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Varying Degrees of Murder
On a rainy-day Tuesday I murdered Cupid. It was an accident of course. No amount of spit-in-my-face romance would drive me to murder the entire industrial complex of love. I loved love. Love made singing birds, giggling babies, and the most honest smiles ever smiled.
Also, there was no body. It had vanished like a sock after a dryer run. Poof.
"Manslaughter," I sighed. "A case of murder-lite. At most."
"I'm not a lawyer," said Van, "but I don't think there are degrees of murder."
"Yes, there are, you idiot. There are literally degrees of murder. Second degree murder. First degree. Etc."
That was Joan Newman. I was in love with her, though it was a new love, the age of which was approximately three, call it...eh...four hours.
"No body," I said.
"True," said Van. He struck a thinking man's pose. "A guilty verdict might be tough to…"
"Should we, like, do something for him?" she interrupted. "Some sort of eulogy? I mean, he was a man…"
"Was he?" I asked Joan.
We both looked at Van.
"What?" he said, like an idiot. Like Van. Like the oblivious assistant: King of the Fuckboys.
How We Got Here
I worked at a place called "Charlie's Books" which was a goddamn awful place to work. Don't let the name fool you - there were dozens of them. They gave 5 Ways to be Wealthy: Get Rich Bitch (Or Your Money Back) prime real estate and buried Nabokov in the back with Joyce and Fitzy. We had to wear name-tags, and mine said Jonah. That's my name, BTW. There was also a place to write your favorite book on the name-tag, and so I wrote Moby Dick.
"I love that book," a nice older woman said to me that very same day, the first day of the name-tag.
"I've never read it."
"So why did you write it on your name-tag?"
I shrugged. "Seemed like low-hanging fruit."
She wandered off, and I felt pretty bad. I don't think she got it. People say I have issues with my tone, young man.
I got written up by the manager (on my first fucking day!), so I had to change my favorite book to How to Win Friends and Influence People because fuck you, Charlie. And your books.
Anyway, I fell in love with Joan Newman because she was a writer, and wore black frame glasses, and white high-top Converse below a dress and a sweater. Also because I fall in love easily. I tell people that I'm a romantic, which is different than actually being a romantic, but I'm one of those too. My brothers call me a pussy, which is just not cool, bros.
Joan was a pretty great writer on a book tour. She hailed from the west coast and was trudging her way across the Great Plains via a host of Holiday Inn Expresses, dodging Oklahoma's imperfect smiles and aggressively Christian billboards while, she felt, her artistic integrity lit itself on fire. She found herself bible-belt sequestered, stuck in the rain.
She read from her book, Woman in the Mirror: My Decade of Dancing Like Beyonce and Being a Bad Bitch, and complained that she couldn't buy wine at the grocery. We told her it was because Jesus didn't want her getting too drunk, but she was still pissed. Nobody told Joan Newman what to do. Not even Jesus. Especially not Jesus.
Love's a Battlefield w/ Crossbows
I wasn't following her, so much as walking a respectful distance behind in the same direction. Could I have walked with her? Sure! Did I? Hahahah...
Either way, she wasn't being safe. The neighborhood gentrification had set and dried (which was kind of shitty, and also kind of historically inevitable), but nitrogenated cold-coffee shops or not, there were always pockets of danger in the witching hour. We should have been in an Uber. One of the cheap ones.
Even though I was on high alert, it was still pretty surprising when a Hobbit-like figure slide into the alleyway behind Joan. Most appearances are pretty surprising in dark alleyways around midnight, I suppose. Per my nature, I immediately thought, Nothing good can come of this. Fuck.
I had no idea where he'd come from. His appearance was some kind of magic trick. He was very short and round, with hair that was long but afraid of the crown of his head. The little fat man shined by the light of the lone streetlamp. He was also struggling to carry something, dragging it behind him like a third leg.
Right around the time the short-round lifted the third leg up to his arm, it struck me that life is sometimes stranger than fiction. That the world will never make sense. That we are all flawed beings, fucked and beautiful, and oh my god is that a crossbow?!?!
Yes. Yes it was.
Something came over me. It was love. Not a boner, but courage. Courage! Unheeded! So I squawked my battle cry into the night, and ran at him. I thought he would, you know, stop whatever it was that he was doing. Don't criminals say, "Fuck it," and bail when some good citizen intervenes?
But the little troll didn't bail. Instead, he spun around and pointed the crossbow at me. I zigged and zagged like I was playing capture the flag at motherfucking summer camp. (Falls Creek Runner-Up, 1995 & 1996. Screw you, Barry "Beaver" Bevinson. You didn't deserve it.) Unfortunately, I got to him quicker than planned. Having nothing better to do, and not having an arrow in my gut, I just...kept going. I didn't so much tackle as run into him. We both tumbled into the side of some dumpsters.
The Recycle one knocked me unconscious.
Stanley Cupid's Eulogy & Coda
When I woke, Stanley Cupid was gone and Van, his assistant, had appeared. Van said that Stanley had been his name, and Cupid his title. He said that Stanley Cupid was the one true Cupid, and that his crossbow was not only harmless, but actually, "more important than the wheel and fire combined."
I found that claim dubious at best.
Van said without Cupid, without the crossbow, there would be no love.
"It's a partner system," Van said. He held up a small black address book. "This," he said, "this is the little black book of love. It tells us who our targets are."
"And then?" Joan asked.
The rain had stopped, and so the three of us gathered around the death dumpster of the hobbit. Van gave both the eulogy and some much-needed background info on Stanley Cupid.
"It is with great regret," he began, head bowed, holding back tears, "that I say goodbye to the only boss I've ever known. Stan, you were a good matchmaker. The best. You shot the world with your arrows of love. You shot children and old people. Penguins. Swans. Some Bald Eagles, I think. Sometimes you would shoot, like, ten people a day."
I looked at Joan Newman who was, like, what the flying fuck is going on? But then she smiled at me and...I dunno...we were a team.
"I told you who to shoot," Van continued with cracking voice. "The names appeared, dispatched from Le Factory del Amore. I've never been to Texas, but I've heard it's there."
Van sneezed, and wiped his teary eyes. I felt bad for him. Whoever this Stanley Cupid was or wasn't, he meant something to someone. After it's all said and done, I hope someone sneezes and wipes teary eyes for me.
"Rest in peace, Stan the man," he finished.
We sat there in that humid post-rain silence. The halo of dawn peeked from the east, and with it came a Wednesday.
"What's next?" Joan Newman asked.
"Well," Van said, "I don't know. I guess we go to the factory. They'll tell us what to do."
"Where's that?" I asked.
"Somewhere in Texas," Van replied. "Down by the border. They make tortillas there. And love. Tortillas and love."
"Good luck," Joan scoffed.
"Oh, well, you have to come with us," Van said.
"Us?" I said.
"Fuck that," she said. "Topeka awaits me."
"If you don't," Van said, pointing at me, "then he dies."
"What???" I yelled.
Van scratched his head, and with trademark confusion said:
"Well...it's possible. I think. I think it's possible."
It's possible our quest will continue with…
Eros Wants Revenge
Written by: Logan Theissen
Photograph by: Daniel Vidal


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Rooms, services Hotel & Restaurant Am Bodden Lauterbach is welcoming all guests in Lauterbach with 17 comfortable rooms to stay in. The hotel is happy to have you in the restaurant for a hearty lunch or a romantic dinner. Should you be arriving by car, parking will be available nearby. If you wish to spend your leisure time actively, you may also take the nearby opportunities to rent a bike, play bowling, go water skiing, play volleyball, go diving, sailing and rent a boat. The café or the bar can be an ideal place for a pleasant evening talk or a meeting. You can secure your valuables in the safe. You can browse the Internet via wireless connection (WiFi) available at the hotel. The exact scope of services offered by Hotel & Restaurant Am Bodden Lauterbach (including those for an extra fee) is available on the information sheet below.
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Best Skin Care for Aging Skin: Look Younger Now!
As people age many things change. There is nothing that can stop the process of aging. Even with the decades of research regarding the matter, there is still no "fountain of youth" that can top the process of aging. We have no other option but to accept and adapt it.
However, there are several ways in order to look younger and prevent visible signs of aging. These signs include fine lines, wrinkles, eye bags, puffiness around the eyes, and many more. Changes in lifestyle can minimize and delay the appearance of these signs. Having surgery is the first option that comes to mind for many but this is very expensive and it comes with a significant amount of risk. The best skin care for aging skin is another option that can minimize and delay these signs.
First of all, the most important thing is to have a healthy lifestyle. Several researches have proven that good health is vital to having great-looking and youthful skin. Having seven to eight hours of sleep a night, drinking at least eight glasses of water a day, regular exercise and proper diet can have a considerable impact on having great skin.
Surgery is not an option to most people because of how expensive it is. This is very impractical especially because of the economy nowadays. Spending thousand of dollars just to appear younger is unreasonable to regular people. The risk involved is also too much considering the only benefit of appearing younger. Serious complications or even death is always around the corner when it comes to having any kind of surgery.
The last and most likely best option is to have the best skin care for aging skin. This usually involves using some skincare products that have specific purposes. Anti-wrinkle creams are among the best skin care for aging skin. These creams usually do not just get rid of fine lines and wrinkles but also nourish, repair and moisturize the skin. This is also useful in preventing the development or re-occurrence of such signs of skin aging.
Eye creams are also among the best skin care for aging skin. The eyes are usually the first part of a person that people notice so eye bags, dark circles around the eyes and other sings of skin aging in this area are undesirable. A good eye cream should also be able to minimize fine lines and crow's feet around the eye area.
Having the best skin care for aging skin doesn't necessarily involve going for costly dermatological skin care. With proper research and experimenting with skin care products for aging, having youthful skin can be achieved.
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Dermatologist Recommendations for Maintaining Younger, Healthier, Vibrant Looking Skin:
- Be certain to consistently apply the product(s) you choose in accordance with its directions for use;
- Pay special attention to your neck and hands while applying the product(s) you choose, as these areas reflect your age;
- Always use sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 15;
- Drink at least eight glasses of water a day to stay well hydrated;
- Avoid excessive intake of caffeinated and alcoholic beverages, as they may contribute to dehydration and exacerbate the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles; and
- Be sure to get adequate rest every day.


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Farewell Deirdre Barlow on Coronation Street's saddest day
Last night's tears on Coronation Street were real, and a fitting tribute, writes John Laverty
It had everything but the taxi. Corrie fans will know what I'm talking about.
If you're a true legend of The Street, you get to leave in a Weatherfield cab. It's the ultimate send-off. For obvious reasons, though, Deirdre Barlow had to bow out a different way.
But the late, much lamented Anne Kirkbride, who played the gravelly-voiced, often bubble-permed, bespectacled, perennial loser in love, would surely have been proud of how her death was treated in last night's show.
Indeed, it would be difficult to recall a more emotional episode of the long-running soap. The grief, the agony displayed by the Corrie stars was unmistakably genuine - and thus, for the viewer, even more painful.
That's understandable; after all, for the cast, the production crew, and the millions of fans, Deirdre Hunt/Langton/Rachid/Barlow and the irreplaceable actress who played her for over four decades were one and the same. Where did Anne end and Deirdre begin?
Thing is, the vast majority of Corrie fans can't remember a time when Deirdre wasn't part of the furniture in t'street.
In last night's raw, tear-stained episode, it was left to the returning Bev Unwin to deliver the sad news to Deirdre's loved ones.
Husband Ken remained characteristically stoic most of the time, even when he received his late wife's glasses. Well done him; the rest of us were in bits by that stage, but old Ken ultimately succumbed too, near the end.
Meanwhile Kate Ford, as Deirdre's daughter Tracey, was so good you even felt sorry for the worthless character she plays.
Yet it wasn't half-an-hour of unrelenting morbidity; with Corrie there will always be moments of levity. That's what makes it such an enduring show... and what made Deirdre such an lovable character.
She was last seen, a few months ago, hurling a trifle at the wall of No.1, shouting "jelly shouldn't run, it should wobble".
It was us who turned into wobbling jellies last night. Ta-ra, love.
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Acid Reflux Disease: Acidity
Acid Reflux Disease also known as Acidity is nothing but the abnormal backflow of acid and stomach content from the stomach to the esophagus. Our stomach produces strong acid, hydrochloric acid, which helps in digestion process efficiently. At the entrance of your stomach, there is a valve, ring of muscle, called Lower esophageal Sphincter (LES). Normally this valve, LES, closes as soon as you food content is passed. If this valve does not close, acid move up into the esophagus and this abnormality is called acid reflux disease or GERD ( Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease).
This image helps you to understand the concept easily
How Acid Reflux Disease develops
Acid reflux disease happens because of Hiatus Hernia.
Diaphragm, a muscle which separates our stomach from the chest, helps to retain acids in the stomach. Hiatus Hernia is an abnormality of our stomach where the upper stomach and LES goes above Diaphragm. This abnormality triggers acid to move up into the esophagus.
Reasons for Acid Reflux Disease
- Being overweight
- Eating large meals
- Lying down immediately after meal
- Drinking more alcohol, coffee, tea and carbonated drinks.
- Smoking
- Pregnancy days it happens
- Certain medicines can cause
- Eating certain spicy food, chocolates, citrus, tomatoes, onion, mint and garlic
- Heartburn :- a burning pain or discomfort from chest or abdomen.
- Regurgitation :- acid coming up in throat or mouth and get a sour or bitter taste.
- Nausea
- A chronic sore throat
- Hoarseness
- Dry cough
- Hiccups
- Bloody Vomiting
- Burping
- Dyspepsia :- feels like food got stuck in our throat
Complication of Acidity
The acid reflux disease is a common disease as like another disease. But if we do not care for a long period, stomach acid will damage the linings of the esophagus and this may lead to Esophageal Cancer also.
How Acid Reflux Disease can be treated
There are a lot of medicines available for acid reflux disease. But if you can change your diet and lifestyle, it will help you to get out of it more effectively.
- Take your meals before 2-3 hour prior to bedtime.
- Avoid more fatty and spicy foods such junk food, non-vegetarians food, and deep oiled food.
- Do not smoke.
- Do not drink more alcohol and carbonated drinks.
- Replace your tea and coffee with warm milk. Milk gives you even immediate relief also.
- Avoid wearing tight dresses.
- If you are overweight, reduce it. Do exercise regularly, at least 30 minute walk morning or evening.
- Drink more water.
- Drinking coconut water reduces acidity.
- Use pillows and raise your head at least 5-6 inch while lying down
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When companies are poised to grow or relocate, Idaho is hard-pressed when trying to compete with Utah.
Our neighbor to the southeast tops this morning's Forbes Best States for Business and Careers list. In fact, Fobes said "no state can match the consistent performance of Utah. It is the only state that ranks among the top 15 states in each of the six main categories."
According to Forbes, Utah's employment growth has averaged 0.6 percent the past five years. That may not seem like much until you compare it to the U.S. as a whole, where job growth has averaged negative 0.6 percent since 2005.
Procter & Gamble, ITT, Home Depot and Boeing all announced Utah-based expansion this year. Technology also ranks high with Adobe Systems, eBay, Electronic Arts and Oracle all expanding in Utah in recent years.
Utah was followed by Virginia and Louisiana on the list.
The worst states for business included New Jersey, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.


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(Reuters) - A Cleveland Browns fan who tried to approach backup quarterback Johnny Manziel told police he was attacked by the player's entourage, and the National Football League team said Monday it was gathering information to determined what happened.
Chris Gonos, 33, said he approached Manziel early Saturday at a Cleveland hotel and said, 'I'm the biggest Browns fan ever, I love you, I want to give you a hug,'" according to a police report.
Gonos told police as he stepped toward Manziel he was "attacked" by one member of Manziel's group and then beaten by several others. Gonos received a swollen lip, a swollen right eye and a red face, the police report said.
Police were called to the scene around 2:30 a.m. and did not make any arrests. Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner as the nation's best college player, was not listed as a suspect.
"We are aware of the incident and are in the process of gathering additional information in order to gain a complete understanding of what occurred," Browns General Manager Ray Farmer said. "Nonetheless, the time of the incident is concerning to us.
"We continually stress to all of our players the importance of sound decision making in an effort to avoid putting themselves in these types of situations.
"We have addressed this appropriately with the player and will have no further comment at this time."
Gonos refused medial treatment, police said.
Reporting by Steve Ginsburg; Editing by Steve Orlofsky


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Applies to: Exchange Server 2016
This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange Server 2016.
Use the Get-AdServerSettings cmdlet to view the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment settings in the current Exchange Management Shell session. The Get-AdServerSettings cmdlet replaces the
AdminSessionADSettings session variable that was used in Exchange Server 2007.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.
This example displays the session settings for the current session.
Get-AdServerSettings | Format-List
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So me and my parent handed in our notice to end 23rd October. Today was the last day to make any corrections to the notice.
Today I receive a call from the developer/ll assistant to say they couldn't accept the notice as we both hadn't signed and I wrote my name Debra not Deborah (official spelling). I was under the impression that only one person needs to give notice. I can't remember (stupid of me) if I just wrote my name or in fact wrote both.
She also mentioned that as it was so close to the cut off she would only have a month to re-let the flat. Well that isn't our issue, we only need to give 1 month, they understand this but I feel they are just trying to get 2 months out of us.
I think they will fight us on the notice or try to claim more from the deposit. If I have made a mistake with the notice then I fully take responsibility for it.


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Evolutionary changes in gene expression are a main driver of phenotypic evolution. In yeast, genes that have rapidly diverged in expression are associated with particular promoter features, including the presence of a TATA box, a nucleosome-covered promoter and unstable tracts of tandem repeats. Here, we discuss how these promoter properties may confer an inherent capacity for flexibility of expression.
Early in research on the molecular basis of phenotypic variation the focus was primarily on mutations in the coding regions (exons) of genes. But as first noted by King and Wilson [1], substantial physiological differences can be seen between closely related species despite almost identical sets of proteins, and it is now generally accepted that distinctions between species are defined not only by their ensemble of genes but, critically, by how those genes are regulated.
For example, dramatic differences in the body plan of related insects have been traced to differences in the expression of developmentally regulated genes [2-4], and the classic example of variation in beak shape among Darwin's finches appears to be controlled by variation in expression levels of the gene encoding Bmp4 [5]. Surveying 331 previously reported mutations underlying phenotypic changes, Stern and Orgogozo [6] found that approximately 22% were regulatory changes, and the proportion of documented regulatory changes is increasing annually and is even larger for inter-species differences.
More recent studies using advanced technologies, including microarrays or high-throughput sequencing, have compared the genome-wide expression programs of related species [7-16] or strains [17-29] and revealed thousands of differences in the expression of orthologous genes. Identifying the regulatory changes underlying specific expression differences has, however, been more difficult: little progress has been made in connecting expression divergence with regulatory sequence divergence, and the degree of sequence conservation at individual promoters and regulatory elements cannot predict the degree of expression divergence of the associated genes [30-34]. What has emerged is a more general distinction: some genes have a much greater propensity to diverge in their expression than others. Here we discuss recent studies in yeast on the promoter architectures underlying these differences, and how they may contribute to the evolvability of gene expression. Yeast is an excellent model for studying the evolution of gene expression because of its simplicity as a unicellular organism with short and well-defined promoter regions, ease of genetic manipulation and a wealth of functional genomics data.
The notion that there are two kinds of promoters in yeast, with different functional and architectural properties, was developed long ago by Struhl and colleagues, who extensively studied the regulation of the adjacent yeast genes his3 and pet56 and suggested the presence of distinct core promoters that control constitutive versus inducible gene expression [35]. More recent studies have shown that these distinctions correspond to distinct evolutionary properties: whereas the expression of some genes has diverged between related yeasts the expression of others has remained stable. Notably, this gene-specific tendency is maintained in multiple studies comparing the genomic expression patterns of different yeasts. Despite the fact that these studies were on different sets of yeast strains or species grown in different environments, and that different quantities (expression levels or ratios) were measured and different computational and experimental methods used, their results show significant correlations: genes whose expression diverged according to one study were often found to diverge in the other studies [36].
Moreover, these genes also preferentially diverged in expression in 'mutation accumulation' experiments, where cells were allowed to accumulate mutations in conditions in which the effects of natural selection were minimized [37]. Thus, we believe that expression divergence of these genes in multiple datasets is not due to increased positive selection (or relaxation of purifying selection) [38], but instead reflects an inherent capacity for expression divergence. This capacity of a gene to evolve in expression can be quantified by measuring its 'expression divergence' - that is, a mathematical quantification of how much the expression of a gene differs among evolutionarily related yeast species or strains [36].
Expression divergence correlates strongly with gene responsiveness, namely the extent by which a gene's expression is altered by the environment, and with expression noise [39,40], namely the extent by which a gene's expression differs among genetically identical cells [7,37]. That is, genes whose expression is strongly regulated between different conditions display noisy expression and evolve rapidly between related strains or species. Thus, it is possible that genes differ in their capacity for expression flexibility, which is manifested at various timescales: during evolution in response to mutations; during physiological responses to environmental changes; and within a population of cells as a result of stochastic fluctuations.
The capacity for expression divergence (or flexibility) has been linked to several characteristics of gene promoters. The simplest association is with the number of binding sites for transcriptional regulators: promoters of flexible genes are characterized by a relatively large number of binding sites [36,37]. This is perhaps not surprising, since the expression of genes with many regulators (and binding sites) can be affected by mutations in any one of these regulators (or promoter binding sites), thus increasing their mutational target size - that is, the number of possible mutations that would affect the expression of these genes.
One particular promoter binding site stands out for its large influence on expression divergence: promoters that contain a TATA box show a remarkable increase in expression divergence, as well as in responsiveness and in noise [7,36,37]. The distinction between genes with promoters containing a TATA box and those without stands when the number of transcriptional regulators or of promoter binding sites is controlled; it is also consistent among genes from different functional classes - for example, those encoding membrane proteins, genes encoding metabolic proteins, and genes encoding ribosomal proteins (although these different groups also differ widely in the proportion of genes with promoters containing TATA boxes) [7]. Strikingly, increased expression divergence of TATA-containing genes has been observed in species ranging from yeast to mammals, including also mutation-accumulation lines of yeasts, flies and worms [7,37], suggesting that it reflects a general phenomenon. Interestingly, the promoters of TATA-containing genes are not associated with more mutations but only with increased expression divergence [7]. Thus, we propose that promoters carrying a TATA box are inherently more sensitive to genetic perturbations than TATA-less promoters. This is also consistent with the distinction between constitutive and inducible genes and with previous studies that demonstrated that a canonical TATA box is important for dynamic regulation of gene expression whereas other sequence elements are important for maintaining constitutive expression levels [35,41].
The TATA box is a ubiquitous core promoter element that is bound by the transcription pre-initiation complex (PIC). What could cause increased expression divergence of TATA promoters? Transcription can be considered as a two-step process: first the PIC is recruited by transcription factors and assembles at the core promoter together with RNA polymerase; and second, the polymerase is released from the PIC and transcribes the gene. The second step can be repeated multiple times (re-initiation) if the PIC remains bound to the core promoter, and this is believed to be facilitated by the TATA box [42-44]. Thus, a TATA box could increase the extent of re-initiation, thereby amplifying gene expression. Notably, the binding of the PIC to the TATA box and the binding of transcription factors to other sites could be cooperative [44]. This would make the effect of the TATA box on gene expression nonlinear, as any amplification of transcription factor binding would stabilize PIC binding and cause a further increase in re-initiation. In this way, TATA-containing genes could be more sensitive to regulatory mutations than TATA-less genes.
Importantly, TATA-containing promoters differ from other promoters not only in their expression flexibility but also in other properties [45], and so it is possible that these secondary characteristics underlie their increased expression flexibility. Perhaps the most notable feature of TATA promoters is their atypical chromatin structure [46-48]. At most yeast promoters, the region directly upstream of the transcription start site contains transcription factor binding sites and is nucleosome-free, increasing the accessibility of the binding sites to transcriptional regulators [49] (Figure (Figure1).1). By contrast, at promoters with high expression flexibility, and at those containing a TATA-box, this region tends to be more occupied by nucleosomes (Figure (Figure1).1). We and others have proposed that because nucleo somes are thought to interfere with the binding of regulatory proteins, the regulation of nucleosome states might fine tune the expression of these genes [46-48,50]. Such increased dependence on the regulation of chromatin structure is indeed observed: promoters that are relatively more occupied by nucleosomes show relatively large changes in expression when genes encoding chromatin regulators are mutated or deleted [48,51]. As with the effect of the number of transcription factors, an increased dependence on chromatin regulators increases the mutational target size, affecting expression of these genes. Any mutation in a gene encoding a relevant chromatin regulator, or an upstream gene regulating the activity of the chromatin regulator, could affect transcription of the downstream target gene.
So far we have discussed the role of promoter architecture in the sensitivity to mutations, namely whether a mutation influences gene expression and to what extent. However, expression divergence could also be directly facilitated by mechanisms that increase the mutation rate(that is, the number of mutation events per unit of time) at particular promoters. Although the determinants of local mutation rates are still poorly understood, one property that has been shown to increase mutation rates is the presence of unstable tandem repeats.
A recent study revealed that about 25% of all yeast promoters contain unstable tandem repeats: short (1 to 150 nucleotide) stretches of DNA that are repeated head to tail [52]. For example, TAG-TAG-TAG-TAG-TAG-TAG-TAG is a trinucleotide repeat, with the unit TAG repeated seven times. Tandem repeats most often consist of short (2 to 6 nucleotide), AT-rich units that are repeated 10 to 30 times, and occur frequently about 20 to 100 nucleotides upstream of the transcriptional start site.
The number of repeat units changes at frequencies that are typically 10- to 10,000-fold higher than average point mutation frequencies. Changes in the number of repeat units may cause gradual changes in transcription, with a certain number of units yielding maximal transcription [52]. Thus, when tandem repeats occur within promoters, their inherent instability may give rise to variants displaying altered levels of transcription, generating a pool of phenotypic diversity that allows rapid divergence. The mechanism underlying repeat-based expression divergence has been proposed to have its origins in chromatin structure. AT-rich promoter repeats are known to influence local nucleosome positioning, and changes in the number of repeats affect the density and positioning of nucleosomes in the critical part of the promoter [52].
In contrast to divergence of coding regions, divergence of gene expression can originate both from mutations in local DNA sequence (cis mutations) - for example, a mutation that affects a promoter binding site or nucleosome position - and from mutations in other genes (trans mutations), such as those encoding transcription factors or chromatin regulators. Thus, increased divergence in the expression of genes could be due to their sensitivity to cis mutations or trans mutations or both. In some cases, such as variable repeat tracts, it is clear that the effect depends on cis changes. However, in other cases, the relative contribution of cis and trans mutations is unclear. For example, an increased dependence on nucleosome positioning could be due to cis mutations affecting nucleosome binding or to trans mutations affecting chromatin regulators.
Two approaches have been used to distinguish the effects of cis and trans mutations on gene expression on a genomic scale: genetical genomics [51,53] and analysis of hybrid species [15,54]. Results from both kinds of study suggest that divergence in the expression of flexible genes is due chiefly to trans mutations [15,51]. For example, genes that diverged between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus as a result of trans mutations displayed high divergence in seven different studies comparing expression of different S. cerevisiae strains or species [15]. In contrast, expression of genes that diverged by cis mutations displayed less divergence in the other seven studies. Furthermore, the presence of a TATA box or of an occupied pattern of nucleosomes (Figure (Figure1)1) was primarily associated with increased effects of trans mutations rather than cis mutations [15,51].
These results are consistent with a model in which increased flexibility of promoters is due to increased dependence on trans factors (Figure (Figure2).2). This could include both the number of factors that influence the expression of a given gene (for example, a promoter occupied by nucleosomes is influenced by many chromatin regulators) or the extent to which these factors influence expression (TATA promoters, as well as occupied promoters, could be more sensitive to the binding of transcriptional regulators). Accordingly, promoters with particular architectures could be more tuned to the activity of various regulatory factors and thus more sensitive to evolutionary changes in their activity. Notably, such promoters would also become more sensitive to variation in the activity of these regulators through physiological changes or stochastic fluctuations, which could explain the connection between expression divergence, responsiveness and noise.
Expression divergence is a major driver of evolutionary change and seems to be enriched at particular genes. As described above, expression divergence in yeast correlates with several promoter features, including a large number of binding sites, a TATA box, an occupied pattern of promoter nucleosomes, increased dependence on chromatin regulators and unstable tandem repeats. Notably, controlling for one of these factors does not remove the effect of the others, suggesting that each of these factors have an independent effect on expression divergence. Many of these factors seem to exert their influence on expression divergence predominantly through trans effects, although others (for example, unstable repeats) involve cis effects.
As noted above, expression divergence (the extent to which expression of a gene evolves) correlates with expression responsiveness (the extent to which expression of a gene is changed in response to the environment). We believe that the promoter elements discussed above underlie expression flexibility of these genes on short timescales (responsiveness and noise), which are instrumental in the immediate response of a cell to the environment, as well as on longer timescales (expression divergence), which may allow evolutionary adaptation to novel conditions. In other words, the correlation between responsiveness and expression divergence may be due to their dependence on the same promoter properties.
The notion that responsive, inducible promoters differ from stable 'housekeeping' promoters, established by Struhl and colleagues [43,55-59], has now been extended and linked to the evolvability of gene expression. However, much is still unknown. For example, the protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions that underlie the differential requirement of genes for general transcription factors, as well as the implications of these interactions for the dynamics of gene regulation, remain poorly understood.
The fact that promoter architecture correlates with expression evolvability (that is, the readiness with which gene expression evolves) raises the possibility that expression evolvability may be subject to selection. This could make it possible for the expression of some genes to remain robust to mutation, whereas other genes are inherently able to change rapidly in expression under evolutionary pressure. Consistent with this, we find that different promoter elements that are independently linked to expression evolvability preferentially coincide at the same genes, as if evolvability were selected in these genes. In this context, it is interesting to note that the group of rapidly diverging genes is enriched with plasma membrane genes and, in general, genes that interact with the cell environment [7] (Figure (Figure2).2). These genes are needed to cope with changes in the environment and their flexibility may allow for rapid adaptation to new environments. Further studies will be required to examine this hypothesis.
We apologize for omission of relevant references due to space restrictions. Research in the lab of KJV is supported by the Human Frontier Science Program Award HFSP RGY79/2007, FP7 ERC Starting Grant 241426, VIB, the KU Leuven Research Fund and the FWO-Odysseus program. Research in the lab of NB is supported by the Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigations, the EU (FunSysB), the Israeli Ministry of Science and the European Research Council (Ideas).
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|Inheritor of the Demon Sword
|Full Name
Doctor Boskonovitch (Friend)
|Fighting Style
|Advanced Manji Ninjutsu Arts
|Leader of the Manji Clan
|Tag Partner
- "The battle begins"
- —Yoshimitsu
Yoshimitsu is a character from the Tekken series who was first introduced in the original Tekken game and since then has returned for all subsequent sequels.
Yoshimitsu has also carried over into Namco's Soul series of fighting games as a major character, making his debut in Soul Calibur and returned for all of the sequels.
As the mysterious head of the Manij clan, Yoshimitsu steals from evil companies and spreads their wealth to the poor. Although he has a serious temperament, he also shows flashes of stupidity.
Yoshimitsu is a noble, humble, honorable and proud ninja who respects life and compassion from all of humanity, he is also a very wise leader of the Majin Clan and hates injustice and dishonorable warriors who attack the weak, he also enjoys fighting with honorable warriors to test his might and their own. He is also a very friendly to those, and will even help those in need of saving and danger.
As head of the Manji party, Yoshimitsu entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament as a distraction, to allow the Manji to steal the tournament's funds unobserved. Whilst participating, Yoshimitsu encountered Ganryu, a corrupt sumo wrestler. Contemptuous of Ganryu's disrespect for the sumo code, Yoshimitsu stole Ganryu's ill gotten money and gave it to the poor.
Tekken 2Edit
Yoshimitsu learned that a scientist named Boskonovitch, who once saved his life, had been abducted by Kazuya Mishima. To rescue Boskonovitch, he entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. At the end of the tournament, Yoshimitsu sees a white helicopter is shown flying away with Boskonovitch in it. Yoshimitsu jumps onto the helicopter and breaks the windshield, grabs Doctor Boskonovitch and jumps out of the helicopter. Yoshimitsu uses his prosthetic arm and his sword to hover as the helicopter explodes in the background.
Tekken 3Edit
Boskonovitch created the Cold Sleep machine during his experiments in his search for eternal life. The still unproven technology was used to preserve his young daughter, who suddenly passed away. Yoshimitsu raised research funds as the leader of the Manji party. Yoshimitsu visited Boskonovitch when he learned of the many martial artist disappearances. Yoshimitsu was surprised to find Boskonovitch suffering from a mysterious pathological organism. Boskonovitch claims he needs blood from Ogre to live. Indebted to Boskonovitch for saving his life, Yoshimitsu enters the tournament to help an old friend, and manages to get a sample of Ogre's blood after the tournament.
Tekken 4Edit
As the leader of the Manji Party, Yoshimitsu dedicated himself to providing food, medical assistance, and shelter to the ever-increasing number of political refugees around the world, but with a constant lack of necessary funding and manpower, Yoshimitsu was unsure about the future of his organization. When Yoshimitsu heard about The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, he envisioned a union between the Manji Party and the Mishima Zaibatsu. With this dream in mind, Yoshimitsu decides to enter the Tournament immediately. While breaking into the Mishima Zaibatsu's vault, he found an injured Bryan Fury and helped him escape.
Tekken 5Edit
A month later, Yoshimitsu visits Dr. Boskonovitch's lab to find his comrades dead at the hands of Bryan. Learning Bryan will fight in The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Yoshimitsu sharpens his sword and enters the fray to get his revenge. Yoshimitsu's repeated attacks hindered Bryan's tests and hopes of unlocking its ultimate power of the perpetual generator.
Tekken 6Edit
While trying to avenge his fallen Manji clan comrades, Yoshimitsu realizes that his sword is weakening. His cursed sword retained its power by killing evil doers and villains, otherwise the cursed sword will make the user go insane. Yoshimitsu realizes that he can no longer use his old sword and decides to use another blade called Fumaken, that seals the properties of the cursed sword. He then decides to enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.
Yoshimistu is very unquie, and unorthadox character. He still retains alot of his iconic Tekken strings like his "slap you silly" backfist, and his harakiri sword stab.
|Move Name
|Poison Breath
|Slap U Silly
|Stone Fists
|Indian Stance/Vacuum Dance
|or + or
|Sword Poke Windmill
|Sword Poke Whirlwind
- Yoshimitsu is the only character in the game who is voiced only in Japanese. Every other character is voiced in both English and Japanese, with some exceptions like Cole who is only voiced in English, or King, who is not voiced at all.
- In the game, Yoshimitsu talks like Yoda from Star Wars in his win quotes to characters.
- Yoshimitsu's primary outfit for this game is his Tekken 3 incarnation.


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well... I didn't write this blog as often as i was before
It's been a really long journey I'd been cruising with someone i know really close
i really enjoy the company but it was me that doesn't want co pilot for a moment
that's the short story
The long story started from the day i was tangled with college life, the hectic, and madness. In college life it was different, a whole new thing from a place where we used to go every morning and got nothing from the whole day as we known called "school". Where the pupils are more clever in scribbling table than their book. Where all you can think is going home.
College is a whole different thing, it's all up to you. It's all depend on you. You want good scores? Study hard. If not, never miss class and talk with your friends. It works well for you
I gone to gym lately, i entered the gym as slinky guy, and 3 months later i got bigger and healthier. I got muscles here and there, and i looked better. The reason i hit gym was because when i was highscool i hit 91 KGs and 2 years later i ran around my complex every single morning and in a strict diet. Which is wrong. I reduce my intake so obviously i thought it'll totally drain my weight a lot. And it did! The good news. But in the bad news when i was reducing my intake, i got less energy for my body to carry on the day. I got this situation where you feel not strong enough and you would easily faint yourself. It wasn't good I'm telling you. I have no clue why people reduce their intake, and they purge it all where do they get the energies? How could they think? Where's the nutrition? How their hormones work?
I really don't get it
And i wasn't in a relationship anymore it's not that i found someone new as listed in my Facebook i was in a relationship with Rossie Huntington-Whiteley. But things were different, i want nothing to consider when i was studying, i want nothing to consider when i was having fun or let my thoughts flew. I want my own space for no apparent reason. I want all the feeling i used to feel, the thoughts i used to think, and i want my personal space expanded throughout the globe. I want it selfishly. But it was at first when it all happen i thought it was just me that feeling that way. But my significant other told me the same thing. That she would do the same thing to this relationship. The difference was just timing. I did it sooner
This is briefly the longest ever I've been in a relationship. I don't think i could do the same thing like this twice. I might be fooling around, with some girls, have fun, and enjoy the every bit of my youth. I believe this time wont come back. So i lived my life to whatever state i entered. I took it to the level where people don't enjoy them as much as i do. I appreciate little things, I put attention to details, and i met new peoples. I smile very often. This break up wasn't easy. But i know i will gone through it
I believe the people around me, i met, i love, i care about, i know, i didn't were the people who make my personality this way. Those are the people who make me a person. The people that make me Marco Adriaansz as Marco Adriaansz itself


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Our Challenge theme this week is "Friendship or Love". I have been dying to play with Echo Park's "Be Mine" Collection. I just love the colors and the prints. This is such a great line. The prints are so versatile and can be used year round.
I used and adorable Cherri with Rose stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps. You will be seeing these cutie's coming to our store in the very near future too. Cherrie has been colored with Copic Markers. I'm not thrilled with my coloring, but since I haven't picked up a marker since October 2010, I don't think I did too bad of a job. I applied a layer of stickles to the rose. Of course the entire card is distressed and inked up with Chestnut Roan fluid chalk. I've added lots of ribbon and lace from my stash.
The sentiment is a digital stamp I created. I printed it out, colored the heart in with copic markers and applied some red stickles to the surface. If you would like the free download for this digi, please visit my blog HERE.
I'm glad you stopped by.
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Paratrooper died after being hit by bus and two cars on night out, inquest hears
A PARATROOPER died after being hit by a bus and two cars while on a night out, an inquest heard.
A paratrooper died after being hit by a bus and two cars on a night out, an inquest hears
Private Matthew Wade was just 21 when he died on the busy road.
The promising soldier had been out drinking with pals when he got separated from his friends, and ended up standing in a bus lane that drafted into a dual carriageway.
As he was wearing dark clothes the driver could not see him until it was too late and hit him in the early hours of August 7 this year.
A driver would have no reasonable expectation of a pedestrian being in the bus lane
The bus driver tried to swerve to avoid him - but the empty single decker hit him at 36mph knocking him into the carriageway.
Pte Wade was then struck by a Ford Fiesta and Honda Civic as he lay prone in the road.
He died at the scene and cops closed the road on the outskirts of Chelmsford, Essex, for 10 hours while they probed the death.
Essex police's James Griffin told the inquest in Chelmsford there was nothing the driver could do to avoid hitting PteWade, who lived in nearby Colchester - where the elite soldiers are based.
He said: "A driver would have no reasonable expectation of a pedestrian being in the bus lane."
Pte Wade was struck by two cars after being hit by a single decker bus driving at 36mph
A toxicology report revealed Pte Wade had 180 milligrams of alcohol in 100ml of blood - which was described as "extreme drunkenness".
Coroner's assistant Debbie Frost said: "Mr Wade was 300 metres east of the junction when he was struck by the bus and two further motor vehicles.
"An ambulance was called and his death was pronounced at the scene, the police attended and commenced investigation."
Pte Wade's family travelled down from Lancashire where he grew up and wept during the hearing.
In the wake of his death the army said Pte Wade was "relishing" his time with the troops and had a bright future.
Private Matthew Wade was just 21 when he died on a busy road
Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded a verdict of accidental death.
She said: "At the time of his death he was a member of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in Colchester.
"He died on the 7th of August 2016 on the A1114 on the outskirts of Chelmsford.
"The pathologist had given his cause of death as multiple traumatic injuries.
"I'm going to record Matthew James Wade's death as the result of an accident.
Accident Prevention Through The YearsSun, January 4, 2015
Picture shows one of the pieces in a collection at the National Railway Museum in York for accident prevention throughout the last 100 years. This century-old collection of posters showcases health and safety thoughout the ages - with train accident prevention posters featuring everything from tigers to bikini models!. The collection shows how health and safety finally got on track, with campaigns for better protection for train workers dating as far back as 1914. Worker's deaths on the lines were combatted with a series of leaflets and posters showcased in this exhibition at the National Rail Museum in York. Dr Mike Esbester, senior lecturer in history at the University of Portsmouth, discovered leaping tigers, charms and cartoon strips all played a part in conveying the saftey message to the thousands of rail workers who risked their lives each
"It was the most tragic of accidents and I would again like to express my sympathy to you on his loss as he was clearly a much-loved young man with a bright future ahead of him."
Speaking at the time of his death Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Hargreaves, Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, said: "Matthew had recently joined C Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment having completed his training in Catterick.
"He immediately took to battalion life showing great enthusiasm, professionalism and early potential.
"He relished the role of serving with The Parachute Regiment and being in the UK's high readiness contingency force. "
"Although a relatively new member of The Parachute Regiment, he will be sorely missed by all his brother paratroopers.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Matthew's family and friends."


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It seems like our house is going to sell.
I'm whispering, as I am afraid I might jinx it. It almost fell through last week.
The sale of this house did not go the way we thought it would.
We thought we were selling a really awesome piece of property, one where we had been very happy, and where we had made a mountain of improvements. And where life can be rich and sweet for another family.
How utterly gobsmacked we were when it didn't sell at top price the first week on the market.
But it didn't. And the price dropped and dropped and dropped again.
And there is a very long list of great good that has come to our family, because of our home's failure to sell.
We have faced some fears and idols and unreasonable expectations head-on. And we have experienced some financial grindings that were really unfamiliar to us. And as much as I didn't want it, I am really thankful to be in the midst of it. At Christmas.
But, again, in whispered tones, I will say that it seems our house has sold, closing in 45 days, maybe.
And the God of the very universe is aware and is caring for us through what feels like a thin and challenging time. And He is looking after us with tender kindness. I find that there are lovely and dear sisters and brothers coming across my path……just at the right moment……with just the perfect word of encouragement or of reminder that God is good all the time.
But, I was talking to my kids this morning, and we were all seeing that when life is challenging, we are facing temptations that are new for us. We are all up against temptations to complain, or to do less than our best, or to meet our commitments at their most minimal requirements, and to long for another situation, which is really a big fat lack of thankfulness. So that's what we prayed for here today, that we can be thankful for the real riches we have (as they are huge) and remember that often our expectations are unreasonable. We do have a savior who knows what's really needed, and how best to give it to us.
And the next step will be to find a new home to buy. And I have to say here, that this home purchase is really huge for me.
I have never lived in any house for more that seven years, in all my life. I have such a longing for a home of my own…..and in my little heart I am so hoping that this next house will be my HOME. Like, maybe I will not leave it until I go to heaven. That's a fair bit of pressure to put on a real estate search. But, right or wrong, I think that's what I'm doing.
I'm waiting for my home to come up in front of me and make itself known. And I am so thankful for Jon now. He is much less passionate about this purchase. He'll be the level head that prevails.
So I am l pretty giddy about this next step.


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Facial scarring can detract from your natural beauty, as well as make you look older.
A raised scar occurs when collagen is produced to replace the injured skin. An excess of collagen can result in a skin repair, which rises above the surrounding healthy skin. Scar tissue is your body's normal repair when the body rushes to produce collagen to replace the torn skin. Very often an excess of collagen results in a wound repair that rises above the surrounding normal skin. Scar tissue is the body's normal repair reaction. It's designed to protect you so it's typically not the same texture, colour or shape as your original skin. Typically, it is thicker and more fibrous.
When a scar is sunken, it is the result of skin loss and loss of underlying supporting structure. Although a viral illness like chicken pox can create a 'pit' in your skin, most sunken scars are caused by acne, which affects the second layer of skin where the hair follicles are located. The size and depth of these pits can vary greatly.


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Shifter Knob
I just ordered a Commander Shifter Knob for my WK, but I can't figure out how to take my old one off?
How does it come off?
Hold the top of the knob with one hand, then grab the lower part (there is a gap between the two parts) and turn it two clicks. Then the knob will pull off easily.
Is the gap before or after the chrom piece at the bottm?
The lower part turns counter-clockwise (as you look down at it).
The gap is between the main knob and the lower part. It doesn't really come apart- the lower piece turns.
Alright I got it off thanks a bunch.
How hard do you have to twist? I've tried to take mine off and I can't get it to budge. Is there a trick or special tool?
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Christmas Cookie Countdown-Sno-Ball Snowman Faces
Christmas Cookie Countdown-Sno-Ball Snowman Faces are so cute and perfect for a cookie-candy tray! If you don't like to bake this is for you! Hostess Sno-Balls® are the face of this snowman, pipe a colorful frosting headband with mini oreo cookies, a nose, eyes, smile and you are done! Finished!!! The sno-balls are marshmallow rounds with a surprise cake filled center and covered with coconut. No baking just quick decorating for a cute holiday cookie tray.
Christmas Cookie Countdown-Sno-Ball® Snowman Face's
Hostess ™ make the Sno-Ball cakes, they are chocolate cupcakes with a creamy white filling inside, then covered with a thick layer of marshmallow that is covered with coconut. They are delicious and soft to eat. They also come in pink but for our cookie trays, even though it isn't a cookie, we are using the white sno-ball as the base for our snow man faces.
This treat for your cookie tray can be given as a gift in a single box or as a group, 6 come to a package, so you could give all 6 as a gift. Change the headband colors and you are good to go.
Christmas Cookie Countdown-Sno-Ball® Snowman Face| Instructions
6 Hostess Sno-Balls®
Buttercream Frosting -Black, orange, & red or your choice for headband
Mini Oreo® Cookies
That's it!
If you don't want to make your own buttercream. go to the local bakery at your grocery store and ask to purchase a small amount of frosting in the colors you want. About 4 ounces or a 1/2 cup will be enough to do your cute little faces.
Fill a zip lock baggie or a disposable piping bag with your frosting. I used a disposable piping bag with a tip #5 to pipe the face details.
Pipe a line around the top of the head for a head band, then add the mini Oreo® cookie halves. Pipe a dollop of frosting on one side of the head to attach the cookie, repeat with the other side.
Pipe the eyes and mouth with black frosting, the nose with orange.
All done!
I was looking for the white chocolate covered Oreo's in my grocery store but could not find them, so that is the reason for the sno-balls, which turned out great. But I did notice that there are not many cookies that are made with white Chocolate. I saw mini Vanilla Moon pies, but they were not white enough.
The Sno-Balls® were perfect!
Last year I dipped Oreos® into white chocolate and made cute snowman pops. Kind a tedious , so this is much easier with the same amount of fun and presentation.
This was featured on Daytime Blue-Ridge for the Christmas Cookie Countdown series, a series that features make ahead baked cookies and candies, with the exception of a few last minute candies and cakes that can be purchased with out baking and decorated. Watch the video to see how to decorate the snowman faces, the Kit Kat tree is presented first, followed by the snowman face. Enjoy!
Let me know if you make these cute snowmen faces!
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Yield: 6 snow ball snowmen
- 6 Hostess Sno-Balls®
- Butter cream Frosting- canned or home-made
- -Black, orange, & red or your choice for headband
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- Place unwrapped Sno-ball on serving platter.
- Fill 3 disposable piping bags fitted with tip # 5 with canned or home-made butter cream frosting. Pipe a thin band around top of head, frosting color of choice
- Attach two halves of an Oreo cookie for the ear muffs to the side of the head on the frosting band. Pipe black frosting for eyes and mouth.
- Pipe orange nose.
Sno-Balls are made by Hostess. Super fast and super easy to make. If you don't want to make your frosting' go to the bakery section of your grocery store and ask to purchase their ready made butter cream frosting. They come in various colors. Have fun!
Serve these at a bake sale, cookie trays or wrap individually for gifts to give.
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Issue No. 04 - July/August (vol. 10)
Distributed Data Mining
News & Trends
Distributed Data Mining
Guest Editors' Introduction: Distributed Data Mining--Framework and Implementations (HTML)
Mehmed Kantardzic , University of Louisville
Samuel Madden , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anup Kumar , University of Louisville
pp. 15-17
Distributed Data Mining in Peer-to-Peer Networks (Abstract)
Souptik Datta , University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kanishka Bhaduri , University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ran Wolff , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Chris Giannella , University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Hillol Kargupta , University of Maryland, Baltimore County
pp. 18-26
Mining Text with Pimiento (Abstract)
Juan José García Adeva , University of Sydney
Rafael A. Calvo , University of Sydney
pp. 27-35
Service-Oriented Distributed Data Mining (Abstract)
Frank C.H. Tong , E-Business Technology Institute, University of Hong Kong
Jiming Liu , Hong Kong Baptist University
Ho-Fai Wong , Hong Kong Baptist University
Xiao-Feng Zhang , Hong Kong Baptist University
Zong-Wei Luo , E-Business Technology Institute, University of Hong Kong
William K. Cheung , Hong Kong Baptist University
pp. 44-54
Web Services
Service Mosaic: A Model-Driven Framework for Web Services Life-Cycle Management (Abstract)
Boualem Benatallah , University of New South Wales
Julien Ponge , University Blaise Pascal, France
Farouk Toumani , University Blaise Pascal, France
Hamid Reza Motahari Nezhad , University of New South Wales
Fabio Casati , Hewlett-Packard Labs
pp. 55-63
Public Policy Technology Track
Cybercrimes against Consumers: Could Biometric Technology Be the Solution? (Abstract)
Sookeun Byun , Purdue University
Juline E. Mills , Purdue University
pp. 64-71
When TCP Breaks: Delay- and Disruption- Tolerant Networking (Abstract)
Vinny Cahill , Trinity College Dublin
Ivor Humphreys , Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Farrell , Trinity College Dublin
Dermot Geraghty , Trinity College Dublin
Paul McDonald , Trinity College Dublin
pp. 72-78
Replacing the Whois Protocol: IRIS and the IETF's CRISP Working Group (Abstract)
Andrew Newton , VeriSign and SunRocket
pp. 79-84
The Internet Experience
The Internet Experience: Getting Conceptual about Interface Design (Abstract)
Jim Miller , Miramontes Computing
pp. 86-90
Toward Integration
Peer to Peer
Industrial Semantics and Magic (Abstract)
Charles Petrie , Stanford University
Christoph Bussler , Ciso Systems
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Discussion
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Also infinite buddy health would be lovely to have, but maybe i'm asking a bit too much atm
[Edited by muccmaster, 9/7/2015 11:38:41 AM]
Stealth cheat doesn't work properly at all. If you've been seen and turn it on it makes no difference and even if you haven't been seen and have it on it still makes the guards aware of your presence and bugs them out. Basically unless the alert level is at low the stealth cheat doesn't work at all.
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i turn on option at beginning of mission and walk up to any human and point blank shoot them in the head.. right next to their buddy.
it works just as described.. plus our option doesnt bork up the game mechanics or remove interaction icons and etc. like all the crap stealth options elsewhere in other so called 'trainers'. like I also said, it works on HUMANS. some trainers have tried to make options that aren't even "stealth" like freezing AI in position and all manner of BS.
if you want the element of stealth in the game, then leave it OFF. if you want to be able to sandbox around and do whatever you want without much fuss, then toggle it on and avoid non-human interaction.
turning the option ON and then getting out of sight or losing the people who already saw you will many times reset their ability to see you when you come back.
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Vientiane is the largest and capital city of Laos. The city is steeped in history and legend of Laos. It is located on the bank of Mekong River. The friendly capital is speckled with crumbling bougainvillea-blooming streets, steaming noodle stalls and French mansions. Visitors can take the help of Vientiane Travel Guide to plan their trip to Vientiane.
Vientiane is the home of Pha That Luang and gilded stupa. The streets of the city are lined with the colonial buildings, Buddhist temples, noodle shops, markets and with trees. There are many places in the city which attract the most of the visitors every year.
The restaurants of the city offer rich collection of international cuisine to the visitors. The city has many beautiful sites and everyone can spend their vacation by visiting its sights, enjoying a beer Lao at sunset on riverside and by tasting the excellent food.
Buddha Park is a famous of Vientiane. Visitors can see more than 200 religious statues including high sprawling Buddha image. There is also an image of Hindu god named Indra which is riding on the three headed elephant, an inventive deity with many hands and 12 faces, each holding many interesting things. There is a giant pumpkin structure standing about 3 stories high, and the perfect spot for photography. The entry is designed in such a way that it look like the mouth of demon's, with a stone ladder inside taking to a bird's view of the whole park. The park is very impressive to the visitors because of its interesting motifs and interesting details. Visitors can find an eatery and a café offering drinks and food to tourists at one end of the park. The famous snacks are fried bananas, cold Lao beer and papaya salad. It also
That dam or black stupa is located near the Talat Sao. That has an unopened lotus flower structure which usually encloses the relics of Buddha. The locals believe that the mythological structure of the black stupa was occupied by a seven headed dragon which protect the city from the danger of Siamese. The stupa serves as a dedicatory of the history. Black stupa is a charming and curious place to visit.
Vientiane has several beautiful wats and temples, but Wat Ho Phra Keo is the most interesting and impressive. It was constructed as the personal chapel of Lao royal family and as a home for the bright green Buddha. The place is interesting to visit even without the Buddha. The temple is not used for the religious purposes and now considered as a museum. The temple is decorated with a splendid 16th century lacquered door with Hindu figures, several khmer stone statues and with engraved wooden features.
Vientiane is a quiet small town to a fun city with trendy, modern and varied choices of places to enjoy during vacation. There are lots of pubs and bars which offer special ties from their country. The places of the town are very popular and attract a crowd of expats and locals. Vientiane Travel Guide provides the complete information regarding the different tourist's places of Laos.
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The photo parade continues! Here we have The Real Housewives of Atlanta and The Real Housewives of Miami at the 2013 Bravo Upfront Presentations in NYC.
RHOA: NeNe Leakes, Cynthia Bailey, Porsha Stewart, Phaedra Parks, Kandi Burruss, and Kenya Moore.
RHOM: Joanna Krupa,Lisa Hochstein, Lea Black, Alexia Echavarria, and Adriana De Moura representing our Miami crew.
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Joanna Krupa And Karent Sierra Discuss Real Housewives of Miami Season 3, Love Lives, And Who Should Be Fired!
With season three of Real Housewives of Miami still in limbo (I think we'll probably see the ladies again), Joanna Krupa and Karent Sierra are trying their best to get our attention! "We're waiting to hear," Karent confirmed of a possible season three.
Speaking to Celebuzz the new besties who were in LA for some Oscars-related event talked appearing on the show and what they're up to now.
"The only thing I do regret is that I had a little bit too much to drink during the season," Joanna admits. "When you're put with so many crazy people, aside from my friends on the show, it's hard!"
Did you really think things were going to be hunky dory between Joanna Krupa and Adriana de Moura after that insane Real Housewives of Miami reunion? The women first battled things out at that infamous lingerie party, then in the blogs, then in the tabloids, and once again in a two part reunion special with Andy Cohen. They must be exhausted!
It's no surprise that the ladies aren't going to be besties on the next season of RHOM. In fact, Joanna doesn't think that the two can ever repair what little relationship they had (I'm hesitant to call it a friendship!) no matter what occurs in season three.
It's like a New Year's miracle! Could it be that Real Housewives of Miami's Elsa Patton is getting her own show? Andy Cohen would certainly be all for it. Just think of the craziness draped in fur and subtitles. It's already my new favorite show!
RHOM fans know that despite some unfortunate plastic surgery, Mama Elsa tells it like it is. When she's not threatening drag queens, dancing in caftans, or having psychic visions, she's doling out some pretty down-to-earth advice. She's the Big Ang of Bravo.
Lordy, Lordy. It just never ends. I'm going to keep this short and sweet. After having her not-really-engaged-but-actually-married to Frederic Marq lie exposed yesterday, Adriana de Moura's publicist released a statement to the Miami Herald blog, Scene in the Tropics.
When they reached out to Adriana's team, they got this explanation from her publicist Lynn Brodsky about her marriage and why they pretended to only be engaged.
"Adriana did get divorced in 2003, but her and Roberto tried to work things out and had a common law marriage until 2006. After breaking it off she then met Frederic in 2008. On a romantic whim after dating briefly, Adriana and Frederic went to the clerk's office on their own with no friends and family, and were married. There was a discrepancy in the certificate – so instead of having the marriage fix [sic] or annulled, they decided to take a step back and hold off until they were truly ready. Adriana and Frederic are planning to have a beautiful (and proper) wedding this spring."


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Unanswered: Char to Int conversion
Is there any function in informix sql that converts char to int for use with relational operators (>, <, <= etc.)
I am using a char type column that contains numeric data, and need to compare data in this column with specific numbers. The query does not return correct results when I use the following where clause:
...where card_no[1,9] < "40110018"; In this case the query returns rows that contain 40110019 and greater numbers, even 9 and 10 digit numbers.
Where as if I use ...where card_no[1,9] < 40110018; --wihtout quotes
the query returns a character to numeric conversion error.
What is the correct way (maybe some function...) to compare char (actually integer) values with another number.
Thanks in advance.
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If you work with characters, the correct form is columnname[x,y], but if you work with numbers, then does not.
I think that you can create a stored procedure and convert value with a LET.
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You need to CAST the character field (or a piece of it) as a true number (like integer) and then you can perform your compares.
For example:
select first 20 ssn
from client_ssn
where cast (ssn as integer) between 300000000 and 400000000
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It is that time of the year again. One of the big UK cosmetics industry shows is on in a couple of weeks at Coventry.
It is a good show to attend if you are relatively new to the business as it has a big educational programme. They even had me speak one year. Exhibitors include some raw material suppliers and contract manufacturers, and lots of companies offering the sorts of services the cosmetic business needs.
The full details are here.
If you are planning to visit don't hesitate to say hello if you see me.


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New noshes at The Modern
By: Melissa Chang Jun 16, 2016
It seems like a lot of chefs around town are trying to spread their creative wings so they're not stuck cooking the same old, same old at their same old jobs. Although diners like to go back to restaurants for their favorites, it's nice to see special little menu items pop up from time to time, so we can take a taste of these chefs' talents.
Morimoto Waikiki and The Study, both in The Modern Honolulu, recently introduced new bites and drinks to freshen up their regular offerings. Here's a look at what we tried.
The R&D menu at Morimoto has actually been around for a couple of months — I went to a tasting via Kristin Jackson before they printed the menus, back in April — and I was planning to post these anyway when I got a call from Kira Chong Tim, who was doing a sample tasting at The Study. So now you can see everything available at The Modern! And on a side note, I had just chipped a back tooth on the day I went to The Study, and I can attest that everything we ate was safe for people who need soft foods.
There's a long lineup of new cocktails at The Study, all $13, but we only tried two since it was a workday. And as it turned out, these were two of the more popular ones! Kira is holding a West Thai Story, which is like a pina colada: Bacardi Superior rum, coconut syrup, pineapple juice, and mint. Yumi is holding a Champagne Haze, which has Bombay Sapphire, fresh pressed lemon juice, locally harvested honey and fresh strawberries, topped with prosecco.
One of our favorites was the quail egg ravioli: silky pasta pillows with quail eggs, lemon and shiso ricotta (I think this is what really makes it), smoked bacon vinaigrette, and sorrel. It's different from anything that anyone else is serving, with outstanding flavors.
The short rib gnocchi is super tender, almost melty, which is something I'd favor even if I didn't have a chipped tooth. I loved that the dish is full of mushrooms, too, which makes the meat richer and meatier.
The tuna tartare is a fresh mound of fish accessorized with caviar, chervil, horseradish aioli, olives, and pickled red onions. These are served with delicate crisps like the ones on the MCO, below.
The meat-cheese-olive plate features Guiness cheese (which is like port cheese, but with beer), fontina and brie with an assortment of meats and thin crisps that are sturdy enough to hold the cheese, but delicate enough to not hurt anyone's cracked teeth. Just saying.
You can't go wrong with what's basically a three-mushroom pizza.
Most people are surprised to see the grapes on the GOAT pizza, which is also topped with zucchini, goat cheese, mozzarella and romesco. But this combination does work! It's a lot like eating fruits and cheese on an appetizer platter; these are just melted. The sweet, tart, rich and savory combination is a nice surprise.
Okay, I actually didn't eat this one, since it looked a little risky for my chipped tooth. But Yumi said it was good, so I'll take her word for it.
Up at Morimoto's, the R&D menu seems to be a little less expensive, which I didn't expect.
Instead of a Moscow Mule, Morimoto has created the Waikiki Mule, which has barenjager, cucumber vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer. I thought it was lighter and fruitier than the original, which is a good thing (for me).
We liked the "can I have another?" cocktail, comprised of Jose Cuervo, vanilla banana, and pineapple. This was way too easy to drink! It was just a mellow blend of flavors and very light. If it was strong, we couldn't tell.
One of our favorite little dishes on the R&D menu was the hamachi tacos. Poke tacos are always popular, but these are an even better idea, with the rich, fatty hamachi sashimi filling the shells with other refreshing flavors and a hint of spice.
Shishito peppers and edamame are on this new R&D menu, but they're not new to Hawaii. There's no unique preparation for these, either, but are both good filler for everyone to munch on.
I love ribs, so the sticky ribs were one of my favorite new items. They're tender, sweet and slightly savory, with a subtle, spicy kick.
The green tea soba noodles are a neat idea, pairing cold with hot, soft with crunchy. The dashi is not so strong that it overwhelms the dish, but is still salty enough to complement the noodles and dip the shrimp.
I tend to not prefer green tea, but one of my favorite new desserts was the coconut green tea sorbet on a mango parfait with coconut cake. This is tropical, light, and refreshing, just the way I like to end dinner.
One of my favorite desserts was the chilled shuffle cheesecake, which is a lot like Japanese cheesecake. I love the orange cream, guava sorbet and blood orange foam with it, too; the citrusy flavors with the creamy cheesecake is, of course, like a delicate creamsicle.
This milk chocolate-key lime pie is a deconstructed, reconstructed dessert with a crunchy chocolate tart topped with wasabi-raspberry sorbet on a plate dotted with key lime meringue. It sounds like an absolutely weird combination, but it actually works well. It's still not for everyone, but it's good and interesting on the palate since none of the flavors overwhelm each other.
The fiery chocolate tart ($22) provides a dramatic presentation. A pretty chocolate globe comes to the table, then — as you see in the video below — they pour flaming dark rum over it to reveal and melt the marshmallow inside. The graham crackers and dark chocolate sorbet on the side make it a very grown-up s'more.
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Should we be wary of fragrance in products we use?
Today most fragrances are not made from natural substances. They are infact made up from synthetic chemicals. There can be up to as many as 100 chemicals in a single fragrance. In 1989, the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health evaluated 2,983 fragrance chemicals for health effects. At that time they identified 884 of those to be toxic substances. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) found that 100% of perfumes contain toluene, which is a toxic volatile organic compound. There is a proposed government regulation which would require "complete" ingredients listing on cosmetic labels however, the manufacturers will be allowed to state "fragrance" or "masking agent" as an ingredient. Fragrances, which are a 'trade secret' are EXEMPT from disclosure.
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masc. proper name, from Gaelic Fearghus or Old Irish Fergus "man-ability," first element cognate with Latin vir "man," second from Old Irish gus "ability, excellence, strength, inclination," from Celtic root *gustu- "choice," from PIE root *geus- "to taste" (see gusto).
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