actually running. > > Yes! I am an old lisp coder and that is something I miss in "modern" > languages and IDEs. > > > > > > So the new idea is to build a small, and very tiny C++ game and > > interpreter engine around a lisp interpreter. I am using the > > boost::spirit libraries for parsing, and it seems to work quite well. > > The basic idea is to have as much engine and game logic written in my > > lisp variant. > > That was my first idea for what became Stonewolf. It is a good > approach with lots of good history behind it. Ever hear of Autocad and > AutoLisp? AutoLisp is dervide from an early version of XLISP. IIRC the > first versions of XLISP were released with a very lenient license. The > guy who developed AutoCad tooks XLISP and added a nice input system > and a graphics system and wrote AutoCad. > > BTW, I've written a few Lisp interpreters and a Lisp compiler. Spirit > should be very good for building Lisp parsers. All the Lisp parsers > I've ever seen (several written by people other than myself) were > recursive decent parsers. I once, on a bet, wrote a Lisp interpreter > in Microsoft 8K Basic on a Z80 with 32K of RAM. I won the cup of > coffee... > > > > > Now, my fundamental problem is how to design a good interop (or ffi) > > layer? Ie. how do I design an easily extensible system, where I don't > > have to do a lot of C++ implementation everytime I want to introduce a > > new C++ type that can be reached from lisp? Ie how do I in a good way > > make it possible to create windows, build a physics system, instantiate > > a renderer, detect mouse input, etc in a coherent and clean manner from > > the lisp code? > > Yep, that's the problem. Lisp does a pretty good job with handling > objects by treating them as a-lists or some other kind of associative > container. Wrap up the objects you want inside of Lisp associative > stores and then find code to the function value of the names. > > > > > I have worked with one such system before, where each C++ type > > essentially agregated a scriptable type that acted as a bridge between > > the two domains. Though clever in some ways, the bridge type had to be > > extended with a new method whenever a new method was added to a > > scriptable C++ type, and so forth. > > Yeah, that is the trouble with C++ no way to dynamically add methods > to classes at run time. I have to tell you, the first time I tried to > program in C++ that fact about C++ caught me completely by surprise > because I was used to doing object coding in Lisp. I thought that > "class {}" in C++ was something that was evaluated at run time, not a > compile time declaration. Drove me nuts. > > The way to do it is to pass the *name* of the action/method to the > bridge class. The name can be part of an enumeration, it can be an > address, it can be a string, what ever works. Along with the name you > pass a list (or vector) of the parameters. The class looks up the > action associated with the name. That can be done by use of a switch > statement, by indexing into an array, or by looking it up in a > database. Then it calls the code associated with the name along with > the parameters. You still have to create the code for the action, but > you do not have to change the interface to the class. > > Bob Pendleton > > > > > Any good ideas, links, comments, etc? > > > > Cheers, > > Gorm > > > > > > --------------------- > > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------- > + Bob Pendleton: writer and programmer > + email: Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > + web: www.TheGrumpyProgrammer.com > > --------------------- > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > >


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|Marija Ilic did effective work in rebounding for Serbia
Marija Stojiljkovic scored the game-winner as Serbia claimed a 65-63 victory over Slovakia to end their return to U16 European Championship Women Division A in 11th place.
Turning Point: Slovakia held an eight-point lead at half-time but Serbia clawed their way back in a hard-fought third quarter, holding their opponents scoreless for the last three minutes of the period as Nevena Naumcev's lay-up reduced the deficit to three. Six unanswered points in the fourth quarter moved the Serbian team ahead, but Rebeka Mikulasikova got inside to tie the game with two minutes remaining in a tense finale. Stojiljkovic was able to beat her defender on a tough drive inside for the go-ahead bucket, and Nikola Kovacikova's last attempt fell short as Slovakia weren't able to reproduce the magic which had seen them take two previous matches in the tournament to overtime with late game-tying three-pointers.
Game Heroes: Nevena Vuckovic had a game-high 18 points and added seven rebounds for Serbia, while Stojiljkovic's game-winner was part of a 16-point tally for the match. Marija Ilic was fantastic on the boards again, hauling down 15 rebounds alongside seven points and four steals. Playmaker Ivana Katanic had five points, five rebounds and six assists, and Mina Djordjevic added four points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Julia Lelkes had a team-high 16 points for Slovakia, and Viktória Havranová added seven points, eight rebounds, seven steals and four assists.
Stats Don't Lie: Serbia had an 18-point advantage in the paint, while Slovakia got only four points from their reserves.
The Bottom Line: Both teams will be satisfied with top-12 finishes after opening with defeats and failing to qualify for the second round. Mikulasikova and Kovacikova appear to be solid talents from the 1999 generation around whom Slovakia can base their campaign in 2015, while Serbia ended with an overall record of five wins and four losses as their 1999 talents Naumcev, Katanic and Djordjevic picked up good experience for next year's tournament.


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1. Color Vision and Self-Luminous Visual Technologies
Published Online: 18 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9783527650729.ch1
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Illumination, Color and Imaging: Evaluation and Optimization of Visual Displays
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Iran to give fierce response to Israeli military action
Iran's Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Thursday that Iran would not hesitate to give a fierce response to any military action against the country. It is unlikely the "Tel Aviv regime" would take a "stupid" action with a military provocation on Iran, Haddad-Adel told reporters on Thursday in response to a question on the Israeli stance vis-a-vis Iran's nuclear program.
"Israeli opposition to Iran's nuclear program is a pretext. The Zionist regime is against the Islamic vigilance and regards Iran as the center of this awareness," he added, according to Reuters. According to him, the "peaceful aims" of Iran's nuclear program have been proved.
He also expressed his condolences over the death of of Hizbullah deputy leader Imad Moughniyah, who was assassinated on Tuesday night in a car bombing in Damascus, Syria. Iran claims the assassination was carried out by "Israeli state terrorism." Haddad-Adel noted that such moves would not affect determination of the Lebanese nation on defense for its rights and stated that world nations are "well aware of devil nature of the Israeli occupation regime."


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Top 10 Whitney Houston Duets
On Feb. 11, 2012, the music world lost Whitney Houston, who passed away in her hotel room from a cardiac arrest as a result of long-term cocaine usage and heart disease. A year has gone past and it feels unreal that the greatest voice in music is no longer with us. In memory of the late pop icon, we collected 10 of her best duets.
Houston's death was tragic, yet her musical legacy continues to thrive in our hearts. So check out TheDrop.Fm's Top 10 Whitney Houston Duets and hear why she's one of the most-beloved singers of all time.
'My Love' Feat. Bobby Brown
Not everybody was happy when Houston got married to R&B bad boy Bobby Brown in 1992. At the time, critics predicted their marriage wouldn't last. Technically, it lasted for 15 years with the couple divorcing in 2007. Nevertheless, Nippy and Bobby celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in 2002, with a song called 'My Love.' Over a melodic acoustic guitar, Houston and Bobby shared their love and devotion for each other while laughing at the naysayers. "My love is deeper than the sea / It's sweeter than any melody," the couple sings on the chorus.
'Count on Me' Feat. CeCe Winans
CeCe Winans was Houston's best friend and the godmother of her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Together, their voices were peerless on the soaring ballad 'Count on Me.' Obviously, from the title of the song, it was an ode to their enduring friendship. The single reached the top 10 of the Billboard R&B Songs chart and was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 1994 Grammy Awards, though it did not win.
'If I Told You That' Feat. George Michael
At No. 8, is this uptempo jam called 'If I Told You That.' The energetic dance song features George Michael and Houston singing in perfect harmony. In the video, Nippy and George display a faux sexual tension, but it's fun nevertheless. Fact: The song was originally set to be a duet between Houston and the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. May they both rest in eternal peace.
'We Didn't Know' Feat. Stevie Wonder
Houston grabbed her idol Stevie Wonder for this mid-tempo ballad about a platonic friendship that develops into romance. Some have wondered if the song was an early hint about her then-budding relationship with Bobby Brown. Nevertheless, it's a fantastic duet, which peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard R&B Songs chart. Shockingly, no video was ever made for this song. What's up with that?
'I Know Him So Well' Feat. Cissy Houston
You might not know this but the song is actually from the 1984 London musical 'Chess.' It's a bittersweet love ballad about two women in love with the same man. Whitney and her mother, Cissy display their powerful voices on the song. It's clear on here where Nippy got her vocal chops from. Like mother, like daughter.
'Hold Me' Feat. Teddy Pendergrass
Coming in at No. 5 is Houston's debut single from her 1985 self-titled album. It's one of Nippy's most cherish love songs featuring the late singer Teddy Pendergrass. On the beautiful ballad, the duo sings about two star-crossed lovers reuniting for the first time with a warm embrace. Houston might have been the R&B newcomer on here, but she clearly outshines the veteran crooner on this classic song.
'Heartbreak Hotel' Feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
Getting three powerhouse divas to sing on one track seems impossible nowadays but, in 1998, this soulful trifecta teamed up for the emotional ballad, 'Heartbreak Hotel.' Nippy, Faith Evans and Kelly Price wore their emotions on their sleeves as they sing about misfortunes in love. For their stellar work, the trio received two nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Group or Duo. Sadly, they came up empty. What a heartbreak.
'Celebrate' Feat. Jordin Sparks
'Celebrate' was the last song Houston recorded before her death in February 2012. Written and produced by R. Kelly, the song offered a glimmer of hope that Nippy would get back into the studio to record a full-length album. Jordin Sparks holds her own next to the veteran songbird on this optimistic jam about enjoying life to the fullest. The accompanying video is a sentimental yet jubilant tribute to the late pop icon.
'I Look to You' Feat. R. Kelly
This R. Kelly-penned song was originally released in 2009, and became Houston's 30th top 20 hit. After her death, Kelly discovered a previously unreleased verse and chorus by the late singer. So he decided to combine her vocals with his rendition that he sung at Houston's funeral to create a brand new track. It's truly an inspiring song and a great vocal performance from both Houston and Kells.
'When You Believe' Feat. Mariah Carey
Finally, at No. 1, is Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey's Oscar-winning duet 'When You Believe,' from the animated film 'Prince of Egypt.' Many fans were shocked that Nippy and Mimi would appear on a song together since it's long been rumored that they despised each other. But Houston insisted that she and Carey were good friends. "I enjoyed working with her very much," she told Ebony magazine in 1998. "It's good to know that two ladies of soul can still be friends. She's a smart lady. I really like Mariah."


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I love Skyrim - think it's one of the best RPGs ever made.
I almost never care for mods for games though.
I look thru list of "must have" and blah blah mods for Skyrim and zero of them appeal. But that's modding - some people love the stuff - I don't.
I tried a few UI mods to deal with the lame as hell console-influenced pile of shit that is the Skyrim UI on PC and they didn't work for me much better.
IMO, as a developer, there is a reason why professional developers create the games to begin with, and why the amateurs are doing mods, and this almost always manifests itself what gets created.
There are exceptions. But, in general, mods don't match or improve the quality of games vs what the pros and original designers do in the first place - to me at least. Ie, if the modders could create games, instead of hacking other people's creations, then they would be developers, but they are not. /shrug
For some, the modding scene extends games for them - and that's great. Doesn't really work for me.
For some, modding IS the game and doing this wannabe development is more fun for them than actually playing, and that's great too.


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Purpose: We showed previously that B. anthracis edema toxin (ET), comprised of protective antigen (PA) and edema factor (EF), inhibits phenylephrine (PE)-induced contraction in rat aortic rings and these effects are diminished in endothelial-denuded rings. Therefore, employing rat aortic ring and in vivo models, we tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) contributes to ETs arterial effects. Method and Results: Compared to rings challenged with PA alone, ET (PA+EF) reduced PE-stimulated maximal contractile force (MCF) and increased the PE concentration producing 50% MCF (EC50) (p<0.0001). Compared to placebo, L-nitro-arginine methyl-ester (L-NAME), an NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor, reduced ETs effects on MCF and EC50 in patterns that approached or were significant (p=0.06 and 0.03 respectively). In animals challenged with 24h ET infusions, L-NAME (0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg/h) co-administration increased survival to 17 of 28 animals (60.7%) compared to 4 of 27 (14.8%) given placebo (p=0.01). Animals receiving L-NAME but no ET all survived. Compared to PBS challenge, ET increased NO levels at 24 h and L-NAME decreased these increases (p<0.0001). ET infusion decreased mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) in placebo and L-NAME-treated animals (p<0.0001) but L-NAME reduced decreases in MAP with ET from 9 to 24 h (p=0.03 for the time interaction). S-methyl-L-thiocitrulline, a selective neuronal NOS inhibitor, had effects in rings and, at a high dose in vivo models, comparable to L-NAME, whereas N'-[3-(aminomethyl)benzyl]-acetimidamide, a selective inducible NOS inhibitor, did not. Conclusion: NO production contributes to ETs arterial relaxant, hypotensive and lethal effects in the rat.
- anthrax
- edema toxin
- nitric oxide
- NOS inhibitor
- arterial contraction
- Copyright © 2016, American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology


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New Jersey is the 10th largest school system in the United States with 2591 public schools. These are the top 20 best public high schools in New Jersey that offer the best opportunities for students.
20. Montgomery High School, Skillman, NJ
Montgomery High School is a public school in Montgomery Township, New Jersey. It has 1,740 students in grades 9-12. There is a wide variety of classes to choose from, and all of them cater the skill levels and needs of every students.
This high school truly does prepare you for college. The academic environment heavily encourage pushing oneself and aiming high in regards to college and academics.
The school can demand a lot of hard work but they ultimately push you to strive for your best. The school can be competitive at times but that is vital so that everyone is motivated to work. The extra curricular are amazing – there are such a great diversity of them(Marching Band, Fencing, Robotics…) and you don't need prior experience to join most of them.
The school thrives because of the great atmosphere given by the staff. Not only can you become friends with the teachers but the janitors and lunch ladies are so spirited and happy to see you.
There is a wide variety of classes to choose from, and all of them cater the skill levels and needs of every students. The school academics demand for a lot, offers a large variety of things.
The curriculum asks for more then average, it balances out on how hard we have to focus in working. The Scheduling process is fair, the amount of time students are given is reasonable. The workload is fair for people who want to do their work.
The special study options are great, there are teachers available to stay after school with any student, there are other resources the school offers for students who in need for academic help.
The most popular class that is offered in Montgomery High school is T.V Pro. It is a class that teaches you your way around the camera. How to make and edit films, whether short or long films.
The food served in Montgomery High School is excellent. You have your salads, hot meals such as burgers, pasta, pizza, ect.. , and subs. The ladies who run the lunch program are absolutely fabulous- always friendly, welcoming, cheerful, and engaging. If you buy lunch even once a week, they know your name and ask how you are.
There are plenty of fitness and sports for everyone to try. A lot of people do some type athletic. Students are actively involved in a variety of sports, the most popular being lacrosse and fencing.
- Montgomery High School graduation rate is 96.0%%. National average is 82.2%.
- 97.0% students of Montgomery High School scored at or above proficiency levels on their state math assessment test.
- 99% students of Montgomery High School scored at or above proficiency levels on their state reading/language arts assessment test.